The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-10-10
Rough Weather on the Pacific Coast.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC
AND PACIFIC COASTS. ASToRA'S BOOM.
ERoSTS AND FOREST FIRES.

Correspondence of the Journal
ASTORIA, OREGON, Sept. 10, 1889 The
coast of Oregon during the first week in Sep.
tember was visited by frequent fogs which
made it very difficult for shipping to find its
way into the mouth of Columbia River. II
there were a> many vessels entering aud clear
in the nayigable harbor> of this coast as there
are on the Atlantic in the same latitude, the
heavy fogs when prevail for weeks at a time
from the Golden Gate to Cape Flatterv, would
cause much more serious loss, in the way OF
profits and otherwise, than most people on this
! coast are willing to acknowledge. The harbors
are few and far apart, and when once sailing
vessel takes her departure, she has got to face
any weather that may present itself, however
rough OF stormy, there being no friendly islands
or rromontories to shelter them until the gale
| is passed.
Frost has already, on several occasions, laid
its chilly hand upon vegetation. But it dealt
/ gently with the fertility of the country in the
4 immediate vicinity of Astoria. After a short
season Of cool weather. the keen winds gave
way to mder airs, and now everything has
assumed a >ummerIike appearance.
Numerous forest fires, which have been prev
aIcrt all along the coast for the past month
| have complctel; filled the sky with dense black
smoke. For hundred of miles huge fires are
| burning night and day DESTROYING thousands
| of dollars worth of valuable property. Seem
| ugly the settlers have 10 special regard for
| the majestic forest; and will unhesitatingy ap-
! ply the torch aud clear the land of valuable
| timber in order that few patches of potatoes
| may be planted. But the dav is rapidly ap-
4 preaching when all those who now consider
beautiful trees nuisance and an obstacle in
the path of agricultural progress will have
ample cause to repent of having wantonly de-
! >lroNcd the forest.
Astoria for many years has been vigorously
struggling for boom, and at last their fond
/ hope is about to be realized For several years
past, many Of the most enthusiastic have from
time to time made vaticna remarks about a
| silver lined cloud they could see lust rising in
the eastern horizon. Recently this imaginary
4 cloud assumed shape and rapidly a>cended
4 toward the zenith, and now it can be seen by
all. hanging over Astoria 1t is predicted that
ere lone a shower of blessings will come from
4 it.
The people of this section of the country have
always had many obstacles to contend with
/ and 10 overcome them and tighten the burden
of their fcliowman has been the life work of
d few of the early settlers of Astoria. Their
digcnt and arduou, labors are about to be re-
varied. and within two wears they will have Il
/ railroad between the mouth of the Columbia
River and Portland, thus connecting the only
available barhor on th,. coast Of oreoon with
! ~, ,sr.,t ,,.,iIroiI~ of ~, Eor+,,,ost
H.. " 4; .-ii All ~ ,tt4I iI ~.
4 AHti >lI'r1 ma liIeIatlgahIe niue panu OF
HatdA men sent Out ill the early part OF lnl>
| century by John Jacob Astor iloated down
! the Columbia, dipping their paddles to the ca.
denre of some hoatmam's song this part of the
| Statn IN. honn i.nIatnI vvith nj ,noan. If ron.
| .,,,, ,.,lt r.. nt = ' % III tIt +l, 4 ,
''E any E\' ~ 'A ""tcl' ~" 'il't thele - "
| prospect ul ilt SOUND ul Il locomotive DellS
heard among the AIlS, the people. as may bt
supposed, are some What Ncitctl. and sing loud.
! ~ in tine nrhiSe Of their triumDh over The cap
/ t4Ii.t< of pnrtI,nI who from thn first hitter, ,
a. - f - i i;@+ =
UPl.03It 'mf AN " ''i"t TIT Npu.u "liteus NJ
lit'' tnt wv Pid'tN. / ny bittti ihlclcdllol>
/ have nnaIlf subsidized. anu IN consequence OF
/ the unusual TRANQUILITY. real estate has bound
e,l from low 10 hi~h figures
When (ant J0uathan Thornp of the shil
i, ,,,i ~ .i,i rlii y;a ~. DE- D.
~ - - '" -! 80
an" 'tiHc ~ "itiiuI uH'lCl tdi'c bi>app ~
1 lnClit, ne DGItlu inc aborf-fntS OF lne Nortn
| west coast IN All Their savage rudeneS~ anC
! SIMPLICITY. What quaint sight they must have
urcscutcd rs they viewed their future masters
in cuurir,. ana warfare from their hu~n du~
out canoes. profu>ely capar>oned in carving,
Of LideOus lies i@nS We can imagine those
du~ky and he>meared warriors brandi>hng
bows, arrows and cubs. in menacng man
ner: uttering plaintve cries i'll defiance to the
invaders of the laid which they had held from
time immcmOrial. No little CONSERVATION must
have been exhibited on the bart Of the Indians
on behoding the whites making active prepara-
ton, 10 >tou in their midSt-men who spoke a
language they could not understand, and whose
faces, manners and customs. We're a puzzle L
them.
II has been but a comparatively short time
since the Indian ceased to hold universal con