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THE PARK QUESTION.
The Civic Improvement League sent
a communication to the Astoria water
commission, urging upon that auxili
ary organisation the advisability of
purchasing a few lots in the vicinity i
of the old reservoir for a city park. beaflt known a8 the bullfight attained
The directory does not disclose the popularltyi and wherever Spanish peo
nage of any such organisation, neither !ple went to Cuba, to South America,
tinder the head of lodges and order. lo the Philippines, the matador, the
ur iraiisAruiuiHi cumpaiues. i ncrv
was at one time, an organisation by
that name doing business In Astoria.
They collected considerable revenue
from different persons and lodges to be
used in beautifying the streets of the
city. As none of it was ever used for
that purpose; It probably was used to
beautify the residences of some of the
members who held the sack. At least.
no report was ever made of the receipts
and disbursements, and It went out or
business, when the donations ceased.
A Civic Improvement League Is an
imporant adjunct for any city. Organi
sations of this kind have been organ
' lied in many cities and towns and have
accomplished many Important reforms,
especially In beautifying the city. Its
streets, parks and public places. There
Is room for an organization of this kind
In Astoria. The streets of Astoria are
strewn with paper, rubbish, tomato
cans, potato peelings, banana peels and
decayed vegetables. Probably the prin
cipal business streets show the most
signs of the total depravity of the peo
ple. Along the water front and tie
railroad track are hundreds of old rook
eries that would not be allowed to ex
ist In a civilized community. Some of
them are occupied by fishermen and
bachelors, and others are occupied by
rats. Some of them are ready to tumble
down, and others will in the near fu
ture. These old buildings never burn
down because they are not Insured,
the rates being too high.
A Civic Improvement League when
properly organised and in good work
ing order, brings sufficient Influence
to bear upon the common council and
the health officers to see that these old
rookeries and wrecks are removed and
the city placed in a sanitary condition.
This is what they have accomplished
In other cities and what can be ac
complished in Astoria.
. But as to requesting the water com
mission to Invest money in a few lots
for public park purposes, we are In
clined to the belief that the water com
mission is engaged In the business of
supplying the city and its Inhabitants
with water and diatoms. " They have
no authority. to purchase property for
public parks. Dealing In water and
dealing In land an, two distinct voca
tions. If the members of the league
Would subscribe for a local paper, they
would discover that Astoria already has
a public park and that a tax of half a
milt Is annually levied for park pur
poses. There is also a park commis
sion, and the communication from the
Civic Improvement League should have
been addressedto. them. They could
then have presented It to the common
council with their recommendations, if
they believed the' request worthy of
consideration. Of course the mem
bers of the league are not to blame for
their Ignorance, few If any of them
'.reading any of the Astoria newspapers,
but they could hive consulted some
one that was familiar with city affairs,
and got the right steer. As It Is, the
communication embodies more of pre
mediated Ignorance, than merit
Astoria needs a public park, and it
has one situated ou a high eminence In
the rear of the reservoir. It is called
a park because the ground was pur-
chased for that purpose. It was pur
chased originally by the Push Club,
and turned over to the common council,
and the mayor was authorized to ap
point a park commission. The money
raised by taxation- has been used to
complete the payments on the pur
chase price. ."As soon as that Is done,
steps will probably be taken to beautify
it and make It attractive.
In order that the members of the
league may be thoroughly informed on
this subject It Is to be hoped that
someone will hand some of the officers
a copy of this paper. The business of
the city, purchasing park sites and
building new hotels, are not to be found
In any almanac or story rPr. The
daily papers of the city furnish all this
Information for the benefit of their
subscribers.
The public will also be' Informed
through the columns of the Astortan
when Port Arthur has fallen and when
the hotel committee makes Its report
If the paper Is In existence at the time
ot the occurrence.
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PUGILISM DOOMED,
Civilisation has moved steadily
ahead In the world known as the Uni
ted State, but It still clings to bur
dens that could easily be shed. True.
the particular burden tn mind Is not
of alarming proportions, yet the fact
of Its exlstenec makes many people
doubt the genuineness of man's refor
mation. These people pertinently ask
why men who pretend to be enllght
ened encourage the so-called sport of
prise-fighting. This question. of
course, is not asaed with the desire or
getting an answer. It la merely a
statement reflecting on the Intelligence
of the communities in which human
beings meet In the presence of their
kind and batter each other to the best
of their ability.
That the prtse-flghting game Is a
survival of the brutal pastimes of old
no one denies. Rome forced men to
fight beasts, and when even this did
not satisfy, the populace compelled Its
gladlntors to become murderers. In
the course of time the gentle influence
of Christianity brought about a better
state of affairs. The gladiator disap
peared, and people were content with
contests between four-legged animals.
In Spain It was somewhat different.
- r - here the battle
between man and
picador and the bull found a field pre
pared for combat. Of all concerned,
the bull was the least pugnacious. He
never did care much for gnme. but
man. his master. Insisted that he make
more of a brute of himself than na
ture Intended. Bullfighting, despite the
bull's objections, Is still popular In
some communities, but It Is a tame af
fair compared to the days when the
Kame was young.
Whenever the ani
mal can find a way out of the Inclos
ure there Is no fight It Is the man
who demands bloodshed. The spirit
of reformation shown by the bull de
tracts from the game, and there are
people w'orth listening to who make
the confident prediction that It will not
be long, perhaps a generation or two,
before Spain and the Spanish-American
countries will have a more humane
national pastime.
The rise and decline of bullfighting ,
has taken place among a people who. extreme value to the present as well
have taken little stock In-pugilism, us to the future welfare of nil the west J
still the fate of the one may be the ,ern public lund states. They powerful
fate of the other. The flst-flghtlng y affect the use and dlsoosul of the
game got Its first boom in England,
and it ifme across the ocean with the
early cdjonlsts. In the Infancy j of the
sport men fought for the very love of
lighting. With bare knuckles
beat each other until they were blind
and cut and bruised until even their
own mothers would not have known
them. It may be argued that this still
happens, but there Is this difference:
It was the rule then; It Is the exception
now. In those "good old times" a
handful of silver was a sufficient prize.
Some noble duke, or perhaps a petty
marquis, would get up a fight to add
a little excitement to life. No one
dreamed of a day when bulging bags
of gold would be the reward of bruiser
champions.
When the game first crossed the sea
it flourished on this side with the same
show of brutality that marked Its
pioneer days in England. Just as
much blood was shed Just as many men
were beaten until their features
lacked human resemblance, anil Just is
little money was given to the fighters.
At last public sentiment became
aroused, and the "exponents of the
manly art" were denied the privilege
of pummellng each other with the ap
proval of authority. This did not stop
the game, for matches were pulled eft
at night la barns out In the country
and on barges that anchored In a river,
Just oat of reach of the officers of the
law.
Finally there came a day when pugi
lists either had to battle with gloves
or find some other way of making a
living. Bare-knuckles fights lost fa
vor with the professionals, who na
turally wanted to get all the money
they could with the least possible dam
age. Profits of the game have steadily In
creased until now the winner of sev
eral thousand dollars. It Is a matter
of pugilistic- history that the gross re
ceipts of the first Corbett-Jeffries
match, which was fought In New York,
amounted to 61,000. - -In San
Francisco, which has only a fraction of
the population of the Atlantic metropo
lis, the record mark is In excess ot
40,000.
To note the space devoted by news
papers to prize-fighters and to see a:i
Immense crowd gathered around a rinj
when eminent maulers meet to battle
for a title, one might think that the
game is growing In popularity, but the
contrary Is the case. Pugilism Is
doomed. Every year the territory In
which It flourishes becomes more lim
ited. New York will never beat Its
own record of receipts, for the. law
that permitted 'boxing .contests" In
that city has been repealed.
Other cities have taken similar action,
and in time San Francisco will follow
suit This la the last stronghold of
the pugilist, and when It falls the gnmo
will soon die. Civilisation worKs
slowly, but Its progress Is sure. The
prise fighter does much harm and no
good, and therefore cannot escape the
wheels of the car of progress.
(Continued from Page I.)
sound common sense. It runs In part
as follows:
It Is my belief we can better serve
each other, better understand the man
as well as his business, when meeting
face to face, exchanging views, and
realising from personal contact we
serve but one Interest that of our
mutual prosperity.
Serious misunderstandings can not
occur where personal good will exist
and opportunity for personal explntia
tlon Is present."
The day has gone by when a corpor
ation can be handled successfully l
defiance of the public will, even though
that will be unreasonable and wrong
A public may be led, but not driven,
and I prefer to go with It and shtipe
or modify. In a measure, Its opinion.
rather than be swept from my bearing
with loss to myself and the Interests
In my charge.
Publicity, and not secrecy, will win
hereafter, and laws be construed by
their intent and not, by their letter.
otherwise public utilities wilt be owned
and operated by the public which cre
ated them, even though the service be
less efficient and the result less satis
factory from a financial standpoint''
Agrioulture.
The department of agriculture has
grown Into an educational Institution
with a faculty of two thousand special
ists making research Into all the
sciences of production. The congress
appropriates, directly and Indirectly,
t6.000.000 annually to carry on this
work. It renches every state and ter
ritory In the union and the Islands of
the sea lately come under our flag. Co
operation Is had with the state experi
ment stations, and with many other
institutions and Individuals. The world
Is carefully searched for new varieties
of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables,
trees and shrubs, suitable to various
localities In our country; and marked
benefit lo our producers has resulted.
Our Forests.
It Is the cardinal principle of the
forest-reserve policy of this adminis
tration that the reserves are for use.
Whatever Interferes with the use of
their resources Is to be avoided by
every possible means. But these re
sources must be used In such a way
as to make them permanent.
The forest policy of the government
Is Just now a subject of vivid public
Interest throughout the west and to the
people of the United Stutes In general.
The forest reserves themselves are of
public lands. They are of special Im
portance because they preserve the
water supply and the supply of timber
for domestic purposes, and so pro-
thy;mote settlement under the reclamation
act. Indeed, they ure esseiitlul to the
welfare of every one of the greot in
terests of the west.
Forest reserves are created for two
principal purposes. The first Is to pre
serve the water supply. This is their
most Important use. The principal
users of the water thus preserves are
irrigation ranchers and settlers, cities
and towns to whom their municipal
water supplies are of the very first Im
portance, users and furnishers of water
power, and the users of water for do
mestic, manufacturing mining and
other purposes. All these are directly
dependent upon the forest reserves.
The second reason for which forest
reserves are created Is to preserve the
timber supply for various classes of
wood users. Among the more Import
ant o fthese are settlers under the re
clamation act and other acts, for whom
a cheap and accessible supply of timber
for domestic uses Is absolutely neces
sary; miners and prospectors, who are
In serious danger of losing their timber
supply by fire or through export by
lumber companies when timber lands
adjacent to their mines pass Into pri
vate ownership; lumbermen, transpor
tation companies, builders and com
mercial Interests In general.
Although teh wisdom of creating for
est reserves is nearly everywhere
heartily recognized, yet In a few locali
ties theer has been misunderstanding
and complaint. The following state
ment is therefore desirable:
The forest -reserve policy can be suc
cessful only when It has the full sup
port of the people of the west It can
not safely, and should not In any case,
be Imposed upo nthem against their
will. But neither can we accept the
views of those whose only Interest In
the forest Is temporary; who are anx
ious to reap what they have not sown
and then move away, leaving desola
tion behind them. On the contrary, It
Is everywhere and always the Interest
of the permanent settler and the perm
anent business , man, the man with a
stake In the country, which must be
considered and which must decide.
The making of forest reserves with
in railroad and wagonroud land-grant
limits will hereafter, as for the past
three years, be so managed as to pre
vent the Issue, under the act of June
4, 1897, of base for exchange of lieu
selection (usually called scrip). In all
cases where forest reserves within ares
covered by land grants appear to be
essential to the prosperity of settlers,
miners, or others, the government lands
within such proposed forest reserves
will, as In the recent past, be with
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wn from sal or entry pending the
the owners of the land grunts as will
prevent the creation of so-called scrip.
The creation of a forest service In
the department of agriculture will have
for Its Important results:
First A better handling of all for
est work, because It will be under a
single head, and Iwruuse the vast and
Indlspensiible experience of the depart
ment In all matter pertaining to the
forest reserves, to forestry In general,
and to. other forms of produrtloit from
the soil, wilt be easily and rapidly ac
cessible. Second The reserves themselves,
being handled from Urn point of view
of the man In the field, Instead of the
man in the office, will lie more easily
'and more widely useful to the people of
the west than has ben the case hith
erto. Third Within a comparatively short
time the reserves will become self-supporting.
This Is Important, becuuse con
tinually and rapidly Increasing appro
priation will be necessary for the
proper care of this exceedingly iuiKirt
ant Interest of the nation, and they ran
and should be offset by returns from
the national forests. Under similar cir
cumstances the forest possessions of
other great nations form an Important
source of revenue to their government.
Every administrative officer con
cerned Is convinced of the necessity
for the proposed consolidation of for
est work In the department of agri
culture, and I myself have urged It
more than onec In former messages.
Again I commend It to the early and
favorable consideration of the congress.
SYNOPSIS.
The remainder of the message Is at
great length, and deals fully wltrTall
the current topics of government, much
attention being paid to questions of
foreign government ana our isiana pos-
sessions. Space Is also given the Alas-
kan needs, and the post office ana otner
state departments. Recommendation Is
made for a change In the naturalization
and Immigration laws, and the pro
tection of elections Is urged.
In Alaska the president urges the
revision of Judicial districts, the crea
tion of more Judges, and says Alaska
should have a delegate In congress.
SEASIDE ELECTION.
The
Citizens Ticket Is Victorious
at
Monday' Elsotion.
The annual election of the tofvn of
Seaside occurred Monday. Great In
terest was manifest tn the election,
especially over the mayoralty. J. H.
Johansen was nominated by the citi
zens and R. R. Cole by the Independ
ents; 117 votes being polled, which was
small, owing to the fact that the quali
fication of voters required 90 days resi
dence In the city, and a large number
had not resided there that long. Fol
lowing Is the result:
Mayor J. H. Johansen, 64; R. R.
Cole, B3.
Recorder and Police Judge J. E.
Alacraz, 105.
Treasurer R. A. Price, 109.
Councilman First ward, M. J.
Young, citizen, 4; B. W. Otto, Inde
pendent, 49.
Councilman Second ward, two year
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P. A. STOKES
TIME
you were seeing us about your Winter
Suit or Overcoat If you expect to be In
the "running"with thefashionably
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
buy your clothes here is to be well
dressed, and to be well dressed is
half the battle of life.
P. A. STOKES
term. W. J. Falconer, lOt; one year
term. A. 8. Froslld. 100.
Councilman At large, two years'
term, W. J. Ebberman, 65; J. P. Bird,
50.
The newly elected officers will as
sume their duties on th. first Monday
In January at 12 o'clock, noon.
8PECIAC ANNOUNCEMENT.
i. Baltimore A Ohio Rsilroad's New
Through Service.
Kffectlve November 27th. 1904, uml
thereafter, a tit-W dally train will be
Inaugurated, leaving Grand Central
passenger station, Chicago, at 10:10
p. in., for Akron, Cleveland. Youngs
town, Pittsburg and Intermediate
points, connecting at Pittsburg with
"luiuesne IJmlled" ,for Philadelphia j
mid New York, and with train No. 10
for Washington. I). C, and Baltimore.
This train will be equipped with
first -class day coiu'hes, Pullman sleep
ers and dining car service. '
On all through Jlckets stop-over will
be allowed at Washington, Baltimore
aTnrVhlladelphlu, not to exceed 10 days
at each place.
For further particulars address.
Peter Harvey, General Agent, Room
1, Hobart Bldg.. San Francisco.
D. B. Martin, Manager Pussenger
Trnfllo Baltimore, Md.
B. N, Austin, General Passenger
Agent. Chicago.
To the Public
Notice Is hereby given that the office
of the Auditor and Police Judge will be
open betwetn the hours of 7 and 9
o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings of this
week to accommodate any who may de
sire to register for the coming election.
The registration book will be closed
igaturda at 4
o ciock p. m tne
10th
jaay December, 1904.
OLOF ANDERSON.
Auditor and Police Judge of the city
of Astoria.
Fisher's Hera
L, E. SELIG,
Week Commencing Honday, Dec! 5
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY !
JAMES KEANE
And Lia entire company, presenting a new lino of plays. High
class Vaudeville Specialties between the ucts. .
Popular Prices;
Reserved Seat, 50c; Gallery, 25c. Seat sale opens Saturday
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Notloe te Stockholder.
' Notice la hereby given that the regu
lar annual meeting the stockholders of
the Columbia River Packer Associa
tion will be held at the offices of the
company at Astoria, Oregon, on De
cember 12th, 1904, at It o'clock,
A. M, for the purpose of .lectin
Directors, ar.d the transaction of such
other business as may properly Uft
considered.
Astoria, Or, Nov. 21. 1904.
QKO. II. GEORGE, Bec'y.
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