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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1904)
ASTORIA; OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1904. A RECORD BREAKING OFFER Ta clean then op la S burty, we offer at marrelously low pries FANCY CLUSTER RAISINS i One lluatlred tJOpsuiitl boies $2.75 value lor 1.71. ..- fifty ft pound rffu)r$l.tta mine for AOe. DON? FOKQET, that ws'rs selling tits largest and tost navel , orange la tbe city for the smallest pleoe of money. ROSS. HIGGINtS & CO. UOOD GOODS Ol'It 8IKCIA!,TY Local Brevities. John tUmota, a natlva f Finland, yes ienlay declared hi Intention of be mliig a rlllin. It ta oapeeted that the body of the tale C. II. Thomson will be brought to Aatorla Friday evening. The f utter at arrangement have not yet been an tioumed, if- j. D. R. tleunt hat been appointed roni maater for Astoria district., Ill term of office begin Immediately. The ' appointment wna made by the county court yesterday. The work el repairing the elide at Hugby ha been completed and fester 'day's trains got in almoel on time. II Is eiictod that there will be little more trouble there thla winter. ' Have you money In the bank bring In you no return? 11 y aendlng letter to & J , cart Morning Astorlait, you will learn where you caa place 11000 for a term of year on flrat-claM ee-curity. In 'thf office of Clerk" Clinton.' The city la anxious to buy jhs machine so'tfcat it record may be property kept up. ft as likely the purchase Will be authorised at the neat meeting. The trial balance of Auditor Ander on ahowa a balance remnlnlng In tn treet repair fund January 1 of II, (13.12. The council appropriated $ 000 for thla fund at the ft ret meeting at tht year, which will make avallabli 4 total of 16121.12. The amount ex tendna icr street repair In 1701 wa 14101.14. The county court yeeterday adjourn ed until Friday, when the matter of appointment of road aupervlaor will be In ken up. It 1 probable that tht tai matter will alo be considered at that time, although It la not likely that the court will do more than to de clde upon the tax for general county About midnight a heavy eterm eame j purpoaea. It I hoped the levy will bt up and the wind howled 'along at an unusual high rate of apeed. The glees dropped euddenly luat night and It waa evident a atorm would break thl morning. The Push Club will meet in regu bir eMlon tonight at 7:10, at the coun- reduced about 4 mill thla year. "The Aetorlan i certainly a great paper," ald PoHre Commissioner Bar ker yesterday. "It I ao much ahead of any other paper ever published In Aatorla thut there could be ho com pur hum. The manner In which .the new ell chamber In the city halt. Beveral local and general, ia aerved to reader mailer of Importance ar to be acted I reflecte great credit on the manage upon and a full attendance of mem-1 merit, and If the people don't aupport bera ha been requested . that paper 1 guea they won't aupport any. It I the beat paper I ever Qeorge larker and A. L. Clark have In a city the Im of Aatorla." been named by the waya and mean committee of the council to expert the In the probate court yeeterday D booka of the auditor, treasurer and Falangoa waa appointed admlnletrat. ihlef of police. The work will be un tor of the estate of George Kutcho dertaken a aoon aa the lighting ays- I deceased. Kutrhoe left an estate val tern ha been repaired. lued at about 1700. He died on the la land or Andrew, Greece, and left no The county court ha placed a value will. HI mother, two alRtera and a of 171 on th old Flatter typewriter! brother are living In Greece, while ant Other brother reeidea at Clifton. Fall ongoa I on of the creditor of the estate. Hi bond were furnished by Bamuel Elmore In th sum of $1400. as The Real Thing The Annual SALE That Has Made lermaii Wise FAMOUS ! FAMOUS II FAMOUS ill There may be trouble between the local barber' union and the employers over the action of the former In railing- th price of hair cutting from 25 to IS cent. The action of the union waa taken at a meeting held Wednea- day night and when the employer were acquainted with the matter yee terday they were Indignant. Theyi regard ti cent a fair price and all have agreed to ask th union to re consider their action. Bhould thla sot be done, the employer' will 'resist the effort to Increase th price of the service. A remonstrance ilgned by 41 periem waa filed yesterday with Auditor An dereon protesting agninst the removal of the street light from the comer of Fifteenth and Commercial to Fifteenth and Dunne. The remonstrance will probably have the effect of Inducing the street committee to provide for a new light at Fifteenth and Dunne, the entrance to St. Mary s Hospital, ana permitting the present light to remain where It Is. The remonstrance set fourth that the removal of Ihe light would work a serious inconvenience on the buslneea Interests of that part of Commercial street, a there Is no other light between Twelfth and 8ev enteenth. ed committee to attend to the Una) arrangement for th buriul of the InU C. B. Thomson. Th following gentle men will accompany the remalne froir Portlahd to this city: Oeurg Xoland 0. C. Fulton, C. H. Psee, A. M. Smith and Farnk Bplttle. The funeral ar mogemcnta will be in the hand of F J. Taylor, 1. A, Eakln, C.HAbercrom ble, Hidney Dell, J. U. Hughe an Harriioii Allen, while the committee appointed to prepare and report a se rle of resolution to be submitted at the opening of the next session of the circuit court consists of J. Q. A. Bowl by, F. D. Wlnton. 3. F. Hamilton, S. H Smith and 8. P. Wilson The aseo elation will attend the funeral In body. Th Commercial Club, of whlcb Mr. Thomson waa an' active member haa passed resolution deploring hit taking off. Th proposal of Clatsop county for purchase of the Wlngate place from the atate la off, the property having been sold yesterday. at Salem to an other bidder, J. P. Roger. The coun ty wanted the land for a poor farm and first offered the state the full amount of the Irreducible school fund claim against It, together with Inter est ana costs. This amount wot 1(170. Th state land board the'r notified the county court that 1(000 had been offered for the place, and tht county raised Its offer to f(100. Fur iner nouncation came back that a still better offer had been made, where upon tb court declined to increase Its bid, feeling that the (tat board should1 have given the county the preference New of th sale of the land waa re ceived yesterday by Judge Trenchard. in th following telegram from Bute Land Agent Oswald West: "Receiving higher bid, the state land board sold the Wlngate place to J, P. Roger Roard could not ahow any preference In the matter " Judge Trenchard said he waa opposed to Investing mora than 16000 in tb farm, and added that there were many other available tracts which could be secured reasonably. The Reliable Clothier nnd Hatter. & & BEAUTIFUL PORTIERES AND RUGS OUR RUG LINE. WILTON BRUSSELS SMYRNA AXMINISTER CREX JUTE In all hIzh up to 0x12 Let us show you just what these beautiful tapestries are. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON ASTORIA'S LEADING H0U3EFURNISHER5 Broryttiiag for the horn. Ask to tee our JtweH ranges. Nothing more enjoyable of a earn edy, natur haa been presented here this season more likely to produce genuine humor that "Are Tou a Ma son T'' which comes to Fishers' opera house Friday evening. ' Ita record is International, for besides having been presented In London, Pari and Ber lin,' It played nearly an entire season in New Tork, 20 weeks In Chicago, 16 weeks In Philadelphia and 12 weeks In Boston. Tho theme of the play Is unlimited In fun making possibilities and through Its reference to Mason ic doings. It' fairly bubble with numer ous situations, which kep one. In a constant roar of laughter. The cast Is made up of the leading farce comedy players culled, from the cream of the profession. Seat sale opena tomorrow morning at Griffin's book store. Th vaudevlll artists drew another good house at th Columbia theater last night. The performance opened 1th Bib and Bib In trouble In an J ip Town nat." a roaring one act farce comedy that took the audience storm. There were four rhur,-i.r. In the brief drama, but they were aa good aa a dosen. In his act, which fol lowed th farce, 81ms, the tramp car tooniat, made a decided hit He la cer uimy strong on crayon. His cartoon work waa preceded with a topical sons- ik.i . . ravorawy received, and his Hghtnlng-llke eketche produced roars or laughter. A tomato can, that gave every appearance of being the original tramp -growler," Was transformed by a rew hasty marks Into a countenance delightfully ugly. An Innocent-looking narcnet waa changed Into an impoaei-ble-looklng face that Was pronounced to be Carrie .Nat Ion'. The act was concluded by producing a black cat emltlng volumes of music from a back ynrd fence. A comedy sketch, Heart and Heart. Hillebrand. the strong man ana th novelty sketch artiste aud ra. tlm piano players. Hays and Wlnch- ell, were the other font,,. .. .... . ."nuance. Htiieorand la particularly gooa. his wonderful feats of strength oemg seldom equaled. Beginning with "way the ticket office will' be onen irom i o'clock in the aXternoon unU) me night a performance. . II Clearance AND Mark Down vSale AND These Are Sample Prices Begolar $1.23 and $10 Wrapper your . choice tb! week lor only ............ 0Vc On lot Children's dreeee that sold for Tie, 98c and $1 25 your choice this to. week for 4CC Hen' tiaif that have been selling at 12.50, 15 sod 917-50 yoor choice ft r this week ?V.oO Boy's Suit tbat have been selling, at 1150 2.75, $3. and 1825, your chouse x, 0r for this week Jt-ya Suit waa instituted In the circuit court yesterday by Charlotte Qrtmberg, administratrix of the , estate of. her husband, Emanuel Qrlmberg, ngalnvt the Columbia River Packers' Assoi-la- tion. She eks to recover 15000 dam nees for the death of Grimbcr. Suit was previously Instituted by Messrs. Nolund and Wlnton for Mrs. Grim beta; 'but tefore hearing of the cause hud been concluded the attorns o asked for a non-suit, which was giant cel. Their object was to relnstltuie priiceejii.g, rtrlmberg was employed by the iistooiatlon to go north to un AliMkun tannery. During the return trip on the St. Nicholas he fell frwi Ihe, missen .rlsglng to his deatp. U Is contended by the plaintiff that the rig ging aa defective and that the asso ciation , was responsible for his d!h In, neglectirg to provide safe appll- The Clstsop County Bar Association met .yesterday afternoon and appoint- PERSONAL MENTION. N. H. Webber was in the city from Kagle Cliff yesterday. Pilot Commissioner Farrell was down from Portland yesterday. Fred Bowen, representing Northup & sturgis, Portland. 1 in the city. ? Mr. P. A. Stoke will arrive home on the next steamer from California. cnaries Barthoolemew, of the firm of Jourgeson & Co..' Portland,' Is. liv the city. Munttle Meyer, on the road for Blum- auer & Hoch, a Portland firm, Is in A' torla. ''.'..' " ' ' " ' ".' A. ,A. Cook, representing F, Zim merman, la In Astoria. , He came down yesterday. n .'.( Rutherford Rau. representing Roth, child Bros., of Portland, arrived in the city yesterday. He will be here during the week. . ' Mrs. M. I. Gillette, formerly of this city, but now a resident of Portland, Is visiting in the city with her brother, O. Bt. Welch. oRward for Murderer. Salem, Jan. 12. The county court today has offered a reward of J300 for the unest and conviction of the murd erer of L. B. Saunders, found dead at Huttevllle, Oregon, November 19th, vi Uh a bullet wound In his head. Al though the coroner's jury found a ver ilct of murder at the time, the 4m-pi-esf ion prevailed that it was a case of suliide. Mysterious circumstances sur rounding the case lead people to be lieve that foul play is connected with it.; :'". ..-.,'. ' : , The Place to Save Money. 508-510 Commercial St, 008-510 CommerciaJ St. ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN FOX, Prt,end Supt. F.L BISHOP, Secretary A. L. FOX, Vic President. 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