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

ana head a flsh-fecding brigade, The
doctor IL conyaiesccnt.
a. Marxen and son. Herman, and
oscar Sewquest. OF Green Mountain.
arrived In the city late last night.
The party brought bunch of cattle
from their district down by way OF
Lewis and Clark 10 Warrenton, where
they disposed or the stock to George
Warren. The men leave out for their
homes today.
u y, Engineer Office, Portland, Ore,
Sept, 8, iS02 Sealed proposals win be
received here for mattress. rock and
pile work In connection with the ex-
tension OF the Jetty at the mouth Of
coqniIle River Ore. until II a. m.
October &, 1909. and then publicly OPEN
cd. Information on application. w.
g. Langiti, Capt. Engrs.
Governor Geer spent Sunday an the
beach at dearhart. where his wife
wen, on Saturday MIR. Geer. in
chat with an Astorian reporter. SEEM
ci 10 b. very reluctant TO hurry pack
to Salem. bnt explained that 40 much
business was piled up on his desk that
he could not spare the time 10 take
In the perfect weather at the coast for
more than the day. The governor left
Sunday evening
Wong Chung the sick Chlnaman who
returned on the Harry Morse from
Alaska is suffering from tubercuo-
ss Of the lungs and IL ls doubtful
llh. he viii last long. His case is
particularly sad, afflicted as he Is with
n dread disease and deserted by his
friends In the hour OF need. Prabably
now that his scotiing countrymen must
be convinced OF his real distress they
will come forward with assistance.
The verdict given by the jury at the
inquest was as follows: We
find that Il. Grimbcrg came TO his /
death aboard the American ship st. I
on the evening OF August 20. |
1909. by falling from the mlzzen top I
gallant yard to the deck of the Ves- I
sci. We further find thar the acci- !
lent was caused by the breaking OF a '
beckett on said yard TO which said + +
irimberg was holding on at the time" a
Work Is progressing without Inter- Il
'uption on the Hume min In Alder I,
brook Contractor Clinton has finish &
a the broad roadway and has now y
started TO build the narrow. The road @
way all told will consist of about 70 O
pents. The mess house will be finish a
ID next week, Superintendent CofTin- v
berry Is highly pleased with the pro- n
sress being made and expressed him ]
self as satisfied with every phase OF !
he work. (
The schooner Luzon which arrived A.,
In few days. ago spoke OFF the ,
southern coast Of California. In lat. ,
96 Al and long, 1il30, the British ship =
Port Logan and the French ship Mar
garrett Nollnos, both long overdue ves-
sells. The French ship has since put :
In at San Francisco, but the Port Lo-
gan. which is bound for Portland, has :
not been reported since, The latter ,
ship Is In command Of Captain Adams
and sailed from Algoa Bay, South
Africa ,
Leondor Bros. Uncle Toms Cabin
Company gave the performance List
night which they were TO have given
Saturday to a good attendance, in spite
Of the fact that there was another
company at the opera house While
the cast of Uncle Tom was not ss !
good us ii could have been the special
ties we're firstclass and wo,,h drulle
the price Of admission and the man
agement promises ihe cast Of Tom will ,
be full tonight, Prices remain the ,
same,-15cts for children and ?sCts for
adults. ...... o.
The Belasco George juveniles filled
Fishers opera house last night. The
children are undoubtedly clever and
were recipients of pleuteous al plause.
Miss Marion George played the inter-
mezzc from Cavalleria Rusticaua With
excellent taste and good technique A
novelty was introduced in the singing
dueed Mr.. Norman Stanlay in the
from the auditorium. In
this as In his solo THE Palms." Mr.
Stanley pleased the audience very
much. In fact all the children are
good performers and were well worth
seeing for their dancing and contor-
tion acts, and hearing for their songs.
The dairy mensin this section are be-
ginning to feel the effects OF too much
nice weather. No rain means poor
pasture, and this is causing a shortage
OF milk that Is being keenly felt by
the cow-men Mr., Skyles, the cream
cry man, is at present able to fill all
orders, but he anticipates that in the
near future the case viii be different,
providing 1t doesn't rain. If there had
only been regatta this season." ex-
planned Mr.. Skyles, we would have
had an abundance Of moisture" The
creamery business, however, Is gradu-
ally on the increase, 30 the present
contraction Is doubtless but tempor-
airy,