THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, ORKHON.
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Women BEEL,:. JliIvk0utfitters
We are now ready with
HOLIDA Y GOODS
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Art Needle work, Novelties
and Toys.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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