THK MORNING ASrORUN, KKIIA. XOYKMBESt 17, 18-W Prices 65 Mens Covert Cloth Overcoats That SPECIAL Shirt, $1,00 TOWNSITES ON THE done In jmali sub-contracts and not NORTHERN PACIFIC enoun n COTnPied a any one ! point to admit of the commencement of ( trarklaying. Railroad official are un able to state any definite time when . II . Idaho EMension Will Reult Many Town Lot Booms and Speculations. LEWISTOXS MIGHT tTTIKE The Palmer Cut-off Will Ik Keady for Trains la February Much New Country Opened Ip. The new lines of the Northern Pacinc will open up several new townsltes and developed. The Northern Pacific has..." v 1,7.1,7 ' " 7 , , ....... , ,. , , I the Northwest, being the starting point gone out of the "town lot-' speculation, ,., ,. - , ... . . of the Northern Pacific construction and all news of the new townsltes to be located and the stations named on the new lines Is denied by railroad of ficials. After the towns have been named by the railroad, the officials atate, the public will be on the same tooting regarding townsite speculations To some extent this is true. The rail road Itself and the railroad officials will not be parties to townsite speculations but It Is impossible In the extensions of new lines to keep the location of all new towns from those who make an effort to learn. Too many people must necessarily know of the road's Inten tion, and it is probable the new towns' locations will will all be known baton they are announced by the railroad. Then, too, the town lot speculator could I Jocate the new stations by following the road's work. Preparations must be made for stations and sidetracks at townsltes. Theie will be a few towns of Import ance to be located on the Palmer cut off. They will be principally small sta tions for farmers to ship to and from. A few good towns will be settled along the twenty-two miles between Palmer and Auburn. The location of these towns has been practically decided up on, dui not an oi mem nave rx-en named. The bridge work on the Palmer cut- Off In nearlng completion. There are three Important bridge- to be built, two over the Green river and one over the White. A mumber of small bridges are scattered along the line. These will be completed shortly after the first of December, some of them probably be- that time. The road is rushing the work of grad- ing the right of way aa fast aa possible, Count Without question the best bargain ever offered. Equal to tailor made garments. Never offered at less than $13.50. . . OUR PRICE FOR THIS WEEK . . .Latest pattern Colored S. DANZIGER, 490 Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon. but the progress is not as rapid as had been anticipated. The grading is being tracklaylngr can begin, but this must await the completion of the grade at one end of the line and finishing of the bridges. Even after the tracks are laid it will require more than two weeks' time to put the track In condition for bringing transcontinental trains into Twoma over the new line. It is impossible as yet to set even an approximate date when the track will be turned over to the operating department, but It may be ever later than February 1. The work on the Clearwater branch I toward Stuart Is being pushed. From Od Flno to Stuart, a distance of thirty ' miles. It will require several months to I complete the grading and trackUaylng. I This Is the part of the construction not I affected by the O. B. & N. truce. The Clearwater extensions are open j ir.g up several new towns, some of which will be Important. L-wkston is ' ri.trn r. 1. .t aa tun a i .1 .Via kv.... I , , I. i work in the Clearwater country as well I as having a good agricultural and mln I stg country at its back. When the O. H. & N. truce is ended If the Northern Pacific begins Its ex tension up the Snake river Lewlston will feel the effects of the new work more than any other place. Oro Flno. about 35 miles above Lewls- ton, is at present th I headquarter- of Wren & Greenough. the contractors in charg- 0 fthefjtua rt extensl.n. Be tween 1.500 and 2.WH) railroad employes are making the town their headquar ters, and It is Impossible to secure houses. This Is also true of I-vlston. where for several weeks either hot-l room or vacant house has beem lack- lng. Back of Or- Flno is a goisl agricul tural country and mines are op--nlng In th? neighlwrhood. This will always sustain the town, but at present mont of the construction work Is being di rected from this point, and this is felt most. Oro Flno will be the contractors' headquarters until the road reaches Stuart. When the present work Is -x- tended to Stuart and the Northern Pa cific begins Us Missoula extension from that place, Stuart will be the headquar ters and will reap the harv.t from the railroad gangs. Even a larger force than Is now making Its headquarters at Oro Flno will be at Stuart, On the Lapwal branch a number of good townsltes will probably be made available by the Northern Pacific ex-' tensions. The sixty mile branch up the Stuart river will have the same effect. 1 Both extensions will open up a new country and tap towns that have her-- tofore been Isolated and without rail- S9B25 It Will Pay You to Inspect This Line. Body or Fancy Bosom road connection with the outside' world. Stuart, probably headquarters tor' next year's operations, gives the be?' promise of temporary "boom." It may be permanent. OROWINO TRADE WITH HAWAII. Ships going to the islands From All Pans f the World CarrylnK Supplies. Tacoma Ledger. The American ship Jabez Howes. Captain Clapp, cleared yesterday with a cargo of coal, valued at $7,73, fori Honolulu, and will be towed to sea this, morning. Captain Clapp has been in i port some time, but aa he met a niphew i whom he had not seen for many years, the delay has not been Irksome to him. I Captain Clark remarked yesterday on) the wonderful growth of the trade of the Islands durin.T the past few years. Everything the people war has tsj be Imported, a? well m machinery and manufactured goods, while coal is al- most as valuable as diamonds. There: are Immense sugar plantations that. use up a large amount of coal, and since the war in the Philippines and the annexation of the Islands by the United States, great quantities of coal are shipped there for the use of war ships and transports, enroute to the seat of war. There are now loading in Puget sound for the Hawaiian Islands nine vessels, which are taking on cargoes of coal and lumber, and to show the Im mense amount of freight which Is be ing shipped there It Is necessary but to mention that the tonnage on the way Includes: New York, ,571 bona; Norfolk, 1.477; Bremen, 2.478; Hong Kong, 2,12; Liv erpool, 5,272; London, Ml; Newcastle, 2i,403; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1,1M; nit rate ports, 2,174; Sydney, 2,147; Tientsin, 1,452; Weatport, New Zealand, 499; Yokohama, 2,106, making a total, not counting the ships loading on Puget sound, of 2.Si tops. Coal is shipped to the Islands from Tacoma, Departure bay. Australia andj Norfolk, Virginia, and still there Is al moat a coal famine there. The great, est difficulty the ships have Is getUng a return cargo, as sugar Is the principal product, and an there are no refineries i In the islands, the raw material must be chipped to some port which has a refinery, AN ENDLESS CHAIN. Memphis Scimitar. Some weeks ago a gentleman left a small package ajt the home of a young lady upon whom he was making his first call. She wrote him a note telling him he had left It. He wrote her one telling her It was some edibles, and that she might appropriate It to her own use. She wrote again to express her appreciation. He replied to express his appreciation. She retaliate! with an, expression of h-r appreciation of hls appreciation of her appreciation. At the present time the expression Of appreciation Is going forward In arith metical progression as the liters mul tiply, ami hs they contain something a little more serious In Its nature there promises to be SOOM very interesting complications resulting from a rorrs pondorice. presumably for the expres sion of appreciation. THROUGH STEAM El!4 Ti i MHERIA When the New ltallroa-1 Is C0AIlStt&i Pacific Coast Will He Great ly Benefited. Tacoma Ledger. There Is talk among shipping men along the waterfront about a dirtct steamship line which Is to be establish ed letween some point on the Pacific coast and Vlodlvostoek, Sib Tla, the terminus of the trans-Siberian railway. It is expected the road will be com pleted with the next year, and the project will then take definite shape. It is said the Russian government will lend aid to the scheme. Tacoma, being the terminus of a transcontinental railroad, as well as the starting point of .in Oriental line, is in direct line of the new system, os shipments could Ik- made by rail from St. Petersburg to Vladlvostock, then by water to Tacoma and overland to New York, for less money, and make the trip in shorter time than by ship ping across the Atlantic. The new road Is 8,000 miles long, taps a virgin country, which will prove a veritable Klondike for American products, and '.he port that succeeds In being made the connecting link In this great commercial chain will be come the New Vork of the Pacific. DISAPPOINTED. The Columbian. One of the officials of the Canadian police at .Niagara Falls tells the fol lowing story; A German from Pennsylvania blew In the other day and ask"l the officials If there was anything about the place worth seeing: "You see," he said, "It's shuet like dla: My frlents und frau told me I should take it In, und I want to take everything In der Is to zee. Dey did ray there vas somedlng great here, Und I forget Id alreaty, und I haf walked all ofer und zee nodlngs." The visitor was at once taken to the finest view of the falls, where he slood a few mlnutra looking around. "Well?" said his conductor at last. "Veil," returned the man, "I zee nodlgs." "Don't you see the falls?" "Vat! Dot vater falling? Isa dot vat I cum all dla vays to zee, a llddle vater dripping? Ach, Gott! I go me home." 6PECIAL.--Our $3.00 Values ever offered. TUT. L0I VKC. Similiters visiting in tli city will litnl the LoOTN all 1 tt radii ve resort wherein to sm uiI Hie eveiiinif. The Amine Sislers (.allies' I IrelicMru is still mi the bills Hint presents niirliiii n imisirsl iimifrstii of ex' epiiniml men', BatKhWIM smjI snd lullinrii rooms H' a tsaturs in inunection Willi the lion. e I'u ittnlile line h S will ! SefWsd lit nil mmr RADICAL LITERATURE. We know of only one book atora In Portland where to complete a line of novels can be obtained, on all the radl Oil subjects of the day under discussion ns can be seen at Jones' Book Store, 291 Alder street. BUSINESS POINTERS. Fresh cracked crabs at the National Cafe. Hire's root beer at the Spa candy factory. Burbank potatoes, $1 a sack, at Pat's Market. Jeffs la "the only" White cooks. restaurant. Beat lS-cent meal, Rising Sun Restau rant, 612 Commercial atroet. Chill con carne and frljolles at Lea Herring's National Cafe every day. Until further notice the Astoria creamery will pay 24 H cento for butter fat. Cold lunch, pickled pigs' feet, oys ters, sheep's tongue, ate, at the Na tional care. Do you know S nod grass makes Stamp Photos? Call and see them. They are all the go. Cream Pure Rye, America's flneat whiskey. The only pure goods; guaran teed rich and mellow. John L. Carlson, sole agent. Buy Roslyn coal; the beet coal for heating and cooking purposes on the market. George W. Sanborn, Agent. Telephone MIL Visitors from Portland and elsewhere will find the pleaaanteet rooms In As toria at the Bav r'ltv hnna 170 Tmh street, Mrs. E. S. Andrews, proprietress. ivcur b iranmer wagons aeuver DOX I wood to any part of the city on abort notice. All orders left at Zapf s fur ; nlture store, m Commercial street, will ; receive prompt attention. Telephone ' 2144. The following rtu-naA rat.. a-A I- effect via the O. R. & N. between Asto ria, Portland and Intermediate points along the river: Fare, 25 cents; section, or i , . . . I w . mr , lowrr or upper ocrcn, ov OOiruB , each; stateroom, 75 cents. Go to the Columbia Electric and Re. pair Company for all kinda of new and repair work, from a cambric needle to a bicycle, boiler or engine. Quick work and satisfaction guaranteed. Logging machinery of all kinda a specially. Shop opposite Roaa, Hlgglna ft Co. Dr. H. H. Haden, Summit, Ala., Bays, "I think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is a splendid medicine. I prescribe it, and my confidence in it grows with contln-1 ued use." It digests what you eat and and $4.00 Stiff Hats quickly cures dyspepsia and Indigestion vr i. iv i n ui i:s ltoUEItH lleauty beauty. kills time mid Dim kills Mr W. Wlxon, Italy Hill. N. T .aaya: "I heartily recommend One Minute Cough Cure. It gave my wife Immedi ate relief in auffocatlng asthma" Pleasant to take. Never fulls to quick ly cure all coughs, colds, throat and lung trouble. A corner In the square. market l seldom You never Know what form of blood poison will follow constipation Keep the liver clean by using DoWltl'e Lit tle Early Risers and you will avoid trouble. They are famous Utile pills for constipation and liver and bowel troubles. For sale by CHARLES ROG ERS. Smiles laughs. nr- merely like uolslei "I had dyspepsia fifty-aeven years and never found permanent relief until I used Kodol dyspepela. Cure. Now am well and feel like a new man," writes 8. J. Fleming, Murray, Neb, It la the best dlgestant known. Cures all forms of Indlgsntlon. Physlclana every where prescribe It. For sale by CHAS. ROGERS. A mob always draws the line al a lynching. , Geo. Noland, Rockland, O., saya "My wife had pllea forty years. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her. It la the best salve In America." It heaia everything and cures all akin diseases. For Sale by CHARLES ROGERS. The tailor Is engaged In I lilting p0 itipe.tlon. LaOrlppe, with Its after effects, an nually destroya thousands of people. It may be qulegly cured by One Min ute Cough Cure, the only remedy that produces Immediate results In coughs, colda, croup, bronchitis, pneu monia and throat and lung troubles. It will prevent consumption. For aale by CHARLES ROGERS. The freshman Is nlways a first class fellow. J. D. Bridges, Editor "Democrat," Lancaster, N. H says: "One Minute Cough Cure la the beat remedy for croup I ever used." Immediately re lieve and curea coughs, colds, croup, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, grippe and all throat anl lung troubles. It I prevents consumption. For aale by CHARLES ROGERS. The miser is known by ihe money he keeps. "I wouldn't be without DeWltfa Witch Hazel Salve for any considera tion," writes Thoa. B. Rhodes, Center field, O, Infallible for pllea, cut are the Best burns and skin dlasasssj. It. ware of counterfeits. Tor sale by CHARLES ROGERS It will not ue a surprise to any who are at all familiar with the good quali ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to know that people everywhere take pleasure In relating their experience In the use of that splendid medicine and In ti lling of the benefit they have re Oelved from It. of bad rolda It has cured, of threatened attacks of pneu monia It has averted and of the children It has saved from attacks of croup and whooping rough It is a grand, good medicine. F .,r sal by Chas. Rogers. one bad turn di rfm another for the letter I'HED RT BRITISH SOLDIERS IN AFRICA. Cant C 0 Dennison Is well known all over Africa aa the commander of the forces that 'aptirM -tm famous rebel Uallsh- T'rwtr -tu of Nov. 4. MW. ffom rlitirg iw:vianaland. he Wrltaa: "BefoM starting on the laat campaign i bought a juaaoty of Cham, harlaln'l Coti, h Ar and Diarrhoea Remedy, -.hlrh I o4 myself when troubled with hnw.i -vp.ijnt. and had given in my BMsV n4 la every east It privi-d most , .. F , tale by ('has. Rogers. The Idle agsM laM rA ma loaf or brtad, CHAMBRRLAfiri PAf BALM CITRM 'TII:ftJ WM7 M'T r'rr? My wife has bn 't,mwN win's Pain : itn gJ re- 'Mat has tUi years. 1 y,difdnes r ' ben "' " aaw '. "Tl'ins and i M did. with suits, for a lm tfevttv pained her We have tried fl kfssfs and doctors wl'hn eflt from any of thtw fn itn advertlsemef.' -,f thought of tryldg , SoVMl the best of n.fi.j. Mho has used only one bottle sod her e1vMr Is al- mom wen. Alo r,h 1 iln.i, M. ohestor, N. II. V Mi, i rhi. era. ' ' Where there'll a will a contestant. ihri- ii I ways DKAFNEHH CANNOT BK CURED By local application, ig they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafneaa, and thnt Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed oon dltlon of the mucous lining of the Kua tnchlnn Tube, when this tube Is In flamed you havo a rumbling sound or mpei'feci hearing, and when It Is en tirely closed, deafness Is the remit, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this iuh e iZJ3 ... . . mnl condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine casea out at ten are caused by catarrh, which la nothing but nn Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaoes. We will give One Hundred Dollara for any case of Deafneaa (caused by oa tarrh) that cannot b. oured by Hall'a Catarrh Cure. Sand for clroulara! fret . .T-J- CHENEY sV CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists, 25o. Hall'a Family Plllg are th beat i