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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1905)
8ATUSDAY, JULY I, 1903. THE ABORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON .Special Sole ! BOO Pairs warn Retslir fl.73 end $2I0O Valces FOR L30 Vherity, Ralston Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. First National Bank of Astoria,Orc KMTAUM9IIHD 1880. Capital and Surplus $100,000 J. 0. A. HOWI.nV.rrMldnt O. E HCTkRHON.. Vlw-ITwKlrnt Astoria Savings Bank Capital Peld In IWfl.000. surplu tad I'ndlvldtd Prodi iS.9U5 Imwwb liimtrel IUnklo Bunlaiw. loterwit Pld oo Tim Drpoftu Ut Tenth Street, Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hack, Crrige8--Boggug Checked and TransferredTrucks and i urniture Wagon- fianoa Moved, Boxed find Shipped. 433 Commercial Street AatorU today ia a butln. .onm pollun city of 18,000 poil. Us fil iation repreetite almost every imtl n allty on earth, In consequent r uhl. n It Is a lively center of huelne n tiv Ity. It ndvnniiigeeus Icrntlon it the . uih of the rrat Columbia river muk.-a It ths trade .nnrt of th vat productive region of northwestern uregon end southwestern Waehlngton, and it la the supply point for fully 25.000 people. The eatlmate of population bare given Is conservatlvs. The WO gov ernment census accredited the city with about 1000 eople, but the launch tng of new enterprUee, together with the natural growth, has added many kundrede to the population In the peat flv yeare. Failure to develop wcai re sources haa reaulted in alow growth, but a new era of commercial activity 1 dawning and the propecte for the clty'a future are very bright On ita magnificent location and won derful natural advantagea Atorla baae Ita expectation of future great, rteas. Situated on the only freh-watr harbor of Importance In the world, with the broad ocean but 10 mitee from Ita wharve. It enjoys marked advant agea aa a ahlpplng center. The gravity route of the Columbia river la nature'e Mghway for the great Inland empire, the Immense product of which must be exported from the ocean port At Aa torla the largest ahlps may find safe moorings, and Ita harbor will accom modate all the ahlpplng that may ever come to the northwest coast. It Is pre-eminently ths Paolflo elope port ae New York ta the Atlantlo port, and must soon receive from the tranacon in.ntJ rallroada the recognition which Ita advantage Justify, aa has New Tork on the Atlantlo coaat Development of the lumbering in dustry will alone make Astoria great. ' There are 75.000,000.000 feet of tlbmer atandlng In the forets near ths olty. This vaat timber aupply Is great enough to keep In ateady operation for 20 yeare 100 large mllla, and to afford amnlnvment durlna- that period to 15.- ooo peraona in the manufacturing planta, to say nothing of ths army of workmen that would be employed In the foresta. The first steps towards the development of lumoerlng have now been taken, and tour mile, with a dally output exceeding 100,000 feet, are In o aeration. The forests ar only a short distance from the city, and th cot of 1 or- mm i FRANK FATTON. Cuhler J. W. OAKNK.K. AwlXADl Cwhler J ASTORIA, OREGON. Phone Main 121 4 log to Astoria la light mark .hi a most desirable point for the jiufactuer of lumber. Th advent ,gea offered by thla city as a milling point ar beginning to attract th at. ttfntlon of mlllmen who deelr to op at economically, and before long tstorla will rank as th largest lum erlng producing port on the Pacific oaat The growth of the aalmon Induatrj will likewise prove of great benefit to Attoria. By means of artificial propa gation, thla magnificent business haa come to atay. It will be built up, with in a few years, to four times Its present magnitude, and will then mean more than 110,000.000 annually to the city. Several Alaakan aalmon canneries ar owned and operated hr and each year bring large sums to their hom office. The roaslhilltle of Attoria aa a fishing port or center In other line of fishing Industries ers aim of great Importance, and th attention of capt talltts Is called to this city aa a deep- sea fishing center; alao to the' great rune of genuine French eadrlnee which come into tha river by the hundreda of billion every year. Th lower Columbia river district, with Its mild climate, offers unsur passed Inducements to dairymen, farm era and smAll-frntt grower. While mall-fruit growing haa not been ex tensively engaged In, thos who have followed It have been moat auccessful. and ons enterprising grower is now harveatlng two atrawberry crops a year the only Instance of th kind known In thla section of th country. Settlement of the productive land of th county will work wonder, for the city and asslat materially In ita up building. There ar many other resources which will combine to bring about the future greatnes of Astoria. Her are to be found opportunity for men in very walk of life capitalist, amall Investor, farmer, dairymen, fruit grower and laborer. Thla new country, where fortunes await the energetic, offer to tho seeking location the best advantages of any section of th west In every respect Astoria Is metro politan. It enjoys splendid facilities of all kinds, Is a pleasure-loving city and thoroughly up-to-date. Thou sands of strangers visit Astoria over) month, and during th aummer season It Is the Mecca of those who live in the Interior. It haa ita different quar- ters, like the larger cities, and, best of FACTS ABOUT ASTORIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES sP For further Information Send $1.00 for a Feminine Snapshots!! . Kitchens For Bachelors and Separate Establish ments For Bache lor Maids One phase of twentieth century lift la enough to make our great grandpar- rati of both Mien rlM up In their graves and bowl. Our generation is the flnt to' m young' ladles of wealth set up homes all their own, without tTto chaperon. They maintain In all wspects Independent establishments and lead independent lives, la New York Miss May Via Alen baa ber own town bouse la the city. Bp baa Mta Margaret Cbaaler, whose beauti ful borne la e-iutpped with stables, born and carriages aod all that a millionaire bouwibold consider am sary to comfort and respectability. Others of tbe fashionable aet la the aania city might alao be named. Among womeu wbo Mrn their owa living thousands of girla have pretty llttla establish tu en ta where they keep bouse happily, there being no mu la the raa at all. Women are becoming in dependent of men. On the other band, aa If to revenge themselves on the girla for dtacoverlug them to bo no longnr a necessity, hundreds of likely young bachelor men bare gone to houeekeep- Ing In city flat In the moat cocy and comfortable way. They rent an apart ment, furulsb It bandaomely and bare aomebody come In dally and put It In order. They sometimes take their roeala at reataurante, but In many In stances they hire a flat with kitchen attached, then get a cook and regular ly keep bouee, J oat aa they would if they were married and bad wives to superintend their establishments. One recommendation for thla way of liv ing la that both for bachelor maid and man It la cheaper than boarding bouee living and far more agreeable. A drawback to thla ayatem of home making, however, la that there la not alwaya harmony among the partner. Still there la quite aa much aa there la between the ordinary huaband and wife, with the added advantage that the erring bachelor partnera are free to go apart If they wish. Don't ever have any company man ner. Use your very beat every day" at borne among your own family. Yon need not fear they 4 will wear out Good manner are one of the few thing that do not wear out by coo want usage. , -'' ' sll it is the healthiest spot on earth. Astoria wants more people. Ita na tarsi resources will easily support from 150,000 to 500,00s population, yst there are only 15.000 peopi her to reap th benefits that naturs has so generously' placed at their dlapoeal. Th homeseeker will find no better place to locate, and few equal place. Labor le always In demand, at the highest wage, and there ta much en couragement for th man who wish to engage In business. Strangers often remark th uniform courtesy of tht people and ths general effort on the part of Astortana to make matter pleasant for visitors. The home-seek er or Investor who fall to visit Astoria will mak a great mistake, for no other community In the Paclflo northwest offers such opportunities as the lower Columbia river dtatrtct Astoria haa a $300,000 gravity water system, a paid tire department, first class street car service, gas and elec tric lighting systems, free public li brary, unexcelled transportation facili ties, complete 'school system, 40 civic societies, three daily and alx weekly newspapers, excellent telegraph; an telephone service, three banks carry ing deposlta of about tS.000,000, two ex. press offices, flrst-clasa theaters, 14 churches, labor unions representing every branch of trade, two energetic commercial organisations, two social cluba, admirably conducted hospital, mites of manufacturing sit, plenty ot fine residence and business property; is th only fresh-water seaport on th Pacific coast; is situated at th mouth of a river that drains an empire; has a harbor larg enough to accommodate th combined ahlpplng of th Paclfls coast; has a trunk-line railroad con necting It with four transcontinental rallroada; la the uttermost railroad ex tension point on th American conti nent; ia 200 milea nearer Yokahoma and other oriental porta than any other Pacific coaat pert; Is 110 miles nearer the Cape Nome mining country than any other port on the Pacific coast; Is (the salmon shipping center of the world; Is the center of one of the greatest posible dairy industries that ths country today possesses. It i the only place wher the royal Chinook aalmon I packed; has sub stantial public and business buildings, factories and handsom resldencee. Astoria'a School System. Astoria' achol system Is not sur passed by that of any other city of , ths sic In ths west. At present thert A caae unique to thla world's htatory came to light recently la Bohemia. Seventy-five years ago frtai fossae had a sweetheart, whom he loved de votedly and wbo loved dim aa devoted ly. They were betrothed, bat some thing happened to poatpooe their mar riage. Then something else happened to defer It once more. Over and over again obatacles to the wedding came up, and year after year the pair wait ed. Half a century the engagement Iaatd, then twenty-Ova years more. At laat Rosaner waa 100 years old and on bis deathbed. His betrothed was ninety-three. Then tbe wedding took place, and two day later Rosaoer died. Immortal Fran Roooner, wbo eoald be faithful to a marriage engage ment seventy Ave years! , Hot rery long ago the prim minis' ter of Great Britain waa biased and Jeered on ,the floor of the boose of commons, aod tbe esealon broke op In a wild uproar, amid calla for the po lice. Women are too excitable to be treated with political power! A baalneee woman whose salary reaches far op Into the thousands bases ber aucceaa on the bint conveyed In tic following: "Molasses goes a great deal farther than vinegar." n Long ago the ladyablpa wbo are to manage the household of the German Crown PrlnceM Cecilia and the crown princess benelf were selected. When she seta op housekeeping, poor Ce cilia will be under the constant aor veillasce of a lot of feminine mighti nesses wbo will not let ber so much as crook ber finger (to leas It is the tra ditional thing to do at that moment It Is said that thla constant and ter rible watching and repression was what made Princess Louise of Baxe- Cobnrg run away from her ho band and bia court Who can blame her? Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont baa under taken, in association with several other women of wealth, a worthy enterprise, i The ladlea have formed an association for the construction la Brooklyn of a vast model tenement bouse, twenty- two stories and covering a city block. Thla great building will be managed by women, and no families will be ad mitted without children. Tbe rooms will be large and tunny. Tbe millen nium la coming surely. t la various localities women are mov ing earneetiy and unitedly to do away with the death penalty, If not alto gether at least for their own sex. The New Jersey Federation of Women'a Clube lately discussed tbe aobject elo quently, Mrs. B. B. Carter made this notable remark: "We like to make God responsible for all our wars, exe cutions and atna against humanity. Some one eays God muat be a woman He jtands so much.' ar Six laree ichoal hillMlnra hare The schools are conveniently located In wi evcuon w in cuy, ana in every respect are modem In their appoint ments. Wall-appointed achool are to be found throughout th county, and children living on farms and in vil lages enjoy educational advantagea al most equal to those afforded city chil dren. Astoria'. Water System. Astoria possesse a I J 00,000 gravity water system, which Is not equalled In equipment by any other system to the Pacific northwest The water works are operated by the municipal government as represented by the water commission, and constitute the clty'a most valuable asset the watei la brought from Bear creek, about 10 milea distant, which has Its source In ths mountalna. , Th reservoir I situated on the pla teau back of the city, where the sup ply Is regulated. The water system of Astoria la extensive enough to supply the needs of 100,000 people, besides af fording fir protection to all parts of the city. Th Lumbering Industry. The mouth of the Columbia river haa the greatest body ot timber tribu. tary and available ot any point In the world. The lumbering buslnesa i the larg est In the Paclflo northwest; It out ranks In valu of product any other line. Production of wheat ia a cloee second, being worth 117,000,000 a year, while the value of the lumber output ta $18,000,000. Coal, gold and allver, fruit, cattle and sheep, wool and fish, all, of which are produced In great abundance, fall far below, nor hardly equal in the aggregate, the wealth de rived from the fores U. The town, therefore, that commands the greatest resources available of fine timber must have a great outlook. Demand for timber will not decrease, but become greater with every year. ; The Umber tree ot th forests tribu tary to Astoria are, In order ot qual ity; Douglas flr, commercially known as Oregon pine; hemlock, spruce and cedar. There ar also soft, or birds- eye, maple, vine maple, alder, wild cherry, willow, etc. The flr la both red and yellow. It growa five to 14 feet In diameter, and 150 to 800 feet tall; 361 feet is said to have been measured on on fallen tree in the coast mountains. Considerable noble flr, Or larch, and om whit pint ar found on the highest of th coast year's Subscription to forced to Starve. B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., eayti "For 20 years I suffered agoniee, with a iwre ou my upper lip, so painful, some time that I could not eat. After vain ly trying everything else, I cured it with Bucklin's Arnica Salve." It's great for burn, cut and wound. At Cha. Bog er' drug store j only 25 cent. Do you think there will be any ser lous trouble between Norway and Sweden.- ' . "I hope not," answered the pallid man with blue glasses. I've juat got through xtruggllng with 8panlsh, Rue Man and Japanese. I don't feel atrong enough to tackle Scandinavian yet." Washington Star. ' Constipation and pile are twin. They kill people inch by inch, aap life away every day. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will positively cure you. No cur so pay. 35 centa, Tea or Tablet at Frank Hart' drug store. 8$ Rheumatism Cured Free After year of experimenting we have formulated a paste, which when applied to any portion of the body, suffering from rheumatism, will im mediately relieve, an deventually cure the most persistent case of rheu matism. If you are a sufferer, and among the first to answer this announ cement, we will send you, by prepaid mail, a box of this wonderful oil, all that is asked in return, is the privilege of referring to you (when cured) in corresponding with prospective customer in your locality. ; NO TESTIMONIALS SOLICITED. HO NAMES PUBLISHED. All that is required is your name, address, full particulars regarding your case, accompanied by this offer. ' ASSOCIATED DRUG STORES, The Morning Astorian. mountains, but little near Astoria. The spruce, of the tldeland species, U found only on the west slopes of the coast mountalna It attains a diameter vary nng from about an average of alx feet to 11 or 17; and specimens 67 and (3 feet each In girth have been measured It to 21 feet In diameter. Hemlock occurs as a mixed or amaller growth with flr and spruce, trees seldom being of great height- although often Very large. Yet cedar la found mixed with the other timbers, the trees seldom be ing of greater height although often very large. Yet cedar la not plentiful in thla section. In general estimates ot timber production 20,000 feet to the acre are oliowed. Single acres have been known to produce ten times this amount Quarter section of timber land on the market are usually esti mated at 1,000,000 to 1.000,000 feet each, board measure. Mills snd. Manufacturing. Although manufacturing is as yet In its infancy in Astoria, more than 4300 persona are employed In the institu tion now doing business here. The salmon industry employe by tar 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 ot pursuit. The lumbering industry, including box factories, barrel factor ies, etc., is rapidly assuming propor. tlons, 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 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. Sitea can be secured at very low prices. ' More than $3,000,000 is invested in manufacturing plants here, while the valu ot the yearly product exceeds $(.600,000. In all, 4341 persons are em ployed, receiving annual wagea that aggregate 12.05M00. Salmon Industry. Astoria owe Ita existence largely to the great salmon Industry of which It is th center. Year after year the Co lumbia river has given up It wealth of fish, and in th past 25 year haa yielded $75,000,000, nearly all of which has been placed in circulation In thla city. Where other crops hav failed, the aalmon supply has maitnatned ita average of production, and in this re spect can be classed as one of Oregon' tHe Weekly Astorian. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL I "' Maintain unexcelled series from the west to the east and ' south. Making close connection with tralne of ail transcontinental line, paasengera are given their cholc of route to Chicago, Louisville, Mempht and New Orleans, and through these points to the far eat "" " " Prospective traveler desiring Infor mation aa to the lowest ratea and beat routes are Invited to correspond with the following representative: , B. H. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third St. Portland. Ore. J. b, LINDSEY, Trav. Passenger Agent. 142 Third 8t, Portland, Ore. PAUL a THOMPSON, Paas'gr. Agent, Coleman Building, Seattle, Wash. Why suffer with your stomach, kid neys and liver when Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make yon well. If taken this month, keeps you well all summer. 35 cent, Tea or Tablet. At Frank Hart'a drug store. 9SJ You Can Become An Army or Navy Officer If you are a persevering, moral, young man, be tween the age of 17 and 35 years, possessing a good common school education and passing the necessary physical examination. Further particular for four cents in stamps, by addressing H. W. PILLIPS, Louisviile. Ky.!; 1 LOUISVILLE, XT. greatest resources; , The annual aalmon yield of the Co lumbia river is valued at $3,000,000. The spring fishing season lasts only about four months front 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 ot the industry. The Dairying Industry, Dairying in Clatsop county is In its Infancy, and very tew dairymen realise the natural advantages ot this coun try. Ths climate, coupled with the pro ductiveness of the oil, makes it an ideal district for production of butter and cheese; dairymen are taking more la terest In the breed and care ot stock. With the genuine butter cow, such as few here have as yet much' better results may be obtained, though even now the luxurient pasturage enable the cows to furnish an abundance ot rich milk, with more than an average ot butter fat A modern equipped creamery Is In operation la Astoria, furnishing the farmers a ready sale for their cream, at an average price for the year of 22H cents per pound for butter fat; and the cows yield, under good care, about 225 pounds ot butter fat per year. There la general inter. est In Increasing the dairy business; many of the dairymen are preparing to enlarge their herds, and new dariea are being started. Ever-growing grase and the beat market in the world make thla an inviting field for those who understand the care ot eows. All the Oregon coast country, espe cially that near th mouth of the Co lumbia river, la very similar to the great dairying- sections ot 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 tidelands, which are river bottoms adjoining the Colum bia or Its branches, and overflowed by the highest tide. These lands may be reclaimed by diking, at an expense ot about $10 per acre. By diking large tracts by machinery with steam dredges the expense may be reduced, and more substantial dikes erected. One acre of tldeland has been shown to be ample for keeping one cow the entire year. There are attU in Clatsop county about 20,000 acres of tldeland to be diked, much ot it being easily cleared after the diking Is done. This is no experiment, as many of the best dairy farms have been made on diked tide