SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1905. 8 THE MORNING ASTORIAK, ASTORIA, OREGON. BEAUTIFYING CITIES Ladies Civic Improvement Socie ties and What They Are Doing OPPORTUNIHil IN ASTORIA The Work Being Done end Accom plijKed in Other Cities It Worthy of Emulation by the Ladiee of Astoria if They Will Take the Time. In every exchaneg appears articles a what the good ladies of the different cities and towns are doing in the way f cleaning up the yards and ebauti tying the streets. Astoria Is always behflnil on every movement of this character. There seems to be a lack f home pride, and the yards and streets of Astoria are a disgrace to modern civilisation. The following hows what is being done in other cities and should be emulated by the people of Astoria. The life of the movement for civic keauty is shown by the constant in--. areas of the numbers of local Im- proTement asociatlons. At Texar kana, Texas, the Civic Improvement league, the object of which is to ob tain better educational, sanitary and scenic conditions in the city, has been formed recently. This Is at the west aide of the city and another league is t be formed on the east side, because it is thought that each local league will Save to do with much that could not be Jointly loked after with success. Committees of five from each war J of the city were appointed by the chair to- istt every part of their respective wards- and to recommend to the league the improvement needed in each lo cality. It was determined to take up tBe work systematically and to give the work of sanitation first place. The elty is divided into wards and each ward will be taken up street by street and block by block. The Initiative has ben takn in the formation of a Civic Art Club in the chamber of commerce in Erie, Pa. Th Women's Club of that city writes as foil-:: ,A"e have beeti searching at in different directions for instruc Uons, and we have already made quite a start in the way of awakening inter est among our citizens, and do feel as though we had given the Initiative to the organizing of a Civic Art Club In the chamber of commerce of Erie. "Remembering Charles Dudley War Bert "Little Red Bonnet,' we began In a modest way to plant and cultivate the schol grounds about the central school building, which has done much toward attracting attention in that di rection, and the children, much to the surprise of many fearful ones, are jewad of their grounjs, and would not molest, nor allow others so to do, foi anything, and the spirit of beautifying is already growing. The ground about our postoffiee, a Beautiful building In the center of the tain thoroughfare, has been woefully neglected and these we secured to cul tivate, and soon after our work van done the authorities at the court house iegan a work on their grounds which made a wonderful Improvement. So re see before us what the effort of a bit of work In the right direction aieans. "V have succeeded in putting the matter of garbage colection into the lands of the health board, and now that body find themselves under the Tigflant Inspector of a few determined, yet lastful women, and you know what that means." up to the pe.uly gates. Short Hello, Long! Where ore you going? Long I'm on my way over to tho postomVe to register a kick attains the miserable delivery service, N . "Whut's the trouble?" "Why, that check you promised t mull me ton days ngo hasn't reached me yet," o It Is rumored that the crown prince of Sinm Is to marry the 14-year-old daughter of the emperor of Japan. H sHke for her on the day pa bought the cradle. The Clnskanlne Chief thinks mer chants should be prompt In present ing their accounts. A druggist of that place recently brought a young man l that town a bill two years old, and tlu first part of the bill was a charge for a box of chocolates and on the othei end was a charge for one nursing bot tle. How time does fly. And now fatal' germs of disease lurk in the mouth pieces of the telephone. Where is the Inventive genius, who will' give us the wireless mouth-plecelcas. hello-glrlle! telephone? Our meat and milk are poison, our water is full of baeetlll, our canned goods are loaded with ptomaine, and our religion Is adulterated. Isn't It about time for the mlllenium? scene. Instead of those little KyuHis and qlrks becoming Out and stale, they sound funnier the, more often they sr iviHsited In the Inimitable tones of Master lHlnbar who Is ably assisted by James T. Mctlovern as Happy HoolU Kan. The musical numbers tompel the owner, Mr. Hugh IHtlnger, to carry a band and orchestra, of solo players The free concert given by these clevet musicians on the above date In the afternoon and evening In front of the theater I" well worth coming miles to hear. Seat sale optnts tomorrow morn tug at Ot'lffln' book store. Marine Newt. The steamer Columbia left out -terduy for San Francisco with freight and passengers. , The schooner Volarlos, with ft cargo of lumber went to sea yes'et jay. The'steamshlp Ellerlc left out yes terday for the orient. The steamer lluy. Howard left for Vancouver yesterday with a team of soldiers from the forts for the (VIJ meet, which occurred there yesterday. The tlermnn bark Henrietta arrived In yesterday from Antwerp of cement for the forts at the mouth of the river. HOTEL ARRIVALS. JURY DISAGREED. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Epitome of Annecdotes and Incidents With Comments By a Layman. The Japanese are said to be wearied trom the long pursuit of the Russians, hut they are not half as tired as the azur will be when he hears about it. Rev. Cordova, the eloping parson of New Jersey, says he Is guilty and giad of it Even if his religion Is a little frayed his optimism Is admirable. Having been excommunicated by the Mormon church authorities, the editor r The Salt Lake Tribune is now In a osit'on to communicate more freely with the public. o They might call an investigating committee now to try those Honolulu doctors on a charge of unprofessional conduct in agreeing as to what aited Tfrs. Stanford, Ta Jersey City landlords bar phono paphs as well as babies. Dogs al ready being barred, the poor women will haev to amuse themselves with nothing better tha'n their husbands. A -spook" arrested In a New Tork taia on a spiritualist meeting weighed JOO pounds. It's a cinch where that pint hailed from It never could climb Cace Concluded in the Circuit Court Yesterday. The flnishng of taking testimony In the Allen libel suit was completed about noon yesterday.' It has narrowed down to a question of veracity between Haim and Allen and this Is what the jury will have to decide. Judge Mc- Bride charged the Jury In effect, that the burden of proof was on the prose cution to show that the article had been published by the defendant, and after that the burden was upon the de fendant to show that the statements in the article were true, or that there was reason to believe them -true. After being out two hours the Jury requested further Instructions which were given. The Jury retired and at 11 o'clock last night sent word to Judge McBrlde that It was Impossible for them toagree and the Judge dl barged them. It Is understood that the Jury stood 8 to 4 for acquittal. It is not probable that the case will ever be tried again, but It no doubt set ties the Astoria postoffiee question, so far as Mr. Hahn Is concerned. Oooident. D. II. Wilson. Denver. J. W. Cook, Portland. F. M. Warren. Portland. H. J. Gregory. Portland. S. Farrell, Portlond. Victor Brandt. Portland. T. H. Cranfe. Portland. H. Hamblet. Portland. F. W. Preston, Warrenton. P. C. Warren. Warrenton. All Clothing Bought at WISE'S Pressed Free of Charge Whenever You Wish. lime OoHlhdmi SOCIETY CIRCLES. ADDITIONAL LOCAL Martin's Eastern Cream Cheese; Tillamook Brick, Brikfast Cheese. Nice, large, fancy Edam. We have all kinds. FOARD A. STOKES CO. Nice, large, fat mackerel, Holland and Alaska Herring, Bloaters and Schmidt's Smoked Salmon. Every thing in the fish line at FOARD A STOKES CO. Just Arrived. A large assortment of the latest sweet pea seeds. Every hue of color at A. V. ALLEN'S. The finale to the hold up at the corner of Tenth and Commercial came to a close yesterday when Paul Coro. who had picked up Mr. Kellogg' watch, which it was claimed had been lost or stolen, and returned It to the owner. Uurlng lhescurMe Air. Kellogg lost Ms uatch and supl'osed it had fal. len overboard. Mr. Cortio picked up the watch the next morning and Hd not know who it belonged to until It was advertised. Special representatives of the Star theater In Chicago have sec ured some ttractions for Astoria commencing tomorrow night that will excell any performance heretofore given. Among the attractions will be the two brothers Bunts, the greatest acrobatic team In the world, who perform some wonder ful feats In balancing, head and head md they are Justly culled the marvels ot the age. The celebrated Kronan.i, s compedy sketch team, will make you laugh to look at them. Rynar and Melbourne, the celebrated comedy sketch and dancing aftlsts, are a whole show in themselves. Nellie Emerson the sero-comlc and danec artists wlb be one of the attractions. Richard Charles of Chicago, in pictorial melo dies, Is said to be exceptionally good. This splendid bill cannot but fill the Star theater every night next week, and is probably one of the best bills ever presented at this popular play house, The laughable comedy drama', "Your Neighbor's Wife," which will be seen at Fishers' opera house next Tuesday Is In three acts by Chas. Ellis, which provides Master Dunbar, the greatest child actor on the American stage as "Buster Brown," with Just the sort of speeches that sound funny when he delivers them, but would not If spoken by anyone else. The repetition of certain aside remarks which he In terject parenthentlcally and In the, most Irrelevant way as In "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and the vehicles, contrib utes much to the merriment of hi Social and Personal Happenings in Astoria During the Week. Mrs. Broadwater has gone to Sac ramento, Cal. Miss Taylor of Flavet visited friends In Astoria on Thursday. Mrs. J. T. Heuley Is visiting friends and relatives In Portland. Mrs. Victor K. Beno and son and visiting friends In Portland. Dr. Charles A. Cordlner visited rela tives and friends in this city on Thurs day. A few of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Morse spent the evening with them on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tallant have returned from an extended trip to New York city. Mrs. J. P. BadoHet entertained the young ladles of the Thursday After noon Club this week. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. OerJes have re turned from a short visit with relatives and friends In Cathlamet. Mrs. Howes entertained the mem bers of the Birthday Club on Wednes day In honor of her birthday. Mrs. A. Scherneckan entertained a few of her friends on Wednesday aft- ernon In honor of her birthday. A few of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Rober spent a pleas ant evening with them on Thursday. Mrs. Eben W. Tallant entertained the ladles of the Friday Afternoon Club this week at her home on Grand avenue. Miss Mona Reea, who Is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wcl-h. has returned from a short trip to Port land. Mrs. Beard entertained the ladles of the I)egre of Honor yesterday aft ernon In honor of her birthday anni versary. Mrs. A. M. Smith, Mrs. Frank Pat ton. Clyde Fulton, Miss Nell Caina nan and Nello Johnson proved to lie the winners of the prizes. The Ladles Aid Society of trie Meth odist Episcopal church and their friends will be entertained by Mrs. A. R. Cyrus on next Tuesday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Alby and two children and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Har mon of Portland spent part of the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rober In this city. The ladies of the Woman's Club and a few of their Invited guests antici pate spending a pleasant afternoon next Saturday with Mrs. O. B. EsteK and Miss Pearl Estes. The Native Daughters of Oregon and a few of their Invited guests held a so cial evening on Thursday evening In the chamber of commerce rooms. Re freshments were served and those present enjoyed themselves playing cards. The members of Charity Lodge, De gree of Honor, held a banquet At th close of their regular session on Thur day evening and all present enjoyed themselves very much. The ladles of the order will be entertained by Mrs. Frederick Wright on- Thursday after noon at her home In East Astoria. 2 'jjpwdpcnjainins AAKLRSAItWyoRK Comet Clothes Ar Ahi 7$ i;vs I M I mmm VJ Yi-M ' ' 'jkTT K -VM-Xrvwii Fine clothing docs not mean just ft fiuc piece of goods or a fine pattern the clothing made by Alfred benjamin & Co., of, New York and for which I am sole distributor in Astoria, is fine, because it is made by master tailors, desigued by the highest salaried ex perts in the I'nitcd States. The Cloth is Shrunk The Seams are Protected ' The Buttons Won't Come Off The Collar is Hand Felled The Shoulders are Hand Built The Button Holes are Hand Made Every detail is looked after and examined by specially trained men and the result is A Superior Garment A Satisfied Customer Most anybody can sell pretty fair clothes nowadays, but only one firm in each city has the distinction of handling "1JENJAMIN" CORRECT CLOTHES for men. Grave Trouble Foreseen. It needs but little foresight to tell that when your stomach and liver are badly affected, grave trouble is ahead unless you take the proper medicine for your disease, aa Mrs.John A. Toung of Clay, N. T., did. Bhe says: "I had neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my heart wu weakened, and I could not eat. I was very bad for a long time, but In Electric Bitters, I found Just what I needed, for they quickly relieved and cured me." Beat medicine for weak women. Sold under guarantee by Chas. Rogers, druggist, at 66c a bottle. ntiaB . Wis The Reliable Clothier Church Netiees. Haptlst church 8. M. Ilrumbm k, president of the McMlnnvlIle college, will speak at 11 a. m. In the Interest of higher education. Lt all that pos sibly can give him a hearing. All other services of the church will be as usual. Norwelgan and Danish M. E. church, I'pper Astoria Rev. Aug. Petersen, the pastor, will preach lit 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Young people's prayer meeting at 7 p. in. No services or Sunday srhool at the First Lutheran church tomorrow. In a week, however, we will be able tc hold services In the church. The pastor, Otistaf E. Rydqulst, will preach at the Chudwell si hoolhouse, Lewi and Clark, Sunday tit. 10:30, and at Youngs river In the afternoon at 2:30 Moth services In English. Methodist church Morning service, sermon by the pastor, "Life Through Christ." Special music will be ren- lered by the choir. At the evening service the following numbers are on the program: Fear Not, O Isrnel Hpecker Geo. C. Watkins and choir. A Dream of Paradise Oray Miss Margaret liussey and choir. Ave Marin Millard Mrs. Geo. C. Watkins. Mark, Hark, My Koul Shelly James Vernor nnd Choir. Gloria Dudley Buck Preebyterlan church It is expected that Rev. H. H. Brown will preach morning and evening. Sunday jichonl at 12:15; V. P. S. C. 13., :80; all are otdlully InvlteJ to these services. First Congregational church 11 a. m. ana j:s p. m. prcacmng uy ine pastor: Morning subject, "The Temp tation of Jesus;" evening, "Harmony With the Chrlst-plty." Sunday school 12:20 p. m. Evangelistic meetings will continue each evening of the week be ginning at 7: JO p. m. Rev. Geo. A. Taggart of Rainier and other ministers will be present .to assist the pastor. VlL w A! 1$. A. G I M R E Has always in stock a fine assortment of Boots and Shoes I BALL BRAND RUBBER BOOTS. o Call and See. lioud Street. There is just on way te have good la ktkiltf fnim sytM mSm fUvucinf iim so4s economically : Schilling's Best, at yout grocer's, moneybacL CENTRAL MEAT MARKET G. W. Morton am! John Fubrmao, Proprietors. CHOICEST FHESII AND SALT MEAT-H. - PROMPT DELIVERY 54a Commercial St. Phone Main 321. heading we with to call your attention to our Window Display of Office Supplies "Tim 8avertn have a look come in and let us show you good and quote you prioet. If you are sending out of town then we oan save you money, If you want something you don't see in window we will get It for you cheap er than you can get It yourself. J. N. GRIFFIN Benefit Ball to be given by the United Finnish Brotherhood. lAHWK NO. IS. AT AST OR . HALL Saujrday Evening, MARCH 18, 1905, Proceeds of this ball go to the Widows and Chil dren's Fund of Ivodge No. 8 of Burnett, Wash. Tickets 50c. Ladies Fred. o o o o 4 o w o