The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-29

river, are constructing tramway from
the mill to tidewater on the river. Two
and a quarter miles, or about one-half OF
the tramway, has been built, and when
completed will furnish easy means OF
taking lumber to boat for transportation
TO Astoria.
T. Colebourn owns part Of the w.
H. Gray donation claim, formerly the
site of the Methodist mission to the
Clatsops, and established on Clatsop
Plains in 1S40. Part of the cedar lum-
Der formerly in the mission buildings Is
now in the farmhouse occupied by MIR.
Colebeurne. W. W. Raymond, mission
ary farmer to the Clatsops, and who
came to the Plains in 1910, is still living
there.
Niacoxie or Neahcoxie creek, which
heads near Seaside and runs west of
north, then makes an abrupt turn on it.
self on Mr.. ColebOurn's place, ten or
twelve miles from its source, and takes
backward course in the direction Of
its head. a narrow sand ridge or levee
between the upper and lower parts,
emptying into the Nekanikum-the
stream running its course of about 20
miles, its head and mouth lying only q
few stones throw apart.
MIR. Colebourn formerly lived in Doug
las county, is quite naturalist, and has
small but fine collection of mounted
| birds and animals. A deer head.
mounted and ornamenting the walls of
his parlor, Is one of the finest specimens
we have ever seen. Among his collec-
| ton of birds we notice them in all sizes
and kinds, from the downy swan to the
| diminutive humming bird on its nest,
/ lyfQ An A rnfln nWI
wonderfully fine specimen, was cap
tured on the Plains. Occasionally dur
| ing q very severe winter in the far north
| these owls come as far south as Oregon.
There is also great horned owl, com.
mon to this country, several kinds OF
| ducks, divers, etc. Mr.. ColebOurn owns
a very pretty place. reaching back to
the ocean beach.
James Kindred, whose land is next to
Capt. Flaveps, and j. Thomas. neal
Skipanon, have small but good dairies.
Capt. Flavel, owning about 1000 acres
of tide and upland, extending from
Tanzy Point about two miles across to
Clatsop beach, keeps several hundred
head of stock, mostly cattle. He has
two herds, one of Holsteins, the othel
of pure-bred Jerseys, taking much pride
in them.
Capt. Flavel has Just built fine sub
stantial barn, the main part 5Ox10O feet
to accommodate his fine. stock. Ht
owns Tillie w. and a fine thfee-year-olG
Altamont colt, foaled by this fine mare
! Until few months ago the Flavel farm
was under the efficient management Of
j. r. Stanley, of Seaside, G. w. Gray
son, his present successor, seems no les:
careful and efficient.
| The many fine lakes in the Plains
country, on account of their sedgy char
acter are especially well adapted t.
carp raising. James Condit, of Yves
Chehalem valley, who has been stop
ping for some time at the Point, say.
one of the lakes on the Flayel farm i!
well stocked with carp, many of then
i very large, raised from few carp pu
into the lake several years ago. Capt
Flavel says they are the best fish he ha!
yet tried, and that is saying much.
Last year Capt. Flavel expended sew
eral thousand dollars in building s
strong and substantial wharf at Tanz,
Point, making It an excellent landing
place, the consequence being that /
large part Of the summer travel to Sea
side is in this direction, stages alway.
being in waiting for visitors to that flint
resort.
| Mr.. P. C. Warren is having a larg,
hay and stock barn built on his It'd,
land farm near the mouth of the Skipa
non. The building is being put up by
Henry Bralier and will. when com
pleted, be 90x54 feet, with sheds 10 fee
wide and IS feet high extending alonS
two sides and one end, making 234 fee
of shedding. The upper ten feet of the
sheds will be used as m0ws for STORMS
hay. The main barn will be fitted vi
with a hay carrier arranged to trave
from one end of the building to tht
other under center of the comb, which
will be 40 feet from the ground. Thi.
will be one of the best arranged stocE
barns in the country, the stalls for the
stock being placed in the extensive
sheds. Mr.. Bralier also built D. K
Warren's barn, probably the largest in
Oregon. The dimensions of this hay
and stock barn are 1873 feet long, 88 fee
wide, 60 feet to comb of roof, the storie.
being three in number. The corner
posts of the main building are Sc feet in
height; shed posts % feet high. The
basement story, except space 30x5t
feet for the storage of roots, and alst
the sides of the second story are fitted
up to accommodate nearly 200 head Of
cattle for stall feeding, about that mum
Der fattened here every winter for the
Astoria market. The available f1ool
space between the rows of stalls on the
second floor is 24x144 feet. The fool
space in the third story is 2ixl6S feet
and the end of the barn being bull
against high sand ridge, q team can be
drivan directly into this story.
In stall feeding his cattle Mr.. Warren
gives them daily ration of 30 to A
pounds of rutabagas TO each steer, with
all the hay he can eat, the ration being
divided and fed twice day. Sometimes
to vary the feed little chop is given
them, and in that case the ration OF rn
tabagas may be lessened ten or twelve
pounds. PAFF.