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PAGE EIQIIT. THE MORNING ASTOKIAN,. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1004. COMMITTEE OF TEN ASKS EXPRESSIONS OF OWNERS Issues Circular Letter Requesting Land Holders to Declare Themselves on the Sea Wall Proposition. Committee Has Determined Upon Campaign of fcducation and Will Try and Demonstrate to Those Directly Interested That the Future Welfare of the City Depends Upon . an Immediate Improvement. ; The committer of tan hat pra- oared a circular letter addrese- ed to owner of water-washed proposed between Ninth and ffl Twenty-eighth etreete. This circular requests an ax- pression a to the proposal for . sea wall. Those property owners who respond within a certain time will manifest proper , public spirit; those who neglect to respond will be called upon fort will wait a few days for replies. We want the interested property owners to think over the matter. We know It's a Rood thing, and we want every one else to think so. Those favorable replies received by the committee will be filed. Those , person s who neglect to reply will be calleU upon. The com mlttee intends to call In as many prop erty owners as may be necessary to spread the gospel. Those property ownera who declare themselves ad versely to the proposal will also be waited upon, and we will endeavor 'to make it clear to them that their own interests require the construe the city of Astoria has outlined & plan; of work. The committee is Kolna- to' carry on a campaign of education.0 0Ur work wMy. an expression. The committee means to car ry on a campaign of education, and dissenting owners will be waited upon and made to real ize that their own interests de mand the construction of a sea wall. Every property owner with the interests of the city at heart will make prompt response to the committee's1 letter. The committee of ten, acting for the taxpayers and residents generally of It knows it is right, and it is going to make property owners understand that it Is to their interests to build a sea wall. Frank L. Parker, one of Astoria's young hustlers, is at the head of the committee, and he means to get the sea wall if It Is possible to do so. The committee has Just prepared a circular letter which is to be sent to all owners of water-washed prop erty Interests between . Ninth and Twenty-eighth streets. This letter Is very brief, and merely requests an expression of opinion. The letter Is the first step toward the construction of a sea wall, the plans for which will be announced from time to time. "We are looking for expressions Just at present," said Mr. I-arker yast even lng to a representative of The Asto rian. "And we are going to get them," he added, with much seriousness. "Our circular letter will be mailed as soon as It . comes from the printer, and we A Suit of Clothes FREE Vt will present a first-class suit of clothes, absolutely free, to any boy living in Astoria who will write the best ad vertisement to be placed on the new time clock lately erected on the outside of our store. We want something that will represent oar business in a few words, and it must be short and to the point This Is a Chance For a bright boy to earn a suit of Clothes entirely free. Below will be found the conditions necessary to compete S. DANZIGER $ COMPANY ON THE SQUARE. Cor, Twelfth and Commercial Streets. v Where fine clothes are sold. CONDITIONS. Any boy residing in Astoria between the age of 7 and 15 years is eligible to compete. Fifteen words or less are to be used and all answers must be mailed or handed in to the store of S. Danziger & Co. on or before Monday evening, March 14, 1904. The boy submitting the best advertisement for the purpose proposed will receive absolutely free a good suit of clothes. Competent judges will be aelected to make the award. First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest. Pber.e 245! . Corner Eighteenth and Franklin. Subscribe for The Morning Astorian. in the be lief that Astoria's future depends upon the matter which has been entrusted to us. It will be systematic work, too, and we will sound every man who owns water-washed property betweer the two streets named from the Par ker house to the Clatsop mills." Mr. Parker is accustomed to under. takings of the kind now In hand, and at the head of this Important committee he can be depended upon to arouse the Astoria spirit to the pitch necessary to bring about construction of the sea wall.- The. Committee's Letter. The committee's letter, which has just been handed to the printer, la as follows: "Astoria. March 1. Dear Sir: The ownera of the tide-washed lands of this city have, after several meetings, de- termtned to investigate the feasibility and the practicability of building a sea wall or bulk head along the bulk head Hue established by the government, and of pumping dirt from the river bed and the hills adjacent to All the tide- washed lands, of our city. "This has been done at Humorous cities throughout the country, with much success, and at a comparatively low cost, and. realizing the vast bene fits that would accrue to the property so Improved and to the dty from the successful completion of such work, a committee has been appointed to ascer- tain the sentiment of the owners ot the lands to be filled, and for that pur pose this circular letter is addressed to you. . An early reply Is requested. "Vou will admit that the expense cf keeping up foundations and street te pahrs over the tide-washed lands of the city is much greater in fact, it is an extraordinary expense than over solid ground, and that the solid eround. given the same bxation as the tide-washed lands, Is much more valuable and desirable. "We submit below several questions that It is desired by this committee you make reply to, but before you answer same let It be understood that there Is nothing binding upon you In answer ing them, for we desire only to find the sentiment of the property owners in terested in the contemplated improve ment. Furthermore, before any ac tion Is taken which will entail expense. meetings will be held, organization perfected and loans devised for doing the work and financing the proposition. "Please state In detail the tide washed property owned by you between Ninth and Twenty-eighth streets, and Inside the north line of the A. & C. R. R. right of way. "Now, then, supposing the feasibility and the practicability of this contem plated improvement are established to the satisfaction of the owners of a ma jority of the property of the district, a reasonable figure obtained for dolngthe woik, and easy terms for payment se cured, would you be disposed to favor ths Improvement? Respectfully yours, "FRANK L. PARKER, "A. SCHERNECKAU, "W. H. BARKER, "0. W. ROBERTS, "R. B. DYER, "C. A. COOLIDGE, "T. H. CURTIS, "D. H. WELCH, "W. C. LOGAN, "R. A. CARRUTHERS, "Commmlttee of Ten." Attached to the circular is the fol lowing brief summary of figures gleaned from a report of work of i-Im-llar class done at Seattle, where the cost per cubic yard to fill was a frac tion over 18 cents: Cost per acre of deepest fill, two feet above highest tide.. $8819 56 Cost per acre wharf of piles a ad timber ordinarily used there, unprotected 6S20 CO Cost per acp average fill 4426 99 (Which is much lens than oost of wharfing.) Cost per acre of lowest fill.... 2765 81 The wharf Is temporary. The fill Is solid as the upland and permanent. STEAMER DISABLED OFF 1 THE COAST OF OREGON to the passage of 269 pension Mils. Adams, republican, of Pennsylvania, entered a protest because the pensl m bills introduced by htm hnd not been considered, and Intimated unless his dlstrlk-t wus treated the same us cher districts he would block consideration of pension bills in tbo house. A num ber of other local and general bills were unused. BEAR STORY BALD FAKE. German Count, 8uppoid to Be Dead Turns Up Allvs. Port Angeles, Wash., Feb. 87. It transpires that the story regarding the killing of Baron Martin Von Schlosser, by a bear at Solduck Mot Springs Monday was a bald fake. Von Sehlos- ser arrived at Port Crescent today, alive and well. Vessel Supposed to Be the Rival, of the Dollar Line, Flying Distress Sig nals South of Columbia. , t ' i EFFORTS FOR NEW HIGHWAY. House Passes Pension Bills. : Washington, Feb. 27. The house to day devoted nearly the entire session Property Owners Asksd For Expression On Proposal For Road. The following self-explanatory letter has been mailed to Interested prop erty ownera The matter is one of great Importance: Astoria, Feb. 36. Dear Sir: We wish to write you concerning 'a prop osition that we consider of great im portance to this county and also to yourself. Some time ago a few of the resident owners of real estate lying between Toungs river and Cathlamet bay. and that vicinity, had a meeting for the purpose of determining whether or not anything could be done towards benefiting that vicinity and at the same time benefiting the county In general. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that a good wagon road should be built around the city beginning at aome point on the Olney road, thence by some practicable route across to or near John Day's rlvei thence to the city line. We were appointed a committee to see whether or not this could be car ried out. We consulted the city offl clals and were assured by them that the city would build a gravel road around Smith's point to connect with the Olney road, and would also build a road, partially plank and partially gravel, leading from the main road In the city through Van.Dusen'a Astoria at the east end of the city, to a con nectlon with this wagon road. We con suited the county surveyor and city engineer and were assured by them that a road could be built around the city so as to make It a pleasant drive and also to bring Into market, all the property In that neighborhood. Roads have been built from Astoria to Olney up Young's river, and to the Lewis and Clark. The Lewis and Clark hus been bridged and a road Is now being built to Warrenton and Seaside. We propose to build this roud by assesing the property acordlng to bene fits within three miles of the rond. You own property In that vicinity. Before this can be done, however, It will be necessary that a petition shall be presented to the county court signed by a majority of the resident land owners (residing within a vicin ity of three miles of the proposed road) We will undertake to have this road built In a first-class manner If we can be assured that a majority of the res ident owners will petition the county court and stay with us until the finish We have written a large number of the resident citizens and will ask you as a personal favor to give us your views on the subject and lt us know whether or not you will Join with us In this enterprise. Kindly give this mattei your earliest prompt attention. Sin cerely yours, GEO. C. FULTON, .j FRANK L. PARKER British Bark Thistle Reports Her and Signals Steamer AberdeeiT Sfand byTu$ Tatoosh to Leave Out at DaybreaK for the. Purpose of Picking Up the Hapless Steamer, Which Was Rolling Badly. The steam aohoonsr Rival, a mall vassal of only 203 ton,, is in distress off tha Oregon coast Sha was lighted yesterday aft moon by the 'Thistle, arriving from, San Franolaoo. Captain England, of tha This- tie, says tha vatttl appeared to be rolling heavily In tha saa, and cxprcaaca tha opinion her machinery btoame disabled. Ha spoke tha Aberdeen an hour later and acquainted that vassal with tha predicament of tha Ri val, and it la probable tha Aber dean will stand by and land any aid which may be necatsary. The Thistle made the fine run of four days from San Franoisoo and crossed the bar without pilot or tug last nigh t tl.hleA.eh pilot last night All the outer bar bueya are gone and Captain England marvels that he reach ed anohorage In aafaty. which departed yesterday from Ao rlu. She belongs to the Oray line, of Bun Francisco. . That the Aberdeen will atand by the Rival la certain. Captain Ilalley, of the tug Tatoo was seen Inst night and Raid: "I Informed this evening of the fact tht a disabled steamer waa off the coiut " and will leave out to her aid at day j break In the morning. It would have been useless to have attempted to get to ae& tonight. The vessel, I am told Is about 25 miles southwest of the Senium Klii fit a riil T aatli aA-K It est within three or four hours." CaptoJi Bailey has come in for liberal salvage on several occasions, and If there is nnv rhnnm In tilck tin tha Rival ha eV mnv h rallHil nrwin in An ia. II has made preparations for a 15 days trip. It is also possible that the revenue cutter Perry will also start for sea this morning, although her er vices will not be required, as the Tu-' tooah ran take rare or the ittvai. MITCHELL WITH DEMOCRATS. Oregon and Nebraska Laavea Band Wagon to Gain Point. Washington, Feb. 27. The senate today approached nearer t,o f.lbuster than on any former occasion during the present session. A demonstration was made on the cart of the democratic senators against requiring the use of American ships for the shipment of government supplies and amendment after amendment was offered, only to be laid on the table. Numerous votes were interspersed with the debate, so between the two forms of procedure the entire session was consumed- On most votes, the senate divided on party lines, but Mitchell three or four times voted with the democrats. -Mitchell tried, to change the time when the bill shall take effect and in this he had the co-operation of Dietrich and Futton. At the close of the day, Hale consent ed to make material modifications of the bill, whereupon the unanimous agreement was reached to vote on It Tuesday. A small steam schooner belonging to the Dollar line Is In" distress off the Oregon coast When sighted yester day forenoon she was under foresail and Jib and seemed to be rolling heuv tiy In the sea. She had a large deck load of lumber. The disabled craft was sighted by Captain England, of the British four-masted bark Thistle which reached port last night from San Francisco. Captain England made the following statement: At 1 o'clock this afternoon we poss- ed a small steam schooner, flying an Inverted ensign and a red house (lag with a dollar mark In the center on the focrmost. The same sign wns.to be seen on the smokestack The schoon er appeared to be very deep In the water and had an Immense deck load for so small a boat. As nearly us I could ascertain, the deck load appear- ed to be In good order. "About 2 p. in. I .passed n second steam schooner bound sown, una siiowed her u blackboard with the Information regarding the first schoon er. I believe ner master un(iermoi what I wus trying to tell him, for he blew his whistle in reply, evidently meaning that he understood the mes sage. "The first steam schooner I saw was about 20 miles south of Tllla moor rock lighthouse, and wus wallow lng In the aea. Her engines were stopped mul she was Under foresull and Jib. We were going at such a fearful rate of speed that I could not make out her name or render any assistance. I have Informed the Cap tain of the Perry here of the matter." The vessel spoken by Captain Englund was unquestionably the Ri val, which departed yesterday from Wlllupa bay for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber. She Is a small craft of only 200 tons. So far as Is known, none of the other Dollur steamers Is now In northern waters. Captain Eng land reports that the second schooner sighted had the letter THISTLE'S PERILOUS TRIP. Caotain Ennland Diaranarda tha Warn. - r .. . .... inga of Pilot Mathews. The Thistle, which arrived late Inst night from San Franc Imo. made a. (ly ing trip up the coast, and came nearly establishing a rword between Sua Francisco and Astoria. She encounter very severe weather and crossed over the bar last night when tbe waves were breaking badly. "All the outer bar buoys at the mouth of the Columbia are gone." said Captain England, in relating his experience lost night, "and I eiper- ,' lenced tho great out difficulty In finding my way into the harbor. I naa ne pilot. I consider myself very fortun ate to have made port for 4 fearful ebb tide was running, V was a case of coming In or staying outside for a week, and I took a chain e. I hove not been to bed since I left Hun Francisco Tuesday afternoon. I was off the Fral lont's on Tuesday night and on Wed nesday was becalmed. At noon yes terday I was 280 miles off the Colum bia. Off th river this evening I spoke tho pilot schooner, uud Captain Matth ews signalled me to stand off. How ever, I wanted to go Into port, so ran for the bar. The lightship also dis played the same signal when I came up to the river, and It was evident tje men outside were fearful I would lo my ship." The Thistle's trip over the bar wu an exciting one. The breokers wer very great, and one monster wave swept the poop deck. Captain Eng-1 I..M.1 Mf.l.l YtA tlllll MA timn tn lllMlllW his signals coming In. for the reasoiVk that the undivided attention of I1 of the men was required to. safely nav igate the ship. The Thistle's pas sage from San Francisco occupied ti'ly four days, and her master's feat In crossing lust night w.is an exceptional one. The vessel registers 2192 tons and' will carry 3680 tons of grain. r!he has a 20s charter and will be loaded for the Q" on her United Kingdom by Kerr, Glfford & f smokestack, and there la no question Company. MUNROE BESTS 8HARKEY. Sailor Pugilist 8tanda No Show With Butta Miner, Philadelphia, Feb. 27. Jack Munroc outfought Tom Sharkey in a Mx-round bout here tonight. Munroe stepped from the ring without a mark, v.hlle both of Sharkey's eyes were hudly swollen. In the first round only did Sharkey have any advantage of Mun roe. After this the battle was' almost wholly in Munroe's favor. 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