FRIDAY, APRIL 23.
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BE THE LARGEST
VISITOR TALKS FINELY
OF ASTORIA -
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Outfitters
The Store
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THE MORNING ASTORIAN; ASTORIA, OREGON.
Children's and Misses' Wash Dresses
' ; Prices ranging from
25c to $5.75
The New Styles in Jumper, Dutch Neck and
Sailor Suits.
OCEAN,BAR,
BAY. DOCK
AND RIVER
NO OTHER PLANT ON THE
COAST WILL EQUAL THIS
CONCERN.
The purchase of the 900 feet of
river front property immediately ad
joining the Hammond Lumber mill
holdings on the west, is transac
tion of greater importance to Astoria
than it is generally understood to be
by the public.
In. a word it means that the Ham
mond Lumber mill is to become the
largest on the Pacific Coast.
The capacity of the plant is to be
enlarged from approximately 150.000
The O. R- & N. Company has
caused to be clearly marked on its
dock at a point just west of the
Union Meat Company establish
ment, a line o white paint to mark
the limit to which the various hotel
busses of Astoria may lodge them
selves when visiting the wharves for
passenger traffic. The first trip of
the Major Guy Howard, the post
steamer which lands at that point on
the waterfront, a number of soldiers
came up from the forts, and discov
ering the broad white, straight line,
asked Captain Gordon "what it
meant?" and received the prompt
and explicit information that "it was
the line fixed by the post authorities
by which to determine the real sta
tus of the boys as they appeared there
for transportation ; back to the forts;
that if they could walk the four-inch
streak successfully, they were amen
able to passage, down the river, and
if they could not maintain the line n00n iate, from the supply cruise to
Captain C Hallberg departed from
this port yesterday morning with the
fine gasoline launch "Bay Ocean,"
for the run to Bay City in Tillamook
Bay, where she will be used in the
work of development of the new
ocean resort underway at that place.
The steamer Lurline resumed her
run to this port yesterday and had
all kinds of business of business when
she arrived down at 5 o'clock. She
returned at her schedule hour on 7
with good business.
At S o'clock last evening the Ore
gon fisheries patrol launch, the As
toria. Captain Brown, left up for
Portland, and the Stella launch Nora
went up to her home port at the
same time.
The tender Heather arrived in from
the Sound country yesterday after
across the 60-foot dock, they would
not be received on board, nor at the
forts;" all of which the boys took
good naturedly. and have ever since"
adhered to, the most of them making
prime successes of the feat with their
feet -
"
' Inspectors Ames and Weldon yes
terday put the new Callender tug
Myrtle through her paces and passed
her as a complete and regular steam
er in accordance with the provisions
of Uncle Sam; and it is likely she
will be put in commission today or
tomorrow. Messrs. Ames and Wel
don report that there are very many
new steamers being put up in. their
district this year and that the best
sample they have seen, so far, is the
H. B. Kennedy, from a purely scien-j
tific standpoint, being as nearly per
fect in every detail of construction !
many of the contiguous coast points.
At a point a little south of Cape
Flattery she picked up a dory, or
halibut skiff, which anchored in the
open sea, and swamped by the rough
waters; its net being set. and not a
soul in it The case is a mysterious
one and will be duly investigated, as
it should be.
PERSONAL MENTION
A. E. Huffman, of St Louis, was
in the city yesterday, a guest at the
Hotel Occident.
R. D. Campbell, of Portland, spent
the day in this city yesterday.
A. H. Greenberg, of Portland, was
doing business in this city yesterday.!
'Jim" Wallace formerly of thi city
and equipment as anything in her put now of the metropolis, spent the
tin in thi rmtntrv. Thev returned Haw h,r virHav nn hnaine hnK
tn thir Portland offices On the 6:10 ; f
to 250,000 feet for a 10-hour cut. The
capacity for av 20-hour run wilt be
fully 450,000 feet and It is expected
that it will run 20 hours per day con
tinuously, and there will probable be
expended in making these improve
ments as much as $150,000. the con
tract for all of which has already
been let even down to the driving of
piles, so it is understood.
There will be some innovations,
such as automatic sorting tables.
The wharf and booming capacity
will be doubled and altogether the
Hammond Lumber mill will become
the largest on the Pacific Coast. The
company will have 1600 feet of water
front, much of which will be from 28
to 30 feet deep at low tide, easily ac
commodating the largest lumber car
rying vessels now to be found in the
trade. A. B. Hammond is expected
here about May 1 from San Francisco
to look over these improvements per
sonally.
The American Lumber Company
from which the Hammond people
bought the tract, have held it for
about 10 years. Frank Patton is the
president and C. L- Houston the sec
retary. Originally there were IHXJ
feet in the tract but the Hume Lum
ber Company, when they owned the
Hammond mill several years ago
bought 200 feet of it to make a slight
addition. The tract extends 2000 feet
out from the shore line.
The transaction is one of the
greatest importance to Astoria In re
cent years because it means much to
NEW TO-DAY
KeHey, The Wood Man,
Wm. Keller, the wood and coal
dealer, is prepared to supply the pub
lic and all his old customers with the
best slabwood that Astoria has evr
seen. He promises not to join any
combination to raise ' the price of
wood and he will keep bis old title of
"the man who keeps the price down."
Ring up Main 2191 for particulars.
tractor, left last evening for Med-
ford, to negotiate some more busi
ness in his line.
Mrs. W. H. Dutton, of Portland,
I was in the city yesterday, having
!come down from the metropolis to
train last evening.
The feature of the day in marine
circles hereabout was the arrival in
this port yesterday of two foreign
square rieiiers, the French bark Ja-
cobson. from Mollendo, Peru, in bal- , be present at the Johnson-Stevens
last; and the French ship Berengere. wedding, and to visit her cousin. Miss J
in ballast from Pisagua, Chili both, Clara Munson, of Warrenton.
entering the Columbia for lumber J L- F. Buck, the traveling represen
eargoes for South African delivery, tative for the Portland Flouring
Both vessels had ordinary passages ( Mills, was in the city yesterday, on
ap the two coasts. They will go up , business.
stream on the first towing hawsers ! R. B- Hayes, who travels for the
that are available. j Honeyman Hardware Company, of
j Portland, spent the day in Astoria
The steamship Breakwater, Cap- i yesterday,
tain Macgeen, arrived down yester- j Frank Atwood. representing Fail
day morning from Potland, with 793 ing & McAllen, was a business visitor
tons of freight and her cabins full of in this city yesterday,
people, bound for Marshfield, at 4 Mr. and Mrs. J. Callaway were
o'clock. After lyinK at the O. R. & passengers from Portland on last
N. piers for 20 minutes, she left down night's express.
and out and crossed the bar an hour
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.
The very best board to be obtained
in the city is at The Occident
Hotel." Rates very reasonable.
Phone Or Write. ,
Phone Main 881 or write F. A
Fisher, Twelfth street, about Ideal
Vacuum Cleaners. Earl A. Fisher-
Mrs. J. H. Smith, and Miss Mil-
:dred Smith, arrived down from the
'metropolis on the 9:50 train last
I'night.
later.
The steamer South Bay, lumber
laden, went to sea yesterday, -bound
for San Francisco. She arrived down
at 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
The Nehalem tue Geo. R. Vorbure
went mit over the Columbia bar .at everybody, as well for your parlor
1
for your ramping.
bound for her home. CENTRAL DRUG STORE. .
THE PRIMUS.
Come in and see our new Primus
stove. No smoke, no odor, burns
with coal oil and costs you only
about one cent an hour; is fit for
ILK HOSE SAL
$1.50
silk hose on sale now
of the season to match the
summer gown
Have you seen our new line of
Dimities and Embroidered Mulls.
Just the colors
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The Modern.
The best and most up-to-date ton
sorial parlor in the city is The
Modern. Perfect comfort and service
guaranteed to all. Excellent baths.
Try our own mixture of coffee th'
1. P, B. Fresh fruit and vegetables
Badollet & Co.. grocers. Phone Mai-
AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF
WHAT MAN SEES IN THE
FUTURE.
"Do I think Astoria is going to be
a place of great importance in the
near future?" replied one of the big
gest investors of the Northwest, resi
dent in Spokane and Los Angeles
who recently visited ibis city and
went over all of the possible invest
ment opportunities with Mr, Frank
Patton of the Astoria Savings Bank
and chairman f the Promotion Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce.
"I certainly think so and I speak
advisedly," said the visitor, "because
I have given the Astoria situation
careful study for many years. I am
coming back here again in little
while and will give this interestng
locality my best attention from close
range.
"But I don't mind telling you why
I believe Astoria is to he a great port
and a big city. The reasons are so
simple I should think everyone in
Astoria capable of making an intelli
gent investment would know them.
"In the first place Astoria has ac
complished wonders during the ten
years it' has had a railroad, more
than doubling in population and
quintupling in taxable values. For
one railroad and only ten years of
rtime this is certainly pretty good
headway.
"I feel confident from my investi
gations that Astoria will have two
more railroad lines within- a very
short time the Harriman system
from Portland, Hillsboro and .Tilla
mook through Jewell to this city, and
the Northern Pacific from Kelso to
the mouth of Deep River on the
North Bank of the Columbia and
thence north through South Bend
and Cosmopolis to Gray's Harbor.
Why, I expect to see a ferry in oper
ation from Astoria across the Colum
bia to the North Bank where there
will be another good sized city in a
few years. But the North Bank City
would be entirely of advantage to
Astoria and in no sense a disadvant
age. It would help every merchant
and every owner of property in As
toria and do no one any harm.
"The completing of these two rail
roads will make Astoria a more cen
tral point for any kind of trade and
commerce than Seattle. Certain in
vestors used to claim that Seattle
could not be a big place because it
was out at one side of everything,
that it was isolated, but that sort of
talk has no foundation in fact, as the
history of Seattle has proven, the
same proof having also been furn
ished by such important cities as
New York, New. Orleans, Galveston.
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
"Furthermore it is down on the
cards that a coastwise railroad will
be built all the way from Seattle
through Astoria to San Francisco.
Then the perfect summer climate of
Astoria and vicinity will make Clat
sop county one of the most popular.
resorts to be found anywhere. And
the biggest towns of future Oregon
will very likely be those along the
coast, making Astoria's trade tcrri-
A Cleaner That Cleans.
W. H. Fellman, the furniture man
is at the head of the carpet cleaning
industry in Astoria, because he pos
sesses the best and only Vacuum car
pet cleaner in the city. He will send
it to any house, on demand at mod
erate rates, and clean your carpets on
the floor, without an atom of dust ap
pearing anywhere in the process, and
to the saving of household drudgery
in this line for the women of the
homes. It is the cleaner that cleans,
and opt rates quickly silently, and ad
mirably. Drop in and leave your
order.
"CALIFORNIA RAISIN DAY."
California invites all the world to
eat California raisins on April 30th
every day, for that matter, but par
ticularly on April 30th -which has
been added to the calendar of festi
val occasions as a day of rejoicing.
Eat California raisins on "California
Raisin Day," April 30th.
CASTOR I A
for Infants and Children.
Eia Kind Yoq Have Always Bongtf
tititb tht
gtg&dture
be able to boast of one of the largest
saw mills in the entire country.
One of the results will probably be
to build up the Tongue Point section
of the city at a much more rapid
rate.
But perhaps the most important
result will be to accentuate the ad
vantages of Astoria and the lower
river for lumber mill and lumber mill
product sites. It does not seem that
a man would have to be very smart
to understand that logs can be towed
cheaper down stream than up stream,
yet A. B. Hammond has been the
first large, successful lumber man to
utilize this knowledge, turning an ab
stract theory into dollars and cents.
And now that he has given Astoria
the largest lumber mill, other lum
bermen will of course sit up and take
notice. Most anybody can do a smart
thing easier after he has seen some
one else do it.
A. B. Hammond should be given
the glad hand when he comes here a
few days hence and Mr. McLeod, his
manager, could well afford to hustle
out and take a bigger part in local
community affairs.
Always Something Newt
There isn't a town on the whole
Pacific Coast that can boast of a more
original clothing merchant than As
toria's Reliable Clothier, Herman
Wise.
After the January clothing sale, be
went east and bought an entire new
stock of suits; the latest and largest
assortment ever brought here.
However, there is a general busi
ness quietude throughout the country
and merchants are sitting still, wait
ing for things to improve.
But Wise wont wait; he's not of
the waiting temperament; so he in
vented a new idea.
He has pinned in the breast pocket
of each suit and overcoat a check for
from $2.50 to $10 which will be de-
AlietA f rntn tli nria nt Um ei as
overcoat a Wise customer may select,
EVEEY GOOD PESESSiE-
, among men appreciate the comfort of a perfect fitting suit. The basis of all good
dressing is clothes that fit, as we cater to good dressers, it has been our aim to
supply tr most satisfactory clothes we could obtain. For that reasou we han
dle a full line of
So & M
good, comfortable fit, in every particular, whether you wear single or double
breasted we can satisfy you. We have all the latest shade of greens, grays, etc.
Hats
Caps
Shoes
Shirts
Underwear
Ties
"YOUR CLOTHIER" If Not Why Not?
tory second to nine.
"Astoria must always remain the
greatest port in Oregon because
Providence in shaping the Pacific
Coast made it such. In a year after
the dredge Chinook is put to work
you can have 40 feet of water across
the bar into the Astoria harbor. Ten
years from now it will take that much
water to handle the ships that will
then be carrying the commerce of
the Pacific Ocean. The Olympia is
now being built with 50,000 tons dis
placement and 371 feet draft and
even that big vessel probably does
not mark the limit of size in maritime
construction. And it will never be
possible to accommodate vessels of
even half this size with a channel
any further up the river than Astoria.
"The Farmers' Union understands
this freight situation, very evidently,
judging from the suit they brought
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission asking for the same
rates of freight on their grain to As
toria as is now given to Puget Sound
points which are on an average t
further distance than Astoria from
the central grain producing points.
"I would rather hold property for
an investment in and about Astoria,
at the prices I now find obtaining
here than in any oihcr city of the
Northwest.
"That is what I think of the In
vestment possibilities of Astoria,"
WIRELESS NEXT.
CHICAGO, April 22.-After today
773 milej of the Illinois Central Rail-
, road, from Chicago to Cairo and
from Carbondale to Kast St. Louis,
will be operated by telephone in
, stead of by telegraphy. Within a few
I weeks the system will be Installed
'also on the Paducah, Mississippi &
Louisiana divisions, a total of 627
i miles.
REALTY TRANSFERS
llirdctte M Boyle to her husband.
Robert L Boyle, numerous lots int
Hayueer Annex to Astoria; $10.
John H Trullinger and wife to
Ann K Mack, tract on water front
in Uniontown; $6000; also lot IS,
block A, annex to Trullingrr's addi
tion to Astoria;. $1000.
Walter C Smith and wife to Kate
D Harriman, lot 6, block 27. The
Plaza; $225.
Walter C Smith and wife to Ida
Alice Wilson; lots 3 and 4, block 1,
The Plaza; $600.
Foley's Honey and Tar is safe
guard against serious .results from
spring colds, which inflame the lungs
and develop into pneumonia. Avoid
counterfeits by -Insisting upon hiving
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar,
which contains no harmful drutrs.
Owl Drug Store, T. F. Lanrlni
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More smart styles in good tailored spring suits and
coats, late express arrivals of the later and better
styles now on display in our suit section and you get
lower prices as well as better Style, you had better
drop in and see them.
Sale Continues all This Week.
se window display
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