THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1903.
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This Afternoon
The Ladies' Aid Society ' of the
Memorial Lutheran Church will be
entertained thii afternoon (Thurs
day) by Mri. Matt Ny land t ber
borne on Fourteenth atrect Mem
beri and friend Invited.
Funeral Vetterdajr-
The funeral of Sarkie, Lamia, who
died from from blood poisoning, was
held yeaterday. It was held under
the auipicea of the Finnish Brother
hood, of which the decedant wai
member. .
High School v
Complimentary tickets to the
"Four Great Muiical Artists," Fri
day night have been given to the 147
pupil i of the High School. The Sun
day ichool room will be turned over
to them.
Star Court
The first number on the course ia
."Four Creat Muiical Artists." Friday
night, Presbyterian church, at 8:13.
The body of the church will be re
served for bolderi of course ticekta.
Single admiiiion tickets or course
tickets may be had at the door.
Off For Rest Tour
Assistant Cashier John W, Garner
of the Astoria Savings Bank, Is mak
ing preparations to leave out on
pleasure trip of a month and will
spend the most of it In Southern
California. He may leave out on the
Roanoke tomorrow morning on this,
the second, or third, that he has had
In the past 13 years. He will un
doubtedly enjoy every hour of It, and
bis frienda here hope be may. ;,
Street Improvement
A petition was filed with the city
auditor yesterday asking the Com
mon Council to take early action to
wards the Improvement of Thirty
ninth street, Franklin to Irving, , The
petition is signed by Eli Gustin and
nine other property holders along
the street. It is desired . that the
Street be graded to its full width and
covered in the center with 16-foot
planks, and that an 8 foot walk be
placed on the east side.
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Registration Closes
Registration for the primary elec
tion will close at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon, and all voters who wish to
vote in the primary hould go to the
city auditor's office today and get
.their names down on the books.
Otherwise they cannot vote at the
primary on November 9. Last night
the registration books were kept
open until 9 o'clock, and a few went
there to register. . The total regis
tration up to 9 o'clock last night was
1109. The registration for the city
election will open up on November
14th. The clction Is to be held on
December 9.
Home Made
10c Per
KRAUT! -KRAUT
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
phone list GOOD GOODS fhonb 931
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
If Yc-a Don't Heed &
Heating' Stove-
, We will warm you up with . . .
TVTOT Water Otcani
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FOOD STORE
W.C.T.U. Soctal-
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will
be entertained at the home of Mrs.
Shistad on West Bond street this af
ternoon, at 2:30. All members are
urged to be present.
Lum Chick Better
Lum Chack, the little Chinese boy
who was operated upon for appendi
citis week ago, is quite strong and
well at St. Mary's hospital and every
hope is now entertained of bis re
covery in a very short time. '
Drill Night- " ''
The First Company held their
regular , drill last night On next
Wednesday night will be held an ex
hibition drill, when the ladies of the
Relief Corps will present the organi
zation a silk flag. The company's
military hop will be held 'bit the
night of November 21, and great
preparations are being made or this.
Athletic Association
A general meeting of the Athletic
Association is called for in the
county court rooms for this evening,
and a large Attendance of the stock
holders and members Is desired.
Mbny matters of importance are to
arise. The new by-laws will be pre
sented, for ratification, and questions
of purchasing fixtures and other
things will come up for 'action. At
the present time it is figured that
the club should open about the first
of December. ' '
Back From Eugene-
Rev. W. S, Gilbert has returned
from a brief visit to Eugene, whither
he went to officiate at the obsequies
of the late Mrs. John Kelly, an old
and valued friend of his, and mem
ber of one of the oldest of the pio
neer families of Oregon. IU got in
to Eugene just in time to meet the
crowds coming from the haU where
the "Four Great Musicians," of the
Star course, bad just entertained the
citizens of the University town, and
whose acclaim of their excellence as
musicians and entertainers made the
Astoria pastor feel very, glad the
brilliant four were, billed for this city,
since he realized that they would be
appreciated here. " ,
U Home Cooking Sale.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold another of their popular
teas and home-cooking sales in the
lecture room of the Methodist
Church Friday afternoon, Novem
ber 6. - 4-5-2t
HotDrinlts
Coffee and Chocolate.
Sour Kraut
Quart.
Catholk Day
The Catholic Fair will open today
in the Dunbar store, and .will con
tinue for three days. It promises to
be very (successful and much interest
is being shown by many. For din
ner today there 'will be good old
corn beef and cabbage, and for sup
per some succulent chicken.
The Irving Elide .
The city authorities sent, over
some fire hose and some material
for the construction of sluice boxes
to the property owners at the foot of
the Irving lide yesterday, and at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon the work
of sluicing was commenced. It is
hoped that within few days the
conditions wil be materially improv
ed as ft result of the work. The city
will not take charge of any of the
work, but will help as much as it
legally and properly can.
Corn Beef And
In deference to the earnest solici
tation of their gentlemen friends the
ladiei will serve a corned beef and
cabbage specialty at St. Mary's fair
today at the noon hour. The formal
opening of the fair will occur this
evening at 8 o'clock. A select pro
gram will be rendered under the ef-
fcient direction of Miss Laurie Mc
Cann, whose ability in this line goes
without saying. Yesterday the ladies
were as busy as bees transforming
the somber walls of the Dunbar
store into a bower of beauty.
A Young Hoatesa
Little Sedoris Jordan, the five-year
old daughter of Captain and Mrs.
Peter Jordan, yesterday reached that
mile-stone in life and summoned a
host of her little friends and neigh
bors to meet and enjoy the anniver
sary with her, the 'response being
ample to fill the home with a romp
ing merry crowd of youngsters. The
little hostess made things very pleas
ant with : garnet and refreshments
and the day is marked for long mem
ory in the minds of all who had the
good fortune to be there.
Acknowledge Letter :
J. McGuire, In a communication
addressed to the city council, ac
knowledges the receipt of ft recent
tetter from the city auditor, calling
attention to the fact that the city
has ben sued by Miss Anna Ander
son for alleged injuries received at
the river front of Eleventh ' street
The city avert that the accident oc
cured, if at all, upon railway prop
erty and therefore called upon the
company to kindly step forward and
defend the action. Mr. McGuire mod
estly states that . be hat never run
into any such proposition before in
his railway experience and says that
he. will refer the matter to the rail
way management ;
Sad And Suggestive-
Some wag went to the trouble to
put the abandoned Democratic head
quarters, on Eleventh street, entirely
out of business yesterday morning
early, and all day long the : front
furnished forth lugubrious signs ' of
despair and desolation; Manager
Jim Wallace was non-cst the whole
day long, no one being able to say
whether he had gone to Portland,
"Fairfields," or asleep. The ominous
draping of crape on the doors and
windows; the written and printed
suggestions of overwhelming loss,
and defeat and annihilation alone re
maining to tell of the hearty furore
and slam-bang confidence that was
wont to reign there before Wallace
and his confreres began to sense the
purport of the early evening des
patches oHhe calamitous "Third."
Astoria October Weather
According to the weather resume
sent in to this office yesterday by
Weather Observer J. J. Kclliher, of
the North Head station, there were 9
clear days in October; 8 partly
cloudy; 14 cloudy and IS on which
there was precipitation to the extent
of .01 of an inch. The prevailing
winds for the month were south-east;
with a movement of 11,006 miles; an
average velocity of 14.8 miles per
hour; and a maximum velocity, for 5
minutes, of 66 miles at hour (which
last computation may be read as
nearly 80 miles an hour, since the
instrument at North Head is known
to be short on its quotations in this
relation); the total precipitation for
the 1 month - was 3.45 inches, the
greatest being on the 13th and 14th,
when it was registered at ,78 -of an
inch." The temperature for the month
averaged 52 degrees, the highest on
the, 7th, of 79, and the lowest, on
the 21st, at 42 degrees.
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SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN
CONSIDERING A SOLUTION
OF DOUBLE TAXATION
. There are said to be perhaps 15 or
20 pupils attending the Astoria High
school who do not live within the
city, but are from the county. Under
the new law their tuition may be paid
by the county ' out of the county
taxes, but the county court has taken
no action on the matter yet, as has
been stated before, for the reason
that taxes for this purpose cannot
be levied until January. The Astoria
school board has discussed the mat
ter once or twice, and apparently
takes the position that the board is
willing to permit the pupils to attend
the High School if the county court
will make an assurance that the tui
tion will be paid some time during
the next year.
; An incidental question of interest
arise. The tuition at the present
time is but $20 per year for the High
School pupils who dwell out of the
city limit. When the actual cost of
defraying the annual expenses of the
board are compared with the number
of pupils that attend, it is said that
$20 per capita would not nearly pay
the yearly expenditure. In other
words, if each pupil was charged di
rectly for the privilege of attending
the classes, the necessary tuition
would perhaps have to be double
the $20, or even more.
In the event that the county court
does make some arrangement with
the Astoria school board, naturally
the question must first be settled as
to the amount of tuition that should
be paid out of the county funds.
But inasmuch as perhaps half of the
county's "taxation comes from the
city, it at once appears that a ap
proximately half of such tuition
would be paid by the city; that is,
the taxpayers in the -city, who al
ready pay all the taxes for the sup
port of the High School' under this
new law would also be called upon
to pay approximately one half of the
county taxes apportioned for the
payment of such county tuition.
Djouble taxation, in other words.
This- presents rather pretty
dilemma. One solution is to make
an arrangement wrtn the county
court, if it so desires, whereby the
tuition is raised to ; about double
what it should besay $60, or $80
and in this way the county, outside
of the city, in paying half, would be
paying just what it rightfully should
pay. -.v "'': v:
Meantime the double amount rais
ed by the city for the county tuition
can be applied to the needs of the
schools, and just that much less be
needed in the general school levy.
County Court .
' At a session of the county court
yesterday most of the time was
spent on routine matters. Judge
Trenchard and Commissioner Frye
and Commissioner Moore, were pres
ent. The court adjourned last even
ing to meet again at 9 o'clock this
morning. At the session yesterday
the clerk was requested to notify
the road superintendent or No. 6
district that there is a balance of
$100 on hand and that according to
the minutes of the road meeting the
money must be spent on the " im
provement of the road over Tucker
Creek hill. C. S. Dow submitted a
report of the Clatsop exhibit at the
state fair, and showed a balance of
money on hand of $286.37, which will
be turned over to the treasurer. It
was ordered that the clerk transfer
the sum' of $150 from road district
No. 3 to district No, 2, on account
of a change of boundaries made af
ter the last levy. The court will
make a visit to district No. 12 soon.
A road was petitioned for by James
Boyle and others near the Walluski.
The clerk was asked to advertise for
bids to clear away the brush, logs,
etc., to the width of 24 feet on road
No. 112, the bids to state price per
mile.
Hill Party Today '
The exact time for the arrival of
the special train of James J. Hill this
evening has not yet been definitely
ascertained but it is expected that it
will reach Astoria between 3 and 4
o'clock. It was hardly to be expect
ed that the Hill party would find it
possible to fix the time of their arriv
al yesterday but a telegram will prob
ably be received by the Chamber of
Commerce this forenoon. It was
thought best by the: officials of the
Chamber of Commerce that the
members should meet in the Cham
ber of Commerce at 4 o'clock this
PUZZLI
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Closing Out the Entire
Fall Millinery.
Beginning Wednesday,
4. the entire
will be offered to the ladies at piicss
much below wholesale cost.
You cannot afford to miss this on-
uui tunny no
any store in town.
Every one of our hats is guamir
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teed to be the latest production of
Fall 1908;
Before purchasing see our line and
prices. You will surely get your hat
nere.
: MRS.
afternoon or at least keep in touch
with the Chamber by telephone in
order that all might get together and
go in a body to the depot. President
Scholfield and Manager Whyte de
sire that as many members and citi
zens as possible should be at the
depot when the special arrives.
Senator Fulton is expected to be the
spokesman for the members and will
return to the city on the noon train
today. It may be said that the
Portland Chamber of Commerce has
not sent any communication or invi
tation to the local Chamber regard
ing the banquet to be held in Port
land for Mr. Hill tomorrow. Of
course it is not yet entirely too late
for such an invitation to arrive.
After The Truants.
Acting Chief of Police Oberg has
secially detailed Officer Wilson on
the truancy cases reported to the de
partment by the - board of educa
tion, and the patrolman started out
yesterday to endeavor to round up
some of the absent youngsters. The
list of the children out of school is
admittedly inaccurate, and of the 300
truants reported perhaps many
should no be put down in that cate
gory.
Ex-Chief Here
Charles Gammal, former chief of
police, who is now in business at
Shoalwater bay, is in the city. Some
few matters at the city hall which
could not have been signed up be
fore required Mr. Gammal's atten
tion there for a part of the day yes
terday. The former police chief , is
looking prosperous and happy and
says he likes Shoalwater bay.
Hindu Is Fined
The Hindu who ran afoul of Police
Officer Linville on Tuesday night
was fined $20 by Police Judge An
derson yesterday.
New Location.
Steele & Ewart wish to announce
that they have moved their electrical
fixtures and wiring business from 426
Bond street to 441 Commercial (nex
to Astorian office), where all busi
ness will be transacted in the future.
Their new fiixture show room, which
is of latest design in every respect,
will be completed about November
15th. See announcement later. i
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He Did The Work .
It. may be said in passing that EI-
mer 'A. Coe, the well known photo
grapher, took the pictures' that will
adorn the handsome album of As
toria views that will be presented to
James J. Hill this evening by the
Chamber of Commerce, and they are
among the best of his artistic pro
ductions here. i
All For The 17th 1
The Astoria Philharmonic Society
held another well attended and en
thusiastic rehearsal last evening at
Logan's Hall, under the direction of
Dr. Emil Enna; and from all reports
this bright body of people intend to
make the second grand concert 10
be held her on the 17th instantj the
biggest and best of the work they
have attempted. This society has
given unqualified devotion to the
task it set itself, and will surely reap
full and adequate reward at the
hands of the people they are seeking
to entertain and to justify the able
and constant service rendered them
by their brilliant leader and friend.
PRICE LIST
Chickens .. .........,:...........!....,16c and 18c per 11
Take your pick of spring and Hens 18c, for the ciicice:
, , and 16c for the others.
Tenderloin Steaks, buy all you: want...........;...,10c per I
Sirloin Steaks, everybody can afford to ',buy......,.10c per 1
Flat-bone Steaks........ ,10c per 1
Round Steaks ..........I 10c per 1
Hamburg Steaks 10C perl
Small and Choice Porterhouse Steaks... ............. 12c per I
Extra Large and Fancy Porterhouse Steaks ...15c per 1
Prime Rib Roast Beef............. 10c and 12c per I
Sirloin Roast Beef, only............ 10c per!
Shoulder Roasts of Pork 10c and 12c per 1
Choice Loin Roasts of Pork..... 15c per 1
Roasts of Veal......;...............:.8cf loc, 12c and 10c per 1
Veal Cutlets 12 l2c per !
Roasts of Mutton............ ....:..10c and 12 l-2c per 1
Nice Mutton Chops J2 l-2c per 3
Choice Boiling meat................... Zz and Cc t :r I
Choice Pot Roasts...... Cc, 7c end 8c j :
Smith's Pure Lard.... '. 5 lb. pail
Breakfast Bacon................... 17 .2C j .
Creamery Butter ; C"-'rcr r
Eggs :
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"FIGHTING THE i"
12th St. between Bond and Com.
Nc
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i.rat Market
Mr. EraJ-.n, late manager of tV I
L. Smith Meat Co., will open na
market .'with a full line of c-.
and wholesome meats at rr-ir'
prices that will suit, ia the stoie !
!y occupied by the Automatic li
tre, 634 Commercial street, I- -15th
and 16th streets, on. M t,
November 2nd.
A Fine Beginning.
On Friday evening next thre t
be launched the new annua!
course of entertainments, at (i
First Presbyterian church. Ti
scheme of amusement will be in '
hands of four great musician
it is to be a marked treat and v
interesting. Single admissicn .'
cents.
Degrea of Honor.
Members of Charity Lodg?, B
ore of irrtnor. are rfnn;tid tii i
at their hall Thursday evening. B:
ness of importance. By order
' MRS. G. V. PORTER,
Chief of Honor.
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