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TOE MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTORIA, OREGON,
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
FIRST COUNT IN THE
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Piano Number with each $5 Sale to Ue
man Wise Customers V
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I ...Good Bread and Pasftry
.
PEN VOTE
Is not a matter of chance, but' certainty-when
you use "LOG CABIN" FLOUR
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
LEADING UKUVH.na.
mlmm9wm
the Uniontown thoroUKhfarcs, in
stead of stopping t Alameda treet
,.i i. ,.t,l eoimiderablc attention.
Mayor Wie aid lat evening tha
New Foundation Mich a plan wilt probably be carried
A new foundation will be put under out IOoncr or later, but at present
the Welch building at the corner of (jlc gyor think nothing can be
I-iftccnth und Commercial street. jonc. There it already so much street
work on hand that it will be a long
License To Marry time before the contractors can catch
License to marry was issued in the lip an( therefor it would be useless
office of the county clerk yesterday t0 tl4ke up any further work at Urn
to Robert F. Shcpard and Mi Lydia (;n,Ci
II, Gordon.
TERSE IUB If IHI
No Band Concert
Because there is no money forth
coming for their services the band
will not play in the city park this
afternoon. ,
After Fifteen Days
William Thompson, who was em-
To Widen Slough
At Tillamook a petition under the
initiative and referendum law Is be
ins circulated to have certain amend
ment! made to the Port of Tillamook,
'and to submit the same to a vote of
the neoolc next November. It will
reform the Port of Tillamook, mak-
MISS AONES WAHLOREN
LEADS WITH 100 VOTES AND
CONTESTANTS NUMBER 23
ENDS NEXT SATURDAY.
When the first count was taken at
noon yesterday of the votes in the
contest for the Queen of the regatta
it was found that there are already 23
contestants. Mis Agnes Wahlgren
,.:,,u with lltO votes. Of course the
real voting, has not even commenced
vet. and probably it will be the mid
dle of the week before the contest be-
iin to grow to fever heat, rollow-
inir U a list of the contestants ana
the votes cast for them: Mis' Agnes
WaMifren. 1(10: Miss Hattie Wise, 58;
Mrs. Kate Lighter, 50; Miss Grace
Stokes, 35; Mrs. Carl Fran-seen, 35;
Mi.. Winifred IliildnS, 31 1 MiSS
faroarpt Tavlor. 30: Misi Kate Nor
berg, 25; Miss Frieda Foard, 25; Miss
F.lie Elmore, 20; Miss Georgia Ek-
Irnm 2(h Miss fsabella I'aulson,-13;
Miss May Magee, 13; Miss una
tfh Miss F. Norbcrg, 10;
Mrs. Aencs Murphy, 10; Miss May
Parker, 10; Miss Mary Fossett, 10;
Miss Laura Danielson, 10; Miss
SiinHniiUt. 5: Miss Mavbclle Young,
Ml. Anna fohanson. 5; Miss
Georgia Harper, 4.
her home yesterday
tirely recovered.
apparently en
lao. Those in the family gathering
T,.l, A.l. r C-jmliil I). Adair.
were jwiiii i
OI ine
i . ,.,m a Is i avs in the nr the o icers elective inieu ui
county jail for stealing $20 from a in(l appointed by the mayor, but the
friend, was discharged last evening, principal object of the amendment if
his lime having expired. gjve thc Port of Tillamook power
!to waterfront and straighten and
Home From Hoapital ! deepen Hoiiarton Slough so that
Mis Jennie Johnson, of Knappton, any ve(tK ,nat ca cross Tilla
who was operated upon for appends k J)ar w;u t,c ahle to reach Tilla-
cilis at St. Mary s hospital, went to . ri i ,. Ad Wendell, widow
i tat,. Col Ceoree II. Mendell of the
United States army, and Laura Adair
li'nrWr widow of the late Bishop
! Barker, of Washington. The grand-
Tohn A. Mendell. Anna
"j Barker, and Joseph Adair, son of W.
B. Adair. Mrs. fcamuei u. Aaair aio
' . !! nrccnr. ami ........
met at the pier by Mayor wise ana; ; . ..unte, a
. U . . H,kA h.l S :
i ;iiituin Anercruniuic. " i
Captain Peteraon Here-
Captain Sadar Peterson, formerly a
Up From Fort Steveni
Captain Thomas B. Lamoreaux, I.
S. A., ennincer of this district, and
Captain oauar i eicrsiw, wiium - c.,n
well known resident, of this city, and 'commanding at Fort Sieve ,
came
Crop
DIU V II ft .n ai in
, ... . o... in ,i,iiin irrnn t nere vciticru.iy
master 01 tne fonn aiai, w . .' ,, . ' ,, " i .
. Tacoma is now Ins me fliajor 017 .
city yesterday
home.
and was I
Directolra Gown
As a fad thc dircctoirc gown seems
to be sweeping over the country,
though so far they are seen only in
the store windows. Jaloff's store
windows contain one of the gowns,
direct from the cast, and curious ones
may today see how this much adver
tised gowns looks.
Two Montha' Vacation
Rririnninir tomorrow Deputy Coun
ty Clerk Kdgar G. Gcarhart will take
a needed lay-off of about two months
and make the best of Clatsop'i in
comparable summer. His place in thc
office will be filled by Samuel Kros
chel, the well known accountant. Mr.
Gcarhart will be missed from that
particular post and his many friends
are hoping he will enjoy his outing to
its last hour.
Had a Good Time
Collector W. F. McGregor, Sena
tor W. T. Scholficld and Citizen
Clark Loughrey have returned from
their week's sojourn in the Nchalcm
forests. They report a dciighttui out
ing, but have little to show in the
way of "bar-meat" , or venison, or
trout or other gamey stuff; but that
they have no big records to ttnfold
and are'unanimo'usly silent, is signifi
cant to say the least of it.
Commercial Street
Thc article in the Astorfan of yes
terday, in relation to the opening of
Commercial street clear through to
ta!1 orand dauehter. A great
in "'ii"-l " O ' .. .
.-I..- AJ.i. fM.till anI a
jwiniv.i.v-1 - grand son, jonn rmau - -
pleasant conference with him anentgrcat gramj daughter, Madeline Kern
thc contributions of men and events wcre ais0 jn the gathering.
the post will make to the success of t
the coming regatta, and while details Rumor of Buildings
, ih mv Am Rumors ot several new uw
were nv uni'itu "r" i , . . ,
ity, the assurance was left with flocks for Astoria have been heard
hi. kat a'.L.rinrr tti nast week, but if there IS
.MCStrS. Wife ami ;uvhiv"i'v - -
.u...:,. -,r,nM hi. made bvUnv foundation of fact behind them
! .a... r4rtfru1.ir that if in .lifficiilt to oet at. r. U. rincn,
tnp torn in otu .. "
PEAT FUEL VENTURE
AT ILWACO
came up.
In Family Gathering
TIn,t r.pnera lohn Adair, tne nrsi
collector of customs in Astoria, lived
n ,. nrrsrnt time he would have
been 100 years of age yesterday, the
8th of August. Four of hii children
and their grandchildren gatnerca m
the old homestead, in Adair's Astoria,
last evening, and the walls, doors, and
v,i th nails of the old house rt-
called many happy days of he long
Chocolates
the best in the; world
50c a Pound,
architect, who has been in As
trtria since last spring, said yesterday
afternoon that he is working on the
nlana for one or more brick build
iitgs in this city, but be said tnat ne
could not at this time announce tne
names of the men who are to make
tht- imnrovements. One of the struc
turcs, Mr. Finch said, will probably
soon be in process of building. Inci
dentally he said that Astoria is an ex
cellent place for one or more modern
flnf nr nnnrtment houses, and this
uccestion is one that will receive the
approbation of many who are now
dwelling in cold and cheerless ana
old-fashioned houses at a high rent.
u U said on authority that appears
... . r
tn h fa r v reiiaoie mat iour um.
'hnoines structures are. now being
.-.n&idered. and in one instance the
nunrr has decided to tear down the
present old wooden buildings and put
up a handsome modern store build
ing.'
We Can Satisfy You
Because the groceries we sell are all high
grade and the service we give is always
of the be&
Time, Place and Price.
The time is now, the place is C V.
o--n'c hn store. The orice it far
n.i nwav the best ever put before
cattu " -
nnrrhaser of shoes in Astoria. Mr.
Brown has made a sweeping reduc
tion of practically 50 per cent on hi
entire line of ladies' and gentlemen'
Oxfords, and the lines are incompar
ably the best on this market.
I
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
phone iisi GOOD GOOOSpH0NE 931
ii2 to 120 twelfth Street
Fine
of Fall Suits
Just In!
As usual Wise leads the procession; quite a
selection of the new Brown, Slate, Tan and
Green FALL SUITS arrived at the
WISE Store during the last few days.
WISE always gets the new things first; so
do WISE customers get the BEST first.
$15 to $35
HERMAN WISE
Astoria's Reliable Clothier
UNIQUE AND INTERESTING
WORK RAPIDLY DEVELOP
ING UNDER TRAINED SUPER
VISION.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
Johnson Phonograph Co.,
Parlori Second Floor Over Scholfield 4 Mattson Co.
Summer Excursions
During the months of August and
September the Ilwaco R. R. Co. will
oil round trip tickets daily from all
points on North (Long) Beach to all
points on Clatsop B.each at rate of
$1.75. Return limit thirty days.
To. the Citizens of Astoria.
Mr. II. Hewitt, representing the
famous publishing house of Collier &
Son, New York, arrived irt Astoria
last evening, and will, for a few days,
extend an opportunity to our citizens
frt cnire new and handsome editions
f Virtnr Huso and Robt. Louis
cf. enn's works. These editions
are bound exclusively in half Mo
rocco leather, the type is large, the
paper and illustrations are very fine
th nrice so small and terms so
easy that every book lover can add
to their library these oeautitui edi
tions of Stevenson and Hugo and
never miss paying for them. The
n ,i! ....ki!cv!nr iii-rnqp needs no in
comer JJUUH.-"""6
Production to our citizens as they
w. larce business here on previous
and always gave entire
UV.Wfv..-
satisfaction. Mr, Hewitt can be found
at the Parker Hotel.
Within nnf-ha1f mile nf IlwarO and
within a dozen miles of this city, a
snuir corooration. with a snug work-
ins capital, and a very practical and
competent manager, are erecting, and
will soon have in operation, a plant
for the manufacture of oeat fuel: a
new and radical venture in that field
of supply, but with every possible
promise of success.
The Pacific Peat & Fuel Company,
organized under the laws of Wash
ington, are the projectors; and r.
Lehman, of Chicaeo. an expert and
ardent operator in fuel minerals, is in
full charge of the plant and business,
and is now closing up the details of
construction and hopes to have ev
erything in running order very soon,
nmhablv in the next two weeks. The
company is capitalized at $25,000 and
its stock has been largely subscribed,
and the large buildings, the 50 horse
power boilers, fine engines, great mix
ing vats, compressors, etc., etc., in
dicate what is being done as a starter.
Mr. Lehman promoted the enter-
nrise after an exhaustive study of the
neat hoors of that neighborhood, which
he declares to be the richest he ever
saw, and probably in the world; the
peat runs over hundreds of acr.es, in
depths varying from three to seven
feet, and is practically pure, showing
fully 95 per cent of combustible matter
When onencd. uo for business 25
people will find employment at the
works and the present capacity will
yield 25 to 30 tons per day of the
finished product; which, it is said,
ran he marketed at 30 per cent less
than the cost of good coal on the
coast market, which will make it
auailnhle at from $5 to $8 per ton;
a very fair figure for a product that
gives itself entirely to the consumer,
since it makes no smoke, and leaves
nn asVi nr refuse to speak of.
Mr Lehman will use what is
reduces the peat to a pulp, in which
condition it is sent to the moulds,
and thence to the dry-kilns, and when
it leaves them it is for the open mar
ket in the shape of bricks of various
dimensions, which may be used suc
cessfully for all purposes, heating
and steaming. The specific gravity of
the fuel being about 15 per cent less
than that of coaL
Mr. Lehman is working quietly,
persistently, hopefully, saying little,
believing much, knowing more; and
with perfect confidence in the ma
terial he has to handle. He says
there is a wide variance in peat de
posits everywhere; that the one his
company will operate is peculiarly
fine, in that it has but from 5 to 7 per
cent of ' moisture and is heavily
charged with pitch, qualities that ap
pealed to him in determining to ex
ploit it commercially.
In another month Ilwaco will have
something uniaue and practical and
valuable to show and observant and
interested world, and it is hoped she
mav orofit bv it. along with the intel
ligent and plucky people behind the
venture.
CHEERFUL WORD OUT
FOR HOME PLANT
known as the "wet" process, which
ALEX TAGG
CONFECTIONERY
(Fresh Chocolates.'
Candies,$etc ;
Made fr5sb every dayffa out
own factory.
843 Commercial Street'!
Thc Week in Realty
Fannie G. Ford and husband to Ja
cob Edison, lot 3, block 132, Mc
Clure's Astoria l $10.
Thomas Wtihers and wife to Re
becca Morrison, the west 35 feet of
lot 10, block 1, Long Branch.
Northern Pacific Ry. Co. to Charles
M. Lanning. SE. 1-4 of SE. 1-4 ot a.
and W. 1-2 of NW. 1-4 of S. 11, T.
4, R 9., comprising 120 acres; $960.
Charles -M. Lanning to Grand Kap-
ids Oregon Timber Co., same lands as
above; $1600.
Frank Bohnart to N. D. Bain, lots
1 and 2. block 7. Grime's Annex,
Ocean, Grove.
United States patent to Alfred M.
Brunick, NW. 1-4 of S. 27, T. 4 N, R.
10 W., containing 160 acres.
Alfred N. Brunick and wife to Glad
stone Oregon. Timber Co., same lands
as above; $1000.
M. J. Kinney to D. A. Miler, lots
1 and 2. block 2, Gearhart Park; ?5W.
M. D. Carlyle to Lydia A. Carlyle,
lot 4, block 2, Ocean Grove Annex;
$1- '
Matt Miller and wife, of Finland, by
deed, dated August 30, 1907, to Alex
Yrell, 40 acres, commending at a
Stake on line between sections 2. and
11, T. 8 N., R. 7 W.; $1300.
Fred L. Hagar to Charles -Watkins
and JJohn Wallace, lot 11, block 10,
Gearhart Park; $250.
Fred L.1 Hagar to Mrs. Emily
Beckman. lots 1, 2 and 3, block 3, first
addition to Gearhart Park; $1000.
Julius Graves and wife to Gladstone
rWrnn TimKpr Cn ?W. 1-4 of S. 2
...4N., R. 10 W.;$1000.
Harrietta M. Reiman, executric of
Susan M. Wirt, to W. E. Buffum,
trustee, lot 4. block . 109. McClure's
CLATSOP FUEL" COMPANY
WILL ORGANIZE NEXT WED
NESDAY AND ELECT ITS
OFFICERS.
In conversation with one of the
leading men in the Clatsop Fuel
Company, last evening, a reporter for
the Astorian was informed that every
thing is slowly and surely shaping it
self quite in line for the success of
that venture, and, that while little haa
been said in relation to it for some
time, its responsible representative
l t. ,.j.i . .t, ;ti
nave UCCIl sicaun; ai wviv auu
soon have something palpable and
encouraging to put before the pubuc.
All concerned have retrained trom
talk and have been satisfied to pur
sue the company's ends quietly and
gain an assured footing before allow
ing open and fruitless discussion.
The company will formally organ
ize, on Wednesday next and elect its
officers, and take up the preliminary
work awaiting it; and it is hoped By
that time that negotiations will nave
been concluded for the apparatus and
material now on the grounds of the
Pacific Oil & Gas Company, at Dee
River, which .will be brought to thisj
field and set up for immediate work.
It is said that the stockholders A
that concern are as well pleased
with the outlook for success in the
Clatsop field as with that of their
own initial venture and that arrange
ments will probably be made to take
in a large number of them v in the
Plntsnn enterorise. especially as it i
realized that the character .of the or
ganization here, and of the men be
hind it, offer guaranties of safety and1
success not enjoyed in that venture.
At all events, there is a cheertoi
word out for the home interests and
it is likely to be made good in the
course of a few weeks. The hope is
abroad that the Clatsop Fuel Com
pany may be among the real success
i ful enterprises of the year and that
the measure of its developments mAji
turn the commercial scales for As
toria in marked and prosperous de-
Astoria; $10. ; " f i
Ben Lee and wife to Crossett Tim
ber Company, strip 60 feet wide ni
Crow D. L. C, S. 20, T. 8 N, R. 7
W.;$l
Frank L. Bishop and wife to W. S.
Gordon, lots 7 and 8, block 84, Mc
Clure's Astoria, Olnay extension;
$3000. - -
For Sale. .
Twelve shares .Northern Oyster
companies stock, one hundred and
thirty dollars (130) per share. Apply
Imperial Restaurant ; , 8-9-tl
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