TFIE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH S, 1908.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN
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fight la not to end here. It will be con
ttnued until from the ashes of the dr
bones of mossbacklsin an organisation
will spring up that will represent the
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WHIPPLE FRANCHISE
The common council at Its meeting
Monday night showed due deference to
the rights of the public by adopting
the suggestions of the Astorlan rela
tive to granting franchisee at the same
time showing no Inclination to refuse
a rrancnise wnere me purues snoe.i
a determination to conform to Its pro
visions. The decision to prepare two
separate ordinances, one for telephone
and telegraph and one for gas and
electric light gives the applicants an
opportunity of accepting one or both.
Mr. Whipple and Mr. Clinton were
present and were willing for the coun
citl to pass any ordinance granting
them a franchise with reasonable re
They conveyed the Im
presalon that there were people behind
th enterprise Uat would not only
construct the proposed lines but would
bring capital to Astoria.
There Is no Question that an Im
provement in the present telephone
sen-ice will meet with the hearty ap
proval of nine-tenths of the people.
ADVERTISING ASTORIA.
A committee appointed by the v'aanv
ber of commerce to consider the besi
methods of advertising Astoria, held a
meeting yesterday afternoon. TheThe prwr,t company show no Incllna
committee was composed of Jas. u. tion to better their service, which Is
Welch, president of the chamber oflcon8ijere4 0ne of the poorest In the
commerce, A. K. Cyrus, job. w. bur- state, but In this respect. It Is similar
prenant and J. Q. A. Bowlby. With thi I to the Bell telephone service In ever)
exception of Mr. Bowlby, the commit- jolty where It is used. It Is claimed
tee was unanimous In Its views that j that the fault lies principally In the
the only way to advertise Astoria was Astoria office.
through some obscure publication, and Relative to the gas and electric light
It selected the Overland Monthly, a franchise there seems to be a differ.
magazine that has never Deen before ence of opinion aa to Its proving a
beard of In the state of Oregon, and paying Investment. It is contended by
which haa no standing among the the promoters that the price of lights
periodicals of the United States. This and gas Is altogether too high and
bag been the method employed by thr that they propose to supply a better
chamber of commerce since its In J service for less money. For this rea-
oeptlon. There has never been a time I son and upon these statements, thi
in tile history of that organization granting of the franchise Is approved
that it has ever appropriated or spent by a large number.
one dollar to assist any home news-1 The opinion obtains among tht,
paper. Every dollar spent by the or-1 members of the common council that
ganlzation has gone to ouside pubII-no franchise should be granted ex
cations, with the result that neither cept under proper restrictions and that
the chamber of commerce, nor the city it Is easier to place the restrictions In
of Astoria,' or Clatsop county, has ever the ordinance granting the franchise
realized one particle of benefit from than to attempt to regulate it after a
(he stupidity of Its members. During franchise has been granted. This Is
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mil the time that the chamber of com-j along the lines suggested by the As
merce has been in existence, it has notjtorian. There Is no one but wants to
secured one dollar of capital, It ha (see outside capital come to Astoria
not secure one slngel farmer, It has I and invest and no on will place any
not secured one single enterprise, and I obstacle In the way for the fulfillment
the money paid out for advertising In of any project backed by capital and
foreign publications has been wasted.! upon which work Is commenced with
This is not the first time this ob-in a reasonable time and completed
scure and defunct organization has with a reasonable time. There is no
squandered the people's money by ad-1 Intention on the part of the council tt
yertislng In obscure publications. It bottle the city up on a long franchise
has snent curing its existence thou- as would have been the result had the
sands of dollars to advertise Astoria ordinance presented by Mr. Whipple
and its resources, but not one penny been passed
has ever been paid to a home news- There Is no doubt but the granting
paper. The home newspapers have of the franchise, if its provisions are
endeavored to build up a sentiment in strictly lived up to, will result In
the city for the patronizing of some bringing outside capital to the city
merchants and home Industries, butjand that the establishment of the
their efforts have always been retard- services proposed will both Improve
d bv the mossback organization. the service and cheapen the cost of
When it was reported on the streets I lights.
yesterday that the committee had Both Mr. Whipple and Mr. Clinton
awarded a contract to the Overland are inclined to grant any concessions
Monthlv. the indignation knew no and are confident ihat they will be
bounds. Dozens of the members of the able to perform all the requirements
organization stated that they would of the ordinance. As to whether It
withdraw from it and would positive- will be a paying Investment is a mat
ly refuse to pay any more dues. The ter which they have probably Invest!
result will be that Inside of 30 davs gated and they seem willing to take
the chances. There can be no reason
ble objection to the enterprise pro
viding all the conditions of the fran
chlse are strictly lived up to.
there will not be onoujfh braln.i left
in the organization to hold a coroner'
Inquest over. The organization Is sup
posed to be composed of the prominent
business men of the city, but owing to
the mossback proclivities of some or
the leading members, they have refused
to attend the meetings, and there has
not been a meeting of this organlza
tlon for the past three months that has
had an attendance of to exceed eight
members, and most of them were the
' fall of '49, spring of '50 mossbacks.
But this Amalgamated Order of
. Mossbacks has none of the best of the
newspapers of Astoria. Every pub
Usher in Astoria has agreed not only
'that they will not attend a meeting of
the organization, but they will refuse
to publish Its proceedings and pro
pose to completely Ignore the order of
antiquated ideas. Not only that, but
there is not a newspaper that will ever
publish a descriptive article of Asto
ria ard its resources as long as the
, present coterie of hold hulks are at
the head of the outfit. If they want
to advertise the city and county in an
obscure publication and pay $500 for
it, they can do so. There has never
been a dollar spent by the chamber ol
' Commerce In the past 10 years that
has ever brought one single capitalist
to Astoria, not a single farmer, not a
single manufacturer. When appllca
tlons are received from eastern people
for a copy of the Astoria papers, the
letter will be relegated to the waste
basket. The Amalgamated Order of
Astoria Mossbacks imagine that they
are cutting a squash, and It remains
to be seen what the result will be.
From now on the Chamber of Com
merce will never be notleed In an
FARMERS TRUST.
The Tillamook Herald is authority
for the statement that the farmers In
Kansas are going to organize a trust
It Is not stated whether it Is to per
petuate farming, or keep the cranks
out of the asylum. The Herald says:
The Kansas man who Is trying to
organize a trust among the farmers
is likely to be faded to a fraezle by a
New Jersey man. He proposes to herd
the whole Job lot Into one grand ag
gregatlon. His scneme Is to form a
trust of farmers for the Importation
of farm labor from abroad, the em
ployment of worthless men from the
great cities, the education of farmers'
sons to such a degree that they would
be willing to remain on the farms, and
the education of farmers' daughters
for rural wives instead of for depart
ment store cle'rks. In syndicate or
trust farming he would have th
farmers of every community unite
along the trust Idea, some of them to
stay at home and work, others to go
to the markets to sell and all to buy
on the co-operative plan. We do not
know bis working plans, but no mat
ter wnat tney have there will be a
whole lot of Joiners.
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now being shipped of G. H. Murom's
Extra Dry accounts for the phenome
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Immense reserves of the superb 1898.
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The Story mt m peelal Tr.li That
Was Sidetracked mm Hew the
raiHi(r Tnli ei
W.rel.g at the Mlakap.
A number of railroad officials were
chattlug after a business meeting,
wbeu the discussion chanced to drift
upon the question whether railroad
men art superstitious.
Presented with the opportunity to
display their knowledge, some of thi
passenger men drifted into the realms
of esoteric Buddhism aud pscychlc phe
nomena, with a touch of spiritualism
thrown In for full measure. Finally on
of the party, a aaeugcr traffic man
ager, lualfted that be waa neither su
perstitious nor did he understand
psychic phenomena.
"Just the same," he concluded, "I
bad one of those psychic things happen
to me when I was engaged In trying U
Induce every one In Nashville to travel
by the Ixiulsvtlle and Nashville. The!
Grau Opera company waa coming to
town for a week's engagement and the
outfit, scenery and all, waa coming
over our line, thanks to the persuasive
ability of the Louisville and NashrUlt'i
gentlemanly representative, who at
that time was your humble servant
The day before the grand opera sea
son should be upon us the advance
agent called upon me and. robbing his
hands gleefully, declared that the ad
vance sales had been enormous.
M'A good first night' he declared,
would make the engagement a record
breaker. If everything goes well to
morrow night they can't atop us. 1
suppose that scenery is on the way all
right and will show up on timer
I assured blm that It was aa he tup
potted, and he left me In a happy frame
of mind. The next day as I was sitting
In my ot&ce thinking about nothing
particular the conviction flushed upon
me that it waa up to me to get the
Gran scenery to town In time for the
opening performance. I laughed at
the conviction at first hot It recurred
to me with irresistible force, and I
could not get It out of my head that
the scenery was doing time on a side
track somewhere between St Louis
and Nashville. I remembered that the
opening opera was to be 'A Ida,' wblcb
requires the double stage and there
fore an endless amount of scenery. Ac
cordingly if that scenery did not ar
rive no makeHblft would supply the
want of It
"By early afternoou I bad worked
myself into a state bordering upon
nervous prostration, and finally I bolt
ed for Major James Geddes' office. The
major was then a division superintend
ent and, after apologizing for mixing
up In a matter that was really none of
my business. I asked him If the Grau
scenery was on the way.
" 'Certainly It Is,' he replied convinc
ingly. 'It left St Louis early last even
ing and Is coming special on a fast
schedule. It will be here within an
hour from now.'
" 'How do you know all that T I de
manded.
" 'Know it, know It? shouted the ma
jor wratlifully. 'How do I know I'm
alive? Haven't I got the reports
showing the makeup of the special, the
time It left St. Louis and the schedule
on which It Is running? You had bet
ter go back to your office, young man,
and keep on selling tickets. Don't med
dle with the operating department un
less you can talk sense
" 'Just the same, major,' I Insisted,
have reason to know that the Grau
scenery Is not on the way to Nash
ville.'
The major's wrath knew no bounds.
"Where Is It, then?' be snorted.
" 'Somewhere on a side track between
here and St. Louis,' 1 rnplled.
"'Young man, said the miijor, lis
ing, 'you are such a blamed fool that
will breuk iny rule and take the trou
ble to convince you that you are one
Instead of kicking you out of iny office.
Come with me.'
"We rushed upstairs to the truln dis
patcher's office, where the major or
dered the dispatcher to show me prog
ress of the Grau special.
"'It's not progressing. It has been
lying on the side track at Itlolndo for
five hours,' replied the dispatcher, 'and
I've been scouring the system for an
engine. The special's engine went
dead.'
"The major forgot me, forgot every
thing, except that special. In a trice
be had another engine tearing up the
track to get to Ulolado from a point a
few miles away, and then he cleared
the track and gave the scenery the
right of way clear to Nashville. That
run of 185 miles from Hiolndo to
Nashville standi as a southern record
today, but It burned up nearly every
car In the outfit to make It. The spe
cial arrived thirty minutes before open
ing time. I had an army of wagons
and men waiting for it, and before the
curtain was rung up every stick of it
was in place."
"What did the major say?" was ask
ed.
'The next day be sent for me and
said, 'Young man, the next time you
have one of those nutty hunches bit
the main line and see me before It
works off.' 8. G. A. In Chicago Bee-
ord-Herald.
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