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THE MORNING AS f OR IAN, AHTOKIA. OREGON SATURDAY, APRIL I, 1905. JAY TUTTLE, M. D. PHISIC1AN AND SUKOEON Acting Asaislanl Surgeon C.S. Marine llin.pl Wl Service. Ode hours: 10 to U a-m. 1 to 4: IS pan. 477 Commercial Street, Snd Floor. . Dr. JRHODA C. IIICKS ' OSTEOPATHIST Unset Bldg. S7S Commercial Bt 5 PHONK BLACK "DR. T. L. BALL, DENTIST. 524 Cora men ial SL, Astoria, Oreson. PR00FESS10NAL CARDS. ! AIDS T0J2 LO0KS- Braiaa sad Graeefal Haada A4 tr Wnataa'a Attrartlvaeaa. Amelle of Portugal, the handsomest queen In Europe, declares no woman can be beautiful who is not also intel lectual. Every woman not a born tdlot has brains enough to cultivate and develop If she will look after them. yueen Amelle hen-elf hat been ao Im pressed with the necessity of Intellec tuality for a woman who would be at tractive that she has studied law, modi clue and art She taken a live interest in all that pertains to the welfare of her subjects, and they love her enthu slastically. Amelle of Portugal Is a skilled ath lete. She swims, rides horseback, cy cles and takes long walks. She bid women who would make themselves comely to live outdoors as much as possible. She says: "Breathe outdoor air. live In it Kevel in it" To the end that pure air may circulate freely through houses. Queen Amelle bids women throw away their portieres and bric-a-brac. "Don't have useless trifles around.' she says, which is advice most excellent Nothing is more eon. duclve to first class lung trouble than dust catching bric-a-brac and the air ninuenng, srutry, stifling draperies and curtains in some women's bouses. It makes one feel crawly and sneoey to look at them. "Away with such trash P says lovely Queen Amelle. Dr. VAUGIIAN, Dentist lythian Building," Astoria, Oregon. Hi ?I;M mm i.i w'lll If u : Dr. W. C. LOGAN . DENTIST 578 Commercial St , Sbanahan Buildicg MISCELLANEOUS. . C. J. TRENCH A RD Real Estate, Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOM , HOUSE BROKER. Office 133 Ninth Street, Next to Justice Office. ASTORIA, OREGON. To Limbar the Hands. BEST 15 CENT MEAL. Tou can always find the best 25-cent meal in the city at the Rising Sun Restaurant . 612 Commercial St. FIRST-CLASS MEAL for 15c; nice cake, coffee, pie, or doughnuts, 5c, at U. S. Restaur ant. 434 Bond SL BAY VIEW ; HOTEL 3 E. GLASER, Prop. omc Cooking. ComforUblt'Beds, Rmoiv abl Ratcs'sndlNicc Trtatment Women who do much housework often find their hands and fingers be coming stiff and therefore awkward. Perfectly limber wrists and fingers can never look awkward, and their owner will never be at a Ios$ what to do with , her hands. . j Certain simple exercises. In the nower of the busiest woman to perform, will i prevent the stiffening process and even stop it after it has set in. The ' first is that movement of the arms which sets free the shoulder muscles. Stand erect, with the muscles of your hands, arms and shoulders as limber as possible. Then raise your arms, palms upward, to a level with your shoulders and stretch them as far as yon can outward on each side of vou. Think of yourself as trying to tear your arms and shoulders away from your backbone, and you will get the Idea. Do this rapidly a dozen times at least once a day. Delsartean exercises of the kind call ed "devitalizing" will free the hands, wrists and arms below the elbow. For these, stand erect as before. Hold i your hands np in front of you like the fore legs of a kangaroo. Now, by an effort of your will pull ail sensation and consciousness out of fingers, hands "KKVITAL12I.NU. " and fort arm, ami let them be us life less and limber as if yon did not pos ess them. Then, uslmr onlv the mua cies from the e!lHw downward, shake your hands mid tinkers violently, as though you were try in a to shake Tour fingers loose, and let them fly off Into me air. Ttiis la done with a wrist mo tionforward, back and from aids t side, revolving the fore arm for the purpose. Such shaking, practiced once day for a few minutes and persisted in, will make 11 the and nimble and graceful any woman's fingers and wrists. An other good finger exercise is to stretch the arms out right and left from the shoulders as far as possible, then spread the fingers as far apart as you can at me Knuckici, in ami out in and out, till they fairly ache. This pro motes circulation. A lady who docs all her housework and attends to a small dairy besides keep her lingers limber with this simple exercise once or twice a day. Into them. For this there la nothing better thnn the old standard one of strained lemon Juice and nure e-lreerln mixed In equal ports. TJsod at night, it will keep the hands smooth and white. MAUY ELIZABETH HART. . Ktntl Nelaabora. When Miss Jenklus. after sneiidhiu fifty-six years in the city of her birth, aecwea to Duy a small farm in the country she determined to tulaa none of uie aeiignts or raniilng life. "I'm going to have a steady horse and two cows and some heus," she an nounced to her brother, to whom she proudly displayed her new property. "The Adams boy from the uext house will help me about everything Hu'll drive the cows and milk and teach me how to harness, and of course I shall feed the hens and the little pig." "The little pig!" echoed her brother. 'Do you promwe to keen a nlirT And wnere, i should like to know?" 'There's room for a small plgpcu back of the barn, away from the road and everything." said Miss Jenkins calmly. "Mr, Adams hits some cun ning little pigs, tod that Is what I wish. Ant I- asked, the Adams Jo ItJie thought when the pig had outgrown the pen i could find some one to take him ana rive me another little one In ex change, and he seemed sure I could. You've no Idea, brother, how obliging rue people are here in the country." Care of tha Hands. No matter how rough the work a wo man does, it is possible to keep her hands nice looking. Wherever she can she should wear gloves while doing the roughest and heaviest work. One of the main points in taking care of the bands Is to keep them clean. when a manicure operates on the noils the first thing she does Is to soak the nngers in warm soapy water. This Is an excellent plan unless the hands are already shriveled and rough from hav ing been working lu water. But In ev ery, case a brisk rub with a hand scrub bing brush Is one of the best means of making clean, pretty hands. Just u small scrubbing brush that usually costs 6 cents is as good a finger and nail brush as is made, and it can be kept handy In the kitchen. After the nails are scrubbed tfnd the hands are thoroughly clean and dry a Mlpnof .soiae , klnj shotihljie riiMH, Oliver Wendell llolmaa. Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis writes or Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Phys ically he was n very small mnu. hold ing himself stllliy ereet-hls face Insig nificant as his figure, except for a lung obstinate upper Up ('left to me," he said one day, 'by some III conditioned great grandmother'), and eyes full or a won derful fire and sympathy. No oiie on whom Dr. Holmes had once looked with Interest ever forgot the look -or him. lie attracted all kinds of people a brilliant excitable child would at. tract them. Rut nobody, I suspect, ev er succeeded In being familiar with him. I remember one evening that he qnoted one of his poems, and I was forced stupidly to acknowledge that I did not know it He fairly Jumped to the bookcase, took out the volume awl read the verses, standing lu the middle ef the room, his voice trembling, bis whole body thrilling with their mean ing. There,' he cried at the end, his eyes flashing, 'could anybody have said that better? Ah-h!' with long Indrawn breath of delight as he pt the book back." i A wonderful spring tonic. Drive out all winter Impurities, gives ymi strength, health uml happiness, ' Thufs what Holllster's Rorky Mountain Ten will do. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Dr. C. K. Linton's drug store. Order Your Cal endar for 1906 OF Tk J. S. Delliuger Co. Subscribe for the Astoria. Astoria, Oregon. Fine Line of Samples Now Ready. We furuish all the latesCdesfrfns t prices lower than Eastern Houses and save you the freight. COME AND US FACTS ABOUT ASTORIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES , Astoria today Is a bustling, cosmo politan city of 15,000 people. Its popu lation represents almost every nation ality on earth, in consequence of which it Is a lively center of business activity. Its advantageous location at the mouth ef the great Columbia river makes it the trade mart of the vast productive region of northwester! Oregon and southwestern Washington, and It Is the supply point for fully 25,000 people. It Is Oregon's second city In size and Im portance. The estimate of population here given Is conservative. The 1900 gov ernment census accredited the city with about 9000 people, but tha launch fng of new enterprises, together with the natural growth, has added many "Hundreds to the population in the past live years. Failure to develop local re sources has resulted In slow growth, hut a new era of commercial activit) is dawning and the prospects for the city's future are very bright. ' On Us magnificent location anl won derful natural advantages Astoria bases its expectations of future great ness. Situated on the only fresh-water harbor of Importance in the world, with the broad ocean but 10 miles from Its wharves, it enjoys marked advant ages as a shipping center. The gravity route of the Columbia river Is nature's highway for the great Inland empire. the immense product of which must be exported from the ocean port. At As toria the largest ships may find safe moorings, and Its harbor will accom modate all the shipping that may ever eome to the northwest coast. It is pre-eminently the Pacific slope port, ss New York is the Atlantic port, and must soon receive from the transcon tinental railroads the recognition which Its advantages Justify, as has New York on the Atlantic coast. Development of the lumbering In rfustry will alone make Astoria great. There are 75,000,000,000 feet of tibmer standing In the forests near the city. This vat timber supply is great enough to keep In steady operation for 20 years 100 large mills, and to afford employment during that period to 15, t08 persons in the manufacturing bringing logs to Astoria is light, mark- all. It Is the healthiest spot on earth. ing this a most desirable point for the manuiactuer or lumber. The advant ages offered by this city a a milling point are beginning to attract the at. tention of mlllmen who desire to op erate economically, and before long Astoria will rank as the largest lum bering producing port on the Pacific coast. The growth of the salmon industrv will likewise prove of great benefit tc Astoria By means of artificial propa gation, this magnificent business has come to stay. It will be built up, with in a few years, to four times its present magnitude, and will then mean more thnn $10,000,000 annually to the city. Several Alaskan salmon canneries are owned and operated here and each year bring large sums to their horn office. The possibilities of Astoria as a fishing port or center In other lines of fishing Industries are also of great importance, and the attention of capl talists is called to this city as a d,?ep- soa fishing center; also to the great runs of genuine French sadrines which come Into the river by the hundreds of billions every year. The lower Columbia river district, with its mild climate, offers unsur passed Inducements tn fl;ilrvrrn.n farm. Astoria wants more people. Its na tural resources will easjly support from 250,000 to 500,000 population, yet there are only 15,000 people here to reap the benefits that nature has so generously placed at their disposal. The homeseeker will find no better place to locate, and few equal places Labor Is always in demand, at the highest wages, and there Is much en couragement for the man who wishes to engage In business. Strangers often remark the uniform courtesy of the people and the general effort on the part of Astorians to make mutters pleasant for visitors. The home-seek er or Investor, who falls to visit Astoria will make a great mistake, for no other community In the Pacific northwest offers such opportunities as the lower Columbia river district. Astoria has a $300,000 gravity water system, a paid fire department, first- class street car service, gon and elec tric lighting systems, free public li brary, unexcelled transportation facili ties, complete school system, 40 civic societies, three dally and six weekly newspapers, excellent telegraph, an telephone service, three banks carry ing deposits of about $2,000,000, two ex. press offices, first-class theaters, 14 are six large school buildings here. The si-IhkjIh are conveniently located In all sections of the city, and In every respect are modem In their appoint ments. Well-appointed schools are to be found throughout the county, and children living on farms and In vil lages enjoy educational advantages al most equal to thos,. afforded city chil dren. Astoria's Water System. Astoria possesses a $;infl.0ifl 'mountains, but little near Astoria, The spruce, of the tideland species. Is found only on tlia west slopes of the coast mountains, it attain a diameter vary nng from about, an average of six feet to 1 or 17; and specimens 67 and 3 feel each In girth have been measured -19 to 21 feet In diameter. Hemlock occurs as a mixed or smaller arnivtl. , with fir and spruce, tree seldom being of great height, although oftoh very Krnvlty :ilKe. yet cedar Is found mixed with water system, which Is not eoualM tha ..u....- - ...... . In equipment by any other system K lf K,,.a,er hl.lKht (lJtni,lgh ofw the Pacific northwest. W,e water, very lante. Yet cedar Is .,r letlf.,l works are operate.! by the municipal , s section. In general estimates ol government as represented by the timber production 20.000 feet to the plants, to say nothing o the army of workmen that would be employed in the forests. The first steps towards the development of lumbering have now era and small-fruit growers. While ; churches, labor unions representing sman-trult growing ban not been ex tensively engaged tn, those who have followed It have been most successful, and one enterprising grower Is now harvesting two strawberry crops a every branch of trade, two energetic commercial organizations, two social clubs, admirably conducted hospital miles of manufacturing sites, plenty of fine residence and business property; water commission, and constitute the city's mOKt valuable aset. The watet Is brought from Hear creek, about 10 miles distant, wh. h has its source Ir, the mountains, year the only instance of the kind lis the only fresh-water seaport on the Known in this section of the country. ! Pacific coast; is situated at the mouth Settlement of the productive lands of jof a river that drains an empire; has a the county will work wonders for the harbor large enough to accommodate city ana assist materially In Its up-! the combined shipping of the PaclfU ounuing, There j coast; has a trunk-line railroad con are many Other ieSOIirCP 1 npi'tlnii It with tnur lrammHtn..l,l which will combine to bring about the i railroads; is the uttermost railroad ex future greatness of Astoria Here are tension pint on the American contl to be found opportunities for men in'nent: Is 200 mites nearer Yok-hnm,. every walk of life-capitalists, small 'and other oriental ports than any other investors, farmer, dairymen, fruit- j Pacific coast port; is 160 miles nearer grower and laborer. This new country. I the Cape Nome mining country-than wnere lonunes await the energetic, 'any other oort on th Pacific ,o.t. i ofTers to those seeking foration the the salmon shipping center of the best advantages of any section of the world; Is the center of one of the trvaatmi 11 1. a . , , . , ijioie aairy industries mat cedar In every respect Astoria Is metro- the country tndav "... . polity It enjoy, splendid facilities It Is the only p,ilCe where the roya, L berry "w Mow, ' to, !l,an ?. a PIrT!V,ni.Cl4h,n0('k ' packed; ha sub- ThT fir is both --' iHuiuuKiu. uu-10-uaie. 1 noii- The reservoir Is situated 011 the pla teau back of the city, where the sup ply Is regulated. The water system of Astoria Is extensive enough to supply the needs of 100,000 people, besides af fording fire protection to all parts of the city. The Lumbering Industry, The mouth of the Columbia river has the greatest body of timber tribu tary and available of any point In the world. The lumbering business is 'the Inrg est In the Pacific northwest; It out ranks In value of product any other line. Production of wheat Is a close second, being worth $17,000,000 a year, while the value of the lumber output is $18,000,000. Coal, gold and sllver.( fruit, cattle and sheep, wool and fish, all of which are produced In great abundance, fall far below, nor hardly equal Jn the aggregate, the wealth de. rived from the forests. The town, therefore, that commands the greatest resources available of fine Umber musi have a great outlook. Demand for timber will not decrease, but become greater with every year. The timber trees of the forests tribu tary to Astoria are, In order of qual ity; Douglas fir, commercially known as Oregon pine; hemlock, spruce and There are also soft, or birds. eye, maple, vine maple, alder, wild sands of strangers visit Astoria every been taken, and four mils, with a dally month, and during the summer season output exceeding 300,000 feet, are In jit is the Mecca of those who live In arw.rn.Hnn. Thp fnrpsta nr onlv n snort IthA Ititat-1it- T v. i. I ... -r .. ...... - ----- j 11. umrreni quar- passea Dy that of any other city of iietance from the city, and the cost of Iters, like the larger cities, and, best of 'the size In the west. At present theft stantlal public and business buildings, lactones and handsome residences. Astoria's 8chool 8ystem. Astoria's schol system Is not sur- red and yellow. II grows five to 14 feet In diameter, and 150 to 800 feet tall; 3M feet Is said to have been measured on one fallen tre In the coant mountains. Considerable noble fir, or larch, and some white pint are found on the highest of the coast acre are ollowed. .Single acre have been known to produce ten times this amount, gunrter sections of tlmbor- land on th,) market nre usually esti mated at 3,000,000 to S.000.000 feet each, board measure. Mills and Manufaoturirtq. Although manufacturing Is as yet' In Its Infamy In Astoria, more than 4300 persons are employed In the Institu tions now doing business here. The salmon Industry emplnyti by far the greatest number of persons, but the seasons extend over a period of only about six months, and at other times those engaging In It follow other lines of pursuit. The lumbering Industry, Including box factories, barrel factor ies, etc., Is rapidly assuming prnpor. tlons, and will, within a few years, out rank the fishing Interests. Astoria wants more manufacturing concerns, and offers the very best in ducement to capitalists. Here are to be found unexcelled sites, with the ad vantage of both rail and water connec tions, and the Intending Investor In western properties should look over the Astoria situation. Kites can be secured at very low prices. More than $3,000,000 Is Invested In manufacturing plants here, while the value of the yearly product exceeds $6,500,000. In all, 4341 persons are em ployed, receiving annual wages' that aggregate $2,059,600. Salmon Industry, ' . Astoria owes Its existence largely to the great salmon Industry of which It Is the center. Year after year the Co. luinbla river has given up Its wealth of fish, and In the past 25 years has yielded $75,000,000, nearly all of which has been placed In circulation In this city. Where other crops have failed, the salmon supply has maltnained Its average of production, and In this re spect can be classed as one of Oregon's For further Information Send $1.00 for a year's Subscription to the Weekly Astorian. greatest resources. The annual salmon yield of the Co lumbia river Is valued at $I.00O,0ofl. The spring fishing season lasts 01.1. about four months-from April 15 to uuiH i4o It means $750,00S monthly to those Interested In It and those who live at and neftr tll, Bat of the Industry. The Dairying Industry, Dairying In Clatsop county it Infancy, and very few dalryme,, i,,,, the natural advantages of this rouit. ry. The climate, coupled with tha ro. ductlvetiess of the oil, makes It an Ideal district for production of butter ,.i cheese; dairymen are taking more In- lereat in Ul i,r,.,j ,, , With the genuine butter cow. such icw nei nave as yet, much better results may be obtained, though ev now !h luxurlenl pHsturuge enables the cows lo furnish abundance of rich milk, with more ilia,, n average t butter fat. A modern equipped creamery Is In operation In Astoria, furnishing the 'armers a ready sule for their cream, at an averaire r.rle r. the year of 22 cents ,.r ,,unj ,f butter fat; and the cows yield, un.le. good enre, about 225 jntunda of butter mt year. There Is general lne. est in Increasing' the dairy business many of the dairymen are nrennHn. t enlarge their herds, knd new dnri. ... being started. Kver.Krowlnr a.. ud the best market ln the world make this an Inviting f,., for ,n0Hl, wh() understand the tore of cows All the Oregon coast count rv ....-. dally that near the mouth of the Co. luinbla river, is very similar , ,h. great dairying sections of Kurone ..t. ix-nmark, Holland and the Channel "is. rue winters, however, are milder and the summer dryer. The lands best adopted to grasa growlng are the tldends. which are river bottoms adjoining the Coium bla or its branches, and overflowed by the highest tides. These lands may be reclaimed by 'diking. t an ex.,,-. f about $10 per acre. By dlkln i,ir tracts by machinery with atm dredges the expense may be redi.e. and more substantial, dlkei erected. One acre of tlduland has been shown tn h. ample for keeping oris cow the entire year, i nere are still ln Clatson v about 20,000 acres of. tideland to be uiKeu, much of It being easily clesrari . . after the diking Is done. This Is na . experiment, as many of the best dalrj farms have been made on diked n,i. land.