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1C ffV'HII' Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 3, 1883 No. 107. 60Y..E.WELL'S OBSERVATIONS. The Empire to the North.-A Valu- aoie ljetter. Kit. Astokian: Sir. I have pleasure in com plying with your request to pro Yiae he astoriax with an ac count of my observations made in that portion of "Washington with which the people of your city, es pecially, have important busiifess and social relations, and inter course, and where vour able and independent journal has many and. intelligent patrons, which lies within the angle formed by the junction ol the uoiumbia river with the Pacific ocean, comprising the counties of Clark, uowhtz, Wahkiakum, Pacific and Chehalis. This vast country, which has an area of ten thousand square miles six millions of acres lies east of the Cascade mountains and within the Puget Sound Basin, being possessed of all the physi cal characteristics and peculiarities -which attach to that renowned region. Four fifths of the surface is, or has been, covered with dense forests of the fir tree, yel low and white, cedar, spruce, hem lock, pine, ash, cotton wood, alder, and vine maple. Ihe full grown fir, the chiefest of all the trees, will average in size, when full grown, five feet in diameter and two hundred or more feet in height of wood fit for lumber, whilst many single specimens are much larger, being from eight to fifteen feet m diameter and pro portionately high, capable of yield ing from twenty to twenty-five thousand feet of lumber each. The average production will be fifteen thousand feet with eaSe An expert from one of the mills recently reported from twenty to forty million of feet to the section one square mile upon some of tho best. Altogether it is com puted that there are twelve mil lions o acres east and west of the Cascades. The wood is compact in fibre, form, elastic, and bitum ous, is adapted to all ordinary uses, and especially to ship build ing in all its parts from founda tion to peak, and on account of length to keels masts and spars. One "stick" was recently floated for use at Boston, a spar, of one hundred and forty-four feet six inches, another, one hundred and two feet long being fifty inches at smaller end. Many are much lar ger and longer. Cedar of fijie quality and great size raugiifg from two to twenty-five feet in diameter. They will ordinarily measure with the fir. Hemlock of similar magnitude is sparse, spruce m greatest aoundance oi equal average dimensions grow near the coast, where all trees are larger, and of Detter quality than else where. Cottonwood attains equal size, it is a tough, compact fibrous, pulpy material adapted to barrel making, and might profitably be used in making coarse paper. Ash and oak are dwarfed and there is a conspicuous absence of decidurous eastern trees. The evergreens described, have but few branches which incline down ward: little foliage, are nearly of uniform size well towards the top. and have but a superficial setting in the soil, without tap root, their support being largely atmospheric. The forests are unbroken by winds which never prevail violent ly, hence, the stupendous growths of centuries stand erect, as when in bygone ages they first peeped from the earth. Numerous saw mills, varying in size from a por table, to one, tho largest size in the world, at Port Ludlow, four hundred and forty feet long, for lumber two hundred and twenty feet if needed, and has a general cutting capacity of one quarter million feet daily. Many of the mills have their own ships, which convey their productions to Asia, Australia, the Pacific and Atlan tic coasts of North and South America, France, England, and the Nile. This timber description may be applied to the entire Sound country. Coal of excellent quality is found in almost everv direction,- much of recent discov ery. There was on exhibition at the Clark county fair, a huge boulder of compact formation, it abounds in the Black Hills, and a fair sample was taken lately from a bank on the Wynoocho; that it will bo developed in many con tiguous localities is well assured. Iron, bog and hematite, may be tnrned up almost any where, magnetic of the very finest quali ty, fit for fine cutlery, is mixed in inexhaustible profusion in all the gold bearing sand at, and below Gray's harbor. A large copper supply has been long known to exist north of the Chehalis toward the Olympia range of mountains. A friend informs me that he has possession of a specimen of galena discovered near the same locality. Insufficient machinery only, not .absence of gold, has caused a sus pension of mining Derations, for that metal is easily observed in all the Pacific sands north of the Co lumbia with a constant accession to the supply. The timber coun try when cleared and cultivated has :t rolling or high hilly surface, and is capable of conversion into the very best of tgricultural and grazing lands. This is plainly manifest in a thous and examples in Lewis coun ty, winch is largely improved contiguous to the region under consideration and may propeny be used for illustration, being one of the very best anywhere. Clark and Cowlitz also verify the state ment. In numerous instances clearings in man' places along the rivers and on the plains attest the fact by excellent and beautiful farms from the woods. "White clover is irrepressible and of spon taneous growth, good soil, abundant shade, running streams of pure cold water make this en tire body of land well adapted to raising livestock, especially neat cattle, sheep and swine. Red clover, also herd, Kentucky, blue, and other grasses flourish. The clover stays in root a scon of jrears, as demonstrated, and re sists protracted drought to an in credible degree. Vegetables and fruit cannot be excelled in size and perfection, otherwise all the fruits of tho latitude flourish. Many kinds are very superior, especially those having smooth skins and pits-, grapes, cherries, plums and prunes, of which last I found on exhibition at Vancouver fair particularly for sample, dried, being well cured, soft, sweet and well flavored. It is claimed that they are superior to the foreign fruit, which 1 doubt not, for they command an advanced price over all others. But I do not advise any person to seek to obtain u farm in the forest, proper: on the contrary, J advise against such folly. It is ad visable only to cultivate forest land where the timber mav be thin or destroyed by fire, or cut off by or contiguous to other land. Tho cost will larjrelv over balance the profit of such proceed-; nirs. l here is an abundance ol . bottom lands hero and of prairie land beyond the Cascade moun- i for shooting and floating the tim tains of the best quality awaiting! ber which borders on their shores. occupation and labor to yield early and abundant returns. Furthermore it is a willful and un- wanton destruction of a great gift of God designed for posterity as well as for this generation of men. Timber is a specialty and should not bo disturbed for agricultural purposes only, it being more valu able as it stands, and will stand, in that state, than fifty or an hun dred years ol jrrain, I nut or grazing crops considering the cost! of production which they each i mvoive year alter year with the uons, anu promises again io oe repeated failures of seasons. The J come the chief oyster-bed of the farming lands are to be found j coast, there being a proper ad upon the river valleys, beaver i mixture of fresh and salt water dam bottoms, and alluvial forma- for their growth, and convenient tions. Generally those abound on all j depth for using rakes. At this the rivers, when combined of season they grow vigorously and thousands of miles in extent, j spawn lreely, and so give promise which I will designate so thatyourj of assured abundance in the fu distant readers if so inclined, can j ture. Gray's Ilarbor is prolific in trace them upon the maps. The j the supply of crabs and variety of Lewis. Salmon, lvalama, Cowlitz, j clams, salmon, halibut, sturgeon, Grays, "SVallicut and Chinook and j bass and trout abound variously other waters which empty into j the Columbia; the Willapa, North, ; Smith, Cedar, Capalix Xevma Laselle and Bear, which run into Shoalwater Bay; the Johns, Elk, Satsop, Wynoche, Wiska, Ho quium and "LJmptulups, tributaries to the Chehalis, which thus pour their waters into Gray's Harbor. Some of these lands, especially on the Cowlitz and Chehalis, are al ready cleared and in full cultiva tion, producing grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits in great luxuriance. Much of this surface, especially on the tributaries of the "Willapa and Chehalis, arc in their natural condition, being covered with a dense growth of alder, elder, vine maple and smaller brushes which are easily cleared, and then cleared by firing. An industrious and dextrous man can clear one acre in a week or ten daj's, or can hire it done for ten or fifteen dollars an acre, when simply by sewing grass seed he can in one year secure a crop. The soil is made up of a deep, fertile mould, inexhaustible, adapted to all grasses, vegetables fruits, wheat, rye, barley, flax, hops, tobacco and broom corn. Tide grass, a perennial, grows naturally on all marshes, is verv nutritious and is sought after bv cattle, who may live upon it ex clusively during the winter sea son. Butter is largely produced and its manufacture will soon, with its natural concomitant cheese making, become tho chief industry of all these valleys. Averygreatextentofthc marshes upon the coast is unusually well adapted to the cultivation of cran berries, which grow vigorously, and I will state it is not needful here to raise water for their pro tection by overflow, for neither early or late frosts ever affect them, the sun does not shine with sufficient intensity of heat to scald, and as yet no insect has in vaded their domains, but little turfing and no dykiug or sanding is required. A company of expe rienced gentlemen from New Jer sey, skilled in their cultivation, and familiar with all requirements of soil, and atmospheric conditions from long and profitable experi ence have purchased eighteen hun dred acres of bog land in Pacific county at a cost of thirty thousand dollars, and are about to employ two hundred and fifty hands to prepare and plant twelve hundred acres. It may be observed that the entire Sound region abounds with localities equally adapted to cranberry cultivation, an- industry which I commend to men of small or large means as promising great nrofit. The water s3-stem of this extensive region is a most important feature of its resources and advantages. The Cowlitz river is navigable for fifty miles, which b clearing ob structions, easily effected, would be doubled. This stream empties into the Columbia, a majestic river, and conspicuous throughout tho world for its immense dimensions of waterway, and drain ing an area of four hundred thousand square miles, from the main body of which, as it passes by your prosperous city, is obtain(-d the chief salmon supply which provides the world, aggre gating in value annually the enor mous sum of three millions of dol lars, thus employing seventeen hundred vessels and five thousand men. Another chief river is the Chehalis, which rises near the Sound and winds in its various courses nearly an hundred miles to the sea. A more beautiful river, navigable for sixty miles, deep, silent, strong, with its bold, rapid tributaries from the moun tains rushing to their destination, all overshadowed by the ever en- during verdure of the forest is as i vet undiscovered. All of these. waters are useful, not only for navigation ana commerce ana their living inhabitants, but also Baker's Bay, one of the safest and most convenient of harbors, lies just within the bar of the Colum bia. Shoal water Bay and Gray's Harbor, upon the Pacific front, but a few miles apart, cover con jointly an area of 'ten thousand acres, each having a conspicuous, safe and easy inlet from the sea, with twenty feet of water upon their respective bars at mean low tide and deep waters with safe harbors within. Shoal water has been famous for oster produc- in the salt and fresh waters, tshad recently introduced are excellent in quality and comparatively abundant. The climate is mild in winter and summer, free from ex tremes, without severe winds, thunder storms, or any violent at mospheric disturbances. The rainy season may bo disagreeable to persons not accustomed thereto, yet the rain fall is not excessive and does not exceed that ot the Atlantic states, whilst it is entire ly free from the snow, sleet, hail and violent gales which ofttimes afflict the east. To the rains are due mainly the immense vegeta ble growth which is peculiar to, and exists only on the Pacilic cjast. As a summer sea-side re sort no place can surpass the strand and contiguous shore lands from Gray's Harbor to the Colum bia. Covered with a thick, vigor ous body of Scotch pine, growing upon gentle undulations, matted with perpetual natural sward, a drive way of grat width upon the compact, solid sands of the sea-shore for a distance of forty miles in a straight line, with the ever rolling and ever sounding sea on the one side, dense forests of perpetual verdure and the snow clad Olympias on the other, no place can claim more beautiful, grand and healthful surroundings. These conditions are especially noticeable on Peterson's Point, at the southern spit of Gray's Har bor, at North Cove, beyond Shoal water Bay and at Ocean. Park, hard by, at which place a lauda ble and successful effort is in op eration by the Methodist denomi nation to establish, under the su pervision of the same sagacious and enterprising members who projected the far-famed Christian sea-side resort at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a counterpart upon the Pacific shores. William A. Nkwei.i.. HE IT OH. RHEUMATISM Neuralgia, Sciatica. Lumbaqo. Backache, Soreness oMhe Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, Genera Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Prf paration on earth equals Sr. Jacobs Oil ts ft safe, sure, simple and cheap External Itemed. A trial entails but the conparatirelj trifling outlay of CO Cents, and crery ona lufler lng with rain can hxto cheap and podtTre proof cf iu claims. Directions in Eleren Languages. BOLD 3Y ALL DRUGGISTS AHD DEALERS IN MEDIOTHE. A. VOGEIiSR & CO., 2ialth:iorc,2Xd., b'.S.-f. ''Where is the girl of long ago?" shuts Joaquin -Miller. Wc saw her the other day, Joan, lint she isn't a girl any more, She had gray hair and a wart on her nose, had no teeth and wore specs. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. Tho i-ountonancc is pale and leaden colonel, with orcaslouul iluslu-s of a cir-cumvriJx-d sjwit on one or both checks; tin- evs lK-.rm dull; the pupils dilate; an azure .vmlein-le runs along the lower eye-lid; the nose is irritated, swells, and .sometimes bleeds ; n swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the curs; an unusual se cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morn ing; appetite variable, sometimes vora cious with a gnawing sensation of the .stomach ; at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the abdomen; lxiwels irregular, at times co-itive; stools slimy, not unfrequcntly tinged with blood : belly swollen aud hard ; urine turbid ; respiration occasionally difll cull and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometlmcsdry and convulsive; uneasy and diMurb?d sleep, witligrindiimof tlieteetii ; trinpcr variable, but generally irritable. Whenever the aIovc symptoms are found to exist, HK. C. XcLAXE'S YERMIFIHSE will certainly etl'ect a win. In buying Wmiifnge 1k sure vou -r'-the genuine Ilt. C.-MoLANK'S VKKMl ITCK, manufactured by Fleming Urns., Jl Wood Street. Pittsburgh, la. The m-irket is full of counterfeits. You will In- risrht if it has the signature nf Flem ing Itros. aud C. JUcLsiuc. If your storekeeper does not ha the genuine, pleaso reimrt to us. Send us a three cent stamp for I iiand soin.' advert llug cards'. FLE3IIXG BROS., Pittsburgh, King Blood Is not a "cure nil," it is a blood-purifier and tonic. Impurity of the blood poisons thesys tem, deranges the circulation, and thus in duces many disorders, known bv different names to distinguish them according to ef fects, but being really branches or phases of that great generic disorder. Impurity or KIood. Such are J)uJcflla, Uillwiune, Liver Complaint, ConHuitln,Xcrriiu Dix rtrdcr. Headache, Backache, General Weak' n, Henri Dlsewe,Dnrp.u Kiilneu Dicac, cures these bv attackimr the cause. Iumttritv of the blood. Chembtsand physicians agree in calling it "the most genuine and efficient preparation for the punose." Sold bvDni" gLsts, SI per bottle. See testimonials", direc tions. Sc., in pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases ot the Wood." wrapj)ed around each bottle. D. RANSOM. SOX & Co.. Props Buffalo. N. Y. THE LATEST STYLES WALL PAPER AT B. 3. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOItTO ASTOKIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. Br-My patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper will be lound convenient to my patrons. Cor. of Chonanms and Denton streets ASTORIA. - - - OREGON", DY. of the en jo Have the hest facilities for furnishing CHINA LABORERS Of all kinds, of any firm in the eitv. j24-lm HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE, A. ASS KM,. Manager. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON, FIRST CLASS HOTEL AM. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. KT AS1 COf.I BATHS. None But White Help Employed ea-FKKE COACn TO THE HOUSE.- IT TS A FACT -TIIT- JhFF'S CHOP HOUSE ON Concomly Street is the Best in Town. THAT IF- has Always on Hand FRESH Mioal "Water Hay anrt East Oyster. THAT "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT lie lias lieeu Proprietor of the "Aurora Holel" in Knappton seven year. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. PIONEER RESTAURANT AND LODGING HOUSE. ltelltted throughout : thelTable supplied Mini i in nesi : me Deus ciean ana conuort able. AFirst:cIns.s House. Hoard by the week. - S5.C0 .ueais to oruer. J. C, ROSS, Proprietor. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DA V AXD NIGHT. nieals 23 cent and upwards. UOUIiAKD, 31.1 IX .STKF.I7T. Proprietor. - ASTOKIA. NEVILLE & 00. Pacific Net and Twine Co. v Sax Fka.ncisoo, April nth, 1833. Dkai: Sins; For s'iieral convenience, .we have MMit a supply of IVo. SO, 12 l!y (ieimiiie Seotelt Salmon Net TAvine. to the care of A. M. JOI1NSOX & CO.. Astoria, which will be sold at low enough figures to make it an object for all net menders to use it for repairs, in place of the more costly Xo. 40, 1 ply- Fishermen whnjiave heretofore used this ;:r.ule of twine for repairs, claim that thcdurability ot the patch is "equal to the balance of the net, after the latter has had a few weeks use. AVe think it will he money in yourpockec to try it. For prices and samples apply to A.M..IOIIXSOX &CO., Astoria. Neville & Co. Sole Agents, (.-,, Vr.,ntM :tl and 5? California St. fSan rranchen. A.M. Johnson & Co. DEALERS IN A FULL LINE OF Artists' Materials. 5. 23- -3. SI IS DRAT.KK IX Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood Delivered to Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DKALEK tS WINES, LIQUORS AND.CICARS. FIRST CLANS 20 BOATS CANNERY SITE FOR SALE. Til E PROPERTY KNOWN AS A. P. CCS Net Racks, adjoining Fort Canby. 20 23JJ foot boats, good for Baker's Bay or up river fisliiiiK ; H net racks complete ; frontage 200 feet running to deen water: ono block on shore with mess house. llu Is the most convenient place for salmon nets, traps and seines and decidedly the best location on the Columbia river for a salmon cannery. "Will sell for cash or will take stock with satisfactory Fishermen's PacklncCo. BOZORTH & JOHNS. Crocwy WILLIAM HOWE -DEALER IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds of r t TT t rrnr-n m-r SSs ljUMIXIktl, m i fllea GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. 1 Boats of all Sinds Made to Order. 1 "Orders from a distance promptly attended to, :uid satisfaction guaranteed In all cases S. ARNDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AXD Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BlXTOX SlKEKT, NKAR. PABSElt HOUSE, ASTORIA, - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAM ail MARIE EE1ES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of alt Descriptions made to Order at Short Xotlce. A. D. "Wass. President. J. G. Hustler., Secretary, I. Y. Case, Treasurer. johx Fox,Suporintcndent. LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. J3rAU goods sold at San Pranclsco Prices. JIAIN STREET, Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. Barbour's No. 40 I2-Ply SALMON TWINE ! CORK AND LEAD LINES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 511 Haricot Street, San Franctaco-. Sole Agents for the Taciflc Coast A. V. Allen, (SUCCE8S0R TO PAGE & ALLEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer1 In PrYfolB9s Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, Liquors.TobaccoXigars uaiuia AND Bracket Work A SPEfirALTY. BUSINESS CAHDS.' Q W. rULTOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooias S and c. Odd Fellows Building. jg V. IIOL.DEM,. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMAIISSION AND IN SUKANCE AGENT. J"AX TUTTL.E, 21. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offick Rooms 1, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. KraiDKxcK-Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. Q.ELO F. IARKJEIl. SURVEYOR OF ClatMOi County, and City of Astoria Ofllce :-Chenamns street, Y. Jr. C. A. hall HoomNo.8. J1 P. 1IICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - - OREGON IJooms In Allen's building up stairs, comer f Cass and Sqemocqhe stret . J q.A.KowiiBir, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ChenamusSHreet, ASTORIA, OREGON J T. JOXES, STAIR BUnVDEIS, Ship and Steamboat Joiner. JJK. .1. E. XaFOItCJE, JEiTIST, Room ll. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. Q J. CURTIS, ATT'ST AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for California, New York and Washington Ter ritory. EOOII1S 3 .Itlfl . I Drill TTolIvu-a TCitlt.Tlntr Jo. toria. Oregon. ' A. H.-Claims at Washington. D. C, and collect loas a specialty. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship Ines, 1 STATE LINE, RED STAB, WHITE STAR, HAMBURG-AMES ICAN. DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. l'renatd tickets to or from nnv Kiirnnp.in port. For full information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to LW.CASE.- BOZORTH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, - Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST om Stnto Invactniont- TTimhuw men and North German Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartford, and the New orkLife.of N. Y. We have tho only complete set of township maps In the county, and nave made arrange ments to receive applications, filings, and flnnl nrnnfa nn iTnniAQtoorta PrAamntlAna TImhpr Iinila ff h-jvlntr oil tVi r.eniii blanks therefor. Our maps can be exam- uieci in me omce, upon tne payment of a reasonable fee. Wc also have for sale city property in As toria and additions, and farms and tide land pruuuny. Rfnt! nnil nthnr pnllnoHnna rr..ir1.- nnrl loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS, GRAND CLEARANCE SALE! to make room for more Hariware aid SMj Chandlery A. VAN DUSEH & GO. Will sell at cost their entire stock of HATS AND CAPS AND BOOTS "AHD SHOES. These goods must be disnosed of as we are soon to receive another large lot of Hardware and Ship Chandlery And must have room to store it. Hall's Safes. WE HAVE THE AGENCY FOR ASTO tta of the above safes ; parties deslrlner to purchase will do well to call and examine