THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Tuesday, august ,3( ,907.
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NEW AND NOVEL
"Louvre" Decoration in Bavaria China
We have received our new white and
gold decoration in Johnson Bros, semi
porcelain. y
To Be Bought for Timber Value
in Benton.
30,000 ACRES IN THE DEAL
In connection with the beginning of the
school year in our city
A. V. ALLEN.
M. B. Rankin of Portland it Conduct
tag Negotiations With a Syndicate for
the Claims A Million and Half is the
(the astorian)
BRANCH UNIONTOWN j
PHONES
Rain m, main sari
Purchase Price.
PHONE MAIN 713
FAVORS TELEGRAPHERS.
Judge Van Fleet Renders Favorable
Opinion In 3 Out of 4 Points.
SAX FRAXCISCO, August 12,-Judge
Van Fleet in the United States Circuit
Court today rendered a decision in the
matter at issue between the order of
Railway Telegrapher and the "Southern
Pacific Company. Decision favored the
telegraphers on three out ot four prin
cipal points which had been appealed for
decision before an arbitrating board.
Judge Van Fleet reversed the decision
of the arbitration committee that the
appointment of station agents whose
annual earnings egual or exceed $1300
annually shall be controlled by the
schedule of agreement between the tele
grapher and the railroad company. The
board of arbitration which considered
the matter was formed several months
CAN REPENT AT LEISURE.
Girl Who Runs Off With Minister Now
In Canadian Sanitarium.
2CEW YORK, Aug. 12. According to
reports that has reached Hempstead the
awakening has speedily come to Miss
Floretta Whaley, the 17-year old girl,
who eloped on April 29 with her guar
dian, the Rev. J. Knode Cooke, then rec
tor of St. George Episcopal Church at
Hempstead, Mis Whaley, it is sta
ted has been deserted by the unfrocked
minister1 and is reported to be in a sani
tarium in Canada, a nervous wreck.
The whereabouts of Cooke has not
been learned.
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A. R. Church, of Portland, is on a
business trip to Astoria.
Sam DeBoest of Fort Stevens was a
visitor in Astoria on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Van Dusen, of this
city, spent Sunday at Seaside.
Emil Erikson, town marshal of War
renton was in the city yesterday.
David Keller and wife of Forest Grove
are visiting their son, J. E. Keller in
this city.
F. A. Hazeltine, editor of the North
Bend Journal, is visiting Astoria and
vicinity and will remain a few day.
Miss Irene Ashford, of Salem, is visit
ing her sister, Mr. Benton in this city
and will remain for a few days.
L. T. Anderson of Portland came in
on the 9:40 train last night and will
remain here about a week visiting
friend.
Sheriff M. R. Pomeroy was a Seaside
visitor last Sunday, where he kept a
close tab on the Sunday lid in that
town.
Miss Emily Thatcher, of Salem, ar
rived in the citv last night on the Port
land Express, and is a guest at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Jack Ryan, on mth
street.
Mr. 0. R. Wright has returned from
a few weeks' visit to Portland, where
she was the guest of the widow of the
late Captain Brown.
Mr. O. W. Harley, D. J. Dewey and
0. V. Troop are here from Portland to
assist the Astonan in forming a Wtb
ster's International Dictionary Club.
Deputy Sheriff McLean returned to
Seaside last uight to finish his vacation.
Mr. Charles HadJix. of Astoria, was
a visitor to Seaside on Sunday.
O. L. Ferriss, secretary-treasurer of
the Columbia Trust Company, arrived
in Astoria last night and will spend the
dav here on business in connection with
the company.
W. L. Thompson of St. Johns, who
has been negotiating for the Ilwaco
Journal plant, came over to the city
last evening, and will probably settle
the matter at the end of the week.
A. E. Dimick, of Aberdeen, was in the
city last night, having been obliged to
remain over as the Breakwater had a
full passenger list for Coos Bay, where
Mr. Dimick was bound for.
Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Ostroski, of Spo
kane, Wash., are visiting Mayor and
Mrs. Wise. Mr. Ostroski is a brother
in-law of the Mayor. They will remain
until after the Regatta.
Senator and Mrs. C. W. Fulton, Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Prael and Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Fulton, formed a party of Astor
ians who drove over for a visit to Sea
side last Sunday, returning in the after
noon after lunching at the Moore Ilotcl.
' Mrs. J. O'Brien and two daughters
Flownee and Beatrice; Mr. J. W. Bea-
key and children, of Portland, and Mrs.
T. L. Davies, of Vancouver, B. C, ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
after spending a few days at Long
Beach. They spent yesterday visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Donnerberg.
They will leave for the citv during the
day and Mrs. Donnerbeg will return to
her cottage at Seaside, Mias Myrtle
Smith accompanying her.
NAMED FOR HARRIMAN.
PORTLAND, Augu-t 12. The Oregon
ian says: E. H. ITarriman, wizard of the
Pacific, is to have an Oregon town
named after him. A townsite has been
laid out and a postoffiee established at
the town of Harriman which is located
not far from Bend, Oregon, on the main
line of the Oregon Eastern Survey, two
miles from Crane Creek Gap. where the
Oregon Eastern enters the allrney Val
ley. It is said the location of the new
town is a promising one, as it is one of
the best sections of the xalley. This
valley contains 400 square miles of good
farming land.
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WRTLAXD, August 12 Negotiation!
are understood to le pending between M
It. Rankin of Portland and syndicate
of timber buyers whereby the latter
will secure title to 30,000 acres of timber
land in Benton county. The deal in
volves approximately l,500,00O. Tim
bcr cruisers have been sent out to eti
mate the standing timber on these
lands. The deal will not be closed until
the estimate is complete. A portion of
the land lie in linn county, and it is
said to be one of the finest stands of Hp
timber on the coast. The deal pending
ii one of the largest transactions in
timbtr ever entered Into on this const.
AN ASSIZE OF BREAD.
Mobilt's Regulation of 'fcattrisa Etrty
In the Cast Century.
In the latter half of the sevenbreuth
and the early part ( the eighteenth
centuries the rogdlatiou oi the price of
bread by public authority wasfn famll
tar principle In the English colonies of
America. Iu New Ilaveu. for lustauce.
the weight of the penny loaf was regu
lated by law nbout 1010. and ta 1690
the Massachusetts .general court also
provided a regular assize, Axing the
wejght jf the loaf according to the
price of flour. At various time dur
ing the Brut quarter of the eighteenth
century the selectmen of Boston like
wise performed this duty.
It Is Interesting, however, to note a
survival or perhaps a revival of this
principle as late as the nineteenth con
tury In the town of Mobile, a place
whose economic history Is marked by
many peculiar features. After fifty
two years of French, seventeen years
of English and thirty-three years of
Spanish rule Mobile came under the
control of the United State govern
ment In April, 1813, and was included
In the Mississippi territory. On Jan.
20, 1814, by an act of the territorial
legislature the town received a charter
of Incorporation, and at two meetings
of the Inhabitants, on March 11 and
H the municipal government wai or
ganized and the charter publicly read
Iu Difrll h and In French. The popula
tion i;t this time was composed of
French, English and Irish elements.
On April 4 following, three weeks after
the organization of the municipal gov
ernment, a "tariff for bakers," or as
size of bread, was drawn up by the
commissioners (the governing body of
the town) and proclaimed In English
and In French. This fixed the weight
of the loaf for the ensuing month In
accordance with the price of flour. In
stead of changing the price of bread
It was more convenient to make the
loaves lighter or heavier as the price of
flour rose or fell. On May 2, 1814, the
weight of the bit loaf (the bit being a
coin worth 12 cents) was fixed at
twenty-eight ounces, and the weight of
the half bit loaf was fixed at fourteen
ounces.
On July 8, 1815, Mr. Martin, the bak
er, appeared before the board and paid
the sum of $10, a fine Inflicted on him
for having bis bread too light, one-half
of which sum was paid to the police
officer. On Jan. 24, 1817, a regular
scale of weights for the bit loaf was
adopted.
Beginning May 3, 1817, the nnslze of
bread was proclaimed weekly Instead
of monthly, as before, and this system
was continued for a little more than
two years. The records do not show
that the assize was proclaimed after
1819, but the town continued to exer
cise a control over tbo business of bak
ing. Every bakor was required to
procure a license and to register bis
trademark, which was stamped on his
loaves. A public bakehouse was also
estiibllKlied and seems to have been
managed In the same way that munici
palities control public markets, the
laket'H renting tbe stalls from the town
and being subject to inspection. As
late as 1820 in the annual statement of
tlu city clerk tbe following entry oc
cwj lu the statement of receipts dur
ln the year: "Sales of condemned
bread, $1.87." Quarterly Journal of
fc.-onomlcs.
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need not fear pneumonia or other pul
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cure for Colds Coughs, Whooping
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Mrs. Hall, of Sioux Falls, S. D., writes:
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five years. Its results have been won
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