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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1908)
,.... ,jJjwui.uM''m..ii''fni 11 THE MORN ING ASTOIUAK, ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12 Ladies trimmed hats "... :.....:.T. 48c See Our Window Display Ladies all wool sweaters, latest styles $ 1 ,90 and up The Very Thing for Beach Wear. i The Store tN? FiKtr Ladies FOR fa ... Women BEEMVE Outfitters MILLINERY 48 CENT A BAD PROBLEM ON IRVING AVENUE NEAR TWENTIETH STREET II IS SAID THE FILLING GRAD UALLY SLIPS DOWN THE HILLSIDE. an After Ail DB WATERFRONT ITEMS YESTERDAY LONESOME TRIP OF IRENE BIG FLEET PASSES IN AND OUT NUMANTIA REPORTED' JAMMED UP-OTHER CRAFT. Captain Mitchell, of the lively schooner Irene, has deserted John son's marine boneyard up at the Tongue, and started a rival resort around in the elbow of Young's Bay where the river debouches into that estuary. He took his craft from the Tongue, under her own canvas, yes terday, sailed her through the two bridge-draws and to a safe and pleas ant anchorage, where he and Mrs. Mitchell will spend the winter, if it becomes necessary to stay in retire ment all that time. The captain will be glad to have callers out in the secluded region to which he has sail ed and will do all he knows how to lure other schooners and captains to that "boneyard" as fast as they shall arrive in port without orders or cargo awaiting. He will stow his canvas and make things snug on board and make the best of his "marooning." It's a long way round, and a hard way over, to the city, and his friends here do not expect to see him very j often from this time on, however much they desire his company. It is reported that the Asiatic liner, Xumantia was in collision with another big tramp steamer in the harbor of Shimoneseko, Japan, the other day, and will have to be re paired a bit before she leaves for this coast. She will touch at Snn Francisco before entering the Co lumbia again. cradles on the tow lines of the steam er Yosemite. i lie steamer Aortniaiui, with a group of passengers on board and some heavy freight for this city, en tered port yesterday and docked at the Callender, going on to Portland an hour later. . The steamer R. D. Inman came in from San Francisco yesterday and tied up at the Callender pier where she discharged a good wad of freight and then went on to the metropolis. The steamer Cascades arrived in from California yesterday afternoon; and after a brief stay at the Callender dock, went on up the river. The oil tank steamer Asuncion ar rived in from the California coast yesterday morning and went on up the river without delay here. The fine schooner Koko Head went up he river yesterday morning early on the hawsers of the steamer Har vest Queen. The steamer Spencer came down yesterday on good time and went back up the river with plenty of peo ple as usual. The steamer F. S. Loop arrived in port yesterday from Portland and will sail this morning on the early flood. The Eureka was among the depart ures from this port yesterday sailing for the California port of that name. Two sea rafts will soon be sent out of the river again; one of the Ham mond Company's great piles, which will go south on the hawsers of the company's fine steamer Geo. W. Fen wick, and the other from the Benson 7;; TiiA - , How little it is! How little it adds to the weight of the cupl It has cover ed the sea with ships for a hundred years. Yaw (rocer retires yrar nentr M !) ttmt f'l Beit; pay lm The steamer Casco arrived in yes terday evening and went on up the river for a Portland cargo. The Lurline is doing business at the old stand on schedule and holding her own against all comers. Body Brussel and Wilton Carpets. Mill line of samples in for inspec tion, two days only. Orders taken for future delivery on this line only. They are the VERY latest creation of patterns and styles and of the very best quality. Prices on application. Call and inspect them. Hildebrand & Gor, old Bee Hive building, Astoria, Oregon. 8-ll-2t NET LOST 3-1 NCH PAPERS Finlayson Xo. 40-13 ply twine, 9? I inch mesh, 44 meshes deep; 1 paper Finlayson 40-12 ply twine, 9-inch mesh, 45 meshes deep. Finder will be suitably rewarded upon returning same to the Columbia River Packers' I ..SPECIAL SHOWING.. Ladies' White and Fancy ; HANDKERCHIEFS Ranging in price from 4c to $2.50 POSITIVELY THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECT ED STOCK IN THE CITY We are receiving express shipments daily from New York with latest novelties in Ladies', Misses' and Chil dren's Cloaks, Skirts, Suits, Waists, Etc. Whether buying or not call at the store and we shall be pleased to show you -what smartly dressed ladies are wearing this season. We still have a few Summer Suits which are being sold at Astonishingly Low Prices. The Sensational Directoire Gown, Improved Style, now on exhibition Jaloffs, The Style Store 537 Commercial Street A serious situation, confronts the contractor who has the work of im proving Irving avenue in the neigh borhood of Ninetentli and Twentieth streets, according to onc or more property owners who are interested in the matter. t this point of the new thorough fare there was a deep hole, or ravine, and it seems that as fast as it is filled up there is a constant sinking away. Several times, it is said, the street has been practical filled to the requisite level, yet slowly and surely the great mass of earth has slipped and sub sided. The conditions there seem to be identical with those in several other places along the river. Thousands of cubic yards of dirt have been placed in the fill, and yet as far as is known it may take thou sands of yards more to secure a sta tionary road bed, and it may even prove an utter impossibility to ever secure a solid and permanent roadbed by merely placing earth there. The deep, underground movement may simply take it all away. ' A representative of the Astorian made a casual inpection of the work yesterday. The subsidence is very plainly to be seen. One of the men on the ground said the earth fell away as much as a foot 9 day, sometimes. In one place there is simply a hole now that had already been filled to the level once or twice before. "It is my belief," said a well known citizen, yesterday, "that the city au thorities should stop this work with out a day's further delay. It is idle, in mv itirlo-mnt tn rrtntinn th t..rt ! j ""Q ....... t, .v VV....I.UV V ...'II along the lines now being pursued. Every one in Astoria knows how those hills slide, and this seems to be a bad one. The work should be stop ped at once. Then let the city en gineer go ahead and prepare some plan whereby the work can.be mad permanent improvement. If thj city were to accept the work now, it would be an outrageous imposition on the property owners who pay for jit, in my judgment, for within two months after the job was accepted the street would, I think, prove im passible. It looks like a pretty ser ious matter, and it should be met squarely and without any delay." It is said that when the rains come this fall the improvement is almost certain to be in far worse shape thar, now, and that if the city should ac cept the work before the rains, that soon thereafter the trouble would probably crop out far worse than ever. W. A. Ooortin is th contractor. It is presumed, since t.ne matter has assumed the phase it has, the city would endeavor to. protect him in hi: contract in some reasonable way, though apparently the great need now is for the councilmen and mayor not to lose sight of the work for a mo ment to the end that the citizens may be protected. But the whole' affair seems too highly important to ignore. If the work is continued and later the im provement turns out to be nothing but a botch of the most unsubstantial kind; then the citizens whose moncv is to pay for the work will naturally be filled with something more than righteous indignation. That is, it is said that no matter how carefully and faithfully the work is now done by the contractor under the present plan, it will be simply like building a house "on the sands." Irving avenue prom ises to be a beautiful thoroughfare, if the improvement is properly done. It is suggested that perhaps the city could buttress up the work and make it of a most substantial nature" by tho use of piles or masonry work at the bottom of the hill, to give a halt to the gradual subsidence of the slid ing hillside. Perhaps it should be said that the trouble seems to be entirely localized within the comparatively narrow ra vine. Property on both sides of the c cl0lIL,g people depend for our success and the growth of our business on the fellows who wear the clothes, If they don't like the looks or quality of our, goods, they don't buy. Nowadays you cannot build up a good substantial business un less you give your patrons the VERY BEST value for their money. We know this and that is why we would rather sell Hart Schaffiier & larx - - -. i-..--' -i ' 1 " 11 ' 1 " I KC uotnes than any other make. There's a reason. Fall styles now on display, $20 to $30; other lines now $7.50 to $18 Tween Hats ,EEN See West Window Price .$3.50 Summer Underwear Balbriggans, Linens and Light Weight Woolens, $1 to $4 Dress Shirts Coat Sweaters Nobby Clothier The Week injRealty F. lot Hans Hanson and wife to Turner and Webster Holmes, block 8, Aldcrbrook: $500. William Knapp and wife to Cyrus C. Knapp, undivided half interest in west half of the north 80 acres of SW. 1-4 of S. 30, T. 8 N., R . 7 W.; $10. Thco Krusc Catering Co. to A. Y. Beach, lots 39 and 40, block 3, Kruse's first addition to Gearhart Park; $300. Also lots 18 and 20, block 4, and lots 25 and 26, block 1, Gearhart Park; $500. J. J. Staub and wife to S. C. Pier, strip of land 5 feet wide across west side of lot 9, block 6, Grime's Grove; $10. W. L. Uhlenhart and wife to Aus tin Duffey, lot 22 in Uhlenliart's sub division of block 6, Clatsop's Grove; $40. ' - , A. B. McDonald and wife to Glad- stonc-Oreaon Timber Co., SW. 1-4 S. 10, T. 4 N. of R. 10 W; $1000, We have a complete Stock of. Fruit Jars Jelly Glasses Jar Tops and Rubbers Our Prices Are Right Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 521 COMMERCIAL STREET ' PHONE 681 place is as solid as rock, and houses have been built there which have stood for years in perfect stability. The commonly accepted theory of these sliding hillsides, of which there seem to be several laong the river in or near Astoria, is that the earth rests I upon a substratum of soapstone, whose sloping and slippery surface I permits the earth to slide or slowly move down towards the river. Victor Hugo and Stevenson's Work, The Collier publishing house of New York City, has" placed on the market fine editions of the historical novels of Victor Hugo, of Les Miser able fame, etc., and Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hyde, etc. Mr. Hewitt, Jhc firm's representative, is now in Astoria in troducing these famous authors which are being sold on the popular month ly installment plan and no doubt will meet with much success, as the Col lier firm is well and favorably known in all parts of the United States through the publication of Collier's Weekly. All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been, is lying in magic preservation in the pages of books. Carlyle. GOOD WOOD. If you want a good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY the WOOD DEALER, The man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. Phone Mia 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th and Duane. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. NEW TO-DAY LADY MANICURIST ENGAGED. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen's beautiful tonsorial establishment, ha; been further modernized by the per manent engagement of a highly train ed young lady manicurist, who will also serve the house as cashier. New Business Venture. Mr. E. G. Gunall has opened a boot and shoe repairing establishment in the building at the corner of Eighth and Commercial streets, formerly oc cupied by N. Akerman. Your patron age is respectfully solicited. Open evenings. 7-15-tf The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. Sunday Excursions to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves 0. R. & N. dock at 6:-:5 a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any point on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only. The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. The Commercial One of the coziest and most popu lar resorts in the city is the Commer cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. The Palace Restaurant. Any phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant. The kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best Private dining tooms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. Subscribe for the Morning Astorian,
