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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1908)
ETUKSDAY, JULY 7, 190S THE MOUSING ASTORIAX, ASTORIA, OREGON, mm'm'mf4'-Hmmmmw 1 1 1 1 n m h n t Right at the Mouth oft he Golumbia River I at 0IL and natural GAS have been discovered in paying quantities across the Columbia River from Astoria at Onieda Washington, has been important enough to a number of well-known reliable parties-to cause the breanizition 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- loll Oil Fiolcis Hon in' Oporaflon n R B i: Moil i Uuuh.I Whtt the Company U The Pacific Coast Cat Si Oil Co. it composed of reliable buiineii men of Oregon and Washington whoie only purpose ia to develop the property to the beat of ha ability and produce a paying mine of oil and gaa that all who have purchased atock may share in its profits. The officers serve 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 has secured leasee on over 6000 acres of 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 auch other evidence of good faith to warrant any man making an investment with them. Alex Sweek, president, Portland. ' Clayton S. Barber, aec. and treaa. R. A. Wade, vice-president. DirectorsJohn Nelson, Oneida, Wash.; Ceo. L Hutchina, Portland; Win. 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 thejderrick in actualjoperation. " ' If-' ' . ! .4 l.,J I 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 visit the property any day and satisfy yourself. Oil and gas will be found I in paying quanti ties. After the "strike" it will be too late to buy stock. Do it NOW. StocK for Sale For jrcuhfirct-t Iti ces 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 atock, par ticularly at $50 per share. Don't wait until it goes to par, but buy now. It is really a chance that cornea seldom. Further particulars at the addresses given below. PI F fl era 402 Commercial Block, Portland, Oregon. Mfin La Higgiris & Warren, Saving; Bank Building, THOHNLESS CACTUS Vegetable That Also Bears Fruit on the Side WONDERFUL PLANT INDEED Burbank's Latest Marvel and All it Signifies to Mankind Company is Formed to Handle it Commercially Interesting Facta. LOS ANGELES, July 6.-Whcn Luther Burbnnk first announced to the world that he had produced a new fodder plant which would revolution ize stock-raising and create a new era in agriculture, an interested world believcing thoroughly in Bur tyuik and his work listened for a moment, praised tthc Wizard for the thousandth time, and then forgot. But oniy for a day. The wonders of the Burbank Thornless Cactus had not bctn half told; and the intelligent 1 re of the country-dailies, weeklies and- Monthly magazines took up, the story with accustomed zeal and ( enterprise and are still telling it to day. No wonder the improved Thorn less Cactus is dubbed Burbank's -Greatest Triumph, This new crea thn in plant life means more to th farmer and stock-raiser than any . production of the past century A fodder v.hich will prow without ir rigation and which flourishes liku the green bay tree when given a modi cum of, water, which will yield four , to 'right times as much in ' feeding value j-cr acre as alfalfa, which is ; superior to alfalfa in many respects and wnirli may be cut greci the year around rr.ny well excite the deepest and most abiding interest among the jira' ' ranchers of the Great West. A vegetable that bears frti't, it is. A plant fhat is relished by every ani mal from a canary bird to an elc A I 1 . Imini, n, iccq superior in some or all respects to any now in use. An ex ccllcnt substitute for sorghum or hay for dairy stock. A wholesome food for man. These are but a few of the virtues of the Burbank Thornlcss Cactus that have come to be gener ally known and recognized. But the unfolding marvels of the Burbank Cactus are unending. The experiments which have been con ducted by the T hornless Cactui 1-arming Company, which secured from Luther Burbank the exclusive right to propagate and distribute these plants, and tests made by Gov ernment experts have established many hitherto unknown truths about the cactus. One of the most start ling of these is that the Improved, thornless, Burbank plant not only grows much faster than the wild cactus but it reproduces many times more rapidly. The wild cactus often puts out many new leaves each sea son but these new leaves do not bu " and reproduce the same season. The Burbanks cactus reproduces a new generation every six weeks! Nothing like this is known in the animal or vegetable kingdoms! To make this point plain: On the Thornless Cactus Farming Comp any's farm at Indio, California, in the sun-baked Coachella Valley, the leaf or slab thrust into the ground buds and reproduces new leaves with buds on them in six weeks! A single slab frequently produces twelve to twenty young green leaves in two months to ten weeks. This is such an astound ing rate of reproduction that the scores of visitors to the Indio nurs-' cry every week go away amazed and delighted. V Another wonderful thing about the Burbank Thornless Cactus is the per tinacity with which it clings to life and the indifference it displays to the buffetings of fate. A young green slab thrown out on the desert soil at Indio, exposed to the fierce rays of the tropical sun, without a drop of moisture save what it could. ; seize, from the air, was-after six weeks of such neglect thrust a few inches in fo the ground. It immediately grew green again, budded reproduced I'lants accidenily 'ble-n over, nuuil ated or uprooted, shewed no concern nor injury whatever, no arrest ol growth nor deterioration in quality. One slab was cut up into strips and the strips planted separately. Each section of this leaf went ahead grow ing and prospering. Several hundred of the leaves were set out in the sun baked soil and left alone ' for ten weeks without a drop of water. They all budded and reproduced just the same! ' These facts have established all ol Luther Burbank's claims for his- Thornless Cactus and have convinced agricultural experts that the cactus is indeed destined to produce a new era in stock-raising over a wide area of the now cultivated lands of the United States and Mexico and to re claim millions upon millions of acres ;f now unproductive soil. The Thornless Cactus "arming Company is now preparing t it its rtrst distribution of plants next spring Orders are being taken from every come from England, France and Rus sia; from Cape Colony, New Zea- and and the Canary Islands; from Minnesota, Mexico, Texas, California and Oregon. Scarcely a State in the Union but has already been enrolled upon the Cactus Roll of Honor. One Government expert. told Dr. Frank N, Doud, Vice President and Manager of the Thornless Cactus Farming Company, the other day that the company and the United States Government together could not grow enough of . the Burbank riiomless Cactus to satisfy the de mand for the next ten years. Verily, a new area has begun. . PORTLAND INTEREST Medical Association of State in Three-day Session HIGH - CLASS ADVERTISING Cherry Fair at The Dalles Items of Interest From Over State Good Roads a Leading Issue Oregon is All Right. Was in Poor Health For Years Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa., writes: "I was in poor health for two years, suffering from kidney and blad der trouble, and spent considerable money consulting physicians without obtaining any marked benefit, but was cured by Foley s Kidney Cure, and I 'PORTLAND, Ore., July 6. One of the most interesting gather ings yet held in the Convention Hall of the Portland Commercial Club was that of the Oregon State Medical So ciety, which adjourned Friday after :he most important three day meet ing in the history of that organiza tion. Dr. R. C. Coffey of Portland retired from the position of president, to give place to Dr. W. H. Byrd, of Salem. The Secretary ,Dr. William Mouse of Portland. va." -e-elected for the ensuing year. Anion those pres ent were 'famous physicians and sur geons from the East, while , both Washington and Idaho were repre sented, by splendid delegations. The next meeting' of the Society will be held in Seattle, at the Alaskan-Yukon Pacific, Exposition, jointly with the Washington and Idaho Associations, and -it is the purpose of the medical men of the Pacific Northwest to make ' mat meeting one ot tthe most im portant held in the United States. neglected, and this character of adver tising cannot fail to have an advan tageous effect, and other communi ties should see that their, claims are not overlooked. Dayton has come' into line with the other live centers of Yamhill County by organizing an active commercial club. Manager M. O. Lownesdale, of the Yamhill County Development League, held a meeting there the other night and raised $650,for ad vertising purposes. Forty-four different people com peted for prizes offered by the Cher ry Fair at Thfc Dalles, and there were 68L boxes of cherries on the tables. Albany College begins her first annual session Bible school July 17th, continuing until the 27th. The speakers are from Oregon and six other states. It is a new idea, an out-door school. Portland people generally celebrat ed the Fourth at other points. The Holiday was universally observed and the cicy w-as practiclly deserted. County Judge C. J. Trenchard, of Astoria, suggests that " the Oregon Development League take up the matter of good roads throughout SURE CURE FOR BABY'S ITCH. Oil of Wintergreen in External Wash Produces Remarkable Results How to Get Prescription. Is your baby burning, up with tor turing itching Eczema? Is he tearing his tender skin to shreds vainly try ing to scratch away the terrible agony? Are you or any member of your family suffering with an aggravating persistent skin disease? Use oil of wintergreen mixed with thymol, glycerine, etc., in D. D. D. Prescription. It will give instant re lief, o Oil of wintergreen, this simple every-day oil of wintergreen, mixed with other healing herbs and vegeta ble ingredients, cures the worst forms of skin disease, and the remedy is so easy to apply, just an external liquid wash. No drugs or medicines, just a few drops of the wash applied to the itching, burning spots, then instant relief. The instant the oil is applied the itch is gone. . To secure the proper results from this soothing curative remedy, it is necessary to use oil of wintergreen compounded with other mild ingred- Oregon. The judge makes the sug- j ients. , This compound known as D, gestion that some capable men be employed by the State to educate the people of every community in the commonwealth along these lines. , This recipe is highly recommended by one of our correspondents; try" it for desert tomorrow. . D. D. Prescription, not only relieves but permanently cures. Just try D. D. D. Prescription. Try a few drops and note the relief. We posi tively vouch for the merits of this remedy. Charles Rogers & Son. It Can't Be Beat The best of all teachers is exper ience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, ! North Carolina, says: "I find Elec- Peel five bananas, rub smooth with K trie Bitters does all that's claimed for h- th. nf fMtnrin- th fcMlfhi,,i11 Countv- Albany Linn County, five teaspoonfuls of sugar. Add one troubles it be beat have trie5 teacup sweet creara beaten to a stuff it and find Jt a most exceent medi froth, then add one 10c. package of j cine." Mr. Harden is right; it's the Lemon JELL-0 dissolved in 1 tea-1 best of all medicines also for weak- CUDS boilinsr water. Pour infn mnlH . ness. lame hart. sinA alt rnnMnvn land when cold garnish with candied ! conditions. Best too for chills and No state in the Union is spreading 'cherries. Serve with whipped cream, j a,a- Sold under, guarantee at mnr , hnvh Ce iHi-afic it miff,.N vi uj Kwyu UUUUUIJi BaUUC. L.iwLf'W a " than Oreeon. The sDlendid booklets 'is soId b' aI1 Grocers at 10c . per I issued to present the claims of Yam- PacKaSe- of others." Refuse substitutes. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. T. F. 50c. Grants ?asS Roseburg. Medford, and Probably it is your stomach and not ; Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month Irritation of the throat and hoarse Bad breath has probably broken off ... - t . V - .V l.t A - . .J U it,., : : :l i mai;nes iuau una vemirst, mna , , , . . - , . - tuwi ticaiv tuai lauacs pant ill llvlKtl-1 ' Ashland.. are superior to those issued horhood of the heart ff it is LanVs ! that's a good many. The best cure for by the commercial bodies of other Familv Medicine will give relief. 25 bad breadth Is the tonlo-lajcative. Lane's states. Eastern Oregon is not being cents at druggists'. . Family Miicine. ft-