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0 JjkAt VOL. XXX, NO. 69. ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1888. PRICE MVE CENTS. BUSINESS CARDS. rou.v H. 83UTII. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OiEce. Boom and 6. over City Book Store. p o. SOIiASD, ATTOBJfEY AT LAW. i-rce iu Kinney's Block, opposite CUv Hull, Astoria, Oregon. . . t CLTO.W O. & FOI.TON FULTON BROTHERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. UoomsSand 6, Odd Fellows Building. r K. THOMSON. Attorney at Law and Notary Public. special attention siren to practice in tue U. .-i Land Office, and the examlnatlou of .and titles. A full set ot Abstract Books lor daisop Couuly In office. nmcR Up stairs, opposite Telegraph Office. T q.A.BOWLBY, Attorney and Counsellor tl Law OOlce on Clienamus Street, Astoria, Oregon CI D. XVVtTOli ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build ing. 11 Ji. WATS OS. Atty.at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty. All business before the TJ. B. Land Office a peclalty, ASTORIA, - - OltEQOX. rVR. J. K. T,X FORCfc, DENTIST. Booms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building, ASTORIA, .... OREGON. rBM. A. U AND J. A. FULTOK. Physicians and Sutrcous. Offlc8 on Cass street, three doors fioutli of Odd FeUow's-bulIdlng. Telephone No. . .r AY TUTTI.K. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oticb Rooms 6 Pythian Bulldlnc Residence: SR oorner Wall and West 9th streets, opposite I. W. Case's, A -E.HIIAW. DENTIST. Rooms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor iter Cass and Hqueraoqua streets. Astor'm Oregon. M US. DIl. OWEXS-ADAlIt, Office and residence. D. K. Wanen's for mer residence, Astoria, Oregon. Diseases ot Women and Children, and of Ibe Bye and Ear, specialties. VAR. O. R.RSTK8. I'llYblCIAN AND SURGEON. Omci : Gem Building, up stairs, Astoria, Oregon. Ttt. ALFRED KIXNEY. Office at Kinney's Cannery. Will only attend patients at his office, and may be f oundthere at any hour. TAS. W. WELCH. AGENT FOB Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. Snpt, Colombia Water Co. Omcis-On Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TR. FltAVTX PAUE, l'HYSIOIAN AND SURGEON, Opposite Telegraph Office. Astoria, Oregon. QJEfcO r. 1'ARKF.U SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY AND City Snrvoyor of Astoria Residence : Near Clatsop Mill. N.D Raymond, Deputy, office at Uliv Hall. ' JGJ C HOLDE.V. Notary Publio, Oommissioner of Deeds For Washington Territory. AUCTIONEER. REAL ESTATE AND IA'HTJRAXCE AflKST. Office at Holden's Auction Kooms-Cbena-inus Street, Astoria. Oregon. R3IXTII. DENTIST. Rooms 1 and 2 r-ythlan Huildtng over v. n. vooper s siore. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY Thereisnoocnulnn fnrthn mnst fastidi ous of our citizens to send to Portland or om rrancisco lor Custom Made Clothes As they can get Better Fits. Better Work manship, and; for less Money. By Leaving their Orders with MEANT. New Goods by Every Steamer CWU ui Bm Elm ud Satisfy TocnelC P. J Mean;, Merchant Tailor. a.A i .. .. "I unhesitatingly add my testimony to tlio great bene fits to be derived from Sim mons Liver Regulator. I was afflicted for several years with disordered Liver, which resulted in a severe attack of Jaundice. I had good medical attendance, but it failed to restore me to the enjoyment of my for mer health. I then tried the most renowned physi cians of Louisville, Ky.f but all to no purpose, where upon I was induced to try Simmons Liver Regulator. I found immediate benefit from its use, and it ulti mately restored me to the full enjoyment of health." A. H. Shirley, Richmond, Ky "I most cheerfully recommend it to all who suffer from Bilious Attacks or any disease caused by a disarranged state of the Liver." "W. R. Bernard, Kansas City, Mo. J. H. ZEIUN & CO.. PMMeloha. Pa. Price SI-.OO. Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HAEBWAEE FARM EftlPLEfVlENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS MILLFEED AGENTS FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER HILLS Portland Roller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. A Proclamation! Dr.I.Gny leffli, Fulton; Ark., &ay: "A year ago I bad bilious fti nr; Tut Vt Villa were no highly rcrrommt-mlfd that I used them. Never dlil liirtUrliin ha ve a happier effect. Altera prartk-g of a quarter of a century, Iiiroctrtlsa tbem ibe best ANTI-BILIOUS medicine over mod. I nlira;-i p;---crlbo them In my practlco." BQG Cure all Bilious Diseases. BOLD EVERYWHERE. J. H. JD. GRAY Wholesale and retail dealer in. GROCERIES FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT General Storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot ot Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. E. C. HOLDEN, AUCTIONEER SS COMMISSION AGENT. ESTABLISHED 1874. Dealer In New and Second-hand Furniture and Bedding: Will couduet Auction Sales ot Land, Block or Household Goods In the country. Will appraise and purchase Second-hand Furniture Consignments solicited. Quick Sales ar.d Prompt Cosh lteturns Guaranteed. Astoria Agent for Da'ly and Weekly Ore gonlan. Is one of tho greatest blessings when yon have it under control. If you build your Are In one ot those M3gee Ranees or one of those Acorns or Arzands at John A. Mont gomery's, you will find It a pleasuro to pre pare a meal, or If yon get one of those Heat ers you will And them to bo clean and eco nomical and an ornament to your parlor. I( tou Intend getting a range or a heater don't tall to look at his stock. You should call In see bis beauttfnl Ornamental Coal Vases Uon flip in Philadelphia at toe KawsDftDer AjdTW. ftisiaar Amney ot Messrs Mi w authoitMil agents. WilsonJ Fisher T..IH Ft. unsn Fire 1 IB fi Fire MATTEBS AM) THINGS. Asteria: Bar and Eiver Tow Shipping Bailors; Be- sponsimuty, itc. Astoria, March 19, '88. To the Emioa of The Asiebiax: It is but little to tho credit of tho city of Portland that in main taining hei supremacy as tho com mercial center of tho great north west she finds no other means to correct the abuses of commerce said to exist at tho port of Astoria than to blame tho poople of this place for all tho evils flowing from her own neglect. Astoria is now but the outlet of tho commerce of Portland; shohas no merchants interested in ship ping; no tolls to gather from the "white winged messengers of com merce" entering at her gate; nothing but her fair name, so tar nished by her great neighbor, to preserve. It is well known that some years ago, when rates of towage over the Cojumbia river bar were (as they now' are) high, an opposition tug boat was built by the public-spirited merchants of Portland, those directly interested in shipping, and who now so loudly complain. This bott was employed for some time at a direct loss to its ouncrs, but presumable advantage to their cor respondents, the ship owners. This loss was so seriously felt by her owners as to induce them to com bine with the very monopoly they had desired to break, and even then, after tho boat's realizing some 50,000, or upwards, profit in two years, these conservators of commerce, not deeming this an adequate recompense for the capi tal otnployed, sold their boat to a lumber compan-, leaving the ene mies of tho commerce of the port, an organized tug-boat monopoly of San Francisco, in control. Tho river towage, which is so onerous to commerce, is cot. trolled by tho O. R. & N. Co., a corpora tion represented by Portland capi talists in its directory. This abuse is beyond Astoria's control and is seldom mentioned by the repre sentative press of rich Portland. Can Astoria bo blamed for either of these oxcossivo charges? Tho abuse of poor Jaok, of which so much cry is justly mad.-, can and should bo. remedied---i "j remedied by those directly 'ii' r ested. Tne law, both Amor., .m and English, is full enough, clear enough and good enough to prevent any abu.-.e or extortion from sail ors or ships, and the sworn officers whose duty it is to see theso laws enforced, should not wait to be called upon but act. Is it, or is it not their duty to throw every safe guard around poor Jack that the law and common sense suggo3t. When Jack arrives hero with some pounds sterling due him from the ship, the captain as agent for the owners of the vessel encourages him to desert, and thus forfeit his wages. Now this is profitable to the ship, and, so, bearable. When the ship is lbout to sail new men are wanted and Jack, who has been encouraged to desert, to leave his wages and come ashore, living at his boarding house until his spree is over and his credit exhaust ed is compelled to ship, and the sailor boarding master places a price upon him to cover bis advan ces; broad and extortionate profit just in proportion to the demands of shipping for men. Who ts re sponsible for this; I say, the own er who through his captain often compels tho mon to desert. The captain, and tho consul if ho fails in his duty to protect tho men as well as the ship. The seamen of an American deep water ship when arriving at an American port arc discharged, but I know that the same course is often taken by mastors in foreign ports. Now these poople never complain whon seamen are plenty ami wages low. Then it is all profit to them, but with seamen scarce and wajros high tho shoe pinches. In conclu sion Mr. Editor I say that nono of this abuse can occur first, if the men do not desert; second, if de serting they are properly reclaimed and then if when shipped the con sul, satisfies himself that tho men have, themselves, secured the mon ey said to have boen advanced and endorsed on tho articles. Tho people of Astoria, its offic ers judicial or peace, are in no way to blamo and it comes with a very bad grace from Mr. Laidlaw an English consul to mako such sweeping charges against a com munity before he takes the beam from his own eye. From ' AScbscbibeb Fifteen years in the shippingbusiness. An Important Decision by Vilas. Washington, March 17. Tho secretary of the interior has render ed tho following important deci sion, involving the question of resi dence upon homestead entries prior to making final proef: To the Commissioner of the general land ofiioe Sir: I have considered the appeal of William A. Thompson from your office deci sion of July 9, 1886, rejecting his final proof for land therein men tioned. I think this man is enti tled to his patent. Ho made his declaratory statement April 20, 18S3, alleging settlement a week before, and shows that be made it. It appears that he was absent dur ing most of tho following summer; that he was on the land from fall until tho following spring; and not absent six months at any one time; that ho applied the proceeds of his labor during two seasons, when he was absent to the building of his house and making improve ments on his land, now valued al together at 600; thathe was apoor man ar.d his absenco was for the purpose of earning means to im prove his land, and that ho devot ed all of his earnings with fidelity to that purpose. In the spring of tho third year ho left again, and remained until the following Jan uary, his purpose being to earn money to pay for his land. Tho amount neccessary was 200, a considerable sum for a laboror to save "from his wages in a year, in addition to the necessary fee and expenses. Ho appears to Lave dune ii, and notwithstanding ho was not personally present upon his land during tho last six months preceding the completion of his entry, the fact cannot deny his right. He made a settlement in person on his land; ho his orectol a r!v'lling tht-reon; ho lias improved tho land, and he has inhabited it in gocd faith. When it is considered that this traot was situated many miles from tho ordinary high way, lomot'" (roin settlements gi'ii-i-r:i!l3 ; that it is very difficult of acco..-, atitt vol, lie has persistently clur.;: to it for three voar.-, apply ing all the results of his labors to it-; improvement and its purchase, it is difficult to discern a cap more worthy. His inhabitancy of the land is not impeached, after his roaidence was once secured, by his sroinsr abroad to procure moans to bring back, improve it and obtain title to it. I must reverse your decision and direct a patent to issue to the claimant. Wm. F. Vilas, Sec. A Clear Complexion. How can you expect aclcar complex ion when the blood is full ot impurities and the stomach clogged ? Tho blood be comes impure because the liver does not act properly and work off the poison from the system, and tho certain results are blotches, pimples and eruptions. Puiify the blood with Simmons Liver ltemilator, ami reRulate the liver, stom ach and bowels, and then tho skin will become clear. A pound of poultry flesh may be produced as cheaply as a pound of pork, and it tolls for twico tho price in the market. Death n Welcome Release. Must It not be to thoso who endure life long bodily suffering? From childhood to old ago many persons are- tormented with rheumatism and neuralgia. Ordinary med ication and tonIc.il remedies are ot slight, and always of temporary efficacy. Toes cape the extremo tortures of those agonizing cnmpla ntj. they should be annihilated at the outset with llosiettcr's Stomach Bitters, which expel from the system the acrid lm-punt-es that be,;et tbem. Tho evidence as to Its efllcacy as a blood denurent In this par ticular Is very ample, and strongly concur rent and convincing. In vloltnt forms of these diseases tho uervea are terribly racked. A wlneglassful or two of the Bit ters bcforei the hour of retiring usually brings a resplto from the pain, and enables tho sufferer to secure mucli needed repose. For kidney troubles, malarial complaints. Indigestion, liver complaint and constipa tion, the Bitters is likewise beneficial. A good doer, is a great protec tion and help to tho farm; a worth less do? is a nuisance. Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral is adapt ed to every age and to either sex. Being very palatable, tho young est children take it roadilv. Straw and fodderare best w orked into manuie by putting them through good animals. That Hacking Conati can be so quleklycnred by Slillon'8 Cure. We guarantee it. Sold by J. O. Domont. Win" powde Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes, A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multi tude ot low test, short weight, alum or phos B hate powders. Sold only in cans. l'.OYAr. akino Powder Co. 108 Wall-st.,N, Y. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS cnr.ig. EVENSOJf. THE EVENSON & COOK. On the European Plan. LA.EOE CLEAN ROOMS, A FIRST-CLASS BESTAUBANT Board by the Day, Week or Month. Private Rooms for Famine?, Etc. Transient Custom Solicited. Oysters, Full. Moats. Ktc, Cookerl to Order. WATER Kt.. Opp. Jfottrd & atones A FIRST CLAS3 3ALCOR I'nn In connection with the Fremlcn. The Best of WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. (loud ll&Unl TuMm anil I'rlvate Cnl Koomi. THE Oasino Bestaurant One block from the O. K. & N. Dock. M. M.SERRA, Proprietor. A Good Meal For 25 Cents. Oj stcrs In any Stylo, Si cent. In ncMineellnn wlh this Popular Ket.m mm Is run n tt st-class Saloon, Wfll .itocked with choicest Wines, Mqunis and Clg.iin. AGENCY t I X OF SAN FRANCISCO. Astoria, Oregon. Cannery Snpplies at Lowest Prices. Storage and Insurance at Current Rates. Banking Department Drafts on the leading Cities of the World JOHN F. McGOVERN, Agent. n. H. Coleman, Accountant, I. W. Gas, BANKER. ESTABLISHED - - 1870. Transacts a Gonoral Banking Business. Drafts drawn available In any part of tho D. ii. and Europe, and on Bong Kong, China Office Hours : 10 .a. ii. to 3 r. m. Odd Fellows Buildiko, Astoria, Oregon. Boat Building. JOE LEATHERS Is at the old stand prepared to build all kinds of boats used on the Paclflo Coast. Builder of steamers Elettrlt. Favorite, Tonquin, and others. Model Making a specialty. Stock and Workmanship first. class. John 0. Dement. DRUCCI8T. Successor to W. E. Dement & Co. Carries Complete Stocks of Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. PruerlplloBS Carefolly Compounded. Agent for Mexican Salve and Norwegian File Cure, A. B. & L. Association. THE THIBD 8EBIE3 OF STOCK OF THE Astoria Rulldlng and Loan Association will be Issued April 1st, 1SS3. Subscriptions are now open and will be received at the 4rtarj S catt tt date. "W.t.BOBB. Seorttarr. WmT uOlHuO CASH. 1888. ippiskg STRAW, WOOL. VBHMaMBnKmtMaaaaiMdiHHM0 My completement of STRAW, FOR and WOOL HATS direct from EASTEKH MANUFACTURERS are now in stock, and which speak for themselves aa to STYLE. QUALITY nnd PRICE. Spring and Summsr 2.888. -FULL Hen's, Youths' and Boys' Clothing, Fine Shirts, Merwear, Etc., IN FURNISHING GOODS. Trunks. Valises, Umbrellas, Blankets, Quilts, Oil Clothing, Etc., Etc. Klnaey's Brlek Building, Oppoiita tiesou Kngluo Ilouss. Street Railroad Xfr iT mT GRAND PRIX PARIS, 1873, AND GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION D'HONNEDn. They rco3ivod the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at tho lioadon 2Tish,ero3 And havo been awarded HIGHER PRIZES at tho varioM IWTERWATSOAL EXPOSITIONS Than the goods of any other IN THE WORLD. Quality Can iU-orays bo depended on, ExDeriencefl FislSi Use no Ote. EEHEY BOYLE & Co., 517 and 519 Market Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. Seine Twine, Rope and Netting Constantly on Hand, SEINES, POUNDS and TEAPS furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. Consisting of 4 CAIt tOABS offina Artistic nnd Plain Furniture, Carpets, Oil Cloth, Madras-Silk LACE AND PORTIERE CURTAINS, Dado Shades, &c, Has Arrived. These goods were purchased direct from Eastern Manufacturers and shipped before the recent advanoa in frolzht, tha baacfiti tlioreof wa propose to share vrltW our customers. Call and Sso Us HAG. HSILBORTi. ONE PRICE. Styles! SOFT, STIFF, POCSST LINE IN- Astoria, Oregon. rnnnini; by tlio door. HsshibiUion. 1883. T-WJPeg!"'TT!'rri,if JTif,