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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1905)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1905.. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 5 EGGS! EGGS! Fresh Oregon Ranch GUARANTEED PER DOZEN 35 CENTS. ROSS, HIGGINS (& CO. Good Goods Our Specialty. Local Brevities. Home-mud sauerkraut, 6c per lb, Amort Grocer;' Co. Tilt winter term of th public schools will commence next Monday. Special Inducement offered In dress nd walking skirt this week lit Foard A Btok Co. Fred AmundHou of th lightship la In th city on uunl vacation. TIHiimiKik hla semi- Our annual sal commences on Tues ilny, Jnnunry 3d; every article In the m or reduced with few exception. C. II. Cooper. Ilev. Cho F. Welgele, ft noUd singer uml evangelist of Newport, Ky., will begin a arrlr of meeting at Penlel Mission February 2. There wilt be services In nil hi cordially Invited. Ppeclal Inducement offered In cook atovea and air-tight hrniera thla week at Foard Btokea Co. The witter rates are due and payable next Tuesday, Jnnunry JO. If not paid the uaual rule will b enforced. A marriage llcensi wna lauid yes terday by County Clerk Cllnion l J. K. Orottlng and Mine Margaret M WahL The achonl board met luat evening. The resignation of Mr. llarne waa a ci-pled and Mine Violet Ilowlby waa appointed to fill the vacanry. The Columbia river llghtahlp waa brought Into the harbor yesterday by the llKh(hi)Ua tender Heather and wlH b tuken to Portland for repair Mr. C. A. Oearhart declined the ap pointment of county superintendent of school and the county court appointed Mia K. C. Warren. Her bonda were fixed at 11000. Water consumer are notified that water rate inuat be paid at the office of the water commlaalon on or before next Tueaday, and all delinquent! will be aubject to the uauitl penalty. The report of Road Hupervlsor D. R, mount wna filed yesterday In the uti- iy court. It ahowed thai it'm had been collected In poll luxe, all of whU;h hud been turned over to the treasurer Mr, and Mra. p, i, Keutner enter turned a number of friend at their home last evening. Ice cream, but n egg nog waa served. A very enjoyable evening waa apent, the guests being royally entertained. Tbe Italstnn Physical Culture Club will resume work next Monday evening, January 9, at Flatter' hall. Members are requested to be on hand promptly at I o'clock. All Interested person are ordlally Invited to attend thla meeting. The Methodist church ha organlxed a new choir which will alng at the morning nnd evening aervlce. Mra flrorge Wiitklna will alng at the even Ink service. Th ciuiinion council will meet In regular .-Hnln tomorrow night. An ordinance providing for advertising for the city printing may osllily com up fur action. The chamber of commerce will meet In annual session Monday night. Klec tlon of officer will take place. A full attendants la requested. Our large atock of Reliable Footwear will bt old thla month at a great re duction. Don't mlaa It. Wherlty, Ral aton A Co. Great reduction In dry good and clothing will be mad during the month of January at our annual tale, now go Ing on. C II. Cooper. , Mr. Fuqua, a prominent attorney of Cathlamet, waa married thla week to Mia Peteraon of Cathlamet. They will make Cathlamet tnelr bom. our large atock of fine dry good clothing, furnishing gooda and all will be placed on reduced sale prlcea dur ing the next 30 days. C. II. Cooper the leading house of Astoria. Ther la no complaint about bnalnea at the Star saloon. Good good and cowieoui treatment will draw trad to any flrat-claia aaloon. That' .what make business good at the Star. Th beat la none too good for our customer. The f). R, & N. Co. have a force of surveyors In the field surveying the water front prepnrltory to extending He hnrf out to the harbor lines. A noon na the survey Is completed and the reiiort filed, work on the proposed extension will be commenced. Hide were opened yeaterday by the county court for printing a tax reglst er and tax receipts for the 1904 (ax roll. Two bl.la were submitted us fol lows: News, 187. SO; Astorlnn, 182 The contract waa awarded to tn, Astorlnn. It la claimed that Mr. Haylor reported drowned nt Kkamokawa, wai not drowned, but that ah left on the morning boat for Astoria and took the boat for Ilwaco In company with n young man, and that they were go Ing to Scuttle, The charge agalnat W. II. Davis for embexxllng money belonging to Ross Hlgglns A Co. waa dismissed yester day. He haa paid all th coat and mad satisfactory arrangement to re imburse the firm for ail money due Davis waa releaaed from custody. 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. ''" : 1 ' CHAS. HEILBORN $ SON For Fine Furniture. At the session of the county court yesterday the drawing of the petit Jury wu completed. Reporta from the var ious road supervisors were rend and the bondsmen exhonorated. The court adjourned until January 18, at which time the tax levies will be fixed. It la reported that J. Hruce Polworth recently elected prosecuting attorney for Wahkiakum county has tendered hi resignation to the county court and that Mr, Fuqua haa been appointed to succeed him. Mr. I'olworth will move to Astoria and open a o office for the pracjlec of law. '"" - ' It la reported that James McCIarney will be appointed pound master and dog catch next week. Last year only 42 licenses were paid on dogs and It la claimed, that It does not represent the actual number of doga In the city, nnd that a large revenue Is lost to the city by the non-enforcement of the ordi nance. Arraugementa have been conaumated whereby) the Astoria Sash and Door Factory at Smlth'a point will soon re sume opera tlona. The plant haa not been running for some time, but a com pany haa Ik-en organlxed which has purchased the plant, and aa soon as the details have been completed work will be resumed. REWARD We shall give $10 In gold aa a first prlxe, and is aa a second prlxe to the boy or girl under 18 years of age, writing the best peem of .two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE aa aubject of the poem All poems to be handed In before ( p. m, on February, i, 1906. unanea tieu- born & Son, Complete Houae-furnlsh- era, B90-C9Z commercial street. PERSONAL MENTION. E. W. Langdon of Albany wa In th city yesterday. M. P. Oormsn of Cathlamet wa li th city yesterday. Timothy Richard of Hkamokawa wa In the city yeaterday. Mr. Captain Ingram of Cathlamet wa In the city yesterday. If. R. Nelson and wife of Deep River were In the city yesterday. C. T, Peterson of Tacoma wa In Aatorla, yesterday on business. Harry Hamblet of Portland wa In the city yesterday on business. Mis Maggie Hhanks ha returned from a visit with friend at Victoria. Robert Llndenburger left yesterday on a business trip to Han Francisco, Dan. J. Moore of Heaslde passed through Astoria yesterday from Port land, en route home. Mfsa Todd, a teacher In the Adair school, returned yeaterday from a visit with friend In Portland. Paul Wesslnger of the Welnhard tlrewlng Company of Portland wa In the city yesterday on business. Benator Jay Tuttle and Represen tative Burn and Law left lost even ing for Salem for the 40 day' session of the legislature. Mrs. Johnson of Portland Is In the city visiting her son, N. D. Johnson Mrs. Johnson will leave next week for a visit to California, lien Hawkins of San Francisco was registered at the Occident yesterday. M. Meyer of Chinook waa a visitor In Astoria yesterday. C. E. Palmer, representing Blake. McFall Company of Portland, who has been In the city the past few days In the Interest of hla firm, returned to Portland last evening. ' "Rudolph and Adolph." Hroadhurst and Curries will present the merry musical farce comedyq, "Ru dolph nnd Adolph." at Fishers' next Thursday evening. This will be strict ly a flrst-clnss attraction In the musi cal farce line and one that win prove m.kiit Mill infiHnir to the theatrical as well ns the general public. If the well viiwined luda-ment of capable crltlca may be taken a a criterion. "Rudolph and Adoliih" has been one of tne great est laughing successes In all the larga cities during the paat three seasons .n the name standard of excellence fixed by Its production In New York Boston. Chicago, Philadelphia, will bi continued. All the appointment io hlarh class performance are carried en tour, and the cast ha been chosen with -great care and Judgment. Seat WftdnMflflV momlnff at BttlC wjyvssw - " Orlffn" book tore. THIRD ANNUAL J&Miary Clearance tSale GREAT BARGAINS IN WAISTS Our entire waist atock to go at jne-half price. $1.00 Waists 0 1. D0 Walata J5 2.00 Waist 125 2. E0 Waist 1.75 J.00 Waist 2X0 BOYS' CLOTHING Great selling of boy winter clothing. Prices reduced lower than ever. Is.OO Suits 4X0 8.00 Suit .' 3.50 4.00 Suit 2.50 .00 Suit 15 2.60 Suit 1.48 GREAT BARGAINS IN 8UIT8 AND COAT8 Unrestricted choice of our en tire line of ladles' Coat and Suit at price never before beard of In the history of cloak and ult selling In Astoria. $15.00 Suits at 8X0 17.50 Suit at 90 ' 20.00 8uita at '.. 11.50 25.00 Suit at 14.4S 80.00 Suit at 17.50 CHILDREN'S COATS One-half Price on all Klaaea and Children' Coat. W are determined to carry nothing over. So come early and get the cream of the coat atock at one half price. $10.00 Coat .............. 15X0 9.00 Coat 4.50 8.00 Coat 4X0 7.00 Coat 8.50 8.00 Coat 3X0 5.00 Coat Z50 FINE LACE8 Thla lot comprise an assort ment of laces from 3 to ( 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 So yard Morse Department Store 508-510 Commercial St.' Where Everybody Likes to Trade . . . . i cy I e see: Come and - It will be worth your while to call and examine our stock. We will sell all our : ME And Broken Lots at 25 per Cent Wherity, Ralston Company Money Savers in Footwear, Considerable trouble has been ex perlencej with the wood pipe from Hear creek to the reservoir, and at the Hear crek to the reservoir, and at the meeting of the water commission the superintendent was instructed to or der 1000 feet of 18-lmh steel pipe to replace the wood pipe when necesaary It waa also decided to extend the mains to the wharf of the Callendnr Trans portatlon Company.' The usual row occurred In the World's Fair saloon yesterday morn Ing. A man named Evans put up a dollar for a round of drinks and the bartender Insisted . that he only put up 60 centa. A disgraceful row occurred In which Evana' right arm waa brok en. He appeared before the county court yesterday morning. A warrant waa aworn out for the arrest of his assailant. Thla saloon haa been consid ered a disreputable joint and when the new charter la passed It will be Im possible for such places to secure a license. A BIG RUSE. A large number of Bargain hunter have already crowded Herman Wise's Clothing Store; fortunately Mr. Wise's stock of fine overcoata and aulta for Men and Boys la so large that a great many more smart buyers can get suit ed without trouble; this la certainly the greatest sale of fine goods in Ore gon. Don't wait too long and be sorry later. NOW is the time to get spe cial Bargains at Herman Wise's big Clothing shop. WISE knows how. Th Flood Gate Wr Opn. All Astoria seemed to be there. The big store waa aurely the center of at traction. People will take advantage of genuine money saving opportuni ty. The big sacrince aaie oi tia.vw worth of fine suits, overcoata. crave- nettea, panta, hats, shoee and furnlah- inaa anpeal to every peraon. lor no such opportunity ever occurred In this Ity. We saw many out of town races In the crowd, aa the news of thla true blue sale has traveled In every direc tion. The announcement that 8. Dan ilger A Co. would sacrifice $15,000 worth of their finest and best goods wna a signal for a rush, and It will continue for weeks, aa the atock must be reduced to such slxe aa will allow the workmen to commence on the entire building early In Febru ary. The work will be pushed with all speed In order to have the atore ready for Spring trade. Don't miss visiting the big aacrlflce sale now going on, for you will never have such money sav ing opportunities again. Thla la the best week, as the stock Is complete in all departments. Clearance Sale... ON BOOKS AND ' PICTURES THIS WEEK Hz If. p ii ' i. i a 3 SVENSEN'S BOOK STORE RATES CHANGED. Alaska I Opaned to th Newspaper Correspondent. Washington. D. C Jan. 7. me s retary of war haa approved the recom- the chief signal officer I ivt - - reducing the press rates between Seat- tie and points in Alaska to one-half of the present tariffs. The cable rates re main unchanged, but the land tariff; knlnaan at nttnilR In Alaska will be HI v " v II ' changed somewhat at an early date. STORM RAGING. Dike at Mouth of Elb May Crumble and Fall. Berlin. Jan. 7. A storm Is raging on tne norm coasi ui vie, excels In Intensity that of a week ago. A flood Is threatened that may de stroy the protected dike near the mouth of the Elbe, and large detaenmenis from the neighboring garrisons are at work strengthening It. The damage already done la heavy. NAHCOTTA NEWS. Appointment of Postmaster Mfet With General Approval. Sheriff-elect A. B. McDonald and his estimable wife will snoruy leave us to Jake up their residence In South Bend. Mr. McDonald will take hi of fice the first of next week and Mrs. McDonald will leave as soon aa Post master Brown receives his commission J PHE 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 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,t$30.0o; $5 00 down, $1.00 a week. foasd & mm c. Astoria's Greatest Store