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-PF5-- CZ) She gaftjj Jlsionan. ASTOKIA, OREGON: TUlUAY ... at'LY H. 18S5 A FREE RIVER. Easteku Oregon and Y'asIriiigton journals are not slow in calling at tention to the fact that a free river is a commercial necessity. In a long article in The Dalles Timi-2Toun-talnccr of the lltli, this journal in discussing that question, says: "At the commencement of the era of railroads in Oregon Portland in duced Ben Holladay to grant it espe cial favors in the location of depots to the detriment of other towns. If the O. & C. 1. E. had been built through to Astoria as projected, thousands of dollars would not have been spent annually to allow sea-going vessels to arrive at Portland. But the O. k C. 1. E. only branched out a sufficient distance from that city for it to command the wheat trade of the Willamette, and it left oil' its swaddling clothes aud assumed the importance of a great commercial point. Its capitalists dared not al low the line to have been built through to Astoria, for they knew, placed on an equal fooling with the seaport of Oregon as regards means of transportation to the interior, Port land could not command the bulk of the trade of the valley, nor nearly as much as Astoria. These capitalists were afraid iohave the line completed to connect with the California road, for then San Francisco would con trol the trade of iho valley towns, and Portland would sink into compar ative insignificance. .Success marked the efforts of the metropolis, aud enough of the road was built for it to control the trade of "Western Ore gon, and every year congress was im portuned for appropriations to im prove the navigation of the lower "Willimcllc and Columbia river, so it could do the carrying trade of the state. "When the battle was waged against Frederick Billings and the Northern Pacific, it took sides with Yillard, and when the latter became president of the great transcontinental lines it reaped the reward of its fawn ing." 5l: jf . "The opening of the river to free navigation (which Portland well knows will send the grain product of eastern Oregon and "Washington to Astoria), has always met with strong opposition from friends of the met ropolis, and leading papers of the east, through the medium of Oiegcn correspondence, have been induced to oppose the scheme and have de nounced the locks at the Cascades a waste of public money." ' " An open river will send the great wheat product of this section to Asto ria for shipment; it will unlock the gate to California competitors for our trade; it will kill the railroad monop oly, and all these would drag Port land from her pre-eminence as the trade center of the northwest to the big town of the Willamette, with no relation to the rest of Oregon." ' "It is true that the people of the interior are not equal in num bers or intelligence to those of the "hub" of the northwest, but at the ballot box, in this free country, we are equal, and we should work and vote for those who are our friends." On the same subject the Pendleton Tilbune has in the course of an arti cle, the following to say: " The railroad through the inland empire, from the Cascades to the mouth of Snake river, a distance of 150 miles, runs alongside the Colum bia river and all grain raised for that distance, on one side of the Columbia could be easily loaded in boats as on the cars, and that on the other side a great deal easier, by reason of its having to cross the river to get to ihe railroad. This then reverses the log ical reasoning of the Oregonian. for once loaded in boat3 it will be cheaper to run it dwvn the river than to make an extra and costly transfer. True, there are several railroads branching out into the interior after leaving Umatilla, but there is the Upper Col umbia and Snake rivers io offset that again. On the whole, were the Col umbia river open to traffic there would be a3 much grain shipped from the inland empire by boat as there would be by rail, and judging the future by the present outlook of ihe grain crop there would be enough to tax the carrying capacity of both. But that, which would be loaded in boats would be taken to the lower Columbia. And here is just where the shoe pinches." Salmon fishing around the islands between Japan and Siberia is rare sport. A scientific traveler describes seriously the abundance of fish. "They exist in such numbers that during the summer and autumn seasons, their fins sticking out of the water near the entrances of tho rivers, look like masses of tangled kelp. A sin gle haul brings to laud 5,000 salmon.' TiXiXixG of the San Francisco lum-b:-r market, the S. F. Chronicle of the 9th. says: "It is probable that the lumber dealers here will again form a union before long by -n hich to keep the prices of lumber up as be fore. It is said that many of them in this city have manifested a willingness to co-operate anew. Ever since the combination that had been iu exist ence for several years was broken last summer, prices havo been very low, and the great reduction in the profits of the business has revived the tendency of the manufacturers for an association of interests. When tho combination ceased, prices were left unsupported. They consequently fell aud have continued falling. The abandonment of the coalition resulted from the overburdened condition of the lumber market. This was caused more by an unwarranted increase in the production of that commodity than in a slackening of consumption. The oversupply ha? been continuing until now, and prices have been de pressed all along. So many raiils were built when the profits made lumbering a better business than it is at present that the manufacturing capacity of this coast has been doub led during the past five years. Jioro lumber is constantly placed on the market than can be disposed of." A KEroivi has been published of an interview with a prominent Bepubli cau senator, iu which he foreshadows the probable course of the majority in reference to tho appointments mado by the president during the re cess of that body. It appeals to be understood that the Republican sen ators will concede to tho president the absolute right to name men of his own chosing for offices tl o terms of which have expired, or which arc iu any way connected with the policy of the administration. In the case, however, of appointments to pnrely business offices where removals havo been made during the receS3, careful inquiry will bo made into the causes of such removals, on the ground that where a man has left his private busi ness and has accepted an appointment uuber the government for a certain term of an indefinite period, he has a right to expect to remain in posses sion of the office if he attends strict ly to its affairs, at least as long as congress has repeatedly expressed its opinion what a term of office should be that is, four years. As will be seen, the point of probable future conflict lies in tho determi nation of ihe question, what arc and what are not "offices connected with the policy of the administration.' The discussion of this question is not unlikely to spring once more the old question a3 to tho extent of the president's control over removals un der the constitution. IIekky Taylok, who had personal experience in ocean shipping from 1SGG to 1879, replies in the Chicago Tribune to an article of Mr. Bates', giving the preference to wooden ves sels as compared with iron, as grain carriers. The writer say3 that the value in tho market of cargoes in Al all iron vessels, is 23 cents per quart er over the same in nil wood. The great danger of damage in the latter is well known to the shippers of tho Pacific slope. A first-class iron ves sel, says ?Ir. Taylor, can, he thinks, bo built on the Clyde for less than a wooden one of even tonnage, either on the Pacific or Atlantic coast. The iron ship would be classed as Al for twenty years; the wooden ono would be so classed only for seven, in a few cases for ten or fourteen years; after these dates few would risk a cargo around the Horn. Iron ships mako fully as good time, or a better aver age; while underwriters would not insure a grain cargo in a wooden ves sel of seven years at as low a rate as in one of iron of double that age. Ovei: yonder in Dakota they're telling a story about Bob Ingersoll to tho effect that while ho was delivering ono of his lectures on Hell in that ter ritory in November last, he paused for a moment for tho manager of the hall to make an announcement, and a dispatch was read that the official vote of 2ew York would be counted for Cleveland. The manager had not fairly left the stand when the voice of a cowboy, between six and seven feet in height, was heard as he slung his hat to the ceiling, jumped up and sang eut: "Jehu! a Democrat presi dent and no hell!" It is at last definitely established that Barclay Henley, a California congressman was and is a Mexican citizen. XEW TO-DAY. Private Boarding House. milE UNDERSIGNED KESI'F.CTFOLLY JL announces that she Is prepared to f ur msli Ladles or Gentlemen with Hoard only, or with Hoard and Furnished Rooms nt Terv reasonable rates. No extra charge for use of Parlor or Bath room, and even' effort will be made to make her guests feci com fortable and at home. Dinner Served ifrom ." to GiS3 P. 21. 3IKS. E. C.HOLI)K.V. SETJor. Main and Jefferson streets. uolson CLOSHYG OTT SALE! WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th; 2 P. M. XXSrHUCTED BY MILS. C. A. MAY, I JL will icll on the premises opposite Odd Fellows Hall, oa Cass .treet, a larxe assort ment ol Bed-room. Dining-room and Kitch en Furniture, consisting of Bed-room Sets. Double and fcinla Bedsteads and Spring Mattresses. Bureaus, Wa-h Stands, Bedding. Carpets Cbairs. Tables, Crockery, tSInsswaru and Cutlery. Hiatin? Stoves, Cook Stoves, and Kltrhun utensils, etc., et-., etc. K. C. HOLDER Auctioneer. The GrEW. MILES Will Make TWO TRIPS DAILY! TO Forts Stevens and Canby, . And liwaco. The second ttln will be made upon the ar rival of the boats from I'aitlauil. Tills gives every one a splendid chance to get THE OCEAN BREEZE. And see the Mouth of the Columbia. A. . Allen, Wholesale and Retail Dealer iu PtQvlsiaa&j MILL FEED. Giasi and Plated Ware, 'IKOIMl'Al. AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together '.villi Wines, Uquors,Tobacco,Gigars Garnahan & Co. SUCCESSORS TO 1. W. CASE, I.Mi'OKTKR.S AND KHOLESALK AND RKTAIL DEALERS IN GENERAL MEBCHAMSE 'orner Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - OKEGON J. P. AUSTIN. Seaside - Oregon DEALER IK Groceries, Wines, Liquors, TOBACCO AND CIGARS. SA FINE BILLIARD TABLE. Holden's Auction Rooms f Established January 1st, 1S77. E. C. HOLDEN, Ileal Estate and General Anctioneer and Commission Merchant, Chenamus Street. - Astoria, Oregon. Auction sale of Sundries everv Saturday, at 10 :30 a. 3i., at hit Auction Rooms. Will conduct Auction Sales of Real Estate, Cattle, aud Farming Stock wherever de sired. Csth Returm Promptly made after Salrs. Consignments respectfully solicited. Notary Public for the State of Oregon. Commissioner of Deeds for Washington Territory. Agent, lor uany auu yvcoiciy uregonlan. M. STUDZINSKI, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER Watches, Jewelry, Clocks OPTICAL GOODS. ASTORIA. - - - Urcson. AH Goods Best Quality, aud Ijovt Prices. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL. Corner Third cud E Streets, PORTLAND, - - - OREGON. Our facilities are such that we defy competition. This Is the largest and most respectably kept Hotel in the North weM. Board and Lodqlng $ 1 .00 per day MKALS.U cent. LODBIXU.IUandSOceniA Free Buss to and from, ihe House. erXo ( hincsc Kmployed.-ffa E. LenUlon, (Late of Minnesota llouseJProp. O. CLARK. AGENT. School Meeting. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT there will be a meeting of the legal voters of School District No. l, Astoria. Clat sop county, Oregon, held at the school house of said district on Friday. July 17th. 1883, at 8 r. m., for the purpose of levying a tax to support a school in said district for the en suing year ; also to levy a tax to pay interf si on the present indebtedness of said district ; also to levy a tax for a sinking fund to p3y the present indebtedness of said district: also to levy a tax for Incidental expenses of said district, and to transact such other bus iness as may properly come before the meet ing. By order of the Board of Directors. J. G. HUSTLER, Clerk Dist. No. 1. Astoria, July C. 1SS5. Net Lost. ON TI1E NIGHT OF 7TU JDLY. ABOUT 250 fathoms net, leads marked J. G. M. & Co. A suitable reward will be paid for its recovery. J.G.MEGLEB&CO. Specie! A HB 8 M TX fc"v! We heg io direct special attention to our LATEST IM PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES Fine Dress Goods, Parasols, Corsets, Hoopskirts, Etc, Etc. Which we are selling according- to our motte: The Best Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices. PRJ9LSL urnifure, Beddim . Oil Cloth, Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mouldings, Astoria Furniture Co. Dealers iu Furniture, Bedding, PICTURES, ffioililiic Carpets, Matting, Retire Frames, Willow Shades, etc. Cor. Chenamus and Hamilton Sts. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Thirty Professors aud Instructors. 336 Students! Dcpartmeuts ol Literature. Lair. .Mcillrinc, Music and Art. 1 Board and home for ladies in the Woman's College, ?;tao per e-k. ton, Dean. Gentlemen board In clubs for $2.30 to $3.00 per week. Many hoard themselves for SI.00 to S1.M per week. ThP best moral Borcrnment Is maintained. Tuition halt price to children or ministers anil those preparipg for the ministry. First term begins September 7tlt Law Deitartment opens Sept. lGth. Medical Department opens in Portland December 2nd, 13S3, Dr. E. 1. Fraser, Dean. Seud for catalogue and information to THOS. VAN SCOT, President, Salem, Or C. K. KAI K..T. HART. iXCELSJOR M!LL Having built and refitted with improved machinery the above mill at large esjen.ff, wc are now prepared to MANUFACTURE And Furnish all Kinds and Sizes ef Sash. Doors, Blinds, And every description of Mill Work with Promptness and Dispatch. Moulding. Taming and Bracket Woik a Specialty All Kind3 of Finished Lumber for Sale. We cordiallv Invite our Iricnds and the pub lic to give us a call. Cor. Genevieve aud Astor Sts.. Astoria, Or. BAIN & HA ItT, Proprietors. Notice. -RTOTICE IS HKBEBY GIVEN THAT THK JLi undersgncd assignee of the estate of J. E. Thomas an insolvent debtor, will on the loth dayof July.lSST, at the hour of 2 o'clock l. ai. of said day In front of the court house door In Clatsop county, state of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following accounts due said estate for merchandise sold to the following persons by said estate, which accounts have not been paid, nor any part thereof, namclr : S ames of debtor i. Amt. due. T. Arrlgonnl . $ s oo A. Adamapple............ 1 00 J. Amdt . I 00 Nat. Boyle 3 to J. Chanpell i so A.J. Clout rie . 1 00 JamesColIigan . ... I 00 K. D. Curtis 75 Emma Connellv.... so .1 ohn Docker. 3 5o S. Duncan 1 TjO A. Ernst .. u 50 T. Foss . . G 43 James Fox 7 ro J. E. Ferguson... ... .... TjO James GUI . 2 oo C. E. Green . 5 -io O. P. Graham .... c oo T. Henderson... . ...... 1 25 Win. Humbtc.... ........... . 50 B. F, Jones . 75 Joe. . . 1 Oo John Keely. . t 2.1 John Liwson.... ... 2 25 Cha. Lean . 12 75 A.Lund . - 1 Co D. McKcnzie .... ... 5 00 H. Mattson . 25 Mrs. J. V. Olseu 25 S. Peterson .. 25 Mrs. lLltoc 3 50 Win. Kusscll . . 1 eo Geo. Itowe . ... 3 oo T. Kobcrts 75 J. C.ltoss CO Mrs. Shamlcy . ..... . 4 T5 Chas. Swanson.. . 3 so Chas. Stickles 75 Chas. Stewart, 1 oo Mh. Ppcxarth.. ... . 50 W. P. Vaughan 2 75 Rescue Engine Co .. 25 J.C. L'dwell.... v. 1 10 Henry Fisher . . 1 M I Hnrtwig. 1 25 G. A. Bell 2 00 Wm Painter. .. .. 1 40 W. L. Kobb 1 00 T. B. Brldwell 15 30 II. C. Tanner 20 70 Mrs. A. Koemer........ .. 1 25 Tony Anderson 9 75 $17(165 F. P. HICKS, Assignee or the estate of J. E. Thomas. City Taxes. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Tax list of the city of Astoria. Clatsop, couuty. Oregon. Is now in my hands for the collection of said taxes, and will remain with me for thirty days. J. G. HUSTLER. City Treasurcrand Tax Collector. Astoria. July 1st, 1$55. qtsttjcj ZAl VJ JULW3 Wall Paper, II. l)v KU1SSOX. Manager. Elocution a specialty. Sirs. W. .. Ilarrinjc- STREET WORK SOLICITED: Having removed patt of our Gratling Outfit from Portland to Astoria, we are now prepared to do all kinds of Grading and Filling. At reasonable, rates, either by day or job. A Portion oftho Pabllc.Patronao IxKoIIcitcil Office at Elmo Hotel. Hamilton & Cummings. WILL Cut Faster AND EASIER ; Than any o'h- ui a.c iiiutic. Hundreds of woodmen tes tify to Its supe riority. It goes Deep end Nerer Stlcki. CAP.NAHAN &. CO., AcenU Aston:. Price, $1.50. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bhktox Stkket, Nkau Pakkeic. House, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GEHERAL MAGHIHISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LANflailSlEraES BoilerWcrk, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Or alt Descriptions made to Order nt Short Notice. A. D. "Wabs. President. .1. (J. HosTLKK.Secretary, I. V. Cask, Treasurer. Jonx Fox.Superintendcnt. Executrix' Notice. HAVINO BEEN APPOINTED EXECU trix of the last will and testament of M. M. Oilman, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are hcrehy re quired to present the same properly verified to me at my residence in Astoria, Clatsop couuty, Oregon. FLORA.I.GILMAN. Executrix. Astoria, April 2nd, 18S5. 1 l-5t Notice. BE IT KNOWN THAT I, GEO. W. PAR dce, of Astoria. Oregon, have this day purcased of Al. C. Hutcnings the right of the saldM. C. Hutehines patent process for test lug sealod cans In the state of Oregon and territory of Washington, for the term of 17 years from the 17th day of March, 1SS3. ex cept one right said to AL J. Kinney and one right sold to the Aberdeen Packing Co.. at Ilwaco, W. T. GEO. W.PARDEE. L Dealer at Wholesale sh.I Retail s:i Zl5&gLJZ., SvcSdSSfe. gH SIP&ImIQ SilinW fg -sr- J-J- - - -' -"-- - For TOWING, FREIGHT or CIIAK 5 iPQIIIClOs S?maUSSgl rKK,piVyio,heCapt:lin.orto AXE. I PATCHED AVC.30.nJl. j.u.i rumnger -THE FINEST- Family Groceries, Provisions and Freshest Vegetables AT- Corner Benton and Opposite Custom UK I isf tin A L e ffMiRof U.I. AT iLem5, Hwi2, Prices BL B. FAREEB, Hay, Oats, anil Straw, Lime.. Brift, Cement, M anil Plaster VFooil Rcllrcrcd to Order. A FULL STCCIC John M -DEALRn Tin, Sheet iron and Copper Ware. A Gci.eral Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents lor Magee Stoves and Ranp'S The Ilest In the market. rimr.Mng good:: ol all kiud3 on hand. J oh work done In a workmanlike mamirr lv'I??"''?2?S1T,,T9K Etc. THE' "NJBW'MO'PEL llfgSggl - LlrX-gvT' '-' ?: KANK CAN BE HAD IN A- sfV-iTCSw--j TORIA ONLY OF 7 4a?;fe!iSS5!K s-s sn- XSStfrS-J-bSSSK! Sf JsSji Mirrors, r.BJK J!BBsK?3& Buck Dated (Mil Sin?. tbSP0, "3sJ& Vir PLUMBING, GAS FITTING.. AND CANNERY WORK Attended to-Promptly on Reasonable Terms. iicnrcu2nM Street. Xexi to C 1 I'arlier's Store. M. OI.SEN. J.GUSTAFSON. MARTIN OLSEN So CO. DEALERS IX FTTKNTTIIRE S5 BEDDING Comer 3Iatn anil SSqncnioquu rttrcet-i. Astoria, Orecon. Wlit'QQW SHADES AUD TRIMMHQiS; WALL PAPER, ETC A Complete Steele. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. ALT. KIKftS OF FITKXITlTaSS REPAIRED ASI? VATSJnSirED. For London Direct; Hardware asjl SMtj Clanttlerj The Fine A 1 Iron Barque "HATDEE," 738 Tons llegister, Will Soon he KEADY TO RECEIVE FREIGHT AT ASTORIA. SAL IWEO jKT Will he taken at REASONABLE RATES. For particulars apply to SIBSON, ciiuncn & CO . I'ortlaml. Or to A. W. BERRY. Astoria. To Whom It May Concern. I TAKE PLEASURE IN STATING THAT Sirs. Kary Jasperson, holder of the ticket purchased hy ine from Messrs. Isozorth & Johns of this city over tho Cunanl Steam ship line and Pennsylvania R. It. and con necting lines, arrive'd safciy In Astoria ticen-ty-one days Irom Stavangcr, having received during the trip every attention from the of ficers and employees of the steamship and railroad lines nhovo named, who addressed her in her own language. Her baggage ar rived iu Astoria iu good order on the same hoat with herself. I can cheerfully recommend all who wan to travel over the fastest and safest line, and at the same time have tho very lust of treat ment in evory respect, to buy their tickets via the Cunanl Line. I.J.ARVOLD. In The Field Again! J. G. ROSS HaviHj Purchased tho Interest r tho Mcintosh Bros., IN THE PIONEER RESTAURANT Would mot respectfully Inform his numer ous friends in the city of Astoria and sur rounding conntry that ho Is now roady t d business again at bis old stand. Come and see mc A Well Suppliei Table, and Clean, Comfortable Beds. A iss jjSjafTT- !", Chenamus Streets. House Square. Kit IX Pra)5a, Teawine and impress Ensloess. STKAMEiS f'UlU PARKER then P. Pailicr,Mastsr. BAWBil A OEM- ALL AND EXAMINE II, WILL BE PLEASED. :t. HAWKS Is jilo agciit lot f And other first-clasi Sires. Fnruaco "Worlr. Steam Fxt- iss otc, ft peoIf?tr A1YWAY5 ON HAND. gmfgGme'E'y. I'- a. joitxso. ! YAH DUSEfi & CO.. DKALKKS IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binaclc Oil, Cotton Canvas. Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cnt Nails, Agricultural Implements Sciviujy Machines, 2aias and Oils. Groceries, etc. Dissolution of Copartnership. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE undersigned formerly partners doing business under the firm namo of Evensong Anderson, havo this day dlsolved partner hhip by mutual consent, Martin Anderson retiring and Cnn. Evenson continuing said business. Said Chris Evenson to pay all of tho indebtedness of said firm and collect all accouuts and moneys due or to becomo dno it. MAltTIN ANDRKSON. C1IKIS. EVENSON. Dated the 2nd day of July. 18S9. Abstracts of Title. milE UNDERSIGNED HAS COMriLED JL a set of Abstract Books from tha records of Clatsop County and Is now prepared to furnish complete and correct Abstracts of Title to any Kcal Estata in the County, at reasonable rato?. O.K. THOMSON, Attprnty at Law. Astoria. Orecou. Ornon. 1J6i 5, ver City Back Store. Gounty Treasurer's Notice. THERE IS 3IONEY IN THE COUNTY Treasury to pay all county orders pre sented prior'to October 1st, 1SS3. All such orders will cease to draw lntertst aitor this date. ISAAC BERGMAN. Treasurer Clatsop Guty. Astoria, Or.,June 22nd, 18Si. u. n. ivikiiisw r.ii.. .w