The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-10

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on Monday morning last wo COM
menced the greatest sale Of ladies' and
ohlldrcna muslin underwear ever OF.
fercd In Astoria. Come early aud NO.
cure some Of the bargains at y. II.
coOpers
-Four men made declaration ut the
clerks office yesterday and received
their nrat papers, They were Victor
Laualneu, itelppl kaieya, Anti Ma
III. AL natlyea Of Finland, and Lars
iienrlck sacarIaasen. OF Norway.
Cards are out for 4 complmentars
dance In honor VI Captain ". H. ciok..
at Ilanthorns hall next Friday even-
INK. Captain cloke has been stationed
at Fort Stevens but will leave sun
day for his new post AT San Francisco.
The street department IL hayln, some
trouble with tho aescr on Seventeenth
street. near Duane. A fracture In the
main pipe Ia the cause and Superin-
tepdent kearney has crew at work
on Il, The fracture ls 10 feet under
,he ground.
TIM delinquent tax saie on thc 1894
and 1895 roll commenced yesterday
morning at the sheriff's Office. There
was good number Of bidders pres
ent and the bidding at times was spir-
lied. The sale win continue until the
entire amount Ia collec,ei
Grand Deputy C. O. Winfield. q. the
order Of Macclbees. reports great ae-
tlvlty In local Gateway Tent No, 80
lie says 40 members have been added
within tho past month. and 10 morv
are on the road. The uuiir4ns work Of
iha deputy has caused the results.
Nearly every street light IN the city
was out for some reason last night
was out for Somc reason last night
II greatly inconven!cnccd pedestrians
who were compelled to be- up late, and
aeveral serious accidents were narrow
yl aycrtcd.
ono OF the frequent visitors 20 the
court house said yesterday that he al
ways felt like drinking water when he
got along 10 the faucet In the hall.
way. because by aome peculiar com
binailon the rush Of water has a slxxie
like soda fountain or something e'sc
that sounds that way,
chief Stockton. OF the Are depart
'ment is among the prominent dog
owners Of this city He has fine
Irish setter which he intended To take
10 the Portland dog show, but had
TO abandon the idea on account OF Of
flclal duties The dog In young and
unframed hut IL beauty and very
Intelligent It's mother bears Il rec ori
as n prize. winner.
The golden opportunities are slip
ping fast away. the time is now so
brief you may no more delay At
Morses great department store, the
cheapest store In town the goods are
sold ut half their price. so low are
prices down, But three days more the
sale win last, where everybody buys.
Go sure today and take your choice:
/ they are cheap and Just your size.
Last night, when the county clerks
office closed, the registration numbered
only 1869, distributed In the various
precincts az follows; Astoria No. /,
81, Astoria No 2, iOe Astoria No 3,
1875; Astoria No, 1. 1880; Astoria No. 8,
las Astoria No. 9. so. ASTORIA No. 7.
,2' John Day, Is; svensen, II: Wallus-
XII, 10; New Astoria. 70. Warrenton.
8; Clatsop. l6; Seaside, n; Melville, z:
Chadwell, 95; Youngs River, 1b olney.
20; knappa. i6. Clifton. 4; Westport,
80. vesper TO- Jewell. III Mishawaka,
10. Elsie, 10; Push, 4. Total, 1869
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Master Fish Warden Van Dusen re-
Gently received letter from Tilla-
nook citizens asking him 10 visit that
section to see II something cannot be
done In regard to the Chinook salmon
In the rivers OF that section. Tilla-
nook and Klchs Rivers were once fun
OF Chinook, but today they are scarce
because someone does not follow the
real meaning Of the law A deputy
warden Ia desired there to see that the
fish are protected. The warden in
tends to visit that setclon as soon as
the rush OF business nov on hand Is
over AMI look over the Wilson river
spawning ground.
The FIRE department had some prac-
tice yesterday morning when the alarm
was rung In for chimney fire at Mrs,
Grants house on Commercial street,
1t was only practice In running, for
fires are not long lived In this city
now days. A large crowd rushed to
the scene, as an alarm is so uncom-
mon that people almost forget what
It means, Astoria hulds the record as
being city OF few fires, while the fire