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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1907)
THE MORNING . ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST , 1907, Phone Maine 713 3S71 "Umotitown Branch 713 MATERHEU.ONS Per Pound 3c j Ladies, Read This. i We want every lady in Astoria to buy one of our Soisctte Petticoats To-Day, I Sole Agents for the Celebrated Bakers i Regular $2.50 values, and if you see them you will certainly want one at our J Barrlngton Hall Steel Cut Coffee, 40c ! Bargain Friday Price, $1.00 SEE OUR EAST WINDOW A. V. ALLEN. PHONES BRANCH UNIONTOWN PHONE MAIN 713 MAIN 711, MAIN 3871 8 OREGON CROPS ARE EXCELLENT .VISITOR FROM AROUND THE STATE CLAIMS THEY NEVER WERE BET TER AND THAT FRUIT GROWING IS RAPIDLY INCREASING. "This year will be one of the most prosperous for farmers in Oregon and Washington in the history of the west," asserted J. W. Hutchinson, traveling representative of the International Harvester Company of Battle Creek, Mich., at the Occident Hotel, last night. He travel all over the wet coast sell ing machinery to the farmers and has ample opportunity to find out crop con ditions. "Western tfarmers have bought more machinery this year than ever before," he continued, "and thU machinery ap plies to all lines of the farming and fruit business. Fruit raising especially is going ahead with great strides in the western part of Oregon, while both grain and fruit raising are on an enor mous increase in the more western sec tions of Oregon and Washington. "The cherry crop this year is more than twice as large as any previous year. The (fruit is larger in size and more luscious. So much of it bsa been Mat away for exhibits and to friends that Oregon will have the reputation of raising the finest cherries in the 1 1 .. .. -11 I. - V 1,. . Tkn latter fruit is shipped to the large European cities as fancy fruit and easily holds an unrivalled position among the same production ifrom other countries, Such as Canada and Australia. "On the upper Columbia the wheat crop this year is going to be a record breaker and many farmers have con tracted their entirfe crop at 75 cent, fnder such conditions as these it is natural that labor saving machinery should be in great demand. The immi gration to the west also has mucfc to do with this increasing demand. 'The machinery sold, to the big wheat farmers in the middle west does not re ceive the demand that the smaller farming machinery does in the west coaH states. Western Oregon is di vided up into hills and small rich val leys. It is therefore necessary that dif ferent farming machinery be used to that in vogue in the level country. "These same valleys, however, have so rich a. soil that more profit is secured tfrom them than in the larger farms further east." GETTING READY FOR FRAKES. lortland Players Will Have a Clean, Snappy Game of Baseball on Sunday. Already preparations are being made Sor the baseball game Sunday, afternoon. It will be between the Astoria Bohem ians and the Frakes team, of Portland. Bub Captain Jackson's men aTe nB going to allow the visitors to take away the scalps of the Bohemians like they did on their first appwiram-e in this city several weeks ago. That was early in the season and since that time the t'h have been running better. It is safe to predict that the Frakes will know tlmit they have been in a ball game when the dust clears on the Astoria diamond Sunday afternoon. For the accommodation of the sports of Astoria who are too short winded to walk out to the A. F. C. grounds' Man ager Brown has aiTanged for a line of busses and hacks which will mm be tween the Held and Eleventh and Bond and in front of Brown'B cigar stoe on Twelfth and Bond streets. This means ci trarnortiatinn will be ready at 1:30 Sunday md la t until 2:30. , . ..... i reward was nothing less than the home Sunday excursions to North (Long) ! , 1n M . , . ..- , - t, i t. i x i .., f 10,000 people and five millions of Beach. Round trip fare $1.00 to any , . . . .TJI.T, tm , . ; dollars. Man, in the guise of a, corpora point on North Beach. Tickets good re- . . : , , . . f . ... . . . 6 r , tion, has triumphed, and the river, ages turning on either the steamer Potter ,, , , . , . . . . . C i. i . . old has been forced back into the chan- or Naheotta. Call it O. R. & N. dock 1 , . . . . , , i ,, fo articular. ' which it threatened to engulf or pa icu J farni( kjwn ari(j Tajroa(i. That hero of , ... , : the Crusades who wst his helmet into tr Morning Astorlan, 60 cent. per',, .... . ., . , . . meaim, uenverea oj earner. , , . - - PORTLAND BOAT'S TRIP. Launch Re-inforced For Rough Wethci on Way to Coos Bay. The gasoline bout Gtuelle, ut Port land, is lying in the tartar awaiting a eahn Jay to make a trip to Coos Bay to replace a disabled launch running in and out of Newport and around the har bor. The boat formerly on the run carried baggage and passenger. The Gazelle U 50 feet long and has a 50 horse-power engine, but she lies low in the water and baa rather a heavy upper deck. The way she rolled in a few swells convinced her captain, 11. . Scott, that an attempt to take the boat iu the heavy ocen swells would result in the pilot house and upper deck going overboard, with probably worse dis aster. The boat was heavily braced with cross beams, above the lower deck yes terday and everything that might be jurred loose by, a hoavy sea was strengthened. The boat has taken out clearance papers and may commence ner somewhat risky trip this morning should the weather show indications of calmness. A pilot has been engaged to navigate her on the trip and inelmHng the cap tain, G. M. Graham and J. M. McMillan, of Portland will make the trip. DECIDE WINNERS TO DAY JUDGES TO AWARD PRIZES W AD VERTISING ESSAY CONTEST BY SCHOOL CHILDREN ON RESOURCES OF CLAT0P COUNTY, The judges in the contest among the pupils of the Astoria public schools for the best essay on the resources of Clatsop county and the natural advan tages of this city, will make their de cisions as to the winners of the first and second prize some time today. The indications are that Miss Arline (Jaither will be winner of the first prize, which amounts to $12, while there are a number of candidates for second place honors, tlie prize of which is $5, The prizes will be given to the two hav ing the lest essay, printed in some i.ewspaper outside Oregon. The conte-t commenced last April, when Secretary Whyte and other mem' tiers of the Chamber of Commerce visit ed the public schools in the city. They presented the plan of having the school children write to any ifrienjs or ac quaintances they had outside the state, ail also started the contest for a story on the resources of this section. The pupols of the schools took the n utter up eagerly und for months there has lieen a spirited content as to which could make Clatsop county seem best in the eyes of eastern people. In this manner the Chamlier of Commerce has managed to secure a large amount of advertising 'for the city. Many, thou sands of people have heard of the dis trict from the children who have Wn raised here. The awarding of the prizes today will lie the close of the contest and consid erable interest as to the winners will have been satisfied. BREAK IN RIVER IS CLOSED. Stupendous Undertakings Ordered by Harriman at Request of President. CHICAGO, August 1. With the an nouncement that the break in the Colo- ' Mdo river has been closed and the Im perial valley saved ends, for the time . being, at least, the most heroic battle ever fought by man and nature. The "i7 iiiint vi mo miu OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT Shoe and Clothing swept them before the Bed Cross was r.ot more bold than the prosaic engineers who undertook to curb the Colorado, lu this attempt there was only one prece ilent failure. Nevertheless, President Roosevelt's summons of last December was prompt ly answered. On the 20th of that month Mr. Roosevelt teh'gmpbed to Mr. liar riman: "It seema clear to me that it is the imperative duty of the California Development Company to close thi break at once." "This break" was gap a fifth on' a mile long through which the river, at a depth of 30 feet, was rushing into the Sal ton sink. Imagine an enormous teacup with a river flow ing alwut its rim and you have the situation clearly outlined. To irrigate the wonderfully rich loam of the cup the river had leen recklessly tappe From an irrigation canal, iU water became a raging torrent that only al most superhuman effort could control Now the declaration that the river has been forced back into its banks and that "affairs at the river have been turn ed back to the California Development Association" marks tlie triumph of the liarrinmn engineers. "Against a flow of water that had re sisted every effort to control it, the Southern Pacific titans in 13 dujje and two hours erected ft dam containing 77,- 000 cubic yards of rook, gravel, and clay. The locomotives of passenger trains were not too important to be called upon to help in this task. Men worked without ceasing for sleep hard ly for food that tlie "break" might be losed. In money the Southern Pacific Railroad, interested in behalf of the company that had kxisened the river's iMinds and as one of the sufferers from the river's havoc, has advanced 1 .500, 000 to repair the break. In labor, the railroad company has spent the efforts of its most skilful engineers and of thousands of laborers day in mid d-.iy out, night 'following night. The actual work of damming the Colo rado was done in two weeks after the President's call to pick and shovel. The formal announcement was delayed only for the finishing touches beean-e the ( olorado has Wn "controlled" before this, only to break its bond. Now there is a GO -foot dam, four n'eet above the highest known water, and the -ettlers who discovered that the "Salton Sink" was an out-of-door paradise for the al most magical growing of fruits and veg etables have returned to their home steads in secure faith that the river, their greatest enemy, bus icen finally 'onqucrcd. The railroad will replace its wa-hed away tracks and trestles and it is believed that the Imperial valley armer may safely trut that there is nothing more to fear from the river. ASTORIA THEATER TONIGHT. Lee Willanl and his popular company will be seen tonight in the great Ameri can comedy-drama, "A Western Gentle man." This is one of the stroncest plays in Mr. Willard'g repertoire and will no doubt draw a big house. On Satur day afternoon "Omille" will be the at traction with special matinee prices. Theatcr-goerg are showing their nppre- iation of the Willard company every night. The attendance is unusually good. Beginning next Monday night the hy will be "The Man From Arizona." Warning. If you have kidney and bladder tiouble and, do not use Foley's Kidney Cure, you will have only yourself to blame for results, as it positively cures all iforms of kidney and bladder dis eases. T. P. Laurin, Owl Drue Store. I 'IT- II n oottRannnanonnnntto nan done by deeds o a n oattaaaanaaoatiaaao A. I. Miller ami wife to C. G. Shaw, K. 12, lot ,1, block 2. GriiiHvs annex to Ocean Grove, quit claim ,. ,300 C. G. Shaw to A. I. Miller and wife W. 1-2, lot 3. block 3. Griim-s Annex, quit claim 3(H) Anna M. Olscn to Gtis Iilo, lot 10, block 4, Astoria .ton Robert McMail and wife to Wtport Lumber Co., certain land in ''. 3d. T. $., It. 0 W., with restriction Jas. W. Welch and wile to iVar U)ell. X 12 lot 1, block 7, Astoria. -100 Mary Ann Lovell to F.llznlieth Tagg, SW. 14, see. 10, T. i V., R. P W., 100 acre lu: Dont B Blut and lose all interest when help Is within reach. Herbtne will make that liver per form it duties properly. J. B. Vaughn, Klba, Ala, writes: "Being a constant sufferer from con stipation and a disordered liver, I have found Hcrbine to be the best medicine, for these troubles, on the market. I have used it constantly. I believe It to be the best medicine of its kind, and I wish all sufferers from these troubles to know the good Hcrbine has done me." 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AU w ask of you Is to get a trial bottle. Prlc 25c Me and 11.00. Sold by Hart's Dnuj Htors. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Alwajs Bought Bears th. Signature of WE HAVE CUSTOMERS want to sell your property LIST IT WITH WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO SHOOTS IN SELF-DEFENSE. LKWISTON, Idaho, August l.-Mur. ny Gumi, who U held u a witness against William Curry, was taken to th county In Moscow, wber, he will I confined until the trial is ealted. Curry is charge,! with murder, a h shot ami Instantly killed A. K. lVterson at Kip. pen on Jul 3 while attempting to shoot (iitmu .. WATCHES SOUVENIRS i nun X FRANK J. D0NNERBERG THE RELIABLE JEWELER io Eleventh St. 4MtM FOR US 0