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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. THUKSDAY. JULY 2, 1908. I The Store FMr Ladies for 7 !r Women BEEMVB Outfitters MILLINERY GREAT REDUCTION in Lawnsand Mulls Linen Shirt Waist Suits at g-M .Vhite Lawn Suits l.-uo Great Reductions in Millinery Trimnip.l Hats ................. Reduced from $3.50, $3.00 and Parasols White Skirts Elegant values ; ". WATERFRONT ITEMS YESTERDAY CRAFT THAT CROSSED THE COLUMBIA BAR BOTH WAYS DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS. The British steamship Madura, wheat laden for the Orient, arrived down from Portland last evening and will go out this morning on her long voyage to Shanghai. The steamship Roanoke will be down from Portland tonight, and will depart for the California coast at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Callender docks. The fine British steamship Aeon, lumber laden from Portland came down the river yesterday and went to sea at once, bound for Sydney, Au stralia, via San Francisco. The British steamship Katanga, which arrived in port on Tuesday last, missing her sea orders outside the bar, left out for Seattle yester day. The fine new launch Irene Barnes left out yesterday morning for Lake Bay, Alaska, under command of Cap tain Layham, formerly of the Gerald C. The steamer Charles R. Spencer was a' bit late on her run down yei- terday but she got away on her. schedule with plenty of people in her ; cabin. I The steamer Sue H. Elmore will' j t . t:h i, ,u;B ,f depforTilImookthisinomiigat 6 o clock providing all things are; f . , I I AO r-r A i-vn.n thA hlf I The fine oil tank steamship Col. E. L. Drake came down the river yester day and went to sea direct, bound for the California coast. The steamer F. S. Loop arrived in i from San Francisco yesterday . and will load lumber outward from Knappton. The steamer Oklahoma came down vesterdav with the Letitia on her hawsers and a big wad of general merchandise for Astoria merchants. The steamer Eureka crossed in yesterday afternoon from the port of that name and after a brief call at the Callender, went on to Portland. The steamer Washington berthed at the Callender at 5 o'clock yester day afternoon, and went on to the metropolis at 6 sharp. The steamer Undine, it is said, will lay over in this port on Saturday night, until after the big marine dis play of fireworks. The motor schooner Condor came down yesterday and departed for Yaquina Bay with a general cargo of merchandise. The schooner Letitia came down the river yesterday afternoon with a full load of lumber for the Bay City. The Rainier arrived in yesterday from the Bay City, and will load out lumber from the Tongue Point mills. The schooner John A. Campbell went to sea yesterday with 650,000 feet of. lumber, bound for San Pedro. The steamer Alliance, from Coos Bay, was among the arrivals in this port yesterday. Country Dance. Among the genuine attractions for the coming. "Fourth," will be the famous "Country Dance" to be given on the night of Friday, July 3rd, and on the afternoon and evening of the "Fourth," in the Lurline Dock Hall, under careful management. The fire works display on night of Fourth will be in plain and close view of the ball j room. 7-1-3 99c $2.50. - 20 P" nJ? I" per cent off . "OBSERVER- THINKS LOW RATES ARE BEST IN THE END "Editor Astorian: It is with pleas ure and surprise I note what is being said by the papers regarding threats of the transportation companies oper ating between Portland and Astoria against our merchants, and threats of a 25-cent rate should the 'Spencer' be given freight. Why is it that rates have recently been raised by the transportation companies? The Spen cer has a right to live and if she will carry freight and passengers for less than the others that is their business, and a benefit to the town. What bona- fide . merchant can object to have cheap rates to Astoria? Is it not bet ter to have 200 people come to As toria than it is for 25 people for the same money, as it is now? With a 25-cent rate just think of the number of people who would be in our city and see what would be spent by them. Everyone will spend some thing. Hotels, restaurants, cigar and fruit dealers, liquor dealers, grocers, butcher shops, etc., will all be bene fited and directly interested. People will travel with low rates. Just think of 200 people against 25 people be ing in the city. It is people we want, to make business, and no threat should be paid any attention to, and we should all do what we can to fill the city up with people. "The merchants and people are en titled to low rates if we can get them on everything that comes into our city or out of it, and our neighbors the same. Have our merchants looked up the difference in rates from As toria to North Beach points and from Portland to the same points? Same with the South Beach. "It is our duty to stay by the trans- portation companies that do us the most good. Much more could be said. OBSERVER, ' PERSONAL MENTION Mrs S. Munson of Warrenton will leave today for a protracted visit to Q. R . . . , , lIUlHIMi V"UU UVWUIlllUIIIVJ MV to the Washington port. Miss Margharite Bozorth is a homing passenger to Tillamook City on the steamer Sue H. Elmore, hav ing been on a visit with friends and relatives at Portland and Salem. Hon. Harrison Allen, ex-district attorney of the Fifth Judicial district, and well known in Astoria, but now of Portland, spent the day in this city yesterday, on matters of law, return ing to the metropolis on the evening express The Misses Hazel Ripley and .Vieve Cecil wil leave for Portland on the steamer Charles R. Spencer, after several weeks' pleasantly spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ripley on Exchange street. Miss Ethel Blinn, a school teacher in one of the Portland schools is in Astoria on a visit to her mother and sisters. Mrs. J. E. Ferguson left yesterday in company with her son and daugh ter and her neice for Hood River, where she will spend a short vacation on her fruit ranch Walter M. Berry, a graduate of this year from the Chemistry Depart ment of the University of Oregon, has arrived, to spend the summer at home with his parents. J. H. Smith of Portland is-a visitor in Astoria. L. H. Rhoades . of Bay Center, Wash., was in the city yesterday. Lama Dale is' in the .city from Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jensen from San Francisco were among the ar rivals in Astoria yesterday. Harry Wood, a resident of Port land, spent Wednesday in Astoria. C. H. Nahet of Portland is in the city stopping at the Occident. R. A. Hawkins; a resident of II waco, is in the city registered at the Hotel Occident. "M. E. Bartholomew of Portland is in the city. Henry Westermure arrived in As toria on the evening train and is stop ing at the Occident. W. F. Robeson of Portland is reg istered at the Occident. Sunday Excursions to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. & N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round trip, fare to any point on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only. 7-1-tf ic cr tddimp nnw THE HILL CONCRETE PIER CONSTRUCT ED UNDER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING FOUND TO BE MOVING SLOWLY BUT SURELY, The big concrete pier constructed as n solid foundation to the high school is believed to have been slowly slipping during the past year. The northwest corner of the building has settled probably an inch or more, and it will be necessary to brace it up to prevent a further sagging. W hen the concrete pier, eight feet square and twenty feet in depth, was constructed it was thought that it was placed solidly right on the rock foundation and that therefore it would stand firmly. But experience has shown that it has moved down the hill, and probably nothing can be done to prevent this gradual move ment. The plan will perhaps be to now insert wedges under the north west corner of the building and thus ift it up to its proper level. The ground along the hillside is underlaid with a soapstone founda tion and it is as slippery as soap. Therefore it is a difficult matter to construct any pier or brace on such a foundation that won t slip. At the office of the school supertn- tendant yesterday it was said that while additional school room is badly required, that it is quite improbable that much if any money will be ex pended in this direction the coming year. Several of the schools are over crowded and it will only be a matter of time when more room will be im perative. At all events it is now not the intention of the school authorities to erect any new building. To do so it would be necessary for the board to borrow money. - Superintendent Clark said yesterday that the question of portable school houses has been considered in an informal manner by the board, and that this plan may be taken up again for more serious con sideration. Portable school houses are used in Portland and many other of the large cities, and it is under stood that they have given great sat isfaction as a rule. Inasmuch as they are cheap and may be moved about from one part of the city to an - other as the need arises, they have oftentimes' given great aid in, other cities at times when more school room was imperatively required and when there was insufficient funds at hand to construct permanent build ings. It may prove a vexatious problem to scat all the pupils in the high school next year. During the past year the high school was crowded, and only 15 graduates last week there were also forty-six graduates from the grammar grades into the high school, many of who will doubtless lane auvamage oi ineir opponuniiy ; to get into the high schol classes. It j may be necessary to rent some room j outside of the building to accommo-j date all the expected pupils. j The Shively school was crowded i last year and for the coining year will ! be in no better condition. The Adair : was pretty well crowded last year,! and its eight rooms averaged forty- three to the room, while thirty pupils are considered a goodly number for any teacher. The Taylor school is also crowded, nearly forty to the room on an average. The Alderbrook is the only building that has plenty of room. NOTICE. ni. i t t i S?;ixT i n n s ,m - i Tnprniiprs npavrr lcifiire quested to attend a regu lar meeting to be held this (Thurs day) evening at 8 o'clock. Installa tion of officers. Visitors welcome. OLOF ANDERSON, Secretary. DONE BY DEED Frank A. Weston and wife and Fred S. Weston and wife to August Kari, lots 1 and west 10 feet of lot 2 in block 5, Bradbury s addition to Ocaen Grove; $75. J. M. Jeffers and wife and J. H. Jcffers and wife to Michal Fuoco, 11 acres in township 8; $1100. Summer Excursions. During the months of June, July, August and September the Uwaco R. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets daily from all points on North (Long) Beach to all points on Clatsop Beach at rate of $1.75. Return limit thirty days. 6-23-tf Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. TEA U S imports but little more in 1904 than in 1864. So much poor tea., Your grocer returru your money If you ion't Ac Scbllliui') Kent; we pay him. THE DOGS OF WAR. ' Mors Than Mr Figure of Spseoh In ' Rsmote Tlmst, The "dogs of war" la not a uiero fig ure of speech. lu remote time dog were used for war purposes. Plutarch and Pliny relate ninny Instances t. e., of Ageellaus at the siege of Mnnttuen, of Cambyses lu his expedition to Egypt, of the king of ttio Goroinnntlnna In re gaining his throne. Aoueas (000 B. C.) tells of dogs that carried lottora lu their collars; also the Clmbrlnns and Teutons kept dogs. Those, however, wero fight ing dogs, Justly dreaded by tho Roman soldiers. Tho ltomnn military author Vegetlus reports that dogs wero used lu the for tified towers to make known by their barking the approach of the enemy and to keep the garrlsous awake; also dur ing tho mlddlo agce war dogs wero used for guarding camps and bulwarks. Scotch bloodhounds were specially re puted for tracking escaped prisoners. They were also used for attacking the euemy's cavalry, mutilating the horses with the prougs and hooks of their coats of mat!. To these coats 0 repots were attached, which set the camps ou fire. In the days of Grsnsou aud Mur- ten (U70) the battles started with a fight of Swiss dogs agalust Burgundlan dogs, and at Murten the Burgundlan dogs were dismembered by their ad versaries from the Alps. It Is said that after the discovery of America war dogs slaughtered not less than 2,000 Indians. The employment of dogs for fighting purposes continued In modern times. Emperor Charles V. (1518-1566) re ceived from England 4,000 dogs subsidiary forces agalust France. At Valence French and Spanish dogs joined battle, In which the latter re mained victors. As late as In the sev enteenth century war dogs were used as scouts agalust the Turks. In 1822 an assault on the Acropolis of Athens by the Greeks was frustrated by dogs. The French employed dogs lu Tunis against Arabian tribes. In Mexico In 1804 the dogs of the Zaccsteca volun teer corps proved the most terrible ad versaries of the Mexican guerrillas until they were got rid of by poison, In the last Turko-Russlan war (1877- 1878) the Russians employed war dogs both In Europe and In Asia. The Austrlans and Hollanders also nsed trained dogs successfully to protect themselves against being surprised by the enemy and to find their adver saries In the Impenetrable thickets. Today the dog la no longer employed as a fighter. lie Is trained to carry ammunition to the battlefield, to guard the outposts, prevent skirmishers from ! "baling at too close range, forward letters ana, nnaiiy, as a Samaritan in finding the wounded after a battle. Minneapolis Journal. The Oocupsnt In the Rsar. "'Is there a young lady by the name of Evans living In this bouse T In quired the strange woman of the timid appearing man at the front door. "Yes," returned he. with a suddenly respectful and serious demeanor. "She occupies the rear of this bouse, so you'd best step round to the rear door and knock gently, ma'am." "I did, but no one answered." "Ah. tlipn dliln't vnn nntlro ml cm on tne door )n tne Bhape 0j a eat placard?" asked the man In tonea of awe and admiration, "yes. The placard said 'Out'" "Then she's out That's her sign, ma'am." "Do you know when she will re- turn?" "No; we never know that, ma'am In fact, she conies and goes whenever "he takes the notion and wants none to Interfere with her doings or habits in any way, snape or manner, ma am. "She's rather a mysterious and lnde pendent sort of person, 1 take It?" "Well, rather. You see, ma'am, she's our cook!" Judge. When Japan Cleans House. The unexpected Japanese guest smiled at the dismantled drawing room, made his way carefully between a broom and a pail of water, and, kicking aside bar of soap that had uearly overset blm, he said: "You call this a honseclcanlng. Well, In Japan we'd call It nothing. We are required by law over there to have four houseclennlngs a year that are, ludeed, housecleaulngs. Everything goes out in the street. Everything down to the bare walls must be taken from every Japanese house four times a year and set out upon the sidewalk; then all must be thoroughly cleaned. Last of all, government officials come and dls Infect and fumigate the cleaned dwell Ings and the cleaned possessions. Ja pan Is a strange sight on those four annual cleaning days. With all the fur niture piled outside you'd think the Japanese lived In the streets Instead of Indoors." New York Press. Over Thirty-Five Years. In 1872 there was a great deal of diarrhoea, dysentary and cholera in fantum. It was at this time that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was first brought into use. It proved more successful than' any other remedy or treatment, and has for thirty-five years main tained that record. From a small be ginning its sale and use has extended to every part of the United States and to many foreign countries. Nine druggists out of ten will recommend it yvhen their opinion is asked, al though -they have other medicines that pay them a greater profit. It can always be depended upon, even in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. I The Day ATURDAY JULY -4TH Store Closed All Day Acme Grocer y Co. HIGH GRADE 521 COMMERCIAL STREET SAILORS ARE SAVED Shipwrecked Frenchmen Taken From Antipodes Island WERE ALMOST WITHOUT HOPE Twenty-two in Number, They Lived Like Robinson Crusoe Did. and Were on Short Rations When They Were Picked up by Man-of-War, VICTORIA, D. C. July 1. While sending a farewell message fastened in a quill to an albatross' neck, one of a series of daily messages recounting briefly the story of the wreck on An tipodes Island. 49.40 South, 178.43 East of the French Bark President Felix Faure, 22 starving French sail ormen were rescued by the British wasrhip Pagasus and brought to Syd ney shortly 1cfore the sailing of the Marama, which arrived to-day. The castaways, who lived a Crusoe life, fashioning their utensils in the same resourceful way as the maroon of Juan Fernandez, schainbled ashore on Antipodes Island, south of New Zealand and near the survivors of the British bark Dudonald were rescued months before after their vessel, drove ashore during a fog in March last, and had almost given up hope of rescue when the British warship was sighted. The men were ravenous when rescued, having been on short rations for some time. They had needles made of blades of pocket knives, dinner knives from an iron hoop torn from a cask washed from the wreck, hair combs from bush thorns, lish hooks from bent nails, spoons from shells, ets. Stimulation With Irritation That is the watchword. That is what Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup docs. Cleanses and stimulates the bowels without irritation in any form. T. F, Laurin, Owl Drug Store. . During the summer kidney irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Coure. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. There is nothing else "just u good" as Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure, and the other kinds cost just as mujh s this famoi: remedy. S. E. Johnson Dead. WASHINGTON, July 1-Sylvanus E. Johnson, formerly, connected with the Ohio Stale Journal and the New York World, ofr many years Wash ington correspondent of the Cincin nati Inquirer and a former of. the Grid Iron Club, died laost night, aged 69 years. The dull feeling in the head which Is not quite an acho, but bad enough to make one miserable, can be driven away by Lane's Family Medicine, the best eur for headache. NEW TO-DAY The Commercial. One of the coziest and most popu lar resorts in the city is the Commer cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the tcmics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. GOOD WOOD. If you want a good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY the WOOD DEALER, The man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. We Celebrate GROCERIES PHONE 681 Astoria Theatre F. M. IIANLIN, Lessct & Mgr. TONIGHT I.U-t.LLI iH.L.S Parker House Restaurant Opened under new man agement. Lady cook. Noth ing but whitehelp employed. Popular Prices. Festoons Flags and all kinds of Decorations for the FOURTH at Svenson'sBooliStore 14th and Commercial St. ... Astoria - - Oregon Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor, 12tb, and Duane. LADY MANICURIST ENGAGED. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen's beautiful tousorial establishment, has been further modernized by the per manent engagement of a highly train ed young lady manicurist, who will also serve the house as cashier. The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Fhone Main 1281. The Palace Restaurant Any phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant. The kitchen and dining room Bervice are of the positive best. Private dining rooms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, . and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. . Shine Them Up. Ladies' shoes called for, shined and returned. Phone Main 3741. I GEORGIA j MAGDA J ; Night Prices.. 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c ' '