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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1907)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1907. ,TIIE MORNING ASTOMAN, F STOMA. OREGON. -a V Lookers-Around Are Always . Welcome Here ' We hart tbt moot complete lint ot , lioll.Ujf goodt tver offered Id thl city. Wt at nut Afraid to havt our itook impeded, You mty dcptrnd upon any w thing wt ll you. Come in nd look. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. Tht Loading Qrooert TERSE TILES Of 1 11 Tith CommlndoB Meets Master Fish Warden Van Duscn 'eft last owning fur Salem to attend the meeting of tut Watt ltottrd of i'ish Commlskwert .which convene hi the capital city today. Christmas Salt Tbi ladlet of tht First Presbyterian Church will bold their annual ChrMma talt Id tht roomi of tit Sunday school on Saturday, December 7, In tht after noon and tvenlng. , Will Hold Salt Tbt Iait of tht rirnt Methodist Church will bold thlr annual talt of (amy articles, dulU, etc., and will glvt tu)pr In tht lectur room of the church, Thursday, December S, at 4iOO p.m. 12331- Pttltlon Council , Tht Chamber of Commerce, through Manager John WhyU. bat petitioned tht Mayor nd Council, ttklng them to instruct tht elty engineer to prepare data according to tht plant of G. B. Hegardt, foe the seawall and filllng in proposition. (- Stmt Old Solitary Deed But one conveyance reached the office of County Clerk ' Clinton yetterday (which It (art becoming tbt rule around there), In which for tht consideration of 3. J F. Bowert and wife, deed to Jame Kindred, lot 13, 10 and 17, block 07, of Adala Fort of Upper Aitoria. Worki Both Ways Tht furniture house of Chat. If. Hell born t Company Intend to keep pace with the expanding limit of legal holi day and hava entended the benefit of their onenftholT tale through .the month of December, In order that the real holiday buyer may have the ad vantage of the bargain. For Thirty Dayt More Chat. II. Ilellborn 4 Company iwlll fall In lint with tht extension of tht "holi day" to far at their 20 per cent dis count talt It concerned, and the big ad vantage will belong to the Chrltma hoppert at well at to the ordinary buyer. They Extend the Benefit- So long at the people and tue Uovcr- nor Intend to apply the "legal holiday" rule for the balanct of December, Chat. II. Wellborn & Company, wll extend the 20 per cent ditcotmt tale of furniture, for tht tame length .of tlmej therefore , the buyert of Christmas tbingt In their line, will meet with the tame valuable concession. Deal on Timber Land V, K, Davis, of Ferndnle, accompanied by Mr. Davis, mere In Asterta yester day, Mr. 'Davit leaving for home on lrtt .night's train. Mri" Davit remained over on deal he I conummating for tht timber on a claim on John Day lUvcr on which there It 1,400,000 feet. II will leave for home tbi morning. Funeral of Jacob Jackson The lat rite over tbt remain of the lnt Jacob Jackton, wert held Sunday afternoon In Logan Hall under tht au plce of tht Scandinavian Benevolent Soi-lity, large number of frleudt of the decac4 family being pretent. The body wa Interred In Greenwood ceme tery. Bequest Removal The county court hat written the fol lowing communication to the Mayor and Common Council: "To the Honorable Mayor and Com mon Council of the City of Astoria, Ore gon. Cetitlement I have been directed by tht county court to notify you that tht smoke from the house of Host Co. Xo, 1 Is damaging tht new county court house to a considerable extent. The court mot respectfully request! that you take steps to have said bouse moved at once. Trusting that you will take th! matter up at your earliest coo velilrnce, I am, very truly.yours, J. C. Clinton." !fw ct City Hail- City Attorney Chartet Abereromblt hat removed from hit old quarters at 804 Oommtrclal street, and will, henceforth bt found at bit office on tht teoond floor of tht atv Ifall. , 11-SO-tf. Told Fairy Tale f)flber Ifawley of the Juvenile Court of Fortland came down from that city Hominy on a quest after the boy, John Brogndo, whose real name is Pletro Chlnramottt, whom! pitiful tale of tv dead father and mother and a bard struggle or existence, awakened the sympathies of kind hearted Atotlaus, and who se enrr or the boyj, employment and a good home, it teems that the boy' story I a fabrication made from whole cloth. The boy tin. ' good 'home in Portland and hi parent have been anx iously searching for him. Father John Water, who had rendered the boy much asltanet, noticed a picture in one of the Poi'tlnnl papers and called the at tention of Chief Gammal to the tame, and he in turn Informed the department at Portland,' with the result that Officer lfijwley was tent to take the boy back to hi home. When questioned as to the reason for running away from home, the boy ald his father did not do as he wished. Injure 1 While Huntlng- Thotiia Lamorcux, eldest , ton of Cap tain Thomas it. Lamorcux, district ar tillery engineer at Fort Stevens, met with a serious accident while hunting on the lagoon near the fort on Sunday last. The young man, with a younger brother, was on a raft and in tome manner the shotgun he was carrying wae discharged, tht charge entering bit bead, face and both bands. Assistance was immediate ly rendered, Surgeon Sledman, of the hospital corps, making heroic, effort in tbt endeavor to aave the young man's sight, one of the shot having penetrated the left eye. Dr. J. F. Dickson, the specialist Of Portland, was tent for and arrived yesterday afternoon, and at a late hour last evening it wsa reported that the young man' tight will prolnbly be preserved. On of the fingers of tbe right baud was amputated, but the young man Is re-ting quietly and will recover. ' Notice to the Public: On ana after Dec 1st, 1907, all charge accounts will be dis continued and pur chases made at this store will be strictly .on, a CASH basis V I, ..-. v H.R.Hoefler Cut in Wages The Clatsop Mill Company and the Astoria Box Company have cut the wage of their employes 23 cente per day. This action it taken on account of the turbed condition of the lutn ber market and in an endeavor to keep the mills from shutting down. Tbe new scale became effective yesterday. The Tongue Point Lumber Company Is re ported to have made a, cut of 15 per cent in its wage ecale. Thieving Youths (The Bidwell and Smith boy, who were arretted tht other day for stealing two fountain pent from the Central Drug store, are known to have committed a number"of other petty thefts, and as their influence it vicious on their 1 soclatea, an effort will bt made to have them sent to the Reform School. Chief Gammal has turned them over to the county officers and they will be held pending the action of the circuit court at the end of the holiday season. . characters, which It very funny. The antic of the colored servant, the cbar octer being played by Mr. Johnes, keep the audience ' laughing throughout, and tbe other vharactera are played well and tend to. make the production successful. It was announced from the stage that owing to a failure to connect with the train at Portland, McGce & Collins could not appear, but will , be ton , tonight'a program, - ; ; Some very fancy Clatsop county apples on display $1.25 per box . Call and . make your selection. . . Also some very good apples at - 76 cents per box. ' r ; Scholffiald flaltson & Co. goods 112 and J20 Twelfth St. Phone 1181 'Phone 931 For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto JohnsonPhonograph Co, Parlor ttetnd Floor ovtr Stholfitld A Matttor. Co. Will Play The Dalles Team ' The Astoria football team will play The Dalles team on their grounds next Saturday and on Sunday will play the Athletio Club team of that city. The local boys .have lost but one game this year, and The Dalles team has not been beaten on its own field, to a hustling, snappy game is looked for. , , , , When Captain Richardson went to sea with the Columbine yesterday rooming, bound for the Sound, he carried with him, a ' splendid 30-inch searchlight, which '; will be thoroughly ' tested . at Tatoosh Island , and placed there perma nently. if it proves successful. for fog- work. A dynamo will be established for later at that point. Axe and Revolver ' ' ' ' There wa troublt yetterday among the Hindu contingent at the Tongue Point Mills, a body of men to whom the credit bad been given of being an orderly set, at all timet. But it teem that one Lai Shingo, whose temper Is none the best,- transgressed the rule of their religion which forbldt th absorp tion of Western whisky, and became ob streperous to tbt point of chasing on of bit' brethren into the security of a locked bouse, with an axe, supplemented by a revolver for which action a charge of "threatening to kill" Met ngainH him In Judge' Goodman's court, while bt lies In the county jail, wlik-h supines will hardly be changed until New Year's Day, unless bail It forthcoming in hi behalf. :. 'ii f, .,..;' A Perilous Mittake ; Mm. Arthur Lelghlon, wife of the well known Columbia bar pilot of that name, had a narrow escape from very grave peril yesterday, when, after the lunch hour, tbe went to her medcine cabinet for a remedy for headache, and by error, 'through the almost exact timilarity of two bottles, got hold of one containing carbolic acid and drank from a graduat ed medicine glass, the ordinary dote she wa accustomed to take of the other. For a little while tbe, wat in dreadful agony, but tbt prompt call for, and arrival of, Dr. Pllklngton toon allayed ber- suffering and danger, and last even ing she was resting quite easily and Wat safe from all dread results. Captain Leighton wat at tea on board the bar tug Tatoosh all day long and did not reach home until about 0 in the even ing, when be happily found the danger removed and Mrs. Leighton recovering rapidly. ' ' Road District Valuations The following summary of road dis trict valuations hat been prepared by County Clerk Clinton from tbe assess ment roll for 1907 1 Road, Astoria l..T.r;..080,613 No. I " 8 3 " 4 " 6 !- 6 294,234 243,077 103,486 92,055 67,092 1&6.148 These Wef Days knock the shape out of your clothes A good pressing" will give them back their trim shape. Carl Franseen, The Astoria Tailor, does good pressing. 179 nth St. Phone Hals 37" A eomolete line of Fall and Winter samples ready for your inspection. Come and look them over. " " 8 . .119,625 " " 9 82,640 " ; " 10 . ................ 179,902 " "11 ... 229.274 k 12 ; 201,700 " 14 . 230.731 " , 15 1,045,807 - " 16 341.758 ". " 17 120.431 " 18 I ................ 139.921 Total.". ................... .$5,695,308 Star Theatre PROGRAM , FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER a. 1007. Programme Subject to Change. Overture Ida Darling f Retained another week JOHNES AKDRAIVELLES In their Comedy Sketch Entitled "A Rube's Visit" ; Our Popular Baritone DICK HUTCHINS Sing: 'When the. Harvest Moon is Showing on the River." Change hurs day, "Only a Message From Home, Sweet Home." 1 SADIE REYNOLDS Singing and Dancing Soubrettev- . .. . McGEE aTcOLLINS In their .original sketch entitled, 'The , ,. - - Colored Highball.'. . , p RICHARD CHARLES & CO. . 1 A comedy sketch in one-act. THE STAROSC0PE Will present? "The Monk's Vengence' Change Thursday Something Interesting ADMISSION MATINEES w and to cents ''' 10 cents Fresh Made Candy Made rightfat home in our own factory.. , Also Lowney's In any size box. AT TAGG'S PARLORS 483 Commercial St Low Rates to Europe. One Piano Ticket with Each $5.00 Sale to Wise Customers Fortune telling's Cbbts of fun, Tiny TadS) will .'Tell you onc. rr f CT A birJ ' . -jScJBi TINY TAOS CO.M.Tk, t m 'J C a 'S. - o 4 V r0 1st You can't play ball ' Without aSeaWalL - 2rd.4 You can't look "foolish" , In a "Wise" Suit 3rd, If you want us to tell you more ' Ydu must call at our store, Herman. Wise The Clothier, Who Makes Astoria Famous, $58 .00 ..TO.. New York viaO. R. a N. And connectbg lines, the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific, -through Omaha or Kansas City and Chicago. -- Commencing December 1st, 1907, . AND CONTINUING DAILY 30 DATS. This rate -will entitle passengers to tourist ' accommodations only. . Berth in tourist ' sleeper from . Portland toAf ff Chicago. ....J Qf .UU THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS Leave Portland daily f op Chicago without , change via the Oregon Short Line, Union Pocifio and Chicago and Northwestern. Accom modations equal to the beat. The shortest and quickest route be tween Portland and tbe East. Through tickets to and from all points in Europe. G. W. ROBERTS, Agent, ) O. R. & N. Dock. The Question Is Up to You! " Aire you looking for a blacky brown, red or blue Hat? " V r : v . Do i you want the best Quality and h Style ot tost Frice? Then go to the big Sale "at the Bon iTorte j We have a large assortment in all1 of " the above colors, from - . ; . ' ". $1.00 to $6.00 I0H ln E Hillifffll MRS. GEORGIA PENNINGTON 483 Bond St.