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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1907)
zry THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, 00X0223 tS, m. THE .I0RNING ASTORIAJi SaUbUelMl 1I7 frMIshea" IJaily Ixoept Monday by tZX J. 8. DSLLXNGXX COPIMT. SUBSCRIPTION SAXES. Ey oarrier, pr month. .17-00 . JO . WX2XLY ASTOXIAI. y nail, pur year, ta tdvuo..L00 Intend a eoona-lM tnattr July SQ, 19US, at tbe posVoffloe at AMorta. Orj ton, under Uie aotorCocsrwtao! Marohl, CT-Ontow fcw th denwwf of Tm Mo ra.Airc.aiA to ettix rwideoo. or plM of twliwai oavr 08 made by postal card or throng toteohOM. Any tmrulrity la J Mfwry houldb UninediMalr reported to U office ot publication. 1 TUXPF0ITX MAE Mi. Official paper of Clatsop county and the City or Astoria. to launch hi article on this subject with the lying assertion that lit contribU" tioua to "Success in this relation "WILL TELL THE FULL TRUTH, PRO AND OOtf WITHOUT FAVOR. OF THE PUGET SOUND It COUNTRY ) THE NORTHWEST AND THE PACIFIC OOASTj AND . V . THAT IT IS WRITTEN, NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY LOCALITY, BUT SOLELY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC," "God save the murk 1" To be continued in our next." TRAIN CREV HELD U P ' WEATHER. Western Oregon Cloudy with possibly rain. A FEW WORDS MORE. Reverting to the inspired article in the October "Success," magazine (alluded to in these columns yesterday morning) which tn-a jrritten by one Chauncej Thomas, and which deals with the har bors and commerce of the great North' west, to the utter negation of tne mourn of the Columbia River as an agency in this, immense field, we desire, at this time to call" especial attention .to this man's peculiar, off-hand doctrine of wiping things off the face of the earth. Commenting on this coast's equipment in the way of harbors he points out that San Francisco, once "the New York of the Pacific," is doomed to lose her com manding prestige before the looming ex pansion of Paget Sound, -and then Bays ' there are but three harbors north of the Golden Gate, to-wit, the mouth of the Columbia, Gray's Harbor and Puget Sound; he then proceeds to eliminate this port, Portland and Gray's Harbor, Adhering tenaciously, however, to his Paget Sound Inspiration "with all the ardor of a man earning a rattling big '"fee. ' In his peremptory, obliteration of the harbor here, he starts' in with the asser tion that the "navigable mouth of. the Columbia is but a mile wide," as if that were an insuperable impediment, when the veriest school-boy in America knows that all entrances to rivers, from the ocean, are governed by channels, and that not one in a thousand of them, is a mile wide for the purposes of practical navigation. His particular darling. Puget Sound, has to be approached from the seas through the Straits of Fucaand he would be mad pilot indeed who would attempt to swing a ship a mile one way or another in that 14-mile-wide arm of the sea, since it, too, has its - channel ways as well as all other ma rine avenues. And if. as he savs. our noble river has . a navigable mouth only a mile wide, we must be content with the implied compliment, yet chary of st tempting to use it for any such width as that. With abounding faith in the contract he has assumed and really commendable allegiance to. his predicate, Puget Sound and Seattle, he fails to offer any detail of the shipping interests that traverse the Columbia bar and river, though the records are wide open and constantly available to show that hundreds on hun dreds of vessels cross that barrier every year; that it is safe and feasible for any 25-foot ship on any flood tide of the year; that it is a prominent object of governmental interest and expense in the building of an immense jetty on each of its lips, and that this jetty sys tem is destined to make it the most available and accessible harbor, going, and coming, north or south, of the Bay of San Francisco; that its record of marine disaster is practically barren for the years it' has been used as a haven for ships; that it is wholly on American territory and free from attack and in terference by England in the event of war (an even present contingency on the Straits of Fuca) j that it is deemed to be a harbor of sufficient scope and value to warrant the government of the United States is maintaining three dis tinct forts at strategic points upon both banks, at its sea approaches; that it has been chosen by the master railroad builder of the present age as the termi nal ground for ; the two great trans continental system controlled by him; and that this single move has forced other great railway operators to buy in here in the same behalf, Hill and Hri jnan being both here, and others figuring mightily for terminal advantages at the mouth of the Columbia. And, failing to show any of these things (and many OUR JUVENILE ATHLETES. There 1 a pleasant rumor afloat in Astoria that her younger generation bent upon tne organisation or an athletic association with full' "GYM" es tablishment and equipment and a home of their own, : with all the associated benefits innuring to such institutions. We are glad to hear this thing, and will be even more glad to herald its final achievement. under just what auspices it is pro posed to carry this program out, is not ret evident from the detail that has been considered, but there are quite enough young boys and men here to per' feet a strong organization both in bus! nesa, and technical ways; and there is nothing that will contribute more to the pleasure and profit of the boys than this very thing. It is badly needed for the very reason there is nothing of the sort in distance here: Aside from the distinct - advantages' inseparable from such an association in the way of health and development, there is the strictly social feature of having a resort where friends and visitors may be received and entertained at such times as the homes of those interested are not open or available; in other words, it offers the opportunity for the establishment of popular headquarters, in a dub way, that will be very compensating. No bar riers should be raised against so pleas urable and profitable an institution, and we hope the young people will persevere until it is an accomplished fact. THE GREATEST MASTODON. For the sum of 130,000 J. Pierpont Morgan has purchased the famous War ren Mastodon skeleton, roost complete and finest specimen of its kind in the world, and has presented it to the Amer ican Museum of Natural History in- New York City. 'Lillian E. Zeh writes the story of , the finding, purchase and mounting of the specimen, In The Tech nical World Magazine for November, This fossil prize is of extraordinary interest. It" was discovered near New- burg, N. Y, though dug up more than fifty years ago yet during all this time it has remained practically in seclusion of the general "public; but now, thanks to the donor and the reconstrusive effort of the distinguished paleontologist, Prof. Henry F. Osborn, the world at large is able to study and view it. The skeleton measures fourteen feet eleven inches from base of tusk to tail and nine feet two inches in height The tusks are eight feet seven inches. The tips still retain the beautiful polish given them during their long use. One especially interesting feature is the fact that the layer beneath the outer shell of the ivory rings, which resemble growth rings and appear to indicate that this animal was twenty-seven years of age at death. An account of the finding of the mas todon follows. Three Armed Men Rob Freight Train in California. SECURE MONEY AND WATCHES Los Angeles Scene of Hold-up Robbers Believed to Have Started from Yards Engineer Brakeman and Firemen Com pellcd to Give up Valuables. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25,-Thrse araed men last night held up a freight train within five miles of this city, wounded one of the train crew, robbed them of $250 and two watches, and made their escape. The itraln was a, suburban freight bound for New Alhambra. It is believed that the robbers boarded it before it started from the yards. The engineer, fireman and head brakeman were in the cab when their assailants climbed over the box cars and covered them with revolvers and ordered them to throw up their hands. . . . . . While one of their nuraoer remained in the oil tank, extending a revolver in either hand, the two accomplices search ed fireman, Matthew Brady, Engineer Ward Haines and Brakeman J. W. Woolsman. takinar all their money, and the watches carried by Brady and Haines. Brady objected at first to isi mt hi hands and afterward lowered a " them. One of the men on the oil tank fired, the bullet striking the fireman In one of his hands. Near Dolge villa the engineer was ordered to slow down and the men one after anotner, jumped from the engine and disappeared in the dark ness. FAIR EXCHANGE. GREAT MARKET FOR FLOWERS There is a white hermit in Colombian wilds with monkeys, parrots and savages for company; his dwelling a but of bam boo poles thated with cocoa leaves on the Rio Magdalena; his food banana-roots and raw sugar; his objecfc-to get orchids for the city's market. So (writes William G. Fitzgerald in The Technical World Magazine for November. The man crosses , mountains with his caravan of loaded mules, and is assailed by floods; labors hip deep in the morass whose feverish mists are food for the glorious floral parasites high up on the trunks of forest trees, . But no hardship counts if the store of cattleyas and odontoglossums; grows great; if the airfeedtrig plants are seen in plenty, lighting the Jungle gloom with their superb floral spikes; if at the sea son's end he can1 despatch one hundred and fifty ca-es of the dried plant packed in sphagnum moss down, to Savanilla, there to catch the steamer, north. , But the orchid hunter, after all, is but a free lance mere scout of an army 18,000 strong engaged in our harvest of flowers from ocean to ocean, and to this number we must add thousands of extra hands outside America, There is Ber muda, for instance, which Jives largely by Jilies -$100,000 worth a year grown for the Atlantic states. - With this introduction, ,.' the author tells a tale of the "Harvest of Flowers" which is surprising. Photographs of var ious scenes connected with this industry are ; beautifully ; reproduced and the article is an unusually attractive feature, A New Back for an Old One How it is Done in Astoria. The back aches at times with a dull, indescribable feeling, making you weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kidneys, ana again the loins art so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster to the back in this condition. You cannot reach the cause. Exchange the bad back for a new land strogger on. Mr. Kancr Seweli living on Jefferson street. Hillsboro, Ore, says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills and think very highly of them. I suffered from at tacks of kidney trouble and at times endured much misery. My kidneys were too frequent in action and forced me to ansa many times during the night. My back was so sons and lame that I could not stoop or bend over. I tried liniments and plasters, but without any good re sults. At last Doan's Kidney Fills were brought to my attention and I procured a box. In a short time the pains left my back and my kidneys were restored to their normal and natural condition. I am now well and free from kidney trouble and do not hesitate to rinmmend Doan's Kidney Pills to other sufferers.' Plenty more proof like this from as toria eople. Call a Chas. Rogers' drug store and ask whit his customers , re port. -', ' - ' For sale by an ueaiers. rnce ow. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York, sale agents for the United States. Remember the name uoan's ana take no other. - v ' - A HAEEI1AI , has bought LAND HERE ! for Big Terminals. WHY DON'T YOU "BUY NOW and GET IN' ON THE GROUND FLOOR. I Come in and we'll show you some choice tracts AT REASONABLE PRICES. El! 495! Commercial .Street, Astoria, Oregon? t t t IMIIMMMOU MMIMMMUMMMMMMMMU STAR THEATRE ASTORIA, OREGON . PROGRAM For Week of October si, 1007. TTenrv E.' Jones of'Tampa, Fla., writes: "I can thank God for my present health, due to Foley's Kidney Cure. 1 tnea doctors and all kinds of kidney cures, but nothing done me much good till I fnnb- Foiev'a Kidnev Cure. Four bottles cured, me, and I have no more pain in my back and shoulders. I am oz years oU and suffered lone, but thanks to Foley's Kidney Cure I am well and can walk and enjoy myseir. it is a piwu to recommend it to those needing a kidney' medicine." " ' Overture , Ida During J. B. UNO Tramp Equilibrist In light and heavy balancing ' Illustrated Songs by FRANK J. DAYTON Singing "I'll Be Waiting in the Gloam ing Sweet Genevieve" ETHEL VIOLA Monologuiet and Commedlenne The Eccentric Comedian ' JIM ROWS That is the time I Always! The Comedy Pair HIGGUfS & LAMAR In TJpto-Date Innovations , BILLY CUMBY THE MISSISSIPPI COON SHOUTER v Monologist Comedian Comedy Buck ' ( and Wing Dancer ! . Novelty Musical Artists DAVY fc EVERS0N ; Direct From the East THE STAR0SC0PE Will now make you laugh, presenting "The ladles of the Whip" Patrons of this theatre will please re port any discourtesy to the management, as our aim is to present to our audience at all times a good, clean, moral high class performance, and having made ar rangements for bookings in ' connection with the large Eastern circuits will be in a position to present to the Astoria public the best talent playing the West in advanced vaudeville. MATINEES ADMISSION -xo cents io AND jo cents others), he has the unconscionable nerve of this ever attractive magazine. You can enjoy the most elegant bS3 of fare b Alaska just u well at b the greatest metropolis. - t "Preferred Stock Canned Goods r . fMk4 ffluntrOtlntutttim bring to your table the most delicate vegetables, fruits, etc., from Maine, New jersey, California. 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