The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-01

.lATLY AS
. fHE -.
The White ne win sch FOutth
Of July ExcaAIa .jcke,s at the ratio OF
one fare for trip TO all points on
the Columbia RI Y between Portland and
Astoria July 2 s and l. goOd returning
up 70 and including the eSh
On and AFTER date tale sale og ten ride
Communication tickets between Astoria and
Seaside wal be discontinued, Parties de-
string 70 use tho communication rate may
purchase sO-ride tlelcts a, 81 each, good
Tor Swo months from date os sale,
f, c, Blackford, editor OF the ClaskAnle
Chief, was Ia Astoria yesterday rus,ling
business for bis paper. Judging Ny the
adprtising columns Of tho Chief. Astoria
merchants are pushing their trade in
tha, section. which. BY the way, Is one
OF the richest and most prosperous on
the lower Columbia.
Mrs, W. w. Parker returned yester-
day from Slatsop. where she had been on
visit with friends and to &C, as one
% the appraisers Of the estate % Mrs,
Clara Hoghton, deceased The other ap.
praisers were John waterhouse and c,
W, carnahan. They fixed the valuation
Of the property, which consisted OF land.
notes aud personal property, at NSs5S
In the ciruclt court yesterday the fol-
lowing orders were made; L, $, A. VS.
John McCaan ct al. plainti1 allowed until
September l. iSSe, to prepare and die their
bnl OF exceptions Samuel Elmore vs.
Duncan Stuart * al. ordered that the re-
oelver's account be approved and ne BE-
discharged. Justine Anderson VS. Hugh
Mccormack ct al motion 10 dissolve In.
junction allowed.
The farmers of Grays river are plan
ming to organize farmers mu;ua, In
surance company. A preliminary organ-
lEatlon has been effected. Of which II,
p. Ahlherg Is president, u. r. Mcintosh
secretary aud q. r. Durrah treasurer, \
permanent organization Is TO be per.
fected when Il will be Incorporated for
the purpose OF carrying the fire Insurance
risks OF It's members OF the company.
J. A. Fastahend. who has the contract
Of building the big plllng raft at stella
for the Robertson Raft Company. has
been IN Astoria for the pas, two DAYS
taking rest at hts home. Mr.. FastaoeRd
states that he Is making good progress
with the raft and win have It completed
by about the 10Th OF August. The work
OF handling the plllng is no small job. Tor
they average $ fee, In length. wiki many
Of them running from leo 10 iso feet IN
length.
Beginning with Saturday Of mex, week
the Saturday evening train from Port
land will leave that city at $50 p, m.
instead os p. m. as now. and will be
run on through 70 Seaside. arriving there
at SO p. m. There will be no other
change in the train service other than
that the Sunday evening train for port
land viii START with its full complement
OF cars from Seaside. so as TO accommo-
date the people desiring to return to
Portland. The trains will stop as usual a,
Astoria.
Organizing baseball teams has become
a leading diversion in Astoria, as in
the other towns Of this state The latest
to the Astoria list Is a nine organized by
the Boat Pullers Club OF Uppertown. At
a meeting Of the club held Thursday
evening In the parlors OF Engine Conn
pany No. 3. the following persons were
selected 10 compose the clubs nine:
Frank Leinenweber, George Ferry, H
ram Lelnenweber. Olaf Hansen. win
Painter. Albert Minard, Charles McEwan,
Henry Gosney and Chris Leinenweber.
The boys are all muscular young fellows
and declare their ability to meet any
club that is willing to meet them. though
no challenges will be accepted for a
couple Of weeks yet. as they want to do
some praciicislng before going upon the
field.
A. Dunbar. ". S. Copeland and J. E.
Higgins. who compose the finance com
mlttee for the Fourth Of July celebration,
49, scIt,gtfp.- fppHr ,+safnr,Fu,s and last
evening reported that si52 had been sub
scribed. Of which SlSS had been collected.
The committee having the matter In
charge announce that they have secured
the Astoria Military band for the day and
that on Monday, II the weather Is favor
able. a platform will be erected on the
court house square. where the exercises
will be held. but II the weather Is rainy
the day will be celebrated in the opera
house instead Of In Foard g. Stokes hall
as first announced, as a ball will be given
in the hall Fourth OF July night, and
holding the celebration there would inter-
tere with previous arrangements. The
committee earnestly requests that eyery-
body get theIr flags up on the Fourth.
The ladies' aid society Of the NJ. E.
church desire to express sincere thanks
10 the children. the ladies. and the mu-
s.clans who so generously contributed to
the success Of the Llllputian concert and
to acknowledge especial obligation TO
Mrs. ]. E. Gratke for lnstructing the
little ladies and gentlemen. In our ac-
count Of the concert in yesterdays paper
the type made Us say that an instru.
mental solo was sung by Miss Laura Fox.
We regret very much that such a mistake
appeared and take this means 10 correct
III. We also said that ]. w Belcher
favored the audience with a solo. This
was not correct. Although he was on the
program, he was suffering from a severe
cold and was obliged to drop that NUM-
Der, Our reporter could not be present
at the entire performance Thursday
evening. but he was informed,
among other things, by party present,
that the program was carried out just
as advertised Hence the mistake,
The Norwegian steamer Aker came
down yesterday bound for Port Arthur
with 2,235 .904 feet Of lumber valued at