TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907.
,THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
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, JOHN FOX Pw. F. L. BISHOP, See. ASTORIA SAVINGS DAME, Traas.
NELSON TOOYER, VIosFraa. and Bupt.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
i DESIGNERS AND JUANUFACTUEEQS
OF TUB LATEST IMPROVKB ....
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
Crrasnonflsnca Solicits. -t of Fourth Stmt
. Q. A. BOWIiBY, President. sHANK FATTON, Owohr,
0. L rmilSOH. Vlot-Pmldtot. W. GARNER, AsUnt OaaMes.
Astoria Savings Bank
FOUR PER CENT TEH AKNtM
rtl end Dos atrseta. ' "C"
First National Bank of Astorial Ore
F.8TAHLI81IK1 18M0.
Capital $100,000
WHEN YOU WANT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT
Write us, we're here for that purpose
The Work We Do
Anything in the electrical Business. Bell's House Phones
inside wiring and Fixtures installed and kept in repair.;
We will be glad to quote you prices.
OUR PRICES WILL DO THE REST
STEEL & EWART
0 421 Bond Street. Phono Main jMi
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First-Class Liquors and Cigars
60s Commercial Stroot ;
Conier Comjnarelnl and 14th. ASTORIA, OREGON J
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SCOff BAY BRASS &
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WORKS
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; ASTORIA, OHEUON
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
Cp-to-Date Hw mil W.rliln.rj I I rrinipt himduob if to .1. repair worn
18th ond Franklin Ave, Tot. Main M51
Sherman Transier Co.
HENRY SHER MAX, Manager
Hacks. Carriages Baggage Checked andTransferred Trucks and Furaltan
Wagons Piano Mored, Boxed and Shipped.
433Commordal Stroot
Mala Phone tai
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PARKER HOUSE
' EUROPEAN PLAN.
Firat Claas in Kroiy Seipect
Froo Coach to tho House.
Bar and BIHiand Room
for Commercial Men
Good Sample Rooms on Ground Floor
H. B. PARKER, E. P. PARKER,
. Proprietor. Manager.
Astoria Oregon
PRINTING
PRODUCTS
Figures in Recent Bulletin Show
Cost to Be Half Million.'
AMERICAN SWELL READ PEOPLE
ASH BOX
RESOLUTE UNIVERSAL
COLD
WEATHER
IS
COMING
See the bargains in
our big
stove department
upstairs.
Ift your money is in
the bank
1 "give us yourcheck.
The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co
incorporated
' Successors te Fear! ft Stokes Co.
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Enormous Total for the Art Preserva
tive in This Country Telephone
Directories Consume Vest Quantities
of Labor and Paper.
WASHINGTON, Doc, 23Flgures fa
the recent bulletin of the United States
Census on the printing and publishing
products for 1(K5 of nearly half a bil
lion dollar, seem to indicate that Amer
icans must be a remarkably well read
people, do they are, of course; every
new stand and Chritmas book staU
show that. However, the enormous
total for the art preservative in this
country In't altogether duo to consump
tion of literary lxok, ma(a.inc and
newspapers. Not by a good deaL W. S.
ftossiter, chief clerk of the Census, in
an article Just published in the technical
periodical Printing Art calls attention,
in his explanation of the bulletin, to toe
jjfi-fat swelling of the whole amount of
printing and publishing by the plain,
economical kind that is used In com
merce and Induntry.
The liiiujy Mi-phone directory, in
particular, has become one of the most
widely distributed of aU compilations.
"Few persons realize" Mr. lUi.ititer says
"the importance of the telephone In
dustry to the printer. Tho use of the
telephone has been rapidly extending to
all clamw. of ihtmiiis and iu rural as
well s in urban communities. A book,
generally bulky, is indispensable In eon
uection with this invention, and in con
sequence the number of books which are
published by the 4151 or more telephone
companies has been governed by the in
cress, in subscribers. For , the three
cities have more than one million inhabi
tantsNew York, Chicago and Philadel
phla the total number of booka requir
ed in 1005 was 1,400,000, and if their
paper rulremrnts were reduced to the
utandard site of 24 x 33 inches they con
tained nearly 30,00(000 sheets. The
contribution of these oitiei, however, to
the printing Industry was, of course, but
a portion of the entire requirement. In
terms of 24 X 88 sheets, all the telephone
books issued in the United States in 1005
contained approximately 132,000,000
sheets of paper."
Mr. Rosslter might hsve added that
these sheets placed end to end would
reach twice from the earth to the moon
and still leave enough to bind into a
good slsed library. (
Ch-tting out aU these reference booka
certainly is a big undertaking as com
pared with the one which attended the
issuance of the first telephone directory
in the world. This was brought out tn
February 21, 1878, by the Southern New
England Telephone Company of New
Haven ,Ot., a leaflet that is preserved
under glass at the company's headquart
ers in that ei'y. It shows as the total
list of telephone stations of that date
eleven residence, three physioians, two
meat and tlsh markets, two hack and
boarding stablca
In less than thirty yearn tho task of
petting out the telephone directories
especially for the bigger companies of
t lie Hell system, 1ms become tremend
ous. It is also a matter of very lare ex
pense. A company that covers a broad
and thickl.v-popiilnte.li territory must,
for the convenience of the public in
dillerent sections of Us field, issue sever
al different "catalogues," na telephone
men call the official lists of subscribers
and there are from two to four editions
of each catalogue during a year. And
sovcral companies keep a good sired
printing plant busy the year around lo-
ing nothing else but getting out the tele
phone book, the work on one issue be
ginning as soon rs the previous edition is
off the presses.
As a matter of mechanical difficulty,
it is generally admitted, no other book
fa tho world presents such ardous pro
blems as the telephone directory. In
ease of such a book ns that of the New
York Telephone Company, provision
has to be made for upwards of 30,000
new names into each "cw edition, and
very many of these jnust be inserted at
the last posible moment It is an un
written law among the Bell companies
that the directory must be out on time.
That generally moans working the prea
see day and night just before publica
tion. No other single form of commercial
printing has reached the magnitude of
the telephone woi'k. The trolley car,
however, has givon a great impetus of
the same kind. Tho transfers manufac
tured in -the United States last year
reached the immense total of three and
a half thousands millions, requiring ap
proximately 30,000,000 sheets of paper
and an annuakxpenditur for paper
and printing by the trolley companies
of somewhat more than half a million
dollars, ', '. ' "
The whole number of printed sheets
required for telephone directories, street
ear transfers and city directortes "was
175,000,000, The paper thus consumed
would load more than 400 freight ears
to their maximum capacity.
Lane's Family Medicine is a tonic
laxative, It does not depress or weak
en, but Imparts a feeling of buoyancy
and strength that is delightful. At all
druggists 25c.
Mr. Forukcr eagerly watches the list
of casualties at sea these days.
Would you give twenty-five cents to
stop your cough t Then get a bottle
of Kemp's Balsam and you will have
enough for the whole family. It costs
druggists 25e, '
A succession of colds or a protracted
1 cold is almost certain to end1 in chronic
'catarrh, from which few persona ever
. wholly recover. Give every cold the at
tention it deserves and you may avoid
, this dissgreeable disease. How can yon
curs a cold t Why not try Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy t It ia highly recom
mended. Mrs. M. White, of Butler,
Tenn, ssys: "Several years ago I was
bothered with my throat and lungs.
Someone told mo of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. I began using it and it re
lieved me at once. Now my throat and
lungs are sound and welL" For sale by
Frank Hart and leading druggists.
The gold imports since New York got'
tea red have psssed the hundred-million
mark; Christmas will now proceed to
be merry.
The man who wanted frost when H
was foggy is kicking now; the man who
laughed in the fog la enjoying the cold.
Holiday Greeting:
The happy CmUSTMAS time Is fast approaching and I takt
great pleasure In inviting you to inspect my new and well selected
Una of Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Solid Silver and plated
ware, Cut Glass, Umbrellas, and Cold and Silver novelties. I have
the largest and finest stock this year to select from that I have
ever shown lo Astoria. PRICES arc RIGHT; QUAIJTY UNSUR
PAPSED. Coma early and mske your selections. I will lay them
way until you want them.
J.H.SEYMOUR
fh Stors of Qnnlty. 4t Commercial St, Astoria, Ore.
Christinas
Presents
A full line of
SILVERWARE
Rogers 1847 Wostenholm
IX I,
Carver Sets
U3T Call and see display
FISHER BROS.
Bond Street.
COFFEE
Good grocers like Schil
ling's Best, for it makes
good-will and not trouble ;
in case of complaint, the
money is ready.
Your crow returns jour raoser If rea doal
Ilk II: par hint.
Christmas trees will yield in special
abundance in Missoula this year.
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School Shoes
FOR
BOYS
The Billy Buster Steel Bot
torn Shoes
The Shoe
with a Sole
that Don't
Wear Out
S. A. G1MRE
543 Bond St, opposite Fisher Bros.
430 COMMERCIAL.
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5 tmw?n
nil ninwiiuiimnft I
AS. V SUtUf PUSH 1 f i
:0 SPICES, rj
CGFFEE,TEA
BAlflfiOFOYDER,
FLaWOItlf 1G EXTHACTS,
fitoolurtPttTify, Finest Flavor.
CL05SET & DIVERS
- PORTLAND, OREGON.
We Want Your Patronage
We may not be the cheapest .
decorators in the city, but we
do claim that we do good
work and do it promptly.
It Will Pay You to See Us
About Painting and
. PaperHanging
Allen Wall Paper & Paint Co.
Eleventh and Bond Sts.
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A few suggestions as to mhat to buy for a Xmas present:
MANICURE SETS, SMOKING SETS,' COMB AND BBTJSH
SETS, MILITARY BRUSHES, WATERMAN'S FOUNTAIN
PEN, BOOKS, GAMES, MUSIC ROLLS.
E. A. HIGGINS CO.,
ail'SIC BOOKS STATION FURY
That Xmas Dinner
WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME OF OUR SELECT TABLE
WINES A PARTIAL LIST TO CHOOSE FROM.
SWEEx WINES Sparkling Sec Dry-Fragrant, ' Utt-
Uio Port Tawny, rich, light and . yescent.
color,
Old Sherry Pale, clean, nutty.
Angelica Soft, agreeable, full
Muscatel Very fruity, sweet.
WHITE WINES
Riesling Medium light table wine.
Sauterne Natural mellow, pronounced
flavor,
RED WINES
Zinf andel-Clean, light table wine.
Burgundy Medium bodied, mellow.
Sparkling Burgundy Brilliant, pleas
v ant. j
Grape Juice, Maraschino cherries, fruit
and Cognac Brandies, and a fvfl
line of Cordials.
Chateau Yquem Full bodied Creme
o' Sauternea.
PHONE 1881 PROMPT DELIVERY
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589. Commercial Street