Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1907)
XT-----'- "' -l":' ' V--' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1807. .-....ja THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, AST01UA, OREGON. A QUICK LUNCH Why spend a couple of hours preparing your noonday lunch? We carry a large line of ready cooked foods. Little Neck Clams, Canned Crabs. Chicken Tomales- Spanish, Asparagus Tips. Etc., which caubc prepared in a very few minutes. A. V. ALLEN, Phones 3S71 and 711 Main. Sale Agentt for Baker's Barrington Hal' Steel Cut Coffee. Ill LD LABOR REPORT Census Bureau Publishes Bulle tin Dealing With Evil. STATISTICS ARE AMAZING One and Quarter Million Children Em ployed in the United States In Southern Cotton Mills Three Tenths Are Children. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. A bulletin is to be Ii-ued this week from the Cen sus office dealing with child labor lnj the United States, a subject that occupying the atention or a very large number of public men. It has been discussed in both Houses of Congress and during the week Senator Beverldge of Indiana, made a most exhaustive speech upon the matter. This forth coming tulletin will show tht the to tal number of child bread winners that is, children between the ages of 10 and 15 years employed in con tinental United States, rea'i-r tne amazing aggregate of 1,750,178. This is based upon the figures of 1S00 and the total undoubtedly has increased since then. Of this total, however, 1,054,446 were engaged in agricultural pursuits which are 688,207 employed in trade and transportation where they are denied good care and the opportunity to edu sate themselves and subjected more or less to bad influences. In domes tic service there are employed 120,617 girls of tender years and 17,05! boys. Of the grand total of children employ ed almost fifty percent were under the age of fourteen years. In cities, there statistics show almost Invariably the percentage of bread winners among negro children is much higher than that for any class of white children. Taking up the subject of employments among cotton mill operatives it Is bown that ch-idrn arj f'-und :h Southern mills in the proportion of three of every ten operatives, and in the North, one in every ten. This is not due to the concentration of the industry in the South but to the great er tendency to employ children. Particular attention is called to the harmfulness, from the point of view of health and morals, to the employment ef children in the mines, those employ ed in this work numbering 24,105, the majority of whom are children of for eign birth. This bulletin, which will soon be within reach of any who desire to study the question, is a most valu-j able contribution to a subject upon which difstic legislation is being ur ged. It takes every industry and con cludes with ir-t subject of illiteracy You Can Be Easyl W. L. Douglas Shoe They are the Greatest of All Shoes in single and double soles, warm and strong, protecting the feet and health t the same time. These shoes have that soft, velvety feeling, and have that peculiar action making walking a pleasure. They are gratifying to the most sensitive feet. Our Specialty Line of Loggers Shoes guarantee satisfaction to the wearer. No better but a leader of all. S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond St., opposite Fisher Bros. UGANBEZ which naturally follows the withdraw al of children front the avium's ami .'.nl iut. tlutn in the ranks if v.';to earners. During the last two war the House Committee on Agriculture has made several attempt. ti ilo away with some of the l.ureaus of more or less impor tance fnm u sclentitk' view point, but the friends of the scientists who are drawing comfortable salaries have been mum-rous cr.ough to prevent their sep aration from the public service. Lust year the effort to abolish the so-culled free seed graft, was unavailing- This week the committee discovered that Congress had been appropriating $."2. 000 a year for the support of the Bio logical Survey Bureau of this depart ment whose duties are defined in a high sounding paragraph Issued by J the Agricultural department, but that :is a matter of fact the services of the experts has been utilized and the ma jor part of the money expended in an effort to chart the country for the pur pose ' r showing where frogs thrive is-best and where they can most easily propagated. The director of this survey, the com mitee form, ad what on of thni called, a "bug" on frogs, and was de voting all his energies to a study of this topic to the exclusion of every thing else. Frogs legs are admitted to be a delicacy by a great many peo ple but the practical men of the House committee concluded that It was an "infant Industry" that could get along without federal assistance. This con-ilt-'ion was reached after much dis cussion and many humorous referen ces to the experts of the bureau. Con fess has unsuccessfully attempted to limit the possibilities of some of these bureaus In the past, and profiting by the lessons learned in that direction the House Committee settled the ques tion by striking out every dollar of the appropriation for the support of the bureau and putting It out of the public service entirely. The Senate may put it back, but there Is bound to be a pretty contest over the perpetu ation of this frog developing bureau of the government. The late Tom Reed, when taunted by the Democrats In the House with the large appropriation made by the Republicans fur support of the Gov ernment, replied that this was a Bil lion Dollar Country. Speaker Can non in a speech recently said that this country "was a hell of a success." Both men were justifying the public expenditure of funds. Two bills that are to be acted upon by Congress with in the next fortnight, again emphasize the fact that the resources of the United States are enormous and that its financial budget may be in pro portion to Its receipts. The River and Harbor bill reported this week, which carries the money for the improvement of the great har bors and the waterways of the coun try, carries a total of $83,466,138 for these internal improvements. This, a few years ago, would have been eon- ; sldered an expenditure amounting , to i profligate extravagance, anl yet It does not begin to approximate the appro priations asked by members of Con gress, The naval committee, whichj has been wrestling with the items con nected with that expansive arm of the I public defense, will soon bring Its bill into the House and when completed, in the face of the most painstaking ef fort to keep it down, the total of the funds to be authorized for the Ameri can navy during the next fiscal year, will run very close to the $100,000,000 mark. There seems to be some truth in the observations of the former great Speaker and his worthy) prototype, "Uncle Joe" Cannon. EVEN FROM THE MOUNTAINS Ballard's Snow Liniment Is praised for the good It does. A sure cure for Rheumatism and all pains. Wright W. Loving, Grand Junction, Colo., writes: "I used Ballard's Snow Lini 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 get about, but on apply ing your liniment several times during the night, I was about In 48 hours, and well in three days." Sold by Hart's Drug Store. Morning Astorlan, 60 cents a month, H MIDYEAR GRADUAT ING EXERCISES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY NEXT BY THE TWENTY PUPILS WHO HAVE FINISHED THE EIGHTH GRADE OF ASTORIA SCHOOL8. The graduating exercises of the Eighth Grade of the Astoria public schools will be neid next Friday at 2 o'clock In Logan Hall. The pro gram is as follows: Vocal solo Miss Kathryn Shlvely. Essay, "Norwegian Life" Arna Ab-rahamson. Essay, "Superstltutions" Julia Seafeldt, Julia Krager, 1M win Jack Krager. son, John Torkelson, Onnle Hankonen, Essay, "Dangers of Goldseeking" 1 Eddie Ralsakka, Alec Adair, Kate Ross. Essay, "Italy and the United States" ! What To Do When Bilious. Kate Kelly. S Tne right thing to do when you feel Violin duet Edith and Frank Lind- bilious Is to take a dose of Chamber- strom. Essay, "Henry Clay" ' Julia Paldan- las, Essay, "The Education of the Ne- gro" Elva Jeldness. Essay, "The Japanese QunMon" Myrtle Harrison. Vocal solo Miss Bertha Stephenson. Essay, "Children of Cuba" Hazel Wright. j Sea- Esaay, "The Poor' Elizabeth feldt. Grocers and Butchers - DURING sow? I WILL ALLOW YOU FROM 3.00 to $10.00 ON MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS I WILL ALLOW YOU FROM 65 cents to $2.00 ON BOY'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS. 1-5, 1-4 and 13 Reductions on Pants. 1-5, 14 and 1-3 Reductions on Underwear. 1-5, 14 and 1-3 reductions on Overshirts. 1-4 reductions on Trunks and Umbrellas. Mind You These are New Goods Sacrificed, 0 TJ33.9jXL BEHIND EACH ARTICLE IN HIS STORE Essay, "The Panama Canal" Fred . Hardest-. i Instrumental solo Miss Wilma I Young. i Address to Class Hon Geo. No li of : land. Presentation of Diplomas J. Hlgglns, Chairman of the Hoard Education. . Vocal quartet, "Song of the .Shep herds" Mamie Follet, Etta lilelmeler, : Edwin fIJer-Iing, Nlkolaim Hrlll. ; Flowers. i There are twenty graduates, equally ; divided between McClure school and Adair school as will be seen by the following lists: McClure School Arne Abrahamson, Fred Hardesty, Eva Jeldness, Cier ' trude Itohr, Violet Lockhard, Virgil Nowlen, Ida Raskl, Merwyn Troycr, Chas. Oswlg, Kate Kelly. ' Adair School Kate Rokh, Hazel ! Wright, Julia Poldanlus, Elizabeth Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Try It. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Frank Hart's and leading druggists. Possesses wonderful power over the human body, removing all disorders from your system; that's what Hol- lister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. For sale by Frank Hart. now? Wise BIG APPROPRIATION. House Passes River and Harbor Bill Carrying Eighteen Millions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The House today completed and passed the Illver and Harbor Appropriation bill carry ing more than $SO,000,000, with sun dry amendments, all of which were Miiggeslcd by the chairman of the committee, Mr. Hurton. Among the nmendtnenlH was one for the mainten ance und continuing of Improvements of the Chicago River, appropriating $200,000 being an increase of $180,000. Another was for a survey of the Mis souri river from lis mouth to Sioux Clly. The bill amending the naval appropriation bill was taken up and made a continuing Order. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fa vorite. "We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to any other for our chil dren," says Mr. L. J. Woodbury of Twining, Mich. "It has always done the work for us In hard colds and croup, and we take pleasure In reoommend Ing It." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Signaturo of S7? 3 ECZEMA SUFFERERS) G.t a Sample Bottle of That R.fr.srf ing Liquid D. D. D. Presoriptlon (Externally Used) Instant Re lief. Is there any sufferer from skin dls-enHeHr-eczema, pnnmlnlH, or klndrod ailment who could read this nnd fall to take advantage of the offer? A trial bottle of that thoroughly proven remedy -I). D. I). Prescription a remedy tjxed EXTERNALLY, and endorsed by physicians this trial bot tle n.t less ihon cost of postngo and packing! Wo KNOW that the INSTANT you apply a few drops of I), i). U, liquid to that awful Itching skin, the agony Is gone you are soothed, refreshed, free from that Itch. Soon there nre signs of cure. Is not this worth a TRIAL? Send 10 conts (silver or stamps) to the D. D. D. Compnny's laboratory and get a trial bottlo of this EXTERNAL remedy. We know you'll come to our store after the tria,l and get a regular bottle at $1. Send the dlmo today to the D. D. D. Company, Sulto B, 112 120 Michigan Street, Chicago. Charles Rogers, Druggist. HUNTING FOR TROUBLE. "I've lived In California 20 years and and am still hunting for trouble In the way of burns, sores, wounds, boils, cuts, sprains, or a case of plies that .I. t a. 1 .... I rf ... . , i I """"mi" ahuuo, Dttive won i quiCKiy cure" writes Charles Walters, of Alle ghany, Sierra Co. No use hunting Mr. Walters; It cures every case. Guar- anteed at Chas. Rogers' drug store, 25c.