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THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, ASIOHIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by TIk J. S. DELLINGER tOMPAHY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year By aarrier, per month.. .$7.00 . .10 WEEKLY ASTORIA. 8 j mail, per year, in advance. 11.00 Entered aa leecmd-cUM matter Julv SO. im, at tbe ixwtolBre at Aatorla. Uiv- goa, aader Ui act of Coafrew ol March t. 131. BOntert for Oie deHruur of Taa Hoax Df imMiAX to e4Uw midoo or olace of tmslneas nj b nisde br portal card or throush tale-hon. Any Irnwuku-ttr In de- itrorr should be immediate! reported to the efiieeof pubUoaUon. TELEPHONE MAD! Mi. Official moer of CbttaoD countr and tbe City of Astoria. ; centering about (lie tiroHisel "reelp rival demurrage" law, it measure which will have a tendency to compel the rnilronds to furnish cars to shipper. within a certal ntlnie or pay to the shippers a sum equal to that now charged for failure to load promptly. The Oregon & WttshliiRton Lumber Manufacturers' Association Is cooper ating with the Portland Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bod- I les In drafting a measure patterned after the law now In force In Texas, Virginia and other States covering this point. As usual, the railroad attorneys have questioned the validity of the proposed enactment, but Attorney V T. Mulr, of Portland, who has given attention to the matter, declares his belief that there is nothing to hinder the legislature from conferring upon the Railroad Commission the power to fix or suspend demurrage charges. Reciprocal demurrage will be the subject of discussion in the California Legislature, also, being urged by the attempt of Southern Pacific, In con spiracy with the Standard Oil crowd, to drive Independent oil producers out of Southern California. The grossest forms of discrimination are charged against the road In that State. Ore gon Mining Journal. In THE CITY CHURCHES, Lutheran Synod, At the Lutheran Synod church, cor ner 29th and 11 rami avenue. Services tomorrow morning at 10; 45; evening service at 7: SO. Hoth services in tl. Norwegian language. Sunday schoo meets at !:S0 a. m. The Ladles' All Society meets next Thursday art noon with Mrs, K. Houke, 1635 Urn 1 avenue. Theo. P. Neste, pastor. First Presbyterian, Morning worship at 11 o'clock, Plurlbus fnum." Sunday school 12:15. Y. P. S. C K. at 6: SO. Evn- Ing worship at 7:30, "We All Obey Somebody Whom r All are Invite 1. Will S. Gilbert, pastor. DENES ACCUSATION Fish Warden Declares Allegati ons Unjust and Baseless. DID. NOT DELAY HIS REPORT Press of Office Work and Paucity of A,.i.t,nl, P . . . ... nl... L . n V ........,, virnn jwmj, bui re port Will B. Submitted Within a Few Days, THE CORRECT CLOTHES SHOP t r SAvr WEA1HER, Western Oregon Light rain or snow south, sloudy and taeat- or snow south, cloudy and threatening north portion. Western Washington Fair. Eastern Oregon Light rain or snow. Eastern Washington, Idaho Generally fair. 4 33 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. The bill providing a district attor ney for each and every county In Ore gon has decided merit and if the of fice shall be made elective and the compensation kept within reasonable bounds, it should become a law, for several good reasons. Among them them the establishment of an Inde pendent system of judicial control in each county cared for and maitalned by a responsible citizen of the county, with fixed and definite interests as a citizen and officer of the county, and not by a man at a distance with only a negative concern for the administra tion of law In a county he would prob ably never even visit if the exigencies fit his district office did not compel him to do so. It will have a tenden cy, we believe, to minimize crime, es pecially If the citizens shall elect ca pable, fearless men who realize their responsibility and do their duty. It will save the state something In the gross cost of cjrime and reduce the expenses of maintaining prisoners for months In Jail on hypothetical' offenses ! of the minor sort, and will, altogether, j minimize and simplify the criminal processes of the state, and give the COnntv flnrt tfa nffli.prl a rlv gni FOOL HAIR-SPLITTING. The people of Oregon are looking to this particular legislature for actual relief from the curse of railway and other corporate domination, and they are not worrying over details or meth ods. We want a railway commission that means something, with wide open prerogatives behind It, and the power of the state directly Invested, to en force Its rulings; nor are they caring very much whether the commission Is made elective or appointive. The pop ular presumption Is In favor of an elective body, of course, since In that case the people may better control the personnel and system of the commis sion, and get better results; but If the vital principle of real restriction and ccntrol Is set up for the use of the commission and made plain and legal and Imperative, we do not care wnetner Governor Chamberlain or his Republican successor shall name the men who are to carry out the terms of the relieving statutes. form the law shall take, th potent element of enforceable reprisal must be Its leading feature: something the railways shall respect and be glad to observe; something without a vestige of red-tape or temporizing quality; something that stands for correction regulation, absolute justice to all con cerned, Including the railways; but sometning so nrmly put together, so The Portland Oregonlan of January no ....... 1.. . . . . .0 tuiuuum a suusuuomu attack on Master Pish Warden II. O. Van lu- sen, part of which reads as follow: iwn-rjver fisheries ure making demands of the fish warden which he cannot put Into hi fish report without antagonUIng the up-river men. and should he neglect to make the recom mendations demanded on the lower Co lumbia, he will offend tho lowor-rlver men. In this wuy. Van Uuswt seems to I' between the devil and the deep blue sea, while the governor Is do- minuting the report which Van Duseii evidently does not wish to submit at this time." wiien interviewed by uu Aotorlan reporter yesterday Mr. Van 1um..i. uner rea.ung the attack, which It of some length, said: "Then. Ix im I,.,... B.te ir.-v ...vskiki-3 i uie cose 01 u.e j,,,,,,... , . ..., - First M. E. Iulplt themes for Sunday: Mornln?, David and Jonathan, or The Level of Christ." Evening. "God." Cla meeting at 10:15 a in. Sunday schotl 1 at 12:15 p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. Midweek service of esw ciai interest Wednesday at 7: SO p. 111. C. C. Rarlck. pastor. First Spiritual Church, The Hrst Spiritual Church of torla will hold (heir regular servl in me a. 11. u. w. tiau at 7: so p. 111 airs, u. .m. foon. me spiritualist me dium of Portland, who Is staying at Room No. 7 In the Megler Mouse, fir the week, and giving dally sittings and evening meetings, will lecture and lecture, lou are Invited to attend these meetings and b-arn of this glo.' lous truth. stralghtly framed and honestly and wisely compiled, as to bear forever the accursed ambiguities by which the dominant offenders have so unremit tingly wriggled free from the force and penalty. Appointive, or elective, we want a commission with he sum of the state's authority behind It, anJ not a mere Junketing, helpless, farcical board, to be laughed at, with the rail ways laughing the loudest. o EDITORIAL 8ALAD. First' Congregational. Services will be held as usual: the pastor will preach morning and eve nlng and earnestly Invites all Con gregatlonallsts to be present. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sub- Whatever hect. "What v Think of niirivm." Evening service at 7:30. "Subject, The Cause, the Curse, and the Cure of Sin." Sunday school at 12:20, noon. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30 p. m. Mldwe-k meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. cordially Invite all strangers, visitors and residents In the city who are n )t connected with other churches, to come with us to any or all of thi services. G. E. Moorehouse, pastor. 661 Irving avenue. Ph. n., i There should be some better reason ' for the creation of new counties than the desire of ambitious villagers to resourceful adviser at hand and at all i reside ln county seats times. There are lots of infinitely! worse laws under consideration at Mr. Guggenheim of Colorado is In an Salem Just now than this. excellent way to learn that It Is ju- "LOST HIS HEAD." dicious advertising which pays. The primary object of every stock 1 exchange Is to exchange stock for something equally good. o The privations and hardships attri buted to excessive prosperity are be coming irksome. The most acceptable liteness Is cleanliness. form of po- The Kingston dispatches inform us that Governor Swettenham "has lost his head" in the overwhelming mess that followed the great earthquake. We don't believe it. That his liver has gone to his head is the more likely. With men of his sort the les ser organ holds sway, always. If so be he has lost his head, he is likely to find It ln the seclusion of his Eng lish home in some near future hour, when he has all the time left him, to search for it, and even there, and then, his Jamaica-gingered liver may Inter-j vene to prevent his recognition of the , figure-piece when he does stumble across u. mm or tne useless andi You may think you are entertaining extraordinary hubbub one poor little, but there are people dodging you all Because you say you intend to a thing it isn't done. do About all some men are good for is to "second the motion." overwrought human liver has set up! Relatively, it has out-quaked the earthquake. BAD YEAR FOR RAILROADS. The year 1907 Is likely to prove an unhappy one for railroads and other corporations who have lived and moved In the conviction that the public was their legitimate, sheep-headed prey, and that legislative Interference with their soulless rapacity was blank au dacity. Especially is this true of the railroads. The car shortage and the fuel famine of the past few months which has spread from the Pacific Northwest throughout the whole coun try, has aroused a wave of Indignation which will develop Into a wave of ret ribution. Reports from various State capitals In the West indicate that the movement for reform Is widespread and that the vital legislation will be jnacted with a view to correcting some of the existing abuses. Even in old Oregon, where railroad domination has been notorious, there is a fair prospect that there will be something doing among the solons in the near future. Agitation throughout the state is now the time. Don't send ten dollar flowers to the funeral of a man whose family Is left without Income. The man ln a dangerous location never thinks he Is in danger or he wouldn't be there. o The owner of a horse and , buggy tries to be modest, but he can't help showing that he feels a little superior. 0 The first Insurance against trouble that children learn aboit is to get a promise from mother that she will not tell father. 0 CARRIE NATION certainly smashed a hole In the bar rooms of Kansas, but Ballard's Hore hound Syrup has smashed all records as a cure for coughs. Bronchitis, In fluenza and all Pulmonary diseases. T C. H , Horton, Kansas, writes: "I have never found a medicine that would cure a cough so quickly as Bal lard's Horehound Syrup. I have used it for years." Hart's drug store. Norwegian-Danish M. E. The Norwegian and Danish M. E. Church, corner of 37th and Duinj streets. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Lesson, "The Story of Cain and Abe" " Preaching at 11 a. m. Subject. "Th? New Song." Evening service at 7:13. Subject, "The Lost Crown." The mid week service every Thursday night n! 8 o'clock. The Scandinavian people are heartily invited to come and wor-j ship the Lord with us. Ellas GJerd Ing, pastor. First Lutheran. First Luthr-ran church, Gustaf F. RyJqui.st, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Miss Alema Nyland, su perintendent; morning service with Holy Communion at 10:30 and n-cr tlon of members. Sunday school a; the German Lutheran church on On 'id avenue, at 2 o'clock. Evening servic at 7:30. Theme for sermon. "The Vln yard of the Lord." Service In Germ m at the German Lutheran church at 3 o'clock; the Rev. Beehner of Camas, Wash., is expected to be h -re ar.i preach the sermon. First Lutheran. Gustav E. Rydquist, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Morning' service in Swedish at 10:30, with Holy Com munion and reception of members, Sunday school and service ut the Ger man Lutheran church at 2 and 3 o'clock respectively. Service ln the German language. Evening service at the Uppertown church at 7:30. Them "Labor In the Lord's vineyard." All are cordially Invited. The chorus will assist at both ser vices and render some special selec tions. the report, it Dimply takes time. Tho report will occupy about eighty pages of small type and Is made up In part of minute statistics. I have but one assistant here, and we have been working until 10 o'clock at night In an endeavor to get the work done." as 10 wie cnarge mat lie feared to become Involved In a quarrel between the fishermen of the upper and hnvcr river, he declared the Idea never en tered his head. You Can quote me n authority." he said, "for the statement that there 1 Is nothing In the report to cause any! such trouble its Is Intiytatcd. The report will be Issued a soon as the copying Is completed, which will prob ably within a few days." Since Mr. Van lmsen's entrance Into office, the business of the department has Increased ten-fold, but he still occupies the same quarters and has no more assistants. These Impedi ments and the fact that the report Is based upon statistics furnished by a large number of hatcheries, canneries, etc., which often neglect the work, ac counts for the delay of the report, j $6.50 011 11 Htyliuli, smart and dependable SUIT or OVERCOAT During tho Next Few Dap in ilie Danzigor it GVh Big House-Cleaning Sale A buslneiia its blf hs our requires a Konerous stock to keep It going, niul hs is well known, we nro not stingy in supplying It I Neither do wo hesitate when tho time comes to close it out, but make reductions that are sure to accom plish Ut u.ou suns ana uver coats that made tho clothing trade "it up and take notice" Now reduced to $10.00 liLl? k'' exam pl in comer window. our Our expert buyers worked hard the past season, with all their skill concentrated Uon securing1 for our trade'tho llnest suits and overcoats for smartly drcst masculine folk that any amount of money up to $10.50 could buy in Oregon this winter. How they succeeded was a complete surprise to tho clothing trndo here in'Astoria nnd a delight to hundreds of buyers who created the biggest clothing trade in tho history of our business. What is left in our stock of these famous garments SUITS and OVERCOATS values up to $14,60, MUST UHCLUAllr:!) ulong with all other goods of this season, and regardless of tho fuel that they measure up in every respect to the $lHund$2U suits of some other stores, wa have chopped an averago third off their price. Home lines have a complete run of all sizes, others contain one, two and three of a lot - but ALL 8IZKS In the wile, the values reaching our $10,60 notch. CHOICE SATURDAY niul for 11 few days $10.00 SUIT CASES IN A SPECIAL SALE! Some really amazing values ready for the mid winter tra vel and .Southern tourist. Three big specials $3.1)5 $1.15 $i.5 Newest blocks and latest styles in men's fashionable HATS' Wonder ful 8EPCIAL values at $2.15. I IS . The Store That Never Disappoints. Astoria's Foremost Clothiers ASTORIA THEATRE, Wednesday S Thurs. Nights, Jan. 30 and 31 1 THE BEAUTIFUL FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA GRAND MASK BALL BV SONS of HERMANN 1 nil FOARD a STOKES HALL GRAND PRIZES I' -JUL XL JLlmtf J JUL tL Xjw JLL - -itff g By W. A. Milne, author of "Aladdin" etc. Given by home talent. Rehearsed by the author 250-Young Ladies and Childr. i All in grotesque and beautiful costumes, representing Pixies, Brownies, Goblins, Insects, Pickaninnies, Monkeys, Fairies, Butterflies, Flower Girls, Pages, Amazon Guards, Japanese Maidens, Yankee Doodle Girls, Etc. Under she auspices of Ladies Guild of Episcopal Church. Two hours of Fun and Frolic in Fairyland, where all is Gauze and Glitter, Music, Love and Flowers. Prices, 25, 50 and 75 cents. Seats on sale at the Box Office beginning Tuesday, January 29. i