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COUNCIL TO
TAKE ACTION
Has Instructed Committee to
Investigate Manner of Conduct
of La Tosca Saloon.
LICENSE MAY BE REVOKED
City Engineer Is Criticised By
Mr. Lebeck, But Defended
By Messrs. Belland and
Nordstrom.
At the adjourned meeting ' of the
council last evening the committee on
health and police was Instructed to
Investigate the manner In which the
La Tosca saloon Is conducted and re
port to the council. The proposal was
brought p in the shape of a reso
lution, which was Introduced by Coun
cilman Lebeck and adopted by vote of
all of the members present, Messrs.
Belland, Hansen. Kaboth, Lebeck,
Leinenweber, Jtforton and Nordstrom.
The resolution follows:
"Be it resolved by the common coun
cil of the city of Astoria, That the com
mittee on health and police be and
the same is hereby directed to inves
tigate the facts and report at the next
meeting of the council as to whether
or not the La Tosca saloon is or has
been conducted aa an orderly house
under the ordinance licensing bar
rooms and drinking shops and places
Where liquors are sold."
The action of the council la the out
come of the case of "Lighthouse" Nel
son, who is now serving 100 days in
the city jail for disgraceful conduct
The case provoked much unfavorable
comment and members of the police
commission took cognisance of It As
to whether or not the proprietors of the
saloon should be made to suffer for
the incident is questioned, but it Is
I felt by city officials that steps should
be taken to prevent recurrence of the
outrage. '
If the committee's report is unfavor
ably, the license of the saloon may be
revoked.
Councilman Lebeck has lately de
veloped into a reformer on a mild
scale, and has brought up the question
of the right of a liquor dealer to do
business under a license Issued to. an
other person. A few days ago Charles
F. Wise bought the Wigwam saloon
from R. J. Owens. Mr. Owens' license
has not yet expired, but under the law
Mr. Wise would be required to secure
a new license, that Issued to Owens
expiring when he sold his place of
business. However, it has been the
practice to permit the purchaser to
continue to do business under the old
license, but Mr. Lebeck says "we need
the money," and therefore is trying to
bring about enforcement of the law.
City Attorney Smith Is now Investi
gating this question and will report at
the next regular meeting.
City Engineer Criticised.
City Engineer Tee, who Is ill, came
in for some criticism at last night's
meeting, and also was stoutly defended
by councilmen. Monday night Mayor
Surprenant called attention to the fact
that a fill was necessary at the site 01
the new city hall and said the work
could be done cheaply if done at once.
It was agreed that plans for the All
ought to be prepared. Last night Mr,
Lebeck wanted to know if the mat
ter had been attended to, and was In
formed that plans had not been filed.
Td like to know why the surveyor
doesn't attend to his business," de
clared Mr. Lebeck. "jVe can seldom
get any information from his office! It
seems to me the office, should be con
ducted In a businesslike manner. Tils
till must be made some time, and con
siderable money can be saved the city
If It Is made now."
Mr. Bellund declared that the prac
tice of roasting the city surveyor had
irrau-n upon some members of the
council, and that the engineer was
often unjustly censured. He pointed
out that there was no definite Instruc
tion to the engineer at the prevlout
meeting, and that the fault rested with
the council, and not with Mr. Tee. Mr.
Belland said further that Mr. Tee was
too 111 to be at his office and very
plainly Intimated that he did not ad
mire "roasts" under such circum
stances. Mr. Nordstrom expressed a
similar view. He added that Mr. Tee.
alone of Astoria's engineers, had put
the office In shape, and that It wa-i
now' possible to secure information
there. '
A resolution directing the surveyor
to prepare the plans was then drawn
land adopted. ,
Ordinance Is Corrected.
A new ordinance providing for the
Improvement of Franklin avenue was
introduced and passed under suspen
sion of the rules. The ordinance pror
vldes for an Improvement that will not
run through the sliding ground at the
west end of the Improvement district
Resolutions providing tor a drainage
system in the east end were called up.
but went over for two weeks because
of the objections raised to the work.
An ordinance accepting the Improve
ment of Thirty-sixth street from Du-
ftne street to Franklin avenue was
passed under suspension of the rules.
but an ordinance to accept the im
provement of Franklin avenue from
the west line of Adair's Astoria to
Thirty-sixth street was laid over. A
remonstrance against ' acceptance of
this street was filed last night by
property owners, who declare they will)
not pay their assessments because the
street has not been Improved accord
ing to the ordinance. The protest has
been referred to the street committee.
ASTORIA ELKS ARE INVITED.
Asksd to Attend Dedication of Elks'
Horn at Aberdeen, Wash.
Astoria lodge No. 180, a P. O. E.,
of this city has been Invited by Aber
deen lodge to attend the dedication of
its new home, which event will take
place at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
September 24, and to participate in a
warm social session Saturday evening,
at which Al Calder of Seattle will pre
side. It is expected that most of the
Elk lodges in the northwest will send
delegations to Aberdeen among which
will be a large representation from As
toria, and preparations have been made
by the Aberdeen Elks to take care of
a large crowd.
The building to be dedicated is a sub
stantial and elegantly appointed two
story brick and atone structure owned
by Grays Harbor lodge No. 593, B. P.
O. E., of Aberdeen, and occupied ex
clusively by lodge and club rooms of
that order.
Special rates have been arranged on
the Northern Pacific between all points
having Elk lodges and Aberdeen as
follows: Pay full fare a your Norh
ern Pacific station, taking a receipt
for the money; this receipt will be
countersigned by the secretary of the
Aberdeen lodge, and will entitle the
holder to one-third regular fare return
ing home.
TROUBLE TO
DRAFT JURY
Only Eight Acceptable Men
Found to Serve For Grim
berg Damage Suit.
THIRD TRIAL OF THE CASE
Court Spends Knllre Day In
Yuln Attempt tu Complete
Llst-Orand Jury Still
In Session.
Judge McBrlde and the attorneys
representing the Interested parties
spent yesterday trying to empanel a
jury to try the .$5000 damage suit of
Mrs. Charlotte Grlmberg vs. the Co
lumbia River Packers' Association.
After examining all the Jurymen that
the sheriff could bring Into court, Judge
McBrlde adjourned late In the after-
fort will be made to secure the four
fore will be made to secure the four
jurors necessary to complete the re
quired number. Mrs. Grlmberg Is su
ing the packers for $500 for the death
of her husband, who was killed by fall
ing from the rigging of a ship under
charter to the corporation. She al
leges that the negligence of the asso
ciation was responsible for the death
of her husband.
Eighteen Jurors were examined yes
terday and 10 of them were excused.
The following proved acceptable to the
attorneys and were selected: S. B
Howard of Walluskl. Arthur P. Hills of
Svensen, Jacob Sture of Knappa. Da
vid Keefe of Fernhlll, D. M. Stuart,
city; R, J. Owens, city; A. J. Oragg,
city, T. C. Bell, city. This morning the
attorneys will make an effort to ses
cure four other jurors, and when this
Is accomplished trial of the case will
be begun.
The difficulty In securing Jurors re
sults from the fact that the damage
suit is now being tried for the third
time. Twice before the jurors failed
to agree upon a verdict and were dis
charged. Now the case will be fought
over again.
May Report Today.
It Is expected that the grand Jury
will report today to the court, although
It may not succeed in finishing the
work before It The grand Jury usual
ly examines the hospital, city and coun
ty jails and ail criminal cases on the
docket, and occasionally finds it ex
pedient to report upon conditions ex
isting in city and county. Just how
far along the jury has succeeded in
getting could not, of course, be learned,
but it is expected to report some time
during today's session. The criminal
docket comprises five offenders, Wal
ter Hubert charged with rape, having
been arrested on Sunday. The Jury
has been taking evidence In the case
of the state against Willie Cook, but
whether or not it had been decided to
indict the lad Is not known,
orchestra of 11 pieces aa 4 nucleus.
Collective practice will beglp In Rose
burg as soon as tht required number of
musicians enter Into the project
ARRAIGNED ON SECOND CHARGE.
Mrs. Botkln Must Answer to Another
Murder Alligation.
San Fraiulsco. 8pt SO. Cordelia
Hotkln, under sentence of life Impris
onment for the murder of Mrs. ltm
lug. appeared In Superior Judge
Dunne's court today to answer the
charge of having murdered Mrs. Ida II,
l)eane. The case was continued until
October 4.
PRIMARY LAW
IS DEFECTIVE
Music for the Fair.
A movement Is on foot to organize
an orchestra of southern Oregon musi
cians to play at the Lewis and Clark
fair in Portland next year. Prof. F.
H. Applehoff, director of the Roseburg
orchestra, is at the bead of the move
ment. He Is now corresponding with
a number of musicians living In Oregon
towns south of Roseburg with a view
to interesting them In the proposition.
It Is proposed to limit the instrumenta
tion to 30 pieces, using the Roseburg
Under Its Terms Practically All
Voters Are at Least Tempo ;
rarily Disqualified.
The direct primary law Is proving all
and mora than even the most fanciful
of the dreamers claimed for It. The
law not only absolutely prohibits In
dependent voters from expressing their
choice at primaries, but under Its terms
practically every voter In the state of
Oregon is disqualified from exercising
his right to vote at the primaries to be
held between this date and the date
when relief Is afforded by the legisla
ture. The defect was discovered at
Portland yesterday.
The provision In the primary law
which hus caused this latest trouble
reads aa follows:
"No elector shall be qualified to vote
nor permitted to vote at any such pri
mary nominating election required by
this law, and It shall be unlawful for
him to offer to do so, unless he shall
be registered us above required as a
member of one of the political parties
choosing and nominating Its candi
dates for public office under tht pro
visions of this law at such nominating
election."
In plain English (which does not
characterise the law), this clause
means that no voter shall be permit
ted to vote at a primary election un
less he shall have first registered at
the office of the county clerk and regis
tered as a member of the political par
ty (democratic or republican) to which
he claims allegiance. The registration
books will be sent to the polls, and no
man will be allowed to vote unless
those books show that he has registered
and has declared his political faith.
Now, men who voted at the last
state and county election, In June, have
already registered. The registration
books have Just been opened again by
the various county clerks, but only for
the purpose of registering those voters
who did not register for the June elec
tion. The books will be open for only
30 days. The men registering during
the 30 days will declare their politi
cal faith, but the men who registered
for the June election did not do so, and
consequently will not ' be permitted to
vote at the fall primaries, ' Indeed, un
less the forthcoming legislature passes
a new bill, all those cities and towns
holding elections before June, 1908, will
be up against the provisions of the di
rect primary law.
W. S. U'Ren and Thomas O. Greene,
who were Instrumental In the framing
of the law, are now considering this
particular feature of It, and probably
will dream a way out of the dilemma
In which they have placed the mis
guided voters of the stole of Oregon.
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