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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTOUIAN ASTORIA. OREGON. TUISOAY, MAY 23, 1905. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Etabllhd 1S7S. ftblUbcd Dally (lice pi Monday) by HS J. OCtUNQER COMPANY. - : . tUIKIUPTiON RATEi. By bmII. per yer Br kuUL sr month tt M 10 By o-rrUr, pr month M WEEKLY A8TORIAN. By H P n -dvtne . .11 M Entered at th poatomc. at Astoria. Oregon m aecond-claM matter. n i ! il ilia nf Tll MciamiM Axroaum to ettase rest or place of uvy b B-4 by noat-1 cant or throurt We- rhoa. Ant lniWy la Wlrry shouU b 'n lu,-iT imported lo tt oovo or puo4tciio. TaMiM Main Ml. A8TORIA DAT. The management of the Lewi and Clark fair hav art Jun 10 a Astoria day at the fair, at which time an op portunity will be afforded the wealthy people of this city to go to Portland and e the great fair at so much per eight. It will give the delegatlbn from Astoria an opportunity to show th eastern visitors th? Clatsop county ex hibit. At .he jam. time it will snow our Portland cousins that we appre- elate all of their InJefategnble efforts to secure common point iat"s for As toria; the. resumption of work on the bar by the Chinook: and the efforts of the Portland press to keep the ship ping away from the sound In order to hulld up a great and large shipping point at the mouth of the Columbia river. The, people appieelate all this and no doub; a doten or fifteen repre sentative men from Astoria will take advtantage of the opportunity ottered to visit the fair on Astoria day. People who have returned from Pcftland,' since the hotJ t,5 adr vanced J per c?nt. complain of the xtortlon practiced by the hotels and restaurants. Knowing this to be a fact. It would be advisable for peo ple visiting the fair from this city to go up in the morning and return in the evening, a the railroad fare Is roach cheaper than a room at the ho tel. In this way they can eat their breakfast and supper at home and will nly be compelled to buy one meal in Portland and a fair meal can be ob tained for IS, although not as good as I charged 26 cent for In Astoria., but by taking small lunch as a desert after the meal, there is no danger of anyone starving or going broke If they do not remain In Portland over one day. Some men with families In Astoria are undecided whether to take thflr families to Portland for a day or two or use the money and buy a home. Other figure out that they can staj two months at Seaside for what it will cost two days In Portland. Ot cours the fair committee are not to blame for these ex ortlonate charges The hotel men are mx to blame. ft most of thim rent the buildings they occupy and four months of the fair will give tlrm an opportunity to make enough to buy the proir.y and that is very commendable. If Astoria can't raise money enough to build a botn at home the people ought to be w illing 'to buy two or three for the poor ho tel keepers at Portland and they woirt mUs the money very much. It may make them hard up for a year or two. but the Indications are that tue pres ent prosperous time will continue and i: will be but a few short years when they will have saved up enough to at tend another fair somewhere else. It Is to be hoped that there will bt a large outpouring of the people of Clatsop county on Astoria day, not only to assist In maintaining the fair. Now is Oxford Tim e To our customers who know the character and quality of our good, the prices quoted below will appeal very strongly. To those who are not our customers we can only say this is a good chance for you to become acquainted with us and our goods and save yourself money. Just notice the prices we have made. Women's Tan Oxfords in calf skin, made with welt, new lasts, $:.50 and $3.00 Women's Button Oxfords, made with welt, $3.50 Women's Tan Oxfords, blucher cut - $2.50 Oxfords for Children and Young Ladies, the famous Steel Shod line $1.75 to $2.25 Girls and Children's Tan Oxfords in calf and kid, - - . $1.50 and $2.00 Barefoot Sandals cut in new patterns, that will not cause sore toes, Children's, iX'c, Misses, $1; Women's $1.35. Wherity, Ralston Q Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. but to hov our appi eciatlon of I on land' effort In th Int :reiof A tori. ; GOOD ROADS. It will reuutr bu: ery llttl effort on the part f the people in the coun try districts tributary to Astoria to mi- a rural mail delivery. That m la contemplated is evidenced by tht fact that a short time examination- -er. ordered at Astoria for enr- rlera. The marvelous growth of tne rural free delivery aystem during the last three year hua accompinmea vuinuhle asU from tne n..rn(. foi- which It was es abllshed It has given a substantial Impetus to .- nj rouda DrODagunila ana roads are an urgent neccMlty In Olnt. ..mtv. Its office In this wwer .houlJ Increase the ea.tem In which It is olreudy held by both its rmintrv beneficiaries, since each will profit in a like tlegr;e by the improvement of public wgnwaj. -.. i veiv reason why good road and rural free delivery should make common caus-. Inadequate or Impassable roads han the extension of the rural de- Lvery service. Unci Sinn cannot sup ply the carrier and thj road too. r.r pomnel the cariler to dis charge his dutle when the roads are In no condition for afe or expeaiuou If the carrier chooses to de liver his mall when his ioute Is al most impassable from logs, holes, im possible grades or ditch. It Is a volun tary heroism on his part. The govern- ... nres8lv stluulates that danger ous or lmpassaW roads relieve a car- rier from obligation to deliver me nra.i - iUl time entrusted to ... m. l. so repaired by man ot nature as to permit the performance ot his work with no more than ordinary difficulty. There are three rou es in nai--i. rountv where a iree ... m k Mtabllshed. One is the road to Olney. one the road to the Lewi and Clark and the road to Wurr nlon and 'Seaside. If they were estaommea these routes there Is no douot out the exeat benett and con venience, would be willing to put the road. In their district In a condition for the establishment of a rural free delivery. Thl emln'n ly jus pr.. ... v.. ..hiio.n already operated to ion im - . Improve appreciably the eta us ot the roads along the old rouw ' resulted In the construction of n highways, since the government .... .s. inducement of rural free o- Uver, a. the reward for such enter. prise, in some Instances u people living at some f poatofflce a few monm - .v- .ifo!d advantag of having their mall delivered at their door.. .....w ... ..iitlonal return privilege. Gradually, however, they found that U meant a radical economy m - -..iiin of the disadvantages of rural existence and Incompa.abb closer contract with tne m.. phyca, stimulus of Simultaneously wim i - good roads and the establishment of rural free delivery, the farmer will en . . .... nilv n.-resd to loy an easier ana , --- - the markets. Uncle Sam Is win rtng h ip those who. show some ,o help themselves The building ot 0od countiy roads In CUtsop coun y have a tendency of bunging In many new farmers, and there will nor,. rame In as long as ten ruaos ... their present condition. The census returns from the farming district falling off in populutlon in (every precinct of from 10 to 35 pet cent. PeopU- have become aigu with trying to llven a country ne It la Impossible to take their produce to mark. There l no ues In trying to advertise th great posstmime-. from agricultural and dairy pursui. In Clatsop county when it Is almost Impo'sible to tuke a man out and show him a farm. The people of Clatsop county are Juborlng under a wiong Imprenslon. Eastern farmers are not coming to Clatsop county to buy farms and build roads to .he mark-t. They are accustomed to living In a countr$ where there are good road and when they locate in the west the will buy farms In countrlra where they have good road. This la the reason why Clatsop county la losing popula tion l" the rural districts OUT Or THE' ORDINARY. Epltema of Ancadote an. Incident With Comments by a Layman. 'Astoria day at the fair. Take yoiii lunch basket and com back on thi first train. It will be unnecessary tt take a bottle, a there are "I suloom surrounding the fair grounds. They are trying to close the saloons In I ax Angele and San Kianclaco Is anticipating an Increase In population. There I a project on foot to reatore the Garden of Eden and this time th?y promise to grow nothing but grap fruit. A class of Tale a.udents have been taken to New Tork to atudy wicked social condition. It will be sort of a review for most of them. The hears driver In Chicago are threatening to strike. This t on thi dead . 0 ' it u renorted that there I a mon kev in England that can spfak three words, and it I an English monkey too. Some of the same right here ! Astoria and the words are "Chawmed. bh Jove." A Nehalem ;ov returned to he home after an absence of 1! months. It Is ho, stated whether she was sill bojsy or Juft beefsteak. It I statd that there are hundreds of people In Poitland who live from the garbage heaps, and they consldet themselvea lucky to escape the Port land res. aut ants. Astoria I not troubled much by b- Ing compelled to get out the way of automobiles, it's the man who alwayi walk on the wrong side of the slde walk that create the trouble. A man In Delawar? has become crip pled by Kneeling too much In prayer. There Is no danger of the epidemic striking Astoria. Mr. Garfield la about to Investigate the tobacco trust. It la probable tha' the tobacco trust ha a nice little set of books i ll ready for Mr. Gnifleld'k Inspee.ion. with the footings mostly in red ink. "Here's a bill for a ha", John: $:'. "Gee whls! No wonder we're poor. Where did you get that UdT "I didn't get It. It for your last Panama." Hiio'" exclaimed Mr. Smith through th telephone. "1 this the mil liner?" "Yes." nnswered a feminine voice. 1 received) a bill from yoju thir morning for a bonnett for Mrs. Smtth. Thi. amount stated was M5. I that rlghtr "Yes, sir." I didn't know but that In the hur ry in making out the bill and the looks of the bonne", but you had got tie Jecinial iKiint rne figure too far to the right. 1 gues that's all." CLATSOP COUNTY CENSUS. Later Return lnerat th Population to Over 18.000. While Che cimi entirnfrntlon! In Aa orlii ha b?en practically complet ed, all of the enumerator Mill hav lint which they hav not tumM In. Only a few precinct have been re ported from the country dlntrtct. Unofficial return have been received from 8ealde. Hammond, Knappa. Clat- p and Waifenlon ami official from Wallufkl. John Day, Melville and Chadwell. From the return received and from report ent ent In the population of Aatorla and Clataop county will be approximately a fol lows: Aatorla. No. 1. 2100: No. 2. 1150: No. J. 1795; No. 4, 2250; No. 5. 175; No. . 11J; No. 7. 825. Total. 12,2.- The following table t mude with com parison with the United 8 at' census of 1S0O for the entire county: 100 105 8.J81 12.2 24C 121 :4 fo 425 450 77 70 143 150 17 10j 400 400 j 100 ' I , SI 90 j 217 23J 55 y 417 H0 227 l? , 15 170 , 13 120 4"5 3"0 , 1I 300 , 20 210 Clifton Mlxhwauka New Atorla Push Svens-' Total 12,7 13.024 It will wash and not rub off Thl complexion all envy me. It' no secret so 1 11 tell Take thou Rocky Mountain T?a. Frank Hart' drug store. REMEMBER P Of InWwt to Ladiat. Th cutrt, Utat headire&r for utivet u now at Herman W !'. Ju"t com out for th Lewi anj Clark Fair; Jiut th thing for the atreet or th beach. Inexpenalve, but very bcomlnf. Win Is tol dlntrlbutor (or Atorla . DAYS .OF DIZZINESS. Cm to Hundred f Altai Popl. Ther are days of dlaslneas; Spell of headache aldeach hack ache; Ponirdme rhumatlc pain; Often urinary dlorder. All tell you plainly the kidney ar sick. Doan' Kidney Pill cure all kidney 111. 3. Carton employed at th PortlanJ Lumber Co, foot of Lincoln tr 1, who reside at 3 First street. Pott land, Ore., ay: "I was feellnc mis erable wl h a d-prealnc lumen around the small of my bak all last sunim-r. At first I did not wy much attention to it, but It continued tc grow wor anl finally iK-oame so bad that I tlv.Utfh'. 1 woald have to lay of. work. To bend or move quickly cau Sf-wrr iwtnges. I was often attacks with dlizy sp'll. slacks appearel te fore my e'.3 and 1 had no ambition o er.etgy. In th mornltig I a:oni. h tlrd as wh;n I went to bed. In facv I had all the aymptom of a very e vere case of kidney trouble. When was ufrrrlng ;he worst I read about Doan Kidney Pill arid procurrJ a box. I ocn noticed an lmpiovment In my condition, and tbe pain and act ing across my buck soon disappeared About six v.e-ks ago I wa laid up wit! a leg of the grip for two weeks. Symptom of kidney complaint mad' their appearance again and I reaoitedj to Doan Kidney Pill a second tlm j They Just a thoroughly freed me ot the trouble In the former cae. l' cannot express what a' change they have made In rrw. I simply feel like a different person." Plenty more proof Ilk? thl from A torla people. Call at Cha. Roger's drug tor end ask what hi customers report. For sale by all dealer. Price 50 cent. Foter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. N. T.. ol ag'nt for the Unl ed gtate. Rememu' r the name Doan' and, take no other. O SPICES, o COFFE,Tl.A, BAKING POWDER, tWIQMlG EXTRACTS tUnrurtftrty, ' finest FUvor, CrtSfrrh.CciioAaiVfTkn. CL0SSET&DZYE31S . T j nl--mMiwiMssway-'1'' tin t iiMn'iTrf II III 1- well, for it is certainly to your interest to know that we are selling the finest line of BOY'S CLOTHING in town at the lowest prices. Just now we have a particularly fine assortment we are selling at $3.00 $3.50 A SUIT Double Breasted .Suits sizes 3 years to 10 years,, all weaves and patterns, an excellent fitting garment $3.00 to $10.00 Boy's - Norfolk - Suits Neat, nobby, Snappy patterns made for boys ages 3 years to 10 years, goods that will stand all the strain a good, healthy vigorous boy will put it to $3.00 to $10.00 we have the best line of suits for men at j $17.50 that was ever shown iu the town. A. STOKES Keeps a Dressy Shop for Dressy People. REMOVAL - SALE WE MOVE ON JUNE 1st to our new quarters. In order to makcj 'moving easy we place on Special Sale our entire stock of Clothing, Men's Furnish ings, Shoes, etc. Goods Sold at Cost Daring the Month of May. CHARLES LARSON WELCH BLOCK; 633 Commercial Street, corner 13th. the j JygtShc i w I I STORE BEE' . Don't Miss The Spring Clearance Sale of Shirt Waist Suits. 20 per cent off iteirular price five you an 0nrlmi lly to yet a suit early in the season at ODiisual pricti. Com b(ur they ar all picked oter. LaWN kimohos MfJe ot ' Jt'od washable lawn lo many patterus. Hfgular (1.(10 and 11.15. SpffUl - . . 7l0 Uotrlmmed Shapes In Many Styles 2nd. Braids - 49c The MORNING ASTORIAN 60 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria's Best Newspaper WtXiUJ..HUli. THE BUSY store' ... '1 t ' Street ..H-its.. AND 4 Untrimmed Shapes Reduced 50 Per Cent Jnst Half Price. RIBBONS Hlinled Bilk RibUn 8v' lubi wMe. many colors, a jard . . . 25c Hilk Ribbon mlih rmbrolilereil polka lol, per yard 25c l'l luih Terslan ami 1 inch polka dot ribbons for tit, per yard H New Arrivals In Millinery. French Sailors with rolled edge, turndupiti back. Prices from 99c to $1.50