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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

ATTENTION has been called to the
fact that the great men of America
have largely been without middle
name" Our first five presidents had
none-Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe. J. Q. Adams
broke in just then, and was followed
with Jackson and Van Buren,, who
had no middle names. Mr.. Harrison
then entered for sad and single
month with William Fl. for his bap
tismal front, and followed by Tyler
with no middle name. Mr.. Poll
succeeded with his middle *" but
after him came a perfect galaxy ot
presidents with no middle name
Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan
Lincoln and johnson. Then came
four Republican presidents with
middle names-Grant, Hayes, Gar.
field and Arthur. The list closes with
a Democratic president, Grover Cleve.
land, who sustains the grand record
This country has had twenty-five
presidents, of which fifteen have had
no middle names. Only seven have
suffered from that superauity.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10
A TRIP TO ALASKA.
ON BOARD THE STEAMER.

EDITOR AsToRIAN.-We left Astoria
Sunday eve, July 18th, and after a
pleasant passage arrived at Port
Townsend on the 10th at p. NJ,
where we took in the town in good
shape las we Astorians say) We
laid there all night and left next
morning at 4 A. NJ. for the Queen City,
(Seattle), where we arrived at ga. NJ.
The Q. G. is a fine city and deserves
that appellation, and one has only to
look at her people and see how proud
they are of the name. But; well,
there is no place like home.) On the
18th P. NJ, we steamed back to Port
Townsend, arrived at 5 P. NJ. and had
to see the town once more. At 3 A. NJ.
we started for Victoria, to take on
some more Alaska tourists. Victoria
Is quite city and bids fair to out
rival some of her sisters in the near
future. We took carriages and drove
out to Squimalt and viewed the
dry dock, which is a magnificent
structure. We also noted how clean,
things were IN general in this city. We
left the city with wide streets at noon
and had apleasant passage of 5 hours
| to Nanimo and had sufficient time to
see the coal mines (something new to
u.s. We left 1850 A. NJ. for Port
Chester and had the pleasure of see-
ing the Indian school under Mr.. Dun
cans management who deserves great
credit. The tourists made a collec-
ton of S75 for the benefit of the
school which was appreciated. Leav,
ing Port Chester we strike back into
Tongas Narrows and arrive at the
Tongas Packing Co. cannery which
was in full operation which was a
treat to the tourists. Mr.. Berry has
la well ftted-up establishment
which is credit to one
of our Astoria boys, Mr.. Watson, late
with Messrs. A. Booth. Our next
place to visit after a short run wa:
the Alaska Salmon & Fur Co., al
Loring. 1t was dark or we would
have seen a sight in the canning bust
ness, with all the latest inventions ot
canning fish. Our next place, and i
was a sight, in as nice a bay as ont
would wish to see, was Karta Ba.
Fishing Co.'S station, with Mr.. Nc
Kenzie at the head of his band o
Hydra Indians coming out to th,
steamer; it looked picturesque. On
more item and then l shall stop; it i
J that Astoria is pretty well repre-
sented in Alaska. The Indians ar,
very friendly and we enjoyed our tril
immensely. Yours,
TILLAKUM.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

JUDGE BUCK was trying a case not
long ago at Murray in the CeuI
dAlene gold region. On one side
we're two young lawyers, Winston
lately from North Carolina, and
Singleton, son of the famous Mis-
sissippi congressman. On the other
was w. H. Claggett, an old-time from
tier lawyer. Winston in his speech
frequently referred to the gentleman
from Mississippi, and Singleton CON-
plimented the eloquent remarks of
the gentleman from North Carolina.
When it came Claggett's turn he be-
gan by saying: "Now that these geo.
graphical gentlemen have finished
their oratory, I shall call the atten-
ton of the jury to the facts in this
case"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

A CORRESPONDENT of the Army
and Mary Journal asks: "What is
the longest piece of ordnance that
has ever been successfully fired?''
and receives the following answer:
'If You include in the term ord
nance everything that carries a pro
jectile, we should answer fourteen
miles. This is the straight tube con-
veymg natural gas from Murrayville
to Pittsburg. To clear this tube ont,
a projectile known as the gum ball
was inserted in the end at the gas
well, closely fitting the interior. The
gas was then turned ON full force and
the gum ball fired through its full
length, coming out of the further end
in few minutes"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10
Notice.

dds FOR WOOD FOR SCHOOL DIST
ID No. will be received at the Office of the
clerk. Main st. wharf, until Saturday, Aug
18th, IL NJ. Twenty-Five cords of spruce lin b.
and fifty cords of hemlock or fir, to be
delivered at the school house.
By order of the Board of Directors School
District No. /.
H. 3. PARKER,
Chairman.
DC. HUSTLER, Clerk.
Astoria, Aug. 4th. 1888.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

The San Diego Bee complains that
the assessment of the county is much
too low, yet the delinquent list fills
forty-one columns of the Sun of that
city. Does the Bee want to entirely
freeze out the victims of the boom!
asks the Bulletin.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

Iowa is standing still in wealth and
population. Cranks rule and ruin the
great Hawkeye state. In Des Moines,
the capital, last week, a man was fined
SIS and costs, for buying a cigar on
Sunday.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

BISHOP VINCENT is starting in as
the Burchard of the presidential cam
paign. At Chataqua, the other day,
the bishop said and wrote: being
an anti-Romanist, 1 am Republican
He is also an ass.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

GENERAL BooTH, commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army, is to
come to this country in August. His
purpose is to reorganize what he has
been please to speak of as "the army
of the United States" One of the
chief officers now in charge of the
American army is said to be accused
of appropriating to his own use ma
terial belonging to the army valued
at $4,000.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

The enormous gain in the value ol
real estate in growing western cities
is strikingly shown, says the North.
aOeSt Magazine, by a recent occur
renee. A piece of property in. Mime.
apohs was bought thirty years ago fol
$32. In time it became by inheritance
the property of sister of Ben Hop
kins, the wholesale druggist OF
Milwaukee. Not long ago Mr.. Hop.
kins came to Minneapolis and sold il
for 100000
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

The vessel bearing Blaine home has
not arrived in New York. What it
did was probably to cast an anchor to
windward.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

BIG crops are reported in the Will
annette valley, and everybody is
happy.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

A THEATER in Cincinnati where
matinee performances are given FIVE
times a week is to have 'baby-room''
annex built, where infants can be left
in care of trained attendants while
the mother sits in the audience and
enjoys the stage performance.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

The timber of Clatsop county, as it
stands, represents a cash value of
Sl6,000,000.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-10

SALEM spent S956.9S advertising in
eastern papers this year.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

AT NO time in the history of Los Auge-
les have affairs worn more promising
look than just now. Business generally
is good and growing better daily. There
is work, and at good wages, for all indus.
trious laborers who want to find it. Real
estate transactions are numerous, and
the purchases being made are for the
most part for permanent investment.
There is good inquiry for homes in the
city, in suburban towns, and for small
farms. This last is the most encouraging
feature of all. Here is where the wise
man OF moderate means will put his
money. He is sure of market
at excellent prices for all he pro-
duces, and in the meantime his little
place may, by little care aud the ex
pendlture OF some taste, be made a
bower OF beauty. Everything grows
apace here, and flowers bloom all the
year round. The man who purchases
twenty acres and plants it to fruit trees,
makes chicken yard on it, puts in
plenty OF eucalyptus and pepper trees
around the fences, and plants ornamen.
tai trees, with plenty of flowers near bis
cottage, will find himself in three years
the owner of property worth three To
five times as much as it stands him in.
besides having lived from it's products
in the interim.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

PRoPLE not we'll informed have much
to say about the high price of our lands In
Southern California. In discussing the
value of lands in this section, there are
several things to keep constantly in
mind. One is the climate. This gives
a man the ability to do three times the
work he can do in regions of long, severe
winters, and at the same time enables
him to harvest two, or even three crops
year instead of one. In fact, OF hay
from our alfalfa meadows, our farmers
reap six harvests year. Another point
to keep your eve on, is that this section
Immediately surrounds what will be one
of the largest cities of the Union. Los
Angeles city now numbers close
upon 100000 souls. When the
decennial census shall have been
completed year from next summer il
will be found that this city will stand al
not less than 125, 900 inhabitants. There
are not score of cities in the Union
which number that many people. This
closely approximates the population o.
Buffalo, of Detroit, Of Jersey City, Louis
Vile, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Pitts
burg 1t overaps that of Indianapolis
st. Paul and Providence. In five years
after that Los Angeles will number 250,
900 people. and stand up in the from
rank with the elk or eight large cities o
the Nation. 1t will rank with
Cincinnati, and New Orleans, and
tread closely on the heels of San Fran
cisco. Thess are factors whose force
must not be left uncomputed in estimat
ing the value of our lands. At this
moment there are lands in abundance
within ten miles of the center of this city
to be had for from $75 to 5000 per acre
as to grade and amount bought. That
surely is cheap enough. If any one
doubts the correctness of this view, he
will kindly wait until the middle of the
next decade and then reconstruct his
opinions. Small farms ten miles
from Los Angeles city in 1895
i'm proved to fruit trees or vines
with ornamental trees and shrub:
adjoining a neat and comfortable cottage
will De worth 81 900 per acre. At that
date there will not be piece of damp
land producing alfalfa without irrigation
within twenty mile of the city and con-
veniently close to railroad depot which
will not bring $500 per acre plus the
value of any improvement that may be
on the place.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

WE MUST not for moment lose sight
Of the need that exists here for a great
hrst-class hotel. The foundations of such
one are already laid out on the corner
OF Main and Tenth streets. The city will
never attract the best classes of tourists
10 her gates until the world knows che
has proper accommodations for their
entertainment. Here is the Mecca to
which the eyes of all travelling America
are turned. Our climate will year by
year attract an ever-increasing throng OF
health, pleasure and climate-seekers.
The lack of really frst-class hostelry
has up to this time kept many of the most
fastidious of the tourists away. There are
many people OF large means who will no,
De caught even for week out OF reach of
the luxuries to which they are accus.
TONED and for which they are not merely
willing to pay but of which they will not
be deprived. Let US build the big hotel
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1855.
DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET.
Platform.

WHEREAS, The Democracy of the city Of Los
Angeles should be congratulated upon the fac
that, although defeated in the late Natiopa
campaign, it has not in the least weakened theil
for principle and right; and
WHEREAS, The Republican party was in
power in Los Angeles city from the 1st of Jan
uary, 1885, to the LIST of January, 1888: it had
it had its Chiefs of Police. yet never in the his
tory OF this city was gambling so open and de-
fant, never was crime so rife and audacious,
and never was the pesceful citizen SO subject
to the attacks of midnight 1ufaans and his
property so at the mercy of thieves; theref fore,
Resolved, That the Democracy of Los Angeles,
true 10 the interests of their party, are in favor
OF that policy in local government which will
maintain the good order of society and secure
every citizen in the enjoyment of his rights
having Tor their object the suppression of vice
and the closing of disorderly houses, shall be
strictly and rigidly enforced by the police arm
OF the municipal government.
ResOtued, That, whilst we do not object to the
imposition of as high license upon the retail
liquor bu iness as it will bear, on the principle
OF increasing the municipal revenue from the
tretic in non-essentials, we are opposed
to the policy proclaimed by our opponents, that
disorderly dens may flourish If they will
mocracy of Los Angeles do not believe in en-
courasing disorderiy houses at any price, and
are firm in their belief that the way to suppress
resorts obnoxious to good order and to public
morals is to revoke their licenses and sum
marily close them.
Resolved, That the Democracy of the city of
Los Angeles are in favor of liberal expenditures,
under proper system of check, for public i'm
proyements: in increasing the facilities of our
public schools; in improving our streets; in
such other public works as our progressive and
growing city demands
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

One of the great needs of this city is a
system of fine, we'll kept, well-sprink ed
roads out OF the city to all driving points.
Although road tax is collected in all
districts outside of the city, one is at a
loss to know what becomes OF the money,
from the execrable condition OF many OF
the public roads. Some are passa-
BILE, but none of them come up to
what travelled individual would con-
slider good roads. There is no man more
enthusiastic on this subject of good roads
than John Bryson, the Democratic candi.
date for Mayor. Several years ago he
made an extensive tour through Europe,
and on his return he was eloquent in his
description of the fine roads he had seen
in his travels. He then declared
that it would be money well
spent to give US roads out
of this city such as he had seen at the
East and in foreign countries, and
thought that plan of cooperation be.
tween the city authorities and the Super
visors could be devised by which we
could have attractive drives between this
city and our principal outside resorts
that would be the delight OF visi-
tors and form an attraction to
strangers that would we'll repay us
for any outlay We might incur. Mr..
Bryson is still of the opini on that plan
OF cooperation can be arranged by
which very marked improvement will
be brought about in this respect, and
should he be elected, he will do his
utmost to put his views into practical
operation. A man of his energetic
and progressive character, armed with
the authority and influence which the
Mayoralty Of this city would give him,
would be very likely to accomplish graft
flying practical results in the amelioration
of the principal roads leading out OF Los
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

and poultry Think of lands that yield
a hundred bushels of corn to the acre
lying idle, while the people are fed on
canned corn from Maine! Think of a
section which is capable of producing
from three to six crops of vegetables a
year importing potatoes and cabbage
These facts are sad commentary on the
lack of enterprise which must distinguish
the people who here inhabit. At the
same time it opens up magnificent posi-.
bilities to every industrious man who
will take up patch of land and make il
productive. His market-and wonder.
fully profitable one-is right here at his
hand
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03


NOWHERE else on the broad Footstool
does the sun shine so genially and bril-.
liantly these December days as here in
Los Angeles. Think, ye dwellers in the
Hyperborean regions of the frozen zone
of cloudless skies, of calm days where
the mercury stands at As degrees as the
lowest reached for an hour or two before
sunrise and 65 to 70 degrees during the
warm hours Of the day Such is the
actual record here in the sunlit semi
tropics. The hills and plains are clad
thick in mantle of emerald. On hun
dreds of thousands of acres here
abouts the plows are busy these
December days turning up the stubble
for new crop. The plowman walks
beside his team in coatless garb, whist
ling gay tune. And in the gardens
about the city callas are in bloom. the
rosebushes are full of flowers, the
fuschias are as gay as in June and the
delicate heliotrope and tuberose, which
he least breath OF frost kills. are fresh
md fragrant as the gates of "Araby the
best"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03
FOREIGN FLASHES,
\ Municipal Demonstration
in Paris.
B0ULANGER AGAIN BANQUETED.
A Riot at LyOns-Russia's Plan of
Defense-An Irish
Sunday.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
PARIS, December "A host of sight
seers gathered around the Baudin monu-
ment at the entrance to Montmartre
cemetery this morning. The municipal
parade started from the Hotel de Vile at
II Is A. NJ. and slowly proceeded through
the streets, reaching the cemetery at
O'Clock. The police stopped all carriage
traffic along the route and as far as possi-
BILE formed Gordon in order to keep
back the crowd. No incident occurred
that impeded the march of the paraders,
beyond an occasional demonstration OF
the anti-Boulangists and other factions.
The procession in point of numbers was
failure, not more than from 10000 to
40 900 being in line, and half of those
taking part were delegates from the Pro.
vinces. The spectators were mostly
sight-seers, making no display of their
political feelings.
On arriving at the monument Darlot.
President of the Municipal Council, de-
livered an grafton. He said the object
OF the demonstration was to commemor-
ate Baudin's intrepid defense of the Re.
public's right against Casarism, and to
honor those who had been prescribed or
had fallen at the time of the coup d'etot.
| After vigorous attack upon Boulanp-
ism, he said: "The Democracy ia ac-
quiring renewed strength, and what an
example of glorious deed is prepared
for Cesarjsm which is again daring to
raise its head"
His speech was received with cries OF
Vire, la Republic" and prolonged cheers.
There were no dissenting cries. The
procession filed past the monument and
then returned singing the "Marseillaise."
In the evening the city resumed it's nor
NAL aspect.
BouLANGER AND ANTI-BoULANGER.
Boulanger arrived at Nevers this morn
ing. He was greeted by an orderly
crowd. AT banquet in the evening
there were 500 guests. Boulanger was
loudly cheered. simultaneously an anti
Boulangist meeting was held in the
theatre, at which Deputies Basley and
Dryolon denounced Boulanger as a
traitor and the plagiarist of Napoleon.
RIOT AT LYONS.
A riot occurred at Lyons to-day, owing
to popular discomfort over municipal reg
ulations regarding the Grand Theatre.
The windows Of the Journal of Proores.
were smashed and members of the Mnnic-
ipal Council were hooted. Finally the
cavalry were called out and they dis
persed the mob. Several of the ring.
leaders OF the rioters were arrested.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

CITIZENS will not be blinded as to what
they are voting on to-day. The question
is not shall the low dives and doggeriea
be suppressed Or not. Both parties are
pledged to close up all disorderly dens.
II the programme fail it will be because
of the failure to elect the Democratic
ticket. There is not saloon man, a
gambler, much less a criminal, on our
ticket. Nor is there man whose action
is controlled by the criminal element on
our ticket. As matter OF absolute
fact our men stand higher than
those OF the Republican party
in these respects, and our opponents
are not bad men. The question il be-
tween allowing the people to enjoy them
selves in rational way and putting the
people in strait-jackets, falsely called
moral. That is the whole of it. Shall
the city government be conducted in the
line OF progress, OF improvement, or
shall the Solons of the Council consti.
tute themselves Pecksniffian school,
and spend all their tune in lecturing the
rest OF US on the immortality OF wine
,bibbing, on the sin of attending
the theater, and on the enormity
OF smoking cigars? The question is,
shall the Council concern itself about
streets, parks, sewers, public improve
ments and schools, or shall it fritter
away its time in trying to make saints
out OF hard subjects? Shall the munich
pal government be content with the sup
preston of vice and crime, or shall it
be constituted Oh the plan of censorious
propaganda to regulate the morals and
the private life Of citizens as reputable as
themselves?
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-03

WE desire to draw the attention Of the
voter to two points in MIR. Miles official
record which may serve to show the kind
of a Mayor he will make. In 1885 I've
was member of Council that had been
elected by the same kind of clap-trap we
witness this year. The Republican
spiders had enticed the gcody-
goody element into their parlor
by a profusion OF promises
to reform everybody and everything, and
make this city of saints and Recha-
bites. On the 18th of June an ordinance
to close saloons at an early hour was
called up for final passage. 1t had been
before the Council several weeks, and
staved off from time to time. The anti
saloonists were getting clamorous and
forced the fight. At last it was called
up from the file, and after an ami
mated debate and a good deal of
dodging, motion was put to postpone
action on the ordinance for three weeks.
Miles voted aye! and the motion pre-
vailed. This put the measure to sleep,
and it never woke afterwards. Mr.. Miles
then had visions of the Mayoralty on the
brain, and Notwithstanding his pledges
to the anti-saloon people he pre-.
ferred to palter with them rather than
kill his political prospects. It is also
matter of record that the same year he
was in great part instrumental in squand.
ering over four thousand dollars of the
city's money on job that ought to have
been done for 81, ZOO. The job consisted in
constructing the ditch from Reservoir No.
4 to Zanja No. E, distance of 1881
feet. The Charter requires the
Council to advertise for bids
for all works costing over $500. Miles
and his Republican majority, in the face
OF this prohibition, had the work done
by the day, at cost of over four thou.
sand dollars, when the highest estimate
made upon it by responsible con-
tractors was $1700. The reader will
not fail to deduce from these two epi.
sodes in Mr.. Miles official record, first
that his moral reform principles are
Brummagem I'd, that his ideas about an
honest and economical administration of
a public trust are very loose.