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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER ji, too ECOHIC ESSAYS Prizes Offered to College Men For Best Articles. PROMINENT JUDGES CHOSEN Subject! of Essays Will Treat on Pm- cat Day Problems, Including Public Ceatrol f Railway Rites, Railway Taxatioa, and Kindred Topic. Chicago, Penc. 30. College men nave bee invited by a committee of leading economist to prep re competitive es ay oa present day problems includ kg public control of railway rate, tax atioa of railway property, cauae of larg fortunes, and other subject. A competition of the name character held last year resulted in important eootri button to economic literature and this Year will attract even aider attention. The committta which has chosen the tubjecta and will pa oa the e-Ti consist of Profeeaor J. Laurence laugh La, University of Chicago, chainnaa; Profetaor J. B. Clark, Columbia Univer aity; Professor Henry C Adams, Uni versity of Michigan; Horace White. Eeq, Xew York City, and Carroll D. Wright, Clark College. Four prize, amounting to $2250 will I given to tha aucceMful writer by Hart, Schaff-j aer st Han. J The subjects announced by IVfeor uauguun are as louowa: I -To What Kxtent and by What Administrative Body Should the Public Attempt to Control Railway Rate in Interstate. Cwmmcrve! i A Just and Pract icahl Method of Tsving Railway Property." a ""SU the lresent Policy of the labor I'nion in Dealing with Xon rkn Men and the Vled Shop' Fur ther the Interests of the Working mn!" 4 "Should Ship Subsidies be Offered hy the tiovernment of the I'nited States!" 'An Examination Into the Kconoiitic taut of Large Fortunes in this Country." "The Influence of Credit on the Level of Prk-es." 7-Th Cattle Industry in its Rela tion to the Ranchman, Feeder, Packer, Railway, and Consumer." "Should the Government Seek to Control or Regulate, the I' of Mines of Coal, Iron or Other Raw Materials, Who Supply May Become the Sub-1 ject of Monopoly?" "What Provision Can be Made for Workingmen to Avoid tha Economic Insecurity Said to Accompany the Mod ern Wag System." Tha nuti are to ba delivered to Professor Laughlin before June 14. The competitors will be divided into two laoses. Chuis A is exclusively for all persons who have received the bache lor's degree from an American College in 1994, or thereafter. Tha prues in this class, will be tlOOO and $M0. Class B is for undergraduates. The prim will b Mt n KUU. Any member of this clae may compete in Cki A. The most valuable essays will probably be lued in some permanent form. MAKES HIS EL Yerkes (Leaves Art Treasures to Museum. VALUED AT FiVE MILLION On of the Moat Valuable Possessions is Collection of Oriental Rrtif. Said to be th Finest and Most Costly in th World. New York, Deo. 30.-When Charles T Yerkes, the capitalist who died yester day. msle his will sevenl yesra ajn. ho announced that ai had Ml his co). Wvtion of pictures anil objects of art and his two nous at tilth avenue and Sixtv-eiehth street in this city to the Metropolitan Museum vf Art. This property is worth about W.OO0.0UO. The house thrmselves are a veritable sit museum. It was said yesterday among his frind that th's provision of hi will remain-d :ralterl. Among Mr. Yerkes most tressurrd pos4sions is a collection of oriental rugs that Is said to be the finest and mot costly in tha world, ev.'n exceed- ing in value and beauty the collection of ths Sliah of Pcrd or t!at in the llritish Museum. These rugs are twen ty-three in number and are hung upon the walls of a gallery I lint Mr. Yerkes had built especially for them. . . Anmm t - r. - t .1 Vah VU1 we axe going to uive Away 9043 10 asiotib vuomto, art fuuugi anuary Clearance Sale DaysAfete OUR first big gun will scatter broadcast an ava lanche of bargains from every nook and corner to remind you that our store is and ever will! be the home of great bargains in good things throughout the year The First Special Sale of 4,000 Yards EMBROIDERIES Commences Tuesday morning, January 2, 190G, at 8 a. m. sharp. These em broideries range from 3 to 18 inches in width and were never sold for less than 2oc to $1:50 per yard. The prettiest you have ever seen. Come to us direct iroin the manufacturer and are yours for 10-i THE YARD ALL OTHER LINES. REDUCED Be Sure And Come Women are the household economic, and our clearance sales will start the new year right with you. We have bargains to offer thia year that have no parallel we know whst the women like Lest and need in the home, that's why so many people com to us when they want something good and reliable. Now, its for yon, dear reader, that we apeak and hope to see you st our clear ance sale. 4 Look at our Embroidery Display Watch for Other Special Sales OFFICIAL COUNT of the Charity Fund Vote Saturday, Dee. 30, 1005. Ora.-e Cl.iir.-h 15M St. Mary's Hospital P20H Dorcas Society '. 61(18 Presbyterian Church 04 Public Library 2212 Congregational Church IBHfl M. K. Church 1544 Finnish K. 8. Luth. Church 1370 Fagh- Lodge H22 Itaptist Church 876 Finnish 8 8. Luth. Chinch B-iO St. Mary's (Tiurch.... W. K. C. -' Monday Club 2H8 St. Agne Guild 234 Holy Innocents Guild 104 W.C.T.V 180 Norwegian Evan. Luth. Church.... IfiO Rethany Church 122 Odd Fellows 108 Norwegian M. K. Church 102 Finnish Apostle Luth. Church 100 only those receiving 100 vote or more will be published. DO ITT F0SCET THE BIO MONEY PRIZES VOTE F0H YOUR SOCIETY. TIE A. DUNBAR CO. THE GOOD 2TORE Astoria's Foremost Dry Goods, Salt and Clo.K House. I 1 Several year sgo he hat! ttw dcun Kfied In tl.elr original colon ami re duced to book form. The paintings are rompi Iscd in a set f ten volume., one of which wss to remain iu the YcikeV collection slid the nine others to lie presented to the mot fsimius museums of the wcild. rcb rug wss copied .H-parntcly unit each painting is alsiiit two feet long. Among the rugs Is the "Holy Carpet," for which Mr. Yerkes paid frio.omi, Smie of the uthvr sre represented almost priceless treasure. In ISt'T Mr. Yerkes purchased snd re built the large nnion at Fifth strtmr snd Sixty eighth street. In this he put hia rulkvtion of painting, Id at that link to be the luoit valuable piivate ille-tion in this ivunl rv. He slo bought the hiuiae sdjoiuilig his in Kt Sixty-eighth rtreet, and u.sje the two into one. The architeii described th first and msin hou a cting 4tXMI.UH. it furnishings (VWHl.tMN more, whkh with th cost of th lot niuiie the total nearly l..'K,). Mr. Yerkes' paintings st that tints wer valued at llOO.OW and hav liern greatly added to since. ' "'- " " One Piano Ticket With Every $2.50 Porchait ; Eft'ClllCLETIIEluLD Prophesy Mormonhm Will Become Worid'i Rel!ion. MADE BY MORMON LEADERS Lecture to Lars Crowd ia Chicsf Joseph Smith is Praised as th True Prophet of God Befief is Explsined to Audience. Chicago, k-e. .'10. - The piopltcy tlmt Mormonisiii is to some ilav euiix'ln the wuild as the ruling religion of the universe was msde last night by Joseph F. Smith and other Mormon leaders who spoke to an audience of 400 peopl at the Utter Day Saints Church. The special trnices were held for the purpose of git ing Chicago Mormons the opportunity of hearing Prophet Smith und his co-u inkers during their brief stay here on their way baik to Salt Luke City from Vermont, where they attended the dedication of a monument to the memory of the first Mormon Prophet, .lisH'.h Smith, undo of the pre-ent leader of the faith. "AH rider of our church are forbid ilcn to entice people In our Miff against their will," said Mr. Smith. "We do not seek to cox women away from their families. I want Voii to know that the hiinh doesn't tolerate such wrong iloing. "To you young m.-n here tonight I would leave this li.cHgr. I want Vol. to live ahote suspicion. It is ecntinl that you live pure lives, that you keep your word cred, and that you be hon est in vo.tr business dealings. Don't tur down otln-r oeorile's belief, but "how them Jours, and if joins is liet ter they will rliooe it. This i our iilc of religion.' All tlx- sH-uki-rs praised .lixeph Smith a the true prophet of liisl. The party left after th- meeting for Salt Lake City. A "HO!) TORKEY with proper dressing and a I00D OVEH properly lined and sewed THAT BRINGS HEALTH and HAPPINESS TO THE AVERAGE MAN. iermatt Wise ASTORIA'S RELIAKLE CLOTHIER First National Bank of .Astoria, Ore K.HTAtlLI8llt:i I MHO. Capital and Surplus $100,000 r MERRY WEDDING BELLS. Young Peopl Who Will B gin th New Life in 1900. Ti.is is the season for nil joyful things and nothing contributes to the happiness of the principals and their kinsmen and friends, so much as a wed ding; and in conformity with this pleasant doctrine, the. Atorin Is glad to herald the following marital unions that took place yesterday in this city A very pretty double orTair transpired at the home of Mrs. C. Wilherg, in Cpier Astoria, when her daughter, Mis Olga C. Willterg, lieeams th bride of Mr, William . Ilrown, and her Mi Olga C. Wilherg, became tho life-mat of Mis Christina Jacohson. The dual ceremony wa performed by Iter. W. Seymour Short, r.i-tor of Orae Episcoal Church in the presence of a number of friends of the contract ing parties. A sumption wedding lunrh wa served snd a large number of hand some and useful gifts were mad to the newly mirried young people. Mr. and Mrs. Drown will take up their new home life in th metropolis of tlie State, while Mr, and Mrs. Willierg will re main in Astoria. At 8 o'clock last evening, at the rec tory of th First Lutheran Church, 1717 Franklin avenue, the pastor, Iter. (I. K. Rydnjuist, joined in the holy bond of malrinmony, Mis Itertha Anderson and Mr. Oeorgs Pearson. Mr. and Mr. Pear son will dwell in the City-by-the-M.a. H l Church Notices; l-t - mM r FIRST M. I. CHURCH. The nifi.liir Sunlsy services consist of tl.i- ih.ss m-etjrg at I();:r a. m. preaching at II a. m. and 7:30 p, m. Niinduv Si-hiMd at 12:1.1; and Fpworth N-ague at tti.'Hi p m, In the morning the pastor, llev. W. H. lir.in, will preach New Year seimon and in the evening his snbje. t will b "VMImt Does the U,ti Snv AtMiut l.iiiftT Mr. H. C. Turner Mill lend the League meeting from the siilijirl, "What Ilav I I -wined This Yrui !" , cordial invitation is extend ed to nil to attend all th seriim. Splendid music will he rendered and you will lind lui.rly welisime. FIRST BAPTIST. KX'(inl i.tl-ntion will Imi giien In the Nerinons at the Baptist Cburili to morrow' to the lessons of the closing year. The pastor prcit'-hing at II a. 11.., on "The Sign of th. Times," and Pro fesMir Dicls-I of the Astoria High ScIiim.I sN-aking in the evening on "The fteeord Va Are Making." There will be just good, plain singing of gisipel songs, but no oMira music. liet everybody sing. Iiit the last day of the year find you in the house of the Lord. WANTED FOR CHILDREN. The Salvation Army people are badly in 'need oY clothing of all aort for the children of the city that com under their provident car, and will ppm riate any gifts in this tin that the kindly dixcd riiay be preps ml to make and will deliver tha garments promptly, just where they will do much needi'd service. Iave all donation at the Army barracks on Thirteenth treet t corner of Aator. iastor. Kfoin H p. m. to 12 inidnlgh watch night s.niie., Mmtt scnicr I the pastor snd Itev. K. I.. V.mthru prsjer snd praise meeting. FIRST LUTHERAN. SerH-es si the 1'irsl l.utliern Chun-I on Siimlny s usual. Morning service a 10:4.1 iu Swedish; evening scrvlc 7:.K In finulisli, At III evening' aer lice the pastnr, tiostof K. It)iilllst wil J conclude the subject; "John the t list as a Forerunner of Christ," All a cotdialy imilnl. 1 i FIRST CONGREGATIONAL. .First Congregational Church, preacliir at II a. m. and 7 :.' p. in., hy th p tor, Luther I). Mahone, Morning u' ject. "What Shall I do with Jesus' J evening, "lite Work of thai and t Work of Man" A cordial Invitation 1 all. Sunday Schmd at W I'll p. m. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The llev. David II. Hare, lasl(ir of Kist I'lesbyteilsn '01 1 land, will preach in the hii (I11.11I1 here, morning an all are cordially invited. Hun - meets at I'iil5; Y. P. 8. C. K GRACE EPISCOPAi M tliai-e Chun-li, services ' at II a. m., and 1 1 : .'M p. n ) ter service to welisui th. f Sunday School as usual, li HOLY INNOCENTS V 8erviiss at Holy Innis-en' tori. Fvenlng prayer, j at 7 i.TO p, in. 1 celcliistlni Coimniinli.n at 7:30 a, n ( lis pel. Nwl.lc, also at It' NORWEGIAN-DANISH. 'Norwegian-Danish M. E. Church, Rev. 0. Aug. I'eterten, pastor. Sunday School at 10 oVhsk a. m., H. M. liOrentsen, iiipcrintendcnt Service at 11 by the Wattr Curt (or Cot Half a pint of hot w aa hour befor brkfi keep Ui bowels regul Uiartic should be an ' fMirgtiv i needed ' lain' taach snd W u mild and genti ij sal by Frank Ilait gisU.