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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1906)
a W FRIDAY, NOVEMOER 23, 190J, THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WATERFRONT ITEMS Steamship Geo. W. Elder Here on Initial Voyage. LOSS OF LIMINE AT RAINIER Kick on Kilbum't Tactics Aztec Ar- rivet Down From Portland Cos ta Rica Dut Down This Morn ing Note. The waterfront event of the day here yesterday was the arrival of the steamship Geo. v. Elder, from Port land, on her Initial voyage to Call fornla since her rebuilding". She came down at noon and was tied up at the Callender pier until i p. m. She has a passenger list of eighty people ana Is as fresh and ship-shnpe as though nothing had ever happened to her. She Is painted a dark olive green, to match her running-mate, the Roanoke, and is handsomely finished Inside and out. Her. officers report her just a little new In action, all around, especially her furnaces, with which they experienced some trouble yesterday coming down the river, but nothing that cannot be easily adjust ed In due time. Her official staff is as follows: Captain G. X. Jessen First Officer A. Dehnst Second Officer George Dexter Third Officer A. F. "Westenholm Chief Engineer Aiairah Dunham First Assistant James Hughes Second Assistant Max Clauss Third Assistant W. W. Crawford Purser W. M. Smith Chief Steward J. R. McAvoy Her Portland agent, Charles P. Doe, was a passenger on board for the trip to San Francisco. John Peterson, cf this city, shipped out on the Elder as head oiler yesterday afternoon. A good many Astorlans will recollect her third engineer, Mr. Crawford, who re sided here for several years, and was In the employ of Prael & Cook, and did some river service on the dredger v. a. L&aa. sne got away at 4 o'clock on her way to Eureka, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Captain Turner of the river pilot service, brought her down. pie rigidly In line until the transfer whs made to the Cascades. There Is considerable complaint about the Indifferent manner In which the steamer F. A. Kllburn Is Ignor ing Its Astoria business and going by It without a word of explanation. Goods are received here by the com pany's representative and placed on the Clock for the steamer and her captain takes them or leaves them just as the convenience of the hour of his arrival here dictates. Cne mer chant In this city shipped out some goods not long since, and they never left the pier for six weeks. No blame Is attached to the local agent, even his protests are over-ridden by the steamer's officers. It demands quick and radical adjustment. The British steamship Manchester Port, Captain Acraman, ten days out from Guaymas, Mexico, entered this port yesterday afternoon, and under went federal Inspection satisfactorily to the health and customs officials. She made a very Quick trip up the coast and though the weather was pretty stiff, It was favorable. She will go on to Portland this morning. Orders were received In this city yesterday by Captain Colilngwood, of i the British ship Iverna, that he re main In this harbor until further or ders. He will probably not remain long, as charters are not very thick hereabout. THINK WELL before you select your suit for fall. There arc many thiugs to take into consideration, chiefly among them arc fit and fabric. Do you know that before we buy our stock to place BEFORE you we have spent long hours of study aud have carefully compared one with another until we know that our clothes arc the best that it is pos sible to produce? Then why should YOU LEAP at any thing that is offered you? You can be well dressed and well satisfied if you trade with us. "Lest you forget" we say again'Think well before you leap." P. A. STOKES, UNCOMMON CLOTHES. Cloths bought hr priid frt. 4 Copyright 1906 by Hart Schaftncr U Marx ? ' Early yesterday morning Agent Charley Fuller, of the Kamm line, re ceived a wire from Rainier, announc ing the deplorable fact that the steam er Lurline. which left this port at 9:45 on Wednesday night, had been sunk in collision a few hundred yards from her dock at Rainier at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. She was backing out to continue her trip on to Port land, when the towing steamer Cas cades, en route down the river, and rounding In to touch at Rainier, crashed Into the after port gangway of the Lurline and tearing her wide open. The Lurline began sinking without a moment's notice and the Cascades ran along side of her and quickly transferred her passengers and mall, and part of her crew, and al most before she could get clear of the Lurline, the latter sank in water that Is washing her cabin floors two feet deep. Captain Larkln, Purser Moran and Pilot Olney, with the engineers and the rest of the crew, with the books and papers of the boat went ashore at Rainier and are now stand ing by their stranded vessel. There was a dense fog over the river at the time the steamers came in con tact, and It was almost impossible to see half a boat's length away. De tails further than these were not ob tainable here last night. She had twenty-four people on board, a num ber of whom were from this city, but there was very little confusion and Captain Larkln held things and peo- une UKianoma arrived down yes terday from Portland, with the schooners Mabel Gale and Abble on her hawsers, and returned up the riv er at sundown with the French ships Hoche and Empereur Menelik, Port land bound. The steamship Aztec of the Portland- San Francisco line, arrived down at 4 o'clock yesterday evening, and went to her berth at the O. R & N. pier. She will leave out on the morning flood. Tne Gray's Harbor sea-going tug Agnes, Captain B. Tabell, arrived in yesterday afternoon and was turned over to her new owner, Captain Mad ison, who will use her In river and bay sen-Ice here. The schooner Mabel Gale cleared from here yesterday for San Fran cisco with 900,000 feet of lumber, and she went down and out on the tow- lines of the Tatoosh yesterday even ing. MAYOR WISE ANDTHE AMENDMENTS COMMUNICATES HIS IOEAS IN THIS IMPORTANT RELATION- CAREFUL STUDY AND DISCUS SION BY CITIZENS NEEDED. The following communication has been filed at this office by Mayor Herman Wise, and Its careful perusal and an adherence to its suggestions , when any officer absents himself from "Removing the 75 per tent clause from our street assessment plan has mush of merit to It. ' Dividing the city Into four wards wlih two councllmen from each wan' and one councilman at large Is 1 11 lenucu 10 give uie various sections o our city equal representation, without Increasing the number of councllmen. "Another amendment provides that the street superintendent himself set as Inspector of street contracts and should result favorably. "Thero Is an amendment curing defect In tho present charter as to who should act In the absence of the may or, which defect caused litigation a few years ago. "Another amendment provides that will be beneficial to citizens and city alike: "Astoria, Ore., Nov. 22, 1906. "In today's Astorlan there is an the city for a lontrer period than sl ty days, without permission from the council, his office shall be declared Item which states that the voters of j either. The little schooner Abble arrived down from Rainier yesterday morning with a cargo of 163,000 feet of lum ber for San Francisco. She cleared yesterday afternoon. the Second ward are not registering because there are no councllmen to be elected from that ward, which, If true, Is unfortunate, because the vot ers of the Second ward should be just as much interested In the new char ter amendments as the voters of oth er wards: 'This Is the first time In the history of the city where tho people them selves will have the opportunity of "There Is also nn amendment re quiring a six months' residence In the city for a citizen to have th rlKhts of an elector; Is that unreasonable? And so on; but each voter registering will receive copies of nil fifteen amendments and can read them over and think for himself; but every voter owes that much to himself and he owes it to the city; better give this matter a little thought now, rather saying what amendments shall become, 'ban complain later, The motor schooner Delia, with a load of bridge Irons, left out for the Nehalem yesterday afternoon, and had a smooth bar to cross this time. law and which of them shall not pass; and Astoria being the first city In Oregon where such privilege Is grant ed to the people, I hope that there may be a full vote, so that all amend- The steamer Sue H. Elmore went me"s "hen adopted will represent to sea and Tillamook Bay yesterday tne wl" of a majority of the people morning with a good grist of freight reBret 'bat the city press has and a number of passengers. not 8een flt t0 u"y discuss the mer its of the various proposed amend- The schooner C. S. Holmes, with nients- The charter commission has 600,000 feet of lumber on board, cleared g)vetl mucn tlme and considerable from this port and the Tongue Point Btuay to the needs of thin growing mills yesterday. municipality, and while some of the amendments did not suit all of the The steamship Columbia Is due in gentlemen of the commission, most of on Sunday morning next from San lne cnanges were adopted unanimous Francisco, completing her first round ,y an(1 aI1 ot tnem received a ma- trlp. Jorlty vote; now they are to be sub mitted to the peoples Judgment and The motor schooner Gerald C. went a'l amendments receiving a majority td sea and Nehalem yesterday after- of all the votes (even If there be but noon, loaded with produce and cannery I a hundred votes cast) will be the supplies. laws which will govern the city un til the people shall decree otherwise The steamship Costa Rica Is duel at some future election. To my mind down from Portland this morning en it Is fully as Important, If not more route to San Francisco. so, that we have suitable laws, as that we shall have good officers to A novel feeling of leaping, bounding execute them; If an officer elected by "Good officers are necessary, but good laws are Imperative; so let ev ery man do hlB duty and register, study the amendments and vote as IiIm Judgment dictates; Unit's the way to vindicate government by the people. "HERMAN WISH, Mayor." livery Man, Woman ! . mill t hll.t should j! 1 I1C come aud have a j I . i! Red men's nuciis, j Masque (JonU Mnkcd 1.00 ! LniUc Masked, j j Ball .Nieclatorn, 3c i Children muter VI ' jenrs-sc. p Tllli ltliATIiST liVIiNT p 1 or Tin: wiiAsos I j TO lli IIKLD AT No Intoxicating liittor allowed In ' LOGAN'S HALL Don't forgot the data ... , , TUANK8HIVINU S cdneKduy, No. liVliNINU t ember UN. at Lo. (run's Hall. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28. The linet floor In Astoria. IHiST0!' UNION MUSIC DONE BY DEED Impulse goes through your body. Tou feel young, act young and are young after taking Honlster's Rocky Moun tain Tea. Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. For sale by Frank Hart. ASTORIA GROCERY P10NE, MAIN 681. 523 COMMERCIAL STREET. Pears for Canning, $1.00 per Box Waxen Cooking Apples, 5cper Box King Apples, $1 J5 per Box Sour Kraut- 5c lb. Mince Meat, 2 lbs, 25c. Dill Pickles, 20c Doz, Comb Honey, 2 for 35c. All Kinds of Fresh Fruits -and Vegetables in Season the people proves inefficient, public sentiment can, when fully aroused, force such officer to resign, but laws once having received the sanction of a majority of the people, cannot be set aside until repealed by the peo ple; hence the necessity of a free dis cussion and a full vote. "I will refer to a few amendments over which there is no controversy, and which should receive an affirma tive vote; as for Instance, (he amend ment changing the time of city elec tion to two years Instead of annual elections, as an present; the amendment giving tho mayor a little more control over the street, police and fire departments; Increasing the limit of Indebtedness from $215,000 to $230,000, which, considering that the city has doubled In population since the limit was fixed at $215,000, Is a very reasonable amendment. "Neither ought there be any dispute over the amendment fixing eight hours as a day's work and $2.50 as the min imum day's wage on city work. C. II. Davis and wife to Louis Labowltch, lot 15, block 3, Grime's Annex to Ocean CJrovc$ 225 Theo Kruse Catering Co. to R. F. Southwlck, lot 12, block 4, Kruse' First Add. to Gearhart Park 200 Same to Harry L. Humblott, lot 13, block 4, Kruse' First Add Gearhart Park 200 Same ot L. L. Humblett, lots 13 and 28, block 3, Kruse' First Add. to Gearhart Park 350 Same to Harry L. Hamblet, lot ( 11 and 14, in block 4, Kruse' First Add. to Gearhart Park and tldo frontage 200 Same to I L. Hamblet, lots 13 block 2, Kruse' First Add. to Gearhart Park 1 O. Ziegler, Trustee, to Itoo E. Watts, lots 4 and G, Uhlen hart's Sub. Block 6, Clatsop Grove 150 410 CUNTS IMiK MONTH ASTORIA'S BUST NKWMIAIKK Guarantees to Its Advertisers A Larger Circulation Than Any Paper Published In Astoria OUR BOOKS ARE OPEN TO INSPECTION BY OUR ADVERTISERS BE CHARITABLE to your horses as well as yourself. sort your horses need not suffer, i Try a bottle of Ballard's Snow Lint-: ment. It cures all pains. J. M. Ro- berts, Bakersfield, Mo., writes: "I have used your llnamcnt for ten years i and find Jt the best I have ever used for man or beast." Hart's Drug Store. H. C. Mcintosh of Portland was in tho city yesterday. 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