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PAGE EIGHT. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 1904. Special This Week fTV Women's Vici Rid Oxford f Ties, hand'turn soles, M THIS season's best styles; Regular $3.00 Takes at PETERSON 8 BROWN WILL GO TO THE COURTS NEW JOB FOR G C FULTON Made Lieutenant-Gcncral of the Army of the Astoria Tenth Annual Regatta. SELECTS COMPETENT STAFF Department Is Created So as to . Take Charge of the Program to Be Prepared tor Field Day. The army of the Astoria 10th annual regatta has been created. Be it known that the army is something new. With the Idea In view of permanently organ ising the field sports department of the big water carnival, the committee has passed the following resolution, which will be found self-explanatory: "An ordinance creating the army of the Astoria 10th annual regatta, and providing for the appointment and commission of officers thereof The Astoria 10th annual regatta manage ment does ordain as follows: "Section 1. That from and after this date there shall be, and hereby is, created the army of the Astoria 10th annual regatta, with headquarters at Astoria, and consisting of one lieutenant-general, with his staff, which shall include one adjutant-general, one quartermaster-general, one paymaster. general, one commissary-general, one Inspector-general, one surgeon-general, one judge-advocate-general, one chief of engineers, one chief signal officer, one chief of ordnance, one chief record and pension officer, and one chaplain. "Section 2. That each of said staff. upon due appointment, as hereafter provided, shall be commissioned, and shall rank as and be a brigadier-general. "Section 3. That, recognizing the well known, world-wide military knowledge and ability of G. C. Fulton, be Is hereby appointed and duly com missioned lieutenant-general of the Astoria 10th annual regatta, with au thority to appoint his full complement of brigadier-generals of his staff, to comprise only men good and true, of requisite military skill and ability. "Section 4. The army shall take charge of, and have exclusive Jurisdic tion over, the field sports of such re gatta and of all the events scheduled or to be scheduled thereon, as well as1 of the grounds thereof. . 1 "Section 6. The lieutenant-general shall bave power, when, in his Judg ment, any member of his staff shall perform any act of heroism or gal lantry upon the field, to promote such officer to the rank of major-general." It will be observed that the lieutenant-general is Just about the whole cheese. Lieutenant-General Fulton first gained military distinction as director-general of the street carnival of the eighth regatta. At that time he met and decisively defeated the flower of the Jabour Carnival Company, for which signal victory he was dubbed a peach. He has also sometimes been referred to as a lobster. However, all of these designations are more or less essential to the position to which he has Just been elevated, and the regatta I committee regards his selection as a rare coup. Testerday the lieutenant-general held a conference with himself, and upon adjournment announced his ap pointments. It will be observed that the men chosen for the various posi tions are eminently fitted for their re spective places. The appointments are as follows: Adjutant-general Frank L. Parker. Quartermaster-general John Fox. Paymaster-general Frank Patton. Commissary-general Charles T. Bailey. Inspector-general Nelson Troyer. Surgeon-general Jay Tuttle. Judge-advocate-general C. H. Cal ender. Chief of engineers R. C. F. Astbury. Chief signal officer W. E. Schlmpff. Chief of ordnance S. Schmidt. Chief record and pension officer H. F. PraeL Chaplain Will Madison. The whole cheese and his staff will at once get down to business and make preparations for the great field day. The program will be formulated Just as soon as possible. Council to Try Conclusions With Mrs. Kinney for Strip of Disputed Land TO BE ORDERED TO VACATE POLICE COURT RECEIPTS. Records Show Slight Decrease for the Month Just Pasted. Fines and forfeitures in the police court for the month of July showed a slight falling off 'as compared with receipts for the corresponding month of last year. However, the receipts for the first seven months of the year are materially ahead of those for 1903. The following comparative statement was given out last evening by Chief of Police Hallock: Month 1903. 1904. January $ 752 $895 February 818 995 March 719 910 April 86S 864 May 973 1056 June 1017 985 July 978 909 Totals $6125 - $6614 Not Only Blind, But Inactive. Seaside Sentinel: It might be a good Idea to appoint two or three police men to take care of the young kids and cigarette fiends of Portland who come to Seaside and create a disturbance. One allopathic dose of Seaside Justice may deter them from further visits, The law abiding people of Seaside do not propose to allow these young hoodlums to come to Seaside and ere ate a disturbance.. Eye-strain is no imaginary ill, but one which effects the whole nervous system and if neglected will impair the general health t No Charge for Examining the Eyes IIATHErJnE WADE, Graduate Optician At Owl Drag Store ThiiiActlon U Calculated to lte stilt in Settlement of the Mooted Question of Ownership. President Hansen presided at last night's meeting of the council, in the absence of Mayor Surprenant, and the business of tbe session wits rusheJ through. The council decided to take the bull by the horns in the contro versy over the ownership of the strip of property lying between the Shlvely and McClure claims, and the city at torney was Instructed to notify Mrs. W. S. Kinney and Captain Babbidge to move their buildings from the street. The matter was brought up when the communication of C. A. Bell, attorney for Mrs. Kinney, was read. The com munication asked an Immediate and definite reply to Mrs. Kinney's pro posal to quit-claim the land for $1000. It also embodied a reply to the brief filed by the city attorney. The reply set up the contention that the land In question was legally held by Mrs. Kin ney, whose title from the state was alleged to be good. Councilman Lebeck was of the opin ion that legal proceedings should be commenced to determine the question of ownership. He said he had been advised by attorneys that the city's undisputed possession of the property for 20 years gave it title to the land. Mr. Belland believed the city should permit Mrs. Kinney to start proceed ings. "If she orders the city to move, then we can order her to move," said Mr. Belland. "I think she should be permitted to start proceedings." Mr. Burns pointed out that Captain Bab bidge wanted to build on Thirteenth street, and that the council was up against a proposition which required settlement. Mr. Nordstrom shared this belief, and said that, In view of the fact the question would have to be settled some time, it ought to be acted upon at once. City Attorney Smith seemed to feel that suit ought to be started and added that there was no doubt as to the city's title to the prop erty. A motion Instructing Mr. Smith to notify Mrs. Kinney and Captain Bab bidge to vacate the street prevailed. and legal proceedings will probably follow. Want Streets Improved. M. Hawthorne and Mrs. J. E. Fer guson petitioned for permission to Im prove the south half of Kensington avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets. Property owners petitioned for the Improvement of Birch street from Fifty-second to the Shortess do nation claim line, and the west half of Fifty-third street from Birch to the north line of block 7. John H. Smith, S. G. Trulllnger and others petitioned for the improvement of Hume avenue from Bond to Third and Third from Hume avenue to the east line of Trul- linger's addition. All of the petitions were referred to the street committee. Files Claim for Damages. Mrs. F. C. Reed filed a claim for damages against the city, asserting that her property had been damaged by the Franklin avenue improvement. The claim was referred to the street committee and the city attorney for report. Reporting on the remonstrance of P. L. Cherry against the manner in which the sidewalks were constructed on Fifteenth street, the street committee recommended that the remonstrance be filed, as the walks had been built according to contract. Reporting on the petition for a drain in Adair's Astoria, the street commit tee recommended that the city engineer make the necessary survey for the drain. The report was adopted. With reference to the petition for the Im provement of Exchange street from Seventeenth to Twenty-third, the street committee recommended that the street be rebuilt according to grade. The report was adopted. Division on Ordinances. The ordinance authorizing the public property committee to purchase the north 60 feet of lot 2. block 117, Shlve- ly's Astoria, for $1650, was killed, Messrs. Belland, Kaboth, Lelnenweber, Morton, Nordstrom and Robinson vot ing against It. it was the Intention to buy the property for an engine house site. The ordinance authorizing the public property committee to sell the old brick engine house and lot for $14,000 was passed. Messrs. Belland, Burns Arid up to $3,00 for Bathing Suits, for Men, Women and Children P ? P . Bathing Trunks ten cents and up C. He COO PE R THB BIO STORE and Nordstrom voted against It, aa It did not specify the time In which the sale would have to be made. Other ordinances were passed as fol lows: Appropriating $299.78 for Birch ft Jacobaon for the Improvement of Thirty-seventh street; Increasing the license for auctioneers to $$50 per year; appropriating $3674 for C. G. Palmberg for the Improvement of Franklin avenue from Ninth to Twelfth; accepting the Improvement of Sixteenth street from Commercial street to Irving avenue; authorising the city attorney to compile and pub llsh the general ordinances of the city and the rules governing the various departments. An ordinance providing for the con struction of a sewer on Franklin ave nue between Twelfth and Fourteenth was killed by a vote of 6 to S, and an ordinance to pay W. A. Goodln for the Improvement of Sixteenth street went over. Resolutions were adopted as follows; Directing an assessment for the Im provement of Duane street from Four teenth to the west line of McClure's Astoria, at a cost of $1120; providing for the Improvement of Eighth street from Grand to Irving avenue; directing an assessment for the Improvement of Ninth street from Franklin to Jerome, at a coat of $5071.20; providing for equalisation of the assessment for the Improvement of Sixteenth street, at a cost of $12,494; directing equalisation of the assessment for the improvement of Thirty-seventh street. A resolution for re-establlshment of the grade of Grand avenue from Fifth to Ninth went over. Adjournment was taken until next Monday night. Advertised Letter List. iThe following is a list of letters re maining unrlnlmed for 30 days at As toria postoffloe August 1, 1904: Blghalt, Charles. Bossi, C. F. Brltton, Miss Louise. Brown, Mr. Frank. Cann, M. N. E. Cornwell, Mrs. Barbara. Edison Theater (Mangr. Felngold, M. , Goosh, Miss Bessie. Johnson, Mr. T. C. Johnson, Mr. Andrew. Kllnger, B. Knapp, Wm. Mlnnha, Peter. . Nicholson, J. W. , Offasen, Mr. Gust. Payne, Mr. M. S. PishI, Mr. Herman. Peterson, Mrs. E. ' Taylor, Hannah. Vlgglld, Mr. Andra. Ward, Mr. Ed. ; .Wleman, E. Esq, . Wilson, O. R, Wottrich, H. A. Foreign. Morgan, Mr. E. P. Skaenes, Mr. Olaus Olsen, Velix, Senor Juan. JULY SHIPMENTS LUMBER EXPORTS FOR MONTH JUST ENDED HEACHED 20,000,000 FEET. On Foreign and Sixteen Coast Csr goes Were Sent Away, Not In cluding 8,000,000 Feet In Big Log Raft Lumber export from the Columbia river for the month of July, Including the big log raft awnt away, aggregated lt.ISS.078 feet. There were II domestic clearances, on foreign clearance of sawed lumber, and the one log raft clearance. The log raft contained 8.- 000,000 feet of timber, so the sawed lumber clearances aggregated 11.855,- 078 feet. The domestic shipments were as follows: Vessel Feet. James Ralph 746,508 Francis H. Leggett 1,250,000 Andy Mahoney 750,000 William Renton (50,000 Redondo 796,917 Aurella 230,000 Aberdeen 600,000 Despatch t 600,000 Virginia 700,000 Aberdeen 875,000 Despatch 600.000 Aurella 530,000 Minnie A. Calne 1,038,622 John Smith 640,000 Shasta 860,000 Redondo 765,999 William Bowden 922,032 Log raft 8,000.000 during the month for fur eastern points. The Arabia was the first ves sel to clear, and she cam to grief off the roast of Japan, where the Vladivo stok squadron seised her. The Ara gonla cleared last week. Flour ship ments by these two vessels were as follows: Vessel Barrels. Value. Arabia $3,671 1134.705 Aragtwla ,50,800 203,209 Totals $4,471 $337.90? The total value of the cargo of the Arabia was $187,017.43, and of that of the Arsgonla $294,489.1$. The total value of the two cargoes was $481,-576.56. There were no foreign wheat or bar ley clearances during the month, al though much grain was sent south to San Francisco In the small coasting vessel. Treasury Department, U. 8. Life- Saving Service, Washington, D. C July 26, 1904. Sealed proposal will be re ceived at thl off!)' until 1:00 o'clock m., of Friday, August 26, 1904, and then publicly opened, for the construc tion of a floating boathouse for Gray Hurbor (Washington) Life-Saving Station. Specification and drawing, forms of proposal, etc., can be obtained pon application to the Superintend ents of Construction of Life-Saving Stations, Pacific Coast, Room 85, NwJ Appraisers' Store. San Francisco, Cal.; to the Assistant Inspector of Llfe-Savlng Station, Coasts of Wash ington and Oregon, 18th District, Ta- coma, Washington; or to thl Office. Horace L. Piper, Acting General Superintendent. Total 19,855,078 The cargo of the schooner William Bowden went to China and was valued at $10,088.52. Nine of the other cargoes went to San Pedro and to Sun Fran cisco. The log ruft also went to the Bay City. Two Far Eastsrn Cargoes. Two general cargoes were cleared NET LOST In ship canal, 100 fathom long, a short piece of old web on each end of It) on buoy lost, under buoy left) anchor out Finder will pleas call en Charly Johanson, Anchor sa loon, for suitabl reward. What ths Stat Thinks of the T.-K. "When It's In the Seattle Times, you know it Isn't so," has become a state wide saying. Ellensburg Capital. Te very first thing that the traveler leams In St. Petersburg I that in Russia the czar I everything his will 1 law, conceded as such by hi sub jects by heavenly Inspired right; all the land and all his subjects are absolutely his to dispose of wholly as he chooses. The popular fancy pictures the csar as one never seen In a phalanx of guards, thus protected from the bul let of would-be regicides. . Trh Notice to Contractors. Bids will be received at the office of the Clerk of School District No. 1, 179 Eleventh street, until Friday, Au gust 8, 1904, at 2 p. m. for the finish ing of two rooms and the hall and con structing of stairway In tbe Taylor school building In accordance with plans and soetiflcatlons that may be seen at the office of the undersigned. By order of the Board. E. Z. FERGUSON, l Clerk. The Best lO Cent Cig'ar Is The 11 OA- o Ask Your Dealer For It Manu- fatcured By Gus iSchoenbaechler ASTORIA, - - OREGON