THE MOUNLNli ASTOIUAN. ASTUIUA. OUKliON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2.
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OCEAN, BAR,
BAY, DOCK
AND RIVER
Captain Mitchell, of the lively
Irene, now bottled up ia the
Young Bay boneyard (better known
as the "Bryan Boneyard"). was in
the city yesterday, and he reporti
that times in that remote resort ars
quite lively and all hands busy play
ing cards and making calls from one
deck to another and doing oih;r
laborious stunts that try the muscle
and stamina of healthy folks. He
doesnt say when he expects to get
out, and pretends to be very happy
and contented; bat then he always
was something of a jollier. The last
of his "jollies" has never been told,
and this is a pretty fit place to tell
it When he was ordered into the
quiet retreat up Youngs river, he got
C H. Callender to prove to him that
the Irene could be safely towed up
that bay and after he had gone over
the channel with Mr. Callender ia
the Utters privat bunch and taken
the proper bearings and sounding,
he waived the service of a Callender
tag to tow the Irene up there, and
deliberately tailed her to her berth
in that unmixed wilderness. Every
one who knows "Mitch's" faculty for
tailing the Irene in all sorts of
places, will appreciate the "jolly" he
wrought on the navigation company,
of which Mr. Callender is the chief
figure.
By the first of January next there
it likely to be another coasting craft
docking in this port, and running
between Portland, Astoria and all
points between the mouth - of the
Columbia and Yaquina Bay. The new
venture is sponsored by Chief Engi
neer Dunham, of the steamship
Roanoke, who is reputed to be the
principle owner in the case, and is
associated with "his brother, Captain
Dunham, and several well known
Portlandtrs, in the enterprise. ' Thev
have purchased the steamer Argo,
which was owned in Eureka and will
put her on the run by Sew Year's
day if all goes welL She is now be
ing completely overhauled and made
ready for the new service, which, it
is said, is promisingly bolsterel
with plenty of contracted business
on the line. She will be commanded
by Captain Bob. Jones, well known
in these waters, and Mr. Dunham
will have charge of her engines. The
Argo was built at Ballard, Wash
ington, in 1898, and is of ISO tons
gross; 112 tons net; 117.5 feet in
length; 21.8 feet beam; and 9.6 feet
depth of hold. She carries a crew of
10 men; is t twin-screw boat and of
200 indicated horse-power. The As
toria wtaerfront is all abuza with
the rumor and there it much inter
est in its development
After a two-weeks tie-up at Tilla
mook, on account of storms and a
forbidding bar, the steamer Sue H.
Elmore entered this port yesterday
afternoon and berthed at the O. R.
& M. piers. She brought in a full
cargo of general merchandise, and 24
people, 12 of whom she left at the
dock at Fort Stevens, they being a
force of engineers who have been
workingjin that section of the coun
try for the government
The steamer Lurline was a bit
late last night, but not enough to
discommode anyone. She left up
early in the evening, with the fol
lowing passengers: S. G. Williams,
V. T. Clifford. R. C Ben. G. E.
Todd, E M. Ready and H. R.
McArthur.
The French bark Marechal de
Xoailles, which hat been anchored
off the Tongue for the past two days,
wt taken to the lower harbor yester
day, and will leave out this morning,
the tow lines of the Wallula serving
her in both instances.
The French bark Sainte Anne,
Captain Berard, wheat laden for
Europe, is on her way down from
the metropolis, on the hawsers of
the Harvest Queen, and will leave
out for sea at the first practicable
moment.
The towing steamer Ocklahama is
due down from Portland this morn
ing with the French bark Gael, load
ed with wheat for European " deliv
ery, and she will go over the bar at
the first possible moment
The French bark Bossuet finished
discharging her 1000 tons of black
diamonds at the Elmore bunkers
yesterday and will go up stream to
day on the hawsers of the Harvest
Queen, to load wheat out of Port
land for European delivery.
Dt 0118-JSDI IS
A CHEERFUL WORD
HOME FROM PORTLAND AND
PREPARING TO URGE HER
"STERILIZATION BILL.
Dr . B. Owcns-Ailair, of this
county, who has been in attendance
upon the Oregon Woman Suffrage
convention at Portland, returned to
this city yesterday quite happy in
her experiences there, both in the
matter of her fraternal association
with the good women of the State
assembled to foster and further their
claims to the ballot, and with the
pleasure and success that waited up
on her in her effort to advance the
advocacy of her pet , bill for the
amelioration of the human family by
sterilization, which came to her in
the opportunity to meet the legisla
tive delegates from Multnomah in
their recent "pot-latch."
To this latter assembly the doctor
made a formal address in the inter
est of the bill alluded to, the sub
tance of which t"llow, aaa it vat
very happily received by the gentle
men present, who were frank and
kindly in their approval and promis
es to consider the matter deeply and
devotedly when it should come up
in House and Senate this winter:
"Gentlemen of our next Legisla
ture: "I must apologize for not having
any data with which to present my
subject I did not expect this oppor
tunity until my friend, Senator
Beach opened the way for me by
kindly offering to present me 10
you.
"But to come to the work in hand.
Two years ago .through the Ore-
gonian, I called upon the Legisla
ture to enact a law to prevent the
future propagation of criminals,
idiots, insane and all that class of
bjectionab!es by and through ster
ilization. That clast which we know
it not only a burden, but a curse to
our homes, our ttate, and our na
tion as welt
"I did succeed in getting that bill
introduced into the house which I
consider was a great step in advance.
inrough tne prominence given my
communication by the Oregonian the
subject was taken up by the Wash
ington press and given wide circula
tion and more fully discussed than
in Oregon. And my friend, Senator
Walter J. Reed, atscred me that had
he received the bill in time to intro
duce it that it would have passed
the Senate with little or no opposi
tion. "Now gentlemen, it is my inten
tion to be with yon in Salem and I
hope to bring with me the names of
our most prominent physicians, ask
ing you to give ns a law for th.
Why these grapes ? Because from the
healthful grape comes the chief ingre
dient of Royal Baking Powder, Royal
Grape Cream of Tartar. .
Alum-phosphate powders are made with harsh mineral acids
and must be avoided. ' "
The steamer Eureka arrived down
from Portland very early yesterday
morning and left out at once, from
the Callender pier, for Eureka, Cal.
Among her passengers from this
port were Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Barr.
The steamer Yosemite arrived in
yesterday from the Bay City, and
went direct to Knappton, where she
will load out lumber for the return
voyage.
Another new craft in these waters
is due to arrive here today or tomor
row, towit, the steamer Carmel, "f
San Francisco. She comes after
lumber, of course.
purification and preservation of our
state. And I ask of you as a favor
that you think along thee lines just
a few moments each day and read
the headlines ami glance- through, if
possible, any such publications on
the subject. By so doing, I believe
that every one of yon will be pre
pared and willifig to cast a con
scienciout vote for such a humane
law. I thank you."
Dr. Adair received every courtesy
at the hands of the Legislators and
was ably assisted in her presentation
by Representative Fraaer, who was
in charge of the bill two years ago,
and by Miss Myrtle Pease, a lady
who is deeply intrested in the sub
ject, and by Senator Beach who
made it possible for her to meet the
delegates; and for all of which she
is correspondingly grateful. The
doctor intends to enter the field this
winter and prosecute the measure
valiantly upon its sheer merits which
aret admittedly, many and excellent.
WHOLE IB JOB IS
'Oil 01"
BUT EVERYBODY CHEER UP,
"FOR THE WORST IS YET
TO COME" PERHAPS.
Braden's Price List
Oregon Dressed Turkeys.. ..20c, Z5c
Oregon Dressed Spring Chick
ens 18c, 20c
Oregon fowls 16c
Oregon choice Geese 18c, 20c
Oregon dressed Ducks 20c, 25c
Beef to boil 5c to 8c
Prime Rib Roast Beef 10c, 12c
Tenderloin flat-bone and sirloin
steaks 10c
Government Inspected Kettle
Rendered Lard, S-lb. pails 70c
Small Pig Hams 17Jc
Best Breakfast Bacon ...17Jc
Veal Roast.. ..8c, 10c, 12c and 15c
Fine Shoulder Roast of Pork
10c,12Jc
Mutton Roast.. 8c, 10c, 12Jc and 15c
Beef Pot Roasts 6c, 7c, 8c
We make a specialty of delicious
home-made sausage made twice daily
at our plant
Pay us a visit. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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684 Commercial, Facing Hospital.
From about Twentieth stree to
about Thirtieth street the improve
ment on Irving avenue appears to
be in substantial condition and prob
ably wilt withstand the winter'i
rains. But beyond 30th street th
improvement is in very bad shape-
in four or five places the slides are
carrying away the roadway. By
spring perhaps a thousand feet or
more of the street wilt literally have
been carried away.
A reporter of the Astorian yester
day walked over the Irving avenue
improvement from end to end.
Citizens who have not yet teen the
ravages of the slide at Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets would be
well repaid for a trip of inspection,
for the sight of this great ravine
wrought by the sliding hillside is
well worth seeing, considered mere1
ly at a local spectacle. Nevertheless
the worst damage may not be at
Eighteenth street, but from about
Thirtieth street eastward. There in
various places the street is falling
away, the loose earth tumbling down
the slope to the north of the road,
In that part of the street perhaps a
quarter of a mile of the improve'
ment will be entirely worthless or
gone by next May.
To put in mildly the whole job is
not one to please the , eye of th;
judicious. Doubtless the contractor
lived up to the letter of hit contract
or the ttreett committee of the
council would not have been to will
ing to accpt the whole improvement
at the time the Astorian first began
calling attention to its condition
last summer, but an inspection of
the whole street can hardly help but
make a resident or taxpayer think.
If any member of the common conn
cil, or any disinterested or interested
resident of Astoria can walk over
the eastern part of this improvement
and not be impressed with the belief
that there is something radically
wrong wrong with the plans, speci
fications, contract and all then it
will be most surprising.
But personal investigation is re
quired for a clear understanding and
appreciation of the conditions. The
Irving avenue improvement promises
to be a matter that will long be re
membered in Astoria. And if any
voter will go out and study the con
ditions there for an hour and will
then vote for a continuation of the
men and the policies that are respon
sible for what he sees well, its up to
him to do it, if he wants to.
TAXES ARE LIKELY 10
00 EVEN HIGHER
PROMISE OF 10 MILL LEVY
MEANS NO RELIEF AT ALL
TO THE TAXPAYER.
Twice an announcement hat been
made within the past several weekj
that the city sdmlnUtratlon hoped
to keep the new tax levy for the
ciiv i.n to 10 nulls. Last year the
levy was 18 mills.
There was a note of jubilation In
the expressed intention to keep the
levy down to 10 mills, at if the ad
ministration in this respect was
about to do an extraordinary thing
for the taxpayer.
If the class in municipal economics
will get out their pencils and paper
some Interesting figures may be
shown.
Last year the assessed valuation of
the city property was exactly ti,
080.618; the levy was 18 mills. .
This year the assessed valuation it
$.1,470,478: the pramiieJ levy is
10 mills.
the is mill levy on last years
valuation of $2,080,618 gave a tax of
$37,451.12.
The promised 10 mill levy on this
year's valuation of $3,470,478 would
give a tax of $34,704-78 in other
words the greatly reduced levy on
the greatly augmented valuation witt
give practically the same amount of
tax moneys as were raised last year.
The promise of lowering the levy to
10 mills simply means a promise
that the administration ia figuring on
raising about the same amount of
money as last year. The promise to
lower the levy to 10 mills with the
note of jubilation in it for the poor
taxpayers' sake looks like a political
. . . . '.Ufa
But it is said that while some ol
the politicians connected with the
city administration are promising
the 10-mill levy, that this it really
only an ante-election promise. Al
ready the fire department- It about
$5000 in debt, and some are estimat
ing the city will be about $20,000
behind at the end of the year.
the Republicans go in, they will fall
heirt to a pretty big deficit to start
with. If by any mischance the
Democrats should get in then
would be their cue to begin explain
ing that even the 10 mill levy would
not be enough; in short, some ire
fearful that the taxes of the coming
year may be even higher than the
past year, unless business men talw
hold of the city's finances in a busl
ness-like manner.
Beware of Frequent Colds.
A succession of -colds or a pro
tracted cold is almost certain to end
in chronic catarrh, from which few
persons ever wholly recover. Give
every cold the attention it deserves
and you may avoid this disagreeable
disease. How can you cure a cold?
Why not try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy? It is highly recommend
ed. Mrs. M. White, of Butler, Tenn.,
says: "Several years ago I was
bothered with my throat and lungs.
Someone told me of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. I, began using it
and it relieved me at once. Now my
throat and lungs are sound and
well." For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
Clean Your Chimneys.
George Ludwig, an expert chim
ney sweep is in the city and will
make your chimney clean and safe
from fire for $2 or two chimneys for
$3. , Place your ;Ordct at the Astoria
hotel or telephone Main 3521. ;m,
NEW TO-DAY
Cheap Coal
Keltey the Coal and Wood Dealer
will deliver and place in your cellar
a ton of the best coal for $7.00 same
coat for $6.00 at the yard. Phone
Main 2191. Barn 15th and Duane.
All kindt of cordwood tnd hardwood
inside fir and boxwood for tale.
The very best board to be obtained
in the city it at "The Occident
Hotel." Fate vry reasonable
FANCYAPPLE!
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Acme Grocery Co.
HIGH ORADS GROCERIES
521 COMMERCIAL STREET ?H0N1 Ml
The Pake Restaurant.
An phase of hunger can be daintily
gratified at any hour of the day ot
night at the Palace Restaurant Tht
kitchen and dining room service are
of the positive best." Private dinlnfi
looms for ladies. One call inspire?
regular custom. Try it. Commcrci'
street,, opposite Pafte building.
-NAME MEANS SOMETHING.
When A. E. Petersen built and
named the "Modern" barber shop, he
meant that it should stand for what
it was called. No patron has missed
a single feature of the modern ton
sorial parlor ;t that house; and every
newjdevice in the way of perfect
comfort and service is constantly add
ed as it develops. The latest is an
expert bootblack, the best 'in the
business; a qualification that makes
hit employment really modern.
The Clean Man.
The man who delights In persona)
cleanliness, and enjoys 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.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
Cold Weather Specials ! f
Now is the time to lay ia your supply
of beverages for the winter months
Vigoral Beef Tea $2.50 per jug
Fluid beef in tubes 60c per dozen, high
trade Rock and Rye and all other stan
ard bottle goods at the most reason
able prices. :
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
Phone 1831. 689 Commercial St.
Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Full List of
Victor Double Disk 75c Records
now on hand. Full stock of
Victor and Edison Machines and Records
Finest stock of VIOLINS on the coast.
All at Eastern Prices.
Mr. Cithen:
Buy from your local merchant, be Mils hi
Roods as cheap as you can buy them in Portland or
elsewhere. The Astoria Merchant buys the Seawall
for Astoria but the Portland Merchant does not
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Special Excursion !
to the National Apple Show
SPOKANE, WASH.
Over the new "North Bank" Road
Leave Astoria Dec. 11th, Returning Dec. the 13th
Reduced rates. For further information call on
O. B. JOHNSON, Oen'I Agent A. & C. R. R.
12th St, near Commercial St. ASTORIA, O REG OH.
....FOR A....
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
-)0O TO(-
Johnson Phonograph Go,
Parlor Second Floor Over Srholfiald A Mihim P '
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT
Tungsten Electric Lamp
Greatest advance In lighting methods sine the invention o! Incandescent
' lamps.
EXAMPLE-
32 C. P. Ordinary electric lamp consumes 110 watts per hour
32 C. P. "Tungsten" electric lamp consumes 40 watts per hour
"', S,vin 70 watts per hour
By using Tungsten" lamps you can get 27S per cent Increase In light for
the same cost or In other words can have the same quantity of Illumination
for 35 per cent of the cost of lighting with ordinary electric lamps.
The Astoria Electric Co.
Cares Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach. Torrid Liver and
CbMr Laxative Fruit Syrup
T. P. LAUREN OWL DR UO STORE.
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions ci
pimples ' and blotches.
It Is guaranteed