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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1905)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1905. m - THE 1L0RNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON. Special vSale ! BOO Pairs of- Regular 51,75 and $2.00 Values FOR 1.SO Wherity, Ralston a Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. ESTABLISHED 1880. Capital and Surplus $100,000 J. v A. HOWI.HY rrwlrton l. I mWUWN,. Vlre-rweldeut Astoria Savings Bank Capital fll In 1100.600. surplus and Undivided ProflU U5.000. IrsBMcU General Banktot Burin, lolemt Paid on Tlius Deposit 16 Tenth Street, Sherman Transfer Co. HENUY SHERMAN. Manager Hacks, CarringesBaggng' Checked and Transferred Trucks ana K niture Wagons- f iauos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 C crdal Street Astoria today i. t0"" pollu.n city of IS.r tatton repreeenta all tlty on earth, In con It la a lively center of L Ita advantageou local K of th great Columbia the trade mart of t region of north eouth western W : upply point for ' peopl.v 1a Oregon's second tit. . tie and Im portance. The etlmate of population htre arlvan la conservative. The 1900 gov- -eminent censut accredited the city -with about 1000 eople. but th launch ing of new enterprises, together with th natural growth, has added many hundred to the population In th patt Av yearn. Failure to develop local re source baa resulted In alow growth, tout a new era of commercial activity dawning and the proapecta for the lty'e future are very bright. On It magnificent location and won Jarful natural advantage Aatorla tiaae Ita expectation of futur great. iia. Situated on th only freah-water tiarbor of Importance In the world, -with the broad ocenn but 10 mil from Ita wharve. It enjoy marked advant age a a ahtpplng center. The gravity route of the Columbia river I nature's highway for th grat Inland empire, the Immense product of which must be .exported from the ocean port. At At torla th largest ship may find sate moorings, and It harbor will accom modate all th ahlpplng that may ever com to th northwest coaat. It I pre-eminently the Pacific lop port, aa New Tork la the Atlantic port, and must oon receive from the trancon tlnental railroad the recognition which It advantage justify, a ha Nw Tork on th Atlantic coast. Development of the lumbering In dustry will alone make Astoria great. There are 75,000,000,000 feet of tibmer tending In the foret near the city. Thl vast timber aupply 1 great nough to keep In teady operation for 20 year 100 large mills, and to afford employment during that period to 15, 000 peraon In th - manufacturing plants, to aay nothing of the army of workmen that would be employeJ In the forests. The first steps toward the development of lumoerlng have now been taken, and four mils, with a dally output exceeding 100,000 feet, are In operation. The foreU are only a hort instance from th city, and th cot of I ACT ABOUT ASTORIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES FRANK PATTOff, Cashier J. W. UAKNER. Altaol Cashier ASTORIA, OREGON. ne Main 121 , l to Astoria I light, mark--.i a most detlrable point for the oufactuer of lumber. The advent-.- offered by thl city a a milling point are beginning to attract the at tention of mlllmen who dealre to op ate economically, and before long mtorla will rank aa the largest lum erlng producing port on the Pacific oast. The growth of the salmon Induatrj will likewise prove of great benefit to Aatorla. By meana of artificial propa gation, thl magnificent business ha com to at ay. It will be built up, with in a few year, to four time It present magnitude, and will then mean more than 110,000,000 annually to the city. Several Alaskan aalmbn cannerle are owned and operated her and each year bring large aum to their horn office. The possibilities of Astoria aa a fishing port or center in other line of fishing Industrie are also of great Importance, and the attention of capi talist la called to thla city aa a deep sea fishing center; also to the great run of genuln French aaJrlne which come Into the river by the hundred of billion every year. The lower Columbia river district with It mild climate, offers unsur passed Inducements to dairymen, farm ers and small-fralt growers. While small-fruit growing ha not been ex tenalvcly engaged In, those who have followed It have been moat successful, and one enterprising grower Is now harvesting two strawberry cropa a year the only Instance of th kind known In thl section of the country. Settlement of the productive lands of the county will work wonders for the city and assist materially in Its up building. There ar many . othr isaources which will combine to bring about th future greatness of Astoria. Her are to be found opportunities for men In every walk of life capitalist, small Investors, farmer, dairymen, fruit, grower and laborer. Thl new country, wher fortune await the energetic, offer to those seeking location the best advantages of any section of the west. In every respect Astoria Is metro polltan. It enjoys splendid facilities of all kinds, Is a pleasure-loving city and thoroughly up-to-date. Thou sands of strangers visit Astoria every month, and during the summer season It is the Mecca of those who live In the Interior. It has Its different quar ters, Ilk th larger cities, and, best of For further Information Send $I.OO for a year's Subscription to RUSH FOR WEALTH New York Lawyer Urges to "Go Back To Beginingj." CRAFT FOREIGN TO AMERICANS Jamet B. Dill Say Craft li Advanced Stat ' Craving For Unearned Money Saturnalia of Craft Will Bow to Bifht And Honetty. Oberlln, 0., July 4. la th courno of aa address to th graduating cl of Oberlln college, Jams B. Dill, the well known New York lawyer, urged hia hearer to go "Back to Beginning," Mr. Dill contended that "grafting," which wa foreign to the true American char acter, had been developed by our mad ruh for wealth and the recognition of false atandard by educated men In the competitive etruggle for bunine power and aorial prominence. Without mentioning name Mr. Dill referred to the connection of respectable financial Initiation with Industrial promotion that art calculated to ml Wad the public. He aaidi A large part of our modern prosperity i to be a perlously large extent bot tomed upon an overproduction of fraud and aham, Trut companies have been made the medium of the flotation of peclou and fraudulent promotion. Some companiea in the field of life In surance, the hlgheat and in a aense a acred form of investment, are, a we all know conduit through which the savings of the . policy-holders are di verted Into operationa for speculative purposes. Credit and good faith, not money, are the basis of business. Good or bad, our modern prosperity is founded on public confidence. Take that away and the whole fabric fall- - Mr. Dill went on to aay that the un precedented mafrial growth of the country, the resulting creation of Im mense privata fortune, the massing of great aggregation of corporate capi tal, Industrial combination and rail road merger all have tended to con- all, It la the healthiest spot on earth. Astoria wants more people. Ita na tural resources will easily support from 250,000 to 500.000 population, yet there are only 15,000 people here to reap the benefit that nature has so generously placed at their disposal. The homeaeeker will find no better place to locate, and few equal places Labor Is always In demand, at th hlgheat wage, and there I much en couragement for the man who wishes to engage In buslneaa. Strangers often remark the uniform courtesy of thw people and the general effort on the part of Astorians to make matters pleasant for viaiters. The home-seek er or Investor who falls to visit Astoria will make a great mistake, for no other community In the Pactfio northwest offers such opportunities as the lower Columbia river district. ' Aatorla has a $300,000 gravity water system, a paid fire department, first class street car service, gaa and elec tric lighting ayatems. free public li brary, unexcelled transportation facili ties, complete school system, 40 civic societies, three dally and six weekly newspapers, excellent telegraph; anl telephone service, three banks carry ing deposits of about 12.000,000, two ex. press offices, first-class theaters. 14 churches, labor union representing every branch of trade, two energetic commercial organlxatlona, two social clubs, admirably conducted hospital, miles of manufacturing sites, plenty ot fine residence and business property: Is the only freah-water seaport on the Pacific coast; la altuated at the mouth of a river that drains an empire; has a harbor Jarge enough to accommodate the combined ahlpplng ot the Paclfia coast; has a trunk-line railroad con necting It with four transcontinental railroads; Is th uttermost railroad ex. tension point on the American Conti nent; la 200 mile nearer Yokahoma and other oriental ports than any other Pacific coast port; Is 140 miles nearer the Cape Nome mining country than any other port on th Pacific coast; Is the salmon shipping center of the world; Is the center of on of the' greatest poslble dairy Industrie that th country today possesses. It Is the only place where the royal Chinook salmon is packed; has sub stantial public and business buildings, factories and handsome residences. Astoria's School System. Astoria's schol system Is not sur passed by that of any other city of th slie In the west. At present then central the attention of the people upon jrreat financial achievements, and to tabliith in the highest place in the popular eittiniation the captain of in dustry ami the powrrful financiers, lit tle regard being paid, in making up the judgment, to the fundamental' virtues of private individual life. Mr. Dill added: Graft is the advanced atage of the craze for unearned money. It i not only the desire to get something for nothing, but it is an attempt to get . aomething in consideration of the grafter parting with aoemthing that really dues Pot belong to bim. Another graft i that of the bank of ficial who is influenced in the use of his institution's funds by any considera tion other than the good of the insti tution. Such a man is dangerous to the community. The director of a cor poration who directs it affair from the viewpoint of hia own pocket rather than the standpoint of the stockholder interest, although be may not be in dicted by the grand jury, la none the lea a social highwayman. The dummy director of a great com pany who dummyiea himself for pay, whether by the year or by the job who uses his position to control the use and disposition of other people's money for personal gain, la 1n no po sition to criticise the clerk who falsi fie hia accounts, or the employe who embezzle. Yet we all know of in stances where men who have stolen a million have sent to jail employee who took only hundreds or thousand of dollar. In concluding hi address, Mr. Dill said: - - - This indictment of our business life is not based upon an inherent, incurable defect in our American character, but, on the contrary, these evil are an out growth of our American atrenuosity in the riotous race for the easy dollar and the many dollar. I wish to distinct ly avoid leaving the impression upon your minds that an unduly large pro portion of the American people are of the class which I have sought to call to account. Right and honesty will triumph, a saturnalia of grait and an era of grab will find itelf shortlived, speedily to be ended by the uplifting influences of educated men and women of character. I'll brave the storm of Chilkoot Pass, I'll cross the plaint of frazen glass, I'd leave my wife and cross the tea, Rather than be without Rocky Moun tain Tea. Frank Hart's drug store. are six large school buildings here. The schools 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 those afforded city chil dren. Astoria'a Water System. Astoria possesses a $300,000 gravity water system, which is not equalled in equipment by any other system in the Pacific northwest. The water works are operated by the municipal government as represented by the water commission, and constitute the city's most valuable asset The watet is brought from Bear creek, about 10 miles distant, which has Its source In the mountains. The reservoir Is situated on 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 or 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 larg est In the Pacific north wvst; 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 $18.00,000. Coal, gold and silver, fruit, cattle and sheep, wool and fish, all of which are produced in great abundance, fall far below, nor hardly equal In the aggregate, the wealth de. rived from the forests. The town, therefore, that commands the greatest resource available of fine Umber must 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 Oregon pine; hemlock, spruce and cedar. There are also soft, or birds eye, maple, vine maple, alder, wild cherry, willow, etc. The fir is both red and yellow. It grows five to 14 feet In diameter, and 150 to 300 feet tall; S51 feet Is said to have been measured on one fallen tre In the coast mountains. Considerable noble fir, or larch, and some white pint are found on the highest of the coast WILL EXTEND ROAD Contract Let for Building Tacoma. and Eastern. STEVENSON OBJECTIVE POINT Harrinun Steala March oa Grtat North ern. Will Commence Work Immed iately. Hope to Bnild Road to stiver Over Easy Grade. Portland, July 4. Another link in Harriman's connecting line between Tacoma and Portland has been provi ded for through the awarding of a con tract for an extension of the Tacoma & lias tern from the present terminua to Ferndale, passing through the coal fields. The line waa first built to Eastondale, and ateel has been kid as far south at Elebe, so the late con tract, which hat just been closed, in sures a continuation of the road to Ferndale. The objective point of the line i said to be Stevenson, on the Columbia River, and the Harrimaa interest will work eaat from there, crossing at Grand Dalles, though it i suggested ft good crossing is also afforded near where the ITeppnW branch meets the main line. In either event the road extend ing along the banks of the Columbia will preclude any attempt on the part of Hill to push the Northern Pacific down that route to Portland. By sections it U claimed Mammal! is to push the Tacoma & Eastern to the river over aa easy grade. Sometime ago it waa reported he wat seeking a past through the mountain for the road, but by passing to the west of them he obtains a excellent route to' the river through which the construe-1 Hon work may be carried on steadily, and not on an expensive scale. The extension of Tacoma & Eastern means another chapter in the Hill-Harriman fsorthwest history, for it is foreseen Hill will retaliate because of Harri-i man refusal to grant Jura trackage privilegea from Wallula in return for mountains, but little near Astoria. The spruce, of the tldeland species, is found only on the west slopes of the coast mountains. It attain a diameter vary nng from about an average of six feet to 14 or 17; and specimens 57 and (3 feet each In girth have been measured 19 to 21 feet in diameter. Hemlock occurs as a mixed or smaller growth with fir and spruce trees seldom being of great height, although often very large. Tet cedar 1 found mixed with the other timbers, the tree seldom be ing of greater height, although often very large. Tet cedar Is not plentiful in this section. In general estimate ot timber production 20,000 feet to the acre are ol lowed. Single acres have been known to produce ten times this amount. Quarter sections of timber land on the market are usually esti mated at 3.000,000 to 8,000,000 feet each, board measure. Mills and Manufacturing. Although manufacturing is as yet In Its Infancy In Astoria, more than 4300 persons are employed In the Institu tions now doing business here. The salmon industry employs 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 propor, Hons, and will, within a few years, out rank the fishing Interests. Astoria wants more manufacturing concerns, and offers the very best in ducements to capitalists. Here axe 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. Sites can be secured at very low prices. More than 13,000,000 is Invested In manufacturing plants here, while the value of the yearly product exceeds $(,500,000. In all, 4341 person are em ployed, receiving annual wages that aggregate $2,059,609. 8almen Industry. Astoria owes Its existence largely to the great salmon Industry of which it Is the center. Tear after year the Co lumbia 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 crop hav failed. the salmon supply has maltnalned its average of production, and In this re spect can be classed aa one of Oregon's the Weekly Astorian. like eonKeiwion over t!ie Northern Pacific from Portland to the Sound. ' JOHIf W. WOOTEM fouud GUILTY OF GRAND LARCENY Convicted Lawyer Kay Be Sentenced - to Ten Yean in the Penitentiary. Xew Yorkt July 4. John W. Wooten, who was counsel for David Rothschild while Rothschild was " wrecking ' the Federal Bank, was convicted yesterday I fore Justice Day in the supreme court, criminal branch, of grand larce ny in the first degree. Wooten, who l a son-in-law of Walter Luttgen, partner of August Belmont, stole from Roths shild a check for $1,000 which waa ex tracted from the financier oa the pre text that it was needed to pay in ad vance a second year' premlun, oa Rothschild's bond a temporary admin istrator of the Weissell estate. The maximum penalty is 10 years. After s recese of two hour, when Wooten waa again arraigned, George) Gordon Battle, hia counsel, asked that, sentence be postponed. District Attor ney Jerome said: "I would like to nave the date for sentence act for July 10. At the tame time I think that it is only fair to Mr. Battle to tell him that I intend to sub mit to the court several affidavit showing that this is an aggravated case. These affidavit will call for categorical answers from either Wooten or hia friends. He may wish to submit affi davits in, rebottaL I say now that these affidavita will accuse Wooten and implicate other. Annitage Matthew and Samuel L Ferguson are indicted with Wooten for conspiracy and grand larceny in loot ing the WeiseU efetatft- Aa toon aa Wooten waa being led over to the Tomba be said: "I want to say and aay It now, that I am innocent of this charge," ' saaBajaasaaaai b m ssaMt Heat .jajBjJf Proclaims State of Siege. San Domingo, Santo Domingo, July 4 The government has issued a decree suspending the guarantee and proclaim ing a state of siege in the Barahona district. The trouble apparently U local All other districts of the. re public are quiet. Constipation and pile are twins. They ' kill people inch by inch, sap life away' every day. Hollister'a Rocky Mountain Tea will positively cure you. No cure no, pay. 35 cents, Tea 6r Tablet at Frank Hart's drug store. greatest resources. The annual salmon yield of the Co lumbia river Is valued at $3,000,000. Th spring fishing season lasts only about tour months from April 15 to August 25 so it means $750,000 monthly to those Interested in It and those who live at and near the seat of the Industry. The Dairying Industry. Dairying In Clatsop county la In Its infancy, and very few dairymen realize the natural advantages ot this coun try. Th climate, coupled with th pro ductiveness of the oil, makes It an ideal district for production of butter and cheese; dairymen ar taking more In terest In th breed and care of stock. With the genuine butter cow. such a few here have as yet. much better results may be obtained, though even now the luxurlent pasturage enables the cows to furnish an abundance of rich milk, with more than an average of butter fat. A modern equlDoed creamery Is in operation in Astoria, furnishing th farmers a ready sake for their cream, at an average price for the year of 22 H cents per pound for butter fat; and the cows yield. unJer good care, about 225 pounds of butter fat per year. There is general Inter, est in increasing the dairy bustneas; many of th dairymen are preparing to enlarge their herds, and new darle are "'ug Biarieu. civer-gTOWing gras and the best market In the world make- this an Inviting field for those who understand the care of cows. All the Oregon coast country, espe cially that near the mouth of the Co lumbia river, Is very similar to th great dairying sections of Europe, such as Denmark, Holland and the Channel Islands. The winters, however, are milder and the summers dryer. The lands best adapted to, grass. growing ar the tldelands, which ar river bottoms adjoining , the Colum bia or its branches, and overflowed by the highest tides. These lands may be reclaimed by diking, at an expense of about $19 per acre. By diking large trttcts by machinery with steam dredges the expense may be reduced. and more substantial dike erected. One acre of tldeland has been shown to be ample for keeping one cow the entire year. There are still in Clatsop county about 20,000 acres of tldeland to be diked, much of it being easily cleared ' I after the diking la done. This is no experiment, as many of the best dalr forms have been made on diked tide ' land, :