THE MORNING ASTORI AN, ASTOMA. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19
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TWO LEADING THEORIES ARE
ADVANCED TO EXPLAIN
.FREAKY BIT OF GROUND
THAT CAUSES TROUBLE.
CRAF1 OF ALL KINDS
YESTERDAY
RESUME OF ASTORIA'S MA
RINE MOVEMENTS-SHIPS
THAT PASSED AND THOSE
THAT STOPPED-NOTES.
The steamer Yosemite arrived
down yesterday and rounded in to
the Parker dock for a lot of spruce
lumber left there by the Vosburg and
her barge and when that is loaded she
will await the arrival of the Benson
log raft from Walleces' Slough, due
down this afternoon, on the hawsers
of the steamers Sarah Dixon and M.
F. Henderson. Captain W. H. Pope,
of the river pilots, went up on last
evening's train to bring the outfit
down, and once the Yosemite is fast
to the sea-tow she will depart for
San Diego.
The handsome lighthouse tender
Heather, Captain Byrne, on the
bridge, has arrived in home waters
from a 10-day visit to the Sound
country, where she delivered a lot
of supplies to the light stations
throughout the Puget Sound district.
One of her officers, in conversation
with a reporter for the Astorian said,
that there are seven square riggers
tied up at Port Townsend awaiting
charters, and that the Seattle harbor
is full of idle coasting steamers.
The steamer Spencer came down
on time yesterday with good business
above and below stairs, and went
back to Portland well fixed for pas
sengers. Today she will bring down
a big Sunday school excursion of
several hundred youngsters. She
will do an every-day stunt during re
gatta week and do lots of business
at it.
The British steamship Ilford, due
to leave Portland yesterday morning
at 5 o'clock for this port, en route to
Europe with a huge load of lumber,
ran aground in Portland harbor but
got clear, without damage, a few
hours later, and arrived down here
last evening at 7 o'clock. She will
probably leave out this morning if
weather conditions permit.
The Lurline is still doing, plenty of
business at the old stand and was in
and out on time yesterday. The re
port that she will do lree-bay-stunts
here during regatta week is denied by i
competent authority, but she will
figure handsomely, herself, in the
great marine parade, all the same.
The fine Portland-Asiatic steam
ship Arabia came down the river yes
terday afternoon, well loaded with
general cargo for the Orient, and
went to the lower harbor for a fair
start today, when the fog rises.
The steamer J. Marhoffer arrived
down from Rainier yesterday with'
680,000 feet of lumber, bound for San
Francisco, and went to the lower
harbor, whence she will leave out to
day, if the weather clears.
The steamer Johan Poulsen arrived
in from San Francisco yesterday af
ternoon, and docked at the Callender
pier where she stayed for a couple of
hours putting off local freight; then
departing up stream.
The steamship Geo. W. Elder ar
rived in from the California coast
yesterday at noon and left up from
the Callender dock at 2 o'clock for
Portland, with a good list of pas
sengers and lots of freight.
The British steamship Strathloyn,
due in from San Francisco, and five
days out from there, is off the bar,
and will be in this morning. She has
been picking her way up the coast,
under dense fog conditions.
The oil steamship Atlas arrived
down stream at 2 o'clock yesterday
and went below to wait the dispers
ing of the heavy bank of fog that has
hung over the mouth of the river for
the past 48 hours.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore is due
in from Tillamook at 2 o'clock p. m.
today in conformity with the schedule
she has maintained for the past half
dozen voyages.
It is said that Captain Charles
Wickstrom will go out on the steam
er Sue H. Elmore as first officer when
she departs for the Tillamook coun
try again.
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537 Commercial Street
Several solutions are offered for
the bit of rreaky ground on the Irv
ing street improvement near High
tcenth street, and each is more or
less plausible. It is difficult to get a
definite idea of the trouble there
without a personal inspection. The
spot that cantankerously sinks anil
"boils" around is not a very big one
It starts right in the middle of the
road, however, ami on it or rather
into it hundreds of load of earth
have been placed with no other, effect
tan to leave the spot virtually as it
was in the beginning.
,Of course all the earth that goes
into that sinking bit of ground must
go somewhere. It cither simply goes
into some big subterranean hole and
stays there, or else into some narrow
and moist subterrancon channels that
carry it away, perhaps into the river.
One theory is that the wagon loads
of loose earth drop down until they
meet the surface of the soapstone,
which at this point has a rapid slope
into the river. It then may be pre
sumed that for ages the waters from
the hill have worn channels along on
top of the soapstone, leaving a space
between the soapstone and the
stratum of earth immediately above
it. If then, there is water moving
there now, it might possibly carry the
loose earth that is dumped in along
with it down the slope and into the
river, perhaps far out into the river.
This theory is a very plausible one.
It, however, lacks confirmation, ami
those who oppose it point out that if
the earth were carried down to the
river that it would be seen there. To
them the fact that the dirt is not seen
appearing at the river front is taken
as a conclusive fact that this theory
is not the true one.
Nevertheless, in another place
along the river front this is just what
happened. The earth was carried
along the soapstone, down the slope,
the opening being beneath the water.
Since this happened in another place
it may be happening here; if so, it is
probable that inspection would show
the river to be discolored in front of
the place by the dirt.
Another theory is that there is
simply a big hole under the freaky
surface spot. This hole, according to
this theory, having been formed by
the erosion of the subtcrraneon chan
nels. Then the numerous loads of
dirt dumped there simply fall down
into this hole, and because of the
constant presence of some water, the
whole mass has been permeated by
the water and is now simply a mass
of mud. This theory is plausible, in
deed, and would explain the fact that
the earth beneath the place seems to
"boil," to turn on itself, just as a
mass of muddy earth would if pres
sure were applied to it from above
But this theory does not account for
the fact that if there had been a big
hole there underground, why the
earth above it didn't simply cave in
and fill the hole up. Also, by this
time the hole should be full.
South of the place in question are
surface indications of good sized
ponds, now dry, which have no na
tural outlet above ground.
These ponds must collect enormous
quantities of water during the rainy
seasons, and all the water that comes
into them apparently must find an
outlet and a fairly rapid one under
ground. That is the one proven inv
portant fact of the whole matter.
Besides this there may be other
underground channels that touch up
on the freaky place which come from
other point, some even long dist
ances- away.
Either theory then finds further
plausibility by this one important
fact. City Engineer Tee suggested
to the common council that it would
be a good plan to tap the hillside, to
let out any water therein, and that
seems to be a suggestion of much
worth. Cutting sluice ways into the
hillside should, at least, probably dis
cover the trouble and permit means
of preventing it in the future.
Dr. Henderson,' who impressed on
the council at its meeting Monday
night the utmost gravity of the( situa
tion, further urged as the only, prac
tical solution of the matter that the
freaky spot be abandoned and the
right way immediately south of it
being secured for the street. This
would leave a bend in the road. Yet
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the people down below, along Scow
Bay, for those best qualified to
express opinions agree with ur.
lenderson in asserting that the hill-
ide in its present shape is a menace,
perhaps even to life. But the best of
the entire trouble is that it is so cn-
irely localized. It's only a little bit
f a 'place and the other land along
rving on both sides of it is solid as
rock. Dynamite may yet prove the
easiest and the best manner of stop
ping the present trouble, and of safe
guarding the future for the Scow Bay
residents.
Probably the best solution of the
trouble, though merely theoretical, is
to be found in a combination of both
of the theories stated above. "But, it
is a condition, and not a theory, that
confronts us."
Miss Virginia E. Lane of New York
City, and lately of San Francisco, Cal
arrived yesterday on the State of
California and has taken up a posi
tion as the head trimmer in the Mil
linery department at Jaloff's. Miss
Lane brings with her the best of ref
erences from Ntw xork ana san
Francisco as a capable and thdrough
competent trimmer, and has held
positions in the largest millinery es
tablishments in the Union. Her work
in this line is unsurpassed, and un
doubtedly will be appreciated by the
patrons of Jaloff's Millinery Store.
We have a complete Stock of
Fruit Jars
Jelly Glasses
Jar Tops and Rubbers
Our Prices Are Right
Acme Grocer y Co.
HIGH GRADE GROCERIES
521 COMMERCIAL STREET
PHONE 681
REAL ESTATE
VV. C. Snnth and wife to A. II. and
C. C. Miles, lots 7 and 8, block .10,
Plaza.
U S. to W. J. De Lashmutt, pat
ent for 160 acres in section 20-4-9 W
FUNERAL NOTICE.
THE FUNERAL OF MRS. SEV-
erin Hansen will take place from
the Norwegian Methodist church in
Upper Astoria on Wednesday, Aug.
19th at 2 o'clock p. m, Interment in
Greenwood.
Funeral Notice.
The funeral of Mrs, Severin Hansen
will take place from the Norwegian
Methodist Church in Upper Astoria
today at 2 o'clock p. m. Interment
in Greenwood.
Funeral Notice.
The funeral of the late Harry
Tutjer, who was killed at the Brix
logging camp, will take place 'from
Pohl's undertaking parlors today,
Wednesday, at 11 o'clock a. m.
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The man who keeps the
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The very best board to be obtained
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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
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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
looms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it. Commercial
street, opposite Page building.
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