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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1904)
PAGE TWO. TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN, TUESUAY, MARCH 22, 1904, ii . Morning Astorian ; Established 1S73.V . , " DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. iymail, per year ................ $6 00 By mail, per month . 50 By carriers, per mouth 60 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOUIAN. By n;ail, per year, iu advance ...... $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. t . 1 " 1 1 ...i.i SOME WORK FOR THE HEALTH BOARD. Vs. The board of health of the city of Astoria has a big job on its hnds. The work has been neglected , for years, and it's none too soon to undertake it, notwithstanding the summer season is approaching. That nothing has been done in the past is a matter of very little concern at the present. Conditions demand that something be done now, and the board should not put it off any longer. During the two winters just past contagious dis ease has been epidemic in this city, and, while the death rate was low, the health of thousands of peo ple was endangered. Diphtheria and scarlet -fever were most in evidence of the diseases which cause the . greatest number of deaths. The two epidemics were due directly a the negligence, as a rule, of persons with large, families. Those persons evidently enter tained not the least regard for the health of their own children or for the health of other children. Their carlessness has brought to the attention of the health authorities scores of cases of diseases , and that the mortality was not greater was merely our good fortune. A brief stroll about the city would suffice to con ; vince the veriest skeptic of the daneer to which th people of Astoria are subjected from scarlet fever and diphtheria. Along Bond street, for instance. from Sixth to Seventh half the block is covered with water. In the winter this pool is filled with water coming from higher ground, and during the sum mer months is stagnant The property is filled with rubbish of all descriptions, and the spot is a verita ble disease-breeding hole. It has been a menace to health for years, yet no action has ever been taken bv the authorities, so far as the public records show, to compel the owners of the property to observe the health regulations. . There are scores of other such places in the citv At those spots originates the disease which closes our schools. The city pays its health officer a salary to attend to quarantine restrictions, but there has never been the slightest effort to get at the root of the evil, bo far as the public knows. We have devoted out at tention to the disease, with never a thought of the! cause. , f About, 1400 children attend the schools' of this city, and six pupils suffering from diphtheria or scarlet fever might cause the illness and death of the entire number. Generally speaking, people want their children to livfi. and if wiiild Tint Ka to suppose they sent them to School to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever. Yet every child who goes to school during the winter months is liable to infec tious disease, and during the period of innoculation liables his brothers and sisters to the ailment with which he is afflicted. Once the diseases secure a foothold, it is difficult to stamp thfcm'out, especially in the schools, where scores of children are congre gated together each day in the same room. The do- ple of the city need no health lecture; their experi ence during the past two winters has been sufficient to bring them to realization of the dangers which ex ist organized trust, the paper manufacturers havo been putting the screws to the publishers. Many of the 1 cent dailies discuss with much seriousness the action of the American Publishers' Association in demand ing that the president of the United States and the attorney-general proceed against the manufacturers on the alleged ground that they are charging un unfair price for print paper. 1 The advice oi; these newspapers, the Conunercia declares, is preposterous, lVactiealiy. the nublish ers admit that they are conducting a mouey-losing business, and what they demand is, virtually, that the print-paper manufacturers shall come to their rescue. ith equal sense and justice thev could in sist that the manufacturers of ink or of printiuir presses or of type-setting machines should come to their aid. For that matter, they might, with the same propriety, Vfcmand that the typographical labor unions and the news dealers and newsboys and wo men should share their burdens, , Those publishers hav an oflvtiv' r. . . IVtUVU A V 1 their troubles right in their own hands. Let them raise the price of their wares. That is the wav that other business men and concerns do when they fiud that their business is not paying. When, for in stance, your cotton manufacturer discovers that the price of raw cotton lias risen, he doesn't rush to the cotton planter and demand that the latter shall sell mm that staple below the market Talue. Like a sen sible man he proceeds forthwith to mark up the price of his own product. So, too, with the baker, when he discovers that the priee of flour has risen; and with thev butcher, when he finds that the Wholesale price of meat has advanced. If the public feels that it is getting its money's worth, in such instances, it will usually pay the increased price. It is nonsense to suppose that, because these publishers are silly enough to sell their goods below cost, the concerns from which they obtain supplies must follow their example. The situation can be summed up in a few words These publishers have been trying to cut each other's throats and, having reduced the price of their pro duct to the final penny and worked advertisers and tie newspaper-reading public to the limit, they are now attempting to force print-paper manufacturers to help them out of their hole. Their demand is not only absurd, but it ought to cover the supporters of it with humiliation and shame. The American Newspaper Publishers- Association should never have passed that resolution, which it did, calling on- the administration to take action against the paper-maker's association, the Commer rial concludes, and for the sake of their reputations as business men of sound sense, the members of that body should rescind the resolution at the very earliest opportunity, they ought to be the very last men in the country to talk seriously about raising $100,000 to fight the "paper trust." , Ito Holds Reception. . New York. AHivh 21. Marquis lto has held a W receKlon; which wan attended by the foreisn legation omc lata, cables the Seoul corresimndent of the Times, lie expressed the belief that under Japanese guidance, Coith will advance vomnieitlally and Intel lectually, It being hfei Intention to to use her tntluenoe that the Coremi will never regret their connection with her. The nmrflul will return to Jupun March 25,. Dies at Friend's Door. FitKttdena, Ch1 March SI. A. W. Colgate, of Morrlntown, Mum., ii wealthy soap manufacturer. ured 83 yearn, dropped dead as h was about to enter the residence of a friend on Oranjre Grove avenue. Death wu due to heart failure. Mr. Colffute hus been Staying at the Hotel Ruymoud since Dejember 19 and waa aupnrently In the beat of health. Ilia body will be taken east for burial. Correct Clothes for Men if. Oonrrlllhl "W. 4. S. Ob, V IP them open you'll never find greater care bestowed ppon ready-for-service apparel than upon that bear in j this label ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE I PORTLAND ;00 a ml Portland Union" I 7:00 p nil pot for Astoria and way rotnta Anniva 11:10 am MO am A STOMA 7:46 a m 6:10 pm For Portland and War Point 11:60 am 10:60 pra jpdenjamins , MAKERS i'J NEW YORK Officials Commit Suioide. New Tonk. March Si. News has been received from Port Arthur that several officials of the garrison, under the strain caused by the bombardment have committed suli'lde. says a World dispatch from Shanghai. The total number of casualties In the town to date Is 265. . This mark on your coat-hanger or Inside coat-pocket protects you rrom poor imitations. Look for it i you'll thank us for finding it Eaual to fins euilom-midt In all bet pries. Tht mtktrt' guaruUtt, sad on, with svtry garment W art Excluilvs Dlitrtbutort In this city. BLACKSMITH ING. CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDING. FIU ST-CLASS Holi.SK SHOEING. Logging Cottip Work. All kinds of wagon -materials in stock for enle. We gnarauteo the best work done in the city, prices riglit. ANDREW ASP, Corner Twelfth and Dunne Streets. Tlione 201, A Port Arthur policeman committed suicide be cause he failed to apprehend certain elusive news paper correspondents that were making life miser able for the military authorities. The unfortunate man asumed his unwelcome duty with too serious a notion of its gravity. The correspondents who mav be in Port Arthur have proved themselves to be ab solutely harmless. If they know anythinsr about conditions there they have kept their knowledge a secret. The best way to prevent disease is to stamp out tne cause. Jivery one knows that the filthy spots about town are responsible for out annual epidemics, and it is the duty of the city officials to see that the owners of the premises are required to obev the law There are ample means at the disposal of the officials ana tney win De aerenct m their duty if they fail to employ them. These annual epidemics of con tagious disease are more or less unnecessary, and it is just about time the officials devoted their attention to the matter. ' Joseph P. Smith, the Mormon, summarizes his impression of United States senators, gained while on the grill in the Smoot inquiry, by characterizing the solons of Washington as good fellows. This is islative luminaries. Anybody that rests in the opin ion of Joseph F. Smith as a good fellow will do wel to find time to mend his fences. Something is wrong somewhere. v ' - - One of our local actors, pssessing something more than local fame, says he intends to dnsa his parnor as a farmer m the peace and quiet and rest of rural life. Why in the good name of all chat is thespian can't he induce some of his fellows to taek his hiirhlv charitable course at oncet ' We can well afford to miss a few farmers now on the boards. v B. D. Sigler, whom the Multnomah county re publicans have nominated for assessor, is one of the most progressive of the young business men' of Port land. He is conservatively vigorous, and in the office ot assessor, which his nomination assures him, he will undoubtedly a valuable public servant. Mr, Sigler has been a member of the city council for about two years. THE PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS. The New York Commercial makes the priee of newspapers the subject of an interesting text. 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Office hours: 10 to 12 a,m. 1 to 4:30 p.m. KTJ Commercial Street, 2nd Floor. 4. RIIODA O. HICKS . OSTBOPATHY ; Mansell Bldg. 673 Commercial St. . PHONE BLACK 2065. O. W. BAfill, DENTIST Mansell Building 673 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore TELEPHONE RED 20CI. ; C. J. TRENCIIARD Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Wells-Fargo and Northern Pacific' Express Companies. Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND STS. 8EA8IDB DIVISION J: It m Astoria for Warta 11:33 a m ton, Fiavel Fort 5:60 p m Stvsns, Hammond land Seaside , Kousldt for War renton, Flavel, Hammond. Fort Btevens A Astoria 7:40 am 4:00 pro Il0:4am 4:15 a m : 30 a m 1:30 pm 13:60 put T:!0 p ns Sunday only All trains make close connei'tlona at Gobi with all Northern Factfle trains to and from the East and Suund points. J. C. Mayo, dsneral Freight and Pass. Agnf mi mm OREGON Short Uni- akd union Pacific 70 hours from Portland to Chltago. No change of cars. t 7IKWIKmi.KM Vewl Kn.tn Arrlrs J'tMtTI.ANfl Chlrtigo rrUnd sit Uk. )nvr. Kl V Hlirclnl Wiirth, linmlii,, ki. t ! p trf SilAs. in. nfll,v,8lUu!ii1 yln Hunt- Ctiitttgo ana ll m luui li'Klini AtlttllllR Xrru -nil Use, ller ri i" Vi '" . WwUi. Omslrn. Kan- .-00 m Vl limit- wi (,lly. Ml IaiiiIi. Iiitftoii :'lilragusu4 UieKjut KU I'Hiil Wa!l Walla, lewis. KnatMnll Uin,MHikane.Mlniis Ijfop. in. yi. Mii'.ul, HuluUi Igopm vlaSpo. xilw.iiliee, vUV F ksus and jcmi OCEAN AND IUVER SCHEDULE From Astoria AH sailing dates subject to change, Fer San Francisco every flv days. Daily ei. Columbia 1(1 er to 4 an oepl Hun I'orilsud and Way Daily s. toy seam Ui.dli.gi 1 w,!t M a , Steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria 00 tide dally except Sunday for Ilwaco, connecting there with trains for Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points. Returning arrives at Astoria same evening. Through tickets to and from all prin. clpal European cities, 0. W. nOBEIlTS, Agsnt, Astoria, Ore. NORTHERN PACIFIC Tlnio Card ol TnUiw PORTLAND. Leaves Arrives Puget Sound Llmlted.7:26 a m 1:41 pm Kansas Clty-St. Louie BPclal U.M am 1:48 pn North Coast limited l:M Dm T:M a n Tacoma and Seattle Night El're U:46 pm 1:06 a Take Puget Sound Limited or Norm Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points Take Puget Sound Limited for Olvm. Dla direct Take Puget Bound Limited or Ku. sas Clty-St. Louis Special for bim on South Bend branch. Double dally train tervloa OB flrav'a Harbor branch. Four trains dally between Portland. Tacoma and Seattle. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east; Louts vllie, Memphis. New Orleans, and all points south. ' 8ee that your, ticket reads .via- the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod ern trains connect with all transconti nental lines at St. Paul and Omaha. If your friends are coming west let us know and we will quote them direct tho specially low rates now In effect from all eastern points. ; Any information as to rates, routes. etc., cheerfully given on application. B. n. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street, Portland. Or. 3. C. LINDSET, T. F. & p, i i Third street, Portland, Or. P. B. THOMPSON, F, A. p. A... A