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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1907)
2 THE MORNING A5T0R1AN. ASlt)RJ A. OREGON. T.'-rrrTOcv-i, Sunday, November w JHE ! II MORNING ASTORIAN EititUshed 1S73. Publialted Dally Except Monday V IES J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. By mall. per year......... 17.00 By earrier, pet month .00 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, to sdvaee...I0 - . aI.m martMF JulV 1 11 i rr niii m Mirnh I BTOrrtm far th Mlncnii o( Tt Mom m4foaiAoftbr rssMsoce or pW of iHMliiiia MT t hum) by I"1 cart or ttarcujrh tstorlioas. A or trreulrlty to 0- eAototimbUoMioa. TELEPHONE MAEf Ml. Offickl paper of CUtsoy County and ths City of Astoria. WEATHER. Western Oregon tad Washing- ton Occasional nun; southerly 4 winds. ' . ' V Eastern Oregon, Washington 4 and Idaho Rain. CALIFORNIA'S PRECAUTION. ,Th Californiaus intend to cure ail the ilk and disadvantages, of the recent financial flurry, by legislative action, and t this end the Legislature of that State has been convened for the 19th of this month.' So far as the conditions need amendatory treatment it will be sup . piied as wisely as may be and is likely to prove of great subsequent advantage to the business interests of the people They will also nse the opportunity to perform certain other functions, while the enginry of the commonwealth is in motion, that it. is essential to have settled for the common good. "' It strikes us that Oregon might be advantaged in the same way. It would give tone and substance to everything, sd rid the immediate future of many ambiguities, clearing the way for stable neae in all their varied forma and too tracts and add legal status and confirma tory certitude to such affairs as are now up-ia-the-ek. This by my of mere sug gestion 1 , :,y t , s . nil ' " '" i'i 'J.'1 j THE EHD IN SIGHT. There are cheerful indications that tbs end of the monetary disorders i is sight; that the legal holidays will be ceiled off by the. end of this week, at farthest; that the causes fundamentally responsible for the stringency and the consequent rigid rulings invoked to guard against financial collapse and ruin, are successfully kid, and impotent for fur ther trouble. Fop all of which we may be devoutly grateful, if it shall so eventuate. The experiences of the past month have been extraordinary, in that the ' spirit with which they have been met and disposed, is very rare and altogether unexpected in the United States, both as to its application and tremendous suc cess apparent on all sides. We have achieved a commercial marvel and evinc ed a power of organic self-control that is admirable, even if we do say it our selves. The faculty thus demonstrated was rather an unsuspected virtue, and for this reason, is the more impressive and valuable an. will be employed again when conditions invite it, just to prove that it was not a passing vagary of public opinion. 0 EDUCATION, A LEVELER. President Roosevelt has told the negro that education is the one essential thing in the scheme of human up-lift and achievement. He is always sounding just such truths as this, at the auamc- ious place, and moment. Of course, in this instance, be was applying the pre cept to that particular race and its own badly balanced struggle for recognition balanced struggle for recognition and and success. The theory applies with equal force everywhere with every sort of beinff. and is universally infallible. There is no principle so pregnant with assurance and patent test as this; and he who notes and follows it, claims place and power among the elect and select of human society. There is a poise, finish, courage, address, presence, and preroga tive about the man with an education. that mimifies instantly all ungainly and obtrusive elements of habit, person and thought, and makes him acceptable upon the sole hypothesis of the interest he arouses by sheer superiority of mind and expression. The largest known cause of unhappl- ness today is based upon the realiza j tion of wilfully sbandoued opportunities for the acquisition of education, by those who scorned the hour and its large in their youth. There is nothing so con spicuous in all the world as cr ignor ance, and the shame of it is intensified when on has only one's self to Maine for the pitiful deprivation. It were well if the President's sugges tion might sink into the ambition souls of others than the great crowd of student he was addressing at Howard Institute on Friday, and reeuergise the hope of the new generation until it should see and know the benisoa within its grasp and use it to the cardinal suc cess of the man and the glory of the nation. ,, ' t : A CASE Of FAIR PLAY. There are a good many people quite anxious to know jut what policy the banks will pursue when the "legal holi days" 'a 1 called off; whether or not they will lapse back to the same old ordinary rules of business that prevailed before the stringency, or adopt more eonserva tive line and set up restrictions that will work adversely at a time when the more liberal course of action will better serve the large demand of tlx moment. ; The consensus of opinion seems to be that the banks will go as far aa they can with prudence and the doctrines Of safe banking; that they will recognise the necessity of fair play and be as considerate as possible of those who made the situation safe and bearable during the stress, giving to all as large ly as they may, to meet the piled-up access of personal obligation inseparable from the long delay and expanded ac counts. This is an equitable presump tion and will probably be fulfilled; yet it is expedient to remember thai, even in this hour of accumulated settlements. the banks must not be drained, and that time will still be an element of value in the resumption of business on normal line. Precautions must continue to sway the situation until it is com monly revealed to all men that the oM levels have been reached and the chance of danger is passed. It is a case of fair play alrourtd. MUSICAL STREETS Sweet Strains of Well-Known Selection Prove Sensation. A BARBER SHOP DE LUXE New York's Mew Tonsorial Palace Will Outrival the Famous Baths of Care call -Noted "Three Fives" Alarm Telephone Directory Immense Volume. A good deal of platitudinous nonsense is talked about there always being room at the top in any calling. The talk is non-se&McaL because it implies that everybody who wants to get to the top can get there. The truth is, of course, that only a few can reach the top; the great majority must content themselves with places lower down. It follows that a young min should choose the occupation for which he dis plays the greatest aptitude instead of making an effort to boost himself bo the top in an uncongenial calling through sheer forte of wilL Many a good bricklayer has been spoil ed in the making of a mighty poor lawyer; many a useful plumber haa been lost to the world in the production of a mediocre doctor. t There is a whole lot of bard work to be done in this world, and somebody has got to do it. We cannot all dodge the actual muscle labor, and it would not be good for us if we could. It is all very well to try for the top, no matter1 what your occupation may be, but it is likewise well to remember that the private in the ranks is the ele mentary unit in all armies industrial as well as military. I When all soldiers can be major-gen erals, and not before then, it will be time to take the "room at the top" idea seriously. 'Examiner. 0 EDITORIAL SALAD 3fr. Whitney lacked 100,000 votes or so is his attempt to convince Massa chusetts that the paramount issue is to give Canada what it wouldn't have. o By advancing the price of milk to 5 cents a pint the Washington dairies have tempompilyl Hocked the plans for a special session of Congress. 0 ' The fact that dividends have not been interfered with shows that some master band is at the financial throttle some where. . 0 60 many jurors have been subpenaed to the Steve Adams trial in Idaho that the folks at home can not move the crops. 0 Alfalfa is celebrated as a wonderful plant, but before another boom is started denatured alcohol .should be given a chance to make good, . -0-1 The Kentucky Democrats engaged Mr. Bryan for a whirlwind tour, and now are planning how to rebuild their fence and reshingle their barn. 0 1 " I ; Again, when tihinking of the next Democratic candidate for president keep an eye on Folk. 0 The banks should be careful not to hoanl any of the $36,000,000 that is pouring in from Europe. NEW YORK, Xov. ltk Musical man holes on Broadway from which issued sweet stain of well-known selection! have proved the sensation of the week, N'ew York's street have never been not ed practieularly for tbelr cleanliness, but as purveyors of free music for the mas by the manhole route their success, judged by their flmt accomplishment, 1 undoubted. The firt discovery of this subterranean melody was mode by two negroes who while strolling along Broad way were surprised to hear niueiti peal ing from a manhole near the corner of 26th street. It was a ringing cornet solo rendered with great spirit and the two immediately fell into a violent discus sion as to what the player was doing under the street, and how be had gotten there. Before they could deckle to call the police a large audiemw had collected and when the solo gave place to the strains of a full brass band the applause nas enthusiastic Further applause at the end of the selection failed to pro duce an encore, but when someone drop ped a nickle down the manhole as a con tribution to the band supposedly con cealed beneath it with others following suit, the music suddenly began again again continuing enthusiastically through many hours. Eventually members of the traflvc squad had to disperse the audience of music lovers which was com pletely blocking the streets. Meanwhile with occasional pauses the music con tinued through the night to the delight of thousands, and not until the follow ing day was the cause brought to light Then it was discovered1 that there was a leak in the electric wires over which music is sent by a company which trans mits it from a central-producing station to hotels, halls and private residences. It was one of these wires which had short circuited thus giving Broadway a free concert, a mystery, and a sensation all at once. New York is now to out-rival the splendor of the ancient Roman baths of Caracalla, famed as the most-sumptu ous the world bss ever known. Father Knickerbocker's effort in this line, how ever, is to be in the equipment of a bar ber shop de luxe, which will really merit the much abused named of. "tonsorial palace." The new regal baircutting and shaving establishment is to be installed in one of the great railroad terminals now being built. . The whole construc tion is to be of marble and glass. Each barber chair will cot the tidy sum of $150 and will be surrounded by a canopy and velvet hangings. There are to be ten shower baths all finished in marble, and each manicurist will have a little lass compartment all her own. Marble benches like those in the Roman baths will line the walls, and each barber chair will lie directly in front of its own marble washttand. It will undoubtedly be thi costliest anq most splendid barber shop in the world, but it is not yet known whether the finest suggestion of all to the effect that-only mutes be employed in it will be adopted. For the first time in the history of the New York Fire Department the much talked of but used famous "three fives" alarm was rung in this week. Thie is the call for sappers and miners to be used only when a conflagration has got' ten so far out of control that dynamite must be used to stop the flames. The call itself makes it incumbent only on the lieutenants of each Are company in the district designated to rally to the scene of the fire ready for dynamite duty, but they of course would hardly be called for service of this kind unless the whole department were fighting the fire. The general impression when the call was received was that a bulding had fal len endangeripg the safety of others. New York, however, was spared the bor rors of such a conflagration as the "three fives" would indicate, for the whole mat ter was merely a test on the part of Chief Croker to discover how the Fire Department would Tespond to an alarm which not one its members had ever heard run in. A lieutenant was on hand with a stop watch and a list of the men to check them off as they arrived. and the results showed that while New York is not anxious for a repetition of the San Francisco cataclysm her fire men can be depended on for very prompt action if the necessity ever arrives. Special Sale do Women's Suits SKIRTS 50 and Skirts $25.00 Suits MQ. for.. . . . . .010s $20.00 Suits for $10.05 A special lot of Fine Tailored Suits in mannish mixtures, all length jackets, from 26 inches to seven-eighths length; sizes to 44. Skirts are full plaited with self-fold, - 1 : i.. 1 '. '.l i- -f Placed on Sale at this Special Low Price $25.00 Suits ... $12.50 $20.00 Suits . ... . $10.95 1, At Special Prices Voile, Panamas, Serges nd other popular fabrics; blacks, blues, browns, fancy trimmed, , with self, fold embroidered and lace insertion, gored, pleated and flared; all new styles, at one-third off regular prices. All alterations cearged extra. $18.50 Skirts,12.35 $15.00 Skuts, $10.00 $12.50 Skirts, $3.34 ' $10.00 Skirts, $6.G7 $9.50 Skirts, $G.32 $8.50 Skirts, $5.67 $7.50 Skirts; $5.00 15.00 Skirts, $3.34 $4.00 Skirts, $2.07 $3.00 Skirti, $2.00 RY F YDRFa e ave jQSt rec"ve express a special lot of rain. UI t L.Ar iLsJsJ proof Silk Coats in fancy stripes, plaids and plain greens, navys, browns, garnets and blacks; very latest novelties; only one of a kind. Also a special line of suits by express today. Simington Dry Goods Go The appearance of the fall edition of the New York telephone directory has caused some interesting tacts to be brought to light in connection with this publicator. One ia that it is the most widely circulated book in the city, not excepting even the Bible and the city directory, which are its nearest com petitors. Another is that the growth in the use of telephones in Xew York has caused the Bell companies to build up a publishing department larger than that of many prosperous book houses just to handle the preparation and deli very of this singls volumne. Sometimes tike 200,000,000 pages are required for each edition of the book and if all the copies were placed in a single pile they would form a column seven and a half miles or almut two miles higher than the loftiest mountain in the world. The popular novelist who could secure such a demand for his works as exlnts for the telephone book would be in the Rocke feller class in the matter of income. That an enormous bill for printing and publishing forms one of the Items in the cost of furnishing those who daily consult the big directories. It is said i that on account of the endless changing of addresses which is going on all the time in New York and the tens of thous ands of new names that have to be ad ded for each edition, this is the mot diflkult book in the world to edit, print and publUh. GRANTED RESPITE CHICAfiO, Nov. 10.-A dispatch to the Record Herald from Louisville, Ky, says; judge Miller hist night granted a tenijHirary injunction restraining Sheriff ltullit from currying out the inundate of the law by hanging Clarence Sturgeon, triple murderer, today. (.'ounel for Sturgeon 'held that it was not the duty of the governor to fix the date of hang ing and sin the death warrant. No boms is so pleasant, rsgardlsss ! the com forts (hat money will buy, a when tbs satire family la la perfsci health. A bottls of Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cost 00 cents. It will ear svsry member of tbs family of constipa tion, sick headache or stomach trouble, T. F. Lsurln, Owl Drug 8 tors, LINGERING COLD. Withstood Other Treatment But Quickly Cured by Chamberlain's Couth Remedy, "Last winter I caught a very sststs cold which lingered for weeks,'' says 3. Urquhart, of Zephyr, Ontario. "My cough was very dry and harsh. The local dealer recommended Chamberlain's Cough Banwif and guarastead It. s I gats it a tn. One small bottls of it mired me. I Cham bar laia'S Cough Remedy to ha tb beat I mf ever used" This remedy Is for sl by Frank Hart and leading druggista. Morning Astorian, 00 cents per month delivered bv carrier. Made in New York TIHERE is a Style and Swing to the i real New Yorker that you can't mis 1 take.': ,, . ... It's his clothes." ' We sell New York Clothes made by the best tailors in New York. For more than a third of a century Alfred Benjamin & Co. have been making Fashionable Clothes for Fashionable New Yorkers. Correct Clothes for. 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