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THL MORNING ASTOltJAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. ' MAT U ft DAY. SEPT. 20. t -, , , : : tl. M I i - (r i IX The Daily Market Report t 1 PORTLAND, Sept 25,The heavy frost of the put three night com ing as they did a month curlier than the usuuf first from of the icoion, huve undoubtedly, done a good deal Of damage to noine crop in the Wil lamette Valley, particularly to onion. The extent of the hami'doris to the onion crop is yet to be'determined, but that it will prove scrlou iceins to be the general opinion' of those in terested. P. IWehcrs, one of the leading" onion growers of the Sherwood dis trict, was in the city today. , He ald: ' "The bulk of the crop In our dis trict, and in others as well, had been pulled and was t!U on ihi ground when the frost came. A small pro portion of the crop, perhaps 10 per cent, had been housed, the remainder being exposed. If the frosts of the past few night had been light, and had been followed by dark and cloudy days, the chances are that no great harm would have been done but the chill was a really severe one and the sun came out each day and thawed the onions that had j been froied." Flour. Grain and Feed. , Wheat-Choice milling sorts. Track prices: Club, 88c; bluestem, 92c; tur key red, 91c; Valley,. 90c, Export prices, standard quality; Club, 88c; bluetem, 92c; turkey red, 91c; red Russian, 85c. Barley-Feed, $25 50; colled, $27 28; brewing, $27. ' Oats-No. 1 white, $30.00; gray, Flour Patents, $470; straights, $3.95(34.20; exports, $3.70; Valley $4.45; 1-4 aack graham, $4.40; whole wheat, $4.65; rye. $5.50. Millstuffs-Bran, $26.50; middlings, $33.00; short, country, $31.00; shorts, city, $30.00; chop, $22(327.50. Hay-Timothy: Willamette Valley fancy, $14.50;: do, ordinary, $11.00; Eastern Oregon. $165Qr mixed, $18; Haifa, $11.., ; ' Butte, Kggs and Poultry? Butter Extras, 32134c; fancy, 32ic; choice, 30c; store, 18c. Cheese-Full cream twins, 14il5; full cream, triplets, 14il5c; Voung America, 15J16c; cream brick, 20c; Swiis block, 18c; Limburger, 20c. r , 'Poultry Mixed chicken!, 12l13c; fancy hens, 13(5pl3Jc; roosters, old, 8S,9c; broilers, 14l41c; 'dressed, lc Eggs-Extra, 30tfp31c; first, 27 28c; seconds, 2326c; thirds, 2627c. pound higher; ducks, 12l5c; geese, Big 10c; turkeys, 18c. Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes Buying prices, 8090c per hundred; sweets, -2(521 ' per pound. ; ' Freh Fruits-Oranges, $3.754.50; lemon, $3.00gl5.50; blackberries, 75 9tc crate; new figs, $l! perforate; peaches, 25(g75c per crate; plums, 25 (2150c per crate; watermelons, lc pound; grapes. 60c!fi$1.25 per crate; pears, 2575c' per box; prunes, 30 40c per,cratc.f ty i . ' ' fx . . Tl....!. OrtStf n.r bunions puyuig invv. yi'vy. lundred garlic, 12 15c. per pound., bress Meats Hogs, fancy, 881c; centsr ordinary, 67c; large, 5c; veal, extra, 8c81c; ordinary, 67c; heavy, 5c; mutton, fancy, 89c.' ' , 1 Lar,d-Kettle leaf, 10s.! 15c; do 5a, 1(1... An cn.lh in 14Je; steam ren- 3 (tfV .w " 1 . - - - dered 10c, 131c; do 5s, 131c; com pound 10, 91c. ; : ' Ham-10-12 Ibl, 17c; 14-16 lb., 161c; 18-20 lb., 16c. Bacon Breakfast, 16123c; pic nics, 101c; cottage roll, 12c; regular hort clear, smoked, 131c; do un moked, 121c; Un. B., 10c13c lb.; moked, 10 13c; unsmoked, 12c; clear bellies, unsmoked, 131c; smok ed, 141c; shoulder, lite. Vegetable Turnips, $1.25 sack; beets, $175; parsnip, $1.25; cabbage, $1.SO2.00;. head lettuce, 2025c; cucumber, 75c85c per box; celery, 75c85c per dozen; artichokes, 60c dozen; beans, 8c . pound; egg-plant, $11.25 per crate; tomatoe. 2550c per crate; cantaloupes, 4075c per crate; corn, 75c$l sack. Onion California red, . $1.25; garlic, 1215c. Apples-California new, $1.251.50; Oregon, 75c $1.25. JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS. ' : Sugar, Coffee, Etc. - Sugar (ack basis)-D. Ci $6.05; beet, $5.85; Golden C, $5.45; extra C, $5.55; powdered, $6.15; fruit or berry, sugar, $6.05; boxes, 55c cwt. advance over tack basis (lest l-4c if paid for In IS day). : v----'V-:.'?: Rtce Imperial Japan, No. 1, $6.35; Southern Japan, $5756; broken, 41c head; fancy, $77.7S. Coffee Mocha, 2428c; Java, fancy 2528c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary, 17 20c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; Costa Rica, good, 16 18c; Arbuckle, $16;50 cwt; Lion, $15.75 cwt; Colombia coffee, 14c lb.; Sal vador, 111 141c. Salt-Bale of 75-2. bale, $225; bale of 60-3. bale, $2.25; bale of 40-4. bale, $2.25; bale of 15-10, bale, $2.25; bags, 50s, fine, ton; $15; bag 50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bag, 50c, i-ground $13.50; 100s, ton, $13 00; R. S. V. P., 20 Mb. carton, $2.25; R. S. V. P., 31b. cartons, $1.75; Liverpool, lump, per ton, $20. 1 Ra!in Loose muscatel, J-crjwn, 7 cent; 4-crown, 71c; bleached, seedless Sultanas, 9c12c; un bleached seedless Sultanas, 61 cents; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxe of 20 jound, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.75. , Kut Walnut, 1517c pound; filberts, I'' ; Brazils, 16c; pecans, 14 20c; hickory, 10c; Virginia row pea nuts, 8 cents chestnut,"! Hal ian 10c, Ohio 25c; cocoanuts, dozen, 90c $1; pine nuts,. 10 12c pound. Dried Fruit Applies; 81c per !b; peache,,, 1012e; . pears,,, lll14c; Italian 'prune' 56cj California fig, white, in aacks, 71c per pound; black, 67cj brick, 75c2.25 per box; Smyrna, 16171c per pound; date, Persian, 67c pound. s . flops, Wool, Hides, Etc HopsNew Oregon,-78c pound; 1907, 214c; 1906, ll1. . Wool-Valley, 14151e lb. coare, 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 816c, a to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 1819c pound. Cstcara Sagrada (chittttm bark) 41c5ic per pound. Oregon Oraperoot Per 100 pounds $35. Ilidea Dry hides, No. 1 14k lb.; dry kip, No. 1, 131c; dry alted, one third les; dry calf, 151c lb.; salted steer, 78c lb.; salted cows, 6k lb.; stags and bulls, 41c lb.; kip, 61c lb ,' calf, 10llc lb; green stock, lc less; sheepskins; shearlings, 1025c; short wool, 3040c; ' medium and long wool, according to quality, 5090c; dry horse, 50c$1.50; dry colt, 25c; angora, 80c $1; goat, common, 10 20c- -..;:--.-.,r-..,-Oyatera, Clam and Flab. Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50;, Toke Point, $1.60 per 100; Olympias (120 lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.25. Fish Halibut, ; 7c lb.; black cod, 78c; black bass, 20c; bass, 18c; herring, 51c; flounders, 6c; catfish, 11c; hrimp, 121c; perch, 7c; turgeon, 121c; tea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal mon, fresh, 7c. Canned Salmon Loiumoia River, 1 pound tall,' $2.10; 2-lb. talis, $3.00; fancy, 1-lb, flats, $2.25; Mb. flats, $1.40; fancy, Mb. ovals, $2.70; Alaska tails, pink, 95c; red, $1.40; nominal, 2. tails, $2.10. 5 " 'Si 'i i Sept. Official Tide Tables f 3 jp. . "ij 7 ' t Compiled the U, S. Government for ; , ' Astoria and Vicinity. SEPTEMBER, 1908. High Water. Dat. Tuesday 1 Wednesday ..... z Thursday 3 Friday 4 Saturday ....... 6 BUNDAT 6: Monday ......... Tuesday ........ Wednesday Thursday 10 Friday ...11 Saturday .......12 SUNDAT " Monday ..H Tuesday ........15 Wednesday .',.,.16 Thursday IT Friday j.18 Saturday 19 STJNJfiAY .......SO Monday 21 Ttfcsday Wednesday ..... Thursday ....,.. 24 Friday ...IS Saturday ..,,...26 SUNDAT 7 Monday ...28 Tnnadav ........29 WMnesday .....80 A.M. h.mTF ft 8:68 4:50 5:62 7:18 8:4ft 9:57 10:52 11:88 r 0:09 0:59 1:48 2:87 S:28 4:28 6:26 6:40 8:04 9:18 10:15 10:58 11:88 0:80 1:07 1:43 2:22 8:03 8:481 6 6.6 6.0 6.7 5.8 6.4 7.0 7.7 i'.i 9.1 7 6. 6. 6 6 6 7, 7.6 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.0 P. M. h.m. ft 4:06 4:48 5:89 6:44 7:68 9:12 10:17 11:15 12:21 12:69 1:88 5:17 2:67 8:88 4:22 6:12 6:10 7:17 8: 9:33 10:27 11:13 12:05 11:63 12:82 12:53 1:28 1:62 2:21 2:63 S:I9 8.0 7.9 7.9 u 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.2 8.7 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.8 8.0 7.9 8.3 8.3 8.8 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.8 SEPTEMBER, 1903. Low Water. Data Tuesday ,., Wednesday Thursday .. Friday Saturday .. SUNDAY Monday .. , Tuesday .. Wednesday Thursday , Friday .... Saturday .. SUNDAY . Monday .... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday , Friday ..... Saturday , SUNDAY Monday .. . Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday .. Friday ... .. Saturday .. SUNDAY . Monday .... Tuesday ... Wednesday ..... i ..... 2 . . ... a .... 4 .... 5 a ..... 7 8 9 .....10 11 ....12 ....13 .....it .....16 ..,..16 ..17 -181 .... .19 .....20 .....21 22 .,...23 24 .....26 .....26 .....27 .....28 .....29 801 A. M. 1Tm. ft 9:47 10:25 11:14 0:SM 1:53 2:10 4:11 5:11 6:00 6:45 7:27 8:07 8:47 9:36 10:21 11:12 0:14 1:22 2:31 8:85 4:27 5:12 5:61 6:22 6:501 7:17 7:46 8:18 8:60 9:24 2.3 8.8 8.2 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.6 0.6 O.W 0.2 0.8 1.6 2.8 8.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.0 8.4 8.0 P. M. h.m, ft 1.8 1.8 8.7 9.9 8.9 3.4 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.1 S.6 S.t 3.9 8.6 8.1 2.7 2.2 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.6 .5 0.6 RIALS FOR ANIMALS Curious Custom That Prevailed . In the Middle Ages. PROSECUTED FOR HOMICiOE. A Bull That Killed a Man Found Guilty, Sentenced to Death and Exe euted Fate of a Cock That Wa Charotd With Having Laid an Egg. Among the man curious customs of the past U recorded a singular feature of the JurlMjirudeuco of the middle ugcM, when nnlmals were Indicted for Injuries Inflicted upon uuuian beings, The custom was not abolished to I'm nee until lite middle of the eight eenth wutiirr, ud the . French court record show that at least ninety-two trials took place between 1120 and 1741. ... Tuoro Ih some Biblical precedent for these proceedings, for In the twenty llrst chapter of Exodui one finds, "If an oi gore n man or woman that they die, then the ox shall be itoued and bl ttcsu suaU uot bo eaten." An early Instance of tbo custom was In 1314, when ft bull escaped from a farmyard In a vlllugo In Frnce la the duchy of Valols and gored a man to death. The Count of Valol. bejug In formed of w .case, directed that the bull be captured and fprmally prose cuted for iMinlcldo. Thl was done, and evidence wns given by person who bad swn the man attacked aud killed. Tbo bull waa thereupon sen tenced to suffer death, which waa In flicted by strangulation, after which the carcass was suspended from a tree by the bind legs. In 1330 a sow was executed In the square of Faluise for baring caused I he deuili of a child, aud tbr?a years Inter a horse was condemned to death st Dijon for baring killed a man. In H57 ,i'ow and ber alx young one were tried at Laregny on tbe charge of having killed and purtlally eaten a child. The sow was convicted aud condemned to death, but tbe little oups were acquitted on tbe ground of their extreme youth aud Inexperience, tbe bad example of their mother and tbe abKence of direct evidence of their having partaken of the atrocious feast. One of th most grotesque of these trials took place In Dasel when a farmyard cock was tried on the ab surd cbargo of having laid an Cg, It was contended In support of the prone- cut Ion that egga laid by cocka were of tuestlmabie worth for use in certain magical preparations, that a sorcerer would rather possess a cock's egg than tho elixir of life and that 8atan, era ployed witches to hatch such eggs, from which proceeded winged serpents most dangerous to mankind. ' The prisoner's advocate admitted tbe facta of tbe case, but contended that no evil Intention bad been proved and that no evil result had taken place Besides, tbe laying of an egg was an Involuntary act and as aucb was not punishable by law; also there was no record of the devil having made a com pact with an nntmat The public pros ecutor stated in reply that the evil one sometimes entered Into animals, as in the case of the swine which drowned themselves In the tea of Galilee. So the poor creature waa convicted not aa a cock, but as a sorcerer or per haps the devil In the form of ft cock, whereupon the bird and the egg that was attributed to It were solemnly burned at the stake. Even atranger than tbla were the proceedings Instituted In 1443 and 14S7 against certain beetles which had made havoc lu the vineyards of St. Julian. Advocates were named on behalf of the vine growers and the beetles re spectively, but by a singular coinci dence tho Insects disappeared when cited to answer for tbe mischief they had done, and tho proceedings were In consequence abandoned. That waa In 1445. In 1487, bow ever, they reappeared, and a complaint was thereupon addressed to the vicar general of tbe bishop of Maurlcnne, who named a judge and also an advo cate to represent the beetles. A com promise was finally , agreed upon, wherein the vine growers consented to cede the beetles certain fields to their exelimlve use. Some time after the beetles, through their attorney, pro tested that there was n right of way through these Colds which' would be to their detriment Consequently the case hud to begin again.' but bow It ended la not known, 'owlug to the tuuti lntlou Of the records. F. C. Evans In New York Po.it. " FIRE AT PASIG, MANILA, Sept. 2S.A large por tion of the town of Tasig, near Man ila, ha been destroyed by fire. Health kidney filter the impuritie from the blood, and unlets they do thl good health it impotsible. Foley's Kidney Cure make lound kidney and will positively cure all form of kidney and bladder disease. It itrengthen the whole ayttem. T. F, Caurin, Owl Drug1 Store. Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold. A. J. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana, write: ;"Lat year 1 suffered for three month with a iummer cold o distressing that it interfered with my business. ,1 had many of the tymp tora of hay fever, and - a doctor's prescription did not reach my case, and I .took several medicine which seemed to only aggravate my case. Fortunately I insisted upon having Foley' Honey and Tar in the yellow package, and it quickly cured me. My wife ha ince used Foley Honey and Tar with the ame succes." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. The New Pure Food and Drug Law DENTISTS. We Kill the v Torturing Demon whose painful and agonizing pangs make life intolerable for the sufferer. It 1 but a matter of a -moment to si lence the imp that causes the pain in the nerve. We practice painless ex traction and do it carefully. Also the cleaning and filling of teeth when we deem them worthy of saving. Our Our Crown and Bridge work demon strate our professional skill. En trust your teeth to us, and you will never have cause to complain, either of the work or the charges. CHICAGO DENTISTS, Cor ll.h and Commercial Sts. Over Dantiger's Store. FINANCIAL. YeEleepthelaiif Saving's Accounts Savings Deposits aie received from $i up, on -which inter est is paid. This form of deposit is of especial value in building up a tank account, as it admits of withdrawals or additional deposits at any time. Every incentive con sistent with safety is offered to patrons of this department. Our neat home savings banks, as an aid to saving, is loaned free to those who want them. The Banking Saving & Loan Assn. WE KEEP THE HEY First national Bank of Astoria ' DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital ..v........... .........$100,000 Surplus .......... 25,000 Stockholders' Liability ....... . 100,000 ESTABLISHED 18W.V J. Q. A- BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier FRANK PATTON, Cashier ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - $227CC3 Transacts General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Depot -j Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Duane Sts. - - - - Astoria, Oregon " SCANDINAVIAN-A M ERIC A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideration." ' """M Have Your MAGAZI N ES Bound Into Elegant Books -BY Clams Little neck, per box, $2.50; razor clams, $2 per box. Oils, Lead, Etc Beniine V, M. and P. and' Union Naptha, cases, 20Jc; iron barrels, I31c. v.-. :v.:-:':;r-.;b;:,v'.'' Coal Oil Union and pearl and as tral oil, cases, 18ic per gallon; water white, iron barrels, 11c; eocene and extra star, cases, . c; headlight oil, cases, 191c; iron barrels, 13c; elaine, cases, 28c : r ; Lead Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 73c; 500-lb. lots, 8c less; les than 500c lbs., 81c; red lead and lith arge, ic higher than white. Linseed Oil Raw, 5-barrel lots, 5,4c; 1-barrel lots, 55c; in case, 61c; boiled, 5-barrel lots, 56c; 1-barrel lots, 57c; in cases, 63c. : We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affect ed by the National - Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recom mend it as a safe remedy for children and adults! T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. . . ,' , ,' , , ;, I The J.S. DELLINGER CO. J Blank Book Makers Paper Rulers Commercial Printers They Do Everything in the Printing Line at the Lowest Prices for Good Work.