THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905.
$10 REWARD
We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00
as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years
of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using
Tthe MONARCH RANGE as subiect of the poem. All
: poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905
CHARLES HEILBORN (Q. SOS
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state, whether Astoria receives a di
rect benefit from It or not for no sec-
tlon can be benefitted without an In
direct benefit to all . Harmony and
united action, will build up the state
and everyone should work for a com
mon cause. .'
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SIGNAL OF DISTRESS.
The Finnish residents of Astoria do
not look with much favor on the prom
tsvd reforms of the caar of Russia, ot
whom they are subjects. Ilia proela
mat ion pledging certain reforms is a
confession of fear. It comes as a re
spouse to the world's indignation, as
voiced by the lead&ig newspapers of
the different countries, at the blind
nesa and arrogance of himself and hi
minister. The loudest note in this
ASJSiirof Chorus of condemnation I sounded
am? to nade by Doatal card or throng tele- i the capital of his ally, France. While
raoaa. Any trnuWity in deUrery bould be r
faBaadiatelrieparted to the office of publication. I the newspapers which are the recog
Telephone Main 061. nlzed organs of the various govern-
1 ments are cautious In their criticisms,
the press which Is free from govern
mental survellunce Is emphatic In Its
denunciation. Xo newspaper of con
sequence In any American city Is so
Today's Weather. ! outspoken in its condemnation of the
Portland, Feb. 10. or western ore- cfar a8 are many of ,ne innuentia
suu ottiurua,, vVuU..ucu u , iournals of Paris. No atteniDt to
In the north and colder in the south h henl naa been tnade bjr
portion. Rouvler cabinet Not a word of warn-
o , I
Entered at the postofflce at Astoria,
Oregon as second-class matter.
LABEL
nh effort to annul those franchise.
The Astoria street car company h;i
siient thousands of dollars In Astoria
to Improve Its system and Is contem
plating spending more. Such bUTx
only tend to drive capital away and
shows a dense Ignorance of Justice.
Capital will not invest in any com
munty where such laws exist. In As
toria under the terms of the franchise
the street car company Is required to
Improve the street between the rails
and for a space of one foot on one.)
side, and this Is a fair and equitable
portion for them to assume. The legis
lature cannot pass any law that will
Impair the obligations of a contract
between a municipality and a street
car company. Charters are granted to
municipal corporations In which are
granted the power to grant franchise
and reguluta street car companies.
State interference aside from this Is
unwarranted and unjust. ,
Against Vaudeville.
Portland, Feb. 10. When Minnie
Louise White, In her suit for a divorce
from Elmer E. White, before Judg
Fraser this morning, said that her
three children, two boys and a girl.
were In the custody of her, husband
and performing at the Baker theater,
the court instructed the district attor
ney to Issue an order to the sheriff to
arrest the children and take them out
of the theater. "Children of such
youthful ages should not be allowed
to be used In such business and this
court will not allow it when the facts
are as evident as In this rase," was tin
Judgment of the court.
OO3OSOOOOOOO(SOO0OSOaor
IMPROVE THE RIVERS.
Ing or "remonstrance, so far as the
world has heard, has been sent to th
For the benefit of the entire state. : editors by Foreign Minister Delcasse.
there should be more of a unanimity j The probability is that the warning
of sentiment between Portland and would not be headed if It had been
Astoria. What benefits Astoria bene
fits Portland and what benefits Port
land benefits Astoria. Both cities
should work In harmony to secure ap
propriations for the river and bar. Ac-
sent. Russia has never offered greater
provocation for the indignation of the
world.
It will be noticed that the cxnr's
pledges are vague. They touch only
tlons of Portland's prominent business 'a few of the grievances of the Russian
men discouraging work of the Chinook j people, and these few are only the
on the bar does not tend to the pro
mulgation of harmony, and neither can
minor ones. Even on these points if
the word of promise be intended to
afford to be antagonistic. Astoria wants be kept which many of Astoria's lo-
to see a deep river between Tongue Jcal Finnish residents do not believe,
point and Portland and the building lit will probably be kept only to th
Use Jap Cost.
Seattle, Feb. . Bids for supplying
5000 tons of coal to the United States
government at Honolulu were opened
at the offlce of the United States quar
termaster yestetday afternoon. J. J.
Moore Co. of San Francisco, wore
the lowest bidders, their offer being
15.12 a ton, the coal to be furnls.ied
from Toshimo, Japan.
Other bids were from the North
western Improvement Company of
Roslyn, the price being $ a ton, and
from the Pacific Coust Company of thl
city, which filed two bids, one foi
Wellington coat at 17.92, and one for
Pelan Main coal at 16.67 a ton.
op of our merchant marine. Astoria
does not seek to discredit any im
provements that will bring ships to
Portland, as it is the natural distribut
ing point of the state. Any legislation
for any part or section of the state,
either state or national should receive
the support of the entire people ir
respective of location or that one lo
cality receives more benefits this year
than some other locality. Every sec-
AM - M i X 1 1. 1
uou ui me Rime is wuriuiig iu jiraac
the Lewis and Clark fair a success,
even though Portland does receive the
larger share of direct benefits. Every
other section will receive some bene
. fit and Intending locators and invest
ors will be distributed throughout dif
ferent sections of the state.
The fair is for the purpose of adver
tising the great opportunities of every
county In the state. The com mere
of the Columbia river will also benefit
indirectly every section of the state.
Portland and Astoria's interests are
identical, and all improvements tend
ing to build up the commercial inter
ests of the state should have the sup
port of commercial organlations and
business men in both cities. There is
no reason why Puget sound should be
built up at the expense of Oregon, A
good and sufficient channel can be
built between Astoria and Portland.
All monies appropriated by congress
are Judiciously and economically spent
and the monies thus spent flow through
the channels of trade reaching every
section of the state. What is wanted
is a water way that will carry the
products of Oregon to the markets of
the world, affording as cheap trans
portation as is possible to secure.
Oregon has more and greater 're
sources than any other state on the
Pacific coant and to develop these re
sources and distribute home seekers
and wealth ' to every section should
be the motive to actuate everyone.
Every county in the state has induce
ments to offer. There has never been
a failure of crops and they are in.
creasing each year as the soil is farmed
or industries established. Portland is
the largest city on the North Pacific
coast and upon Its prosperity depends
to a great extent the prosperity of
every locality. The Oregonlan is and
has treated every section fair and Is a
powerful lever m moulding public
opinion, and through its earnest ef
forts large accessions to the popula
tion oi tne state is secured. For a
few of Us business men to antagonize
other sections, or object to needed im
provements creates dissension. and dis
trust, and their opinions do not voice
the sentiment of the people of Port
land. The people of Astoria want to
see Portland and every city In the
ear and broken to the hope. There Is
a significance in the circumstance,
however, that promises of any sort art
made, or that any kind of an answei
is given by the cxar to the peoples ap
peal except by the mouth of his can
non. . The old paternal tone is simul
ated in the proclamation, but it is not
Calculated to deceive any persons
any longer.
The authorities assert that the dis
turbances at St. Petersburg are end
ed. Very likely this is correct All
is quiet along the Neva. Nicholas' 100,
000 troops have made a solitude in St
Petersburg, and they call It peace. But
Ue area of tae uprising in extending.
Moscow, Riga, Saratoff, Sevaatapool,
Odessa and other cities in the czar's
realm are disturbed. Premonitions of
an outbreak are seen in various town
In Poland. In Helsingfore Finland's
principal city, there has been a col
lision between the populace and the
soldiers. England' too, through Its
embassador at St. Petersburg, has de
manded an explanation of that part
of the czar's proclamation which lays
the blame for the uprising on Great
Britain and Japan. Tokio is proclaim
lng that Japan in the war against Bus
slan autocracy is fighting the Bus
sian populace's battle. Burke de
plared in parliament that Washington
was battleing for the liberties of the
Brittish masses, and he was vlndlcat
ed by the reforms which came in Eng
land after the Americans had won
their independence.
By one of the fateful Ironies of pollt
les the two nations which figure as
the most resolute enemies of the Rus
slan government are, through this very
circumstance the most powerful al
lies of the Russian people. The stars
in their courses are fighting against
the czar and his councilors. Absolut-
Ism has not yet said its last word
any may not for years or decades to
come, but blows have been dealt which
will count for liberty. Even in Rus
sia revolutions do not go backward
The outbreak of the populace may be
checked, but it is not dead, only sleep
ing. ,
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The Corset la 2000 B. C.
Mr. Arthur Evans, the Oxford arch
aeologiat. who made so many interest
ing discoveries in the so called palace
of Minos, In Crete, found la a subter
ranean sanctuary certain very ancient
mall earthenware statues, represent
lng tome goddess and two of her serr
ants. The dress of the figures Is high
ly modern. The goddess, we grieve to
say, wears a corset just such a corset
as contemporary man shyly wonders at
In the windows of department store.
Everybody's.
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worth from $12.50 to $18.00 a Suit. This Clothing is of
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OUR OPPORTUNITY SALE PRICE
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There's a reason these Suits contain only one or two
sizes of each pattern, but the extremely low price we have
placed on them will move them all in a few days. So erasp
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THE STAR THEATER
Astoria's Fashionable Vaudeville
house In eonneotlon with Star and Ar
'pads theaters sf -Portland.
Changs of Program Msnday.
Changs of Aots Thursdays
MATINEE DAILY AT 2i46 P. M
M0N8TER BILL
A Japanese PeealUrity.
"When a Japanese servant is rebuked
or scolded," says a traveler, "be most
smile like a Cheshire cat The eti
quette In smiles Is very misleading at
first I often used to think that TaU
my rikgha 'boy,' meant to be imperii
nent when be insisted on smiling when
I was angry at him. But when he told
me of the death of his little child with
t burst of laughter I knew that this
was only one of the curious details of
etiquette In tr-H top.y tnrvy land."
Week Beginning
MONDAY, Fsbrusry 6.
CONGER'S DOQ CIRCUS
Rare lot of trained canines direct from
the Oprheum, San Francisco
8T. CLAIR CARLI8LE
Humorous wire duo
AL HAJZARD
The great vantrlloqulst
UNJUST MEASURE.
Representative Burns has Intro'
duced a bill In the house compelling
all street car companies in th,e state to
pay a proportionate share of "the cost
of improving streets over which then-
lines run. The bill Is aimed directly
at the Astoria Electric Company, and
the motive that actuates it is appar
ent. The state has no right to legis
late for street Improvements In In
corporated cities and towns. Tnat b
a matter that is vested in the common
council. Every street car companf
state grow and expand. It is In favor j has a franchise granted by the clt)
of any legislation beneficial to
the (and the
j
bill introduced by Burns U
Hot to Bad For Hi at.
"Tea, I used to be in the insurance
business. I once got a man to take out
a 150,000 policy only about a week be
fore he happened to be killed. Ue was
a mighty hard chap to land too. I had
to talk to him for nearly six months
before I got him." .
"That was tough on the company,
suppose you regretted after it was all
over that your persuasive powers were
so good."
"Um-ho, I never felt sorry about it
I married the widow." Chicago Bee
ord-IIerald.
BOB KENYON
Singing Illustrated melodies
"DON'T CRY KATIE DEAR"
EDISON'S PROJECTOSCOPE.
Showing Subjects, "Honeymoon"
"Burglars at Work"
Admission 10 cents to any seat.
and
A DIploauktle Heal?.
An eastern potentate once asked a
group of his courtiers which they
thought the greater man, himself or
bis father. At first be could elicit no
reply to so dangerous a question. At
last a wily old courtier said, "Your fa
ther, sire, for, though you are equal to
your father In all other respects, In
this he Is superior to yon, that be had
a greater son than any you have." - He
was promoted on the spot.
Caa.e and Effect.
The census bureau tells us that there
Is an overplus of women In the cities
and a shortage in the rural districts.
Merely In a desultory way it may be
mentioned that there are not so many
how windows in the country as In the
city. Cincinnati Post.
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Days.
lie Knew.
Father But do you think yon can
make my daughter bappy? Suitor-
Happy I Say, yon should Just have I
seen her when I proposed! Brooklyn
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The beauty seen la partly In him wb
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medicine which meets modem require
ments for a blood and system cleanser
uch as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
re Just what you need to cure stomach J
md liver troubles. Try them. At
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F.L.B1SH01 Secretary
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