The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-21
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Ing is better than the average THOR
sp.cIll..rs arr good and tho comedies
they put ON lrc flil ui Iuuucru, iun what
more does ono want for % c'uts. They
anncar again tonight Go and see them
before you are Roo late.
It WIS remarkable glrt yesterday that
f1ur foreign TUGS wcrr In the hArh'r 1i
the samv time The Rnhlrus from slu''
law. the Wandrrrr. which ,owci tho Port
Carlisle from thv sound. and thr Rescue
and Monarch from san Francisco cImr 100
within short time ~ each other. IN"
Rescue and Monarch will proceed Co port
land % TOW thr Two hls lumber rats
buil, there and now about ready ,n 81 i'
sea. bound Tor California. The mrs, OF
these rlflv. constructed hy lumAn. Fiul-
SON * Co. IS receiving the nnish.nF
touches. I' contains many million 'r'i
~ lumber The oth.r hu'lt hy thv N'rih I.
Pacific Lumber Co. ls lh'u' th" '1mr
s.zc. These RATS are The Hrt' NJ th, kind F.
ever shipped from ih, Columbia fIv'r F.
lnd ,h, experiment. viii hs watched with F
grslt Interest hy lll
The farmers convention '' Hr hr.d Ih .
Astoria Jl'y -' and 90 will nr ,hr mos, lm. +
pDrAui gathering held 200 oregon 300 many .
years The rsrIcuiiurst pf prusnu Nud .
Washington viii unite n a. grand 'r'r' .
fp nor only develop tn tht hish,a. extent .
ln cooperative dl,ryug organizations the .
best possibilities ug 'hr richest lands no .
th. wust. upon scientific lines under ihr
ldyI., lnd suggestions ~ The greatest .
scientists ~ thH country who viii lee .
rur. upon these subjects hu, they wlll
yrlclyur TO- hr.uE into closer relation /
ship tho two states sp nearly allied 100
agricultural and manufacturing Interests. /
That the project will receive the support .
~ Il. g. Judson Industrial agent ot the
%. r. & y. who has been so succcasful
In other similar enterprises hesp"1ks Tor
the lower Columbia river valley r. new era
~ prosperity Tor every farmer. lex
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The excursion ~ oregon and California
conductors from Portland 10 Seaside sun
day over the \. Il a. was one u the most
successful affairs NJ the kind ever held
In the state. Forty-scyrn cars. Ia three
trains. carrying lbou, 500 people ar
rived M tho beach IN good season There
the visitors soon made themselves no
home. and the sands along the scnshorc
were simply black with humanity. Many
funny Incidents occurred during the day
and on the trains number ~ small
rows, growing out ~ discussions. were
stopped by Sheriff H1rc and his deputies.
who also broke up the flm0om games
startca at m" beach hy n horde NJ gam
| blrrs who followed tho excursion. on th"
| whole, the event was one to be- chronIclod
as an unqualified success and was con-
Quoted by the railroad company In an cx-
ccp tonally successful and careful man
ner II Is understood that the \. n G.
viii run every Sunday popular cxcurslons
from Portland To- the beach during the
season
Very few save those who have watched
the course Of cventa very closely, are
awnrc of the important changes being
made In the transportation facilities In
! the state NJ oregon. Under the able dIrcc-
| tlpn Of chief Engineer Kennedy, Of the
o. II. & " CO.. thar road IL engaged In
making tremendous improvements IN lts
roadbcd I'm one piece NJ track near the
Cascade locks thrty-sM curves In q dis
tance Of sIx miles have been stralghtcnod
out, shortening the line between The
D1llcs and Portland by about two milc5
| ON July the contract viii De let for
STRENGTHENING the track 10 Wyeth stn-
ton grades will Dee reduced and many
heavy cuts made Tor The new track East
| Of The Dalos many curves have been
taken out and many more viii be- reduced
one mile Of bridges have been done away
with and heavy rock ms made, while Il
| thousand feet Of stccl structure work have
already been put In. East Or CELLO thirty
three miles Of Ij-pound steel rails have
been laid In the main track and twenty
seven miles Of the same rails have been
laid east NJ Wallula Enough " this heavy
steel has been purchased 10 relay nearly
the entire track The roadbcd has been
reballastcd on scientific principles, the
edge Of the rock ballast being laid to n
rule. This means not only the safety OF
passengers and trains but lnsures the
least amount Of dust In the dry season,
with dulck service for both freight and
passengers and comfortable travelling.
The meeting Of the Astoria Progressive
Commercial association last night was
well attended and very Interesting The
committee on fisheries reported the ac-
acknowledgement Of Commissioner n. D. Nc
|, CURE Of the receipt of Sl2j for the steel
head hatchery and stated that progress
had been made In the efforts to secure
legislation by the state appropriatlng $25,-
900 for the propagation Of salmon In the