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ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904 PAGE FIVE. INTERNATIONAL Makes your hens lay Eggs. The in crease 9f Eggs will pay for the food. Oost is saved. 1 cent a feJd for twelve fowls. 25 and 50 eta pkg. Palls $3.50 Fresh Ranch Eggs 35 cents per Dozen ROSS, HIGGINS CO. UUOD GOODS OUit 8PKCIALTT Lccal Brevities. For rent, two or thr room, fur nished for houso keeping. Apply at Ml Tenth trt, ; U :s ; Jk Wantad, board nJ room for lngl ntlemn. Prlvnt family preferred. Address, A. Astorian Offlct. ; Marrlag Un.Ui;n lo wed wm granted yesterday to Alfred Rob ert Johnson and Ml Mlnnl Unhurt, both of CUtoop county. . , . New Cltlin-nal paper of clt Uensblp wort granted yesterday to Thomas Jon, anatlv of England, Jn the county court. O. C. O. Ha awn, a natlv of Norway, declared hi ' Intention of booming a cltU.n. Funeral on Wt tid The funeral of the date John Thorn wa held from the church at Warrenlon ytr day afternoon. Itev. W. 8. Short, of Grace church, officiating. The er- The Real Thing A The Annual SALE Herman w lse FAMOUS! FAMOUS!! FAMOUS!!! erman Wise H The Reliable Clothier and Hatter. - t? & IRON We havo a splendid assortment of well finished and highly enameled Brass Beds possessing full STYLE AND UTILITY The best line of bods ever dis- , - played in Astoria. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON ASTORIA'S LEADING H01SEFURNISHERS Everything for the home'. Ask to see our Jewell ranges. POULTRY FOOD vice were conducted under the eu.pl ce of the Masonic order, of which Mr. Thoma waa an honored member. The Interment waa In (Win View cemetery, Funeral of Mr.Hmilton. The fun eral of Mr. Shelby Hamilton took place yesterday afternoon, service be ing conducted by Rev. William Sey mour Short, of Orace church.' The In terment wa In Greenwood. Sal of Tlmb.r LandB. F. Coffey baa disposed of a valuable tract of timber land In thla county. The tract conlt of 19 acre and I situated In aectlon li, township I north of rang I west. It was old to Cornellu Hunt and brought 12000. Protpereu FUlnl.r, The properou little town of Rainier owed about $400 on January 1, M01, where there wa a caah balance In the treasury Jan uary 1, 1104. The condition of trade there I all that could be dealred. and the piMpect for the' town' future are bright. The mill are working full That Has Made E tUn and th payroll of. th town na been materially increased during the otv year, j The prediction 1 freely mad that Ralider I to become the best town between Portland and Asto ria. Shipment of lumber have aver aged four carload a day, not Includ ing th ahlpmenta by water, rVayr Service Attract Th prayer meeting for thla evening will be held at the Pr.ibyteriun church and the louder will be Rev. L. J. Trumbull of th Baptlat church. The attend ance last night waa good, and th In tereat wa manifest. W. C. T. U. Ta,y--Aft thr weeks of adjournment th W. C. T. U. will bold It regular meeting at the uual hour and at th uual place today. Th president hope for a lorg attendance a there I much back work to be mad up. Suit For Divorce Winifred Irene Baker (nee Wlnton), of Portland, baa commenced ' ult In Clackama county for divorce from Joph Baker. The couple were married In Astoria February 1, I0J, and the desertion I alleged to have taken place a year ago. Scoggln Sick Aq'- Arthur Scogg'n I alck again at th county jail, and bl condition Is rather serious. Scoggln I th young man who I In Jail await ing trial on a charg of having thrown ammonia on "Prlnw Boy," a famoii setter dog. He la troubled with atom ach trouble, but thla time complains that Itl lung are bothering him. He ha a large number of relative, but they hav been unable thu far to rala the 1260 necessary to ecure hi release. Cnnrl May U Oil. Th general us Into which crude oil has com as fuel has given rise to th belief that th salmon canneries will soon begin burlng oil Instead of wood and coal. Indeed, It Is said In Portland that sev eral salmon packers now contemplate the use of oil, and that the Warren packing company has definitely arrang ed for a upply of thla fuel. Whethet or not any of the local packers serious ly contemplate use of oil Is a queatloa but It would not be surprising If oil became 'popular here a a fuel. Adeline Pttl In PortUnd, Oreafor The World greatest singer'. Adollna Ptttll, together with her excellent com pany of artist, will give a grand con cert at the Armory building, Tenth and Couth trets, Portland, Or,, Thurs day evening January 14, 1904, at 8:15 o'clock. This 'will be the grandest musical and social event In the history of the state. Excursion rate will be made on all railroad leading Into Portland. The advance sale Of seat will open Monday morning January 11. Out of town money orders accompan ied by check and addressed to Mr. Cal vin 8.- Helllg. Marquam Grand thea ter will receive prompt attention. Young People Mrrl.d. Mr. Alfred Johnson and Ml Minnie Lenhart were united In marriage yesterday after noon at the home of the bride' mother Mr. Katie Lenhart, on Sixth street. The ceremony waa performed by Bev. Father Waters, of St. Mary' Catho lic church. The bridesmaid wa Ml Ida Lenhart, a sister of the bride, and Mr. Ludwlg stood up with Mr. John ion. The wedding ceremony was fol lowed by a reception which wa suc ceeded by a banquet. Mr. Johnson I of the well-known Arm of Johnson Bro., and la one of the brightest young business men In the city. The couple left In the evening for California where they will travel for a month. Rock for Jetty. It Is reported that( the Northwest Construction Company will secure the greater part of the Jetty rock hereafter needed from the Mayger quarry, and that the work at Uugby will be curtailed. Th McLain quarry, recently secured at Mayger, will be operated at once, and 12 dor ricks will be Installed. Mr. McLain, owner .of the quarry, will receive 2 cents a ton for the fii-st 20,000 tons of rock removed, 1V4 cent a ton for the next 20,000 tons and 1 cent a ton for all the rock taken after the first 40,000 tons have been removed. The rock la of excellent quality, suited to the need of the government engineers, and Is available In large quantities. What Will th Counoll Dot Having arranged for the purchase of the E A. Toylor property at Slxtenth, Ex change and Duane streets, the coun ell has yet to declare Itself as to what It Intends doing with the new city hiti Mite. The purchase necessitated the expenditure of $5000, and, a the flnan clal condition of the city will not per nit of any hnphnsnrd outlays, the councllmen who voted for the passage of the ordinance doubtless have some scheme In view, wTiU'h will Involve use of the land Just acquired. As yet they have neglected to make any state ment, and speculation Is rife as to what the purchas really means. While It Is pretty generally agreed that the buy was a good one. there la decided public opposition to the city engaging la the real estate b sines. It I not cler,"however, that 'the purchase was made with this 'end In view, a some of th members who supported the bill were very much opposed to th city taking any chance on the rtso of reality value. However, the buy ha merely been mads without any ex planation, and there ha been much comment on the clrcumitanc. It I believed om atatement of the council' Intention will be made public soon. becauM of th dissatisfaction which baa reaulted over the matter. Install Offier-At last night' meet ing of th Foreter officer were In stalled for th ensuing year. Beside th Installation exercise a banquet wa served that was enjoyed by those present. "' Impromptu peeche were delivered, song ,wr sung, and alto gether th evening wa one of contin uous gaiety. The Bragdon of the Unique theater were present and de lighted the member of the lodge by their One singing, following are the officer Installed: Chief ranger, Phil Haddln; sub-chief eanger, B. J. Pye; treasurer, R. R. Wallace; financial secretary, C, E. Foster; recording secretary, A. B. Dalglty; aenlor wood ard, A. T. Anderson; Junior woodard, T. A. Leahy; aenlor beadle, J. Dam ko; Junior beadle, James Morrison; trustee, Edgar Oearhart and C, E. Johnson;, lecturer, It. F. Hardesty; druggist, Frank Hart. Didn't Do It "I didn't do it. Why. do you uppoe I'd commit myself to such a proposition V said Councilman Nordstrom to, a representative of The Astorian. 'I want you to correct the statement, for I am anxious that re sponsibility for th matter Shall rest where It belong. Once again, I didn't do It." Mr. Nordstrom waa talking about the , report of a council com mittee In which purchase of a new en gine house site was recommended. The report was presented, of course, by the committee on public property, but The Astorian said It had been pre sented by th way and mean com mittee, which latter committee be long to Mr. Nordstrom. A the sage of theThnrd ward I fornlnst purchases at this particular stage of the pro ceedings, he asks that the error be corrected, and the correction la gladly made. - Comm.ndable Work. At a ' general session of the Astoria Woman's Club held yesterday It was decided by the committee on civic Improvement to again offer encouragement to the pu pils of the public schools to accomplish the double purpose of pursuing the study of 'horticulture and of beauti fying the school grounds. Last year the club gave first, second and third prises to three of the grades of the McClure school for excellence In the results oMhelr labors, and great Inter est was shown by the pupils In the enterprise,- which resulted tn a very pretty lawn during the summer. It is the Intention of the committee to extend the scope of Its efforts this year, so as to give all of the school of the city an opportunity, and also to Insist on the idea of permanency tot the work doner rather Uian the mere planUng of flowers which bloom but for a year. Irish Secretary Resigns. For a great many years past Mr. Frank J. Carney had been secretary of Astoria lodge of Elks. At the annual election he was the only man thought of for the position, and h always received the honor. The affairs of the lodge were carefully handled .by Mr. Carney, and he was regarded as a permanent ture. Eventually he came to be called the "Irish secretary." and by this title was known all over the western coun' try. Not long since Mr. Carney pur chased an Interest In the Fisher Bros Company and since then ha been hard ut work attending to his commercial affairs. He soon found that he would have to give up all other duties, and his resignation was handed In at the the meeting of the lodge Tuesday even Ing. The loss of the old time sec re tary was keenly felt by members of the order, but there was no way out of It. Charles A. Stockton was elect ed to fill th vacancy. - . . New Tx Receipt Deputy Sheriff Binder has Just designed a new tax receipt, which promise to be of great convenience to tax payers. The old taxrecelpt shows 'at the top the date of the Issuance of the receipt, while In the body of the form, in small type annenrs the year for which the tax Is paid. Many taxpayers have been de cetved by "the old blank on account of this arrangement of dates, thinking that the receipt was Issued for taxes for the year shown at the top of the blank. In -several Instances several persons allowed their taxes to become delinquent because of the old arrange ment of dates. Mr. Binder's new re ceipt 1 so arranged as to show in very large," red letters, the year for which the tax receipt 1 Issued, so that there will be no chance for future error of the kind. The receipt will be some what larger than the old form, owing to the number of special road district levies that will be mad. under th new law. ) Th form ha been ubmltted to the county court and will probably be apporved. Seven thousand of the re ceipts will be required. In the County Court The ' regular monthly session of th county court was convened yesterday, and the time of Judge Trenchard and Commissioners Young and Clark waJ fully occupied. During th morning the court exam ined and allowed claim, and in the afternoon took up more Important matter. Offer for making a fill on the Lewi and Clark road were receiv ed, a follow: Astoria Crushed Rock Company, $330; W. A. Ooodln, 2.S0 per lineal foot;. P. A. A John Larson, IS cents per cubic yard and II for culvert; C O. PaJmberg, it cents per cubic yard and 135 for culvert. The contract waa award' d to the Astoria Crushed Rock Company. An .order wa made allowing H. Petia 134 as wlt agalnst James Murpty. who wa sent to the penitentiary for stealing Petis' grip.- During th afternoon the mat ter of the boundaries of road districts was taken np, the Mne being shown on a map presented te the court. Thla work ha not yet been concluded. FARM GOES TO CHURCH. Famou Muldon Ranch, WM Kncwr T Athlete, Will B Converted Into a Convent. "(Portland Telegram.) "Billy" Muldoon, the famou wrestler ha Just presented bis extensive and beautiful estate, known as "Muldoon' Farm,' previously used as a training school of his art, to St. Patrick's Ro man Catholic church' of Belfast, N. T., to b converted Into a convent. The entire property ha been given to Bish op Colton, of Buffalo, who was formerly pastor of St. Stephen's Roman Cath olic church. In Twenty-eighth street. New York. The "Muldoon Farm" Is well known . a a s a a a a a a a a a The Palace The 8 aaaaaasaaaa DELSANTO LA VERDAD, Popular Care CIGAR WILL MADISON'S g4 COMMERCIAL ST. mm BHnii8ntiHnitrmKnaaaaaaaaaaa8 The Boston Restaurant ' 630 COMMERCIAL STREET Best and Neatest Eating Hoose in Astoria Try Our 25-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention High Class Chef MARINOVICH & CO ntuuiutiuuMJ t!ii"t!sttttr?tnmmtt 111 i h i v til M iii.mj,. ;,t f " ; throughout the United Bute v as th place where many famoa athlete have been trained Into condition for cham pionship ' coriteats.and wbre.aiso,many business and professional - men bar studied physical culture. The only condition which th former owner ha attached to th transfer of the bully ing and ground to Bishop Colton Is that It should alway remain the prop erty of th church, and (hat th man sion should te used inclusively aa a convent, while th other buildings should be utilised for educational aAd charitable purposes. Bishop Col too will set about at one, to convert the buildings Into the uses for which they were given by the generous donor. -. "I desired to ftv my property.- said Mulrfnnn "in anm phttrAh W orKUllHa- tlon vhere It could be converted Into worthy, charitable purpose .and In looking over the field, in Kew York I have finally decided t present it aa a free gift to the Roman Catholic church, srhich, I feel confident,; fll carry out my wlshe and dsfre,7 It wa at Moldoon Farm that John L. Sullivan, the famou pugilist of hi day. wa rehibliltated. Hundreds of Influential -n?a, Inclu ing leading rep resentative of the American financial and social world, have been visitors and temporary resident of Muldoon Farm in years gone by, and gratefully admit that the unique treatment they than received, coupled with th compulsory participation In novel exercise ,'fn pbyslctl i ulture that were enforced un der the rorf it th farm, waa the cMef factor In regaining them health and happiness. 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