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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1909)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, I'M TILE MORNING ASTOKIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Abreast of Wc want both small and large busi nessRush business, ell kinds of business. & TSM&si'Wtzisix'- iwuB'.'iaiCTRaag raMacaassa ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. THE MODEL FOOD STORE lit IIS Of I IB Polict Board The regular meeting of the police commission will occur next Tuctday nlulit, mill Martin Foard, who arriv ed home yesterday, it expected to re ninl 11 to attend. Mort Cottaget It I laid Hist there it a chance o( the Hammond Company erecting 40 coiiiigu thii Spring. The company cxpeclt to about double it( capacity and therefore will need more room for It employed. . . 5- By Carbolic Acid Annie Arnet, a woman of the lower end of town, more familiarly known a "Ruwian Annie." Iat night drank a large quantity of carbolic acid and died in a few mintitct, She ha re latives in thii community. No par ticular came for the deed li known. Bond Street Improvement L. Lebeck, who ha the contract for improving Bond street between 11th and 12th by prive contract, expect to commence work Tuesday morning, and not later than Wedncs day. The work will be commenced at the FUhcr corner, Off On a Vacation Gilet B. Johmon, the popular gen eral agent for the Attoria te Colum bia River Railroad Company, will leave tomorrow morning for a month' vacation at hi old home in Dowagiac. Michigan. Hit many friend in Astoria will wish him abun dant and deterved pleasure during the outing. Woman la Hurt The woman employed a the cook for the Meterve camp over at Gray' river broke one of her legs in an acci dent yesterday and lat night the was brought over to this city and taken to St. Mary's. Her name wa not learned. It seenv a buggy in which she was being driven to the camp turned over and threw the occu pants out. After Basketball Games Thorburn Ross, manager of the Avoria High School basketball team, Jias received several telegram from different team who would like to ecure game here in J lie early part of March. The High School boy hare been working hard and should put up a good game, it is thought Redeemed Hi Property Alex Johnson paid the sum of $54 to the city auditor yesterday for the purpose of redeeming a lot that had been taken by the city for an unpaid assessment. The lot is numbered 37, block 2, in Taylor' addition. The original assessment against the prop erty, for the Columbia avenue im provement, wa $40, and the penalty and interest increased this to the $54. Like Mr. Johnson, many other drop into the city auditor's office oc casionally and redeem property- i .i It Doesn't Hurt a Fact to Hammer it ! STRICTLY FRESH EGGS Scholficld 6k Matison im'one ligi i GOOD GOODS 1 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET . ' " . the Times Sailor Hurt Fred Danker, a tailor on the steam schooner Saginaw, narrowly escaped eriou Injury or .death yesterday. One of the boom fell, grazing the left nle of hi head and tearing oft the ear. Hi shoulder wa also badly bruised, Had he been (truck aqunre ty on the head he probably would have been killed, The man wa tak en to St. Mary' for treatment. Why Juror Held Om The one juror who held out against his 11 companions for 10 hour in the "steer" ease, in circuit court Friday, yesterday explained to some of hi friend why he had persisted in cling ing to hi opinion. He taid that to have given a verdict for the plaintiff would, in his estimation, have been equivalent to finding the defendant guilty of the crime of stealing the steer. " . Will Close Tomorrow- In conformity with the new clos ing law a applied to salmon fulling on the. Columbia, the big cold ttor age plant of S. Schmidt & Company, of this city, will close down at high noon tomorrow and remain closed until the first day of May, As soon a he can arrange matters and the weather settles a bit fair, C. Schmidt intend to take hi family to Califor nia for an outing ahd a needed rest. A Pleasant Party A surprise party was given to Mr. Edward Engebretscn by the mem bers of the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Lutheran church last night at the church. Mrs. F.ngebretsen is the president of the organization, and at today is her birthday the so ciety thought it fitting to give her a ort of surprise party. About 40 were present and all enjoyed the evening very much. There was mu sic and refreshments, and Mr. F.nge bretsen wa, remembered with an ap propriate gift. A Busy Saturday Yesterday wa one of the busiest Saturday that Astoria ha had in several montns. me street were tilled with shoppers all day long, and last night again the down-town thor oughfares were crowded. A large number of logger was in the city also, and if the storekeepers did not have a good day It must have been for some other reason than lack of people. The lack of rain was prob ably one factor in bringing ont the crowds, , Haa Not Thought Of It-- For sometime oast there has been a ready and steady rmor that Dr. J. A. I'ulton, of Hit cityr intended to leave Astoria and make hit home in the metropolis, and the Morning As- torian ha been besieged wirn in quiries on this score. Last evening for the purpose of settling the mat ter fully and finally, the doctor was asked by a reporter for a plain state ment in the premise, and he stated 25c PER DOZ. The Latest Craze in spring suitings can be . found in my stock. Imported novelties direct , from Scotland. 1 Carl E. Frariseen Astoria's Leading Tailor 179 Eleventh. Phone Main 3711 his attitude in the following terse and direct term; "I have never even thought of leaving Attoria for1 Port land nor anywhere else; nor can I conceive where the idea started. You may ny for m that there it abso lutely nothing in the rumor," It ha arisen, probably, In connection with the admitted fact that U. S. Senator Charles W. I'ulton exjpeett to. re move from here to Portland In the near future, goupled with the fact that Dr. Fulton ha himself made some realty investments in that city. The assurance this paper it able to give thii morning, it one that will be fully appreciated all over Astoria. Maccabe Joint Revie State Commander J, W, Sherwood of Portland has advised the local Tent of Knighit of the Maccabees, in. thi city, of the Impending joint re view of the Slate Tents( and he hat sent a cordial Invitation for all Knights to come to Portland on the 4ih of March to meet Supreme Ke: cord Keeper Sister and take a hand in the hatmy task of initiating a bunch of candidates at that time. It is said that many will go from here, and from Hammond, Knappton, Chinook, and other points. No Bid Made The official public sale of confis cated fttsh nets held yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock, by Master Fish Warden H. C. McAllister and Dep uty Warden Mack, at the cold stor age plant of 5. Schmidt & Company, while well attended, was barren of results as the figures bid were either too small, or the dearth of bids alto gether. At all events .the nets, 21 in all. were ordered sent to the office of the Fish Warden at Portland, where another effort will be made to dispose of them under the law. A Busy Plant The Clatsop Mill Company has. during the month of February dit patched 20 cars of sash and doors to the East, aside from about 50 cars of otber lumber oroduct. The plant hat been exceedingly busy in a quiet way, and lome idea may be gained of the activity there, when it it known that yesterday the mills turn ed out 838 doors and 1300 wiudows, and this ratio is likely to be increas ed instead of diminished. This has a good and genuine sound a a busi ness item, and will be appreciated here. Personnel of Grand Jury Perhaps it is not often that a grand jury receive finer praise1 for work well and conscientiously done than that given the investigating body yes lerdav bv ludte McBride. The wise acres who figured out in advance how everthing wa going to happen teem to have been badly fooled this time. It was pointed out that there was a former saloon man on the jury, a bottter and a third man who was con lidcntlv looked upon a a "wide-open" town man. It was said that a a mat ter of fact these three men were anions- the best on the jury, careful and jmucious, but among the most eager to uphold the majesty of the law, and the wiseacres who expected ;hat these men would betray their trusr ti'd break their solemn oathsr now are keeping silent. PERSONAL MENTION Captain and Mrs. Percy Willis of Fort Columbia arrived in the city yesterday afternoon for an 1 over- Sunday stay with friends- Lieutenants Prentice and Cullcn were up from Fort Stevens yesterday greeting friends and enjoying a brief touch of city life. O. E. Weymouth of San Francisco arrived in the city yesterday on a business trip and is quartered at the Occident. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rcnner of Portland are in the city for an over Sunday visit and are registered at the Occident. Miss E. La Paul of Portland arriv ed here yesterday on the noon train. Louis W. Jones, of Oakland, Cal., was in the city yesterday on a busi ness quest. J. T. Hanmgan of Tacoma came here yesterday on matters of busi ness and will spend Sunday at Sea side. H. Q. Sanderson of Seattle was a business visitor in Astoria yesterday and a guest at the Merwyn. H. N. Knowlton of Spokane spent the dav in Astoria yesterday and was domiciled at the Northern Hotel.' C. B. Angus of The Dalles was among the crowd of people alighting from the noon train here yesterday. M. G. Dodsworth of Salem was one the host of tourists reaching this city yesterday. , , 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 most rational expense. These things account for the steady atream of people to and from the portals of the Palace Restaurant in this city. The reputation of the Palace is founded immovesbly 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. HEAVY FlaES LAID ON 111 PiGMEII THE GRAND JURY ADJOURNS AFTER RECEIVING HIGH PRAISE FROM McBRIDE. "In tbe 26 year that I have been coming Jiere," taid Judge McBride to the member of the grand jury last evening, "I do not think I have ever known of more strenuous work done by an investigating body than that done by you. "I wish to compliment you very highly for what you have accom plished. Your work has been well done. The better element of citizens owe you their thanks, and the other can have nothing to say againtt your labors, for yo have only done what was just and right. . . "It is necessary that a respect for the laws be taught to the lawless. The fact that of all the indictments returned by you have resulted in pleas of guilt or convictions shows that you did your work very well, that it was well considered, and now since your labor ire over, you may consider ourselves discharged," Half and hour before the grand jury wa discharged by Judge Me- Hride last evening; I).' Malagamba, for many years one of the well known residents of Uppertown, appeared in, court and pleaded guilty to three in dictments against him charging him with maintaining a "blind pig." On the first indictment Malagamba was find $400, which he paid in cash. On the other two indictments hd was fined $500 on each and sentenced to serve 30 day in jail on each, or a total of $1000 and 60 days in jail on these two last indictments, but Judge McBrid suspended sentence on the last two indictments. Hence Mala gamba was let off very lightly, be ing compelled to pay only $400 in cash. If he is found selling any more intoxicants in the "blind pig it will mean that he then will have to pay the $1000 and serve 60 days in "jail,, besides any further sentence that may be imposed by the court for the new offense. Knute J. Hermunstadt was also hit hard. He pleaded guilty to six in dictments, paying $400 in cash on the first and receiving fines of $500 on each of the other five and 30 days in jail on the other five, or a total of $2500 and 150 days in jail on the last five. Rut as in the Malagamba case, the last five were suspended during good behavior. . It is understood that indictments have also been gotten out against John Hansen, of the John Day dis trict, on charges of running a "blind pig." Hansen is the justice of the peace in his district. If a" warrant is out for his arrest, it has not yet been served and yesterday it was stated that he was not to be found. He was in the city the preceding day and said he was preparing to enter a plea. There is no doubt that tbe grand jury, the district attorney and Judge McBride have made the "blind pigs" squeal. "I don't think Clatsop county will be troubled with any more 'blind pigs' for a while," said .Judge Mc Bride last evening. "It looks now as if the last of them have been put out of business all over the Fifth Judic ial District, in Clackamas, Washing ton, Columbia and Clatsop counties There are none in the other three counties, and probably there won't be any more here in Clatsop. I didn't want to be too harsh on the prisoners the first time," continued Judge McBride, in commenting on the fact that he had suspended sen tence on some of the indictments, "but of course, all those who may be arrested in the future hardly need expect leniency." The quotations from the remarks of Judge McBride to the grand jury, at the head of this article, perhaps ex press in substance a part of what he said. He complimented the mem bers of the jury very highly. He call ed attention to the fact that of the 67 true bills returned, all had been so iwell considered and so well founded that conviction or plea of guilt had been secured in each case. Later it was remarked by some one that per haps this is the largest number of in dictments ever returned by any grand jury in the State of Oregon during any one term of a court. And as Judge McBride gave praise to the jurymen, so had they in their report given praise to Mr, Tongue, the prosecuting attorney. There can be little question that much of the credit of the whole work " lies with Mr. Tongue, and he has worked with ab solute fearlessness, and indefatigably. In a criminal way, perhaps no oth er prosecuting attorney has ever made an equally fine record with Mr. Tongue in Clatsop county. Mr, Ton gue modesty remarks that he, will continue to enforce the laws as long as he continues in office. The cases against the saloonkeep ers were concluded when Louis Mc Donald and NorHs Staples each paid $40 for violation of the Sunday clos ing laws. The magnitude of the work acconi- 4 I PC Pkmo Number With Each $5 Sale to Wise's Customer YOURHEAD " .... ., ... .... may properly be called a crowned hat, when one of our hats rest upon n V it, there's STYLE and DIGNITY in every 21 '' ' ' JL ;f :: WIIM SPRING SUITS FOR STYLISH MEN I H No the kind that everybody has.net the kind that "used to be" the leading make, but the kind that ' "IS" the foremost kind in the world today. W :; show every new wrinkle, every deft touch of the master tailors hand. If you wish to be dressed as stylish as the brighest, brainiest men in it Chicago and New York Wise personally investigated matters found instead of taking for granted what some clothing T ' a. j a w r 'i i a. I get nu oi. wise nas plished thus far may be seen by the fines collected, or imposed- Includ ing those imposed against the fwo men yesterday, and against Xyberg, but which were suspended during good behavior, they total $9550 "of which $3050 has been collected in cash. . Following is the final report submitted by the grand jury; To the Honorable Circuit Court of Clatsop County. State of Oregon. Gentlemen: We, your grand jur ors, duly empanelled and sworn for the February term of the Circuit Court for the County of Clatsop and State of Oregon, for the year 1909, respectfully submit this bur final re port as follows: We have visited all the following county officers: Sheriff's Office, As sessor's Office, County Clerk's Office, Treasurer's Office, Hospital for the County Poor, County Surveyor's Office and found all their records systematically kept and the officials very courteous and accommodating; we have inspected the janitor's work in and around the court-house and find the same done in a painstaking manner. . " We have the following recommen dations to make: First In view of the fact that the Justice of the Peace of Astoria Pre cinct is not provided with suitable office rooms, we recommend that two suitable rooms be fitted up for him in the basement at the northeast corner of the court-house and that he be provided with a suitable place in which to keep his office files and records. Second That the county court in struct the County Surveyor to have maps in his office showing the dif ferent roads in the different road dis tricts of the county and that said maps show the changes in said roads as they occur from year to year said changes to be made an recorded on said maps at the close of each year. Third That the County School Superintendent be instructed to pur chase a ledger for the purpose of keeping a record of all the school children who pass the eighth grade in the schools of Clatsop County. Oregon, not including the schools of the City of Astoria. Fourth That the County Jail is not fitfor prisoners and that a new jail be constructed as s6on as possi ble ; that a suitable lot for said County Jail be purchased near the court-house; that said jail be ajwo story structure with steel and rein forced concrete, and we recommend that a tunnel be made from the jail to the court-house for passing pris oners from the jail to the court house, We, the retiring grand jury desire to express our earnest thanks to the District Attorney of the Fifth Judic ial District, Mr. E- B Tongue, and 1 HER SPRING HATS P y are dressed, you must ine dcsi oniy - PRICE $20.00 TO 35.00 " No Higher than Ordinary Suits MAN Astoria's Reliable Clothier and his efficient assistant, Mr. Howard M. Browncll, and their courteous treat ment during our deliberations, and we desire to say that we appreciate Mr. Tongue's efficiency in the able performance of his duties as District Attorney. We have enquired into and inves tigated all charges of crime that have been called to our attention, and have 1 returned 76 true bills and one not true bill. Having now completed our labors, we respectfully beg to be discharged. C. G. PALM BERG, Foreman. F. P. PERKINS. Clerk. FRANK NORBERG, NIELS JENSEN. NIELS SIMONSEX, H. F. FISHER, . M, F. BELAN. CATTLE IN SNOW. Denver Humane Society Sends Large Amount Of Hay. , COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Feb. 27. The local humane society was forced to extend its jurisdiction beyond the city limits today when a herd of cattle belonging to a Denver coroporation was discovered block aded in the snow near Newcastle. The cattle were unable to extricate them selves, and were slowly starving to death. The ranchers were unable to get food to them and the, local hu mane society was requested to use its efforts to alleviate their sufferings. Hay was transported at Marge ex pense by the society, and the herd will be saved unless an especially cold snap ensues. Funeral Notice. , All members of Astoria Lodge, No. 2, U. F. B. of the World are re quested to meet at their hall Sunday, February 28 at 1 o'clock p. m. to at tend the funeral of our late Bro. Tom Erickson, Chas. Wirkkala, sec. Aug. Jacobson, Pres. New Hand Laundry. Call up Telephone Main 3811, the New Arcade Hand Laundry, when you want anything done in the hand laundry in first class shape. Owing to limited drying capacity we will not be able to take care of family wash ing at present A3 soon as we get sufficient room for our machinery we will do flat work Plenty of smelt, spare ribs and ten derloins every day at Braden-Adams Meat Market. See ad, page 4. , The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. it r one of our new I t i 4 WtlWYfiTtXi 4 fay really come to Wise's. what fashion decreed, drummer wanted to it I? - W Hatter Better Than Spanking. Spanking does not cure children o! bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M Summers, Box W, Notre Dame, Ind, will send free to any mother her suc cessful home treatment, with full in structions. Send no money, but write her today if your children trouble you in this way. Don t blame the child, the chances are it can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine diffi culties day or night. FOR BEST CANDIES Our stock ol candies includ ing "Lowneys" and "Gunthers" famous Choco lates are the best. , ...Home Made Candies.- They are healthier and better and don't cost any more. AJLEX TAGG 483 Commercial St, Astoria, Or. $5.10 FOR SI.OO THREE MONTHS' TRIAL OFFER Burr Mcintosh $07S Recreation 75 Field & Stream... .43 Cosmopolitan .45 Smart Set 7S Metropolitan . .45 Travel Magazine . .45 Pearson's A$ The Woman Beautiful .45 Youth's Companion, 3 weeks.... .15 Grand Total Value .$S.M ..Our Special Offer, AH Ten to One Address, Just as Above for only $1. 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