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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05
Caldwell, Ward 6 Co.'S Market Letter

MONTGOMERY, March 4.-Liverpool's open ing this morning was very disappointing. be- 10 below yesterday due. 1t Is said. only to realizing. During the morning the market de- veloped strength and closed within to 3 points from yesterdays close. The market has been very uninteresting. trading being buying and selling by commission houses but no decided change. There seems to be disposition on the part of the traders to await the absorption by the spinners of the cotton which Is held throughout the country be- fore going into the market for the final bull campaign which is predicted for May and July The bullish reports continue to pour in from every section. Inside movement this week shows a falling of of 67.oo0 bales from last year. Spots in the South continue very
 firm, ranging in price from 5 to cents. with none offering. On New Yorks close Liverpool is due to come to 4 to lower Sat- urday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05
Weekly Cotton Statement.

Stock on hand Sept. |.
 1903. e. '-...... '............ S4 Received past week .... 72l Received previously ..l59,57S I6o. 2ee Total ........ ........ ........ :;....Ieo, sss Shipped last week :. 4l6I Shipped previously ....l45. AS t4e. 6o6 g ,iso4 .....: -. ......, ........,. Io,727 last year ' ...... ...., s...e. .......... s.se4 Received corresponding week last year I.Iso Total! received to corresponding week
 last year -. .....-.... -. ..........I2I. .52s Price, March 4. 1903. 9%.
 Price, March 4. 1904. IS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05

Total Net Receipts of Cotton. NEW YORK. March 4.-The following arc ehe total net receipts Of cotton at all ports Ginee September lst:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05
LfverpooiI Cotton Futures.

LIVERPOOL, March 4.-Cotton futures opened easier and closed firm. American middlInR q o q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05
Cotto1 Crop Movement.

NEW YORK March 3.-The following sta tislics the movement of cotton for the week ending March 4 were compiled by the New Tork Cotton Exchange:
 Weekly movement. This Year. Last Year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-05

New York Stock List.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

grand officers of the Masonic grand
lodge of Oregon, and the building is to
be of stone and brick. The present
court consists of c. ]. Trenchard,
judge. and C. C. Clarke and William
Larson. commissioners.
In 1898 wagon drawbridge was con-
structed across Youngs bay at a cost
of $4,000 by court consisting of j.
H. d. Gray. judge. and Howell Lewis
and Chris Peterson. commissioners.
In 1903 wagon drawbridge was
built across the lower Lewis and Clark
river at cost of $4,000 by a court
consisting of c. ]. Trenchard. Judge,
and Andrew Young and c. C. Clarke,
commissioners.
January is, 1856. the city of AS
toria was incorporated and on June G.
of the same year the board of trustees
was organized as follows: C. ]. Tren-
chard. sr.. president; James Taylor,
James Welch, Conrad Boelling and W
w. Parker, trustees John Mcclure
recorder; Jackson G. Hustler. mar
shal; David Ingalls,, treasurer.
In 1873 city hall was built on the
property at the southeast corner OF
Eleventh and Commercial streets.
In 1892 the city purchased the water
plant and has since enlarged it, at a
total cost of $SOO,OO0.
In 1904 the city began the construc-
tion of a new city hall on its property
at the northeast corner of Exchange
and Sixteenth streets. the building to
cost $4,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

| The first postmaster In Astoria was
John NJ. Shively. who was appointed
on March 3, 1s47. and the first post
Office was in the Shively building now
standing on lot :. block ia. on FTf-
teenth street.
The first collector of customs for the
oregon district was appointed in fs4s
and opened a customs house in the port
Of Upper Astoria in 1850.
In 1853 the United States build
small house in Adair's Astoria for
the customs department
In 1922 federal building of
stone was erected upon block 20 In
McClure's Astoria. tract of land that
had been purchased by the government.
The building Is now used by the Gus
toms and postoffice departments.
In 1885 Notifications were con-
structed by the United States at Fort
Stevens.
Telephones were first used In AS
toria In the year 1877. The first bus
liness house constructed Of brick was
erected in 1882 by members Of the or
der Of Odd Fellows at the southeast
corner Of Tenth and Commercial
streets. 1t was 50x100 feet and four
stories high, inclusive Of stone base
ment.
Artificial gas was first used in the
city In 1883 and natural gas was dis
covered at Warrenton about the year
1890.
Telegraph connection with the out
side world was made In 1878, a certain
amount Of telegraph business being
first subscribed and paid for in ad-
vance
The first bank was opened in Astoria
by /. W. Case in 1888, although he had
previously conducted brokerage Office
in connection with his mercantile busi-
ness. At the present time there are
three banks. with an aggregate capital
and surplus of 100000.
Electric lights were first installed
in 1856 and street railway system
was built in 1888. horse power being
used. This was changed to electric
power in 1912.
A railroad was built to Seaside in
1890 and the first transcontinentai
railway connection was made in 1898
through the Astoria & Columbia River
railroad
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
COURT HOUSE CORNERSTONE
TO BE LAID THIS AFTERNOON

At o'clock this afternoon the COR
nerstonc for the new court house will
be laid. The stone was brought TO the
city yesterday and shaped by the ma
sons II will be placed at the north
east corner Of the structure, at the cor
ner Of Commercial and Eighth streets.
The laying OF the cornerstone will
take place under the auspices OF the
Astoria lodge OF Masons. The Masons
have special services for ceremonies
OF the kind, and the formula will be
followed this afternoon. Officers of
the grand lodge Of Oregon viii reach
the city on the 1880 train to take part
In the ceremony. They will be met
by members Of the Astoria lodge and
escorted TO the OccIdent for dinner.
Afterward the Masons will gather at
Masonic hall. where a meeting will be
held. The meeting has been called for
1880.
Following the meeting procession
will be formed in front Of the hall.
In the procession will be county and
city officials. members Of the Masonic
order and other citizens. The pro-
cession Will march east on Commercial
street TO Fourteenth. north OF four
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teenth to Bond, west on Bond to Sew
enth and north on Seventh to the court
house block. At 2 o'clock the cere-
mony will be begun. 1t will be car
ried out under the direction of Grand
Master Thomas Gray OF Portland.
A complete list of the articles which
viii be placed in the cornerstone has
not yet been prepared. However,
County Judge Trenchard has secured
photographs of the first court house,
the first customs house and the first
postoffice, and these pictures will be
deposited. Judge ]. @. A. Bowlby has
prepared a historical sketch and this.
too, will be placed In the stone. Copies
of the Astoria newspapers and other
articles will complete the list
The historical summary prepared by
Judge Bowlby is as follows:
May Z, 1892, Captain Robert Gray
discovered the Columbia river, sailed
In with his ship Columbia and dropped
anchor in Bakers bay. opposite Clat-
sop county.
November 26, 1905, Lewis and Clark,
the first white people coming through
the Columbia river valley, landed upon
the shores of Clatsop county, and on
December began the construction
upon the left bank of the Netul river
(now the Lewis and Clark of the first
civilized habitation in the northwest.
April IL, 1911, the representatives of
John Jacob Astor selected the present
Shively's Astoria as the site for Fort
Astoria, which they erected that year.
June ., 1874, and December 10,
1S45 the boundaries of Clatsop county
We're filed and described, but the rec
ords Of the first organization of the
officers are missing.
October /, 1S49, the United States
district court met for the first time in
Clatsop county with o. C. Pratt, judge,
and Herman S. Buck, deputy marshal,
The grand jurors We're: James Welch,
foreman, A. VanDusen. Samuel Gard
ner Ashael p Edwards, Ira Mexican.
Eli C. Grow. Ambrose Mexican, Henry
Marlin, John W, Camp. Henry Aiken,
Samuel Ransom, John M. Shively.
orin Pottle, W. W. Raymond. W. L.
Plummer, Alfred Smith, G. w. Coffen-
bury, Conrad Boiling and Robert
Shortess The first case on the docket
was entitled John NJ. Shively VS.. James
welch.
September 2, 1850, the first probate
court met in Lexington. now called
Skipanon, and during the same month
the county seal was adopted. II being
the figure of Durham COW, with the
word Clatsop underneath. According
to records R. S. MacEwan. who is now
living, was the first clerk OF Clatsop
county. His term of office began on
September 2, 1850.
June 2, 1854, John Mcclure made a
proposal to convey to Clatsop county
several tracts of land, including the
present court house block. provided the
county seat be located on his plat.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
End Of Bitter Fight.

"Two physicians had a long and
stubborn fight with an abscess on my
right lung" writes ]. F. Hughes, OF
DUPONT, Ga, "and gave me up. Every
body thought my time had come. AZ
a last resort tried Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Con1umption. The bene-
fit l received was striking and I was
on my feet in few days. Now I've
entirely regained my health" It con-
quers all Coughs, Colds and Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by
Chas. Rogers drug store. Price soc
and $1.00. Trial bottles free.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

| The offer Was accepted by a majority
vote of the citizens on June S. The
lands. consisting OF two-acre tract
So lots and block 2s, were conveyed to
the county by deed on July 1. 1854 and
on the same day the court ordered the
construction Of a court house on block
2s, which was enclosed on September
4, fS55-the surety for the contractor
completing the work. The board o.
county commissioners at that time
consisted Of David Ingalls,. chairman,
John Brown and Phllo Calender. Sam
uel T. Mexican was clerk and Thomas
Hart, sheriff.
In 1855 county jail 22x22 feet was
built. the contract price being $3.50 In
gold or 1920 In United tates legal ten
der notes.
September, 1902, the first proceed
ings weer taken toward the building
OF second court house to cost s140,-
900. The county court then consisted
Of c. J. Trenchard, Judge, born In AS
toria, June 4, 1854: Andrew Young,
commissioner. born in Sweden: c. C..
Clark. commissioner, born In Wiscon-
sin. The corner stone OF the building
is TO be laid on August 20, 1904, by the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
xJeIL-O.

a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-
pared in two minutes. No boiling! no
bakingl add boiling water and set to
cool. Flavors:-Lemon, Orange. Rasp.
berry and Strawberry. Get a package
at your grocers to-da,. 10 cts.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

the back, arms, hands, legs
and face, and is a veritable
torment at times, especially
at night or when overheated.
The cause of Eczema is a
too acid con dition of the
blood. The terrifying itch
irg and burning produced
by the overflow through the
glands and pores of the skin
Of the fiery poisons with whiC
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

The beer that made Milwaukee FAM
ods-Schlitz-is always on draught at
The Grotto. Otto Mikkelson. proprie-
tor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
.GZEW
SETS THE SKIN ON FIRE.

No disease causes so much bodily discomfort tches
burns and sting like Eczema 1t begins often with
slight redness the skin followed by pustues or blis
ters from which gummy, sticky fluid oozes which dries
and scales off forms bad looking sores and scabs 1t
appears different parts Of the body but ofenest upon
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

WANTED-Wants for the want CO.
Read the Astorian Wants.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23
What Shall We
Have for Dessert? !?

This question arises in the family
every day. Let US answer it to-day. Try
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-23

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when started the use of 8. 8. 8. Have taken
several bottles and now there is not 3 spot on
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h the blood-current is overloaded. While ex-
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into the blood itself or touch the real cause OF
isease, but S. S. S. does, and purifes, enriches,
the thin acid blood and cleanses the
a clears off and Eczema and all its terrifying
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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11

amazing blindness to practical consid-
erations. the square opposition to the
course of human progress which this
involves, are indications of that strange
disease that lies in thick and thin
adhesion to the principle of unionism,
right or wrong.
If this consideration had any weight
practically, all material advancement
would come to an end. Invention must
stop, because the first effect of every
new device is to supersede labor. The
machine does with one man the work
of several. OF course we have learned
in two centuries the invariable rule
that this decrease in the demand for a
special kind of labor creates an increase
for several times the same amount of
labor in other directions. This is the law
of progress The total volume of employ
ment, of wages and of comfort is i'm
mensely increased but labor has to
distribute itself in a different way.
Now if the argument of the stationary
engineers in this case is correct, all this
process must be prohibited; because
the first step involves the lessening of
the number of men engaged in a par
ticular employment
This shortsighted idea that to in
crease the number of jobs is the first
duty of labor is perhaps second Of all
the disadvantages that affiict labor
unionism in this country. Should it
prevail it would ultimately compel us
to drop out of the competition for the
worlds trade altogether; and doom
labor, as well as capital, to stagnation
and decay. There is neither reason nor
justice in it, and of course it cannot
have the slightest standing before the
law. If the proposed franchise is in
any way illegal or improper, if there
are valid grounds for refusing it, the
courts doubtless shall so determine;
but as far as the consideration which
moves the stationary engineers Is con-
cerned, that an enterprise should be
forbidden because, while legitimate and
beneficial, it would decrease the num-
Der of places for men engaged in a
particular occupation, it reflects only
discredit upon those who make it and
cannot be. taken into account by any
court.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11
AN EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND

We know little about the merits Of
the franchise granted to the company
which proposes to operate a new gen
eral heating plant in the business por-
ton Of st. Paul. We do not know
whether there were or were not legal
or technical irregularity in its passage.
AS to all these questions the law is
sufficient to decide and should be fol-
lowed. But one argument advanced in
asking for an injunction to prevent the
company from beginning business is
the most extraordinary, we think, ever
publicly confessed.
This says that the establishment Of
general heating plant whose busi-
ness 1t is to furnish heat to individual
consumers would restrict the demand
for individual engineers, would cause
many stationary engineers to lose their
positions, ana therefore the franchise
oughtto be refused and the company
prevented frona beginning work. The
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11
RAILWAY CLERKS TO
HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC
Yearly Outing Is Scheduled for Today,
But All VIII Not Participate

The final arrangements for the rail-
way clerks picnic. which will be held
today at Taylors Falls, were made last
night and the committee in charge of
the outing announced that this years
event will be the most successful ever
given by the organization
-Four special trains will be run to
the picnic grounds at the Falls by the
Northern Pacific. Two Of the trains
will leave in the morning and the 9TH
ers will leave the st. Paul union depot
shortly after 1 o'clock.
Many of the railway offices will close
all day to give their employees an op-
portunity to attend the outing. How
ever, three of the offices will remain
open, as the clerks in the Great North
ern. Chicago Great Western and Bur
lington systems are not participating
in the event at Taylors Falls. The en-
ployes of these three offices will hold
their annual outing later in the season.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11
TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 10.-Fore-
cast: 8%f5'
MinnesotaZShowers Saturday cooler
in west and south portions; Sunday fair,
cooler, except showers in northeast por-
ton; brisk to high south winds shifting
to west and northwest Saturday night
Upper Michigan-Fair Saturday warm
er in east portion; Sunday partly cloudy;
probably Showers in north and west Dor-
ton; fresh east to south winds.
er in east and south portions; Sunday
fair, warmer in west portion.
South Dakota-ShoWerS and cooler Sat
urday; Sunday fair; warmer in west por-
tion.
Iowa-Partly cloudy Saturday. showers
and cooler in west portion; Sunday partly
cloudy and cooler, showers In east por-
tion.
Montana-Fair, cool Saturday; Sunday
fair, warmer.
Wisconsin-PartIy cloudy Saturday.
probably showers and cooler in the west
portion, warmer in southeast portion;
Sunday showers and cooler; fresh east to
south winds becoming west by Sunday.
St Paul - Yesterdays observations
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer for
the twenty -four hours ended at Z O'Clock
last night-BaroInete corrected for tenn
perature and elevation Highest tempera-
ture, 79; lowest temperature. 60; average
temperature z6S; daily range. 10: barom-
eter, 30 p; humidity. "A; precipitation,
@; D. m temperature. rs; p. m. wind,
southeast; weather, partly cloudy.
YoSfQrda a V TENN era lures
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11
Contemporary Comment
Defeated, but Not Disqraced

The wise tactics and mastery po-
lltlcal strategy of Mr.. Roosevelt have
been thwarted by a brutal enemy in
Illinois, but doubtless tbs better to
nave fought. and lost than never to
have fought at all. Uniting with such
eminent civil service reformers and
altrulsts as the Hon. Billy Lorimer, the
Hon. Shelby M. Cullom and the Hon.
AlDert j. Hopkins, Mr.. Roosevelt set
the federal machine to work for the
nomination of Maj. Frank o. Lowden
as governor. Third in number of dele
gates In the Republican state conven-
ton, Maj. Lowden was first in the af-
lection of the administration. His
checkbook opens freely at the call of
duty. He is a beneficent agency which
an enlightened administration cannot
afford to neglect
The obstinacy of Gov. Yates, the
opposition of a licentious press and the
unintelligible reluctance of the major
ity of Illinois Republicans to accept the
inspiring leadership which had volun-
tarlly placed itself at their head pre-
vented successful issue to what with
proper obedience on their part would
have been a glorious campaign. In the
truce which followed the first series of
battles In the convention an ambassa-
dorship is said to have been offered to
the pig-headed young governor. He
refused it. Evidently he is no diplo-
mat His selfishness cannot be con-
demned too much 1t was his duty and
should have been his pleasure to eff
face himself, to bow meekly to the or
ders of the commander-in- chief.
Yates was refractory and impeni
tent. Now, after weary weeks and
seyenty-nine ballots, Yates has been
beaten, but he and his rebels have
beaten the administration ticket by
nearly two to one. The generous
Lowden has been overwhelmed. But
no blame rests upon Mr.. Roosevelt.
With characteristic ardor and earnest
ness, he did all he could. The Chicago
Tribune pays him the grudging COM
pliment of admitting that 'the state of
Illinois waslt searched with the federal
patronage fine tooth comb and every
thing collected was turned into the
Lowden ptie.y
Though defeated, Mr.. Roosevelt is
not disgraced. He backed his candi-
date as strenuously as he could. And
if these Illinois squabbles and slug
gingS leavefftheir marks, If the tOnSils
of heavenly harmony in Illinois, as in
Wisconsin,, are sore and swollen, why,
Mr.. Roosevelt loves difficulty and hugs
danger. He doesn't want to be elected
too easily and without a rough
house."-New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-11

torney generals Office to show that the
white paperetrust has a complete mo-
nopoly and exercises its power, con-
trary to the law, to- cinch the publish
ers of the country. Evidence equally
clear Of illegal restraint of trade by
score of other monopolies is either be-
fore the department or ready for it.
The attorney general had authority to
go on with the campaign or lie down.
President Roosevelt had reason to
know that if ne did the former. his
own defeat was assured. The trusts
offered to him an apparently easy way
of retreat by putting Knox into the
senate. His successor would not be
equally nailed to his record, and the
trusts could make terms with him
One may say without injustice that
if there was an atom of sincerity in the
announced assault of President Roose-
welt on the trusts, this transfer of the
attorney general would never have been
sanctioned by either of them. He is re-
, moved for cause. The combination Of
| mighty interests that owns the Repub-
lican party made this a condition, and
provided a graceful way out of diff
Guilty by giving to Mr.. Knox tenn
porary and empty honor. To the peo-
pie of the whole country it is advertised
that, whether Roosevelt were sincere
or playing the hypocrite in his first
crusade against corporations, he has
| now bent the knee before them and
promised to them homage as loyal and
abject as that of feudal times. He goes
into this campaign with the trust
brand on his forehead and the trust
label on his breast. Will the people
support a man SO dishonored by his
own weak and willing. public recanta-
ton?