The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-10

tninton tnuostry An appropriation will
b asked TO assist the work OF ARTIFICIAL
propagation. and II Is the desire that the
committee acQualnt Itself with the exten,
Of the tshlng interests
The ladies' OF the Emergency corps
have received ean for reading matter
20 De sent to tho Oregon volunteers sta.
toned at Manila. The papers and books
donated win be shipped on the transport
which next leaves for the Philippines.
The steamer win san from San Fran
cisco the latter part OF this month. The
Emergency Corps committee having the
matter In eharge win be at the W. c. T.
U. hail today TO pack the donations for
shipment All persons having reading
matter are earnestly requested Dy the
ladies 10 bring II to the hall.
The collision reported on the river In
yesterdays Astorian occurred near
Smiths Point. The seow-sehooner Belle
in enarge OF Captain ]. n. Jones. was
beating up the stream under double reet !
and eollIded with the launch Helen Scott. |
In charge OF Jsmes Keating, The Belle |
struck the launch amidshlps, her ha0,. I
spirit Soing through a window ana carry.
Ing away an exhaus, pipe, The scows |
port bulwarks were stove H. but the /
damage did not amount to much. Mr. |
heatings hand was cut. but not severely, |
The saaiage TO the Scott is less than SO. |
The captain Of the launch did no, see
the seow until Il was upon thu little
boat. while Captain Jones, thinking the
Scott would clear him. held on his course
A heavy wind was blowing and he could
not sheer OF In time to avoid the col
llsion when he found that the captain OF
the launch had noe observed his approach.
The surveyors employed on the saldren
logging railroad on Gray's river vent over
to that place yesterday TO make some
alterations In the survey AZ recently iald
out. The road commences AZ the head Of
tide water on Gray's river. 7unhing four
miles into the woods. from where II win
branch out into the surrounding timber
Mr.. Saldren. who has been doing ex-
tensive logging In 'he Clatsk Inie fGE
some time. has purchased sO acres OF
land on Gray's river from Michigan por-
ties and has an option on 300 acres more.
/ The price is understood to be go an acre.
providing the timber cut from each acre
scales 1000 feet OF lamber. Mr.. Saldren
/ has the logging outfit used IT tia SIX lnle
ready 10 move and will take II 10 iray's
| river en- barges Two logging engines Nll
I be used in the woods and from 70 to 100
/ men will b. employed. First-class hr logs
are reported selling at s. per thousand
at Grays river Spruce logs bring even
higher price. and enough cannot be
I had to supply the demand. The new road
Will be standard guage and bids will be
submitted for its construction at once.
| Conductor Blew. OF the A. & c. r. r..
was very much surprised to learn that
aiy discourtesy had been shown DOCS"
vile on the cars between Astoria ard
Portland. Mr.. Blew says ne took Docs
ticket in the day coach. and that ne had
no conversation whatever with him II
any slight were offered either Doc or his
| wife Il was was without Mr.. Blews
| knowledge or consent. The conductor
| says IL Is possible Doc was refused per-
mission TO ride In the parlor car before
the train pulled out from Portland but
he has made dillgent. though unsuccess-
fui. inquiry TO find out who would thus
take it upon himself to Insult passenger
/ He says that, II Doc held a ticket en-
titling him to a seat In the parlor car
he certainly would have conducted him
to Il, or that. II the Chinese contractor
desired TO ride there he could have done
50. Mr.. Blew Is one OF the most gentle
manly and efficient conductors In north.
| western railroad Eervice. and TO intimate
that he would insult any woman-AmeTl-
can or ChInese-does him a great in
justice There is no doubt that Docs
wife was treated unjustly, but 1t was not
by Conductor Blew. or with his consent
At the meeting OF the county court yes
terday c. W. Carnahan, county assessor,
fled a bond Of 5000. with F. A. Fisher
and f. A. Taylor as suretes. and the
same was approved. A communication
was read from Auditor Nelson informing
the court that the council had instructed
| INC Oll way anu HNdIn W IOl-
fer with the court for the Improvement
OF such roads streets. or crossings as
may be necessary to connect with the
Yourg's bay bridge. resolution from
the council was also read stating that the
city attorney had been instructed to ar
range tax titles with the court as may
best subserve the interests OF the city.
POth papers were placed on file The bids
for building a balance draw bridge across
John Day were submitted. Two bids. one
from J. e. Ferguson and one from ~
Clinton, were received. Mr. Ferguson's
bid was 1856 and Mr.. Cllntons $40 or less,
according to the length OF piles required.
No award was made by the court, the
figures given being based on different
plans Of construction necessitatlng an
examination to determine the lowest bid
der. Bills on the special road fund were
examined and allowed and the court ad-
tourned at noon to attend the joint ses-
sion OF the road committee.
Tonight the second game in the A. F..
C.-Irving Club series takes place at he
alleys Of the former The first game re-
suited in a victory for the home team.
For several weeks prior to the first game
4 the Irving Club men had but little prac-
tice. while the visitors had played con-
stantly. In consequence the A. B. G.
team had comparatively easy victory,
winning three games and tying the score
In the other. The Irving Club team has
been practicing the past two weeks, and
the men are bowling in fine FORM The
A. F. c. players have been of the past
week, and, II appearances count for any
thing, they will not bowl average in to-