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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1907)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY C, 1007. THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Bi A QUICK LUNCH Why spend a couple of hours preparing your noonday lunch? Wc 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. A. V. ALLEN, Phones 3871 nd 711 Main. Sale Agents for Baker's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. FAVOR COMMISSION House Committee Will Report Chopin Railroad Bill. UNDICIDED ON DEMMURRAGE One Member Still Holds Out Against Commission Question of Recipro cal Demurrage and Manner of Selection Undecided. ii)2 1U WISE WILL PAY YOU .3 - T Irani Ten linutes To help move my fine stocR from the pres ent quarters before opening' in the former Cooper Store. lloiM in l ho rivers on the west of the Cascade mountains, for a fow hmim at least and allowed the Northern Pac ific Railroad official an opjiort unity to 1 1 jccc.i wit,i ht clcarliiK of tho tracks. Iiot'i yi!-s c' th mountains, und west. are covered with an unusual depth ci snow and until last evening t waf feared that the warm weather prevailing would melt this and pre r'plrnte a tl l, perhaps more dlsas uvus tiiir the one last November. The sncw in the Casca lea now Ilea to a depth of from eight to kh feet amli (luting the greater part of yesterday was melting rapidly . The cold rain which began last even ing en both sides of the range stopped the thaw on the west and relieve! the tltuatlon on the cast. At present condi'ona on the east side are uncertain. The rain, whiVj It Is not making the situation worse, U fill' not aiding materially, if the weather turns colder and the rain tn V. nmJlll ...111 SALEM, Ore., Feb. 6. Although i , . . , ,. ' ' .- i1A nmi1 mueh worse, nnd If 'hi wen- amended in each section, the Chapln ,h s.f ou,. moderate aml t,. s, 1W railroad commission bill will be re- begin to melt there Is a vast dan??,- of ported back to the II -use tomorrow i 'iood. favorably. There are two points still i undecided by the House and Senate railroad committee. These are hotv the railroad commission shall be ap pointed and reciprocal demurrage. For th present the reciprocal demurrage cause remains, but it and the manner of selecting the commission will jak en up this afternoon. There Is still one member of the committee holding out against a commission. This te Senator Bower man. When the committee first en tered on executive session it was de cided to plunge Into the subject of commission first. To bring the matter before the committee, Representative wanted the Job appeared before the Coffey moved that there be a railroad j committee to advocate the bill, and In NO NEW ASSISTANT. Secretary of State's Plan Sat on Hard in Ways and Means Committee. SALEM. Ore., Feb. 6.A bill was brought to Ihe ways and means com mittee providing for another assistant attorney general. This came directly from the attorney general's office, but on Investigation It was discovered that the attorney general did not especially care about this Increase In his staff, but that the request came from the secretary of state's office. A man who commission and this motion received a second from Senator Miller of Llr.n and Marian. Sparring began and con tinued for some time, the wavering ones waiting to see which side had the majority beiore climbing into the structed the committee that the office was Imperatively needed to collect the corporation occupation tax Imposed by the state. The committee rooted around a bit farther and discovered that under the The Following an the Only Coitions, Overcoats, Suits. Buy any $JC Overcoat and I will allow you $3.30 for Buy any $10 Suit and I will allow you $2.50 for moving moving it out of my present store. it out oof my present store. A : Buy any $15 Overcoat and I will allow you $5.00 for Buy any $15 Suit and I will allow you $3.75 for moving ' moving it out of my present store. it out of my present store. Buy any $20 Overcoat and I will allow you $6.65 for Buy any $20 Suit and I will allow you $5.00 for moving moving it out of my present store. it out of my present store. Buy any $25 Overcoat and I will allow you $8.30 for Buy any $25 suit and I will allow you $6.25 for moving moving it out of my present store. it out of my present store. Buy any $30 Overcoat and I will allow you $10.00 for Buy any $30 suit and I will allow you $7.50 for moving moving it out of my present store it out of my present store. WMX1 this grand removal sale affects WStS EVERY STITCH OF CLOTHS IN MY STORE, m ptm? AND NOT JUST A FEW BAITS AS OFFERED w BY OTHERS. Hats and Caps. Underwear. My, what don't we do to Hats and Caps. Prices cut from '4 to H on every piece, No use to wear an old one. not only on a few odds and ends. Some of my competitors anticipating this band wagon. When the committee j law the district attorneys were In-; finally agreed that there should be ajstructed to collect this tax. and that! commission, only Bowerman cast a (lis- j they would have to do so If Instructed sentlng vote. , by the attorney general. On Inquiry at The committee appropriated $50,- the attorney general's office It Was ; SOX Holes in Prices Only. UMBRELLAS Only Leak in the Prices. 600 for the commission and the sal- j found that the sem-tary of state had never notified him of the law's provl-; slons nor ordered that the corporate1 taxes be cnllt-cted as provide by the act. Then the committee went on rec- j aries were arranged at $3,000 for the commissioners, $2,400 for the clerk and $1,200 for a stenographer. The bill provided for more clerical assist- TACOMA, Feb. 6. Cold rains which began shortly after 10 o'clock last night relieved the dsuper of a deji.-us'.lv UCANBEZ ance, but all were cut out except thejord to the effect that the secretary cf: one stenographer. There being no dis- i state had better get busy and that no' position' to handicap the commission, i assistant attorney general was going- to be created to do the work of of ficers already constituted. An amusing feature of the contro versy was the attempt made by the man who wanted the Job to show the! need of the taxes being collected. A I list of alleged delinquent corporations! was rea.i ana snout nair or mem were found to be defunct, among them be ing two Portland baseball clubs and one outlaw league. it was stipulated, however, that in case of need the number of stenog raphers could be increased. COLD RAINS AVERT FLOOD. But Change of Weather May Yet Bring Disaster. HARDWARE MEN ORGANIZE. What a Wise S and knowing from past experience ale Means are offering'a few stale baits, but the sucker season aint open just now. A storekeepe don't generally sacrifice his entire stock except for good cause. 1 have a good reason. ' I don' t want to move any more stock than I can help, because I wish to open my new stre with a complete new spring stock. So here she goes. LET HER RIP. The old man has broke loose again. BIG CUTS Boy's Suits and Overcoats cut down TRUNKS shaved to cost Stiff and Soft SHIRTS dressed down Delegations from Northwest, Neveda, Montana and Utah Expected. ; WOObm.TtX, Ore., Feb. 8. Henry J. Alton of this ci;y, president of the ! Oregon State Retail Hardware and i Implement Dealers' Association, ex- I pects an attendance of from 200 to ' ; 250 dealers at the convention to be I held at the Chamber of Commerce J building, Portland, February 13-14. j The object of the convention Is to dis j cuss subjects of interest to all hard j ware and implement dealers in the ' state and to bring up certain matters i that are of importance to retailers. On February 11 and 12 there will be a convention in the Chamber of Com merce building of delegations from hardware and implement associations of Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada, the purpose being a Pacific Coast federa tion along the same lines as the na tional association of the Kast. The Spokane dealers have chartered a car for the occasion and will be present In force. These delegations will be the gutsts of the Oregon association. A banquet will be given the Oregon association by Portland manufacturers and jobbers on the evening of Febru- opposite Fisher Broa.ary 13. PANTS-You need BIG an extra pair at the - Trro price we make them. U JjJ 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., Knox hats, E. & W. and Car aartt Goods, being contract goods we cannot reduce them. CASH ONLY will be the motto during this wonderful sale. YOU KNOW that I carry only A I goods so come early and get your pick. HERMA N WISE THE RELIABLE CLOTHIER AND HATTER Behind Bach Article Sold In His Fine Store. FIGHT BURNS BILL. Full Weight Measure Does Not Meet Approval of Jobbers. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 6. Of the many exciting meetings, the palm goes to the farm and dairy committee of the House, which had under consideration Representative Burns' pure food law. To oppose' the full weight provisions of the bill were Allen Lewis, Ed Ehr man, Henry Hahn, Sam Kerr and A. H. Boyd, Portland Jobbers and whole salers. To support the measure were Representative Burns, who was also chairman of the committee, Mrs. Ev ans, the Portland market Inspector, and two other women. They went at It hammer and tongs, without arriv ing at any conclusion. "If this bill becomes a law," nld the Jobbers, "we will have to sell canned oysters and canned tomatoes and other canned goods by weight, and If they fall under the weight we will be violating the law. We favor a full weight regulation on articles which can be sold by weight, but you sell oysters by the can, not by the ounce." They suggested that the full-weight clause be stricken out, whereupon Mr. Hums objected to the alteration of a line. Mrs. Evans testified that she had weighed many articles In the Portland markets, und found them short weight, .She had not confined herself to canned goodH, but to produce which Is sold by weight, and which Is supposed to bo up to a standard. Articles supposed to weigh a pound frequently weighed but 12 ounces. Mate Food and Dairy Commission er Bulley offered to prepare a sub stitute for the sweeping section which should satisfy bojh Jobbers and con sumers by specifying which articles should be sold by weight, and which by the can or package. He Is now working on this. To tho consumers this measure and this particular clause Is more vital than the settlement of the railroad question or the many proposed amend ments to the constitution. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always BoagM Bears tho Signature of 1