The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-05

tent, as the soldiers must an have work
Of sOme sort
The W. {. T. L. have decided that
their annual excursion shan bo TO Sea-
side this year. 1t viii De given Tues
day. August Is, the special train leaving
Astoria al a. m.. returning leaves Sea-
side at $50 o. m. The price of tickets
has oeen placed at 70 cents round trip
for adults. and S cents for children under
i6 A very enjoyable time is anticipated,
The ordinance brought up at the meet
ing OF the city council Thursday nsshi,
which proposes 10 license merchants do
ing business In Astoria. excited much
comment about town yesterday, The
general opinion expressed was that there
was but slight probability " It's becom.
Ing a law. and that as It would In
measure prove prohibiiOry 10 trade, It
should not be passed by the council
The merry-gH-round at Ninth and Bond
streets attracts lage crowds nightly.
An innovation Was introduced last even-
ing Ia the sale Og coupon tickets, Each
ticket and COUPON is numbered and the
purchaser In every Instance Is entitled
to a chance for a prize. The prizes are
all valuable and OF class and variety
that viii. no doubt, make the departure
a popular one. A handsome pair OF opera
glasses win be given away Sunday even
Ig.
GeorSe Mcbride. a son Of Circuit Judge
Mcbride, has loaned to the regatta com
mittee for decoration purposes a hand
some marine view which. has been hung
directly above the secretary's desk. The
picture portrlys a lonely waste OF ocean.
relieved only by a shadowy projection Of
cli1, and a dusby tug boat which huf-
fets the waves as II pOkes its nose de- Z
family towards the Columbia waters
across the bar. II Is a handsome acquisi- I
uOn and reflects credit upon the artist
g. =. kindred, the patriarch OF Kin /
dred park. was in the c4ty yesterday on u
business trip. Mr.. Kindred Is years .
cd and has lived in this county over .
30 years. His step is frm, his face full I
and round. his eye clear and he processes
to enjoy lie keenly. He says Ciaisop
county is paradise and only unroer
SPECTATORS will disparage It's value as
an agricultural region. There are over
100 Of the tribe OF Kindred in this county,
and most Of these attended the funeral .
q Mrs. Kindred several months ago.
The Telegram pays the following COM
pliment to Mrs. J. W. welch, OF this city: I
Mrs j. W. welch whose father. W. /
II. Rees. was the organizer Of the pio- I
neer soSsty Is in the city. Mrs. WEIGH Z
is now a resi'iedt OF Astoria, and is I
OF the ,rand council Of /
Native Daughters. She Is here TO consult I
with the grand council officers. Even as .
Mrs. Welch's father was a wen known .
so she is an earnest worker .
among the Native Daughters, and has 4
the interests Of the order In .
many ways.
An excursion from C.atskanie passed .
through the city yesterday morning to
Seaside. There were nearly 90 people in /
the excursion. which was gotten up by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Conyers. OF Clats-
kanie. The party returned 10 this city
on the O'Clock train, and spent the re.
Of the afternoon visiting friends
and seeing the sights in this city, and
returned on the evening train TO Clats-
kanie A very pleasant time is reported
by the ex.ursiolists, the weather being
favorable TO make the affair the complete
success II was.
Senator H. N. Teller and wife. Of Dem
yer. Col. were entertained last evening
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Allen, who
rendered them a delightful drive 10 the
various points of historic interest In
and about the city. Senator Teller ex-
pressed himself as being more than
pleased with the appearance Of Astoria,
and prophesiss that but few years viii
be Necessary TO place her In advance Of
her present importance. The SENATOR
spoke approvinsSy o. the beautiful har.
Dor and surrounding scenery and freely
states that Astoria IS the coming seaport
Of the growing northwest
W II. Hur1burt, general passenger
agent Of the o. r. & n. Company, came
down on the company's boat on Thurs
day night and went on TO Seaside at noon
yesterday. Mr.. Huriburt says he always
supposed a seaport was bound to be at
he head Of navigation, as far inland as
the ocean craft could go to meet the pro-
ducts BIT If Astoria's claim that the
seaport depended on heavy ocean tom
mage and proximity to the ocean, was
correct he thought he would move to this
point. "Hogever." said the popular
ticket agent "ail 1 really know anything
about IS the passenger business" 1t is
a fact, too, that he is the best passenger
agent and immigration promoter ever in
tie Pacific northwest.
The British bark Garnet Hill, which
mas had all kinds OF trouble since she
sailed from the Columbia river about
year ago is again under way to this
port, she having sailed from Shanghai
July s. It will be remembered that she
Is the ship that was aground at tnc
mouth Of the Willamette while on her
way down from Portland, and without