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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1903)
AUG 1ST i IU03. ATTORIA, OREGON RDiONSTRATORS SPEAK OIT AVestrort, Ore., August I". 19"3. To theEdItor: The Weekly AstorU Herald of August 15, in regsrd to the denial by the coun ty court of liquor licence to Mr. John Vt Jr.. of Westport makes some as sertions which bear within themselves the sump of the author and as silence In regird to this matter moy be con strued as evidence that they are true, W beg to state some facts in connection with the application remonstrance which will be the other side of the story" and, we "Shall confine ourselves to the truth. Instead of "some clerical gentleman from Knappa and Westport. 'the Indies, mothers of :mi!ies living at Westport. circulated the remonstrance, and only two (J) names were obtained by Rev. JJ. R- Hill, the "clerical gentleman from Knappa and Westport." Perhaps through a misunderstanding some i-er-son conveyed the Idea that both saloons would be closed now if the remon strance would get enough signers, but w rather believe the misunderstanding was on the other side. Some" people thought we have a personal grudge against Mr. West, and we stated that we would try to do away with both sa loons; and probably some one musunder stood our meaning. Regarding our as sertion that Mr. West intended to pur chase the OUen house, and convert it Into a saloon, we did hear rumors to that effect, and merely repeated them, bat in only one instance was this used to obtain a signer, and we were acting in good faith, believing at that time our statement to be true. We are aware tf the date when the license of the oth er saloon needs renewal, and we will do our best to get same denied. We are walking as hard as before with a re monstrant to Mr. West's application, and it will come into court with the ap plication to be made by Mr. West at the October term of the county court, and although we have a hard row to hoe, we succeed in convincing the people that the misstatements made did not originate from our side. We shall use all legitimate means j seeing the object in all its natural col to beat the application of Mr. West, I ors, or as it is seen in the Image of the and no personal feeling shall enter Into ! camera. the matter, but, as mothers of families , trying to raise children whom we hope to become useful members of society we ask the assistance of all true-hearted men In our effort to remove from oar village anything that may have a detrimental effect on the morals of our children. MRS. W. T. ROSS, MRS. JAS. McINTOSH We sell, rent, and repair all makes of typewriters. Write for new catalogue of New Densmore. Huxley, Ryan & Co., $2 Fourth Street Portland, Or. ON DRAUGHT EVERYWHERE Photographs By Telegraph Hew Scheme Of Picture Taking That Is Called "Seeing By Wire The plan for sending photographs by telegraph, or "seeing by wire," ts work ,d by the source of light throwing a beam which is focuswJ by a lens upon a translucent photographic negative, or film, wrapped ibout a revolving, and at the siime time trawling barrel of glass. The light and shade of the negative iliat is to say, the features of the Im age, cuts aft mow or less of the ray nrcoidikic to their intensity, and the harrel revolves so as to bring every part of the Image under the ray, which falls oil a selenium cell inside the bar rel. The cell Is In circuit with a battery, and the llne-mire. according to Us re sistance varies with the Intensity of the way the current on the wire varies. The receiver is a d Arsonval galvano-meter with a light aluminum needle, which under the varying current, moves Its ends nearer to or farther from a metal piece which allows currents of high fre quency, or as they are called Tesla cur rents, to Illuminate the Interior of a Jeifsl'T vacuum tube. The light from the tube varies with the current, and with the transmitting ray at the other station. It falls on a second revolving barrel, covered by .a sensitive film as in the transmitter, and reproduces the image. Owing to the fact that the light of the transmitter is not focussed to a point, the reproduction is rather vague, or indistinct, but It is fairly good, and (observes the Globe) we dare say a por trait would be recognizable. Of course the method requires a photograph of the object whose picture Is to be sent, and it is rather slow, but from a scien tific point of view an advance. Still, it is far from realizing the Idea of "seeing by wire," or, in other words NEWSPAPER MEN TO ATTEND Ogd,n, Vtah, August IS. Half a hun dred prominent newspaper men, rep resenting nearly all the influential news papers of the country from Maine to California, will be in attendance "when the national Irrigation congress con venes in this city next month, according to information received at the head quarters of the executive committee. The eastern newspaper men will come West in private tars and will be ac companied by representatives of several prominent eastern magazines. Dr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Povdor Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED ST WILL ENCIRCLE THE EARTH STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND RAILROADS JOIN FORCES TO, DO BUSINESS ON A LARGE $CAIE Chicago, August 18. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Omaha, Neb., says: '.' ."The. Hamburg-American Steamship Company will Invade the Pacific ocean and together with the Orient and Wa bash railroads, will encircle the earth,' said Vice-President Edward Dickinson i f the Orient railroad, who has just returned from London, where he, to gether with President Stillwell of the Orient I ine, negotiated the traffic agreement between the railroad and the fteamship company. "The night before I left London, we concluded a contract with the Hamburg-American line for a line of steamers from Port Stillwell to China, via Hawaii and Japan. That company already has steamers plying to all points tn the Orient, via Sues." THE PALACE BATHS Palace baths Include a first-class bar ber shop andTurkish andRussian baths Best of service In every department. T. It. Davles, proprietor, 539 Commerclal street. Hours for Turkish and Russian baths, S p. m. to S a. m. Watermelons direct from the grower. JOHNSON BROS. SECOND HAND PIANO FOR 150 A good. little fancy upright piano.fan cy walnut case, came to us In part pay ment for a choice new upright during the past week. Do you want It for $150 110 down and $3 a month? If so, come and see it quick. Just the thing for the youngsters to learn on, then in a year or so we'll take it back toward payment of a new one. Also a square piano, fine tone, and in excellent condition. Takes only a lit tie more room than an upright. $65 Is the price, though its worth $130. We want it out of the way. Pay us $7 and $4 a month If you' like. See It before its tool ate at Ellers Piano House Ex hibition Sale, corner of Ninth and Com mercial streets, in the Masonic build ing. " 0 Salem And The Big Flax Crop Fibre Product There Is Shipped to California Because Capital City Has No Linen Mill The work of harvesting the tlux crop Is progressing very rapidly under the direction of Eugene House, the llax expert. He reports that by next Wed nesday the entire llax crop raised In the vicinity will be hnulcd In and stored in the llax mill. The cmn amounts to about 250 tons of choice llax tlbre, and there Is on hands UW tons of llax of the lust year's crop also in the mill, all of which Mr. Posse expects to manufac ture Into fibre before the new crop comes on.. The flax Is now being thresh ed as rapidly a possible, eight men be ing employed on the threshing machine which is a specially devised machine, consisting .principally of rollers. Mr. Ilosse Intends to continue the thresh ing for about two weeks, and In the meantime he will keep a force at, work spreading the straw for the proAss of retting. The flax will not be all thresh ed by any means, but the seed keeps better if not threshed out, and he wl'l then have all the straw which he can put through the retiring process before the wet weather conies on. The perfect method of retting Is In vats built lor the purpose, ns the fibre then comes out white and Is of finer texture, commanding a much higher price. Hut not having the vats Mr. Hosse Is compelled to spread the straw on the ground and depend on the dew and light rains. When wet weather comes on this cannot lie done and he will spend the winter retting llax at the Silo llax mill, w here there are vats and a drying room.- Next spring the remainder of the llax will be threshed and retted. In a few days Mr. liosse will ko to Seio, where the work of pulling the flax has Just been completed and will commence threshing and spreading , there. The crop at Silo this season ! amounts to about 3''") tons of straw, a ml there is about 50 tons of last year's crop on hand. Next year he exacts to have 2,000 In (lax nt Scio, as the farm J ers realize the value of the industry : and the great profit to be derived from j It, and all are anxious to engage in rl ing it. Mr. Bosse has so far raised the flax himself, but having demonstrated the practicability of the Industry, he ! will henceforth devote his 'attention to manufacturing the fibre, and will .1.- j pend upon the farmers to grow the straw. He has a contract with n large linen mill In Oakland, Cal., to take all the fibre he can produce, ami utile some one can tie found to Invest $I."o.iuni in a . If friFTW flrst v'asi linen mill In 8sm, he will ccutlnue to sell his flbrs to the Cal I tor- niiv mill, s . . I ' pectf floss nw has a patent pending his new HTutchlng machine, and ex pects to make a large one for use In the mill th's winter.. He intends to devote his energy toward (wrfvcMnf machinery for every process of manufacturing it lire, ,v to a machine for pulling the tlax. as he has found that It will not do to depend upon hiring help to do the work by hand.. The machine already Invented for scrubbing the flax Is some thing new, and far ahead of any other mm hlne ever perfected. When lis gets a full enulpinent of machinery for the other processes, he will b able to turn out llax fibre nt a much greater profit, and a great deal faster, than by the old process. It I by this means that Mr, Hosse exert to succeed In the new In dustry. 11. It. Thhison, president uf the Creater Salem t'ommerelal Club.. Is at tending regatta. The eluh with which Mr. Tlilelnon Is connected has been an Imp irtant factor In promoting the flax Industry In thk state, Mr. Thlelsen stall's that a Mr, Hoyce, of Muncle, Ind., Is looking Into the Industry near Salem, ami is contemplating the erec tion of a st-ruU-htnj mill. He will prob ably choe McMlnnvltlo as a site. "DI B TODAY?"" Oregon peaches, plums.spples prunes, tomato's, cauliflower, cabbage, canta loupes, wax and string beans, and alt other good fruit and vegetables In mar ket. JOHNSON BROS. No meal In s tar has men an tffset on oft ft mood as Sreakiaat. a wsu- preparta breawatt moo mms Economy Brand Evaporated Cream It tddt a riehntM to your food that nothing 1m eaa It It the twit port of C0W millc. Tall your t took you warn una your husband to buunew with a food brsalitMt and you nad Economy Brand. Ba ture rau km the abort cap labtl bt- lors you Buy, HELVETIA KTXK COffDEHSIHv CO. Highland, QllooU Ask Fancy Qravensteln apples of flno quality and at low prices, Set them at Johnson Urea, UE3T 15-CENT MKAL. Vou will always find tht best lie meal' In tht city at tht Rising Sun res taurant. No. '611 Commercial street FOR RENT. Furnlalred rooms, with or without board. HI 4 Grand avenue. MRS. 0. 8CIIMEMNO. Don't Guess at It But If ou are gowig Raai wrltt ut for our rates and 1st us tell you about tha service and accommodations offer ed by tht ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD.- THROUOH TOU1UST Can via the ILLINOIS CENTRAL from PACIFIC COAST to Chicago and Cincinnati. Don't (all to wrltt us about your trip as wt are In a post tlon to girt you somt valuablt Infor mation and saalttasot; Mil aille of track over which art operated somt of tht finest trains in tae world. For particulars regarding freight or oasstntwr ratal oalt oa or addrsaa, . C LINDSET. a H. TRUMBBIX T.F.tHl Coml Aft. 141 Third BU Portland. Ora. S. Feo, O. P. ft T. Am SL Paul. Minn. A T OR 1 A Is Represented at Home and Abroad by the DAILY HORNING ASTOBIAN A live, clcnn family jwjHir. Ir,ice CO cent per month by currier or $0 per year by mail. Thu only paper in Astoria having Associated I'regg Telegraphic News. SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN Published on Tuesdays and Friday, It gives alt the Will, county and telegropic news and it eosta only 1 PER for It! Try It's Great Some Inter esting faets When people art oonten.iUtlng a trip, whether on business or pleasure, they naturally want tht beat ssrvic obtainable as far ss speed, ouinfort and afty a concerned. Employ of tht WI'ONHIN CENTRAL LINES art :ald to servt the public and our trains urt operated so as to makt oloat con neottona with diverging lines at all Junction points. t'ulurian laJact Sleeping and Chair Cars on through trains, Wnlng oar servlot untiotlltd, Meals served a la oartt. In order to obtain tht flrtt-otasa ser vice, ask the ticket ajrtnt to sail you a ticks over The Wiscoasla Central Line and you wilt makt direct udtiatlont at (it. Paul for Chicago, Mllwauktt and all points Bast. For any further Information oall on any ticket agent ,or correspond with JAS. C. POND. Oen. Pass. Agt. or JAS A. CLOCK. Milwaukee. Wis. III UUUUUl A familiar nams of MM Chloaco. Milwaukee ft St. Paul Railway, known Jl over the Unlna as lbs Ureal Hallway running tht "Ptonesr Limited" trains tvsry day and night between Bt. Paul and Ctlongo, and Omaha and Ctrl oa go. "Tha only perfect train in the world." Underatand: Connections are mad with all transcontinental Unas, securing to paamrgers tht bast ssrvios known. Lusurtoux ooaoues, slaotrio light, BtMra heat, of a vartoty equaled by do other Una. Be that your ticket reads via "The Milwaukee" whan going to any point In tht Hulled states or Canada. AU ticket sr-nta anil them. For rates, pamphlets or other la for mat Inn, addeas. J. W. CASEY, H. 8. ROWE. Trav. Pass, Ag i Jen. Aft. Portland, Ors. Portland. Ore, YEAR It Now!