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TIIK MORNING ASTOKIAN 'ASTORIA, ()RK(iON. IATURDAY, DECtMSf R 1, 1904. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873, Published Dally (Except Monday) by THE J. S. DEUJNGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By matt, per year ........... ...t 00 By mail, per month BO By carrier, per month M THE -SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN By mail per year, in advance . .11 00 gayOrdera ,or " Wlwrin of Tm Mosxisa Asroau to either rwtdeece or place of huniaxM mtj he BHtde bt pcmuU card or Uirmwh tek naoae. Anr ImcuUrity la iWiwj should he IiMMillaMjr reported to the oflVe of pubUvatioa - Telephone Main 661. Today's Weether. Portland. Dec. t Oregon and Wash Ington. Saturday fair and slightly cooler. ' THE SALMON QUESTION. Conflicting Interests have arisen be tween the Washington and Oregon au thorities over the fisheries question. While the Interests 6f both states are identical, yet fish legislation by Joint actions of both legislatures has not been productive of results. Antngon Isms have arisen between the Washing ton fish commissioner and the master fish warden of Oregon, each seeking to protect the interests of thehr Indi vidual state as the exlginces require. Both gentlemen have submitted their annual reports and they will be sub mitted to the legislatures for consider ation. With all due respect to the hon esty of purpose of the master fish warden's report, there Is something lacking, and something more needed which will be the subject of legislative action. There Is a growing sentiment In Ore gon, both on the upper and lower Co lumber liver, for radical changes in our fishing laws. The office of master fish warden is an unnecessary office and the results produced are dispro portionate to the costs and expenses of maintaining the office. What Is needed is commission consisting of two cannerymen, ,two fishermen and the governor of the state. One of the commission to be superintendent of hatcheries. With the exception of the superintendent of hatcheries, the com mission would be willing to serve without pay, except necessary travel ing expenses when no official business. A clerk of the commission could be se lected to collect and the licenses and attend to the routine business of the 'commission. The officers of the coun ties can enforce the fishing laws. The object of having a commission torn cosed of fishermen and cannerymen is. that, they are the persons directly In terested and benefited by the salmon industry and will, as a matter of per sonal Interest, see that the laws are strictly enforced, the hatcheries prop erly constructed, and operated, and there Is no question but the results will ' be much more satisfactory. The commission can establish the open and close seasons, according to the run of salmon. They will be sufficiently in terested in the industry to see that, the royal Chinook la propagated, and an Interim they can be fishing out the Inferior fish now being propagated until propagation. What Is needed in the fishing in dustry of Oregon, is less seines and more business. Less red tape and more results. Fewer newspaper articles and annual reports and more fish. When these changes are made, and the can nerymen on both sides of the river confer together for mutual interests and protection of the industry, they will be In a position to go before the legis lature and secure adequate appropria tions to meet the expenses of fish progapatlon. They are the ones Inter ested and will certainly look out for their Interests and the state's as well The salmon industry Is the second In dustry in the state, and It should be managed by men familiar with all the branches of the business. It doesn't require a master wheat warden to regu late the raising of wheat. This busi ness Is managed by warehousemen and farmers, at no expense to the state. No logging and lumber warden is necessary, this business being managed by the men engaged In the business. Why canntjt the salmon business be managed in the same way. That radical changes are necessary in our fishing laws is apparent. The abolishment of the present fish commission, the enact ment of a law in one short section and possible changes In the opening and close season as may be necessary, should meet with the approval of the legislature of Oregon. The present laws are too cumbersome, too long and complex, and even the attorneys are Incapable of dissection them with any degree of Intelligence. slaughter of score of thousands of men, even though an open door to trade and commerce is at the door to trade and commerce Is at the other end of the shambles The one human life that I lost In the burning tenement or factory Is heralded as worth more than the en tire cost of the building. It la rightly so heralded ana estimated, .ror man may erect buildings, but he cannot impart life, but takes It. notwtthstand ing It Is gift from omnipotence. With a charnel house extended from Fort arthur to Mukden, with tent of thousands of human being shot to death, blown to atoms, bayoneted. crusade beyond the semblance of hu manlly, wounded, bleeding, dying, con suined with thirst on the battle-fields Is the game of war worth the fright ful and shocking cost? As a rule, the world Is sympathising with Japan looking upon her arm as the arm to stay the inarch of an unscrupulous a patient, an Insidious and a danger oua roe. wnicn oegan ner marcn oi conquest from the day Peter the CJreat returned from his European sojourn and ascended the throne to give new life to Russia. He wakened her to sense of destiny, the means to be con sidered and defeats not to be taken a blocking her path to ultimate con quest of Asia and domination of Ku rope. If the conclusion of the war would Insure a lasting peace, If It would re store to the Inhabitants of the deao lated countries a return even of their worldly goods and place them in the position In which they were before the first blow was struck, the result might Justify the cost, for It would be a stay Ing of the march of a dangerous and a restless nation, unscrupulous as to means and remorseless In method. But will universal peace follow, or will Russia merely await a more favorable opportunity to accomplish her de signs? Her history shows that she has never given up a desired object, and there Is nothing In her present atti tude to give evidence of an Intention to be satisfied with anything but the crushing of Japan and an attainment of uncontrolled Influence In China, and. In fact, throughout the entire east. It is for the nations of the world to con template the frightful cost of war, as illustrated on Manrhurlan battlefields, and If any steps can be taken, at least j to mitigate the cost, to take them promptly and to enforce promptly. Mankind has not gone back to the state of the savages, and. surely, there is yet remaining in foreign offices and In cabinets that feeling for humanity which, sooner or later, will bring about the arbitrament of the Judicial tribu nal In the settlement of questions rather than the arbitrament of the sword. THere are the enormous and almost Ireparable losses to trade and to commence to be considered and the ruined homes. But the slaughter wrought by the armies of Oyama and KuroDatkln. and the horrors attend ant on the slaughter, ought to be suf ficlent to make for peace In every civ lllzed government of the globe. MONKEY PRANKS. The Way One Caaalaa; Aye Served a Talevla t'rew. Recently a monkey got the better of the common enemy, the carrion crow by feigning Illness. lie was fastened to a bamboo pole with a running ring. When he wat on hl perch tl crows annoyed him by tenting from bit por- ringer on the ground. One morning they tad been specially disagreeable. He closed bis eyes and feigned u bad illness. When his day's foot! was brought him tha crows de scended upon It, and he had scarcely strength to defend It By good acting be managed to capture one of the crows. To pluck It alive waa the ob vious course. Then. Instead of pulling It to pieces, like Die king monkey whom Kipling and Sir Edward Buck watched enjoying a similar triumph at Simla this monkey tossed the crow Into the air, where Its own companions fell up on It and killed It Monkeys certainly have a eonse of fun. Iarwln used to spend hours watching a young female orang outang In the (oologies! gardeua and was sure that she had the comic sentiment She delighted to put upon her head, like a cap. a peculiar shaped bowl, which lind a droll effect, and she waa sensitive to the effect which her Joke produced up on the spectators. Lahore Tribune. LAWS ON EATING. O 0 O 0 v 0 0 . O O O $ 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 IO00WOi $ ' ' IP. A. SIMPS I nom ot I For Men. I " Swell Togs o Meals at Oae Time Were RealateS by Statal la Eaalaad. On Nov. 2. 1X10, a law came Into force lu England for the regulation of meals and continued to have a place on the statute book until 1K57., It was de signed to check the evils resulting from an excessive use of costly meats ami enacted that no one should purtake nt any place or time (except on specified festivals and holidays to the number ot sixteen days a year) of more than two courses, eiteb not couslatlug of more tbnu two sorts ot victuals, either flesh, or fish, with the common sorts of pottage, aud Inexpensive sauce. On named feast days three courses were allowed. This law was an extension of an or dinance Issued by Kdwnrd II. In 131.') regulating the meals of his nobles, the greater of whom were allowed In ad dition to two courses of two kinds of meat a side dixit of one sort An act of 13U3 enacts that servants, artisans and laborers "shall be served to est and drink once a day of flesh or fish and remnant of other victuals, as of butter, milk and cheese, according to their station In life." London Tele graph. AFTERNOON TEA. ' O TrX at ' vm( o It 3 IHj v 4''iM'- fJirVLjji'i ilfj! (Ill iwwi a $ If- r TIME WfrbM MM V But SlMMr S We Fit Anyone you were seeing us about your Winter Suit or Overcoat if you expect to be in the "running" with the fashionably dressed men around town These garments are "chock full' of good quality, and style tnat is only pro duced by a first class City Tailor. To a buy your clothes here is to be well dressed, and to be well dressed is half the battle of life. P. A. STOKES Money Back if Dissatisfied o$o$osoooooooso$ooooo&o$ooo oooo?owocayoo (Continued from Page 1.) Cincinnati Tribune, DANGER FROM FIRE, . People of Astoria little realise the dangers attending the construction of oil tanks In the business portion of the city. They are represented In the coun ell by business men, to guard the Inter ests of the city and see that needed legislation is secured to protect the lives and property of the community. The building of storage oil tanks In the contemplated location will not only de tract from the value of real estate in that vicinity, but the dangers from fire cannot be estimated. Most of the buildings are of wood, and once a fire gets started, fanned by the winds, and aided by the bursting of an oil tank will render the saving of property Im possible. The northwest winds that usually prevail in the winter. In the event of a fire, would sweep the entire business portion of the city away. The loss would be thousands and tens of thousands of dollars, and the loss would fall In a majority of Instances on peo ple who can ill afford It. Where the mistake was made In the first place, was in allowing the Stand ard Oil Company to build any storage tanks within the city limits. But It is not too late to stop the building of any more. The Interests of the people demand speery legislation for the pre ventlon of the erection of any more oil tanks in the city limits, and particular ly at the location now contemplated. The common council should give this matter Its prompt attention at the next meeting of the council. Ordinances have ben passed preventing the stor age of gun powder and other combustl bles In the city limits, and coal oil and gasoline stored In large quantities are equally as dangerous. It Waa the Voe la Ealaa4 la the Blbeeath Ceatary. The earliest mention of afternoon ten Is by Carlyle of Iureresk, who, writing of society at Harrogato In 1713, says, "The ladies gave afternoon tea and coffee In their turns." In 1700 William Dutton wrote borne from Eton college to his father In Sher- restorlng the merchants murine of the Tnlled Stales. The commission was Instructed to report on the first day of the coming session and It Is expected that this will be done. Some doubt exists among til mem bers of both houses as to whether ad dltomil Chinese exclusion leglsluon Is necesiwry. It hits been held that the law would expire this month as It was founded upon a treaty which also expires. A new treaty la being ne gotiated aud an exclusion law to meet Its terms nviy le v-i nry. The pen pie of the Pad lie coast have been In sisting upon more rigid exclusion than V. ... 1.1. ...... I 1 , . .. 1.1... I uorue. i ,m, uiu ue sum ,tha, known ,he ,,, ,aw ...... , . I " ... ? 'luestlon Is brought up there will be Ulliim 111 uiv miriumill, milium nunu there Is no keeping company with other boys of my standing." Dr. Somervllle, minister of Jedburgh, writing of social bablts In Scotland In bis early life (1741), says, "Most fam ilies, both In the higher and In the mid dle ranks, used tea at breakfast but among the latter It was only recently Introduced In the afternoon, on the oc casion of receiving company." ' Thackeray, in "The Neweomes" (1855), alludes to the light refreshment halfway between lunch and dinner as If it were already a fashionable Institu tion, "Barnes Newcotne comes every day from the city, drops In and drinks tea at 5 o'clock." London Globe. IS WAR WORTH THE COST. Even the Japanese are reported an shocked by the slaughter of their ene mies, while mourning the slaughter of their fellows of the armies of the mi kado. And if the Japanese are not shocked, the world is shocked, and the question la forcing Itself on the public Is tbe game or war worth tot p . . V ' Church Notes. . First Congregational church, preach ing at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor, Luther D. Mahone. Morning subject: "A Religion for ail Time." Evening, "Arrested Development" Sunday school 12:20 p. m. Christian Endeavor 11:30 p. m. German Lutheran church, Sunday school at 10 a. m.; service, 11 a. tn.; instruction In German every Saturday from S a. m. to 11:45. At the Baptist church tomorrow the hand of church fellowship will be ex tended to quite a number of new mem bers. The subjects of sermons will be 'The Breaking of Bread," and "The Building of Walls." Everybody Is cor dially Invited to attend. I'alqae Pablie Hoase. In a busy thoroughfare In Glasgow there Is a fully licensed public house, which la probably tbe smallest estab lishment of Its kind In tbe kingdom. When full It can just accouunodate eight customers. It Is nicknamed the Coffin," and the regular habitues give the various drinks, etc., names to cor respond. A whisky Is a "nail," a pint of beer a "lid," and brandy and soda is a "monument" The sandwiches are dabbed "gravestones" and the ciga rettes "worms." Mataal Dlatrast. "A genius," said the young man with long hair and eyeglasses, "usually re gards the world as a balky mule." "Tea," answered Miss Cayenne, "and the world usually regards a geulus as a horso that Is trying to run away." Washington Star. fjulte a lenglliy debali. Hennior IHIIIntflimil has reported from the committee on (migration a bill aendlng the ItnnilKratlon laws, and It Is his Intention to puxh for Its con sideration. The principal feature of the bill Is a provision for an agent of the ITnlted States, accompanied by a surgeon, to be stationed nt all Import ant European immigrant ports to In spect aliens seeking udmlsslon to the United States, It also provides for a head tax of 11 an Immigrant. Two senators are to take oath of office Philander C. Knox, the succes sor of Senator Quny from Pennsylva nia, and W. Murray Crane, the succes sor of Senator Hoar from Massachus etts, both seats having been made va cant by dent.i since the hint sesalim, timber corporation, and George 8. Long of Tncoma, general western agent, were In Portland yesterday, and It was decided to close the camps, In order to save the large tracts of burnt timber In Clark County, Wash ington, the company has been logging continuously, the output a part of the time having been 200,000 feet dally. These logs are transported by railway and dumped Into large -storage poods above Vancouver, the burnt timber better preserving Its soundness when lying In the water. Many of the logs are sold to Portland mills and the others will be held In reserve fr a tet ter matket. Mr. Alexander staled that the other large logging camps had agreed to close down during the short days and rainy ! weal her. aud that his company hud dr. elded to follow the concerted plans of the other luggers, said the company would hut attempt to build any exten sion of Its logging railway lines this winter, but will wait until good weather before making any Improvements. The larger proportion ot the big log. King firms have already closed down and the remainder will likely suspend joperatlons this week. Several of the I firms will keep a part of their crews at work In building extensions to log jglng railway lines, but there will be a I large number of Idle men until the camps start again. Notioe to Stockholders. Notice Is hereby given that the regu lar annual meeting the stockholders of the Columbia Illver Packers Associa tion will be held at the offices of the company at Astoria, Oregon, on De cember 12th, 1104, at 11 o'clock, A. M fur the purpose of electing Directors, ar.d the transaction of such other bustnesa as may properly ut Considered. ' . , Astoria. Or., Nov. II. 1904. g am. n OEonaE, Secy. MURDERER RESENTENCED. I LA8T NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT. George H. Lupton's Appeal Denied and He Must Hang. San Francisco, Dec. 2. Henry Mil- Given by the PupiU of the Conv.nt of , ,on 0(,or(t ,j1)lot, wn Holy Names. .brought from San Quentln yesterday to Fishers' opera house was crowde l be resentenced on a charge of murder, lust evening to wltnexs an entertain- j He was convicted of killing James Oil merit given by the pupils of the Con- leece In April, 1903, but took an appeal vent of Holy Numes. i to the supreme court prior to March Cinderella In Flowerland was the j 11, the day on which he was sentenced opening selection. Miss Pearl Roberts i to be hanged. His appeal waa denied Thlaa-a Worth Remembering. Do not forget that it Isn't necessary to be disagreeable In order to disagree with tbe other inan. If we took' as great pains to say kind things as we do to think unkind ones, life would be one long metaphorical May. Success. A Towa For Mea Only. On the borders between China and ItUHsIa, In Asia, almost due S3utb of Lake Rnlkal, Is a good sized town kuown as Malmnteltln, which Is ex clusively Inhabited by men. Tbe place lias a considerable trade and Is also a military post. An old law forbids wn men to live In this territory, and they cannot pass the great wall of Kalkan nor enter Mongolia at all. Tits ItlOleiHoaa Tart. "Do you see anything ridiculous In my wig?" said a Judge to tbe famous Irish barrister, John Cur ran. "Nothing but the bead," flew back tie retort assuming the leading role and received meritorious applause. The orchestra rendered "Bohemia," after which a drama In four acts, en titled "School of Sorrow," was present ed by the older members. Ribbon fantastlcs was partic ipated In by the younger members and they snowed great proficiency In training and drill. An orchestral selection con cluded the evening's entertainment, which was one of the best and most original ever given by the school. Sister Superior und her sister as sistants are entitled to credit for the excellence of the entertainment and its great success. and he waa sentenced to be hanged at San Quentln on January (. Next Time You need a jmirof Men's, Women's or Children's SHOES Honest, Durable Shoes For It s money than you have been paying try S. A. GlnlRE 543-545 Bond St tttttttttJUttUUt 38 Fisher's Dera louse Is E. SELIG, lessee and manager BURNT TIMBER ALL LOGGED Portland. Dec. 2. Closing nf the large logging cumps Is to be more gen eral than was at first anticipated. The WeyerhauHcr Timber Company, the largest producer of logs In the Colum bia river territory, lias decided to close Its camps for two months, and Is mak ing preparations to suspend nneiatlonu In about 10 days. This Is the Informa tion given out by J. W. Alexander, resident agent of the company's log ging and timber Interests In the Co lumbia river district. R. L. McCor mlck, secretary of the Weyerhauser Week Commencing Honday, Dec. 5 ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY ! JAMES KEANE And his entire company, presenting a new lino of plays. High class Vaudeville Siwciulties between the acts. Popular Prices Reserved SeaWoOc; Gallery, 25o. Seat sale Qpona Saturday morning at Griffio's Cook Store. o o o o o m o oo o o o IS)