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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JULY 16, 3908. , THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. K ! ; MMMM..M.MHmmHHHWH Thc Storci wlk Ladics Women BEEtMVE Outfitters MILLINERY Last Call of Summer Millinery Every hat reducedmany hats sold less than cost All Ladies' SILK SUITS reduced to cost Cheaper than you can make them HEW THOSE MAN IS HERE ALREADY QUICK RESPONSE. TO CALL FOR NEW CONCERN-CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WRITES TO CITY COUNCIL. The effort to start a rival telephone company to the Sunset concern has met with a surprisingly quick re sponse. Yesterday John L. Cline, rep resenting himself to be from the east, consulted with several promi nent Astoria men in regard to pro moting a new telephone concern for Astoria. It is understood that Mr. Cline stands high and has been for many years connected with a leading elec trical house. He has relatives in this city, also. Business and professional men need not be surprised if within a day or two they are asked to tentatively subscribe to a new and independent concern, which will propose to es tablish a modern and strictly ade quate plant here, either of the auto matic or other down-to-date kind. The rates will be no higher than those -charged by the present com pany. The proposition as it now stands is that work will be commenc ed on the new plant not later than November 1 of this year. That Mr. Cline or the people he may represent can readily secure a franchise from the city council is hot questioned by those familiar with the matter, providing that it be shown the franchise is wanted in good faith and that the new concern has absolutely no connection with the present company. -Apparently the Chamber of Com merce believes that the franchise of the present company may be safely and legally revoked and following is a copy of a communication addressed to the city council by the Chamber yesterday. Astoria, July 14, 1908. Honorable Herman Wise, Mayor of the City of Astoria, Astoria, Oregon. Dear Sir: Pursuant to a resolu tion passed at last night's regular meeting of the Chamber of Com merce you and the Honoroble City Council are respectfully petitioned to instruct the city attorney to proceed immediately to take such steps as you may deem it necessary to revoke the franchise of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company with the short est oossible delay, and to take such other necessary steps in this direc tion as you and the Honorable Coun cil may deem proper. As you and the Honorable Council well know the Chamber of Commerce has labored long and earnestly to se cure a modern telephone system for Astoria. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company has at all times followed the policy of procrastina tion without variation excepting to make some repairs in outside work during the past winter. It was the sense of the large number of mem bers present last night that no other city of the size of Astoria in the United States would tolerate such an obsolete, antique and passe telephone system as the one which Astoria has been humoring with patience and fortitude for many years. The Chamber of Commerce has written to the local manager of this TEA Schilling's Best is in packages ; never comes out of a bin or canister. ' Four rrortr return TOnr monej U jrou doo'l gkt it; wfpv b.m telephone company giving it due notice of this letter to you and the Honorable Council. - We respectfully suggest that should the telephone company bring its system up to date with a central energy exchange and modern instruments that it might be able to secure a new franchise from you and Your Honorable body and that under no circumstances . is the Chamber of Commerce willing to longer delay in its efforts to have the present franchise revoked. 'We respectfully urge that inas much Astoria has for many years suffered this antiquated telephone system to operate here, to that de gree Astoria has shown a too marked acquiesence to cAse it to be thought of in line with modern and progres sive cities in this particular. We are writing to different tele phone companies, pursuant to resolu tion of last night, inviting them to come to Astoria and seek a franchise. There is no doubt but that we will be able to secure the modern system and this organization therefore ex pressed itself last night as believing that the franchise of the present sys tern should be immediately revoked in order that the local telephone field would be clear for all newcomers and we respectfully petition you to co operate with us to that end. Very respectfully submitted, JOHN H. WHYTE, ' Manager. PERSONAL-MENTION Chester Williams, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. A. Mont gomery, the past two weeks, returned to Seaside last evening to assume his duties as engineer for the Seaside Lumber Company. Miss Grace Williams is acting as cashier at theyPalace Restaurant, dur ing the absence of Mrs. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens of the Palace Restaurant left on last evening s train for Seaside and Cannon Beach, and will visit other places of interest on the beach during their vacation. They will return to Astoria in about a month. Mrs. M. R. Pomeroy returned yes terday -from Rainier, where she and her little boy passed several days. Mrs. W. E. McAfee returned Sun- rlav from a oleasant visit in the Willamette Valley. Mrs. M. R. Parelius of Portland is in the citv the euest of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Knutson. , Sheriff M. R. Pomeroy. returned I from an official trip to Seaside yes terday afternoon. Captain and Mrs. Percy Willis of Fort Stevens were in the city for "a few hours yesterday. M. T. Brownson, road superintend ent for the National Hotel Associa tion of Portland was a business visi tor in Astoria yesterday. Police Officer Oberg left for Port land yesterday where he will attend to some business connected with the police department. Miss Penney, accompanied by Miss Florence Betting, both of Portand, are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Prael. Rev. P. J. .O'Cornell of Braddock, Pa., arrived in Astoria at noon yes terday and is the guest of Rev. Ryd quist. Summer Excursions. During the months of July, August and September the Ilwaco R. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets daily from all "points on North (Long) Beach to all points on Clatsop Beach at rate of $1.75. Return limit thirty Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. & N. docks at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any roint on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only. 6-23-tf Notice. Wherity Ralston & Co. have se cured the services of a first-class shoemaker. Repairing neatly done. IDOLS OF THE There Are Hundreds of Millions of Them In India. . THE FAME OF JUGGERNAUT. This Idol Haa Been Worshiped About Two Thousand Years, and His Na tional Tampla Is on the Sands of Purl The Three Monster Cars, - If I were asked to describe India the first remark that would spring from my lips would be, "It Is a land of Idols." If would be Impossible to com pute the number of Idols that there must bo at the present time In India. The Hindoos pretend to have 333,000. 000 gods, and' these are represented by Innumerable Idols, so that we are quite bewildered with the thought of taking the census of the idols of India. The population of the whole Indian empire la now about 300,000,000, and possibly the country contains ten times as many idols as people. Benares is the great ceuter of the Idol making business, though in all parts of India the trade flourishes. Totters the day through may be seen in the sacred city molding images of clay for temporary use. Sculptors also may be found producing representa tives of the gods In stone or marble. Carpenters, moreover, make great wooden idols for the temples, and workers In uietal-goldsmitha, copper smiths and brass workers turn out more or less highly finished specimens in their respective metals. . When speaking of idols it should be borne in mind that the Images turned out by the potter, sculptor, carver or manufacturer are not considered sa cred or St to be worshiped until cer tain mystic words have been uttered over them by a priest The ceremony of "the giving of life," as it is called, to the image is a very solemn affair, and when it is done the idol la regard ed as holy and must ever afterward bo approached and treated with the ut most reverence. Out of the many millions of so called gods in Ihdin. all of whom are counted worthy of worship, three are regarded as specially sacred and form the Hln- doo triad or trinity. They are re- spectlvely Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. Of those it Is stated the second per- son of the trinity only has been rep- resented on this earth by human in- carnations. Through one or all of these gods the Hindoos believe tbey may ob- tain salvation. Brahma represents ths way of salvation by wisdom, Vishnu by faith and Siva by works. It is immaterial which method la adopted, as they all lead to the same goat HINDOOS HIT THE Juggernaut Is perhaps the roost xa- behind a ulllng where there was a mous name among all the Hindoo idols, handsome sjray haired gentleman sit inasmuch as his fame has gone forth Ung at a into every land. His temple is situat- Tne handsome gray haired gcntle ed on the sandy shores of Orissa, wash- man receive me cordially and invite! ed by the wild waves of the bay of m to grated, i handed him my Bengal. The worship of Juggernaut note which the receiving teller had dates DacK neany tuw years, uu unssa mis ueeu me uui I. w. nW CM!r ana reau ,t careruuy. men i by wnlrb ber cloak was fastened on Hindoos from that time till the present he t00( looked, puzzled after he'd read j iet hcr nec,ki wulie wlth the two An-day- ' . the note a second time. Then he look- of th 'rg)t hand she kept the Sir William Hunter, who was one of ot me pleasantly over the tops of ,oak clowA the greatest authorities on things Eitst hto Bpectacle. vhPn on horseback, men were en- Indian, says in a wonderfully grapnic, description of the temple of Jugger- naut: "On tbe wnospuaDie sanua oi ln a ncei banker-like way. 'Might I Puri, a place of swamps and lnunda-' erinqure, Mr. Penphlst, without tions, the Hindoo religion and Hindoo aeemng to bo unduly inquisitive, as Buperetltution have stood at bay forto how-er-large a-er-lmlunce you eighteen centuries against the world. , woul(j usuaiy carrying?' Here Is the national temple whither; .yyen, tbat was a civil enough ques the people flock to worship from every tj0U( nothlng inquisitive about it province of India. There is the gate .. .WnTi lr. l 8al(j to tuo handsome of heaven whither thousands of pil-1 gray nulrC(1 gcntieman, 'I am opening grims come to die, lulled to this l:t an ncc0unt with a matter ot some $350. sleep by the roar or tne eternal ocean. Well. I saw on, one occasion tunt marvelous, sight, the dragging of Jug gernaut's car and the cars of his brother and ;ister. The three Idols are Inseparable, and ugly things they are. being nothing but huge logs of wood coarsely fashioned Into human shape, but without arms or legs. Juggernaut's car stands forty-one feet high uad has fourteen enormous wheels. The ether two cars are just a little smaller. The great cam have a mue D.a.... "" '- ; to be dragged a certain distance half a mile or more from the tcmple-nnd the god will not allow horses or ele- phants to undertake the work, wit calls upon bi faithful worshipers to do it themselves. Immense ropes, or. I rather, cables, are attached to the cars, and at the word of command from the priests thousands of men and even women and children rush forward and seize the ropes and range themselves in order and the next moment are straining and rolling at the cumber some conveyances, which at length move with a heavy, creaking noise. Never shall I forget the sight. The road was filled with tens of thousand of lookers-on. all wild with excitement, and the fanaties who held the ropes were dragging the cars along with frenzied zeal. Every now and then there would be a stop that the men might rest, I supposed, but instead of resting they took to Jumping in the air and to whirling themselves around like dancing dervishes and shouting at the top of their breath: "Victory! Victory to Juggernaut!" Once on a time Infatuated worship ers would throw themselves under the Mieels of the mighty car that they might be crushed to death, counting It a privilege and a Joy thus to perlsli Some might do It today if the paternal British government did not provide against such catastrophes by taking nil due precautlon.-John J. Pool. B. I). p. ft. G. S., in .Los Angeles Tlmes; WKUNb BANK Story of the Man Who Wanted to Open a Small Account. A WALL STREET EXPERIENCE.! The Would Be Depositor of Modeit Moans Pound Himitlf In Place For Million!rt An Official's Courteous Explanation and Advica. "When," said the mud who writes pieces for magnKlnea and thing, "by some straugennd unprecedented cbnnee, ( had got hold of a matter of $330 all at one and the same time It looked big to uio. By au even more curious chance thero wasn't anything thnt 1 really needed to do with the money, so I decided that I'd bank It "Now, I knew In a general way that In order to put money In bank you've got to be known and give your pedi gree nod look respectable, and all that, and I hated to approach a bank with out auy sort of credentials. Therefore I went to the business manager of a certain uinguslue which occasionally prints pieces that I write and asked him what I'd better da "'Simplest thing la the world,' said be. "I'll give you note to our bank.' "That sounded fine to me. lie wrote me the note, and I started for the bank .1 good deal tickled over how easy the little depositing proceeding bad been made. "The bauk to which 1 had the note Is In Wall street I asked the uniformed man who was standing around where I'd flud the receiving teller's window, and he pointed that window out to me. I got Into line and. watched the teller tuke In money. " "I must ovn that I was a btt stalled to note the great slse of some of the dciiosltB be was receiving. Why, fel lows were giving the money to him by the satchelful. Bnt I bad my note In my pocket, and I remained complaccut enough with that consciousness. "When I reached the receiving teller I passed In my note, and the receiving teller, a decidedly civil young man; opened it and read it Then be looked ,,t me, after which he read the note again, this time with a sort of pusxled expression on his countenance. I didn't Bee wnT the receiving teller should be puzzled over such a simple matter, but puzzled be seemed. He rang a bell, an(j (be uniformed man wbo'd directed me to that window appeared. gbow this gentleman to the office 0f tne casbier. said the receiving teller t0 the uniformed man, at the same me regarding me with a plensnnt smiie, and the uniformed man led mivj idown the nssageway and took me returned to me, and be leaned back ln .Aherar 8nid the handsome gray haired gentleman .not disagreeably .but i . . ... .11 . i I... blU j gbn co doubt make gonie a,itn. tions . to that within tho next two months, and probably I shall carry n balance of-well, say, $500 or $000 right along.' "The kindly cashier with the gray hnlr fnlrlv twinned unon me. , ...ErjUHt B0( jm . 8aId he, twld- ... thumug .Wo foci coinnli- merited, Mr. rcnphlat. we really do. that you should have come to us. And it is uiifortunate-crrealy unfortu - nate, that we are so utterly lacking in f u,t, for ,.lUlllg care of accounts fof guch Q eharacter. j renpbtat, our Inatlti- nate, that we are so utterly lacking in tion Is of er n sort of special charac- ter. It Is used as a depository by- well, nerhntw I should nut It ln clearer i:.r -. I say It to you quite l:i confidence. y:n understand, Mr. IVn phlst, but we have only 1.C00 deposit ors on our books, and these 1,000 de positors' aggregate balances amount ull the time to a matter of $110,000,000.' "Well, that was about enough. I saw the light then. I'd drifted Into a millionaires' bank on tbe careless cre dentials of a business manager who'd written me that note no doubt In a thoughtless mood. "The gray haired cashier acted bully about it. lie recommended a line haul; to me 'one tbat combines perfect re sponsibility with the necessary facili ties for handling accounts Ilkc-er-yours, Mr. Fenphist,' he added. "For all of the cashier's nlceness I walked out of there Into the cold gray light of Wall Btreet feeling like a good deal of a human caterpillar. "I didn't go to the bank recommended to me by the cashier; didn't have the nerve to visit any more banks. I've got $62 left now of the $350, but I'm going to use that as a nest egg, and muybe some day even yet I'll have a bank account." New York Sun. The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of nn honest man. Gregory. .Cherry Time. Is here and if you want the best the mar ket affords, at the right price, leave your order with us and you'll get satisfaction. AcmeGrocery Co. HIGH GRADE 521 COMMERCIAL STREET BIOSAVINO The Housewife can save a large amount from her grocery bills by can ning almost everything she uses the entire year around, and hav it with that fresh taite-as from garden or orchard, and she knows that her meat is free from bacteria; free from ptomaine poisoning, well as her vegetables and fruits. HOW? WHY? Can the Economy Jar do all This? Because the Economy uses no Rubber Ring. All other Jsn use rubber rings, which In time decay, become porous, leak air, and spoil and mould the contents. .1 The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. DELICIOUS II QUI This recipe Is highly recommended by one of our correspondents; try It for desert tomorrow. Peel five bananas, rub smooth with five teaspoonfuls of sugar. Add one teacup sweet cream beaten to a stiff froth, then add one 10c. package of Lemon JELL O dissolved In I tea cups boiling water. Tour into mold and when cold garnish with candied cherries. Serve with whipped cream, or any good pudding sauce. JELL-0 is sold by all Grocers at 10c . per package. Twslfth Cantiry Maimers. According to twelfth century man ners, it was considered more than rode for any one, man or woman, to look aimlessly Into space or gase at the sky for any length of time, and aurlng about in tbe street or in church was considered especially impolite. People who desired to be considered well bought up were enjoined not to wave their bands about in tbe air and not to place tbelr hands upon the head or shoulders of any distinguished person age. When standing, both men ana wo men were exhorted to place one band over tbe other uear tbe waist. A wall bred woman, also, when walking out of doors, had to place the thumb of tm) ,eft bnnJ ln tne buckle or string , lnlnn(, . ,11(lk at thn.r iPir(, but 1 - ..... straight over tho borne s neaa. in a book of the twelfth century we rend of n model young woman who "walked nicely and did not look around. She did not speak to her mother nor greet her father; neither would she look at man or woman." 8oms Accident Claims. The chairman of an Insurance com pany Instanced claims which might arise tbat were little expected. Among them he mentioned claims from a do mestic servant who swallowed her false teeth while eating, a manageress who poisoned her hands from con stantly handling copper coins, a house- i keeper who, sitting down on a darning needIe, wfls 8llrprlsed to see It work t f i. nt..i mvinrinnr ht I hy pont iles nnd nccldeuts arising from j w-n!k!ng In !ep;. falling ot;t of the 1 vlr'-nv nnd t'.io reparation of n cat from O tevdor mcr;; en of a dog.-- rr0in tc-dcr j Um,lM n-ki M I Subscribe to the Morning Astonan, ,60 cents per month. I HoUtuttl CoMipation kA . x I I J laybcpcrmancnlly overcome by proper personal effort vvilhlhe ; asMJiance toftheon? truly icnejicial iwwtUe remedy, Syrup oj Isgfl and Wirtr f Senna, wKich enable ft onetojWm regular Kabit$ daily 50 that assistance 10 na ture may be gradual dispensed wilK Vxtan ho longer needed afctKebcstof remedies, wken Yeauircd, are to assist tiaW and not to supplant tbe hatur a) functions, vb'tcb must depend ulfi trtotely upon proper nouri.slunetit, proper efort,awd ribt Iiv'm6gentra!ly. To get its benejicial effects, always Pay tbe genuine California Fig Syrup Co. only SOLO BYALLLEADINC DRUOOSTS one we only, regular price SOf f Bottle GROCERIES PHONE est NEW TO-DAY The Commercial. One of the cosiest and roost popu lar resorts in the city it ths Commer cial. A new billiard room, t pleasant sitting -room and handsome natures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of tbe day. play game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. GOOD WOOD. If you want good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY the WOOD DEALER, The man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th and Duane. LADY MANICURIST ENGAGED. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen's beautiful tonsorial establishment, has been further modernized by the per manent engagement of highly train ed young lady manicurist, who will also serve the house as cashier. The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet it Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. The Palace Restaurant An phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant Tbe kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best. JPrivate dining looms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. The Clean Man. The man who delights in persona! cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, In As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things. and gets them at their best. Shine Them Up. Ladies' shoes called for, shined and returned. Phone Main 3741. Notice. As published in Sunday's Astorian, we are 110 longer connected with the Parisian Cleaning & Dyeing Works. We have had the experience neces sary for this line .of business and our intention of opening an establishment at 112 Eleventh street has caused our former employers to become aggriev ed. The good quality of work we did for that company will bring us the trade that came to them through us, and for that reason they are angry. DAVIS & WAGNER, Props. Chicago Steam Cleaning & Dye Works, 112 Eleventh street. New Business Venture. Mr. E. G. Gunall has opened a boot and shoe repairing establishment in the building at the corner of Eighth and Commercial streets, formerly oc cupied by N. Akerman. Your patron age is respectfully solicited. 7-lS-tf Sunday Excursions to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. & N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any point on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only- M-ft Subscribe to the Morning Astorian,