ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904.
THE REGATTA QUEEN
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Contest is Closed
Our Special Sale of
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At
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Will Close in a Few Days
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Astoria's Leading
Sho Dealers
MANY WILL
PAY TAXES
Some Citizens May Be Surprised
at This but tvery One Will
Have to Pay.
NO EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED
The Number of New Tax Payers
Will Kun Up Into the Hun
dreds and Vigrorous Ob
jections Are Expected
There are going to be a great many
surprised residents of Clatsop county
this year. Heretofore exemptions have
always been allowed in compiling the
assessment roll of the county, but this
year there will be no exemptions.
Everybody who owns property, real or
personal, will be taxed, and, as many
were never before assessed, they will
be astonished when they receive no
tice to call and settle.
I The special session of the legislature
If responsible for the new order of
things. At the special gathering the
assessment law was allowed. The bill
was passed in very bad shape, it ap
pears, and attached to It was a provi
sion that It should become effective 90
days after its approval. Now, the as
sessor is supposed to make his levies
on March 1, and the new bill did not
become effective until March 24. To
this circumstance is due the fact that
the usual stipulation for exemptions
does not hold good on this year's assessment
Assessor Cornelius stated yesterday
that he at first supposed he would be
able to make the usual exemptions, but
he communicated with other county
assessors and learned that they were
not doing so. Later he consulted Dis
trict Attorney Allen and that official
advised him to make no exemptions.
Accordingly, he is taxing everybody
on personal holdings, and the number
of taxpayers In Clatsop county will, as
a result, be greater this year than ever
before.
"Heretofore the assessor has always
allowed exemptions of J300," said Mr.
Cornelius yesterday. ' 'I have made
personal property assessments In the
past by levying on a man's possessions,
and then going over the roll and re
ducing each assessment In the sum of
$300, the amount of the exemption
Many persons owned property of less
value than $300 and were not assessed.
However, this year all will be taxed.
For a time I thought it would be
all right to go ahead and make the
personal property assessments as they
have been made in the past; but there
was bound to be a row. The owners of
timber lands would complain, I was
assured, and, as other assessors were
complying strictly with the letter of
the law, I deemed it expedient to fol
low suit Many persons will conse
quently be taxed who have Jever be
fore been assessed, and there' will,
suppose, be lots of kicking. The new
order of things means that everything
must be taxed, and doctors, lawyers
and such people will be required to
pay taxes this year on personal prop
erty. The number of new taxpayers
will run into the hundreds. The ex
emptlon provision of the law will be
in effect for next year's assessment,
and $300 will be taken from each as
sessment"
The amount of last year a exemptions
was about $140,000.
Assessor Cornelius is of the opinion
that this year's assessment roll will be
just about as large as last year's. The
roll is not yet made up, but the as
sessor is Industriously at work on it
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
There will be the usual services at
the Baptist church tomorrow. "Temp
tations" will be the subject of the
morning sermon and "The Reappear
ance of Elijah" the theme of the evening.
Rev. J. A. Edlund of Los Angeles
will assist in the services at the First
Lutheran church tomorrow. Commun
ion at 10 a, m. Evening service In
English.
Charles A. Moraghan, president of
the M. B. Moraghan Oyster Company,
came up from San Francisco on the
Elder and stopped in Astoria yester
day. Mr. Moraghan is on his way to
Nahcotta, to look after business In
terests on Shoal bay.
Sight is the most import
ant of the senses
Eyes should be re-examined from time to time,
especially those of shool children. As school
time draws near they should be examined and
any defect in vision corrected. :: :; ::
No Charge for Examining the Eyes
KATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician
Sunday hours 12 to 2 At Owl Drug Sttro
READY FOR
SENTENCE
"Harry Ho$ue,M Who Held Up
Larson at Astoria Pleads Suil
ty of Highway Robbery.
WILL NOT GIVE HIS NAME
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Prisoner Was a Soldier at Fort
Stevens Three Months Ago
. aud Says He Needed Mon
ey to Go Home on.
Because he wanted to get the money
to make a trip to his home In the
east, "Harry Hogue" held up L. Lar
son on the night of Aug. 1, and Is now
facing a M-year term In the peniten
tiary. The young man was returned
to the city yesterday from Portland,
where he was raptured by Detectives
Kerrigan and Snow. He was given
an examination before Justice Good
man and held in $1000 bonds to await
trial In tbe circuit court upon a charge
of highway robbery. In default of
ball he was remanded to the custody
of Sheriff Linvllle,
"Harry Hogue" la an alias which the
young man has been using. To Cap
tain of Police Qammal he admitted
that this was not his correct name,
and he told the officer he would not
divulge his name. He said he did not
want his mother to learn of his crime.
The prisoner had been a soldier at
Fort Stevens, having enlisted about
three months ago. He states that
while at the post he received a letter
from his mother In which the Informa
tion was conveyed that his father had
died. His mother begged htm to come
home. The young man was without
means, so determined to commit a rob
bery. He came to Astoria Monday af
ternoon, August 1, and shortly after 12
o'clock that night held up Larson at
the corner of Eleventh street and
Grand avenue, relieving him of tl and
valuable gold watch. Then the sol
dier returned to the post, walking over
from Astoria. On Friday night he
walked back to the city and took the
Hassalo for Portland.
Reaching the metropolis "Hogue"
went to a pawnbroker's the only hon
est pawnbroker he ever came across,
he says. He showed the man the
watch and asked him what he would
give for It. When the dealer ma.w the
timepiece he stepped to the telephone
and asked for Mr. Hartman. Now,
Hartman was the detective who was
at Stevens some time ago Investigat
ing some matters for the government,
and the robber was familiar with the
name. He did not tarry, but ran away.
The pawnbroker had a fairly good de
scription of him and the police were
started on his track. He eluded the
officers for several days by hiding at
a sailor boarding house, but was An
ally caught there. He did not deny
the robbery and readily submitted to
arrest
Captain Gammal asked "Hogue"
whether or not he had ever before com
mitted a robbery. He said that he had
not done so, and would not have been
involved this time had It not been for
his mother's letter. He Is now re
pentant, realizing that a long peniten
tiary term awaits him. He is but 19
years of age, although he admits hav
ing given his age as 23. He Is dark
complexioned, and Is a quarter-breed
Indian or Spaniard. Detectives Snow
and Kerrigan came down with Cap
tain Gammal and appeared yesterday
before Justice Goodman. The prisoner
has confessed his guilt and his con
viction is a foregone conclusion. The
penalty for his crime is from five to :
induce him to give his real name
proved futile, nor would he state the
town In which his mother lives. There
may or may not be any truth in his
story about the death of his father.
The holdup was carefully planned, and
the robber's excellent system In turn
ing the trick denoted some knowledge
of .the business.
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8AND ISLAND QUE3TIONT
U. S.
District Attorney Believe Ore
gon Hss a Right to It.
SAY SCATTERED SQUADRON.
Russisn Boats Disparted, but Destroy
ert Regained Port Arthur.
London, Aug. 12. A dispatch from
Tokio to the Japanese legation here
says:
"According to reports received up to
the present, the Russian squadron
emerged from Port Arthur, was at
tacked by our fleet south of Tentao,
and dispersed. The Askold, Novlk and
another cruiser and a destroyer took
refuge at Klao Chou. Another de
stroyer took refuge at Che foo. On
August 11, five Russian battleships, a
cruiser probably the Diana, a hospi
tal ship and several torpedo destroyers
seemed to regain Port Arthur. Our
fleet is believed to be undamaged.
Vnlted States District Attorney John
Hall believes that Oregon has a legal
cinch In Its contention with Washing
ton state over title to Sand Island and
the right of the Oregon fisheries de
partment to collect fishing licenses
there. In 1864 the government recog
nized the right of this state to the
Island by making application to the
legislature for the reservation of the
sandy formation. The state granted
the request of the government and set
aside Sand Island as a reserve for na
tional use. District Attorney Hall
says of the matter: "Oregon should
raise at least 11000 or 12000 If neces
sary, to contest Its claims for the own
ership of Sand island. In my mind
there is little question as to its right
to claim ownership, but since such
friction has been aroused between the
officials of the two states, and since
Washington, as it Is announced, pro
poses to sell the island to private
parties, the contention should be defin
itely determined. The government ac
knowledged Oregon's ownership In
184, when it applied to our legisla
ture for the Island to be ceded to the
government." In this connection it is
Interesting to note the official descrip
tion of the boundary line between Ore
gon and Washington, The boundaries
of this state are stipulated as follows
in the act of congress: "Beginning one
marine league at sea, due west from
the point where the 4 2d parallel of
taorth latitude intersects the same;
thence northerly, at the same distance
from the line of the coast, lying west
and opposite the state, including all
Islands within the jurisdiction of the
United States, to a point due west and
opposite the middle of the north ship
channel of the Columbia river; thence
easterly, to and up the middle channel
of said river, and where it is divided
by the Islands, up the middle of the
widest channel thereof," etc. The same
description of the boundaries of Wash.
Ington is given In the act of congress,
admitting that state to the union. In
consequence there has been a continu
al wrangle over the possession of the
Island. Those who have recently been
arrested will likely apply for writs of
habeas corpus, and in that way bring
the question before the attention of the
federal authorities. i
DROVE A(
ROSS CONTINENT.
V" ... .
Wore Out Four Sett of Wheels Be
tween California and Michigan,
Chicago, Aug. 12. Mr, and Mrs.
John Skinner have arrived at South
Chicago on a trip from California with
a horse and buggy. They left Los
Angeles on December 2, and will go
to Akron, Mich., where Mr. Skinner,
who la 78 years old, will visit . Prank
Lewis, a comrade In the Seventeenth
Michigan Infantry. Four sets of wheels
have been worn out on the journey.
Mr. and Mrs. Skinner will return to
California In the same way.
IMPORTANT TO 8TUDENT8.
If you wish to enter college or com
mercial school It will pay you to send
name and address to C, care Morn
ing Astorlan.
Steamer Volga, length 17 feet, J6.6
feet beam, depth 4 feet For further
particulars and price call on Warren -.
Packing Co, foot of Seventh street,
city.
Welch A Lee, Building Contractors,.
The firm of Welch A Lee, building
contractors, la prepared to engage in
all classes of construction work. The
new firm has been engaged In business
In Astoria for some time and has done
some exceptionally fine work. With.
facilities for building on the most ap
proved lines, Messrs. Welch A Lee
solicit patronage with confidence in
their ability to. render satisfaction, and.'
to quote figures that will meet with the
approval of builders. Address or call'
on Mr, Lee, at (61 Exchange street, or
Welch A Lee, Grays River, Wash.
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