The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-14

Chamber.
Resolved that the members q the
Chamber Of Commerce be urged to
give TO Captain Babbidge the largest
possible amount Of business within
their power, especially as his Is Al
home enterprise backed by home cap
ital and il II the sense Of this organi-
zation that home industry should al
ways receive the loyal, unanimous
support Of home people
THE DAIRY PROJECT.
The dairy project will materialize
1t now seems most likely 10 a manner
that u altogether gratifying.
The German specialist with whom
we have been in correspondence for
nearly d year and who has already
made visit to Astoria and looked
over the ground and been in confer
ence with Dr. G. wv. Barr, chairman
Of our dairy committee, will arrive in
Astoria TO make his permanent home
here within few weeks. AT the pres
cnt time he is making reports for the
German Government.
Dr. Bars committee has given the
matter consideration and DR.. Barr
will speak for that committee in per-
son.
The plan OF this German specialist
includes colonization Of our best
dairy lands here by dairy farmers di-
rect from Germany that he will bring
here through methods that viii be
personally conducted at his own ex-
pense. He desires to have $1,000
acres OF this dairy land for colonial
ton purposes and with our electric
railroad enterprise and with the other
methods that we are now developing,
we will have no trouble in getting
this land, although Of course it will
not be in one body and it is better
perhaps that it should not be Mr.
A. Scherneckau has handled this Ger
man correspondence for us and has
the greatest confidence in this gentle
man and | think perhaps it Is the
opinion OF all those who have met
him that he will prove one OF the
greatest booms to Clatsop county
that the dairy business has ever had.
THE ELECTRIC RAILROAD
Since the last meeting the incor-
porators Of the Oregon-Seacoast
Electric Railway Co. have met and
elected directors with S6,o30 OF the
capital stock at that time subscribed
and the surveying Of the road will
begin at once. This enterprise is
moving along very successfully and
rapidly thanks to the enterprising and
energetic work Of Z. 2. Ferguson, H,
lG. Van Dusen and w. E. Bufum
The direcors of this road are E. T.
ferguson, President, Norris Staples,
Vice President E. L. Warren, treas
urer, DIR. T. L. Ball, H. G. Van Dusen,
! Alex Gilbert, c. S. Brown, J. M
Anderson, P. J. Brix, w. f. Buffun
and Geo H. George.
I, Several OF the officers and director:
of this new corporation are here to
night and they can speak for them
selves.
cHAUTAUQUA PROPOSITION
The Chautauqua enterprise foi
. Clatsop Beach is now assured as thu
work Of financing the same has beer
completed by the Columbia Trus
Company under the personal super
| vision OF o. L. Ferris, secretary anC
: Treasurer.
This is one of the propositions, th'
working out OF which shows that /
, takes time and money to accomplish
any given purpose, especially in th'
: promotion line. The work on thi
: proposition has been under wa.
e practically all OF this year and nov
: THAT the necessary money has beef
! secured, as / understand it, all outsid
: capital. it will take most OF the tim
E Iron now until next July to get tn
E building and grounds in readiness t.
!.Ihold the FIRST Clatsop Beach Chau
5 tauqua
STUMP CLEARING
a | seems, Mr.. Whyte's report stated
t that we have got in touch with pro
e cess for clearing stumps off OF cut
), over land that is much more valuabl
q than any other yet tried for this lo
!. cality 1t consists in attaching
e steam engine to a blower and 10th
! blower a set Of rubber hose, say fror
: u to 20 reaching out in all directions
Fire may be built up at the side {
,he stump and one Of these hose turr
e cd on it SO that within short tim
t perhaps within seven to ten houl