The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-07

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ora nlep+ieul. A. nenal settlement at
Sandss point conducted nv the French
,,o,,orr,,,ant ,s ry,tbin aasv access and
Ivory comfort is given to wrecked SAIL
orc fbarc hv the governor of the COLONY
The ordinance regulating the speed Of
staar,ars y,assine Ivbarves within the
portland cItv limits TO Ave miles an hour
win ha hereafter rigidly enforced. Har-
bor Master McInnis. by order of Mayor
Frank has had nrinted copies of the or
dinance which are being served on each
cantain and steamboat owner OF Port
land To the ordinance is. attached a
notice from the harbor master. stating
that anv INFRINGEMENT will be prosecuted
10 tba f,Ill extent az the law. This is
a good move and one that has long been
needed ON the river for every foreign
sbinmaster whose vessel is torn adrift
1,ooring or strained bit. caused by two
or three steamers racing abreast down
the river cannot hut make an adverse
renort to bis owners ON reaching home.
and this givee Portland n, bad name
or,ono, foreion shin o1vners
Mr.. T. O. Megler makes the following
statement to n Pacific Journal reporter.
eve salmon Gamers always paid. pre,
vious 10 tha estahlishment of the tin
industry In the limited States under the
NTcKinlev h,ll $3.50 10 81 per box for for
eign fin This wear we are buyipg our
vear,s snnnlv of American manufacture
of ue6 per box and getting better tin
than formerly. and several of us have
contrected for our tin for 1896 at SOO.
THE nrotective tariff did raise the price
of tin ten per cent till our own tin fac
tories were established. but now Ameri-
can skill and competition have dropped
the nrioe % ner cent BEFORE the MeKfn.
lev biu our money went to Wales: now
our monev stavs In our own country.
we have tbe money and the cans. too.
and the consumers Of our salmon will
get n 25 ner cent less than ever before.
MCKINLEY and nrotection to a. new indus
trv did This and nothing else."
"T cannot understand said an old
time fisherman to an Evening Telegram
renorter "whv II is tbe idea exists among
r,aer stiiI knou, enough m handle a nair
of oars that n Columbia river boat puller
has hard ioh The truth of the matter
Is thew are frightened at the size of the
boat and imagine should they be caught
in head wind or contrary tide they
would not be able to manage her. AS a
matter of fact once Won get headWay on
a colrrobio river fishing boat IN a head
wind she Is easier pulling than any of
tha coc[Ia ehalIs with sliding seats Won
hire from hoathouse TO enioy a pleasure
rido on smootb davn The reason is
simnle Columbia river fishing boats are
buiit on lines n has taken wears to per-
Foot and their model Is such that thew
take an onconine sea. as easily as would
a gull rising to the crest of a wave and
heading I'm onto tbe next swell with an
eosa m AZ only their model can give. Bet
tor still through their weight they have
rntoinad headwav and can be handled
where a lighter boat would be tossed
about like cork In a cauldron, This
ratontior az beadwav Ia what makes The
work of n boat muller light in comparison
70 rrbot A. would seem and why IL Is
nossihIe for men so small as to have to
rise from the thwart at every stroke
tbev make TO he still good boat pullers
On hoard the S6 foot launch Myrtle,
living in the bay at Tacoma, may be seen
a simnle invention that in all likelihood
will practically reVOlutiOniZe napnJna ana
gasoline 1auncb boating. and so far re-
6mce tbe cost of maintaining these boats
and increase their general usefulness to
snch an extent as TO bring them within
the reach Of those who heretofore could
NOT AFFORD such luxuries. The invention
is the nrooertv of Emile Bachelst, cleo
trIcian al the Tacoma Theatre Building,
and is the outcome of a long series of
elneriments to perfect a dynamo so as
n take the Mace of the expensive and
eybausfibIe batteries used on these
launches. which have in the past proven
90 costly and unsatisfactory. The inven-
t'on ~ s0s co. which a natent has been applied.
dohnriHad in n few words. is nothing more
thar 95-nound dynamo. set above the
aasn,ine engine In fhe boat. A belt runs
From the fy wheel Of the engine to lit
r'e pitey tho Vm ov,indars I in which the gas is