SUNDAY, DECEMBER so, 1907.
TUB MOUSING ASTOMAN, r STOMA, OREGON.
I
bog Cabin Flour
-and-
Log Cabin Maple Syrup-
Are loth high-grade good. Tha only quality take pleauro in selling
and cott tin coiiiiimer no mot tlian ordinary kinds.
ROSS, HIOOINS & CO.
Ths Loading Qroooro
Marriage License
A marriage ln-enns was yesterday
granled to John PaIiI and Beats Vest
gourd, both of Atorla,
Doctaration Filed
llwy INmrnv r netlv of Finland. yes
terday, filed til intention to become a
trftUen. '
lumber Yard Repaired
The Astoria Umber Co., at Union
town, bav repaired tli portion of tlulr
yah), which collapsed some time ago, and
are u.lng it for the storage ' lumber.
Inspecting Government Work
Uolonel IUeler, Unltwl Mate engi
neer In charge of thia district, waa in
specting the work at the J4ty at Fort
rjtsvena, yesterday, lis loft for Portland
)( night.
Beautiful Sample Caw- ,
The Astoria Hardware Co. have Just
received a beautiful MinpUj oasewhlch
la on exhibition In their ehow window,
filled wtLIt a fine assortment of machin
ist's took It a caw that would be a
credit In auy city and l worth seeing.
Inatatlatioa of Officers
lbo recently elected officers of Beaver
JMlge Xo. 35, 1. 0. 0. F., twill be Installed
011 Thursday night next, January 2nd.
The member of Gateway Rebecca. Lodgi
are Invited to b present.
Case Postponed
When the cas of Dr. Knleely waa call
ed yestanlay morning in Judge Good
man' court It w found that it would
be very Incouvcuicnt for the principal
witnesses to be preent and to aocommo
date all parties concerned the case. ws
continued until Monday. ...
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Tax Levies
The county clerk h received notice
of the following tax levieat School die-
tricte No. 33, Clifton, 3 mill Xo. H
Jewell. 1 mill; road districts, No. 4. 1
Melville, 8 mill, and No. 8. Wallu-kl, 10
mill.
Will Soon Bo Home ' '
Dr. August Kinney will be with u
(Kin agulii. He an Mm. Kinney are at
present in New York and will toon be
en route home.
The Police Court
Judge Anderson had one drunk and
disorderly before htm yesterday and the
testimony of Officer Houghton evidenced
the fact that the defendant bad thought
himself the Jap army atromlng a Rus
lun fort and proceeded to clean out a
downtown Saloon. Five dollar or two
Jay wa the package handed him. An
oilier drunk appeared by document an)
added 18 to the city' wealth.
An Enjoyable Evening
A very enjoyable toclal we given by
the W. C. T. U. at the Seamen's Insti
tute last night, which wa greatly ap
preciated by the seamen. The crew of
the Itajure and other who filled the
room found that Aitorla wa not a whit
b-hlnd Portland in looking alter the In
tTta of the ea- faring people, lie
following Indies helped to make the
evening a uai .Uf Violet Fatla-
lieiul, Marie KllWwn, Bertha Nelson.
Fanny Gregory, Bertha and Mildred
SftevnuMin, Fay Hall, and Prof. Koenig
and Mr. Zlgler. Thank U extended to
those who o generouoly supplied the
I intitule with cake. ,
File Remonstrance
P. Jordan and W. E Joplin have filed
a petition with Auditor Anderson,, ad
driwd to the Mayor and Council,
Milium! rating agsint the iiuprovenieii
f Thirteenth street. They rlaim the
utrrrt i only Ave feet wide at Exchange
tre,-t and lea at Franklin avenue; that
H Itniirovril it must be on the established
grade, and to make the street to grade
a deck would have to to built .10 feet
lMve ground which would bo dng rou
1 hat they have paid to the city for
r.imilr of year for the Improvement of
Kxchange Ueet and rrankim avenue
and that to improve (aid atreet would
work a hardship upon the pctitionora.
Boat Repaired
Victor Hloech, tha owner of the gao
line boat, on which th.-re wa an ex
plolon reiwutlj,-, baa repaired the boat
and he will leav here on Monday for
Qulncy, from which point the boat will
tow tome telephone pole to thl city.
Enjoying Himaelf
l)ll IL Knrle, formerly in charge of
the quarantine elation here, write to
the Aatorian tlwt h. wa In Beaufort,
South Carolina, where be would remain
for a few day. He la enjoying himaelf
hugely and bia many friend here will be
plcaacd to know that be la in fine health.
' Don't forget the Maaquerade Ball to
be given at Logan'e Hall, New Year1
Eve.
Special Sale-
Oil range, heating atovee, and rug.
at L II. Henuingten, S04-304 Bond atreet
next door to exprea office.
Sweets
Confectionery and Ice Cream
Parlors.
is the best and most reliable
place to buy your Christmas
Novelties and Candies.
Good Groceries 1
Quick Delivery
If you want good freah grocerlea and want them qujek, phone or caH on n.
We fcv our own, delivery; wagona and prompt and careful delivery ia
'aaaurad, ,. . v.
, FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
THE BEST OF PRODUCE v .
Scholfield Malison & Co. ?oooD,
112 and J20 Twelfth St.
Phone 1181 n 1 Phone 931.
r';. ' For a : ' .
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
Johnson Phonograph Co,
Parlor Second Floor over Soholfleld A Mattaon Co,
LIGHTNING STRIKES
STATION
THE WIRELESS STATION AT NORTH
HEAD NEARLY DESTROYED BY
ELECTRIC BOLT FRIDAY AFTER
NOON.
An electric etorin experienced at the
North Head wlrcle elation, Friday ftf
tenioon, canned much annoyance and
oina dunuige. At 4:30 p. in. a bolt of
lightning, the atrongmt yet experienced
on the rai-llltr Court, etruck the mat of
the elation and palng down from the
acrlul wire, run into the ground partly
through tlie lightning arrextor. I'art of
the current palng through the wiilc
couiHiny'( wires burned tbcm out a H
alwt did the toh-phone and Weetern
I'nion wire. It aloo attacked the
weather bureau wire and -burned out
one, utarting a mall Are under the in
wtrumcut tatilc, but the blare wa ex
tinguiitlied by the active uttacht of the
tntlon. 7 lie wirele operatop report
that the lightning bolt iwa tcrriAo and
that the report made by It, when It
rtruck, rcnibld the detonation of
12 1Mb gun, on board of a battleship
m hun beard from a point close behind It.
W hile much of the current wa grounje
through the,, mire there wa wflkicnt
remaining to burn large win of the
iliamcUT of en ordinary lead pencil, into
a iniall heap of copper,
Xo tuch lightning ha ever been known
on tlii count, and it 1 fortunate tnat
no further damage wa don and, that
no livee were lout. Yerterday afternoon
communication wa reatored over the
Weetcrn t'nlou wire but it wlll be aav
erl da.ve before the balance of the yt
trm i in complete operation.
Rivera Clotcd to Fishing
The Columbia River Pecker' Awocia-
tion hat r.t-cived from the Bureau of
Hniicrw of the Department of torn
mert-e nnd tabor, ofllclal notice of the
cloning of h Wood and Kubagak
river to eommeixial finhing. The letter
In full i a follow: -
"Columbia River Packer' Aanociation
"AMorin, Oregon. ;
"Gentlemen: Your attention !a In
vited to the Homing order: ;
"Washington, Dec. 10, 1907.
"To Whom It Jlay Concern:
"A hcarin-)'t!jMbfl: been- given at th
Depart itm crco and loor
lK-giiim (, 1907, at which
all pt (in the cloning or
non-( JF and Nuuhagak
nverafa . y jmtg purposes were
fully hearJLw" notice of which wa
given acconling to bw, br virtue of th
authority vested in ine by section 6 o
'An Art for the protection and reguht
tion of the fisheries of Alaska,' approve!
June 20, 1 1)0(1. it la hereby ordered that
until further uotice Wood River, a tribu
tiiry of Xualmgak l(ay, in tha' District
of Alaska, and the region within 500
yard of the mouth of said Wood river
be clooed to all commercial fishing, and
that all commercial fishing be prohibited
In Niuhligak river proper.
"This order b comes effective January
1, 1908. V
"(Signed), OSCAR S. STRAUS,
"Secretary
"It is requeued that you acquaint
all your employee with the terms of
this order. Respectfully.
, "GEO. IL VERS,
"Commissioner.''
Had the Honey Ready-
In rejwrtmg the adjustment of the
case of Willinm Joplin vs. John Adams,
in yesterday' issue of tho Astorian, the
defendant claims that the fact that he
hud ample money In the house to pay
Mr. Joplin' just claim for rent, but that
it was In Portland clearing houso cer
tificates, and that Mr. Joplin refused,
point blank, to accept them, and thrust
the suit at law upon him, had not been
duly noted; and the Astorian, desiring
that no Injustice shall be done anyone in
its columns, here and now make these
things manifest, to Mr. Adam's credit.
No Special Levy
At a meeting of Road District No. 17
(John Days) the question of levying a
special tax waa brought up. The meet
ing, was attended by fiowell Lewis,
Perry Titus, A. L. Johnson, A. L. Parker,
John Larson, L. B. Woods and Peter
Golickson. There waa an objection made
to a tax being levied, it being claimed
that although a levy waa made last year
no improvements followed. When the
question waa put to tho meeting the
specinl tax levy failed by a vote of
5 to 2. , ' p"
Lost An Emblem ,
Charles Humphreys, manager of the
Postal. Telegraph Co., had the misfor
tune, iwhen returning Friday night.
Somewhere, betwen the depot and his
residence - on Seventeuth street and
Irving a.venue he lost a Moaonic keystone
emblem on the back of which was en
graved his name and lodge. He will
greatly appreciate its return by the
finder.
Notice To Fishermen.
J. H. Duncan has received another of
the famous 0 horvsopower Make & Break
Llppcrt gasoline engines which was got-
en up for the fishermen. Any one de
siring an engine of this type should call
on Mr. Duncan at onoe. - i
AGOOD HOTEL STORY
How the Imperial Figures in the
Tourist Mind.
HIGH STANDARDS OBSERVED
Review of One of Oregon's Commercial
Landmark and Its Near Relation
to the World Traveling; Public
High Class Service,
The traveling Orcgouian, espeuiallyif
he hails from the metropolis, is a trained
and discriminating expert in hotels, and
'when he ha occasion to revert to the
hostelrie of hi native city, invariably,
and conscientiously, refers the Oregon
bound tourist to the chief caravansary
in that city, the Imperial Hotfl, never
giving -cond thought, much lesa expres
sion, to the claims of other excellent
houses, simply on the hypothesis, that
huving named the best house, his duty
has ended both to the stranger and the
city of his habitat.
'The tourist socking comfort at the
Portland-end of hi journey, acting on
the suggestion of the "man who knowa.
goet direct to the Imperial and promptly
varille the recommendation given him;
and which he is, forthwith, heard re
(Mating to other travelers, wheresoever
he may find them. And thus the name
and fame of a good bouse become a
tradition of the great commercial high
way and a legitimate, living fact of the
home-city itself.
There is nothing to wonder at in the
achievement, of such a distinction in
favor of the Imperial. For years Phil
.UeUchan and the late, lamented Charles
Knowlos, conspired, with ail the wealth
of their genial natures and broad exper
ience, in the founding of the present
regime of the Imperial, and on the death
One Piano Number FREE with eaeh $5.00 Purchase.
; -
Oh, yes, the versciis fumy,
And the drawing too is nice,
But what is much more. clever
Is our class of goods and price.,
s twxi uua. la J
of Mr. Knonvles, tha fortune of the house
'fell to his partner and that partner
son, bright, capable, hearty replicas of
their celebrated 'pater, under the firm
style of Phil Metsoban & Sons, and the
accession, of the younger element has
but .enhanced the ranee and regard in
which the house has always been held.
Tlie Imperial Hotci is absolutely mod
ern in all its appointments and suffers
nothing by comparison with its boasted
competitors all over the Northwest coun
try, in point of structure, equipment.
exquisite cleanliness, perfect service and
annexed establishments contributory to
human comfort and convenience. Its
hundreds of rooms are large, airy, solid
ly and handsomely furnished, each with
its own telephone service for local and
long-distance use; with baths, elevators,
and scores of other accessories indispen
sable in a well-appointed resort for the
experienced and cxnting traveler, and
corps of sen-ants skilled to adept,
prouipt, and thorough service.
To keep the b'g establishment up to
the highest standards, which are always
advancing iu dua ratio iwith the ac
cepted inventions of the day, the firm
has spent approximately $25,000 in im
provement and will spend more in
the coming year; despite which , tha
rates remain at the popular figures of
$1.00, $1.60 and $2.00 per day. And the
always appreciated advantage of in
variably finding one's friends registered
there is another compensating quality
that must be counted in its favor.
"Watson's," the famous, and, standard,
restaurant of the Oregon metropolis, is
part ana parcel of too imperial menage
and this, with all that has been said, and
all that might still be said, is ample to
justify the formation of what is known
all over the Pacific slope, as the "Im
perial habit," as applied to one's
sojourn in the city of Portland, the
"Rose City' of America.
: An Unusual Thing.
When we talk to you on newspaper space, we
try to talk interestingly enough to induce you to come
to our store
We speak of the high standard of our stock, of
the variety offered, and we tell you of our prices which
are brought as low as may be for goods of quality.
Then when you come to see us it remains for
us to prove all that we have said and promised.
If we fail, the penalty is loss of your parronage.
Our list of customers steadily increases. Be
cause our newspaper announcements are backed
by the deeda of our store.
Herman Wise
Reliable Clothier and Hatter
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
FOR ASTORIA
CARNEGIE LIBRAST FUND IS NEGO
GOTATIONS WITH CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SOME PHILANTHRO
PIST KINDLY DONATE A SITE.
If a aite for a new library can be se
cured, it is reasonably certain that a
Carnegie library can now be had for
Astoria; provided of course, that the
people should want it.
Negotiations looking towards this end
have been opened with the Carnegie
Library fund authorities by the Cham
ber of Commerce and the matter has
been placed before the library board of
thia city. The lady members of ' the
board have in turn asked that the Cham
ber of Commerce do what it can towards
securing a free site to be used of course
only in case a building is put up the
coat of which will be about $17,000,
The lad members of the board will
in the meanwhile also do all they can
to secure a site. If one is to be had in
a suitable location for a library it would
mean one more splendid building for
Astoria besides the benefits that mould
accrue from a larger and more suitable
library, , ' . r
It any pub'ic spirited citizen can find
it in his heart to present the city with
a library site for a new year's gift, if
he will make known this fact either to
tlie Chamber1 of Commerce or to the
library board, he will be the means of
securing another splendid building for
this city and it might be, add to the
value of the remainder of his property.
JUST RECEIVED
a fresh shipment of
Lowney!s Candies
Pound Boxes 50c
and up.
v Boxes 15c tol$2,50
Tag'g's Parlors
483 Commercial Rt.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. A. Montgomery is in Portland oa
a business visit.
Martin Foard returned last night after
an absence of several days. .
Will P. Fisher, of Seattle, is a visitor
to Asi:oi'ia. - -
J. F. It Webber, of San Francisco, ia
in Astoria. ,:!
Chester'Williams, of Seaside, is spend
ing the holidays with his mother ia
Astoria. '
IL J. Schuffer, of Seattle, is in tho
city and registered at the Occident.
P. C. Warren and wife and daughter;
Mrs. C. F. Lester, of Warrenton. left
last evening for Southern California ta
sjiend the winter. - 1
G. R. Overmere and wife of Graai
Bend, Kan., are registered at the Occi
dent. ' . .
Yon Don't Need to Send to Portias!.
O. H. Orkwita, 137 Tenth street, can
cover your umbrellas just aa good a
they can any place on the northwest
coast.
In tha west window of his big clothes
shop, Herman Wise displays five differ
ent models, of young men's suits, for
next spring. The euits are being manu
factured and will be here early in the
spring, but Mr. Wise wanted to show
his customers the new styles ahead of
anybody in Oregon, so he secured five
of the most popular styles of suits; you
can see a difference in each coat, either
in the style of pockets, style of cuffs
or in style of lapel. MA Wise also shows
number of patterns which will be
popular next spring or summer. -
That's enterprise,
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS .
Barbour and Finlayoon Salmon Twine and Netting
McCormiek Harvesting Machines -
Oliver Chilled Ploughs . .
. ; Malthold Roofing
' Thorples Cream Separators
Raeoolith Flooring " Storrett'a Tools
Hardware, Groceries, Ship
Chandlery
. , Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
. Ash Oars, Oak lumber, Pips and Fittings, Brass
e Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seine Web
. We Wont Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
Bond Street.
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