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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER , 1905 1TII EASTERN EYES Astoria Scanned and Written Up by a Traveller. GOOD MAN HAS GOOD WORDS Rev. G. McPherson Hunter Has Kindly Remembrance of the City-by-tbe Sea Bnt Don't Think Much of the Lordly Columbia River. Aprops of thenotice published in the Marine column of this issue, anent the withdrawl of the Rev. J. F. Forsyth from the Seaman's chaplaincy at the port of Astoria, the following taken from the October number of the Sailors' Jdagaxine of Xew York City will be of decided interest. It sets forth the im pressions of Astoria and the Columbia River, reached by Rev. G. McIVrson Hunter, secretary of the American Sea man's Friend Society, on his trip to this coast last summer, and just published: "From Portland to Astoria the next station of the American Seamen's Friend Society, is a day's sail down the Columbia River, considered to be the greatest river on the Pacific coast. Some one has -written: "See Columbia's scenes and then roam no more: No more remains on earth to cultured eyes." "We have seen the Columbia River by day and night, its stretches of uninhabi ted desolation, heard the croak of its frogs, seen its sand dunes, herd the roar of its mountain torrents, noted its wasting wilderness and smiling valleys, and became convinced there ' remains much to ba seen by cultured ewn.' After the Hudson River it has some claim for consideration, yet its fame is greater than the Hudson. Salmon have given it a world-fame; salmon is king in Columbia- River. "Astoria is ten miles from the mouth HAVE YOU A CHANCE ON THAT NOT GET IT TODAY. ONE FREE It's Not What You Used to Be If s What You Are iToday AN OLD AND A TRUE SAYING INTENDED FOR HUMAN NATURE, BUT JUST AS APPLICABLE TO MERCHANDISE A STORE THAT HAS DONE BUSINESS AT THE SAME OLD STAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, NATURALLY ACCUMULATES A GREAT DEAL OF. OLD AND OUT OF DATE GOODS, WHICH THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO GET RID OF. SUCH MERCHANDISE IS NOT A BARGAIN AT ANY PRICE. IF YOU WISH TO AVOID PROCURING SUCH OLD AND OUT OF DATE GOODS PATRONIZE STORES WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'LL GET ONLY NEW GOODS. STYLES ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. NEW IDEAS ARE DAILY BEING INTRODUCED. IF YOU DESIRE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FASHION'S LATEST DICTATES MAKE YOUR VISIT TO THE BIG STORE MORE FREQUENTLY. THE FOARD & WHERE THE NEW THINGS ARE of the -river, Ita name is associated with John Jacob Astor and fur gather ing days, and like nearly all of the north-western cities it i built on the hills that slope to the water, with this difference that it has encroached on the river. Astorians have not accepted natural conditions but have waged war of them by driving piles into the sand of the river bed and building business blocks, homes and hotels on these pile I foundations. Underneath the broad 1 i streets and sidewalks the tide washes I out and in, and owner of town lots ;on the main business street must bo at jlow tide to view their property, for at 'high water they have nothing but the 'Columbia River washing around their piles. The waterfront is occupied by 'the salmon canneries, all of them busily working as the salmon was 'on the run.' 'At 10 a. m. a large salmon may he slow ly swimming up the river enjoyed the and liberty. The nets and fishermen enter on the scene and by noon eh is 'cased in a tin labllcd as a 'tine brand j ready for domestic or foreign eonsump t ion. We were shown the process of ; cleaning, cutting, packing, rooking, label Jing and stacking the noble salmon, and the rapidity with which this is accom- jplished is nothing short of wonderful. I "On Sunday we took part in the open air meeting held among the fishermen l who chanced to le idle that day. At ( night we had a "union meeting in the .Methodist Church, where the claims of jthe fishermen were brought before the neotde. The secretary Mke of the 1 j world-wide work of the society. Clwp lain West, of Seattle, told of his fishing idays in Astoria when he fished off the j Columbia River bar to earn money to j pay for his schooling and helped to build I the church where the servi.? were held, j From the standpoint of one who knew the fishemen's life he appealed for greater interest in their spiritual wel fare. Much interest was manifested in the meeting which we hoped will be pro- ductive of good to the men who really support the city. Formerly Astoria was an important shipping place, but owing to the dredging of the river bar ships no longer call there and fishing is the chief industry. With the passing years American fishermen have given way to foreigners, chiefly Finns, Swedes, Norwegian and Danes, with a proportion of Indians and Asiatics. Sunday is not (Continued on Page Eight.) FINE STEEL RANGE YET? IF WITH EVERY $1.00 PURCHASE STOKES CO. FIRST INTRODUCED. 1 J nss STEAM, CANVAS, GAS Seaman's Chapel Is Discontinued at This Port. STEAMER fLECTRO IS SOLD Odds and Ends of Fact and Gossip Gathered Yesterday on the Docks News of Coast, River and Bay Crait Coming, Going and Berthed. The Astorian is iu receipt of the fol lowing letter, which speaks very plainly for itself, and this paper, following its policy of years, stand ready to lend it influence at any and all times, to the rejuvevenation of the Seaman' Chapel and its work here, and can but depreci ate the inertia complained of, an in ertia chargeable in the first place, to the seamen themselves, or rather, per haps, to the lack of seauicu enough is this port to warrant the luainUiuance of such an institution. The letter read as follows and hails from Chaplain G. F. West of the Seattle Seaman's Friend Society: "The Rev. J. C. Forsyth, who has In-en acting a chaplain to seamen for this port, in behalf of the American Seamen's Friend Society, since the' old veteran chaplain. Rev. J. McCormac had to retire from a long and active service, will be withdrawn from tiki pot on account of the mi- satisfactory nature of the work carried ou at present. "The American Seamen's Friend Society is ready to resume operations again whenever local interest is manifested." FLOTSAM AND JETSAM The steamer Columbia will be here early tomorrow morning enroute to San Francisco. The Sue H. Elmore left yesterday morning for Tillamook City and other points on Tillamook Bay. . The steamer Eureka rame down from Portlund yesterday morning and left out for San Francisco before noon. The Russian ship Fenni got away to sea yesterday on her long winter voyage to Flamouth, England, fJood luck to her. ' The schooner Gerald C, i.1 due to leave out on the early tide this morning, for N'ehalem, with a mixed cargo of sixty tons. The barkentitie Portland, at anchor off the Flavel dock will go to Portland today, or tonight, under towage of the Oklahama. The I'nion Oil Company' tank packet, Whit tier will cross in from Santa Paula California, sometime this piorniug, if she's on top water. The barkenline Ceo. ('. Perkins is ready loaded for sea, at Kuinier and will be down today or tomorrow, probably in tow of the Harvest Queen. The steamer Wasp, a new counter run ning in here and to Portland, was the first vessel to get to sea yeterday from this port. She went to Sun Francisco. Keep your eye open fur the Telegraph today. She is coming down, oil-burners, new paint and all. She will do way business, hereafter, and not arrive so early as before. The motor schooner I)ella arrived in at noon yesterday, from Xestucca with twenty-two tons of hid'-, fish and cheese Captain Jensen reports fine weather and hope to get away again on Saturday. Word was received at the O. R. A X. dock here yesterday noon that the Herman ship Arthur Fitzger had left down on the Oklahama's hawser at 8 o'clock in the morning, but she had not arrived here at 8 o'clock last evening. Is the flagship Chicago lost? She was due to arrive here, on her way to Port land, several day ago, but at last ac counts she was at Seattle WhereAdmiral Goodrich was being banquet led and feted which is all right, but a simultane ous rumor has the dandy cruiser up under the lea of Port Angele spit throwing fifteen-inch sheila across the straila of Fuca, and .a third report has her headed for lower California to meet the fleet for general sea drill and great gun practice: Itivak the uspcne some body! The haikcntine Chehalis underwent inMvt ion yesterday at the hand of Special iVputy Collet-tor of Customs) Frank L, Parker, and left the Knappton mills under tow of the Tatoosh for the lower bay, whence she will depart this morning for Valparaiso, Chill, with a cargo of 7U7.0OO feet of lumler, valued at alMiut $8,000. It is nnmtunccd that the Pacillc Coat Steamship Company ha awarded the contract to Morun llrother of Seattle for tlie construction of a steel steamer of 1,500 tons register, to I Hcd on the Sau Francisco ami Puget Sound route. The vessel is to have a sjH-ed of 17 knot an hour and will I equipped in a most modem style. The C Dernier tug Melville was do ing duty yesterday, a towboat for the moving target used a an objective by the gunners at Fort Steven! but though she swung up and down the channel north of the fort for the Utter part of the day not a single shot wa fired at the ungainly thing she hauled' astern at the end of her 300 fathom hawser. The l.imlstrom shipbuilding Company of Alierdeen, i to build a new lumber carrier for the Portland Milling Coin pan v to cost in the neighborhood of .fs.ix). Her dimensions will lie, length IS.', feet; beam .18 feet, depth 121 feet. She will be up-to-date in the way of steam carrier and will have room for a million feet when loaded to the full. ' r A indicated in these column nearly a month ago the beautiful little steamer Klcctro of this port, now doing duty ns quarantine ImmI for Ir. Hay lis II. Farh the government health officer here, ha been sold. The bill of sale was filed at the custom house yester day. W. V. Ilahliidge well hi entire interest in the steamer to John W. and James (J. liahhiilge, for the hum of WJHW.OO. The Kam steamer I.urline came down from Portland yesterday evening after a ten-day lay-up on account of mashing her port cylinder head. She is In prime . Jg X5fe j-U BEELSJHIVE Special This Week Reductions in Raincoats Ladies' Craven nette Coats in Tan and Oxford $20.0 oto It 8.00 1 1 8.oo to 1 16.00 1 1 6.00 to 1 1 4.00 Special for this Week Ladies' Suits 833.00 to $28.30 $25.00 tO $22.00 We have a grand line of Ladies' suite from $10.00 to $35.00 in all the newest styles. Children's" Bear in Coats All Colors at l3.$o Millinery Reductions in all street -bats. Y hiic again and takes up her run regit tally. She got away on good time last night, with the following up river pas senger: Capt. W. W. Ilabbldge and family, W. K. SehlmpIT, W. C. Anderson, C. F. Cootling, O. Nelson, Mrs. Emma Shephsrd, J. oodwlck and Mr. and Mrs (!. W, Honlemix. There are a lot of people in Astoria who would lie glad to see Harry lllauch ard, the purser of the Potter, once In a while. Hut bo never comes ahore. Its a trick he has to make yotr-travel on the Potter, and that's no "hardship cither, hut it a low down juggle on his friend that can't travel but once a year. They do say that he ha dyed hi aur ora horcali hair a stygian black and don't dure to come olf the gangway, but to prove even this you've got to hunt him iu his lair in the forward cahiu to starboard. COUNTY COURT IN SESSION. Greattt Part of the Day Is Spent in Auditing Bills. Count v Court convened yesterday morning for the November session, but la there were a great many claim to audit before Is-ginning other work, but few matter were disposed of. A'l member of the court were prern'. at tln meeting. In regard to the matter of creating a diking district the court ha been In formed by Mr. Allen that he will give an opinion on the subject on Novcm lr 8th. It was decided to re-advertise for Mil for covering with gravel or puncheon a section oi Komi ,o. vt. near Elsie, the bid to include the fur Hid for printing the delinquent tax was Instructed accordingly. An order was nude MistHining ac tion on the petition to vacate the plat of Vetport until the first day of the iVcciiilicr term. The county clcrrk was inlucted to notify each of the mad district super visors, when making hi annual report, to state the number of miles of road in his district. Hid were irned for the Improvement of Polk street from th County road to a connection to the north approach t to the Young'c Bay drawbridge, but action wa postponed until a conference i held with the street commissioner this morning. Hid for printing the deliin-nt tax list were Djiened. They ranged from 3 to 11 cent per line. The contract waa ordered awarded to the lowest bidder. Work will be resumed thi morning on the unfinished business THE ROACHS ARE COMING. At Fisher' opera house commencing next Monday evening, the Hom-h Dra matic Company will inaugurate a season of two week apfiesring Monday in the rnmed.v-drama. "My Sweetheart," and prislucing a different play each evening. The company will give away during their stay a number of present includ ing sewing machines gent and la ides bicycle, talking machine, camera, mandolin mid other useful article. The company come well recommended by press and public whereever they have ap peared. Prices of admission are within the reach of all, being only I'M-, 2.V, and 3.k Seat sale oh ii Saturday morning at 'IrilTin Iwmk store, where alo-the pri.e will he on exhibition. Croup, A reliable medicine and one that should ulway Ih kept in the home for immediate use i ( ha mbcrlu in' Cough Remedy. It will prevent the attack if given as soon a the child liecomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appear. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggist. A Big Tea and Coffee sale. Enormous Premiums Free. Don't miss this sale. It will save you lots of money. Great American Importing Tea Co. BTI C.nmerrlal at., Aal.rla Our 100 stores help ui to help you tm tIsM;g mi J sw X " ' Remember If you buy a Suit or Overcoat bear ing P. A. STOKES label and It doe not give the wear you expected It should, bring It back and we will refund your monry. P. A. STOKES Keeps Dressy Shop for Dressy Ms. Accordion. Sunburst and Knife Pleating To Order STEAM PROCESS. No Hot Irons. No Burning of Goods. Miss O. Could Eighth Floor, Marquam Building. PORTLAND. Prompt and Careful Atttatloi Given to all Out-of-Towo Orders. la Tims of Pesos. In the first month of the Rusla dap an war we had a striking rumple of the necessity for preparation and tht early advantage of tlio who, so to peak, "have shingled their roof in dry weather." The virtue of preparation ha niado history and given tV ' ua our greatest men. The Individual a well a the nation should be prepared 4 for any emergency. Are you prepared to successfully combat the first rold you take? A cold ran be cured much more quickly when lis-ald a soon a It ha Is-come settled in the eyl Chamliei Iain's Cough Itetnedy is famous for it cures of cold and it shouldtie kept at hand ready for instant uc. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggist. AT LESS THAN COST. ' Mrs. Ito, of the Hos millinery par lor Is contemplating a departure from the city, lasting until tlie resumption of her spring business as soon as she can dispose of her present stock of good and to expedite this, will, begin ning this morning, place the entire stock on sale t less than cost. NOTICE. Write u for big bargain in ITurst Automatic Switch A Signal Co., stork liefore the switch gies 011 road. Regular pnee $5.75. Our price much lower. How can we do it? We hold more shares than we can conveniently carry and must sacrifice to raise rash. For particu lar address W. J. Curtis A Co., 215 Commercial block, Portland, Ore. The Astorlan, 7fte per month. ' The Astoria Restaurant. GOOD, CLEAN MEALtS EXCELLENT SERVICE OPEN ALL NIGHT 399 Bond St., cor. Ninth