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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1904)
THE MORNINO ASTOBIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 16,190. PAOK FIVK r QUEEN OLIVES Wo have sotno very nico, krgo, " mealy " ..Queen Olives in bulk at 25 touts a pint. We are Headquarters for Pickles. GOOD GOODS OUR SPECIALTY. ROSS, HIGGINS (SL CO. Local Brevities. J"oc Rent Two furnlhed house keeping rooms. No. 1(1 Tenth atreet. Don't forget thf Commwcll Club entertainment and dune thle, evon Ing, Admission, 25 cents. Thomas RumhaH, Jr., will not noon again trouble the police, lie prom, leed to make an Alaskan trip It the authorise would afford him the op, portutilty, and ae a consequence he will lull for the Nahagak on the bark Harry Moras. The addreaa of Mine Ella Broniton la greatly desired by her father, who may be found at the office of The Aa. torlan. ' P. P. Brix and wife of Onedia, Wash and their son, ex-Councilman Amu Brlx, of thle city, will leave thle morn tag for a few months' visit In Schlea. All Clothing BOUGHT at WISE'S pressed and Kept In repair Free of Charge. "BENJAMIN" CLOTHING IS RIGHT! BECAUSE It Is Hand Finished. BECAUSE It Is Cut by an Expert BECAUSE It has the proper Insldes BECAUSE All good dressers want It BECAUSE It Is Properly ShrunK. BECAUSE, Well, BECAUSE It is BENJAMIN'S ' C MAKTRS AEVyRK Grmt Clothes kr Men All Suite, Overcoats, or Trousers bought at WISE'S Store will bo pressed and kept in proper repair FREE OF CHARGE Herman Wise P. S.-Don't forget the World's FairTicKets we give to tvlg Holsteln, dermany, their home, which they left 25 years ago take up their residence In America The party will visit at Washington, D. C, en route. Large pansy plants 40c dozen; choice tea rosea $1 dozen; cut camatlona 60c dozen and up. Next door to Unique theater. ooooooooooooooooooooooooood It's Worth The While For you to call and lee oar sew and exquisite line of CARPETS Just reoelved I Now that Spring is upon us and house cleaning time at hand, it might be possible that you need a new oarpet. Our assortment will surely please you. CHAS. HEILBORN SON Astoria's Leading House-furnishers o o o o o o oooooooooooo 00000000 The tea and sate of fancy articles to be given by the ladles' Guild of Grace Church, will be held Saturday afternoon In the Sunday school room. A few dsye ago Mrs. Wyman, who conducts a lodging house, reported to the police that a young man named Charles droriluiid, who had taken lodgings at her house, had disappeared Yesterday Gronlund again put In an appearance. He had gone to Seaside and seemed surprised that his ah. sence from the. city had caused any concern. A man named Hall was yesterday taken Into custody by the police. He had been on a protracted spree and when arrested was on the verge of delirium tremens. He begged to be al- lowd to pay his fine, but Chief Hal- lock thought It unsafe to permit him to enjoy his liberty. He will be put In shape at the police station and then turned loose. The schooners Andy Mahony and Sotle Chrlstensen arrived In port yea- ter lay from San Francisco. About a month Ago boih veaaels nailed from Astoria on Vie same day with lumber arres. On the trip down the coast the schooners encountered severe weather and the Mahoney was badly used by the elements. However, she rrin do port without serious mishap. There, will be two union meetings held In this city tomorrow In the In 1 1 rents of better observance of the Sabbath. The first will be held In the Raptlsf, church at t o'clock In the aft- ei noon while the other Is arranged for 7.30 o'clock In the evening at the Pres. byterlan church. Rev. J. H. Lelper, of Portland, field secretary of the Northwest Sabbath Association, will speak at both meetings. .Baptist church there will be the us- Boptlst church There will be the us ual Sunday school and preaching ser. vice in the morning. At 8 p. m. there will be a union meeting In the Interest of a better observance of the Sabbath. Meld Secretary Rev. J. H. Lelper will address the meeting. At 6.30 p. m. the B. T. P. U. will meet as us ual but there will be no preaching service at 7.30, as the congregation will Join In the union meeting at the Presbyterian church at that hour. The Commercial Club will tonight hold Its first dance of the year. The dance will conclude one of the club's Indoor entertainments, and from the general demand for tickets It is ex. pected the hall will be packed. The gymnastic entertainment will be even more attractive than that given last. Thursday night. The events will all be new to Astorlans, and the members believe they will bring out the crowd. Fine music has been secured for the dance. The admission fee is only 25 cents, and Intending dancers are re quested to arrive early at the pavilion. When The Astorlan containing the rcount of the latest disaster to the Russian navy reached Bugby the Jap orkmen there soon learned of the ews. A delegation of half a dozen or more called at the camp commls ary and said to the clerk: "You got no beer?" Now, It transpires that the Northwest Construction Company does not furnish beer for the Japanese orkmen and the request of the Japs caused some little wonder. When asked what they wanted with the beer they said they wanted to celebrate the lutest victory, and, to his everlasting regret, the gentleman at the head of the commissary department was com. polled to send them away without the booze. The city must remove Its dirty old engine house off the nice, pretty court house block, and at Monday night's session of the concil the committee on public property will be Instructed to comply with an order made yester. day by the county court. The court Tonka, the usual cheat for vanilla, costs one or two cents for a certain amount; Schilling's Best vanilla a dol lar. One is strong j the other is fine. One is rank ; the other is delicate. Nevertheless four fifths of "vanilla" is tonka. The 98 cents accounts for it. bouse will require the whole of the property not occupied by the present structure and the engine house must go. It Is probable It will be removed to the euat end of Astor street which la owned by the city, While the new court' house la under course of con struction new quarters must be pro. vlded for the circuit court. This will not, be necessary so much on account of lack of space In the old building as because of the nolae that will oc cur while building la In progress. The present building will have to be par. tlally torn down In order to make room for the new. The county court room will be shifted around to the rear of the assessor's office and the sheriff's office will also be removed. It Is probable the sheriff will go Into tbs quarters now occupied' by the as sessor, while the assessor will find a place of business on the second floor. Aa yet nothing definite has been de cided upon by the county court as to the arrangementa necessary during the construction of the court house, but all of the officers will be accomodated. . The 1904 Ashing season opened yes. terday, but not 20 per cent of the fish ermen were out Deliveries at the packing houses and cold storages were therefore light The fishermen had fixed one set of prices for salmon, while the packers had set another. but there was no contention on this score. What few fishermen went out made their deliveries of fish and ac cepted the packers' prices. It was re ported that Llndenberger was paying ( cents for fih weighing between 25 and 27 pounds and 7 cents for fish of greater weight than 27 pounds. All the other dealers, however, paid 6 cents for salmon of less than 27 pounds and 6 cents for fish of greater weight It will be a day or two yet before an accurate Idea of the extent of the present supply of fish can be gained. None of the canneries was operated yesterday, but what fish was delivered went Into cold storage. Yesterday Dr. Estes had a novel ex perience. About every half hour some one would call him up on the tele, phone and ask him to send down or up or over, as the case might be, an order of liquor.. One man wanted a case of Scotch whisky; another need ed a dozen botjlea of Mumm's, while a third wanted a dozen bottles of white wine. For a time the doctor thought he must be the victim of some prac. Ileal Joker, but later In the day he discovered that The Astorlan was to blame for his troubles. In yesterday's paper an error was made In giving the telephone number of P. E. Peter son's new liquor house. Dr. Estes' phone number Is 521, while Mr. Peter. eon's is 251. Mr. Peterson was given the doctor's number In the paper, and the doctor learned during the fore noon that It pays to advertise. He called on Mr. Peterson and threatened to sue htm for damages If he didn't make The Astorlan correct the error. Mr. Peterson is doing a nice business and will doubtless meet-with as much success as in his old business. The fact that the senate committee on appropriations failed to attach to the sundry civil bill bill any amend ments offered by Senators Mitchell and Fulton for the Improvement of Oregon rivers and harbors probably means that no appropriations will be made this session for the mouth of the Columbia, says a Washington dis patch, or for any other projects In the state except the Celilo canal. The ap. proprlation of $100,000 made by the house for this project Is retained In the bill, and Is the only river appro priation carried for the north Pacific coast. When the bill comes up for onslderatlon In the upper house Sen. itors Mitchell and Fulton Intend to offer their amendments or the mouth of the Columbia, Yaquina bay, Tilla mook bay ana otner projecis, dui in the face of the committee's report the outlook Is not encouraging. The com. mittee declined to provide for any ex cept continuing;, contracts, saying that V open up for one Independent pro. Ject would mean to make the sundry civil bill provide for works all over the country, which Is against the pro gram of the leaders In congress. The Commercial Club bowling teafli goes to Portland tonight to contest for the Feldenheimer trophy. The pin Is now held by the Multnomah Club. The team will be made up of W. C. Laws, B. J. Pye, J. W. Mathena, F. Jones, Harry Graham and P. B. Sovey. J Graham will be Initiated into tourna ment work and Captain Laws be lieves he will make good. In practice Thursday night the team piled up an unusually large score, and expects to go well over the 1000 mark at Port, land tonight SPRING and mmn SUM WAISTS The largest and finest assortment, representing the most exquisite styles for the Spring and Summer season of 1904 Artistic Eastern Patterns All Of A Dainty Creation New Collars New Sleeves New Buttons THE A. DUNBAR G0. The LOWEST PRICE Store in Astoria for Fine Goods? Fine vShoes!sNX Styles Do you know we can supply vou with shoes f CHEAPER than other stores because we buy direct from the manufacturer and in large quantities. Give us a trial. WHEBITY, RALSTON & CO. WE ARE CANDIDATES For yoor Patronage for anything in the Drug Line IF ELECTED We will furnish you with Pure Fresh Drugs, carefully fill yonr prescription and always keep the best line of standard preparations, soaps, toilet articles, perfumes, eta HART'S DRUG STORE Corner Fourteenth and Commercial T For health and happiness, or only as a duty . , . If the former, try Wing ' . .. YOU the TOKE POINT OYSTER HOUSE w-s . Every Delicacy in Season. eC&t " Private Rooms. 112 Eleventh Street GASOLINE ENGINES .. . . ,t .-4- ' .' - j Marine and Stationary. From ls to 50 Horse power An absolutely First Class ENGINE at a Seasonable Price. Let me send you a catalogue and prices. R. M. THORNBURO, KNAPPTON, WASH. CENTRAL MEAT MARKET . G. W. Morton and John Fuhrman, Proprietors. CHOICEST FRESH AND SALT MEATS. PROMPT DELIVERY. 54a Commercial St. Phone Main 321. OPEN FOR BUSINESS Astoria lotale Family Lipr Store 534 COMMERCIAL STREET, (0pp. Herman Wise) Finest Grades 0 WINES AND LIQUORS For Family Trade. Free Delbery. P. E. PETERSON, PfOp. Phone 25L