The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-02-18

Alaska,
Dr !. A. Fulton has returned from
Aberdeen whore he was called IN con-
sultation on the case OF John Hah0,
a young man who recently sustained
severe injuries % a leg while at work
In aawmlll ~ that place,
County clerk Whcrity will prepare
next week a list Of property linbl' 20
road tax for the supervisors of rohd
districts outside the city Of Astoria.
The lists ana receipts viii probably be
ready by the latter part of next week.
Old Continental Is standard high
grade Kentucky whisky. Absolutely
pure. ana can be- recommended 10 shoae
seeking ntimulant Tor medical and 20.
clai use. Sold by Aug Danielson. Az
torin. oregon.
The official trial trip OF the torpedo
boat destroyer Goldsborough viii take
place on the Sound Wednesday she
viii be In command Of Captain W. ".
Patterson OF Portland, who handled
the boat on her trial trip Ia the Co
lumbla river.
II Is reported that the schooner Ber-
wick has been set ahoat from the sand
spit at siuelnw, This report has not
yet been confirmed, The report states
further that the tug Maggie is still
on the sands.
Tho subject nj the Methodist church
this morning viii be The Origin OF
Mcthodiam In This Country" with
some reasons FOR It's great success. In
the evening the revival meetings will
being. Rev, Baker OF Ohio. win assist
the pastor.
The funeral OF Peter sleyers who
died Friday evening from heart d.
bcanc. will be held at | o'clock to-
day, and the services win be conducted
by the members OF Temple lodge, No.
z. r. 4 a. NJ. Of which deceased was
q member
The nitrate business. which Il again
ON the boom. is drawing heavily on the
West coast grain tonnage. The rates
for nitrate are good. and the expense at
those points IL moderate. These are
special Inducements for charters. There
In also a heavy demand ON the Sound
for coal and lumber charters.
A religious meeting viii be held by
the swedish Baptist church OF Asto-
ria In Mrs. O'nrcn's hail In Upper
town, Sunday, February Is, at 4 o'clock
y, m. TO be conducted by vcster from
Portland All are cordially invited.
Franklin avenue. between Thirty-sec-
and nnH uhirfu-thleA u1raala
The tax.roll, which was completed by
County Clerk Whcrity yesterday, will
be placed In the hands OF Sheriff Lin
willie tomorrow morning and the work
of collecting taxes viii be begun i'm.
mediatcy, The apportionmcnt made to
the various funds is published else
where In the local columns.
A ten-days' winter campaign OF spe-
oial meetings win be held at the Saliva
tion Army hall. commencing Saturday
evening, February II. and closing on
the night OF February 9Th. Ministers
from different churches OF Astoria and
visiting ministers from Portland will
lead and speak. All invited.
The British bark ZInfauns arrived In !
from Honolulu yesterday, maklng the
trip In thirteen days. She Is a neat and |
swift little craft OF 9Sl tons burden. |
She will be detained here In quaran- |
tine n short time because OF having |
come from an infected port. There Is |
no sickness on board, however.
The Kalama Press says that Chas. |
Alter. the shipper OF salmon In cold |
storage, ut Astoria, is making prepa-
rations to go into the business on
more extensive scale next season. He
is now having a launch and two large |
barges built and he intends to have
another launch built before the coming
season.
The highest charter that has been re-
ported on the Pacific coast for q grain
ship is 4ps 9d. The British ship Conway
Castle has been chartered for March
loading on Puget sound at that figure.
Freight rates are growing firmer every
day, and higher figures may yet be re-
ported, The Conway Castle was re
fused for Portland loading recently at
3Ss ID,
There are eight millions OF young fish
and two million eggs In the Nooksack
hatchery one-fourth OF a million OF
the young fish have already been turn
ed out, making the output OF the hatch
cry more than ten million fish. In or
der to make room for the young FISH
a pond has been built and the fish
placed therein until they are large
enough to be turned loose.
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County Treasurer Thompson yester-
day paid out over $4,000 in the redemp-
ton OF warrants outstanding against
the county. The warrants could have
been presented and redeemed nearly
six months ago. but owing to an evid INT
misunderstanding they remained locked
up In somebody's safe without aw-
ing a penny's interest for that length Of
time.
The executive board OF the Pioneer |
and Historical Society of Oregon, head |
quarters In Astoria, has received |
an application from the Oregon Hlstori- |
cal Society, headquarters In Portland, |
for the loan of he sea chest and mirror |
carried by the ship Columbia when she |
entered the Columbia river in 1892, and |
retained by the heirs of Captain Rob-
ert Gray. who presented the relics to
the Pioneer Society IN May, 1899. The
society has agreed to loan them in ac-
cordance with the request made and
they will be taken to Portland on