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j sonable from the fact that E. H, Har
around the broad crescent shore curve , r5man has onJy recemiy announced
of Tillamook Cove, and northward to ' that the road to Tillamook would be
Hermosa Park, and runs back from
the beach more than a mile and em
braces the present Seaside House
and its extensive lawns and groves.
One of the railroads interested in
the general Scheme of improvement
is the Astoria & Columbia River Rail
road, a subsidiary of the new North
Bank Road, the other road, whose
identity is not reveiled, is supposed
to be the Seaside extension of the
Pacific Railway & Navigation Com
pany, a Harriman line, but commonly
AMUSEMENTS.
ASTORIA THEATRE
F. M. HANLIN, Lessee and Manager
ONE NIGHT ONLY
Wednesday
Sept.
:. 16
Mr. Fred Raymond presents
famous comedy success
his
With Miss Sadie Raymond in the pleasure rigs and automobiles along Gilbert If McClonkey goes and a new
title roll, supported by a large'com- the beach are all included in the! manager Is secured to replace him. h.
pany of unusual excellence. j sweeping plans now under considera- hae to plug up two big boles h
A PLAY THAT WILL LIVE 'Hon. . j the team, behind the- tmtfnd at abort:
FOREVER
As one of the funniest legitimate
rural comedies, ever written.
Prices: 25, 35,50, 75c
Seat Sale Opens Tuesday at 11 a. m.
Next Attraction
"The Little Prospector," Sept 20.
The Grand
THEATRE
Commercial and Ninth Street,
Tonight
SPECIAL FEATURE
-THE GOBEL TRAGEDY" showing
the famous trial of CELEB POWERS
"The Neapolitan's Revenge"
"FLOWER OF YOUTH"
"SANDWICH WOMAN"
Views of a Trip Through Scotland
ILLUSTRATED SONG
This Theatre is equipped wid
th latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to see these
pictures.
ADMISSION 10c- Children 5c
Change of program Wednesday and
Sunday.
Commercial street between Fif
teenth and Sixteenth. First class
moving picture show. Latest moving
pictures and illustrated songs.
TONIGHT
THE HIDDEN HAND
DRUMMER'S DAY OFF
THE IDLER
ILLUSTRATED SONG
Miss Rosa Osmussen, pianist
Admission 10c
Children 5c
Matinee Sunday at 2:30 P. M.
Change of program Wednesday
and Sunday.
All persons attending the Automa
ta Theatre on Commercial street,
will be presented with a numbered
ticket which one of said tickets will
win a ladies' gold watch. Watch will
be presented the fortunate ticket
holder, October 1st. On exhibition
at Spexarth's store. 9-11-tf
known as the "Lytic" or-Hillsboro-.
Tillamook line. .
! That it is this latter road whose
engineers are now reconnoitering in
the territory referred to seems rea -
rushed to completion without delay,
and there are already two surveys
for the extension of this line in exist-
ence, but no actual work has been i secured. Ty Cobb for Detroit, and
done. The surveys of the Seaside ex- t"' mighty work with the stick wou
. i .i. p p , v h; tfc ,h American league pennant for Do
tension of the P. R. & N hit the ,n jl u , 80oU
main line at a point near Jewell, in : , b t ,d t nrevent frIo.
Clatsop county. With both Hill and
Harriman operating in a preliminary
way at Seaside, it appears that the
"good-natured rivalry for business,"
as Mr. Harriman calls it, will be
carried into a new and very produc
tive field, particularly during the
summer months.
The engineers who are at work de
vising a general scheme for the im-
i.uviH;... ,u,-. r" v
are looking over the situation with a
view of putting in not only a hotel,
hat a large water system, capable of
serving the entire stretch of beach
resorts in that section, a complete
sewer system, electric lighting plant,
salt water natatorium, moving side-
walk and a street railway system. The j McCloskey if be la forced to relinquish
only question is whether the interests ' the leadership of the Cardinals,
which are striving for the vantage The Cardinals own one of the best
point can get together on a common ! P"hto ataffa In the National league.
I . , , , . , . J First Baseman Konetchy and Outfield
basis for the development of the huge . amy Dekhanty re , g0O(,
project which will make Seaside far batters. Third Baseman Byrne has
and away the greatest and most at- not played his game at the bat thl
tractive resort on the coast. (season, but his work at third lr.::
Bulkheads and a concrete seawall ' Improvement of late. Gilbert
skirting the gracefully curving shore ! b n ma.le grl nt ecoml. He can't
j Trr-ii , r. -.i. hit a lick, aud his fielding has not been
around T.llamook Cove with a scenic iK)Uilsmty good. Charle8 geems M.
railway and a boulevard drive for ter ouaifled to handle the bat than
WILL APPEAL DECISION.
McCloskey made the big mistake- of
Roosevelt and Bonaparte Disagree his managerial career when he fnIY;i
With Court Decision. to push through the Beebe-McGtyuii'
' ; trade for Hans Lobert of Cincinnati
. That deal would have put the Cnidl
OYSTER 3AY, Sept. 10. rresi- In. the firat aMsion t!ls
lent Roosevelt and Secretary Bona- McCloskey engineered It and should
parte were in conference when the have shoved It through In face of un
report of the decision was rendered d a" obstacles,
declaring the commodities clause of . M,r- Robtaon did advise against tV
, .... ... 'ical when Lobert wrote hlai that !:.
the Hepburn bill unconstitutional. (M not want to con,e horp bt M(.
The president and Bonaparte after eioskey should have urged that the
the discussion came to a conclusion trade be made in face of this fact Io-
that the department of justice should !ert would have had to go to St.
take appeal. Bonaparte as he was Lo,,ls or 1uit tlie nme' nnd everybody
, ... ii.i .u knows that he is not going to desert
departing said he would take the . .
. f jr ,. 'nseball.
necessary steps to this end. He would The CarJIna,8 tarted out ,ast BpHl)S
state what the president had said in ,vUu five catchers-Marshall. Ludwlg.
regard to the decision. ; llostetter. Bliss and Boucher. Instead
j f standing pat on this bunch of ex
BRYAN ATTACKS CANNON.
Accuses Speaker of Telling False
hoods Regarding Bryan's Wealth.
EVANSVJLLE, Sept. 10. Heavy,
personal onslaughts on Speaker Can-
, , . o i ,
non were made today by Colonel
Bryan in the course of his travels
through Illinois. The democratic
candidate attacked Cannon from all
-ides. He charged the speaker with
being ti favorite of the predatory cor
orations, with having strangled re
form legislation, with having falsi
fied facts with regard to Bryan's
wealth. Bryan bided his time before
gving vent to his utterances until he
reached the speaker's congressional
listrict when a ten minute speech
was made at Toledo. Moving from
Ttjlcdo Bryan repeated his remarks
it Newton. At Olney he. openly ac-
.-used the speaker of telling a false-1
, - . . .. , c . o t.
hood when the speaker fixed. Bryan's
, ,, ,
.vealth at amillion dollars. In great
detail Bryan gave figures showing
how his money had ben acquired. He
xed his earthly possessions at $150,
'30. During the day Bryan deliver
d J) total of seven speeches.
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TEA
There is nothing that
costs so little, both money
and work, and that .goes
so far if it has the chance.
Tom ffoctf returns your mont? U yen iat 1
Aa SdkUUix't Beits w bio.
Formar Manager ef tha Naw York
Amtrleana Spoken ef aa tha Next
Bote ef tha Cardinals MeCtoskey'i
Fatal Mistake.
Who will manage the It Louis Nu
tlonala nest year!
The prevailing Impression among
the fans Is that John J. McCloskey hn
the same fnte In store for him that lx
fell William Armour, formerly man
ager of the Detroit Americans,
Armour managed the Detrolts In
1900. The Tiger finished below th
jst. Louta Browua that year. nugh
Jeunluga took charge of the club in
1907 and won the American league
pennant with the same team that Ar
tnour landed In the ruck one year pre
vious.
Armour helped to build up the De
troit chanipioua. It waa Armour that
tion among the Detroit players.
It looks aa though rresldeut Robl
son Is greasing the "skids" for Mae,
who bns been handling the St LouIm
Nationals for three seasons. McClos
key has developed a bunch of val
uable talent for Mr. Itoblsou, but the
latter Is out for definite results. Ill
team was a tall euder when McClos
key took charge, and It's a tall endcr
still.
lie declines to give out any infori.i t
tlon os to his plaua for uext year. M:
Kobl8on acknowledges that McClckry
I ,ag picked up some vnlunble talent U:
the Cardinals, admits that John J. Is
a good scout, but argues that his man
age1 r has shown lack of ability to mold
his men together and polish up th,
youngsters after he gets them. This
may be true, but It will be hard on
; niso Bireugwit'ii mi' eiuus msiiug 17
securing a new ceutcr fielder and n
lug Murray in right field.
periments. McCloskey should have
aked and scraped the big leagues last
all and made some sort of trade for
in experienced man. Bowerman or
iresnalian might have been grabbed
"rom New York for Karger. McGraw
put Iwth men on the market Clncln-
''"H dickered for Bresnal.an. and Bos-
on finally landed Bowerman.
McClogkey hag made nm
;llI.stake8, his record, on the whole, has
deen far better than the showing of
he club Indicates. As a Judge of
or.ng players be has few if any
quals. He also knows how to create
armony In a team. His men play
lonestly for him. and if be had the tai
nt it's a cinch that he would get sat
"factory results. McCloskey Is a bus
ier, and ninny good buscball men are
confident that if Mr. Robison gives
'ilm another year's trial he will hind
be Cardinals In the first division of
he National league In 1909.
vVhile speculating on McCloskey's
'uture one naturally begins to look
found for his successor, provided a
-unne ,s made- Some to thInk
Mr. Robison may sign Clarke Griffith
. . . ' f,.m.. . .,.
0 run nls team. Griffith Is unques-
;lormby one of ,he most fl(lvance(1
,aseball men In the game. He was n
rifle unfortunate In his trades while
handling the New York Americans.
Imt his record as a manager of w!n
; ulng teams Is sufficient to Justify the
j assertion made above that be Is thor
I mghly competent to handle a teain.
: A little tough luck put Griffith out
, )t the running and lost him his Job In
i New York..
i Will Crlfflth go to St. Lonts to take
j ' !iarge of the Cardinals?
Hardly. Griff is n (strong American
league mart, and the Insiders predict
(that he will, eventually drift back to
Chicago and manage the White Sox.
Fielder Jones threatened to quit lar.t
i full. He owns a big bunch of oil wells
and wants to get out of the game.
Teople who ought to know say that the
"Old Fox" will have Jones' Job next
year.
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METHODIST
CHURCH
CONFERENCE
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 10.-
The Western Norwegian-Danish
Methodist Episcopal conference clos
ed in Spokane when Bishop Edwin
Halt Hughes, D.D., of San Francisco,
presiding officer of the Columbia riv
er conference, announced these ap
pointments for the Pacific Coast dis
trict at the close of four days' ses
sions:
Aberdeen Rev. Frank Larsen.
Astoria, Or.-Rev. O. T. Field.
. Ballard Rev. E. L. Nanthrup;
Bellingham-Rcv. P. N. Melby.
Ellensburg To be supplied.
Eureka, Cal Rev. P. E. Peterson,
Everett Rev. J.J. icld. '
La Center To be supplied.
Los Angeles Rev. H. G. Smcland,
who will also serve San Pedro.
Oakland E. J. Lundcgaard.
Portland first church, Rev. H. P.
Nelsen; socond ehurch, Rev. C. J.
Larsen.
Port Townsend To be supplied.
Puget Sound Mission To be sup
plied. San Francisco Rev. P. M. EUcf
sen. Seattle Rev. C. Lyng Hansen.
Spokane Rev. C. August Peterson,
pastor; Rev. Joseph Olscn, district
superintendent.
Stanwood, Wash To be supplied.
. Tacoma Rev. E. Gjerding.
Vashon Rev. John Nelson.
O. O. Tweed, editor of the "Vid
nesbyrdet," the official paper printed
at Seattle.' v
O. J Scarvie, field tjecretary of the
International Reform Bureau of
Washington.
The committee on conference re
lation recommended that Rev. J. J.
Peterson, Rev. Martin Nelson and
Rev, C. Erickson be placed on the
supernumary list, which action was
taken. ,,
Rev. C. L. Hanson was elected by
the conference as trustee on the board
ate
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Top Coats,
Rain Coats,
Cop Coat Fall Suits
The Woolen Mill Store
of trustcs of the Puget Sound Unl
i vcrsity. Rev. C. J. Larsen was elect-
led a trustee for the Willamette Uni
versity, and Rev. A. August Peterson,
pastor of the Spokane church, was
elected as trustee on the state board
of the Anti-Saloon League.
Bishop Hughes announced that the
work in general is prosperous and
that mor; churches are required.
Two hundred thousand dollars is nec
essary at San Francisco, he said, ad
ding: "I have no doubt that the peo
ple in prosperous Spokane, and other
town and cities in the resourceful
Northwest will help us in this emer
gency as wc are depending wholly
upon outside aid. We have between
2500 and 3000 members and property
interests of $250,000 in Spokane."
Of Interest To Many.
Foley's Bladder Cure will cure any
case of kidney or bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine.
No medicine can do more. T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
WILL CONTINUE FIGHT.
Sherr Will Remain in Field as Long
aa Swisher ia Candidate.
PARKERSBURG. W. Va Sept.
10. Peace among the republicans of
West Virginia is not to follow the
decision announced by the national
officials last night. Chairman Grant
of the Lincoln Republican party said
today that neither Arnold C. Sherr
nor any of the candidates on the Lin
coln ticket will retire from the field
so long as Charles W. Swisher is
candidate for governor.
AUTO PLUNGES 45 FEET.
O. D. Collins Interference With
Driver Causes Hia Death.
SPOKANE, Sept. 10,-frightened
by the swerving out of the automo
bile in which he was riding with, A.
C. Jamieson, a broker, this evening
O. D. Collins, manager of the Oppor
tunity Land Company, tried to wrest
the steering wheel from the driver's
hands. It plunged to' one side, the
machine leaped from the Sprague
Nothing is more stylish or
gives a man dressier appear
ance than a Benjamin Top
Coat.
COMFORT
These cool Fall evenings anck
mornings, they are it
VARIETY
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erything correct in the new
Fall styles.
$20, $25, $30
$15 to $30
- $16 to $35
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avenue trestle and crashed on the
rocks 45 feet below. Janiicson leap
ed from the car and escaped unhurt.
Collins went down with the machine
and fell on his back. He died on the
way to the hospital. "
CANNON STARTS CAMPAIGN.
Speaker Addresses Hia Home Town
Devoting Speech to Labor.
DANVILLE. Sept. 10,-Speak
aCnnon tonight opened the campaign
for his re-election to congresi i his
home town. Almost his entire ad
dress of nearly two hours was devot
ed to the labor question. He paid
hisc respects to President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor
who in a speech here on labor day.
attacked the speaker, inviting the
workingmcn to vote against him.
Cannon plainly said he should never
vote in congress for the boycott and
some other things demanded by
Gompers including an anti-injunction
law that would make fish of one, and '
fowl of another.
TAFT AND FORAKER.
Discuss General Aspects of .Coming
Campaign Together.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 10,-The call
of Senator Foraker at the office of :
Judge Taft in the Sinton Hotel for,
a half hour's conference 'which fol
lowed and a statement of cordiality
by each party to the conference con
stituted the news feature of the day
at the Taft headquarters. "We had a
very pleasant talk," said Foraker on
leaving. "Yes, we talked about poli
tics, about nothing but politics, you
might say." '
"There is nothing to say except
that we repeated what we said at To
ledo," was Taft's' comment after the
caller had gone.
"We discussed the general aspect
of the campaign. Senator Foraker
jiv itv tuiih,u iu uu an tv -vv"' -
bring about Republican success and
that when I wanted him I should call
on him. The Senator is to take an
active part in the campaign,"