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THE MORNING ASTOJUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Quality and Lowest Prices
You waut your dollar to go as'far as possible and
you want the best goods for the money.
We can satisfy you on both propositions.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
LEADINO GROCERS.
IDS 11118 Of 1 1H
Paid Out-
Trcusnrcr Ucalcy ha paid out the
Mini of $5tHI oit account of Mrcct mi
provcinenu in this city.
near relative, The estate in said to be
a very valuable fi one and include
some property in Xcw York,
Discharged
Captain Miluc of the vessel Kil
biirn, who ha been at the St. Mary's
hospital for several weeks suffering
with an acute attack of rheumatism,
in greatly improved and wilt he dis
charged today, He will go directly
to Portland where he will take on
the remainder of bis lumber cargo
before sailing next August, .
Fin Son
Oii last Monday evening a fine ion
'wa horn to the wife of Frank Hart,
Ruth the mother and child arc doing
very well.
Cone Home
Mr, C. Brink, who ha been o pa
tient at the honpiuil for the past week
ha been dUcharucd. and i attain in
Jf uuod health.
On Holy Land
R, H. llophtad, of Everett, will
give an illustrated lecture on the Holy
Land in Idun Hall this (Saturday)
night. i ,
Shut Down
Owing to the low price of log the
Chester logging camp at Cathlamet
ha seen tit to clone down for an in
definite length of time.
Today t 1:30
The funeral of the late Otto John
ion will ' be held from Gilbaugh
funeral parlor this afternoon at 1:30.
The interment will be at the Green
wood cemetery. .
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Operated On i
. John Salmc wa operated on lor
cataract at the St. Mary' hospital
ycMerday, and it in reported that the
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n.l tit nntimit ill renin cr eaV.
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Enldemic Over
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S. G. William, editor of the fcagie
at Skamokawa. wan a visitor in A-
toria yesterday. Mr. Williams state
that the case of diphtheria at
Skamokawa have been stamped out
and the quarantine has been lifted.
Completely Recovered
E. Erickson, who accidently shot
himself in the leg with a shotgun sev
eral weeks ago, and who has been
confined in the, hospital ever since,
was removed to his home Wednes
day completely recovered from his
painful injury. .
A Remonstrance
A remonstrance has been filed in
h ritv auditor's office by the prin
cipal property holders of Jerome
street between 17th and 18th streets
objecting to the proposed improve
incut of that street.
body wan shipped to Cilbaugh's un
dertaking" establishment Thursday
night, will be buried from the family
residence. 14US Harrison avenue to
morrow .afternoon at 2 o'clock, .
Died At Uppertown
Mr. Olson, an aged widow of Up
pertown, died yesterday morning at
K;30. The decease is an "old resident
of this community and is the mother
of Peter OUon, a well known Aslor
ian, The arrangement for her
funeral have not been completed,
Fourth of July Rates
During the Fourth of July cele
bration,, the Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad announce a 4-cent per
mile for the round trip from all points
on it line to Astoria. With the ex
ecution of l'ortland this is a cut of
.nearly SO per cent from all points.
Painfully Hurt "
Henrv Duvall, an employe of the
Tongue Point Lumber Company was
uainfullv injured while at work yes
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terdav badly mashing his finger, lie
Un. i,nrri.(l to the hosiiital for
treatment where he wa reported at
a late hour last night to be out of
pain and, resting easy.
To Deep River-
Mrs. McCormick will be removed
to her home at Deep River today
from the St. Mary hospital where
she Ijas been receiving medical aid for
a short time. Mrs. McCormick is
greatly improved and her complete
recovery i now only a matter of
time.
New Restaurant
Charles C. Schmand, of Portland,
an old restaurant man,, ha"s. come to
Astoria and will open a , first-class
restaurant in the Parker House. The
place will be clean, neat and fine. Mr.
Schmand states that lie will . have
none but white help and that the new
restaurant .also will have all home
cooking.
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Special Two Day Sale I
of Ladies' iSprina Suits I
SATURDAY AND MONDAY ONLY
Extend Thanks , '
Iver C. Johnson and Mrs. Anderson
are deeply gratctul to tue many
friends who kindly extended their aid
and sympathy at the tune of the
death of their nephew, Conrad An
derson, who was drowned in the
river, and wish to express their
thank. Especial thanks are extended
to the Scandinavian brotherhood.
Buried Yesterday
Conrad L Anderson wa buried
vesterday at 10:30 from the Pohl
funeral parlors with the, interment at
Greenwood. . Rev. Rydquist of the
First Lutheran Church officated. Mr.
Anderson was born at Helgoland,
Norway. He has been iii this coun
trv three years and" was 29 years of
age. He leaves an aged mother, three
brother and two sisters in Norway
in size and quality and Farmer Ahl-
bcrg is to be congratulated on his
asparagus. He doesn t raise as much
as he used to, however, because it is
difficult to get skilled labor, to take
care of it.
To Graduating Class
Tli Rev. C C. Rsrick. pastor of
the First M. E. Church, has been in
vitcd to deliver the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduation class of the
Astorian High School and has signi
fied his acceptance. The sermon will
be given in the M. E. church on Sun
taw. Tirtie 21. but whether in the
morninc or evening has not yet
been derided.
Sad News
E. C. Jcffcr has been informed of
the death of his wife' brother, John
M. Hess, at his home in Goldcndale,
Wash. Mrs. Jeffcrs was with her
brother at the time of hi death. The
deceased leaves a wife and four chil
dren. He was buried at the Golden-
dale cemetery yesterday.
To Be Buried Tomorrow '
Edward Edwards of this city, who
died in Portland Thursday and whose
Will Go East- V
Daniel Bennett and wife of Knapp-
ton are preparing for their eastern
trip where 4hey will settle up the
large estate that Mrs. Bennett lias
fallen heir to, through the death of a
Chocolates ;
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
Hotel Wanted-
Managcr Whyte is in receipt of a
communication from an eastern cap
italist. who desires to rent, lease or
take over the management of a hotel
in this city. The writer is an old ex
uerienced hotel manager and this
may be an opportunity for some one
in Astoria who wishes to make
change. Full particulars can be ob
tained by, calling at the Chamber of
Commerce,
Quick Results -
As a testimonial of the results ob
tained in the - Morning Astorian ad
vertisements an example. may be giv-
mi of one of the numerous cases:
Mr. Whvtc, of the Chamber of Com
mercc, yesterday inserted a six-inch
reader announcing that he had work
for a cjozen men if they would call
on him at his office. At noon he had
the positions all filled. The men have
been sent to Fort Stevens where they
will be put to work on the jetties at
the wages of $60 a month.
l!SMPS'p"fli
Strawberries for Canning'
t The season for this fruit will soon be over. Con
sult us now in regard to price and quality.
Scholfield, Mattson & Co,
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOOiDSPHONE 931
' 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET.
A sale that will be of interest to all who have suits to buy.
' Beautiful high class tailored suit!; at $18.75
Regular ualues $35 to $37.o.
. These are values without an equal in this seasons most beau-1
111 LA VViwi O JJlUWJy VUUllOg VJUl AJ) WiWHW UU J. uus
materials are Panjah, Broadcloth and Panama.
Come, early this morning and take one of these beautiful;;
suits at : $18.75 j;
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Improving Roads
Since the pleasant weather has set
in splendid progress in being made
on the improvement of roads
throughout the Surrounding country.
Owing to the. rain heretofore. Alex
Duncan who ha the contract for the
improvement of Elk Creek road has
been unable to make very rapid prog
ress but now be has a large force of
men working "hard and he expects to
complete his contract by August 1.
The contractors of the Nehalem road
are also rushing things along and 43
teams are employed hauling rock
from the crusher to cover the grade.
Body Picked Up
The body of William G. Dabel, one
of the unfortunate men of the schoon
r-Trn vefin were drowned May 30
was picked up last night near Knapp
ton, and was. sent to Coroner Pohl's
establishment. Dabel in company
with Vernon Elbon started out from
th Irene on Mav 30thin a small
sailing vessel, contrary to orders, and
were supposed to have met their
death somewhere near ; Upton, as
their boat was , discovered there
shortly after the tragedy. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been com
pleted and will be announced later.
Good Game
Jhe baseball game yesterday be
tween the Astoria High School and
the A. H. S. Alumni was one of the
most interesting and best attended
games this year. The game resulted
in a victory for the "used to be" High
School stare by the score of 9 to 8.
On Wednesday the 24th, Junior. Day
at the High School, another game
wiirbe played which the High School
boy not only declare will be a vic
tory fori them, but they threaten to
completely shut out the Alumni. The
teams mieu up-as luuuws.
.High School Alumni
E. Short ........ s Rogers
Parker . p... ..Garner
Troyer . lb... ..Abercrombie
Morton 2b........ F.Parker
Short ....., .3b. ....... . .Upshur
Wright ss .....Tagg
Van Duscn If .....Utzinger
Pof"ter cf Tuomala
Ekstrom rf. Lounsberry
Umpjre Gammal; scorer Reed.
Aeed Lady Dies-
Mrs. 'Sarah O. Vige, residing at
ii? PmnWtin avenue.' died at 9:30
nVWl..1 vpstorrt.-iv mnrnincr. aeed 80
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vcars. She was afflicted with pul
mnnarv 'trouhle. She leaves three
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chuuren, retcr vige, anu iui. muu.
Johnson, both of this city, and Ole
Vige, now in Alaska, and 13 grand
children, of whom seven are in Min
nesota and six in Astoria. A great
grandchild also is in Astoria. The
funeral will be held from the Pohl
parlors Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Will Remain Here
Announcement was made yester
day that the Rev. Conrad Owen, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church, of
Astoria, had received a call from a
church in Eastern Oregon. When the
members -of the local congregation
learned of the call, efforts were made
tp keep Mr. Owen here, and it was
voted , to increase his salary $1S0 a
year. Mr. Owen's first year is nearly
completed, and the church also voted
to formalv request him to remain for
the second vear. Mr. Owen decided
to remain in Astoria and has definite
ly refused the Eastern call.
Fritx's Last Contribution
Manager Lawrence Fritz, of the
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Star Theatre, who for the past year,
has catered assiduously and most suc
cessfully, to the amusement and gen
eral entertainment of Astoria
pleasure-loving people, devised his
master-stroke vrticn he went out on
the Roanoke and took a moving
picture film of the great battleship
fleet as it moved north by the Colum
bia bar on May 20th last; it is one ot
the finest films on the western cir
cuit and is a credit to Mr. Fritz as
an artist and mechanician. It was
Fine Asparagus
II. P. Ahlenbcrg,. who for 33 years
has lived on his farm in the Gray's
River "district, was in Astoria yester
day. Among other thing, Mr, Ah
berg raises splendid asparagus on his
farm and he brought some of it into
the market yesterday. The beautiful
green stalks could hardly be excelled
The Water Wagon-
Hardly had the welcome sun began
to shine over the streets, of Astoria
vesterdav ere the water wagon began
to briskly rumble along, sprinkling as
it went. It was the first appearance
of the water wagon this season and
its advent may be hailed as a certain
indication that summer is here at
last. Dan Belcher was the driver of
the water wagon but as far as was
observed no other citizen of Astoria
climbed on the wagon yesterday to
keep Dan company. He says, how
ever, that there: is room up there tor
at least a few more.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
JohnsonPlionograpii Go.,
Parlors Second Floor Over Scholfield & Mattaon Co,
ALEX TAGG
CONFECTIONERY
FreshChocol&tes,
Candies,letc.'2;
Made fresh every day In ou
own factory.
843 Commercial Street
presented for the first time last night.
and was an instant and thorough
success, and will delight many an
other house than this. Mr. Fritz will
leave Astoria on Monday next, re
linquishing permanently his interest
in the Star, and the fine film goes
with him; there will also go with him
the entire good-will of the people of
this city, for the ceaseless effort he r
has made to please and the unquali
fied measure of success .wherewith
he has wrought.
School Board Meeting
The adjourned meeting of the
school directors was held last night
in Superintendent A. L. Clark's office.
Those present were G. Holmes, J. A.
Eakin, T. L. Ball and Superinetndent
Clark. The clerk's annual report was
read and adopted, as was the financial
report which will be presented to the
taxpayers next Monday night. Nota
ing to a definite nature was accom
plished at the meeting out of the
regular routine nature, as many who
were expected to be present failed l
appear, and practically, all of the
business to be transacted was held
over until the next meeting Monday
night, next. After quite a lengthy
discussion upon various matters the
meeting- was adjourned. .
Ft Columbia vs. Cathlamet
Baseball excursion to Cathlamet ob
Sunday, June 14. Steamer Julia B.
leaves Lurline dock at 8:15; fare $1.50
round trip, including admission to
game. - 6-13-2L
Circuit Court
The June term of the Clatsop
county circuit court will open next
Monday '. though it is not probable
that any of the case's will be called
for trial before Tuesday morning.
Hon. Thomas A. McBride, judge in
the Fifth Judicial Distrct, will pre
side, but-inasmuch as it is naraiy ex
pected that he can arrive here before
the noon train on Monday there'na
turally will be; a slight delay in get
tinff down to work. It" is" understood
that the court will be formaly opened .
at 1 :30 o'clock Monday afternoon, !
and then adjournment .taken until
the following morning.' "This is the
equity term of the court .and the"
criminal (cases will noj be taken up,
unless pleas of guilty are entered.
GEORGIA HARPER, LEADING LADY
In "Nell Gwyne," Astoria Theatre, Sunday, June 21st