THE MOltNING ASTOUIAN. ASTOIU A. OREGON.
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1908
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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.
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CITY COUNCIL MEET
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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
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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
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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.' "