The morning Astorian., July 28, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

TUKHDAY, JULY i!8, 1908
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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LEADING
TERSE TILES GF THE I0WK
Root Blaae
The fire department was summon
cd to a small roof blaze on 3th
itrect yesterday., morning, at 10!
o'clock, and promptly met and iub -
dited the incipient fire, which was
arren of damage.
New Fir Box In
Tire Chief C. E. Foster was busy
yesterday installing another fire
alarm box, at Eleventh street and
Franklin avenue. It is "No. 8'' and
worked like a charm when tested up
last evening at 5 o'clock.
Services At Hammond I
The Rev, W. S. Short, rector of .
Grace Episcopal Church, announced
Sunday evening that he would hold :
services at Hammond on Wednesday
evening of this week. Rev. John I
Warren will assist in the Hammond
services. !
Doing; Well
Miss Jennie Johnson, of Knapp
ton, who was brought to St. Mary's
hospital last week to be operated on
for appendicitis, is doing nicely and
it is thought that her complete re
covery will now be rapid, and she
will be able to return home in a short
time.
No Fall-Off There
In making up the totals of his
freight handling, in and out of this
station, for the last fiscal year, yes
terday, City Agent Giles B. Johnson
found that that element of the com
pany s business had increased over
1907, by practically 100 cars, a cir
cumstance he was very glad to note
and report.
Former Astorian Dead
Christ Thompson, a former resi
dent of Astoria, is reported to have
died at Reno, Nevada, several days
ago, after a long illness with con
sumption. The deceased, about ten
years ago, lived in this city and was
well known here at that time.. He
was 45 years old, unmarried, and a
native of Sweden.
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May Not Recover
Sam Johnson, the man who was
kicked in the head by a horse a few
days ago, is in a very critical condi
tion at St. Mary's hospital, and is not
xpectcd to live more than a few days
at the most. Since the accident he
has been unconscious almost contin
ually, excepting Sunday when he was
conscious for a few moments only.
Red Men Meet
The state council of the Improved
Order of Red Men will meet at Med
ford today, ""Delegates from Astoria
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GROCERS.
will be present, as follows: Thomas
Loughcry, Peter Dourcl, Andrew
Birch and Thomas Dcalcy. W, C. A.
I'tdil and Dr. Henderson are officers
of the grand body and will alto be
l'rflMJnt'
Midle ?l Au
Captain Obec, the gentleman who
'is out here seeking to develop ,the
deep-sea trawling fisheries, and who
is now on Pugct Sound seeking a
oteamer of size and build adequate
to the actual service, has written a
friend here that he has discovered the
exact thing he wants and ia negotiat-
ing a charter and hopes to have the
5 vessel in Astoria waters by the
', middle of the coming month.
A Happy Cre
J. S. Morris, of Portland, who
maintains a cozy house-boat, on
Young's River, near the falls, is at
present, host to a pleasant party of
gentleman friends, who joined him
yesterday for a week's outing They
were Messrs. H. C. Bowers, "mine
host" of the Hotel Portland; Ion
Lewis, the well known architect, and
who designed the new "Wcinhard
Aitoria" for this city; Wert Minor,
II. 0. Stickney, W. H. Hurlburt, J.
D. Wilcox, and J. C. Lewis.
Forest Fires Reported
Reports from Portland state that
there is a bad forcM fire back of
Coble and one of even larger pro
portions near Rainier. For the past
tour or five days a big blaze has been
raging along the Willamette near
the mouth of the Willamette slough.
Because of the fact that the woods
are green and fairly damp the fires
have not made rapid headway. A
passenger who came down on the
A. & C. yesterday morning from
Portland states that he saw no evi
dence of the fires from the train.
Seaside Improvement
The completion of Seaside's nc
and handsome postoffice building, by
Alex Gilbert, Sr., is a distinct credit
to the coast city and to its builder,
who is very happy over the prompt
and cordial reception given it by the
department officers sent out to ex
amine, and accept it. It is absolutely
modern in all details, and is equipped
Chocolates
the best in the world
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with 450 boxco, tach with a combina
tion lock, thus doing away with
key, Mr, Gilbert wa In the city
yesterday am', was the recipient of
congratulations on all sides,
Will Have It Treated
I Civil Engineer J. G. Kelly, who is
here to supervise the auxiliary water
pipe line needed ty the Astoria
! Water Commission, had the misfor
I tune to get a fly in his left eye on
; Sunday, and the insect has left its
mark in very tangible and painful
shape, The optic is wickedly inflamed
and he has had to cover it at the
light Deemed to make it rapidly
worse, hour by hour He left up for
I Portland last evening to advise with
his family physician and to have the
matter treated.
Timbers Will Not Bother
Superintendent John McGuire of
the A, & C, was in the city yester
day, to square hi church delinquen
cies, and attend to some passing mat
ters for his company. Among the
latter, was the question of removing
the big stringers now piled on the
company's right-of-way on .the
Flavel dock; and he gave out the as-
f ii ranee that by the time the regatta
grandstand shall be needed, the tim
bers will not be in the way; that thry
will have been absorbed, by that time,
in the trcstling now under general
repair,
Cathlamet Woman Dead
Mrs. Annie Peterson, age 35, died
in this city Sunday night after a long
illness of consumption. The deceas
ed was for many years a resident of
Cathlamet, but came to Astoria re
cently to receive medical attention.
She was a native of Sweden, and
leaves a husband and two children.
Her funeral will be held this after
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noon tram UHbaugh s funeral par
Its, with services .there, conducted
by the Rev. Gustave E. Rydquist,
pastor of the First Lutheran church.
The interment will be in Greenwood
cemetery.
Recovery Slow-
John N. Stademan. the victim of
the Rose City accident two weeks
ago, continues to improve although
very slowly, He is not yet able to
it up without assistance. The sis
ters have given him postal cards with
a picture of the hospital on them,
which he is sending to his friends and
relatives throughout the country, let
ting them know about the accident,
and how it happened. His recovery
is not as rapid as was expected the
first week after it happened, and it
may yet be several weeks before he
will be out of the hospital.
Alaska Mails Arrive
The mails from far Alaska arrived
here yesterday, bringing letters for
hundreds of homes in this city, and
to many of its big business offices
The Alaska Fishermen's Packing
Company received a detailed report
from its bookkeeper at the Nusha
Kak plant, Mr. J. J. Leonard, the sub
stance of which was that the plant
and people had gotten down to work;
that all were well, the work going on
smoothly, with good prospects for a
normal pack for the season, The
Warren .racking Company also re
ceived word to the same cheerful
effect. .
Against Oregon Mills
The complaint in a suit brought by
C. II. Callcnder against the Old Ore
gon "Mills at Warrenton was filed" in
the office of the county clerk last
Saturday, The complaint asks for
judgment in the sum of $12,216.44, al
leged to be due on a contract made
between the parties in the year 1906.
According , to the instrument on file,
the plaintiff agreed to furnish 7,000,-
000 feet of logs at $13.25 per thou
sand, and that of these a certain num
ber were delivered and paid for in
part, but that later the defendant
company refused to accept any more
of the logs,
Off For His Farm '
Capt, John C. Reed, master of the
liar tug Walhtla, accompanied by
Mrs. Reed, will leave today for their
new farm home in the Nehalcm val
ley, for a brief outing, while his
vessel is under repair at Portland.
Captain Reed purchased the place on
Saturday last and will formally take
possession this trip. ' He " intimates
that when the stock and cattle are
sold by the Probate s Court
next nionth, he will probably buy
them in, and thus thoroughly equip
himself a sa farmer, whether he leaves
the sea to follow the quest just now,
or now. , His friends wish him suc
cess and hapiness in hi snew ven
ture, anyway!
MaJtart Work Soon,
Lewis, the architect, who was in the
city yesterday, is the lack of bricks, J
which arc to be furnished by the)
Lewis said it is the intention of the
owners of the new hotel to patronize
home industry, and they are not wait
ing for a sample of the bricks to be
turned out by the new company, to
be submitted to the contractors, and
if approved will be used in the new
structure. The delay at the brick
plant is owing to the delay in their
machinery which has been ordered
in the cast some time ago and should
have been here long before this. How
ever, the equipment is expected to
arrive almost any day now.
Greek Cuts Hindu ,
Crisopiiero Fallas, who still owes
allegiance to King George of Greece,
was bound over in Justice Goodman's
court yesterday afternoon to the
September term of the Circuit Court
on a charge of having slashed A.
Singh with a pocket knife. Singh
comes from India's coral strands.
Both work in the Hammond mills,
and one night recently an altercation
arose between several Hindus and
the Greek and then it was that Fallas
wielded his knife, cutting Singh in
the wrist. It sems that the Greek
was having lumber shoved at him by
the Hindus faster than he could
handle and he protested in a manner
that brought on the fight. Fallas put
up $100 cash bail for his appearance
in the Circuit Court The hearing
was prosecuted by District Attorney
Howard Browned and C. J. Curtis
appeared for the defense. I
For The Law Officert
A tragedy was narrowly averted by
mere chance on Sunday last, and the
incident suggests a line of action on
the part of the law officers of the city
and coulity, that it is hoped they will
take without loss of time. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter W. Ridehalge and their
two' little sons were rambling over
the hills south of the high reservoir
about noon, when they were startled
by a fusillade of shots above them,
and instantly, the ping and swish of
flying bullets were heard all about
them, one of the vicious things pass
ing bctwen them as they stood but a
few feet apart. Mr. Ridehalge in
stantly sent up a shout of warning
and ran in the distance whence the
firing came. He could not distin
guish the parties, who immediately
fled the spot on seeing their reckless
blunder, but he is inclined to think
they were foreigners, being dark and
swarthy They made no stops but
hustled out of range and sight on the
instant. This sort of reckessness
should be stopped by the law and its
representatives and by the sharpest
penalties known.
German Is Insane
Andrew Klahn, a native of Ger
many, 49 years of age, was adjudged
insane yesterday afternoon and com
mitted to the state asylum for the
insane at Isaiem. Klahn has been act
ing qucerly the past week or two and
for the past week has been at St.
Mary's hospital. Yesterday morning
he was removed to the , county jail
and later examined before Judge
Trenchard.' Dr. Fulton made the ex
animation, and while it was not pos
sible to form an exact diagnosis, it
appeared as if Klahn is suffering
from a general weakening or soften
ing of the brain. He is not violent.
Lately he has been found wandering
aimlessly about and frequently suf
fers from a complete loss of mem
ory. As far as can be learned, Klahn
has led an orderly life and has been a
strong man mentally and physically.
Cases of insanity are quite infre
quent among the foreign born Ger
mans in Astoria, and while mental
trouble is only too common among
some of the other foreigners, it
seems difficult to ascribe any adequate
cause for it. One cause commonly
ascribed is the changed conditions of
life here, where many of them dress
and eat far fetter than in their own
countries. This, however, to many
does not appear either a reasonable
or a plausible explanation. While
Clatsop county sends as many pa
tients to the state asylums as any
other county in the state, save per
haps one or two in Eastern Oregon,
where insanity is common among
sheepherders, as far as is known the
medical authorities at the Salem in
stitution have never made any par
ticuar study of the causes here that
lead to the unfortunate condition.
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 is respectfully solicited. . Open
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MANY MATTERS ARE
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TELEPHONE FRANCHISE AND
CHARTER AMENDMENTS THE
PRINCIPAL TOPICS FOR CON
SIDERATION LAST NIGHT.
, At the regular t meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce last night
many matters of importance were
considered. The session was an in
teresting one, the meeting was well
attended, and more than ordinary in
terest was developed in the discus
sions. Chief among the matters dis
cussed or passed upon were the fol
lowing: Appointment of committee to at
tend good roads convention.
Appointment of committee to look
into matter of Chamber of Commerce
excursion to Spokane.
Discussion of invitation to join
San Francisco and Portland Cham
bers ,of Commerce in trip to Japan,
at invitation of the Japanese govern
ment Reports of charter amendment
committee, proposing amendment
creating the Port of Astoria with
broad rights and privileges.
Discussion of telephone matter.
The Chamber also endorsed Ed
ward M. Cherry for the position of
Lloyd's agency in Astoria, the motion
being made by Mr. Finlayson.
JohnWelch, though not a member
of the organization, was accorded
leave to address the meeting on the
fish legislation matter. He talked in
sarcastic manner of the efforts of the
fish campaign committee and pro
posed new legislation to conserve the
fishing for Astoria. ,
Telephone Matter.
Chief among the matters consider
ed was the telephone franchise. Mr.
Waggoner, representing the North
western Long Distance Telephone
Company, explained at length what
his company proposed to do in As
toria. He evidently made a favorable
impression upon his hearers and
stated that his company would either
install an automatic system here, if a
proper franchise be granted, or would
sell the apparatus to the city, in case
muhicipal ownership is desired, or
would at all events have a local board
of directors and would endeavor to
sell stock to local men in the con
cern. He explained that it is the
policy of his company to interest all
the local capital it can, which is apt
to assure better service. It was. ap
parently the sense of the meeting
that the effort to install the new
system should be favored, although
Dr. Barr raised the question as to
what attitude Astoria should take on
the present concern. Dr. Barr sug
gested that inasmuch as the Pacific
States has invested its money here
and has certain vested rights in the
community that it should, perhaps,
not be abandoned and cast out in the
cold entirely.
"It serves it right," said a voice.
"It ought to go out in the cold."
However, the matter was ended by
the appointment of a committee to
keep the telephne matter alive" and
to see that all proper respect should
be paid to the present concern con
sistent with the efforts to establish a
rival concern. The motion: fori the
committee was made by H. G. Van
Dusen and he and the following four
were appointed on tnis teiepnone
committee: A. S. Scherneckau, Dr. C.
W. Barr, James Finlayson and A. S.
Skyles. -
, Port of Astoria .
G. Wingate, as chairman of the
committee appointed to prepare char
ter amendments relating to giving
Astoria certain broad rights, submit
ted a long report of such proposed
amendments, which had been prepar
ed by an attorney.
These amendments would give the
city the rights to improve the Co
lumbia river, and Young's river and
Young's bay, and to keep open the
channels therein, so as "to safely ac
commodate all craft of whatsoever
character or dimensions," and for
that purpose to buy and own dredges
etc
Also to own and operate a pilot
and towage service, and to own and
operate tug boats and pilots, etc.
Also to control '. and . regulate the
uses of the harbor and to regulate
and control the uses of all docks and
slips, etc. , , .''-";;.''it'V"
Also to make, change, modify or
abolish wharf lines, etc.
. Also to acquire own and operate a
drydock to accommodate vessels 400
feet in length, etc.
Also providing for special taxes to
. This report was drawn up witfc
with technical skill and covered many
points that are only hinted at here, m
the full report would fill several
columns of a newspaper.
A lively tilt arose between He.
Wingate and Judge Taylor as what
disposition should be made of this
report,' Mr. Wingate wanted it
adotcd, but Judge Taylor, who was
also a member of the committee,
complaimed that he and other mem
bers ha dno opportunity to look inte
the matter. In turn Mr. Wingate re
torted by saying that for two month
he had been trying to get Judge
Taylor and other members of the
committee to meet together, but
never had been able to do so. The
meeting finally voted to return the
entire matter to the special commit
tee again for consideration and t
report at the next session. It is prob
able that there will be some dissen
sions within the committee over the
roposed amendments.
Good Roads Committee.
The secretary and manager, Mb
Whyte, read the invitation to attend
the Good Road's convention in Port
land on August 11th and President
Scholfield exatiated on the great nee4
of Astoria joining in on such a
movement.' President Scholfield said
that he. had striven hard during the
day to select a good committee to
go to Portlad. He announced the
appointment of the following who are
to pay their own expenses through
out: F. A. Fisher, P. A. Stokes, Herman
Wise, O. I. Peterson, C. J. Curtis,
J. Q. A. Bowlsby, J, S. Dellinget;
E. Z. Ferguson, J. E. Gratke, H. a
Van Dusen A. Brix.
Trip To Japan.
Mr. Whyte explained that as far at
he understood the trip to Japan
would cost nothing but the fare be
tween here and San Francisco. Hk
report read:
"Members of the commercial ca
gaizations of the Northwest have
been invited to take a trip to Japan
leaving San Francisco on a Japanese
steamer September 25th. We thought
that it might be possible some of
our local people desire to make this
trip and if 'such is the case we would
be glad to have their names in the
office and in the meantime we will
find out what will be the exact ex
penses, the party according to the
proposed itinerary will sail from
Japan November 4th. Those whe
would make the trip would have t
leave Astoria about the 20th of Sep
tember and expect to be gone until
about the first of December." , .
Spokane Excursion.
Mr. Finlayson made a suggestion
which seemed to meet with instant
favor. He thought that the plan of
making an excursion to Spokane
should be revived; a trip by rail all
the way for now that the last bridge
is up and in working order, it is
readily possible for the trip, "Astoria
to Spokane, by direct rail route. It
was moved that the secretary be in
structed to at once write for rates, '
etc. '
Dairy Proposition.
The long cherished dairy proposi
tion seems now to be in a fair way of
realization. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wicse
arrived in Astoria yesterday, but in
asmuch as Mr. Wiese was very tired
last night he did not attend the meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce.
It is proposed to start a milk con
densory here. It has already been
leared that enough milk can be secur-
ed to furnish an ample supply for tbe
condensory. Mr. Wiese is said to be
highly skilled in all such matters. It
is thought that there will be little or
no trouble to finance this matter.
'' The Passion Play. r
This well known religious drama
will be shown at The Jewel Theatre,
beginning Sunday afternoon, July 25,
and continuing to and including
Wednesday evening.
Evening performances, accompan
ied by a lecture will begin promtply
at 7:15. Afternoons .excepting Sun
day, only one performance will he
given, starting at 3 o'clock.
A program that is highly interest
ing and of an educational nature is
promised yet the price of admission
will be within reach of all ten cents.
7-24-31
ALEX TAGG
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