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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1905)
THURSDAY, MAY 4, IMS. S THE MORHING ASTORIA N, ASTORIA, OREGON. FOR YOUR VACATION Canned meats will prove the handiest ranch feature. We have Just received a complete Bhipment of the best Wands In the market. We mention tew articles: Deviled Ham, Corned Beef, SBced Bacea. Deviled Turkey, Coraed Bee Hash, Chipped Beet Boneless Flff Feet, Veal Loaf, etc B-m'm Chicken, In H tint 30 Besett-Nut Sliced Bacon, a bacon with ml a peer, in lib glass Jars...... ASTORIA GROCERY ESS Cemmercial St. Phone Main 681 . A "hoe to fit, And a shoo to wear Must b selected With taste aurt care The little ones are telling one an other about our GIBSON TIES They are very dressy and we carry a splendid assortment In patent leather and tan. Goo-Goo Eyelets. We have them for young ladles and misses, too FOR CHILDREN: Elsea S to 8 at JU5; sizes i to 11 at S1S5. FOR MISSES: Sixes 11 to 2 at 11.50. FOR YOUNG LADIES: An sixes at $1 PETERSON & BROWN, 521 Commercial Street. j Every .. Lady Win find our new store convenient and veil stocked with the latest book J, magazines, stationery, pictures , and aiauy novelties. In order to Induce our Id patrons as, well as new ones, to visit our store during the next week, the following - , SPECIAL OFFER Head and Wrist Bags, made of black leather, neatly lined. A very service able shopping bag, regular pries L While they last 69a. 8am styles, a smaller else, regular 40 centa. Special 25c SVENSON'S BOOK STORE, , 805 Commercial Street. PORCHITE dries hard and tough ON THE PORCH floors and on decks of boats, etc., a fact it is a point especially ad apted to floors exposed to the outer sir. Being elastic. It overcomes the effects of the widely varying tem peratures to which it is subjected, and resists wear. Porchit pax good Water-proof qualities, and the col ors are permanent. t is made in eight well-chosen shades. Send for color card. Price: Gallon can, 12. 6 gallon can $1.10. 14 gallon can, 60 cents. We are also agents for Descriptive folder mailed on re quest B.F.ALLEN taSON Wall Paper, Paints, Eto, 565-367 Commercial 8t Astoria. Mz M1$$M Capsule? a poaiTivK cur e SVirlcSunrnttlnnerCaUrr of I b Ifcjdnr u d lsiteu KJdi7's. cur so 1-7 (OKI q-ilcltiy mi peroft DenflT th V7oni camjs p H' ClHi's Vt bOW 07!fT BtSM4 luff. .bolrtlf bormlf t."li L tJrj'(r!rt. rt1f fJ.M. tr br tn:I tc1di BLACKSMITH BILLS: . ... j, i ,A :.nl.i;..a - Error Claimed in AstonanRe!ativH ; to Shoeing Horses. STATEMENT OF CLAIMS PAID Shoeing Horses for the Astoria Paid Fir Department Amounts to $12 a Month and Balance of Expense Paid Are for Repairs. Chief Engineer Foster contends thatl. th . , , b. on of th the Astortan made a mistake In lt j nneBt In the ccmst wise passenger trade, statement of city expenditures In thejp,b, th 0rtgon k. cni,rtcred item of til a month tor shoeing horses. The bills as read mention the firm and the amount, and it was supposed that It was for horse shoeing. The ob- ject in calling attention to the mat- ter was not as a criticism on me nre deparmentj nor the firm where th work is done, as If It Is not done bj one person it will be by another, and tbe met experience horseshoer in city is where the work ts being done. but to Impress upon the common coun- ell and the city officials the necessity .fw m750. thtf ,.,, Mp Conwiiy of practicing rigid economy In every n wa ster. has been sold to branch ot the city government Ac-1 QmotM AU pf tn vew are cording to the records of Auditor and, , fa n th u hfty, bW) roiice juuur A..u.. . ; claims have been paid this year fori horseshoeing and repairs to one firm. January New shoes 112; stands foi Babcock, 10; repairs, JJ; fire bell, J2-25; repairs to tool box, 13.75; total M5. February Shoes, lit; repairs, $1.75; repairs, No. 1 door. $7; total. 120.75. March Shoes. 13 reoalrs fire alarm boxes, $5; work No. 1. $9.50; total $'6 50 I Aii-JShne. 11?- 1J .nanners. 19.75: ; repairs, $2.50; Iron door brick engine"" ' house. $1.50; total. $25.75. Total for the four months, $118. Tt i niMsihie that all these repairs were necessary, but there Is a time In the business affairs of every man1" , M when necessary repairs are not neces- j Jhe bark La Fontaine finished dls. .o h without char,n her car of mt y ester. them unUl such time as they hav . ,. more money. If property owners who rent houses made all the "necessary -W .n 'hv thlr tenanta there wouldn't be enough left of toe rem money at me enu i u t buy one glass of Irish disturbance. There is One question that must be considered by the common council and every member of the city government, and that Is retrenchment Unless some repair or some expenditure cannot possibly be gotten along without with out seriously Impairing th efficiency of any department H should not be contracted. Then should bs th same economy practiced In managing the affairs of the city as Is done In 'gold si the standard coin In the Ar managing ones own business affairs, 'gentlna currency, but this Is seldom done, especially . Minister Terry Is convinced of thf where someone else has to pay the ' necessity of establishing a certain unl bllla The Astortan has no other Inter-- formlty In the currency system with est In the matter than that which con- those1 of neighboring countries and will cerns every tax payer In the city, but we are satisfied that expenses of the city can be cut down without Imparing the efficiency of any department Just becaues some little repair Is needed or some new tool Is required, , It Is not necessary t to rush, to the' stores and buy them or to the shop and have the repairs made. It Is possible , that other methods can be used wlt" ! out "Incurring unnecessary expense i Buness men anjj property owners ofter have to do without Utile neces- i sltits In order to make their accounts, balance at the end of the month, and the same-business principles should be applied to the management of the business of the city. COUNTY COURT. Bills Allowed and Severs! Road Con tracts Awarded. The county court met In regular session yesterday. After allowing the montmy cms tne renewing proceed-, Ings were had: The contract for the improvement of road No. to George feichardson was; approved. J ine coniraci lor Dunumg ino oriage at the M. Devereux place was award- j d to J. T. Ryan for $221. ' The contract for clearing the road , on road No. 97 was awarded to August Juhrs for mi. Bids for improving road No. 77 on 1 Alder ridge were opened as follows: G. B. Kleppy , $1239 50 W. A. Goodin 1800 00 J. F. Bartoldes .. 1185 00 F. M. Blaisdell , 1023 75 C. Winters 1102 75 The contract was awarded to F. M. Blalsdell. Bids for clearing road No. 91 at Warrenton were opened as fol- lows: , August Juhrs 665 00 , D. F. Halferty 145 00 R. A. Abbott 549 60 The contract was awarded to D. F. : Halferty. Bids were received from R. A. Ab - bott for building a fence near War renton at $1.10 tents a rod. ....... In the matter of the road petitioned for by O. A. Bourgland and others, was laid over until today, The report of Oelb F. Parker, pointed to determine the exact lca tlon of Bridge street at Seaside, was llel It shows thai he found H the 'old monuments and that the east end of th Gllhert building occupied by F. jliresiior & Co, was in the street sven .m, na me w rnu oi ue iiuuuiun . . u a R 8mlili WM Jn th4 street two feet. The court adjourned until MO this mccntng, ST. PAUL TO COMC HERE. Steamer to Be Plaoed on the Run In Plaoe ef the Oregon. Steamer St. Paul will be placed on the Astoria-San Francisco run In place of the Oregon sometime before the 15th of this mmith.to operate In conjunction with the Columbia, which Is now alter nating with the Oregon. , The 8t. raul Mas ben undergoing extensive Im provements In San Francisco, and will henceforth burn oil The staterooms hav also been renwated and it Is L the pYanolseo & Portland I steamship Company to go on the rute jthl tumme, tnu, niacin- three liners ' the gnUr schedule. What will b. ldw,e wlth the Oregon for the present Js not Known, Vessels Reported Sold. The British ship Anglesey, 120 tons register, has been sold to Norwegians; the four-mnsted British bark Lady ..,.,, hn hwm tA flj,rm,ln. ln the trade In recent yeara SHIPPING NEWS. French bark Pierre Lot I, which left Astoria November 23 for Falmouth with a cargo of oats, wheat and hav, arrived at Grimsby on April SO. Sht ' the lat of the November fleet to reafn P0" iuiir trapuica aaua iuia morning lor Aoerueen. wnere ne wui The German bark Niahe sailed from Hiogo, April 17, for this port The sttamer Whlttler with the W Santa In tow are due J an(J w111 up the river morning, wnere ne win luxe on .. .. ;a cargo of lumber. Th Frnch bark 1lerr W trom 'Bt1orla """ l 0rimab3r 00 Apr" FOR A GOLD STANDARD. Argentina Wants no Mors Bryan or Populist Money. New York. May J. Minister of Fl nance Terry will, cables the Herald correspondent at Buenos Ayres, Ar gentina, submit to congress several bills, among them one for the adoption of a peso of the value of 44 centavos hold conferences with the minister of Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia and later will confer also with the ministers of .Peru and Ecuador. He has sent a circular to the prln- clpal bankers here requesting thelt opinion. The answws will be dla- tributed among members of congress. . , ANOTHER BANKER GOES WRONG - , . .,.. ta T.,eh 8e(l6a, ,. . amner ,g at work en(Jeav()r)ng t0 utralrhtB .,,, flnorv,. ftf peconlc bank ga(f u fc 1,mm. i. I So far the shortage of Cashier F. H. 'palmer ha reached $41,600. He has ! turned ovjr all his property, worth $20,000. to the Institution, and his wife, ' prominent in the social life of eastern Long Island, signed over to the bank dlrectoni a h0UBe anJ ,ot ne owned. Mrg pftlmer a,Ho apple(, for a .itlnn n.rhe In th Ra Harbor ... ... , . . p. . ' . e(lucaton. r..itmenf Bmnntr the draodttnrs has subsided in view of assurances that they will receive ther money en full. - NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT New York Woman 8ues for 43 Certt 1 and Says 8he Needs the Money. ' New York, May 3. It has been of. jflclally determined , by the board 1 United States General appraisers that Miss Mary M. Goodwin of Boston can- not recover the sunt of 45 cents exact- ed as duty by the collector of cus- toms at Bangor, Me., on a souvenir spoon of American manufacture re- turned from New Foundlana. Miss Goodwin had testified that she bought the spoon In Boston and sent It. to a relative at St. Johns, It did not match some other articles and was returned or exchange, The Bangor collector held It up and mulcted Miss Goodwin 45 cents and that lady at once appealed to the gen. eral board Intimating that she needed the m6ney moe thn did the govern- ap-(mer. 'It Is iffcs::llile she will carry the C&im You Guaess? You Need Not Good Clothes, Free Pressing', Good Treatment, UP TO DATE METHODS. jniermaini case to the federal circuit court The lltlgutlon hai alrtady cost the gov ernment several hundred dollara Three Men Burned. Duluth, May I. Three men- were burned to death tonight In a hotel Are. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Parker. W. E. Knight NehaJem. E. Hargraver, Portland. L. Duffy, Oregon City. S. Staben, Oregon City. D. Jones, Oregon City. F. W. Robetsch, Nehalem. W. B. Gray, St Paul H. & Gray, St Paul Jas T. Boyrr. Portland J. H. Wells, Chinook. H C. Johnson, Chinook. F. J. Ford, City. J. E. Kilnt. Grays River. A. Becker, City. Theo. Bergmoney, Portland. L. M. Wahlburg, Chinook. John Carlson. City. J. H. Miner, Portland. Wm. J. Olman, Fort Canby. Chas. Howe, Springfield, Ore. s F. West.in and wife, Springfield. J. M. Vantonner, Lebanon. Ethel Wiseman, Portland. Oooldent C. H. Lee, Portland . R. Seel, Portland. O. Gessllng Hood River. ., , G. A. Wats, New York. J. W. French Portland. O. W. Tacobury, Cincinnati. C. Rlngle, Portland. F. Robertson, Portland. , F. O'Neill, Portland. J. II. Walker, Portland IL C. Manver, Portland. A. M. Lock, San Francisco. M. Manasse, Casdocton, O. F. Kryster, Chicago. O. S.harpe, Tacoma, Geo. Taylor, Butte. R, M. Crawford, Salem. Gov. Mead and wife, Olympla. T, Kershaw and wife, Belllngham. G. Welsh and wife, S. Bend j E. Jussen, Spokane. E. Macdonald, Spokane, , L, C. Burton, Cathlamet W. Gorman, Stella. W. S. Paige, Portland. G. Bchariack, New York. J, Dickson, Portland. Want ads In The atorlan always hrlng results. .' California mustard has strength 'but lacks flavor. Trieste has f 1 a v o r but lacks strength. Schilling's Best' is the two mixed, nothing eta, no color. The aext - best mustard sold hers is weak but has good flavor. Your grocer's; moneyback. what Xmas present I will rive to my customers? It will be something very nice. as to how you may get one or more of those fine presents. 4 Just save your sale slips until jou nave $10.00 worth and then you can get a certificate. 3 certificates entitles you to a present; C certificates two presents. Astoria's "RELIABLE" Clothier. Is Your Bathroom You cannot hare too many lafcruvda for the health of fiuull and kIT, especial! the growing children. " J. A. MONTGOMERY, Astoria, Or. The Best Restaurant. The Regular Meals 25c. P&l&Ce Everything the Market Affords. Sunday Dinners a Specialty. Cafe. - Palace Catering Co. FISHER BROTHERS COMPANY Agents The Linen Thread Co. SALMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, ROPE Fishermen &nd Cannery Supplies ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH; Having installed Rubber Tiring Machine of the latest pattern I am prepared to do all kinds ol work in that line at reasonable prioei. Telephone 291,' CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS. SB8BS Guess One Price, Wise Are your spirits drooping? Do you feel that tired feeling? Does your ap petite need coaxlngt Then your blood Is poor. That Is nature's way of tell ing you that you need our ALTI-TONE It Is an Ideal tonic, bracing, strength' enlng and exhilarating. It purifies th blood, tones up the system ind will rusks you feel llkt yourself again In week or so, FRANK HART, Druggist. SOLE AGENT Corner 14th and Commercial Sta, Modern? ImU Bad" or tndqu plumb ing Si at dangerous to the' health si good or modern plumbing is beneficial. The com of renewing your bathroom with aeird" Wart will In reality be health mursnce. We hive ismplcs in our show room, and will gladly quote you prices.