The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-18

ence OF your United States Senator
or in live business concerns OF AS
toria. Judge Trcnchard Is thorough
" familiar with these facts and con
tlitions, so also Is i, A. Fisher, Chair
man. and they are doing all they can
to complete the road by early spring
Ing,
The Chatauqua Association.
Accompanied by the engineer OF
the Astoria and Columbia River Rail
road, Mr.. Habersham, by the Rev, e,
IL. Owen and Mr.. Ben Ward, u real
estate man, on Friday last we visited
all of the available sites for the Chat
aqua grounds from Holiday below
Seaside to Carnaham, Tomorrow
morning we will continue pedestrian
trip from carnahan to Fort Stevens,
As soon as all OF the sites have been
seen it will be up to the Chatauqua
Committee to say which one they per
fer. As soon as they have chosen a
site, the Chamber OF Commerce will
do all il can towards securing that
site for the Chatauqua Association,
The Chatauqua Association desires 10
hold lecture course on the grounds
this summer. This movement is very
important and means that there will
be fully 1000 people encamped for two
| weeks in this Country from all parts
of the state, also from Idaho. Mon
tana and Washington, Chatauqua
| people are universally educated peo'
pie and il is n matter OF extreme inn
portance to this country to secure the
Association for Clatsop Beach and |
am now doing all ! can and will say
| that President Clark and Supt. Nc
CURE OF the Rail Road Co, Are as
sisting us In every way.
At the request OF Manager John II,
, Hartog OF the Eugene Commercial
Club, offer this resolution Tor con-
| sideration and ask that it be adopted
Resolved, That the Chamber OF
Commerce OF Astoria hereby puts IL
| SELF on record as being most
heartily in favor OF assisting the Uni"
versity OF Oregon located at Eugene
in every way possible to become the
greatest educational institution in the
| Northwest, that under no considera'
| ton does the Astoria Chamber OF
Commerce believe that the appropria'
tons for the State University snade
by the Legislature should be reduced
| We believe that the State University
| is in every sense OF the word, the
school OF the people and that any
state can only become great as 1t.
people advances in the cause OF edu
cation
i | wish to introduce this resolutiot
and ask that it be adopted:
Resolved, That the Chamber o
Commerce OF Astoria hereby puts 1t
self on record as fayoring the appro
priation bills now before Congress
providing for the completion OF tn
military defenses at the mouth OF tn
Columbia River, bringing the State o
these defenses up to the most moderi
condition and constructing barrack
and quarters at Fort Stevens neces
sary to properly man these detenses
and that a copy OF this resolution b.
sent to each OF our representatives u
Congress"
, Lincoln Memorial Park Association
Mr.. B. i. Allen, a member OF thi
organization and chairman OF tn
i local committee in charge OF III
: movement to secure funds to purchas
Lincoln's farm and the home wher
he was born, desires to call the at
> tcntion OF the members OF this orga
nization that any one contributing z
cents toward the Lincoln Park AS
soeiation will be given membership
in the Park Association. This is
;. patriotic movement which deserve
the close consideration Of all patriot
citizens. "a" Il. pA
| Report Of the Special Committee o.
nj the Port of Astoria.
ej Astoria, Feb II, 1908.
To the President and Members OF tn
II Chamber Of Commerce:
el Gentlemen:-Your committee o.
It "Port Of Astoria begs to report pro
n gress and requests further time. Th
e legal question has been considered b.
+ the lawyers on the committee witt
n no very definite result. On motioI
r OF the joint committee OF the common
t council and your committee it wa
o ordered that the chairman of the com
d m;ttee appoint three members AM
s | your chairman, making a committe
OF four to thrash out" a bill tina
s would stand before the courts AM
E which would be satisfactory to al