THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST tg, 1906.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
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Official paper of ClttUop county and
the City Of Astoria.
WEAIHER.
Western Oregon,
Washington Fair and
except near the coast.
Eastern Oregon,
Washington, Idaho Fair
Continued warm.
Western
cooler.
Eastern
and
car of abundantly and comfortably and
evory hour of their itay will be made
memorable by the manifest goodwill of
a whole city centered in the custody
of a group of committees who know- their
business thoroughly and do their duties
I gladly. Her gates are wide open I
has the triple welcome ready for the
world, and the world is on it way here!
EVERYTHING.
There is a great difference in the
haying tools used by the farmer now
adays and those used by their fathers,
Thirty or forty years ago the only hay
cutting tool was the scythe and then
there was a wooden hand rake and the
steel tined pitch fork to make wp the
implements for taking care of a valu
able crop. There was a lot of hard work
connected with swinging the scythe
through a King haying season, and men
took great pride in their record and skill
as good mowers. Today mowing with
a scythe is practically a lost art.
few of the older men in a farming
community can properly hang a scythe
and lay a awath of timothy or clover,
but the men of the present generation
would make a sorry job of cutting even
a ton of hay with a scythe. We now
have splendid mowing machines, spring
steel-toothed rakes, hayloader, hayten
ders, and hay stacker, all run by horse
power-. Grandfather's only hayloader
and hay-stacker was the simple pitch
fork and it required much skill and
muscle to transfer a crop of hay of a
hundred tons from the meadow to the
mow. Great is modern invention and
the question naturnly arises, will there
be as much difference in the work in the
hay field in the next thirty years as the
past thirty years have developed.
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PORTLAND'S PRESUMPTION.
. When nature framed up the superficial
contour of the earth, as the same Is
now hemmed by the State lines of Ore
gon, she was not prodigal of seaports,
leaving but one real, natural, convenient,
adequate port in all that territory, to
wit, Astoria; which, by juxtaposition, ex.
tent, depths, and all marine require
ments is the harbor, par excellence, of
the American Pacific coast, barring, of
course, San Francisco. Just why Port
land should arrogate to herself the dis
tinction of being a seaport requires' so
wild a stretch of imagination as to baf
fle most men. That she is a fine, grow
ing prosperous, commercial city, with
a splendid future before her, no one will
deny; but that she is a seaport, an act
ual marine city, either by contiguity or
adaptability, there are plenty to deny,
and among them the Astorian, and the
people it stands for. That she has been
able by an adept use of her prestige at
home, at Wwdiin-ton, il:i 1 al otbc ef
fective pcints, to beguile a certain per
centage of ocean traffic up 90 miles of
one river and twelve miles of another,,
does not, and can never make her a sea
port a-d the day is breaking tnat shall
hcralj her disconvorhire on this score.
With fne thousand m'hs of navigable
water in the Columbia and water-level
railways paralleling it from the high
est sources of development, the commer
cial world Is awakening to the tremen
dous fact that Astoria is the logical ter
minus for the export, over-sea business
south of Puget Sound and north of San
Francisco, and to the energizing influ
ence of railroads that are building away
from Portland, is this vital lesson due.
Topographicaly, Astoria is identical
with New York, only lesser in land
cope, and greater in water dimensions;
having a fine bay on either side of a
peninsula,' the westerly point of which
is just ten miles from deep blue Pacific
water; and continuing the likeness, she
lies at the mouth of even a greater water
way than the noble Hudson, or the
Columbia surpasses that stream in lati
tude and volume, as the Hudson over
shadows the Columbia in population,
husines, wealth and development.
, You cannot blindfold the world for
ever. The day of realization and reason
and right judgment must come; and in
this particular and fateful issue it is
dawning swiftly, Portland, with all her
diplomacy, wealth and enterprise, to the
contrary notwithstanding!
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WELCOME, THRICE WELCOME!
Astoria has a happy fame abroad for
the spontaneity of ordinary good cheer
in the reception of the visitors, who
flock daily, within her gates, on busi
ness bent, and her "glad hand" is known
everywhere for the genuine friendliness
of it. But tomorrow she puts forth both
hands, each with a Regatta grip, the
earnest tenseness of which means the
uttermost she has to offer by way of
cordinl hospitality. She will be on dress
parade and for three days will give
herself over to the pleasant exigencies
of her notable festival, and her welcome
will have the twelve-fold energy and im
pulse of the accumulated "annuals" for
which she li renowned. We do not care
how many conic ; they will be taken
The rural mail routes were estab
lished for the benefit of rural homes
r in other words, the farmers. They
have proven a greater benefit and bless
ing to the farmers than was anticipated
br the most sanguine. A farmer who
has once enjoyed the advantages of the
rural mail service would hardly know
how to live without it. It did not come
to the farmer, however, until he had
many times earned it. The farmers are
our heaviest taxpayers. What property
they have is in plain sight and is taxed,
while the city man, at least many of
them, who deals in notes and bonds, is
enabled to hide his wealth from the
assessor. For a quarter of a century
the mail has been carried to the city
home, not once, but many times each
day. Finally the big heart of Uncle
Sam ha reached out to the men who
feed the world.
Government reports indicate a con
tinuance of the prosperity which the
country has experienced for several
years. The grain crop of 1906 con
tents the farmers. The total wheat crop
is estimated at 76O.0OO.0OO bushels, an
increase of about 10 per cent over last
year. The corn crop is estimated at z,
650,000,000 bushels. Other grains, ex
cept oats, show an increase. This means
that the farmer will have more money
to spend and all lines of trade will share
in the benefit of abundant harvests.
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Hay is going to be high in price this
year, and because of that, special pains
should be taken to save plenty of good
corn fodder. Horses and young cattle
can be brought through the winter in
splendid shape if they have access to
properly matured corn fodder. Don't de
lay cutting it until the leaves are dry.
When the corn is nicely dented, it is a
good plan to put it in shock, or into
the silo for that matter.
The sugar beat industry in the Unit
ed States has grown enormously and
has a promising future. There are at
this time 62 factories with a capacity of
40,550 tons a year, which distribute
annually $26,300,000 among farmers and
pay to workingmen $13,500,000 in
wages. There are now building 12 fac
tories with a capacity of 9,150 tons.
Harvest hands are getting from $2
to $2.75 a day in the Northwestern
wheat fields and a cry goes up for 20,
000 moremen. The demand is not only
from the harvest fields, but also from
the railroad companies because of ex
tensive construction work.
Fifteen thousand men are needed in
Minnesota, Iowa and the two'Dakotas
to harvest the crop and about a thou
sand are available. The wages offered
by the farmers range from $1.75 to $3.00
a day and board, but the jobs go begging-
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Upward of 250,000 acreg are devoted
to grape culture in California, which
State produces more than two-third of
the entire grape output of the country,
the annual production of wine being over
30,000,000 gallons.
The Canudian harvests are Incredibly
rrcut and the farmers hi crying for
help to gamer the grain as badly as
are American farmers,
BRING YOUR
Pretty
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Small
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Girl
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Twin
Babies
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1 to 5 P. M.
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LADIES' RECEPTION ROOMS
Directly Bac Griffin's Store
ENTRANCE FREE.
BABIES CAN BE ENTERED UP
TO LAST MINUTE.
EECMAM'S
FILLS
Th
fir t Thing
In the
Morning
The hnphaiard use of a remedy
will never discover its cflicney. Try
Bcccham'i Fills morning and night,
and note the improvement in your
health. v
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Last Thing
at .
Might
Sold Everywhere la boxes 10a and 26a
EECIIAU'S
PILLS
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 28,-William
Hoch, proprietor of a saloon, was killed
by electricity in his barroom by a shock
from an incandescent lamp while pre
paring to close his place last night. Hoch
mounted a chair to reach the switch
of an electric light over the bar. As
his hand came into contact with the
button he doubled up, pitched forward
across the bar and rolled to the floor
dead.
A witness of the accident explained
the manner of Hoch's death to the po
hoe, and to illustrate the occurrence
mounted the chair and touched the
same switch. He received a shock that
felled him senseless to the floor and
physician had difficulty in reviving him.
Summer Diarrhoea in Children.
During the hot weather of the aummer
months the first unnatural looseness of
a child's bowels ahould have immediate
attention, so aa to check the disease
before it becomes serious. All that U
necessary is afew doses of Chamberlain's
Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
followed by a dose of Castor oil to
cleanse the system. Rev. M. 0. Stock
land, pastoi of the first M. E. Church of
Little FalW, Minn, writes: "We have
used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for ((Jveral years
and find it a very valuable remedy, es
pecially for aummer disorders in chil
dren." Sold by Frank Hart, leading
druggist. aug
It is hard to realize that until five
years ago durum or macaroni wheat was
practically unknown in America; it was
despised by our millers until a year or
so ago.
Stomach Troubles and Constipation.
No one can reasonably hope for good
gestion when the bowels are consti
pated. Mr. Cha-s. Baldwin, of Edwards-
ville, HL, says, '1 suffered from chronic
constipation and stomach troubles for
several years, but thanks to Chamber
lains Stomach and Liver Tablets am
almost cured." Why not get a package
of these tablets and get wey and stay
well? Price 25 cents. For sale by Frank
Hart .leading druggist, aug
The harvest ' is plenty, but the la
borers are few. With all the improved
machinery of the nineteen centuries, the
harvest conditions are not much differ
ent after all.
Cures Sciatica
Rev, W. L. Riley, L. L. D., Cuba, New
York, writes: "After fifteen days of
excruciating pain from sciatic rheuma
tism, under various treatments, I was
induced to try Ballard's Snow Liniment;
the first application giving my first re
lief and the second entire relief. I
can give it unqualified recommendation.
25c, 50e, $1.00. Sold by Hart's drug
store.
A large percentage of the bailey and
oats -throughout the Northwest is ma
terially injured each season by being
tied into too large bundles, and shocked
in compact shocks when the gmin is
too green.
Herbine
Renders the bile more fluid and thus
helps the blood to flowj it affords
primpt relief from biliousness, indi
gestion, sick and nervous headaches, and
over-indulgence in food and drink.
0, L. Caldwell. Agt. M. K. and T. R, R..
Checotah, Ind. Ter., writes, April 18,
1903: "I was sick for over two years
with enlargement of the liver and
spleen. The doctors did me no good,
nd I bad given up all hope of being
cured, when my druggist advM me to
use Herbine. It has mad me sound and
welt." 600, Sold by Hart's drug store, J
FOR THE BABY SHOW.
The ladies having in charge the Baby
Show for the Regatta wish to announce
that they are ready to receive appli
cations for babies from 0 months U
two years of age, and desire to have
the names sent In as soon as possibl
in order to make arrangements for
space. A number' of handsome prises
will be given. A postal addressed to
Baby Show Committee, Regatta Head
quarters, will be sufficient. There will
be no entrance fee at all. The show will
be held in the Hess Restaurant room on
Eleventh street, back of Griffin's book
store. ' ' t.t.
ARE m GOING W PAINT
THIS FALL
PAINTING IS ALWAYS EXPENSIVE AND YOU WANT TO
BAYS IT DONE AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE. WHERE ARB
YOU GOING TO ECONOMIZE? BY BUYING A CHEAP PAINT
AND SAYING A TRIFLE IN THE BEGINNING OR BY USING
Patron's Sun-Proof Paint
WHICH LOOKS BETTER AND LASTS LONGER, '
B. F. ALIEN S SCN
SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO.
has moved to 172 Tenth street, with a
complete line of new machines. We also
have a few slightly damaged machines at
a bargain, phone Black 2284. tf.
CASTOR I A
lor Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
$9$
Unprecedented
Success of
THE GREAT
CHINESE DOCTOR
Who is known
throughout the United
Tsjy -j staws on account oi
ihl wonderful cures.
No poisons nor drugs used. He guaran
tees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung and
throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness,
stomach, liver, and kidney, female com
plaints and all chronic diseases.
SUCCESSFUL HOME TREATMENT.
If yon cannot call write for symptom
blank and circular, inclosing 4 cents in
stamps.
THE C. GEE WO MEDICINE CO.
102 First St, Corner Morrison,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Please mention the Astorian
pj?j)DVtB5)51
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COFFEE,TEA,
BAKING POWDER,
FLcn:;: 5 EXTRACTS
Abolure Purity, finest Flavor,
Greater Srrenjfh. Gieasonablc PrRi
CLOSSET&DEYERS
r PORTLAND OREGON.
Can Sell Your Real Esfoieor Business
NO MATTER WHERE LOCATED
Properties and Business of all kinds sold
quickly for cash in all parts of the
United States. Don't wait. Write to
day describing what you have to sell
and give cash price on same.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
any kind of Business or Real Estate
anywhere, at any price, write me your
requirements. I can save you time and
money.
DAVID D. TAFF,
THE LAND MAN
415 Kansas Avenue.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
SEASIDE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lewis &C0m Druggists
Full line of drugs, souvenirs, stationery,
confectionery and soda waters, Office
of Dr. Lewis at drug store, Bridge street
end of the bridge.
SEASIDE, ' OREGON.
New building, New Furniture, 100 Rooms
COLONIALIIOTEL
' IJNDSLEY & SON, Proprietors
Modern and Up-to-Date
Electric lights, hot sod eold water;
free bus to all trains. Rata, $2.00 per
day and up.
SEASIDE, OREGON.
The Art of Fine Plumbing
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has progressed with the development of the science of
sanitation and we have kept
pact with tha ImDravemenu.
Hit, you f Or Is your bathroom one of
the old bshkned, unhealthy Und f
II yx art sdH ua!n the closed In"
fixtures of ten jreara ago, It would be well
to remove ihem and Install In their itcad,
snowy white 2taiat4" Porcelain Enam.
eled Ware, of which we have samples
displayed In our showroom. Let ui quote
you prices. Illustrated catalogue free.
!, A. Montgomery, Astoria.
: THE UNION OAS ENGINE COMPANY
Marine and Stationary Gas and Gasoline Engines.
. WE ARE NOW FILLING ORDERS
FROM OUR NEW WORKS. WRITE
US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE.
F. P. Kendall, General Sales Agent.
Si-M Front St, Portland, Or. s,
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LAGER
BEER
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
K8TAllLI8IIi:i) IHHtt.
Capital $100,000
J. Q. A. B0WLBY, President. CRANK PATTON, Cashier.
0. I. PETERSON, Vloe-Preaident J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier.
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid In 1100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits IM.0U0.
Transact a General Bunking Uu.lnan. Interest Paid on Tim Deposits
168 Tenth 8trt,
A3TOKIA, OREGON,
Sherman Transter Co.
JHENHY SHERMAN, Manager
Hacks, Carrlages-Baggsge Checked and Tranfcrred -Trucks ard Furniture
Wagons Pianos Movsd, Boxed snd Shipped.
433 Commercial Street
Phone Main 121
ilSilli
Steam Cleaning; and Dying a Specialty. Special Attention Given to ladies'
Work. All Work Called for snd Delivered.
7a NINTH STREET
CARL BREON '
ASTORIA, OREGON.
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ih4 USEFUL A vn imeiiiJil;.-.- .
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL wrns!
IKON WORK of ALL KINDS. R3 Flanders
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