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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1907)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1007. A QUICK LUNCH Why spend a couple of hours preparing your noouday lunch? We carry a large line of ready cooked foods. Little Neck Clams, Canned Crabs, Chicken Tomales Spanish, Asparagus Tips, Etc.. which can be prepared in a very few minutes. Your Last Chance ! Your Last Chance ! THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. A. V. ALLEN, Phones 3371 and 711 Main. Sale Agents for Baker's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. CALIFORNIA REPORT Promotions Committee Shows Conditions Improved. atv In emirse of erection Is more than 7,000. 'Valifoniiii's hop and raisin crops have been exhausted at the highest prices paid iu many years and It Is es timated that the orange crop 111 j amount to SO. 000 carloads which bring top prices In eastern markets," TWELVE ENTRIES. BIG DEMAND FOR LABORERS Monthly Bulletin Looks at Sunny Side of Affairs Many Permanent Buildings Have Been Erected in Frisco Sine Fire. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. In Its monthly bulletin of progress, which will be Issued today, the California Promotion Committee will say: The first month of the new year has been one of progress In California and reports received by the California Promotion Committee show that all parts of the state are feeling the in fluence of improved conditions. There is continued shortage of laborers in many lines all over the state, this be ing especially noticeable in ordinary laborers in the lumber industry, and in female help as operatives In mills and factories. Store help, telephone oper ators and domestics are In enormous demand. Office men, clerks and book keepers are called for in all parts of the state. "Conditions in San Francisco, bo far as building operators and commerce are concerned, are eminently heavy. More than $39,000,000 is called for by Nhe 7,734 building permits which have been issued since the flre. It is ea- J Four Nations Are Now Represented in Balloon Race List. NEW YORK. Jan. 30. A cable dis patch was received yesterday by Pres ident Cortland Held Bishop, of the Aero Club of America, from the Arero Club of Spain, entering a team of three men for the international balloon race to be held at St. Louis, October 19. The message named the competitors and they are the same who . took part In the first contest which started from Paris last year. They are Captain A. Duani, who finished fifth In the race last year; Lieutenant Herrera, who got eighth place, and Senor E. C. Sal amanca, who was twelfth. "The presence of the Spanish aero nauts In the race Insures twelve well known balloonlsts," said Mr. Bishop 'France, England and America will be the other countries represented, but we still have time to hear from other foreign clubs, as the entries are open until February 1." LYNCHED MAN HEIR. timated by architects and contractors that fully 1100,000,000 will be expended in buildings during the coming year. One hundred and fifty buildings, be tween five and 22 stories in height, are now in course of erection or have been completed and occupied since the fire, and the total number of permanent ! BOn an,i tempting to commit suicide. buildings that have been erected or CHICAGO, Jan. 30. A dispatch to the Tribune from Des Moines, Iowa, says: It was learned yesterday that James Cullen, who was lynched by a mob at Charles City, was a brother of R. C. Cullen, fromerly a banker at War ren, 111. R. C. Cullen's will, which leaves an estate worth $200,000 to the i man who was lynched, has just been filed. Years ago James Cullen lived near Warren, 111., and was forced to leave town for brutal treatment of his wife and daughter. Later he set tled at Charles City, Iowa, where he was lynched by a mob some weeks ago after murdering his wife and step- UCAfJBEZ: SIXTY ENTOMBED. OUR great clearance sale which has been a pronounced success from start to finish will end Saturday night. The bargains we are offering in men's fine clothing were never offered in this city before, or on th: Pacific coast. We arc offering bright new goods at the lowest cut prices in in town, and if you do not take advantage of this opportunity to buy such bargains it is your loss, not ours. Most merchants in all capacities run clear ance sales to clean out old, out-ofdate stock, We have none of that kind, consequently we have to sacrifice our new goods to meet com petition. This Opportunity Should Appeal to You We Quote Prices Here Which Should Interest You. MEN'S FINE SUITS Men's Fine Cheviot Suits. Men's Fine Scotch Tweed Rain SPECIAL fiD.85 Proof Overcoate. A few broken lots of the finest we Over 100 fine wool Oregon Cheviot $'-". 00 value, special $18.00 have. suits. $22. "jO value, special,...-. $16,00 All 52.5.00 and $30.00 values. Regular $15.00 values. Your choice, - $18.40 Your choice, - $9.85 $20.00 value, special $14.25 $18.00 value, special $12.50 All others 20 per cent off. BOY'S CLOTHING 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT WOOLEN MILL STOKE E. C. JUDD, Proprietor. . 684 Commercial St. Between 15th and 16th. You Can Be Easy! W. L. Douglas Shoe They are the Greatest of All Shoes In single and double soles, warm and strong, protecting the feet and health at the same time. These shoes have that soft, velvety feeling, and have that peculiar action making walking a pleasure. They are gratifying to the most sensitive feet. Our Specialty Line of Loggers Shoes guarantee satisfaction to the wearer. No better but a leader of all. S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond St., opposite Fisher Bros. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 30. Late advices from the disaster to the .Stuart Coal Company's mine at Fay etteville. are that the number of vic tims will be sixty instead of seventy to eighty. The list of those positively known to have been in the mine at the time of. the disaster includes 38 whites and 10 negroes. Besides these there are a number of foreigners whose names are not known. Very little hope if expressed that any of the entombed miners will be found alive. For Rheumatic Sufferers, The quick relief from pain afforded by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm makes It a favorite with sufferers from rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lum bago, and deep seated and muscular pains. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of GRAFT IN GOVERNMENT. House Investigating Commitee Finds Thousands of Dollars Misspent. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. A dispatch in th.; Tribunr. from Washington, say: Scandalous conditions have been found in various government departments as a result of the Investiga' ins he In;,' made, by the House committee on ap- propriatiotiri. The committee lias dis covered that In one branch of the pub lic service contracts have been let at exorbitant prices for material In vented by an employe who was a member of the board which made th.; award. In another department con tracts have been awarded for mater ial in the manufacture of which one of the officers was engaged. In still another inventions which were de veloped by employes during their gov ernment service have been uned by the government at a high cost. If the members of the House are successful In the campaign they have begun thousands of dollars will be saved the government annually, and there will be a mote sharply defined ' right of an employe to control ex- ' elu"ive!y an invention developed and perfected In the curse of his official duty. guria and Sutter "treats l.mt night, one was In a lying cnnditl.-n wtieiij found, and unconseloui. The other said that they were set upon by a number of Japanese, owing to koimc ' First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. trouble over a however, be.:Ve "f a War bet We those which bn woman. The police, that thin Is Ihc first it li i u- s, similar to :ik lit from :lme to time among the ChliaHe tongs. !.,th of the men died a short time after be ing picked up. i:staim.ikiii:i ihmii. Capital $100,000 V) SPICES, rl COFFEEJEA, BAKING POWDER, FLCninG EXTRACTS' AholufcPuriry, Finest Flavor. 0rear,rSfrenh.fei5orIefrki CLC5SET&DEYER5 f PORTLAND, OREGON. C PROCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW. Oregon Restaurant Is now open as an up-to-date house. Serves the best meals in the city. Everything strictly first class. REGULAR HOME DINNER, 35c. SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNER A SPECIALTY 50c. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT fWm.G. PATTERSON, Prop NINTH AND ASTOR STREETS. Valencian Authorities Fear Serious Trouble with Striking Workmen. MADRID, Jan. 30. Martial raw has been proclaimed In Valencia following a strike of workmen. Serious trouble Is feared. The proposal to eliminate the everlasting bread trouble by es tablishing the bakeries as a popular truHt, where bread can be obtained at actual cost, Is meeting support in the press and In other quarters. Such a trust, It Is believed, would protect the consumer from the middlemen and consequently stop the trouble so fre quently occurring. WHAT IS IT YOU NEED? Your house wired? Your door bell fixed? or your telephone connected up? STEEL EWART UP-TO-DATE ELECTRICIANS. No. 222 TWELFTH 8TREET, JAPANESE FOUND INJURED. Mystery Surrounds Injury of Two Ori entals in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. Woka and Talgma, Japanese were found ly ing desperately wounded and helpless on the sidewalk at the corner of La- Our Doors Are Open We are anticipating your patronage and will appreciate it. We will do business on the basis of "A Dollar in Value for a Dollar in Cash." We offer nothing but the best and genuine - Liquors and Wines Our reputation going with the goods as they are sold. Drop in and look over the stock we are handling. We dispose of our wares only in bulk, bottle and package. A wholesale line on wholesale terms. American - Importing - Co. Successors to Foard & Stokes, 589 Commercial Street, Phone Main 1883. K