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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1905)
THE JLORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON MONDAY, JULY 17, 1905. Special vSale ! BOO Pairs - OK mm Regular $1.75 and $2.00 Values FOR Wheriiy, Ralston $ Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. i:staijlisiii:i mm. Capital and Surplus $100,000 J. 0. A. BOWtBY rrMildonl ti, t J'ETkKWJI. Vlwi'rw.'lenl Astoria Savings Bank ('splint VniA In i,0oO. Huriut nil 4 IrnnuK-u a OHiprel Ruukln. IIuhIiim. 168 Tenth Street, The MORNING ASTORIAN 75 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria's Best Newspaper derful natural advantages Astoria base Its expectations of future great ness. Situated on the only fresh-water lotion represents almost every nation ality on earth, In consequence of which politan city of 15,000 people. Us popu Its wharves, it enjoys marked advsnt It la a lively center of business activity. It nflvnn'ur.eou Iccatlon at the n.juth of the rrt Columbia river makes it the" trade .nart of the vast productive region of northwestern Oregon and south wf stern Washington-, and it la tht supply point for fully 25.000 people. The estimate of population bere given Is conservative. The 1900 gov ernment census accredited the city with about 9000 eople, but the launch ing of new enterprises, together with the natural growth, haa added many hundreds to the population In the past five years. Failure to develop local re sources bas resulted' In slow growth. tut a new era of commerolal aetlvlt) Is .dawning and the prospects for the city's future are very bright. On its magnincent location and won harbor of Important, in the world, with the broad ocean but 10 miles from ges as a shipping center. The gravity route of the Columbia river Is nature's Wghway for the great inland empire, the Immense product of which must be exported from the ocean port.' At As toria the largest ships may And safe moorings, and Its harbor will accom modate all the shipping that may ever come to the northwest coast. It Is pre-eminently .ths Pacific slope port as New York Is the Atlantlo port, and must soon receive from the transcon tinental rallron.ls the recognition which its advantages Justify, as jhaa New York on the Atlantlo coast ' Development , of the lumbering In dustry will alone make Astoria great. There are 75,000,000,000 foet of tlhmer standing In the forests near the city. This vast timber supply Is great enough to keep In steady operation for 20 years 100 large mills, and to afford employment during that period to IS, 000 persons In the manufacturing plants, to say nothing of the army of workmen that would be employed In the forests. The first steps tewarJs the development of lumoerlng hav now been taken, and four mils, with a daily output exceeding 800,000 feet,Ure in operation. The forests are only a short j:!rtanc from the city, and the cost of mm s FHANK I'ATTO.V, (hler J, W. UAltNfcK, AlUlit t'tulilrf ltitlvllotl Profits t.-rt,. luu-r-t on Time rilt ASTORIA, OREGON. FACTS ABOUT j logs to Astoria is light, mark .hla a most desirable point for the jiufactuer of lumber. The advant ages offered by this city aa a milling point are beginning to attract the at tention of mlllmen who desire to op ate economically, and before long tstorla will rank as the largest lum erlng proJudng port on the Pacific oast ' The growth of the salmon Industr) will likewise prove of great benefit to 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 than 110.000,000 annually to the city. Several Alaskan salmon canneries are owned and operated here and each year bring lurge auma to their bom office. The possibilities of Astoria aa a fishing port or center in other lines of fishing Industries are also of great Importance, and the attention of capi talists Is called to this city aa a deep sea 'fishing center; also to the great runs of genuine French sadrines which come Into the river by the hundreds of billions evecy year. The lower Columbia river district with Its mild climate, offers unsur passed Inducements to dairymen, farm ers and small-fruit growers. While amall-frult growing has not been ex tensively engaged In, those who have followed it have been most successful, and one enterprising grower is now harvesting two strawberry crops a year the only instance of the kind knowp in this section of the country. Settlement of the productive lands of the county will work wonders for the city and assist materially in ita up building. There are many other lesources which will combine to bring about the future greatness of Astoria. Here are to be found opportunities for men In every walk of life capitalists, small Investors, former, dairymen, trult. grower and laborer. This new country, where fortunes await the energetic, offers to those seeking location the best advantages of any section of the west. In every respect Astoria is metro politan. It enjoys splendid facilities of all kinds, Is a pleasure-loving city onJ 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 haa its different quar ters, like th. larger cities, and, best of, For further Information Send $1.00 for a year's Subscription to Poor Bowser Gets Excited Mceti With Scric of Mishap and Triei to Hold Mn. B. Responsible. INQUIRES FOR THE COOK Rakei Rumpu When He Hem She It Out, but Hit Mother-in-law . Squelches Him. (.Copyright. tJA, by R. U. McClure.J WHEN Sir. Bowser left the oitke for home be fell dowu three or four steps of tliti stairs end soulless niflu laughed at tilm. When tie got out ou the street a newslioy ran against him and .disturbed lila equilibrium. When be took tlm street car womau grablx-d blin by the coat tHlla to draw herself up the step, and when be swore about It .lie .aid be wu baldbead aud no gentleman. The conductor worked off a nickel quarter on Lira In bla change, and a crone eyed man want d to touch blin on the cbln for luck. Therefore when be got borne be waa ready to hold Mr. Bowser reonslble for everything that bad happened. Of course alio wae to blame for it of course. Would any eon of a gun of a ill MAI'S HIH8KLF A (XT Ot COFFEE. cross eyed man bare dared to put a linger ou bis chin for luck at poker but for Mra. Bowser? Mr, Bowser slummed the gate open. ASTORIA AND ITS INDUSTRIES all, It Is the healthiest spot on earth. Astoria wanta more people. Its na tural resources will eaally support from 250,000 to (00,000 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 tht people and the general effort on the part of Astorlans to make matters pleasant for visitors. The home-seeker 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 haa a 1300,000 gravity water system, a paid fire 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 dally and six weekly newspapers, excellent telegraph tw telephone service, three banks carry ing deposits of about $2,000,000, two ex. press offices, first-class theaters, 14 churches, labor unions representing every branch of trade, two energetic commercial organizations, two social clubs, admirably conducted hospital, miles of manufacturing sites, plenty ot One residence and business property; Is the only fresh-water seaport on the Pacific coast; Is situated at the mouth of a river that drains an empire; has a harbor large enough to accommodate the-comblned shipping of the PaclfU coast; has a trunk-line railroad con necting it with four transcontinental railroads; is the uttermost railroad ex tension point on the American conti nent; Is 200 miles nearer Yokahoma and other oriental ports than any other pclflc coast port; Is 160 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 ot one of the greatest poslble dairy industries that the country today possesses. It. Is the only place where the royal chlnook 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 the size in the west At present there lie did It to let Mra. Boweer under atand that be wss bos of that rancb and that things l.ad got to atand around for him. lie banged the front door open. He did It that she might know he bad arrive! and have goose flesh over It, He expected to aee her In the ball and to r!uut "Woman!" at ber and demand why In Halifax the gas In the back pari ir was not lighted, but sbs wasn't there. The cat wasn't there. The cook waa not In the kitchen. ".Vow, by the seven boms of the sev en brindled bull ', but tbU la too much too much;" exclaimed Mr, Bowser a. be went clinUiuz upstairs. There was more to ome, however. He found Mrs. Bowser In bed with a headache, while the cat was chasing a rubber ball around on the floor as If domestic troubles were not of the lightest account. "I beard yjti come In," faintly an nounced Mrs. Kowmt from the bed. "Ob. you did, eh? You beard me come In, and you Jumied Into bed?" "I have bad a raging headache all day- . ... "Hcrves you right. Any woman who will eat pickles and smoked herrings and then walk out In the back yard In ber bare fet must expect to have headaches. Where In Texaa Is that red beaded cook of ours?" "I let her go home for the day. She said she'd aurely be back by 4 o'clock. Hasn't she come yet?" """ "Of course she hasn't come, and of course she won't show up till mid night! Were you Idiot enough to take ber word?" "I I thought ahe'd come." "Yea, you thought and thought, and this Is the result of It. By John, was there ever such a conducted bouse as this! I have now got to putter around for two boura to get myself a bite to eat" "I tried to get up a few minutes ago, but couldn't do It," explained Mrs. Bowser. "Of course you couldn't. You are probably In for a run of fever. You may have smallpox or the plague be fore you get through with it. That would be just our luck. You w ait till the cook shows np, and I'll make ber think a bouse fell on ber. I'll be up again after I get something to eat" "Why don't you gi to a restaurant for tills once?" "Why dou't I go to the drug store and ask for strychnine? Didn't I come within an aee of dying ouce after get ting a bite to eat In a one bono res taurant?" "But I thought It was too many beans that ailed you." "Too many nothings! If you think you wou't die before I get buck I'll now go down and poke about the kltcli en. and If that tufernal yaller eyed cat follows me I'll be the death of blni." Mr. Bowser went down and iked. He made himself a cup of coffee and ate some bread and butter and cold meat, and though the cat looked Into are six large school buildings here. The schools are conveniently located in all sections of the city, and in every respect are modern 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's 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 asiet. The watei 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 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 larg 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 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 resources available ot fine timber must have a great outlook. Demand for timber will not decrease, but become greater with every year. s The timber trees of the forests tribu tary to Astoria are, tn order of qual ity; Douglas fir, commercially known as 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: 851 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 the kitchen once or twice he dacd not venture Into the open. "Dinner' was made ready and finished in balf an bour, and then Mr. Bowser was ready for oilier business. He bad a griev ance against the cat the cook' and Mrs. Bowser, and be anticipated having a good time that evening. So one who has reud of blin can call blm cruel hearted; be simply, likes to have racket on hand to vary the monotony. He Is never to blame for anything, and It brings joy to bla heart to convict others, "Well, I suppose I'd better telephone for the doctor and bear the worst at once," be aald as be came tramping upstairs, "I told you It was only a headache," replied Mrs, Bowser. . "Yes, you told me so, but If you sln't In for a cae of spinal menlngitia then I'll miss my guess. Tbey live about three daya with tiat disease, I believe." "1 shall be all right In. the morning." "Or marked for deatll. I have offered to telephone for the doctor, and that's all I can do. It's your fault that you are where you are'anyway. Why will women be so careless?" Mrs. Bowser, whose bead was throb bing and beating with the pain, made no reply, and presently be went on: "I was told aliout a woman the other day who was eating burdock leaves to Improve ber complexion eating bur dock leaves and drinking lobbered milk. I'erbaps you have been trying It? If you have. It serves you Just right" She almost smiled to herself at the thought and he kept quiet for two min utes before be said: "Wbo bas gone and skewjiwed that bureau across the corner? It was never that way before." "It it was moved this morning," sbe replied. "But why? That bureau was stand ing against the wall, and no one bad any business moving It You know I can never sleep in a room where things are skewjawed around. I shall put it back at once." "r lease wait until morning." "Not a minute. It makes me nerv ous to sit here. You might as well have the bed eater-corner across the room. Was it that fool of a cook who did itr "No, sir, It wasn't !" exclaimed a voice that brought out the gwe flesh in a second. "It was the undersigned, and I want to know what Lemuel Bowser Is going to do about It" Mr. Bowser knew It was the mother-in-law before be turned, and be knew that she must have been in the bouse when be came borne. So she was, but she bad bidden away and let blm get hla own supper and only appeared when a denouement seemed to be call ed for. "Well, why don't you throw your arms around my neck and kiss me?" sue asked as be stood looking at her mountains, but little near Astoria. The spruce, of the tldeland species, is found !nnlv nn t Vij vm a1xna Y. - - - k atvyva Ui U1B VUUI mountains. It attains a 'diameter vary; nng from about an average of six feet to 14 or 17; and specimens 67 and 63 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 Is found mixed with the other timbers, the trees seldom be ing of greater height although often very large. Yet cedar is not plentiful In this section. In general estimates oi timber production 20,000 feet to the "acre are ollowed. Single acres have been known to produce ten times this amount Quarter aections of timber land on the market are usually esti mated at 3.000,000 to 8.000,000 feet eacb, 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 ltlinA Atimafflnv In If fnllAn. AtVitt. Unas of pursuit The lumbering Industry, including box factories, barrel factor ies, etc.. Is rapidly assuming propor tions, 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. Sites 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 ern- I ployed, receiving annual wages tUat I aggregate $2,059,600. I Salmon 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 ot fish, and In the past 25 years haa yielded $75,000,000, nearly all of which has been placed in circulation in this city. Where other crops have failed, the salmon supply haa maltnalned its average of production, and in this re spect can be classed as one of Oregon's the Weekly Astorian. and turning all srts of colors. "So yon are here?" be growled. "Lemuel, I am bere, ami It's a good thing lam. Yon won't have to strain, your back moving any bureaus to night." "Who wants to move any bureaus? When you are coming here, why the deril don't you telegraph and bave somebody meet you at the depot?" "I.come and go as I please, and I should like to see anybody prevent me. I am not soV'M and feeble that I can't come cp from the depot alone. Yon were having a fine time, weren't you? Going to move the burean whether It killed your wife or not I always bap pen to drop In Just In time." "Yes, you always always" "Stop right there, Lemuel! I bave heard enough from you for a spell. Go downstairs and sit down and fold your hands, and I will be down presently and talk to yon." Mr. Bowser went downstairs and put on bis bat and softly opened the door and sneaked out Into the night. The mother-in-law came down a few minutes later and bunted for blm and called and called, but be was not to be found. Darkness and distance bad swallowed blm np, and only the meow ing cat was left behind as a sign that the man bad once been there and play ed blgb Jinks. M. QUAD. Ber rear. "Charley, dear," aald young Mrs. Torklns, "I hope you are not going In to politics." "What made yon think of that?" "I beard you talking In your sleep about 'standing ' pat " Washington Star. Aa IsspreTemeat. Mother The professor says be can make a concert singer out of Grayce. W6at do you think of the idea? ' Father Splendid. She wouldn't sing In the parlor any more then, wouki she?-Detroit Free Press. Haagfcty This. "What do you think of Miss Star fish?" asked the lobster. "Not' so very much," answered the oyster. "I proposed to ber last night and she called me a lobster." "And when I proposed to ber she shut me up like an oyster." Chicago Tribune, greatest resources. - The annual salmon yield of the Co lumbia river is valued at,,- $3,000,000, The spring fishing season lasts only about four 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 is In ita infancy, and very few dairymen realize ,the natural advantages of this coun try. The climate, coupled with the pro ductiveness of the oil, makes It an ideal district for production of butter and cheese; dairymen are taking more in terest in the breed and care of 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 enablee the cows to furnish an abundance of rich milk, with more than an average of butter fat A modern equipped creamery Is In operation in Astoria,' furnishing the farmers a ready sal for their cream, at an average price for the year of 22 H cents per pound for butter fat; and the cows yield, under good care, about 225 pounds ot butter fat per year. There is general Inter est in Increasing the dairy business; many of the dairymen are preparing to enlarge their herds, and new daries are being started. Ever-growing grass and the best market in the worM malt this an Inviting field for those who understand the care ot cows. , All the Oregon coast country, espe cially that near the mouth of the Co lumbia river, is very similar to the 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 are the tidelands, which are river bottoms aSjoining the Colum. bia -or its, branches, nd overflowed by the highest tides. These lands may be reclaimed by diking, at an expense of - about $10 per acre. By diking large tracts by machinery with steam dredges the expense may be reduced, and more substuntial dikts' elected. One acre of tideland 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 after the diking is done. This Is no experiment as many of the best dairy farms have been made on diked tide-land.