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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1909)
Saturday; January 6, wo. THE M0IIN)G ASTOllLAN, ASTOKli-.. OREGON. 5 ... Just Received... A Fine Lot of Willamette Valley ROSS, HIQQINS & CO. THE MODEL terse lis if I li Flnt Paper Four Finn. Sko Lasslla, Matt Kokki, George Abraham Matlk, and Frederic Albert Turva, applied for their flnt paper at the office of the county court yesterday. Qoet To Salem . Two attendant! fro mthe asylum at Salem arrived In Aitorla yesterday to take Andrew Andenon who waa ad" judged Imane icveral dttyi ago, to the institution. No Trouble On A. A C Ceneral Agent Cilei R. Johmon, of the Aitorla & Columbia River Rail road Company, report that hit line bat suffered no reaction from the ud den melting of the Ice and mow, but I In fine working order without hitch of any importance In any direc tion, with the train icrvice Just a bit better for the clear traeki. Off For Phillppliv Lieutenant Llntlcman, of the hospi tal corpi, at Fort Columbia, departed yetterday morning for San Francisco, en route to the Fhilipplnei, where he will be busy, for th next few yean In that aplendid behalf. He take a record of auccew and clever intereit from thin poat Back From Klamath Fa lie J. C. Ten Brook, of Fort Stevens, stopped off In Astoria yesterday from his return to Klamath Falls, where he had gone on the sad errand of at tending his aged father's .funeral Ills father was about 86 years of age. While In Klamath Falls Mr. Ten Brook saw George Noland, a former well known Astorian, who I now residing there. Mr. Noland is get ting along well and is in good health. Soldier Desert , " The Astoria police have been re quested to be on the lookout for three more soldiers who have deserted from the army at Ft. Stevens. A reward of $50 is offered for the capture of each of them. Apparently the latest bunch of aoldtera to arrive at Ft. Steven have not proven as tractable as have the majority of those who have been stationed there of late years. The police complain that members of this new lot 160th regi mentmake trouble when they come to town and the number of desertions has been large. Absence from the post is not counted as desertion until 10 daya have passed. Clearing Tht Wreck The work of clearing away, the R. M. Leathers boat yard, which col lapsed on Thursday evening, is going ahead rapidly and it develops that neither the launch Betty nor the mo tor schooner Delia, were injured to any great degree. The Delia had her life boat smashed pretty badly and one davit dislocated, but the Betty came through the dump in pretty fair thane wth the exception of some of her housing scarred up a bit. The Callcndcr steamer Melville laid just beyond the range of the fall and Is unscathed. Hot Drinks Coffee and Chocolate. Apple Gider ! Delicious Fresh Apple Cider 35c Per Gallon Schblfield, Mattson phone U8i aOOD GOODS 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET FOOD STORE A Beautiful Emblem Members of Temple Lodge, F. & A. M., have presented to Breham Van Dusea a beautiful Masonic em blent as a token of regard and of ap preciation of hi services in installing officer of Temple Lodge at various times. The emblem I large and I set in the center with beautiful diamond. Engraved on one aide are the words "Temple Lodge! and on the other Mr. Van Dusen'i name and the Initials P. M. and P. G. M. Mr, Van Dusen was grand master of the Masonic order of the State of Ore gon number of year ago, and was then perhaps the youngest member of the order In the United State to hold that position. He I highly ap preclative of the beautiful emblem now presented him. Dog Tag Here , The dog tags have arrived and are now at the police station. All dog license were due and payable at the first of the year but Inasmuch a the tag had not come no effort was made to collect the licenses, but since the little metal voucher have arrived the matter of collecting the canine li censes win now be taken up wun vigor, The tag are about an inch long and are In the thape of a fleshy figure nine Indicative of the year 1909. Thus it may be seen at a glance if a dog haa been licensed or not, for the tags or their absence could be ob served a block away. But the pret tiett part of the tagi i the curly cue at the bottom, formed by the lower loot of the fieure nine. - It forms a regular hook and may prove very use fit! in the event that one might wish to tie his dog anywhere. He could simply hang the dog on the nearest fence by means of this hook and de part on hla business with the assur ance that when he came back the dog would still be there. Horn For Awhile J. A. Ftabend, the well known Atoria contractor, builder and miner, ha arrived home and is enjoying a well earned rest. He left his famous mining properties In the Santiams, about three weeks ago, and reports that the property is justifying every move made by It owners for final development. The anow Is very heavy and deep up in those latitude this winter; but it ha not flcterred the company from proceeding with the work of erecting buildings, upon hlch the crew went to work after it had worked for several week on the portable sawmill that was taken Into the mountain to expedite the improvements contemplated. Then the holiday intervened and now the task ha leen taken up again in good earnest and is proceeding smoothly and successfully. Mr. Fastabend wilf remain at liia Astoria home for a few week before going back to the San tiams. . Hava You Been There? If you haven't it' time you called. Better late than never, you know, but you will have to hurry otherwise the very size and yle of ahoe you have been looking - for will be gone. Brown' big odd and end sale. ...LUMP COAL... $5.00 Per Ton Imported Coal $7.50 per ton ELMORE a CO Co. aiLGOIEASIF jyiGic CITY IN COMPLETE DARK NESS ALL OF THURS DAY NIGHT. With a rapidity that was little short of marvelous the foot or more of snow that lay on the-ground all melted away during the period from shortly before dusk Thursday and daylight yesterday morning a space of about 12 hours. That was at the rate of an inch an hour, When citizen rose yesterday morning it wa to look out on a changed world. The cold white blanket that had overspread every thing for the preceding , week was all gone and in It stead was the dark earth of the street, looking fresh and clean; and the green grass of the lawn, looking a fresh and clean as after a summer shower. "The good old south winds," said everybody and hi lister yesterday. But pleasant as wa the opening of the day, the preceding night was al most as superlatively bad. The clos ing off of the water at 11 o'clock be cause of the breaks in several of the big city mains, necessitated the shut ting down of the electric lights, as the plant did not have a -supply of water for its boilers, and this left the streets in compile darkness. At 12:30 o'clock the incandescent light in the houses were also turned off, and those who were up and about were startled by this. The whole city was in a primitive darkness. At the office of the Morning Astorian there was consternation in the air, for the shut ting off of the lights, and especially shutting off of the electric power, meant that the linotype machinery could no longer be used, thus (top ping all typesetting. Nevertheles the paper wa gotten out, after a fashion,; after a sort of candlestick fashion, in fact. ' The breaks in the city mains are a serious matter, ana it ts said tnat most of the maina in Uniontown are all in bad shape, while in other parts of the city the break are only occa sional. There in plenty of water in the big reservoir now, and as soon as the mama are piacea in working order there will be a plentitude of water that is, a soon as Mr. House holder and his wife get their pipes thawed out. The number of pipes in private homes that have been frown can only be guessed at, but it is un questionably very large. Plumbers are busy and are likely to, be kept in a rushed state for a month to come. Many a roof ha leaked, too, from the mow on top, and much damage has resulted to walls, ceiling and car pets. - It would be difficult to esti mate the los of the week In Astoria dollars and cents, though all the detailed losses put together would doubtless make a pretty big aggre gate. WATER COIN! IS ;j REGULAR SlSS!D:J APPOINTMENT OF CLERK IS AGAIN PUT OVER TO SOME FUTURE MEETING. At the meeting of the Water com- mision Thursday night the question of appointing a clerk to succeed Mr. Lounsberry wa put off until a later time, as also was the appointment of a successor to Frank Crang, who re signed his post as inspector. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the commission to retain Mr. Loun berry' services as long as possible, probably because of his great familar ity with the multitudinous details of the work. A committee of two mem bers was appointed by Chairman Fish er to examine into the applications for the inspectorship. : Very little important business arose for any final action at the meeting. The question of the new pipe line was discussed at length, and the new mem bers evince a desire to learn all they can of the needs and of the proposed changes in the water service. The resignations of Messrs. Elmore and Bowlby were accepted. As the permanent standing committee ori water rates Commissioners Welch and Kankkoncn' were appointed. Commissioners Brix and Holmes were appointed as the auditing com tnttee. The request of John Christian to connect his sewer pipe with the over flow pipe at the big reservoir was re fused. His place is near the reser- voir and he wanted " permission to have the over flow pipe from the res ervoir carry away his refuse, but the commissioners thought this would be very inadvisable. It is suggested the residents of that locality should dig deep excavations for their sewerage. In accordance with the resolution adopted at the first meeting of the commissioners in relation to the char ter provision pertaining to the qual ification of members, the city attor ney, Mr. Abercrombie, ha written to lodge Mc Bride asking for his opin ion cf the effect and meaning of the provision. There is some natural doubt that Judge McBride will re spond to the request of the commis sioners, though it is not doubted that his well known courtesy will prompt hint to do so if he can see hi way clear to interpret the provision. If is usual for judge to carefully refrain from giving any opinion on any mat ter which might later come before them in tome legal proceeding, and the usual course to settle tuch mat ter is to institute a friendly suit, thus bringing the question properly and fully before the court. However, courts do sometimes give such opin ions, though probably very rarely when a public official's duties are not the question at issue, In this case, however , there are no contending parties, or no apparent possibility of any one's private interests being af fected, and it may be that Judge Mc Bride will settle the whole questi-jn for thi totnmissicn without the need of any proceeding in court. REALTY-TRANSFERS Heir of John W. Gearbart to Ed gar G. Gearhart, tract near Necanl- cum Creek; $600. Otto J. Kraemer to Henry Bram mer, west 35 feet of lot 6 and east 10 feet of lot 7, block 5, Railroad Ad dition to Ocean Grove; $220. Hammond Lumber Co. to L- R. Abercrombie, 20 acre in Well Hal liday D, L. C; $10. FRANK J. CARNEY GETS ASTORIA POST OFFICE NOMINATED IN FEDERAL SEN ATE YESTERDAY BY THE PRESIDENT. The following despatch brought the good news to Frank J. Carney, of this city, last night, that he ha been nominated for the Postuiastership of the City of Astoria: "WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The President today nominated Frank J. Carney a Postmaster at Astoria, to succeed John Habn. Thi appoint ment is made solely on the recom mendation of Senator Fulton." Without deprecating, in the least, the claim and efforts of Mr. Habn, the present capable postmaster of this city, the Astorian, along with hun dreds of other friends, will corcially congratulate Mr. Carney, and wish him a pleasant and successful term of service. Mr. Carney i not only a faithful and ardent Republican, but an excel lent citizen, and a business man of the first degree, and one who will do all in his power to bring the postal serv ice within the growing scale of its necessities and render prome service personally and officially so long as he shall hold the trust. Mr. Halm's term of office will ex pire on the 23rd instant, though that gentleman contends that it runs to the 16th of April next, the date upon which he entered upon the discharge of his duties; but it usually held that the date of the commission governs in matters of this sort and the rule will probably prevail in this instance. Mr. Hahn has made a careful and obliging officer during the four years of his in cumbency, and ha made many friends by his patience and forbearing cour tesy, all of whom will wish hint gen uine success in whatsoever business he may take up after his retirement from this important post. Avoid Wet Feet With the recent moderation in the weather it is almost impossible to keep one's feet dry. No dampness is so hard to keep out of shoes as snow water. Prepare yourself for a long siege of wet weather by purchasing a good pair of winter shoes at the big odd and end sale now on at C. V. Brown's shoe store. Prices are be ing cut to cost and below. The Modern Barber Shop, S72 Com mercial street, and the Occident Bar ber Shop, had their bath-rooms put in running order yesterday, which will be appreciated by their many patrons. 1 Piano Four If so see a Plumber; but don't wait until you catch cold, buy an Overcoat now! Wise offers all of his 25 to Just When You Need it, I Reductions on Suits, Hats, Etc, Also Prevail Boy's Suits, that is Short Pants ERMAN WIS . Astoria's Reliable Clothier Assembly Dance The second of the series of dances to be given during the winter by the Assembly Club was held in the Ath letic Club hall last night. Alpha Society The Alpha Society of the Memor ial Lutheran church was entertained last evening at the residence of Rev. Gustaf E. Rydquist. Games were played and prizes were won by Miss Alema Nyland, Mrs. Frit Voss and Mrs. Herman Kempe. Refreshments pwas served by hostess and all went home satisfied with the evening well spent. The Marvelous Synchroscope will be shown at the Grand for two more days only. Do not fail to see this latest invention. The pictures that talk, sing and whistle. This theatre is giving one hour of excellent amuse men for 10c. Program for Saturday and Sunday: When Lips Are Sealed; Aunty Takes the Children to the Country; How a Pretty Girl Sold Her Hair Restorer; Mother Hasnt Spok en to Father Since; Would You Like to Have Me For a Sweetheart; song, "Schooldays." Matinee daily from 2:30 to 5; evenings, 7 to 10. The Modern Barber Shop, 572 Com mercial street, and the Occident Bar ber Shop, had their bath-rooms put in running order yesterday, which will be appreciated by their many patrons. Shoes at Cost Don't forget that pair of shoes to day that you have been wanting for so long. Brown can furnish you with just what you want at a great saving. Just glance at the big reductions at the odd and end sale now on at the store. C. V. Brown, the shoe man. Social dance January 16th at Na tional Hall, corner 28th and Franklin. Gents, 50c; ladies free. Music will be furnished by the Pacific Orchestra, Boy Wanted. A good boy to work in printing office. Apply Astorian office. Plumber. Plumbing service, 80 cents per hour, for all work in our line. See us; our prices are reasonable and we guaran tee our work first class; a telephone call will bring our man to your home or business. Phone Main 4061, 126 Eighth street. m Number with each $5 35 per-cen 2 Off ., J9 How's This for a cHURciissuHDAY First Methodist Sermons for Sunday: 11 a. m., "The Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ." At 7:30 p. m., "The Second Coming of Christ" This will be the third in the series on "Great Ques tions." Other services: Sunday school at 12:15 p. m., Epworth League at 6:30 p. m., Mid-week service for Bible Study Wednesday at 7:30. Come and bring your Bible. A cor dial invitation is extended to the pub lic to attend all services. C. C. Rarick, pastor. Memoral Lutheran. Morning service at .......... . . Evening service at 7:30, theme "The Choice of Vocations." At the evening service the newly elected officers will be installed. Choirs assist at both services. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to all to worship with us. . : . .. Presbyterian. Morning worship, 11 o'clock, Rev. R. J. Diven, the- new pastor of the; Alderbrook church will preach. Sun - day school, 12:15; Y. P. S. C. E 6:30; evening worship, 7:30. Rev. Mr. Rudd, chaplain to seamen will preach, Miss Reba Hobson, choir director, Male chorus at night. All are invited. Wm. S. Gilbert, pastor. . Norwegian-Danish M. E. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m Sunday school at 10 a. m. Scandi navians are cordially invited. C. F Field, pastor. - Grace. flames, thus causing pneumonia to set Sunday after Epiphany at 11 a. m in. Or perhaps there had been some and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school, 12:30. internal injuries which were not dis ' 'coverable readily in such a little one. Holy Innocents Chapel. .Wir in TWrtown at 3:45 o. m.: ce in Uppertown at Sunday school, 11:15 a. m. ' rr i ' The Man Who Eats. The man who eats does so with the expectation of being satisfied. To this end he seeks the best possible place to gratify his normal appetite at the most rational expense. These ac counts for the steady stream of peo ple to and from the portals of the Palace Restaurant in this city. The reputation of the Palace is founded immoveably upon the certainty and amplitude of the service it renders to every purse, and appetite, big and little. Open day and night. Com mercial streets, opposite the Page building. Purchase Cut , LITTLE GIRLIES, Ti, n?i Tur nor u.ii inr mi DOUBLE FUNERAL OF THE CHILD VICTIMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30. Little Agnes Burns, the child who was terribly burned at her parents home in Uppertown Thursday, died E 11 o'clock; 1 yesterday afternoon, thus adding an Difnculties." ! other cruel chapter to the lamentable tragedy. Her brother, a baby boy of not quite three years, died from the j burns he received a short time after the flames were extinguished. inougn tne nine one naa receive the best of medical attention it is I probable she may have inhaled the flames and therefore little or nothing 'could be done. ' . At first ' it was thought tne ' child was all right and the physician in charge-was hopeful that no serious results would follow. The, mother, too, has been terribly upset by the frightful tragedy. I The funeral of both the little boy , and baby girl will be held Sunday af ternoon from the Gilbaugh chapel, at 1 2:30 o'clock.' Interment will be in Greenwood. Last night the physician who had been in attendance upon the little baby girl said that it was probable that the child had inhaled some of the Outwardly there had been little or t ... . .. nothing to indicate tnat aeatn woum result so soon. FOR BEST CANDIES Our stock of candies includ ing "Lowneys" and "Gunthers" famous Choco lates are the best. ...Hems Hads Candies... They are healthier and better and don't cost any more. ALEX TAGG 483 Commercial St., Astoria, Or.