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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1906)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY f, ifroo. THE MORNING ASTOR1AN. ASTOIIIA. OREGON. You Add to the Family Saving Fund When You Buy ' "QUEEN ANN FLOUR" You will always luv good htui and psetry Mid oflafactlon through out lit household. Try a sack and jf 't your moury back if you don't Ilk it. ' j$vi2 ROSS, HIGGINS . Co. THE RELUBLI CKOCESS o TEISS TALES OF TBI TOWN MR. CRATES APPOINTED. Editor of Budget Succeed Mr. Hamblet . oa Park Commission. The . xihit tnrnt of Ml". John E. Gratk. editor' tb Aatorlan Budget, to th putt of eommlioner on tbe At tori Park CeminUlon, vice Mr. Hurry Hamblet, resigned, reached tUU city yesterday and 11 becoro operative to day. It U duly slgnd by Hon. Thomas A. M. Jrld, of tbo Ctmilt Coqrt and li In til irays correct and creditable, both in tbo matter of nomenclature and of the man upon whom It confer the dig nlty. Tb park commission ond Mr. Grslk ats both to b congratulated. Valentin at Svsnson's. It win not pa? kP bouM( pay help, froctry bill, fuot bills, and many ether Incidentals, bn you cat get ftnf. airy, wU-furulhd, and slssm-beaud looms with board ot "Hot! Irving." THE HORSE BUCKED. A party by (ha nam of Starr thought to avail biiUMlf of the beautiful weath er yU rlT and Indulge in a kntehat-V ride, but Ibo animal bo hlrrd bad othrr nntiona on tbo subject. .!ut in front el tbo roddo Baksry b burked o suc cessfully that bla rider was thrown vio Untly to tb roadway and was m what badly bruised by tb uddn un sealing to which ha ww euhjeeted to which h w subjected. Th Horse trot .' ted. awlftly berk to th, lyn from whence bo cam, ooooooooooooo Strictly Fresh t Ranche Eggs 30 Cents PerDoz. JOHNSON BROS. GOOD GOODS. 118 m Twelfth St. Aatorla, Or. 3OO0O000o6o 000000000009 -J ARB YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR PUBL? KIM COAL Gives More Heat for the Money Than Any Other Fuel. Try It. IN LARGE LUMPS OR IN SACKS 'Phone Orders to Main 1961 ELMORE & BITTEN BY A D00. Tbo young n of Mr. and Mi. Wal ter Jtklalgh while playing In front of bit borna yesterday, fill, It tb( course of play, ood nhll he was down.; wa art upon by o lurg. dog. mM to bo the property of J. A. Festobend, ond badly blltea on tbe band. Ho won taken In tantly to Dr. J. A. i'ulton't oAo where all !bat wss necessary la th premise don for tbo liitlo fel low's tvliwf. . - i , i "Hotel Irving" li too -only stum bootol botol la Astoria. Soto wry res oonobl. Tbo mBitr of Hotl Irving" wlab to anaounco that tbo botol dining room la now opn to tbo public Good cooking and splendid service. Prko is conto per nwaL Special rate to permanent guests. FUNERAL YESTERDAY. Tit funeral of Albert fchluder who illnl Saturday at Knappa, tk place yesterday fternn in Knappa. The deceased we M yeaie of age. BURIED YESTERDAY. Yesterday afternoon th funeral of Mix Tin Indergaard took place from th Norwegian Etanifrlt.-al l.ulhern church at 1 o'clock, Iter. KorenMin, of- llciatintf. lb inlennrnt wa in Crren wotI ceineUry, VALE, THE ROSCIANS. Lat nlt'M t the Star the nwrian 0irr Company eoiw-ludcd brbf a on In thi city, hih, depite the bir (lr that detfiyed their nrt(,Hnl habi tat here, wa none the le enjoyable. The penpl of .t.loii will alwaya plea antly remmbr the RiXrlans mt only for the fortitude and pluck they ovim-ed under dirtlruttiea, but for th gvnulne ne of their profenl work. They did n't tlur a in,-1e not nor acrne of I he four oera they treMnted here, and thi-y leave thi mctninp, in full pfe lon of th frank and cordial commen dation of thin community, at artlt of conplcuou merit and true to th utter limit of their contrarte. From top to bottom th-y have aulllrd tliemelvir finely and a relarn enpape ment her will l0 pie -ted with dUUnct pit-m ur at any time. Common Coldi ar th Caua of Many Serloua Dlaeaaea. Phy.i. Iun who have irnined nationul reputation a analvata of the rain of arii)ii diexae, claim tli.it if catchinj; cold could be avoided a Ion 8 ll-t of dan Kcmtia ailment would never be beard of, Kxery one known that pneumonia and coiKiimptbin originate from a cold, and chronic atarh, broticliitia, and all throat and lung trouhlo ar aggravated and rendered more aeriou hr each frch attack. IVi not rlk your life or take chance when you have a cold. Cham ber! in' Omjili ltcinedy will cuiw It before thi- dieae develop. Thi minedy contain no opium, morphine or other harmful drug and h thirtr year of reputation back of it, gnined fir ita cure under every condition. For Hal by lavid Infrram. ale by Frank Hart ond leading drug- gi'ta. COMPANY BIT OF BIOGRAPHY Sumnfary of Career of Captain A. M. Simpjon. PILUR OF LUMBER TRADE Sailor and MUtman and . a Sucata at Both Properties Ho Hi Acquired and Built Up Aged, But Hal and Active Y.t. The follow tng Interesting atary of a noUUlo carw-r, and of a w' wb bat b-n known in AatorU for many yeare will I red with avidity by people to wbom life ttorie mean oometbing and eei-ially in th liht of their penon- al knowledg of the man bimeelf. Tbe c). ver bit of peraonal liUtory t takea from th but Imim of tbe Pacific Lum ber Trado Journal, an authority ,on all nuch ttiattera and thoroughly iwpomd- bio when It come to fa t, figure and liltory in tbo lumber line. , "Iteplaiing the mill dtroyed by flr on June Kith laat, th mill of tbo Simp on Lumber Company piad it Brat run on December 0, aawlng about 50, mni fn-t of liinilH-r a a tryout for the marbinery. Kverj-tbing went off witb out o bitch and Captain A. M. Mmpaon ha certainly produced th bent aw- mill in bit tlfty-flv year of aawmill iHveaa on tbe Pacific Cat. -Tb frame of the mill U 208 feet buiir and 73 feet wide. For a bead aw it ha a Filer dSloell ten foot band., Ther alo i a band rwiw, an Alii eijjlit foot poney r-Mw, an Alii A Cbalmer edp-r and a lab lahed in th aawing equipment. Th climat ed capacity i KMi.rwat feet of lumlx-r a dav. Power i furnlhed by a battrry of eitbt hih pieur boiler and a pair of Atla 22x27 twin engine. The tranmlion macliinery wa furnithd by th Chlloner & I'erkin Company. Tii mbinery thrmighout ia about th brt lnoiM-y could buy and practi cal exieti-iK could place. "The Br which de.tro.ved th mill did not burn tbe kiln or planer hcda, but iiotwithetanding thi, while th new building wa going on, the opport unity waa erUcd to nmk few minor improvemenU in then depart ment a1o, o that the Simpon l.um Iter Coniiany i now in fin luipo to rYMiuie the gixnl rail and (wrj.ni trade to which the mill waa rutting prior to June Id laat. Th plaining mill 1 well equipped, having a llerlin itiide moulder, a Ilcrliit double aurfawr, n Ilovt match er, and a J. A. Wood, matcher of th laleat niake. Power for thi de partment come from an 1H20 Atl engine, "Joja1 "W, If. Boner, reofniwil a one of the mot able and experienced man ufacturera on the coa-t, continue a general manuser of the new mill. "le-.pite hi advanced ae the found er of th great SuiipMiii Lumber Com pjnv take, a very active mrt in the huaineo. "Cat. A M. Simpton i certainly a moil r ninrkaldf man. II wa liroiight up in tb ahip tilHinc, a well a hi father ami bi father' fath er befor him. They bad an .extenaive hip building plant at the junction of th AmhoM-oggin and Kenneliec river in Maine, "A. M. Simpoii w Ihh ne in Unina- wick, Maine, in 1K2U. After obtain iyt bia education in the chool of that city he followed liipbuilding until twenty-three year of age, when in J 8 lit, ha and other of Drtinawick tackled the unique proposition of tak ing a cargo of lumber, from that port around the Horn to San Franclco. Each ot the crew had an intoie.t amounting to on tbirty-tecond. Tbo ihip Bir mingham reached the Golden Goto early in after a five month' voyage. and the ahip'a company choM Capt Simp ton to take charge of th Kite of the caiyo. lie disponed of the vhipment at uoh a atifactory price that he began looking around for a source of aupply for more lumber for th San Fram-iaco market. "He finally contented himelf tempor trily with a ret'pil lumhtr yird in Stockton, and gov up th buin a eoupl of yoaro later) to a younger brother, A. W. Simpson. The enter prising young Yankee w determined to be a manufacturer and in 1IU2 he went to Attoria. Oregon, then a ainall settlement of trappers and fish ermen, employed by th Hudson Bay Company, and built th first iteam awmill in Oregon, there bca'ng but one or two other- sawmill in th state and they were lmth operated by water. Th mill bad a capacity of 12,000 feet of lumber a day. "Three year after b bought a mll achouru-r and engaged in carrying 1 from (." I!ay to San Franrieco. and a be w the opnrtiiiiiLy for carrying lumbar on the lc-k over the coal cargo, be txiilt anotli-r aaamill at North licril, Oiegon, and slM.ut the same time became iiitertM.tJ n a ,Ui yard at that place. Tl-e following year he built tbe schooner Araga. "Tb mill of tb MmpMia Lumber Company at l'itipua, Oregon, waa re built in ltil, and wa afterward- burned . and rebuilt. About thirteen year ago thia mill at t'inMiia wa old and i now being operated by tlie (iardini-r Mill Company. In 170 tbe A'torl mill waa sold. "In W3 Capt. Kimpon beram in-terenti-d in the retlwond buine-. of California, establishing a mill at Crew-ent City, IVd Xorte county. Thi mill was burm-d and rebuilt. In 1&59 be purchased mill at Port Orchard fof aawing white cedar, but the follow ing year thi. milt, too, waa destroyed by fir and b did not rebuild. "it wa. not until' 1874 that Capt. Simpson' field of oHivity wa e&tend- ed to Wa-hingtoa. In that year be pur chased the mill of Knapp Grant k Com. peny, at Knappton, Voh., whk-b mill till i ri-ratmg. Xin year Uter be lierame interested on Cray' IIrVrf being aM-iatel with Col, George II. Kmerson in ImiMing the North Vestem l.umlier Coniany'a mill at Hcxpiiam. Karly in l!o Hr. Emerson and other purchased Capt. Rimpson'a interests. "About this time Capt. Simpson took over the mill on th Willap river at South Bend, which wa built by the Iliddell Hro. Aftr a few year the old mill was torn down and replaced witb a wore modern plant. Thia mill Is the on that burned on tbe night of June Irt, 190J. - "Cept. Simpson also built two bos fai-torie in San Francisco one of which was burned and rebuilt on a much larger scale and again rebuilt and converted into a furniture factory and planning mill nerating under the name of the San Francisco Milling A Lumber Company, It is owned entirely by the Simpson Lumber Company, which wa formed tome twenty-three year ago to hold tb many interest acquired by Capt. Simpson in the line of In mlsrr manufacturing. The Simpson Lumber Company now own saw mill pjant at South Bend and Knappton, Wash., North Bend, Ore gon, and Crewent City. California, bo- side having heavy interest in other redwood and augar pine manufacturing plants, A few year ago the Simpson LiiiiiW Company acquired a large In terest In the Mendocino Liimlier Com pany of Mendocino, California, which nun some 50,0(10 acre of good timber, much of whh'h i white cedar that l unsurpassed for shipbuilding purpose. Capt. Simpson ia the bead of a unru lier of other enterprr-, including tb Friend Terry Lumber Company,- operat ing a large yard at Sacramento; the Antiis-h Warehouse l.umlier Company, with a wholesale and retail yard at Antiis-h, California. The companies which Capt. Simpson i interested in manufacture upward of lou.OOO.uoO feet of liimlier a year." TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. Notice is hereby given that the county superintendent of Clatsop coun ty, will hold the regular examination of applicants for state and county paper at the Court House as follow: For Stat Papers. Commencing Wednesday, February 14. at 0 o'clock a. in., and continuing un til Saturday, February 17, at 4 o'clock, p. m. Wednesday Penmanship, history, sMlling, algebra, reading, school law. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physic, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography, men tal arithmetic, composition, physical geoometry. Saturuday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English literature, psychology. For County Papers. Commencing Wednesday, February 14. at o'clock a. m., and continuing until Friday, February 16, at 4 o'clock, p. m. First, Second and Third Crado Certi ficates. Wednesday Penmanship, history, or thography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arithme tic, school law, civil government. Primary Certificates. Weduesday Penmanship, arithmetic, orthography, reading. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching, physiology. EMMA C. WARREN, Supt. of Clatsop Co. If yo are looking for eery suite of rooms go to "Hotel Irving". Tbo not el Is equipped with all modem conwea tenceo. Well prepared and daintily serv ed meals un bo bad at s cents. From too Sublim to too Ridiculous Valentine at Svcnsoa'a. E David D'Angers Denied Her Char ter on Sound. PORTLAND DRAGS ANCHOR Something Doing On Local Waterfront Yesterday Steamers Down and Out Arrivals in From Sea Local Boats All Busy on Schedule. Balfour, Out brie t Co. will not load th French berk David d'Angs-ra, tb rcusrl which was towed up th eoast from Portland, with a grain cargo oa the Sound a bat been given out. A letter baa been received from Captain LeCroix, master of the David d'Angers, whk-h is still lying at Port Townsend, listing that the company declined to maintain tb charter because tbo em ft had reached her destination seven hour late. Tbe skipper explained, however, that tbe exporter offered to load her if the owner would pay them $730 for their tardiness. Thia proposition waa rejected. In hi letter th captain lays that if the vessel is not oon chartered to take out a cargo she will . leave in ballast, possibly beading for Sydney, Australia. The barkentine Portland came down on th Ques-n, yesterday, and went to an anchor in the city channel; but she wouldn't ataj there. About S o'clock li began to drag on tbe ebb, and for a little while it looked a though she was going to smash into the Flavel dock and everything mooned ther. Tb steamer Electro and Patrol were moved out of her way ami alio wa caught up by the Callender tug Cruiser just in time to avert trouble. Captain Skible hauled her to on off -shore and anchorage where her hook would bold and ber season of liberty wa over. Th "infant" sea-going craft of As toria, the Delia, came in from Xeetucca testerday, with cheese and salmon for a cargo, and tied up at tbe Elmore pier. The stesmer Alliance arrived down from Portland bite yesterday . after noon, after being fog-bound in the up per river for fc-n hours or more. She left out at once for Eureka and Coo Bay, The handsome barkentine James Tuft from San Francisco, crossed in yester day morning1 from San Francisco and was lucky enough to catch an immediate tow to Portland on the line of the Oklahima. The steamer Aureli cam in yester day morning, deeply laden with San Francis freight. She is doing ber own and tbe South Bay's busiues while the latter is on the dry dock at the Bay City. The fie-niated schooner Louis, of the Simpson fleet,- came in yesterday from San Pedro. She has been eagerly exiected for some time. She will load at the Knappton mills. t The burk Paramita caiik) down yes terday, lumler laden for Guaymas, Mexico, and will have out on the first available tide. The French ship Crillon. Captain Le Sage, from Valparaiso. Chili, is sup posed to le off the liar. She will prob ably come in today. ' The schooner W. F. Jewctt waa among the vessels crossing outwairl yesterday. She left for San IVdro. The steamer Homer came down and went to sea and San Francisco yester day morning. The British ship General Gordon Went W ar sol agents la. Astoria for tko Niagara Stove Works of Buffalo, N. T. Celebrated Stoves and Ranges u ' EI tip the riter ymterdsy on the hawser of tbe lisftest Queen. Tim si en met fssspatrfc came .town aad went to sea, late yct-rdy afternoon. Tbe barlb-ntine Aurora got away to se yesterday morning. THE CRISIS PASSED. Mrs. Margaret I. t'pshtir of thi city received s dispatch yesterday, from IIel ena, Montana, announcing that th crisis in the illness of ber son, park I'phur, bad been passed, and that rery indication now pointed to hi steady and timely recovering from the ickna that ha beset him. Hi many friends here wIU rejoice with bi another In the pfsipitioo turn his illness baa taken. Send her a valeatioe 8vroMa's Book Store sells them. The I'nited Swedish-America Broth erhood will meet at the Workmen'a Hal tonight at 7:30 p. m. a harp. SPECIAL CALL TO SUFFRAGISTS! Th Woman' Suffrage Association will bold a special meeting Monday, February 8th, at 1:0 . so. - All member are requested to bo present as ther i busine of import-' a nee to be acted upon. f By order of tb President. . T TO THI PUBLIC. . Notice is hereby given that tb As sembly Club, givjng dances at Lofsa't hall, ho engaged union musktaaS, Signed, ASTORIA MUSICIANS' UNION. TOUR XZX1. Never kovo to emit Ion at tbo Oc cident Barber Ebon. A. EL Priori, proprietor. WOODI WOOD! WOOD! Wo have moved to 338 Toatk street. corner of Grand avonao, and aaa t found ther at any time, for kaallnf and drsying purposes. B. C UoOTOSa. , Success k stamped on rrerp package. It is th moat successful remedy known. It make yon well and keeps yow weQ. That's what HolliaUr Rocky MouoUk Tea doe, 35 cent. Tea or Tabkta. Frank Hart, drwggiat Shorthand School Fartiee within to study shorthand! at private night school should call oa or adree Roy H. Koagy, Eolden Houae. Astoria, Ore. X. A. Ackerman, 421 Bond St, doss all manner of texWermy, furniture uphol stering, carpet cleaning and laying, mat trcao making a specialty and all worst guaranteed. MASSAGE, FINNISH METHOD. , Miss Olga Landen, Finnish graduate, room 6, Pythian building. Give mas sages, steam and hot baths. Phone Black 2165. Will calL ' NEWS ITEM. The agricultural and horticultural re sources of the Grand Valley, Colorado, are most entertainingly set forth in an attractive booklet, "The Little Empire of the Western Slope," now being dis tributed by the pass.-nger department of the Denver A Rio Grande Railroad." A GOOD THING TO ENOW. The stranger within Astoria' gate should know, as doe every- home dti sen, that the one place to properly feed one' self is th Palace Restaurant. The crvice, it the desk, in the dining room, in the kitchen, is as perfect as mean and experience can make it, and avaiV abl, day and night, the year round. Privat dining rooms for ladies; sod parties. Banquet ting equipment unsur passed. Call once, call alwav. Com mercial street, opposite the Page build ing THE ZENITH AND TIS STAR Every one guaranteed, WU! let yoM atand or sit on th oven door If yet wish. Prices reduced on all stove sal ranges till after the Holidays. 17, J, Scully 470-478 COMMERCIAL S1REET o