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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

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Almlra Lindsey ct ux to Matte
NJ. Benson, lot /, block 10,
Crimes Grove -. ...........s 21C
A. r. Allen to Alice N. Allen,
lots 4 and 5, block /, First Add.
ocean Grove -. ...........
j. +. Payton and wife to T. H.
Curtis, 14.40 acres Section 49,
$40 -. ................... II
Astoria A., r. & T. Co. to A.
M. Hotter, sectional lands In
Clatscn county -. ..........
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Make Good Uso OF lt-rhcrc ir mn
odd and end" sale on just now nt
tho popular shoe house Of chas, V.
Brown. Don't fail to avail yourself
OF tho unusual opportunity for bar
gains In footwear. It's up TO you,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Students TO Entertain--Thc ri

Students TO Entcrtain--Thc student
body OF the Astoria High school Is to
give an interesting social and dance
on Thursday evening next. February T.,
at the A. Q, L. W. hail. There will
he "A fine program Of music, followed by
dancing and refreshments. Come out
ana bring your wife your sweetheart
and your mother and mothcr-in law,
and all else who want TO come with
you. Admission, 90 cents. 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Another Delay,

Another polsy--Owing TO the abb
honco OF Attorney q. G. Fulton In
Portland yesterday. the matter Of IN"
preliminary examination OF G. Roy Fox
was again delayed. I, will probably
eventuatc today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Henry laxell Dead-Henry

Henry laxell Dead-Henry Laxell
died at o'clock yesterday morning of
blood poisoning after q prolonged i'll
ness. The deceased, who has been
resident of this city for a number
of years, was member of the order
of Eagles and will be buried under
the auspices of that order.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

We arc going to move into tho spex-
arth Building, Commercial street, be-
tween 9th and 9th, tho end Of this
week Stock much be reduced In that
time; In order to do so, will positively
almost give goods away. Don't wait,
come at once, or you will regret this
opportunity. c. II. coopors Great Rc-
tiring Sale. "
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

School oBard Meots--'rhc board ~
directors OF Astoria public schools met
IN regular session last evening, As "a
large quantity Of routine work WAS hs
you unnrrparcd for inspection. the
board adjourned after roll call 10 meet
on Thursday evening. by which time
the work viii have been prepared.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Card OF Thanks--Thc committee In
charge u the interests Il Grace Epis-
cnpal church, desires 10 express Its
grateful thanks 10 each aud MI who
In any manner contributed 10 the sue"
cess Of the recent presentation Of the
pixies" III thia city.
THE rnAtMfTTEE,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Tho very bcst board 10 DO obtained
In tho city In AT The Occldent Hotel" !"
Rates very reasonable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Your last chance at the old stand
goods that are left will simply be sac
riflced or given away, as we must move
what 10 left the end of this week. c.
n. Cooper's Great Retiring sale.. IT
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Astor Temple No. 25. Rathbone Sis
ters, will give another popular social
dance at Logan's Hall Monday, Feb
II. Admission, so cents. 2-6-5t
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Don't Forget--'fhc Liberty BELL 30
urday night next. February .. II
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

For q Swell Ladies' Back Comb or
belt Buckle, go to +. J. Donncrberg's.
10 llth street.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Dede's Little Liver Pills thorough
ly clean the system, good for lazy liv-
ers, makes clear compilations, bright
eyes and happy thoughts.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Orkwitx covers umbrellas.

Dell H. Scuily. Notary Public. al
1cullys Cigar Store. Any old hourl
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Moves Law oiGoss---Judgo +. J. IA

I Commercial street 10 tho second moor
of tho l. .. o. +. hall at the corner
OF Tenth AMI Commercial streets.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
Re.opens irving Ho,sI--wlllInr

Reischmnn, formerly OF Portland but
lately OF Chinook. has leased the lrv~
Ing hotel and will open II up. He
will conduct u FIRST class hostelry for
the accommodation Of the public
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06
IERSE TALES N THE TOWN

90 TO A. D. Craig for your tents.
awnings and all kinds of canvas wora
i2th and Exchange. Il
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-06

Morning Astorian. 60 cents a month
by carrier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

cultivating flowers for their extracts. 1t Is
my understanding that for the latter work
very little capital Is required. the ma
chinery necessary being comparatively sim
pie and inexpensive. A few dollars Will
start a business, and there is always a
demand for every ounce of extract which
can be produced. Now. as in olden times.
the rose is the queen of perfumes. as it Is
the queen of the garden. and altar of roses
is worth more than it's weight in gold.
.In France roses are grown by the square
mile. and they are culled before the bloom
has lost its sweetness. The buds and half
open blooms are boiled in pure fat for
several hours the fat strained. new flowers
added and the whole boiled again. This
process is repeated four times. when the
pomade Is considered saturated with the
essence Of roses. Spirits, in proportion of
a gallon to eight pounds of the paste. Is
added. and the result is esprit de rose.
This Is kept to mix with grosser perfumes.
a single drop being sufficient to :mpart an
exquisite fragrance to any compound. From
altar of roses Is made all the fashionable
perfumes now in general use 1t requires
about GOO pounds Of rose leaves to produce
one ounce of altar. worth about thirty
five pounds sterling OF course. very little
OF this article arrives in America in pure
state: It is too valuable nc. TO be counter
feted and diluted.
The United States claims pre-eminence
in the manufacture of the altar of winter
green, which is used chiefly by confec-
TONERS, and Keeps hundreds OF rerfumers
busy IN New Jersey. Long $50 the Euro
peans succeeded in manufacturing the es-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

great deal of trouble to convince the most
skepttcal. California. Louisiana, Florida.
and in fact almost every state in the Union.
has a soil and climate exactly suited for
the production Of different flowers,
plants and bulbs. The first-named state
grows violets and carnations and other
flowers by the acre. and large amounts of
extracts have been distilled
The tube rose can be successfully grown
IT. Florida. Louisiana and other southern
states. and 1t yields extract in abundance
Jasmines grow easily in the warmer ell
mates and the extract is easily taken and
is worth about so per pound. Southern
Louisiana produces the most valuable
orange trees and flowers for the making
of extracts. they possessing a stronger odor
and proportionately more oil than those
from other states The oil OF neroli dis
titled from orange blossoms. is about half
as valuable altar OF roses, but not
nearly so troublesome and expensive to
make. We import large quantities of
lavender oil from France. but California
can furnish every ounce used in the United
States. and, too. the California article is
superior to the imported. The same is
true OF rosemary. 1t growing to perfection
not only in California but in number of
states. The citrus family gives us many
excellent perfumes. and besides the In
Vulnerable flowers which grow In the
United States quite a number OF bulbs ana
plants yield perfume oils in their native
sassafras, Wild ginger
swamp laurel, while the humble sweet
potato is a perfume producing root of great
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

friends would take their little glass, and
from the fields the laborers themselves with
their 'kerchefs hanging from their hats
TO shield their necks from the too torrii
fervors of the Midi sun, they also were
accustomed To sit and drink the mellow
fluid of King Grape.
But bah. this thin vinegar. y little alb
sinthe Better STILL tall glass of beer!
When Rome fell it was because fair Teu-
tonic invaders from the German forests had
come to find the southern plains attractive
South France still has in its veins the blood
of Germanic invaders
Now adj France and the Midi with it is
giving itself over to a new Teutonic in
vader. There is more beer drunk in Paris,
they say. than in Berlin. 1t is easy to be-
lieve
ITO the guilotine,'' cry the hungry men
of Aude, with the fraudulent wine max
ers." and then with his sou he takes a glass
of beer
And the patron. he is learning TO drink
water! Water!, 1t is a la mode What Is
to become of the vigneron?
But to sell tie wine is imperative In
the west the wines of Burgundy and its
rich neighbors has all been standardized
and the purchaser knows what he is getting
In the Midi. it is all uncertain. The patron,
to protect himself. distiis his wine and let's
his cognac ripen in his cellars.
Sugar from the north. alcohol from the
north, absinthe and beer, which the north
has taught us to drink hen we can buy
it. who will take wine? The govern
ment in the north must help us
NOT A NEW PROBLEM
The "crise vticole," this crisis in the
vineyard country of France. is not a sud
den outburst of excitabie people in
famed by revolutionary fanatic with the
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A iLEASANI ana prOntaDle field Is
~ open TO women in the raising Of
flowers and bulbs for distilling ex-
tracts for perfumes, Is the opinion OF Secre-
tary Wilson OF the Department of Agricul-
ture. he declaring that the climatic con-
ditions OF this country are such that we
can grow flowers. plants and bulbs of every
description and variety.
Anything that can be grown in any part
OF the world said Secretary Wilson. can
be grown to absolute perfection in the
United States The only difficulty expert
enced is in finding the right spot. and that
can be done as has been shown by our
work of producing the tulip. narcissus.
hyacinth and other rare blooms and bulbs
in the far northwest. placing US where we
can successfully compete with Holland IN
this industry. the only handicap being In
securing cheap freight rates. AS 1t now
stands, these bulbs can be brought from
Holland to New York Boston and other
markets at a less rate of freight than they
can be by overland from northwest Wash
ington- When satisfactory freight rates are
arranged we will be IN position to let the
Dutch know that We are movers
ION account OF heavy pressure of work
] have not been in a position to give the
perfume industry the consideration its i'm
portence demands. but feel entirely safe
in asserting that there seems to be no
reason In the world why women cannot
make good money and find pleasant en-
ployment by entering this new field which
is open to them-ra!sing flowers for the
extraction of their perfumes. Fragrant
odors have been used by people OF intelli-
gence and refinement since the days of the
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dlnaire" of Midi netted ample income for
its millions of peasants, but when the para
site got in its deadly work the poor Wig
heron sustained vast losses of money. The
crop at times equaled $1,000 900 hectoliters
and when 1t fell off, what were the people
to do?
Up in the north the government had de-
veloped for the peasants of those depart
ments the beet sugar industry. Well. then.
the wine is poor. put some sugar in 1t.
then 1t will be richer in alcohol. The first
could be helped by little sugar.
Would 1t not be possible to take q second
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master. More than that. the people began
to be amused at the antics of the knave.
and to comment on the dullness of King
Grape
Diseases of various kinds had attacked
the monarch in his own domain. Phyloxera
in the early 7Os ravaged his strength I'm
portation of American vines was thought to
solve the difficulty. but there were lean
years of recovery and ways and tricks Of
the north began to be used which the Midi
men thought peculiar but which sooner or
later took hold of the country.
In years of rich vintages the win Or
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the south of France with a new intent.
AS once in the United States there is a
coming to be a division between north and
south.
In it's golden semI-tropical atmosphere
beside the M.drs interminable vineyards,
there has lived people who have been
simple, quiet, easily happy i'll the tradition
Of their ancestors, and jolly with the fat
ness of the vine
Pcrpgran. with a more varied scope OF
industry, has probably led the Midi in
wealth, and it is reported that an auto
mobile has been seen on its roads. and even
a carriage with rubber tires There the
vine is not the entire thought, labor and
rastime of the people, and Herault and
Gard, the more northern departments. had
less cause for rude awakening than Aude.
Aude. with its river of the same name,
lies well down on the Gulf of Lyons, and is
really the eastern end of the great valley
that basks in the sunshine between the
Auvergues and the Pyrrnees. On the west
the river Garonne flows through a land
which has given bordeaux and burgundy
and champagne to an appreciative world.
and supplied to literature D'Artagnan from
ever fertile Gascony.
Deep in the valley, removed from tourist
centers, Aude might have continued to
drink its thinner and more sour wine for
generations to come. and there would nave
been at Narbonne and Montpelier no amaz-
ing demonstration of ''manifestants.' but
an influence began to affect the south
which had it's origin in the beet-growing
and beer drinking north.
King Grape Lad been absolute in the
Midi but he called in for his amusement q
merry green-eyed rogue. knave by name
'.absinthe" and that gamin promptly be-
gan to steal the tares made for his royal
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cru. there were so few grapes with the help
of little more sugar or possibly even a
little pure alcohol directly?
What wine! Poor King Grape. win or
dinaire." indeed at 10 cents a bottle. good
enough for the poor of Paris. but what
should the Midi drink?
All France Dimes sups and drinks in the
open. At the curbstone in front OF a little
cafe even the patron may stop and sip
from a bottle Of a rare old vintage. Each
evening the overseer and his wife and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

Creator. and there is evidence that the
old religion sought the aid Of perfumes to
captivate tho worshipers. choosing the nose
one of the shortest and surest ways
to reach the SOUL physiological fact not
yet forgotten by the Romish and Greek
churches.
"A love for. flowers Is always commend
able but love for their essence-their
souls. SO to- speak-is almost universal and
entirely praiseworthy. for it shows civiliza-
ton and refinement. 1t Is generally under
stood that we Americans are a plain mat
ter-offact people: most Of us busied in
building. growing corn and cotton. running
railroads. making money in every way and
careless Of luxuries. but think OF our
noses costing us considerably more than
q million annually for extracts. pomades
and the like. Why. we pay out more than
s3OO00O annually for imports OF altar OF
roses alone, when there Is no necessity for
disbursng to foreigners one red cent for an
article which can be made right here. We
couldn't raise tea in this country either
the croakers said. but We are growing the
finest favored tea in the world and Its
cultivation Is carrying thousands of dollars
annually into the pockets of the women and
children Of the south.
II repeat we can grow any and everything
in this country. and the thing to do is to get
in line and get at It. thus keeping our money
at home giving employment and money TO
women and children. 1 doubt not but that
there are hundreds of shop girls who would
be far better OF physically and mentally
II they were raising tea, silk worms or
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sence of wintergreen from salicylic acid and
wood ether. and. naturally. our trade was
hurt. but we can produce hundreds of other
things and find a ready market not only
here but in foreign countries. l would be
glad to see some of our women who are
seeking profitable investments take up this
work. but. as said at the outset. am not
in a position to give facts and figures l
am convinced, however. that 1t would prove
an industry which would bring good in
terest on the money invested and would
furnish pleasant employment to women
and children The details can be gathered
by studying the systems employed IN
France, Italy, Germany and other countries.
Whatever assistance this department can
give any one desiring to enter the flower
raising field will be willingly and cheerfuliy
given. We are here for the purpose OF
furnishing whatever information we are
enabled to gather by and from our eX-
perts. 1t is the public's simply for the
asking. 1t Is my wish. and the wish of my
co-workers that every man. woman and
child in this country will feel that they
have a personal interest in the workings Of
this department..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

In the effort to completely nationalize
the railroad systems OF Japan. six COM
panies, having 1900 miles OF track. were
acquired last year by the government The
amount involved was Sl20,Oo0.OOO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

Make an annual declaration at the
mayoralty of the acreage cultivation and
total quantity of wine produced and In
stock. and whether for sale or otherwise.
says the government, I'VE will keep track
OF wine from grower to dealer and pre-
vent watering and sugarinS That Is the
new law.
Then comes the proposal of the minister
of finance that land taxes shall be RENTED
for all wine growers who abandon grape
culture in favor of some other crop.
King Grapes dynasty seems to be top
ping If he Is to regain his ascendency
conditions must alter materially. And the
Midi already acquainted with "Burgomaster
Beer and addicted to that new allegiance
have no desire for any further changes.
Just as their fathers sold their wine they
desire TO sell. Once out Of the hands or
politicians. royalsts, socialists, clericals.
and freed from practices of adulteration,
these simple peasants of the Midi. II they
propose to continue to plant and cultivate
the grape as IL has done since the days Of
the Roman empire, and they do propose to
do as they have done must find market
for their vintage. That's the whole OF It,
American methods may solve that prob
lem. Seven Mediterranean departments
with some 25.UoO adherents are already or
ganized into a society which aims. in the
words of NJ. PalaZy
TO substitute single seller. the society.
4 moral person. representing a multitude OF
sellers OF wine-who would represent the
yiticulturists by united body under the
form Of a colossal. a powerful and well-or-
ganized syndicate, in place of a seller who.
under pressure of urgent necessities, lets
his wine go at any price.
1t is a trust! The happiness of tlle Midi
IS assured by a trust.
I'VE must sell our wine say they. IF
onv one is to suffer II is the consumer.
Well. the consumer is somebody else. What
will you have absinthe or beer? We drink
TO the health of the consumer
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Secretary Wilson is thoroughly in earnest
in all his work. and while his idea of
flower farming on an extensive scale is not
entirely new with him. the pressure Of
work has been so great that he has had
no chance to give it serious consideration.
That the United States can compete with
the world In producing all kinds of per-
fumery extracts it would not take a very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

eloquent tongue of Provence. Forty years
ago the far-stretching, sun-bathed graperies
failed. and a slow conviction has been
growing ever since in the minds of a loud
talking. but slow moving people. Seven
years ago Marcelin Albert began to ex-
press the feeling Of the multitude. Tartarin
is now in grim earnest. The uprising is the
greatest event IN the history Of the present
republic of France. and 1t remains to be
seen whether the tardy action OF the gov
eminent will stem the distress now march
ing in the Midi. Scientific culture tariffs.
bounties, adulteration, all have been dis
cussed, and the government has paid no
heed.
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The people then resolved to pay no taxes.
In the days OF the abolition agitation In
the United States, the Concord naturalist,
Thoreau, resolved To pay no taxes to a
delinquent government. The Midi presented
the astonishing spectacle OF some thou
sands or Thoreaus. 1t was a practical Sc
cession. full Of energy. insistence unLn-
unity and its power still tremendous. Now
the government proposes to inquire into
the status of King Grape. Is there over
production? The tourist travelling day In
and day out In u constant perfumed vine
yard might be tempted TO say Yes" but
the south says No"
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- ING GRAPE. euthroned in
= = ~ the Midi since the days OF
~ Caesar %: Caesar? No;
4 since the days when Thoe-
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