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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1904)
) ASTORIA, OBEQON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1904. Sweet Apple; . . . A We now have some extra fine Sweet Apple Cider and offer some at 35 cents per gallon. Loose Raisins, New Crop, 3 pounds for 25 cents. ROSS, HIGGINS (. CO. Good Goods, Our Specialty. ... Local Brevities. Piano instruction at (67 Exchange. on Dickinson A Allen, 435 Commercial street, and ace tha many hundred of patterni (or yourself. A furnished front room for rent at No. 140 Fourth etreet. Furnished room at 177 etreet. Phone lied 2054. Exchange It touch the tlikle. Rogers' White I'lne Tar cough cure. , Try It, Cnurle Rogers. The Imperial oyster houee I pre pared to furnish Shoalwater bay oys tera In quant It In of plnta and quart to eupply the family trade. Colonial oyitera always on hand. If you are thinking of ralelng or mor Ing a building It would be to your advantage to see Fredrlckson Bros, geenrel carpenter and houee mover. Shop at 173 Tenth street. ' I'ntll LMH'cmbcr 1 we will ll meul ticket at 14.40 each, cash, reduced from 14.50. No reduction In tha qual ity of service given, which I always first-class. New Style Restaurant. Uanien McCanna, who occupy the ahop formerly ueed by T. 8. Blmpaon, adjoining the city water office, are prepared to do all klnda of lgn and carriage painting. They will make a peclalty of work of tbla claa and guarantee satisfaction. What la more comfortable than a pair of good felt slippers? We hnv Just received our winter etock and they are beautlea. All styles and aliea, for men women and children. Price from 76 cent a pair up. See them. Peter eon A Drown. Our all-wool pattern In fall suit ing and overcoatings Include a wld rang of beautiful thing.. That la the correct word beautiful. W doubt If any other display can be found con taining ao many style to which the word In Its truest sense may be so fittingly applied. Do not fall to call Cannery site or sawmill site for sale; situated (it the elect bridge, Young's bay. Apply to Mrs. June Kinney. Bpeclal meeting of the Royal Neigh bors or America at Pythian null on Thursday, November 17, at S o'clock p. m. sharp. Itullotlng on and Inltla Hon of candidates, Royal ' Neighbors requested to attend. Elisabeth Rich, Oracle. Ik-cause of the Illness of P. D. Kuett- ncr, .chairman of the hotel Incorpora tion committee, the meeting called fr last night hue been deferred until a future date. ' 1 HttuHtlon wanted by young nun with practical experience In bookkeeping and stenography. Corresponds In modern languages. Ilest of references. Ad' dress A. O., care Astorlan. The flower store of M. Egger Is now located at. No, &15 Commercial street, next to Peterson Hrown's shoe store. Choice cut flowers, plants, ferns and shrubs. Floral designs furnished. Rond Supervisor lllount hus been busy the past few days removing fallen trees from nearby roads. Tha storm program. New song will be sung by Sylvester, Jones and Prlngte, the three Kelleys will appear In a new act and the other feature will also be new. This week' bill at the Star I the "best ever," and theatergoer should not fall to enjoy It It Is announced from Olympla that Fish Commissioner Kershaw, of Wash ington state, will continue to hold his office, Oovernor-elect Mead wilt re ward him for valiant service during the late campaign. It Is thought prob able Commissioner Kershaw will make no changes n his present force. Only Its voters had reglatcred at the close of business at ths city auditor's office yesterday afternoon. Politicians express the belief that the registration will full fur short of that of last year. The registration books will remain open for 21 days longer, closing at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of December 10. Ther are two acta at the Star this week which are at the ; head of the vaudeville profession. One Is the singing trio,, Sylvester, Jones and Prlngte and the other la Baby Kelly, the champion juvenile dancer. A close second for popularity Is Irene Kober, the child contortionist, and Paul Le Croix, Juggler. that time. The proceeds of tha same will be devoted to the high school II brary. The local high school eleven is a strong one and tha game will doubtless be Interesting. Provided in the plans whereby the steamer Alliance run to Eureka and Coos bay this winter, cutting San Francisco from her porta of call, la a proposition to charter a 14 -knot steam er to take her place In the spring, about April 1, and then relegate the Alliance to her former route between here and th Oolden Gate, calling at the coast harbors as before.glvlng Portland, Astoria and those points the benefit of sis sailings a month, two of which will be through to the California me tropolls. The craft in view is said to have been on the Alaska route this summer, and previously ran on the southern coast. She has accommoda tions for 100 first-class passengers and 600 tons of freight. The proposed 1905 schedule, together with the O. R. A N. tlmecard, will give the Columbia the finest service it has ever enjoyed, as the Harrlman Interests will also im prove their lines. The marriage of Oliver It Pederson snd Miss Mildred Mosher was solemn ised at ( o'clock last night at the home of the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Mosher, 294 Thirty eighth street. Rev. L. J. Trumbull, of the First Baptist church, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Pederson will make their home In this city. A long row of signboards on Com mercial street neur the A. A C. depot was blown down yesterday by the wind. Fortunately, no one happened to be near enough to receive Injury. The signboards there constitute a menace to safety and the council may require their removal In view of the fact that the wind overturned a sidewalk near ths Clatsop mills some tlge ago, re laid several monarch! across public iuUnf ,n tne death of ft pBMerby( the highways, Interfering with travel. London Standard's New Editor. London, Nov. 16. H. A. Owynne, Reuter's chief correspondent In the South African, Soudan and Turko necessity for some action looking to the removal of billboards is apparent For some time past the coal deposits of the Walluskl have been Investigated with a view to determining the extent Greek wars. ha. been appointed editor of tht oepo,,t, the Th, rMuUl tnui F. J. Pike, the Chicago represent tlve of the Clatsop Mill Company, who had been In the city for a few days, 10ft for the east last evening. Mr. Pike is Ilk all other easterners in his state ments conecrnlng the west with which he la very much taken. Concerning th lumber market, Mr. Pike said east ern orders were more numerous now that the election is over, and he looks for Increased demand from points be yond the Missouri river. The election had considerable effect on the lumber trade, and prior to November 8 few sales were recorded. The day follow ing the election, however, more inqulr lea came in than during the entire previous month, buyers seemingly hav ing waited for the result to become known before placing orders. Just at present the lumber business Is slack here, because of weather conditions. The prospects for Increased activity in the eastern markets are good, and Astoria mtllmen anticipate a busy sea son. Western mlllmen have been com pelled to meet the competition of south ern mlllmen, the poplar of the south being offered to dealers who have used spruce to a considerable extent. of the London Standard. far are aald to be very encouraging and the work will be prosecuted. Mr. Titus has bored down J4 feet and In that distance found four smalt seams of A bluxe In a rooming house at Eighth and Astor streets yesterday called out the fire department. A lace curtain coal, thus proving the measures to be caught fire, but by the time the de- true coal measures. It is expected that partment reached the scene the flames much better results will be attained by had been extinguished. The damage going farther down and the work will was nominal. I be continued. Coal exists In manv places In this county, but it is believed Despite the storm, another big crowd that the Walluskl deposits will prove greeted the performers at the Star last more valuable than any others yet die evening. Tonight and at today's matl-1 covered. nee there will be a complete change of I MONEY o o o 0 o o o o o o ( A o , i' o Purso and Bag de partment. Special dis count of 10 per cent this week. We have the right line at the right price. SVENSON'S BOOK STORE (ii090000000000000000000 16-INCH WOOD Dolivorod tit depot. Carload lots. , Write or phone TONGUE POINT LUMBER CO. Astoria, Oregon. ? DO YOU KNOW? ' That this is a good time of year 'to think about new carpets and linoleum in your. home? Particularly .during this fine epell of weather when it be convenient to take up the old and . place down the new. , , That-we have the finest n assortment of .carpets and , linoleum ftf thei-Js beyond ques tion and our prices are such that you can save on every yard you buy. Call and see ub. f f? ! : CHAS. HEILBORN a SON : Astoria's Leading House Fcrnishen. , At a meeting of the board of direct ors of the Commercial Club last even ing the resignation of H. W. Dean, steward, was accepted. The board will not appoint hla successor until tomor row night when such applications for the position as may be received will be considered. Boys from the public schools presented a petition to the board asking that they be granted per mission to use the gymnasium. It Is the intention of the boys to get up a large class. The board advised them to secure the names of all boys who would Join the class and present an other petition at the next meeting. At the present time the school boys have no gymnasium conveniences, but the board will gladly allow them use of Its hall If the class Is large enough. It Was also decided last evening to ar range for ladles' nights at the club. Tenpln will shortly be Installed and It is expected the new game will prove popular. Advices received from San Francisco yesterday convey the information that the Alaska, Packers' Association is about to Issue bonds to the amount of $3,000,000. It Is aald that the Bank of California will take 11.000,000 of the new Issue and that the Bank of Nevada will take the remaining $2,000,000. With the money thus made available, the as sociation will be enabled to meet its current Indebtedness and continue its immense enterprises, until enough funds are realized from sale of salmon to take up the new bonds. It Is under stood the "bonds will bear interest at the rate of -5 per cent It baa been known for some time that the Alaska Packers' Association had been experi encing a shortage of money and the news of the proposed Issue will not be surprising here. The A. P. A. under took to regulate the market for Alaska salmon and the undertaking is said to have resulted In. considerable loss. However, it is believed the big com pany will soon again regain Its former dividend-paying status, especially in view of the better tone of the salmon market of the country. Much A. P. A stock is held in this city. . PERSONALS. Word was received yesterday that the Cpmmerclal-Puget Sound unlver ilty football game had been called off. Fir recently destroyed the clubhouse of the university, together with the football paraphernalia, and the team has been compelled to disband. This eleven had been . scheduled . for the Thanksgiving day game, and that date la now open to far' as Commercial la concerned! Iif Is the intention-to in vite Chemawa or Hoqulam to come here Thanksgiving day. The Chemawa game heretofore arranged had been canceled by Commercial, but the In diana probably will agree to make the trip. Captain Stockton has written Manager Watkina, of Multnomah, ask ing for a game at Portland on Christ mas, but if the Christmas game Is not settled upon the local team will go to the metropolis December S to fill the engagement already planned. The Astoria' high school team Is to meet the Portland high school team a week from Saturday. It was hoped the game could, be arranged for next Saturday, but the boys were unable to complete' their' arrangements1'' 'within' H. E. Campbell waa over from War- renton yesterday. Mr. and Mra. J. W. Ward, of Port land, are visiting in the city. J. H. Seymour went to Portland yes terday on a brief business trip. Max Pracht of Ashland, special land agent, -was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Prael leave to night for an eastern trip of six weeks, during which they will visit the St. Loula fair. . . E. Meyer, a Portland traveling man, is in the city. Mr. Meyer Is looking after the bualness interests of R. M. Rau, Rothchlld Bros.' hired man, who Is 111 at Portland. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Parkar House, Fred Oman, Warrenton. J. Neal, Warrenton, Geo. A. Wilson, Portland. Miles, 3. Doyle, Deep River, Wash, Capt Erjckson, San Francisco. E. W. Miller, Portland. C. D. Hoffman, Portland, H. Flood, Portland. J. J. Emmory, Portland. The bank clerks of England are plan ning the formation of a union in order to secure an Increase In wages, which virtually condemns the clerks to "celi bacy, lodgings and sixpenny lunches" for life. KATHERINE WADE Graduate Optician At the Owl Drug Store Sunday hour 12 to iS No Charge for Examining the Eyes We have in now our line of H E ATI N G S TOVES We have the best in the market You are in- ' vited to inspect them. t ' : : ' : v Vtr Bond St. OARD & STOKES GO. Don't Worry OVER Thanksgiving! We have everything you will need for dinner. , Let us have your order ' "now for Fine corn fed Turkeys Mince Meat Plum Pudding Currents and Raisins Cranberries Table Wines Just place your order and we will do the rest FOARD & STOKES GO. A BOON TO WOMEN Edison's Cushion Shoe (Manufactured by Utz & Dunn - Rochester, N. Y.) Price $3.50 In both heavy and light soles. Stylish and durable. Women need no longer suffer from uncomfortable shoes Sold only by Wherity, Ralston Company 9M i ?9
