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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARO. 390
Honeyr Honey! ;
Wa have just received from Ontario, Oregon, gome very fine
alfalfa honey and place it on sale at
Coinlsy ooo pouud each 20 cents. ' Candied, oao pound bulk
15 ceiita. Candied, 10 pound package each f 1.25.
ROSS. HIGGINS CO.
GOOD UOODS OVll SPECIALTY
Local Brevities.
follce court reerlpta yesterday ag
gregated 1300, and not a prisoner wu
before the bur of Justlea. The receipt
from gambling fines.
A petition waa filed with County
Clerk Clinton yesterday, to be for
warded to the secretary of state, ask
ing that the bill providing for a direct
primary law be submitted to vote of
the people. The petition contained the
signatures of 10 persona.
I. L. Singer, of Walla Walla, aayi
In a letter to the Astorlan; "I note
with satisfaction the great Improve
ment In The Aatorlan, and hope the
cllJsens of Aatorla and Oregon will duly
appreciate the handsome dally now of
fered them by the enterprising pub
llshera." "If I'm any judge of newspapere, Tha
Aatorlan fills the bill," aald B. A. Tay
lor yesterday. Jlt'e by long odda the
best and most complete paper Astoria
haa aver had, and It ought to receive
generoua support. It Is a credit to the
city and a tribute to the business en
ergy of the enterprising publisher."
The steamer W. H. Harrison left out
last evening for Yaqutna, to bring back
a cargo of old Iron from the govern
ment Jetty at that bay. The Iron, con
slstlng principally of railroad rails,
was recently sold at auction to Port
land firms. There art nearly 200 tons
of It, and It la consigned to Welnsteln
k Co., Portland.
Contractor Ooodln Is working on the
Smith Point road and expects to have
the obstruction removed by tonight.
The ground east of the road recently
slid, blocking passage for teams. The
repair baa been made by popular aub
script Ion. Street Superintendent Kear
ney aald yesterday he believed the road
should be put In shape around to the
county bridge. The council Baa naa
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tea matter , under - consideration, but only from the purchase and Installation
uotning was done looking to Improve- of the plant. Mr. Hemlow has an-t
ment of the road, which is much used, other proposition pending at Salem,
from which he expects an early re-
A "Bon-Bon" dancing party will bo
given by the Florodor Club at Han
thorn'a hall tonight, to which the pub
lic la Invited. New features are con
stantly being Introduced by the club at
its regular Saturday night parties, And
assurance Is given that tonight a par
ticularly good time will be afforded
those that attend.
sponse. , A resident at Warren has also
written him "for Information regarding
the condensary business, his Idea being
to establish such an enterprise in that
community. Mr. Hemlow la meeting
with wide recognition throughout the
country because of the active interest
ha takes In all depa-tmenta of canned
producta. ,
D. I. Pye, superintendent of the
Clatsop Mill Company's box factory,
leaves tonight for an extended eastern
visit. While away ho will spend a few
weeks at his old home. Ha expects
to visit all of the large cities of the
middle east and post hmself as to pres
ent conditions In the box business. He
will be gone about a month.
"Only a Soldier Boy," the play to be
presented by Miss Clara Mathes and
her company for their opening next
Tuesday night at Fishers', Is one of
the comedy-drama hits of the season.
Were it not for the strong dramatic
situations and climaxes, It could well
be called a comedy, as It Is brimful of
bright, crisp and clean fun. Miss
Mathes, as "Cherry Blossom," the
soldier boy, Is making one of the big
gest hits she has ever scored. There
Is something doing all the time at the
Mathes performance, and aeven vaude
ville features are Introduced between
acta. The sale of seats opens Mon
day at Griffin's. Prices, 20 and SO
cents. . . .
f 4, Mere I
of Wise's customers
Robert Jeffery left last night for
Vancouver, Wash., to make final proof
In support of bis claim to 160 acres In
section 20, township 11 north of range
( west. In Wahkiakum county, Wash
ington. Mr. Jeffery filed on the land
seven years ago. Two years later C.
W. Clark filed on the same tract with
scrip, and afterwards transferred his
right to the Willamette Pulp A Paper
Company, an Oregon City concern.
Then followed a contest for the prop
erty. . The matter was carried ud to
the Interior department and on Janu
ary 4 Secretary Hitchcock rendered a
decision In favor of the Astoria claim
ant. The property Is located on Grays
river and Is Quite valuable. '
Bather than pay for a meal that
came to the paltry sum of 35 cents,
Charles Belmont drew a revolver on
Jerry Slavlch, the proprietor of an As
tor street eaUng house, last night, and
threatened to commit murder. Upon
Slavich stepping back away from the
murderous looking weapon, the worth
less young hoodlum made his escape.
He waa later caught in an uptown sa
loon by Officer Undsley and Is now In
the city jail. Belmont has been in
the city for the past three weeks, dur
ing which time be haa put In the most
of bis time bumming. Soon after he j
hit town he entered the Slavlch res
taurant and after eating a meal, set
out for him by the proprietor of the
place, left while Slavich's back was
turned, and since then has failed to
make good the price. Last night be
visited the same place and ordered his
supper. Mr. Slavlch collared him.
"Pay me what you owe me," he de
manded. With an oath Belmont drew
0
a loaded revolver and pressed it
against the other man's breast. Seeing
that he meant murder, . Slavlch re
quested him to leave the place, saying
as he did ao that he would rather lose
the 35 cents than to be murdered in
trying to collect it. As soon as Bel
mont left, the restaurant man bunted
up the patrolman and told him the
story. It did not take long to find the
man with the gun, and he was at "once
jailed. Belmont is a young fellow,
and Is accounted as being generally
no good.
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will go to St. Louis
World's Fair.
Next Drawing in July.
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your sales slips
money by trading at
WISE'S
January Clearance SALE
f
now in full blast.1
Herman Wise
The Reliable Clothier
and Hatter. j? js? ?
PERSONAL MENTION
E. M. Houghton, of Seaside, la In
the city.
P. E. Peterson la In the metropolis
on business.
Senator J. O. Megler was down from
Brookfleld yesterday.
J. O. Hamnorn Is In the city on a
brief business visit.
County Commissioner Clark was over I
from Seaside yesterday.
W. C. Laws went to Portland last
night. He will return Monday.
A. O. Barker, a well known Portland
railroad man, was in the city yester
day.
George B. McLeod was In Astoria
yesterday, looking after the Interests j
Four members of the Commercial
bowling team, B. J. Pye, Jack Bay,
M. P. Hardesty and P. B. Sovey,
leave tonight for Portland to contest
for the Feldenhelmer trophy. Messrs.
Laws and Peterson are already In the
metropolis. The games will be bowled
at the Portland Commercial Club alleys,
with which all of the Astoria bowlers
are more or less familiar. The local
team has done some excellent work on
the home alleys, and a general feeling j0f the Astoria Company
pervades the club that . the coveted
tiophy will come home with the team.
If the Astorlans bowl their usual game
they will unquestionably win. They
are to go against a strong combina
tion, but the scores made n Portland
are not equal to those bowled here.
The men are all determined to make
the best possible showing and an ex
citing contest Is looked for.
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JEWELL
RANGES
AND
STOVES
ARB; THE BEST
Those who use them will have no other.
Also a complete Hue of kitchen utensils and
Everything for the home. '
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
ASTORIA'S LEADING HOUSEFUfWISHERS j
1 Everything for the home. ' Ask to see bur Jewell ranges t
The Oregonlan relteratea that the
rivera and harbors of this state will
suffer greRtly because of the determin
ation of the house committee to not
present an appropriations bill at this
session of congress. The Oregonlan
says the bar Improvement will suffer,
although, aa the work Is being con
ducted on the continuing contract plan.
provision will be made for It In the
sundry civil bill. Of the bar Improve
ment; the Oregonlan says: "The fund
for Columbia har is represented to be
$1,243,000, but really It is only 1900,000.
Out of .the larger sum must be deducted
$260,000 for the cost of the dredge Chi
nook, and $60,000 for other outstand
ing liabilities. Operation of the dredge
costs about $8000 a month. The' vessel
needs new boilers and several altera
tions, but enn probably be kept "at
work this season as she Is. New boil
ers will cost $40,000 or $50,000. She
might now be sent, to Mare Island or
Bremerton for repairs were It not for
the possibility of her missing the spring
season for dredging."
CHURCH SERVICES.
Norwegian Danish M. E. church,
East Astoria, Rev. C. J. Larsen, pas
torSunday school at 10 a. m. and song
service at 7:45 p. m.
Baptist Services as usual tomorrow.
The pastor will preach on the follow-;
lng subjects: " Fishers of Men" and
"Wise Unto Salvation." ,
First M. E church The pastor will
preach at 11 a. m. on "The Christian's
struggle," and at 7:30 p. m. on "Has
Environment Made UaT" Epworth
League at 6:30 led by the pastor: sub
ject, "Christian Stewardship."
The Coqullle Ice & Cold Storage
Company has written W. O. Hemlow
In reply to a communication relative to
tha establishment of a milk; conden
sary in Coos county. The proposition
made by Mr. Hemlow meets with
marked favor by the Coqullle people
who seem desirous that such an enter
prise as CMr. Hemlow suggests be es
tablished in their midst. That Co
qullle would be an Jdeal place for a
condensary Is attested by the state
ment on the part of the company that
from 800 to 1000 cows would be avail
able. The company already has the-
site, together with 1 a building tnat
would in every way be suitable, so
that the expense attending the Inaug
uration of the business would arise
Wolves Deplete 'Ranges.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 29. Not a day
passes but stockmen living In Sweet-
grass county and other sections in that
part of the .state report heavy losses
of both Cattle and sheep through the
depredations of wolves, which have be
come so bold that they no longer fear
the sight of man, and skulk along In
broad daylight within plain view of
the ranch houses. v" ,
While the stockmen have lost severe
ly from these animals during past win
ders, when the deep snow In the moun
tains and the intense cold drove them
from their usual haunts In search of
food, they attribute their presence this
year, which thus far has been unusual
ly mild, v to the fact that they Tiave
multiplied to an alarming extent, and
belleva that some concerted action will
have to be taken at once to rid then
selves of the growing danger
Packs of from five to a dozen each
havs been reported by those who have
occasion to ride over the ranges.
No Dessert
More Attractive
Why use gelatine and
spend hours soaking,
sweetening, flavoring
and coloring when -
produces better results in two minutes
Everything in the package. Simply add hot
water and set to cool. It's perfection. A sur
prise to the housewife. No trouble, lees ex
pense. Try it to-dT. In Four Fruit Fla
Tors: Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Hasp.
Brry. jlc groaeM. ivo.
Clearance
And
Mark Down iSale
AND
These Are Sample
Prices
Berolar tl.25anI 11.60 Wrappers yonrrft- .
choice this week lor on j
On lot Children's dressas that sold for
75c, 98c awl $1 25 your choice this jo
weekfor.... ,. 45C
Men'a nira that save been aellio a
12 50,113 and $17 60 joor choice tn g
tbie week ..........
Boy's Raits that have been selling, at $2.50
12.75, 3. and 1325, your choice , Ae
.for this week.. , $UVZ
MORSE :DEPT.: STORE
The Place to Save Money,
P. r -i.r i-
508-510 Commercial St.
508-510 Commercial St.
ii;iisi8..iiii;w'!i,mjs
Yoa can save money by seeing
, Robinson Furniture Store
! . FOR ' V.
DESKS. COUCHES, CENTER
TABLES AND ROCKERS
Be Sore and See Them .Before Buying Elsewhere
Prices Are Right
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ASTORIA IRON WORKS
JOHN FOX, Pres. and Snpt
F. L. BISHOP, Secretary
A. L. POX, Tiee President.
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANE, Trees
Designers and Manufacturers of
THR LA.TK8T IMPROVED
CANNING MACHINERY! MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS.
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED,
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
Foot of Fourth Street, ... . ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Astoria Fish, Game and Poultry Market
On Twelfth Street
ONLY FRESH AND CHOICE HEATS
FISH, GAME, POULTRY, SHELLFISH, ETO
Best of Attention. Quick Delivery. -
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THEY ARRIVED TOO LATE
FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE
SoVe will selllat ereat reductions
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Couches Morris Chairs Rockers
They must go. Call and see them.
ZAPF, The House Furnisher.