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fc THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. SUNDAY, Amil 19. i9& THE MORNING ASTORIAN laUMitM 1173 Published Daily by TEk J. S. MLLINGKR tOMPAHY. SUBSCMPIIOH BATES. By mail, per yer I'M By mil, per month W By carrier, per month W WEEKLY ASTORIA. By mail, per year, in adrutc.. 11.00 Entered m eoond-ela matter June 3S, IWft, at tbe postofflce at Astoria, ure- Ion, under ttoe ct of Congress ot Mwvb S, w-iimeni tor inc muti hi v. lira taroaux rthr roudeix or p-o of baataeas oar be made by posul card or Uirousb fcsleofcowe. Any Irregularity la de Hvery tboold be immediately reported to the efloe ot publication. TELEPHONE MAIN Mi. Official paper of Clatsop county and toe City of Astoria. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 WEATHER. 0 0 o O Western Oregon and Washing- 0 O ton Fair and warmer. 0 000000000000000000 THE FUGITIVE MURDERER. With three human lives sacrificed to his imirderou iii-tinct. fleeiiiii through the remote and lonely fastnesses of the river hills of the Willamette valley, hotly pursued by armed poises head ed by determined and resolute ollicers eager for his capture under any con ditions, Frank Smith, the Oregon City murderer is still alive and lusting for such other live as shall be thrust across his path. The courage of the man has become a madness unimagin able and his life, now utterly valules even if he secures it seott-free, a mere span of misery and dread, to be sacri ficed either to the law or the eon-liming conscience of one in his condition. The state of such a man is inconceiv able wretched and reveals in all its hideousness, the primal brute in the man. His hot (light is a menace as ' as it lasts. He will kill, and kill, he is captnivd. 'or until some ac- injury lays him low. He has limitations of the law's eon id should be shot to death parley or the !o- of ve tiiue and Mnu-um-w may be trans 'd ju-tification ; '11 res when -UCCeSS- mith ite wealthy corporation that the people of this community have had to contend with, niid is- one to In' met by tliem in the mime cold-blooded manner in their dealing with that company, not only in having freight come by that company's ves-els to Kureka, hut also in having our mills furnish that com piinwV liipa with luiubel from ti port for transportation to San Fran cisco. In the light of such development, it N easy to Ie seen that the charge of $2.' for a round trip ticket from Eureka- to San Francisco was only anoth er cae of holdup and not as given out, a deire 011 the part of the company to protect itself, for if such was the only object, it could readily have sold noth ing but round trip tickets at its sched ule of prices advertised, $H."'t. How different was tbe action taken by tJeorge IX Oray A Company who not only tilled its steamer Prentiss with passengers from F.urekn without charg ing them one single cent for transpor tation, but also fed them for 4S hours without cost. The Oakland Herald of April 24 also cites instance in marked contract with the action of the P. C. S. S. Company and said: Sixty thousand men. women and children have leen transported to var ious points throughout the country free irf charge 1y the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads up to last night. Both lines will continue the issuance of free transportation until further notice to the de-tituto man and wife, women, children, invalids, cripples, and in such other case- as discretion sug gets justifiable anil recommended by the Oakland relief committee. Able bodied men will not be accorded free transportation, but special rates will be given according to the distance and destination. Eureka, Cal.) Guide. EDITORIAL SALAD. Who PullAl tihe string On gentle Spring? 0 Last of all, a relief train load of adjective- should be sent to the ex-haui-tett headline builders. Probably Mr. Roosevelt was convinc ed the Federal court needed a little chastising, even with a muck rake. o John L. Sullivan is alleged to have of fered Powie a thou-and a week to ap pear with him in a vaudeville turn. It is suggested that they would do well in a turn entitled "The Huvebeens." It i.-n't that the un-'iupuloiis K11-1-ians cleverly hooked up with the Mile. Andiwa bait that makes us wrathy, but that they should have sized up us New Yorkers beioreliand for gudyaons and baited accordingly. It is rather" annoying for the congress which has been investigating why the Panama Canal is not finished to have laft shout up at them that he can't in on the canal till Congress decides kind it shall be. nts makes a good report of Panama and a correspond peal for progress on the 'n determining on what -ess at Panama shall standing 11 'ive been! has been earth e falter S7 Bowser Shows His Authoritu He Undertakes to Make His Neighbors Clean the Snow OS Their Walks. IS MET WITH OPPOSITION Overpowered at Last by the Denizeni t the Suburb and Dumped Into a Snowdrift. iCpyrlfht,lM.by McClura, Phllllpi A Co l IT had beeu auowlug all day loug, aud when Mr, Bowaar reached home at tl o'clock lu tbe eveulug "tbe beautiful" was uearly a foot deep ou street aud sidewalk. "Well, this baa been a storm," said airs. Bowser by way of aalutatlou. "Yen, I am glad of It. 1 have bceu waiting for just such au opportunity." "How do you mean?" "There lsu't a aldewalk cleared be twixt this bouse aud the eorner. There wout be for two days. It was so all last winter. As soon as I can swallow luy dluuer I shall clear our own walk, aud then I will try to flud out whether we have laws and ordinances lu this town. I tbluk I'll astonish some folk within the next two hours." "If you will leave the walk until morning ni hire a coupU? of Imys to clean It off. If you go out there and work for an hour you'll be all bunged up." "The walk w ill be cleaned tonight," said Mr. Bowser In aggressive totiea, ME.. BOWbXR WAS A HCBTLEB. "not only our walk, but those of our neighbors. I haven't got so superannu ated that I can't do half an hour's work with a snow- shovel without Its bunging ine up." Mrs. Bowser said no more until they were half through dinner. Then she ob served: "No one begins cleaning off his walk until It stops aaowing." "It was beginning to let up when I came in," replied Mr. Bowser. "Aren't you afraid that working with the snow shovel will give you a lame back?" "Look here, woman, can't you let a matter rest? I told you when I first came In that I was going to clean our walk. Wnen our walk Is cleaned I am going to make It my business to find out why other folka don't clean theirs. Nothing you can say or do will prevent me." "But bow can you boss other folks around?" "Walt and see. There Is an ordinance that says the walks shall be kept clear of snow. I obey It I will see that oth ers obey It" "And raise a row and have your name In tbe papers again." "I don't care 2 cents for all the pa pers in the United States. If I have to obey the snow ordinance, other folka han't escape. Last winter, wben hard ly a walk around us was cleared, a great big fat policeman came along and threatened to have me In court because about a shovelful of snow remained on ours. Let the discussion end right here." It did. He went upstairs and got on an old suit and then armed himself with the snow shovel and began work, ""he storm had about ceased, and three four householders on the other side he street were also seizing tbe op nlty. Mr. Bowser was a hustler he snow shovel, and at the end of uarters of an hour he struck a all along the walk. Me was nted on his enterprise by tint -ians abroad, but he was When bis labors were cl Ins i-ii'ivo! Into the through th" g!ito of !iN rl'jlit !:!!! up tlif '.v l':i::i:'y, vnd !i :::!-:. V,:-, v'-i ooor. 1 Hate jun cinm my warn, and dog my cats If I'm going to wadt through your snow because you art too laiy to clean It off. You either get out here with a shovel aud hump yourself or I'll have you lu court tomorrow." "What? What's that?" shouted tlx peppery little man as he danced around. "You dare to come here and threaten me? Off my steps and out of my yard, you old guy, or I'll give you the boot!" Mr. Bowser went. He knew that he could chew tbe little man up In two minutes, but he also realised that a row so near home would bring out Mrs. Bowser aud the cat. lie left the yard aud entered that of the people ou the left. He knew that their name was Blunt, but he dldu't know much else about them. It was Mrs. Bluut who auswered his ring. "Madam, Is your husband home?" wua asked. "What'a that to you?" was the reply. "I haven't couie here to collect u bill, aud I am uot a detective look lug to arrest him." "And do you mean to Insult us?" she demanded aa she looked around for broomstick. "By no means. I simply wanted to ask your husband when he was going to clean the snow off bis sidewalk." "Oh, I see. And Is that any of your business? Io you think that we are Idiots or children that we cau't attend to our owu affairs? If my husband was home he'd give you a lift Into tiie atreet." "If your husband was home I'd til) iiu a thing or two," said Mr. Bowser. "The Idea thst"- But the Idea dldu't pan out. The door was shimmed against his toes, and he hud to turn and descend the steps, lie knew the second house on bis left to be occupied by family named Holt. The husband whs crass eyed and the wife red headed, but Mr. Bowser did take these things Into consideration. Mrs. Bowser and the cat appeared at his own door, and Mrs. Bowser called to him that she studied smoke lu tin bouse and wanted him to come hotm and look around (or lire, hut In waved her away aud proceeded to make bis third call. The man and bis wife bad Just been having a hot dispute as to whether the earth was round or flat, and they both answered the door lu hopes that It wus u tramp whom they could kick. "Well?" (tueried the Holt family as Mr. Bowser entered the ball. "I "Id you kuow that It had been snowing all day?" he asked In reply. "Certainly." "And that there Is a foot of suow on your walk?" "Bure, Mike." "And that It Is your duty under the ordinance to clear It off?" "Not by a dumed sight! If our snow bothers you clear It off yourself." "Do you mean to say that you will let It lie there for the next three or four days ';" "We do. It can lie there for the next three or four years." "By thunder, but It won't!" exclaim ed Mr. Bowser as he turned uwny. "You either get out with your shovel within fifteen minutes or I'll have yon hauled Into court ami smartly fined." He was told to go to that bind where suow melts as fast as It fulls, and he waded down the steps and out of the yard. Mrs. Bowser made another ef fort. Mie said she thought tbe gas me ter was out of order and u!l the water pipes busted ami that If he didn't at tend to things right away there would be an awful tragedy, but Mr. Bowser couldn't be turned from the path of duty. He was standing at his owu gate and drawing a long breath for another call when the peppery little man and his wife rushed out from one side aud the cross eyed man aud his red beaded wife from the other, and at the same time two men pedestrians came along. It wasn't a conspiracy nor a put up job, but all Jumped on Mr. Bowser at once. He fought gamely, but he was over powered. He was lifted up and driven bead first into n snowdrift, and one of the men seized tbe shovel and added more snow, while the others packed It down. It was ten minutes after they disappeared before tbe burled man res urrected himself and en tend bis own house. "Well, what about the ordinance?" asked Mrs. Bowser. "Not a word from you not a single word!" be whispered as he pointed a finger at ber. "I see yonr fine Italian hand In this, and I know my remedy. Tomorrow morning, woman-tomorrow morning we consult our respective law yers and you go home to your mother!" M. QUAD. Hla One Chance. 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