THURSDAY, JULY 16, 3908. ,
THE MORNING ASTORIAN,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
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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.--
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j Um,lM n-ki
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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-
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