THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTOH1A, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1907.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established il73-
Published Daily Except Monday by
III J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY.
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30, Hot, l th poatoffloa at Aitoiia. Ore
con, aadw lb act ofCoafrea ot March I,
Is
- ronton for the deHmniMC of TiiKum
orMTou toeHimr retJooc or place ot
tariima nay be matte by postal card or
Urouch Wet-ion. Any imulaiity In d.
Urtrj abould be auailiatlr reported (o tbe
offioe of pablioattoo.
TELEPHONE MAUI Mi.
' Official paper of Clatsop county and
tbaCliy of Aitorta.
mi J an active agent In t ho commervlul
tleM representing the city mul Us peo
ple. There are many things to lo
done, nnJ umeng the first, wo respect -fully
augireat (hat the Chamber shall
, pass, and sign up, a strenuous reso
lution directed to the rutted Stales
Interstate t'otnnietve Commission, de
manding the extension of the common
point rate on grain to this port. Lot
this resolution show. In straightfor
ward terms, the deliberate denial per-
' pvt rated, by the railways of the north
west as against Astoria, and also, the
unqualified claim and right of this
port to the common advantage; have
; the resolution endorsed by every man,
rirm, company, and cut poiauoii in ilie
county, and send It, In capable hands,
to the fountain head of authority, and
; then make a stand for It that shall be
; understood; such a movement will
I put us on ft commercial level with the
i whole coast, and make It easier for
I us to affect subsequent commercial
i deals. Without It, we are handicapped
luid since the law has biased out the
I way for our getting it, we are sense
less if we remain longer without It.
We could have it at once If we but
Indicate our title to it, and we have
temporiied quite long enough.
In some of the big minstrel shows
dummies ate introduced to increase
the numerical slue of the company.
There Is still a chance for Senator
Tillman.
A service pension bill, talked of for
so many years, Is matcrtaUitttiK at last
A veteran over 62 is to have a pen
stun on ago alone, without complicat
ed red tape or pa incut to pension
agents.
Newspapers In the northwest are
talking about the "tight for fuel."
Freight congestion In this form, as
congress should notice, culls for a
prompt remedy or transportation li'U-blea.
EDITORIAL SALAD. 4
WEAME2.
Western Oregon Occasional
rain, cooler south portion.
Western Washington Occa
sional rain.
Eastern Oregon Occasional
rain, possibly part snow.
Eastern Washington and Ida
ho Snow and slightly warmer.
The Senate can not limit debate, but
It can slam the door.
GET DOWN TO COMMON SENSE.
Th postal department of the United
States government will be in far bet
ter business, if in its desire to curtail
the cost of maintenance of its es
tablishment, it shall strike out, for
ever, the needless, costly and asslnlne
system of red-tape now congesting, de
laying, burdening and Impoverishing it,
rather than making a fool attempt to
censor, reduce and prescribe the lim
its and qualities of the great Ameri
can Sunday daily. If only some keen,
level-headed man could be put In
charge of the department, who would
shave and cut and trim the business
down to an every-day, commercial
basis, and eliminate the dragging,
time-eating processes that hamper it
and Inordinately increase the cost of
its administration, it would be a bless
ing to government and people alike.
The report of the joint-commission at
Washington is a piece of kid-glove,
amateur work, fax-fetched, inopera
tive and useless. If the rate on sec
ond class matter is really too low,
raise It; the fixing of rates is a pre
rogative of the department; it set the
rate complained of, and it may, as
easily, fix a newer and more compen
sating one. But it were better for all
concerned, that It look inward for
means of balancing its annual esti
mates and annual cost, rather than
outward. Wipe out the dollar-consuming
jugglery of its own system and
put it on a square, quick, feasible lev
el with other businesses of the coun
try, and, having thrown tradition,
precedent and red-tape to the winds,
talk business to the people, instead of
such rot as was framed up in the re
cent joint-report.
Political pickings eventually will
open the Rhode Island deadlock.
o
If there Is no way to run trains safe
ly in foggy weather, they should be
sidetracked for sunshine,
o
Mr. Pull may rest assured that I'ncle
Sam Is not taking that unique Jamai
ca functionary seriously.
Freight congestion Is another name
for business delay and financial loss.
An improved Columbia river will pay
its way. f
The entombed miner lost but half a
pound in weight during his fifteen
days' Imprisonment, and came out of
it famous. It i a rare Instance of the
rest cure, though the method is not
likely to be popular.
An Kngllsh paper refers to the fact
that the wealth of the I'nlted States
is Increasing ten times as fast as that
of Great Britain, and the editor then
takes a crack at free trade. That may
be called close shooting.
Hy cutting out passes the railroads
can do more In the way of diminish
ing the lobby than all the governors
and legislatures In the country. As a
matter of fact the lobbyist rarely gets
anything but a pass and a meal ticket.
In a speech In the Senate Saturday
Tillman of South Carolina referred t"
the Democratic party in the northern
st.ites as a "shining example of ward
politicians dirty, low creatures.'' The
Democrats of the north will consider
the source.
AUTHOR'S CHILD POOR.
Daughttr of Brat Hart III in Main
Poor Houm.
NKW YOUK. Jan. 211. A Portland.
Maine, dispatch to the Times, states
that the lVrtland Poor House, Is car
ing for Mrs, Steele, formerly Miss Jes
sumy Hret llarte, daughter of the au
thor ltrei llarte, Mrs, Steele is said
to be without means and Is III. Mrs.
Steele, the dispatch continues, reached
Portland a year ago at the Invitation
of society women and gave an even
ing of character reading her father'
works. Since then she has lived al
hotels here and for a tlmo with friends.
It is understood that her husband U
somewhere In the West. She has re
peatedly stated that xho has plenty of
money duo her, but that lawyers are
keeping It from her.
THE CORRECT CLOTHES SHOP
A STITCH IN TIME
will save nine. So will a bottle of
Mallard's Horehound Syrup always
kept on hand save many a spell of
sickness. A sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, llronchltls, and Whooping
Cough. Mrs. S , Hot Springs, Ark.,
writes: "1 keep a bottle of Mallard's
Horehound Syrup In my medicine
chest and thank my forethought many
times. It has prevented many severe
sinlls of sickness." Sold by Hart's
drug store.
STANDARD OIL SILENT.
What ft fine privilege the Senate en
Joys. It orders the doors closed when
It feels that its anger has reached the
explosive point.
o
Senator Tillman In his minstrel olio
referred to "a dying swan's dirge." It
sems to be Identified with South Car
olina rather than Colorado.
With two hundred reporters pro
vided for it Is believed that every
thing is ready for the Thaw trial now
EVEN FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Ballard's Snow I.lnlment is praised
for the good It does. A sure cure for
Rheumatism and all pains. Wright
W. Loving. Grand Junction, Colo.,
writes: "l used Ballard's Snow I.li.l
ment last winter for Rheumatism and
can recommend It as the best liniment
on the market. I thought, at the
time I was taken down with this
trouble, that It would be a week be
fore I could ge: about, Iftit on apply
ing your liniment several times during
the night, I was about In 4S hours,
and well In three days." Sold by
Hart's Drug Store.
ANOTHER MACKAY.
with the possible exception of Justice. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A !"n was
" o
"We shall not leave the civilized
parts of the states," says Ellen Terry
on her coming America ntour. The
geography of this proposition Is await
ed with Interest.
born last evening to Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Mat k.iy at their home, 244
Madtsor. Avenue. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Mark
ay have two other children, Ka'herine,
six years old and Blanc three years
old.
LANE'S LONG LANE.
Franklin K. Lane, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, will know a
whole lot of valuable things about
railway manipulation in the Pacific
west by the time he closes his in
quiry into the Harriman merger at
Los Angeles, and his illimitable ac
quisition of fact will not be confined
to the merger alone. There are vast
elements of Information at his very
hand, every day, voluntarily and hon
estly offered, of which he cannot even
take cognizance, further than to make
passing mental record, perhaps, of the
tremendous volume of abuses attrib
utable to unfettered railway domina
tion out here. But it is good to have
these things known by the commis
sion ; it will at least give it to know
why It was created, and spur it on
to the exercise of its last and best
function of correction. From the
wide-spread, authoritative scrutiny
now being imposed by the Commission,
there should come some degree of re
lief for the people.
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RE6PECTFULLY SUGGESTED.
In the course of the next month As
toria Is to have a real Chamber of
Commerce with a large membership,
some ready means at Its command, and
THREE EPOCHS IN
A WOMAN'S LIFE
Official Refui to Diicutt Criticism
by Commarc Commitiion.
NKW YORK. Jan. 29.-11. II. Rogers,
vice-president of tile Standard oil
Company, when seen b a reporter at
his home In this city last night, refused
to discuss In any way the report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which was ne:;t to Congress yesterday.
"All these matters are In litigation,"
said Mr, Rogers, referring to the sev
eral specific allegations contained In
the reHirt. He declined to say any
thing further.
Wo'ro bound to reduce) our ntock
of Men's wild Hoy's wear to the
lowest mark ponslbU) ero the emd
of tho "HOUSK-Cl.KANINti S MA
SON" which ends with tho month,
fast passing-. TUEKR'S ONH DM
C1S1VK WAV OF IHUNO THIS
THAT IS TO CUT IlKKl'l.Y INTO
OUU STANDARD LOW TRICKS!
Hero KoMThe saving you inuko
Is your reward for helping to rotluco
our ..locks. A v'ry unusual ojipor
tunily HntlelpntitiK your wmils of
another winter a well its providing
for tho weeks yet Ahead of this sea
son's rigorous wenlhvr. Today's
prices mean a mighty saving tojyuu.
RISING FROM THE GRAVE.
A prominent manufacturer. Win. A
Kertwell, of I. mama, N. , relates a
most remarkable experience. He nays:
"After taking lens than three bottles
of Electric lilttcrs. I feel like one ris
ing from the grave. My trouble Is
Hrlght's disease, In the Diabetes stage.
I fully belli-ve Electric Bitters will cure
permanently, for It has already stopped
the liver and bladder complications
which have troubled me for years."
Guaranteed at Chas. Rogers', druggist,
f'rl 'e only fine.
READ THIS NEWS !
No other Portion of this News
paper is of Mure Vital Interest to
Astoria Men Than This Advertise
ment which tells of the unparalleled
reductions all thru the DANZICKR
& CO. Store's vast ttwks of Men's
Winter Overcoats and JSuitie.
THINK OF IT !
('house t re nn valuta up
to $lt.f0 tor
$10.00
Tho DANUiER & CO. Store'
imputation Is tf such a character,
and so llrmly established ami long
Mtiuullng, that when It advertises
rttliietions, Astoria folk know .they
may coino hero and Hud fulfilment
of very statement ; t hut no t'xng
gemtlon or Inflation of values is
practised; thut tvery reduction is
real, und that every gnrmimt rnvn
urts up to our critically high
standard.
Mlnd-wo do not any KVKRY suit
and overcoat in this lot Is it 1 16. GO
value, this store is jealous of tho
truth. We) do say a plenty of gar
ment of this valuo are Included
values up to this mark.
See Examples In
a Corner Window
Some lines have a complete run of
slates, others contain one, two, and
three of a lot- but AM. SIZKS are
embraced in thebaic, and up to and
including f Ifi.GO values, or E3
$10.00
! Men' fashionable lulls,
Jin newcHt HtyU'H, very
BpiTial at $2,15
k Lot of Extra Special
I Values in Suitcases at
! $3,95 $4.15 and $4.85
! Why pay others more? These
; special are for this week we can-
i
! not guarantee them to last longer.
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en. 30 and 31
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