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ASTORIA. OREGON:
WEDNESDAY.
-SIAItCII 21, lfcE8
2.V GEXERAL.
With considerable skill the Orego
nian, in an amicably written article,
yesterday, regarding grain shipments,
seys:
Modification ot the scheme of the
joint lease by substitution of Astoria
for Portland, making that port and
the Sound ports "common points," in
stead of Portland and the Sound ports,
as proposed, would rob that agreement
ot its most unfair and harmful fea
ture. Eight here the Oregonian com
presses the -whole question and states
the exact fact tersely and truthfully.
This paper his no quarrel with the
Oregonian, nor has this community
any quarrel with Portland. The con
tinued misrepresentations made in
the Oregonian, editorially and other
wise, regarding Astoria, are naturally
annoying, and its misstatements at
times seem to be so flavored with
malice as to invito and incite thoughts
and language the reverse of compli-
mmifcirv. Anvthins like a display of
fairness R however, always recog
nized, and in discussing this question
the most important to the welfare
of the commercial interests of the
Columbia river country it is believed
that an adherence to candor and ex
actness on the part of the Portland
press would bo moro productive of
satisfactory results.
The effort of the joint leaso scheme
to place Portland and Sound ports on
an equal footing is unjust and one
sided. Justice, no less than true com
mercial policy, requires that should
that joint lease be mado Astoria
should bo put on even terms with Ta
coma and Seattle. The rest would
retmlate itself. Astoria is put on
equal terms as a terminal point
for transcontinental freight with tho
Sound, and San Francisco, thus right
ly recognizing tho commercial re
quirements in that regard. Equally
requisite is it to maintain the proper
business balance that in case the joint
lease bo ratified that tho mouth ot tho
Columbia and tho Sound bo placed
on precisely the same fooling.
As the Oregonian well expresses it
in its issue of last Sunday:
Any transportation agreement which
proposes to put Portland and tho Paget
Sound ports on an equal footing is par
tial and unfair, because it would destroy
our advantage in level grades from the
interior without compensation for our
disadvantage between port and open soa.
If it were prepared to put the Sound ports
and Astoria on even terms then there
would be less reason to complain.
Thero are threo points of view, the
shipper, tho carrier, tho producer.
Portland views it from the shipper's
standpoint; the railroad and transpor
tation companies, of courpe, from tho
standpoint ot the carrier. In its many
years' discussion of this question
trade and transportation, 2,000,000; in
manufactures and mechanical indus
tries, 4,000,000. Total, 19,000,000.
The Kentucky legislature will abol
ish the county of Eowan. From Au
gust, 185i, to June, 1887, there were
twenty murders and assassinations
and sixteen persons were wounded in
tho deadly feud that raged almost
like a Corsican vendetta in the county
whose voting population did .not ex
ceed 1,100.
It is computed that 323,000,000 is
due the Government on outstanding
accounts, and a bill has been favor
ably reported to create a '"Register's
office," the duties of which will be to
determine balances duo and prose
cute them to settlement
PBOBABlilTIES.
HOW TO BECKON CHAXCE3.
The dispatches this morning an
nounce that a New Yorker, who has
bought a daily newspaper is a son-in-law
of the late "W. H. Yanderbilt.
Lucky for him ho is. Under the cir
cumstances he may keep afloat in the
newspaper business.
Twenty-joke out of thirty Michi
gan counties which havo voted under
local option law, have pronounced for
prohibition.
A newspaper just started at Clay
Springs, Fla., begins its salntatory
with; ''Hero wo come; darn our fool
souls."
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V
Republican Convention.
AJtErtJBLTCAN CODSTY CONVEX
tlou for Clatsop county, state of Ore
gon, Is called to meet at Astoria, Oregon, on
Saturday, the seventh (7th) day of April,
15S8. to select seven (7) delegates to the Ke
publlcan State Convention and to transact
such other businesi sis may monerly come
before the meeting.
The convention will consist o seventy-six
(70) delegates apportioned among the sever
al prcc.ncts as follows, beingone delegate at
Lime, and one delegate additional for every
fifteen votes and fraction thereof c:it for
Blnger Hermann for congressman at the
general election in 1830 :
Astoria 33 Knappa. 3
Upper Astoria 7 Lmuaml Clarke.- s
Bear Creek 2 Mishawaka 2
Clatsop..... . 4 Sea bide 3
Clifton 4 Vcsper . .3
FHhhawl; .. 2 Walmski 3
John IJav i Wejtunrt .. - "
Young's liiver. 8
Your ommlttee recnuiineiul Hist f lit nrp-
elnctr-rlniniiesDe held :it the usual voting
places on JIareli 3lsr. 183S, unless otherwise
ordered by the local committees.
.1. A. FULTON.
Chairman County Committee.
Call For
Democratic
vention.
Couuiy Con-
Governor Gray, of Indiana, is said
to be the president's seleotion for sec
ond place on tho Democratic ticket.
CATJHAIIET ITEMS.
CATAiiAMKT.Mar. 18, '83.
Mrs Chitwood and son, Ames
Spaulding of Skamokawa sold their
farm last week to Thornburg and
Brooks for $2,500 and havo gone to
Garfield Co. to make it their future
home.
Logging prospects are good; four
camps are in full blast.
John Howard goes to Vancouver to
mako proof on his homestead.
Measles are in town at present
A pleasant little party took place
at tho hall last night, it being Mr.
Jacobson's birthday a3 well as St.
Patrick's day.
Delinquent taxes aie slowly com
ing in onlv about 81,200 delinquent
for 1887.
We are going to havo a new school
house, to bo built by subscription.
Threo of our wcalthest neighbors re
fuse to help in the good work, and if
they'd like to see their names, I'll
give them next week.
Misses Winnie and Gracia Shep
hard have a fine new organ.
Veritas.
The basis of calculation between
cause and chance is to be reckoned, so
far as mathematics can figure out a re
sult, upon data like the follewing: The
rules being, of course, the recognized
mathematical ones that the chance ol
the concurrence of two independent
events is the product of their separate
probabilities. Wo know there i3 more
or less frequency of recurrence than a
fixed average; then, for or against tho
probability, thero is some cause at work.
The chance of one or the other of two
phenomena occurring) when two cannot
occur, is the sum of their different
probabilities. For instance : "In the foil
of 18S0," says Mr. J. W. Ames, Fairmont,
Neb., May 27, 18S7, "my wife suffered
intensely with what the doctors called
sciatic rheumatism, and was helpless.
Tried everything to no purpose. She
wanted to try St Jacobs Oil, but tho
doctors said 'no,' but I got it, tried it,
and it stopped the pain. She improved,
and in a short time she had no use for
crutches. No return of pain in seven
years." Mr. W. W. Hall, Adams Ex
press Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., was cured of
sciatic rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil,
and writes under date of May 5, 18S7.
"I am still of the same opinion of its
curative qualities for sciatic rheu
matism." . " .,
Tho probability ot St. Jacobs uu cur
ing every time is reckoned upon known
facts. Out of the twenty million bot
tles sold not one in ten thousand ever
fails to relieve all ailments for which it
is a specific; the chance against tne
probability is so light there must be
some cause, and the cause i3 found to bo
that it is not properly applied or not
taken in time. The chances are so over
whelminglyin its favor that tho mar
velous cures wrought by it are tht
offset to tho few cases wherein it fails.
Astoria Iron fork
AT A MEETIXC. OK THE DEMOCRATIC
Countv Central committee, held Febru
ary 251 h, ft was decided to call a Democrat
ic Coaent!on for Cl.iliop County to be held
in Astoria March Soth, lSSS.at 1 o'clock; V.
M.. fortius purpoio of selecting five dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention,
be held at Pendleton April 3d. 1S3S, and
to transact such other buslnes as may prop
erly ccme before such convention.
The several precincts will be entitled ti
one delegate e ich.and one delegate addition
al for every fifteen votes and fraction there
of ca1-! forN.L. Biuler for Coiigiessman at
tho general election in lfC. viz:
Astoria 7 Mishawaka 2
Hear Creek 3 Sea bide 2
Clatsop 3 l ppt-r Astoria 7
cmtoii 4 eper -
Fi-dihittk 2 AYauiL-kl 3
JihuDij 2 Wesport 2
Knaiipa :i Youi.gN iUvr 5
l.-wls and Cl.uk 3
Total nuniDer of delegates - 80
Committee recommend that the t'recluct
l'riiran meetings for tne selection oueie
gates to the County Contention be held
at the usual places, of voting on Saturday.
March 21th, at 20 p.m., cxrept In Astoria
and Upper Astoria.
All Democrats and all conserv.UUecltl
zenswhofaNor the I erpet atloa r,t Demo
cratic principles aro on!lrly lnlied to
patlldiatchilhepriuiailts
AIJllKD KIDNEY,
Chairman.
WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed,
Crockery, Glass Plated Ware.
Oi
Tho Largest and finest assortment of
Fresh. Fruits and fTegotables.
lteceived fresh every Slenmer.
Concomly St.,
Koctf Jackson.
(Icnrral
Astoria. Oi
lacimlsis slid Boiler Mate
Engines
Land and Marino
r.mi.r.n woim.
Steamboat Work end Canr.enj Watk
A SWC1A1.TV.
Castings of all Descriptions Made
to Order at Short Notice.
President.
.. .Secret hit
...Treasurer.
.biH'orinrcncleni.
INSURANCE.
wJg ! of ffnm ' unri iTrigmriTirnniifnr uif mini-itrrt -vn
THE LEADING
STATIONERS AND BOOK SELLERS.
GRZFFm c& B.SED.
.1. (J. If L'STLttlt. ..
I. W.CW
JOHN FOX . .,
CAPITAL STOCK. $500,000
COLU3IKIA
FII IE MARIE
INSURANCE CO.
FRANK DEKUM President
V. II. .SiITH .c-rresidem
JOHN A.CIIII.U Secretary
Xo. 1W Second St., lVrll.-u.ri. Or.
I. W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or.
J. O. CLINTON
DEALER IX
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
FRUITS. NUTS.
Candies. Smokers' Articles, Etc.
New Goods Received Dally.
Opponltn City Iiook Store.
CANI MaimfacSuruI and For S.tle at
Wholi'snio Irlces, at
Elmore, Sanborn & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
The Oregon Bakery iFire Insurance
A. A. Cl.r.VELAM), Prop'r.
Gooft Bread, Gate and Pastry I
None bat the Best Materials Used.
Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers
Iiread delivered in any part of Hie c:ty.
A Singular Decision.
A decision vras rendered Thursday,
says the Tacoma News, by U. S. com
missioner Smith, ot Seattle, in the
case of the United States against six
sailors ot tho ship Lannie TucKer,
charged with disobedience and deser
tion. The only authority tor tho pun-
Tin. AcTnuTiviinastpniinvlnnl-Pil .it I ishment of seamen ia the act of con-
:trmm ww",- i,Pli,l tn h ,! Brass of 1872, known as the shipping
broadestof these threo points of view
the producer. As things are at present,
and as they have been, we believe that
tho shipper's interests havo been to
make Portland his headquarters. It
seems to be tho policy of the Northern
Pacific to get all possible toll by
carrying the grain an unnecessary
distance over nn impracticablo route,
and until the rights of the producer
and his interests are given the front
rank to which their prominence entitles
them the present state ot affairs may
obtain. That the grain will ultimate
ly be shipped to and loaded at Astoria
in conformity with natural grade and
commercial demands seems evident
when two things are taken into con
siderationthe growing area of grain
land and the political and commercial
power acquired by tho producers.
These two factors must eventually, in
connection with geographical reasons,
send the grain down an open river to
the sea.
commissioner act, which defines the
reciprocal duties ot master and sea
men. In 1874 congress passed an
amendatory law whioh prescribed
that none of the provisions of the act
of 1872, relating to shipping commis
sioners, seamen and masters, shall
apply to vessels engaged in the coast
wise trade. Ho far as coastwise ves
sels aro concerned it was urged that
tho law of 1872 was practically re
pealed, and thero was no law by which
the acts complained or could bo pun
ished. The commissioner decided
this gronnd well taken, and the sail
ors were discharged. According to
this decision no master ha3 nny pro
tection from disobedience, desertion
or mutiny,
Seme Figures About Tin Plate.
Shlloh's Vltaltzer is what you need
for Constipation, Loss of Appetite. Diz
ziness and all symptoms oIDysj'vpsia.
Friro 10 and 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by .l.C. Dement
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles, etc.. can
be bought at the lowest prices, at .MY.
Conn's druc store, opposite ("i!fnt
hctel, Astoria.
Kor lame Back, Side or unest UNe
Shlloh's Torous Plaster, Price 2-" ci'nts.
For sale by J. C. Dement.
F.H.SURPRENANT&CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
T. O- ROSS
County Coroner.
isSSSSsdl;
sVSsrgsa7r:rfc7. 7rr.SSgsfr,
jjKsffi5OTr
J. A. I UASPIt.
THE
JAMES COLE.
FIRST CLASS
RESTAURANT AND SALOON
Fraser &. Cole, Iroir'.
Xo.CT Water Street, - Astoria, Orejon.
Oysters in Any Style.
Regular Meals 23 cents. Beds, 25 and coc
Rest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the liar.
Bids Asked For.
THE ASTOKIA STREET RAILWAY CO..
invites bids to drive 130 piles, uiore or
less. Bids will be received till noon. Tues
day, March 27th, 1888. The company will
furnish all material, and reserves tho right
to reject any or all bids. Plans and specifi
cations may be seen at the ontcp of the Pres
ident. J. W. CONN'.
Ox the first page appears a further
addition to tho literature of the sailor
boarding house business, the towage,
bar and river, eta This matter ot
shipping sailors is of common exist
ence wherever ships coma and go.
The smallness of Astoria gives it a
prominence it wouldn't have in a
large city. It is ten times worse in
every way in San Francisco, whero it
goes almost unnoticed. If there were
more people here, more industries,
more to do, there wouldn't be one tenth
the fuss about it that there is. A ship
at sea looks small: in a river it ap
pears large. Everything is relative.
If every one of even those that are
here had something to do, something
to occupy their time and take np their
attention thero wouldn't be so much
time and space devoted to this matter,
nor to a good many other unavoidable
ills of life.
Theee is in the United States at
present, in round numbers, engaged
in agriculture, 8,000,000; in profes
sional and personal service justly
embracing, as the census puts it, law
jers, doctore and hired help of every
domestic kind in ono class 5,000,000;
In 18S5, 18S3 and 1837 thero wa3 an
annual average importation ot tin
plates into the United States of 3,000,
000 boxes, costing in England about
$4 per box or S14,400,000. On this tho
people of the United States paid an
annual tnx of 83,960,000, Of this
vast nnmber ot boxes of tinplate 1,
500,000 were used in canning food
articles, 1,000,000 boxes in the manu
facture of petroleum cans, and 1,100,-
000 boxes were used in roofing our
buildings, making our domestic uten
sils and in tho arts. Of the 3,600,
000 boxes of tin plato annually im
ported into this country 660,000 boxes,
or more than one-sixth, are entered
at Baltimore, costing in England S2
610,000. On these a duty ot 8726,000
is annually paid. Of the 502,000,000
cans made in the United States more
than one-fifth, or 110,000,000 are made
in Baltimore; abont 20,000,000 are
made in Astoria and vicinity.
Renews Her Youth.
T.n T)l.flnT.k ft.nnln.. 1Atn.snn 1a
Co., Iowa, tells the following story, the
truth of which is vouched for by the
residents of the tewn: "I am 73 years
old, nave ocen trouoiea witn Kianey
complaint and lameness for many
years: could not dress myself without
help. Now 1 am free from all pain and
soreness, and am able to do all my own
housework. 1 owe my thanks to
Electric Bitters for having renewed my
youth, and removed completely all dis
ease and pain."
Try a bottle, only 50c at .1. C. De
ment's Drug Store.
Sleepless Nights made miserable
by that terrible cough. Shlloh's Cure is
the remedy for you. Sold by J. C. De
ment. Catarrh cured, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Item
edy. Price 50 cento. Nasal Injector free
For sale by J. C. Dement.
Democratic Primary for Astoria
Precinct.
DEMOCRATS OF ASTORLY rRECINCT.
Clatsop county. Oregon, are requested
to meet at Liberty Hall at 7 o'clock in the
evening, Thursday, March 22nd, ISSS.for the
purpose of electing 37 delegates to the coun
ty convention.
an. pare.
Chairman Precinct Com.
JOB PRENTgftSQ.
Neat, Quick And Cheap at The
ASTORIAN JOB OFEICE.
Notice.
On account of deDarture. I offer for one
Teek, 2 Houses and 2 Corner Lots, both oc
cupied, cheap for cash, and at a prtco that
will net 15 per cent, to the buj-er. Both lo
cations have splendid view of the river, and
must ultimately become very valuable as
residence sites. J. H. MANSELL.
Seaside Bakery-
Brst Itil!i Srcnri aatrt
CAKES OF ALL KINDS,
Manufacturers of Fino Candles.
AND
Ornamental Confectionery
And ice Creams.
Wholes.de and Retail Dealer in Candles.
JOK5SO.V, IJIttfy.
AGENTS. fl i
i:enri"'u:ui tho Largest airl .Mu Relia
ble 1 ire Insuninet Cosiiui!e.
AH lluiines"! nrornit'v and nmiratrlv tran-
I acted.
nsuflsWInr'. - AMiul.1 Oieguli,
CAPITAL STOCK - - 3500,000
THE NORTHWEST
jEP3?g c&j IftffgtJtrl'reo
INSURANCE CO.
!'. E. Reach -.President
.1. MeCrsken . Vice President
J. I.oeenben. Treasurer
K I". Earliart ..Sec'y and Manager
I DinFCTOK'.
.I.Loenci!Uen;J.K.ilL ILL Pittock,
r. IC. Arnold, F.M. Warren. J.McCrakcn,
P. E. Reach. D.D.Oliphant, F. EgRCtt
Xo. 33 Washington street, Tortland, Or.
R. L. BOYLE, AKent. Astoria. Oregon.
oaice at I. X. L. racking Co,
First Class Undertaking
ESTABLISHMENT.
New. Styles, Caskets and funeral Material.
Next to astokiax office.
Watchmaker
d'?
rss2
ss,
x
v;w
V
Jeweler.
The Akron Lacquers.
THE UNDERSIGNED REsriiCTFULLY
calls the attention of C.mncrnien and
others to tho f.ict that he is the l'aclflc
coast aceut for the
Septet in Orepn, $300,000
ASSETS,
S 3 S. 3Q1. 2 3 3.
Royal, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com
bination Joint 1'ollcy.
Union of San Francisco.
Gerniatila of New York.
State Investment of California.
Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation,
JIARISK I5SURASCe"c0VERED BV Ot'B
OPEX POLICIES.
Elmore, Sanborn & Co.
ARents.
$87,000,000 Capital
Uvcrpool & London & Globe. North British
and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh.
Hartford of Connecticut, Commercial of
California Airrieultural. of Watertown, New
Yoik, London & Lancashire oi Liverpool,
Enj; . Fire Insurance Companies, Represent
In a capital of 87.000,000.
. VAN DUSKS Ageut.
J. 0. B0Z0BTH.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
Insurance written In first class English and
American companies at lowest going rates.
iSS Akron up 'MagiiiiB 0. Crosby
And is prepared to ouote low prices on these
goods. Samples furnished on application.
J.O.HOZORTH.
O.lirBAIRL
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in All Kinds of
Seasonod Lumber.
3IOUI.DIXG5. WINDOWS AND DOORS.
OAK. ASH AND HICKORY,
Ulni'k Walnut, Alder and 3Iaple,
PORT ORFORD CEDAR,
And All Kinds of BoatJUaterlal a Specialty.
ALL KINDS OK
.Soli Work n;:J Tnriilns Done nt
SHORT NOTICE.
Manufacturing. Steam Mills.
Corner Gcne Icve & Astor Sts.
Dealer In
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL.
iron Pipe and Fittings,
STOVES, TINWARE
AND
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
LEAD
SHEET LEAD STRIP
SHEET IRON,
Tin AND CJoSDOX'.
FIRE BRICK
DKALKlt IX
FIRE CLAY
Hay, Oats, ail Straw, Lime, Brift, Cement, Sand and Plaster
Wood Belliered to Order.
Notice.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
there are funds lu the city treasury to
pay all warrants Indorsed prior to Oct. i,
1887.
Interest thereupon ceases after this date.
J.G.HUSTLEIt.
City Treasurer.
Astoria, Or., March H. 18SS.
ffi
For Sale.
FIXATING HOUSE. BUILT OX
eood Iocs. Houso 20x30 ft., well finished
Inside. Foundation extends to Include net
or seine rack. Just tbe house for seining
party. Terras reasonable. Call and ex
amine. GEO. HANDEESON.
at T. K, Johnson's seining ground.
March 10th 1SSJ.
Drsjln?, Teaming aad Express Bnilne's.
STEADIER
TElt apply to the Captain, or to
(JURA PARKER
Eben P, Parker,Uaster.
Fur TOWING, FKEIQHT orCHAB
II. B. I'AKKF.n.
CAN BE nAD IN ASTOF.IA, ONLY OF
ge
Agent. Call and Examine It ; Tou Will be rieased. E.It.IIawcsIs also Agent for tie
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FUIST CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand,
TirpiaCiiaraRjToMcco Store
J. W. BOTTOM, Proprietor,
Water Street. Tno Doors East of Olney.
Fine Clsara, Tobaccos and Smokers ArtldM,
Sold at Lowest Market Rates.
PRDITS.CANDIES NOTIONS.&C
Shoes ,50c to 3.50
" 1.35 " 8.00
1.25 " 7.00
Boots 2.25 " 7.00
" 1.25 " 4.00
Ladies'
Men's
Boys'
W. T. PARKER, Manager.
GKLO T. rAISKER.
CAUL A. IIANSOK.
Parker & Hanson
SUCCESSORS TO
O. L. PARKER,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
New Goods Arriving Every Steamer
THIS WEEK.
If DI
MODS
The Old Stand Astoria, Oregon.
Strike
ItRich!
BOrYODR
Groceries Provisions
OF
oard & Stokes
Their largely increasing trade enables
them to self at the very lowest margin
of proflt while giving you goods
that aro of first class quality.
Goods Delivered All Over the City.
The Highest Price Paid for Junk.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
CAPITAL, 535000
wSS.
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UNEN GILL NETTING A SPECIALTY.
The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of
SH NETTINGS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Salmon Purse Seines. SalMjonnil Ms. Salmon Gill Nets.
lTish NettlnRS of all kinds supplied at the shortest possible notice, and at
the lowest rates. All made from our
Shephard Cold Medal Twines.
Guaranteed to bo the strongest and most desirable twine now made especially for tho
PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES.
This TWINE is manufactured only byonrselves, directly from the raw material,
and costs no more in NETTINGS than the cheaper Trades.
Send for samples; ajso for our illustrated cntalojrue. Highest awards at Boston,
rnuuuoipma uuu ijuiiuuii.
American
STet and Twino
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS.
Company,
The New York Novelty Store
Have a Finely Assorted Stock of
Jewelry, Watches, ClockSjOptical Goods
Fine Stationery, Cutlery and Fancy Goods.
Of All Descriptions. Bouuht In the Best Markets and CANNOT BE UNDEB
SOLD by any one this side of San Francisco.
Opposite Parker House, Main St., Astoria.