The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-06

That the business men OF Astoria are
united in pushing this city ahead and
above any other city in the northwest
is evident from the rousing Chamber Of
Commerce meeting which was held last
night, Fully 100 members were present
and they were full Of enthusiasm and
loyalty and will 20 the limit for any
thing that means the betterment Of
Astoria.
At the meeting last night there were
several vital questions brought up and
discussed, One concerned the deepening
OF the channel between Astoria and IT,
Stevens; another had to do with the
fishing industries and the fishery cont
mittee was asked TO secure information
concerning the present reported slack
salmon season and see ii possible II
there were any grounds for the current
information that the present season Is
an extremely poor one. Another qnes'
tion was the subject OF annexing War
renton, which was merely discussed
Secretary Whyte's report was given and
greatly appreciated by the members
lpresen.
The dredge proposition was one OF
the most important which was brought
up for discussion and resolution was
passed to the effect that m effort be
made to get the government to give
especial attention to deepening the chan
mel between Fort Stevens and As
toria. Tht need for this is obvious.
Deep draft vessels sometime exper
ience difficulty over this part OF th'
channel and the sands ale continually
drifting down and are not far enough
out to catch the current which the jetty
makes in the river. The w. s. Ladt
has been operating in this portion o
the river but to the minds OF the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce ther'
is a great addition needed in the worl
and strong effort will be used to &c
the government to furnish an additiona
dredge.
That the continued reports emanatint
from Astoria to the effect that the sal
mon season here is very bad and tina
none of the canneries are receiving
scarcely any fish will do harm to th'
community the Chamber OF Commerc
have fully come to realize. The fisher.
committee was instructed to Investigate
the situation thoroughly and minutel.
and report on the question.
The members OF the organization wer
greatly pleased with the work that ha'
been accomplished since the last meet
, ing. The advertising which has beel
done was gone over by Mr.. Whyte i
detail and the result gave a splendi
showing. Owing to the heavy amour
of work which this entailed on tn
staff it was decided that some of tn
, members would help in replying to tn
| letters, in order to save employing an.
more by the Chamber Of Commerce. Fiv
new members were initiated into the as
sociation last night.
They were: Messrs G. s. Dove, Min
| chew, Williams, Carnahan, and Edison.
The Following is the Secretary's Re
port to the Chamber Of Commerce.
The first advertisements for our ad
vertising campaign were inserted on tn
3rd of July and since that date we hav
received several thousand letters, in
quires in answer thereto. This is il
pursuance Of the well.defned plan 0
the Promotion Committee to use eacl
of 65 ads which have been written dur
ing the course Of about three month
and then to use thereafter onl
those which the committee then be
lieves will be Of the greatest advantag
to Astoria. We have on the table be