The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-14

signed by MesSrs. Ferguson n Hous-
ton yesNrday. The terms Of the con
tract call for completion Of The brdga
within four months. but the constrac-
tors say the work VIII not occupy more
than three months.
an Old-tlme spelling match between
lawyers and teachers Of the city with
an old-time master. win be given FRI
day evening. Feb. 10. at the corner Of
Bond and Eleventh streets The ladies'
Of the W. c. r. u. will serve old-time
refreshments. which, including admlsa
Sion. viii be % cents. Children 10
cents.
Reports received at the weather bu-
rcau indicate that storm OF cOnsid-
ei able magnitude Is approaching the
Northwestern Washington coast and
warnings have been sent 70 stations In
that scctiDn ard also 10 Astoria by
Acting Forecast Official Wollaber. an
nouncing this fact Word has also
been received from San Francisco that
warning signals are Iispliyed between
san Francisco and Eureka on the
Northern california coast.
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Ringville. father
and mother OF the young girl who Is
the complaining witness in the cage
against John Ferry. were in town yes
terday. and while here were served
with a subpoena by Sheriff Llnyile.
TO appear at the office of the district
attorney and testify on the case This
proceeding viii relieve them OF the ne
eesslty Of coming from Seaside uext
Monday when Ferry Is to be tried.
The Chinese New Year will begin on
Sunday and will be observed by the To-
cal Chinese colony In much the same
style as In former years, The hours
chosen for the celebration are from 6
TO s D. M. and from midnight to a.
m. Sunday excluded THE colony is
purchasing more fireworks and the
stores are being decorated with more
tinsel and artificial flowers than ever
before. and the Oriental residents ex-
pect 10 make the celebration a great
success,
In conducting its extensive operations
in Western Washington the Weyerhau-
ser Timber Company has decided TO
add two million dollars to It's large
capital stock which WAS 10000 900 when
the company was organized and pur-
chased the timber lands Of the North
ern Pacific Railway Company The in
crease row brings the capital up to
SS,0O0,0O0 During the past year the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company has
greatly increased its holdings OF tim
Der in Washington by buying timber
claims held by individuals. thus bring
ing into activity thousands II dollars
of cash which is going into substan-
tial improvements by the men who have
made the sales.
Three Of the large vessels. the steam
ships City of Sydney, Peru and City OF
Para. Of the splendid fleet which the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
been operating between San Francisco
and Panama, have been secured for
the Nome trade by the Pacific Clipper
Line, They are to be operated eXclu-
sively between Seattle and Nome. The
Sydney, Peru and Para will be the
largest vessels ever seen In the Alas
ka trade. The Sydney is 25S feet long
with SOl7 gross tonnage. She is cap
able OF carrying 700 passengers, 600 first
class and 400 second class. and 5000 tons
of cargo. The Peru and Para are sis
ter ships. of 3532 tons gross capacity.
They will carry each 700 passengers
and from 5000 to $500 tons of cargo.
The appearance here Saturday after
noon of the infant musicians, Paloma
and Karla Schram. will doubtless draw
a good attendance of Astorla's music
loving population. These child artists
enjoy a reputation that is national,
having played to large audiences in all
the cities Of the country, and are at
present making a tour under the man
agement of their father Their roper
toire is large. and includes many Of the
classic productions of Beethoven, Bach,
List, Chopin and Rubenstein. They
come here under the auspices Of the
Woman's Club and II is to be hoped
they will be greeted with a good au-
dence. The performance will be at
Hanthorn hall, at 2:SO p. m. Admis-
sion, so cents; children under twelve.
25 cents.
An fashioned rabbit drive will be
held on Blalock island, in the Columbia
river, on March 5, in which it Is esti-
mated more than 400 people will parti-
cipate The island is owned by COM
pany which is putting it under culti-
vation and which is desirous of get
ting rid of large number of the fris-
ky and destructive rabbits. The island
is six miles long and from one to three
miles In width and is adapted for all
kinds of crops Tie company has put
300 acres in an orchard and has nearly
1000 acres altogether ready for culti-
vation this year, the power of the Co.
Iumbia river being used to operate an
irrigation plant. 1t is intended to make
the whole island productive, but be-
fore continuing the work 1t has been
deemed advisable to exterminate the
Iackrabbits cottontalls and coyotes