The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-17
Pacific coAsr NOTES.

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IendletO1 has falSed a sub5crlption
Of SJOcO for the erection OF Y N. q.
A. building In that city.
The citizens of Salem have raised
lJlS1 Of the proposed $4,000 fund for
the erection Of a Y. NJ. G. A. build
ing.
Ira Bel, a son 0f Captain Miles Bell.
was drowned near the mouth OF the
SantlaH yesterday morning He was
hlBht Watch CD the steamer Ruth and
In some way fell overheard.
The ashlnR schooner jessie reports
sighting FUR seals IN the head Of Van
couver Island last week. This Ia over
q month earlier than they were eyer
known 10 be- 80 far north before. It
Is thought by some 10 be an Indication
NJ an carly summer
Tfr residents Of Rock Bay district.
British Columbia, have presented a Pc
tltiO1 tO the board Of school trustees
praying that Chinese chillren be de-
tltlOn 20 the board " school trustees
replied that the board mad no power
r. sep1ra,c the Chinese children from
other children.
Jancs Burke. Of Seaside killed a
black bar "A few miles southeast ~ that
place, IN Friday. The fur WAS Jet
black and unusually thick and las
considerable marketable value. The
anl"al was in a hollow tree and was
discovered by Mr. Burke's dog
4 communication in the Salem states-
man indicates thai haZlng ls being
praCice3 in the McAlpire schOd. m
Polk county. Considerable feeling has
ften stirred up and the parents Of the
children who were maltreated have
with irawn them from the school.
AZ a meeting Of ypor.smen business
mel and farmers held In Albany on
Thursday II was unanimously decided
that the game law before the legis-
lattre should be amended so az 20 pro-
hlbit the sale Of Chinese phcasants at
any time.
Rev. Mr.. Afford. pastor Of the VI. (.
church a. Seaside. is a scientist of no
mean ability. having made considerable
ndeDenl nj research in cherdlstry
end geology. Last evening he gave a
stcrcOpticnn entertainment. ilustratlr z
some Of his experiments In chemistry.
before the literary association Of the
seasi ie schools.
Mrs. Mary Ramsey Wood. of Hills
bCrO. this state. has lived In three cen
turirs. She was born May 90. 1883 at
Knoxville. Tenn. and came 10 oregon
IN 1853. She takes great interest In
public affairs and says that she expects
to I'VE TIL a.mother presidential election
al lees<t. She makes Der homa with her
, canahtsr Mrs c. L. Reynolds. Nhe Is
10 years Of age.
Robert S. Goodman, q w-ll-known
shipping man OF San Francisco. states
that there Is more shipbuildng on the
/ Pacific coast at the present time than
here Is anywhere else n the United
States. On Puget scggnd owl thirty
vessels are In process Of constructors.
or have BEEN ordered. Within three
months over io0 vessels OF all class IS
will Be turned out Of California ship
yards.
a conl oil excitement has taken pos
session of citizens Of the state who live
in the neiehborhood OF Glencoe, Wash
ngton county. Something having the
Nblh hA AAaAf VI BIAiNAFhAAA ~ iE bU6[INEu
floating on the surface Of a we'll on
the Trumbo farm. A Portland company
has secured an option on the property
ami will driil a wen 10 the depth of
20O0 feet unless oil is struck before
that depth Is reached.
A serious wreck occurred at milepost
10 on the o. r. & n. yesterday morn
ing. As engine 63 and a caboose were
going over a bridge that had been
flied in with dirt the embankment
gave way and the engine and caboOse
were hurled to the bottom, a distance
Of twenty feet. Sam Vinthers, the en-
gineer. had a thighbone and a rib brok-
en- and was badly injured about TIE
head. Ed. Ruffano the fireman, also
had a thighbone broken and was badly
bruised. Sam Henderson, a brakeman,
and another brakeman named Myer
Were injured. The accident was caused
by the heavy rain Of the preceding
night.