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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1907)
4 t SATURDAY, AUGUST to, 1907. THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTOJUA, OREGON. Fresh From the Farm "RIPE TOMATOES" 5c TO-DAY ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. The Leading Greeeea M IMS Of I Sold Out- Joliimm & Cook have Mild out their limine to Frank Cook who will con duct It In tht future. Kftw Book "Pictorial Finland" U XW fit! 0 a new book presented to t1i library by Dr. Augnt Kinney, Declaration o( Intention- John Arthur Karlnon, 4 ntlv of Fin land, filed bit declaration of Intention to become a clUtcu ye-terday. Wter Notlct- Today 1 the km Joy on which to pay water rate mid avoid th penalty of 23 cent that U charged every delinquent. No Suion There w no clon of the county court ytcrdy th tuemlier Wing out on viewing of road nd other county property. Polic Court In th police court yesterday one drunk forfeited bi bull of 13 And an other wa sentenced to two dy' Im prisonment. Marriage license Two marriage license were lued yeatcrdayi Samuel .Mclntyrc Jr. of SUmokawa, Wh., nd MU Annie 11 Flhr of 8vnnn, Or., were ot, couple. It F. Turtriuon nd Aim Villimuiim John -on wa the other. At the Hospital "So new patient were received at St. Mary Hoepllal yesterday. Ceo. ReU, the boy who wa operotI upon for ap pendlcltlo, U now out of danger and progreing nicely. He wa taken to hie home on Exchange utreet yesterday. Pnly a Fair Catch Yeterdy'a receipt of flh wae run lidered only 'fair. In the aggregate but oim' half the amount of fl-h brought In TIhiiUu" wi received yesterday. The clinT are doing but little, practically iHiiliing. Switch Engine Arrives There i uniform In the numliering of the engine on the A. & C. R. It. now. A new engine h jtut licen received from Tacoma and he ho, been num bered "I." .The new engine I one of the modern bob-tailed switch engine and will take the place orf No. 10 which has been used In the yard for tome time. No. 10 will go out on the road and do the more upectacular work of hauling long train of freight for the company while Xo. "I" will do the more heroic t work of bumping the earn together. The ' old original No. I wae put on the scrap heap year ago and since that time there has bean no initial number to lead the list of Superintendent McGulre't engine. Phone 931 WAlWlfLGNS This palatable fruit is at its best. Our stands are running over with melons of the best variety. All Fresh and Ripe OUR SERVICE IS PROMPT AND EFFICIENT Scholfield, Malison & Go. 112 and 120 For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto Johnson Phonograph Go. Parlor Seeond Floor over Soholfleld o Mattaon Co. THE POUND Ntw Quartette Tlie Kunnyalde Quartette, composed of imulially Inclined young tnen, wa or ganlaed lt night, with the following memlrt r Wen the nor .1, second tenor j . Hampton, first tenor;, L. illoom, ljriton and Charle IrUh, bo, V. Ward w elected manager. Old Pioneer Dead Wm. II. HeJillmton, an old resident of Aatorla, met with a euddent death on I lie steamer Breakwater on Thurtdny morning. Mr, lleddington wat suffering from heart trouble when he boarded the ttcsmer and e be w crolng the bar at Coo liny he died in hi etateroom with no one prenent. Mr. Levlng, hi iitep, 'hed for yeart in Antorla but I now a reildent of California. HILL ANSWERS AS TO SEAWALL HAS NOT HAD TIME TO LOOK INTO MATTER SO IMPORTANT TO AS-TORIA-TO MAKE INVESTIGATION AND DECIDE ON THIS QUESTION A letter ha been received from Louie .1. Hill, president of tl Great Northern Itallroad, by tutelary Whyto, of the t'liamWr of Commerce, regarding tins coimt ruction of a tea wall along the front of the city. Mr. Hill announce that he ha Jtut returned to SU Paul and hen not had time to give the matter hi teriou conldcratlnn. .since the people, of A-toria, however, m o vitnllr interrld In the matter, he tatee that h will look Into the iiiliject cbwely and announce hie plan later in regard to tho proiaiutl. On a eubjeet reqnlrlr.g uch an exMnditure he will have to confer with tho railroad' entrineer. and ift it thoroughly be:orc miking any move. While there wa nothing In the letter stilting that he would actually do any thing toward the construction of w wall, the genetal tone of the nuVaive l regarded a tnmewhat promising for tlie carrying out of tliii iinHirtant projwt. VT Morning Astorlan, 80 cent pet month, delivered by carrier. Ice Cream Sherbets Candies Phone 1181 GOOD GOODS Twelfth St. s AN ORDER AGAINST GAMBLING SLOT MACHINES INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL NOTICES TO STOP ALL GAMES AND DEVICES OF CHANCE IN THE CITY OF ASTORIA. "Anlorla, Or., Aug. 8, 11107. To the Kdltor of the Alorlan, Atoita, Oregon "Dear Mil's I desire to call your at- tentlon to the. following Older of the District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Ultrict, relative to the enforcement of W'vtion 11)44 of Ilellinger and Cotton' Annotated Code and Statute of Ore- gon, relative to gambling, and I ak that you give the him publication in your! pj)er. Itepcctfully your. "J. C. McCUE, "Deputy District Attorney." To whom it may concern.! I call attention to section 11)44 of Bel linger and Cotton' Annotated Code and Statute of Oivgou, which read a follow! "(iantidlng unlawful. Kach and every person who lill deal, play or carry on. oiien, or cause to be opened, or who nball comhiet either a owner, proprietor, or employee, whether for hire or not, any camo of faro, monte, roulette, rouge et uolr, laniuenet, rondo vingtun (or twenty-one), poker, draw poker, brag, bluff, thaw or any banking or any other game played with card dice, or any oilier device, whether the ame be played Tor money, check, credit, or any other representative of value, hll be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upou conviction thereof ehall lie punished by a One of sot more than live hundred dollar, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail until such Hue and oot aro paid; provided, that (uoli person o convicted shall be Imprisoned one day for every two Uol lur of such line and coits; and provided, further, that auch luiprisonment hall not exceed one year." (hi and a'ftcr Tuesday, August 13, 1007, the aliove section of our atatute will Iw strictly enforced In the Fifth Judicial District, SUtte of Oregon, com prising the counties of Clarkema, Clat sop, Columbia and Washington. "That the enforcement of said sec tion may prove effective, I call upon the press, municipal authoritic, and the bct citlena in the district, to cop-oKr, t with me in thi matter. "GILBERT U HEDCICS, "Distrkt Attorney Vor the Fifth Judicial District, .State or Oregon. "Dated at Oregon City, thin, the 8th day of August, 1007." "All persons are hereby warned against any violation, the a,Ive section of Bel linger and Cotton' Code of the State of (.hvgon, and anyone violating the law will Ih prosecuted to the full extent thereof, "I desire to ak co-operation Of the Honorable Board of Police Commission cm, City of Astoria, and the police ofli- ccr of the City of Astoria, all coinUblt and inn Nulls of the gevcrul towns of Clatsop county, to the end tlwt the law may bo strictly enforced. "Report at the earliest possible date .my violation of the law, to the office of the Deputy District Attorney. "The aliove order will lie effective at one minute past 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning, August I.t. KH7, and all per sons found conducting or operating gambling game and nil pcrxoiis who either as owners or proprietor of build ings In which ganiee have been con ducted, are warned against any viola tion of Uk law, and will take such steps & are necessary, prior to the time in which thi order in effective, to see that all gambling apparatus and parapher nalia of every description is removed from the premise under their control. This, order applies, to all slot machines played for money or merchandise and owners of slot machines will be gov erned accordingly and cause same' to be removed tho same as other gambling device a above specified. "J. 0. McCUE, "Deputy District Attorney." DOES TREMENDOUS GOOD WORLD-WIDE ADVERTISING OF AS TORIA AND CLATSOP COUNTY ADVANTAGES BY LOCAL CHAM BER OF COMMERCE FORCE. , Pamphlets are being distributed by the Astoria Oliuinber of Commerce to eastern inquirer about this section at tlw) rata of over 700 per week. At this rate the 20,000 printed will bo used up in le t1wu ix months and the entire United Stnte will be pretty woll versed in condition and natural advantages in this city and district. The campaign o publicity entered in to Iby the organization since hut spring has never been equalled by any oity on the Paciflo Const, and tlwt the results will be stupendous is a foregone conclu sion. Thousands of answer from neo-l pie of every atato and city; in th union a huve been received, from the man who U linking for a job to the capluHut who 1 lotking for investment. Some oi; thi advertising matter ha aircaiiy found it way to European ofliee, A letter bun leen retwived from m Fll do Kchmldt. of ftordraux, Kranw, aLlivo-i to the Chamber of Commerce, asking about the Amerloan Imjiortlng Umpany, of Antoria. Bccrelary Wliyte tried to llnd tliin concern but failed to locate any micb firm in the- city. The liriekmaking Induntry at tlii point i aroultig connidcrnblc iutn.t among euotern lnvetor and over wimn oiwwcr nave wen received re- fr'u"K hatnpie (rf clay from the , 7. '.1 i ,? "' " .. !, ,n". young- IMver, Fid Hartoldif' farm, 1 r-fwwajHi IIIIMIII I44V ttV I Mia VI and aeveral otlier, buve been forwarded to th- investor, in order that they may jule for themelve a to the , manufacturing uualitie of the material. j &i'mple hat 'been Mut to 1'rofcMor John Fulton, of the State Agricultural College, for hi intpection and to be tested regarding their qualitic for inak Ing brick end tile of every deacrlption. Tho cost of pressed brk-k laid down In AtorU is o high that pressed brick produced close to the city would be re garded a a great boon by many who are prospecting to put up substantial and handsome buiMing to replace the board ttiMcture used at present. Contractor, woodchopper and dairy men by the score are inquiring about thi locality itor settlement and invest ment every day and the Chamler of Commerce ofroe i kept buy looking after the corresondence. THE CITY FATHERS MEET SHORT BUT INTERESTING SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD LAST NIGHT CONSIDERABLE DISCUS SION INDULGED IN. An adjourned meeting of the city coun cil was held lat night and wa attend ed by all of the member excepting Councilman Holland who 1 bent from the city. A resolution wa read and adopted ac cepting liccker lira, bid for the im provement of Harrison avenue from Eighth to Twelfth streets; Irving ave nue from Ninth to Eleventh and Tenth street from Grand to Kensington ave nue and ordering contract awarded on bid. Another resolution was passed ac cepting the bid for I Larsen for sewer on Fourth ureet. " The committee on streets and public v ay recommended tbat the bid of E. A. (ierding for improving Irving from Eleventh to Fifteenth street be ac cepted and that the bid of John Slatte Tor improvement of Duane street from Lincoln to Dunne avenue be rejected. The report wa adopted. Councilman Ilunsen of tho treets committee reported that certain stable men of the city have been dumping ma nure from the stable ou Eighth and Irving avenue and Ninth and Irving avenue and the street superintendent was instructed to have the auid stable men remove same. Councilman Lebeck started the ball rolling in the retrenchment line by mov ing that the auditor communicate with the police commission and inform them that the council suggest that the police force be reducd, three men being dropped from the force. There immediate followed a discus sion that wM teken part in by all the councilmen present. Now that certain revenues ttie to be cut off the council felt that pinna should be made to meet the exigencies of the case and a genuine Inrsiness talk wa indulged in. Council man Logan thought that the police force wws small enough and that there wa' no reason to worry about meeting the salaries and his views were shared in bv other iiicmliors. The Illavor suircested that Astoria was a good a other cities of her size and it would be a sad com mentary on the enterprise of her citi sen if' she could not meet her current expense without depnding on the re- ceipt of what ha been decided to be an illegal business. He had all faith hi the taxpayers to upbuild Astoria on it merits. This seemed to be the opin ion of tho city fathers and on motion the matter was postponed until the first meeting in September. , Superintendent of Streets Kearney called the attention of the council to the Adah' drain and that started another discussion. It was finally ordered that the street supcrintenent repair that portion of the drain on Thirty-fourth street and to proceed to do so at once. I he council then adjourned until the next regular meeting. Why Fret and Woiiy when your child ha a severe cold. You need not fear pneumonia or other pul monary diseases. Keep supplied with Ballard's Horehound Syrup positive cure for Colds Coughs, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Mw. Hall, of Sioux Falls, S. D., write : ! 'I have used your wonderful Ballard's Horehound Syrup, on my children for five years. Its results have been won derful" Sold by Hart's Drug Store. C7 Morning Astorlan, 60 ormta Per month, delivered &r carrier. tWWW44W4444HMHMI J One Piano No. with Each $5 Sale Bought at HERMAN WISE if i. See You Great Reductions on Summer Clothing and Straw Hats HERMAN WISE You Can't Loo K Foolish in a Wis Suit MMMMMIIIIIIIIIMIMIMMHMtllllHIU LEGISLATORS ON A VISIT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE LAST LEGISLATURE VISIT AS TORIA AND FISHING GROUNDS YESTERDAY. Senator Wright of Yamhill county and Senator Cole of (Pendleton arrived in Astoria Thursday night and yesterday morning met Senator Scholfield and Representatives Bris and McCue of Clatsop counfy. These gentlemen are in Astoria as a committee appointed by the last legislature to investigate the fish ing industry on the Columbia River and report at the next session Of the legis lature. Yesterdsy morning the party which included the above mentioned members of tlie legislature, J. Laurenon and C C. Rosenburg of the Fisherman's Union boarded the government boat Patrol, which had been kindly placed at their disposal by Collector of Customs C. C. Carnalmin and proceeded on a tour of inspection. The route taken by the com mittee showed that they intended mak ing a thorough investigation and with their report rests legislation that will be of great interest to Astoria and the vicinity. The itinerary of the trip in cluded a. trip to the jetty, Sand Island, Fort Columbia and Altoona. The partv stopped at Fort Columbia for lunch and tlien proceeded to Altoona where they sPnt a "P16 hour- Speeches were, l Special Sale For the next ten days we are going to offer all styles in children's oxfords at special low prices. Child's barefoot sandels, tan 2 to 6 55c Child's kid, patent tip, spring heel oxfords, 5 to 8,75c Child's ( " " " " " 8 1-2 to 11, $1.05 Child's patent ribbon tie 5 to 8, 1.10 Child's ' "8 1-2 to 11 1.25 Child's " " ( white top, 5 to 8, 1.10 Misses' patent ribbon tie, white top, 11 1-2 to 2....1.35 Take advantage of this sale before sizes are gone I Wherity, Ralston Companyl Astoria's Best tke Buffalocomotlve,, and 1 will go, ' yvhtte they sell the articles Advertised below. made by member of the party and after an inspection of several of the seining ground the party returned to Astoria much pleased with their trip. The senator expressed themselves a plea-sed with what they saw and stated that it wa instructive. From the fa-t that the fairmindedness of Senator Wright and Cole is so well known and the loyalty of Senator Scholfield and Representatives Brix and JlcCue recog nized, Astoriang caa depend on tho reading of a favorable report by the committee at the next session of th legislature. Our distinguished visitor will visit Seaside " before returning to theii' homes. SEEK PORTLAND MAN. Regatta Committee Decides On AdaiirsI From Rose City. The Regatta and County Fair com mittee met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms last night at its semi-weekly meeting anl reports on the progress of the features to be presented to the public were made. The matter of select ing an admiral who would do credit to the city was the most important propo sition and it was decided to send a committee, composed of Mayor Wise, Editor Gratlce, and Secretary Whyte, of the Chamber of Commerce, to Portland to secure a man the committee ha in view. Ilis name will not be divulged unless he has been secured for this im portant office. Reports on the sports, concessions, and other feature of the Regatta were re ceived and all moving nicely. Even-thing is running smoothly and the committee is enthusiastic-over the prospects for a big ger celebration than any ever held in the city. . ', Shoe Store L