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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1906)
THE MOHNINli ASTOIUAX. ASTORIA, ORECON. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, igo8. 4 A WIDE OPEN-LETTER What a Prominent Clatsop Citizen Has to Say. COUNTY BUSINESS MATTERS Wards of Warning to Men of All Parties Coming Campaign Moans Some thing More Than Mere Politics Some Sstraight Tips. Tlie following letter speak I'm itself in unequivocal term-., it ml should have duo consideration on all side-. It is signed by a well-known citizen who i petfeetly responsible and who write just a he talk-, a qualification not often nut with in these days of double dealing. The letter is published for the goinl it ought to do ami probably, will do. It i unambiguous enough to invito earnest consideration everyvv here, and to that end it i given tin- wide publicity of thee column: " The Duty of the Hour. " Editor Astorian: "Astoria and Clatsop county occupy a critical position at the present time, ; politically and financially, and very much depend on her citizens, whether hc ad vances along the line that haw made her sister town, on the Sound put on metropolitan air while we remain a suburban precinct. Some -tride have been made to In- -ure; county road have been built and county bridges and four or five livery table are prospering where one u-ed to starve. "The street are full of teams of all descriptions ami the public and tax payer are paying for it. I.arge um of money are raised annually to meet thee conditions and were it spent in a legi timate way, without the earmark of graft, visible on every hand, no one would complain. But where you are con fronted with grafts and manipula tion on every hand, it nukes the citizens feel a though the improvement were mighty expensive. When oftlr-er will go on debauches and spend more money in a week than their salary come to in a year; when contracts are let and the parties that let them, are interested: and plans and specifications are thrown to the winds, or destroyed: when men ASTORIA'S GREATEST STORE Saturday Night Special At 5c a From 7 to 9 o'clock we will have on sale 10c and 15c Embroidery at 5c a yard. THE FOARD Si Where the New things a iv appointed to position wheiv ncithci their location or ability i able to till the colli rncl to the public, hcrau-e thoe ap pointed wiii' appointed becau-e t liev were metiilici of the family that had the pull: when the public took and ma' hin civ are laid aide and supplanted by pit rate inleivl. because they aie in the piv.it ion and ting: and expensive ma chine and dml ale wantonly scattered bv the roadside, to ru-t and de-tioy and rot, I hill a few grafters can piotit there by, is is high time that the honc-l men in jill partie should mii-ult with one .mother, and then iuoc in tin' mattei by taking decisive action. The lime i ripe now; we ale on the co ol out county election and llniv aie several large enterprise pointing this way. The Northern Pacific llailio.id is building: in our direction and an eleittic railro.ul i iu contemplation and very much depend on our public office and how they are administered, whether they are con ducted ill a straight and honoiable and economical way or whether they shall be i nil largely for grail-. Whether men llall W elected to ollice who enjoy the coiilidciice of our moneyed nun. tliat 0111 eotirt iioue tua be linisiic 1 in a reason able and economical way. or whether the same old crowd shall be ret tinted, that evervhodv lias lot confidence in and the public out ii-it- -hi -t.ind checked and rmaiti an eye-ore for traner and capitalists u see ,uid discu. that come amount u seeking iu et incut . " It is a lamentable t.ot that you talk with Mime of our prominent men an! volt allude to those conditions and these 0,j rafters and they will ay, 'Ves thai i .n Itut he i a ni.nl man or a grot general.' He puller or 'operator', pen- to belong i blind partisanship meant a ureal wire II will -ay . if he h.ip th.it pally i in hi : You can't -kin him. You can't k-at him,' remark yon hear every day. Kepubiic.ui and IViiio crat. each of you consult with one an other and pick out good, square men: men that have not been fattening at the public crib; men that have not Ix'eii mixed up with wire-pulling: men that everyone has confidence in: men that Republican want to vote for when they are nominated in the Republican party, and Democrat of the same stamp in the Democratic party; and let u- go in to this campaign w ith dean men on bo'h sides and at'tei th" -tiinkc of battle clear away, which ever -ide i- victorious won't matter o much to the voter and taxpayer; but everybody will k bene fitted: confidence will b- restored; you can get ;ill the money you want to finish up our court house and A-toria and Clat.-op county will ri-e Phoenix like and taV" her place alongside cf her i-tei to'.n a!! ovei' the Iiorthwe-!. w. i. ixii.w.r.s." H roiaery Yard STOKES GO. Make Their Debut. FORGER ARRESTED Chicago Police Arrest Man who Committed Clever Forgery. PRISONER MAKES CONFESSION Fotged the Pay Checks of Many Films and With the Aid of Accomplices Succeeds in Gaining Thou sands of Dollars. t lib i;i. March the i cent .S,0Ol steel t'oinuanv pa r. The principal in forget of Illinois h cks in Smith ( hi eago lias lieen discoeiei hi ow n confession, l.oui' eeolillHg to l.oiigpic i the man. lie was arrested vc-tcnlav in the otliee of the West rn Kuil. Note Com pany, when1 he has been employed a an engiavcr. I.otigpio protested innocence, but af ter Icing closely .pics! ioiie.l, he conic od that he made the plate ironi which the check weiv printed and that he a- itcd in cashing them among the South ! Chicago merchants. l.oiigpie' wife wa arrested Monday and identilied by -ev- j era I merchants a having cahe. mie of the pa cheik. There arc s.v.'ial "th ' els illlili'l' alrt but the polite lehsf t,i tel! their identity. ) l.ongpiv ha ln'"ii under pidiie uiveil- l.inee for A number of yeir and wheuj the j i.i V chei k forgery w.i- mad - he wa upected. In many in-tanee lie ha been arreted on -iijiiejon ni king con nected with other forgeries, one in Juliet which i -aid to hive netted SiI.im and other ill cities of the Ka-l. He always c-c.iped ciiv id ion, however. Police official for various iiti -, in cluding -loliet and Itutl'alo. have been no tiked and will semi repre-cntal i e. here to try to identify some ol the gang The swindling in South t hieago j timed on February 1". The memUi - of j the gang appeared at place- vvhcic t he I vvorkingnicii wen' wont to , t-h lh' ir J check. All the men weie atliie.l in working nidi' garb and the check- weie cashed without iiic-lion. The stoic keepei did lio; di-covef thai they had been victimized until the fallowing da. DEVELOP WATERWAYS. Th:s is ReRar''ed as Best Means of Reu lating Railway. NKW YHKK. M.n. l, 7. The ,!,. ,,p ineiit of the v I'ervv.iy o M.J- e-m.'ry .1- t !.. l.e-t lliea !'- of t eg'ii.'titi ra ill o." l ite, V.as .,-,te. by ( oh;;lc--l!.,ll ,l....-pli K. Kan-del! .o.ii-i.u..i in . tier diliuei .p'-ccii .i-t nigi.i at 'h iltlllll.ll ball'piet ol the cl 1 i'ie I of Trade ill tii - Kroiiv W'a'ei t.,i,.H.M:tl Klli-d'-ll. "i- 1 l"!M tii!" a- cheap a- lail .in-' it oj.'-d to th" Ut llli.-l hot Height and a legul.i'or Mi a- ii i .il l icr o -. Win ii ind 111- of rat- c.,,1,1- ever we have river. v i chi ood'- navigation. Ii'-i-iit-and the) i- ii" d'-iii in. I for oi-l;it nn. Mr. Kaiis.e; called heap freight rate, ,ri a 1 1 'I'll. II lo lllc lit ill I'l ilc e arid (oTiiiany as a iv-nii of the miner-on- canal- ol iho-c count ri - ,.i. oHeied -tati-tic lo .how that if ii,,. total ap propriation for all purpose in nil' by Connie-, in the la,t ten e,n,, the riv el and hiirlioi- had rcceii. ei only i hel per cent, and that only one p -r ecu' in addition to that had Ih-i-ii appropriated for the promotion of commerce, while forty percent had been lpeieei of the tinny, tic navy and peu-ion pnipo-e-." CONSIDER CURRENCY. NKW YfiKK, March ii. Moili- d. .le.siip, pieiiletit, of the ( iiamber of Coinineree, appointed ye-terilay a com mittee to consider the J-'-licial ipie-tjoll of currency reform. The member are Frank A. Yaiiderlip, l-ador St rau. dolm (lallill. 1)11111011'. flat he. and Chit fie A. Coiiant. This eommille- ha- been nam ed a th- result of a resolution intro duced by dacob If. SchilV and adopted by the Chamber of ( 'oiiiiucicc at it February niei'tiny. The report of thi coliimit lee when completed i- to he -llb-mitl.ed to the President of ihc fiiited Slate and to the Secret ary of the t ieii,irv. Torture By Savages. "Speaking of the torture to which some of the Ravage, tribes in the Philip pines (subject their captives, remind me of the intense Buffering I endured for three months from inflammation of the Kidneys," says W. M. Sherman, of Gush ing, Me,, "Nothing helped me until I tried Electric Bitters, three bottles of which completely cured me." Cures Liv er Complaint, Dyspepsia, Blood disor ders and Malaria; and restores the weak and nervous to robust health. Guaran teed by Chan. Rogers, druggist. Price 50c. Mr. Bowser and His Ambitions He Plans to Fotm an Antitrust Association and a Few Other Clubs. WIFE'S MOTHER ARRIVES She tJlrttually Puts a Stop to I'tojxwcd MrcUngs and Mr. U. Sulli In Gloomy Silence. t Copyright, 'i, by McClurr, 1'hllllpi. A Co M 'l 11 Wt you to hurry tip dinner I little toulgtit." milil Mr. HowNor I us lie nctiiil home from tlu Of lice tlu other vvenlni: mid lmntl!y doltitl til lint und ovorvont. "Wlmt I (tolnit to bnppen?" bnIuhI Mm. Howimt. "Several ihliiic. A iiunilier of u or Kolng to meet here totilKbt to form no iiutltriiNt iiKHoclntlon, iiml I Ntinll prob Hbly be eltvteU prenbleiit of It." ' Vss." "Tlien 1 pxiMH't a ootiiinlttef from tlm Mberty club. It him bwMt dlneovenil that there lire tboilxiilidN of eolc In Ainerlcii who iloii't know tho Anu'rlinil fliiK when they nee It, iitul w iropom to Meaner tbo emblem of liberty nil over the I'tilti'd State. The old prenl dent lum resgm;, and I nil nil ln elwt el 111 hk place " "1 nee." "Then w e nre golnil to organize wlmt will protiiibly be ciiIUhI the lionent THE CAT li.LI.OWEr IIIM. tuaii's party nt the next irouenil elec tion, nlid tiveur -ox L'eiitleinoii will call I here. I tthail bo made chairman." j "Aren't you ul'raid that fotnc of these I men may bo piayini; you for it ooil I I tiling?" iisl.cd Mri.. I'.ovVM r, liH the)' I Hilt down t' tbo table, j "What: Play ine for a koinJ tiling''" ' j shouted Mr. P iv.xt in be behl Ibc 1 curving knife Ii. t!ic air. i 1 "Ye. You know you luivo often been j lay eil." ' "W'oinaii, o. lift do you mcaii' Am 1 1 t.O be illSlllteil III ICV OWII lOIe lllld to in x- teclir." W ho h; s ever play-d ! IIjo V Who ui:i ever loounl 1 pi ill lllc Hi ' i u man who coilid I e played? Iou't try I. sneak o il of it, but answer uie - I Mimp'ly " . J "Haven't men coii.e here nml pre teiidcd they Wiiiitiil to ui;:u you aider inn n or Inayo' or governor ? "Ves; men have come here, but I found out vv'uit they were alter and jravo thcin tb bounce! Played! Phiycd! Mrs. Bowser, get if into y our head that Pin no fool. When a set of men Mut t out to ilny ine for a soft snap they've got to get. up early In the nioniltig." "But I don't f-e,. wh,v you should med dle with those things you i-ix-ak of. Why do you do It ?" "1 do It because I'm opposed to trusts; because I am a liberty loving Amerlcun Itl.en; because I am mi honest mini nnd want to see an honest government. A mini without ambitions Is no mini nt all." "Well, I hope they won't bum book U you," she wild, with u High. "There- vml mi niralii!" falrlv bowloil Mp Ttowsor iib he knockeil tils iilulo i (T t I i I I j i I J the table with his elbow und cnusi'd the cook to count running In. "You hope they won't bamboozle meiiie, Mr. Bowrierj-your husband! By thua der, woman, I don't know what to make of yon" "Why don't you?" asked a voire at the foot of the basement stairs, a vol 'e that almost made Mr. Bowser Jump oit of his shoes. The front door had accidentally ben unlocked, and (he mother In-law had I r rlvcd and walked In. Mrs. Bowwr rose up and weleomod and kissed her, but Mr. Bowser's fn.'i turned red as he sat and glared ut her, "Samuel," said the old lady as she removed hoi' hnt and shawl and sut down to the table, "you were doing a heap of loud talking when I arrive 1. What Is It nil about?" Mr. Bowser grudgingly riatned fie gentlemen Whom he expected to cull and announced their objects, as lie h id given them to Mrs. Bowser, and added: "Mrs. Bowser was expressing her fears that I'd be bamboozled. If I was regularly noailnated In convention for the presidency, she'd think there wss some trick In It What the devil docs a woman know about fbese thin ft, anyway?" "8nm,uel Bowser, don't you use cn- i ffl n a D run PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS other oath in my pic-eiice, way getting inlo ..lap . knout it aii.l I know ii Yoti un al and Sal ah It I hen ', a Woiiinn within tiintdi-cil mile of this houiu who iloent't know morn about politico tliiill you do, I'd like to bow her immi'." "Wlmt! What! I oii t talk Hint way to liie!" "Iji In to you: Walk upstair to the Nlttltii; room and take a seat, mid when i h-jvc tlul-bcil my .I nner I'll have little talk with you I Jtit felt It In my Iioiich that I oimht to be lnTc tolllllt." Mr. lioWHer went upstalrit mid walk fl to ami fro and rai,'is 'Hie cut fol lowed him, nud It vvan n k'om1 time to Klvc him u hoist, but he ioi;!ci't.d It lie wan Htlll walking when bl wife and luotlierlnlavv en me up, Iiml the bitter mid: "Now, don't HWciit your collar, Sam uel Sit down and ILli n to me " "No one iis'.cil you to come on H visit," he retorted. "1 linked IllV eif. nud illi'l you l(et too HiiHty or I'll may ii whole year. To bt'Kill With, there'll be lio iiiititnixt to-ctlln; here tollijjllt. The felloWH nr' t 1 ;i'y t - oil " '1 Nay there will In- n meetltinr' 'And 1 nay there won't, ami that net ties It. The Liberty club limy coirm . loblitna nroiiiul, but they won't te In- Vlted to ilr III, or s::"ke. oii taii I I vva M'MT I t e:N us li this vv us your house ;i a I. 'V " '. I h '- I tail. I know 1 i ij i. !,( . . -' f : 'i i f t v - .n't I e or ! -: 1 .-j. ami I II , , ;,' !'"!. .. : ' i rt'f !l i ii !o i; I III ':" -!. lilnl th" " '' . e ! I i T In II i li lid s.uil .. t.tii ii. Apply lo the t i' . il of Ihc f ite when ! . -li ! i 'ii n rrl v cil, . '! ,.i't ; ' i'-iri'ti," mm Id i i v. v Kb -i l:t:e. "Plen lo the boii-c, I. nt noiie for It vv a -. , 1. her m I: l''s o i 1 cy licit 'c !.:i-o:-ty -It's I ., . m-'l.'icr IV of i-l.liCt Tin y "en .. in-; i ll. i !, : I'.ou .-. r In?" "Ill- is. 1.11 l;c tatllig " ! t : 1 1 1 1 iirr vbat lo do ve.l. "Is Mr. I ,'S s..s, I c c::li't be played this other evening, perhaps," ic "Are you hi" w ;. '.'" ".No 1 1 is I m! Iht ill la vv !" "'I hen that settles it." said the holi est llii-li III chorus, as they nlinost fbsl do'.V II liie Hti el. , "l!y I he livliii; Jint'o, iiiadii in !" begun j Mr. Ilowser, us she returned to the sit- I tor,' room, but t-be walked straight up to him and tait ; i ' 'labile dow n, Samuel, cuddle down. Surah .ind I lire going upstairs for a little talk, and when I come down I want to Und you nnd tell you a few things. If you leave the bouse I'll hunt you dow n." Il was two hoiirH Inter when she ciiine down. Mr. Bowser had taken a seat on the floor to sulk nud had fallen ! UNh'C Ills hiiees were drawn up, his back humped, and he had the look of an orphan far from lemonade or soda water. 'The cut lay on his back with his legs up, and there was ai atmos phere of homesickness In the room. "Poor Siiiiiuel!" sighed the mother-in-law. "I hate to do these things, hut how else can you get along w ith such a OOll. v I'tell von I rim this house!" M Id Mr. Bowser, petililng In his sleep. "Ho may, IrU I guess not!" "And I'll have who 1 want here!" "You think you will, but, you S'.e, your mother In-la w Is here." "And If you don't like It you can go to grass!' "Sleep, Samuel; sleep," Hllld till! mother-iii-law as she turned nway. "I have come to stay a month or more, and you'll need all your strength to stand up uimr the strain." M. QUAD. A Lively Tussle with that old enemy of the race, Con stipation, often ends in Appendicitis. To avoid nil serious trouble with Stom ach, Liver and Bowels, fake Dr. King's New Life Pills. They perfectly regu late these organs, without pain or dis comfort. 25c at Chas. Rogers, druggist. u Fashions For Young Men Wc have the kind of Clothing that young men prefer to buy. It possesses the snappy style that marks the college men's choice Fabric novelties, unus ual patterns, splendid tailoring. In short, "swell clothes.' STOKES. OUR CHEAT EST ASSET. For Lenten Season Wo carry a full lino of Salt and Canned Fish We ill") have tt full line of fre.h and faulted fruit nud v ep'tublc. Sweet navel ti jtiijt- fioiii 1 i to SO eMi(, ,(, V.-vv tlovvcr nerd- on di.play at 4ST0RI A GROCERY I'hon.' Main fHl B23 t.'oiiiiner . la! St, TVPOIIIKTAK WINS Open Shop I'm I'limcu Will S:.unl in N'i - v.itk. ! . the I.IV ; .. ' l.l 'li i I It II 0 - I I'M III e ..i'i t.'ti.n i - 1 1 ..il'.IC. hi'll-c L I o, l 'I .-ut';, . that Mb. I. cell tie' I....II '. il-l',". O, pi Hi ' I I ' f..,.i ; ill-. ,,lt inn. adeipiati'Iy hull mil I hi, I- the til' ivpoll 1 I he I , ;,.,'. ,e!.,. 1 - i:.lV -o supplied tii.,! lie eiii!',a.. for t town ha lice'i 1 1,,, c, luiic I. he, I ev j. lell. c ol t le- l.c t that, . t.ie ha, n.a ie I I liiaiii'l;! the ,o.! o I I lie opetl -hop." MORE COMFORT THAN EVER, f , On Sunday, IWinber 17th, the Don 'cr Bio Criitid railroad will inaugur ate a daily line of standard nnd tour ist Sleeping cars between Deliver and I,os Angeles in connection with the new Chirk road. Ilnth car will leave Den- ver daily nt tli.'IO a, m and airivo at Suit I.nkc City at 1:35 p. in., the next day. At this point the ears will be held over until midnight, thus allow ing through passengers the privilege of a stop-over of ten hours and a half In Salt laike City. Kastbound, these cars will have I.os Angeles at 8 p. in., and arrive at Salt Ike City at Ot.10 a. m neo.ond morning where they will rwnairt over until It; 60 p. m., thence to Denver where they will arrive at 4:20 the fol lowing afternoon. This stop-over at Salt Ijike City of the regular line of ! 'V"R ''" promise to bo an at tractive feature for truiiscotilinentjtl The Morning Aslorian, flJie ti mouth. NOTICE. All volers of Clatsop county, irres pective of parties, are hereby invited and requested to meet nnd participate" in a muss meeting to lie held in " Logan hull" at Astoria, on Saturday, April 21, 100(1, at 10 a. in,, for the purpose of nominating a full county ticket to be voted for on Monday, June 4, 11)0(5. C. ,T. TRKNCHAUD, Chairman of the Citizens' Committee of Astoria, Or&.'x, MAX W, 1'OHL, Secretary.