The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-12-10

: Christmas time In almost upon ~
ALREADY what shall ge, for presents'
, II the burning question, Watoh tn
advertisements In the Astorfan. YoI
can depend upon satting good goodI
ana resI bargains from the respOnsi
bs merchants who use thaee cOlumni
" call attention TO thSr stock.
Fred Herman, an old and eccentrit
blchsdor resident of Necamcum. died
few days ago IN his cabin home, bui
his desAh wan not discovered unuI
Thursday evening when sOme one hap
! prned TO cil at his placr. His death
was evidently from. natural cnuses
Coroner Pnhl took charge of the body
School directors. teachers and others
of CintaDp county interested IN the
state school laws who wiSn a copy OF
tho rdlcion now b4ng printed by the
slADvmnn oni,c will notify Superin-
tend .nt Ls.. IN ~ copies can b. had
for 10 ccn;A ench. Mr .<ss suggests
trat every Jeachr should pDssess q
copy.
Tho Bonbonnsns. conducted by Mr.
f.. Il. Hornier, Is metropolitan IN
every respect. Tins Christmas display
this year Is something beyond the ofdi-
nary ana lndl ,lU,s that Mr Ho"iiier
amply deserves the reputation which
h, enjoys ns one II the lsa'lng confcc-
ton.rs In The country. cleanliness aid
purity may be ren.4 upon In this
store.
a Wei wrl.tsn. splendidiy illustrated
aud handsomely bound volume entitled
Campaigning IN the Philippines" has
been received. 4 portion Of the book.
10 pages. II deyot5d 10 a history Of
the oregon regiment. Kari Irving
Faust Is tbs author and the Hicks
judd Company the publishers. The
book viii bs rsyi swed at length in
, Tuesdays AstOr1a-i,
The ship KrkcUdbugbtshire suffered
some damage wllH lying at the Port
laid FIGURING Mils dock. The State Of
! California was going up the river at
/ ,uch rat. Of spaod ana she cGussd
| the ship to swing into tbe dock. she
! had tnre. stdnch,ons broken, rail
damagui and other Injuries done. The
damages amounted to $3.50. which uhe
steamer wiu nave 70 pay.
The mcmb .rs II Sir. I. A. Stoddard's d
CLASSES ~ "Rals,nn Physical culture
perfected th@ organization last even
/ lng Of "A local Ralstpn club, organized
to pracAcc Rals.Jnism and physical
culture. The club elrc.ed AS officers:
/ Pr,e2d.l1, Or. Henderson and secre-
tary. Miss Stockton. The organization
{ stnrts out with nearly ~ members On
It's roll and -iWs promise Of being a
7 very plcasura0le ls Wet AS beneficial
/ way ~ spsnllns an evening once a
wcek in ihe prlcucs u Ihis popular
system Of physical culture atter Prof.
1 stoddari has gone TO ,-hei feeds.
The government has been quick 70
recognize the danger 10 shipping
through the absence of the Columbia
river hgaiship from its accustomed
anchorage, and the san Francisco
lighthouse inspector is advertising for
a lVO-ion schooner 10 temporarily take
the place OF the stranded vessel. says
the Creglnian. The bids call for 4
vessel equipped with steam power sut-
rclrnt TO operate a ,wealve-inOh whis-
tie. Nearly all Of the available YES
sells on the Pacific coast are now Cyl
gagged in profitable business, and II
viii cost the governmtn mt pretty gooo
sum To secure craft Of sufficient
strength TO take lhe pace II the Co.
lumbll 80. -. Codsung craft have
all, or nearly all. had AN opportunity
OF being warned Of The absence OF the
ughtship. ana will accordingly keel
clear Of the danger, In the case OF
foreign ships coming up from the
south or southwest, there is cause for
anNioty. as they have been accustomed
for many years TO find the ligntship
Oh It's station and in thick weather
are liable TO sail right past where Il
WAS formally anchored, and pile up
on the beach. In the event Of Colum-
bia No. so being saved it is probable
that She will be equipped with power
before she IS again placed in service.
THE MODERN MOTHER
Hns found that her little ones are Inn