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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER u, 1907,
THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1873.
Published Daily Except Monday by
IHE J. S. DEL LINGER COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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By carriar. per month
WEEKLY ASTORIAN.
By mail, per year. in advance. . .$1.80
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Urerr should be ImmmlUulT nparud to th
office of pubUoatlon.
TELEPHONE MAIN 661.
Official naner of Clatsoy County and
the City of Astoria,
WEATHER.
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Western Oregon and Washing-
ton Occasional light rain; south-
erly winds.
astern Oregon and Washing-
ton, Xorthera Idaho Partly
cloudy ; snow flurries.
Southern Idaho Fair.
"WHAT'S IN A NAME?"
The "Portland 4 Seattle Railway Com
pany" is the style and title of that es
sentially new Hill transportation system
with terminals at Spokane and Astoria,
wjich, no where, on its four or Ave
lmrdred miles of trackage, approaches
Seat'.' ty less than 159 miles of dis
tance. This sets tip an incongruity in
its official style that is too conspicuous
for comment, except to bolster our re
spectful suggestion that supplementary
articles of incorporation be filed by its
owners and the name be changed to eon
form to its route, it great depots and
term mi.
They who gave the name to the road
in its conception probably had excellent
reason for the way in which it was
framed up, but, front the newer destiny
of the line, and it avowed, and annar.
enuy cotmnnea, oDjects, it strikes us
that a chai.ge is quite within the mani
fest flay of events in this connection.
We do not hesitate to say that As
toria, as one of the terminals and per
haps its most important one, is anxious
to figure in the change if any be made.
We are proud of the fact that we are
wiere. we are and shall be glad if the
world is given to know our relation to
what will, unquestionably, be one of the
famous railway systems of the country;
nd to this end, iwe have ventured to
make the hint as plain as possible that
Seattle can safely be cut from the title
and the same changed go as to compre
hend what really belongs to the line and
is significant of its route and relation.
Wo shall venture even a bit further and
beg the privilege of intimating that 'The
Astoria, Portland & Spokane Railway,"
or "The Spokane, Portland & Astoria
railway," or "The Portland, Astoria &
Spokane aRilway," would apply much
more amply and adequately n convey
ing to an interested public the real
genus of the great road, and save world
of tame in future explanations of the
existing and misleading nomenclature
now prevailing. This, with all due re
spect to those who have the say-so in
this important (to us) premise.
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ANOTHER BALANCE NEEDED.
While the wiseacres of finance are at
it, towit: trying to arrange conditions so
that equable balances may be maintain
ed in the currency, the reserves, the in
terest ratios, etc.. etc., it would not be
amiss if some genius should propound a
system of barmarfijang the raw discrep
ancies painfully notable as between the
wage-scales and the price of ordinary
commodities. They seem to have no
trouble whatever in fixing pay-rolls to
suit the "exigencies" of "trade" as they
tmdewtand it, generally urita a down
ward tendency, though not always; but
the price of all those things that wages
are supposed to buy maintain, as a rule,
the top-notch estimate and are religious
ly told there, however much the rate of
pay may fluctuate; and this to the con
stant and unjust hampering of the man
who lives by his wage.
Of Course we are told, with certitude,
and complacency, that "the law of sup
ply and demand must govern the prices
attaching to all the staples on the
market," etc., etc.; but this old flim-flam
rule has about run its course, and common-sense
and equity must find an ac
ceptable substitute.
The demand for staple goods of every
character in the realm of human use has
not varied enough in years (except to
increase immensely in conformity with
Now is the time
to deposit money in the Scandinavian
American Savings Bank to draw Six
Months' Merest. July 1, 1908.
I J. M. ANDERSON.Cashier
the increase of population) and has been
subject only to the manipulation of the
market-masters whose ratio of profit
haa been the crucial rule of every quota
tion made ami followed. The need of
tiie hour is unified understanding and
agreement among the people on this
score and a determined polk-y of resist
ance, to break down w Daw em ana
meanest theft on current records. It
would take time to effect the change of
spirit, but time is an asset in all meas
ures of protection and the time is ripe
for the experiment.
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AN HISTORICAL FLIGHT.
On next Monday morning, while As
toria is still aslumber, there will emerge
from the great Jand-heada of Hampton
Roads, the magnificent fleet of American
war vessels, 10 in number, and standing
for the glory of the nation, bound for
this coast, and incidentally, for this
port, along witfh other havens that can
accommodate it with safety and con
venience .The flight oft hid splendid fleet,
equipped, officered and manned, to per
fection, will be an historical event the
denizens of neitheir coast will forget.
and the impression will be world-wide
as well; for the significance of the voy
age lies in its wonaenui program 01
unification, power, manipulation and ac
complishment, an open challenge to the
warring earth, that America haa her
hand on the mastery of the seas and
proves the claim, in the hour of peace,
that it may not be forgotten in the
hour of arbitrament
The Pacific Coast people will have a
warm welcome for the white messengers
of the nation's might and there will be
doings iwhile they linger out here. The
popular right to behold this evidence of
a great country's pride and strength
should not be in the least abridged and
every waterway of the Pacific should be
graced by the fleet in its entirety. As
toria wants to see it, and probably will ;
and Portland, too, will assert a. claim,
and the Sound cities. So it is barely
possible that "Fighting Bob" will have
to make up a comprehensive itinerary
for has beautiful machines of war that
will keep him and his officers buoy.
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UNDER THE BAN.
While there are hundreds of its
members utterly free from the dreadful
reproach that now attaches to the West
ern Federation of Miners as an organiza
tion, the fact remains that it is under
the ban of popular and well-founded de
testation. Ita records are abhorrent in
so many particulars that H i. at last,
impossible to absolve it even upon the.
most generous principle of forbearance.
And before it can ever again hold justi
fiable place among the fraternities of
the people, it must purge itself radically
and openly and bravely. The ordinary
citizen will have none of it; it is foul
with wTong, injustice, intolerance, arson.
murder and other unforgivable crimes
too numerous to catalogue. That its
original purposes were as normal and
excellent as any other of the great labor
organizations of America goes without
saying; but these .have been gradually
subverted by the insane course of it ad
ministrators, until it is an offense in
mind and memory; and it will remain
so, until tlhe good men on its rolls shall
take over the reins of its progress, and
revivify the cardinal merit that gave it
birth and sustenance.
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WOULD AMEND LAW.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-So to amend
the interstate commerce law as to enable
and require the Foieral Courts to reoog
nixe and apply the provisions of stat
statutes for the trial of Interstate vio
tations, is the object of a bill introduced
today by Representative Subath, of
Illinois, he purpose as explained by the
author of the bill is to obviate long de
lay in the conduct of interstate com
ineae cases by lack, or declared, of
jurisdiction in the Federal courts. The
punishment provided is for the first
offense a fine of from $1000 to $5000, or
imprisonment for not less than three
months, nor more than five years, ami
upon subsequent continuation both shall
be imposed.
Jeffreys Ellis is to open her London
season in a play called "The Sujra;
Bowl." She ought to get some measure
of sweet success out of a name like that.
Leo Dietricbstein in bis comedy, "Be
fore and After," is making a tour of the
country. During this season be is to Bp
pear in every important city in the coun
try.
Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey
and Tar have been sold without any
person ever having experienced any ot
her than beneficial results from Its use
for coughs, colds and lung troubles.
This is because the genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar in the yellow package
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs. Guard your health by refusing
any but the genuine. Sold by T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
Adelaide Prince has been engaged for
an important role in "The Secret Or
chard." It will be under the direction of
Robert Hunter, Walter Bradford and
Francis Reid.
Muscular Pains Cured.
"Dunne the summer of 1003 I was
troubled with muscular pains in the in
step of my foot," says Mr. S. Pedlar, of
Toronto, Ont. "At times it was so pain
ful I could hardly walk. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm was recommended to me, so
I tried it and was completely cured by
one small bottle. I have since recom
mended it to several of my friends, all
of whom speak highly of it." For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists.
Exports for the year 1JM7 will prob
ably be increased in value fully $136,
000,000. This would mean mote gold for
this country, if the wealthy Americans
could be kept at home next season.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money if it falls
to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is
on each box. . 20c,
COFFEE
There is a time for good
tea, and a time for good
coffee; there is no time for
poor either.
Your grocer returns your moner II Ton don't
like SihilliiiK' Best; we pay him
Again we are proroixed from Omaha
that foodstuffs will decline in price.
After the last promise of this sort the
advance was only 10 per cent.
Some men think they are full of faith
because they are so fearful that the
omnipotent cannot tak care of himfielf.
There is not a little comfort in remera
bering thai the mnn who poses as an
angel goes to join them shortly.
. Too much business mal es a man
cranky and too little makes him worry.
The abuse of worahip as an end does
not prevent its value as a help. '
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind, You Have Always Bengfs.
. Bears the
Signature of
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
First latioial Bank
at Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at
the clove of business, December I, 1007.
RESOURCES..
Loans and dUcount $378,771.64
Overdrafts, secured end un
secured 1.403.05
U. 8. bonds to secure circula
tion S3.0O0.00
IVsmluint on U. S, bonds 1,220.00
llonds, securities, etc (6,1)30,00
Due from National Hanks (not
reserve agents 68,111.75
Due from Stats Banks and
bankers . 31,314.00
Due from approved reserve 1
Kent 151.103.13
Checks and other rash Items , l.tMO.OS
Notes of other National Banks
Nickels and cent....,
Lawful Mouey Reserve in
Bank, vli;
Specie $102,000
Legal-tender notes...... , 13 102,015.00
Kftlemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 Mr cent circu
lation) 1.650.00
220.00
315.26
Holiday Greeting!
The happy CHRISTMAS time U fast approaching and I take
great pleasure In Inviting you to Inspect my new and well selected
line of Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Solid Stiver end plated
ware, Out Glass, Umbrellas, end Gold and Silver novelties. I have
ths largest and finest stock this year to select from that I have
ever shown In Astoria. PRICKS art RIGHT) QUALITY UNSUH
PASSED, Corns early and make your selections. I will lay tbem
away until you waut them.
J. H. SEYMOUR
The Store of QuiiHy. 466 Commercial St Astoria, Ore.
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THE TRENTON
First-Class Liquors and Cigars
60s Commercial Street
I Comer Commercial and 14th. ASTORIA, OREGON
Total... $1,104,744.81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $100,000.00
Surplus fund 15,000.00
imliviued Profits, less ex
pensee and taxes paid 28,642.07
.Notional mik notes out
standing
Due to other National Banks..
Individual deposit subject to
check $005,330.40
Demand certificates of de
posit $226,641.18
Certilled checks .... 1.122.03 023,00421
32.850.00
6,157.63
Total
.$1,104,744.81
State of Oregon. County of Clatsop,
1.
I, S. S. Cordon, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
toe aoove statement is true to the beat
of my knowledge and belief.
a. 8. CORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 6th day of December, 1007.
V. IKJKLUNU.
Notary Public.
Correct Attests
JACOB KAMM.
O. C. FLA V EL,
W. F. McCRBGOR.
Directors.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
AstonaNabonalfianK
at Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at
ths close of business, December 3, 1007.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $428,212.20
Overdrafts, secured and un- ,
secured .. 6,561.06
U. S. bonds to secure circula
tion 17.500.00
U. 8. bonds to secure U. S.
deposits 60X100.00
Premiums on U. S. bonds.... 2,875.00
Bonds, securities, etc 62,147-48
Banking bouse, furniture, and
nxturet 4,340.75
Other real estate owned 8,233.41
Due from National Banks (not
reserve agents) 5,157.63
Due from State Banks and
Bankers ... 17,226.00
Due from approved reserve
agents 150,310.50
Checks and other cash items. . 2.547.82
Clearing houe certificates.... 6,000.00
Notes ot other National Banks 885.00
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents.. . 1,280.27
Lawful Money Reserve in
Bank, viz:
Specie $132,582
Legal-tender notes 17,060 149,648.00
Redemption fund witn u. B.
I re surer (9 per cent circu
lation) 875.00
Total . $013,509.17
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ fiO.OOOjOO
surplus luna su.uuu.uu
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid 15,338.57
National , Bank . notes out
standing 17,500.00
Due to State Banks and
Bankers 2,277.42
Due to approved reserve
agents ooo.ao
Individual deposits subject to
check ; .$338,200.70
Demand certificates of de
posit , .... .$ 68,049.75
Time certificates of de
posit $330,966.34
Certified checks ... 180.00
U. 8. deposits 60,000.00 777,306.79
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WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME OF OUR SELECT TABLE
WINES A PARTIAL LIST TO CHOOSE FROM.
SWEEa WINES Sparkling See Dry Fragrant, effer-
Old Port Tawny, rich, light and veeoent
color. RED WINES
Old Sherry Pale, clean, nutty. Zlnfandel-Cleen, light table wine.
Angelic Soft, agreeable, full
Muscatel Very fruity, sweet
WHITE WINES
Burgundy Medium bodied, mallow.
Sparkling Burgundy Brilliant, pleasant
Riesling Medium light table wine. Grape Juice, Maraschino cherries, fruit
Sauterse Natural mellow, pronounced ami Cognac Brandies, and x full
flavor. Una of Cordials.
Chateau Yqosm Full bodied Creme "' "
6 Sauternea, ' t , ; :
PHONE 1881 PROMPT DELIVERY frnr . - '
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589 Commercial Street?
'. Q. A. BOWLBY, President CRANK PATTON, Cunler.
0. L PETERSON. Vios-Presldnt J. W. GARNER, A-a'.Unt CaesJei.'
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid in I100JOO, Surplus and Undivided Prone UC.000
Tranaaetsa General Banking Mostnsss, Interest raid on Tims bepoalts
FOUR PER CENT FEB ANNUM
Eleventh uA Dun streets.
ASTORIA, 0IXO0I.
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore
ESTABLISHED 18843.
Capital $100,000
Sherman Transfer Co.
HENRY 811 CR MAN, Manager
Hacks, Carriagee Bsggsge Cheeked and Transferred Trucks and Purahare
Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
433CommsrcUl Street
Mail PWm isi
Total $013,609.17
State of Oregon, County of Clatsop,
ss.
I, J. E. Hitrmns, Cashier of ths above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. Hi. UiUUXJNS,
Cashier,
Subscribed anj sworn to before me
this 6th day of December, 1007.
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
GEO. H. GEOROK,
GEORGE W. WARREN,
L. MANSTJK,
Directors.
It may be easier to t&lk to people's
backs than it is to their faces, but there
one thing sure the telk is bound to
get around to their faces.
Morning Astorlan, 60 cent per month
JOHN FOX. Pres. F BISHOP. See, ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK, Treae,
vuuovn inuxtun, vice -ma. aou Bupt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS '"TTIffl
, ,. OF THE LATEST IMPROVES ....
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. -Correspondence
Solidte. Psot of Fourth Street ' '
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Now is the time to subscribe for
the 1908 Magazines.
There js no nicer Xmas present for all ages than a
subscription to one or more of the late magazines.
Come in and look over the clubs and decide
for yourself.
E. A. HIGGINS CO.,
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