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THE MORNING dSTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. '''-iritT'' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, -g, J ! M 5i ! THE MORNING ASTORIAN ftbliehea DaEy tntpt atondty by III J. S. DIIXM GES WOKPAJrT. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. mail, per year.. .97.00 By earlier, per month .10 WEEZXT ASTORIA, y mail, per year, in sarase. .11.60 Esteml m second-elata matter July w lint, at th noatofflc at Aalurta. Ore- ton, nndar U actor Cvaf r of March 3, 1ST tr-Orrti for dM--rtair of Th Mow DMAsromuji so -Jibe reeldeoo or piao of bonne mar ba mad by portal card or through tchooe, A.nr Imtrulartty In oe Uiot should ba immediately reported to th oOoootpubUoatioa. TELEPBOinC MAD! Mi. Off! rial mmt of CUUod countr and th City of Astoria. WEATHER. . Western Oregon Fair; increat- ing cloudiness showers north coast. THK WORE OF A SNOB. lst Sunday's Portland Oregonian contained a sample of the work to which that great paper will stoop when it desires to he particularly nasty toward this city. Under the guise of an "open letter to a friend m Boston;" a c.'ieap hired reporter was sent down hen to write up the Thirteenth Annual Regatta in just such fashion as that paper want ed it written, and it was done. There is not a line of it that does not bear the vicious impress of the animus be hind the assignment; it is written, throughout, in the semi-contemptuous, meanly, wholly snobbish, vein in which th Oregonian delights, and stamps it self, to the trained newspaper mind, as the work of a' man under orders to "damn the place with faint praise" and prod it good and hard with a hammer velvet-shod. But, while we are about it, we will suggest, that by i the time the next Regatta rolls round, the Portland press is likely to have some of its ghastly fears realized, and emphasized, anent Astoria; and the vials of wrath and fear and consternation will go dry, early m the process of its vituperative ex plosion; however much it may co.nfort ltseu, for .the time being, with dreadbe- gotten bragadocio of a "new Port of Columbia" law, that is to save the Port of Portland from utter extinction. The Oregonian is doing its cleverest best to hide the real facts from its readers, and its final confession will be unutterably hard to make when the day and tht, fact arrive, as arrive they wilL And of this, that able paper has knowledge exceed ing all others, outside the given few, for clarity and assurance. circuit court for trial, on the several and easily proven offous. But be it fur ther understood, that there are others, just as guilty, yet, apparency un amenable to the rigor wherewith this pitiful group i met and handled. Do the officer of the law here think the people of Astoria are blind fools t Ve promptly and cordially endorsed the action of District Attorney Hedges in routing the gambler from hi Astoria lair, nor questioned his judgment at any point. In the processes of putting the 'lids" of various sort on here. Hut we beg to advise him that the citUens are laughing grimly at the fare of haliwr tliis little coterie of men into court, while it is common knowledge all over the tows that certain men and places have been given over, uninterrup tedlv, to the indulgence so prohibited ever since the rim of the lid vltled down. It may not be within the cope of his knowledge but the information has been very generally available, and the officers policing this city and coun ty, have been extraordinarily dense, If it has passed them by. We give him the hint for what it is worth; and in the giving it, do not exclude its immediate value to those who have been so bcldly defying the law and Mr. Hedges' proper order for its enforcement. Scapejgoat are entitled, at least, to have the fact known, that they are scape-goats, and not the only, offenders, especially in this instance, i EDITORIAL SALAD Even if tSat New Yorker who has ap plied for a divorce because his wife in sists on wearing a decollete ilreta should win, the wife would have the satiS' faction of Inowing that she lost by only a neck. FOOTE'S TAX TALK Low Rate for Public Service is Franchise Taxation. LOW TAX POLICY iS WRONG Unless the Interests of the People Are Safeguarded by Legal Requirements That Will Make it Certain They Re ceive Advantages. Engineers may claim that skyscrapers 150 stories, high are scientifically r-ossi ble without at all impugning the truth that the Iat 130 stories should be le gaily impossible. Isn't it about time ior a nevr poll tieal ruction in Ohio! Every little while there in't new one for several t'ays. Or is it that defective telegraph service It may be claimed that only two kind of snakes are poisonous, but no man should go fishing without provision against those two. If Dr. Wiley keeps up his warfare, some of those discouraged microbe will have to resort to Muldoon, or throw up their jobs. AFTER THE SIMMER. Now that the matter of over-lapping and interfering surveys in and near As toria, which has broached in the Cham ber of Commerce on Monday night last, has had a chance to simmer a bit in the public mind, the consensus of opinion seems to be, at sources where explicit nowledge of these things is generally accounted, that there is more smoke than fire in the matter, and that it is not so grave a case a was first sup posed. This is good news, for the cer tain coming of lively times, hereabout, makes it very necessary that no big barriers nor dubious questions should attach to title around this city and country. That there are several ambiguous de tails of survey to be straightened out, either in court, or by individual conces sion among those owners directly in volved, is admitted, and is hoped that these will find ready solution at the hands of those most concerned, and in ample time to avoid any confusion at a season of actrrHy. Oregon, whose deed records fairly bristle with original titles rising in the old Donation Land Claims of the early "Fifties," is remarkably clear of gross error, considering the haphazard fash ion in which our grandsires used to con' duct their land affairs, and she has to thank those good men for what of care and caution they did use, eves though it were not enough in many instances. Canlifornia, and especially her southern section, suffered tremendously from the ignorance and recklessness of the early Spanish holders of her older patrimonies and grants, and the supreme authority or tne federal government had to be employed there, for long years, by way of a big CommleBion, before the great snari was unwound and the titles cleared up. 0 . JUST A FEW SCAPE-GOATS. Be it known, of all men, that just a beggarly handful of men in Astoria have transgressed the gambling law since it was enforced here a few weeks ago; and yesterday they ALL appeared in the If the tombstone business is dull, as claimed in the West, it only shows how generally automobolists practise crema tion. When one accuses his neighbor of hav ing the ball fever it is just as well to discriminate between foot, base and high. Wellman might have ascended in search of the pole long ago, if his bal loon had just been content with hot air. . 0 It is claimed that an upper is fullv as comfortable as a lower berth. Pull man or governmental?' Curious how moner can be "easier" when most of us can testify it isn't even easy. CROSSES AMERICA ALONE. Orphan Makes Friends on Long Trip to Seattle. SEATTLE, Sept. 18. When an Ori ental Limited train pulled in at the Union depot at 2 o'clock last Saturday a little blue-eyed lad, with a grip in one nanu and a birch bark cane in the other, alighted and received the fond embraces of a doting grandmother, who had been anxiously awaiting his arrival since 8 o'clock in the morning, the hour the train was due. The boy was 10-year-old Xewton G. Brown, and he had just crossed the continent all alone, his trip taking him from Norwich, Conn, to Seattle. Little Newton is an orphan, his moth er having died when he was 3years -1.1 TT -J.l I trt uiu. nig lamer, ueorge w. 15 row n. was killed on the 15th of August last, at New London, Conn. Cured Hay Fever as! Summer Cold A. J. Nusbaum, Bateiville, Indiana, writes: "Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold to distress ing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symptoms of hay feveT, and a doctor's prescription did not reach my case, and I took several medi cines which seemed to only aggravate my case. Fortunately I insisted upon having Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package, and it quickly cured me. My wife has since used Foley's Honey and Tar with the same success." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. ' NOKrVLK, Vs., Sept. 18. Allen Rip ley Foot, president of the National Tax Association, and Commissioner of the Ohio State Board of Commerce, deliv ered an address before the eleventh an nual meeting of the League of Amer ican Municipalities, here today on the subject of "Low Kate for Public Ser vice vs. Franchise Taxation. "The most useful tax to pkee on pAblic service corporations," aid he. "Is to require them to provide a service capacity much greater than is sufficient to supply present demands nd to ex tend their service lines beyond present paying limits, thus causing them to serve as a factor in improving and building up the ever increasing .limits of the principality, increasing and diver sifyir.g the industries of its inhabitants and contributing to their comfort and prosperity. Investments in public ser vice utilities should be limited only by the requirements to be provided for, and the right of way for their service lines should be unobstructed. , "Taxes upon the property of public service corporations not only enhance the eot-t of the uem of the services, but they accomplish this for the benetlt of non-user -and aliwi property owners. "All persons are not users of these services, nor is all property owned, by such user, but all property within a municipality is taxed. If the property of public service corporations l not taxed, the tax on all other prooerty may be iifrreased a tnlle. This in crease would fall upon the propeity of non-users and alien owners and equally with that of users, but the users oi the services would be benefited by the do- creased cost of the services to them When a user of a public service votes to tax the property or the franchise of the corporation rendering the service he votes to reduce the taxes of non- users and alien property owners and generously pays the amount he aves for them out of his own pocket. Taxes on the means by which a supply for a need is produced are a part of the cost of producing the service "The policy of low taxes, or no wxes, should not be adopted unless the in terests of the people are well safe guarded by legal requirements that will make it certain that thev will receive offsetting advantages in corresponding- low charges for services rendered. Tlio demand for economic law should find correct expression in the conditions created by statutory lews. To fecure the best possible public services at the lowest practical price, economic law re quires. "Firsts That a public service corpo ration organized to supply a public need, shall have the exclusive right to supply such need perpetually. second-That all account shall be honestly and correctly kept; that eco nomic thrift shall be insisted upon in every department; and that charges for tne use of these services shall biar a fixed relation to the necessary cost of production. "A comparison of these economic con ditions with the laws of all stutes will clearly show how intelligently well meant efforts have been directed in all attempts to secure for public and pri vate users the service supplied by pub lic utilities by placing dependence tpon the principle of competition instead of the principles of governmental regula tion. "That the statistics of municipal af fairs, and of public service utilities, however) owned and operated, ma be properly developed, it is necessary' that tne state snail establish a Department of Publio Accounting and Inspection, as an independent department of state, projerly organized and equipped, to cov er all features of municipal affairs and of the public utilities that supply the An Insidious Danger " One of the worst features of kidnev trouble is that it is an insidious dis ease and before the victim realizes his danger he may have a fatal maladv. Take Foley Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble as it corrects irregulari ties ana prevents Bright' Disease and diabetes. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store, j t7 Morning Astorlan, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. SwUrv of the National Child Labor VHWite in the September Woman s Its CVwpewn, A STKADY DRAIN. &vt Itinera Weaken the Wbolt Boay Mtfc Yea HI, languid and repressed. Jivis kUay weaken th body through iU ,vwtiul drainage of Ufa giving swea fuvu the blood Intothe iirln. d substitution of poWuou uric Ki4 that p broadcast through the im. towing the seeds of disease. Um of albumen curs weakness. lu $we, depression. I'rie poisoning causes rtwt pain, nervousness, nausea, .-ti-U (a the back, gravel and kidney stone. The proper treatment is a kid nev treatment, and the best remedy is IVsns Kidney IHlls. V. & William, cartwnter. of 830 Lib- become trus friends rty tiwt ttlt, x nuw. ber of years ago the doctor told me my kidneys were in bad shape I cams west on account of the trouble, thinking tht change of climate would kelp me but nothing I did gave m relief In spite of the use of remedies sod medical treat ment. On procuring Doan's Kidney Hlls I found them the best medicine I ever used.' At the time I got them. I was suffering from an lntne burning sen-stlon at if two live coals were plac ed directly over my kidney. The secre tions from the kidneys were the color of ttmng black coffee and of a bad odor. After using two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills I did not bv th bust pain In my back or trouble with th kidneys I aiv all the credit for this to your valu able remedy." Plenty more proof llf this from As toria people. Call at Chat. Roger drug store and ask what hit customer report tor tale by all dealer. Price 80 cent. Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Nw York, sol agent for th United SUte. Remember the mm Doan' and tako no other. publti) need of nmutcipatitieit 4 v4 their inhabitant. 'Under the system of state "msi tion, such at i here dwve.tvk (wtj lnterct of users of meuk-ipeUti. sl of the state, will be be tmvJI Vy exclusive, perpetual and ttta4 ohUes to publio senic vviyvi-Uiv. Then operating uuder s' vd,Vviv public service corporlio ms v4f. Ui Ix-'t1 obtainable wervice at IV fcM profitable rate aud ca satisfy tit of their service that they t Ansm "That state which first tfc-U J intelligently chancing Ms tew. giiniiing and regulating publio rvk- corporal ion, by adopting a i corporation will become trust fitted en, will be th nrt to eMaluuh v ditiont that will induce the r.tft ,igre of prosperity for it municipal ities and for their inhabitant. So ton- j dit toned and so regulated, publio srvk corporation will and servants of the people and wUl in der to users the bet service of which they are capable at th lowest possible rate." WHITE BUILDER. James 0. White, the man who i build ing the Philippine steam railway, who built the Manila electric railways, who erected the ArH great steel building in Uindon.th Hotel Kits' in Tari. the Cot ton Kxchange in Liverpool, th Waldorf .Woria in New York, who ha installed steam and electric railways, water and power plants, gas and electrio lighting plants, electric power transmission t. tions. Irrigating dams, harbor work in a dozen state and a many loivign countries, U a constructor In the broad et sense of the world, y a writer In Technical World Magazine for October. Mr. White began to w-ork at engim-ering projects when u lad of seventeen nd while still a student at the l'emsyl- vmiin State College-. After graduation h eiunwed himself in the Cambria Iron work, studied aud practiced mining en gmeering, became a profesior at Cornell and later at the University of Nebr rtska, and at twvuty-six year of age orgumW the Western Engineering Com pitnv and built numerous elm-trial rail roads and plants throughout the Wt. The Kdicon United Manufacturing Com pany made overture to him and lie sold out to it and returned Kant to lake charge of its installation department At the formation of the Genera! Klvctric Company he resigned and organized the firm of J. ti. White it Company, and rapidly extended hi butines to (treat Uriuin, Australia and South America It is pecular of Mr. White that ue has devoted his largest attention to foreign trade, and hi contract in South Amer lea alone are said to exceed 23O0,OOW. Do you know that rins'alv Carbo. Used act Ilk a poultlos in drawing out ' lull. mutation and poltont It Is sat. f teptlc. For cuts, burnt, iima, crsrlc d hand It I Immediate relief, Sold by Frnk Hart's Drug itort. i ': A Lnms (a Health Healthy kldnys filter the IrnpuriU-i from th blood ,and unlet they do tbl good health It impossible. FoUy't Kid nay Cure make sound kidney end will positively cur all form of kidney tnd bladder dUetac, It ttrengthtns tl whole system, Ring Dypptl Tablets do th work. Stomach trouble, dyspepsia, Indication. bloating, tte, yield quickly. Two dty'i treatment fre. Ask your druggist fur a free trial, Bold by Frank Htrt't Drug tlor. feller "Pitch Pennies?" "Pitch pennies" "Sure." "Shoot crop!' "Nope, we datsent; the big takes our money. Not the knowledge of wrong, but tlie fear of los, Is the deterrent. Sj the small boy bootbock utilize his 'pare moments in "pitchin" pennies." . Like other street boy, the bootblack seldom p!ny the kind of game that other children do. If he cannot get a customer, and is too poor to "pitch," when trade grow dull he sits 'own gTavely on hi box, rests his head on his grimy fist ami watches nome other boy "shine." In his moments of business activity he is sprightly and alive, but In his moments of repose there is no heal thy reaction, no play instinct, nothing but a dull lethargy. From this lethargy he awakens, like other street boys, at the prospect of something that warms the blood and and stirs that love of risk of which we boast in America. The dice mttle on the stone pavement and the child' heart leaps within him. He may not play for "the big fellers takes our money;" but he will grow up some day, and then, ah! then he, too can rattle the dice and see the nickels nnd even the quarter gathered iu and added to hi pile. Yes, he may lose, but he never thinks of that. It is winl win I wlnl to him one glorious round of excitement neisoncd with huge pile of cash. Something for nothing! At he watches the crap game, sifting huddled up ou his little box, his head resting on his grimy fist, one eye on the dice and the other on the blue uniformed minion of the law who viands on the corner twir'ing his stick, he dreamt of that happy day in th future when he will have something for noth ing, as a winner at "crap," at a scaler of back porches, as an expert "cracks man" or perhaps his aspiration go even higher than that, who know ITITA5CIAL. ...! First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. , ESTABLISHED 1880. ' J Krf-V"4,--,VWN Capital $10006o I , M'Nl'l f II L Q. A. B0WLBY, President. L PETERSON, Vios-Pretidtnt HANK PATTON, Oaibier. J. W. GARNER, Assistant CasU Capital Paid In llOO.OO(), Bnrpln and Undivided Fronts 180,000 Transact a General Banking Bnslneaa, Interest Paid on Time Deposit FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM Eleventh and Duane street. ASTORIA, OREGON. Oliver typewriter tnographer at A. Commtrclal street. and automatlo R. Cyrus. 414 tl "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. SJ S. A. G1MRE M send ti, epseelt Pleher Ire. tHUH M HM H I Fisher Bros. Company Sole Agents for Barbour's and Finlayson's Salmon. Twine and Netting 1 Hardware, Iron, Steel and Ship Chand- J lery. Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Brass I Goods, Paints, Oils, Glass and Hardwood t Groceries I ..A Complete Line of Fishing, Cannery Logger and Mill Supplies I Fisher Bros. Co. f 546-550 Bond Street I Astoria v Oregon MtM MMMMMO SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES ARE ALL HERE Exchange Your Old Books E. A. HIGGINS CO., .. l r ;i ', - " ' ' ..-... ,-. ' MU8IO BOOKS STATIONERY See the Window SCO! BAY IMi 'MISS mil : , w 11 m 11 uii ilk- AST OKI A, OKEOON ! ! , IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS' LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS tfp-to-D ate Baw Mill Machinery! Prompt attention given to al, repair work j 18th and Franklin Ave, Tl. Main 2481 T -