The morning Astorian., July 11, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

SATURDAY, 0ULY 11,4908.
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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
Have just received a fresh supply of
Imported Macaroni and Spaghetti
Martin's Full Cream Cheese
A. Y. ALLEN
Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glass.
PHONE 711 - PHONE 3871
UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713
IS SWEPT BY FIRE
Business Part of Springdale Is
Destroyed
BAD NO FIRE APPARATUS
Entire Business Portion of Washing
ton Village Goes Up la Furious
Blaze. With a Loss of Over $125,000
and Little Insurance. .
. SPOKANE, Wash., July 10.-A
special despatch to the Spokesman
Review from Springdale, Wash, says:
The entire business portion of the
town was burned yesterday afternoon
with a loss of from $125,000 to $150,
fltO. Less than a fifth of the loss was
covered by insurance. When the fire
was discovered it had gained great
ieadway and the efforts of the citi
zens were immediately directed to
Baring the adjoining buildings. The
tsily fire fighting apparatus was a
few hundred feet of hose connected
with the local water system, but the
'fat became so hot that the men Work
ing with the hose were driven away.
It was then evident that the business
district was doomed and the citizens
turned their attention to saving their
dwellings and personal effects from
tbe blazing business buildings.
TROUBLE ON THE
ROGUE RIVER
OVER FISH RIGHTS
;
Gran's Pass Courier: R. D. Hume,
tbe salmon wing, is not the only one
that can get into court over Rogue
River fishing. What promises to be
atn interesting fight is now on in this
pou'ty and if it goes into court will
ring out some fine legal points'. Op
posite the old Ranzau hop ranch on
the river is a bar some quarter of a
mile in length and it is the only suit
able place in that vicinity for the fish
ermen to land with their nets. T. B.
Cornell and W. H. Flannigan bought
the hop ranch from Ranzau, but the
latter leased the bar for fishing pur
poses. Just above this bar and just
below are some of the best fishing
grounds along the river and all the
fishermen have been landing their
sets on the bar.
Now comes John Ranzau with an
injunction against S. S. Clayburn, a
fisherman, prohibiting him from land
Big his nets on the bar in question,
If a permanent in junction is secured
it will prohibit all other fishermen
from landing on the bar and will leave
the fishing of that party of the, river
entirely in the hands of Ranzau.
This case may be the means of
bringing out sortie very fine points in
'the fishing laws and also in regard to
front on waterways. It is necessary
lor the fishermen when drifting down
the river with their nets to land as
frequently as possible, and owing to
the dense growth of trees and brush
' along the river good landing places
are no more frequent than is neces
sary and 'especially at this point, so
that the question to be decided is one
. of great importance to all parties in
terested. This case will materially
decide how far an owner's or lessee's
right extends to the water frontage
and will attract attention all over the
State where fishing is done.
"Drys" Prepare For Convention.
COLUMBUS, O., July 11. Prohib
itionists are beginning to arrive for
the national convention to be held
Wednesday and Thursday at 'Memor
ial hall, and the State convention to
Be held Monday and Tuesday at the
board of trade auditorium. Head
quarters for the two gatherings were
opened today at the Neil House. It
is expected that all of the delegates to
the State convention will have arrived
liefore tomorrow morning.
At various hotels headquarters have
'been reserved for good-sized delega-
tions from Minnesota, Dakota, Michi-i
gan, Montana, Colorado, Illinois, In-1
diana, Kansas and Iowa The dcle-S
gations from .New bngiand ana tne
East are expected to be of large pro -
portions, and the South will be better
represented than at any of the pre -
vious conventions of the party.
The national convention will be
ed to order at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning by Charles R. Jones, chair-
man of the national committee. Con-
snicnous fibres in the natherinir will
be such old-time Prohibition leaders
as Dr. Samuel Dickie of Albion Col
lege, Rev. S. C. Swallow of Pennsyl-
nitln mivr W Clwart of Chieacrft. !
A. G.' Wolfenbarger of Lincoln, Neb 1 dcad st0P did the enS'neer "d"
and Felix T. McWhirtcr of Indiana?- Moml, k,,ow that ".holdup game had
qjjs J been worked. During the fusilade
The list of presidential possibilities ,hat f-"l. Matthews had a nar
is being added to daily. Among those' row escaPc aml the woodwork of the
whose names are being prominently
mentioned ofr the Presidential nom-
ination are Seaborn Wright of Georg-'of
ia, Frederick Wheeler of California,
t t t r;,.t,;,n n- t
B, Cranfill of Texas, Alfred Manicrre;
of New York, and Dr. W. B. Pelmore
editor of the St. Louis Christian Ad -
vocate
Th' ,i,rtion nf Vice-Presidential
nmin will denend lareelv noon'"" inside the windows.' The pas-
what section of the country the presi-lsen8e souht stations more t0 the
dential -choice comes from. Among'"" and kcP their head inside- A
the pandidatcs are Judge Samuel A. stick of dynamite was set off beside
Artm of Indiana, J. B. Lewis, a mem-!0"' the cars and u broke
w n th. Massachusetts legislature. I cracked the wood finishing but
.j o.f..-- a' c w,w.. t t. -
M1U X .J. Tl aliens Vt .HIV .
Ohio Northern University.
The chief business of the conven
tion, aside from the nomination of a
.ue uc .uupuu, . .
fpnn. It .i said that the platform
this year w i nave i.tue to say on any
question other than that of the liquor
,r.ia. in nc . . -
nun prying incrC w... uc
and discussion of the present wave of
prohibition spreading over the coun -
try by leading members of the party.
News Forecast For Coming Week.
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 11:
There premises to be o dearth of big
news events the coming week, either
in the home or foreign fields. The
Olympic games abroad will attract
keen attention on this side of the
water, while at home there will be a
multitude . of big conventions and
other events to interest public attention.
Tomorrow's presidential election in tog It with matter only from which by
the Republic of Panama promises to evolution life arose.' Of this we are
result in the choice of Senor Obaldia, absolutely certain from the fact that
, , , " , while meteors were falling upon It In
the candidate of the Independent any Dumberg they were formlng Jt8
party. A large force of United States mag8i tue full beat of which had not
marines has been distributed over the yet been evolved by their Impact and
little republic to prevent threatened subsequent condensation. Tbe heat
border at the polls ' t,mt thence ensued was exceslvc.
King Edward will formally 'open'1"" toM Pt ban "uffieeU to kill
n, ,. . c,v any germs thaf might have come to It
the .great Olymp.c stadium m ShVp- housft(1 in tLe mclcorlteg themaelvw.
herd's Bush Monday. The games will Tlllg tne acflon due tle ,neteorItes
begin next day, and from then until after they came must have unnllillated
July 25 the greatest aggregation of any organic possibilities they may have
athletes the world has ever seen will brought with them. Those arriving
struggle for the mastery. aftf bea had waned enough to
. ., , j- , make survival possible found life al-
Dunng the week the officers, and ready started, since p.oloplflHm formed
men of the American battleship fleet the moment iing permitted of It.
will be entertained on a piagnificent The proof that life was here Hpon-
scale at Honolulu.
t Commissioners representing the
United States and France will meet
in Paris to discuss the proposed new
commercial arrangement between the
two countries.
Canada will .be interested in the
completion of the preparations for the
Quebec Tercentenary celebration and
the departure from England of the
. , , , .
norames wno are coming to tawe parr
n the programme of festivities.
The week promises to be one of
comparative inactivity for the Presi--dehtial
candidates of the two leading
parties, though conferences will be
numerous and the plans for the real
work of the campaign will be put in
shape.
At Columbia, O., the Prohibition
ists will meet in national convention
Wednesday to adopt a platfoi.n and
name candidates lor President and
Vice-President. A number of lam? s
iave been suggested for the head of
lie ticket and the ultimate selection
s problematical.
Two big reunions, one North and
;me South, will attract attention dur
ing the week. In bt. Paul the Nobles
LONE BANDIT SHOT
Attempt to Hold Up Train Frus
trated HE ESCAPES INTO BRUSH
The Conductor Begins Shooting and
Manages to Wound the Robber,
Who Got Away and Secured Noth
ing For His Bold Attempt.
SPOKANE, Wash., July lO.-The
;Grcat Northern train No. 3 was held
iul 'hortly after ten o clock yesterday,
e a,uone h:,,f "!" P1"
call-!Idaho' a ,one band't' "' a 8ec
t,on ew ojr. but nothing was
taken and the bandit escaped into the
brush fWh broken arm as the re-
su" m 8 uuc'
A. M. Matthews
The train was flagged by section
men at a point where they were at
I . .mi
wurit vii uic kiauc uuu iiui iiii it was
-r w" J
one of which came within four inches
its n,an- II is lhouKht ,hc ban(lit
i ws hit only once.
' From the first moment it was known
'that a holdup was in progress panic
! . . . mi
smiCK ine P"ngera. '"y were
;"01'1 of the fact b? tw0 sho,s from
j the highwayman's rifle sent down the
' s'de of the train as a warning to keep
'no one was hurt. The whole affair
took but a few minutes and the train
was delayed but a short time.
cf Myst.c ghrine wi,j hol(j fo..1,
' at Daas thou9ands o memWjt
,(f hc o Elk5 wi gaher fm
' mUona . A.
;,,, pathering of interest, though of
. sn,a,er rroporlions, will he the an-
q( .fh Ch,vt
, AMcmJ1 y fia0. '
"
LIFE SPONTANEOUS.
th Inevitable Outcome of the
Cooling of Globe
f. M fe
inevitable outcome of the cooling of a
; lbe, provided that globe la sufficient-
ly large, for life did not reach this
earth from without. No fanciful mete
orite bore it the seeds which have since
sprouted and overrun Its surface. Me
teorites gave It life. Indeed, but la the
more fundamental way In which all
nature's processes are done, by supply-
taneouHly evolved appears at every
stage in its history not only In Its ori
gin, but at every utep of its progress
upward where a marked departure oc
curs from its previous course. It and
the environment are observed to have
changed together. Two short parallel
columns, the one showing the changes
tnat have occurred in the habitat, the
other tnose nperveulng In the habitat.
" make f'8 "otf ?,u,nl c'far- bu'
striking. As effective ns the well
known deadly vmM of oratorIca, ut.
terances. this life giving- one reaches
the same certainty through the proba
bilities disclosed.
Occasion of this vital paiallellHm oc
curs at the very start. Indeed, we
may go back of this and note agree
ment before the start, for uutil the
conditions were such as could support
life no life rippeai-ed. This is the first
coincidence. Another follows on its
heels with the dawn both of conditions
fit for some existence and of that ex
istence Itself. The waters were its
birthplace. No other portion of the
surface could then have offered It u
home, and nowhere except In the sea
Is It then found. . ,
The simultaneity of each new birth
and each new cradle crops up again
when a new field arose by the making
of tbe land. As soon as this was suit
able plants appeared to take possession '
of It tftul trom tlint time on neglected
more and more the aea.
The fourth pninllei ia found In the
Blguttlcnnt act that the mllble plants
and lh plant eaters made their debut
on tbe scene together tu luloceuo tliuua,
tho world having got along without
both liefotj) that epoch, - This entry
hand tt bund, to to speak, Do Lap
pan-iit. the great French geologist, does
not hesitate to link logically aud to re
gard the one as the necvMiary comple
ment of the other. If this were not tbe
vase, there Is evrutuly no reason why
they should appear at the aauto Instant
of time.- -Food evokes its eater In fact
at definitely as in phraseology. -
The last of this procession of coinci
dences, man, cauio on the globe at the
time when tho cooling of the globe ren
dered his owu extciiHloa possible at
the least exeno to himself. Ills brain
allowed lilui to take advantage of con
ditions less Intrinsic-ally favorable than
other anlmuls could endure. Ilia mind
clothed his body and gave him fire, and
with these two products he sallied
forth luto n world where antagonists
were chiefly climatic, with which ha
was fitted to cope.
Thus all along the Una we perceive
that Ufa and Its domicile arose togeth
er. The second la necessary to tbe
first, and the first la always sufficient
to the occasion. Tbe coincidence of
the possibility and Its sclxure, of the
posse' and tne tsse, seems to be s gen
eral principle of evolution. Endless
variation Is constantly In progress, and
tbla variation takes advantage of any
opportunity so soon aa It occurs. Life
but waits In the wings of existence for
Its cue to enter tbe scene the moment
the stage Is set.-Professor Lowell la
Century Magaslne.
INK
Ink is a substance used to conceal
thought. In color it is often brilliant;
in effect, dull. It isextensively used
to spread rumors, convey scandals to
distant points, and to stain careen
A little of it therefore goes a long
way.
Ink comes in all shades and sizes.
It may be thick or thin, but, though
it is sticky, it never sticks to any one
long. Without it there would be no
best sellers. It has hurt real litera
ture more than any other product. It
has been said that Truth lies at 4he
bottom of a well but this was not an
ink-well.
There is no cure for ink. It hat
been locked up in dark closets. It has
been sent to jail. It has been ton fin
ed to hard labor in the works of pro
fessional humorists and penned in
countless ways. It has served many
a Henry James seitcice, and slept in a
congressional speech. But in new
shapes it always reappears. It can
not be blotted out. 1 1 makes its
royal way, with unnumbered pages to
wait on it, down the column rules 'of
time; and though cast aside and for
gotten, it always has plenty of margin
to spare.
THE DIVINING ROD.
No Mysterious Virtues Hidden In the
Dowser's Wand.
In experiments with a divining rod
as nsed for discovering underground
supplies of water one of tbe geolo
gists of the United States geological
survey found that at points It turned
downward Independently of his will,
but more complete tests showed that
the down turning resulted from slight
and until Matched for unconscious
changes In the Inclination of his body,
the effects of which were communi
cated through the arms and wrists to
tbe rod. No movement of tbe rod from
causes outsldo the body could be de
tected, and It soon became obvious
that the view held by other men of
science is correct, that tbe operation
of the "divining rod" Is generally due
to unconscious movements of the body
or of the muscles of the hand. The ex
periments made show that these move
ments happen most frequently at
places where the operator's experience
has led him to believe that water may
be found.
The welensness of the divining rod
is Indicated by tbe facts that tho rod
may be worked at will by the operator
that he fall!) to detect strong currents
of water running in tunnels and other
channels that afford no surface indica
tions of water, and that his locations
in limestone regions where water flows
In well defined channels are rarely
more successful than those dependent
on mere guesses. In fact, its operators
ni-o successful only In regions In which
ground water occurs In a definite sheet
in porous material or In more or less
clayey deposits, such ns the pebbly
clay or till. In which, iilthough n few
failures occur, wells would get water
anywhere. ,,
Gi-annd water occurs under certain
Ooflnltj' coiuUtiotisnnd ns In l.umld
regions a r.'rcatn may be pu'dlcted
wherever.n valley Is known, no one fa
miliar with rocks p.r.d ground water
conditions may predict plnVcs whore
ground water can be found. No appli
ance cither electrical' or incclmnfail
has yet been 'successfully wed for de
tecting water In places whose plalu
common sense or more guessing would
not have shown Its presence Just ns
well. The only advantage of employ
ing a "water witch,'! as tho operator
of the divining rod Is sometimes call
ed, is that skilled -services are obtain
ed, most men bo employed being keen- j
er and better observers of the occur
xence and movements of ground water
than the average person. Scientific
American.
I
Fatal Accident While Ascending
Mount Avalanche
A WOMAN IS THE VICTIM
Mias Helen H. Hatch Attempted to
Slide and Lost Her Balance The
First Fatal Accident in History of
Canadian Alpine Club.
ROGERS PASS, B. C. July 10.
The first accident in the history of the
Alpine Club of Canada occurred
Wednesday morning on Mount Av
alanche when Miss Helen II, Hatch
of Lcthbridge lost her life.
A party made up of E. O. Wheeler,
ion of President Wheeler, P, D. Mc
lavish, Rev. A. M. Gordon, G, E.
Howard, representative of the English
Alpme Club; A, K. Foard, Miss Par.
dow and Miss Hatch, all experienced
mountaineers, left camp at 6:30 o'
clock to make the climb which was
not considered a difficult one. At.
11:30 o'clock, when the party wa
about at the timber line and before
the guide rone was considered neces
sary, they reached a small sloping
patch of snow which Miss Hatch,
despite the warning of the lender of
the party, attempted to glissade while
ttanding upright. She lost her bal
ance and pitched forward in a direc
tion different from that taken by those
who had gone before so that they
were unable to catch her. She fell
headlong among the loose bouldert
at the foot of the now slope. Then
her body plunged forward until stop
ped by a large rock against which it
is thought her head struck, causing
instant death, .
THE ESKIMO KAYAK.
This Greenland Craft Is s Meet Dlffl
cult One to Handle.
There Is no craft so difficult to ban
He as the Eskimo kayak. The only
Ixiat familiar to us which In any way
resembles It Is the racing shell, but If
s crack oarsmao of on of our crack
colleges were tied Into a kayak and
told to shift for himself even In smooth
water be would have a hard time of It
The kayak has been evolved through
hundreds of years of necessity. With
out It the Greenland Eskimos at least
would not be able to provide their dally
bread, or, more properly speaking,
their dally blubber.
It Is singular that all the materials
used In the construction of tho kavnk
come from the sea driftwood for the
frame, . sealsklu for tho covering,
thongs for the harpoon and dart, Ivory
and bone for bow. stnru aud keel and
for the various-Implements. The wom
en prepare the skin covering and
stretch It over the framo till It Is as
tight and firm as the bead of a drum.
On such occasloa there is great ex
citement In tbe community. A regular
"kayak bee" is held; even refreshments
are not lacking, for the owner of the
kayak treats to coffee all around when
the work Is satisfactorily done.
The completed boat Is a triumph of
Ingenuity and skill. It Is about eight
een feet long, sharply pointed at each
end. Its greatest depth Is six Inches
and its width about eighteen. It Is
entirely covered save for the little
round hole Into which the owner slips,
pushing bis feet underneath tho skin
deck In front.
This hole Is fitted to the person for
whom the bout Is designed, and his
thighs completely flll.lt up. When he
Is-seated In It and his waterproof
jacket Is tied securely round the edgi
he Is able to defy thj) waves whlc
wash over hlin or the rain which beat i
upon lilni. The six thong loops
ar-1
ranged on the dock In front 'and the
three or four behind hold his Imple
ments blnl darts, lances, knives and,
most Important of till, his harpoon. A
little stand Is arranged directly In front
of him, upon which Is colled the har
poon line, und behind him on the
kayak Is the harpoon bladder, which is
attached. Inflated ready for use, to the
line.
Tho most expert are apt sometime
to be overturned. It may be by the
attack of a walrus or oveu u sisal, by n
careless movement or an unexpected
ly largo wave. If ho does" uot right
himself at once, be Is Inevitably drown
ed unless a comrade, conies to his as
sistance. The usual method of turning'
the kayak upright again la ty using
the puddle as a lever, holding it along
the side of the boat, pointing it toward
the bow, thou sweeping it through the
water, but those who are thoroughly
proficient are able to do It by mean of
their throwing stick, their arm or even
their hand.
' The Earth snd the Moon,
As the original earth nebula con
densed the lighter materials were dis
tributed quite uniformly over tbe en
tire surface, but these are now miss
ing from one hemisnbere, tbe reason
DEATH ON
I0UNTAIN
seel in if to ns rrori'NHor j. it. Hm
utii iliiinmiNli'iili'il iu INTO, that a imp.
thm of the earth s crust has been
thrown off by tldnl action, forming to
nioou. Th surraee nmisuy or t
preseut continents ll about 2.7, the
uienn density of the moon appearing
to be IK or not far from that of tho
missing continents to the depth reach
ed. The moon, It Is computed, equals
a mass having tho surface area of the
terrestrial oceans and a depth of thirty-six
tulles, and It In concluded that
the crust when tbirty-ilx tulles thick
must have been lorn away ovr ture
fourths of the earth, the remainder
breaking apart to form the eastern and
western continents, with Australia and
other Islands. Tbesn continental and
Island fragments floated Ilka great let
floes on liquid mail-rials of a density
of 3.7 or more. This great rupturs
gave th earth's surface Its chief Irreg
ularities, with a mm u 'difference of
three miles between the levels of tbe
continental plateaus and tho ocean
beds, and as the water couduusml In
tho cooling depressions, with the Pa
cific where niosttot the .moon had
boeu, the dry land was formed that
baa made human Uf possible. Ws
may consider that without this change
the earth would be now In the condi
tion of Venus, with water over IU
whole surface.
The Oldest Forename.
In ancleut times people bad - one,
name ouly, ns Adam or David, and la
order to distinguish persons of the
Mtnt IkoHi ll Ak-fc Stll-I Hint 4A iM
Hi iu v uaum it ntisj ttiw vunivui sv
sepli, at the case might be. Thus ws
get Solomon twn lsvld among the
Hebrews and Evan ap KIchard among
the Welsh, to quota two examples. Al
though the argument that those names
were not strictly "forenames" Is not
without weight, yet It Is responsible
to nccept them ns such, seeing that the
application had to be supplemented by
another for ths sake of distinction.
We are therefore entitled to Include
them within tho scops of the queMlott,
Adam and other early Biblical names
ire regarded ns the oldest for obvious
reasons; but, excluding these, tho
t-hoh-e falls upon Marmaduke, which
Is the modern rendering of ths ancient
Chaldoan Merldug, also written Maru
duk and Merodach, tbe god who Inter
rmlod constantly between ths angry
Ka aud the humble Damlkna. hi fa
ther and mother. The Ilomsos used
both forenames and family names, and
of ths former two that data back about
2.500 years are still with us-oamely.
Marcus and Lucius, represented In
modern tongues by Mark snd ths fsm
Inlns Lucy. Ths old form Marco to
still retained ta some families.
. r.iw It Wss.
Jinks (in surprise) Moving
Just when you were settled?
gain.
Blnks- Yrs. Our Willis whipped th
Janitor's boy.-Puck.
Wendell Phillips snd ilsine.
When Wendell Phillips was laat In
Washington he was for a few minutes
on the floor of the United States sen
ate, surrounded by a group pf senators,
among whom was Senator James O.
Blaine, always a favorite with Mr.
Phillips. It so happened that a few
weeks before this time Mr. Blaine In
presenting to congress ths statue of
Governor King, first governor of
Maine, to be placed In ths rotunda of
ths capltol, bad commented severely on
the loyalty of Massachusetts and espe
cially tbe Federalist party during ths
war with Great Ifrltala In 1812.
Of this party tho father of Wendell
Phillips. John Phillips, was a conspicu
ous member. When Blaine's speech
was made, Dawes and II oar were sena
tors from Massachusetts, and they both
essayed some sort of an Impromptu re
ply thereto, but did themselves little
credit In parrying the thrusts of
Blulno's glittering rapier.
So when Wendell Phillips met Blaine
on this occasion he said to him laugl
Ingly. "I wish I had been a member bt
this body for about an hour the other
day when you made that speech at
tacking the Massachusetts Federalists."
"Ah." suld Mr. Blalne. with that
ready wit which never deserted uluj.
"if you had beeu here 1 shouldn't have
made that speech. "-Exchange.
The Home of Edam Cheese.
The northern part of Holland Is ths
seat of the Edam cheese Industry. In
making the Edam cheese fresh cows'
milk is carefully strained and the ren
net added. As soon as tbe milk curdles
the whey Is drawn off, and tbe curd,
thoroughly kneaded, Is pressed Into
molds. This process Is repeated until
the wbey has all been extracted and
the curd is comparatively dry. It la
then wrapped In .a linen cloth and kept
for ten or twelve days until quite aolld.
Then the cloth Is removed and the
theese put into salt lye. Afterward u
little more dry salt Is sprinkled op tbe
cheese until tbe maker thinks it is salt
enough to Insure Its keeping. It Is next
put Into a vessel and washed with
wbey and scraped to remove ths white
crust. It Is next carried Into a' cool
room and laid on shelves, where It la
frequently turned. The ripening proc
ess lasts from two to three months,
tbe round balls growing tbe fine yellow
or reddish color pectilla to Edam
cheese. The cheeses intended to be ex
ported to this country are rendered still
more brilliant by dyelrg tbe rind with
a vegetable dye.
If you will make inquiry it will be
a revelation to you how many suc
cumb to kidney or bladder troubles
in one form or another. If the patient
is not beyond medical aid, Foley's
Krdney Cure will cure. It never disv
appoints. T. P. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.