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Official naiwr of ClatsOD eouutv and
the Cltr of Astoria.
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proach of Astoria and those whos in
difference "shall make the experii)vv
possible. A wrd to the wise i deemed
tc be sufficient. Here' the word I
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WEATHER.
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4 south portico, except near coast.
AFTERMATH OF THE REGATTA.
The city of Astoria is quickly drop
ping back to the normal, after the sub
sidence of the festal uproar of the Wi
Kegatta, and will goon be doing the
usual volumne of business, at regular
hours, at the old stands, while the
bunting comes down, the picture-displays
in the store windows fade away and
the howl of the corner faker becomes a
memory, nd the dimming echoes of the
music ami laughter and fun-making, sink
to quietude altogether too con
spicuous. We had any amount of fun and As
toria entertained her thousands of
guests with splendid success; the Re
gatta committee is still in funds, all
bills will be promptly met, and a hand
one balance turned into next year's
treasury; our same has gone forth on
kindly tongue to all parts of the north
west; the trade of the Regatta week
fully compensated for the generous
contributions that made for its genuine
success; the brilliant Queen reigned
regally and added lustre to the social
achievements of the week; and taken by
and large, the Thirteenth Annual was a
prime and commendable affair, and As
toria's record is enhanced by another un
grudged trophy of real success.
THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.
.The debonair and democratic young
Crown Prince, Wllhelm, of Sweden, is
having the time of hU life in the "effete
east and New York is going quite mad
over the youngster. He is far more
like an average American lad, just out
of college, than the representative of a
royal house of Europe, and baa suc
ceeded in breaking half of the social
conventions paramount in Newport and
New York society, as well as a good
many hearts of the softer persuasion.
Ho is just a plain boy, full of animal
spirits and seems to possess very little,
if any, of the traits of an aristocrat; he
lias no airg and is far too democratic to
suit the reverend and titled old gentle
man who has been sent out to tutor him
through his world-wide campaign of
friend-making.
He is charmed with America, and we
are likely to have a warm and
devoted friend on his father's throne
when time shall ordain his relinquish
ment of it to this jolly young scion. He
is not frolicing all his time away, how
ever, but is studying closely the institu
tions that command his deeper interest
and which are next and nearest his own
legal and social status at home, the
governmental and municipal principles
of moment every where. His tour will be
worth much to him when he comes to
apply the things he has learned over
here, and this will contribute to the firm
and friendly regard in which he will
always hold us. a fact he declared over
and over again. Good luck to him, al
ways I
THE FIRE-PERIL PRESENT.
Without going into any particulars,
it may as well be said that there are
a number of halls in this city where
hundreds, even thousands, of people are
wont to congregate if anything worth
which attracts them thereto, that will
stand for the introduction of fire-escapes
and other agencies for reducing the fire
peril. We do 4ot have to say which and
where these are, nor to whom tney be
long; it ia'all well-known, and will be
better known if something is not done
in this behalf; for one cry of fire, let
alone the Are itself, will make a demon-
We ro counting upon the coming .War
at one of the most momentous in tlif
political and industrial history of the
country. There are to be very many big
tilings done during its period, and some1,
of them will have the quality of force
and importance that will leave them
monuments, by which to gauge the ivru
tine action of the national administra-'
t'ons that shall follow. The presidential
issue is among the largest and gravest
of the great questions that will come up
for settlement, and everything points to
a season of the hottest campaigning ever
known in America. It is the year in
which Roosevelt ism aud all it means to
the common people, is to be created into
a cardinal principle of American public
lite and remain there a staunch and
sterling clement for good aud for all
time; or it U to fall into the pit of dis
use at the behest of the men it antago
nizes most, the law-defying trusts and
reckless industrial combine. This single
phase- of huge civic action, alone, would
make the year a vivid chronicle forever;
but there are other things, all more or
less inseparably attached to this lead
ing his best and strongest and elenet
tribute mightily to the profound record
of the sea-son. It behoove every loyal
n an in the country to watch the ait nn-
tion unfold itself and adapt his thought
and action to the trend of the hour, giv
ing his bes and strongest and cleanest
devotion to the constitutional safeguard
and standing faithfully by the men and:
policies known to be right "and whole
some. There is to be unparalleled treachv
ery abroad next year, money-bought
treason, that it will take all the honest
substance of . the nation to counteract
and annihilate.
It is worth every man's while to be
prepared for the gravest and most exact
ing tests of his loyalty in 19081
SUITS PRESSED FREE
SUITS PRESSED FREE
THESE SUITS OP
Well 1 Obfthes
$10.00 to $25.00
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EDITORIAL SALAD.
CS!fflffiS,'
One of Mark Twain's speeches in Eng
land is interspersed with "Laughter;
seven times in the course of 147 words.
Our British cousins may have become 10
sensitive on the subject of slowness- to
catch the point of American jokes that
they have contracted the habit of laugh
ing in advance. '
WE WILL DEMONSTRATE
to you that these garments more thau justify the
price. How ? Measured by your own standard.
What do you demand If If it be a good fabric, we -pledge
ourselves for it, If it be style, hold us to
that. Our series of new models are as varied in form
and design as good taste and edict permit.
To our mind the greatest strength of our suits is
centered in the tailoring. It is as fine as head-and
hand can produce. What more can you demand ?
We do not know, if you do demand it, to the end of
our resources we will try to satisfy you aud count it
a privilege. We promise to save you at least ONE
THIRD on the price of your suit. We promise that
your suit will wear satisfactorily. If the clothes we
sell don't live up to every promise we make we will
keep the clothes and you can have your money back .
Surely in the face of such a strong guarantee you
can't hesitate to take advantage of this One-Third
saving.
HATS, SHIRTS, COLLARS
Dress Shirts, 75c to $1.25
Collars, Two for 25c.
Soft and Derby Hats, $2.00 io $5,00
Silk tics, 25c (0 50c
TIE M1NW
STORE
518 BOND STREET
Chas. Larson, Proprietor
Formerly 557 Commercial St
Vice-President Fairbanks attended the
XaUonal Irrigation Congress in Sacra
mento. Modern American statesmen
move about so rapidly that a new official
to be called a tracer is needed in Washington.
It is stated that the drainage of
swamps would add 80,000,000 acres of
rich land to the agricultural resources
of the United States. A bonanza like
this is certain at some future time to
be turned to' account.
In a two months' test in Minnesota
the railroads under the 2-cent rate in
creased their passenger receipts $150,000,
all the lines except one sharing the gain.
The stopping of passes , is in itself a
big lift.
It is natural that the washing of a
little Wall street linen should cause a
local shrinkage, but Mr. Cortelyou may
be depended upon to set things right in
the ironing.
It is said that corn can be heard
growing on sultry nights. But isn't it
about time for the 'corn crop of 1907
to be considered grown up f
CHOKES OR GRAPES. N
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 6. Mary
Lucia, the 4-montht-old daughter of An
gelina Lucia, of 718 Park avenue, choked
to death today by swallowing some
grape seeds. Mrs. Lucia was out in the
street giving her child an airing. She
purchased some grapes from a nearby
fruit stand and allowed little Mary to
munch on one of them.
The child began to gasp and cough
feebly. The mother alarmed at tb,e in
fant's action grabbed it out of the per
ambulator jind rushed to the Clymer
street police station. Although the child
was then dead the mother did not real
ize it.
Ambulance Surgeon Sapin, of the
Eastern District Hospital, responded to
a hurry call and on his arrival pro
nounced the infant dead. The mother
became hysterical and the surgeon turn
ed his attention to her5. It wag some
time before she was in condition to be
taken home. ;
TOO MANY PUPILS
New York City Has Great Prob
lem to Face.
SIX MILLION DOLLARS MORE
cr Morning Aatorian, delivered by
carrier, 60 cents per month.
Will Have to be Expended This Year
Than Last and Still There Will be
Lacking Accommodations For 100,000
Pupils Never Was Proper Provision.
Xew York, Sept. 6. During the nchool
year just beginning Father Knicker
bocker will have to go down into his
not overly full pocket to the tune of
$31141023.75 for the education of his
youthful citizens, an increase of more
than $6,000,000 over last year. This
enormous sum gives some indication of
the size of the school problem of the
metropolis. In this, the greatest cent
er of wealth and commence in the coun
try, the memory of man runneth not
back to the time when there were en
ough seats in the public schools for all
the children. More than 61,000, new
sittings have been provided this year
and yet it appears that out of the city's
750,000 school children, . nearly 100,000,
n number large enough to populate many
a city, will be without accommodations.
Last year there were nearly ' 100,000
pupils who could only be accommodated
half the time and it seems probable
that there will always be school child
ren for whom there will be no school
room, just as .there will always be
strap hangers in the subway cars. One
of the plariks in Mayor McClellan's plat
form was "a seat in school for every
child," but neither he nor Tammany
Hall, always strong on pledges for new
schools, has ever been able to solve the
problem. That there may be room for
legitimate economies in the spending of
school money jg indicated by the fact
that a sum of more .than . $11 , rcpre-
1 se nts the amount to be expended on
each pupil this year, a relatively' high
figure. Certain persons apparently had
this fact in mind in objecting vainly to
Increasing to $5,000 the annual salary
of the "Director of Physical Training."
Meanwhile the rapid increase of the
school population make it difficult to
supply school facilities to keep step
with the increase, to say nothing of
catching up with the procession.
America's Monte Carlo is no more.
When Richard Canfield, Nw York club
man, Wall Street speculator and col
lector of fine paintings, hung out a "for
sale" sign at his Saratoga gambling
palace this week it marked the passing
of the only resort of the goddess of for-
(tune in this country which could in any
way rival the European institutions
were fortunes may be set and lost In a
night. For more than four years the
famous ginibling house at Snratoga,
where it i estimated more thnn one
billion dollars has been wagered in the
last ten years, has been loosing money
according to popular report. The cafe
itself it is stated cost more than $2.",iiO0
a year and the 55,000 shrubs with w liMi
the buildings are surrounded represent
ed the investment of a considerable for
tune. While it inot generally known,
Richard Canfield more than any one el-e
was 'responsible for the rescue of Sara
toga from the old Guttenberg Con ed
cracy. Ten years ego the once fashion
able resort had degenerated into a ren
dezvous of cheap sports and bunco men.
It -was Canfield who, with William C.
Whitney, Richard T. Wilson. Jr., and
others, projected and carried out I lie
plans Which made the famous gambling
place one of the most fashionable resorts
in America. Fortnnes by the hundred'
have been won and lost there, many
Americans having lost $100,000 in an
evening! sitting. But stories of crock
ed games and strange doings began to
be whispered and now Richard Canfield,
America's King gambler, is reported
a "broke? and a "to let" sign occupies
the windows of the building where more
millions have changed hands than any
where else in the country outside 'of
banking houses, ,
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