THE MORNING ASTORIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1001. PAGE FIVE. Restaurants and Boarding Homes Wa have a fuU stock of Hotel War, ana It will pay you to call and u U you art In need of ' anything in Crockery and Tinware, B SSSS!S ROSS, HIGGINS a CO. Goods Bought on Credit Tedsy Go on July Aoeount. Lccal Brevities. Scats on salt at J. N. Orlffln'a at I . m. today for tha operetta "Snow Whlta or tb Ssven Dwarfs." A tarft oonalgnment of porcttaln ar rived at tha cuatoma houao yoatarday in bond. Tba stuff la billed to Astoria merchants and reached tbe city on one of the oriental llnera. It la valued at about MOO. Fourth of July headquarters la stack ed high with fireworks for the pyro technic display which la to be made from the hill near the Cole hotel Bee reUry Abercromble will receive entrlea fur tbe varloua eventa from this time On. t Because of the fact that the Fourth of July falls on Monday thla year, the neat meeting of the council will be held Tuoaday night, At this session tha plana for the new city hall will be submitted for approval, and Imme diately bids for the conduction of the building will be Invited. Tbe adver tleement will appear for 11 days. The circuit court was not In session yesterday, Judge McDrlde and Judge Taylor having taken a trip Into the country. Court will be In session again today. Tbe present session Is rather free and easy affair, the court taking up those matters which happen to be called op. There Is nothing special In Igbt for today's session. The concrete sidewalk Installed In front of Madison's and the Grotto seems to be a decided success. The predic tion was freely made that the enter prising bualnesa men would squander their coin for this experiment, but there is no evidence aa yet that the Investment has not been a good one. Concrete walks are to be placed around the new Arcade theater. The police are looking for the owner of a fedora hat which was found In the postofflca yard Monday night The hat contains tbe Initials "J. T." The finding of a hat has come to be' re garded u a circumstance indicating trouble of some tort, and tbe police are therefore anxious to locate the owner, who probably is not now in the city. - The hat was bought a( a, Portland storey V r s Hammond will celebrate the Fourth this year. There will be land sports of every description with appropriate prizes, also various water sports. A baseball game between tba Cathlamet Suns and Hammond Stars. A goddess of liberty Is now being voted upon, and the result will be announced In theae columns later. Fireworks and a grand ball will wind up the day. Fines and forfeitures in the police court yesterday aggregated 1350, and It is expected the total receipts for the month ending tonight will surpass those of June of last year. Police court re ceipts are becoming greater every year, and this department of the city gov ernment will this year net something more than fuOOO. Astoria is one of the few cities in the country that are not compelled to levy taxes to main tain the police. The schooner El Dorado arrived in port last evening after a passage of 43 days from Shanghai, She comes In ballast and had been off the river for a few days. Captain Smith reports that his vessel met with disaster while being taken Into Shanghai harbor. The pilot who boarded the schooner steer ed ber onto the mud flats, and the cost of floating her was f 4000 or 15000. Tbe captain states that be saw nothing of a warlike nature In tbe orient , . There Is much speculation W P whether or not the Commercial Club, baseball team will be able to success fully cope with tbe South Bend aggre gation, which Is to play here on tbe Fourth and thd following day. The visiting team will be made Ut of the crack ball players of southwestern Washington, and It Is whispered that a number of the Aberdeen ' and Ho qulam league players are to make tbe trip. In anticipation of a bard game the clubmen are doing some earnest practicing. J. T. Ross and 23 fttber property owners yesterday filed with Auditor Anderson a petition for tbe establish ment of an electrto light at the cor ner of Eleventh street and Grand ave nue. The petition recites that there Is no light on Eleventh street between Commercial and Irving avenue. The matter will be referred to the street committee at the next meeting of the council. Practically all of the stores are now gaily attired in commemoration of the anniversary of the great national holi day. Teaterday the display at ths store of Wherlty, Balaton A Co. at tracted much attention. Mr. Balaton's Idea was a decidedly unique and suc cessful one. He displays a silk flag In the window that Is kept fluttering by means of an electric fan. Tbe fan Is hidden from view, and nearly every one who stops to view the waving banner marvels at the manner In which It is made to flutter. Cooper's is at tractively decorated, as are Dunbar's, P. A. Stokes' and other stores. MIlIIIIIXIXIIlIlllIXtlXIIXmxmJTTTTTTXXIXXlXllg There Are Engines Run well part of tbe time Ran poorly all of the time Wont worK anytime STANDARD GAS ENGINE . RUNS WELL ALL THE TIME j 0. II. Corlaon, Agents G. M. McBride nHHH!H rmmtiimnimiiim Packers yesterday reported a slight Improvement In the receipts of salmon. Fish are still very scarce, however, and the catches are so small that the canneries are operated for only a very short time each day. Should the hatch ery runs fall during July and August the season will prove a flat failure. There Is no doubt that the hatchery fish will soon make their appearance, and packers are preparing for a rush similar to that of the past few years. Despite the shortage of fish, trade con tlnues to be brisk. Indicating that As torla Is not now so much dependent upon fishing as formerly was the case. Everything Is In readiness for the production of the operetta "Snow White or the Seven Dwarfs." The little chll dren, of whom there will be over 75 on the stage, have their parts perfect and their costumes made. The music Is exceptionally fine, while the solos to be sung by Miss Maude Ross and Miss Bertha Stevenson will alone be well worth the price of admission. Tbe operetta, which Is given under tbe auspices of the Astoria Woman's Club, will be presented two nlghta The sale of seats for the first performance has been phenomenal, and If all predic tlons come true, this little opera will prove the beet ever given at the opera house. Nothine Nicer In Your Iloiae Than An ON BED $24.00 $24.00 : 4 We carry the finest assortment of Iron Beds in the city. All the latest styles. Any color Any size. a. : CHAS. HEILBOKN & SON Astoria's Leading House-furnishers J 3 ATTTTtTIIIIITIrTYTTYX)fcXlllIlllllIIIIIIXIXTrTTT Tra il M M M Staole and Fancy Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 8upplies of All Kinds at Lowest Prloes for Fishermen, Farmers and Loggsrs. Branch Unlontown, Phones, 711, Uniontown, 713 A. V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets. ASTORIA, OREGON. TvTtiiiTiiiiiimTitmmaixmmiiiiraS Professor A. L. Clark, city superin tendent of education, left last evening for Portland to attend the teachers' state institute, which has been In sea slon since Tueday. Tbe Institute Is being very largely attended by educa tors from all parts of the state, and the exchange of ideas will redound to the benefit of tbe public school system lot Oregon. Professor Clark Is to de liver an address to the Institute at 1:30 this afternoon, taking for his sub ject, "The Relation of Punishment to the Formation of Character." Other addresses will be delivered today by C. L. Hoover of Portland, E. E. Wash burn of Jacksonville and A. R. Draper of Portland. Painters arrived in the city yester day for the purpose of placarding the city with large signs advertising the "Export" cigar. When the members of the local clgarmakers' union learned of the matter they took Immediate steps to head oft the slgn-patntlng and called upon those merchants who had given the painters permission to decorate their buildings with the signs. The members of the union say the Export cigar Is manufactured by children in large cities; that it is a trust-made article, and that the union has long agoi declared It unfair. "The scheme of the trust Is to advertise one brand of cheap cigar until it runs out, and then to advertise some other brand," said the members of the committee in charge of the matter. "The city now Is covered with large signs advertising the Owl cigar, which Is also unfair. The Owl has about run its course, and the trust now Beeks to create demand for its Export cigar. There is no way for us to prevent the slgn-palntlng ex cept by appeal to the merchants, and we have taken this course, with good success." Chairman McBride yesterday ap pointed a press committee, to which will be left the publicity essential to the complete success of the regatta. This ccaunlttee will prepare matter for the papers throughout the northwest and will keep itself in close touch with newspaper publishers. The regatta is to be very thoroughly advertised, not only by the press committee, but as well by the managing committee. The managing committee has ordered tens of thousands of small cards, which are to be distributed broadcast at the Portland Fourth of July celebration and the carnival now on In the metropolis. Several thousand small flags have been ordered and will be received shortly. The flass are of celluloid and will con tain the words, "Astoria Annual Re gatta, August 24, 25, 26, 1904," Last year the flag idea was Introduced and netted good returns. The committee made a clear profit of something like 1300 from them as souvenirs. Chair man McBride will be in Portland on the Fourth to see that the regatta float makes a conspicuous showing In the parade, and as well to see to it that the advertising matter is well distributed. , . i ) .1 i , The work of remodeling the old city hall Is to be commenced on Monday. A large force of carpenters will be put to work, and Mr. Morton hopes to have hit show going by August 15 The building Is to be completely changed In appearance, and when finished will be one of the handsomest structures along Comerclal street. It was atated. yesterday that A. Ilajcr had. 1 eased the building now occupied by H. D Thing", directly across the street from the Unique theater, and that he would remove to the new location in a short time. This building is quite large and Its seating capacity will be much greater than that , of the present Unique. . Mr. Morton is to call his theater the Arcade, the name which he gave to the first 10-cent showhouse that he opened In Portland. He Is to run a seven-act continuous vaude ville performance and expects to be able to seat about 500 people. Hed- rick's theater is to be opened on the Fourth, and by regatta week there will be three 10-cent shows running here. The Arcade is to be gorgeously light ed, a contract having been made yes terday for 300 lights. A large search light is to be displayed from the old bell tower In the rear of the Arcade. There promises to be much rivalry be tween tbe three houses for business, and Astorlans may expect to see some good shows for 10 cents. PERSONAL MENTION. Chop Stockton is down from Bugby. T. H. Curtis returned last night from Portland. Miss Ruth Garner returned last night from Portland. Herman Wise returned last night from the metropolis. Albert Dunbar has returned from a business visit at Portland. Rev. J. E. II. Simpson of Portland was In the city yesterday. F. D. and Mrs. Keuttner returned last evening from a brief trip to Port land. ' O. W. Hurd, the well-known salmon packer of Florence, this state, is in the city. Mrs. L Cohen and children returned last evening from a visit with friends In the metropolis. J. W. Parker, general , north western agent of the North-Western lines, was in the city yesterday. C W. Klest, representing Levi, Strauss & Co. of San Francisco, Is In the city on business. Mrs. Dan B. Allen returned home last evening after a short visit with friends in the metropolis. George H. Marshall of Portland came in on the boat yesterday morning, re turning last evening by rail Frank W. Pettvgrove, the well-known northwest representative of J. A. Fol- ger & Co., arrived in the city last even- he- . Mr. and Mrs. S. Morton Cohen and daughter were down from Portland yes terday. They returned on the night train. A. B. Hammond is In Portland. He will arrive .in Astoria today, but the duration of his visit could not be learned. Charles Humphreys, manager of the Postal, who has been enjoying a vaca tlcn. arrived in the city last night for a brief stay. Mrs. C. B. Haradon and children left yesterday for Skagway after a vlctt with friends in Astoria. Miss Lannette Ferguson accompanies them. to spend the summer. Notioe to the Public. The Clgarmakers' Union of Astoria, affiliated with the Astoria Central La bor Council, asks the hearty co-opera tion of all of the business men and citizens generally to assist it in the prevention of signs being painted on buildings and billboards advertising unfair cigars, and especially signs cal culated to Increase the sales of the Export cigar, which Is on the unfair list. CIQARMAKERS' UNION. C, E. 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