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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1905)
SATURDAY, JULY it, 1905. 1 THE &.0RN1NG 'A STOMA N "ASTOUJA, OHEGON' r- OUR , of Children's Strap Sandals js complete, Le Little People Have foot Comfort Patent Leather Strap Sandala, sizes 2 to 5 II It U it ll M l M t It tt 4 I Vici Did Sandals, turned soles, sizes 8 1-2 to 11, $1.10 " 11 1-2 to 2, 1.35 Wherity, Ralston a Company The Leading Shoe Dealers. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. l.STAHLISlir.l) 18841. Capital and Surplus $100,000 j, a, a. Mowt.BV . rrlint A V. f. J KTtHHON, Vlee-HroMdent Astoria Savings Bank capital ruid in H,ooo. uri!u and lriurim.cuorI Banklnu Uunlne. 163 Tenth Street, The MORNING ASTORIAN 75 CTS. PER MONTH Astoria's Best Newspaper V FACTS ABOUT ASTORIA ANI ITS! INDUSTRIES Oerful natural advantages Astoria bases Its expectations of future great. tiess, Situated on thj only fresh-water latlon reprcamta almost every nation- ' llty on earth, In consequence of which polltan city of 15,000 people. Its popu- Its wharves, It enjoys marked advant tt Is a lively tenter of business activity. Its ndvniiiuacoua Iccatlon at th n.juth -ot the rfut Columbia river makes It the trade .nnrt of the vast productive region of northwestern Oregon and outhwistern Washington, and It is tht upp'y Point for fully xs.000 people. The estimate of population here lven la conservative. Tha 1900 gov eminent censua accredited the city with about (000 eople, but the launch ing of new enterprises, together with (he natural growth, has added niany hundreds to th population In the past v years. Fallur to develop local re sources has resulted In slow growth, fjut a new era of commercial activlt) is dawning and th prospects for the city's future ar very bright On Its magnificent location and won liarbor of Importance In th world, wltn"the broad ocean but 10 mllea from ages as a shipping center. The gravity route of the Columbia river is nature's highway for th great inland empire, th Immense product of which must be exported from the ocean port. At As toria th Inrgest ships may find safe moorings, and Its harbor will accom modate all th shipping that may ever come to the northwest coast. It Is pre-eminently th Pacific slop port as New York Is the Atlantlo port, and must soon receive from th transcon tinental railroads the recognition which Its advantages Justify, as has New Tork on the Atlantic coast Development of the lumbering in dustry will alone mnke Astoria great There are 75.000,000,000 feet of tlumer standing In the forests near th city. This vnat timber supply Is great enough to keep In steady operation for 20 years 100 large mills, and to' afford employment during that period to 15, 000 persons In th manufacturing plants, tosay nothing of th army of workmen that would be employed In the forests. The first steps towards the development of lumoerlng hav now been taken, and four mils, with a dally output exceeding 800,000 feet, are In operation. The forests are only a short distance from th city, and the cost of LIN COc " 8 1-2 to 11 $1.10 " 11 1.2 to 2"' 1.33 NWSK PATTM, (-ahtr 4. w. UAHNKK, Alilul CMliler riirtivirtott Profit Irt.noo. lulvrml fitld on Time DcpoIU ASTORIA, OREGON. logs to Astoria is light, mark .his a most desirable point tor the nufactuer of lumber. The advent iges offered by this city as a milling point ar beginning to attract th at tention of mlllmen who desire to op s.t economically, and before long istorla will rank aa the largest lum erlng producing port on th Pacific oaat The growth of the salmon Industr) will likewise' prov of great benefit tc Astoria. By means of artificial propa gation, this magnificent business ha com to stay. It will b bulit up, with in a few years, to four times Its present magnitude, and will then mean, more than 110,000,000 annually to th city. Several Alaskan salmon canneries are owned and operated her and each year bring large sums to their horn office. The possibilities of Astoria aa a fishing port or center In other lines of fishing Industries are also ot great Importance, and the attention of capi talists Is culled to this city as a deep sea fishing center; also to the great runa of genuine French sadrlnes which com Into th river by th hundreds of billions every year. The lower Columbia river district, with Its mild climate, offers unsur passed Inducements to dairymen, form ers and small-fruit growers. While small-fruit growing has not been ex tensively engaged In, thos who have followed It have been most successful, and one enterprising grower Is now harvesting two strawberry crops a year the only Instance of th kind known In this section of the country. Settlement of the productive lands of the county will work winders for the city' and assist materially In Us up building. Thre ar many other tesourccs which will combine to bring about th future greatness of Astoria. Her are to be found opportunities for men In every walk of life capltallsta, small Investors, farmer, dairymen, fruit grower and laborer. This new country, where fortunes await the energetic, offers to those seeking location - the best advantages of any section of the world; la the center ot one ot the west. greatest poslble dairy Industries that In every respect Astoria Is metro-.the country today possesses, polltan. It enjoys splendid facilities It Is the only place where the royal of all kinds, Is a pleasure-loving city Chinook salmon is packed; has sub and thoroughly up-to-date. Thou- stantial public and business buildings, sands of strangers visit Astorja every factories and handsome residences. month, and during th summer season it Is the Mecca of thos who live In the Interior. It has Its different quar- ters. Ilk th larger cities, and, best of For further Information Send $1.00 for a year's .Subscription to EVIDENCE IS ODD Singular Documents Introduced In Edinburgh Divorce Case. PRINCIPALS ARE AMERICANS Nathaniel Cibbi Ingraham Asks That "Bit wife be Ordered to Carry aa Ante nuptial Settlement Which, he Claims, Allowi Him an Annuity. Kdlnburg, Scotland, July 21. Singu lar docunrnt have Wny submitted in tin; null of Nathanial ttibb Ingrabam, fqrmarly of New York, againt hi wlfw, formerly With Neweomh Ward, now pending before the court of eion here Mr. Ingraham eke that hi wife be ordered to carry out thrlr antenuptial settlement, under which he claim he U entitled to 10 a year and aU claim ROOD r year by virtue of bond granted in bis favor. The wife contend that the contract and bond was obtained by fraud. Mis allege that after her separation from her f)rt huaband, Reginald II. Ward, the plain tiff Induced her by varioua lnldiou de-vi.-e. like fortune telling, to institute divorce proceeding egaiut Ward, and alo induced her bubanl to conwnt to the proceeding. . They (Mr. and Mr. Ward) were di vorced in !.', ami Mr. Ward then married Ingham. Mr. Ward say Ward ay i wa taken to a law yer offlee and w induced to ign an antenuptial settlement contract with out rending the paper or knowing what they contained. The plaintiff said the defendant proffered rourraige to him l!rt and he ihrliiiej, but afterward conwnted to plea her a (die wa in poor health. Mr. Ward wa Mi Edith Neweomh of Kentucky, daughter of JL Victor Newcomb at one time an important fac tor in Wall Ktreet. Reginald H. Ward who wa known In Imdon a Count Ward, wa at one time Roumanian Con mil there. At one peri.xl of hi career Wafd wa known a the "Copper King." lie i a iioktouiun by birth. The Ward were- married in New all. It Is the healthiest spot on earth. Astoria wants more people. Its na tural resources will easily support from .50,000 to 500,000 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 locale, and few -equal places Labor Is always In demand, at the highest wages, and there Is much en couragement for th 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 th Pacific northwest offers such opportunities aa the lower Columbia river district Astoria has a IS0O.O00 gravity water system, a paid fire department, first claaa street car aervlce, gaa and elec trlo lighting systems, free public li brary, unexcelled transportation facili ties, complete school system, 40 civic societies, three dally and six weekly newspaper, 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 unions representing every branch of trade, two energetic commercial organisations, two social clubs, admirably conducted hospital, miles of manufacturing sites, plenty ot fin residence and business "property; is the only fresh-water seaport on the Pacific coast; Is situated at th mouth of a river that drains an empire; has a harbor larg enough to accommodate the combined shipping of th Paclfit 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 Tokahoma and other oriental ports than any other Pacific coast port; Is 160 miles nearer the Cape Nome mining country than any other port on th Pacific coast; Is the salmon shipping center of the ' . Astoria's 8chool 8ystem. Astoria's schol system Is not sur passed by that of any other city of th size in th west At present ther Hork, November 20,' M and were di vorced hers May 25, IWfl. Mr. Ingra hem i grandson of JiMic Ingraham of the supreme court of the city of New York. Mr, and Mr. Ingraham wicte married 8itmljrr 22, 1903 in London. MINISTER ALLEN TO COKEA RETURNS HOME Reaches Seattle On Minnesota. No IU . Feeling Against Foraker. Seattle, July 20. Dr. Horace Newton Allen, retiring envoy extraordinary and minister pleniMtentiary from the Uni ted rUste to Korea, waa a pawwnger on the ateamMiip Minnesota, on hi way to Wahington to surrender lii portfolio Dr. Allen ha been, minister eight year and in the consular ami diplomatic ser-vli-e of the country 13 year.' lie ha revided In Korea twenty-one year. He stated tkt he retire voluntarily. Hi term of office having expired. - Dix-umbw the in Aim-nee of war on Korea be said: , 1 "The trade of the country ha not suffered. A a matter of fact trade in the aggregate ha increaed. The firt battle waa fought at point 25 mile from the city in the harbor of Chemu!)o, and three Roinn warships were nnk. After that nothing unuual occurred in Seoul, aave the marching of troo through the city to the North. Tbe city waa always full of Japanese sol dier but they were under eplendid dia- cipline, and perfect order was main tained - ' Dr. Allen denle that he harbora any ill feeling toward Senator Foraker of Ohio. I aald to have been instrumental in obtaining a change in the diplomatic erviee In Korea. He atate that he retire voluntarily, and with the bet of feeling toward all. Forced to Starve. B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky, says: "For 20 years I suffered agonies, with a sore ou my upper lip, to painful, some times that I could not eat. After vain ly trying everything else, I cured it with Ducklin's Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts and wounds. At Chas. Rog ers drug store; only 25 cents. It will bring rich, red blood, firm flesh and muocle. That's what Hollistier'i Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Taken thia month keep you well all summer. Mcent, Tea or Tablets, at Frank Hart'a drug store. Th Atorian T5 cent a month. 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 th county, and children living on farms and In vil lages enjoy educational advantages a most equal to those afforded city chil dren. Astoria's Walsr System. Astoria possesses a 1300,000 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 watei la 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 th 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 th city. Th 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 Faclfic northwest; It out ranks In value of product any other line. Production jof wheat Is a close second, being worth 117,000,000 a year, while the value of the lumber output is 118,000,000. Coal, gold and silver, fruit, cattle and sheep, wool and fish, all of which are produced In great abundance, fail far below, nor hardly equal In the aggregate, the wealth de rived from the forests. 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 timber trees of the forests tribu tary to Astoria are. In order of qual ity; Douglas fir, commercially known aa Oregon pine; hemlock, spruce and cedar. There ar 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 1G0 to 300 feet tail; 351 feet Is said to have been measured on one fallen tre In the coast mountains. Considerable noble fir, or larch, and some white pint ar found on the highest of the coast GREAT CITIES. 4 Therr Thai They Are a Slam ml Xallaaal DeraaleBeev , The djatrlbotlon of mauufurturc to ny country wouM be a mmt ctirioui tud, intt-restlng subject of atudy. The ilrat tiling to atand oat couplcuotnly In tlic Inveatigatloii would t the grad nal tendencjr toward concentration it ihe larger" citlen and the gradual reces sion of manufactures ouUlde them Certain smrtlona of tbe country are fuli of decay lag communities, once active, but from which tbe chief Industrie bare been withdrawn. If Jnvestlgitlon disclosed the fact that certain center of manufacture bad become such Uiroogh tbe powtwalon of pre-eminent natural advantages, sucb a condition would be easily explained; but, la fact, natural advantages hare comparative ly little to do with the matter. A country consisting mainly of large cities with merely incidental rural pop ulation has taken a long step toward Onal disintegration. Moreover, even if actual disintegration Is not Imminent there exists the curious and anoma lous condition of a community In which the transportation and distribution of commodities are tbe predominant eie- f menu, In which producer and consumer stand at the ends of a long cham of Intermediaries. It Is bad enough In this respect even at present, but every step toward further concentration of Industry -and population makes it worse. No country in which the pro ductive forces are steadily being sub ordinated to an Intricate (and, upon the whole, wasteful) mechanism of distri bution can long remain prosperous. Dr. Louis Bell In Engineering: Maga zine. t : IMPROVISED NITROGEN. Wkit !( Wkea LrdM mm Slatllar Caaa4a EIo4e. When left alone to Its natural func tions nitrogen pursues a perfectly peaceful course, but when man suc ceeds In capturing It and combining It with other elements tt becomes a dire potentiality for evlL Tbe love of free dom, so to speak, characteristic of nl troRen is terribly exemplified in the ex plosion of tbe bomb In which It Is Im prisoned and bound to other elements. Oa the slightest provocation a spark, a shock, a fuse the nitrogen suddenly expands from seemingly nothing as re gards the space which It occupies into Infinity. This Is In reality what bap pens when dynamite, lyddite or other unstable nitro compounds explode when hurled In shells in warfareand In bombs In desperate attacks on human lives. Nitrogen, against Its natural dis position, is locked up In an uncongenial space In these compounds, from which It Is set free by very simple means In an enormously expanded gaseous state with deadly effect, returning In fact to Its normal peaceful mission once more. It Is the analogue of the sword and. tbf plowsliar: in ttje nitro expU mountains, but little near Astoria. The spruce, of the ttdeland species, Is found only on the west slopes Tf the coast mountains. It attains a diameter vary- nng from about an average of six feet .to IS 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. Yet 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 ot timber production 20,000 feet to the acre are ollowed. 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'snd Manufacturing. Although manufacturing Is aa yet in Us Infancy In Astoria, more than 4300 persons are employed In the institu tions now doing business here. The salmon Industry employs by tar the greatest number of persona, but the seasons extend over a period of only about six months, and at other times UhftSA ftnrfLff-lnff In It fnllnw ntha, linAa of pursuit. The lumbering industry. Including box factories, barrel factor ies, etc., Is rantdly 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 ot 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 33,000,000 Is Invested In manufacturing plants here, while the value of the yearly product exceeds 18,500,000. In ail, 4341 persons ar em ployed, receiving annual wages that aggregate 32,059,000. Salmon Induatry. 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 haa yielded 375,000.000, nearly all ot which has been placed in circulation In this cfty. Where Other crops have failed, the salmon supply has maitnalned Its average of production, and in this re spect can be classed as one of Oregon's the Weekly Astorian. sire nftrr,g(n Is ffie modern engliuFof warfare and crime; In the free atate la tbe atmosphere It ministers directly tt tbe quiet and peaceful needs of plant and human life. London Lancet Turn Ttrtirm mt Hoary Clar. An Engllsliman who traveled In the United States In tbe early part of th last century visited Washington and described Henry Clay as follows; "Ha la tall, thin and not a very muscular man; bis gait Is stately, but swinging, and his countenance, while it indicates genJaa, denotes dissipation. Though therw is want of rapidity and fluency la his elocution, yet he has a great deal of lire and vigor In his expres sion. When he speaks be is full of animation and earnestness; his face brightens, bis eye beams with addi tional luiter and his whole figure In dicates that he is entirely occupied with the subject on which hi elo quence is employed." , Bent Bet Double. . 1 knew no one for four weeks when I waa sick with typhoid and kidney troubles," writes Mrs, Annie Hunter, of Pittsburg, Pa. . "And whea I got better, although I bad one of the best doctors I could get, I was bent doable, and had to rest my hands on my knees when I walked. From th'ie terrible affliction 1 was rescued by Electric. Bitters, which restored my health and strength and now I can walk as straight as ever. They are simply wonderful" Guaranteed to cure stomach, liver and kidney dis orders; at Charles Rogers' drug store; price 60c. U taken this spring, keeps you well summer. It makes the little ones eat, sleep and grow. A tonic for the whole family. HollUter's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets at Frank Hart' drug store. -3 rn SPICES, (V C0FHEJEA BAtfK 13 POWDER, FLiOlliriG EXTRACTS tadurttatfty. Finest favor, Ortatttr Shfr$h, Eewor&bk rVksj CLOSSETaDEYESS PORTLAND, OREGON. ' greatest resources. The annual salmon yield of th Co . lumbla river Is valued at 33,000,000. The spring fishing season lasts only about four months from April 15 to August 25 so It means 3750,009 monthly to thos interested in It and those who live at and near th seat of the Industry. The Dairying Industry. Dairying in Clatsop county Is In its 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 tereat In th breed and care ot stock. With the genuine butter cow, such ss few here have as yet, much better results may be obtained, though even, now the luxurient pasturag enables the cows to furnish an abundance of rich milk, with mora 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 hi cents per pound for butter fat; and the cows yield, under good care, about 225 pounds of 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 darlea ar being started. Ever-grOwing grass and the best market in the worM mafc this an Inviting field for those who understand the care of cows. All the Oregon coast country, espe cially that near the mouth of th Co lumbia river, is very similar to ther great dairying sections of Europe, such as Denmark, Holland and the Channel Islands. The winters, however, ar milder and the summers dryer. The lands best adapted to grass- growing are the tldelands, which are 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 310 per acre. By diking large tracts by machinery with steam dredges the expense may be reduced, and more substantial dikes erected. One acre of tiduland has been shown to be ample for keeping one cow the entire year. There are still In Clatsop county about 20,000 acres of ttdeland to be diked, much of It being easily cleared after the diking 1s done. This is no experiment as many of the best dairy farms have been made on diked tide-land.