SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, IMA
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New Buckwheat or Pancake Flour
and served with '
Choice Maple Syrup or u i ; A
New White Comb Honey
arc sui to be wonderfally appetising
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
LI V ' THE MODEL SOOD STORE
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Child Diet-"- -: " -
Tho infant on of Mr. d Mm.
William Barnes ol Aldcrbrook, died
yeslerduy wowing after a ahort 111
n, and was buried lat evening,
the Interment being In Greenwood.
Off For California
Owing to the uniatlntaetory condi
tion of Mr. Stafford' health this
winter, Mr. and Mr. D. . Stafford,
o Seattle, will leave tomorrow even
ing for a winter' visit with kinnien
and Irinidi in Alameda, opposite San
Franclnco. HI many friend trust
the change will he beneficial to Mr.
Stafford.
Ylaftlng Friends
J, R, Median, of Portland, the well
known seiner, ind owner of the
Meertan Sands in the Columbia which
are usually leeed to the Tallanl
Crant Company, wa in the city yes
terday on a vit to trend, and e
pecally to hi son-in-law, William
Dugan, the well known newspaper
man, Mr. Mechan wll return to the
metropoli thl morning.
Thanksgiving Party
Mr. and Mr. Eugene Willi. nd
Mr A. J. Monroe, of Portland, and
Salem, repcclivcly. have been
Thanksgiving guests of Captain and
Mr. Prrcy Willi, at Fort Columbia,
and after an outing mot thoroughly
enjoyed, went homeward last even
ing on the Portland expresa.
Funeral Today
The funeral of J. II. Diamond, who
died Friday at hi temporary home
at Tenth and Franklin, will be held
today, the services being at 1 o'clock
at the home. Mr, Diamond came
originally from Michigan, sand had
come to Atoria to work at hi trade.
He leave a wife and two children.
Decedent was a member of the Ma
ionic lodge and the 'funeral today
will be under the auspice of that
order. Utiria! will be In Greenwood.
Insurance Lower
: Insurance rates on dwelling houe
are materially lower, according to
Hrenhant Van Dtien, and there tl
much activity among the owner of
h me now In ccuring Insurance.
Since October 1 there baa been a re
duction Vn rate In various respect,
dwelling bouse reaping tbe advant
age a much or more than any other
item. The basic fate for detached
.dwellings before October 1 was 60
cents, and now is 40 cent.
A Poetic Troth
The name of tbe man who wrote
flic following lines is unknown, but
ne should have a place in the Hall
of Fame: "You'd scarcely expect
erne of my age In merchandising to
engage and hope to get a paying
trade without the local paper' aid.
And yt I did that very thin. 1 open
ed up my store Inst spring this
month the hcrlff took my stock and
told It at the auction block. Don't
view me with a scornful eye. but
simply say as I pass by: There goes
a tool who seemed to think he had
no ttse for printer' Ink. Talpa Re
porter, t,
Good Things
For your Thanksgiving Dinner prepare
from our stock. ' Mince Meat,' Currents,
Raisins, Plumb Puddingl Cranberries,
Nuts and til kinds of Fruits, fresh and
wholesome. Prompt delivery.
Scholfleid, 4 Mattsori & Co.
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODS V PHONE 931 1
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
DON'T FORGET
THAT
HEATING STOVE
You'll Need It Soon. We Have them;
w. c. law' &; co;
Good Pancakes
Filling Lota f , ,
', Considerable progre . toeing1
made on the improvement of Jerome
avenue, between loth and ltb
street, The contractor, R. A. Gerd
I UK, hit sublet some of the work of
excavating a part of the ttreet to sev
eral laborer and they have laid nar-'
row gauge track and art trundling
away the earth rapidly. It come in
handy in filling ome of the Dearly
lot, and at present the earth is be
ing placed in Whcrity'i lot, and lat
er the men will fill up Gratke's and
Dunbar lot), also, it is sard.
Registration Slow
Tbe rcgUtratlon it coming in o
slowly that there seem something
peculiar ahotit it, and unless there is
an untircty unexpected rush during
the next few day tbe registration will
probably fall off at least several
hundred. Tt is estimated (hat there
h uld be a registration of 1800 while
at tbe close of the day yesterday
itrre ere only 1310 names on the
book. When tbe registration book
closed Jut before the primary elec
tion there were 1169 name, and
since then only 141 men have taken
the trouble, to get (heir names down
In the book. The time to do so is
short, a the bootc will close for
good on the afternoon of December
4, which 1 only a few days off. With
an expected registration of upwards
of lftxt the list 1s now about 500
short.
Pay Up, Please1
While about 100 ladies have made
application to Join the Athletic Club
the formal organization among the
ladies ha not yet been completed.
but It i expected (hi soon will be
done. At a meeting last night of
several of tbe ladies who have been
authorized to act In the matter it
was decided to again make request
for all the applicants to pay in their
initiation fee of fl, and the first
month's dues of 75 cents. Those
whp wiih.to avail themservesof the.
advantages of the athletic organiza
tion will bare to make the small
payments, and payment will natural
ly be take as an evidence of good
faith and interest in the matter. Of
course the project of the athletic
club is a .pretty Dig matter, and sit
wilt inevitably have to be jun on' a
strictly business oasiato Insure its
uceess. Payment should be made
to Mr. Prael at the office df the As
toria Box Company.
Next Tveaday.
The Idun Dramatic Club will pro
duce at the Uppertowfi "hall Tuesday,
December 1, the wen known Finnish
play, "Rationclt Fjoastcll;" MEi Hug
vending." The club i a strong one
and ha a reputation for effective
work and an excellent performance
is promised. Prices of admission will
be 35 cents for adults and 20 cents
for children.
Hot Drinks
Coffee and Chocolate.
to Eat
llaifflalk
lie RAINS
IRVING AVENUE
VERY BAD CONDITIONS ARE
COMING TO LIGHT IN THE
EASTERN PORTION.
.1.
According to various report that
are bring made in relation to the im
provement oMrviiig avenue, espec
ially along from 29th to 38ili street,
the conditions there are also very
bad and are steadily growing worse
in tome place tmrc teems to be a
movement of the ground a slide,
like that between 18th and lVtb
streets.
In other place the north side of
the Improvement, according to com
plaints that are being made, i stumb
ling away, falling down the more or
less steep slope. 1 n one or more place
the north half of the street has al
ready gone or threaten to go.
"ilefore spring," said a gentleman
last evening, who had been over tbe
improvement a few days ago, "there
will probably be very little left of it
It' in bad shape, especially in two or
three place."
While it may be eay to exagger
ate the importance of such matter,
especially if the reports of property
owner wlioe interests are threaten
ed are listened to, nevertheless it
would appear as if the facts in rela
tion to Irving avenue tat have not
been magnified. Perhaps .by the lime
the winter rains are over much of
this improvement will have been
swept away. The condition are de
plorable, patentially at least. With
the tmnrovemrnt will no thousands
of dollars that bave bf'cn sunk in the
matter by property owners. It seems
inevitable that thvrc will be a heavy
loss somewhere, and inasmuch as
many of the individual property own
ers had already elected to let their
property go rather than, pay the
assessments, it would appear as if
there wilt be trouble in the future to
secure more fund for repairs or new
assessments, while much of the prop
erty is apparently bound to go to the
city. i
A enrkms thing has heen discov
ered In relation to the Irving slide at
18th street., Tully IVO feet away,
under one of the corners of the
Foard & Stokes hall, now used as
the armory, the ground is rising and
is seemingly lifting one corner of the
structure with" it. Those who are Ir
pretend to be skilled in such matters
assert that tbis bit of -rising ground
away out in the bay U caused by dirt
that subterraneously has been car
ried from the top of the Slide; that,
for example, the hundreds of cubic
yards of earth placed in the sink
hole last faTl oy the contractor sim
ply sank into a subterranean covity
and has gradttaTly -worked its way
out under the waters of the bay, com
ing to the ground surface under the
Foard & Stokes Building.
PERSONAL IlipTfOf, .
Thad Young is down from the me
tropolis and is quartered ,8t the
Hotel Occident.
G. B. Andrews, of Moscow, is in
the city on business and is domiciled
at the Merwyn." i
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Cummins are
now in Montreal., in attendance -upon
the bedside of Mr. Cummins moth
er, who is alarmingly ill, ,
Thomas Tones, of Corvalli. has
arrived in the city and has accepted
a position in the well known drug
house of Frank Hart. Mr. Jones is
a son-in-law of-Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Bohannon.
First Lieutenant J. Prentic, of
Fort Stevens, was in the city yes
terday for an afternoon's outing.
Messrs. M. E. and M. K. L,oiia,
rfpnnrted for Duluth vesterday morn
ing on a business trip of several
'eeks.- 't
T. P. Lanin. of Sail Francisco, is
in the city on matters of business.
C. W. T. Koch, of Chicago, was a
business visitor in Astoria yesterday.
C. W. B. London, representing ine
great firm of Balfour, Guthrie &
at Portland, was in the
city yesterday in the interest of his
principals.
R. G. Muse, of Portland, spent the
day hera yesterday on a business
quest. '
Special Communication.
There will be a special communi
cation of Temple Lodge No. 7, A. F.
A. M. at the lodge room, at 12:30
o'clock p. m. today", for the purpose
of attending the funeral of the late
brother, J. H. Diamond. By order of
W. M.
We carry
Gunthers Dairy Milk Chocolates
v 50c PER POUND
Sold in any quantity from
J H fivfc cents up.
ALEX TAGG
483 Commercial St., .V Astoria. Or.
THK MORNING ASTOR1AN, ASTOHIA, OUEUON,
ATLANTIC MARINER
ASTORIA'S MIDST
CAPT. J, H. PRUETT, OF AMER
ICAN ASSOCIATION OF MAS
TERS, MATES & PILOTS HERE
The register of the Hotel Occident
yesterday revealed the presence in
this city of Captain J. If. Pructt, of
Brooklyn, New York, with hi wife
and child, and this might have pass
ed with the current courtesy of the
hour at a mere mention, had it not
developed that Captain I'ruett i the
national president of, the American
Asociation of Masters, Mates ', and
Pilots, with headquarters in New
York City, which, in a sea-port like
this, is a significant and interesting
fact and entitled to much farther in
quiry and elucidation. And to this
end a reporter for the Astorian
sought the gentleman out at the of
fice of the Columbia River Bar Pi
lots' Association, and enjoyed a
pleasant, chat with the chief repre
sentative 'of the country's mariners.
Captain Pruett is a comparatively
young man with a capable, resolute,
convincing manner and evidently a
thorough master of the intricate and
responsible interests he stands for,
as well as a master, par excellance,
of his great trade.
He is out on the coast for the pur
pose of revivifying the interest of the
associations membership out here
and bringing the neglectful and in
different back to a realizing concern
as to their share in the great work
the main body is doing for the guid
ance and protection of its people.
There are a large number of masters
mates and pilots on the Pacific who
have belonged to the Association,
but who have allowed their interest
and their dues to flag to a point
where it has behooved the main
group to send the president out tiere
to inquire into it. He is visiting all
the coast ports from Puget Sound to
San Diego, and bis visits have met
with much encouragement every
where. He was in touch with the
leading mariners of Astoria yester
day and seemed to enjoy the day as
much as they did who met bim.
The main association endeavors to
keep in sharp touch with its member
ship and to olfcr them us service
when occasion reauires, or when any
of them get into trouble ashore or
afloat, with owners consignees, gov
eminent inspectors, etc., etc
It also stands fpf Jthe bettering of
the laws of the country , as applied
to the safe, convenient and expedit
ious handling of vessels under all
circumstances,' and frequently sco
mits amendments that qualify and
simplify the codes and duties of all
engaged ;and in this behalf, it has
already 25 specific amendments to
offer for the consideration of Con
gress tbis winter, in abatement,
-Clearing-op,- and unifying 1 some of
the graver errors conceded to exist
in this great and busy field. One of
these is to relieve the federal in
spectors of the necessity of person
ally .conducting the trial courts in
cases involving the credit and the
license of ships' officers, and turning
this function over to a board of prac
tical men iri the same business and
of eqnal rank with the alleged delin
quent, while the inspectors ffo on
with the numerous and exacting du
tie of their office, leaving the hand
ling of tbe complained-of masters,
mates or pilots to the board chosen
and endorsed "by the inspectors them
selves. There are many other pro
visions the master mariners would
like to see adopted in their interests,
but none of them are in the light of
new laws, but rather as amendments
to laws already in force and respect
ed, out which might be made simpler
and more effective, if pruned of some
of their dubious and confusing inter
pretations. Captain Pruett will leave this
morning for Portland where be will
attend a large rnecting of. his fellow
craftsmen and discuss the interests
of the hour as be understands them
and seek for active and open expres
sion in this valuable premise.
Rights Of Way
Judge Bowlby stated yesterday
that while he has not signed deeds
for a right of way across his lands
for the proposed electric line, that he
has not refused to do so. He said
that he has delayed doing so for the
reason that he wished to look into
the matter, and because he believed
that the line was ht routed across
his lands in a proper manner. As
routed it crosses the property from
one corner to the other; Judge Bowl
by also thinks it will seriously in
terfere with his dykes, and for these
and other reasons that appear forci
ble to him has delated in granting
the required right of way. Accord
ing to this presentation of the mat
ter, it would appear as if his intcri
ests and rights were not considered
in the least by the surveyors. Other
property owners have objections
somewhat of a similar nature. It is
understood that Mr. Christensen, for
example, would like the line to run
in front of his place and has offered
$500 in cash in addition to the right
of way if it be routed in a man
ner suitable to him. But as far
as can be learned none of the prop-
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erty owner wish to refuse their
rights of way, but it would appear
from their attitude that perhaps
some changes may bave to be made
to meet their wishes, or else, pre
sumably, they will not be so willing
to give them free of charge.'
The Leading Lady.
As she supposed, Josephine, the
captain's daughter, had fallen in love ed in the basement and swept quick
with a common sailor on board her ly up the elevator shafts. t -'
father's ship, but by the lucky turn 1 '
of fortune he proved to be the cap- NEW YORK STOCKS,
tain. Mrs. Harry Flavel, a lyric so- 5 '
prano, is a comparative new singer! NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Last
in the city and will be heard at her ' week's reaction in stocks was ex
best in the difficult role of "Jose-1 tended under the influence of early
phine," and is sure to please all who , apprehensioo regarding the effect of
hear her in the comic opera Tina-! Andrew Carnegie's advocacy of an
fore" at the Astoria I'heatre, Thurs- abolition of duties on steel on the
day and Friday evenings, December j revision of the tariff. A violent re
3rd and 4th. , bound was caused bv the listinar of
, j Southern Pacific stock for provision
All photos taken before December,40 eet he "change privilege of the
will be finished promptly, regard-
less of weather. Carter's Studio, 11th:
and Commercial.
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Special Offer. New York City and Denver and
To the Ladies of Astoria: Mrs.Rio Grande bond sales served notice
Hawks. 519 Duane, proposes to fur-l tlle caPital requirements to be
nish materials and make garments met- Continuous sales of American
for $25 to $50. all suits from $45 uo. ! securities from foreign sources kept
to be fullv eouioocd with silk linines.
For a limited time only. Place your
order soon. ui
Overfatness Condemned.
Fat, or even fattish, women readers
who want to be in the mode this
year must understand that the de
mand is for lines, not curves, and
govern themselves accordingly.
That means OFF with the fat It
has become a duty. Many are trying
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they will find thes methods too slow
and , unreliable. The cheapest and
safest way to get in form for the
Directoire mode is by means of Mar
rfiola Prescription Tablets. Any drug
gist (or the Marmolai Company, De
troit, Mich.) will give you a large
sized case of these elegant little fat
reducers, containing a good, gener
ous supply, for 75 cents, and even
this quantity should be enough to
make a decided impression on your
excess fat. Many have lost as much
as a pound a day.
These Marmola Prescription Tab
lets may be used with impunity and
likewise perfect confidence, for, be
ing made strictly in accordance with
the famous Marmola Prescription,
they are, of course, quite harmless.
They are rather beneficial than oth
erwise, in fact, never disturbing the
stomach or causing a wrinkling of
the flesh.
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Astoria's ReliableCIothier and Hatter ,
LEAPED WITH BABY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2a-Mrs. Re
becca Levy, 35 years old, leaped from
the third floor of a burning tenement
houhe in the Bronx early today with
her two-year-old daughter in her
arms. Both were seriously injured.
Nearly a score of tenemtns were oy-
ercome by smoke but were rescued
; by. police and firemen. The fire start-
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tn ,,. After ihf
.Kn,,nM ti, marW was nnll anrt
: P the rate of exchange to near the
gold export point.
All expired coupons from Carter's
Studio will be honored if presented
before December 10, 1908. ui
' Cheap Coat
Kelley the Coal and Wood Dealer
will deliver and place in your cellar
a ton of the best coal for $7.00 same
coal for $6.00 at the yard. Phone
Main 2191. Barn I5th and Duane.
All kinds of cordwood and hardwood
inside fir and boxwood for sale.
Tbe very best board to be obtained
in the city is at The Occident
Hotel." T.ate vry reasonable.
POST
CARD
ALBUMS
of all kinds
and at
lowest
-prices.
Svcnson's Book Store.
Fourteenth and Commercial Streets.
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Made in New York and Bal-
' timore and worn
Everywhere
It is not onlv a brieht sav-;
ing, it is the absolute truth
that
You can't Look
Foolish in a
WISE Suit
Wise Suits costing from
are the best to be had for
the money anywhere
Hand tailored, proper-
ly Shrunk and
backed by
"FiglitiBg the Beef Trtsf
12th Street Bet. Bond
' ' ' and Commerckl , ' '
253 Taylor St, Uniontown
We hare no other shops but f&c
two mentioned above, e
Dressed Turkeys, the choicest Ore
- gon birds, 25c and 30c.
Fancy dressed Oregon chickens, lie,
18c, 20c.
Fat Oregon Geese, 20c and 25c .
Fat dressed Oregon ducks, 20c and
25c
Oregon creamery butter, 65c per
' square.
Fresh ranch eggs, 35c per dozen.
Beef for mince meat, 5c to 8c
Prime rib roast beef, 10c and 12J-C
Tenderloin, sirloin and flat-bone
steak, 10c
Smith's absolutely pure and fresh
kettle-rendered lard, 65c for S-fk
pail. '
Smith's little pig hams, 17 c
Smith's breakfast bacon, 17Jc
Roasts of Veal, 8c, 10c, 12c and 15c
Choice shoulder roast of .pork, lie
and 12 c
Mutton roasts, 10c, 12Jc and ISc
Excellent pot roasts of beef, 6c, f 3
and 8c
Boiling and stewing beef, 5c and fc.
Free Homes I
92.000 Acres of timber
and Agricultural Land
in tbe
Umpqua Forest Reserve
OREGON
to be opened to entry Jan. 23
1909.
For lists, blue print 'maps
with vacant lands marked
thereon and full imformatiaa.
regarding filing, etc.
Send $2.00 to
Roseburg Abstract -Co,
. Roseburg, Oregon.
The Morning Astorian contains fed
Associated Tresa reports, nil tie
latest local happening. Deliverel 1
carrier, 60 cents per month.
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