THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. ,;
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OF TALOFF'S GIGANTIC SLAUGHTER 5ALE
Today June the 18th at 9:30 p. m. will wind up the greatest and most successful sale ever held in Astoria. We 'are going to make this last day,
Saturday, a record breaker In slaughtering good, seasonable merchandise, and advise every lady in Astoria and vicinity
to take advantage of our offers. While we arc not going out of buHiness, we do not intend to carry over a single garment of
this season's make, and if prices are an object, we shall fulfill our intention, as today goods will be ' sold to the
people at their own prices. Do not take our word for it, come to the store, asK for the articles desired and be convinced.
Read the Prices Given Below
Read every line carefully, and if there is anything we did not mention for lack of space, the same proportional reductions are given on every
thing in the house.
No Reserves Everything Will Go at a Great Sacrifice TODAY
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1908.
ONE MORE
Ladies' and Misses Suits
The best and latest 1908 productions. The most com
plete line in the city. Divided into three following lots:
Lot 1. Any suit up to $22.50 values.
Today only $9,48
Lot 2. Any suit up to $30.00 values.
Today only 14,69
Lot 3. Any suit up to $45.00 values.
Today only (7,85
Skirts
In all the latest styles, materials and olors. Made for
the finest stores in the U. S. Watch them disappear
at the prices offered.
Skirts up to $12.50 values. Today
only - $5.95 to $7.48
Skirts up to $17.50 values. Today
only.... 9.98
Skirts up to $25.00 values. Today
only 13.29
Waitfs
In lawn, lingerie silk and lace in all colors. Largest
and best selected stock in Astoria, at the following
jnces.
!C for a line of waists up to $1.50 values
C -for a line of waists up to $2.25 values
tor a itne ot waists uy to $.i.UO values
for a line of of Ecru lace up to $5.00 values
for a line of black taffeta ud to'SS.OO values
All others proportionately priced.
Immense Stock of Coats
Serai-fitted, .box effects and the new knickerbocker
style. Doomed to goat less than cost of raw ma.
lerial. ' We advise you to purchase at these low prices,
"You must see these garments to appreciate the value.'
Up to $0.50 values. Today only $3.29
Up to $7.50 values. Today only 3,98
Up to $12.50 values. Today only 7,48
Silk Petticoats
. for the regular $6.50 petticoat
.for the regular $7.50 petticoat
Silk Dresses
In shirt waist and princess styles, all colors:
$ 9,29 for any dress up to $20
13.98 for any dress up to $25
Gloves at a Sacrafice
69c fr the regular 85c 3 clasp glove
93c for the regular $1.50 12 button glove
$1,29 for the regular $2 16 button glove
Hosiery
15c hose today only .. Rq
2oc Hose today only 1 1
Abo. nose today only
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25 dozen 10c and 15c White Handkerchiefs, including
the latest " Cross-Bar Style" 5c
MILLINERY
A new assortment of the higher grade hats added and
divided into two lots at .. . 98c SL83
There is not a hat in the lot worth less than $3.50 regu
lar and some are worth up to $8.
The entire line of ladies' Wash Skirta, Wash Suits
and Dresses cheaper than the goods alone would cost.
Neckwear, combs, purses, bags, belts, ribbons etc. at
a great reduction.
We have always made good our adds and we will
make good this one. We never disappointed any one
and will not disappoint you this time. Upon your
satisfaction depends our growth.
HATCH THIS STORE GROW
ALOFF'S
The Style Store"
537. Commercial
Street
rat BROS, s
ale Managers
A $11 HISM
Showing How Brave Men Can
Calmly Meet Death.
WRECK OF THE BIRKENHEAD.
Th Way Thlt British VmmI Want
Down Off th Cap of Good Hop.
Most of th Crtw Wr Lot and All
th Women and Children 8vd. '
Visitor to tbo hospital of the old
pensioners at Chelsea will perhaps have
noticed In tbo colounaJo a simple me
morial tablet, placed there by order of
tbo Into Queen Vlctorln to record tho
heroic constancy and discipline of tho
officers and soldiers who lost their
lives in the wreck of the transport Bir
kenhead oil tho Cnpe of Good nope on
Feb. 20, 1852. On Jan. 7 In tbut year, aft
er erabnrking re-enforcements amount
ing to fifteen officers and 470 men for
the troops engaged In the Kaffir war,
tbo Birkenhead loft Ireland for the
capo. Ou board were also 100 women
and children, tbo wives and families
of soldiers, All went well till the
transport reached Simon's Town, where
ten officers and eighteen men were
landed. Tho ship continued her course
on the evening of Feb. 25. But the
captain in bis anxiety for a quick pas
sage unfortunately kept so closo to tho
Bhoro that (luring tho night the ship
got among tho rocks which line the
coast About three miles off Danger
point at 2 o'clock in the morning of the
20th, while all except those on watch
were sleeping peacefully in their ham
mocks, the ship struck with a violent
shock. The bulk of tho men on board
were young soldiers.
Tho rush of water on the Birkenhead
striking wus so great that most of the
soldiers on the lower troop dock were
drowned In their hnmmocks. The re
mainder, with all the officers, appeared
on deck, many, only partly dreBsed, and
fell in as orderly and as quietly as on
tho barrack square. Calling the officers
round Mm, Lieutenant Colonel Seton
of the Seventy-fourth Highlanders, the
senior officer on board, Impressed on
them the necessity for preserving or
der and silence among the men. The
services of the next senior, Captain
Wright, Ninety-first hlghlandors, were
placed at the disposal of the command
er of the ship to carry out whatever
orders be might consider essential.
Sixty men were put on the chain
pumps ou the lower after deck and
tolfl orr In three reliefs. Sixty more
were put on to tbo tackles of the pad
dle box boats, and the remainder were
brought on to the poop to ease the
fore part of the ship, as she was roll
ing heavily. The commander next or
dered the officers' chargers to be pitch
ed out of the gangway. The plunging
and terrified horses were got up and
cast over, five of them managing to
swim ashore. The cutter was then got
ready for the womeni and children,
who bad been collected under tbe poop
awning, and they were passed in one
by one. There being room in tbe boat
for ono or two more, the order was
given for any trumpeter or bugler
boys to l taken. A young drummer
standing near was told by an officer
to get Into the boat, but, drawing him
self up, exclaimed that he drew man's
pay and would stick by his comrades.
The cutter then shoved off in charge
of one of tbe ship's officers, and the
women and children were safe.
No sootier was she clear than the
entire bow of the vessel broke off at
tbo foremast, the bowsprit going up in
the air toward tho foretopmast. The
funnel also went over the side, carry
ing away tbe starboard paddle box and
boat and crushing tbe men on the
tackles. The paddle box boat capsized
on being lowered, and the large boat
in tho center of the ship could not be
got up.
Tho men were then ordered on to
tho poop, where they stood calmly
awaiting their fate. Within a few
minutes the vessel broke la two, cross
wise, just abaft the engine room, and
tho stern begnn rapidly to fill. In this
extremity the commander called out,
"Those who can swim jump overboard
and make for tbe boats!" but the of
ficers begged the soldiers not to, as the
boat with the women and children
would be swamped. They were young
men in the prime of life, with all be
fore them, yet no one moved, nor did
any sign of terror or fear escape them.
Lower and lower sank the vessel Into
the deadly sea. The old transport
shivered, gave a final plunge and dis
appeared, carrying with her the band
of heroes on deck and those working
below at tho pumps.
Men of all agos and ranks they were
the colonel and the drummer boy, of
ficers of gentle birth and men from the
workshop, the plow and the mine, but
all animated with the same herolo
resolution, fortitude and chivalry as
cool as though they had been on their
parade ground, with as much courage
as in action in the field. A few man
aged to cling to the rigging of the
mainmast, part of which remained out
of water, while others got hold of float
ing pieces of wood and were eventually
rescued, but of fourteen "(fleers and
4.VJ men no ' fewer than nine officers
and 319 inon perished, many falling
prey to the uttacks of the slmrks,
which Burro-nxled the ship In shoals,
wnltlug for th.'ir Victims. Every wo
man and child was saved.
Perhaps t he greatest compliment ever
paid to the memory of the brave was
the order of the king of Prussia for
the account of the wreck of the Birken
head to bo rend on three successive
parados at the bead of every regiment
in his army, and It was spoken of In
every school la Trussla and Germany.
-London Globe.
Kemp's Balsam will stop any cough
that can be stopped by any medicine
nd cure coughs that cannot be cured
by any other medicine. It Is always
the best cough cure. ,
Stimulation With Irritation
That is the watchword. That is
what Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
docs. Cleanses and stimulates the
bowels without irritation in any form.
T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
During the summer kidney irregu
larities are often caused by excessive
drinking or being overheated. Attend
to the kidneys at once by using
Foley's Kidney Coure. T. F. Launn,
Owl Drug Store.
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Foley's Honey and Tar affords
immediate relief to asthma sufferers
in the worse stages and if taken in
time will effect a cure. T. F. Laurin,
Owl Drug Store.
GUMPTION ON THE FARM
Praise your wife when she gets
you an extra good dinner, and you
will get many more of them.
Better cut herd's-grass before it
blossoms than to let it stand until it
becomes hard. If it has begun to
ripen seed it 'will make poor fodder
for any creature.
Have the hay ropes, pulleys and all
such things good and solid before you
begin to take off a load. Stand out
of the line of all pulleys when a fork
ful is being taken off.
Eight acres of good, heavy corn
ought to fill a-hundred-ton silo. This
ought to be grown and put into the
silo for a cost of not more than $200,
or $2 per ton for the silage.
rrog-r arming as An industry is
the title of an interesting and instruc
tive article in the May issue of the
Technical World iMagazine, published
in Chicago. The author is W. E.
Meehan, Commissioner of Fisheries
for the State of Pennsylvania.
One' of the most important depart
ments of the farm is too often for
gotten in the stress of business, and
that is the woodlot. If you have one,
see to it that the young trees are pro
tected from the vandal axe man and
the depredations of stock. A well
conserved woodlot grows steadily
into money while we sleep.
When you are mopping your face
in the harvest sun, consider the good
wife in the super-heated kitchen bend
ing over a hot stove in the prepara
tion of .food, and ask yourself if you
have provided her with satisfactory
help. Full barns will bring one little
satisfaction if the wife is broken down
at the end of the harvest.
A neighbor of ours who reads the
Farm Journal asks us to tell Our
Folks how he prevented his hay
molding in the bottom of an eighteen-1
foot mow. Before placing any hay in
the mow, he took some inch boards,
six inches 'wide, making boxes with
three sides. He laid these boxes in
strings across the mow floor, upside
down, similar to an old-fashioned
wooden drain. Then he filled the
mow full of hay to the roof, and when
he removed it from the mow this
spring not a straw of it was moldy.
Other seasons he had much hay dam
aged in this mow from lack of ventila
tion. He tells me that an uncle of
his also pursued this course in his
large barn mows which were tightly
floored with concrete, and fwas able
to use .his hay out to the last straw.
Just a little ventilation seems to go
great way in saving hay in large
barn mows. Farm Journal.
FINANCIAL
J. Q. A- BOWLBY, President
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President
FRANK PATTON, Casbler
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashief
.Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid in $115,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $100,000
Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits
FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM.
Eleventh and Doane St. Astoria, Oregon.
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Making Headway.
Nervous Traveler (to seat companion)
How fast should you say yon ware
traveling? Companion (who has been
flirting with the girl across the way)
About a smile a minut. Life. ,
Yllow Fever.
The first appearance of yellow fever
Is said to have been among the sol
diers of Columbus in 1495.
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THE BANKING.SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N.
168 10th St. Phone Black 2184
First National Bank of Astoria
DIRECTORS
Jacob Kamm V. F. McGregor G.C.Flavel
J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
Capital SlOO.OOO
Surplus 25.000
Stockholders' Liability ... 100,000
' ESTABLISHED 1886,
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SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAVINGS BANK
ASTORIA, OREGON
OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideration."