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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA. OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1908. THE JIIORMG ASTORIAN Established 187S. Published Pally (Except Monday) by iHt J. 8. DEU.1NGER COMPANY, ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By nail, per year By mail, pr month By carrier,' per month tt 00 (0 10 , WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, In adyance , M 00 ' Entered at the poetoffice at Astoria, Oregon a second-class matter. HP"Onlws for the dettmruix of Tits Morximi Aaroaua to either nwidroiw or pUr of buaim-m Sfj be mad by postal can) or through tele phone, any Imvuiarity tn delivery ahmild be Imiaediateiy reported to the office of publication. Telephone Main 661. or PERNICIOUS HABIT. In spite of the efforts of the tobacco trust to defeat It, Governed L&Follet f Wisconsin has signed the anti-cig' arette bill in that state and it will be come a law on July 1. After that date it will be a misdemeanor, punishable by heavy fine and imprisonment in that state to sell or even to give them away. Why should not Oregon follow Wisconsin's example? The law does not provide punish ment for cigarette smoking', but that is unnecessary. If the law is rigor ously enforced that will make it tm . possible tor anybody in Wisconsin to procure cigarettes to smoke. For this wise and necessary legislation and action the legislature and governor of Wisconsin deserve the thanks of the nation. We shall now see if It Is pos sible to stamp out this cigarette dis ease and atop the greed and heartless tobacco trust's degradation of the na tion's youth. If it can be done in Wis, consin Is can be done In Oregon and all other slates, and it will be done. As was to have been expected .the regulation canting clamor about,, "in terferenee with pereoital liberty", is being made by the cigarette slaves and by the conscienceless creatures who fatten on their slavery. Let nobody be deceived by this cry. - Of course the prohibition of cigarettes Is an in terference with personal liberty', to some extent. But so is the law against opium smoking in Astoria, which is not enforced. So is the law prohibiting the indiscriminate sale of cocaine. So is the law against burglary, the law against murder. The contract by which an Individual can, but these suggestions are mad to work with, and frequently the chair man of a committee does not really know whether tt is actually necessary or not, but relies upon the statement made and the supplies are ordered. It is estimated by those in a position to know or aho have examined Into the nttyi,' thn tile cciwnoni count- could have saved enough last year, had they been economical, to offset th J1I.000 which it Is claimed the city will lose by reason of the closing gambling. No one even intimates that there I any collusion of crookedness or graft Ing among any person connected with the city government, but there is etth er a woeful lack of executive and financial ability, or carelessness in the contracting of Indebtedness by not glv lug it that close scrutiny and personal supervision that actuates the ordinary business man in . the transaction of his own business affairs. There has been a considerable amount of mone expended for extras on the new clt ball building, probably amounting te aproximately $1200. Th excuse Is made that it was not thought of at the time the architect drew the plana If this is si. then the city should have employed an architect that knew some thing about drawing plant. A claim for $66.50 was allowed at the, last meeting of the council for conducting a wire conduit to the building for the purpose of connecting up the electric ity apparatus. Any man of ordinary sene, and he needn't be an architect ought to have known that a connection had to be made with the circuit, and it should have been included in the contract. A number of common place omissions have been noted and for which the city has had to pay extra. showing that the architect has neglect ed his education in the matter of de. tail. While no one wants to impute mo tives of dishonesty or graft to anyone connected with the city government, but these constantly arising bills com ing to the city council for payment. create talk of graft which no one can convince the) public does not exist. But if any member of the council makes any inqurlea, the information Is forthcoming that "It was actually necessary," and with this explanation the bill is ordered paid. Hundreds of bills for supplies are presented to the council every month and paid that would not have been contracted for. had any one member of the council been the proprietor of a similar busl ness. He would have considered that either they were wholly unnecessary, or he could not afford it, but with the city it is different. It don't com out of the pockets of the members oi the city governmen. but out oi the pockets of the taxpayers. The Astor- i&n does not desire to make accusation of incompetency because it believe the members are doing the best the 'jemecking around to see audience was taking it. how th Up in Portland a man went to Jail for 100 days rather than live with his wife, , Hoch is going to b hanged foe the same reason. What Is wanted Is a mayor that will stop leaks Instead of opening holes in the treasury. naming suits wnen inclosed in an envelop require four cents in stamps as they usually weigh more than on ounce. People going to Seaside this summer and : sending their bathing suits by mall should remember this, is made a member of civilized society Is a contract under which, In protec tion for iifo and property he receives and the benefits he enjoys through peaceful association with his follow men, he agrees to refrain from any n ' dividual action which, in the Judgment of the majority, is injurious to society as a whole. Society has the right to restrain the personal liberty of any of ita members so far as personal liberty IB a m?uiu:e iv sucitriy. iiurie is uu greater menace to society today than the cigarette. Because of its cheap ness, its mildness, the insidious slow nees of its poisonous action, it easily takes possession of young lads and be fore they realize It has shackled them firmly in its fetters. Once fastened securely, the cigarette slavery is al most as Impossible to shake off as the slavery of cocaine or opium, and it i deadly as those others are, if it does not kill so quickly. Nobody will venture to deny that stoclety has the right to make laws protecting its members against deadly poisons. What then does it mattes whether the poison be swift or slow? If a druggist sell cocaine he is severe ly punished. Why should not the man be as severely punished who sells cig srettes? Cocaine causes insanity in about two years and death in five years at the most. Cigarettes take a longer time, but they cause Insanity and death Just as inevitably. What is the difference? Many of the weak, puny young men of Astoria, listless apparently and without ambition, are slaves to the cigarette habit. They are unfit to perform work in any avoca tion, and in many cities merchants will not employ a young man who smokes cigarettes. Dullness, stupidity, inac tion and innatentlveness is the direct Jesuit of cigarette smoking. in the Interest of economy with the view of stopping up many of the un necessary leaks In the expenditure ot public money. o OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Epitome of Anecdotes and. Incident With Comments by a Layman. The only way some of the country newspapers can be noticed by the Ore gonian, is to. publish a squib roast on Senator Mitchell. It is claimed that only J 12 a month is paid for horseshoeing and the re mainder of the $25 a month bill is fot blacksmithlng. Well, call it all black- smithing. It don't change the amount Npw that the- strawberries are get ting cheaper In storia, the shortcake doesn't look half so good as it dlJ a month ago. SIRES AND SONS. Ex-Secretary lhtnlel S. Latuont hai the automobile erase and has bought a S12.000 machine. William Warner, tho new senatot from Missouri, when six yean old be gan to earn his owu living ore boy lain lacousln mine. President Castro of Venezuela la very touchy ou the subject of bla abort stat ure ami will never be seen In company with a tall man or woman If he can help It Governor Frailer of Tennessee, who will be the successor of the late United States Senator Bate, had th remark able experience of being chosen gov ernor from private life. Senor de Cologan, the newly appoint ed Spanish minister to Washington, Is the scion of an old Irish family whose heads removed into Spain, after the battle of the Borne and became nat urallzed Spanish subjects. Henry Clay Frlck is to leave Pitts burg, moving his family to New York. He has leased the George W, Yander- bllt mansion at Fifth avenue and Fifty first street. New York, for a term of ten years, taking possession next fall. James Henry (Silent) Smith, the New York millionaire. Is still a bachelor, to the announcement that be proposes to sjiend the summer in Newport instead of going to Europe has aroused no lit' tie Interest among the parents of eligi ble girls. Brigadier General 8. W. Fountain, U. S. A., recently promoted from a lieu tenant colonelcy, Is a Virginian by birth, fought on the Federal side dur ing the civil war and was mustered out with a certificate of honorable service by President Lincoln. Professor Simon Newcomb, the fa mous American astronomer, has Just celebrated bis seventieth birthday. He has received more degrees and similar honors abroad than any other Ameri can man of science and is the first American member of the French Instl--'J - ..,.'. ...Franklin. MUNICIPAL EXTRAVAGANCE. Judging from the bills presented to the common council at every meeting, there is not the same care and fore thought exercised in the transaction of the business of the city, and mer chants and others engaged in any line of business. There are many supplies purchased, that are not actually neces sary, and K a merchant were trying to economize In order to make both ends meet many of these little "Idas' would not be purchased, but wlh the city it seams to be different. If any thing is needel, or is thought would come in handy some time, the chair man of the committee authorizes its purchase, whereas, were it for him. eelf,he would consider whether Uie state of his finances would warrant the purchase at that time. Of course, every man employed bj the city wants the best of everything The girl graduate is making ready to assure an appreciative world that there is a great deal more than foot ball and hazing in a college education. A San Francisco tax collector has absconded with the money he collect ed for taxes. This is to be regretted as it will give some Clatsop count people another argument for not pay ing their taxes. An astrologer says a part of New York city will be destroyed by an earthquake this year. If it is to be a visitation from an outraged provi dence, !t will hit either Wall street or the tenderloin district, and hell will be full of New Yorkers with their legs sticking out of the windows. A Chicago college professor has Jus! announced that long whiskers are the roosting place of countless millions of microbes. We have always won dered what ailed the populist part) of Clatsop county. It has been at last discovered thai, the Russian fleet Is falling north ann it is surprising that no one thought that before. St Petersburg 14 to the north. ' Now that the war correspondent 'lave been unable to get up a sea bat tle between the Russians and Jap they are sending out thore ).eace rurn ors again. But theji, the correspond ents must have something to do. Paderwlski strained a- cord In his neck while playing the piano the oth er day and has had to cancel all en gagements. He must have been rub- WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE BROWN SHOE CO. Men, Women and Chil- Shoes for dren. They are best for wear, because (east they tear. prices are nothing, compared with the rest Your next shoes will prove it If you make the test. THE dressy shop for; dressy men. THE DRESSY SHOP FOR DRESSY MEN. . & " , ' Like the farmer's boy, we're "'never done doing chores.'! Always" busy on new ideasideas that work into novelties. Always hustling to keepjour clothing ahead of the game. Arc wc succeeding? Well I g"css we are. If you want to know how much take a look at (T1 "fl f the suits we are selling for Ip XJL D V 4 WffMM " Mkwr iiin fin asm feSBB)asBNM ARVON is the name of one of our "natty" suits for young menr built with a very broad shoulder full back with button vented seams mm TO $30.00 P. A. ST ORES KEEPS A DRESSY SHOP FOR DRESSY MEN. THE BUTTERMAKER. Men's Glazed Kangaroo or patent leather shoe, Bal Welt, Yukon last ....13.60 Ladles' Queen B Kid Shoe, with pat ent leather tips, Wellesley or Gre cian last $2.00 Ladles "Star Five Star" Shoe, made by the Brown factory of good kid; lace and patent leather tips ..$2.50 Ladies' low tan shoe, latest toes, 11.65, ..$2.00 and $2.50. Children's thoea, new styles fromf 1 .00 ..to $2.00. Infant's shoes, 25 cents to $1.25. No trouble to show goods. BEE HIVE M. 8. COPELANO A CO. Our vSystem of diamonds on credit enables you to select the finest diamonds watches and Jewelry and pay for them, as you can 'spare the mont-y, , Ladies' - solid gold, open-face, Swiss watch $10 $2.00 down, you take the watch, balance In small weekly payments. Astoria Loan Office, RELIABLE JEWELERS '' and LOAN BROKERS, 681 Commercial street. - The following rules are necessary for the manufacture of first class butter: First cleanliness moat be observed from the barn to the niarkot; this la the foundation upon which all olio rests. Second, the process of ripening cream for the chum most be under stood; this stop must be well learned. as a large amount of bad butter la due to overaour or bitter cream. Third, the thermometer must be frequently used and studied. Fourth, use only the best kind of dairy salt; the common grocery kind Is unfit Fifth, learn how to work the butter; get an exjicrlcnced hand to teach you the way; don't work it too much, but preserve the grain; over worked greasy butter is an abomina tion. Sixth, put it in attractive pack ages, neatly mode up and each wrap ped In good parchment butter paper. American Cultivator. Mottled Butter, Mottled butter is usually caused by uneven distribution of salt, says Hoard's Dairyman. It used to be the custom to work th butter twice, but most creameries now work the butter but once, although If the butter la found mottled and streaked after It baa been worked once It Is better to re work it until the mottles and streaks bare disappeared. Milk That AL Batter. Answering the query, "Will the milk of t cow that bos bees milking for six teen month and Is sot In calf be liable to Injure the quality of the butter T Hoard's Dairyman says: A cow that baa been milking for sixteen months la very likely1 to give mfik that win offset the butter. Milk from cows well along In the period of lactation Is apt to be bitter, stringy and strong. As rale, cow should not be milked much over ten months, although many cows will give good milk for a much longer pe riod. A great deal depend upon the In dividual cow. Or.rfeMtlac Milk. Overheating the milk will give the butter an oily appearance, thereby In juring the body of the butter unless the cream 1 cooled down to 00 degrees F. and held there for four to five hours before churning. In the winter milk should be separated at A temperature of 85 degrees F.; In summer, 75 to 80 degrees F Hoard' Dairyman. REMOVAL - SALE Da ir a a w t Agwti j av a a to our new quarters. In order to make moving easy we place on Special Sale our entire stock of Clothing, Men's Furnish ings, Shoes, etc. Cools Sold tt Cost Daring' the Month of Mar. CHARLES LARSON WELCH BLOCK; 65a Commercial Street, corner 15th. ', CENTRAL MEAT MARKET O. V. Morton and John Fabrman, Proprietors, CHOICEST FBESQ AND HALT MEATS. . ritOMPT DELIVERY 54a Commercial St. Phone Main 321. Terrifio Race With Death. 'Death was fast approaching," writes Ralph F. Fernandex of Tampa, Fla., describing his fearful race with death, "as a result of liver trouble and heart disease, which had robbed me of sleep and of all Interest In Ufa I had tried many different doctors and sev eral medicines, but got no benefit, un til I betfan to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful was their effect, that In thre days I felt like a new man, and today I am cured of all my troubles." Guaranteed at' Chaa. Rogers' drug store; price 60c. The Hess restaurant on Eleventh street, Is considered the family restau rant of Astoria. The best meals and the best service In Astoria, 120 Eleven, th street The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor Laundry in the City. Does the Best of Work at very reasonable Prices, and is in every way worthy of your patronage. Cor. 10th and DUANE 8T8. Phone 1991 rxrxxxxxxxj "W a IXIXXll FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale and Retail Ships, Logging Camps and Mills supplied on short notice. LIVE STOCK BOUOQT AND 60LD WASHINGTON MARKET . CHRISTENSEN Q CO. Healthy, happy babies. Mothers say that Holllster'a Rocky Mountain Tea is the greatest baby medicine In the world. Makes them strong, well and active. 85 cents, Tea or Tablets. Frank Hart's drug store. f r- AN ASTORIA PRODUCT Pale Bohemian Beer Best In The Northwest North Pacific Brewing Co. v. First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 V VII 11 IU1 U 3 Beer.