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DO YOU LIKE FISH?!
We Uve mo very lino Salmon Tim nnd lkU'm.
Alan Herring, Cod, Mack erol, Sound, Anchovies.
GOODS THAT ARE GOOD
Ross, Higgitis 6k Co.
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Some Things
Yor m:i:ii
Every Day
lMlne Comforts ..' t S
White HUnkts, pair. I3e m III
'. Hhlrl Waist siu
Hoys' Fast llls-k Mom- I no
Ladles' Fast IIU. k Hose .
niillnc Flannel. H yd Il
inning Klatnol. yd tl
todies' and Uhlldiim Wool
ana i-ms zm
Muslin, ! yard tl
Tunvli, rh 5c
A. Dunbar Co.
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T steamer Prentiss l (tin- this
morning from Ban Francisco.
Owing la the norm. inn espense of
bringing lh inldwlut.tr lnun to Av
ion, the free list Iim ben suspend
ed. The iaKcit variety of pu.ses In tlu
city. runalwIlHT of seal, snake, Alligator
r'milnc bUckskltl, etc, at lingers',
Sruitrlsl.
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-- ON ALL - -
M BIN'S AND BOYS'
OVERCOATS
lty tliis wo nit'iui you are ut liberty to walk
tliroub our ovoivont tlopnrlinont and wlect a
$22 Overcoat, one-fourth off, now $16.50
$ 1 8 Overcoat, one-fourth off, now 13.50
: $20 Overcoat, one-fourth off; now 15.00
! $15 Overcoat, one-fourth off. now 11.25
! $1 2 Overcoat, one-fourth off, now 9.00
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Riojlit iii the licnrt of the season, wliou nn over
coat will do you the niofit good, we have cut
the prices of FINK OVERCOATS "
S. DANZIGER & CO.
Astoria's Leading Clothiers
We have reduced the price of break
fast crisp lu 3 packages for S5e; rcgu
litr price, I&i; per package. Johnson
Urn.
Having un hand a large Mock of
table nn. I cooking apple ww will Ml
llirm tit reduced price fur u few O.iyn,
Johnson liro.
Tint American chooncrNovolty hi.
finished limiting at I In- Columbia nulls,
Sim i n il tn Knit I'Ybih le a and fakes
r'Mjm fwi of lumber.
A meeting of th Civic Improvement
h'HKUn m held hi the iUy lull)
Monday iiikIiI. All inrnilH'ia urr re
quested III lie prffM'tlt.
Tin' :k) fitni tirMiff i row lt' Fish
hitwk river m Jewell, was uirrll it vv .t
during h rtri'iil fri-shcl in llint slrcBin.
It will piohnbly U- n-i'liiK d after the
I ii I it y m-iimin In over,
MiH Mary K. Mhiki lied ycslrrdn)'
riiornliiK of paralysis of the lirnln.
which followed nn attack of typhoid.
I x-i .iifu'd wn 17 yen in it ftit, Wrr
imri'til rliln nt Knnppmn, wh-r tlic
fuiirml will Ih held.
TIip toiinly court linn nuidn (in o;diT
tliiit a lilll Ih- pnitrntwl to I In- city for
tl'.'9.r$, for pnvl ir with t-ruklit-d I'x'k
.tn I pl.mklm (he road Icndlnii fmnt llir
n-at-rvolr to ilit city llmltx. Thi rond
i-oniKTU with thp NVhnlcm hlrtwy,
Tim new f'litiuni mllla coiiiniPivrd
oM-rntlonii yi-minliiy. when tli Aral
log wit Mwct, The mill an- n.oiU'l
In cvrry rnipcfi and t tit nionoy ivhlrh
thi-y will illHlrlbut" tnontlily In AMtorla
will have IM rffect on liualnraa tomll
IIoiih, JuiIkb Mi Hrlda will be In thf city TV-rcnibi-r
50 mid hold a brlif acKHion of
in cliiult court. At that tlm City
Atloin.y Snillli will culmilt a ino:lon
for tin' dlnHolullon of the liijuctlun Ik
mifil tiK-iliinl Hit Impi-ovfiiii'iil of Tlilr.
ly-fourth nut!. Tin- miwt tma bven
Iniprovril, but whll the Injunction 1
lu effwt It Ii lm,H)iinlbl to pay the
coniru-'ior for hit work,
Tic hlKhHi'hool ntudciiU have inudc
ilulmi.itii piipnrntlona for the enter
Inlnmcnt U b !,H'rt thU vcnln(f In
thi- Khtvcl bulldlnv on Pond street nnd
It la iimlclpntcd n lurire crowd will
In nlleniliiiKc. The .ifTulr will W man
lived by miMiibera of he wiphoinore
nnd Junior ciiuma Inatend of by the
nophomorea and fr.'hniin a heretofore
Announced.
t
Thu Voiinif I'eopld'i aoclely of the
Nwrwelitn-l)nnlhh Methodic thurch
meeta I hi evenltis at 7;, Peceniber
Jwlng th 70ih annlveraary of th
nirtii or rjornaiJnrna TlJornaon. . next
Frlduy a jiroi(rm will bo devoted to
hla nr nnd work.
At yetcrily acwlon of the counlv
court Krxulinaiiter Kry submitted hla
monthly reporl, It allowed ihm
trocta for four amall brlile hiul been
let Jurliijf Novenilier, and called atlen
tlon to thw unmife condition of the 60
foot bride near Wmtport.
It wna ('rr-)neoualy atntud In tlieae
colun nn yiHl.Tday that 'the Klka' an
ntuil memorial aervlcea would b held
on Hnlurday. Thi aervlcea will tAkt
.lue on Hundiiy afternoon, commi nc
ln nt 3 o'l-loc'i, An eicellent pninram
linn iM-frt pr'-pim-d for the occnalnn.
The NleninliNlp Klder arrived dnwn
the river yemerdiiy and depnrted for
Hnn Kram liwo. Hhe took no freight
from tlilM txirt except un old iironcllor
ihiit wii formerly lined on the Wullula.
The Coliiniblu la due to nrrlve thin
inornliiK from Hun Pritnrlaco and Tui.a-
itny him txen Cxed ua tier n;ilUic tiute.
Herenfter the Klder and Columbia
will ttinltiliiln llu lr former achedulei
iH-lween AHlorlii And Hon Friirielm o.
A Kovernnvnt patent conveylnn title
to 6I.KW acre of land In Cliilxop,
WimhliiKtiui, l.ine, OhukImk, Chkh unil
Tilliimoiik eounlli'N w,iK llliil fur record
In I'oimty Clerk t'llnion'a office ycter
day. The lund la conveyed to I lie
Northern Pacific lUillroud company.
Tln paten; la dut'il January i'i, Iftttt,
and la li-buiil In accordance with an
n(t imklns land crania in "and the
(iii)f lructlon of n railroad und telcKi nph
line from lnke fiut-rlor to Puit't
aound."
t'liy riuivryor Th ytntenl.i.v (lied a
n ixirl on the iH-tlllon (iteHeiiied nt the
Inat ne'Un of the council by J. SIV-
rrvon for -rnilalon to conattui l a
bulkhead lu Ailulr'n Aalorla. The re
irl riH'omtnend that the petlllnn lie
ri'imled. aa the proHaed bulkhead
would be the ineiina of prcvciilliiK'loKa
from dumaslXR the underpinning of the
alreet, nnd would alao prevent the oa
alhlllty of the hunk cuvlng lu. There
waa noiMe ohjecilon to unintlng the re-
Ueet for the reaaon that Mr. 81 vermin
naked 'iinlMiljn to build the bulk-
bind on -lty property. The mutter
will In ituliinPtcd to the council for
tin nl action at It next meet Inn.
t'lipiitlil VcyiM-y, l.loyda RUiveyor,
yi'Mlenlny made an oiflclnl viait to the
aecne of the accident to the Hrltlsh
Khlp llldaton lllll. After the Invcstl
trntlon t'uplnln Vevncy came in th
city una returned to I'orlland on tne
nlKht lin'in. A diver waa aent down
to examine the Vermel. He found th.il
ahe had at ruck forward, but that a hole
had not been made In her bottom. The
rlveta In the forward compartment had
been aprunit and the water leaked In.
aeepltiK from the compartment Into the
hold. The damaif la very alight. At
3 o'clock yeateiday afternoon the llld
Bton Hill continued on her way up
the river In tow of the Oklahoma. It
waa found that her cargo had not been
damaged, nnd lwt the water which
aeeped through from the compartment
could be keut down merely by use of a
bucket .
There war a lull In the heavy weath
er for a time yesterday afternoon and
three veaacla reached p,,rt- Th('5r
were the French bark Marie, 10? day
from Table liny South Africa. l;i lal-
hist; the French bark Jean Hart, US
dnya from London, with a general cur-j
go. und the Hrltlsh hlp Foyledale, 176,
dnya from Liverpool, with it general I
cargo. The Marie hud an exciting ex-J
perlcnce while crossing In over the bar.
She wna atruck by a great ecu and two.
of her stern posts were knocked out.
No other damage resulted to the ves-J
sel, nor wna nnyone injured. The.
steamera San Mateo and IVspitch nr-'
lived at 3 o'clock nnd left up two hours'
later for Portland. While all the nr-j
rlvuls report heavy weather, each rode
out the storm In s ifety. The barken-!
tine Ou'hulls and the hteumer Alliance,
arrived down the river yesterday and :
are ready to proceed out. None ofj
the weatherbound fleet got to sea yos-j
terday, the tugs having been kept busy;
handling the incoming vessels. j
The "book recepMou"" for the liene
nt of tho traveling libraries of the
Woman's club, which was held nt the
home of Mrs. Samuel F.lmore yester
day afternoon, was very successful.
Over 90 volumes, nearly nil of which
were bound books, ninny of them new
nnd all In perfect condition, were re
ceived by the ladles who acted as the
reception committeeMrs. Henderson,
Mrs. Ketit'ner, Mis. MMUr it!'" 'Trs.
Thing. Many ilofour..1 .1 ".conven
ient to uttond the reception sent books.
In splto of the inclement weather,
about 40 guests enjoyed the nmMcal
program and the refreshments which
were served by the young indies of the
Thursday Afternoon club. The com
mittee huvlng charge of the library
department of the club work desires
to thank very henrtlly nil who so kind
ly contributed. The boxes will be
tilled at once and sent on their Journeys
to those who have no library advant
ages. The musical program rendered
yesterday included piano solos by Mrs.
Charles U. Hlgglns, Miss Fox and Mrs.
linker; a piano duet by Mrs. Hlgglns
and Miss Elmore, and voial solos by
Mrs. Samuel Maddock and Miss 6hl'e
ly ' i
Call Johr.win, a realdent of Svenaen.
was brought to I ho city last evening by
Cherlff I-lnvllle and lvpuly Toung and
confined In the county jail pending ex
amination n. to hl sanity. The of
ficers wnt up in roaponae to a tele
phone niesange, which conveyed the In
formation that Johnnon was violently
Insan. A launch wa chartered to
bring him to th. city. Johnson's men.
(at condition showed some Improve
ment last livening . He has been em.
ploy.'d At ths logging camp of C. C
Ms men, and his wife and two children
live at Svenaen.
There will be great demand for ad
vertlslng apace in The Astorlan'i an.
nual, and merchants and manufactur
ers are advld to place their orders at
an early date. This edition will have
a guaranteed circulation of MOO coph-a,
an I, besides Rolng Into every home In
Astoria and the adjoining towns In (he
lower Columbia river district, will be
extensively circulated In eastern trade
markets, where the products of this re.
glon are bought. Teraons buying conies
of the annuil may mall them from this
office merely by furnishing the busi
ness departii ;nt with addresses. For
this service The Astorfan will make no
hni.
yesterday was the record day for
registrations for the coming city plw
tl'in. In all, 124 persons called at the
office of Auditor Nelson to go through
the formality. The total number of
names now on the books is 23, and If
the ratio la maintained for the next
two days the total will excred 1050.
Yesterday 21 persons registered from
precinct No. I, SO from No. 2, 19 from
No. 3, 28 from No. 4, 13 from No. 5.
and 12 from No. 6. The numlier reg
istered In the several iolling places is
us follows: No 1, 4; No. 2. 173; No.
3, 196. No. 4. 1KI; No. 5, 6.1; No. 6. 103.
The oft ice of the auditor will be open
tonight between the hours of 7 and
for the convenience of working men,
and the registration books will be
dosed tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock,
after which hour registrations will not
be made.
The new road law which will be In
troudeej at the forthcoming session
of the legislature by Representative
Carnahan will shortly be put in shape
and submitted to the members of the
Tush club for suggestion. The law
will divide the county Into "road dis
tricts giving the county court author,
lty to alter the boundaries of the dis
tricts once a year. ' Il will provide for'
a general state road tax of S mills,
which shail be expended in the main,
tennnce of roads. Each district lll
U given the amount tnised by its tax
payers, and there will lie no apportion
ment, an la the case with school funds.
The several districts will be empowered
to vote any additional levy which may
be required for roads and a maximum
lax will he fixed In the bill. The levy.
Ing of road tnxe will be entirely taken
out of the hands of the county court.
It has been suggested that perhaps the
people of sevreal districts through
which a new proposed road might run
would not all agree to levy the neces
sary tax, but the framors of the bill
do not anticipate any difficulty on this
score. The school law works satisfac
torily, and the road law would prove
equally as efficient. A law such as
that proposed for Oregon Is in effect In
Washington and is snld to operate to
the satisfaction of taxpayers.
SVTNSON S ROOK PTORK
Always has something new. Fancy
shell novelties, albums, attractive pic
tutvs and art oods. Large line of
holiday books and musical instruments
and hundreds of nice things suitable
for present.
l'ISrtOLl?TIOT NOTICB
Notlo Is hereby given that the part
nership firm of Griffin & Reed .doing
builiiess undiv said Arm name at the
city of Astoria, Oregon, is this day dls
solved by in u'. mil agreement, Mr. A.
S. Reed retiring and Mr. J. N. Grlf
lln continuing the business. All tc
foiints due the firm up to divte must be
paid to said J. N. Griffin, who assumes
all the debts of tho Arm. ,
Dated nt Astorli, Oregon, this 29th
day of November, 1903.
' JNO. N. GRIFFIN, t-
A. S. REED. - "
Here's cbnnce to square
yourself with your best
fellow or hnsbnnd. ' Buy
liitu a nice box of cigars,
meerschaum or briar pipe.
Cigars especially for the
Christmas trade. All sizes,
12 to 100 in a box.
Will f.3adison
TWO ST0RC&
ELEVENTH ST. COMMERCIAL ST.
USE Or CONVICT L460R
VIEWS OF A FORM KB I'M
ONEIt AT 8 A LEW.
Hhjs Present Hymem In an Abuae
nd Would Point Out It
Shortcoming.
Frank S. Ingram, the Oregon prison
er who lost a limb at the time of the
sensational escape of Tracy and Mer
rill, and who was later ' pardoned by
Governor Oeer, "has interested himself
In road matters, particularly with ref
erence to the employment of convict la
bor on the highways of the state. In
gram believes that the people are being
mulcted under the present system of
using convict labor, and his letter on
the subject Is an interesting one. Borne
days ago a dispatch from Astoria tel
ling of tlw proposed new road law
which Represenaltlve-elect Carnahan
will intioduce at the corning session of
the legislature was printed in the Sa
lem Statesman. Ingram read II and
was prompted thereby to write Mr.
Carnahan. . His letter Is dated at Sa
lem and is as follows:
'In this morning's Btatesinan there
Is an article which I presume was
written by' you, and for the Interest of
the public in regardUo road building.
Having been raistd a farmer and ac
quired cxiierlence In other states where
good roads are made, I am quite 'in ex
pert In thu matter, and consequently
take a great deal of Interest In move
ments of the kind. Being a mechanic
I understand how to make the tools
with which to do the work.
"Seeing by Ihe rMer that you are a
member of tfhe legislature, there Is a
matter I wish to call to your attention,
owing to the Interest you seem to be
taking In the public welfare, and a
matter thai should be thoroughly look
ed Into. I refer lo convict labor on
roads. I recently had an interview
with County Judge Bcolt (of Marion
county) about this subject, and I found
him to be very much interested in it.
He had for some time been trying to
find out about convict labor, but had
not thought of me. I was able to tell
him many things he did not know. .
"Having been in prison for over 10
years, I know the place like a book.
and alt about convict labor and the
abuses that have been and are still be.
Ing made of it In the Interests of priv
ate individuals. Labor is sold now by
the state for 35 cents n day. when 50
cents would be little enough. The la
bor of many of the convicts who are
skilled workmen would be cheap at tl
to 12.60 per day.
"As 1 say, I know what convict la
nor Isf I worked nil over the prison
and consequently know whereof I
speak. I should like very much to
have an opportunity to take a commit
tee from the next legislature through
the penitentiary and explain the prison
from a convict's point of view. Then
I would have no doubt of your seeing
the waMe that la being made of the la
bor, at the expense of the Laxpryens,
who maintain the institution with large
appropriations. It occurs to me that
It is a very difficult matter for a body
of met: to legislate tor an Institution
about which they know very little.
This is a matter that should have your
attention regardless of politics or per
sons. "I am aware that Hits stove firm, In
order to get the labor as cheaply as
possible, makes the complaint that the
labor is inferior, and does not In any
way point out the good qualities of the
workmen. AH men who get Into pris
on are not morilly nnd physically as
bad as many people try to make them
appear. When men are cast into pris
on they become public property, and
should be worked in such ways as to
benefit the public, and to encourage
them to take their places again as bet
ter men, and not a menace to life and
property.
"I have read many newspaper articles
upon good roads committees, and many
of them, to my mind, are written by
persons who never built a rod of road
In their lives. Wind work Is very
easy. I should like to take a gang
of onvlcts (say 25) on the road for 12
months mi show the people of the
state whit could be accomplished.
While I im lot identified with any
committees, I claim to be an expert at
tha work."
Mr. Carnahan says that Ingram's
suggestion is not at all a poor one,
and. he expresses the opinion that Ore
gon's convict labor should be employ
ed In the construction of a 100-foot
road from the capljal to Fort Stevens,
In the interests if public protection.
Were a hostile fleet to take the forts
ut the mouth of the river they could
lie held Indefinitely with no better
means of transportation than those af
forded ut present, whereas a high
way such as Mr. Cumuhun suggests
would lve the Invaded a chance to re
enpt'ire the posts.
1'IANO GIVEN A WAT
At Mrs. R. Ingelton's on Decem
ber 23.- Big reduction sale of ladles'
hats, coats and skirts.
Remember MONDAY Is Mts. Ingle
ton's bargain day. Ten percent dis
count on all sales on Monday only.
A chance for the piano with every 50
cent purch&se. Welch block.
You will find the best 15c meal in the
city at the Rising Sun Restaurant.
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