The morning Astorian., January 17, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

FRIDAY JANUARY 17, igol.
THE MORNING ASOItlAN, ASTORIA, OIIEGON.
Two Greatest Favorites
Everywhere
.CIi&mo and Sanborn Coffco
ChoHO and Sanborn Tooh
Seldom Equalled-Ncver Excelled.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
".' Tha Leading Qroaer
TERSE IMS Of I 101
will Wtd-
Andrew Robert anil Slgtte Anderon.
both of Astoria, war licensed to wed,
yesterday.
Declaration of Intention
Hugo Alto, ft imtlvt of Finland, yes
tf day MMd hi Intention Of becom
ing a American cltUent
Manager Resigned
J, K. Kuivakt, who haa been manager
of lit VMra Workmen' Co-operative
Publishing hut pieced hi resigna
tion in th hand of tlio director,
Appllutton For CUUonihlp
An apptk-atlon for citlenblp wm filed
in tlx county ckfk'e oftl yesterday by
Iver Nelson, ft native of Norway. The
application will bo atd upon at the
next term of the circuit court.
funeral Kotle
Tb funeral of the late Mm. Eroll
Iljntk wilt b hIJ till, afternoon at 2
o'clock from the family residence, Frank-
iln avenue and Twentysavetitu etrwt.
All friend Invited to be present.
UoW Guild '
The Ladles' Ouild of Grace Episcopal
Church will give an evening eoelal at
Mr. (C, 8. Brown', Friday evening Jan
uary 17. 1008, to which all member and
frlemla are cordially Invited.
Tha Stork Arrive
The atork hovered around tha residence
of Mr. and lira. R. C Rleraon, at M
geeond atrect about 8:30 yeaterday even
ing. Dr. Eatea, who waa a caller at the
none, greeted tilrn at 5:45 and ha waa
mad weloMite. The mother and nine
pound boy are Owing well.
Cut ma Finger
The (Ive-ycer-old aon 'of Judge Cdof
Andereon. gar himself a painful cut on
the index linger of hi left hand yeater
dy. He waa fixing hi aled in anticipa
tion of ft vinlt from Jade Froat wtth- a
hatchet and cut hla dinger o badly that
three IUe were wwiwj to keep the
flesh In place while healing.
On State Central Committee
J. T. Wallace, of this eltyy haa re
ceived a letter from the 'Democratio
State Central Committee, notifying him
that he' haa been appointed a member of
that committed, from Clataop county.
"Jim" will make a good representative,
being a true blue and a good level-headed
buslnee man. The committee will meet
In IPortland next Saturday to consider
plana for the future campaign.
Estate Closed
A. ck-bmetan( guardian of 4he eUite
of John Wilson, deceased, ha filed an
atreourtt with the Wunty court showing
that all claim and bill against the
estate have been paid and that th aura
of 23 ttlll remain. It waa ordered by
the county Judge, that tha $25 be paiJ
to Custer Post, 0. A. H. whkh organ
isation fiad a claim for mora than that
amount, there being no heir, for whom
they would have waived the claim.
County Buildings Sold
.Th county Judge yesterday received
hid for the purchase of the old county
building now on the court house grounds
and accepted Uta following) For old
court Iioiim) building, Geo. I Col well
30 woodshed, Jacob J. Ilolilacb, 3;
Sheriff' offlre, J. IL Howl-by, 3. and
the building in whkh the county court
meet, Wicklla Saxon. 13 The pur
chasers are to remove the building from
tha grounds, when they .are vwated,
whkh will probably be the latter part
of sent week.
Will Lean to Sing
As ft mark of esteem, the Nonlen Sing
ing Society, of Ballard, Washington, ha
created ' Mayor Herman Wine, of this
city, an honorary member of that popu
lar aggregation of atdoUta and choristers
and llit Honor will immediately take up
a course of vwal Instruction in Order to
square himself when next the great
Sanuerbund ahall visit tha CHy-bytbe-
St. The diploma was aeeotnpaniedtby
a flue picture of the entire eociety, and
both, favor are highly appreciated. 1 '
Street Improvement
A majority of the property owner on
Eleventh and Exchange atreeU. and the
Mayor and a majority of tha atrect com
missioner met last evening to devla a
plan or repairing the eectfonaof streets
mentioned. After ft frank exchange of
opinion, a motion waa made and carried
to appoint a committee of three to ad
vise and act with th street commission
era and agree upon ft plan of improve
ment. Tha committee la composed of
V. C. Lawa. representing tire Elkaj Dr.
TV Li Ball, tha Methodist Society and
Ceo. I Colwell, who will ace the reat of
the property owners at an early date.
Chocolates
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
Navel Oranges
Sweet and Juicy
A large shipment iunt in. Send your '
order and you will be pleased. Special
price by box or half box.
Scholfield Maltson & Go. &
112 and 120 Twelfth St.
s Phono1181 Phono 931
For a
VICTOR PR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
JohnsonPhonograpli Go.
Ftriort teeend Plane ever oholfleli A Mattaon Ca,
tarency Caae Dismissed 1
In the jutk court yesterday th e
i1 WJIliMin Key, charged with larceny,
wa' tried, Howard llrowiwll appearing
for tha defendant. According to th evl
dwiMj It apjHfortfl that John Cblnholm,
I Im oomplMlnant, ongAgod Key to pick
apple in his ontiard.' agreeing to allow
him orio Imlf tho proiwd. Keyes went
to Chkholm'a farm and picked tb fruit
and did the uooklng and chi, the hit
tr wltltont remit noraiiou other than a
share of tlie proecwda from the fruH,
Th fruit 'waa never sold owing to
(yliinholtu's brraking his sgreeuw-nt ' to
furnish boxes and furnliililiig a' team to
bring the fruit to town, and it U rotting
at tbo farm. Keye concluded to aever
hi conneotWn with Chisholm ai.d k
imuiiW pay, CblaWm wune to tha city
and swore out ft complaint charging
Key with breaking ojwn a trunk In the
house and almtruHing nlnmt 12.1. At
torney Brownell made the most of the
cn aveeoiding'to the evidence and at
tha closo of hi argument Judge (iood
muu, In rendering his devUlon, aiialyzcd
th case thoroughly and retulered a de
cision dismissing it.
JOINT COStMITTEE ON SEAWALL.
"January 7, 1908.
"To the Hon. Mayor and Common Coun
i elk Astoria, Ore.
"Gentlemen sWiH you kindly , ap
point a oonuiiltte of three membir to
confer with a like coimnitUe from the
Cliamber of Coiiinierc on the subject of
furthering a possible construcikm of the
cawall! .:'
"As this is held by many of our mem
Ixira to be a mattr of ver great im
portance, wa are anxious to co oper
ate with your honorable body in such
manner as we may for the urthering
of this public Improvement,
"!n your committee Is appointed,
if tha chairman will confer with me,
we will x a date mutually satisfactory
for coniwle ration of this matter and if
kms1Ii1 we will have Mr. Hegardt and
Mr. Tee present at the same time.
"Y'oum very truly,
"(Signed), J. II WHYTE."
Registration of Voter
To date there haa been 423 voter
fgitercd and still they com. The
greatest registration la in the city pro
ducts but when the weather improves it
la expected that the outside precincts
will abow up better. The registration
up to the ckwe last night wass Astoria
No. 1, 63) Astoria No. 2, 47; Astoria No.
3, 40; Astoria No. 4, 32; Astoria No. 5,
00; Astoria No. 0, 41; Astoria No. 7,49;
Chad well, 2; Clataop, 6; John Day No.
1. 2 John Day No. 2, 4; Jewell. 2;
Knappa, 2 Melville, 2) New Astoria, 1;
Olney, 3; l'ush, lj Seaside. 38; Svenn,
4 Vesper, 1 Warrenton, 15 j Walluski,
4j Voting River, 3.
The Wireless Station
The work of repairing ke wireless sta
tion la progressing nicely. One of the
mast ha been placed in position, and
Hi la expected that on Saturday the
other will be raised, or by the latest,
Monday. Some delay waa caused by
waiting for guy wire otherwise both
masts would now be in place. After the
poles are in position it will require 3 or
4 days to place the station in order. Mir.
SwiUcr fe on the ground at all time and
will, by the end of the coming week,
turn over a completed plant to the company.
PERSONALS.
A. Penn, of Portland, is inhe city.
II. A. Carpentor, ,of Seattle, is in the
city.
K. E. Stannard, is a recent arrival
from Portland.
Jos. Fellman arrived in Astoria yester
day from Eugene, Ore.
O E- Schless, of Portland, is registered
at the Occident. .
Geo. B. Peeple and wife, of Palmer,
Ore., are in the city and are at the
Occident. "
IL R. Fall i in the city, from Port
land. .
Card Party Tonight
The Gateway Social Club will give ft
card party at their hall tonight The
A a tori an force acknowledges the receipt
of an invitation to participate, but owing
to the fact that it Is their busiest time,
they will be unable to attend.
JUST RECEIVED
a fresh shipment of .,
Lowncy's Candies
4 Pound Boxes 50c :
) . and up.
. Boxes 15c to $2.50
Tag'g's Parlors
483 Commercial 8b
A Thousand Signatures
tity Jlecorder V.. E. Uurke, of 8ea
idc, who 1ms ben in charge of th work
of securing Clatsop's sJiurs of tlie lgna'
tiire ?w(ry, in , the matter of th
iiiitliiliva petition for the ubmiionf
eonstltutional aiiieudmeijU in the follow,
ing iiauw'd relution, has secured the
tnousand reo,uiiJ from here, and rejwrta
that i bo 000 iiecesary in the state,
have been practically all achieved. The
amendments cover ' the following new
laws, to-wits That to provide for the
popular recall of ofllcers who fail to' do
their duty by the people; that providing
for the Instruction of the Legislature to
elect that candidate to the United State
foiruiU', who shall have received the
blglmst number of votes at a general
eleotlon, without Mferene to party
alignment; provldina for orooortional
rereentatlon, and putting the majority
aim the plurality In all aubsequent
electoral counts; and that providing for
the elimination of the power of money
in election by legally limiting the ex
peaces of the candidate for campaign
purpose. It is said that there la some
likelihood of Mr, Burke offering hi nam
for consideration a ft candidate for Con
gres aa a Bourne-Republican.
The Pasaion Play
The, Automatic Theatre wa crowded
to the door hint evening, for several
premutations of the great Paion play
llkns just received by Sir. Carruther.
The life and death of Jesu Christ, from
the Annunciation to the Ascension,
are given In realistic and beautiful pic
ture and no one should mis this splendid
substitute for the noble play itself.
Nothing more Interesting ' ha been of
fered in Astoria In this line of entertain
ment for ft long time; and it will be here
for several day to come. ' . ,
One Piano Number with each $5.00 SALE to Herman
Wise Cusiomers.
Our annual sweep,
No room to keep,
Youl-tke benefit
may reap'.
ml
il. ftAa Iff I .-m
CONTRACT COMPLETED.
"To the Hon. Mayor and Common Coun
cil of the City of Astoria.
"GcntlemensI herewith summit
statement of work performed by Deck
ard Bros, under their contract to im
prove Harrison avenue, etc., and find
that they have completed the grading
from the eat line of Eleventh street to
the east aide, of the eroding- witA
Twelfth atrect. The contract for the
work is the eum of $94753 and they are
therefore entitled under their contract
to 80 per cent of the above amount, viz.:
757.80.
"Respectfully submitted,
"ALFREDS. TEE.
"City Surveyor.
"January 13, 1908."
WISE don't make much noise about his
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE,
but he is cutting prices just the same on
MEN'S AND BOYS' FIXINGS.
" Look where you will.
We are cheapest still,"
IB to 36 per Cent Off.
Herman Wise
Astoria'seliable Clothier.
Cookie fair
St. Agnes' Guild will hold a eookey
fair on Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 at
Miss Fadie Crang'a store on Commercial
street. The public is cordially Invited
to call and purchase ' l-17-2t
Lodge of Kebekah
Gateway Rebekah Lodge No. 77 will
meet at 7:00 o'clock this (Friday) even
ing. Mamie Clinton, secretary.
Leap Year Dance.
A Leap Year dance will be given by
the Leap Year Club, Saturday night,
January 18th, at the Uppertown Na
tional HalL Music by the Padtte orches
tra. Cars will leave both waya after
tha dance. 1-16-Jt.
gag
Brown's House-Cleaning Sale
A Fact Worth
Remembering
That when you take
advantage of a sale
at this store, you
not only get reliable
and correct shoes at
less than real worth
but you get shoes
guaranteed to give
absolute satisfaction
It's a Sale That's Making History
TJROBABLY never again will the citizens of Astoria
v meet with a shoe buying opportunity of so memor
able a character as that whichjis now presented them
through the medium of our greatest N yearly clearance
sale, for it offers unrestricted choice from Astoria's
highest class of shoes for men, women, boys and child
ren, at price reductions rarely" duplicated even on the
most ordinary grades of shoes.
Your Choice of All
From 25c and Up
CH AS. V. BROWN
The Family Shoe Man. "