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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1908)
II k k l v .'. w w ,f 'i-" ' J.I . I . 11 1 a ii n r n i r a. i -" v- A . . t ,r ' II ;, ..... V' l4 J 1 J '..TV for Xmas-ior yourself or your dimity is permanent home, nd it U our pleasure to place yon In the way of obtaining one. Our real estate business is so exieniive that we can furnish all conditions of peo ple with Just the kind they desire. We haw city and country property in most advantageous situations. Also pianos, organs and graphophone. 424 Commercial street A. R. CYRUS. WSSfmm!SlpS!!!!STi : .... a 4 4V I Cold W entlier bpecm 1 1 Now is the time to lay in your supply of beverages for the winter months Vigoral Beef Tea $2.50 per jug Fluid beef in tubes 50c per dozen, high grade Rock and Rye and all other stan dard bottle goods at the most reason able prices. - - ! t HEHICM IMPORTING CO. Phone 1881. 589 Commercial St. Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealer iMIIIl MMMIMM vm T! Till W1M FROM BY BUFFALO BILL THUD TALES C? TE3 PliAlWS ....FOR A.... VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH )GO TO(- ohnson Phonograph Go. Parlor. Second Floor Over ScfcoUieid m"'Zz. Fast Freight iService DailylService Vial THE A. Q C. R. R. CO. Through merchandise Cars from Portland to Astoria leave Portland at 6 p. m. Every Day except Sun day. All less than carload shipments delivered at Freight House before 4 p. m. will arrive in Astoria at 5o p. m. For farther imformation call on Q. B. JOHNSON, Gen'I Agent A. & C. R. R. 12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON. FINANCIAL. aaMBaaBBBaa"i' in ill LM I I J I 1 1 1 1 1 M I 1 1 U 1 1 N 111 fillll 111 t 1 1 all lfllillllUl EJiJIIU Ul MUll IU IS " v . - - DIRECTORS Tacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Rlavei T. VV. Ladd S. S. Gordon . Capital..' Surplus 25'WX) Stockholders' Liability 100,000 KSTABLISIIEf Hm, J Q A. BOWLBY, President J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier 6 l' PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Cashier ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - $232000 Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Depc . Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Duane Sis. - - - - Astoria, Oregon SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes An Other ConaMeratlofc" I THE TRENTON J First-Class Liquors andlXigars aWI4 ruMMsmJsl QfrM4 WJm VVWUiftviu wmwm A I Corner Commercial and 14th, ASTORIA, OKBOON MWWUIIHMM HMMIIllllHMinilHtM SCOW BAY BRASS & in rap Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers, Up-to-Dat Sawmill Machinery IStb and Franklin Ave. Prompt attention given to all repair work. TcL Main 2461 N XS37 I traa hareljr etcten irhen 1 ht wj ttmt Indian, lie was a chief. I kuew that from Ma headdress. HI nam I "ever learned. Hm tath atory: M nurrnt with thctr aeten chtl- dren, had moved from Iowa to Kan sas three years earlier. My father had taken p a claim In Salt Crwk valley and built a comfortable home. But ha was not to enjoy the good days that teemed to be dawntttjs for us. Kansas just then was torn by the slavery feud, and to the bitter strife of the time my father, after making an anUslavery speech at a nearby post trader store, wat mobbed and his life threafened. On Qirocca"slori"on"e of my father's Irate audience a man, Charles Dunne by name atabbed my lored parent In the aide. At the time of the attack I stood unarmed over my wounded father's body and tried with childish strength to fight off hU assailant; but, though he escaped with life In him from the place where he was assaulted, be subsequently suc cumbed to hit injuries, and in the fol lowing spring he died. This calamity deprived my mother and our family nf worth t anil esteemed bead of the household, his death being an incident i in the horrid Internecine strife that I eventuated In the tragedies of the civil I war, 1 was then ten years old. ) I could ride any horse alive. I had a knack of shooting straight, and I knew i anmothtni? nlxmt herdlnff cattle. I thought these qualities might earn me a living. They did. A firm of overland frelnhtors Rus- iell. Majors & Waddell were at Leav enworth. One of them, Mr. Majors, had been a friend of my father. I him for a lob as "extra" on one of Ms wagon trains. The pay waa $40 A month a fortune It seemed to me then. The work waa the sort usually Intrusted to a grown man, and It meant not only perpetual hustling, but a lot of danger as well, for the plains tn those days were anything but free from Indians. This latter thought frightened even my brava mother. Boyllke, I was delighted at the Idea. Mr. Majors said he would take me on aa extra for one trip. If I did well I could hare reirular job. I re solved to do miracles as an extra. The "train" was made up of twenty Ave loaded wagons, each carrying 7.000 pounds, each drawn by six yoke of oxen and guided by a "boll whack er." a driver with a long, loud cracking whip. Then there was a bunch of loose cattle On this occasion the train was made up of only three wagons, and we were driving a large herd of beef cattle to Fort Kearny for the use or Colonel Albert eyancy jonn ston and bis command, who were on their way to Salt Lake to right the Mormons. I was only one of several extras. Though we always set guard. no Indians had appeared. One noon, however, when we stopped for dinner and were loafing about on the grass waiting for the pot to boll we heard a scathing volley of shots from t copse. Borne bullets and a dozen or more arrows whistled Into camp. Everybody bad Jumped up at the first shot But three of our men tumbled over at once, aa if they had been tripped up. Then a number of things happened almost too quickly to describe. ' Two bands of Indians were gallop ing toward us. One band stampeded and ran oft our cattle, while the other "rushed" us. Our men gave them a warm welcome and sent them back on the run. But the flght was not over. The "braves' only cantered out of range. There tbey were Joined by oth ers. They outnumbered us eight or ten to one. We could not hope to stand against such a multitude. We holtfd for the South Platte river with tho savages at our heels and found shelter behind the steep banks. From there we onened fire aealn and drove the following redskins once more out of range. Frank McCarthy, our boss, said our one chance was to follow the Flatte river to Fort Kearny, keeping out of sight under its banks. Bo the thirty five mil march beean through knee deep water and quicksand. Half a day we kept it up. I was dead tired, but it waa no time for rest or complaining. Just the same, by nightfall my short legs wouldn't keep up with the proces sion. I dropped back, little by little, still plodding on as fast as my aching feet could move. We thought we bad given the Indians the slip, but I still lugged my short, heavy rifle. It was a muzzle loading "Mississippi jaeger- and carried a slug and two buckshot to each charge. The moon had risen, and I was try ing to catch up with the rest. Sudden ly, in front of me and at tie top of the high bank, I saw against the moon the head and high war bonnet of an In dian chief. He was bent double. The men ahead could not see him, but he had his gun leveled at tbem. I knew If he fired he could scarcely miss at luzt range. Some one of my friends must be killed. I had halted at sight of him. and be didn't see me. I had no time to think out the situation. I brought up my rifle and took what aim I could In the deceptive moon light. When my sights were Just below th war bonnet's leathers I pultcd'tU trtigcr. The atlUm-a of the river waa unlit b.v a roar as the report echoed from bank to bauk. Down tum bled the chief over the edge, rolling over and over ilka a shot rabbit till he landed plump in the water. A yell from the band be bad lea, ana a score of Indiana swarmed up to the bank. But our men drovt them back, and they gav up tht attack aa a bad Job. At dawn wa limped worn out Into Fort Kearny. The soldier there start ed on a wild goos chasa for tha In dians. Tbey were never caught The slashed, scalped bodies of our dead were found beside the wrecked, looted wagoa& When I waa thirteen my mother was building a hotel for the use of passing gold hunters, for thla was bits in 1S59, when tha cold fever swept America ni all nuiia led to rtke'a neak. Our Salt Creek valley home lay on ona of the most traveled route. Hotel building and furnishing are not on tha free list So I wanted to help raise money for our Valley Grove House. With an older boy naiueti nave Phllllna I manned a trapping trip. Winter waa setting in when wa started. We boucht an ox team and wagon to transport the traps, camp outfit and nnivlstliuia and tixik a larce Bllliplv of ammunition, besides extra rifles. Our destluatlon was the Republican nver. It courses mors than 100 miiea rroin Ijuivenirnrth. but th country about it waa renuted rich In beaver. I acted as scout on the Journey, going ahead to pick out trails, locate camping grounos and look out for breaker. The Infor mation concerning the beaver proved correct The game wa indeed so plen tiful that we concluded to pitch a per manent camp aud see toe winter out. W chose a hollow In a side bill and enlarged it to the dimensions of a da- pent alsed room. Wa had seen no Indians on our trip out and were not concerned in tnat anarter. thoufh we were too good plains cues to relax our vigilance. There were other foes, aa ws discov ered tha first night In our new quar ters. We were aroused by a commotion in the corral where the oxen were confined, and, hurrying out with our rifles, we found a huge bear Intent upon a feast of beef. The oxen were hellowiur In terror, one of them dash ing era illy about the lnclosur and the other so badly hurt that it couia not get up. Phllllna. who waa in the lead, fired first, but succeeded only In wounding the bear. Tain was now added to the savagery of hunger, aud the infuriated monster rushed upon Phillip. Dave leaped back, but bis loot slipped on a bit of ice, and be went down wun a thud, bla rifle flying from his band aa he struck, A bullet from my rifle entered tho distended month of the onrusblng bear and pierced the brain, and the huge mass fell lifeless almost across Dave's body. The ox bad to be killed. Dave's chance to square his account with me came a fortnight later. We "Tell you what t thtiik I'd better j do." mild he. "Tho ticnrvnt oUltimnt U mum! eighty wlloa away, nud I run uvt there and back In twenty days, Suppose 1 umke tha trim gt t'l for our wRtu and coma back for your The Idea of belnir left hum ami w.n11 nlk-li helnleaa struck dismay to my heart, but there was no help for it, and 1 sweated. Davt put manor luto shltwbaim. piled wood In our dug out, cooked a quuutlty of food aud put It where I could reach it wunoui ris ing aud fetched several days' supply of water. Mother, ever mindful of my education, had put soma school books In tba wagon, aud Dare placed the beside tba food aud water. When rhllllpa finally set out driving th sur viving ox before him, ha left behind a very lonely and homesick boy. rmrimr th first day of my coonue- ment 1 felt too deaolato to eat much leaa to read. But aa I grew accustom ed to aolltude I derived real plcasur from th companionship of book, Frhna In all mv Ufa I never extract ed so much benefit from study as dur- A Few Suctions For Xmas "I taw against the moon tlie head of an Indian chief." were chasing a bunch of elk when I fell and discovered that I could not rise. "I'm afraid I have broken my leg," I said as Dave ran to me. Phillips had one been a medical student and be examined the leg with a professional eye. "Tou're'rlgbt Bil ly: the leg's broken," be reported. Then he went to work to Improvise snllnts and bind up my leg, and, this done, lie took me on bis back and bore me to the dugout. Here the leg was stripped add set In carefully prepared splints and the whole bound up se curely. He made a pair of crutches for me. "" " """"""" '"" Ladies' and Gents' Watches, Fancy Bathroom Fixtures, Fancy Lamp, Xmni Candles, Baiujuet Cndle. Thermometers, Revolvers and Air Rifles, - Fishing Tackle, Carpet Sweepers, , Bread Nfakers, Meat Choppers, Cake Mixers, Boya' Wagons, S o'Clock Tea Kettles, Tea Sets, , ; Alcohol Stoves, Fancy Baskets, of all kinds Thermo Bottles, , Flash Lights, Corn Rasors, Watch Charms, Tocket Knives, Table Knlvri, i Carving Knlvri, Plated Wart, Table Cutlery, Nut ricks and Cracks, Charing DUhen, Coffc Percolators, Raiori and Rsior Sets, Scissor and Shr, Scissors in Cases, Manicure Sets, Serving Trsya, 1 Crumb Sets, Fancy Table Cutlery, Berry Spoons, , Crsvy Ladles, . Tocket Traveling Flask, Shaving Mugs, Shaving Brushes, Watch Chains, A large assortment of the above will be found at FOARD 'a STOKES HARDWARE CO. Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS , t Marbour and Fiitlayion Salmon Twin and Netting McCormlck Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Plough Sharpte Cream Separator Raecolith Flooring Starrtt' Tools Hardware, Groceries Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Add, Welch Coal, Tr, Ash Oar, Oak Lumber, Pip and Fittings, Brass Goods, TM.il. Dili ami data Fishermen's Furs Manilla Rope, Cotton Twin and Seini- Wsb VVo Wfsrtt Your Trodo FISHER BROS. BOND STREET -A bulla )nm my ri entered th mtuiA oj u uctir. Int that brief period of enforced Idle ness, when It wss my sols means of making th dragging hours endurable. A fortnight passed. And on day, nan mrlth mv studies. I fell asleep over mv books. Soma on touched my boulder, aud, looking up, I aw an Indian In war paint and feathers. "How J" said I, with a show of friendliness, though I knew th brsvs was on th warpath. Half a score of buck followed at th heel of the first squeezing into th little dugout until there waa barely room for them to sit down. With luklng heart 1 saw them en tor, but I plucked up spirit again when the last a chief, pushed In, for In this warrior I recognized an Indian that I had once done a good turn. Whatever Lo's faults, he never for gets a kindness any more than he for gets an injury. The chief, who weut by the name of Baln ln-tbe-Face, at once recognized me and asked me why I was In that place. This chief was tbe father of the Italn-ln-th-Facs who In a later year killed General Custer at tbe memorable battle of tbe Little Big Horn. , I displayed my bandngea and related the mishap that had mad them necessary and refreshed th chief memory of a certain occaalon when a blanket and provision naa drifted bis way. Baln-ln-the-Face re plied, with proper gravity, that be and bla chum were out after ca!p and confessed to design upon mine, but in consideration of auld lang syno be would spare the paleface boy. Auld lang syne, however, aia noi snare the blankets and provisions, and the bedizened crew stripped the dug out almost bare of supplies, out 1 waa thankful enough to see tho back of the last of them. Two days later a bllzxard et In. I took an inventory and found that economy considered, I bad food for a week, but as the storm would surely delay Dave I put myself on half ra tions. Three weeks wcra now gone, and I looked for Dave momentaruy, dui as night followed day and day grew Into night again I was given over to keen anxiety. Had rhllllpa lost bis way! Had b failed to locate th snow cov ered dusoutf Had be perished in tbe storm? Had he fallen victim to tbs Indians? The twenty-ninth day dawned. Btar vfltlon stalked luto the dugout The wood, too, was well nigh gone. But srreat as was my physical suffering my mental distress was greater. I sat be fore a handful of fire, shivering ana hnmrrv. wretched and despondent nark! Was that my name? Choking with emotion, unable to articulate, I listened Intently, Yes, It was my name and Dave's familiar voice, and with all mv remaining energy I mada an anawerlnff call. My voice enabled rbllllps to locate the dugout, and a passage was ciearea through the snow. And when I saw tbe door open the tension on my nerves let go, and I wept "like a girl." "God bless you, Dave!" I cried as I clasped my friend around the neck. Yon want th best money can bay la food, tlotblag, fcoow coinforta, pleasures, ctc why not in cdacatioaf Portland' Leading Business Cotleg offer inch to you and at no grttttt cost than sa ' Inferior school Owners practical teachers Mor CalU than w can fill Teachers actual busine met) In session th ntJr yiax Positions guaranteed graduate Cstalogu A for t iJnf M. WALKER, Pre. O, A, BOSSFRVM, lacy. John Pox, Pres. F. L, Bishop, Sec. Astoria Sarin gi kWk, Traaa. Ntison rover, vict-rrts. na oupi ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Corraapondenc Solicited. Foot of Fomrth E tract, BsaeaasBwsssi LET US TELL YOU ABOUT Tungsten Electric Lamp a Greatest advanca in lighting methods sine th invention ol Incandescent lamp. EXAMPLE- 32 C. P. Ordinary electric lamp consumes 110 watt par bow 32 C. P. "Tungsten" electric lamp consumes . 40 watts par hour Saving 70 watts per how By using "Tungsten" lamp you can get 27S per cent Inert In light for th tama cost or in other word can hav th ama quantity of illumination for 35 par cent of th coit of lighting with ordinary electric lamp. Tho Astoria Electric Co. TIDE TABLE FOR DECEMBER DECEMBER, HlKh water. Data. Tuesday 1 Wednesday 1 Thursday I FrIJay 4 Saturday ., t SUNDAY ...... I Monday 7 Tuesday I Wednesday ..... Thursday .,..,.,10 Friday U Saturday .,....,13 SUNDAY 18 Monday ....14 Tuesday 16 Wednesday Thursday ..17 Friday 18 Saturday ,.,,,.,19 SUNDAY .,...,20 Monday II Tuesday ,..,',.,.22 Tueaday ,.22 Wednesday ,.,..18 Thursday ...... 24 Friday ....15 Saturday 26 (SUNDAY 27 Monday ,,,,,,.,.28 Tuesday ,,.,,,,.29 Wednesday 80 Thursday tl A. M. P. M. b.m. ftjb.m.jft 7:28 7.5 7:28 1.7 l:l 7.9 1:45 (.7 1:11 1.2 1:58 7.0 9:68 1.7 10:58 7.1 10:48 9.0 11:63 7.3 11:20 1.8 0:44 7.8 12:10 1.6 1:28 7.2 12:47 4.9 1:12 7.1 1:26 0.2 1:62 7.0 2:01 I.I 1:88 1.9 2:18 I.I 4:13 I.I 1:18 7.7 4:47 1.8 4:00 7.1 6:1.1 1.9 4:62 I.I 1:12 7.1 1:62 1.1 1:69 7.4 7:07 I.I 7:46 7.6 1:22 5.1 1:33 7.1 9:12 1.0 1:28 1.2 10:83 I.I 10:18 1.711:28 I.I 10:67 1.1 0:18 1.9 11:40 1.4 1:05 7.2 11:23 1.6 1:52 7.1 1:08 I.I 1:19 7.4 1:65 I.I 3:25 7.1 1:41 1.9 4:09 7.7 1:17 I.I 4:66 7.9 4:17 7.7 5:48 1.0 6:47 7.0 1:43 1.1 7:07 I.I 7:18 1.2 1:29 1.4 DECEMBER, 1901, Low Water. I A, P. U. Data. I hmTfcJh jbT) ft" fudr7 l 0:17 Tsfltisfi.i Wednesday I 1:42 1.4 1:14 1.1 Thursday I 1:47 1.7 l:li 1.1 Friday...,. 4 1:63 1.0 4:55 0.1 Saturday 6 4:48 t.t 1:44 .! SUNDAY I 6:17 1.5 1:10-0.1 Monday 7 1:13 1.7 7:13.1.1 Tuesday I 7:0 1.0 7:63 -1.1 Wednesday 9 7:46 l.l 1:11-1.0 Thursday 10 1:17 1.6 1:0 -0.0 Friday ..11 :09 1.7 0:40 -0.1 Saturday 12 0:62 1.110:11 0.4 SUNDAY 18 10:41 1.1 10:48 0.1 Monday '.,..1411:11 1.111:14 1.4 Tuesday 15 11:10 l.l Wednesday 16 0:07 1.8 l:lt l.l Thursday 17 1:05 l.l 1:13 l.l Friday 18 1:03 l.l 1:13 l.l Sftturday 19 1:02 l.l 4:13 1.0 SUNDAY ......10 1:69 l.l 1:12 0.1 Monday,., 11 4:56 1.2 1:65-0.1 Tuesday 22 5:46 1.2 1:19 -1.1 Wednesday 23 8:8(1 1.2 7:33 -1.1 Thursday 24 7:25 1.2 1:03-1.1 Friday 26 1:16 1.1 1:60 -1.4 Saturday 28 1:07 l.l 1:16-1.0 SUNDAY 1710:04 1.010:13-0.4 Monday .........28 11:07 1.1 11:13 1.4 Tuesday 29 12:05 l.l Wednesday 10 0:06 1.1 1:17 l.l Thursday 11 1:10 1.1 1:11 l.f
