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IIIK MOllNLNO AHi'OIUAN, . JJJTMIAl. PtCEMBKtt n, 1900.
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
January 2, 1001, our Socond Annual
Clearance Sale will commence and
continue for" Thirty Business Days.
All contract! for lulvcrtiainK In
the Aitoi Inn urti iniido on a nuur
antcg of circulation four time
Inrucr tlinn that of nny purer
published or circulated in Clut
nop county.
TODAY'S W BATH ICR.
roitTLAND. 1 J9. iri.tri. fair
civrii ruin In tlin nnrthwrni portion.
Wnalilnaion, occasional mln, warmer In
tllci milhitim portion.
AROUND TOWN.
J. K. Jiihrmm, of Olny, va tn tli
city ymicnlBjf,
W. U. hlr. of IVriMnd, was In
th flty yppriltty.
W. K. i:ilwaiiar, of Portland, wa In
h city yricray.
Oo, A. CJl.l.tm k. of 8eallli wu In
h i-lty ymit-rttay.
jur rrnnrt: Vlml, uut)K-at. Hunt;
cloudy; bar. smooth.
O. I. IVkum. of Portland, If fltU
trml at th t.Hclitenl,
Mr H. A. Fcfil, of lUninmtxl, wat
In the city yan-rday.
B, Norniilo la In battle for a fw
day on a buinrs trip.
J. It. Hurkf. f Cnililamnt, waa In As
toria yratrrday on bualnea.
J. B. Ilralry. of (lray Itlvrr, If rI
Ulrrnt at th 1'nrk. r House.
Drat U-csnl meal, ItUInf duo Rcf
taurant, 613 Commercial atrsat.
n. T. Mltrhfll. of Portland, waa In
tha city yratrrday on bu!iir.
Jeffs rtaurnl ths (art and
trat. A trial will eonvlno you.
AV. T. fary. of Han F"ranrlco, n-f
lati-rrd at th Occident yesterday,
Whtra do you ft your Sunday din
ner? I take mine at the Ontral Hotel.
John IWf, of the Iwla and Clark,
waa In the city yeaterday on tiualneaa.
William Itatlereon waa a parnr
frtmi .Whalrm on the ateamer Harri
son. Iff a friitleman'a whlnkey. a pure
Acllolou bcvcraire and a Brand appetl
r. Ixm't foret the nam. "I. W.
Harp'' whlakpy. The kind your
irnuidfathrr uwd." fold by Foard and
Htokm Co.. Aatorla, Or.
HEBT IS-CKNT MEAL: JUMNO
fUN HEBTAURANT.
Hoy Wanted. To work In printing
oftlce: apply to the J. 8. D1SLL-INOICH
CO.
Claude I.. Blmpeon, of toni Ururh
waa In the city wt evutuni on uiimi
nime,
The airanK'f Houth Portland aallrd
for thla port from Han Kranlo y-
trnluy, .
The Mc-c'Ment tmrlier ahop haa three
flret.(:ltt barlKTt under IU new man
aili'llirlll.
Tim two llrltleh till Munkoka and
piihuyre were lowed to fa yrsn-rduy
afternoon.
Hark Iiuhrry h rcturni-d from a
month! llt to the name prewrvea
near Uulwy.
Mr. IHIIInK. of lwltnn, Malm. I
(ho Ktii'Ht of tier nltrr, Mr. M. J. Kx
on Twrifth atrret.
Mra. (leorae C. Klavrl. of Portland
l vlltin In the city, the U'-l of
Mm. J. T. Uithter.
tr. and Mra. Will Madlaon have re.
turned from a vli.lt with frlenda In
the WlllamHt? valley.
Mr. and Mra. Bhanktand. of Portland
are In the city pp-nom- the hollduya
with Mr. and Mra. True.
The panlor of the Hwcdlah Lutheran
rhurrh rerelved a Chrlatiimf lfl of
$3i from the conKmtatlon.
The nataar) Holiday oodi. bam
boo furniture, ladlea underwear and
notion; CM Commercial atreet.
Cream Pure Ir. mnra'i flneat
vhink. Th nnlv nure coodi: liar.
anteed rich and mellow. JOHN L,
C'AHLSON, Bol AaenU
A new foundation If belli put Under
the Fouler bulldlli on Commercial
atreet by Contractor Iebeck. The Work
wa commenced yeaterday.
Iloalvn co lafta liwiifr. la cl'fner
and make lea trouble with ftovee and
chimney Hue than any other. Oeorne
W, Hanborn. acent. Telephone lin.
VrA Plrehtn fnrmerlv of Amdt A
Pip, hin n hn ran an Iron Work In thl
clVv. now of Ban Franclaco. la apendlng
a few oay in Afioria wun irienaa.
The Tarnenbek and Inchcane Rock
n.tra int.. I on the river yeeterday
morning for Portland, where they are
under charter to load grain ror r.u-rope.
During the recent high water on the
BlUKlaw river. S.0O0.OOO feet of log were
floated down In two day from the
logging camp on the upper river to
llenedlct'a boom at Acme. The log
brought 132.009.
DON'T
LEFT!!!
Y3D
AYS K3
I
OF
DAHZGER
'S GREAT
20 PER CENT
AND
2& PER CEIT
SUM TOIL Hi
oenii an
From now until the end ttt January,
1901, I will nuika all klnda of fulta at
a reduction of 1(1 per cent from the u
iihI price, A, I.AKK, nlerthunt
Tailor,
The Drltleh ateamahlp Kalaon, which
w due to arrive In yeatenluy, did
not put In an appearance, having prob
ably been delayed by the recent gale
on the I'acinc, ,
Aa P, J. Ooodman and Co., are g dng
nut of builnenN, their entire atock of
boot and ahoee are lt aale at prlcr
It will pay the public to crn and aee;
at No. Commenlal at reel,
Mr. J. II. Morback and Ml Maud
Kinney were niurrled at Newberg on
I'hrlitrnn diiy, Mr, Morback la a well
known lumhermiin of that mrlon and
Mlaa Kinney in relative of Mra. Will
Kinney of the Clutaop Mill In thl
city.
The tearmr Hue H. Klmore arrived
In from TllluriUMik yeeienlny noon with
a heavy caro of aalmon, butter and
cheeae, Hh'f nleo carried a number of
paaefig i f. With weather permltilng
the i.lmoie will leave out on Hunduy
morning.
Acting Kurvcyor U. A. M Ian m'-a-
ured the MW launch Ivigle of Juinea
heutlng' and flnda her to be of U 69
ton gna and ten ln" net. The Ka.
gle which I being built at Warren
ton ttlll b ready for aervlce In a few
day.
The eteamcr W. H. HiirrUon arriv
ed In late Thumduy night from Neha
(in with a cargo of auliiiiri and dairy
proluie. Hh hua b-en bar bound down
the emu! for l-carlv three week. Hhe
will leave out thl moinll.g for N'1
huli'iit and other count polpt.
Mi. 1'iiyle recovered mnaelouanifa
yintirdiiy for the flrat time alnce h'-r
mroke of puralyela hint week. For a
lime It wua tliought tliut ahe. waa dy
Ina hut later ehe relapeed Into a atate
of uiiconM'loumMi very much aa before
and hn Miner remained In thla condi
tion. Mr. and Mr. Frank A. Hound, who
have been down from Itulnler aie-ndlng
fhrletma with Mr. and Mra. Wm. True
of thl city, returned home on Wednea
day morning train. They are going
to move to California about the aec
ond of Jimuiirv. where they expect to
apend all thl winter and inxt Bum
mer, After the departure "f II"' Bnlnt IV de
and Thyra. which veewia are about
ready to aall for the I'hlllpplne with
government war auiipllea, there prom
Im to b- a lull In the trnnaport bul
ne. a far aa thla port la concerned.
fir aevenil month at leat. The Balnt
Hole, which I loaded to the guard
with out and Imy. will probably have
down the liver today ami the Thyra
Monday. The Thyra will carry W0
horae and mule, in addition to car
go of forage.
k r ..... I..r. u m nlli.in rnmt irrAn U I.V
n l . 'l ."II v mr .,. " j
Mendumi ttndolett, Iteed and Comuhnn
to their mother. Mr. M. Nowlen. In
honor of her elghty-aeventh birthday.
fr Vnuli.n u-iia luirn n.r PoltimllU.
Ohio, and hua lived In thla atate for
flfsy year. Her huabund, M. Nowlcn.
la alao mill living and la In hln eighty-
Uth year. Among the Invited gu-aU
were Memiume. v.. iiare. m. m. i.ii
man. J. W. Conn. Aug. Kinney, O.
Wlngate, C. P. I'pahur. J. Smith. M.
Hume, N. Clinton. M. Hall. Hawthorne.
A Vi.m fliiun T A llvliiml M Tren
chard, W. W.' I'urker. M. J. Fox. K.
Ilobaon. j. o. Tmiiinger, ana inning.
of IwlHton. Idaho.
The llrltlah bark Pegaaua foundered
off 1'enarth lload yeaterday. One of
her crew landed at Cardiff. The fate
of the ret I unknown. The Peguaua
wu well known at thla port. Hhe aull
ed from here July 1 with a cargo of
wheat and waa bound for the United
Kingdom. 8he wna 2437 tona net regie-
tcr and when leaving port carnea
a crew of thirty men.
The email tug Kl Salvador atarted
Tueaday from Ban Francleco on the
long voyage tn Salvador. She will be
lined towing lighter to and fmm the
ahore In connection with the codee in
duatry. The VA Salvador la a tug
of only about twenty tona and waa
built by John Twlgg It Son. She la
commanded by captain iyior anu
carrle a crew of alx men. She will
low a lighter down to Southern Amer
lea.
The local police court had a at'salorl
for buslne yeaterday afternoon for
the flrat time In nevenU week, all the
regular contrlbutore having evidently
turned over the customary new leaf a
month ahead of time by mlalake and
arc Junt waking up to tnelr error. One
man. John Aho, waa arrefted for con
duct unbecoming to a gentleman and
waa fined ten The other victim, John
Lockland waa drunk, very drunk, and
made a rough house out of the Jatl ao
he .wat given the game amount.
The flerman bark Alaterufer cleared
from Portland yeaterday afternoon for
QuecnMown or Falmouth, ror oruere.
h wa dlanatched by Kerr. Glfford ft
Co.. and carrlea 150,814 bunhela of
wheat, valued at $82,950. Her departure
bring the number of clearances for
thla month to alxteen. and he waa
followed by the Hrltlnh bark Dlnlrhoyle,
which flnlahed. and cleared later,
bringing the total up to seventeen. The
Alaterufer haa been In the river 27
day, while the Illalrhoyle haa atayed
loading but eighteen days.
Captain Young of the stranded bark
Poltallock haa gone to Portland to meet
Wllllnm Potter, one of the firm of Pot
ter nrofl., owners of the unfortunate
vessel, who la expected to arrive In
that city today from New York city,
Mr. Totter comes here to look over the
aituatlon and clrcumntancea aurround
Ing the Poltalloch and doubtless some
more definite action will be taken on
the matter of trying to float the ves
sel. No bids were received by Cap
tain Young on hlf recent notice for
bids, a the "no cure, no pay" system
proved too much for prospective bld
derf who have Been too much of that
sort of thing.
Considerable attention wm attracted
at the O. R. & N. wharf yesterday by
I he presence of an odd-looking craft
lying alongside the dock and looking
like a bob-tailed river steamer. The
vewl Is the lllatarred Klickitat, which
was started by the Portage Railway
Con. puny of which Paul Mohr was the
prominent figure and when that com
pany which wu to build a boat rail
way at The Dalles, want to the wall
during the past summer the Klickitat
was eold to satisfy a mortgage. She
wrs a splendid model of a river steam
er nnd was to have been one of the
finest boats of the company but Bhe
was never completed and bag no ma
chinery or wheel and consists of only
the hull and outer shell of her upper
works. Bhe was purchased by the O.
RAN. Co. and Is being used In the
rather Inglorious role of a barge. She
has on board some seven thousand
sacks of wheat which are being ligh
tered down for the steamship Chlng
Wo. . ,
Pears'
Economical soap is one
that a touch of cleanses.
Pears' shaving soap is
the best in all the world.
All of pop1 Pf' "P. all awl
dw Mil II, CipKUlly SfUggMU.
The preliminary go at the Louvre to
night promlaes to be a most Interem
Ing event. The affair will be a ten
round contest, between Kid Hogan and
Chick Houghton and la aure to bring
out "iiie lively work. Hogan la well
kiiown here and a great deal of Inter
est renters around thla part of the
program. The prlnrlala In the main
event. Martin Denny and Jimmy Itlley,
have given evidence of their ability In
plenty and with the existing clrcum
stincea surrounding the present match
the spectator are aure to be witnesses
to some excellent p'rt. The event haa
stirred widespread Interest and a large
crowd la sure to be present.
"Hrmll crawfish be protected?" la a
'luesilon that appeara to be agitating
the mind of several of Oregon's law
makera )ut now. It will be remem
bered that a bill for the protection of
crawfish was Introduced at the Inst
a.ssl'in of the atule gu.a.ure. Hy
reiiMin of the fact that the crawfish
was but llc.le undersPsjd. however, ond
WITH THK CHURCHES,
All the usual services will be observed
at the Kapllst church tomorrow. The
subjects of the ermon, suggested by
the tlm the close of the y ar and the
century, will be "Ioklng Iiackward"
and "Looking Forward." Kverybody
is cordially Invited to attend.
At the Presbyterian church Service
as uual tomorrow. Theme of the morn
ing sermon, "A message for the New
Year." Kvenlng theme, "Retrospect
and Prospect." The pastor Is espec
ially desirous that as many aa can
hall be at these last services of the
year.
There are no services In the Swedish
Lutheran church tomorrow. On New
Year's day there wilt be services at
10:30 a. m. In the Swedish language,
and In the evening at 7:30 In the Eng
lish, The Christmas tree will then be
lighted again and the church Illuminat
ed by candles. Everybody welcome.
On the 2nd of January the church holds
Its annual meeting beginning at 10
a. m.
At the Methodist church next Sun
day, Rev. L. E. Rockwell, V. D., will
occupy the pulpit morning and even
ing. Dr. (inkwell I prld!ng elder
of the Portland district and this Is his
first official visit to this (hur.h. He
Is a strong preacher and we may rea
sonably expect two excellent sermons.
The first quarterly conference of the
Methodist church is held this (Satur
day) evening. Dr. Rockwell will be
present and preside.
There will be held the regular aer
vlces In the First Congregational church
at 11 a m. and 7:30 p. in. At the
morning hour the pastor will preach
the third and last sermon In the ser
ies upon the subl'ct of the Atone-
ih. n...n. fF it. i.n.inlliin wu uit mme tor ine evenoig; ouur
apparent, (lie measure fulled to Ik- -ome 1 '.Some Memories Connoted Itb the
a law. Klnce then renewed Interest has I pV " Year." Sunday school at 12:15.
been manifested In the Industry, andpld-week mating. Wedn-sday
the.e are those who believe that Its -venlng. at 7:30. Strangers always
perpetuation In this state depend upon I welcome.
, . . .1 1 l . 1 1 .. I ... 1 irh.r, I. r. a Ha. I
JUUM I'lUW I Kininie'll. iii i. iiu
nylra the faet that the consumption of
crawtlsh Is yearly Increasing. but
w hether or not there la danger of exter
mination In the event thit no pro
tective legislation la enacted la an open
(Uestln. State Fish Commissioner F.
C. Reed frankly admits that he kno-wa
very little about crawfish, and for that
reason he hesitates to recommend any
legislation n relation to them,
LIST OF ASSESSABLE PROPERTY.
Amount of Taxable Property in Incor
porated Town and Cities Sub
levl to School Tax Levy,
County Clerk Wnerlty has completed
a list of the property valuations In
th? various School districts anA In.
Ieorporated cities and towns In the
, county upr" which the taxes for school
The steamship Chtng Wo that had purpose for the coming year will be
troubles of her own w-lth the ''hogback"
off Tongue Point, succeeded in getting
off the first Rnd bar, but ha not yet
come to the end of her difficulties. Two
of th river tug want to her assist
ant early yesterday morning but the
captain of the steamship unuer tne
Impression doubtless that he would be
able to come down on the afternoon
lld could not come to an agreement
a to the consideration for such ser
vices and refused the proffered aid. At
luteal advices th? captain expected to
get over In safety early this morning,
but that did not take Into considera
tion the present southeast gale and he
may be detained until the unusually
high tide of Monday. The vessel la said
to be drawing between twenty-two and
twenty. three feet and despite the fact
that the Portland papers tried to cover
iid the real time of her departure and
siute unblushlngly (hat the has arriv
ed down here, she I nevertheless still
up the river and likely to stay there
a wliilc. a warning or tnus rar snau
thou go but no farther to heavy
draught vessels with charters on the
Columbia. ...
It Is likely that In a few days the
Rrltlsh shin Ilathdown; a line three-
masted ship with double topgallant
yard, of 20&8 tons, will be posted at
I.loyils' as missing. The vessel is now
out k8 days from Yokohama, In bal
last, for this port and the wle ones
regard her as a goner. About the time
the ship sailed from the Japanese port
a typhoon was doing business In the
same latitude, and for a month after
her departure the storm lashed the
Pacific Into a fury all along the sail
Ing course between the Japanese port
and the Columbia, it is reared tnat
the vessel, being lightly laden, wa
swamped or overturned In the storm
and perished with all hands. The price
of reinsurance on the Rathdown has
been mounting steadily since she was
first posted on the overdue list, until
the price now quoted la 85 per cent.
Even with this tempting figure there
are few men taking chances on her,
even though It la known that the Rath
down was a staunch vessel. According
to the etory of a man who waa late
ly a mate aboard the ship, but who re
signed Just before the vessel left Yoko
hama and for obvious reasons does not
care to have his name mentioned, the
Ilathdown's steering gear Is In very bad
condition and is hardly able to stand
a severe etraln. - .
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Mary E, Stanley to Albert E. arid
Horace S. Butterfleld tide land In
front of lot 4, block 2, Grimes' annex
$500.
Mary R. Jeffery and husband to Mark
S. Warren-lots S and 4, block 128; lot
4. block 130; lot 5. block 132; lota S and
4, block 15S. McClure's; 1171
Wondering
about that present ? Suppose
you go down this line.
China
Orookery
Glassware
Fancywaro
Jardineres
lamps - Ornaments
Silverware
Busts-Figures
Dinner Sets
Fish Sets
Game Sots
Onyx Tables
Gups, Saucers
. Plates, Salad
Sets, Berry
Sets, Toilet
Sets, Vases
Olocks, Steins
Everything that's Beau
tllul for Christmas
Our Prices
Just Like Finding Money.
Great AmcncanlsSaSortissTBa Co.
. 671 Commercial street, Astoria,
levied. The valuations for the cities
and towns are as follows:
City of Astoria il.5S8.349
Town of Clatsop 131.140
Town ot Kaw Astoria 33.312
Town of Seaside 14.225
City of Warrenton 84.os
In no city or town 838,142
Total
,.12,87,254
ANNUAL MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Alaska Fishermen's
Packing Company will be held at the
office of the company. Astoria. Oregon,
on Wednesday the th day of January,
1901. at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of electing a board of di
rectors to serve for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before the meeting.
JOHN NORDSTROM.
Secretary.
THIS IS THE DAY.
Saturday Is now here, the special
day for children at the Edison Co.'f
next to Petersen & Brown's. A beau
tiful program has teen arranged for
the little ones. Every child under 13
years will be admitted for S cents.
BUSINESS FOR SALE.
Good general merchandise business.
Ben opening on Columbia river. Good
reasons for selling. Address.
J. D. M'FARLANE.
Knappa. Ore.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ASTORIA.
At Astoria, In the State of Oregon, at
the close of businesa, December 13th,
1900; -
KESOURCES.
Loans and discounts 2234,509 9S
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured 4,004 63
U. S. Bonds to fecure circu
lation 12.500
Stocks, securities, etc 94.828 74
Other real estate owned I.SS2 63
Due from National Banks
. (not reaerve agents) 4,217 36
Due from State Banks and
Bankers 42,394 89
Due from approved reaerve
agents 123,411 S3
Internal-Revenue Stamps .... 794 74
Checks and other" (ash Items. 2 50
Notes of other National Banks 280
Nickels and cents 94 23
Lawful Money Reserve In
Bank, via:
Specie 104,500
Legal-tender notes ... 20 104,520
Redemption fund with U. 8.
Treasurer (5 of circulation) 625
Total S631.5M 53
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $ 60.000
Surplus fund 25,000
Undivided profits, less expens
es and taxes paid S4.0S0 71
National Bank notes out
standing 12.000 A
Due to State Banks and
Bankers 136 81
Individual deposits
subject to check.. 3406.804 08
Demand certificates
Of deposit 103.544 S3 510,349 01
Total $631,666 53
State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, as:
I. S. S. Gordon, cashier of the above-
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best
of my knoa ledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day of December, 1900.
Correct Attest: C. R. THOMSON,
Notary Public
JACOB KAMM.
J. O. HANTHORN.
. W. M. LADD,
Directors.
SOMETHING NEW.
Just published by the Southern Pa
cific Co. la a phamphlet upon the re
sources of Western Oregon, which In
cludes an excellent map of the state,
and contains information on climate,
lands, education, etc., existing Indus
tries and their capabilities.
Attention 1 also directed to such
new fields for energy or capital aa
promise fair return.
This publication nils a need long ex
perienced by Oregonlans, in replying to
Inquiries of eastern frlenda, -
CoDles may be had of local agent
Southern raclflc Co., or from
C. H. MARKHAM,
G. P. A., Portland. Or.
THE - ONLY
WISE
WEEP
SALE
STILL ON
mm
Tfl SUABLE
JUST RECEIVED
A Full Line of
. . .STOCKFIl
Heinze's Mince Meat. Queen Olives
and all kinds of Holiday Delicacies
FISHER BROTHERS,
ASTOKIA,
ORE.
Fancy and Staple Groceries
FLOUR, FEED. PROVISIONS.
TQBACCQ AND CIGARS.... ..
Supplies of all kinds at lowest rales, for fishermeii,
Farmers and Loggers.
A V AlwlUEENs Tenth and Commercial Streets
.uuinjuxtAnnrinnnrumruiAnAfixxruuwiriru
tnjuwuvininvrvwunnp
RTL.AND
PORTLAND, OR.
e Tlie Only First-Class Hotel In Portland j?
ih runJiaruuuiruwuuuinnnjvu
POUNDED A. D. 1TIO
SUN INSURANCE OFFICE
OP LONDON , , i
THE OLDEST PURELY FIRE OFFICE IN THE WORLD.
Cash Aaot, ...
CainAmU In United State
$rl,goo,ooo
a,6i6,935
J. B.F. DAVIS & SON, GENERAL AGENTS.
WTNFIELD S. DAVIS BURT L. DAVIS CARL A. HENRY
215 Sansome Street, - - ' San francisco, Cat.
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO., AGENTS.
THE ASTORIAN....
Delivered ot yotir office Btoro
or residence,. 50c per month
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