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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1908)
! THE MORNING , ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY n, tol. We Have Given Special Attention to Our Tea Department And Offer a Quality of Tea that is Sure to Please. The Stock is the Very Choicest . English Breakfast-Oolong-Ceylon-Gun-powder - Spider-Leg Uncolored Japan. A. V. ALLEN Branch Uniontown ..Phone Main 713 Phones , Main 711, Main 2S71 1 Sole agent for Baker 's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. COMMON COUNCIL IN SESSION U ashamed, to. snow himself, Cards are played only by those who can play or think they emit hut any tool, no mat ter how drunk, can flml the slot ma china on-wheel, where he ha no how t all. Actions talk and I have aetedj lot u try to do letter and in time most evil will he obliterated." ; VTien Councilman Kabothaid that he knew they were playing cards for money, Doctor Henderson aaidt "Any man who know there is gambling and don't swear out a complaint before the district attorney, was himself a erimi Keports Filed City Presented With a Gavel Mayor Wise is Not Afraid to Enforce the Law Made Forcible Speech to That Effect Last Evening. The Common Council met laat even lag with all present. Mayor Wise in the chair. Record of last meeting were lead and approved. Just here. Dr. Henderson arose and aid he wished to make a few remarka hut didn't know, he admitted, "Just low to do if If the doctor didn't know how, he made a pretty good speech. He said in part that last Bum mer he visited the home farm of An- Mavor Wise in accepting it eulogised Jackson and Lincoln as staunch patriots and patterns for modern statesmen and tiers, and thanked Dr. Henderson on behalf of the people of Astoria. Petition of Workkala and Vanek for s retail liquor license was referred to the health and police committee. v Petition from Benj. Young and others sting to be permitted to improve by private contract Eleventh street from Duane to Exchange streets was granted. Petition. from De Laabmutt and Ford for transfer of a retail liquor license from 418 to 417 Bond street. Referred to health and police committee. " Commundatioa from Myra and F. C Reed in regard to petition for- cancelling Mrtain street assissment against their jroperty was laid over for investigation. Communication from Chamber of Commerce suggesting a committee be appointed to meet a .committee from the Chamber to consider the seawall nroositionwas received and the ways and means and waterfront committee was appointed. Communication in regard to the co- jmpmtion of the Council to use their ood offices to induce the Astoria Elec trie Company to extend their lines through Alderbrook. The auditor was instructed to write the superintendent f the- car line indorsing the petition. The communication was signed by over 100 residents in the extreme eastern yart of the city. The following bills were ordered paid: H A Hiffzins Co., $4.05; Astoria Budget, $27.87; Sherman Transfer Co., 60 cents; P. S. Tel. t TeL Co., 55 cents; Foard & Stokes Hdw. Co., $2.65; Central Drug Co, $24; Foard & Stokes Hardware Co.. $3.80; Frank Seabore, $3.65; ll Lebeck. $4.80; Astoria Crushed Rock Co, $7; Fisher Bros. Co., $10.10; B. Carruthers, $6.00; City Lumber & Box Co, $6.15; street assessors, $45; J. C. Clinton, $43.25; J. C. Clinton, $100; Birch A Jacobson, $6; C. W. Holmes, $4; B. Hauke & Co., $3.40; Pracl, Eigner 4 Co, $1; C. W. Holmes, $16; Leo Grammes, $1.50; Jacobs & Gimre, $10.55; W. H. Fellman, $7.50; Steel & Swart, $13.75; Troy Laundry, 65 cents. , Annual report of auditor and police judge for year ending December 31, 1907, was placed on file. Report of same for quarter ending December 31, 1907, was placed on file. Statement of -auditor and police judge for month , ending December 31, 1907: Amount received on account of fnes and forfeitures, $272; account of eemetery during fourth quarter, $170; account building permits, fourth quar- TEA Tea is not infallible; moneyback makes amends. We are not, in the least, uneasy about the money. Tear rxtt returns roar aoo? If fee les'l 8& Scbllllar's Bti m him. ter, $11; for steam roller, $90. Report was ordered filed. Quarterly report of city treasurer for quarter ending December 31, 1907. Filed. Requisition for a typewriting machine for the surveyor's office to be used by the board of assessors was referred to the ways and means committee. Bonds of J. O. Tiberg and Carlson Bros, for liquor license waa reported favorable and granted, Petition from A. C Miller and others for a street are light on corner Eleventh street and Madison avenue waa granted. The recommendation for a storage battery system occasioned a lively dis cusion and upon a motion being made to act favorably upon the matter His Honoii declared it out of order and action was postponed. Application for a building permit from Charles Vershuerin waa granted. Report of city attorney for year end ing December 31, 1907, accepted and placed on file. draw Jackson and brought away eev- j Report of city surveyor on work per eral relics from there and had one with j formed by Heckard Bros., on Harrison aim. It was s, gaveL The head is. avenue was filed. , staple from a tree on the farm and the j An ordinance providing for the time handle was from a hickory tree growing anj manwr 0f improving Exchange about 50 feet from where the general street from Tenth to Eleventh street . . ... 1J 24 An .Via mIv a .. . . -was D tinea, no praeuwu . w v.isjiea w pass. Ordnance for the time and manner of improving Commercial street from third street to lot 1 in block 3 in the Hin man tract was adopted. - . Ordinance to confirm special assess ment roll No. 155. Ninth street sewer on Commercial street to A. t C B, R. Co. right-of-way was adopted. Ordinance appropriating out of the special fund fot improving Harrison avenue Eighth to Twelfth street, etc the sum of $757.80 for the benefit of Heckard Bros., was read first and second times. -. Ordinance providing for the time and manner of constructing a sewer on Eighth street from the north line of Harrison avenue to the south line of Lexington avenue was read first and second times.! Ordinance appropriating out of the gcnearl fund $141.63 for the benefit of Steel 4 Ewart. Read first and second times. Ordinance to license skating rinks and places of like character $100 per quar ter was read first and times. Ordinance for the benefit of Geo. W. Sanborn $120 for coal for city hall was read first and second time. Ordinance for the benefit of John A. Montgomery for $192.90 was read first and second times. The Bond street improvement was accepted. Imorovement of Thirty-ninth street from Franklin to Irving avenue refer red to city surveyor. Voted to hire a competent man to examine one of the fire engines to as certain approximate cost of repairs. The compensation is not to exceed $25. The meeting then adjourned. Councilmen Belland, Kaboth, Leinen weber and Robinson objected to card playing on Commercial street as being just as much gambling as wheels and machines. Mayor Wise said: "Men will play cards if they have to lock them selves in a cellar or attic. We can seke machines and tables and wheels and throw them overboard or burn them, but we cannot throw card players over board or burn them; you can arrest them and juries will not agree; but we do not need to wait on juries as to gambling devices; we. have stopped 90 per cent of the gambling; we have closed the dance halls and that is a pretty good record for one year. I have per formance to my credit, not only talk; the world was not made in one day; let us be reasnable; sure, they say, there is just as much gambling as ever; well if there is whv do they, then! but there isn't and you know it; if there ii any place where young men are allowed to play cards, let me know the place and they'll stop; if any . councilman knows of a better plan tell me how; I have shown that I'm not afraid to act, when actions could bring results; they have tried to stop card playing in Port land and elsewhere and have only suc ceeded in driving them behind closed doors, where young men are inveigled while in the open the young man work ing in a store or in an office or mill CHARGED WITH MURDER. FLORF.XOK, Colo.. Jan. 20,-The dead bodies of three of four Italians, whose disappearanco has bullied the police for the last month were found today buried near the home of Antonio Nernino, alias Bavori, who is under arrest charged with the murder of four persons. Xer nino disclosed the hiding place of the bodies after being taken to the scene of the crime and threatened with immediate hanging if he did not tell all he knew about the murders. However, he de clared that the murders were committed by Joseph Mink-hello, the fourth person missing, and not by himself. HOST AT DINNER PASTY. WASHINGTON', Jan, 20. Senator Bourne entertained at dinner party last evening. Among the guests were Secretary Metealf, Supreme Justice Moody and Representative Powers of Maine, Senator Bourne was a dinner guest of Vice President and Mrs. Fair banks Saturday evening. FULTON'S BILL PASSES SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Senator Fulton this afternoon called up and the Senate pasted his bill dividing Ore gon into two judicial districts. It now goes to the House. SPURIOUS ANTIQUES. Many Forgeries Clever Enough to De ceive the Experts. In the manufacture of antiquities the forger shows an ingenuity that is un limited. Furniture, prints, cblna, pic tures, plate, armor, ivory. 1 bronxe, tapestry all are most successfully imi tated. Many such Imitations are, it Is true, clumsy enough, bat a great many deceive even the Initiated. The experts of national museums have been Imposed upon more than once. The British museum bought Pa Us sy plate for $250. While an attendant waa handling it one of the seals at tached to its back, attesting its genu lneness, became detached, disclosing the mark of a modern French potter. Terra cotta figures of Isls and Osiris, bought by the same institution for thousands of dollars, were discovered to be composed of modern clay. There is one forger of antiquities whose spe cialty is old leather Jacks; another pro duces born books; still another turns out mediaeval manuscripts; a fourth, clerical vestments of the middle ages, and so on. An expert of the Smithsonian insti tution was called upon not long ago to pass upon a specimen of a mummy servant, an effigy, in a plastic material, such as the Egyptians burled with their dead. Close examination proved it to be made of putty. It was a very clever forgery. Count TyskJewlez, a noted judge and collector of antiquities, gives some In teresting details of the forgeries that have been attempted from the earliest times. No metal lent Itself so easily to this work as gold. Etruscan jewelry has been largely manufactured la Italy, but Syria has carried on the most extensive forgery of gold works of art Forgeries In silver have been less successful. A good story Is told of a forged sil ver cup in Rome that purported, to have come from some secret excava tion In Sicily. This "ancient" cup was ornamented with a circular bas-relief representing the frieze of the Parthe non. In the height of his innocence the forger, bad given the frieze In its pres ent ruined condition. The cup obtained an immediate success shouts of laugh ter. St Louis Republic. A One of the Important Duties of Physicians and ii tne weu-miormea 01 me vvona is to learn ns to the relative standing and reliability of the lenJInjf manufacture era of medicinal agents, as the most eminent physicians are the most careful n to thtf uniform quality and perfect .purity of remedies prescribed by tht-m, and It is well known to physicians and the Well-Informed generally that the California Tig Syrup Co., by reason of its correct method and perfect equipment and the ethical character of its product has attained to the high standing in scientific and commercial circles which Is accorded to successful and reliable houses only, and, therefore, that tke. name of the Company has become & guarantee of the excellence of it remedy. TRUTH AND t QUALITY appeal to the Well-Informed In every walk of life and are essential to permanent sue cess and creditable standing, therefore we wish to call the attention of all who would njoy good health, with its blessings, to the fact that it involves the question of right 1 living with all the term implies. With proper knowledge of what Is best each hour of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may lw mndo to contribute to that end and the use of medicines dispensed wih generally to great advantage, but as in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may be invaluable if taken at the proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co. feels that it is alike Important to present truthfully the subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy which hat won theappoval of physicians and the world-wide acceptance of the Well-informed because of the excellence of thetombination, known to all, and the original method of manufac ture, which is known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only. ' , This valuable remedy has lecn long and favorably known under the name of Syrup of Figs and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs and to get its beneficial effects always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup of Figs or by the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the. one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and the same heretofore known by the name Syrup of Figs which has given satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which is fifty cents per bottle. Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C, that the remedy is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. Louisville, Ky. San Francisco, Cal, U S. A, London, England. New York, N. V. Stomach TreubU Cured. If yoa have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J, 1'. Klote, of Edina, Mo., says: "I hare used a great many different medicines for stomach trouble, but find Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets mors beneficial than any other remedy I ever used." For sale by Frank Hart and lead ing druggists. Lame Shoulder Cared. Lame shoulder is usually esused by rheumatism of the muscles and quickly yields to a few applications of Chamber lain's Pain Balm. Mrs. F. H. McElwee, of Boistoirn, New Brunswick, writes 1 "Havins been troubled for some time with a pain in my left shoulder, I de cided to give Chamberlain's Fala Balm a trial, with the result that I got prompt relief." For sale by Frank Hart and lead ing druggists. . Bead the Morning Astorian 00 cents per month. Delivered by carryier. January Official Tide Tables Compiled by th U. S. bovcrnment for Astoria and Vicinity. ' JANUARY, 1908. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. r Be Kind You Have Always Bct' Bears the Signature of 7 OU-U3&S CougMColds, CROUP, plij This remedy can always be defended upon and Is pleasant to take. It contains no opium sr other harmful drug ana may be gives ucsafl deotly to a baby as to an adult , ' Price 25 cents, large size SO cents. High Water. A. M. P. M. Date h.m. ft h.m. ft. Wednesday ..... 110: JO . 0 11:60 O.t Thursday ....... 2 11:15 1.5 Friday 3 0:43 1. S 13:03 .) Saturday 4 1:32 7. 12:60 .4 SUNDAY , 5 J;10 8.1 1:40 9.1 Monday 6 3:08 (.3 2:30 S.S Tuesday 7 3:54 S.I 3:24 1.4 Wednesday 8 4:38 8.4 4:22 7.7 Thursday S 5:28 S.4 6:30 7.0 Friday .....10 6:20 8.4 6:43 6.7 Saturday 11 7:15 8.2 8:04 6.4 SUNDAY 12 8:10 8.2 8:23 6.6 Monday 13 8:05 8.3 10:30 6.7 Tuesduy .....T..14 8:56 S.4 11:17 6.8 Wednesday .....16 10:44 8.6 . Thursday 16 0:15 7.2 Thursday 1611:26 8.8 Friday 17 0:66 7.0 12:06 8.6 Saturday 18 1:30 7.4 12:40 8.8 SUNDAY 19 2:02 7.5 1:12 8.2 Monday 20 2:82 7,5 1:46 8.0 Tuesday 21 3:00 7.7 2:20 7.7 Wednesday 22 2:26 7.8 3:00 7.4 Thursday 23 8:66 7.8 8:40 7.0 Friday ..24 4:80 8.0 4:34 6.7 Saturday .......25 6:10 8.0 6:30 6.2 SUNDAY , 26 6:00 8.0 6:45 5.8 Monday, 27 6:66 8.0 8:12 6.8 Tuesday 28 7:66 8.1 8:36 6.0 Wednesday 28 9:00 8.4 10:44 6.5 Thursday 80 10:00 8.7 11:40 7.1 JANUARY, 1908. Low Water. 'Date Wednesday .... Thursday Friday Saturday ...... 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Phone Mala J881 tMMl898S898 I'4j4j8MI4)wj441 STEEL & EWART Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS ' , ' Barbour and Flnlayson Salmon Twins and Netting McOormick Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs ' Malthoid Roofing . , " Thorples Cream Separators Raecolith Flooring ' - Storrett's Tools Hardware, Groceries,Ship ' Chandlery " : Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatio Acid, Welch CoaL Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass' Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twins and Seine Web ' We)Warit4YoMr Trade FISHER BROS. Pond Street. - The Morning Astorian, Delivered to Your Home, 60c per Month.