The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-03-09

commerce. Al III u. M klDnuhy fVT the |
purpose Of attending funeral Of Mrs.
James Jeffers. The remains will be
brought down from Portland on the
noon train. and intterT1ent viii be III
Pioneer Cemetery. clatsop Plains
The New Style Chop House WIN
serve an extra dinner today. The bin
OF fare includes Roast Chicken, Chick
en- Frlcasse. Macaroni and Cheese.
Beef Ia mode Oyster Patties and
Lobster Salad custard Pudding and
all kinds of pies for desert. John
Biaslch. proprietor,
Mayor suprenant win call meeting
Of the board Of, health for Monday
evening at 1880 o'clock In the councu
chambers, Health, sanitation and gar
bage affairs Of the city VIII be- con-
sidercd, and 1t ia probable some nc.
tion viii be taken for establishing a
common dumping ground for an gar
bage
The first barge load of redwood taxi
en- from the French bark Henrlette |
arrived here yeserday. While there is |
no difficulty In getting the lumber from |
the vessel, yet II IN reported 10 be |
difficult to handle on account Of hav- |
Ing been made slippery by the pumps |
which sucked considerable mud from
the bottom The exact injuries to the |
vessel cannot be ascertained until the |
cargo is retnovtd.
Timber cruisers representing Brad
ley X Collins. wealthy lumber firm |
OF Wisconsin, left Astoria yesterday |
for the Lewis and Clark country to |
cruise about seven thousand acres Of |
timber lands upon which the firm re-
Gently purchased an option from the |
Astoria Abstract Title and Trust Go. |
The timber constitutes one Of the ln-
est belts in Clatsop county and II |
the present cruise is an satisfactory as
former cruises the sale will be consum- |
mated al once. While the price To |
be paid has not been made public II il |
generally known that It viii be one OF |
the largest transactions Of the kind
ever made ia the county.
The secretary OF the Japanest Bene-
violent Society al Steveston values the
fishing gear owned by the Japanese on
the Fraser river al $4,000. They had
$50 boats worth $50 EACH 100 sklffs at
| so each; and $50 nets at $50 apiece.
There were 20 boat builders who turn
cd nut 100 boats year. There are
about 5000 japanese fishermen In the
business a cannery Is owned by them
exclusively According - the customs
| returns export OF dog salmon to Japan
| had grown from rs tons, valued at
Si,0T7 in 1896. TO 5000 tons worth S97,-
O5G in i90O.-Trade Register.
The South Bend Journal in the fol-
lowing item may give n new clue TO
the uses TO which tire steamer callen-
der liz TO be put. az she was purchased
by George s. Cram: j. comes TO the
Journal on good authority that George
y. Cram. OF Aberdeen and Portland,
and who has bought fish here several
seasons. IL financing the opposition
boat which Captain a. w. Reed will
run on Willapa Harbor and carry the
malls from South Bend 10 Nahcotta
and way points, beginning next July.
The contract for building new beat
for the run is said to have been let
TO an Astoria boat-builder and she
will be so feet long or i've feet longer
than the steamer Cruiser and have
about one and half times as much
power Her deck viii be completely
housed in. She viii draw about six
feet OF water"
Peter Nufer, weil-known business
man Of Astoria, died at half past
O'Clock yesterday after a brief illness.
MIR. Nufer was taken In the early
part of the week with n severe cold
which later developed into pneumonia,
causing his death. He was native
OF Switzerland and SO years old. He
came to Astoria In 1890. He was at
first employed as head brewer for the
North Pacific brewery and afterwards
resigned this position and engaged In
buslnes for himself which he had fol-
loweu up to the time os hls death. A
wife and three daughters survive him.
He was a member of thr Sons Of Her
manr and the Improved Order Of
Red Men. He also had many friends
socially, being of disposition that
made him friends everywhere. The
funeral will take place next Monday
at 1880 p. IN. from the :ate residence
Of deceased, and the place of inter-
ment will be Greenwood cemetery.
The British bark Torrtsdale, Captain
Nickels, arrived In port yesterday.
lO5 days from Cape Town. The cap
tain reports fair weather until New
Zealand was reached but when on the
coast OF that island his vessel was be-
Gained for IA days, making only 100
miles In that time. From latltude 10
north to this port the weather was
variable and unsettled, low barometer
and very heavy westerly swell prevail
ing most of the time. Q. d. Lynch.
seaman on the vessel lost his life
two weeks ago yesterday. He acct
dentally fell from the gaff across the
spanker boom to the deck. a distance
of 80 feet and struck on his stomach.