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MILITIA FINE SHOTS
National' Guard Armed With
Springfields
BETTER OFF THAN THE NAYY
National Guard, Like the Army, is
Equipped With Modern Springfields
But Navy and Marine Corps Are
Fitted Out With Krag-Jorgenson's
WASHINGTON, P. C. June 19.
It in an interesting fact that the Na
tional Guard of the various states and
territories arc equipped with better
rifles than the U. S. Navy and Marine
Corps. The former, like the army,
ha been armed with Model 1903,
popularly known as the New Spring
field, while the navy continues to use
the Krag. Thin is not. however, the
fault of the naval authorities, who
would be only too pleased to change
to the new rifle but alas, there is no
money available. It would cost about
$1,000,000 to equip the navy and
marine corpse with New Springfields
and a Congress did not appropriate
the money and no other fund is avail
able these branches of the service
will continue using the Krags. The
teams from the navy, marine corps
and naval academy which will shoot
in the national, matches at Camp
Perry, however, will use the, new
rifles the department having purchas
ed a hundred of them from the war
department, to be used in the trials
now in progress and in the matches.
There is a warm but generous rivalry
between the army and the navy over
these matches and extensive prepara
tions arc being made by both services
to win the National Trophy. The
army brought from the Philippines a
dozen of the best experts stationed
there to compete for places on the in
fantry and cavalry teams, while the
navy has detached from the fleet now
in Pacific waters the following: En
signs Dortch, Doherty, Wilcox and
White, and Midshipmen Osborn,
Lewis, Woodward and Amsdcn.
They will proceed to Annapolis
where the contests for places on the
naval and naval academy teams will
be held. Karly next month both
teams will go to Comp Perry, Ohio,
where they will practice constantly
until the matches. The army teams
will be trained at Fort Sheridan and
Fort Ethan Allen, and then proceed
to Camp Terry. Last year the navy
team won the trophy and a midship
man won the national individual rifle
and the national pistol matches. The
army proposes to carry off the honor
if possible, while the navy intends to
hold them.
It is not likely the naval militia
will be equipped with the new army
rifles for some time to come. Oc
cupying a somewhat anamalous posi
tion they cannot be equipped from
the reeular fund available to the land
forces and the total appropriation for
the naval militia is only $100,000
which must be divided among nine
teen organizations according to their
strength. Should the' commanders
desire it, however, it is understood a
portion of the quota for their com
mands may be used for this purpose,
The state of Ohio is making elab
orate preparations to entertain the
crack military shots of the United
States at the National Matches in
August the more so as it will pro
bably be some years before the
matches are again held on that range
There will be almost a thousand
team members and substitutes in at
tendance on the National Team
Match , alone, representing almost
every state and territory, and all
branches of the regular services to
gether with a team from the army in
Cuba, There will probably be eight
hundred entries in the National In
dividual kiflc Match and half as
many or more more in the National
Pistol Match, In addition. there will
be hundreds of marksmen who are
ineligible for these matches but who
will contest in the matches of the
National Rifle Association and the
Ohio State Rifle Association and the
during the preceding two weeks. Ap
proximately one hundred army offi
ccrs will be detailed to supervise the
National Matches, together with a
regiment of regulars to act as mark
er, mid scorers. The state has pur
chased 66 acres of additional ground
in the west of the range wlnclt win
admit of firing at all ranges from a
. . MM. - . inno
common nnng point, me new uw-
yard butt will be 800 feet long, of re
iiiforei'il concrete and equipped with
telephone connections, buszers, etc.
Jiint north of the rail road terminals
a new mess hall is being constructed.
It will be 76 by 172 feet, two stories
in height with an extension for the
kitchen. The upper story will pro
vide a large drill hall without pillars.
This building will also be of re-in-forced
concrete. On the lower floor
WOO men can be messed at one time.
For the national matches Congress
tnaib a miecial aonronriation of $12,-
000 to provide for the messing of the
competitors, which mess wilt te con
ducted by any army. Another import
ant improvement is the construction
of a stand pipe with a capacity of 75,
000 gallon of water, all water used at
the camp being carefully filtered. An
intercepting storm-water sewer is be
ing constructed to drain the camp. It
will empty into a large basin and the
water will be pumped into tiiC lake,
which insures a perfectly dry camp.
All roads arc being macademized and
parked and cinder foot-paths are be
ing constructed to all parts of the
range. These improvements will cost
the state about $35,000 in addition to
the cost of the additional, ground. In
July the 2nd Infantry will be at Camp
Perry for qualification of its men and
it will probably be designated to re
main during the matches in August.
Considerable saving in ammunition
to the states will be effected by a re
cent decision of Assistant Secretary
of War Oliver who has held that
where an officer or enlisted, nian of
the National Guard qualifies as an ex
pert rifleman or as a sharpshooter, he
enters the next seasons practice with
the qualification of the grade next be
low, so that under Special Course C
the expert of last year will have to
qualify only in this case, and the
sharpshooters only as sharpshooters
and then experts, instead of having' to
qualify in all three classes as marks
men, sharpshooters and expert.
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Over 1300 miles of scenic beauty and interest attractive and instru ;
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scenic attractions, and introduces the traveler to the vast arena soon to
become the scene of the world's greatest industrial activities. There ii
not an idle or uninteresting hour on the' trip ,and the variety of conditions
presented excites wonder and admiration.
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' SnC :' " General Passenger Agent, Portland.
A MODEL HOME.
A house of cement; a house with
out a chimney; a house wUh plenty
of artificial light and heat and yet
without a bit of fire; a house without
coal; without ashes; without danger
ous gases; such is to be the house of
tomorrow. So writes Frank N. Baus
kett in the Technical World Maza
zinc for July.
This is indeed and ideal house, and
it is not impossible to have, for, with
little trouble one has just been com
pleted at Carrollton, Ilinois. While
this wonderful home is the only one
of its kind in the world, it is a good
example of what the average Ameri
can home wil be in a few years from
now.
Wood is fast becoming too scarce
and too high in price to be used as
common building material, and the
time is already here, when, for econ
omy's sake, architects arid contract
ors arc figuring to construct all build
ings of steel and concrete. As the
supply of coal diminishes the cost is
advancing so that everything possible
is being done to husband "the supply
and to see that none of the precious
stored heat is wasted. Electricity,
generated by water power, is even
now taking the place of coal as a
source of power, and the time is not
far distant when it will rank first as
a source of heat.
This model twentieth-century home
at Carrollton, is thirty-four by thirty
feet, two stories high, with attic and
basement, and has eight rooms on the
two main floors. While Edison's idea
of a concrete house to be poured into
one big mould was carried out in its
conctruction. The foundation and
walls are of concrete blocks. These
blocks were moulded right on the
ground as they were required, so
there was no waste of material. The
floors are of hardwood and interior
is finished in plaster and oak. Such a
house requires but little wood in its
construction. The style of architect
pre is of plain, substantial mission
type, this idea being carried out
throughout the interior. The house is
fmntH with a larcre oorch. and the
whole construction, or rather the
entire cost, was less than $3,000.
The house is described at length in
the balance of an interesting, well
illustrated article.
MOM'S 01
FORDS
We never sold women's Oxfords as fast as
'we are now selling' them. Perhaps our Ox
fords are the best. We think they are.
The styles of workmanship could not be
better. Every woman likes them so much
daintiness so much beauty about them.
Oxforis in Patent Kid, Corona Kid and
Colt Skin. The mew Golden, Brown, Tans
also lace blucher or button.
Handsome creations in Ribbon Ties with
French or buckle Cuban heels.
Oxfords should be fitted correctly we are
experts at fittiiis. No gaping or slipping
when we do the Oxford fitting.
Wherity Ralston (Sl Co. I
Astoria's Best Shoe Store
479 Commercial St. Aloria Oregon f
of the Southwest pass of the Missis
sippi river. So writes Howard W.
Blakeslec in the Technical World
Magazine for July. This channel,
which is capable of giving passage to
the largest steamers either afloat or
projected, cuts through the bar which
the Mississippi's, vast silt deposits are
always heaping up at its mouth. It
lies in a sort of middle ground be
tween the sea and terra firma, in a
region which is still receiving from
the river the final touches of its con
formation, and in which the work of
construction was hampered by pecul
iar difficulties. The engineers in
charge of this work constructed at
the shallow mouth of the pass two
nearly parrellel walls, lying over half
a mile apart, and each between three
and four miles long, which served
practically as backbones to guide the
mud depositing of the river. These
walls, known as jetties, by confining
water irave tt a ramuity of now
which, aided by dredging, is scouring
out a channel, to have a minimum
depth of thirty-five feet and a central
depth considerably greater. The min
imum depth will obtain for a width of
somewhat less than 1,000 feet. With
introduction, the writer describes
in interesting fashion the engineering-
.ntriiri'sp which is to make tne
mouth of the Mississippi navigable
The article is well illustrated.
: DEEPENING A RIVER.
The barrier which for a century
partially has abstructed the entry of
deep seat traffic into North America's
greatest river waterway will be re
moved this summer by the comple
tion of a jetty channel at the mouth
TELEGRAPH MACHINE
"A revolution in the sending and
receiving of telegraph messages is
gradually taking place throughout the
United States owing to the telegraph
printing machines which are being in
stalled in the metropolitan offices of
the telegraph companies," says the
July Popular Mechanics.
"In sending, the messages are
'punched' or spelled out in the Morse
character on an endless tape. The
tape is then fed into a sending ma
chine where a wheel moves it along
and in the right direction. The holes
i the tane allow contacts to be made
which control the receiving mechan
ism.
"The receiving machine' is some
what like an electrically controlled
typewriter. Electrical contacts made
through the holes in the tape cause
the proper type bars to be struck. So
fast is this automatic working that
the girl operators can receive , and
send from 200 .to 400 messages in 9
hours with one machine. The ma
chines work duplex, two messages be
ing sent at the same time." The ar
ticle is illustrated.
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June Official Tide Tables
Compiled by the U. S. Government for
Astoria and Vicinity.
JUNE. 1908. JUNE, 1908.
High Water.
Data.
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday . . .
Saturday
SUNDAY
Monday .,
Tuesday 9
10
11
12
13
..14
..15
Wednesday
Thursday .
Friday
Saturday
SUNDAY
Monday ..
Tuesday 16
Wednesday 17
Thursday .......13
"rlday 19
Saturday 20
SUNDAY 21
Monday 22
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday .......25
"rklay ...........26
Friday ..........26
Saturday ..27
SUNDAY 28
Monday ......... 29
Tuesday ........30
A. M.
h.m.1 ft.
1:40
2.15
2:50,
S:80
4:15
6:08
6:16
7:52,
8:62
9:50
10:48
11:42
0:00
0:42
1:30
2:16
8:10
4:08
5:15
6:30
7:50
9:05
10:15
11:15
0:06
0:44
1:20
8.5
8.1
7.7
7.4
6.8
6.3
6.0
6.0
6.2
6.5
6.8
7.1
9.3
9.3
9.1
8.9
8.4
7.8
7.2
6.8
6.8
6.8
8.7
8.6
8.3
P. M.
h.m. I tt
3:08
3:50
4:30
5:04
5:46
6:35
7:22
8:08
8:55
9:48
10:32
11:18
13:32
1:24
2:12
3:04
8:50
4:42
6:34
6:28
7:24
8:16
9:09
9:58
10:45
12:06
11:28
12:65
1:35
2:15
2:50
7.2
7.0
7.0
7.1
7.3
7.3
7.5
7.7
8.1
8.4
8.8
9.0
7.3
7.5
7.9
7.9
8.0
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.4
8.4
8.5
8.7
8.8
7.2
8.9
7.3
7.8
7.3
7.8
Low Water.
Date.
Monday .,
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6
SUNDAY 7
Monday 8
Tuesday ........ 9
Wednesday- 101
Thursday 11
Friday 12
Saturday 13
SUNDAY 14
Monday 151
Tuesday 16
Wednesday 171
xnursaay 18
Friday 19
Saturday 20
SUNDAY 21
Monday ..,,22
Tuesday 23
Wednesday 24
Thursday .......25
Friday ..........26
Saturday ...... .27
SUNDAY ......28
Monday 29
Tuesday .. .10
AM. p. M.
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9:24
10:06
11:00!
11:56!
12:34
1:32
2:28
3:2
4:20
6:12
6:00,
6:54
7:45
8:40
9:36
10:40
11:481
12:52
1:54
2:58
4:00
4:50
5:42
6:30:
7:10
7:60
1:2