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- f7 t Vtl " VOL. XXI, NO. 64. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1884. PRICE, FIVE CENTS ir r " - . " 2- ' ' " V $.r U THE ASTOBIA LAND GEA"NT. The Debut Id ihe Hou of Bepreitiit stive. 0earge3M)regouiWa Present, ilut Did Sol -" Vote. The Congressional Ilecoid i to hand with the debate in full on the question of lorfeiture of the Astoria land grant. The bill cunie up under the" head oi unfinished business in the house of representatives on the Sdinat Bepresentative Cobb, ot Indiuna, made the opening speech, favoring the forfeiture, and the debate rhich followed -was participated in by Rep resentative George and others, c At the close of Mr. Cobb's speech, Representative Lore, of Delaware got the floor. He said: Mr. Speaker: On May 4, 1870, the congress of the United States grant ed -to the Oregon Central Railroad Company public lauds in the sin to of Oregon 'estimated at 1,500,000 acres, 10 aid in constructing u raiiroaa anu telegraph line "from Portlnjid'to As toria, and from a suitable point of junction near Forest Grove to the Yamhill river, near McMinnville, in the state of Oregon.'' The grant included the usual right of "way, necessary lands lor depots, side-tracks, etc., also the alternate sections, designated by odd numbers, nearest said road, with the usual provisions of indemnity if the gov ernment should dispose of the odd sections which otherwise would have passed to the company. The not also provides lluit when ever' sections of twenty or mure con secutive miles of the load and tele graph line should be completed, prop erly constructed, and equipped, the secretary of the interior, after exami nation, should cause patents to issue to the company for ?o much of the granted lands as should be adjacent to and coterminous with the com pleted sections. Section G is as follew: And be it further enacted, That tha said company shall file with the secre tary of the interior its assent to thid act within one year fio:n tho tirao of its passage; and the foregoing grunt is upon condition that said company shall com plete a section of twenty or more miles of said, railroad and telegraph within two years, and the entire railroad and telegraph within six years from said date. Portland is distant from Astoria, inland, one hundred and seventeen miles. From Forest Grove to the Yamhill river, near McMinnville, is twenty-seven and a half miles, mak ing the whole length of the road and its branoh one hundred and forty fonr and a half miles. Before the expiration of tho six years named in the act making the grant, the company constructed a fine of road from Portland westward ly toward Forest Grove about twenty milei,- and thence southwardly to the Yamhill river, near McMinnville, about twenty-seven and a half miles; iri all, forty-seven and a half mile3 of constructed road, practically on the line of the road proposed in the grant. Twenty miles of the completed road from Portland fo Forest Grove are on the main stem from Portland te; Astoria, the remaining twenty seven and one-half miles of complet ed road are the branoh leading from Forest Grove to McMinnville. The bill now before the house pro poses to revoke the grant of land, be cause the company has tailed to p'er form the condition npon which it was made, having refused to build the remaining ninety-seven miles of road. It will be observed that Astoria is in' the extreme northwest corner of Oregon, at the mouth of tho Colum bia river, -with a large body of nnset tledTland between it and the "Willam ette valley in the south, hemmed in on the west by the coast range of mountains and on the east by the range separating it from the Colum bia'tirer.' To open up this laud to settlement and improvement by means of a trunk line from Portland to Astoria, with a branch to McMinnville, was the in tent of the grant. This purpose is somewhat apparent in tho words of the original grant, but still more from the debato in the two houses of congress at the date of the grant in in May, 1870. Mr. Smith, the representative from Oregon in the forty-first congress in discussing the act making tho grant of 'land, April 29, 1870, in this house, saidi he had introduced a bill to provide for constructing a road the whole length of the valley in a south erly direction (not in the direction of A'storia), and hoped to have passed it in that shape; that the committee failed to report in favor of an exten sion of this branch southerly, and ho acoepted their report. That The "Willamette valle3, which contains two-thirds of the population of the whole of Oregon, has no outlet to the sea but by the Columbia river. That river flows acrossihe north end of the "Willamette valley. On the west, between that valley and the sea, a mountain rant AviAnAe along the whole length; through this! ruK-ui-iuuunuiuia 10 ma mouth of the rlyer we have no road of onv kind; dur- 1 ing thewinter the river is often frozen, aha we are then entirely cut off from nil , communication with tho outside world. Weliavenotawagon road, we have not a foot-path, we have not nnv meana ly which we can communicate with the sea when the Columbia is frozen over. "Wo WsJat this road to Give us an outlet to the -sea at all seasons, and we waut to open uj-uis pass -ve nave louna tnrough the mountains to the settlement. Mr. "Williams, tho senator from Oregon, said in the United Slates senate, February 2, 1870: For twenty or thirty miles it (the pro posed .railroad) runs through a thickly settled country, the "Willamette valley, where nearly all the lands are taken and occupied by Bettlers; then it strikes the co>jange mountains. In these mount ains there -are lands that nro valuable or would be,valuable if persons settling up oa'them coaldJiave any access to market, but it is impossible for men to go upon thaMJMijJfl.ana cut down the timber and cultivate them and raise enough to pay for fcgk"twhat theyjralse to market, it m to open up that country that this And again, February 19. 1870, in reply to a question by Mr. Davis, he said: The road is about one hundred miles jn length, the branch about thirty. Again the attorney of this com pany in his brief said on this peint: The line of road in aid of the construc tion of which this grant was made, though short is one of vital interest to the peopla of Oregon, espscially those in northern Oregon, and it is only by tho completion of the ninety-seven miles of uncompleted road that the vast interests, commercial, military, and otherwise now rapidly developing at Astoria, near the mouth or the Columbia, can ho brought into communication by rail with the great transcontinental road. Astoria, the mouth of the Columbia, the military forts of Stevens and Canby; hedged in as they are on the Washington Territory side by almost impassible ranges of mountains, find their only hope of obtaining rail connection with the transcontinental line in the comple tion of this road. And it was this anomalous condition of affairs in connec tion with tho great cost of the construc tion of this rond, and the commercial and military necessities of tho case, that led congress, in 1970, to regard the build ing of this line as a national undertaking, and hence this grant in aid of its con structiou. It is therefore, clearly demonstrated that to open up tho country from Portland to Astoria by a main stem of railroad connecting the two, was the primary, if not the only object Congress had in view in making the grant Astoria, at the mouth of tho Columbia, was the objective point McMinnville was the terminus of a branch only, to connect with the main stem at Forest Grove. It is obvious therefore, not only that the company accepted tho grant on condition to complete tho road in six years, but on condition to carry out the purpose of tho grant, to connect Astoria with Portland and aid in the development ot the country on tho main stem. Now, let us seo how the company has complied with this condition. Tho company completed the twenty miles of road from Portland to Forest Grove in three vears, the time named in the grant From this point, in stead of extending the road along the main line toward Astoria in the northwest, tho company turned southward on the branch, and in the next three years built twenty-seven and one-half miles to McMinnville, and all tho means and resonrces of the company have been expended in that direction, in tho extension ot the southerly branch, exactly the oppo site direction from that namod in the grant. The control of the road passed rat to tho Oregon and California railroad company, then in 1831 to Henry Yillard, tho president of the Northern Pacific, who had previously secured control of all lines of rail road transportation in Oregon. From 1870 to 1S33 repeated promises were made to the citizens of Astoria that i the rond would be built to that city in eoinpliance,with the grant of land. "Whether these were intentionally de- lusivo or not does not appear. That tiiey were delusive in fact is painfully apparent Iu a letter of September 13, 18S3, Mr. Henry Yillard, the pres ident of the road, to the Astoria chamber of commerce, distinctly re pudiates the conditions of the grant, and uses the following language: I regret to say that the estimates of the cost of this lino in question (ninety seven miles of unfinished main stem to Astoria) now boforo me are so large that it will be impossible for the Oregon and Transcontinental Companv, as lessee of the Oregon and California Hailroad Com pany, to undertake its construction. "Wo must, therefore, abandon tho project. For thirteen years Astoria has been sitting by the sea in the northwest waiting the coming of tho promised relief, and deluded by false promises only .to be told at the end of thnt time that tho project must be aban doned. This company not only re fused to bnild the road itself, in vio lation of its contract, but by pos session of the granted land prevented others from building the same. The chamber of commerce of the city of Astoria, in their memorial to this congress asking tho forfeiture of all tho lands granted to the company, says: That suid grunt was made on express condition that said railroad should be completed iu six years from said date (May 4, 1870), and that said time ex pired more thnu seven years ugo. That poitiou of tho railroad more easi ly constructed between Portland and Mcltfinnvillo was built within tho speci fied time, but sincft that timo no part of the main lino between Forest Grove and Astoria has been built, nor is it in proc ess of construction. That the president of the company now holding tho grant has publicly de clared his unwillingness to build the road. "We should further ropresent that the lauds of this company are rich in timber, iron and coal, that tho cost of the pro posed railroad is no excuse, and we firm ly believe that the road would have been built many years ago if the grant had been held by persons whose interests wcio not against thobuildingof tho road, and would be built now if the land grant were only declared forfeited. That the Oregon Central Eailroad, built, and to bo built, is controlled by transfers and lease to the Oregon Trans continental Railroad Company, nud tho latter company is opposed to any exten sion of its system to Astoria. That the continuance of this grant is acting as a barrier to the settlement and development of tho country and its re sources; and that it is also acting ns a bar to the building of a railroad by any other company through the Bame section. Joseph Gaston, first president of the Oregon Central Bailroad, under date of December 4, 1883, says to con cen gress: That tho grant in tho hands of the present owners is an obstruction to the construction of a railroad to Astoria and tho development of the country. For if tho grant was forfeited tho country wonld be at once rapidly settled, and other railroad companies would build a narrow-gaufsrailroad, if not a more ex pensive one. v , Memorials.? over 2,000 citizens of Oregon, in the vicinity of the lino, ask tho forfeiture of the grant. Mr. Lore quoted from The As- toriak as follews: "Were the grant out of the way the fall of 1S35 would see Astoria in railroad communication with the reBt of the oountry. Tho road must run through the oountry covered by the present grant, and while arrangements could and Eossibly would be made- to allow the mlding of the line yet-nothing-but the forfeiture of the grant would insure "the best results desirable from the eaterprise. The member from Oregon Mr. George on the floor of thi bouse a few days since epitomized the reasons for the forfeiture of what he calls the unearned portions of tho grant in the following forcible language: Recognizing that one section of the state immediately interested was restless on account of tho non-completion of the road, tho fact that n largo section was tied up from settlement and develop ment; "the fact that the chamber of com meres of Astoria, uu enterprising nd progressive city; directly intarested, mcmoi ialized congress fox a forfeiture; tho fact that the netitions tor lorreiture were pouring in from my state along tha line of road and elsewhere; the fact that the president of 'the company has ad dressed a publio letter "to the Astoria chamber of commerce, saying that the company "must abandon the project;" the fact the legislature of the state at its last session memorialized congress to for feit the grant for reasons stated in the memorial; the fact that no one whom I havo tho honor to represent has 6ver ex pressed u wish to me to thd contrary, 1 conclude to favor a forfeiture of the un earned part. It was with reluctance however, I felt that such must be the case. A stronger arraignment of -the company for failure to meet tho con ditions of the grant could hardly be made, and yet tho member from Ore gon Mr. George contends with his accustomed force and earnestness" that what he terms the portion of the land earned by tho company shall be excepted out of the forfeiture and sc oured to tho company; thnt is, that the company may keep alt tho land in the thickly settled portion of the country from Portland to McMinn ville where the fosf y-soveu and one- half miles of road had been completed by it at little cost, and forfeit- only tho wild and less valuable land from Forest Grove to Astoria, along the ninety-seven miles of road they havo not touched. .Can it be said in any proper sense that the company has enrned any of the land? It could only so earn by meeting some of the conditions of the grant "What single condition has been met by this company? It is not seriouslv contended, so I understand, that the company has a I legal right to any of the land granted but that it was a strong equitable claim for the land coterminous with the two completed sections of the road, because there havo been built twenty miles on the main lino from Portland to Forest Grove, and twen-' ty-8even and one-half miles on the branch from Forest Grove to Mc Minnville, all of which is on the lina of road prescribed in tho grant That therefore so much has been justly earned by the railroad company. This would be just if tho part so built had in good faith been con structed with the ultimate purpose of completing the road to Astoria, the end proposed by congress; but if tho forty-seven and one-half miles of road was so constructed to divert trade and development in another direotion and has since been used to prevent the peoplo of Astoria from obtaining rail road communication with the Mc Minnville valley and the people along the line of the proposed road from an outlet to the sea at Astoria, as is dis tinctly stated by them, then the grant has been used to defeat the purpose congress had in view and a great wrong and fraud has beenjperpetrated on congress and the people of Oregon. To state the proposition in plain terms, the company obtains the grant of laud from Congress upon the ex press terms that it would open a highway tlrrough tho wilderness from the "Willamette valley to Astoria; but after the land had been granted, it not only refused to build the road it self, but so used the trust property as to deter other corporations and in dividual capital from undertaking the enterprise. Such is the unequivocal declaration of the people of Astoria, of Mr. "Gas ton, the former president of tho road, and the thousands of memorialists who are on the lands, and who3o views have been expressed in their demands for the revocation of the grant. They unitedly ask that all the lands shall be forfeited, With a modesty peculiar to corporations, the company olaims to havo earned the lands along tho. completed portions of its road, while disregarding every condition of the trust. Tho people for whose benefit the grant was made are aunitin damand ing that tho forfeiture shall be thor ough and complete. The corpora ntion stands alone in its demand for the land it claims to havo earned, and with singular assurance asks it as tho reward for violating its trust. "Well may it bo characterized as tho frontier line of corporate assurance. The demand of tho people of Oregon for tho forfeiture" of this grant has been emphasized by tho whole people of the United States. In nothing is publio sentiment so decided as in the demand that the public land shall be taken away from tho corporations which either have not used or abused tho grants. Continued on 3d payc. OUftft Rheumatism,NeuralgIa, Sciatica, Lwntate, BMkKttc, KMKiM,TMtHtcfc. JOB Hi OfiOB SOMU'MSt 1SB 4CKH, SoU bj DrsccliU ad Da!n rrerTWkert.TlftrCmu VotU. IHnetloB In U LMfsacw. THE ASTX8 A. TMKUS Oft. $aMUMeA.TOQBJhCa.) jtHlr, Mt,X. 8. A. FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET. ATraS.GEO.HILl.EIi'S, NEXT BOOB sto .WestonBoteL . " &ir BaBBaE9FmBaacBV(f Tir ff BaaABBSABBBBf 1 f , V aBBBBBBBBB")9BBBBl fob. xA.xaa-. Columbia Transportation Company. FOR PORTLAMD FAST T1MEI THE POPULAR STEAMFJt w i m m x w o o u Which has been reQtled for the comfort oi pavnsers will leave Wilson &- Fisher's Dock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M. j" Returning leaves Portland every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. tSTAn additional Trip will be made, on SHndaj- or Kach WeeK, leavios Portland at O O'clock MaaaarMernlasc. rasensprs bj this route connect at Kalaroa for Sound ports. ' U.B.SCOTT, President HOTELS AXDJTAUIlNTS. " PARKER HOUSE.j If, . I'AKKKK. Prop.. i A8TORIA, Al. CU03BY. Nill. nOWEKS, OREGON.; Day Clerk-1 Night Clerk. First Clots in 'all Respects, "l FKKR COACH TO THE HOUSE. Fipres Iw Lie ! ANI J E F-F OF THE CHOP HOUSE Can piove by his booJts that ho U dolus tha bljet bushieas of any RESTAURANT In tho city, and he will guarantee to ulve tho best meal for wli. f i 'MAEKXTS., J WASHINGTON MARKET, MhIh street, A a lor la, Oregon. BF.RGHAX BEKKV, PKOI'BIETOltg. EESPECTFCLLY CALL THE ATTEN tlon or the public to the fact that the above Market will alwajs be supplied v.lth a FULL VARIETY AND BEST QUALITY FRESH AND CURED MEATS I 1 Which will b sold at lowest ratM, whole sale And retail. , , By-Special attention given to suppljlng ships. WYATT & THOMPSON. DEALERS IN FRESH AND CURED MEATS, CHOICE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Crockery unci Glassware. TVCm rF'oecl, "E3to, Pacific Market. N. DAVICH & CO. - - Proprietors. Leavd Your Onloi for Fisb, Game, Eggs, Butter, VEGETABLES, ETC. Wo furnish rrovLsIons, Fresh and In Oood Condition. J)re&ied Chickens, Vegetables, and Market .Produce of all Jclndi In season. A Fine Stock of Family Whips, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. STAR MARKET. WHERRY & COMPANY, Fresh and Cured Meats, Vesetalsles, FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS. OlM'OaiTK OCflDKNT HOTEL, CHEXAW11N 8ret. AhIoiIr, Ojr Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HAM ARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron. Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE ASD HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEA08TRIP LEAD SHUT IRON, Flzx and Oo;ei3o:e. FAST TIMEl 1- j 3. ARNDT & EERCBEN, ASTOKLi. - OlUiGON. - pjoneer Machine Sh '- BUVCKSMlTn S H O JT Boiler Shop All kinds or ENGINE, CANNERY, -AXP STEAMBOAT WORK lYomptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BKiTOS HTKKRr, XKAH I'AltXKK HOUSE, AHfOtirA. - OKKUON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAND aud MARINE ENGINES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. OASTINO-S , or all Descriptions made to Order at Short Ktotlce. A. D. Wabs. President. .1. (h, Hustlkb, Secretary, I. Y. Case, Treasurer. Joinf jfc'oSuperIntendent. 10,000 BOTTLES SOLD' Great Northwestern Remedy. take'at: W.PFUMDEJa. OBEQQNBlBGDPOfiinEa :"" r '"'"-'"""'' ui actria)(, FiKh'U.S.tiUJlLdtiAftUWmi UCjA5&SL iHEADACHE cesnracss: ThAA XV bn Wnrlr n a ! inr IntA naaiA wholesome, reliable Medlchte like Plunder Ore jfoa Blood Pnrlfler. As a remedy and preventative or diseases It cannot be beat. It checks RheuBatLnLAnd X&l&rla, relieves tVinsf InatJnn. Douuli'irH BHUsnui nml puts fresh energy toto tbesrstentby making ers Keep It. 3Loo bottles Ctor &U. A. V. Allen, Wholesale and Kelnil Dealer In MILL FEED, Glass and Plated Ware, j TltOlTCAL AND DOMESTIC j FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, LiquorsJobaccoXigars G. H. BAIN & GO. DEALKES IK Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning, Bracket Work. Sliop WrorlK, A specialty, and all work Guaranteed. Oak, A3u, Bay, and Walnut lumber ; Ore gon and Port Oriord Cedar. All kinds of boat material on hand. - ' CM.BAlVCO. 4 F- TKAUSPOEIATlOSEraESK! Oregon Railway & Navigation COIPAXY. OCKAJfptyiHlQX. During the montlrof-June, i8St, Ocean Steamers-will sail from PQrtlandlto San Frftiiekpn. an1 from UnnrRVanoienA -t ".. land, as follows, leaving. Alnsworth" Dock" Wnarf, San Francisool at 10A.21.: From Portland. Prom. San Francisco. Ortzam .Thur S SUtafCAl.:..Ta 3 ColomKia Sua 8 0oa Fri 11 SUta of CaI....WeU 13 Columbia Mon 33 Oreeoar Ht MuuoiOl....Ta x 10 Oolasbu;.-.,...Moa Cu July . .- - Jolr uregoa Bt aiaia ox uai....T&nr Tkraavh 11 ailrnf sr snlit tn nil n.in.n.i cities IxTtao United Sutea, Canada nud Europe.- RA1L OIVI810N. Passenapr.Traiteleare Portland for East em potataiRt 11 : A. M. dally. iSto5&Sf. qm - p- KIYEK OIT1SI0.V (Middle Colombia). Boats leave Portland for DaTlM at 7 :00 A SI. . ALSO: land for aion Tu. we.Thu. Fri. I Sat. Aatoria and I lowar fXni lumW....l6AMJAM 6AM SAM SAM6Ail SSSte:: !! I AMJ I GA3jl Taopmaaad SaatUe. daily at law PM lctoria Steamers do not run bnnaays. Leajea AatorU for Portland at G a. in. dallr ai- cept Sunday, 1 r c-t,w. c.n. rr.Escorr, A. U STOKES, Manaser. Gen 1 Friht and Pass. Art . E.AKOYfe. Agent Astoria. Oregon & California R. R. OKEGOX& TRANSCONTINENTAL -COMPANY. LESSEE. On ami alter May 4. 18H, trains will ran as muuna : i.-vii,t tfcxeept aunflajs). EASTSIDJ. DIVISION. Betwcea rKTLA.NDaiirI PHSNIX. MAIL THATN. LEAVE. AKR1VE. Portland. 7 a MllOil-inl r.m r Ashland. 0:20 p. m rorUnnd"". a'rfo i m'. ALBANY EXPRE88 TRAIN. I.T?A VK ututn? Portland 4 Mi p. M.I Lebanon 0 50 p. ai Lebanon 4 rf3 a. m. Portland... 10 :05 a. m Pultm!I'P!iliiB Slunlnir Pmliiiv1ti D.f JandMondajs and Tbursdavs. Beturnlng leaves Asbland Tuesdays and Fridays. The Oregon and California Itallroad Ferry mammntiuitlnn uHth nil iemin. ti- on Eastslde Division. WXSTSIDK DIVMIOif. MetwcH rertlnad sad Vurrnlll EAIIj teaxx. i-kavp. avijtvw Portland 0 :C0 a. M.CorvallK;i jor. at. Comma 3 & a. M.Portland.3 :20 p. M. KXPKKS3 TKAIX I.PAVK APPtl'P Portland 5 :00 p si IMcMlnm IlleuS rob p M jicjimnviue3:w AMiroruana 8 :C0am Closo connections made at Ashland n Itntbe Stages of the Oreeon and Califor nia Stage Company. rT1ckeH for sale at all the principal points In .California, at Company's Omce, Corner F and Front Sts., Portland, Or. Freight will not be received for shipment ftner-o!elockpoi.. on Githsr. the East or West side Division. B. KOBnLKS, JE. P. ROGKHS; G an'l Manacer. Acfe O. F. Jt Pass. Ast Ilwaco Steam Navigation Co.'s WINTER SCHEDULE. Astoria to Fort Stevens, Fort Canby, and Ilwaco. Connecting by stages and boat; for Oysterville. Montesano and Olympia &t Dntll further notice the Ilwaco 23H& Steam.Navigtttlon Co.'s steamer GaVOEL. AidXlXe0f "WUL leave Astoria On Mondays Thursdays, and Saturdays (Oysterville and Montesano mall tlays.l at 7 A.M. . FOK Ft.Stevens, Ft. Canby and Ilwaco ox Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays The steamer 111 leave Astoi la at 9 a.m., as formerly, not bring confined strictly to schedule time. Faro to Fort Cnnby and Ilwaco, $1 (A HTTlckets can be bought at the otUce for 73 cts. -Ilwaco freight, bv the ton. in lots of one ton or over, $2 per ton, EtV-For Tickets, Towage or Charter ap ply at the ofllce of the company, Urav's wnarf, Mot of llentou street. J. II. D. OKAY, . Agent. $67,000,000 Capital ! Liverpool and -London and Globe. North British and Mercantile Of London and Edinburgh. Old Connecticut of Hartford, A2TD COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Fire Insurance Companies, representing a Capital of $67, OOO OOO. A. VAN DUSEN. Aeent. First Class Blacksmithing AT LOW BATES AT Gilbert Christiansen's HORSESHOEING Done on Scientific Principles by an Al Hdrseshoer who (iuarantecs GOOD WOBK. General Blacksmithing Done And SATISFACTION ASSIIBED, at His Shop, m rear of Aug. Danlelsoh's Saloon. H. B. PARKER BAtKB IK flay, Oats, and Straw, Briok. Cement, 'and Sand. Wood Delivered to Order. D raying, Teaming, wfl Express Business DBAIrSB rx WtMESrLIQUORS AND OICARS. ,; -. ?-' FIWTfClyASS, BUSINESS cards; , J1 I.W3fTOX. AIT0BXEY ATT LATVi Boom3 il and 12, Khfeht? of Pythian CaiQ Building. ft F. McCOBMAC, XJm . v Attorney sud Cenmselia? at lw . Boom 12, Odd. Fellows BdDdlng;1 -ASTOP.IA, .... OMpo. est OKO. A. DOBBIS, QXO.EBLAXD j0"LA3TD 4k IMBS1S, ATTOBNEVS-AT LAW." wi?1:iJ.llLK1"lnBY'S Block, epposite City Hall, Astoria, Oregon. Q R. THOMSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Boom No.c, over "White House, ASTOKIA, OBEUON. C W. FOWOX. o. c. rvwbs. FUXTOIf BBOTOJERS, - ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Booms 5 and c. Odd Fellows Building. J Q.A.BOWXiBir, ATTOENEY AT LAW, Chenanius treet, - - ASTOBIA, OBEUOH JOSEPH A. GILM ATTOBNEY-AT-LAvT. . -Offlce with J. Q- a. Bowlby. ASTOBIA. OiestuL. Q J. CUKCTg, . " ATTT AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deds far California, New York and Washington ttr- Itoorrw .T nnrl 4 rw.r saitr.a .. it.it.,. a, torla, oTeeoi, " ' ' " N. B.-clalms at "Washington. D. o.. and collectioas a specialty. X C. HOLDKJf, NOTABY PUBLIO,- AUCTIONEEB, COMMISSION AN1 Hi SUKANCB AQKN1. Q IV. LF.ICK. ARCHITECT AND DRAUGHTSMAN, Scholars wceived for Course cf DraughUnf bfllc6 over "White House Store. "'"" Q.SLO F. PAKKER. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Ceauaty,asiLClty dfAfttjri OfHca :-Cheuamu3 strwt,' Y. M; C, 'AThall Boom No. 8. o q BKxsoat xABirnr, m, rv ASTOBIA, - - OBEOON. Office Boom 12, Odd Fellows Jlutldunj. BEaiDKiOE Hume's building, up stair. TAY T UTTJLE, M. U, PHYSICIAN AND SUBGKON Offick Booms 1, 2, and 3. Pytbiaa Bond ing. Besidrnck On Cedar Street, back or St. Mary's Hospital. F. P. DICKS. A. S. BMAW. HICKS &. SHAW, DENTISTS. Booms In Allen's BuUdlnsr. ud stairs, cor ner Cass and Squemoqua streefc. Astoria Oregon. Bozorth & Johns, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, and Brokers. ASTOBIA, Otegoa. Buy and sell all kinds oi Beal Estate and represent the following tiro Insurance Conpaale? : Scottish Union and Na tional, asset- SZSfiOQfiiv Phoenix of Hartford 4jS0OC0 Home of New York, " ToO.QM Hamburg and Bremen. " SjxOJOQd Western, ' 2W,tt0 Phenlx of Brooklyn. " 4.ouojo Oakland Home, " SO0C0O6 Policies written by ua In the Phsnlx and Home and Scottish Union and National at equitable rate?. BANKING AND IHSURANCE ! I. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur ance Agent, ASTOBIA, - . OREGON. OFFICE HOURS : From 0 o'clock A. hi. until 3 o'clock P. M. B. S. Worsley, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT t-OAke and Ware Booms on Sqoetnoqusi Street, next door to corner ot Ola jr. Advancements made on Consignments- Ne Charges for Bterase f 04. GEORGE L0VETT, Tailoring, Cleaning Repairis NEAT, CHE.1P AND QUICK. Main St.. opposite X. toeb'a, Asfarta, . Gr. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Bogers old stand, corner of Can and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work, HoraaskMing. Wagons Ka-tft and repaired. 4toMUwork gnaranteed. '"fi r -