The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-10-05

and II IN cleaned twice day ny an ACT
~ God Portland not only keeus her
mud In full evidence on the streets. but
they keep stirring It up.
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Nothing will be done In regard 10
the extension OF the water mains east
or west until next spring. so at the
last meeting OF the Astoria Water
Commission the matter was not dis
cussed Aside from the routine bus
iness the meeting was devoid Of in
tsrest to the general public.
A. Sigurdson has rendered his reslg-
nation as road supervisor of Distrs Mo-
/. 1T warrenton. Mr. slgurdson will
loate at Markham. wash. where he
viii enter the employ OF r. I, Hal
fertv and left over for tina, section
YESTERDAY to have a look az the situ
alton.
The school ht warrenton will re
sumo work with Prof. VIM. Krepp,
of ohio. IN teacher. Prof. J, I, Lee,
who held the princIpalship last term
Is now praeticing his profession IL
skagway. and Miss Annie Powell. who
instructed In the primary department.
IL engaged In this city
Abraham Snow, footballer OF Upper
town, accompanied By two friends. have
returned from a three days fishing
excursion. They had to show for theii
three days' sport fine string OF trout
There were only two on the string.
but one measured nearly seven inches
and the other turned the scales at
nearly fve ounces.
The case OF smallpox IN the city has
not assumed as yet any very serious
ASPECT Every precautlon Ia being
taken 20 keop the disease down and the
house Is strictly quarantined to pre-
vent contagion Yesterday morning
the little two-vear.cld son OF the pa
tsent began to show signs OF being at-
fect.d with the complaint.
On Wednesday afternoon very
pleasant time was spent at Hanthorn's
hall. The hostesses were Mrs, G ].
Trenchard, Mrs. A. Van Dusen. Mrs.
w. Il. Robb, Mrs. II. W. Christen-
son nnl Mrs. chas. l.. Houston. The
entertainment has already been no.
tircd. We regret that today we have
not space to print the full list OF
guests
John Johnson. against whom
charge OF insanity was recently
brought by his brother, Andrew. was
yesterday adjudged insane and COM
mitted for safe keeping In the asylum
at Salem. He started for that city
last evening In custody OF sheriff Lin
vile. Johnson Is considered violent
bv his neorle and Is altogether unman'
ugeable
Mrs. Agnes Alma Jensen was COM
mitted to the asylum for the insane
by the county court. Mrs,
Jensen has become incoherent In her
speech and her action generally te-
tokens a deranged mind. The patient
gained considerable recognition o few
years ago in the local press by : Stn-
over the possession OF some
sands in the Columbia,
"R. NJ. Leathers, Boat Builder" now
stands forth In prominent black let
ters on the front of the new boat
building establishment now In course |
II construction on the water frnt near
the Astoria Iron Works, The frame
work is all up and the walls are about
completed and II is expected that
BOATS win soon be turned out at the
lew works,
There has been little doing in the
ocial world this week, winding up
With very pretty concert by the
Iisses Flavel yesterday. The Meth
dist church was decorated and every
ne was enthusiastic In their praises,
NE lady ushers were, Misses Ethel
him. AMY Rannells. Mamie Coyey
nd Annie Mclean. The Rev. Henry
Iarcotte worked hard all week to
,ake the concert the success which
was.
Miss Florence Turner and Mis- Tlllle
.adie arrived In the city yesterday
'om their country schools. The youne
ldies have just completed very sue
assful terms Miss Turner on the
little Walluski and Miss Edea at
Wise. Tho directors of both schools
re fervent in their praise of the serv-
es rendered by both teachers, and
lie pupils and young people generally (
the communities were saddened by
ieir departure, Miss Turner viii re-
lain in the city and Miss Edea will