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THE HORNING ASTORIAN X'STOHIA, OREGON. 4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1908. THE HORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Pahllthed Dally (Kictpt Monday) by THE J. 8. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mall. per year it 00 By raalL Mr month SO By carrier, per month 0 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN By mall, per year, In advance ..il 00 tVOnto for the drifterta of Thi Morkiko Acroaiix to rtiber itwhImx or plan of buatnrm juy be mad by ponul oud nr through tk rkoso. Any irregularity la dvlinry vhnuld be edialcly reported to the office of publication Telephone Main 661. Today's Weather. Portland, Jan. 10. Oregon Washington Wednesday, fair. and made for their proper regulation, and that for ninny years has successfully resisted all attempts to control thy railroads or protect the people from their discriminations, Impositions and extortions. The administration hit' spoken for the people and naked thnt something be done to protect them and bring these lawless corporations to book, but there Is no prospect that congress will do much If anything In this direction. "But these and other offenders of colossnl proportions are under stricter surveillance than they have ever been. The people are becoming enlightened as to their methods and the results. The public eye Is upon them, the public In telligenec is awakening, the publlti blood is quickening Its pulse, and the public arm Is beginning to exercise It- self." ANNUAL REGATTA Business Men of Astoria Suggested to Manage the Annual Regatte. EARLY ACTION NECESSARY Thousands of Visitors Will Corns to Astoria This Ytar to St tht Lewis and Clark Fair and Who Will Attend ths Rsgatta. DAT OF RECKONING. The more the land frauds of Oregon are being Investigated the more is the public amaied at the prominent men implicated. While no one likes to be lieve that prominent United States sen ators and congressmen are implicated yet from the evldenec adduced and the statements of the officials Investigating the matter it Is apparent that there is stronger evidence against prominent officials than they are aware of. If what Is claimed is true. Senator Mitch ell and Congressmen Herman are ac tually implicated or participated In any way to defraud the government they should be treated the same as an ordi nary citizen. They are entitled to no more consideration than the man that was induced to file on a Umber claim and commit perjury at the behest of the timber syndicates. The Tacoma Ledger In an editorial says: -The signs Indicate a troublous time for various species of big thieves at last It Is best to use this plain word, j NUISANCE REMOVED. The actions of the common council I Monday evening In ordering all the bill boards In the city removed will meet the approbation of every one In As torla. These unsightly boards have disgraced the public streets of As toria for years. Several people have been injured by their being blown down and it was to save the city expensive lawsuits that the action was taken. When It rains the advertisements are washed off on the sidewalks, making them filthy and dangerous to travel upon. No one cleans up the muss, and the streets are some times covered wltn colored poster paper, which Is blowr all over the sidewalks. Advertise ments are often posted on them that resemble a Christmas edition of th Police Gaxette, and which would not be tolerated In any other community. There Is not a city of any slxe In the east that allows bill boards within the city limits. The Civic Improvement League in every city has been instru mental in having ordinances passed prohibiting their erection, as they are considered an obstruction to streets and highways, and are neither useful nor ornamental. The streets of Asto ria need cleaning up and the removal The question of the annual regatta Is being discussed In business circles and suggestions have been made that Immediate action be taken by the se lection of a committee to carry It into effect. While It Is a long time befora the regatta will be held, yet In the light of the experience of last year, with many obstacles to be overcome, those who are taking an Interest In the mat ter favor an early organisation and formulating of plans In order that It may be advertised and that a commit tee may be selected that will Inspire confidence. It is claimed that a regatta should be held this year on account of the thousands of eastern people who will visit the Lewis and Clark fair and who are certain to visit Astoria. These vis itors will begin to arrive early In May and if advertising mutter can be Issued and placed In the hands of these people Astoria will be advertised ail over the United States. Without commenting upon the fall ure of last year's regatta thost? who arj Interesting themselves in the matter favor the atDointmcnt of a committee representing the business and Indus trinl men of the city and county. The - Is oooooooooooooiooio P. A. STOKES "Swell Togs for Men." Having made a Successful Slaughter of our Men Clothing we now proceed to put the Knife into our Iff of these unsightly bill boards is a step; names of George H. George. Hernia in the right direction. The superintendent of streets was Instructed to notify Mr. Hager, who ownes the bill boards, to remove the for they are men who to rain rt I rubbish from those that have been wealth have persistently and audac-! blown down, and to stop the erection iously violated and defied laws, while!0 any mor- M the next meeting of posing as being models and leaders in Ith council all bill boards now erect the country's business life. We allude ed declared a nulsanec and or dered removed. Mr. Hager contends that he pays rent for the property upon mon people, the producers and con-jwhlcn tnev are greeted, but as the sumers. either by violations of laws on boards are fastened to the sidewalks. to those who have made and are mak ing enormous profits out of the corn- by the corWpf"lpWfcurement a vietow chins legislation, unfaithful administra Uon, or unjust adjudication. They are not aa guilty as the corrupted or base ly influenced legislators, executive of ficers and Judges who have been their tools, but they deserve no softer name than thieves nevertheless. "Just now especial attention is at tracted to the land thieves. The Puters and McKinleys were only small l't shrewd tools. Behind them was a more or less corrupt or at best a contemp tibly hoodwinked government. Infested with a lot of unprincipled or incompet ent politicians. But behind all these were the big beneficiaries, the men who with the aid of these official and pri vate agents and tools possessed themselves of millions upon millions of acres of the choicest timber lands of the country left most of them, in fact at perhaps an average of one- tenth their present value. "That these great timber land own ers did business on a large scale, and spent a great deal of money to acquire these immensely valuable lands, does not change the nature of the transac tion, for in almost every case the spirit and even the letter of the law were violated. The lands were the govern ment's, the people's; by trickery, fraud and perjury, it passed Into possession of the big syndiactes. Thus the people have been robbed of tens of millions Why. then, should we not call these men robbers as well as the men who take small amounts of property from rightful owners by force? "The rich man who robs by chican ery is more dangerous and deserving of punishment than the poor man whe robs by the strong arm method. He injures more people, and he corrupts rthe jetty has jurisdiction s over them and proposes to exercise Its authority. No more bill boards will be permlted erected in the city without sending a petition to the common council, and If they can be erected on private prop erty away from the streets and side walks, the council will probably havi no objection. These bill boards blow down nearly every time there is a windstorm, and people have been compelled to walk in the middle of the streets through slush and mud to avoid being killed. They are an obstruction to the sidewalks and are dangerous, as long as they are fastened to the sidewalks or the hand rails. Should an accident happen and any person be Injured or killed the city would be liable in damages, and th city cannot afford to defend law suits in order to give one man a monopoly of posting disgusting advertisements all over the principal thoroughfares of the city. The common council Is to be commended for Its action in the mat ter and the superintendent of street can be depended upon to execute the orders of the common council. SCIENCE VS. TAXATION. If Diagones were to hunt for an hon est man In Oregon, about tax assess ment time, the effort would be attend ed with great difficulty. According to the report of the secretary of state tht value of improvements on real prop erty amounts to only $40,597,683. This sum is less than the value of buildings in Portland alone. It is not 10 per cent of the actual value of Improvements. Either men are adept prevaricators when they give In their assessments, Wise. W. R. Hume. A. Dunbar. Mart Foard. H. J. Wherlty. C. S. Brown, H. R. Hoefler, C. R. Hlgglns. J. W. John ston. W. F. McGregor. H. D. Gray, J. Carney, J. T. Ross, C. J. Trenchard J. C. Mayo, J. H. Johansen of Seaside M. Gorman of Cathlamet and Harry Hamblet of Portland have been men tloned aa the committee. If these gen tlemen will consent to act aa a su pervlsory board, select a competent man aa general manager, appoint committee of one representing the var lous business houses and Industries there is no doubt but the regatta can be made the greatest success of any ever held. While considerable dissatisfaction exists as to the outcome of last year' regatta, this should not be taken Into consideration against the one this year. A regatta this year In Astoria will be of more benefit to the city and county than any previous regattas and, with the management in the hands of the men suggested, confidence will be In spired and there will be no doubt of the hearty co-operation of all classei of business. More and better sports can be provided. Insuring the largest number of visitors that has ever been in Astoria. Let the business men of Astoria consider the proposition and as soon as practicable call a meeting and perfect an organization, MARINE NEWS. or the assesors resemble a New York men to serve the rwxmip an that the Tammany crooked politician. The know not on whom to depend. "But the big land thieves are not all. There are those who form the beef trust, as a sample of many, that with the aid of the big railroad corporations are able absolutely to name their own prices both to the cattle raisers on the farms and ranges, and to the meat consumers In all cities throughout the country. They are avaricious, of course; as the attorney general says they are 'oppressive and merciless;' they offer low prices to the cattle own ers and extort high prices from con sumers; they are a gang of wholesale robbers as much as the bandits of Europe that we have read of ever were, and yet it is regarded as doubtful If they can be routed, broken up, or even seriously molested, by the government of 80,000,00 daily plundered people. But the government is preparing to attack them mildly, and may accomplish some thing. "Evidence Is overwhelming that th.; big railroad corporations comprise an other organization that defies law: same report shows that these Improve ments are Insured for $95,531,484.84, or more than double the assessed valua tion. It is a well known fact that insurance companies do not Insure property for more than 50 per cent of Us actual value. Another evident discrepancy Is the amount of monay given in to the as sessors. According 1 the report, the total amount of money In the state of Oregon is only 11,575.970 There Is tha much In Astoria alone, and Port land ought to. have as much In Its banks as Astoria has. People will be inclined to the belief when they lead these statements that the only honest men in Oregon ar those who have neither money or property subject to taxation. It Is contended by some that to beat the county or state out of taxes is not dishonesty, It is science. If this contention be true, Oregon has the largest crop of scientific men In the world. This question needs investiga tion and is respectfully referred to the federal grand jury in PortlanJ. New Coaster Will Go on California Run Soon. The steamer Aurella Is due In from San Francisco this morning with freight and passengers. The steamer W. H. Harrison will leave out today with freight and pas sengers for Nehalem and Tillamook. The Iqua passed up the river fop Portland yesterday. The steamer Aberdeen arrl ved In yes terday light. The Seafoam went up the river In tow to have her machinery put In place at Portland. It is stated that she will be placed in the coast traffic off Cali fornia to Port Reyes, Mendocino, etc The plans of her owners are to make a fast boat of her. The British ship Hammond has been detained at Portland pending the hear Ing of the master of the vessel, Captain James McDonald, who was arrested at the instance of the immigration bureau authorities for violation of law. The regulation which It Is charged the cap tain Ignored is the one providing against the abandonment of undeslr able seamen or passengers. One of the sailors, it is said, was left ashore by the captain because he was afflicted was disease, but the captain says the man was sent to a hospital by the British consul, and that he escaped from the hospital and ran away, en tirely without his knowledge. The bar was reported smooth last evening, with nothing In sight outside. Mr. Mitchell of Oregon appears to be in favor of the indictment of United States senators only by popular vote, o The consensus of Journalistic opin ion appears to be In favor of the news paper! in the war against the print paper combine. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT Remember i Everything in Boys' and Children's Clothing below cost. 55 Pen (Cent O This Sensational Slaughter Includes all the bright and nobby patterns and styles that have made this store the center of at traction for the fashionably dressed Man or Boy. P. A. STOKES Q "Swell Togs for Men." 'jOooooooooooooooOfeO8e0OOrca THE STAB THEATER Astoria's Fashionable Vaudeville house in eonntotlon with Star and Ar cade theaters of Portland. Change of Program Monday. Change of Aots Thursdays MATINEE DAILY AT 2:44 P. M MONSTER BILL Wsek Beginning MONDAY, JANUARY 0, 1906. of THE GARDEN TRIO Commanders-in-chief of the Army Fun. GUS LEONARD "The Man with the Medals" ARTHUR LANE. Singing Comedian PROF. DODD AND DOG CIRCUS Direct from Fisher's, San Francisco BOB KENYON Pictured melodies singing "THE SPIRIT OF '7" Edison's Projectosoope. Subject "The Strike" Admission 10 cents to any seat. Schlltz's beer made Milwaukee fa tnous, and is having the same effect on the Grotto. Nothing better on the market The Palace Turkish baths are a source of delight to the patrons who frequent the establishment courteous treatment and your comfort guarded. Lady attendants furnished for lady patrons by appointment. These bat;is are especially recommended py me leading physicians of the city and re spectfully solicit your patronage. Turk ish baths and bed $1.00. Russian bath 50 cents. Next Time You need a pair of Men's, Women's or Children's SHOES Honest, Durable Shccs For less money than you have been paying try S. A. GIFRE 543-545 Bond St Greatly In Demand. Nothing Is more In demand than i medicine which meets modern require ments for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are Just what you need to cure stomach ana liver trouble Try them. At Chas. Rlgers drug store. 25c, guaran teed. Cooking Apples, 0 cents at Astoria Grocery. Our annual sale is the talk of the town patrons have been waiting for It don't miss It; come early. C. II Cooper, the leading house of Astoria. The Occident tonsorla) parlors and bath facilities are equalled by none. Everything modern and up to date. See Peterson. JUST ARRIVED! IMPORTED NORWEGIAN Anchovies, in barrels and cans, also IMPORTED ITALIAN Olive Oil, Cheese, Paste, etc. at the E0ND STREET MARKET Phone 21U Red. SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN No matter what magazine you want we are SPECIAL AGENTS for it. We can save you the time of writing a letter and buying a money order and the epcnsc of postage and order. Bring i your list, let us nave you money. J. N. GRIFFIN Saloon Men, Attention! Now is the time to have your places of busi ness made neat and attractive. No one is better prepared to do this class of Decorating than we. We have the materials and the competent workmen. BETTER SEE US IMMEDIATELY! B. F. ALLEN & SON A COAL HOD that won'tspill coal all over at W. C. LAWS . CO. 87-831 Bond St. I We sell Stoves also. piIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIITTTTTTlHIIIlIlllIlimi,THTTf Staple and Fancy Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIQARS. Supplies of all kinds at lowest prioes for Fishermen, Farmers and Loggers Branch Uniontowo, - - Phones, 711, Uniontown, 713 A. V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets. ASTORIA. OREGON. "Hiimttiiiinp,ii,mQ (B O s O o o o o o o oo o 09 o o o