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THE MORNING ASTOIHAJf," ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST u, loop".
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
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WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
Augut showers.
QUITE NORMAL, THANE YOU!
The affected solicitude of the Oregon
lan as to the mental status of tbe edi
tor of thu paper in his recent dealings
with tbe grave question of the perma
nent and genuine improvement of the
Columbia river and its bar, is no sort
of answer to the argument laid down,
that Portland is diametrically and sel
fishly opposed to the actual deepening
of the sea channel on that bar. Sneers
and jeera hare ever been the "dernier
resort" of the man and paper that dare
not face the music, and the big sheet
is, apparently, no exception to the rub.
Is Portland honestly in favor of a
40-foot channel from the sea to the
river side of tbe Columbia bar! That
is tbe question we want answers 1
without equivocation or frills of any
sort! We want an answer that will
stand in the record of her future deal
ings with this vital issue, minus all
sophistry and double-dealing and nar
row prejudices. That's what we want!
And while the Oregonian, or any of
its compeers, shall propound the plain
statement desired in that connection, we
urge a nequally honest response to this
problem: If the 0. R. & N. can haul
grain 140 miles to the Puget Sound
ports and pay a joint-rate to the North
ern Pacific, why can it not haul the
staple 100 miles to Astoria and pay the
joint-rate- to the Astoria & Columbia
River road?
Jf, as the Oregonian has declared, the
building of the Hill lines down the
north bank of the Columbia, ensures his
terminal the advantage of the common
point rate on wheat, why has As
toria, with a good railroad for the past
eight years, been denied that commercial
benefit!
There are several other pertinent
things to be asked before the last of
this is heard from, and Portland and
her press may as well be decent about
it. If it be a sign of insanity to insist
on an equitable deal in the commercial
development of the state, then we con
fess ourselves "away off," but for the
time being we will exercise what little
gumption is left us and cling to our
text.
Alxjut the nicest way to acquire
good complexion and keep gxnl health
to belong to a walking chih. If there
int one in your nWgliborhoiHl start one,
Several walking clubs thruuuhout the
count ry are pursuing health ami hapj
ne-s afoot. The member pledge them
selve to walk at lean 400 mile
year. At this average of a little over
mile a day anybody with feet should be
able to live up to the regulation. Once
a ween me members take a cross
country tramp of from five to thirty
miles in company. Generally their sum
nier vacation includes a walkins trin
through some section of country worth
seeing. All tbe club members are said
to be good looking and possessors
perfect health, which is a recoramenda
tion, besides the very strong one that
thi is a good deal more accessible
source of fun to the average person
than automobile and yachts.
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Many stories have been told about the
long telegraphic meiwges sent by worn
en, as if the feminine mind were in
capable of expressing itself concisely,
How fale and slanderous such an im
pres-ion is is well known by the fol
lowing incident. A gentleman went to
London on business. A he left he said
something to bis wife about buying her
a new dress. Just before starting home
ward he wired to his wife: "Which shall
I bring you a diamond ring or a nlk
dress t" The reply was concise and ex
plicit "Both."
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Another western millionaire has mar'
ried a humble hotel maid. It was love
at first sight as she twirled a feather
duster with careless grace in the corri
dor. This infatuation of our capitalists
for the hotel help is a theme to which
only a Whittier could do justice The
American heiress, however, is not on
record as marrying a bellboy or a por
ter. She doesn't care so much for 1
uniform as for- a title.
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The paramount object in the culture
of the grape in most parts of the world
has been the obtaining of wine. The
extent of this will be surprising and
hardly believed by those not acquainted
with the statistics. Thus, for instance,
there are annually produced on tbe
globe over 4,000,000,000 gallons of wine.
Of this amount the United States pro
duces only about 50,000,000 gallons.
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It is said that the hides of the Ameri
can live cattle sent to England to be
killed and eaten are by prearrangement
all sent back across the Atlantic, there
to be tanned and maybap reshipped to
England as leather or in boots and
shoes.
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A New Orleans recruiting officer finds
that cigarette smoking and late hours
have unfitted most of the young men
of that city for military service. There
are some other important things that
cigarette smoking and late hours unfit
young men for.
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Maxim Gorky says it is not the torch
of liberty but the dollar that is blazing
in the hand of the statue on Bedloe
Island. Perhaps this is Maxim's way
of insinuating that we have money to
burn.
NEW MILL STARTS UP.
CKXTRAUA, Wash., August 21.-The
big new mill f the Eatern Railway ft
Lumlx-r Company started Monday
morning for the first time. The new
mill ban been built at an expcuse of
over $100,000, and I one of the finest
inland plant in the state. Everything
in of the mott modern equipment. The
only thing that is bothering the direc
tors of the company now ia the car
shortage, and this is a serious question.
A NIGHT CAP
Take two fiecchnm's rills on re.
tiring and avoid any ill effects
from a late meal. Then you will
sleep soundly, awaken with a
clear head and a high opinion
of the great stomach remedy,
Beechams
Pills
Sold Everywhere, In boxes 10c and So,
Often a person is sized up by his appear
ance; by the tone that surrounds him. And
more often a business house is sized up by
the stationary it uses. A cheap letter
head or a poor bill head gives a mighty
poor first Impression and makes business
harder to transact. Good printing costs no
more than poor printing. The first im
pression is half the battle in business.
You wouldn't employ a "sloppy" sales
man; why put up with "sloppy" station
ery, that gives a wrong impression of the
importance of your business. Let us do
your printing and help you to make that
ten strike.
The J. S. Dellingei Co.
ASTORIA, OREGON
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?frHB5 FALL
PAINT
PAINTING IS ALWAYS EXPENSIVE AND YOU WANT TO
HAVE IT DONE AS CHEAPLY AS POSSIBLE. WHERE ARE
YOU GOING TO ECONOMIZE? BY BUYING A CHEAP PAINT
AND SAVING A TRIFLE IN TBE BEGINNING OR BY USING
Patton's Sun-Proof Paint
WHICH LOOKS BETTER AND LASTS LONGER.
B, (."ALIEN 8 SON
STARTHEATER
P. GEVURTZ, Mgr.
MR LEE WILLARD
AND COMPANY, MANAGEMENT ARTHUR C. FOX.
TONIGHT
THE GREAT COMEDY DRAMA BY SPECIAL REQUEST
A ay Deceiver
SATURDAY MATINEE AND EVENING
SUNDAY MATINEE AND EVENING, "HIVK'RY
IAL REQUEST.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
FARM" BY SPEC-
Summer Prices, 15c, 25c. and 35c
MR. BRYAN'S ABSENCE.
We concur heartily in the conviction
of the Bryan leaders that his continued
absence from the country will conduce
to his popularity as a presidential can
didate; the farther he goes, and the
longer he stays, the more popular will he
become; and if time, and distance, and
non-participation in the current politics
of the nation are to be the guages of
his success, Australia is not half far
enough nor the schedule of the trip half
' long enough, to do the business. If he
will settle in the Antipodes and send
back the assurance of his permanent
abandonment of all ambitions for office
and commercial relations with this
country, his popularity will be transce
dent, and he can have anything he wants
(out there). During his absence the
country will endeavor to wriggle along
In some desultory fashion, however
hopeless, and strive to be good enough
io make him glad to say he once lived
over here. There are some blessings so
Infinitely rare bs to inspire a very dread
of their coming, and this Is one of them.
Chicago has more prisoners awaiting
trial for murder than any other large
city in the world with the exception of
St. Petersburg and Rome.
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It estimated that there are 770,500,
000 postal cards used annually in the
United States, while Germany uses
1,161,000,000 and Great Britain 613,
000,000.
A ew York man who has failed, in
business says he needs half a million
dollars to put him on his feet. That
amount of cash would put this writer on
golden winps.
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When Paul Morton sees the railroads
getting soaked $40,000 apiece for re
bating he probably notices that things
were different when he was in the rail
road business.
Fifteen million umbrellas are said t
be manufactured in this country evpr
year.
In a few years from now we will be
hearing of reunions of people who once
Mere incubator babies,
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During the last 20 years nearly 1,000,.
000 hubjecta of the czar have crossed
the ocean in search of liberty. ,
The Angora Goat Society of Kansas
City has butted in and will endeavor to
popularize goat meat as a table delicacy.
SCO! BAY IRON & BRASS WORKS
ASTORIA,:OItEGON
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS1 LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
Up-to-Date BawJMill Machinery; Prompt atteDtionlvcn;ic((il. re air work
18th and Franklin Ave.
Tel. Slain 2451
F. A. BORCHERT, Prop.
D. J. CUMMINS, Mgr.
PARKER HOUSE BAR
CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS
AND CIGARS
Parker House
9th and Astor
gas
The Art of Fine Plumbing
has rvogreMol wiih the development of the science of
sanitation fnd ws hire kept
Met with lha IniMovemMiti-
llm yont Or h tout bathroom one of
U OM kiUoorf, oaheaJihy kind f
1 yoo art atO nttng the "closed In"
txtara of tea years mo. It woulj be well
to remove them ami fnitall In their stead,
now white Smk0T font lain Emm
eled Ware, of Which we hsve sample!
displayed in our showroom, let ut quote
jroa prim. Illustrated catalogue free.
?, A. Montgomery, Asforia.
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Marine and Stationary Gas and Gaioline Engines . J
WE ARE NOW ntUNO ORDERS
rROM OUR 1TEW WORKS. WRITE
US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED
j .CATALOGUE.
:. P. Kendall, General Sales Agent,
0-M Front St Portland, Or.
Weinhard's
LAGER.
BEERjC
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
C8TA1ILI81IE1) IftWtt.
Capital $100,000
J. a A. BOWLBY, PrtsUUnt. fRAXK PATTON, Cashier.
0. I. PETERSON, Vlos Presldsnt. J. W. GARNER, AssUUat Cwhlte.
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid In 1100,000, Bnrpini and Undivided Proflta V&m
Transact a General Banking Bonlnwia, Interna pd on Tims Deposit
168 Tenth 8trt,
A9T0KIA, OREGON.
Sherman Transter Co.
I3ENRY SHERMAN. Maoaeer
Hacks, Carriages-Baggage Checked and Transferred -Trucke ard Furniture
Wagons Planoi MoTed, Boxed and Shipped.
433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121
&e O'E
C. F. WISE, Prop
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Choice Wines, Liquors
and Cigars
Hot Lunch at all Hours
Merchants Lunch From
11:30 a, m. to 1:30 p jn.
a$ Centi
Corner Eleventh and Commercial
ASTORIA
OREGON
Steam Cleaning and Dying a Specialty. Special Attention Given to Ladlee
Work. All Work Called for and Delivered.
7a NINTH STREET
CARL BREON
ASTORIA, OREGON.
PORTLAND WIRE AND
... IRON WOKlfst J
MB va Vh ORNAMENTAL WIRE and
IR0N WRK of ALL KINDS. 2(13 Slander.
,iWHAND,0R.