; SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1908.
THE MORNING ASTOItJAN, ASTORIA, - OREGON.
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That OIL and natural GAS have been discovered in paying quantities across the Columbia River from Astoria at Onieda,
Washington, f has been important enough to a number of well-known reliable parties:to cause the organization of the Pacific
Coast Gas & Oil Co., with a capital stock of $300,000. This company has just placed a number of shareslof stock on the market
at the low price of $50.00 per share. READ ON- ;
What the Company U
The Pacific Coast Cai & Oil Co. It
composed of reliable builnen men of
Oregon and Waihington whose only
purpoie it to develop the property to
the belt of hi ability and produce a
paying mine of oil and gaa that all
who have purchased atock may share
in ita profits. The officera aerve with
out salary and include among them
some of the most reputable citizens
of the State. To make the company
strong on account of ita brilliant fu
ture it hai aecured leasee on over
6000 acrei of land. It hai 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 treas.
R. A, Wade, vice-preaident
Directors John Nelson, Oneida,
Wash.; Geo. I Hutchins, Portland;
We Anderson; Deep Kiver, Wash.
The plant is now
in constant opera
tion. The drilling
is being done under
the supervision of
two expert oil well
operators. You can
see them at work
any day of the
week 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
it is operating, be
fore you make any
investment rvisit
the property any
day and satisfy
yourself. Oil and
gas will be found
in paying quanti
tiesAfter the
i(strike"iit will be
too late ftp '5 buy
stock. Do it'NOW.
StocK for Sals
For jEcu'cfscti Ivi tts
The per value of the stock is $100
per share, but js 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 ia
now offered at will only be a short
time. A good rule ia 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 $30 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. t.
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I 402 Commercial Block, Portland, Oregon. Higgins& Warren, Savings Bank Building, Astoria, Oregon.
BROWN
S-BIG SCHEME
Chicago Pitcher Says Ball Play
ers Should Be Numbered.
INNOVATION MAY BE TRIED.
Three Fingered One Boosting Plan to
Have Figures Designate Identity of
Each Player on Ttam Would Be of
Croat Htlp to Spectators.
"It will not be lone probably next
year, when all ball player will wear
numbers Just like athletes in a trnck
meet or Jockeys on a race track," sold
Mordecal Brown, the Chicago Nation
als' star twlrler. recently.
The three lingered one was nfkod
what he thought of such fl scheme and
aaia no haa always encouraged It and
would like to see a rule passed by the
National baseball commission making
It compulsory for every player to wear
bis number on his back, so that every
man and woman In the grand stand
could readily Identify the player at
but or In the field or whorever ho
might be.
"I know It must be troublesome for
the people In the grand 'stand to fol
low the players, especially visiting
teams," continued Brown, fit would
be ao easy for a player to 'have his
number made right In his suit, and the
programme would carry the Jiey.
"For Instance, the programme could
nrlnt the list of nlnvers on the team,
beginning with Chance. 1; Kllng, 2;
Overall, 8, nud so on down the list of
names until every player had been
numbered. When he came to bat bis
number on his back would furnish the
key to the Identification.
"What a swel nilxup there would
be at a track meet If the competitors
were not nuinlrored! How many per
sons In a grand stand would know the
winner of a horse race If they were
not guided b.v numbers? Then why
should It not be just as important for
baseball players to be Identified?
. "An umpire gets up before a large
crowd and says, 'Ladles and gentle
men, the batteries for today are Hump
ty Doodlehump and Bowwowman for
Boston and Huropty poodlehump and
, Bins for Chicago.' How many per
sons In the grand stand are able to
catch the name?
"They tell mo Umpire Silk O'Lougb
Hn Just spits out the name of the visit
lug battery without gluing tjjo crowd
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r:d their u'Jiiibcrs 'everybody would
know the men In uniforms, aud, be
sides, the club would sen more pro
grammes. If one club ever starts the
Idea, all other teams will follow."
BRESNAHAN'S BUSY BRAIN.
Famous Baseball Catcher Has His ln
vontive Ceniua Ajun at Work.
Catcher IJoger Bresnu!iau of the New
York Nntlnnnls lias luveuted un acci
dent proof cntc'.il'.-.s g've Rotfer Is
one of the greatest Inventors or safety
luiHfthnll ilevlces In tlie world, lie tries
them on himself, but he Isu't- stingy.
If anv one else wauls tu use his Ideas.
they can-if they see him first,
Bresnnhnn received hla brst Impulse
along the rocky road of Invention when
he discovered that kls shins were be
crlnnlns fo look like a pair of twin
Swiss cheeses punched full of holes by
being hit with th? toil. To get riu or
Dili HOWAHD, CTILITY OF THU OHICAOO
NATIONALS.
Another man has been added to the Chi
cago National' already large hospital
Hit. The latest one ti Utility Man tl
Howard. Me fractured ft small bone In
his right hand while sliding to baee In
a recent game. At Ihu llrvio of Injury
Howard was leading the National league
In batting with a percentage of .352.)
any ?ai'nlug; aflu"not dtTo In U thousand
catches the names. By the time he an
nounces the battery for the home team
the crowd is quiet and there is. a
chance to catch the names, but most
of the people know the home players,
but cannot find out who the visiting
battery Is. '
' ?e players on the bench are con
tinually nnswerlug calls from .the giaud
stand by some of our friends as to who
Is pitching and who la playtuj center,
md such .lilt?, wtcu If the nltwers ear-
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BOOlttt BKESNAHAK, FAMOUS OATCHKR OF
, THE KKW TOBK NATIONALS.
the Swiss cheese Bresuahan tried va
rious schemes, ev'eu going so far as to
put glue on his shins and then apply a
thick coating of feathers to form pads
that would break the force of the down
shoots when they lauded..
At last he so.'ed the ditflcuity by
adopting the English cricket shin
guards, the Idea being that the oaii
would be foo:eJ on seeing them and
would naturally slow up. This has
worked well un to date, but the young
er gcneratlo'j of baseball players are
growing wise. Boger Is keeping np to
the times tu scientific research. He to
now applying for a patent on a scheme
thnt will make the catcher's Job a sine
cure an automatic catching device that
takes the sizzling ball hot from the
pitcher, kills Its speed and delivers It
Into the catcher's hands as tame as a
duck.
LOOK OUT FOR THE REDS.
Cincinnati Team Putting Up Cham
pionship Article of Ball.
The baseball populace of Cincinnati
Is Mn a fever of suspense. Are the
Beds a teiim of second dlvisioners
rushing aloug at a pennant winning
pace or are they real ball players who
have started their normal pace with a
chance of keeping it up until the last
game is decided? These are the ques
tion the fans are asking. The bugs
are enthusiastic, but are not permu
ting enthusiasm to rob them of their
reason. They remember how year aft
er year the Beds have galloped off
with the leaders iu the early part of
the season, to drop like a deflated bal
loon when the pace began to tell.
Peculiarly euough. the man whom
no one thought good enough to manage
the team is the one who is keeping
the team up In the race.
Ganzel has done fqr the Beds, what
no other manager ever did. He has
converted them Into a gingery aggre
eatlon. He set an example by playing
I a marvelous game in the field and hit
tlng like a demon.
RECTOR, THE SPEED MARVEL
University cf Virginia Runner Promis
ing Men on Olympis Team.
No figure lu the areua of amateur
athletics today "commands r.jere atten
tion than that of James A. Better of
the .University of Virginia. ..'Hector's
sensational running tu the NX) yard
dashes this year stamps him as a pos
sible world's champion. The' former
1nvreueevtlle boy has run "the hr.u
rtrpil" consistently In I) 4-5 secon.ls.
Once he did 0 3-5 on a dead still L:y,
n::l once rltb half a gale beblnd h!m
I Roetor, cace homo" iu 9 2-5. In nil
these races the Virginia athlete was
clocked by competent though not ex
pert timers.
.a tfle recent Olympic tryoute at
Philadelphia Rector made good. He
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, Colin" e Great Horae.
Colin Dromlses to be "the horse of
the country" bo far as the American
tort is concerned. He Is In a lair way
to eclipse all records. Up to date be
haa won fourteen consecutive races and
earned $153,000. Colin has won both
the Withers and Belmont stakes this
year. The Withers, which ia one of the ,
American turf classics, was run from i
1S74 to 1S80. inclusive, at Jeromt
nark. After that the race was run at
Morris park, first "over the hilT and
later over what was known as the
"Withers mile." It was decided for
the flrrft time at Belmont parte, in 1905,
when Mr. Belmont s Blandy was tne
winner In 1DOU W. EL Brown's Ac
countant was successful, while last
year J. L. HcGlnnls' Frai Gill wae
triumphant
I vrs a. RErrron, srKEDT spkintkr op
the csrvEBsnY op vibqinia.
failed to win the 100 meter dash, but
he eaualed the world's record of 10 4-5
seconds in winnlug the first heat and
was second to Lawson Kobertson in
the final, after being set back a yard
for a false start He beat Nat Cart-
well of Pennsylvania even with that
handicap, and that proved his claim
to greatness. " ,
Rector is "set up" much on the style
Kf Arthur Duffey. the real 9 3-5 spriut
w. He stands a bit 'under five feet
Seven iuches and tips the beam at 143
pounds. He resembles Duffey in ac:
tlon, too. with that same ,qulets snappy
lee action used b.v the Georgetown
flier. Rector gets away Hue a flash or
lightning and finishes J 1st ns fast
Boy's Life Saved-
Mv little boy, four years old, had a
severe attack of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both of them gave
him up. We then gave him Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy which cured him and believe
that saved his life. William H. Strol
ling', Carbou Hill, Ala. There is no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many children each year. Give it
with castor oil according to the plain
printed directions and a cure is. cer
tain. For sale by Frank Harj and
leading druggrists.
McHale Goe to Toronto.
The Boston club has lent Outfielder
Jimmy McHale to the Toronto club.
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