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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1908)
i 6 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2$, C 4M Oregon Corn Fed Turkeys f We have made arrangements to have " extra choice ' turkeys this year Every turkey will be selected with the greatest of cure, so by Placing your order with us NOW you will insure yourself the best the market affords. A. V. ALLEN . . . Sole Agent for ... H. C. FRY CUT GLASS Phones 71 1, 3871. Branch U. T. 71 IILIEIIIIBBHDIBUL as an escort for the remains to Port I land, but he deferred naming the .gentlemen until he conld ascertain those who could the more readily ! leave on the sad, fraternal errand. I This he will do today, and the list ! will appear in these columns tomor I row morning. SERVICES AT - ST. MARY'S I CHURCH AT 30 O'CLOCK, THENCE TO PORTLAND DIGESTIVE JUICE tv. a;, v... v.... GETS WEAK AND SCARCE Wed Ty th'e ww V. h!" CAUS1NrGF INDI Richard M. Leathers to announce j UtSsTION that his funeral will take place on; 'Friday morning next, from St j 1 Mary's Catholic church, . at 6:30 'dock, Rev. Father Waters official- DYSPEPSIA WILL BE GONE ' At the close of the services in ! church the funeral cortege will move ' to the A. & C depot, where the ''morning train for Portland will be ' taken, and on arrival there, sepulture win folfow at the Riverside Ceme-' 6tery, no further services being held, Taad only th immediate family, and sch friends as may be delegated ' ' from Astoria, accompanying the re- mains. Head No. 4 Med ad The fiixing of Friday for this sad If what yon just ate is soaring on auction has been made in deference your stomach or lies like a lamp of to Mr. Leathers' desire not to inter- lead, refusing to digest, or you belch fere with the appointments that may Gas and Eructate sour, undigested lav ben made for the Thanksgiving food or have a feeling of Dizziness, ' festival on Thursday. - Hearburn, Fullness, Nausea, Bad t At the regular session of Astoria taste in mouth and Stomach head- Lodge No. 180, B. P. O. E., held last ache this is Indigestion. An Absolute and Safe Cur Will be Found in the Use of Dia pepsin Which Corrects Stomach Disor ders and Digestion in the Most Obstinate Cases. pepsia, and leave sufficient about the house in case some one elate in th family may suffer from Stomach trouble or Indigestion. Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula plainly printed on these 50-cent cases, then you will under stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all kinds must go, and why they usually relieve a sour stomach or Indiges tion in five minutes. Get a case now and eat one Triangule after your next meal. They are harmless and taste like candy, though each con tains power sufficient to digest ami prepare for assimilation into the blood all the food you cat; besides, it makes you go to the table with a hearty, healthy appetite; but, what will please you most is that you will fed that your Stomach and intes tines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to laxatives or liver pills for Bilioustuys or Con stipation. This city will have many Diapep sin cranks, a some people will call them, "but you will be cranky about this splendid stomach prescription, too, if you ever 'have Indigestion or Gastritis or any other Stomach mis ery, and eat just one Triangule of Dlapepsin. BACHELORS CAUGHT. Girls Work Wonders At A Fair In Chicago Temple. CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-A round dozen engagements "were announced as the grist of ten days of the "Coun ty Fair which closed at Emanuel Temple last night. The record was made through the aid of a model Sat where a number of girls cooked daiu ty dishes that captured bachelor members of the congregation. There has been in operation since November 14, the idea being conceiv ed by the Rabbi Felix A. Levi, who was getting discouraged by the few marriages. The first couple that announced their engagement will receive a num ber of pieces of furniture with which to start housekeeping. This couple is Rose Suekoff and Julius Wilzinski. Apple pie won the man's heart and he does not deny it. Jetty Up-to-date (Continued from page 2) Sick Headache This distressing - dif ease results from a a disordered rendition of the stomach, and eta be cured by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver levenin. a committee of 'six 'Elks' .'A full'ease of Pane's ; Diaoeosia. '.Tablets. 'Get a free sample at Frank was appointed by Exalted Ruler costs only SO cents and will thor- and leading druggists, and try , Jolssson, to act as pall-bearers, and oughly cure the worst case of Dvs- it . . the engineers say that they believe it can be operated until such time as a new dredge may become aailable The people of Portland have been anxiously urging an appropriation sufficient to construct permanent works provided for in the project of June U, 1902, the purpose of which is to secure and maintain a permanent depth of 25 feet in the channel from Portland to the sea, so far nothing has been done in the way of perma nent work in deepening and maintain ing this channel, all work being in the nature of temporary construction and dredging. The permanent work will consist largely of dike. The Portland people have recently made objections, which have been voiced editorially, to the million dollar ap propriation for the Cclilo Canal, urg ing that this million dollars ought to have been expended below Portland. As for the value of the commerce handled by way of the lower Colum bia River, which of course means all of the commerce which goes out of this river, whether it originates in As toria or elsewhere, is estimated to be valued at $60,783 ,651. 00, consisting of 3,532,094 tons. The .engineers calculate that the jetty at Fort Stevens can be comple ted within two more years which would mean, if this calculation is correct, that the North jetty will have acquired 26 years in building, the length of which is about 6 1-2 miles. It may be said that at the comple tion of the first jetty project in 1895. there was secured a depth of 31 feet in the mouth of the river, an increase of II feet over the depth existing when theimprovemcnt was commen ded. Bat this depth did not long pre vail. Progressive deteriorations soon set in. By 1899 the best depths had lessened to 28 feet and the channel had shifted into an unstable position two miles north of the 1805 channel. By 1902 the depth had still deterior ated to 21 feet at low water. With a view of arresting the shoaling process and securing a stable position for the channel, the district officers submit ted a report in 1899, recommending that the 1895 jetty by being extended a further distance of three miles. This report which was published in the an nual report of the Chief of Engineers m 1903, constitutes a project under hich the work, is being prosecuted and provides for ultimately building Opening of New Department Store WATERMAH'S S. E. Corner Ninth and Commercial St. Astoria. Ore. rmiroriav imp a Special Reduced Prices on all goods j on this day. Watch the Sunday Paper for special sales on the J opening day. . TQQ ouvenirs See the pretty Souvenirs displayed in our window to be GIVEN AWAY FREE with every purchase of 50 cents or over the opening day. Watch Whose Windows for Prices ? WATERMAN'S THE MOST IN VALUE impn uipooiis no THE BEST IN VALUE Thanksgiving Sale of Worthy Merchandise at Money Saving Prices We have arranged many bargains to offer at this sale quoting only a few from different departments. Conservative buyers who want the best and do not care to pay more for their needs than is necessary will find a great saving epportunity in this sale. - - - - - . Womens and Misses Tailored Suits values to $40 at $19.75 As a result of our large stock of Tailored Suits of this season we place on sale our entire stock of high-class suits which in cludes almost every style and make, pleated and gored skirts, long, medium and short jackets sold regularly at $35 to $40, in this sale $19.75 1 , Silk Petticoats $4.75 In the cfoak department a Thanksgiving sale of fine silk Taf feta petticoats, made of superior quality taffeta silk, with double flounce of pin tucks or deep flounce of four rows of one-half bias bands in all colors and black, regular $6.00 and $7.50 values .$4.75 $5.00 Wool Blankets $3.15 Twenty pairs Grey Wool Blankets, Blue Borders, extra size full.lM $3.15 This lot is a purchase from the maker at one-third less their regular' value and is the best value we have ever known. Linen Sets $6.00 linen set, cloth 2 yards long by 2 yards wide, one dozen napkins to match, all pure linen; special, per set $4.75 $9.00 linen set, cloth 2x2 yards, warranted pure linen, one dozen napkins to match; special $6.45 $10.00 linen set, cloth 2x2 yards, one dozen napkins to match, warranted , all pure linen.. $7.14 $12.50 linen set, cloth 2x2i yards, one dozen napkins to match, ; all pure flax linen, per set...,, ..$9.00 All Linen 59c yard 62 inches wide, full bleached, pure linen damask, good heavy weight, made especially for hard wear, a standard 85c value.. 59c All new designs to pick from All Linen 98c yard 72-inch pure Iish linen damask, full grass bleached and a beautiful finish, regular $1.25 quality 98c All Linen $1.19 yard ' 72-inch pure Irish linen, warranted flat linen, grass bleached and double satin finish, regular $1.50 quality, an exceptional fine quality $1.19 $1.69 the yard Our best regular $2.00 grade, full 72 inches wide and all pure linen, extra heavy and very fine, a Thanksgiving bargain... $1.69 Table Napkins 20-inch linen napkins, extra heavy for general wear, a large as sortment of patterns, dozen , j..$1.25 20-inch linen napkins, beautiful rich floral designs and all pure linen, dozen $1,50 22-mch table napkins, warranted pure linen, full bleached and good weight, a standard full napkin, dozen ..$2.00 Leather Goods Alligator hand bags are the style bag for this season. New York ladies are so universally using this particular bag that the manu facturers report a scarcity of this popular skin.. However, the wave has not as yet reached Astoria and we are showing a very large line of Alligator bags. Genuine Alligator bags priced fron $3.75 to $25 each , Note-rSeperate Napkins to match all cloths from 98c a yard up I- "V .Hm a North jetty if concentration from the northerly headland should . be found necessary. This project also pro vides for a dredge to aid the concen trated current in deepening and main taining a channel of the requisite depths. No effort has yet been made by the engineers to prepare a revised esti mate for the North jetty. The sugges tion has sometimes been made, the engineers say, that results might be accelerated by building the North jetty before the South jetty is wholly completed but the suggestion ii born of a hope, of an impatience with the slow response that the depths . are making to the extension of the South jetty, and is not founded in the opinion of the engineers, upon any good engineering principle. An inspection of the position of the south jetty relative to the North headland will show that the jetty has hardly been extended far enough between th North headland to be useful as a dike against which contraction could at this time be made by a North jetty. From the standpoint of the construc ting engineer, it is logical to finish the South jetty first, so as to make available for the North jetty the ma chine shops, hoists, derricks, engines, locomotives, traction cars, piledrlvcrs and other costly equipments, all of which could be transferred to the new base in the vicinity of Fort Can by. To begin the construction of the North jetty, before the South jetty is finished and to carry on operations on both at the same time would re quire the purchase, at large cost, of a second equipment similar to (hat at Fort Stevens. ' " There are the opinions of the engi neers concerning the building of the .North jetty as they have been,, set down in their various reports. This brief resume of the cost and results of the work that has been ac complished in the building up of the South jetty and of maintaining the temporary channel from Portland to the sea may serve to give the facts to those who are interested In secur ing further assistance from the pres ent Congress. The important thing for Astorians to note is that the original project for the South jetty included a dredge and that the only thing, necessary perhaps to do is to find the money in the way of an additional appropri ation 10 purcnase tne same, it may also be noted that the reports of the various engineers are not at all san guine upon maintaining a permanent channel from Portland to the sea of any considerable depth. While the depth is now stated by the engineers to be 22 feet and although they there fore state that a vessel need have no hesitancy In loading to the depth, of 24 feet, yet it may be noted that it was never intended under the project for the permanent improvement of the channel from Portland to the sea now in operation, to secure a greater depth than 25 feet and it does not seem that even this depth can be se cured for many years to come as the engineers seem to believe that it It about all they can do to maintain the present depth of 22 feet. Again it may be noted that while the depth acre's the bar at the completion of the first jetty project in J95 was 31 feet, fol lowed, by the shoqling of 10 fect, re ducing that depth to 21 feel, that now thejhoaling has been arrested and on June 30th of last year' a depth of 25 1-2 feet had been attained and it may be expected with every degree of con fidence that with the completion of the South jetty two years hence and with the putting of the bur of a dredge that a depth of 4 feet or more will easily be attained. , As for building the North bank jet ty it is already included In the pro ject and whatever is done to acceler ate that work need onlv ha don in the line of securing the necessary ap-j propriation. ' ' And while Portland Is opposing all appropriations In the river above that city until a permanent 'channel has been completed from Portland too the sea, that city is likewise not interest ed in deepening the bar until th channl above the bar to Portland j' been made permanent and of a depth, equalling that through the bar. And this may never be done 1 became It may prove an absolute Impossibility, at least an impossibility for several generations to come. . ; On, the other hand, if Astoriani will come to the front, can Insure the Ira mediate completion of the jetty at the mouth of the river, Astoria will he a safe harbr to a depth of from 40 to 80 feet, a depth that never can be attained at Portland. It is the crime of Oregon that the jetty was not completed twenty year ago. If It had been Astoria would to day be the biggest city in the Northwest. C ASTOR I A lot Xniknti tad CMldrea. . ft! ICtni Yea BaTiAS'iajiEs, EtgnMtira of Cheap Coal Kelley the Coal and Wood Dealer will deliver and place in your cellar a ton of the best coal for $7.0O-sam coal for $6.00 at the yard. Phona Main 2191. . Barn 15th and Duane. Alt kinds of cordwood and hardwood Inside fir and boxwood for sale. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and Ttgetables. Badollet k Co., grocers. Phone Mai CHICKEN HALES EVERY WEDNESDAY AND I SATURDAY? EVENING ( HOME-MADE, and of the choicest ingredients; put uo under lunervia- Ion that ' guarantees their; perfect ireeaom trom all deleterious matter. MRS, F. WOOLLEY 284 Tenth Street T Between Exchange and Franklin. "will"' " WHEN TURKEY IS KINQ on Thanksgiving day that is tb time that the pleasures of (soma and the enjoyment of the family circle will , be ' mlssed ? if you an without a" home; of a your wn. "Homeless" la a tad word during the holiday season to those who are In" that plight. ; You can boy a nice home or building lot on easy terms by consulting A. R. Cyras, and you will have ' something to give thanks for, 424 Commercial street Astoria. 3!