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THE MORNING ASTORIAN; ASTORlA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY I, 1805 lO REWARD We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905 CHARLES HEILBORN SL SON Complete House Furnishers. 590-592 Commercial St. sary bonds, a moetlng will be called to devise ways and moans of carrying th objects from which the commission will be appointed Into effect. This I" the best and most foa sable plnn ever suggested and by united effort on the part of the citlsens It can be carried out to a successful conclusion. IMPROVED STREETS Proposition to Issue $500,000 of Bonds for Streets. FOR THE PORT OF ASTORIA Commission Similar to Port of Port' land Suggested With Power to Fill Up the Astoria Bay from Dirt from the Hills. A movement Is on foot In Astoria to organise what Is to be called a port of Astoria commission, endowed with the same plenary powers as is given '.o port of Portland commission. The ob ject of the commission is to provide for sluicing the hills south of the city into the bay so as to do away with the expensive street Improvements on the business portion of the city. It Is con tended by those Interested In the pro ject that all the streets over tide water can be filled from the hills at very lit tle expense, and when once filled with earth, covered with gravel and the rock from the rock crusher that the cost of keeping the business streets of the city will be obviated and the cost re duced to a minimum, "Efforts have been made from Ume to time to build a sea wall in.front of the city, but the expense attending such an undertaking has resulted In failure. The methods now proposed will no doubt meet with the hearty approval of the property owners, all of whom are in favor of some method whereby the expense of street Improvements can be reduced. It Is proposed that a port of Astoria commission be created by the legislature. Invested with full power to make all necessary Improvements, outside of the common council. The proposition Is to Issue municipal bonds for the sum of $300,000 payable In 30 or 40 years, and to fill up the bay from earth from the hills and do away with the present expensive manner of Im proving streets. The property owners are to be assessed for the actual cost of moving the dirt, and to be given from 10 to 15 years to pay tor the same in yearly installments. As fast as the money comes In from assess ments it is to be placed In a sinking fund, to be Invested or loaned out. and used for redeeming the bonds as they mature. It Is a well known fact that the cost of Improvements on Duane. Commer cial and Bond streets where the streets are built on spiles and. have to be re planked every two or three years Is becoming excessive. By the new method, a permanent improvement will be made that will last for 13 or 20 years. It will place the streets upon a solid foundation, and also provide basements under many of the stores that cannot be built under the present system. The only way to secure per manent Improvements In the business portion of the city is by filling up the bay with dirt from the hills, and the best method to attain this end has been the bone of contention for several j years. PIANO MAN'S WILL. left Wife Millions and Made Many Be quests. Chicago. Jan. ?. The will of W, W. Kimball, bequeathing over $2,000,000 to the wldown, Kva M. Kimball, and large nmounU to several nephews and nieces has been filed In the probate court. No estimate of the total value of the estate was offered. To Mrs. Kimball Is be queathed $1.S00.000 in bonds and stocks together with the homestead at Prairie avenue and Eighteenth street A codi cil provides for an additional $100,000 for the widow. The testator left to his brother, D. W. Kimball of Wentworth, Ia., $20,000; to another brother, Virgil D. Kimball, $20. 000: to a sister, Lucy Ann Lufkln of Rumford. Me., $20.00, and to another sister, Elisabeth Gleason, $20.00. Provision to the extent of $10,000 Is also made for the benefit of the widow and children of Mrs. Gleason'a son Harry Gleason. Twenty thousand dol lars Is left to Columbia Kimball, Rum ford, Me., a sister of the testator. THE COURT HOUSE Bill Drafted to Be Submitted to the State Legislature. TAXES ARE TO BE LEVIED The Bill Provides for a Levy of Fivs Mill Tax to Run Through a Series of Years, to Bt Ltft Optional With ths County Court. Narrow Etcaps. New York, Jan. 7. Twenty-two sea men, composing the crew of the Dutch steamer Andanla. wrecned at Elbow Key, December 29, while bound from Galveston. Texas, to Hamburg, ever brought to this port today by the Ward line steamer ' Esperanisa from Mexican ports and Havana. The crew abandoned the steamer and took to the boats and was picked up by the steamer San Juan and landed at Matanzas. HAVE GOOD TIME. Fall Fifteen Hundred Japs Celebrate of Fort. Vancouver. B. C, Jan. 7. Fifteen hundred Japanese are marching the streets of Vancouver this evening cele brating the fait of Port Arthur. District Attorney Allen has drafted a bill for completing the new court house, which has been approved by the county court, and was given to Sen ator Tuttle to Introduce In the legisla ture, allowing the county court to levy a tax of 5 mills each year to run for a series of years to complete the new court house. The bill Is as fol lows: Be It enacted by the legislative as sembly of the state of Oregon and also be It enacted by the people of the state of Oregon. Section 1. The county court of Clat sop county Is hereby authorised and empowered at Its January term, A. D. 1905, to levy a special tax upon all the taxable property In said county, not to exceed S mills on the dollar for the purpose of constructing, erecting, com pleting and furnishing a court house in said county, to be continued there after through such a series of years as the said county court shall order at said term. That the order of said county court levying such a tax shall be spread at large upon the Journal of said court, and shall specify plainly, first, the amount of such yearly levy, the same manner that all taxes are col lected, but all moneys collected there on shall be kept separate and deposit ed with the county treasurer at the same time and In the same manner that all taxes are by law required to be paid to and deposited with the "ounty treasurer, and the same shall be by such treasurer safely kept In a sepa rate fund to be known and designated as the "court house fund." That It shall not be necessary at any subse quent term of suld court, or at any subsequent term thereof when taxes are by Inw required to be or shall be lev led, to again levy suld special tax but the same shall continue good, valid and existing levy for I he date thereof and during each year therafter until the full series of years designated by said court at said term In January 1905. shall have expired without any further order In the premises ,in1 the same shall be collected accordingly. Sec. J. That said county coi'rt Is hereby authorised and empoweiel to enter Into a contract or contracts with such person or persons, as It shall have heretofore entered Into' contract with to build, construct, erect, complete and furnish a court house In said county or with such other person, or pers ma a said court may deem to the best Inter ests of said county. That such con tract shall provide that the payment for the construction and furnishing of such court house shall be made only with moneys to be collected and placed In said special fund, and, that no pari of the contract price for such construc tion or furnishing, shall be held to be an Indebtedness against said county, and no part thereof shall become due or raybale, and no warrant drawn on said fund shall become due or payabM until sufficient moneys shall be col lected on such special tax, and paid Intc the treasurer of suld county In said fund, to pay the amount of such war rants drawn against mime. Provided always, that warrants Issued on said fund, shall be payable In the order drawn and as soon as sultlrlt-nt money shall be collected therefor, but all war rants shall bear Interest at the rote of t per cent per annum from the date of presentation for payment until pal I It Is very probable that this matter will be taken up by the common coun cil at its meeting Monday night and a resolution passed indorsing the ap pointment of a port of Astoria com mission, composed of seven member! to carry this proposition Into effect. As soon as the commission Is appoint ed, with the power to issue the neces- Real Estate Transfers. The Peninsular Land and Trust Co. ohn Stonelake, lot 35, block S, Taylors; $150. Moses Tolvonen and wife to John Stonelake, lots $7 and 38, block 3, Tay lors; $300. Henry Larson and wife to John Stonelake, lot 36, block 3, Taylors; $5. second, the number of years the same I Mnf shall run. and the last year same shall Wa ft be collectable, and. third, the purpose! for wnicn sucn tax snau oe icvicu. 'thereupon, and without any further or der to be made thereafter by such coun ty court, such levy hull be held to be a good, valid and existing levy, and the tax thereon shal be collected, each and every year thereafter for and dur- olso become a part thereof, and such levy shall not thereafter be set aside, annulled or vacated, until such war rant drawn thereon for the contract price of such court house shall have been fully paid, with Interest to date of nnvment. or until the series of year Ing the series of years which the wme; wMt,h iUt.h ,eyy WM ma shall be collected, each and every yeai lhay expre1 thereafter for and during the series of, 8w , That no warrant shall be years which years the same ehall' m KM Bptlclu fun(, t.,,,)lln be levied by said court at said term, in j upon an order of suld count court, entered In the Journal of suld court and for the contract prl-e for ths con struction, competition or furntshtnrr of said court house. And no warrant drawn on said special fund shall be paid other than with money from such fund or colertlon from auv other source shall ever be transferred to such court house fund, and the only moneys t.'mt shall be placed In such fund shall be moneys colected for taxes under raid special levy and none other. Sec. t. The county treasurer of suld county shall receive nil moneys collect. ed under said levy, nnd shall plan the whole thereof Into a special fund to be known and designated as a court bouse fund, and no other moneys shall be placed therein; and the same shall not be paid out excepting by warrants drawn against such fund, by order of the suld county court duly renders I end entered of record In the Journal of said court and only for payment on account of the contract price lor con structing, erection, completion or fur nishing a court houes In said county. Sro. S. Nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to prohibit the county court from ordering war rants drawn on said npe.nl fund frcm time to time as work shall progress upon the construction erection, com pletion or furnishing of sild court house. But no warrants drawn against said fund shall be due or puht until sufficient moneys shall be In such fun! to pay such warrant In the order of Its Issuance, but all warrants shall bear Interest from date of presenta tion, at the rate of I per cent per an num until paid. 8ec. 4. Inasmuch as the present county court house In Clatsop county Is wholly Inadequate, unsafe for the reservation of h, publl records of said -aunty ran in piuptr uccmmn d .tlons for i he n.-mloii of I' jurt uc I Is ft menace 'o tc pulilli! hea'.fh and safety, and It Is mc.-s. iry fir too l.nniedlate rn r'l.'l.u of the ,otlic peace, health nl ;ifoty that ! n w court house be l.f.n t I'tt'iy construct e' In said ,iiii, and that lh iw take Immelti.e -ff t. mi cmcitint Is hereby divla .! to elt and 'h's nit h-ill be In fa'! force and f.rl lilitn. dlately after its pisAao and topmal by thrf governor. CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT. Reopened Under New Management John Blaalch has leased the. Califor nia Restaurant and Oyster House and Is now prepared to serve the public. The best oyster and meals In the city. Family trade supplied. Oood cooks, polite waiters and prompt service!. THE SECRET IS OUT; LET ALL THE WORLD KNOW IT! 488-490 COMMERCIAL STREET GREAT ALTERATION SALE. SLAUGHTER SALE. $15,000 worth of our fine Suits and Over coats, Cravenettes, Mackintoshes, Pants, Hats, Caps, Shoes and Furnishing' goods for men and boys must be sold to make room for the workmen and save them from danger of ruin on account of dirt and dust. Read the prices; you can save from 4 to V2 on Everything. H MEN'S SUITS. There are hundreds upon hundreds of fine Suits that are so low in price that you cannot afford to miss this sale. $6.65 for all kinds of $10 and $12 Suits. . $9.65 for all kinds of $13, $15 and $16.50 Suits. $13.65 for choice of hundreds of finest $18, $20, $22 and $25 Suits. OVERCOATS AND CRAVENETTES. Our entire line of fine garments are on Sacrifice Sale at the lowest prices known. $6.85 for our great $10 and $12 Overcoats. $8.85 for all kinds of $15 and $16.50 Overcoats. $11.85 for all kinds of $18 and $20 Over- co&ts $16.85 for choice of all our fine $22, $25 and $30 Overcoats. MEN'S PANTS. More than a thousand pairs the best kinds. $1.45 for $2 and $2.50 Pants. $1.95 for $3 Pants. $2.65 for $4 Pants. $3.65 for,$5 and $6 Pants. Mackintosh Coats Just Half Fnce. The entire premises and building of which we now occupy the corner part, has been leased to us. The building will be torn asunder and from the ruins there will rise a New and Great Store, occupy ing nearly double our present space. A store that will be modern in every detail. A Clothing Establishment that will be a credit to the coast and the pride of Asto ria. No stone will be left unturned. 1 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS. $4.90 for $7.50 Suits. $7.90 for $10 and $12 Suits. $9.90 for $13.50, $15 and $18 Suits. KNEE PANTS SUITS. Hundreds to Select from. The best and latest styles. $1.65 for $2.50 Suits. $2.35 for $3.50 Suits. $3.35 for $4.50 Suits. $3.95 for $5, $6 and $7 Suits. CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS. 2 to 12 Sizes. $1.65 for $2.50 and $3 Overcoats. $2.85 for $4 Overcoats. $3.85 for $5, $6 and $7 Overcoats. ODD KNEE PANTS. 35c for 50c all wool. 55c for 57c extra good. 5c for 10c stockings. BOY'S OVERCOATS. 13 to 20 Sizes. $3.45 for $6 and $7.50 Overcoats. $6.95 for $10 Overcoat. $9.95 for $15 and $18 Overcoats. FURNISHING GOODS. Our fine new fresh stock must be sold. Let the loss be what it may. Now, men, boys and women, your time has come. . 5c for choice of white and colored 10c Handkerchiefs. 5c for 15c Celluloid Collars, all styles. 5c for 10c Oood Quality Cotton Sox. 8c for 15c Extra Quality Cotton Sox. 10c for ladies' 20c fine Hal. Hose. W2c for Wool Marino 20c Sox. 17c, 3 pair for 50c, best quality 25c Wool Sox. 35c for best quality Heavy German Knit 50c Sox. 15c for all 25c and 35c Suspenders. 35c for all 50c, 65c and 75c Suspenders. SHIRTS. Largest stock of nobby and fresh styles in Astoria at less than wholesale cost. 35c for Golf soft bosom or Nobby stiff bosom, also Black Sateen, etc., worth 50c and 65c. 45c for Black Sateen, soft or stiff bosom, with or without cuffs. Worth 75c. 85c for Monarch and other brands worth $1.25. $1.15 for all kinds of $1.50 Shirts. For a score of years S. Danziger & Co. have stood the test until business has out grown their already big store. We must more than double the space we now oc cupy and are going to sacrifice $15,000 worth of as good clothing, hats, shoes & furnishings as there is in Oregon at prices that start the biggest crowd that ever attended a sale in the history of As toria. Alterations begin on the building in 30 days, so strike while the iron is hot. UNDERWEAR. 35c for Broken Lots Derby Rib, heavy, worth 50c and 65c. 45c for fancy French Bal. Rib, worth 75c. 85c for Ex. Quality Wool, $1.25 value, $1.15 for Select Quality, $1.50 and $1.75 ., value. $1.45 for $2 arid $2.50 Best Imported Stock. SHOES. Our entire stock of Fine Shoes at sac rifice. $1.35 for odd lot $2 and $2.50 Shoes. $1.75 for choice of all $2.50 Shoes. . $2.75 for choice of all $3.50 and $4 Shoes. $2.25 for choice of $3.50 logger's Shoes. $3.50 for choice of $4.50 and $5 Fine Log ging Shoes. HATS. $1.35 for $2 and $2.50 Soft and Stiff Hats. $2.35 for $3 and $3.50 Hats. Best qual $3 for Hawes Hat. As we are under con tract not to cut prices on this hat we will give each customer buying a Hawes Hat the choice of any necktie or BUBjjeuuexB in me nouse. ,