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THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER I?, 1907. . THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by IHE J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By msJl. per year..... By carrier, per month. .$7.00 .60 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year. In advance, .$1.90 Rnterea aa econfl-ela matiar July on!and" Us iot of Con ol March S, 1S .... ,.. , - ' -- .k. - rJ TWC HAU k.h 4T ba made by post1 .OT BwJy should t imio2atlj wporwd to Um office or pubUcattoo. TELEPHONIC MAIN Mi. Official ppr of CiatsoT County and Qm City of Astoria. WEATHER. Western Oregon and Washing tonPartly eloudy; probably oc casional rain; westerly winds. Eastern Oregon and Washing inirton, Idaho Fair. JUDGE 1ANDIS' "STRAW." Accordine to President Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern Railway, the imposition of the S29.OO0.O00 fine 1m muI hv .Tmlpp Landis against the i Standard Oil Company, was the con crete expression of popular antipathy against the "Interests"; that it was ilia str that broke the camel's back." etc- etc. We had not looked on tha subject from Mr. Hill's peculiai point'of view, but now that he has made it so plain to us, we hasten to say that iw do not believe his conclusion tenable for an instant. Judge Landis aid not render any such decision against the Standard Oil people because he thought it would' be popular; because he m insnimi with a, desire to mate himself "sood" with the peple of the country; because he had "his ear to the ground' and took bw cue from an outraged public sense of wrong; because it conformed to the tenor and tone of current and accepted estimate of daring and patent jobbery: He did what he did as a jurist without. fear and without reproach, under the law, at the behest of the people for whom that law stood and to whom he was rroonsible: he did it because the Standard Oil Company had absolutely failed in the doing of its own duty .to that people; and if, aa Mr. Hill aays, "it was the straw that broke the camel' back," then Judge Landis' duty baa been better done that we thought. Mr. Hill, aa a railway president, may be classed among the "Interests," but we refuse to place him, as we have alwavs refuse to nlace his father, In - W I that particular category that the Stand ard Oil stands for; or "where certain other inimical combines figure; and we deprecate his voluntarily doing it him self even in defense of a class-interest; H is a far-cry from the policy of ex pansion, of development, of empire- building, to which James J. Hill has given the best year of his life (and which it is presumed bis able son has adopted along with the mantle flung to his own young shoulders by that father), to the incredible system of conscienceless robbery to which the giant oil combine descended and chal lenged such judicial Dunishmemt: We insist that there are interests, and in terests; and that some of them are wholly bad and inedfensibly rotten; and we further insist that President Hill and the base nropertiea he renre cents, have no place in the estimates reached by Judge) Landis and the people at large; and, we again, and still in sist, that the great fine is no sort of "straw" until it is paid into the federal treasury. ', 0 OVER THE "OREGON'S" PATH, Sixteen Icr.llv ftahtine-machines. o o armed, equipped, officered and manned to perfection, and representing the power and place of this nation on the nigh-seaa of the earth, are, an thus writing, swinging their imperious flight down the Florida coast and will soon be on thq path of the famous old "Oregon" from the Atlantic- to the Pacific, and, incidentally, to Astoria nd Portland. ,Tha Eastern contingent lias civen them a superb send-off, and will watch their progress with devoted intensity, while . we of the west will, with alert anxietv. scan the passage to its end. And we must be prepared to give them a wel come , equalling, - and surpassing, the pride that characterized their farewell on the Lome station. It lety be an epoch on this coast that may not bo passed over liahtlv: ami it will serve immensely to brighten and : signalize the customary inertia of the "Presidential flection year.". The eyes of all nations are. centered on this dem onstration, and in the main, with friend ly hope for its complete success. But in this broad land there is not a loyal W ,Trwm tint thrill with' pride and Riger interest in the history-making cruise that is to advise the world that ara shoulder to shoulder with, the modern best of its peoples ' both Hi peace and war. In from KW to 120 days, we, or the Pacific, will be craning neck and eye along the coast-line to catch the first srlimnse of the beautiful white array that mean so much to us all; and once they are with us, in our very midst, we ! turn of the plunge is reached, and It . . . , 1 j I . . . 1 1 it.. .1.-1. ... : 1 1. ore likely to oreaK toos ami uu nnils iiaeii lmprisuwu iu me ui, m some stunts in the line or welcome fM.ae blocked everywhere by the in only v Honey deposited fat the SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK can be withdrawn at any time; if left on time, interest will be allowed accord ing to our rules. Come in and ask about it If you want to buy a draft, borrow ' some money, or transact any other busi ness in the banking line, our best service are at your command. SHERIFFS REPORT ON TAXES. Nltirltr IVnuerov. whit hna liven with holding his report on tho collection of taxes, until after the holidays, 1ms finally made it as follows 1 Amount of tax roll.. 1, ...... Amount of sheriff's nance went , ................. Amount uf peualty and In tvrcxt . . . ... C F. Hendrlcksen Dr. Henry W. Cee Erick Maunula Gust Holmes Andrew Young . Aug. Danielsoa John Mattson C. O. Palmberg J. M. Anderson . . W71.731.32 Paid treasurer ....... .1. 5!Ul,(M3.8o Three per een rebate. . . . . .... 0,0SD,83 Hrror, double 'assessments. etc.... ... 403.80 lVlim.iioitt Mild unpaid.., 3.204.3S In MiimtariiHm with the rroort of lat yr, it will I woted that for htA year the dvllmiuriutiee amounted to $3732.13, wltile'.tnte year ey only amount 10 $:eM.:S8, ttkhouKh the tax roll la nearly lM),m) liigher- than last year, l Hying start, but flov to its tremendous leap as quietly as any other unsuspicl ous untrapped thing might approach I pitfall. But once launched on its do.vn ward course, it becomes m subterranean cataract of more than twice Xiagara height. It is no wonder that the air, cainiht in millions of minute bubbles from the lips of special feedpipes which touch the flowing stream at the top of its leap, is helpless to cape till the bot unheard of even in this land of per petual welcome. ' . o TOMORROW'S BANQUET. Tomorrow night -will witness the in augural of the series of public dinners to be gtoon in the future by the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, and it should be made so decidedly interesting and pro lific of result that its successors will be looked for eagerly, as the newest and best medium for the expression of the civic needs and advan'ages. There will be plenty of intellectual fodder as well as the viands that serve the inner man and lend aest to the quality and tone of discussion. There should be no limitations act on 'the range of suggestion and argument of th hour, exceot the hours themselvs; and our citizens and their guests should realises the scope of the occasion ana moka their several plays to fit and coin cide, as to subject, and treatment, and time, no aa to tret as much of value ana interaat: in tM ion as OOSsible. We ho, it will be a. "red-letter" nicht in the annals of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce and the interests it stands for. o ASTORIA'S NORMAL GOOD SENSE. lYesterdajr morning at the banking hour in this city there was absolutely nothing to indicate that the people had any sort of misgivings about tneir banks: there were no crowds nor lines nor nnnarent siims of any nature be I I c w . yond the normal attention to current business in the local banking field; and it is a tribute to the practical good sense of the people of Astoria, lhe city is manifestly glad of its own command of a disagreeable situation so manuesi in every hour of the eight weeks it has lasted and especially at the crucial hour of resumption; it speaks volumnes for the business acumen that pervades that whole community and will prove a huge asset in tha clearing up of a season 01 public disquiet. ; Tt i but another lesson in tne scnooi of axnerience and a rare one in its un usual expression. It will pay handsome ly in tne long run and contnoutes mightily to the" credit of thefcity and itg people, in more ways than one. . 0 ' TRICKING THE AIR INTO SERVICE. vincible wnter, and its freedom purchasable in exchange for the energy i fall has developed; President Roosevelt and his cabinet are said to be in perfect harmony. In the event of a disturbance would it be proper to classify it as a tennis racket? New Route Eaat The new Canadian Pacific Spokane route ia the abort line between Portland ami St. Paul.' Their time the fastest. The line ia equipped with the finest dining, sleeping and observation ears in the world, being the latest design of (he car builder. It ia to the Interest of the traveling public to investigate this service. Through tickeU from Astoria. Local office, 377 Commercial street. COFFEE Schilling's Best is a business-like name; you know what it means; and' it means what you want Your fioctr returns roar aioncy If 70a doo'l Uk It; w par him. f In a mountain side in northern Michi gan there is a hole that strikes down into the ground some three hundred and fifty feet, for the purpose of entrapping a river and compelling it to do a Strang new thing, to writes H. G. Hunting in the Technical World Magazine for Jan- nary. ' In an underground chamber at the bot tom of this hole, the plunging water once caught is held up and robbed of a very precious possession 'which it is trieked into bringing down with it, and which oddly enough becomes more precious the father down from the surface it is car ried. For the treasure is air, which be comes compressed air, as she river carries it, down into the -underground chamber, and when it is released in the rocky cav ern, cut in the solid heart of the moun tain for its purpose, it is under such a pressure that it is ready and eager to act, and so is vry valuable indeed for power in the neighboring mines. The jump which the river makes is not at all spectacular, because it is all hidden inside of. great steel tubes, five feet in diameter and, to be exact, three hundred and forty feet long. It does not make No Student No Cocaine, No Gat. fill World Wo will forfeit $1000 to any char itable institution for any Dentist who eaa eompeta with ns in crown and bridge work, or teeth without plates. Pay no fancy fees until yon have eon suited us. Our continued success In our many offices ia due to the uni form hlfh-orada work dona br Tears of anarianeait onerators. The Driest epoUd below are absolutely the best opportunity to get your money worth which has ever been offend. We ns nothing but tha beat ma terials, - Beat SUm Tillingi 50c Platinum nuisgi ...txo Gold h Platlnnm Alloy Piniap.l1.a5 Gold niinga. , .mo to Is-oo & 8. White Layon Crown m Cold Crnwna. haat 12k- extra henry ...oo Bdagewonc, per tootn, neat woix..V5 Beit Robber Plate, & & wbito teeth . f&oo A Inmtnttm-llnaA Plata tin fa fit A binding guarantee given with all wont lor iv jean. VEGETABLE VAPOR Used only by ns for Palnleaa Extrac tinn of teath. coe. Read What Mrs, Jessie Level Say. I had 12 teeth extracted by the net of Vmtablii Vanor. ahanlntalv nam - e , - j r lest the most pleating effect and higniy recommend tne metnoo. xonrt truly. MRS. JESSIE LEVEL. Lafayette, Oregon. NERVOUS PEOPLE. Anil tiinaa afflicted with heart weak nets can have their teeth extracted and .filled without the least pain wbatow. Chicago Dental Parlors Northwest Cor. Commercial and nth. , t Phone Main 3901. The largest and best-equipped Den tal establishment in the Northwest. Seventeen offices In the United States LADY IN ATTENDANCE. See that you are In the right office. 1270,753.73 B7.D8 MUMM' 010.(11 The Store Jw Ladles' forWomenHKb HiVE0tfltters Ladies' and Children Long Coats Greatly Reduced The days of profit sscrilUdug have in the women'! Coat Motion. MilU U havo. enjoyed an trdlnanr trad. In this department, we And ourselves with umre coats than we need at th a time, la order to turn t!.ee coals into cash as quickly aj possible we have decided to cut prion as they have never been cut before. AH Idea of profit eliminated and In many .saes we are willing to take less than the actual manufacturer's coat dur ing tl.lt X You know that for styin lit and general gneas there are no women's coats hereabouts to compare with ours. Whether you buy one for a ChrWmas gift fWf"V all means buy. Not woman who read this advertisement can nffoM to mlsa the bargain. Hundreds of them ! every Wanted color and atyle. Prices range from f.5.00 to i0.00. The big store in the middle of the block Due from stockhoklorsou paid subscription ..... Expense . . .............. Cash iu Imiik, Capitol stock Surplus fund . Profit. ..... Deposit's . . ... Liabilities. . 10.530.00 I . 1,042.30 ,. ll.071.0t! X t72.M9.08 IX ...... 30,000.00 :t 5.000.00 X 231.55 it 17,303.13 1 . . , . 172.530.08 ! NEW SUGAR REFINERY. SAY FRAWJSOO. Dec. II. A local X firm has, it is said, contracted for the'T . ...... - . L . rr t..l.. miu,.il. rntirts output of the Honolulu Plantation ! SUBSCRIPTIONS Now is the time to subscribe for . the 1908 Magazines. There is 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. ' Company which is in the neighborhood f 01 mi,khj ion piT jrar ot ury (jmnu luted cane sugar and involve an invest ment of about $3,000,000. This sugar will be refined at the Honolulu Cora nanv's new iilnnt which has recently - - - v been erected at a cost of more than tl,- ow,uw. Aa there are only two cane sugar refineries on the Pacifio Coast and they have heretofore enjoyed the whole trade, this put another cane sugar com pany competitor on the market. E. A. HIGOINS CO., MD8IO 1IOOK8 8TATIONF.U Y lls)M Read the Morning Astorlan. Danger In Aakbif Advice. "When you have a cough or cold do not ak torn one what is good for it, a, there is danger In taking some un known preparation. Foley'a Honey and Tar ourea cough, cokls, and prevents pneumonia. The genuine it in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Notice to Our Customer w. .r. nlrased to anuouno that Foley' Honey and Tar for eougha, cold aid lung trouble is not anecwa oy w vtlnnl Pur Food and Drug law as H contains no opiate or other harmful drugs, and we recommena i remedy for children and adult. Bold by T. F. Laurlo. owl yrug otor. BROWN'S TALK Well, I've got everything ready for a Merry Christ mas at my store, Santa Claus is here and I want every child in the dty to come here alone or with their parents and be one of us this week. You won't be in the way; I am here to sell shoes, but that isn't all. I want to make more friends than any man on this coast, and if I can win the little folks' hearts I'll feel pretty chesty. x'Terry" is here, the pet of the herd of calves, whose little hides are used for your shoes. Come and see him in my windowhe's a dandy. To those who are undecided what to give, my shoes and slippers offer most timely and valuable suggestions. What could be more practical, more welcome or more appropriate ? Dealing exclusively in this line I feel justified in saying with pardonable pride, I lead the Pacific Coast in Quality, As sortment and Values. , . .... :,. ' Shoes and Slippers 50c to $7.00 1 . 1 ; ,TH FAMILY . SHOE MAN Brown ' 1 -U"