The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-10-11


session Of the grand lodge.
A dance will be given by the Forcs-
J terB of America on Wednesday evening
, October 81. at Foard and Stokes hall,
Tickets 15c; ladies with escort free.
l.. n. Llggett. editor Of the Prlnevillc
Review. the official paper Of Crook
county. ls IN the city In attendance
upon the session OF grand lodge u.
OF r.
Astoria visitors 70 Portland can OBJ.
tain copies OF the Daily Ast0riRn At
the news stands Of u. u. Rich. Fifth
ana Morrison streets and Hotel Port
land.
neward--A suitable reward viii be
paid for the recovery OF the body of
VIM. Coburn. who was drowned last
Saturday. James Barry. Deep River
Wash.
Judge Brewer has moved his office
from the quarters recently Occupied by
him. and In now installed az lN Tenth
street few doors below his former
ONCE.
The Dallea stree, fnir and harvest
carnival was formally opened Tuesday
and the event was Witnessed by the
largest crowd of people ever congre'
gated at once IN that city
Captain Pcase. Of the dredger Ladd
was In the city yesterday. The dredger
has been working NJ Oal0wRy'e near
Rainier and came down here to coal.
She II az sanborne'a dock.
pnundmaHter Olcson evidently made a
good haul yesterday. aa he was seen
going down the street IN the afternoon
with couple OF CANNES attached TO
as many strings joyous procession.
The bark Aago which arrived In AZ
iinAppton on Monday. while IN latitude
l9lb longitude 1890 on September p,
spoke the schooner Wawoona, bound for
Puget sound. AZ last report the ves-
sci had not yet reached her dcatina-
| ton.
l.. o. Bo,land. OF Uppertown and Au-
gust Larson wife and daughter. lave
returned from an extended trip of near
| iy year 10 Norway and Sweden. the
| former also going 10 Denmark. ON
their return they visited the Paris ex-
position.
The British ship Marathon arrived
down the river at o'clock yesterday
Afternoon In tow OF the OcklahAma. She
cleared at the custom house for the
United Kingdom with ii7,t95 bushels
OF wheat valued at $4,000. Captain
pcarce Is master.
w. +. Kuetcmcycr has sworn 10 a
long affidavit stating a number OF al
legged facts that were not brought be-
fore the grand Jury by which he was
indicted for the murder OF William
Lunrut. This II In support OF the mo-
ton Of his attorney 20 squash the In
dictment.
Three wandering troubadors that were
giving exhibitions OF feats OF strength
by bending iron with the hands while
the bar was held In their teeth and
other sundry things. were gathered In
by the police yesterday but we're given
permit and continued their per-
formance before an open-eyed and
mouthed crowd last evening.
United States Marshal Y. Housee
and Deputy Marshal George Humphrey
arrived down on the noon train yes
terdAy with two men In charge. The
men were deserters from the British
ship OreallR. which has been lying In
this port several weeks. They were
Immediately taken on board and
turned over to Captain Tyers.
County surveyor Astbury was bust.
ly engaged yesterday In making prepa-
ratlons for the start on the expe1l-
tlon for the laying out of the proposed
Nehalem valley road. The rarty will
consist OF ten or twelve members and
start this morning on the work. Among
the party will be the viewers recently
appointed by the court: NJ Bosler.
Fred Gustafsen and r. NJ. Lowe,
The street committee OF the Common
Council yesterday afternoon opened
bids for repairing Franklin avenue be-
tween Twenty-sixth and Thlrty-first
streets, There were seven bids as fol-
lows; c. ]. Palmberg. N,079; l.. Le-
Beck. A,935; ]. A. Fastabend, Al79; s.
Normllr. SS,S99; Erick Gustafson, A,2OS
IL. X. Writ. N.0S4: ]. X. Writ. N,2SI,
| -. NOrlnllt WIS NIlt iuNNSN uluuNI lhu
the committee awarded him the con-
tract.
A dispatch from Tacoma says Puget
sound cannerles are rapidly closing
down on account OF the extremely scant
run OF sockeye salmon and the addition
al fact that the sockeye Is the only
variety OF salmon that will run this
season. The humpback salmon WIN vis-
Il the Sound next season, and the can
nerymen intend to use this fish for can
ming purposes for the first time, Many
cannerles have lost much money this
year on account Of the diminished run
of fish.
II Is said that there Is n congestion
OF grain at Tacoma, the like Of which
has never been known on the Pacific
coast w. G. Pearce. assistant to the
president of the Northern Pacific rail-
way company has warned the ware
houses repeatedly to provide ships for
the expectation OF the grain. They
have not done so. and now there Is a
complete stagnation in the movement
OF wheat. An estimate OF the amount
of wheat now in the various warehouses
and docks places II at 2,oOOOOO bushels.