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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, .OREGON.
TUESDAY, OCTOSSR as, wj,
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Establish! "'
Vkbliabed Daily Except Monday by.
XZX J. S. pmiXGEX COXPAVf .
SUBSCSIPTIOII SAIE3.
ky mall, per year
By witter, par month
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17.00
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WIEX1Y ASTORIAM.
Bt mail, per year, in advanos.. 11.00
Entered u leoond-claM wtter July
SO, 1906. t tb poetoffloe at Alton, urp
ton, under the act of ConjreM ol March 8,
xtoMtlic reeweooe or pnm oi
ear made y Io
tepbooe. AjvT hrefruUrity In do
uM be (BUMMUMely reported to the
H'faitiM nv tti aKMnnv of Tn Mom
meAafoaux to either reeideooe or place of
boalneM Air
utrouga mei
Uvenr ihouM
ofBoe ot publication.
TELEPHONE MAIN Mx.
Official mm of Clatsop county end
the City ofAstoria.
mile gale a registered at North Head
and to published under me order -auua
ed to, is, iu "reality but 00-mile blow,
and to this extent, is misleading and
absolutely unfair; to all concerned.
There is no secret made of the wan
ton provision requiring this false rec
ord; and we insist that steps be taken,
now, to cure a state of affairs that has
lasted far too long. We have a right
to the actual record of the hour, in this,
as in all other elements of the public
service; and relief from the injustice
imposed. t
SOLVE US THE RIDDLE 1
HELD DARK CHAM
BER SESSION
POLICE COMMISSIONERS REFUSE
TO ADMIT NEWSPAPERMEN TO
TRIAL OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR
MISCONDUCT. ,
We are up' against the old, time-en'
crusted conundrum that has puzzled the
Astoria public these years, towitj "Why newspapermen were allowed to attend
The police commission held a secret
meeting, iu the private office, of tlie
city auditor yesterday afternoon. No
)iS(Wy . ' OF .. t 7 0-4).
C Personal knowledge) it the winruna factor in the culminating contcitiof CCjV Ml
, J L XJf this competiuve age and when of ample character it place, its fortunate Zjw7t M
OL possessor in the front t anks of . . - yrCl V
the meeting," and a request for admit
tance, by one, was answered by the
chief of police, who was acting as
bailiff, that it was a private meeting
and that information as to the pro
ceedings could be secured , from the
chairman of the commission' after the
session. Why the meeting, which was
eauy tne trial of two police officers
charged with misconduct by the chief
of police, and the trial of one them on a
charge of slander, preerred by the other,
should be held in a dark chamber man-
The
time
. LAUGHING AT THE LAW.
, Astoria is supposed to be a "closed
town," at least to the extent that dance
halls have been eliminated, the saloons
closed hermetically on Sunday, and all
gambling abated in the city. As to
dance halls alone does she fit the bill of
legal requirement. As to gambling, and
open saloons on Sunday, there need be
no two opinions of any sort. These two
' infractions of the law are practiced
steadily; so steadily, and recklessly, as
to preclude the possibility of the police
and other law officers of the city and
county knowing nothing about it It
is a matter of amusement in some
circles: and in others a matter of con
temptuous indifference.
. It is up to the authorities to enforce
the law or throw the town wide open
again. There is one fundamental rea
son for the application of one of these
two courses: That is, that equal jus
tice may be done to all who owe literal
observance to the law as it stands.
There are many, indeed, the majority,
of the saloons in Astoria, that are act
ually obeying the Sunday closing
statue, making no attempt to evade it
or break it; and common justice de
mands that , the wilful violators be
compelled to get in line, or that the em
bargo be taken off altogether, that those
who are abiding by the law may not
lose the advantage the others are tak
ing. , ,
Of course there is but one correct and
popular thing to do, and that is to cut
politics out, and inject a. fraction of
justice and sense into a situation that
is destined to become intolerable- The
farce is too plain to be misread by any
man in the city; and the common
council, the police commission, the police
department, and the shrievalty, had
best get together on a basis of decency
and justice, and work for the public
good awhile, leaving their jealousies
and political differences to the electo
rates of June and December, next.
If any of them think they are bam
boozling the people they are wretch
edly mistaken; the whole rotten situa
tion is thoroughly understood, and what
of efficacy may be lacking in the solu
tion from timely and friendly advice
Buch as this, may be supplied by the
more effectual remedy of local option
invoked as a dernier resort.
Gambling is hardly disputed by any
one familiar with the real conditions,
though its latitude is circumscribed to
limits fixed by the sporting banker's
confidence in his patron; in other words,
no one is allowed to play who cannot
be trusted to keep his mouth shut. Be
yond this there seems to be no barriers,
legal nor otherwise. .
does the Astoria Police Commission
transact its publio business in star
chamber secrecy!
We are not insisting upon an answer,
for the traditions of that body would
be instantly shattered if any euch con
cession were made to tne public in
whose behalf it is supposed to exist and
operate; but, all, the same, we are put'
ting the question, for the several-
hundredth time, just to show that it is
NOT yet answered. ,
Just why this, insignificant element
of municipal melange has to. maintain ner, is a question asked by many,
vue uijjmtv ou icmunMira ui vu,-1 witnesses were caned in one at a
net body, is beyond conjecture here; oranj the greatest secrecy preserved.
why its deliberations are so delicate, so , Charces had been preferred hv fW
t. i : i t - - 1.1 ..:ivl. . . 1 ! ..
jMuiuuuu, nv uujiuttHut, v 4fuguv wwi i uammai against uuicera Roy Twombly
reactionary possibilities, that the publio Lnd Thos. Linville in which he accused
is forced to merely .take the "record" them of boisterous and unirentlemanlv
and know nothing of the methods and conduct, in the police station, said con
people and cause wherewith its deals, duct being prejudicial to the discipline
una auw uenis wuu uirui, is puwe of the department.
"ca,B u" uu i-vu-i uiuocr iwomoiv naa also preierrea a
larity of "How Old is Ann?- Iclarge against Officer , Linville of hav-
io oiner puoiic commission or ms- inf slandered Lira in the nresence of
tution in the service of Astoria or others in the uoliee station i that Lin-
uatsop county, prewnos to oar oui me i ville had said that Twombly was a dis
people of the city or county from the rmitabl oerson usin two term. inli.
sessions held in the public behalf; and eating utter depravity. Twombly also j
we woum uko to see a ueaimy wire oi charced LinviUe With sav nc that a.
sentiment Here that would shatter this female relative of Twomblv vi lf.,J!no
a wrong life and that Iwombly was a
party to it. No information as to the
testimony given, or action to be taken,
from the authorities ther than the
statement that the estimony was taken
in shorthand and that when it : was
transcribed it would be publio property.
That no further action would be taken
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Personal knowledge it the winnina factor in the culminatins contciti of
this competitive age and when of ample character it place its fortunate
possessor in the front ranks of
The Well Informed of tho World.
A vast fund of personal knowledge it really essential to the achievement of the
it excellence in any field of human effort.
A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Function and Knowl
edge of Producti are an of the utmost value and in quej'ions of life and health
when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be rUicmbered that Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fit Syrup Co., is an
ethical product which has met with the approval of the most eminent physicians and
gives universal sauiiacuon, Because h is a rem cay
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Parts and has won the valuable patronage of millions of the Well Informed of the Tf
world, who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual use that it is the first
and best of family laxatives, for which no extravagant or unreasonable claims are made.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known
under the name of-Syrup of rigs'- and has attained to world
wide acceptance as the roost excellent family laxative. As its pure
laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians
and the Well wormed of the world to be the best we have
adopted the more elaborate name of- Syrup of Figs and
Lluur of ienna- as more fully descriptive of the remedy,
but doubtless it wiH always be called for by the shorter
name of Syrup of Figs and to get rU beneficial
eflects, always Dote, when purchasing the lull
. 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 of
rim and EExir of Senna.
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farce without more ado, and what we
can do to create that sentiment will be
done from this time on. 1
A BUSINESS BLUNDER,
cen a man, wno is conducting a
business which brings him largely and
constantly in ultimate touch with the I until the return of Commissioner Foard
general public, and especially when he I who is absent from the citv. Commls
caters u tnas puouca amusement or sioners -rage. ana. lAunn were the highly of them. I suffered from at
entertainment, attempts to take that I commissioners present. tacks of kidney trouble and at times
public into his confidence on any plea of I The public feels that it is entitled to nlui.1 much miserv M kblntv were
business misunderstanding, or imposi- Iknow of the acts of public officials, and too frequent in action and forced me to
uou, m tuuiciiuuu, I'guw vr muug, uc i rescuis uca buiwibiic aenance oi meari many times during the night. My
SAN FRANGISCO.CAL,
LONDON, ENGLAND.
LOUISVILLE, KY. londonse5gland. NEW'YORK'.N.Y
commits an unforgivable solecism.
This blunder was made at the Astoria
opera house on last Saturday night
Without passing upon the merit of the
complaint made to the whole house, in
the very midst of an enjoyable per
formance, it is quite enough to say that
people's rights.
FAIR EXCHANGE.
. NEEDS QUICK AMENDMENT.
There is ample, ground for complaint
against a condition of affairs which has
.long existed at the United States
weather bureau station at North Head,
on the Washington shore of the mouth
of the Columbia river, and from whence
the technical data is taken, for observa
tory purposes, and which is supposed to
govern the published reports of weather
conditions put out by the federal au
thorities. , '' y'':'.-:-."-.
For a year, or more, the machine that
registers the velocity of the winds pass
ing that point, has been working im
properly in fact, it has always record
ed that Telocity at 30 per cent beyond
the actual stress of the wind. ' This Is
known at the station and at Washing
ton, as well; but the operators at North
Head have always been under strict or
i ders to report, and publish, this wind
M-eoord, just as it is recorded there, on
the assumption that the corrections will
' be duly made at the head office in Wash
. ington, D. C. ' ' '
Upon this silly, red-tape predicate,
the general public and especially the
mariners and those interested in the
; coming and going of deep-water vessels,
are permitted to make an ' admittedly
.wrong reading of the .wind conditions,
. which are thus erroneously published at
our very doors day by day, and cor
rected byjhe experts 3000 miles away,
long 'after the reading avails good to
: anyone. ' '
" It is not only a piece of departmental
buneomfo and utterly unnecessary; but
it; does a rank injustice to the reputa
tion of the coast, the bar, the entrance
and the harbor, at Astoria; since a 00
back was so sore and lurae that I could
not stoop or bend over. I tried liniments
and plasters, but without any good re
sults. At last Doan's Kidney rills were
A New Back for an Old One How it is brought to my attention and I procured
mw in Asiona, ia box. In a short time the pains lett
The back aches at times with a dull, I iir hack and mv kldnevs were restored
no auditor takes any stock in anything! indescribable feeling, making you weary to their normal and natural condition.
,u" iwm w. wiu ana resiiess; piercing pains snoot across am now wen and iree irom Kidney
of indulgence to which he has put him- the region of the kidneys, and again trouble and " do - not hesitate to
self for the evening, and for which he the loins are so lame to stoop is agony, recommend Doan's Kidney JMlbr to
has paid" his money. K . " No use to rub or apply a plaster to the other sufferers. ,
2o excuse will be received for such back in. this condition. You cannot -iw itt,. M. m a..
mm m . m . 1 I A 1VHV T JJJ V V UMC U liVUi Am
a blunder and the simplest way to re- reaeh the cause. Exchanee the bad back . . - . .. . .
cover from a predicament of the sort is for a wv and stronger one. , wna as anas, iiogers orug
to commit the gaucherie but once in a Mrs. Nancy SewelL living on Jefferson rtore nd ask what Us customers re-
street, Hillsboro, Ore, says: "I have Port- " ' I1
used Doan's Kidney Pills and think very I For sale by all dealer,
managerial career.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Nsw York,
sale agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
, Social Dance.
The girls' basket ball team will give
a dance Saturday night, October 19th, at
the Uppertown National Hall. All art
cordially Invited. Gents, 75 cents; ladies
free. 10-W-Bt.
DOCTOR TEE ITCH WHERE THE
ITCH IS.
Christmas Excursions.
It is not too tarly to make your
steamer reservations if you are going to
spend Christmas In the Old Country.
The Canadian Paclflo gives yon the
very best service by rail and steamer
and their rates are the lowest.
-. For sailing dates, and full particulars,
Price 80c. call on James Finlayson, agent, Astoria,
Changs of Firm,
, Mr. Elio has sold the Bond Street
Market to F. BakotU-h and Fso,
who will conduct It In the future, ,
f- ',- .; , . , , .fr, ... .:. r
Ice Creame.e.
Made from Pure Sweet
Cream, 40c. Quart.
Whipped Ctcara
40 Cents a Quart
AT
TAGG'S PARLORS
'483 Cernmsrejal 8b
Don't Dose the Stomach to Cure Ectema
and Other Skin Diseases.
Those afflicted with Eczema, psori
asis, salt rheum, or other skin diseases
of a similar nature, should never dose
the stomach to rid themselves fit the
terrible itch.' They should doctor the
itch where the itch is cure the skin
through the skin,' not through the
stomach. .-. -. " ,
Eczema and other diseases of a kind
red kind are skin diseases not blood
diseases. Science has shown that Ecz
ema is cured by germs in the skin, and
that the disease can be eradicated only
by killing the germs.
Dp. Decatur D. Dennis was one of the
first physicians to follow out the germ
theory, by mixing oil of wintergreen
with other soothing agents he had a
liquid prescription which killed the
germs and cured the awful itch, leav
ing the skin white and smooth. Since
that time this D. D. D. Prescription has
been-the standard remedy for skin dis
eases, just as D. D. D. soap is the stand
ard high grade skin soap.
The first few drops of D. D. D. give
instant rfelief from tie tmibjle itch
and from the frightful; burning of the
diseased skin. So reliable is this DD.
D. Remedy that hundreds of physicians
prescribe it. It is a wash as thin as
water and as mild and as pure,' which
is applied to the diseased portion of
,the skin. r
; Mrs. Frances Richmond of Milton,
Trimble county Kentucky, .writes:
"My little girl's fingers were sore al
most to the bone from Eczema. I used
part Of" the sample bottle of D. D. D.
Prescription received from you and now
they are well It is a wounderful skin
remedy.",. (.-; :-!-.!' r, f' ..- '":''
jVe carefully investigated this D. D.
D. Prescription before recommending it
to our neighbors and patrons, and after
a long experience we are more than ever
convinced of its wonderful merits. .
Charles Rodgers, Astoria Oregon.
You needn't decide now, but call at
our store anyway and we will show you
how this D. D. D. Prescription gives
instant relief from itch.
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