THE MORNING ' ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1907.
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Official uaowr of Clatsop county and
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man or interest here. Nor U it held at
this office that that editing is invariably
and exactly accomplished $ but it i held
that it is not essential, in .matters that
hart had a continuous publicity as the
Reid right-of-way case lias, to hunt up
any particular person . at interest ' in
onfrr to secure aa patently prejudiced
review of the matter, as ia unfolded in
the communication ( aent us by Mr.
Fulton."1-"-"''" "-1 '
As he shall justify that expression of
his feelings to himself and those that
agree with him, so shall we justify this
paper' to Ha readers, in even' So great
a piece of temerity aa disagreeing with
him may be counted, f
EDITORIAL SALAD. .
'
As a specator on Brooklyn Bridge re
marked as the Lusitanta passed in oil
Governors Island: "Sure an it's great
day, air, whin a boat can cross in four
days and 28 hours!"
A strike wa appropriately precipit
ated the other day at St. Paul City
Hospital by. a nurse named Alvina Ham
Scott & Aiminu of Goldtield is at Salt
Lae to secure plans for a large sump
ling works at Columbia, Nev. Columbia,
it will be recalled, is one of Goldfleld's
nearest neighbors, the town beginning
where Goldfleld leaves off, J. ; ,
Columbia, is tributary to praclically
all the GoUlflold district, and has ample
railroad facilities. Mw Scott stated that
his his associates and himself were hav
ing the plans drawn- la this city for a
sampling plant with a capacity of from
400 to 500 tons a day and when, those
plans are available work, upon the plant
will begin without delay, i, V
The camp of Goldfleld, he states, nev
er was in a better way to achieve suo
eess, and the most gratifying era there
is just dawning. It is contemplated that
a sampling plant at Columbia will draw
ores from a great many Nevada camps
now handicapped in marketing' their
resources. ' iV
TEE WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington, Idaho Fair.
"PURELY PERSOHAL.''
The Morning Astorian regrets that
its strictures on the action of three
members of the nine composing the
promotion committee of the Astoria
Chamber of Commerce, in regard to the
treatment accorded to William Reid in
the matter of his negotiations for cer
tain right-of-way, privileges on the
Portland-Oregon & Seacoast Railway
project, should have evoked so pro
nouncedly personal a response from
Mr. G. C. Fulton aa appears in these
columns this morning. We had no idea
that Mr. Reid' overtures were con
e trued upon s purely personal grounds
as is rendered unequivocally certain by
this communication' nop that deals,
referred by the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce to its leading committee,
were disposed of upon such hypotheses
We have always felt, and held, that tne
Chamber of Commerce was a quasi
public body taking its authority, its
sustenance, and its prestige, from the
major sense of its membership, not
from the personal inspirations or preju-
din that noasesa its committee, in
whole, or in part.
That it invests this, its most promi
sent committee, with such immutable
prerogatives as are indicated in the ac
, tion of this particular minority of this
particular committee, is, to say the
least, dangerous policy in the handling
of affairs of this nature when so many
men and interests are involved. .We
deprecate such "close-corporation'
methods in an organization to whom
the will of its majority should be as the
"breathe of its nostrils, on the ground,
that no good, no safety, no genuinely
authoritative action, may be counted
upon, especially in cases where spon
taneous prejudice appears to have
swayed as it did in this instance.
.. However well justified that prejudice
may have been, insofar as this particu
lar protestant is concerned, is not to
the point, and should have been beside
it, to the very end of this negotiation
of Mr. Reid's. It is peculiarly sugges
tive that nothing of this sort was
broached during the earlier phases of
his dealings with the Chamber of Com
merce, and only appear at the moment
he domes to make good on the only stip
ulations set no bv the Chamber durinir
o
the six week or two months his propo
sition has been before this body. To
the ordinaryi citizen it looks very much
as though Mr. Reid's final proof of his
willingness and ability to do what was
demanded of him in this relation, could
not be negatived, now he forced from
the field, save by the application of a
mixture of bias and temper, and bluff
in the shape of an impossible and extra
ordinary "rider" to his privilege, a bond
of $250,000 to assure the doing of the
work and the paying of the men en
gaged upon it , '
We ' beg to disclaim Mr. Fulton's
wholesale charge that this paper or the
people employed upon" itt have ever
dome less than their entire duty by the
Astoria Chamber of Commerce. It
strikes us that we have manifested
about 8 much real interest In it and
its work, as he can justify to; and we
oegto assert our privilege, and his, to
criticise what of its actions are amen
able to criticism, as is the one in which
he has just 'figured so conspicuously.
And we have the advantage of writing
tnn quite free from any prejudice to
ward him, the Chamber, and Mr. Reid.
The conclusion that Mr. Reid is abso
lutely without backing and sponsorship
is merely a gratuity and is not qualified
in the communication under considera
tion. Beside, it was not the time to
demand nor expect any definite assur
ance on this scoie. " That phase of the
situation could have waited the issue of
the compact i we were pledged to and
which we flatly discarded, to our own
discredit. " . '" -
This paper is edited for every man
in this1 city and county to read, and
with the sole purpose of passing upon
public and popular questions in rational
and wholesome terms, and upon the
clearest understanding of the public
purview of those questions; not to do
injustice, nor work disadvantage to any
merl
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Now that Mrs. Isaac Rice is back
from foreign shores a little more quiet,
please. ';V
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The Tammany ticket for Judges of
the city court hasen't forgotten its
brogue.
Lillian Russell says divorce is the
worlds greatest blessing. Blessed Lil
lian 1 ' v ' :".
KELLOGG VISITS BONAPARTE. ,
Standard Oil and Harriman Testimony
Discussed in Washington.
WUSHKGTOX. Oci 17. Frank B.
Kellogg of St. Paul special counsel for
the government in the Standard Oil
cases, came Over to Washington today,
spending some time at the Department
of Justice in conference with Attorney-
General Bonaparte. Mr. Kellogg said he
had discussed certain phases of the
Standard Oil case with the attorney
general, " " ' ' ' " ;
Messrs. Kellogg and Bonaparte also
conferred as to the efforts of the gov
eminent to have E. H. Harriman re
spond to certain questions that he de
clined to. answer during the Interstate
Commerce Commission's hearing into the
operation of the Harriman lines. It is
understood that as a result of today's
conference no criminal prosecutions of
individuals for violation of the rebate
and anti-trust laws will be undertaken
for the present.
MR. CLEVELAND IS MUCH BETTER.
Health Good and Wife Says he Will
Visit More Freely,
.PRINCETON, N. J, Oct. 17. Grover
Cleveland returned to Princeton this
afternoon from a trip to New York. He
left here last night. Mr. Cleveland's
visR to New York wag entirely on busi
ness, the nature of which was not given
out here. At the Cleveland home to
night, Mrs. Cleveland talked with a
reporter and said that the former
President was improving rapidly.
"Mr. Cleveland is much better, al
though he is still very weak in the
legs." She added: "The trip to New
York was purely a business one"
Mrs. Cleveland went on to say that
Mr. Cleveland will go to New York more
frequently from now on.
DESTROYER TO ' MAKE 35 KNOTS.
Craft Being Built for Japanese Navy is
, of New Type.
TOKIO, Oct. 17. A new type of de
stroyer is being built for the Japanese
navy. It will be the biggest as well as
the swiftest afloat. It will have a ton
nage of 1100 and a speed of 35 knots.
Its armanent will be one five-inch
and eight four-inch guns and it will
have four torpedo tubes. It is intended
that it shall be able to accompany bat
tleships m anyi weather.
Up to date the fastest torpedo craft
are the German G. 137, which is said to
have made in its trials last month 33
knots, and the British Cossack, which,
the same month, in a trial pun on the
Mersey, made 331 knots.
WILL BUILD AT COLUMBIA.
Goldfield Neighbor to Hare Sampler of
400 Tons Capacity.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 17. W. H. Scott,
of the mining and brokerage firm of
Ice Cream-...
Made frrjin Pure Sweet
Cream, 40c. Quart.
Whipped Cream
40 Cents a Quart ; !
TAGG'S PARLORS
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COAL DEALER HELD FOR TRIAL.
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Prominent Philadelphia Charged With
Larceny in Borton.
i BOSTON, Oct. 17r-Charged with lar
ceny of $5,705 from the city of Boston,
Joseph T. miles of Philadelphia, a mem
ber of the firm of Hatfield & HiUes,
dealers of Pennsylvania and New York,
was held for trial in $10,000 bail in the
superior criminal court today.
The case against Hilles is the result of
the finance commission investigation of
prominent business and club man in
Philadelphia. The indictment is inde
pendent of the Klous case, which is
now pending. ' ' 1 t
GETS FIRST KILLING FROST.
Western New York Hat Freeie Month
Later Than Last Year.
BUFFALO, 0t i7.-Thero was a kill
ing frost throughout wostern New York
lust night. Ice formed in small .pools
and it was the coldest night of the
season, "lite first killing frost of last
year in this vicinity , was on Sept. 14,
a month earllon than this year..
The oillciuU record of the Buffalo
leather bureau this morning showed a
temperature of 35.5 degrees, but in out
lying parts of the city and throughout
the country the temperature got const
derable below freeiing.
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gave mo half a box of It. To my sur
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Owing to my desire to retire from business I have started a reduction sale in order
to dispose of my large and reliable stock as, quickly as possible. Ill health has prompt
ed me to dispose of my entire stock at prices that you cannot well afford to overlook.
Every piece of furniture represents the highest value and at this time you will be
able to. save a great deal of money by trading here during this sale.
READ THE FOLLOWING PRICE LIST.
OTHER REDUCTIONS IN PROPORTION.
900 Reclining Go-Carts .Sale $ 6.33
14.50 Reclining Go-Carts ............................ "
6.60 Mirror, 18x40 "
30.00 0-Hole Range, warranted 10 years.., "
60.00 6-Hole Majestic Mailable Range , "
14.00 Magic National Heaters, cast lined. . . .....!..,.. "
1.75 Steel lined heaters, good grade ., "
3.00 Iron Beds ,....5. i.i "
40 Iron Beds, 5-spindle back angle iron. .1. .' "
130 Simmons Iron Bed.............'................' "
. 1.65 ' Best grade inlaid linoleum I,..
lJ2j Granite inlaid linoleum,..,.... 1.., ,.. "
5 12-ft. wide; best grade linoleum.
.63 6-ft. wide; good grade linoleum
.60 6-ft. wide; best grade oil cloth. ...
, 25 Mattings .
32.50 Body Brussels rug, 9x12.
25.00 Axminster rug, 9x12.
25.00 Best Grade Velvet rug, 9x12 . . . . . .1.
16.60 Reversible Brussels rug, 0x12. ... ..... M
11.60 All Steel Folding Beds'.;.... "
7.50 All Steel Folding Couches.... "
5.00 Pads for Steel Couch........... .
20.00 China Closets .......1 ..v '
27.00 China Closets
27.50 Buffets . . ,
, 24.50 Combination Sideboard and Buffet
8.85
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$ 3.60 All oak, 24-inch top, French leg, center table. . . .Sal 1 140
12.50 Table, French leg -
3.50 English Breakfast Table.,......,,..... -
18.00 Pedestal 6 ft. Extension Table..,
,33.00 Pedestal 8 ft Extension Table..
11.00 Four-drawer golden oak finished flresser
7.50 Hotel dresser, gold oak finished .',,'.
15.00 Dresser, oval mirror, quartered oak finish....... "
12.00 Glass front cupboard. .1., ..,.,........., .,..,.. m
7.50 ChildViron bed, any. color.. ............ .. '
80 Couch, valuTe coverlng,...,,.,..,.i............. "
20.00 Couoh, imitation Spanish leather. ... ........ M
20.00 Bed Couch, imitation Spanish leather...........
17.50 Combination desk and bookcase.. ......, "
20.00 Hair Mattres ............. ...... ..j.,..,.. N
16.00 Hair Mattress ,.' , , -
llOO ' Felt Mattress . . .. ...... , . , . , -
40.00 Turkish Rocker, leather. . . . . , M
10.00 Oak Rocker,' spring seat, . . . . ,w M
3.00 Oak Rocker, cobbler seat... .............. ,.. . . "
6.50 Music Cabinet ...........
2.00 , All Feather Pillows . .' ; . , .
3.00 Comfortt, good grade.....' .., -'
8.50 All Wool, whit blanket;. M-
6.00 . All Wool, gray blanket..,.,,,.;..,,.,,,..,,.,..,, t
1.60 Weathered Oak Plate Rack............ ?
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