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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1907)
r;y: , . :;.-'., ;i ; lixxu mmuuiiu itoAwavaimt aoiuuuii JiZK2Km . . t n i ,, mi ini ; a THE HORNING ASTORIAN ibliahed Daily Except Monday by iU J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATM. bj wail, p year..... By carrier, par nontb. .100 WEEKLY ASTORIA. 1, mail, per year, in advance.. 11.00 isnteml u second-elaia mailer July . 1906. Rt the pontofflce at Astoria. Ore gon, under tbe act ot Coug rem ol March S, 1S! - ft. Ulwtins rtf TK M OlN ixaIctom to either rwideoce or place ot MU1IIM JUU W UMUV brarj should be tnuneduMely reported to the Offloe puDuwuun. TELEPHONE MAIN 66 1. official neoer of Clatsop county end tbe City of Astoria, WEATHER. Western Oregon Fairj increas- ing cloudiness shower north e coast t i. THE ETERNAL TUG-OF-WAR. The fact that our Swede and Finn friends here in Astoria are going to re peat their strenuous game and pull off atother tug-of-war not only to deter H'"ne the issue of national prowess, but for an even thousand dollars, reminds v of the universal, endless, wearisome tugs-of-war-and-welfare in which the major portion of the human family is engaged, day in and day out, through the years of life; how the prizes in the game shift and vary, fall and rise, come and go, are saved and squandered, while the great game goes on forever. At times the contestant are narrow ed down to two, and again there are groups contending and not infrequently, nations are almost evenly divided, in the unceasing conflict of strength, courage, endurance, advantageand loss how pa tience and power and passion are squan dered in the tremendous conflicts, 'that in the end mean only, for the most of us, the right and the means to live on and on, the prizes all in sight, yet unavailable because we dare not cease "tugging" lest we weaken our line-up and lose utterly. The only compensation in the arduous and ceaseless expense of effort is that it is t3t part of a man to work, to strive, to suffer and strain, and to sink only after be has done his duty. There are those who fall off the rop early in the game and sink, indifferently, aside, to fall under the feet of the barrier line that holds fast to the end, and these weaklings serve only to emphasize the faith and courage of those who stay in tbe game. Tbe great human tug-of-war tells upon every faculty known; there are tugs at love, honesty, pluck, strength, conscience, truth and faith, as well as upon all the lesser element of nature and upon all tbe acquired graces of Hfe. The man who stays with the maddening strain gets his reward though he may be far from realizing it. THE FLAME OF COURAGE. To the student of history as it is making, these days, the record of dis aster, lose, suffering, outrage, and wrong, thrust upon the city of San Francisco, by nature, and by man, forms a sum that staggers belief and begets a doubt of latter-day human sanity. In the past 17 months her people have passed through a schedule of public evils that would have crushed almost any other community into the very earth, and must have vanquished ber, only for tbe unquenchable, ever-dominant and superb spirit that gave ber her existence and ber supremacy among the great cities of the .world. There is, in this metropolis of the Pacific, so devout a loyalty, so ungrudg ing a faith, so proud and constant a courage, born of, and nurtured with, the place, that there it nothing in the pos sibilities of evil that can wreck her be yond the salvaging hands of her people. It is magnificent, and inspiring to towns and cities less popularly blessed. The San Francisco spirit Is tb finest sample, h the annals of America, of communal ad hesion and unified strength of purpose, and the loftiest purpose at that; not even Chicago, tbe Phoenix city of the world, can claim equal honor with strick en San Francisco, for the metropolis ol the lakes had the sole, though almost Infinite, ruin of fire to contend with and make good while the western town has run the full gamut of civic disasters, and yet is swinging along, full of hope, with every phase of her strength in full play, the object of world-wide amazement and universal pride. There is not a city nor town that can-1 not find something wwthy of emula tion of the revivication of SanFraueisU that cannot wll take m acme of the ii-doiiiinat.ible essence of mastery that it re-cnergiiiiig ami readjusting the uumicipnl life and ilctinv of this great c ast town. The Maine of her perfect courage h never died down for an hour; but ha I hunted, and warmed and brightened and heartened her people, ceasantlv and always; a very torch in- of triumph and light of promi to all men, ar.d not alone to the people within hoi btoken gates. This is the spirit that make for pro jnessj this first principle of cohesion and Hiiwaverinff faith arid reloaded enort followinir swift a'ter. Hits W the stuff that cities are made of. and we need iWh of it right here in little old Astoria. Of course, there are others; we might mime a hundred plaee that would profit by au injection of this wonderful muni- ioal elixirs but we can take liberties vitti our own town that might be re- stnted elsewhere) and we make the ing estion applicable here, only because we ure of Astoria, and for Astoria; and ex pect to be with Astoria, always. Mesmer The Mystic. Ross" Fall Millinery Opening, Monday, September 10th, 1 P. M. 0 EDITORIAL SALAD. O S S ' London labor unions are demanding a state pension of $1.23 a week for every body over sixty years of age. Suppose all the Indian pen-ioners and retired official of the kingdom will be permit ted to decline to accept the responsibil ity for caring for the additional cash if the scheme is adopted. If Mr. Roosevelt should indeed de cide to beguile his retirement by run ning a newspapar, there will be an unani mous vote of the staff that he have the job of boiling down the president's mes sage. Southern employers of labor who are promotion high class immigration are due to run up against the fact that while high class immigration proposes to work, it prefers to work for itself. Of course there will be no reason in the rule against your wearing any straw bat; but that straw bat. i Bill Ward says: "The perfect news paper meana perfect jnen to produce it" Some belated agitator has started the discussion: "Should wives get sala ries!" Wouldn't it be more apropos to discuss: "Should husbands get rebates for turning over the pay-envelope un opened J" Perchance the tremors which the seis mographs have been registering for a few days are not earthquakes after all; they may be only the shake-up in the navy. An exchange says that "Mr. Taft is looming up on the western horizon." Looming up is all right and the west ern horizon would best look to its con stitution. It is much cheaper as well as safer to go clothed with humility rather than luces, especially when the customs offi cers are on the alert for smugglers. It is reported that drummers for the trade are now soliciting orders for skates. But not in Georgia or Ken tucky. The enforcers of the pure food laws need to get busy: whisky is said to be going into Georgia in anticipation of 1908 demands labeled "Paint." A Kansas City block is credited with 24 saloons. Nothing like providing for hourly emergencies of the day. Poor fallen Runyan. He was even mistaken for a Pittsburg millionaire! Mesmer Mesmer Tbe Mystic Lost and Foiad. Lost, between 0:30 p. m., yesterday and noon today, a bilious attack, with nausea and sick headache. This loss was occasioned by finding at Chas. Roger' drug store a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed for biliousness, ma laria and jaundice. 26c. Mesmer Mesmer The Mystic. The Touch That Heals. Is the touch of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the happiest combination of Arnica flowers and healing balsams ever com pounded. No matter how old the sore or ulcer is, this Salve will cure it For burns, scalds, cuts, wounds or piles, it ha no equal. Guaranteed by Chas. Rogers, druggist. 26c AFTER RATES AGAIN Roosevelt Disatistied With Rail road Law Workings. TO STRENGTHEN STATUTE Will Make New Recommendations in His Next Message to Congress Lower Tolls to be a Meant For Stimulation ot Trade. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.1. l)ia.ati lied with the workings of the railroad rate law, President Roosevelt is said to have embodied in his message to the Sixtieth Congivss recommendation for t e strengthening of the statute. The Interstate Commerce Commission J al most buried in work a a result of the measure, which is said not to furnish the relief the administration and the American peopla expected. Now) tlw believers in lower transportation tolls as a, guarantee of a greater flow of the strtiflic arc casting about for some menu of stimulating trade. Jut at this time, when expert are very much at sea. Major RMie of the Army Engineer Corp has supplied tome figures hat have shed a new light on the subject. .Major Riche's report to the War Department in lengthy, but the meat Of his argument is to lie found in a short table of comparative figures that, though extremely brief in itself, contain volumes of inspiration. This table makes comparison between the rates from St. Louis to St. Paul, 573 mile bv rail and 729 miles bv river, and from St. Ixmis to Oklahoma City, 543 miles by rail with no water way competition. follows. Major Riche, who has charge of the improvement work on the upper Mii- sippi river, ha unwrittenly endorsed the chief contention of the National Rivers & Harbors Congress that developed rlv era and harbors will do more to solve the rate problem than all the laws enacted by the federal or state legis latures. The organization has kept con stantly before the American people and their representatives at the national capital the necessity for expending not less than $50,000,000 a year on these im provements. Capt. J. F. Ellison, of Cin cinnati, its secretary and trejurer( it preparing for the next national con vention to be held here in December, by striving to increase the member ship until it shall embrace every shipper and every commercial community in the United States. In presenting his figures, Major Riche devotes a little space to pointing out the decrepancy in rates between point! a it he mercy of the railroads and those within reasonable distance of navagable streams. Ho says: "While it is not claimed that river improvements are solely responsible for the great difference in freight rates above shown, it is well known that wherever water competition exists, whether by river, lake or canal, its effect on freight rates i always bene- ficial to the public, and so long as the navigation of the Mississippi river ia practicable and somewhat in pro portion to the feasibility of that navi gation, such benefit will accrue even if but little river commerce is actually carried on." There is little doubt that the appro priations for rivers and harbors by the next Congress will establish a record. President Roosevelt is deeply interested in the subject and is to take a trip down the Father of Waters Tie latter part of this month, ending his voyage at Memphis, where he is expected to make a powerful speech at the Deep Water Convention. This, beyond ques- aion, will stimulate the growing interest in the subject and lead to greater activ ity in the improvement of the rivers and harbor of the United States. Mesmer Mesmer Mesmer The Mystic. TELL OF INDIANS. BERKELEY, Sept. 13. .John Damrett, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the state, is to address a meeting of the California branch of the American Folk Lore So ciety on "Klamath River Indian Life" at a meeting to be held in South Hall on the University Campus on Tuesday evening. The lecture is to be illustrated with lantern slides. The general public has been invited to the lecture. It comes put up In a collapsible tube with a nozzle ,easy to apply to tbe sore ness and inflammation, for any form of Piles, it sooths and heals, relieves the pain, itching and burning. Man Zan Pile Remedy. Price 50 cts. Guarantee. Sold by Frank Hart's Drug store. To demonstrate our methods of Painless operations we will extract one or more teeth free on this day only. Chicago Painless I Commercial SL Eleventh Sts., Over Danzlger H Co's Store r UIIMIMIllllMMMMMMMHIMIIMmMMMMMIMMMHHMM CANADA DENOUNCES ENGLAND Claims that Treaty With United States over Fisheries Unfair. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 13. l n der the impression that Sir Robert Bond had secured about everything of importance that he wished included in the modus vivendi relative to the Now fc midland fisheries, the state depart ment officials were surprised to read a report that the premier hat denounced the imperial government for concluding the arrangement which -was absolutely mcestary to prevent serious friction be tween the two great nations. The statement is made that with the single exception of asserting the rights of American vesslcs to ship Newfound landers as fishermen, the American gov ernment has, for the sake of peace, sur rendered all of the extreme points ciaimed by it. And this riht of ship ping fishermen is likely to I excici- ;! in a manner lea-t likely to offend New foundland's pride, for the men are to h? taken aboard off shore and not wi'.lih the territorial waters of the colony, al though the Americans have always in s:ted that they had the right under the treaty to take the men off the iliu ks if they cared to ship there. If the Newfoundland premier carries out his announced purpose of executing colonial laws even wliere they conflict with the American treaty right, 'it will be the duty of the British govern ment to deal with the case, and no con cern of the state department. Mesmer The Mystic. WHITE HOUSE GLISTENS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. President Roosevelt will hardly recognize the White house when he returns from his vacation, on account of the cleaning and painting it Jias undergone during the summer. Eight hundred pounds of white lead have been spread over its exterior iu two coats, so that now the old man sion fairly glistens in the sunlight. Mesmer Mesmer Mesmer The Mystic. Stop It! A neelected couirh or cold may lead to strioua1 bronchial or lung troubles. Don't take chances when Foley's Honey and Tar affords perfect security from ser ious effects of a cold. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. PEN IN D AY "llfK WOULD be pleased to have every man, woman and child, to call at the office to-day andhave their teeth examined FREE of CHARGE. We will also give away a beautiful souvenir consisting of an Ivory Tooth Brush and Powder. Nervous people and those afflicted with heart weakness can now have their teeth filled without the least pain or danger. We will give $100 to any charitable institu tion for a tooth we fail to extract without pain. These offices will be equipped with the latest appliances and formulas fordoing high-class dentistry. Lady In attendance. Dr. Austin will spare no pains or money in making this office one of the best in the Northwest. THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop. Choice Wises, Liquors and Cigars Rot Loach at all Bonn Corner Ktrratb and Commercial ASTOKL HMHtMHKMHllttHHHWHHMmmH Fisher Bros. Company Sole Agents for Barbour's and Finlayson's Salmon Twine and Netting I Hardware, Iron, Steel and Ship Ghand- i Goods, Paints, Oils, Groceries I A Complete Line Logger and I Fisher Bros. Co. ! 546-550 Astoria, - IIIIMIMI enlists Merchants Lunch from 1 11:30 a. n. to i:jo 9 jt, si Crate ORSG0N Glass and Hardwood I of Fishing, Cannery J Mill Supplies Bond Street I 1 - Oregon If 'ft