The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-03-07
ASIATICS MAY
WORK ON ROAD
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County Court Strikes Out
PrOhlbltOry Provision.
ACTION WAS A SURPRISE
---aarraa..asas
Judge Gray In Favor Of the Section
Remaining but Majority Voted
for Its Rejection.
ACTION WAS A SURPRISE

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court commissioners yesterday struck
from the specifications the provision
| prohibiting the employment of Asiatlc
lhbnr on HE rDdd to be built TO Nchh-
lem county Commissioners Pet rgon
ana Young voted against the provision
and Judge Gray for II. a lively dis
cussiln prec q d the final action In
| whlch the dissenting commissioners in
| timnlcd that iEftcnd Of RAJ economy
being the motive for the insertion Of
| the prohlbiIory clause Il was deFigned
to have a political effect. This charge
| Judge Cray denied while the court
was IN session and later on the street.
Ths provision was drawn up by 'Dis-
| ifict Attorney Harrison Alien and was
| prompted by a communication recently
published In "A local paper In which the
writer seemed 10 b. Df the opinion that
| Chinese labor waS 10 b. employed on
The county road. The other commiS-
Hloncrs were absent from the city at
The time ana Judge Gray endeaVorpd 10
| placnte the rising indignation u local
l1bornR men by stating that personally
hc wns opposed to the employment Of
Asatics ana thought the other com
mlsmoncrs were Of the same mind.
The district attorney looked up the
law on tn, subject and found that such
Il prohlbitory provision could be eli-
forced. He therefore. prepared that
| section or the specifications and handed
Il to Judge Gray ana suggested that
II b. brought before the court.
Th'rc WAS no reason 10 expect It's
rejection and It was something of a sur
prise whcu Commissioners Young and
Peterson opposed the section Their
a. "a .l..
trlct contractors aad might prove un-
fair 10 the county ln MAT It would pre-
vent the lowest possible bids bsing
made. Judge Gray pleaded FOR the re-
tcntor ~ the provision and pointed
cut that past experiences had shown
that II cost the city considerable sum
because of the importation and employ
n.ent OF cheap labor.
a bin was introduced at the last ses-
sion " the legislature. by a member
OF the Mullnomah county delegation.
pr viding for the exclusion Of alien la
Dor On public works but II was killed
IN the senate.
A rec c'ptlon viii be rendered the Rev.
and Mrs. Narcotic between and 10
o'clock tonight In the Sunday school
rooms OF the Presbyterian church
Roslyn coal lasts longer, is cleaner
and makes less trouble with stoves and
chimney flues than any other. George
~. sanborn. agent. Telephone 1871.
The German bark Prof. Koch ar
rived down yesterday In tow OF the
ocklahama. She carries 1867 tons Of
wheat and Is bound for Queenstown
The steam schooner Dispatch was
placed on berth yesterday nj the Colum-
bia River Packers Association wharf
TO load cannery supplies for Alaska.
Judge Winton and wife. Samuel Mad
dock ana wife. w. w. Ridehalgh and
wife. ]. y. Griffin and Peter McCrack-
rn were passengers on last nights down
train.
The county court yesterday approved
Sheriff Llnviles bond as tax collector
The suretles were d. X, Warren and
Frank Patton and the amount was
$4,000
\. W. lpllbilht. lhllb hilh lbNblubAN
known as purser for the White Collar
Line Is now taking well-merlted rest
after continuous service OF seven
teen years.
The bark Prussia will finish today
loading eighteen carloads OF Fairfax
coal amounting To three hundred and
iifty tons. for the G, II. T.. a. at Mush
aghak, Alaska,
You ought to try the dainty dinners,
Juicy tender meats and appetiZing side
side dishes served at the Boston Res
taurant. The only place in the city for
family dinners.
Charles Wiitala, Of Pacific county.
Wash, and Mrs. Saima Maxi. Of Deep
River, were married yesterday after
noon at the residence OF the Rev. lIr,
Riippa, in Uniontown.
Fred Ferchen, superintendent of the
c. II. p. A cannery at Nushagak, Alas
ka. arrived today from san Francisco
on the steamer Dispatch with all the
new machinery for the cannery.
ton received today two carloads of
canned and cured meats from the Ham
mond Packing Company, Omaha, for
use in Alaska. during the coming sea-
son,
Among last nights arrivals In the
city We're VIM. p Mcbride, of Durand
Mich Miss Lulu b. Foy, of Seattle.
w. Il. Whitney, of Omaha, r. w. Kehe
of Duluth, and s. w. Rothschild and
w. c. Bristol. of Portland.
In the circuit court yesterday evil
dence was heard in the case of G.. w.
Sanborn VS.. Otto Kletsch. The action
grew out of the transfer by the de-
fendant of n raft Of logs. the plain
tiff claiming that the bill of sale was
made with intent to defraud creditors.
The case was taken under advisement
by Judge Mcbride and will be argued
at later date by the attorneys
The statements published yesterday
concerning the bark Harry Morse. un-
der charter by the Alaska Fishermen's
Packing Company, We're somewhat mis-
leading. Instead of returning to Asto-
ria from San Francisco In ballast, with
out having loaded the eannery supplies
as Intended. a telegram received by
Secretary John Nordstrom from Cap |
tain Fullerton Of the Morse on March |
4, says, Everything on board except |
a,,id." and messages from the Standard |
Oil Company. and the Fuldas Planning |
mills, says that all their consignments |
were placed on board except eight |
drums Of oil which arrived late enough |
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