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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1908)
THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1909. THE MORNING ASTOIIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 5 Two Greatest Favorites Everywhere Chanc mid Stillborn Coffee ChoBO otid Sanborn Tcoh Seldom Equallcd-Never Excelled. ROSS, HIGG1NS & CO. The Lttdlng Oreeart ANOTHER BAD CHECK m idjmi m Marriage License Jaban , Felix Aarnla and Lempl Luiina Erkkson wore granted a marriage license yesterday. A Recovering- Frank Raymond, the employe of the telephone company who was in jured in Uniomown about a mouth go by falling from a building i able to be around on crutches. New Money Order Office A money order office hs been established, by the postal authorities, at Clatsop, which will prove a great convenience to thoe living In that section. , , " Business Improving W. L Shafer, of the N. L. Shafer, Advertising Co., of Portland, arrived from Portland Inst evening. Mr. Shafer reports having found a better tone to buisness, along the line, much more so that in Washington. Mr. Shafer will remain here the balance of the week. To Remove Old Court House Ceo. L Colwell, who purchased the old court house building, is preparing to remove it to the corner of Tenth and Exchange street where he has prepared the lot for its reception. It is his intention to convert the build ing into flats and he is tearing down the Annex ilo the building to use the lumber in finishing up the base memv lie hat been allowed one month to remove the building and expects to have it in its new position before that time. Special Meeting of Knappt Cliixens There will be a special meeting of the citiieens of Knappa at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in that town to consider the leasing of lands to the Chamber of Commerce committee which is now conducting the oil and gas proposition, C. N. Sherman will come down from Portland to attend the meeting and Mr, Wingate of the Chamber of Commerce and . others from Astoria will go up on the morn ing train.. The committee of Knappa citizens which have been working up the oil, gas and coal proposition there so that the citterns may know exact ly what they wish to do when the lime for the meeting arrives, is com pocd of W. Z. Stele, John M. Abbott, J. II. Mcpherson, Neil StcfTcnion ajul W. V. liagley. Should enough land be leased to make it worth white drilling an experimental well at Knappa one will be put in there. It now seems that there will lye several thousand acres leaned in and around Knappa as the citiieens there are very keenly interested. town PEHSOMAL MENTION, D. P. Snyder, of Kelso, Wash., is visiting Astoria. Frank A. Ford, of Portland, ar rived in Astoria yesterday. Thos. E. Whiteside, of Portland, is in the city. G. C. Cavalien is registered at the Occident from Portland. S. Pllaum arrived in from Portland, last night. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kitterman, of Sea side, have returned home after spend ing a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Heron of 310 Seventeenth street E .T. Stafford, of Seaside, was in today, ddiaon is the name of the latest style in collars. They can be found at Judd'a in all sixes. X Leaking Vault Ever since the rainy weather set in it has been known that the vault of the county clerk,' in the old court house, has been damp, even to the extent of pools of water being formed on the floor. It could not be ascer tained where the water came from, until the vault furniture was removed when it was found that the west wall was cracked, and an opening one-half inch wide appeared behind one of the book racks extending down from the roof. No serious damage was done to the contents of the vault, though several of the books became damp and mildewed. Ladles of 0. A. R. Entertained Mrs. C. W. Lamar entertained several ladies of the G. A. R., yester day afternoon, at her home Seven teenth street and Jerome avenue. A very pleasant afternoon was spent by the ladies in playing "500" and other games. ugnt reireshmcnts were served which were much enjoyed by all present. PROMINENT BUSINESS HOUSE VICTIMIZED BY "THE SALT LAKE MAN" -ARRESTED AT SPOKANE. Chocolates the best in the world 50c a Pound, Good Groceries A prompt Delivery System Up-To-Date Business Methods We offer you the benefit of these conditions in exchange for your patronage. Scholfield Mattson & Co.! SSSSL 112andI20 Twelfth St. Phone 1181 Phone 031 Another cane of bad check passing habeen brought to light in the city, the work evidently having been done by the smooth operator who has be come known as "tbe Salt Lake Man." At the time the "Salt Lake checks" were being scattered around prom iscously, a well dressed man entered Foard & Stokes Hardware Company's store, while the captain of the schooner J. B. Stetson was placing an order. He either knew the cap tain or pretended to and joined in the conversation between the sales man and the captain He left the store with the fatter and later, in the afternoon returned and asked if the goods had bcjui delivered ' to the schooner. He also akcd to be shown some revolvers and, selecting one valued at $17, said that he would take it, offering a check on a Salt Lake bank for the amount. He was in formed that it was not customary to cash checks for persons with whom the firm was unacquainted, and then he produced a check book, neatly bound in red leather, and enclosing a pass book of'the Salt Lake bank, on which the checks were made. A glance through the pass book showed several good deposits, and the stubs in the check book bore evidence that the account had not been heavily drawn aaiut. One of the check stubs showed a check as having been drawn in favor of the Fairmount Hotel, at San Francisco, for $30, while another, had been drawn for $25 in favor of the captain of the J. B. Stetson. This showing disarm ed suspicion and the check was ac cepted and the weapon delivered to the stranger. The check was event ually returned from Salt Lake as worthless, with the added informa-! tion that the same kind of work was being done, "all along the line," by this man whose name is Win Foley. lie dnl not receive any money at tin's place, the amount for which the checks was drawn, being the price of the revolver. The victimized firm re ported the matter to the police, and they were informed that the man bad been at the same tricks elsewhere, and had been apprehended at Spokane. Arrangements are now be ing made for the recovery of the weapon. This is supposed to be the same man who attempted to purchase a $100 diamond ring from Frank Don ncrbcrg with a Salt Lake check, and the jii.-.tol he exhibited!, on that occa sion, was no doubt the one he secur ed at Foard & Stokes'. The check that was cashed, the proceeds of which were lost in a card game, hows the fine Italian hand of the same individual. How many of these ..I. .. -1. - L ... . . inciKi nc succeeded in cashing in this city is unknown but may develop later. COMMITTEE'S RE PORT ADOPTED. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE PRESENT8 .ITS BILL FOR A PORT OF AS TORIARECOMMENDATIONS One Piano Number with each $3.00 SALE to HERMAN WISE Customer. Get Ready, It'a Your Time, and Time Is Nearly Up. For a , VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH . 1 goto JohnsonPhonograph Go., mimI User ever oholileld A Matt ion Co. There will be a furore and rapid action among clothing buyers for the next two weeks. Danzigcr & Go., Astoria's greatest clothers, will begin a sacrifice sale of odds and ends that will eclipse all past bargain events in the history of the big store. This firm, in the face of the money scare, sold more goods in January than ever before in history, The way they did was to sell fine goods at prices so low that Danziger's sale was town talk. Now for a clearing-out of all small lots or broken lines of every thing in suits, overcoats, cravenettes, pants, hats, furnishings and boys' and children s clothing, etc. There will be new low water marks on orices. Some terrific slaughtering of winter and medium weight goods. Two weeks will be devoted to the work and every odd garment must go if it only brings one-third real, value. To morrow's Astorian will contain a price list and general information of de tails. Mail orders will not be filled for anything in this sale, as the lots are not complete in sizes and etc. It would be difficult to do full justice to mail orders. It will more than pay you out of town people to visit this sacrifice of fine goods as prices will be so low that years will come before another event of its equal will take place again. Watch for the big ad vertisement Friday. ; Cravats There is one best make of neck wear "Kiser Cravats" awardirl gold medal at alj expositions. For sale at Judd's. AH the latest patterns. The special meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce which was called last evening to listen to the report of the committee on the Port of Astoria was well attended, The recommendation which they presented (and which appears in full below) created considerable discus sion and valuable suggestions and the following motion prevailed; . -. "Moved and seconded that the rec ommendations of this committee be adopted and that the committee be instructed to prepare a bill to be pre sented before the people through the initiative and referendum and that the secretary be instructed to write to the Mayor requcstng that a commit tee of four from the City Council be appointed to co-operate in this mat ter, it being understood that the com mittee of eight thus formed be au thorized to amend the report hereby adopted according as their judgment may dictate and that such committee be not confined to reporting an amendment to the City df Astoria charter, but may if in their judgment deemed advisable, prepare a bill for new corporation entirely separate from the city of Astoria." Mr Wingate, father of the bill, made an earnest plea for the Cham ber and people to "DO SOME THING." That the time was ripe to take up this matter and hoped it would not be lost or buried in committee. The natural advantages of As toria, said ex-President Welch, "have proved more of a curse than a blessing because everybody who came here was imbued with the idea that all they had to do was to sit down and wait for somebody else to make the necessary improvements so that they could enjoy the results ; That fallacy had been exploded and the only way to build up the city was to get to work and do it ourselves." ' The report follows; To the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Astoria, ' . tjentlemcn: We, your committee heretofore appointed to "report some plan for incorporating the Port of Astoria so as to enlarge its powers relative to aiding commerce, most re: spcctfully recommended for your con sideration the following suggestions. First. That the charter of the City of Astoria be amended, so that the boundaries of the City shall be ex tended and we would suggest the fol lowing as the limits: i Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section twenty-four (24) Town ship eight (8) North of Range nine (9) West of the Willamette Meridian and running thence West along the North line of Section 24, 23, 22 and 21 to a point where said North line of Section 21 intersects the Right bank of Young's River and" thence running South West to the south side of the channel of-Young's River, and thence running down the south side of the channel of Young's River to its intersection with the South channel of the Columbia River and running thence westerly along the South line of the South channel of the Columbia River to a point where the same would be intersected by the ordinary low tide line on the shore of the Pacific Ocean immediately South of the said channel and run ning thence South along ordinary low tide of the Pacific Ocean to a point due West of the line between townships six and seven North of Range ten (10) West and running thence West one marine league to the West boundary of the State of Oregon and running thence North along the West boundary of the State of Oregon to the Northwest corner of the State of Oregon and running thence Easterly along the North boundary line of the State of Oregon to a point North of the point of be ginning and thence South to the point of beginning. Second. That said charter of the City be amended, so as to give the City of Astoria power to operate, lease and own tugs and tow boats and to carry on the towage business within the limits of the City of As toria and upon the waters of the Pa cific Ocean adjacent thereto, and to improve the harbor, and to dredge and deepen the channels within the City limits, and to construct piers, docks, wharfs and bulkheads and re taining walls and to fix and regulate the rates of towage and wharfage of vessels within the city and to license and regulate pilots and pilotage with in said city. Third. To issue bonds for the pur- The 1 Warm Underwear, Warm Overcoats, IB to 35 per Cent Off. Save you from sore throat, Save you doctor bills, Save you from feeling sore Saves you money. January Reductions are Genuine Reductions when you trade with Herman Wise ' The -Reliable Clothier and Hatter5 pose ot improving the harbor and purchasing and operating and main tainng tugs, tow boats, dredges and improving the harbor not to exceed $500,000. Fourth. That the powers as above Outlined be executed and rarrirrl intn effect by a harbor commission con- Kdcrson- secretary. sisting of seven representative citi zens to be mentioned in the bill and selected in some. suitable manner to hold office for a period of ten years and their successors to be elected by the voters of the City of Astoria at intervals of 10 years. That the harbor commissioners be given full authority to make regula tions for the use and navigation of the harbor and the employment of a harbor master and such subordinates as may be necessary to carry this act into full force and effect I. O. 0. F. Notice. Members of Beaver Lodge are re quested to attend a Tegular meeting to be held this (Thursday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work in the first degree. Visitors welcome. Olof Aa- We would suggest that a bill be prepared to be submitted to the voters of the city by initiative peti tion and that'the same be prepared by a commission of eight members selected by, the Chamber of Com merce and the Mayor of Astoria from the Common Council each to select four members of the Commission. ; Respectfully submitted, F. WINGATE, v ; JAS. W. WELCH, v Committee. The Passion Play. The Passion play pictures were shown last night to a good audience at each exhibition. The pictures have returned, after a successful tour, and it was not intended to show them again but owing to the disappoint ment expressed by many who bad failed to see them heretofore it was decided to open for two evenings only. Tonight will positively be the last opportunity to witness them and but one exhibition will be given, com mencing at 8 p. m. . Somewhat Wintry The appearance of the sky and the direction of the wind yesterday even ing, denoted an approaching snow storm and many predicted . that a white mantle would cover the around in this vicinity before morning. A small precipitaton of hail at 5:30 p. m. lent color to the prediction but later the skies cleared and the temperature ten. A heavy frost prevailed all night and the first chill breath of winter was felt. Mil 1 1 1 1 It I 1 1 It 1 1 1 HM 1 1 H 1 I Mt jj Open and Ready 1 FOR BUSINESS With'a full line of spring and summer goods. Imported and Domestic Wool ens in all the latest patterns and effects. i A. B AGHMEIER The Up-to-date Tailor. .STAR THEATRE BUILDING - - , - ..CO, Uth AND COMMERCIAL ST. ttitiiiiMiiiiiiiinMiiiitniiimiini-imiii Star Theatre Week Commencing Sunday January 26th The Original The Only The Best , Always Gives ' Satisfaction Culligan's Original NASHVILLE STUDENTS The King of them alL Calculated to please childrei from 6 to 60 The show that has gained the reputation of being the Strongest Singing and Dancing Show in America Prices ! lOc, 20c and 30c.