THE MORNING ASTOMAN. FSTOIUA. OREGON.
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Commercial Street
THINGS ARE MOVING
Fairly Lively On the Waterfront
Yesterday.
NOME CITY HAS AN ACCIDENT
COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT.
Clear Statement of the County's Finan
cial Condition Warrants Drawn,
County Clerk Clinton has prepared bis
report for tie six months ending De
cember 31, 1907, that is an exhaustive
statement Of the financial condition of
Clatsop county.
. The total Outstanding gen
eral fund warrants amount to. $103,590.22
Cash on hand in the gen
eral fund . ............. ...j 676.99
Excess of liabilities 102,913.23
Expended on court house to
date . . .:.....'... 169,154.67
Warrants drawn during six
months, general fund. ....... 43,671.00
Special funds 63,950
General fund warrants,
xoad purposes 12,810.88
Building and repairing
bridge.......... - 5,507.88
Warrants on court house
fund 67,024.95
In the excess of liabilities no account
is taken of taxes due, road machinery
and the new court house which will
bring the resources as being much great
er than the liabilities and show that the
county's financial condition is good.
Worthless Checks Suspected
The First National Bank in this city
received a letter yesterday from Ilwaco
stating that two well dressed young
men had attempted to pass worthless
checks in that city and failing to do
so had com( ojv&j to Astoria. The
police were notified, and it was discov
ered that an attempt to pass a check
wase made in this city, which was also a
failure. The police will keep their eyes
out for the suspects and in the mean
time it would he advisable for those
cashing checks to be careful in doing so.
Grain Fleet Making Iti Appearance in
Harbor Alliance Arrives and leaves
up Geo. W. Elder Leaves for Frisco
Repairs on Rajore Completed Notes
There was trouble with the wires1
west of Warrenton yesterday and it
was 4 o'clock p. m. before any reports
could be received from the bar. At that
time the wind was from the west, the
velocity beoing five mites an hour, the
weather clear, and the bar rough.
There was 3-masted bark coining to
wards the bar. '
The schooner Alice M. McDonald,
which loaded 600,000 feet of lumber at
Stella, Wash., cleared at the custom
house yesterday and is ready for sea.
The steamer Geo. W. Elder arrived
down yesterday at 10 a. m. and left the
Callender dock at 1:30 p. m. for San
Francisco and San redro.
The repairs on the British steamer
Rajore have been completed and she was
towed into the stream, yesterday after
noon, where the balance of her cargo
was put aboard, yesterday evening, lit is
thought that she will be able to leave
out by Tuesday.
The lighthouse tender Armeria will
leave out this morning at 7:30 to place
two saa buoys. One will be placed, if
weather conditions permit, to mark the
station held by lightship No. 60, which
was recently damaged in collision with
the Port Patrick. The other will replace
the gas buoy recently reported as being
lost.
The Alliance arrived in from Coos
Bay yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
33rd Annual Clearance Sale
Extraordinary Bargains in all lines of House furnishing
. Goods. Twenty per Cent. Discount on AD Goods
rfWT
' Parlor and library Tables in
golden oak, birdaeye maple, ma
hogany, fumed and weathered
oak, at special sale prices.
ladies' Desk in fumed, weather
ed and Golden Oak, also birdaeye
maple. Twenty per cent discount.
We are offering as special in
ducement, one-third off on all
mahogany furniture, including
bedroom suits, cheval mirrors,
chairs and tables.
Wis have over 150 patterns in hwge size nigs, sizes, ranging from 6 ft. by
9 ft. to 12 ft. by 15 ft We can give you a rug to fit any size room, iPrioes
reduced.
Thirty-threeYears
in Astoria
Established in
1875.
EXTRA
Special Sale
Off on Boys'
Suits
$3.00 suits now $2.00
$3.50 suits now $236 '
$4.00 suits now $2.06
$4.50 suiis now $3,00
$5.00 suits now $3,35
All real live bargains, You get more
than your money's worth.
Cravenettes and Overcoats
Special 20 per Cent. Off.
$25.00 Coats now $20.00
$22.60 Coats now $10.00
$20.00 Coats now $10.00
$17.50 Coats now $14.00
$16 00 Coats new $12.00
If yon don't see on this list what you want, call
at our store. We have lots of others.
Leader in Nobby Clothes.
after remaining an hour left up for
Portland.
The French bark Gutbrae, which was
delayed here by the fouling of her
anchor, was freed and left up at 2 p. m.
yesterday to Portland in tow of the
Henderson.
The German ship Reinbek was towed
up for Portland yesterday by the
Harvest Queen.
The Sue IT. Elmore sailed for Tilla
mook at 2 p. m. yesterday.
Pilots Swanson and Layton are on
the pilot schooner which is outside.
The steamer Melville yesterday after
noon succeeded in recovering the anchor
of the Guthrae which was cut away
in the fouling In the stream.
The Lurline came in yesterday with
a good cargo of local freight and 1500
sacks of wheat for the Rajore. After
unloading the local cargo the Lurline
pulled into the stream alongside the
ship and the wheat was transferred. The
unloading was completed in time to per'
mit of the Lurline getting away at her
usual hour, 7 o'clock.
The British steamer Caithners from
La Paz, was outside yesteday and, ac
cording to orders delivered to her by
the pilots, she proceeded to Puget
Sound.
The British steamer Stafthfillan came
down the river yesterday at noon loaded
with grain and flour for the Orient,
The schooner Irene, from r Itedonda,
arrived in yesterday afternoon. '
The British bark Miltonburn, is in
the harbor loaded with grain for
fcurope. . ,. , -
The Oriental steamer Arabia, 18 days
from Hakodate has not yet been sighted.
Although two days overdue, no anxiety
is felt for her safety, as si is a
staunch vessel and has been particularly
fortunate since . her launching. She is
expected at any time.
WJien the steamer Tallac comes down
from Portland, she will be in command
of Oflpi, Lundquist, of San Francisco,
He will take the place of Capt. Hansen
who is ill in Portland, though recover
ing. v?
The French bark Marthe Eoux Is on
Patronize HOME Industry
and buy a box of choice
Clatsop County Apples
We have' Fifty Boxes, selling from
75c. to $1.25 the f)0X
Good Cooking Butter 50c the Roll.
Acme Grocery Co.
The Up-to-Date Grocers.
5i COMMERCIAL ST. PHONE Mt
her way down the river, and may arrive
today. She is loaded with grain for
Europe.
The steamer Nome City collided with
the draw pier of the Morrison street
bridge at Portland yesterday. The draw
was not Opened as quick as wai expect
ed by the captain and the current taking
him threw him broadside against the
pier. No damage was done to the
steamer or bridge though a sailor had
hii hand mashed by being caught be
tween the rail of the steamer and the
pier. No on else was hurt.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
Coubty Treasurer Sherman Completes
Report For Last Six Months of 1907.
The semi-annual report of County
Treasurer Sherman has been completed
and makes interesting reading.
The receipts and disbursments for the
last six months of the past year to
gether with balance on hand are as
follows-. ' ,
Balance on hand, July 1, '07, .$107,048.14
Receipts . . ...... ...;...i.i., 25,677.89
Disbursements 10,788.20
Leaving balance, Dec. 31, '07, 11,377.77
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
NEW TO-DAY
New Grocery Store. '
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Male-1281.
The ComnuireiiL
The Commercial, Commercial 'street.
near Eleventh, aa everyone knows, J
one of the most popular resorU In As
toria. Drop in at any Urn and see the
class of people who patronise this popu
lar place and you will be eetiafUd Must
in entertaining a gentleman friend, foo
have found the right place.' A pleasant
game of billiards, a little refreshment,
and a quiet talk help, to pass a pleasant
evening,
Columbia and Viotor graphophones
and latest record at 424 Commercial
street A. It Cyrus. tf.
Oliver typewriters and automata
stenographers at A. E. Cyrus, '434
Commercial street ' - tf.
Palace Restaurant
A successful year has juet closed for
the Palace Restaurant and a new year
opens. This year will, no tioubt, be as
successful for this popular restaurant as
the past if not more so. The manner of
treating the gueste pursued there can
not but tend to hold the trade and bring"
those who have never heard of the
Palace. '''. " ' '
Notwithstanding symptoms that were
regarded as favorable, Butte " decline
to join the Citios of the Lid.