THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1907.
THE
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Tit J. & DSLUHGES COMPAHT,
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By Maxtor, per month.
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WISK1Y ASTOXIAS.
0, sail, p to adTaaee.. 11.80
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XUIFfiDSX MAI5 Ui.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,,
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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
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