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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, NOVKMHF.U 27,
REMEMBER: Gofid Pancakes
, ,..,, ,; ..-.. made from our,
NcW Buckwheat or Pancake Flour
? i aiJ(j served with - :
Choice Maple Syrup or
New White Comb Honey
arc urt to be wonderfully appetizing
ROSS, HIQGINS & CO.
, . THE MODEL FOOD STOREw - ,r
! W1ILIS ill II
On Portland Vltltr- : ;
Mrs. W. T. Eakcn end daughter
lUi Iiav gone to rorilnud for
viwt of few day. '
Odd Fellow .
"ClaUop Encampment, I. 0. 0. F.,
will give i locitil i 0'l Fellow'
hall tlii evening and titer will be
relrelnneitti and good program.
All Odd Fellow and Rebekah are
Invited.
Ladiat' Guild
The Ladle' Guild of Grace church
will hold a tea and ale of article
at the home of Mr!' Ilretiham Van
Den on Saturday afternoon. Muic
will be a feature of the occanion and
a delightful time U anticipated.
"Tha Devil" la Coming "
Manager Frank llanlin i pleated
to announce that; Hit definite date
or the appearance of the famous
play "The Devil'' It now known, for
Astoria, and it will occupy the board
at the opera house on Sunday, De
cember 6th which 1 good new for
every play-lover and theatre goer Ir
thi city.
Mort Opera Coming
.Jprof. Martin Ji. Robinaon it mak
ing full preparation for the grand
production of the dainty opera H.
M. S. Pinafore," on Thursday and
Friday, December 3rd and 4th, next.
There will be SO ringer and a bril
liant cat ndvhe pretty tory will
be told in ong In a fashion that will
turcly plcate the audience that wd)
greet it,
An Early Call
When the ateamer Homer arrived
down from Portland yetterday morn
ing at 4 o'clock, a hurry call was
despatched Jor , ur. A. A. l uicli, .o
attend "Captain Burrough. who had
tht misfortune to Hce off the end of
one of hi finger along with the
nail, o nthe way down the river. The
doctor toon made the hand comfort
able, and the mariner went on to
lea and San Franciteo. ''
Football Superiority
According to teveral of the foot
ball expert who observed the game
yetterday between the Uppertown
and Astoria High School eleven, it
teems to be pretty generally ' con
ceded that the High School 1 about
one touchdown bitter" than their
rivals. This wa the expressed opin
ion of at least three men who pro
fess to know -the fine points of .the
game. ,,- . - ' : ? ,.
Marriage Yesterday- '
Vestcrduy afternoon at 2 o'clock
Rev. G. A. RydciuiM, paitor of the
I'irtt Lutheran' church, and at the
Dartonaire thereof, performed the
haimv office of marriage for Mr
Adolpb ; Hedlund - and Mi Marie
tieldt, both of thl city.' The youhg
people went to Portland and the
Sound'ciilc on their honeymoon,
and when that-U' finished fhey will
settle down' in the beautiful " Cray'
River country and build their new
home, j ;;' rHHr' H;tr
Tht Bakeronlan
At the popular liakcronian, com
mencing with the Sunday "matinee,
i'etlc'aml Jodie, one Of the funniest
comedy act of the season will be
on the bill. The favorite Mis Fran
ce Gray will appear In pictorial
tongs,
Brilliant, But UIe Run
in answer to an alarm rignifying
that there was a small blaxe in on
of the window of Danaigcr' cloth
ing house, the Astoria fire depart
ment made a brilliant but uiclcsi
run last evening at 7 AS o'clock, tlnce
there wat nothing to do when thev
got there, But the big crowd of
Thanksgiving stroller and idler' on
Commercial trcct, enjoyed the spec
tacle of the centering of the fire ap
parent on the "dead run" at the
point named. '
Theologian Coming . "
It, D. Kimble, dean of the Klmbe
School of Theology at Salem,' will
take Mr. Rarlck" pulpit at the First
M. E. .church on Sunday. , Mr.
Kimble is a very able man, and I
of course well known all over the
Pacific northwest in Methodist
circles, He will visit in Astoria
over Sunday and will be guest at
the home of P. J.'Brix. It is seldom
that Astoria has a chance to aee and
hear a theologian of Mr. Kimble'
wide reputation, and doubtle many
will be glad to hear him at the serv
ice Sunday morning.
Heard From
A report wat received late last
night that the German training ship
llerzogiu Cecilie. had arrived at
Point Lt'Angclc yesterday. This
it the vessel that, remained outaida
to receive order but owing to the
storm put out to tea and from this
report it can be seen that h I safe
in port.
Train 'liiitt ' i ' '; ' '.
The down train due here at 9:50
last night did not reach the depot
until after midnight. The delaj was
caitseo by the breaking of ome part
of the engine of the tip-tram at a
point near Oaukanie. Repair were
made and the iip-trnin proceeded to
Portland clearing the track for the
Astoria train."
Laid Away To Rett ,
All that wat mortal of At
toria' well known and respected citi
zen Richard Marshall Leather was
attended, by frater and friends and
kinsmen yesterday morning in the
funeral obttie, which took place
at 8:30 o'clock at St Mary'. Rev.
Father Waters officiating:. Considering
the early hour, there was a goodly
crowd of friends out to show their
respect for the dead, and the living
of hi household, together with
number of the fc-Ikt. His bier was
borne by Messrs. Pracl, Johnson,
Van Tuyl, Croby, Fox and Carney
at pallbearers: and the body was
buried in the B. P. O. E. grounds at
Greenwood.
Attention Odd Fellow and Rebekah
j0mK Clatsop Encampment No.
" social on tni rriaay even
Ing at Odd Fellow. Good program
and refreshment. All Odd Fellows
and Rebekah invited.
A.' Y. ANDERSON, Scribe,;,
let And Frost
Those who peeked out of their
window bright and early yesterday
morning saw the sidewalk and
uround white with frost, to that m
many place there appeared to be a
light blanket of now. ' It wa gen
ulne Thanksgiving day weather,' and
made the day teem far more real
and "natural" to those who were
"raised" in ttate where Thanksgiv-
ingjmeans now and frot. For the
small boy the frosted " idelkr
meant fun of the right sort and many
tad wa out before his elder had
thick their nose outside. It is renl-
ly surprising the number of sled
that the boy can bring into' aervice,
too, and quite a few of " the d
and lassie' bad ome real old-time
coasting down the icy sidewalk on
the hillsides. ' . i.
i Piano Gontest and Daiice
Hot Drinks
! f f Coffee and Chocolated
Thanksgiving Day
Thank'givmg day was very gener
ally observed in Astoria and for vir
tually everybody in the city the oc
cation was a happy holiday. With
all of 'the stores and other business
places closed the town wore a Sunday-like
appearance, though? the
streets were croWdcd much of the
day. Fortunately the weather was
perfect, clear and crisp, and with the
sunshine bathing the land and sea
After the rains of the past week or
more the clear weather teemed
doubly welcome. The icrviccs at the
several churches that observed the
day were well attended, and in many;
a home there was much good cheer
and tables laden with the good
things of the second. For the tur
key, of course, the occasion wa more
or less of a tad one, and the goose,
too, will have teart fhed for him by
his few surviving relative. It ia
said that many of the foreign-born
population take very kindly to the
distinctively American day of gen
eral Thanksgiving, though of course
other nation do have days some
what similar in meaning. But the
genuine old Puritan Yankee in As
toria will readily recall, perhaps, the
difference between a Thanksgiving
day of these tims and of this section
of the country and "back east in
New England. There the day has
perhaps more of genuine " meaning
than elsewhere in the country and is
more generally observed.
Gootf Iliiiigs: to Eat I
ForyoutTJl
from our stoclc.''Mince Meat,' Currents,'
Ll Raisins, , Plumb: Iddin&l Cranberries
JNus and all kinds of Fruits, fresh and
" wholesome. ( Prompt delivery.
Schblfield, i Mattsbn & Go.
phone U81 GOOD GOODS "phone 931
-3712a TO 124 TWELFTH STREET , .
PERSONAL MENTION
Tim Boyle, of Raymond, was in
the city yesterday, and was domiciled
at the Merwyn.
B. K. Loeb, of New York, spent
the day here yesterday, and matters
of business.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Walters, of
New York, were domiciled here yes
terday for a few hours.
A. O. Stafford, of Portland, was
registered at the Merwyn, yesterday,
R. A. Bingham came down from
the metropolis yesterday and spent
the day here on a business quest.
Mr. M. A. Settlemeier, of Port
land, was in the city yesterday.
V. Nemen, of Portland, was
business visitor in this city yester
day. " ' '
V. A. Erickson, of Quincy, Ore
gon, was tn the city yesterday ana
housed'Rt the Hotel Occident.
Mrs. W. S. Kinney is moving into
her apartments at the Kinney brick,
DON'T FORGET
HEATING STOVE
You'll Need It Soon. We have them.
C. LAWiS . CO.
The Morning Astoriah contains fuil
Associated Press reports, all the
latest local happenings. Delivered by
carrier, 60 cents per months
. ' We carry
Gunthers Dairy Milk Chocolates
;;'50c PER POUND :
' Sold m any quantity from
five cents up. :
ALEX TAGG
483 Commercial St,, Astoria, Or.
WH TALE OF
WiAttD
ITS FINANCING AND SPON
SORS AND HISTORY DURING
ITS LATER YEARS.
The following unvarnished, au
thentic, tale of the Attoria-New
Herald and it proprietory sponsor
ship throughout its existancc, it pub
ished in order to accentuate -th:
statement made in thee column on
Wednesday with reference to former
City Attorney - A. M. Smith' rela
tion to and responsibility for certain
thing inseparable therefrom, and to
indicate that much a he professet
to despite the profession of journal:
ism, he came mighty near posing at
least as a neophyte in the business;
and to remind him that printer' ink
and a free press measure fairly up 14
the standard of hi own profession.
and that any derogation of either,
depend largely cm "whose' ox 'is
gored!" ; ;
, "Astoria, Or, Nov. 26, 1908.
' tdttor Astorian: Apropos ol an
article published In the Astori.m of
Wednesday, in which the publisher
took occasion to 'roast' -with consid'
crable tenability, A. M.' Smith as
'sponsor and financier of the late
lamented Astoria Herald, permit me
to give a brief history of the Herald,
It wa incorporated about 20 years
year ago by fundi subscribed bv
prominent Republicans and for a
long time advocated the principles of
the 0. O. P. Later the Citizens party
came into power, and there being
no newspaper published in the city
with the temerity to advocate their
cause, the. Herald passed into the
hand of- the unterrified, with the
same editor under a contract that
the publisher was to have the net
profits of the business in lieu of ad
vocating the principles of the Citi
zen party. During ' the , time it
"switched' several time and finally
succumbed to the late of many irre
sponsible journals' by reason of a
mortgage.
and control of W. t.. Curtis, now
editor and manager of the Ketchikan
Miner. From that it went into
partnership with the Astoria Daily
News and was christened the Astoria j
News-Herald under the manage-j
mcnt of Robert Gibson, B. P. Sovey
and W. C. Curtis, with the under
standing that it was to secure the
city printing on a 'stand in proposi
tion. Owing to a misunderstanding
ith the members of the company,
A. M. Smith, who held a mortgage
on the Herald plant, foreclosed and
the property was sold and bid in by
him. After being out of commission
three months, it became necessary to
have a newspaper to support the
coterie of politicians in control of the
city government and Mr. C. J. Curtis
took charge of the plant and repub
lished the paper, under a lease from
A. M. Smith, backed by three or four
prominent Democrats, who gave
their notes for the amount of the
mortgage to secure Mr. Smith's
claim. ' '"" '
When the city printing contract
was let about two years ago, I was
foreman on the paper and an ar
rangement was entered into whereby
the Herald was to be awarded the
contract, conditioned that a daily
paper was "started. The plant was
moved to the Carruthers building on
Duane street and Gus Carruthers and
C. J. Curtis established the Daily
Herald. They received the city
printing contract and ran the paper
for about three months, when it was
discovered that . the funds were ex
hausted and the Daily Herald was
discontinued. ;1 ,
"On the . 12th day of April, 1907,
the plant was leased by A. M. Smith
to C J Curtis. Another lease for a
cylinder press was. also made be
tween . Mr. Curtis and Robert Car
ruthers, he haying advanced about
$800 for the purchase of the presSi
What the agreement or understand
ing beween," the : owner and the
lessee were, aside from the political
policy of the paper, I do not know,
but it was supposed to be kept run
ning for the city election of 1908.. ;
"JBeing' desirous, of retiring from
the newspaper business and continu
ing the practice of law, Mr. Curtis
retired .from the management of the
paper and on September 1, 1908, Mr.
A.. M.. Smith and Robert Carruthers
sold the entire plant to R. M. Wat
son of Seaside and it was., moved to
that town and was absorbed by the
Seaside Signal. I have been inform
ed, that when the plant was leased
to Mr, Curtis, the city printing con
tract was: assigned to Frank Spittle
as trustee with the understanding
that the Budget was to carry on the
contract and pay Mr. Spittle 20 per
cent of the amount received, 10 per
cent of, which was to be paid to Mr
to
Wise
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WEDNESDAY,
EVENING DEC. 30th
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Made in New York and Bal
timore and worn
Everywhere
It is not only a bright, say
ing, it is the absolute trnth
that .
You can't Lool
Foolish in a
WISE Suit
Wise Suits costing from
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to
are the best to be had for
the money anywhere .
Hand tailored, proper
ly Shrunk and
backed by
HER M AN
Astoria's Reliable Clothier and Hatter
Smith on his claim against the plant
and 10 per cent to Mr. Carruthers
for payment on the press.
"A to what arrangements were
made about the policy of the paper T
do not know, except, that I was in
formed that the owners of the plant
reserved the right to dictate it po
litical policy, the lessees to have all
the money derived from advertising
and subscriptions. While I was fore
man of the paper this was no secret
and I do not believe I am violating
anv confidence in publishing the
facts as I understood them. As I
understand, Mr. Curtis had no Inter
est in the paper aside from the bust.
ness: and as to who 'controlled its
policy I do not know, as that was
secret between the owners and the
manager. : . , ,.
"The Herald plant cost original
ly about $3500 and was all paid for
by Mr. Curtis, but what Mr. Watson
paid for it, I do not know but have
been, informed that it was in the
neighborhood of $1500, all of which
money is secured to Mr. Smith and
Mr. Carruthers, either by lease or
mortgage. . Mr. Smith's published
statement in the Budget that his con
nection with the Herald was a purely
business proposition, - may be true
but it savors somewhat of 'frenzied
finance interwoven with . political
ambition. FOREMAN.
time to repeat, the concert there in
the evening and return home withm
reasonable' hours." And the' beauty
of the program lies in the modest
charge of 50 cents, which covers the
round-trip and both concerts; sure-
the most reasonable charge ever
made for such a generous deal. It
cannot possibly , fail , of - patronage
under the circumstances of the ex
ceptional talent indicated, the prime
outing the trip affords, and the re
markable and modest price quoted,
and the manifold pleasures it prom
ises.
Splendid Concert Excursion
On .Thursday -.morning at , -. 10
o'clock there will leave this city for
Skamokawa and Cathlamet, one of
the most interesting excursions of
the year, under the auspices of the
Norwegian Singing Society. That
fine,. body of singers accompanied
and assisted by . Miss Esther Sund-
quist, as violin soloist, will charter
steamer (probably one of the Bab-
bidge fleet) and will give the first pf
two splendid' concerts, at' Skamo
kawa, at 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon,' going thence to Cathlamet in
Tha Clean Man.
The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, ' "and enjoy his shave;
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best.
"Fighting the Ecef Trcst"
1 2th Street Bet. Bond
' and Commerciar
253 Taylor SU Uniontown
We have no other shops bat
two mentioned above.
the
Free Homes !
92.000 Acres of timber
and Agricultural Land
in the - "
Umpqua Forest Reserve,
OREGON
to be opened to entry Jan. 20
. iyoy. .
For lists, blue print 'maps
with vacant lands marked
thereon and full imformation
regarding filing, etc.
Send $2.00 to
Roseburg Abstract Co.
Roseburg, Oregon.
Dressed Turkeys, the choicest Ore
gon birds, 25c and 30c
Fancy dressed Oregon chickens, 15
18c, 20c
Fat Oregon Geese, 20c -and 25c
Fat dressed Oregon ducks, 20c anl
25c
Oregon creamery butter, 65c pof
, square. .
Fresh ranch eggs, 35c per dozen.
Beef for mince meat, 5c to 8c
Prime rib roast beef, 10c and 12Ja
Tenderloin, sirloin and flat-bone
steak, 10c
Smith's absolutely pure and fresh'
kettle-rendered lard, 65c for S-Ih
pail.
Smith's little pig bams,. 17 c.
Smith's breakfast bacon, lJc
Roasts of Veal, 8c, 10c, 12 Jc and 15c
Choice shoulder roasts of pork," 10c
and 12 c '
Mutton roasts, 10c, 12Jc and 15c
Excellent pot roasts of beef, 6c, ft
and 8c
Boiling and stewing beef, 5c and 'Sc
The very best board to be obtained
in the city ia at "The Oeciden
Hotel" Rates very reasonable
POST
CARD
ALBUMS
of all kinds
and at
lowest
prices.
Svenson's Book Store.
Fourteenth and Commercial Streets.
J
? 'HMMMWt tMIM
12 Bore, Double Barrel, Hammerless
Shotgun $17.50. ,
! As good a shot gun as any $50 gun.
A Lady's Solid Gold Watch, 17 Jewels
Case 7 Diamond Set price $32.
I The Diamond Alone Worth the Money
"All other goods at eastern catalogue prices..1 s
A. G. SPEXAJrni