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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1907)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST to, 1907. ' , MIIMMH nEWARRIVALS I First Showing In Astoria of Ladies' High Class Smart Tailored Suits, direct from one of the best manufacturers of New York City now ready for your inspection JALOPPS I20 llth Street In the Wise Block after Sept. 15th ntniuim tun tut scAHDnrAvuif none. A Good Tim Hsd by the Scandinavian Society on Sunday. The United Swedish-American Society sd many, of their friends held a basket picnic on Sunday at the Jeffere' Ranch on the Lewis and Clark and an enjoyable time was had. Game of all kinds and dancing were indulged in and though the affair was informal the details were car tied out with precision.. The informality of the occasion added to the pleasure of the event. when the married men were pitted against the single men. in a tug of war contest the real excitement began. Seven men on each side grasped the rope that threatened to be torn asunder by the strong pull of the husky contestants. Judge Anderson on the married men's side failed to show as strong a pull as be has with the people and fell out of line early .in the contest, while Otto Sund stayed with it like a veteran. Charley Wesche, on the single men's ride, evidently had in mind that his sweetheart was looking at him and near ly burst a blood vessel Will Anderson, Fashionable Clothes Made By The Fechheimer-Fishel Co. Of New York City r" iC 9 'tV tp FORM ONE The FECHHE1MER F1SHELCO. MCW YORK pP Soft Ml IMHItM IMMMtM the anchor man on the bachelors' side, worked like a trojan to win for hi side but alas, the married men the strongest men although they dropped out one by one, had a ft rung man in the person of Otto Sund who pulled them over the line, single handed. Adolph Johnson who was instrumental in get ting up the picnic, decided that the mar ried men won. Some dancing woe then indulged in and the games were called. Considerable amusement was created in these con tests by the desperate efforts of each contestant to win and the results were as follows: Jens Hansen bad a lead pipe cinch on the fat men'a race be is a plumber the prise being a bottle of Anti-Lean. Chas, Wirkela won the lean man's race and secured a bottle of Anff- Fat. In the boys' race, ages 12 to 15 vears, the prise wss won byi Frank Lind- strom, who earned off a baseball and bat. Sophie Anderson won the girls' race and is the proud poseseor of a beau tiful wax doll valued at 15 cents, do nated by Deac" Humphreys. The party returned at 7:30 in the evening thoroughly happy and anxious to know when the next gathering would be held. Wear 'Eff-Eff" OUR SUITS ard now ready for your inspection We Have Gathered with a liberal hand and are showing the nobbiest, snappiest line of .ready-for-service clothes ever brought to gether in Astoria. The second ship ment of "Eff-Eff" clothes for Fall just received Shirts Clewett and Monarch, $1.00 to $1.50 Collars Arrow Brand, two for 25c Hats and Derbies, all styles, $3.00 .'S.p 390 Commercial Street, Corner THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT A BUSY SESSION PRIV ATE ROOM ORDINANCE LOST BY A TIE VOTE OTHER ORDINANCES The city council met iu regular ses sion last night all the members being present except Councilman Belluud. The minutes of the. last regular, and of the adjourned meeting, of August 9th. wefe read end approved. A remonstrance was received from property owners of Astor street between Sixth and Kighth streets, asking that the improvement contemplated be post poned until next vear on account of the lateness of the season. After consid erable discussion the remonstrance wji placed on tile. A remonstrance was received from II. G. Van Dusen, objecting to being placed ip. assessment district of Irving avenue improvement, and placed on file. A remonstrance was made by John Hahn G. Ried et a I, property owners on Commercial street between Second and Third protesting against the proposed grade of that street and it was referred to committee on streets and public ways. A petition from Alice C. Parker el al, including nine-twelfths of the property owners interested, asking that the im provement of Third street from Com mercial street to the right of way of the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad be postponed until next year waa after de bate referred to oommittee on street! and public ways, the city surveyor and the city attorney to establish grades. Gus Holmes et ai asKed to be allowed to improve Twelfth street from Duane to Exchange street by private contract. The petition was referred to committee on streets and public ways. The petition of Aug. Hantio asking that the retail liquor license of Oscar Hill of the Bunker Hill Saloon be trans ferred to him, was referred to the com mittee on health and police and city attorney. The Regatta committee petitioned that certain streets be set apart for Regatta concessions. The matter was referred to the oommittee on streets and public wave with power to act. ' The FORM FOURTEEN coprmoHT, ttor Tie FECHHE1MER FISHELCO, IW VCMK Ninth corners asked fr hv the chairman of the concessions committee were" of Tenth) Kleventh and Fourteenth ami Oommer. cil streets, and Kleventh and Homl street A petition wa presented by A. lloikka inking the council to ullow his residence lo remain in the street on Melbourne avenue until the street is improved, aud referred to the committee on stiwts ttiid public ways with power to act. I The property owner on Fourteenth, between Jerome and Lexington petition ed the council to postpone the proposed Improvement of the block bounded by Jerome and Lexington until next spring As they thought it too lato to do the work this season. The request was grunted. A comiminleation was received from J. If. Whvte ot the Chamber of Commerce, attaching his letter to J. H. Thatuher and the reply to same. Councilman Hansen said that the couneil and the people had heard tlte Mine story years ago and moved that the city attorney be directed to Mamma tlie franchise with a view of declaring It forfeited if it had not been fully lived up to. The motion as curried unaiiluiounly. Mr. Yhv'a communication was placed on file. A communication, was received from Dora Badollet. representative of the Badollet estate of this city, asking the council to accept $168.38 in payment of street assessment for which property had been sold. Referred to committee on ways and meatta and city attorney Regarding the property which the city wished to purchase for engine house, Mr- U. W. Roberts, agent of the a a & N'- Co.. sent a communication to the council stating that the tax and right of. way agent hud not as yet been able to take the matter up on account of his absence from Portland but that it would he taken up and Astoria would be treat ed fairly in the matter. The communi cations wsa referred to the ways and means committee. A communication was received from St. Mary's Church through Father Wat ers, stating that the chufth would pay the amount of assessment I1223.M, before advertisement and on a favor able report belnc received from the ways and means committee and the city attorney the proposition was accepted on condition that all claims on street be waived. The ways and means committee re ported favorably on the petition of es tate of L. Dielmann tendering payment of street assessment and the report was adopted. The same committee reported that tbey had examined the report of the cityi auditor regarding appropriations snd expenditure and recommended that it be placed on file also recommenJding that the protest of Anna Minar be placed on file. The report was adopted. The council then ordered the following bills paid as approved by the same committee. E. A. Hlggins, lj Daily Budget, 193.80. A refund of $40 to F. A. Peterson was also recommended by the ways and means committee and allowed. The health and police committee to whom was referred the matter of the tiansfer of liquor license of Johnson & Cook and Chas. Wise reported favorably and the licensee were ordered trans ferred They alo reported favorably on the following bills which were ordered paid: Chas. Ropers. $11.1)0; Prael-Eigner Co. $2.25; D. II. Welch, $15; Sherman Trans. fer Co.. $2; John Carno, 50 cents; Phil lips Transfer Co. $1 ; Central Drug Co., $4.85. Liquor licenses were granted to Vic' tor Carlson md D. J. Cummins. The committee recommenilt'il that the petition of Chas. Wirkkala lie granted and that the following bills be ordered paid: I'rael-Eigner Co., $73.1.1; Astoria Hardware Co., 25 cents; C. W. Holmes, $6.50; Astoria Crushed Rock Co., $28; Foard & Stokes Hardware Co., 55 cents j L A. Carter, $10; City Lumber Co., $72.62; Geo. W. Sanborn, $18; John Corno, $9.75; Astoria Lumber Co., $8.80; R. M. Gaston, $!).00; Pncl-Eigner Co., $1(1; Chas. W. Holmes, $075; Frederick ' son Bros., $(!0. J The public property committee report ed that the applications for building per ! mits from W. J. Pelishmiitt John Roe : wick and Frank E. Johnson were approv ed and nil were issued. The petition of j J. If. Wliyte wis approved by committee j and the use of the lower floor of engine house was granted for the county fair. ! They also recommended the payment of the following bills: J. A. Montgom ery, $5.70; Troy Laundry Co., 85 cents; Warrenton Transfer Co. $0; Foard & Stokes Co., $14.35. I The fire and water committee reported favorably on the following bills and they were ordered paid: Reliance Electrical Works, $0.75; Praol-Eigncr Co,, $44; Loo Grannis, $3.75; Frank Hart, $7.10;' As toria Electric Co., $5.05; A. G. Long, $15; H. J. Foster, $15; Scholflcld & Mat son, $1.90; Allen Wtall Paper Co., $3.15; Sherman Transfer Co., $4; C, W. Holmes, $59; Oreognian, $2j Frank Carno, $7.50. When the 'ordinance regulating the li cense for peddling came up considerable discussion ensued. This ordinance calls for a license of $75 per day on itinerant peddlers and is Intended to reach "fake" peddlers. It was finally pissed. An or dinance ordering a sewer on Ninth street from Commercial street to the A. & C. R. R. Co.'s right-of-way and directing that bids be advertised for was read and under suspension of the rules was placed on final passage and passed. An appropriation of $1500 to the street repair fund was made by ordi nance. An ordinance defining the city coun- r : A a o SwtUt,MMIWN Our stock of advance Fall Suits are arriving daily, Very swell designs, ranging from $15.00 to $30:00 Leader in Nobby Clothes IMMMIHItlIIIIMtlMMMMfTHMIMMHIM4 eil's method of proceedure In condemna tion of property wo read first and sec ond time. This ordinance refers to street abutting on O. It. i X. Co.'s docks. An ordinance appropriating $228 from the general fund in payment of bill of fkwnewlll Fire Alarm Co. was read sec ond time. The ordinance defining the duties and fixing the salary of the suK'rintendent of the city cemetery was passed. Ordinance to appropriate $075 from the general' fund for payment of Chas. W. Holmes for team of horses wos passed. Ordinance to appropriate $718 in favor of W. C. Laws & Co. for plumbing on new engino house was passed. Ordinance appropriating $714 to pay E. A. Ccrding was passed. This is in payment for work on Irving avenue at Sixteenth street, Tho amended ordinance prohibiting boxes or privato rooms in barrooms and restaurants, as published, was placed on its final passage under a suspension of the rules and without debate a vote was taken. Tho result was a tie vote, 4 to 4. C'ouncilmen Hansen, Lolteck, Logan and Kobinson voting against it. As the city charter states that a majority vote of monitors present are necessary to pass, WATERMELLONS We have them, nice aud ripe. All kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables in season. ACME GROCERY 521 Commercial Street Phone Main 81 fed 1 an ordinance this ordinance waa lost. The following resolutions were adopt ed: To improve Commercial street from Sevententh to Twentieth. To improve Kxehange trvet from Ninth to Twelfth. Kills against the city were referred tO the proper committees. Council then adjourned until the next regular meeting night. Columbia and Victor araphophons and latest records at 424 Commercial street A. R. Cyrus. tf. Ice Cream,... Made from Pure Sweet Cream, 30c. Quart. Whipped Cream 25 Cents a Quart ' AT TAGG'S PARLORS 483 Commercial St. iv I