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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1908)
THE MOltNING ASTOUIAN. ASTOIU A. OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1908 TF ' ' ' a "' a m Have just received a fresh supply of Imported Macaroni and Spaghetti, and Martin's Full Cream Cheese A V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. Fry .Cut Clan. PHONE 711 ' PHONE 3871 -'tUT Sl'UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 I CITY COUNCIL MEET (Continued from page 4) tnercia! to Exchange streets was giv en time to September 1 and passed. To improve Kensington avenue from 8th to 11th street passed and given time to November 1. Accepting improvement of 12th street from Commercial to Duane. Report was adopted. Accepting the improvement of 8th street from Harrison to Lexington avenue was adopted. Confirming assessment roll No. 164 11th street from Commercial to Duane streets was passed. Confirming assessment roll No. 165 Exchangee street sidewalk from 6th to 4th streets, was passed. Appropriating out of the special Harrison to Lexington and the sum of for the benefit of John Slotte -was read the first and second time. Appropriating out of the general fund for the improving of 8th street from Harrison to, Lexington the sum of for the benefit of John Slotte was read the first and second time. Appropriating out of the special fond for improving of 7th street from Grand to Harrison avenue the sum of $890 for the benefit of E A. Gerd was read the first and second time. , Appropriating out of the special fund for the improving of 11th street from Exchange to Franklin avenue .the sum of $525 for the benefit of E. A. ueraing was reaa tne nrst ana second time. , Appropriating out of the special fnnd for improving 12th street from Commercial to Duane street the sum ef for the benefit of Makela and Wnopa was read the first and second time. Appropriating out of the special fnnd for improving of Irving avenue from the east line of Shivelys to 40th street the sum of for the benefit of W. A. Goodin as part payment for work on said street was read the first and second time. Appropriating out of the special fund for improving of Commercial street from 3rd street to lot 1, block 3 in the Hinman track the sum of for the benefit of A. R. Foote as part payment upon his contract was Tead the first and second time. To make assessment for improving Grand avenue from 7th to 6th streets was adopted. To equalize the assessment roll No. 166 11th street Exchange to Franklin avenue. Adopted. To make assessment for improving 7th street from the south line of Harrison avenue was adopted. Directing the board of assessors to make assessment for improving 23rd street from the north line of Com mercial to the north line of Exchange street was adopted. To make assessment for improving 6th street from the south line of Franklin to north line o fHarrison was adopted. Remonstrance. From the Hammond Lumber Co. and the Northwest' Company against the proposed construction of drains en Irving avenue from 18th to 20th street was referred to the city engi neer. From W. G. Lounsberry against any encroachment upon his property m making the slope as provided by plans and spescifications for improv ing Irving avenue from 11th to 15th street was placed on file. Remonstrance from P. E. Ferchen and others against the proposed im provement of Jerome avenue from 17th to 18th streets the report of committee was adopted. Assessment . Roll for the improvement of 12th ttreet from the south line of Commer cial street to the south' line of Duane for total of $1890.25 was adopted. . Roll for the improvement of Irv ing avenue from the east line of 11th street to the west line of 15th street for the amount .of 10,944.70 was adopted. Roll for the improvement of 11th street from south line of Exchange street to north line of Franklin was adotped. Roll for the improvement of Elev enth street from the east line of Com mercial street to the south line of Duane street amounting to a total of $1982.25 was passed. Reports, Of auditor and police judge for quarter ending June 30, 1908, referred to committee on ways and means. Quarterly report of city Treasurer Dealey referred to committe on ways and means. Of the Astoria chief of police of sundry licenses issued for quarter ending June 30, 1908, was read and adopted. Of the superintendent of streets was adopted. Specifications. For the improvement of 23rd street from the north line of Com mercial street to a point 75 feet north of the north line of Exchange street was read and placed on file. For the improvement of Irving avenue from the west line of 9th street to the east line of 8th street was read and placed on file. For the improvement of 12th street from the south line of Ex change street to the north line of Grand avenue placed on file. . For the improvement of 8th street from south line of Harrison to the north line of Irving avenue was placed on file. Certificates. Of completion of the improvement of 8th street from Harrison to Lex ington avenue placed on file. ' Of approval for the improvement of 12th street from south line of Commercial street to the south line of Duane street placed on file. Of ownership 12th street from Commercial to Duane street was adopted. Of ownership Irving avenue from 11th to 15th street was adopted. Of ownership 11th street from Ex change street to Franklin avenue placed on file. Statements. - Of the city auditor and police judge for month ending June 30, 1908, as follows: Account of fines and for feitures, $205; account of building permits during quarter ending June 30, $9.00; account of lots sold in city cemetery, $129 .jtotal, $343. Referred to' committee on ways and means. Of work performed by Contractors Heckard Bros, on Irving avenue, 10th . street and Irving avenue. Adopted. Of work performed by Contractor W. E. Goodin "on Irving avenue to west line of 40th street was adopted. Deeds. A deed of dedication to the public for street purposes from Charles Scat ding, Bishop of Oregon, was placed on file. a , Applications. For building permits from Clara Weiman, A. V. and C. B. Allen and Julius Jacobs were issued. The Amcreba. The amoeba (Greek "change"), the supposed pioneer in the line of living forms, is a naked mass of living mat- I ter, or protoplasm, flowing out In all directions in ."blunt processes," and the endlessly varying form has earned for the. simple animal the popular name of "amoeba" (Proteus anlroalcn lae). They are all minute, but some are distinctly visible to the unaided eye. The Jelly-like creature flows along the surface of atone or plant by the slow protrusion of its ever changing proc esses and in this way gets around Its food.' It is all stomach, any part of It taking hold of and digesting the food that happens to come In contact with it On attaining its maximum size the amoeba draws itself out and breaks i Into two daughter amoebas, each of which contains half of the mother nu cleus. This simple organism seems to exhibit in small compass the usual an imal functions. It feeds, secretes,: grows and reproduces itself. Near York American. Wilhelm a Good On. Pitcher Wilhelm, last season with Birmingham and now with the Brook !yn Nationals, will do his best work be ginning about the middle of July. If worked regular he'll be u prize. U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS Now Supplied Direct From the Only Plant Operated in Oregon Under the U. S. Government's Rigid Health Regulations Secure independence from the danger that lurks in uninspected, "home-butchered" meats the kind that is killed regardless of the animal's condition, and thrust on your tables to bring injury to your health, by dealers who do not operate under the regulations of the United States .Government. Uncle Sam's meats the kind he puts his guarantee of sound ness onare now supplied in Astoria. They are from animals inspected by a United States Government official before slaughter and after slaughter, they are sound, healthful and wholesome. EAT NONE BUT Government Inspected Jjuuuneu uv inc FLEET GOES TODAY Will Start on Their World-Wide Journey HONOLULU THE FIRST STOP Squads Arc Out in San Francisco "Rounding Up" the Stragglers and Harrying Them on Board the Ves sels of the Great Armada. SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-T0-day is the last day in this harbor for the Atlantic battleship fleet, and for the first time since the arrival of the ships at this port, San Francisco's streets are today free of the wander ing groups of sight-seeing jackics that have marked them since the coming of the armada. Through the night squads of determined young men, armed with weighty arguments in the shape of stout police "billies" searched every nook and crJnny of the city gathering in the straggling sailor men and shipping them by the launch load to their vessels, swinging at anchor in the stream awaiting the turn of the tide Tuesdy afternoon, when they will set their courses, out through the Golden Gate and away to the lands beyond the sea. Immaculate in wh'te and buff, the sixteen great fighting machines pres ent a striking picture as they ride to their anchors on "Man-o' war Row". The great guns glowering from the turret casements have been polished and polished again until the beams of fires from each glistening monster. of the lot. Clouds of dark smoke have been rolling up from the forest of fun nels ever since break of, day, telling of the work that is going on down in the depths of each ship. Launches are flitting from ship to ship and from ship to shore on countless busy trips, carrying last messages to and from the -men who are taking Uncle Sam's big sea fighters around the world and back again. , It will be close to two o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the tide marks the flood, and then, with tfie pull of the ebb helping them out to open sea, the fleet will up anchor and away for Honolulu, the first stop in the world-wide journey. There will be no fuss or ceremony to mark their going. When the signal flags that spell "Make sail" in the lan guage of the sea, go dancing to the signal yard of the Connecticut, , the big ships will' get aboard their an chors and drop into line behind the flagship with only the dipping of flags and the hoarse hoots of a few whistles to wish them Godspeed. The markets of this city have been taxed to their limit to supply the fleet with stores that cram the lock ers. Enormous quantities of coal have been fed into the yawning bunk ers and dowij in the magazine roorns great projectiles and mighty charges of powder have ben stored, tier on n d ah An ri An n a HAS GOME TO ASTORIA umuni j'lLrti VAmrMm, rviii Pioneer Packers tier. Everybody is in readiness for! the long trip and it needs but a mo.' uon irom tne nana 01 near .amiraii Charles S. Sperry, commander of the! fleet, to set the whole sixteen ships in a steaming in answer to his sign - ailed commands. Three cases of typhoid fever were reported yesterday on the Nebraska.) The sick men were removed to the j marine hospital here. The formal, presentation of 16 portabte organs, one to each ship, was made yesterday. The organs are the gift of the Los Angeles Y, M. C A. The Tsars H Shed. "Over In Illinois when I waa a boy," aaid a congressman from tbt state to a reporter, "there was a lawyer named Hathaway, who lived In my native towa and who had something the mat ter with his eyes, I think the doctors aid bis lachrymal glands were weak. Anyway, he was always wiping bis eyes. . Sometimes it was amusing la court to see him bring out bis big red bandanna and wipe bis eyes when be was talking to. the court upon some dry legal proposition. Ida know yon rather expect a lawyer to do It before a Jury In criminal practice. Well, tbey used to tell this story on Hathaway: One day a woman came Into bis offlco to consult with him regarding the be ginning of a suit for divorce from ber busband. She related bow she bad been abused and told a story of suffer ing. Just at this point Ilathnwnv reached for bis handkerchief and wiped bis eyes. Ills client, who was of a sympathetic nature, sought to stay bis' arm and said: "'Don't cry, Mr. Hathaway; don't cry.' "Hathaway was sensitive regarding bis infirmity, but he always laughed heartily wben the story was told In bis presence." Washington "Star. W.ll Pl.c.d. There bad never been any difficulty about securing Mrs. Homer Clay Washington of Maple court when one more woman was needed for washing or scrubbing, so that when two postal cards failed to bring ber to the Morse residence one winter Mrs. Morso went to see what could be the trouble. She found Mrs. Washington, evident ly In the best of health, entertaining two of her neighbors and was wel comed most cordially. , "I suttlnly Is pow'ful gla'd to see yo Mis' Morse," said the hostess, "an' Is de fambly all tol'able well dls win ter?"' . y ' "Not as well as we should be If you bad come to help us out," said Mrs. Morse. "Why didn't you come when I wrote you? We thought you must twill." ' ' "No, Indeed. Mis' Morse," and the black head tilted airily; "I's eujoyln de best ob health, an' de char'ty so ciety done 'stabllsh a bread, soup an' coal fund up at de corner, so none ob us ladles In de co't has to .work dls rheumaticky time ob yeah. "You heah folks talkin' 'bout de barm society does, but us Indies ob Maple co't Is right' ready to stan' up fo' It any time now."-Youth's Com-, panlon. 1 " Possibly. A suffragette lecturer recently nought down the house with the fol 'ow ing urguineut: "I have no vote, but my groom has. I have a great respect for that man In i'm stables, but I am sure that If 1 were to go to blm and say, 'John, will yon exercise the franchise?' he would reply, 'Please, mum, which horse be that?' "-Pick-Me-Up. of the Pacific OFF FOR THE POLE , Commander Peary Starts 00 Expedition v ' . , ON THE SHIPJ ROOSEVELT Is Preparing For a Three Years' Stay Amid the Ice, and Snows of the Far North and Hopes to Reach Unexplored Regions. NEW YORK, July 6.-With only a minimum amount of supplies and equipments, Commander " Peary's ex ploring ship Roosevelt will leave the pier at East 24th Street to-day for the initial stage of her journey to ward the North Pole. Over $4,000 is still lacking in the estimate the ex plorer made some time ago of the smallest amount of money necessary for another attempt to place the stars and stripes over the Geographical point never before reached by human beings. ' ' "I have not the supplies and equip ment I would like to have", declared Commander Peary last night, "but still I think we will be able to pull through, With my experience and knowledge of the country up there, I think the expedition is prepared for three years in the Arctic regions if conditions are favorable and I have no bad luck. I will hnJe of course, to depend upon getting a good amount of wi'd Kaine oi tnod, which I wculd not be so dependent upon if I could obtain all the provisions I expected to have," . , ' On board tlifi commander's ship this afternoon in addition to the 22 men making up the expedition, will be members of the Peary Arctic Club and a party of invited guests. A gov ernment tug from the Navy Yard will conduct the Roosevelt to an anchor age off County Island and bring the party of passengers back to the city. From City Island the Roosevelt will proceed to Oyster Bay tomorrow to be inspected by President Roosevelt. Commander Peary himself will not sail on the Roosevelt from Oyster Hay, but will join her at Sydney C, B. i'hc scientific equipment to be used in this expedition is now on board the Roosevelt and is probably the most complete ever jaken ot Polar regions, consisting as it does of all the instru ments needed in meterological, as tronomical and tidal .observations, Lane's Family Medicine will give you a digestion that will permit you to eat good things instead of "health foods" of various sorts that are ss palatable ss nay. When the doctor Is carted he asks: "How are the bowels V They are gen erally wrong. His visit might have been saved by a timely dose of Lane's ! Family MedfcJ-e. ' IN Meats - fnniv, uiluui SLOW PROMOTION. The truoale Beeeme a Captain ef an Atlantis Unsr. Promotion In the transatlantic Hoes la slow, and there are more deserving ind qualified candidates than positions for them. Probably the captain bus been In tbe same Hue since bo began as a fourth officer wben be was a very young man. Before that be must have bad some ixperlence lu sailing ships and ac quired at least a mute's certificate. On many of the great transatlantic liners all tbe officers are holders of masters' certificates, and thus some ef them, although at the bottom so far as actual position goes, are certified by competent eiamlnert la seamanship and navigation to be qualified for tbe top. fc tfwvfet " There are all or seven navigating officers under tne captain la tbe big gest ships, and each aspires to be a captain himself in tune. Progress Is labyrinthine In this profession, how ever. The ships themselves are graded as well as tbe men. 8uppose you have risen to be chief officer lu one of tbe Inferior vessels of tbe fleet; tbe captain dies or retiree; bis place Is cot given to you, but to tbe chief officer of tbe commodore ship of tbe line, and you are merely trans ferred, without change of rank, to a better ship. From that ship you pass to a better nnd a better until tbe alow and wearying progress leads you, after scores of voyages and anxious experi ences In the fitful Atlantic in tbe fogs of summer and tbe hurricanes of win ter, to the commodore ship. Tbe com mand of her becomes vacant, bat It Is not yet for you. You are promoted to a captaincy to the captaincy of the least Important ship of tbe line. But, although you are sent down from tbe top of one ladder, it Is to climb an other, and you are little Inclined to complain. ' Then, if there Is nothing against you. If you avoid accidents and if tbe own ers approve of you 'In all waye, yoef will in another ten years or so huv, bad command of intermediate shft 'and at last have risen to tbe newf.gt, finest nnd fastest. By this time yu ore UKeiT 10 oe vcrcinn on nuiiiiia man or beyond It, and tbe ccxt step will be toward tbe limit at which you must retire, leaving the climbing to others. some ui wuoiu limy never reaco iuv top, near though It seems. Favor plays no part In advancement at sea. All the lines keep to those of their own officers whose ability and fidelity are proved and promote them, with few exceptions, In tbe rotation I have described. The, captains are all men who bave risen In tbe line tbey serve, and happily no usurpation by outsiders is ever beard of.-Wllllam H. Rldeing In Youth's Companion. The Pewer of a Song, If me. Marches!, speaking of tbe pow er of song, said: "I was singing at Ed inburgh, . where I have very good, friends in the bead master of a big pub lic school and his wife, and it waa ar-f ranged that I should bave sapper with them after the concert One of my songs was Landon Ronald's 'Peace and Rest,' the Idea of which Is two lovera not separated by death, but lying to gether In the same tomb. Wben I came to supper with my friends my host said to me: 'Ah, Mme. Marcheel, that Bbng you sang, "Peace and Rest," had a great effect upon, me. I never thought beforo of my wife and I being separated by death' I did not wonder at this, for he Is a most happy man,' full of Joy of Ufe-'but since I heard you sing that song I have been thinking hard, and tomorrow I am going to bay a family vault' I scarcely knew whether to laugh or to cry, but In the end we all laughed. And surely thla wouiu ue unra to Doat tor an exampi of 'what u song can do.' "