ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1304.
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Local Brevities.
Ths old-tlrn barktntln John Smllb
cleared yesterday for Los Angeles with
640,000 feet of lumber and 130,000 lath,
Mr i, McKean will hold & cloilnr-out
ale of White Wash Suits at rreatly
reduced prices all thla week, at Worn
au'a Kichange, on Tenth street.
A pretty wedding l to take place
at Gearhart Tark, Aurust t, when Mr,
C. A. Bell of rortlnnd and Mima Lottie
Dennett of Astoria will be married.
Having out-grown their old quarter!
on Commercial street, Sherman & Thing
i have moved Into more apactoua one
in the Flavet brock, corner of Tenth
and Bond streets.
' Frank Warren, sr., was down yes
terday from Portland. Mr. Warren re-
porta that the water Is clearing at the
cascades, but he shares the belief of
some of the local packers that clear
water can not be reasonably expected
at the mouth of the Columbia for some
days to come.
Owners oX buildings who have not
compiled with the terms of the new
fire-escape ordinance are to be ar
rested If they fall to observe the pro
visions of the law. Chairman Hansen
of the publlo property committee is
having notices prepared and these will
be served on the delinquent property
owners.
There waa a alight Improvement in
the recelots of Salmon yesterday at
some of the "paKlng-housesTanil"tHe
fishermen seemed to think the run of
fish, would be good from this time on.
Catches of as much as 1500 pounds
were reported yesterday. The water
Is becoming clearer every day and by
the end of the present week the supply
of fish should be great enough to tax
the capacity of the canneries.
Several of the cannerymen expressed
disappointment because of the failure
of the hatchery run of salmon to put
In an appearance yesterday. The can
nerymen and fish experts generally
have followed closely the appearance
of salmon at Monterey, Cal., and In
the past the prediction as to the date
of the arrival of the runs here has
proved quite correct. Just 30 days ago
the aalmon appeared at Monterey and
It was reasoned they would reach the
Columbia yesterday. However, a day
or two one way or the other does not
upset calculations to any material ex
tent, and packers are dally expecting
the arrival of the large schools of
hatchery fish. The hauls yesterday at
8and island were fair, but up-river
seiners and glllnetters fared poorly.
All of the seiners are now operating.
The funeral of the lata Jacob Baker
will take place at 1 o'clock this after
noon from the family residence, at 16
Astor street. The services will be
conducted by Rev, McCormac and the
Interment will be in Greenwood ceme
tery. . r , - -.,"
For the purpose of determining what
shall be done toward extending the
Kehalem road farther south and to ex
amine the nature of the work recently
done on the road. County Commls
sloners Clark and Larson, Road Mas
ter Frye and County Clerk Clinton will
leave this morning for the Kehalem
valley, The matter is to be taken up
at the next term of court.
Between the hours of 12 and 1 today
the people living east of Thirty-first
street will ba without water, The
water commission must remove the
water main on Franklin avenue to an
other location, and white the main is
being moved a connection will be built
so that the water supply may ba con
tinued. This connection necessitates
today's turning off of the water. As
tjaere will be less water used between
noon and 1 o'clock, the work will be
done at that time.
M. J. Young, justice of the peace at
Seaside, recently tendered his reslg-
nation to the county court, yesterday
Edward C. Judd waa appointed to fill
the vacancy.
At the adjourned session of the coun
ty court yesterday the contract for the
construction of the new court house
was entered into with Mantle ft Dou-
gan of Spokane. The contractors gave
a bond of $50,000 for the faithful per
formance of the contract The court
also approved the bond of County Clerk
Clinton, In the sum of $10,000. The
bond is given by a guaranty company,
Sheriff Llnvllle yesterday made an
Investigation of the swimming pool lo
cation at the foot of Tenth street and
found that the space there was not
large enough for the purpose required.
The sheriff believes It would be ad
visable to locate the pool in the east
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end, where the water is clean and
where the pool would not Interfere with
navigation. He has not yet been able
to select a place suitable for the pool,
but will make an investigation of east
end streets and see if a proper place
can not be secured. If the pool is lo
cated on private property it will much
better answer the purpose.
title to W. S. Kinney was therefore
good. The prospects are that Mrs.
Kinney will b able to recover from
the city for tbe land.
.The ladles of the public library are
very much pleased with the Increased
attendance at the reading room. On
Sunday afternoon 70 persons were at
the library at on time. The library
will be comfortably located in the new
city hall and the rooms will be ar
ranged with convenience.
John Kearney, sr., is dangerously 111
at his home with pneumonia, and fears
are entertained that be may not re
cover. Tbe attack came on last Frl
day night and since that time the suf
ferer has been very IIL Mr, Kearney
Is 7( years of age and not capable of
withstanding the ravages of the ail
ment Reports from the bedside last
evening gave little hope of the
pioneer's recovery.
The cottage at the southeast corner
of Franklin avenue and Sixteenth
stret collapsed Tuesday night, star
tllng the occupants, who believed an
earthquake had occurred. The under
pinning on which the cottage stood was
not substantial, and when the banking
which holds tbe sidewalk gave away
the foundation caught the spirit of the
times and also collapsed. The fall of
the house ruined it, for It Is broken
In two. The cottage was occupied by
K, Thompson.
There seems to be some question as
to which of tbe local baseball teams
will have use of A. F. C. park on Sun
day afternoon. At the commencement
of the season tbe Commercial Club ar
ranged for the ground up to Septem
ber 1, and under this arrangement
Manager Abercromble says the Com
merclal-Ralnler game will be pulled off
Sunday afternoon. The manager of
the Prides of Astoria holds a receipt
for ground rent for Sunday afternoon.
Both sides therefore have strong cases,
and a settlement must be effected be
fore Sunday.
In most other cities the thermometer
reaches its highest mark about 2 p. m.
but In Astoria the top notch Is usually
reached at 4 p. m. On Tuesday the
fuss registered 79 at 4 o'clock, and
yesterday it registered 81 at that hour.
On both days the highest mark was
reached at 4. The heat yesterday was
made somewhat the less oppressive by
cool ocean breeze, but the weather
was rather too warm lor Astorians.
Sunshine Masters, the weather observ
er, says he has some still hotter
weather up his sleeve for Astorians,
and that he will shortly display it
The work of Installing new boilers
In the steamer W. H. Harrison has
been finished, and within a week's
time the vessel will be ready for serv
ice. She is to be operated between
Astoria and various coast points where
Samuel Elmore has canneries. It Is
reported that Mr. Elmore has bought
the Cook cannery at the Slletx from
J. W. ft V. Cook. If this report is
correct, Mr. Elmore now has six Ore
gon coast canneries at Tillamook, Ne
halem, Sluslaw, Umpqua, Alsea and
Slletx. The Harrison will run to all
of those points.
??xt Tuesday the great council of
Oregon. Improved Order of Red Men,
will convene in annual session at Sea
side, There will be about 70 delegates
in attendance. The delegates from the
Astoria tribe will be: C. E. Foster,
Andrew Birch, W. A. Patterson, Olof
Anderson, Thomas B. Loughery and
Charles Duhlstrom. Some Important
business is to be transacted. At the
lost session a resolution to set aside
a certain percentage of the per capita
tax for the relief of such tribes as
may call on the great council for as
sistance was presented and referred to
the gr?t sachem and the great council
for report. The report will be pre
sented at the Seaside convention and
final action taken on the matter. The
Idea is to provide an emergency fund
for such disasters as the Heppner
flood. The local delegates to the coun
cil have been left unlnstructed by tbe
Astoria tribe, and as yet they have
not determined whether or not they
will support the proposal. This mat
ter will be the most Important to be
called up for action,
C. A. Bell, a well-known young at
torney of Portland, passed through the
city yesterday en route to the beach.
Mr. Bell has just returned from a trip
to lf?xico City, and In six weeks trav
eled 8000 miles. He was not at all
favorably Impressed with the Mexican
capital, although he believes the city
affords great opportunities for enter
prising men. "There Is plenty of money
to be made in Mexico," said Mr. Bell,
"but I would not live there for any
thing. White away I stopped at all
of the principal coast cities and went
east as far as St. Louis. In my travels
I failed to find a city as attractive as
our Oregon cities. There's no other
place on earth like Oregon, and I
wouldn't give up my residence here fof
a mansion elsewhere. While away
met many men who. have traveled ex
tensively over the country, and it is
somewhat remarkable that all of them
agreed there were more pretty girls in
Oregon than In any other part of the
nation, Oregon enjoys an enviable
reputation In this respect, the fame of
her women being national."
EXTRAORDINARY
VALUES IN RUGS
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Beautiful Moqueite Rugs
$5.00 values for $3.75
$3.75 values for $2.50
Others for $1.40 and $1.10
THE LATEST THING IN CUSHION TOPS
cross-stitch patterns for 25 cents '
. CUSHIONS FOR THE BEACH
just what you want to make your ham
mock or cosy corner comfortable 50c up
We are sole agents for McCalls Patterns
; 10 and 15 cents
You can buy cheaper, at
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FOARD & STOKES
ENGLAND AND RU5SIA
Are Having Trouble
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We have sold more REFRIGERATORS during
the past few weeks than all the Btores in Astoria
combined. The reason for this is that we han
dle the best REFRIGERATORS in the city.
THE II ERR ICK ODORLESS
THE LEONARD CLEAMBLE
THE WILKIE OPAL GLASS
Be sure that you got one of these and you aro
right. We have them as low as $9. : : : :
:CHAS. HEILBORN SON
J Astoria's Leading House-furnishers J
A letter was received at the Colum
bla River Packers Association offices
yesterday from Nushagak, Alaska, Ac
cording to the letter, the run of fish
has been fairly good, the Packers' can
nery having put up between 1300 and
1400 cases of king salmon. The Portland-Alaska
ship arrived in time to put
up a small pack of king fish. She was
caught in the ice in Bering sea, which
s reported to be still full of ice. When
the letter was written the men were
just changing to. the small-mesh gear
to take red salmon. The pack prom
ises to be almost equal to that of last
season.
It appears, after all, that there are
really two sides to the controversy af
fecting the ownership of the strip of
land lying between the Shlvely and Mc
Clure donation land claims. The con
tention of Mrs. W. S. Kinney is that
the strip was never claimed by either
Mr. McClure or Mr. Shively. Because
of the fact that neither claimed title
to the land, it belonged to the federal
government When congress passed
the act granting to states all the public
domain lying between the harbor line
and high water mark, this strip went
with ' the balance of the land trans
ferred, and it is claimed the state had
the right to convey title to the strip
In dispute to W. S. Kinney. Had the
strip been included In either the Mc
Clure or Shively land claim, the state
could not have acquired title to It;;
but, as neither claimed it, it went to
the state in regular form and the state's
PERSONAL MENTION.
frank Woodfleld returned last night
from Portland.
Thomas P. Amos of Tacoma was In
Astoria yesterday.
P. Ralmer, representing Collier's, was
in the city yesterday.
M. R. Pomeroy was among the pas
sengers down on last night's train.
A. O. Barker, a well-known Portland
railroad man, was in the city yester
day.
A. L. Craig, general passenger agent
of the O. R. & N. Co.. was in the
city yesterday.
Oscar Prael returned yesterday from
Spokane. He wilt spend the summer
with his parents.
Miss Zetta Smith of Portland will
SDend the summer In Astoria with
Mrs. H. W. Chrlstenson.
Mrs. Martin Foard and Miss Peter
son of Son Francisco returned last
night from the metropolis.
Architect Lazarus was down from
Portland yesterday, attending the ses
sion of the county court.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. Gallagher re
turned last night from Portland, where
they had visited since Monday.
Miss Harriet Cohen has returned
from Portland, where she had visited
with friends for several weeks.
Louis I. Ostroski, who has been vis
iting with his sisters, Mrs. L Cohen
and Mrs. Herman Wise, leaves on the
Columbia this morning for San Fran
cisco. R. A. Hawkins, superintendent for
the Columbia River Packers' Associa
tion, was over yesterday from Ilwaco.
He reports that fish are scarcer this
year in Baker's bay than for the post
25 years.
FOR RENT--Office rooms In the Kin
ney brick. Q. E. W. Barker, Astoria
National Bank.
SHERMAN & THING
Have removed to more commodious
quarters, in the Flavel brick, on the
corner of Tenth and Bond streets
NOTICE.
The Ladles of the Maccabees are re
quested to meet at Hawthorn's hall to
morrow, July 21, 12:30 p. m. sharp, to
attend the funeral of Mr. Baker, hus
band of Sister Baker.
By Order of Lady Commander.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
The water will be turned off on all
mains east of Thirty-first street be
tween the hours of 12 and 1 p. m.
today, Thursday, July 21, 1904.
J. H. MANSELL,
Superintendent
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