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LEADING
Present BilU At Once
All person having bill against the
Fourth of July committee are request
cd to present them at once ,to Secre
tary llaldennan.
Druggists To Meet.
The OrcKon State Association of
Druggists will inert in their annual
convention at Long Beach on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. The
convention will be held at the Break
er Hotel.
Fin Show Windows
Many of the Mores had their show
windows finely decorated over the
Fourth, and while no prize was of
fered thin year for the best window,
the remit how iht the good work
was accomplished Irrespective of any
monetary prize,
"Astoria, Ore.. June 30,. I'M.
"The Morning Astoria:
"Dear Sir: I am pleased to
d to pc
wntch, (or
knowledge receipt of the
which accept my thanks and also die
many friends that assisted me in tie
contest. Yours respectfully,
"MISS EDITH SMITH.'
With Flagi Flying
The San Francisco Astoria Portlainl
liner Rose City came down the river
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock with
all her mintiiw flying in honor of the
day, and a big crowd of passengers
swarming about her decks. She left
out an hour and a half later on her
way to the south,
Machinery En Route
The big consignment of road ma
chinery, consisting of rock crushers
and road roller and equipment, re
cently ordered by Tillamook county
for the improvement of her highways,
has reached Astoria, via the A. & C.
en route to the home bay, and will go
forward on the next trip of the Sue
II, Elmore.
Who Was It?
At noon the problem kite was scut
aloft in the "ambient," from some
hidden sources, and the startled gaze
of thousands were confronted with
the sight of an alleged human dang
ling thousands of feet over the city,
but familiarity with the object
revealed it for a dummp and the
problem passed along with the other
jokes of the day.
Fine New Pictures
Manager I lager of the Hager Then
trc, announces that at the matinee;
this afternoon, he will run as a special
euuirc dciwcii atis in uic ivku"
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ay. The latest moving picture film,
LOOK
The fruit canning season is coming on and the prudent house
keeper will soon be putting up toothsome delicacies ,for the winter
months. . , .
We can simplify the matter greatly for her if she allowed us to
place her name and address on our fruit book so we can notify her
when the fruit she likes best are highest in quality and lowest in price
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODS1101"5631
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON ,
PHONOGRAPH
goto
JohnsonPhoiioppli Go.
Parlors Second Floor Over
GROCERS.
of "Uncle Tom' Cabin" in 32 ta
blratu. Thin feature abmc, to say
nothing 4( the excellent performance'.
of "A)" is well worth the price of ad-
'mission, and will make an excellent
' afternoon' entertainment.
Pickpockets Here
A well known young. clerk in one j
of the transportation office of t lie
city was an early victim of pick-j
pocket yesterday morning, losing hit'
bankbook ami checkbook on the As
toria National Dank, to the. thieves.
Payment was immediately stopped on
the account. This is the first inci
dent of the kind reported in this city
for sometime, as .this class of crim
inals are a rarity in Astoria.
Burned His Hand
Patrolman Charles Diibeau of the
police department, had his left hand
badly scorched with a bursting bomb
cracker yesterday morning as he was
pulling another exploded and burning
cracker from its lodgment under the
angle of a frame building. Someone
must have deliberately thrown it at
the officer as he was stooping over in
his work. His thumb and fore
finger are now ornamented with two
large and interesting blisters which
arc more of a nuisance than a' hurt.
Wrestling Match
Charles Strangler Smith the cham
pion middleweight wrestler of the
Pacific Coast, again demonstrated his
right to that title last night in the
wrestling' match with William Sholtes
of The Dalles, Ore., at Logan's hall.
A larc crowd attended the match
which was quite exciting, even though
Sholtes proved an easy victim for
the champion. Shaltes entered the
ring weighing 160 pounds.' while
.Smith only tipped the scales at 156
pounds, ; ,
Home From California
W. E. McAfee, the well known
pharmacist at Hart's drug store, has
returned from a two months' sojourn
in California, with his son. Mr. Mc
Afee says he was almost tempted to
accent the offer of a leading druggist
in the beautiful Santa Clara valley, to
enter his employment, so delightful
was the weather and other charms of
Chocolates
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
AHEAD
Scholfield & Mattson Co.
THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
I that country; hut lie concluded that
Astoria was fine enough (or liiin in
Jill ways, no he resumes his post to
1 morrow at Commercial and . Four
'tecnth street, where lie has been
mipsed. .
In Wild Orgy
A county official who returned to
the city from the vicinity of.Tonguc
Point at dark last night reported
that some of the men there were run
ning wild in a mad orgy. There had
been numerous fights, though with no
serious results, and last evening one
man was running around with a rifle
endeavoring to the best of bis ability
to shoot someone, Another man had
an axe. Trouble seeu;cd to be in the
air, and even if nothing serious hap
pened, there undoubtedly will be a lot
of scarred and sore-headed men out
there this morning.
Up From Skipanon
"Farmer" Tee, of Skipanon, the
genial ex-clerk of the Hotel Occident
and well known man-about-town, who
last year lapsed from the wearisome
civilization of city life and sought the
seclusion of a chicken ranch for re
lief, came out of hibernation yester
day and abandoned his 400-odd chick
ens to kindly fate and their own food
grafting propensities, while he took a
blazer at high life as demonstrated in
Astoria on the glorious Fourth, Mr.
Tec says the charm of suburban re
tirement .suits him down to the
ground and that he only came out of
it just to assure his friends up here
that he was not actually dead. '
To Consider Proposition
All the dairymen iu the vicinity of
Astoria arc requested to assemble in
the chamber of commerce rooms at
1 o'clock on the afternoon of July 13
to consider what appears to be one
of the best proposition ever present
ed to dairymen of this community,
in the way of establishing a milk con
densory and creamery in this city.
The idea of the meeting is to arrive
at some definite conclusion by thor
oughly discussing and considering
this new enterprise with the dairy
men, so as to have as complete a re
port as possible ready to submit to
the regular meeting of the chamber
of commerce which takes place the
same night.
Broke Hospital Window
A (lying skyrocket broke a window
in the third story of St. Mary's hos
pital last evening, and by great good
fortune the patient who had been oc
cupying the room was not in at the
time. Two young fellows were the
guilty one. Apparently aiming the
rocket directly at the walls of the
hospital, they watched the (lying
darts with the greatest glee. They
didn't seem to care for the nerve
racked patients who were probably
sighing or praying for'a little curcease
from the noises of the street. Con
stable Jack Sayers witnessed the epi
sode, and after learning that no par'
titular damage had ben done, let the
two fellows go after warning them
that they must pay for th. broken
window.
Marine Memorando
Yesterday was a quiet day on the
waterfront, all the fun and excitement
being on shore. About the first ves
sel to make her appearance in these
waters being the famous Nebraskan,
which came down from Portland and
went over the bar without so much as
apologizing" for her abandonment of
Astoria as her especial port 'of call.
The steamer Yoscmite left port at
dawn for San Francisco, with a big
load of lumber and a group of pas
sengers which included Charley II.,
and "Mick" Haddix.-The ship An
cois came down on the lines of the
Oklahama yesterday morning and
went. to the Hammond Lumber Com
pany's docks to finish loading It
was reported th.rt the Spencer had
broken down up river, but this could
not be verified, save by her failure to
appear at the ' Cullender dock as
usual. The schooner Mabel Gale
went over the bar yesterday on her
way to the California coast.
Boom Sizz Bang
If there was any town in the coun
try of the size of Astoria that shot off
more 'fire crackers of the fiendishly
large type, as well as of the small
size,, than- did this city yesterday ( it
certainly was "going some," Perhaps
the distinction is not a creditable one,
however. Alt day long yesterday and
commencing .early the night before
and lasting this morning until the day
light was beginning to jeep up in the
cast, the roar and rumble and crack
ing and jolting went on. Perhaps
Coney Island beat the local record.
But at all events the money spent in
Astoria yesterday for explosives
ought to please the local Chinamen to
a superlative degree, for it would be
difficult to' see how any one of the
WHEN YOU WIN YOU
LOSE MAYBE
EXCITING CONTEST BETWEEN
RIVAL HOSE COMPANIES ON
COMMERCIAL STREET'GIVES
VICTORY TO NEITHER, PER
HAPS. In a spirit race between two sets
of men with the hose cart on Com-
mercai street ia.st evening,, tne vic-:KfK,wn that rrank a. Seufert, the
tory finally perched on the banners of ;saimon pad 0f the upper river js
the brawny and swift men from the!cwnjng t0 this tni ol the nobie
L'ppertown Athletic Club. 15ut the;strcarn and intcn(ls t0 put up a mod.
victory is one that must be explained ierB cannery'on a site somewhere be--must
be explained not only to-btwecn Chinook and Mcgler's, oppo
understood, but to be appreciated asjsite th5s city The vhnt hc win mct
well, First of all it should a!o be, here. will be a standard affair with
said that their competitors, the "Old,tnrec douWc ,0,jcrintf machines and
t ' . . 4 . .. . I
Timers," also won a victory. It will
take a lot of good natured figuring for
the next week or two to ascertain def
initely just where the real victory lies.
Meantime the interesting tale follows
so that all who run may read; .
In the early evening hours, the "Old
Timers ran the race and turn on the
water in one minute and ten seconds,
Then came the Upper Town men.
l hey made tne race in one minute,
and thirty seconds, coming in second
by twenty seconds. Also they
fumbled with their coupling,' it is
said. Hence the "Old Timers" were
the winners.
But in a spirit of fair play, the
"Old Timers" agreed to call the race
off and to hold a second one later in
the evening. Therefore after supper
the race, was started up for the sec
ond time, with a clean score card.
This time the Uppertown, men ran
first, and again made the run in one
minute and thirty seconds. Then they
turned to watch their erstwhile vic
tors dash down the course. But, alas,
none of the "Old Timers" were pres
ent; none of the "Old Timers'
be found. Searching parties
sent out to "Jack's place" and toture, flavor and lustre, and the uni
"Jim's place" and to "Tom's place," j formity of the great sample mass,
but none of them could be prevailed j taken from hundreds of orchards, was
upon to come, or else could not be ' peculiarly noticeable and wholly
found. They were so enthusiastically ! pleasing. The fruit is raised on the
celebrating the great and glorious day j high dry hills of the neighborhood,
and were imbibing so freely of the and without irrigation, the tremend-
spirit of patriotism of the occasion
that it was deemed best and neces
sary to let the race go exactly ajs it
stood. Only, the UpPertown men took
the second race by default, and were
complimented by all who saw them
run. Nevertheless Captain Fred
Brown of the "Old Timers" they
who first won and then didn't show
up was called out by Mr. William
Dugan and presented a bonquet. Fol
lowing is the list of the team:
Uppertown F. Lansen, L. Johan-
sen, L. Anstadt, W. Morton, L. Tou-
mala, L. Gromms, L. Enckson, H.
Larscn, P. Owen, E. Schroder, A.
Malagamba, W. Krause, S. Sifferson,
C. Larsen, H. Larsen.
Old Timers Fred Brown, P. Ack
erman, H. Quadia, Fred Hedges, L.
Carlson, H. Duff, J. Corno, C. Still
right, T. Huss, W. Jacobson, A. Pain
ter, II. Smith, L. Kinkella.
i
devils that bother the Celestials can I
still be in this vicinity. The Chinese,
as everyone knows are. reputed to
have been the inventors of the
fire cracker and used them to
scare away unwelcome spirits.
Miss Bayard Injured
Miss Anna E. Bayard, . the steno
grapher, was seriously injured yester
day afternoon by the discharge of a
small cannon, whose charge struck
her in the back of the head. The
cotton and other material contained
in the canon struck her with such
force as to almost knock her down.
A portion of the cotton penetrated
the scalp, smashing two of the combs
that she wore in her hair and driving
a piece of one of the combs into the
scalp. A physician was called and
sewed up the wound. The cotton and
piece of comb were also removed, the
operation causing great suffering. At
a late hour last night it was said at
Bayard's home that she was resting
as well as could be expected and no
serious outcome of the matter is
looked for. Immediately after the
accident friends, went to the ajd of
Miss Bayard, and in their haste to
find, a resting place for her, took her
into one of the undertaking parlors.
That fact apparently started a rumor
that she had met death. '
Summer Excursions.
During the months 'of June, July,
August and September the Ilwaco
r. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets
daily from all points on North (Long)
Beach to all points on Clatsop Beach
at rate of $1.75. Return limit thirty
days.' ' , " 6-23-tf
F. A. SEUFERT COM
ING THIS MAY
THE UP-RIVER PACKER WILL
FOUND NEW CANNERY ON
NORTHSHORE HIS IMMENSE
CHERRY INTERESTS INTER
ESTING ITEM OF NEWS,
Upon the unquestionable authority
of that gentleman himself, it is now
-
all the equipment incident thereto in
eluding full cold storage facilities. Mr.
Seufert intends to turn over his Bon
neville packing plant to the State of
Washington for hatchery purposes,
and his Celilo plant will be put in
charge of his sons and will be run as
a fruit canning establshment, to take
i care of the splendid cherry resources
J controlled by Mr. Seufert and his as-
sociates.
This is good news for everybody
down this way, for he is an active
builder and worker and one who does
things when he concieves a plan or
prospect. He reports his cherry
packing a magnificent success this
year, and next season he will have
the fruitage of 280,000 more young
trees to enhance the business; and
from what a well known Astorian,
who was present at the "Cherry Fair"
at The Dalles last week, has ,to say
about the display of that fruit there,
Mr. Seufert's expectations will be
amply realized if not exceeded. This
home man says that there were 700
boxes of Bing and Royal Ann cher-
couldjries on exhibition there and were un
were I paralleled for beauty of coloring, tex-
ous success being due entirely to the
"dry-farming" processes employed,
the ground being thoroughly worked
over as often as eight times a year,
The Bings took the grand prize at
j this fair, and the whole thing was one
J of the genuine achievements of the
j year 1908, and was due in an infinite
j measure to the skilled superinvision
of Secretary Patterson of the Busi
ness Men's Association of The
Dallas.
The fact that Mr. Seufert and his
colleagues own and control the major
acreage of this great cherry industry,
and that he packs 10,000 cases of the
superb product himself this season,
indicates the' scone of his interests
there, aside from his fishing ventures
The news of his coming west on the
river would lead to the conclusion
that he is now satisfied that the upper-river
fishing must be abated as a
result of the recent electoral and in-
! dustrial contest, and that, as he is
coming among the people who fought
! his methods and interest so strenu
ously, he has forgiven the fervor and
freedom of the fight and those who
were responsible for it; at any rate
it is hoped he has. .
It is no small advantage to have a
man like this come here. He is able,
financially, and practically, to found
and manipulate an immense business
and the people of this end of the
Columbia will much rather have him
with and of them, than against them.
He may not feel any too warm to
ward Astoria for awhile, but he has
many "good friends here and will make
more and the chances are that he will
before long, beccyme altogether pla
cable: a desideratum the Mornnig As
torian will endeavor to. attain to
along with all other sensible people.
Subscribe to the Morning Astorian,
60c per month by mail or carrier.
ALEX TAGG
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v
TWO ARE DROWNED
AT TONGUE POINT
GEORGE NEUNER. A WELL
KNOWN FISHERMAN AND A
THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD -BOTH
BODIES RECOVERED.
George Neuncr, a well known fish
erman, was drowned while out on the
river on a pleasure trip ,with his
friend, George Munsell, near Tongue
Point last night at 6 o'clock. An
other case of drowning' was reported
also at Tongue Point, when the body
of John Johnsor, the 3-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson was
found yesterday morning after the ,
child had been missing all of Friday
night. The child, who was in the '
habit of playing around one of the
net racks, was first missed Friday ev
ening about 4 o'clock. Nothing very
serious was at first thought of this.
as the little boy often wandered
around playing, but as it grew late
the parents became alarmed and start
ed out on a search' which lasted
throughout the night, and only ended
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, when
the child's body . was taken from be
neath the net rack; from where the
child had apparently accidently fallen
off.
John Neuner was a fisherman in the
employ of the Warren Packing Com
pany and lives at Bugby. According
to Christ Jensen, who lives in a scow
at Tongue Point, the drowning was
quite accidental. Jensen says that
while he -was sitting in his scow
writing letters, the noise of a gasoline
engine attracted his atention, 'and he
looked out of his window and saw
George Munscll's gasoline -boat
coming up the river with Munsell and
Neuner returning from what appear
ed to have been a pleasure trip. Be
hind Munscll's gasoline boat was a
small skiff which the larger craft was
towing, i hey were making tor Jseu-
ner's scow, a short distance away.
Jensen said he continued to watch
them, and when they arrived at
Neunen's scow, Neunen got out of
the large boat into his small skiff,
where he talked to his friend
for a short time before parting after
their day's trip. A little while after
Munsell started his engine and Neu
nan was tying up his boat to the
scow, and was just in the act of step
ping out when he lost his balance and
fell overboard. Instantly Jensen real
ized the man was in a perilous posi
tion, as he was well along in years,
and not a very strong swimmer.
Jensen said he saw the man strug
gling in the water and trying to call
for help every time he came to the
surface. , -
In the meantime Jensen made all
haste to untie his own boat to go to
the unfortunate man's assistance. In
side of three minutes, Jensen says,
he was at the side of the scow, but
Neuner ( had disappeared for the last
time. Jensen had a grappling hook
in his boat, and after considerable
trouble he managed to catch a hold
on the submerged man's clothing and
pulled him to the surface of the water.
By this time Munsell, who had al
ready reached the shore, had seen the
accident from a distance, returned
and the two men puled the body into
the gasoline bat. Although Neunen
could not have been under the water
for more than six or seven minutes,
it is said, he could not be revived by
the men, as his friends worked over
the body for more than an - hour.
When they saw that all their
efforts to restore life were
in vain he was placed in Mun
sell's gasoline boat and brought to
Astoria where Undertaker Pohl took
charge of Ifis remains.
The deceased was a skilful fishes
man, having long been in the em
ploy of the Warren Packing Com
pany. He was jxll known in As
toria, having lived in this commun
ity for at least 15 years. He leaves a
wife but no children. Neunen was 51
years old. '
Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. &
N. docks at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round
trip fare to any point on North
(Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only.
6-23-tf
Sunday Excursions to Long Beach.
Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. &
N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round
trip fare to any- point on North
(Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
LOST BUNCH OF KEYS. FIND
er pleasure return to Astoria office
and receive reward. 7-5-tf