The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-10
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city. Fire Insurance
WASHINGTON bordering on the Columhi,
river Mr. Samuel Is as full " plucl
and enterprise M OF yore ana It can b,
safely predicted that he viii iNaUgUret
an extremely active and aggressive man
ner
| The employees ot koss, Higgins \ 20
say that Il is pretty hard work 70 kso,
/ store properly while lot ot mechanic,
( are engaged IN rsmodeling the stor
I room, hut when tho work Ia complct d
( they tNpec, TO have "ope OF the dncsr
In the city.
Al o'clock last evening FOR the trsl
time under the new city ordinance. the
curfew bell pcalcd It's warning 20 all
minors that after that hour they must
he indoors or give an account OF them.
selves. Up to the present writing nc
arrests have been reported OF violators
ct the new law,
\ jaunty spring JACKIE, is OF black clotp
ornamented with jet. II Is fastened 10y
means OF large Jet buttons The rover,
are decidedly new style. being GU
Aeart-shaped and ot white cloth They
are hordered with Jet balloon. Small
yevers OF white cloth form cuIs for IN,
htttng lower parts OF the balloon sleeves
At the council meeting Saturday after
noon Clinton \ Sons were paid for their
work on the crossing at the intersection
~ - ~
street. The work done by this firm was
merely the driving OF the piles, Work.
men at present are busy raising the
south side OF the crossing to the level OF
the street.
Vim. Hartil. Carl Johnson. and Olot
oleson. OF Lewis and Clarke. r +. Ien-
kins( Of Chinook; J. c Ryerson. of hi.
sic; Lee Jacobsen. OF Deep River; Sam
Adair and Ed. Lorenzo, OF WarrSuton.
VIM, Tagg and Baunlgarten, OF Clatsop;
O. Nelson OF Oneida. Theo Christens,
and F. Bartoldus, OF waluski. and An
drew Young and John Bunke. of Youngs
River. were visitors In the city Saturday
and yesterday.
Mr.. c T. Nelson. OF John Day. who
was In the city yesterday purchasing
supplies, says that the farmers In hat
vicinity are doing some plowinE for 20.
tatoes. etc. Cattle are In good shape,
grass Is getting green and Il Is antici-
pated that there will b. a good hay crop
this season. He says that the railroad
workmen are keeping up the construction
OF the road In fun blast, and that they
are out on duty every day. rain or shine.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Gray re-
ceived a telegram from NJ q. h. He
gardt. Of the United States engineering
corps. at Fort Stevens, and who has been
authorized by the department at Wash
ington TO examine the location for a
bridge across the Lewis and Clarke near
Chadwell, stating that he would Join
Judge Gray and other members II the
county court on the steamer Dwyer to-
morrow and proceed to the bridge site
for the purpose OF making the necessary
report.
Last Saturday evening the farewell so
ciable rendered TO President l. o. Bel
land. OF the Society Minerva. was one
that will long be remembered by all who
were present. An excellent program was
rendered and dainty refreshments were
served in the latter part Of the evening.
Amusing games tilled up a part OF the
time and the meeting broke up by all
thanking the retiring preslisat for his
services and wishing him God speed on
his journey TO Alaska and a safe return
to Astoria.
1t is reported by residents OF Alder
brook that number OF boys between
the ages OF u and Is years, have recently
been making a practice OF carrying a
shot gun through Alderbrook and Upper
town. and making targets OF poultry b.
longing 10 the residents. They nave even
gone so far as TO trespass upon private
grounds and when requested by the lady
OF the house TO leave. and stop their
Objectionable work, they replied by call
ing her all manner OF opprobrious names.
Sunday seems to be their favorite day,
and the citizens OF that vicinity are be-
coming tired of their visits. Houses
which are vacant for a day or TWO do
not escape their attention Windows are
smashed and other damage done. This
is certainly a matter which demands in
by the police department.
At 1 o'clock yesterday morning a land
slide which has been gradually In prog
ress for several days. on the mountain
side at the head OF Commercial street,
made a sudden plunge carrying with It
the l. Of Mr. Perry Trullinger's house.
The movement Of earth was fully twen-
ty-three feet In length, and there Is an
other large lot OF loose ground which IL
is expected will fall during the light
from the upper part Of the hill. This
will probably end the trouble In that vi
L. vaF,4 haN
a tremendous land slide on Portland
Heights in Portland occurred only a
few hours before this one Mr.. Trullln-
ger says that It will probably take him
a week or more to Join his house to-
gether again, and there Is no telling
how long II will take TO fix up mis- lot !
He has lived upon this land for twelve
years, and this is the first time chat any
trouble OF this kind has been Lxps-
rienced.
Mr.. ". s. Wooden. a prominent citizen !
Of Jewell and an old-stlle Freeman Re- |
publican, called on his Astoria friends |
In speaking Of the school |
election, he said: "A good man always |
comes out on top" He says furth r, |
that spring is tarting up fairly well in |
hat section. and that everything is ad- |
Yanced about as well as usual. One |
hing he did say which Is Of interest |
10 all. and that is. that about 1890 is |
needed to put the road in passAble con-
lltion. 1t Is his opinion that good roads
through the various sections Of country |
Astoria, are more necessary
han the building OF railroad. II there
we're passable roads between Astoria and
he Nehalem, tons OF the finest vegeta-
4
his city fresh every day. and 1t would
lot be necessary TO ship stale vegetables
rom California. Clatsop county and the
Sehalem valley can raise as fine vege-
ables as ever grew out Of doors, but
IndeT present conditions there Is no
Use in doing so because they cannot be
marketed.
The world is an old woman, that mis-