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THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • FR IDAY , JULY 3 , 2015 COMMUN I TY 1B A G L O R I O U S F O U R T H O n th e “G lo r iou s Fou r th o f Ju ly, ” th e Thu r sd ay , Ju ly 3 , 1890 , Da i ly Mo rn ing A s to r ian d e c l a r ed th a t “A s to r i a w i l l c e l eb r a t e in g r and s ty l e , and w an t s n e ighbo r ing town s and c i t i e s to jo in in ” (h t tp : / / t inyu r l . com / a s t1890 ) . B ig do ing s w e r e a foo t , s t a r t ing w i th a w ak e -up 13 -gun s a lu t e a t sun r i s e and a G r and P a r ad e a t 10 a .m . , fo l low ed by an o r a t ion (by Ma j . E .A . W e ed) and r e ad ing s (by M i s s Ka t e Sh iv e ly) and p a t r io t i c mu s i c . A t noon , th e r e w a s a “N a t ion a l S a lu t e o f 42 gun s ” and lun ch . A f t e rw a rd , th e r e w a s a F a t M an ’ s R a c e up M a in S t r e e t fo r a pu r s e o f $10 ( abou t $260 now ) ; a t 2 :30 p .m . , a T end e r R a c e on W a t e r S t r e e t ; a t 3 p .m . , a 200 -y a rd Foo t r a c e fo r F i r em en on ly ; a t 3 :30 p .m . , a Boy s ’ Foo t r a c e ; a t 4 p .m . , a p r i z e b a s eb a l l m a t ch ; and a t 4 :30 p .m . , a 100 -y a rd foo t r a c e , fo r a $25 p r i z e ( abou t $650 now ) . S t r ang e ly , th e 5 p .m . W a lk ing T igh t Rop e ov e r th e w a t e r w a s on ly wo r th a $5 p r i z e . And o f cou r s e , th e r e w a s a “G r and d i sp l ay o f F i r ewo rk s , ” fo l low ed by a “B a l l a t th e Op e r a Hou s e . ” Bu s in e s s e s w e r e c a l l ed upon to b e f e s t iv e ly d e co r a t ed , and th e town s fo lk sp ru c ed up th e i r p rop e r ty fo r th e ep i c ev en t . A s th e ed i to r no t ed : “ I t i s g r a t i fy ing to know th a t th e com ing Fou r th h a s pow e r SW I L L T OW N T A I L T A L E R e sea rche r s f rom the No rweg ian Un ive r s i ty o f Sc i - ence and T echno logy a re te s t ing a m in ia tu re “wha le ta i l ” tha t can be a t tached to bo th s ide s o f the bow o f a sh ip to gene ra te l i f t and u se wave ene rgy to he lp the sh ip move fo rwa rd , sav ing fue l , acco rd ing to an a r t ic le on G izmag . com (h t tp : / / t inyu r l .com / ta i lwha le ) . The mode l i s p ic tu red , in a pho to by Ma r in tek /S INTEF . “Sca l ing up f rom the mode l ,” the a r t ic le say s , “ i t ha s been ca lcu la ted the fo i l s wou ld reduce wave re s i s tance by 9 to 17 pe rcen t i f u sed on a fu l l - s ized ve s se l a t wave he igh t s o f unde r th ree me te r s (9 .8 fee t ) . They shou ld l ikew i se he lp cu t down on heav ing and p i tch ing by abou t the same amoun t — the f igu re s wou ld l ike ly be h ighe r i f the hu l l shape we re op t im ized fo r u se w i th the wha le ta i l .” P re t ty n i f ty . I T T A K E S A C O M M U N I T Y f rom th e s t r e e t , wh e r e i t do e s no t b e long bu t h a s b e en k ep t , to th e r e a r o f th e hou s e wh e r e i t do e s b e long bu t h a s no t b e en k ep t . ” H a rumph . A l l o f th e p r ep a r ing and c e l eb r a t ing sound s u t t e r ly exh au s t ing , bu t a do s e o f P fund e r ’ s K idn ey and L iv e r R egu l a to r ( “M ak e s th e W e ak S t rong ” ) w a s av a i l ab l e a t th e lo c a l ph a rm a cy to en su r e a sp e edy r e cov e ry . O r no t . H A M I L T O N M A K E S A M O V E O n Ju ly 2 , 1883 , the f i r s t ma jo r A s to r ia f i re s ta r ted in a sawm i l l , acco rd ing to the 1903 Or egon H i s tor ica l Quar ter ly V o lume 4 (h t tp : / / t inyu r l .com / f i re1883 ) . “The wooden s t ree t s , bu i l t on p i l ing ove r the wa te r ac ted a s a mean s fo r ca r ry ing the f i re f rom bu i ld ing to bu i ld ing ,” the Qua r te r ly no ted , and the f i re swep t the wa te r f ron t to 17 th S t ree t . P ic tu red , A s to r ia in 1868 . Happ i ly , the c i ty recove red and rebu i l t qu ick ly , bu t i t wa s wha t wen t on du r ing and a f te r f i re tha t c rea ted one o f A s - to r ia ’ s s t range r h i s to r ica l foo tno te s . The s to ry s ta r t s w i th a huge amoun t o f booze tha t wa s removed f rom the sa loon s in soon f e r r e t ed ou t and s to l en by “ th e rough e r c l a s s o f on look e r s . ” Soon , d runk en ch ao s and loo t ing en su ed . “D r ink ing w a s th e s c en e o f d i so rd e r w a s t r an s f e r r ed to th e low e r p a r t o f town , known a s ‘Sw i l l town, ’ ” wh e r e th ing s go t ev en ug l i e r , and th r e a t s to bu rn down th e r e s t o f th e town w e r e b and i ed abou t . Som e A s to r i a bu s in e s sm en o rg an i z ed a comm i t t e e to h e lp th e po l i c e p r e s e rv e th e p e a c e , and th e m ayo r i s su ed a p ro c l a - m a t ion th a t s a loon own e r s c lo s e ev e ry n igh t a t m idn igh t . R i l ey and G ind e r, two ex -po l i c em en who own ed a s a loon , r e fu s ed to ob ey , b a r r i c ad ed th em s e lv e s in and sho t a t th e po l i c e . A f te r the m i sc rean t s we re f ina l ly a r re s ted , they we re b rough t in f ron t o f the comm i t tee and to ld to ge t ou t o f town o r they ’d be hanged f rom the c i ty ha l l . W i se ly , they c lo sed the i r sa loon and f led , and o rde r wa s somewha t re s to red . F lu sh w i th succe s s , the comm i t tee then dec ided to “d r ive ou t the c rowd o f d i s repu tab le cha rac te r s tha t l ived in ‘Sw i l l - town , ’” and se rved no t ice on “a l l such” to ge t ou t o f town w i th in 24 -hou r s . One o f the cha rac te r s to ld to leave wa s John Boy le, who took excep t ion to the idea , and re fu sed to budge . Bu t tha t i s ano the r s to ry , fo r ano the r day . Nex t F r iday , in fac t . ‘T D OW N T H E D R A I N he re ha s been a su rge in ou r a rea o f abandoned an i - ma l s, e spec ia l ly ca t s and k i t ten s , due to a lo s s o f spay and neu te r a s s i s tance and o the r fac to r s un ique to ou r com - mun i ty , ” R i ta Sm i th o f R iv e r Song Founda t ion (h t tp : / / r iv e r - song found a t ion .o rg ) w ro t e . “M any , m any o f th e s e an im a l s a r e b e ing found s i ck o r in ju r ed , l ik e Rudy th e k i t t en (p i c tu r ed ) R i ta ha s se t up a fund ra i s ing page a t h t tp : / / t inyu r l .com / k i tca ta id to a s s i s t the se an ima l s , who a re in such d i re s t ra i t s . O r , you can ma i l a check to : R ive r Song Founda t ion , P .O . Box 44 , Hammond , OR 97121 . The re a re app rox ima te ly two home le s s an ima l s fo r eve ry pe r son in C la t sop Coun ty , R i ta to ld the Ea r . “ I t i s go ing to take the who le commun i ty and then some , to he lp a l l the d i s - b e mov e r s w e r e round ly d e f e a t ed , and H am i l ton c e l eb r a t ed h i s v i c - ca rded an ima l s he re . He lp ing them make s u s be t te r peop le .” to ry by snoo z ing con t en t ed ly in th e b a cky a rd , unmov ed . “W e a re wo rk ing a s fa s t a s we can ,” she added . “Can you Th i s t im e , th e H a rmony F a rm fo lk s c am e to r e t r i ev e h im , and he lp u s do mo re?” Sund ay ’ s e f fo r t s w e r e a su c c e s s . H am i l ton i s p i c tu r ed , en s con c ed w i th b l ank i e s and r e ady fo r t r an spo r t , cou r t e sy o f th e s an c tu a ry . “ I t took a lo t o f wo rk to g e t h im in ( th e v an ) , and i t invo lv ed som e b lood - cu rd l ing s c r e am ing ( th e p ig , no t m e ) , ” Cynd i r epo r t ed , “ a long w i th som e b lood , sw e a t and t e a r s (m e , no t th e p ig ) . Bu t a s soon a s h e go t in s id e th e v an h e r e a l i z ed h e w a s s a f e and com fy ( and th e r e w e r e app l e s ) . So a l l w a s r igh t ag a in w i th h i s l i t t l e wo r ld . ” “A l l ’ s w e l l th a t end s w e l l , ” Cynd i ob s e rv ed . “ I t w a s wo r th ev e ry m inu t e , though , fo s t e r ing H am i l ton a s long a s w e d id , to s e e h im go to a p l a c e wh e r e h e c an sh in e . ” ‘ I f a l l go e s w e l l , tod ay i s th e d ay Ham i l ton i s t ak en to h i s n ew hom e in S i s t e r s ( a t Ha rmony Fa rm San c tua ry) , ” Cynd i ro t e Sund ay mo rn ing . H am i l ton i s th e po t -b e l l i ed p ig sh e Mudg e w h a s b e en fo s t e r ing . A p r ev iou s r e c en t a t t emp t to lu r e th e v e ry r e lu c t an t p ig in to th e B O M B S AW A Y S A Y ‘ C H E E S E ! ’ ‘W W e l l , th e fo lk s a t th e T i l lamook Coun ty C r eam e ry A s so c i - a t ion, who s e mo t to i s “D a i ry don e r igh t , ” h av e s e em ing ly gon e a round th e b end . 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