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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1908)
TUK MOKMMi ASTOK1AN. ASTORIA. OHKGON THURSDAY, DBCRMDBR 3, i The Store f'V Ladies I Women BEEL-.:HIVE0utfittMS Have you seen our window? YOURCHOICEOFCOATS I $5.00 If not do so this week. The last of the Sale. .-. t OCEAN, BAR, BAY, DOCK AND RIVER STitniETO SEAWALL QUIBBLING JUDGE TAYLOR HANDLES THE "BUDGET PLEA WITHOUT CLOVES AND WITHERS IT "Astoria, Or., Dec. 2, 1908. "Editor Astorian: The long article in this evening' Budget, which was evidently pre pared by some 'non-partisan,' it, to say the least, very misleading. It discusses the seawall bill from the point of a one-mill and a Qne-tialt mill levy, when in fact, the bill au thoriaes a levy of five mills, and that is, no doubt, what the levy will be, if the amendment is adopted. "Another proposition. We are told, Railway material, consisting of ties, steel rails and other equipment is being placed on the barge Ne 'halem at the O. R. & K".' Albina's dock, in Portland, for towing to Til lamook. As soon at the cargo has been completed the barge will be taken in tow. by the George R. Vos burg, which has been in Portland for the past two weeks. During her stay, the Vosburg has had an oil burning plant installed. Two other barges of the same sort of material will be taken to Tillamook by the tug. The ateamer Alliance arrived in yesterday with a good lot of people and freight from the Coos country. She brought up the crew of China men that has been at work in the Timmons canneries down that way; and Captain Ben Olsen is still on her bridge. She went on to the metropolis after a short stop in this port, at the Callender docks. The Kamm flagship Lurline went away to Portland last evening in good time and with plenty of busi ness.' She took from here the fol lowing named passengers: J, W. T. Smith, H. Larson, T, E. Bradon, C N. Gay, A- C Phillips, E. H Boudy, Mrs. H. R. Katger and Mrs. E. B. Harmon. The marine reporter of the As torian does, once' in awhile, make a mistake in the handling of ships and their names, destinations, etc., but hs has yet to call the British square rigger Brabloch, now in Portland," a "disengaged tramp steamship," as she was dubbed in the Oregonian of yesterday. , .The French wheat droughers, the Gael, and the Sainte Anne, arrived down yesterday on the Ocklahama and the Queen, respectively, and will go over the bar today if all is well down that way. Both are bound for Europe with grain. The steamer Kevadan, of the American-Hawaaian line, now atiy . y . . '. " Portland, will be ready to sail on her) ' The steamer Shoshone is finishing outward trip tonight .The Nevadan j loading at Rainier and is due down will stop at Kstoria and take on 8000 . here tomorrow en route to the Bay i of salmon for New York. ' City. The French bark Bossuet went to Portland yesterday afternoon on the tow lines of the Ocklahama, and will load out grain from there for European delivery, after she dis charges her cargo of coal She left 1000 tons here for G. W. Sanborn. The lively pilcdriver of J. A. Mon roe leaves out this morning for the Gray's River country, where Mr. Monroe has contracted to do a lot of niledriving for the Meserve Brothers, on their upper boom. The steamer Carmel is expected in from San Francisco momentarily, on her initial run to this port The big and handsome lighthouse tender Arraeria went to sea yester day morning on one of her coast quests, with supplies for nearby sta tions. The oil tank steamer Asuncion went to sea and California yester day morning. The French bark Marechal d Noailles went over the bar yesterday morning on the steel hawser of the Wallula, bound for .Europe. The German ship Oregon went up the river yesterday on the hawsers of the fine old Harvest Queen. s oria eat?... . .. : J Thursday and Friday DECEMBER 3 and 4 H Cilbert &:Sulliyan's Comic Opera S. PINAFORE . m. Martin E. Robinson, Director BENEFIT ASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL h- v i DRAMATIS PERSONAE. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B., First Lord of Admir alty W. F. Gratke Capt. Corcoran, Cammanding H. , M. S. Pinafore V. A. Beharrell Ralph Rackstraw, able seaman, in love with Josephine, J. J. Johnson Dick Deadeye, able seaman,.. E. C. Ju'dd Bill Bobstay, boatswain, J. Eldredge Bob Beckett, boatswain's mate...." ..Dr. L. T. Bill Tom Tucker, midshipmite, F, Gregory Sergeant of Marines....... F. Spittle Josephine, the captain's daughter.,., Mrs. Harry Flay el Hebe, Sir Joseph's first cousin....'' Miss Ella Thomson Little ' Buttercup, a bumboat womani MisS Laurie McCann First lord's sisters, his cousins, his aunts, sailors, marines, etc. - Scene Quarterdeck of H. M. S. Pinafore, off Portsmouth Harbor. ACT I.-Noon. ACT, II. Night. in one breath, that the cost Tf keep ing up the streets under present con ditions i very greatmore than it should be, and the building of a seawall will reduce the expense ' to the property owner. In the next breath we are told by the same per sons that the building of a seawall will create a demand for labor. How can both assertions be true? . Let us be honest about this matter and try to be truthful in, discussing U. Both of the above propositions cannot be true. Which will our 'nonpartisan friends stand by. "We want factories, and along the waterfront is the place where most of them would be built Our chief industries are fishing and lumber, and both require plenty of water frontage. We have some canneries and some sawmills, situated on the waterfront, and if we build a sea all and fill in back of it we will destroy the net racks of the canner ies and the booms of the sawmtus. If we are going to destroy the prop erties of those now engaged in the manufacturing business in our city, how can we expect others to invest money here? The argument is made that only a oortion of the frontage will be in eluded in the seawall, at present, and that all of the $300,000 provided for in the seawall bill will ndt be re quired, now. Mr. Hegardt estimated that a seswall will cost $30 a run n;nr foot That would build less than two miles of seawall, while As ri ha a frontage of more than four miles on the Columbia river. a seawall is to be built along only a portion of the river front, why hnuM all the orooerty owners be taxed to it? "A five-mill levy is provided for to defray the expense of constructin bulkheads or retaining walls, to pay interest on bonds issued for that pur oose and for redeeming such bonds, and to pay salaries of officers and ceneral incidental expensts of the commission. The present valuation of the taxable property in Astoria is $3,470,478, and a five-mill levy there on would amount to $17,352.39, while the, taxes on the $300,000, authorized would amount to $15,000,000, leaving $2352.39, to pay salaries of .officers, incidental expenses and redeem bonds.', After the officers and the incidental expenses are paid how much wiH be left to redeem bonds "The man who has a home in our city has it mortgaged at the present time for only $700,000, and, of course, it won't add much to . put another $300,000 on top of it The interest tax on the city and the county, at the present time is nearly, if not quite, $45,000 annually. The three amendments to the charter if passed, will authorize the levy of 12 mills additional, and 12 mills on the pres ent valuation of the taxable property of the city would only amount to $41,645.73. Of couse, that is noth ing. . "The laboring man is urged to vote for the seawall amendment on the ground that U will create labor for him. I think the laboring men of Astoria are too intelligent to take that 'sop.' Destroy the values of property and our manufactories and there wil be little for the laborer to work for. If the money spent in building the seawall would build up industries that would require the em ployment of labor, there would be merit in the argument; but such is not the case. On the contrary, the building of a seawall will cause the expenditure of money thereon that, otherwise in all probability, would be used in creating permanent pay rolls for our bucket brigades. "FRANK J. TAYLOR." ACCIDENTAL DROWNING IS THE VERDiCT CORONER SUMMONS JURY FOR INQUEST IN MATTER OF DINDINGER'S DEATH. , Yesterday afternoon Coroner J. A Gilbaugh, of this county, summoned the following named gentlemen to serve as jurors in the matter of the inquiry into the cause of the death of the late E, Milton Dimlingcr, whose remains are now at the tin dertaking parlors of Mr. Gilbaugh. Messrs. Thomas Corbett M. F. Hardcsty, J. D. Strauss, T. R, Daveis. C. W. Rich and Martin Olsen. The Jury examined all witnesses and heard all evidence procurable in the sad premise and after deliberat Ing on the matter carefully, return ed the following verdict which was duly filed by Coroner Gilbaugh: "Astoria, Oregon, Dec. 2, 1908. "We, the undersigned jurors, be ing first duly sworn by J. A, Gil baugh, county coroner of Clatsop county, .Oregon, and after hearing fell the Evidence obtainable in the E. M. Dindinger case who was found in the Columbia river, December 1 1908, do find that he came to hi death on November 30, 1908, by accl dental drowning. "(Signed), "J. D. STRAUSS. "THOMAS CORBETT, T. R. DAVIES, "C. W. RICH. "M. OLSEN, "M. E. HARDESTY." Early yesterday morning Coroner Gilbaugh got into telegraphic com munication with the Dindinger brothers, at Marsh field and advised them of the death of their brother here, and received prompt instruc tions to take full charge of the prop er disposal of the remains; and this he will do, as soon as the son of one of the gentlemen at Marshfield, R. E. Dindinger, shall arrive here, he be ing expected today. The Barbers' Unipn, of this city, V ill also take fraternal interest in the last sad rites due notice of which will be given i these columns tomorrow morning. Buy a few lots in Swinton and lay your cornerstone for your future prosperity. Braden's Price List An Elborate Production of this Popular Opera in Complete NAUTICAL COSTUME . . ' m On sale at Boa: Office. 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