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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, 00X0223 tS, m.
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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
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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.
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