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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1908)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1W3, 'Xli&j idUtliili'iki iiiX'Ui..lAi ii5iOHAii, GiU'AsUi S ti SPECIAL FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY NEW CROP Red Cross Asparagus. NOTHING BETTER GROWN. ROSS, HIG0IN5 & CO. TUB MODEL TERSE 1BBJJ1B o Preparing For Censua Mis Warren, county superintend" en of tchools, in tending out blanks to the clerkt of the varlout sehool digtrictt in the county, on which the choon cciimu rcturni ' kre to " be made, The ccnstii wilt be taken the lutter part of November. , , On Trip To Old Hornet- ' Thin morning the A. & C. train out of this city Portland-ward to the "old home' Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vincent and Mr. and Mm. A. J. Man ner, all of Svenscn, to Cove, Arkan lasi 'and tomorrow evenig's exprest here will take Mr. and Mn. Den Lar aon on their way to Valisca, Iowa, on homing trip. Her From Lot Angeles George Wilcox, of Los Angeles, and with Geo. II. Stewart, builder of an-maklng machinery, arrived in tliit city ycitcrday on a business trip, Among the first to greet him was his old friend, John Fox, of the Astoria Iron Works. Mr. Wilcox U looking up the dairy lands of the northwest with a view of adding to the holdings of a company in which he is interested. His company has lately purchased a large body of lands in the Salt Valley, in Arizona, which he secured for the sum of $175 per acre. He will be here for sev eral days. Died At Portland The sad news reached this city yesterday, through Frank L Parker, the deputy collector of the port, of the death of his brother-in-law, Mr. W. H. Chase, of that city, and a civil engineer of repute and high stand ing. Mr. Chase was stricken with paralysis in March last and hat lin gered in a critical condition ever since. He was 56 years of age and thoroughly respected in a wide circle of friends, not alone in the metropo lis, but all over the State, including this city. Mr. Parker left up last evening. . Back From Oklahoma Clark Loughery has returned from his trip to Lawton, Oklahoma, whither he went on the 6th instant, at a delegate to the Sportsmen's League of America. He was there for six days and had a fine reception and a good time and a very success ful convention. The good people down there had a great program marked out, including a wolf-hunt, a ribbit-driv, a quail hunt and a ban quet ou the quails, topping off with a sprendid cavalry drill in which 726 horses and men took part. While there he met W. R. Crosby, , the world's champion trap-sliooter, who has a record of 419 consecutive birds, received from his, a "Winchester" button, which he prizes immensely. Mr. Clark is in fine fettle after his trip and says he wants to go again. KRAUT! Home Made 10c Per Scholfield, Matron & Co. phone mi; GOOD GOODS ' phone r 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET If Yea Don't Heed a - eating' iStove We will warm you up with OT Water Qteam Air or .wss W. G. LAWS & CO. FOOD STORE Homeward Bound .An- Astorian reporter yesterday happened to run across a fine, stal wart young soldier just released from his three-year term of service with Uncle Sum's army, and with his pay, in handsome sum, in his pocket, buy iny his home ticket at the office of the A. & C. Railway, on Twelfth street;, happy as a lark, glad and free and homeward bound; sober, de cent, proud and as manly a chap as one sect in years travel, lie was booked for Louisville, Kentucky, and left on last evening' train. He car ried a handsome gold medal that In dicated he was a crack gunner, it be ing "first class gunner's" badge. Reverting The Rule Heretofore it has been the accept ed rule of the fraternal institution generally to wait for the ladict of the order to provide entertainment and issue invitations to the brethren; but it has remained for the ladies of Fern Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of this city, to reverse the rule. Lant night they were the guests of the Master Masons, at the lodge room both lodges ue in common, and the men folk were charged with the happy task of furnishing amuse ment and refreshments for the sis ters. There was a happy time all' round; the Masons presenting a min strel show, with W. F. McGregor as interlocutor, well supported o.n the ends and in the semi-circle by the best taknt in the city. It was a huge success and has set a new pace in mutal entertainment that will not be allowed to hftpsc. Will Not Go Homo Now Scid Jan, the well known Chinese porter at the Occident Hotel barber shop, now run by John II. Petersen, who has been at the portcr't post there since November 19, . 1885, or nearly 23 years, and who has accu mulated a snug fortune in this city, which he hat carefully invested in the "Flowery Kingdom," and who had thought to return to is' native land next month, has just received word from his home (midway be tween the cities of Hong Kong and Canton), of the death of his wife after an illness of 45 days. He has a son of 22 years still living there. Scid Jan does not want to return to China now and will stay here for good. He says he does not fear for his son a he is a good boy and has studied hard and will make a man of himself with the help his father wjll give him in due time. ( Hot Drinks '" Coffee and Chocolate. KRAUT Sour Kraut Quart. Fifty Year Wedded Yesterday was the fiftieth anniver sary of the wedding of Mr, and Mrs Ole Belland, of Stavangcr, Norway, the honored parent of Councilman L, 0. Belland, of this city. To com mcmoratc the happy event, Council man Belland sent his parents a long and loving greeting by cable on Sunday In order to get it in, in time for the feasting and pleasurabl event) of the day. A Narrow Escape- On Sunday morning last, Eugene Bussing, driver of Chemical No. who keeps a key to the office the Alaska Fishermen's Packing Co, office next door . to the Chemical house, on Bond street,' had occasion to enter the rear of the premises, and as he entered the telephone wires "singing" the song they usually emit when they arc short-circuited. Open ing the telephone box, he found it all aflame, and the walls beside it were scorched from the heat that must soon have burst forth. It was in stantly remedied; but only for his opportune ) entrance, there might have been serious trouble, since might 1 not have been ascertained until a good deal of damage had been wrought. ' Board Adjourn The board of equalization adjourn ed last evening, after having been in session wvcit days. The A. & C rolling stock assessment was finally straightened out in a satisfactory manner. liacn ot tne tnrce counties is to assess the rolling stock accord ing to the amount of mileage within the county, in accordance with the statute eovering Ihc matter, and the assessors of the three counties have apparently accepted the valuation of the stock at made by the company. This will result in Clatsop county getting a greater valuation than the one laidi down by the county asses sor, though the difference is not t very material one. The board decid ed to refuse the protest of various Warrenton gentlemen, asking that the values on Warrenton property be increased., Some of the men there wanted all the property In that dis trict raised, and to make the rise In values really a material one. But the board was not quite willing to accede to this request Under the law, it would have been necessary to have notified every property owner of the contemplated rise, and tbit would have meant that the board would have been compelled to sit for a week or two week longer. Tie situation is an odd , one, whereby property owners of a district ask that the assessments be put higher, and it is to be presumed that next time the cotmty assessor will meet them at least half way in their de sires. Ye Ancient Pretse" Attorney G. A. Hcmple, of this city, is the fortunate owner of two line specimcnts of the old newspa per, as our toretathers Knew it oacK in early years of the last century. He brought a couple of copies of the Boston Messenger to this office yesterday, and they were fully ap preciated; one bears date of Feb ruary 24th, 1815, and the other of Oc tober 6th, of the same year. Both papers, in point of type and general handling compare splendidly with the successors of the present hour, and in spite of the 103 years they have been circulating about, are in tine state of preservation. The February number contains an elabo rate account of the treat with Eng land closed after the war of 1812, and and many other matters of historic interest, and both are valuable issues in that sense. Mrs. M. A. Swope has already kindly furnished this office with a copy of the As torian of Thursday, June 24, 1884, 24 years old and full of interesting matter propounded by James . Hal loran its then editor. The leading article in it 'deals with Ben Butler's bid for the Presidential nomination. These old journals make latter-day men sit up and take notice; though it cannot be said that, for their time, they were any better news-givers than their successors on the press. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Daya PAZO OINTMENT is. guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding' Piles in 6 to 14 days or mpney refunded. 50 cents. office, 50 cents per hundred.' ALEX TAGG Ice Cream 25c. a Qt. FRESH CHOCOLATES, CANDIES, ETC. Made Fresh Every Day in our own Factory. 483 Commercial St., Astoria, Or. . TAX ROLLS SHERIFF POMEROY MAKES A GOOD SHOWING ON 1907 ROLL. , Sheriff M, R. , I'omeroy, of this county, yesterday made a final turn over on the 1907 tax roll of $5798.46, which practically clean up the roil, as he says the actual delinquencies will at then end, hardly reach $500, From the figures presented by the roll at present and confirmed by the sheriff, the Astorian takes the fol lowing: ' ' Full and original sum of tax roll, $253,11269. ' - v Amount collected ....,..,$245,440.88 Rebate allowed 6,457.14 Delinquent , 2,644.68 Errors and double assess ments . 1,711.41 Total .$256,254.11 Amount of, tax roll.,.. ..$255,112.69 Error on roll totals... : .01 Penalties collected '. 786.78 Sheriff's assessments .... 247.13 Over collections .,, 107.45 Total $256,254.11 The foregoing statement, compared with the preceding four years, is of further, interest to all concerned, to wit: 'V. Year 1906: Total of roll, $270,753,- 75; total delinquent, $3294.38. Year 1905: Total of roll, $225,782.- 70; total delinquent, $3732.31. Year 1904: Total of roll, $200,140 54; total delinquent, $6802.94. Year 1903: Total of roll, $173,447.- 91; total delinquent, $17,169.14. 'The Honeymoone" The great crowd that assembled at the Astoria opera bousi on Sunday evening last to be amused by George Cohen s famous Honcymooners" got the best entertainment that has .reached here this fall, for the 42 clever, liyely people that filled this bill did all that an equal number of humant could to satisfy the house, and they succeeded admirably. It is one long laugh. The play itself car ries just enough of a tangible plot to hinge a raft of fun on, ind the pace Sunday night wag fast as furious and delightful as long: as the curtain was up. It was clean, pithy, sparkline. and replete with actual wit. srenuine. not overworked; and the music was cheerful and dainty and the dancing superb, It was peculiarly appreciat ed here in Astoria since the story told in the play deals with a munici pal election for and against an "open town, against which very proposi tion this city is going up if some people have their way; but, at all events, it) fitted in with the passing humor of the hour in this city and every good point either way was made the most of by the delighted house. Walter Cester, as John Tiger; Louis London, as Sam Gayland; Thomas Hearne, as Riley, the mayor: Willie Dunlay as Augustus Wright; Ger trude tc randt, as Mrs. John Tiger; Rose Gildea as "Zanfretta": Dollv Vardenia as Gerty Gayland, and Anna Wheaton, as Madeline Tiger, kept the fun humming and won dis tinctive and deserved commendation on all sides. There was not a dull nor dubious actor on the boards: everybody seemed to have his and her share cut out, and all did duty nobly to the complete and manifest enjoyment of the big house, which ,was unsparing in its evidences of ap preciation. Birthday Club . " Members, of the Birthday Club of the First -M. E. church vill be enter tained at the ,home of Mrs. Vivian E. Hatch, at 328 Twelfth street, nti Wednesday afternoon and the occa sion promises to be a very pleasant one. , Mrs. Oliver Campbell will as sist Mrs. Hatch in entertaining. It is the custom of the club to meet on the anniversary of the birthday of one of the members in this case that of Mrs. Campbell. Members of the club are cordially invited to be present. Logger Badly Hurt- John Larson, an employee of the Oregon Timber & Lumber Com pany's camp, near Parsons, was bad ly injured yesterday morning by a flying piece of timber. He was truck in the hip. Superintendent McNary at once made arrangements to bring the injured man to this city, find he was brought here as comfort ably as possible by train and placed n St. Mary's hospital. One of the ones in his hip was broken and Lar son will probably have to remain in the hospital for a number of weeks. The Irving Slide , The Irving slide continues to grow worse, and the indications are that it .will .become a great deal worse .than it now is before it grows any better, to use a paradoxical phrase. The four or five little homes at the bottom of the hill, and facing on the bay, are now in bad shape. The bulg ing, moving ground was yesterday right up against several of the houses and if the grpund keeps mov ing at the same rate for the next week that it has for the past several weeks, the structures will apparently either be tipped over or carried for ward into the water. Several of the families have already moved out, and several others will move just as soon as other vacant houses can be found. It becomes more apparent that life whole hillside will have to come down before there can be any permanent improvement or safety there. A Knocker Knocks In the Orcgonian of yesterday is an unsigned statement in relation to Richmond Pearson Hobson's visit to Astoria. With light sarcasm the writer insinuates that the distin guished .visitor was not treated hos pitably in .this city. It is charged that he ate his final meal in a "combi nations saloon and restaurant," with no one about except a colored por ter and the train conductor. Appar ently no one in Astoria has worried about the animadversion very much, for the statements are untrue. Mayor Wise yesterday wrote a communica tion to the Portland paper in answer to the "knock." "But it is true that the distinguished visitor from the Southland did remark while here of what he , deemed the lack of refine ments, and politeness aid courtesy in the West generally. Yesterday"! Registration - When the registration in the city auditor's office closed last evening there had been a total of 700 voters registered, and of these 56 registered yesterday. The number yesterday was comparatively small, and Judge Anderson and Mr. Nordstrom, who are handling the books, were cor respondingly glad,, ; as last week they were kept on the "jump" every day. . The registration by . precincts is as follows, giving the totals only: first precincst, 75; second precinct, 32; third precinct, 82; fourth pre cinct,' 186; fifth precinct, . 142; sixth precinct, 99; seventh precinct, . 74. The fourth precinct is ahead, with its 186 registrations, ,. y, j.Uvi. ,, Diphtheria About Over. The slight diphtheria scare of last week has not increased any, and yes terday Dr. .Clara Reamcs, the city health officer, stated that there have been no new cases. Dr. Reatnes does not expect any unusual amount of sickness. One or more houses are still under quarantine. Tests have shown clearly the presence of diph theria, but the disease is in very mild form? , ! Citizenship Papers Jacobson Jacobson yesterday filed his petition for his full naturalization papers, and his hearing was set for the next term of court. Julius Wil helm Alfred Mocller, native of Ger many, filed his declaration of inten tion to become a citizen. Death At Gray's River Mrs. Annie Haataje, wife of Jphn Haataje, died at their home at Gray's River yestertiay. Consumption was the cause. She was only 25 years of age. Wonderful Lioal Values HAMS ... 171e BREAKFAST BACON . . 5 . . -........... 171 SMALL PORTERHOUSE STEAKS . . 12Jc f TENDERLOIN STEAKS.. ..w........... lie SIRLOIN STEAKS .. Me THE VERY CHOICEST CUTS OF OF PRIME RIB ROAST BEEF ...... .. ...I. ........... ... ... .............. ,..:TQc SIRLOIN ROAST BEEF.................. ...... ".lOe ROUND STEAK ............ ..W... ....... ...... 10e SHOULDER STEAK .. Kc BEEF STEW .. ............... ........ ... SOUP MEAT 3c FRESH SALMON, 3-LBS. FOR ..... ... . 25c CREAMERY BUTTER ........ ...... .. .. .. .................... 6Sc RANCH EGGS . ...... ............... .. 33c Praell L. Smitli'Meat Co. - "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST" ... ... 12th St. between Bond and Coin. 253 Taylor, Uniontow: UVinl MOJliU.i Mrs. Wilson, of Seattle, has arriv ed in the city and is a guest at tfte home of her sister, Mrs. Fred Sher man. Mrs. Fred MeCttliotigh, of Scat t, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Langford, for a few days. Charles Lockyer, of Portland, bat arrived in the city and has assumed the management of the Frank L. Smith Meat Company, vice Tom Craden, the former manager, whi has been retired. ,JT. P.' McCrea was a passenger for the, Coos country on the steamer Al liance. He goes out to look over that country and to meet Hon. Eli jah Smith and expects to be gone for at least a week. Fred Barker was a passenger for Portland on Sunday, returning t this city yesterday. ' Miss Flora Pohl has gone to Port land, where it is possible she will take a position of trust and remain at the metropolis. If. L. Conyers of San Francises was in the city yesterday on busi ness matters and is quartered at the Occident. , Geo. Hibbert of Chinook, editor of the Observer, spent the day here yesterday on business. . Hon. Charles W. Fulton has re turned to the city from several weeks campaigning in the interest of Mr. Taft, throughout the State. Howard Brownell is absent from the city on legal business, and is in the South Bend country, " A. II. Hempie of Chicago, brother of Attorney" G. A, Hempie, arrive-3 here yesterday to visit his brother, and is likely to settle in Astoria for good. , ' Arthur Smith, who has been ab sent on business, in Seattle, returned to this city yesterday. Miss Clara Munson has returned to her Warrenlon home from a pleasant outing with friends in Port land. She was accompanied to War renton by her friend, C O. Swan berg and his daughter, Mrs. Linda Stribolt, who are both on their home ward journey from Sweden to Sa Francisco. Both visitors have friends in this city who will be glad to sec them again. Clothes Absolute Free. . In order to thoroughly advertise his "Monster clothing and hat Bile" which begins TUESDAY morning, Herman Wise has adopted a clever plan introduced by a Chicago firm. Before the beginning of the sale, a date is written on two slips of paper, the slips sealed inside" of two en velopes and one deposited with eack of the two daily papers. At the eni of the sale three responsible mtm break the seals, the date is made known and all customers who hold sales slips for that date presents their sales checks at Herman Wise's Clothing Store and get the money 1 back for all clothes bought on that date, whether the slips calls for $1 or $100 so no matter what you buy , on that day costs you nothing; but whatever day of the SALE you buy clothes at Herman Wise's store yon get big Bargains and on one day yos get clothes FREE. . TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR SALE $45 DISc" COLUJf bia Graphophone; practically new, with 70 records; will sell the entire outfit for $30;. a real bargain. Ap ply 341 Alameda. WANTED A PLACE BY A SWE dish girl to do light housework. Inquire 374 Alameda ave., Union town. at S "mm i m mil ro mini u 'Office. ' " '9-17-tf'