THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WIDNI8DAY, APRIL 10 1M7.
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THE NEW SEASON.
Inquiry on all fides elicit the fact
that Astoria enters her new fishing
season with the brightest hopes for
its wiJest and richest results. There
are, apparently, no natural, nor arti
ficial, barriers to a successful issue In
August and no diminution in the scope
of preparation and engagement for
the work and investment necessary.
This is as it should be. and while
things afloat are rushing along sat
lsftorilji things ashore will meet
them at the dividing line and both will
work to the common good through
the prime days of the summer. As
toria is alright and "damned be he
who first re-nigs" etc., etc.
Faith is the leading motive behind
all progress, and there is plenty and
to spare of that commodity around
here just now. Behind this are the
promises inherent in the actualities
presented by James J. Hill and his
fame as a builder and exploiter of
districts wherein he buys, and to this
wholesome predicate Is due the new
lease of life and hope suffusing this
whole country-side. It Is sure and
sufficient and not only Astorians are
looking to it, but thousands of others
with eyes always turned to the best
prospects to be had.
'Astoria is all right and time will
prove it Time does all things for us.!
ben safely lde-tr-k.'d. It 'r il
'to cultivate the policy, if "' t
I the Influence t ih grsu.st of all
'our intiuenors In the te.r . affair
of the nation. Nor It to bo depr
rtsl on thp score f Its txvomlns:
part of the ub.-iuont exi f i !.
dure. fir what of pvce and safety
and Prevention It J f ontmmtfd to
the people at Urge. d- but acevntu
ate Its value In devrmlntng its -
traordlnary rlttn to everything sus
ceptlblc of populir interest. ttovrrn
ment. at a cult, I most valuable as
' it become Intimate in it, sphere and
serves Its purpose more fully in iWl
j Ing with matters supposedly uncon
j necled with it It Is of the people, and
the wider Its service, the more It !
regarded as a reliance and a necessi
ty; a feature that cannot be denied
to those who set It up and keep It in
motion for their own good. AVe be
lieve In, and endorse the rule of gov
ernmental Interference In all things
that concern the governed.
A GIANT CONTEST.
QUIETLY FORGING AHEAD.
Astoria has emerged from the des.
ultory regimen that prevailed here
through the past few years and is
quietly forging to the front
The year 1907 Is to be a time-mark
in her history that will be very cheer
fully adverted to in 'days to come and
the proof will not be wanting to
amply qualify and maintain the
boast There Is a current of real fact
and assurance setting In about here
that means a vast deal for the whole
community, if it Is but directed and
conserved to the larger elements of
success and not bound and hampered
to meet the private energies and pe
culiar wants of persons and cliques.
These must be bent to the trend of
communal good and made subservi
ent to the popular needs, coalescing
with the gradjuajl unfolcUkig off the
larger schemes that promises gener
al good,
This spirit Is growing Into convic
tion here and will contribute immense
ly to the measure of development
The gift of knowing when and how to
wait, and what to do while waiting,
are essentials of vital value and they
are being studied and applied here
now, with every indication of reali
zation, and before many years have
passed, Astoria will know the sum of
worth bound up in such a course.
She is chucking the old skin of du
bious indifference and rising to her
destiny In wide-awake style. Don't
stop her, anybody!
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.
The policy of federal Intervention
in the Jarger affairs of quasi-public
importance and interest, has proven
its timeliness and efficacy in the happy
issue of the threatened railway strike,
whereby millions of money and months
of feverish and dubious conflict have
The Thaw case in New York has
reached Its climax. The contest has
narrowed down to the big men repre
senting the prosecution and the de
fense, Jerome and Delmas are pitted
afrsd the world stands awaiting th Is
sue as it shall be sent out to the jury'.
The case certainly presents enough,
and varied, phases to invoke the ut
termost of the wonderful capacity r
each man engaged In the legal coif
test, and affords, some peculiar fea
tures never quite paralleled In crim
inology before. It Is unique In nastl-
ne's, the nastines retlng In quarters
supposedly clean and honorable. It
is a disgrace to human society In many
ways and is a sharp indication of the
liken rottenness that overlies th
boasAed purity of lives conceded fret;
of such debauched and foul conditions.
If wealth, culture, the largess of
fortune surroundings. yield no
more than has been extracted from
the Thaw case, then, indeed, we may
look with fear and trembling to the
future of America and re-read, with
abounding interest, the story of the
crusade of vice and lust that threw
the Roman empire into the dust It
is enough to make men think wisely
and deeply, and discount for the fu
ture, the shams that gloss our best,
and hide our worst, social present
ments.
The Evil
I of
i Railroad
Rebates
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fjajr i william j.
l J GAYNCR.
J-.. 1 Justice of tha
y1 A Supreme Court
EDITORIAL SALAD.
Pittsburgh's Chamber of Commerce
set out to find fifty righteous men
(some peopc are ever ready to bet
their entire fortune on deuces) and
could only dig up twentyvelght.
Neighbor, we'll gladly lend you a mil
lion to select from, but don't let your
self be led Into such reckless boast
ing in future.
Such bitter antagonism exists be
tween the Western Cnlon and Postal
telegraph companies that when one
raises Its rates the other does It sim
ultaneously. While the public's bust
ness is transacted over the wire their
own is done by telepathy. Such Jeal
ousies that makes them cut rates' up
A million dollars was spent on East.
er lilies In New York, not to speak of
the millions that went for roses' and
other flowers. We cannot deny the
charge brought by Milwaukee we are
a tribe of thoughtless spenders. Think
of all the bock beer that money would
have bought .
The Russian Government Is pre
paring to dissolve the Douma. Its
members really had the temerity to
ask for participation In the govern
ment and that wasn't what it was
called together for at all. Freedom
Is the last thing Russia means to grant
to the people.
The W. C. T. V., of Oyster Bay,
Long Island, complains that a delib
erate effort was made to attract at
agalnst the demon rum by lnterpola
tentlon from their terrible battle
ting talk about this trivial affair be
tween the President and Mr. Harri-man.
The President is doing, not explain
ing. That's a hopeful sign of strength.
Get a man explaining some and you
only have to give him a little shove
to land him on the mourners bench.
Jerry McManus Tolstoy: Indeed,
yes. It Is decidedly an evil omen to
have your automobile run into by an
express train at a grade crossing, on
Friday the 13th.
Ten thousand painters are out on a
strike in New York. That means,
among other things, that our new
Spring suits are safe as long as they
can stay out.
CUE rJtvt of wraith, provided it le aewinl on equal tennt
of conipiM-'tjon that is to say, without the firor, connir
anc OR UlSCRIMIXATioX of government or the
aii of statutes cannot be pernicious to republican institu
tions, but, on the contrary, tends to the healthy activity,
welfare and happine of the community and hence to the
TCITY of such institutions.
There is no danger of the confiscation of private property is this
country any more than in England. But the acquisition of private
property by the dishonest use of public franchisee and the aid of cun
ning statutes is a very different thing. It is more than a menace to our
republican institutions. It is fraught with their DESTRUCTION if
ruffered to continue. The' moral odium of it would in the end debase
us all, and no debased people can in the nature of things remain a free,
self governing people.
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It has been difficult to get some people to understand that our rail
roads are not private roads, but are PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, Juat as
much so as our roads which run alongside of them.
A railroad U not a private monopoly, although we must acknowl
edge that those in control of our railroads are, iu their origin and the
very law of their being public highways, subject to the regulation and
control of government. Every one may two them on equal terms.
Any favoritism in rates is absolutely unlawful AND ALWAYS
WAS.
IT IS THE, GUILTY RAILROAD OFFICIAL, HOWEVER HIGH, AND
EVEN THOUGH HE MAY HAVE ARISEN TO A HIGH PLACE IN THE
COUN8ELS AND GOVERNMENT OF THE NATION, OR IF HE BE
ONLY THE LOCAL STATION AGENT IN THE VILLAGE OR THE
LONELIEST PLACE, WHO SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
This favoritism in freight rates is the greatest crime of our day and
generation To allow one man or tet of men to have their freight car
ried over the public highways at a rate so much lower than that which
their rivals in biu-iut sti arc charged as to enable them to undersell euch
rivals AND EVEN DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS is ao
heartle -s and so damnable that we shall be looked back upon by our
descendants and by the future historian as a generation lost to moral
sense for having suffered such a condition to exist so long.
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This favoritism in freight rates has been such a DEEP SEATED
abuse that it is not to bo eradicated in years. Those who are profiting
by it namely, the few who control our railroads, our iron highways,
and then principally the great trusts, and lastly politicians and public
men who are in their pay are not to give up easily such a source of
wealth and power.
It Is my belief that the GOVERNMENT should appoint the gen
eral freight agent of every railroad, and it may have to do so, for he,
through his subordinates, could stop the abuse at once.
THE DUTY OF 8UCH OFFICIALS WOULD NOT BE TO FIX
RATES, BUT TO SEE THAT EVERY ONE PAID THE PRESCRIBED
RATE. NO MORE AND NO LESS.
timH Nnrvoun Women
Make Unhappy Homes
As the Spring develops the Inspec
tor with the keen sense of emell get
the scent of oleo and lmpresscth the
exactions of the pure food law upofi
ye sordid restauranteur.
There was Ulysses the Silent, and
William the Silent, and Theodore the
Silent! In time In time, good gen
tlemen! 'TIs' but a modest prophecy!'
President Roosevelt U not In favor
of squeezing the water out of existing
railroad stocks, but new ones will have
to wear raincoats, all right.
It Is not believed that Mr. Harrl
man's late offer of assistance to the
President will be seriously considered
at the White House.
There are other reasons for a revo
lution, too. They are talking about
putting up the price of Ice cream soda.
The safe, certain, reliable little pill",
that do not gripe or sicken ar Dnde'i
Little Liver Pills. Best for sick head
aches, bllllousness and lazy livers.
Sold by Hart'v Drug Store.
SHORT TALKS BY
L. T. COOPER.
LIVER TROUBLE.
At Easter we like to believe the jan
itor Is right, that Spring has came,
even while our teeth chatter.
Sicilian lemon brokers have
agreed to abolish rebates. That's all!
Beautiful, snowy, wintry, Spring!
Aw! Let's all go fishing!
A Woman Tells How to Relievt Rhsu
matio Pains.
I have been a great sufferer from the
dreadful disease, rheumatism, for a
number of years. I have tried many
medicines but never got much relief
from any of them until two years' ago,
when I bought a bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. I found relief be
fore I had used all of one bottle, but
kept on applying It and soon felt
like a different woman. Through my
advice many of my friends have tried
it and can tell you how wonderfully it
has worked. Mrs Sarah A. Cole, 140
S. New St., Dover, Del. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm Is a liniment. The relief
from pain which It afforJs Is alone
worth many times the cost. It makes
rest and sleep possible. For sale by
I 'rank Hart and all leading druggists.
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tflCBAH, SILK.
A dull, slu(gith liver slwsys brings m
lull, sluggish feeling to the entire body.
When the liver
works properly the
blood courses
through the body in
s bright red ttresm.
When the liver is
insetive the blood
becomes dull and
muddy, and it is
full of poisonous
mstter.
, A (rest many
people try to get a
fine, clear, pink end
white eomplexion
by rubbing things
on their feces. They
might rub s life time
sad the ssme yellow complexion would
remain for the liver csuses it. Only
bright, red blood brings fine complexions.
Blood losded with impurities from the
liver sends the impurities out through the
pores of the skin and turns the skin
brownish yellow.
To get rid of the dull, heevy feeling sod
muddy, yellow complexion get the liver
to working again. Two bottles of Coop
er's New Discovery will do this nine
times out of ten though sometimes it
takes four or five bottles.
Here's what msn who tried it isyil
"My health had been poorly for seversl
years. My face wai yellow end covered
with pimples, I wss bothered constantly
with chronie constipation, bsd little or no
sppetite end could not sleep well at night.
I became weak and lost all ambition. I
tried many different medicines but nothing
seemed to help mo until I began taking
Cooper's New Diicovery. It seemed to
help me at once. Now, after I hsve taken
several bottles I feel entirely well. My
face is clear, I sleep well, hsve good
sppetite end im quite myself again."
'I am deeply grateful for my restored
health." Michael Silk, 24 Kentucky Ave.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
We sell the famous Cooper medicines,
Charles Rogers
MKS.NLUIC MA K HAM
A senroas trrtutU woman, ofUn oa
lbs tsrf of hysterica, la a soars of
misery to svsryoae wkoeome tinder
her in Stisooe, mad anhappy aad mis
erable herself.
Sach women not only drle aas
feaads fro as home bat are wholly unfit
to rovera ahildteo.
The Ills of woaaea aet like a tr
brand apoa tha aerrea. onseqneatly
seven-Wains of Ue urwi proatra
lion, nervous deepondescy, the
"bleee", sleep Veseaess, aad serrous
Irritability of srosaea arias from some
rraate derangement.
Do yon orpertenoe fits of depreestoA
with restlessness sJterpsiing with ea
tress Irritability f Do you suffer
from pelns la th abdominal region,
backache, bearing -do w a pws.aervotta
dyspepsia, sleeplessness, and almost
ootlnaally oroea and snappy? If so,
your nerves are In a shattered eon
altloa aad yoa ere threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof Is monatnental that nothing
la the world la better for nervous
troubles of women than Lydla E.
Pinkhsia's , Vegetable Compound,
made from native root and herbs.
Thousands and thousands of women
can testify to this faot.
Mrs. Nellie Makbam. of 151 Morgan
8t, Buffalo. K. ., write:
Deer Mrs, Pink ham;
H was a wreck from neircus prostration.
MRS.GE& A.JAME3
I suffered ldUnesaarwUlboe et
see, aad mr family T rj
Veals Oepous4 aM I waat , jU jro
lalltk anttrely eared es. I thank t
I ike tnea msefeto th ,-4 1 a
seeemnwaOlsf tl as all isf frlaads Sod
anqnelntaseaa,
Mr. Geo. A. James, a Uf loaf
resident of mdasta, a. i wmeai
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ran dews eoosMsk)
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female troahle, ss (aot
iy roa dew oadlltaa
prostraMoai saneed by
ril hJ wrfkaan Wall
etaot my chMrm wee beam, This ee.
ittiiaa arortad am sa asrsss sad 1 was tv
rtmbl and mlaenMa I bed tried sssf
remesies wttbes getelag mae help hat
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has also rarrtod M safe) throo th
Change ef Ufa I eeaaof toe strongly
reconiawid year madtesae.
Nrv rtafclaa'i Urtttttai U Watus.
Women suffering from aay form of
female weakness are lsritad to
communicate promptly with Mr.
Hnkham, at Lynn. Mas, from th
symptoms given, th troubl may b
located and th quickest and surest
way of rcoorsry advised. Out of her
vast volume of iprine la treating
female Ills Mr. Vtekliam probably
ha the very knowledge that will hel
your oas. Her drl la free aad
alwavs helnfuL
, was a wm tiww w 1 .
. . i. v.iAt. rA.nnJ mii fmm net! Mote and
Ar be. contains no narcotic or harmful drugs and today holds th rrd foe
th largest number of actual cut of female disease of any medicine th
world baa ever known, and thousands of voluntary testimonials ar
01 In th laboratory at Lynn. Mass.. which testify to Ita wonderful value.
Ljdla C. PlikUa'i Vegetable Coapoaads a Woaao'i RcaxdT f We-ci'i lift,
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
t:sTAiiLiMiu:i) iHMt.
Capital $100,000
t y A. HOVv-LBY, Prsaldsnt. RANK PA1TON, Cashlsr.
J. i. I'ETtKSON, Vim l'rtuJ.ot J. W. GARNER, AaalaUat Cashier.
Astoria Savings Bank
Ol'iu, fatil ta ire,aui'. surplus and t'lirthrlilnl I'mnu .Vi,tto
jntnucU lirneml Banking klualnwa, (atrrnl l aid on Tim lrMia!U
A9TOKIA, OREGON
Sherman Transfer Co.
ilENUY HIIEKMAN. Mausgei
tack". Urrisgea I'scgage Chenksd snd Trsnarmrrsd Trucks srd furnm,-
Wagons Pianos Movsd, lloxed snd Shipped.
433 Commercial Street
Main Phone 12 '
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You can't get honest painting
done for less money than the
cost of labor and materials.
We don't do cheap work.
We give you 100 cents for
every dollar you pay.
Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. Astoria, Oregon
W. C. LAWS a CO.
HEATING AND PLUMBING ENGINEERS
Plans and estimates furnished on application.
All work done by First-Class Mechanics.
Sheet-Iron, Copper and Tin Work done in a first-,
class manner, as we do no other work in our shop
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