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FAMILY-FRIENDLY FUN: MANZANITA MUSIC FESTIVAL INSIDE DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016 144TH YEAR, NO. 15 ONE DOLLAR Another way out of town County looks at back roads near Astoria and Seaside as possible lifelines By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian MORE INSIDE Seldom used back roads outside Astoria and Seaside could offer a lifeline in a Cascadia earthquake. Clatsop County Public Works is exploring ways to create alternate and evacuation routes and have identifi ed sev- eral possibilities, including s ome that are A map outlining possible evacuation routes the county is exploring is on Page 10A. currently gated off on private timberland. County staff are proposing upgrades to Pipeline Road that connects Astoria A car drives down Pipe- line Road, a potential emergency evacuation route, on Wednesday in Astoria. to the Svensen area, and the Lewis and Clark Mainline that runs outside Gear- hart and Seaside. Pipeline Road is an 11-mile county road, with only 2 miles that are main- tained. Lewis and Clark Mainline is an old logging road that cuts along a ridge through the county. Danny Miller The Daily Astorian See EVACUATION, Page 10A DOUGHBOY TURNS 90 Merkley on Trump, trade at town hall Democratic Party is making strides toward unity, U.S. senator said By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian The Daily Astorian The Astoria Victory Monument, also known as the Doughboy Monument to World War 1, turns 90 years old today . ¶ The statue, whose offi cial name is “Over the Top at Cantigny,” is named for the village in France where the fi rst American battle took place in 1918. Designed by John Paulding and cast by the American Art Bronze Foundry of Chicago, the monument was presented to the city by the American Legion on July 21, 1926. ¶ American Legion Clatsop Post 12 and the Uniontown Association are sponsoring a rededication at 3 p.m. Saturday. With the Republican National Conven- tion underway in Cleveland, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said at an Astoria town hall Wednes- day that he is “very concerned” about the vision put forth by Donald Trump. “It’s really one of tearing down various groups,” particularly Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans, the Democratic senator said before a crowd of about 50 at the Judge Guy Boying- ton Building. Though he acknowledged his Trump comments were partisan, Merk- ley made them before a receptive audience that seemed to share the senator’s misgiv- ings about the real estate mogul and U.S. Sen. reality TV star who Jeff Merkley took the Republican nomination. “Most of us in this room are the children of immigrants. It’s what’s made America what it is,” he said, adding that “it’s been part of the creative power of our country to have this input from all over the world.” Merkley also questioned Trump’s fi delity to American workers. “When you look at the details: He cheated his subcontractors, he cheated his work- ers, he shipped jobs overseas, he brought in See MERKLEY, Page 10A Riverbank skeleton an unsolved mystery 4,000 new unidentifi ed remains are found every year By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group CATHLAMET, Wash. — Wearing jeans , a red but- ton-down shirt, gaiters and hiking boots, the skeleton recently found on the bank of the Columbia River looked like it was dressed for a hike. By the time a boater discov- ered him in a remote area near Pillar Rock in late May, the unidentifi ed man’s only pos- sessions were a 1999 penny and a lens cloth in his pocket. But he still had his teeth, com- plete with quality, modern dental work. To Wahkiakum County Coroner Dan Bigelow, it seemed like a decent starting point for an investigation, but two months later, he is still try- ing to fi nd the man’s name. While his list of possible iden- tities for the middle-aged man keeps growing, his list of promising leads has dwindled to practically nothing. “Just about anybody who disappeared anywhere in the Columbia River basin could credibly be this person,” Bige- low said . Despite these setbacks, Bigelow is still trying to fi nd out who the man was, and how he ended up in Wahkiakum County. He recently delivered the remains to the state’s only certifi ed forensic anthropolo- gist, and he is taking a closer look at missing persons cases from across the Northwest and beyond. “It’s a hell of a shame,” Bigelow said. “I can’t help thinking there is somebody out there looking for this guy.” ‘Silent mass disaster’ In Washington’s smaller counties, prosecutors also serve as coroners. 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