The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-29

much 70 her own regret. been obIige,
to withdraw the offer OF her services
and left Portland On Sunday eyenin,
for Los Angeles. where she viii at
tend the worlds convention Of Won
ans Clubs. rhls win be d great dis
appointment 20 many Astorians, whs
anticipated much pleasure and prof
from her visit here
Arthur Steele. the efficient and iie.
nial clerk Of the Occident Hotel, whs
by the way In recent addition 10 tht
army OF Benediets, IL on his good be.
hayior for several reasons The nrs,
and noteworthy one is that his wife
has five husky brothers, and the sec.
ond and most important one. Ii thai
the father OF the bride ID able liz,
. barrel of~-weli call 1t vinegar, from
tho counter OF country store with
out sweating a hair. Arthur says
there II no domestic trouble IN con-
sequence,
Reports come from the most or The
logging camps thai the season Ii PROV
| Ing . prosperous one, The only trou-
BILE no far reported liz that they have
been unable to supply the demand.
The people here viii not realize the
value OF the logging industry until the
demand reaches beyond the source OF
supply. Those In q position to know,
say that this day IA not far distant;
that the timber Ia being exhausted ey.
erywhere except on the North Pacific
Coast. and that within q few years
the timber famine will exist here a.
elsewhere. II II advised that timber
owners ars making mistake In fore.
ing their timber upon the market ana
That greater error 10 being commit
ted In permitting no much timber to no
10 waste.
A visitor In Astoria the other day
was expressing himself an 10 the
many Interesting sights to be seen In
the city. Y cannot understand" said
ne. why some OF your people cali 4,
dun here. have been here several
days and see something new every day.
! 10 down to the wharf and see shlpa
from every port and cline. coming
In any going out. Fishing boats also
In great number are In the river
searching for the succulent salmon,
river boats TO points all along the up-
per river are constantly passing to
and fro and altogether Astoria presents
scene OF lively industry that fs good
TO look at come from little town
In Kansas, whose Inhabitants, IL they
could be transferred here and back for
q day. would have never ending
fund OF "reminiscences to relate TO
their neighbors and friends. Oh, yes,
Astoria is q good town and I wish
my affairs were In such condition that
| could locate here for good and all."
while Astoria 10 considered 4 wide
open town. yet II ls the most orderly
wide-opcn town In the Pacific North
west There are fewer complaints ana
fewer arrests here than elsewhere. yet
the police are never derelict In the
performance OF their duty. From chief
to patrolmen every one knows his duty
and performs It Long acquaintance
with the town also enables them 10
give better service and the way In
which they 80 about their work Is an
other advantage. They know every
man In town and II new one arrives
they soon find him out For hobo
or tramn TO enter the town and re-
main at large Ia an utter impossible
lty. offlcers meet every train ana both
sides are guarded II a tramp Is dis.
covered he Is locked up and kept im-
prisoned until Judge Nelson reads the
riot act TO aim and when q tramp once
receives a lecture from the Judge he
does not wish an encore" He simply
moves out in an easteriy direction and
he warns other tramps against COM
Ing TO the place. And for crooks and
sharps, when one Is discovered he Is
quietly told to move on and he moves.
Astoria Is good enough for any law
abiding citizen, but 1t Is hard place
for the crooked.