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for n ASTORIA, . OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1004. -TAGE . EIGHT. TO PURCHASE LARGE TRACT Inquiry Comts From Indiana for 10,000 to 50,000 Acres of Clatsop County Lands. COLONIZATION SCHEME ON Man Who Wants to Start Wool en 31111. Asks-a Bonus of $ 10,000 and Throe - Acres of Land. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night the following letter .was read: "Mishawuka, Ind., Sent. 1. County Recorder, Clatsop County Dear Sir: I have some clients who desire" to pur chase a tract of land, say from 10,000 to 50,000 acres, that has some timber, running water and soil suitable to the production of frujt. At present they are very much impressed wlfa western Oregon or Washington, especially that portion on the coast. Their object if. to colonize and grow fruit on a large scale. In the event of their colony be ing located in your county It would mean the addition of several hundred more people in a short lercth of time If you know of a tract that In your opinion would be suitable for this pur lse, I would be pleased to hear frJm you at the earliest opportunity. "JOHN J. JOHXSON." The wr'ter is general ag'nt for the Towle Reilty Company of Mishawnka His letter has been referred to Judge Bowlby, who will make an effort to secure the desire.! ir-.-et. Woolen Mill Proposal. The following additional letter his teen received by the chamber from the superintendent of the Union Wc-1-cn Mills, with reference to the pro posal for the establishment of a woolen mUl In this city: 'Union, Ore., Sept. 8. Astoria Cham ber of Commerce Gentlemen: Reply ing to your favor of the 5th Inst rela tive to a woolen mill at Astoria, I would say we would require as sub sidy a Ite of three acres and $10,00" in cash. "In return would erect and equip a plant that would employ 100 to 125 people and produce $200,000 of goods per year. Shares of stock would be Fold to local business men If they de sired same. This mill pays 20 per cent on the Investment "JOHN" P. WILBUR." The manufactories committee of the chamber has this proposal under con sideration and Is expected to make a report at the next meeting. Would Locate Here. The following letter was received by the chamber and referred to Secretary Hlggins for reply: "California, Mo., Sept 5. Dear Sir: I expect to engage in the manufacture of picture frames and mouldings soon In the west. Please Inform me If there ir a factory of this kind In your town cr state. Is there a woodenware fas-J tory of any kind in your city? "J. F. SHORT." Here's an Enthusiast. Way back In Naples Naples, 111. they have heard of the Oregon Devel opment League. The postmaster of Naples is a real estate dealer, and he sends the following letter to the As toria chamber: "Naples, III., Aug. 23. Astoria Cham ber of Commerce Gentlemen: I am iif the Oregon Development League, to which you are Joined. I verily believe ihta is a grand tnove in the right di rection to make the exposition of 190S a wonderful success. "Get in touch with the best real ostate men everywhere and we will till your state with the best class of home makers, who will make Oregon bloom like a rose. Yours, for success. "v. ti. nxR, "Postmaster." Secretary HlRgins will write md tell Mr. Pine that Oregon Is abundantly able to care for all the houienuikois who may want to come ej.t. nl tlvit mything he can do In this line will be apprecititod. FOLLOWS CLATSOP'S LEAD. BANDITS ARE SURROUNDED Probable That Men Who Held Up Canadian Pacific Will Be Captured. POSSES SCOURING COUNTRY Marion County to Use Crushed Rock for Its Highways. Salem, Ore., Sept. 13. A deal that is considered one of the most Important ever taken by Marion county along Its good-roads policy has been consum mated, which means that in a few years many Salem streets and the county roads in all directions will be construct ed of macadam. Through the agency of County Judge Scott, for $500 Marion county has come into possession of a five-acre tract of the best and most extensive deposits of basalt rock In the northwest for mid building purposes. The property was purchased from the Salem Title & Ab stract Company at what is considered a very reasonable figure, us it has been held for $200 per acre. Mayor Waters, who is manager of the vendor company, and a good-roads enthusiast, himself reduced the price asked, out of sym pathy with the movement. The rock from this pit was that used for the construction of the Salem-Liberty macadam road, which Is looked upon as one of the best in the state. County Judge Scott will make a con tract with Manager A. Welch, of the Citizens' Light & Traction Company, whereas the present system of steam to extend its motor line from the I. O. O. F. cemetery to the rock pit, run a line down into the pit, furnish all necessary power for the operation of rock crushers, drills and other ma chinery in the pit, and deliver' the crushed material all prepared to lay on the roads, at all of the terminals of its various street car lines. The company proposes to furnUh all power necessary to operate the pit ma chinery at the rate of 20 cents per horsepower, or about $2.80 per day, wheeras the present system of steam for a 14-horsepower engine, engineer and fuel costs the county $S per day. The city now pays at the rate of 40 cents per cubic yard for hauling gravel on the streets, but the company pro poses to construct bunkers at each of its terminals for the automatic unload ing of Its d urn pears and automatic load ing of wagons, and deliver the material from the pit into these bunkers at a cost of not more than 30 cents per cubic yard. County Judge Scott, in discussing the proposition yesterJay afternoon, said: "In my opinion this is the greatest stride in the public street and road improvement line that has ever been made in the state. I also believe It means there will be a great advance made In road conditions, and that, if the county delivers the crushed rock at the bunkers at the several street rail way terminals, the farmers along the roads leading away from them In every direction will haul the rock at their own expense and place it on the roads. When one block of street has been Im proved with crushed rock In the city, there will be a great rush to improve all of the streets after the same uys- Lcadrr of One Party of .Man. hunter Wires That lie He lievcs He Has ltuhbcrs Trapped. pleased to note the energy and push tern.' Vancouver, H C. Sept. 13. The posses in pursuit of the robbers who held up the Canadian Puclnc express Saturday night and got away with $7000 are scouring the country near the bonier towns. They believe the rob bers slept Sunday night In a deserted cabin near Lyndon, Wash. All the cabins in the district are belhg vis ited, and the police are patrollng the logging roads and trails. Part of a posse, under Chief Con stable Campbell of the provincial po lice, thought they found a trace of the bandits today near Kerndale, south of Lyndep, and Campbell wired tonight that he believed he had the robbers trapped. The party of manhuntei s got news near lleuingham this afternoon that two men answering the descrlp tlon of the robbers and carrying riilxs were aeen going west, while a third man, the leader, wus trying to break through the gu.-ird on the south toward Seattle. Fearing the men going west would make for Point Roberts, sev eral o.Tioers have ben seut there to prevent the escape of the men In Ash ing boats. The police are certain the men have not gone further south than Helling ham. A telegram from Blaine tonight says the officers have been there search ing cabins and logging camps without finding a clue. The rewards offered by the Canadian Pacific railway, the Dominion Express Company and the British Columbia government for the capture of the rob bers now aggregate $7500. reason to believe th-it the Chinook will stay here Indefinitely.' ' ' ' FINE PROGRAM AT THE STAR. CHINOOK WILL REMAIN HERE. No Likelihood That She Will Be Or dered Away. The statement published last even ing that the bar dredge Chinook would leave shortly for the sound, to remain there, Is not credited by public ottl- cials. If the department has any such intention nothing is known of it. Sen ator Fulton was not in tiie city last evening, but Collector of the Port Robb declared that no Intimation of the reported removal of the dredge had ever been conveyed to him. "You may put It down for certain that the Chi nook is to remain at Astoria," said Mr. Robb. "This is her station and she will remain here." The assertion has been made that the Chinook has not been giving satisfaction In her work at the mouth of the river, . but this Is not borne out by the facts. She has been working for some time past on the ridge of the bar, where prog ress would necessarily be very slow and results uncertain at best. Else where she has deepened the river en trance and many Inner harbor points have been made deeper. It is not the practice of the government to make flimsy tests of dredges and other like aids to navigation, and there Is every Italian Band One' of the Beit Features of the Bill. The bill at the Star Is nightly pack tug that fashionable showhouse, and standing room was nt it premium last evening. The Italian baud is proving an at traction" of great merit, and the pa trons of the Star have shown their appreciation by encoring almost every selection. This bund lias appeared at ill tile leading theaters of the coast. and on the sound and at Portland an admission fee of.$l was charged to hear It. As part of a 10-ceiit show It Is within the means of everyone to enjoy the .very best of music ever heard in Astoria. ' Stantleld. a come.ilan of ability, ap pears In a country schoolboy turn that sets the house wild, Oaslon and Har vey put on a clever specialty and have made a hit with theatergoers, Mine Harvey is a vocalist of far more limn ordinary ability. The work of this team is different from that of most teams and has taken with the crowd. The program' of Ihe Italian band Is changed dally. At the matinee and tonight the following program will be rendered: Afternoon, March Sousa Overture Verdi Selection King Dodo Evening (7:30.) March Cornet Solo "Bohemian Olrl" '.. " Evening (8:30.) Man :i ' Sou;i Curu.i Tannous.ier Selection Landers Evening (9:30.) Dixieland Ititomet.'.o Cavallerla Medley ( There will be a complete change of program at the Star on Thursday night 1,000,000 POUNDS FISH DESTROYED Fire in Cold Stoiege Plant Spoils Much Food, New York. Sept, 11 I'lre has de stroyed the Mnasipiuii, N. J., Work lee and cold storage plant, enlullluK il loss of '$.150,000. J'lsh lo lite amount of one million ponii'ls stored against Hie winter demand, was destroyed. BRINGS UP RATES. Russian Werihip Lena Cautee Ad vance in Insurance. San Kraiiclsco, cpt. l3.Vr risks on cargoes to Japan Jumped yesterday from a iuaiter of Mine per cent to from 3 to 5 per cent as a result of the ar rival of the Lena In this port Correct Clothes for Ate, ET your choice of clothes be guid ed i I, by the stylish effect i 2, by the fit s 3, by the neat pattern and substantial ouwirMiKt. quality of the fabric i 4. by the linings, trim mings, and general workmanship. Irtis label Hunting a Bird to Kill Weevil. ' Dallas. Tex., Sept. 13. Col. Isaac W. Hrown of Rochester, Ind., has reached Dallas to study the Texas liolhveevll situation and try to find a remedy In the bird creation. Colonel Drown, who la a noted or- nlthologlst, believes that, for every In- set dangerous to vegetable life Ood has created a bird th exterminate It. After meeting and listening to him at Itoxbury, N. Y Miss Helen Miller (lotlltl requested Colonel Hrown to try to discover the bin) that naturally should feed upon and destroy the boll weevil. She offered to pay all his ex penses to Texas and the expenses of his Invest igatlon. Colonel Hrown Is, therefore, In Texas as the philanthropic proxy of Miss Could. ' jfjpdPenjamine MAKERS NEWyORK Is on clothes that comply with these requirements yet cost you no more than ordinary ready made), which never will meet them.. CqimI lo fin cutom-mde In ell but . . pm. The nuktri' gmranUe, and , , oun, with every garment We are, ' Exduiiv Dlitrlbutori la this city, , I Divorce Suit Settled. OVER 10,000 ACRES IN WHEAT. Denver, Sept. 13. The .W.v.i today says that Mrs. Lawrence C, I'hlpps, wife of the Pittsburg millionaire who Is suing for divorce, admits that a settlement of the case has been reach ed. ' ' Today Mrs. I'hlpps, through her at torneys, will 111b an answer to Mr. i I'hlpps" divorce petition. In which she will deny'ihu allegation of tltWrtlnii. W. J. Furnish Has Land Rented to 29 Tenants. W. J. Furnish, probably the largest land owner of I'matllla county, has over 10,000 acres of wheat land rented on shares this season. The land Is sit uated north and northwest of Pendle ton, In the wheat belt that extends from Pendleton lo the Columbia river. This acreage is approtluned out to some 29 tenters, from whom Mr. Furnish Is to receive one-fourth of the crop on the better land and one-third from the light yielding lands. So vast ure his holdings that it Is with dltllculty that he can figure up the number of acres in wheat this season. Mr. Furnish docs not aLtempt to. farm any him self, and he said, 'i don't even own a plow, but let other people do the farm ing." Nominated Territorial Delegate. Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 13. W. II. Andrews of Hli-rru county, has been nominated by 'the republican territorial convention for delegate III congress. Expert Chiropodist. , Mrs. O. (. Fletcher Is again nt tho Occident for on week only. Corns, I' .in'oiiH, will :, l.lo'ei nil I l.t't.'owlinr mills r'-UHH.'l without jaln ir sore- nous. Satisfaction uaraiile'-il, Itooin Wife Do you love iiiW as much a ever? Husband-I m kon so. Wife, Will I always be the dearest thing Iti' the world to you?- Husband-) ttm urs; you will, unless the landlord rnlse tha, runt.' . , llfor M ust-Ca EL CIELO 10-C E N T CIGAR Notice to laxpayers. The county board of equalization will convene at the county clerk's office on September 28, 1904, and continue in session dally thereafter for a period of one week, for the purpose of pub licly examining the assessment roll for the year 1904 and correcting all errors In valuation, description or quality of land, lots or other property, and all Interests are notified to appear at the above time and place for the purpose of lodging objections, if any there be, to said assessment. T. S. CORNELIUS, Assessor of Clatsop County, Oregon. Dated Astoria, August 29. 1904. HOME MANUFACTURED BEST FOR THE MONEY The 1 Cielo Cigar may be had at any of the fol lowing places of businesi: THOS PETERSON D B. ALLEN JOHNSON I COOK P- S. KENNEY CHAS. WESCME GEO. CHUTTER CHAS OLSEN FRED BROWN THE LOUVRE JOHN PINTTALA P. E. PETERSON Tl r.ll w C-.l .!-!- I 4L- CI I- ine loiiowintj cast Msiona nouses carry me ci uciot WILLIAM NYBERG CEO. LINDSTROM MRS. TYSON Manufactured by JOHN V. BURN ASTORIA, OREGON ' ( 4 A Just Keceived at HE BE I VE New Fall and winter tods Ladies Cravenette Rain Coats These coats were bought by our combination of buyers at a price that cannot be dupli cated by any house in the city. These coats are made in the latest style, by standard tailors and in all the desirable f hades $4.00 to $20.00 BOYS SUITS Splendid new line of Boys' School Suits made for wear at 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $3.00 SHOES The. best' line of School shoes at the lowest price in Astoria , Children's Shoes 25c to $1.25 Misses' Shoes $1.00 tot $1.75 Ladies Shoes $1.00 to $3.25 oy s "District 76" the shoo famous the country over at $1.35 TO $2.bO You Can Always Buy Them Cheaper at 2f?e BEE HIVL Cur Fall Opening in Millinery will be announced later. The department will be under the management of an Eastern Milliner hi