The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-06

THE DAILY ASTt
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nothing crossed or paesed out some ot
the wheakladcn veSssas lying In the
hover harbor were scheduled uo be towed
Is SEA az high water IN the evening, but
the change OF weather will pNDbablv de-
tain them IN the harbor FEW days moro,
Fish Commissioner Mcguire will ask
the legislature FOR tsS,OO to operate the
state hatchcries during the next two
ycars lie expects that ssANQ win hc
derived from licenses, Washington will
be asked to appropriate ssNeN Tor the
same parpoSe,
Call at city Ticket once " Astoria q
Columbia River Railroad. go Commcrclal
street FOR through tickets 60 all points
east also Aberdeen, Olympia, TNcoma,
Seattle and all points on tho Northern
Pacific rallroad. Through tickets cannot
DO purchased to these points az the depot
TNoday being the festival os the Epl-
phany, divine service will be held In
Grace church at 10 o'clock. The scrvlccs
will be held In the Basement. or sunday
school room. while tho furnace Is ais.
ablci Evening prayer In tho same place
az $50 O'Clock. Choir rehearsal at ;;@
Tho Scandinavian AmeriCan line( for.
merry the Thingvalla llno). also the
| Cunari and whltc Star tines have made a
reduction IN prepaid steerago rates from
Scandlnavaan points to New York. Call
/ az city ticket oiiioc of Astoria \ Columbia
River railroad So Commercial street.
| for particulars.
+. c, Reed who was appointed 20 the
Office ot street superintendent by the
council las, nigh, once represented Clat.
sOp county in the state senate He was
a candidate for the Office OF ish c0mmts-
sloner against Mr Mcclure rcccntly. Mr..
Reed Is a resident OF East Astoria anI
his appointment will meet with general
approval
The As,orisn has received a communI.
catl0n requesting that the attention OF
Fish Commissioner Mcclure b. called 70
the practice ~ dumping sawdust and
other min refuse In tho river AZ Astoria
Tho complaint has not been Investigated
and the As,orian does no, know whether
Il Is wei founded or not. The communal.
cation states that the water under the
docks at certain stages of the tide Is com.
ple,ely covered by a floating scum of
fresh sawdust.
The pumps for pumping the water out
OF tho hold OF the steamer iakme were
placed In position yesterday. By evening
the steamer had bC,n cmpted OF her
liquid cargo 20 level With the ncor og
tho engine room. Unless prevented by
some accident TO the pumping appartus.
& Is believed the water van be brought
down to the timbers today. when a sur
vey og the vessel will be made By Captain
Perriman and the extent OF her damages
ascertaind.
The funeral OF the late Byron S, KIM
ball will BE- held this morning from PchIs
undertaking parlors. Services win be
conducted AZ n:5 by Rev. W S. Short.
and az their conclusion the body will b.
conveyed by train 10 Ocean View GENE
tery. where the intermont will take place
The members OF the Pinoneer Society aro
invited to attend the funeral. Arrange
ments have been made for their transpor-
tatiOn and tickets can be had by applica-
ton to the proper committee before the
train starts.
AZ n meeting OF Beaver lodge, No. 8.
!. o. o. F.. at their hall last night the
following officers were installed: n. G.,
T. l. Ball; V. c.. +. @. Munson: Sec,
F. O. walters; Permanent Sec. John
Hahn; Treas. c. s. Wright; Trustee.
John Hahn: Warden. c. A. May: Con,
W. F. Scheibe: o. G.. Alex Miller: /. c..
T. 8. Henderson: r. s. n. G.. c. Eskald-
son; l. $. " G.. G. Reed. After tho
meeting the ofiicers-elect and members
repaired TO Jef's restaurant where an
elegant banquet was served.
Amang the claims allowed by the
council last night were the following:
Griffin & Reed, t2i0: ]. 5. pelllnger. 50:
judges and clerks OF the recent
election. SSi; West Shore Mills Com
pany. tS7s; Astoria Box Company. 1855:
Harrison avenue street assessors, 50:
street superintendent's pay roll. As: sur
veyors payroll. SO; Columbia Electric
Supply Company. sll.O5: Foard & Stokes:
u.72: J. ~ Ellsworth. tgls0: Astoria
Transfer Company. as: Astoria Box
Company, AS; Astoria Gaslight Com
pany 81.
Articles Of incorporation OF the Col
umbls River Packers Association we're
drawn and executed yesterday and for
warded to Salem on last nights train.
The incorpOrators named are w. @. Cos
sin. g. c. Fulton and c. w. Fulton. The
capital stock is fixed az s.. 000.OlO and As
toria Is named az the location OF the
principal Office. The objects OF the as
sociaion are stated TO be those Of catch
ing. packing and preserving salmon and
other food fish. and the cold storage and
rcfrigeratlng business. The right is re-
served to engage In the manufacture
OF cans from sheet metal. and to carry
on a general commission business. The
articles Of Incorporation contain the usu-
al provision relating 10 the power OF loan
ing and borrowing money and the cor
poration Is to have perpetual existence.
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