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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, AUU. 15
Fresh Supply of Cheese
Martin's Eastern Cream
Imported Swiss-Roquefort
German Breakfast
Try Bent's Water Cracker
A. V.ALLEN
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Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glass.
PHONE 711 PHONE 3871
UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713
LEADING OFFICIALS
OF S. P. HERE
DIRECTOR JULIUS KRUTT-
SCHNIT, GENERAL MANAGER
J. P. O'BRIEN AND CHIEF EN
GINEER,G. BOSCHKE HERE
TEACHERS' EXAMS.
TO OPEN TODAY
UISS WARREN, SUPERINTEND
ENT, WILL BE ASSISTED BY
PROF. A. L. CLARK AND MRS
C A. GEARHART.
Teachers' examinations will be held
in the office of the county superia
tendcut of schools in the court house
for four days commencing today.
Miss Warren, county superintendent,
will assume charge of the examina
tions by virtue of her office, and will
be assisted during the four days by
A. L. Clark, city superintendent of
chools, and Mrs. C. A. Gearhart
The examinations will commence at
9 o'clock this morning, and the full
program for the week is as follows:
For State Papers Commencing
Wednesday, August 12th, at 9 o'clock
a. m., and continuing until Saturday,
August 15th, at 4 p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, ohysical geography, reading,
psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic,
theory of teaching, grammar, book-
teeping, physics, civil government
Friday Physiology, geography,
composition, algebra, English litera
tore.
Saturday Botany, plane geometry,
general history, school law.
For County Papers Commencing
Wednesday, August 12th at 9 o'clock
a. m., and continuing until Friday,
August 14th, at 4 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
orthography, reading, physical 'geo
graphy.
Thursday Written arithmetic, the
ory of teaching, grammar, physiol
ogy-
Friday Geography, school law,
civil government, English literature.
EMMA C. WARREN,
County School Supt.
One-half of the questions in litera
ture on "Merchant of Venice," "Ivan
toe", "Sketchbook."
TOMATOES AND BULL
DOGS FOR HIS!
HOW RICHARD S. SMITH, EX
ASTORIA, VARIES PRACTICE
OF LAW OUT IN THE KLAM
ATH COUNTRY.
The following joke on Dick Smith,
the popular young foot-ballist and
lawyer, once very popular in Astoria
and about the mouth of the Colum
bia, is reprinted from the Klamath
Falls Evening Herald, of August 7,
and sounds very much as if George
Xolaml, his friend and partner, in
spired it, if he didn't write it:
"R. S. Smith is the proud posses
of what he considers the largest to
mato-vines in the county. He ha
them planted m his garden at his
home on Ewauna Heights and he is
so proud of them that the first thing
he shows any of his guests are the
ASTORIA THEATRE.
What the Walla Walla Statesman Has
to Say of "The Claman Co." ,
Any one who saw the clever pro
duction of "On the Frontier" at the
Keylor Grand last night, will be ready
to accept the above recommendation
of "Wife in Name Only." The play last
night was a really good production
ef a first-class western comedy-drama
and it was one which pleases from
curtain to curtain, every member ot
the trouple had his or her part dowa
in good style and there was no unin-'
teresting or dull moments during the
whole evening; a western play deal
ing with frontier life is apt to be
tirescme but last night's was not at
all so. Nor was it alone the play
which pleased, the players were a
well balanced troupe of artists who
played heir parts naturally and with
out the usual overdoneness seen in
that class of plays. It was a good show
and one worth while. The Clamant
Company will appear at the Astoria
Theatre in "On The Frontier," Sun
day evening, August 16th.
mes and the last thing he tells about
are the very same vines. He got the
plants from Mrs. Brandeburg when
they were quite small. He planted
them himself and has cared for them
ever since. In order to make sure
that his vines were larger than the
others planted at the same time he
went to the home of Mrs. Branden
burg to look at her vines. He came at
a time when there was no one at
home, but notwithstanding this he
was determined to inspect the'f to
mato vines. He went to the garden
and was stooping over measuring the
vines and counting the green toma
toes .on them, when somehting grab
bed the seat of his trousers. The
family dog objected to his pestering
with the tomato vines and as Dick
made his way across the garden with
the dog close behind he beat any
record that he ever made as the star
football player for Columbia. He lost
not only the seat of his trousers but
also a few patches of cuticle."
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RECEIPTS FALL OFF.
WE FEARED JAPAN.
TOKIO, Aug. 11 Count Okuma,
hi an interview published by the Ho
thi, attributes the present naval ex
pansion policy of the United States
to the sudden rise of Japan to the im
portance of a world power. The in
terview says in part:
"Judging from the fragmentary
speeches of President Roosevelv as
they have been transmitted here, it
is not difficult to infer that the aug
mentation of the United States navy
in the Pacific is -directed a Japan."
Count Okuma doubts, however,
that the views and ideas of President
Roosevelt will long continue to gov
ern public opinion in America.
NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-The finan
cial depression since last Fall is re
sponsible for a decrease of 6.54 per
cent in the revenues of the New York
Post Office for the fiscal year end
ed June 30.
The' net revenue of the general post
office and stations for twelve months
ended June 30, was $11,815,137, com-
parea wnn $i,o.i,bo tor ivu, or a
loss of $828,729 for the fiscal vear re
cently ended.
Gross receipts for 1908 were $18,
369,119, a gain over the preceding
year of $8,447. The cost of running
the local office is on the increase. Ex
penses for 1908 aggregated $6,753,981,
an increase over the fiscal year 1907,
of $837,177.
Notwithstanding the hard times
there was an increase in the domestic
money order business. During
twelve months ended June 30, domes
tic money orders issued numbered 1,
110,065 with a value of $12,098,592.
The statistics of 1907 show 1,021,639
domestic money orders issued repre
senting 1!,U96,170. Money orders
paid, however, fell off $l,543,066.Mon-
ey sent through and reecived at the
New York post office by the interna
tional money order system shows an
increase, roreijn monev orders ag
gregating 49,926 were issued, having
a total value of $1,319,303, or 4,730
more orders and $358,671 more than
in 1907. International money orders
paid show that the increase for the
twelve months is 12,572, with a value
of $281,635. '
Yesterday morning early, there is
sued from the handsome private car,
"Gundaloupe," of Julius Kruttschnit
director of maintenance and opera
turn ot the entire Harnman system
standing in the A. & C. yards here, a
party of gentlemen composed of Mr.
Kruttschnit, General Manager J. P,
O Brien, general manager of the
Southern Pacific interests In Oregon
and Chief Engineer G. W. Boschke,
also of the same system in Oregon,
guided by City Agent G. W. Roberts
and headed for the Nahcotta's slip at
the O. R. & N. piers.
The party had enjoyed a perfect
breakfast on board the "Guadaloupc"
and were eager for the ptewsant ex
perience of crossing the beautiful bay
of Astoria on one of the perfect sum
mer mornings for which she is fa
mous, and despite the radical chill of
the hour, the voyage was. most thor
oughly enjoyed. At Megler, on the
northshore, they were met by Super
intendent E. H. Budd on a special
car and they were swung along down
the new line recently completed by
that gentleman for the company, up
on the plans laid down by Chief:
Boschke. Every detail of construc
tion was looked into by Mr. Krutt
schnit, tws, rails, sub-structure
bridges, culverts, deposts, switches
and all the impedimenta of the new
extension, all of which was approved
save one important matter, towit, the
varying phases of chrome-yellow with
which the depots along the route
were painted, and which looked, as
Mr, Kruttschnit laughing said, "as i
the painters had lost the combination
early in the game" so distinct were
the shades of yellow that marker!
those buildings en route.
The party returned to this city on
the 3:30 p. m. trip of the Nahcotta
and the party then made a detailed
examination of the O. R. & N. docks
and adjacent properties, their boun
daries and condition, of which the
big chief took ample notes for future
reference.
In an interview had with Mr,
Kruittschmt he said that the visit
had no peculiar significance aside
from the purposes already stated and
that he was in Astoria simply to get
in touch with the company's interests
ere, and nothing to impart of espec--
al concern to the public at this time,
nless it might be that Chief Boschke
had determined to spray the great
dock sheds of the O. R. & Nf. here a
trong, even brilliant, chrome-yellow
at an early day, in order to bring it
within the rule of the Harriman lines
to paint all its docks and depots in
niform tone.
The party went aboard their car in
me to have it attached to the 6:10
express for Portland and left up at
that hour. This is Director Krutt
sennit's first visit to these particular
properties.
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Mint I, M, WilllRmnoB, ot llwiico, ta the nccrt.litttl r(jreiiutlv 0f Tht AntorUn mitt will
Uikt cre of nil ltem of uew, orders for tnl)!tiitloMN ml alt kliuli at prlutiiig,
ILWACO
Astor Senhorg, Jr., left the Intte
part of last week for Lebnrii, Wash
where he will visit with Mr. and Mr
Sol Markham for n short time.
Miss Hattie llcdrick, of Portland
lormer resident ot ilwaco, came
down Saturday evening on the Pot
ter and spent Sunday at Long Bench
returning Sunday eveojng. ,
& . . . . . .
; very interesting and exciting
baseball game was played Sunday at
Long Beach between the Chinook
and Long Beach teams. The Chinook
team came out the winners, the score
being 6 to 8. A large crowd of botl
Chinook and Ilwaco people witnessed
the game.
Mr.,and Mrs. Wilson Graham and
Mrs. Edward Hawkins spent Sunday
at Ocean Park with Mr. West Mil
ler and family. They returned in the
evening bringing with them Mis
Jess Miller who will spend a few days
in Ilwaco.
Evangelistic meetings are being
eld at the Methodist Episcopal
hurch, under the auspices of Mr. S
C. Shcrril of the Baptist church.
Franchise Is Signed
Mayor Wise signed the automatic
telephone 'franchise yesterday, and
the grant now stands lawfully com
pleted. The city charter provides that
the mayor shall sign or veto all ordi
nances, within ten days, and in this
Mr. Gunther and wife arrived last
week for a short stay in Ilwaco and
the beach. Mr. Gunther is the
inventor oi some ot the new ma
chinery used in the McGowen can
nery at Ilwaco.
jwaco young folks attended the dan
at the Sylvan Kail ut Long Beach
They report the usual splendid time
and large crowd,
Mr, W, Beckett, who is at present
m charge of the Blamrhard ranch, be
twecn here and Chinook, was in tow n
Saturday trading. Mr, Beckwith Is
oeiiaver in good roads and Is one of
the principal promoters of the pro
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nuscu new roaa ueiwcen here ant
Chinook.
Mr. In A, Loomis and J. N, Glover
were in town Saturday, shaking
hands with old friends and acuunitit
;nces,
V, L, Green, who at one time re
sided here with his family, arrived
Saturday, shaking hand with old
friends and acquaintances.
A. L, Green, who at one time re
ided here with his family, arrived
Saturday, We understand Mr. Green
contemplates working here for
while,
Mr. Potter of the Point Adams
Life Saving Crew was in town Satur
day.
Mr. Clayton and family, also Mrt
layton's mother, Mrs. Paul, who
have been visiting here for a while,
returned Monday to their home in
Denver, Colo.
Saturday evening some of the II-
Miss Alveua Peterson, of Long
B.each, spent Sunday in Ilwaco, with
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vir. ,inu mrs, ti, m, uiirun, sue re
turned to the beach Monday.
TELEPHONE
NOTES
Plans For New Build,
ing Arrive
The plans ami ipecificittioii for the
PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELE
GRAPH COMPANY'S new pressed
brick office building were brought to
Astoria yesterday noon by Mr. N,
Glass, constructing engineer and at
once placed in the hands of four
separate local contractors, who are to
return their bid Inside of five days.
This action should "give pause" to
those who have been inclined to ques
tion the honesty of purpose of tht
telephone company, '
Automatic Service Too Slow and
Uncertain.
I H. Crew, (Irocer, 1840 South Hope
Street, Los Angeles.
I prefer the Manual to the Auto
malic. It i easier to tell an operator
what you want than to make reluct
ant machine (iirure it out for vou.
he service i too slow and uncertain
or a business house, It Is also out
of order more often than the old
style. ,
A Live Operator Better Than
Mechanical One.
Win. Malbonf, Harnei Shop. 27J2
Street, Los Angeles,
I uned the Home Automatic on
twenty-fourth street about two
months and did not like it well
enough to continue when I moved to
my present location. A live operator
suits me better than a mechanical one
nd gives quicker service.
VOTE NOW AND VOTE
AGAIN AND AGAIN
MISS WAHLGREN STILL LEADS
IN QUEEN OF THE REGATTA
CONTEST WITH MISS KIN
DRED SECOND.
case the time would have expired to
day. In those case wherein the mayor I Miss Annie F.
does not f.ign or veto an ordinance (Miss Isabella Paulson '.. 15
You'll have to hurry if you want to
vote early and often for the queen
of the regatta. The votes are coming
n day by day. Some of the young
men who ought to be showing more
ardour for the young ladies in the
contest haven t woke up as much as
they might. If they don't vote often
er some of the girls jnay begin to
think they're shirking a plain 'duty,
Miss Agnes Wahlgreh still is in the
lead, with Miss Maud S. Kindred not
so very far behind. The contest closes
Saturday, and of course the big
bunches are probably being kept
back. Following is the vote as
stood yesterday morning;
Miss Agnes Wahlgren 290
Miss Maud S. Kindred 150
Miss Hattie Wise 7
MissGracc Stokes 55
Miss Winifred Higgins 51
Miss Hazel Monroe 50
Miss Margaret Taylor 40
Mrs. Carl Fransecn 35
Miss Frieda Foard 35'
Miss Elsie Elmore 35
Mrs. Jack Allen,. 31
Miss Maud Ross 26
Miss Kate Norbcrg 25
Miss Georgia Ekstrom 20
Larsen 20
HAD MONEY LEFT OVER.
CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Only four
fifths of the $100,000 raised to bring
the Republican National Convention
was spent and the task of returning
$20,000 has been begun by the local
committee' on arrangements. '
That sum is to be divided between
508 subscribers to the fund, and after
a brief conference between Fred W.
within the ten days it becomes valid
and stands without his signature.
Mayor Wise said he delayed append
ing his signature in the matter of the
'phone ordinance until yesterday, be
cause he wished to take time to
thoroughly consider the matter and
because the short delay might have
wrought something to the fore' that
should have been known before he
formally made it a binding law. As
the matter stands, Mayor Wise says
he is wel satisfied with the ordinance.
It is expected the telephone company
will now proceed with the organiza
tion of their local corporation with
out 'delay. They have thirty days in
which to accept the "ordinance' and U
is taken as a foregone, conclusion that
they will accept it at once. It is
understood that certain leading citi
zens are becoming interested in the
matter and may take a financial in
terest as soon as possible.
Upham, chairman" and J. C. Roth,
treasurer of the committee, the for
mer began to sign checks that will
be mailed today, ,
Miss May Magce '. 13
Miss Laura Danielson ,. . 10
Miss Mary Fossctt '. . 10
Mrs." Agnes Murphy 10
Miss F. Norberg 10
Miss May Parker 10
MissLina Manula .....,......... 10
Miss Emely Wooten . . .; 10
Miss Birdie Anderson 5
Miss Ruby Wah.lgreen 5
MissArvnie Flick 5
Miss Ida Stenholm 5
Miss Sundquist ! 5
Miss Isabella Young 5
Miss Anna Johanson
Miss Ethel Ellsworth
Miss Leona Gilbaugh
Miss Rose Osmundson
MissThyra Knudsen ..
. Miss Kindred, who is second in the
contest, resides at Warrenton.
PERSONAL MENTION
O. H. McNairy.J. C. Clinton and
A. E. Petersen expiet to leave todav
, ....
for an outing in the Nchalem valley
lor, about ten days.
Mrs. Vick E. Campbell and Miss
Hartnian, of Portland, who have been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. M
Crawford for several days, left up on
the Spencer yesterday for Portland
Mr. and Mrs Valentine Nadstanck
of Salem, are in the city on a sum
mer outing, which will be extended to
Seaside and continued for a week or
more. They are, very much pleased
with the lively and interesting appear
ance ot Astoria and ransacked it all
of yesterday for its well Mown points
of interest and observation.
Miss Lenora Benoit the well known
known public stenographer, has just
returned from a week's sojourn at the
coast, where she visited friends and
thoroughly enjoyed herself.
Mrs. W. W. Parker, of Portland, is
in the .city, a guest at the home o
Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Eakin
JUDGE PARKER THERE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.
Judge Alton B. Parker arriver here
yesterday by automobile from Los
Angeles. He is headed for SeattI
to attend the gathering of the Nation
al Bar Association, during the latter
part of he month. Judge Parker, has
been asked to address the Democrats
of this city, but is not anxious to do
SO, He will iro to Yosemite before
tarting north,
IN GERMAN MINE.
SAARBRUEKEN, Germany, Aug.
11. Thirteen men are dead and eight
are badly injured as the result of an
explosion of fire damp "In the Dud
weiler mine, five miles from here.'
COMING
THE BEST SHOW OF THE
SEASON
The
Claman Players
A COMPANY OF 18 PEOPLE
WITH
Band and Orchestra
Presenting the Big Scenic Revival of
"On the Frontier"
OPERA HOUSE
SUNDAY, Aug. 16
Special scenery, mechanical devices
and electrical effects, High class
vaudeville specialties between each
act. Not a dull moment from start
to finish,
FREE DAILY BAND CONCERT,
. FRONT OF THEATRE,
I ' 7:15 TO 8:15 P. M. .,
Prices 25c, 35c, 75c
Seats on Sale Saturday, August 15th,
It Is War, Grim Visaged Warl
There is no such thing as competi
tion la the telephone business, It is
ur pure and simple. Who want ttt
invest money under such conditions,
particularly when the need is not
apparent.
I Use The Automatic Only When
Compelled To.
Figtieroa Market, 655 Wet Washing
ton Street, Los Aiigcles.
1 prefer the Manual every time. I
have no time to do the company's
work for them. I ue it only when
compelled to; it i too slow.
You Get Angry And That Is All You
Do Get.
Dcxpars & Sons, Grocers and Hard
ware, 2452 South Main Street,
Los Angeles.
Our, Automatic phone is out of or
der fully one-third of the time. We
do not begin to get tt)e service that
we did before cliantrina from the
Manual system. We try to raise a
number and get no remits, no infor
mation of any kind; then we get
"Central" and are told to get
"Trouble." We do so and are told
they do not know why we cannot
raise our number. Then we get
angry, and that is all we really do
get. No! Not much! No Automatic
for us if we could help ourselves.
f
nc com- j
rn.Cali
ividends
No Dividends.
At least 15 Home telephone com
panies in Central and Southern
ornia have a record of no d
and are anxious "to be shown" where
they, get their PRINCIPAL back.
That's what tho man from Missouri
wanted.' The opposition telephone
promoter says: "I give it up." That's
what Jonah did with the whale I
Opposed To System That Compels
Subscriber To Do The Work.
Max Hoffman, Liouors. 1313 West
Washington Street, Los Angeles.
I have had only the Automatic for
the past year and consider it a nuis
ance tor a public place. The system
of numbering is cumbrous and large
ly increases the liability to error. It
s also out of order at least two days
ich week. You can put me down as
opposed to a system which compels
the subscriber to do work which the
company should pay for.
i
It Seems a Shame.
It really seems a shame that people
ot familiar with the telephone busin
ess should1 be led to believe there is
money to be made in the opposition
lephone field when in fact, there is
only worry and financial loss await
ing those - who are . finally left to
operate the plant. There is of course
profit for the promoter if the capital
can be raised, ,
f Summer Excursions
During the months of 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 days.