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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1908)
TJllIHHDAY, JULY 9, 1008. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Economy Fruit Jars Simplest and best; )vide mouth; easy to seal; sure to seal; easy to open; air tight; sanitary. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. LEADING GROCERS. HI TELES 01 III Deeds Filed Cm Schocnbaechlcr to Nettie Schocnbacchler, lot I, block 30, Mc Clurc's Atoria; $5. Signs Warrants The Mayor ha signed all war rant ordered drawn In payment of claim and street work and all ordi nance paed at the last meeting of the common council. Another Chinookian At 4 o'clock estcrday morning an other fine little Chinookian went on the roster of citizenship of that live northshore town, Mr. and Mrs. hmil vwrisiin uciiik me nvvy imivnio the case, Dr. O. D. Estes serving a prime minister on the occasion. Born Last Evening At the hour of 8 lat evening a little daughter was born to Mr. and Mr. John Tyberg, of Gearhart, at the home of friend in this city, at 512 Seventh street, Dr. O. B, Ktes reports mother and babe getting along admirably. Called Away Lieutenant Keclcr of I'ort Steven has received word of the death of his father, and has left for the family home in Missouri. He will be away fur 20 days and in his absence, Lieu tenant Canficld will act as quarter master at the post until the return of Lieutenant Keeler. In Command of District Captain Charles F. Pond, U. S. N., who has been doing duty on the Great Lake, with headquarters at Buffalo, will take over the command of the Thirteenth Lighthouse district, at Portland, thi morning, vice Cap tain J. P. Werlich, detached and or dered East. In The City Dr. Thomas Ros, of Tillamook, i in the city and reports everything down hi way in a very prosperous romlitinti. the new electric line is go ing to do wonderful things for Til lamook county he says and when it is finished and the county is tapped it will prove to be one of the richest in the state, Looking Up Regatta E. J. Arnold, the genial entertainer of the Northwestern public, arrived down from Portland on last night's express. He conies with the avowed purpose of trying to do something pleasant for Astoria during the Re gatta season, and has some strong ovclties under contract to present hVre if successful in closing a con-tlact, Fruits for CANNING FANCY CALIFORNIA APRICOTS Per Basket ' - 30c Per Crate $115 Ripe Hawaiian Pineapples, each, 50c Scholfield, Mattson & Co. phone U8i GOOD GOODSPH0NEM1 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET. For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto Johnson Phonograph Parlors Second Floor Over BfcV Demented Man Escapes j The county authorities were not ified yeMcrdiiy that Patrick J. Farrcll, j who was sent to the tatc insane 'asylum at Salem from Clatsop I county in May of last year, had 1 escaped from the Institution. Farrcll got away from the asylum July 3, and it i expected that he will make his way here unlcs apprehended on the way. He i well known hereabout and has a farm near Olney., Stricken With Paralysis The many friend of Mr. F. C. Reed were pained to hear yesterday that she had been subjected to a stroke of paralysis at her Aldcrbrook home during Tuesday night, or very early yesterday morning. Dr, Jay Tuttle was called in on the case and he did all possible to mitigate the trouble, and at last accounts yester day, Mrs. Reed wa resting quite comfortably considering the nature of the trouble. Many New Citliens The business of making new citi -mis out of the foreigners who come to Astoria continues to be a thriving one at the county court house. Yes terday the following four filed decla ration of intention to take out citi zenship papers: Otto Oberg, a Finn; Olaf Jansscn, a Swede; August Kul lama, a Russian; and Waino Stefan Kantoncn, a Finn, Erick Person, a Swede, applied for his full papers, as did Nils Magnus Magnusscn, also a Swede. Baseball Again Announcing is made that the West Astoria nine will play a game in thi city next Sunday with the Maroons of Portland a good, strong team of the metropolis. The West Astorians have been lacking a pitcher during the early part of the season, but it is said that both Pettus and lirakke will be available now. A good game is looked for and the local fans will be glad to know that there is to be "something doing" in the baseball line. Are Knockers There Says the Pendleton Tribune: "It is a bright prospect confronts Pendleton in the incipient efforts now being made to secure the right of way In Chocolates the best in the world 50c a Pound, 3? Scholfield & Mattson Co. H 1 B 1 the city for the construction of clec- . trie linen through it amUnto different part of the county, liut the knocker !m here, not it is hoped, in very large number, but he in numerous enough to express hid opinion that it in all 'hot air,' and that 'it will be many a I long year before Pendleton will see an electric line or will nect one'," Home From The North After one month' absence in the waters of Alaska, lingering longest at Sitka, the dandy lighthouse tender Heather, Captain Byrne command ing, arrived in home water yesterday at high noon, Her officer report all well and the trip one of the pleasant cut. She looks as trim as a yacht and i ready' for any amount of duty. Her sister-ships, the Armerla and the. Co lumbine are still in Puget Sound un dergoing repair, the Armcria having a new shaft installed, and the Colum bine having a double bottom fitted. Out of Quarantine Joseph Van Zandt, the soldier from the transport Sherman who has been in quarantine for the smallpox on the north side of the river, ha been re leased and yesterday came over to this city. Private Van Zandt has the distinction of being the man who tied up the transport and about 1200 peo ple, soldier and civilians, just be cause he had the misfortune of having a mild case of the disease. In a few dav Van Zandt' five-year term of enlistinment will have expired. He then expects to go to his former home in Texa. Mist Bayard Will Recover Mis Anna Bayard, who was in jured by the discharge of a toy can non on the Fourth of July, has been in a serious condition ever since and it was not until yesterday that the attending physician, Dr. Vernon, pronounced her out of danger. For a time it was feared that she could hardly survive the injury to the back of her head and the resultant ner vous shock. From now on it is ex pected that she will slowly but sure ly grow better. Dr. H. E. Bayard of South Bend, Miss Bayard's brother, arrived yesterday and his presence has done much to quiet and comfort her. ; Off For Newport, R. I. I Lieut-Col. W. S. Rocsslcr, who for two years past has been in charge of ithe engineering district of the Colum- 'bit and embracing the government work at the jetties at the mouth of the river, has relinquished his com mand and charge to Major Mclndee, who arrived yesterday from New Or leans. Colonel Roessler will leave for Newport, Rhode Island, on Sun day next, to take up his new assign ment to duty, and he takes with him the utmost good will of every citizen with whom he ever came in contact while out in this country. Major Mc lndee will be cordially welcomed to the field and it is hoped he may carry on the work of his predecessor as thoroughly and happily as the Colonel has done. Temporary Injunction- Judge Hanaford, of the United States district court for Washington, sitting at Tacoma, has, upon the presentation of the property petition and affidavits by G. C. Fulton, of this city, as attorney for the Columbia River Packers' Association, granted a temporary injunction against H. S. McGowan et. al., in the matter of the seining grounds Nos. 2 and 3, on Sand Island in the lower harbor at this port, over which there has been a controversy and some pretty plain demonstrations, lately. The United States marshal arrived on the scene yesterday and made full service of the papers; and the merits of the case will go into court and be threshed out there', once for all. President Samuel Elmore, of the C R. P. Association, and Mr. Fulton, returned from the "City of Destiny" yesterday. About County Schools In the office of the county superin tendent of schools there are some in teresting facts and figures pertaining to the attendance of the children at the district schools during the past year. Upon the whole the shoeing is considered remarkably good. In the j city of Astoria, the percentage was 98.3: while in the country schools, where the attendance might natural ly be expected to be somewhat less, the average attendance was over 90 oer cent. One district showed the t j f nn nAn, -i .-, A fV,A nne recuru w ii:i wni lowest was only 85 per cent. Ten of the country districts showed 94 per cent. When the rains and the bad roads of the winter months are con sidered the showing is deemed to be really excellent, and speaks well for the teachers and for the parents of the children of Clatsop's country schools. Happily Wedded Miss Edtih L, Kimball, of this city, and Mr, Dclbcrt L. Moore, the well known bookkeeper for the Prael Eigner Transfer Company, were quietly and happily married at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternon at the Kimball home, No. 1(385 Duane street, Rev. W. Seymour Short, rec tor of Grace Episcopal church, offic iating; a few intimate friends of the high-contracting parties and their kinsmen being present. Miss Kimball, that was, is one of the most popular young ladies in Astoria and numbered her friends by scores, while the for tunate groom is very popular with a multitude of the younger Astorians, and both have the best wishes of their friends for all the good things of life. They left on the 6:10 express for Portland and the Sound cities and had a "riccy" despatch. On their re turn they will be at home to their friends at No. 345 Fifth street. Stalled For Coal The government dredger William S. Ladd has had the bad luck to take on a lot of coal that would not make steam, and it became necessary to discharge it all yesterday (about 25 tons), under conditions that were any thing but pleasant; for it is one thing to load coal into a ship and quite an other to disembark it. Ships are so constructed that coal is swiftly passed into their bunkers, and it usually goes out again via the funnels and the ash-shoot; but when it comes to getting it out in bulk, there is no provision that is useable, and so the officers of the Ladd found yesterday. They had to pass the stuff up through small deck-plates in three-gallon buckets and then wheel it onto the dock. The company that furnished the coal will see that she gets a good equipment of Australian coal in return, at once. No one is to blame for the mischance, since it is not possible always to know the exact quality of the coal handled and sold, even by the oldest dealers. Fine Military Company All concerned in the organization of the new Astoria military company arc congratulating themselves on the outcome of the applications and the examinations in this behalf, up to last evening. Seventy-five stalwart young Astorians had passed the critical hands of Dr. Marcellus and Lieuten ant Holman, and there are several more to be passed upon today. To night the company will be formally mustered in under the official over sight of Lieutenant R. W. Holman, and the company will be especially honored by the presence of Adjutant General W. E. Finzer, of the Oregon National Guard, who will arrive down on the noon express, in order to be in at the mustering of this fine group of men. The election of the captain commanding will be held and that officer when chosen ajid . sworn in, will, probably, name the lieutenants who are to officer the company with him, subject to examination and of ficial approval. There was a vast amount of work done yesterday in closing up the roster of the company, and everybody is pleased that it is now an assured fact and the boys start in with the earnest wishes for abound ing success on the part of every fellow-citizen they possess. Somebody Got "Stung" Several days ago "Old Booze," the magnificent old brindle bull dog own ed by F. L. Evans, the promotor of the projected Astoria, seaside & Tillamook electric line, was up on the heights back of the city and in his wanderings ran into a hornets nest. "Old Booze" doesn't like bumble bees and hornets, for he recalls other experiences with them in his puppy days. This particular nest of hornets was of the fighting kind and they took after the brindle bull dog in the hot- l-Jnl rf n ffifliltlpr Thft doff fought back valtantly and refused to leave the field, though the winged pests were hurting him cruelly. Fi- naly "Old Booze, disdaining to run, walked slowly away. Then his head began to swell, and for the past two days he has been a sight to behold. Yesterday, while the dog was taking a stroll without his master, a kindly disposed man saw the dog and his swollen head. "How horrible, he said: "How the poor dog must be suffering." He prevailed upon the brindle to follow him, and the man and dog sought out a well known vet erinary. The veterinary looked "Old Booze" over and diagnosed his case as an ulcerated tooth. The old dog is so used to kindness from humans that he never objected to the atten tions of the veterinary, who got out a scalpel and scraped and cut into the dog's jaw, inside, as treatment for an ulcerated tooth. . When Mr. Evans learned last night what had happened to his old dog there were pyrotechnics. If HAT'S IN A NAME? Novel Proposition (Submitted by Secretary Whyte CHANGING NAME OF ASTORIA Devised as an Advertising: Scheme- Opens Up Opportunity for Many and Peculiar Opinions Hardly Likely to Prevail Here. Answering the famous old query, "What's in a Name?" the Morning Astorian is inclined to the belief that there is far too much of tradition, his tory, and folk-lore associated with the name "Astoria," garnered in its 108 years of existance, to permit any dal liance with it in the hope of changing it; and the following matter is pub lished more, with the idea of present ing the novelty of the suggestion than of commending it to serious consider ation. It presents an extermity to which even old Astoria has not ar rived and which is yet too remote for even monetary and momentous re flection: Now that there is quite apparent reason for believing that there will be some lively doings in Astoria within a very short time and assuredly with in the coming 12 months, it has been suggested by Manager Whyte of the Chamber of Commerce, in all ser iousness, that Astoria and Warren ton be consolidated and that the name of the consolidated city be changed to 'Greater New York.' "'Greater New York of the Pa cific' has come to be the very ABC of Astoria's advertising literature. It is only a step further from the sug gestion to take the initiative and actually change the name. There is only one New York in the country that is generally known and a postal guide would show but very few cities of that name in the entire United States. 'Greater New York' would be, as a name for a city, absolutely unique and in a class of Us own. "Suggestion is the most powerful influence of this or any other age. The story is a very old one about how the German students scared the criminal to death by sticking a pin into him and allowing him to hear the noise of trickling water, thes con demned man expiring under the im pression that he was bleeding to death. "Now. that we have the electric railway proposition on a sound basis and it is as sure as anything well can be that the road will be built; now that the seawall proposition is well enough along to insure that the peo ple will have an opportunity of dis posing of that question; now that the general opinion which has been expressed for many years to the effect that Astoria has greater potentiali ties for a big city than any other spot in the world, with both Hill and Harriman apparently getting into readiness to accelerate the develop ment of these potentialities; now that a brick plant is about ready to turn out the highest class press brick; now that there is about to be begun thorough test drilling for oil on both sides of the river; now that we ex pect to hear every day that the Hill terminals will be begun between War rcnton and Hammond, not to mention a number of other 'nows,' it seems not entirely out of place to suggest the actual change of the name to Greater New York.' "Of course, the Portland newspa pers would have plenty of fun for a while, but whatever they would have to say would be republished all over the country, and whatever there is of value in the best of advertising, would accrue to this city as a result. "I feel very sanguine," said Mr. Whyte, "that the long, looked-for be ginning of a rapid move forward in this old town is not only due but has begun. The Chamber of Commerce is succeeding in lining the people uo and getting them to work as they have never worked before. There was actually enough enthusiasm at the election of directors of the electric railroad company this morning to be in evidence. I think the committee which has had that matter in charge will find that they will have easy sail ing from this time on. I expect that it will be possible to begin drilling for oil on this side of the river prob ably yet this month and the further we go with our work the easier it becomes. It was pretty hard getting the brick plant financed and it was a long job to get the oil company in shape, and in fact all of the details are 'a t yet completed with regard tm the oil company, but they will be anl satisfactorily within a few days. The electric railway company, according to the statement of Mr. Evans, when we were organizing the board of directors for the electric railway yea- terday morning, may be able to fee- able to throw dirt within 40 days. "Now if we can have a little more of this fcood hard work for about x mon:!,. it will really be time to chance the rai. c of Astoria to 'Greater New York.' 1 know one very prominent real estate man -who formerly workei for Walter C. Smith, whe has now come to Astoria to work a him own h)ok, believing that within a year things will be boiling over here at the mouth of the river. It look like he ought to know a thing or two, and his past record bears out this contention. "While hot air will not make a 'Greater New York' it is a very useWI article and a good substitute for the natur;I gas which we hope to have a few months later. "Now how about changing onr city's name to 'Greater New YorkT" Notice. Today and tomorrow wil be the last days on which to pay water rates tat avoid the penalty of 25 cents that it charged against every delinquent NOTICE. XVThe members Beaver Lodge No. 35, I. O. O. F, are re quested to attend a regu lar meeting to be held this (Thurs day) evening at 8 o'clock. Initiation. Visitors welcome. OLOF ANDERSON, Secretary. Notice. Oregonian agency hereafter will be located at the Zapf Furniture Co., 630 Commercial street. Phone Main 263L 7-9Jt Picnic -Picnic Given by the United Swedish- American Brotherhood, Sunday, July 12, 1908, at William Larson s Farm on the Lewis and Clark, steamer Julia B. leaves at 8:30 a. m., from Lurbne dock. Tickets, 50 cents. Notice. Notice is hereby given to the public that no bills will be paid by the Four teenh Annual Regatta Committee un less such bill is accompanied by a voucher duly signed by the Chairmaa and Secretary of the Regatta Com mittee. HERMAN WISE, Chairman, JOHN H. WHYTE, Secretary, PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stillrigbt and family left last night for Seattle, where they expect to make their home. , Mr. Stillright has been em ployed at the Astoria Iron Works for several years past and will take u the same line of work in the northera city. Mr. and Mrs. George Kaboth will leave, today for Woodburn where the family will spend their summer out ing, with the exception of Mr. Kaboth who returns at once to attend to his fishing interests. Robert Wakefield of Portland is ia the city stopping at the hotel Occi dent. C. E. Griffith, a resident of Port land is in the city. L. H. Borton was among the ar rivals in Astoria yesterday. W. J. Shutter of Seattle is in the city registered at the Occident. J. H. Parker arrived in Astoria yes terday from Maine, Ga. Ralph W. Carson from Vancouver, Wash., is in town stopping at the Occident. S. A. Allen, a representative of the Portland Telegram was in the city yesterday, leaving on the evening train for Portland. H. H. Kilsey, a resident of Port land, spent yesterday in Astoria. E. J. Amald arrived down from Portland on last night's train. 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 ALEX TAGG CONFECTIONERY Fresh Chocolates. Candies, etc2 Made fresh every day In otic own factory. 843 Commercial Street