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That OIL and natural GAS have been discovered in paying quantities across the Columbia River from Astoria at OnipHa
Washington, f has been important enough to a number of well-known reliable parties-to cause the nraan.w; fl '
Coast Gas & Oil Co., with a capital stock of $300,000. This company has just Jn'SdM It f ?
at the low'price of $50.00 per share. READ ON-. . 0 5nw$ ot stock Qn the mark
Whit the Comply Is
The Pacific Coast Ca & Oil Co. it
composed of reliable business men of
Oregon and Washington whose only
purpose is to develop the property to
the best of its ability and produce a
paying mine of oil and gas that all
who have purchased Hock may share
in its profits. The officers serve with
out aalary and Include among them
some of the most reputable cititens
of the State. To make the company
atrong on account of its brilliant fu
ture it has secured leasee on over
6000 acres o land. It has obtained
the highest expert authority on the
geological formation of the land,
employed the strongest expert work
men to operate the drilling apparatus
and given such other evidence of good
faith to warrant any man making an
investment with them,
Alex Sweek, president, Portland.
Clayton S. Barber, sec. and treai.
R. A. Wade, vice-president.
Director! John Nelson, Oneida,
Wash.; Geo. L Hutchini, Portland;
Wm. Anderson, Deep Kiver, Wash.
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The plant is now
in constant opera
tion. The drilling
is being done under
the supervision of
two expert oil well I
operators. You can
see them at work
any day of the
week i at Oneida
right opposite As
toria. The picture opposite is
a view of the derrick in
actual operation.
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If you have any
doubt as to the sta
bility of the com
pany, or in the
manner in which
itiis operating, be
fore you make any
investment visit
;the property any
jday and satisfy
yourself. Oil and
igas will be found
in paying quanti
fies. After the
"strike" fit will be
too late to buy
stock. Do it NOW.
StocK for Sale
For Development Pa o?e
The per value of the stock is $100
per share, but is now offered at one
half ($50) and it is worth it The
company has already sold a limited
amount of stock, equipped the prop
erty with the best working machinery
in the world and it has plans for a
great future. The money secured
from the sale of stock will be to push
the work. Every dolar will be used
to prepare for the best interest of the
company. As the drill goes down the
stock will surely rise. The price it is
now offered at will only be a short
time. A good rule is to let oppor
tunity in when it knocks at the door.
For an investment there is nothing
more tangible, brighter or more surer
dvidend paying than this stock, par
ticularly at $50 per share. . Don't wait
until it goes to par, but buy now. It
is really a chance that comes seldom.
Further particulars at the addresses
given below.
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ROMANCE OF ELECTRICITY.
Deep irt the vellum-bounJ 'ancfcnt
V'jiiirnes of ninny an old book" store
lie hid the romance of Electricity
It is story as old as to be lost hi
the obsWtihy of the mystic" East amf
so intcrcslihg as l) read more like
fiction thatf fact
From the electric lifc in the lib
rary room and die' electric' cars rumb
ling past the btfiidirig the story of
electricity can be Iraeed bskcfc through
e centuries until the tiny thread Is
hM in the great Empire t.4 China
thousands of years ago..
Long before any record's" Written in
books the superstitious people of the
East bowed down to tho magical
powers of the lode-stone, The name
"Electricity" goes back twent'y-llvc
centuries and is derived from' flic
Greek word "electron" meaning ain-
ber. This amber came from the north
Baltic countries and was extensively
used in the arts and for ornamental
purposes. It was one of the old
Greek philosophers, Thales, who dis
covered in polishing his amber stylus
that the fossilized resin possessed the
mysterious power -f attracting light
bodies when rubbed. Thales argued
that the amber possessed the secret
of life but be failed to explain the
magnetic attraction.
The learning of the , Greeks was
adopted by the Romans and Fliny,
the elder, wrote considerable of this
strange property of amber. He said
the stone was rubbed into life by his
fingers. The Romans contented them
selves with this knowledge and ar
rived no further towards a solution
of the problem. While they believed
Jove hurled his immortal thunder
bolts in jusfanger over some fancied
wrong they little knew that their
amber ornaments contained the secret
f the lightning. The great Caesar
WaS HWUll ttUU Hnunimiv.i i.v
e r;imre iff its wnicn on cerium ihkius
nlaved ghost-like about the spiked
helmets and spear points of. the Ro
man legions. Those ancient minds be
lieved more in ghosts and immortals
than in science. They little under
stood nature and attributed nil such
phenomena to the actions of the gods.
The static electricity shining in "St.
Elmo's light" upon the. steel spear
points of the army and the masts of
each tircme in the, Rom.in navy1 was
translated as a message from (he
gods in assurance of vicJory,
Fortunately electricity was neither
forgotten or neglected when ihe
great Roman civilization passed awav
and the Dark Ages succeeded. The
nxt record of electrical experiments
is fercorded m the seventeenth century
whetf Gilbert, an Englishman, studied
the electron and the magnet and
wrote his famous book, "De Mag-
nete", which was the beginning of a
new era in electric saVrrce. Gilbert
told little tliiU Thales had not known
but he paved the way for a new
scientific development. Gucricke, a
Prussian, Inventext the first crude
electric machine; His , simple device
was a cylinder of sulphur mounted on
an axle and turned with a crank. By
whirling this cylinder and1 pressing
a silk cloth against it frictionaF or
static electricity was produced1. This
machine gave a considerable quantity
of electricity and stimulated' further
experiments. Though many proper
ties1 of the mystic force were' discov
ered little other progress was nrad1
during" tliat century.
The next century brought discov
eries which' filled nil Europe with
t
stepped to the front and proved wnn
W. kite that the electricity frov the
(fiction machine and the lightning
ffflflt the clouds were the time thiiicr
its Wi the greatest "electrical scient
ist of the age and the history of
elect'ntfiil progress dates practically
from thatf day. He constructed a bat
tery of Leydert km which was little
short of! thlc Kgfrtfiiag itself, shocking
animals to d'eat-fr mi setting- iire to
tinder.
Franklin's experitWrttt were re
peated in Europe dild 6 was honor- j
ed as being the greatest scientist of
the age.
Up to this time static electricity
was the only kind known. To-day
two kinds of electricity are recog
nized; the static electricity which is
motionless and takes the form of dis
charges from one body to another
and electricity generated by chemical
ucuoii or mecnamcai means, ine
next world astonishing development
in electricity was the discovery of the
chemical battery which gave a steady
flow of current. A man named Gal
vani, a professor of anatomy at Bo
logna, in 1790 was experimenting
with an electric machine. By chance
some frog legs were lying upon
the same table 'having been ordered
by a physician for Galvani's sick wife
A spark jumped to one of the frog's
saddles and it twitched as though
with life. Galvani followed up the ex
periment thinking he had discovered
the secret of life, which was the topic
of all scientfic study and research in
those days.
In the course of his experiment
Galvani hung the frogs legs on a cop
per hook with the toes touching on a
zinc plate. This also caused the legs
to twitch evidencing an electric cur
rent But it remained for Volta to
show that Galvani had created an
electric battery. Volta constructed
his "voltaic pile" composed of alter
nating sheets , of copper a,nd zinc
separated with a cloth moistened with
an acid solut on. This gave a contin
uousi flow of electricity and scientists
dropped . their experiments with the
Louis XV, held an audience with this friction machine to take up the study
jar of stored electricity and' that his of the cell battery. They thought
royal arms were jerked' nearly fronu then' tfat1 the body was nothing more
their sockets which' mystified him. or less than a voltaic pile and that
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were sjM.kt il of,, and written of: in current THa fii a
cUctncal ,cns. Powerful batteries based upon this same principle, and
. - ......ij m a umilbilliu CC1I3 Were
onstruftted and it wan nntirA tuf
the new Wayhine i?ave no brilliant
sparks but steady flow of current of
power so mysterious and threaten
ing as to be hc!J in silent dread.
When the poles of such a machine
were jrrasped it was as though the
victim was held in the grasp of a
giaof and his body was convulsed and
toyjed" about. By its action water was
decomposed, carbon and metals melt
ed, chemistry was revolutionized and
i scientific research extended.
Galvani and Volta were followed
by a coterie- of brilliant men, and the
names' of Oersted, Ampere, Davy,
and' Wblluston became known
throughout '.lie world. In lO Oer
sted discovered the relation between
magnetism and' electricity. By his
experiment- it was found that the gal-
vanic current detlected the magnetic
needle.' After tlii's' principle we are
able to" measure the amperage and
volta'ger of tlic constant enrrent.
In 1831 Faraday discovered the
principle' of voltaic" induction, which
gave rise to the faradic, or alternating
Europe
excitement' and nearly every took
printed during that time' contains
articles on electricity. The glass
electrical machine invented at this
time consisted' of a large glass cylin
der or disk revolved on an axe and
rubbed with leather. This machine
produced a large; brilliant spark. De
Fayc, a Frenchman, sent a spark
through a cord l',300' feet long and
suspending himself from a silk 'cord'
was charged with electricity, .When
his fronds approached liim they were
astonished to see a large spark leap
from his body to theirs; Mussclien
brock tried to store electricity and
produced the Leyden jar, named after
the city where it was first used, and
received a shock which nearly knock
ed him to the floor. The Leyden jar
brought alarm and terror' to. all who,
saw for the first time the great power
of electricity. The book's , say that
tciuicuy oegan to assume great
commercial importance. The tele
graph, the telephone, electricity as a
source of power, the" arc and incande
cent flight, the electric motor car, the
X-ray, wireless telegraphy, the elec
tric furnace and many important dis
coveries have followed.
The .future of electricity promises
more for this world than any other
thing.
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here, Backed By
Astoria Testimony.
Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a stranger's state
ment. Read Astoria endorsement.
Read the statements of Astoria
citizens. i
And decide for yoorself.
Here is one case of it:
J. Pedersen, longshoreman, living
at 613 Commercial . street, Astoria,
Ore., saysr For 20 years I was afflict
ed with kidney trouble. I suffered a
great deal from pain in the small of
the back and was continuually tired
and nervous. I had occasional head
aches, and also a blurring of the eye
sight. Every time I took cold it
settled in the kidneys and added to
my troubles, the secretions at such
times being irregular and containing
sediment My rest was much dis
turbed at night on this account I
began taking Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at Charles Rogers & Son's
drug store and found unexpected re
lief for which I am very thankful."
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cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
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"After doctoring IS years for
chronic indigestion, and spending over
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consider them the best pills ever
sold," writes B. Y. Ayscue, of Ingle
side, N. C. Sold under guarantee at
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WE LO
YOU WIN I
greatly. . .
Then our own BeiljsEniltf Ftaitklin
life was a manifestation of electrical
energy; Personality and ' emotion's
We- will give you one of our $65.00 Malleable Ranges at i
your ownv price; f
It is today in our window at $65.00 and will be reduced one I
dollar; per day until sold.
The Foard St Stokes Hardware Co. !
. Incorporated ,
, Successors to FOARD STOKES
CO.