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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1904)
PAGE EIGHT. THE MORNING ASTORI AN, THUliSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 19&I. ft You Need a Bath AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK Tou might u well bathe In the river win an old wooden tab, but there It no occasion for doing either to long m up-to-flate bath ' tuba can be had reasonably. Talk with ua about the matter, ( W.J.SCULLEY Vs 470-471 Commercial Phone Black 1343 L. H. HENNINGSEN $ CO. ) Upholsterer and Furniture Dealer. Handle Stfvo. Tinware and' 5ck Hand Good. M4 BOND STREET. ASTORIA, OREGON. PHONE. RED 2305 J BLfACKSMITHlNQo CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDING. FIR8T-CLAS8 HORSE SHOEING. I-oesltig Camp Work. All kinds of wagon materials in stock for sale. We guarantee tie best work done in tbe city. Prices right. , ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duaae Streets. Thons 291, ' WORK WILL SOON BEGIN New Court House to Be Under Course of Construction by June I. WILL HAVt UNIQUE .VAULT Building Will Bo Finished With- . iu a Year and Will Cost , .. the County About $00,000. m clearance m We have nothing to clean out or.to sell below, cost, hut if you want genuine satisfaction in Cipfars and Tobacco either at wholesale or for private use we can sell you the finest, the purest and the best, in any quantity. WILL MADISONftS 4 COMMERCIAL ST. and 11 KLXTKNTH ST, 1 Jl MM! 1 lljjl In iUi n ii Mfe, ... It v ' KM : " I I ( t X 7 . IsV a I V '4j I 'ECORATING The quiet, artistic beauty of any J nvtuv 44 VUOllJ iUaaOU JJ VI taste in wall decorations. . We wish -to state that the JS'ew Year will find . us in a better position to do decorat ing than ever before. New patterns are beginning to arrive, and all we ask is that you favor us with an op portunity to show you the line.- B. F. ALLEN $ SON. 365-7 Commercial Street Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works RtofactBfcfs cf Iron, Steel, Brass and "Bronze Castings. General Foundrynien and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclasa work. Prices lowest. Ph:r.3 2451 Comer Eighteenth and Franklin. first National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 w tillCXl4ri'tZ! Laser VII II IUI L4 O Beer. .Revolution Imminent. A sure sign of approaching revolt and scrlons trouble to.yeur system is ner vousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up sets, mectric Bitters will quickly dis member the troublesome causes. It never fails to tons the stomach, regu late the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver and clarify the blood. Run down systems benefit particularly end all the usual attending aches vanish under Its searching; and thorough ef fectiveness. Electric Bitters Is only 60 cents, and that Is returned if It don't give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by Ctas. Roger, druggist. By June 1 the work of constructing Clatsop county's new court house will be. well under way. Yesterday the county court engaged Edgar M. Las arua, prominent Portland architect, to take charge of the construction work and Mr. Laaarus Is now engaged In preparing plans, in accordance with the ideas given him yesterday by members of the court. He expects to have the preliminary plans prepared for the in spection of Judge Trenchard and Com missioners Toung and Clark by Febru ary 20. and to finish the work of pre paring the specifications within three weeks or a month after that date. When the matter was brought before the court yesterday there was thorough discussion as to whether the county should ask competitive bids for plans and specifications or employ an archi tect to prepare plana according to the views of members of the court and su perintend the construction of the build ing. There were four applicants for appointment, Mr. Williams, Mr. cbacht, Mr. Neer and Mr., Lasarus, the two latter appearing in person. It was decided by unanimous vote of tbe court that an architect be employed and Mr. Lasarus was unanimously chosen. His compensation will be 3 per cent of the cost of the building and he wlU prepare plans and superintend the construction of the bulldlpj. At ten conference between members of the court and Mr. Lasarus the a ren ted -was given an excellent Idea of what was desired In the way of a new county building. He returned to Port land last night to prepare the prelim inary plans, and members of the court will visit his office on the SOth to exam Ine the drawings. Should they meet with approval, the architect will Im mediately begin work upon the speci fications. It the plans are not satis factory, other - drawings will be sub mitted to the court, and a satisfactory set selected. t As soon as the specifications are pre pared, the court will advertise for bids for the work, and It Is expected actual work will have been begun by June 1. , . The Probsble Arrangement County Judge Trenchard was seen yesterday by an Astorian representative nad asked for a statement as to toe probable arrangement of the new build ing. Judge Trenchard said: "It Is Just a trifle too early as yet to make any definite statement with refer ence to the building. We will first ex amine the plans of the architect before reaching a final decision. I can, how ever, give you a general idea of what we expect to do. "The court house will te of two stories, a high, commodious basement, and probably an attic. It Is the opin ion of . members of the court that the first storv and basement shall be of stone and the second story And atfic of pressed brick. ' It is our present In tention to use the local gray stone for tbe first story and basement Gray stone and pressed brick will, we be lieve, give the building a handsome ap pearance and render it quite service able ," "The new court house will! occupy a position in the north central portion of the county property at Commercial, Eighth, Duane and Seventh streets. It wilt face upon Commercial street If our present idea is carried out the floor of the basement will be a little below the present level of the lot, which means that the court house will stand well up above the street A large stairway will lead to the main entrance on Commercial street, and there will probably be entrances on Seventh and Eighth. The dimensions of the build ing will be about 100x80 or 100x90. Location of Offices. "It is our Intention to locate on the first floor the offices most used. The clerk's office will be so arranged that should the recorder ever again be made a separate official, as was formerly the case, he may have separate apartments. The other offices to be located on the first floor are those of the sheriff, the assessor, the treasurer, and of the county Judgf. The county court room will likewise be located on the first floor. - ' "On the second floor the largest space will be apportioned for the circuit court room. , It Is not our intention to pro vide a very large circuit court room, nor have we decided as yet whether or not there are to' be galleries In this portion of the building. The offices of the county surveyor, district atomey and county school superintendent will be located on the second floor. There will also be jury rooms and seyeraf ad ditional private offices, as well as spare rooms for use as hereafter may be de termined. ' All the principal officers will probably be provided with private offi ces, . ' r Unique Plan For Vault ; "Ample vault space will be one of the principle considerations wtt,h us in the consideration " of'1 the new building It Is the idea of atl the members of the court that the building should be pro vided with one large vault extending from the floor of the basement and up wards through the center of the build ing to the second floor. We consulted with Mr. Lasarus regarding this matter. He pronounced the idea a unique one and said he never before, had heard it advunced.but that he would make every effort to so arrange the building as to carry out our ideas. If we can pro vide one large vault accessible from the basement and from the second floor, a very large saving can be effect ed. The question Is as to whether or not ail of the offices can be convenient ly accomodated in this manner. , We are determined to provide all the vault space possible without cramping the quarters of the officers. There will be no need of vault space on the second floor, for the reason that the officers requiring vault space are the sheriff. clerk, assessor and treasurer. We will try our best to arrange for the one big vault through the center of the build ing, and have hope of succeeding. New Jail Not Contemplated. . "Construction of a new Jail Is not at present contemplated by the county court The exterior of a county Jail Is a matter of little consequence. Interior steel cells are the greatest requisite and the present structure is equipped as far as cells are concerned. The ap pearance of the Jail can be improved upon, and doubtless will be, but we con template no large expenditure upon the building. Where the Funds Will Come From. There Is at the present time about $8000 In the court house fund, and the collections this year will net an add! tlonal 19000. With this fund we will commence work. The $9000 may be paid In Installments by the taxpayers under the new law, which provides for half payments in April and the ad ditional Installment In October. How ever, two thirds of the taxes usually come In during April, so there will be no lack of funds to start with. After the work Is once begun It will not cease. We will Issue warrants agnlnst the court house fund, although the warrants will not differ from those Is sued against the general fund. "While we can give no accurate statement as to the cost of the caurt house, we figure that It will cn'.nl n outlay of about $60,000, a-i 1 plum will be prepared In accordance with this general estimate. It is possible the osl may be slightly greater, or somevlmt less. The building ought to be com pleted In a year's time, If nothing un expected occurs." ,''' 1 s Our January Clcarnnco Bale was a "Record J Breaker, leaving in its wake BROKEN LOTS in e'vory department. In order to close them out wo will Inaugarato a Bcrioa of Special Saloa during the month of February, Original Cost , will not bo considered. V As a starter wo will 1 1 1 r continue to slaughter the prices of our Mi1' en's, Young? Men's and Boys' Overcoats 5 0.66 for a 310.00 Overcoat ' 8,00 for a 12.00 Overcoat 10.00 for a 16.00 Overcoat 12.00 for a 18.00 Overcoat 13.35 for a 20.00 Overcoat 1 5.00 for a 22.5o Overcoat rlsaacWhitfteld, of 312 Fifth avenue, San Francisco, Cal., is very anxious to know of the whereabouts of his son, James Whitfield, 'who worked In As torla a short time ago. Any person knowing of him will confer a great favor "by giving his father the desired information. Democrats Set Date. Chicago, Feb. t. The democratic state committee today fixed the date of the state convention as June 14 at Springfield. , , Get the Habit, Go To S. 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He paid a high tribute to his conservat ism and stated that Roosevelt does not believe In starving labor when dealing with it. . What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises ia the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try a delicious and healthful dessert, rre. pared in two minutes. ; No boiling k no baking i add boiling water and set to eooL Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Rasp, berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. lo ctsu , THE 8WEET GIRL WITH SWEET TOOTH. THE find good filling in this store, for no better sweetmeats can be found In any country,- or many countries, than those we sell. , We'r proud ef them. Why shouldn't we be? Good candles only, art purchasable at ' THE EA8TERN CANDY STORE, 509-503 Commercial Si, Next Griffin's Book Store. tttttttttttttttttttttttt tt tt tt tt 8 tt tt tt tt he '-".ii" 1 - v Palace Cafe 5 tttttttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttttttttt The Best Restaurant . RetnUr Meals, 25 Cents ; Sunday Dinners t Specialty . Everything-tie Market Affords Palace Catering Company tttttttttttttttttt tttttttttttttttttttttttt1 o tt - tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt ASTORIA (SAVINGS BANK Capital Paid Id $100,000. . Surplus aud Undivided Profile $25,000 Transacts a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, O. I. PETERSON, FRANK PATT0N, J. W. CARKX1,. President Vise President Caibier. Asst. Caslisr