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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTOWAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECtiMlWR 16 OCEAN, BAR, BAY, DOCK AND RIVER The Breakwater arrived in yester day morning 46 hours behind her schedule from Cooi Bay, hiving been bar-bound there during the recent se vere sou'easter. She brought in one of the heaviest salmon cargoes shj has yet landed here, there being something over 5000 cases, which she discharged at the O. R. & N. pier. She had a light passenger list, and went on to Portland, whence she will make every effort to get back on her usual unfailing schedule. ' The steamer Lurline was on time last evening and went away to Tort land at 7 o'clock with a goodly pas senger list, on which appeared the names of Mr.t and Mrs. Bert Alger, of Altoona; Mrs. J. C Kennedy, o Skamokawa; and J. N. Foster. , The British steamship Tweedsdale was spoken off the Golden Gate on Monday and ordered to this port and Portland for cargo, and is due to arrive in today, unless she shall go to Nanairao for coal first She will probably take wheat to Europe. It is not known here yet who she goes" to. The American schooner Samar, with a big load of lumber from the Inman-Poulsen yards at Portland, has arrived down and is in the city channel awaiting . sea-despatch, for Capetown, South Africa, and will probably go out this morning. The, new steam schooner Sibyl Marston arrived down yesterday from Portland and cleared from this port for San Francisco, with her in itial eargo of lumber out of the Co lumbia river. She carries 1,100,000 feet - The steamship Roanoke docked here at the Callender pier yesterday afternoon, with a big passenger list from the California coast, and with j cargo of general merchandise. She went on to Portland after short stay here. 4 ' "jJ! '!''! The steamer Cascades, with 520, IW0 feet of good Rainier lumber, has cleared hence for the Bay City, am will likely get over the bar this morn ing. The steamer Argo, now in Fori land taking her initial cargo for Til lamook Bay points, is due down at almost any hour. ! --v The big steamships Uganda, wheat laden for Eurone. and the Admiral Borresseri with lumber for the orient are still in the lower harbor waiting for a feasible bar. The steamer South Bay has arrived in from the Bay City and gone on to the , metropolis for her customary load of lumber. iEW PHONE RATES M SATISFACTORY TWO-PARTY RESIDENCE CON NECTION PROMISES TO BE ATTRACTIVE Announcement was made last even ing of the rates that the Pacific States Company is to charge for its new telephone service. The new rates will go into effectwhen the new in struments, etc., are all in, which may be about one month after the cut over is made onto the new switch board in the building on Duane street which will be done about January 1, Following is a list of the new sched ule, and it appears to be quite satis factory: , . . , ; .. . ' I Phones, Per Month Individual business, $3.00. ' Two-party business, $2.50.' Individual residence, ' $2.00. ' Two-party residence, $171 f Four-party residence, $1.50. Here's where the wear comet. Children's shoes need strong x!es. Buster Brown Shoes have soles that wear: Mothers say they never sat thUdren's soles wear so wefl. ' ' , j ,,.,, .'1 .1 BUSTES BE0WN Blue Eibboa SHOES ' For youngsters, $150 to $50 We are showing a complete line of FOOTWEAR for the Christmas season. Agents for the Packard shoe E6g BEE HIVE TO ....WHITMANS.... Now is the Time Xmas Novelties ! are now all on display and stock perfectly complete come before the rush. Books, Callendars, Toilet Ar ticles and Sets,Kid Books,Games Fountain Pens, Xmas Post Cards and Xmas Cards, Leather Novel ties, Hand Painted China, Brass Novelties etc. ; Whitmans Bookstore Write for Our Xmas Catalogue isSS? if: mfcmk A Merry Christmas s for the Folks If you buy your Gifts Of P. A. Stokes We have a very extensive line of Christmas Glftstsuit able for men, young men and boys. You can't think of anything desirable that we have not got We have a swell line of Carter , & Holmes celebrated Ties 50c and up. A bright and snappy line of Monarch and Cluett Shirts $1 to $1.50. In Sox, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Gloves, Underwear, Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes, Etc, we can shftw you anything your taste de sires and at prices that will suit all. We are exceptionally strong in those lines and invite your inspection. A nice silk Umbrella is always excep table and a very useful gift, or supposing you go a little higher and get a Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suit or Overcoat. You can get no more beautiful or sub stantial present nor can you get one that will cause the recipient to remember you longer, 18.00 to 30.00. HATS, HATS, Huntors Green! the smartest color you have ever laid eyes on, the cleverest shapes you ever laid hands on. Good style in black and brown too. 33. OO - - - REMEMBER ! THE STOKES GUARANTEE WITH EVERY ARTICLE SOLD s. Copyright I9l hf ' ' SMOKING JACKETS BATH ROBES In each instance the subscriber is given choice of wall or 'portable phone. It will be seen that there will be a continuation ot the party lines, but not of the vexatious kind. The two-party phones will be virtual ly like the single lines, inasmuch as the bell will sound only in the place wanted. The four-party line will not be "pushed" by the company, but the two-party phone is expected to prove very popular, and with the silent bells it ought to be very satisfactory. Of course the individual residence phone is only $2 a month, and in comparison with other cities that rate is satisfactory. While the new rates seem to be as cheap as could be expected, the best of the whole matter is that the new ! service is likely to be of the finest, i The new service will be of the cen- tral energy kind, and everything will ! be modern. Two crews are at work ; in completing the work of installing I the apparatus in the new building, one working at night and one in the fl CURTIS WIELDS A TRENCHANT PEN penscs might amount to about 25 cents. Mr. Tee stated emphatically , that this did not represent the price of two drinks. Mr. Curtis aUo, evi dently, did not spend any money ' aa lor drttiKi or cigars. FILES ELECTION EXPENSES AND ALSO EXPRESSES AN OPINION OF THE LAW. Under the provisions of the Cor rupt Practice act the various candi dates for office at the recent election will have lo tile a list of their elec tion expenses, that of C. J. ONE MILL TAX IS A FORTUNE. The Kansas State Legislature will face a most difficult situation this winter because the state valuation i so immense. Kansas has available for taxable purposes about $2,250,0X), (XX), This means that one mill tax will yield the State $2,250,000. One tenth of a mill menus $225.1)00. When the Legislature assemble The first one tiled was there will be the usual calls for rgi Curtis, elected to the timate exiii-mrs, but the rate will be common council from the second so low that every department will ask ward, and Mr. Curtis wrote and de posed in characteristic CurtLsian manner following: Full List of Victor Double Disk 75c Records . now on hand. Full stock of : Victor and Edison Machines and Records J-'tnesi. stock of VIOLINS on the coast. All at Eastern Prices. Mr. Citizen: ., , Buy from your local merchant, be sells bis - goods as cheap as you can buy them in Portland or elsewhere.' s The Astoria Merchant buys the Seawall ' ; for Astoria but the Portland Merchant does not. A. O: S P E X A R T H Oregon Dressed Spring Chick ens ...18c, 20c Oregon fowls 16c Iicef to boil Sc to 8c Prime Rib Roast Beef 10c, 121c Tenderloin flat-bone and sirloin steaks 10c Government Inspected Kettle Rendered Lard, 5-lb. pails.. ...70c Small Pig Hams 17c Best Breakfast Bacon.. 17Jc Veal Roast.. ..8c, 10c, 12c and 15c Fine Shoulder Roast of Pork ... 10c,12ic Mutton Roast., 8c, 10c, 12ic and 15c Beef Pot Roasts 6c, 7c, 8c Ranch Eggs 35c Choice Creamery Butter. .65c, 70c, 75c Get your Sausage and Hamburg ground while you wait. 'Hon. Olof Anderson, "Auditor and Police Judge. "Dear Sir: Under and pursuant to the provisions of what is called the 'Corrupt Practice Act' one of the most damnable outrages ever perpe trated upon American citizenship, and adopted under the twin relic of barbarism known as the 'Initiative and Referendum' born in sin and fostered in iniquity by W. S. U'Rren, promoter of crank legislation, I here with submit my report ' of the ex penses incurred by me during the municipal campaign including the election of December 9, 1908; "To printing 500 circulations, $300; to postage, $2.00; total, $3.00. ' "I, C. J. Curtis, being first duly sworn, depose and say, the forcgoinc itemized statement ot campaign ex-1 penses is true, and the same were ! an increase ami the plea will hi: "Why, the hundredth part of a mill will yield all the increase we ask." i J It may seem absurd to make the ! comparison, but the solons this winter will be in the position of a poor man who has suddenly inherited 'a vast fortune, and the first feeling will he necessary for strict economy has passed, With this condition confronting them it will require more real .states manship to keep appropriations with in bounds than if the old tax regimes were in force. The State does not own a dollar of this two and a quarter billion as every cent of it belongs to citizens or corporations, and the Legislature has no more right to be unduly liberal with the revenue than if the state were in debt and had to issue bonds to pay the bills. This subject is the more important, because this will be the first, Legisla ture to meet with so much money in Our Apple Show! ' We are showing a fine assortment ( , . ' of the famous HOOD RIVER APPLES of the following varieties Winter Banana, King, Wagoner, Spitzenberg and Hyde Kings. Our price places them withiu your reach. Come and sec them. Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 521 COMMERCIAL STREET ?HONB 681 necessarily campaign. incyrrcd by "C. J. CURTIS." me in said i s'(ht, and its course will mak a pre cedent for all future ones. Wichita Beacon, We make a specialty of delicious home-made sausage made twice daily at our plant. Pay us a visit. Satisfaction guar anteed. While in the city auditor's office yesterday Mr. Tee, re-elected to the spect. Mr. Tec thought his total ex- day tnr. Mr. Brunold, the manager, stated last evening that the new plant should be ready on time. Mr i ' ' . ... ioiay solicitors .will commence the work of getting subscribers for the new phones. t office of city gurveyor, had his at tention called to the law in this re- 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 rt that house; and every nrw rtevice in the way of perfect comtort and service is constantly add ed as it develops. The latest is an expert bootblack, the best in the business; a qualification that makes his employment really "odern. I TOYS ! TOYS ! TOYS ! I 'We have just received anew shipment o' Toys and our new department is now open. Bring the little folks around and let us gladden their hearts, Toys of every description, Dolls for the girls from 25c to $5.00 Novels at Big Reductions All the latest Novels and stories by the most pop. ular authors, such well known books as "The Yoke" 'Little Brother of the Rich",. "Brass Bowl", etc. Novels that cannot be bought for less than $1.50 in Portland or any other city We will sell as a special for Saturday only at $1.19 per volume. Mermen's Talcum Powder 20c per can A Beautiful Christmas Gift Our new stock of Natural Rose Metalizcd Hatpins . are the most exceptable gift you could possible make m any woman or girl for the money. 1 Price $1.50 each Keep your eye on this space Friday for Special Sale Saturday Watch Whose Windows for Bargains Subscribe to The Morning Astian