SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 190?.
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THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, AS'l'OllIA, OREGON.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1I7J.
Published Dally Except Mondiy by
rik J. S. DKLLINGEB cOMPAHY.
SUBSCRIPTION KITES.
By mail, per )
By earrier, per month W
WEEKLY ASTORIA,
mail, per year, in adranca. .11.00
Entered aa iMotid-olAM mattr July
9. IK, at the postofflos at Astoria. Orp
00, aadar Us act of Coafrsa ot March ,
187ft.
BT" Orders for ths deBwinc of Tai Hoax
im varoaiAJi to iUi rwidaooe or pUos ot
builaeas nay be nude by posui card or
through tots sons. Any lmuUrlty to de
ll should be mmedlktWy reported to the
offlosotpabUcatioB.
TELEPHONE MAIN 661.
Official peprr of Clatsop county and
the City of Astoria.
ritnoi'.R tlu thlna tttat have Rot to
101110 (his year, and If thlx li'ttlstuturo
;ors nothing olse tlinn so amend these
laws ns to award some plain rights to
.itI!i-. Ions Jfiii"d. it will not
lnve met In vntn. There an- sever. il
bendred thousand -tlt tvs ready to fall
upon the man who fails to do osis
'vholo ditty In this legislature. The
people are weary of contributing ev
irything to the railroads and getting
1 othlng In return.
GOLD OF THE WORLD
WEATHER.
Western Oregon, Western
Washington Fair and contln-
ued cold.
"A. & C," SOLD, OR UNSOLD.
Whatever basis of truth that ln
trlres the report that the "A. & C."
has been sold (this time to E. H. Har
iVan), it has inspired no small ae
t'vity In the local real estate field,
and values are moving steadily up
vard on all property contiguous to
the line, and some of the shrewdest
dealers in land hereabout, are busy
with lots and acreage the whole length
f the road. H has been said, quiet -I-
that the culmination of the pres-
n' n -gotiations will be reached on th
T-ih of th present month, but tbv
tiuthorlty for this is just as vague
that for the original rumor of the sal
There are those who are, supposedly,
close to headquarters and the real
purposes of the present owners, qu 'te
ready to deny that the road is going
to Mr. Harrlman, or will ever go to
I'm, from the hands of Mr. Hammond,
who is a member of the group of poo
rle once powerful in Southern Pacific
counsels, and now withdrawn and In
imical to that huge concern. There
is no secret about this phase of the
situation, and it were well for As
toria if Hill or Gould, or anyone, oth
fr than Harriman, should get the road.
Mr. Harriman, it is thought, will
hardly carry out the pending improve
ments of the road, but rather let it
IV dormant, a mere feeder, and hold
it for years against the terminal idea
which is the paramount hope of As
toria; a fateful contingency that
fight be obviated if the purchaser
wpre other than he, with the impera-
t've necessity for establishing termin
al facilities here, and gra.'.ting to this
city all that means for the future.
Vnsold, the road Is still the property
of a man we all know, and in whose
idea ot its practical development to
te very end, we have abundant faith.
It is therefore the better hope of all,
that Mr. Hammond will retain the
system, rather than pass it to hands
that will make it a "stop-gap." The
"ay cannot be far distant, however,
when the real essence of the pending
stories will be manifest, and the new
Cestiny of the fine property be known
tc us all, and it is barely possible
the 19th may yield the confirmation,
denial, or disappointment involved in
the existing conditions.
ASTORIA'S GRADES.
There Is tin able and timely hint
fiom Judge Howlby, elsewhere In those
i'..'umns, anent the raising of the
street grades in this city to a point
if utility and safety, that deserves
the best thought of every property
holding cltlson In Astoria. He Is not
alone In his deductions; there are
many men here, and several engineers
nmong them, who are Just as plainly
spoken In this behalf as Is this respect
ed citizen. It is time to take this mat
ter up In real earnest and lay the
predicate for the changes In Astoria's
levels that shall mean something in
the future. It will inevitably have to
be done and the wisdom of doing It
at all is in doing it now. when there is
l?ss to be torn out and down in the
reformatory processes that cannot be
escaped. It will save good money in
diys to come if this grave matter Is
properly and promptly handled. The
Astoria of the future cannot exist upon
the levels now established and attain
to the beauty, utility and comfort in
separable from her most essential im
I rovement. Take a hand In this, ev
erybody! o
A dispatch from London says Mr.
Bryce, the coming British ambassador,
'made the first ascent of Mount Ar
arat." and therefore, should be persona
fata to our mountain-climbing Pres
ident. But it has always been under
stood Xoah was the first to mrmount
those heights, not by climbing up, but
by settling down with the tide when
the Deluge subsided. Howev-r, Mr.
Bryce can probably show the records,
while Noah's claim rests on tradition
cnly.
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EDITORIAL 8ALAD.
Perhaps the matter could be com
promised by reinstating all the dis
charged colored troops and stationing
them at Senator Forakers home town
of Cincinnati.
Is Steadily and Surety Draining
Into Uncle Sam's Coffers.
YET BILLIONS ARE SENT AWAY
Othsr Washington Items How Con
gress Could Savs Half the Pro
posed Congressionsl Salary
Raise.
WASHINGTON. IV. C. Jan.12.- I'lie
I'nlted States Is fast absorbing the
fcold of the world. Our stock of gold
has Increased JSTS.OOO.OO I I t th Ir.st
t n years, of this annum'. JT'JI,-"I9,-CO
came from our mines, but we drew
l.rm the rest of the ,v-J $1 .mi(0
o( its gold. In the sin ten years ou'
ciiv of exports m- our Inner, a-n-ounteil
to S5.HS,25(..Mi, Had th"
wr:M paid for all l.d" ."ce.. of '
; rts without ntn" c u "V t.ie world.
outside of the t'niU"-1 Stales wmdd
have been made ha ; and all Us
maikets paralyzed. It' ! xu- en I t"
1 pland and Kurooe great sunn cf
'rld. of which no ,,-t. a-1 h made, or
can be made accurately In the way of
v lii.t American to:i.; si ea I abio.,1
(and this Is a vast sumK In Iniot w
and for the redemption of America 1
securities held abroad .and freight;!
f. for dgn ships for carryl : e-li an
foduets. All these sums go to iff-i. 1.
In part, the enormous drain vo would
otherwise make on the gold reserve of
i 1 her countries ! Is etlnvit-' thai
American tourist1. In! 's . "ll Am-ri-can
securities, an 1 freisiici!;.. ;o f r-
!gn countries the -ri.i sum of
?,, OOil.OOi). nnn l,, ten ye irs.
produces more per oapllii tluia any
Stale or Territory In tlu llnlnn. It if
for splendid opportunities fiV young
iien of Integrity and ability, and Is 11
I vowing country. according to
Mr. Smith. He says It fur
1 Irhes a climate "that Mllniu
lates men to thlnn ," ami has a
sphere where a man Is honored for ids
'ue worth alone, and everybody fciti' a
t-oimro deal.
Kepresentatlve Uurtou, of Ohl ., Ui
I'Mteii biography of John Sherman,
the veteran Buckeye statesman. In It
Mr. Um ton refutes the ticcusatlon that
Sherman was 11 cold man. "Sherman
did not like greetings In the market
place and was Intensely devoted to hl
work and It was not his nature to tie
very hearty In his greeting. Ho was
a model man In his family, nn affeo
donate husband, and kind mid forbear
ing In all the relations of life. He was
:.'o Jovial when It was time to Im Jo
vial, but when he went outside the
('tele of his Immediate friends he was
In a degree reserved. He was not giv
en to enthusiastic praise or gush and
was always dignified. He was une of
t'u- really great men of his time."
CARRIE NATION
certainly smashed a hole In toe bar
rooms of Kansas, but Ballard's Hore-
hound Syrup has smashed all records
as a cure for coughs, Bronchitis, In
fluenxa and all Pulmonary diseases. T.
C. II, Horton, Kansas, writes: "I
have never found a medicine that
would cure a cough so quickly as Hal
lard's Horehound Syrup, I have used
It for years." Hart's drug store.
The question rises whether the new
coventor of New York Isn't usurping
the powers of the eoroneis In recom
mending a re-npen!ng cf the mayoral-
-recount controversy.
Persia has a constitution, and. of
crurse, will now discover that a whop
lot of things that must be done must
rot be dene under the Constitution.
A difff-renc of opinion exists be
tween Governor Folk and Governor
Vardaman, of Mississippi. Governor
Folk says: "Statistics show that crime
is reduced as education increases."
Governor Folk's message contains
the following: "I recommend the en
actment of a law making it a crime
for ary one for compensation to lobby
with members of th legislature." The
old guard of Missouri will rub its (yes
over this passage.
It looks as if In Congress on the pro
posed Increase of Congressional s.ila
r'es It is a cas.. of "one's afraid, and
'ti ther dassent." The H iiis,. u 1 1
out it lien it came to going 01 record,
t nd It was with the hop - ihat Sen
ate would put tin- Increase i.i t'o- bill.
"d It would Ihen be left there by con
frenoe. The Senate ref.'i.'l ii ti !
Committee, the Commit! ' 1 .t urn
committee, and th sub-c no,i tie ) :,s
r ported It back to th' fall '.inirort e
without r i-'.mtne.ioati.ei. 'I h Hoo,e
w .s afraid, s.nd 'op 'y the S'lrite
"dftssent," yet it is a pi 'p i' !ii".-is.ire
! ev-ry respect. The increased pr"
p,i. ' ' was Sl'.Sne f.ir each Sen: I r an.'
r.T,ri-scnta".,'. . "tl nf '.'1 in
r' und numbers. It can i1;- p .In!
1 cut how Congress ca'i s . v- aboiit
one half of that sum, that is n'ov wav.
..1. Cut off the S2t2."rt upprop. ; .l-l
for free seeds, and by doing so .1 . , 1
fave the S23O.0O0 it costs the Post '
fee Deparlment to carry and rlisiil
bute the seeds. Thus, practically en1'
i'l! th- propose,) increase (,vi be -
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. 25c. 60c and
J1.00. Hart's drug store.
THE FORTY TOMORROWS.
For the next forty days the general
Interest of the whole state will he
centered directly upon the capital and
twe 90 men who shall gather for the
purpose of making new laws, amend
ing old ones, and wiping ou others,
and so revamping the code of the
slate as to make it more amenable
to the real wants of ihe people and
reeessltles of the newer years. Pri
marily, the legislature has the confl
uence of th.- people it represents:, and
it is to be hoped the history of this
session will be conspicuous for some
ritual, large and appreciative benefits.
There will be the customary grist i f
graft ready for the unwary to snatch
at. and the wary to s t down on with
weight and promptitude, and all Ore
gon is on the qui vlve for something
tangible to cheer for and be contented
v.ith. Railroad legislation of a sort
conferring certain and specific advan
tages uopm the peopl", rather than
uron the transportation companies, i
The rage of Texas at the discovery
that Senator Bailey borrowed a lot of
mcney from an oil company president
nay be due to mortification at never
suspecting an oil company president
would be easy.
A Cuban football eleven has been
formed and those who have had week
ly light practice in revolutions ought
to round into condition rapidly for
the more strenuous sport.
It is really time for His Excellency.
James Bryce, to step on the platform,
as the band must be tired playing for
his grand entrance.
Croker has an entry for the New
York Suburban, but McClellan's fu
t'.'rlty still looks doubtful.
In addition to his modern message.
President Roosevelt is writing an es
say on "The Ancient Irish Sagas."
Del-gat- Smith of A.-lzotia bM'-.ves
that nepaiafe stat. r, ) 1 wi!1 given
to Arizona and N'-w M-xl-o within th"
l.rxt five years, for Ihe . i: 1 1 ln.it he
i'i veloped resources and increased pop
llation will d-rnand It. If- prclh-l.s
that five years from now ill
population of Arizona would b
doubled, and that there will
' i four hurdr d thousand p-o-tie
th-re Instead of the two hundr' l
thousand at present. Mr. Smith si.?'-'
that Arizona ha:s a greater w-a'th ;n i
The New Y-ar swear-off that proves
'.h- longest keeper Is !h., pl.-dge to buy
1 o nmre Chrlst111.11 prevents.
That's the house the doctor built -
The biggest house you s''c;
Thank goodness he don't get our mon
ey. For we all drink Rocky Mountain
Tea.
For sale by Frank Hart.
GRAND filflSK
BALL
BY
SONS of HERMAN
THE CORRECT CLOTHES SHOP
A TALE OF A COAT
By a Bsnk Csihiar,
The othsr morning a frisnd
droppsd In on mi at ths bsnk on a
businsis srrsnd. I oould not lislp
but nots his smsrtly groomed su
pcaranot and gsnsrally gsntssl get
up. Particularly noticssbls was ths
slsgant overcoat he wors. It wsi
ons of thoss oonservatlvs modsli
that might psss unnotlcsd In a
orowd, yst whsn sssmlnsd at olose
rsngs was bound to sxoits admira
tion. A eoat that had all ths ear.
marks of ths highest stsndard of
tailoring, riobnsts of fsbrio, psrfsot
fit and finish svsry way. It might
not havs bssn quits sn rsgle, so
cording to polits society, but I
couldn't resist asking him ths nsms
of his tailor. His rsply amaitd mi.
Ssid hs: "I just purchsssd this
oost from Dsniigsr A Co., ths
clothisrs, all rssdy -to-wssr, snd
hs continued, "what's mors, got it
st s saving of juit $5.05 to bs sx
set, in their 'Houss-Clssring' Sale,
s ssving of almost 30 per cent. I'll
wssr ths cost this season and it's
good for aaversl ytars to come; so,
st tho rising prices of clothing, I
figure I msde a good 40 per celt
investment; can you beat it at
your bank?" Well, I had to ac
knowledge I couldn't snd have
since bought one for rnytolf; and
selected a aplorulid $10 overcoat fjr
my son, who woar nearly as large a
size s myeelf. Hii cost me $..:'0.
That's why I'm sdvising my frienue
to step in at the Daniiger store and
get a coat or suit while their an
nual House-Cleaning Sale is on.
EVERY ARTICLE IN THE HOUSE
IS REDUCED, except contract
goods and odds and ends in Suits
snd Overcoats for men and boys
are being drastically slaughtered.
Other special reductions are on
many of them that go unmcntiuned
beside these:
Men's Blue Kersey Overcoats, in
broken lines, $8,50 and $10 values;
special at $7 JO
Mon's 'IG ioch Heavy Cheviot Ov
ercosts, $13.t0 to $16.M) values;
special at $11.4')
Mon's Ram Coats, Mackintoshes,
Cravenettos, etc., odd lots, one
and two of a sue, $10 to $15 val
ues; special at $3.35
Golf Shirts, sites VV j, 16, W j and
17, 75c nd $1.00 values 60c
Men's Suits in broken lines, 1, 2
and 3 suits of a kind; Cheviots
and Worsteds, $9.00 to $11 val
ues st $0.45
Men's Fancy Worsted Suds, good
values, late models, $15 to $16. M)
values, special at $10.85
i
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Tli'' Sinn- I ii;ti T evt-r
I is-;i Mi 'it :
A.lmlt 1 I iifrmuat Clothing ttuuw
FISHERMEN, ATTENTION!
SKK OUR WINDOW! KYKR YTI11NC, YOU NKKD!
PAINT, COTTON ROPE, SAIL
CLOTH, NETTING TWINE, NETTING
NEEDLES, OARS (Si FLOATS
The Foard & Siokes Hardware Go.Jnc.
Successors to Foard & Stolen Co-
IiI.fEB.2lfj
:
F0ARDHST0KIS 1 ALL
GRAND PRIZES
January has (darted out to bo a
month of disasters. Most of tho No'.v
Year's resolutions aro alreadv wr':'-k"d.
All that (Jovprnor Folk says In favor
of honost ejeeiioris is heartily seoond-
by one party in MKsouri, but. it is
rot the Kovernor's party.
Tt will he no easy Job for tho- sta'.e
. jrislatures lo live up to tho work
incidental!;, cut out for them by- tho
present congress at its first session.
The Pennsylvania prophet who pre
dicts the ond of the world In two
years Is taking the wrong way to hur
ry up the Carnegie gifts. Reflection
will tell him why.
Isllfpl
LYDIA E.
PJNKHAM
LYDIA E. PIN KHAM'S
VEGETABLE
COMPOUND
Is acknowledged to be the most suc
cessful remedy in the country for
those painful ailments peculiar to
women.
For more than 3H years it has
been curing- Female .'o:nplaitit,s,
such as Inflammation, and I 'Ice ra
tion, Falling" and displacements,
and consequent Spinal Weakness,
Backache, and is peculiarly adapted
to the Change of Life.
Records show that it h;is cured
more cases of Female Ills than any other one remedy known.
Lvdia E. J'inkhatn's Vegetable Compound dissolves and expels
Tumors at an early stao-e of development,. Drawing-'-onsations causing
pain, weight, and headache are relieved and permanently cured by its use.
It corrects Irregularities or Painful Functions, Weakness of the
Stomach Indigestion Bloating. Nervous I 'rostra firm. Headache, (iene
ral Debility; also, Dizziness Faintnoss Kxtrerno Lassitude. "Don't, care
and wan tto lie left alone" feeling, Irritability. Nervousness. Sleeplessness.
Flatulency, Melancholia or the "lilues." these are. sun; indications of
female weakness or some organic derangement
For Kidney Complaints of either sex Lvdia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable
Compound is a most excellent remedy,
Mrs. Pinkhatn's Standing invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness arc invited to
write Mrs I'inkham, Lynn, Mass. for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkliam
who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted her mother in law Lydia E I'inkham
in advising. Tims she is well qualified to guide sick women back to
health. Her advice is free and always helpful.
APPEARANCES
Oi'lcn a person is sized up hy his appear
ance; by the one that surrounds him. And
more often a business house is sized up by
the stationary it uses. A cheap Idler
head or a poor bill head jrjves a mighty
poor 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.
YtMi wouldn't employ a "sloppy" sales
man; why put up with "sloppy" station
cry, lhat gives a wrong impression of the
importance of your business. Let us do
your printing and help you to make that
I en st rike.
The J. S. DellingerGo.
ASTORIA, OREGON