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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1909)
THE MORNING ASTOHIXn, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, I9W. ill WItTTT do l o r i a- ! reported as very successful ami alto- jgetner enjoyawe. Ill 1 1 A very successful masquerade 'isnce was given in Logan's Hall on New Year's eve by a dub of young wen designating themselves at the Tive Orphans,", Excellent music as furnished by the Pacific orches tra and the floor was in fine shape r the dancing which begun at 8:30. Only masqucradcrs participating during the early part of the evening. Many handsome costumes and well wataiued characters were represent ed, including cowboys, Chinese, Dutch boy and girl in full Holland mstomc and wooden shoes, Estmi no, Spanish costumes, Gypsy girls, and several girls from the "Golden West." At 11:30 the priae were distributed, Mrs. Foard who was gowned in a wihte spangled evening eoatnme winning beautiful silver tea set, as best dresed lady. Miss Mabel Monroe, dressed as a Spanish girl won the priie as second best rested lady, a jewel case. The prise for best sustained lady character, a kaodsome umbrella, was won by Miss Mabel Endicott as a cowgirl Mr. W. Houghton as a Spanish cava lier, carried of! the priie for best Pressed gentleman, a suit case, and Mr. Charles Mathier as the "Man From Nome," winning an umbrella, at best sustained gentleman char acter. Dancing then became general, fully one hundred couplet joining in waltzing the old year out and the siew year in. Messrs. Clarence Gaff uey, Sherman Level, Arthur Berry tod I. Siverson are to be congratu lated on the success of this event, as all who were fortunate enough to be present, say they Spent a very happy tveoing. Miss Estetla M. Thomson, who for the past year has resided with ler aunt. Miss F. S. H. Baldwin, 677 Exchange street this city .left here Monday morning for Winnipg, Man. She is a graduate of Manitoba Uni versity of that city, and goes to ac cept a position as teacher there alias Thomson has made a number ef warm frierds there, who with her relatives regret her departure and took forward to her return at the close of the school year. ' The chorus "Lyran" gave a very successful concert and New Year's wake last Thursday evening at the A. O. U. W. Hall. The most con- tpicnoas numbers on the program were several renditions by the choir and Miss Sundquist's violin solos. Short addresses were deliv ered by Rev. Rydquist, John Wilson, Judge Olof Anderson presented to Mr. John Olin, the choir director, a fine charm from the choir as a tok en of their appreciation and esteem.! There was also a large and apprecia-j A pretty fancy dress party was giv en by a baker's doien of the High School girls on New Year's night in A. 0. U W. hall. It was the first party of the year in the school social circles, and was a very prettily plan- j ned affair, The programs were hand- painted. About 40 were present, nil "jattired in some fancy costume; many tive audience in attendance. After j0f the girls being attired in colonial costume which became them very well. The hostesses were Lena Fasta bend, Myrtle Harrison, Fannie Greg ory, Virginia Peterson, Mildred Smith, Gladys Graham Nellie Wilson. concert refreshments were serv the ed. The pleasant news is at hand of the intended marriage of Mr. Frank N. Clark, president of the Columbia Trust Company of Portland, and who is happily known in this community as one of the best and brightest of Oregon's younger set. His bride re sides in New Franklin," Mis., and the wedding is set for next Thursday, January 7th. Mr. John A, Lee the vice-president of the company ac- Stanley Young who has spent the Christmas holidays at his home in this city, will return to Eugene this morning, where he is a sophomore in the state university. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith, of Taeoma. who have been nuests at the companied Mr. Clark back to the old jhome of Mrs SmWi paTtnHi Mr. home and will serve him as grooms- and Martin Fotrdi for the pa man on the joyous occasion, ine party will return to Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Clark will make the metrop olis their future home. It goes with out saying that Mr. and Mrs. Clark wilt have the widest and freest good will of Frank's big multitude of friends in this end of the Columbia Valley and their united hope for a long, prosperous and happy wedded life. One of the charming functions of the season was the dance given by the Jaanita Club at the Athletic Audi torium on last Tuesday evening; the music was delightful, the dance pro gram thoroughly well balanced ani the attendance very large. Everyone ten days, leave this morning for their home on the Sound, having enjoyed a delightful round of holiday pleasures here. Last night at the home of Mr. John Fitcha on 38th street Mr. Trygzi and Miss Constance Scerklie, both of this city, were married by the Rev. Neste of the First Norwegian Lutheran church. The ceremony was attended by only a few invited guests. After the happy event a wedding sup per was enjoyed by the assemblage at Mr. Fitcha's home. The newly mar ried soupte are well known in this city and there are many friends and acquaintances that wish them much 1IISIG BK OF NEW YORK ENENTS LATEST THING IN ANTI-BURG LAR DEVICE FOR PROTECT ING GREAT VAULTS. hose good fortune it as to be there, I happiness. Mr. and Mrs Trygn will reoorts a most eniovable time, and is reside in Astoria permanently here- longing for an early repetition of the , after. entertainment. The U-h.r Wok Up. At a certain, county court the Judge Is In his prlvaitt capacity t kind heart ed man. The usuor of the court is aged very aged but as ho had been day night of next week with "Just j a faithful servant for mauy years h One of the pleasant anticipatory events of the season is the promised opening of the Bakeronian on Mon- Plain Folks" as the opening bill by the Donald Stock Company. Mr. and Mrs. McCowell, well known and ap preciated here, have joined the com pany, and its advent is looked forward to with much pleasure. The Womans Missionary League of the Oregon M. E. conference as represented here in the First church, was entertained on last Monday after noon at the hospitalable home of Mrs. A. R. Cyrus. The attendance was large, and a most enjoyable time was had. Refreshments were served in "Mrs. Cyrus' usual good taste and abundance. Mrs. B. J. Shistad was hostess to the Birthday Club of the First M. E. church of this city on Tuesday after noon last at her hospitable home on West Bond. The decorations were de signed, and carried out, most perfect ly, in yellow and white and the dining room was peculiarly effective in this scheme. There was plenty of delic ious music provided and the affair is was retained In that capacity. Out morning ho fell asleep In court and began to snore. The noise ba made naturally disturbed court proceedings, but the judge displayed great tact In dealing with the matter. Taher Jones," ba called out loudly, "some one ts snoring." The usher woka up. Us Jumied to his feet and glan.il ferociously round. "Silence." he roared. "There must be no snoring tu court!' Exchange, - : A Fair Offar. Rmnll bey (wh-j Ir.n Iwcn watching amateur prmp.er's f;:i:nres for an hour or nioret-Siiy, mister. Sportsman-Well, what la it, boy? "Gimme a ulckcl an' a start as far as the fence an' you kin have on at me,"-Life. Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sores should not be healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition. This can be done by applying Cham berlain's salve. This salve has no Miperior for this purpose. It is also most excellent for chapped hands, sore nipples, burns and diseases of the skin. For sale by Frank Hart and trading druetrists. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The very newest anti-burglar device in the vorld has just been intalli-d hoic, to guard the $500,000,000 in securities reposing in the vaults of one of the city's banks which it guards, Th's device is nothinir less than a steam bath, and any burglar who could pene trate the sixteen-ton steel door of the vault would find himself promptly suffocated ami scalded to death by automatically released jrts of super heated steam. Indeed so far as safety goes the immense doors might be left open, since the steam bat'i would effectually stop any one trying to enter, even though encased in jrmour. In many other details this trw vault is the most remarkable in the world. It is made of 400 tons o steel and rests upon piers, the spaces between which are elwas brilliantly lighted. By means of an ingenious arrangement of mirrors watchman without moving can keep every inch of surrounding space nnder ,-onstant surveillance. The floor, be neath the safe, consists, in addition w its steel inside linings of two tiers of railroad interlocked rails, with four inches of concrete on top and four inches of armour plate underneath. To the vault itself there are two circular doors each eight feet an I cre half in thickness. Each of t'u hinges on these doors weighs twj tons. All around the whole structure are brass norilcs, which by the touct of a button anywhere in the building, and in several places outside of it, would render the vicinity of thi vault a cauldron of death. The total cost of this remarkable defense against thieves is given as $130,000. which while large in itself is only a minute fraction of the treasure it guards. On Monday Jan. the 4th We arc going to Inaugurate our First Annual Clearance Sale ! ! We, have placed on sale our entire stock of new high grade merchandise-nothing will be reserved. We wish to emphasize the fact that our two years' business existance has prohibited the accumulation of old stock. The famous Kuppenheimer and other makes of clothing will be reduced as follows: POMTES We are on the verge of another prosperous year, let us help you celebrate it by replacing the old worn out furniture that has been an "eyesore" to you for solong " ..." . r a time, with new and up-tq-date fittings. The Astoria Furniture Co has the goods and can fit up your home from basement to garret. Father Knickerbocker's most mer iiorious New Year's resolution, and the one on which he prides himself most, is that in which he swears off the theatre ticket speculator nuisance. Vnlcss something happens at the e'eventh bonr to hold up the ordinance which has already been passed, the theatre-goer in 1909 will not be forced to pay a ruinous price for his seat to the gentry who infest the sidewalk outside of the theatre entrances. As a result there is a wailing and a gnashing of teeth among the mem bers of this profession for years has been extracting several million dollars anmialy from theatre-goers. Of late indeed various theatres have joi.ied in the fight against the sidewalk spec-1 uiator with more or less efficacious results. One theatre located on a co; ner, with an entrance on each of two fides, lately adopted the followi, method of fighting the eviL It ht$ 1f-cn a common practice among ticket speculators about theatres not friemi ;!y to them to request any stranger J !ho happened to be passing by and looked good-natured to take th- r. tney which they would advance and purchase tickets for them at the l office, a practice necessitated by th Si -" - " most of the speculators and refused ' to sell them. At the theatre in que ,i:on a young man to whom a snecu l.itor advanced $10 walked in at one jdoor and out at the other with th money still in bis pocket. As a re sult of the speculator's howl the thea tre posted a notice advising other per sons to do likewise whenever oppor tunity offered and explaining how 5' might be done. The . coming of the New Year, however, brings promise i f a cessation of such conditions an I 'he hope that the theatre-going pub lic may purchase tickets on sho;t notice without paying three or four profits. Suits and Overcoats $25 Suits and Overcoats $ 18.80 23. 5o Suits and Overcoats j 7,85 ao.oo Suits and Overcoats jjj.CD I8.00 Suits and Overcoats 13.50 15.00 Suits and Overcoats j ,25 ia.5o Suits and Overcoats ,50 lo.oo Suits and Overcoats 7.50 Extra Special 24 Suits Values to $15 at 86.95 12 Overcoats Values to $15 S6.45 TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES 20 per-cent Off HATS $3.00 Hats $2,45 2.50 Hats ,95 3.00 Hats.. ,35 CRAWFORD AND G0TZIAN SHOES $5 00 Values $3,Q5 4.00 values 3,0 3.50 values , 2J5 3.00 values 2.55 John D. Stetson Hats CO te: Regular .$4 OO.tfO and $5 values Monarch' Shirts Regular $1 and $lt25 values $3.oo COAT SWEATER now $230 All Other Merchandise at Corresponding Prices. i H. JELDNESS 6t SONS .572 Bond Street Entrance to Callcnder Dock storisi W umifcire Co. I V. A. Beharrell J. C. Carrington tWHMWHmmtMsmst u...mttH)tmtMtMMM))))tHI jar roore conservative than Europeans 1 1 Another of the periodical attempts that are made to introduce changes into the evening dress of men of fashion has ended in failure. Almost every year some ambitious person conceives the idea that the full dress suit is too sombre and fathers attempt to relieve this by introdneing the use of other colors than black or of waistcoats deviating more or less sharply from the white which is ac cepted as de rigtier. Ia Europe this movement has made some headway with the favor of royalty but on this side of the Atlantic it always has end ed in flat failure. The reason for this, according to a fashionable Fifth ' Avenue tailor, is that Americans are in the matter of dress, though far few er tailors base their styles upon the needs of their cus omers rathe- than upon the standard of a single ruler or the members of a court as is the case in monarchial countries. At the pre sent time the Merchant Tailors' As sociation, which ts made up of the leading members of this craft, are preparing for their annual convention which is to meet in Chicago durinj; the first week in February and whic ill serve to define the correct mode of dress for American men during the cominz year. Every year this gathering of men who make th styles rejects hundreds of garments which are displayed at its exhibit be cause they are held to be too radical for American tastes. The only inno rations which are likely to gain favor this yearr according to the New York tailors which have the most fashion able patronage, are those that add to the comfort or good appearance of men's customes without making them conspicuous. Some time within the next four years New Yorkers, it is now assured will see the beginning of the most remarkable and the biggest bridge in the world. With its approaches it will be more than three miles long, bridging from Long Island to New York, the most dangerous piece of water on this part of the coast, that is the ripping tideway known as Hell Gate, which remains today, in spite of all engineering efforts, a constant menace to shipping. As compared to the Brooklyn Bridge, probably the most famous structure of its kind in the country, the new one will be monster. The Brooklyn Bridge it is true is very slightly smaller than its successor, the Manhattan bridge, and the Blackwell's Island bridge not yet completed. In length the Brooklyn Bridge which took thirteen yaers to build and cost S21,000.0'X) measures 7580 feet from end to end. As com pared to this the new bridge whiih incidentally may not be finished be1 fore 1915, will have a total length of nearly 16,000 feet. The height of its roadway across the river will be 140 feet, its central arch 1000 feet in the cleared is weight 80,000 tons. The total height of the bridge above the river will be 300 feet, since it will.bt constructed on the novel plan of hav ing its tram floor hung from the crown of the bridge, instead of rest ing on it With other bridges now under construction or contemplated, it is likely that within a few years New York will have a striking dem onstration of the value of over river travel as compared to that which will go under river through its tunnels, or "tubes" at they are already called. The first clearing house of its kind in the country, at well as the most rcii,;rkable, is soon to be established here. It is to be a clearing house for persons injured on the streets or in the buildings of the city. It docs, not, however, contemplate an tx change of missing parts, tuch at hands and feet lost by the victims, but rather an intelligent distribution of emergency patients and the es tablishment of a central bureau of information, covering all hospitals to which the sufferer may be sent. At present, John Doe, run over by an automobile, may encounter a series of surprising conditions which con tribute not only to the lessening of his chances for recovery, but also to his chances for recovery, but also to the difficulty of his location for in many cases when an ambulance s called, the attending physician is forced to order the removal of the patient to a hospital other than that from which lie and tbe ambulance comes. At a result, together with the absence of tuch a hospital clear ing house at is supposed, friends of the victim have no way of locating him except by a canvass from hospit al to hospital. At many Injured per sons arc too badly hurt to reveal their identity or the name! of their friends, this leads in many cases to all torts of complications which re cently hat even resulted in the burial of one man under the name of an other with a consequent illegal divi sion of the estate of a living man. The new clearing house when It it established will do away with all this, since every ambulance call or hospital entry will have to be report ed to it with a full description of the patient, his injuries and the circum stances of hit accident In thit way it will be possible for not only out-of-town persont but New Yorken at well to atcertain accurately concern ing a friend in any hospital, or the result of any accident Pile Cured in 6 to 14 Days PAZO OINTMENT is gusrsateci to cur any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles to 6 to 14 dayt or money refunded. SO cents. "" -'. - 1 w..- . .".it JANUARY TIDE TABLE JANUARY 1909, High Water. I A.M. Date. Friday . , . . Saturday , SUNDAY Monday ... Tuesday ... Tuesday Wednesday Thursday , hriday .... Saturday .. SUNDAY . Monday .., Tuesday .., Wednesday Thursday Friday .... Saturday .. SUNDAY . Monday ... Tuesday ... Wednesday . Wednesday Thursday . . Friday ..... Saturday ., SUNDAY . Monday . , , Tuesday . .. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday .. SUNDAY . ... 4 ...5 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 .... 8 ... 9 ...10 ...11 ...121 ...13 ...14 ,...IS ...16 ...17 ...18 in' ..ai ...20 ...21 ..21 ...23 ...24! ...25' ...26 ...27, ,..28 ...29 ..31 h, m. ft. 8:321 9:23 10:161 11:05 0:361 11:46 1:22 2-m 2:351 3:08 3:4(W 4:10 4:45! 5:20 6:00 6:47 7:43 8:38 9:34 10251 0:051 11:15 0:501 1:35 2:151 2:58 3:40 4:20 5:08! 6:00 6:551 7:54 8:55 P. M. h. m. 8.41 8.71 9.0 9.1 7.1 9.2 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.3, 7.4 7 7.51 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.8 8.1 9:45 10:50 11:47 ft. 12:28 1:05 1:42 2M 2:55 3:35 4:20 5:20 6:25 7:43 9:04j 10:151 8.5311:15. 7.0 9.3 7.512:06 12:55 1:45 2:34 3:26 4:24 5:28 6:4-H 8:08 9:33! 10:46 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.8 9.1 8.8 8 8.1 7.7 7.2 6. 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.5 JANUARY 1909. Low Water. Date. 2.4! 3:2( 2.9 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.2 8.7 7.9 7.3 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.4 Friday . . . Saturday . SUNDAY Monday .. Monday . , Wednesday Thursday . fnday . .. Saturday . SUNDAY Monday ., Tuesday . , Wednesday Thursday .....1 rriday 15 0:07 2.6 Saturday 163 1.02 3.1 SUNDAY ....17 2:05 3.5 Monday .18 3:l7 3.ffl Tuesday 19 4:25 Wednesday ...20 5:261 Thursday .....21 6M Friday 22 7:10 . 8 . 9 .10 .11 ,12 ..13; A.M. h. m 5:17 5:17 6:55! 7:35 8:15; 8:54 9:32f 10:16 10:55 11:40 ft. 3.1 3.3 3 3.5 3,4 3.5 3.a 3.5! 3.3 3.21 3.0 Saturday SUNDAY Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday ...27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 3W SUNDAY ....31 .23 8:0ffl 2.7; 24 8:52! ..25 9:45 .2610:371 11:37 0:38 1:44 2:58 P.M. h. m 3:35 4:3M 5;3ffl-0.5 3.81 3 3.4! 3.1 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.5, i'.il 3.1 3.5 6:15 6:15 7:36 8:14 6:45 9:16 9:48 10:15 10:45 11:22 I2:4 1:42 2:S0 5:35 6:20 7:063 7:50 8:34 9:18 10:02 10:461 11:38 12:45 l:5f 3:12 4:16 ft 01 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.6 0 1 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.1 2.7 2.2 1.5 0.7 4:45Rl -0.9 1.5 1.8 1.8 1,6 -1.0 -0.4 0.5 1.4 1.3 10 0.6 0.1