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THE MORNING ASTOltlAN. ASTORIA, OREGO N.
LENTEN GOODS
Smoked, Pickled and Fresh Fish, also a
very large assortment of Canned Fish;
anything you desire, from a Sardine up.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
LEADINO GROCERS.
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Returned from Vacation
Han Due, the well known postal
clerk, hint returned from a pleasant
outing of IS day up in the Willa
mette Valley, vUiting friend and
relative, and resume hi dutiet at
the postoffke here toilny.
For Clackaroaa County '
Judge C, J. Trenchard yesterday
mimed the following gentlemen a
appraiser of the entitle of the lute
Daniel Cronk in and fur Clackamas
County, to wit: J. J. Cook, F, J.
Meyer and M. D, Latourclle. .
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Here Seeking Business
II, W, Cook, well known in tlti
city ai a former employee In the A.
& C. railway office, but now out
on the road for the Iowa Central
line, a it commercial agent, wa in
the city yterday ceking business
and friend for hi road.
Shut Down for Repairs
The big plant of the Kelly Lum
bering Company, at Warrenton, ha
closed down for a day or two be
cause of the Imperative demand for
certain repair to the boiler and ma
chinery. They will probably start
up again tomorrow or Saturday..
On Buaineii Quest
N. H. Webber, the well-known
cinncrytnan and postmaster, of Eagle
Cliff, wa in the city yesterday, look
ing up certain1 butines intereit ami
greeting hi old friend here.
At the Hospital
Charle Johnson, a boy about IS
year old, wa operated upon yester
day for necrosis of the bone. The
operation wa successful and the
young mini will be about again with
in a short time.
Advanced in Service
Robert Farley, the well-known life
saver, on duty at the Point Adam
station at Hammond for the past ten
year, and No. 1 on the rooter of
that crew for a long time past, ha
been advanced to a captaincy in the
service and will leave today for Tilla
mook City, near which place a new
station ha ben set tip. and which
he will command. Mr. Farley leaves
Hammond and thi port with the
goodwill of all who know him, and
all hand wish him abundant success
in hi new field and old work. Hi
wife and child accompany him,
Quintette of Aspirant
The matter of citizenship in thi
country i becoming a notable trans
action the day at the courthoue.
Yesterday five on of Finland filed
their declarations of intention in this
relation, all at once, to wit: Werner
Mikkola, Edward Toivoncn, Lahja
Soils, Arvard Iva and Victor Saxen.
In Salem Tomorrow
Advice were received In thi office
last evening announcing the hour of
1:30 o'clock p. m. tomorrow, Friday,
a the time set for the funeral of the
late Dr. August C. .Kinney. He will
be buried from the First Baptist
church at Salem. The sad ceremony
will be attended by a large gathering
of life long and devoted friends of
the dead physician.
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Delayed for a Year
The advance of 10 cents per 100
pounds on the tariff attaching to cer
tain cold-storage commodities which
wa bruited, here ome week ago by
the railway authorities, has, in the
face of very strong protest from all
the house Involved in the
Northwest, ' been laid in abey
ance until the first of May
next, a condition precedent to
its abandonment for the current year,
at least. It is said it Is almost cer
tain to be established early in 1909.
It it construed, locally, as a mere
pretext for the fixing of a definite
rate hence to Portland, although it
is incorporated in the export tariffs.
Attoria-Cathlamet Line
The merchant of Astoria are de
termined, if the thing i possible, to
revive the daily freight and passen
ger service between this city and
Cathlamet, and are subscribing
promptly to a list that is being passed
around by a special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, consisting of
Messrs. Xorris Staple, William Mac
beth and C. J. Curtis. It i thought
the steamer R. Milder will be em
ployed in the despatch of the busi-
Here as an Expert
Yesterday's noon express brought
to this city Daniel Stewart, of Tesla,
California, an expert clay millwright
and constructionist in that substance,
who has joined Mr. Ogan in the de
velopment of the industry here. Mr.
Stewart i an adept in the business,
and has been with the Carnegie Brick
& Pottery Company at Tesla for the
past ten years. He comes here to co
operate with the work now under
way in the organization of the indus
try, and will prove a strong factor
in the try-out and subsequent establishment
Chocolates
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
Fancy Asparagus, per lb. - 17 l-2c
Large Fresh Artichokes, 3 for - 25c
Long Bleached Celery, per bunch - 10c
Fresh Spinach, per lb. - - - 10c
Strawberry Rhubarb, per lb. - 12 1-2
Hot House Lettuce, per bunch - 5c
Mexican Tomatoes, per lb. - 20c
Scholfleld, Mattson & Co.
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODS PHONE 931
V 112 TO 120 TWELFTH STREET.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
Johnson Phonograph Go,,
Parlors Second Floor Over Scholfield & Mattson Co.
JAY LOCATE HERE
Schwartzschlld & Sulzberger
Packing Company.
CORRESPONDS WITH CHAMBER
The Arrangement! for t 8it in Port
land Not Being Carried Through
Successfully it Would Setm That
Astoria Now Has Chance.
Pacific Coast Manager J. S. Heisey
of the Schwartzucliild & Sulzberger
Tacking Company with headquarters
In Seattle, ha written to the Cham
ber of Commerce saying that Astoria
will not be overlooked in the matter
of selecting a site for the establish
ment of the packing house this com
pany desires to have somewhere in
the Northwest for export trade.
This communication was in reply
to one sent liim by the promotion
committee on the 16th together with
a carefully composed letter of facts
and information concerning the trans;
portation facilities and advantages
Astoria has to offer.
Because the S. & S plant is to be
used for export purposes entirely
there is no doubt of the fact that As
toria offer better advantages than
any Portland possesses or has to
offer.
The Promotion Committee feels
that it will be able to secure the same
rates on cattle to Astoria that are!
now enjoyed by Portland and more
over a site will be found for the big
packing company more suitable than
any that could be secured anywhere
near Portland.
Mr. Heisey state that he has for
warded the letter and documents of
information sent him, to the main'
office in Chicago and that he will,
take the matter up later as soon as
possible. "Your harbor and the re
sources of the wonderful Columbia
River are known the world over",
says Mr. Heisey.
The Promotion Committee replied
to Mr. Heisey saying that if a rep
resentative is sent here at an early
date he will find a proposition to the i
interest of his company.
A the newspapers received from
Portland today state that the arrange
ments for a site in Portland are not
being carried through successfully, it
would seem that Astoria now has a
better cliance for this enterprise than
Portland has or perhaps than Port
land ever had.
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REMEMBER
THE REAL THING
ELKS' MINSTREL
ASTORIA THEATRE
Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31
Box office for reservation of seats opens Sunday at 1 1 a. m. ,
and Monday and Tuesday at 11 a. m. Be on hand early
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The New Coal Dock
Charles H. Callender, of the Cat
lender Navigation Company, had a
gang of men at york yesterday clear
ing away the superstructure of that
part of (he company's dock site upon
which it is proposed to establish the
coal bunkers for the handling of the
output of the Cardiff coal. The coal
dock will cover 2,200 square feet of
surface and it will be in readiness
by the first week in April. In the
meantime, and beginning in a few
days, he will receive the first con
signment of coal and dispose of it
from the main piers, and as the busi
ness grows he intends to develop the
bunkers to a point where teams can
drive under the chute and take on
full loads from an overhead bunker.
The first hundred tons are due here
at the end of this week or the first
of next, and a number of orders have
already hen placed for it.
From the Far North
Dr. E. Linton, of Nome City, Al
aska, arrived yesterday at the home
of his brother Dr. C. E, Linton, in
Warranton, to the mutual pleasure
of both. , The man from the north
is the owner of a number of valuable
mining claims and is doing finely in
that Arctic outpost, where he says,
business is excellent and that par
ticular city growing steadily and substantially..
Kangaroo Girls in "The Burgomaster," Astoria Theater Saturday, Mar ch 28.
Republicans in Session '
The meeting of the Clatsop County
Republican Central Committee, re
cently called by Chairman W, F. Mc
Gregor, of the executive committee,
was held yesterday at 2 p. m. at the
office of Mr. McGregor and was
fairly well attended. The business
transacted did not consume much
time and was quite unanimous as far
as it went, which was to elect W. F.
McGregor as president of the cen
tral committee, vice Harrison Allen,
removed to Portland; and F. J. Car
nney to the secretaryship, vice Allan
Anderson, who resigned some time
ago to accept a position in the cus
toms service. An order was made
directing the president and secretary
to scan the political situation and
interview the various Republican can
didates with a view to ascertaining
their wishes in the matter of a mass
meeting of the party, and the selec
tion of delegates to the State con
vention, and at such time as was ex
pedient, to call such mass meeting
for the purposes named.
Fourteen Tone of it
The "marble halls" of the Clatsop's
new courthouse are swarming these
days with piles of fine metallic furni
ture, devised for the vaults through
out the edifice, and Messrs. Berry
and Kerr, the representatives of the
manufacturers, are busy installing
the 27,000 or more pounds of it at
points where it will do the most good
and they are succeeding admirable
and rapidly.
NOTICE.
.j Beaver Lodge No. 35, I.
SiimO. O. F. , Regular meeting
his (Thursday) evening at
7:30 o'clock. Important business.
Visitors welcome. '
OLOF ANDERSON, Secretary.
Starts Advertising
The Promotion Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce has started
some far-reaching advertising again
for the Slimmer relative to the ad
vantages of the Port of Astoria for
the flour and grain export trade.
These advertisements will appear in
the classified departments of the
principal newspapers of the largest
flour and grain centers of the coun
try. A copy of the advertisemnt
rads as follows:
"We can convince any responsible
miller or grain dealer that he can
control the flour and grain export
business of the 'Great Inland Em
pire' from Astoria, the port at the
mouth of the Columbia River, by lo
cating a mill and warehouse here.
Leading men in this line are invited
to make a personal investigation. All
our local business men are back. of
this. Address Secretary Chamber of
Commerce, Astoria. Oregon."
Baptist Church.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.; ser
mon, 'The Believers Baptism,"
Evening worship, subject, "The
Value of Truth." B. Y. P. U., 6:30
p. m.; debate, 'Resolved, That we are
doing our duty by the foreigner."
Sunday schol, 10 a. m. Everybody
invited to attend these meetings.
CONRAD L. OWEN, Pastor.
What's in a Name?
There are all sorts of ideas and
opinions extant in the offices of the
O. R. & N. Cmpany here and at
Portland, and over on the I. R. & N
as to the name that is to be given
the rail and steamer station on the
north shore, opposite this city and
one mile to the west of Knappton;
the point where the company has
built its dock and warehouse and
depot, for the inception of the north
beach traffic during the coming Sum
mer. The leading idea is to affix a
composite name to the place that
shall do honor to one or more of
the popular officials of two roads and
at the same time secure a degree of
euphony that shall be attractive; and
the problem grows in intricacy and
interest daily, and there are yet about
40 days in which to struggle with it,
Telephone Improvement
Mr. H. A. Gregory of San Fran
cisco, one of the officials of the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, is in the city and reports the
work of the improvements now being
done in this city as satisfactory and
progressing as rapidly as possible.
The trouble and delay is not having
men with sufficient technical edu
cation to install a modern and up-to-date
switchboard. They are not ob
tainable and the company has insti
tuted a training school and Mr.
Gregory has two sons now taking
the course and it is not improbable
that one of them will superintend the
installation of Jthe Astoria switch
board. Mr. Gregory is bound for
Tillamook and will be a passenger
on the steamer Elmore this morning.
AN EXPLANATION.
"Astoria, Or., March 25.
"Ed. Astorian My attention," has
been called to a , question raised by
local labor unions relative to candi
dates cards not bearing the, iinion
labed. As you well know, there is
no typographical union in Astoria,
consequently none of the union print
ing offices are allowed to use the
union labek The Astoriarf, Budget
and Herald are and always have been
union offices. They employ union
printers, pay union wages and work
union hours, but on account of the
union they are debared from using
the union label on printed matter It
makes no difference whether a candi
date is a republican, democrat or
socialist, he can not have the union
label printed on his cards. This is
a matter that the local federation of
labor should take up with the Inter
national Typographical Union, and
not cast reflections on any candidate
because the union label does not ap
pear on his card. It is not his fault
nor the fault of any of the three of
fices enumerated.
"C. J. CURTIS."
PERSONAL MENTION
A. S. Nicol of Portland, represent
ing the Pacific Fire Extinguisher
Company Gounnell Automatic
Sprinklers is in the city and figur
ing with some of the mills' in this
vicinity with reference to equipping
them with sprinkler protection.
A. L. Loftus of Boston is in the
city on a business trip.
R .A. Priest of San Francisco was
on a business quest yesterday.
" A. S. Weber of Omaha is an As
toria visitor for a few days.
"W. R. Hollister of Portland is in
town on business.
CASTOR I A
lot Infants and Children.
Tea Kind Yoa Have Alwajs Baught
Bears the
Signature of
JUST RECEIVED
a fresh shipment of
Lowney's Candies
i Pound Boxes 50c
and up.
Boxes 15c to $2.50
Tag'g's Parlors
483 Commercial St