The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-25

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The wreck Of the May Flint in San
lFranclsco harbor was sold on Friday
by order OF the Y. s. district court for
J.ibO, She was purchased by gentle
man by the name OF Roeth In Oakland.
The purchase does not include the car
40 Of coal which she has on board.
AZ soon an the portions which can be
eaflly removed are taken away she viii
be blown up ~ ~ not 10 impede naylga-
tlon. ..-,-, -.
w. +. snodgrass. the photographer.
has sold the photograph gallery. re-
Gently occupied by him. TO n Mrs. Ford,
Of Idaho. Mrs. Ford was. however. un-
able % come here Just at present and
the business IL being taken charge OF
by her brother. j. +. McRea. until her
arrival. Mr snodgrass Will remain
here for a week or two When he Will
leave on an extended visit 10 Chicago
and other Eastern cities.
Chief Stockton Of the Are department
was engaged yesterday In testing the
1000 feet OF hose recently purchased for
the department . thorough test could
not be given. however. as only So
pounds pressure could be used conse-
quent upon the bursted main at the
corner OF Thlrty-eighth and Duane
streets. which was being repaired at
the time. Some OF the hose was found
TO be defective and viii be replaced.
At the occldont: II. s. McGowan. Chi
nook; j. Pang. Portland: r. w. Foster,
New York II. r. Lounsbury. Portland;
George X. Benton. San Francisco: A. T.
Hugglns and wife. Portland; NJ. G.
Rohn. Wisconsin, A. T. King. George
Llngenfetter. Chinook: c. II. Alexander,
Knappton. Il. ]. Warnock. Portland;
James Reaghs. Fort Stevens: Frank
Hawley. w. II. Pope. Mrs. j. o. VIII
liams. Mrs. +. A. Bullock, c. w. Law
renee. A. n. Smith, Portland: Jos. Nc
cabe, walla walla; Miss L. Brolly. San
Francisco; Nick Slavinsk, wife and
family. Clifton
Al the Oregon annual conference.
which closed at Ashland yesterday,
Bishop Andrews announced the follow
Ing appointments OF local interest: For
presiding elder OF the Portland district,
l.. r. Rockwell. former presiding elder
DR.. Cue was assigned 10 Mr.. Rock
wells church. Rev. Isaac Peart. pastor
OF the Astoria NJ. L. church for the
past year, has been transferred 20 Ver-
mont. and II. II. Roland was named
20 succeed him here. t, B. Ford was
named as presiding elder OF the Eugene
district. The question Of a place for
the next years conference was not
agreed upon and will be settled later
Next Saturday evening the amuse-
ment-loving public OF Astoria and vi
clnity will be RECALLED with De Wolf
Hopper's greatest comic opera Wang"
presented by the Boston Lyric Opera
Company. Colonel Thompson. the man
ager. has left nothing undone. nor
spared any expense 10 make the per-
formance a memorable event la AS
toria's theatrical history. Three new
operate lights. In conjunction with the
old favorites. win be with the company
as follows: Josephine Stanton. Bertha |
Davis, Sara Carr, Daisy Howard |
Katherine Goodrich, John Henderson. |
George kunkel. Henry Hallam. Frank |
Maslln. Phillip Ray. Alex. Jeol. Chas. |
VanDyne, and chorus OF thirty voices. |
Seat sale opens Friday morning at
Griffin & Reeds,
With the evening star on Sunday |
,vening commenced the Jewish New
Year. The day is called Rosh Hashona
md Is unusually observed for two
lays by Jews OF the orthodox faith and |
according to their calendar Is the be-
OF the year 566l. II Is observed |
)y Jews throughout the world and |
worldly cares are dropped for the time
being. The day marks the period of the
)eglning OF fasting and prayer and Is
% the Jews what Easter Is TO the |
Christian world. Ten days later occurs
fom kippur, or day Of atonement This
s the hollest day In the Jewish calen-
lar. All Jews, especially these Of the
orthodox belief, abstain from food and
rink from shutdown the previous day to
unset the following day. The fast is
Ilways regulated by the setting and
lsinR OF the sun. A number OF the
ocal business places were closed yes
erday in observance Of the holiday.
John A. Willis. in speaking OF salmon
N the Fraser river, is credited with
he following In the Tacoma Ledger:
he ilsh catch OF the Fraser river for
his season is exceedingly small. The
ockeye run this season was much
he fishermen struck for % cents
sh and wasted valuable time until a
ompromlse was effected at 10 cents a
sh. There are over fifty cannerles and
everal cold storage warehouses on the
fraser river and they will feel the ef-
ects of the short catch as well as the
shefmen. The Importation of Japa-
ese had quite little to do with the
shermen's strike. Scores OF Japs were
rought over under the mlsrepresenta-
ion that there was lots of money for
hem to be made fishing. They laid
round working for nothing, waiting
or the run and injured regular labor
a this way Then when they attempt
d fishing at cheap prices 1t precipltat-
d trouble.
The assessment roll for Clatsop coun-
v was filed yesterday by Assessor
and was passed upon by the
oard OF equalization. then in session.
here Is an Increase of S1lS,70S, in the
roperty valuation. Following Is q
ummary of the roll: Acres OF tillable
Ind, 4,S63.9, value. $SS, ,146; acres of
on-tillable land, S64, 252.57. $72S, ,22S; I'M
royements on decided lands, $100,SS9;
Dwn and city lots, $1.10S.924; improve
rents on town and city lots. $37l, III;
on land not decided on
atented, $lSS70; miles Of railroad bed
'h, SS6. .750; railroad rolling stock, $4,000;
lilies Of telegraph and telephone lines,