The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-27

noIiccd the fine advertisement | have on
IN, fence out west OF townG'' NO" re-
piled the customer. "bu, n you will send
the fence around 10 my house some day
] will read il over and see what you are
dealing in. Fact Is, I'm reading uews-
papers and don't get much time 20 study
enceO,ogy."
BEGINNING with saturday og mex. week
the Saturday evening train from Port
land will leave that city al s:S p, m
instead 81 ?. m. as now, and VIII b.
run on through to Seaside arriving there
change IN the train service other than
that ;hs Sunday evening train for port
land will start with Its full complement
% cars from Seaside. 50 as to accommo-
date the people desiring 20 return to
Portland, The trains will stop as usual at
Astoria.
The high water in the Columbia has
as yet done no serious damage TO the
tracks Of the Astoria 4 Columbia River
railNnad, In couple ot paces the
water soaked into the roadbed and soft
ened Il sume what, but the gravel train
was a; onot put TO work and the ems
bankmenys thoroughly strengthened with
rock. /, would take five feet more of d
raise before the track would be- covered
and long before that height is reached
the Union depot IN Portland will have It's
doors covered with water
The law suit at Fishers opera house
Wednesday evening promises in the
breeziness and In the spirit Of its pro-
ceedings 10 equal the great cases winch
have packed the court house TO standing
rom on.y As roaring funmaking farce,
"a has never been equaied in Astoria. The
brightest legal talent In the city Is en-
gagged on the case. all the law and ev-
d=ncs ani fun in the case will be brought
out In full The sale OF reserved seats has
already begunand 50 many have been sold
that late c0mars are liabN to be in luck
II 5hey get mere standing room.
The Fourth % July committee met at
he court house yesterday morning and
arranged the preiiminaries to the cele- ,
2ration Of our nations birthday. As the
lewis and Clarke people viii be unable
% attend. owing 20 the soft condition Of
ne dyke road. only the athletic sports
,Dmposing the afternoon program will !
y held on the 4. F. c. grounds. the
morning program consisting Of an ora-
on. reading Of the Declaration Ok Inde-
audeuce and patriotic music. win be b
lsId on the court house square. II the I
FEATHER permits, but Otherwise in Foard [
Stokes nall II
Captain 3. F. Rober, who has been in ,
New York FOR the past cour months ,
supervising the building Of the pair OF I
fore and az; compound engines for the ,
new twin screw steamer Narcotta IS ex- ,
,ected % arrive in Portland this evening ,
with the machinery The work of install Z
ing the engines In the Narcotic Will be Z
pushed with all possibh speed and 1t IS d
expected 20 have her ready for service
within the next TWO or three weeks The q
new steamer. which ls now IN Portland /
ength and p foot beam and draws but 7
four feet and a half, whereas the Ilwaco s
1n whose route she ls to run, draws six Z
Ret and Is not as large boat. 50 soon d
a. the Narcotta goes on the Astoria and q
IlwacD route the IlwacO will be taken of I
and given a thorough overhauling. The Ia
new boat Is expected to makt the run be- I
vrsa-n rf4 nj - A,t
In regard 10 the demand Of the War
-enton Tribune that the Astoria & Coz '
umbia River Railroad Company put on Z
/ motor car between that pace and As +
ora, he officials Of that road state that 2
here Is not near enough traffic to justify .
lu.tirg on more trains on that section OF (
heir road. In fact the Seaside division a
Il their road !s not near paying expenses, d
nd the company does not care to court
by increasing the train ser Il
ice. with the consequent addition TO the q
p-ra.ing expenses Of the road. War. q
enton now has two trains each way each b
ay, running at convenient hours, which
5 better train service than any Of the
owns out from Portland on the 0. r.
y. or S. p. roads have. The Astoria
; Columbia River railroad Is as alert az
ny road in the country for business, 81
nd 50 soon as they can make a motor q
rain on the Warrenton section pay op- u
rating expenses they will put It on II
By
Spokane has raised bonus Of $4,000 -
1r its Industrial exposition and Portland -
as raised like amount TO insure suc- .,
=ss 10 its exposition. An exposition 10 -
lese cities Is no more 10 them than IS %, or
ie regatte to Astoria. The businessmen y,
Spokane and Portland have found with =,
reviOus years experience that all money ~
cpended in carrying on their expositions
mes back to them four-fold. Astoria's
;gatta Is as yet In It's infancy and IN the
sars TO come there will be ten persons 7
tending where there is now one. The tn,
oney left IN Astoria by the visitors Ju
tending the regatta is but small part g.
the gain that will come to the city biz
ON the regatta. These visitors VIII. ais
most without exception, take a run over riy
the beach and will thus become ac. egt
tainted with the attractions and advan. gdc
gcs Of these matches resorts The Jul