TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1W3,
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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.
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phone mi; GOOD GOODS ' phone r
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
If Yea Don't Heed a
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We will warm you up with
OT Water Qteam
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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.'
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FRESH CHOCOLATES,
CANDIES, ETC.
Made Fresh Every Day in our own
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. 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
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