, THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. "" """
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Woman's Club Considers This
Important Subject.
I
INTERESTING SPEECHES MADE
Mary Lemon, Mayor Herman Wise and
City Physician Pilkington Ad
, dress the Club Members on
J " Civic Improvement. "
Yesterday afternoon in the Rodmen's
"nail the Woman's Club met in regular
es'ion. "Civic Improvement.'' was the
main subject under discussion, and
there were a number of interesting ad
dresses and papers on the subject.
Among those speaking was Mary K.
Lemon who spoke on the "Relation of
the School to Civic Improvement." Her
remarks were very interesting and in
itruetive. and were listened to with the
greatest attention by those in attend
ance. Mayor Herman Yise and Dr. Filk
ington delivered instructive speeches on
the subject under consideration, resume
of their remarks being given below.
After thanking the ladies of the
Woman's Club for the courtesy of the
invitation, Mayor Wise referred in a
humorous vein to the fact that he was
preceded by City Physician Pilkington,
he said:
".As a rule folks don't like to meet
what follows a doctor' prescription
and that is, bills, but a doctor's pre
scription frequently results in upbuild
ing the system and improving the con
dition of the patient, hence no harm
may result from, the city physician's
recommendations qaneerning the im
provements' required in building up the
city." . ,:. ; ;-
Referring to the subject of Civic Im
provement, Mayor Wise said:
"Improvement is what all mankind
is -aiming at ; without hope of improve
ment, effort would cease and ambition
would no longer hve' in the breast' of
man. The hope of improvement en
courages the suffering, the timid tnd
in-experienced.
"The desire to improve, conquers
vicious intent and regulates careless
habits. Improvement may be made in
every sphere of usefulness. There is
room for improvement in civic as well
as in military affairs; improvements in
our social, moral and physical condi
tions; but I am expected to refer es
pecially to 'civic' improvements, and it
is well that we devote a little time to
the consideration of this important
problem. National government is look
ing after national improvements, the
various religious denomination1!, after
improvement in spiritual affairs; the
medical fraternity studies improve
ments in physical affairs; the school
fosters mental improvements, and hence
it is entirely fitting that the citizens at
large interest themselves in civic im
provements, and to my mind, civic im
provement is one of the pillars upon
which the whole structure of the com
munity rests. If civic pride allows civic
improvement to lag, the community
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GOODS MUST
BE SOLD
to make room for our spring and summer stock, which is arriving da:ly.
We will have on display, bargains that will pay you to investigate.
Fancy Silk Girdles, regular prnv, 30 and 40 cents, your choice.... $0.19
Fancy Silk Girdles, 50 and 65 cent values, tor 39
A lot of small Handbags, regular 35 and 45 cents, on sale at 19
$1.50 Bath Rugs at 98
$1.00 Bath Rugs at 65
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WINTER SKIRTS LEFT WHICH WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SELL AT HALF PRICE. WINTER KIM0NAS
ON SALE AT 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT. ONE-THIRD OFF ON WIN
TER WAISTS AND 0NE-T4IRD OFF ON CHILDREN'S WINTER
'OATS AND CHILDREN'S WINTER AND SUMMER DRESSES AT ON
'HIRD MARKED PRICE.
FOARD &
thus afflicted cannot hope to keep pace
with other place where civic pride en
courages civic improvement. It is with
community a with an individual,
nature may have favored a man with a
fine physique. but lack of ambition or
iniili" rauses him to be careless, slov
eulv and unclean, and an a confluence.!
he degenerates and ultimately Weomes
a wreck and the world loses inteiet in
him while his neighbor, though leu
favored, is careful, takes pride in his
person and in his conduct, with the re
Milt that he attracts wheie the other
lepeN. We, as citizens of Asforia may
either go ahead or sit -.till; take ad
vantage of nature's kindness, or Iwvome
careless of our ilc-tiny. What -hall our
answer he! Let us answer: I for one
-luifl try as hard as I can to stay the
fate which befall the slovenly city. 1
lull lalnir as stiYiiuou-.lv a possible
to improve my city, so that it may be-
come, what fate and nature intended
it should be, the cleanest, healthiest
and most attractive city in all Oregon.
After giving matter some thought, and
in my humble way, it occurred to me
that perhaps the establishment of im
provement clubs in the various mrt of
the city might be the best agencies to
ward accomplishing the necessary re
sult. No one individual can hope to
do much, but the combined efforts of
members will surely accomplish what
the individual is unable to attain. The
architects can nlan. but no matter
how beautiful the design, lie could
never finish the structure without
the assistance of the, carpenter, the
mason and the painter, hence it be
comes imperative that men of all pro
fessions and men in all avocations of
life, join in and build up the city;
now supposing that the house is built,
it would after nil be a cheeile-s place
unless a good housekeeper put on the
finishing touches and in her dainty way.
see to it that the carpets are laid and
the curtains hung just so; that the
table stands in the center and the clock
hang on the wall, instead of being
thrown in a kitchen corner, and this
is where you ladies of the Woman's
Club come in. We men, that is the few
in Astoria upon whose backs the moss
has not yet settled too thickly, we may
plan and build, but you must encour
age us in these matters; the mind of
the masculine individual is too obtuse
to comprehend these things. The very
first thing we must all learn, is the old
maxim, 'that cleanliness i next to god
liness.' That tin cans, worn out rub
bers and delapitated corsets will never
raise rose bushes in the bauk yard, and
that the soup bone and potato peal
ings from last Sunday's dinner will not
cause fragrance to permeate the air. It
is also a well known fact, that beaux
are not attracted to squalid quarters,
neither can investors be induced to vi-it
or visiting, long remain, in a delapidated
town.
"Therefore, it is not only safest from
a sanitary standpoint, but it is wisest
from a commercial standpoint, that we
clean house, so that Markham's 'Man
With th; Hoe.' as well a J. Pierpont
Morgan's men with the dough, may be
attracted to this, 'Oregon's Best Health
Resort.' One of the things most essen
tial in this campaign for a cleaner As
toria, is harmony, and harmony will
never grow on slander bushes, hence it
is necessary also that we bridle our
tongues, control our temper?, and speak
kindly of our neighbors ('A little har
mony now and then, is relished by the
crossest of men'). If I wer.: permitted
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Where the New Things Make Their Debut.
i . .a,..,! int. I iiiuiftiii. rutin Honiriniiitr nuiv if uoiir. i mmm n h
I in 111 I llt M 1H M in Hi lilt Ml . t i . -...- j ,
provenient, 1 would write down,
"A grain of allowamv for our neighbors'
faults
An oil in of kindness for onr follow-
men.
A pound of energy for the good of A-
loriii, Bini
Toii. of work, work, work and work."
The Mayor then disgrcsed by tell
ing a few humoivu anecdotes and re
cited the efforts lelng made by the
I'aik Commission, stating that there
wa no quest ion about the Park, the
subcommittee having arranged for a
drie way Mttvii feet wide and
over one thousand yards long, t'pon
the completion of thi- driveway, the
top of the knoll in the center of the
I'aik would be cleared and benches
pla-ed theivon, and with the aMtancc
of the Woman's Club, he hoped that a
band stand would lie erecteii wnere in-
local bund might play popular airs for
the amusement of the public. He also
requested the ladies to ue their in
fluence iu pursuading people of the city
to engage the garbage collector, Mr.
N'el Jensen. uwmi the payment of a
small monthly fee, to cany away the
tilth now being thrown into noighWing
yards.
He invited the ladies to visit the im
provement clubs and schools at differ
ent times, in order to encourage the
huMlera who have taken the had in
that enterprise for the public good.
Mayor Wi-e then finished his remarks
with an appeal, the closing sentence !c
ing alniut as follows:
Let us never cease onr efforts until
every hill in Astoria becomes an obser
vatory and every tree a standing monu
ment to the enterprise of Astoria men
and the assistance of our beautiful
In speaking on the subject of "Civic
Improvement," Dr. Pilkington said, in
part:
"Civic pride has had an awakening
in the past few weeks in our good city,
and out of the small beginning already
made great things are expected. Many
eye-sores have been corrected anJ in
place where old nun Rubbish has long
held sway, things of beauty are coming
into their own. "Let us make our city
lovely and we shall love if i a motto
that has inspired more than one civic
improvement club. When our people,
united, look upon municipal improve
ment a a larger kind of individual
home making and direct their energy
to improvement of the yards and streets
outide the home door, the hours of
transformation are not far distant.
Clean yards and streets mean much
more than the casual ob-ener i apt
to think. It ha justly len -aid that
'clt-anliness is catching' and cleaner
yards and streets in one section will
arouse a pride and envy in a neighbor
ing distiiot and that di-trict will soon
show improvement. Apart from the
purely ae-thetic and sanitary effect of
cleaning up, few realize the many minor
benefits derived from civic improvement
for example, less dut. and mud on
clothing, on furniture, on goods in
shop, etc. But the great, the almo-t in
estimable beneficial effect of the work
will be shown in a decreased death-rate
and in the less keenly r-alizcd but still
more important reduction iu the sick
rate.
"One of the city's needs is a street
cleaning department. We all know that
at present the municipal finances will
not perimt of this, but in the not far
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GROCERY SPECIALS
An Interesting
Topic; Economy
in Your Grocery
Bills
Scotch or Violet Oats, special,
packages $0.11
Tea, all of our regular 75c
values, special, lb 59
Vienna Sausage, half lb. tin 10
String Beans, extra standard,
three tins 25
Onion Sets, lb 10
Matches, Firelight, dozen pack
ages 45
Extra Special
Commencing Monday Morning, Fresh
Pvanch Eggs, Per Dozen
20 cents
TOKE
distant future something may be done.
In the meantime let each one do what
is to be done at his own home, yard and
street and do It - not to show summer
visitors and stranger that we have a
healthful and beautiful town but be
cause we feel that these thing are none
too good for ourselves, ud we are hew
all the time.
"Public health work in the past and
present, consist largely In requiring
people to do what they do not wish to
do for their own good, and certainly is
not a popular profession, but if it
made educational then difficulties are
brushed aside and the work beeonn
easier."
A PLAIN STATEMENT.
Ex-State Senator J. L. Rand on Labor
Matter.
The following communication from
c State Senator J. L. Hand, of Baker
City, is self explanatory, and will con
vey its own message to those inter
ested: "To the Kdi tor: On account of what
appears to be a studied attempt to
misivpreaent my pitioB upon certain
questions about which the public has a
right to be informed, 1 wish to say:
"No man in the State of Oregon has
more admiration for the courage, in
tegrity, ability and patrioti-m of the
President, than I have.
"I am not an enemy to any class of
I peoplelaboring men, or otherwise on
the contrary, the laboring men, with
hardly an exception, in this community,
are all my personal friend. 1 have
never opposed laW legislation, when
I beli. ved it to 1 right, nor have I
ever failed to vote against such legis
lation, when I believed it to 1 wrong.
If that made labor organizations re
gard me as an enemy, I am willing to
be so classed.
"I apologise for no v.t.- that I east
in the legislature and any person or
et of persons, feeling aggrieved at any
official act of mine, is at perfect liberty
to make audi criticism a they desire.
While a member of the State Senate, 1
did not vote for or against any meas
ure, that, under the same circumstance
and with the ame knowledge, I would
not vote in the aame way again.
"It ba been reported that I voted
against the Fellow Servant Law. I did no
vote against the Fellow Servant Law;
on the contrary, I voted, together with
every other member of the State Sen
ate, in favor of the pasage of that
law.
"The particular measure which arous
ed the antagonism of certain people,
was known as "Senate Bill No. 1)0" in
troduced by Senator Malarkey, being a
bill limiting the hours of service of
railroad employes, and, in my judg
ment, containing many obnoxious fea
tures. The vote upon that bill will be
found upon page 2!'". of the Senate
Journal of 1905, and the vote upon that
measure, upon its final passage was a
fallows: those voting 'yea' in favor of
the bill, were Senators Hrown-ll, Cos
how, Howe, Malarkey, Milh-r and
Wright, a total of six in favor of the
bill; tho-e voting 'nay' and in oppr.i
tion to the bill, were Senator Avery,
Booth. Jioviei inan. Carter, Cue. Coke,
Cloinaii, Karrar. Haines, llobsoii, Mod
son, Holman, Lavcoik, Iidghary, Mc
Donald, I'i-rce, Hand, Si.UI, Smith,
Tllttle, Whealdon. and Mr. I're-jdent;
there being two members of the Sen
ate absent, towit, Senators May and
Nottingham, making a total of tl vot-
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HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.
Eldredfje High-Grade
Sewing Machines
Values from $35.00 to $65.00; our
price, $23.00 to $32.00.
Harden steel balls and bearings;
beautiful designs.
Steel Lined CooK
Stoves
$7.50 to $10.00.
Values from $9.00 to $15.00.
Gray Granite Stew Pots
15c, aoc, 25c, 30c, etc. Real bargains.
Economy Brooms 25c
Mascot Range; high closet.... $27.50
Reduced from , 32.50
Magnet Stove Range 26.00
P. A.
THE STORE
lug 'uay'j i wting '" "d two
aliM-ut.
"It ht 11 it-.t that 1 have aid
that if I could have my way, I would
iii nlT the l,iua. all laws fm la
bor. This statement is aUolutily with
out foundation and was never made by
me at any time or place, anybody s
statement to the contrary, notwith
standing. "So far as it i claimed that I am a
corporation lawyer, I have only to ay I
rrpresent quite a number of clients,
some 01 wiioiu are eoryurauoni, uui
mot of whom are individuals, I do
not know single lawyer In the State,
having any considerable amount of
buiness, who do.- not number among
hit clients a greater or les number of
corporations, and I do not know a law
yer In the State who it not perfectly
willing to aet as attorney for corpora
tions whenever their buine li offered
to him, th- same aa be would for any
individual
"So far as the Primary law is con
cerned, I am neither in faror of It
nor opposed to it; I am, howeter, iu
favor of giving it a fair trial and if
it is found to work satisfactorily to
retain it upon the statutes, and if not,
to repeal it.
"JOHN h. BAND."
AT STAR TUESDAY.
Mr. X. Z. CaiilTman, V. H. 1.. H., will
leeture at the Stp theater Tuesday,
February 7th ai :i oVIurk tor ladien
only. She will point out romnioii ene
as the high road to phyniral perfection,
through phy-iiiil culture laws and
heallll pleir-ptv She ha no lio-truiu
for sale, her work i on a higher pi hi.
Mrs. CaiilTman has made a seieiitilic
tudy ahuiK the line of her idea, and
die is now here to give the Antoria
women the n-ult of her wmk and
sillily as she has been giving it to
women throughout the country.
TOMORROW EVENING.
(lalewuy Social Club will give a
party tomorrow, Monday evening.
Odd Fellows and Itebneeas invited.
CANNED SALMON TARIFF.
Northern Pacific Road Makes the Rate
Hitherto Effective to Cities South.
SKATTI.K, Feb. 24. A ney ensthound
tarilf on canned salmon and other
Puget Sound products, extending the
soul hern points to which the connec
tions with the Northern Pacific over
other lines give a direct rale from
Puget Sound, has just been announced
by the Northern Pacific.
Under the new provision the present
rate on canned goods, principally sal
mon, condensed milk, dried fruits and
preserved fruits in tins op glass jars,
is extended to take in all of the prin
cipal cities and commercial points in
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Kentucky and Florida that were
not included i the old schedule. The
rate to the new points is the same as
the present tariff to southern cities.
The rule is on carload lots, based on
a minimum weight of 40,000 pounds,
and evers the same commodities under
the same conditions as the old tariff.
For Kidnev
Iht . ' a a
oc uiaaaer
troubles.
1 Cures In
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URINARY I
Each Cansule f
bears the name9(WUnj J
f M i M. U- S
There's a tone,
a touch, a finish
and an express
ion about OUR
GARMENTS
that one does not
see outside the
"hangup tailors."
Come in and
visit with us and
get a line on the
"Good Things;'
ME
.
THAT LEADS.
LITTLE LEAVES
OF TEA
LITTLE GRAINS
OF COFFEE
I'lay a very Important part of out
business. Wa Lava Taaa and Coffee
of richer and rarer blmd than moal
dealers. Not blended by accident thsy
represent years of experience.
If you want to know what good Taat
and Coffee are Just give us an ordr.
4ST0NAGR0CERY
rbone Main 601
623 Commercial St
New ging
hams, percales
and domestic
wash goods.
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