The morning Astorian., June 13, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907.
THE M011NING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
OLD OREGON TRAIL
Aged Pioneer Travelling to Oystor
Bay to See President
GOES IN PRAIRIE SCHOONER
Ein Meeker Hopci To Interest Boom
volt In Making Grind Boulevard of
tha Old Ortoa Trail Will Alio En
- dsaver To Purauadt Congress.
NBW YORK, Juus l2.-Krn Meeker.
XH WVOltK, June 13,-Kra Meeker,
of I'nyallup, Wah., who U travelling
to 0ter liny on a prslrls schooner
km In town yeMerday to nik ar
rariBrmeiila for the trip. nl He left hia
Vrhli'le,, which it drown by an Ox
team, In Buffalo, but will rejoin hi out.
fit to day. ' .4
Meeker, who went west la 1832 In the
tarn prairie seboone In which he la
now returning, hopes to Interest Pres
ident Roosevelt and throughout hi in
-the penp's of the eountry, lo making
a grand boulevard of the OM Oregon
trail. He wanta the ol.l mad between the
MinKourl River and the Taclflo eoat
hardy ploneen whose secrlflMM and en
terprln mail Urn settlement f Abe
West poible, lie experts to ak Con
gress to jia a bill at It next aeesloo
appointing the monew for the prelim
inary survey. : j; .,. ,i 1,.
TAUGHT THOMAS EDISON.
Body of Man Who Schooled Edlaoa In
Telegraphy Unclaimed la Morgue.
CHICAGO, Juna 12.-A dlnpatrh to
the Record-Herald from Detroit eayat
The body of John Thomaa, the man who
taught .Thomas A. Edison telegraphy
and thus atarted the latter on hla great
career a an electrician, Ilea jinelslmed
In a morpo In thla city, Thomas died
on Sunday. As far aa is known, hi
only relatives srs hla divorced wife and
tlwir daughter. Shortly before hla death
Thomas told the awry of hla awiualnt
a not with ths great Inventor, which
began when Thomse waa a telegrapher
at Fort Gratiot, Mich. Bdlon waa altout
18 years of age at that time and wa
selling papers on trains.
CALVE III MEXICO.
NEW YORK. Juno 12.-Enimn Calve
will aing for the Drat time in Cuba and
Mexico next year. Beginning with Oc
tober S he will make a tour of thla
country. Later In the season he will
visit the two Southern countries.
CALIFORNIA NORTHEASTERN.
Harriman fiuah Work On Portland-San
Francisco Line.
SAN FILA.Va.SCO, June 12. K. II.
Harriman la ruihlng work on the Cali
fornia Northeastern Railway, which
when completed, Will form part of an
other Una between tbia city and Port
land. It I to be 60 miles in length and
will extend from Weed, a station , on
ths Mount Shasta Route in Siskiyou
county to Klamath Falla, Ora. Twenty,
five mllea are In operation and 20 more
are about flnlhed. At Klamath Falla it
WMWrrWtrWvWfTtTfmTtfe
it
alaried Men
No man ever got rich on a salary. If it is your lot in life to work on a salary it is no sign that
you shall have no more than your salary allows you. '
WHAT SHALL YOU DO?
Buy a piece of property that will increase in value, one that you can buy on a small payment down and a
amount each month. You'll never miss it and almost before you know it you'll own a handsome piece of
erty that while you are paying for it will have increased in value almost 100 per cent.
small
P"p-
The adeve is a cut of what is conceded by all who have seen itt the handsomest peice of residence property in the city
of Portland. It is high and level, affords a view of the whole city of Portland. The lots are selling like hot cakes from
$450.00 TO $600.00
$40 down and $10 per month. This includes all street improvements, including Bull Run water, cement walks and curbs
all paid for. Building restriction $1500. The above prices will increase $50 per lot June 15th and will all be sold be
fore July 1st. Over one half sold in 10 days. Take our advice and buy at once. Full particulars at this office.
Columbia Trust Company,
Z Astoria Savings Bank Building, Astoria.
Couch Building, Portland
It to connect with ths Oregon Kant em
Railway, a lln that Is to be 200 miles
long. Ilia new road la to atart from
Natron, a at at Ion on the Mount Shasta
Una in Oregon and runs eoutheaeterl)
to Klamath Falla.
On these two roads Ilarrlman is spend
ing $10,000,000.
Fisher Bros.. Company
, : Sole Agents for
Barbour's and Finlayson' s
almott Twitie
and Netting
j Hardware, Iron, Steel and Ship Chand- !
i lery. Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Brass
x Goods, Paints, Oils, Glass and Hardwood
CSroceries
A Complete Line of Fishing, Cannery
Logger and Mill Supplies
I Fisher Bros. Co. f
546-550 Bond Street
Astoria, - - Oregon
REGATTA AT POUGHKEEPSIE.
Eight Oared Crews Catheriag Tot Races
on the Hudson.
NEW YORK. June 12.-The end of
this week will aea assembled near
1'oughkefpnie on the Hudson, the great
est gathering of elght-oared crews in
the history of intercollegiate rowing In
this country. Tenna haa arrived
Joining Cornell and Columbia. Syracuse,
Wisconsin and Georgetown will go
on Thursday snd the naval academy
qrevr from Annspolis will arrive on Fri
day, making an assemblage of rowing
representative! of seven universities.
Ail are interested on preparing for the
rcgntta, June 20.
, , A Fortunate Texan
Mr. E. W., Goodloe, of 107 St. Louie
itreet, Dallas, Texas, aaya'i "In the
past year I have become acquainted
with Dr. King's New Life Pills, and no
laxativa I ever before tried ao effect
ually disposes of malaria and bilious
ness." They don't grind nor gripe, , 25c
nt Charlea Rogers Drug Store.
WINDJAMMER CONVERTED.
Full Rigged Clipper, Ed Sutton, After
Record Voyage Becomes Coal Barge.
.NEW .YORK,. June 12.-Another of
the full ripged clipper .ships., so seldom
seen on the Atlantio in receut years
suited into the harbor yesterday at the
end of her last vovnge across the
AtUtnio.;- "
, The ship was ths big Ed Sutton built
at Bath, Me., 26 years ago, and wliich a
soon' as her present cargo is discharged
will be converted into a coal barge,
The Sutton came from Hong Kong and
made the 7000-niilo voyage between the
Cape of Good Hope and Baltimore in 42
days, one of the fastest pasanges ever
made by a sailing vessel between those
points.
ring, on the night of July 3.
The men, according to the agreement,
are to weigh 133 pounds at 6 o'clock on
the day of the contest, are to fight
straight Marquis of Queensberry rules,
the same as governed their last fight at
Colma and will divide the 00 per cent of
the reeeipta the club is to give them,
per cent to the winner ad 40 per cent
to the loser.
Remarkable Rescue
That truth ia stranger than fiction,
baa once more been demonstrated la the
Uttla town of Fedora, Tenn tha red
oeiics of C V. Pepper, Ha writeai "I
waa in bed, ' entirely dieabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat
Doctors failed to help me, and all hope
had fled when I began taking Dr. King's
New Discovery. Then instant relief
came. The coughing soon ceased the
Heeding diminished rapidly, and in three
weeks I waa able to go to work. Guar
anteed cure tfor coughs and colds. 60c
and $1.00 at Charles Rogers Drug Store.
Trial bottle free. , . ;
DRUGGIST
Columbia Drug Co.
Dr. Charles C., C. Rosenberg
(Successors to Dr. Linton's Drug Co.)
Drug, Medicines
AND
Toilet Articles.
BRITT AND NELSON MATCHED.
Lightweights Will Appear In Ring on
July 3.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-The
Rritt-Nelson match was cinched last
night when Willus Britt, acting for his
brother deposited the sum of $2300 to
guarantee the lutter'i appearance in the
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Dr.
Rosenberg will give
and examinations
consultations
free.
1 8s Eleventh Street.
Telephone Main 1171.
Astoria, Ore.
i Ladies This is Something
' i. -:V' ' '" J.'"'- ' V'.''l
That will interest you. My entire stock of
trimmed hats must be sold. Trimmed hats
from $1.00 to $7.00, nothing higher, nothing
lower. Remember the place.
Star Theater Buildimr. Mrs. Minnie Petersen.
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