WEDNESDAY, JULY 22'.:
DECK AND DOCK I1EHE
YESTERDAY
STILL PROMISES A
DREDGE TO RECLAIM
TIDE LANDS
NEW SYSTEM
STEAMSHIP SARK ARRIVES IN
FROM BAY CITY -EUREKA
HERE FROM EUREKA-SHIPS,
DATES AND CARGOES.
MANAGER OF PACIFIC STATES
WORK TO COMMENCE SOON
ON THROWING UP A DYKE
FOUR MILES LONG ON
YOUNG'S RIVER.
COMPANY REITERATES AS
SURANCES THAT SYSTEM
WILL BE BETTERED.
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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
A report was current at midnight
last night that there was a vessel
outside on fire, and that she was be
ing towed in, No cofinrmation of
the report could be obtained. At
North Head nothing had been heard
and it was reported there hat the fog
was so heavy that nothing could be
seen more than a tew hundred teet
away. Nothing had been seen on
either side of the river up to and
after midnight. The Tatoosh had
heard nothing and lay at her dock.
To the little British ship Arctic
Stream will be awarded the blue rib
bon of the foreign craft belonging to
the 1907 season grain vessels sailing
from the Golumbia River. Captain
Charles C. Dixonmaster of the ship,
in a cablegram to a Portland friend,
stated that the Arctic Stream arrived
in Queenstown early Monday morn
ing. She sailed from the mouth of
the river late on the afternoon of
April 1, thus making the 'passage in
the remarkably fast time of 110
sailing days. This is one of the
smartest passages made from Port
land to. Queenstown .or Falmouth,
and is the record for the past 20
years for a sailing vessel of small
class, the Arctic Stream being but 250
feet long and 35 feet beam. She was
buit in 1885 at Port Glasgow, Scot
land, of the best iron no steel plates
having been put in her hull, and on
lines that make her look like an over
grow nyacht. She is owned by C. E.
DeWolf & Co., of Liverpool.
The Norwegian steamship Sark
crossed in from San Francisco, at 5
o'clock yesterday morning and went
direct to the Hammond Lumber Co.'s
docks, where she will take on an in
itial load; going thence to Portland
for part cargo and returning to the
Hammond plant, will take on her
deckload and sail for Port Pirie, Aus
tralia. Captain Ike Turppa has been ap
pointed master of the Kamm steamer
Lurline, temporarily, vice Captain Mc
Cully, who is . in attendance upon
court in Portland upon a charge of
exceeding the speed limits of the
"harbor" there, and who will resume
command shortly.
The Armeria, flagship of the light
house fleet of tenders in the 13th dis
trict, has completed her repairs and
will leave out shortly for Nome,
Alaska, on a supply trip, and will not
show up here before concluding that
voyage. j
The steamship Geo. W. Elder cross
ed in at noon yesterday from thej
California coast, with a big list of
passengers and a fair manifest of
freight, and went on to Portland al-j
most immediately.
Captain Archie Cann's new pleasure
motor, the "Myrtle," has been tried
out with happy results and is now one
of the marine successes of the day in
Astoria waters.
The schooner Mabel Gale, now on
drydock at San Francisco, will make
this port on her first voyage out, and
load lumber at the Columbia mills, at
Knappton, for Molendo.
The steamer Eureka arrived in yes
terday at 10 a. m. from Eureka, and
after a brief stay at the Callender, left
up for Portland. She was flying rather
light.
The handsome lighthouse tender
Heather came in from Coos Bay yes
terday. She has been laying a sys
tem of buoys in those waters.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore is due
in from Tillamook at any hour.
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our name. If you find
any such, you know what
to do.
Tnr f reetr return roar mmj If jm Am''
tot ScUUlsf'i Buti mutkin.
Several more men have been added
to the force employed by the Pacific
States Telephone Company, and the
work of changing the wires over to
cables is progressing rapidly. In
letter written to the Chamber . of
Commerce in reply to a communica
tion recently received by him. Mr,
Brunold, local manager of the com
pany, states that this work is prepa
ratory to the installation ot new in
struments and a new switchboard,
Patrons of the Astoria Telephone
Company, according to the comments
heard on the streets and in other
places where the telephone matter
has been discussed during the past
week, seem to be well satisfied with
the efforts made by Mr. Brunold to
better the service. The criticisms are
in no wise made against him.
Perhaps it is times that our side
of the matter be heard a little," said
Mr. Brunold in reply to questions put
to him by a representative of The
Astorian last evening. "It is erron
eousc to sav that we are starting
work now. We are simply continu
ing what had already been commenc
ed, though the employment of new
men will permit the work to go on
more rapidly. That new wires, new
instruments and a new switchboard
are to be installed within a reasonably
short time is an assured fact. The
preparatory work is being done rap
idly now. It is only a matter of a
reasonably short time before the en
tire work will be completed. I am
sorry that I cannot state just when
the new instruments and switchboard
will be here, but my personal belief
is that it will be a very short time.
"When our system is completed it
will be strictly up-to-date. It is a
pretty big undertaking to completely
overhaul a telephone system, and per
haps it is only fair that the public be
asked to exercise a little patience."
Mr. Brunold said that the service
now given is excellent; that is, the
time required by the operators to re
spond to a call is merely a matter of
a second or so. utners nave ODserv-
ed that the girls are responding
quickly.
That the patrons will wait patient
ly for the Pacific States Company to
rehabilitate its system may be expect
ing too much, though ft is evident
that Mr. Brunold thinks it is only
fair and right that it should. Right
fully or wrongfully, the impression
gained by the patrons seems to be
that the promises of the company are
hardly to be trusted, though there is
no doubt that many are disposed to
feel that the best outcome of the
matter would be that the present com
pany should go ahead and improve its
entire system so that proper service
could be had. The idea of two com
peting companies, or of a municipal
system, apparently meets with little
favor.
NEW TO-DAY
GOOD WOOD.
If you want a good load of fir wood
or box wood ring up KELLY the
WOOD DEALER,
The man who keeps the
PRICES DOWN.
Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th
and Duane.
The Palace Restaurant
An phase of hunger can be daintily
gratified at any hour of the day or
night at the "Palace Restaurant The
kitchen and dining room service are
of the positive best. Private dining
100ms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it. Commercial
street, opposite Page building.
The Commercial
One of the coziest and most popu
lar resorts in the city is the Commer
cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant
sitting room and handsome fixtures
all go to make an agreeable meeting
place for gentlemen, there to discuss
the topics of the day, play a game of
billiards and enjoy the fine refresh
ments served there. The best . of
goods are only handled, and this fact
being so well known, a large business
is done at the Commercial, on Com
mercial street, near Eleventh.
Shine Them Up.
Ladies' shoes called for, shined and
returned. Phone Main 3741.
LADY MANICURIST ENGAGED.
"The Modern," A. E. Petersen's
beautiful tonsorial establishment, has
A great dredge, with a boom on it
that has a sweep of somewhat over
70 feet, has been in process of build
ing in a slip down near the old wood
yard dock, and the contract calls for
the completion of the drcdac tomor
row, i estcrday it was said by the
builder, J. D. Heckard, that it would
be in readiness on contract time. '
This big dredge has been built for
the purpose of dyking thousands of
acres of tide lands over on Young's
river, a project that will mean much
to the farmers in that locality. It is
estimated that fully 5000 acres will be
reclaimed, and a contract has been
entered into to complete the work of
dyking these lauds within a period of
two years. It is probable, however,
that the work will be completed in
about a year of actual work.
K. F. Johnson & Company are the
owners of the dredge, which has been
constructed for the primary purpose
of doing the work over on Young's
river. If is 80 feet in length over all,
and 26 feet in width. It is built of big
imbers and in a strong and durable
manner, the house over the boilers
and engine is well made, as are the
cabins and other rooms, and the ap
pearance of the entire work indicates
that everything has been made in the
best manner possible. The boouj, 72
feet long, is of tide land spruce, and
about 18 inches square at the base
and tapering off to about 14 inches at
the outer end.
It is understood that the dyking
will be carried on for a distance of
four miles. It is proposed to throw
up a barrier of earth 12 feet wide at
the top, and solid and high enough to
keep out the waters of the river.
Behind the four miles of dyking it is
estimated that there are about 5,000,-
000 acres which will thus be re
claimed. At present these 'tide lands
re, as a rule, not worth much, but it
said that once the dyke is built
their value should easily jump to
$100 per acre. For dairying. The
owners of the lands in question have
gotten together and organized a dis-
ncl, and have agreed that each acre
of land that is benefitted by the dyk
ing shall pay its proportionate share
I the cost.
The work of reclaiming these tide
lands on Young's river is one of the
biggest jobs of its kind ever under-
aken in this vicinity. The enterprise
is one that apparently promises rich
returns and, while it requires an out-
ay of money, it should prove of cer
tain benefit to the enterprising men
who have the courage and business
instinct to take it up.
It is expected the dredge will be
ested tomorrow or the next ,day and
robably within a very few days will
c at work over on Young's river.
been further modernized by the per
manent engagement of a highly train
ed young lady manicurist, who will
also serve the house as cashier.
The very best board to be obtained
in
the city is at "The Occident
Hotel." Rates very reasonable.
New Grocery Store.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
1281.
Five months' interest paid January 1
1909, on deposits made in our Savings
Department before August 1, 1908.
Scandinavian-American Savings Bank.
The Clean Man.
The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best.
The Passion Play wil be shown at
The Jewell the coming week. A fea
ture of the entertainment will be a
lecture at each evening's perform
ance. 7-21-3t
It
is better to cure the little coucrh
than to take chances of consumption.
The best couch cure Is Kemp's Balsam.
Druggists sell it at 25 cents and 50
sents a bottle.
Lane's Family Medicine will give you
digestion that will permit you to eat
good things Instead of "health foods" of
various sorts that are as palatable as
hay.
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one of these suits is worth at least
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ANOTHER CITIZEN TO
THE FRONT
TAXPAYER HAS A WORD OF
CAUTION IN REGARD TO. A
SEAWALL AND ITS ATTEND
ANT PUBLIC COSTS.
The following communication was
filed in this office yesterday with a
request that it be published, a favor
that is conceded, as much for the
temperate and reasonable treatment
of a broad and popular topic, as for
the Astorian's desire to publish every
thing of rational sort in this connec
tion, for, and against, the enterprise,
in order that the voting citizens of
Astoria "may have a full and' accurate
estimate of the project by the time
their votes shall be demanded in final
solution of the question:
"To the Editor:
"I have listened to considerable
wild talk about 'the seawall' for some
time by men who I was' convinced,
did not know what they were talking
about, but in a local of the evening
paper, I read what purported to be a
synopsis of the ideas of the commit
tee appointed by the common council,
to formulate a bill for the considera
tion of the voters at the coming city
election, authorizing the building of
a seawall in front of the city and fill
ing in the streets and lots, etc.
"I wish to say that I am heartily
in favor of, and will aid, as far as in
mc lies, any measure that may be in
augurated for the advancement or
betterment of the city of Astoria.
Knowing, however, the disposition of
many of my fellow citizens, 'to bite
off more than they can chew' and
their tendency to rush in, without
much consideration as to where they
are to come out, I therefore, feel
some anxiety as to the outcome of
many of their schemes,
Personally, I am not competent to
plan or build a seawall and I know
that members of the common coun
cil are ih about the same fix as I am,
in that respect, such matters having
been outside of their training and
business experience, but my ovvji ex-
$1.25
Inducement
few two-piece
reduced to
reduced to
reduced to
Nobby Clothier
.Cherry Time.
Is here and if you want the best the mar
ket affords, at the right price, leave your
order with us and you'll get satisfaction.
Acme Grocery Co.
HIGH GRADE
521 COMMERCIAL STREET
perienee teaches me, however, that
before I would begin to build, say a
new house, I .would undoubtedly
have plans drawn, and an. estimate of
the cost of finishing it made by an ex
pert in such matters.
"I know that the members of the
common council haye given little, if
any, consideration either to the plan
or cost of the seawall, in that regard,
such as filling in the streets, probably
raising buildings and so forth, all of
which should" be carefully considered
in a business-like way, before a bur
den is laid on the people, that many
would be unable to bear.
"If this letter will awaken the in
terest of the property owners of the
city (because it affects all of the city),
and they will give the matters careful
thought and consideration so that this
matter, if it is thought to their best
interests to do it, be conducted on
business lines by competent business
men, then it will have served its pur
pose. "TAXPAYER."
New Business Venture.
Mr. E. G. Gunall has opened a boot
and shoe repairing establishment in
the building at the corner of Eighth
and Commercial streets, formerly oc
cupied by N. Akerman. Your patron
age id respectfully solicited. Open
evenings. ' 7-lS-tf
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