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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1905)
- THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1001 THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Dally (Except Monday) by iHE J. 8. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mall, per year t 00 By mail, per month (0 By carrier, per month (0 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mall Pr year, In advance 41 00 Entered at the postofflce at Astoria, Ore iron as second-class matter. tVOnfcv for the ddtTeruur of Ths Mosnuri Aatojuax to either rraKleuc or pUc of bmUmwa MP be nwde by postal cant or through Wi- Anjr irregularity in nrumry should be Mely reported to u oraoe of pubucauoa. Telephone Main 661. REWARD FOR SERVICES. When politics dominate the business affairs of a municipality, the tax pay era are called upon to foot the bills. A lar& portion of the expenses of a city is created by political rewards for services rendered or to be rendered. The party In power strengthens Its position at the expense of the tax payers. Political jobs, wholely un necessary are given to political pets for their Influence. Preference Is sometimes given In awarding con tracts, and often times higher prices are paid as It insures the support of the contractor at the municipal elec tion. When objections are raised to what seems to be an unnecessary ex pense, there are plenty of excuses for the expense. The Astorian has frequently called the attention of the public to many Items of unnecessary expense connect- ed with the management of the city government It has from time to time warned the common council tnat a continuance of municipal extravagance Would lead to municipal bankruptcy. Some of the members of the council have Interposed objections to the em ployment of extra men In the Improve ment of streets, and for that one meet ing they would actually decide not to employ any more men, but at the next meeting a resolution would be Intro duced providing for the employment of some person to superintend the con struction of some street One of the members of the council even called the attention of the members to the fact that such employment was wholly unwarranted and, without any law to back It up, but it made no difference to other members when there was a it be paid, and another political debt If ' PERSONAL MENTION. paid at the expense of the tax payers. If the affairs of the city were run on Mayor J. It. Johansen up from business principles, an estimate of I Seaside yesterday. - .1 supplies needed would be made at the I 8. Rurrls of New York was In beginning of the year and bids Invited I the city yesterday. for furnishing the same. The state of H. F. Onylord of Portland was In Oregon does this way, the government J the city yesterday. of the united States does this way, I A. M, Simpson, the saw mill man, and the men In charge of both govern-1 was In the city yesterday ments have nearly as much financial I J. It. Walker of Portland was a vis' ability but probably not as much poll-1 Uor In the city yesterday. tlcal chicanery a the cltlsens party! F. I Fisher, a prominent merchant of the common council. Half of the I of Seattle, Is In the city. members yes, two-thirds of them, do J O. P. Jordan, of Portland was In the not know what many of the bills pre-1 city yesterday on business. sen ted are for. The supplies were pur-1 I W. Harm of Portland ws In the chased for some department; the price I city yesterday on business. Is never . examined or Inquired Into. I Mrs, Ferrell of Olney was In the and the expenses of the city Is con-J city yesterday visiting friend!", stantly Increasing. Mrs. Samuel IVterson of Dockton Is The city has been compelled to re In the city visiting with friends. sort tot extreme measures ana may I air. ana Airs. j. u. numberg are possibly have to economise In order to I visiting with friends In Portland. tide the city over the shoals of threat-1 W. E. Tallent left up th river yes ened bankruptcy. It Is compelled tolterday morning on a business trip Issue $16,000 In municipal bonds to re- B. P. Knight of Colorado Springs plenlsh the general fund. The bonds registered at the Occident yesterday, run for five years and bear Interest at I R. D. Fulton and wife of Portland the rate of 5 cent cent. In the five were guests at the Occident yesterday years the city will have paid $4000 ln C. R. Morse returned from a busl interest on these bonds. In other ness trip to Portland on last night's words the city borrows $14,000 ana train. pays $20,000. No business man In At- T. Ross of Ross. Hlggins A Co torla could do business In that way left up the rlvor yesterday morning on and make a success of it. The com mon council don't pay this Interest, It simply comes out of the pockets of th overburdened taxpayers who are sweating large drops of blood every time they see the assessors or the sheriff. , There Is always an end to every road, be it a thoroughfare or a political alley. There Is an end to all things and It looks as though the city of Astoria had run up against a brick wull ob struction In the shape of an Indebt edness aggregating about $223,000 with no Immediate prospects of reduc ing It, unless they lop off some of the political pets and pay political debts out of their munificent salaries. . I, ,. o GOOD FRIDAY. Today Is Good Friday, commemorat ed by Jews and Gentile as the day upon which the Savior of mankind was crucified in Gethsemlna, There is I no trace of the celebration of Good Friday or even Easter aa a Christian festival in the New Testament or In the writings of the apostolic faf.iers. The passover, enobled by the thought of Christ the true Paschal Lamb, the I first fruits from the dead, continued! to be celebrated and became the Chris tian Easter. Thus the human instinct! which everywhere craves for the com memoration of marked epochs In the personal, social, ecleslastlcal, or na tional life, found Its legitimate grati fication In the public celebration of the events which are the foundation! of the Christian faith. a brief business trip. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Occident R. D. Futton and wife, Por(fand. L, W. Barnes, Portland. R P. Knight. Colorado Springs. R. S. Turner. Portland. Chiis, Kuthe, Portland. E. R. Norrls, Portland, J. I Fisher. Seattle. M. FrledenstnL Portland. I Allgrohorf. Portland. 8. Selllngston, San Francisco. E. Murphy. San Francisco. . E. Murphy, San Francisco. George Black. Portland. Prkr. J. A. Baldwin. Portland. Titos. H. Allmnn. Cnthlnmet. F. C. Morton, Long Beach. F. H. French. Portland. A. W. Wahl. Portland. John Blossom, Portland. C. Q. Curtis. Portland. Mrs. Dunn, Astoria. Geo. Billiard. City. M. Johnson, Portland. J. H. Carlson, Fergus Falls. O. A. Snowberg, Fergus Falls, EASTER GREETINGS A I'm.? kv'-Kvv AmmJ fpil ' With the advent of KASTKR TIDE this store is teeming with the most exclusive novelties of the season. We would especially call your attention to our Clothing Department, where you will find exclusive styles aud patterns in Browns, Quaker Grays and Fancy Mixtures, in all weaves, at $10.00, $12.50, $13.50, $15.00, $16.50, $17.50, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50, $30.00 Copyright i 9 j by Hart Schaffner fcf Mux ALI, GARMENTS GUARANTEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION OR MONEY RFFUNDED. P. A. STOKES KEEPS A DRESSY SHOP FOR DRESSY MEN. D ears No rules as to the date of the Easter friend to reward or a political debt to festivals have been laid down by au- pay. YThen the question was brought up, there were plenty of excuses. Take the Improvement of Franklin avenue, as an illustration. There is no objec tion to the gentleman employed to superintend the construction of the work as he Is one of the most compet ent men for the position, but It Is t;ie principle of the thing. The city is Im proving just one street. The superin tendent of streets might possibly give one hour In the forenoon and the city surveyor one hour In the afternoon, and they might possibly prevent the contractors from putting inferior lumber into the street, as some of the . members of the common councM alleg Is being done, but they are actuated more by a get even policy than by actual facts. It wasn't a month ago that L. O, Belland Introduced a resolution In the common council, sweeping In Its In tents and purposes, absolutely abolish ing the office; of superintendent of construction besides cutting down the fire department. Two weeks after, the political excuse manipulators succeeded In having the superintend ent retained and stated that It was an absolute necessity that the city should pay a man $3 a day, or the city woul 1 be ruined by dishonest contractors try ing to take advantage of the city In putting in inferior lumber. To near these great political leaders talk, ont. would think that over nine-tenths of the lumber furnished by' the mill was of the poorest possible quality and that they were sawing poor logs Just to swindle the city. Of course there was no foundation for such statements, but the common council gulped them down and the city Is still employing unnecessary assistance when the work could be done by city officials who are drawing salaries for doing nothing and hardly that. "When there Is another street to be Improved, It will be the same thing. The citizens party is getting In shape for the city election and they; are trying to make votes at the expense ot the tax payers. No ore knows where the system would have ende'i had not the gambling revenues neon shut off and the common council was brought face to face with a statement of facts that made retrenchment absolutely necessary otherwise they would have played out the entire string and the tax payers would foot the bill. Another thing: The city Is frequent ly charged more for 'supplies than !: a private individual. Political pap l: doled out to certain concerns, the bill are presented to the council, the hlreogllphlcs "O. K." marked on the bill and some one makes a motion that i thority. Christians were left to follow their own Instincts. These were na turally different in the Jewish and I Gentile churches. The point at Issue really was the date of the termination of the Paschal feast. With the Jew ish Christians, whotse leading thought would be the death of Christ as the I true Paschal Lamb, this fast would end I at the same time as that of the Jews, on the 14th day of the moon, at even ing, and the Easter ff-stival would im mediately follow. With the Gentile Christians, on the other hand, urlfet tered by Jewish traditions, the first day of the we"k would be Identified with the resurrection festival and the preceedlng Friday would be kept as the commemoration of the crucifixion. Irrespective of the day of the months the fast continuing till midnight of Saturday. This diversity of usage was gradu ally brought to an end by the verdict I of the Church of Rome. The Roman Christians adopted the ordinary Gen tile usage, which, within certain limits! placed the observance of the crucifixion on a Friday, and that of the resurrec tion on the following Sunday, and this rule Is observed by ail the churches I of Astoria, and In fact of the United States. Cleanliness is a necessity that knows a law Pears' Soap. Pears' is both a law and a necessity for toilet and bath. Sold everywhere. Correct Qothes for Hen BusinessSuits Don't need a microscope to discover the superior ity of the clothes bear ing this labef ljjfredenjaniins MAKERS JEVyoRK A. 0. U. W. Meeting. Astoria, Ore., April 17, 1903. Each I and every member of Seaside lodge. I No. 12, is hereby requested to be pres ent at the lodge room next Saturday! night. April 22, 1905, at the hour of 81 o'clock p. m., as business of vital Im portance to each member is to be con sidered. Come one and all without fail By order of the Master Work man, B. L. CLARK, Attest: F. D. WINTON, Recorder. The makers' guarantee, and oun, wilh every garment. We are ex elusive agent here. ' . Last Hops Vsmshsd. THE SUNDAY DINNER When leading physicians said that at the California Restaurant, 546 Com- W. M. Smlthart, of Peking, la., had In- mercial street, Is popular among those curable consumption, his last hops va- who know how good our dully 25c dln- nlshed; but Dr. King's New Discovery I ner Is. Soup, fish, entree, toast and for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, dessert every day, On Sunday we kept him out of his grave. He says: serve the finest maccaronl and cheese, This great specific completely cured land oyster pattleq 'beslJes. Blue Point me, and saved my life. Since then, I Oysters In ths shell sold over the coun- havs used it for over 10 years, and con I ter at 35 cents a dozen. aider It a marvelous throat and lung cure," Strictly scientific cure for Coughs, Sore Thro-ts or Colds; sure preventive of Pneumonia, Guaranteed SOc and fl.00 bottles at Chaa, Rogers' drug store. Trial bottle free. For a Pretty WalKlng or Traveling Suit There Is nothing daintier than an Alpacca or Silk Shirt Waist Suit, chosen from the complete line of new patterns, Just received by us. ALPACCA SUITS made of good quality Alpacca, In several colors and grades, more or less daintily flnUhed, from $5 to SU SHIRT WAIST SUIT8 made of i good quality changeable silk. 8v eral colors to choose from 112 8HIRT WAIST SUITS of excellent quality figured silk, pattern being a broken stripe, dnlnty design, In blue, brown, green and gray.. $14 SAME STYLE 8UIT8 of a better grade of material ..$18 SHIRT WAIST 8UIT8, made of fine, heavy quality changeable silk In various colors, well fin lshed 22 IT IS NOT TOO LATE For that Easter hat For the lat est styles at reasonable prices visit our milliner' department on the second floor. An expert milliner will wait on you. No trouble to show goods. BEE HIVE M. S. COPELAND & CO. fisher's pera Mouse L, E. SEUG, lessee and Manager One Night, Saturday April 22 Mr. Joe Mount presents Mr. L. B. StocKwcll and Chas. E. Vcrner in the brilliant comedy Ion. otm North By Herbert Bashford. A political comedy written around a campaign for Governor of the State of Washington, full of bright, witty lines and happy moments. PRICES: Reserved Seats 75c, Gallery 50c Seat sale open Frilay morning ut Griffin's Rook store. The Astoria Restaurant. 1 you want a gool, clean meal or if you are in a hurry you should go to the Astoria Restaurant This fine restaurant is thoroughly up-to-date in every detail, CXCt I.I.ENT MEALS. EXCELLENT SERVICE The Name "Long" on Jellies, Jams and preserves I fa mous for quality at reasonable prices. The Long Syrup Refining Co. of San Francisco, Cul., put up only tbe pest selected California fruits. This has been proven to the siitlsfucton of the buying public so that now the "Long" brand Is generally Milled for. Long's Jams, nearly every fruit you think of, a glass Jar 25c. Long's Jellies, nearly every fruit you think of, a gloss, 25c, Long's preserves, nearly every fruit you think of, a glass Jar, 35c. Always fresh at the It fills the arteries with rich, red blood. Makes new flesh and healthy men and women. That's what Hollls ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Zl cents. Tea or Tablets. Dr. C. E. Lin ton's drug store. A PRETTY FACE Is envied by many. Do not grudge others their beauty, while face massage by electricity Is to be had at a reason able price. It Is a palnlens and Helen tine process of beautifying the face. Our famous Face Cream arid Lotions aid you at your home to obtain excel lent results. Call at the Beauty Par lor of Mrs. Martha C. Peterson, Facial Electrician, Manicuring and Massage No. S43 Duane St., Astoria. ASTORIA i GROCERY 523 Commercial 8t. Phone Main 681 WOODI WOOD! WOOD Cord weod, mill wood, box wood, any kind of wood at lowest prices. Kslly, th transfer man. 'Phens 2211 Blsek, Barn on Twelfth, opposite opsrs hous. AN ASTORIA PRODUCT Tale Bohemian Beer Best In The Northwest North Pacific Brewing Co. J O. ffl - -" ?jrij u oilIlk a A. G I M R E fine assortment of Boots and Shoes BALL BRAND RUBBER BOOTS. o o t) o () o w o 8 o w o w o () o w o Call and See. Bond Street.