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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.
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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.
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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
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, 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.
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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 !
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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
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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.
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