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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1904. PAGE EIGHT. Pretty Shoes For Pretty Feet Our Special Sale of OXFOID S Is an event unparalled in the history of shoe selling in Astoria. The ladies of the city are wearing them. :: :: :: PETERSON Astoria's Leading FAIL TO LIFT THE TROPHY Multnomah Bowlers Are Unable to Beat Scores of Com mercial Team. FIRST GAME DECIDES MATCH Local Jlen Secure Big Lead at the Start, Increase It in Third Game aud Win Easily. The famous old Feldenhelmer trophy, possession of which is the aim of every club in the northwest, will remain at Astoria for a time at least Last night the Multnomah team failed to lift it. being unable to beat the scores of the Commercial Club men. The visitors lost In the very first game, when they scored 69 pins less than the team total of the Commercials. After that they could not make up the lead. Multnomah wants the old trophy. There are numerous other trophies on the shelf at the club rooms, but the absence of the Feldenhelmer pin has created a void which the Portland bowlers do not relish. Some weeks ago they determined to try for the pin and Chairman Ford of the bowling committee put his men in training. Reports from the metropolis conveyed the Information that the Portlanders were bowling like demons and the Commercials, who were sadly out of practice, entertained a lurking sus picion that they might lose the trophy. Harry Graham had been bowling with the locals, but departed last night for Hoquiam, and Frank Woodfleld was substituted. Woodfleld had not been Inside an alley for months, but he ac quited himself with credit, scoring 179 pins. Mathena bowled up last night and got the best total for Commercial, 181. Pye and Hardesty got more than the low limit, but Sovey and Laws fell down. The two latter men have re garded themselves as the old guard, but after their recent performances will probably be ruled out of the game by the bowling committee. For the visitors Bert Baldwin was high, with 187. Zan bowled a good total, and would probably have scored 200 but for numerous centers. Ford fell down and Brown, whose work the previous HATHERINE WADE At the Owl Drug Store Sunday hour 12 to 14 No Charge for Examining the Eyes EOa0OSOS0S0005OSOS00(M 1 PERFECT FITTING CLOTHES 6 jg Can Only Be Made By Measure 0 We can flress yon in stylish garments raa'le to fit 5 P and suit YOU. " :: :: :: :: :: ? $ . PRICES MODERATE. - ' ' ' I 1 SSRfT- HAUTALA a RAUTANEN f 0 BROWN Shoe Merchants night was sensational, likewise stum bled. Zeller, one of the best bowlers in the state, finished with 155 about 30 less than he should have made while Buck could muster but 145. The locals won because their low total was not very low. The first game was won by the home team by 69. Multnomah took the sec ond game by 11, but the third game was another victory for the locals, who scored 33 pins more than the visitors. The last game went to Multnomah by 18. Commercial's total was 73 plus better than Multnomah's. The scores were as follows: Commercial M. F. Hardesty ....53 41 39 31164 J. W. Mathena ....54 3S 46 43 1SI B. J. Pye 44 36 51 34.. 165 P. B. Sovey 33 44 33 39151 F. W. Woodfleld ...40 35 60 44179 W. C. Laws 38 39 43 34154 Totals 264 233 272 252 Multnomah 994 L. Buck 36 36 3S A. T. Baldwin 3" 58 54 A. G. Brown 39 30 26 X. C. Zan 32 57 47 C. W. Zeller 27 30 42 F. E. Ford 24 33 32 35145 38187 37132 35171 56155 42131 Totals 193 244 239 243 A feature of the contest was rooting of Fred Brown. 921 the WINDSTORMS. The term cyclone Is applied to a tor nado of limited diameter and destruc tive violence. All storms, therefore. In which the wind has a circulating move ment about a central area of low bar ometic pressure may properly be termed cyclones. Cyclones occur most frequently in those parts of the world which are subject to monsoons and take place at those seasons when the monsoons are changing. They some times extend over many thousands of square miles. Tropical storms are known In the West Indies as hurricanes. These vlo lent wind storms are of a diameter of from fifty to a thousand miles, where in the air moves with a velocity of from 80 to 130 miles an hour 'round the central calm. Hence this term Is ap plied to any storm or tempest In which the wind blows with terrific violence. In the Philippine Islands and on the southeastern coast of Asia such tropi cal storms .are known as typhoons. The general disturbances of the middle latitudes are usually referred to as sim ply storms or areas of low barometric pressure. Graduate Optician WHAT HAS HE DONE? A President who is known to Bt a Man of Great Action. It Is the custom In America for the party out of power to censure the ad ministration of the party In power. Fori what is President Roosevelt censured by his political opponents? Has his in tegrity been assailed? Has his rectitude as a man or as an officer ever been questioned? Never. Whatever faults he may have, not even his bitterest enemy has ever accused him of a dis honest act. If Roosevelt be Judged by what he has himself done and by what he has himself said there is nothing wherefor to accuse him of wishing to get this country Into war. If, however, he be ttidiml bv what his opponents have said about him, there were every rea son to suppose that he had already rushed us Into one or two wars, aud was running for the office on the terse platform of "more blood." So much for the charges against his administration. What, positively, has he accomplished? Ha has handed over to Cuba the government of the Cuban republic, He settled the anthracite coal strike, which for half a year had demoralised the industries of the country. When Great Britain. Germany and Italy were attacking Venesuela he in duced them to desist, thus preserving the Inviolability of the Monroe Doc trine. The three commissioners appointed by him to discuss the Alaskan boun dary question gained a complete victory for the American contention. The Cuban reciprocity treaty, which had been defeated by one congress, was passed in a subsequent session, because Rooseveld Insisted. By the creation of a Bureau of Com merce and Labor, for which his lutiu eence'ls solely responsible, the presi dent has taken the first definite steps toward the solution of the trust prob blem. Light will be let In on the man agement of the trusts. Then, when their evils are definitely, not vaguely, ascertained a proper correction can be applied. The door to China's trade has been kept wide open to our trade. But the most enduring benefit the president has brought to our country has been the assurance that the Pana ma canal would be finished. In the Isthmian imbroglio the president acted always within the treaty rights of thl nation; his official conduct was emi nently correct. But were It not for his exceptional adroitness and vigor during the crisis the prospect for the inter oceanic canal would still be years In the future. For nearly 400 years manj has dreamed of piercing the American Isthmus. But it remained for Presi dent Roosevelt to bring these dreams within the sight of realization. His tory will record h's connection with the Panama Canal as the most momentous feature of his first term. Thus Theodore Roosevelt has been an upright and painstaking, vigorous and useful, honest and patriotic presi dent. It seems both wiser and fairer for the American people to re-elect him rather than to elevate In his place an untried Jurist, who, however exemplary his personal character, has had practi cally no experience whatsoever to fit him for the most difficult position in the world. DRINK CONSUMPTION IN U. 8. Although it Is quite certain that the percentage of gross Intemperance In the United States is smaller probably than It was, say thirty or forty years ago, the consumption of liquors in this country is increasing in a more rapid ratio than the population. The In crease, however, Is almost entirely In beer drinking; the per capita eonsump tion of wines and of whiskey and other spirituous liquors Is not Increasing very much, If at all. Of course, the per capita consump tion varies from year to year. The most recent compilation of the bureau of statistics In the Department of Com merce and Labor shows that the per capita consumption of beer in 1903 Is larger than in any other year In the history of the country, for it amounted to an average of 18.04 gallons for each man, woman and child. The year be fore it was 17.49 gallons; the year be fore that, 18.20 gallons; In 1900, 16.01 gallons. In 1890 it was 13.67 gallons, In 1880, 8.26 gallons, and In 1870 only 5.31 gallons. This would Indicate that America is rapidly becoming a beer drinking country. On the other hand, the consumption of distilled liquors last year was less than it was In any of the years between 1869 and 1875, and less than It was in 1884, 1892 and 1893; but it was greater last year than In any year In the last decade. In 1903 the amount of spirits consumed per capita was 1.46 gallons as against 1.36 gallons in 1902, 1.01 in, 1896, 1.34 In 1894, 1.48 In 1884, and 1.51 1 in 1874. Wine drinking in the United States' Is not an ncreaslng custom; in fact the consumption of wine Is apparently dl mlnlshliig in this country, nlthough the decrease Is so small as to be almost Im perceptible year by year. In 1903 the total average consumption of wine was less than half a gallon per capita .49 of a gallon to be exact. In 1903 It was .63:; In 1901. .37, and In 1891. .45 of a gallon. By decades for the last 30 years there has been a decrease both In the con sumption of wines and distilled spirits. The average per capita consumption of wines In the decade between 1874 and ISS4 was .48 of a gallon: In the decade of 1SS4 to 1894, .47 of u gallon, and In the decade from 1894 to 1904. .3D of a gallon. The average per capita con sumption of spirits In the three tie cades, was, respectively, 1.31. 1.36 and 1.22 of a gallon. But the average per capita amount of beer drank by the people of the Vnlted States has nearly trebled In the last thirty years. While there has been decrease In the consumption of wines and spirits per capita, the consumption of coffee has been on the Increase. There Is a general supposition that people drtnk more coffee and less tea than was the case a few years ago, and this Is borne out by the statistics collected by the government. The decline of tea-drink Ing. however has not been as marked as many persons seem to believe. The average consumption of coffee for each man, woman and child in the Vulted States last year was. 10.79 pounds. The average for the last ten years has been 10.29 pounds as against 8.63 of a pound in the decade before and 7.58 pounds In the decade before that. The consumption of ten per capita last year was 1.30 pounds: this is a little more than the average for the last ten years, which was 1.20 pounds. In the decade of 1884 to 1894 the con sumption of tea averaged 1.31 pounds per capita, and In the decade froml874 t 1884. 1.35 per capita. The decline In tea-drlnklng, therefore has not been so murked as the Increase In coffee drink ing- On the whole, It Is to he remarked that the consumption of light drinks Is increasing, and that of wine and spirits declining. DEPARTMENTS ARRANGED. Gen. Grant Takes the Eaft, Funaton the Great Lakes, William the Columbia. Washington, Aug. 27. General Grant will tuke command of the department east September 6. General Frederick Funston has notified the war depart ment that he is willing to take the detail department of the lakes, made vacant by the transfer of Grant. Funston preferred the department of the Columbia, but when he found that General Williams, who had been as signed there, was already en route with his household effects, Funston ac- cepted the post at Chicago, Mother anH Son. Read what the Pendleton Tribune has to say about "Mother and Son," which will be presented by the Mar- garlta Fischer Co. on the opening night of their week's engagement, commenc ing Monday, August 29, at Fishers' opera house: "The Fischer Compiiny. Talented young actress greeted with warm ap plause by her first audience. The Mar garita Fischer Com puny, which pre- r is 8ctne from "Mother and Son." sented "Mother and Son" at the Fraster last night, made a good Impression on the audience which greeted the young actress on her first appearance here. Miss Fischer's acting was a surprise to theater-goers, who did not expect so much artistic talent from one of her age. She Is but 17 years old, but has the dramatic ability of one more ripe with experience." Admission, 25 and 33 cents. Reserved seats now on sale at Griffin's book store. The Grotto handle nothing but I straight liquors; no blended food in tot bouse. I i . . . - ' k1-1 JUST Quality Quality Quality THATS ALL! THATS ALL! HL THE RELIABLE LIFE SAVING SERVICE. Difficult! in Visiting Some Station on the Raoifio Coast. North Bend Evening s Kimball, general superintendent of the t S. life saving service, and Assistant nspectors McLeniion and Roberts are expected on Coos bay, Trwse Inspec tors are Important visitors here at this time, us they may make some very Im portant changes In the stations here. Possibly re-equlp the entire station here, or, as has been often suggested, the removal of the station to a more suitable location. In the past 10 years 'the life-saving service has made great progress every where but In the west, where It has remained practically at a standstill. The equipments here are more or less antiquated and the department, when it becomes fully aware of the needs of our station on Coos buy will certain ly do something for the betterment of the service. The Coos bay station Is certainly In the very best of hands under the nj.iniii.-y of the, present official. This Is the first official visit that has been paid the Pacific coast, In Vi years and, "for that reason," says Captain McLennon. "the equipment Is out of date, ulthough the men In the service are flrst-wlass. With the ex ception of u few minor details the discipline has been kept up to thai In the old stations on the Atlantic We find Inspection work iiere quite different from that on the Atlantic coust. There I can Jump in the trol-1 ley car and Inspect six or eight stations a day, while out In this country It takes us six or eight days to Inspect one station. We found pretty rough scrambling over some of the mountains along the coast." lumn of the Morning Aitorian. EL CEILO IOC E N T 1 CI O Manufactured from Clear Havana Tobacco and Guaranteed to be the Best in the Market ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT J. V. BURNS, Quality Quality Quality mm The Death Penalty, A little thing sometimes results In death. Thus a mere scratch, InslgnlfW rant cut or puny boll have paid the death penalty. It la wise to have tlucklen' Arnica Halve ever handy. It'a the 'best Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when Rum. Borea, Ulcer and Pile threaten. Only 25o, at Chaa. Rogers' drug store. Uhe STAR THEATER astoria's fashionable vaude ville house in connection witm:star and arcade thea. TRE$ or PORTLAND ., N Cnsngt of Program Mondey. Chaaj of Acti Thiirtdeyi. MON8TF.lt IIIM, W'vek lleglimlhir MONDAY MATINEE, AUGUST 19 MANOEVILLE SISTERS Clever 8oubrette Introducing "Little June, the Child Wonder." MoCARVER A MoCARVER Singing and Dancing Duo. GRACE DARNLEY Acrobatio Danoer. RANCE 8MITH Monologulit. EDWARD 8C0TT In the Pictured Ballad, "Way Down Eat." EDISON'S LATEST PROJECTO SCOPE Introducing New and Up-to-Oate Pi- ture. Admission 10c to any sent. A Manufacturer F