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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1908)
SATURDAY,. AUGUST 15 4 GOOD STREETS NEEDi 4W The Store FW La" HIGH CROWNS The Women BEEiKsnl VE Outfitters MILLINERY ARGUMENT IS MADE THAT AS-j TORIA'S STREETS ARE TOO J FLAT-OTHER PLACES ARE; COMPARED. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. Most These cool nights sug'gest Fall. We are showing FALL SUITS The leading color Navy. Our milliner has return ed from her vacation; now full force working on Fall Hats; we are showing the new shapes. NEWS FROM OCEAN, RIVER AND BAY Ship Andorinha in From Peru Was the Vessel the Tatoosh Went After Yosemite Arrive In Fenwick Calls For Her Raft . fhe fine British bark Andorinha, from Iquiqui, Peru, entered port yes terday afternoon, in ballast, for Port land, where she will load grain out for Europe, at the instance of Kerr, Gifford & Company. Captain Grif feths reports that his ship was the one reported inshore on the Wash ington coast, some miles above the mouth of the Columbia, on Wednes day last. He says he got a bit too far in on Tuesday, in a drift, there being practically no wind at all, and let go both anchors. During Tuesday night he hove them up, but the wind did not serve him, and he let go once more, trying it over again on Wed nesday afternoon. During the fore noon of Wednesday the steam schooner Doris pased him, within hail, bound south, and signals passed between them. The Doris asked where eh was bound and Capt. Griffeths in formed him, when the master of the Doris gave him his bearings, and said he would report hint to the lightship at the Columbia or to any other vessel of this port he met They separated and the Doris kept word with him and this was the cause of the Pulitzer's signalling for the tug, and Tatoosh's trip up the coast; but when Captain Bailey arrived in the neighborhood, the Andoirnha had gotten her anchors up and gone to sea. She fetched too far to the south'ard, and made port easily yes terday. She will go on up the river today if the Harvest Queen comes down. The Andorinha is one of the biggest square-riggers to enter this port in many a day. She registers 3187 tons, and her master reports her as very foul with barnacles. The steamer Yosemite came in yes terday from Gray's arbor, with part cargo of lumber, and hauled along side the barge Nehalem, from the Wheeler mills at Nehalem, and began loading the 350,000 feet of lumber brought here for her. She will finish at Portland, and on her way down will take the Benson raft now waiting - at the Stella cradles, and convey the whole business to San Diego. i Vote for Regatta Queen j With each dollars' worth of goods purchased we are giv ing away 10 VOTES FREE j Friday and Saturday Only j; :; Jaloffs, The ' X 537 Commercial direct j !M( MOwm The popular steamship Roaoke de ported from the Callender pier yester day morning at 9 o'clock, with a good cargo below and her decks swarming with passengers for the Californip coast. Among the latter were Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Belcher and Mrs. A. Bearding, alf of Eureka, and friends of Mr. and Mrs Joe, of this city. The handsome little steamer Pa trol is being subjected to a general cleaning and overhauling, all hands being engaged in the task of making her glisten with fresh paint from stem to stern. She looks like a brand new boat and every hand's turn done on her compensates for the labor bestowed. The steamship Rose City will be down at 3 p. m. today and will leave the O. R. & N. piers for San Fran cisco at 4 o'clock precisely.. She is full to her last state-room and berth, and those sailing from here had to secure their berths when she was in this port last Monday and before she went up the river. The Callender steamer Mayflower had a tusselwith a big barge of slab wood out in the bay yesterday after noon, the barge breaking away from the towing steamer and shooting back up the bay on the flood; but she was rapidly rounded up and taken to her destination alright .The schooners Alvena and Oliver J. Olsen'wifl "go to the "Mitchell" bone-yard up Young's Bay, and there keep the Irene company until the re viving lumber trade hails them forth' for new cargoes, and all hands are hoping it wont be long before the call I comes. The steamship Geo. W. Fenwick, of the Hammond fleet, entered port from Gray's Harbor yesterday morn ing after the Hammond raft awaiting her in the lower harbor. She will probably get away to sea with it this morning. The big German tramp steamship Eva came down the river yesterday afternoon with an immefise cargo, bound for Manila and Vladivostok, and went to sea almost at once. She carries a very mixed cargo, including machinery, lumber and food-stuffs. The steamer Lurline has lost her schedule again, so busy is she doing bank traffc along the Columbia. She was away behind time last night, but she keeps moving just the same, The oil steamer Asuncion was Style Store i; i i rii a. 1 At the last meeting of the city council the question of the height of the crown upon one of the new streets was touched upon for a moment. The specifications called for a crown of eight inches, and there was a request that it be raised to 12 inches. JSoinc deemed the eight inches high enough;! others thought the 12 too high tough the specifications were changed to that figure. As a result of the recent Good Roads meeting in Fortland there is a j renewed interest in all matters per taining to streets and country roads, and the crown plays such an import ant part in the making of a good street that it is well worthy of much consideration. "Astoria's streets are altogether too flat," said a gentlemen yesterday who is conversant with such matters. I The idea of an eight or even twelve- J inch crown is all but preposterous. for a citv like Astoria, where the ram 1 fall is so great. If there is one thing I absolutely required in he making of a good road, it is a high crown. And the very last thing, it seems, for many communities to learn is this self-same necessity for a high crown. Twenty inches is considered nothing in cities where fine streets are the rule and not the exception. Oftentimes you will see 22 inches in the crown of a street not more than 35 feet in width, and here they have been using eight and twelve inches in a 50-foot thor oughfare, and in a country with an exceptional rainfall." This gentleman's arguments are thorouehlv borne out by the streets " OI inc CHICS UI OUUllltlU wc.i.v'. where the art of making fine roads and streets is carried on in a wonder fully successful manner. There the high crowns are always to be seen. A low crown is at once saia to ue "money simply wasted." For ex ample, one sees' twenty-inch crowns even on asphalt pavements, and on streets not 50 feet wide. In Southern California oil is constantly used in street making, and is often preferred to asphalt even if the cost of the two were to be the same. Yet, even in that dry country, where for six months at a time there won't be a drop of rain, the comparatively flat streets wouldn't be tolerated. A glance at the streets in and around Astoria will show how flat many of them are; in fact, because of the material used in their construc tion here, even if they are built with a small crown, it usually wears down after a year or two, thus leaving the street as flat as a board a mud pud dle in winter, and a dust pile in sum High crowns seems to be the! mer. very fundamental idea in road building. So was the Appian way built before Caesar's time. among the early getaways from the port yesterday, going to the Califor nia coast. The steamer Cascades arrived down from Portland yesterday after day afternoon and went directly to sea and San Francisco. The steamer R. D. Inman is due down from Portland at any moment, and will sail for San Francisco with out delay. The steamer Spencer was doing her usual busy stunt yesterday and arrived down with a big lot of mixed ! freight for local delivery. The Gerald C. left out for the Siletz country yesterday with a general cargo. The steamer Casco sailed from this port at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, for San Francisco. The tug Geo. R. Vosburg left out for the Nehalem at an early hour yes terday morning. TEA Schilling's Best is in packages; never comes out of a bin or canister. four grocer returat raf mmt U 4m 'I ttitirr bin in Value PRICES CUT On All Ladies' and Gentlemen's Low Cut Oxford Shoes You 1 If you wish to take as our shoes have been moving fast and a bring one of the most successful shoe sales to a close. "THE BARGAINS THAT AWAIT YOU" Gentlemen's $-1, $5 and $( at this special sale Broken lines in Gentlemen's $3.50 to $0 Low Cut Oxfords in calf and patent leath- ers: all the latest styles in such makes as Floresheitu and Jo "jr n J 1 1 Walk-Over; special sale price O and Up X Ladies' $3.50 and $5 Patent and Tan Oxfords in all the going in this sale for only Broken lines of Ladies' $3.50 to $5 Patent and Tan Oxfords; will go in this sale at from A AirMisses' and Children's 1 1 CHAS. MISS SHIVELY NOW IN THE LEAD MISS WISE JUMPS TO SEC OND PLACE, AND QUEEN CONTEST IS SUDDENLY WAKING UP. There was new life put into the queen of the regatta contest yester- modcrn(ay( and votes that were being held bilck wcre Slt(j(cny brought to light. Miss Kate Shively jumped to first placed with 1665 votes; Miss Hattie Wise took second place with 888 votes, while Miss Wahlgrcn and Miss Kindred, who were the leaders, drop ped to third and fourth places, re spectively. The contest will closo next -Wednesday night, and from now on there is likely to be as pretty a contest as one would wish to see Following is a list of the candidates having over 25 votes, as counted last evening: Miss Kate Shively 1665 Miss Hattie Wise 888" Miss Agnes Wahlgren 501 Miss Maud S. Kindred 500 Miss Ruby Wahlgren 429 Miss Elsie Elmore 285 Miss Mabel Simington 225 MissRubv Rich 150 Mrs. Earl Fisher 145 Miss Winifred Higgins 113 Miss Irene Simington 100 Miss Grace Stokes 66 MissLelah Gilbaugh 5L" Miss Hazel Monroe 50 Miss Margaret Taylor 50 Mrs. Jack Allen 46 Miss Frieda Foard 35 Miss Maude Ross '. .. 26 Miss Kate Norberg 25 Summer Excursions During the months of 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 days. Subscribe for the Morning Astorian, Will Have to advantage of this great Low Cut Tan Oxfords in all OXFORDS FOR COST. V. BROWN We have a complete Stock of Fruit Jars Jelly Glasses Jar Tops and Rubbers Our Prices Are Right Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE 521 COMMERCIAL STREET NEW TO-DAY LADY MANICURIST ENGAGEJ. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen's beautiful tonsorial establishment, has been further modernized by the per manent engagement of a highly train ed young lady manicurist, who will also serve the house as cashier. 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 Maia 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th and Duane. 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 persona) 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. INTO in Tan and Patent Leathers Hurry" price reduction sale, few days more will ever held in Astoria if the latest styles; $2.65 1 latest styles; pa ! pDl ! OC l QiO yD lO " THE FAMILY SHOE MAN GROCERIES PHONE 681 New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. Sunday Excursions to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. 8t N. dock at 6:sS 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 ah 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 looms for ladies, One call inspires : regular custom. Try it. Commercial1 street, opposite Page building. -w