The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-24

| ihhN ENhU"ihhH hHh 20 respond "a re-
quest for song. which WIS well received
Tho most graceful tribute Of the even,
lns WAS Dr. S. 81 Walkers response "a
the toast. "'rhe Ladies'" Mr Flninysot
rank Aud Lang syne." Mr. spltlle r..
spondrd to "Ahsen, Friends" ana Man.
psor Locke very appropriately responded
to "Ouf Host"
AfIer singing God aaye tho Queen. "
The bnnquolerH returned 10 tho city
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
HeO Ross, liisgins a TO for fresh fruits
and vegetables
Leave your orders Tor Wild 3laokbsrries
at Ross llIggins a cos
The w0mRn's Relief Corps viii hold a
tea on Friday afternoon. At tho residence
OF Mrs y J, Clinton. g9 Harrison avenue.
gp boxes inr fruits by steamer today.
Oranges. apples plumz. peaches. cherries
bananas, curanIs Special low prices
hoHs. Higgins q co,
The Parker House viii open IT, new
dining room on saturday The season
Is advancing and hotel people arc looking
for good trade,
The Rev, r. A. tyland Wrilcs from
kcene. New Hampshire. tha, he viii soon
leeNe Tor SEATTLE. ana will probably ar
rive In Astoria late In July.
Al nesting Of the Astoria Baseball
club last night. Mr, l.. Coriqs was elected
Manager. J. J. Law captain. and ban
Allen secretary and treasurer
II was reported yesterday that the en-
rah Dixon was busy all day transferring
lot OF salmon from the FlAhcrnon's
Union Packing House to tho bonded ware.
house for storage.
Inspectors Of Hulls and boilers T. \
EdwHrI' and Frank Mepormou viii nr-
rive In Astoria Saturday. Juu! 18th. TO
iaspett the steamers Maynower occidcnt.
Augusta and Astoria.
In th" county coufi yesterday. Judge
Gray entered an order admitting to pro-
bate the viii OF tho late Mnriot,e 81.
Goodwin H. O. Van puscn. Y. noollng
AMI g. 8 carruthors were appointed np-
pmiscrs ot the estate
Mr.. ", y. Niles travelling freight nsrnt
for ~" Union Pacific railway. Is In the
clty and reports that fruit IN Oregon
this year viii b. an exceptionally large
and good crop Il have lust come from
Southern orcgon. and az Ashi md growers
told me that poachcs. particularly the
cmwtoris. would be very plcnufli. and
o. excellent quality Pears aud apples. ns
wcll an other fruits. also promise we'll
At Eugene the orchArNiiAtx say thA,
pruncs this year viii far exceed. IN quan.
NY and quality. the crops OF previous
years. Prices arc good. and everybody
seemed TO be happy, In the Grand Ronde
and wnllowa valleys, IN Eastern Oregon.
the prospects for crops OF all kinds were
never better IN the history of the state.
The reported damage by frost In the vi.
clnlty OF Forest Grove and Corvallis was
Frcatly ovcr-estimated That region will
have good crops yet"
Mcssrs, Thomas Hind. George GnrlIck
ana u, Thompson. from Liverpool and
Edinburgh. ar visiting In the city, in
spcctlng the various salmon tanncries.
In discussing the sltuntcn herc, all OF
the gentlemen expressed surprise and
much pleasure at the fno facilities on
tho lower Columbia FOR packing and pre-
serving hsh, Mr. Garlick snid that Oregon
apparently had good future IN general
commerce. and that the relations between
the United States and Great Britain could
never be- anything else than very close.
Both business interests aud a common
language and similar institutions guar
antccd Il growing intimacy. Mr.. Kinds
Was much impressed with the great west
crn territory of the United S.u'es. ard
thought that all this country needed was
to adopt free rade. ana thus place Itself
upon the same plane with Great Britain.
Mr. Thompson said that In all OF his
travels lie had not seen II more magnf-
cent river or finer harbor than the Co.
lumhIa ana the port at lts mouth, The
gentlemen came west via San Francisco
aud the Southern Roltc. and from As
torla will visit the Sound country Victoria
and Vancouver, returning East by way
OF the Canadian Pacific.
NOTICE.