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ASTOKIA. OBEGON:
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 27, IBRD.
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
With all due allowance for different
points of view and differences of pri
vate opinion, we kindly refer to the
usual character of the city council
meetings as not in any way calculated
to add to the dignity of the city, and
as often opposed to the city's material
interests.
The writer of this article has been
present at nearly every council meet
ing for the past eight years, and has
many times noted with regret that
councilmen carry their private ani
mosities and ancient grudges into the
council room.
They ignore their character, their
positionas councilmen, and remember
only that they have financial and
other differences with each other in
their private capacity and act accord
ingly. A great part of each session is worse
than wasted in an attempt to belittle
opposition by calling each other liars
and sons of darkness. While this
mnvmnlrn the thouehtless laugh, it
makes the judicious grieve.
The meeting of the council every
two weeks is inevitably the occasion
for a wrangle, and the interest of the
city always suffers.
Were it not so serious in its results
it would be amusing to see seven men sit
down to transact city business and in
twenty minutes have two or three of
the seven roaring and jumping.
"How not to do it," seems to be the
rule.
There is more idiotic fooling in the
city council over streets; more back
ing and filling and doing and undo unde
ing: more conflict of interest, of au
thority and of opinion than in any
similar body that ever came under
our observation.
"The roadway," "West 6th street,"
and kindred street topics, come up
ever' meeting night, and what is done
one night is undone the next night,
and the result is nothing but vexa
tion. Then the council will be seized with
a spasm of economy, a virtuouB but
momentary tremor of retrenchment,
and will save fifteen or twenty cents,
and the next moment fool away a
large number of dollars.
This is a
rience and observation having their
effect So, one's ideas as to free trade,
prohibition, woman suffrage, courtesy
from contemporaries, etc., change as
the years pass. .
For many years The Astorian has
held that street work should be done
at the expense of the adjacent prop
erty owners.
But while the idea is a good one in
the abstract, practical observation and
continued experience shows that in
and out of the Astoria city council it
is a failure, and an expensive failure.
A good deal of the fooling in the
city council is made possible by rea
son of chapter Vlil of the charter of
the city of Astoria, which makes street
improvement "a lien on the property
adjacent
This causes nineteen-twentieths of
the obstruction and delay, and is a
fertile source of trouble to those who
want to advance, and of power to
those who want to hold back.
The Astobian is now of the opin
ion that the expense of street im
provement should be borne by general
municipal taxation, and shall work to
have the charter so amended that
that shall be the legal procedure.
Such change will be in a line with
the hopes and the progress of the fu
ture: it will be more equable in its
operatien: it will do away with con
siderable nonsense in the street de
partment by rendering it impessible:
it will aid in the work of developing
and building the city, and will in re
ality, cost less than the present slow,
expensive, and unsatisfactory style of
work in this city where a mulish or
miserly property owner can stop all
street work in his vicinity for an en
tire summer.
So long as Astoria is at the mercy
of such narrow minded creatures, so
long this city will be held in bondage,
from assuming the dignity of size and
supremacy which is hers by right of
situation.
To radically chance our charter in
this regard will gradually aid in the
advancement of the city's material interests.
Boss' Ojera House.
TWO NICHTS ONLY.
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28
TI1E STANDARD
Comic Opera Company.
SO ARTISTS t30
Under the Management of W. F.
Rochester, headed by the
Charming Prima Donna,
BETTINA PADELFORD,
AND A
Grand Chorus of Twenty Voices.
Friday Erciiinjr.
IOLANTSE.
Saturday Evening.
Popular Prices: 25, 50 and 75c.
A Grand Orchestra is guaranteed with
this company. Keserved Seats open this
morning , 9 oclock, at the New YorkNov
elty Store.
J. H. MANSELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER, -
New York
Novelty
l5
ROTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OEEGON.
City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water
Frontage for Sale.
Investments made for Outside Parties.
Established, 1883. Correspondence Solicited.
Next W. U: Telegraph OJVicc. Third St. Astoria, Oregon.
P. O. BOX 863.
ALL THE
NOVELTIES
S-fcft02DL03?y.
For Sale.
ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS COKNElt
lots on First street. Street cars pas-?
every ten minutes. Size, 50x100.
Price, STi.300.
Alse:
A corner lot 75x150 In the heart or the city,
between O. It. & N. dock and PostoilkP.
.Fine Hotel site. Price, 5,500.
Alse:
Good Residence lots on Jefferson and As
tor streets, at reasonable prices.
J. H. MANSELL,
lteal Estate Broker.
Thomas A. Edison, in a recent talk
about his phonograph said: "For
seven months I worked from eighteen
to twenty hours a day upon the single
sound 'specie.' I would say to the
instrument 'specia,' and it would al
ways say 'pecia,' and I couldn't make
j it say anything else. It was enough
rrrT .a-i fofaMt to make me crazy. But I stuck to it
piUlU, UllCVK BM.WU.4
susceptible of proof by the records
and if denied, can be substantiated.
It always has been this way, and al
ways will be till councilmen realize
that business and not folly is the fit
subject for legislative deliberation.
Fun would be all right, but there is
no wholesome genuine fun about it;
if there was, it wouldn't be so bad.
We have never yet seen the city coun
cil break up or adjourn in good hu
mor. There is always a growl or a
kick or a savage argument and a post
mortem after the meeting is over.
This shows that the council them
selves are not satisfied.
The people certainly are not
Is it not ridiculous? The council
will gravely ask the city attorney's
opinion; next meeting he gives it.
carefully and in line with the unani
mous opinion of his predecessors, and
then the council by a two-thirds'
vote will deliberately pass an ordi
nance directly opposed to it.
In this they are either right or
wrong. But if the law is right, in
what position does the city council
place itself in overriding or overruling
the law?
The Astorian, which rarely goes
into the advice business, gives this
bit of advice to the city council act
for the city as you individually act for
your own interests.
As individuals you are prudent,
careful, and law abiding, looking out
for your individual prosperity; you
don't cut up monkey shines, nor act
silly: you are economical, successful
business men.
Now, as councilmen, can you not be
f jr the city, for an hour every two
weeks, what you 'are for yourselves,
the rest of the time?
Try it.
The office of councilman is a thank
le3s ene: there is no money in it: very
little honor, and considerable trouble.
But when a man is elected and
takes the oath of office, and'accepts
the seat he should have gride in his
position and strive to make a record
for himself.
There is an excellent opportunity
for some one or more to rise superior
to all the petty squabbles, bickerings,
criminations and recriminations, and
leaving personalities aside act with
lofty devotion, to the city's interests.
If a councilman doesn't' want to do
that there is no law to stop him from re -signing.
If he does want to make a brilliant
record, the opportunity is always
open for him to be a curiosity.
i
STREET WORK.
until I succeeded, and now you can
read a thousand words of a newspaper
at the rate of 150 words a minute, and
the instrument will repeat them to
you without an omission. You can
imagine the difficulty of the task that
I accomplished when I tell you that
the impressions made upon the cylin
der are not more flian one-millionth
part of an inch in depth and are com
pletely invisible even with the aid of
a microscope."
Colonies of Greenlanders are al
ready making arrangements to emi
grate into North Dakota, and so the
inhabitants jof faraway cold countries
can find a home and climate to suit
in the United States, where they can
pursue their industries and not feel
the enervating effects which would fol
low them if they settled further south.
Norwegians, Icelanders and Green
landers are among the most enterpris
ing settlers in Bed Biver Valley of the
North and in the country around "Wins
nipeg.
Is Consumption incurable?
Read the follewing: Mr. C. II. Morris,
Newark, Ark., says: "Was down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and pny
sicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle, and able to
oversee the work on my farm. It is the
finest medicine ever made."
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "uaa ic not oeen lor ur. auibs
New Discoverv for Consumptien I
would have died of Lung Troubles. Was
given up by doctors. Am now in best
of health." Try it. Sample bottles free
at J. C. Demerit's Drug Store.
John C. Dement.
DRUGGIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Cc.
Carries Complete Stocks of
Drugs and Druggists Sundries.
rrcscriiitlons Carefully ('ompoiimlril.
Agent tor
Mexican Salve and
Norwegian Pile Cure
CANDY Manufactured and For Sale at
Wholesale Trices, at
The Oregon-Bakery
A. A. CLEVELAND, PropY.
GoodBreafl, Cake aiiu Pastrs
None but the Best Materials Used.
Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers
Bread delivered In any part of the city.
To and From San Francisco.
The Schooners
ZAMPA
and
NORMA,
Arrivintr jmii dftnflrtintr twice a month
will carry Freight at Low Hates, to and from
a E-w...Mo T r TRTTT.l .TNTfJKH.
' At "West Shore Mills.
San Francisco.
Real
sate
Mellon
SALE.
Valuable and EllRlbleLots In Adair's Astoria.
Saturday, October 5, at 2 v. m.
At itobb & Parker's Real Estate Ofllce,
Where a PJat of thal'roperty can be Seen .
Instructed by V. B. Adair, Esq., agent,
I will offer at PUBLIC AUCTION, on the
above day, the Lots In BLOCK CO. ADAIK's
ASTORIA, as recently subdivided, replatted
and recorded In the County Clerk's ofllce.
This property Is admirably located, com
mands a fine View of the Columbia River
bar. Is only 3 blocks from high tide water
line and 3 only from the street car line now
running. It Is one block south of the Pow
er's Avenue, which is laid out 135 ft. wide,
wafh int. i nipjired and staked oil and a ma
jority of them are now under cultivation by
nhJnf!fi irardeners.
Persons desirous of examining the prop
erty before the day of the sale will please
take the plank road south of Kopp's Brew
ery. The lots are now quite accessible. A
carriage can be driven within one block of
the north-west corner of Block CO. Terms
at sale. Title perfect. Warranty Deeds.
E.G. HQLDEN,
Auctioneer.
NEW TO-DAY
ROSS' OPERABODSE
ONE NICHT ONLY.
Monday, Sept. 30th, 1889.
A Picnic for Bald Heads !
f
liable Santly's
FEMALE
BURLESQUE COMPANY,
20 ARTISTS 20
4 THE BIG FOUR f
it HEBIQ-COMICS!
Llda Gardner, Lizzie Arnold and the
Kenyon Staters.
The Two Great Comedians and End Men,
2BILLY ARNOLD Q
Look out for High KlcKlng !
For Sale.
Desiring to Retire from Business, I Hereby
Offer for Sale My
Satoon and Furniture, Fixtures
AND GOOD WILL.
One of the oldest and best established
business places of Astoria.
Aspleadidchancefor investment for the
right person. This offer only holds good for
the next ten days. or particulars inquire
I nuuu
Sept.25tll.lS89.
of
RUDOLPH BARTH.
Prices of Lumber.
On and after this date, until further no
tice, we will furnish lumber at the Mill, at
the following prices :
Rough Lumber. S 8 per M ft.
Flooring and Rustic $15 " "
WEST SHORE MILLS CO.
Astoria, April 10, '89.
As time passes one changes liis
mind on a good many subjects, expe-
A Graud Sensational First Part. This
Great Performance to Conclude with
the Local Burlesque.
PRINCE D AND INI
DXTwhlchthe Entire Company will Appear.
'Reserved Seats on Sale, Saturday morn
lug, 9 o'clock, at New York Novelty Store,
Stockholders' Meeting.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVN THAT THE
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Occident Packing Co., will be held at
their office on Friday, October 4, 1880, at 9
o'clock a. it, for the purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing vear, and
transacting any other business that may
come before the meeting,
By order of the president.
ERfK MANULA.
Secretary.
GET YOUR
:Olll3LJ2. Boo3s.Su
CARI. A. HANSON TT TW f m llf AvH
I lUttl fflUUBV S IVUIUI
OELO F. PARKER.
Parker & Hanson
SUCCESSORS TO
4-ta jf-v x "r c.
L. PARKER,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
New Goods Arriving Every Steamer
THIS WEEK,
J
"ST
Mens
Coin
The Old Stand - Astoria Oregon.
IS WHAT YOU GET AT
Foard & Stok
IN
Groceries and Provisions.
Everything in a First-class Store
and at
Extremely Low Figures.
Goods Delivered all over Town.
The Highest Price Paid for Junk.
-FOARD & STOKES
Wholesale Wine House.
in"TTTTin,rr,TTPNl'ir
ill ABIT!
FOR A LOT
-IN-
TO EAST ASTORIA.
: $5.00 Per Month.
Good for One Week only.
B.OBB fe FABSE, Agents.
Fine Wines, Choice Brands.
I have completed arrangements for supplying any brand of Wino in any quantity
nt lowest cash figures.
The Trade Supplied,
Families Supplied.
ALL ORDERS DELIVERED FREE IN ASTORIA.
Your patronage in City or Country solicited.
A. W. UTZINGER, Cosmopolitan Saloon.
f
Sept. I'll 1HSSU.
It Will Pay You to Buy a Lot
IN-
Latire
Park Addition
' TO
The City of Astoria.
Jk V. MMmZLmWW.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed.
Crockery, Glass Plated Ware.
o
The Largest and finest assortment of
Fresh. Fruits and "ffegetateles.
Received fresh every Steamer.
Ranee
The New Model
CAN BE HAD IN ASTOKIA, ONLY OF
ie n zr &nr
JUa MMiU JMAAA W m &-m
Agent. Call and Examine It ; You "Will be Pleased. E. 11. Ilawe.t Is also Agent for the
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Wort Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand,
This property i3 now on the market, and is being sold by
On the Installment Plan for
$30.00 and $40.00 per Lot. .$10.00 Cash and $5.00 per Month.
Don't miss this opportunity. The terminus of a transcontinental road will be
located within J5 minutes walk from this beautiful tract.
S.0 to-day.. 2T0 in one year. Savo the. dollars and buy real estato and wealth
is yours. Call at once tipon
l WORSLEY & CARRUTHERS.
Corner 3d and Olney Streets.
H. W. Strickler, M. D.
DEALER IN
Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, Etc.
Prescription Clerk speaks Four different
Languages.
General practice of Medicine attended to
by the Doctor.
Second Street, near Postofflce.
This addition- to Astoria is beautifully situated on a gentle slope toward the
John Day river, lying on tho County road and only 200 yards from steamboat land
ing 0,11 Tallin on3v wnlkint? distance of streot car lino. The railroad survey from
Portland to Astoria down tho south bank of the Columbia river passing between the
landing and Riverside. The "Oregoninn" in an editorial of September 1st, says:
Tho O R. & N. will l)uild lines within a short time from Portland to Puget
Sound and Gray's Harbor and from Portland to Astoria, penetrating tne donn
Day region."
WAIala PAPBSfc
-AND-
CEILING DECORATION
5000 double roll of Wall Paper and Decorations of the latest stylos and shades
just received direct from Eastern factories.
Also a large assortment of
CARPETS,
Of all grades in beautiful new designs
New Smyrna Rugs, Portiere Curtains, China Matting, Etc., Etc.
Call and examine. CHAS. HEILBORN.
FIRE BRICK
DKALKR IN
FIRE CLAY
Hay, Oats, and Straw, Lime, Brie!, Cement, Sand ani Plaster
Wood Dellrpred to Order.
Buv Now Before the Rise
The most certain and best paying investments m any country are those made in
nood towns when prices are low and prior to the full growth of such towns.
R NombIrorrPavines. All good level lots 50x100. Avenues CO feet wide. Price,
S40.00; S10.00 down, balance 5.00 per month. Title, U. b. patent.
See plats at M 5,3 Qr pR ftNK SPITTLE,
Real Estate Agents, Astoria, Oregon.
Dr&jlng, To&ralng and Express Business.
STRAINER
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WWBr "rMSPap (iURi
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PARKER
J. p.
DEALER IN -
Groceries Produce.
"Water Street, Astoria, Oregon.
TELEPHOJfE NO. 7. - P. 0. BOX 822.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Of Best Quality, and at
LOWEST PRICES,
AT THE
SIGH OF THEJ30LDEH SHOE.
aro:m::isr s:.AB::isr.
IER apply to the Captain, or to
J. P. L.FERRELL
DBAJJ2B IK
Key West Cigars, Tobacco, and
Smokers' Articles.
niinlnn T?nilta. Honfcctionerv. Nuts. Etc.
Fresh Goods received on every California
Steamer. "WATER ST.. under Crow's Gallery
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
City Express Transfer Company.
H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller,
PROPBIETORS.
Headquarters at Main Street wharf.
TELEPHONE NO. 43.
A General Express and Delivery Business
transacted. ,,..,
Your patronage Is solicited.
Eben P, Parker, Master.
For TOWING, FREIGHT or CHAR
U. B. PAKKEK.
Thompson & Boss
Carry a Full Line of
Fancy
Choice Staple and
Groceries.
Give Us a Call and Be Convinced.
Residence for Rent.
CONSISTING OF 8 ROOMS FURNISHED
complete, with piano. Price $40 per
month. Occupied at present by Geo. No
land.. Apply to THOMAS LOGAN.