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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.


It makes all the difference in TN
world to the convivlal man where, ant
what, he drinks. Most men desir,
beauty and cleanliness. and handsome
appointments in the saloon they pat.
ronize regularly, as well as the essen
tial prerequisite of genuine wines ant
liquors that are served to them. And
these things are SO particularly and
properly conspicuous at Otto sund's
elegant resort, the Commercial, at No
500 on the street Of that name that
they account thoroughly for the fixed
and splendid cusom he enjoys. There
is nothing allowed to pass his counter
but the best and choicest in every de-
partment Of indulgence, and the SER
vice behind It all, is the most pleasing
and satisfying in the city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
MCKINLEY MODEL DEAD.

CHICAGO, May S.--A five days no.
tice to move pinned on the iioor OF at
unkempt room on the top floor OF tbs
Otis building, Madison 4 Lasallt
Streets, and a note from an artist
asking him to come to pose for a pie
ture. tells the story OF the last days
Of p. ID. c. Stocked. IS years old, once
weIl-to-io. who was found dead in ais
room last night by two policemen.
Heart disease is said to have been
the cause OF his death. Stocked has
occupied the same room since 1886.
twenty-one years ago.
Several times he is said to have
posed for statues for the late President
Mckinley whose appearance he Is
said to have resemblej. 1t is said the
statns IN Mckinley Park was modelled
In a measure after the old mans ap-
pearance.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

YOUNG coRBETT KNOCKED OUT.
BALTIMORE, May Skid Sullivan
tonight knocked out Young Corbett In
the eleventh round
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
AccoNTINuEp INSPIRATION"


CHIcAGo.May s.--At a talk OF
CONTINUED Inspiration" the Rev
Robert Mackenzie. d. D., OF New York
told the graduating classes Of the Nc
Cormick Theological seminary thai
General Booth Of the salvation Army
and other religious workers OF him or
the Standard had hlazed the way for
them at the commencement exercise
Aeld in the church of the covenant, last
night.
He told them that their inspiration
WAS in living Christ; that they must
bring themselves to realize the chan
ges that are taking place in the re-
iigious fields, and he besought them
to aim for higher quality of human
Righteousness in society.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

these provisions apply to the setting
of back fires, in good faith, to prevent
the progress Of fire than burning.
In all counties OF the state except
clatsop and Tlllamook, all persons,
firms or corporations engaged In log
glng, etc, shall each year burn their
annual slashing at such time and In
such manner and with such provision
Of help as will conflne the fire to their
own lands, but the State Board OF For
estry, upon request by such or adj
Joining timber owners, can extend or
restrict the limit of time in which
such burning shall be done In cases
where II deems that public safety 80
requires. Railroad companies or oper-
ators are also required, when so di-
rected by the board, annually to burn
or destroy or remove all inHammable
material from the right Of way. Loco
motives, logging engines, portable en-
gines, using fuel other than oil, in or
near forest or brush land, shall be pro-
vided with an adequate spa"k-arrester
and escape OF fire from any engine
shall be prima facie evidence that
such appliances have not been properly
maintained. The imposing Of penalties
prescribed for violation Of any Of the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
WREsTLEs WITH AN OLD ENEMY

g. Wlngate since his return from his
Coos Bay trip has been laid up with
an attack Of rheumatism, Yesterday
ne was down town for a while, For
years Mr., WIngate has owned several
hundred acres Of timber lands In Coos
County and he tried to sell at different
times and three years ago he offered
them for $40 per acre with no takers.
Now loggers are logging Off the lands
adjacent to his property and are pay
ing 50 per 1000 stumpage and on the
same basis Mr.. Wlngate stands In line
to make big thing off OF his lands.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

Mrs. s. Joyce, $50 Sullivan street,
Claremont, N r., writes: About a
year ago l bought two bottles Of
eley's Kidney Cure. 1t cured me OF a
severe case of Kidney trouble of sew
sral years standing. 1t certainly is a
grand, good medicine, and l heartily
recommend It." T. r. Laurin. Owl
Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

provisions Of the act 10 not bar action
at law by the United states, state,
county or private owner whose prop
crty Is Injured or destroyed by fire, for
damages suffered II the Ares occur
damages suffeed II the fires occur
through willfulness malice or negli-
genee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

Gently moves the bowels and at the
the same time stops the cough. Bees
Laxative Cough Syrup. Contains Hon
ey and Tar. No opIates. Best for
Coughs, colds, Group. and whooplng
cough Satisfaction guaranteed.
Children like II. Mothers indorse II.
Sold by Frank Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
YOUNGSTERS FORGE CHECK.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.-Alfred
r. Craw, aged IA years, and Harold
Craw. aged IL years, charged with
having forged check in New York
State, were arrested here yesterday.
They will be held for the arrival Of
an officer from the East.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

You're to be the Judge: we .eave IL
10 you to decide: all We want is your
srdict--wnl HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea make you well ami keep you
well? That's fair. Tea or Tablets, IS
cents. Frank Hart.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

SHREVEPORT, La, May 3.--silas
Ely O l7-year-old negro, was lynched
at BossIer Point several days ago for
attacking little white girl.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
THE new fire ACT
Stringently Provides Protection
Against Forest Fires.
WARDEN IN EACH COUNTRY

In All Counties Except ctatsop and
Tillamoek The Annual Slashlnus
Shall Be Burned With Care and Pre-.
ealtien--Mus. Have Spark Arresters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

waiting for their turn to grasp the
presidential hand OF course, some
body must introduce each visitor, and
here the social aide comes to the res.
cue. presenting each person with due
ceremony Other aides are distrib-
uted along the line. chatting here and
there, suggesting ways to prevent con.
fusion and crowding and making
themselves altogether useful to the
host and his callers
Four large public receptions are
usually given each winter at the
White House. One falls upon New
Years day, when the home Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt is thrown open 10 the
public. and every man and woman
who desires to may call upon the pres
ident. Then he receives the dlplo-
matte corps later on, and receptions
are given to congress and to the army
and the navy BESIDES these official
annual crushes. at which the military
aides are much in evidence, there are
innumerable small functions--dlnners,
banqnats and receptions she success
OF which depends. In no small degree,
upon the activities Of the social aides.
The men on the presidents social staff
must possess every social accomplish.
ment They must be able to converse
well and entertaIEingly on any topic
and with anyone. for their dinner part.
ner may be q pretty social butterfly.
enjoying her first season, or d gray
haired representative Of some foreign
csuntry.
Two social aides who have been re-
assigned to their duties are Lieut. u.
s. Grant and Capt. Fitzhugh Lee.
both OF the United states army Young
Grant IS the son or Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, and the grandson and
namesake Of the famous Gen. U. S.
Grant
Col. Charles S. Bromwell has filled
the position Of social aide before, and
the fact that he is reassimed this
year to the post IS proof that his serY-
ices are Of high value.
Lieut.. Douglass Macarthur, u. S. A.,
is the son Of Gen. Macarthur, who
was in command Of the department
Of the east.
Lieut.. Philip Sheridan is the son Of
the famous general for whom he is
named In build he resembles his
father very strongly. Like him, the
son is short.
Others who assist the president in
the capacity Of social aides are Ensign
semmes Read, q. S. A.; Lieut.. 9. r.
Train, u. S. n; Lieut.. Commander
Albert Key. naval aide; Capt
Arthur Harding. U. s. NJ. G.: Lieut.
Chauncey Shackford. U. S. A.. and
Mr. Larz Anderson. who is one Of the
naval ushera.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

tain Kidd. certain It IS that the digging
proves profitable.
The hidden treasure sought IS kaurl
gum, a resinous substance which is
the product Of the kaurl tree. The
gum can be secured from the trunks
Of trees while they are alive, for it
protrudes in humps. but # is especially
profitable to dig for 1t in the soil about
the stumps remaining after the trees
have been cut down. Sometimes
chunks weighing as much as 100
pounds are taken up from the ground.
Digging for kauri gum Is profitable.
for the gum is used in the manuaac-
ture Of varnish, and apparently it is
one OF those products Of nature whose
place cannot be filed by anything else
which has yet been discovered. In
fact, the price has gone up rs per cent
within the last year because Of the
great increase In the demand. 1t has
been found that 1t can be used In
certain enamel paints. and this has
had the effect of bringing the demand
up to point above the supply.
The kauri pine is a magnificent tree
It rises as straight as a needle to q
height Of from $50 to 200 feet and
astains at times a diameter Of Is feet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

A very original and useful organiza-
ton for boys which is making great
headway in the Sunday schools Of
Great Britain is the Boys Life Bri-
gade.
This picture shows company Of
the brigade boys at fire drill. A tenn
porary house has been erected. and
some Of the boys are shown In the
act of scaling it with ladders and
hacking away imaginary burning raf-
ters, while other boys are seen carry
ing from the burning building"
imaginary inmates whom they. are
supposed to have rescued.
Then, in connection with the fire
drill is the ambulance work which all
the boys are taught to do. This
means, says the Los Angeles Times,
that they will know not merely how
to rescue people from burning houses,
but also how to restore them to health
and even life, in case they have been
injured or Frustrated
The boys wear a brigade uniform
and many companies have made a
great reputation for fire drill work
Wouldn't this organization be fine
thing for American Sunday school
boys?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
The Dam. Constructed at Great Ex-
pense, That Has Failed to Stop
Flow of Colorado River.

titanic task the engineers have had
in damming up the break to prevent
the destruction Of the great Imperial
Valley. They were successful in No
vember, but there has since been an
other break, and the engineers are
again at work in an effort to close it
and return the waters Of the Colorado
river to their former channel
In description Of the great work
accomplished by the engineers the
Scientific American says the present
trouble is due to efforts to lead part Of
the Colorado river water into the Im-
periai Valley for irrigation purposes.
Ten miles Of the Alamo river channel
were dredged in 1901, and by a series
Of canals about 100000 acres Of land
were irrigated and made 50 fertile
that about 10000 persons are now en-
gagged in farming there.
The mouth of the diversion channel
became in time choked by silt carried
down by the Colorado river. The irri-
cation company decided to excayate d
new channel from the river at a point
called Intake No. 3.' This was fin
ished in November, 1904.
Originally the ditch was about SO
feet wide. but a flood in the Colorado
caused such a rush Of water that the
channel was quickly widened and deep
ened. The result was that more water
flowed into the cazal than could be
used. The surplus, following the Ala
mo channel, flowed into the old salton
sink. which promptly began to rise
and spread over the adjacent country
The Salton sea has at times risen
three inches IN "a hours.
The sslt industry has been practie
ally ruined and the irrigated district
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
FOURTH SON or EMPEROR wlL.
LIAM COMING.
Prince Augustus William Desires to
Study American Institutions
and Secures the Kalser's
Permission to % So.

II the present intentions Of Prince
Augustus William are carried out, the
United States will this year be hon.
ored with a visit from one Of the royal
house Of Germany. This fourth son
Of the Kaiser has just celebrated his
twentieth birthday, and is ambitious
TO see America, and has won bis
fathers consent He is a tall we'll
built handsome young man, has al
ready served as an oficer in the first
regiment Of guards and Is now a sta
dent ct the university OF Bonn. where
all the royal youths OF Germany re-
ceive their higher education.
The prince, from his earliest child.
hood, has been subjected to a rigorous
system Of training.
The kaiser has Spartan Ideas about
the relations of parents to children
and imposes his sovereign will on his
sons without restraint. They have all
been compelled to undergo the most
severe form Of Prussian military disci-
pline from their infancy upwards. Be-
ginning on their sixth birthday they
have been Obliged to work and to play
If play 1t can be called-according
TO hard and fast system laid down
for them by pedagogic experts.
Prince Augustus William underwent
all this. but yet he Mas grown up to be
something different from his own
brothers. It has been tradition from
time immemorlal that the princes Of
the house of Hohenzollern shall EN-.
brace military career and live and
die as officers Of the Prusslan army
All the other five sons Of the kaiser
are. or will be. professional fighters.
but Augustus William has manifested
strong desire to break loose from
this custom and to devote himself TO
the civil service
The kaiser, who is by no means
bound down to ancient traditions and
is imbued IN some respects with a
spirit Of modernity, is wlllh.s to ac-
cede 70 Augustus Williams desires
and to allow him TO be the first Prus-
sian prince to remain civilian.
His military career will, therefore.
terminate with another six or IL
months service in his regiment Of
guards. and thereafter he viii devote
himself to the pursuits Of an Official
of the civil service.
The final stages Of his training will
thus be different from those OF most
Prussian princes. He himself has ex-
pressed the desire 10 widen hts expert
ences and to gain an insight into tho
most modern and enterprising country
OF the world by paying a visit to the
United States Of America.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
A TITAN7TC TASK.

threatened with overflow. The maxi.
mum depth of water in the sink has
been about rs feet, but the basin
would have to be filed to a maximum
depth Of about 150 feet before the wa.
ter would cover the farms Of the I'm
perial Valley.
Estimates of the damage caused by
the inundation include the washing OF
10000 acres of rich land into the Sal
ton sea, the injury Of as much more
by the formation of gullies or small
canyons. the destruction Of four-ffths
Of the Mexican town Of Mexicali and
the covering with silt Of many millions
Of tons Of salt at the bottom Of the
Salton sea, and the consequent ruin
Of the salt industry there.
Besides all this SO miles Of the
Southern Pacific railway tracks have
had to be relaid from time to time, at
successively higher levels, to avoid
the encroaching sea.
After struggling against the river
for year the people Of the valley
found a natural ally in the Southern
Pacific Railway company, whose main
line crosses the basin and is in danger
of inundation. At great expense a
dam was built last November and the
river was turned back to its old chan
mel, and It continued to flow to the
Gulf of California, as formerly, until
early in December, when it washed
out the new earth of the dam or levee
and again broke into the Sink.
Now it is apparent that S2,50O. 600
will be necessary to construct works
which will hereafter control the
stream. For the first time an appeal
has been made to the federal govern.
ment FOR aid. The national govern.
ment has made appropriations for the
protection Of agricultural lands and
cities from temporary overflow. Here
is case, the people feel, where an
appropriation-an immediate appro
priation-is needed to prevent perma
meme inundation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
A PARLoR TRICK.
How You Can Make Smoke Appear to
Go THROUGH Glass.

We take 1t for granted that you do
not smoke yourself, but 1t is just pos
sible that your elder brother or your
uncle may do SO. If there is In your
family any person who smokes you
can turn this habit to good account by
asking the smoker to help you per-
form a pretty little trick which viii
afford not only amusement but some
scientific instruction.
The smoker is to undertake to blow
smoke into a goblet which you have
covered tightly with plate or sau-
GER
It seems quite impossible, doesn't
it? You put the plate on the goblet
and at the same instant the smoker,
standing several feet away, sends a
vigorous pun in the direction of the
glass, and lol the glass is filled with
a cloud Of white smoke-or what
looks like smoke. But 1t isn't smoke
at all; 1t is a cloud OF fine particles
OF a substance known as sal ammo
MAC. or muriate of ammonia, or am
monia chloride, which you have prob
ably taken, mixed with licorice, as a
remedy for coughs and colds.
Sal ammoniac is a compound Of am
monia and muriatic or hydrochloric
acid.
Now, how did this white powder
get into the covered glass? 1t was
formed there, explains Good Litera-
ture, because before You put the plate
on you put a few drops of muriatic
acid in the glass and moistened the
bottom with a little ammonia.
Now ammonia is really a gas.
The liquid ammonia or spirits of
hartshozng with which you moisten
the plate is a solution of ammonia gas
in water. Hydrochloric acid is also
a gas, really. and the liquid acid
which YOU put in the glass is a solu.
ton Of it.
These two gases evaporate from
their solutions, come together and
combine to form the cloud Of solid
white particles OF sal ammoniac which
looks SO much like smoke.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

in order to secure tillabIe land should
be suddenly translated to New Zea-
land and drop in upon Sa group Of
workmen digging around a tree stump
his first supposition would be that
in the far away island they had trou-
bles similar to his own, and were
digging up tree stumps that the land
might be prepared for crops.
But that is where he would be
wrong, and if he remained long
enough on the scene he would dis
cover that all that Industrious digging
vas not for the purpose Of removing
the stump but that something that
the root contained might be obtained
1t is hidden treasure which many New
Zealanders find it profitable to dig
for. and although it is not gold or the
ill-gotten wealth Of the famous Cap
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

Doubtless this American tour will
be a revelation to the young prince.
At present he is studying at Bonn,
where all the chosen young aristocrats
Of Germany are passing their stu
dent days. At Bonn all sorts Of medi-
eval customs are IN vogue, and these
students live in an atmosphere Of old.
time chivalry. Duellng is practiced
by these young bloods Of the highest
German families, and considerations
OF rank and title play an important
part in their student life. 1t is hardly
POSSIBLE to conceive a more striking
contrast than that between Prince Au-
gustus Williams life at Bonn and the
experiences which he viii enjoy in
America.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

stationary at the nine points indicated
one Of which is at present vacant. It
is required to move the engines from
point to point one at time in II
moves, so that the number of the eight
engines shall be in numerical order
round the circle, with the central point
left vacant. But one of the engines
has had its fire drawn, and therefore
cannot move. How is it to be done?
And which engine remains stationary?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

Most boys are interested in locomo-
tives and railroading and will take de-
light in working out the following
problem, and perhaps the girls would
like to help The accompanying dia-
gram represents the engine yard OF a
railroad company. Cut out the eight
locomotives and place them upon the
numbers In the diagram corresponding
to the numbers on the locomotives.
These engines are only allowed to be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20
TWO Of the Social Aides at the White
House.

At the present time there are ten such
persons serving Ia that capacity. the
pick Of the military and naval set
Their duties require enormous amount
Of tact, delicacy and quickness IN help
ing entertain the various official sets
IN Washington. visitors TO the capital
and dIgnitaries from other lands who
come to this country.
The Office Of social aide was created
several administrations ago, when one
or two men to serve in this capacity
were considered quite enough. But
during MI Roosevelt's occupancy Of
the presidential chair social functions
seem to have increased IN number
and IN attendance TO such an extent
that 1t has been necessary to assign
corps Of aides large enough to cope
with their increased duties When
public reception Is given at the White
House there Is frequently a line Of yis-
itors two or three blocks long all
eagerly and as patiently as possible
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

Five millions a year Is the cost oi
London's education. Government
grants meet two Of those millions tha
rates three. The average roll Of the
elementary schools is 100000 children.
The staff Of teachers in the service
Of the council numbers about 10000
Of these about $4,000 are engaged in
public elementary schools, and receive
salaries amounting to over $4,000 600
a year.--London SchOolmaster.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

This curious official notice was
once published IN Germany: ~At The
request Of Herr Wilhelm Leigson Of
Innsbruck, the seaman, Johan I.elg
son, who was drowned ia May, 1863
on a journey from Stockholm to Ham.
burg in the Kaiser Friedrich, is here.
by called upon By the courts t. ap.
pear and report himself on Or before
April /, 1881, under pain Of being de,
clared dead
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-20

The pretty teacher was trying to
explain the difference between good
conduct and bad. says Youths Com
panion. Good actions, she explained
ARE the lovely flowers. Bad ones
are the weeds. Now can any little
girl tell me the difference between
flowers and weeds? What are flow
ers? What are weeds?9
Weeds" said Walter, who haG
been struggling with the sorrel in
his mothers garden, ARE the plants
that want to grow, and flowers are the
ones that don't