TUESDAY, SEPT.-1
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, -''ASTORIA. OREGON
SPECIAL SALE
Fancy CRAWFORD Peaches 75c Box
THEY WON'T LAST LONG
j , SO ORDER AT ONCE
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
THE MODEL FOOD STORE
IERSE 15 Of III
Cheap At $10
According to a deed placed on rcc
ord yesterday the properly known hi
the Tongue Point Lumber Company
h sold all iti right, title and interest
therein to the- Hammond Lumber
Company for a considcrajTon of $10.
Meet Tonight-
Director of the new athletic club
will meet tonight with Captain Aber
crombie, president of the organic
lion, tor the purpose ot arranging
matter in relation to the orgahiza
tlon. The building is expected to be
i readiness within a short time.
Will Return Saturday-
Mi Emma Warren, supcrintend-
ent of county school, with her
friend, Mi T. C. Anion, of Portland,
is at the Glenn Warren cottage nt
Cannon Reach for the week, and will
be at her office In' the court house on
Saturday next.
To Repeat Regatta Scene
Photographer " Herbert - Carter
caught some very fine film during
the Regatta event, audi at the tub
fleet, the greased pole adventure, the
grand street parade, etc., and thee
he it developing for reproduction at
the Hager at an early day.
Two Businesses Merged
Two well known retail meat house
have merged into a new deal in that
line in this city, the Frank L. Smith
Meat Company, of Portland, having
bought up the butcher hop of
Mesr. Werthc Brothers and Ea
Pouttu, and made them branche of
their Portland house.
pleasant engagement.
Illustrated Lecturer-
An illustrated lecture on the life of
Christ will be given in the Swedish happy result of hi work, in thi di
Lutheran Church on franklin avenue,
L'ppertown, at 8 o'clock harp, It h
especially arranged for the Sunday
schools, but there will be a chance for
all thoc of the older people who
wish, to attend, a long a the capa
city of the house permit. Admission
free.
Full Report At Early Day
Assistant Secretary Jame Wallace
stated yesterday that the Regatta af
fair! of thi eaqn had been dispose!
of with but very little friction or com
plaint, measured by the preceding
years, and that it wa, in all way the
pleasantett business lession of the
; ort he had known. Tbe full report of
the Regatta committee, will probably
be made public within the week.
Delightful Change To Come
There will be a delightful change in
the tcheme of public entertainment
offered on Sunday and Monday even
ing next, by the coming of the Grace
Cameron Opera Company; from
which come fine music and cheerful
comedy will be rendered and for
which the city is in very receptive
shape. It i said their presentment of
Dollie Dimple is peculiarly charm
ing and interesting.
Ooei To Seaside-
Editor R. M, Watson of the Scasid
Signal, wa in the city yesterday on
business matters, among which may
be included the closing of negotia
tion for the purchase' of the Astoria
Herald newspaper plan), which M
Watson will move at once to Seaside
and use in amplifying the Signal
l lant at that place, Tint disappear
from (his field, an clement of quasi
public interest, that for' year wa an
admitted agency in the civic life of
Astoria and Clatsop county.
Will Be Remembered
Mayor Wise and his Regatta com
ntittee are a unit in commending
Chairman C. J. Trcnchard, of the
Regatta committee on music, for the
rection. Not in many years have th
people been o well supplied, an
pleased, in this behalf, a during the
festal season just closed. Judg
Trenchard's work ha et pace that
will have to be adhered to in th
future or there will be alPmanner of
complaint field. The 1908 music was
splendid, all of it.
Home Materials
ft I likely that all structural ma
terials used in the new Pacific States
headquarter building and central sta
tion on Exchange street, will be of
Astoria manufacture. The company
ha ordered its brick from the Astoria
Clay Products Company and the
local mills will supply all the lumber
therein. The brick are already made:
and are drying, preparatory to deliv
ery on or about the 10th instant
Messrs. Ferguson & Houston will be
gin the foundation pile-driving tomor
row if possible.
Out, And Nearly Well-
Robert Patrick Brcamuer, son of fay 0f tomorrow.
Mr, anil .Mr, james wrcmner,
Four Bids Submitted
Four bids have been submitted by
contractors for the proposed street
improvement on Exchange street,
Tenth to Eleventh, and they were t
have been opened by the committee
on street of the Common Council
last Saturday afternoon. The regatta,
however, intervened with this as it
did with many other matters, and it i
' probable the bid will be opened to-
rho
was badly hurt some weks ago at his Bound p)f Europe- .
father's logging camp, was out and From ,he look of thing around
around town during the last hours of he A & c offices yf8,erdaVi there j,
the Regatta and i practically we! Q be afl ear,y Modus o( Norwegiin,
again, though 'he still has b.t of nd Austrian() (roin this gection( t0
mending to do, thcir 0,(, homM ovcr in Erope for
w 1 visiting purposes. Twenty of these
Ot K. Attached ' etr,1nv talfinir
in all the special information Mr. Mc-
Found Dead-
Victor Labrcn, who has been em
idoyed about the Tiberg saloon at
Bond and Eighth streets, was found
dead Sunday afternoon. He had been
drinking heavily and this was evi
deritly the cause of his death. He
was dressed and lying on his bed
when discovered by the proprietor.
The coroner, Mr. Gilbaugh, was noti
tied and after an investigation it was
decided that no Inquest was ncces
sary. The decedant had lived in As
toria for many years and for a long
time engaged in fishing. He was
native of-Finland and unmarried.
Shatko had to offer in this behalf, but
just how many closed for passage
hence, could not be ascertained.
The "O. K." chop house, a little
restaurant on Twelfth street, wa at
tached yesterday by the sheriff, on a
bill of SR2.S0 held by Wcrthera Bros.,
butchers, aeainst ' the proprietor. H.
llhanasirdes. The proprietor is said
to have left town Saturday night and CllOCOlO
the sheriff is in possession of the
place.
Big Finnish Picnic
There was a big and happy picnic
of the Finnish citizens on Sunday last
Vit on Smith's Point, which was
thoroughly enjoyed by every adult
ami baby present. These fellow citi
zens always manage to have the jol
licst outings imaginable, and music is
pne of the prominent factors in these
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
. 4 Strong Points .
We Sell High-Grade Groceries We Deliver
Them Promptly We Charge a Reasonable
Price We Treat Our Customers With Cour- 4
' tesyi
Scholfield, Mattsoti & Co.
phone list GOOD GOODS phone 931
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
Creeks Met Greeks-
According to the old poetical line
the pith of war came when Greek
joined Greek, but the popular version
lias it that the real trouble comes
hen Greek meets Greek. That's
w hat happened in a saloon in the red
light district Saturday night, when a
dozen of the Grecians met and joined
issue on something that had its orig
in in too much strong drink. Various
heads were broken by flying beer
bottles and several received ugly
slashes from knives. In justice court
yesterday, Alex Lucci denied that he
had cut George Nicholas and several
others with a knife, but they testified
that he was one of the principals in
the fracas and Judge Goodman fined
him $20, The fine was paid.
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A Bit of Biography
It is learned, through a well known
steamer office? in, the Columbia river
service here, that Patrick Sullivan, the
young fellow who made the high dive
to his death from the main-topsail
yard-arm of the British ship Donna
Francesca on Thursday morning last
(and whose true name is Frank Borg
un), arrived in Portland last March
from San Francisco, and at that time
claimed to have people there and in
Oakland, Cal. It is said he has "done
time" at Sin Quentin, having been
sent up from the Bay City, but for
w hat offense has not been ascertained
The San Francisco police recognized
his picture in the Portland rogues'
gallery, and they claim that Sullivan
had a wife and child in San Fran
cisco, whom he deserted when he
came into Oregon.
Entertained Finely
Mr. and Mrs. G. Zeigler entertained
the various members of the three
singing societies that had participated
in the Saengerfest at their home on
Sunday, and the entertainment prov
ed most delightful. The day itself
was beautiful, after the clouds and
gloom of the Regatta days, and all
enjoyed themselves in a memorable
ALP TAGG
Ice Cream 25c qt.
Fresh Chocolates
Candies etc
Made fresh every day In ovr
own factory.
843 Commercial Street":
way, There Were present Dr. Enoa,
Miw Conyer. Mis Rogers, 'Miss
Weber, and Mr. Robarts, the "stars"
of the Saengerfest, and with them
Were the other sweet singers, and
ahto, in the afternoon. Miss Wise, the
Queen, several of her ntoids, and Ad
miral Shepherd. Mrs. Zicgk-r served
a dainty luncheon for the guests, and
after the concert in the afternoon Dr.
Euna acted a bout in entertaining the
Queen and her maids, The local
singers, the Norwegian society, seren
aded the Queen and the others, too,
and this added to the pleasure of the
afternoon. Mr. Zicgler had arranged
a throne for the Queen on the vc
randa, fitted out in white and blue,
and adorned with greenery,
Slides will also cause trouble, unless
the present indications fail in thcir
ostensible meaning. .
CHARTER COZU!
After The A. & C
A despatch from Salem last night
states: "Stock rates on the Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad between
Portland and Astoria and Astoria and
Warrenton and Seaside, which the
Railroad Commission has reason to
believe are excessive and unreason
able, in comparison to rates in effect
on other railroads for equal distances,
will probably be placed under invest!
gation in the near future Many com
plaints of excessive freight rates have
been received by the Commission,
and the latest came today from Sec
retary George W. Warren, of the As
toria National Bank, upon the stock
rates. The A. & C. charges a straight
rate of $1.50 per head upon stock from
Portland, and an arbitrary rate of 50
cents addition from Astoria to War
renton and Seaside, and the commis
sion find! that, if a comparison in rate
of the O. R. & N., which is $36. 16 per
34-foot load, and of the Southern Pa
cific, which is $29.22 per carload, the
A. & C. rate, figured upon a carload
basis of ZZ head per 34-foot car,
would amount to $44 per carload. The
commission will take the matter up
with the traffic department of the
A.&C."
Asks For Extension
A. R. Foote, the contractor who
has the work of making the improve
ments on West Commercial street,
from Third street to the east line of
the Hinman tract, yesterday filed with
bhe city auditor a request for an ex
tension of time to complete the con
tract. He stated that "unavoidable
delays" will not permit him to finish
the job in the time stipulated, though
the communication does not tell what
the delays are. It is 6aid that Mr.
Foote, the contractor, has purchased
both the Mrs. Trullinger and the Mrs.
Smith ptoperties, which were both
more or less affected by the grading
being done, and it is his intention to
raise them so that they will be on
the grade. That Posmaster John
Hahn will take up the gauge of con
tention intimated by the council in its
desire to have his property assessed
for the construction of a bulkhead, at
the rear of his property, is said to be
highly probable. Much complaint is
being made by several over the whole
ob. Second street will be made vir
tually useless because of the steep
grade. The lots on the north side of
the cut, between Commercial and
Bond, will lie mostly on an angle
that, it. is said by those interested,
will practically spoil their properties.
Conference a Surces
The Columbia conference of Luth
eran ministers closed one of its most
successful conventions in it history
Sunday evening at the First Lutheran
church of this city. The conference
has been in session since last Wed
nesday evening setting aside a part of
Friday and a part of Saturday for
sightseeing. The evening session
were very largely attended and Sun
day morning and evening the seating
capacity of the church was taxed to
the utmost. Sunday evening was the
climax of the convention, the' program
being very interesting throughout.
Addresses were delivered by Revs. H
A. W. Yung of Seattle and J. C. E.
Oslund, of Spokane. The former
spoke on the theme, "The Master
Calls You," and the latter on, "The
Master Needs You." Both were mas
terly, and - were correspondingly ap
preciated.' The English choir, assist
ed by Mr. Zeigler and Miss Esther
N'yland as soloists, rendered several
selections. The Swedish choir also
rendered one number, and Miss Sund
quist played two pieces on the violin.
Most of the pastors left yesterday
morning for their respective homes,
some however going to Seaside for a
few days. Last evening Rev. Oslund
delivered one of his popular lectures
at the First Lutheran Church to a
large audience. Prof. Alexis gave a
few humorous sketches from life thus
assisting in making the evening's pro
gram very interesting. :
Franchise a Law Now
The franchise granted to the Auto
matic Telephone Company by the
common council became a law on
Sunday, that being the twentieth day
after the signing of the instrument by
the Mayor. The city charter provides
that a franchise does not become a
law until after the expiration of 20
days from the time it is signed by the
Mayor, this interregnum being per
mitted to give the people a chance to
appeal to the initiative and referen
dum law should they so desire. The
company,, however, has not yet ac
cepted the franchise, and it has only
10 more days in which to do so, and
is not done within the next 10 days
the franchise will by its terms lapse
and become entirely void. Why the
company has not accepted the fran
chise has not been stated, though of
course the fact that it has not done
so indicates nothing one way or the
other, presumably. Meantime the
Sunset Company is going ahead rap
idly with its plans for rehabilitating
its entire system. At Tillamook, ac
cording to the papers there, a plan is
on foot to consolidate the two com
panies, the Pacific States having made
an offer to sell out even before the
other company had started to work.
In Astoria, however, the Sunset peo
ple laughed at the mere idea of giv
ing up the field, and their projected
expenditure of approximately $100,000
here shows what they think of this
field. As far as is known the Auto
matic Company has not yet secured a
list of subscribers or taken any other
steps indicating immediate action on
their part.
HOLDS
SI
SEPTEMBER 10TH SET AS DATE
TO HEAR RAILROAD COM
PANY'S DECISION.
, The charier commission held a ses
sion last evening at the city halL
Councilmen Logan; Kaboth, Hansen,
Ltncnweber, Robinson and Attorneya
Abercrombie and Smits of the com
mission were present. George C
Flavel and Frank Patton as represen
tative taxpayers, and Superintendent
McGuire and Harrison Allen, of the
law firm of Carey & Kerr, representa
tives of the A. & C. R. R. Co. attended
the session. The bill as drafted wis
read over by sections and was gener
ally discussed. Superintendent Mc
Guire called attention to the fact that
the measure contained no provision for
removal or way of preferring chargef
against any of the commissioners to
be selected. Mr. Allen in talking over
the matter with the commission said:
"The Astoria & Columbia River Rail
road interest which I represent is
not against any public enterprice that
is feasible or economical but this bill
seems to be a radical departure from
any existing legislation and should re
ceive careful consideration by the tax
payers and council before it is ac
cepted, as it calls for an expenditure
of a large amount of money and there
is no limit to the amount that could
be assessed against certain piece of
property or the size of any district
and that the acts of the commission
were not reviewable by the courts."
: Mr. Allen further said he was not
prepared to state whether his com
pany would oppose it or not and ask
ed for ten days' time that the matter
could be fully considered by the com
pany, and in accordance with above,
September 10th at 8 p. m. was named
for the company to announce their
final decision. .''
REALTY TRANSFERS
Alfred A. Cleveland, Jr., to Sallie L
Cleveland, block 5, Clatsop Grove;
also north 20 feet of south 75 feet of
lots 1 and 2, block 133, Shivelys As
toria; also 10 acres on Young's River;
$750.
Frank B. Wilkinson and wife to
Helene Berg, lot 9, Logan's subdivis
ion of block 1, Clatsop Grove; $600.
M. I. Grest and wife to Lloyd Du
bois, lot I, block 10, Hermosa Park;
$650.
Anna I. Copeland and husband to
Henry A. Emken, lot 5, block 20,
Hermosa Park; $10.
M. S. Warren to Earl A. Fisher,
lot ,14, block 1, Tolovana Park; $100.
kEmma W. Trullinger and P. A.
Trullinger to Lizzie Foote, lots 5 and
6, block 17, McClure's; $2000.
Margaret E. Johnson to H. K.
Johnson, tide lands in S. 23, T. 9, R.
6, 38 acres; $1.
rail L Smith Meal C
"FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST"
f 12th Street, between Bond and Commercial
TWO MARKETS Formerly the Boston Market (Werthes Brothers .
273 Taylor St., Uniontown j Formerly Esa Pouttu
We come'among you with the intention of giving you meat at wholesale prices.' We have
cut the cost of meat to about one-half what yon have been pacing, and we intend to keep
the price down, just as we have done in Portland during the past three years. It is our
hope to get the patronage of every family in the city. Come and select your meat and
see it weighed on honest scales. We do a strictly cash business and no delivery. These
are our prices every day in the week:
BEEF
Meat for soup . . . ....... 3c
Meat for jelly, 3c
Beef to boil.....,'.;,...'...,' 5c
Beef to stew.............. 5c
Beef to bake. 5c
Brisket Beef 5c
Plates of Beef. T. .". 5c
Pot Pie Beef... 5c
To cook en casserole.......... .... 5c
To spice and boil . .'........; 5c
Beef Hearts 5c
Beef Liver 5c
Corned Beef 6c
Fancy cuts of Corned Beef.. 8c
Shorts Ribs of Beef... 7c
Pot Roasts of-Beef.. ...... 7c and 8c
Roast Beef. 8c
Shoulder Steak . .'.'i ;.. .... ....... 8c
Round Beef Steak .. '. 10c
Very fine Beef Loin Steak . .12Jc
Best Tenderloin Steak ....12jc
Prime Rib Roast Beef ......10c
Very choice cuts of Prime Rib
Roast Beef ....12Jc
VEAL
Veal for broth.,..'..... 6c
Veal for stew....... ..8c and 10c
Roast Veal .... ... .10c
Fancy cuts of Roast Veal. , . . . . . .12Jc
Veal Cutlets 12 Jc
Extra choice Veal Cutlets.. 15c
Veal Sausage 12Jc
SPRING LAMB
Shoulder Roast Lamb ............. 10c
Fancy cuts of Shoulder Roast
Lamb . . 12Jc
Hindquarters Spring Lamb.... 15c
Leg of Spring Lamb.. ............15c
Spring Lamb Loin Chops..' 15c
Spring Lamb Rib Chops.. 15c
Frontquarters of Spring Lamb...l2ic
SUNDRIES
Pork Sausage, fresh every hour. ,12Jc "
Hamburg Steak, fresh every hour.. 10c
Smith's Liver Sausage.. ........ ..10c
Smith's Head Cheese...... ...... JOc
Smith's Frankfurters 10c
Smith's Bologna 10c
Smith's guaranteed absolutely
pure and fresh ' kettle-rend- ,
( ered Lard, 5-lb. pail.......... .65c
Sugar cured Breakfast Bacon, our
own make ,'..17Jc'
Best Hams
Half -a Ham .17c
Sliced Ham ....25c
Sliced Breakfast Bacon.. ........ .20c
Boiled Ham . ..1.25c
Sliced boiled Ham v ........ ..30c
Dry Salt Pork. I...,:. 12Jc
Pickled Pork mc
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