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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30
FOOT BALL,

West Astoria vs.. Astoria High School,
New Years Day.
Admission 25c. Game called 2:30 D. p.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30

The steamer Sue r. Elmore was due
to leave out yesterday evening for
the TIllamook country. but will 40 out
today, In Difference to the storm warn
ings posted for last night.
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The Hawaiian bark Diamond Head
was due down on the hawsers OF the
steamer Harvest Queen yesterday,
outward bound with lumber for San
Pedro
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30

The steamer +. A. kilhurn crossed
In yesterday morning from san Fran
cisco and went directly on to the
metropolis.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30

The Astoria pup" the motor
schooner Della. has arrived In from
Nestucea. with n good load OF mer.
chandlse.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30

The schooner Sailor Boy is due 10
arrive down from Rainier, lumber
laden for the Bay City.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

meat, unless they are boiled or
baked" This shows what improve
ments have taken place to bring US
to the Bartletts and other luscious
varieties that fill our markets to-day.
However, it was a cultivated fruit
during remote ages of antiquity and
is thought to have been first devel-
oped in Central Asia. 1t is mentioned
in Homer's writings and became COM
mon in Syria, Egypt and Greece, be-
ing taken from the latter country to
Italy and thence to Britain. Virgil
the popular Roman poet, returns
thanks to Cato for a gift of pears of
which, it seems, these people had
thirty-six varieties. Figs and grapes
are also very ancient fruits men
toned in the earliest writings of the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
New York and
San Juan Weather

The October rainfall, as shown by
the report of Observer Willis, of
Olga, as published in the ISLANDER
of the 10th inst, was the heaviest
ever recorded for that month in this
county, but it was only very slightly
in excess of the precipitation for the
same month in New York City.
Here the total was five inches and in
New York it was 4.30 inches. The
greatest October rainfall previously
recorded here was in 1890 when 4.93
inches fell, while in New York in 1903
the precipitation was 11.55 inches.
We had nine clear days, twelve part
ly cloudy and ten cloudy days here
last month, while in New York there
were only five clear days and there
were ten cloudy and sixteen partly
cloudy days. The t mperature for
the month in New York ranged from
81 to "a degrees while here the mini
and maximum were 36 and 69 degrees.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
Crane Island Sold

w. P. Caldwell has sold Crane ISL
and, one of the finest locations in the
whole Sound country for a summer
home, to J. c. Hammond, a business
man of Seattle, for 5000. The isl
and consists of 221 acres, OF which
about one third would be fairly good
agricultural land if cleared. Some
fear may perhaps be entertained IN
some quarters that Mr.. Hammond
may considerably improve the prop
erty and make it attractive in the
ewes of the rich. What burning
shame it would be If he and his fam
ily should come there to reside I'm
the exclusiveness of nabobs." The
sale was negotiated by the Chas.
Somers Company, real estate agents,
Alaska building, Seattle. Mr.. Cad
well is s'in the market" for . small
place, five or six acres, conveniently
located and suitable for small fruit
and poultry raising.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

The first national Thanksgiving
- was proclaimed by George
Washington on the 3rd day of Octo-
Der, 1889, assigning Thursday, the
26th day of November, as the date.
He did this by the request of a joint
committee of both houses of congress
Ito recommend to the people of the
United States day of public thanks
giving and prayer to be observed by
acknowledging with grateful hearts
the many signal favors of Almighty
God, especially by affording them an
opportunity peaceably to establish
form of government for their safety
and happiness"
Washington bore out admirably the
pious tone of it's sentiments. In his
first sentence he said, ''It is the duty
of all nations to acknowledge the
providence of Almighty God, to obey
His will, to be grateful for his benefits
and humbly to implore His protection
and favor" Ir His secoad proclama-
tion for the next Thanksgiving, which
occurred on the 10Th of February,
1875, he used this phrase: ''Sincere
and hearty thanks to the Great
Ruler of nations for the manifold and
signal mercies which distinguish our
lot"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
Asiatics as well as the Greeks and
PCnanc III fhoco and Ofhor fr,ifc

Asiatics as well as the Greeks and
Romans. All these and other fruits,
of course, were originally wild and
it does not appear that any fruit has
ever been of much value in its wild
state. But for cultivation and the
endless pains of thousands of cen
turies Of careful horticulturists, these
luxuries, which contribute so much
to the happiness of man, would be un-
known. They furnish especially strong
proof of what civilization has done for
the race and show how the world has
been made so much more worthy OF
habitation by invention and scientific
experiments ton, aided by Industrious
farmers and professional fruit-grow-
ers."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
NIhen the 2IlIe
IS Pa1xn' PunAzn
by ~ ~ G4zs-tos

r.
//EN parin punkin an the g0bbrS the block
ThankSgin' 0rnn by the old faithful
Why, tien'S the time fe1hr gifts himself
With his appetite -risin like the mercury in June.
Then the Jingle the the tingle in the air
Fills him with anticipashuns with thankfunSs to
Till gifts full o. ginger fghtin, CROWN cock.
When a-parn punkin g0bberS
cOW his majesty the turkey struts arOun in royal state
he habors suspicious o. the swift m0urnu1 fate
That Will his whip Will end his mortu span
As he's offered the altar o. the thankfuL1eSS o. man!
he would be satisfied wouldn't to live
If he knew the chunk gLadneSs that his dyin
the which prospective happiness I'm duly takn
When the wife punkn an the gobblers
oN the yellow frosty punkin cluSS beside
Hasn't any o. notion o. the joy that Will be
breast o. this or he, with I0ngin
restin thick juicy brown an luscious
Ner the nuts amt idear o. the glory they'll bestoW
gI0ry'S dimensions promise
that o. them red cranberrs that simmer
When the wife is parin punkn an the gobbrs
coon scattered children Lucy Tom an Bill
With their eager; youngsters all atr0opiT
thankSkiVn reunion time Well gather
An, with hearts all OVeTl0Wn, offer praises
That long he has preserved in his
all their faces shouts glee
their happy flock
When the wife parin punkin an the g0bDs block
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
Chas. Dennison Drowned

C08Ss DO001SOn OfOWn0O
Chas. Dennison, who was mate OF
the steamer Dix, which WAS sunk of
Alki point, near Seattle, last Sunday
night in collision with the steam
schooner Jeanie, and who was at TIE
wheel at the time of the accident,
was well known here, where his
mother and two of his sisters lived for
a number Of years. Another sister IS
the wife of VIM. Boyce. Charlie
was about twenty-seven years OF age
and was unmarried. His brothers,
Frank and George, are in Alaska.
Capt. McMillin, who IS now building q
passenger. steamer at the Newhal
was master OF the Dix for
some time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

Henry Blackwood, who has been
special deputy collector Of customs
for the district Of Puget Sound for
over nine years, was here Monday
on official business, going from here
to Anacortes and thence to Port
Townsend, via Seattle. Mr.. Black
wood says there has been an enor-
nous increase in the business OF the
district during the past year. At
Seattle the increase in imports has
been over 400 per cent and there has
also been q large increase at Tacoma-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

THERE'S just one thing cisturbin' me
~ This glad Thanksgivin' day.
When my blessin's come to count
An all my mercies-say,
1t seems to me the days too short
BY bout six weeks or SO
Fer me to pay the debt a. thanks
Thet most surely owe!
TVEplodded through the passin' months
=. With blessin's loaded down,
A'hldin' bitterness at heart
An wearin' Of a frown,
A-makin' of myself believe
Thet was sore oppressed,
When really I. more than most men.
Have by the Lorr been blessed.
JUMPED my assets in bunch
= An thought them mighty small,
But when take them one by one
scarce can count them all.
An when look about an see
The things thet others lack
Thet possess-waal, declare,
strike the other track!
The things we'd miss if we were called
~ To part with them -ah, they
Are things for which we should give
thanks
With swe:lin' hearts this day.!
An few there be thet, takin' stock
Accordin' to this plan,
Will find the day half long enough
Their blessin's all to scan.
ARTHUR J. BURDICK.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
che lament of a Doomed rurkeV

By p. j. TANSEY
The poultry pen was full of grief.
~ A deep though silent sorrow
Pervaded all the turkey group
Their sire must die the morrow.
KE paced the coop in thoughtful mood,
1 } Nor stopped for bug or barley;
His mien forbade in poultrydom
The sympathizing parley.
RUT soon he raised his head on high
~ And spread his fan OF feathers
And strutted forth as proudly there
As boys in patent feathers.
THEN, having made fine parade
} ~ In stately ostentation,
He called his offspring up to hear
His doing exhortation:
MY children. see the wage of greed
~ A prospect very murky.
I'd be insurance risk today
Were less gobbling turkey.
r ROBBED the gander or his grub;
L cheated orphan chickens;
1 called up many bastard steal
That now my gizzard sick ems.
r GREW in wealth Of light and dark
Il Through rich and sinful living,
And that is why Pm sentenced now
To perish for Thanksgiving.
|NH, let my fate warning be-!
~ Meier pine at growing thinner.
Don't grab too much, or soon you'll grace
A fine and festal dinner.
I'D fain be stuffed with good advice,
i When laid in state sublimely,
And hope my flavor ev'ry nose
Shall reckon sage and thymely.
FAREWELL, sweet children; pray that
all who dare my views to question
Shall groan on Friday all day long
With aches Of indigestion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24

A Union Thanksgiving Service will
be neld in the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening at 7:3O o'clock. Rev.
G. G. Pratt, of the Methodist church,
will preach. This service is usually
held on Thursday, Thanksgiving day,
but in order to accommodate the pub
lie, it is this year held on Sunday.
it is hoped, therefore, that all loyal
citizens will avail themselves of the
opportunity to show their respect
to President Roosevelt and to AL
mighty God, and be present.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-24
FIRST NATIONAL
THANKSGIVING
BY wASHINCTON
IN OCTOBER 1850

Done by Request of a Joint Commit
tee of Both Houses of Congress
Second National Observance In
February 1905.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13

employ doe ana THUS duncan nau como
into acquaintance with the young
mans peculiar abilities for finding out
things.
To this man. when he came by the
midnight train. Duncan said
IL must know who are the stock
holders i'm the Quentin mine. both those
Of record and those whose names do
not appear ON the stock books. III pos
sible l must know also what each
stakeholder actually paid for his
this Information by noon tomorrow.
You'll need to use money. perhaps.
Here's stake for expenses. Come back
on the noon train tomorrow"
And Joe Arnold came back. bringing
with him quite all the information that
Guilford Duncan wanted and con
siderably more. for he brought with
him transcripts of all the correspond
ence that had passed between the rail
road people and the mine proprietors,
including a dispatch which the general
freight agent had sent little after
midnight that morning to Napoleon
Tandy, saying:
Hallam has got that sharp young fell
low Duncan at work, and, as you are
aware. he knows his business and his
rights. I'm afraid he'll make a formal
proffer OF freight and a demand for cars
/ wish you could come here, but of course
you can't so long you wish your stock
holdings in that mine down there and
your relations with us to be kept secret.
Please telegraph any instructions you
may wish.
That dispatch. OF course, had been
sent not from the mines, but from the
general freight agents office in an
other town But there were always
men in those days who were deeply
interested to learn what was going on
among the masters of finance. and one
of these overcurious ones was GER
tain telegraph operator. Ii was his
practice TO take off the wires what
ever dispatches there might be passing
between Napier Tandy and the rail
road people.
Thus it came about that Joe Arnold
brought To Guiford Duncan a mass of
accurate and detailed information
which enabled him to take the high
hand in his telegraphic controversy
with the general freight agent when
that person. late in the evening. called
him up on the wire in answer to his
letter. received the night before Thss
was Duncan armed cap-a-pie for the
telegraphic controversy. And thus ii
came about that during the next six
days there were hundred cars shunt-
ed to Redwood side tracks, where they
were rapidly loaded with the coal out
put Of the Redwood mine.
Continued merit OeeEl
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13
THEY NEVER FAIL.
That is What They Say About
Them in Paw Paw, and 1t
Is Therefore Reliable.

Another proof, some more ev-
idence. Paw Paw testimony to
swell the long list of advocates
who endorse the old Quaker rem
edv. Doans Kidney Pills. Read
this convincing endorsement of
the claims made for that remark :
able preparation:
Mrs. j. d. Kline, who has re-
sided in Paw Paw for years,
says: 81 had SYMPTOMS of kid
ney trouble, d dull aching fee
ing in the small of my back, and
it annoyed me for some time.
Doan's Kidney Pills were recon-
mended to me and as a umber
Of my nelghbors had used them
with the greatest satisfaction |
went to Martin & Slovenian S
drug store and got a box. They
removed the annoyance in very
short time. My father, Mr.. Mil
Ter. also used them for lame
and aching back that bothered
him for years. They gave him
prompt and permanent relief,
Doans Kidney Pills are a splen.
did remedy and | am glad to let
others know it "
For sale by all dealers. price
SO cents Foster Milburn Co.
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no substitute.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13
CHAPTER XIV.

IT was about this time that Gull
ford Duncan managed to make a
new enemy and one more power
- full 10 work him harm upon occa-
sion than all the rest whom he had of
Tended.
Napoleon Tandy, president of the Y
National bank. whose name had been
first popularity shortened to Nap" Tan
1y and afterward extended again into
Napier Tandy, was the only man
In Cairo who had enough Of financial
strength or of creative business capac-
fly TO be reckoned rival Of Captain
Will Hallam or his competitor in com
mercial enterprises.
He had several times tried conclu-
sions with Hallam in such affairs. but
always with results distinctly unsatis-
factory to himself or, as Hallam one
day explained 10 Duncan, He has got
good deal of education at my hands.
and he has paid his tuition fees"
Tandy was not yet past middle age.
but he was always called "Old Nap
ltl unlls Niltll DtCduSt VI CtIldlu
Objectionable traits Of character that
he possessed He was reputed to be
the "meanest man in southern Illinois,"
lie was certainly the hardest i'm driv-
Ing a bargain. the most merciless in
its enforcement He was cordially
hated and very greatly feared. Cold, self
possessed, shrewd and utterly selfish,
his attitude toward his fellow men
and toward himself was altogether diff.
ferent from that of his greater Compel
itor. Hallam. He felt none of Hal
lam's sporting interest" as Duncan
called it, in playing the game of com
merce and finance. He was quick to
see opportunities and somewhat bold
IN Selling upon them. but no thought
of popular or public benefit TO accrue
from his enterprises ever found lodg-
ment in his mind. He had put a large
sum OF money into the through line
OF freight ears. but he had done so
with an eye single to his own ad-
vantage, with no thought of anything
but dividends. He had contemptuous-
ly called Duncan "a rainbow chaser"
because that young man had spoken
with some enthusiasm of the benefits
which the cheapening of freight rates
must bring TO the people east and west
In brief, Napier Tandy was a very
greedy money getter and nothing else.
He hated Hallam with all that he had
OF heart because Hallam was his SUI
perior In the conduct Of affairs and be-
cause Hallam had 50 badly beaten him
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13
How to Meet a Burglar

Highwaymen are around again and
we should all make up our minds how
to behave should we meet them One
way is to hold out hand to the thug
and say: How are you. old man?
Glad to see you. Put IL there!" This
perplexes him and its sous to francs
he shakes hands. Then you exclaim:
"By the way. have you got ciga-
yettes" Utterly disconnected. he offers
yea one Thus you have gained time
sue Smployed It in thought It's as
tonist'ng how actively the mind works
IN the presence Of a highwavman. In
a few seconds you have woyted out a
plan. "Just a moment. old man. you
say. wait till ask one Of those chaps
back there for match. Boston
Transcript.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13
81 Captain
In the Ranks

%

"Why, don't you understand? 1t is
Mr.. Duncan. and he has asked me-"
Il see nothing yet to wonder at"
calmly replied her friend. Indeed. 1t
seems TO be quite natural. | have UNI
derstood Mr.. Duncan 10 be IA gentle
man of uncommonly good taste If he
has made up his mind to attend the
dance, why shouldn't he choose for his
partner the best. the dearest. the most
charming girl in the city? OF course
you are going?"
"Why. no or course | can't. ! told
him so, but he urged me to postpone
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13

final decision till tomorrow evening.
thought that would be useless and that
the delay might make him miss
chance to engage some other girl but
he insisted that he wasn't going at all
unless ! would go with him; SO just
because he seemed to wish ii | prom
Used TO wait till tomorrow evening be
fore saying a final no Somehow you
Simply have to do what Mr.. Duncan
wants you To do, you know"
"AIr GuilfOrd Duncan is rising rap
idly in my estimation" answered Bar
bara 5 friend Il have understood that
he is a man of good sense and good
taste. Obviously he deserves that high
repute. Your no must be yes Bah"
''Oh, hut that's imposSible!'
81 don't see it
why, you know | can't afford a
gown"
Il still don't see it. It's to be "A fan
ty dress affair, | believer
'Yes, of course"
"Then you can go in any character
you like. You've your drah gray dress,
and it's as fresh rs new. I'll go over
to your house and alter it for you.
Then. with a white cape of bishops
lawn and white cap and apron, Wei
make you into the most charming little
Quaker maiden imaginable. The char
acter will just suit you because you
suit it. That matter Is settled Go
home now and go to bed, and you
mustn't dream Of anything but yes
So the good woman Tended off
thanks and sent the happy girl home
with an enhanced sense of the value Of
friendship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-07-13
Makes The Liver Lively.

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup gives per-
manent relief in cases OF habitual con.
stipation as it stimulates the liver
and restores the natural action OF the
bowels without irritating these organs
as ordinary cathartics. Does not naus-
cate or grippe and is mild and pleasant to
take. Remember the name Orino and
refuse substitutes Martin & Shower
man. M
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-11-08
JACK MORMONS.

The bitter campaign is at an
end. The Mormons are very
glad of it. They take no great
satisfaction in being slandered
and villihed as they have been
during the past two campaigns
in Idaho. They have no objec-
ton at all to beng known to all
the world, for just what they
are, in fact they rather court it,
but they do most sincerely re-
gret being represented for what
they are not. They have long
been the most maligned of all
people upon the earth, and it has
been a matter of deep regret to
them personally, and yet, they
have increased in numbers and
prospered; and somehow or an
other, it has seemed, thru the
providences of an All-Wise God,
that all this maligning has done
no particular harm.
Of course these latter facts are
encouraging and it is no less en-
couraging to know that there
are always few people on the
outside who can see some virtue
in the people and viii rise to de-
fend them. In Idaho there is a
growing number of these and
we have no fears concerning the
destiny of the people of this
state. They will continue to
find defenders, and we believe
the time will never come wher
they shall be deprived of the
blessings and privileges of Amer.
! ican citizenship.
An amusing factor, in it all
however, is that whosoever, will
not take up his sword against
the Mormon people today is
forthwith dubbed a "Tack Nor,
mon" by the opposition. And
so it has happened that such
men as Gov. Gooding, Hon. w.
E. Borah, Colonel Avery c.
Moore, aad many Others have
been so denominated during the
past few weeks, and it makes
one almost smile too when he
views as he does occasionally
these men bear, unblushingly
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-11-08
THE NELKf RECITAL.

The recitals given last Friday
and Saturday evenings by Miss
Miriam Nelke, under the auspices
of the Cassia Stake Academy
were very successful. Miss Nelke
is indeed an artist to her very
finger tips, and she held her audi
ences completely captivated. In
dialect, in comic readings, and in
all that wide range of literature
which expresses the emotional,
Professor Nelke is a past master.
Her rendition of such pieces as
"The Soul of the Violin" and
"Hagar" was simply superb.
We have never witnessed higher
art than was therein displayed,
Oakley should indeed be proud
that she has entertained such
talented readers and entertain.
ers, and we believe she is proud
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-11-08

obeyed its behests. To preserve
peace, and protect society it was
necessary that his companion
should suffer isolation until calm
reason and good judgment
should dictate again his ac-
tions. A fatal movement LAID
low his friend. 1t was not an
unerring aim as some might sup
pose, but a fatal shot in the
darkness. No one can possibly
regret the sad consequences more
than the city marshall of Oakley.
Then again, if any one wishes
to show that he truly mourns
Fred Taylor's death, let him
turn his attention to the devoted
and faithful wife, who not only
now, but thru all the future
years. shall need the kind word
and the helping hand. She still
lives and can feel and will appre-
ciate Your sympathy and your
care. Be not proiuse in words
but be full of kind acts and deeds
and your works will avail much
And if you would do more still
for your departed friend, remem
Der to minister to the aged faith
er, the brothers and the sisters
They, too, need the encouraging
word, the discreet word, th'
guiding hand, and the genuin,
sympathy that incites to highe
thought, better feeling and high
er living. If our friend Free
Taylor could rise today, b.
would ask you to avenge hi
death in this. way. OF this w
are morally certain.
Peace to his ashes; good judg
ment and wisdom to his friends