THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
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MILLINERY
These cool nights suggest Fall. We are showing
FALL SUITS .
tu lmir rnlor Navv. Our milliner has return
ed from her vacation: now full force working on Fall I
Hats; we are showing the new shapes.
MEETING HERE FOR
GOOD ROADS'
PORTLAND ORGANIZATION
ASKS THAT ONE BE HELD IN
ASTORIA ON THE NIGHT OF
SEPTEMBER 2.N
WATERFRONT NEWS
OF A DAY
BRAEMOUNT IN FROM SAN
FRANCISCO-HAMMOND LOG
RAFT BREAKS FROM DOLPHINS-LINERS
DUE TO SAIL
It is said a general scheme of re
pair and improvement has been de
vised for the 0. R. & N. Company's
dock here, and an appropriation al
ready made to cover the whole de
tail, down to the replacement of the
broken window panes throughout the
great sheds. The 900-foot structure
will be sprayed in chrorn-yellow-ori
the outside and white on the interior,
while the several acres of roof will
be done in deep red; and Agent G.
W. Roberts has been hoping the ex
terior work, at least, might be done
before the regatta season; and while
this is not probable now, be is cer
tain no time will be lost in starting
the clean-up. All this is happily sug
gestive of what might be done for
the Astoria waterfront, if all owners
would evince the same interest anf
spruce up the big properties and
buildings abutting on the Columbia.
Such a campaign has been sorely
needed here for years, and no better
example can be set, ox followed than
the work projected by-the O. R. & N.
people.
A marine arrival of extraordinary
importance was registered in this
port, in the wee sma' hours of yes
terday morning, by Captain Bob
Jones, of the famous motor packet
Delia, and checked up as "correct" by
a group of fishermen, who are allege
to have been in touch with the visi
tor. It was no less a craft than the
self-propelling, dep-sea liner, "W. H.
Ale," hailing from no particular port
and sailing under a roving commis
sion. The big fish evidently drifted
into the mouth of the river while
asleep and was enjoying an early
morning "snooze" when disturbed by
the change in the tide and the drift
of the bar fleet of fish-boat and nets
that swung down on him. He "spout
ed" in disgust and turned tail, making
for the open sea and waded through
a field of nets en route, some of them
going out with him. Affidavits in this
relation to be had for the asking.
The oil tank steamer Asuncion
came down the river yesterday even
ing and went below. She will prob
ably leave out on the early flood this
morning.
Yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, on
the powerful ebb of a 9-foot tide, the
big Hammond raft, moored at the
Flavel dolphins in the lower bay
awaiting the arrival of the Hammond
steamship Geo. W. Fenwick, broke
away ana starteu tor me oroau
Pacific. The lookout for the Point
Adams life-saving crew reported her
and Captain Wicklund and his men
went down" to her and stayed by un
til the bar tug Tatoosh came along
and Captain Bailey made fast to the
monster and began the heavy task of
bringing it back and securing it. The
work took until well into the after
noon' and was finally and successfully
accomplished. It was expected the
Fenwick would be in yesterday morn
ing from Gray's arbor, but at night
fall no report had been made of her
and she will likely reach port this
morning.
The sea tug Geo. R. Vosburg from
N'ehalm, with the barge "Nehalem"
on her hawsers, ( entered port yester
day morning early and berthed her
tow at the Parker dock. The barge
had a big load of lumber from the
Wheeler mills, enough to complete
the shipment of 350,000 feet due to
go out on the steamer Yosemite
when she goes south again. Besides
this shipment, and. her Portland
cargo, the Yosemite will take to San
Diego, another of the Benson sea
rafts, due down from the Stella
cradles in a few days.
The steamship Rose City will
leave the O. R. & N. pier at 4 o'clock
p. m. tomorrow, for San Francisco.
She will have her full limit of pas
sengers and among those departing jciatsop. We have roads as well built
Tlie ways and means committee of
the Good Roads Association forme
in Portland the early part of the
week rs already starting in on its
campaign to help the movement
along. Yesterday a letter was re
ceived by the Chamber of Commerce
from the committee, stating that
"rousing meeting" has been arranged
for in Astoria on the night of Sep
tember 2. It was also said in tlm
communication that Astoria would be
called upon to give $100 towards the
plan of raising SIO.IKX), which is to
be used in furthering the campaign of
education along these lines through
out the Staste of Oregon.
The city of Portland voluntarily
offered to give half of the $10,000 in
case the other half is secured.
Whether the Chamber of Com
merce will give the sum of $100 is, of
course, not yet Known, iiie cnamncr
has need for all the money it can read
ily secure in its routine work, sspec-
ially for advertising. One or two men
who were spoken to, however, said
that by all means this city should
gladly pay over the $100 asked even
if the Chamber had to retrench on
other things.
Judge Trenchard, who played an
important part in the Portlarfd con
vention, said last evening that he be
lieves that much good will resulting
from the gathering in' Portland,
though the old state Good Roads As
sociation, of which Judge Trenchard
is an official, will continue in exist
ence and will take an actve part in
the movement and in shaping legisla
tion pertaining to the public high
ways. "I believe there isn't any county in
the state, all things considered,
said Judge Trenchard, "that makes
better showing that Clatsop. There
is perhaps no other county in Ore
gon which has greater natural difficul
ties to overcome than we have; that
is, in the character of the soil, in the
hills and in the heavy forests, and
not least of all, in the comparatively
sparse population. Yet few counties
have accomplished as much as has
TELE P HON
FACTS
So Plain That
He Who Runs May
Read
With the Past and
Present Failure of
Dozens of Dual Tel
ephone Systems in
California, Wash
ington and the Ea&
to , Payj a Single
Dividend, Is It Not
Worth While to the
Possible Investor,
That He Pause, Con
siderandlnvestigate a Little?
Two Telephone
Systems
Do Not Result in
Competition But
Duplication
NEW FALL
SUITS
for Men
Suit that are made wilh proper re
gard for Mylc.
Suits that look well, feci well
wear well.
and
Suit that stand for fifty yean of
knowledge and skill.
Suits that are made for well dress
ing men in nil walks of life.
Suits that make it an extravagance
to pay more than they are priced.
H. S. & M. SUITS, OF COURSE.
$20.00 to $30.00
P. A. Stokes
NOBBY CLOTHIER
from here are Mrs. Ida Garmire, of
Seaside; and Captain McKenna, of
the wrecked steamer Minnie E. Kel
ton, who, with his wife, will return to
his old home-port and there fit ouj a
new venture on the high seas, prob
ably in the whaling line in the far
north.
The British steamship Braemount,
Captain Ronald, crossed in from San
Francisco yesterday morning after a
five-day struggle against stiff nor-wes-ters
all the way up. She went on to
Portland at 10:30 yesterday morning
and will load grain "out for the
United Kingdom, Kerr, Gifford &
Company being her charterers.
.The fine steamship Roanoke will
depart for Eureka, San Francisco and
Port Los Angeles, at 9 o'clock this
morning from the Callender dock.
Among her passengers from this port
t
otes
j Vote for Regatta Queen !
t
as any .1 have seen in Oregon, and
just as good as any I saw in Mult
nomah county while there at the
convention.
"I was . asked about the road
across the county. Some of the gen
tlemen there were a little surprised
when I explained some of our difficul
ties. I told them that while the
county from the east line to the sea
is only about 30 miles wide, that
nevertheless so devious and wind
ing are the routes we must follow
that the actual distance to be travel
ed will prove to be just about eighty
miles."
will be Mrs. S. Dobbins, Mrs. Ira M.
Carter and Mrs. M. Westin.
The final steam schooner J. Mar
hoffer arrived in port yesterday
morning from San Francisco and
will load lumber outward at the Clat
sop mills. She went to that dock at
once.
The O. R. & N. steamer Harvest
Queen went back to Portland after
discharging a lot of local freight
here. 1
The steamship Breakwater left
out for Coos Bay yesterday morning
early, Captain Macgenn on' the
bridge.
With each dollars' worth of
goods purchased we are giv
ing away 10 VOTES FREE
I Friday and Saturday Only j
X 1
! Jaloff s, The Style Store j
537 Commercial Street
! The steamer Sue H. Elmore will
sail for Tillamook Bay at 6 o'clock j fully
tomorrow morning, weather and tide
permitting.
Yesterday was the Spencer's off'
day. She will dock at the Callender
today about 1;'30 o'clock p. m. as
usual.
The Kamm flagship Lurline was
late last evening, having a big run of
"bank" business on her way to this
port.
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was a royal indulgence
two hundred years ago.
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Tear trectr returns year mti V ra iw'l
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COMPETITION-" A common con
test or striving for the same object"
Century Dictionary.
THE OBJECT is your patronage.
Neither of two competiting telephone
companies can attain it to the exclu
sion of the other. If both succeed,
the OBJECT IS DUPLICATED.
Who pays the double charge?
The effect of two rival telephone
systems in one city is to divide the
popualtion into two parts without
means of telephone communication
with each other, except at excessive
cost. While a single system promotes
general intercommunication, two sys
tems make it impracticable:
Two systems therefore, greatly re
strict the utility of the telephone,
seriously impair its value and greatly
impede its commercial devclopemnt.
While the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company has not, during
the past few years, expended as large
a sum toward the belter of its local
plant as the people of Astoria prob
ably feel they were entitled to, still
it has shown good faith to no small
extent when the depressed financial
conditions are taken into con
sideration, in the expenditure of
nearly $30,000 within the past year in
new came construction, being work,
preparatory to the installation of a
most modern common battery system.
The company will at once erect a
new modern style, pressed brick, of
fice building upon a valuable lot al
ready owned.
So far as the company's telephone
rates are concerned, no complaint has
been heard of their being unreason
able, and as to the future under' the
new system they arc guaranteed not
to exceed $.s.5U per month lor a mam
line business phone; $3 per month
for a two party line business phone;
$2 per month for a main line resi
dence phone and $1.75 per month for
a two party line residence phone up
to an exchange of 2000 telephones.
In addition to what has already
,'gone into recent cable construction,
$60,000 will be expended upon
the company's new plant outside of
flic new building. Active prepara
tions are now being made to go for
ward with the entire work.
With this bona fire assurance of a
betterment of telephone service to the
extent noted on the part of the Pa
cific Company and with the
knowledge that may be had without
taking the word of any interested per
son, of the expensive and exasperat
ing trials through which the people or
numerous Pacific Coast cities have
passed, and in fact, are now passing,
in an effort to operate some opposi
tion or Home telephone plant left on
their hands by an outside promoter
who was lavish in his promises of
big profits, do the people of Astoria
wish to become involved in a similar
troublous experience. Might not the
We have a complete Stock of
Fruit Jars
Jelly Glasses
Jar Tops and Rubbers
Our Prices Are Right
Acme Grocery Co.
HIGH GRADE GROCERIES
521 COMMERCIAL STREET
PHONE Ml
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money and energy be expended for
better purposes in constructing a
seawall and producing a permanent
foundation for what must ultimately
become a beautiful city? There is an
abundance of sand in the sea anl
gravel in these everlasting hills.
It appears doubtful that more than
a small proportion oi tne tciepnone
users of Astoria have tiny faith in or
desire for two telephone systems.
Why should they, with $160,000 men
tioned as the proposed cost of the
new companies plant? The question
is who is going to pay the interest on
so large an investment for Astoria
together with the cost of operation
and maintenance?
The Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Company is the telephone busi
ness exclusively, and docs not expect
to ko among the citizens of Astoria
to secure funds with which to re
build its property. Payment for ser
vice is all it expects. If you will oh
serve, there's difference!
Its long distance lines are not TO
HE constructed, but already extend
from British Columbia to Mexico
and from the Pacific Ocean into
Idaho, Nevada and Arizona. Further
more the company expects to con
tiiitie its service to the people of As
toria without serious interruption for
many years to come. . .
It is a well known fact among tele
phone people that fortunes have been
made by promoters in installing so
called independent telephone system.
It is also known that fortunes have
been lost by those who have tried to
operate them., Finally, those who may
think of placing their money into a
so-called competing telephone busi
ness, should know that no such thing
as competition in reality exists.
The whole proposition, perforce,
simpy resolves itself into a struggle,
which becomes a question of the
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
GOOD WOOD.
If you want sood load of fir wood
or box wood ring up KELLY the
WOOD DEALER,
Tht man who keeps the
PRICES DOWN.
Phont Mib 2191 Barn, Cor, 12tb
and Duane.
New Grocery Store.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
1281.
New Business Venture.
Mr. E. G. Gunall has opened a boot
and shoe repairing establishment in
the building at the1 corner of Eighth
and Commercial streets, formerly oc
cupied by N. Akerman. Your patron
age is respectfully solicited. Open
evenings. 7-15-tf
For Sale.
Twelve shares Northern Oyster
companies stock, one hundred and
thirty dollars (130) per share. Apply
Imperial Restaurant. 8-9-tf.
NEW TO-DAY
LADY MANICURIST ENGAGEJ.
"The Modern," , A. E. Petersen's
beautiful tonsorial establishment, has
been further modernized by the per
manent engagement of a highly train
ed young lady manicurist, who will
also serve the house at cashier.
The Clean Man.
The man who delights in personal
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.
Sunday Excursions to Long Beach.
Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. &
N. dock at 6:-i5 a. m. daily. Round
trip fare to any point on North
(Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only.
The very best board to be obtained
in the city is at "The Occident
Hotel" Rates very reasonable.
The Commercial
One of the coziest and most popu
lar resorts in the city is the Commer
cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant
sitting room and handaome fixtures
all go to make an agreeable meeting
place for gentlemen, there to discuss
the topics of the day, play a game of.
billiards and enjoy the fine refresh
ments served there. The best of
goods are only handled, and this fact
being ao well known, a large business .
is done at the Commercial, on Com
mercial street, near Eleventh.
The Palace Restaurant
An phase of hunger can be daintily
gratified at any hour of the day or
night at the Palace Restaurant. The
kitchen apd dining room service are
of the positive best. Private dining
looms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it. Commercial
street, opposite Page building.