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
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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
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