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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY li, loo, x THE MOMING ASTORIAN Iatablisbed Published Daily by TEa J. & SXLUSGSK COMPANY. SCBSCMPTTOR SATES. By nail, per year 17.00 By aaail, per snouts. .M By carrier, per month... ui WEXXXY ASTOSIAX. By mail, per year, in advance. .11.00 (tared aa aeraaA-elaaa matter Job B. It, at in. postcrno u Aiiorw. urs ran, ndc UilKlol Cuofrm ot aUreht, r(kitettwtktMlmiuii(Tii atoajr m iaroUA to etUfr rsianro or piaca of torn ww M aaans or swat oara ar 4 sate hoaa. am ImwularctT la 4 aaotiki b utillj nparud k las sanus at puliikiaitna TXIXPBOKI MATN Mi, EDITORIAL SALAD. GRADES COME FIRST Important Work Necessary By the Common Council. SEA V ALL PRIME FEATURE WEATHER. Oregon and Washington Light rain or mow. AMONG OTHER GOOD THINGS. The constitution, the code anil tra dition hare imposed upon the people of Oregon in the frequency and multipl eity of elections. It i time amend mentt were being pushed forward for tha mitigation of what i really eril in more ways than o The elec toral latitude should be reduced faat aa time will permit the adjadlca tion, until the national, state, munici pal, school and district electionashall all fall on the first Monday in Jane. The rear 1906 is an apt period for begin ning a crusade for relief from the bur den of constant and annoying friction. for nearly all the citin will be prepar iog charter amendment, for consider tion in the coming legislature and there ought to be a general movement throughout tha State in this behalf. Aa electoral condition are it present the people hare no rest from the de iqanda that cannot be negatived nor imored without an impreaciiment of local spirit and good citizenship. Klec tioni are all right, r very necessary, but they are too numerous; they di turb business, and agitate and unsettle communities, beside invoking tha var iou governmental element! in far greater expen-e than 1 necessary. There is everything to urge a revision in this matter, and it is hoped the charter commission of this city, and all other similarly engaged in revising and amending the laws incident to elec tiona will bear In mind the express ad vantage of merging th whole system under one, uniform, electoral date. GETTING INTO LINE. IWmaster-General Coitelyou, who it understood to make no concealment of his aspirations to be the next Re publican nominee for President, it pretty sure to have at least the tnp port of that large and respectable body, the postmasters of I'.ir country, in whose behalf he puts in an earnest plea for an increie in their pay. saying: "Wfcile in r-cent years the rate of living has increased, particularly in large cities, there lias been no cor re-ponding advanre in the enumera tion of postal employe, a there ha b-en In the case of perwn employed ouUide of the servi. Thin is a sub ject that should receive the earnest at tention of the congress and it is hoped that a scale of salaries and a system for th ir adjustment can Iw devised that will place tlte question of compen sation on a niore satisfactory lii." .Tust as though the postmasters and employes are not receiving, Mioiijjh pay. r'ind aome other excuse. 0 Uncle Sam' next battle ship are planned for 18,000 ton and a apeed of twenty -on knot. Naval strategics am working for greater swiftness in all classes of war vessels, battle ships having been moved np to the speed for merly obtained only in cruiser. Any thing that makes a ship faster will be approved, even by the peace societies. The fire ht iu Chicago in 1003 was W.98&,T2tl e There have been all-told 7W livi lost in aa endeavor to reach the north pole. The first expedition ws mad in I IJiJ. o Trv and make thi year 19(J the bet year you ever lived. You can do it if you will only say it and then try hard. o Over c-.V0O0.OW revenue will be pro duced a a result of the first year's operation of the stock transfer law in Xew York State. o All Inrle corn's soldiers, in every ouarUr of the alobe. were treated to I turkey and plum pudding on Chriatma. ". U to be built aometime, r br order ot the government. I without saying. It is on of the cher o I ished plans of local development,' and A California man thinks he has J has the tacit sanction of every progiv . a a .1. 1 I lountt oui now o nuu orn. nj .. .. :.: -, J.,,,!,! its iv... 1 1:1-. : ,, TjmI I , . I ultimate construction and when the tnis taking a mean auvamags 01 pour dumb things? o But Eajwntiat That Base of Grades be Chanted, and Established m aa to Permit Building of Pretention Edifices With . Serviceable Drainage. That a seawall along the Astoria Emperor William ba put an addi tional tax of flJ.000.WW a year on beer. If Germany survive this des potic oppression slu U certainly If volution-proof. 0 Rev. John Scuddcr of New York. pastor of Die Congrecitional fhurrh. is going to teach the women of his (lock bow to shoot ana thus prepare them to fight burlaw. o - A recent visit of the stork to the home of Secretary and Mrs. Loeb shows I Fifteenlh tinei CB th, ,Mt that the secretary i determined to hold his Dlace in the affections of President Roosevelt. o In Russia a red flag may have a double meaning: either that another time is ripe it will take denflits aud workable shape. It i among the pre defined things that belong, luherently. to the community. But there is much to do before it will be realized; preliminary and pre requisite steps that must be taken to pave the way for its proper fulfillment; and among these, is tha re establish ment of the municipal base of grade, to a point sufficiently high to permit the raising of the business houses In the business portion of the city, say be tween Orand, or Franklin avenue, on the south: Sixth street on the west. war has broken out or that somebody has thrown the irovemmeut into an auctioneer's hand. o - Philadelphia horses are suffering from sxoturia, a disease said to be due to too much rest and overfeeding after the Christmas rush of hsuling. The holiday diet t trying to man a4 Thi district well cover the com mercial center of the eity and probably will do so for years to come. The low er levels of this territory ars far too low, even now, for tha purpose of proper drainage, and to put that sewer output into tha harbor channel, at a point not below highawter mark, be yond tha seawall, and give adequate flow from cellars that must be built underneath the larger and more modern structures contemplated, will raise the entire business level of the city from four to Pine feet ;- this . denssad brand new and radical ehang in the nffiVUI irrarlr Inrirlent to the area named. , There is now aa Important projected nation of these neer',,', be,ot " can be safely proceeded', ss a Urge sum of money is to ' tn Missouri' valuation for taxation this year is lt3o,lAAi,iAsj. ten years mgn it was I938.000.00Q. Th taxable prop- - ' ' ertr in St. Louis aa returned in 1W sinwur. tns f exceed that of the entire state in 1M7. Statistic, show that th. amount of building, and until it Vn0"n 9 at- "-.!.J ! I Vf Haiti wllSJ UTW IC7ll 1 - ' .llw rla.se. to each In- fwtiemny held up. 1 ..iut. dividuaL If everv nerson iad drunk There 1 StUI auotner H" their pro rsta share the curse of in- ture, involving a big outlajT ' "nr temperance would be unknown. for a thoroughly modern strture tbt ... 1 11 hA.i is now in anevsnce necausei" v'"t Jnnh K. Xve. ho fortiini! U tors dare no. proceea, unuii ' I ... . i-:i-.r r - a 1 .a 1 -:n:. - . 1 mum sand minimum, ffriiiii in. ritniliuiru aa. wrmi muhuvu - - - cepted the post of the street cleaning the construction of the seavVttv Md lot department. of Cincinnati, de- i" ousiness jecuon, a l. 41,1 11.. nffi, in si,. Thru are potent fact. Th rlrnlP' the city the cleanest treeU possible cause for the withholding of feV' itn a 1 si 1 m r. ' aide schemes of commercial m Cortelvou advo- ""-nt, lies in the lact that uee of the franking all other future) building tra tJ vl we- and be m fa lire built with deep basements, to a4 modate the storage and msctinery! cilitie of the house. Elevntors included in the plans for all moi buildings, and besting plants, furnl land other accessories that belong to basement end of such outflUj thjw PostmssterOeneral cates the revocation privilege, which cost the government los of nearly 120,000,000 last year. The postmsster-general may now ex- nect to lie severely snubbed by the garden seed congressmen. tr.rk.rt tr n ' liiy ttiird assistant v I . 1.- ..i... ... 1 an secretarv of state, who will be the first Pi- ' " United SUte. minister to Norway. . Uetjuat. fall to the tide level, be- ..A ,1.. ,li.,lm.li In 1S94 and the wall thst is propo, V" V vii v; ws's"ssm sv - -- - I a has in held important post. Ilis Therefore the grades of the city nf 1 flr-t annointment was a secretary of first ba looked to, and put upon 4 ... I . . . 1 f Hi iu. i-.,:.i ....),... v mt M iniiini, or receniion. carriaEa snu 1 Petersburg, where he stayed until 18DS. charge a to maks them practicable potent for th exacting amy rjur A new kind of slavery which Has .here are omer mavi nr.. urown up in the Ut few year, is the the preface work of the seawall, 6 r . . .... . 1-I.L!. 1. 1 .V. . lmUr.i;v. I'M eniploymnut of young cmiuren. u nw f " "" southrrn mills there are W,000 children suggestea nrsi; we oiow. iu I. J. 4 under the aee of 14 working from ten eo in oue umm. to fourteen hours a day, beside being I compelled to work alternate night. Four or five years sgo there were only 24.000. Secretary Shaw and the United States treasurer are defendants In a suit instituted in the federal court to recover from the government tha value of teiit,v-five st amboats alleged to have Wn tsken from James E. 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