The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-08

fron Als brother Harold. who recently re-
turned TO Dyea IRON Dawson making the
round trip IN the rccord.breaking time
OF q days whne n DAWSON Mr.. alokes
mo, Rudolph Barth and many other As
torians. Mr.. Barth was In excellent
health and was doing cutie well.
OTIS Burckhardt. captain OF the Multno-
nah bowling team, says a mixed team
OF Portland bowlers win wish Astoria on
or about September ~ and meet the A.
+. {. men on the home alleys. The vis-
lting team will be made 10 Of Multnomah
and Roagf club men. and their visit VIII
be social one The local club viii select
team this week and tho men viii TIM
mediateiy begin practice
Mr.. E ]. scely, manager OF the cream
cry at Albany. and one OF the most noted
and successful creamery men In oregon,
viii be present and aid In the explanation
OF all details pertaining to Ne plan Of
organization. cost of operation and pro-
duction. etc, at the meeting Of Farmers
20 be held In the rooms % the Progressive
Commercial Association. on Saturday
afternoon next at l O'Clock
Astoria waterfront men are expressing
GOOD deal of anxiety about the coal
ship which started up the river few days
ago. They say the Garnet Hil completely
HobsonGze the mouth of the willamette
river, and there appears to be no way to
get the coal ship to Portland unless she
proceeds on up TO Vancouver and crosses
overland. The Columbia managed TO set
down and pass out yesterday, but this Is
reported TO be in consequence of The
heavy dew which was predicted for yes
terday by the weather observer
r. c. F. Asthury has returned from
Portland. where he took part In the In
teruatlonal cricket match. He says the
An-oregon team played perfectly the
iirst day. Mr.. Asthury was made cap
n the second day. and did what he
could to keep the score close, but his
men were more than match for the
British Columbia players and won easily.
The entertainment Of the visiting cricket
ers was never eQualled In Oregon. They
were treated like princes. nothing being
left undone Cor their amusement
The Oregon Emergency corps has been
rendered an invitation to send delegates TO
an assembly OF the Patriotic Women OF
Oregon. TO De held in Portland September
=, al which time a state Red Cross So
elety will be organized. The corps met
Yesterday and elected the following dele
gates: AIRS. c. A. Gearhart. Mrs. S. l.
Cleveland, Mrs. l. Schlussel. and Mrs. NJ.
| II. Gillette: alterraies, Mrs. c. W. Fulton,
AIrs- C. zigier. Mrs. l. II. Cowing. ana
Mrs. DOneka.
S. r. Jackson has fled suit IN the cir
cult court against H. W. sherman for
damages in the sum OF ss.os0 Plaintiff Is
an Indian. While In the city during re-
gatta week he was run down when riding
wheel by hack belonging to defend
ant and severly injured. necessitating hts
removal to the hospital. He claims 10
have been injured TO the extent OF 1900,
and asks so additional for damage 20 his
wheel and attorneys fees. He Is repre-
sented by Harrison Allen.
b II is reported that the steamer Bailey
GatzeFt will be withdrawn from the AS
toria-Portland run. and that the Tele-
phone will be again placed in commission.
The latter steamer can be operated for
so a day less than the GatEert which viii
be a big item while the rate war Is on.
Rumor has IL that the steamboat COM
panies VIII slash rates to meet every re-
duetiOn Of the railroad company. and that
the round "trip fare viii be as low as "
cents before the war is over.
The county court was In session yester-
day and its time was devoted 70 the con-
slderation OF road matters. In the mat
ter Of the petition asking the county to
vacate the road from the boat landing on
the right bank OF the Lewis and Clarke TO
its intersection with road No. 55. the court
appointed the following viewers. who will
report upon the advisabillty Of such ae-
ton: W. II. smith. D. ]. ingalls, and d.
F. Stafford. The Elk creek toll road mat
Ter occupied most of the courts time
The Hon. Sidney Dell. the well known
political economist, was asked yesterday
what he thought Of the action Of the mid
dle-of-the-road ropulists in nominating a
ticket at Cincinatd. He said: Il think
the action OF that convention is calculated
to injure the cause OF silver. OF course
the middie-of-the-roaders are in favor OF
greenbacks for currency. but they have
affiliated with the silver men for some
years past. From the dispatches in this
Astorian Il appears the conyen-
tion was one Of self-constltuted delegates.
who were unable to agree. This split Will
not help the silver men,"
There Is something radically wrong
with the upper river. and ii Is pretty gen.
orally agreed that the bottom Is too near
the top. This conclusion is arrived at
afte- a thorough study Of the situation.
The steamer Columbia started from Port
land for Astoria Tuesday night, and did
right well until she reached the mouth OF
the Willamette. At this point the Gar
net Hill Is piled up on the mud. The COL
umbia draws much less water than the
stranded Britisher. but she. too, ran
aground and was delayed 3iz hours. FL
nally, when the tide reached the highest
mark. the steamer managed TO continue
on her way. The o. r. & y. company
will soon have TO reduce the tonnage OF
its boats II It wants to do business in
Portland.
According to the oragDnians oanten-
ton II costs ships only about Is cents
ton TO bring grain cargoes from Portland
to Astoria. There are other reasonably
reliable authorities who claim that the
cost is much nearer 70 cents than Is cents.
The Garnet Hill has been piled up on a
mud bank for the past two weeks at the
mouth Of the Willamette, with no i'm
mediate prospect II eyer again reaching
deep water Every day that she Is de-
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