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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1908)
THURSDAY, APRIL 0, 1908. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. 5" Cm !nmfiniiiminiiiiiiiinniiii -V- sS2IifcNlssfcsi4r 'A spy. ipj reflection m case ana discuii nuKing M is attained by the use of Royal Bak- A ing Powder." And the ease and dex terity of their making h marvelous ( 'i...,..'--. ,..-:. j ,,r ,Yx .iiiu '7 m 'Baking Powder Absolutely Pare The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. Hence the superiority of the food It leavens." '".".. , '.'J'.u Hence the anti-dyspeptic qualities which it imparts to the food. OasT! PORTLAND MARKETS Quotations In the Portland Market Complete Market Reports Corrected Each Day Giving the Wboleule Prices of Commodities, Farm Produce, and Vegetable!. PORTLAND, April 8,-Rcccit of eggs from the country continue on a liberal cale ami the market as view ed by Front street jubbcrs is steady, with the tendency toward weakness. Occasional shipments north are made, but they are for the Sound and not for the Alaskan trade. For the rest of this week there will be practically no fresh salmon in the local market. Advices from the South today say. that fishing on the Sacra mento River, the source of supply at this time, has been interrupted by un favorable weather , and no further shipments north will be made for several days. Other fish are in fair supply today, with no chaises from the qtuitations of several days back. Two cars of Southern cabbage came in today, and in addition the steamer last niKht brought a consid erable quantity of mixed truck. Veg etable of all sorts arc fairly plentiful and the market steady, with prices for the most part unchanged. Grain, Flour, Feed. Wheat-Club, 82c; Valley, 82c; bluestem, 84c; red Russian, 80c. Oats Producers' prices: White, $28; gray, $2627. .Flour Hard wheat, patent, $4.80; straight, $4.U0; graham, Juu; rye. 3; whole . wheat flour, $4.45; Dakota, $6.406.60; Eastern rye, $6.60; Pillsburg, $7; Corvallis, $4.40- Rye $140 per cwt. Corn-Whole, $32.50; cracked, $33.50 per ton. . Hay Wholesale selling prices; Valley timothy, $17(218; Eastern Oregon, $20(321; clover, $1415; alfalfa, $1213. Grain bags Domestic, 81c;" Cal cutta, 9c Millfeed City bran, $24.50; coun try bran, $25.50; city shorts, $26; country shorts, $27; chop, $22; mid dlings, $30.50. Barley Producers' prices: Brewing $28.50; feed, $27; rolled, $2829. Buckwheat $36 per ton. Cereal Foods Rolled oats, cream, 90-lb. sacks, $7; lower grade, $6.50; oatmeal, steel cut, 45-!t. sacks, $8; 9-lb. sacks, $4.25 per bale; oatmeal (ground), 45-tb. sacks, $7.50 per bar rel; 9-lb. sacks, $4.00 per bale; split peas, $4.50 per 100-Jb. sacks; 25-lb. boxes, $1.25 per box ;pastry flour, 101b. sacks, $2.75 per bale. Freah Meats and Fish. Fresh Meats-Veal, fancy, 100 lbs., averag, 9&9ic; 100 to 150 lbs., 8 81c lb.; large and coarse, 57c; hogs, fancy block, 771c; heavies, 67c; beef, bulls, 3i4c; cows, 45c; steers, 51c6c; muttons, medium size, 101 lc; large and coarse, 89c Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke Point, $1.60 per 100; Olympias (120 Clams Little neck, per box, $2.50; razor clams, $2.00 per box. Fish Halibut, 6c; black cod, 8c; black bass, per lb., 20c; striped bass, 13c; herring, 5 1-2 cents; flounders, 6c; catfish, 11c; shrimp, 10c; perch, 7c; sturgeon, 12k; sea trout, 18c; torn cod, 10c; salmon, silversidis, 9c; stcelheads, He; chinooks, 10c; fresh, 121c; lobsters, 25c lb. Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes-Select (sell), 70c cwt.; Willamette Valley (buy), 45c; East Multnomah (buy), 55c; Clackamas (buy), 55c. Onions Jobbing price, $4.755.00 cwt; buying price, $4.25(f4.50; garlic, 15c lb. Vegetables Turnips, $1.00 sack; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.75; tomatoes, Florida, $4.505.00 crate; do Mexico, $2.75 crate; cauli flower, California, $1 .IX) dozen; do local, 50c$1.00; hothouse lettuce, April Official Tide Tables Compiled by the U. S. Government for Astoria and Vicinity. APRIL. 1908. . APRIL, 1908. High Water. Date. Wednesday ..... 1 Thursday,. 2 Friday 8 8aturday 4 SUNDAY 6 Monday 6 Tuesday 7 Wednesday ..... 8 Thursday 9 Friday 10 Saturday 11 SUNDAY .12 Monday ....13 Tuesday ...14 Wednesday IB Thursday 16 Friday 17 Saturday 18 SUNDAY 19 Monday .........20 Tuesday 21 Wednesday .....22 Thursday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 SUNDAY 26 Monday .27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday 80 A. M. I P. M. TTmTptJ.m.jjft 0:Tb 9.0" 1:15 8.8 1:35 9.1 2:00 8.6 2:08 9.1 2:45 8.1 2:45 9.0 8:82 7.6 8:20 8.6 4:20 7.1 4:00 8.2 5:20 6.5 4:46 7.6 6:26 6.8 5:44 7.1 7:40 8.2 6:60 6.7 8:46 6.5 8:04 6.6 9:40 6.8 9:10 6.6 10:20 7.2 10:06 6.8 10:66 7.7 10:56 7.2 11:30 8.0 11:40 7.6 0:02 8.4 12:25 8.0 0:33 8.6 1:04 8.1 1:05 8.8 1:45 8.1 1:86 8.9 2:82 7.9 2:12 8.9 8:18 7.6 2:60 8.7 4:08 7.3 8:35 8.4 6:05 7.0 4:26 7.9 6:15 6.7 6:34 7.4 7:86 6.8 6:54 7.0 8:40 7.1 8:18 7.0 9:38 7.6 9:32 7.8 10125 8.1 10:85 7.6 11105 8.4 11:30 8.1 11:46 8.8 12:20 8.8 0:25 9.1 1:06 8.2 Low Water. A. M. P. M. m Date. h.m. J ft. I h.m. ft Wednesday 1 7 : 15 0.5 7:281 0.6 Thursday 2 8:0 0.1 8:08 1.1 Friday 8 8:42 -0.1 8:60 1.7 Saturday 4 9:30 -0.1 9:28 3.4 SUNDAY 510:12 0.1 10:08 8.0 Monday 6 11:00 0.5 10:66 8.5 Tuesday .'. 7 11:54 0.8 11:68 3.9 Wednesday 8 12:60 1.2 Thursday 9 1:18 4.1 1:65 1.4 Friday 10 2:40 4.0 2:68 1.5 Saturday 11 8:48 8.6 8:50 1.8 SUNDAY 12 4:40 2.9 4:86 1.6 Monday.... 13 5:16 2.2 5:16 1.6 Tuesday 14 5:50 1.6 6:50 1.6 Wednesday 15 6:24 1.0 6:26 1.4 Thursday 16 7:05 0.6 7:06 1.6 Friday 17 7:35 0.1 7:42 2.0 Saturday 18 8:12 -0.8 8:18 2.4 SUNDAY 19 8:55 -0.6 8:56 8.0 Monday 20 9:42 -0.5 9:45 3.4 Tuesday . 21 10:35 -0.2 10:40 8.8 Wednesday 22 11:34 0.1 11:54 4.0 Thursday 23 12:40 0.4 Friday 24 1:20 8.9 1:50 0.8 Saturday 25 8:46 3.4 3:00 1.0 SUNDAY 26 4:00 2.6 4:00 1.1 Monday 27 4:45 1.6 4:54 1.2 Tuesday 28 5:84 0.9 5:40 1.8 Wednesday 29 6:20 0.2 6:25 1.6 Thursday 80 7:04 -0.4 7:10 1.9 $1.. 25(821, 50 box cucumbers, $l.50$ 2.00, dozen; celery, 85c3$l; arti chokes, 50c doz.; asparagus, 8i9c lb.; beans, 20c lb; egg-plant, 20c lb; head lettuce, 40c doz; , rhubarb, $2 crate. Apples Select, $2.50 box; fancy $2.00; choice, $1.50; ordinary, $1.25. Fresh fruits-Oranges, $2.002,75; lemons, $2,753.50; strawberries, 2022c lb, ... Tropical Fruits Lemons, $2.00(g! 3.50 box; limes, 75c per 100; oranges, new navels, $1.752.50 box; grape fruit, $3.504.O0 box; bananas, 5c lb.; crated, 51c lb.; tangerines, $1.40(31 1.50 box; pineapples, $45 dozen. Butter, Eggs nd Poultry. Butter Extras, 27k; fancy, 26c; choice, 25c ; store, 161c. EggI,oss off, 6oi6U. Cheese Full cream twins, 151c; cream brick, 20c; swiss block, 20c; liinberger, 221c , PoultryMixed chickens, 13c lb.; fancy hens, 1417c; roosters, old, 8c; fryers, 20c; broilers, 22125c; dress ed poultry, lc per lb.; higher; geese, old, 9c; turkeys. live, ISd&lCc; do dressed, I7l8c. Groceries, Provisions, Etc. Sugar (sack basis) D. G., $5.65; XX, $5.45; beets, $5.45; Golden C, $3.50; extra C, $5.15; powdered, $5.80; boxes, 55c cwt advance over sack .mis; fruit or berry sugar, $5.65; boxes, 55c cwt." advance over sack basis (less lc if pai dfor in 15 days). Coffee Mocha, 2428c; Java, fancy, 2S28c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary, 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; Costa Rica, good, 16 $518c; Arbuckle, $16.63 cwt.; Lion, $15.88 cwt.; Colombia coffee, 14c lb.; Salvador, lll14ic. Rice Imperial Japan, No. 1, $6.25; Southern Japan, $5.25S15.75; broken, 5c; head, fancy, $66.75. Sago and Tapioca 6lc Provisions Hams, large, 13c; small, 13c; picnic, 91c; boiled hams, lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.25. Dried Fruits Apples, 910c per pound; apricots, 2729c; peaches, 11 13c; pears, Ul14c; Italian prunes, 56c; California Igs, white, in sacks, 71c per pound; black, 67c; bricks, 75c$2.25 per box; Smyrna, 16171c per pound; dates, Persian, 617c per pound. 22c; boiled picnic, 28c; breakfast, bacon, fancy ,22c; English, 151c; dry salted short clears, 10c; backs, 10c Lard Kettle-rendered tierces, Ulc; tubs, 12c; 50s, 12c; 20s, 121c; 10s, 121c; 5s, 12!c. Standard pure: Tierces, lc less; compound, tierces, 8c; leaf, 13c Raisins Loose muscatels, 3-crown, 771c; 4-crown, 7i8c; bleached seedless Sultanas, 91 12c; unbleach ed seedless Sultanas, 881c; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 pounds, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.75. Canned salmon Columbia River, 1-lb tails, $2.10; 2-lb tails, $3.00; fancy, 1-lb flats, $2.25; 1-tb flats, $1.40; fancy, 1-tb, ovals, $2.75; Alaska tails, pinks, 95c; red, $1.40; nominal, 2s, talis, $2.25. Spices Cloves, 25c lb; chillies, 131c R. Salt-Bales of 75-2s, bale, $2.15; bales of 60-3s, $2.15; bales of 40-4s, bale, $2.15; bales of 15-10s, bale, $2.15; bags, 50s, Ine, ton, $16.50; bags, 50c; genuine Liverpool, ton, $18; bags, 50s, i-ground, $13.50; 100s, ton, $13; R. S. V. P., 20 5-lb cartons, $2.25; R. S. V. P., 3-lb cartons, $1.75; Liv erpool, lump, per ton, $20.50. Nuts-Walnuts, 15120c per lb; filberts, 16c; Brazils, 20c ; pecans, 14 20c; hickory, 8c; Virgina peanuts, 61c; Jumbo Virginia peanuts, 7c; Jap anese peanuts, 61c; chestnuts, Italian, 10c; Ohio, 25c; cocoanuts, dozen, 90c $1.00; pine nuts, 171c lb. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hops-1907 crop," 451c lb. Wool-Valley, 1618c; Eastern Oregon, 12l8c, as t6 shrinkage. Cascara Sagrada (chittim bark) 4 51c per lb. Beeswax Good, clean and pure, 22 25c per lb. Tallow Prime, 5c; No. 2 and 51c; 1-barrel lots, 52c; in cases, 58c; boiled, 5-barrel lots, 53c; 1-barrel lots, 54c; in cases, 60c Turpentine In cases, 72c; in wood barrels, 691c; in iron barrels, 65c; in 10-case lots, 71c Benzine V. M. and P. and Union Naphtha, cases, 191c; iron barrels, 121c Gasoline Union and Red Crown, bbls., 171c; cases, 241c. Motor, bbls., 171c; cases, 241c. 86 degrees, bbls., grease, 26c per lb. Oregon Graperoot Per 100 pounds, $35. THIS MAY INTEREST YOU. No one is immune from Kidney trouble, so just remember that Foley's Kidney Cure will stop the irregularities and cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. T. F.' Laurin Owl Drug Store. POINTED PARAGRAPHS A friend never has to make the as sertion that he is a friend. How fearless and plain spoken a man is in talking to his women folks! Tact is always remembering that a fine needle requires a fine thread. One thing may be said to the credit of the parrot he never makes any thing worse in repeating it. , " It is easy to be a brave man until confronted with an opportunity to fight. On parade the cowardly sol dier looks quite as well as the hero. Atchison Globe. LAW POINTS. A law regulating the use of auto mobiles alone, of all vehicles which use the highway, is held in state ver sus Swagerty (Mo.), 10 L. R. A. (N. S.), 601, not to be invalid special leg islation.' The temporary presence within a state of a child with its father whose domicile is in another state is- held in Lanning versus Gregory (Tex.), 10 L. R. A. (N. S. 690, to give the court of that state no jurisdiction of a suit by its mother, who is also a nonresi dent, to secure custody of it CLEANINGS. The Forth bridge contains 48,000 tons of steel. Out of 30,000 inquests held yearly in the United Kingdom there are 250 verdicts of "died of nunger." The authorities in Chihuahua, Mex ico, have forbidden the races of the Tarshumere Indians because of the betting evils connected therewith. A learned man in London is attack ing the recurring ambidexterity craze and says that this accomplishment is quite common among the idiots. ANTI-GAMBLING BILLS. Two Angnew-Hart gambling bills will come up for final action to-day and indications tonight were unfav orable to passage. There are broad hints of exciting developments in the Senate to-day. It is said that word is coming from political leaders in various parts of the state to Senators hitherto re garded as committed to the support of the bills and that in all cases it is in the form of requests to vote against them. STEEL. &EWART Electrical Contractors Phone Main 3881 . , . . 426 Bond Street Hides-Dry hides, No. 1. 121c lb; dry, No. 1, 12c lb; dry salted, one third less; dry calf, 14c lb; salted steers, 5c pound; salted cows, 4c lb; stags and bulls, 3c lb; kip, 5c lb; calf, 9c tb; green stock, lc less; sheepskins, shearlings, 1025c; short wool, 3040c; medium and long wool, according to quality, 50tb9Cc; dry horses, 50c$l; dry colt, 25c; an gora, 80c$l; goat, oemmon. 10 20c Oils, Lead, Etc Coal Oil Union and pearl and as tral oil, cases, 181c per gallon; water white, iron barrels, 11c; eocene and extra star, cases, 211c; headlight oil, cases, 19k; iron barrels, 121c; elaine, cases, 28c. Linseed Oil Raw, 5-barrel lots, 30c; cases, 371c. Engine Distillate, bbls., 10c; cases, 171c Lead Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 7Jc; 500-tb lots, 8c less; less than 500 lbs., 8k; red lead and lith arge, lc higher than white. r Mr. S. L. Bowen, of Wayne, W. Va, writes; "I was a ufferer from kidney disease, so that att times I could not get out of bed, and when I did I could not stand straight I took Foley's Kidney Cure.. One dol lar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely." Foley's Kidney Cure works wonders where others are total failures. T. F. Laurin Owl Drug Store. Lane's Family Medicine will give you a digestion that will permit you to eat good things Instead of "health foods" of various sorts that are as palatable as hay. It is better to cure the little cough than to take chances of consumption. The best cough cure Is Kemp's Balsam. Druggists sell it at 25 cents and 60 cents a bottle. ilia m in 4 urn PREPARED INSTANTLY. Simply add bolt ing; water, cool and servo. 10c per package at alt grocers, 7 flgvors. Refuse all substitutes. ii l to i n. I OllUMlwd U m J Dot to itriotur. Jf Pr.f..ti Catena. ETalTHEEVAHSCHEMIOilGO. MENAN0W0MEH. Vm Big (or nnnatoral dltohargee.tnflammatlonn Irrltatious or ulceration of muooua membranes. Fainleea. and not aetrin- vent nr itoiHonoua. Sold by DrnntUla, or tent In plain wrapper, hr expreKB. prepaid, (or 00, or bottlei 2.75. Circular tent on roiuetf. TRANSPORTATION. OREGON'S PPORTUMTY Colonist Rates from all parts of the United States and Canada to all . ' parts of Oregon and the Northwest will be put into effect by The Oregon Railroad , Navigation Co. ' 1 1 and "' 1 Southern Pacific Company i Lines In Oregon . ' Daily During March and April, 1908 From the principal cities of the . Middle West the Rates will be as follows: CHICAGO $38X0 COUNCIL BLUFFS $30J ST. LOUIS $35.30 OMAHA . $30X9 KANSAS CITY $30X0 ST. PAUL $30Xf Corresponding rates from all other Eastern points. Stop-overs at pleas ure at all points in Oregon. The Colonist Rate is the greatest of all homebuilders. Oregon has Oft limited resources and needs more people who desire homes and lafr opportunities. : i i i - Jt Oregon people can accomplish splendid results by heralding fitia opportunity to all the world. Send Oregon literature giving good re liable information about the State, far and wide Call on the above railroad for it if necessary. FARES CAN BE PREPAID Here at home if desired. Any agent is authorized to accept the required deposit and telegraph ticket to any point Call on G. W. Roberts, local agent, or address , WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, Portland. TIME CARD Astoria & Columbia River R. R. Co. Effective, Sunday, January 26, 1908 Pacific Time. 82 a.m. K a o to i a a to 11.401 13.011 88 I O 0 DO 8.151 8.8ft 30 I 26 I 24 I ffl avm. 9.15 .8ft p. ID, 6.60! 6 10! p.m. s.uO 7.20 7.35 7.C9 8.07 8.15! 8. 37 8.65! 9.60 105 12.85 12.30; 8.48 8.40 8.46 8.48 8.65 p.m. 8.55 0.18 9.25 9.80 am 9.45 10.18 10.25 10. 80 a.m 8.11 s SO 6.25 6 6.29 6.39 6.40 7.11 7.20! 7.25 p.m. a.m. 8.00 9.16, 9.831 9.67 10.05 1 10.15 10.88 10.61 11 60 11.56! 13.15! jMUesj -a I 2S ) 2511 291 .Art Lv. Ar. PORTLAND t LV GOKLEf EAJMERf... MAYGKR ... OU1NCY.... CLAT8KAN1E JTJNCTIONt.. .. .. ..WBiirvttl CLIFTON . Ar ASTOBUt W It ASTORIA Ar Ar. WARKENTON tr 0 89 46 66 69 62 71 79 100 100 106 p.m. D.m. 12.1S10.00 8.401 Lv W AKRKJSTOM. All HAMMOND Ar. FT. 8TEVEN8 Jri LV FT. STEVENS Ar! HAMMOND Ar WARRENTON Lv 110 10.56! 10.40 10.15 10.06 9.63 9.31 9.151 8 8.151 7.66j 7.641 7.4 7.4a 7.41 7.88 7.281 8.25 7.69 7.60 7.40 7.18 7.04 6.10t 5.50 6.86! .o SCO pp. M H 7.451 antpjn. 9 h a o I a a at 11 00 10.40 I s s.ss 9.1S 2.1010.871 2.0310.81 J 2.00,10.271 12.80H0.iM 12 35U0.2; 12.1510 ld( 2. S.tt 2.6 12.15! 12.44 12.56 1.00 p.m. Lv WARRENTON Ari GEARHART 3RASlDEt Ax. HOLLADAY Lv 106 116 118 119 7.27 6 67 6-60 6 46 am 6.85i 6.01 5.00 4.66 p.m. ill. 251 10.63 10.45 ,10.&5l a.m. IO.I01... 9 48 .... 9.40 .... 9.86 ... a.m. ... Trains marked run dally. 4Telegraph Office. Nos. 26 and 28 run from Astoria to Clatsop Beach via Ft Stevens. No. 22 runs from Portland to Astoria and Clatsop Beach direct No. 24 runs frost Portland to Astoria only. No. 30 runs from Astoria to Clatsop Beach direct. Nos. 21, 25 and 29 run via Ft. Stevens. No. 23 runs from Clatsop Beach to Astoria and Portland direct f Connections At Portland, with all trans-continental lines. At Goble, with Northern Pacific Railway Company. At Astoria with steamers for San Francisco and Tillamook and Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company's boat and railway. Through tickets sold to and from all points in the East and Europe. For further particulars apply to G. B. JOHNSON, General Agent 12th and Commercial, Astoria, Or. THE ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDERS Shasta Route and Coast Line of the Southern Pacific Company Through Oregon and California Over 1300 miles of scenic beauty and interestattractive and instruc tive. This great railroad passes through a country unsurpassed for its scenic attractions, and introduces the traveler to the vast wena soon to become the scene of the world's greatest industrial activities. There is not an idle or uninteresting hour on the trip ,and the variety of conditions presented excites wonder and admiration. ' ' Special Low Rate Tickets now on Salcfat All TickcCOfficse Portland to Los Angeles andReturn Tong limit on tickets and stop-over privileges. Corresponding rates from other points. Inquire of G. W. Roberts, local agent, for full particulars the country through which this great and helpful publications describing highway extends, or address WM. McMurray General Passenger Agent Portland.