WEDNESDAY, MAY .10, 1805. THE.-MORNING ASTOfflAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. I JUST OPENED -u 7 :: A NEW LINE Ctf Van Dyke Enameled ware The kind all good housekeepers use. Easy to clean, it do not chip and is a, thing of beauty for it adds to the appearance of any kitchen.' -We'll be ' ! ' - - pleased to show Jhe goods and give prices. ROSS. HIGGINS a Go. AmtiMtMfit Tvnlght BUr TlMtttr, Vuavlll. f V Lelae Meetlnje Tanlgh. Rortstera, Court Aatort. " . O. A. Ri Curtilhf !. Ortftr of Fsndo, Slat sop council flnnlah Sisterhood. - local Brevities. IVi the water OlympU Baer. The Oregon board of at ate pilot oonfntsslontm will men this after- noon. . ' T. R. Pavle haa not sold hie barber hop, simply laS It to Corbett 4 ' . . ...... m. wma norm ye.ieraar pv.n . ed a number of peopl. from cumin, to Today Is ths laej day to pay water rents and save the ft cents penalty charged to all delinquents. Patronise home Industry by buying Owl extracts, manufactured In Astoria. AIT Brat elMgtocra camrtnem. k ! '; The achooner Edith, owned by J. 0. jMegof'' t BrookflM,-,';wa inspected yterday by Inspectors KdwarJs and rullar. ' ' j . Several of the dialers. In liquor wb . i . i .have not a saloon license navt ,poio their license fee of MM to the city .treasurer. ',..;. " '' ' I .- ' - i , It M. Gaston carries a .full Una of ' farm Jmplftnenta, also wagons, bug 'glee and farming tools of all kinds, m Fourteenth street. ' "" ' j .The Infant child' of Mr. and Mrs. ' William Wright of Weetport died MoiU day evenlnff. The funeral wilt be ne!4 from the family residence today. I We are now showing a number of elegant pieces of mission F IN WEATHERED OAK. Which we have recently received direct from the east. (SEE WINDOW DISPLAY CHAS. HEILBORN SON Complete House Furnishers. . t. v i b.fa.t I 1 t Wheirity, Ralston .Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. Th Owl flavoring; extracts art con aldersd the bt an.! strong-eat by all who hav used thsm. Ask for the Owl at your f rooert and tak bo othsr. 1 Sheriff Llnvlllo received a letter from the Woman's Club yesterday et pressing tbtlr tbarika for hit efforts to suppress gambling In Astoria. In the probata court yesterday, Al fred Heart, O. Olapaaus and Maiwsll Young were appointed appraisers of the estate of Alfred Ilolman, deceased. William Oonerman. who formerly resided In Astoria, and who left some time ago for Tonepab, Is reported r loudly III at the hospital In Salt Lake City. The IUia restaurant, on Eleventh strstt. It considered the family restau jJ ta m 3. A. Posteband returned yeeterday from Ktlso, Wash., where he has a contract for building a country bridge to cost about $11,000. lie returned to Kelso last evening. Work on the Improvement of Altlpr ridge, aoujh'of the Kamrn farm at Olnej(, has been commenced. It Is expected to have the Improvement completed in about four weeka A 'contract waa awarded to E. Ouetafson ysterday by Captain Good ale for Ua construction of an ord nance store house, wagon shed and Are apparatua building at Ft- Columbia. The total amount of the contract is S742S. OMrge J. Wilson was appointed ad- mlnlstrator of the estate of David Wilson, deceased, by County Judge Trenchsrd yesterdoy. D. M. Stuart, E. 2.. Ferguson anJ Thomas Dldwell were sppolnted to appraliie the estate. urniture PERFECTION saaaassNessASsarSsaS How true to the name " i " are our . V- - ' ' S.co and Si.oo 7 a - U'W;,l,,.nrl.l. -Perfect la style. '.'t . Ml ALL BLEATRERSCZ. BLUCHERS OF LACE. ( 3t The county court will meet In ad Journed session this morning to con slJer some road matters and to open bids for road Improvements. . Several unforeseen delays bftve re tnr.leil the completion of. the cfty hah building, but the contractors escept to have It ready to turn over to the city by the first of July. An operation was performed1 on Cf ton Staples, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Staples, yesterday afternoon at the hospital which was successful, and bis early recovery 1' anticipated. The sole of the Holllday property at H'aslde hits been postponed until tht return of Judge Webster of Portland from the east, The sale will no doubt be made and confirmed next week. Cushlng post, O. A It., will meet tonight at which time a committee will be appointed to. take charge of the Memorial day exercises. All the school children will bt asked to par. tlclpate. Chief Engineer Dreske and Captain Oeorfle Conway, representing the O. R. A N. Co., were In the city making an Inspection of the work being done by contractor ldsk at tna u. ft N. whari' , Ths two new summer cars for the AstoHa street railway company were shipped from the east yesterday and are expected to arrive In about four weeka. They are of the most modern pattern and will sent (0 people. dipt. Wm. Gregory of the steamer Mafiislnlta will build a new residence at the corner of Eighth and Kenning ton avenue. Plans and specifications for the same have Tx-en prepared and work will be commenced as soon as Capt Gregory returns from Alaska. Mr. AU'X Gilbert has started work on the six new cottages to be erected by him at Fifteenth and Grand avenue. The excavation for the building waa completed last fall snd work on the foundations will commence at once, Most of the work will be done by days' tabor. A large number of tickets have been sold for the Epworth League concert for Thursday evening at the Metho diet church. The Indications are that the church will be filled with an audi, ence composed of the best people of the city. The program will be pub. Ilnhed In tomorrow morning's Aato rlan. ; A large number of new comer are arriving In Astoria and are fitting ng new houses. Chas. Hellborn A Son Is the only Arm In Astoria carrying a complete line of new and up-to-date furniture, and they are fitting up near. ly all of the houses. It pays to buy the best. Cheap furniture Is dear at any price. 1 Astoria will be what A' morions moke . .Anything that will make Astoria bet'er should receive the hearty sup port of the cltlxens. The churchee make our city a better place In which to live. The Epworth League concert Thursiny evening Is to aid the build ing funj of the Methodist church to which extensive repairs will soon be maJe, Help the cause by attending the concert and you will get more than your money's worth and will be greatly benefited thereby. No fish, waa the' unanimous report from all the fishermen yesterday, which means thHt the run Is very light Most of the salmon being caught are very large and the best In quality a$d color ever caught In the river. There Is an abence of small salmon, Which were plentiful a year ago. The cnuse iianlgned for the light run by experi enced fishermen Is that no spring Sal mon have ever been propogated and thpy huve all been fished out, making the large runs come later every year.' Considerable complaints Is ninde by the gill net fishermen on the upper river against the tug Sampson past ing over ttwlr nets while Ashing. Th fishermen claim Unit the ' Sampson pays no attention to their lights or signals and has wari'.only destroyed a number of nets. The fishermen only ask that steamboat men exercMe ordi nary care, and they wlil do their best not to obstruct the channel. A peti tion haa been circulated and numerous slgnautres have been attached which will be presented to the department at Washington. . County Assessor Cornelius haa not received word from the census 'enu merators In any of the outside pre cincts, althokgh It is known that sev eral have completed ttielr work. Mr. McMillan ct OIney has completed that district and C. S.' pow of Lewis and Clark has completed his district but has filed no reports. ' John "Water house haa comlpteted a portion of thf west side aod expects to finish this week. The work In' the city will be checked up and a number of additional names have been added. C. W. Louns bury started In on the remaining cl'.y district this week and expects to com plete It In a few days. PERSONAL MENTION. IL it Kunts of Portland is visiting In tho city, L. C Keating of Portia n J Is visiting In the city, r .r Wn. Hull of Portland was in the city yesterday. C. F. Welch of Sessile waa in the city yeeterday. ,.J I D. Heat of S&n Francisco waa In the cit yeeterday. "'' I J. A. fituart of Portland arrived in the city yesterday. ; Jack Hale and wife of St Paul ar visiting in the city. . ' B. Douley of Portland registered at the Parker yesterday. J, O- H tint horn of Portland is in the city on buslnesa - C. H. Collins of Portland la regis tered at the Occident i 1 J. M. lslle of Chicago eegistered at the OcclJent yee'.erday. i ... C. H. Lowenburg of St Louis Is registered at the Occident , Wm. Tag of Clatsop was in th city yesterday on buslnesa ' i ; Nate Anderson of Mlsbwsuke ar rived In the city yesterday. ; O." II. Harding and. wife of Portland are registered at the Parker. ' - I Mrs. A. M. Leach of Seaside vtalted friends In Astoria yesterday, ' D. W. Clancy and daughter of Port land are visiting In the city . -" , John Waterhouse of Clatsop was In the city yesterday On business. Wm. Sweeney, a prominent capital ist of Portland, is visiting In the city. C O. Pttlmberg returned front's business trip to Portland last evening. Kx-Admlrnl A. N. Smith Is on his weekly tour of inspection in this city. Mrs. 8. 8. Gill Is visiting ber hus band en the V. S. dredge Ladd this week. 3. C. Mayo of the A. k C. returned from a business trip to Portland yes terday, Tony Crandall, representing Norrls ft Rome's tlrcus, was In the city yes terday. 3. P. Paul of Nahcotta passed through the city yesterday enroute to Portland. August Lyyny, the Ronburg mer chant was In the city yesterday on business. ' Hon. Harrison Allen went to 9t Hel ens yesterday to attend a term of the circuit court. ' "' ' ' Mrs. Dr. Vaughn has eufflctently re covered from her recent illness as to be moved to her home. Mra Oscsr Wilson, Miss Vera Wil son and Mrs. F. A. Fisher are at the Mt Tabor sanitarium. Chas. Brown of San Francisco, who waa In the city yesterday returned to Portland Just evening M la Elsie Lftrsen, Uie celebrated violinist, arrived from Portland last etvenlng and Is the guest of Mrs. Busey. ... . ..,.. ....,,,..,, . 4 An examination of Exchange street discloses the fact (hat some portions of are liable, to collapse almost any day, In which eveht the water mains wilt be broken and will require several days to repair, shutting upper Astoria off from the' water supply. Attention has been celled to the necesaaty of this Improvement, but the council Is handi capped for the want of ' funds. The property owners have petitioned the council for the Improvement and are willing to pay for It. There are no water mains or fire hydrants on Com merctal street and In the event-of a break down and a fire, the loss will be more than the cost of the Improve. ment .' . ' . Among the passengers that arrived down on last night's train from Port land were Herman Wise, W. R. Hume, C. G. Palmberg, Capt. Bailey, Mra C. Brown, S. D. Adair and John Mc (lulre of Astoria; Mr. Chase, A. Hon- Ifffberger and Geo. C. Flanders Of Port land. The New Road and sidewalks to Upper Astoria, which have been finished enable you to combine ,a pleasant outing with ' a shdpplng tour to our well- stocked grocery and general mer chandise store. Sellln gat wholesale and retail, as we do, we buy the best goods' In ' large quantities direct from the most reliable manufac turers " and shipper, - ' " ; A That's why we offered that good Java and Coeta Rica coffee at 25c a pound lost week. We still contlne to sell It For those who like a better gYade coffee, we offer a One blend of Mooha and Java coffee In the bean at IS ceuta a pound. It's the kind that PLEASES YOUR FRIENDS We have three wagons and cater to your trade. A large, up-to-date store with a full line of good gro ceries. Telephone If you cannot come. We will calj for your order. Telephone Main 7S1. , GEO. LINDSTROM & CO., Franklin Avenue, Upper Astoria. i j - . Last Week of Our Gmat JVIay Sale The past week has made hundreds happy. We are v 'going to 'inaice others happy this wee. ,-We want you to he among the nnmber. Attend this May ; sale and we know" the money ; you'll save an'pur- chases will make you happy. . T ' " ' ' Window Shades new r Boys Shoes ' colors, full length, 20c worth gl. 50 at 95c .SUMMER DRESS OO00S. ig' Knicker Suitings ; ' ( . , ' 20c value at 15c Ladies Wash Suits I-. & ; : , . worth $3.00 at $125 , Crepe Cloth , 20c value at 15c . 'XacUes Walking Skirts''' ' ' - ' - : worth $3.00 at $!.95 Scotch Lawns v . 1 ' ' . test lawns 4 1-2c Ladies Satine Petticoat ' ' " ' ' ' worth $2.00 at $1.45 ' : Red TableXinen ; . 1 '"' " 58 inches wide 19c Ladies Suit '' ' : S, t y f ; $12.50 at $7.50 AUSdk Ribbon V . ' Men's Suits - f i 30 grades at 15c: worth $15.00 at $7.50 Iprse Mpartmerit Store. 508-510 CommcrcUl Street Mail orders solicited. H New Idea Patterns 10c WE ARB ' Plumbers QSteamfitters Kcte tut First Class Wcilncn Employed. w. c ! :. Children talle twice as many steps as , , ' ' I ... grown people Consequently they wear unless they S6eF0ARD We've the biggest the best values in Stockings of any Astoria store and if you will give us an opportunity we' will convince you that if you buy your stockings here you will not wear so many and not pay as much for the ones you do wear. ' . .,t ial Inducements opec in Street and alRing SRirts The Foard Si Stokes Co. If It's New Wa Have It' laws ta CO., t2731 Bond Bheel. 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