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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1907)
THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 5 bsts IT HAS NO EQUAL "LOG CABIN FLOUR" IS THE BEST FOR EVERY NEED A good hard wheat flour that goes farther ' and make better bread and pastry than the kind you thought was best. Try a sack on your next order. CLOTHES Bought at HERMAN WISE'S. Pressed Free as often as you say A Piano Number Free With Each $5 Purchase. New Chemical Engine Authorized , for Fire Department MORE STREET IMPROVEMENTS TUESDAY, JULY , 1907. ON ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. The Leading Groewt - TERSE TIUS OF THE I . Monty For County Tht Klierlir ullhe t"dey paid over to the eounlr treasurer $4119 of tti ItHMI j. taxes and JO in fees, plttcton' Meeting The direct of the Alaskt FUWf- f jmieue racking Company, mw a mmti meeting yesterday afternoon. Tht bus!- h transacted was purely routine. Cattlt For Seaaidt , TJiert wa a carload f entile on the nm.it train yesterday en mult for Hce aide. Tim Unlit not ft licnvy one, be Inn made uu of olizltt csr altogether. thnuuli there, wa. not ureal number Of passenger. Diet o( Typhoid Mrs. Flora May !na died yesterday morning at ten minute pt (J at the family residence on Kxvhtngt street. She leave, a htebaiid and five children The funeral service will be held tt tb residence at BiM thU morning and the hitrrtnont will be In Greenwood. Car Lint Up The aitwl car line was up all yter- day at Hit foot of Eighteenth on torn manual street. neceitatlmr a transfer of pa.senger. at that point, The oW road bed bad not been renewtd for many jeer and it waa found to lie In pretty rotten state, calling " Imme.liat r pair. Belaying Tuck , " Tlia A. A C track laying gang which are busy relaying the track on the Seaside division have now reached Carnahan kWtion and art working south. Heavy lrl, the ame a la used on tit main Itn. I wing put down In place of th old 341 pi Mind rail. New tie are aNi being put In and aa soon a finished the road will be one, of the flneat piece of track in the country, Tht Sliver Question ' The allver question filled the air In A'loria yesterday. It waa the firt of the juonth and all the collectora were out bright and early. Later a heavy demand fur wheelbarrow and pnah earti art In wheu it wa found Unit everybody ww paying In silver dollar. There was record quantity of .liver In clreuhtlon, ami It became a grave question bow it was to be handled. Seaside The A. A ft It It, did a big business on Sunday with their Seaside crowds, Many holiday maker came tluotiL'li .from Portland and boarded the train 11 1 all the stopping place en route. There la more bulne already In eight for tlil summer's aeuon than there ha ever been before in tht hUtory of the reort. Atuongat other larire iiirties which will ewell the volume of excur tlonlaU are the aoldlera on about the 1.11 h, then the State Medical Institution, the State DrugtrUt. mid following them WUl oom tlit Y. W. C A. of Portland. It 1 rumored thai tt aabout tbla Utter time .Mr. R. JJ Jcnklna will take hi, vacation Cloied oa tht Fourth All the grocery atore In town will be doted all day 011 the t mirth, Ko ge In ymir bI on euneaday. Bank To Move The Klrt National Hank l to make an effort to exchange quarters on the Fourth, It i doubtful however If the new preuii In the Have) brick will be ready in lime. Rock Crusher The eouiitv rk eruher i working overtime jut now., Kork ia being bnul ed both ways, into Atrl and along the Nehaleni road, it looks like lot of bulnee. ' Busy Buildint There are several new dwelling Ikmim either In coure of ent ruction or ii contemplation in I'pi'Ttown. Consider able qua nt itica of liiinlicr are being hauled that way and there are wvera new houses already nearly completed. To Marry County tSerk Clinton taueil a mar riage license veterday to Harry H. licit, of ftalcm, and Mi Martlm I' Ida no. of AMorla. They will be mar ried at 8alem today, Special Rates Jlurlnif the einiiiiff week there will bf iwriitl rates on the steamer Tle tfraiih for the two days celebration of the Fourth of July in I'ortland. Ingle fare will pay for the' round-trip from Ttteday and they will be available for return on rriday and Saturday. The Fishing Although there wa a slight Improve ment noticeable In the run of fish on Sunday it hut not continued and yes terday matter were no better than they have been riuht alone. The fishermen are somewhat dleonragvd escially when they the town full of pros perous lowers just paid off from a long springs work, and with plenty of money to end. , Police Court .The INillqe department celebmted pay day, which was on Saturday by making. 23 arrests Mween the session of Vohce Court on Saturdar and the session yesterday, fcight appeared wfore Judge Andertn and all were fined the usual ,1 or two dav In Jail, for being drunk The remainder or those nnresteu were able to furnish bail, which they for feited, bv not amaring for trial. Unit wa forfeited to the extent of $103, in eluding 123 for gambling. Marshmallow Sundae Something New Mir Logan Berries Large shipments received daily. tn Leave us your, orders now and Jyou will get thybest ber ;;..!: - "ries the market offers , : . : ',-, ., Scholfield, Mattson Co., Our store will be closed all f day July the Fourth Additional Apparatus For Mew Engine House Will Be Purchased Horses Come High For Street Sprinkler Comblnt Among Painting Contractors. For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH Johnson Phonograph Co. Parlors Ssoond Floor over Soholfltld a Mattson Co. Tiie coiiuiion courtiiil of the City of Astoria met last evening in the llrst regular session of July, all member with the exception of L U. ltclland were in tlicir euta when the roll was called 1 The meeting was of a routine nature nothing of especial Importance trans plld The rily thing which helped to liven up the dullness was seiersi spirit ed little tilts .between Councilman lun sen aud Kalaith, honor were eyen at the close of tht eshm and they botli evidently forgave the other. A rcijtiieitlon wa In from the lire de partment asking for a new chemical en Kin, to cot 1 f.Vj, alarm indicator to cot $HX new set of liarncas to tost about $Mi and tain for the chemba engine. Ther'was some dicusion over the matter of advertising for bids on the new apparatus, tlie requisition wa dually granted. The committee on fire and water recommended that one of the old steamers belonging to the depart ment be repaired and put in service in case of an emergency. The fire and water committee wat authorized to seikl a sum not to exceed 250 for thi purpose. Tht matter of placing fire insurance on lh new engine house was brought up and discussed, it being the opinion of some of tht eouncilinen that If It waa necessary to insure fire en giue house tht department bad belter lie abolished. Others took the view that It was a matter of good business policy to do to. The matter wat left open until the committee oa fire and water refKirtt to the eoqucil tt the next meet ing on everal communications that were addressed to the council by tht local representatives of the varioiu fire in aurance companies. Tht mtter of pur chasing the ground upon which the new engine house U being erected was gone Into aud the motion of Councilmau U gan Hie etty auditor wt lustxucted to make tender of 1300 to tht O. K. ft N. Company who are the owner of the property. This will pave the way for condemnation proceeding in case the railroad company duet uot accept the lender. The bide for the painting of the new engine house were rcmirtcd on and as chairman of the committee Councilman Stangelnnd recommended that the bid of 11. 1.. (spande lie accepted. The bid was for the sum of f"-30. Councilman Ka both did not mign the recommendation as member of the committee as he con sidered the priceso be exorbitant In witty protest lie hinted at a combi nation of the painting contractors aud It took some lengthy explanation from Stangeland, liiienwebcr and Hansen lo convince him that the prices were within reason. The report was adopted and the committee authori?cd to enter into the contract with -Spande. The ordinance increasing City Physi- iuii Mohn's salary from to $75 per month was read for the third time and after considerable discussion the onli nance was rejected. The vote ou the ordinance stood four yeas and four nave and the Mayor's vote decided against the proposed increase iu salary. ilit! ordinance, regulating and limiting the saloons and dram shims was laid over until the next meeting in order that the city attorney might go over the ordinance and determine whether or not it conflicted with the city charter. The question was raised by Councilman Hansen a to whether or not the clause in the ordinance, which says that after the number of saloons reaches one to every 500 no more licenses will be Is sued, doe not conflict with the city charter which says that any man who Ims not been convicted of some crime ran apply for s license and the city must issue it to him. 1 Renewal of liquor licenses were grant ed to C. C. Jeffrya and Norrls Staples. The petitions, of Jack Anderson and C K. Tyler for liquor licenses were jefer red to the committee on health and polioe, The pny roll of the city surveyor amounting to $147.25 and that of the superintendent of streets totalling $158.25 were approved and ordered paid. The report of the city sexton in re gnrd to certain repairs needed at Ocean iew Cemetery was ordered placed on file. Petitions were received from the fol lowing peoples J. T. Ross, president of the Ross, Higgins Company, asked that the lien against lot 7, bloek 16, Adair's be cnncclled. This is another echo of the Fifth atreei improving. The petition was referred to the ways and means committee, and the city attorney, who immediately recommended that it be granted, which was done. W. A. C. Pohl and others asked that an arc lamp he installed on the corner of Dunne and Eleventh streets, it wns referred to the streets and public ways committee. Captain John Piekeruoll asked to be al lowed to construct a cement sidewalk in the TV 7 Italy or at any other old time YOU Can't look IN A Tl 00 "Wise" sun HERMAN WISE Astoria's Leader in Men's and Boys" Wearables front of his property tt the corner of i bird and Bond streets. It waa refer red to the .committee on streets and public way with power to act. Axel Johansun asked that his street assess ment for the Improving of Siagara. street from Eighth to Seventh streets lie equalized. It was referred to the board of "streets assessors. A petition for the improving of Fourteenth street from Jerome to Kensington was re ferred to the committee on streets and public ways. The property owners on Seventeenth street asked that they be allowed to improve the street in front of lots 5 and 6, block 23 and lots 1 and bloek 22. The improving will com prise a stretch of 15(J teet. the peti tion was granted. George Sanborn, C. R. Higgins, and the Oregon Mutual Fire Insurance Association asked that they lie uiveu a share of the insurance on the new engine bouse. These petitions were all referred to the committee on public property. - A communication from Isaac Bergman was received together with an enclos ure of $545.87 which he tendered in pay ment 011 the assessments against cer tain pieces of property. The lender was anccepted. The communication from B. Van Dusen tendering $14.60 to protect lot 7, bloek 23, Shiveley's, against the sale of ( the property by the chief of po lice, until such time as the petitioner could look up the receipts which will go to show that the street assessments against the property have been paid, against the property have been paid. It was referred to the committee on ways and means and city attorney who inirue diately reported back to the council reo ommending that the tender be accepted, A 'communication was received from J Mrs. W .S. Kinney tendering $13.05 iiT payment of the' assessment against j lot 1, block 60, McCUire's. Mrs. Kinney j claiming that the original assessment j was an unjust one. The communica tion was referred to the ways and means committee and the citv attorney. Resolutions were introduced accepting the bids of John Slotte for the improve- j ment of the following streets together! with the contract price: Lincoln avenue from Columbia to Duane, $1135.40; Eighth street from Harrison to Lexing ton, $2779.20; Melbourne avenue from Alameda to Columbia, $1212.20; Colum bia avenue from Lincoln to Melbourne, $2350.00. The bid of E. A. Gerding Tor the improving of Irving avenue from Sixteenth to Eighteenth streets. A resolution was introduced and adopted to improve Irving avenue from Eighteenth street to the east line of the city as laid out by John Shiveley. The resolution provides for the grading to the full width of the street and the necessary culverts for the draining of the street. A resolution was adopted for the establishing of the grade on Mew Gong ' The new indicator and gong for fire headquarters has arrived and is in place. There can Iw no mistakes made with the new apparatus and so there will be no more futile runs to Uppertown on a wild goose chase. A Minor Drunk Last evening the police picked up a mere youth, a boy of barely 17 years of age, in the street and be was unable to correctly tell hit own name or give any information as to where he obtained the liquor with which he became polluted. Will Move Camp Logger Tiberg is almost through with hi operations at Greenwood and will shortly move towards Cuilaby Lake near where Bane used to log. He will put in twitch near Gearhart and pill tnus be enabled to transport his timber over the A. 1 C. R. B. AH tht World knowt that Ballard's Snow LinimerU hag no superior for Rheumatitm, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Sprains .Lumbago, and all pains. Buy it, try it and you will al ways use it. Anybody who hat used Ballard's Snow Liniment is t living proof of what it does. All we ask of you is to get a trial bottle. Price 25c, 50e tnd $1.00. Sold by Hart's Dmur Store, Card of Thanks. L. I, Johnson and family desire to publicly express their thanks for and their great appreciation of the great syjnpathy and many kindly acts of help extended to them in their recent time of trial and bereavement, by their many friends. . Ice Cream.... Made from Pure Sweet, Cream, 30c. Quart. .. W. Whipped Cream 25 Cents a Quart AT TAGG'S PARLORS , 483 Commercial St (Continued on page 8) Oxfords for the Warm Days '. y ' .,'V THERE'S A WORLD OF COMFORT IN THE OXFORDS WE SELL. THERE'S A DAINTINESS IN THE FAULTLESS FEMININE SHAPES THE MANNISH WALKING DESIGNS AS . WELL MARK THE DISTINCT IVENESS OF OUR OXFORDS. THE INFINITE NUMBER OF SIZES AND WIDTHS PROVIDE ALWAYS A PER FECT FIT. j Wherity, Ralston & Company Astoria's Best Shoe Store