Show o = COMBINE OF CANNERIES Will Close Up Half of the Columbia River Plants i San Francisco Jan HThe Examiner Exam-iner will say tomorrow that a gigantic I combine has been effected by the Columbia j Co-lumbia river canneries including twen I i tythree of the entyfive canneries between the mouth of the river and The j Dalles The new company will be known as the Columbia River Packers j association The capital stock of the new corporation has been fixed at 52 I 000000 Astoria will be made the home office or the combined canneries and in all probability George H George will I assume the management Andrew B Hammond the Hissoula I millionaire and president of the Astoria j Columbia railroad will probably be one of the largest individual stockholders stockhold-ers in the corporation Back of this combination of canneries canner-ies are McGovern and Delaneld commission com-mission men of New York City Richard Rich-ard Delafield is vice resident of the j JSatiorrai Park bank of tlufc city The result o this consolidation will f close at least onehalf of the canneries ron the Columbia but it is not on exnected i reduced that the average annual pack will be I I |