THE "MORNING ASTORIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 19W.
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Preferred Stocli Canned Goods
Fruits, Berries, Vegetables, Olives, Etc
ROSS, HIGGIN5 a CO.
SOLE AGENTS FOK ASTOKIA
Local Brevities.
A mairlag lleenss wm ! yesterday
granted to Thomas Warren, t Wah.
ktakum county. Washington, and Pearl
, Owen( of Clatsop county.
The oriental liner Indrasamha le on
the way down the river with a very
valuable cargo. She carries the third
largeat quantity of flour ever shipped
out f the Columbia.
After the completion of the Blmplon
i tunnel tratna will run from Parla to
Milan in fifteen hour. It Is expected
that Hhe tunnel will be finished by De
cember, 1906, four months sooner than
the time limit.'
Professor If. 8. Lyman expects to
leave In a few days, for another trip
over the state in tha Interests of the
Oregon educational exhibit at the St.
Louis fair. Yesterday he received
word from Itoseburg that the public
schools of that town expected ito have
the best exhibit from Oregon, or, at
least, one equally as good as any other
town, and It is evident that there will
be no dearth of exhibits.
n 1878 nearly all (09.6) per cent) of
the Russian railways belonged to priv
ate companies; in 1(01 these companies
owned only 33. 5 per cent of them. In
Germany private railway ownership!"
created in the same period from it to
per cent.
One lone drunk was up before Police
Judge Anderson yesterday, lis bad
been in jail nearly two days awaiting
trial, and the court let him off, after
admonishing him to sin no more, which
advice he promised to faithfully fol
low. "
Captains Howes and Canh were In
Portland Tuesday, and in conversation
with a Journal reporter. Captain Howes
sold; ' "It is known that the bar is con
siderably deeper than it was before the
Chinook came north, and when fine
weather comes the dredge will certain
ly make a fine showing. The engineers
THE
WltTniriiiriiii.ilTi':a' f'iiiiiiilrff,tMF.li'liTT,,,irwiwi1J
J will begln'to enlarge my store
about the 15th of February.
NOW:
What it means to have the store upset
So I have docided tojgivo my customers the benefit of
per cent off
Until the carpenters begin worH
E. a W. Collars and Cuffs
Cerhart Goods, Excepted
Her
m Wise
The Reliable Clothier and Hatter
-Jo .
JEWELL,
RANGES a
AND . ', ' -V '
STOVES
i ARB THE BEST
Those who use them will have no other.
' Also a complete line of kitchen utensils and
Everything for the home.
CHARLES HEILBORN $ SON
' AS
Everything
ASTORIA'S LEADING H0U3EFURMSHERS ;
for the home. . Asic to see our o eweu ranges ,
ars progressing" favorably with their
soundings. They have been somewhat
hampered, however,- by ? the ; rough
weather," Jt . i., ' C- . ;-
' -Loggers are delighted with the rain
that fell yesterday and hope the down
pour will continue for a time. There
has been but little rain this winter In
the mountain region, with the'rult
that few logs have been floated" down
to tlds' water. .: . ,
February has started off very dull so
far as realty transfers art concerned,
and but one warranty deed has been
(lied since the first of the month. How
ever, the usual number of other instru
ments have been filed, and the month
will doubtlss come up to the average.
There has been no particular rush of
voters to the office of the county clerk
yet, and the total registrations to date
do not much exceed 200. The Books
do not close until May It, but this is
no reason why voters should delay, as
there is always a rush toward the end
that Inconveniences the , registration
clerks. , . t
Eood Master Frye has been directed
by the county court to meet with the
supervisor of road district No. and
examine the timber in that locality.
The examination is to be made prepar
atory to action on a request from the
road supervisor of the district asking
that the county saw mill be employed
there to get out lumber for the road.
According to the annual report of
Examiner Klgglns, of the United States
civil service commission, the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1903. was the most not
able in the history of that body. The
total number of persons examined, by
educational tests and otherwise, during
the year, was U1AU, as compared with
40,088 for the preceding fiscal year. The
commission gave examinations at more
than 1000 places throughout the coun
try where there are local boards of ex
aminers. The total number of per
sons appointed, promoted, ransferrai
or reinstated was 40,247 .
Preparations for the coming fishing
season are being made at all river
points. Fishermen are bringing their
scows down to tide water, and gear Is
being stretched on racks between As
toria and Rainier, The scows are kept
out of the path of storms and moored
up the small streams that empty Into
the Columbia. Some fishing is already
being done for the markets, and during
the past week several fine chlnook sal
mon have. been displayed In this city.
The outlook for the coming seaeson is
very bright, and fishermen express the
opinion that the early runs of fish will
be better than those of last year. ,
What Is probably the largest spruce
tree in the world was recently discov
ered in God's valley, the home of giant
spruce trcesi The discovery was made
by W. S. Llnkhart, of Nehalem City,
who is visiting in Astoria. The mon
ster measures 21 feet In diameter, or
about 66 feet In circumference. Mr.
Llnkhart Is unable to state the height
of this monarch of the forest, but he
believes It will be found to exced that
of any othH- spruce In the world. God's
valley Is on the north fork of the Ne
halem. about 12 miles from the town of
Nehalem. The largest spruce tree
heretofore known IS also located there.
The will of the late Harvey H.
Thompson, of Hammond, was filed for
probate in the office .-of County Clerk
Clinton yesterday. . The will was made
at Astoria, Is dated August 18, 1902,
and is witnessed by C. R. Hlgglns anH
August Danlelson. Mr. Thompson be
queathed all. of his property, ,real and
personal, to his wife, Ida, M, Thomp
son, and named her as executrix, of the
estate, to serve without bonds. .The
petition for the appointment of Mrs.
Thompson states that deceased owned
personal property and money to the ex
tent of $2000 and real property of the
value of $500. Mrs. Thompson will be
appointed executrix' of the estate, al
though the order , has not yet been
signed by Judge Trenchard. not hav
ing been drawn up yesterday.
"In the Reign of the Empire," the
bill at Fishers last n'eht, Is one that
with a well known author's name at
tached would crowd the theater In any
city. Clara Mathes had a role that gave
Opportunity for the display of her abll
Ity, and she proved herself worthy of
the high reputation that has preceded
her. Her rostumes were elegant, as
they evidently were expensive. . Little
fault could be found with any ot the
support, although one or two ( of the j
minor characters might have been giv
en more strength and precision. Taken !
altogether the performance may oe
safely pronounced as one of the real
good ones this seaeson. There Is noth
ing cheap about the Clara Mathes j
Company but the prices'. Tonight's
play is "A Daughter of Erin." Every
one likes an Irish play and this comes
recommended as not only' being en
tirely new, but as one of the best, of
its class," with nothing to offend the
most patriotic Irishman. The story Is
an Interesting on and It Is bright and
laughable wthout descending to horse
play. The specialties are changed,
many of the most amusing being Intro
duced tonight. ,
Discussing the matter of the proper
method of building public schools, a
well known educator said yesterday he
believed all school buildings should be
but one story In height, and that, in
stead of erecting large buildings, the
school board should aim to erect small
er structures, but more of them, and at
locations easily accessible for school
children. . He pointed out that the
health of children In the second and
third story rooms Is menaced by the
foul air from the lower rooms. While
the Idea of one story school buildings is
not general, Leland Stanford university
was built largely on the plan suggest
ed. Smaller buildings would minimize
the danger of contagion, which can not
well be prevented where several hun
dred children are gathered together al
most every day in the week. Smaller
school buildings would mean more
structures, and pupils would be re
quired to travel less in going to and
from school an important considera
tion. Dire consequences follow the
marching of children up and down
stairs, and there are scores of advant
ages In small buildings, whereas few,
If any, can be advanced In favor of
large structures., '
Steps looking to the construction of
a road that will' entirely encircle the
city were taken at yesterday morning's
session of the county court. The plan
was offered by George C. Fulton and
Frank L. Parker. " It Is the purpose
to commence the road in Alderbrook,
the east end suburb, run It south along
Mill creek to Young's bay and thence
west to Smith Point and on to a con
nwtion with the improved streets of
West Astoria. This would afford ex
cellent connection with the county
bridge crossing Young's bay, a well as
with those streets ending on the line
of the proposed road. Messrs. Fulton
and Parker asked the court If It would
assist the project and received the as
surance that the plan commended It-
t.t favorably to the county officials.
It Is the Intention to construct an ex
cellent highway and to pave it with
crushed rock, the expense to be borne
by the property owners having lana in
the district to be tapped. This pro
posal settles the matter of the Improve
ment of the road around Smith Point.
A petition for the construction of the
hiehwav Is necessary and the work of
obtaining signatures to the request will
h undertaken at once. The proposal
i. nne'of the most Important of the
Htlnd ever attempted In Clatsop county.
The Mulr glacier, In Alaska, was at
one time the grat scenic attraction of
the tourist. When the Harriman ex
pedition of scientists was there in
18(9, the ship anchored close to Us
front, and the geologists, artists and
photographers went ashore, and wlth-1
out difficulty secured the pictures. A
few months later an earthquake shook
up the mountain of ice, and the bay
below became blocked with bergs, so
that approach by water has since been
Impossible. No one knew what hap
tened to the glacier. Two citisens of
Skagway, named Andrews and Case,
j
made a Journey ori" foot recently, hd
they report the actual cnndliluna.
Nearly three miles of the lower end
of the glacier have broken away and
the water ot the bay reached back to S.
granite hill that was formerly an island
In the glacier. The ice pack will melt
soon, and when next tourists see the
largeat "glacier In the world they will
find two ice cliffs Instead of one.
Ts Curs a Cold In Ons Day.
Take Laxative Eromo Quinine Tab
lets. An druggists refund ths money
if it fails to curs. SS. W. Grove's sig
nature ts en each box. 2S. tf
'If You Want Anything Good Go To Dunbar's"
Keep the Ball Rolling ,
We are pleased with the result of our January Clearance
Bale, because i was tbe greatest success in the history of our
store. Now we offer the - '
Odd Sizes, Broken Lots and Remnants at One'
. Third the Original Price
Tbere is a world of good to be had frora it There's quality, '
lots of it, and remarkably low prices.
Not long since a rather severe crit
icism of the local telephone service ap
peared in an Astoria paper, which took
to task the operators, who were alleged
to be negligent and hardly accommo-
dating. Manager Brunoia was asaea
about the matter yesterday. He saia
the service had been materially Im
proved during the past year and that
there was a general disposition on mo
part of management and operators to
render the best service possible. Not
withstanding the Improvements made,
it frequently happens that subscribers
km. renuired to wait for a few mo
ments because of press of business.
The operators do the best they can In
this resnecu lust as clerks do In the
stores, where customers are compelled
at times to wait before placing orders.
Mr. Brunold explained that it was ut
terly useless ordinarily to ring for cen
tral more than once. The first two
bells rung work the Indicator in the
office, and all the ringing that there
after may be done Is merely waste of
energy. Party line subscribers fre
quently neglect to hang up( receivers,
with the result that the service of oth
ers on the line Is Impaired, for which,
of course, "central" is .neiuw"-
able and not Infrequently scored. v The
vmmi ladles do everything in their
power to accommodate patrons of thet
onnmanv. and if a subscriber falls to
always promptly receive the number he
desires he should bear m mma wv
business is rushing In the central of-
The greatest "WCkers- are
women and 99 out of 100 will vogorous-
rlng the Dell for central If tney are
t .nswered In an Instant. Just why
..ikAn auhscrlbers neglect to ob
serve reason '.to one. of the mysteries
tv, e.' The same persons make
reasonable .allowance for delays In
other lines of business, but tne tele
phone girls are never given the benefit
of the doubt.
In the past forty years 4.000.000 rea
sons have left Ireland. y ' i
The A. Dunbar Co.
566 Commercial Street
Tbe Lowest priced store in Astoria for fine goods. ;
New Gallery Opened
Having toaipleted a new building especially for photo
graphic purposes, I am now ready to make -
PHOTOGRAPHS
to please all. I guarantee satisfaction in all work. Prices
the most reasonable. Give me a calL Studio on Bend
street between 11th and 12th.
Henry WecieKin
Do
Eat
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If the former, try eating
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Every Delicacy in Seaton.
Private Rooms 112 Eleventh Street
Shoes Shoes Shoes
Working Shoes Dress Shoes
. Men's and Boys' Shoes, Ladies' Shoes.
, No fancy prices here Honest goods only.
. vBuy your shoes of a Practical Shoemaker.
S A fUMIlFj 543-545 Bond Street.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
JOHN FOX, Pres. and Sapt
F.L BISHOP, Secretary
JL I FOX, Vice President.
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THEY ARRIVED TOO LATE
v , FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE
So we will sell'at great redactions a fine assortment of elegant ,
Couches Morris Chairs . Roellers
, They must go. Call and see them.
ZAPF, r The House Fumlshtr.