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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
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NO, 239. VOLUME LXIII.
, ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LIKE A BIG CIRCUS
Washington so Finds the United
States.
BIG THREE RINGED AFFAIR
JfWitern Man Preaches of Strloumwui of
Oriental Question to the Phlegmatic
VI. tion'i Capitol.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. Mm United
IStutes, thee dap, in like a yrcat three
ringwd circuit, and Wellington 1 finding
It dllllcult to Prwldcnt Roosevelt and
Hivrctary Taft, and here at home. The
national capital no longer la the center
of attraction, and VnlilriKtnIuii are
nd)'Avoriii(( to di((et the nix addreeit
made by 1'retident Hooiti'velt enroute
down the MlaalaalppI lUver, the while
following th doing of Secretary Taft
In the Orient and keeping In touch with
itlfnir in the hndow of the Capitol.
Naturally, Interval hit a centered in the
Journey and ajierehes of the Chief Kx
oeutive, H I itH-ognlwd here that Mr.
ltiMinrvelt' influence nud word have
lent a powerful impetus to the move
ment Inaugurated dome ix jeiir ago
by the National Kivrr and Harbor
rngrea, which wit organized and ban
worked for the sole pursue of bringing
bout, through regular- Federal approp
rlationa, th scientific developement of
the river and harbor of the I'nlted
Slate. The organisation I backed by
the leading eotninereial bodies of the en-1
tiro country, a well a by prominent
public men, and dining the lat yean
ha extended It memhrhfp to auoh
an extent a to make the ultimate sue
cea of It object aurc. However, lt
nwrotary and treaHiirer, Captain J. F.
Klllmui, of Cincinnati, realize that hi
organization cannot have too strong a
liuckltig, and I therefore putting forth
hi bMt endeavor to recruit an even
greater membership before the next an
nual convention ia held. Thi meeting
i ached uled for the first week in Decern
ber, next, antl-datlng by a few day the
opening of the Sixtieth Congre.
''Button, button, who' got the but
ton?" meanhig Of courtte, the button
from the Millppl valley. According
to Alfred leters, of Iowa daily, who i
here thi week, thi particular button
teem to bo lined dally by thouand up
on thousands of Individual, not alone
n the United Ktatei but in practically
every country where clothing I in atyle.
Wliile Mr. Peter i aware that hi ec-l
lion of the country I famed for Ita
corn and wheat crop, he believes that
tome of the other Industries of the great
Middle Went should be brought to mind
In appraising that vat territory and
the commodities it produce. A an ex
ample of one of thcie "other Industrie",
be point to the pearl button business,
lecturing that In fllcatine alone, where
button-making flnuriahea and where
about 5W person are employed, 2,-
(XHi,(XX) worth of high-grade pearl but
ton weiv turned out lat year and en
tered Into nuecessful competition witb
l he product of Froncc and Germany. The
extent of thi button trade. Mr. Peters
nlt entitle it to honorable mention.
If the neorde of the eastern states, of
the Middle West, and of the South could
realize how serious the Oriental has be
come they would cooperate with the
neotde of the Pacific slopes in effect
ually shutting out the brown men a
laborer. Thi i the opinion of I B.
Francis, a prominent "native son" of
Han Francisco, who while in Washington
on buines, has taken every opportunity
to further the work of the Japanese
Korean Exclusion League of which he
ii a firm advocate. Mr. Francis sees a
growing menace in the ever-increasing
influx of the Orientals, averting that
they will, in the course of a few years,
constitute a serious race problem, that
will be felt alike by the Eust and West.
It is a noteworthy fact that just at this
time, with the Han Francisco and Van
couver race riots fresh in the public
mind, the American Sociological Society
is preparing to discus at its next an
nual convention, to be held at Madison,
Wis. in December. This meeting is to
be largely attended by many of the1
most prominent sociologists of the Unit- j
ed States, Including such men as Ward,,
Oiddings, Peabody, Grahan Taylor, W.
I. Thomas nd Mls Jane Adams. The
elaboration of the , program is in the
hands of the secretary of the society,
Dr. C. W. Vedita, who in addition to be
ing a member of the faculty of the
George Washington University, ia a
criminologist and socialist of some note.
Dr. Vcditz I too busy witb his work
s acting dean of the college of the poli
tical sciences of the University to draft
the program for the Madison convention
at this time, but promise shortly to
make public the plans he is preparing.
Col. Smith's exceptional services in con
nection with the establishment of the
coast defensed of the United States and
the supply of the artillery services with
modern armanent". Col. Smith's ability
as an ordance officer is not questioned at
all; for he is admittedly one of the best
offoers in this branch of Uncle Sam's
service, but the fact that although he
was not in line for promotion he was
jumped over the heads of no less than
fifty -three colonels of whome fourteen
are in infantry and in direct line of
promotion, has caused comment. Not a
few of thee fifty-three colonels, and
their friends, are inclined to feel "sore".
A surprise, no less startling than the
recent order of the 'President concern
ing the equestrian stunts through which
rotund office warriors were to be put,
was occasioned in army circles by the
other day by the posting of the an
nouncement at the War Department
that Mr. Roosevelt has directed the ap
pointment of Col. Charles S. Smith, ord
nance department, to be brigadier gen
eral on the retirement of General God
frey this week. The bulletin announced
that the President directed the appoint
ment and "wihe It announced that the
appointment is made in recognition of
Former Senator Francis Marion Cock
rell, of Missouri, now a member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, this
week held leaves at his office and receiv
ed the congratulations and good wishes
of his, many friends on the occasion of
his seventy-third birthday. For some
weeks he had been kept at home on ac
count of ill health brought on by over
work, but he was impatient to the back
"in harne's" again and selected the an
niversity of his numerous messages of
felicitation, and in the course of the
day a large number of government of
ficials called to statesman has been al
most a total abstainer during bis long
life, having early made a resolve never
to drink- at any public function, and to
the fact that he has never taken liquor
except as medicine lie attribute bis good
health and young appearance. Senator
Cockrell also believe in plenty of sleep,
hard work, and outdoor exercise, having
always walked from his home to his of
fice, unless the weather was especially
inclement.
They Make You Feel Good.
The pleasant Jpurgative effect exper
ienced by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
healthy condition of the body and mind
which they create makes one feel joy
ful Price, 25 cents. Samples free at
Frank llart and Leading Druggist.
HAVE NEW DIVISION
Southern Road Provides for Dif-
ficult Transit
FROM RED BLUFF TO ASHLAND
Division Includes Mountain Climb on
Shasta Route Over Which Three Loco
motives Are Required For Ordinary
Freight New Division to be a Benefit
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-To divide
responsibility for two of the most dif
ficult operating problems on its lines
and also to provide for proper handling
of extensions now being made from
the Shasta route to keep up with the
traffic demands of this territory, the
Southern Pacfiic Railroad has created a
new division which will include the ter
ritory from Red Bluff, Calif, to Ash
land, Ore. The old Sacramento division
of the Southern Pacific, out of which the
new jurisdiction has been carved with
Thomas Ah era as division superintend
ent, until now consisted of 735 miles of
road, including the crossing of the Sis
kiyou Mountains to the north and the
crossing of the Sierras eastward to
Sparks, Nevada.
The division now created includes only
one of these mountain climbs, that of
the Shasta route, over which to Ash
land three locomotives are required for
a freight train of ordinary weight. The
jurisdiction" of Mr. Ahern will also in
clude the California Northeastern from
Weed to Kalamath Falls, where event
ually it will connect with another new
road being built by the Southern Pacific
from Klamath to the main line at Na
tron, Oregon. This will give the South
ern Pacific an entirely new route for
half the distance between Portland and
San Francisco, completely avoiding the
present heavy grades.
The California Northeastern ia now b
operation for 40 miles above Weed, and
by the 1st of next month will be com
pleted to Dorris, 63 miles. Beyond this
point a tunnel, now under construction,
is necesary and this will probably delay
until next spring the opening of the line
to Klamath, The construction of the
road involves some heavy work through
lava formation, with which it has been
found very difficult to deal by ordinary
methods.
Mb. Harriman, who has been closely
associated with carrying out these pro-
jects, spent his recent vacation In the
new territory that will be developed by
the building of the railroad from Weed
through the Klamath district. Thou
sands of square miles of virgin territory
with immensely valuable timber and
farming land will be opened up here.
The new roads run through the govern
ment's Klamath Lake reclamation pro
ject, and to the north skirts Crater
Lake, one of the world's natural won-
ders which has hitherto been practically
inaccessible to tourists.
PLOTTED TO KILL TEE CZAR. :
KIEV, Russia, Oct. 12. The police
have arrested a revolutionist named
Kruglikoff, alias Spransky, who is ac
cused of having been an important ac-
J complice of Boris Nikitenko, a retired
; naval lieutenant, in the plot against the
life of Emperor Nicholas, for which
Nikitenko was executed September 3.
A hir Russian fleet made it wav from
I the Baltic to the Sea of Japan without
i any 1 difficulty about coal. It had
1 troubles, but that is another story.-
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