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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1908)
3 12 T1IK MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOKIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1908. ;1 i 'f i ! ? i; i ! 1 , J ! ' l 4 . t 1 HOTEL MOORE, SEASIDE. 4 ."A 11 ' THE BOARD WALK AND PIER. SEASIDE. SEASIDE, THE FAMOUS COAST RESORT. HT THE sheltered end of the great sweeping bight formed by the frrwning, mountainous pile of Tillamook Head and the foothill that run down to the const from Saddle Mountain ami its kindred heights, lies the famous sea resort of Oregon, the city of Seaside; a town with a normal, out-of -season population of 1200 souls, a long-summer population of from seven to nine thousand; and a transient list of happy visitors verging close upon the 100,000 mark each year. Its miles of fine beach and its glory of turbvileut, yet rythmic wean water, breaking ceaselessly and grandly, from the giant cape on the south, to the mouth of the beautiful Neeanicnm on the north, give every tourist and seeker after rest, tangible and anient cause for his and her stay there, be it for an hour, a day, or a season. The place is amenable to a full municipal government, which i administered with careful oversight, not alone for the comfort and pro tection of the home-people, but for the shifting thousands that seek pleasure there during the year. At present this public duty lies in the capable of Mayor W. S. Ilenninger; Recorder W. E. Burke, and Coun cilmen F. H. Moore (at large), T. J. Haycox, F. II. Laighton, A. W. Duncan, and A. W. Anderson. The city owns a fine site on which i erected a creditable city hall, the whole valued at $9000; and harbor in the same building its fire-fighting apparatus, as well as the city offices. Th finances of Seaside are in admirable condition, the city having no warrant indebtedness, and owes only for its water plant bonds in a sum approximating $12,000; and owns and manages its water source and service, and this, with $3000 cash in its treasury; so that with this good year it starts practically even with the outer world, from a business standpoint It has ample postal facilities to meet the varying demands of its service at all times of the year, and this element of public accommoda tion is in the capable hands of Mr. Edwin S. Abbott. A marshal and fire chief, with proper assistance, keep instant oversight on the safety uul peace of townsman and visitor alike, ami do it well. With '300 little people to educate, it miihttains a tine public school, erected at a cost of $8000; and these interests are safeguarded by School Directors R. J. Thorpe and A. II. Wilson, with J. W, Hranstator, as principal ; and are flourishing with marked success. This year witnesses the introduction of the Twelfth grade, the complete high school course, at this point. Other important moral factors in this up-to-date place are three flourishing churches; the Methodist Episcopal, with an $8lKMI house and a lare congregation; and the Protetfnnt Episcopal, and the Roman Catholic Churches, each with their own houses of worship and large and devoted congregations. These agencies have contributed heavily to the proven access of population and improvement that, it is said, have trebled in the past two years. The city site is a large, roomy range of hill, valley and beach land, and discountenances anything approaching congestion of habitat or highway, always a distinct charm in places of resort like this. It lies beautifully and is traversed, without fatigue, to and from its myriad A n Mr I t"mr n "Saw! aw' L - A I I "" r - 5 S I. Kaliit 11 tr 'a ffi AM' A points of interest ; a tired victor has but a ninglo step to make to acoure the nuietude and rest denied him in the ruh of Its main avenue, for the place is a delightful compound of woodland glade and nun-lit, hIicH- STREET SCENE. SEASIDE. WHEN IN SEASIDE If you want to see a man you will find hint at "The Antlers" SALOON where only the best is handled C. C. CLARK. Proprietor. 1 W. S. HENNINGER, Prest. and Gen. Mgr. A. H. WILSON, Vice-Prest. and Supt. Seaside Lumber tit Manuf acturing Co, SEASIDE. OREGON rr' - -. k 1 A,vi i 0 " OUR SPECIALTY High grade Spruce and Hemlock Lumber From Stump to Consumer
