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MORNING ASTOfilAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1907.
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WEATHER.
Western Oregon Cloudy with occa
sional rain.
ASTORIA LISTED FIRST.
On Monday and Tuesday of this
week there was held, at Portland, a
conference of the local managers of the
Pacific States Telephone t Telegraph
Company, from- all over the State of
Oregon, some 30 in, number, called to-'
gether to meet the new division superin
tendent of Oregon, Mr. J. W. Gilkyson,
just up from California, to relieve Mr.
J. H. Thatcher, who becomes general
agent for the concern in Oregon, a pro
motion peculiarly fitting the man who
hag done so much to extend and up
build the service in this state (until, in
the van confusion end dis-arrangement
of the company's affair incident to the
physical and moral upheaval of San
Francisco, his efforts were, for the time
being, nullified).
These representative officers went
over each particular situation in the
State of Oregon, with the local man
ager reporting from each place, and at
the close of the conference, which is
said to have been the most thorough
affair of its kind on the coast in years,
they were in possession of the fullest
detail respecting every point of service
here, and when the assemblage broke
up, every man returned to his post with
a wider knowledge of his business than
he ever had, and this supplemented
with orders that will make for the in
stant improvement of every department
in the state.
The Astoria manager, Mr. J. A. Bran
old, left his new chief, with the positive
assurance that Astoria stood first on
the list for investment with the new and
modern equipment that shall place this
city on a par with the best service on
the coast, and that this was understood
at San Francisco as well; and while the
exact date of the improvement could not
be given, he was directed to get his de
partment in receptive shape for the big
work and to hold himself and his force
in readiness for orders at an early day.
Mr. Brunold is only too glad to get in
line for this development, and will lose
no instant of time that shall contribute
to the re-establishment of the Astorian
system.
, THE CURRIER'S PEOPLE.
The news of the arrival at Seattle of
the 240 men marooned in Kelsons La
goon from the wreck of the good ship
John Currier, and the subsequent ar
rival of half a hundred of them at As
toria yesterday, is the theme par ex
cellance on the streets and in the homes
of this city. Primarily, the first note
of grateful comment is heard as to the
remarkable fact that not a single life
has been lost, in the wTeck nor in the
34 days of exposure on the inhospitable
island up north; and this gives place to
some pretty savage comment on the
brutal desertion of the castaways by
the steamship Leelanaw, her master
coldly turning his vessel from them and
sailing north, to Nome, after he had
discovered their dangerous condition and
had conferred with Captain Hutchison
of the lost Currier. The subsequent ar
rival of the revenue cutter McCullough,
by sheer accident, was a mercy most
unaccountable and wholly acceptable;
and save for the utter loss of the ship,
there is not a sad circumstance to re
late in connection with the incLIent, a
remarkable state of affairs in a matter
Involving so many lives as this; and for
which many a family of this city and
county, in devoutly thankful.
It is to bo hoped that the report of the
action of the captain of the Leelanaw
will result in shap reprisals upon that
: iTBnilntfl-w affiW.
BALLAST-DOCK HEEDED.
In the course of Astoria's work, and
equipment, for the making of an actual
seaport, it is very essential that there be
provided, ways, and places, and means
for the lightering of ballast tonnage,
quickly, handily, cheaply. It is among
the primary; and prime, requirements of
a well-appointed harbors end if there
is not, at hand, such facilities as can
be utilized without loss of time, then
the quasi-marine people, with frontage
on the bay, and perhaps, dockage to
suit the Durpoe, must get to work and
devise a system that shall meet the
urgency, and at the same tune make an
honest dollar out of it.
If there is no such property available.
then the Chamber of Commerce must
put its energies at work in this behalf
and se to it -that no time is lost in
attaining to such an establishment.
There will be a ship in this port in a
few days with several hundred tons of
ballast to remove, and her agent here
is exceedingly anxious to hold her here
and nr.ike the task an easy and as rea
sonable as he can for her owuers and
her master. The very fact that we can
discharge ballast, under fair conditions
as to time and cost, will be another
element of advantage in favor of our
marine program, and as this function
is among the first things demanded by
incoming vessels, it should be met read
ily and successfully.
There are scores of lots all over the
city that need filling, and good ballast
will serve admirably in this direction;
and an advertisement calling for specific
privileges , in this line, at fair compen
sation, should meet with widespread ac
ceptance at the hands of property-owners
to whom such a chance of improving
their lands, would be invaluable. Some
thing must be done in this relation with
out loss of time.
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EDITORIAL. 8 A LAD.
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Having disposed of the cocktail mat
ter, just s soon as Secretary Loeb
has prepared his denial that he incited
the Vancouver riot, his desk will be
clear for the day.
It will nnm Ka nnlil Mintftin'S OWU
f,.,,if if iu Ana rtnt not. tailc ft Hesir-
aMa uianmrni. hv havinc some noliti-
cian boast he had the Captain trans
ferred. 'Is Mr. Conners the Democratic par
ty?" demands Mayor McClellan. So far
as your case is concerned, possibly yes,
Mr. McClellan.
Bill Ward saye: "Hurried wealth sets
the pace for its possessor."
ASKS FIVE YEAR ENLISTMENT.
General Barry in Report From Cuba
Pleads for More Men.
WASHIXGTOX, Sept. 25. The annual
report of Brigadeer-General Thomas H.
Barry, commanding the army of Cuban
pacification, made public at the War
strength of that army on June 30, 1907,
strength of that army onJune 30,1907,
was 5,577 officers and men. Of his force
4,540 were in the regular army and 1,031
belonged to the marine corps. The moral
effect of the presence of American sol
diers, General Barry says, has been good
nd thugh the Cuban army is small-in
numlr!,. the entire) island has been
thoroughly covered and no occasion arose
for the use of force.
General Barry says there has been
great difficulty in obtaining recruits to
keep the military arganizations up to
their proper strength. His command
needs 1,186 men to fill the organizations
to their authorized quota. He makes
the following recommendations:
Increases in the pay of officers and
enlisted men; reorganization of the mo
bile army and Immediate increase of
the infantry, by 24 regiments: increase
of term of enlistment from three to five
years; re-establishment of the army
canteen; revision of the system of de
tailing commissioned officers for special
duties and separating them from their
commands, and that the President be
authorized to detail retired officers for
active duty whenever in his discretion
their services are needed.
FAVORS LIMITED OUTPUT.
Miners' Congress at Salzburg Also Wants
Child Labor Laws.
SALXBUBG. Austria, Sept. 25. At
today's session of the International Con
gress of Miners a resolution was adopt
ed opposing any restriction of the out
put of coal, the American and British
Delegates voting with the majority.
Aa Austro-German resolution in favor
of a legal prohibition of the employment
of children under 14 in the mining in
dustry, or under 16 on underground work
also was adopted. The American 'dele
gates referred to efforts made in Con
gress in the United States in the same
direction. - 'fWWXW
PARENTS 10 BLAME
Educators Find Few Children
With Good Health
ARE BEHIND PROPER GRADES
One-third of All School Children in the
United States Have Physical Defects
Based on Home Conditions New
York.
SEW YORK, Sept. 25. That about
one-third of all the school children in
the United States, or about 14.000,000 (
boys and girls, are behind their proper
grades because of physical defects that
could be remedied, is the gist of a re
port made by a committee of prominent
educators, headed by Charles C Burling-
ham, former president of the board 01
education of this citv. This committee
has investigated condition among
school children, not only in New York,
but in Boston, Chicago and other
cities.
Baed on the physical defects and
home conditions of 1400 school children
of Xew York City," says the report, "it
is estimated that 12,000,000 of the chil
dren of the United States have physical
defects, more or less serious, which
should receive attention from parents
and physicians.
"If the percentages recorded by the
board of health in Xew York should be
maintained throughout the country end
it seems likely that they would be as
impaired vision, malnutrition end defec
tive breathing are found in rural as well
as "urban schools there must be 1,440,
000 ill-nourisbed children, 5,613,000 with
enlarged glands and 6,925,000 with de
fective breathing in tne United States.
In Xew York city the estimated figures
are: Malnutrition. 48,000; enlarged
glands, 187,000; and defective breathing,
230,000, a total of 405,800.
"The defects indicted are easily reme
died, and many could be prevented by
proper care, though, except in the case
of defective vision, the causes are not
always easily determined. Among the
1400 children studied only a trifle more
than 10 per cent are reported to be
suffering from malnutrition, and of these
fewer than 14 per cent come from fami
lies where theincome is less than $10
weekly."
WILL FORTIFY VALDIV0ST0K.
Russia to Spend $19,000,000 There and at
Nikolayevsk, Amur Port. .
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 25.-A dis
patch to the Bourse Gazette from Val
divostok states that defense works cost
ing $19,000,000 are to be undertaken
there and in its neighborhood.
Valdivostok will be fortified more
strongly and improvements will be made
to the naval port at Xikolayevsk, on
the Amur, near its mouth. Immense
barracks also will be constructed at
Khabarovsk, at the junction of the Amur
and Ussuri rivers.
STOOD 11,000 VOLTS.
New Haven Road Electrician Has Unpre
cedented Experience.
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 25. George
Betta, an electrician of Brooklyn, is be
lieved to be electric proof. While he
was at work on the electric zone of the
Xew Haven road at Coscob today he
picked up a live wire carrying 11,000
volts.
A pair of plyers he held short circuit
ed the current box of the circuit breaker
and flames shot into the air 30 feet.
Betts was badly burned about the arms
and face and one arm was paralyzed,
but within a short time of the acci
dent he was able to walk about. He
went borne to Brooklyn unattended.
la rVnnm Prevention
la worth a pound of cur. There an
many poor sufferers. Consumptives whe
are hopeless of getting well who, If
they had taken ear of themselves,
would now be well A cough it tha
foundation of Consumption. Ballard's
Horehound Svruo will cure that ought,
Mrs. S , Great Falls, Montana, writes 1
"1 have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup
in my family for yeara my children
never suffer with coughs. Sold by Hart's
Drug Store. '
Of Interest to Many - - "
"Kiev's Kidney Cure will cure any case
of kidney or bladder trouble that is not
beyond the reach of meaicine. Jo medi
cine can do more. T. F. Laurin, Owl
Drug Store.
Personal knovvtetlsre
this competitive age and when of ample character it places its
possessor in the front ranks of
The Well Informed of the World.
A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of the
highest excellence in any field of human effort.
A Knowledge of Forma, Knowledge of Functions and Knowl
edge of Product are all of the utmost value and in quetfrant of life and health
when true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be reliembeted that Syrup
of Fig and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., it an
ethical product which hat met with the approval of the most eminent physicians and
gives universal tatwacbon, because tt u a remedy of
Ifnmim Onalitv Ifiuium Pv-.lln'4k and tfnnwn CVtmnAnamt
Part and hat woo the valuable patronage of rrulKoni of die Well Informed of the!
world, who know of their own
and best of family laxatives, for
Tha valuable remedy hat been long and favorably known
under the name of Syrup of Figs and hat attained to world
wide acceptance at the most excellent family laxative. At its pure
laxative principles, obtained from
and the Well Informed ol the world to be the best we have
adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and
elixir of Senna at more fully descriptive of the remedy,
but doubtless it will alwayt be called lot by the shorter
name of Syrup of Figs and to get itt beneficial
ejects, always note, when purchasing the full
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold
A. J. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana,
writes: "Last year I suffered for three
months with a summer cold so distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
I had many of the symptoms of hay
fever, and a doctor's prescription did not
reach my case, and I took several medi
cines which eemd to only aggravate
my case. Fortunately I Insisted upon
having Foley" Honey and Tar tn the
yellow package, and it quickly cured me.
My wife ha sine used Foley' Honey
and Tar with the same ueces." T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
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Personal Knovvledg
is (he winning (actor in the culminatina
personal knowledge and from actual use that
which no extravagant or unreasonable claims
Senna, are well known to physicians
name of the Company California rig Syrup
Co. printed on the front of every package,
whether you call for Syrup of rigs
or
by the full name Syrup ol
Figs and Elixir of Senna.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
londonngland.
BIO CHERRY ORCHARD.
KI T. EXE, Sept. 23. F. E. Dunn, A.
(!.' Woodcock" and C. ai. Williams, all of
Kugeue, and Geo. A. Dorrin, of Spring
fMd, have recently purchsied the old
"Dickie" Robinson farm of 200 acre In
the river road, seven mile below the
city, and will this winter et the entire
tract to Royal Anne cherries, apple,
peaches and pears. This will be the
largest orchard in the county end on of
the largest in the state.
Minimum
nsnrance
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Your Wife
Your Children
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If you live you will receive the money
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will be beneflUd.
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Consultation and Office Treatment Free.
contests of
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are made.
NEW YORK.N.Y
Health In tat Canal Zona,
Tb high wsgei paid ms It a mighty
temptation to our young artlnan t
Join the force of skilled workmen need
ed to construct the rantma Canal Many
ar restrained however by th fear of
fever and malaria. It la th knowing
ones those who liar used Eleetrle
Bitter, who go there without this fear,
well knowing thty ar safe from malar
lout Influence with Eleetrle Bitter oa
hand. Cure blood poison too, bilious
nees, weaknea and all atomach, tlrer
nd kidney troubles. Guaranteed by
Cha. Roger, druggist, 50c.
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