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WKDNK8DAY. MAY 27, THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. Log Cabin Flour Makes more llread and Jtettcr Bread, and costs no more than a poor grade $. 40 Sack ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. LEADINQ Mil 15 OF I 111 Will Be Her- ; Positive assurance has been rccciv- ( cd liy County Committeeman James j T. Wallace of the Democratic State. Committee, that Governor Chamber lain would lie in town on Friday even iiiK to address the pmplc of this city. Doing Well- Ktulolph Kinki'la, who was operat ed on for appendicitis, at St. Mary'i honpital on Monday is reported nomc what weak, hut i doing as well as can he expected under the circum stance. Petition Filed Ir II. A. Smith of California filed a petition in the city auditor' office ycterday tendering $89.20 to redeem lot 3, block' 33, Adair', which was recently sold for the collection of de liii'iuent direct assessments. Up For Nehalem Louis NyMrwn, the well known citizen of Vesper, and of the Vesper Lumbering Company, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. He re ports bis mill running steadily, at a profit, and with Rood prospects. Memorial Day Because battleship was universally observed and because Memorial day happens on a Saturday the merchants of Astoria have, after an agreement with the Clerks' Union, decided not to observe Memorial day this year. Lumber Reduced The price of all fir building material was reduced $2 per thousand feet at meeting held by the manager of the local saw mills. The object is to encourage local building and also to assist in keeping the mils running at full capacity. Recorded Yesterday The following deeds went to the public records at County Clerk Clin ton's oflicc yesterday: W. C. Smith and wife to C. A. N'icoll, lots 7 and 8, block 10, in The Plaza, at $600;' John II. Smith and wife to R. E. Bryan, SV. 1-4 sec. 9 6 9 W. at $5; H. B. Parker to Laura A Shea, in trust, lot 4 in block 143, McClure's Astoria, at $1- Death of Mrs. M. A. Abbott At 2 o'clock yesterday morning, at the family home at Skipanon, Mrs. Marie A. Abbott, the beloved wife of R. A. Abbott, died from a complica tion of maladies that have wrought against her health for a long time. Mrs. Abbott was one of the best known women in "old Clatsop" hav ing lived in the county for the past 35 years and where she has raised a family of 12 sons and daughters, 10 of whom survive her, four daughters Coffee Satisfaction HILL BROTHERS' FANCY COFFEES, STEEL CUT AND VACUUM PACKED, IN GRADES AND PRICES TO PLEASE ALL TASTES. Scholfield, Mattson & Co. PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODSPHONE931 120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET. For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto Johnson Phonograph Go, Parlor Second Floor Over Scholfield & Mattson Co. GROCERS. J W and six sons, together with the be reaved father, Her death will be noted with genuine sorrow all over the comity and the remaining mem bers of the old family will find ready sympathy everywhere. Interment will take place this afternoon, the funeral services being held at the home, Rev. W. S. Gilbert, pastor of the First J'reshtcrian Church of this city, offic iating, Mrs. Abbott's last resting place will be in the Pioneer ceme tery. Receiving of Bids Postponed As next Saturday and Monday arc holidays the street committee of the city council will receive the bids on next Tuesday for the improvement of Ninth street, between Jerome and Kensington avenues, for the improve ment of Grand avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets and for improv ing between Franklin and Harrison avenue, Preparing For The Polls The officers of Clatsop county arc severally preparing all the impedi menta for the coming election, bal lots, boxes, blanks, laws; stationary, etc., etc., as rapidly as possible, and the heavier matter is being sent for ward to the respective polls of the city and county. There will be no delays nor oversight in any particular at the opening of the polls on Mon day next. Work Completed County Surveyor Stevens has com pleted the work of selecting the routes for the proposed new roads as petitioned for in the Nehalem Valley and near Olney. His report will be submitted to the county court at its regular meeting next Wednesday. Possibly the court will at that time act upon the matter of having the permanent survey made for the pro posed highway leading from Necani cum to a connection with the Tilla mook county road at the county line. Another Soloist Added The Astoria Philharmonic Society has been peculiarly fortunate in be ing able to add the name and talent of Miss Mary E. Conyers, of Clat skanie, a gifted singer and teacher of singing, to its concert staff for the entertainment on the evening of June 18th next. Miss Conyvers has a de- Chocolates the best in the world 50c a Pound, lightful mezzo-soprano voice, in Ibc very flush of culture, and it will b-! heard "In a Garden Song," a beauti ful number and a splendid vehicle for her especial range. Fish Running Better In a conversation with one of the best posted men on the lower river, last evening, he averred that the fish were running notably better than at any time this season. They arc light in weight and size, but in several in stances boats have returned with two and three hundred-pound loads since Monday morning. He says that the heavier the fish will begin to run n the heels of the little fellows and tic believes the season's catch wil be very favorable. Going For It, Right The Undine has been busy lately bringing down all manner of oil dredging machinery, boilers, fittings, tools and derrick appurtenances for the Pacific Coast Gas & Oil Com pany, on the Magncss properties over on Deep River. They have accumu lated in the neighborhood of $80,000 worth of value stuff in this behalf and the cheerful sound of it all will be heard as soon as they can as semble it and get it in working order. They mean business and are using every advantage at hand in the ex ploitation of their holdings. NORTHWEST RAIN BELT ITS ANNUAL AVERAGES The Morning Astorian is under lasting obligations to Mr. P. L. Cherry, of this city, for the follow ing tabulated data in relation to the rain-fall of this section of the northwest, taken from the federal reports, and which he has confirmed thoroughly in his re-adjustment of the seven and eight years covered by the official returns at hand. It is published because of its very interesting facts, which are frequently sought and rarely found, and which, in this particular shape, are never seen at all, and because it is information worth the cutting out and preserving, by all who have to rely on such data in any manner; and because, further, the territory embraced in the compilation is of a charac ter that makes the record intimately understood and appreciated. PORT TOWNSEND ' .Is. 0 5 W S5 Oft 3s a it r 1900.. 1901.. 1902.. 1903.. 1904.. 1905.. 1906.. 1907. . 1351 124 137 111 121 53 571 57 191 182 169 172 182 170 160 161 126 139 116, 771 159 157i 143 158 133 1255 157 125 125 130 133 51 140 55 59 48 146 141 1062 132 887 457, 1387 173 Av'rg 128 57 For the same periods of time and the same districts, Mr. Cherry totals to the following essential averages of rainfall: PORT TOWNSEND TACOMA PORTLAND ASTORIA YEAR 20.37 46782 3o85 84.97 1900 15.52 45.75 34.49 77.87 1901 22.32 54.67 50.15 86.46 1902 18.50 " 45.11 35.62 74.62 1903 2J.13 45.91 46.37 88.67 1904 17.08 36.60 34.10 72.63 1905 20.59 42.10 43.29 82.73 1906 33.51 42.89 73.91 1907 7 Years 137.51 8 Years 350.47 8 Years 323.74 8 years 641.87 Average 19.64 43.81 40.92 80.23 Off For Lake County W. T. Eakin, of this city, accom panied by his two daughters, the Misses Bessie and Mary Eakin, will leave this evening on the Undine for Pendleton and the interior, on an outing that will last the better part of a month, and will comprehend a bit of business along with the un doubted pleasure incident to the trip. They will go into Lake County, where so many Astorians have already been, and will file on lands there. Mrs. Eakin wil take the evening train for the metropolis where she will visit with friends and relatives while her family is abroad. Prophetess of Anarchy- Miss Emma Goldman,' the famous student and lecturer upon the peculiar and socially dangerous cult of an archy has engaged the Astoria opera house for tomorrow night, Thursday, and will deliver one of her best lec tures there. She is likely to have quite an audience, as many will at tend from pure curiosity and but few from any sense of sympathy or al legiance to the doctrine Miss Gold man has greatly modified the text and tone of her lectures, else she could not secure reputable and popular halls for her assemblies in cities like Portland and Astoria.'' Three Valuable Acquisitions When the steamship Geo. W. El der docked at the Callender pier here yesterday at 1:30 o'clock p. m. there descended her gang-plank, three gen tlemen who mean much for the in dustrial progress of Astoria. They were followed, in two instances, at least, by their families. They were Messrs. H. H. Holland and Patrick Pottery Company, of Tesla, Califor nia; and Garfield lluxton, from the same plant, all expert clay and brick men, who will enter the service of the Astoria Clay Products Company, under the management of Mr. Ogan, whose personal friends all of them are and who vouches for their fine ability in the trade. Setting Up Laboratory Dr, F. L. Hawlcy, the forestry ex pert from Washington, who is in terested in developing the by products of the stumpage of this northwestern land, and of whom an account appeared in these columns a few days ago when he first made his errand known through the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, has returned to the city, and has brought his ap paratus for expertly .testing the values of wood, and will set up his laboratory at the Clatsop mill plant the first of the coming week. He is looking first and most directly for the quantities and 'qualities of turpentine, after which he will delve for the re moter but no less valuable resources that lie hidden in the timbers sub mitted for examination. Campbell' Arraignment Attorney John C. McCue, of coun sel for Michael Campbell, the man who shot John McClcllan at Deep River on Wednesday last, went to TACOMA PORTLAND u a Si? u 0 O 0 a 5 o 35 f m DO fit O 173 71 921 202 178 204 226 179 143 188 126 115 0 156! 1761 79 56 108 105 1 9, 87 42 721 98i 155 87 lOOj 127 133 901 167 172 152 86 86 72 70 1621 101 72 203 157 133 92 98 85 91 189 111 111 547 68 844 1531 191 1279! 160! 795 100! 570 105) 71 Cathlamet on Monday to attend the formal arraignment of Mr. Campbell there before the local justice. He was duly arraigned and entered a plea of "not guilty," and upon motion of Mr. McCue the preliminary hearing of the case was continued until 10 o'clock on Saturday morning next. The case will ultimately come , before Judge Rice of the Superior Court for Wash ington. Mr. McCue says that the de fendant has very many friends around the north shore counties who are deeply sympathetic and interested in the case, as Mr. Campbell was never known to be in any sort of grave trouble before the happening of this tragedy." FOGS AT NEW YORK. Forerunners of a Tropical Climate Says Captain Mills. NEW YORK, May 26.-That the fogs which have been hanging over New York harbor and its approaches for several days greatly , interfering with shipping are the forerunners of a tropical climate for New York is the opinion expressed by Captain Arthur Mills, commander of the American liner Philadelphia which was delayed outside Sandy Hook for many hours by the fog. "Its the gulf stream," he said, shaking his head. "The stream is getting closer to New York every year and I expect, if I live that long to see the gulf stream running right past our door and New York become a tropical city with an almost con tinual fog rolling in from the sea." Subscribe for the Morning Astor- ian, 60 cents per month, delivered by BETTERTIMESAHEAD FOR ALL OF US LETTER FROM ONE WELL KNOWN AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN TO ANOTHER ON THE NATURE AND DURATION OF PRESENT STRINGENCY. There follows here a business man's letter to another business man, upon a subject that lies within the public purview and interest, and it is well worth the reading, not only for the practical expression of opinion on the engaging topic, as well as for the cheerful conclusions that figure in the resume. It was shippers of staple products, the firm that handles a vast share of Astoria's annual salmon pack, and which has offices and agencies in all the principle cities of the Union. It was addressed to a friends, II. C. Bliss, in Atlanta, Georgia, and reads as follows: "Your favor of May 11th reeived and contents carefully noted. You ASTORIA Z 9 1 u 239 249 186i 208 98 90 106 177 84.97 77.87 86.46 74.63 88.67 72.63 82.73 73.91 641.87 80.23 198 88 171 207j 86 97 182 224 218 174 130 140 178 198 176 184 81 60 70 128 178! 170 144 132 47; 67 175 143 182! 132 180 41 1546 14571 187 937 117 528 68 1416 193 197 has reduced the foregoing have given me just what I wanted to know, regarding the Southern coun try. Conditions there are no differ erent from anywhere else. It is a case of too many people out of work a case of scare. The mental situa tion in playing a very important part. People are afraid to start mills, afraid to try to sell the output, afraid to do anything. The situation would clear up much sooner if people could only get a little nerve in their systems and at it, because the country has not gone to the bow-wows. "The foundation of the who situa tion, as you say, is the farmer and the fanner is a long way from broke; on the contrary, he is particularly prosperous, but he has also got the conservative bug in his system and is pinching his cards and is not spending the-money he is entitled to spend, from his financial situation. "Now there is another big crop coming down upon us and I cannot help feeling that we are on the bot tom and that while resumption will be very slow and delayed far longer than necessary, nevertheless, the pendulum has got to swing back, but I am free to confess that I don't think the swing-back will be very hard this year. We, may get it late in the Fall but when it does come it will be steady and then each month will see conditions a little better than the preceding month. Of course while J the prospects for crops are great, nevertheless, many things can happen between now and the time they are harvested and the financial interests generally are not going to take any thing for granted. They will wait first to see who is nominated; what the attitude of the two parties is to be towed the vested interests Then safe. They want to know who is go ing to be elected; in fact, they want to know a lot of things. "For the last few years it has bees to muck-rake, attack the vested inter ests and destroy anything that had any value. The socialistic end of the country has been in service. Politic ians have been elected by attacking the vested interests and the whole game has been workd in such- a way game has been worked in such a way the vested interests has been de stroyed, with the result that the rail roads could not get money, big cor porations could not get money, every thing stopped and it is going to take a certain length of time to get the wheels in motion. "The average wholesale grocer attitude is against business rather than for it. He is really not trying to do anything. He is simply drift ing and that is what makes the present situation so hard. You go in to a buyer, you offer him goods at a price that is right; at a price that he thinks they can sell at a profit to his house and yet he is not allowed to buy unless it is in a hand-to-mouth manner. "It is always darkest just before daybreak and it is bloody dark just now, but all we have to do is sit tight, keep your ear on the ground and get into the band wagon when the pro cession starts, as it will start one of these days. Yours very truly, "(Signed), J. K. ARMSBY." When you need a cough cure you seei one that will eur jour eough. Kemp" Balaam, the best eough cure, will do it All druggist sell it for 25 east. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Guy R. Osborne will leave oa the 8:20 express this morning for a month's visit with friends and rela tives at the Capital City. Miss Lelah Gilbaugh departs oa this morning's train for Portland and Seattle and will enjoy the pleasure incident to the grand naval review oa the Sound, and of the Rose Festival at the Oregon metropolis. She will be absent about 10 days. J. G. McXab, traveling freight agent for the Canadian Pacific Rail way was a business visitor in this city yesterday. C. B. Brown moved yesterday from his old home at 661 Exchange street to his new residence at 311 Harrison avenue, which he recently purchased. W. H. Ormsby, the traveling freight agent fr the Northern Pacific Railroad went to Seaside on a mat ter of business. He will return t Astoria today. Otto Sund and Mrs. Sund are ex pected home today after a week" visit at Carson Springs. Fred Fulton, son of Senator Ful ton and Dick Fulton, son of G. C Fulton, who have been in the East attending school, have returned to Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Noyes, wh were formerly residents of this city, were in town visiting friends here and at Seaside, for several days have returned to their home at Portland. Chas. A. Davis, a resident of Den ver, was in the city yesterday. W. B. Kernan, of Portland, is ia town, a guest at the Occident. Mr. C. W. Knowles, a resident of Seaside, was a visitor in Astoria yes terday. W..L. Pellanda and H. T. Kruget, two seamen off one of the battle ships of the Atlantic fleet, are ia town, stopping at the Occident They will leave for North Head to day. J. A. Bae, a resident of Hobson ville, was in the city yesterday, a guest at the Occident. James Patterson of Seaside is in town registered at the Merwyn. For Rubber Stamps and Typewriter Supplies see Lenora Benoit, public stenographer, 447 Commercial street Subscribe for the Morning Astoriaa, 60 cents a month. ALEX TAGG FreshChocol&tes, Candies, etc.22 Made fresh every day la cat own factory. CONFECTIONERY