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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I, ijofl. l&ofl. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Eatablubed iljj. Published Daily Except Monday by IIS J. & DEIXINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. By mail, per year 17.00 By carrier, per month .60 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. 8, mail, per year, in advance. .11.00 KntereA m second-! mattor June , 1406, at tbe poatofflea at Astoria, Or. ion, onaer u act 01 vonf raw ui mren , Kr"OMr for the deUrennxof Thi How wsMroaiAii toeithar raakkoc or pUoe ot busiixM .nay be made by poatal card or tltfough telerhona. any Irregularity in da. liTry should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE UAHf 661. the City of Astoria. Official paper of CU.tsop county and 4 WEAMER. Oregon, Washington, Idaho Fair; wanner. , A PERTINENT INQUIRY. There is considerable interest through out the country as to why the trial of the murderers of Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, does not take place. There is very deep interest in the outcome of this legal engagement and people all over the west are beginning to wonder at the Unconscionable delay. The state has claimed an infallible case always; it has its defendants and co-defendants safely lodged; it knows just who it wants as witnesses and has them under process. The defendants are entitled to prompter operation of the law that has been ac corded them. They are guilty, or they are innocent; and it is the duty of the law to speedily determine the exact atatua they occupy. They have been held for months without a single move ment on the part of the prosecution, and the matter is becoming a fit subject for popular discussion and it is taking a tone that is not creditable to the State of Idaho, and this beyond the claims of the socialists. They have as much right to demand the settlement of the issue as any oter citizens have, and no mors, but their constant agitation of the ques tion is bearing fruit far outside the realms of their interest. The State of Idaho owes it to herself to get busy on this trial without any more delay and give the men lying in her prisons the full benefit of the law so unreasonably delayed. Orchard's case is quite sepa rate and apart from the desperate inter ests of Mover, Heywood and Pettibone. These men were extradited from Colo rado, and are innocent until proven guilty, and they have the constitutional right of swift and rigid inquiry. 0 OFFICIALDOM IS BAITED. That the President is cordially dis liked in the halls of congress and the department offices of the government, is a matter of supreme importance to the people at large, as a fiat demonstration that he is exactly the man they need at the helm in Washington. Tbe man who, by sheer force of the honesty that is in him, make enemies of this sort, is the man to bait the officialdom of the coun try and swing it to the mark and line of ita first and only duty, that of caring for, and administering ,the will and wish of the people. Congress has been so long dominated by the "vested interests," so long innured to the dictation of corpo rate greed in every conceivable form, that the presence and influence of such a man as Roosevelt is dreaded immense ly, and for this reason the people at large must see to it that he is retained if it is within the scope of achievement. We are glad to Bnow that there is one mind and hand that can deliver the things that belong to the nation at large and turn down the gospel of self and hold it down. It ia time the mastery fell elsewhere than to those who fatten on the careless generosity of the people. 0 Farmers who own their lands are the richest men in the world because they are the most independent. They come and go, work when they please, do as they please with their products and are at no man's beck and call. They ought to be tbe happiest, for they have all that nature can give to secure health, whici is the greatest blessing in the world. Fit yourselves to be good farmers and good farmers' wives and so become benefac tors to your fellowmen. THE GAMUT OF SHAME. Oregon ha run nearly the length of her course of shame and dishonor, a blocked out for her by Mr. Honey and the power he stand for, in the matter of the lsud-frniuK Thei may be a few more to pas under the ban and eon tribute their slmre to the volumne of disgrace, and then she will have pureed herself and made good, a the law pro vide She knows, and feels the bitter nese of her position, keenly; but there i a shade of wonder in her mind as to when the other state involved are to take up their phase of the wretched burden; or if they are to be allowed, through official dilatorinesa, to take the lienefit of the statute of limitation and thus ecape the detailed agony of the situation. , Procrastination may le the "thief 0 ftime." but it is also a blamed convenient expedient when it is uej with adroit and studied purpose. 0 HAS ARRIVED AGAIN. The intermittent cycle of negro- hanging i again upon us. Not a day passes hut the country i shocked by the repetition of the ghastly horror of these fierce demonstrations of popular jutiee in the South. And we want to say, for the benefit of those whose idea are too easily shocked by these things, that the Soutemers are, infinitely, the best judges of what is necessary in each of these particular cases. One has only to live there for a few years; to know the utter and terrific df tails of one of thee beastly episodes to find an im mense measure of excuse for the out raged community that takes the law in to its. own hands. There was never a case of crime recorded so maddening in revolting essence as the deeds for which this swift and fearful puuisbment is meted out. The only marvel in the situation is that there is ever a recur rence of the crime; but the brute in man is never amenable to anvthing save the cardinal instinct that dominates hira for the instant, and so it will go on. But "put yourself in his place," before you condemn the man that enacts this fear ful reprisal! 0 BE CAREFUL, AND JUST! There is no doubt the City of Astoria is in need of more direct income. It is expedient for her to replenish the treas ury from any legitimate and available source, but there are questions of im portance that accompany every auch movement, and among them the issues of justice and advisability. It is not quite fair to treble the theatre license here at one full sweep, and the doing of it will react against the city in more ways than one. For instance there is a new opera house building at present, that will probably never open if the new license is imposed, as the business will not bear the imposition; the theatre now running will be forced to close its doors as soon as the license becomes operative, end two businesses will be driven out of existence here. Because one of them is doing a fair business through the summer months when every other business is doing equally well, is no legitimate reason for the increase; the house will have its dubious days in the quiet months along with every line in the city, and will not average any better for the year. The opera house will have to bear the impost, and have only six months in which to earn the access and pay it for the whole year. Taken, altogether, the new license will do no good, since it is more than likely to divest the city of what revenue she now has these sources, and the ordi nance suggested will became but a dead letter in the municipal code. o THEY GO TOGETHER. General prosperity has its adverse ac companiments; and the bank failure is not the least of them. The broad-cast abundance that is apparent on all sides, makes for unwisdom and disregard of the rules of business, with many people charged with great and valuable interest and the re-action is inevitable. And by the way, every prosperous era herald the wane of its fulness by these signs. Failing banks are an incontrovertible sign of the passing of good times, and it pays to watch closely the frequency of their happenings. 0 , Japanese to the number of 300 have formed a co-operative company and secured 3000 acres of land along the now government irrigation ditch between the North Platte and Gurnsey in Nebraska. They are setting the pace for their neighbors in raising big crops on the semi-arid irrigated land, and it is ex pected that 2000 Japanese will soon join the colony and take up more land. They are great gardeners of sugar beets, celery, etc. 0 She Do you believe that all the world loveg a, lover f He (with a recollection) Well, I don't know about all of it; but the florist, the confectioner and the jeweler have a fair ly strong affection for him. Leeds Mer cury, 1 STARTHEATER P. GEVURTZ, Mgr. MR LEE WILLARD AND COMPANY, MANAGEMENT ARTHUR C FOX. TONIGHT East Lyrihe AND SATURDAY MATINEE. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATUR DAY, SUNDAY MATINEE AND SUNDAY NIGHT, "THE SILVER KING." A FIVE-ACT EMOTIONAL DRAMA. THE DRAMATIZATION OF MRS. HENRY WOOD'S CELEBRATED NOVEL Summer Prices, 15c, 25c. and 35c ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ASTORIA 12th ANNUAL REGATTA Astoria, Oregon August 30, 31 and September 1 1906 The Event that Makes Astoria Famous WATCH THIS SPACE OE6F0I1!?PECIALT.E WALL PAPER Best Selection In the City at the Low it ' 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 The Art of Fine Plumbing hu progrcMcd with the development of the science of MoltadoQ and we hive kept pace with the Improvementi. Hare you t Or U your bathroom one of .t - I 4 i t ft a aa .... we om lauuotMd, unhealthy Und I If you are itlll using the "doted In" Ixturee of ten yean ago, It would be well 10 remove in em and Install In their itead, nowy white "aiaS' Porcelain Enam eled Ware, of which we have lamplei displayed In our ihowroom. Let ui quote you prkei, JUuitntted catalogue free. 1 - m ?,TA. Homgomery, Astoria. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOTICE TO PUBLIC. O EDITORAL SALAD. O Notice is hereby given that the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Astoria Regatta Committee will honor no bills, except on order signed by the Marriage for revenue i one of the i chairman and Becrotary . .. x ...... ANTfiriTA PFP.ATT tweniiein century industries. 0 More than 90,000 women are engaged in the lace industry in Russia. The National Woman Suffrage Society receives now about $1000 a month for its work. Show a girl 71 new styles of shirt waists and she will want something different. For the suppresHion of extravagance in women's dress a movement is being organized in Sweden. o The best cure for the blues is to stop thinking of yourself and begin planning happiness for others. o Whistling, according to some physi cians, will do much toward the develop ment of a robust physical frame, o . The first spinning mill in England to be operated by electricity has been started at Pendleburg, Manchester. It contains 80,000 spindles and has no chimney. ASTORIA REGATTA COMMITTEE. 8-7-3t, NOTICE FOR BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the re gatta committee will receive sealed bids for the printing of the programs for the regatta, up to noon, Thursday, August 9, 1906. Committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. ASTORIA REGATTA COMMITTEE. NOTICE FOR BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the re gatta committee will receive sealed bids up to Thursday, August 9, 1906, for the privilege of running the grand atand for the 1906 regatta. For further informa tion inquire of R. 8. Smith, secretary, of the regatta committee. The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. REGATTA COMMITTEE. 8-7-3t. Coudersport, Fa., now comes forward with a man who declares he has not tasted water for eleven years. What he used for a chaser is not stated, EiBHMGWlffil Steam Cleaning and Dying Specialty. Special Attention Given to Ldiee Work. AH Work Called for and Delivered. CARL BREON 7 NINTH STREET ASTORIA, OREGON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHNiFOX.Pree. Nelson Troyn, Vlce-Prw. and IfW. F L BISHOP. 8creUr ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK, TrTai Designers and Manufacturers of THE LATEdT IMPROVED Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers) Complete Cannery Outfits Furnisfud CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. foot of Fourth Street. w einhard's mS. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore ESTABLISHED 1880. Capital $100,000 J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. 0. I. PETERSON, Vice-President RANK PATTON, Cashier. J. W. GARNER, Aasiatant Cashier. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid In 1100,000, Surplus and Undivided Profit S,000. Transact a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits 168 Tenth 8trt, ASTOhlA, OREGON. Sherman Transfer Co. 3ENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages-Baggage Checked and Transferred - Trucki ard Furniture WagonsPianoe Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 PORTLAND WIRE AND IRON WORKS USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL WIRE and TRON WORK of ALL KINDS. 203 Flanders St, PORTLAND, OR.
