THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
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WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Pair.
- ASTORIA'S POSITION.
Apropos of the Oregonian's nasty and
unjust stricture on this city in yes
terday's issue anent our consistent
"fight against all things desirable for
the Stat of Oregon, etc, etc-, et, a
friend at our elbow, a man who is inti
mate with every phase of public policy
and civic action prosecuted by this city
and county, for years past, said yester
day afternoon:
"The only fight that Astoria ever
fought was for a railroad, and for the
improving and deepening of the Colum
bia River Bar.
"Portland, or rather the capitalists of
Portland, fought against Astoria in her
efforts to secure railroad connection and
were suceesrul in blocking that import
ant project for many years, forcing the
action of the Union Pacific in building
to Puget Sound, which effort was delay
ed for some time, but is again underway
and will be pushed to completion, as
they are bound to secure a portion of
tha raoidlr increasing commerce of the
Sound ports, an immense ratio of which
could have been held on the Lorumoia
Eiver if Portland had FOUGHT for it
and utilized the natural conditions at
its own gateway.
"The 0. B. t S. has been rebating to
the English exporters for many years to
equalize charges as between Portland and
Puget Sound ports and is, evidently,
tiring of that process, notwithstandinsr
its charges and profits are excessive and
pay the interest account on millions of
dollars worth of 'watered stock' which,
of course, comes out of the producers
of Oregon who have to ship over the
lines of the 0. R. 4 X.
"The Oreconian grows hysterical over
' the fact that Clatsop county objects to
being taxed to nelp pay me porc
charges for Portland shippers and calls
on the balance of the State of Oregon
to gaze on us in our shameful obstreper
onnesg. and intimatinir that there is
some sort of hypothetical blessing or
benefit in tnis same iniquitous ron oi
Columbia Law, for them! Don't be de
ceived, brethren! Any advantage you
may secure by reason of a favorable
decision of the Supreme Court on this
law. wont buv the old lady a calico
dress; and I question, if after awhile.
they wont ask you larmers to pay we
freight to Portland: in fact. I believe
you are helping to pay the freight now
from non-competitive points.
"Astoria has no fight with Portland.
claims, that, siven common
...tint trrniinal rates, thst the
shipping business can (and will) he
don hem cheaper 'nan irom any
on the Pacitto Coast ; all of which would
inmne to the benefit of every man in
the State of Oregon, producer, or mm
producer I
irnV is ami can be utilised
K1UST-CI.ASS sea port; h is not an
inland port like Seattle, Tacoma, or
Portland; but stand, in an wiuhjt,
... ,i..rt of San Francisco."
Astorian are naturally anxious for
her to attain to what is logically ami
honestly hers, and with which she would
have been Invested years and years ago
it nf hn for the at rone and sue-
cessful game played by Portland, and
which Astoria, alone, comu noi cum -mi.
rh. nrineinl of evolution and tha wit and
.,!tt of .lames J. Hill mv coalesce to
achieve a victory for us, which will
transcend the best Portland ever did for
the state, and will yield even to Port
land the lion's share of the spkndid in
crement, the omnipotent special writer
of the Morning Oregonian to the con
trary notwithstanding.
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THE PORTLAND VIEW.
Whenever aa Oregon community, out
side of Portland, does anything for it
self and the doing of it mitigate in the
least against the peculiar desires or de
signs of Portland, the Oregonian at once
.nnxnMu the rst of the state that
the rustling outsider is "fighting" the
niPtronolia and all xne rei ui w
and i worthy only of contempt. We
are sick of toe noggisn uoevrme
actuates the Oregonian, and would glad
ly ignore it, only to do so would work
inhitis to ourselves ami our plans.
The latest rod in pickle up there for
the Astorian and U tnmgs aim i.w
Astorian. is that we are "fighting" the
Port of Columbia law. and incidentally
fighting everything that blessed edict
in supposed to confer on the remotest
towns and districts of the state.
The fart of the matter is that the
Tort of Columbia law is a Portland
measure, pure aud simple; conceived,
designed, provided, in Portland; sent
through the last legislature with sneak
ing despatch under Portland manipula
tion, and begotten of Portland, for
Portland merchant and shippers, snd
for no one else in all this blessed state.
When the Oregonian says that it will
K0tit nnv nther rivertown betwd-n the
Columbia bar and Portland, it is telling
what is false and what it knows to i
false. The Oregonian is a big and in
fluential paper and a stalwart champion
of its home-town and there is such a
thing as fighting in the open for hon
est causes; but it prefers to garble, and
.!,trt twi hlniT its way through to
success with a palpably bad scheme such
as this, rather than manfully say that
it is utilizing a dernier resort to hold
the shipping of the Columbia River
against the fateful trend of events that
is absolutely certain to warp that com
mercial element from it, and place it
where nature and fiat of business at;
last directs it. '
We are not fighting Portland. e
are resisting the application of a raw
and cheap program to make this city
and county pay any share of a tax that
wa devised to intrench Portland im
pregnably in place as the only "seaport"
in all Oregon; knowing our own adapt
ability for this place and function and
contending honestly for the preference.
AND ALL ARGUMENT AND MANIPU
LATION' TO THE CONTRARY, DE
SPITE PORTLAND'S DESPERATION,
AND BECAUSE IT IS JUST AND EX
PEDIENT, ASTORIA WILL WIN OUT
IN A SHORT WHILE.
A man who is in perfect health, so he
tan do an honest day'e work when neces
sary, ha much for which he should be
thankful. Mr. L. C. Hodgers, of Branch
i.. t. thst he waa not only
lUU, A V., T w -
unable to work, but he couldn't stoop
.... , r,' 1 4lu
over to tie his own enow, on
of Foley's Kidney Cure made a new man
VI-, tt. .va. "RncMM to Foley's
yji uimji j
Kidney Cure." T. F. Laurfn, Owl Drug
Store.
GRAFT TRIAL CASES
Glass Will be Next Man Tried in
Frisco
WILL BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
Diistrict Attorney Langdon Announced
Sunday That Work of Securing a Jury
Will Begin July i Supervisors Will
Be Witnesses.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-Louia
tilas, vice-president of the racillo Tel
ephone and Telegraph company, will be
the next man under grand Jury indict
ment brought to trial in the graft cases.
On Monday next it is likely that the
work of impaneling a jury to try him
on a charge of having bribed the su
pervisor will begin. District Attor
ney Langdon niad that announcement
yesterday afternoon.
. . . ....
Judge Lawlor ou Friday last set tue
case for trial on July 1. In Judge Law.
hir's court today, argument will be made
bv the opposing attorneys in the case
on the motion of the defense to et
aside the indictments.
The 14 supervisor who have con
fessed to have receiving bribes from the
telephone company will be Important
witnesses in the Glass ces, and the
trial of Glass will be exciting and In
terest im. in that it will afford the first
oniHirtnnitv the supervisor will hae
had of confessing their boodling in pub
lic. When they prevunwy conieeu n
was within the sacred precinct oi the
grand jury room.
In passing on the motion of i,iass to
. .:.t- ivi,li.ttnitt,it n..tlillllLt
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asrainst him, Judge Lawlor will alo X
consider the testimony taken and argu-
menu to be presented a applying with I
ennui force tn the case of the indicted
official of the United railroads cum- 1
pany.
I Big Reduction Sale!
! SUITS, SKIRTS AND JACKETS !
SUITS
t VALUES UP TO 35.00
$17.50
Notice to our regular
X patiH
The above announcement I til that
f is necessary to tnos who nave at-
t tended our former sales.
X To those who have not wt Invite
1 inspection to every lady In Aatotia
and vicinity.
SilKj Petticoats
VALUES UP TO $7.50
$4.98
3.75 "
4.75 "
5.00
0.60
7.50 "
Dress vSkirts I
Best values of the season.
3.25 value $2.40
2.85
3.48
3.50
4.50 t
5.40 I
An tndlesa assortment of whit t
skirts, In duck linen, mohair, wool X
serge, la the season's imarUst styles. Z
Jackets
20.00 values $12.50
15.00 " 9.951
7.50 " 4.95?
Shown In silk, broadcloth and X
covert.
Sole agents for Standard Patterns. Sole agents for Dr : :
Warner's Rust Proof Corsets. White Linen Suits. ::
SIUGTOU DRY GOODS COMPANY
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The Msgie ITo. 3
Number three Is a wonderful maacot
It wa. pr.st.mea for Georn B. httto, of Odar Orov
tllSt tlttl.V WOUIU W urn uv.w.r - ..,, Vi.l. .1-.
as tha evidence against him is directive-, aru.ng w -
in every particular, but the proectl
i..n i confident that it has a strong
case against the vice president of the
corporation and so ueciueu to ixj
Glass.
EDITORIAL SAUO.
S2
Fear we'll have to Jm in the wheat
belt this rear a couple of notches
around the wai-t of the country.
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The telegrapher's union should be
moderate in its demand. It is nl'e
to expect to make one's entire dot as
a single dash.
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Japanc-e lalmrein find the road
through Mexico and Canada more
roundabout, but they finally get here,
just the same.
I Johnson's j& j&
Wood Finishing Specialties
and Ornamental Hardwood Floors
Refinish Your Woodwork Furniture and Floors.
Have yon any Old Furniture or Woodwork to
refinish! If so, then by all means refinish them.
Make your Furniture and Wood harmonize by
nsing
JOHNSON'S PREPARED SPECIALTIES
V See the following ...... ,..
JOHNSON'S PREPARED WAX
A complete Finish and Polish for all woods
JOHNSON'S POWDERED WAX
For Ballroom Floors
JOHNSON'S ELECTRIC S0L00
For Kemoving Old Finish
JOHNSON'S WOOD DYES
For Artistic Coloring of Woods. Made In all shades
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS. '
if The Foard & Stokes Hardware Go. ii
J Incorporated
finnwuftra tit VoaiA at StokSfl C '
rrV - -"-'iiaaet,aM.ttt
"After suffering much with liver and
kidney trouble, snd becoming greatly
discourafred by the failure to find re
lief. I tried Electric Bitters, and aa a
result I am a well man today. Tha first
bottle relieved and three bottle com
pleted the cure." Guaranteed beet oa
earth for stomach, liver and kidney
trouble, by Charlea Rogers, druggist,
50c
Paris perfumes its subway and it's
a great sueees. We've tried it anil it
doesen't do. Perhaps we nouia siiu
some other ingredient to the cigar and
arette stubs.
Governor Folk has named the first
mmliprs of the state poultry board
created by the lejrfslature. The Missouri
hen will live up to ttiis distinction wun
.... .II.. kii.K
a crop tnat never mm in-w
average.
France aooears to be the field to
which Japan is lookinir to Isjrrow money.
That French stockig kept Russia sup
plied for many years and is still weu
filled. A general naoit 01 saving is
powerful feature of finance.
"We have had but two war since
what the world is pleased to call our
'civilization,'" says the Japanese am
bassador. Perhaps Japan is engaged in
civilizing the civilized, in which case it
borrows the appliances ireeiy.
Expert Tonsorialists Engaged
Owing to the shortage of bailiei the
last two week, the Occident Harber
Simp will open tomorrow morning with
a full crew. No long aiK Your next!
so badly affected thst
orrhages," write A.
Ind. "I took treatment
rhvsicians without any benefit I then.X
started to take Foley's Honey and Tar,
and my lungs are now a sound M 1
bullet. I recommend u m aavaucw
stages of lung trouble." Foley's Iloney
snd Tar stops tha cough and teal the
lungs, and prevent serious result from
a cold. Refuse substitutes. T. F. Laur
in, Owl Drug Store.
I Fisher Bros. Company
Sole Agents for
Barbour's and Finlaysoifs
Salmon Twine
and Netting
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs ix Hardware, Iron, Steel and Ship Chand- f
Several years since my lungs wore , , f ., j t-n. v-?, . . 1 r ! !
M. Ake, of Wood, T - 1 -if TT1 it
ent with several, j Goods. Paints. Oils. Glass and Hardwood I
, , ,
Tn a table irivintr the votina In 1004
of the former slave states the figures
of Tennessee were duplicated for mas.
The vote of Tennessee was 105,389 Re
i,V,lin. 181.653 Democratic, and that
of Texas was 51542 Republican, 167,200
Democratic. Though munh tne larger
staate, Texas cat a smaller vote than
TVnnwme. With this etianre the vote
in aall the former slave states foot up
1.193,113 Republican and 1,600,609
showinif elincninu the
-,.!nt hot ho number of southern re
nnlil cans U olten LT'Mlliy uimcn..
and misunderstood.
Remarkable Rescue
That truth is stranger than fiction,
has once more been demonstrated in the
little town of Fedora, Tenn., the rest
dene of C. V. Pepper. He writes i 1
, in bed. entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat.
Doctors failed to help me, and all hope
- . .
had fled when I began taking Dr. King's
New Discovery. Then instant rellei
came. The couohinit soon ceased the
Heeding diminished rapidly, and In three
week I was able to go to work. Guar
gntpl mire Ifor couchs and colds. BOo
and $1.00 at Charles Rogers Drug Store,
Trial bottle free.
"Our
Shoes"
Means Standard of Merit.
Our Service and our
methods of business are of
the highest excellence as
well as all of our Footwear
Everything is of the highest
except our prices, and they
are always the lowest
Our Specialties Are
Loggers and long hand made
boots for Fishermen.
S. A. G1MRE
MS Bond St, opposite Fisher Bros.
Groceries
; A Complete Line of Fishing Cannery
Logger and Mill Supplies
Fisher Bros. Co.
546-550 Bond Street
Astoria. - - Oregon
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DRINK MALT!
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Noted for it's
PURITY QUALITY
CLEANLINESS
A Great Appetizer, Equal to Imported Stout
SlB the dozen
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589 Commercial. Street ' ;