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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1909)
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTOMA, OREGON. l',mUY' January 2.', w. I esee t HIGH TIDES ROODUtG ? The Store Jvf f f 'V Ladi KOCEROUS CELLARS FOR CifcT '&f-i Women BEECu JmVE0utfitters We are Still at it with oar CLEARANCE SALE ! Harry and get some of the plums today ' Silk Waists values up to $7.50 at...;. $2.59 Silk Waists values up to $5.oo at. I. S3 White Waists, last summers styles 4Ss Coats. House Dresses S3 You never saw such values-like giving away the Goods OCEAN, BAR, . BAY, DOCK AND RIVER SEVERAL DYKES ARE BROKEN IN ON THE LEWIS AND CLARK RIVER. The steamer Lurline was to have come dowa again yesterday and u expected to berth here at 6 oclock last treeing; but when she reached the meth of the Willamette yesterday doming she found the heavy drift fce from the upper river coming down ia perilous quantities and went back to her berth in Portland, and will come out today if all goes well. The 0. R- & N. Co. is holding its tow ing steamers back on the same score, tad when they do break way there will be about loaded vessels to bring down for sea. The ice in the river now is too heavy for the stern wheelers to tackle. with any sort of safety. ' When the San Francisco tug Goliah with oil barge No. 3 entered port yes terday morning, the latter reported here that she had been in wireless communication with the steamer Al Eance, which vessel reported that she did not enter Coos Bay until noon on Wednesday last, and this will let her oat of there tomorrow and throw her off her schedule badly. The Coos bar was in an uproar when she got to it The steamer Nome City is due down from Rainier at any hour out ward bound for the Bay City. The steamer Northland is due down today from Portland. The steamer Eureka arrived in from the California port of that name yes terday morning and went on to the metropolis at once. , . wgggagg ' Advices state Ufat the Norwegian steamship Elsie sailed from Comix, B. C, for the Columbia river Thurs day night She will take on a part cargo of lumber at the Hammond mill and will then go np the river. Later she will clear for New Zealand. The steamship Ceo. W. Elder will leave down from Portland on tomor row night and depart from' here for the California coast very early on Sunday morning. The steamship Sen ator will be down at midnight to night and will probably go to sea and San Francisco on the night flood. The steamer Yosemite arrived in port" yesterday morning from San Francisco, and will go to Knappton to load lumber from the Columbia mills, for the return voyage. She docked at the Callender and left about 14 tons of local freight , ; The steamship Breakwater came down the river yesterday morning and went directly to sea and Coos Bay, and will be back along with the Al liance from the way things are sized up at present 1 m 111 II GO Fighting the Beef Trust and sup plying good wholesome meats are two different things. We handle nothing but the best at prices consistant with quality. Our meats are approved by Uncle Sam and when you want meats that give satisfaction place your order with us. We Have Plenty of Choice Beef from 5c to 15c Pork at from 8c to ISc Mutton at from 8c to 15c Sausages at from. 10c to 12Jc Hams at .....ISc Bacon at from 16 to 17c Picnic Hams at 10c Lard, S-lb. pails 65c Lard, 10-lb. pails... ..$1.30 Butter at , 70c-75c Fresh Eggs ..40c IS IIMII fifl 6S4 COMMERCIAL ST. The high tides the pas few days have attracted much attention all along the waterfront, and many re ports of damages of a minor nature are being received. Numerous cellars in the business part of the city are flooded,' and in some instances the water has affected the contents of the ceWxrC Commercial street cellars were included in the flooding. The greatest damage reported is at War renton and alonn the Lewis and Clark river. On the Lewis and Clark quite a number of the dykes were washed out ia places, and while the damage is not so very great in dollars and cents the floods will cause no little inconvenience at the least. The dyke at W. J. Ingall's place on the Lewis and Clark was broken, as also were the dykes on the Lexin Anderson place, and on the Chambers, Ehlandt and Johansen places. It was also reported that as far up as Olney the high waters caused dam age, for the dyke on the Bennecke place there is said to have been brok en in by the water. The (ide yesterday as indicated in the tables was 9.5 feet, while today it is indicated at even higher 9.7. But because of unusual circumstances the water is rising very much higher than the tables indicate, probably both because of the flood of water coming down the river and as a re sult of the southerly winds piling the water an in the bay. The actual tides are perhaps 12 feet The water has been only a few feet below the docks the past few days. WONT PAY HER DEBTS. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 Through his counsel before the appellate divi sion of the Supreme Court, Senator T. C. Piatt yesterday disclaimed all responsibility for personal debts con tracted by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Jane way Piatt, from whom he separated in 1906 and sought to have reversed judgement of the lower courts which condemned him to pay to an assignee $2,471 as part of such debts. FOR PURE PRODUCTS. DENVER, Jan. 21.-The Colorado Dairymen's Association yesterday took radical steps for'the increase of the industry throughout the state and for the enactment of legislation that will insure purity of dairy products. A committee on legislation was ap pointed and agreed upon the measures to be submitted to the legislature. These measures include appointment of oleal and state dairy commissioners, registration of all herds and individu al cows, the erection of a model dairy plant at the state agriculture college, the inspection of cattle imported for breeding and a system of grading in the dairy products. INNOCENT, SAYS GORDON. TACOMA, Jan. 21. To a represen tative of the Associated Press Judge Gordon made this brief statement: "I have committed no crime. Other than I have nothing to say." ' WATERMAN'S DEPT. STORE 9th and Commercial Streets New shipment of Brown and Yellow ware just in Milk Boilers ........20 to 30 cents Custard Cups..' ;........5 cents Bowls.... 20 to 55 cents Pie Plates - 10 cents . This week only $1.50 Ladies Silk Hose at 98 cents Saturday Special Will be Towels 2 feet wide and 4 feet long, regular - price 1 5c will sell at lO cent?, Watch Whose Windows for Bargains? WATERMAN'S K '1 1 f 1 . I i ! - ar- f. e t i s . It 'I : I. " Mm KERRY CLOTHING Ml $ STILL 0! NEARLY EVERY MAN IN TOWN BUYS NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES The little clothing "war" that has been raging between two of the prominent clothing stores during the week has proven one of the most di verting things that Astoria has run up against in a long time. First of all it has proven to the satisfaction of the women folk that men are just as liable to be caught by the bargain counter fever as are the enthusiastic fair ones themselves. Last Monday morning one of the Commercial street clothing stores an nounced "Any Suit or overcoat in the store for $12.50." Promptly a rival store gathered its wits, and like a general meeting an unexpected attack, tried to turn the enemy's wing. It announced "Any suit or over coat in the store for $12, and altera tions and pressing free." Then the war was on. At first the men about town stared then they began to think. For $12 or a little over they were offered any suit or overcoat in the stores. Some 'phoned home to their wives, who only gasped, "Don't wait hurry," for with true feminine in sfinct they grasped the situation in a trice. Then the men hurried. They went into the stores and began to pick over $15, $20 and $30 suits even $35 suits -and for only $12 or $12.50. They saw the big bargains offered and did not hesitate. Many purchased two suits; some got two suits an an over coat. One man purchased seven suits or overcoats, while others bought nearly as many. i Then yesterday morning one of the stores came out with a big half-page advertisement dropping the price to $10 for any suit or overcoat, and the other store promptly met the cut by coming down ten cents lower. Again yesterday there was a rush. Every man who could beg or borrow $10 bought a suit. Probably it will be many a year before there will be a sale like this in Astoria again. The amount of money that passed hands must be figured up into many thou sands of dollar. Probably each store has sold upwards of 500 suits, and many over coats. Probably the sum Lots of snappy patterns All sizesCan fit you and give you what you want Satisfaction is what we give BATH ROBES SMOKING JACKETS THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES taken in by the two stores will be upwards of $17,000, and when it is considered that all of this was paid over in cash by Astoria men st very dull season of the year it speaks pretty well for the savings bank ac counts of the town. Seventeen thousand dollars is a big sum of money. , How the stores could sell at the price they did has been a matter of much discussion along the streets. It is pretty hardto figure bow they could. But it may be estimated (hist for the purpose of making a guess) that the average selling price of the suits gold would be in the neighbor hood of $20. The cost that is, the average cost price might be in the neighborhood of say $12 to $14. There fore the sale is at a loss, but no big loSS. " ' But it may be that a lot of old, though perfectly good stock, is dis posed of, and all sales are for cash! The store can at once put in a $10,000 order for a new stock, and having the cash to pay can get perhaps as low as 10 per cent discount. There is a big gain right there. The gain made there may fully equal the loss sustained by the actual underselling. It is understood that both of the stores are going to put thousands of dollars into new stock right away, so the city will be sure of having the best of new things on hand. "There won't be a suit sold in As toria for the next six months," has been remarked by scores of men on the streets during the week. "Every body has now got all the clothes he needs for the next year." Just as a little hint it may be said that the storekeepers don't figure that way. They figure that the sale of suits this coming spring will be just as large, if not a little bit larger, than Usual. Their reasons seem very con vincing, too, and It may be of interest to many to try to figure out how the shrewd business men arrive at this conclusion. 1 Dont Take the Risk, When you have t bad cough or cold do not let it drag along until It be comes chronic bronchitis or develops into an attack of pneumonia, but give it the attention it deserves and get rid of it Take, Chamberlain's cough remedy and you are sure of prompt relief. From a small beginning the sale and use of it has extended to a'l parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. Its many remarkable cures of coughs and colds have won for it this wide, reputation and extensive use. Sold by Frank Hart and leading druggists. NEW TO-DAY The Clean Man. The man who delights In personal cleanliness, and enjoys his sbave, shampoo, haircut and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best Fresh Meat Spare ribs, pork tenderloin, and other meats fresh daily st Braden's new meat market. See ad, page 4.m The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. CASTOR I A for Iafenti and CMMrea. iKkH Yea Hi?3fcy$E::;j ' Basra the Signature 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 hss missed a single feature of the modern ton sorial parlor rt that house; and every new device in the way of perfect comtert 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 modern. Wood and Coal. If you want dry fir cordwood, in side fir, bark slab, or boxwood, ring up Kelly, the Wood and Coal Dealer, the man who keeps the prices down Coal at $7.00 per ton in your base ment or $6.00 at yard. Main 2191. Barn, corner 12th and Duane. Hood River Apples ....The finest ever brought to the city.... Fancy Spitzenberg ; Yellow Newtown Pippins Red Cheek Pippins Northern Spy Our price is right MMftWHWWtWMM I Acme Grocer y Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 521 COMMERCIAL STREET ?HONS Ml Cold Weather Specials Now is the time to lay in your supply of beverages for the winter months f Vigoral Beef Tea $2,50 per jug Fluid beef in tubes 50c per dozen, high grade Rock and Rye and all other stan- . dard bottle goods at the most reason able prices. ;v;;. :;7,,:.v:V,. AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. Phone 1881.' 689 Commercial St!' Importers and Wholesale liquor Dealers To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. ' E W GROVE'S signature is on each box 25c, LET US TELL YOU ABOUT Tungsten Electric Lamp Greatest advance in lighting method i sines th invention ol incandescent - " ' . lamps. s EXAMPLE' . , , - 32 C P, Ordinary electric lamp consumea 32 CP. "Tungsten" electric lamp consumea , ., 110 watts per hear 40 watts per hour Saving i 70 watts per hour By using "Tungsten" lamps you can get 275 per cent Increase in light for the same cost or in other words can have the same quantity of illumination for 35 per cent of the cost of lighting with ordinary electric lamps. The Aotoria Electric Co.