Beautiful Display of Spring
. . Millinery . .
Strongly Featured at thb Store
Never before under one roof have $o many dainty styles In
smart spring millinery been shown. Our hats, made in our own
workrooms, are copies of exclusive Paris and New York models,
and are most reasonably priced Our skilled designers have brought
out many fascinating models that are extremely stylish, and we in
vite you to see this display. We also make up hats to match your
suit, trimmed to please your personal fancy. By all means visit the
style shop before selecting your spring millinery.
BON TON MILLINERY STORE
GEORGIA PENNINGTON
483 Bond Street
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, AST8RIA, OREGON.
MATTERS ' OF TOE I
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1901
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MOMENT
ON THEY
ATERFRONT
Telegraph Arrives Down En Route
to Puget Sound.
BAR ROUGH ALL YESTERDAY
Asuncion Held Up Outside Corniel
Bark on to Portland Jules
Gommes Fouls Her Anchors
Note and Comment
The familiar whistle of the steam
er Telegraph was heard and instantly
recognized in these waters last even
ing, when she arrived down from
Portland, en route to Seattle, where
she will enter the excursion business
during the coming Alaska-Yukon
exposition. She will lay here until
a favorable moment presents itself
for skipping over, the bar and mak
ing a dash for the Straits of Fuca,
and then she will make the best of
her swiftness. She is in command of
"Captain McFarland. ..
w- . . "
Yesterday evening the steamer
Undine took from this port one of
the fine life-boats of the wrecked .
ship Galena, now lying inert on the
sands of Clatsop beach. The boat1
was 28 feet long and 7 feet beam. It
was shipped hence to Portland and
billed to Huberten Hall; what it des ,
tiny is is a mystery as yet
. The Harvest Queen came down
from Portland early yesterday morn
ing, flying light, and almost imme
diately fastened on to the French
bark Corniel Bart, and left up stream.
The French bark Jules Gommes,
which arrived down on Wednesday
ready for sea and Europe, fouled her
anchors at the Tongue , anchorage
yesterday, "necessitating the aid of
the bar tug Tatoosh, which .stood by
her practically all day. Last evening
she went to the lower bay on the
hawsers of the "Tat" and will take
the earliest possible despatch.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore ar
rived down from Portland, en route
to Tillamook, yesterday morning and
is docked at the 0. R. & N. await
- ing the subsidence of the rough water
on the bar, so she may pass out. She
will go today if possible.
i The oil steamer Asuncion, from
- San Francisco, entered port yester
day, after 24 hours' delay outside
waiting for a passable bar. And the
bar had to be amazingly rough to
hold the Asuncion on the far side
of it that long. She went on to
Portland without much delay here.
The steamship Roanoke, Captain
Dunham, bound for Eureka, San
Francisco and Port Los Angeles, will
be down early tomorrow morning
and will depart from the Callcnder
pier at 5:30 o'clock a. m.
The German bark Nomia, Captain
Himme, came up from the lower har
bor yesterday afternoon on the haws
ers of the Wallula, and went to an
anchorage off Tongue Point; from
there she will go to Portland on the
first hawser that offers.
Two young sailors from the Brit
ish ship Leyland Bros., now lying
disengaged off the Tongue, were paid
off yesterday afternon at the office
of the British, vice-consulate in this
city.
The steamer Johan Poulsen is said
to be due in this port today from San
Francisco.
The Norwegian bark Colonna is
due down from Portland tomorrow,
wheat laden for the United Kingdom.
She has been favored with pretty
quick despatch, having been less than
a month in port. '&J-
Oaa week from today there will
be inaugurated a new line of steamer
service between Eureka, Coos Bay,
Astoria and Portland, the steamer
Eureka, now in San Francisco, mak
ing the initial run. She takes the
place of the F. A. Kilburn, which
was to have gone on this route.
The steamship Breakwater will sail
for Coos Bay points this morning
and will depart from the 0. R. & N.
piers at an early hour.
It costs only $5.00 to go to San
Francisco from Portland on the San
Francisco-Portland liners nowadays,
including berths and meals, according
to Portland advertisements.
The dandy lighthouse tender
Heather arrived in this, her home
port, yesterday, from Puget Sound,
where for the past two months she
has been undergoing pretty general
repairs. She is in fine fig now, and
ready for all kinds of duty.
The motor schooner Gerald C, of
the Elmore fleet, is on the beach
here, having a wound in her port side
cured. She struck a snag on hef last
trio down the coast She will load
out in a few days.
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FOR mfVj '8fP -
Women BEEiBJrflVE Outfitters
OUR SPECIALTY FOR THIS
. .WEEK..
The Merry Widow Trimmed Sailor
Our millinery room is replete with the desirable in
Millinery
See our display of French Flowers in our show win
dows. This show only a small part
of the flowers we have
SECRETARY WILSON REPLIES.
BUT WILL FURTHER CON
SIDER THIS PROPOSITION-
WILL WRITE FULL DETAILS,
Some time ago the Chamber of
Commerce wrote to Secretary James
Wilson of the Department of Agricul
tare of Washington, asking him
through his departmental resources
to look into the question of the
cheapest and most feasible method
of clearing land of stumps. Mr. Wil
son has replied saying that he is fur
ther considering this proposition and
will write later in full detail of his
researches and conclusions.
In the meantime he has turned over
to Prof. C. V, Piper of the Bureatf of
Plant Industry the querry contained
in the Chamber's letter as to what
were the best products to grow on
the stump land of the Northwest af
ter it once had been cleared. Prof.
Piper's opinion in full is herewith
given by Secretary Wilson;
"The main idea is that of devis
ing the cheapest practical means of
clearing the logged-over lands of
Western Washington. A great many
devices have been used in this work,
but apparently the cheapest way of
clearing such land, especially on a
large scale, is by the use of dynamite
to blow out the stumps and of donkey
engines to drag off the logs and
stumps. Where such methods as
these are used, the cost of clearing
land that has been heavily timbered
varies from $30 to $80 per acre. One
tract of 80 acres in Whatcom County
that I was informed about last sum
mer, was cleared in this manner at
an average cost of $40 per acre. Of
course this is a high price and is pro
fitable to do only on the better types
of soil. It is perhaps questionable
whether experiments by this Depart
ment could devise means by which
the lands could be more cheaply
cleared. It must be borne in mind
that the inventive genius of a great
number of people has been at work
on this problem for a long time and
the chance of our finding methods
much 'superior to' those now seem to
me to be slight
"One economical point in regard
to this matter of clearing these
lands should not be lost sight of,
that is a farmer having a small patch
of cleared land can from year to j
year increase his clearing by utilizing
his spare time and in this way in
crease the acreage of his farm with a
very little cash outlay.
'There is one other matter in re !
gard to these logged-over lands in
Western Washington and Western
Oregon, and that is the utilization of
them, especially the poorer ones, as
pasture. Where these lands are cov
ered with brush this can be very prof'
itably and cheaply removed by pas
turing Angora goats, a practice that
is rapidly increasing both in Wash
ington and Oregon. Now, if such
lands cleared of their underbrush by
goats are sown to grasses, especially
timothy and clover, there results a
respectable amount of pasturage,
which can be utilized by cattle. In
fact by the judicious use of both
goats and cattle an enormous amount
of pasturage can be secured out of
the logged-over lands of (Western
Washington, which it would not pay
at the present time to .clear, inis
method of utilizing such lands seems
to me by far the most economical
and most profitable to use at the
present time.
"My personal opinion based on
.... ,
many years intimate Knowieage oi
the region, is that the hewing out
of farms in this region will have to
be largely if not entirely a matter of
inidividual effort for the reason that
the farmer or homesteader can by
utilizing his off hours clear this land
much more cheaply than can be done
otherwise."
One of a Kindr-
While there were a number of in
struments sent in to the county
clerk's office yesterday for record
but one deed appeared, that of 0. I
Peterson and wife to Albert E.
Beard, conveying an undivided one
half interest in lots 22-23, in block
27, of OIney's Astoria, the consider
ation being $1.
Value,
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reputation that Astoria has achieved
far and wide for progressiveness.
Mr. Ayer's opinion is specially
valuable as he is one of the largest
advertising specialists in the world.
Among the enterprises Mr. Ayer car-
res on is the publication each year
of the Ayer's Newspaper Directory,
which contains the names and details
concerning every newspaper puo
lished in America. The Ayer's Ad
vertising Company place a very large
percentage of at the advertisements
of a national character that are han
dled in this country.
"The Burgoamater."
W. P. Cullen's great revival of
Pixley & Ludcr's masterpiece of mu
sical comedy, "The Burgomaster,"
will be the big attraction at the As
toria theater Saturday, March 28
Gus Wcinburg and Ruth White, the
originals in the leading roles of Peter
Stuyvesant and Willie Van Astorbilt,
will play their old parts and will be
supported by a company of fifty peo
ple. The costumes are especially
handsome this year, and the produc
tion is new. Much that is novel has
been installed in the way of electrical
ffects. Some of the scenes have
been revised and the dances are all
new. The chorus is said to be one
of the strongest singing aggregations
on the stage-
Expert Testimony
Chairman Frank Patton of th Pro
motion Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce has received a letter from
Mr. Ayer, the president of the Mer
chants' National Bank of Philadel
phia, acknowledging receipt of the
special edition of The Astorian. ; Mr.
Ayer says the edition bears out the
"What Women Will Do."
Harry Jacksons latest dramatic
t . i ir .1.1
success, presented Dy xne uuiucn
Bros. & Edwards Company, has ere
ated a sensation wherever it has been
produced this season. St. Louis,
Chicago, Indianapolis, Omaha, Crand
Rapids and many other cities have
received the play with enthusiasm,
and the press "and public admitted it
to be above the average of any popu
lar priced melodrama on the road,
The play is booked on the Stair &
Havlin circuit and will be seen at
the Astoria theater Sunday. March
29. The principal characters and sit
uations of the play are selected from
Charles Dickens' great story of David
Copperfield. Mr. Harry Jackson, the
author, whq will appear as Wilkins
Micawber, has woven the Dickens
story into an interesting dramatic
form. Several novel and sensational
effects are introduced, including the
great shipwreck scene and the hand
to hand fight in the water between
the rival lovers during a territic
storm. The Holden Bros. & Edwards
have spared no expense in making an
elaborate production of the play, in
cluding special scenery for each act
and a cast far above the average
seen at popular prices.
Hill Bros. Highest
Grade Coffee
Mellowed With Age,
Full Flavored and Rich,
Packed in Vacuum Cans,
The Best Coffee in
the United States.
Always Fresh.
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THE UP-TO-DATE GROCERS
521 COMMERCIAL STREET
PHONE 681
J
TEA
We couldn't moncyback
tea,' if our tea weren't bet
ter than tea as you know it
Your tractr returns your oon.r U res loa't
Kka Srhillioi's Bot: par W
NEW TO-DAY
The very best board to b obtained
in the city is at "The Occident Hotel"
Rates very reasonable.
"Modern" Delights.
When a man i asses under the hands
of a barber he wants the best skilled
treatment to be had in that line In
Astoria, the man in search of such
manipulation, goe. direct to Petersen's
"Modern" shop, at 572 Commercial,
and gets it in any of the six chairs
maintained.
Kodak Supplies.
A full line of films, papers, cameras,
kodaks, etc., just received at Hart'
Drug Store. y
The Clean Man.
The man who delight In personal
cleanliness, and enjoy hi shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goet to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best -
For Good Wood
From the Tongue Point Lumber
Company, 16-inch stove length. Call
up Prael-Eigner Transfer Co., Phone
221 ;
The Palace Restaurant
The ever-increasing popularity of
the Palace Restaurant is evidence of
the good management, and the serv
ice, at this popular dining room. For
a long time the reputation of the
house ha been of the best and it
doe not wane a time progresses.
The system used, that of furnishing
the finest the market affords, and all
can be obtained, in season, is a plan
The Commercial
One of the coziest and most popular
resorts in the city is the Commercial
A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting ' th.t wi . . . . u
room and handsome fixture, all go to with the bMt of cooW ni t
make an agreeable meeting place for eryice A commojJ now,d,y,
gentlemen, there to discus, the topic. Get the place habt.
of the day, play a game of billiard.
Just Opened.
First-class Dressmaking and Ladies'
Tailoring. Mrs. McLeland, 159 Ninth
street
and enjoy the fine refreshments serv
ed there. The best of goods are only
handled, and this fast being so well
known, a large business is done at the
Commercial, on Commercial street,
near Eleventh.
Just received a new line of umbrella
covers. See C. H. Orkwitz, 137 Tenth
street
New Grocery Store, , ; .
Try our own mixture ot coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
1281.
Allwina Are All Winners.
The Zapf Hardware & , Furniture
Company, of this city, ha just put
on the market the best and nicest
baby go-cart for the money ever
heard of in Astoria. It is the Allwin,
and is to be had at the modest figure
of .$3.25. It is one of the easiest
riders in carriage., and the baby that
i. indulged with one dimple, all over
every time it goe. out It run. smooth
as .ilk and fold, uo till it I. almos
unrecognizable. (Jail and examine one
before putting money into lometning
not nearly, so satisfactory. ' The
Allwins are all winners, sure enough!