Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1907)
THE MORNING ASTOPJAN, ASTOMA, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1Q THE MORNING ASTORIAN EaUblialwd 1873. Published Dally Except Monday by TIk J. S. DELUMGEK COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION SATIS. By mail, per year ..$7.00 By earrier, per month 10 WEEKLY ASTORIAH. B, mail, per year, in advance.. 1 1.00 Filtered a teoonfl-euuu matter July M, lWt. at the poalofflcw at AMorta. Urw fo, dr tae act of Couf reae ol March J, VOrrhm for the deUnnan of Thi Mo in m&aToau to etltmr reeidmoe or place of buKbma Jiar be made by postal card or through tetechona. Any trrvguUritx tn de UTfrr should be mrardnMj reported to the offlee of pubUoaUoQ. TELEPHONE MAUI Ml. Official paper of ClaUop count aud the CI ly of Aetorla. WEAXEER. 4 Oregon and Washington Snow. 4 PROSPECT ENCOURAGING. News from the national capital Is of a sort to warrant the hope that the government is at last aroused to the absolute necessity of completing the Columbia river bar jetties. That the rivers and harbors committee Is prac tically engaged to recommend a cash appropriation of a round million with the balance provided for in ready con tinuity, means much, in fact all. This feature of the great J60.000.000 bill for the waterways of the nation, now In process of formulation, will. If the bill shall pass, give ampler and quicker returns for the money ex pended, than any other single element of the immense scheme of Improve ment. It is a matter of commercial development In which the whole north west is deeply Interested, and to which it can, and will, contribute Instantly and successfully. The fact of a deep, permanent channel on the Columbia bar will solve a thousand problems of industrial exploitation In the states dependent upon the realization and pave the way for hundreds cf subsid iary improvements unattempted be cause the one huge essential and Ini tial work has been kept in abeyance all these years. May wisdom speed the action of Congress. Nature, and the enterprise of the northwest ern states will do the rest. 0 &Y UNDERGROUND WIRELESS. Once again the whisper is abroad that the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad has been sold. It Is hard to keep tab on this snug little road art! its frequent reputed changes of own ership, and this particular sale i mentioned simply because the subject matter of the report touches Astoria closely, and not from any certainty of the truth, or confidence in the ru mor. The property has been sold so often, to so many different people, that we would really miss the semi occasional occurrence, too long a lapse without it, signifying that this section of the country was being Ignored by the Hills and Harrlmans and Goulds. Mr. Harrlman Is the alleged pur chaser this time. He had to buy the Corvallis & Eastern road also, be cause Mr. Hammond will not sell one unless the other Is taken, and neither unless the Tillamook extension Is per fected. There you have It, good peo ple! Make the most of it! If it prove true, Astoria gets the common-point rate on grain and takes her place jh a possibly greater shipping terminal; If false, she is no worse off than be fore. The story cannot be verified; leading railway officials here deny It, in toto; and It Is up to time to prove it. Time does wonders! provements, public and private, wore never more pronounced nor extenslv.! than during the year Just clo.vd, and pending In the one just dawning: sin- has fewer people In aotunl want than any city on the coast, for her slate; she Is giving employment to the last man In her compass and paying the best current wages; she Is growing steadily, surely, and In the tight di rection; she Is fostering her tributary agencies and planning new mid tan- glUe departures In business. Astoria's all right! She has lots coming her way; court house, modern hotel, railway exten sion, adequate bar depths, more ship ping lines; she is In the van of pro gress and going to stay there. Her fisheries, mills, plants, camps and businesses generally, are in prime trim for the new year, ami she faces the future with cheer and hope and purpose that mean bigger things for 1907. MEDDLER HE IS. James Creelman has dubbed Theo dore Roosevelt. President of the t'nlt ed States, a meddler, and has shown the Illimitable value of his meddling. Yes, the man Is a meddler; a clear thinking, clean-handed, forceful, courageous meddler; and the people know It. and him, and love him In the knowing. He has come as near break ing down political and partisan bar riers as any American who ever lived, and the pride and success and incre ment of his honest meddling belongs to the whole people. He Is republi can to the very core of him, but he Is man first, and being man. is the target for avid hate and bitter abuse, with sneaks and cowards, curs and crawling things, that dare not face htm In the open. If we mistake not the Sixtieth Congress will see and hear more of the Roosevelt lan code. and obey It more literally, because the people demand It. than ever be fore since the man and his splendid Influence have bee known. The country can stand any amount of It. Let it come! NEW YORK NOTES Cold and Little Coal Make People Think on Transportation. MAY AFFECT LEGISLATION 1906 ASTORIA 1907. Astoria has little or nothing to com plain of, as to the year just closed, nor as to her prospects for the year to come. She is healthy, wealthy and reasonably wise. She has moved stead ily forward during 1908, In every line of endeavor and Investment, and Is not halting- on the threshold of the young year. She Is solid as a rock, finan cially; she has a good, strong trade established in all lines and is care fully nursing it against reactionary conditions; her business failures for the year are nil; her banks are In dubitably strong and sound; lm- EDITORIAL SALAD. ) Salt sprinkled around the drains an excellent disinfectant. One sudden death occurs among wo men to eight among men. A woman should not be afraid to say pleasant things that rise to her lips. Fifteen minutes' relaxation and rest every day will keep away that worn look. If silver Is never washed with soap it will retain its luter. Polish with chamois skin. Will Move for Harbor and River Im provement Chef Who Discour aged Race Suicide Makee Bet with Puzzling Results. While the prevailing freight cur" shortage has not had anything like the same serious effect upon New York's coal supply that It has had further West, nevertheless prices have advanced considerably above their normal level, and ln the recent cold snaps which have visited the city many poor people have suffered kely. In asmuch as the problem seem to be purely one of transportation, many of the delegates who attended the recent convention of the Rivers and Harbors Congress In Washington, and oth-rs who are taking an active Interest In the matter, find in the present situa tion an Indisputable argument for larger tlxed appropriations for river and harbor Improvements. It Is point ed out that every dollar of such appro priations, almost as soon as expended would become e(Y etlve In Increased transportation f i.-lilties which would tend to prevent a recurrence of pres ent conditions. That the argument is being carefully wished by the Riv ers and Harbors Committee of Con gress, Is apparent form tin- statement made by Representative Charles K. I..1W of Rrooklyn a f 'w days ago. Mr. Uiw said: "I am reliably Informed that the Rivers and Harbors Commit tee will reccominend nn appropri ation at the present session, of tint less than JM.Oiin.iiiio for the Improvement of our wat-rways. Such a sum may well be Invested by the government In an enterprise that means sn much for the future (level. ipern-nt of the country. I shall vote for the appropriation of every cent reccommended by the Hlv er and Harbors Commltte -. AN ASTORIA CASE. A flannel wet with kerosene oil will remove ftyspecks from brass. Polish with chamois. Congress should be careful not to mistake the Nobel prize for a chip on the shoulder. 0 This is the era of peace and good will, but Arizona and New Mexico re fuse to be reconciled. Before naming a baby girl, pause long enough to wonder how It will sound when she Is 60. o There are 40,000,000 of the little Japs. How long would it take them to trounce 80,000,000 big Americans? o Sailing away on his aeroplane, Santa Claus carries off no Impression of so cial suicide or national depopulation. The generous giver who finds his pockets depleted Is ready to join ln the movement for a more elastic currency. It was a merry Christmas, liberal in giving, seasonable In weather, rich In promise of prosperity and altogether up to date. It has been found that there Is not enough fertility In the pages of the Congressional Record to fructify pho netic spelling. A New York girl, who, after being Jilted, vowed that she would find a husband within a month, got him In 15 days. The old fashioned mutton tallow skin food, made sweet with lavender and creamy with almond oil, Is the best thing known. 0 Into each life some sorrow must fall; Wise people don't sit down and bawl! Only fools suicide or take to flight; Smart people take Rocky Mountain Tea at night. For sale by Prank Hart. Fate always has In store some par ticularly hard knoek for tin- man who tries to get away with more than his share. F.lse why should John i. Rock efeller have Indigestion and Andrew Carnegie find It so difficult to die poor. One humble but promising Imitator has received the jolt early In his care r, however, and It ought to serve as a warning. The story Is this: There is a famous cafe In Gotham's all-nli;ht dlstrlit whose proprietor, insplrd by the preaehlntts of a certain distin guished Individual to an anti-race suicide campaign, a year or two ago, ..u.-ie.i a prize or I.,0 to every one of his (.mployes who should marry. La ler on the scheme seemed Inenmplete, and a supplementary prize of I.'.", each was offered for babl s. So far It has been expensive, but the proprietor has stuck to It heroically, animated by a prorotind interest In the welfare f the race and sustained by the adver tising value of the sc-heine. The cafe has a chef, who by Joining hands with another employe, about a 5'e;n- ,-io, succeeded In dragging down double prize mon-y; but this was held to be strictly legitimate, with a profit .-ft over for extra advertising value. A little while ago however tin- eh- f, inj uring that he would need fl little ex tra money about this time, thought he saw a chance to make It on the side. So to the chef of a rival lobster p ,1 ace he offered to bet a substantial sum that It would be a boy. His friend, looking up a few statis tics, was a little more than wIIIIiik to bet even money that It would be a girl. It Is'nt, It's twins, a boy and a girl! The chef gets double prize mon ey again and his employer promises to throw ln an extra $25 for good meas ure. Hut the bet Is still undecided. Many More Like It In Astoria, The following case Is but one of many similar occurring dally In As toria. It Is nit easy mutter to verify Its correctness. Surely you cannot ask for belter proof than such con clusive evidence. V, R luucan, who Is employed with his brother lit the Astoria Soda works, 4?ti Puttiio street, and who resides at the corner of Punnu and Ninth streets, says: "I suffered from a weakness of the back and kidneys for 11 number of years. There was a constant, dull, aching pain In the loins and as far up as the shoulders. Not only did my back ache, but there was a weakness fro mthe kidney secretions which was very annoying and disturbed my rest. I heard about loan's Kidney Tills and one day I stepped Into Clmrlee Rogers' drug store and got a box. I found them to be a great benefit. After the first few doses felt better. I know of others who have used them with the same results." For sale by ull dealers. Price HO cents. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Iluffalo, N. .. sole HeTrntM for the United States. Remember tho name - poari's-and take no other, THE ORIGINAL. Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account, of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Hon ey and Tar, many Imitations ar of fered for the genuine. These worth less Imitations have similar sounding names. lieware of them. The gen ulna Foley's Honey and Tar Is in a yellow package. Ask for it and re fuse any substitute. It is the be"t remedy for coughs and colds. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug .Store. After all, Christmas costs little com pared with the tip habit. ALL THE WORLD Is a stage and Ballard's Snow Lini ment plays a most prominent part. It has no superior for Rheumatism, stiff joints, cuts, sprains, and all pains. Buy It, try It, and you will always use It. Anybody who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment Is a living proof of what It does. Buy a trial bottle, 2Gc, 50c and $1.00. Hart's drug store. Commissioner of Fisheries. Mowers, says the fallurp of the States to make adequate provision for protecting the food fish supply within their limits, more particularly the mliatory spe cies, appears more uncivilly to demand action on the part of emigres. He thinks the g-'Vednment should either fishes that can not be regarded as the property of any one State, o,- should suspend tlsh-cultural operations In waters where its effort are completly counteracted by the Indifference of the States, 1111 im MAKES OLD THINGS NEW liquid Utr Ih n vmnlrr I It will make the whole interior of your liousrshiiielika new, niiiklujj ro-fmihhiiiir or rcviirtiUhlnciitirc ly unnecessary. It i not a viirnish, hut n surface food ami rlcutirr, InnMing up the original finish niul iimkiiijj it hrightcr than ever. It Is applied with rt piece cf cheese cloth ami no experience h Necessary. drying to watt for. Remove ull scratches, stains, dirt, dullness. It can le applied to ony finish with lvncficiul results. Nut ttral wood, as well us nny color of paint, will be k-ttcr for an application of I.itpiid Veuecr. ElQUW Ur will improve even the most hcantiful f unlit tire. It will t.it tlmt m,.l look from the Piano and other MahoRany, and is highly henc ficial to Golden Ouk, White Ktmnid.Cilt, Silver and other finishes. Ehltlld fjMttr sells at 50 cents a little, nml a Kittle is enough to renovate the ordinary home, Try it niul yon will always lmy it. ouu itv B. F. ALLEN G SON SrrrjtLTY t" I 1 AMUSEMENTS CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE. It Is now eleven years since I had n narrow esi.ipe from consumption," writes c. n, l-'loyd, 11 leading business man of Kershaw, S. I'. "I had run down in weight to LIT. pound and coughing was constant both by day ami by night. Finally I began taking Mr. King's New lilsiiuery, and con tinued this fur about six month, when my cough and lung trouble were en tirely gone, and I was restored to my iiormal welfllit, 170 pound." Thou sands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at I'hus. Itogei.' drug store. r,n,. and 1.00. Trial bottle free. Have you Indigestion. rot.Ntip.itlon, headache, lim kaehe. kidney trouble? llolllst.-r's 11... ky .Mountain Tea will make you well. If it falls, get y,mr money baek. That's f.itr. Tea or Tab lets foiin. i't cents. l-'or side by I'rank llai t. STAR THEATER Spcclnl Stock Btifgagcmctit. 1 Eckhardt's Ideals Tonight and Wednesday eve with (pedal mstinet today, Dora Thorne Drimnliiod from Brth M. Clay'l famous Novtl. Next attrtion commtnoing Thursday, with regular matin Saturday and Sunday at 2:45 p, m., ! The Great Northwest Evening prices, lfc, 2"c and :5"c. Mutincc i()c and 2"jc. ' 7 Special Matinee Today. H COVERED Cracked and Bleeding in Many Places Became so Bad that Nail Came Off Finger Tried Many Remedies and Consulted Three Doctors, but Got No Relief Now Cured and Is Very PROUD OF HAVING TRIED CUTICURA REMEDIES CHRISTMAS CHEER Meana not only good things to eat, but alto the bit of thing to drink, and the best of all good drinka It Sund & Carlton's Rye and Bourbon Whiskies, Choice Wines and ChamoaSnes. THE COMMERCIAL 509 Commercial 8t. "I had Rnsema on my hands for about eleven yearn. The hand crarfax! open in many place and bled. Onn of my flngerx waa bo bad that tlio nail came off. I had often heard of conn by the Outieura Itemedien, but had no confidence in them an 1 had tried so many remedied, and they all hud failed to euro me. I had seen threo doctora, but got no- relief. Finally my hus band Httid that wo would try tho Cuti eura Hemedies, so wo got a c-akn of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cutienra Oint ment, and two bottloHof Cuticura Resol vent Pills. Of counm X keep Cuticura Hoap all tho time for my hands, but tho one cake of Hoap and half a box of Cuticura Ointment cured them. It Is surely a blessing for mo to have my hands well, and I am very proud of having tried Cuticura Itemedies, and recommend them to all suffering with eczema. Mrs. Kliza A. Wiley, II. V. I). 2, Lisoomb, Iowa, Oct. 18, luoo." ITCHING PIMPLES Resulted from Poisoning. Cured by Two Sets of Cuticura Remedies, " My husband got a blood dioeMo from wearing woolen underwear. Ho won all full of nimpleH. and ho had 'an awful itching, llo took a good many so called blood remedies, and nothing did him good. Then wo Haw in a news paper about Cuticura Jtomedios, and they cured him after UHlng in all two nets of Cuticura Hoap, Cuticura Oint ment, and Cuticura itosolvent, and now I wouldn't do without Cuticura Hoap. Mrs. Harrier, lOiO llennors St., Heading, Pa., Jan. 25, 1U00." Cnmpli-to External and Internal Treatment for f.v.-ry Humor ol iritiinm, Children, ami Atlulu inn WIH of Cutleura Houl) (2fii!.) Ki Mean! the Hkln, (,'utleuru ointment (one.) to Heal tlie Hkln, nixl Cutienra Itewilverit tflle.), (or In the. form of rlmeo kite Coateil I'tlls Me. per vial ol IMJ) to I'nrKy llio HIiiihI. Hold thrnuKhiiiit Itie world. I'ultcr UniK & Ctiern. Corn., Hole l'row II. mien, Mam. WMullul l' joi, Uuuk ou Hkln autl Heal p. We wish to thank our customers foo their most liberal patronage and to wish everyone a Happy ' and Prosperous New Year. E. A. Higgins Co., NUCCHHSOItN TO .1. N- JKH''N SCOff BAI IRON & BRASS WORKS ASTOKIA, OIIICOON IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS Up-to-Cat Haw Mill Wnchlnery! I'rompt .ilt.nlion'Uv.r. I.nl. n, air work 18th and Franklin Ave, Tc, Mft)n 240J J