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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1905. 2 THE PAST YEAR Prosperity Has Reigned Supreme in Astoria and the County. PROSPECTS FOR NEW YEAR Development of the Natural Resources of Astoria and Clatsop County Will Actuate the People to Renew Efforts for Prosperity. The year 1904, just closed, has been one of the most prosperous in the his tory of Astoria and Clatsop county. It has not been a boom year, but a year of steady, prosperous growth, founded exclusively upon natural location and resources. There has not tjeen a great amount of real estate transfers, for the reason that there is very little available property on the market There has been no perceptible increase in manu facturing industries, but those already established have had a most prosper ous year. In mercantile pursuits there has been a steady Increase in H tfnes, due In a great measure to Increasing population. Confidence has been re stored in the stability of the city; in creased demands for country property for dairying has added materially to the general prosperity of the county. The suburban trade has increased, both in the county and from adjoining towns across the river. New Industries have been established giving employment to a large number of men. There has been a falling off in the salmon pack, the principal industry of Astoria, but this has been more than offset by the increase In the lumber and logging Industries. While the pack has fallen off slightly, the aggregate amount of money expended is greater than In any previous season. The can ning industry has bee increased by large additions to the various plants; new and improved machinery; estab lishment of Ice plants in connection with the cold storage plants, untn to day Astoria has the largest and best equipped cannery and cold storage plants of any city on the coast While the output of Columbia river salmon is not as large a that of other sections f the coast notably Alaska, yet the quality which is unequalled by any other similar product, bringing in a larger price, and known the world over as the finest and most delicious of all food nshes, has brought in a revenue equal to if not more than places where the pack is larger. Astoria's splendid location, easily ac-j cessable to the marts of the world, with transportation by ocean and transcontinental lines, reaching to every prominent city and county in the world, has brought it into prominence as a shipping and commercial point of unequalled advantages. The outlook for the year 1905 is the brightest in the history of the city and county, and the presence of thousands of visitors from the east who will visit the Lewis and Clark fair, coming to Astoria, will re sult in advertising the city and its boundless resources, its natural ad vantages and undeveloped resources will no doubt redound to the benefit and upbuilding of the city by the sea. Many of our own people are not aware of the wonderful strides in ad vancement; the many Improvements made and the vast amount of money expended in the varied industries dur ing the past year. Astoria has grown to such proportions during the past year that it is no longer dependent wholly upon the great salmon industry. And yet Astoria and Clatsop county are still in their infancy, so far as the development of our resources are con cerned. Many handsome residences have been built during the past year. New business blocks have been erected, and the construction of the new city hall and court house, will place its public buildings equal to those of any city on the coast The influx of east ern people and eastern enterprise has augmented and stimulated improve ments, and a continuance of the pres ent prosperity is assured. A brief statement of the number of enterprises, the extent of the salmon, lumber and logging industries, with the amount paid out for Improvements; the month ly payroll and general progress will be of Interest Astoria has a population of 14,000, an Increase of over 4000 siace the cen sus of 1900. It is the terminus of the Astoria & Columbia River railroad with transcontinental connections at Port land and Tuget Sound. A line of ocean steamers ply between Astoria, Snn Francisco, all the const towns north and south. Innumerable water craft run to llwamo, Chinook, Grays River, Deep River. Skomakuwa, Civthlamet. Lewis and Clark. Olney, Youngs River, all of which are directly tributary to Astoria. .Thousands of dollars worth of dairying and farm products are brought from these places and shipped from here to Portland and the east. It is estimated that J 100,000 Is annually pald out to farmers and dairymen, most of the money being spent with Astoria merchants. The mercantile establish ments of Astoria are equal if not su perior to those of any town of Its slse on the const The stores are filled with as fine a line of new and up to date goods as can be found in the larg est establishments of Portland and San Francisco. While there are a few drones in th hive of Industry, who have made money In years gone by, the most progressive merchants and those who do the business, are the ones who keep their business constantly be fore the public. Astoria has the finest public schools of any city in the state. with educational facilities unequaled Five newspapers, three dally and two weekly, are evidence of the fact that its population Is a reading and think ing people. Its cltlsens are hospitable. enterprising and progressive as Is evi denced by the great strides made dur ing the year 1904. Astoria is the com ing city of Oregon and a continuation of the enterprise Inaugurated during the past va" result In an increase of population and general prosperity for the New Year. THE PARKER CASE Sensational Developments in the Divorce Proceedings. INFIDELITY I S ALLEGED Mrs. Parker Alleges That Her Hus band Has Been Unduly Familiar With Other Women, and Has Failed to Provide. ALE Laces and Embroideries TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1905, 8 A. M. EVER on the alert to our patrons' interests, a store whose policy is not for today only but for tomorrow and all the great future, we've recently concluded a mammoth pur chase which means to our patrons the greatest money-saving event ever planned and perpetrated in Clatsop County. A large Eastern importer of Laces and Embroideries became overstocked, and, not wishing to carry them over another winter, offered his entire surplus stock at 42c on the dol lar. We heard about it and took advantage of his misfortune. The result is here awaiting your inspection. Very finest Swiss, Nainsook and Cambric Embroideries, Insertions and Bcadings, two to eighteen inches wide, and worth up to 75c. will go on our Bargain Tables -Tuesday morning in one grand assortment, at yonr choice a yard, only . . . lv-IC Good quality Torchon and Medecine Laces and Insertions, one to five inches in width and worth up to 15c, at your choice a yard, only OC We have also purchased recently a very large and handsome assortment of Ladies' Dress and Walking Skirts, Tourist Coats and Jackets They are a drummer's sample line. We got them at a discount of 33 1-3 per cent. During this sale you get them the same way. SKIRTS $1.00 TO $15.00." COATS $2.50 TO $30.00 All this Season's Styles. During this sale on the articles mentioned, positively no goods exchanged, no money refunded, and every transaction made for cash only. SEE LARGE WINDOW DISPLAY. Shop early and avoid the afternoon crush. About a year ago a divorce suit was filed in the circuit court by Mrs. Nel lie Parker against her husband, E. P. Parker, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment aa the grounds for the legal separation. The case was finally com promised by Mr. Parker agreeing to pay a certain amount monthly for the support of his family. He did not live up to his agreement and another di vorce suit was brought. Mr. Parker filed his answer to the suit, denying all the allegations, and claiming that his wife had maintained a treatment of cruelty toward him rendering life burd ensome. Yesterday Mrs. Parker filed a reply which is sensational In char acter and a complete refutation of Mr. Parker's claims. Mrs. Parker, In her reply, alleges that her husband has been extremely cruel to her, and that he made an ef fort to murder her. From the effects of the beating which he administered to her she says she suffered for some time and almost died. She expresses the firm conviction that it was really the Intention of her husband to mur der her. She also cites the condition of her self and her children, declaring that the children have been without suf ficient food and clothing, She de clares that Captain Parker has been in the habit of sending dissolute per sons to her for the purpose of fright ening her, and that he has sought to Injure her character. It is further alleged in the reply that Captain Parker has been living In notorious lewd cohabitation at the Parker houes with numerous women, and more particularly with one Annie Oliver, now dead. It is asserted that the death of the Oliver woman was the result of an attempted abortion by the defendant or was caused by drugs administered by him with the intention of delivering her of an ille gitimate child. The Oliver woman is said to have filed in the spring of 1904, prior to which time, according to the reply. Captain Parker had promised to marry her when he se cured a divorce from Mrs. Parker. IO REWARD We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905. CHARLES HEILBORN (EL SON Complete House Furnishers 590-592 Commercial St. J FOARD & STOKES CO BEACH COMBINGS. For downright cussedness the Kabyles and bandits in and around Tangier are the limit They frighten children and old ladles, and occasional ly abduct some poor old duffer if they patch him on crutches In the dark; moreover the Tangerian hen roosts are never safe. If the government of Mo rocco will communicate with the writer he will take Deputy Allen Anderson and a squad of Astoria police and run In every petty larceny sneak thief In their flea-bitten, sand-swept empire. Abdul Hammed please write. The theater-toers of Astoria are a clammy souled lot according to the actors and performers who visit the various houses of amusement. There is Justice in what they say. too. . ADDlause may not be necessary to appreciate, but It costs nothing, Is cus tomary, end it is expected. Moreover It cheers an actor to know that his house Is with him," and he does better work for the knowledge. Actors are sensitive people most hard drinkers and opium fiends are but they are not telepathies, and when you pay your money to see them work It's a business proposition to "sic" 'em on and get your money's worth. Most Astorlans seem to be afraid to applaud for fear the others wont, but don't you believe It they're only wait- ting for someone to start It. That's what is wearing corns on the ushers hands now. Chicago la generally reputed a "swift" town, but not until yesterday waa it known that the general "hump" extended to the animals there. The Associated Press announced that about 1000 horses dropped dead on the Tues day following Christmas on account of having been two days In their stalls. They couldn't stand the inactivity. I am going to patent a stall with a tread-mill bottom, save the Uvea of the Chicago Mazeppas, and go down In history as a philanthropist. Tola is not the "Llnvllle" column, but there are a lot of stories about the big sheriff of Clatsop county that need telling. The other evening he took Weary Into "The Office" to inject a little en thusiasm into him, and then Immedi ately fell into an argument with a fat drummer over the correct broiling of a family porterhouse (one of the entres of the sheriff's meals). After winning the discussion on points, Llnvllle said: "Tell you, tho', the best steaks I ever ate I got up at Dunn's "Broiler," in Portland when it waa running. I ate three times there." "What became of the place, Tom," asked the fat one. "It failed." was the reply, and then It took Llnvllle seven minutes to see that the next one was "on" him. rroU Th Intent from Porto Rico Is that the inlanders ore dying from the rav ages of the "hook wnrm." This para site Is the result of unclennllness, and the government commissioner recom mend sanitation. A 12 per cent solution of carbolic I7oT3 acid will kill anything. A few carboys of It might be sent down there at nomi nal expense and given to the afflicted Internally to kill the worms. It might kill the islanders, too, but people who are so unclean would never be missed. The Portland Telegram printed a story Friday of a man who was stabbed and killed at Condon, Ore. After the man was dead the correspondent naively says: "He made a pos-mortem statement Implicating," etc. This Is the first authentic Instance since bibli cal times where a man fame back from the Jasper Walls to hand the coroner the needed Information. It Is Just pos sible though that the correspondent was "balled up" on his Latin, or the telegraph editor was In a trance, trota Force of habit Is a strange thing. After the performance at Fishers' Fri day evening the sky was clear, and not a cloud In sight, but a bunch of old rounders who had been sitting "close up" filed sedately out, lifted their utn brellas and paddled softly down to The Mirror for their nightcap, and failed to notice till they got there that It wasn't raining. They looked like the "foolish virgins." WEARY WILLIE. At Fisher. The largest house of the engagement was present at Fishers' last evening when the Keith company produced the comedy-drama, "The Lighthouse Rob bery," and from the continuous ap plause during the whole of the per formance the audience thoroughly en- Joyed the play Tonight the company will close its engagement after producing the screaming farce comedy "Looking for a Wife." Seats on sale at the opera house after 2 p. m. HOTEL ARRIVAL8. Parker House. . Chaa. Nelson, Oystervllle. Chas. Olson, Deep River. John Linda, Frankfort. Paul Sterling, Drain. Earnest Bryant, Clatskanle. Hoefer and wife, Portland. Something Going to Happen At S. Datiziger & Co. THE CLOTHIERS They will be closed all day next Thursday and Friday Jan. 5 and 6 1905. There are Reasons for It. WARRENTON LUMBER C Manufacturers of and Dealere In Fir, and iS LUMBER Submit us your specifications on any bill you wish and we will give you best prices. We make a specialty of Spruce Bevel Siding and Factory Stock. "W? SI" Warrenton, & Capaolty 75,000 feet per day. Smoke the New Size i LA IMPERIAL CIGAfj ALL HAVANA. (No imitation goes with us.) Save the Bands And get the diamond in Seymour's window, or the (20 gold piece or a fine suit of clothes. : J. V. BURN If