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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1908)
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1908. THE 'MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGO N. DISPUTE SETTLED Smoked, Pickled and Fresh Fish, also a very large assortment of Canned Fish; anything you desire, from a Sardine up. Schooner Owners and Engineers Come to Terms. R05S, HIGQIN5 & CO. CONCESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES LEADING GROCERS. III IB Ofl 111 Born In the Golden State Mr. R. G, Grie presented her hus band with a fine healthy girl on March 10 at Ferndale, California. The mother and child are doing nicely. Dorcas Society The Dorcas Society of the .First Lutheran Church will be entertained this, Friday, evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mobcrg, Alder- brook. Members and friends in vited. Want Land The Chamber of Commerce has re ceived a letter from a Chicago real estate agent and colonizer who de sires to get in touch with a party or parties who can furnish him a tract of land in this locality suffi ciently large to accommodate about fifty families. Why II Came Down Superintendent John McGuire, of the A. & C. was sauntering about the streets of Astoria yesterday, as is his custom about 52 weeks in the year, and when asked what he was doing this trip, replied that he had "come down just to pay his pew rent." The man who asked the ques tion is still comatose. Red Men to Chinook The Julia B left the Flavcl dock about 7 o'clock last evening having on board a party of Red Men from Cwicomly. tribe No. 7. A stop will be made at Hammond, where a party of about sixty will join the Astorians and then proceed to Chinook to make a visitation to the tribe in that thriv ing Wai-hington town. Communication Filed A communication from the Cham ber of Commerce was filed with Judge Anderson yesterday regarding the advisability of establishing a fire limit for the city of Astoria and thereby restricting the further erec tion or frame buildings to that, por tion of the city lying outside of the district bounded by Duane, Bone, Seventh and Sixteenth streets. To Give 'Em a Chance County Clerk Clinton announces that his office will be open on the evenings of Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, the 28th, 30, and 31st of March, in order to make it convenient for those citizens who are confined to their work during the day and can not get out to register; but he is earnestly desirous that those who are able to reach the office during busi ness hours in the day, will do so, without regard to this concession to those who cannot. f'W. 7rA Garden Seeds We have a full stock of the best seeds obtainable for the flower bed and the vegetable garden. Early purchasers have the advantage of a most complete list from which to choose. Scholfield, Mattson & Co. PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODS PONE 931 112 TO 120 TWELFTH STREET. For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto Joh IISAII,IIOIIO!II'ill)!l Parlors Second Floor Over Another Lone Deed- But one deed figured in the mass of record matter filed at the office of County Clerk Clinton yesterday, That of the United States to Seva B, Stewart, conveying the north half of the northwest quarter of section 26, and lots 1 and 7 of section 27, all in 6-7 West. Home and Happy .11, B. Parker, the octogenarian traveler of this city, has ; returned from Southern California after a three-months' sojourn in those lati tudes, and though he enjoyed himself at the various beautiful centers down there, he is glad to get back to his home and the comforts he can al ways command. He says that when he left San Francisco the dust was blowing fco fiercely his eyes were badly affected. He is sound as a dollar and is full of interesting details of his trip. All Planned Out In conversation with P. A. Berg lund, who will be the Nushagak man ager of the Alaska Fishermen's Pack ing Company plant and business this year, that gentleman said the com pany would send 90 Chinamen and 75 white men north this season on the Henry Villard, and that the pack was estimated at 40,000 cases. The Villard will load at the A. & C. docks in this city and will be berthed there in the course of a few days. It is expected she will sail on or about the 15th of April. Booming Regatta The Regatta Association has pre pared and sent forward an adver tisement to appear in the leading dramatic and theatrical weeklies of this country asking for those inter ested in such concessions as the Re gatta Association , has to offer, to correspond with the secretary of the association. The advertisement reads as fol lows; "We want the best suitable outside and inside amusements ob tainable for our fourteenth annual regatta, August 27, 28 and 29. Ad dress Secretary Astoria Regatta As sociation, Astoria, Oregon." It is the expectation to have real and genuine amusements and enter tainments this Summer if the same are obtainable. Chocolates the best in the world 50c a Pound, H i Scholfield & Mattson Co. 1 1. 0ii f The Compromise Agreed Upon la a Mean Between the Demand! of Both Association! and Will Permit All Ships to Go in the Morning. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 Aftcr a conference today between the committee representing the schooner owners and the local branch of the marnic engineers' association, the dispute between the two organiza tions was settled by concessions on both sides. The marine engineers agreed to al low non-association engineers now employed by the lumber companies to work until their contracts expire and to abandon their former demands regarding the manning of vessels and to accept a decrease in pay. The ship owners on their side agree to abandon their demands for the man ning of vessels, a big decrease in pay and an rpen shop. The compromise agreed upon is a mean betwen the de mands of both associations and will permit all ships that have been tied up to get out tomorrow morning. THE UNION LABEL. A Correspondent Aaka Some Perti nent Questions and Makea Some Statements. The following letter reached this office yesterday and is published without comment, because it speaks plainly for itself and the subject mat ter, from the point of view of one close to the issue, if issue there be: ; Astoria, March 26. V'Editor Astarian- In reply to the letter published in this morning's As- torian, signed by C. J. Curtis, I will state that the question of the union label not being on the cards of the respective candidates for the primary election, has not been brought before the central council, so any one mak ing that statement is not authorized to do so; and that any one being fa miliar with the tricks of poltical cam paigns will readily see how this ques tion is being made capital of by their rivals for the different offices. Though we all know that the union label is one of the cardinal issues of unionism and is vital to our interests for the betterment of our working conditions and should always be de manded, yet on the other hand, had the candidates sent their work to Portland in order to have the union label on it, no doubt the same parties would send up a howl about 'home industry' and the county being out so much money that should be spent here. Being myself a believer in the saying that 'people who live in glass houses should not throw stones,' I will ask them if they always demand ed the union label?' If not, what are they kicking about? Yours truly, "C. H. THOMSON." Ninety-Five and Cheerful A kid reporter of 50 or, thereabout, got into converation with R. S. Mace wan, the 9S-year old veteran of this county, yesterday, and found the patriarch well and cheerful, despite a slight cold and the sharp March wind that bothered his eyesight a bit. Mr. Macewan told some pleasant rc minescences about George 111, George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria, and said he could remember all the Presidents of this country ex cept Washington, John Adams and Jefferson, 23 in all, and expected to see, several more English rulers and American chief executives take their places before he passes over; and otherwise made the reporter feel quite young again. This same fine old gen" telman reads the Morning Astorian every day of his life without glasses. NEBRASKAN CHEERED. CEDAR RAPIDS, March 26. Bryan's name came lustily from every Democratic throat at the Democratic State convention today.' The Demo crats who have been loyal to the Ne braska through- all the years were selected as delegates at large. The platform adopted being a re-cast of Bryan's Nebraska platform and the I endorsement of Bryan in the Omaha platform was made stronger and more eloquent by his Iowa admirers. Every mention of his name was greeted with a storm of cheering and applause, "A Bright Ray of Sunshine" ELKS' MINSTRELS A Riot of Sonfj, Dante and Jest AT THE ASTORIA THEATRE Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31 Grand Imperial Parade at Noon Monday Be sure and resferve your seats. Box office open Sunday at 1 1 a. m. and Monday and Tuesday at 1 1 a. m. $JO.OO Worth of Fun for $1.00 Program Partially Changed Tuesday Night Everybody' Going. Be sure YOU are there INSANITY PLEA. One Newspaper Man Kills an Editor Sent to an Asylum. ' KANSAS CITY, March 26,-Gen-eral Richard C. Horn, a newspaper man of this city, was acquitted on a charge of murdering H. J. Groves, managing editor of the Kansas City Post, by a jury in the criminal court tonight. The verdict states Horn was insane when he shot Groves and that he has not fully recovered, and commits him to an asylum. IMPERIAL CONDOLENCES. TOKIO, March 26. The Emperor has sent, an imperial message of con dolence over the death of D. W. Stevens, who died in San Francisco on Wednesday night. The entire community is shocked at the news of Stevens' death and the newspapers are issuing extra editions. Protecting Itself In .a recent interview in the East, one of the Havermeyers of the sugar trust made the statemnt that the "sugar industry was one of the few businesses that received no protec tion from the protective tariff of the country"; and the reason developed this week right here for that extra ordinary oversight on the part of the framers of th Dingley tariff. Sugar has advanced on this market 60 cents per hundredweight since last Satur day night. They need no protection who can so ably protect themselves. This on the .word of one of the heaviest buytrs of that commodity in Astoria. Petition Filed County Treasurer W. A. Sherman has filed his petition as a candidate for re-election to that office on the Re publican ticket, with County Clerk Clinton, and is squarely before the people and the primaries. I :' 1 h PERSONAL MENTION H H. E. Campbell of Warrenton was in the city; yesterday. Walter Fry and others of the Fort Canby life station were Astoria visit ors yesterday. H. Goldstone of San Francisco is on a business trip to the city. T. A. Young of Portland was in the city yesterday. James Meehan, the well-kknown fisherman of Portland, is in the city. "THE BURGOMASTER." Fresh in an entirely new and scenic dress and with new costumes comes "The Burgomaster" to the Astoria Theater Saturday, March 28, for one night " only. In this season's new edition not only will the stage equip ment be" entirely new and with the two stars, Gus Weinburg and Ruth White, who were the originals in the leading roles, several old favorites will be seen. Manager William P. Cullen, under whose able direction this new edition of Pixley & Luder's musical masterpiece will be ; present ed, has spared neither pains nor money to make this season's produc tion a most lavish one. "WHAT WOMEN WILL DO." A play constructed by Harry Jackson, founded on Charles Dick ens' beautiful story, David : Copper field, will be produced at the Astoria theater Sunday, March 29. In adapt ing Charles Dickens' heart-touching novel to the stage, Mr. Jackson has constructed the strongest melodrama of the age. . The Holden Bros. & Ed wards have secured a company spe cially adapted to each character. The scenic effects are elaborate and no expense has been spared to produce the piece in realistic form, introduc ing the great shipwreck scene, the hand to hand fight in the water, the vision of home, the old ship turned V .' it I V i ' ti -i RUTH WHITE AND THE KANGAROO In "The Burgomaster," Astoria Theatre, S EI upside down and used as a dwelling place by the Peggotty family, and the home of the Micawbers, where fan runs fast and furious. Through out the country and in the principal cities press and public are unanimous in stating that Holden Bros. & Ed wards have secured a big success in "What Women Will Do." WOOD!, .WOOD!!,. WOOD!!!, William Kelley, of the Kelly Trans fer Company; yesterday closed a con tract with the Tongue Point Lum bering Company, whereby he takes over two thirds of the fuel-wood out put from that establishment, or two, carloads per day; and is now ready to receive and fill orders for inside fire wood, bark and box wood. Mr. Kelley desires to sincerely thank his old clientelle for past favors, and will be glad to renew his service with them and such new customers as shall need all manner of fuel on' prompt calL Telephone Main 2191 or leave orders at Kelly Trensfer Company office, S6S Duane street JUST RECEIVED a fresh shipment of Lowney's Candies Potrad Boxes 50c and up. Boxes 15c to $2.50 Tag'g's Parlors 483 Commercial St 'vvv: GIRLS Ester.1-?, I:.rch