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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1890)
?J -i. --. T - 4 C V7 t gaUg gtorim. ASTORIA. OREGON: THURSDAY. . JANUARY 23. 1893 City an Ceimly UfBcial Paper. THE USUAL THING. The Eugene Register indulges in some illnatuxed strictures on the re cent little lutcli in financial matters on the Astoria and South Coast road. The Register should know, as any one ivith the slightest experience or observation knows, that such episodes are of certain occurrence in the history of tho building of every road. They constitute an incident of construction; a casual happening: an inevitable and attendant occasion, and are as much a part of the building of a railroad as the purchase of material, or the secur ing of the right of way. It is the history of every railroad that ever was built, that at some period in its con struction there was a financial strin gency of temporary duration. The history of railroad building bears out this statement No railroad however heavy its finan cial backing, has had its affairs run smoothly and uninterruptedly from the beginning to the end, and any little hitch in financial measures in any road is to be treated only as an inci dent, the same as the delay in the arrival of material or the unexpected hardness of the ground in a section of the road, or the missending of a dozen shovels, or the oversize of bridge timbers, or anything else in or about the multifarious incidents connected with the building of a railroad. .1 LOSING FIGHT. Fkaxk WitiKESox, writing to the New York Times from Tacoma, under the date of December 15, says: They who have so gallantly fought against nature in the arid belt are ready to let in thousands of cases, jis tho mortgage negotiating companies well known. They have at least xed "ized that in these days of fierce, com Ictitivc agricultural warfare, when our civilization and methods of agricul ture are pitied against those of pemi civilized Europe and serai-barbarous India a region in which the average crop loss ranges from 25 to 40 per cent, cannot survive. These men cannot remain in tho arid belt as agriculturists, nor can tho thou sands of young men that annually mi grate from the great breeding ground m tho Mississippi valley enter the arid belt with any chance of being successful in their attempt to create homesteads. That land must be irri gated before it can support agricult urist The time has arrived when the desert must be crossed to find pro ductive laud. In Kansas, in Nebras ka, and in both Dakotas, the line of westerly settlement has arrived at the grassy desert on which remunerative agriculture cannot be established. The arid region is fringed with the blasted hopes of thousands of disappointed people, and their eyes are turned west ward to the Pacific coast. Those energetic men who arc wag ing a war with the Almighty in an attempt to controvert his decrees, would do well to come to western Or egon, where no aridity exists: where the skies smile tears of gladness: where biting cold is unknown, where the earth need3 but to bo tickled with a hoe to laugh -with a harvest In the arid belt those men are making a los ing fight By coming hero they can win. SrEoxii agent, Geo. B. Tingle, says that if the seal fisheries are to be pre served they must be handled entirely by a monopoly. Mr. Tingle doubts the wisdom of tho treasury to cut down the first year's catch to 00,000 seals, and says that it is doubtful if any firm which knows anything or the business will bid for the contract on tkoe terms. He maintains that it the contract is let, the government must give the company full protection, considering Behring as a closed sea, or there -would be no money in it Al ready poachers, by taking seals in the oien ski, are driving them through the straits to the Bussian coast and nre gradually depriving St George's and St Paul's islands of herds which formerly belonged there. That was a graceful action on the part of tho San Francisco chamber of commerce last Tuesday. They con curred in the memorial from our chamber of commerce urging an in creased appropriation for the improve ment at the mouth of the Columbia aad forwarded a copy of the memorial with their affirmative resolution, io the California congressional delgaliou, requesting that they use their influ eace in furtherance of the measure. Such co-ojwation is appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. The two Dakotas are in a perplex iag situation with regard to the tem perance problem. They have prohib itory constitutional provisions, but no laws to enforce them. That is to say, tie saloons have no right to exist, and yet tlicrc is no way by which they can be legally suppressed or regulated. The dilemma is a peculiar one, and it remains to be seen what will bo done alxmt it There is but one solution to the problem confronting the canncrs and Saber-son on the Columbia river this seaeoa, and that is a reduction of fifty per cent in the number of boats on tkfe river. Such action will result in lens cost to the canners and more earaiags pro rata to the men engaged ia fishing with gill nets. The real estate transactions of Chi oajjo last year wero unprecedented in vehuae. Pronertv of the value of $r.90G,757 changed hands. The fcigh oat aggregate ever before recorded was 178,427,931 in 1873, when the ac ttrky wae extraordinary, and a conse- i of the great fire of 187L rafliGrotjUMi, TUlamook Head rtfym mtitotm&craijG 'eagacity rises I NMtk: If a newspaper man has an idea that ho must please every body, he will soon abandon it, or find that he is pleasing nobody." - Ax extravagant dentist advertises in a "Washington newspaper that he will give 500 for a sound front tooth of a healthy young white man the tooth to be transplanted into tho jaws of a rich patient The Hast Oregonian thinks eastern Oregon ought to have an insane asy lum. There are a. c-oml mnnv sheen- herders in that section as observed by John P. Irish, of the Alto. Washington Potatoes. In response to an offer of a prize of $100 made by the great seed house of Maul &-Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. Thomas Morse, a farmer, residing at Kockford, Spokane county, forwarded four potatoes weighing from two and one-half to three ponnds each. On Friday, just two months from the time of sending them, Mr. Morse was made happy by receiving a draft from Maul & Co. for $100, together with a letter congratulating him and stating that his potatoes would, in all probability, never be excelled. Un ioiu If Thomas Foss, of Gray's Biver, or others in that vicinity had sent a few of those 34 pound potatoes, Wahkia kum county would doubtless have car ried off the S100 prize. Chinatown Jlolested. Yesterday afternoon Chinatown was all agog. A group of young fellows were passing along Second street, in front of Hong & Yik's store. One of them threw a snow ball at a pagan, which missed him and broke a largo round hole in the store wiudow. Like hornets out of a nest, all Chinatown came living from their honscs and stores. The sidewalks were jammed and the police whistle was sounded. But before Chief Barn arrived, the guilty man was safely ensconced in a neighboring saloon. At last reports every Chinaman was jabbering in an grj' tones and hoping that the culprit might be arrested. Gambling Chinaium. Yesterday eighteen Chinamen were arrested for gambling during Tues day night The sheriff and deputy made an effectual raid bagging a big crowd of pagan sinners. The lawyer for the defense begged to have tho trial on Friday. Their names are See You, "Wong Boy, Clio Yu, Ho Yeng, Wong Hing, Wong Hui, Jong Mi, Ju Hi, Ho Huu. Yong Bock, Sun Chec, Moe Sing, Wong F, All Turk, Ah Sing, Ah Sheet, Ah Chee. A great drawback to the upper Nestucca country, is the disagree able road and river crossings. Sum mer travel is much more pleasant. Then the ranches How with milk and honey, corn, tomatoes, bif$ onions and cabbage heads; in tho way of wild fruits, Nestucca is unsurpassed. In season, blackberries are plentiful and of delicious llavor, also cherries, bear and pheasant The cherries are rather bitter, but bear and pheasants are juicy and well flavored. Just now snow covers all. AQTJAKEIVS DOZEN. ' nichar Etcge, the well known proprietor of UicQuaier Dairy, No. SO Ellis St., an Fran elsco, last week sent tho I ollowing letter to tho Tdwia 17. Joy Co. "ITy family have oeca taklujr Joy's Vegetable Earraparllla aow for months with splendid results. Our ex perience lias bon that aftci taking It reruhrly for a short t,lmo and petting tho system Etarted right, an occasional doso thereafter keeps the sys tem In .perfect ce "dltion. A peculiarity of your vegetable compound is. ist it does not lose its effect, hut seems to accomplish the same results continually. As a llrer and bowel rcgu'-itor and corrective it Is perfection. fTewoul not bo without it In fact I have just bought a dozen bottles to get the re duced price " A. M. Bowc of 52 Jones street S. r., also writes that it has bcui bis habit f oi years t awake in tho mornings with a head ache and on exhausted feeling; but since th first bottle ho has had no return. Do You lAUo a Good Cisrar? Call at Charley Ohon's, east or C. II. Cooper's.. He will Miil joa. A fine stoclc of cigars to M-lfct from Tclcxiinrlnrin:j f 3 misc. licst Hurts in town. Itonms per night CO and 25 cfs.. j.cr week Ui0. New and clean. l'ri.tl entrance 1 Card. 'Jeff'' -a i-hes his fticndsnnd the pub lic to know Hint he has positively o!U out his old restaurant ami is in no way iesj oiwble for the way it is now run, or lor any debts contracted by it P. S. Look oat for the new restau rant lo be opened bv .Jeff at an early dale. The Jate:r t 3 1 of (;rnti' .Coots and Elites at 1. J. Goodman's. Ross' Opera House. OIE WEEK, Commencing Thursday, Jan. 23d. Fust Appearance of John S. Lindsay, The CELKIiKATM) TltAOEIHAN, and an Excellent Diamatlc Company. KEI'iSUTOIUE: Thurday; J.inaary 23 J, the Great Drama, Ingomar, the Barbarian. l'riday. - ENOCH AKDEN Saturday.... DAMON AND PYriHAS Monday HAZEL KIItKE Tuesday LADY OF LYONS Wednesday. .1UCIIEI.IEU Mr. Lindsay Is supported by an excellent company ami me puonc may expect ine rarest ciitcrtainmcntcverKiven in lhe place, and the first of the kind in 1893. Prices Keserved Seats, 75 and 50 Ots. GAL1.KK1 25 Cents. Hescn cd Seats Wednesday, January 22nd at the .New York Novelty Store. TPama. for Rent "Willi fortv-five head of cattle for half the increase. Call or write to O. P..TOII4NSON, Vesper, Clatsop County, Or. FOR SALE. A Tract of Desirable Land On the Wallttskl, containing between SO and CO acres ; .hair of It is tide land. For partic ulars, enquire of WM. DOCK, At Germania Saloon. The Oregon Land Co, HAS AN ASTORTA OFFICE S. W. COR. THIRD AND 0LNEY STREETS, ' " ." Buy and Sell Property on Commission. We Deal in Real Estate and are Successful in Our Business. Sea Haven! a : lor Lots in this Coining Seaport City of Washington, Apply to the Undersigned. Fifty ier cent, adrancc. in prices aftct February lt. 1S00. Wm. B. Adair, Agent. FOE SALE. On Young's River, Four Miles from the City, Fifty -Five Acres. A Most Desirable Buy. In quire at this Office. Grand Sale of Cheap Lots IX Adair's Astoria, BLOCK 2.2, (itECnSTI.Y ci.eatm:d.) Adjoining present Street Hallway Extension Lots in tho above sightly IJlock are offered for sale at prices nuiKine; from S200 TO $250 PER LOT. Terms, onc-haU tlo'wi, balance In six mos. llonds for deeJs. V i ve jer cent, oil for cash. Warranty deed. WM. B. ADAIR, Agent. John C. Dement., DRUCCIST. - Successor to W. E. Dement & Co. Carries Complete stocks of Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. rrr.rrilin OmThIIj CeBipiiBi:lt-il. Axent lor Mexican Salve and Norwegian Pile Cure Now is Your Lots Tongue PoiNTflppiTioN Finely Situated Back of Tongue Point and Within TWO MILES of the Centre of Astoria. Lots Will be sold for a Limited Time at $50 and $GO Real Estate and Brokerage. THIRD STREET, - - - EAST OF 0LNEY. BEST BUY ON THE MARKET. TO ALDERBROOK. I.wfM Only $75. WINGATE & STONE. The Mikado. CANDY MANUFACTORY. K. J. BERGMAN, Prop'r. Fine Chocolate Borr Bbns .FKESII MADE DAILY. As Well as - All Other Kinds of Cream Candies. Please Call and Give Me a Tilal. THIRD STREET, Next to Western Unioa Telegraph Offlce. IKS ADDITION Morgan & Sherman GROCERS And Dealers In ll Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A rUL'- LIKE CARRIED Ami Supplies fnrnlMied at Satis factory Terms. Purciiastjs delivered In any part of the city. Office and Warehouse J n Hume's New Kuiltflug on Water Street. 1". O. ISnx 113 Telephone No 37. ASTOKIA, OKCGO.1. S. ARM)T & KERCH KN ASiimiA, -oi:i:;o:. The Pioneer Machine Shop HLAtJRriMlTii 8 H o vm Boiler Shop All kinds Of .ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. .Pc!.i!ty tii.Mleof repjurtoK CANNERY DIES, rOf OK LAKAYETTK STKRE1 Magee, Argand and Acorn Stoves i Ranges, Cooking and Heating, EVERYONE FOLLY WABRANTED. WATER CLOSETS, PLUMBI5G GOODS, PUMPS, SINKS, A5D BATH TUBS. Xoe ct3 Soixlly. CHENAMUS STREET. Time to Buy in Cannery mm mmst;. Wcae A Itatf to INSURANCE. I. "W. CASE, Insurance Agent. KEPKESENTIXH : California Marine Ins. Co., S. F. Columbia Fire and Marine Ins. Co., .' l'onianu. Home Mutual Insurance Co., S. F. Phoenix of London, i Imperial of London. Robb & Parker, AGENCY OK Fire and Marine insurance, With an Aggregate Capital of S70,000,000 IMPERIAL, of London. CALD70RNIA. of California. CONNECTICUT, of Hartford. OAKLAND HOME, of Oakland LION, of London. FIREMAN'S FUND, of California. QUEEN, of London. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of Connecticut. Commercial ot California Agricultural, of Watertown, New York, London & Lancashire of Liverpool, Eng., Fire Insurance Companies, Kepreseat In a capital of f67,eM.00e. U. Vllf lUKJir. Agent, J. H. MANSELL, . - REAL ESTATE BROKER, NOTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OREGON. City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Investments made for Outside Parties. Established, 18S3. Correspondence Solicited. Next W. U. Telegraph Office. Third St. Astoria, Oregon. P. O. BOX 863. THE ASTORIA Real Estate and Trust Co. (INCORPORATED.) President, L. P. W. QUIMBY. Secretary, W. The above Company Placed the - RAILWAY TO ASTORIA, on the market Uccemlii-r 18th, 1S89. More than 300 lots have been already sold. Other additions will be placed on the market shottly, but at a great advance in present prices. Get in now whilo the price is low. General Office, Rooms 1G and FRAM SPITTLE, Apt Warren & Wright, Real Estate Dealers, ManseU- Bunding, Water Street. ASTORIA, - - OREGON. City Properly, Seaside Property, Tide Lands, Timber Lands, Farms, Etc.. Bonght and Sold. Astoria's most delightful suburb. Lots 520 to S35 eash or installments. Loans negotiated and a general eommibMon business transacted. Invest ments for non-residents a specialty. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Flp, the Tailor KEE?S IN Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. He buys for Cash, at Eastern Prices. lie Guarantees tho Rest Workmanship on all garments. Call and sec for yourselves. Earth's Block, Astoria City Book Store. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY! OF- Blank Books, Office Supplies, School Books and Fine Stationery. The Best Goods for All Goods Guaranteed as Rep resented. . 1 mm$ Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellows Building The Best Bargains Yet Offered In Blocks 21,23 and 28, HUSTLER & AIKEN'S ADDITION. Less than 1 Mile From the Postoffice. SIXTY of these. Lots sold within the past 8 days. The price of this Choice Property Is going up daily, and may be taken off the market at any tine. PrIo of Lots, SI2B to S200, according to Location. CAPITAL, $50,000. V,cc-Pres:denf, J. W. BARNES. H. EDWARDS. - ADD! 17, N. K. Cor. First and Alder Astoria, Onp. STOCK THE the Lowest Prices! JE2 TON . Wholesale Wing louse. Fine Wines, Choice Brands. I havo completed arrangements for supplying any brand of Wine in any quantity nt lowest cash figures. The Trade Supplied, Families Supplied. ALL OHDE11S DELIVERED FKEE IN ASTORIA. Your patronage in City or Country solicited. A. W. UTZiNGER, Cosmopolitan Saloon. Yob ii mTfinmrn lilnn l3w5mi is hum im ur.i a i . - Foard & Stokes Groceries and Provision-. Erer thins m a First-class Store und at Extremely Low Figures. GooiH Doltvpr. d nil i.ver Town. The Highest Price I'ald fur Junk. FOARD fc STOKES Prospect Park Addition! One and Two Acre Tracts. . On Proposed MOTO It LINE to SEASIDE. Cjllat once at tho Cfllcc of . THE CLATSOP LAND COMPANY, And secure some of this property before the advance. Stockton & Welch, Real Estate Brokers, 4 AKD EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. City, Snlmi-bnn and Acreage Property For Sale. MAIN ST., ASTORIA, OR., I. 0. BoxSll. No curbstono broker? employed here -AND- CEiLlNG DE69MTI0NS! 5000 donblo roll of Wall Paper nnd Decorations of tho latest styles 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 Curtainsr China Matting, Etc., Etc. Call and examine. CHAS. HEILBORN. Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HAD! ARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES. TINWAR AJD HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, TijUL AND Copper. The New Model Range CAN BE HAD IN ASTOBIA, ONLY OF E. R. HAWES. Agent. Call and Examine It ; You "Will be Pleased. E. K. Hawes Is also Agent for the Buck Patent Cooking Stove, AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty: A Full Stock on Hand. WHOLESALE AND HETAIL DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. o Crockery, Glass Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Keceived fresh everv Steamer. HHIUUl Thcso SEINES are mado true taper and from an actual scale, and vrill hang trne and draw when hung in to lines, and from tho Gold Medal 1-2 Patent Twine. RIGHT AND LEFT HAND LAID PATENT ROPE, 9 thread nnd larger, soft raid free from kinking. SALMON TRAP NETS knit from the Gold Medal I-2 Patent Twine, superior to the medium laid, stronger, more durable and Holds Tar Longer. . Letters or Telegraph shall have our Prompt and Careful Attention American Net & Twine Co EtUbll-bed 1842. Bostoa, Mass. CsylUI, $S5MM. N. B. We have the largest Netting and Twino plant. New and oootly nutchiMty has lately been added for knitting heavy Traps for.tbe Columbia river, and.' .Semes foe the Alaska Salmon Fisheries, and the most skillful help employed.; V T HlghMt awards at Boston, 1SC9, Philadelphia. 187C London FlsheMes Exposition. 18, , OKIvi -. I'-iKKKK. CAItL A. HAN?ON ParkerS Hanson .im'!! TO c. l. parker, DEAJ.rK IX GENERAL MERCHANDISE Mew 6"wds Arriving Every Steame hi w:ih It ! The Old Stand - Astoria On-nuii. E. P. N00NAN fc CO., (Succcssois to) J. P. HYNES, DEALERS IN- Groceries Produce. "Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TKLEPHOXE NO. 7. P. O. BOX 3W. LIDDICOAT & CRIBB. Carpenters aadB-ailders. Holt & McCurtrle's old stand, have over 20C plates and drawings of all kinds and styles of dwelling-houses, ranging from 900 Ml SI 00. Call and see them. HWUKW-t.: SBBaaBBaaBI vSssSSSSBBSSBOSi ffuterpoi Hoods TCH-!iraKM:KlW'M-lbK-KMB'MM . V rSt. tnJlfc , . -Vsi'j--. jen -Vy r. . t fe "v. . -.V-MBSMSft rv ijjtgjfcj?1irrgj-aSa3ags B-gBijjsjjgrjBBw52j2-tfcA-i,