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ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3.
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BASKETS
We nro offering a nn 'inducement all our
. JA TAN ESK UASKETS nt from
13 to 1-2 off regular price
for tlio balance of the month only, so as to
clean up stock for new gooda arriving. : :
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
Local Brevities.
Fur rfrttFurplshed houstlcpliig
rooms; wood stovs In kltehsn. 16
Tenth strost r
Hay. that old but cnn bs danf,
tlwked and rdrlminod to look nnirly
Ilk new at 433 Commercial street.
)VantedAbout November 1. houss
hoping apartments for mm arid wlfo;
no children. Address O. a J., Astor
Imi utiles.
The Imperial oysttfr houss I pre
.nrid' to furnish Hhoulwuter bay oy
ten In quantities of pints and quart
to supply the family trade. Colonial
oysters always on hand.
Just arrived A new lot of Imported
Mllrhner herring, Norwegian mack
rel. etc.. at the well-known and pop
ular Iloiid atreet fish market. No. 417
I fond street. A complete assortment
f smoked, anlt and canned and fresh
nnh, fresh eggs, cheese, fruit, etc, etc.
Ill feet, little feet, pig-eon toca,
coma It'a all the aame to us. We
cnn fit you with any kind of footwear
you need and charge no more-lhan you
pay for usatlfui?tory good elsewhere.
W v are particularly fumtllar with the
iieeda of children alao. Send or bring
the Uy and girl to Peterson A
l.irown.
The atreot committee of the council
v lll open bid Monduy for the Improve
ment of Taylor avenue from Colum
bia, to Hull avenue. The council ha
bfn late In starting thl Improvement,
but the delay was unavoidable, ' a
many objecllona to the original plana
for the atreet were offered. The thor-i
oughfare will prove of vaat benefit to
West Aatorla, the population of which
hua grown rematkHbly fat during the
pust year,
Wher art you going? Why, to have
my bat' ctauiMd, Ilka new at 431 Com
mercial atreet
. On account of the funeral of Mr.
Lee Herrliur the Eagle lodge Will meet
at 1.30 p. m. sharp today for a short
session only.
The regular meeting of the Cham
ber of Coinmerce will be held at 7:30
sharp tomorrow evening Instead of at
its heretofore. Members pleace take
notice,
M. IOgger has opened a flower store
In the Aslor house building, where
he bus for sale choice cut owers, grow
Ing plunts, fern and shrubs. Floral
designs furnished.
New salt mackerel at 10 and 30
cents each at the Astoria Grocery. We
have Just received a borrcl of fresh,
sweet apple cider from the valley. It
Is delicious. 2&3 Commercial street,
l'hone 681?
Today" matinee at the War will af
ford women and children the last. op
portunity of securing souvenir por
traits of the Helm children. The Star
will present an entire change of pro
gram at Monday's matinee and Mana
ger Oevurta has promised some excel
lent turns.
Tonight the Humphreys-Chapman
company will close Us engagement In
Astoria with "For Hearth and Home."
This Is one of the most pleasing com
edy d ramus ever written. It, depicts
street life In New Tork, Is full of le
gitimate humor and will prove a treat.
Last evening the company repeated
the performance of "Burled at Sea."
Fishers' was crowded and the per
formance was first-class. The com
pany hua played to good business dur-
STANDARD GAS ENGINES
For Fishing Boats and Launches
ARE THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND SATISFACTORY
Hoforo purchasing do not fail to see
THE STANDARD
For further particulars inquire of
li. M. M'BIUDE, Headquarters at Foard & Stokes Oo.'g Store.
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Some very fine Pastel
paintings will be sold very
cheap this week. .
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4 Get your heating stove of CIIAS.' IIEILBORN & SON, who
; carry the largest and finest line of '
J Heating Stoves in the City j
For Wood or Coal.
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J Economical Burners. Low Prices.
- "We will soon have another, assortment of those fine
open-front Franklin stoves which the people like so well.
: CMS. HEILBORN a SON:
The Complete House Furnishers.
Ing Its' Week s stay; and win be wel
comed again, . , ,
The reserved seat sale for the comedy-drama,'
"For Hearth and Home,"
at Fishers' this evening, wilt open at
the opera house at 1 p. m.
At thi meeting of the council tomor
row night the election ordinance will
be enacted and some strei-t mutters
taken up. Two contracts tor atreet
work will doubtless be awarded.
The funeral of the lute Nicholas
Clinton will be held this afternoon at
1:30 o'clock from the family residence,
2H9 ' Harrison avenue. The services
will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Kor
sythe, of Grace church. The Inter
ment will be In Greenwood and the
steumer Melville will leave Flavel
wharf with the mournera. Tht ser
vices at the grave will be private.
The Fort Stevens and Eighth bat
tery teams played an Interesting game
of football at Fort Stevens yesterday
afternoon. The score was 16-0 In Stev
ens' favor. The Steveijs team used the
Commercial form of play and. with
strengthened line, put up a good exhi
bition. Several local football players
went over to the post to see the game,
which was exciting despite the score.
Astor hall, In the new Logan blocji
at Sixteenth and Commercial streets,
Is to be ready for occupancy by De
cember 1. The hall will be In use be
fore the first and second floors are
finished. In every respect It .'M be
modern and conveniently arrang .d. It
Is already ertgaged for five nights of
the week, but one night remaining
open to lodges.
Judge McUrlde arrived. In tbe city
yesterday from St. Helens and held
a session of the circuit court He left
again last night for the seat of gov
ernment of Columbia county, but will
return to Astoria on Friday, when a
civil action will be tried before a Jury.
The Jury was summoned yesterday.
During yesterday's session Judge Mc
brlde handed down orders In several
civil suits.
' Marriage licenses were Issued yes
terday to Philip Haddan and Miss
Amanda Vive. Tollov O. HJelkrem and
Miss Annie Marie Anderson, and Au
gust Larson and Kreeta Anderson. All
of the principals reside In this county
with the exception of Mr. Larson, who
lives at Deep River. Mr. Haddan and
Miss Vlge were married yesterday and
have taken up their residence on Eighth
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Stanford and. Berkeley. .The Albany
team yesterday defeated Chemawa,
2t-0, so the coming contest here will
probably be exciting. The Seattle
Athletic Club game at Seattle will
take place there some time after
Thanksgiving. Puget Sound univer
sity will play here Thanksgiving day.
The Commercial Club will encourage
Saturday football as much as possible,
as there tins always been more or less
objection to the Sunday game. The
schedule for the season Is made up
largely of Saturday games, and It Is
hoped the attendance will be larger
than on Saturdays In past years.
After a long and painful Illness, Mrs.
Lee Herring died yesterday afternoon
of Brlght'a disease. Early in the week
Mrs. Herring seemed very low and her
death was not unexpected. Mr. Her
ring survives her. The funeral will be
held today from Red Men half, of
which order Mr. Herring is an honored
member, and the. Interment will be in
Greenwood. Members of the Red Men
and .Eagle lodges will attend the fu
neral. Mrs. Herring was a native of
Lane county, this state, and was born
December 23, 186. With her hus
band,' she had resided In Astoria for
many years, and a large number of
friends mourn her pusslng.
Editor Whitman, of the Ilwaco Jour
nal, was In the city yesterday on his
way to' Portland. He Is conducting
a vigorous campaign In Pacific county
for the local democratic ticket. Every
week the Journal Is full of allegations
against the powers that be, and the
campaign is the liveliest ever carried
on there. The democratic ticket 'in
the county Is said tq have the backing
of many republicans, who have deter
mined to bring about a change in the
order of things. Mr. Whitman is not
over-sanguine of success, but says the
fight will probably be a close one.
One of the men upon whom war Is be
ing waged Is Jack Wilson, well known
In Astoria.
street, near Commercial."
Commencing tomorrow the Star will
tender Astoria a bill of vaudeville
which will be hard to equal. Dott
son, the man who makes smoke pic
tures and models faces In clay; the
Two Altons, remarkable child gym
nasts; Harry Howard, impersonator
and Imitator of scenes you go through
dally; Hearn and Lewis, Jolly comed
ians with new songs and Jokes; the
moving pictures and Illustrated songs.
It Is a No. 1 vaudeville show for 'a
dime.
Members of the hotel Incorporation
committee stated . yesterday that the
site for the building would doubtless
be selected by November 1. As soon
as the question of location is settled,
subscriptions will be asked for, and.
Judging from the flattering assurances
of aid which have already been re
ceived, the company will have no diffi
culty In .raising the necessary funds.
It Is expected that Mr. Hammond will
make a liberal appropriation for stock,
although it is tunderstood he has not
yet been approached with reference
to the matter. , ,
The saw mllUand planing mill at
Smiths point ore shut down for the
present, and It is , not known defi
nitely when they will resume. The
Immediate cause of the shut-down Is
the expiration of the 'lease of the
Smith's, Point Manufacturing Com
pany, undef which they have been
operating , the past year. .After clos
ing the firm's business, Manager T.
V. Wamsley expects to leave the city.
The plant will be in charge 'of Dan
J. Malarkey for the Universal Sashi &
Door Company until the latter sees fit
to resume operations or makes other
disposition of the property;
The football game that was to have
been played at Fort Stevens this af
ternoon has been called off. The
Eighth battery team arrived yester
day from Vancouver to meet the Stev
vens eleven, so- tlje Commercial Club
game was cancelled. The Albany
team, which has been scheduled to
play here, gave Oregon a hard tus
sle a short time ago. The Albany
bunch really outplayed the varsity
team, but the latter scored four points
by kicking a goal from placement.
Barker, formerly of Commercial Is
now playing with Oregon, and has
gone south with the team to meet
A teacher In one of the primary
grades of the city schools reports an
amusing occurrence. She ' explains
that ! many of the foreign-born chil
dren have very limited knowledge of
English, and that only a few English
words are really understood by them.
A day or two ago, during a spelling
class, the pupils were given the word
"valise" to spell. Afterwards the
teacher asked If any of the children
knew what the wprd meant A little
girl raised her hand and told the
teacher', that she knew .what "valise"
meftnW"WeUY you may, tell me what
it -means," said the. teacher. ,, "It's a
anlmaV replied the child. "Did you
ever see oner "Oh, yes;' I saw one
In the woods." "Did it bite your
"No," replied the child; "it was too
little.' In the same schoolroom one
of the pupils assured the teacher that
Pocahontas was the mother of Hiawatha.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Parker House.
M. E. Smith and wife, city.
W.; R. Hensley, U. S. A.
Miss Pearl Norton, Portland.
Mrs. N. Solomon and family, Ne
halem, Ore.
Oskar Johnston, U. S. S. "Perry."
K. Hansen. U. S. S. "Perry."
Chas. G. Clyne, Hammond.
J. Hill.
Thos. Wlnstrup. U. S. S. '.'Perry."
C, G. Head, Portland.
J. Kneal, Portland.
Kallunkl has fine candies, up-to-now
bonbons and fresh fruits.
Correct ClothesfirMen
Women have great influence as
to a man's fashionable character.
, Lord Chesterfield to hit ton.
You'll please your
mother, sister, wife,
daughter, sweetheart,-
or friend, if
you wear the clothes
bearing this label
jflljitd)enjamin&(9
MAKERS NEWARK
J Equal to fine cufionvmade
in all but price. J The makers'
guarantee, and ours, with
every garment. Q We are
Exclusive Agents in this city.
KATHERINfe WADE
Graduate Optician
At the Owl Drug Stare
Sunday hour 12 to K
No Charge for Examining the Eyes
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We have in now oar line of
HEATING STOVES
We have the best in the market You are in
vited to inspect them. : : : , :
W. C. LAWS & CO. 'Sffii.
FOARD & STOKES CO.
Coles
Hot Blast
HEA
TERS
for economy in
fuel, and produc
ing heat have no
equal - - - -
Can use either
COAL or WOOD
Prices From
$2.25 to $20.00
FO
ARM STOKES CO.
Astoria's Leading Stove Dealers. .
S'HO E
We have the newest and most complete stock pf; ..
fine, stylish shoes, work shoes and wet weather:
foot wear, in the city. We handle only the best
makes and always give satisfaction. Our prices .
are lowest of the low. Come and see
Wherity, Ralston Company
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