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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1887)
C2 Ha X S t gntttj gustwim ASTORIA, OREGON: SUNDAY .SEPTEMBER 1. 1BS7 County court meets to-morrow. The public schools open to-morrow. The Columbia sailed yesterday; the State is due from Sau Francisco to-day. The British ship Stan more, 1,7G7, 22 days from San "Pedro, arrived in yesterday. A grand surprise sale of books and school-supplies is advertised by the Crystal Palace. Portland oystermen have put up the price of bivalves in that city to 40 cents a pint "Ah there!" say Griffin & Reed, and tell you in big type that they have school books and school supplies for sale. "Woman against Woman" at Ross opera house to-morrow night Re served seats at New -York Novelty store. At the New York Novelty Store re served seat tickets for the Madison Square and Wilber's Lyceum Theater Co., which appears at Ross opera house next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. There is a fine short hoin animal at Carruther's & MeTavisli's stable that is a good example of the value of blooded stock. She U an import ed cow, the property of A. E. With ers, and weighs 1,460 pounds. The examination of those desiring teaohers' certificates, before the coun ty board of examiners, closed last Friday at noon, two of the applicants being granted first grade certificates, two second grade and one third grade. Shipping at cross purposes, is well illustrated by the transit of Alaska salmon to San Francisco, thence baokto Victoria, and eastward over the Canadian Pacific railway; while the Frazer river salmon goes to Vic toria and eastward via Portland over the Northern Pacific railway. Last Thursday Mrs. W. A. Foster, of Jewell, heard an outcry among her chickens, and going out found that a panther had chased them up to with in twenty steps of the house. She set the dogs on the brute; they treed him and he was soon dispatched with a rifle. He measured six feet. On her return from Alaska the Manzanita went up the river, taking on board pilots Reed and Strang here and pilots Hoyfc and Moody at Walk er's Island. The St. Helen's channel was relocated, and' in all, fifteen buoys placed. She returned yester day afternoon and took on supplies for Tillamook rock, leaving for there at five o'clock this morning. Upon her return she will go south as far as Port Orford. - A New York dispatch of the 2nd says: Negotiations for the sale of treasury assets by the Oregon & Transcontinental were completed to day. In addition to 3,000,000 of Ore gon Railway & Navigation bonds, the sale comprises $2,000,000 at par value of the stock. The prices were not made public, but a large amount was paid, ancl the balance will be paid to morrow. The sale is to a foreign syndicate, chiefly represented by Henry Yillard. Rumors of a change in management of Oregoriconipanies were officially denied. The president has appointed Pro fessor G. Brown Goode, assistant di rector of the national museum, to be commissioner of fish and fisheries, vice Professor S. F. Baird, deceased. Judge McCue, solicitor of the treas ury, "who was first tendered the office, declined because of his lack of scien tific knowledge. The office was also tendered governor Thompson, acting secretary of the treasury, and he too deolined for the same reason. Pro fessor Goode is a well known scientist and was associated with Professor .Baird in many important duties of a scientific character. Messrs. Hughes and Ward, the cel brated temperance evangelists, made their first public" appearance before an Astoria audience, and held a large and enthusiastic temperance meeting at Liberty hall. They are energetic and 'eloquent and zealous in the cause. They will remain and con tinue to hold meetings for the next ten days. At the close it was an nounced that there would be a meet ing in the Y. M. C. A. hall at 3 this afternoon, and in Liberty hall from four to five, and again' in the evening at Liberty,, hall, beginning at 730. The hall was crowded and considera ble interest manifested by all present The meeting closed shortly before ten o clook-with the singing of the "Dox ology." In a pamphlet issued lately by the U. S. hydrographic office, Lieut. Underwood says that mineral oils are not so effective for use at sea as vegetable or animal. A comparative ly small amount of the righf kind of oil, say two quarts per hour, prop erly used, is sufficient, he asserts, to prevent much damage, both to ves sels and to small boats, in heavy seas. The greatest result from oil is obtained in deep water. In a surf, or where water ia breaking on a bar, the effect is not so certain; but even in this case oil may. be of benefit,, and its use is recommended by Lieut Underwood. He advises that, when an attempt is about to be made to board a wreck, the approaching vessel should use the oil after running as close as possible under the lee of the wreck. The wreck will soon drift into the oil, and then a boat may be sent alongside of her. The finest and nicest steak to be had "tntownatFabre's. THAT TEN CENT PIECE. Some Reminiscences of Astoria Joaranlism. A good many have disked, "What is that ten cent piece there for?' refer ring to the silver dime of date 1873, in the middle of the "O in the word "office" in the glass in the front door of Tnc AsTORiAx'offics. Tbatisaid to be the original ten cent piece that D. C. Ireland had when he started The Astoriak in 1873. That is the 3 ear Tun Astobiax was started, and that is the date on the ten cent piece in the office door. The little silver disc brings up a good many remi niscences. It was in 1863 that the first paper was started in Astoria, the Astoria Marine Gazette, W. W. Parker, ed itor, published by the A3toria Pub lishing company. It ran with vary ing success, and in 1867 the affairs of the company were wound up and the paper ceased publication. In 1872 Rev. T. A." Hyland issued a little sheet called the Advocate, which had but a brief existence. In July, 1873, D. C. Ireland issued the first number of The Weekly Astorian, -which de veloped into The Tbi-Weekly and subsequently The Daily Astorian. It was published in the old Monitor building, just across the street from its present site, now occupied by the stately brick structure of the Odd Fellows' Building & Loan Associa tion. It is now in its fifteenth year, and for over fourteen years has fur nished a detailed account of the growth and progress of the city and county, itself growing and progress ing as tho years go by. In Septem ber, 1881, D. C. Ireland sold The As tobiak and the building in which it ib published to J. F. Halloran and Pitman W. Parker, they paying him 8,000 therefor. They have since carried on the business of publishing the paper and running a job printing office, the establishment being added to nnd augmented in various ways until it is believed to be at the pres ent time equal in equipment to any similar institution in the state, out side of Portland. In December, 1833, a corporation composed of A. W. Berry, J. W. Welch, and C. J. Curtis, the funds being snpplied by individual sub scribers and stockholders of what was known as the "Astoria Publish ing company," started the Daily In dependent. It passed out of tho hands of its originators, the plant be ing successively leased and trans ferred to various parties. When Snyder Bros. & Conner took hold of it they changed the name to the Gateway Daily Herald. It died in September, 1SS5. In October, 1886, the Astoria Ad vertiser appeared, G.W.Snyder, pub lisher, followed shortly after by the Astoria Transcript, Snyder Bro3., publishers, a weekly paper, clean in tone and carefully edited. This is a brief history of Astoria journalism to the present time, and the question of the meaning of the little piece of minted silver in the door has awakened these scant remi niscences of subjects that would be extremely interesting if written out in detail. Arrival of the ''Courtney Ford." The American brig Courtney Ford arrived in yesterday, fourteen days from Bristol bay, Alaska, with twen ty white men, residents of Astoria, sixty-six Chinamen aud several thou sand cases salmon aboard, from the Alaska Packing Co.'s cannery. Ev eryone is reported well and the sea son was profitable. The Courtney Ford was loaded here last spring and sailed April 2, with an outfit provided by the Scandinavian Packing Co., which is chief owner in the Alaska Packing Co. The season was a busy one for all hands. The Saijie F. Keller, a three-masted schooner sailed from there with 7,C30 cases of the can nery's pack for San Francisco August 16th, and has probably reached San Francisco by this time. The vessel will discharge her cargo at the Scandinavian Co.'s wharf, where the salmon will b? lacquered, labeled, and recased. This is only one of several similar enterprises in Alaska and elsewhere fitted out by ABtoriaus. Astoria is the headquarters and base of sup plies for every cannery from tho Cal ifornia line to Behring's sea. The whale fleet ought of right, have its headquarters here, and when the great wealth of food fish in the adjacent waters is utilized by being caueht and shinned to market Asto ria will be the proper and probable entrepot for the trade. We have just received- the largest stock of school books ever brought to Astoria, which we nronose to sell at bottom prices. GniFFix & Reed. Buv your school books at Griffin & Reed's. It will be to your Interest We will sell you school books, blanks and tablets and other school supplies as cheap as the cheapest. Please bear this in mind. Gbiffin & Reed. Remember that our school supplies must bo sold, as we remain here only a few days longer. Come and get our prices. OuYSTix Pat. ace. Attention, No. Ones X Annual meeting Astofia Engine Co. No. One to elect officers, to-morrow. Monday evening, the 5th inst, at 7:30 P.M. A full attendance desired. . D.R. Blount, . President L. E. Selto, Secretary. Herman Wise makes a tempting offer. Everyone can pick any hat he likes and pay 10 per Cent, less than the price of the hat calls for. Try Fabre's celebrated pan roast Star Whittakor hams, sugar cured bacons and smoked ox tongues, dried beef, etc., at Thompson & Ross'. The Low Price Store is closing out. Dress Goods and Trimmings, Gents and Boys' Clothing at any price. Go there for bargains. The best Fabre'a. oysters in any style at 1 Lemon Ice Cream at Fabry's to-day. OUR LUMBER SUPPLY. A fireat and Growing Source of Local "Wealth. No feature of Oregon's industrial pro gress, says tho Orcgonlan of the 3rd, during the past two years has been bo im portant as the development of n market in the Eastern states for -our lumber. Until now there has been no market in which Oregon manufacturers have had a fair chance. There have been in fact but two department in tho lumber trade the domestic trade in California and the foreign trade in tho islands, China and South America and these have been held firmly in hand by San Francisco capital ists who control tho great mills at Paget sound and on the southern coast. Our lumbermen have been able to sell in con siderable quantities to these markets but alwavs under sufferance and in almost every instance through the agency of the great lumber magnates. "When they have attempted to compete in San Francisco they havo been made to feel the hard hand and usually have found their ven tures unprofitable. In the foreign trade they have not been able to do anything to speak of. Portland merchants have no connections with tho islands, China or the South American countries. The com mercial relations of these places are with San Francisco and the trade in lumber like trade in other forms has been re ciprocal. The San Francisco people, with their immense lumber resources, have been abje to hold the foreign busi ness absolutely. And further, they have not scrupled to injure the reputation of Columbia river lumber (by this name the product of all the mills from Astoria to Portland is classed) even while making use of it under tho name of Pugot sound lumber. The new trade with the east, on the other hand, began with ns and is wholly our own; and through advantages of situation wo will bo ablo to hold it against competition. The earliest experimental shipment of lumber to the Eastern market was mado something less than three years ago. It was found profitable, and regalar ship ments began in August, 18S5. From that timo till January 1, 18SG, G.000,000 feet wore shipped. In 18S6 one Portland mill ing company dispatched 18,000,000 feet, and two other mills as much more. Dur ing the current year one mill has shipped its cntiro product for eight months 2G,(W0,00i) feot and other mills havo sent JO.OOO.OOO feet. The business has grown steadily, each month showing an advance over the month preceding. Daring Au gust upwards of 5,000,000 feet were shipped, and it is believed that by next spring shipments will aggregate 10,000, 000 feet per month. This rapid develop ment is not the result of a "boom" effort, but has been in response to legitimate demands. Tho market is everywhere Denver, Salt Lake, Omaha and on as far east as Chicago. Railroads east of tho Missis sippi river havo begun to use Oregon lumber and it is coming to bo known in the building trade. For framing and other work requiring strength it is with out equal in the light lumbers of tho East. Tho greater number of Eastern orders are for heavy timbers, nnd it goes for tho most part in this form. The future of this business is assured not less by the merits of our lumber nnd the favor with which it has been received than by the decline in the Eastern timber supply. The pine lands of the Northern states are not yet exhausted, but a point has been reached from where tho end is seen. Tho supply .is visibly "short." It is this that has advanced prices to n figure which enables our lumbermen to compete. There is no other sourco avail able, and the demand must continue nnd grow. It is not least among the advantages to follow the O. It. &2. lease to the Union Pacific, that it gives the latter road ac cess to our timber. Here, alone, this system of many thousand miles pene trates a foresfc country. The timber con sumption of the Union Pacific alone is very great, sufficient to employ several mills, while that of the country into which it must introduce and carry our timber is beyond estimate. Already, the Eastern demand has put new life into lumber manufacture and to general industry on the Columbia river. There is not an idle mill, and the capacity of several of the old establishments has been increased. In one Portland tuill, which works exclusively upon Eastern orders, the saws are in motion night and day. Persons not familiar with the lower Columbia country, its business nnd industries, cannot appreciate tho import ance of this activity to a large body of our population. The lumber industry is the wheel which sets all other wheels in motion. The money paid for logs goes through the hands of tho logger to the owner of the timber, the workmen in tho camp3, the boatmen in the river, the breeders of oxen, the producers of feed and provisions, in short its benefits reach every interest in tho river commu nity. Where times have been dull during the long depression of the lumber trade, they are now active. If "inexhaustible" were not a term un known to the lexicon of this age, we should apply it to tho timber supply of the Columbia river. The qupntity of timber, near and remote, available for lumber, is simply prodigious. There nro billions noon billions of feet, equal to the bat product oi any other country, ready kenever it mav be wanted. Certainly so far as the present generation is con- oerneo, me supply is lnexnausuoiu, assur ing the continuance of n great industry which must 'soon grow to be greater. A. Card From B. . Allen. To those under the impression that 1 am making a specialty of sign and or nauental work I wisli to state they are in error. The twenty three years of my devotion to the painting business have been almost exclusively given to house work. I served an apprenticeship in that line with the firm of Heath & Mil ligan, Chicago, known to tho fraternity throughout the world. 1 served under instructions in graining with Mr. Dab, an English grainer, imported by Heath & Milligan from London, England, In 1862, considered at that time tho best grainer in America. I worked under instruction with him until he pro nounced mo a workman. Since then 1 have worked in nearly all the leading cities in America and In many of the finest residences. I have papers to prove the above; also that I havo given the best of satisfaction. Those wishing to look over my record 1 will be pleased to gratify. . l want it uisuncuy unuersioou me only inducement, that would keep me here is a merited share of work in the house line, as a specialty business would notpay in so small a place. -When I get in my new quarters, 1 shall have samples of all kinds of inte rior painting aud graining, my own ex ecution and design. 1 am here, capable and willing to do as good wof k as" any general workman on tho coast. Your patronage and appreciation is what keeps me here. I don't draw a cent un til 1 get your work finished; if not ac cording to contract, don't pay me a cent Those wishing a first-class job in my line, give me a call. I'll make you happy. Respectfully, B. F. Allen. Blanks and tablets of all descriptions J at Griffin & Reed's. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Jennie Caples has returned to Portland. B. L. Boyle and wife leave for Iowa to-morrow. Dr. Aug. C. Kinney has r eturned from eastern Oregon. J. E. Thomas and wife, of Car marthensport, are in the city on a visit W. H. Holcombe, the new superin tendent of the O. K. & N. Co., at Portland, gets an annual salary of SU.000. Lieut Jus. Swift, who it is thought, will look into the feasibility of re- nmrirtP' tlie uano naucocn cuuiu, is expected to arrive here ber 1st about Octo- Wliat Can Be Done. Frequently tho editor of this paper receives inquiries from parties in the east as to the resources of the county and what chance a man with small means, or no means at nil, stands of gaining a home here. "Wo always answer these letters to tho best of our ability, setting forth the advantages of our county and advising tho right class of immigrants to come and make their homes with us; but we aro handicapped by a lock of reading matter descriptive of tho county. "We do the best we can through the paper nt our own expense, sending as high as fifty copies to people who promise to circulate them. If, how ever, tho county authorities would take an interest in the matter, we believe immigrants of the best class would, soon come into tho county in large numbers. They would help support our schools, build roads, and contribute to the general weah and prosperity, and in a very few years their names would appear on tho tax rolls, sharing the burden we now havo to place upon a comparatively few. It would be good public poli cy, and we are sure the taxpayers would approve of it, for our county court to appropriate a reasonable sum of money to secure the printing and distribution of pamphlets setting forth the advantages of our county and the inducements it offers to im migrants. It is sometimes said that we do not need immigration, bnt ;vo hardly think sensible men pay auy at tention to such n statement With out immigration we cannot havo roads, churches, school houses, trav eling or mnil facilities, or tho many conveniences aud benefits that mako up a well ordered civilization. St. Helens Dlist. Birthday Party. Miss Sherman entertained a num ber of her friends at a tea parly last Friday afternoon, the occasion being the celebration of her birthday. Among the invited guests were Misses Maggie Gilbert, Annie Pope, Tillie Hartwig, Anna Tmllinger, Alice Stockton, "Ella Bucker, tfosio Bryce, Georgio Badollet, Laura Heil born, Grace Oarruthers, Maude Saf farrans and Maggie Burns. In Brier, Aud to the Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most complicated nnd won derful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dyspeptics. Bnt Green's August Flower has done a wonderful work in reforming this sad business and making the American people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. . Remember: Xo happiness without health. But Green's August Flower brings health and happiness to the dyspeptic Ask yonr druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. American News From Abroad. An English newspaper (2Todcrn So ciety) prints tho louewinR: Tho Ameri cans aro celebrated for their novel inven tions. Hero is tho latest. Hugging parties for the benefit of churches are be coming Tery popular in some sections. Tho prices aro as follews: Girls under fifteen, a. cents, for a hug of two minutes; from fifteen to twenty years of age, from 3."$ to 75 cents: another man's wife. SI: widows, according to looks, from 10 cents to $2; old maids, 3 cents apiece, or two ior a uicKei, anu no limit as to time. A Gilt Tor AH. In order to give all a chance to test it anu i mis oe convinced ot its wonderful curative powers, Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, will be, for a limited time, given away. Tins offer is not only liberal, but shows unbounded faith in the mer its of this sreat remedy. All who suf fer from Couchs. Colds. Coiisumntinii. Asthma. Bronchitis, or any affection of Throat Chest, or Lungs, are especially requested to call at W. E. Dement & Co.'s Drug Store, and get a Triat Bottle Free, Large Bottles Si, Hot Cakes. The season for them is at hand ; and we have just received a larqe. consign ment of New Orleans Molasses, which we will sell by the case or can at very low figures. D. L. Beck & Sons. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, an toilet articles, etc can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hclel, Astoria. For tho very best pictures go to II. Sinister. S. Di-corativc Art Room.. Mrs. Gates will open Embroidery and Decorative Art Room-, in a few davs. next door to Mrs. Malcolm's Millinery Parlors, aud will give lessons in all the Late Art Work; also furnislt material for the same. Having spent a year east and much time in New lork Art Rooms, have many new facilities. Telephone leHging: House. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 23 cts., per week SI JO. New and clean. Private entrance. Wo are now receiving onr First Shipments of Fall CoodjS in our various Departments and are prepared to show our First Selections of Early Fall Dress Goods, with the Latest Trimmings to matoh. In our Cloak Department we hnve received a very nice selection oh Ladles' Walking Jack the Very Latest Styles nnd Perfect Fitting, Remarkably Cheap. ets i '-t-" ' ' " ' I0- TEN MORE CASES -OF HATS- Arrived to-day. I find I bought too heavy and therefore I will 10 Unload For the next few days everyone can buy Choice Styles of Hats at Below regular prices. Fick any Hat you like and TAKE-OFF Ten per cent from the price; this is fair, isn't it? ALL HATS Bought of me are conformed free of charge. OI Hermait EWise The Reliable CLOTHIER AND HATTER Occident Hotel Building. 10 Ten Per Cent Arriving Daily! COOPER, he Leading House of the City. We art GIVING GOODS AWAY W ara Losing W Doing Business for Fun! Wa are making money ALL THE! TIME. But for quality and prices of Goods, and fair honest dealing, we cannot be excelled in Astoria or on the river. Then bear this fact in mind, that when you buy articles of 4 good quality and get honest weight, you get more value for your money than you would at a low priee if cheated in quality or weight. Seeing is believing and if you buy of us once you wilj come again.- D. I. Beck Sons. 18 8 8 WINTER not not Money! aro not ,Sar- S?jZmr-?---T'i jS-HUSgjK .-tfpTTtfotil rv- - -i.,rfv '-