The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, February 01, 1900, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text'f UK MORNING AH TOMAN, THWMDAl. FEMIUAKY I, 1900. I'Jl fill' I1', (, I Last Week of Our Annual Sale... IT POSITIVELY CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 3 C, I-L COOPER TO ASTORIANS. The ll.ill.V AKTOIlHMt.111 lie fi.u ml uU In I'urllaiiil at the writ lnM (lunar? hMiiuofi. F. Manilla? u., VUI Ha.hliiion Mrel. Onlrre for ailr llilng lail with I Ilia Kim will r.trMo rutl Allaulliiu. TODAT'H WEATHER, Western Wakhulgtoii, Western Or-gun-fulr, except mln long coast today. l;.tU'rii iMrgHii, Cimlirn Washington ami Northern Idaho, fair, warmer to day. AROUND TOWN. The old ferryboat Klickitat, which ha lii-cti running ii'-ur Tho 1 Miles, ar rived down yesterday morning. llr nuulilnciy will Iw iilitc'it In the Inunrh I i hi' l horn. ltljn coul Ik tho bent and moitt eco nomical coal fur household use In As toria. Tiy It onre nnil you will have no other, limine V. Banborn, Agent, Telephone Mil. liiii w. it. c n . n.is signified ap proval of the "three-roada" proposi lion, tho slmiature of Prtnlilciit Moll lir ha villi; brut added to the Hot of 1'rtlil.iniii ycelvrduy. MORE LAW AND FURTHER DELAY Attorney Thompson Disapproves the Roads Petition. ARGUES FOR REMONSTRANTS I'ctltlon Comes l'p Today for I'inal Action Are Opponent; Talk Ing 'Tbrouijb Tbelr Hats?" Pears' No soap in the world is so cheap. No soap in the world is so lasting. Mark Kelly, of Hknutokawa, U In the ity. Crawnlah cooked In wine at the Na tional Caf. Mr. U, A. Atmtln, of Cannon li.ach, la iti tlio city, II. II. Hvttrm, of Klinppton, U guest of tho Occident. II. 11, lit ow it bus trip to Portland. returned from a Ml a. V. C. A I'i III li.it r irk mi a vialt. la down from Mix MiiU'l WihhI, of rortlitml, It via ltliit liltiula In thla city. Vr. und Mia, 11, (1. runlth uro lortlnnj vlidting friend, In Mra. Aiikiml Iviuii linn from vialt In 1'oitlitnd. returned I. . A. Auatlli, of Cillllloii Uracil, It l lilMer. il nt the Occident, II. M. Huxley, of Cortland, Is regis tered tit tin' I'urkcr house. The aliuint-r lMxputili rrU'iul IioimiIiik from Sun Fiaticleeo. till Flunk Stokce liua gone to . Pugot sound for u ffw iliiya to look after lila buaiM-aa inti-rcata there. Tbtt UritlMli alilp Wfiulur sailed from CoUutta for Aatuilu on Jimuury :i with a cargo f grain aut'ki, Thu lightship wis not ulltil off the Ix'ucli yistcrduy owing l heavy swtll, which sprung up curly In thu day. Tliu body of Oseur Jucobson, who died in thla city on Moiuluy nlnlit, win tiiken to llwuco yi-atcnlay morning for burial. Tlii funeral of V. 1 1 ImkIiin. the aallor of the lirltlnh bnrk St. Knm h. wu hub! yt-aterilny tnoniliiK from rolil'a unJer t'tklriK Mili.ra. Thn Inlerment waa In ('lutoi cemetery. 01 '1 Com I nen tn I la a aiandarxl hlgli fnidt Kentucky wl.Uky. Aboolutfly pure, AnJ ran Im rtOotnnionled to llnxte aceklnf atlmulaiit for nirOlr-nl and ro cUt uait. Hold by Auk. DiiuVUon, A- torin. Ormon. i J'lrtna Hint apeclilcatlotia went fll y-attriuiy with thi cloik of tin- city council for tho Inu roventenl of Frnnk- tin avtii'ie from Thirty-Ural atreet to Hie cl iliii lint. KNllinati-i were alno auljinitletl. Tln Miitaleno cleared yt-aterduy for 1.Ivcihm. with cuiko of wheat, bar ley nnd houaehobl ro.mU, valued at f S3 7M. The Clackiiianiiunnlilie cleared for Queeimlown with a roritu of win at nnd Imilty, valued nt MK.3U.'.. Tluvo new clllncna were turned out yeatrrdii) by JudKf? (iruy; Frank Llinl alrom, a nntlvr of H.veden, Matlaa Ker- liilu, a native of Kuaalii, und Lara I'iilIhoii, a native of Norway, being III anted their final uicra. It IB ld that tho blrf American ahl Hltaneiiilouh luia been churtercd to take from Han KrancUco to Syd ney tlio larB.Ht carito ever aenl to AUKlrallu from tho I'uelnV coaat. She will curry l.f.00.000 feet of lumber and about 3,000 tona of jfenerul carpi. Tile county court hna decided to end Mra. Aurellt lUymond. of Clata.), to the Old Iridic' Home nt l'ortlnml. Mrn. Kiymond la 91 yeam of age and liua been a realdont of Clataop county for t3 yiara.. The county will pay 10 n ni.mth toward her maintenance. Thu receipt of the school board have been cHllmiitrd :i follows for tho prehi'itt ftacal year: County school fund, JS.OOO; state school fund, $3.&0O; For IUnt-G-room house; hard I'.n i t.. ln. Inw .A flirtl. m-..u. . w ...... ,,,,llllUPtl. ,nxo, tm. eyy f t0 .M l " I . " II4.7X0: toltllin ir.rt Th., vr,r,u... - ' " "t " vi a. iipvo ni v estlmatcJ at J20.C0I, as follows: Teach ers' culnrles, 115.029; Janitors' salaries, $1,700; water, $:()0; clerks' salary, 600; bond interest, $1,600; wood and coal, 11.000; Interest on floating debt, 20; supplies, $100; repairs, $W0; expense, i ' $100; elections, $23; printing, $30; re- avenue. Dan Moore Is down from Portland In the interest of the estate of thu lato ). U. Uorthwlck, of which ho Is administrator. A marriage license was granted l'oillnud Tuesday to Oeorge A. Hous man, of Clatsop county, and Miss Nel lie' llenibree. In addition to the steamers already tlmrteied for the Cape Nome trade It understood that a inlllng licet will be prehsed Into service. Deputy Collector Tnrker has paid off the oltieers nnd crews of the reve nue and murine hospital services. The amount was about $2,500, The tug Samson having the scow schooner Washlennw In tow from Grays harbor arrived ut San Francisco utter a passage of live days. Koilyn coal lasts longer, is cleaner und makes leis trouble with stoves and chimney flues than any other. Oeorge V. Sanborn, Agent. Tolephone 1311. The steamer Klmore arrived from Nchulom yesterday, bringing 1,251 cases of salmon and two tons of bug rub?, as well as a quantity of butter. A special meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church will be held today at 2 p. m. All members will plouBo attend. The W. C. T. U. will hold their regu lar meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock at their rooms, Corner Eleventh and Bond Streets. Stranger welcome. ilucliou $1,000. of flouting Indebtedness, Hev. W.-S. Winans and Itev. S. Stev enson, of tho American Sunday School I'nlon, aro to be In Astoria early next week to addrcBS the Sunday school workers. Mr. Stevenson Is an excellent speaker of national reputo and Is deep, ly interested in Sunday school work. The meetings will be of a general na ture and all Christian people are cor dially Invited to uttend. The dnte of the meeting will be announced Inter. Don't fall to see the Moore-Roberts Company In "David Gurrlek" and the "Chinese Question" nt Fisher's operu huHo tonight. The p'llee are on the lookout for a gang of hoodlums who, for the past few days, have been committing all kinds of depredations In the western end of town. It bus been a favorite resort of the gang to despoil vacant houses of all the plumbing fixtures, ga fixtures, locks and. In fact, every thing that could be removed with con venience. Tho police believe they tiave a good clue as to the Identity of the culprits and it Is not at all unlikely that several arrests will soon be made. The fate of the old gang which operat ed along similar lines In this city sev eral months ago should have a deter ent Influence on the new aggregation, but It seems not, for some of their depredations have been of the most daring nature. The "three-roads" matter was post poned Kuln until today when It Is be llevei) final action will be taken by the county court. It whs expected that the putttr wculd come up for decis ion yealerdny but the Inability of Dep. uiy I'liicl und AsKlrtunt Cutrulhcrs to complete the work of checking off the names precluded the ponilhlilty of limit silion. The v.ork of ascertaining the validi ty o the l.w signatures Is a tremen dous tusl:, the work r-iuliiiig much time and perseverance. Numti of persons representing every known na tionality uie on the petition, urn! some of them look more like chicken tracks on n wet day tliun the signatures of those wbu live, talk and have their being lu Clatsop county. However, much Interest wua added to the temporary lull In proceedings by the mine, by Attorney C. H, Thoiiips m, of n opinion In which the validity of uny fuvoruble action by Ihe county court was disputed. Mr. Thoinison appears as one of the re moiiMtttM and bis written opinion was entirely gratuitous. It will be formally pnnntcd this morning, Thu main points touched upon In the opln lm ore an elaboration of the ,olnt made by District Attorney Clecion, as given in the Astorian yesterday morn Ing. Although confined to the legal ph.is of the controversy, the opinion Is quite Interesting and Is considered of much 4l11e by those opposed to the 'llirce-rouds" enter) rise. Mr. Thompson tii:s the fountain- head ol the opposition's argument in Ins Instrument. It Is clear that much of the opposition to the proposed en- terprls.) would Ih quelled hud the P" llon not been )lurallxed. Mokt of those who are opposing the construction of three roads tb-clurc that they would huve hcurtlly endorsed a proposition to tap the Nftiulc m country alone. Friends of the uitasure, to the contrary, say that those who are opposing thu "three-roads'' proposition would have opposed a "one-road" proposition, or ar.y oilier proposition' Involving the expenditure of extra funds, und that they are now "lilklng through tlnlr huts" merely for effect. At any rite the outcome will be k 'low n today. Attorney Thompson's opinion fol lows: ASTORIA. Jan. Sl.-To the Honor able County Commissioners, Clatsop County, Oregon Gentlemen: In regard to the Jurisdiction, or authority of the county commissioners to levy a special tux nt live mills ca'.-h year for the per iod of four years under a certain peti tion heretofore tiled with you und knon as the "Three Rouds lVlitlon,'" I herewith submit the following opin ion t licii on: Section 2211 of the code provides that any orgnnlned county thereby author ised and empowered to aid in the con struction or repair of any public high way, or river Improvement In the man ner thereinafter named. Section 2212 provides that a majority of the legal voters of such county, as shown by the poll books of the last preceding elec- but Ibey art to be constructed over a practicable route without des ignating whli h route Is the most practicable one in each case. Each of tl'csi roads will be over thirty miles In length, and no direction, courses, or Intn mediate points are given, except In tlio first road, where Seaside and the Necimii um river are named ns Inter medl.il. points, and In the second road where Olfi-y and Jewell are named as lutcrmi.dlute points. In the lust named rou. there Is a distance of thirty miles between the beginning und ending point. In which no route Is described, except that it shall be the most practi cal ne route. It is therefore practically left to the discretion of the county commissioners to establish or locate the particular route, and therefore the road to be constructed, r In other words the public highway or Iniprove tnei.l to be made In each tase Is not Identified or described, by the petition, except in very loose or general terms. It l!l thus opiwar that the county court may build the roads through In Itr'i'edwite points quite remote or In different from that expected or In- I therefore conclude Hat the pctltlufl does rot describe the roads or hlgh wu with tiultlclent certainty for Iden tilUulion, and that therefore the peti tion is not definite enough to give the court Jurisdiction to order the 1m prorin nt, or rath'-r levy the tax. There Is another objection which I think equally fatal. The petition In the case of each road apparently con templates that new routes shall be lo cated and roads lul i out and construct ed ovt-r tuem, as that mul lie what Is meant ry the words "the most practi cable route." Now, the commissioners have no power of tnelr own motion to establish or locate rouds. The commissioners cannot acquire Jurisdiction to establish rouds except upon the petition of twelve householders In the vicinity of the proposed road. The Improvement then Is to be upon a road that Is not only not estuhllidied or laid out, but u;M)ii u road thut It is not within the power of the court to establish or lay out. For Inntan-e, If the Interested householders refused to etitlon for the road, or If the claim for damages Is too excessive. In the one case, It will not be within the power of the court to locate the road, nnd In the ctht-r case it Might be expedient to do so on j account of the damages. It therefore occurs to me that the court Is without ! Jurisdiction to levy a tax under this pet 11 Ion, because it conteniplutes an Improvement which It may not be within the power of the court to make. The court should ceitalnly not be al lowed by law, and It Is presumed that it was not Intended ty law, that the court could levy a tux for a proposed Improvement which could not be made. That Is. so far as public highways are coti! ernt d they must be In existence at the time of the levy of the tax, as then It Is within the power of the court to apply the proceeds upon the improve' ment. It might be that In the case of a river Improvement where the county l.as the right to condemn for bridges the l.iw would be otherwise. In summing up, I will say for these two reus.ms, first, because the petition does not aufllelently descrile or Iden tify the rouds or public improvements, for whicli the levy Is to be made, to give the court Jurisdiction to levy the I !7V-2S-l2la ah tm'J i2 2 iC- TV v AAy-sy7ky.Ai. r. S?s C iT A A Ci i T AT Z.1! ' Iv WHAT WE SlY WE'LL DO WE DO DO THE LIGHTEST STORE TO SEE IN THE LARGEST STOCK TO PICK FROM It Highly Satisfactory OUR CLEARANCE SALE Is satisfactory to our customers and to us. TO US.... Because we eell lots of goods. Because it pleases our oustorrierst TO OUR CUSTOMERS Because our low prices are money savers. Because our stock consists of good honest goods. Herman Wise RELIABLE MEN'S AND BOYS' OUTFITTER other unusual "features" In the tory of later-day Journalism. his- tlon, shall petition the commissioner of such county In favor of any propo-i tax, and. second, because the petition sltlon to aid In the construction or re-j conteniplutes the Improvement of roads pair of uny such public work, etc., and; not in existence, and which it Is not then It shull be lawful and competent! within the power of the court, unaided, for tho commissioners to order und, to establish, by which It will appear levy an annual tux running through a period of year s, providing for a separ ate fund for the purpose of aiding and constructing the public works peti tioned for by such voters, etc. Now, under this law the commission ers have no Jurisdiction to levy auch ax unlesH a valid petition, as Indicated In section 2212 shall be presented to them. This petition must be signed by majority of the legal voters, and must petition for some public Improve ment, such as the construction or re- Alr of a public highway or river Im provement, designated In the first sec tion above quoted. In other words the petition must designate or specify with ufllcient certainty for identification, the particular public improvement In tended to be .constructed or repaired. While there Is some doubt In my mind ns to whether the petition can contain more than one public Improvement, for Instance three In this case, I will waive that brunch of the question. The petition asks for the construc tion, or rather for the levy of the tax to aid In the construction of three main onds, each beginning at a certain de- igi'iited point on the corporate limits f tho otj of Astoria, and each ending a certain designated point on the loundnry line of Clatsop county, each over the most practicable route, the (Irst by way of Seaside and Necanloum river to the south boundary line of latsop county, the second by way of Olney and Jewell to the line between Clatsop and Columbia, and the third to the Columbia county line near West- port, Oregon. It appears from the petition that none of these roads are to be con structed over roads already laid out, that the court cannot be assured that the Improvement will be made, I con clude that the petition In question Is void and the court is without Jurisdic tion to make the levy prayed for there in Respectfully submitted, C. K. THOMSON. jfioss Sense and Nonsense A Public Expression of Private j Opinion. S The Topeka, Kansas, Capital w 111 soon present a unique feature In Journalism In the nature of an up-to-date Christ ian daily; or, rather, an attempt will be made to show the world Just what a real Christian daily is like. In view of this experiment the publishers have volunteered to divert the absolute man agement into the hands of the Rev. Clmrles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," probably the most widely-read book, excepting the Elble, ever pub lished. It was Mr. Sheldon who, at the last national Christian Kndeavor con vention, sprung a sensation by asking Irom the plntlorm of the convention hall If there was anyone who would donate one million dollars to establish a modern Christian dally. It was this that prompted the experiment to be undertaken with the Capital, and for one week In March Mr. Sheldon will have absolute charge of the otllce from cellar to attic. Although the motives prompting this undertaking are probably the pur est, the result will not show that which It Is undertaken to demonstrate. When all will have been said and done the experiment will have been but a fad, passing from the publio mind as do all The reasons for this belief are the simplest imaginable. A public newspaper is a business In stitution. Knormous sums of money are invested In the same as In any otli. r legitimate enterprises for the re turn!; that may accrue on the capital invested. The daily newspaper Is Just much a vital factor in the business community as any other necessary enterprise-the provision man or the con structive mechanic. It's existence de pends upon the business It can do and the amount of business done is meas ured largely by Its popularity. To be popular, its columns must contain mat ters which will Interest the great mass of readers. The wonts and wishei of the professional man und the trades man, the preacher and the sporting mar, must all lie heeded. None can be ignored and succeed. When one Is con sidered to the exclusion of the other then, at that very moment, a publi cation becomes the organ of a sect and not the exponent of the public. COLUMBIA STEAM LAUNDRY CORNER NINTH AND AST0R STS-. ASTORIA The Sheldon idea, therefore, will be a failure. It is true that for the space or one week probaoiy an en business will be done. People will buy the paper to learn Mr. Sheldon's Idea of .t christian dally "newspaper" and alert business men, anticipating this great sale, will take page after page of advertising space. "Barrels of morey" will be made. But this very fact removes the experiment from the sphere of true test. Therefore, the undertaking will resolve Itself Into a passing fud, and nothing more. The Christian dally "newspaper" is not a new Idea. The New York Mail and Kxprtss is a good example. Elli ott P. Shepherd tried the experiment with unlimited capital behind it. For years,-the Mail and Express has been nn exquiHte paper to be relished with 5-o'cIock tea. It pleased the ladies im mensely. But the hard-headed busi ness man who would not blush at the picture of a prixe-tlghter, picked up in one of the "nil the news" papers to find thut In which he was Interested. The Mall and Express, as a Chris tian daily newspaper, has been a fail ure. So will be the Sheldon Idea or any other Idea which is based upon the -publication of a newspaper that don't give the news. C. E. D. Takes work for the same day, and no extra charge. Two wagons call for and deliver to any part of city. Shirts, 10c, Collars, 2Jc Cuffs, 5c a pair All other work in proportion. J. W. DUTON. Proprietor 'PHONE 9S1 18 Tears Experience SO CHINESE EMPLOYED Mail and Express Orders Promptly Attended to. The police were kept busy yesterday tc prevent the use of firecrackers on the public streets. Chinese New Year is now on in full blast, a season when the use of llrecrackers Is allowed un der a special dispensation by the po lite authorities. There Is a limitation as to the hours when no restrictions are enforced, however, which the boys do not feel disposed to heed. After 6 o'clock in the evening throughout the festal season the boys may make life as hideous as they desire with their noise and din, but any violations in the fu ture w ill result in prompt arrest. Par ents should warn the boys to this ef fect. Runaways are only too likely to occur, involving the possibility of not only loss of property but the loss of life as veil. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN. ORDERS SOLICITED Miss Bertha flartfn's Decorative Art Room. Stamping Neatly Done. Room 830 Dekum Bblldlng, 3d and Washington Stt.Jl'ortland, Or. Fall Line of Newest Embroid ery Materials. Initials I Specialty. Choiee Selection of Stamping Designs. Pacific N avigation Company Steaniers-"R.P. Elmore," "W. II. Harrison' Only line Astoria to Tillamook, Garibaldi, Hay City, llobsonville. Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and also'the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. for San Francisco, Portland and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply Samuel Elmore : Co. General Agents, ASTORIA. ORE CORN & CO Agents, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co ' TILLAMOOh Ore. A. & C. R. R. Co. PORTLAND. Ore. W. C. A. Pohl, COIJTT COTtMER. Undertaker, Embalmer and Funeral Director Caskets and Fnncral Supplies constant ly on band. Corner 11th and Duane Sts, Astoria, Ore TICKETS to all OlflTS EAST Through palace and tourist sleepers, dining and library observation cars. ELEGANT VESTIBULE! TRAINS. No. I, "Flyer" leaves Portland at 3.45 p. m. p. m. No. 8, "nyer." arrives Portland at 8-00 a. m. For rates, etc.. call or a.:.:. O. W. LOUNSBERRT. Agent O. R. & N., Astoria, or ; A. B. C. DENNISTON, C. r. T. A, Portland, Ore.