Beautiful Display of Spring
. . Millinery
Strongly Featured at this Store
Never before under one roof hve so many dainty styles in
smart spring millinery been shown. Our hats, made in our own
workrooms, are copies of exclusive Paris and New York models,
and are most reasonably priced. Our skilled designers have brought
out many fascinating models that are extremely stylish, and we in
vite you to see this display. We also make up hats to match your
suit, trimmed to please your personal fancy. By all means visit the
style shop before selecting your spring millinery.
BON TON MILLINERY STORE
GEORGIA PENNINGTON
483 Bond Street
WATERFRONT ITEMS
Marine Movements Limited Here
Yesterday.
HENRY VILLARD DUE TODAY
Celtkburn Leaves up for the Metrop
olisJules Gommea Arrives Down
en Route to Europe With Wheat
Alliance Out Washington in.
The ship Henry Villard will be
down from Portland this evening, or
early tomorrow morning, and will at
once begin preparations for her de
parture north in the interests of the
Alaska Fishermen's Packing Co.
The British bark Celticburn left
tip for the metropolis yesterday morn
ing on the hawsers of the O. R. &
N. steamer Oklahama.
The French bark Hoche is due
down from Portland this morning,
wheat laden for the United Kingdom.
She is on the towlines of the Harvest
Queen.
The French bark Jules Gommes
came down on the Oklahama yester
day morning, loaded with wheat for
the United Kingdom, and is anchored
off the Tongue awaiting sea despatch,
which she will probably get today.
The French bark Corneil Bart will
be the next ship to go up stream, the
Harvest Queen making fast to her
f today, or as soon as she arrives down.
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The British ship Arctic Stream is
due down from Portland on her way
to Europe, with her hold full of
wheat, and will probably arrive to
morrow morning.
The steamer F. S. Loop hauled in
to the Astoria Box Company's dock
early yesterday morning for a big
load of lumber which she will take to
the Bay City.
The steamer Alliance arrived down
yesterday, outward bound, for Coos
Bay, with plenty of people and
freight, and went to sea after touch
ing at the Callender docks for an
hour.
The steamer Washington was about
the only arrival in yesterday. She
( came from the Bay City, and went on
to Portland after a short stay at the
Callender.
MAYOR WISE ABROAD.
Out on a Recuperative Trip Puts up
a Loyal Talk For Astoria.
Mayor Herman Wise, of this city,
is out on an invalid-tour over the
State, as a recuperative measure, and
was in Portland yesterday, en route
to Southern Oregon. As becomes a
loyal citizen, he had the following
pleasant things to say about Astoria:
"Gambling and vice in Astoria have
been reduced to a minimum," said
Mayor Wise, who was in Portland
yesterday on his way to Southern
Oregon, where he goes to recuperate
from an attack of the grip. "Without
a revenue of about $15,000 annually,
that the city has been receiivng from
gambling and dancehalls, the total
tax levy this year on an assessed
property valuation of 25 per cent is a
few mills less than that for last year.
Municipal improvements have not suf
fered. The city is now building a
boulevard over 40 blocks long that
will connect the two ends of the city.
We have doubled the efficiency of our
fire department and have made exten
sive improvements to our park sys
tem, while more streets are being im
proved than ever before. Our Cham
ber of Commerce is expending about
$1000 monthly in an extensive adver
tising campaign that is already pro
ducing results.
"Astoria is in a more prosperous
condition today than ever before.
Our sawmills are all running, some of
them with two shifts night and day
and the logging camps are resum
ing operations. With the opening of
the fishing season next month, As
toria will be enjoying her full meas
ure of prosperity. Our people are all
satisfied with the existing conditions
and have no desire to return to form
er conditions which did so much un
favorably to advertise their city and
discourage its growth and prosperity."
"The Burgomaster.''
Pixley & Luder's famous musical
comedy, "The Burgomaster," will be
the strong attraction at the Astoria
Theatre, Saturday, March 28th. Gus
Weinburg and Ruth White, the two
orignials in the parts of Peter Stuy
vesant and Willie Van Astorbilt, will
be the featured members of the cast,
and there will be an especially strong
acting company and also a chorus of
50. The costuming is exceptionally
handsome, having been made for this
production by Marshall Field of Chi
cago, and the production is a large
one. Several changes have been made
in the book, to freshen it.
Just Opened.
First-class Dressmaking and Ladies'
Tailoring. Mrs. McLeland, 159 Ninth
street
THE MORNINO ASTOIIIAN. ASTOStIA, ORBGO N.
THE ROSE FESTIVAL
FLOAT FINANCED
WEDNESDAY, MARCH
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The Store 5f35&ft? Ladies
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Women BEESfinOutfittcrs
EASTER SUITS
For Misses and Ladies
Ranging in price from $7.50 to $37. OO
Children's, Girls' and Ladies' Spring Jackets
From... $1.35 to $12.50
Silk Shirt Waist Suits
Lingerie Suits n White and Colors, the Prettiest and
PLACE THE FINANCIAL PART
IN THE HANDS OF THE PRO
MOTION COMMITTEE AND
THEN RAISE $600 REQUIRED.
.The promotion committee of the
Chamber of Commerce held meet
ing yesterday afternoon at 2:30 with
Chairman Frank Fatton, presiding,
and those present were Messrs. Ball,
Ross, Staples, Trenchard, Gratke,
Welch, Wallace and Whyte, and
adopted a plan whereby the float for
the Portland rose festival was
financed.
There were present the members of
the special committee appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce to handle
the Rose Festival float, C. W. Lamar,
chairman; C W. Barr and B. L.
Ward. Mr. Thomas, representing the
Portland Rose Festival was with
them.
The plan adopted was that put for
ward by Chairman Celler of the sub
scription and membership committee
of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Celler believed that the businesslike
method to pursue, taking it for
granted that the merchants and busi
ness as a majority were in favor of
having the float, was to place the
financial part of the plan in the hands
of the promotion committee and then
raise the additional $600 required, al
lowing it to be paid into the promo
tion committee by the month. In this
way the extra outlay will hardly be
noticed, whereas, if the $600 was
raised by direct subscription at one
time and separate from the other ad
vertising work that is now being doae
by the Chamber the effort would be
considered a burden.
Mr. Celler's committee will take up
the matter of subscriptions for the
promotion work of the Chamber at
once.
Chairman Lamar of the Rose Show
committee has entered into a contract
with the Rose Festival authorities in
Portland for the float and immediate
ly he will put in different places
about the city ballot boxes in which
balloting will be done for the most
popular young lady. The winner in
this contest will represent Astoria
and ride in the pageantry.
The promotion committee believed
that under the circumstances k would
be best for Astoria to be represented
in the Portland Rose Festival, then
there will not be an opportunity for
certain of the newspapers in Portland
to make criticisms which they seem
very prone to do. There is to be a
special one-fare rate out of Portland
to all towns in the State during the
Rose Festival.
Whether or not there will be any
practical benefit in Astoria's partici
pation in the Portland event remains
to be deomnstrated. The Rose Festi
val authorities are asserting that they
expect to have at least 150,000 visitors
during the festival. Should they have
a third of this number and a tenth of
that third come to Astoria, then Port
land might expect a float from As
toria in 1909. If some such a practi
cal result does not appear very cer
tain, it is not likely that the Promo
tion committee will see fit to provide
a float after this year.
But there is no doubt of the fact
that the Portland Rose Festival will
be one of the biggest carnival events
ever held in the Northwest, and as it
will be of more or less benefit to the
entire Northwest, and as the promo
tion committee is doing its best to
advertise Astoria in every way it can,
it was thought well to try the mat
ter out.
It is now up to the Portland Rose
Festival authorities to make good.
DONE BY DEED
Ben Elkoos and wife to Charley
Duncan, lots 24, 25. 26, block 46,
Upper Astoria; $100.
Kate O. Robb et ux to W. J. De
Lashmutt, lots 19, 20, 21, 22, block 25,
Shviely's Astoria; $400.
George Irwin and J. Hovgaard to
the public, strip of land for road; $1,
J. West and wife to Violet West, 2
acres in Thomas D. L. C; $100.
A. H. Porter to R. Gray and H. M.
Keck, lot 28, block 47, New As
toria; $1.
'I'HIcj season tne styles, ;
in Men's Clothes are unusually striking;
more bright colors, more
smart patterns and weaves;;;
a stock of men's clothes like
ours looks almost giddy.
We'll show you the new;
fine goods for Spring frorn
Hart Schaff ner & Marx i
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Z made in their perfect way,
of all-wool fabrics, in the;
richest and most attractive;
patterns; not too lively, nor
too quiet; just right.
Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffncr & Mam
This store is the home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
Right
f Patterns
Right
Quality
THE NOBBY CLOTHIER.
entire State, to-wit, he deepening and
improving of the Columbia river bar;
than which there is nothing greater
nor more universally important He
proposes to devote his best energies
to the prosecution of the best accept
ed plans in this behalf and work un
remittinsrlv for the bar and the great
river behind it; thus amplifying the
commerce of the State in the widest
field of its negotiation.
PERSONAL MENTION
B. Neal, of Albany, was in the city
yesterday.
Andrew Wilson, of Rosburg, Wash.,
was in the city yesterday.
F. D. Bacon, of San Francisco, was
in the city looking out for his trade.
W. H. Barker left this city last
evening on his homeward trip to
Vancouver, B. C.
R. M. Buttle, the popular represen
tative of the Western Drygoods Co.,
of Seattle, is in town on his regular
trip.
Hon. John H. Smith, with his
brother, A. M. Smith, left for Salem,
on last evening's express, upon legal
business.
Mrs. Fannie Rannells will leave
this evening for a month's outing in
Seattle and vicinity, with friends and
relatives.
TEA
We sell tons of poor
stuff; ' but our name isn't
on it Go by the name.
f oar tracer returni your money M you doa'l
Wu ScbliUni ' Beat: w. pay bio.
NEW TO-DAY
WITH A STANDARD PLEA.
Hon. George E, Shepherd, the well
known attorney of Portland, who is
before the people of the Second Con
gressional District of Oregon, for
nomination as representative in Con
gress, has chosen, as one of his lead
ing phases of legislative action, a plea
that must meet the common interest
not alone of the district, but of the
The very beat board to be obtained
in the city is at "The Occident Hotel"
Rates very reasonable.
"Modern" Delight .
When a man 1 asset under the hands
of a barber he wants the best skilled
treatment to be had in that line. In
Astoria, the man in search of such
manipulation, goes direct to Petersen's
"Modern" shop, at 572 Commercial,
and gets it in any of the fix chain
maintained.
Hill Bros. Highest
Grade Coffee
Mellowed With Age,
Full Flavored and Rich,
Packed in Vacuum Cans,
The Best Coffee in
the United States.
Always Fresh.
Acme Grocer yCo.
THE UP-TO-DATE GROCERS
521 COMMERCIAL STREET
PHONE 081
The Commercial
One of the coziest and most popular
resorts in the city is the Commercial
A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting
room and handsome fixtures all go to
make an agreeable meeting place for
gentlemen, there to discuss the topics
of the day, play a game of billiards
and enjoy the fine refreshments serv
ed there. The best of goods are only
handled, and this faet being to well
known, a large business is done at the
Commercial, on Commercial street,
near Eleventh.
Just received a new line of umbrella
covert. See C. H. Orkwita, 137 Tenth
street
New Grocery Store.
Try our own mixture ot coffeethe
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
1281.
Kodak Supplies.
A full line of films, papers, cameras,
kodaks, etc., just received at Hart's
Drug Store.
The Clean Man. r
The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best
For Good Wood
From the Tonsrue Point i Lumber
Company, 16-inch stove length. Call
up Prael-Eigner Transfer Co., Phone
221
The Palace Restaurant
The ever-increasing popularity of
the Palace Restaurant it evidence of
the good management, and the serv
ice, at this popular dining room. For
a long time the reputation of the
house hat been of the best and it
doet not wane at time progresses.
The tyttem used, that of furnishing
the finest the market affords, and alt
tan be obtained, in season, it a plan
that will always win, coupled at it it
with the bett of cooking and prompt
tervice. A common laying nowadays
it "Get the Palace habit"
Allwint Are All Winners.
The Zapf Hardware & Furniture
Company, of thit city, hat jutt put
on the market the best and nicest
baby go-cart for the money ever
heard of in Astoria. It it the All win,!
and it to be had at the modest figure
of $5.25. , It it one of the easiest
ridert in carriages, and the baby that
is indulged with one dimples all over'
every time it goes out It runt ttftWh
as silk and folds up till it it almoK
unrecognizable. Call and examine one
before putting money into tomcthing
not nearljj to tatisfactory. Thet
Allwins are all winners, ture enought