The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-26
CONDENSED FROM CLIPPINGS.

Bonds Will be hOated for the erection
Of $4,000 school building at Eugene.
The new steamer VI the North Pa
! clAc and Trading Company will pro-
ceed north this week.
Baker city 10 10 have four-gtDry
brick hospital with all modern i'm.
DrOvemcnts and c0Dycnicnces for the
care OF the sick.
During the recent floods every bridge
| but one IN the town Of Weston was
rendered UNIT for traffic and two were
| swept away entirely.
The schooner G. II. Wheeler. tOwed
| by the tug YOsburg, cleared from Till
amook yesterday with 10000 feet Of
lumber for San Franclso.
The China Mutual steam Navigation
Company has established a !!ae Of
steamers plying from Manila. snga-
pore and Liverpool 10 Tacoma and Pu-
get sound ports.
Captain w. II. Harris, one OF the
old pioneers. died recently on his farm
| IN Coos county. lie had been resi-
dent Of the county since 1853 and Of
| oregon since 1850.
The Washington legislature has in
creased the iax on salmon fishing APP
| pllanceB % secure funds TO build ponds,
establish new hatcherieS and provide
for patrol steamers.
The following officers were elected az
the recent meeting Of the Wala Walla
Valley Horticultural Association: w.
=. Offner. PRECEDENT: II. g. Chew. vice.
president; +. J. Flynn. secretary; John
| Thorney. treasurer
| fHt l..
railroad has completed number OF
| improvements Including the doubling
nf the warehouse room. by this ar
Tingement the previous congestion dur
ing the fruit shipping season viii be
obyiated.
County School Superintendent Milli-
ken. Of Nehalem county. recently suf-
| fere the ampulation Of leg at Baker
city. Blood poisoning from an old In
jury caused the operation and the sur
geons found II necessary 10 remove the
limb al the hip. Mr.. Milllken with
stood the ordeal brayely and Is rapid
ly conyalesclng.
Spokane is excited over the report OF
prospectors that an eight foot coal vein
0f generous and profitable proportions
has been discovered within mile OF
the city limits Capitalists and spec
ulators are scrambllng for land leases
and the excitement is spreading. The
first Indications Of the deposit were
discovered by well diggers in the course
Of their work.
The secretary Of the treasury has is
sued orders prohibiting the killing OF
| sea otttr In Alaska by anyone other
than the natives. Licenses Issued to
sailing vessels for the capture OF sea
otter are revoked and penalties pro-
Wded for violation. Fur-bearing ami
mails further inland are TO be killed
In similar manner The indians have
long coitended for such restrictions.
The committee from the California
! Legislature appointed 10 investigate the
charges that vice was unrestrained in
San FranciscO's Chinatown and that
public officials were receiving protec-
tion money. has reported, The commit
tee scores the police and found that
disreputable dives and gambling were
openly conducted TO the knowledge OF
the police. The remedy is left with the
municipality.
A Baker City young man was a VIC
tim Of Elizabeth Kaburick. the Bloom
lngton, ILL.,. young woman who con-
Quoted matrimonial correspondence
with gulllble ones all over the coun-
try and received remittances. The girl
worked the game with goodE profit,
and the amounts she received ranged
vari0usly from $40 10 800. She Is now In
Jail. being held for the Federal author
tiles for using tht mails for her swind-
ling operations
The owners Of the German ship Flot-
beck. which went on the shore at
Osette Island about six weeks ago. are
contestlng salvage claims aggregating
s33,500 Captain Shoemaker claims
that the assistance rendered by the
tugs OF the Puget Sound Towbotat Co.
Is covered by contract with that
company and the owners. and that
therefore only towage charges amount
ing to 5000 should be allowed. This
amount has been rendered the defend
ant and refused,
The action OF the Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association Of Oregon in disband-
ing the organization will be regretted
by all lovers OF amateur sport In the
state. This course was precipitated by
the withdrawal of the Agricultural col
lege at Corvallis, the Monmouth Nor
NAL school, Pacific University. and Pa
Ciic college, from the games this year.
The three llst-named institutions have
organized league and are arrang-
ing for field days. At the meeting in
Salem the cup was given to the Univer-
sity OF Oregon as permanent trophy
The State University at Eugene and
the Willamette University at Salem
each have athletic teams in training |
but their future is problematical un-
der the new order Of things.