ASTORIA'S BIG
CENTENNIAL
Pageant Will Open August 9,
Close September 9.
Aviation MmI, Regatta, Battlathip
Fleet, Firework Spectacle
Are Arranged For.
(By John Day.)
. A ! at-.. ... t M .itn ttiin.) M . 1
years ago April 12. 1SU. the good
ship Tonquln. owned by John Jacob
i.L .1j the mo,.th of tha1
Columbia River, rode over the 1r.a Jf-10" ?aJ11,,; 3?? hrLhrlZ.
. , . .. .,- i-- bration. including the school teachers
"r"re"..l",."..T "'-
become Astoria. The -Tonquln"! 'Jfll'h. a' -hooTex
brought the first white man to theTn teachers will have a school ex.
great Oregon country which at that
time embraced all the land from
which the states of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho have since been carved.
It is In celebration of this settle
ment that the Astoria Centennial was
projected. The pageant will be
ouened with simple ceremonies on
August 9. The public opening will bef
the following day and the Centennial
wtll continue for thirty days, or until
September 9.
The legislature of the state of Ore
gon appropriated $50,000 toward the
expense of tho Centennial. Clatsop
Covinty made a special tax levy which
brought $25,090 additional funds to
the committee; Col. John Jacob
Astor. of New York City, donated
$10,000 to the cause and the business
men of Astoria contributed $50,000.
Additional subscriptions from the
transportation companies and Port
land business men have brought the
available sinews of war up to $150,000.
Tourists from all parts of the
fhlted States will be able to travel i
to the Astoria Centennial at reduced!
railroad rales and stop at all the prin
ciple places of Interest en route. This'
centennial celebration is the only!
official exposition on the Pacific Coast J
this year and offers the following at-i
tractions:
Pacific Coast motor speed boat re
gatta with $12,000 in cash prizes, last
lng one week September 4. to Sep
tember 8, Inclusive. At this regatta
the free-for-all championship will be.
decided and $o000 is the prize money
for this one event alone. Practically
nvprv roast rltv will enter a hnflt and
. , , . . ,
craft will be entered from Peoria, 111., i
nil utAral knat, are fifnutlad frnni
the Atlantic seaboard. The displace-
k.. h,ni.n.hin win u
rtntrfM .f thi. ,... .. win ....
premacy in the fishing craft classes.
sail rigged hulls, sculling contests, tub
.,, ,,.,. k.....n
CAnoe races
TnHlnn t H ha rkf tha nnrttiwaot anrf
such features as are usual at western
regatta tournaments. The manage
ment of the regatta Is In charge of
the Astoria Motor Boat Club, affili
ated with the Pacific Coast Interna
tional Motor Boat Association, the
officers of which will direct the con
tests. Glenn Curtlss will have an aero
plane and an hydro-aeroplane exhibl
tion lasting four days of the third
in f
i. i.
.o.. ,a ,,.
surface of the Columbia River, run- Socially Interesting will be the op
. . ,, . . , ,, . ' ,. portunlty for visitors to witness the
miles an hour down to the mouth of
h. rinmhi- Rtv.r .fn from th
,.. ..k, k'.-!.! -i .1...1-
over the beach to the Gearhart Hotel
and return to the starting point,
n, hi'u .irnri.n
ing In the air overland
From the opening of the centennial
n . I. n will ... . n . n .
of raureshlps Tn "thi harbo t one I de i
,,,j K ,L t-iij o,,J ,
m.nT.n'H . VrnhVnv 77h.
T.,tfi.K .., t ,a.u, ,h-:
"w . nr -.7 I"!
.nj t nUmi, f
v....ik . ,
nial and participate In land and ma-1
rin naiABnt. 1,1 ' ;
nrVr Jlh.rf iri v. w .
The Gfartiart Hotel has been se
kcted as the hom. of th treat naval !
w .-.fTil hSi
i'L'l:!"1'...0'
inn uiuirio vt 1117 f aiiuua uaiucBiiipo.
Th Ooarhart Hntnl la within a hnr I
distance of Astoria and right on the'
Pacific Ocean. It is an Ideal place
for social functions and the centen-
nial committee will have many social
functions at this hotel,
General Flnzer, head of the Oregon
National Guard, has decided upon As
toria for the scene of the annua sum
mer encampment of the Oregon Na-
ttonal Guard during the continuance'
oi me Astoria centennial, necessary i
arrangements are now being made by
General Flnzer and his staff to work
out tne details of the encampment,
and the United States War Depart
ment has ordered the artillerymen
and the artillerymen of the militia to
report to the forts adjacent to As
toria for annual target practice dur
ing the centennial.
Officers from the national guard of
the various states will be Invited to
participate In the evolutions and ob
serve the work of the combined na
tional guard and the United States
regulars who will be assigned to As
toria for war practice.
Gearhart beach, the scene of the
big coast automobile race meets an
nually, will be the mecca for the
motor car speed experts during theitney become very thin and emaciated
celebration. The beach is wide and , during the winter, especially when
miles In length so that all the races snow Is quite deep. A good Dlnn It
will be straightaway events, allowing1 ieemi t0 , wouM b fop p ' 1
!h! oeearTtM i" ?n "M V ! fed the flrpt year I be-
the ocean tides until the sand Is ., . .... ., ' " D
aeWd aa harrt a. .tnn. thi. K...h I ftT course of a few years
this
offers Ideal advantages for motor car
speed contests and arrangements have
been perfected for a carnival of
peed merchants which will Include
all the top notchers In the profes
sion. This meet will be In charge of
the Automobile Club of Portland and
the Northwest and will be officially
sanctioned.
The Oregon Development League
has selected Astoria as the meeting
place for the annual convention of the
118 cities holding membership In the
league. C. C. Chapman, manager of
the promotion bureau of the Portland,
Commercial Club, it secretary of the
Oregon Development League and he
haa already perfected the program
for the convention which will decide
upon the policy to be followed In the
development of Oregon for the next
year to come.
Early Days of Astoria or the De
struction of the Tonquln la the title
of pyrotechnical display which will
be offered as a night feature or en
tertalnment during the centennial
This pageant will have a ballet of
200 foreign vaudeville artists and
numerous special features to complete
a two-hour entertainment. This en
tertaiument will be built upon the
water and Is to be one of the big tea
tures of the centennial. It Is the first
time that any big fireworks spectacle
has ever been attempted upon the
water, but the development of the
reworks business Is such now that
8U"1?, ,
Eight different conventions will be
Institute, to which nauonal edu-
JOHN JACOB ASTOR
.newer
WhoM fur tradinir xpiiition founded Astoria an
hundred yetu-a ao.
h'blt dlCUM educational matters
of today and a century ago. It Is a
big feature and numerous social fea
ture8 ae planned for the entertain
.umt ot the teachers who will attend
the convention. As it Is an official
state affair all the teachers of the
ftate wiu fnipelled to attend un-
less prevented by sickness, so that
it Is bound to be a representative
meeting of educators.
Special allegorical floats are being
constructed for a series of land
parades which will be different in
character each week. These floats
will be fully as magnificent as those
used at the annual Rose Festival at
Portland, and the school children will
be drilled to participate In the exer
cises by the order of the board of
education
'i5hlng for lm01t A8,,oria- ,Thf e
ar re than 3000 salmon fishing
craft at Astoria and the salmon fish
w' b1.D u.ntU A,,5UBt
! 4 IV.-'--
t i ! h x 1
f . - t 1
fly-!!"", I" " l
tne mighty salmon Is caught and
canned. These monsters weigh as
much as 0 pounds and average about
"ndri8 e,aCh- Sa,mn Te,gh
40 pounds are numerous and it Is an
excellent opportunity to see how mil-
'ions are made out of the salmon
catrh every year.
Tne governors of the various states
Hi be Invited and a n-imber have
aIready. P'1 invitations to be
prese,,t on social days set apart for
the respective states. With their
,;,,. ... w ,m i. n .
milltary ta,, they will be royally
entertained and add greatly to the
social life at the centennial celebra-
tfnn
Altogether, the Astoria Centennial
' to be a fitting climax to 100 years
of prosperity which has come from
the founding of this city by the sea
by a trading party sent from
New
York by John Jacob Astor.
Same Sort ef Language,
"I'm afraid we'll have to cut that
man's acquaintance," said the woman
nf .trlrtlv rnrrert Umi
"Tea," replied Miss Cayenne. "He
uses the same sort of language that
we pay two or three dollars a seat
to hear at a theatre."
No Use for College Education.
Willis Why don't you put that co
lege son of yours at a trade?
Gillls (sadly) What could I trad
htm for? Judee
Colts Huetie for reed.
I believe we would get better re
mits If we would change our practice
of raising colts. Many farmers permjt
colts to run with their mothers un
til they are put on the market, says a
writer In an exchange. Many time.
his Will be done
More Territory.
"I envy yon," says the very thin
man. "I wish I had your weight.
Here I am, a skinny, dyspeptic crea
ture, suffering half the time with
stomach ache!"
"Envy me!" chuckles the very fat
man. "Why, what If you do have the
stomach ache half the time? Think
what a little bit of a stomach ache
you can have. Now, when I have the
stomach ache It amounts to some
thing." Life.
CHIEF JOSEPHINE IS
CHAMPION OF AMERICA
ElghUYear-OId Ilolstein Cow, Owned by Ajtrlcultarad De
partment of University of Missouri, Make
Great Record.
iktik&&w fry
Chief Josephine,
This Is the milkman's problem:
'How can I produce the greatest
amount of milk and butter at the least
expense?"
Chief Josephine, bred and owned
by the agricultural department of the
University of -Missouri at Columbia,
haa come nearer solving this problem
than any other cow on earth.
It costs 77 cents a day to keep
Josephine and her dally production is
worth more than $4.
Thus Josephine mnkes as much
each day as the average mechanic.
She makes more each year than
the average preacher, and almost as
nuch as the average college professor.
Chief Josephine Is now a little over
eight years old and Is of the Holsteln
breed, otherwise known as Frisian or
Holland.
Of course, Josephine's diet Is care
fully and systematically looked after.
She Is fed alfalfa hay and corn silage
'or coarse feed and for grain she la
iven a mixture of corn, bran, linseed
neul and cottonseed meal. The amount
POTATOES, RYE
AND CLOVER
Experiments Conducted by Rhode
Island Sttttton Show Net
Ketarna-No Sucnu in
Growing Clover.
For 12 years the Rhode Island ex
lerlment station hns bten making ex-
lerlments having as their basis a ro-
atlrn of potatoes, rye and clover. The
'otatlon consists of winter rye the
IrBt, clover or clover nnl grass the
tecond, and (totatoes the third year.
On an average for the whole period
f 12 years plat No. 11 received per
10 re 54 pounds of potash, 9.16 pounds
f phosphoric acid, 27.2 pounds of ni-
rogen and 250 ounds of lime; plat
No. 14, 5S.2 pounds of potash, 0.4
munds of phosphoric acid, 20.9 pounds
it nitrogen and 232 pounds of lime,
mil plat No. 13, C7.7 pounds of potash.
S7.2 pounds of phosphoric acid, 27.1
pounds of nitrogen and 232 pounds of
line each year.
Previous work showed that the pro
portion of merchantublo tubers in the
potato crop Is greatly Increased by
liming, even sometimes In cases where
the total vleld remains the same. The
results obtained so far indicate that
after the three year rotation Is well
started, further liming onre In six
years at very mod. rtUe rates will be
lUfllclent.
The general Improvement of the soli
was found to have far less beneficial
effects upon the rye crop than upon
potatoes and clover. With the Im
provement In the soil It waa neces-
ary to omit nitrogenous top-dressings
for rye. with the result that the yields
)f straw were somewhat lessened and
those of grain Increased. The exper
iment also taught that It Is advisable
to sow grass seed with the clover, as
grass usually more readily survives un-
ler extreme winter and excessive dry
summer conditions. No success was
TWO-PIECE GATE VERY HANDY
We noticed, while at a sale the
other dRy, a new Idea along the gate
line, that I believe Is good enough to
pass along, writes C. O. Thomas in
tbe Homestead. Tbe gate was made
wide enough to allow a hay rack to
pass through. The small section of
the gate made the handling easier
when a person wished to pass
through, besides lessening the strain
oo the gate were It made In on Mo
Champion Dairy Cow.
she requires of each is carefully com
puted from the chemical composition
of the feeds.
Puring the warm summer months
Josephine consumed about 30 gallons
of water dully.
Through the whole routine of her
dally life Josephine Is never forced to
do anything; above all, she Is never
utruck or excited.
Josephine Is no freak. What she has
done can be repeated In any normal
milk-giving cow.
It is a fact that any cow can b'e dfl
veloped to give milk beyond what Is
today considered a good average. It
Is largely because dairymen do not
know the Intent possibilities of their
herds tl'at the present average Is so
low.
All that Is required for a start Is a
cow that la normal In every respect.
From this txdnt man Is the chief
factor man with a training such as
Is Imparted at the colk'go of agricul
ture of the University of Missouri,
and at other like colleges the country
over. '
secured In trying to grow clover with
out f.rxt applying liuie or wood ashes
to the land.
As calculated by the station, the
net returns per acre during the first
six years were $279.40, and during the
secotig six ear erlod. $:171.46 or
$92.06 in favor of the last two rota
toria.
Life on the Farm.
A contented and Intelligent rural
population Is the true basis of a per
nianept agriculture. There are several
conditions essential to the best coun
try life. The success of tho farm as a
business enterprise Is of prime Im
portance. It munt return an Income
sufficient to Insure a'l of the necessi
ties, most of the conveniences and
some of the luxuries of life. The com
munity life of the agricultural popu
lation must be such aa will stimulate
mental activity to amply satisfy tbe
social aspirations of tho countryman
and his family.
Value of Lime.
Fresh lime, unslaked, weighs about
SO pounds per bushel, and wtll absorb
about 27 pounds of water from the air.
forming hydrate of lime. It also ab
sorbs carbonic acid from the air and
Is gradually converted Into carbon
ate of lime. One bunhel of stone lime
will make about three bushels whin
glaked. Air-sluked lime Is always re
ferred to when It Is ret-om mended for
land. 8'xty bushels of slaked lime Is
a good dressing for one acre.
Success With Farming.
When a family with loo acre pro
duces vhnt It needs and ran exchange
some products for taxes, repairs, edu
cation, etc., and can also maintain the
land In a productive state. It thus
solves a problem that will benefit fu
ture generations. Not only should Its
success be announced, but the method
by which It succeeded should be pub
lished for the benefit of others.
tion. The larger section of the gate
shuts against a short post, which was
et In the ground and sawed In such
a manner as to leave a back for the
gate to shut against as Illustrated.
The short 2x4 Is held In place by
strap Iron clips, and holds the gate
rigid. In doing chores, when passing
through It, the 2x4 Is slipped back on
the larger gale, and the hook used to
keep the gate closed.
BIG FIRMS EVADE TAX LAWS
Deceive the United States In Salary
Returns Office Boys at
10,000 a Year.
Denver. Colo. Somewhere In Den
ver there are several maybe a score
of office boys who are drawing fabu
lous salaries for opening mall and
running errands. The boys don't
know that they are drawing these sal
aries of $3,000 or $5,000. or even $10,.
000 a year, but they are Just the same.
Hut It Is only In the reports of an
nual net Incomes that are being made
to the United States Internal revenue
officers by lieiiver corporation that
these salaries appear.
Under corporation tax law salaries
are deducted from the net total sum
taxable. Revenue officers say the lotal
of salaries this year a shown by the
returns has taken an enormous Jump.
If some of the reports are true, they
say, there are many firms In Denver
who are giving away money every day.
Then there are ralarles listed for
employes now living In three-room
flats that. If really paid, would enable
1 hem to live In mansions
If the stomach is too
weak to properly digest
your food try
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
It strengthens tones
and invigorates the en
tire digestive system.
Start today.
TG'J'LL ACKHCWLEDCE ITS SUPER OniTT
Ice Oood for Hair.
Explorers say that the frigid son re
give Immunity from common colds.
Hut no recent explorer seems to have
mentioned the old belief that long so
Journs among tbe Ice are good for the
hair. This was the firm conviction of
whaling skippers In the days when
Dundee was the port for the Arctle.
It was said that even the baldest of
seamen contrived to grow a paaaable
crop of hair before returning.
Greatest Little Invention.
The greatest little Invention that
has been given to the world Is the
luclfer match. It was Invented ll
1827. It Is small, but like Portia I
candle. It haa shed a great light Inic
the world. It gave man mastery ol
fire. Hefure this Are had been a con
trary hired man, but now It becami
an obedient servant.
A Poor Jon.
"Tea, sir," said the great financier,
proudly, as he flicked the ash from hit
1$ penny cigar, "I am the architect ol
my own fortune." "Well," rejoined th
friendly ciltlc, "all I've gut to say It
that It's a lucky thing for you ther
were no LullJli g Inspectors around
when you weie cunstructliig Kj
change.
An Important Art.
The art of being agreeable should
be Instilled Into every girl In the
schoolroom. This Is far more Impor
tant to the average girl, and far more
conducive to her gem ral happiness In
life than much of the useless "crane
nilng" which forms so large a part of
many a school curriculum. Gentle
woman. TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
andCiranuUtedKyellds. Murine Doesn't
Smart Soothes Kye I'aln. Druggists
Bell Murine Kye Remedy, Liquid. 25c,
EOo, $1.00. Murine Kye Salve In
Aseptic Tubes. 2".c, $1.00. Eye Dookf
ana r.ye Ativire fToe Dy Mall.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Guetswom in Lite.
Silence and solitude are also won
derful solvers of problems and guess-
era of riddles. There Is a good deal
of guesswork to this life. It's not all
logic. It's not all a choice between
two goods. Many of these mysteries
can never be unraveled, and we have
to take a chance at them, do the beat
we can and let them go.
A Hard Road to Travel.
A drunken man, whom a friend was
trying to bring to his home . some
miles away, was constantly crossing
from one side of the road to the other,
so his friend sold to him: "Come on.
Tat. come on: the road Is long." "I
know It Is long," said Tat; "but It
Isn't the length of It. but the breadth
ot It that's killing me." Le Faun's
"Irish Life."
She Hasn't Changed.
Emancipated woman Is nothing
more than human; I think that you
may safely set that down. A woman
I could mention wouldn't go to the
convention because she didn't have a
stylish gown. Washington Herald.
To Clean Gloves.
A mixture of finely powdered futl
er's earth and alum Is excellent for
cleaalng white gloves, it should be
rubbed In well, then brushed off. and
the gloves sprinkled with dry brua
and whiting.
A REAL
DIGESTIVE
HELP
SKIN IN COLD STORAGE
tUTICLI KEPT ON ICR FOU ,
MONTH IS STILL ALIVE.
'hyelclans Discover That Skin Tik
from the Human Body May Sa
Kept In Healthy Conditio.
Indefinitely.
Philadelphia, ra. Through th ta
oeesful outcome of an operation, pt
formed on 1$ year-old Anna Wlndt, U
physicians at the Samaritan hospital
have mode a discovery which may
of Incalculable benefit In the irtftltn
of skin. Tbe discovery Is that ikli
taken from the human body may
kept In a boalthy condition for an It
definite period and that It may thn
be used to replace skin that has beet
burned or otherwise destroyed.
Karly this year a man entered fas
Samaritan hospital to have an open.
Hon performed. This operation i
eluded the removal of thirty-let
square Inches of skin from his M
men. Dr. flahcock bad this esrefull;
rolled up and put on Ice until at
should be ready for the expert meat
This was made thirty-five days after
the skin had been removed from Um
male patleut. Twenty square tnehn
were taken, smoothed out, and rare
fully put lo place on the girl's arm.
For several days tbe arm was e
amlned minutely and then It berimt
apparent that the froxen akin was "l
Mr g hold" to tbe natural skin with u
much firmness aa If It had been takes
directly from It r In or flesh.
Dr. Pit-rco'a Pellets, small, sunr
coatcd, easy to take aa candy, rrgulsto
ami invigorate stomach, liver and boe
eia ami cure constipation.
In successful Men,
Perhaps It Is more than true that
half of the great college buildings li
the land are splendid gifts from "VU
tage Chumps," who broke away froa
home because they could not And I
chance to expand or ei press the
selves In their native twobyfow
town, and never, or hardly evrr aft
er, got the flret ghost of a show t
the spare time to acquire an educa
tlox
Ahead of Optimist.
The man who accepts ealamty
when It hits him aa so much necesarr
medicine administered for his oei
good, and makes no ugly face wan
wallowing defeat, even If he admit!
It. Is not to be classed aa a pessimist
Such a man Is far ahead of the optim
ist who Insists he never had anytblci
banded blm and fools himself, aa kt
Often does other.
t-'ltra i il M.fdtiilijrs ritrrv cli
gvrm. eptrrtiillv Maturis, I'd lU. ftli'l r
vr. Two ir thrrr ilrup if INttilihA We
ard Oil n tle in rt'l I'lle eill lukeoult!.
tli poiwm. ri' thai il li, I u.
Vtith Rabbit Recipe. .
Ton are a great tuct esa with I
chafing dish." said the admiring guest
"Tell us how you manage It?" "HI
very simple." replied Mr. CrosMoU.
"Yon take everything your wire bat
set out on the table for you and put
It Into the chafing dish. Then rot
light the alcohol lamp underneath tat
with a large spoon stir the minors
vigorously until your wife tells yon I
'"l"'"
In Different circumstances.
"Hurry, dear!" eirlalmed the kn
band. "The Ore Is gaining. We matt
get out. Haven't you got your riot bet
on?" "Oh, I can't go out this way,'
she screams. "I couldn't And aof
thing to put on but my bathing salt,
and I'm not going to face all tt
crowd In It!" Life.
AFTER
7 YEARS
SUFFERING
t
I Was Cured by Lydia E. Pi-k-bam's
Vegetable Compound
W.Mirlka fllili T tomato trot
bli s for seven yearn, was all runil"A
ana so nervous
cou M not d "J
things The doctor
treatid me for dif
ferent things but
did mo no roimI. I
got so 1'iid that 1
could not ulci'pdij
or night Willie 1"
this condition I fi0
of Lydln K. link
ham's V egetablj
f o tn p o u n d , arw
l . . l . - .. .nil
, . ' I wpin US use
wroieio Airs. I'lnkhani for advice. JD
abort time I imd (tallied myart'n
feliftit mul am 1L
nirunw tiiii.
--.Mrs. Hali.ik h rcvKNM, li. 1'. V.,
. iioi 81, Waurik,, Okla.
Another (Irnteful Woman.
HuntiiiRton. AliiAs. l was in anr
run oil v. ii connition and lor w
years could llnd no help.
I owe my present good nralth 14
T.Vfl A I,' 1H..LI , r : - .-i i.. nw
I'omidnnd JUood 1'uriflur which 1 1
ui-TB siiveu my lire.
"Mydwtorkiinwgtvnnt helped tnj
nd does not say one word agint !
Mr. Maui Jaxf.ttk Hatks, U
131, Huntington. Mass.
Jii'cause your case is a difficult on,
doctors having- done you no good,
not continue to sutTcr without gifM
I.ydla K. 1'lnkhain'a Vcgetablo Cor
pound a trial. It surely has cure
Jjmny cases of female ills, sn.'h at
rljiuimatlon, ulceration, displacement.
Illirnlll tun...... I I ' i.;V- ...rtitflM
...... ....,,..,, ii 1,-xuutriiK-B, i1.--
pains, backache, that bearing-do
leUliUg. ajiil tiurvniia i,r..l rat lull.
'iJifcfeLa.V
tr-r ri