THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
THUR8DAY, FEBRUARY 2), 1007.
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
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Publiahed Dally Except Mondiy by
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WEA1HXS.
Western Orefron Fair souht
light rain north portion.
NAME THE BENEFITS!
Thi fmm Tuesday's issue of the
Portland Journal editorial columns:
"One would suppose from the Asto
rlan's prolonged roaring over the
Port of Columbia bill that It was
something detrimental to Astoria,
whereas Its passage would benefit that
city as well as Portland and the Col
umbia river region generally. Asto
ria Is becoming too big and important
a place to tie down its interest to
those of a little coterie of pilots whose
record is open at times to severe crit
icism to say the least"
Ever since the Portland Chamber of
Commerce was delivered of its last
and worst monstrosity, the "Port of
Columbia" bill, the Portland Journal
baa steadily barked- and barked about
the "benefits" it would confer upon
this port; but without once naming,
or specifying a single item of that
quality with which it is supposed to
bristle.
Aside from the fact that It does not
carry a single providential or advan
tageous element for the city, or port
of Astoria, we have the deeper and
farther reaching ground of contention,
that the bill was framed for an end
Its text does not Indicate In terms,
bill which Is luminously apparent.
The cllncning, for all time, of Port
land's commercial dominance, to the
utter negation and mln of Astoria
commercial future. This is the crux
of our fip'ht
We know thjre is an early and ex
traordinary future forthls place, and
Portland knows it, even better than
we do; and, having over-borne the
situation successfully for half a centu
ry, she is making this, her last and
most unconscionable effort to hold
fast to tnat which is inevitably pass
ing from her.
The day is at hand for the building
of new cities throughout Oregon.
Portland has eaten and thrived upou
the tribute she has exacted from eve
ry town and section of the state, un
til she has but few real friends among
the communities; though there are
lime to deny her every claim to pre
cedence and success, and all are proud
of her as a metropolis. Unconscious
ly, perhaps, she has become over
weening, selfish, and arrogant and has
injured herself materially in riding
over everything rough-shod and ma
ting but shallow pretense of interest
and aid In and for her outlying neigh
bors. Astoria has pride and purpose of her
own and will not be gainsaid by Port
land nor any other Influence. She la
hewing to her own lln of develop
ment and does not propose to be
barred nor balked nor baffled by Port
land any longer.
That's all!
EDITORIAL SALAD.
A minute today Is worth an hour
lw.iurow.
o
Trying to avoid work Is often the
hardest kind.
"0
Never borrow trouble but always be
willing to lend it
Money talks and It Is usually in a
hurry to sny "good bye."
Immigrants from Italy outnumber
tnoso from Ireland four to one.
The government patent ntlloe is two
years behind with Its work.
o
The brass industry alone supports
70,000 people tt Waterbury, Conn. j
An Apple from
St. Petersburg', i:
I
One Greenland whale weighs n
much as SS elephants or 440 bears.
o
Sleeping out of doors Is much mi
exhilarating If a man doesn't have to.
A SalvatlonArmy lass says that the
saloonkeepers are the most generous
t'v". v.
With Senator Tillman eulogy is tne
art of inserting a brass pin In the living.
There Is no limit to the noble game
of philanthropy. Mr. Carnegie is at
liberty to raise Mr. Rockefeller's $32.
000,000 for education.
o
New Jersey's new senator Is a si
lent man as well as a poor, but so was
Gran when ho :r.Nied he mldC ag
was glad to get a Job clerking tor his
father.
Milllir'ires Rockefeller and Carne
gie have formed a sort of a literary eo
patnershlp, the former to educate men
to wrl'o took and tne latter to buy
them.
o
Mr.Cleveland will make an extend
ed adGiess on Washington's blrthd.w.
His recent democratic critics are like
ly to find it Interesting without search
ing b.-lwfen the lines.
o
A man was fined $3 for throwing
away money in a St. Louis street. He
must be a philosopher and will rejoice
to find himself J3 better off at t.ie
outcome.
CHEERFUL TELEGRAMS.
Western Union and Postal Operators
Receive a Raise.
Yesterday the respective managers
here, of the Western Union and the
Postal T,elegrapr offices, C. W. Lamar,
and Charles Humphreys, received word
by wire, confirming the advance in
salaries to men in certain grades of
each service, the new figure, in each
case, being ten per cent of the present
salaries. In the Western Union office
it affects Manager C. W. Lamar and
Night Operator J. C. Currin.
At tne Postal agency here It oper
ates in favor of Manager Humphries
and Night Operator Theodore Ferland.
The following dispatch covers the
matter, as to the Postal and was re
ceived yesterday:
New York, Feb. 20.1907. Clar
ence H. Mackay, President of the Pos
tal Telegraph Cable Company made
the following announcement this after
noon: "Statements heretofore as to
the amount of increases in salaries
which would be made by the Postal
Telegraph Cable Company have been
entirely unauthorized. The matter was
passed upon officially by this company
today however and It was ordered that
the salaries of all operators, traffic
chiefs, wire chiefs, assistant chief
operators, chief operators and mana
gers be increased ten percent and tnat
this Increase shall apply not only to
the principal offices but to all the offi
ces of the Company In the United
States."
"Astoria is peculiarly fortunate In
having the excellent service now ren
dered by these beneficiaries and will
not begrudge them a single cent of the
raise. They are entitled to it If any
one is.
8UNDAY TRAVEL TO PORTLAND
Inereaooo ami 20 Hound Trip Rate
via A. A C. R. R. Is Popular.
Travel from this city to Portland
on Sunday at the low round trip rate
of $2.50 Is on the increase end many
enjoy that day in the metropolis each
week. This rat will be continued
throughout the winter and the volume
of travel toward Portland every Sun
day would indicate that tb public
appreciates it. 11-8-tf
Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar.
Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Ho
ney and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many Imitations ' are offered
for the genuine. These worthless im
itations have similar sounding names.
Beware of them. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar Is in a yellow pack
age. Ask for it and refuse any sub
stitute. It is the best remedy for
coughs and colds. T. F. Laurln, Owl
Drug Store.
border, when from under n shawl on
the feat behind her she produced an
iile, lowered the window, and was
about to throw tlie apple, out when 1
stoied her.
"I think I deserve your eonlldonee,"
I said, "What does this mean?"
"I must et rid of It," she gasped
wag overloaded with people aiming to 'ooklng at me apa.eallngl. "It's ft
escape the terrible events transpiring , l,"ln1''
In the capital. A railroad otllclal ' front her. I hurled It with
tapped me on tne shoulder and offered i " X strength Into a field. There
ltefot-e leaving St. Petersburg Inline-1
I '
dtately after tlu great January nttissa-
!
', ere 1 called on the American minister,
i I
whom I knew, and ho asked mo to car-,
I ry dispatches to Washington, whither
! i
j 1 w;n golni;, 1 accepted the cotmnls- .
slon and left on the night train. It '
to show me a seat. He took uu to a
car where there was room but for one
w.i a tin explosion. The train stopped
and every head was thrust out of the
person, put me in. shut the door and windows. After examination tho offl
was off before I could fee him. This '''l". ""'Hug th.it no injury hud boon
astonished me. for I had supposed a ,l"m- trted the train,
fee was the object of his attention. Arriving m Merlin, th girl gave me
At every station on the route one or h,'r address on my promise not to. r.
more of the passengers In my compart
ment got out until at last there was
but one left, a young girl- 1 hud settle"
myself for a nap, but was still naif
awake, when I was conscious that this
girl was rummaging my satchel. I
ve.il It, and the next morning I called
on her. She confessed tho reason for
he sudden departure from Russia .
"I was deputed by our club," she
said, "to kill that terrible man, the
Urand Duke Vladimir, I um tho dtiugh-
was about to start up to prevent her r of a noble, a high official In the
whe, curiosity changed my Intention R"vernmont. and have access to all
and 1 feigned to be sound asleep. The I ''"'"I" emperor. The day I left
girl found my passport and seUed!St- Petersburg I had offered a basket
upon It eagerly, evidently much re- "f frult to the Grand Duko containing
lleved to find It In the satchel. Then' apples, both of which were merely
she threw off her mackintosh, took a'''l'll- skins filled with a glass bulb,
soft hat out i f her pocket, and up- the bulb being filled with an explo
peared as a man. Rolling her cast off "lv". He i-hos,- one of the apples, and
clothing Into a bundle, she lowered the j brought away the other. The one he
window and threw it out. ,,H'k ho 1111,1 hl (1,,,,k- An h,mr lttt"r
It was not long after this that the ' heard that there had been an explo
train stopped, the door opened and an "Ion hU ollkc but Be was not In
ocer put In his nead and called for j Jured. my plan had failed.
t .snorts It wa, ... erltlcnl moment ' 1"" ' " ""'' the llrst link In the
with the girl and she turned pale ,is ! ,-nain. sue iKioeu. mere are many
others. It will he accomplished yet."
She offered to return my passport,
but 1 contributed it to tho cuuse of
Russian freedom.
W. I.KROY WISH.
denth. Opening my satchel. I hunted
for what I knew she had taken, and,
not finding It. endeavored to explain to
the officer that I had left It behind.
Meanwhile tne girl had produced It.
The officer was sufficiently absorbed In
my case to hand It back to her with
a hasty exclamation.
"Your passport!" he demanded of I
me severely.
"I think I can satisfy you," I said,
and, taking the envelope bearing my
dispatches addressed to the Secretary
of State at Washington, also the seal
of the American Embassy, I showed It
to him. After some words he agreed
to telegraph to St Petersburg for In
structions, which would arrive before
we would reach the frontier. Then ho
locked the door, und In a few minutes
the train started on.
I expected the girl would thank me
for what I hail done, but I had played
Tho Kind You IIuvo Alwiiys Houglit, mid ulilch Iian Ikjoii
In UNO for ovtT 00 jt'itrN, lms lioruo (ho Hlirimturo ol'
mid Iiuh lM(ii iiiimio under Iiim jmt-
f-f1' Hoiml Miporvlsloii Mliit'o It Infancy,
Allow no oiio todcoolvo you In (his.
All Counterfeit, I ml tut Ion mid " Jnt-iM.trood "nro but
Kiporuiiouti) tlmt trlllo with mid iMiiliuwr tho lioolih of
Iuftuita wid Clilldrou-Kxiiorlvuco ogalnst i:xHirlniout.
What Is CASTOR I A
OMtotia ii a hurinlcwi mibiitltuto for Ctor Oil, Pur,
gorli. Drop mid Sooth In jr 8yrii. It 1 IMeiwint. It
contains neither Opium Morphlno nor other Nwreotle
nbsUneo. IU ng-o Is Its guitriuitee. It destroys Worm
Mid allays ForerUhnoiw. It cure Dlnrrlui u mid Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Trimble, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assluilbite tho Food, regulate tho
Stomach mid Itowels, giving healthy mid natural lcep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAY.
Boars tho Signaturo of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
tmi etiTu loaHM, ft tiuaiiM kTH.tr, new o e.t
S529
Sherman Transfer Co.
HOUSEHOLD CARES.
To ths Women of Attorii th Sme as
Eliewhtr.
Hard to attend to household duties
With a constantly aching back.
A woman should not have a bad
back.
And she wouldn't If the kidneys were
well.
Doan's Kidney Pills make well Kid
neys. Mrs. A. S. Cummlngs of 244 Clack
amas street, Portland, Ore., says:
"Kidney complaint and backache
my part so well, that she really boll.-ved ! cl""f t0 mc f"r a llm" antl often
I thought I had left my passport be-1 ' very severe attacks of It.
hind. Presently I said in French. . Some times It was a dull heavy ach
"Mademoiselle, you will paw thfe ln ov,;r kl'1,u''9 antl nB'11" hlir
border safely. I shall probably be de- at0 I""" In the "mttI1 ut tho 1,ack
talned. May I ask that you will wait The kidney secretions passed too fre
for me at-well, suppoe I meet you at fUntly and often with pain. I had
Brombcrs for return of my passport?" ""vera! remedies with poor re
Without a word she came over to "ult and wa """"V lnluced u
where I sat, and. kneeling before me, V KVy plllB- Tnev
kissed my hand. verv I"'1'"' ar"1 continuing their
"Monsieur, you have saved me from USfi. 1 0on foun1 rellef from the
death or worse than death-.SIberla." aca and pains. The action of the
"You are very fortunate In availing k'dney secretions was also strength
yourself of my passport." 1 to a great extent. I recommended
'It is not luck. A clerk in the Arner- Joan's Kidney Pills In our papers three
lean embassy Informed our club that1 year ago. I am always pleased to say
you were to depart tonight. You wre a food word for thU remedy and am
shown Into this compartment by a Klad of this opportunity to confirm my
railway official who Is also a member ' former testimony." ,
of the club. The compartment was1 Plenty more proof like this from J
filled with other members of the club Auor'a v-u .v.,. .-
to prevent anyone else from riding In' drug store and ask what his customers
it. The plan was laid for me In the report.
hope that I might steal your passport.1 For sale by all dealers. Price, 60
Had I not found It In your satchel i! cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N.
should have drugged you." ' , le Sent for the United States.
"Why are yor. leaving Russia?" j Remember the name-Doan'sand
"Just now It would not bo best to j tak n0 otner
tell you." ; "
"You are right. I would rather not'; A VALUABLE LE8SON.
know." i
UENHY HH HUMAN, Manage!
ilack, Carriage fgRg Cheeked and Trnfmd Trucks srd Furnliurs
Wage Pianos Moved, Itoird nd Khlpprd.
433 Commercial Street
Main Phone 121
, ;
BIG REDUCTIONS
ON
Wall Paper
30PER CENT OFF
I On account of the lare new spring stock coming and
t make room in our store we oiler () per cent
off lor the next few days. Huy your
wall paper now while it is cheap.
Eastern Painting & Decorating Company.
Commercial 8trtst, near Eighth. '.
wnen we reaciieu liir iimiui-:i ui:
train stopped, and the officer appeared
and said that he had received a tele
gram that at the request of the Amer
ican minister I was to be permitted to
go on without a passport. As soon as
he had withdrawn I looked at the girl.
She had fainted. I revived her with a
drink from my flask.
We had not gone far beyond the
I i'QI van QirA T iaamaA a Vttltmht
lesson," writes John Pleasant, of Mag
nolia, Ind. "I then began taking Dr.
King's New Life Pills, and the long
er I take them the better I find them."
They please everybody. OuaranteJ
at Chas. Rogers', druggist. 25c.
Morning Astorian, 80 cents per montl,
delivered by carrier.
Get the Habit. You are Missing It.
Your Neighbor is Getting Those Big f
Bargains from the
I TEN CENT STORE i
REED BUILDING.
Between Commercial and Duane
on Eleventh Street.
10c Sheet Music!!
NEW LINE
SHEET MUSIC DEPARTMENT
E. A. Higgins Co., j!
8UCCKNSOKS TO J. N GRIFFIN
Stationer"
Books Music
The Old Stove Man
Has been hunting around for a year or more to find a lino of
STOVES
at good or bettor than tho kind ho sold hero twenty years ago (some
of those aro beginning to wear out). Ho thlnki he hat found tho
lino. Ho will show thorn to you if you will oall at tho store of
W. C. LAWS a CO.
Plumbers and Steam Fitter.