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C3 Wit 5a gtem ME. EOOKWELL'S MISTAKE. MARINE NEWS AND NOTES. A SMASHED B003I. ASTOHIA, OREGON: THURSDAY.. .IloCTOBEU 10. 1&9. ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted.) J. P. HALLORAN COMPANY, Publishers and Proprietors, viokian Building, - - CassStuket. Terms cf Subscription. Served !v Carrier, per week.: .,. 15 cts Sfiit Itv Mail, per month 60 cts ' " one jeir. S7.00 Free or j'.t:ge to subscribers. ThiE Astokia.v guarantees to Its adver tisers the larked circulation or any iifwpa per published on the Columbia rh er No council meeting last night no quorum. The fifth annual convention cf the Columbia Waterway association meets in Portland to-day. Three and three-quarter pounds is the -weight of the largest potato shown in this office this season so far. N. J. Bergman will begin making fresh candy at his factory to-day, which is well fitted up for'that pur pose. Saddle mountain addition may be on the market before long. There is reported to be some little dilhculty re garding the grade. The county court will meet, as a board of equalization at ten o'clock on Monday the 14th inst, to equalize the assessment roll of the county. Sheriff Smith has the delinquent tax list for school district No. 23 in his possession. Parties owning land in that district should look the matter up and save costs. Capt. Lamb informs the Tillamook Watchtower that the high water dur ing the late storm carried away sixty feet of the unfinished government works on Dry Stocking bar. That nuisance known and hailed as John Cyr, was before a commission in lunacy yesterday afternoon. He was put in jail to sober up, when his case will leceive furthei consideration. The latest medical pronouncia mento is that smoking after meals is injurious. Since it is already estab lished that smoking before meals is injurious, the only lefnge is to stop eating. Satisfactory arrangement has been made with the W. U. telegraph com pany by the Astoria and South Coast Railway company and a lino of tele graph will shortly be b;igun along the route of the road. Peter Peterson w:is ancited yester day for using abusive language, and brought before Justice May, found guilty aud fined 520 or ten days in jail. He went to jail in default of the money to pay his fine. Sweet peas and strawberries are still procurable. Fresh salmon, tooth some trout, clams and oysters are served, and mallard ducks are not scarce. The apple crop is a good one and grapes are fatill plentiful. A first class newspaper, a large and finely appointed hotel aud a commo dious and comfortable theater are the three requsites of a city that wants to grow. In this case the law of supply aud demand finds striking illustra tion. J. H. Mansell yesterday sold to Ralston Cox, a real estate broker of Corvallis, a block of twelve lots in Riverside, for S4S0. H. T. Pindlay also bought lots 5 and 6, block 5, E. J. Reilly, lot 4, block 5, and D. Hansen, lot 7, block 2. in the same -addition. Over 700 extra copies of The Daily Astorian were sold yesterday con tianing the railroad reports, to be sent to various parties east The ar ticles, coming fiom an official source make good reading for those inter ested in the advancement of the town. The reports will appear in The "WkkkiiY next Saturday. -An Olympia dispatch says: "The Olympia & ChehaUs railroad company, which connects this city with the Northern Pacific at Tenino, has been sold, but all efforts have failed in as certaining the purchaser, although it is thought by some to be the South ern Pacific." That road was sold last Monday to an eastern syndicate. State fish commissioner E. P. Thompson says that the commission is emphatically opposed to the in troduction of cat-fish in any of the waters of Oregon for two good rea rea eons: They are an enemy to our salni an and other food fishes. Second, our fish are superior to catfish in every respectj while the catfish has no commercial value. He says, "A great many persons have applied to us for catfish to introduce into lakes and streams, but for the foregoing reasons we have declined to furnish them." Wallace & Wharton says the St Helens Mist, who have been engaged at Columbia City in packing sturgeon for shipment to the eastern market for the past year, moved their estab lishment to Kalama this week, where they will commence packing as soon as the season opens. The change was made necessary by the new method they will use to preserve their.fish while in transit Instead of barreling them and using preservaline, they will freeze their fish and ship them in -refrigerator cars, which will necessitate quick handling, for if. the fish after be ing frozen thaw the least particle be fore put in the refrigerator they will goon spoil. 1 ShorthancJ. Private instruction by practical verr batlra reporter. Years experience. Chas.E.Rttston Law Reporter, Astoria, Or. He Substitutes Assumptions Por Pacts. And Sides With The Obstructionists. The following is received from Washingten: Poetland, Oregon, Aug: 26, 1889. Professor T. C. Mendenhall, Super intendent U. S. Coast ami Ueo dctic Survey, Washington, D. C. Sir: In conformity with the in structions of your predecessor, Mr. F. M. Thorn, dated April 27, 1889, 1 have the honor to make the following re port upon the crossing of. jfomig's bay by a proposed R. R. bridge and trestle. Tiii ; bridge is to be coi,l meted by the Astoria and South . o.is! li il road Co., a line of load commeiicing at Astoria running along the Colum bia to Smith's Point crossing the 'bay by the most direct course and run ning along the tide lands to Ciatsop plains. The projected route is thence by a pass? near -the head of Lewis aud Clarkes river to the Nehalem, Tilla mook bays, etc, The road is of stand ard gauge. I append a clipping of a Portland paper to show that the com pany have filed an acceptance to the terms of the act regulating the bridg ing of navigable waters, etc. I have obtained from the chief engineer Xhe following details of constructien: Total length of trestle and bridge 8,400 ft Bents of 4 piles each to be 15 ft G inches between centres. Piles 16 to 20 inches, diameter at large end. The draw-span across the channel will be 254 feet over all. The opening or clear span will be 110 feet. The pivot pier will be 26 ft wide, and the abutment piers will be each 6 ft. wide. In considering the effect this bridge will, have upon the navigation of the Columbia and Young's and Lewis and Clarke's rivers, the future interests and importance of the port of Astoria demand recognition and protection far more than the present While for the present the great transconti nental railroads have made such com bination thatPuget sound, as an ocean outlet and terminus, is their objective point, it does not seem probable that the Columbia river will long remain unnoticed. The completion of the stone jetty will probably greatly im prove the entrance to the-river so that in the near future vessels of the larg est class may enter and nnd"seoure harbor within ten or twelve miles only, from the sea. A large city maj, there fore be reasonably expected to be lo cated at or near Astoria. Young's bay in that event would afford the best fa cilities for wharf room and mooring of vessels. Wharves and piers could readily bo built out over the flats to the channel through the bay. This channel, already very fair could be improved and maintained by dredg ing, affording abundant room for ship ping, and for manufacturing estab lishments. Young's river is mainly a tidal estuary, extending six or seven miles to the head of tide water, and a short distance above that point the river falls from a hight of CO or 70 feet, affording a good water power. At present the commerce of Young's river is small, a mill for the manufac ture of wood pulp is the only manu facture established. The river is nav igable to nearly the head of tide-water. The tide lands along the shores are partly reclaimed by diking, and being very productive, are valuable. Lewis and Clarke's river is naviga ble to about the same distance as Young's "river. The-, fall just abovel the head of tide water is not quite so high as that in the former stream. Valuable deposits of fire and pottery clays are located on this stream and the" material is loaded on, barges and towed to the works at Portland. The bottom in Young's bay is generally very soft and though the sonnding lead indicates hard bottom in places it is probable that boring or driving piles would develop a soft silt bottom. There is no doubt that the obstruction presented by this long trestle would have the effect to shoal the water in the bay to a verv considerable extent, and the pivot and abutment piers would also have a sim ilar effect in the channel. The sec tion opposed to the flow of the cur rents would be represented by 542 bents, or say 200 piles 16 to 20 inches diamoter besides the section the pier and abutments. Ih my opinion in the the advanced practice in building bridges with long spans, 110 feet is an inadequate width of span. The draw siiouia oo at least lou ieetm the clear. I append a section of the C. and G. survey chart showing the location of the crossing. I am unable to give the present depth of water in the channel, as developed by the survey I have just completed, for lack of time to make the soundings. The Astoria aud South Coast railroad could easily be built around the hoad of Young's bay, and would then be able to cross both the rivers by a very moderate draw span in each bridge. In connection with the obstruction of Young's bay by this bridge, I would call attention to the obstructions caused by the numerous weirs or traps (as they are called here) for the catching of salmon. These are built of small piles or stilkes driven in the bottom in about two" fathoms of wa ter near the edge of a shoal; to the piles a net of small meshes is sus pended, which acts as a fence, to lead the fish into a pound or purse. They resemble very closely the shad nets in the Hudson river, New York har bor. Tnougu nqt a permanent ob struction, while down they have a large tendency to retard the now of the currents and leave deposits of sand which is always drifting along the bottom. In some localities they doubtless do much injury to the chan nels. One of these traps located on the upper sands opposite upper As toria will undoubtedly 'increase the height and area of that shoal. I am, Sir:' Very respectfully yours, (Signed) Cleveland Rockwell, Assistant 3lealM Coobert to order. Private rooms for ladles and families: at Central Kestaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. The latest style of Gents' Boots and Shoes at P. J. Goodmas's. The British ship Ennerdale left up for Portland yesterday. The British barklCooringa moved alongside the O. R. & N. Co.'s wharf yesterday, to commence lightering coal. The schooner Era, five days from Eureka, to load lumber, . arrived last evening. : .. The schooner C rentier arrived from San Francisco yesterday; to load lum ber at the Skamokawa mills. The steamer Wilmington sailed for Pugot sound ports yesterday. The Idaho arrived from Seattle yes terday with 2,000 cases salmon for As toria and 700 tons coal for Portland. The steamer Michigan arrived from the Sound yesterday with 1,800 cases salmon for Astoria. The new fire boat which New York will have next spring will be one of the nautical wonders of that port She is to throw four solid four-inch streams of water, and the range of these streams will be from 350 to 450 feet solid water, not spray. It is asserted that the firemen can bore through the brick and stone walls along shore with ease with these streams just as miners in the moun tains bore into and wash down the faces of solid cliffs with streams car ried down the mountain sides. To fully comprehend the power of a four inch stream it should be remembered that it is from eight-to twelve times as large in cross section as the streams from the ordinary fire engines, while the nozzle velocity of the water is several times greater. The efficiency of such a stream is probably twenty five times a3 great as the stream from an 'ordinary engine. The new boat will flood out a fire as with a deluge anywhere within 2,000 feet of the water front PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. D. Kennedy returned from Portland yesterday. Steam boat inspectors Edwards and McDermott left for Portland last evening. Jas. A. Davidson and wife came down on the Telephone yesterday from Bay View. W. C. Logan left last evening for Philadelphia to take a course of study in the dental college. G. W. Hegardt, superintendent of the government works at Fort Ste vens, was in the city yesterday on bus iness, John Michell, editor of The Dalles Times-Mountaineer, and a party of friends went on a visit to the jetty at the mouth of the river yesterday after noon. Among the Astorians going to Port land last evening were P. W. Weeks and wife, J. O. Hanthorn and wife, H. B. Parker, Ed. Hughes and B. H. Coleman. Mrs. C. W. Fox received a dispatch last evening from the Cutting Pack ing company, at San Francisco, saying that Mr. Fox and W. E. Tallant will arrive on the bark Margaret, now due at San Francisco at any time. The following gentlemen left last evening for Portland as delegates to the Columbia waterway convention which meets in that city this merning: H. A. Shorey, J. O. Hanthorn, E. C. Holden, M. C. Crosby and J. F. Hal loran. Grand Lodge K. of P. The ninth annual convention Grand Lodge of Oregon, K. of P., met in business session this morning, Grand Chancellor W. T. Hume in the chair. Hours of session -were set from nine a. sr., to noon, from 1 to 5 and from 730 to 10 p. ir. Officers' reports and committees' reports were read and the usual legislative business transacted. It was decided that the next annual convention shall be held at The Dalles on the second Tuesday in October, 1890. Last evening Astor and Pacific lodges tendered the visitors a clam supper at the Occident, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present The confidence ot people who hae tried Iloocys Sarsaparjlla. In this jirepa. ration, is remarkable. It has cured many who haw failed, to derive any good whatever froin other articles. For diseases caused by impure blood or low state of the system it fs unsurpassed. Eeal Estate Transfers, Oct. 9th. W. B. Adair and wife to M. A. Pope, lot 3, blk 6Q, Adair's; $85. W. B. Adair and wife to Ella Pope, lot 4, blk 60, Adair's; $85, W.B. Adair and wife to Alice 0. Parker. I6t5. blk 60s 885. W,B, Adair and wife-fa Mary J. Ryrie, lot J blk 60, AdaiY-s; $85; W. B. Adair and wife to Jno. O'Leur'y lots 14 and 19, blk 60; $230. 19 .earmere srau lierseuieu. q Galbraith Bros., of JJanesville, Wis.a change, corner Fourth and Ash streets, Portland, Oregon, a choice selection of their celebrated? dydesdale, English Shire, Hackney; and Cleveland Bay Stallions, at moderate prices, and on terms to subpurchasers. . These horses are all of tho. hlgjiest in dividual merit -and most -v fashionable strains Qf breeding. Every animal sat isfactorily guaranteed. Call and see thel nest urait Horses over brought to Ore gon. QAxnnAiTH Bkos. TelepheneliOdartRg House. Best Beds In town. Rooms per night 50 and 25 cts., per week 81.50. New and clean. Prwate entrance. Ludlow's Ladles' 83.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at P. J. Goodman's. Try the Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand coffee best in the market at Thomp son &Ross. Dr. Jay Tuttle and family are living temporarily in the residence of Rev. Air. snort, near tne .Episcopal church, during his absence in the east, probably about six weeks. Auyone desiring the professional services of Dr. Tuttle at night or out of his office hours will please call for hlra at Mr. Short's house, until further notice. Tender, Juicy Steak at Jeff's. C'ali- The effects of southern California's collapsed boom are coming out with humorous clearness at the sessions of the state board of equalization now holding there. The boom is a relic of the past. The most accomplished real estate manipulator cannot keep up inflation prices, and with humble unanimity boomers have prayed the state authorities for a reduction of 20 per cent, in the Los Angeles county assessment roll. The figures pre sented are interesting to eastern men who have backed the county up with their coin, and now hold deeds to re mote sand lots where cactus would blush to grow. A list compiled un der the direction of state controller Dunn during his recent trip to Los Angeles, cites particular instances of decline in values of which he knew personally. There was found one piece that sold in 1887 for $15,885 which has since been returned to the owner for $6,000, the face of the mort gage upon it. In Redondo Beach some sand dunes designed for a town site are assessed for S7,000, and now the owner offers them for 6,000, with no takers. At Oak Knoll lots sold two years ago at $1,500, which can not be sold at $100. The sales given in this list aggregated $404,980, and the assessment of the same property $90,590, which, it is asserted, is more than the properties could be sold for now. One of the most curious things that came out was offered by Mr. Davis of Los Angeles. It was a document giv ing the history and present condition of 60 paper towns projected in all por tions of the country, two of which were actually on the desert. None of the local sharps, however, bit at these two.. Lots were unloaded upon the unsuspecting public. The 60 town sites, Mr. Davis said, comprise 79,350 town lots now listed by the assessors, and at present the whole 60 had but 2,851 inhabitants. Among the towns were Borden City, having 1,920 lots platted, and not a single inhabitant; Chicago Park, 2,286 lots and one in habitant, the watchman who takes care of the leading hotel; Carlton, 4,060 lots and no inhabitants; Man chester, 'J,otl lots with not u soul in it; West Glendale, 8,128 lots and no inhabitants; Sunset, 2,030 lots and one inhabitant, ho being as in the other case, watchman of an expensive hotel. It roust bo remembered that these town'sitesare not merely tracts of land with a stubble of surveyors' stakes. The mass of them are laid out in streets, some with sewers leading no where, cement sidewalks, on which jack rabbits scamper up and down, and an occasional electric light stand ard from which now and than a lonely wandering owl hoots at the skeleton of a half finished house. Such places dot the prairie, and here and there aro the beginnings of paper railroads, talked of, but never completed. The real estate dealer in southern Cali fornia is not a happy man to-day. He had his term a year ago, and now the deluded lot buyers are making him pay taxes at oity rates on acre prop el ty by holding on to worthless town lots, which compels the assessment of adjoining property at equal rates. Hence the howl from property own ers, and their cry will probably be heeded. For the present taxes based on boom prices are working hardships among the poorer classes, i ... A Unlqqe Will. A man's right to make a will, and in his own way is oue of the un disputed facts in this country, until the lawyers get hold of it after death. This is the way a right was exercised in a will shown us yesterday: Aberdeen, W. T., Sept. 12, 1889. I, Tom Reilly, do hereby swear when I die I'll give Bill Rice my Bull Team of 6 yoke of Bulls. And Ed Kenly can have my two lots to new town, and all other stiffs that dont come before election is liable to get left. (Signed.) Tom Reilly. (Signed and sealed in the presence of) Ch as, Salmqx, R. J. Cobdek, J. L. WxxroRD. Aberdeen Herald, 'J. A Staunrh Ves.se!. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 2nd, 1889. J. H. Butter : I am happy to in form you of our safe arrival in "Vic toria. The Bessie Rutter is a credit to her designer and builder, She is everything that can be desired. She is a fast sailer and one of the most re markable seagoing vessels that I have ever seen. We had severe weather off Shumagin islands, that broke up sev eral vessels three times her size. We don't know what it is to get water on board. Yours respectfully, Henry Olsson. SYRUP OF FHiS, Produced from tho laxative and nutri tious juice of California figs, combined with tho medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, acts gently, on the kid neys, liver and bowels, effectually cleansiug the system, dispelling colds and headaches, aud curing habitual constipation. All the patent medicines adveitised in this paper, together with tho choicest perf umery, and toilet ai tides, etc., can be bought at the lowest prici s, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. CouVu and akf, CiMilral KestauiauL llll PHllt.-. Ht Ihc Stirntogn Chips Are clean, convenient and palatable. Ask your grocer lor them. For sale everywhere. Get a sample and try them. AUVICETO -HOTIIKStS. Mas. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, sottens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind cholic, and is the best remedy for diar-rhcea.Twenty-five cents a bottle. Town Sites Go Besgins in Southern fornla Now. I J1 ' This season our Cloak Larger PLUSH GARMENTS Are to be very much worn this season, and we are showing the Latest Styles in all qualities. The "New Directoire" style of New Markets and Are the latest G. The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House, ASTORIA, OREGON. AUOTIOKT AND COMMISSION HOUSE. MARTIN OLSEN, Successor to K. C .Holden. Iho omcr established Commission House In Oregon Goods of all kinds sold on com mission. Auction Sales Every Saturday. ieueral Repairing. Jobbing and Uphol stering done. , Fine stock of Furniture on hand. When you want Bargains in Household Goods go to MAKTIiS OI..SK.IV On Thursdays Only. MltS. DK. OWENS-ADAIR MAY BE. consulted by those desiring medical aid, at her rooms at Mrs. Rucker's, in the Hume building on Thursdays, from 11 a. m. to 3 p. M. mJkJLlsl Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellovs Building The Best Bargains Yet Offered: 4 Lots HUSTLER & AIKEN'S ADDITION. Less than 1 Mile From the Postofflce. ' These Lots are cleared, and are situated on the slope towards Young's Bay, and a line drive to them. Prices for tho Corner Inside Ml ML MERCHANT TAILOR. Foreign and Domestic Goods. Fine Tailoring Astoria, Oregon. THE BEAVEY PATENT CANT DOG Successors to KIRK SHELDON. HEADQTTABTEBS FOB LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. Agency for ATKINS' CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S LOGGING JACKS. GENERAL HARDWARE. 151 Front Street, ' PORTLAND, OR. $ Department is more We are showing a Stock and Higher Novelties ! Than ever shown before. and will be very popular this season. H. COOPER To Ganners. Jensen's Patented Can Capping Machine. "Will Cap and Crimp 95 CANS per MIXUTE. It has proved to Reduce the Leakage more than 50 per cent. less than hand capped. Price, 600. Orders compiled with by The Jensen Oan-Iilling Machine 0o. DEALER IN Wall Paper and Oil Paintings SPECIALTY, Sign Writer,' Grainer and- Ornamental Painter. Cor. Cas3 andJefferson Sts.. Astoria, Or. 25x1 OO Feet, In Block 21, Lots. " $IOO. $125. FLYNN 3 mi mi ji i i raPfHggiBBgigMaingi fc lllim attractive than over. Jackets ; A Rare Bargain. Eighty Acres of Land. One and one-half miles from Steamboat Landing at Skamokawa, W. T., on "Wilson Creek, eighteen miles from Astoria, Forty acres in Hay and Pasture, and forty In brush and timber. A good House of seven rooms, one and one-naif stories; a woodshed, milk room, and store, room; one large, and two small bams. A fine young Orchard. The place Is well watered by a never-falling stream. Schoolhouse and church In less than one half mile. One half of the place beaver-dam land. Price moderate and terms easy. For particulars enquire of JOHNENBERG, Upper Astoria, Oregon The Str. Telephone Fast Time Between Portland and Astoria. LEAVE PORTLAND : Foot of Alder Street Dally, except Tuesday, at. .7 :00 a. jr. LEAVE ASTORIA : Wilson & Fisher's Dock. Daily, except Tuesday, at. 7 :00 p. m, The Lurline. FAST TIME BETWEEN Portland and Astoria! LEAVE ASTORIA, Main St. Wharf. Daily, omitting Monday, at 7 a.bi. ON SUNDAY, at. .. 7 p.m. LEAVE PORTLAND. Every Night at...,.,.... . ......... 8 p. m. EXCEPT SUNDAY NIGHT. - PATRONIZE The Astoria Building and Loan Association Has only been organized 30 months, and it now has mortgages, upon the best real es tate security to the amount of SS5.0O0.OO drawing Interesj at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum. Before taking stock In those eastern com- Eanies examine Into the workings of your ome institution and see if it is not the best and safest. We claim that our company has done more for the advancement of Astoria, and helping people to secure homes for them selves, than anything ever organized here. The 6th series of stock will be opened October 1st, thosewishing to subscribe will please call on the secretary, on or before that date. W L.BOBB. Secretary Home InstiMoDS.