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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1903)
ASTORIA, OREGON,. SUNDAY. CnTOBKR" 1903. TALK OF THE TOWN v v You hear it on all sides Rom, IIIgRirn St Co'i ' . fine cheese, tho finest yet. got soma yester- lay, I want more today for over Sunday, V Cdtm-lmpcriat, OciuiIm, uch . Tlllimook rull Cream, mi pound Niw York rull Crum (Hwklner) lb SwIm. mw Imported per pound $1.00 Tlllimook Crum, per pound 20c 2Jc Tllltmook Brick, per pound . . 20c 2Sc German Brttktut, uch . . . . 5c 40c frwh Ulmbcrgtr lh kind you like, lb 20c R05S, HIGGIN5 a CO UO()I OOOI OUK MPKCIALTY. Objections Arc Not Sustained Board of Equalization (Makes Few - Reductions in Assessment of Timber Lands. THE TIDBS "Tflgh WiufT IaU. SOFuaV . Monday , , Tuesday , , Wednesday Thuraday , Friday . , Saturday .- OCTOBER, 1I0S. A AC turn ft illliR.? 0:12 1.00 1:40 1:13 1: 01 Him. iTTTiTTl 12:04 11:13; 1:03 1:11 3:10 I:S1 ft ,ow Wuter, 1 Data. gUNDATf T Monday . , Tuoadky . . Wdneday Thursday . Friday . . Saturday . OCTOBER, ltOS. M. b.m. 5:60 1:13 1:64 V.tt 1:06 1:45 ftrnrr 1.7 1.71 1.7 1.1 1.0 1. 3 I.S p7m7 i.m. S:46 :30 1:63 7:2 1:06 1:46 1:30 ft. DJpcnkiner&j8 SjV'r? AnurrWcVj L(kdlnf " " i J It I Clothe Makers A I f U When You Dress at WISE'S You Dress Right, Prices Also Right, ALL Right. HERMAN WISE The Reliable Clothier AUSTRALIAN COAL A cargo of 'fine quality Australian (-loan lump coal jut arrived by ship "Inveroe." Moat economical and satlafactory fuel for heating, cooking or ateum. Only 17.00 a ton. Try It. ELMORE! & CO., 'Phone 1861. DRINK THE BEST. When you want refreshment!, you want the beat. Call on P. 8. Kenney, Blur auloon, 507 Bond (treat, who keep everything flint claaa. Fatrona alwaya receive courteoui treatment. Open day and night. a!7-tf Still In The For twenty-seven years we have been Leaders in the Furniture Trade ' Our Larg'e Stock . comprises the best goods obtainable All our furniture is first class and yet you can buy of us as cheaply, as else where. Try it. Charles Heilborn (Si Son. The county board of quallaa4lon ad journed lait evening after having been In mon during the entlr week. A larg number of heavy taxpayer call ed during tb week to look over the a- rouintK made aralnpt them and, with tho exception ft owner of timber land, the roll proved atIfaelory. It will be vometlme before the amount of the roll a 4uallKd by the board (an be announce!. Thero have ben ome reduction and several addition the latter Celng diio to error In compll lug the roll. Heveral matter affecting the aenient liwve been referred to the county court, and until action lakrn tho equalised roll cannot be made up. A tepresentaUvo of John E. DuBola, tho wealthy eastern timber man, ap I fin A befort tb board a few day o but mod no objection to the assess nvnt. Representative of th Aetorla Company, th Charle A. Street Lumber Company, The Montana, Lumber Com pany, D. A. Dlodgett Co., and other larg nrm have appeared before the board to offr objection to th a- nient, but the board baa declined make any general reduction, the amount of the aaHrwnvnt Wing reduc ed only where It I hown conclusively that land had been erroneously as sessed. Testerday, for Instance, the board reduced th assessment of D A. lllodselt & Co. by $7M, on the showing that some of the land assesed had been burned over. The Montana Lumber Company's osscasment was al so reduced, because some of the land contained hemlock timber Instead of spruce or fir. On the whole, however, the aB nient of 40 cents per thousand feet for Columbia slopo timber and 10 cents for Nelmlem elope tlmb r has Ix-en allowed to stand, and the total amount of the roll will not differ malwially from that originally footl up by AssessorCornel lu. The board yesterdty refused M muke any reOuctlon of.tho asswssment of the Poclrtc Stat.- Telephone and Telegraph. Company. HIGH JINKS FOR THE EAGLES Will Hold Forth at 1 ;.M) This Afternoon. The Astoria Eagles W.ll hrtve high jinks In their aerie thl afternoon. Tha occasion seems to bo - he . e'.urn of Jim Law from th east and t'io t.reatened return of Joe Orlbler. Worthy President ITe.'mmi Wim has notined all the local Eaglea that "what can't be cured must be i ndured" end that they may as well be irepared for the Jim-Joe celebration today, in flis notification the worthy presUent says: "The band ha tuned It Instruments of torture; the restaurant nian will nnfl ii with 'what' 'eft over:' the Unique theatre wHl be moved upstairs; there are a few present to be dlatrlb' uted; a few fines to be imposed; I few wings to be fastened on recently canturcd buxiards; a few beer to be downed: a few cocktail to be clipped; a few bottle of soda, root beer, and asue water to be spilled; a few torlc to be told; a few onga to be sung; and a few hours of side-splitting, hair- lndlcestlon-kllllng fun to be iiiiitrtbuted: so come along so that we may hand you your package." P. S., etc. The trouble begin at 1130 o'clock. Sunday afternoon, October 4. 03; after that It cot $1 a minute. COMMERCIAL ClUB NOTICE. Notice 1 hereby given that n meet Ing of the Astoria Commercial Club Is hereby called to meet on Tuesday, tho 6th day of October, 1903. at the hour of 8 o'eloek.p.m., to discuss mat' tcr In regard to putting the gymna sium In working order. A. SCHKRNECIvAM, Pre. Astoria. Or.. Oct. I 1908. - - - oS-5 SALMON PACKERS' "S BIG LOSS Personal Differences Said to Have CostThciu $1,000,0()0. First Class in Every Respect Bar and Billiard Room Anierican and European Plan free Coach to the House PARKER HOUSE H. B. PARKER, Proprietor E. P. PARKER, Manager. Good SampleRoomi on Ground Floor tor Commercial Men ASTORIA OREGON . lEtATERITB I Miaeral Rubbw) TfOU MAY INTIQWI HUILI)ING or And It n.oe..ry to A WOItH.OVT HOOK ELATE RITE ROOFING Takes the plao of hlDgles, tin, iron, tar and gravel, and all prepared roofings For flat and teep surface, gutter, valley, eto. Easy to lay. Tempered for all pllmate. Reaionable in coit. Bold on merit, Guaranteed. It will pay to ask for rice and information. , THE ELATERITE RO0RNG CO., Worcester Building, Portland According Jo the Astoria correspond ent of the Pacific Fisherman; an excel lent Seattle publication, Columbia river packer have lost fully Jl.OOO.OOObecause of thiir failure to agree on opening price for Chinook salmon. ' The diffi culty Is attributed to personal strife. The Fisherman' correspondent tells the following Intrestlng story of the mnnner In which the enormous loss was suffered: - The Columbia) river cannerymen i.ow have their thinking cap on as they never had before. The fact that Alaska salmon opened at $1.30, while the Columbia product opened f.t tl.35 and the pack of the Columbia ha be in told at that basis, has don more for the Columbia river salmon Industry than anything else that could have happened, and It was a rude shock to the commcrcal Intelligence of manymen who had been In the business for years and have made fortunes nut of it, Three year ago an effort was made to form a combination of tho Columbia river cannery owner to establish a price on Columbia river spring pack on tle basis of SI 60 per dosen for talis f . o. b. A'torla, but it was not possible on account of the .'personal' differen ces of a number of the cannerymen, and by the use of the word "personal" It describes the eltuatlon that existed. Last year and the present year similar efforts were made to establish a higher price, but a no agreements could be reached contracts were made on a basis of $1.35 for tails. A a matter of fact very few tall are packed.except of the lower grades, and ihs . choice fish In halve, fiat and oval were old, twice over, contingent on the pack before the season opened. Th result of thl "personal" itrlf ha cost tb Columbia river rocker durng the ercsent year at l'ttt a mil lion dollars, bit ni it year thl will not happen snd there may not be cny com bination either, Th quality cf th C lumbla river salmon l a xd today a it ever ws and the cent of packing 1 more thorough than ever before, hi though the cost of handling lis not been much decreased, for tb reason that many labor-wvlng device art not used as Jn other localities because by r uch mean th appearanc of the can lied article to th consumer Is not excellent, and a a matter of fact I not as perfect. WILL BE MOST SUCCESSFUL Library Entertainment Will 8ur pa Previous Effort. The library entertainment to be given on October I and 10 will, if the expecta tion of the hard-working ladle are realized bo the most successful event of th kl id evr held In the city. The rehearsal are proceeding quite satis factorily and the 120 person who are to tuk part are working faithfully for the ucces of th entertainment. 'The Mystic Midge" will be an es pecially pleasing performance by more than 100 peson. . Miss fthlvely Imper sonates the qurfen of the forle andMIss ivy Prince Obdlllua, ruler of the mystic midget. , Many Interesting apeclaltle will be presented. The Queen Louise gavotte will be one of the principal feature of the evening, the following young ladle taking part: Mis Tallant, Miss Flor et ta Elmore, Mis fJowlen, Miss Bllnn, Miss Brooks, Mis Magee, Miss L'tzii ger, Mis May t'tzlnser. Miss Olsen, Miss Morton, Mis McLean, Mis Mor gan, Miss Jordan, Miss Holmes, and Miss liannells. The following young ladles will ap pear In the Floradora sextette: MUs Hbson, Sflss Fox, Miss Crang. Miss Elmore, Mis Wood, and Mrs. A. A. Finch. There will be many pleasing vocal and Instrumental numbers, and alto gether the entertainment promises to be one of more than usual merit, LITTLE WATER ON THE BARS Tillamook und Xelinlem trances In Biul Shape. En- The steamer Eun"re arrived In from Tllamook lat night. She brought but ter, cheese and salmon and a fair-sized passenger list. Among her list of pas sengers were H. Stapleton, a Salem capitalist, and Colonel Joe Baumgart- ner, paying teller of Bush's bank, at Kalem, Tbe Elmore passed the Vosburg off Necamla mountain. The Vosburg had In tow a small raft of log picked up at, Nehalem, and, having a fresh wind to contend with, can not be expected before ome time today. Passengers on the Elmore report tha-t the harbor at Tillamook Is m bad shape there blng only 12 feet of water when they crossed the bar yesterday. The same complaint Is heard from the Ne halem. It Is said the .Vosburg was delayed in leaving that hsrbor yveter da on account of obstructions at the bar The mills, It Is said, have shut down on tht! bay for the reason that steamers cannot get In to carry the lumber away. Even sailing vessels have trouble In crossing the bar. "The condition of the Tillamook and VehDlem bars should be presented to the Oregon delegation In congress with the request that it exert its Influence to secure an appropriation for their better inent," remarked a man returning from these porta last night. These bar !n the past have been de pendent on the northwest winds, which have kept the sound washed out so that shipping has been poaible. This season, however, the winds have not blown so kindly for these harbor and shipping i thereby Impeded. MARINE NOTES. The French bark EmUle Galllne ar- vlved down the river yesterday and cleared for Ispwlch, England, with 22,482 bushels of wheat, valued at $16, SOO, and 90,426 bushel of barley, valued nt $V),000. K x The steamer South Portland departed yesterday for San Francisco. She take 11100 sack of wheat. The French bark Rene was towed up the river yesterday to load grain. The steamer ChaTle Nelson arrived yesierday from San Francisco. She brought a flill cargo of general mer chandise. Inspectors Edward and Fuller were In the city yesterday and Inspected the steamer Eclipse. They expected to Inspect the Elmore, but she was not in port In time to be examined. Meesr. Edw ards afld Fuller returned to Port land last night. The lighthouse tender Heather will leave out tomorrow for Tillamook rock,- Where she will deliver winter supplies. good record Tried to Wreck Stevens Special Vandals Place Obstructions on Track, but Discovery 'Pre vents Collision. Two attempt to vreck train on the Astoria Columbia River ralload were made Friday night and yesterday but both were fustrated by timely discov ery of the. obstruction that bad been placed on th track for the purpose of ditching th train. Both attempt were made on the West Bide, and the Impression ha gone Mrond that sol dier were responsible in each rase. With this belief as a basis for work, the matter has been reported to the officials at Fort Stevens and a vigor ous Investigation will be conducted. ' The first act of vandalism occurred Friday night at Hammond. A long rock train was being backed down the track from Warrenton when the brake man observed a pile of logs and fence rails on the track. He signaled to stop the train and th engineer succeed ed In preventing the collision that oth erwlse would have ensued. Examination disclosed th) fact that the track had been piled high with ob structions. The rails had been torn from th fen? that surround Frank Cunningham' home nt Hammond, and the logs had been rolled onto the track from the side of the road. Had the rock train collided with the pile it un doubtedly would have been derailed. with probable serious consequences. The second effort of the trainwreck- crs was made yesierday morning, at almost precisely the same spot A pile of logs and old lumber was discovered to have been placed on the track just before the passenger train which leaves Astoria at 7 o'clock came along. As in the previous cae. the train wa stop ped in time to avert a collision and de railment. The affair has created much excite ment on the West Side, according to the etatments of persons who came over yesterday morning, and every ef fort will be made to discover the per petrators. The officers at Fort Stev ens were at once acquainted witn tne matter and several of therit yesterday made personal examination- of the neighborhood. As yet there has been no discovery that would tend to dis close the identity of the men involved. Superintendent MoGulre was not In the city yesterday, nor could a statement be secured from any of the officials of the railroad company. Just what reason any of the soldiers could have had for attempting to wreck the trains to a mystery. Close watch will be maintained and recurrence of the attempt will doubtless result In the apprehension of the guilty persons. On Friday night several residents of Hammond were awakened by the noise created by men who afflicted the town with their presence, and some of the women there were badly frightened. The Impression prevailed at the time that the disturbers were soldier from the fort. V,j?a - WORK AT COAST jHATCHERIES Indications Favorable for In creased Output There. Deputy Fish Warden Webster arlved in the city yesterday ftom the coast streams, where he has been looking af ter hatchery work. He reports that in dications are favorable for a large out put, although It Is too early as yet to make any estimates. At the Tillamook hutchery 670,000 eggs had been taken up to October I and there ere 25 or 30 days remaining in which ta take eggs. Last year the total output, of this plant was only about 262,000. Mr. Webster was Indignant when he learned of the criticism that had come from Oregon City because of the alleged delay in getting work under way on the fish ladder. He said yesterday that the fisheries department had secured the necessary appropriation for the work and that there was no reason for the apparent belief that the officials had lost interest. AN ERROR CORRECTED. The Astorlan erred yesterday .In re porting rejection of offer submitted for government work at Ft. Stevens The bids that were thrown out At Washing' ton were not for the construction of hos, pital stewards' quarters, as stated, but for the building of field officers' and lieutenants' quarters. The lowest bid was that of C. O. Palmberg, $38,745. New bids will be asked for in the spring. FOUND. CHINESE WILL BE DEPORTED A-place where you ctn buy fine wine and liquors for family and medicinal ! use, at reasonable figures. The Call fornla Wine & Liquor House, 423 Bond street, 'phone 2171 black, are content with small profit. No bar. Free city delivery. 826-026 Demented Man Will Not Go to Insane Asylum. Chee Dock, the Chinese who wa ad judged insane by the county board on Tuesday, will not be sent to the state insane aBylum, but will be deported The county authorities did not wish to burden the aaxlum officials with the unfortunate Celestial and hi friends were asked to deport him.. They have promised to do so and he will be a pass enger for China on the next outward bound steamer from tha port. , The parent of John Johnson, the 16-year-old boy who wa before the canity board, have -assured the officials that they will care for their son and keep him off the streets, and with this un derstanding he will not be taken to the asylum. Sheriff Linvllle left last night for Sa iem with 8-year-old Martha Brown, who wa committed to the asylum for treatment. NEW CITIZENS. Peter Laursen, a native of Denmark, was granted final papers of citizenship yesterday. Charles Storm, a native of Finland, ueciarea nis intention or Decerning a citizen. MARRIAGE LICENSE License to wed was Issued yesterday byCountyClerk Clinton toNlkolayBerg man and Hulda Lehtola both of Clat sop county. , With Schilling's Best, there is no temptation to be dis honest Your grocer's; moneyback. This Shoe is .emphati cally the best in the mar Ret for children, and io sold exclusively by WHEIUTY, RALSTON a CO. Successors to John Hahn The B oston Restaurant paOCOMSIEKCIAL STREET Best and Neatest Eating House ia Astoria Try Oar 25-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention High Hass Ciisf MARINOVICH & CO iW4t4MmW4t4t44v The Palace Cafe mmfTvo The Best Restaurant . Retular Meals. 25 Ceots Sunaay Dinners a Specialty Eterytbinr tie Market Affords Palace Catering Company 1 WILL MADISON CIGARS AND TOBACCOS 534, Com! St., and 114, nth St., Astoria, Oregon Pale Bohemian Lager Beer Best On The Coast ...North Pacific Brewing' Co... The Morse Department Store Hews Fleece Lined v-.W mi mi Napped Piques New Goods, new patterns. These goods are a Regular 25 cent arti cle on sale ncm at H7c a Ym See our Window Display. I 'e'fTWFH , H 1 f .: m. wiwrm . U f ,1 MtiVi. Tha Place to Save Money, 503-510 Commercial Street