THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.
THE MOHNING ASTORIAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON. . .
"A Happy New Year"
We thank our friends for many favors shown us
during the past
We will try to render better sevlcc than ever during
' ' ' ;", this year. " ' -;'
ROSS, HKXHNS & CO,
THE MODEL FOOD STORE
IBS HIES f I a
Poll Txet
During the year 1908 there were 543
pull taxes collected, and It P each
till made an Income of over $1600.
Citlf enahlp . , . r , , ,
Pint papers were granted yesicrday
to Adolf Nicholaui Nordstrom, na
tive of Sweden.
Civil Service Eaam'
: A civil aervlce examination wai held
at the cuitom bouae in this city ye?
terday for the position of customs in
ipector, J, P, McCrea being the only
applicant to appear and take the ex
amination. '
Off To California
' On Monday next Mr. and Mri. 5.
A. Glmre, with their children, will de
part for Southern California, making
Log Angcles.f Safl ; Diego, and ill
polnte of Interest there. Mra. Cimre
and the title people will remain in the
aouth for the winter, but Mr. Cimre
will return tn about one month.
To Open In Chinook
. It U said Xht Bert Furnry and
Fred Bromaer are negotiating a turn
hereby they hope, at an early date,
to open up an attractive moving pic:
turc show ifl.t!e tnug llttHl eftjf ,of
Chinook. There are many frlendi in
Aitoria that will be glad to hear of
their pronounced, lucceaa. s
Regular Drill Achieved
: Lait light being the regular date
for assembly and 'drill by the, officers
and men of First Company, Coast
Artillery Corps fully 60 per cent of
the member nie( at the armorj and
went through tlie drills ot the day, af
ter which, there bing no further busi
ness of Importance, the company wji
dismissed.
Broke Right Arm
, While coasting down the long Fifth
street hill last night, Miaa Ruby1 Rich,
daughter of Captain Rich, broke her
right arm. " She was speeding down
the icy walk and in some way her sled
awreved into a fence, throwing her
violently. She waa promptly assist'
ed home and given attention.
WU1 Instal Officera-
Beaver Lodge No. S, I. O. O. F.,
will lnt&l its new offtccrf this even
ing, for which function f nice pro
gram has been arranged, and it is ex
uected that all members of the order
and of the . Rcbekahs, with all visit
ing brethren, will be in attendance.
The officers to be Installed tonight.
re: J, A. Gilbaugh, N. G i Jf M. An
dcrson, V. G.; J. L, Kline, treasurer;
Olof Anderson, secretary, and John
Malm, financial secretary,
Cars Kept Going
Despite the slippery condition of
the rails and the ice that' covered ev
erything yesterday the street cars
kept moving, though for a short time
in the early part of the day they did
not make the run up and down the
sleep umontown mil. As the cars
moved along there was usually a blue
flame at the top of (he trolley pole,
where It came in contract with the
ice-covered wire, , ,
Ladiea of the A. A. A. A.
Athletic Instructor C. Van Riper, of
the A. A. A, A. desires to meet all
lady members of the association, to
getber with all ladies who intend to
become members thereof, at the audi
torium, at 8 o'clock this evening, in
order to confer with them as to the
work they .desire to take up and 10
ascertain their wishes with regard to
his services in their behalf., Mr. Van
Riper makea the pleasant announce
ment that there have been something
over SO new members added to the
association roster since he took
charge, of his department, and he is
very sanguine of the certain and pro
longed success of the association and
its work. , -. .
Sent A-rolling
An elderly and highly respected
citizen was struck by a youth or)
flying sled on Fifth street last night
and ant rolling every which way'. His
objurgations and threats of instant
death to the one that struck him only
seemed to furnish hilarious amuse
ment to the crowd of youngsters.
Got Bad Beating
A drunken man atood in front of
the Grant Theatre last night and re
viled everyone inside because he was
not given peroijiotj to entcr. After
listening to his insults and abuse for
a while, the manage then came out
and gave the fellow! about as stiff a
beating as any man should get. He
waa so drunk that he was unable to
defend himself to any extent and got
more than he was looking for,
Hoi Drinks
Coffee and Chocolate,
Haa Gone To Housekeeping
Dr. Emit Enna, the well known art
ist, and teacher of music, came down
yesterday from Portland, for the first
time since the holidays. He is aa jolly
as ever and was busy yesterday greet
ing his friends here. He says he
has gone to housekeeping on his
Piedmont farm, just out of Portland
and baa a Chinese chef, and a friend,
of the male persuasion, to share his
habitat with him. Asked why he wast
ed hia time and company and fare on
mere man, in a home of that sort,
he replied that he had practically ex
hausted hia available list of dainty
''desirables" of the girl type, and that
no one of the host he was acquainted
with chose to avail herself of leap
year, so he was compelled to turn to
one.of Tiis wan friends to spare him
self the stagnation consequent upon
sheer lonliness. ' -
Theatre Chimney Burnt ,
During .the progress of the play at
the Astoria theatre last night some
one discovered that the theatre chim
ney was on fire and r an alarm was
Sent into the department. Chief Fos
ter and two of the men hastened there
with a Babcock extinguisher, and
soon had the blazing chimney out.
The building waa very cold during
the playand evidently In the effort
to warm things up a little the chim
ney caught afire. The firemen worked
quickly and quietly, and matters were
so arranged, that no one out in front
knew what waa going on. While there
was not the slightest 'danger, never
theless the fire tchlef and his men are
fo be complimented on their quick
and quiet work, for had the audience
learned of the blazing chimney they
naturally would have become uneasy.
The actors knew of the trouble on
the roof, but they apaprently were not
disturbed. The blaze occurred about
10 o'clock. , .. , ;,. ,,: .,.
CiiTY GOUsRT PASSES
0,1 f.11! I'M
VARIOUS APPOINTIVE OFFI
CERS ARE 6ELECTED FOR
THE ENSUING YEAR.
, The county court yesterday held a
long and important session an among
other things appointed the various
road superintendents throughout the
county, aad other county ofheers. The
county levy was not made for the
reason that no official word has yet
been beard from Salem In relation to
tiie amount' of taxes the state will re
quire. There seems little doubt that
the levy for the county will be placed
at 18 mills, however; or very close to
that. The court will meet again to
day, aud perhaps for most of the re
mainder of the week, as there is
much work to do. Among other things
the county court will select 200
names of men in the county for jury
ervlce. . ''
At the session yesterday morning it
was ordered that all county officers
must in the future file requisitions for
all supplies, and the same to be ap
proved by the county judge,' and no
bill will be allowed unless having the
O. K. of the party ordering same.
Clerk Clinton was instructed to
send a certified copy of the bill of
J. A. Gilbaugh, in the matter of the
inquest of Madeline Longtaine, the
Cathlamet girl who died in this city,
to the ' supervisors of Wahkiakum
county. The bills is for $100.9S, and
the Wahkiakum commissioners will
be asked to pay the same. It may be
doubted that the Washington officials
will jump at the chance of paying the
bill, though it is thought by the Clat
sop court that they should.
In the matter of the road petitioned
for by Andrew P. Lilleness and others
at Olney, the court appointed George
Stevens at surveoyr and C. W. !
Loughery.and W, W, Sale as view
ers., They are to meet at Olney at
noon on January 18.
The contract for feeding county
prisoners was again granted to Mrs,
Joe Brown, at 20 cents per meal
The two Astoria daily newspapers
were selected as the official papers.
In counties of over 10,000 population
it seems the court has the right of se
lecting the papers to do the county
printing.
The contract for burying the coun
ty poor was let to J. A. Gilbaugh, bis
being the olny bid. The rate was $8
for adults and $5 for children.
Dr. Nellie E. Vernon was appaint-
ed county health officer, at the annual
payment of $100, which is fixed by
the county court. Dr. J. A. Fulton
was appointed overseer of the county
poor, at the annual payment of $120,
which la fixed by law.
Bridge keeoers were annotated as
follows: ' ,'i '
Young's Bay bridge, Cyrus Hard-
son, at $35 per month.
Lewis and Clark bridge, No., i,
Lexon Anderson, at $10.
Lewis and Clark No. 2, Nat Jones,
at $25.
Walluskl, A. McLean, at $20. :
Sklpanon, J. A. Neal, at $20.
Andrew Hue was again appointed
janitor of the court house, at a
monthly salary of $85.
C. S. Dow was again appointed
fruit inspector, .. .
The road supervisors were appoint
ed at follows:
' District 1, George W. Warren; No.
2, A, W. Duncan; No. 3, Rollie S.
Wood; No. 4, J. W. Johnston; No. .
P. H. Mudd; No. 6, Andrew John
sort; No, John Waterhouse; No, 8,
'A, B. McMullen; No. 9, Cornelius
Hunt; No. 10, W. II. Twilight; No.
ll.Dan McLean; No. 12, John Nelson;
No. 13, Gus Gronnell; No. 14, II.
Hill; No. 15, Ralph Wooden; No. 16,
John Takola; No. 17, Peter Gullick
son; No. 18, R. A. Abbott; New As
toria, C. M. Mekula, and in the city
of Astoria, Fred J. Brown.
'There are everal new men in the
above list. In district No. 10 there
were petitions favoring the appoint
ment of Carl Haglund and William
foplin, but the court took the stand
that where the residents of the dist
rict could not agree among them
selves as to whom they wanted the
court would select an outsider accord
ingly appointed Mr. Twilight. In di
tritt No. il the. same situation arose.
There were petitions there for J. A
Mcintosh and John Hunt, but the
court appointed Dan McLean.
J it was ordered by the court that
the sum of $10 be paid each month to
the Boys' & Girls' Home at Portland
and the court also prepared a petition
to be presented to the legislature call
ing attention to the great work done
by this institution and asking that suf
ficient funds be granted it
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1 Piano Number with each $5 Purchase
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If so see a Plumber; but don't wait
until you catch cold, buy an Overcoat
now! Wise offers all of his
"The House of Bondage"
Despite the wretched weather
which prevailed here yesteiday and
warranted almost universal staying at
home, a fine house greeted Miss Flor
ence Roberts and her clever people at
the Astoria Theatre last night and
most thoroughly enjoyed the fine
presentation of "The House of Bond
age," tne last, but not the best, ve
hicle for Miss Roberts'; extraordinary
talents as an emotional actress. The
play is one of deep interest, splendid
diction, superb scenery, and strong
crises, but . n doea, not furnish this
charming and gifted actress the lati
tude nor opportunity her accomplish
ments demand. Nevertheless, she em
ploys every phase 'of It to demonstrate
her remarkable power and was genu
inely good in every line, gesture,
claim of the presentment Astoria will
not soon forget it, nor the six clever
people who contributed to the pleas
tires of the evening, Messrs. Forrest,
Bergen, Bosworth and ' Gibbs with
Ann Warrington and Mary Bertrand.
It it needless to say that Miss Rob
erts and hertroup will always find
a cordial welcome in Astoria, what
ever the weather, or the play.
25 to 35 per-cent
Just YVhen You Need it !
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Reductions on Suits, Hats, Etc, Also Prevail
Boy's Suits, that is Short Pants
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Odd And End Sale.
Charles V. Brown, the Astoria Shoe
Man, announces that his Odd and
End Sale of fine Boots, Shoes, Slip
pers, etc., is now on. Prices are be
ing cut to cost and in many instances
below. This Is your opportunity to
purchase footwear cheap.
v Fresh Meat
Spare ribs, pork tenderloin, and
Other meats fresh daily at Braden's
new meat market. See ad, page 4.a
OPPOSE THE BLUE LAWS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.-Ameet-
ing attended by about 1,200 citizens
including a large number of leading
business men was held in New Or
leans last night for the purpose of in
augurating a movement to restore
winter racing and to protest against
the enactment of the so called "Blue
laws" in Louisiana.
Have You Cold Feet?
If so, hustle yourself down to the
C. V. Brown Shoe Store and take ad
vantage of the. bargains now appar
ent there at the big odd and end
end sale.
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Boy Wanted.
; A good boy to work in printing
office. Apply Astorian office. .
TO NAVAL ACADEMY.
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6,-Presi-dent
Roocevelt yesterday made the
fololwing appointments to the Anna
polis Naval .Academy for 1909:
Stephen Elliot, a son of Captain
Charles P. Elliot of the Army, retired
George IS. Tisdale, a son of the late
Lieutenant R. D. Tisdale of the navy,
and Stewart B. Whitney, son of Chief
Gunner Frank H. Whitney of the
Navy.
Number one Butter in two and
three-gallon crocks, 32Jc at Fisher
Bros. Co. ,,
Smith has a new price list and it
shows his meats are cheaper than
ever. Read the list, oaee 5. .
' Big Shoe Sale.
You can find some wonderful bar
gains at tie odd and -end sale now
going on at the Charles V. Browm
Shoe Store. Prices are being cut t
the very limit
FOR BEST CANDIES
Our stock of candies includ
ing "Lowrreys" and .
"Gunthers" famous Choco
lates are the best
...Home Hade Candles.
They are healthier
and better and don't cost
any more.
ALEX TAGG
483 Commercial St, Astoria, Or.
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Just received a shipment of fancy
Northern Spy and
Baldwin Apples
Our prices are right.
Scliolfield; Mattson & Co.
PHONE 1181. - COOP GOODS PHONE 931
.120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET
When you pay more than Smith's
prices for meat you are only helping
the Beel Trust. Cut out the Beef
Trust and its high-priced meats. Stand
by Smith and patronize him and keep
the price down. - - ;
Frank L. Smith
t Meat Co.
Fighting the Beef Trust
"Fighting the Beef Truat"
12th St., Bet. Bond and Commercial
H 253 Taylor St, Unlontown '
Smith's famous Pig Fork Sausage,
clean, pure, fresh and free from
adulterations ,. .......,..,...12c
Bologna, . Frankfurts, Liver, Blood
Sausage and Headcheese, all 10c lb.
Smith's Breakfast Bason, 16c and 17c
Smith's Lard in S-lb. pails. ... .. . .6Sc
Smith's Hams " 15c
Half a Ham, per lb.;.......; ....15c
Best Round Steak, choicest cut.... 10c
Sirloin Steak 10c
Extra choice cut of Sirloin Steak, 12Jc
Soup Meat, per lb ..3c
Boiling Went 5c and 6c
Pot Roast Beef..... 7c and 8c
Rib Roast Beef... .i..,.".10c
Extra choice cut of Rib Roast
Beef :. 12Jc
Pickled Pork ,. ,...12ic
Pigs' Feet 5c
Dry Salt Pork 12c
Loin, Pork Chops. ...... ...ISc1
Shoulder Pork Chops. 10c, 12c
FARMERS
We buy dressed veal, dressed pork,
and all kinds of poulty also hides
and pelts.
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