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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1909)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909 , Established 187,; ' Published Daily Except Monday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Et mail, cer vear By carrier, per month 4 WEEKLY By snail, per yer, ia advance Eatered M second-class matter July Oregon, tinder the act of Congress ol Order for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence w place of cosines, may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be Immediately reported to the office f oubUcatioa. TELEPHONE THE WEATHER Oregon Rain in Vest portion; fair and cooler in east portion. Washington Rain invest portion; fair followed by rain in east portion. NON-COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. The Port of Portland Commission has won what it believes to be a de cided advantage for its new departure in authority, and procedure, in the taking over of the control of the ship ping business on the Columbia river and bar, towit, non-compulsory pi lotage, and, to the scope of the light er bottoms entering here, perhaps it has. And to a certain extent it has diminished the earning capacity of the pilots on the bar, which, was, we are thinking, no light consideration with the people behind this move ment, knowing as we do the long borne and undisguised contempt with which Portland has treated this able and serviceable body of men. But, be that as it may, the law has passed, and if a vessel can come into the mouth of the river without the aid of a trained pilot, she can do so without any accounting, except to her owners for all that may happen in the ven ture Jttst what bearing this move has on the State Board of Pilot Commission ers and their relations to the busi ness, remains to be seen. It's effect on the oClumbia River Bar Pilots' Association is to make that organi zation a purely independent body, but none the less serviceable to the ship ping and the State, for pilots on this bar are not made in a day and ma rine risks lose none of their danger by the innovation but rather take on a higher percentage of quality and li ability. The Port of Portland will al so see to it that no ship ascending the river does so short of compulso ry pilotage. It has absorbed about all it can stand now, and while the bar is made free for whosoever will take its risks, the river carries its own toll and it must be met . Astoria may, at last, get what o! benefit innures from non-compulsory pilotage on the bar when it comes tc a question of her doing any shipping: and when that advantage becomes conspicuous enough, the imperative toll will be restored, promptly and le gally. DO WE GET HALF? At last it has sunk in on the almost impervious understanding of the Eas terner that the Pacific coast is actual ly in need of protection by the navy of the ocunry; that we have a real claim for oversight and interest at the hands of our fighting forces; that we are in the open, improperly and inadequately, guarded, and liable to attack at any time, with no mtfans of defending ourselves, that amount ts anything: And there is a rumor com ing from the Congress that we are to have one-half the navy assigned to these shorei! We trust the itnpresson will last, and that the program will be carried out to the letter. We will take our half and more too, if we can get them. It is well known that the East' can build ships as fast as she needs them and any excess sent to us, will be made good back there, as it should, for. with as great a line o' coast, the East has hundreds and thousands of millions of dollars at DIAMOND h3 ( for fmetnc ftorthwwt tkrli ftn4 Olimattfc Itpw adlipir 11 Ak for Cata- lejttroo. lf nrtTOMllnyoornertabOTtaood,writt gat, gtvinc nunc oi your arai! uui we win until jht m iMM-ketof flowTfWlfiforTotiT trouui fmtum uib tt.. Hi rami, mm, wo smutt, tun ASK.. ' Tr- in V3 r(. fcfiiiwiwiTitf Miiiif f m mttr fci. iiiif I by THE J. S. BELLINGER CO. .$7.00 ............... -Ou ASTORIAN. .$1.50 3a 190c at the postoffice at Astoria, Marco J, laf- , MAIN 661 stake beyond what we have; and that must be taken care of. It ia high time this realization should develop in Congress, and we are all feeling grateful for the awakening that has come, especially to the Senators and Representatives of Oregon, and from the coast generally, for the good fight that has been made. CEMENT. That was good news that told of the intention of Messrs: Foard and Stokes to launch a fine business structure in this city upon purely ce ment lines of construction. It is to be a departure for which the city has waited wonderingly and patient ly for years; for, while the Fisher and other warehouses are excellent types of cement work, in their way, their uses are restricted and not nearly so generous and general as would fall to a store and office building on the most active thoroughfare of the city, as will be the case with the contem plated building. Cement is the best and last resorf in structural work, and is literally sweeping the East and Middle West as a factor; cheap, easily worked, en- during, safe from flood and fire an decay, and profitable in a dozen ways especially in the matter of insurance, than which, nothing should appeal so powerfully to the people of this city. At all events we, with many an other in this "man's town" will be glad to witness the successful achievement of this enterprise, and of that of the men who intend to open np the cement factory in this place: It will mean a revolution of almost limitless value to the whole section. Nor do we believe it will ma terially invade the lumber field, and if it does we can get more for our lumber on export than we can on the home market; but it is not likely to figure in this relation for many a year to come, with any telling effect. WING SHOTS- Half a million for the Columbia river jetty; $200,000 for the dredge Chinook and her work on the Colum bia bar; and $10,000 for deepening and improving the Columbia river hence to Portland. That has a cheer ful sound; and if the Rivers and Har bors bill passes with that sort of pro vision for this "neck of the woods,"' we will soon be in position to wel come our half of the navy that is talked of for the Pacific; if our mem ory serves us correctly, not a single naval bottom could enter this river the last time any part of that half was in this neighborhood!. Nine cents per day per car!. That does not strike us on any severe hardship for the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Electric Railway Co. to pay the city foi the splendid fran chise it proposes to give them. We would not have ihe company hamper ed nor a'tftated in its progress, and would fight rny untoward and patent burden that threatened it. But the car that does not earn enough to pay nine cents a day and leave a hand- som profit on this line will be radical ly and most unfortunately misused by the company. Rather than balk the enterprise the Council might relieve it a bit. There is some adverse comment upon the very strict inquiry imposed by those in authority hereabout in the matter of admitting aliens. All we have to say about it is, that Judge McBride, and every other officer, dealing with this phase of the law, may go as far as they please, and as far as the law suggests and permits, in the scrutiny essential and we will be squarely behind their judgment mid action. For it is only by such care and intere.-t that this country is as stiied of having the citizens it wants and invites. There has been altogeth er too much leeway, license and lev erage in this domain in the past, and any improvement will work happily The Daily Market Report PORTLAND, Feb. 17. At: the prices that have ruled for a week both onions and potatoes are now moving fairly freely, and the market outlook, from the growers' stand point, is on the whole favorable. Reports from the South indicate that the recent heavy offerings of onions there have been to a sreat extent worked off, with a resultant lift in prices, and it is expected that a gen erally aood demand for potatoes will develop in California in the near future. Eggs Nearing 20-Cent Mark. With the daily receipts heavier than were ever known before at this time of the year and the demand such as to take care of only a oortion of the offerings, egg stocks are daily growing bigger in all the Front street stores and the market steadily weakening. Today dealers uoted 22c to 23c for fresh Oregons, and con ceded that the market was none too active even at those figures. The outlook is for a 20-cent market by the end of the week, if not sooner. Cheese Supply Running Lowv , Cheese continues active and firm at the higher prices made a few days aa-o. and stocks in all quarters are running low. For months the output has been far short of current require ments, and the result has been that storage stocks have been so heavily drawn upon that these prices also are now limited. Standard city creamery is still quot ed firm at 3-k and 33c a pound, and though cream supplies have increased somewhat the past few weeks, local buttermakers say it is st.ll difficult at times to fill orders. Dealers in coun try creamery report no surplus in the market ' Liverpool Short of Salmon. Mail advices from Liverpool say of the salmon situation: "There has been an active demand for all grades. Supplies of red Alaska are very lieht here, and no lines are offering under 21s 9d per case ex store. Furth er arrivals are urgently wanted, and those per first sailers will be rapidly absorbed. The stocks are so excep tionally light and the total shipments of salmon comparatively so small that we look forward with confidence to seeing all grades and shapes being in very limited supply next Autumn We only need an average consump tion of the commodity to bring about this result." Sugar Prices Down 20 Cents. Wholesale grocers announce a de cline of 20 cents on all grades of sugar, the result of a recent drop in the markets of the East. ' WHOLESALE PRICES. Grain, Flour, Hay. Etc. Wheat Track prices: Club, 97c; bine stem, $1 0SM0: turkey red, $1 red Russian, 94c; Valley, $1 Flour Patents, $3.45; straights, for the country and for the people ad mitted. Disasters always come in threes. It was Acaoulco on Monday; New Cas tle, England, on Tuesday; and we are waitine patiently for Wednesdays contribution to the holocaust trio. Just think of poor little old Albany with 1,500 Elks running loose in her quiet and churchly streets! And that what threatens her this week. But. all the same, she will be wonderfully iieiier off for the visitation and her guests will certainly have nothing to egret. Albany has a famous record for hospitality, and the Elk-brand of ought to enhance that record!. The light-house tenders are main tained at this end of the Columbia so they can get out to sea, with dispatch, hen their services are needed at any point in the district: even Portland cannot lure them up there for berth ing .This is one of the straws that go to prove Astoria a quick-dispatch port. Portland might do all her ship ping from here and retain all the pio fit and credit of the business. She will have to come to it someday, and she -Light gradually break herself in on the repellant, but indubitable, pro cess. C. R. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1060 Vir ginia avenue, Indianapolis,. Ind., writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles Foley's Kid ney Remedy cleared my complexion, cured my backache and the irregu larities disappeared, and I can now attend to business every day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. $4J5i4.85; exports, $4; Valley, $5.20; 1 1-4 sack graham, $480; whole wheat, $5 05; rye, $S.50. Bartey-Feed, $28.00; rolled, $29(3 30; brewing, $29. Oats-No. i white, $35; gray, $34.50 HayTrack prices: Timothy Wil lamette Valley, fancy, $14.00$16.00; Eastern , Oregon mixed, . $17.50; do, fancy, $20.00; atfalfa, $141S; clover, $13(5514. Millstuffs Bran, $26,50; middling. $33; shorts, country, $31; shorts, city, $30; chop, $22. Meats and Provisions. Haras-1012 lbs.. 14c; 14-16 lbs., 14c; 18-20 lbs, 131c Dressed Meats Hogs, fancy 881c ordinary 7c7c large 6c; veal, extra 9i10c, ordinary 728c, heavy, 6c; mutton, fancy 67. Bacon Breakfast 17i2ie, picnics 91c; cottage roll, 11c; regular short clears, smoked 13c, do unsmoked 12c; clear backs unsmoked 12c, do smoked 13c; shoulders, 11c. Lard Kettle leaf, 10s, 14)c; do, 5s, 15c; do 50-lb. tins, 14c; steam ren dered, 10s, 131c; do 5s, 14c; com pound, 10s, 9 l-4c. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Butter Extras, 3435c; fancy. 32 34c; store, 184520c Cheese Full cream twins, 16 16k; full cream triplets, 16316ic; Young lAmerica. 171c; cream brick, 20c; 1 Swiss block, 20c; Limburger, 18 20c. . i Eggs-Select Oregon, 22,323c. Poultry Mixed chickens. 1SaJ 16e; fancy hens, 1516c; roosters, old, 10c iUe; broilers, 22f?22k: dressed poultry lc per pound higher; ducks, live. 19?20c; geese, live, 10c. I Fruits and Vegetable. Fresh Fruits Oranges, $2.00275; tangerines $1.75 box; lemons, $2.50(3 4.00; grapes, Spanish Malagas, $6 17.00 per crate; pears. $l.752 00 per box, cranberries, $15.00 per barrel; j bananas, 55c per pound, i Apples Best Oregons, $2.002.75; ! common, $1231.75 per box. J Vegetables Turnips. $1.50 per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnios, $1.50; 1 cabbage, $3-25(23.50; head lettyce, 90c g$l per dozen; cucumbers. $175 $2.23 per dozen; celery, 90c(g$1.00 per dozen; artichokes, $1.40 per dozen; beans. 20c oer pound: peas. 15c per pound; tomatoes, $1.502.25 per crate; squash, 2c per pound; peppers, $175 per box; cauliflower, $200 per dozen. Potatoes Buvinsr prices. $1.10 ( $1.25; sweets, $230. Onions Buying prices: $2.00 per hundred. Oysters, Clams and Fish. 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. $225. Fish Halibut, 10c lb; black cod, 7 (gSc; black bass, 20c; striped bass, 18c; herring, Sic; flounders, 6c; catfish, 9c; shrimp, 121c;' perch, 6c; sturgeon, 121c; sea trout, 19c; torn cod, 8c; salmon, fresh, steelhead, 9c; Chinook 121c; smelt, 3c. ' Canned Salmon Columbia river, Mb. tails, $2; 2-lb. tals, $3; fancy, 1-lb. flats, $115; Mb. flats, $125; fancy, 1-lb. ovals, $2.75; Alaska tails, pink 95c, red $1.40; nominal, 2s, talis, $2.10. Clams Little neck, per box, $2.50: razor clams, $2 per box; crabs, $1 $1.50 dozen. Hops, Wool, Hide., Etc Hops 1908, choice 771e, prime 6 7c, medium 3 6c; 1907, 23c lb. Wool-Valley, medium, 14151e; lb.; coarse, 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 816c, as to bhrinkage. Hides-Dry hides, No. 1, 15116c lb; dry kip, No. 1, 141c lb; dry salted, one-third less; dry calf, 15116c lb; salted steers, 89c lb; salted Cows, 8c lb; stags and bulls, 5c lb; kip, 7c lb; calf, 121c lb; green stock, lc . less; sheepskins, shearlings, 10 25c; short wool, 3040c; medium and long-wool, according to quality, 5O90c; dry horses, 50c$1.50; dry colt, 25c; an gora, 80c$l; goat, common, 10 20c. Mohair Choice, 1819c lb. Oregon Graperoot Per 100 lbs., $35. Cascara Sajrada (chittim bark) 56c per lb. Pneumonia Follows La Grippe Pneumonia often follows la grippe bt never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar, for la grippe coughs and deep seated colds. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow pack age. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. REPORT OF THE CONDITION . OF THE Astoria Savings Bank At Astoria, In the State of Oregon, at the close of business, Penury 5, 1909. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.. $481,261.24 Overdrafts, secured and un secured 1.185.3C Bonds, securities, etc 23,044.29 Banking house, furniture, and fixtures 80,9.1657 Other real estate owned.. 9,475.00 Due from banks (not re reserve banks) 852.75 Due from approved re serve banks 130.998.35 Exchanges for clearing house 1,538.86 Cash on hand 70,827.89 Total ...$800,120.31 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $125,000.00 Surplus fund 113,000 00 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid... 14,56333 Due to banks and bankers 4,168.86 Individual deposits Subject to check 287,957.08 Demand certificates of de posit 17,31359 Time certificates of de posit 144,840.96 Certified checks 6,000.00 Savings deposits 87276.49 Total $800,120.31 State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, ss.: I, Frank Patton, Cashier of tht abme named bank, do solemnly swear thst the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. FRANK PATTON. Cashier. Correct Attest: J. Q. A. BOWLBY, J. W. GARNER. FRANK PATTO.V, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of February," 1909. FRANK J. TAYLOR. Notary Public Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, and it soothes in flamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Condensed Report Scandinavian-American Savings Banb OF ASTORIA, OREGON. ... - as made to State Bank Ex sminer, February 5, 1909. RESOURCES Loans and securities $146,579.15 Furniture and fixtures 4,45769 Due from banks.. $ 9,465.04 Cash on hand.... 12,51668 Total available funds 21,98172 $173,01856 lH4mMHMHMtWMtH4WiMtMHMMmilMlW REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE First National Bank At Astoria, in the Slate of Oregon, at the close of business, February S, 1909: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $153,893 01 Overdrafts, secured and un secured 1.W1.49 U. S. bonds to secure cir culation 40.000.00 rremium on U. S. bonds. .. 1,21X1.00 ltond, securities, etc...... 54.4J0.O0 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 46,307.23 Due from State and private . banks and bankers 18,14521 Due from approved re serve Agents .... 114,19042 Checks and other cash items 989.99 Nnti of other National Banks 1.795.00 Nickels and Cents 430.15 Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, vis.: Snecie . ....... .1166.800.00 Legal-tender notes 133.00 166,935.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 oer cent of circulation) 2.000.00 Due from U. S. Treasurer.. 33468 Total $902,322.18 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $100,000.00 Surplus fund 25,000,00 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid.... 17,08558 National Bank notes out standing 40,000.00 Due to State and private banks and bankers...... 95153 Dividends .unpaid 1.000.00 Individual Deposits subject to check $600,015.98 Demand Certificates of de posit $118,269.09 71885.07 Total $902,322.18 State of Oregon, County of Clatsop I, S. S. Gordon, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. S. S. GORDON, Cashier... Correct Attest: JACOB KAMM, G. C. FLAVEL, W. F. McGRF.COR. Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of February. 1909. V. BOELLING, Notary Public. of Condition of the LIABILITIES Capital paid in $ S0,000.0f Surplus 3.50O.0C Undivided profits 367.15 Deposits 119,15141 $173,018.56 Why is the Green Round Back Ledger the Best ? - ' f Because it overcomes all the objections to any other kind. It is the most approved style of Loose Leaf Book. No exposed metal parts to scratch the desk. Stamped Steel parts no castings with flaws id them. Made with Steel Hinges Leather covered. Standard Binding in a special grade of Green Russia and Green Silk Corduroy. Index tabs are made of green lea ther and the sheets are green edged to match. Transfer Ledgers are carried in stock in this binding, also made in Red Russia and Corduroy and special bindings as vfr,j.ci." Can be made specially in any size or with any,, tfuage of posts to match other ledgers. All Kinds of Loose Leaf Divices Call and See Samples The J. S. Dellinger Co. RErORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE . Astoria National Bank , At Astoria. In the State of Ore gon, at the elm of business, Feb ruary 3. 1909: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $373,016 45 Overdrafts, secured and un secured , 4,030 67 V, S. bonds to secure cir culation 47,500.00 U. S- bonds to sscure U. S. deposits 20,000.00 Other bonds to secure U. S. ; deposits , 34,000.(1(1 Premiums on U. S. bonds., 4,117,00 Itond. rwltle. etc. 89373 38 hanking house, furniture 1 and . fixtures 4,000.00 Other real etlste owned... 8,23341 Due from State banks and bankers . i 801373 Due from approved re- serve agents 92,439. So Checks and other ch Item 2,36633 Notes of other National Banks I -MOW Fractional paper currency, . ' nickels, and cents 463 H Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, vl.: Specie . $72,60195 Legal-tender mites 47500 73.07695 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent circulation) 2,375 00 Due from U. S. Treaiurer, other than 5 per cent re demption fund 1,0000ft Total $765,466-06 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $ 50.000,00 Surplus fund S5.OOO.0O Undivided profits, les ex peniie and taxei paid,.. 14,78191 National Bank notes out standing 4J.HKOOO Individual depoit sub ject to check .$274.530 98 Demand certificate of de posit $20.112 82 Time certificate' of de posit $264,948 60 Certified checks . 29175 U. S. deponiis... 40,000.00 S99.8S4 15 Total .$765,466 06 State of Oregon. County of ClaUp. .: I. J- E. HiRicins, Canhier of the shove-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the bei of my knowledge and belief. J. E. HIGGINS, Caihler Correct-Attest CEO. H. GEORGE, A. SCHERNF.CKAU. F. L. WARREN, Directors. . EuWrlbtd and sworn tn he for this 12th day of February. 1009. O. C. FULTON. Notary Putilii- Foley's Orino Laxative cures con stipation and liver trouble and makes the bowels healthy and regular. Orino is superior to pill and tablets as it doe not gripe or nauseate. Why take anything else? T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. it