8UNDAY, JANUARY C, 1007.
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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, AS'IORIA, OREGON.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
EiUMished 1873.
Published Daily Exwpt Monday by
riw J. S. DELLINGER tOMPAHY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
By mail, pr year $7.00
By Mrir, per month M
WEEKLY ASTORIAH.
H. mail, per year, in advanca. .fl.OO
ffnlercd m (MODd-clawi matter July
10. IKS. l th poUffla at Astoria. Orv
ron, uto tka act ot Coogrean ot Haroli 1,
tm.
tVOnWr for tte dilTinnc of Tn Moax
iimummiAa toeKhc nwkkwoe or pUo ot
tRtaraa bj b made by pol card or
iirouj;h tcfcylione. Any Irmjrutarity In de
livery should M iBUMiduueiy
offic of pobUcatioo.
reported to tb
TELEPHONE MAIN 661.
IheCUy of Antorla.
Offttlal paper of CUUop county aud
Tlie wi'iiiMii ami tlx' apple. "I"1 ; nnn
nr two Uiieun in for "vi.ipphiK pur
poses. Is i combination hhturlciillv
perilous, uinl history has a way of
repealing Itself. So, !,'w;iro!
WEAIHER.
'Western Oregon and Wash-
ington Rain or snow; colder in
south portion.
THE RAILROAD OCTOPUS.
The Standard Oil Company Is n'U
the only giant mill that Is grinding
the lives and hopes and opportunities
from the people. Th? railroads, such
as those combined under the control of
E. H. Harrlman. are measuring close
,ly up with the Standard, ami furnish
ing another clear ssect;uJi!uLhe aw
ful system of robbery to which this
nation is subjected.. We are not in
different to the magnitude of the work
p?rformed by these tremendous organ
izations, nor to the huge investments
they have really made in the prose
cution of their vast businesses: we
believe this should be carefully
weighed in the balances that are to be
.struck as between them and the peo
ple and that they should be given due
credit for the immense risk and won
derful realization, taken, and achieved.
But the hour of adjustment is at
hand; and the deliberate, calculated,
conscienceless, limitless thievery of
which they are guilty must be abat
ed, or the end will be something un
dreamed of. The work of the Inter
State Commerce Commission In New
York and Chicago, in connection with
the Htrriman roads, is superb, and it
should go on to the utter ascertain
ment of the last particle of informa
tion to be wrung from the railroad
trust, that the people may know some
thing, at least, of the burd-ns they
are bearing, and get in position to fight
back. The patience of the American
is unparalleled, but it has its limita
tions, tnd once the boundary of for
bearance is reached, there will be a
frightful reaction. The Oregon legis
lature has the very opportunity of his
tory itself, to make a record in this
direction and the people are quietly
looking for big and honest results; re
sults that mean something, and un
less they are forthcoming there will
be a sorry homecoming for the men
who lay down before the Oregon end
of the vast scheme of patent scound.
rellsm in railroad affairs.
COAST AND VALLEY RAINS.
There was a sharp Yank' out here
some years at;o. who insisted that the
name "Oregon" was a corruption of
the expression, "oh! Haiti Actio!" and
the present winter would seem to jus
tify the queer derivative just a lit
tle. I'p in the KoKUe and Willamette
valleys the rain fall has exceeded that
of the coast line very perceptibly,
liver here on the edgp of the TacKIc
we get plenty of ruin, and infinitely
motv wind with it than the Interior
ever experiences; so that our winters
are rougher, perhaps, but no wetter.
But western Oregon has little to com
plain of In the way of weather rigor,
when one compares the wild and bitter
conditions of Kastcrn Oregon. Idaho
and Montana. We can get out of doors,
slosh round, carry en business and
ward oft the worst of what besets us.
but over to the eastward they are
burled in snow, surrounded with ice,
nipped with frost and blinded with
blizzards. We are having the best of
it this season and are thankful for
the distinct favor, and rejoicing that
the weather bureau and the climatic
ministrations are yet beyond the con
trol of the combines.
BIG BUSINESS DONE!
County Court Receives Report
of County Officers.
Complete Selection of Namei of Two
Hundred Juror Attenda to Lot
of Routine Matter Minor Al
lowance Made Note.
EDITORIAL 8ALAD.
Mayor Dunne of I'hlcaso may run
again, but a r -affirmation of the plat
form on which he was elected would
make everybody laugh.
With a decaying party on its hands
to prop up. the new Missouri legisla
ture will hardly get around to the
general welfare of the state.
The motto of congress In getting up
rivers and harbors bill should be
"Study the needs of the country," in
stead of "See the chairman."
Brazil also complains of a lack -of
transportation facilities to mark-t its
crops. The moving of freight looms
up as one of the greatest problems of
the fertile western hemisphere.
j funds; Oencral fund, $:i,0St.Ml; county
pcnooi hum, ji.tiui.:; xpcciai rimu
fund. JITI.CC; public road fund. IJori.'.'l;
J Nchalem road No. TV, Jsna.'JT; liiMlltutK
fund. $153.; l.ewls Clark bridge,
$t'V',;i; county court house, $,:'.'i0.1;
vlt.v of Ast.uln, $l,'.':u.0"i; city or
New Astoria, iiin,, cents; city of Win -rentoii,
$ Mil. 3 2; town of Seaside, ir,..
70; town of West Seaside, $11.73; As.
torla city park, $.'i?.ll; Astoria public
library, J57.ll; Astoria city hull. $ :..-
71. Anuria road poll tax $'.i;i(i,M; couii-
PREPARES FOR COURT HOUSE: j "i wn. i.m. school ,uirM
No. I. It. OH. 7. S; Mchool district No. 2,
$7, SI; school district No. 3, $33,73;
Lscheoi district Nik t, IIMS; mhoo
district No, f. .Vf2; school dlMriet No.
i, $lU,S4; school district No, 7, $4f();
school district No, X, $ t ft . N 4 . school
district No, it. $1.25; nchool dUtrlct No.
10. $.'19.28; school district No. 12.
,$10S.12; school district No. 13. $H10.
school district No. It!. $ti.S0; school
district No. 17. $1S.1S; school district
I No. 18, $9.76; school district No. 19,
1,37 cents! school district No. 20, $78..
lt; school district No, 21, $1,12; school
district No. 22. $I6.4; school district
No, 23, $?.!; school district No. IN,
$8.07; school district No. 25, $1.20;
school district No, 26, $7.87; school
district No. 27. $15.73; school district
No, 29. $6.1$; School district No. 30.
$51.52. school district No. 31, $t.2S;
school district No. 33, $10.55; schoo
district No. 34. SO cents; school dis
trict No. 35, $10.12; school district No.
3S. $12.47; cad district No. 1. $3,78;
road district No, 2, $ so 4 55; road dis
trict No. 3, $76.37; road district No. 4.
JTs.OS. road district No. 5. $232.1 1; road
llnrlct No. 6, $75.09; load district No.
$4H9.fiO; roud district No. S, $551.69;
ro.nl district No. 9, $,'.9 62. road dis
trict No. 10, $ 195.24 . ro.id dls'.llct No.
11. $I.S2; road district No. 12, $7 17 47,
road district Nn. 13, $l,n.19 83. hoo
The county court entered upon Its
third day of the January term yester
day morning at 9:30 o'clock, with all
the commissioners present and court
officers In attendance.
The matter of the selection of 200
Jurors from the names of land-liold-Ing
cltixens on the new tax rolls was
completed by the court yesterday
morning, and the list will appear In
these columns later.
County Clerk J. C Clinton sub
mitted his report of the county finances
for the last six months of 1906, thel
pertinent totals In which are as fol
lows:
LIABILITIES.
Warrants, general fund..
Warrants, I C. bridge.
Warrants, court house . .
Warrants. NVhalem road.
Warrants, special road . .
Warrants, public road . .
THE CORRECT CLOTHES SHOl
Ii'h litMiHd-cloiiiiiiitf timo I Tint Annual January
roundup of Hut ondinonlri ami oiIiIiihuiIh of tlm Htot'lc in
on with u vtMigi'itnco ! Kvt'iy good hoiHo-kt't'pi'r
flciuiH houso at ltuist twictt a ytmr, thoroly, without
omitting a nook, corner, or clonot. JuhIho donn oaeh
good Ktoro keeper Ami toio-clcuniiig time is lioie.
We've rummaged llirti
the Mtockrt ami nol skipped
a lahle.counter or nhelf; in
Home cases we've found IoIh
out of halance too' many
themtoo few here, and
we now offer our patrons
homo marvelous valuim
thing of worth at pricoH
mo nhrivelod and Hhriinken
in nize they'll delight tho
thrifty buyer who waitH
for January to make his
waving to ntieteh Iuh dol
lar to twice its buying ni.e,
$86,887.67 ! -
7i.2o :
13.no '
92.1.'. !
3.00 '
1 60
1.250.10
171 62
listrlcl No. 37, $5.95; road district No.
II, $ 1 78.65; road district No. 15. $562. -
load district No. 16, $1,219.93; to.nl
; district No. 17. $137.41, t. ad dlMll.'t
$2,501.69 No, 18. :in cents. i..ad district No. 19.
""'-I $2.3n; total, $.'0,341.70.
The court then t K up the matter of
till' ciilnpp ll.ill nf till' lli'W colli I house,
op"!! the t':iu!s of the bid !:'.: "'."f-'l ; re
ce.vi'd In aiower tn a published caU,
by Mist I- - liongan, In the sum of
Total $1,959.13 $yi, 51.1:1, which, by an order of court.
This indicates a small net gain In was declared reasonable and sitlsfc'
the past months, in the d' iiil ilif- iory. And the fuitli' i uid.Ts were
tires nf the county. The report was made In this behalf, accepting said
Sent to the tiles. Ibid; that th.. miti act he entered !nt'
County Treasurer W. A. Sh rmanjwith said firm, on said bid, the build
also handed in his semi-annual report ; Ing t" ! completed within ten cal'-n-
of county finances, fmm which the fol-! dar iniiinhs; th it said Mantle a i,.n
1
Total $87,068.62
ASSKTS.
Cash, gen. ral fund
Cash, U & C. bridge
1 'ash, court house
Cash, special p ad
Cash, nubile road 205.21
(."ash. Nehal-tn road S03.27
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The edict of the emperor of China
against the use f opium is followed
by "eleven drastic regulations." A
message habit is not confined to any
particular part of the world.
Brazil is clamoring for Japanese la
bor and Mexico Is ree-lving a share
of it. Are all the Japs in evidence
the real thing, or Is China drawn on
for something "just as good"?
EDEN, TROY, AND OREGON.
The Oregon apple in all Its b-auty,
substance and flavor, is to come up
for analysis and criticism, at the me
tropolis next week, and the valleys of
the Hood, the Rogue and the Willa
mette, are going to seek the prestige
of producing the very best in the state.
This Is all very well, but. we hope the
superlative excellences of the various
products will be so nearly equal that
the mere term, "Oregon Apple," will
cover the whole range of perfection
and leave these prideful sections noth
ing to fight over. The apple has al
ways been conspicuous as an element
of discord and we arc leary of the
result of the fruit convention in
prospect on this very score. We ad
vise the rigid exclusion of the ladles
from the apple-congre.ss In Portland,
ns reducing the danger to a minimum,
leaving the men to fight It out on
the safer hypothesis of pure business.
New Tork immigration officials es
timate that in 1907 1,280,000 aliens will
enter this country by way of that
city. There is a difference of opinion
as to whether congratulations are in
order.
lowing balances are given for the va
rious funds of the county:
Oeneral fund warrants, outstanding "on
July 1, 1906, including Inter-st, called
but not presented, $3,772.18.
Oeneral fund warrants called duritu
six months ending December 31. 1906.
$13,029.00; Interest on same. $520.96;
total, $17,322.14.
Oen-ral fund warrants paid and filed
with clerk during six months ending
December 31, 1906, $13,306.28; interest
on same. $538.55; total, $ 13,84 1.83.
Called warrants outstanding Decem
ber 31, 1906, $3,477.31.
Summary of balances in various
gan furnish th.. court and county with
an approved bond in the sum of $5n,- '
that the district attorney prepare'
said cntraot; that said l!a"tc ;
Dolman shall us- all the 11iiit. ri.il now1
in the pus -lesion of the emir ty and paid
for. such as terra colt i, press d brick.)
stone, steel and lumber; and that when
the bmid eiiilrei herein shall have'
been furnish"'! and accepted by the
court, the clerk return to llas'le
Dougaii the oertllled cheek for $5,iMioj
which accompanied their bid. !
The court then adjouni'-d until o
o'clock a. m. on Monday, January 7.
tomorrow.
President Hill advises the railroads
of this country to spend $5,000,000,
000 for improvements In the next five
years. That sum would build twenty
five Panama canals or a magnificently
vast system of waterways. Does Mr.
Hill promise that the railroad expan
sion he proposes would permanently
relieve freight congestion?
The latest goosebone foreshadows
some cold weather in January and
more of the same kind In February. As
a wise bird the goose imitates the al
manacs in weather prophecy.
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The freight record for 1906 at the
Soo is 6,000,000 tons ahead of 1905. Xo
one dreamed of such a great result
before the lake channels were im
proved by government appropriations.
A writer expresses a fear that the
general use of electric power will re
sult In the muscular atrophy of the
rac."-. He forgets the popularity of
hanging to straps and other athletic
sports.
FISHERMEN, ATTENTION!
SEE OUR WINDOW! EVERYTHING YOU NIC ED!
PAINT. COTTON ROPE, SAIL
CLOTH, NETTING TWINE, NETTING
NEEDLES, OARS (Q. FLOATS
The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. Jnc
Successor! to Foard & Stokn Co-
Everything in the Store
Stands Reduced
Thru January j
xcfj'tinn contract piotlx
Micli as IliiwcH 1 1 a t s , Over
alls, ItuMiiT (i.miIh, Oiled
Oiotliin, Kit:, Tin' hji
i liti'l lneiil ioiiM urc liic-
rely it'i'iesciitati ve of luiinln tls ot' others that pi im
printed A visit tn the (-tore this tini. is iin
lu r.itive in order to realize the t-xt nt of the values to
he found anion-' the
House-Cleaning Sale's Extra Specials !
Hoy's Kersey Storm Coitt.i.agcs
ti to 'i years, regular price
$5.00, Special - nt
Child's Covert I!ox ('outs, ti
to 10, rculiir price j.,lo,
Special at ... $2.!,
Child's Hliif IJccfcrs, regular
price, SH.OO. Special at $1.90
Hoy's Ovcrt'outs ISrukeu Line,
1 to S, regular price $1.00 to
$7..r.o, Special t --V
Cliilil's Russian ISIoiihc Suits,
Knickerbocker I'unts '( to H,
worth $-l.oo. Special nt - $2.70
I'.oys Jacket mill 1'ants Suits,
odds mul etuis, tif) suits in this
lot, aj.;cs f. to It!, valuoH $1.00
to $i;.!o, Special at - $2.85
Hoys Jacket ami Hants Suits
of Cheviot materials, ti to 12
ycur $2.'o to $1.00 values at $l,-la
lli Mens Suits in broken lines,
1, 2, and .'! suits of a kind,
Cheviots ami Worsteds, $'.(.. r)0
to ?11 values at - ;. i.r.
Mens Fancy Worsted Suits.
Kd values, late models, $1.1,00
to $10. 1 10 Millies, Special at $10, H.I
Mens Hluc Kersey Overcoats
in liroken lines, fx, .10 and $10.
vnlucs , Special at - $7.20
Mens 4t in lleiivy Clicvuit
Ovcre nts, $:t.o0 to $lti.f.(l
values, Special nt - $11,45
Mens Hain Coats, Mackin
tonhes, Criivcnettes, etc, odd
lots, one nnd two of n size, $10.
to $1.1.00 values, Special tit - $H..'I5
Coif Shirts, sizes 14 1-2. lfi,
lti 1-2 mid 17, 7.1e nnd 1,00 values
for tiOc
Utidcrweiir, Oversliirts, Neck
wear, lints, Gloves, Sweaters, etc.,
nil at reduced prices.
Trunk, h Suit ('uses, Hag's, etc,
nil reduced.
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The Store That Sever
Dissapoi'itH:
ASTORIA'S FOREMOST
CLOTHIERS.
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We wish to thank our customers
foo their most liberal patronage
and to wish everyone a Happy
and Prosperous New Year.
E. A. Higgins 7o.9
8UCCKSSOKS TO J. N GRIFFIN
Books Music Statlotierv
Whether President Roosevelt will
get Senator Foraker into line, or Sen
ator Foraker pet the President into
line, is the first important question for
the new year to solve and on this all
other questions must wait.
A statistician says it would take a
forty-mile solid train loaded with sil
ver dollars of par value to pay forjj
this year's agricultural yield in the.X
United States. The trouble would be
to get the cars, not the products orJ
ine money.
WHAT IS IT YOU NEED?
Your house wired? Your door
bell fixed? or your telephone
connected up?
STEEL EWART
UP-TO-DATE ELECTRICIANS. No. 222 TWELFTH 8TREET,
PPEARAWCES
Oft en a person is sized up by his appear
and; 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
Ioor 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. DellingerCo.
ASTORIA, OREGON