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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1904)
PAG4 fWG. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Capital Paid in $100,000. Surplus and Undivided TroBtn 5.000 Transact a general banking business. Internet paid on time deposits. J.Q. A. BOWLBY. 0. 1 FETEKSON, FRANK rATTON, J. W. OARNEK President View President. Oohier. Asst. Cashier J68 TENTH STREET, ASTORIA, ORE First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 J dx N. Geoixt, Prtsidtnt, X E. Hi&ins, Cashier, Geo. W. Warrtn, VicPrMldnt, C II Hljjina, Asit Cashier. The Astoria National Bank ASTORIA, OREGON. DIRECTORS GEO. H.GEORGE, GEO. W. WARREN. W. II. BARKER, AUG. SCHERNECKNAU. L. MANSCR. i PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS. First National Bank Por'lamt, Oregon. Rank of Sew York, X. B. A., New York Continental National Bank. Chicago. Crocker- K'oolwonb Sat, Bank, S. F. The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor Laundry in the City. Does the Best of Work at very reasonable Prices, and is in every way worthy of your patronage. Cor. 10th and DUAXE STS. Phone 1991 HOTEL PORTLAND The Finest Hotel in the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN FOX, Pres. and Supt. F. L. BISHOP, Secretary A. L. FOX, Vice President. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK, Trees Designers and Manufacturers of THE LATEST IMPROVED CANNING MACHINERY, MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Foot of Fourth Street, .... ASTORIA, OREGON. IN REGARD TO YES AND YEP An Astorian Says zens Never "Yep." That Say Citi- SCORES EASTERN CRITIC Claim Westerners I'se Good Language and Are Well Versed In Deportment. llClf4 9 a Lager Y WU II 1U1 J a Beer. f ZEALAND FIRE INSUBANCE COMPANY Of New Zealand W. P. THOMAS, Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast for twenty-five years. ELMORE CO., Sole Agents Astoria, Oregon. The Worlds Fair Route. Thorn anticipating an eastern trip, r a rlslt to the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis, cannot afford to overlook the advantages offered by the JUssurl Pacific Railway, which, on account of its various routes and gate ways, has been appropriately named The World's Fair Route." Passengers from the northwest take Ihe Missouri Pacific trains from Den ver or Pueblo, with the choice of either going direct through Kansas City, or la "Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant Hin. Two trains dally from Denver and Pueblo to St. Louis without change, carrying all classes of modern equip merit, including electric lighted obser vation parlor cafe dining cars. Ten felly trains between Kansas City and Si. Louis. Write or call on W. C. McBrlde, gen eral agent, 124 Third street, Portland, lor detailed information and illustrat ed literature. Proposals for Fresh Beef and Mutton: Office Chief Commissary, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Oct. 1, 1904 Sealed proposals for furnishing and delivering fresh beef and mutton for six months beginning January 1, 1995, will b?l received here and at offices of .Commissaries at Fort Stevens, Ore., Boise Barracks, Idaho; , Forts Casey, Columbia, Flagler, Walla Walla, Ward, Wright, Worden, Lawton and Van couver Barracks, Wash., until 10 a m., November 1, 1904. Envelopes con taining proposals should be indorsed "Proposals for Fresh Beef and Mut ton," and addressed to commissary of post, to be supplied, or to Major George B. Davis, Chief Corny. Astoria. Oct. 6. (Editor The Astor ian). It Is gratifying to know that our friend from Wisconsin appreciates my Interest in Astoria, anil likewise gratifying to observe that he has noted some signs of change. Why, If he re mains here another week he'll surety run across someone who knows better than to say "yep." Our friend says he experienced some ditllculty In locating Sixteenth and Ex change streets because of the absence of street signs. Well! well! I am urprlsed. Here we have a gentlemen from the east a critic of matters municipal yet he encountered trouble In his search for Sixteenth and Ex hange streets because he did not ul low his glance to rest on the cement sidewalks, where the names of the treets are chiseled In large, plain letters! Surely, our eastern friend must be behind the times In one re spect, nnd it ought to be satisfying to Astorlans to note that we have been able to teach him at least one munici pal lesson. But I am writing more for the pur pose of disputing the easterner's poor Idea of our English than for that of pointing out his apparent Ignorance of the up-to-date methods which we have employed In numbering our strets (and I might add that we have begun numbering our houses in the same manner; saves the trouble of walk ing onto front porches when one Is anxious to locate a residence by its number). My business brings me Into dally contact with many people east erners, westerners, southerners and New Englanders, It has ben my ex perlence that westerners use better language than the people of any other section of the country. I have heard the expression "yep" employed Jocu larly by westerners, and frequently have heard it in the farming communi ties of the northwest, but after a long residence in Astoria I can truthfully say that I have never beard the word seriously employed by any of the na tives of this particular section. Nor have I noticed a manifest dis position on the part of Astorlans to yawn when some stranger approaches them to engage In conversation. Oc casionally, perhaps, the circumstances may Justify a yawn, or a scries of yawns, but It has been my observa tion that Astorians are too well versed In deportment to give vent to their feelings of unrest. I believe our friend from Wisconsin has overdrawn mat ters to more thoroughly emphasize the point which he sought to bring out. Astorlans will average up very nicely with people of other cities in the matter of English. Now, I do not desire to antagonize our visiting friend. I know he Is ac tuated by n desire to better Astoria, and I am satisfied his letters will have a decidedly beneficial effect, In point ing out to us the fact that visitors are always observing. But he is not well Informed. People who have lived here three or four years could relate to him a story full of interest. Four years ago our streets disgraced the name. The residence section was ap pallingly unclean and the sidewalks were veritable pitfalls. Even the busi ness section was unsightly, and gener lly the appearance of the city was so delapldated as to disgust visitors and residents. Had our friend visited us three years ago, his letters .would now be full of praise for the advancement which we have now made. There is still much room for improvement, but if, BABY'S , ECZEMA Top of Head CoTerei witk Scales lies Peeled of Tail Hair lift Then. GORED BYJCUTICURA If Six Years Oil lift Thick lair and Clean Seal;. Cure taaieit My baby was about six weeks old when the top of her head became cov ered with thick scales, which would peel and come off, taking the hair with it. It would soon form again and be as bad as before. I tried several things and then went to the doctor. Ho said It was Eczema, and prestubod an oint ment, which did not do any good. A friend spoke of Cutlcura Soap. I tried it and read on the wrapper about Cutl cura Ointment as a remedy for Eczema. I bought a box and, washed her head la warm water and Cutlcura Soap and gently combed the scales off. Titer did not come back end her hair grew out line ana tnicK. Kite Is now a year and a nairoui ami nas no trace of Kczema." MKS. C. VV. BUUGES.InuilMtanAve., Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 21, 1890. Mrs. Burecs writes Feb. 28. l'JOS t 'My baby, who had Eczema very badly on her head, as I told you before, after using the Cutlcura Remedies was cured. Slio Is now six years old aud has thick hair and a clean scalp." Instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin-tortured babies and rest for tired, worried mother In warm baths with Cutlcura Soap, and gentle anoint ings with, Cutlcura Ointment, purest oi emollients ana greatest or skin cures, to be followed in severe cases by mild doses of Cutlcura IUwolveut. Thla Is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per manens ana economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring, Itching, burning, blecdlnir, scaly, crusted and nlmnlv skin and scalp humours, with loss of hair, of Infants and children, as well as adults, and Is sure to succeed when nil other remedies and the best physicians fall. SoM Ihrmrhmt lh world IN,H Rmlranl, ma. (la torn of Cbombu M run, ah Mr rial of ik nnim.nt, .. V lh-r.Hi London. CtarWn how. Sq.1 P.H., Jllti. d l Wlo Hurt-n, IS Crtvw 1-- roiwr iirw. mra. corp., oi rruDrkkA Tlniln "Til. Orm UuiuulW Miscellaneous Advertisements mmmnummammmumunmrmtw FOR SALE At Gaston's feed stable one Landie harness machine, one 20-horse motor, one starter box, 35 feet 8-Irion leather belting, 30 feet 4 play 8-lnoh rubber belting, 1 pair butcher's wall eoalee, 1000 grain taoki) one Smith-Premier typewriter, LOST Notebook containing check for $82.50, ring and receipts. Finder please Wave at this office and receive reward. JAPAN ESe O00DS, New stock of fancy goods Just arrived at Yokohama Bazaar. Call and see the latest novelties from Japan. BEST IB-CENT MEAL. You ean always find the best 15-eent meal In the oity at the Rising Sun restaurant, No. 612 Commercial street First-clase meal tor 1So nioe cake. ecffte, pie, or doughnuts, Bo, U. 8 reitaurant, 434 Bond etreot Wanted At Caiton'e feed stable, hides, wool, furs, saoki, rubber, metals, eto. WOOD. WOOD. WOOD. Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any kind of wood at lowest price. Kelly, the transfer man. 'Phone 2211 Blaak, Barn on Twelfth, oppoiite opera house. PIANO TUNER. For good, reliable plane work eee your local tuner, Th. Fredrlekeen. 2071 Bond .treat 'Phone Red 2074. Lump Coal Large Lumps Ring up S. Elmore 6 Co., Main 1961, and or. der a ton of Ladytmlth ooal. They deliver It.. Select lump ooal. for keeping 70,000 clocks correct. barging for so doing $15 per year for each clock. These are set at noon em h day by an automatic urraiiKemcnt In each electric equipment, which re sponds to the beat of the sidereal clock In the naval observatory when Its hands point to 12 and lets the tltir current go, A few mlnutei before this hour business over the Western Union wires Is suspended, and operators throughout the country put their In strumonts In shape to form an uiibn ken circuit from the observatory to -r'very place where ticks a clock to be 'lectrlenlly Influenced. There Is a hush over all the great telegraphic lystem. Then the time bell strikes ind instantly tne time mesage Mashes over the wires, "It Is 12 Vclock." New York Times. WANTED Energetic trustworthy man or woman to work In Oregon, rep resenting large manufacturing com pany. Salary J40 to J 30 per month, paid wseklyt expenses advanoed. Ad dress with stamp, J. H. Moore, Asto ria, Ore. ' ' JAY TUTTLE, M. I). niYSIClAN AND SUHOEON Aotlim Atalntanl Buriieoa V. 8. Marine HiMplutl Mervlce. omoe hours: 10 to II am. 1 to 4:10 p.m. 477 Commercial Street, Ind Floor. Pr.RIIODA C. HICKS OSTEOPATH 1ST Mansell Bldg. 671 Commercial St rilONKIIMCKSUM, O. W. HARK, DENTIST Mansell lluilding 673 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore TELEPHONE KED 21KH. Ph. VAUGIIAN, Pkntiht Pythian JJiiilillug, Astoria, Oregon. Dr. T. L. JIA1.L Dr. V, I. Fricilricli, DENTISTS 524 Commercial street, Astoria Ore, Dr. W. 0. LOGAN DENTIST 67H Commercial St , Shauahan rtuihllog C. J. TKKNCIIAIU) Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Welle-Fargo and Northern Paclflo Express Companies. Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND BTfl. Wo tKo JiMo TweA. V CONG TO THE FAIR. All Would Marry. Many girls wanted to marry the man it the Star this week. What to Do If You Desire Praotloal Information. If you contemplate visiting the 81 Louis Exposition, to secure reliable In formation as to railroad service, the lowest rates and the best routes. Ah as to the local conditions In St. Louis hotels, etc., etc. If you will write the undersigned stating what Information you desire the same will be promptly furnished. If we do not have It on hand, will secure It for you If possible, and with out any expense to you. Address B. H. TRUMBULL. Portland, Ore, Oregon Snoip line ako UnionPacific 70 hour from Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Depart Pears' The skin welcomes Pears' Soap. It gently cleanses, freshens and beautifies. Never irritates nor acts harshly. Have you used Pears' Soap? Get it anywhere. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east: Louie v'lie, Memphis. New Orleans, and all points south. The only direct route to the 8L Louis world'! fair and the East Is via the O. R. A N. and Union Pacific. The folowlng rates apply from As torla: To St. Louis and return $87.50 To Chicago and return 72.C0 To Chicago, returning from St. Louis or vice versa 70.00 I To Chicago, returning via St. Louis or vice versa 73.50 Returning via California, 113.50 ad ditional. For further particulars, call on or address O. W. ROBERTS. Agent O. R. A N. Co., Astoria. mrvri 1 aese tiny Capsule are supenoi 1 to Balsam of Copaiba,. Cubebsor Injections andirrw CURE IN 48 HOURSPUI the kmc diseases with out inconvenience. SoM to all nrvmjftl, after the remarkable Improvement we have made in the past three years, we are now to be scored, the criticism may have a discouraging tendency. I shudder to contemplate the tenor of our friend's letters had they been written four years ago. Language would have miserably failed him. With all our present' faults, we have been far worse off unclean, so far as our streets were concerned, and careless, so far as civic duty was concerned but never Ignorant. AN ASTORIAN. KEEPING CLOCKS CORRECT. How We Get the Time Every Day at Noon. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany receives about $1,000,000 a year Ofllce Constructing Quartermaster, Astoria, Ore., September 24, 1904 Sealed proposals, in .triplicate, will be received at this office until 10 o'clock a, m., October 15, 1904, and then opened, for clearing, grubbing and grading of timber land on Military Reservation of Fort Stevens, Oregon. United States reserves the right to reject any or all nroDOsals. Plat of area of work rnn work. The first is found along the line L and Bpeclflcatlons obtaIne(, at D ELIGIITFDL ROUTE AYMGI1T RIDE IZZY CRAGS EEP CANONS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY See nature in all he glorious beauty, and then the acme of mun's handi- of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, thf latter at the St Louis World's Fair. Tour trip wll' be one of pleas ure make the most of it For Infor mation and Illustrated literature write this office. Envelopes should be mark ed "Proposals for Cearlng and Grad ing" and addressed Captain Ooodale, Quartermaster, Astoria, Ore. W. C. WcBRIDE, Gen. Arjt. PARMER HOUSE i oruana, ur. Scott's Siiialpsio Capsules positives curs For IcOammittlon or C'ntarrl) of the Hinder and Cli.med Kluueja. Ho euro to par Com quickly nnd Perm. nenlly lh wont cues at JoiiorrliQ-M, and UJt, bo mall-rot bow ton lUud. in?. Abooluttlf harmlMS, Hold br dranlftc. rrlw (1.00, or by mall, postpaid, si.0MboM.iti.fj; THE UtVMWm CO, UAFONTAiNS, OHMa, Sold br Chas. Rogers, 451 Commercial M Chicago Cortland XT In I Kin, m via Hunt ington TlMK8l'IIKl)tH,EH Knim POIIUAND Knit Uke, IWmver, Kl Wurlli, oiiiuIik, Kuu h City, Hi liiila t'luiUKo unit Ilia Knit Atliintlfl KxprnM ;Hnlt take, iLrnvrr Fu nur in. in urin, Omaha, Kail via Hunt- Uy. hi IxmiI., IngUiii I'liicutfo and the Km I KU'siil Wall Wiilln, IkwIh. Kaat Mull ton, HiMiknim, Mlnniv :lon. in. aiM.ll,, Mt J'aiil, ImlutlJ jiiiwiiiiawi, tiilrKi, Hunt) anU tint Arrive 4 Ji p ra TslSa m 8 d) p in OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE From Astoria All sailing dates subject to change. For Ban Francisco every five days. Dnlly ei- eoH Hun day atTaiii Columbia Klvnrto rurimua ana Way lAiidliiga 4am Daily ex cept Mou Direct Line (o St. Louis! World's Fair. Steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria on the tide DAILY FOR ILWACO. connecting there with trains for Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points. Returning arrives at Astoria same evening. rhrough ticket! to and from all prin cipal European cities. O. W. ROBERTS, Agent, Astoria, Ore. H. B. PARKER, Proprietor Free Coach Large Sample Rooms on Ground Floor. Rooms 50c. 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 per Day. Foot of Ninth Strut ASTORIA. OREGON "Best by Test" A trans continental trav eler says: ' I've tried them all and I prefer the North western Limited It's the best to be found from coast to coast." It's "The Train for Com fort" every night in the year ueiween juinneapojis. Dt. 1 aul and Chicago. Before starting on atrlp-no matter where-writ for Interesting In forma- viuu ruui vumiurutuie I raveling, rl.LSISLER, Gtner.1 AttnL 132 Third St Portland, Oregon, ' T. VT. TIABDALK, General Paasenger agent. Ht. faul, titan. S