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03 5fl iMM 1 A A -&M& 0&Sgk Ym j W AsAAA A,j.A iW fa fit -I 11 rfW l-4aBsflissiN- AI (&1r irtrH lAfffilf VOL. XX, NO. 134. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1884. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. LABRADOR COD FISHERIES. A Toilsome ileum of Livelihood. . The time is the first day of June, and the men are arriving ready to begin work. Rough-looking fellows they ate indeed. Tall and short, stout and broad, full-faced, "full bearded and correspondingly fleshy in proportion. They are "dressed quite alike, with suits of good, thick cloth in the shape of jumper and trousers, over which are hauled the overalls aad frock when in working trim on the shore, and oil jacket and pantaloons when an old "sou'wester," as it is called, or rubber hat with a huge rim that hangs over the body, allowing the rain from it to drip, at least on the oil garments if not com- fletely over them to the ground 'our-fif ths or more of the men wear a thin belt and sheath-knife buckled around their body, which, however, is more for "appearance's Bake than any thing else. It has been reported that occasionally on board some ill-man-agad craft these knives are used for weapons of offense and defense, as the case may be, but I have not heard it proven here at least. Though the men look fierce and ill-tempered they are generally of a better disposi tion than fhey are usually given credit for being. The first thing that a man asks for in Labrador on going anywhere is something to eat No matter if has just arisen from a table of plenty at the house of some friend, he can always find room for more. I have seen some of the largest eaters I ever beheld in my life while upon this coast, One man boasts of having eaten six ptarmigan a bird about the size of our ruffled grouse or larger at a meal; another says that he could eat a dozen herring at a meal, a fish about the size of a medium-sized mackerel. Still further, one fellow, upon testing some maple sugar, de clared that he could eat ten pounds at one time, while at another time I was offered a bet of two shillings six pence by a fellow, who said he could eat four pounds of raisins at a sitting. The paradise of a Labrador man seems to be enough to eat and plenty of tobacco. The Newfoundland men, when coming to Labrador, do not dif fer much. "While we are talking two boats with two fellpws in each, who have been out all the morning looking for fish, approach the stage-head evfdently deeply-loaded. An ordinarily con structed stage head consists of a plat form raised upon piles driven into the mud. or sunk with huge stones for ballast to the bottom, where at high tide the water is from six to ten feet and at low two to three feet deep. While the men are unloading their fish, by throwing them from the boats on to this wharf with huge pitchforks, it might be of interest to follow a party of fishermen just going out to the fishing grounds, and see what luck they have. The boats used in the ordinary fishing are of two kinds; those called "novies," or Nova Scotia boats, being Jong and narrow, shallow, and carrying no ballast, which, should she overturn, it would be impossible to sink her, since she would immediately right again even if full of water; and those called "Yankee barges," or boats brought , here from the states, or made here but to a similar pattern; these are very wide for their length and corre-' spondinglydeep. With the barges the seats are so arranged that they form five partitions, the center one being heavily ballasted with rocks. Of course, should one of these boats be upset or fill with water it would in stantly sink to the bottom. Strange to say, the barges are in more demand than the uovies, from the fact that, while the former hold eight quintal of fish freshly caught, the latter hold not more than four, or one-half the ouantitv. The men chose to risk their li -es rather than lose their fish and principally for this reason, that when the fish bite well ihev nan load their boat without atopping to run several miles home in a calm, pulling at the oars all the way, to unload and return, often to find the fish gone or darkness ap proaching. Fish are uncertain creat ures; the fishermen must take ad rantae of every possible chat ce to secure enough to procure him his winter's supply -of food, as well "as to tiav un the old debts and what ho ir r t - .i consuming aunng tne summer. L have said, that most of the fisher men uue the barge, but since many ot them still prefer the novie from its lightness and the -ease with which it is managed, as well as the expense, that two parties, of two men each, go out tuning togetner; tne one in a nqvie the other, in a barge. As no ballast is required for the latter the inside room is divided into four par titions with seats between, while the former has five, the middle one con- taining the ballast. Each end of each boat contains a "cubbyy" or sort 6f low shelf closet, boarded around at each end (at both bow and stern), wherein are deposited the old clothes adthe,dinner of bread and butter aad'aalt 'pork, with a small keg of fresh water since the men often start out at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morn- inff not returning uutil about the same time in the afternoon; this is nee- ssary precaution, the stay being ac- nrflincr as the fish bite well or noor- J. After reaching the fishing grounds ihs'riien ildown sail," out grapline a JoVtof five-barred ironwUhPcnrved prongs jrhicherves as an anchor sWsnareiJieicliooks and lines for ShiSrSehokisalageiron or stijel-affair, usually several inches in IsMth and-Quite wide at the end; the SavSSffl tor shallow and heavy fnis deeo-sea nsnintr witn a nuceieaa ainker attached. The bait for the cod Anf twn "kinds. "Earlv in the sea- son the caperling, a fish of some six or eight- inobe long and about the size of our well known smelt or frost fish, and much later the "seruse," a species of about one-half the size of thecaperling. Each species must be kld fresh every day, usually the siffet -before;-either in a seine for the . ; ?n Tiot -wtion th P f" f . , , . fithrwn , not bpibw P"" " WU. .VI iA,uio . .-. ..w t-. rif mamvxia the hnoro tnor 'vra BgBSrSStaaaSSw EjUnnir are iro Rnrmiied witn books throw them overboard, and wait the result with impatience. Each man stands in the outer hollow of his boat, he tends a line on each side andlgtroke he cuts through the fleah and sometimes two. while as soon as a fish is caught it is hauled in and, being forcibly thrown over a crane in the shape of a letter Y with an iron bar between the ends, which tears the hooks from the gills, it falls into the hollow beyond. If the fish bite well, the sport now begins to be lively. As fast as." a hook is baited and thrown Into the water one of the others is generally ready to be hauled in. To haul this up quickly, hand over hand, fling the line over the Y, thus depos iting the fish in the hollow, rebait the hook and. fling it out again is the work of but a few moments. Mean while, perhaps one or all the other hooks have fish upon them, and the catcher is obliged to fly from one to the other with the speed of lightning. If the shoal fishing is bad, the boat man hauls up his anchor and goes out into the deep water. Here he la boriously throws his line into 3D, 4U, and even 7U fathoms, or 42U feet ot water; add to this a heavy leaden weicht of eicht or ten pounds to counteract the effects of tne tide and currents, and a struggling fish of 5U, GO, or more pounds as I have often seen these immense deep sea fish, all to be drawn quickly, hand over hand, tne line small at best, cutting deep into the finger, and you begin to see that cod-rtsning is no easy matter. After all this hard exercise, Jet them row their boat home in a calm or beat about in a dense fog, as is often the case, lor six, eight, or ten miles, and you are cer tain that the work is not all sport. Again, if a crew started olf early and nave forgotten to tako any food with them, noping soon to be back, and the fog and rain have kept tnein out all day, until wet to the skin, in spite of oil clothes, and very hungry and tired, they do not return uutu late into the night, it will be easy to see that these men must possess an endurance almost beyond comprehension to live, thrive and grow hearty under euch treat ment from wind, tide and weather; while a few hours sleep, just as they are, prepares them for the next day. Sucii tnen is tne continual life of a Labrador fisherman during four months in the summer season. All the rest of the year they do nothing but eat, smoke and sleep. One may safely call their year a period of sea sons, of summer and winter, with three months of the lormer and nine j ot the latter. By this time the tWO boats at the wharf have been unloaded, and the workmen, returning from their din der are preparing to cure the catch. The least number that can conveni- ently cure a lot of fish is three, when tne worK is pressing, ior u a large quantity are brought in they must be done immediately or they wiir sol ten and spoil, or with business unusually lively, six men are necessary. For the purpose of cleaning the fish a small house is often erected on the stagehead. This consists of u low, open shed, in the corner of which is a long, wide table, large enough to be occupied by two sets of three men each.. On the left of the first man is a deep box. one-half of which extends outside of the shed on the platform where the fash are thrown trom the boat; the man stationed by this box is called the "throat-cutter," a truly terribly name were it appded to any but one who manipulates fish. Next to this mau and on the same side is tue "header." Opposite stands the sputter. xue crew is now com plete inside the shed; outside the men heaving the fish on to the wharf with their loug-handled and long tined pitch forks, while a small boy, or some one not olnefwise occupied, fills the boxes which, as I have said, lay half outside and half inside the shod. The box being full or partly full the throat-cutler takes up one of t .e fish and lava it upon the table, placing his forehnger in the eye and layii g his thumb upon the cnin or into tuc nol- low just ueOi.d the chin and beneath the tongue, he presses the head dowa- ward, tuus opening up tiio gills. This is a matte more easily understood when buxiu than when described, but I think you will underslanu how pressing down, outward, or to one side will throw open the uatur cav ity in the throat of any fish, expos Mir the tnlis at least a s.mp.e w ri " -. i . ,.ii i . ment on any fisa will show it. Yitu a snarp kuife the lieshy rib of the tongue is cut 'through at a sing.e stroke; anotner su-oKe severs the flesh down the belly; while a third one lays open all the inside and ends in a gash, about three inches long, beyond the intestines and beyond and to the left of the ventral fin. The ' knife used for the purpose has a short, thick, round handle, while the blade is about five inches long, gen- erally less than an inch wide at base and tapering to a rounded point and sharp as a razor on either edge. Thus cut the fish is passed to the header; As this work requires great strength, a proportionately strong man is taken for the purpose. He wears woolen mittens or half gloves upon the right, hand, and seizing the fish 'with a scooping motion of the right hand, he separates the liver from the rest of theinsides and pushes it either through a small hole in the table or over at the edge into a barrel bo-" neatn, while, talong noidoi tnensn again with the same hand, ho tears out all the remaining insides with the ien nana, ana presses mem wnu me head against the edge of the table, which is hollowed or scooped beneath often with a piece of iron placed aoross the area to be used as a more durable edge-he forces the body of. tue uau wiwoiuwhu i ""' " the head downward with the left, thus tearing it from the body and separating the two; the head and in-1 ternai pans Hanging iu uzuy , m floor and fall through a hole about a foot square into tne water beneath the stagehead. The fish then pass on to the splitter. The splitter taking it, lays it against a small stick nailed to tne taoie, wmcu Bimnlv acts as a supporter to I,..,. fhrt flah fmm nlinnincr. . ? -STi.:.. .-. . i. riZZX hiu wilu ixlo juiiic ca awuk wiwov i --- ,.,.. - u1 -,' ,! ana hukuwy wuuttio wouo, ou fish open from the end of the cut made by the throat-cutter, complete ly or nearly to the tail; with another ribs on the upper side of the bone to the end; he then gashes through the bone at a distance about two-fifths from the end of the tail toward the head, the fish lying meanwhile with its tail to the "right, and continues, with a scooping cut, to sever the flesh and ribs on this side to the upper end; then a peculiar lift of the bone and shake of the arm sends the flesh into a coarsly constructed wheelbar row at the right, while it sends the piece of backbone thus cut out, with the dark insido lining of the belly I or "sound," as they call it into a pile through a hole at the left. 'Ibis, then is the process of cleaning. When the fish have been taken in a net, a seine or trap, and are unusually large and nice, they qre thrown into a tub of water and washed carefully before being salted down; but this is done only in the case of extra nice ones. It will thus be seen that the process of cleaning fish is a purely mechanial jDne, sad the number that these men will clean in a day is quite large, es pi cially if they have nothing to do but this work, and the box is kept full of fish. In a large establishment this is usually the case, but in a small one the men are often obliged to keep their own box filled, and arterward do the work of others. The barrow being full of fish they are wheeled to the stage to be salted down. Here, also, a regular system is employed. The fish are laid down in four rows upon the floor, from end to end of the building, the heads al ternating with the tails in every row. This makes an even row about four feet deep, and with a length corres ponding to the length of the building. The next process is that of salting. The salt, purchased of the trading vessels, is the coarse, granular rock salt as it is called, &uch as is bought in the states usually for ice cream freezers and other purposes. It comes in bags, barrels, or in bulk when large quantities are purchased. It is deposited in large bins from whence it is wheeled in barrows to the salting room, and shaken from large wooden shovels upon the com rlsted row of fish ready to receive it Upin this another layer is laid which receives a salting similar to that of the one before it, and so on, a layer of fish, another of salt, until the row is about four feet high, when another . is begun in front of that, and so on until the fish or salt are exhausted, or the room, penerallv low. is too full fnr lnnrP. Tn lliin PYPrrise tliP rlnvs for more. In this exercise the days, and often the nights, are employed by the Labrador fishermen. I say nights, and this is often strictly true; tlie hshermen sometimes do not re- turn with their loads until late in the evenincr. when the work extends fai into the night by candle and lamp- light, since the fish would become soft if left for so short a time even as over night out of the water. On rare occasions the fish aro placed in bag?, which are then moored out in deep water. In this way they keep a long time, but it is rather a tedious ana troublesome operation and one seldom emp'oyed unless the quantity taken is far in excess of the workmen emploved. Eastern Correspondent. .r, ..,, , , , ,, , , , GERMiN aMOt IAN RE! FOR. E.AXJa". CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sore Tbrunt, SireHInc. Sprain. BruUe, Buret, ScaM. Front Ulte. 15D ALL OTUni BODILY Pil.VB 15D ACHES. Sold bj Drotitliu tod DeCrn ererrwhere. Fifty CBU a bottle. Directions In II Lanroicn. TIIE rHAUlES A. VOOEI.EK CO. (3MiHauA.T0atUKftC0) IUllUan,XdC.S.A. 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Tell the children to cut cut aad eavo the coinic 'houetta pictures aa they upretr from Issue tc Usua. Thar vrlll be plaaaed vttk ths coUaettoo. This space Is owned by 3IiA0KWEIiIi'S EUIiL. Of cotztm we mean the famous n1ml appcaruyr on the label of ever) KUiuuie luickac of Black well'a Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Every dealer keeps this, the bttt Fmokinjf Tobacco made. Konc genuine without trade-mark of the Bui. TUTFS PILLS TO R71?iBOWELsT" DISORDERED LIVER, v and MALARIA. From t Ueso sources arise three-fourths oftho diseases of the human ruce. These symptoms indicate the.r ciiotcnce: I.OS of Appetite, Bovlu costive, Sick Headache, fullnca nttcr cat lus;, aversion to eaertlonof body or mind. Eructation of food, Irrltabll Ityorteraper,IiOvsplritd, A feeling or having neglected some duty,Dlz xiness,FlntterIngatthcHeart,Dots before the eyca, highly colored Urlur,COXSTlPATIO.V.ani1 demand thousoofarcmodythatactsdln-ctlyon tho Uver. AsnLivonuedicincTUXT'S 1'IIiL.S liavo no enual. Their action on tho Kirinrya and Skm 13 also prompt; removing? nil Impurities tin ouch theso three scavengers or tho si sterni" producing nppitite, koumiI digestion, regular stools, a clear skin nml a vJg orousbodv. TUTT'.SPlL.i.Sciuspno nausea or griping nor liit-r;ero with daily work una aro a perfect ANTIDOTE. TO MALAHIA. fcoldeTery-viii n233. Oiflreji ...Km-: .N i. TUITSH&IIiDYE, GitATllArR oitWniPKEUS changed In stantly to a Glosv Blai s by a slnglo application of iliit Dye SoM by Drue oatSjOrsentby i-xpress on receipt of &, Offlco, 4t Mur-nv Street, New York. 17773 U1OTAL C? "JTUL SECSIPCTraES. Ed. D. Curtis & Co. UNSURPASSED IN STYLE AND FINISH. NEW FURNITURE, A COMPLETE STOCK. C. H. BAIN & CO. DKAL.EK.S IK Doors. Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning, Bracket Work. Stiop T7orls- A specalty, and all worK guaranteed. Oak, Ash, Bay, and Walnut lumber j Ore gon and Port Oxford Cedar. All kinds of boat material on hand. C H. BAIX A CO. HAY FOR SALE. SEVER LTNS OF 1HK BE'JT CALT f o nl Ont Hay for cde In lots to suit. XaQUira .. QUIW. at g'iirta's Ho- --StL Jfr Carpets upttiy Mm SMI MTU (HUME'S BUILDING.) AGE.XCY Red Crown Flour. Guaranteed a Superior Ai tide. DEALERS GRAIN, MILL PEED, POTATOES. Country Produce, Itc. &r Consignments So'Mted. aud Advance made ou same. 3. ARNDT & FERCHEiV ASTORIA. - OKKCOX. The Pioneer Machine Shop Jn?!s? . BLACKSMITH e2RW i.S -J S H O ISgfrW .Z'Zr ;W- Boiler Shop 53s - zxs-z All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A. specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LA FAYETTE STREET. AWDT&KRCH:P, Agents for re.'in, Washington T. rrltory, and Alaska for Special Cannery MacMnery ! Engines Solder ng Machines, Improved Act J Eath and Crimping Machines, Power Presses, Foot Presses, Squaring Shears, Ami all other ina-liinery used In canneries, including the new COMBINATION DIES. Working without mal spring, constantly on nana. We respectfully invite all cannernien to all ami cxauiiu- the ab ve mach m-ry as li is meaily.sup ri r to anv h-re orore intro duced on tins coast. Ordeis solicited. A US I IT & F K It ni i:.v. Foot of Lafajctie Street, Astoria, Oregon. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. ik.vto.s Strket, N'eak Paukek House ASTOltlA. - ORKCON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAND ana MARINE EN&IM2 BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of nil Je-titiiiiM made to 4lid-i at Short Xntlcc. A. I). Wa-.s. President. J. i: llu-TLKU.t-retary, 1. W. Casi , FriM-uriT. JOHN Fox.SuporliitPnilcnt. BAHBOUR'S Salmoii let Tlireafls HAVE NO EQUAL. THE The Londm Fisheries Exhibition nAVE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL TO- Tie Baroour Brothers Company FOR THE SUPERIORITY OF THEIR FLAX NET THREADS. 0, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bre(a)d 1 "WHY, Ar THE Astoria Bakery & IMctionen CIIEXAJIITS STKEET. Not only SUPERIOR BREAD ANn CAKES AND PASTRY m great variety, hut also THE LARQEST STOCK OF CANDIES IN TOWN. "Weddings and parties supp"led with thr most elaborate ornamental work on the shortest notice and on reasonable terras. This is the most complete cstab Ishment in Astoria. ED. JACKSOX, PJrp. HOTELS AND KESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. H, B. PARKER. Prep ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Al. CROSBY, - - DayClerk, 1'hiL BOWERS, - - Night Clerk, .las. DUFFY has the Bar and Billiard room. First Class in all Eespects. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT ISA FACT!! THAT JEFFS CHOP HOUSE On Concomly Street is the j BEST IN TOWN That he h s always on hand FRESH SHOAL WATER BAY AND EASTERN OYSTRS. THAT- "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT He lias hrcn Proprietor of the "Anrera Hotel" 1b KBuiipitiB sevrajearn. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A Good Cup of Coffee AND OYSTERS AT Mrs. Powell's'Coffee House, On M.In Street next to Oregon Bakery. Campi Restaurant. XEW AXD WFLIj EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT. . L.Semi lias rebuilt his establish- ent a d Is mpaitd to at Commodate the irav. l.nn: pub ic. Au od m'ai lurnlshed at any hour if the u.i ornigiii, hi'fi et i.I(iUiirHiidri::iis:it ti t h.ir, Tm duo.s wet ol Hve . oMer.s n28Ctii Ll'U'I .-ElUtA. Fipres Sew Lie ! JEFF OF THE CHOP HOUSE Can piove hy his hooks that he Is doing the uij-gesi DuMness ot any RESTAURANT n the city, and he will guarantee to give lie best nieol for cah. MARKETS. CENTRAL fflJRIKT, Jeneral assortment of table stock couiauti) on tiand. snrh as Canned Fruits and Jelly, Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard, Eggs, Butter, Qheese, Fresh Fru ts and Vegetables Fish, Poultry, and Game, In tne season. Cigars and Tobacco, Best of Wines and Liquors. All cheap for CASH, ("oocts sold on com mission. Opposite I. W. Case's store. J. t'cUM-ERS. WASHINGTON M.lliKET, .Mala -Curt, Astoria, Uirgoa. UK1M-.U $ BKUKY. PltUPRIETOKH RE-PECTFOLF. QU. THE A 'TEN tiou of the niib'lc to the f:icr that In above Market will alvas Ie supplied lth s FULL V RIETY AND BEST QUALITi PRESH AND CURED MEATS I ! Which will he sold at lowest rates, wholf--i.ue a d retail. i-v Special attention given to supplyln hlp?. STAR MARKET. WHERRY & COMPANY, Fresh and Cured Meat. Vegeta"bles, FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS. OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEL, I'HEXAMUS Street. Astoria, ft) WYAH & THOMPSON. DEALERS IN FRESH AND CURED MEATS. CHOICE GROCERIES PROVISIONS, Crockery and Glassware. TVTlll Feed,Etc. GEORGE LOVETT, Tailoring Cleanins, RepiriDi, NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. M Ia St., eMlte N. Lb't Attarte, Or. BUSINESS CAUDS. QKO. A. BOKII18, GEO. XOLXXD, SOI.AZ1D & DORBIS, ATTOENETS AT LAW. Office in Kinney's Block, cpposlte City Hall, Astoria. Oregon. r is. Tiioai&oft, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Room No. 6, over White House, ASTOKIA, OREUON, a w. FtjiroK . a. c irtiLTOjr. - FULTOS BROTIIEUS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. T Q.A.UOUJLUY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenamus tr et, - - ASlORIA, OREGON JOSEPH A. GILL, ATTORNEY- vT-LAW. o Office with J. Q A. Bowlliy, ASlORIA, - - - - Oregon. r J. CL'KTIS, ATT T AT LAW. Notiry Pub Ic, CommIsioiier of Deeds foi Call on.ta, ew lorkaud W.ishuiytou Ter ritory Rooms 3 and , Odd Fellows Building, As tor a ort-gon N B -Claims at Washington. D. C, and collections -tspeclaitj. A V. ALLU.V, Astoria AeeBt Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. t V. 1101.UKX, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND. IN SURANCE AQENI. C. W. JLE1CK, ARCHITECT AND DRAUGHTSilAN. bcholais received for Course .if Draughting ier OUlcf over Wh.te House Store. 1. 1 l.O F r lit I, i ic. - SUhVlYUh or C'lutMop Couni3.aiitt Cnj ul" a.i( i4 einec: Cheuaiuus street, V. M, C. A. ball Room Xo.g. IIU 3T. C. KOAT31AX, Physician and Su'geon. h'ooms 9 and 10. Odd Fellows Bulldinp." ASTORIA, OREGON. TAV TUTTLE. 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SUKOEON Office Rooms 1,2, and 3 Pythian Build-In-:. Uksidrntk On Cedar Street, hack of St. Alaiy's Hospiia . F. P. HICKS. A. E. SHAW. HICKS & sniw, DE.NTIS1S. Rooms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Ca sand Squem qua streets. Astoria Oregen: J. R1SBERG Practical Tailor. On Genevieve stieet. opd site Bnzorth a Johns. liu-aiu OKO P. wnF.ET.EK. 'W.L.BOBB. Notary luhlic WHEELER & EOBB. GENEfcAL Real Estate I Insurance Apts. We have very deslrahle property in As toria and Upper Atturia for sa e. Also, tine f.mus thriiugiiout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec lons made. We represent the Koyal. Xorwlch Unin nnil Lnnca nli ire Insaratirt- n With a combined capital of S3a.OO0.O00. THE Traveler Lif niut Acrlilnt Innar- an. - Vo , of Ila tford. aud the Mhw - hattan Ij fe iiiHU'anre Co., of New YorK. We are aci rU for the Daily and WeMu S'tirthuxst A'euw, and the Oreyim VidetU. All buslnes-i ntrust- d to our care will re--eive prompt attention. Bozortli & Johns, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, and Brokers. ASTORIA, Oregon. 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