The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-25

John a. Montgomery has opened a
shop at i2i Bond street and ig prepared
10 do all classes Of plumbing and tin
ming AZ the lowest possible rates.
Doc" Holmes, proprietor Of the Ore
gon News Company Of Portland, waa
IN the city yesterday. me guest " his
old college chum, WIN Madison
Rosyn coal lasts longer, IL cleaner
and makes less trouble with stoves ana
chimney nues than any other. George
W. Sanborn. agent: telephone 1911,
tn BrIL'h ship FulwOpd. with n car
gn ~ wh"l. for Chn. cleared M the
custom hUuyr Yesterday with l20. 800
bushels Of wheat. valued a, lH7l1
You may have seen better days but
never better bIttcrs than H-HI. try
them Foard g. Stokes Co, distributing
agents.
IN" construction work an the new
water works system al Fort Stevens
will be- commenced Monday the material
FOR The work being already On the
ground.
I
Pupils Wishing to take private lessons
| during The summer 80 make W grade
| work apply 90 Miss Fossct, 213 Ninth
J street
Tiny Hanson, the clever young wo-
man who escaped from a deputy sheriff
In Portland. nas been Nciptured nj
Vancouver and Will be- returned 20 the
! Mulin0mah county jail
The only RAJ estate transfer filed yes
trrday was deed from c. Wlngate 30
j. W. Wclch sor eleven acres IN Sec
ilon l. township $, north Of range TO-
west. The consideration was 5000.
STATE Senator George C. Brownell
who has been regarded as q possible
opponent Ia Congressman Tongue at
the next election. has announced that
h. viii support the present incumbent.
Prof 4. J. Collier. formerly occupy
Ing the chair " geology in the william
ette University. will mead party be-
hg cent out ny the government on an
important geological expedition TO
Alaska.
The dismantled hulk of the bg apam-
er billings. which hae been resting on
the rocks near Blalocks fioated of dur
ing the reesa, high water and was res
curl by parties at Rufus The captors
OF the drifting ship Will receive a neat
sum rs salvage
The fishing boa, OF A. Mulerga was
capslzed yesterday al Fort Stevens The
men had narrow escape from drown
ing and but for the prompt assistance
of the lif"-saving crew would undOubt- |
edly have perishcd. The boat and net |
were also saved.
Helne Hansen. the painter. had a |
miraculous escape from serious injury |
yesterday while working In Uppertown |
The scafIolding on which ne was stand |
Ing broke and h. fell distance OF |
thirty feet 20 the ground Beyond a Sc
we're shaking W H. sustained no serious |
injuries.
\ special meeting OF the Push Club
has been called FOR Monday night at |
which time arrangements for the ap-
pointment Of a regatta committee will |
be made The report OF the commit
tee that recently secured the guarantee
North Shore points will also be sub
mitted
The q. r. & y, Co. has made a rate
OF $50 from Astoria and Portland for
the Pan American exposition at Buffa-
10, Tickets viii be on sale first and
thlrl Tuesdays, June to October. in
elusive. These tickets must be used
for continuous passage going, but stop
overs will be- allowed within fnal limit
returning.
Federal Judge Bel!nger has held that
the United States court has no turls-
dictlon IN the matter OF a receiver for
Gilbert Bros. bank at Salem. and Re
ceiver Theilson has retired. An appli
cation made in the Marion county cir
cult court has resulted In Claud Catch
being appointed to handle the affairs
II the defunct bank.
Mrs. C. w. Fulton received yesterday
afternoon at her new home on Seven
Ieenth street. The Columbia orchestra
furnished ;he music and the interior
was profusely decorated with cut flow
'rs. Mesdames F. l. Dunbar, Of Sa-
EN-. =. A. Stokes, G. W. Sanborn. G.
II. George, p. l. Cherry. II. F. Prael
:. c. Fulton and J. A. Fulton assist
ID the hostess in receiving the guests
mi the Misses Reel. Tallanr. Crang
Bowlby, Heilborn, Hobson and Bertha
Iobsn presided at the refreshment ia
1les.
"The building OF railroads into the Ne |
lalem valley Is based entirely upon
he timber tributary" SAYS the Oregon
1T Is estimated, taking the
lverage TO be 10000 feet 10 the acre,
he freight to be earned by railroads
,uldlng into the Nehalem and Tilla-
nook country, at $3.50 per 1000 feet,
arred 10 Portland in logs or lumber,
would be S9.07i.000. II these figures are
orrect and they are probably fairly
ccurate, railroad corporation which
building into the Nehalem
would apparently be overlooking a good
Investment"
The work Of grading on the route of
he GOble. Nehalem 4 Pacific railroad
rill be resumed next week II Is the
ntention of the company TO push con- 4
truction of their road as rapidly as
will justify. When operations
iere commenced on the road II was ex-
ected that n great deal more In the
yay of construction would have been
ccompllshed by this time, but the eN-
remely wet weather Of the past few
lonths has made II very expensive II
ot impossible to make and hold grade
l the country through which their line
asses but It Is hoped that weather con-