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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1908)
THURSDAY, DBCEMBBR h m THE MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. I Select Your Xmas Presents How We have just put on sale many band some and useful articles. Something to interest everyone. Meantime we continue to furnish the best of Groceries and Meats, Etc. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. THE MODEL FOOD BTOKB S ' m iiusjfi At Bt. Mary's Mr. Young, of Scatide, wa taken to Si, Mary' hospital last evening, whers she if to undergo n lcr- tiuii, , " Cillsenihlp John Guttnf Hakala, native of Fin land, filed hit declaration to become i cltlicn Itt the office of tht county clerk yesterday. Moneyt Paid Out Thorn Dcalry, city treasurer, ye tcrdny paid out the mm of $263.10 on park warrant, Iwued on the con' tructlon of the little one-room house t the City I'ark. There i atill a balance of f60.40 in the park fund. Have Returned Mr. and Mr, Leonard Manaur have returned to their hom9 In Uppertow:i after having ipent the greater part of the year with L. Manur, Sr., owing to (he illneni of the latter. Cloeed For Repairs The Columbia Mill, at Knappton, cloied down yesterday, for about a week, and not to exceed ten day, for the purpose of erecting new smokestacks, cleaning boiler and making certain needed repair to the machinery. Will Cremate Body W, P. McGregor received a tele gram last evening from Michael Gorman in Portland Hating that the body of hi brother, William Gor man, wilt be cremated in that city at 2 o'clock thi afternoon. It had been planned to take the body back cant, but evidently it wat found bent to make different arrangement. New Dock Slip Meur. Dirch & Jacobson, the con tractor, yenterday started the work of building and installing of com plete new slip at the easterly end of the Flavel pier, where the tteamer R. Miler berth, snt) will rush the work to at to interfere aa little a possible with the river commerce centering there. Anchor Saloon Robbed Some thief entered the Anchor a loon tome time at an early hour yet tertluy morning and rubbed the till of a little over $54. There it no di rect clue to the perpetrator of the act. Fence Hat Arrived The fence whiih i to be conttruct cd around the little reservoir hat ar rived and yesterday wa hauled up to the place. The Portland Iron & Wire Work, the company from which the fencing wat purchased, also put in a bid to erect the fence for $65, and this wa accepted by the commission er at their latt meeting, The fenc ing itself cost something like $1,35 a foot. Another Show Venture The fourth of Astoria moving pic ture venture is underway on the 20 by 60 foot lot Just wett of the Foard Stoke Hardware Company's building, at Commercial and Four teenth treet, with Park & Chap man a proprietors. The house will be nicely furnished and will be kept up to the best standard, and it is hoped to have thing in readiness for the holidays, if possible. Plead Not Guilty William Nyberg, of Uppertown. who ha two cases pending against him in the circuit court on charges of selling liquor within "dry" pre cinct, pleaded not guilty yesterday. His attorney is C. J. Curtis, Anton Kuljii of Clifton, who i accused of a similar charge, it expected in today to enter hi r'" and it i( presumed that he also will plead not guilty. Hit attorney is J. H. Smith, , SureOfltl Customer buying clothe at Wise's on the "Free Day" get their money back. Hut if you don't strike the "Free Day" you're sure of good good at rrnaonuble prices, an Hot Drinks . Coffee and Chocolate. Dillus Case Ditmiated . The cn again! Victor Dillus, ac cused of having stolen a sum of money from Edward Walden several months ago, was yesterday dismissed in circuit court. The prosecuting wit nest, Walden, could not be found, and while Sheriff Pomeroy went to Vancouver, Wash., after him no trace of him wa found there. Attorney Eakin represented Dillus. Sewer Assessment The assessment roll for the sewer improvement on Seventeenth street, Irving to Jerome, wa filed in the office of the city auditor yesterday, showing a total cost for the work of $802, proportionately divided among the property benefitted. ,The cost is segregated as follow: contract price, $720; surveying, $25; superintendence, $25; certificates of ownership, $7; printing, $15; assessors, $10. , Xmai Neckwear Keiser's neckwear for style and quality at Judd Bros. Fresh Meat. Spare ribs, pork tenderloin,, and other meats fresh daily at Braden's l new meat market. See ad, page 4.n ....APPLE Just received a shipment of tancy Northern Spy and Baldwin Apples Our prices are right. Scholfield, Mattson & Co. phone U8i GOOD GOODS 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET PHONE 931 Seeks a Rebate- In a communication to the common council, Mrs. Joseph Bernard asks for a rebate of $12.88 in an assess ment made against her lot in Mc-. Clure' Astoria, The assessment was ; fur the improvement of Eighth street, , Harrison to Lexington, and she! states that the attention of the streets j committee had hern called to the al-! leged fact that she was not to be j assessed for the Eighth street work, ; and tjiut when the Ninth street im-! provemcnt wa made she was to j have received proper credit but failed i to secure it. j Here On Business i Superintendent F K, Uudd, of the! Ilwaco Railway Company, wa in the' city yesterday on matter of busi- j ne, and left up last evening for the 1 metropolis. Mr. Uudd say the newj road on the northhore ha Mood the heavy rains of the season to date, in ' excellent, hape, and there is nothing to Indicate any appreciable effects ' from the rains of the winter. He' says, also, that there is any amount ' of building going on, in a private . way, all along the route of the road; and that next season on the north j beache will see many a new summer j home, 1 Blind Slough Lands Going According to the report of one ofj Astoria' best known capitalists and : one interested in a large way in the 1 subsequent activity of the market , there, Blind Slough lands are being i rapidly taken up by a colony of : Finns who are in this country and on ims particular quest, at tne instance of Rev. E. Lommererjarwea. who, for ; sometime past has been interested in j the project in a commercial and pas-; toral way. Negotiations were closed yesterday there for the lands of Alec , Moody. Charles Hoglund and Chas. Petersen, aggregating in the neigh-. borhood of 4000 acres. Another Tale Told Perfectly reliable and respectable people arrived in this city yesterday front Chinook and oilier point be low there, who made it plain to this office, that the story, recently told on good faith in these columns, about the robbery of S. T. Parks on the road between Fort Columbia and Chinook on the night of December 10th last, wa absolutely untrue. The declaration made yesterday laying the lots of any money Mr. Park suffered, wholly to his own careless ness and indifferent conduct; that at no point wa he robbed and that he pent hi money freely, paying all bills and engagements over there, and being, at all timet, under the friendly oversight, and prepaid inter est, of those who knew him or were under his patronage. Corcuit Court- In circuit court yesterday a num ber of cases were passed upon by Judge McBride as follows: George W. Higginbotten vs Mary C. Hig- ginbotten, order for publication of summon; Anna Shedrick vs. John Shedrick. order of default and refer ence; Robert Carmthers vs. Astoria Crushed Rock Co.. settled and dis missed; Charles Xiemi vs. H. Lind- quist et a I, defendant to answer in 20 days; Nathaniel Jones vs. Mary Jones, plaintiff ordered to pay $50 suit money by February 1, 1909; A. R. Kanaga vs. A. S. Tee, et al, de cree quieting plaintiffs' title upon pay ment of certain costs; A. R. Kanaga vs. Astoria A. Si T. T. Co., motion for judgment overruled Emsley Houghton vs. R E. Houghton, decree of divorce; James W. Welch vs. N. D. Bain, judgment against N. D. Bain, but dismissed as to James P. Bain. Paying Off Dividends F. M. Rowley, the traveling auditor for tl Equitable Savings & Loan Association, of Portland, was in the city and territory yesterday cm the pleasant errand of paying off some of the cash dividends, innuring to local stockholders; everyone of whom was delighted to see him and the good sign of a well conducted business that he brought along. The com pany, according to Mr. Rowley, is ;n superb shape and building rapidly and safely all the t!me and whereso ever it seeks and does business.. It is a purely Oregon institution, back ed by the soundest money and abl est management in the state. Mr. Rowley, himself, is a good type of the people doing business for the big and popular house and contributes steadily and successfully to its career, as all good business men admitted ly do. DON'T FORGET THAT HEATING STOVE You'll Need It Soon. We have them. W. C. L AW5 tH CO. Don't buy your Xmas can dies until you have seen our ...Home Made Candies... They are healthier and better. and don't cost any more. ALEX TAGG 483 Commercial St., Astoria, Or. Held In $5000- The preliminary examination cf Dr. Peacock upon the charge of ruin ing the late Madeline Longtaine wis called in Judge Graham's court, Cath lamct, at 10:30 yesterday morning with Prosecuting Attorney Snelling in charge of the State's interests, and Hon. Bruce Polworth representing the doctor. There were a number of witnesses in attendance, including Guy Morel, the reputed affianced lov er of the dead girl. Dr. R. H. Pilkington, Stenographer Miss Le nora Benoit, and Coroner J. A. Cil baugh, of this city. Dr. Peacock waived examination, and wa placed under bond in the sum of $S000 for his appearance in the Suuerior Court of Wahkiakum county, Washington, at Cathlamet, on February 24, 1909; and the bond of young Morel was fix ed at $500 in the same behalf. New Commission Business It is hoped that by the first of January next the Astoria Commis sion House, a new business venture here, will open its doors to the trade and public here- under cheerful au spices; Messrs. G. H. Norberg, V. H. Dalgelcish and one other party being interested in the undertaking. Negotiations were closed yesterday for the leasing of the rooms on the east side of Eleventh street lately oc cupied by the Astoria Regatta Com- mitte, and by the Bryan headquar ters. The entire space will be given up to the handling of the choicest fruits and vegetables, dairy and farm products, on a commission basis; and as all members of the new house have plenty of friends here and hereabout, there should be no doubt about the certain success of the un dertaking, and the Astorian has only the best wishes for such a consummation. Course of Lectures- Winter short courses of study will begin at the Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon, on January 5. Men and women, young and old, interest ed in the farm, the shop, or the home, are cordially invited to attend. By writing at once to the Agricultural College a circular will be sent tell ing in detail what is proposed to be accomplished by these courses. A week of lectures on general agricul tural topics begins January 5. A special course for creamery operators and managers runs from January 5 to 15; a course in dairying from Jan uary 18 to March 27; a course in horticulture, January 11. to February 20; a course in mechanic arts from January 11 to February 20; a course in road construction from January 11 to February 6; a course in household science and art from January 11 to February- 20. Special lectures on business methods on the farm will be given. A Letter From Santa Clans! Dear Kids and Older Folks: I have a double sized rig this year and an extra team of Rein deer, so I can carry any and all size packages. I would especially recom mend useful presents such as Herman Wise offers for men and boys Fancy Waist Coats Smoking Jackets Combination Boxes' Suspenders and Ties to match Mufflers and Handkerchiefs Underwear $1 to $7 per suit Dents Gloves Trousers Seperate Handle Umbrellas $5 Knox Hats also $3 Hats Overcoats and Suits you can't look foolish in Plain and fancy Golf Shirts Guaranteed Hole-proof Sox in Xmas Boxes : Sweaters and Sweater Coats Night Shirts and Pajamas Suit Cases He Won't Look FooUsh in a WISE Suit Little Boy's Suits and Overcoats 1-3 Off Yours truly, ' V SANTY In; Care of HERMAN WISEReOLr P. S. DANCE AND PIANO CONTEST, DEC 30, LOGAN'S HALL. r , ; Christmas Window The finest line of men's furnishings ever displayed in the city are now on exhibition in Judd Bros.' windows. ' Notice. A grand ball will be given in the Deep River hall at Deep River, Wash., Saturday, December 19, 1908, the steamer General Washington will leave foot of Twelfth street at 8 p, m., returning after the ball. Fare round trip, 25 cents; admission to ball, 75 cents; ladies free. A grand time is assured to every one that at tends. u.i Christmas Cards, Book lets, Callenders, Art Goods, Novelties, Fountain Pens, Box Paper and a big line of Books. Svensons BooK Store 14th and Commercial St. PERSONAL MENTION Chester Jordan has returned from a pleasant outing of two weeks in San Francisco, and declares that As toria is far. the pleasanter place of the two. W. J. Ingalls came in from the Lewis & Clark country yesterday to size np the Christmas signs and pre pare for the happy season. D. B. Andrews, of Tacoma, was a visitor in this city yesterday, go ing on to the coast on the evening train. C. B. McMullen, of Grant's Pass, spent the day in Astoria yesterday. J. F. Sunderson, of Seattle, was among the business tourists in this city yesterday. J. E. Atherton, of Philadelphia, was noted on these streets yesterday on his annual tour out here in the toy line. O. R. Entriken. of Spokane, was in Astoria yesterday, on matters of business and pleasure. G R. Williams, of Portland, was among the hundreds of tourists vis iting this city yesterday. Sure Of Itl . , Customers buying clothes at Wise's on the "Free Day" get their money back. But if you don't strike the "Free Day" you're sure of good goods at reasonable prices. a Clean Your Chimneys. George Lndwig, 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 order at the Astoria hotel or telephone Main 3521, or leave your orders at the AstotTan office. A Frosty Night Shortly after darkness set in last night a heavy frost fell and covered "the sidewalks , and streets with a white and very slippery blanket. With the streets scintillating with the icy particles and the stars shining bright ly overhead it looked like a typical winter's night. So slippery were the walks that for all those who did not wear rubbers the walking was pre carious, to say the least, and more than one careless pedestrian took a fall. On the hills the boys and girls enjoyed themselevs with their sleds. D. M. C. D. Club Dance Invitations have been issued for a leap year dancing party to be given by the D. M. C. D. Club in the Ath letic Club hall on the night of De cember 30. Being a leap year party, the young ladies evidently are to ex tend invitations to their young men friends. The patronesses are Mrs. M. L. Knight, Mrs. J. J. Utzinger and Mrs. E. L Lowe. The real significance of the four initials that comprise the name of the club still seem to be a mystery to all who are not members of the organization, though several very happy explanations are current. See Judd Windows Up-to-date Christmas gifts. If.yoa want to see a fine line of men's wear ing apparel see Judd's windows. REALTY TRANSFERS W. E. Stone to W. L. Stone, lot 3, block 110, McClure's; $1. M. S. Warren to Ethel Louisa Jenkins, lot 11, block 5, Tolovana Park; $100. Elwood & Snow Timber Co. to E. Z. Ferguson, undivided 9-20 of N 1-2 ot NE 1-4, the SW 1-4 of the NE 1-4, the E 1-2 of the NW 1-4 and the NW 1-4 of the SE 1-4, all in S 21, T 7 N, R 9 W; $100. E. Z. Ferguson and wife to El wood & Snow Timber Co., the un divided 11-20 of the S 1-2 of N 1-2 of S 21, T 6 N, R 7 W; $100. These pure, fresh Oregon meats can be found at Smith's and at Smith's only for these prices: Small Legs of Lamb.. 15c Lamb Loin Chops 15c Shoulder Lamb Chop...s 12ic Whole Shoulders to Roast 10c Frankfurt Sausages 10c Bologna Sausages .' 10c Blood Sausage 10c Liver Sausage 10c Head Cheese 10c Ham Sausage 15c Smith's Pig Pork Sausage 12Jc Shoulder Roast Pork 10c, 12Jc Whole Shoulder Roasts lie Shoulder Pork Chops 12Jc Loin Pork Chops , 15c Loin Rib Roasts of Pork. ....15c Pork Hocks 8c Fresh Pig Feet.... ....5c Smith's Pure Lard in 5-lb. pails.. 65c Sirloin Steaks ; ...10c Tenderloin Steaks 10c Best Porterhouse Steaks. .. .12ic 15c "T Bone Steaks 12Jc. 15c Round Steak 10c Best Pot Roasts 7c, 8c Beef for Boiling 5c, 6c Prime Rib Roast Beef 10c, 12Jc Pickled Pork 12Jc Dry Salt Pork 12 Jc Smith's Pig Hams 16c Breakfast Bacon 16c, 17c Fresh Eggs 35c dozen Your choice of several different brands of Creamery Butter.,,. 70c Fine fresh, dry-picked Oregon Chickens, Hens and Springs... .18c FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO, "Fighting the Beef Trust" 12th St. betw Bond and Commercial 253 Taylor St. (Uniontown) We have no connection with anv other market in Astoria but these two BEING DRESSED FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER . Everything here to make it and the rest of the day a perfect " success. Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs Shirts, Nobby Suits Bath Robes, Raincoats House Coats, Overcoats Fancy Vests, Boys' Suits Gloves, Neckwear ' and everything at really low prices. Look 'em over. S. Danziger&Co. Astoria's Greatest Clothiers Open PDvenings Until Xaias