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THE MORNING ASTOIilAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TBVUSDAY, ABCOST (, IJo4.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established tlvj.
Published Daily Except Monday by
XIX J. a DELLINGER COMPANY,
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
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By carrier, per month
WEEKLY ASTORIAN.
B, mail, per year, in advance. . 11.00
Xnterd a Mcond-clM mwtr Jane
33, 1906, t tb pcntofflre at Astoria. Ore
ion, under U aclof Cong Tta ot March i,
nrOrrtsra for U deUvenn of TBI Moa
ixs&vkwu to eithr rwktooce or placo of
banaeai jiar be made by postal card or
Uvotigh We.tooo. Any Imirularfcjr in da
Unry ataould be immediately reported to the
office of pubikatfoii.
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thsCity of Astoria.
Offloial paper of ClUsop county and
RIGHTFULLY PROUD.
WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
Fair; warmer.
t "A DEN OF THIEVES."
The wonderful safety and reliability
of the banking business of the country
is accentuated by the uncovering of such
dens of thieves as the Milwaukee Ave
nue State Bank, of Chicago. So rare are
such exposune that the ordinary citizen
may take solid comfort in the eonelu
aion of the general security and sub
stance of the financial depots of the na
tion at large. The failure of the bank
. in question was no result of hard times
nor due to the universal and decent
causes that sometimes overtake such,
institutions but it was simply and de
liberately wrecked with malice afore
thought and criminal purpose of the
most shameless sort. The law is a grate
ful shield against the encroachment of
foolish and inexpert financing and lends
a, comforting hand after disaster
wrought through ordinary lapses in
business, but it cannot forefend such
wretched instances as this. The people
themselves are frequently to blame for
troubles that assail their local banks, in
their indifference to palpable and well
known habits on the part of bank offi
cers, guch as gambling and the indul
gence of sensuous habits, that no man
veBted with immense trusts should be
guilty of. If there was a bit more
censoriousness in these matters in every
community, openly expressed, there
would be less to complain of and grieve
over. -af::. . . . . .
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THE ALEUTIAN INCIDENT.
The killing of the five Japanese in the
Aleutian Islands, by the revenue men
of the United States, is to be deplored
from the abstract viewpoint that it is
always hateful to kill, but in the sense
of a penalty invited .and inflicted, it
has no significance that cannot be ad
judged through the embassies. The men
were there contrary to the law of na
tions. Their leader must have known
this, and knowing it was primarily re
sponsible for the result that ensued.
That Japan should attempt to make a
serious matter of it is inconceivable, in
that the raising of the question to an
altitude of international importance,
would involve her in the sterner and
less bearable rebuke due to an indefen
sible position. She knows this better
than anyone else. She wag a party to
the fisheries convention that has been
invaded.
Astoria is justly proud of her school
system.' It J one of the bent, from all
standpoints, in the state. She has an
able and conscientious corps of teachers;
an adequate and receptive maw of chil
divn iu attendance; and one of the most
thorough-going and sagacious boards of
control in Oregon. There is lea fric
tion in this big department than In any
of its scope anywhere; and a remark
able absence of all fault-finding on the
part of the patronage. She has a
right to the real pride she feels over
the matter, and I entitled to unstinted
credit for the provision and mainten
ance of such a system.
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MORE THAN ENOUGH.
The charter-makers of Astoria will
do well to hedge against the abnormal
tendency, nowadays, to the multiplica
tion of petty office in a community of
this sort. It i absolutely essential to
simplify the course of municipal govern
ment rather than hampering and clog
ging it with a lot of non-essential offices
that yield no salaries nor any valuable
service, and make only for the payment
of political debt and burden the city
with a lot of red-tape and confusion
illimitable.
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0 EDITORAL SALAD. 0
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Sooner or later the undertaker under
takes us all.
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The scheming mamma is the one who
uually makes the engagement ring.
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The price of starch has been boosted
but the linen collar from the laundry
still comes up to the scratch.
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Sydney Smith long ago remarked that
"a great deal of talent is lost to the
world top the want of a little courage."
King Leopold defies the world to in
terfere with his slaughter of millions of
helpless natives in the Congo, and the
world accepts his bluff.
Learn to carry out your ideas, pkn
your ambitions and make them work
able. Finish your tasks and end one
before you begin another.
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In eight years the population of Osa
ka, Japan, has increased from 811,800
to over 1,020,000. The number of fac
tories has increased by 901.
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A Georgia preacher says he expects to
meet more editors and reporters in hell
than members of any other profession.
He doesn't explain what he is going to
do there.
A Cleveland woman is suing for di
vorce because hep 18-year-old huband
smokes cigarettes. She ought to have
made him Bhow his fingers before she
married him.
The people of the United Kingdom
have come to be tremendous tea drink
ers. Their annual conumption is now
about 260,000,000 pounds, and we hear
occasionally of English "tea drunkards"
whose daily allowance is measured by
gallons.
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It is now declared by experts that the
cigarettes made by our highly protect
ed tobacco trust, are "worse than tinned
meat." It is also said that much of the
highly protected American whisky is
worse than tainted beef; even break
fast foods and sugar are adulterated,
But what are we going to do about it?
WHYFORE?
Before the Common Council passes an
ordinance to raise the license of the
Astoria theatres from $100 per annum
to $300, they might ask and answer the
following pertinent query; Why should
this be . done when Portland, Seattle,
Tacoma and Spokane, with dozens of
theatres to Astoria's two and clienteles
ten times as large to contribute to the
support of the houses there, are satisfied
with a revenue of $100 a year from
each of their amusement ventures? And
aside from the injustice of the advance
in this relation, it might be well for
them to consider the fact that the two
businesses now paying license here will
be shut up and abandoned immediately
upon the passage of the new tax, and
the city will be minus $200 per annum,
instead of $400 ahead. The whole pro
position is fallacious and has no element
of equity nor judgment to back it. i
Here's a chunk of good news for our
old maids, if they can only be induced
to confess their real ages. A genius
who is a member of the legislature and
who feels sorry for the lonely old
maids has a plan to get a law passed
that when the single women get to be
30 years old, that they shall be allowed
the privilege of picking out a man for
a husband, and if he refuses when pro
posed to he must pay a fine, one-half
to go to the old maid he wouldn't ac
kept.
Small boy (to his sister) I cannot
play horse with you.
Why?
Because teacher said I am nothing
but a donkey. II Motto per Eidere.
The son of a rich merchant arrived in
Milan for the Exhibition, and met a
friend, who said, "What! you here? Are
you going to stay long?"
"I do not know yet, but it is my
idea to pass about 10,000 francs." II
Tramway.
Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month,
delivered by carrier.
"But is it true that one can hear an
opera, staying at home, through the
telpehone?"
"Certainly."
"How lovely for sick people."
" and for the deaf." II Tramway.
STAR THEATER
P. GEVURTZ, Mgr.
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AND COMPANY, MANAGEMENT ARTHUR C FOX.
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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
SOii3E0F0URPECIALTIE
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 Ralls
. ' ...f il I J I l '
B. F. ALLEN 0 SON
The Art of Fine Plumbing
hu progressed with the development of the telenet of
anttitlon ind we hive kept
bac with the Ifnnmwmnrs
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I lave you f Or it your bathroom one of
ut ota utiuanM, unhealthy kind I
If vou are !fl wing the "cloted in"
fiiturei of tea yean ago, it would be well
to remote them and install in their ttesd,
anowy white 'Skwdttf Porcelain Brum,
eled Ware, of which wa hvc umnU
1 - displayed in our showroom. Lt ui aunts
J you price. Illustrated catalogue free.
MA, Montgomery,' Astoria.
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Steam Cleaning and Dying Specialty. Special Attention Given to Ladlee
Work. An Work Call.d for and Delivered.
CARL BREON
; 7a NINTH STREET ASTORIA, OBEGON. ;
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
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JOHNiFOX.Fraf. Nelson Trovtr, Vk-lne. and Runt.
F L BISHOP. Herniary ; . ASTORIA HAVINGS JBANK, Treai
Designers and Manvfactarers of
THE LATEdT IMPROVED
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
Complete Cannery Ouults Furnish J
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Foot of Fourth 8tret.
Weinliard's
LAGER
BEERlb
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
ESTAULIHIIED 188U.
Capital $100,000
Galveston'- Sea Wall.
makes life now a safe in that city as
on the higher uplands. E. V. Goodloe,
who resides on Dutton St., in Waco, Tex.
needs no sea wall for safety. He writes;
"I have used Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption for the last five years
and it keeps me well and safe. Before
that time I had a cough which for years
had been growing worse. Now it's gone."
Cures chronic Coughs, LaGrippe, Croup,
Whooping Cough and prevents pneu
monia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle
guaranteed at Charles Rogers' drug
store. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
free, aug
The "Roosevelt style" of resting would
make some men wonder what you call
work.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
Notice is hereby given that the
Astoria Regatta Committee will honor
no bills, except on order signed by the
chairman and secretary.
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, 1908. Committee reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
ASTORIA REGATTA COMMITTEE.
The End of the World
of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe, of
Bear Grove, la., of all usefulness, came
when he began taking Electric Bitters.
He writes: "Two years ago kidney
trouble cawed me great suffering, which
I never would have survived had I not
taken Electric Bitters. They also cured
me of general debility." Sure cure for
all stomach, Liver and Kidney com
plaints, Blood diseases, Headache, Diz
ziness and weakness or bodily decline.
Price 50c. Guaranteed by Charles Rogers
drug store. aug
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 stand for
the 1906 regatta. For further informa
tion inquire of R. S. Smith, secretary, of
the regatta committee.
The committee reserves the riuht to
reject any or all bids.
REGATTA COMMITTEE.
8-7-3t.
Morning Astorian, 00 cents per month,
delivered by carrier.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President.
0. I. PETERSON, Vice-President.
(HANK PATTON, Caahler.
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier.
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid in 1100,000, Surplus and Undivided Profits i.VJ,000.
Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
168 Tenth 8trt,
A8TOKIA, ORCOON,
Sherman Transter Co.
I3ENRY 8HERMAN, Manager
Hacks, Carriages-Baggage Checked and Transferred - Trucki ard Furniture
Wagona Pianoi Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
433 Commercial Street
Phone Main 121
poEmwNi)
tJSEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL WIRE and
mm IRON WORK of ALL KINDS. 263 Flandera
".PORTLAND, OR.