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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1904)
PAGE EIGHT. AST0H1A, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. SEA OF MUD ON THE HILL Attention of the Council Is Di reded to the Deplorable Con dition of Eighth Street. THE LAW TO BE ENFORCED Property Owners Must ltentove Dirt From Sidewalks if Or. dtuAuoo Will Serve Its Purpose. The council last night took steps looking to enforcement of the ordinance that miulres property owners to keep sidewalks clear of dirt In some parts of the city the property owners have been extremely . careless, especially on Eighth street, where the mud is ankle- deep. About 100 school children are compelled to use this thoroughfare and uuless the ordinance is enforced they will have to slop .through the mud during the entire winter. A few days ago the street committee assembled for the purpose of opening bids for Im provement of the street, but none was received. Chairman Burns explained that the contractors would not bother with so small a job and asked that the committee be authorized to readver tlse for tenders. Mr. Hansen wanted the ordinance enforced. He pointed out the condi tion of the street and expressed the belief that negligent property owners) ought to be brought to time. He said there were many ordinances on the books that were not enforced, and he believed they ought to be replaced if they were Invalid. Mr. Belland characterize 1 Eighth street as a disgrace to any civilized community. He had made an effort to visit that section of the city to investigate the request for more street lights, but had encountered a sea of mud and had been compelled to aban don his trip. He saw little girls tramp ing around in the mud on their way t school, and he regarded the negligence of the property owners as a shame, Street Superintendent Kearney stated that he had poor success with the sidewalk ordinance. He once serv ed notice on a roan, who refused to clean his walk. . When the superintend ent reported the matter to the city at torney, that official said he supposed there was but one way out of the diffi cultythat the street would have to fee Improved. As there Seemed to be considerable Question as to the right of the council in the matter, the street committee and city attorney were instructed to hold a conference, decide upon a plan of campaign and act Immediately and effectively. ' . Property Owners Careless, Reporting upon the petition of sev eral property owners to be allowed to take advantage of the Installment plan for settlement of street assessments, the ways and means committee pointed out the failure of those assessed to make application within the time spec ified by the charter. After the con firmation of an assessment roll the council can not extend the installment privilege and if the property owners do not apply before the date, of con firmation they can not enjoy the ben efit. The requests were denied for this reason. The ways and means committee re ported unfavorably on the protest of William Bock against the street as sessment levied ngnlnst him. U ap peared from statements of eouncllnien that Mr. Bock had been unjustly as sessed and the report was referred back The correction will be made. but whether by directly reimbursing the petitioner or by reassessment Is to be determined. Not Satisfied With Work. James W. Welch presented a pro test against the manner In whlcti urand avenue Is belnir Improved. Ac cording to the protest, the specifica tions are. not being followed In sev eral resnects. particularly as to the character of rock which Is being put on the street.- Objection is also raised against the manner of tilling the park snuce. The objection was referred to the street committee. Minor Matter Acted Upon. The street committee was granted further time In which to report upon the requests for new street lights and permission, to the Prael-Elgner Trans fer Company to erect a platform un derneath Duane street A liquor license was granted to Carl son Bros, and a request for a license was received from N. Simonson. The public property committee re ported that it had examined the Star theater building, as per the request of the carpenters' union, and thut It had found the structure safe In every par ticular. The committee on Are and water was instructed to make examination of en gine house No. 3 and determine the nature of the repairs required there. If Immediate repair work Is necessary, the committee will advertise for bids for the work. Ordinances were passed to pay T. Mlllhaupt 11874 for Improvement of one block on Duane street and to pay Birch & Jacobson 1543.70 for Improv ing Duane street from Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth. Ordinances providing for improve ment of Thirteenth street from Duane to Commercial and Taylor avenue from Columbia to Hull avenue were passed under suspension of the rules, as was an ordinance accepting the Improve ment of Franklin avenue between Twelfth and Seventeenth streets. Among the appropriation ordinances Introduced was one to pay Ferguson & Houston $4500 for work already done on the new city hall. The appropria tlon ordinances will be passed at the next meeting. Resolutions were adopted as follows Providing for equalization Of the as sessments for Improvement of Thirty sixth street from Franklin avenue to Duane street. Franklin avenue from the west line of Adair's to Thirty sixth street and Franklin avenue from Twelfth to Seventeenth street; direct ing assessments to pay for Improve ment of Duane'street from Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth, at a cost of $542.70, and Grand avenue from Twelfth to Seventeenth street, at a cost of $8676. A resolution was also adopted to establish the grade of Kensington avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets. The council adjourned to meet on Monday night, the 24th. WILL FIGHT LIQUOR LAW Saloonkeepers' Association to Try and Head off Local Op tion Proceedings. INJUNCTION SUIT PROBABLE TTTTT1?lTTTTTTTTTTTffTTItIttTTTttttTTTTTTTTTTimXXXXIIlxlItTTT Kffort Will lie 3!d to Knjoiu v County rierk From Submit, tin;; Question to Voters of West End. , A meeting of the Astoria- Retail Liquor Dealers' Association was held Sunday for the purpose of considering the local option proposition. Some days ago two petitions were flled with County Clerk Clinton asking that the liquor question be submitted to the voters of city precinct No. 1.. It is said the law requires that such peti tions shall describe the district by metes and bounds and that the peti tions Died are delinquent In this re spect At the meeting of the liquor dealers' association it was decided to Institute a fight against the petitions and an effort will be made to enjoin the clerk from putting the proposition on the official ballot. The association instructed the executive board to look Into the matter and to engage attor neys to go ahead with the legal pro ceedlngs. Just what plan of action Is to be followed has not yet 'been de cided upon, but the lawyers will doubt less frame up plenty of technical ob jections to the law. THESE KEEP THE SHAPE! PERSONAL MENTION. ' 1 1 iii il k (Hi pI' if iff Ml &p) 1 ill ! R. E. Price, of St. Paul, Is at the Oc cident. Miss Nellie Jeffrey Is up from Sea side for a visit. Miss Jennie L. Miller has returned from a visit to Seaside. W. F. McGregor and family spent Sunday at their Seaside cottage. F. E. Houston, of South Bend, reg Istered at the Occident yeuterday. John Svenson returned from a busi ness trip to Portland last evening. Wm. Llndau has returend to his po sition with tne a. & C. k. R., after a short vacation spent In the Willamette valley. A. R. Cyrus returned yasterday from a trip through the eastern states, In eluding a visit to the world's fair at St. Louis. Mrs. Cyrus will remain for about a month visiting friends In Ohio and Kentucky. S. S. Johnson, an eastern newspaper . r man. arrived In the city last evening. Indian s logic: "If a little do a ' i.i-. Mr. Johnson has accepted a position as good, a heap do a heap good,1 city editor of the Dally News. Dur-1 remember that the "mill will ing the past few months he has been engaged In newspaper writing at Seat tle and Spokane. Correct Clothes JorMt All Suits, Pants and Overcoats Bought at WISE'S Arc Pressed and Kept In Shape FREE OF CHARGE. Alfred Benjamin & Co., the makers of our finest clothes, have the reputation for making and trimming all of their clothes so that they will 'STAY PUT." So many ordinary kinds of clothes come out of the rain like a dish rag; not so with our clothing. We have suit and overcoafs as low as $10. But we pride ourselves on tho kind made and guaranteed by BENJAMIN. $ 1 7.50 to $30. HERMAN WISE The Reliable Clothier and Hatter. iixixixiiiitirxsXiiiiiixixxxxmiiiiiiiirimTmmiiiiii m ..i.MTTTTTp about advertising: Pertinent Statements On a Live Sub ject by VVillism Woodhous. Advertising does pay. That truth can't be made too plain. Don't expect It to do all the work, however, and don't always expect It to do wonders. It Curiosity Satisfied. Astoria, Oct. 17. (Editor The As torlan.) For some weeks I have been very much bothered answering ques tions in regard to a handsome young girl, who passes my store several times has done wonders, and does them con a day, and I have at last gained herjstantly, but not In every case. Take permission to state through your paper care of if as a farmer does his crops, that she is Miss Grayson, one of Port-1 and you'll never b'e a doubter for very land's social favorites, who has come 'long. Use sense In handling It, and to our city to spend the winter. She don't expect your flower garden to be also states that she enjoys Astoria' watered forever with the heavy dew little ' and never grind with the water that has passed." One drop, won't fill a bucket, but a good many drops will, and a few more will make It run over with plenty. No Oangtr of Disaster. The weuther was again very heavy yesterday and there was but one movement In or out of the harbor, the ateamer Whittles, which arrived from the sound. Captain Halley, of What a fool a man would be If, when ,the tug Tatoosh, stated yesterday that he found the first dose of medicine there was no truth In the statement didn't cure his disease, he declared thai the schooners Joseph Ruts and It useless, and refused to take more Virginia experienced trouble ' In get because of the cure he didn't expert- ting to sea Saturday. It was stated enrA nut no hlffurer fool thnn the In Th Astnrlnn that maam t,tt. I -- - -' " "--l, - wn.nm pnv)' UUIH man wno warns a ou-ceni aavemse-, vessels and mat tnelr sare Journey ment to bring him in a hundred dollars' j across the bar wus remarkable. When worth of business, and that at once, j the vessels were taken out the mate Having chosen the best medium the of tne Tatoosh stood on' deck nnd very much. AN ASTORIAN. which fell last night. 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