WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1905. m -
THE 1L0RNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON.
Special vSale !
BOO Pairs
of-
Regular 51,75 and $2.00 Values
FOR
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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
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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, :