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THE DAILY AST0U1AN, SUNDAY MORNING, XOVKMHBIt 28, 18.J7. JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Tel.nhont No. . TKKMS OK HUUKCHirriON. DAILY. Bant by mail, per year J. Scat by mall, per month fci erred by carrier, per mont ) WEEKLY, j Bant by mall, per year In advance.. .M. 00 j postage frea to sulsjcriiiera. AU communications Intended for pubB- ! cation should bo directed to the U:r j Business communications of all kinds j nd remittance mux bo addressed to "The Astor'.ao." Tha Aatorlan guarantees to lis aub acribors (ho largest circulation of any sewspeper published on the Columbia fiver. Advertising rates can be had on appli cation to the business manager, The Weekly Astortan, the second old. Mt weekly In the aiate of Oregon, haa. aezt to the Portland Orecwlaa. the largest weekly circulation In the lists. John T, H&ndUy Co. are our Portland agents, and eoplea of the Aatorlan cm be had every morning at their sta-ad, 124 Third street THE GOVERNMENT DOCK QUESTION If It kt (the purpose to take any action In Astoria, either through the chamber ot commerce or otherwise, to dewlope some plan of co-operation with the cotn- ewh, the northern portion. Tmvre should be docks and repair shops in en divts. km, and those should 1 placed, n fur as possible, M greet rommerclnl end In dustrial center, not only beoaose work, mon nnd manorial can be obtained more readily and more muhVMiMy nt such points, but nlso because si.eh pottts re quire and will have, from their Import Knee to the country, n strong land de fense: and, as thw docks also require n strong defense, one sot of for: Mention wl!I cover bo.:h civil and military proper l ty. In the great commercial cvn'ers nl, 1 from which plv large tr.ns-vosin nnni. i era, the Rvivernmcnt will ho tible to '!- rive some revenue from neootnmo.l.itrnir j thesn In It docks, : Tfcs hoard In its summary recommends as site. for "docks urgently necessary" j Norton, New York. Norfolk. TVrt Koynl. New Or sins, -nd Mare Island. The ground on which they proceeded In this rivommendutlon npixstrs In the following quotation from ithelr report: Act of .congress have ropentcdly re qu'red that navy yards, and dry docks, their most essential nr.d cotly struct. wrs. shall ho loonted wMi duo regard to the commercial ns well as the naval In. terewts. and o.ammlss!ons have been frcm '. time to time aipointnl to soWt such : rite. The reports of these ommll.ins have furnished the hoard valuable Infer, i matlon In the discharge of It duty. its InstruMiona to these commissions the Pillosophy. Of making many pills there i no cud. Every pill-maker ay: "Try my pill," as if he were offering you bou bona! The wise man tiuds a good pill aud sticks to it. Also, the w ise man who has once tried them uever forsakes Jyer's Cathartic Pills., MARINE NEWS. Tide tafcleforNovcmtcr. 1897 Jordon Hill, Walker, lr lk, SIT loiw. MelbHirn lrt CiUedonla, Anion, Hr bk, SIW Uw, Naynsakl. Kltvtuck, lYm!W, llr lr. tvns, Yokohama, Omhn, Mutiro. ltr sir. !! Ions, Yoke hama. Amnra, Kent. Hr str. l.'iW tons. Hour. kotur. Alexander Hln,-k. Piinn, Ur k, I3:'l tone, Antwerp. Vat.len. rrlti, tier sh, Ti lens, llim. Ion! Shaftslviry, CiiunlnKhntn, Hr t, JITS tons, Sydney. Urlslol, Melnlyre, Hr str. lilTl tens. Pan FranelsiH fmllle, Oltmaiin. tier sti. lT.Vi tens. Yokohama, i.PMHKU Fi.Ki-rr. I'ATK 'lotuliiv, ll. 111(11. Il.lll'll. 11. IlliH. ... I . ' ti .' i. rt' 0 I.' : :i I iieilav ... 7 ii tv 7 ;n m, i m1 Wolnit' y ,H K.ov s M a .': rillirMlu,v. 4 9i?' .V6 Sli I- n.lav 5 In lo ? V In M i 4 i;i sntunlar .. t. to .VS 7 s. II T 1 .vl l MU1, 7 II Ml 1, ! 4: Monday ... 0 7 s: 1J 1 S J B TticMtiiy ... ii, 7 j! j . a 7 iv Wetlnstl y 10 I 4.' 7 1' I 0- S I 7 HI Tluirily.n a 17 7 0 t M U lli Friday 14 S 4-s 7 a s SMiunUy .IS 3 ,i 6 m ss7(. MM'Al.ll 4tms ,177i 041 1 1: s s .' .' I 4. I . ,i ,s o 6X01 ti i ii i 7 .'.v n . 7 s n 0 -4 ll I ..' 0 1 ! .'4 0 ( on the Way and In Oo!uin(il.i !!lvr to Ivid I.tunWr. 4 4 i nl 0 7 mvy depumnen, he, fonnuln, the s(v, j ..ulay.... jutja jj joj. lo rial requlrwwnts of a site for a navy . Wednsd' ylT S47 6JSBlirJss as wrd to be niiurilay IS, 77." T i wra to i Friday l r,l& O;, 1. A eatuatfon ipon ayl harbor of Satimlav -.v :M 7 10 u i auffloient 1,e. dop.h. ami aocesslMllty j iVja J 11 UT for veesel of the huimn eiie aral he.tvi. ; Tuesday .75 O07 7il 11 t.'2 WiMiiMt y.M. 0,Vi7 1.' J, s ,s Thursday i 41. 7 7j I m s J to Krtday..... '.Wl JS.-; 7 I Saturday a7, S 1 " M MlAY1 4 04 7 41 Monday 4 .V 7 4 Tuiday Afc 40 7 Si est draft. t A favorable position wT.h respect the principal lines of tVfense. X A tocnl aeourtty from water attack ; due to. position end natural surround. , Intra. 4. Ample water fronhure of sulnclerit detwh and nermanenoe. and with rnr. mlttoe teaely appotnited by the Portland of moMt Tuty, hwmNer of commerce to bring- to the I 5. a favorable position with respect to gorernment'e attention the advantage, .th Itnea of hmprlor commimUxttion (by 'jay morning. 1 a v. s s 4.H7 0 4J JO 1 .1-' .' 4 SO.' ST 4 04 'J ,(X) '.' . s) 0 ' It .47 1 S 3 : a j : ' Hit Hv 1 s i; 1 1 4 "i 0 i A 0 4 (11114 7 IS 1 . f t I 8 4 I I 41 0 II V 3 4 10 XI 0 0 11 01 34 1UV0S 1'JHI S I MARINE NOTES. The Cdumbtne arrived In yesterday. The Oder left up for Portland yoster- offered by Astorta a a ot the proposed new dry docks, or a I fresh water navnl station, no time should ' be lost in proceeding with the matter. We are certainly not going to sit still and leave to Portland Che entire responsi bility and duty of presenting a question of so much moment to our own people. BiKti course of Inaction should and would expose us to the ridicule of every newspaper published on the Padfie coast, and is, besides, a poor return for the Inter, est shown In the development and pros. location for one ! rUl or othrw1' with the principal sources of supply. 8. That the character of the ground shaB be suitable for the construction of excavated docks and basins and for heavy structures. 1 7. Proilmtty to centers of labor and suprd'es of material. S. Healthiness of the climate and suit ability for outdoor kibor. 9. The existence In the vicinity of r.n ample supply of good potable water. Tt will be observed that thre Is rvt one of Ihe3 requirements which Is not fully met by the situation at Astorl.i: perlty of Astoria from a source which we and there Is another impnrtunt cons d bavo been led to believe was Inimical to ! oration not mentioned by the bonrd-for every proposition tending to Astoria's ma. 'the rea-son probably that Is was thought teria) advancement beyond the bounds of possibility to In- From the advance sheets of "Secretary 'elude it among other eltments of the es Xxmg's report to the forthcoming session J sential combination which Astrola can Yesterday the Alice Bhinchard. from Copper river, loft up for Portland. Wheat-laden for Queenstown, for opWts the WUlium TUlle crossed out yesterday afternoon. The AnamhA, Oipt.iln ILinler. clcirel fr Liverpool yeeterJay with Si,C;i, bjr rels of flour valued at $1 (j0. The steamer Alliance, Captain II ml wtck. crissel out yesterday with l fewt of fir lumber for San Francisco. Tor the first time in we-ks the harbor w.i cleared yentenlny of all Jeep sea merchant ships, except the Oiklunl, whk-h Is waiting to go to Porthind. I.uua M y. lla:i.-n. schr. tH tens, H:in anclsi-o, NoveniN-r Ii. Letttta, Stakkol-ye, sotir, i3l tuns, am Francisco. N'ovembiY It ivnklo Mam, KaiKko. Jap bk. Hi! tons. Yokohama. lain o Shanter. Patterson, bktn, lutl tons. Santa, Rosalia. Ida Sohnauor. Nellson, sch, t!5 tons, San Francisco, November IS. OOIJ FIKIJVt OF ALASKA. The Alaska Trrtnrrru.tlon ami Develop, mcnt Co., of ChiiNwo, ill.. Capital. Five Million Dollar. VESSELS BOUND TO ASTORIA. of congress, R (s evident that the matter of providing new dry docks for the me offer, and which cannot be satisfied by any of the various locations mentioned commodaOon of our rapidly growing navy j as the site of existing dock.', or these will be one of the first Important sub. to be constructed. This is the Inestlma Jecta whCch will be attended to by that ble advantage of a deep and oommo.ll fcody. The urgency of the situation Is so ous harbor tf fresh waterdirectly and great that it la probable congress will j easily accessible for vessels of the lanu go on ef the regular order to appropri- I est oha meter from tha open ocean. As ate the money necessary to start the work old I. Astoria is, it may be doubted If Immediately. It will be remembered the government, in view of lis former that a board of naval experts was ap. j stat ol isolation and lack of communl. pointed la. August to examine the mat. I cation with the Interior, has ever given ter of Improving the government's dock- " serious consiuVrntion as a base for big facilities, and that that board rec. naval operations. With this drawback emmended among otlver new docks to be remov-d, it would seem thr.t the attention provided at Ithe coming session of con. ;f th naval authorities only nee.lt d to gress. the location and construction of a I be drawn In this lilrectloa to m.ike As T dock of the first class at Mare Isl- i tnril one of the largest and most valu. and, in California, and that this was the ;aW navaJ stations In the country, niy reoommen.l.u:i.in for a dock on the ; In another part of his report. Secretary Pacitlc coiist. I Long, recurring to the urgency of rh Secretan- Long de-otes a large amount 'dry dock question, states a fu.-t relative of space to the dry d'xk question in his ' to the selection of Mare Island as the report, and Ct Is plain from a study of location for the only new PacifV: coast some of his suggestions thac h knows dock recommended which shows both an nothing about Astoria, and that with the j "''J""10" M the fnre lslanl loa'!on. proper effort, he might tie so convinced , J4 an evident disatif:i.-tlon on hi ' of the advantages offered by Astoria over , I1" !t- This is the f;ict thrit the those of Mare Island as a lwation for the entrance to the only site available for new dry dock that th California location a ,lock at I13 P"int consists of only would no longvr be consluer.-d. Among . twenty feet of water; and the secretary other things, the secretary says: Intimate that this difficulty will oi'-ntc It appears from the report of the Eu- I to "'- work of construct, reau of Yards and Tx-ks that today the ln the dock, since it can only be r-m-most urgent Tid of tho nmJ senlce edied by an expensive and tedious pie is an increase of d. k'ng fa.-RltV. Of ' m dredging. Considering the fact that the eleven government docks nir.e on ,, . . ,,,, . , " it is doubtful if thj n.ivy J-inrmul the Atl,:mtie and two on Ithe Pacific coast , -ftrree were desired to accommodate , the lU Or-g. in; battle sUps of the first cl.'ifs, one at Niw lh Iort Orchard dock again, this co-ist , Tork. one nt Portt Royal. S. C, and in is eft utterly unpro1del with ar.y ' at Bremerton, Wash., on Pugt Sound. But the dock at New York has bf-en for six months, and 1m likely for three months more to lie undergoing repair, and 0.1 n"w A1 caTl 06 wmpl-ted. The result the dock elt Port Royal there is not only is that there Is national necessity for the an Insufflaency of water, birt the cross. ' location of the dock at Astoria. The following vessels are bound to the Columbia River, with name of master, rationality, rig, tonnage, where from I and date of reported rallfc.g: , Hyson, Hogg, Br str, KT8 tons. Hong, kung. Lombard, Calson, Br tr. Id tons. Yokohama. George Stetson, Murphy, Am ah, ITS tons, Baltimore, August 1 Linlithgowshire, Anderson, Br ah, 1257 tons. Antwerp, July 28. Drumburton, Spurring, Br bk, 1773 tons, Swansea, July 8. Ameeley, E wart, Br sh, 1551 tons, Car diff, May a. Cambrian King, Hansen, Br sh, 1638 tons. Shanghai. I Dovenby Hall, Whlckhxm, Br ah, ISM tons, Liverpool Ben Voirilch, Ahler, G-r sh, 1107 tons, Santa Rosalia. Springburn, Rae. Br bk, 2o tons, Cap-j Town, September 29. j Durbridge, McLauchlan, Br sh, ail tons.. Table Bay, September 17. Poltalloch, McLeod, Br bk, 2139 tons. Table Bay. This eomiMny Is the htrgewt. irvngest ami Ixwt equlped trnnHrtat.n and mervlnuidlAing comixuiy In the Alaska gold Held. Three hitv ami cxiuihhIkhis stmm ships will leave S.tittle June 1. and reg. uhirly thereafter, currying tioth freight ami passongvra. These steamer, are esHHHaHy fltteU for the ctHmoleiu'n of )sissenger and are cipnble of carr-lng Sx u-h. Our passenger and freight service on th Yukon river will lw the best. The hamlMng of merchants' freiKht mad.- a specfciJiy. We nre the only compuny that irtRiRint.vs prompt .lellv.-rv at iKiwson City. We Riinrintee you a yetir's supply if fil and tistifc and singly arriml. ni.i m,1 Is then-. You stand fully as nm.-h chance as nnv oth.-r KTSon. Mo vou want to ! one of I our first? If so. write at once, securing I pnsnge ami berth. Our j.ecl il transudation off.-r t the! bet now t.fir the public. Rend for free ivipy of The Alaska News and for our special off. r. Including tnn.rtat1on to the Klondike and f.sid for one year f.r six Ipnulnsl iM!:irs This will Intercut jmi If yeai Intend go Ing: tf not. our stock offer should lnt-r. est you, and you should become one of our stockholders:. A limited amount of stock has Just been assigned to the western agency for sale at 11 per shore. A mnn or woman of small mean, ha the same opportunity as a rM perwm. If you enrmot gn to Anska nothing should prevent yon being a profitable shareholder. Our company Is composed of n-n of tried business peputamms. some of whom are the following: Hon. W. E. Mason. V. B. S. nator from Illinois. AlU-rt C. rtlatx. prl.lent V,il rtlatx Brewing company. Milwaukee. W. C. Rlnearson. genenl passenger' agent C. N. O. A T. P. It. It . Cincinnati.! B W. OrifTlrh. prcsld.-nt Flrit Natl.ire.li Bank. VIcksburB. Miss. J. B. ITrntir.l, r.iplt.iINi, IRnnrd, b'ilMlng. Chicago. Frank If. Ifecht. of Charl.s K.iesf m-r 1 C . Chicago. j P. -,. F..l-ar.l. pnsser.g.T trim.- mini. . cer. C. H. A P. ft. R . Cln. lnnat!. Cl.arV-s If. Rockwell, traffic nvinas-r. C. I. L. P.. R. (Morion Route. Chl.-airr I T. H Foster, Fosdoria and Vlck'burg, ; Mis. ftxiinlifir III M V t lifts Piper Hddsieck Plug Tobacco above all other brands. Its champagne flavor has made it famous. Cur the NEW FIVE-CENT PIECE: enlarged 40 percent NOTU'K OK tNTKNTMN T- IMI'H'lVE COI.CMIIIA AN1 A1.AMKDA AVENCES In nhlcti ftict.il nssMstuftit U ( br IcWnt, sltnll Ii flle.1 with the Auditor and Police Judge before the said regular meeting of the Common Council, no such work iv ttitprovement will t order. ejeept t.y the two.thlr.1 vote of all th. me ml .em of the Common Council l.v Piite.l at Astoria. Orcgim. this !! day of November. Wfl. II r. NFIJV1N. Auditor and Police Judge. Notice Is hcr-by given tlv.it the Com mon Oiunotl pn pm to Improve iNilum. bla avenuo from Its Intersection with tenter line of I'.ond street to an Inter section wtth the .-enter line of Al.ime.la avenue ar.d Alnmol.t avnue from ths east lino f Lincoln street t.i .1 Mm- , drav;n frm the northwent -.rn. r of lot; 4 of block 11. Taylor's Astoria, to the ! N"TK'F sonthwmt .-onu-r of tot W of block In said Taylor' Astoria. Said lmprov,meiit to i-onlt of driving Sl4les, J In eA.'h tietit. with bent center 15 ft. apart. t. w'.t;h of Ji ft., from a connection wfth Bond s're.-t Improv ment. nt its lntrectlHi w'h C.lumnia ami Taylor a.-niie (o the center of! dilumhiB .nue; thrn.-e snutherlv on?' Nk'S I" hereliv given that the Aei. the center of Columbia aeniie to the I m,,rt ,l," "imlnliilng the s. l.il nwr. high watv mark and placing ther.n ! ment f.r live Improvement of lloml slr.e. strlturer and pi inking the mime, .thifr"m ',"' w'"' "ll,n "t Ninth street o width of J) f.t with sound fir plinkj,,,r " ""d I in Ibe 3xi; Inches Id.) .. In.-h npart. and from1''"''0' Astorlu. a kil.l out mid record.-d high w-nfer !n southerly along the ren. John McClure. has flle.1 In the tor ef Columbia avenue t, . renter line ofTI.-e of the Auditor and Police Judge. Intersection with enter line of Alameda j and U now tsw-n f.r liwt,-(lon, and will avenue, ind A!.imt:i avenue through!"0 remain open tititll the I'.tli d.iy of the cent-r t!'.-r-of, ft, ml the n! line te-ender. 1W, prior ! whl.-h time nil of Lincoln s'rw; to a point of Intersec. i objection to such ss.-ment rll mut tF FII.IN'II ASSIS8Mi:NT IV.n TIIK IMPHOVHMF.NT OF HON) HTRKF.T FIHM TIIK WIST H1PK OF NINTH BTRF.I-rT T Til I" WIT LINO OF HUK"KH I ANP 17 IN Til K CITY OF AXTOltIA AS LA IP oft anp iincrnni-:n nv John M-cr,rnR Esk, Swd bk, 970 tons. Ham. Jaxvls, Br sh, 198 tons, Hiogo. Jones, Br sh, 1581 means of preserving or repairing this great ship In case of accident, until the Am rh. 147 tons. WaL There will -rhajis never be so gwl ai opportunity presented to A"noria to emphaslz-e the superior advantage of fered here for a dry dock and naval ta tion as the predicament which now con fronts the navy departmejrt, and If her citizens and their good friends of the di Acuity in the way of the complete ac oompllshinent of their purpose. section of the dock is too small to safely admit battle ships wltih bilge keels affixed. A modem ship should be docked every few monilhs, and owing to the above con dition of the docks on this coast it was necessary ito send the Indiana to Harlfax m August last for this purpose. On the Pacific consit there 1s but one dock of sufficient size to dock a modern battle ship. This Is on Puget Sound, 900 : Portland Chamber of Commerce wHI go nvflea from San Franoinco. Access to It ; at the matter with a proper spirit of vlg ls through a narrow channel 20 miles llanca .j v,,. lhere 0UKht , lrte long, one side or which is In possession of a foreign country. This lack of docking faculties should be remedied at the earliest possible mo. men. The necessity Is imperative. The department, therefore, appointed In Au gust last a special board to examine the matter, and the valuable report made by K wfll be forwarded to congress as soon as It meets. This board reports Hhat timber docks, although less expensive than stone or oncrete, are not durable. L plan for the localtlon of additional govemmemt docks, recommended by this board as a result of His Investigations, Is eomi rehenslve amd should be substantial ly carried out. "When completed, it win give the necessary facilities demanded by the extensive const Kne of our coun try. There are seven strategic divisions of our coast: First, from the Bay of Finrly to Cape Cod: second, from Cape Cod to Fandy TTook: third, from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry: fourth, from Cape Henry to Cape Sable: fifth, the const line bordering n Itbe fluff of Me-rleo; sixth, the south, era portion of the Pacific coast, end rev- Instant relief for tk in-tortured liable and rest for tired mothers in a warm ha'h with CrncrBA Boap, and a single application of CfTicniA (ointment), the great skin cure. The only S)ieedy and economical treatment for Itehinj:, burninc, lil-eiline, scaly, and pituply humors of the skin, gcalj). and blood. U t ' fJ-oTiM, N.j- Prori'M'.r., i('iir). BABY BLEMISHES '"StiLsttZ Otago, burg. DundVie, Conway Cat;e, tons, Valparaiso. Mlltonpark, Tumllty, Br sh, 121 tons, Acapulco. Commonwealth, And.-rson, Br str, 21W tons, Taku. Var.duara, Eeavan, Br bk, 1&16 tons. Algoa Bay. Teenkal, Long, Br str, 3015 tons. Hong, kong. Onpark, Irish, Br sh, 1739 tors, Klo Janeiro, August 29. Oknbank, I-onard, Br bk, IKS tons, Calcutta. Genevieve, Touge, Fr bk, 887 tons, Hal phong, October 21. Galgorrn Castle, Mahon. Br bk. 1507 tons. Table Bay, August 30. Henry Villard, Pattett, tens. New York, October 14. Oberon, Gully, Br bk, luSi Newcastle, Australia, October t Verb-t jLdd, Br sh, 1713 tons. aroo. Oamaru, Fulkurton, Br ah, tons. Dm dln, October 14. Jacques, Eernada, Fr bk, 1400 tons, Ma- Junda. Indian Empire, Allen, Br bk, 1515 tons, Valparaiso. Jupltier, Funder, Den sh, 11)51 tons, To gohama. Chelmsford, Thomson, Br bk, 2197 tons. Cape Town, October 9. City of Tork, Jones, Br sh, 1167 tons, Sydney. Blairlogie, Mackay, Br bk, 125 tons, Ddagoa Bay, fteptwrnber 4. Hoppott, Tork, Rua eh, 1365 tons. Port Natal, September 1 Miltlades, Aylmg, Br sh, 14S2 tone, MeU txrarne, October U. MacMlllan, Guthrie, Br ah, 1450 tons Tokvoharoa. Herirlette, Seaman, Ger sh, 1705 tons Shanghai. Lakemba, Bradherlng, Br bk, 1066 tons, Freeman tie. Clan Robertson, PHI, Br ah, 1E40 tons, Santa Rosalia. British General, Thomas, Br sh, 1650 tons, Neiwoastle, Australia. Midas, Messenger, Br bk, 1302 tons, Nagasaki. Betrlckdale, Stewart, Br str, 2468 ten, Horkong. Yalorl, Brown, Br sh, 1199 tons. New. castle, Australia. Hornby Castle, Bright, Br ah, 1375 tons, Adelaide. Drumcralg. Johnscn, Br bk, 1851 tons, Adelaide, Septemtier 20. ThVitls, Oliver, B.' bk, 1295, tons, Naga saki, October IL J. M. "hllllps. cnber First Nitlotnl Hank. Vl.ksburg. Mls. For 1 format I -n address nnd mnke a'! money povable to W. I,. Prni.FY. ir. n. i etnl flffent. Haller building. P. nt'le, Wa.ih. and Mrs. olden wed. lion with n line dnwn fr or west corner o' ix 1 of t,!.,. V Astorl.i. 'o ri... :)'iiiiwit 30. of ,:.,-! ; torln. bv gridi::r th estrbllehe.1 gride, to Hi. nnd placlnt t!,r.-on "trlnirers and plink. Ing some the width f f. f.et with fir plank 3x12 IiicIi.r and bv placing rall. Ings thereon ttliere ncei:irv. RUd Impriv-ment to 1 mid.- at the tde north. 1'. T.iy1or's corner of lot TiV ,r'i A- 'tne to the ' I h of M feet expense of nd.u-nt i theipt-l.y as Cltv of A-- P.-rct,-ir- of State Sh.-rm.-in shermtin will celibnite their gi ding next yenr. ) upon which t ... 'The worst cold I ever had In my lire; I- b-vlel to ,.' was cured by Chamberlain's Cough R. m- prov.-m. n' m l edy," writes W. H. Norton, of Sutter then In. ai d f . Creek, Cal. "This cold left me with a i of Innd t ;.m N ribiit'tng upon, and ; r ..tli.-rw i l.enefl'c I '-I bv the ehirt-r of the The lands :i"d premise 1 :- t t 1 :ir""ment slmll r;iv the ,., t f ...., m. ; I h. . I f r I -t embraced ; !"'. 1,1 " I". I p ir -e ' ' s--e.1 !, ,1 be kn m n i cough and I was expectorating all the j nd deslgr.n t time. The Remedy cured me, and I want ; m5.i !m .t . 1 as th all my friends when troubled w cough or cold to use It, for It them good." Sold by Kstes-Conn Company. Ith a 111 do Drulf Iowa -pack je-ddlers hiive organize. I to fight the law which fixes their license at J. DEBILITY To those who huffi.-r pain the joy of relief is indescribable. Debility or nervous prostration cnuhcs all the in convcDieuccb of pain, though not itN sharpness. It is a later staife of disease. Pains and debility ure sympUmis of a deranged condition of the kidneys. Both will disappear when the kidneys are made to act right, not before. Dis eased or inactive kidneys can be CURED I had pams m the small of my buck, and couU not He stBl in borl, and felt miscraree ana nervous. My unns was very much disoolored and reddish. Hear ing of the good done by them, I bought a, box of Ir. HoMisf Sparagus Kidney cure at Dt. W rigrit's drug store, Virginia and Atlantic Avenue, and took them as orterd. Tho pnln left w entirely, the color of Khe urine tjecnme natural, and my nervous conditiem disappeared. The cure was complete and the plHs were pi nsant to take, net Inconveniencing me In any "ay. J. C. COLEMAN, 507 Baltic Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. V.rjiiUH REMF.UV CO.. Pbopbistob. Coicaot .' II., litis -ill Kor !-le in lS'i'(,;;. !,!! . !i.U:!,KS P.OfiKP.'i, Iro-':;i -t, O :d Kel).,-. I.. ks eniSr d.irle. t. district .-n parcels of and I. lowing lc Beginning r.r lot 9. of block laid nut n.nd r. Mnd and Tru erly across C i!nt:ih,i avenue the north line of blk ! t.i 'o'unil i and Ah- r ' V "V H i 1 1 I l i I.' .i lc. and iss. .il f ,r si'd sis' II n.e lands, e.l within the foi ls t.iwp: the north-n-.! corner of I. Tavlor's Astoria, as ord.-l by th- Peninsula Cmp-inv: tlen'e west. and slor.g the north- 'HOT. west corner of lot r, of eald hi .ck 2: Ihenco southerly ao"g . w,.,, n f said lot 6 to 'he southwest corner there of: thi n, e ws'erly along Hi, ,.,.i,.r 0f said block I to the northwe-t corner of kit 30 thci. of: th.. nee southerly along Ihe west line of paid lot 30, across Aln. medn avenue a. id along the wct lino of lot 4, of bto. k 11, to Ihe southwest rnr. ner of said .. l: thence easterly along north line of alleyway running through blocks 18 and 19 to the southwest corner of lot 8, of block 115: thene, msd along south line of said lot 8 to the southeast corner thereof: thence north along east lino of Morku 115 and 1 o the northeast corner of block j; thence west along north line of snJd block 1 to the north, east corner of lot 6 thereof; thence north to south line of Bond streeit; thence west along the south line of Bond street to Its Intersection with Columbia avenue; thence southerlv to point of beginning. Fstlmaten rf th,. expense of such Im provements xnd the plans and specifica tions therefor and map of the locality lo be Improved win lie deposited In the office of tho Auditor ind Police Judge for puh. lie examination liefore enich improve, ment Is undertaken- tb.r ..i ti, vt meeting of the Common Council nfler tho final publication of Hit notice of Im provement, to wlt.: On Friday, Derem. her 3. 1W, nt 7:M o'clock p. m., of said! da v. (he Common c,mei win consider 1 any objections to su-h Improvement be-; Ing made, nnd If a remonstrance against such Improvement, slp-ned by the eesl bnls of the dty owning more than one. nlf of the prnr.erty to be assessed In such dilrleit as desTlbed herein, and t filed In writing with the Auditor nnd Police Judge The Committee on Streets nod Public Ways. it.n-ot!ur with the Il.mnl ,,f As sessors of the CVy of Astoria, will meet In the council chambers of the cltv hull In the City of Astoria, nn W.dnes.ki v, rwetnhrr 15,1817, nt the hour .,f 10 o'cloc k a m.. to pea-lev nnd io,nnllr.e such ns. sessrnent. and them f ter report ibelr sc. Hons lo the Common Councfl By ordep of the Comtn.m Council. Atte.it: II. K. NKljiOV Auditor and Police JudKe AtoHn Oregon. Novemlier i", 17. CITATION. In l.e coutily court of the Hiale of Or igoti, for Ihe county of Chits.. p. In the matter of Ihe .-tnli. of Joseidl I,. Moore, d.v.sicw .1. Citation. T i nil h'-lrs of the ttlw.vc.mttn.'d Joseph I, Moore, dis-eas-d. Krcetlng: In the iwime of the state of Oregon, you tir 'hereby cited and r"iilrel lo np tour In !! county court of Ihe Mute of Oregon, for the county of Clatsop, on Monday, the third day of Jiiniiarv. Win, nt 10 o'clo k In Ihe forenoon of Hint day, iMne lnVng Ihe flrt t day of J niunry term of raid court, nnd then and thereto she cause if any exist, why i.n order of sale should not ls made of Ithe following de collied real eiitule Is-longlng to snld de ceasNl and situated In Clatsop county stain of Oregon, 'to.wtt: The southeast one-(imrler of setHUsi No. 2, In Ihe (own ship No, Ti, north of range No. 7, west of the Willamette meridian, oontilnin inn acres of land, according to the prayer of Ihe petition of O. A. Bottom, ndmlnls. iralor of said esUnte, flbsl herein, pray. Ing for such sale. Wilness, tho Hon. J. IT. D. Onay. Judge of the county court of The stnto of Ore. gon, for the county of Clnlsop, and the seel of B'lld cotrrt hereto Affixed, this 21th day of Novemlier, A. T. 1S!7. Attest: F. T. TVt'NnATl. (Scnl.) Clrk. WHITE COLLAR LINE Columbia River and Puget Hound Niivlna Hon ''it. Hteamer "llalley Onlrert" leaves Atlorla rln 1 1 v, except Hiindiiy, 7 p. in. lainvea Port ia ml dally.excepl Hiiiidav, 7 a. In. "llalley Oiil7.rt" tli kels irisid on steamer "Thompson." "It. It. 'I'lioiiipson" tickets kooiI on "llalley Gn.tcrt.'' . II. II. Heotl, 1'rcsldcnl. K, A. Hceley, Ai(eiit, Portland. 1'. W. Htiuie, Altent, Astoria. 'lrdeihone No. II' BREHNER & HOLMES Blacksmiths Telophon No. 02. Special Attention PaltHto Steamboat Ho pairing, Flrat class Horseshoeing, KUi. Logging Camp Work a Speciality. COMMIOUCIAI. BTUKUr KXTICNHION IMUIOVKMKNT NOTU'W. Noll, o Is heivby Mlvi-it ll:t lhi Cum iii.ui ( '..nn. II propose ,i luipi.n o Cum. nierciii sited nnd Twenty llilid slreei, via. : Ciiniinen hil sli,"l from tho rast Ilia, of Hricllleciilh sliect to the west line f Tseiily.lhltd ln-rl, and Twen ty. Ihlnl stieei fimii Ihe iiurlh Una of Coinmi'f.ltil slicet In Kiu'ltiing-' street. Huld liiiproveiiuuil In consist uf driving SplllMl, six spites In each lienl Willi lisnl iwiileis 15 f. el vparl. nnd plarliiB lliero. mi caps and suluticis o m lull .1tt) Ihi'ieiif, and planking simn I i tha Mldtti of .lit feel llinius'l Ihe center thereof and to I he of ithllshcd ar.ld with new and sound nr plank 113 mhe, and by building .lcnlk on both sides thereof, twelve ffet Wide of Mr pl.tllk Sl Inch.'S, Mid hull. ling riliiii on bath sl.l. s lliefref, lii a.i ordttit. e with Ilia plans nii.l p.sltlcntlohs ihrrefor ns.l In I'lUitoriully to OiHii.iiico No, IsM, sti. tilled "An ordinance relating lo the till, pruvrmejvt of str.'l " Sal I linprovrtiieui o l.n inn 1c at Ihe eieiise of thn Inii.ta abutitii4 uhii. and adjacent to, or ntlnrlse leinfltte.l thereby n lenulrcl by Ihe charter of tha City of Aetorla. The 'amis and ptnil-ws upon which Ihe Swvul assessment shall be lei lil to defray the cost uf such linpii.i eniriii and the district embroiled therein and Iho lots, blocks and parcel of land to f isessrd "111111 be known and dcslKimted s the Commercial and Tsenl-U.ini Htrret iMetrlrt No, ti Hall .tlKtrlct einbritcing iid lo s blocks and parci'ls of bin. I lo ln nssesse.1 f()r sild ImpiMi .f nis't shall i.iilssj ,f all th lauds, lots nnd bl.sksi cnibr a.-e-l within Ihe folowlng iMiuiHlnrlea in wit. i It.-gllll.itig nl tile southwest corner of l.lo.k No IM In lht pari of the Cltv of Astoria, as lnl.l .ail ind recnrde.1 bv J M Hhlvelv; thence enstetli' and aim Hi south line or bl.sks l.t. Ill I V IS". 13 and ITT. to th (.uithenst corner of lot 4, of bl.-k 17. ic.ac oiiihrrly along Oi r it line of l it I of Id.wSc 1?8 to Ihe sollthrrisl .'artlrr of stld lot 1. Lh k y Ihriuvi iswurly along the n.rlh Hits of Fichsncs led lo a p.liit where Ihe noilb line of r.haiiie street If pni.til.-rd Inter. se.-l the east line of Tw ell t V-1 hlrl trrt; thrm-e norihertv to ttie s.itithwnMt eornef of lot l .:.. tit: Ihrll-e rsstrrlv thrmgli the , -enter of b,-k Hi to the outh.st corner of Kit ?. block 111 theh-e north V fc!i1l' n.llt the, line ..I" lot bio, k III. one hundred and flflv '! tti.h.e nor-lhrrlv paratlrl to e.is( line of Twcntv.thlr. ste,,( .i the plrr hell line; Mie-i'-e Weeterlv lloll th - p.-r head line to a point of Intersection on tha eat lints if rteielileeilth strrs'l If eOelldet thi-iiie soutiur-rlv nl.ing the east line ef Hcvrr.li rlltll str, el If rXtcttded, to b pl.tis of beginning lOilltlintes of the exiwnse of siteb ttrl .r..i cments aisl Ihe plan atil specifica tions therefor and map of the ..c, ll:y ft In mprved Will le defv.attml l (he off!'- of the Auditor and poll.- Judge for pub. lie rtamlnatioti tsefore sshsIi Imtsrave. ment la iimlersnken: ths at the nt-nt meeting of ihe Cwnmo-i Coims-tt aflef Ihs final puMlcslInn of this nntl.-e of 1m. provelnent. to wit.: O.l Frt'lny, Decern, ber I. I0T. at 7;) o'clock p. m.. of sitd day. the Cimnnn Council will const. er any ol.Jea-tl.ins to such Improvement tie Inir made, n-i.i If a remooslraiire against such Improvement, slsiud by Ihs r"l .tents of ihe Htv owning more than one. hnlf of Ihe prot-rrtv lo be asseseie.1 ti so. h llttrli-i sa de.-rlbe,l herein, and In which spei-la! assessment U .i 1m levle-1. shall l flle.1 with Ihe Aild'tor end Police Jodee before tli,. sail resular meeting of Ihe Common Coiin.-ll, no such work or Improvement will tie ordered r.-ept I.V the two-third v.ste of all the meml-ers of the Common Council elect Isited at Astoria. Oregon, this Ml day of November 1817. H F NF.IXON Audtln- nd Police Juds-s. KM TION NiiTICK, Notice Is hereby given I lx.it nn Ihe 8lh ny of I i.s-..ml r. l-i 7. it gen.-r.il dec linn will Is. held In the City of Astoria. Oregon, fir city officers, nntiiclv; I Mayor f .. ' the leetn of two . ara I Auditor ui. police Ju.g for the term of two .v.-ora. 1 Cltv Attorney for Ihe Herm of two yi-ars 1 TreiisiiiT for the term of two years 1 Hurvev r for the form of two ye.,r 1 HuM.flni,-nietiit of Streets for Ihe term of Hi. years. 1 INillce Cointnlssiiairr fir the i.-rm of six years. I Il.il.r Mii-itrr for the term of two years. ' 1 Ciaincllmnn In Ihe First Ward for Ihe lerm of thn-e years. 1 Councilman n t10 Hecnnd Ulird for Ihe iti-t-m of sir,.. yisirs. I CtiutiHImnn in the Thlpl Wnnl .r Ihe term of three years. The polling pin. en and Judgea and clerks of ulectlnti nre hereby d.-lirn.iied as follows: first WAnn. Polling '.iue No. 1 A.t brh'k engine house on Astor street. Jndires-.ir. TI. Ferguson, Wflllnm Fd. gar, Perry Trnl11nger. Clerks-T,. V Br. Ilg. A. M. Hmtlh. Polling place Nn. 2 A.t engine house In City IfnJI building on Commercial tree. JiidgesO. C. Firtton. Anton.. Wej'iund, C. A. Mialhenn. Cerks-Ch.is. May. V. TtoeJltng. HT0CONT WATIR Polling iHuce No. J-JIM Commercial street In Welch Isik-V. JudK-n. II. Wnlrih, W. I.. Holm. C. R. Thomson, CUrka Harry Orny, J. F.. Orntke. Polling irtace No. iAt Oolumlrln en. glnn company No. S. JiidgcsLudwlg Ixirsen, Jtnoob Mnore, Otis Poentiren Clerks Adotph Johnson, Noll Crosby Tiimn WATto. Porting pliace No. R At old actio.. I house. .TiidgeJnhn Fnlierg, Knoch Peterson, O. fiettum. flerks-O. F. Mor. (on, Ola P. Olsen. Tim polls will lie open from 8 o'clock n. m. until (J o'clock n. m. Py order of the Common Council. A"cst: If. pj. NKIJ80N, Auditor nnd Police Judge. A slorln, Oregon. Nov. 2fl. 1817. A Handsome Complexion la one of the greatest charms a woman can possess. Puzzoni's CourLKXiuN Puwuaa gives it. 0