, 1889-05-16
THE ASANIAs CLUE,

Present, Messrs Mcintyre, Behrman
JagO and the ARGUS.
MIR. JagO was made chairman pro TEN
In calling the meeting Mr.. Jag
stated that he had done everything poss
Ible to win the confidence of the mem
bers OF the club in the hopes that h,
would be elected its president. Will,
he was young in years he believed h,
was entitled to the honor. There i.
bat one objection to me as far as l car
learn" said Brother Jago, land that j.
my modesty. Brother Behrman said
that the chairman's modesty had nc
bearing on the case, and should not eff
| feet the minds of the voters. Modesty
such as Brother Jago possesses is one OF
the necessary attributes of member.
Brother Jago, acting as chairman, read
the following communication from Broth.
er Plum declining the chairmanship OF
the club solely on account of personal
reasons. He Stated that he had hunted
up the authorities and found that the
patron saint Of the club was a real es-
tate agent, and had gained his reputation
through dealing in corner lots. when
l made application for membership, -
wrote Mr.. Plum, 81 was under the i'm
preston that Ananias was the god of
loyej under the circumstances must
withdraw from the club" Brother Nc
Intyre moved that the resignation be
laid on the table. Brother Behrman
rose to point of order and moved that
the resignation be accepted and Brother
Jago elected to fill the vacancy carried.
Applications for membership were read
from Motor Dooley and the board of di-
rectors of the P. T. S. railway company
The applications were received with
tumultuous applause and the gentlemen
were elected without dissenting voice
The newly elected members could not be
conducted to the rooms owing to the fact
Of the circus being in town.
The Argus man at this moment opened
the back door to admit George w. Nib
lock to the club. The gentleman stated
that he had permitted his half OF the
store to be used for the meetings and he
wanted to become member; his ability
had been concealed already too long and
his ambition crushed. There was sort
of pent up Ananias in his bosom which
he must give vent to or there would be
one citizen less. Being called upon to
give his credentials he said.
You are all aware that keep the finest
chickens IN the territory, and that, with
but one exception 1 keep nothing but
spring chickens in stock; the exception
is hen that / have had for two years,
| have with me the records TO show that
from May 1888 to May 8, 1889, that one
particular hen has laid 1881 c .gs from
which she has Matched 917 spring chick
ems, in fact that particular hen has Kept
my family in luxury. A peculiar trait
about the chickens in which this hen
claims a maternal or lalf interest, have
each fgn~- wing. I have
ba"- for the hen but
with her.
not to go further,
-.Jership and was
-. NlcIntyre stated that he knew n
good place to crawl under the circus
tent, and moved that the members at
tend in body SO that they might learn
the names of the business men who were
driven into the greatest(9 y advertising
scheme of the day. Adjourned.
Ths Senate Committee on Relations
Canada.
Col. Stevens, U. S. agent at Victoria
who went to Seattle yesterday on the
Olympian informed us that he had re-
ceiyed letter from E. B. Wight, clerk
OF the senate committee, informing him
that they will be in Victoria 10 about ten
days. It has not been decided whether
the committee will take the steamer al
San Francisco and visit Victoria 6rst
or whether they will take the overland
route to Portland and then to Tacoma
Seattle, Port Townsend and Victoria
but whatever is their dicision, the peo.
pie OF Port Townsend should at once
wake up 90 the very great importance to
our city this visit OF the senate commit
tee will be, and we urge the joint COM
mittee of the city council and chamber
of Commerce to meet at once and con
fer upon the best course Of action and
to appoint sub-commistees OF our besi
, citizens who will aet energetically and
baye 4rraGgemsnts made to receive the
senate committee in o becoming man
ner. They should be shown the smelt
! log works, the sawmill, and the portage
where 1t is proposed to cut the CANA
! through to Oak Bay, the sites of the
proposed fcrtifcstions at Point Wilson
Admiralty Head and Marrowstone Point
the new custom house, the site for the
o. S. marine hospital, tile terminus o.
the Port Townsend Southern Railroad
ments now 10 progress in the city.
The committee are coming here al
theyatate in their letter to Judge Swan
to make special inquiry into the subjec
OF the fisheries of the Pacific coast
This includes whales, seals, sea otter
sea lions, walrus, oed. hslibut, salmon
and every marine product that Las {
commercial value either as food or at
articles OF luxury. Other questions will
be discussed regarding our relations
with Canada, particularly British
Columbia, and our merchants, masters
OF vessels, end Others who can give anJ
information which will be OF interest ol
value TO our city should prepare them
selves to answer such questions as viii
naturally be propounded relative to the
welfare of the northwest coast.
We caELot too highly estimate the
Importance to US as city and to our
selves individually this visit will be ant