The morning Astorian., November 08, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, IWV'
THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Seasonable - Goods Just; In.
Heinz Famous Mince Meat.
New Crop Nuts and Raisins.
New Pack Fruits and Vegetables,
in great variety and highest quality.
ROSS, H1GG1NS & CO.
THE MODEL POOD STORE
w mis v ib o
Water Tax ;
Monday and , Tuesday will be the
lust days to pay the water tax for
October If the extra 25 cents is to
be avoided,
Wilt Sin At Church .
Mr, Dubncy Csrr, the bans ln
with the -Pour Mimical Artlts," wlil
King a nolo tonight at the Presbyter
Ian church, The company will leave
for South Bend Monday morning.
Primary Election ,
Votcra should not forget that the
primary election is to be held tomor
row afternon. In another column
will be found the voting precincts
and other information pertaining
thereto.
Xator Street
The Improvement on Astor street,
Sixth to Eighth, was yesterday ac
cepted by the city authorities. Thii
improvement appears to be an ex
cellent one. Wide concrete sidewalks
hm also been put in.
Hteh School Dance
The young ladies of the High
School gave a dance at Logan hall
last night, lomewhat In honor of the
High School football team Attend
ance was upon invitation, and the
event passed off very pleasantly.
Moneyf Received
Thomas Dealey, the city treasurer,
has received the Mint of $6639.87
since the first of October on street
improvements, and this, with $106.78
also received as Interest on deferred
payments, makes a total of, $6746.65.
They Art Busy
The ladies of the Monday Club of
the' Presbyterian Church, are busy
meeting several times a week, pre
paring for their annual bazaar, which
will be held on Thursday, December
3rd, and of which due notice will be
given later, -
Will Relinquish-
Announcement was made In this
office las 'evening by the parties in
interest, to the effect that Al llager,
would on Monday, relinquish atl his
right in the Star theatre building to
E. M. Baker, the owncrof the prop
erty and premises.
His Room Robbed
A thief robbed the room of W. L.
Thorndyke some time on Friday, se
curing a ring, several pieces of
jewelry and a few dollars in money.
A boy by the name of Cilmore who
had been rooming with young
Thorndyke k suspected of the rob
bery, and yesterday the police were
unable to imd him. The ring, a dia
mond one, had been pawned and it
was recovered by the police yester
day. Files An Opinion
A written opinion was filed with
the city auditor by the city attorney
yesterday in relation to the question
submitted to him by the committee
on police of the common council, and
referring to the application for a sa
loon license made by Charles Bertle
son. The opinion states that the
fact that there are wine rooms in
the saloon docs not constitute a
"nuisance" or a "disorderly house"
in the meaning oHhc charter provis
ion. This probably means that Bcr
tleson will get his license. '
KRAUT !
Home Made
10c Per
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
' PHONE, 118! 'GOOD GOODS PHONE 931
t r 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
DON'T FORGET
HEATING STOVE
You'll Need It Soon. Ve have tliem
W. C." LAWS ' . CO.
Z3f
To California . -
Iknj, Young expects to go to Cali
fornia shortly for the winter, and he
will be accompanied by his daughter,
Mis Wiluia Young,
Prom Out The, Deep
While the Lurline deckmcn were
unloading freight from that steamer
late os. Friday night, one of them
had the bad luck to get a hand truck
get away from him and run down
the slip, whence it found its way in
to the deep water alongside, ' On it
were four swifter-chain, the whole
valued at nearly $100. Yesterday Ed,
Donnelly, the wharfinger, went Ash
ing for the outfit, and after an hour's
work, hauled the whole business on
to the dock again, none the worse for
its bath. That's a way he has!.
The Potato Market
Uncle Charlie Wright, mine host
of the Occident, has a knack for
raising his own vegetables, in a lim
ited way; and aided by General
Grant, has just harvested his 1908
crop from the long trouth in the
area-way hack of the hotel office,
where they both developed a couple
of full "hills" of fine "murphies," the
kind which thev will eniov.
at breakfast this morning. These
new potatoes are not surprisingly
large but they are "the thing" in
ihrir tine and these two old agricul
turists will enjoy the fruits of their
labor just as well as a they were
"0 to the hill" and as big as an ordi
nary Taft maioritv. The stems on
these hills at the Occident were
about 12 feet long.
Young Girl Dies ' ' .
Winnie Bridgham, 17 years of age,
died at the home of her brother-in-law,
Frank Vitteto, at what is called
Hunter's cabin on Clatsop Beach,
yesterday, ' and Coroner Gilbaugh
was asked to make investigation of
her death. There was no need of
his services as a county official, how
ever, as the girl died a natural death
She was afflicted with consumption,
and in her passing there is much, that
seems sad. It is said she. comes
from a family that is well to do, but
thcr was some trouble and the fam
ily is scattered. She was Ul with tu
berculosis and it seemed there was
no place for her to go, among her
immediate relatives, so shewent to
the home of her brother in law at
Clatsop beach, who has himself been.
very ill lor months. Mr. uuoaugn
is endeavoring to get in communica
tion with some of the brothers of
the dead girl, one of whom is sup
posed to be in Portland. The dead
girl's home was, somewhere in the
State of Washington, and meantime
Mr. Gilbaugh is seeing that every
thing proper is being done. The
brother in" law is said to be hardly
able to assist much.
Old newspapers for sale at this
office. 50 cents per hundred.
Hot Drinks
Coffee and Chocolate.
KRAUT
Sour Kraut
Quart.
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"SPOXAHE TO ASTORIA"
TWELVE HOURS
PLEASANT RUMINATIONS OF
A HOPEFUL CITIZEN UPON
RECENT VISIT OF HILL
The fiillnwliiff cheerful communi
cation is at hand, anent the vinit of
Mr, Hill and his railway colleagues,
tn Xutfirlft nnA ,ivimr iti S "nut
shell," the cogent conclusions of
one who thinks deeply ana reasons
safely, lie has sounded the keynote
,J lt llill.rmrtv'a rriit. and it tallies
closely with the findings of everyone
who has devoted any triQUgiu to mc
matter.
"P.A'iict Astoria: The celebration
of the opening of the Spokane-Port
land & beattie road fittingly negwn
at thi .Krxikan terminal last: Wed
nesday, with a luncheon to Mr, J. J.
11 ill and his distinguished party, inc
train then ran through directly to
A.tnriu amt tlif mrmth (A the Colum
bia river, the Oregon terminus of the
road, where the party was entertain
ed informally by the Chamber of
Commerce. The next day, Friday,
the special train, ran back to Port
land where luncheon and banquet
tn.To ivn hv ill" finiimprri.-ll bftdiS.
Today the party will visit the Sound
country.
"At present the S. P. S. road is
not finished between Spokane and
Pasco, and the road of the Northern
P:u-iti.- in used. Reiular traffic will
not be fully opened nor through
train, tn Atttnria started until the
road shall be completed from Pasco
to Spokane, auout i-enruary or
March, 1909. The run can then be
made from Sookane to Astdria in
eight to twelve hours.
"At, Spokane Mr. Hill dwelt upon
the iininprtance of developing the
acrrifiiltiiral imprest cA that section
of the country; called attention to
the .richness ot the soil and the tact
that on much of the land other pro
ducts than wheat could be grown
with more profit; that soon the
wheat raised in the district would go
Msf p rnturratlll.lted the citv On
having field, forest and mine; stated
that Spokane is a great distributing
center and the railroads were more
tntrrriitA in hnildintr it un than in
building the coast cities; predicted
... . . ,t 1 1 . i . i,
mat in time w wpum uc iarg.-i
any of the coast cities; he spoke h
annA word for the agricultural col
lege, as soil is , Spokane's "chief
corner" stone.
"At Astoria and Portland he made
no statement of the plans of his
companies for future extensions or
policies. ...
"Tl, trin io of rrioii-uifr over
..... j J - r
the" competion of the new road 'over
the Cascades by the way of the Co
lumbia river" to Astoria at the sea.
Actnrla at the off an terminus is
glad to join hands with Spokane at
the inland terminus in ceicorauon oi
the completion of this road. "
"FRIEND OF PRUUKlibb."
Threateni Suit
A letter was received by Mayor
Wise in his mail yesterday afternoon
from a man wno signs nimseu k. r.
Smith, and Mr. Smith threatens suit
ii.'mi ih itv because r-f what he
designates as - a wrongful arrest.
tr.mt va taken frjTt the Kose Cit
by u of the police officers, on a
. - . ,lP;.,t..r , y..l t-H A fti -
cers also apparently desired to
'(tn-mon him in relation io a sm.ui
he. . Fridav
night. The letter received by Mayor
Wise stated that action wouia oe in
stituted against the city at- once.
. . . r r . s. 1
Little is known ot Air. smun ncrc.
he Chamber of
Commerce a few days ago and told
a trH tnpL- toiv and wished for
some aid in getting to San Francisco.
He appeared to be a man oi intelli
gence, who cither was getting over
spree or had , oeen piayea narmy
Kv fnti. in some other wav. Mr.
WKt oinproiislv nrovided steerace
passage to San Francisco. It is pre
sumed that his letter in relation to a
faUe imprisonment is somewhat of a
blurt, v
Chamber of Commerce '
The regular meeting of the unam
7:30 o'clock
Monday night will have for a special
order of business that consideration
of the Chautauqua . program. It is
vn..ti ti,ot hir will he a written
offer concerning the management of
this proposition wlucn may oe oi
considerable interest. The initiative
Kill nrnnoc inr a tax for nromotion
work has been filed with 291 names
and the committee that had charge
will report and there will prooaoiy
be a full discussion at the meeting.
"New King Now"
One of Astoria s excellent KepuD
licanesses has a Chinaman engaged
to regularly clean up 'about her place,
and on his last visit, on Wednesday,
he was smiling broadly during the
whole time spent on the premises.
The lady was curious to know what
pleased him so much and asked what
it was. He replied: "All light now;
new king him bin lected. Good times
now, you bet; plenty job fol China
man new king him smalt fellar, and
heap fat." All of which is but an
other tribute to Bill Taft.
ALEX TAGG
Ice Cream 25c. a Qt.
FRESH CHOCOLATES,
CANDIES, ETC
Made Fresh Every Day in our own
Factory.
483 Commercial St., Astoria. Or.
AITGIOf IS. LI. SOU
CAKES AIJS17ER
SHOWS TECHNICAL AUTHOR
ITY OF COUNCIL IN MATTER
OF SEAWALL WARRANTS.
The Morning Astorian, pursuant to
its promise to publish any answer
made to its recent strictures on the
payment, by the city, of the $3K3 al
leged to be due to A. M, Smith, for
drafting the seawall bill ($350); and
$33 ot John Nowlen, for circulating
it, is m receipt of the subjoined an
swer, prepared by Attorney A. M,
Smith, and publishes it, verbatim;
and without further comment at this
time, than to urge its careful reading
by the public, in order that the an
alysis to be made later, showing t
apparent and actual fallacies, may be
the more rcauny understood:
"Editor of Morning Astorian: I
have noticed the editorial in your
paper of November 4th, criticising
the Common Council for having em
ployed mc to assist the city attorney
and charter revision committee in
preparing the proposed initiative bill
providing for filling in the tide flats
and constructing billheads, also con
demning myself for having accepted
the employment, and kindly offering
either of us an opportunity to ex
plain tinder what authority such ac
tion Is justified.
"Page 407 of the Sessions laws of
Oregon for 1907 provides that initia
tive bills to amend any charter may
be proposed by the Common Council
itself directly, the language being as
follows: Amendments to any char
ter may be proposed and submitted
to the people by the City Council,
with or without an initiative petition,
but the same shall be filed with the
City Clerk for submission not less
than 60 days before the election at
which they are to be voted upon.'
The Council thus having the pow-
er'to propose amendments decided to
give heed to the long urged demand
that some steps be taken to submit
to the voters a bill that would enable
the city to fill in the tide and mud
flats and streets of the city. On ac
count of the extra amount of time
and work requirtd for such an un
dertaking, it was decided to employ
special counsel to assist the city at
torney just as has been the usual
practice in important matters for the
past 20 years, and as was done when
Fulton Brothers were employed to
assist the city attorney in the case
of Wingate vs, Astoria; Poland and
Smith: in the case of Acme Grocery
Company vs. Astoria and as G. C.
Fulton is now employed to assist in
the case of Anderson vs. Astoria.
'The city attorney is the lowest
salaried officer of the city consider
ing the time and skill required of him
and for that reason . the Council
thought it fair and just that some
one be employed to assist him..' What!
my charges would be, was made!
known to the Council in advance,!
and an ordinance was passed author
izing my employment. I was not
anxious for the job and after under
taking it, I found, as anticipated,
that I had to meet with the commit
tee once a week for nearly six
months and had to write and re
write nearly every section of the
bill many times, so that the steno
BTaohic work, at the rate usually
charged, amounted to about $100 in
preparing the bill and the ivi allow
ed for my services including the
stenographic work did not allow me
more than $5.00 per day for the time
actually devoted to preparing the
bill. I do not understand that the
Morning Astorian denies that the
compensation is reasonable. And as
to the authority of the Council to
employ an attorney to assist the
city attorney, that has never before
been uestioned, and I am satisfied it
s justified by Section 39 of the
Charter which provides: 'A majority
of the Council may pass any ordi
nance or make any by-laws not re
pugnant to the laws of the United
States or of this State necessary or
convenient for carrying such power
and authority, or any part thereof,
into effect, and as may be necessary
to secure the peace and good order
of the city and the health of its in
habitants.' The proposed bill to con
struct the bulkhead and fill in dis
tricts of the city is based upon the
protection of thq public health and
must stand as a sanitary measure.
"I avail myself of making this an
swer more on account of the injus
tice of your criticism to the Common
Council and city attorney than to
myself and ask that you be fair
enOUgn IO give U as mucn prumr
nence as your attack. V
"very respectiuny,
. "A. M. SMITH.";
Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Niels Jensen, cele
brated their silver wedding at the.ir
home at Smith s Point last night
Many beautiful and costly presents
befitting the occasion were received
bv the haoov host and hostess and a
very enjoyable time was indulged
in.
Candidate For Street Superintendency
I am a candidate for Superintend
ent of- streets. The only objection
raised against me, is that I am too
old. I have lived in Astoria many
years and have a thorough knowl
edge of the duties of the office, and I
believe I am competent to do jus
tke by everyone and give everyone a
square deal. If I am nominated and
elected, I will carry out this plat
form, guaranteeing to one and all,
that while I hold the office every
citizen and taxpayer will be treated
alike'. Very respectfully,
FRED SHERMAN.
WHY
of Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shirts, Etc
Because the price on these
goods is reduced from, 20
to 50 per cent.
Because Wise has. the lar
gest and best assortment
of men's and boy's goods.
Because when Wise has a
Sale the reductions on
clothes is genuine.
Because all receive fair,
courteous, honorable
treatment.
Because you can't look
foolish in a Wise suit.
HE R'MAN; -W -I
The Reliable Clothier and ll&ttcr
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr and Mra. S. E. Coles, of New
York, were in this city yesterday and
registered at the Uccident.
C T Rntsrh. of Portland, was
among the tourist hosts in this city
yesterday.
R, Austin, of the metropolis, came
down to Astoria, for a few hours
yesterday.
Mrs. J. W. Herron went over to
Skamokawa yesterday to attend the
Book Club meeting at the home of
Editor S- G. Williams, of Eagle fame.
Edward Emerson, of Deep River,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs Tames Carver, who has been
the guest of Mrs. D. K. Warren, for
the past three weeics, nas reiurnea to
her home.
A Strong Candidate.
When a man is a candidate for
public consideration! as a nominee or
a candidate for office, it is well that
the nublic know of his claim upon
its good will and the strength of his
plea for preference, i his is tne case :
of H. E. Stefiensen, wno seens me
Republican nomination, tomorrow,
at the primary polls, to the office of
Street Superintendent of the City of
Astoria. Mr. Steffcnsen is not ' only
an honest and espected citizen and
an honest and respected citizen and
book" here for all men to peruse, but
he has the training and experience in
the sort of work that will be requir
ed of him in the event of his elec
tion to this place of trust and respon
sibility he seeks. The strong candi
date is-the capable candidate, always.
The man who knows how is the man
who does the work acceptably, and
who fulfills the mission and measure
of work entrusted to him. Mr. Stef
fensen is equipped thoroughly in
every way for this post and the man
who votes for him tomorrow will
have no cause to regret the endorse
ment given in this behalf. :
! SOCIETY NEWS.
High School Girls.
Miss Wilma Young entertained
nearly a score of her High School
girl friends at her home on Duane
street in Uppertowi yesterday after
noon, and the occasion was a pleas
ant one. Miss Young was assisted
by Miss Fannie Gregory, and also by
Miss Ehith Smith of Portland, who
is visiting with Miss Wiima Young.
There were guessing games and oth
er form of entertainment. The young
ladies present were Hattye . Kopp,
Addic Abercrombie, Bessie Hess,
Laura Jeffries, Alvia Reed, Bessie
Ihmtamer, Annette Stinson, Betsy
Woolen, Florence Foster, Nellie Sal
voit, Margaret Nielson, Josie Bang
utid, Mary Kelly, Esther Nylund,
Do So' Many People
r
11 LisjLLrfiJ'
Mary Eakin, Maud Ross and Hazel
Lowden. Miss Young expects to ac
company her father to California
shortly, where they will pass the
winter. ' ', ..-
- ' Lecturer Coming.
Mrs. Sleeth. a W. C T. U. lecturer
and organizer, will give a lecture in
the Methodist church Monday even
ing the 9.th, and a recital on Tues
day evening the 10th in the same
place. Mrs. bleeth comes very mgn
ly recommended as a speaker and
her recitals are of a very entertaining
order, with some dialect selections.
Everybody invited. No admission.
AEROPLANE TROPHY.
REIMS, France, Nov. 7. A lead
ing business house has given to the
Aerial League a cup valued at $10,
000 to be contested for every six
months by heavier than air machines.
It becomes the property of the avia
tor winning it for three years. If,
however, any aeroplanist covers a
distance of 1000 kilometers in less
thanfive hours before three years
or over, the cup will be awarded im
mediately to him.
Subscribe to the Morning Astorisn,
PRICE LIST
Chickens 16c and 18c per lb.
Take your pick of spring and Hens 18c, for the choicest
and 16c for the others.
Tenderloin Steaks, buy all you want........ 10c per i!
Sirloin Steaks, everybody can afford to buy 10c per lb
Flat-bone Steaks .' ................10c per lb
Round Steaks ........... .................. .... ........ 10c per lb
Hamburg Steaks..;....... ..10c per lb
Small and Choice Porterhouse Steaks 12jc per lb
Extra Large and Fancy Porterhouse Steaks ...15c per lb
Prime Rib Roast Beef,......;..... 10c and 12c per lb
Sirloin Roast Beef, only 10c per lb
Shoulder Roasts of Pork.... .10c and 12c per lb
Choice Loin Roasts of Pork.......:... 15c per lb
Roasts of Veal ... ....8c, loc, 12Jac and 10c per lb
Veal Cutlets 12 l2c per lb
Roasts, of Mutton ...10c and 12 l-2e per lb
Nice Mutton Chops 12 1-Cc . r V
Choice Boiling meat fe c,l rib
Choice Pot Roasts........ 6 c, 7c r, r.
Smith's Pure Lard 5 V . p .'H :
Breakfast Bacon 17 1-1 r lb
Creamery Butter ,
Eggs .
Fraall L.
"FIGHTING TIIU
12th St between Bond and
Patreri::
THE
Monday three v c 1 1
known ? people Trill cc li
the envelopes deposited ia
the safes of two well hnovr
daily papers and announce
the date.
Wise's customers who
have sale checks of thatdruo
(Wise has the duplicate checks)
such customers will get
their money back, - whether
their purchase was for 10
cents or $50 or any amount
save your checks even if
you don't happen to strike
the right date, you get bar
gains everyday.
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REALTY TRANSFERS
Columbia Harbor Land Co. to
Agnes ML Anderson, lot 5, bhck (.',
Warrenton Park; $230.
New Location.
Steele & Ewart wish to announce
that they have moved their electrical
fixtures and wiring business from 425
Bond street to 441 Commercial (nex
to Astorian office), where all busi
ness will be transacted in the future.
Their new fixture show room, whkh
is of latest design in every respect,
will be completed about November
15th. See announcement later.
" New Meat Market.
Mr. Bradon, late manager of the F.
L. Smith Meat Co., will open up a
market with a full line of cleaa
and . wholesome meats at marked
prices that will suit, in the store late
ly occupied by the Automatic Thea
tre, 684 Commercial street, between
ISth and 16th streets, on Monday,
November 2nd.
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Com.