The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-09

growing slowly.
Wanted Suite OF house. keeping
rooma by young couple, no children;
apply at this Office,
The registration roil has Increased
only about 20 IN the last two days.
William Howard was given his last
naturalization papers yesterday nj the
clerks office and b now u full nedged
citizen.
Tomorrow the 25c penalty Tor non
payment OF water rents win begin.
Those who pay today will save this
penalty.
Dr. pilkington reports that little Ei-
NOR Wage. whose leg WAS amputatesd
few days ago NJ st. Mary's hospital.
ls doing ~ well AZ can be expected.
The stump IN healing ane,
state Board of Trade win meet In
Portland Thursday, April 10. at 2
o'clock y. m. A delegation viii 10 w
from Astoria ON the morning train.
and attend the meeting
News has reached Astoria n the
birth Of SON 10 Mr.. and sira. II A
Calef. Of Portland Mrs calef was an
Astoria girl. the daughter OF Il. l. JEFF
frey. and has many friends here.
Editor Davis. Of the ca,hlame. Ga
xette. was In Astoria Yesterday on
bushes. He Says TIE numbering pros
poets IN that section was never better
and this promises TO be a good year,
Diatriet Attorney Allen II making up
tho certificates of nomination for the
Republican nominees al the recent
state convention. He was secretary of
the convention and this duty falls up
on him.
This weather does not please the
fishermen, They any that II the wealth
er holds out this way II will Injure
the salning and when the raise comes
IN the rivers It viii almost ruin their
business,
G, C, 'Masten's logging camp at
Svensen has resumed operations with
| a reduced force, All the men have
recovered sufficiently from vaccination
Ito make full hands At the table. but
not in the woods
The new switch board at the telc-
phone Office In completed and In work
ing order. The force OF girls will not
bc Increased yet as the present num-
bcr can handle the work until the sum
mer seaside rush beglnA
August Cllcv. was indicted at St
liclens Monday for the murder OF a
man BY the nam cof shelcowsky. De-
cember a. 1901 The body ot the mur-
dered man was found on Bunker Hin
road back OF St. Helens and the mur-
der was mystery for some time.
chteve viii be tried In May
The smallpox patient. William Bag
! ley. has ben discharged from the city
pest house and has returned 10 his
home at Sv>nsen, His nurse, John
shankman. says they were we'll treat
cd at the pest house by the city au-
thorities, and suffered nothing from the
Isolation.
Fish Commissioner Kerahaw and
Deputy Burton. accompanied by Prof.
Duane. all OF Washington, went to
Chinook yesterday, Prof. Doane Is In
tcrested In transplanting Eastern oys-
ters In the waters on the Washing
ton coast. He reports the work pro-
crossing flne ana hopes to see Eastern
oysters grown here successfully.
The county officers received very
ludcIous letter yesterday from man
who worked on the Elk Creek road
survey. He said somebody told him
that his claim was not allowed and as
result viii bring suit against the
county II the matter Is not fixed
up right away, The bill was ordered
paid some time ago. but the gentle
man has failed to call for his war
rant
The events we most enjoy ere often
among those which pas the most
quickly. Hundreds Of people have
heartily appreciated the st0pendous
cut sale at Morse's d@partmsnf store,
but 1t will not continue after this
week, only during the next four days
can dollars worth Of goods he se-
cured for SO cents, The store will con-
tinue to be the headquarters for bar
gains, but this sale is the event OF
the year.
There has been collected ON the tax
roll OF 1901, since March Is, the sum
of sl5,S9O Previous to that there had
been $lO0,67SSS. making a total collec-l
tion OF $i16063,S3 The assessment.
was $iss.4ol, which leaves about Si7,-
SS1 uncollected, of which not over
$4,000 Is delinquent, There are still
seme who were negligent in paying
their taxes and as a result after yes
terday win have to pay a 10 per cent
penalty and IL per cent interest. This
amount OF collection shows good work
at the sheriff's office and the people
surely appreciate It.
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