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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1805. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. PARMER JOY INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD . Sold only at ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. Cool Goods Our Speclalty- LOCal Brevities. Herman Wit' SALE It the real thing. That' WISE'S wayl Home-made aauerkraut, Eo per lb. Astoria Grocery Co. : for Rent Furnished housekeeping rooms, H5 Tenth street. H. Meyrra, a county pauper, died at t. Mary's hospital yesterday. Our annual sale commences on Tues day, January Id; every article In the atort reduced with a few exception!. C. H. Cooper. Our large stock of fine dry gooJe, clothing, furnishing- gooda and all will be pluced on reduced sale prlcea dur Ing the next 10 daya. C. JL Cooper, the leading house of Astoria. Herman Wiae' SALE la the real thing. That'a WISE'S wayl The regular monthly meeting of the water commission will l held tonight. Mra. Martin Hiiinovlch presented hr husband with it daughter yesterday morning. We have a few boxes of Northern Spy applies at 7!ie per box. Aatorla Grocery Co. HlM'cliil Inducements offered In dress nnd walking skirts thin week nt Foard It Stokes Co. I. II. Hcully, who la In Pacific county In the Interest of the Astorlan, writes that nillllona of herring cume Into Khoulwuler biiy lust night and the oya ter bed are covered with them. County Clerk Clinton did a land office business In making new citizen. Jacob Makkl, Kdwln Maklnn, Herman Kor honed, Charlea Tolenen, Charlea Wak Inen, Ilmurl paldlnua and Andrew Jarvl declared their Intentions of becoming cltlxena, and Arnt Locket Elde wa admitted to full citizenship. COURT PROCEEDINGS. the Home time ago tha Callendar Trans portatlon Co, made an application to the department to have the name of the ateatner Wenona changed to Myrtle. The application wua refused. In ac co rdance with the red tape department of the government, the nnme of a boat cannot be changed unless the ownera build a new bout, or make repair ag gregatlng 75 per pent of the value. The bill urnendlng the city charter hna been prepared and will be aubmlt ted to the common council at Ita meet ing next Monduy night. All amend menta requeate.l by outaldera will have to be submitted at that time, an the leglMlatlve delegation will not Introduce any bllla amending any charter unless It la adopted by the mayor and common council. The following note wua picked up at oyatrrvllle yesterday In bottle, "Our bout la sinking, Hood-bye. ft. J. Hayca, Huukvllle, nyankee County, Wlaconaln." The bottle a ml note was taken to South Item). Hpecbil inducements offered In cook move and alr-tlghl heater thin week at Koard & Htokea Co, The achool board will meet tonight to appoint a teacher to fill the place of Mra. W. O. Riirnea, realgned. Our large stock of Reliable Footwear will be aold tbla month at a great re ductlon. Don't mlaa It. ' Wherlty. Ral at on Co, ' Great reduction In dry gooda and clothing will be made during the month of January at our annual Bale, now go lngon. C. H. Cooper. Herman Wiae' SALE la tha real thing. That'a WISE'S way! Although dllllgent aeurch haa been made to recover the body of Mra. Mary E. Kuylor, drowned At Hkamokawa, no tra of her haa been discovered. The effort will be continued for several daya If necessary. Herman Wise' 8ALE la tha raal thing. That'a WISE'S wayl The aerlea of meeting which have been held In the varloua church till week have manifested a growing Inter- eat. The last meeting will te held to night at 7:80 o'clock at the Presbyter Ian church. 8ubJct. "The: Family and the school." The sermon will be di llvered by Rev. I. D. Mohone. All of thoe of evangelical fnlth are Invited to be present. Charles Roes, a musician formerly of Astoria. suffered a paralytic shock re cently, rendering his right arm useless. Itelng a member of the Elka lodge of .Seattle, that organlxatlon purchased a cigar store and set him up In business Otto Koskl died In Cnlonotwn yes terday of consumption. The funeral will take place tomorrow and the In terment will be In Greenwood. The Grotto will supply patrons with delicious Tom and Jerry every day. Tha auptrlor quality of gooda which las made the Grotto popular, will be jppllei. REWARD VV ahall give 110 In gold na a first prlxe, and 16 aa a second prlie to the boy or girl under It yeara of age, writing the beat poem of two or more veraea, ualng tha MONARCH RANGE aa subject of the poem All poems to be handed In before 8 p. m on February 18, 1(05. Charlea Hell born A Hon, Complete Houae-furnlah era. (90-592 Commercial Street Herman Wiae' SALE la the real thing. That's WISE'S wayl Sixty-three new subscribers were re ceived yesterday from D. It. Scully, eent from Ilwaeo, Nacottah and Oya- tervllle. The Aatorlan circulation has. Increased nearly 200 since December l. The Chinese captured Japan yester day. Tee Young, a Chinese merchant, was Joined In the holy bonds of wedlock to Mine Toma, a Japaneae woman. 'Judge Trenchard performed the mar riage ceremony In the presence of the county court and County Clerk Clin ton. 1 I 1 The Portland Telegram In publish ing the drowning of Mrs. Baylor, stated that It occurred ot Rkumokawn, Ore. Hers la a matter that ahnulrl he Iriv.'StL gated by the grand Jurle. of Portland. ,h mm tor 5' whl, h he rBl"eJ D. K. Ptlnson, who forged a check on the Worrenton aaw mill about two months ago, wua arrested nt Yaqulna by Sheriff Ross and was taken to Port land yesterday and turned over to Sher iff Llnvllle, He wua given a check by 'I to S5S. Special Offer! White Maple Bed Room Suits These Bed Room Suits are all well made, have French Plate Mirrors and are a bar gain for the prioe. CMS. HEILBORN $ SON For Fine Furniture. BLANK BOOKS ! - Book-keeping, Account Books, Stub Files, Etc. We have what you want JvSvenson's Book Store There are two merchants on Grays river, Mr. Walker and Mr., Meserve. There has been considerable rivalry be tween the two merchants and a few days ago It resulted In a fight In which Mr. Meserve was given a taste of bab tlsm as performed by the Rabtlat, church. Mr. Walker threw him Into the river, and he would hnv drowned had not some friends pulled him out Mr. Meserve Is now firmly convinced of the oftlcocy of Infant babtlsm. DUNBAR'S 8PECIAL Children's Fast Blaek Cotton Hose, 12'2e the pair. Compare them with the 2So kind the other stores show you. THE A. DUNBAR CO. District Attorney Allen has not completed the Investigation of W. H Duvls. charged with embezzlement from Ross, Hlgglns A Co.., aa the young man haa been making an effort to secure money to square the claim. He Is a married man, and hua a wife and four children depending upon him for sup port, and Mr. Ross I Inclined to be lenient with him, rather than throw his wife and children on the charity of the community In which they live. Tonight the great story of New Eng land life, "For Mother'a Sake." will be presented at Fishers' opera house and the cosy little theater should be filled to the doors. This excellent attraction Is one that should be encouraged by theater-goers, aa It Is a powerful, pa thetic and true atory, the sweetest ever told. The company la composed of well known artists. Ita original unlike any thing ever seen here before. The plot, theme and leading charactera are new to the stage. Heats now selling at Griffin's book atore. Reaver lodge, I. O. O. F.. held Its regular meeting last night. Installation of officers was the principal feature of the evening. Hon. John Hahn officiat ed na Installing officer. " The following were Installed: N. G.( W. F. Jom$; V. G., J. U Kline: secretary. Olof Ander son; treasurer, C. S. Wright; financial secretary, John Hahn. The report of the officers showed the lodge to be In healthy condition. The net gain of membership for the year was 12. The receipts were $2897 and the disburse ments J2S61.3T.. of which amount $900 was for Investments, $459 was paid out for sick benefits and $499.50 care of non-resident members and charity. Roard Suoervisors Appointed In Various Districts. The second day of the county court yesterday was occupied by the appoint merit of road supervisors and transac tion of routine business. The follow Ing road supervisors were appointed for the year; Astoria District D, R. Blount. District No. 1 Fred Oman. District No. 2 A. W. Duncan. District No, 3 Oeorge Irwin. District No. 4 J. N. Heckard. District No. 5 John Larsen. District No. 0 Andrew Johnson. District No, 7 Fred Watson. District No. 8 James Boyle, District No. George Hills. District No. 10 A. Frantx. District No. 11 Dan McLean. District No. 12 H. Jepson. District No. 13 James Gallagher. District No. 14 Henry Hill. District No. 15 James Jamison. District No. 18 O. A. Bourgland. District No. 17 A. L. Parker. Application of Neal Stupp and A. L. Clark for position of county superin tendent of schools were read. Mra. C. A. Gearhart was appointed to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of H. 8. Lyman. The county clerk waa authorized to enter Into a contract with the county coroner for burying pauper. Considerable complaint having been made by ihe residents of road district No. 13 and they being unable to agree upon road improvements In the district, It wns ordered that the county court and road master prepare plans and spe cifications for making the Improve ments, and that the Improvements will be made In accordance therewith. The county clerk was Instructed to write to the supervisors of road dis trict No. 2. at Keaslde, notifying him to close the Hermoaa Park bridge, the same being unsafe for travel. Bids were opened for boordlng the county prisoners as follows: John Bluslch, 22 cents; Thomas Peterson, 21 14: Joseph Klnkella, 19. The bid of Thomas Peterson was accepted, and contract awarded to him. Election at Warrsnton. The annual election of the town of Wnrrenton occurred Wednesrday. Very little Interest was taken In the elec tion, only one ticket being In the field and only about 20 votes were polled. FV W. Preston was elected mayor, and P. Erlckson, Jacob Bosshard and Geo. Warren, councilmen. The affairs of the town are In good condition, there Is about $400 In the treasury and Warren ton la growing; .the people are content ed and happy and are at peace with all the world. , YOUNG MEN Who Desire to Learn Ad. Writing Read Thisl Another Improvement Wise will put new paper on the walls of Ma children's department; In order that the paperhangers don't muss hie Boys' Clothing Stock, Mr. Wise offers 20 per cent reduction on all Boys' Suits. Strengthening the Foundation. The foundation of Herman Wise's atore building needs some new piles. In order to raise money to pay for the work Mr. Wise offers a 25 per cent reduction on all Men's and Boys' Overcoats. There was only one contest In the ounty court yesterday over the ap pointment of road supervisors. A pe tition had been circulated by the real dents of KlHle precinct asking for the appointment of Henry Gronell. As the residents of Elsie have been In a con stnnt state of turmoil over roaJ matters and unable to agree upon any Improve ments, the county court decided to take the appointment away from the peti tioners and appointed Jamea Gallagher. also decided that It would prepare the plans and Improve the road where, In the Judgment of the county court. It would be of the moat benefit to the district, Irrespective of the opinion of the people In the district. Sarkatm, As Josh Billings used to say: There be Sarkasm and there be Humor. Now. seriously, the above are samples of ads that some of Portland's so-called pro fessional ad writers suggest. The truth of the whole business Is that Mr. Wise desires to reduce his Im mense winter stock, and for that reas on alone, does he make those Immense Reductions on all Men's and Boys' goods, and they are genuine reduc tion a. HERMAN WISE. The Reliable Clothier and Hatter. P. S. And the Price-cutting still goes on. Bids for repairing the dredge Chi nook were opened In Portland and the contract will probably be awarded to the Willamette Iron Works of Portlnnd. Their bid was about $4000 higher than the lowest bid submitted by the RIs don Iron Works of San Francisco, but It Is estimated that It would cost $6000 to take the ship to that city. The bid of the Portland firm was $2B,S49. If the Chinook was owned by private par ties the repairs could be made for $10,- 000. The Occident tonsorlal parlors and bath facilities are equalled by none. Everything modern and up to date. See Peterson. . Schlltx's beer made Milwaukee fa moua, and Is having the same effect on the Grotto. Nothing better on the market There Is no complaint about bnslness at the Star saloon. Good goods and courteous treatment will draw trade to any first-class saloon. That's what makes business good at the Star. The best Is none too good for our customers. CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT. Reopened Under New Management John Blaslch has leased the Califor nia Restaurant and Oyster House and Is now prepared to serve the public. The best oysters and meals In the city. Family trade supplied. Good cooks, polite waiters and prompt service. Cooking Apples, 0 cents at Astoria Grocery. . Our annual sale is the talk of the town patrons have been waiting for It don't miss It; come early. C. H. Cooper, the leading house of Astoria. THIRD ANNUAL til Clearance Sale GREAT BARGAINS IN WAISTS Our entire waist stock to go at jne-half price. $1.00 Waists .50 1.G0 Waists .75 2.00 Waists ...125 2.50 Waists t.75 t.00 Waists 24)0 BOYS' CLOTHING Great selling of boys' winter clothing. Prices reduced lower than ever. $6.00 Suits $4.00 5.00 Suits 3.50 4.00 Suits 20 3.00 Suit 1.95 2.60 Suits 148 GREAT BARGAINS IN 8UIT3 AND COATS Unrestricted choice of our en tire Une of ladles' Coats and Suits at prices never before heard of In the history of cloak and suit selling In Astoria. $15.00 Suits at 8.00 17.50 Suits at 9.50 20.00 Suits at 1150 25.00 Suits at 1448 30.00 Suits at 17.50 CHILDREN'8 COATS One-half price on all Misses and Children's Coats.' We are determined to carry ' nothing over. So come early and get the cream of the coat stock at one half price. , $10.00 Coats .'...f&OO 900 Coat 4J0 8.00 Coat ... AM 7.00 Coat 3.50 8.00 Coat 1O0 5.00 Coat 2J0 FINE LACES This lot comprises an assort ment of laces from 3 to I Inches wide that always retail at 10c to 15c and 20c a yard, your choice of the lot and as many yards as you want 5o yard Morse Department Store 508-510 Commercial St. Where Everybody Likes to Trade A COAL HOD that won'tf spill coal all over at W. C. LAWS a CO. .2, We sell Stoves also. THE holiday season over, the Big Store, with its immense corps of efficient helpers, is busily engaged in the work of readjust ing stock preparatory to our annual stock taking, which takes place the last of this month. You'll find this a very oppor tune time to supply yourself with every household need at a considerable saving. We haven't the time nor the space to enumerate the many bargains that are here awaiting you. Just drop in and take a look. You will find a perfect cavalcade of irre sistible values here to greet you. SPECIAL : v INDUCEMENTS offered in Cooking Stoves and Air-tight Heaters. Let us send you a Bonetia Sewing Ma chine on trial. Your credit is good. Price, $30.00; $5.00 down, $r.oo a week. FORD & STOKES 0, Astoria's Greatest Store