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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1896)
!T-la" viiwAil ' VPflSWtW THK DAILY ASTOltlAN, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1800. DERELICTS AT SEA Are Kaft of Lofls a Menace to Oceon Xavljjatlon? Capt. HnhtttMa-i Dig Raft Leave Ost This .lorsisg-He Says There Ca Be .1o Dasher to Ships. THE NATIONAL RESORT Dispenses the Celebrated NATIONAL BEER The Thing to Drink when you are Hot and Thirsty Two Sparklers: Old Ocean's Foam and 'National' Foam No Scarcity of National Beer Good Pressure Always Connect with our Hydrants--No Water THE NATIONAL. GEORGE BARTLEY, Prop. COMMERCIAL STREET '. i Hi '. f ' , i ' 1 'f h-" ' THE kEADlHG GROCERS ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. CARRY A FULL LINE OF STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES FRESH AND CURED MEATS, Special Brands of Eastern HAMS AND BACON Large Shipments of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Received Daily. Particular Attention Given to the Outfitting of Vessels, Great and Small. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO., BOND ST. Clarkson & Mclrvin Boom Company LONG FIR PILING promptly Furnlshel " 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. AH Work Guaranteed LRAVK ORDKHS AT KOOM I, VXAVKL UUILD'O Hoof Painting od B.pr L"ky ROO," N. JEN5EN and R. 0. HANSEN HORTGAGE SALE of 0) Is M . m Os 1 "Takes the Cake." I 1 IPLU El You may have "money to bum' but even so, you needn't throw it away. For 10 cents you get almost twice as much "Battle H Ax" as you do of other high grades for the same money. m The Regatta Resort After the Races. Take the Boat for .SEASIDE. Where Alex. Gilbert's Resort OPPER9 Amusement and Refreshment Free Pavilion for Dancing Parties Ocean Breezes! Bonfires by Night ! Clambakes on m Beach Gearhart Park Hotel Clatsop Beach Oregon Regatta Visitors. Should not . fall to spend a night m at this beautiful summer resort M Trains and boats so run that after $ the day's events the evening can be spent at the seashore. W. H. BARM0RE, Manag-er, 'a ,T tJ aM- st rsfcaf tilt 'I i i r 4Udair&aCBaBt ''at ai 600 Commercial St. It will pay f",, r Y Clothing this forced sale OOOQS this forced sale you save 33 to 50 per cent at the OREGON Notions Shoes TRADING CO. Hats, Etc. .StfAP A KODAK. at any man coming out ot our sioro and you'll get a portrait of a man brlnunlng orer with pleasant thoughts. Buon quality In the liquors we have to offer an enough to plean any man. COMB AND TRY THEM HUGHES & CO. J. B. WYATT, Phono No. 68 Asteris, Ore job Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceriea, Proviaiona, PAINTS and OILS. Special Atteatloa PaM to Sapplytng Ships. The big raft of logs which contains many million feet of lumber, will put to sea this morning under command of Captain H. R. Robertson. The captain says that he has one of the finest rafta ever floated, and that the spars and timbers are Al. The captain Is enthu siastic over his project of making a permanent business of handling Ore gon timber In this manner for the Cal ifornia markets. He has already spent IM.000 In cash In purchasing his lum ber on the Columbia, and If all goes well will this fall organise a large stock company to engage In the busi ness on a scale of great magnitude; Instead of one raft a season, a number will be built and floated out of the Cot. umbla every year. The captain says. however, that there are no strings on him, and If he is not wanted on the Columbia, he can buy timbers on the Sound. In discussing the general ques tion of fjoatlng such Immense bodies of timber on the open ocean, and the risks to be taken of their breaking up and becoming derelicts, a menace to shipping. Captain Robertson said: "I notice In the Oregonlan of the Mth. an editorial on this subject. All I can say Is that the gentleman who wrote the article Is either quite unfa miliar with the subject or does not care to foster the Industries of this state. I have spent large sums of money In this business for the past fifteen or twenty years, have made It a study, and think I know something about It I have had one raft get away from me on the Atlantic, which I told you about a few days ago, and had one raft break up on me a short time after' leaving the Columbia, a few years ago. Hy methods of building the rafts have been greatly improved, and If any one with common sens will taka the trouble to examine the raft now lying at the Kinney dock, it must be seen that It Is a perfect structure. "As to the menace to ships In case of a raft breaking up, will say that tha first one I took out ot this river, which went to pieces, was within two or three days all thrown up on the Clatsop beachea Had this not been the case any seafaring man knows that a ship never strikes a floating log at sea "end on." The waves from the bow ot a ship always throw a log or a tree to one side, and If they strike the vessel at all It Is generally amidships and sideways. Besides this. It Is a well known fact that from every stream on, the Pacific coast entering the ocean, including the mighty Columbia, a large amount of driftwood and logs Is con stantly floating to sea, more dangerous to navigation than could be a lot of spars from a raft. "We are In this business to stay, and are making It successful, but don't caret to do business with Oregon If we are not wanted here." The camel is a beast ot great strength and endurance. Nothing hurts it until the proverbial "last straw" Is added to its burden. The human digestive sys tem Is very much like a camel. It is really astonishing how much abuse It will stand. Sometimes, however, some thing worse than usual will be eaten, and will go through the stomach into the bowels, and there It will stick that's constipation. Nine-tenths of all human sickness Is due to constipation. Some of the simplest symptoms are coated tongue and foul breath, dizzi ness, heartburn, flatulence, gaUowneas, distress after eating, and lassitude. A little thing will cause constipation, and a little thing will relieve It. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a certain cure for constipation. They are tiny, sugar coated granules, mild and natural In their action. There Is nothing injurious about them. Sold by druggists. Address with 21 cents In one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion, Buffalo, N. T., and get a free copy of the "People's Common Sense Med ical Adviser." The small sleeve, shirred to the shoulder, and augmented by a little puff, is not bad, but the coat sleeve, unadorned and severe, is a trial to the artistic eye. Don't trifle away time when you have cholera morbus or diarrhoea. Fight them in the beginning witn De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure. You don't have to wait for results. They are Instantaneous, and It leavea tha bowels in healthy condition. Sometimes a check is as annoying and embarrassing as no money at all, especially when you haven't even five cents for car fare outside of It. The whole system is drained and un dermined by Indolent ulcers and open gores. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve speedily heals them. It Is the best pile cure known. Chas. Rogers, druggist To be sure ot wearing her clothes well, a woman must possess at least three different kinds of corsets to suit different cuts of cloth. Poison Ivy, insect bites, bruises, scalds, burns, are quickly cured by DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. Chas. Rogers, druggist. Don't dress the littls folks up in fussy fashion if you want them to en- Joy their summer outing. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. A lu ll alia tfgutua t 1 t P d y m f j v V fr 0- sr to d ry in t- of of 9-- ; to. a il- ! ' J nd tti-is- lea dirked. iea ast ley .ma 0