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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. f MEATS - FISH - GAME - POULTRY Everthing seasonable is 'in our Market' We sell only fresh, pure and clean . foods. ' Prompt delivery. Every customer satisfied. , I Astoria Fish, Game and Poultry Market. rtALAR BROS., proprietor!, Twelfth Street. f e For Stylish Men Suits with the Snap, Stylo and Finish. Ie correctly ilretMcd. . It cohU no uioro if you boo ANDREW nnouaunnuttoatJ BttBnnaannnaaji, Our Drugs Are Pure We compound prescriptions wiui grew enre mim O ' complete stock offish and pure drugs. We also tt " well all the standard home remedies and all kinds of tt Proprietary Articles, Combs, ISrubbes, Razors, Soup, n all kind of Toilet Articles, Etc. 4 We Charge no Fancy Prices. :asiSst5. Hart's Drue Store mm wwv - - - b0 n n o n n n n n a n n aanaacoaaaaan Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of Phone 2451. Iron, Stool, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstchiHS work. Prices lowest. Corner Eighteenth and Franklini PRAEL 0 COOK TRANSFER CO. Telephone 221. Draying and Expressing AHirHHlhiptMMl toourcure will roolvepeclal attention. 709-715 Commercial Street. ASTORIA- IRON WORKS . . JOHN FOX, Pms. and Supl, A. UKOX, Vlc iTmldeiiW fri'lllBlloKreUry ABI'oKIA 8A INH BANK, Treat V Designers and Manufacturers of THI LATK8T IMPROVED CANNING MACHINERY; MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. , Foot of Fourth 8troet, ' . ' ' ASTORIA, OREGON., Carpenter and Mechanic TOOLS FISHER BROTHERS COMPANY less FISHERMEN i The 3 horse"' power (horsepower guaranteed) ! Wol verine Special .'4 cycle gasoline en gine, is absolutely the best engine for a fish boat; because you can run it slow enough to be used in handling you net. Canyduf i. say this of any ;f .'other engine you have seen? .Uses oil than any other' engine oil the market. SATISFACTION' GUARANTEED. ft. H. LUNDBfRG, Am, .iranKion, nasn. , ; ; . , TURKEYS JN HORSE HEAVEN How the Thanksgiving Staple is Produced on the Dry Stubble fields of Klickitat. ONE FINE HERD OF 640 BIRDS Urn!iofr Th-lr Favorite Food Gobblers Enjoy the Manly" Sport In the Itliiff. The largc-Mt (lock of turkeys In the northwest, according to the Pacific IIwiic-hU'.iU, I bulng hirl'l on the NtulilildtflilH of Uiirxa Heaven, In Klickitat county, , WimhliiKton, about 00 miles went of VVallu Witllu. Bit hundred and forty gobbling und skunking turkeys belonging to Mr and Mm. George H. Mottlnger and Fayette Turney, who reside opposite Cold Hprlrig station, across the Co lumbia river, on the Washington aide, are being fattened on tne scattered wheat, to be turned on the market of Portland, Kpokune, Walla Walla and Pendleton on Thunksglvlng day and Christmas, says the Review. Two years ago Mr, Mottlnger rode over the hill to a neighbor and fetched home 19 turkey egg In a lard pall. That Men son they raised 10 turkeys. All were kept, and the following year found a little flock of 75. Forty of them crated the tables on Ihiinks giving, but SO hens and four gobblers lived to pursue the festive grass hopper on the bore brown hills this year with the offspring. This year they raised 650 from the result of bringing home the 10 eggs, and in July they were hauled over tht hills to pick up their subsistence the best they could. Only a few died, and the herd today unmbers 640 lively birds. When first taken up the grasshop pers were so unnierous that they arose In clouds before the herd, and tt took the turkeys but a few " minutes to catch their fill. After eating all they desired they flt the need of recreation. Soon a couple of lively young gob Idem would start a fight and the whole herd would form a ring around the combatants and apparently urge them on. Sometimes the contests be came so exciting that It would be necessary to purt the birds before they Injured each other. Just before noon they would resume their foraging, iird by noon their hunger would be satisfied and the; cciiM be driven camp and watered. After noon would be the same performance until sun set, when the whole Hock, with out stretched neck and '.vlnRS, would half run and half fly to thr'r roost for t)i night. As the season advanced the grass hoppers have almost .entirely disap peared and the flock had to learn to eat wheat At first they did not take kindly to the change of diet, but soon became accustomed to It. Their con duct has changed since the grasshop pers vanished and they are consider- 'ably harder to manage. Now they ba4 of wheat, occasionally finding a beetle. , ' A few days before Thanksgiving h part of the herd will be slaughters on the hills, where they have row me 1 through the summer, and nocked for shipment to the city markets. After Thanksgiving the remainder of , the flock will be driven down the moun tains to the ranch on the river, and those not kept to raise another flock will supply the Christmas demand. Mr. Mottlnger has not yet decide! where he will market them, but says he will refuse all offers below 20 cents a pound, dressed weight. The most Interesting member of the flock Is tiie mascot of the herd, a guinea hen. Lust spring a guinea hen hatched her brooj nnd there wai one egg left unhutched, seemingly spelled. It lays for three or four days In the warm spring sunshine, and one day a distressful cry was heard Issuing from, the egg. It was placed under a hen turkey and In a short time hatched out with the young turkeys. Since that time It has never left them. Its fellow fowls Ignored It, and It, In turn. Ignored tliem. Nothing was l-ft for the little guinea hen but to live with its foster brothers and sisters, and when the time came for all to move to the hills It accompanied them. To day Its "potrack" Joins lustily with with the "gobble, gobble" and "tork. tork," of Us adopted kin. A moveable shed was constructed, 14x16 feet, with one side made of screen. In front of the shed is a pen about 45x45 feet, also built of screen. where the turkeys are kept at night. It was necessary to build the shed, as nightly droves of coyotes hover about hoping to steal the birds. The shed contains nine roosts 45 feet will only pick here arid there at a ' .; .Tt; Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. - ! f Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. 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The lit tle white scales the germ throws up In burrowing are railed dandruff. To cure dandruff permanently, then, and to stop fating hair, that germ must be killed. Newbro's Herplclde, an entirely new re sult of the chemical laboratory, destroys the dandruff germ, and, of course, stops the falling hair, and prevents baldness. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co, Detroit. Mich, , Eagle Drug Store, 351-353 Bond St., Owl Drug Store, 54 Com. St., T. F. Laurln, Prop. "Special Agent." ly filled. It has been necessary to move the camp and shed eight times during the summer, as the pasturage became well picked over. A four-horse team has been kept busy all summer hauling water and grit for the turkeys. One barrel of water and (ft pounds of granite crys tals are needed by the herd daily. On the return trip the water man hauls a load of wheat to the warehouse at Wallula. . A herder on horseback and a dog long, and at night they are complete- have been kept busy alt of the time to keep the flock from straying. A man man is also needed to cook for the herder and water hauler, making three men necessary for the care of the flock. The present outlook for good prices for turkeys is good. The Portland mar ket will be well supplied from south ern Oregon, as the dry season ha proven a good one for turkey raising. Prices are quoted as high as 24 cents in Spokane, and that city will prob ably receive the larger share. ; a o o o holes ale o o o o o o J A r cigars, pipes; tobacco.etc. WILL MADISON b R90 OMMFRCIAL feT.' O :i o , o ; o -: " 114 ELEv-fiXTH'STv o -S) ... . - ., ;,"-: r - . . i O00030000000000000000 ' This is the Stove Season .f We buy Stoves and Ranges of the best makes by the car load direct from the factories nd we cannot be undersold. Every Stove or Range warranted as represented. .. -pvvvJ Cook wStoves, Ranges, Heaters, Wood and , Coal Burners. This handsome warranted coal or wood burning heater '"The Ariel lift Ulast," Now only $6.50. We havo 6n ha.id the largest stock ever brousht to Astoria. ' Do not fill to see our large stock of Ranges. .v. yt scU casy paynents. Your credit Is good. Now is the time to select. it" r J;', V''- I ' tJ. iff H. H , VfT . . .,, v . ,j ! r,,- ... .., r- , . J.., . . . ZA DP 630-634 ' VUiUUIblVIUI uu The Leading Houss Furnisher.