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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1907)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Mi 1907, ,THE MORNING ASTORIAN,. ASTORIA, OREGON. THE MORNING ASTORIAN KUbUdNi xl7 lbUabsd Daily Except Monday by XU J. & BELLINGER COMPART. SUBSCRIPTION SATIS. j mail, p year By Mirier, pw monta..... .17.00 WEEKLY ASTOsUAM. tt. maO, per year, to advance. .LW M 1W. at the poeUiffloe M Astoria, Ore 7iid tu. act of Gonr ol Han , 1ST . w,Onten for th deUmnng ot Tbb Mow cwTiToiaui 10 either nsfctetxw or piw f bwew ur be mid by postal oud or ihrougb tolNxhoro. Any lmulrity to d liw should be imnedieMlr reported to the office orpubUcattoo. TEttPBONS MA1H Mx. OfflcUU peper of Clatsop county and the Cilyor Astoria. WEATHER. ' " "Western Oregon Fair; warmer in in terior. ' A NATION OF "SUCKERS!" There i one thing tie government in quiry into the methods, business and conditions of the Standard Oil Company is doing, and that is it's proving what a nation of undiluted "suckers" we are, the famous Yankees included. It will dawn on us some day, and the day should not be far distant, that, for a supposedly bright, snappy, up-to-date, wary, critically -business-like lot,' we are just about the dumbest bunch in crea tion; and it is not along Standard Oil lines, altogether, for the same assinine policy is pre-eminent all along the cor porate route of dealing. We have "stood pat" with every conceivable swindle that has been thrust out on us; we have paid from 500 to 1000 per cent more than our utilities hare been worth, ungrudg ingly, stupidly, without thought of popular protest or .organic preventitive. and have proven ourselves entirely worthy of the vast blanket-robbery that has been cast over us. The crux of the evil lies in our legis latures and our courts. We have been sending any) and every sort of man, but the right sort, to our state assembles and to Congress," to make laws fop us, and in 80 per cent of elective choices so made, we have been sold out to the cor ' porate kings of finance, "lock, stock and barrel." And, when overtaken by the consciousness, and resentment, of our helplessness, we have appealed to the courts, we have been sold out again, at, practically, the same ratio. There is not an American alive, to day, who should not thank God, hourly, for the presence of such a man as Theo dore Roosevelt at Washington, since it is to him, and the few honorable col leagues he has surrounded himself with, we owe the cleaving wedge of adminis tration scrutiny into this fearful and widespread eviL He has set the ball of retribution rolling, and if the public hand and con science do not keep it rolling to the very end of this shameful inquiry and course of reprisal, then we are, indeed, nation of puppets and unworthy of re lief. He, or a man of his school and schooling, must be kept in the White Eou-e for yearg to come; and then, to preserve the blessedness of our freedom won, the same clean and masterful kind must be kept there perpetually, to ward us against our own pitiful weaknesses and the re-establishment of the dominion Of sheer money. It is a far cry from little old Astoria to the great centers of trade and finance and politics of the nation, but we send it out in the vague hope it may meet and blend with the same sensibility, elsewhere,, and gathering volumne and momentum and the mantle of a peoples' power, may reach the seats of the mighty and waken the forces of com mon justice to the profound duty of the fcour. V THE MEASURE OF GUILT. The Oregonian, of Sunday last, In the course of its editorial treatment of the Remolds murder case, takes the post tion, most wisely and carefully, that the woman in all such matters is equally culpable, in all phases of each case, from the incipient sign of preference she gives the man who later becomes her para mour and a party, one way or another, to the murder that follows, with the guiltiest member of the coterie. This is a timely and sensible departure from the old and long-borne doctrine tnat toe woman is, by virtue of her sex, immune from the rigors of responsibility and guilt. We are glad the expression has been made so unqualifiedly and at such influential source. There is not a woman of legal years, today, whose life has been passed in or dinary contact with civilized rules and conditions, who does not know, to a dot, just how far she may go as a conscious ly modest woman, toward the verge of disaster; and to be meivied but accent uates that knowledge and narrows the limit of her venturing. v We would not detract from the least prerogative of good womanhood nor deny a single olaun the sex holds against our manhood by any right, lie it 'divinely or humanly instituted; but as a point of literal justice between people of equal discernment and patent knowledge of rijrht aud wrong, there is no feather weight of different when the measure of real guilt is assumed. Society dots well to east about our girls and women the aegis of every qualification that hail be construed in their defense and to enforce the observance of its every dictate in this behalf; until the woman has voluntarily forfeited her right by deliberately taking on the share of guilt that falls to her by reason of her com plicity, for then she leaves the protec tion accorded her to take her chance with the law she has offended. And, by th wny, it may be observed that the law, in its dealing with women, is Inn nitcly more generous than the society that is supposed to' protect them prim arily, for the law. duly invoked and justly administered, does acquit does pardon, does shield a woman thus be leaguered, but society, as such, is re lentless in its damning. A married woman is bereft of the claim her single sister may present in extenuation of such laches; and neither is entitled to the weight of such a plea, if they, having arrived at the years of discretion, stifle their instinctive mod esty, and cast themselves down. Man, of course,' is so universally, in nately, incorrigibly and invincibly bad, that there is nothing left to say for him. He has no pleas, and dare not use them if he had. He is the incarna tion of all that is false in the usual ad justment of these grave questions. CUPID IIC BUSINESS. The head of a large clerical staff com posed entirely of women said: "Though they will not admit it nine girls out of ten look upon the business world as a matrimonial field well worth cultivating. Thousands enter it to find a husband and remain in it to avoid needing one. Cupid does not find the average shop or office a congenial atmosphere in which to labor. Women who work ehoulder to shoulder with men have few illusions left at the end of the first year. And say' what you- will about the weakness and creduality of old-fashioned women. it is not a kind hand that tears away everv illusion. With the departure of certain ideals, women realize that cer tain reasons for their existence, certain possibilities of happiness, have slipped out of her grasp. The girl who has won her first little commercial triumph at twenty-three does not realize this, but the woman of thirty-three or forty- three, who has drunk the full measure of business success, does understand, and suffers accordingly." . j Said a woman who at a comparatively young ege has scored success in a field which few women enter: "At twenty five I returned to my native village from college. I had not decided on any career, but when I got back to the quiet town something palled upon me. It was the men! I had known them all from youth nice, prosaic fellows, anx ious to settle down under their respec tive ancestral roof-trees end I fled the scene. In a larger city, among bustling business interests, I would find a con genial mate. From the start r was a business success. One small triumph followed another, but I didn't marry. I found myself measuring men by their business qualifications, and not by their personal or domestic qualifications. At forty I woke to a realization that men were no longer interested in me as a weman, but as a dangerous . business rival, a person who needed to be watch ed, a creature to be flattered, alas, not because of her womanliness and femi nine charms, but because her influence was valuable. Was I flattered at this realization? No! I was furious, and I have hated men ever since." Anna Steese Richardson in the September Woman's Home Companion. RENEWING ELECTRIC BULBS. A good deal of curiosity is occasioned when visitors to s very high room or auditorium wonder low it is possible to reach the incandescent bulbs when they burn out. The explanation is the use of a long jointed pole, which can be extended to a great length. At the up per end of the pole is a colder, con sisting of wire fingers, which open by pulling a string and dose tightly around the bulb by means of strings, the mo ment the cord is released. When the bulb is thus gripped the lamp changer turns the pole and unscrews the lamp. From an illustrated article in tne ucto ber Popular Mechaies. General Robert E. Lee. was the greatest General the world had ever known. Ballard's 6now Liniment is the greatest liniment Quickly cures all pains. It is within the reach of alL T. H. Pointer, Hempstead, Texas writes: "This is to certify that Ballard's Snow Liniment has been used in my house hold for years and has been found to be an excellent Liniment for Kneumatic pains. I am never without it. Sold by Frank Hart, Drugstore. VT Morning Astorian, 85 cents per month, delivered by carrier. WANTS ALL TO HELP Wilbur Newell Says School Chil dren Can Boost. SEND LITERATURE TO FRIENDS Enthusiastic: Report on the State Fair at Salem leaflets on Various Coun ties Should be Sent All Over America by Scholars. PORTLAND, Sept. 83. The Oregon State Fair lat week was a record breaker in point of attendance, and the speed contest were the best in the history of the Fair and aroused even more enthusiasm than when pools were sold. The twelve new stables whliii housed the splendid live-stock exhibit were visited by many thousands, there being as many ladies as men present. The displays of products of the. soil were up to those in quality shown at the Lewis & Clark Exposition, and the crowds were admirably handled. The citizens of the great Harney country have made an urgent appeal to the people of all parts of the State to make a special effort to visit Burns October 8th to 12th. when their fair is in esion, and te the products of Ore gon's biggest county. An etiort win be made to send a delegation from Port laud. Artesian water has been found at it depth of less than three hundred feet in Harney Valley aud the people are re joicing. No meeting devoted to irrigation has attracted eiich general attention throughout the United States at the last convention of the National Irriga tion rvinm-i.. nt SmTiinieiito. and Ore gon is indebted to Malheur and Kla math Counties for making a showing which won big prizes and caused the State to be generously advertised. At least ten towns in Oregon have established permanent exhibit rooms at which good specimens 01 iruns, vege tables and other products are shown. Others are making temporary showing on account of the large number of colo nists takinsr advantage of the low rates now on, and in each instance it gives the new-comers a place to concentrate, where they are assured a welcome, and as a result a large majority locate per manently. Hon. Wilbur K. Xe well's hundred words on Ore iron fruit is a splendid con densation of facts, and is being used in the new printed matter of several 01 the active commercial bodies. This statement of Mr. Xewell's is direct, ef fective and convincing. The stroneest assurance of the growth of many Oregon cities and towns dur ing the last year i the large increase 3hown inthe school enrollment, and these school children in each and every city, town and village of the state arc No Students, No Cocaine, No Gas. I Cliil I IV II We will forfeit $1000 to any char itabla institution for anv Dentist who can compete with us in crown and bridge work, or teetn witnoui piaies. Pay no fancy fees until you have con sulted us. Our continued success in our many offices is due to the uni form high-grade work done by years nt aTTMtriencejt onerators. The nrices quoted below are absolutely the best opportunity to gei your moneys "worth which has ever been offered. We use nothing but the best ma terials. ' ' Prices Until Sept. tfOth Best Silver Fillings 50c Platinum Fillings Geld & Platinum Alloy Fffllnp.t1.a5 Gold Fillings la.00 to ts-oo B.B. White Layon Crown. . . . . . .lso Gold Crowns, Vest sax extra ' . heavy IS-oo Bridgtwork, per tsoth, best work..ls Beit Rubber Plate, & & whits ' teetn ..tM Aluminum-lined Plata (10 to t5 A binding guarantee given with all work for 10 years. VEGETABLE VAPOR Used only by ns for Painless Extrac tion of teeth, 50c Read What Mrs. Jessie Level Ssy. I had 12 teeth extracted by the use of Vegetable Vapor, absolutely pain lessthe most pleasing effect and highly recommend the method. Yours truly. '-! i: MRS. 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A Knowledge of Forma, Knowledge of Function arid Knowl edge; of Products are all of the utmost value and in questmni of life ami health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be tcfiembered that Syrup of Fin and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by tlx California Fig Syrup Co., is an ethical product which hat met with the approval of the most eminent physicians and gives universal satisfaction, because it it a remedy of Known Quality. raru ana run won me vaiuaoie patronage 01 nuuions 01 me iramj w , a a a t as 11 If .1 .1 . 1 iV a world, who know ot their own and best of family laxatives, This valuable remedy under the name of Syrup wide acceDtance as the most 1 . . 1 B - 1 laxabve pcinca-, obtained and the Well Informed adopted me more cuDorate name or oyrup or rigs ana Elixir of Senna as more fully descriptive of the remedy, LOUISVILLE, KY. the best tdrertising vehicle. Get your advertising leaflet in their hands to bo out ill personal letters and the, results will be amazing, while the cost of printing covers tin entire expense. The boys and girls pay the postage and do the work. Lost and Found. Lost, between 9:30 p. m. yesterday and noon today, a bilious attack, with nausea and sick headache. This loss was occasioned by finding at Chas. Rogers' drug store a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed for biliousness, ma laria and jaundice. 2 Sc. HI tllMH n Our Insurance Department ; I 495, Commercial Street, Astoria, Oreg'oni OF PersonalKnowledgi .... Known Eicellence and Known personal knowledge and irora actual use mat for which no extravagant or unreasonable claims has been Ions and favorably known of Fi and hat attained to world- excellent family laxative. As its pure trom senna, are well known to physicians M MB of the world to be the best we have but doubtless it will always be called lot by Uie shorter name of Syrup of Figs and to get its beneficial ejects, always note, when purchasing the full name 01 me v-ompany v-aworrua rig oyrup Co. printed on the front of every package, . whether you call for Syrup of Figs or bv the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. londonIengland. vl.o.A. LONDON, ENGLAND. BALLOONS TRAVEL 550 MILE English and Swiss Entrants in later tional Race Make High Records. BUUSSKLS, Sept. ii. The best .lis tanees yet recorded in the International balloon race which started hers yestor day with 34 competitors, were made by the English balloon, Zephyr, and the Swiss balloon. Cognac, which descended respectively In the, French departments of Gers and fondes. Both balloons exoeded 530 miles. Sev. trul of the smaller balloons descended in Belgium. ; MltlH IHMUIIMHMM I : 1 CHARITY MAY COVER a multitude of sins, but It takes an Equitable Life In surance Policy to cover the debt which you owe Your Wife Your Children And Your Estate Ther are many good Companies, but only one best, and that, of course, is the Equitable life because it has the greatest security and the greatest earning power. If you live you will receive the money yourself,- and if not, your loved ones will be beieflted. . r- Havs yoa seen 1:1 ., M'i tru A 1. ' ! Gfco Equitable Life's Standard Policy?; f:.r Consultation and Office Treatment Free. 1 n 1 twi w m-m b n iri m -1 a n w a 11 b b : vt jm uu iiii in i ii 11 iju tin.. - o contests ol fortunate Component f a is me nm are nude. ArfCtA i wTv 4Y i ' rYWP 9 NEW YORK.NY A Humans Appeal. A humane eitisea of Richmond, InJ., Mr. U. D. 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