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ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20.
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NO DANGER
OF TEREDO
Columbia Jetty Will Not Again
Be Damaged by Peculiar
Salt-Water Worm.
ENGINEERS WILL AVOID IT
Damage Thus Far Ione Has Oo.
curred in Salt.water May
That Will Be Obliterated
With PUinff.
According to Major C, W. Langfltt.
tordos will not do very much more
damage to the piling in the Jetty work
at the mouth of the Columbia river.
He states that the insect is a salt
water worm and It Is Impossible for it
to' thrive where there Is any fresh
water. The flow of the Columbia ex
tends over a big area off the mouth
of the river, and for that reason he
holds that the toredo will not likely
cause any more trouble.
The damage that they have thus tar
wrought, explains the major, was In a
sort of an eddy which consisted of
Bait water altogether. Outside of that
small area, which Js made . ud of a
liberal supply of fresh water, the pil
ing has remained untouched by the
Insect An examination shows that
the timbers are as sound as the day
when they were driven. In making
the repairs the plan which the United
States engineers havedeclded upon Is
to drive the new piling around the
ddy mentioned, where the waters of
the Columbia extend, and it Is then be
lieved that the toredo evil will nave
jbeen overcome.
A couple of the pieces of the piling
which had been eaten out by the in
aect are now on exhibition at the
Portland customs house. One of
them is from a pile that was placed in
position during the rammer of 190S.
It has been literally bored full of holes,
and at a distance resembles a large
sponge. Some of the holes are al
most half an Inch in diameter, while
others are smaller, showing that the
worms have attained various de
crees In pise.
The holes resembles ' small tunnels
and shafts, connected In the same
manner that a miner might perform
the work on a claim, from which he
lis preparing to take out ore.
PERSONAL MENTION.
1 Harrison U Hamblet is down from
Portland.
Albert Dunbar returned from a short
business trip to Portland yesterday.
H. M. Bransford left yesterday for
Toke Point, to remain for a few days.
' Mrs. Geo. R. Johnson arrived from
Portland yesterday morning to Join
Iter husband, who is employed on The
Astorian.
Mrs. P. J. Collins, of Portland, arriv
ed In the city last evening. She will
remain to care for her sister, Mrs. Fred
Brown, who will undergo an operation
this afternoon.
HEAVY GUNS SILENCED.
Proximity Of Ships And Buildings
Make Firing Impractical.
New Tork, Oct. 19. It has been
decided by the war department to
AiannHnne heavy run practice at
There is no
Taking chances by
paying 95.00 for a pair
of shoes of some other
kind, when you can get
the same quality by pay
ing only $3.50 and $3.00
for line Brown Shoe Co.
Shoes. ' Other prices
$1.40, $1.50, $2.00,
$2.50, $2.75 $3.00.
For School Wear
There is nothing lik
"Good for Bad Boys
Shoes" and "District 76."
They save you money.
rVrts Hancock, Wadsworth and Ham
ilton. Artillery officers say condi
tions about lower New Tork bay have
become such as to render practice
with the big guns almost Impossible.
This was illustrated at the last prac
tice when 21 days were occupied on a
piece of target work which on a
clean range would have been finished
In a forenoon.
Vessels constantly were getting In
the way and so long as any crafts
were near the target tiring had to be
suspended, as orders strictly prohibit
taking the slightest risk.
Residents at Senate and Coney
Island complained recently that the
concussion from the guns was doing
great damage to their homes, break
ing windows, loosening plaster and
damaging foundations.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Psrksr House.
Wm. Winters, Portland.
C. O. Patrick. Salem.
R. Matthews, Portland.
Henry A. Bergman, Chinook. Wash.
J. Rotas, Portland.
Wm. Winters. Portland.
Mrs. G. Ludlow. Portland.
Miss Lena Fisher. Toketand, Wash.
AV. H. Cooper, Portland.
J. Kneal. Portland.
GOVERNMENT IS LIBERAL
Will Ship Sixty Per Cent of St. Louis
Exhibit to Portland. -
St. Louis. Oct. 18. At a meeting to
day of the United States government
board of the St. Louis . exposition, It
was decided to ship 60 per cent of
the government exhibit to the Lewis
and Clark exposition.
William, M. Eddons, of Washington,
has been designated as secretary and
disbursing officer for the Lewis and
Clark exposition.
Hero Awards to Be Deferred.
Pittsburg, Oct, !. At a meeting
today of the Carnegie hero-fund com
mission It was decided that no awards
of medals or benefits be made before
the next meeting, January 18. 1906.
Then the executive committee is ex
pected to report on 5 cases.
Barry N. Hilliard Kills Himself.
Spokane. Wash, Oct 19. Barry N.
Hilliard, for many years prominent In
mining and political circles In Idaho,
shot himself to death at Lake View.
Idaho, today. .
. Fight Called Off.
Butte. Mont, Oct. 19. The Herrera-
Goodman match, scheduled for October
21 has been called oft. The reason
assigned Is that the Mexican is sick.
A Love Letter.
Would not interest you if you're
looking for a guaranteed salve for
sores, burns or piles. Otto Dodd of
Ponder, Mo, writes: "I suffered with
an ugly sore for a year, but a- box of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. It's
the best salve on earth. 36c at Chae.
Lou Dillon Recovers.
Memphis, Oct 19. Lou Dillon has
recovered from the attack of the
"thumps" from which she suffered
Tuesday In the race with Major Del
mar. She was taken out today and
Jogged slowly around the track.
Removal Notice.
'Dr. J. A. Fulton has moved from
his old office to rooms 4, 5 and 8 In
the Star theater building, corner Elev
enth and Commercial streets, on the
second floor,
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DIFFERENT
STORY TOLD
Saving in Construction of Court
House Foundation Alleged
to Be Mythical.
STATEMENT OF CONTRACTORS
Finn That Hid on Work Claim
Court's Statement lias Put
Them in Wroitjr Light
Before Public.
Astoria, Ore., Oct, 19. (Editor The
Astorlan.) Please allow Us to give to
the public throuRh your papea "a few
facts regarding the court house foun
dation not yet published. . ., ,. ,
The report in yesterday's paper of
W. A. Grondahl, C. E., submitted by the
county clerk showing cost of the court
house foundation aud comparing the
same with bids submitted for the'work.
Is such a misstatement of facts that it
is but Justice to ourselves -alright
that the public should be made se
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qualnted with the truth.
Mr. Grondahl, in comparing the work
performed with the. bid thereon, states
that the work was performed under the
specification.
In answer we wish to state that this
work was not performed in accordance
with, the plans and specifications sub
mitted to contractors. The specifics
tlons required the excavating qf 3335
cubic yards of earth, while not to ex
ceed 800 cubic yards were removed
by Mr. Grondahl; that the gravel and
sand blanket should be well puddled;
this was not done, but the crushed rock
was dumped Just as It came from the
rock crusher until tilling was complete.
The Kahn's steel bars were to have
all diagonals set true, and properly
spaced on cement mortar one Inch
thick. This was not done, but the bars
were placed Just as they arrived, the
bars being bent in all conceivable
shapes, and the cement coating was
not one inch thick. Besides, the speci
fications required the surface of the
basement floor to be covered with ce
ment mortar one Inch thick, troweled
to a smooth finish, a total of about 22,
000 square feet, worth about $2200.
which is not included in their report,
and will have to be done. Also, the
county is now having several thousand
yards of earth filling, not included In
the report, and which would have been
avoided had the work been performed
as planned and specified. i
Any contractor could have performed
this work as It has been done for the
cost reported and made a handsome
profit but he would not have been per
mitted to do so. Mr. Grondahl and the
county court were well acquainted with
the above facts when they Issued their
report, and we were surprised that they
should make such a misstatement 6f
facta While we do not "wlsh 'ln any
way to oppose the county court or Mr.
Grondahl's posing as benefactdrs Of a
tax-ridden community, even through
and by a misstatement of facts, we
certainly object te the use of our names
for any such purpose. : '
This communication was offered to
the Budget for publication, as the
statement of the county clerk was pub
lished in that paper, but the Budget
refused to publish it Respectfully,
FERGUSON & HOUSTON,
One of the Bidders.
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CONVICT SUICIDED.
Attempted Murderer Takes His Life at
Ssn Qusfttin.
San Francisco, Oct W. Sjanley.
s, convict at San Quentin prison, com
mitted suicide In a cell at the prison
today. Stanley oame from Satnlslaus
county to serve two years for an at
tempt to commit murder.
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Hsrvsrd Wins Golf Championship.
'Hamilton, Mass., Oct. 19. Harvard
won the intercollegiate golf champion
ship for the seventh time today, de
feating Tale In the final round by a
scorOf IStt to 5.
Shriners Elect Officers. '
Washington, Oct If). The annual
meeting of the Imperial council of no-
til
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blf of the Mystic Bhrlners of North
America today elected officers, Includ
ing J. F. Wright, of Richmond, Va..
Imperial potentate. ,',.
Public Lands Released.
Washington, Oct. 19. Commissioner
Richards, of the general land office, to
day made the following statement:
There have been recently leased from
temporary withdrawal made for forest
reserve purposes 5,107,000 acres, of
which there are In Idaho 1,420,(00
acres; ' In Oregon, (82,940 acres; In
Washington, 235,000 acres.
Orders taken "or Brown Bros.'
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store.
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