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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1904)
THE MORNING ASTOItlAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1901 PAGE FIVE. CLOSING OUT 15 dcz. 7 la. Decorated Dinner Plates Refrlir Price $1.00 Set of Sii Sale Price 50c Set of Six Only 15 down at this price. ROSS, HIGGINS $ CO. Good Ooodi our Specialty, Local Brevities. August Larson, a native of Sweden, yesterday declared his Intention of be coming; an American cltlsen. . The oil tank steamer Whlttler ar rived yesterday from Ban Francisco. She brought 10,600 barrels of oil and 25 tons of aaphaltom for Portland. Marriage licenses were Issued yester .day ,by County Clerk Clinton to Frank E. Lent and Annie & Wright and Hans Henry Larsen and Camilla Wohlert, all of Clatsop county, : , Harrison L. Hamblet has sold to A. A. Cook, the well-known Portland trav ellng man, the lot upon which the Im perial cafe stands. The consideration was 15000. The funeral of the late Mrs. Nowlen will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mervloes will be conducted at the Meth odist church and the Interment will be In Greenwood. Mary 8. Agrcn, aged 54 years, was yesterday committed to the state hoe pltal for mental treatment. The woman is afflicted with suicidal mania. She has been ill for "the past three years. Yesterday the newly elected county officials took their oaths of office and entered "upon the discharge of ' their duties. The only new officer sworn in was County Commissioner Larson, who succeeds Commissioner Toung. There were no changes In deputyehlpe. loggers arc resulting' In damage to his land. He Is represented by Judge Tay lor, while John H.- Smith and George C. Fulton appeaar for the loggers. The case is attracting considerable atten tion among the people living near 01 ney. It will require several days to present all the evidence. ' Captain M. D. Staples, the bar pilot, had narrow escape from serious In Jury on the night of the Fourth. J skyrocket which had been sent up from the hill struck him a it fell, but the blow was a glancing one and the cap tain escaped injury. The practice of sending up skyrockets in the direction of the city is a most dangerous one, and that onlookers have not been in Jured is remarkable. The Astoria hose team leaves this morning for Portland to take part in the. firemen's tournament to be held there July 7 and I. The team Is made up of the following runners: Jease C. Craven, Francis Cronln, Dan li Allen, W. C. Curtis, M. D. Knutsen, William A. Johnson, William Talnter, Jack Buy Al Mlnard, O. R. Peterson, Jake Wedel. Otto Gramme, Charles Dubois, Joaeph Josephs, John Corno and Charles Still right. The regular monthly session of the -county court convened today; Several ' matters 'pertaining to the building of the new court house are to be brought before the court at this term for con sideration. At the present time the workmen are placing a layer of crush ed rock on the excavated tot, and the work will shortly be finished. The time of the circuit court was taken up, yesterday with consideration . 1. ........ tannh ITamm V. A1Y Normand and Fred Normand. The Norma nd brothers are loggers and float '.. . . M .1 -.1. IV ineir logs uuwa mo nviiu ui vi Cluakaanuie river, wnicn runs tnrougn the Kamm property near Olney. Mr. Kamm brings suit to enjoin them from using the stream for logging purposes,' claiming that it is not a navigable stream and that the operations of the "Western uhllosouhy" Is what the Inscription on a small card now being prtty generally circulated Is alleged to be. The Inscription contains two swear words, but Is so characteristic of westerners that the vulgarity will be overlooked. It Is as follows: "Live each day so that you can look any damn man In the eye and tell him to go to hell." As exemplifying the west enter's Idea of independence resulting from Drooer bearing toward his fellow man. the Instrlptron in decidedly ap propriate. ' It was expected that plans for the new city hall would be submitted at last nlaht's meeting of the council. but Chairman Hansen of the ways and means committee received no, word from Architect Schacht and the mat ter waa not called up. It Is presumed that the plans have not yet been pre pared.'but Mr. Hansen said last night he expected to. hear from the archi tect In a day or two. If the plans are sent down this week a special meeting of the council will probably be held to confirm them, as the council is anx lous to. get the work started. Not an arrest was made by the police of Astoria on the Fourth of July a s! M uvTvimimmttm'min ill X H1HXI IHIIIIIIIHIIH rrv I A Ifiiat There Are Engines Ran well part of tbe time Ran poorly, all of the. time Won't worH any time tShQ STANDARD GAS ENGINE RUNS WELL ALL THE TIME 0. II. Carlson, Agents G. M. McBride TTftTtttiiniiiiirTTmHHtttmHMm record never before equaled, and on' that perhaps will never again be equaled. Last Fourth about 20 per sons were arrested in this city, and oti the afternoon of the (th the dock at the police court waa well crowded with offenders,. A few arests were made this year on July I, but in every case the men wera booked as "simple drunks." The Fourth of July is usual ly the occasion of numerous celebra tions, the itinerary of which Includes a "good time," but this year there waa very little drunkenness of the' kind that concludes with arrests. , Before the council adjourned last night Mr. Hansen aaked whether or not the ways and means committee and city attorney had taken any steps to collect from Hon. C. J. Curtis the sum of M00, which la due the city. No action has ever been taken to col lect the amount, and Mr. Hansen urged that the matter be attended to. Councilman Nordstrom, taut night brought to the attention of the council the matter of the erection of billboards along Commercial street between Sev enteenth street and the railroad depot. He pointed out that the boards were erected on public property, and that, should they be blown down during the winter, killing or Injuring some passer by, the city would be liable for dam ages. The street committee was In structed to Investigate and report upon the matter. ' Kids for the rebuilding of the old city hall will be submitted to the new owners tonight, and It la expected the contract will be awarded tomorrow. There will be scarcely a vestige of the old building remaining when the car- from a two weeks visit to Portlund and vicinity. " ' ' :" The Warrenton team won the ball game at Hammond against the Cath lamets, to L Collector Robb and Mrs. Robb, with a party of young people, visited War renton on Saturday. Mr. C. E. Bennett is acting agent at the A. ft C. depot during the absence of W. F. Halderman. ' Mr, and Mrs. C. E. Ray returned to Portland on Monday after spending a week in Warrenton. Mr. Robert Baistey went to San Francisco on Saturday, where be has accepted a position in a mill. Miss F. A. King; Is still confined to her home on account of sickness. Miss Munson is attedlng to her duties In the postofflce. Miss Matilda Woods left for England on Sunday, having made a year's visit to her brother, Mr. H. G. Woods of Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Woods went as far as Portland with her. Miss Woods wilt stop at Cblcaago to visit two brothers there before going to England. Hammond celebrated the Fourth In fine shape. People from all neighbor ing places came to assist After the usual exercises, games of all sorts were Indulged In. The life-saving crew gave an exhibition of the beach drill. The weather was perfect, although the morning looked very unpromising. EXCLUDE MARRIED TEACHERS. Portland Telegram: There will be an attempt made this summer, it Is understood, to have tbe board of edu- penters finish their work. The cost of .cation adopt a rule to refrain from rebuilding the structure will be quite hiring married women as teachers In heavy perhaps as high as $17,500. It waa reported yesterday that S. Morton Cohen and A. I lager had entered into partnership for the purpose of con ducting a theater in the building now occupied by II. D. Thing, and that the old city hall would be occupied by the A. Dunbar Company. This report was pronounced to be incorrect. Mr. Cohen wilt conduct a showhouse at tbe new building and will have no partner. The prorty owners who will be as sessed to pay for the Improvement of Exchange street from Fourteenth to Seventeenth yesterday filed a numer ously-signed remonstrance against ac ceptance , of the street. They, claim that the contractor haa disregarded the specifications In making the repairs; that the subgrade has not been prop erly rolled and that the layers of rock! have not been properly rolled; that the rock Is not of the alse provided for. the top layer being so fine that It la disappearing under the coarse rock. The remonstrance haa been referred to the street committee. More or less trouble has been experienced on this score since the crushed rock method of making street improvements waa adopted, and In several instances lately contractors have removed the heavy rock and substituted finer rock. It Is stated that the capacity of the rock crushing department Is overtaxed, which accounts for the improperly crushed stone that Is turned out. The quarterly report of City Treas urer Dealey waa filed yesterday with Auditor Anderson. The report shows that the cash balance on hand Is $33,- 079.30, which Includes the 115,000 city hall fund. Mr. Dealey stated yesterday that the balance of $18,000 was nearly all being held to, pay warrants which have been called In, but not presented. Some of the warranta outstanding at the present time have been called for five or six months," said Mr. Dealey. When the holders present them and nd that Interest has long ago ceased they will be very much disappointed." ..I The report shows that receipts from Uiquor licenses ror tne quarter were t THE BEST RANGE IN THE WORLD Is the M on arc It is made of malleable steel and will never ry break, 1 . ;j ;.' V rY ; It requires less fuel, easier to handle and will last twice as long as any other tworanges. , If you are interested in getting the best, con sult us. "We are sole agents for Astoria. CMS. HEILBOM S SON Astoria's Leading House-furnishers $56000, while police court fines and for feitures amounted to $2796.60. Chief of Police Hallock did not turn over to .the treasurer the sundry license re ceipts for the quarter, $1533.50, In time to enable the treasurer to Include this sum In the report Just filed. With $400 received from a liquor dealer, there Is now more than $2000 In the treasury, and another call for warrants will be made In a day or two. WEST 8IDE NOTES. Mrs. En lie spent Saturday In War renton. Mr. J. C. Caskey spent the Fourth In Portland. C. C. Coblne -and family spent the Fourth In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. William Walllngford spent the Fourth in Portland. Miss Cordner of Astoria was a guest of Mrs. David Alrth last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Halderman are pending the week In Portland. Mrs. J, W. Numson has returned the public schools of Portland. It is only a few years ago that a similar rule was, in part, adopted by the board, but In spite of It there are 33 women In the employ of the city who have "Mrs." prefixed to their names. Of course, some of these are widows and could not be debarred ac cording to the purposes of the rule. wnich was to give tnose teachers a preference who have no one to support them, but, on careful examination of the teachers roster. It becomes 'evi dent that the board of education, whether through favoritism or for some other reason, is hiring women who, have husbands that are well-to-do and can support them with ease. When these facts were called to the attention of some members of the school authorities, a denial waa made that any rule was ever adopted to prevent married women from teach ing, though it had been a sort of pol icy of the board to give single women the preference. Another school au thority declared that a rule against married women had been adopted, but that It had been agreed that married women who were particularly welt up In their work should continue. This season, when the election of teachers was before the board, it was found there were 302 applications for positions. Among these were men and women of alt grades of ability and qualifications. For this reason there Is more or less criticism being given the board on the ground that It Is showing preference to favorites that, In some cases, it Is denying employment to otherwise ac ceptable talent on the grounds that matrimony Interferes, while In other cases it sets the rule aalde to suit per sonal desires. It is believed that if an Ironclad rule could be adopted and no married women given employment, the board would place Itself above any suggestion of political rule or per sonal favoritism and the public would have no cause for complaint on those grounds. One man who is prominently con nected with educational work In Port land has expressed his opinion to the effect that a law should be made to regulate the matter and take away from the board any opportunities for arbitrary action in the selection of teachers from this standpoint Night Was Her Terror. ' "I would cough nearly all night long," writes Mrs. Chas, Applegate of Alexandria, Ind "and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that If I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 68 pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Orlppe, Bron chitis and all Throat and Lung Trou bles, Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bot tles free at Chas. Rogers' drug store. NOTICE. All parties having bills against the Fourth of July committee, please send them In at once. C. H. ABERCROMBIE, . Secretary. m mi m mi s62 -FOll $10.98 Regular $15 and $30 Values This means for Ladies' Suits, walking and dress atyles, in colored, black, brown, tan and .novelty mixtures, all this sea son's garments. We cannot afford to carry this stock over so we make this sacrifice in order to make it easy for you to buy. Astoria's Leading Suit and Cloak ;IIouse. DO YOU DRINK TEA? gSWSSMMMBBMSWMSlSWMSW f - - - -- it I If So, Try a pound of Our ENGLISH BREAKFAST BLACK J, . .at 65c per lb. . -v. t I x or . , - j SPIDER LEG SUN CURED at 65c per lb. . or. " JAPANESE GREEN at 65c per lb. i These Teas are tbe best ever ... . ; .... suiu in aiwriB iur.wc rauac) We want your tea trade and of fer you golden value for your money. Calif or a sample FREE OF COST and after you have tried it you will use no -other. H r E j ii fL-i i Wt bar Ike akest Use el fates for ssnmer wear we ever sasdtcl. Fit rlbt. Prices' r&fe al wesr. fright. Alt feathers; all sizes. 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