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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1907)
THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN IiUbUiM ilTJ- kbUsbeA Daily Swept Hondar k Tit J. & DSLUHGES COMPAHT, S0BSCRIPTIOS &ATU. Wf nail, V 7 By Maxtor, per month. .17.00 WISK1Y ASTOXIAS. 0, sail, p to adTaaee.. 11.80 Entu4 M Mend-?. mbn for tb dcfrwtoC of Tm Moi XUIFfiDSX MAI5 Ui. OtnU4 JP of VUMop ooamj ana iCHJOlAiwna. Um e I WEATHER. Western Oregon Fair in the south j probaWy showers in north portion. Western Washington Show- ersj cooler except war ooet. Eastern Oregon, Washington 4 nd Idaho Showers and thun- 4 der stonne; cooler, PORTIAin)-ASTORIA SPEEDWAY. There should be no let-up in the work of securing a splendid, scenic speedway between the metropolis and this city, and thence to the Clatsop coast resorts; h, is one of the chiefest and most de tirable things new under consideration ad will contribute- immensely in the envelopment at" the entire river and coast country. Portland autoinobilits are deeply in terested in the project and any showing of the kind by the people en route will bt met with generous measure by them at any time, and it behooves the officers and eitizens of the three counties to reach an amicable and thorough under standing so that by another season the "devil wagons" may be spinning both ways to the enjoyment and profit of all concerned, and that means everybody within ten miles of the right-of-way; for the man with the automobile is the man who is usually able to spend money and invariably does it with lavish goodwill, and the better his road the tireer his purse. He wants a hishwav on which he can "go," and as long as tlje going is fine and unimpeded he balks at nothing short 0: down-right robbery. But aside from all such considerations, it is a valuable asset, to everv communitv to have a broad, fine, far-reaching road from its own gates to everywhere; they are mui tiolvinir all over the east with extraor- K . O dinary rapidity, and there is no reason why the far west should not have some specimens of the high-art of speedways; nobod-v is barred from them, and once properly laid, they require no more cost for workintr than anv other eood 0 u road, and are a standing credit to the community through which they pass. we feel certain that tiatsop win Keep up her end of such a proposition, and Columbia county is the cheapest to operate of the three counties invoivea, having the most level land, and she will hardlv disparage so notable an advant age as a magnificent and permanent course lor the purpose named. "old fashioned and out of place in pub lie print or place, but it does not do any harm to revert once in a while to tlie simpler and sweeter tiring and Uke measure of the space and direc tion of our own retrograde movement. 0 ASTORIA IS A BIDDER. If I'ncle Sam is hunting for a seques erect his new Pacific Coast navy yard, we tree his new Pacific Coat navy yard, we beg to remind hiin that Astoria is a bidder from now on, for the plum. From the Straits of Fuoa to the Mexican line, there is no such place for such an estab lishment as within the mouth of the great Columbia Rivers not down its thraot, at Vancouver; nor in its gullet, at Portland, but just back its teeth, or behind its epislottis, Tonaue Point: anywhere in its safe and capacious maw, and handy to Astoria. This is an ideal location for a great plant of the kind. There is ample com munication and transportation and in stant touch with all the sources and schemes of civilization t there is quick despatch to be had in and out; there i safetjy- of the most impregnable kind; there is everv element oi convenience peculiar to naval yards and docks, good water spaces and depths, shelter, secur ity and natural vantage of every kind desired for huge concerns of government like thi. We respectfully suggest that this matter be made the unanimous business of all Astoria and that every agency at the command of the city and section oe nut in motion, to the convincing of the powers that be in this behalf. We might as well have the navy yard here as the other good things headed this way, and the government itself had very much iar and conspicuous fitness of the local iar and conspicuous fitness of the locale and the strategic value that makes it super-eminent. o EDITORIAL SALAD. What is a Democrat! A man who, judging from the size of the the Keith- lican majority, feels nuirhtv ululoso- phicial over what is nationally in pro- pect when his partv gets another iick- OLD-FASHIONED HONESTY. . Day by 'day what is known as real, cri-fashioned honesty is becoming pain' fully rarer; the now and expansive doc trine of policy-honesty is usurping its place as an attribute of daily life, in every concievable walk and phase of human contact. The worst tt'eatnre of the mi versal lapse lies in its adaptation by the very children, who might be relied upon tome day, to reinstate the one-time code of dignified personal obligation, and restore the old sense of security, now all but eliminated from the affairs of meit, There is a cold indifference, a spacious calculation, a deliberate acceptance; with regard to individual honor nowa days, that frankly pre-supposes every man to be dishonest. This is heart breaking to the older generations who were raised to the happier conviction that most men were necessarily honest and square. The dollar has won out in the contest with principle, and is now asserting its dominion with a rawness for which there is no parallel among the savage things with which we have to deal. Its consciencelessness is the most dangerous of its many-sided, evil nature and in ftuence; and the mind and heart devoted to the study of human conditions can find but bimsy ground for hope that so' ciety will ever reverse the rule, at least, until the absolute panic of moral ruin shall drive us to the resumption of the nobler and more natural ethics of hu man intercourse, and forces us to the uppen levels (from which we have so swiftly and willingly descended. We know that sue hideas as these are HOLD BIG MEETING Chamber of Commerce Reaches Important Point. MAY ANNEX WARRENTON Want Dredgo For Harbor To Fort Stevens Why te'a Report Pleases New Members and Much Enthusiasm Advertising Gone Over Fins Showing Astronomic.il photographs say the canals on Slurs are double. Consequent ly, it is in order to assert confidently that there are mukrats on Mar that sometimes put one of the canals out of business After the recent tragic explosion on the battleship Georgia the crew re umed target practice and beat the re cord for speed and accuracy. The men behind the guns have always been in domitable in the line of duty. Many great enterprise that call ifor laborers are under way, and it will take years to complete them. The prospect is that labor will be in demand at good wages for a long time, and this is the chief element of continued pros per if y. So many fatal accidents have oecurr ed lately to military balloons that their capture by the enemy might be the best use to which strategists could put them. It has cost $1,500,000 to get the Col orado River back into its bed which is a hint to engineers to be sure they are right before trying to teach an old stream new tricks.- COMFORTING WORDS. Many an Astoria Household Will Find Them So. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed; to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary disorders is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell how this great change can be brought about will prove com forting words to hundreds of Astoria readers. Mrs. Captain C. G. Groves, of 824 Raleigh street, Portland, Or., says: "Lapse of time has not lessened the confidence I have had in Doan's Kidney Pills since February, 1903, when I pub licly recommended them. I had used them In treating kidney trouble of sev eral years' standing. It originally start' ed with dull aching in the small of my back over the kidneys. Colds aggravated the trouble and made the pain sharp and acute. Any extra exertion would bring on a prostrating attack. I had tried various remedies for the trouble without avail, but Doan's Kidney Pills began to help me right after' I started using them. They gradually banished the backache and pain in the loins strengthened the kidneys and helped me in every way. I can conscientiously recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to any sufferer trom kidney complaint." Plenty more proof like this from As toria people. Call at Charles Rogers' drug store and ask what his customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is solJ under a positive guarantee to cure cou- stipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any form of indigestion. If it Ifails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. T, F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. That the business men of Astoria are united in pushiua this city ahead and above any other city in the northwest evident mm the rousing thamber 01 Commerce meeting which was held last night. Fully 100 members were present and they were full of enthusiasm and lovattv and will go tlie limit for any thing that means the betterment of Astoria. At the meeting last night there were several vital questions brought up and discussed. One concerned the deepening of the channel between Astoria and Ft. Stevens; another had to do with the fishing Industries and the fishery com mittee was asked to secure information concerning the present reported slack salmon season and see tf possible if there were any grounds for the current formation that the present season is an extremely poor one. Another ques tion was the subject of annexing w ar renton. which . was merely discussed. Secretary Whvte's report was given and greatly appreciated by the members presend The uretlge proposition was one 01 the most important which was brought up lor uiSMision ana a resolution u passed to the effect that nn effort be made to get the government to give especial attention to deepening the chun nel between tort Stevens ana As toria. Tht need for this is obvious. Deep draft vessel sometime exper ience difficulty over this part of the channel and the sands arts continually. drifting down and are not far enough out to catch the current which the jetty makes in the river. The V. S. Ladd has been operating in this portion of the river but to the minds of the mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce there is a great addition needed in the work and a strong effort will be u-ed to get the government to turnish an additional dredge. That the continued reports emanating from Astoria to the effect that the sal mo season here is very bad and that none of the canneries arc receiving scarcely any fih will do harm to the community the Chamber of Commerce have fully come to realize. The flsheiy committee wa instructed to Investigate the situation thoroughly and minutely anil report on the question. The members of the organization were greatly pleased with the work that had been accomplished since tlie last meet ing. The advertising which has been done was gone over by Mr. Whyte in detail and the result gave a splendid showing. Owing to the heavy amount of work which this entailed on the staff, it was decided that some of the members would help in replying to the letters, in order to save employing any mpre by the Chamber of Commerce. Five new members were initiated into the as sociation last night. They were: Messrs. C. S. Dowe, Min chew, Williams, Camahan, and Edson. The Following is the Secretary's Re port to the Chamber of Commerce. The first advertisements ifor our ad vertising campaign were inserted on the 3rd of July and since that date we have received several thousand letters, in quires in answer thereto. This is in pursuance of the well-defined plan of the Promotion Committee to use each of 65 ads which have been written dur ing the course of about three months and then to use thereafter only those which the committee then be lieves will be of the greatest advantage to Astoria. We have on the table be fore u tonight advert leeineiitu that have so fur been inserted and the re plies thereto, lh ur"t advertisements Inserted were those which, the Committee be lieved would probably he 0.' the greatest uistaiH'e In colonising lands. There seem to be no doubt of the fact now (hat we can colonise land very success fulv in this county, If we may be able to jiulgw results in any measure from of our advertising fim the standpoint of the number ' replies received. In order to sell the larget possible amount of land to outsiders, desirable people from the Kast, w wish to have the co-operation of the largest possible number of people who have land for ale, au,l)usen A Company and T. It, Davie are so far giving the princi pal assistance in this direction, both of whom are answering letter personally and trying to secure the inquiries for Clatsop County, I am very confident both will be completely successful. Mr. Davie went out and bought the tract f land he i now offering to inquiries and deserve special commendation ifor having done so. We wlh to have all of the land listed there i for sale In thi county and in this section, a we can in that way ac celerate our effort towards bringing in settler. But the most important and helpful work that ean be done w this direction, of course, i for those who have land for sale te make all the nec essary arrangement to answer the in quiries promptly and directly. U we had a tract of ten thousand acres of land ready for settlement in small tracts of ten, twenty and forty acre each, and the requisite facilities for answering In quiries promptly, it I altogether likely we could coloniie It entirely during the next six months. Such a feat would mean the settlement of probably TOO families of thrifty tillers of the soil In this county, something mot greatly de sired, and something that could not fail to materially advance the interests of the entire county, and especially those of Astoria. It would make but little difference in what part of the county this land was obtained and the coloni zation done, because the trading with the newcomers would be in .Woria. Such a work of colonization would prove most profitable to any of our busi ness nien. It would not tako a large sum of money to buy a tract of at least 1000 acre. Mr. Davie ha bought several hundred sere on his own ac- 'imnt and I confidently predict that the ivsulu he shall achieve will infuse a new ftfe into the colonization work, sueh that business nieu of Astoria, even if they are not inclined to help in this colonization work because of the good it would do to the community, will de sire to take a hand in it because of the ifair profits they may make out of it. And it is perfectly right and proper that there should be fail profits from such an Important work. In no other way can colonization be successfully done. I have during the past two Sunday seen considerable of this county and I wih to say thnt it I my opinion that in the course of time eighty per cent Your Liver I out or order. You go to bed in bad humor and get up wit bad taat In your mouth, You want something t stimulate your liver. Just try Heroine the liver regulator. A positive cure fo Constipation, Dyspepsia and all live complaint. Mr. P , Ft, Worth, Texas write! "Have used Herblne In my family fo year. Words can't express what I think about It. Everybody In my house hold l happy and well, and we owe I to Herblne." Sold by narl's Drug Store. Opened Sundays A3 A RKQUBST HILL'S RUSSIAN AND TURKISH BATHS will be open Sundays. Cure guaranteed in any case of rheumatism, skin diseases.ctc 217 Aitor St., Astoria, Ore. Astoria Theatre Might LEE WILUARD i In the great double bill, "Two Men of Oregon and great Three-Act Comedy Succees "The Man from Ariona,, 99 Starting Thursday night "HIS WORST ENEMY" Saturday matinee The Man from Arizona (Continued on Page 3.) Men Past Sixty in Danger. More than half of mankind over 00 years of age suffer from kidney and dis orders, usually enlargement of prostato glands. This is both painful and dan gerous, and Foley's Kidney Cure should be taken lit the first sign of dunger, as it corrects irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr. Rod ney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suffered with enlarged prostate gland and kidney trouble for years and after taking two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure I fell better than I have for 20 years, although I am now 01 years old." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. For Tlie Little People. Every parent In this slty should ia veatlgate, at once, th new and ap preciable shoe for the youngster", 04 Charles V. Brown's Commercial trees boose. Tbey are called the B1 C Soulier" and are the very epitome tt good wear and real oomfort They are ffotng like wlld-f.re and the kUe Ui arose Ire are after them beoaoae they look to "comfy." WHOLESOME SUMMER DRINKS Grape Juice - I Catawba Concord NON-ALCOHOLIC AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 589 Commercial Street ' May We Have Your Order? 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