THE M011NING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA - OREGON.
TUESDAY, JURE ji, 1907.
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Fisher Bros. Company j
Sole Agents for
Barbour's and Finlayson's
Salmon Twine
and Netting
I Hardware, Iron, Steel and Ship Chand-
I lery. Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Brass I
J ; Goods, Paints, Oils, Glass and Hardwood t
Groceries
A Complete Line of Fishing, Cannery
Logger and Mill Supplies
1 Fisher Bros. Co.
616-550 Bond Street
f Astoria, - - Oregon
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SCO! BAY IRON & BRASS WORKS
AHTOKIA, OltF.OON "
IRCH (AND BRASS FOUNDERS1 LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
ltnU H Mill Machine!, From pi attention given to at. repair wort
18th and Franklin Ave.
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" Tel. Main Hl
WPererPatnrcr aaVS
fwhenpamtpeelaoff
and looks dead its a
X Tease of Sun stroke.
Paftons
unPiooiPttim
M waa never known f 0
k&m overcome by the Sun
. ': tfetbui'aAiiii.Pmnf Paint MmwMBta the oolv true
prlnolp) of aolenUUs palnwnakln. eomblnliiff th
iiihiMt dufrM of txtkutr with tha vreateat oovaHnf
iuii.lt and durahmt. It dix not km tta lUiLra.
' i)."(M U doea not pmL oraolt or oh&lk ofl.
j vdr' AlrJ Sand lor book anl color card (rr to Paw
ylA Jjjj ppa PAWt Co.. UK Street, MUweukae, Wl.
s- Allen Wall Paper Paint Company
' , Sole Agents;
Panama is Overshadowed By
the Reclaiming of an Empire
11th &Bond Sts.,
Astoria, Oregon
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
JOBN FOX. President
P. L. BISHOP, Secretary.
Nolaon Troyer, Vlce-Pre. and Supt.
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANfjJ. Trsaa.
., Designers and Manvfactarers oi j
THE LATEdT IMPROVED
Canning Machinery Marine. Engines and Boilers
Complete Cannery Outfits FurnlsfvJ.
CORRESPONDENCE 'SOLICITED, Foot of Fourth Street!
i STEEL & EWART
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS
In Business for Business and Toar Satisfaction.
Ve make it our aim to do first class work at
reasonable prices.
222 Twelfth Street. , Next to the Astoria Theatre.
CONSTANTLY In the lima light
of public at tent Ion, tha Panama
Canal baa received mora gratul-
tout aavrruning in nwpaira
and iimg.lm tbno any other
modem ntf rrl. Column after col
umn 1m brim devoted to tha mtnes
of tha work ta be pwformrd, Ilia great
ptiKlnwrlng oliotaclca to ba ovarcoma,
the anoiinoiii xMnlitura of money In-voK'i-il
to fimyWi tha dlUh, and It
flnanelal and ?iininerll iinportaiica to
when completed. In the brltf period
ilnra tha work wn begun tha country
ha been acraped a if with a fine tooth
comb for tha mot capable engineer to
conduct the construction and change in
nianaip rnenti bara been, mado ; with
utaKlitiK and amazing rapidity. j
Meantime, without the ostentation of
pectacular newepapcr headline, the
redemption of a vat empire in the West
under the niajjio tonch. of irrlgatioa i
well under way to a marvelou conc
iliation, Involving an expenae of about
11,800,000,000. aevan time ; the eitlma
ted wt of the 1'nnama Canal, Not
only tlila, biit la the neeary excava
tion work, the total when the twenty
U projtcta now approved ar comple-
Ud will lie many time more than the
133,000,000 cuble yarda refjulred for the
Panama .Canal Up to the pient time
h excavation work of the Reclamation
Service amount to 13,000,000 cubic
yard. And in varh-ty and difficulty
the engineering problem encountered
In reclamation work ar by no. mean
econd to thoae upon which o many
roputation have bees wrecked at tb
Isthniu. v
Orerahadow the Canal
And In commercial, financial, and In
duttrlal importance tha reclamation of
the arid Wot far ovemhadow the
propbecle of aven the nwt entbmia-
tlo of the canal advocate. Taking the
value of Irrigated land at $47, according
to the but ceueu, although it frequent
ly reacbe $1,000 an acre, when the work
of redemption la completed the taxa
ble property of the country will be In-
waned to $2,350,000,000, and new home
for 600,000 fara-ilie on farm and adja
cent village and town will be provi
ded. The twenty-ix approved project
for which fund are now provided will
add ot the crop-producing area of the
sountry a dUtrlct equal in U to Con
necticut, New Hampshire, Maachuielt
and Florida. Thi alone will increae
the yearly value of crop by about 00,
000,000, and add 1232,000,000 to the tax
ble property of the country.
A summary of the work done by tlie
Reclamation Service up to the preent
time make the digging of the Panama
nantial nrwurd which hi engineering
ablUtio would bring hint b private
life, content with th imall government
alary and the enduring monument to
hi memory which h i creating in the
W t't. lie carrie th detail of tb rait
work under hia charge at the tip of hi
ftngera, A newspaper crrrejKindent
recently bad occasion to ak bim about
the progre of the work on a minor
project in Montana, Without a mo
ment' hesitation, without referring to
a tingle report, or calling for clerk or
paper, Mr, Newell ttated tha number of
cubic yard of excavation, tha number
of men employed, the detail of the en
gineering problem encountered, with a
much circumtance aa if be bad been
the fiibprojcct engineer inxtead of the
chief engineer, of the aervke. It i tbb
imtiitery of infinite detail that urpried
the member of the Congreiotuil com
milta at a recent hearing on the appro
priation for reclamation work.
A Long lucky Fight
Mi". Newell wa born In Bradford,
Pa., March 5, 1802. He wa graduated
ill the engineering courie at the Maaa
athuett IriMtatuU of Technology, in
1885, and biter took a pout graduate
courae. Immediately after completing
hi oure he began profeonl work
in Colorado. Hure h came into direct
contact with practical irrigation work
upon a large acale. Ill atay in Colo
rado left deep and Luting impreuion
which wa reponib!e for hia accepting
minor poaition at hydraulic engineer
in tha Federal irrigation urvey of 1888
Tha formative atage of tbl new work
gave bim an excellent field for tha ex
ercie and development of hia capacity
for organization and . administration.
Throughout all the vicuitude which
th new bureau paed he never wavered
in bi purpose of doing everything tho
roughly, a trait which haa bad much to
do with hi aucce. ' .
Tha irrigation turvey bad but i
hort lease of life at tbl .time, aa Con
grvu failed to recognize it importance
and neglected to nuke an appropna
tion for the work after 1890. Author
ity, however, waa granter to continue
the meaaurment of atreama and the aa
lection and aurvey of reservoir sites.
Thi work waa placed directly under the
charge oi Mr. Newell. ,
Firmly believing that reclamation for
tha Federal government mut ultimate
iy be undertaken, Mr. Newell for eight
een year devoted all hi kill and ener
uie to the work of acquiring informa
tion concerning the resource and need
of the rid Weat. Aa a result he ha
first band information relative to eve-
TIRED AIIO SICK
YET MOST WORK
"Mm may work from net to un
Dot woman a mn
t- a Iimi that homai netat
and pretty, tha children wall dreaaed
and tidy, woman overdo and oftan
auffer in allenoa, drifting along from
bad to worse, knowing well that
they ought to bare help to overcome
tha palna and achaa whloh dally
make Ufa a burden. ,
It ia to tb woman that Lydl
E. Pinkham's VegeUbla Compound,
mada from native root and herbs.
eomeaaa.blaaaing. When tha nptr- fi AUG. LYON
tta are oopraaaaxt, in " 7 , .
aohaa, there are drsgging-dowa patna, Berroaanaaa, altwplaaarieca, and
reluctanos t go anywha.ro, Umm are only symptoms which nnlaaa
heeded, art aoon followed bj tha worst forma of Female Complaints.
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
keep tha feminine rganiam Ina strong aad healthy cendltkm. Itaoras
Inflammation, Uloeratkm. displacement, and organ l troribla. Ia
preparing for child-birth and to carry women safely through the Changs
of Life it is most efficient J ,
Mrs. Augnstoa Lyon, ot East Earl, Pa.. write- Dear Mr . Plnk-ham:-"For
a long time I suffered from female trouble and had ailklnde
of aches and pains la tha lower part -of back and aides. I mld not
eleep and had no appetite. Since taking Lydia E. Plnkham Vegetable
Compound and following the advice which yon gars me I feel Uka a
new woman aad I e&nnot pralae your medicine too highly.
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are torited to
writ Mrs Hnkham, at Ljma. Mass. Oot of bar '
perlence she proUWy haa the verr knowledge that will help yonr
case. jjr aaroi uw anu aiw;i
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Johnson's jz? j&
!: Wood Finishing Specialties
i: and Ornamental Hardwood Floors
urn maxe. a o.gg.ng o. ... " -rv tKit atrea.1 in the irrigation
Canal project aeem a small taak Th. ilnDortant and Taluable
con,p.riaon. The ' irrigation engineer. hu
have exhaled 567 mile, of from tnd ,proprill.
om. of the canal being lar f s wa4 lncreased t0 mO0O in 1802.
to carry whole river like the North . ,,. ,:,.., ...
Piatt. nd Truckee A total of 43 tun-
nel., nine and i jj long h ve m
been excavated, 214 bridge, built, 704, f (t fc , of th nec.
.tructures Inc hiding three great dams,. Um,J Jk without which
erected! 378 mile, of road wartroeW , ' . deUveJ
I l 1 rt0 llAa . .
inaccesiu.e reKlu"" vi(" xjun
of topographical urvey made, transit
tine extended over 18,877 mile, level
line run 24,218 mile .nearly ufflcient
to go around the earth; nine mile of
diamond drilling, and 1,010 buildings
erected. The service;! operating 23
mile of railway, with II locomotive
and 223 car. It ha 1154 horse and
mule at work, and uae 30 stationary
engine, 27 team pump, and ha In op
eration 5 electric light plant. It of
fice and field force include 10,000 men,
and the monthly expenditure of the
service now average a million dollar-)
a month.
Eight New Town.
Eight new town have sprung into
existence a the result of the work of
the Reclamation'Servlce, and 100 mile
of bmnch railroad have been .construct
ed into these district. Ten thousand
people have already built home 1n the
one-time desert, and every line of indus
try In the West ha ifdt tha Impetus of
increased demand. Great a will be
the acknowledged advantnge . flowing
from the construction of the Tanama
Canal, it will be many long year be
fore that entcrpvise can show even a
fraction of the profit that ha already
resulted from the work of reclamation
in the West. ,
The marvelous success of the glgan
tie work of desert redemption is due to
In no small measure to the splendid abll
it ics and sterling administrative quul
ideation of the chief of the Reclamation
Service, Frederick Huynes Newell. He
U a new type of the publij servant, 'and
in a resultant product of the best phase
of civil service reform. Of politic in
the discharge of hi duties he I abso
lutely Indifferent. A the work show,
no Federal bureau is freer from tlie des
olating taint of the political parasite,
and as a result, the service has the ef
ficiently of a great private business.
To the work of reclamation Mr, New-
for ieveml year. '
Government By Tha People.
Thee town will enjoy not only an
unlimited supply of good water for
drinking and domestic purposes, but in
may instances the irrigation work will
furnish plants for lighting and indus
trial planta for the operation of electric
railroada. It is noteworthy that the
cource of these publio utilities will in
every such case be in the band of the
Deoole. to whom the eovernmW . is
a '
pledged to turn over it Irrigation ay
terns, with the, exception of reservoirs,
ten ara after their completion.'
But the most important phase of the
rural getlement movement is the purely
social feature, which i calculated to
have the most extensive effect, not only
upon agricultural section but upon
congested . cities. ' The disproportionate
growth of our manufactures, approach
ing superfluity, is already exciting con
cern of our thoughtful economists. The
logical and only efficient remedy for thi
hypertrophy lies in enlarged develop'
ment of our agricultural resources and
proportionate increase of our agriculta
ral population. To this end the rural
setlemcnt movement cannot fail to con
tribute directly and by example.
The rural settlement must work to
ward the retention of the young people
on the soil, to which they properly belong
and check the undesirable move to the
cities. The farmer may have hia home
in the town, driving to and from his
work every day. But, if he prefers to
live upon bis land, the urban center
will be close at hand to himself and his
family. It school may be readily
reached by hia children, and hia wife
may take part in its social life.
Refinish Your Woodwork Furniture anl Floors.
Have you any Old Furniture or Woodwork to
' , refiniahT If ao, then by all mean reflnish them.
Make your Furniture and Wood harmonize by
, using .
JOHNSON'S PREPARED SPECIALTIES
' ",. See the following
JOHNSON'S PREPARED WAX
A complete Finish and Polish for all woods
JOHNSON'S POWDERED WAX
For Ballroom Floor ' - "
JOHNSON'S ELECTB1C S0L0O
For Removing Old Finish
JOHNSON'S WOOD DYES
For Artitie Coloring of Woods. Made in all ahades
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS.
I The Foard & Stokes Hardware Go.
"' ' Incorporated. '""
Successors ta Feet! h Stokes Cs
Ladies This is Something !
That will interest you. My entire stock of
trimmed hits must be sold. Trimmed hats
k from $1.00 to $7.00, nothing higher, nothing
lower. Remember the place. .
nSSSDV Mrs. Minnie Petersen.
A Good Workman is Known ty His Tools
A bad workman quarrels with hia tools, out even a food workman
quarrel with bad tools. K workman ever quarrels with tool bought of
Astoria Hardware Co
Nor will he quarrel with us for having aold them to hint. ' 1
Our reputation is made by sale added to sale. No one sale will make
or break ua; but the continued reputation of selling such good goods aa'we
do, you cannot afford to despise.
Astoria Hardware Co.,
113 12th St.
For the sake of justice to the
nfflicted and for tlie good of humanity,
it is my right and duty to recommend
Ilollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. We
, owe Our countrv and nur fellmvmen a
ell has devoted his talents and made duty. Xca or Tablets, 35 cents. Frank
it his life career, rejecting the large fl-Hart.
BUILD UP I
DRINK MALT I
f Star Brewery Special Brew i
Noted for it's
PURITY QUALITY
CLBAINLINBSS
A Great Appetizer, Equal to Imported Stout
$1.75: the dozen
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
587 Commercial Street
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