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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, ORKHON. SUN' HAY, mtCRMfum (5, 1908. It : a . s 7 . -r ' sSj. 5 - . U t at J in t . ni l , I The Store pbc MU T 4. I j-.. i . t Ladies FOR tJ ' r8j Women BEEL,:. JliIvk0utfitters We are now ready with HOLIDA Y GOODS ...... . . Art Needle work, Novelties and Toys. HUIMMHWmWHHMIHIIIMMMllHMlMM Q STRAIGHTAWAY! SEAWALL TALK FROM A MAN WITH REASONS i OF HIS OWN FOR FIGHT- j INQTHE MEASURE. OCEAN, BAR, BAY, DOCK AND RIVER General Manager K. P. Schwenn, is in the city channel off Tongue ot tneaan jrraneisco-roruana steam- roint. She too will go to sea this ship Company, is due here on to- morning on the Wallula. This will morrow's voyage of the steamship clear the lower river of outward Senator, from San Francisco. Mr. 'bound square-riggers. , Schwerin comes on trip of inspection j of the lines and property of the; The sea tug Ceo, R. Vosburg ar company, and will be on the Colum-' rived down yesterday evening late bit (and Willamette) for about a 'from Portland, with a couple of big wwk- 'barges laden with "railway supplies " ifor the Nehalem, and he will leave The big steamship Nevadan which 1 out this morning with one of them, was due to berth at the A. & C dock ' returning for the other, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning, j The steamers Julia B. and Genl. spent the day on the Columbia buck- j Washington went on on the dot yes ing a dense fog. When the Lurline terday afternoon off on their run to passed her she was at anchor just ! Knappton and Deep River and made this side of Warrior Rock, but will; a pretty race across the Columbia, make it here this morning sometime, j bnt just as they approached Knapp- - 1 ton, they ran into a fog bank and th The Lnrline got away from this watchers from this side were denied port at 7:!S o'clock last evening with the following people listed for up river points: Messrs. D. R. Bernard, J. R. Craig, and County Attorney Snetling, of CathlameL Arcme 1 McNeill came down in command of the flagship last night relieving Captain McCully for one round ran. His many friends here were glad to meet him again. a sight of the finish. The British ship Brodick Castle, CaDtain Tavlor. arrived down ves- Captain j terday morning on the lines of the Queen, and is at anchor off the Tongue, ready to take despatch to the high sea, on the Wallula this morning. She carries grain, to Europe. i 1 V i,'f ' t The steamship Breakwater (and lier whistle), is due to arrive in this morning from the Coos country. She will have the hull of the Caflender steamer Myrtle, from Prosper, in tow and will drop her in this port. The Myrtle will be Instantly equip ped with the engines of the Van guard and put to work with the rest of the Callender fleet. The big 12-foot boiler for the Cal lender flagship Melville will be com pleted this week at the Astoria Iron Works, and it will be set and the enginery connected op by New Year's Day, when the fine tug will go into commission again, after four or five months of idleness. The schooner barge Belle landed at the Ninth street dock and unload ed 17 cords of fine dry alder wood for the Parker House people. Such wood makes an ordinary fuel user's 'mouth water." She nailed from Blind Slough. The steamer Alliance sails at 7:30 o'clock this morning for Coos Bay points as usual; and will leave the Callender dock. The, French bark Ville du Havre, Captain Halluite, grain Jaden for the United Kingdom for orders, came down the river yesterday ana The: steamer F. S. Loop finished loading at the Columbia mills at Knappton yesterday and sailed for the south. The steamer Yellow stone completed her load at the same place last evening. The steamer Homer came in from San Francisco last evening and went direct to the Callender dock where she discharged a lot of local freight before departing, up stream. The Rose City got away over the bar for California at an . unearthly hour yesterday morning. She had a good big cargo below and plenty of people in the cabins. Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method. If you suffer from bleeding, itch ing, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment; and will send some of their home treatment free for trial, with references from your own locality if requested. Im mediate relief and permanent cure assured. Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Write today to Mrs. M. Summers, Box P, Notre Dame. Ind. I WATERMAN'S SPECIAL FOR MONDAY ONLY I On Monday we will give with tvery loc purchase cake of LAUNDRINE FREE. Guaranteed to be pure and will cot injure the most delicate fabrics We handle a complete line of the famous Oatine Toilet Articles.' Havejyou seen our Sanitary Tooth 25 cents each Brushes for We arefj agentsf'for Jtfe famous "Seely" Fire) ess Cooker, saves 90 per cent of your Come and investigate. Sanitaiy fuel bill. Watch Whose Windows for Prices? j! WATERMAN'S Editor Astori.m; "The Budget nagged the city council into building the Irving avr- nue boulevard, a thing of beauty, at public expense, and now it is mak ing a desperate effort to gull the tax payers into building a so-called sea wall a project which, if carried out, would probably end in wiping As toria out of existance. Should not the people who support the Budget be given a fair deal on all public questions; that is, be told the truth and the whole truth. Just think of a newspaper asserting that only one mill can be levied by the seawall commission when the bill plainly reads five mills, and again it says and . reiterates that the taxpayer whose property is assessed at $500 will only have to pay $2.S0 in five years. If these false statements are made through ignorance, is the pa per capable of giving advice? and if such statements' are made to delude the voter, Js such conduct honorable to those who furnish the paper its bread and butter? For one, I don't think the question of a seawall un der present conditions, is worthy of consideration, but the question is before the voters and must be dis cussed. "The bill proposes the sale 6f $300,- 000 in 5 per cent bonds to run up to 40 years. This $300,000 if placed in a savings bank, at 3 per cent in terest, for 40 years, would increase to $2,043,000. Our assessment in the city this year is $3,470,000. One amount divided by the other will show that the wooden bulkhead pro posed will cost each taxpayer " the sum of $600 on every $1000 assessed valuation. The bill says the bulk head must be maintained. Ah, there's the rub. Men versed in such mat ters say the uppe part of a wooden bulkhead must be renewed every 10 years. Millions and perhaps billions. "Can any one prophecy the end of such a fool undertaking? And when this great bulkhead is com plete you can't make a man fill his i X lot that lies behind it, except by go ing into court and proving that the public health is endangered, and you couldn't prove it if you tried, espec ially when lots are to be confiscated by the hundreds. And these bonds can be sold at 10 cents on the dol lar If the seawall commission so de sire. One strong advocate of the seawall says we shouldn't expect to obtain more than 80 cents on the dollar for the bonds. Mind you the $600 on each $1000 valuation is on the present assessment, and the five mills is to be on increased assess ments in the future to build and maintain and pay the officials. As I read the ticket we are asked to bor row $300,000 to build a bulkhead; to levy for 40 years, five mills annual ly, on the assessed valuation of As toria property, which tax would amount to $17,350 if levied this year. How the $300,000 is ever to be paid back to the bond buyer, ask some one smarter than I. "Then next we have before us the Port of Astoria bill, which would produce $17,350 on this year's valua tion. This is a five mill tax for ever, and would increase as valua tions increased. Then the chamber of commerce bill wants $S4AJ a year. to keep it going forever; but this tax does not increase with increased valuations. "If all this mess is passed at the election now only a few days off. God help the poor taxpayer and the sooner he throws up the sponge the better for himself and family. "W. R. DEMENT." When you get ready to spend : your Christmas money and want to spend it in the most sensible way, not only to get value . for it, but to get things that are sure to please those who receive them, come to us and let us show you what we can do to help you. Especially in buying presents for men, young men, boys, you'll find us able to give you a good deal of help. We've got a big lot of things for men's giftsjthings boys like too; masculine things; you'll make a hit if you give any one of fifty or a hundred things we can show you here, costing anywhere from 25 cents up to $30.00 or $40.00. No male person, for example, ever has more handsome neckties than he wants; see what 50 cents, $1.00, $1.50 will do for you in neckwear here. Same way with fine handkerchiefsnever too many, or fine hosiery-always acceptable; or suspenders, gloves, small jewelry, studs-always wanting them. We'll show you ome elegant walking sticks and umbrellas, from $1.50 up; some of the better ones heavily silver mounted. We'll show you some very stun- I U1UB a-y wmsicuais irom sj.ou up. n you want to go in lor more substantial things, get him a HART SCHAFFNER & MARX fine suit or overcoat; or a full dress or Tuxedo suit. You'll never get more money's worth; nor better clothes. Anything bought may be exchanged at any time; if he doesn't like it, bring it back t oiii.niE.ii bUHia f ssti a sc jr ,u i m i chhisifiav citmiw i nnnn mF il new to-my jr - , UUUU 111 IL 1ULIIUL I I DESPITE BAD WEATHER AND DISTANCES THE RECORDS ARE VERY GOOD. Oregon Dressed Spring Chick ens 18c, 20c Oregon fowls 16c Beef to boil .' 5c to 8c Prime Rib Roast Beef 10c, 12ic Tenderloin flat-bone and sirloin steaks 10c Government Inspected Kettle Rendered Lard, 5-lb. pails 70c Small Pig Hams ..17ic Best Breakfast Bacon 17Jc Veal Roast.. ..8c, 10c, 12c and 15c Fine Shoulder Roast of Pork 10c,12ic Mutton Roast.. 8c, 10c, 121c and 15c Beef Pot Roasts 6c, 7c, 8c Ranch Eggs 35c Choice Creamery Butter 70c We make a specialty of delicious home-made sausage made twice daily at our plant. Pay us a visit. Satisfaction guaranteed. BU-iliATCO Mist Warren, superintendent of the county schools, has . compiled some interesting figures in relation j to the attendance in the country schools. Despite the inconveniences j and, difficulties that often beset the children of th district schools of distances and bad weather these fig ures show pretty conclusively that the sturdy little country "get there just the same." In the Necanicum district, Miss Charlotte Church, teacher, the percentage of attendance during the recent term was 100. That is, there were no absentees. Even the lowest percent age of attendance during the recent term was good. Following is a tabu lated statement of all the districts in Cheap Coal Kelley the Coal and Wood Dealer will deliver and place In your cellar a ton of the best coal for $7.00 tame coal for $6.00 at the yard. Phons Main 2191. Barn 15th and Duanc. All kinds of cordwood and hardwood inside fir and boxwood for sale. The very best board to be obtained in the dty is at "The Occident Hotel." Rate vry reasonable. 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 children $3- Place your order at the Astoria hotel or telephone Main 3521, or leave your orders at the Astorian office. Election Returns. Full election returns will be de ployed in black and white at the Wigwam saloon, corner of Eighth the county except one, which has not!a,nd Ast0' 8,r",s' ' on 'he evenin of yet been heard from the tabulation showing the location of the school, the teacher, the number of pupils and the percentage of attendance: Warrenton .Myrtle Porter, 22 pu pils, 92 per cent. Knappa Florence MacFarline, 10 pupils, 98 per cent. Westport T. W. Tandy, 28 pu pils, 93 per cent. Jewell Mrs. C. E. Smith, 12 pu pils, 87 per cent. Seaside J. W. Branstater, 196 pu pils, 93 per cent. N'ecanicum Charlotte Church, 9 pupils, 100 per cent. Melville Mary Clark, 15 pupils, 95 per cent. Knappa W. A, Ogden, 36 pupils, I 92 per cent. District 17 Maude Chambers, 14 pupils, 97 per cent. Fern Hill Lillian Juni, 19 pupils, 91 per cent. Vesper Anna Jurmu, 9 pupils, 93 per cent. District 20 Arabella Davies, 15 pupils, 91 per cent. Olncy A. N. Lowe, 25 pupils, 99 per cent. Svenson Sophie Anderson, 30 pu pils, 91 per cent. District 29 Nellie. Anderson, 24 pupils, 96 per cent. Olney Josephine Dow, 11 pupils, 95 per cent. Clfton Elsie Conklin, 18 pupils, 92 per cent. HammondGeorge Bethers, 102 pupils, 95 per cent. Warrenton J. T. Lee, 68 pupils, 97 per cent election day, Wednesday cember 9th, so that alt may see. next, who De The Palace Kestaarant Any phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant. , The kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best. Private dining looms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commerci"' street, opposite Page building. EW TODAY ! FINNAN HADDIES Royal Chinook Salmon Bellies and Tips. Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 521 COMMERCIAL STREET !HONE 681 iplp y (fit JkiU 7-- i A GREAT GfFT .for Xmas for yourself or your family is a permanent home, and it is our pleasure to place you in the way of obtaining one. Our real estate business Is so extensive that we can furnish all conditions of peo ple with just the kind they desire. We have city and country property in most advantageous situations. Also pianos, organs and graphopbones. 424 Commercial street. A. R. CYRUS. Try our own .mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Mai- The Clean Man. The man who delights In personal deanlintss, 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. 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 i.t that house; and every new device in the way of perfect comrort and service is constantly add ed as it develops. The latest is an expert bootblack, the. best in the business; a qualification that makei his employment really ""idem, Full List of . Victor Double Disk 75c Records now on hand. Full stock of I Victor and Edison Machines and Records Finest stock of VIOLINS on the coast. All at Eastern Prices, Mr. Citizen: Buy from your local merchant, he sells his ' 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. A. G. SPEXARTH 1 Subscribe to The Morning Astian X f