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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1905)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1905. $10 REWARD . We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to thcTjoy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905. CHARLES HEILBORN SL SON Complete House Furnishers 590-592 Commercial St. T1IK MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, ORKC.ON. the smashing of his Northern Securi ties pool. He spout much money in the effort to defeat the president In the convention and at the polls. His III fortune In both projects soured him for the time, but he has been compelled to accept the situation. Swift & Co will have a like fate. The best letral skill which money can buy Is on he side of the beef combine, but the law and public opinion are on the side of the government. The com I nit victory for the government In Its attack on the big hkI mamtged by Swift & Co. will be another tribute to the courage and Intelligence of President Hooscvelt, and furnish one more reason for the coun try to felicitate Itself on the magnifi cent triumph of the Republican party at the polls In 1904. 0 Sickening 8hivtring Fits of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved and cured with Electric Bitters. This Is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true oOi600000(i0000000 CO o o ) o w o w o CO o M 0 0 o w o S o o SENSATIONAL CLOTHING NEWS! o o o o (s O o o To make room for our Spring and Summer goods we have placed on sale suits ranging in price from $10 to $18, to go at HirtSchilfnci V Mar Hind Tutored THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Dally (Except Monday) by THE i. S. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. vocation, they should be confined to the one locality and the class that live off the earnings of fallen women driven out of the city. This class are protected by tiie saloon men, who (five them em ployment in order to keep the girls In the house. o LOCAL OPTION. In another column Is published the oronosed amendments to the local OU ST mail, per year uw;tion law adopted in Oregon at the last bj man. prr munm June elecU()n. The amendments pro- By carrier, per month 80 j posed are just and equitable and will make the law a local option law in the THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. 'true meaning of the term, and not a 'prohibition law, as the advocates seem , .. ..'determined to foist upon the people. By mall per year, In advance ,.X 00 v ' ,Tne section amended providing that rrT- ! elections shall be held only once in two UTOrdiTs for the drfiwrine of Th Morn-ixo years is In the line of economy. As Ajtorus to eihwrlwK or placw of business ... , ... , ,, ... . , . our be ma.te by postal card or through tele- the l.nv now stands, the prohibitionists pnooa. Any inVKuunty in delivery snouia oe (curative influence on the disease, driv ing It entirely out of the system. It 4 much to be preferred to Quinine, hav ing none of this drug's bad after-effect S. Munday of Henrietta. Tex.. writes: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till Jie took Electric Bitters, which saved his life. At Chas. Rogers' drug store; price 50c, guaranteed. iately reported to the office of publication. Telephone Main 661 Today's Weather. Portland, Jan. 19. Oregon Washington Friday, rain.' MORAL WAVE. Municipal Judge Hogue of Portland has discovered an old ordinance which prohibits the employment of women in saloons, or allows them In any such place. The ordlnanec also provides that no license shall be issued to a saloon In which they are employed. Councilman Albee introduced an ordi nance revoking the licenses of 23 of! these combination houses, most all of which are situated In the "red light" district. The ordinance was passed and the saloons will have to close up. A number of others are to be closed as soon as they can be reached. There seems to be a determined effort on the part of the moral element of Portland to purify that city so that It will make a presentable appearance for the Lewis and Clark fair. For years Portland has been reeking in Immoral filth. No at tention has been paid to any of the laws of the state or ordinances of the city. Gamblers and proprietors of dis reputable houses have run the politics of the city. Thousands of crimes have been committed and nine-tenths of all the criminals have es-aped punish ment. It has been impossible 'for the circuit courts to try all the appeal cases and they have been dismissed for want of prosecution. Hundreds of men have gone to Port land, fallen in with the army of cap pers and taken to the red light district, introduced Into society, been rolled and robbed, and never reported It to the police. These vile dens of Iniquity do not make their money by legitimate means, or In the saloon business, but by laying for young men and greenles from the country, and rob them. In this way hundreds of prostitutes, gamblers. THE BEEF TRUST. boosters and steerers are suDDorted. Attorney General Moody's strong and the police have come In for a part presentation of the government's case of the swag. These places have been against the beef trust shows that Pres th rendezvous nf criminals and are re-1 Ident Roosevelt is Just as earnest in sponsible for the many hold-ups In his warfare against the combines In that city. In fact, Portland is the head- 1905, after his election, as he was In quarters for all the thieves on the 1903 and 1904. previous to his nomina- North Pacific coast and they are har- tion. The only effect which his election bored by the proprietors of these vile will have on him on this Issue will be dens In the north end. They are to be to make him more ardent In his de driven out of Portland and many will termination to bring all the combines come to Astoria, as it is the only wide- under proper governmental survell open town in the state outside of Port- lance or to abolish the maltogether. land. This purpose is made plain by the vlg Astoria has several of these disre- orous attack which the attorney gen putable Joints and they are allowed to eral Is making before the supreme exist on the plea that the city needs court on the beef trust. the money. But Astoria differs from Swift & Co., which Is. the party di Portland. Instead of this class of ho- rectly assailed by the government's bos, thieves and hold-up artists recelv- war on the beef combine, Is a power ing the protection of the police, they ful corporation. It represents hundred are under close surveilance all the of millions of dollars In this suit, be time, consequently few crimes are cause all the packers In the pool are committed In Astoria, but this Is no standing behind Swift. Hut that corn excuse for tolerating dives. A large j bine Is no stronger financially or so number of people coming to Astoria ichilly than the Northern Securitie; can call an election every year. It cost 1 170,000 for every election held In the state, but the prchlblton contingent does not care for expense as long as they do not have to pay it, and very few of them pay any taxes In the state. They are non-producers and are free " with other peoples money. j The amendment providing that It and 'shall not apply to whosesale liquor houses and breweries, is not so much a license for them to continue business, but if the present law were enforced, it would be impossible for them to dis pose of their stock within the time lim it and would work a hardship on them. The provisions the law shall not be come effective until the amount of the unexpired license has been refunded Is to compel cities or towns to refund the money to the saloonkeepers which they are entitled ten but which In several precincts that went dry. the governing boards have refused to do, thereby showing their dishonesty and utter dls (regard for the law. Laws have to be enacted sometimes to compel people to be honest, and It is especially re quired In the case ot prohibitionists. Taking the amendments as a whole they should be adopted. No one will object to a local option law, but there is a large majority of the people of Ore gofi who are opposed to prohibition. The temperance advocates can not ex pect to have the support of the press for measures that are intended as per secutions Instead of remedying evils, No paper, unless the tool of the pro hibitlon party, will ever lend Its In fluence to any such cause. A large ma Jority of the newspapers are in favor of temperance legislation, but they are opposed to prohibition, more particu larly because It has proven a failure In every state In which It has been tried, and for the further reason that a large majority of prohibitionists are barnacles who are supported In some avocation or another by the publl and contribute nothing toward the run nlng expenses of the city or state. good local option law Is needed and that Is all that is required at present. 1 have been allured Into these dens; theyi are Importuned by "girls" to buyj drinks, become Intoxicated and when they wake up In the morning they find they have been robbed of every cent. This is the way these girls make a liv ing and support a worthless man. These ' men seldom make any complaint to the police for fear ot exposure. Public sentiment is changing in re gard to tolerating vice and disreput able places, and the time is not far dis tant when the lower class of saloons will be refused a license. At the pres ent time a large majority of the peo ple of Astoria are inclined to favor this class of people because many of them derive some revenue from them. If they are allowed to exist and ply their j Company was, and northern securities went down before the government's as sault. The same thing will take place in the case of the beef trust. In the warfare thus far against that combine the government has shown its deter mination and the potency of its cause, and victory for it may be predicted In the supreme court with the great est confidence. Most of the trusts were against Roosevelt and the republican party during the recent canvass. In the over throw of the Northern Securities Com pany they ead the fate of their own combines just as soon as the govern ment could prepare Its case. J. J. Hill predicted many sorts of dire things anJ made many kinds of threats because of INTERESTED SPECTATORS have their eyes on Russia except a big bunch of Astoria People, who are more Interested In "Griffin's Book Sale." Good reasons for It too $1.25 Padded Leather 55c 50c. 40c. 35c Henty Books for Boys and Girls 25e Special 25c and 35c line now 15c fior rant nff rfilMrnn. JPl'ed. Toy Books. 0 o o o (8) o o o s o o o ffi o () o 0 t 0 ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 .1 0 0 aiJ-,..Vi' ,f "u 1- $8.60 ANY SUIT IN THE WINDOW. These suits arc made by the Hart, SchaffOCf & Marks. Crouse Brandagee People and man wearing these garments is wearing the best that of high class tailors can produce Swell Togs for Men. P. A. STOKES Men's Quality Shop. ' 03000000000000000& The Grotto will supply patrons with delicious Tom and Jerry c-ery day. The superior quality of goods which l as made the Grotto popular, will be J. N. 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