WEDNESDAY, JUNE ij, igoO.
THE MORNING ASTORIAX, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Your Bread
is bound to pan out well if you use
"VIM FLOUR"
it is made from the choicest bluestcm wheat.
$1.20 per Sack.
ROSS, HIGGINS & Co.
ASTORIA'S LEADING GROCERS.
TERSE TALES OF THE Town.
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Ti vary but board ta U obtaln4 In
the dty U at "Tb OccidtDt HottV
Bttti very naeonabla.
Departs For Juneau, -I. W. Hell. ik
well known stenographer at the R-
N. Company' ofU.-e lit thi city, hs re
signed hl m1 wllli llmt roiporation.
niut will leave here tomorrow morning
,n the steamer llaalo, mi route to
f-nttle. wIhih he will sail on Friday
'afternoon 011 lli steamer (11 y of To-
..U, (or Juneau, where he will -tT
t ! service of Mer, Ilo, lllpgin A
Company, of thi city. In their branch
there, a bnokke..er. Mr. Nell leaves
many warm fi lends In thi tty win will
wih him uniuterruppted in his
new venture In the fur north.
ladies' shota called for. ihlned and
delivered. Tl. Itlark 2255. Brown 4
Nalum.
On Business and Pleasure.-.!. E. Hi?
tin ulll leave for Portland tomorrow to
attend tha meeting of the Oregon Bank,
er' AMx-ilioib whhh hold H flr
annual session there on Friday, lie will
divide liU time la-tween thi ImiMirliint
business, ami attending tha graduation
rvroi.f of the Portland Hili School.
where hi m Ted, I K the gradu-
nix. Mr. Hiatfiti", anil Mi.s Winnifr.-d.
just from her own iHT.-fnl graduation
from the Annie Wright Seminary t
Tarotna. will I our of th party, and
the entire family will return home t
Atnria together on Saturday.
Hot Campaign StnB.-For the ami-
ml hurl of eleHicm day or any other
dav. u Atwood'a Electric Oil, the best
liniment, for alt at Frank Hart's drug
store, opposite Foard & Stoke.
On Trial Today. -Complaint wa flb-d
in Justice Goodman' Court yesterday,
by T. Merray. a lumberman from tin
Noith-hotP. who claimed to have been
robbed of practically. fH(i. by 11 woman-i.f-thet.mn
f who-" Identity hi- ""''I
give but the mi'aKi intelligence that her
name was "May." A warrant wa i
ued for tin- arrest of May I Hie. ami nhe
wa brmijjht Into court o nimwi-r
rhnrffe of lan-Piiy .and gave ImiikI in Ihf
kiiiii of lifty dollar, for her aopearame
ami trial thU nftemoon-i
Hotel Irving, corner Franklin avenue
and Eleventh etreet. European pun;
beat rooma and board In the dty at rea
aonable prlcei; free but.
SiK. L. G. Aulettl, violinbt, orchentra
furnlahed for all occasion, teacher of
violin and mandolin. Addree 3C1 Duane
etreet, Aatorla, On.
Club Cleaning and preying parlon;
euiU, 50 cent. Tel. Ulack 21R4. 72 9th.
HOEFLER'S
PLACE YOUR ORDER
FOR ICE CREAM OX
SHERBET EARLY. ANY
FLAVOR.
It's Time
For Canning
Gooseberries
aMBVvaM
We have jut received a large ship
ment of very fine stock, which we will,
acll at a reasonable price.
Order at Once
JOHNSON
BROS.
COOP GOODS,
U n fulfill M, Astoria, On.
PERSONAL MENTION.
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Jl. C. Hll of Portland Is In the city, a
fluent at the Hotel Occident.
It. A. Illalr of Uthlamet I In the city
and ilomleih-d at the Irving.
M. .1. t'ariienter of Hacrainenlo m-nt
lh day In Antorla yeatrday.
. f. Faiworth of Clihaflo was in
lh city yesterday on bulne.
H. A. Severance of CWcao waa a
buoinef. vi-ltor In the city yet-rday.
C. .1. Mutn of Port Ann-Ie wa a
hulm-M vlHor In the city yeterday.
Jam- Pelerton of Clinton. arriviMl in
the city on the noon train yesterday.
11. F. (Vh-hete of Montreal, arrived
in the elly on the nKm train yeterday.
H. E. Mulliolland of Shelby. Indiana.
wj a bu.ine.. visitor in Atoria ye-
terday.
II .A. M'Farlane of New Voik wa
doing buxiiie on the eln-eU of A'loria
Xf.lclilllV,
Mr. and Mr. M. E. Jontn of Philadel
phia at in the city on a tour of the
Noithtte.t,
Mr. F. W. l'Ltercr of Fort Columbia
wa In the city yesterday a jrue.t at the
Hotel Irvlnif.
II. S, M.:owan and wife of McOowan's
Undinfl. were in the city yeterdy for
a hri' f outing.
H. D. Montgomery of I'enaeoIa, Flnr
Ida, wa. in Attorra ye.terday on a tour
of the Northwest.
('. M. Atwater, a drummer out of New
Oilcan was in the city for a brief bimi
jie trip veterday.
Link (.'. Iturton. deputy flh warden of
the State of Washington, was In the
city on oflitial lmine yestenlay.
S. I). Ollender of Hutte wa in tlie
illy on a buins trip yesterday ami
left out on th- fl:in train in the evening.
O, I, Peterson went to Portland last
evenlmr to I present at the annual e
ion of the Masonic firand Ixlg of thi
State.
(I. H, AiMdegate of Klamath Fall, ai
med here yesterday on lmninet and re
turned to th'- metropolis on the evening
express.
N. K. Fairbanks of Springfield. 111., ar
rived here yeterday on a business tour
and wint eastward again on the I.nrline
last evening.
tMto lb illxirn wa on board the even
intf cxpresa for Portland last evening
going thither to attend the On-gon firnnd
ldge of Mason.
A. Ilunhar went to the metropolis on
the l.urline htft evening, to attend the
annual meeting of the Oregon Orand
Udge, A. F. & A. M.
W. I.. Itobb was a passenger for Port
land on the evening express yesterday.
He will take in the sessions of the Ma
sonic firand Lodge of Oregon which con
venes there today.
Captain Peter Jordan of the st-amer
Melville, accompanied by Mr. Jordan
and hi daughters, the Misses Fedora and
Nine, have gone to Winlock for an out
ing, the ladies intending to sUy there
the be tter part of the summer. Mis
Ada will bethe guest of Mrs. Charlie
Jordan at her Cathlamet home for sev
eral weeks to come.
CONFEREES WILL MEET.
WASHINGTON. June 12 Tho con
ferees on the rate bill have agroed to
meet, at 10:30 tomorrow. It is expect
ed an agreement on all difference will
be reached speedily.
Change of Data The special children'
day exercises will be held on next Sab
bath morning at the First Presbyterian
Church, at 11 o'clock, instead of the
Sunday following as heretofore an
nbiu?ced. ODD FEILOWS' ATTENTION.
All members of Beaver Lodge are re
quested to meet at the I. 0. 0. F. hall
at 1 o'clock p, m.. to attend the funeral
of our late brother, If. F. Hruhn. Hy
order of
ABORGB NOONAV. N. fl.
OI.OF ANDERSON. Secretary,
The delicate art of frescoing is only
learned by years of hard tutelage under
eipert masters, Each of the pioprletor
the Fasten) Painting k Denoratliig Co,,
75 Ninth sdaet, ha spent years In th
lt shops of thf east and is pruflii tit
In the art vi dsuo'stlng and frescoing.
DECK AND DOCK NEWS
Heavy Foreign Shipment From
the Simpson Mills.
COLLIER SATURN OUTSIDE
Benson Logging Company and Ita New
Sea Raft Moore'a Promenade Pier
at Seaside Volgaa Papers In
complete Oil Notea,
The Italian ship Caterlna Accarnme,
now at Portland, taking on a partial load
of general merchandise, will aoon be
down the river mid will berth at Knapp-
ton, whence aho will have for Europe
with nearly a million and a half feet of
lumber loaded at the mill of the Simp
son Lumlicr Company. And, plus this
advantageous nhjpment, the same com
pany I looking daily for advices from
Japan naming the steamship that la de
stined there, for those 1100 sixty-foot
timber that are destined for the Im
xriat dryd'X'k at Nagasaki. These are
the items that mean something for thi
"neck of the woods", and they are al
ways welcome.
The promenade dock leing built at
Seaside as a pleasure annex to the
Hotel Moores, l. according to Contrac
tor I. Ileck. w ho wa In the city yes
terday, aliout 300 feet to seaward and
lot of Hople am fishing from it with
abundant suco-Mt. He hopes to have the
structure out the additional 200 feet at
the end of this week.' The decking fol
low the pile-driving closely, and once at
the end, the whole thing will be com
ph te. Mr. LeWk Jib made good use
of hi hydraulic apparatus in the doing
of this work, and he reports that the
admixture of sand and graved into which
he ha driven the hundreds of pile,
form on.; of the Iwst building grounds for
piles he tvtt saw, and he looks for the
work to stand for year and year. He
intimated that the succe.s of this pier
(which in all probability will be extended
2'0 feet further seaward next year) Will
I responsible for the construction of
two more coast-pier next year, as the
owner of the Seaside House will throw
one out of equal dimension while Mr,
Moore's and the Kruse Catering Com
pany, which control the Gearhart Te
ort. will do likewj-e. The popularity
if the unfinished pier at the Moore'a
House i a predicate that cannot well be
ignored,
The big collier .Saturn of the U, S.
naval service, was oft the Columbia bar
all day yesterday waiting for an op
portunity to cross in. She is on her way
to Portland, to join the flagship Chicago,
and supply her with coal. The Saturn,
on of the handiest of 1it claw, ia of
(S22d tons tiisplacemeiit (normal coal
supply), and of 1617 tons burden; she
is 281 feet long on her load line; forty
feet beam, cud draws twenty-two and
810 feet draft. She was built by Har
lan & Hollingsworth, at Wilmington,
Deb-ware, in 18'JO, and is an iron ship,
of 1500 borse-jower.
The steamer Telegraph arrived down
on time yesterday, and handled sixty
people on the (rip. for this eity and way
point, filie left tip at 2:30 with R. B.
Dyer, and fourteen others ia her cabins.
The steamer R. Miler having taken
up the run of the steamer Jordan, is
now docking at the Callender pier,
whence the Jordan used to depart.
The steamer Lurline was on time yes
terday afternoon, from Portland. She
made an initial run into the Benaon tag
ging Company's new rafting plant at
Wallace Island yesterday with a lot of
freight. The Benson people have their
great cradle up and arc ready to begin
stowing the logs for their immense Los
Angeles raft, and expect to get it out
about tho middle of July. They have
plenty of logs in sight and will lose no
time with the enterprise. She left up
on time, with A. Dunbar, Walter L.
Robb, Captain J. W. Babbidge. Nels
Futrupp, Miss Vel Irving. Captain
Burns. J. J. Brumbach and Walter Sea
bdrg, on her register
Captain J. W. Babbidge, owner of the
steamer Volga, which hat been duly
equipped and entered on the Chinook run
out of this' city, has.hadjto make a
flying trip to Portland,,' toihava hr gov
ernment papers amended, as, when they
arrived here, they did not permit her to
inn beyond Astoria out of Portland! and
as it Is au error, he will have to secure
an amendment in order to do the lmi
in s he ha assigned Iter to,
The Y"Miole, hum' at Portland, Is a
lieu tassel and Is ou her second voyage,
hating Ihcii uomplctad at (he yard at
Eimia lat tpilng. Nht U stimst'd as
Indnjf V-npal.le of carrying 1.000,000 feet
of Oregon llr to California ports, and she
will oomtiiercj loading there in a few
diiys. The Vosmit( I rated . a the
finest member of the steam schooner
Meet now in operation -out of this port,
and she is slated as a regular caller at
Astoria and Portland. I
The increased number of steam vessels
being operated in the district known In
government circles a the Willamette has
cau-ed the appointment of t wo assistant
to Inspector of Hulls and Boiler Ed
ward and Fuller, who have found it
practically Impossible to look after the
entire district unassisted. The large
number of new vessel being built and
operated on the, Willamette and Colum
bia river made It imperative that some
thing sbould be done to relieve the strain
on the two inspectors and the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, which has
been increasing the inspection force in
various "other part of the country, de
cided to delegate assistant to Captain
Edwards and Fuller. In accordance with
order issued from the bead of the de
partment, Donald 8. Ames, who will act
a assistant inspt-tor of hulls, and Geo.
Pugh Welden, who is assistant inspector
of boiler, lave reported to the office, at
Portland, and are engaged in the pursuit
Of their duties, having commenced on
Monday.
AFTER TOBACCO TRUST.
Government Endeavoring to Compel Com
panies to Produce Their Books.
NEW YORK. June 12.-The federal
grand jury today asked Judge Lacorobe
to adjudge in contempt William H. Mc
Allister, secretary of the American To
bacco Company; William E. Ransom,
secretary of the Mac-Andrews and
Forbes Company, and John 8. Young,
of the John S. Young Company, for not
having produced certain books and rec
ords as cited in subpoenas. Special As
sistant Attorney-General H. W. Taft,
brother of the Secretary of War Taft,
made the argument for the punishment
of the recalcitrant witnesses. Taft
urgd that the books contained the pre
liminary arrangements for the "corner
ing," not only In the United States, but
practically in the whole world, of
licoric paste, an article used in the manu
facture of plug tobacco, and that many
minor plug tobacco manufacturers bad
leen forced, he said, out of business,
through inability to obtain this in the
pat. Counsel for the accused claim the
books contain personal . letters. Judge
I ji combe suggested that the books be
presented to him and he would determine
what portion of them are material.
INVESTIGATE PACKING HOUSES.
CHICAGO, June 12.-President W.
Jame of the University of Illinois, yes
terday accepted a position on the expert
eommi'-Mon which is to aid the Illinois
Manufacturers' Association and probably
the Chicago Commercial Association in
the investigation of the Chicago Packing
houses in the light of the Neill-Reynolds
report. He is the firt man to be se
cured. Secretary Glenn said last night that
the Manufacturers' Association hoped to
lie able to announce today the make-up
of its commission, though considerable
difficulty was experienced in getting
suitable men.
ACTION DEFERRED.
NEW YORK, June 12.-The Commer
cial Travelers' Anti-Tnist League which
organized the movement to extend a pub
lic reception to W. J. Brian on his re
turn to this country, August 20, at a
meeting yesterday, decided to defer im
mediate action as to details and to ap
point a committee of ten members to
arrange some plan which would meet
with the co-operation of all branches of
the party.
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
LOS ANGELES, June 12-C. C. Jaxon.
a negro tailor of Pasadena, was arrested
lat night on suspicion of implication in
tho murder of James Logan, a mulatto
on the Raymond hotel golf links a
month ago.
' Jaxon is the second suspect arrested.
The first arrest was made in Brockton.
Mass., when Peter Goldie, a white man.
aged SO years and who formerly was
employed by Jaxon was apprehended at
the request of the police. Goldie disap
peared from Pasadena two days after
the murdjjt. Jaxon claims he can prove
aa alibi.
WAGON GAVE NAME.
ARLINGTON, Ore., June 12.Some 30
years ago a few men settled on a flat
twelve miles south of Arlington. In
the crew was only one wagon an old
Schutler, In some way they began call
ing thi neighborhood Schutler, from the
old wagon. A few years later It wa, a
It l now, known s Si hutler Flat. When
the Conduit branch railroad of the (I, R.
A No, Company wa built, a station wa
established near (hi plane, and i nam
ed Mcliutler, This I one of the finest
farming aectloit In Gilliam county, and
thus from an old Majj"U a Mm" i found
fur a flu Hhest belt.
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Clothing bought at
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pressed FREE of
charge whenever ycro
wish it. That saves,
you
$12 a Year
You benefit in every way if you buy
Men's and Boyfs Gothes at
Herman Wise
Astoria's Reliable Clothier
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and in it you get all these qualities. Try it, and if you're not more than
satisfied, we'll refund your money!
Made of the famous Sandvik Bessemer steel, reinforced, with wide heel, which
fits the American Snath, our scythes embody the very beat of skill and material.
Foard & Stokes Company
In Regular Session. The State board
of pilot commiwioners, consisting of A.
V. Pendleton, Sylvester Farrell and
George Xoland, met yesterday afternoon
at the office of Commissioner Noland.
with Chairman Pendleton presiding, and
Secretary Beit Ross in charge of the
records. There was no new business done
and the trend of the session was toward
a general discussion of conditions on
the Columbia river bar, and this re
sulted in the recorded and formal decla
ration of the commission, that the
dftdger Chinook should be put to work
upon the bar during the coming summer
and fall.
Realty Ownership Changes. The fol
lowing deeds went to the public records
yesterday, among a lot of other docu
ments: The United States to John P.
Anderson, patent, for 160 acres of land
in Clatsop county. G G. Palmberg and
wife to Arthur E. Peterson, warranty,
$10. lot 7, and the north 20 feet off lot
24, block 1, Warren's First Extension to
Warrenton. Arthur E. Peterson and
wife to J E. Higgins, warranty, $10, lot
7, and the north 20 feet of lot 24. .block
1, Warren's First, Extension to Warren
ton. J. E. Peyton and wife o Johu C.
Welch, warranty, $100. 100 acres of Wl
in Clatsop county.
Astoria Souvenirs at Svenson'a.
IT
PAYS
to buy MENNEN'S BORATE D TAL.eXJ
CUM because o4ta perfection aad purity, f " J
But it does not pay to sell MENNEN 8 lAi "
ui ucKjiy
which, costing about half the cost of MEN
NEN'S, yields the dealer double profit.
The "just as good" with which aome
dealer try to palm off a substitute is true
any way. If it's only "just as good " for
the dealer why push the sale, if it's only
"just as good" for the buyer why risk aa
unknown preparation for MENNEN'S.
There's nothing lust aa good aa MCN
NEN'S BORATED POWDER, and
tho dealer who says there is, risks his
cuatomer'a skin and aafaty to make aa
extra profit on a sale.
Have vou tried MENNEN'S VIOLET
fETMt
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BORATE!) TALCUM TOILET POWDER r Ladlea
partt.il tJ vloU-t perfume will dad Mennen'a Violet Powder
migrant with the odor of frh plucked Parma Violets,
p. ! awrywhsf f.r If muli, or
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July 11th
Those two fine
Pianos will be given to
two of Wise's custom
ers at the dance July
11. One piano number
with every $5 you buy
at"
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Herman .Wise's
Fine Store.'
keen, light scythe
breaking, and is tuaranteed to boU
ever before used. Buy one of our
More than half a million officials, busi
ness, professional men, bankers, farmers
and stockmen have been cured by using
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 3?
cents Tea or Tablets. Sold by Frank
Hart, druggist.
The Necessary Documents. County
Clerk J. C. Clinton is busy these days
inventing the officers-elect of Clatsop
county with the very essential certifi
cates of their respective elections. Sheriff
elect Merritt R. Pomery yesterday took
the oath of office for that post, and will
immediately proceed to arrange for tha
heavy bond he is required to give as ex
officio tax collector of the county.
Good looks brings happiness. Friends
care more for us whep we meet them
with a clean, smiling face, bright eyes
sparkling with health, which comes by
taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Sold by Frank
Hart, druggist. '" .
$J5.oo, DOLLARS REWARD, j
A reward of twenty-five dollar will
lie paid for the recovery of the body of
the late Charles isaukson .who was
drowned" ori ''June 9. lflod, on feacoek
Spit. Finnish Brotherhood, ;j
By E. GUSTAFSOX. President
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