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ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1.
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FORTUNES IN FRUIT TREES.
The state horticultural couimisioner reports that
an increased acreage will be planted to fruit tree
this year, says the Post-Intelligencer. The record o
1903 is now broken, and more than 4,O00,0CO trees
; will be added to the new orchards of the state. Two
thirds of the trees are ordered for farmers in east
ern "Washington. In sections where irrigation can
be practiced every available tract may be planted to
ome kinds of fruit trees. The farm owners have
". discovered that lands producing $15 to $25 an acre
m eereals will return $300 to $800 an acre from
choice fruits.
Some wonderful crops have been harvested from
. the young orchards of Washington. As an illustra
tion of what can be taken from a tract of land,
one farmer in Lincoln county harvested and sold
1300 boxes of peaches from 80 trees that did not
ccupy the space of one-half acre. The fruit sold
for $650. A Clarke county man has a walnut tree
from which he gathered 300 pounds of nuts and
old them for 20 cents a pound. Similar stories may
be related of almost every district where fruits and
nuts have been given attention.
The fruit-growing era has the good feature of
causing the lands to be divided into small tracts.
In Lincoln county a place of 300 acres has been
cut into small lots of five, ten and twenty acres.
.These were sold to home-builders, who planted fruit
trees. Now a colony of thrifty people occupies the
land that once did not supply enough food for a
aingle family. It has brought about extensive soil
taffiration, and enable many persons to get homes
nH tamme inrlenendent citizens. The work' has
nly begun, and is being developed through fruit
cnltnrei
Diversified agriculture introduces new methods
m. all business transactions of the farmer. The man
wftk a small farm does not demand large sums of
money to purchase machinery. He has no occasion
to ask for extensive credit. His expenses are small
and his debts few. The community built up by
versified farmers must be a cash business locality.
Theme are no speculative concerns living off the
rwBt of the people. Every form of business is
afe aad sound, and failures can not eome in ordi
ary commercial enterprises. Where the people
bare bo debts and live independent, an ideal condi
tion, should exist.
Japanese imports from the United States alone
amounted to 50,000,000, nearly equaling the entire
foreiiiu trade of that country in 1878. Our trade
with Japan increased thirty fold in twenty years.
Now suppose that China take on the same transfor
mation as Japan, and instead of the trade of 48,000,
0(H) of people the world enter trade with the 420,
000,000 of Chinese, it will be seen that the yellow
peril to commerce is a creation of the imagination,
NEW REFORM MOVEMENT IN ENULAN1).
Information conies from England that is hardly
credible, since it involves a change in a custom that
has the sanction of the age, says the Hrooklyu
Standard Union. Not that it is a good custom ; on
the contrary, quite the reverse: but Englishmen are
slow to make changes, even for the better. This cus
tom is that of tipping, which, bad as it is in this
country, is far worse in England and has reached
the importance of an outrage. There is, however,
one reason for believing the report true, and that is
the English people will stand abuse for just about
so long, and then they are up in arms and something
has to give way. It has got to such a pass over
there that even the household servants regard it as
a vested right to collect this petty blackmail from
the guests of their employers, thus seriously inter
fering with the pleasure of a visit to country resi
dences at the holidays, or other times, quite a favor
ite custom, and usually a pleasant one, in the tight
little island. "No tip" means no attention, and
some hostesses have been obliged to resort to schemes
to protect their guests, who may not he able to
stand the expense.
The anti-tip reform starts under good auspices,
from a large and well-patronized restaurant in Lon
don, and has "taken" immensely.
But employers are largely to blame for the growth
of the system by paying small wages, and sometimes
none, thus compelling the employes to prey on the
customers. Here better wages are paid, as a rule,
yet waiters and some others look for tips, and lure
been known to refuse positions of authority, at gvod
pay, because they could make more by "tips." It
is a fraud on the public, and should be frowned
down and extirpated.
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BRISK MARKET FOR WAHSIIIPS.
The statement from Rio Janeiro that the Brazil
ian government has authorized the construction
abroad of 28 warships, coupled with hints that Rus
sia is about to buy Chile's navy, after repeated ef
forts to make a deal for these vessels, indicates the
brisk market in men-of-war and the big profit to be
reaped by th$ smaller nations when the bigger ones
go to war. It the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri
can conflict both sides made big bids for the ships
of the South American republics and this nation ob
tained several vessels of power. When Oom Paul
Kruger began to stagger the world, Great Britain,
fearing interference by at least one of the powers,
made haste to augment her own supreme naval
forces by the same method. Japan and Russia have
been competing bidders for more than two years,
wherever ships have been known to be for sale. '
Brazil sees a profitable market in this tendency.
It is not to be thought that the South American
republic contemplates building 28 ships of war,, for
herself. They are to be held for sale and, if work
is rushed on the smaller ones ordered and the war in
Manchuria continues a year more, Brazil may de-
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA. TW a iew - "'"" "
should entertain returns on ner expenditures. iav.es are ox ..u.c
use to any but the greater powers, jven ?pain
might sell what Dewey and Schley left of her squad
rons without real detriment to herself. The day is
coming when the buildiLg of men-of-war for sale
will be a recognized business.
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It k stranges that commerce
nvfk uru he disouieted bv nightmares. One of
thes 6jgies is the yellow peril, in its commercial
the Call, in an excellent article. As
hiaa las great iron and coal deposits and other re
mrces; undeveloped, it has been held in some quar
tars iiai their development will be an injury to the
westi-TB nations. This is a fallacy. That part of the
western hemisphere occupied by the United States
las proved to be the richest in natural resources
f a.y part of the globe, and it has added to the
weaM af the rest of the world. According to those
wdu wer before the commercial yellow peril, the
tt-eh)fawnt of North America should have been a
misfortune instead of a blessing to mankind.
An intelligent Chinese, connected with the mari
HSw. easterns of that empire, in an official report,
tfeafe wit& this subject to this effect : "The develop
ment f industrial enterprises, the extension of rail
nays, and the exploitation of the mineral resources
mS tft eeaatry are likely to have important effects
pon trade in the near future. Industry leads to
wea&k, md wealth brings demands for goods. It is
wrpintuBg that the prophecy should sometimes be
ILeard that the Chinese will import less as the manu
JSiKfure more. Experience teaches that the contrary
it iaxaiiably the case."
It ds strange that the myth of the peril of the
m5zd awakening of China should persist in the
ldi of til world's experience with awakened Japan.
That isfcni empire started in her present commercial
aareer in 1S78. In old Japan the merchant and
trader was frowned upon. The soldier was in the
Biijlflfit elass. The merchant was one of the lowest.
This- ancient classification had to be overcome and
the Japanese merchant had to fight his way up in the
steR t bis country. In 1878 the total foreign
eemaawrce of Japan amounted to 60,000,000 yen. In
tfcorifr it rose to 40,000,000 yen. In 1903
THE DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP.
From all accounts the voyage of the Baldwin air
ship, the California Arrow, has solved the question
of the practicability of aerial navigation, though
the first voyage from the St. Louis fair grounds
was not completely satisfactory. But when it has
been established that the airship rose from the en
closure of the world's fair, twice encircled the ad
ministration building and sailed over the tops of the
highest buildings in St. Louis, going in the direction
of the Illinois shore, it may be taken that the acci
dent to the engine was one only of detail, and not
affecting the main fact that the dirigible airship is
a certainty, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
But the demonstration of the possibilities of the
vessel it may be so called was so successful that it
has been declared eligible for the prize of $100,000
to be comDeted for before the close of the fair. In
the light of the success of the Baldwin ship, the ac
cident to the airship of Santos-Dumont and the re
tirement of the inventor to Paris in disgust become
more easily understood. The complaint of Santos-
Dumont was that it was impossible to have his ship
properly repaired in the United States, and that a
trip to Paris was a necessity. It would seem, how
ever, that the country which can produce a suc
cessful airship could also supply the means neces
sary for the repair of another.
While Rojestvensky is explaining things, he might
offer the most plausible excuse on hand to justify hi
name.
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republican city convention, hereinafter
elKnated, which altl - delegates are
apportioned a follow, to-wlt:
Klrit Ward 12 delegate.
Second Wurd 12 delegate.
Third Ward 12 duleyitte.
The following polling place and
Judge for uld primary election have
been selected:
Klrt Ward Polling place, court
house; judges of election, g. O. Trul
linger, P. J. GoodmuiC i!' A. Mbntgom1
cry.
Second Ward rolling place, office of
C. 13. Foter, 694 Commercial street;
Judges of election, James W. Welch, C.
E. Foster and D. A, Kltfner.
Third Wurd Polling place, offlce of
Astoria Bos Compuiy fudge of elec
tion, Gut Holmes, lvr Anderson, W.
T. Scholfleld.
Furthermore, not ft J flu hereby given
that a republlcun cJtir Tonventlon will
be held at the court Tiouse In the city
of Astoria, Oregon,-: .on Wednesday,
November 9, 19(M, yit he hour of 2 p.
m., for the purposo usf nominating can
didates for the following city offices
to be elected at the city election on
Wednesday, December!!, 1904:
One city attorney, fr a term of two
years.
One councilman from the SeconJ
ward, for a term of three years.
One councilman from the Third
ward, for a term of three years,
Ity order of the republican city cen
tral committee.
HAKKISON ALLEN. Chairman.
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It Is Now Time
to decide what school to attend
next fall. If you have not al
ready made up your mind, send
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This school exists for its stu
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ned in such a way as to give the
greatest benefit to the greatest
number in the shortest possible
time and at the lowest possible
expense.
DEPARTMENT B,
PACIFIC LUTHERAN ACADEMY.
Parkland, Wash.
Notice of Primary Election.
Notice Is hereby given that a pri
mary election for the republican party
will be held In the city of Astoria,
Oregon, Saturday, November S, 1904,
between the hours of 12 m. and S
p. m. of said day, for the purpose of
electing thlrty-slx (36 delegates to a
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