THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 190J.
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AND PUPPY BISCUIT
DOG
NO COOIUKG. NO COOKING
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COFFEE 40c CAN
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CESim PLANS 11 IB
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NEW YORK, March lJ-Edward
Faysoa Weston, the famous pedes
trian, will be seventy years old Mon
day and he plans to signalize the
anniversary by starting on a walk
from this city to San Francisco. The
tat wilt be undertaken in fulfilment
of promise made 30 years ago
when Mr. Weston won the Astley
Vett with a record of 550 miles in
K2 hours. The famous pedestrian
told Sir John Astley then that he
would be in condition on his seven
tieth birthday to begin a task which
would ex cell his previous feats,
Mr. Weston expects to complete
his walk across the continent in 100
days. The distance, as he estimates
the route he will be obliged to take,
is about 4,000 miles. He win travel
through Troy, Albany, Utica, Syra
cuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburg,
Columbus Toledo, Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis Yellowstone Park, Ta
coma, Portland, Oakland, San Jose
and San Francisco. Following the
custom of his life, the veteran ped
estrain and record breaker will not
walk on Sundays, but will take the
seventh day for rest. He intends tc
dtEver lectures at points on the road.
Weston has been a recognized
ficfor in pedestrianism since 1861,
at which time he walked from Bos
ton to Washington to witness the
inauguration of President Lincoln
He traversed the distance of 453
miles ih 20fr hours. In 1867 he made
his first long-distance walk from
Portland Me, to Chicago, -starting
Oct. 29 and arriving at his destina
tion Nov. 28. Two years ago, when
sixty-eight years of age; he eclipsed
his' previous record by covering the
distana between Portland and Chi
cago in 24 days and 19 hours. In
the late seventies and early eighties
l.c accomplished many remarkable
feats of pedestrianism. His world
wide recognition came in 1879, June
21. whtn he covered the remarkable
distance of 550 miles in six days.
This was in London and his only
competitor was "Blower" Brown,
who had a record of 542 miles.
When 54 years of age Dec- It,
1893 Weston undertook the walk
from New York City to Albany, a
distance of 143 miles, starting at 9
oVlcck Monday evening and calcula
ting to 1 each his destination Thura
day evening by 8 o'clock. Great in
terest vis taken in this endeavor and
thousands of people gathered along
the way to ee him- He arrived at
the ei:itol in Albany more than 11
hours ahead of his schedule, was re
turned by tra'o to this city and given
a testimonial in Chickering Hall
' EX-SOLDIERS WANTED
NEW YORK, March 13.-Chief
Croker of the New York Fire De
partment is anxious to have honor
ably discharged soldiers from the
United States army ior members of
the Department. To this end he has
written a personal letter to Major
General Leonard Wood, command
ing the Department of the East, and
General Wood in turn has had the
letter published in a circular order.
The letter instructs the men concern
ing the Civil Service examination
and urges those who desire to. to
make application. -
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet ft Co.. grocers. Phone Mam Streets are constantly endangered
NOTED COLORADO !L-
ROAD BUILDER DIES
GENERAL PALMER. FOUNDER
OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
PASSES A-WA.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
March 13. General W. J. Palmer,
founder of Colorado Springs, died at
his country scat, Glen Eyre, west of
this city, this afternoon. Death came
as the result of a fall from a horse
in October, 1906. which resulted in a
broken back. His estate is said to
be worth $15,000,000- He was dis
tinguished as a soldier of the CMl
war but his greatest (ante was as a
railroad builder. He built the Kansas
Pacihc Railroad (Union Pacific), in
1869-70; the Denver Pacific between
Denver and Cheyenne, and was presi
dent of the Denver & Rio Grande
until August, 1883, when he resigned
to give greater attention to. his rail
road in Mexico, the Mexican Central
but he continued to be president of
the Rio Grande & Western extending
from Grand Junction to Salt Lake
until April, 1901, when he withdrew,
from personal participation In its
affairs. He founded Colorado Springs
in connection with building the Den
ver & Rio Grande and lived there
since the summer of 1871.
STRIKES IN MANILA
MANILA, March 13.-The street
railroad strike declared last week has
extended to the workmen employed
by the Manila lighting department,
but the service remains unimpaired.
The general agitation in labor circles
continues but no other strikes have
been called.
ii
lance in
AFTER MAD CHAUFFEURS
CHICAGO, March 13. One of the
hottest fights of the Winter against
offending automobilists on Michigan
Avenue has resulted in the arrest of
thirteen chauffeurs, one of them be
ing David Wheeler, driver for Mrs.
niarspau rieia.
William 'Taylor, who is alleged to
have been spying On the police and
warning chauffeurs of their presence,
was also taken into custody.
According to the police some
chauffeurs have become so reckless
in driving in Michigan Avenue that
the lives of pedestrians crossing the
DINING ROOM ETJRNITDEE I
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table e v e r
shown in As
toria --The
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We have the
Dining Tab
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a call and let
us show you
its superior
ity over the
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iliiying
Dlotlies
When you know that
eniamiii Clothes
a ' a 1 j a 1
are the standard of the world in i
style and quality, are guaranteed to
be all wool and to hold their shape
or your money refunded. The
prices are the same as you pay for
inferior makes. Benjamin Suits
n
Benjamin Raincoats Q Overcoats if
$20 TO $35(
We have a very fine assortment of yourtg
men's Suits nifty and up-to-date at $12, $15
and $16.50. It is our aim to sell the best
clothes for the money that can be bought
in any market. You are invited to call and
inspect the new spring ind summer styles
in men's and boy's wearing apparel.
JUDD BROS.
Astoria's Most Up-to-date Clothiers and Furnishers
THE WOOLEN MILL STORE. 557 Commercial 3t
ftiittttttit
BSMUWtaitBW
Th
ENDLESS RATE WARS
Time Steamer Lines Are In
On The Trouble.
Buffets and china
Cabinets to match tab
les and can be supplied
OUR LINE
in any finish
ofI
Dining Chairs
ARE COMPLETE
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desired
We are now in "a fposi-
tion to supply anything
in this line fromfthe
best that can be had to
the cheapest chair on
the market.
Astoria Furniture Co.
559-565
Commercial St.
CHICAGO, March U.-Stremious
effort is to be i ade, says the Record
Herald today in a news article, "to
settle the steamship rate war be
tween the Seaboard and the Gulf
coast ports and between the seaboard
and the Pacific Coast. The war is
causing the railroads west of Pitts
burg, Buffalo and Chicago a tremend
ous loss in tonnage and revenue and
is also causing Chicago merchants
a large loss of business.
"Since the steamship rate war be
gan the rates by way of the all
water and the ocean and rail routes
to the southwest and the Pacific
Coast have become so low that ship
ments are being "back hauled' to the
seaboard from points as far west as
Indianapolis. It has become cheaper
for shippers to pay the rates by' rail
back to the seaboard 500 to 700 miles
and then re-ship by the steamers
than to pay the rates all-rail direct
to the West and the Southwest.
This has detracted from the value of
the nfcrkets of the middle west and
has diverted large abounts of ton
nage from the western lines.
"So severe has become this loss of
tonnage that the western roads are
beginning to cry for help, Even the
Harriman lines are suffering. '
ASPIRING KIDS
' CHICAGO, March 13.-The Wild
West as an attraction for the youth
in search of adventure has yielded to
the present superior claims of Oyster
Bay. Parents and police in' more or
less frantic search for Clarence
Thomas, Earl Howe and Roy Olson,
a trio of runaways, caught up with
at Hegewisch their first stop on their
way East to induce President Roose
velt to take them with him to Africa.
They were armed with revolvers and
hunting, knives but were short of
food supplies. They have been re
turned home.
WASHING BY ELECTRICITY,
ILWACO
Some woman said, in a jocund way,
that electricity now does everything
on wash day but hang out the clothes.
Perhaps she was well pleased with
her new motor-driven washer wringer
and electric ftatiron that she exagger-
ateel the truth. a little bit but certain
it it that all the bard work of wash- j
day is now assumed by electricity, i
. Thirty-five complete washings can '
be done for fifty cents and a little ! V evcr.al Per,"" from Long Beach,
motor will wash a tub-full of clothe. d!hh.,fu' xr,itIc ' Nr,,h
, . . Head Thursday in Mr. Jacobson
in from eight to ten minute, The',, Mtomoh T1 )J.
same motor which washes the clothes ows. MjMei yiy-mn McKifmey and
turns the wringer when the washing Myrtle and Delia Tinker; Messrs Ed.
is done. If it h rainy outdoors an. Deputy, . George Tinker, and Ed.
electric fan will quickly dry tb,e Jacobson.
clothes in the basement. After the.' Mr. Choi, E. Kerlec, who was
washing is done the electric iron, in vcry ,he first o( '& wk. i no
turn, eliminate all the walking back ?ut of ,an'jCr 8n1 ' ,,0y recover-
and for A between the ironing board,'"?'. ... ' . ..
, A. . . , - . i .i , ( r. Albert Bergman and w fe of
and the hot stove and does the work!j.-n,. fin!ll,K. . ,.u .?
a -i .u hi. , 1 ort ol""b'a. were in the city the
in a third tf the time. The cost of jatu,r part of ,he wcet '
operating an electric flatiron is about ; Al Simmons, returned the first of
six cents an iron-less than the cost the week from Bear River, where he
NORTH SIDE NEWS
MIm I. U. William, ol Hwmo, U Ih. ttcrtllt4 rpriiiuil ol TM Aitau.a aad mtt
takt er of ill Item of ntwordm (or utMerlplli aai lt kinds at priming,
of the coal required to keep the kit
chen range hot.
WILL PARTICIPATE IN MATCH
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13.
Nearly a score of the leading uni
versities and colleges of the country
nave entered the inter-colleeiate
rifle match for 1909 for the gallery
cnampionship of the United States
which will be shot on the . local
ranges beginning next Monday.
Among the institutions entered are:
University of Idaho, Nevada Univer
sity, State College of Washington,
University of California and Agricul
tural College of Utah.
nas neen acting as watchman in a
logging camp during the absence of
J. A. Vaughn.
Rube Hawkins, left the first of the
week, for some river points where
he goes to buy horses for the coming
busy season. ,
Til i Nort returned Wednesday
from a short business trip to Astoria.
ir. ana Mrs. jack Summons and
children spent Tuesday at Fort
Canhy with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
fnuian. . , . , , ?
Mrs. I. S. Jones' and chHdren dc-
to the rear of the stores on Commer- I','rlcn '"""ay tor Portland Ore.
ci.-il street between Fourteenth a.ftcr a co,1l)le oliiiy pent with her
and Fifteenth. As the result of liti- ''s,er' Mrs' Cha- Ker,ee- Hcr u-
gation with the O. R. & N. Company, l)iln1 J'(,",ed her fhe latter part of the
the Grants have been practically shut Wl'c,1 .
off, and for that and other reasons MHoJIister and Glen Buck, both
it is said a street is very desirable tr;ivclln aleman, from Portland
there. At the present time, if a fire w"e tl,e city Thursday,
occurred in the stores and other bus- , ,11:irryi waters, of Fort Canby,
mess places of that locality the de- Wl:ue9iy for Astoria to spend
To Lay Out Street !
Petition to open and establish a
street or alley through the frontage
of block 135, Shively's, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
was filed in the office of the city
auditor yesterday, being signed by '
Mrs. Bridget Grant, Alex Grant and
21 others. The object of this peti
tion is to open a thoroughfare win
ning parallel with Commercial street
nartmcnt would not be able to tret Iw0."r tnree days.
into the rear of the block at all. For . ' lmmon. gf. this city, is filling
this reason, and for the convenience 8 ',lnce on ,,,e aving crew,
of the Grants and others, it is asked A law scow' ,oadd with tar and
that a thoroughfare be opened. r"')e wa towetl Wednesday, for
, (the Columbia River Packers Assocl-
NEW TO-DAY
MIRRORS MADE IN ASTORIA.
We replate your old mirrors and
make new ones; phone us about it.
Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co,
The Proper Place.
Go to the Occident Barber Shop if
you are particular and desire first-
class service. Satisfaction guaranteed.
An expert bootblack and' porter has
also been engaged,'
lation.
.... rv, iuwicr,i rciurncfl wei iics
.lay from Young's River, where he
has been spending some time on
business, connected with his logging
MiicTicsis hi mat point.
Edith Whitcomb and Eleanor Wil
liams were visitqrs to Fort Canby,
the first of the week.
The debate, which was to have
la ken place Friday evening, between
two of the pupils of the South Rrmt
High School, and two of the IlwaecJ
iiign bcliool, has been nostnoneH.
owing to the illness of one of the
South Bend pupils. It will, however
take place at some convenient timt
m the near future. " t
Astor A. Seaborg, returned the
latter part of the week, from Nah
colta and various other poind on the
peninsula where he has been tisesf
in property.
Dr. Kelsay, of the city, who has
been practising dentistry for the paat
few days in Chinook, returned Thura
day evening.
The small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wentworth of Nahcotta, waj
reported quite iU, Thursday, with a
severe cold.
Miss Edith Warner of the head of
Hie bay was in the city, .Wedneiday
evening.
During the past few dayi of tun
niny weather, several fisherman
have begun to get their gear in readi
ness for the coming season. The
odor of tar again permeatet the air,
and Ilwaco has assumed a busy as
pect. Capt. Howard Emery, .inspector of
W. S. Life Saving Stations, ipent
Ihursday at Fort Canby, inspecting
nun mauon. ne ictt the following
day for the Ilwaco Beach Station.
J. A. Howcrton, and Gene Bouton,
took their special car to Nahcotta
Friday, and made several repairi on
the telephone ljnc between Ilwaco
and that point.
Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Canaris of
Long Beach, were visitor to Ilwaco
Friday.
, Miss Ililmo Saari. of Astoria ar
rived this week for a visit with her
parents' of this city.
Mrs. Steve Butts, and Mrs. Deputy
of Sandridgc, were visitnra n tU
ciy the first of the week.
Wood and CoaL
If you wan dry fir cordwood. in
side fir, bark slab, or boxwood, ring
up Keiiy, tht Wood and Coal Dealer,
the man who keeps the prices "down.
Coal at $7.00 per ton in your base
ment or $6.00 at yard. Main 2191.
Barn, corner j2th and Duane.
The Modern.
The best and most up-to-date ton
lorial parlor In the city it The
Modern. Perfect comfort and aervfee
guaranteed to all. Excellent baths.
The very best board to be obtained
In the city is at "The Occident
Hotel," Ratei very reasonable.