The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-12

THE DAILY AST0R
found around town, these Ares aFc
thought TO be ot an incendiATy nature,
and the authorities are said to have sus-
plCons as 20 the guiky parties, but ow-
sng 60 Ack ot prof. no arrests have
We, been, made. Il Is probable however
that should any more attempts be madc
to e0rn thu town, the guilty psrties VIA
DC brought to justice.
Ts,ere Is considerable talk " an alleged
plan Oi Captain U, n, SNSolL Of the o.
him0la Riycr 8 P,Age, Sound Nav,ga-
ton Company, to re6dild tine steamer
Telephone, which is now In Portland,
lana up Tor a general Ovcrhaui'ng. Hts
pans Arc sAld to lNclude compound Gu
gines for the new boat and u hnish
through5ut TO cxca anything nav on the
river A Spccd OF y miles an hour Is
SoutOnilNltcd oticals ot the company,
when approached In regaTd to the mat.
tel, stated THAI they had nothing TO say
at present
Captain Jones, of Hao Willamette \
CohlmNla RNNrs TOwtng Company, ne.
eentry went over to t,,S Sound and made
arrangements tt~ bringing back the old
h.ugcae, whsch has been tied up there
Suce her arrival more than pw0 years
asO The crew whArh will bring the boat
around departed on uhe train tast night,
and as all arrangcmcuts are ccaplctcd
she will arrive at Astoria saturday.
Work Tor the Eugcne will probably be
found On the Upcr willamette, She Is
good boat eg hight dratt, and Is Nlso
sod carrier.
The steel railway trostie near Barker's
eannery was In dSnSer yesterday. A
large ios drt(ted In and lodged against
ghc piles supporting the lrcsllc. As there /
WAS quite a Wtnd at the time. thc waves /
kcgE Il pounding against the piles. until |
after rypcOted Knocking one OF the GAPS |
of the tTesilc was disiodgcd, and had the |
log been allowed TO ucmain there m,lch |
lau0ge would prCbtbly have bJvn done |
TO the trcstle. h was nC0r this same
place tina, the ,ressie was knocked down |
lrgs along the waterfront there met
similar fate.
\ meeting Ot uhe ssscSSors and eounty |
judges v che state. will be held In Port
land to,iay and tomorrow. the object be-
ing to talk over SCALES OF valuation and |
Try 10 come to an understanding by |
which rhere will De grAter uniformity |
in yalGing and assessing certain GLASSES |
Of property. II is due to Judge Gray TO |
say that he Is the leading spSS1t In the !
AFFAIR, and Il WAS al his lnstigatiOn tha, |
IN, meeting was called. Il Is gcnerNF,y |
ocnceded by me officials and ieadtng tax.
payers that such mSednS ~ county |
assessors viii be productive OF many |
good results.
I.,ndiubbers have wondered and even
water DIGS along the frOnt have puzzled |
over what appears 10 be caGler which |
stands before the number on the bow Of
each ash boat A wise fisherman states |
that. whAi a printer would take TO be a
cipher Of the same Cont as the other |
hgures constituting the number Of the
boat Is in reality a csgGtal o. or meant |
for on. and indicates that the baat IS
an Oregon boat and the hgures denote |
It's number Oa the state iish commission !
er's regis;er. TIE boats holding a NASH |
irgton register have the letter W placed |
| beforq their number
| Col5nel and Mrs. Dr. Adair are down |
from their Yakima home TO spend |
the summer at uhsir Sunnymead farm
and al the beach. whih al the beach
they will Ocsupy a cottage at Grimes.
| Yesterday 10y spe0t in Astoria as the
guests OF Mrs. W. W. Parker. Colonel
| zrsd Or. A1ah are greatly pleased with |
the Yakima country, the good roads, fne
farms and beautiful homes making It |
| very attractive. but for hsalhfulness It |
Is not To be co npared with Cia,sop
oyunty The white county Is under irr-
cation. and IKE AL irrigated sections Il |
is very uDhealthtui. typhoid and maiarial |
fevers being very prevalent. especially |
in me farming districts.
In the police court yesterday John John |
son, young man OF COwlitz county. |
Wash. was charged with having been
drunk He pleaded gu1ty and on being |
linterrogated By the court stated that |
although without means, he could sc. |
transportation home. and as he was a
a - lrY1-I
nal, the judge fined him s. and suspended
sentence. When last seen he was making |
tracks for the water front. where he 1
hoped TO get passage home. Louis Levan.
a fisherman. pied guilty to the charge Of
drunk. and was fined $. Cy Taylor was
arraigned on a charge Of cruelty TO ami
mails and paed guilty. He further stated
that although his horses were In a bad
shape, ne was obliged to ride them. as he
could not afford TO buy any new horses.
He very cheerfully fixed the blame on
the roads for the bad condition OF his
horses. and added that the mail had to
be carried. Judge Nelson said that he
wouh much rather Taylor would use the
money required to pay a fine in getting
his HOSES N. shape. as he saw no good
In arresting him, when he would much
rSsher arrest his horses In order TO give
them a rest. thereby giving their backs
chance to heal up Taylor was therefore
hned 80 and sentence suspended during
good behavior. II remains to be seen
whether he will make any change In his
treatment Of his horses.
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