THURSDAY. .1 17 1 i V .10
TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
BETTER BUTTER
Haveyou had trouble in getting genuine
Sweet Creamery Butter and really Fresh
Eggs? We have some that will please you
: offered is from $75 to $90,' and a it j friend and co-wroker sought to aid
W deemed belt to have a man for .him by shoving a pike-pole to him,
iieh workthe trouble arises because I but the unhappy young man had evi-
nien .teacher of "the requisite quali
fication won't work fur mch payment.
ROSS, HIOQINS & CO.
LEADING GROCERS.
URSE TILES OF THE TOWK
his own detective agency, was in the
city yesterday, accompanied by Mr.
Dufur, an expert (stenographer, on a
Flnt Pspers quett for Information in relation to
'Eks Fort, native of l'inland, and , th Wllin ?f "cU"a"'
I'mlolf llaglumi, o( Sweden, made on Deep River, by M.chacl Campbell.
.1i,.tirm for ' fc,l, fir, ri.in.hin "e wonting in ucnaii oi me siaie
paper in the office of the county
clerk yeiterday.
Asphiltum Up Aloft
The roof of the Parker House U
bring subjected to a new coat of bi-
ifphaltum, which will lerve to keep the
water out and the cool breezes tn.
of Washington, and the result! of bis
i)KuiricH will be used in the trial of
the defendant at Cathlamct in due
season.
With The "First Corr.piny"-
The officer and men of First Com
pany, Coast Artillery, of Astoria, met
Bear-Meat Diet, Now
J. C. Johnson, one of the Warren
Tacking Company' fishermen at
Sand Island, is responsible for, the
present course of feasting going on
there find in which bear-meat cuts
Sr the one coiispicou iwathe in a diet
ary way, On Tuesday lat when he
I nun wiu in Miff muui jn 1UI, I1C JIU"
tiecd,a black bear making good head
way acron the mouth of the river
from Point Ellice to Fort Canby, and
he endeavored to capture the brute
tfith oars and other paraphernalia,
but, he and several of his friends
were not a match for the bad speci
men from the hills of Washington,
and he had to resort to his rifle which
he has always with him. He soon
finished bruin and fished him out of
the tide, and now bear steaks are all
the go in that camp, at least.
lently lost his presence of mind and
failed to make use of it and died be
neath the logs he had been working.
The body was recovered almost in
stantly but too late to resuscitate
him. The Remains were brought to
the undertaking parlors of Coroner
Gibaugh and will be prepared for
burial from there. It is not known
whether an inquest will be held in the
sad premise, or not. Paulus was a
skilful logger and had worked at sev
eral of the mills in thii neighborhood
and was counted an excellent man,
He was unmarried, and will be buried
with honors by his countrymen.
PHONE HATTER IE
THE COUNCIL
FRANCHISE IS PASSED UPON
ITS FIRST AND SECOND
READINGS AND IS STRONG
LY FAVORED.
The work wa completed yesterday evening lor regular weekly drill
and is a good job. and the non-coms for school. All
ii i , . hands seem to enjoy the new work
Things Are Quiet ad are making excellent progress.
There was not much doing in ,he'Ev'body is eager to make fine
police and hospital circles yesterday. lowing fof ,hc "a,u Pmie n(J
The city court entertained one case of arc hP Iui1y for the arrival of
minor fine; and the hospital peo- the new uniforms; with these at hand,
pie are moving quietly along with ,h, "'"P"" kc " admirable
the patient! heretofore reported, with owin Jn ,ht event. along with the
no accession! yesterday. regulars from the forts at the mouth
of the river,
Fdr $12,000 , ' ; -
' , , , ; ' , , Fish Matters Yesterday
E. B. Clark and wife of Portland . , , . . ,
. , , ....... ri, ( The run of fish yesterday, was from
have sold to William McPherson, Jf.,' ,,
, ... . v,,.. tit H reports the best of the season. AH
of Howell, Mich., 20.34 acres of land ... . ....
... . .u . the launches went tn to the canneries
in the southern part of, the county, . . .
.i t ii J i ii : nwi wc" loaded last evening and the big
near the Tillamook line, for $12,000. . m . . ,
The deed was filed for record in the f'""" Try pu,.in " first
office of the county clerk yesterday. , 1'", (la w',horti '"
-I-ish Warden Settem reports that
Down At Medford
City Treasurer Thomas Dcaley is
down at Medford, a beautiful and a
hot town, He is there on a fraternal
visit and enjoying life evidently. A
postal card from him yesterday to
Judge Anderson, indicated that the
weather there was as "hot as you
like it!" The dashes are gratuitous.
The Flag Stuck
On the hill back of Commercial
and Third streets there is a tree; and
on that tree the boys of the neigh
borhood have woven a , set of "hal
liards; on the halliards it is their
purpose to display the regular sys
tem of weather flags just as they fig
ure in the regular governmental sta
tions; in other words they are trying
to maintain a weather bureau. Yes
terday they ran up the fair weather
combination of flags, or rather, in
this instance, a red bandana and a
white handkerchief, and there they
are, immovable, despite the best
efforts Inade last evening to house
the ensigns; which is all right so
long as the present superb weather
holds out; after which kindly fate,
and the unquenchable ingenuity of
the boys, must revamp 'the system
and its display.
the work of grinding, salmon heads
for the state hatcheries is going
along smoothly and successfully, the visited Country School
MTCry . .1 ,paCk1 Miss Emma C. Warren.
eu us ioug cases, as nas me warren
plant at Cathlamct; and the Co-op's
plant started the work yesterday to
ward its contribution of another 1000
cans. It takes six pounds of ground
head to the can. Y
Taft and Bryan Invited
Announcement is made that the re-
Still If Looking
A. L Clark, snerintendent of the
gatta committee has decided to send city Kb0l, has not yet been able to
invitations to both Mr. Taft and Mr.fimj a suitable teacher for the high
Bryan to be present at the regatta schooi course!( jn science and Ger
the latter part of, August. It wai man. jje ha!l rcccjvei qite a num
figurcd out that inasmuch as both J b o applications for the place, but
candidates expect to be in the West because of the comparatively small
this fall they might accept such an saary 0ffeTti, most of the applicant
invitation. It ts pronaoty, however, uTe not wjdcJy experienced or other
that both daily turn down scores of L-jsc ,0 not show any great fitness
similar invitations. for the position. ...
" Several are recent graduates from
May Take Over Stock , 'colleges or universities. The salary
It is said that the house of
Gevurtz, of Portland, has made over
tures toward taking over the furni
tre stock of Charles"!!, Heilborn &
Company ,now in course of liquida
tion here, upon a basis of 80 cents on
the dollar. Charles A, Foster was in
the city yesterday fooking to the ad
mission of this plan, but it is not
known, as yet, what the outcome of
the negotiations will be. ,
superin-
, jtendent of the county schools, made
an interesting visit to the district
school on the Blind Slough Tuesday
Miss Anna Young of Milwaukie is the
teacher. Miss Warren left here on
th morning train and got off at the
'draw bridge, at Blind Slough, and
from thire was rowed up the bayou
At the special meeting of the com
mon council last night the telephone
franchise was passed upon its first
and second readings. By the terms
of the franchise it runs for a period
of 30 years and is to the Northwest
ern Long Distance Telephone Com
pany. Apparently the instrument has
been drawn with the greatest care
and every interest of the city and of
the citizens generally seem to be well
safe-guarded. While it is possible
that it will be passed upon its third
and last reading in practically the
way that it now stands, amendments
may yet be made and there will be
no disposition to rush the matter
through. It looks as if Mayor Wise
and the city councumen want to
know just what is being done and will
look pretty thoroughly before they
make the leap. .
In a way the introduction of the
ordinance last night probably marks
an epoch in , the city's affairs. It
means first of all that the city is tired
of second-rate things. It wants only
the best for the future. Moreover,
the way the mayor and councilmen
are going at. this matter seems to
preclude all possibility of any chi
canery on the part of the grantees of
the franchise. If they accept it they
must pay $500 down;,if they accept
it they, must further give good and
sufficient bond to commence work
within three months from the accept
ance and must complete the work
within seven months from the date
of the acceptance. This bond will
be forfeited to the city of Astoria
- I ....
friends or at home, but if this be true, I ? , a,n incse P"
is naruiy conccivauic mat sisci .. .
Teacher Didn't Arrive
Gus Groonel, who came to town
Tuesday evening with the expectation
of meeting Miss Newlands, of Se
attle, who had signed a contract to
teach the school, in the Groonel
school in the Elsie district, could
find no trace of the young woman
here.' Nothing has been Jieard from
her, and as the should have been
here before this to open tip the
school, it was deemed best to secure
the services of another teacher. One
was supplied by Miss Warren,' county
superintendent, in the person of Miss
Ida Anderson, Of this city, who will
graduate from the high school next
year. Miss Anderson contracted to
teach for the remainder of the terril,
about four months. There is natural
ly some apprehension felt about the
continued absence and silence of Miss
Newlands, the teacher who failed to
show up. As far as can be learned,
she left Seattle for this city last
week, and since then nothing has
been heard of her. She is of suffic
ient age to be able to care for her
self, it would seem, and yet there is
the possibility that, some untoward in
cident has happened to her. If it
were known that she Had reached this
city of course a vigorous search
would at once be made for her, but
there is the further chance that for
some reason she simply decided not
to come and is safely among her
they all .with one voice declared that
they no longer have faith in the
promises of his company. It wai
'pointed out that until the city haa
competition the service will never b
good. Dr. Barr and one or two oth
ers suggested that it would be hard
on the old company, which, as Mr.
Bruwdd said, has spent perhaps $50
000 here already and promise to
spend nearly as much more, yet the
consensus of opinion seemed to be
that the company certainty had earn
ed no right to call upon the city for
a monopoly of the telephone busi
ness; and that it should simply take,
its chances in competition just as any
other business would.
The question of municipal owner
ship also was raised. It did not
meet with general favor. It wan
pointed out by Councilmen Leinen
weber and" Logan that the city's
greatest matter now is the seawalL
and as that would require an expen
diture of several hundred thousand
dollars, it would be unwise to think
of also bonding the city for a tele
phone system, which is of secondary
importance to the seawall. .
The franchise will be presented be
fore the council again next Monday
night, when it will again be dis
cussed.
TILLAMOOK El IS
ALL RIGHT
FAIRLY ENCOURAGING RE
PORTS ON THEIR PROBABLE
ATTITUDE TOWARD NEW
ELECTRIC LINE FROM HERE.
features
For The State's Side
Ex-Chief of Detectives Patrick
Brin, of Portland, now at the head of
Chocolates
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
in a rowboat to the school house.
This section of the country is some
what unique because of the streams
and bayous that intersect it, and in
this school the teacher finds that most
of the pupils come to the daily ses
sions in boats. Miss Warren found
a number of boats moored before the
school house when she arrived. She
says she found the 'affairs of the
school to be in- good shape. The
name of the young man who rowed
her up to the place from the draw
bridge is Jalmar Gertuja, who passed
the eighth grade examinatiqn a year
ago. He also carried the mails in his
little boat. When evening came some
of the other pupils rowed Miss War
ren back to the railway.
Fruit and Fruit Canning
Materials
Clatsop County's Famous Loganberries
Fancy Bing and Royal Ann Cherries
Mason, Economy and Everlasting Jars, Tops and
Rubbers
Jelly Glasses, Covered and Uncovered
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODSPHONEWl
' 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
Johnson Phono!
Ptrlors Second Floor Over Scholfield & Mattson Co.
graph Co.,
Many Want To Go
The announcement made at the
last meeting' of the Chamber of Com
merce that representatives of the lo
cal organization were included in the
invitation to go to Japan on the ves
sel fitted out by the- Nipponese gov
ernment for that purpose, has attract
ed no little interest in this city. Al
ready quite a number of the local
business men have signified their in
tention of joining the party, among
them 'being Mayor Wise, who at least
may go if he can find the time. The
invitation comes from the San Fran
cisco Board of Trade through the
Portland Chambec of Commerce. The
invitation was sent by the Japanese
government. It stated that the gov
ernment would be highly delighted i
the members of the San Francisco
organization would accept Japan's
hospitality on such a trip. ' It is un
derstood that the Vhole trip will be
practically without cost to those who
go, except, of course, for incidentals.
The trip will probably be a very fine
one, and aside from ope's evening
clothes, ;, etc., the actual expenses
ought to be quite low. How many
representatives from this city will
be permitted to go has not yet been
ascertained.
of plans.
The Week in Realty
Astoria Abstract Title & Trust Co.
to the city of Astoria, lands begin
ning at SW. cor of NW. 1-4 of S. 1,
T. 7 N., N. R. E.; $400.
John N. Griffin, trustee, and wife to
James Neil, lot 6, block 47, Upper
Astoria; $1. '
Alma D. Katz and wife to Everett
Ames, undivided one-third of lands
in locality of S. 19, T. 8 N., R. 8; con
taining 267.04 acres; $1.
W. C. Smith and wife to J. W.
Rhodes, lot 3, block 26, The Plaza;
$225.
Mary E. Young to Louis Knob-
lock, lot 1, block I, Long Branch; $1.
Mary Morgan to Robert Carruth
crs, lot 7, block - 59, Shivels As
toria; $275.
Irving C. Langford to H. E. Noble,
NE. 14 of NE. 14 of S. 20, T. 5 N.,
R 10, .containing 40 acres; $600.
E. B. Clark and wife to Wm., Mc
Pherson Jr., lots 5, 9 and 10, S. 23,
and lots 2, 7 and 8 of S. 22, T. 4 N.,
R. 8; also NW. 14 of SE. 1-4 of S 7,
T. 3 N., R. 8, all containing 276.34
acres; $1Z,UUU.
;Fell From The Logs
I A young Greek, by the name of
William Paulus, lost his life " early
i yesterday morning, at the Hammond
j Lumber Company's plant at Tongue
i Point. He was at work on the boom
and had been working the logs up the
shoot into the mill and had had a
partner working with him for most
I of the time, but in the momentary
! absence of Ferguson, his partner,
Paulus lost his footing on the
'round timbers, being without calked
'shoes, and . fell into the bay. His
wii : .l.
shn..U nn I, written of her fhaticre uuw.n8 ui
o r . , r , . . . .
joi ine irancnisc: u must oe an auto
matic system; m that part of the city
which is on piles the wires must be
under the planking; when buildings
are moved, the company must change
the wires and instruments over with
out expense to the patrons; the serv
vice must be furnished free to all the
city offices, and to all police and fire
stations now established or to be es
tablished; the term of the grant is 30
years, and after 10 years the city may
purchase if the citizens so vote; the
maximum rates shall be $4 for busi
ness 'phones, and $2 for residence
'phones, and there are to be no "party
lines"; in thf event that the company
secures more than 2000 subscribers,
the rates may be advanced not more
than a cents above the rates as
stated.
This franchise must be accepted
within 30 days, and $500 shall be paid
down when accepted; then for the
first 15 years,1 the sum of $250 shall
be paid to the city annually; for the
next 15 years the sum of $400 shall
be paid to the city annually; and at
the time the franchise is accepted, the
company shall bind itself in a bond
of $2500 to start the work within
three months and complete in within
seven months, unless prevented by
labor strikes or act of God.
' Such are the salient "provisions.
There are of course many other minor
details of importance, but which are
not particular to this ordinance.
The attitude of the five members
present last night, Councilmen Han
sen, Kaboth, Leinenweber, Logan and
Robinson, indicated that each is tak
ing a personal and direct interest in
the matter and all are apparently
strongly in favor of the new fran
chise. The council chamber was well
filled with citizens last night, ajid
among them was the "telephone com
mittee" from the Chamber of Com
merce, H. G. Van Dusen, Dr. Barr
and Mr. Skyles. Each of these gen
tlemen spoke briefly on the measure,
as did Messrs. Finlayson and Whyte,
while Manager Brunold, of the Pacific
States Company, made a short ad
dress in which he endeavored to
justify his company in its attitude to
ward the Astorian public.
Nearly every man that spoke in
the council room last night paid high
personal compliment to Manager
Brunold, and all said that it was the
system, and not he, that is in fault.
Mr. Brunold said that his company
will go ahead rapidly with its work
of bettering the old system and will
within perhaps 15 days start building
its new structure. He called attention
to the troubles that will inevitably
arise from a dual system. But while
the other speakers were willing to
speak very highly of Mr. Brunold,
NOTICE.
VV The members Beaver Lodge
quested to attend a regu
lar meeting to be held this (Thurs
day) evening at 8 o'clock. Third de
gree, visitors welcome.
OLOF ANDERSON, Secretary.
Summer Excursions. "
During the months of 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
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,getCi
Made fresb every dayfin oni
, own factory.
843 Commercial1 Street
Just what attitude .the business mea
of Tillamook would take in relation
to the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook .
electric line has been considered more
or less problematic in this city, inas
much as it was not known, of course.
how that community is tied up in their
proposed steam railway. Encouraging
reports, however, are being heard.
The fact that the steam railway pro
ject admittedly Is hardly capable of
realization within several years, iffct
all, naturally would have a tendency
to cause the Tillamook men to turn
their attention to the electric line
from this city, and that they are
doing so is indicated by one or more
letters that have been received here
within the past few days.
Yesterday a letter was received
here from Sidney Johnson, Mayor of
Tillamook, in relation to the matter.
His views had been asked, and natur
ally he lays stress upon the fact that
just at present the Tillamook men
consider themselves tied up with the
steam railway matter, but he also
says that as soon as the railway mat
ter is out of the way "our citizens
would take extraordinary, interest"
in the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook
electrical line. Mayor Johnson's let
ter is of much interest, and as it was
probably not meant to be of a priv
ate nature, is herewith reproduced in
part; '
"We (Astoria and Tillamook) have
made a grievous error in failing to
take up the matter of an electric road
long before this date. The scheme
has been fesaible for many years and
could have been consummated with
local capital. .
"One of the conditions of the sub
scriptions to the P. R. & N. Co. i
that' the company construct ten miles
of road out of Tillamook by February
1st next. If this is not done, the sub
scribers are released, and upon that
contingency you would find that our -
citizens would take extraordinary in
terest in the building of your pro
posed road. But until this company
has forfeited its subscription contract,
you naturally will find our people
careful about additional subscriptions.
"Yours very truly,
"SIDNEY S. JOHNSON,
"Mayor."
The Astoria men back of the elec
tric line agree with the views ex
pressed by Mayor Johnson, that As
toria and Tillamook have made t
grievous error "in failing to take up
the matter of an electric ' road long
before this date." While it is re
gretted here that Tillamook is tem
porarily tied up with , another matter
that is unfortunately perhaps merely
visionary,, yet' a delay until after the
first of the new year would probably
not present any serious difficulties,
though it probably would please the
men at this end of the line if the
preliminary work at the Tillamook
end could also be carried on at the
same time. The preliminary work at
this end is being carried forward as
rapidly as possible, and if all goes
well the actual work of construction
between here and Seaside ought t
be well under way by fall.