TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903.
THE M0RX1XG ASTOHTAPT. ASTOK1A. UIEGOX.
RIVER, BAY, OCEAN
At IliU ean of (he year freh vegetable awe srsrce, Jet u suggest
that you try a -can of our wholesome and delicious
Preferred Stock Asparagus
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1U the bM of iU kind because It I canned wheio raised, li-n at
1U prime, thus you get tit of tha original flavor.
For few days we offer it for at at a nj' itd prb ju.t to get you
keuualnted with IU ' ,
A GOOD WARM
Story of (he New HissaJo ii
Told Yesterday.
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BIG LINER ARABIA NOW DUE
0
OVEflCOAT
ROSS, HIGGINS Co.
TERSE TALES OP TUB TOWN
Ii Ind.sposed. Martin Foard of this
rity ha lfii conllued to hi home for
tl'i past few day ou aivount of ni
nes. Tablet SrYic4..lo.tia Llge N,'
Iho, n. I'. O. K.( will hold a tablet rr
l tonight, In (he lodge hall. Tha
irlr will l very Interesting and a
large numUr will prolmhly be pre.,
ent.
Meeting Postponed The Columbia
River IVki-r AMK'liitl(iti dll not bold
their annual meeting yestrtday on ac
count of the lllne of Hit president, A.
II. Hammond, to ho a tiuabl to 1
present. The. meeting will pndmbly on-
cur iwt week.
la Manila. Mr. and Mt. J. 1).
llenoit of tki rlly have received an
intnt etinr b-lUr from their son, W.
5. Benoit to bo i now nerving on the
t 8. R. torpedo boat, Dw-atur, The
letter la dated from Manila, whert the
iVcatur i now stationed.
win jioio ftiammsuon. m January
third and fourth, Serreteary Croby of
the local civil wrvbe board, will bold
examination for the ponitiona of local
and aaaUUnt lnpeetor of boiler at New
Orlcana, and for toMgraphu! draught
men, in accordance m it la int ruction
juat received by bint from the depart-
mrnt.
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Boutht Property Yclet.lay T. It
IWIt oblk the pn 25x100 feet oil tbe
south !! of Duatio street, and just
Kut of tho First Methodist church, to
(' f. Paluiberg for a coii-idetatlon of
$1450. A wMin a jxwsible Mr. Palm
Urg ill aiect a aubstantial lodging
Iioumj on the property.
In From Seaside dotiel Watson,
tho popular editor of tbe Seaside Sig
nal, wa a buslnc vls'ifi iu Astoria
yestoiday. Mr. Walaon I deeply in
terested in Atorla's struggle to main
tain her good name against the Dewo-
(rata and other who would-Invade it,
and y He "Jiojic. she. to ill in out a
easily a hi people did last vmk,"
Dropped Dead Word reached the A
torian oftlc Ui evening, tliat W II.
'rudcll, the totll known and popular
Utorm-y of South Itend, Wahinain,
droppt-d ilnd in the (r'Mil panlco of bit
home there on Sunday evening lall
Ha toa a prominent and aHive citizen
and ,hi audden di-mito will be widely
felt and deplored there.
Dedrata Lod Building-(ha rle V.
flrown, district deputy for the Klka
lod't in Oregon, will leave today for
Haker City, to here be to ill art a dedi
cation ofller at the dedication rere
moniea of the new bwlfe building in
that eity. The atructure I one of tbe
beat lodge building In the Kotthwet,
having been confruiUd at a cot of
over ItO.OOO. The dedication eercie
will begin on Thursday evening, and
clo Friday evrning with a grand ball.
Invitation have Wn ent to all tW
lodge in Oregon to Im repie-ntnl
Beatgni Poaitlon.-Owar Frelriik
who for aonx month pant ban Wn in
the employ of the Columbia River
IVkrra Aociation baa rwigm-d bi po
lUon and bft on the train lat eten
ing for a trip through California and
other point. Mr. Fredrirh to ill be mi-
ed by a large cirvle of friend who view
hi departure wilb extreme n-gret.
Leg Broken Allrt Kewberg aged
fourteen yoara, a (nought to thU city
laat evening on the train from Miduii'
logging ramp near Knappa, iilTerii'
from the effect of a broken leg. Young
N'ewlierg aa emphixed around the
camp, and jewU-runy morning while
walking along the logging road nenr
camp, (ell through tlio tie in such
manner that hi left leg wa broken
balow tho knee. He wa taken to St
Mary' hipita! in thi city, where r,
A. Fulton net the injured limb,
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Whcnncxtordcring
coffee. Just ask us
for that nice Moca
and Java coffee.
We will know
what you mean.
JOHNSON BROS.
GOOD GOODS.
118 122 Twelfth St, Aatoria, Ore.
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Labuaa Get Over tha Bar for China
Mlltonburna Outiide With Pilot
Board L'Htnnfto Down Ytiterday
Waterfront Oddi and End.
Cough
No Opium in Chamberlain'i
Remedy.
Hi ere I not tbe leant danger in giving
Chvnberlaln'a Cough Tu iimly to amall
rhi'lren a it conUiii no opium or
other harmful drug. It ho an eUb
litdied reputation of mora than thirty
yew a the mot nueeenMiil medu'ine
in ue for robin, croup and whooping
nugh. It alwnya cure and pltaaut
to Uke. Cliildieii like it Sold by
Frank Hurt and lending druggUta.
EOCKCAiD
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VVE CUARANTEE THE
GUNN CASES
Rolltr-bwlnf, non-bindinf door,
"Tm D.at tot rmovabl (to claan or riplact
oa wm Vm broktn glut) by unhookinf.
ity SUNN M , . w,
No jnalghtly Iron banda or
protruding ahalvaa. Sactiona to nicaly Joined
togtthtr tho appaaranct U that of a solid cast.
Tho only SactloncJ Bookoaoo antltUd to
uh tho trtwdemavrk of tho Grand A-tpido Furnlturo Ao
ooclatlon, which maano tho boot.
COMBINATIONS IN THE GUNN SYSTEM UNLIMITED
Chas. Heilborn & Co
COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
22:
The Tort land Te-lejrram Unit Inter-
enllngly talk of tho "new" ateamer
IImIoi
Tho ateamcr Ilaaalo, wbbb ha Wen
in the O R. & X, bom-yard for the pat
l we4, will be a practk-ally new
(earner when put into aervice, again in
about kix week. She wa cut in half
and ten f-et adk-d to her leogth. All
of bi.r maohinery baa Ua overhauled,
nd the engine of tbe old It. It. Tbomp-
aon have (teen placed in her.
In addition to thee repair, new tim
ber were inserted for her engine, and
great deal of painting ha been done
011 ber wood vt oik.
When the , llaotalo otaiti . running
giiin- he will undoubteilly be . the
wiflet Uwd on the titer She already
imhi me reori ir ine diHiamt i-
..icn 1'i.rllund and Astoria, and with
-r im-w engimtt will l cape,b(e of
u:KirB' 21 mil- an hour. The It. It.
ThoiiipMn him hpeely boat in ber day,
ud made tho ro-ord time in ahooting
the rapid Vtween the nppi-r and low
er rim on June 3, 18S2. Tha fact
that hr engine are now being plaoed
(he Hah ba wrved to call to
mind atiKng the old river men memorie
other day. The year before the
railroad wa built between Portland and
he Dalba. Year after year ateamhoat
ad plied between thea two river
point, engaged In one of the moat
pi'olitahle ateamboat rotitea ever known.
inmigration bad fillfd tbe vant grain
dt ith pioneer who raWd the gold
en uheat. A much a loOO ton a
lay of grain wa carried from The
l)ll to l'rtlind in kho-e day, and
gate (Nttioinn for building up one of
the fnat Het of Jiver IjoatAin tbe
woi Id. To thU day tho men engaged
in the buiuc at that time like to get
together and talk over old tiuiea. Many
a tale i told, and the em-ounter
which wera freijucnt when competition
ttat ttron, are rei'otintcd with many
a laugh.
That tbe enginea of one record break
er lnukl be intallel into another rec
ord breaker almost 30 yeaia after they
bad been built i of paeing interest and
ahowa llie care with which tha engint
of the old ItouU cr bandied. Great
tbingo ae eetted of the Haaalo when
hhc U put in aerrico a month hence,
and the men two king on her ttiili great
nam with the ln-litf that her expected
gnat MH-ed driMMidx on their individual
ilTt.it.
J3 PROBABLY WHAT YOU ARE
TULVKLVG ABOUT JU8T NOW. OF
COURSE TOU WANT SOMETHINQ
alORE THAjf WARMTH, YOU WANT
STYLE. WE OFFER OUR LIKE OF L.
ADLER, BROS., 4 OO.'S ROCHESTER
MAKE FOR YOUR OOySIDERATIO.
OXE OF THESE WILL COST YOU
FROM ia TO $30. THE MERCHANT
TAILOR CPULDXT THINK OF DU
IUCATINO IT FOR LE83 THAN
FROM $3i TO f0.
G. H. COOPER
The Leading
House of Astoria
day afternoon fur Cloverdale, on tlie
Xetuoca. She i atill tho infant lea
guing craft of Attoria.
Hie lliitih hteambbip Cape Au
tilx from San Franico, under char
ter to I'mlland people, erooM-d in ye
Urday morning and went up tbe river
without unnecessary delay.
Injtpwtnra Edward and Fuller were
iu tlie city yoterday, aubjii-ting the
steamer Joidan to a thorough text on
all poinU. She wa found in prime con
vondilion, a are all thp Callvndcr fb-et.
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Tho cuaIoiii aulnoritiea yesterday
received notb-e from Wabington that
the department declined to intfeTcj
with the sum of tbe tonnage tax ex
acted of the French ahip Alice Marie,
and computed at this otlice and port, and
refund to retnite ber master tbe $19.03
he M'nt in a claim for.
A
FLOTSAM AVD JETSAM
11 a a .
nut rnniaiii-.siHijc niicr Aralua i
In-- from t'liina Minictimc todar
The Itriii-h -liip Euphroayne gut
a on the nomi tlood yestordny.
to
The at earn -tinnier Ccruld C, is bnay
loading and will probably leuvo out
today for Coos Hay point.
Tha Senator from San Francisco, U
duo to arrive hero on Thursday evn-
uy or Friday morning.
The lcambip Columbia from Port
land to San Francisco, is due at the
O. IL A X. piers at S o'clock tomorrow
morujng.
Tbe French bark I.'llernuta came
down yeterday on thS hawsers of the
Oklahoma and will get to sea on the
first available tide.
Tbe Riitish ship Miltonhiirne, from
Simla Rosala for Portland, la off the
Columbia bar with a filot on board
and may cros in today.
The liritUh tcamhlp Labuan, from
Portland to Yokohama, made it over
thfl bar yesterday and swung away to
the Wet and the Far Ka:t.
The Hritbdi ship Clan Crahitm, Cap
tain Mtlntyre, from 8an Francisco.
which ero-sed in on Sunday evening
last, i Rtill in tho lower harbor await
ing towage to Portland.
The motor achooner Delia, Captain
Jensen on the bridga, left down yetcr-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Charles p. Maginnis and wife to John
I. Itupp; lota 5 and 10 of section 12,
T 4 X, R 8 $1.
II. J. Sloop and ife to John II. Jeff
ers; lot S. block 110, McClures, $000.
Peninsular Land A Trust Co.. to
dumb Mi-ritaiiie, lots 45 and 40, block
4, Taylor's, $330.
Mary J. Itudolh-t to II. II. Ingalla;
lota 7 and 8, block 72, OIneyV, $1. ,
Mary A. Hall to Ituilding A Ivoan
I -a ml Co., bta A and fl, bbak 85, Mc
Clure's, $."iiKW.
X. A. Ackerman, 421 Bond St, doaoall
manner of texidenny, furnltnro nphol
stering, carpet cleaning and hying, mat
tress making a specialty and aH work
guaranteed.
Oct ono of thoae new style grapho
phones for Christmas, at Eilers Branch
Store, 424 Commercial street, A. R.
Cj ru, manager.
CLOSING OUT SALE.
On the fifteenth of Vorsmber, tho en
tire stock of goods at tha Iittk Book
Store, will be put on sale at eost. Christ
mas bargains in books, stationery nov
elties, etc. 174 Tenth street.
GRAND MASK BALL.
Will be given at Suomi hall on Sat
urday, December 16th at 8 o'clock by
iialeva Braaa Band; Admission, maak
ers, 75c, apectators, 50c. A grand good
time is guaranteed. Everyone invited.
WATERPROOFING,
lira. A. B Jswett haa pleasure ia av
Bounciflg to ber friends and patrons tbat
she la bow in poaseaaioa of a aneoaas)
ful system of water-proofing eloUl
materiaJa. She will demonstraU tha 1st.
ferosting process, upon caiL at k
rooms, No. 154 XinUi street
Do 700 wliijto study the plane?
Piano harmony and history of moaia
taught at Miss Tawner'a studio. 161
Commercial. Fulton buOdinff. Phtnat
Black, 4.
.Tho LitUo Book.Storf foi sals.
NOIICE TO WA1ER CONSUMERS.
Water consumer should net forget
that Sunday will be December 10, and
that Saturday will be tbe last day to
pay water rent.
SOCIALIST LECTURE,
Mark Hume, shortly orfore be died,
said that the next thing tbnt the Ke-
puhlieans would "1 up against" would
lie Socialism. Come out a;id bear J. W.
Slayton tell about it at K. T. hall.
over ttaipcr store, on lliur-ilnv even
ing. December 14th, and at Sotyni hall
oil lX-eemlicr ISth.
JUST RECEIVED.
A large supply of Gunn'a Scn'tional
Fitting cea, index file, and office fix
tures of various kinds. Also the sec
tional book case. See window display.
Beet 10 inch disc grsphophono records
at 60 cents each. AIko latest style
graphophones at bed rock prb'es for
the holiday trade. For sale by A, R.
Cyrus, ,424 Commercial street.
fOR COUGH AND COLD.
Nothing is better than syrup tar and
wild cherry. 25c and 60e a bottle. Sold
by tha Owl and Eagle Drug Stores.
MOVED AND READY.
Charles Heilborn t Ox, have morad
into their new store and nuke the an
nouncement that they am now open for
business and aro ready to fill all orden
promptly.
Wood! Wood! Wood! Wood! Wood!
For choice dry box-wood, telephone
2064 Black, or leare orders at the As
toria Crooery. 0. Nelson, "The Wood
Man.
Mrs, Tilda Anderson, massage, 1471
Grand Arenue. Given either at home or
willealL ,
Hot drinks and sandwiches at Hoef-
lert. . . t
Holiday Gift
In the way of
TOILET SETS, MANICURE SETS....
PHOTOGRAPH, POSTAL AND MUSI
CAL ALBUMS AXD UP TO DATE '
BOOKS, XOTIOXS AND TOYS.
BIG LINE OF PICTURES.
Book Store,
Fourteenth and Commercial Street
vSvensois
King of All Cough Medicines.
Mr. E. 0. Case, a mail carrier of Can
ton Center, Conn., who has bocn in the
U. S. service for about sixteen year,
says. "We have tried many cough
medicines for croup, but Chamberlain'
cough remedy is king of all and one to
be relied upon every time. We also
find it the bet remedy for coughs and
cold, giving certain results and leav
ing no bad after effect." For sale by
Frank Hart and leading dni2its.
If you are troubled with indigestion.
constipation, sour stomach, or any
other pain, HollMer'e Rocky Mountain
Tea will make you well and keep you
well 3o cents. Tea or Tablets. Sold
by Frank Hart
b :'"r b
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A Complete Lies cf
mmat
Steves
Anything in a first class stors eith
er Wood rr Coal or Combined, you will
find at. .
S.W. J. Scully
470-472 COMMERCIAL STREET