The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-04

THE MORNING
| Mrs. Nicely. Of HE Lewis and Clark
who has been suffering from re'rinon-
Ia for some weeks had relapsc yra.
tcrdny ana ls now seriously III. DR..
Pilkinglon visited the invalid last ev.
ening.
Erik Hanberg, who was appointed
supervisor Of road district No. ~
(Vespef). has declined the appointment.
lie was named a month ago and yea-
terday sent In his deelinniIon W. r..
Johnston was appointed In his stead.
Astoria lodge Of Elks will hold It's
| annual memorial services on next Sat
ufday AFT ,rnoon at 3. instead OF the
evening. ns previously held. Hon. J.
VI. Genrin, an eloquent Portland apeag.
er, Siil deliver the memorial address.
The annual meeting Of the Push club
viii be- held on Wednesday evening.
December II. when officers viii he
elected. 4 committee win be named
10 determine whether or not banquet
lgsa Ala ah...tss 4.
number about 20,
T. +. Peterson has purchased the
New style chophnuse. and will thor
oughly rcuovatc H. II Is Mr., pctcrson's
intention to make he restaurant one
of the lending eating places OF the
state. He viii 80 10 Portland today
for the purpos" II engaging chef.
Henry FIarcl. captain of the high
school football team. iB arranging for
=. match with the Portland high school
eleven on New Years day. The game
win be- played at \. r. e. park aud
unRht to he AN Interesting one. as the
teams nra thought 10 be irry evenly
matched.
The funeral Of the late Charles
Rrown, who died Tuesday night at 81
Mary's hospital, will be held today
Deceased was resident of Sknmokn-
va. 65 years Of age and had 10 reia-
tiyes In this part Of the couatry. He
enl debility.
Tha steamer Jordan started for the
north shore yesterday with some boom
sticks but when the gale came up
the boat was compelled To return 10
her wharf. The Miller started for Chi
nook but she. too. was driven back.
The river was exceptionally rough and
there were Few movements yesterday.
Weather Observer Johnson has sue
cecded In making up the precipitation
deficiency with which the present As
,al year started OF. During Novem-
Der the raiarth vas 1887 inches, or
ASS inches more than the average, The
precipitation from September TO De-
cember has beea 2l.65 inches. or 40
inches above normal.
The office of Auditor Nelson was
open last night for the convenience
OF voters, At the close OF business the
registrations totalled 600, rs follows:
Polling place No. |, TO No. .. lI5f No
g. III; No. I, 1874, No, 8, So. No. 6, 81.
The ofilse viii beopen' tonight and
again tomorrow niyht but the books
viii be closed on Saturday afternoon
at 1 o'clock.
Between the hours OF and this
afternoon the ladies of the Woman's
club win hold book reception at the
home of Mrs. Samuel Eimore, The
price of admission will be Il book, and
the public is cordially invited to at
tend. The books thus collected, as has
been previously announced. will be
used to enlarge the circulating libraries
Of the club. Help III worthy cause by
making donation,
The Forresters last night elected the
following officers to serve for the COM
ing year. Chief ranger, Lou Sprauer;
suh-chicf ranger A, {, Cailahan'
financial secretary. {, Il, Foster, re-
cordmg secretary f. p. Leinen weber;
senior woodward, \, c, Miuard, Junior
woodward. T.. Gearhart, senior beadle,
NJ, Knutson Jr,; junior beadle, Nj.
VragnYan; trustee for three years,
Harry Twilight; lecturer, y, Y An
dcrson; druggist, Frank Hart,
The time of the county court was
occupied yesterday principally with the
consideration of claims, Eli +, Fos-
ter supervisor of road district No, Is,
reported that the bridge near Mrs.
Lewis place had been washed out, and !
asked for instructions from the court. /,
After Ruadmaster Frye reports on the
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