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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1908)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY i, 100I. HIE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTOIUA OREGON. 7 ELECTRICAL LIVING What Modern Man Owes to Ben Jamtn Franklin. ENORMOUS INDUSTRIES MADE Ths MyUriou Fluid Doi Everything For Us From Milking a Cow to Mat ing th Hardeit Mtl Great Fac tor's to Supply Electrical Need NEW YoltK, r. 31, llW.-'HiU l tho motor jr but even the taaaul-ob' w-rvrr h no tlHIUtilty In ntlll diacoV' liijf hurw ou New York' lrrtlu- d.d in flmllnit them In u'h numUrs a often to make tho crowing of a the-rough-fare something of a problem. The avwage perwin, of eouraa, might natur :alty wonder why Iwrw houM nut be swu th-re uutlt hU Memory l joggoU Into rwaillng a tUlement, of Tbomaa A. KIImiiiI made last year, to the effect that by ClirWmaa of JW8 th hore for soinmrrvlsl uea would bava dlnred from metropolitan atre Ha to umk room for elwtrio borele carU, wagon, drays 'ml all the other vehicles whhh handle the city 'a trail. YH if the matrolie baa not arrived lit au exelulvely horwlw. or rath er at that of electric transportation ath New Year' day finda It a long way further on lt progrr toward the elect rical era. The thing that cannut be tione by electricity now ere hardly : worth doing. Indeed In all part of the country the ue of elwtrkity and electrical appara tu 1 undouhtr'illy iiicrvatlng ty leap ml taunda, Whether It b milking a tow or creating a temperature of am-h ten heat a ha upw before been olitaiiia-a mer trifle. prrhape, of 7200 lcfrwthe volatile ant lured from the eUmda by 1H-. Franklin l almost In variably ealleil upon. In it commercial aect, too, elect ricity permeate all bu im lif. It is not aurprking that th UntM 8taU not only leJa alt count ries of tha world In manufacturing eliwt flcdl npparjvtu. but alo aeiula men broad to do the eonetruetlon work. In many of' the moat highly productive manufacturing district of the United StaUw eleptrlo pawr la being Installed alxmt ten timoa more generally than any other kind. The total of aalea for 10OT la not yet available but thooe of lflofl of Uie tbre groalwt produrtr of thia 'field In tho I'nlteJ Statea, and, therefore, of emirao In the world, the trn Wectrie Company the Ocnoral J-'lectrlc nml the IVeatlnghouse Klectrlc, reached ami the enermou aum of more than $lflO,0O0,Ht0, Tlio prodiu-t represented by thia biu total ent-r. Into the daily lives of all clate of Americana. Take, for exam ple, the output of Ui Western Electric Company, Hit, largest of the big three, win., hm alone IsH year approximated 170,000,000, The grent bulk of theee Eai in Haste and repent with acute Indigestion, heartburn, hiccough or flatu lence. Then resolve never again to be without box of then won dcrful digestive corrective. Beecham's Pills lout Kvttywbtre. In boi 1s. and tie, thia labor if combined into a alngle In strument would wait a mounter tele phone nearly 300 tulle high and weigh ing lmot 4000 ton a oIohkI monu ment t the ue of electricity in every day Ufa. . (ItlKT1 ne of electricity ar- almot too familiar to mention. The whole matter U atlll aelMitifle marvel. ' The Imaliia man in hi olflcn hl at an electrio clock and takea au electric cur to Ma horn. An electric bell U at hl doori electricity light hi lioua and perhaps warm it too; it may even' cook lila dlnnee, AH the while the telephone kccia in touch mlth tha world whrevr h goi-a. Ewu th milk left at the oW in the morning U handled hyelootrlc nianhlnery In the dairy whence it comei the flour in the bread la produced by electrical machinery! the cloth which eover'a one'a bmly owra it debt to the nubile vibrating medium, InWd the time hat appurcnlly come when an old enylng mut b.- rovUsl, for to.lay, at any rata, it i electrici'y which makea t-lie world go round al though utile acieittiM find that Uivs U an affair of eubtle elw-trkal currenta. Herein I'ncle Sam ha outstripped Cupid, and la again to the front. American in duntry in the production of electrical ap paratua i conquering foreign fleida. The Weatern Electric management, for exam ple, ha foreign plant and oiln-e mat tered throughout tin world in Japan. India, Africa In oorea of eitie and doacna of countrlea la luiy ciign;pd In furninhlng for'igner with nppuratu for projecting convernt iona. Kor jut a in the I'nlted State the manufacturing Aaociat of the IU-H eompatilc i lualy engaged In enabling people to talk, to ' foreign conutrie It la furnishing He phonea for jut the aame purioe. A hundred different tonguea may be apokesi through thcao Inatrumentu, but- they all bene the Imprint of Vnclo Sam'a energy and all bear ttrk-king testimony to tie manner In which electricity maket the commercial mrorld go round. During the latent year covered by federal reporta elect eio tTanaportaUon line in the United State carried th timet at many paatengera the ateam line, although the mileage of tlie latUr wa approximately eight tlmea greater. Yankee puh, which Im built a troll'jy line to Kgypt'a pyramid, the earth eli cit monument, l fnlay carrying cleotrle trninportation all over the world. Every ,Vear tloiifrh Ada agency alone the ekv-t-fk- age i Itcing brought to new millions. Even in place which have heretofore been, regarded ; only eenii-civlliacd, electrklty, projected by Amerimin pusli, i. bringing about a new era. 1 B I r r ra. V -1 s!- ynnn i LU -4 - . rrrTnTiQi titt rritrrkxrri l"nrmfVrr I. AoOlUAlliUWU ijjuo.uvno ju. . i The Ave thousand lnatrmraent provluced each day In the Bolt factoriea are made np Into complete "atatlon" after the operating companlea receive them. oonIeted not In power plant or huge engine, but in tJiat uniyeraal agent of everyday life-Jthe ubiquitoua telephone. "More than $85,000,000 worth of tele phone and and telephone' aupplie were produced In tho United States laat year ,nd of.thl aum tlie Wetern Electric, jmanufaoturer undor the Bell patent, turned out by far tha graaUr parW With fthe country lending ovcr'sth W'iri 1 something like 16,000,000,000 telephone ' toJk every year, theae figure give pome Indication of the" extent io which through the telophon the whole country la being electrified, UiU Si l.'f -I At tibout the middle eightie when th IWestorn Eleotrio first began to turn out telephones ,tha..total output for the year wa 60,000 inntrumont. Now at it felgantlV'iactor' Jtf New York that total irepresehla only two week1 output, for tha instrument are manufactured at the Chicago headquarter. The result of So that electricity ia Indeed the. great jeet modern niimcle worker. ;. The tele I plione ha come into o common ute that aome of the popular wonder at it mar velousuea ha disappeared. Yet it atill remain a magical Instrument, confer ring on mankind a favor for even the fuggeation of which people would have once been tortured. . ,I lea, known fields, too, electricity ia worfcing' magic. There is the electrical furnace of which It Inventor said that it would produce a temperature "twice as hot as Hade." Human nerves which find hundred degree of heat uubearable and death producing can convey no idea of what a. temperature of 72O0 degree mean. Compared to this a bap of red hot iron ia cool. The tremendous heat obtained by the electric f urnaoe has made it possible to reduce to metallic form the element known as tantalum, so named because of the difficulty of QOllQ out ISiiusi N ESS i I. iii ! I, ii i r i r 4MMMW'BtMMW NM(BaBaUbMMtaM f Our entire stock consisting of Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, Clpcks poods, Guns, Pistols and Suit Case 30 days bejow actual cost. ,v , We have bargains too numerous to mention. HERE ARE A FEW: $ J 0,00 solid leather Suit Cases :B Sale price $4.25 All musical cases at 90c each. ......... $12.00 Columbia Guitars !; ! !; Sale price $5.75 Fine toned Mandolins ' Sale price $2.50 up Stradivarius model violin, perfect tone Sale price $6.50 J8 size Elgin & Waltham Watches in dust and water proof cases : v :) - Sale price $3.50 $15.00 Honcr double reed 6 bass Ac? Sale price $8.75 High Power Field Glasses ' Sale price $3.00 Dollar Clocks and Watches r r Sale price 65c Exceptional bargains in all un-called-for pledges. Safe and Fixtures For Sale. ASTORIA LOAN ' V: fiiV,' 694 Gommercial St., BALL BUILDING OFFICE ASTORIA, ORB. ifttttt ft llttTtttf ft Umtii UtUt UlUUUt 1 tt 1 1 1 1 1 1 Uli ii i til 11 1 i 1 1 1 I'll 5 1 1 j 1 1 1 1 1 j 1 1 j j 1 til' Z urratiiig it from ita ore. A curioux and interwiting ubitance, indeed. It i" o hard that even tho diamond, accepted the hardest element of all, makea little impression upon it aurface. In a recent experiment a sheet of tantalum one third of an inch thick wa put under a diamond drill revolving 5,000 time a minuta. ' At the end of three, day of ooiitinuoua boring, thia drill, which cut into ordinary eubetanc i though they ft-ere nutty, liad not cone through more than ono-third of the plate. As a matter of fact tha diamond waa just about a much worn as the tantalum. And thia now substance which the wizurd electricity has produced will it Mlf ha ued in the electrical industry to supplant the present carbon filament in tho electrio lamp. Tantalum doe not melt lxlcw 5200 degree Fahrenheit mid will therefore give a much better light than carbon, since an increase of only 2M degree in the melting point of tho material used for the filament nearly louhleg the amount of light. When all is said and done tie arrival of the electric age means greater efllei ency and power iu oil commefciul fields. Uorsea may still lie drawing hgads in New York's streets in spite or air, f.ui son's prophesy, but as each New' Year brinus nearer the dinppearance of conl and wood, Uio world gets further into tho electric age whose future is assured as long a 'river shall continue to run down hill and develop the power com tared to whioh the slaves of Aladdin's lamp were pygmlea. Electricity has pretty nearly . abolished distance with Its two-milo a minute trains and its telephone connections whioh travel from New York to Chicago in less time- than the human voice would take to go aorcss an ordinary room. It liaa, in fact, given old fathor Time many knockout blow. An electrician of international note re cently remarked, "The single agency of electricity ha increased the span of mortal life, judged by what can be ac complished in it, to many time that of our- forefather. Judged either by com munication, transportation' or produc tionwe, through electricity, can do more in an lour than could they In a day." . ed to alight improvement which he made in his machine aince : id last attempt. Accordingly he baa summoned the commission of the Aero Club to wit lies the attempt which he will effrred for the machine which ahall first succeed in sailing in the air a circle measuring a kilometer and which has already been tried for three times. ' I Fever Sore. Few sores and old chronic sores should not lie healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition. This can be done by applying Chamberlain' Salve. this salve has no superior for this pur poe. It is also most excellent for chap ped hand, sore nipples, burns and dis eases of tho skin. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. APPOINTS COMMITTEE. SUCCEEDS IN FLYING. Will Now Make Attempt to Win $10,000 " ' PriM. PARIS. Dec 31 Henry Farman yes terday succeeded in flying in a circle of about kilometer with hi aeroplane with the gieatBt ease. Thia is attribut- Italian Government Extending Work of j Excavations. Home, Dec. 31. The italian govern ment,' wishing to carry out the work of excavation at llerculeanum, to which project Prof. Chai-lcs Waldstein has re called the attention of the world, baa appointed a committee composed of eight professors and engineers connected with the National Museum at Naples to di rect the work and publish reporta of their discoveries for the benefits of the scholars at home and abroad. The mayor of Eome has ordered suspen sion of the work on the Aurelian wall at Rome, wishing to examine into the na ture of certain complaints that had been made. Stomach Trouble Cured. i 1 : ...... ' ; " If you have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. P. Klote, of Edina, Mo, says: "I have used a great many different medicines for stomach trouble, but find Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets more beneficial than- any1 other remedy I ever used." For sale by Frank Hart and lead ing drupeists. FACING PROBABLE LOSS. 1NEW YORK, Dec, 31. Instead of the usual New Year's harvest sale of flowers, New Year's florists are this year facing probable losses from lack cf de mand for their offerings and are slash ing prices right and left in the hope of disposing of a fair proportion of their stocks. Purchasers are reaping the bene fit of the reductions, Iwhich in many cases is said to reach 50 per oent. TEA Montiyback njeans that the tea is good and well worth the money. Can't m e a n anything else. Tour tracer returns rear monsf If rM don't Ilk Schilling Best! w par bi . v; . Start the New Year Right... by having a good tailor take care of your clothes. It will be better for you, your clothes and your pocket-book. If you can't call, ring up ; Main 3711 and I will , send for your work. Carl E. Franseen, . Astoria's Leading Tailor 179 nth St. Phone Main 3711. Hundreds of samples of up-to-date woolens to select from Special Reduction j't" :v ON Japanese Goods AT Yokohama Bazar All kin da of Japanese goods, lncludini China ware, baskets, silk handkerchiefs, brass wares, fans, toy, bamboo furni tures, etc., etc Some goods at half prica 626 Commercial Street. :. School Shoes FOR BOYS The Billy Buster Steel Bot torn Shoes The Shoe with a Sole that Don't Wear Out S. A. G1KRE 543 Bond St, opposite Fisher Brat, 434 COMMERCIAL. Seal Fish Me 77 Ninth St., near Bond : "Fresh and Salted Fish. Game and Poultry, Groceries, Produce and Fruit Imported and Domestic Goods. , . P. Bakotitch & Feo, Proprs. Phone Bed 2183