THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1909.
THE MORNING ASTOIIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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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
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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.
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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.