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,,. ..
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."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. .
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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
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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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i ne r opuiar Kestaurant
Two doors east from Seventh etreet, on Astor street Beet
of Service.E vet y thing in season. We also have desirable
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' for rent bj day, week or month
: P. A. PETERSON. Proprietor.
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Astor St.,
Astoria, Or.
Tou can save money by seeing
Robinson Furniture Store
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TABLES AND ROCKERS..,..
Be Sure and See Them Before Baying Elsewhere
Prices Are Right
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and other first class
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Complete line now
on exhibition. '
EVERYTHING POR THE
HOUSE.
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The Houts Farntiher.