WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER 12, 1806.
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THE MORNING ASTORIA N, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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morning astorian
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WEEKLY -ASTO WAR.
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, Entered a woooct-fUua matter July
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ton, audor U at of Coogiw ot March S,
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' V' TSUEPHOWt MAIS i.
OWtiaJ paper ot Clatsop county and
tit City Of Astoria.
WEATHER.
, Western Oregon and Wash-
ington Occasional rain.
THE SUPREME THING.
Amcrlca.li soil ,amnaite to tlto extra
ordinary domamls OH the government
at such Juncture; and If this were
the sole reason for the granting of
an Immediate and adequate approprln
tlon for securing and maintaining
channel aro Its bar, It would be
turns h; hut taking the two potent
reasons, an mpllfUd commerce, and
tha national security. th question be
cornea vast enough to Invite the best
and wisest disposition', of Congress:
and to attain to this, the hampering
and Illogical Issue, such aa the Ce
lllo canal, should be promptly relrgttt
ed to the tear.
The day may come, all too aoon,
when the. 'government, ahull deplore
the wretched blunder ot the pant In
thla relation, and to commit another
now would be deliberately suicidal.
Tha Columbia, river bar la drat and
pra-emlnent among tha crying need
of tha country. All else can wait In
definitely.
The effort now being made by J. N.
Teal at Washlnginn for a Joint SPP"
prlatlon for tha Celllo canal and the
Columbia river bar la a blunder, a
huge and unforglveable blunder; and
will result either In the defeat of Wh
projects or so meagre an allotment for
tha joint objects a will amount to the
same thing.
CoL "W. S. Roessler has openly and
plainly declared for the single and final
appropriation for the bar. alone, in
contravention of all government aid.
for the time being, for any other en
terprise In the state; the Oregonlan,
speaking for the state, has made the
same plain and honest declaration.
It Is raw folly for Teal, or any other
representative citizen, to seek to use
the one essential need of the whole
state as a lever for extracting Con
gressional aid tor a schema that is ad
mittedly a Portland venture, and har
ness his plea to the leading and most
imperative requirement of the whole
state. tEvery influence In Oregon
should be exerted to excluding this
man and his specious plea from the
path and source of the aid so essen
t tail to the supreme need of Oregon.
His attitude and argument before Con
gress In this mission, must, sooner
or later, assume a "dog In the manger"
phase, whereupon Congress will dis
gustedly deny both pleas or grant so
meagre an answer to each as to ut
terly minify and disparage both.
' For the 'sake of achieving the one
. cardinal commercial necessity of the
whole Columbia basin, the Celllo ca
nal should be Instantly and completely
dropped from sight and consideration
and so kept until the last and amplest
provision Is made for the completion
of the irreat sea-channel that shall
make the Celllo canal and all other
subsidiary elements of Oregon com
merce, necessary, 'and) practicable.
Aside from the immense commercial
value inherent In the early completion
of the bar project, the government
must soon look to its strategic util
ity and provide depths thereon that
will give refuge to the navies of the
nation In the event of , war. It Is the
second great harbor on the Pacific that
shall be relied upon In the event of
hostilities and the channels leading to
it must be cleared and deepened and
widened until no question shall remain
of its Instant efficacy for all naval
purposes. " This, of itself, should be
enough to warrant, Congress in doing
all that can be done for the Colum
bla river bar. As things stand now
the United States has but one great
coast depot for naval resort and
equipment on the Pacific, San Fran
cisco. San Diego bay Is too small
and unprotected, naturally, to afford
a base and asylum for refuge, equip
ment and establishment In a naval
campaign; Puget -Sound lies behind
hundreds of miles of coast flanked by
a foreign government, aliled, under
srlven conditions, against us, In the
prosecution of a trans-Pacific war, and
the Bremerton Yard would be prac
tically useless In so grave an emer
gency. ''':.'' "'
The Columbia river and Its undiB-
ttirhed national nredicate, wholly in
touch with every atom of national re
source, would become, aside from San
Francisco, the only place on wholly
F0 ASTORIA'S SAKEl
The Morning Astoria n make Its
final pl, In the name of good gov
ernment, and In behalf of the whole
peopte of the municipality, for the
defeat ot th amendment to section
No. 14S of the present charter, which
take the Astoria Water Commission
from Its present safe and wholesome
exclusion, only to plunge It Into the
political turmoil and uproar Incident
to an elective establishment. It Is
the one element ot city business ut
terly free from the snart and confu
sion and reproach ot tha political re
gimen and there la no earthly reason
to hand It over to the spoilsmen and
degrade it to tha level ot a "gang
nursery" for the exploitation ot gmft
ers and the use of the bosses as a
means of paying campaign debts, and
other choice obligation. Vote "No"
when yon come to It. and save the
one Institution tnassoclated with the
nastlness of current politics; by do
ing this yon will do yourself and your
city and your children, a plain and
down-right favor, and keep one big
department of your local business
clean, and free from the contempt and
disfavor Inseparable from the ' cult
Save the water commission, now; and
congratulate yourself for all time to
come! v; ;
Vote early, because the scanning ot
the long ticket require time. Dont
wait an boor after the poll are open!
njHjfrr-H-WW-r NiMH WtlK
H poem for Coday
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VENICE
By John Hay
OVK, In the summer night do you nvall '
Midnight, nun Ventre, and those skit' of Juno,
Thick strewn with slam, wlitm from the still In goon
We gUtta! nolMtt to the dim caimt?
A sense of some torgotton festival .
Hung over us, and onr own lioart bwtt In tun
With passionate memories, which the young mooa
lit up on dome and tower and palace wall ,
W drvauwd what ghost of bygone lov made part
Of that Mill night and trembling, amorous ntr.
1 saw tu tli(ae rich beam that klsstst your hair, A
I Those biww warm with bygone lover' lgt,
t All the M bcauth of vcnic m your eye,
All th dead love of VettUt lu my heart. -
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to endanger Ufa of either or render
cohabitation unsafe, willful desertion
(or two year, habitual drunkonne!
for a Hk Prlod, and hopelaa Insan
ity ot the husband.
nMa estimated that there are about
S0.M0 different secret proprietary
compound, medicines, "foods,1, liquor
"cure,' complexion dope and o forth,
upon the American market. How many
will there be when the new law com
pels th manufacturer to put on the
label the amount of alcohol or dan
gerous drugs contained In each prep
aration? The American people . will
aurety get their eye open to the great
evils that hav ben hiding behind
some Innocent-looking remedies!
minis IS II
NOTICE.
Bid are hereby asked for the board
Ing of th county prisonara during
the jpear MOT. 614 bid to state
price per meal delivered to Sheriff at
county JalL All bid to be filed with
the clerk by noon of Saturday, Dee.
I j, J0. Court reserving the right
to reject any or all bid. By order of
the County Court
J. C. CUNTON,
County Clark.
Astoria, Or., Dee. f. UOt,
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EDITORIAL SALAD. '
To bleach a garment hang It on the
line during alee weather and let it
take dew and sunshine, but no rain.
The Japanese lover, Instead of an
engagement ring, may give his future
bride a piece of beautiful silk. 'to be
worn as a sash.
There are sweet girls and good girls
and pretty girls, but the-cleverest girl
In the bunch Is the one with a bump
of old fashioned horse sense.
o v.'"''.
It ha been estimated that should
any one desire tq purchase the rail
ways of the world, his outlay would
amount to something like tS6,80.000,-900.
A Kansas editor has hit upon the
discovery that among the girls of to
day there are more breadwinners than
breadmakers.
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The last surviving widow of a Rev
olutionary soldier has died at the age
of 93 years. When she was married
to the soldier he was 75 and she
was 22 year old.
Be' Laxative Cough Syrup con
taining Honey and Tar, I especlelly
appropriate for children, no opiate or
poison of- any character, conform to
th condition of the National Pure
Food and Drug Law. June 10, 1101
For Croup, Whooping Cough, etc. It
expel, Cough and Cold by gently
moving the bowels. Guaranteed,
Sold by Frank Hart Drug Store.
YOU WILL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT
: HIS PIANO II A SNAP, EVEN IP
YOU DONT PURCHASE IT IT'S
A BAILEY AT M LESS THAN IT
8HOULO BE.
W won't urge you to buy this one,
or any other one, for that matter.
We believe purchaser should use
tholr best Judgment and they will then
lay Mtlaned with their piano. We
also advise Intending buyer to get
a many fact possible concerning
their piano at the start, do no un
comfortable feeling will ever come lat
er that they did not act wisely. A
customer, even If mildly dissatisfied
with th ptano they own, a very
poor advertisement for the firm that
sold It. ,
The cause of much lack of satisfac
tion among ptano user I that they
did not rely enough on th knowledge
end Judgment of the man or firm they
purchased It of.
W are not mind reader, but If we
know what not to do In order to ex
actly pleas you, w certainly will nol
do It. "
A splendid stock to choose from.
open evening.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,
421 Commercial Street.
Ward A Cyrus, Salesmen.
Jim
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Ton need a tonlo that will put the
sap of life Into your system and for
tify yon from all diseases. Holllstcr
LEocky Mountain Tea la recognised a
the greatest itrengtnener known. Tea
or Tablet. IE cent. For al by
Frank Hart.
REWARD.
Twerity-flve dollars reward will be
paid for Information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the peron or
neraona who drooped three of our
treet arc lamp In the street in Cp-
pertown and Alderbrook on th night
of December 7 or the morning of De
camber S. . v
ASTORIA ELECTRIC CO.
12--It
A New York paper ask which Is
more to be depended on, the blonde
or the brunette. For brainy mental
balance, the brunette every time. The
blonde is lightheaded.
Cranberries can be made very pal
a table with much less sugar by mix
ing them with about half their bulk
of apples. Rub both cranberries and
apples through a colander.
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No woman need lack some kind of
beauty. If nature has denied her a
beautiful face she can make up for
It by acquiring a beautiful head of
hair or wonderful graces of form.
Ther' a H1U at Bowl, Tex, that'
twice as big a last year. Thla won
der 1 Ls W. Hill, who from a weight
ot 0 pound ha grown to over ivo
Ha ear:: T suffered with a terri
ble cough, and doctor gave me np to
die of Consumption. I was reduced
to SO pounds, when I began taking
DrSKlng1 New Discovery for Con
sumption. Cough and Cold. Nw,
after having taken 12 bottle. I have
more than doubled In weight and am
comDletely cured." Only ur cougn
and Cold Cure. Guaranteed by Chas.
Roarers. DnigRlst, 60c and 11.00. Trial
bottle free.
NO
That Imposing congress of eminent
eccleslasts and savant at Philadel
phia, , met to dlociifa a uniform di
vorce law for the United States' to be
enacted by congress after four days
of "painful" deliberation, finally
agreed substantially upon th follow
ing to be embodied In the law to cover
the causes for divorce from bed and
board: Adultery, bigamy at 'the suit
of Injured party to first marriage, con
vlctlon and sentence of two years for
crime, extreme cruelty on the part of
husband or wife, to such an extent a
OPIUM IN CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH REMEDY.
There 1 not the least danger In
giving Chamberlain' Cough Remedy
SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS,
Issued by the Great Northern Railway
The Great Northern Railway and
Great Northern Steamship companies
have Issued a new edition of playing
card. They are printed on exception
ally fine stork, and are better cards
for the price asked than can be had
elsewhere. The advertising, consisting
of the trade mark. Is worked Into an
oriental design and Is confined en
tirely to the back of th card. Th
Steamship card I th more elaborate
ot the two and 1 finished with gilt
edge. Great Northern Railway cards,
fifteen cents per pack. - Steamship
card twenty-five cent per pack.
Mailed to any address on receipt or
price. A. h. CRAIO,
Passenger Traffic Msnagor, St. Paul,
Minn. . 12-12-171
If
WHAT'S
worth doing I worth doing well.
yon wish to be cured of Rheumatism,
use Ballard' Snow Liniment and you
will b well cured. A positive cure
for Sprain, Nuralgla, Bruise, Con
traded Muscles, and all the III that
flash la heir to. A. G. M. Williams,
Navasote. Texas, write: ;
; "I have used Snow Liniment for
sprained ankle and tt gave the best
of satisfaction. 1 always keep K In
the house.'', Hart Drug Store.
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niUNCUL.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Pnahtsut.
rltANK PATTON, Cashlrr.
I. PETERSON. Viot-Pntidoat J. W. GARNER, Assistant Chr.
Astprj? Savings, Bank
Oaplul raid to UM.Mii urMtM ud Pndtrlded Profits SM
imawetsaQaoaral Banking HaaUMsm ; latarast lW oa Tint liefmit
ASTOMA. OC00N
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
fi't rff'. S'
ESTAIiLINIIED 18HO.
Capital $100,000
SCOW. BAT IBON & BRASS WORKS
astoicia, oui:oon
IHOH AKD BRASS FOUKDERS LAND ASCD UWll EKCIKEEBS
Pp-to-rat Paw, Mill kstblnery frontpt attreiinu'ilvrn ttal. rrilrwork
18th nd Franklin Ave. Tel. Main 243 1
SUNDAY TRAVEL TO PORTLAND
Incrsaao and 12.50 Round Trip Rat
' via A 4 C. R. IL Is Popular.
rni from thla cltv to Portland
giving wnamoeriaina v.uugn m:iiiov. ,
to small children, a it contain no on Sunday at th low round trip rate
opium or other harmful drug. It ha 0f 12.50 I on th Increase nd many
enjoy that day In th metropolis each
week. Thl rat will be continued
throughout the winter and the volume
of travel toward Portland every Sun
day would Indicate that the public
appreciate It. ' 11-S-tf
an esiauiasnea reputation 01 m
than thirty year, a the most uc-
ceseful medicine In use for cows,
croup and whooping cough. It al
ways cures and Is pleasant to take
Frank Hart and Leading Druggist.
"Plneule" (non-alcoholic) made
from resin fro mour Pine roresis,
used for hundreds of year for Blad
der and Kidney diseases. Medicine
for thirty day, $1.00. Guaranteed.
Sold by Frank Hart Drug Btor,
As soon a the child is done nursing
apply Chamberlain's Salve. Wipe It
off with a soft cloth before allowing
the child' to nurse. Many, . trained
nurse use this with the best result.
Pric 25 cent per box. For sale by
Frank Hart, and Leading Druggist.
Morning Antorlan, 60 cent per
tionth, delivered by carrier.
Keep Your Liver
working. .It's a Jay organ and;
needs to be stimulated occasionally,
or it shirks its (unction. That coat
ed tongue, sallow complexion, sick
headache and pain under the shoul
der blade are caused by an indolent
liver. Liven it up by taking a short
course of '
Beechams
Pills
Sold Everywhere, In boxes 10c. and So.
Li A W
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Th Old Stove Man, will heat yeur
house with stovss, Steam, Hot Water
and with th asslstano of th Editor
of thl paper, with hot air. No bum
work done In ur hep.
W. C. LAWS & CO.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
(Nelson Trover, Vlce-Pre. and Hunt.
ASTORIA SAVINGS BAN K, Tree
JOHN-FOX, Pres.
F L BI8U0P. Secretary
Designers end Manifacturers 01
. " THE LXThdT 1MT1MDVED "
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines anil Boilers
Complete Cnnnery Outilts Furnished.
C0RRESP0NDCNCC "S0UCITE0,
Foot of Fourth Street.
The MORNING ASTORIAN
60 CTS. PER MONTH