NOi NOVEMBIR d, 1Wf
THE MORNING ASTORIA ASTORIA, OREGON,
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National Day of
'I ill fast day lit hop. that apposing
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Thanks
giving
Annual American Feast Had' Its pootype "Among the
Ancient . reople.
By A. V. 'UKFELT.
prayer would stay the pwntrsss of th RKp0RT or T1IK CONDITION OF Til
proclalmed fast drtya as remedies r
tho ravages of the cholera, but with
ti-hnf ftl,ni'u hliilorv full to lt I (It IV
When the civil war precipitated the Na 4405'
greatest crlal In the world's history ftt Astorln. In the Stats of Oregon, at
two ft days of prayer were proclaim- tno close of business November
Ast
oriaNationalBank
HEN President Roosevelt is
sued his proclamation appoint
lng November 29 as a nation-
. al day of thanksgiving he forged an
other link between the present and
the dim, prehistoric pas', tor In prac
tically unbroken chain the feast of
-thanksgiving, the harvest festival,
stretches back to unknown origins in
barbarous rites among savage peoples
when the world was young.
"When next Thursday American fa-,
mllles reunite around the plump tur
nkey and mince pies, after an hour of
- religious service, following the feast
with attendance, at a football game,
they are executing a programme lnden
tical In spirit with the Roman feast of
'Ores, the "reefr festival of Demeter,
he' Feast of the Ingathering of -the
ancient ' Hebrews, r. and : similar ' obaer
'ances among :the Hindus 'and
-Chinese. The ' harvest ' thanksgtv
lng ' is a Universal mode of
"the weltgelst. an unchanging expres
sion of the time spirit that unites past
and present, civilized and ' savage. In
bonds of brotherhood. j
' Among' the yellowing 'documents In
the executive departments and the
Congressional' Library may' be traced
the evolution of the National Thangs-
giving Day as an annual observance.
It was a struggle of more than three
1 quarters of a century before the day
'waa nationalized, and It did not come
until the real birth of a national con
sciousness after the old bitter section
alism had 1 dtaapeared in the bloody
solvent of civil war. In a sense, the
'Thanksgiving Day we of the present
harvest festival games and merryma
king as deepest sacrilege on Thanks
giving Day.
It was the same battle which had
been fought and lost In England. In
the old country days appointed by the
church for religious thanksgiving for
particular events were turned by the
hoi pollol Into days of boisterous re
velry and license. In New England
human nature demonstrated Its unl
versal brotherhood, or Innate sinful
ness, as old Cotton Mather would have
put it, and even heavy fines, cart-tall
whippings, and like Ignominious pu
nlshments could not exterminate -that
spirit which to-day finds expression
In the Thanksgiving football game.
-During the first century' after colo
nisation of New England a thanks
giving meant two , long prosing ser
mons with a scanty cold meal crowded
In between the pious exhortations.
Gluttonous human nature In the flight
of-years has glorified that scanty, un-
pretentions lunch Into a- feast that for
the vast majority of erring mortals
has crowded the sermons Into a dts
appearing background.
The fateful, era-marking events of
the Revolution gave occasion for the
appointment by the Continental Con
gress of several . significant . thanks
giving days.
While much of the old Puritan seal
and rigor had been modified by the
passing years, yet the anthropomor
phic conception of direct divine Inter
cession In the world's humblest affairs
was a cardinal tenet in the faith of a
majority of the people. This firm be
ed by Congress one on January
and another September 36. 1M1. When
the Confederate victory of Bull Run
made the South blase with confidence
of victory the Richmond Congress pro
claimed a day of thanksgiving. The
first Federal thanksgiving of the war
followed the battle of Gettysburg. Au
gust 6, 1S6J, and was proclaimed by
Lincoln for November 28 In conttec
tlon with the harvest festival day. A
movement then achieved form and fa
vor throughout the North for the an
nual national observance of the day.
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, of Philadelphia
was one of the lenders In thin move
ment. The agitation touched a poP'
ular chord In awakening natlonnl con
sclousness created by the war, and In
ISM was begun the series of PresI
duntlal proclamations which ha eon
ttnued to the present day,
GOING TO NEW YORK.
Commander Peary Will Leave by
Train for Now York.
, STDNET, Nov. . it Commander
Poary will not, go to Kw Tork on
the Roosevelt. He has decided to
travel by train. Mr. Peary has re
ceived a large number of congratula
tions and haa asked the Associated
Press to make genera acknowledge-
menta When the time, permits Peary
will make a direct Individual acknowl
edgement.
11. 190
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts JSS.l S0
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured I0.00S.4l
IT. a Bond to secure circu
lation 1S.&OO.00
Premiums on If. 8. Bonds., . 000.00
Bonds, securities, etc M.SJt.T
Banking houne, furniture,
and fixtures 4.000.00
Other real estate owned... I.Iis-41
Due from State Batiks and
Bankers J.MJ.0J
Due form approved renervo
agents SS2.0S3.t7
Checks and other cash
Items SJM
Notes of other National
Banks 10.00
Fractional paper currency,
nickels and cents 1010$
Lawful Money reserve In
In Bank, vis:
Specie U4.137.7I
Legal-tender
notes 125.00 4MI1.7I
Redemption Fund with U.
8. Treasurer, (S per cen
of circulation) I1S-00
DIX DI8A8TER.
Inquiry Commenced by the Board as
to the Cause of the Disaster.
generation celebrate Is one of thanks j ef found "9 flr" expression In the
and Joy for Peace between the North
and South, for the salvage of the na
tion after the old ship of state had
been battered and shaken in the long
weary years of the fiercest Internecine
war in the history of the world.
' Old newspaper flies show that the
'devout enthusiasts, after the curtain
Continental congress after the sur
render of Burgoyne at Saratoga. It
was the great crisis of the war.with
Arnold's Irresistible charge, Englan'd
military prestige received a staggering
blow. - The moral effect of the victory
was even greater than the resulting
strategic advantages. . It .thrllltd with
fell at Appomattox on the concluding ; confidence and hope hearts of patriots
scene of the nation's great tragedy, made weary by defeat and reverses.
mo-
18.
and
and
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planned a peace thanksgiving that ! Congress, in recognition of the
Should perpetuate in annual religious ' mentuous victory appointed Dec.
observance the victory of Northern J 1777, as a day of thanksgiving
arms over Southern valor. Following ; praise throughout the colonies.
SEATTLE, Nov. 21 Inquiry Into
the DIx disaster developed the fact
that the Sound boats are operated In
some cases without regard to the
United States marine laws. Captain
Wyatt, master of the Florence K.
stated that he had many tlmi left his
boat in charge of the mate, who la a
young man without a pilot's license.
No lookouts are kept Similar evi
dence regarding other boats was se
cured. A sweeping Investigation will
probably result from the evidence ad
duced today. Comparatively little ev
idence was Introduced today regard
ing the sinking of the DIx.
Total I74MI7-1T
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In .... (0.000.00
Surplus fund 31000.00
Undivided profits, lesa ex
penses and taxes paid.... U. 771. 11
National Bank notes out
standing ll.OOO.OO
Individual deposits
subject to chtckJ551.S0i.8l
Demand certificates
of deposit 3S.II80.77
Time certificates
Of deposit :4S.t:S.47 030.115 05
Total I740.MT.27
State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, as
L J. R, Higglns, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement la true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
J. E. HtOOINS. Cashier.
Subscribed sad sworn to before me
me this 17th dsy of Nov. 1906.
GEORGE C. FULTON.
Notary PubUo.
Correct Attest:
GEO, H. GEORGE,
A. 8CHERNECKAU,
OEO. W. WARREN.
Directors.
Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation ; the day, the first Continental thanks-
was universally observed.
in 1864, for a while many pulpits bla- ; giving,
zed with partisian bitterness, the heri
tage of war, but as time passed the
harvest festival dominated more and
more, until to-day the peace thanks
giving Idea is submerged almost be
yond the reach of memory.
The American Thanksgiving day
was not always devoted to the wor
ship of turkey and football. That is
the present day evolution of a pious
ceremony which had Its origin on this
continent when gravefarpil Puritans
at Plymouth Rock lifted their earnest
voices In sincere prayer of thanks to
Jehovah whi had guided the frail May
flower through storm and stress to an
asylum where conscience was free.
' In 1621, after their first year in New
England, the Puritans in October, had
their first harvest festival, the annual
festival of old England, which as the
years passed was to become the do
minant feature of Thanksgiving Day.
But at this time, as in England, thanks
' giving days were appointed for some
particular event, and had no perma
nent connection with the ancient har
vest celebration. In itself almost as
old as the human race. Of this first
Puritan harvest thanksgiving "Mourt's
Relation" contains a quaint descrip
tion of the feast with Massasolt and
Bolls Mors of Chamberlain'. Couoh
Remedy than of All Other
Put Together.
In 178, following the consumma
tion of the alliance with France, the
second great step toward the success
of the Revolution. Congress appointed
another day of thanksgiving, and the Cough Remedy ever since It was Intro
merchant at
1 havo had
RiUORT OF THE CONDITION Or Hit
First National Bank
"custom thus established was repeated
year after year, culminating In the re
aorwd jo luuiosiiTBis-' stjj n? aupjof
jo SinuSw qi uj rtvMv. pun IX uj
the treaty ln 17S4.
Thanksgiving day became a poli
tical ls"ue in the first national Con
gress. A thanksgiving day was pro
posed in observance of the establi.sTi
ment of the Constitution. The pro
posal led to a long fight In both the
House and the Senate. The antl
FeHleralisis accused their opponents
with designs of making the day sim
ply a celebration of the victory of the
Federalists at the polls. The bitter
partisan feeling of the campaign was
reflected in vituperation that Inflamed
the long debates, but opposition was
futile from lack of votes. The bill was
passed and received the approval of
Washington, who appointed Novem
ber 25, 1789, as the. first national
thanksgiving day.
The next r.ational thanksgiving day
was February 19, 1792. It was appoin
ted by President Washington without
his Indians as guests. It is now a fa- the authorization of Congress, and his
miliar schoolroom classic. j action aroused considerable crltlsm
.In 1623 occured the second Puritan j trom anti-Federalists. In Adam's ad-
Thanksgiving Day. The year had been ministration, two national fast days
onists. Pitiless drought had scorched j Englander evidently found littl
. the unwilling soil, and the crops were j 'n tn trend of events during his oc
"perishing under brazen sun and rain- cupancy of the Presidency to be thank
less ' skies. Famine and pestilence , ful for, and consequently no natlo:
threatened to wipe out of existence
the struggling colony. ' In this extre
mity, true to' their deep religious ex-
tlncts, the Puritans, believing1 their
sufferings were due to the vengeance
of an angry God punishing them for
their sins, appointed a day of prayer,
fasting and humiliation to purge them
selves of their deductive wickedness In
order to placate a vengeful deity. But
before the day set for donning sack
cloth, and ashes the skies Telented and
pouring abundant rains on the parched
soil and wilted crops saved the colo
nists from their Impending fate. The
appointed fast day was turned into
one of fervent thanksgiving, the sec
ond one to be celebrated In the new
land of promise.
From this time on to the revolution
thanksgiving days were observed with
increasing regularity, the tendency
being to make a yearly thanksgiving
feature of the old harvest festival.
But this union was established only
in fye of the vigorous opposition of
the Puritan ministers, who viewed the
thanksgiving days were appointed.
Twenty-three year passed befon
another national , thanksgiving da;
was proclaimed. The varying fori
tunes of the war of ,1812 gave occasipn
to President Madison . to appoint at
various times three propitiatory days
of fasting and prayer. When peace
with Great Britain was declared, Ma
dison appointed a national thanks
giving for April 13, 1815. This was
the last of the national thanksgiving
days for many years, although the cus'
torn was rapidly becoming an annual
observance in the various State,
North and South, It became establi
shed ln 1817 In New Tork, and by 1858
all but six of the States of the Union
observed the day.
Two national fast days, however,
were observed between the close of
the war of 1812 and the civil war.
When President Harrison died a fast
was appointed for May 14, 3841. In
1849, when cholera was ravaging the
country and devasting the seaports,
President Taylor proclaimed a natlon-
duced Into Canada, and sell as much
of It as I do of all other lines I have
on my shelves put together. Of the
many dozens sold under guarantee, I
have not had one bottle returned. I
can personally recommed this medi
cine as I have used It myself and given
It to my children and always with the
best results." For sale by Frank Hart,
Leading Druggist
Mr. Thomas George, a
Mt Elgin, Ontario, says:
the local agency for Chamberlain's at Astoria. In the State of Oreon. at
the close of business, November 12th.
1900.
RESOURCES,
Loans and Discounts I459.0S2.K
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured 3,051.74
U. S. Bonds to secure clrcu
latlon 25.000.00
Premium on U. 8. Bonds .... 500.00
Bonds, securities, etc 63,130.00
Other real estate owned .... 3,000.00
Due from National Banks,
(not reserve agents) .... 130,717.20
Due from State Banks and
Bankers 53,771.14
Due from approved reserve
agents 206,870.24
Checks and other cash
Items 149.46
Notes of other National
Banks 1,385.00
Nickels and cents 381.08
Lawful money reserve In
bank, viz:
Specie $104,000.00
Legal tender
notes 450.00 164,450.00
Redemption fund with U.
S. Treasurer (5 per cent
of circulation .., 1,250.00
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1. mKRSON, VU IWd.ot.
f RANK PATTOM, Cashier,
J. W. QARN Kit, Assistant Cashl.
Astoria Savings Bank
Capitol hMd la lloS.OW, Uttrplus and DnoWld4 froflU V&JSX
Tmasaete a Ooml ItonslBf HwIbws. Inwwwl rsid 00 Tim Pplui
$ Tenth ItrMt,
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Total
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LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In ..,...$100,000.00
Surplus, fund 10,000.00
Undivided;. profits, less ex
penses , and taxe. paid. . . , , 17,200.79
National Bank notes out
i standing 25,000,-00
Ir dividual deposits .
, subject to check
i... $721,021.74
Demand certificates
. of deposit ..... 210,062.65 941,084.20
Total $1,113,204.08
State oi Oregon, County of Clatsop,ssi
I, S. 8. Gordon cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly nwi-ar that the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and beliof.
S. 8. GORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this lGth day of Novombr-r, 1906.
C. A. COOIJDOK,
Notary Public,
Correct Attest:
O. C. FMVEL,
W. K M'flRWJOR,
J. WKSLKY LAW),
Directors.
Astoria &, Columbia R. R. Rive Co
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