The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-25


was given. The choir. under the eiil-
cient leadership OF Mrs. J. T. Ross gave
n number OF oxcellentlY rendered selec-
tons. The solo work wes exceptionally
fine.
The Portland and Astoria Shipping
and supply Company filed articles OF
lncOrporhtiOn at the clerks Office yes
terdny The capital stock Is 5000 and
the lncorpOrat0rs are y. X. Stokes. J.
T. Ross and Martin B'Oard. The pr.nci-
pal office OF the company IN 20 be In
Aftorln, but It's object n 20 engage IN a
general merchandise business In Port
land.
A number OF complaints have been
received by Judge Gray In regard 10
the gate put In by Fish commissloner
Reed. closing the mill slulce TO the
OHanna creek. The closing Of the
slulce overiiowed considerable territory
and the Judge viii request the Fish
Commissioner 10 see II some other
means can be devised 80 as not 20 OBJ
struct the outlet Of water
The Italian ship Dora arrived,ln port
SUNDAY evening from SNuraiiaya. She
load wheat AZ Portland. She was short
Of provisions and her entire available
stock Of provisions consisted Of about
100 pounds OF ships bbead and a like
amount Of rice both IN questionable
condition. The Dora n the firBt vessel
Fever entered from Java
The training ship Herz0gin Sophie
| Charlotte arrived down from Portland
yesterday afternoon and entered her
manifest at the custom house. The
| manifest showed 1858 bushels Of
wheat. valued al S65,7sO. also IS cases
u.r 1oules. The cadets have Sc
cured a couple OF Christmas trees and
last night held an appropriate celebra-
tlon OF the time honored visits Of San
IA Claus.
otto Rosendale, the Chinook river
logger has closed down his camp for the
season. This year he has put IN about
100000 feet OF spruce logs. He has
on hand now two RATS containing $780,
900 feet. which will be taken 10 the mills
as soon as the weather permits. Mr.
Rosendahl goes TO Sweden In few days
10 meet his family and bring them over
IN the spring. when he intends 20 resume
logging operations.
Pilot Cordiner was put on board a
four-masted bark nearly two weeks
ago and has been outside ever since.
The heavy gales that came on imme-
dlately after he was put aboard drove
/ his vessel 10 the north and he has not
since been located. There Is a four
masted vessel lying of the mouth OF
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the one he Is on and he may get IN
10 eat Christmas dinner.
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The schooner barge Washougal over
which so much anxiety was felt arrived
/ She left Astoria In tow OF the Sam
son ten days ago and on December IL
| the tow boats crankshaft broke and
the barge had to be cut adrift. Later
| the Samson was towed into port by
the Point Arena. Sunday afternoon the
Washougal was picked up by the tug
Monarch. which soon transferred her
10 the Samson. which Is now in good
condition.
The old bark Highland Light, which
sailed from Seattle two weeks ago with
4 n vi ~ R& AaAhAh AfAaAlANiAu Gbai AOl In
hlna Hawaii. sprung leak In the re-
cent severe storm OF Cape Flattery and
had to put into Barclay sound. Vancou-
yer island, for safety. She Is in a
generally disabled condition. so much SO
In fact that the tug Tatoosh has been
dispatched 10 her assistance. The Ia
toosh's instructions are to tow the dis
abled craft to Port Townsend.
A very pleasant time was had
at the First Congregational church
last evening. The church was
beautifully decorated with evergreens
candles. ect. The coming OF Santa
claus proved great feature for the
children. At the close Of the exercises
| Iaerr We're presented to Rev, f. +. Dell
the pastor OF the church, well filled
purse and several other articles. The
Sunday school enters upon the work
OF the new year with bright prospects.
The storm OF last Thursday evidently
stirred things up bit across the riv-
er as II carried away fifty feet Of the
Tokeland wharf turned over car on
the l. r. & N, wharf at Nahcotta.
and lifted the Methodist church at
Bay Center from its foundation, About
half mile Of the N. p. track was
washed out between Willapa and Glesz
crossing. The storm OF the preceding
Sunday had destroyed about so feet
OF the Tokeland wharf. The smoke
stacks of the Siler mill at South Bend
were also blown down.
The South Portland football eleven
that was booked to play the home team
here today. crawtished at the last mo-
ment and although strenuous efforts
were made to get a game with some
team. none were open for the day so
there viii be no football game this
afternoon. This will probably close the
season. The local team with the linz
tied amount Of practice they have had,
have made very good showing for the
season although they have been un-
fortunate in securing games.
The lighthouse tender Columbine
made the trip TO Tillamook rock on
Sunday and landed a keeper and sup
niles for the lighthouse. Return
ing the vessel took of Keeper Ride
halgh and two machlnists who have
been on the rock for several weeks
making repairs to some Of the machin-
cry. Although the sea was a bit
rough around the rock the men and
supplies were landed with much dexter
ity. Captain Richardson was accom-
panied by several guests on the trip.