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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1906)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 190O. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON, THE MORNING ASTORIAN Establish 1I73. Published Daily Except Monday by UK J. & DELLXNGE& COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. By Bfcfl, p year...........M.t7.00 By carrier, per monft.. ........ JO ; WEEK1T ASTORLAH. .,'( mail, per yew, In advance.. 11.00 ntN4 mm aMVHtAAlM BUkttW JulT K,im. at tt poUfflo at Atorl.Orj torn, mate Um Mi or Conarses ol March I, HTOwW (or Um Mr of Tai low bMiraautoNr rwteoo or pUr of Imrtr r-T T to br WUl evd or through WeeMM. Any ImvuUrity to a tnrj$konH b mniUulT imported 10 tb TKJtPHOKI MAIN 661. the CUT w Astoria. Official paper of ClaUop county and WEA1HER. : . Western Oregon, Western Washington Fair, except near coast,- . . ' - Eastern Washington. Eastern Oregon, Idaho Fair. . ASTORIA WATER COMMISSION. The Morning Astorian desires to go on record at once and in the most un derstandable way as against any tam pering whatever with the status of the Astoria Water Commission. j In the first place there is no call for soy interference with the situation as it stands. The commission it in the hands of men of conspicuous and ac ceptable standing in this community; they meet with regularity and unan imity; they keep the affairs of the commission entirely op to ilf, andn a shape that is wholly commendable, and aatisfactory to the, public they aerre; they are doing the best possi ble for the interests of the city in all matters of finance and service; their work i done openly, publicly and is 1 fully and accurately reported to the eitizens; there is no star-chamber el ement about it and what they have done to date has received the uniform en dorsement of the people of all shades of political opinion. . Any . attempt to change the status, or personnel of the commission, in the palpable absence of all cause for such change, will be promptly construed as an effort to warp the office and its business into city politics and this will be resented by every honest house and property holder in the community. There will be, and is, no other reason able conclusion to be entertained, and it will be fought to the list ditch by every Astorian who has the good, the safety, of the city and its affairs, at heart. It is, happily, necessary to submit this matter to the people tt the com ing primaries, and there can be no doubt of the issue there, if we know anything of prevalent and popular opin ion on the subect; and if. by any mis chance or jugglery it passes the initial vote here, those responsible for- the mo mentary success will find the end of the issue only in the supreme court of the state. It is the one wholesome and thor oughly satisfactory element of the ad ministration of public affairs in the City of Astoria, and its denaturaliza tion into a potent and nasty political agency will be strenuously and bitter ly opposed and with abounding success in the end. to the public, to which its corporation masters are opposed; that it precisely what it it maintained not to do. When a corporation defies the law or imposes on the public, its journUtlo parasite is supposed to earn jt keep by defend ing the lawlessness and imposition. The people soon find this out, and refuse to either be led by monopoly sheets or regard Uumi genuine newspaper. That is why the corporation organ i in variably a failure financially as well as a fraud as a purveyor of news. Mil lions have been sunk in the effort to make newspapers maintained to serve corporate interests .popular and self sustaining, but in every instance the result has been failure. The organ is impotent to mould public opinion; ; it loses money as a business proposition, and it makes enemies instead of friends for the corporation that maintains it Oakland Tribune. . , nurse man anew feature. The nurse man is new feature in a southern city. A young couple blessed with three boys ranging in age from seven to three years, after trying a se ries of nursemaids, each of whom had found the little men too much of handful, engaged a man to look after them. The experiment is pronounced to be a success. The man is in the middle twenties, refined and educated. IBs understanding of little boy nature is said to be complete, and he supple ment his regular duties of ' feeding. bathing, exercise, etc., by teaching the lada how to build boats, whittle wood into fascinating shapes, ride, drive and swim. The plan will commend itself to many parents of young boys who have not the time to devote to thetr interested In the electlm of good men to the various ofuce, and should qual ify themselves to vote, ifi. Almo Pirkle of Nebraska a asked for divorce from Ixm because of hi cruelty She didn't happen to ptok the right one of the fifty -seven varie ties. . . Wall street, we are told, is Milling for gold, but most of us are bidding fr any kind of money and find It slav ing work to get enough to make both ends meet. 4 . INITIAL FOOT BALL Stanford Has First Game the Coast. On A dancing master is trying to repro cess the waits bv abolishing It hug ging feature. He is meeting with poor encouragement, ' A Philadelphia manicurist is to be come the wife of a millionaire brewer. She ssys their romance began when they first held hand. 0 fMiss Julia Marlowe has retired for a year's rest," says a New York paper. Sweet bs her dreams and may she wak up greatly refreshed. , Pittsburg has another scandal which it is promised will bs Just as filthy as any of those which have preceded it. 0 ; President Roosevelt says it Is not a sin to be rich. Still, it is sia to be sinfully rich. , .. .1 0 Tt has been found that alcohol may be manufactured from corncobs. Now watch out for adulterated corncobs. The anadian Pacific Railway offers a little ones themselves and have the l2m ml triP under 0M to means to provide an attendant. But the children are to be pitied if the scheme means that the parents have nothing to do with their training and care. . ' '-'j ; 1 " 0 1' TWO HUNDRED CARLOADS. Six thousand tons of school supplies were distributed among the public England has just launched the long, est armored cruiser in the world. American uniforms may be adopted for use by the .Russian army. 0 . ' Half tne negroes to the United States are under 19 4 years of age. ; 0 . school, of Chicago last week. One ha. ei .'7 no conception of this vast amount nn- then it is very vague, Some Idea of j The Colorado fox runs faster than this enormous" supply in the way of other living animal books, erasers, eravons, etc., can be 0 had when you are told it would fill 200; A Chinaman has been arrested in freight cars making a train one and Chicago foi "mashing." one-half miles in length, or If thrown 0 together on a large pile it would be as The body of a mom contains over high as the Masonic Temple of Chicago, 4.061 muscles. over 200 feet high. THE STREET CAR CONDUCTOR. HI HENRY'S NEW MUsf RELS. 4r CLGJE SCORE FOR CALIFORNIA Mrs Hearst's Protegees Worsted la the Preliminary Gridiron Scrinmag of The Season by a Score . . Three to Nothing. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Ot 11- The first collegiate gams of Rugby foot ball played on the 1'aoiflo eoat resulted in a score of three to nothing and victory for the University of Ualifur nia Freshmen over the btanford Fresh men today, la the first half Stanford'! fifteen had much the better of the con test, but In the second the tables were turned and the ball constantly kept in the cardinals' territory. Stanford ex celled in passing the ball, but Derktlty showed greater knowledge of the rules. AMUSEMENTS. BUILDING TO COAST. Wcstera. Pacific. Reaching Through Nevada. SAN FRANCISCO, 0 t. li-ContraeU have len let by the Western Paciflo Railway for the grading of 100 miles of their proposed line through Nevada. The present contract runs from Death Humboldt alley to the Nevada-Utah line. It is a difficult country to trav erse. Mountain ranges obstruct passage in every direction. In order to Dad ft practicable grade engineers have chosen route that is not direct but when completed "will do away with the doub engine service that would otherwU be necessary. In Utah the line has already been constructed about seventy miles out side of Salt Lake. 7 IN CAPABLE OF FAIRNESS. No newspaper owned by a corporation having private interests to serve at the expense of the general public, and conducted to promote corporation ends can be a success, because it cannot print the news fairly and fully; can not stand for the interests of the public when they clash with the designs of or ganized capital; cannot treat public questions, from a disinterested stand point. The corporation organ is mere ly the mouthpiece of private greed; it is simply one of the agencies employed to promote corporation schemes,' a tout Interests. It i follv to , a i'v 1 1 A-rnopf unoh A. inrtifil in adrocftte mean-, urn, however necessary and beneficial From the rise of the curtel until its This morning a correspondent who ,..n 0. for two tm haj one has "just come from England" com- -,,11,. round of kusrhter creet the plains that eonduetos elbow their way brj8tijng and scintillating program of Hi through crowded cars, and. unlike the j Henry's New Mintrels, which contains London "busman, never say "thank you" -.tensive and varied selection of when collecting a fare. In view of the . Jea(ling t.,arecter and vaudeville fa work done by a New York conductor voritegi together with fine singing, rich signaling at nearly every street cross- j Mnk efrfctt and tne latest and newest ing for the car to stop and "an, eoi-j fle(.trjraj prinmatic effects, beautiful lecting and ringing up fares, and ins - open cars running along tne footboard like a monkey, or dodging to prevent his skull being cracked by contact with the pillars of the "L" roads, we are willing to dispense with formal thanks every time we hand over a nickel We have much more fault to find with ill bred and utterly inconsiderate passengers many of whom are well dressed and would recent a statement of the plain truth that they are boors than with overworked and Irritated conductors. A very large percentage of the existing discomfort is directly caused by the behavior of these rude persons, and they are not all of the male sex, either N. Y. Herald. 0000 00000000000000 O EDITORAL SALAD. O 000000000000000000 British delegates to the world's Woman's Christian Temperance union convention, to be held in Boston this month, are in the United States and have been visiting Washington. They express great admiration for President Roosevelt, saying, "We think our king is the cleverest man in the world, but after him we place Mr. Roosevelt." The president will surely send a nice mes sage! to : the convention after getting such a eompliment. , . o The chef In Mrs. Ogden Goelet's summer home at Newport, B, I., went on a dunken rampage the other day and did $200 damage In the culinary department. But he was a "royal chef in the sense that his equal was not to be bad, and Mrs. Goelet put up with the loss rather than lose his services. There's nothing like being at' the head of your profession. Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland sayss "There never was a time when democratic principles and policies called so actively on their devo tees to defend them from the heresies of professors of democracy than In Jhc present hour.'' Who are the heretics? ' , 0 ,. ;V New Yorkers are being regaled with long accounts of martial infelicities in the households of Senator Thomas C Piatt and Howard Gould, with rumors Of : divorce conrt -proceedings. Many persons will not be surprised at such a denouement In either case, .... ,. o . ; Those who wish to exercise the priv ilege and duty of citizens In the com ing elections have but a short time yet In which to register. All ought to be MmmM costumes and good music. Nothing more can be added to all these to pro duce what the public appreciates and sustains real first class minstrel show. Hi Henry presents this kind of a show and it will appear at Astoria Theater Oct. 15. - 'W.ounds, Bruises and Burns. By applying an antiseptic dressing to wounds, bruises, burns and like In- uries before inflammation sets in, they may be healed without matura tion and in about one-third the time required by the old treatment. This ia the greatest discovery and triumph of modern sargery. Chamberlain's PsJn Balm sets on this same principle. It Is an anti-septic and when applied to such Injuries, causes them to heal very quickly. It also allays the pain and soreness, and prevents any danger of blood poisoning. Keep a bottle of Pslo Balm In your home and It will save you time and money, not to mention the inconvenience and suffering such injuries entsil. For sale by Frank Frank and leading durggists. STAR THEATER P. GEVURTZ, Manager ThenackSwalnTheaterCo. Vrescniln tonight the great J act society comedy le Charity iilf SPECIAL SCENERY . Popular Prices; 15c, 25c and 35c box 'office Open ihh cuitaw goes up at ijij sharp. ASTORIA if H EATR B Monday, October 15 ;TRf ORIGINAL AMD PURE ARTICLE Hi Henry's Greatest Minstrels 50-ALL WHITE ARTISTS--5Q The Most Brnusd Aggregation of Comedian, rjingerajpanocr and Black Fact Entertainers ever Collected by This Noted Minstrel Manager. Requiring two Private Palact Cart to Transport This UP-TO-DATE Iftywo PRODUCTION. Introducing the FInet Minstrel lint Part Even Seen on any Minstrel Stage,' Entitled . . l ; THE PALACE OF ALLAD1N The New Novelty Transformation Scent, With Funny Brownies, South ern Belles, Dixie Quartette, Elaborate Elect Krai Effects, "Passing Clouds, Rippling Waters, RUIng Moon and the Lobtterscope, GRAND STREET PARADE at NOON Prices U JO-75 100. State on sale at Box Office. A MOST WORTHY ARTICLE. When an article has been on the market for years and gains friends ev ery year, It is safe to call mi medi cine a worthy one. Such is Ballard Ilorehound Syrup. It positively cure coughs, and all Pulmonary disease. One of the belt known merchant in Mobile, Ala, nys: "For Ave years my family has not been troubled with the winter coughs; we owe this to Ballard's Ilorehound Syrup. I know it has aved my chil dren from many sick pel!." Hart' drug store. No sickly women or weak men will ever regret taking Ilollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or tablets, 35 cents. Frank Hart, ! H fiymn f or today COME, TH OU FO UNT By Rev. Robert Robinson OME, thou fount 6f every Mewing, Ttnio my hnrt to sing thy grace; Stream of mercy, never peattlug, Call for Hongs of loudest iiaine. G Tench me some melodious sonnet , Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise the mount; oh, fix mo on It, Mount of God's unchanging love! Jemis Bought me when n stranger, .Wuml'rlng from the fold of God; He, to rescue uio' from dnuscr, JnterpoHcd HIh precious blood. Oh, to grace how great a debtor bally I'm constrained to be! Let that grace now, like a fetter, . Bind my wuud'rlng heart to tlitfe! j Prone to wander, Lord, I feel It; Prone to leave the Lord I love, Here's my heart; oh, take and seal It, Seul It for thy courts abovel . ! I. -:: . . . , .. i .. : : . . . 7 " .1 ... . . . .. ' .. , r ." - . dGlfJCIHINU NEW Modern Solvent for Removing Palrfaud Varnish THIS IS A PERFECT REMOVER. HAS NO BAD ODER WILL HOT DisCOLOi -AKi WCGD; .CC7A15 I?0 CHEMICALS AND WILL NOT INJURE THE BANDS. PA1WS CRACK-PACK A NON-ABSORBENT, SANITARY COMPOSITION FOR FILLING FLOOR CRACES, ETC. B. F. ALLEN 8 SON NEW STORE COR. nth AND BOND STREETS. t THE UNION GAS ENGINE COMPANY Marine and Stationary Gas and GasolineEnglnes. WE ARE NOW FILLING ORDERS y PROM OUR NEW WORKS. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND ILLUSTRATED ..JiiSi-lCATALOOUE. I F. P.; Kendall," General Sales Agent, oao6 Front St Portland, Ore. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Nolson Tro,i. Vlce-Pres. and Potit. ASTORIA HA VINOS HANK, Treat Designers and'Manvfactarers of : JOHN-FOX. Pres. ! F L BiailOP. 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