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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1907)
NO 142. VOLUME UNI, ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1807. PRICE FIVE CENTS FORCED 1 ACCEPT Kansas Governor Thinks Roose- velt Will Accept I Illimit Hud Llit of State Having 4 Naval Militia Unite! Stat Array U i Leading Ctomdal IfMloot-f tb World Public Linda Convention. , . WASURCOTOX Jn 22. If Row. Bi.r Edward W, lloch, of KB, run afoul of "Unci M Cannon, U la at together probable that tit titinflow? ataU will have to cell apadal Jtlo to fill to vacancy in It ehlef executi ve ehalr cauM by tha meeting. ' Gov trnor lloch pnt thru day here on lib waa at tha hnul of a eninmltte of Etna to tha Laiua . Island Navy Yard at Philadelphia, wher the Jcle gallon will present silver aervlc to tha bettlMhlp ' Kana. 5 If dlcwved presidential puanihllitlri and para It at bla opinion that Prei'dent Roorvelt will I furred to accept a renomlnation at Hi hand ot tha convention. II added, howrw. tht If tha President' decision waa Irrevocable, Secretary Taft certainly would he given the Kanae delegation, and added i 1 ' ' 1 "There ha been cofiitirabl talk In Kansaa of Secretary Root, and anina of Vie dTr-Ment Falrtianka; bnt air. Taft will have Hi vol of tb Kna del eatlon to next year's convention. hk'r Camion I regarded aa too old.' Va floiU I hit reflection on the sptlght 1y and agile young Npraker of the Hrnma Is tha saddest tiling yell . "Uncle Joe" la frlaklng around In political territory like two year old colt In a pasture Kit, but wltb little kicking up or heel 111 fart, the quiet activity of the Kpeak er eau(ng tit other contetnt a good deal of uiielne. In any event, Gov ernor Ilorb'a friend ahould offer up prayer that he get home without meet ing "I'm le Joe" enroute. IllinoU lead In the lUt of state which bot of a naval militia. Ac cording to a tulile prepared bv dlree ttlon of Altant Nwrtsry of the Navy .Ve wherry, the total strength of the naval militia orgunliutthms o (the United Statei on July 1, WWI, win 8,. 007. Of thU number 473 weiw oillecr and 4, 024 enlisted men. IllinoU lend the Hut with a total of 038 offleera and menjv California ha 452; Connecticut 20; DHrlct of Columbia 10 Louie iaiift 644) Maryland 237 1 MiuwichiiseU 49!1 j New Jersey 303 r New York 015; Ohio 18J Rhode Wand 187 South Car olina 101) North Carolina 177; Minne eota 117and Michigan 101. Plan are being made by the navy department for practice emitted for nil these different division. The nmnouvi-r to be un dcrtaken on tlie Oreat Lake are to be elaborate this summer and a. fleet of live war vessel, harmless o far aa ar nior U eonrerned, will be utilized in (jhlng the freh watei' aallora an In flight into what" life on the bounding wave' ai'tunllv l, All the eruinea, whether on "mlt water or freah, will each be' a week In duration. " ' g The United State haa eatablUhed. it ' rljfht to a plnce among the leading com- nierciftl nationa of the world.' Aoeording 1 a report tanned this week by the i)e partment of Commerce nnd l-wbor, the foreign trade of thin country for elev en month ending Jiy 81t, for the flrat time in hialory la auelr ft period, paxxed the three billion dollar mark, oxewMlinrf by $320,161,7(10, tbo lotola for the oorwapondirig month of the lt fleal yenr. Of thin enormoua bu- lite $1,922,000,432, repreaented lin porta and $1,742,0,10,210 were exporta. A Inrgo increime In Import reduced the balance of trade In favor of the United State, but tills low, If It can oe toiiued a loan, was more than balanced by the exceaa of gold import which to talled $84,777,587. Thl marvelou allowing, It will be fully expected, will be outdiiitanced, and eclipsed within the next decade, on ie the Panama, Canal U completed, and the polioy of waterwaya development ,to which the government now aeema oommlUed, 1 under way. At the present time, practically all that bar American manufiicturnra and ex porter from th rich market of South and Central American trade, I the In ability to move freight cheaply to the Atlnntifl and Pacific, poaxta of the South 'American continent. ' Because they have cheap water rate all the way, the com peting Kngli'h, French and German flrtnl have bees enabled to hut the American litielnnai but of tbt rich trade territory, Tula uutalde competition 1 due entire ly to the fart that the waterway of the United ftatet are not deveinpen ant Otlllaed, and tbl la been pointed du reijuently by the Kailoal River 4, JUrbara Congrea, who well known contention tUt the Feder! Rovernmeftt booldt'appniBit $.10,000,000 annualy for thl work it receiving ever-growing iiport. It U pmU tlat' tha'puiilii tandl Convention gathering In Denver may bav bad nothing to do with It, but th fact remain that the Secretary of the Interior thl week batend to reotor to the publle domain teveral thound acre of land Which haj been with drawn for foreetry purjioae. Prb dent !looeve!t evinced extreme unea- Inena over the probable action to be taken by thi eonventlon In erlt iclm of hi land policy and aa reault for mid able array, of fovemment ofilciala, headed by secretary' Carfletd end re retairy IVIIwin, wa mamhalled and burled uMn the enemy. It my be that the retortlon of the lend, eotulng on (be v of the convention, t intended aa a peace offering. The landa to be re etored Include 200,480 acre neer the Caehutop Furetj 3()Q,440 acre near tlie Man Juan Foreat and' 40,080 acre neap the Park Kange all In Colorado. In adiilon thera are 30,400 acre re lured near the Medicine Ilow end Si erra Madre Forla In Wyoming, R M. R. of NVhvllle, TennM re Igned bla official pntltlon In the Die trlct Department thl week and will take up tha practice of Uw in bt borne lata. Mr. Itoa I 1 graduate of the fieorg Washington University law eliiHil Imvlng eom here' with the de gree of Bachelor of Arte from the I'nl verlty of Nashville. Mr. Itoa' ce Is fair exempte of rore of other, for lb government .clerk of today I nothing if nut ambition. Their hours are not onermia, the government de partmenle closing at 4:30 In the after noon, and ft large number are to lie found enrolled In the Department of Uw and the Medical Department of the George Wellington University. Siteelnl opportumtlet are offered this clan of ttudenl In the arrangement of lecture and clae and a, a rule they make brilliant atudent. The extensive Held of research, which is to be found in the different department of the gov ernment, give the graduating atudent a wMer ad more thorough tnaight In to the especial study he is pursuing thin probably could be aeeured in a university eituated in any other city This la one principal reason why the movement under way by the authori ties of the George Washington Unlver slty to raise an adequate endowment fund haa met with auch hearty eproval from the highest officers of the United State government . There I a growing tendency to deco rate men in the public service with tint verity degree. - Debarred by the Con stitutlon from the conference of decora- tion of any kind, the government has no means of recognirlng publicly the useful career of public servant, or of showing Ita enreoliition in any mate' rial way of the act of those from for eign government who have helped to uplift the race. ! In thl quandry the American Universities have stepped in. Ut week the University of Chicago conferred an honorary degree upon the iritin- Ambassador and this week Ford- bam university conferred upon ,th Hon. ueriiert C. Squiers. United State Min ister to Panama, the hnnokarr deirree of L.IJ E, The degree I given In ap- pronation of of Minister Souicr' . lone arm uscrui career m tne aervlce of the country. The diplomat made nolo bio record in Peking during the Boxer troubles, when he wa chief of etnff for Sif Claudd' Macdoiald"and did aplendid ervlce Iti preserving trmn'niaasacre the the Inhabitants of the beleagured le gation, For bia work In thi oonnec tion he wa given the thanks of the British Government. Later he made a brilliant record a United State Mini- ter to Cuba, post he held from May, 11)02, until November, 1005, when he re- algned. , ,,. r .tj-'V m ITER SUPPLY New York's Great Project for iSufflcleni Water. MANY MILLIONS FOR WATER But Hot ia Stock City to Pay $soi,- 000,000 for Gigantic Syitem to Fnr- nlih (00,000,000 Gallons Dally Ac dtmle Honor For New Yorker. The Navy Department thl week ac cepted the battleship Nebraska from a shipping concern in Seattle, end the of- flem! oidors have been given placing her in oommUslon. A yet the captain ad other officers' havtl not' yet been selw tedrbut thl I a mere matter'of detail. The NcbraaU will be the onlv battle- ahlp In comiulilon In Pacific Coast wa ter and in cne of anv trouble with Japan, whl,-h altogether unlikely, she will lie given an opportunity to show her mettle. NEW YORK, June 22.-Ma.yor Mc Clellan by the tlmple exiiedient of (tick ing ft spade Into the ground at Peeka kill thia week and turning over ft aod formally Inaugurated work on the new water supply ayatem foe New York which will be the mot tremendoua ever uuderUken. It will exceed tb Suez Canal In cost, with ft total of $101,000, 000, and I to ultimately furnish the city with ft mere trifle of 800,000,000 gal Ion of water dally, in addition to ft preeent aupply. 80 great la the con aumption of water here, that one after another all the available itream and watershed in the immediate vicinity have been exhausted, and the problem of getting the neceary supply baa a limed more and more irriou prupor tion. A ft rewilt the greatest under taking aver ftttewpted for such pur pose U now underway- It Involves nothing let than the transformation of a. whole countryide, together with tunnel, aequrduct end reservoir con struction on ft Titanic arale. The wa ter will flow 130 milt from the far- then limit of tb supply to the foun tain in City Hall Park, and the water shrde to be. drained b"ve an are of mor than 1MM) auuare mile. A filter plant UU acre In extent and two reeer voire one of them having a capacity of 12,000.000 gallons, and the other 40, 000,000,00, will lie feature of the work The large reservoir, which will collect the wator aupply from half a down smaller ones, will be 12 mile long, and 2 mile wide, while the smaller one will BcieiUte the removal of the entire village of Keneiuo, including many old homesteads where families have lived for generation. The great aqueduct conveying the water to the city will have a bore larger than the subway and will pass under the Hudson River at a depth of GOO feet. Of couroe New York dor not expect to drink all of the water. Some of it will be used for bathing purposes, and Street Commis sioner Craven ia of the opinion that the streets also should be wanhed every di an operation demanding the contea of a. email lake. , It i not often that honor in acad emic,' military nd diplomatic fields fall to the lot of on person, but ncverthe less that it what came to the Hon. Herbert C Squier, now United States Minister to '(Panama, this week when Fordhftm University, conferred on him the honorary degree of I L D., to ex press in o doing, aa her president ata ted, in writing to Mr. Squiers, "the af fectionate regard in which she hotda you and to tentify to the pride she feel in the excellent service yon have ren dered "our beloved country through; a long and honorable career." That car cor began In the army In 1878 and was later transferred to the diplomatic field in Berlin, China, where special honors were gained, Cuba, 'antf. later Panama. Mr. Squiers, ia still, however, a'compar- atively young man, being only 4 years old, and it l expected that, 1 hoi may shortly be made an nmbassadotf Gov cmor Hughe probably will hold the record of 1007 for the receipt of com mencement honors, several institutions conferring degree on htm. Mark Twain Is another prominent New Yorker to receive an academic badge of distinc- Ezr Meeker, of Indiana, and Orecon. Is preparing to descend on Pnealdent RooBdvelt nt ,' Oyntor Bay within the next -'two or three week to endeavor to enlist hi auport In the scheme of the building of a great government road from the Missouri River to Puget Sound. Meeker and hie wife ' left ' Indiana in 1851 and traveled to Pugef Sound m an ox cart. In January, 1000, he and his wife again" atarted' on a' long' - jiunt across country' In an "old fashioned prairie schooner drawn by , oxen, As waa the case In the trip west,' Meeker followed the Old Oregon tttul, and be tween hi home In Puyallup, Wash, and the Mitwouri River, he set up some twenty atone monuments, marking the trail winch la now almost Obliterated. After he sees the President Meeker ex pect to arrive here in time to pas bis (clieine before the Sixtieth Congress, ujivjvmi ' it will be a red letter day for seekers after good values in Men'i and Boy's Clothing. ' With the cash ia one hand and v a knowledge of our business in the other we b&ught direct , , from the great Clothing Centers oi the East, and today we' will be proud to welcome you to come and see what we ? have accomplished accomplished at our store for you. Remember this store is run in your interest. When we get a great bargain in MensClothing it is yon we are think ing of. When we buy a lot of shirts etc. at less than the usual price we think of the pleasure it will' give you. It is the same way in respect to every article in which we deal. We Are in Business to MaKe All the! Money We Can " . i , . ..'..', Honestly a little here and a little there, spread so thinly over such a large surface that no body minds it. And the better bargains we place in yoor way the often er you'll come and the more money well make in the' end. We make money by helping you to save money. Today yon can confidently look for bargains in every department. FOR, EXAMPLEt Men' $12-50 6uiU for...... I 8.J0 " 1500 " 150 " 17.50 " " 130 18.00 is-as " 20.00 " ............ 14-50 " 22.50 " " 16-00 25.00 " " 17-50 Boy' 12.00 Suita for 11-35 " 2.50 " 1.7s Boy (3.00 Suit for. " 4.00 . 5.00 - . .SftM . -73 35 Men's $1.25 Silk Front Shlrta for. .(040 m 1.00 " - ".. .63 " fcOOShirta for ;.. 1.50 " 1.75 " .............. 1.3s " 1.50 " vis m .............. 4$ .75 " .50 r c"3 J 518 Bond Street CHAS. LARSEN, Prop. - Formerly 557 Commercial St. tion, but be l travelling all the way to Enirland for hi, thu inciuenuuiy ea cabinir some hlirhlv unseasonable weath , ct eri This year commencement itt Mew York was regarded aa te coldest ever, both hv Columbia anl FoiMham univer sities, and the - nraduatins classes of both imtitutiona will doubtless be able to rouiemebr the date of their claa by countinir back to the year of New York'a apringlea spring. About the Fourth of July, Kara Meek er, who haa come out of he farthest West In prairie, schooner drawn by oxen, expects to lay before President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay a plan for the overthrow Of Mr, Horriman and the so lution of the problem of railroad mo nopoly in the United States which de serve 'careful consideration.' The plan contemplates nothing else than the con struct ion of a great continental road way from the Missouri River to Pugot Sound, over the line of the old "Oregon Trail,'' and, possibly continuing east ward from the Mississippi to the At lantio eeasboard over the old Cumber land pike, a national road built by the Federal government in the early part of the ninth century. Twice Mr. Meeker Mas traveled the trail in an ox wagon. The first time was In 1851, when he left Indianapolis; and crossed to Puget Sound. A few years ago he conceived the idea of returning East over the same; route' and interesting the inhab itant of the' town along the wayi in erecting monument to mark historic pointa along the old highway. He set out with hi ox-team and the original prairie schooner in January, 1006. Af ter reaching bis old home at Indianap olis he evolved hi scheme for a recon structed Oregon Trail, free to all who could find any means of conveyance, as likely to point the way to a. solution Yc Continued on Page 10) UTireworRs. . Wholesale and Retail i.s-o-i I n WE HAVE; TBS LARGEST, HOST ; COMPLETE STOCS OF FIHEW08KS AND CRACKERS IN TEE CITY. ALL C'lN STOCK AND CAN MAKE DELIV ERY AT ANT TIME. SEE CORSES . WINDOW FOR 1 SAMPLES. - MANY NEW) NOVELTIES, i E. A. HIGGINS CO., MUSIC BOOKS STATIONERY -'. i ' A Good Workman is Known by His Tools A bad( workman Quarrels with hi tools, but even a good workman quarrel with bad toola. No workman ever quarrel 4wlth tool bought of Aatorlo Hardware Co Nor will he quarrel with u for having sold ,them to him. Our reputation t' made by aal added to wale. No on e&le will mak or break ua; but tb continued reputation' of aelllng auch good good a ww' do, you cannot aftord to deaplsev 1 1 ' " . ' ' Astoria Hardware Co., 113 12th St.