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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1908)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. 8 THE DAIRY BARN. BEAUTY HINTS. ffr" BIG LUMBER SUIT Involving Over $28,000,000 In Texas Timber, Is Finally Settled. KlftBY LUMBER CO. WIN OUT Lumber Company Had Contractid For Eight Billion Fset of Yellow Pint Form Huaton Oil Co. Latter Could Not Malta Good. HOUSTON', Texan, Jan .-Settlement wai effected yesterday be tween the Kirby Lumber Company, I lho Houston Oil Company and the VMaryland Trust Company, partiea to I a litigation in the United States court 1 for the Southern district of Texas in which receivers were appointed on February 1, 1W4. for both corpora tions Tint named. The litigation arose out of a lum ber .contract entered into in 1901 be tween the Houston Oil Company and Six Wayi In Which It May be Vastly Improved. 4 Tboro are alt way lu which the ai rage dairy barn can be vastly Im proved. . Iq the Drat place, moNt of the etabk' need hotter ventilation and light, limy teed more and bvttw kopt window stir fares and facilities tor changing the alt without exposing the cows to drafts. In tho second plnco, there should be celling between the floor of the mow nd tho cows. Iu bit run where hey fs stored over the cows It Is dangerous to leave the defective floor without some sort of celling. Tim chance of flro is much greater, and n snnltary condition of the stable Is nlimwt Impossible If the dust and liny ore allowed to fall through upoti the cov.s. Tblrd.-Tho stables should have good floor. Cracks In the floor are breeding place for bacteria, and they catch aud bold an flccuuiitliitlon of 011b that Alls the stables wltli bad odors. Tying the Cows. Fourth-Tying the cow onn be greatly Improved upon, 'lie old fash toned rigid stanchion In neither com fortable nor convenient. The cows should bar a mint II decree of freedom at least. This can bo provided by the newer makes nf stanchions or by n chain or baiter. The great objection tu the last two Is the difficulty of keeping the cow clean, and right here Is the llfth way In which the stable can be th Kirbv Lumber Comoanv in which Improved. Fix the gutters so that they the former, sold and the latter i1" kfP ,,p " f i . uinu- t--i f .ii, aame time eava all the wauure. I have bought eight billion feet of yellow; Jn Ufu m pine lumber in Texas and Louisiana. ; M Aort mt when the cow would lie The consideration, $28,20,000, to be! down aba could not keep out of the paid in 40 semi annual installments ' gutter, I have been in other stables ranging from $625,000 to $1,250,000. J where the gutter waa almply a couple The lumber company paid the first , fS by ' placed upon the stable floor, four inMallmcnts The Houston Oil S'rnrjtaT Company did not possess ana coma w, accon)lll(M!ate , cows and give not acquire as much as the stipulated ,mple rom fr yig down coin quantity of eight billion feet The fortutily. Have the gutter about four lumber company therefore refused to Inches deep and built water tight This make further payments unless the , all the liquid mauure, keepa the semi-annual installments were reduo jn nuA mk It much easier td in proportion to the amount of o cWor the a.u bhia and the stoc k, timber furnished by the oil company. , "ndl . Manure, c i j -.i. . i i The alxtn Hut which come to my Suit followed with receivership. j m0(, t U- Um h art mvtmi mwln. On January 6, all the parties con- -4 . lumdiim, ,u manure. Throwlac cerned met in New York to take tes-: it out of the wludow l lnanltary and timony in the case. Negotiations for often Ineouveuleiit, The manure pile compromise settlement were taken up aalnt the barn Injuring the paint i.p and it is now announced that the at the same time losing much of . .. , , , , . 1. , Its value as a fertiliser. The other negotiations have culminated in j plnn of (bovell lUllt0 wtlMflunrr0Wll ucnime agcrcmem. wn.cn ,n(i wb.HllnK It out and dunmlna-It In the points of difference. The conten tion of the Kirby Lumber Company is recounted and the . lumber is awarded to that company in pay ments, semi-annually of five-eights of the amounts specified in the original contract The Kirby Lumber Company is capitalized at $10,000,000 and owns 14 mills and many miles of tram roads in Texas. Abientmlndod Prize. Tee met '.ho moHt absentmtuded man at Inst" said 4ho man who Is al ways looking for freaks. "I thought I'd found ltfm (n tbo college profestior who wheu he went upstairs to dress for dinner would abwntinlndedly go to bed Instead. Hut Hint fellow waa dis placed by a young writer who would ut his loot up In n clmlr to tie bis hoe and then, forgetting what ho did It for, would put the other foot up In the ctinlr and stand up In It .Thou I met a woman who confessed to look ing nWntmlmU'll,v In the back of her hairbrush lusteml of her hnud mirror Wheu she wanted to see the back of nor head, and I thought she had gone the writer 0110 better. But I've met tbo king of the sbseutinlndcd world now. Ho In a young mlnUter, and ev ery onto In nwhllo. he wnltt patiently half an hour for n cur In n street on which no cars run. Hit hiu confessed It but eve'ry once lu so often he does tbo trick right over Again." , . ' ' Irish Wit. , Pat O'lloojlgnu gave a dinner to some of his friends. Ills wife lind pre pared one chicken, which Put proceed ed to carve to serve bin guests. Turn ing to the ludy Healed nearest him, he asked very politely: "VVbat port will yea hev, Missis Mur phy? ' ' "Ol'll take the leg, If yea plaza, solr," be anld. ' . . rat next turned to a little Murphy. fAnd what part iv the bird will yea hev, young man?" "ONI take a leg, if It plaze ye, aolr," replied the little Murphy. Then Pat addressed Mr. Murphy. "What's yer chotoe lv the bird? Will ye bev the white meat?" "i i Ha ' ,"0,111 take another leg, aolr, an much oblcged fer , the .queetlon," said Mr. Murphy,' who alway followed , hla wife' example. ' Begorra," exclaimed Pat, "phwat do yea think I'm carvln'-a spider?"- Washington Post , BftM Announcement Regarding th WsHniui Pure Food and Drus Law ' We I are pleased ; to announce that 1 Foley' Honey and Tar for coughs, oolds ; and lunar trouble 1 not affected by th t.j.i..i 7v.. v.X TVnin law u It the yard Is little better. Ue some kind of a carrier, an overhead one preferred, and unload the nmuuio right iuto th spreader. The currier Is alwuye out of the way, there nro 110 unNluntly plunk sod trestles which ai u wcexnry If you use a whecll)!trrav. the I'jaxir pile Is avoided, nml all the tnnnure In unvod BURIED IN CEMENT. The Story of an Arab Boy Who De nounced Mohammedanism. According to' history, there waa born about the year 1530 an Arab boy named Qeronlma lie waa captured In Infancy, by the Spanish garrison at Oran, and when about eight year old be escaped from hla captor and went back to hi family, living aa a Moham mcdan until the age of twenty-five, lie then volutarlly returned to Oran and resumed the Christian life which he had adopted previously when In the bands of the Spanish authorities, A few years later be went on a coast ing raid with a party of Spaniards, but the raiders were themselves icap tured by a . Moorish corsair ' and brought to Algiers. Hero the attempt was made to convert him to Moham medanlsm, .but ho peratateutly refused to embrace that faith, bo that be was tried and condemned to die. Ills hands were tied behind hla back, and be was east alive, face downward, Into a block of concrete then being prepared for the Fort dca Vlnijt Quatre Iloures. then building. Careful note was taken of the spot by Ualdo, a Spanish Bene dictine missionary to Algiers, who prayed the time might come when the Lord would pave the way for bis ex humatlon and Christian burial. In 1853 the French found It necessary to destroy the fort and the data left by Iloldo were found to be correct for the designated block of concrete on being cut open disclosed the bonea of Qeron- Irao and tho cavity ion by hla body, Tho bonea were removed Dec. 27, 18153, and given Christian burial, and they now rest In a massive stone sarcopha gus' in the cathedral. A plaster coat was made of the cavity and afterward photographod.-Cement Age. ' And Mliayor Schmitz will be with us soon again. Inasmuch as gafting is declared to be no crime in Califor nia, many a man in Sing Sing will re gret that he did not go west when a boy. ' ., No medieln haa. ever done more to ward warding off grip and pneumonia and relieving the distressing grip cough, than Kemp' Balsam,, the best 00 ugh 'drugs. remedy for children mii adult, v. v. . . . . 1 1 contain, no opiate, or other harmful; - r. a.0 eiyou 1 aec.ares ne nas no , if .. . . even, thought of resigning. Admiral OrUg, KH m wu.u. - - -1 ,, ... rm . a. . . Valuable Suggestion For the Ladies To reduce your flesh Increa your troubles. To develop a bust got on the wrong sldo of tho market , Kali which do not yield readily to tho manicure may be driven In with bammor. . Brflflnnry may be Imparted to the complexion by powdering with dia mond dust, To remove freckle pry them gently out with a nut pick. Should this fall try blasting. The drooping lash, so much affected by aome, may be encouraged by sitting up late o nlgbt. - Falling balr may be avoided by tap ping;, nimbly aside whenever you so It touting your way. Ilnlr on the Hps may sometime be voided by requiring the young man to have before calling. , When crow's feet will not yield to massage, fill them suddenly with ce ment and amootb quickly with trowel. Bohemian Magazine. "GUnger of Wett Peint The man wbo graduuted at the foot of the class that year (1800) bad been lx year at the Point aud had Just aqueezed through at last-Harold S. Borland, commonly known aa Ginger on account of bla balr being the exact color of ground ginger. Borland had distinguished himself while reciting to Captain Beuton in ordnance by a re markable answer to the question, "Mr. Borland, how many piece will a twelve inch shell burst Into?" the av erage number having been determined well by experiment Ginger threw bis yes, unexprosslve, but very blue, on the floor and deliberated awhile. Then alowly lifting them to a point near the celling over Captain Bcntoo'a head, till deeply reflecting, be Anally re sponded, "Not less than two." Gen era! Morris Bcbaff In Atlantic. Brownson will have to flock by him self for a while. Largstt Crab. In the American Museum of Natural History In New York is a wonder of marine life. It Is a gigantic Japanese crab, measuring twelve feet across, making It the largest In the world. The specimen Is a type of the spider crab, which inhabits tbo waters of the group of bituuds forming the empire of Japan. The body portion of the crab la thov alxe of a half bushol measure, while Its great arms could easily en circle the figure of a man. Its legs re semble poles and are' extremely elastic, and If strung Into oue line they would reach to the top of fonr story apart moot bnlldliur. New York Herald. This woman says that sick women should not fall to try Lydta 12. l'lnkhain'M Vegetable (Jompouiid as she did. Mrs. A. Uregorv, of 2:H55 Lawrence St, Denver, CoL, Writes to Mrs. l'liikliam: , "I was practically an invalid for lx years, on account of female troubles. I underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worm: than before." A friend ad-, vled Lydla E. I'inkbam's Vejji'tabk Compound and It reNtorcd me to perfect health, auvh a I have not enjoyed In many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic paIn,!l,ould not full to UM! Lydla E. I'fnkham's Vegetable Compound." - ; FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty yearn Lydia K. rink ham's Vegetable Compound, nuvle from roots and herlm, lias lieen the standard remedy for female ilia, and has positively cured thousands of women who have len troubled with dixplacementrt, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic painn, backache, that bear-ing-down feeling, flatulency, Indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it 1 Mrs. Plnkhnin Invites all sick women tu write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. The immunity bath seems to be as effective in land-fraud cases as it is with scabby sheep. T Don't take cold, but if you do, don't fail to take Kemp' Balsam to prevent serious consequence. Nothing ele i o valuable in treating eoagha and colds. West Virginia joins the .demand for national mining bureau; such a de partment will come, sooner or later. 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