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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
VOL. XLir, NO. 125.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1894.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
OUT OF fllili
Caps, Boots and Shoes,,
USfA child buys as cheap as
Osgood pipjJTM go.
The
The One Price Clothiers,
BOO and 50 COMMERCIAL
WON ON
T AY THOSE TWO FISHING OUTFITS ASIDE. You needn't keep tflem
I more than a half hour. We've examined several outfits in different stores, and
we to want go to another. We saw
to go and see it.
Thus said two customers to w hom we
Further said they We like your goods, but want to be sure of getting the best
value for our money. We'll be back and let you see what we've bought if we like
the other outfits better.
In less than half an hour back they
pleases us as well as yours. We'll take them.
GRIFFIN & REED.
CALIFORNIA
fine Wines and Mqaofs.
I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines
in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade
and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria.
A. W. UTZIJjGER,
Str. R. P.
J
Leave for Tillamook
as the meather mill permit.
The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and
through tickets are issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points
by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight
by Union Pacific Steamers.
ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria.
UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland.
$2
FOR All $80 LOT
BY BECOMING A
YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS
TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE
NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A
liot to Build a Home ?or
The Packers of Choice
lolumbia River Salmon
Their Brands and Locations.
fcOCATIOJf.
Astoria Pk'g Co.- Astoria...
Booth A.Pk'gCo Astoria...
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ColumblaRiverPkeCo Astoria
Klmorc Sainnet Atoria. .
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George fcBrk Astoria,
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t O. Hanlhorn ft Co ; Astoria
Vamoli..
J,0 MeglerftCo jBrookflelJ
ruuenncn's Tkg Co.. j Astoria -
PROPORTION
Aro tho Handsome new suits
for boys which wo aro selling
and the prices at which our
patrons arc buying them.
You give us your patronage
and we will give you a large
share of tho profits in Mens'
and Boys' ClothingFur
nishing Goods, Hats,
Trunks, Valises, etc.
the most experienced buyer
Hatters and Furnishers
STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
MERIT.
an outfit in a window and both of us want
had shown our fishing tackle.
come and say We don't see anything that
WINE HOUSE.
frlaln Street, Astoria, Oregon,
ELiVTORE
MB!
Every Foqp Days as flear
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MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS
LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION
DELIVERED WEEKLY.
$2
iOlfNTS.
Astoria Pk'g Co. I
Kinney' U, J. Kinney 'Astoria
John A. I'uvlllt..,
..J "l!U;k Diamond) A. & ns Jchictgo
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Cocktail Cutting Tkg Co... g,n K,ancU!0
Elinore, Sanborn
WliiUjStar ; li Co....
Astoria.
JlSSo'w ft BarkerLtoria.
' J.O.Uanthorn&Co J. O. Hanthorn Astoria .
j Ug.St. Ocorge. J. O. Megler.... BiookOeld Wn
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An. Interesting Program for To
day's Celebration.
LINE OF MARCH TO THE HALL
Sweet Songs and Appropriate Music
-Comrade C. II. Stockton to Act
an Marshal,
All citizens are respectfully and. earn
estly requested to suspend all business
and pursuits of pleasure, and Join with
the school children, the V. It. Corps
and the G. A. R. in appropriately and
decorously celebrating this day set
apart in memory of our nation's dead
The line of formation and march will
be as follows:
ynlontown, Cedar and Court street
schools will form on Genevieve street,
right on Third street,
Miss Hansen's shool near Engine Co.
No. 3, Upper Astoria, and Alderbrook
schools will form on Jefferson street,
right on Third street.
Citizens on Third street, between Ol
ney and Genevieve street, right on
Genevieve, Com. J. G. Stuttz' band, Fir
ing Squad, Cushlng Post No. 14, Farra-
gut Post No. 49, ex-Union soldiers and
sailors and women of the Relief Corps,
will report at the hall of the K. of P.
at 9:30 a. nt. sharp, to Com. C. H.
Stockton.
The line of march will be from K. of
P. hall west to Lafayette street, north
on Lafayette to Second, east on Second
to Cass, south on Cass to Third, east on
Third to West Ninth, south on West
Ninth to cemetery. Procession will
march promptly at 10 a. m.
Program at Fisher's hall at 8 o'clock
p. m.:
Invocation, Rev. G. W. Staver.
Song, "Red, White and Blue," High
School Choir.
Recitation, "Drafted," Blenche Hibbs.
Song, "Brave Battery Boys," Messrs.
Smith, Gribble, Chadwlck and Whld
by. Recitation, "The New Year's Vision,"
Jessie Sands.
Address, Com. L. P. Mulllnix.
Recitation, "Our Soldiers," Terry Mc
Kcan.
Song, "The Star Spangled Banner,"
High School Choir.
Recitation, "Only the Old Flag," Til
lie Williams and Chas. Withers.
Recitation, "Decoration Day," Clara
Agnes Dunbar.
Song, "Song of a Thousand Years,"
Messrs. Smith, Gribble, Chadwlck and
Whldby.
Recitation, "In One Grave," Nannettl
Adams.
Address, Com. J. W. Bushong.
A Patriotic Company, children of Al
derbrook school.
Song, "Marching Through Georgia,"
High School Choir.
"The Reunion," Jennie Curtis.
Address, Com. Thomas Dealey.
Recitation, "Blue and Cray," Eva
Shlvely.
Song, "We Were Comrades Together
In the Days of the War," Messrs. Smith,
Whldby, Gribble and Chadwlck.
Recitation, "The Veteran Dead," Nel
lie Brakke.
Address, Comrade of Cushlng Post.
Hymn, "America."
Benediction.
Com. C. H. Stockton has been ap
pointed marshal of the day. He will be
obeyed accordingly.
J. F. GRAVES,
F. D. WINTON,
Post Commanders.
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THE WATER QUESTION.
Tho "Indignant Housekeeper" Again
Aroused by Mr. Parker's Last
Letter.
It looks as If the correspondence late
ly started on this Interesting topic,
so innocent in the beginning as to lead
many readers of The Astorlan to re
gard id more in Jest thati earnest, has
now reached the point of serious reall
ty. At least one of the various "House.
keepers" who have been' writing about
the question is now so pointed and
persistent in her demands for informa
tion that tho matter can be no longer
lightly treated. It seems, too, that the
correspondence has attracted unusual
Interest among housekeepers generally,
and there Is evinced on all sides much
curiosity as to the outcome of the dis
cussion. It is strictly within the truth
to say all the letters so for published
over the nom de plume "Indignant
Housekeeper" have borne no other sig
nature. Who their author may be is
largely a matter of conjecture. So long
as the controversy shall be continued in
the right temper, and with due pro
priety, the columns of the paper are
open to cither disputant. It Is a public
question, and one closely related to the
welfare of all. Mr. Parker's rejoinder to
the following letter will be awaited with
great interest
Editor Astorinn
I have read an article from Mr. Par
ker, In Tuesday's Issue. Some of
his statements are so ambiguous as to
require more than one reading to get
the gist of his meaning. No doubt the
board are perfectly satisfied with his
description of their eminent fitness for
the position they occupy. Though a
person of plain common senBe and busi
ness training would say that it requires
something more than to be "civil, well
bred, polite, complaisant and obliging,"
even with, an unlimited pocketbook
added, to successfully build and equip,
such a system of water works, as
would be satisfactory to most of the
"intelligent, prudent men and women of
Astoria." Perhaps some of these "intel
llgent prudent men and women," whom
the commissioners have consulted, will
kindly tell us, who, though not in this
list, are still very much interested, the
length of time It will take to ascer
tain the hypothetical growth necessary,
before it might be deemed perfectly
safe and prudent to begin operations,
by calculating "the size of water pipe,
quantity of water and amount of money
needed to construct the works." Any
move toward a beginning of operations,
eV3n though a very timorous one, would
be encouraging..
The first and most important answer
Mr. Parker gives to my oft-repeated
question, Why do we not have new
water works? is, "We do not badly need
them, except for some twenty or thirty
families above the lower streets in As
toria." This is absolutely untrue. One
of the most prominent and respected
physicians in this city, said to me dur
ing the past week: "I was in constant
fear for the health of my family, all
last summer, on account of the poor
supply of water, and I feel anxious and
watchful now, all the time, on this ac
count." He does not live on one of the
"elevated positions above the lower
streets." While in the chair In a den
tist's office, on one of the main city
streets, he said: "I am s'irlcusly Incon
venienced In my work by the Insuffi
cient supply of water."
How many of the offices and fnmllles
living on Second and Third streets have
all the water they need? Day after day
during lost summer, the children of the
Court street school were carrying water
from the neighbors, In small palls or
pitchers, to supply the needs, of over
400 thirsty children. Don't tell us the
supply Is ample for all but 20 or 30 fami
lies. Bosh! ,!-..,
A family of ordlnar'slze pays $2.50
per month for a supply, for necessary
use. They get Just about 50 per cent of
the amount needed. Thf company reap
the benefit of money paid without giv
ing returns for value received. What
do you call that? Has Mr. Parker con
sulted, as to the necessity of more
water? Very many of the property
owners, have spent time and
money In beautifying and Improving
their lawns and gardens, only to have
them dry up and die. I am glad my
questions have not wearlod the patience
of Mr. Parker, for I am like the farm
er's wife, "Jest chock full of 'em," on
this qupptlon a II ve Interrogation point.
Why Is It necessary to wait for two or
three sessions of the court before the
rights-of-way, "not already secured,"
can be made available? If It Is nces-
si.-y for the public good, and so proper
ly represented to the court, would it not
be possible to settle these cases at next
session of cjurt? Where there Is a will
there Is always a way. I ask the In
telligent reading- public of Astoria, haa
Mr. Parker answered my questions to
your satisfaction? As he has not to
mine, I am still an Indignant
HOUSEKEEPER.
Portland and Astoria Will Do
Battle Today.
A HARD CONTEST EXPECTED
Both Teanis Very Evenly Matched
and a Large Attendance
. Asmred.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Portland
and Astoria will wrestle for supremacy
In the football arena, and the game
which has Ixxm almost the .sole topic
of conversation among the athletic ele
ment of the lower liver for weeks
past, will be decided one way or the
othor. The Portlunders, entrenched be
hind a long line of victories, are de
termined to add another ta the list,
while the local boys will strain every
effort to beat the champions and In
augurate their 1894 season by besting
their old opponents. Tha following are
the teams,
Astoria Forwards, C. R. Hlgglns, R.
Gibson (Capt.), J. Johnson, W. W. Rlde
halgh, H. Bell; half backs, J. R. Ra
thom, C. T. Crosby, P. Grant; full
backs, George J. Smith, A, Meacham,
goal, R. N. Wright. Substitutes, J.
Grant Jno McCue.
Portland E. Philster, F. Tyler, F.
Davis, J. Gourley, G. Cameron, A. Wat
son, W. Laurens, W. Black, M. Bigham,
W. Gray, A. H. Trego. Substitute, J.
Foster.
.Portland's colors are red and white,
while as usual the Astorlans' will tempt
fortune with the dark blue and white
so familiar to their supporters last
year.
On account of the kindness of the G.
A. R. commanders, none of the exer
cises of that body today will clash with
the game, the afternoon being left
clear, a courtesy that is very much ap
preciated by the A. F. C. The ball will
be kicked off at 3 o'clock sharp, and It
will bo advisable for the public to get
to the grounds at an early hour &
avoid the crush that generally stir
rounds the starting of the late cars.
The motor, leaving from the foot of
Main street, will run to the grounds at
the following hours: In tho forenoon
at 9, 10 11, 12, and In the afternoon at 1,
1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, and at regular Inter
vals thereafter. If passengers will
bring the 35 cents admission In even
change, matters will be made a great
deal easier for the committee who In
tend to sell the tickets for motor and
grounds on the cars.
Utzlnger's band will parade the city
in the forenoon aifd at 2 o'clock will
march to the Telephone dock where the
excursion steamer Sarah Dixon will
land the Portland contingent and
a large crowd of their admir
ers. The Portland team will be es
corted to the motor by the reception
committee of the A. F. C, and will at
once leave for the field. They number
among them some of the best Associa
tion players on the coast, and taking
them all around are a thoroughly strong
team, well trained. Astoria plays with
out its captain, Tallant, who Is trepre
senting his club at the Multnomah
games today, and Is also minus Barthol
omew, who will be unable to play
owing to an accident. These two va
cancies will undoubtedly weaken the
team, but Portland also suffers to
about the same extent by the absence
cf her "old reliable" Smith, the best
full back In Oregon.
Bartholomew will referee the game
with J. Grant as Astoria's linesman.
J. Foster, of Portland, will also act as
linesman for the up river men.
Tickets for the match are In great de
mand, and the contest w!ll probably
be the most Interesting1 and exciting
ever held In this city.
A PARAPHRASE.
Our Father who art In heaven, hallowed
Ikj Thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth, in Heavn the same;
Give us this day our dally bread, and
may our debts to heaven
As we our earthly debts forgive by
Thee be all. forgiven;
When tempted or by evil vexed, restore
Thou us again,
And Thine be the Kingdom, the Power
and the Glory, fcrever and ever;
amen. . i ! ;.!u..uii;ii.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gov't Report
e WA&ni
ABSOLUIELY PUIS
ON A BENDER.
The Flood of Eighteen Years Ago To Be
Repeated.
Judging from an Interview with Capt.
Crang, of the Telephone, the flood of
1876 .'s likely to be repeated, and that,
too, on a more extensive scale. The
water In Portland Is now up to Second
street, below Morrisson, and this morn
ing the Telephone will have to seek an
other dock at Salmon street. The mer
chants on Front, First and Second
streets have been busy in the' past few
days In moving the goods In the base
ments to higher vantage. The water at
Portland yesterday only lacked 14
Inches of being up to the rise of 1876,
and It is the opinion of Capt. Crang
that it. will go beyond that before the
rise ceases.
At Waterford the water Is over tho
docks, and at Eagle Cliff Is even with
the same. SauvleV Is all covered with
water and the stock on the Island has
all been token oft. The ferry at Kulama
has to transfer passengers over the
Northern Pacific from Columbia City
to Kelso on the Cowlitz river, instead of
the usual transfer at Kolomo, Gov-,
ernment Island is entirely under water,
and at farmer who resided there was
obliged to vacate last Sunday. His en
tire crop is destroyed. The, Columbia
resembles a vast lake, with the water
still rising with astonishing rapidity.
Old residents aver that they have never
witnessed such a rapid rise as Is now
taking place. At Hood river the water
rose 5 let t In less than two days, and at
several places people have been com
pelled to abandon their homes and seek '
safety on high grounds.
Indications ail point to a continued
rise for the next few days, and two feet
more of water Is expected at Portland.
Later advices from the latter place are
to the effect that cellars clear back to
Sixth street are being filled with water,
while at the chamber of commerce, the
Portland Savings bank and DoKum
buildings steam pumps are In constant
motion to keep the water from Interfer
ing with the electrical appliances and
hoisting machinery.
That both the Columbia and the Wil
lamette are on a high old bender' there
is no question of a doubt, and that 1
much damage will result therafrom goes
without saying. The rise at Portland l!i
due, of course, to the backwater from
the Columbia, and a further rise of a
few feet will endanger the bridges at
that city. -LEWIS
AND CLARKE IMPROVE
MENTS.
J. W. Relth from Lewis and Clarke,
was In the city yeBterday, and Is very
happy over the advent of a 12-pound
boy at his residence. Mr. Clark haB Just
completed a new barn, 42x70 feet di
mensions, two stories high, which ho
says he will match against any in, the
county In point of size, convenience and
utility.
Mr. Hoekard, a neighbor, has also
just completed a new barn of model
construction, and W. J. Ingnlls, another
neighbor, has Just finished the erection
of a new residence and barn, both of
which are a credit to the county.
O. J. PeterBon has also recently com
pleted a comfortable and cozy residence
and commodious barn, while Peter An
derson Is busily engaged In constructing
a new dyke for him, which the resi
dents aver will prove to be a good Job.
Dave Howater has In process of erec
tion a new residence on the property.
recently purchased from W. E. Dement,
and W. M. Larson has begun the foun
dation work for a residence that, ac
cording to the plans, will be one of the
finest on the Lewis and Clarke when
completed. 4 '
All of these Improvements are within
a radius of two miles, and If the bal
ance of the county improves as rapidly,
the railroad will soon come In at a gait
of forty miles an hour.
Candidates are chuslng each other up
and down the river, but the majority of
the people are too busy to take much
interest In their loud solicitations for
votes and long-winded stories.
TO THE SALOONKEEPERS OF THE
CITY OF ASTORIA, OR.
The members of the O. A. R. respect
fully request that you, and each of you,
close your saloons from 9 a. m. to 12 m.
thin morning and Join with us In cele
brating Memorial services at Hillside
cemetery.
F. D. WINTON,
Post Commander,
Cushlng Post, No. 14.