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Cz? $& gaita n. ASTORIA. OREGON: WEDNESDAY '..FEBRUARY 20. 1SS9. AN ILLUSTRIOUS HODY. A wise dispensation o Providence and tho state constitution ndjourns the legislature this week. Thi3 is in deed a boon. Even statesmen need rest, and 6nch brilliant parliamenta rians as that Ralaxy o talent at Salem require relaxation. Pray Heaven that the efforts of. the last forty days and nights have not shat tered their tremendous intellects. Let us hope that they may jet have strength of mind enough to pocket the penknives, swag the stamps, draw their mileage and present their passe3 totheO.E. & N. Co. These passes should be made perpetual, for is the laborer not worthy of his hire? Shall we muzzle tho mouth of the ox that treadeth out tho corn? Fortunate indeed is the Wcbfoot commonwealth in having great brained men to mould tho destinies of the state. How sad if wo had not been nble to have secured tho services of tho men of high foreheads and lofty impulse whoso nobly stood up for the rights of tho people at Salem in 1839. IX PENNSYLVANIA. Is 1873, when tho Pennsylvania leg Islature was about to adjourn, a mem. ber from Clarion Co. arose and thus spake: "Mr. Speaker, I move you that if the Pennsylvania railroad com pany has no further use for us, that wo now adjourn." And tho railroad company having no further use for them, they adjourned, each licking the finger that he had stuck in the rail road pie. They wero easily influ enced, those Pennsylvania legislators. How pleasant to think that we, here in Oregon, have nn incorruptible and patriotic body of men to pass laws for the people at Salem! . A Scrap ofPsipr-r Saves Flcr life It was lust an ordinary scran of wrap- pine paper, but it saved her lift'. She was In the last stages of consumption, told by physicians tli.it she was incura ble ana coma livo oiny a snort lime: Klioweijlied Ics than seventy pound's. On a piece ot wrapping paper sun reaa of Dr. King's New Diicovery. and got a sample bettle: it helped her, sha bought a Iarcer bottle, it helued Iier more. bought another and grew better fast, continued its uo and is now strong healthy, rosy, plump, weighing 140 pnunos. ror xuner particulars seim stamp to W. II. Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial Bottles of this wonderful Discovery Free at J. TV. Conn's Drug store. What a Coastwise Steamer I. "John." said a wife to her husband, as she looked up from the morning paper, "what is a coastwise steamer j" "A coastwise 8teamer,my dear? Why. ,a coast wiso steamer is one that knows how to keep off the rooks along the coast." Exchange. Eiipeij. This is what you ought to have, in fact, yon must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands are searching for it dally, and mourning because tliey find it not. Thousands unon thousands ot dollars are spent annually by our peo ple in me nope mat nicy may attain this boon. And jet it may be had by all. We guaraiiti-p that Electric Bitters, if uspd according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you Good Digestion and oust the demon dyspep sia and instead Eupepsy. We recom- mrna iiectric uiuers lor Dyspepsia and all dibexses of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at 50c. and S1.00 per lmt tle by J. "W. Conn, Druggist. Thompson Burlesque Company Tho undersigned begs leave to in form tho amusement-loving miMic of Astoria and vicinity that nltlimuli the Thompson Burlesque Compan ieaw on the night boat after the perform me , a guarantee is hereby given that i'i cum- pany will give llieir usual vceilrr.t net romance in full, the O. It. A: V, Co. agreeing to hold then boat over until after 12 o'clock or later if necessary, be ing so guaranteed by the ad vanee uncut. L. E.bi:i.ic. Manager Ross' Opera Jloiw. At The Empire Store. If you want any Germantown Knit ting Yarn, Saxony, or Zephj r. Wool or union nose, go to ranter's .Empire Store, comer of Benton and Second streets, next door to postoflice. 'The latest style of Gents' Boots and Shoes at P. .1. Gqodmak's. Furnished Room to Let. First class, and well located : apply to t. m. uwyer. next uoor to v. v. l'ar ker's residence. Tciulcr, Juicy Steak nt Jeff's, Ludlow's Ladies' S3.00 Fine Shees: also Flexible Iland turned French Kids, at r. J. uocdmas s. ADVICETO 9IOTIIKRK. Mrs. Winslow's Soothinq Syrup should always bo used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens tne gums.anays ait pain, cures wind rnonc, ana is me dcsi remedy lor mar-rhoa.Twenty-five cents a bottle. Tclcphoneliodstuc House. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 80 and 25 cts per week 51 JO. New and ciean. rrivate entrance. Go lo Jeffs lor Oysters. Piano and Organs. Griffin & Reed arc agents for the cele brated Lyon fc Ilealy Organs. These instruments are beautifully finished in bla'k walnut, unsurpassed in variety and quality of tone, and fully warranted for five years. Our S83 Organ cannot bo equaled. A splendid small upright Piano for salo or rent on very reason able terms. - Call and examine. Griffix & Bekd. OHAIBMAN HAHN'S REPORT. From the Committee on Fisheries. To the State House of Ecprtsciitative. Me. Speakee: Your committee on fisheries, to whom was referred henso bill No. C2, beg leave to report that they have had tho same nnder consideration, and would respect fully report it back to tho houso with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendments: Section 1, line 8, add after word "trib utarc3" tho follewing: Except thnt any riparian owner on tho said rivor, or its said tribntanes, maj elect or build such filed contrivances for catching fish; pro viding, that such trap, weir or pound net does not extend'for a greater distance in to the waters of the said river or its said tributaries, than the distance of four hundred feet beyond the lino of ordinary low water mark "in front of and adjacent to the land so owned by said riparian owner. Amend Section 2 by adding after the word 'person"' in line 7: Except the ripirian owner, as provided in section 1 of this act. And we yoar committee would further repert: That wo have examined intojhe ques tion of tho "fishing industry'' of the state of OrcRon, e.nd the methods pur sued in taking salmon from the Colum bia river, and wo find tho following facts, tho witnesses befora ns having been swern: 1st. That thero were erected nn.l in active operation in Baker's bay, daring tho fishing season of 1S33, libont two hundred and fifty (2.V)) trap. 2nd. That said Biker's bay U a pirt of tho Columbia river, whore tho mme forms a common boundary line between tho stato of Oregon and Washington ter ritory, that the said bay covers at least eighteen (18) square miles. 3rd. That the owners of tho traps in that bay are, almost to a mm, residents of tho territory of Washington. 4th. That tho fisbencca vi Oregon, almost to a man. are nSucrrvcn who nso gill nets. 6th. That thero are iu Astoria, at least, 1.200 people who nro directly in terested in tho fishing industry and who directly depend upon it for their sub sistence, and who hao como thero and made it their homo becanso of the simc. Cth. That tho wholo of Clatsop coun ty has depended and still depends on tho fishing industry, and upon it alone, savo and except the logging and milling in dustry, for its material advancement in wealth and population. 7th. That the trans in Baker's bay are dangerous to navigation; that prior to tho construction ot tneso traps ana up tothoyearlSSl, in this bay thero was a channel through which ocean steamers plying between Portland and San Fran cisco, and also deep sea coins vessels, came in and out of tho Columbia river, and when it happened that ths bar of tho said Columbia river was toa rough during tho winter months, for stoamcrs or vessels to go out to sea, this bay then formed a natural harbor of safety for them until the bar was smooth again That now tho channel in said Baker's bav is so shallow that a ba it drawing only six (C) feet of water is not ablo to go through the tiama only on very msn tides; that tho same shoaling that has happened in the bay spoken of, will soon be the condition of what is now the main channel of the river, unless some thing is done to either regulate tho twps to a shoro lino or else prohibit them, for even now parties aro erecting and are building trap3 on tho Dasdomoaia sinds, which sands are situated in tho middle, of said river, on the Oregon sido of it, at least eleven (11) traps. 8th. That thoso trap3 nre not only valuable for catching salmon fish, but also for catching salmon fishermen, sometimes catching as high as from three to four fisherman in a singlo sea son. 9th. That tho traps referred to catch all sizes of salmon fisli, frdm tho very smallest to tho largest, tho smallest of chinook salmon measuring -nine (9) inches, and weighing from nine (9) to ten (10) ounces, while tho smallest salmon caught by tho gill nets in the said river weighs twelve (12) pounds. 10th. In regard to the effect of ho fish wheels upon the salmon fishing in dustry. Major Powell, in his report to the secretary of war, uses the following words, in speaking of the fish wheels: "The success of this fishing machino de pends on the fact that thero are many points along the rapids of tho river (re ferring to tho Columbia river.) where the trails of the traveling salmon come to gether alongside of rocky poin'.3 project ing from tho shore, and the wheel placed so as to cover such trail will bo tolerably certain to catch the majority of tho fish." And ho further says; "fhe suc cess of tho fish wheels is painful; it has been aptly remarked that they pamp the fish out of the water." The wheels at tho Cascades' of tho Columbia river, owned by Mr. Williams catches moro fish than any other. Tho maximum catch reported was fifty thousand (50.000) pounds in one day: See page 4S of Maj. Powells report to tho secretary of war. 11th. In tho years 1S?0 and 1331 the first trans were built and havo increasetl in number every year. In the year 1ES.J tuo largest number ot cases put up mat year on the Columbia was 029,000 cases which brought 5 per case, amounting to tho sum of 3,147,000; in the year 18S7 the pack was 351,000 cases, which brought $6 per case, thn3 realizing the amount of $2,124,000, and although tho price per case'was 1 more, tho difference amonnts to 1.023.000: 12th. Thero is a difference of opinion in Oregon upon tho question as to whether or not tho salmon returns to the sea after spanning. Some claim that the fish do not return, but y our commit tee, after reading and examining into the question, believes that tho great weight of scientific authority is that tho fish after spawning do return to the sea, and wo base our opinion upon the report of the D. S. fish commission and reports of tho German scientists, to whom tho matter had been referred by tho said U. S. fish commission, and who had made tho habits of tho salmon fish tho study of their lives; these scientists state pos itively that tho salmon fish return to the sea after spawning, and they do place the age of the salmon nt seven (7) years, and your committee find it hard to be lieve, and still more difficult to explain, how a fish may attain tho vonerablo age of soven years, if it is caught when it is only nin6 months or a year old- The committee has notf ound a singlo author ity, outside of tho report of tho special fish committoo appointed by this body two'years ago, who claim that the fish after spawning die, but on the contrary wo find that scientists claim that the fe males return three times to tho river to spawn. Maj. Powoll, on page 42 of his report, copies from tho Ger man report as follews: "To all ap pearances hunger, in its most threaten ing aspect, does not mako itself felt till this time, and compels the the fish to en ter upon its return trip;" and further ho says, "Wo must also remember that nearly the same weight of fin muscles has to move a much smaller mass of body, and what is also in its favor, down the stream," Then on pago 43 Maj. PowolL savs as follews: "Third. Tho smallest male -fish". referred to by Mr. Williams as a 'hybrid' is a young chinook corresponding to the 'St. Jacob' salmon of the river Rhine." 13th. After examining the reports of the U. S. fish commissioners and the laws of tho other states of tho nnion and other countries, your committee finds that thero is not a single state in the union which allows fixed contrivances of any character whatever in the rivers for the purpose of catching salmon; and othor countries going so far as lo forbid in addition to prohibiting the erection of fixed contrivances in tho river for catch ing salmon, tho erection of any fixed contrivances for catching salmon at any point on the sea coast within a lcs dis tance than three miles from tho mouth of any river. The U. S. fish commission in their re port of lb82 cites tho follewing: "We now come to "fixed engines" which, to gether with pollution, share the unenvia ble distinction of being the most de structive agency affecting the salmon fishing. Prom the fact that in propor tion as the fish wheels and fish traps in crease in numbers, the catch of salmon constantly decreased, your committee are forced to the conclusion that to those methods of fishing, more than any other canse, tho decrease of the salmon "fishing industry is directly traceable; for as long as the simpler and original methods of fishing, the mdastry was on tho in crease, tho poor men had an opportunity to earn a livelihood, the channels of tho river were not obstructed, there was no need of any hatchery and the material interests of the state, as far as the fish ing industry was concerned, wero con stantly growing. Your committee finds that the fish which aro of merchantable value for food are caught by the gill net method of fishing, the meshes being nine inches in diameter cannot hold a small fish; the small nsh which aro not of any mer chantable value for canning and can only be used for manure or in the manu factory ol ammonia are caught, along with a small per cent of large fish by the wheels and traps, which traps, as we havo mentioned before, are owned prin cipally, if not entirely by residents of Washington territery: and vonr com- mittco cannot see the wisdom of appro-' pnating tuo sum ot $j,uuu per year lor a nsh commission and an additional sum of tho same amount or more for tho pur pose of hatching and of furnishing to those traps and wheels suoh a large amount of small fish, when those same small fish never get n chance to reach the sea, but the most of them get caugnt before thov reach tho age of ten month9. On tho question of recompensing any of the owners of trap3 or pound nets, which have been placed in tho river, where the same are a hinderance to navi gation or wnich occupy any portion of the river to the exclusion of other means of fishing, or which havo been put there by persons that are not riparian owners, your committee have authority for say ing tint all such structures are "purpes- tures" and therefore illegal, and the own ers thereof cannot recover anything whatever for suoh contrivances, they be ing from the begmninz unlawful atruc tures, and these trap men by thus occu pying the said bay in tho said river, as your committee have tried to explain, occupy it to the exclusion of every one else, ihoysoem to nave proceeded on the plan of "might makes right." On this subject Maj Powell, captain of the D. S. engineers, speaks as follews: "Tho whole river is pnblio property, and it appears to me no one has any right to occupy to the exclusion of others, ex cept by proper authority. Even bridges ana tuo locations ot wnarves aro regu lated by tho state, or the United States, and bridges and wharves are for public use, while fish traps are wholly private. When a corporation situated in tho coun ty of Clatson desire to erect and build a raihoad and find it necessary to erect a bridge across tne body of water Known as "Young's bay" in order to build and maintain such road, it finds it must como to this body to get such permission, but the trap men have not had tho grace to ask for any authority to put in their traps, but nave coverea tuo rivtr, lor a space of about eighteen miles square, and have placed them there in defiance of bpth the authority and rights of this stato and the 'U. S.rand "in defiance of the whole commercial world. It is amazing that such unlawful acta has not met with the proper rebuke long before this time. It can only be explained upon tho presumption that 'this question has not been understood by the people generally, or that the trap men used some unlawful influence in former ses sions of the legislature, as is shown by the supreme court of this state. And your commetteo believe that the timo hag como that this great industry shonld be protected. The state of Oregon can not very well afford to even experiment with an industry that brings into this state an annual revenue of over 2,000,000 and winch has brought in the past, ana win again, if tho same is fostered and cared for at vonr hands, over UUU.UUi) annu ally. You protect by laws, game of vari ous kinds, moro for tho purpose of af fording sport to hunters than for any benefit the people of tho state of Ore gun derive from the production of scch game; will yon do less for an industry of the magnitude of millions of dollars whereby thousands of men earn an hon est living? Tho deer is no less a pro duct of naturo than the salmon. Why protect ono and not the other? Can this state afford to see hundreds of people leave its borders who havo been and still are dependent on this industry for their iivcuuooa; ana that, too, in order to teea and fatten n few trap owners in the ter ritory of Washington? And vonr com mittee has always been of the opinion that ono of the fundamental planks of tho Republican party is protection of our home industry. The report and the bill were, on mo tion, lam on tho table. NEW TO-DAY. For Sale. 1 O nffi SECOND-HAND BRICK A JLaIiVVV nleelv cleaned and piled under cover at Fisherton. Vi. T. Tlio ALL up lot will bo sold for J50, Cash, where thev are. UKU.T.MYKIttS. 20lElgmhSt.,ror!land. Notice of Annual School Meeting. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN' TO TOE legal oters of School District No. l. As toria, Clatsop county, state of Oregon, that tlio annual school meMlng for said district will be held at the Scbooluouce in said dis trict, to-begln at the hour of 7 :"M p. it. on the tlrsi Monday, being tho 1th day ot March, A 11 18SD. This meeting Is called for the purpose of electing one D'rcctor to serve for tho ti-rm of three jears) and ono Clerk to sen o for tiiH term of one year, and transaction of the business usual at such meeting. . C. W. FULTON. Acting Chairman of Board ot Directors. J. (J. HUSTLER. DMrlct Cleric. Astoria, February 20th, 1883. Eeady for Business J. M. HESS Has returned and will resume the business of Sail Making Iu his old quartets. In the upper storv ol the Gundersou butlnlng. All wautln sail work or any kind will find htm ready for business. A FULL STOCK OF And ITariefv Hoods. Agents for Iht Celebrated Loo & Healy ANT) ORGANS. ONE NIGHT ONLY. Thursday, February 21st. A UREA f EVENT. Lydia Thompson And Her Own Rurlesque Company. 1 lie most tUorou.'lilv equipped Rurlesque orcanlntlon lu America. Present ng lor Uie first tlinei Iu this env, her original Bur lesque, PENELOPE. By Ste ens & Solomon. Charmln; Music, Exquisite -Costumes, Elaborate .-cenery. 55 selected Artlsis. Keserved fceats ou sale at th New York No el ty Store. INVITATION Concert and Ball lOJ'ECIVF.S in The Astoria Sangerbund, Ou Washington' Birtlidi) . February E-'.lssS, AT LIBERTY HALL. Cone rt begins at 8 :S) r. si. Committe' of Arrangement .--If. nrenger, Feter Martin, Herman Schocue. Stock Sale. On Saturday, the 23rd Inst., the follovUng siock win uesom at Mrs. Margaret Miller's Place On Young's ltlver: Qlv Pni-o tis.it coi-an ...h nl.l - thran .J.J. VUII. ..uvu. uu jiiui w.u , .i,t.u Heifers, about three years old : one Heifer, aooui two years om ; auo ono xokb oi uen, Ave j ears old, TERMS CASH. The steamer Occident will leave Ravel's wharf at niuo o'clock on -Saturday morning, JSO. HOBSOJJ. W1I. EOOAK. Administrators Estato Mrs. Mrgaret Mil ler, deceased. Abtorla, Or.. February 13th, '89. CO TO Thompson '& Ross And get some of those No. Ono California Canned Fruits AND VEGETABLES. We Are Selling Cheap Boat Building. JOE LEATHERS Is at the old stand prepared to build all kinds of boats used on the Pacific Coast. Builder of stealers Electric. Favorite, Tonqain. and others. - fforkmaajiup firrt.cuus. ' fBll8ffl ft ft f z3agM 1 GSifeiff S Griffin Ross Opera House 0 BEADT1FTJL IN Tone , Finishj AND Reasonable in Mc& E?ery in3truicent war rantedTor fire years. INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA A INSURANCE CO. FRANK MY KUM .'. President W. 11. SMITH Vice-lTesideiit JOHN A. CHILI) Secietary No. ItO Seeotirt St.. Portland, Or. I. W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. Ship and Commission Agency FIRE INSURANCE IX FinsT ClKtNK.COUIM.XIKM Eeuieseutlug 813,000,000 PHCENIX, Ilartiiinl.Coun. HOME, New Ynik, r- AGENCY PACIFIC EXPBESS CQ C..P. UPSHUR, " , ., Haiti Street Wharf - Astotla. Orefn. Robb & Parker, AGENCY OK Fire and Mar ne Insurance, With an AcRrecate Capital of S10.0b0.UUQ. IMPPRIAL.ot London. CALIF) KN IA. t.f California. Cennecticut: .f iiamord. OAKLANDHOMK.of Oakland. LlON.nf Loudon. FIRKMaN'S FUND, of California Agents also for TRAVELLERS', of Hartford- Llf- and A.-cident Tickets sold for tho ALLAN Line of i Steamsluis, from Old Country to Astoria. 1 ROBB PARKER At old offlccof J. O. Buzorlh. $67,000,000 Capital Lrtrrpool & Lordon ft Globe. North British an-1 Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hertford of Connecticut, Omimi rcUl ot California Agricultural, cf Weurtowu, ?e i York. London & l.-incislilre of I.Kcrnc.'i!. , I Ens . Fire Insunmce Companies Ecpn"rt " f in a tinltal of 1.7 mi (inn II. VAI tVSK gei.t -THE- DIAMOND PALACE! (Jl'Sl'AF HAASEA, Pn.pV. A l-irjj awl Well Sctei trd Stoek of Fine iDiamonilss Jewelry I At Extremely Low Trices. 1 All (icods Bought at Thl Establishment Warranted Genuine. Wntcli and Clock Kcrmlriut; A SPECIALTY. Come Cass and Squemoqua Streets. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I have be-n annotated administrator nf the estate of I ell -Livingstone, deceased," iumuuici9uui u.iviiiK ciaims against sain estate aro required to present the same, duly verified, to me; nt the ifflco of the C. K. F. P. V.. In Astoria. Clatsop county. Ore Ron. within six mouths from this date. ..,, , A LEX. HOLMAN. Astoria, Or., Feb, ?tu, U83. Valuable Property For Sale, HALF MILE FRONTAGE uii me uoiumuia mver, webt of Astoria, in front of Sees, 23 -nd 64. T. 8 N. K. lo w ; suitable for mill sites, wharfage, etu. Will be sold Iu Its entirety, or la lots to suit. FffiE I1E1E k Watchmaker Jeweler. Xx . HIBAMGRAY., dw Sklpanen.Ur:" ALENTINES ! Silk Valentines ! STYLISH VALENTINES. VALENTINES ALL SIZES, STYLES AND PRICES ! ! J1 i " M M m - Jm mmjm "" """ - - - - . vV-JVJr I'm rm " dJjlmr t . Mi Jg ff, , J mm at - &2 jSf AY Jtf -Jm A. "Jm mm' " - I SMf BL. r J Jmm mW gJ dtiF Mw Aw ' mV Jmx Jmm w m mwrn Tf JFJKw ImW 3f IJg m jff m JfA Crl "mmmJm m ' m -- . """"". 0EJ.OF. TAnivEK, CAUL A..UAKSOK Parker & Hansen ' 'i SUCCESSORS TO O; L. PARKER, DEALERS IN" GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steamer mis week. WHITE GOODS OVER 30 PATTERNS. !-. Tbs Old Stand - Astoria Oregon. A- V- ALLEflT, ' WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DEALEIt IN Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. Crockery, Glass g Plated Ware. o Tho Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and ITegetables. ' Keoeived fresh every Steamer. Por Sale. Ten acres good land, improved, orrhanl. liouw and b im and outbuilding-,- ivelr sup-t-lu-d ; two wells, water, wlth'.n ono mile of Knappa; known a the Mitchell place. For particulars apply to WARD LENT. . Knappa O-e-on. BARBOUR' HAVE NO q "iSroli P2 v&iEcmwrZtoM itfcifcJpm 1 '5y?r"y 1 89 SjyFJiif A ft mmmmsLL jEfft GHAND PBEC PAEIS 1878, ASD GHAND CBOSS OF THE LEGION D'HONNEUB. They received the $ ONLY GOLD MEDAL . For FLAX THHEADS.at tha London Fisheries redhibition 1883. And have been awarded HIGHER PHIZES at the various BNTERNATBONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than the goods of any other IN THE WOELD. Quality Can Always be Depended on. Ewieieil Fiiiiei Use no Oier. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. W00DBEEKY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and TRA-pp-fiimifihed to order at-Lowest Factory Prices. VALENTINES ! Lace Valentines ! ItRich ! BUY YOUR- Groceries Provisions -OF- oard & Stokes T!i!r Hrgely Increasing trade enables thrm to sell at the very lowest margin nf proSt while giving you goods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. TtieHlghost Price PahWoi Junk. i aunmBsanaBBB Net Floats IK LOTS TO SUIT AND Off 'THE 11E3T QUALITT, At WILSON & FISHER'S Threads EQUAL ! 8ERittl Itrif Strike