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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. PAGE FIVE. N Appetizing Pin Money PicKles , -Also- Mang'o ROSS, HIGGINS (& CO. Good Qood5 Our Specialty. Local Brevities, ' For Rant Two furnished roomi for housekeeping. KB Tenth street See the novelties Utile Nook Bture. tn brum at the For Rent A few unfurnished 00ms over Star theater, cheap. Apply to manager Btur theater. Htrnuss Hros,' mini was kept busy yesterday showing woulnns and taking nifitsuri-s fur men's suits at C. H. 'ooper's sturo. Olof MortiMim-n. aged 1 years, died yeterduy of consumption at the home of his parents In Kust Astoria. The funornl will be held tomorrow and the Interment will be In Ureenwood. Oet your pears for canning and crapes for Jolly before they art all gone. All fresh fruits, vegetable! and groceries art right at the Astoria Gro cery, (23 Commercial street Phone 611. 8nd names and addresses to this office and have copies of Tuesday's Astorlan containing the Astoria arti cle by Horman Wise mailed to any body you wish, free of charge any number of copies. The Imperial oyster bouse Is pre pared to furnish Shoalwater bay oys ter In quantities of pint and quarts to supply the family trad. Colonial oysters always on hand. The cane of Robert ('urrulhcrs vs, Alexunder Urant and W. W. Whip ple has been compromised. The suit grew out of lease of the schooner Jes sie. Mr. Cnfrulher sued for 12000, and It Is understood the suit was com promised for half the sum named, al though there has been no definite an nouncetnent a to the terms of the settlemnt. For rent Nina-room house. Inquire at Astoria, National bank. Have your clothes made to order, guuranteed to fit and be measured by Mtrnuss Ilros.' expert at Cooper's store, todiiy and tomorrow. In accordance with Instructions from the treasury department, Collector of (hn I'ort Kobb ho caused the flog to be displayed at half-mast on the custom house building. The Astoria Dancing Club wilt give Its regular Saturday evening ball the evening of Saturday, October 8, at (ho Hauihorn hall. A general Invl tatlon Is extended to dancers to at tend. Strauss Rros. always show elegant goods for men's tailoring, but this time they outdo every previous effort Is evident by the line of woolens In the piece now being displayed at 11. Cooper's store. , The county court yesterday adjourn ed until October 17, when the matter of providing an exhibit for the Lewln and Clark fair will be called up. The court will confer with the local com merclal bodies and it Is hoped some plan can be decided upon before the adjourned session. A big timber deal was concluded yesterday, when deeds were filed for record under which Jennie T. Hood, of Saginaw, Mich., sells to W. M. Cray 1760 acres of land near Knappa and Wostport, this county, The considers tlon was 144.000. The county court yesterday order ed on election on November 8 for the purpose of determining the question an TT-rTTTTTiTiiiTiiiiiirrrrr iiumminxnnnrixx STANDARD GAS ENGINES For Fishing Boats and Launches ARE THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND SATISFACTORY Doforo purchasing do not fail to see THE STANDARD For further particulars inquire of ' J. M. M'nitlDi:, at Fount & Stokes Co.'s Store. fnitttiminiiTminmMimigiiHimn OS000OO(S0OO00OOOO00OO0ii o 0 o o o s o o o NEXT SATURDAY Commences our great annual pic ture sale. A tremendous stock will bo thrown on the market. Svenson's Book Store O0000000000000000000 People of Moderate Means : Who contemplate furnishing a new home or lemodeling an old one should investi gate the FURNITURE STOCK: Carried by us, because there is a great aaving to be made in each purchase. When you see our stock and learn of our reason able prices you will then know how well we can please you. s : : : : : : CHAS. HEILBORN SON Astoria's Leading House Furnishers to whether or not liquor shall be sold In city precinct No. L The precinct embraces that portion of the city lying west of Berond street. The election is to be held In accordance with the pe tition recently filed by residents of the district. There are two saloons west of Second street. It's quite a treat to look at the new fall line of woolens now on special display at Cooper's. They'll be there until Saturday only, to don't postpone seeing them. The Woman's Club will hold Its first meeting for the fall at A. O. U. W. hall on Saturday, October 8, at 2. 30 o'clock;. The special features of the meeting wilt be the president's address and an informal reception. Miss Uamrlck, who brings such pret ty novelties west each season, opens a display at C. H. Cooper's today and will give free lessons for a week when materials are purchased. Smart de signs for waists In the new eyelet and stelleto work. Beginning on October If, special services will be held In the down town churches during two or three weeks. Rev. Hay Palmer of Portland, will con duct the meetings, which will open In the I'resbyterlun church. Dr. Palmer Is a preacher of note, and has aroused great interest In many cities. The boats will be pulled up and then moved sideways under the shed, the rant of which will have to be reaised about 10 feet. Ilepalrs are belnb made on the roof of the old Scandinavian cannery. When this work Is complet ed the boats which It houses will be given a general overhauling. Have you seen the new browns and grays In fall woolens for men's made-to-order pants? You'll find them In profusion at Cooper's store In Strauss Uros.' extensive assorment of 'piece goods. Only two days, so don't delay In getting around. You're welcome, whether you order or not. Copies of Tuesday's Astorlan, con taining the article on Astoria written by Herman Wise, may be bad free at this office wrapped and ready for mail ing. Send In names and addresses and the papers will be mailed free. This Is a good opportunity to adver tise the city, and It costs you nothing. Five hundred copies of the paper were printed for this purpose. Send in the names and addresses. The following Mist (Ore.) dispatch to the Portland Journal contains some statements that will doubtless prove surprising to Nehalem valley resl-l dents: "The forest fires have about died out, yet it Is hard to estimate the damage done throughout the Ne halem valley. More timber has been dstroyed this season than since the big fires of 1883. The Deep creek fire, which started In August, destroyed much of the valuable cedar belt on Deep creek. Tho timber losses in the valley reach Into the millions " For several months past there has been more or less talk of an effort to divide the city Into four wards. At the present time there are three wards. The First Is greater In population and taxable property than the Second and Third combined. The Third ward Is by far the smallest In the city, and casts fewer votes than precinct .Vo, of the First. It Is felt by those who advocate another ward that the section of the city now Included In the First ward Is Intltled to more than three representatives In the council. At theu meeting of the council Monday night. while discussing street matters, Coun cilman Hansen of the First ward In timated that he would favor dividing his ward. The exponents of the Idea have ample argument to advance in favor' of their plan, and it Is Just pos sible some such action may be taken ere long. . The Increase In freight offerings for oriental shipment will mean an extra steamer out of the Columbia this month. It Is not certain yet what steamer will be secured, but -It will probably be the Chlng Wo, of the China Commercial line. More business is coming to the Vortland & Asiatic Company than It can handle by Its reg ular steamer this month. An effort was made to get the Algoa for the trip, but It Is now more than prob able that the China Commercial liner will be put on. The Aragonla, which is scheduled to sail from here October 28, already has ail her space reserv ed and several thousand tons more are already on hand that must be taken care of. The China Commercial Company operated a line of steamers out from this port a year ago, but the decrease In business caused them to withdraw from the route. For years Strauss Bros, have been making clothes for Astoria's best dressers. A special representative is In charge of a great display of new fall woolens at Cooper's store. It will pay you to call and have a talk with Strauss Bros.' man. He'll grve you some pointers on the proper attire for this fall. Work on the new ship yards for the Columbia River Packing Asoclatlon Is progressing rapidly. The yards, when completed, will accommodate eight boats at a time. The launch El Hurd Is now on the ways undergoing exten sive repairs. The boat Is being re built fore and aft, and will be equip ped with a new shoe and overhauled generally. In the new yards the boats will be pulled up on to the ways, In place of being lifed by Jacks. This considered a decided Improvement. The San Francisco Journal says of the salmon market: "The market is reported quiet for new bulsness, for canners and agents are busy making deliveries on booked orders. The re ceipts of Alaska fall short about 250, 000 cases compared with the like time In 1903, but more vessels are due, yet the reeclpts when all "are in will fall considerably below that of last year. New season pack of Alaska's red guaranteed "qual to the very best was offered In a 400 case lot at $1.05 regular f. o. b.'on the sound, without finding a buyer. It looks as If the trade are still operating extensively. Eng lish cables report larger withdrawals from warehouse than during the cor responding time in 1903. It is said that for well known favorite brands 21s is paid there, but a less figure Is named for unknown brands. Pinks, chums and medium red are comparatively scarce and strongly held. One party Is placing pinks to preferred buyers at 70 cents. Packing of conoes up north is slow on the sound and only fair on Frater river. Packing of fall fish In Oregon is still under way." KATHERINE WADE Graduate Optician WW At the Owl Drug Stare Sunday hour 12 to 2 No Charge for Examining the Eyes AS A RULE We do not advertise, but when we have a good Six Hole Range for $22.50 We think the people should know it. W. C. LAWS a CO. 22SL is ComctClothesfirMen -You must dress; therefore attend to it ; not in order to rival or to excel a fop in it. but in order to avoid singularity, and consequently ridicule. Lord Chesterfield to his ton. Your apparel will always conform to correct standards if it bears this label If ltd Renjamin (o MAKERS NEW YRK J Equal to fine custom-made in all but price. J The makers guarantee, and ours, with every garment. We are Exclusive Agenta in this city. 3. Bruce Polworth stoutly denies that he has changed his politics. Mr, Polworth was down yesterday from Cathlamet and in conversation with a representative of the Astorlan made known his position. "So far as my politics Is concerned, I am Just as much a democrat as I ever was," said Mr. Polworth. "For the past six years the democratic party of Wahkiakum county has been knifed by traitors, with the result that the respectable element has become thoroughly dls gusted. There were two possible courses to pursue. We could have made a fight for the convention, which would have been ta rec nirnl&e the treacherous element, or we could allow them to dom Inate affairs and met with defeat We choose the latter course. At the democratic convention but one pre clnct Cathlamet was represented, and but seven delegates attended. Honest democrats stayed away from that sratherinir. I am assured Mr. I Marshal, the nominee of this conven ' .... ...Ill .nnt lion lor reprcsemttiivc, w nw en-v-i, and lam Quite as well satisfied that the whole ticket will go down to de feat. After the election this element of the democratic party will be oblit erated entirely from the political Held of Wahkiakum county. I have accepted the republican nomination for county attorney only for the purpdse of as sisting In bringing about the defeat of the Gorman element of the party. I believe that I will be elected." Mr. Polwarth's nomination by the republi cans caused some concern among lo cal democrats, wno were led to believe he had deserted his party. However, Mr. Polworth says the emoluments of the office-for which he Is runlng $400 a yer are scarcely of enough Import ance to justify any such political flop on his part. FOARD & STOKES CO. Warner's Rust Proof S Corsets Our strongest argument in favor of Warner's Rust Proof Corset3,!is in the CORSETS THEMSELVES. : : ; The Newest Shapes are in our stock anxious to speak for themselves. BE FITTED and feel the persuasion of their argument. : : EVERY PAIR GUAR- ' ANTEED Pl j WARNER'S (( ftusmoor debutants; FOARD & STOKES CO, Sole Agents. Work Skoes We have made especial preparation for supplying . , the needs of workingmen in footwear. We invite you to inspect a complete assortment of highest grade Shoes for Loggers Shoes for Laborers (Shoes for Lumbermen Shoes for Teamsters ' "', Shoes for Mechanics Shoes for Everybody . 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