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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1906)
THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JULY 19, ijofl, THE MORNING ASTORIAN tiUbii4ha 1875. Published Dally by XII J. S. DELLIXGEK COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION SATIS. By mail, per year 97.00 By mail, per month 10 By carrier, per month 15 WEEKLY ASTOBIAlf. B, mail, per year, la advaBM.. 91.00 Entered at second-flat matt Jane , 1, at the poMoffic al Atorta, ore ron, ander the act of CoufreM ol March a, ayOdert tor tbo dell-wra of Thi Mob mUtduu to ctUMr rekVc or place of buriaaa y be made by poeul card or throngs, telephone. Any tmjrulartty In de fararr ibould be uutedktetr reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. Ue City of As tori. Ofllelal paper of Clatsop county and WEA1HEK. Oregon, Idaho. Washington Fair continued warm, r BLUNDER OF BLUNDERS. It is becoming plainly apparent day by day, that the territorial divisions of railway domination on the Pacific Coast are being slowly, yet surely, abandoned; and the ambitions of the several trunk lines are overlapping the once agreed upon demarcations. In the aggressive search for new fields and new outlets here in the northwest, the mouth 'of the Columbia river is taking primal place in the calculations of latter-day projectors and there is every reason to believe it; will soon be the objective of one or more great systems that cannot afford longer to remain subject to conditions that are, peculiarly, of the "dog in the manger" sort. There was a day when the 0. B. 1 N. might have utilized this port as its one great terminal to the perpetual exclusion of every other simi lar interest in the land; when it might have built a great seaport here and held it against the overwhelming en croachments of all opposition, no mat ter what the wealth and prestige may have been. But it trusted to the iso lated conditions that prevailed in this section, and held it "up its sleeve" as a resource unlikely to be invaded and less likely to be wrested from it. This was its supreme blunder. It has seen both improbabilities come to pass. The land franchise has passed from it Irrevo cably; the water-way to Portland and the towage right on the bar are ail that remain to it, of what was once a legiti mate and comprehensive leverage for control of the best harbor on the north ern coast. It is any man's now; Hill, Gould. Lytle, Hammond; anyone with the pluck and sagacity to take it over. That it will be taken over and made the most of, even the indifferent, and Portland-gagged, 0. R. & N. need not doubt. And there will be something poetic in this justice of the sweeping of the blundering corporation aside and its future exclusion from a key-field it might have exploited for all time to come had it not clung to the policy that there was but one port, one city, one center, one influence, in all the country. It is an example of that strange in fatuktion that innures with sodden policies; the reckless adherence to primitive and unprogressive rules of action, that finds its end in the keener and quicker aggressions of, the day, when men will not be hampered be cause of the fallacious and impotent claims such as have been set up and maintained for years ,in this relation, by the once-supreme Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. SPURIOUS WORKS OF ART, Word comes from Europe of the wholesale imposition of spurious works of art upon the untrained buyers of the beautiful and the precious among the handicrafts of mankind. Tliere is nothing suiprising in such news; this is the age of the spurious. If the hum bugs were only limited to the "gems" of art in which no one indulges but the ignorant rich, it might be fairly toler able. But turn where one will, there l ever the lurking fraud, the cute sliam, the plausible humbug. In clothing, in foodstuffs, in all the esttcntials of daily life. Every phase of glamour, deceit, double-dealing and overt theft, con fronts the simple and the honest. Half the world laugh at the other as it mourns the discovered fraud; and the attitudes are continually shifted. No one ever thinks of reprisals, fearing th ridicule, and dreading the convict km Of their own stupidity. If the adroit busi ness thief wer but amenable to the customary treatment accorded the con victed grand-larwuist. the people might stand some show of being freed, in a measure, from the endless creed nd greed that prey upon them. 0 SAME OLD STORY, There is quite as much war afoot in the Russian parliament a there is out side it The factions are all raging for dominance, and the government is hedg' ing in the meantime against popular revolt, strengthening its army, it fort resses its police, and erecting all the restraints imaginable, to be impregnable when the time for action shall come. Thus it is always, with scholar and chump alike. There is no merging the peoples in one great common stand for universal freedom such as has been known in the past. The prestige of graft, of political jealousy, of bureau cratic dominance, of partisan strife, all are rampant and fighting aggressively for the puny and passing interests of party and person, while the nobler and more vital causes are frittered away and finally sacrificed. 0 LICE MASTER, LIKE MAN. The Portland Journal continues to mumble sneers, through its Portland gag, at the projected railway improve ments in and about Astoria. This is in direct line with its beggarly policy of damning everything that appertains to anythnig outside of the metropolis. It is so warped to its inane, "first family". "only city", mugwumpian policy, that it simply hates the good-ortune that falls anywhere beyond the corporate limits of its own habitat. Such a paper and policy show nothing of breadth, of state pride, of generous tolerance, of communal good-will; they live and operate within the hide-bound limita tions of a personal and selfish direction which they dare not transcend even in favor of a community 100 miles away. It is as pitiful as it is conspicuous. But in the present instance, ineffectual. 0 000000000000000000 0 EDITORAL SALAD. 0 000000000000000000 Only one woman in 100 insures her life. In stature Eskimo women are the shortest on earth. 0 Tomatoes stimulate the healthy ac tion of the liver. 0 No photographs are ever taken of women in China. 0 Sarah Bernhardt has a huge bed 15 feet long. 0 When the skin is sallow the system requires acids. 0 In Africa wives are sold for two packets of hairpins. Politics Offers Little to Yountf Men ""flC'S'v -7? V u-ji. ji ,,.!. J?.,,,'... By CARTER. H. HARRISON, Ex-MtyorgfChicafo It takes 3000 silkworms to spin enough silk for one lady's dress. 0 A brush dipped in salt water should be used in cleaning bamboo furniture. 0 There's many a case of plain grouch that masquerades as artistic tempera ment. 0 Mrs. Longworth appears to be showing her husband a pretty god time in Europe. Don't cultivate the habit of looking for something to worry about. You may some day have your search rewarded. 0 Remember that a lamp if burned wit'i only a little oil in it generates a gas which is liable at any moment to ex plode. 0 Anyone who is able to dig up a good, healthy thought or spread a smile once in a while will never lack pleasant occupation. When lemons have become hard and dry immerse them in cold water. They will soon become quite soft and read to use. Mrs. Pauline Whitman is the mot successful of Texan women ranchen. She owns 200,000 acres and raises 15,000 cattle annually. Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, organizer of the first woman's club in the United States, lives in Los Angeles, Cal. Sh? is 85 years old. 0 Oregon has turned down woman suf frage by a huge majority. The women of the state should now mit the Ijiiiiiht "No Mint, No Babies!" and stay will) it to a triumphant fliiUh, DOLITICAL or publio service appointment iwuaHy, If ac companied with a salary, are given to men who haTe In terested themselves in practical polities, BUT RARELY TO YOUNG MEN. Such appointments may bo for term of from two to four years or more. They give a man an opportunity for acquaintance, which may or may not bo valu able, DEPENDING UPON THE USE TO WHICH HE PUTS IT. Some of these positions may give to a young man a comparatively easy "job" at a pretty good salary. If this is an advantage, he has it As an opportunity for judging human nature many of these positions afford splendid opportunities. Elective offices as a rule are not thrust now upon Cincinnatuses summoned from the plows. The averago man elected to publio service GOES AFTER IT, horse, foot and dragoons, and enlists all of his friends ia his behalf. Elective or appointivo office is, of course, some times a stepping stone to higher official positions. Men have gone from the office of constable to that of governor. Everything depends UPON THE MAN HIMSELF, and there are no cookbook recipes for success. Publio service has ruined somo men and advanced others. Courage, honesty, faithfulness to duty in a word, CHARACTER will inevitably tell, whether with advantages or disadvantages. Opportunities for promotion to young men in appointive public positions may result from good work, influence, caprice or any other reason, the same as in a private business. What are the principal disadvantages to the young man in publio service! The principal disadvantage to the young man in publio service is the precariousness of his tenure of office. Ho must be ready to fold bis tents, like the Arab, WHEN A NEW ADMINISTRATION STEPS IN. Civil service has, of course, made political situations more stable of late years, but civil service is NOT OMNIPOTENT. The average man holding a political position feels when a new admin istration comes in that "the gobblins '11 git him ef he don't watch out" This feeling of insecurity is liable to have a disquieting effect upon his work. Then, too, whether appointed or elected, ho must spend considerable money and time in assisting the political adminis tration which placed him in power. HE IS BOUND TO DO THIS or be ungrateful. The result is that the man who honestly saves money in a political job is a wonder. As for leisure, that word is a stranger to his vocabulary. The op portunities for advancement are not better than in private business, IF AS GOOD. If a young man is fond of seeing his name in tlio papers, he is liable to have that feeling gratified more often if he is in the public service than he would in private business. This may be claimed as one of the DOUBTFUL advantages, appealing more to youth than to the congealed wisdom of middle or old age. FOR THE WORK DONE IN PUBLIC 8ERVICE, THE CRITICISM. THE ANXIETIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVEN GREAT TRIUMPHS ACHIEVED, THE LEGITIMATE PECUNIARY RESULTS ARE THE POOREST IN ANY LINE OF, BUSINESS ON EARTH. IT 13 ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COMBINE BU8INESS AND POLITICS SUCCESSFULLY. II HI 1 1 hi i nil SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED 50 CENTS AND UP Steam Cleaning and Dying a Specialty. Special Attention Given to Ladies's Work. All Work Called for and Delivered. CARI BREON 72 Ninth Street ASTORIA, OREGON 1 C. F. WISE, Prop. M Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars Hot Lunch at all Hours Merchants Lunch From 11 to 1 O'clock 25 Cents ' Corner Eleventh and Commercial ASTORIA OREGON 8 The Art of Fine Plumbing has progressed with the development of the science of sanitation and we have kept pace with the Improvements. Have you I Or is your bathroom one of the old fashioned, unhealthy kind If you are still using the "closed In" fixtures of ten years ago. It would be well to remove them and install In their stead, snowy white &tadar Porcelain Enam eled Ware, of which we have samples displayed in our showroom. Let us quote you prices. Illustrated catalogue free. I, A. Mon!gomery,OAstoria. TABLE hlNhN MADE &NOWY WHITE WITH 20 MULETEAMBORAX V f 20-Mule-Team Pure Borax also cleans without injury the finest china, brightens silver, pewter and glassware. In fact is an economical and labor saving aid to the household. fortaleataUdealwe. If your 4ulr huo"4VintkitTtQtkX doat tal a uttltut end tfaa't Say Sal which la eftMaAtl. tarttttf 1 writ us, living dwtlar'l Mm nd tv tmta, and wa wUI Mod ( )tmi a V-tb, pMkai , end Include new booklet," Dotal In tb Heme A4dreas 1 Patina Coast Bgrai Co Ska Franclwo, Cat. M20Fi1ulo-Team" Borax Soap Saves Hands, Clothes and Labor. All Qrocere. Fret Samp! for Top from t lb. 30-Mulo-Tsam Doras Package. SOnlEOFOlRSPECIALTIES WALL PAPER Best Selection in the City at the Low est Prices JAPANESE MATTINGS Just the Thing for the Floor of Any Room; Easily Kept Clean PREPARED WALL BURLAPS For the Den or Dining Room. Made in Beautiful Shades A Large Assortment of Room Mouldings and Plate Rails B. F. ALLEN G SON ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOIINi FOX. Pres. F L BISHOP. Secretary Nelson Truyer, Vice-Pros, awl Kupt. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK, Treas ; Designers and Manufacturers of TOE LATEST 1MPH0VED Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers Complete Cannery Outfits Furnished. CORRESPONDENCE S0UCITED. 1 1 Foot of Fourth Street. Weinliard's LAGER BEER .c First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. ' KSTAItLISIIED 180. Capital $100,000 3. Q. A. B0WLBY, Prasldsnt. f lUNK PATT0K, Cashier. 0. I. PETERSON, VJce-Prtsldant. J. W. GARNER, Aaaiitant Caabto. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid Id 1100,000. gurplua and Undivided ProHU IM.OOO. Transact a General Banking Business. Intercut Paid on Time Deposit ifi8 Tenth 8tret, A3T0KIA, OREGON, Sherman Transfer Co. I3ENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street phone Main 121 m m " K'ATi ''FUL; AND ORNAMENTAL WIRE and ' m "3$ tVl" -'I IKON WORK of ALL KINDS, 203 Flanders W, PORTLAND, OR.