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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1885)
C3) -I fi Tht HTIiiiftt & tff miMv IMU BUJ PlU4UU ASTOK1A. OKKUUN: THUKVUY. .JNUA1Y 1. l?6T. ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. V. HAL.LORAN & COMPANY, milMSHKIK AND NtniMMITOltS. tsrmiiA. huildkxo. - - izas,TPtXi Terms or.Satiscrljitlcn. ?ervl by C trrier. cr week bvni !v M ill. i r month " one year .............. Free of postage. In uti illier-.. IVK . G-Htlfc. -87.W fyviverlfci'inPiiH inserted livihejMrnt the rate of $2 jut square per month. " Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each insertion. IVoticc To Adrcrtifscr.s. The ASToniAN guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. OUR ANNUAL REVIEW. CLATSOP COUNTY AND AST0EIA. Our Coinmerce, ."ihuiiiracliiies and Industries. Salmon. Lumber and Commercial Statistic- Municljial Reijuirenieul and Susriii-tllont He- S&nllu? thf General Hood of I lie I'll. When the future history of Aitoria is writtuii "81 will not be pointed out as a remarkably brilliant year. In the open ing days ot Hie year came the dethrone ment of Villard. At once followed a revulsion of affairs that overturned all calculations and carried dulness where ever it was felt- During ".S2 and iv the igp colored future had been promising many throughout the northwest. "fcVhen the tide turned and the money be gun to How out of the country in a ic flment slieam, began the cry of "hard tinhes," 'vhich we have heard continual ly during the twelve months that ended last night. Tjhe only consolation afforded Asto riaras is that they were not as badly off as their neighbors. They didn't lose thcSr heads and engage in visionary schemes, but made the most of existing prosperity and were moie sorry than surprised when -they saw the black clotids of disaster and depression gath ering in the east. Elsewhere, those who at the most only lost a part of what Villard had helped them to make were loud in his denunciation. lie had tried to vex Astoria, but we only laughed at him; when he fell and his schemes evaporated, Astoria felt the loss least of any community in the entire northwest. But wc have been compelled to share in the general dulucss. It could hardly be otherwise, when railroad disburse ments cease, and all possible revenues arc sent to railroad offices in the east. Our progress has been slow, but that there has been steady advance is mani fest. Astoria is conservative. There is no feverish boom, with a corresponding ague chill of reaction, but eveiy month of every year finds our city larger and richer and more populous, though no one has made much money this last year, and. a good many who have been in even legitimate business have lost some. Still on the whole we hare gone on; new houses have been built. streets have been opened, new works of differ ent kinds projected and considerable advance made in the matter of muni cipal improvement. THE SALMON lirSIXUSb In "81 may be summarized as a Idsing game for everyone that played at it. It Is our leading industry, the backbone of our prosperity, and when it fails, it ailects Astoria and the lower Columbia country more than a hundred Villards in their rise and fall possibly could. It was bod enough on the canners in '83, though some of them managed to squeeze through with a slight balance on the right side of the ledger, but last season was a deadener on a good mauv. At the start and throughout the entire season the market was demoralized, and when the usual Julj run came in in bigger numbers than ever before, the usual result followed and the nark was swelled to an aggregate almost equal ing the famous figures of the preceding year. The best figures obtainable give the jiack for 8J at 624.000 cases. On the lirst of the year t bore was estimated to be about 35.000 cases on the river. Be tween January 1st and April 1st 13,281 cases were shipped to San Francisco and the east, leaving a residue of be tween 21,000 and 22.000 cases on the river at the beginning of the season. During the season, or rather from April 1st to December 31st there was shipped from the Columbia river, salmon as follews: Aberdeen Pkg Co 27,552 Anglo-American Pkg Co 12,000 Astoria Pkg Co 33,958 BadolIct&Co 32,(522 Booth, A & Co 324144 Columbia Canning Co 21,321 Cook, J W dc V Columbia River Pkg Co Devlin, John A & Co.... ...20,180 ...25,012 ...14,775 ...12,991 Jbdniore, fcamuei Eureka Pkg Co 21,205 Fishermen's Pkg Co.. 13,801 ...... 7,421 15,312 14,897 25,221 11,490 22,039 12)85 22,239 19,200 .... 006 10,244 Ilapgood&Co Hanthorn & Co Hume, Geo. V HumcWtn IXLPkgCo KnapptouPkg Co Myers, Geo T & Co HeglerJG&Co Northshore Pkg Co Occident Pkg Co Ocean Canning Co Pillar Rock Pkg Co 14,055 5,500 12,140 acme L nion Pkg Co ... oint Adams Pkg Co.... Seaside Scandinavian Pkg Co ... Thomes & Knowles ..... ....13,973 ....18,409 Union Pkg Co. ... 9,935 West Coast Pkg Co 12,030 Williams.Jas&Co 9501 Wlnte S ar Pkg Co "Warren, FM&Co "Washington Pkg Co Unmarked cases "Hera' Pkg Co "Klaskauine" Pkg Co ...12,553 ...23,552 ...10,138 ...10.85G ... 050 ... 050 Total 590,721 Of the above amount 293,457 cases went to England, as follews: KIT. J?jIoIe Cutting, 3,003; Scandinavian, KU V-00; J. G, Slep'.cr, l.OOQ; Ws. Hnme'l'.p sees niorp profit in hreakinff tbofirt 5-; J. W. & V. Cook. 1,501'. Anglo contract and accepting tne 1 wer prior, American, 1.C0J. Total, 'J&A). I TIih matter of mIam i ion deserves -tm- I tola Zia&onci & Co. 3.800: Seandina- ' vlau, 1itw; Tininiins & Oo.f 'JfiMl Out- s.ng, l.LUJ. Total, H.IHU. Cias. CoUxworth Joseph Hume, IfiX; Tjiiuius k Iuiow.gh. BJiW: G. '. Mverd. UC; J. W. t V. Cook, 1,000; Jns. Wit- luins, z.ltt; Jfisbermeif., 3,000; i. El :'irt 1,2.50; Win. Hume, 7.W. Total, -'". .lierjiftciWi Cattle J G Megler, wu; Aberuetn Co. Mil; Juo A Devlin, 't.ju; Aston h, 2,f0u; hooth &. Co, 1,000; J W & V Cook, It OX; Augio-Atuericun, 2,a)J; Geo T Myers, 1,000, Badolltt & Co, L,0jj; O T3muiins& Co, 7W; Total, 2i,0t0. JUX.T. VJ Jessie Jamison. Astoria, 5,T00; Win. Hume, G,:'16; Bidollet fc Co., 1,500; J. O, Hanthom, 1,000; C. Tiinniins & Co., 2,500; Jno. A. Devlin, 2,000: Geo. T. Myers, 1,000; A. Booth, 1, 500; P. M. Warren, 1.00-7; Cutting, 200. Total, 22,51G. 15 Woodlarh J. O. Hanthorn, 1,250; Jos. liuino, 3.10S: Thomes and Knowles, 2,500; G. W. Hume, 050; PL Adams, 1,250; Aberdeen, 1,000; West Coast, 1,500; Scan dinavian. 3,009; Fisherman's, 2,500; Jas. wiiiiams, ',wj; u. x. juyers, 2,uuo; Sain 30,103. ATJOU3T. 4. City of Delhi, Thome & Knowles, 5,000; Cutting Packing Co. 3,000; Wm. Humo, 7,500; Hapgood & Co., 3,000; Anglo-American, 2,000: J. W. &, V. Cook, 2,030; Scandinavian P'fcg Co., 3,000; wjiuinuia ijannmguo., i,wj; risueruien a Pk'jz Co., 1,500; Jas. Williams, 1,500; Geo. T. if yew. 1,500; Aberdeen Co., 1,715; I X L, 1,250; PL Adams, 1,250; WTest Coast, 1,220; G, W. Hume, 025; Jon. Hume, 7,700; Astoria Pk'g Co., 500. A. Booth & Co,, 3,000. Total 4S.S20. 25. v4")iicdfi. J. (.. Megler, 5,000; Astoria Packing Co.. 1,500; Cutting Packing Co., 2,000; .1. V. & V. Cook, 2.000; J. O. Hanthorn A.Co.,s,250;Ocean Canning Co., 5.000; Hapgood A: Co. 2,000; F. JL Warren, 3.000; W.T. Coleman & Co., 1,500; Ja. Williams, 1.500: Fisher man's, 1,500; Union. 2,00C; Columbia Canning Co., 3,500; Wm. Hume, 0,050; Pillar Itock, 2,000. Total, 40,800. SKPTIJIUEIU 2. Belle of Oregon. Geo. T. Myers, 3.000; V. Tiinniins, 2.O0; Badollet & Co. 7,500; J. W. & V. Cook, 2.000 ; Jo. Ilium., 1,780; Fisherman"'. 4-500; S. Elmore. 1.000; Coleman. 2,000; Union, 1,000: Pt. Adams, 450; Wot Coast. 1.OO0; I. X. L. 1.000; Columbia, 4.KK). Total, 33,730. 22. KirlnvenO: J. G. Megler, 0.000 case; J. W. & V. Cook, 3,500; Pt. Ad ams. 5,050; West Coast. 4,500: I X L. 3.750; A berdeen, 0.000: G. W. IIunic,2, 125; Occident, 3,000: Thomes & Knowles 2,000; U co. T. .Mj ers 1.000 ; Pacific Un orroBKS. 1G.GriedalciG. W. Hume, 625 casas: Aberdeen, 2,500; West Coast, 750; I. X.L., 1,250; J. W. & V. Cook, 2,CSC. Point Adams, 1,500; Ivtal, 9,311. This with the 29,(559 cases .shipped to New York per the Ifwi. Jf. Slarbvek makes 323,110 cases that crossed the bar for ports other than San Francisco. On the San Francisco steamers went 101S71 caei. The remaining 171,734 of the fi90,721, went ovcrlanrjl, via the Northern Pacific Railroad. Fr the first tmie in the history of salmbn packing on the Columbia river a direct menus of reach ing eastern markets Vas opened un and the percentage of shipments that way last season indicates jthe importance of the new outlet. Thejabove would indi cate that there 1- :..i the neighborhood of 27.000 cases still on the river, which is believed to bean outside figure. During the year there was consider able dissatisfaction and some litigation between some of the canning companies and their agents. The matter of agen cies is one of the things that is an onen sore in the salmon business on the Co lumbia river. When both the nacker and the seller want to get all that is in iiie miriness rival interests arc sure to clash. The best solution of the problem i- the establishment of a salmon ex change right here where the article that now commands a world-wide sale is put up. 'This is impracticabJCj' say a good many. It will come to this some day, that the cannerymen of the Columbia river will get tired of seeing others get the cream of the profits. When they do get thoroughly tired of that, and can make up their minds to hold together they will find that it is not as 'imprac ticable' as parties adversely interested would try to make appear. Were the salmon business a fluctuating tempor arj enterprise, the idea of a salmon ex change might be deemed futiie but there is no industry on the coast that has so larg a proportionate capital in vested, that is more permaliently estab lished or more susceptible of surer re turns: if properly managed it would ap pear that the establishment of an ex change, a headquarters where business could be transacted and money kept at home would be to the interests of all concerned in the welfare of Astoiia. The cooperative system is another feature in the canning business on this river that is as yet an unsolved problem. The cooperative companies havo the strength of the game, but they lack cohesion, and are hence liable to benb soibed by corporate capital. The great trouble with the cooperative companies is their inability to distinguish between their true and apparentinterests;they do not look at the matter in a community light. A. is a member of a cooperative canning company. He has a boat and net; he fishes for the company in which he is a stockholder with the understand ing that he is to get paid for the lish he catches. Hero is where his interests clash. As a fisherman a laborer a fur nisher of raw material it is to his in terest to get as much as possible for his fish; the more he gets, the better profits result from his day's work; but as a manufacturer a corporate member a producer of marketable goods, it is also his interest to get the raw material as cheaply as possible, in order that his profit on the canned article may be re munerative. Here the cooperative fish erman comes into competition with himself. So far he appears to have de cided by his actions that there is more uionev in i-iuciuim hsii man in veiling the manufactured product In "82 there were nineteen Astoria canneries, packing 341,400 cases and paying S01420 to fishermen for raw material; in'83 there were twenty-four Astoria canneries, packing 410,000 cases, and pajing to fishermen l,09G00; in "84 twenty-four canneries west of Tongue Point put up 475200 cases of the 024,000 of the entire pack paying for the raw material ss.w,oou. Of the future of the business but little can be said with certainty. It is evi dent that there has been too much com Edition of a ruinous nature. Xatural usiness rivalry is well enough and no legitimate business can be injured In that way but when competition gets to that point that if a canner makes a con tract he cannot.be sure that the pur chaser will stand by it because B will offer him goods so much cheaper that ion, 2,500; Jno. A. Devlin, 450; Eureka, 2.000; Astoria, wo; Columbia, 2,500; S. Elmore, 101 ; Ja. Williams, 028; Anglo AincricGii, 2,500: Total. 52,804. plifving in this cmnectmn but Tiik Astohi.vn's ventilation of this g nig has gone so far to break the pr iclice up that furthrr rem irks concerning t!ij abuse of a business principle will be de ferred til necessity miy requlre. TIIE CdliMEKCE OF ASrOUIA. Properly speakin-'. the c mimrrce of AMoria d hs inc mm;rie al that will ! found cin'io lied in .itatis'irs f irther op, 'nit a wry lare percentile of it is load d at our wharves on vessels wh draught precluded their loading fully elsewh r-.in the Columbii. The pro ducts of the Columbia basin whrther-of the tie d. forest or mine natura'ly seek the sea as an outlt-t; in this fact lies As toria's future prominence. "A free river" should be the cry of every dweller on its banks. This has been the shib boleth of The Astoriax and as in other matters this paper will continue to champion the effort to make grain afloat at Astoria worth just as much as grain anoat at aan r rancisco. Statistics show how steady our com merce increases. In 1830, 03 vessels, carrying cargoes valued at S4,161,352, cleared from Astoria. In 1881, 120 ves sels carrying cargoes worth $7,414,510, crossed Columbia bar. In 1832, 136 ves sels cleared from Astoria, foreign bound, the aggregate value of their car goes being $10,873,037. In 1833 there cleared 383 vessels with cargoes valued at $14,031,4G7. During the twelve months that ended last night went across the bar 403 vessels foreign and domestic with cargoes worth in round numbers S15,000,000. During "84 there were entries coaswise of 221 vessels. with a tonnage- of 303,704 tons, and clearances, coastwiseof 211 vessels, with a tonnage of 284,180 tons. There en tered from foreign ports 04 vessels with a tonnage of 58,972 tons, and there cleared for foreign ports, 82 vessels with a tonnage of 80,437 tons. From Dec 1st, 'S3 to Nov. 30, "84, the value of domestic imports was S198.271, consisting chiefly ottin plate, salt and coal; the value of domestic exports was $230,539, chiefly of salmon and lumber, with some wheat and flour. In the Astoria custom house during the same time were collected duties aggregating S54 815.15: the total amount of collections for the year being S05.899.39. Following are full commercial statis tics for the year ending last night: OUTWARD BOUND (FOKEIGX IK 84.) JANUARY", . Wheat, 350.675 bus . J3C7.276 Flour, P5.2&G bbls.. ....... 422,606 Total 10 caixoes........ FKUUUAUY. $783.M3 $313,332 -31,697 Wheat, 314,113 bus Flour, 49.609 bbls salmon. 401 es ..... 2.005 7.000 Lumber, COO M .... Total, 9 cargoes............ aituiu Flour. 32.433 bbla Wboat, 2M.0M bus Total, 5 caroe ... MAT. Wheat, 110.527 bus Cargoes 2. JUXE. Flour. 47 J2O0 bbls Wheat, 150.CC1 bus Saltnou, M.8CC c ... Total, 7 cargoes.. OULT. Wheat, 65.W" bus SzUtnon, 5S.CUX cs ...$54t.6G4 5150,714 201.51C $355,200 $95,294 .2H.353 13S.21S .... 270.918 -5051,435 -S 53,55t) - 2VG.615 .$250,S63 Tota.1, S cargoes .. AUGUST. Salmon, 05.620 cs . $175,010 Wheat. 7J9J0 bus... 7,uo Flour, 5,032 bbls.... . . 23,160 Lumber, 371 M . 6,150 Total, 3 cargoes 5512,403 SKPTEMBKR. Salmou. 60.C3J p. .,.... ,, , , cs- 120 Wheat, 77.829 bus . 53692 Luinbur, 500 M.M............ 5.340 Total, 4 cargoes OCTOBER. Wheat. 027JB0 bus Flour. 1.9S0 bbls . Salmon, 39,317 cs. Lumber, KJS M"... Total, 15 cargoes . N'OVEMBKR. Wheat. 1,214.153 bus 21 cargoes. DRCEHIIKR. Wheat, 701.603 bus .' Flour, 25,953 bbls Lumber. l.bl3,4GG ft.. -S497J352 .$412,853 - 5.9G0 - 1G5.41S 7.C00 .SS21.851 .$877,227 .S4S3.523 - 90,400 - 17.904 Tolal, 18 cargoes $602,892 The above shows that foreign exports from the Columbia river for "84 aggre gated 95 cargoes, which comprised Wheat 3,799,183 bus, worth.... $2,94 1.187 Salmon, 353.78G cs. ' ....1,591,937 Flour. 249,048 bbls. " 1,130.955 Lumber, 4,153 M " .... 40,051 Tolal foreign for "85, 95 car $5,716,733 The bulk of the wheat went to Queens town for erders: some cargoes beini: cleared for Liverpool, Antwerp, Glou cester, Bristol, Plymouth, Tynedock, Newcastle and Hull. The bulk of the salmon went to Liverpool and London, me ouik 01 nour 10 .Liverpool ; me lum ber mostly to Panama and Montevideo. one cargo, in the StarbucJ:, going to New lork, buing the initial lumber shipment from the Columbia to that port Abso lute accuracy requires that the cargo of the Slarbudc which was valued at $123.- 5S3, and which comprised 2y,G49 cs. sal mon, ana 300 ji lumuer, oe taken from the above total . The fashion of loading partly at Port land and finishing at Astoria, still ob tains to the loss of the producer, and the detriment of Columbia commerce. The handling and rchaudling of grain Is a source of profit to a class who of course, decry any attempt to bring about a more rational state of affairs, wherein a vessel could be loaded here to her full capacity and subjected to less expense, delay and risk than under the present antiquated system. The fact that the disbursements of a vessel loading wholly at Astoria is consider ably lesi than those of a vessel of equal tonnage that goes to Portland for a part of her cargo is one that has been re peatedly demonstrated in these columns and needstfut passing allusion as cita tion in -argument for the position we maintain that the best interests of the producer would be best served by load ing the grain of the Columbia basin at Astoria. The history of the bar at the mouth of the river for the last twelve inoutlis has been the most satisfactory of that of several years. No serious detention has occurred to vessels arriving and depart ing, all clearances have been promptly followed by egress, and the only acci dentthat of the Chatbrough was of a comparatively trifling nature, occurring in a storm of unprecedented fury and primarily due to the anxiety of tie ship's master to depart. At the last session of congress an. act of long-deferred justice was began in the appropriation of $100,000 for the per manent improvementjof the -Columbia bar. Negotiations regarding ownership of Ft. Stevens property have delayed active operations, but the engineer In charge contemplates active prosecution of the approved plans at an early day. The most eminent government engin- 1 ,-M...:,......... i-cit in tiif u: 11c 1 oite ar vpri at tn th alvimllitvai 1 mi!iTr"i of in Iprovtfineiit and it Is co:is:d -nil :roYdi tliirdu-inzt'M-t e-ent secjion of c.111 gress an all tl n ti app in -i.i 10 , of !S"W0,03 for bir imprnvem-n will he nude. 1 iik Asm si.w hu conituutlv adviid'cd and agitated th'u umiiurc nt as a local Ir.tt a 11 1tlm1.1l nece-sitv and is pleised v know th ir this ontir ecUon of country ha at hst received delayed bat uhij the les i VtlHfastur., consideration. Ap irt fr-im out foreign commerce, th pastt.velvo m i.ith- IiKStvn cmsil-T-able. gro.vih in o tr lictl tril-. Th iteam.T 11 et tint ciuuect ns with point trlbitary isciiKra-i lyg.-.wing. On them deneuds a lar-pt t of our prosperity. Thedajs or .st-ambiatiiig 011 the Columbia are pasin aw.13, bat the steam traffic from Astoria to coast and river points is yet in its infancj. There is a line of fertile and ns yet al most untouched country from Yaquina to the Quillcute of which Astoria is the natural trade center and with which it Is essential that we have the most cor dial relations. While our onnortunitios are boundless and our situation nn equalcd, neither opportunities nor situ ations will insure the best results with out considerable prolonged effort. THE LUIIUEIUNG IWSIXESS. Oregon lumber is famous the world over, and as its merits become better known and more thoroughly under- siouu ibruiiKs nigu 111 vaiue. since llie first settlement of the country there have been sawmills at various points along the river, but the market has been so uncertain and unsatisfactory that any permanent development of the in dustry has been out of the question. During the enormous amount of rail road building in -"81, "82 and "83 a great demand sprang up and logs went to S7 and $3 a thousand. For the last year there has been a temporary lull in the business and little has been n'temptrd outside, though here in Astoria unusuai activity has characterized operations. The Clatsop Mill Co. whose property was totally destroyed in the great fire of '83 rebuilt farther west, and "in "81 have loaded several vessels for Panama, South America and elsewhere. Tlio West Shore mills have also put in con siderable new machinery, and built a fine wharf in readiness for the loading and shipment of lumber from Astoria. Heretofore the local mills have had all they could do with orders constant I v ahead to supply the demand made by the rapid building going on at home, the Knapptou mills across the river supplying most of the export lumber from the river, but in the future our home mills will figure in the lumber shipments from the Columbia. hollowing arc the shipments from the Knapptou mills from Jan. 13, to Dec. 1, 1884: Date. I Name of Vessel. I Feet. Jan 15 Met Portland 5C0 M is Sen. Trustee xa Feb. 25 Sch. Trustee 33 " March 1 Bkt, Me auctlion .. , 3G5 11 Bkt Portland 551 " Airil ..12 Sch Trustee . 350 " " 14 Sch. .1. C. Fold ;K3 " " 16 nkt. Melancthon . 3-J5 May 31 Bkt. Melancthon 365 " June .. 4 Sch. Sailor Boy 400 " " 25 Bkt. Tarn O'Shanter. 621 " July .. 5 Bkt. Webfoot 420 " " 15 Sch. D. S. Williams :co " " 2j Bkt. Melancthon . 355 " 30 Bkt. Portland KO Aug 22 Sch. Kebecca 240 " " 26 Bkt. Tarn O'Shanter. 625 " Sept 8 Sch. D. S. Williams 330 " 14 Bkt Portland 660 " Oct 16 Sch. Trustee. 350 - 24 Bkt.Tam O'Shauter. W " Nov 7 Bkt. Portland 560 " 21 Sell. Argonaut 2 W " CO Bkt. Tara O'.SliJuiter. 625 " Steamer Beda, 5 trips, av- erage315ni .. . 1725 The above was shipped to California ports, principally San FrancHco. Here, the Clatsop Mill Co, has shipped 3,000:000 feet of lumber in a little over three months, the mills having been but lately started, and will make a good showing in "S3. Following are the lumber shipments for six months from May 3, 'Si, exclusive of those of the Knapptou mills, given abeve: Dato i Vcssl Name. I Feat I Bound SUr 3 " r 2 Jane 10 3 1 n'2 July ll Aoe ll " 2i3 Sept 0;i - 2 1 Bkt Tarn O'Sha.ter Sen LillUBonn Sch Lena "wetter .. (TAillCalifornia AVI !n r ULt Lvl Stephens . l i.-an 1 euro n.ltrnrnSn Sch Nora llarkins ' r.-l Ukt Kate Fleckinjrer .jlTi ! Panama Sell Alice LenaSirear) .. .. Sch North rW-nd ... Sch Dora Blubm.. llric Selena Hk Naresinlc Sch Alice likt Levi Stephens !3I0 I3IS ' I San Tedro 33l .California jia) JSan Fran 00 "California JK - M'teridio 3Ql"an Pedro I Oct II 2 111! 15 3 50 I 'ii 22 I IU 2 10 1 !Sl3 "Ml lUalifornia Sch Jessie ickeon.iM I lena hweaiey..........3t!t " jSan Pedro UkESTnayer. 7S0 ' Panama Ship W 11 starback 12a " 'New Vorlc Sch OoraUlubm UM-" I San Dip?o Sch Catharine SnddenllTi" , P-inaraa Sch Vesta IXi)" ICalifornia Bk Xenia. .) I M'teridej Sch Lena Sweaey....i2&l- San Pedro Not I. Clatsop; 2. West port; 3, SkamoVaira- i, Weidler'n. It will be seen from the above that the millsof Clatsop county and across the river make an excellent showing. In the list will also be noted the shipment on board the Starbuck which is believed to be the first shipment of lumber from the Columbia river to New York. Here, as on the Sound, the best part of the timber body has never been touched. Along the river the banks have been denuded to a great extent, but in a few miles from the Columbia, on each side is some magnificent timber. In this county especially is one of the finest sections of timber in North America. Giant firs and hemlocks stand tall and straight, everyone fit for the mainmast of a 1.300 ship. It would seem that in the business a little more capital was required for capital and concentrated working. The lumber trade is second only in present importance to the salm on industry and is capable of being made equally remunerative, llailroads are needed from the river banks to the as yet untouched forests. A railroad from here to the Nehalem, wou'd, it is thought, pay the" prime cost of its con struction in a short time from the profit afforded by the manufacture o lumber brought from the magnificent forests a few miles to the south of this city. Hemlock, cedar, spruce and fir are the principal woods and they exist In prac tically unlimited quantities. The hem lock is plenty in parts of the county, comprising perhaps one sixth of all the timber in this region. Its value in tin ning is recognized by Leincnweber & Co., and other tanners, who say it has twice the strength of eastern hemlock. It is also burned for fuel and in making charceal. The spruce of Clatsop is a splendid tree, covering probably one tfiixd of the county's area. It is used in ?;reat quantities in the making of boxes or packing salmon and in that shape finds its way to every quarter of the habitable globe- The tree rises to a height of 200 feet and upwards with cor responding girth and is a prominent feature In the forest The fir, better known as "Oregon pine-" is the great lumber tree of this country. Its grain, toughness, flexibility, the ease which it can oe worked, the polish it is suscepti ble of receiving, the variety of uses to which it can be put, and Its extraordi nary durability make this the most valu able of our trees and a source of great wealth to the region where it grows. Whether it is a lady's work box or the spar of a ship, the fir makes a useful, ornamental and practically indestructi- 1 i eli'"'B' nr ornannta Jnn. The ictlarBPNchn'otu is useful for a v.i- rietyof house work sUulisif. ro it val'ie.: of pro-ierity In tho shipping Interests tho'ig"? its ir.e it "suited on litloa jhas been reached. th,e green crowned keeps it from being med to the exteut hills to tlw south will be cutaway, to mat us menu w mui lnsury. TIIK COUXTr lit OEN'K'rAL. Clatsop cutntv occuIkh one.' "of the. best portions in. tlm Union, and one second lo leiiie in the norlliw st. T'nig'i comparatively a.snull rounty,! 1:1 are.i an mi- iaq .S'-mire 11-"can ana river iront 20 bv will b r,n I... ...in I... ..r ..! .1.1.. ..i....- J- Besidd IhN an- niimniiK bays. Inlt-tsI rin-r-. eic wh ch admit of cuiiiiu mica - j ! m by water throughout its every parr, jit is essntially whu iniybe styled a mirui" county, mil wi 1 always hivr ih.- 11 ivorof'.he.sea. Nin enilis o. it area am covered by woods, which, as wc have seen contain one of our coun ty's many sources of wealth. By its northern boundry tlows the broad Co lumbia; without seed-time or cultiva tion we lift every summ'sr from the strip of water in front of the city nearly $,OJ0,009 worth of the finesj lish that swims; on the bosom of the same stream floats the commerce of the northwest. Whatever storms may rage the harbor is always safe; however severe the frosts elsewhere may be our ports are always free from dangerous ice. On the western slope lies the Pacific whose warm breathings tempers the heat of summer and the cold of winter to so equable a degree that rarely docs the one or the other feel oppressive. To the east and south lies sister counties less favored by nature but of value as neigh bors wan wnoni wc can traue to our mutual advantage. The county's population lies almost en tirely along the ocean and riverfront Of the 10,000 m the county, probably 8,000 are. residents of ClatsoD Plains, the two Astorias, Knappa, Clifton and Westport; ine remaining settlements being John Days, Chadwell. Oluev. Youne's River. Lewis and Clarke, Mishawaka, Jewell, Fishhawk and Vesper. The climate can best be. described un saying that on no day in the year Is it 100 warm to oe uncomfortable, or too coltl to keep one in doors. In the sum mer months there is little ram; In win ter the rain fall is abundant, rendering irrigation unnecessary. In the western part of the county the soil is licht and sandy, alongthe river it is clayey; far mer souiu it is ucuer auaptea 10 cereal cultivation. Hoot crops, oats, grass, hay and dairy products do well. It Is pre eminently a stock country and the Clatsop clover makes the fattest and sweetest beef in the market. The rais ing of cattle, and the manufacture of butter and cheese is fast engaging the lime and attention of a good many, more especially on Clatsop plains, the ohlest settled part of the county. ThereVmoney in it, for butter and beef are just as good as twenty dollar gold pieces anj- day in the year. Our popu lation is a cosmopolitan one. We are a regular board yard, containing every thing from a 2x4 scantling to tongued and grooved flooring or heavy beams. Scandinavia furnishes a good propor tion of our population, chiefly Ushers; they make good citizens; they have come from liberty loving stock and are thrifty and economical; they believe in churches and education, in securing hemes: in raising honest families and are of value to the community; Canada particularly the eastern portion, fur nishes a large part of the loggers and lumbermen. They are a healthy, hear ty, handy honest, people; work hard and save raoney.and encourage their friends and kinfolks to leave the desolate shores where the only exports are ice and stone, and come here where we laugh at winter's efforts to be stem. Americans. English and Germans do most of the. business, and as to their efficiency in a business point of view it is nut necessary to cite tne met that no city in the northwest ha3 better com mercial standing than Astcria. THE CITY OF ASTORIA Occupies in many respects a unique situation. Lying in 40 deg., 12 min. Aor. Lat., ami 123 dcg 50 mm- West Lou., it is the farthest west of any in corporated city in the United States. It is at the gateway ot the greatest water course in America, the Columbia, which descending from its lofty Rocky Moun tain source thousands of miles away cleaves through three ranges in its stat'dy flow to the sea rising and falling with the breathings of the Pacific under Astoria s lir built streets, It is the old est permanent settlement in the pres ent limits of Oregon ami Washington Territory, occupying the site of the old Fort George, when where we now write was held as British soil. For many years Astoria was an outpost, the far thest on the westward march of civili zation, and here among us still dwell pioneers who tell of the days when boiled wheat and salt salmon were var ied only by salt salmon and boiled wheat, and when the arrival of a vessel was a wonderful and memorable occur rence. Even as late as 1870 there were not over 500 people in the place. Little trade was carried on, and the surround ing coutitry was a sort of a terra in cognita as far as its topography was concerned. About that year matters be gan to improve in every respect More people came in, property enhanced in value, communication became swifter and surcrand iu 1873 the place began to assume the appearance of a town. The influx of business ana tne general distri bution of money occasioned by thermi on fisheries were the impulses thafgave it life, and during the last eleven years it his grown slowly but steadily. In 1870 the city of Astoria was incorporat ed by act of the Legislature and im provements 01 a permanent character have been developingsincethen. There never has been a "boom" In Astoria, nor has there ever been any reverse- Prop erty has steadily appreciated in value, ami is to-day held at what some deem a very high figure, but yet none too high when the present status of the city and its future prospects are taken into con sideration. Its position and resources are sufficient Indications that it is des tined to be one of the largest cities on the American continent "Make haste slowlj-" has been the motto of Astoriana throughout, aua mat it is a sate one to govern the growth of a municipality is illustrated bthe steady and prosper ous growth of our city. Yet, on the otuer nana it may oe saw, mat mere is a limit to wise conservatism, and where opportunity indicates a good return for outlay the occasion should be embraced. Probably no city in the Union pre sents a more singular appearance to a stranger than does ours. The greater part of it is built on massive piles driven into the mud and gravel that lines the north shore of thepeninsula made by the Colnmbia and Young's rivers. Be neath the streets is the surge of the tide, nnd above are the sheltering hills, the site being one that combines the useful and the ornamental in an eminent de gree. In Astoria there are at this writ ing, about eleven hundred and fifty houses al largo percentage of which were erected last season, the value of town lots and improvements' is on the assessor's books 1,400,000. Last Jurie there were 1,292 votes cast, which ac cording to the usual average would in dicate a population of 0.500: the city is growing both ways and in tne course of time it is not outside the limits ot proba bility to say that there will be a continu ous line of whnrvea'frDin Siths,point to Tongue point, a distance of seven mPcs along which good" anchorage may befmnd for vessels: when that perit'd ? nu in wnere now uie nae rises ana iiii un t the entire- corporate limits of the. chy ti Youngs river will be covered with mre. subsrantial structures thai tiij nreseiit Though as we before stated Astoria is. the farthest west of ;Smj!.Lr,i,?,il.n j?ai,i' city hi the American Un'on yet she .1. .i .. -is not behind her sister cities iu thepos- tll It Sl-i Years' r .. :. . u..... ..:-! .3-o:mwu ui i' ttiuii iu ruucuw 04 awiai 1 f jSJ,lrf1UrSL ! l i.rt..l.,l"i-nLi progressive civilization. . schools, benevohut s - cieties. etc.. well exemplify this fact In much hat t nds to m ike a t ity, iu educational fac lities. in social and beiie H -ial organizations, e. c, Astoria out ranks any other city on the northwest coast. Perhaps the highest compliment that can be paid the social life of the city is a remark made to the writer by strangera scores of times during the past year. It was "I like your city and its people, its climate and its future and would like to live here." In religious matters, the Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist. Baptist, Con- Eegational, Scandinavian and German utheran have all church edifices in which every Sunday are found numer ous worshippers, though Astoria, as a whole, is not a church-going communi ty. In schools, the two districts into which the city is unwiselv divided have each fine schools. District No. 18, just uuiauiux mi .muuioii iu uieirs uiat win make it as good as anv in the state out side Astoria and Portland, while Dis- niwt. nu. jl lias u sunuoiueutit: set uu me hill that is a splendid advertisement of the city. With the stars and stripes floating from its topmost tower, that splendid structure is a fitting typo of American institutions. The secret so cieties "come out strong." Sts. John Chapter R. A. M. has 28 members; Tem ple jjoage jno. 4 jl. t. and A.M., has 70; Beaver Lodge No 35, 1. 0. 0. F., has 183, and the finest hall north of San Francis co; Ocean encaaipment of tho same ol der has GO members ; Astor Ledge No. 0, K. of P.. has 131 members and a splen didly furnished lodge room; Pacific Lodge No. 17, a comparatively young lodge of K. of P. has 70 members; Sea side Lodge No. 12, A. O. U. W., has 103 members, and one of the finest libraries in the state; Council 995, A. L.of H.,has 09 members; Cuslung Post No. 14, G. A. R., has 33 members; Cushlng Relief Corpa a ladies' adjunct of the Post, new ly organized, has 24 members; Astoria Lodge No. 40, 1. 0. G. T., has 100 mem bers and a finely furnished reading room to which visitors and strangers are in vited and made welcome. Astoria Di vision No. One, Uniform .Rank K. of P. is one of the latest and most popular so cieties. It is an advanced rank of K. of P. and is the first and only division of that grade in the state. Occident Coun cil No. 5, 0. C.F., and the Astoria Ladies' Coffee Club, by no means close the list, but sufficient are given to show how so cieties and organizations and the im mense benefit they do, flourish in our busy city. The Astoria Fire Department occu pies the post of honor in the northwest It is composed of three companies As toria Engine Co. No. 1. with 73 mem bers; Rescue Engine Co. No. 2. with 72 members; and Alert H. & L. Co. No. 1, with 40 members, a total of 191 men In the prime of life, whose only idea is to get to a fire with their apparatus In the promptest manner and once there to put it out as quick as skillful efforts can do it. The apparatus of the department consists of one second-class Amoskeag steam fire engine; one third-class Silsby steam lire engine; one lourtn-ciasa hook and ladder truck; two five foot duty hose carts; two coal tenders; one large firat-clas3 hose carriage, 3500 feet. rub ber hose, a complete Gamwell electric fire alarm consisting of six-boxes, two engine house gongs, and five miles of wire, an alarm bell and a tower, the whole thing being worth S20.000. Dur ing the thirteen months from July 1st. '83, to August 1st, "84 there were thirtv- slx fire alarms. Since that date there have been but three. The city contrib utes about JG.000 a vear to the sumort of the department the rest is supplied by the private contributions of its mem bers. Astoria is a cosmopolitan city; ?very creed and nationality is represented and honest effort in all lines of labor is usually rewarded with success. The cost of living has been higher in the past than it is likely to be in the future. Indeed the days of high prices in Asto ria are about over, ran 01 tins is due to the completion of the N. P. R. R., which places manufactured goods at our doors in competition with each other. The past year has been one of enforced dull ness in every branch of trade. No one in Astoria has made any money, but nearly all have held their own, and the financial storm that swept over the northwest in the early months of the year affected Astoria the least of any coramunity north of ?an Francisco. It is asingularfactthatuearly every enter prise started in this vicinity in '84 fell ihroughin one way or another.This is un usual, nut constant success would grow monotonous, and we enjoy the sunshine all the more for an occasional cloud across the sky. Financially the city is in fair shape; we owe $27,000 which does not press very heavily. During 83 the receipts from all municipal sources were $30,103.32; the expenses for that year were S40.808G; forS4 the receipts were $30,280.25; the expenses for '84 were S30,199.G2. following is a oner synopsis 01 me city's finances for the past twelve menths: On the 1st of January there was on hand the sum of $9,578.30. During the year the receipts, as stated above, have agregated $30,280.25. Of this amount 14,007.86 have been received for taxes; there is a large percentage of the city tax that is delinquent and as yet un collected; $10,400 was received for sa loon licenses: S2,632.80, police court fines ; the remainder of the above is made up of receipts from licenses of various kinds. The magnificent sum of $73.75 is credited to the account headed "Wharfinger" licenses." Jjunng tne year tne city nas spent 30.199.62. Of this amount S7.752.74 has been spent on the fire department; this, of course, is in addition to what the members of the fire department con tributed as individual citizens. Of this amount Rescue Engine Co. No. 2, cost 53,425.85; Astoria Engine Co. No. 1, l,627.98 ; Alert H. & L. Co., 8608.08 ; the -department at large," S2.090.83. The street department cost S6V2430. Sal aries were paid city officials In '84 as follews: Auditor and clerk, 51,150; chief of police, 81,200; attorney, $1,080; police judge, S732J0; police officers, $4,250; treasurer. $685,74; assessor. 5345; street superintendent, -jyyo; sex ton. S480. The city's debt is as follews: $12,000 drawing 10 per cent. Interest, and pay ablerini889; 810,000, drawing 8 per cent interest and payable in 1892: S5.000 drawing 8 percent interest, and pay able in 1898. There is a universal desire for econo my in '85. Offices that are unnecessary are asked to be abolished; officers that are too highly paid in comparison to private employment of the same sort are asxea to oe cue aown; it is also thought that a wise economy in other branches, of the city government will enable the council to levy a lower tax in '85 than in "84, all of which has been aiitate.1 and fullv dlseusnt AHTiifitAV. ThK mrwr liaal ta.eil tliu matter of xiHBiidmei ritv rhartr. Tli lflf.-rf! rf?tlnr tlil rtrarrl i n innvi nipnr tnusarrl r.l0 lug the suggested amendments in the hands t.ftne Chamber of Commerce, to drait them and send them tn our Legis lative rep'esentatives there to be pre sented. The quoiion recardtng revis ion of tho city charter, b'iiil down, amounts to th s; is it the ehart r or the admlnistiatlonot the charter that is at fault? Some think that the charter needs wholesale revis on and amendim:: others think thatthe charter all right, ana that what is needed Is exact and Impress I.ke Interpretation and com pliance regarding Its provisiens: there are not a few who believe that were the city disincorporated altogether aud three trustees elected with an annual salary of say $500 whose business It would be to attend to public matters, that the taxes would be no higher and the community would be as prosperous as under the present system. The needs of the city arc numereus: the most prominent Is a little .nore pub lic spirit; an effort to get out ot the ruts in which the wheels of the past ha.eco long been revelving: a disposition to give people credit for good intentions, and not oe too ready to suppose that wneu anyone Drings lorwara a new iaea he has a job" hidden away somewhere in connection with the project; we need attention paid to the cityfront; the city should assert its right to the north and south streets clear to the Columbia wa ter front. There is considerable ine quality in this matter of water fronts and wharves. One example will illus trate our meaning. Wyatt & Thomp son pay the regular wharfinger's license for a 25 foot deck: right alongside Wil son & Fisher pay an equal license for another 25 foot deck: further up theO. R. & N. Co., have an 1100 foot dock, and the use of five streets for just the same license, a nominal sum of $25 a year. If tha O. It & N. Co, was at all disposed to treat Astoria with due business courte-" ' sy mar. wouia be well enough as a mat ter of reciprocity, but that corporation simply looks upon Astoria as a good com munity to squeeze. The attention of the city council is called to the matter. We also need roads; we want them worse than we do a railrsad. A road to Clatsop, a road to the Nehalem, a road to -ojiappa, wouiu oe worm an the ra i.oau. uuh. uiat we nave uaa ior eit years. The surest and quickest w 10 iuaKe it necessary anovortn a iiaearauroaucome nen uation is not everythinj ousmess are wnat bring j We also need more att. and the summer cleani; in the fishing season, ! to keen the peace in in as In the incorporate! iust that our eastern Wi help nav the burtfen wfi the proht and enjoy whal for. 1 The ship channel is bil encroached on. and a nrrJ headimr the citv front will a necessity as a matter oil auainst Its nllintr nn. V.i there Is about 500.000 seatf down this way bv seasfiWisitoi There is no reason whv tho htwir of thnfc should not be retained right ljlre in As toria. We have evervthintr rMuisIte ex cept a little of that unity ofEsntiment wnuout wnicn ine greatest i are forced to remain nn-nrnfiraJ are hotels, restaurants. - vS crrnnh. express. dnllvmnH nn deal of that which exalts and embel lishes civilized life, and were there rnads leadino1 frnm lipr fnflin ftpaslilo Astoria would be the headquarters for me seaside travel or the northwest Further remarks wnnfd tn n,.nd thA limits of this article. The intent has been to give a candid, Impartial state ment of the condition of our city, our in dustries, the county characteristics and our penernl tvwitlnn Tho niu nn to midnight, and wishing our readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR, n.) Close oar " bors for '84. ' Special Sale. ' milE FINE STOCK.OF D. HART TS vnta X offered at private salear cost price It" comprises ladles' and gents ftrrbljhlrie fewu-3, viu,uui,c(i.. a. guuu i;uaui;c ia gams. I. BEP.GM Assij Assignee's Notice. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAI j.1 uuucrsigneu uaa ueen appointed : eeof the estate of D. Hart, an In; ifpritnr all rpfllrnra nf slri a.t.f. titled to present their claims against si taie, unaer oam. 10 me, vrumn mree c at the ofllce of F. D. Winton, In the Astoiia. ClatBOD countv. Oregon. : ., r ;Tv... -- 1 DecSTth, 1S34. if Assignee's Notice. TVTOTICE 13 HEREBY; QIVEIf ' JLl undersigned has been appointed signee ni ine estate or uancer s 44 aim ail persons uaving claims agau firm are hereby notified to present tj duly certified to tne undersigned, ao nee. 111 Astoria, uregon, witnm uirei from this date. Dec. 27th. 1884. J.H.IT.GBAS HAS RETURNED. T P. I-EATHP.BS TTAS -RPTTTRld J and is ready to turn out some fine flsl inp uoais ior me river, snop on tne Deail between Kinney's and Elmore's cannerie'f Furnished Rooms ( w ITH OR WITHOUT BOAh, Enquire ot Mrs. E. C. v Notice of Application N OTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN-TH undersigned will aDDlv to the. . Council, of the City ot Astoria, at its recular meeting for a license to sell V malt and spirituous liqbors. in lew misv ties than one quart, for a period of ait vear J In the bulldine situated ou Lsi -surv-RloelJ No. CI, In the city of Astoria, as laid out anu" recorded bv John McClure. THEODORE BROEMSEB. Astoria. Dec. 30, 1834. Notice. NEITHER THE UNDERSIGNED CON siimees nor Capt. Curlett, of the British bark TTm. D. Seed, from Ioulqul. will be re sponsible for any debts contracted by the the crew at this port, unless duly author-, lzeu. MEYER, WILSON & CO. December 22nd, 1884. For Rent. mwnuRnvr Tnnw. srrrTA'RT'P at X offices : centrally located : apply at As-i TOSIAIf OIUCC. To The Public. TlylANY COMPLAINTS ARE B'iTNG iu. mauc uj uuiiuiucu uu i'civir cm ploying Chinese serraatt, about the prac tice of snow-balling Chinamn as thuy pass been Indulged In to such an extent tat clt- IZCI13 UUU Ih UllUVUil IV K IKU T jUll tU . 10500a CJIOUUO OUUM WtU. i uinivi UereDy noillj su persona nuim ik may c ,f..fet...niM.lni(a li.f lrl.il a! .J Cejn Wi UJ cu$aiu& in mstuua si tuey Decomo guny 01. asiuuih an i'N made before me agaiast partis ell mem wiin uaai oasuie, x. wm iu 1 ior tneir arrwsi, ana 11 may axe iou they will be punished to the fall .3.0D1 Wastages lf Here pr tola. ? a trnnd i v- - -