THE MORNING ASTOUIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
THURSDAY, JANUARY I, 190!.
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ASTORIAK
Ertablishei 1873-
Puttiihi Daily Ept Monday by
IHK J. S. DELLINGEK COMPAMY.
SUBSCRIPTIOH RATES.
By mall, pee year tM
By carries-, per mouth. JO
WEEKLY ASTOKXA3.
By mail, per jw. in dTo..4iA
entered at seeonfl-elas mt iniy
SO. t tbt postomos t Atora.Or
pon, under lb ol o( ConrM ol Uarob I,
1B7
vOntm tor tha ifttwui ot Ta Moss
iMawoauBtoeUhsr nridenc or place of
business J t made by twul out! or
through letothooe. Any trr.ularty i oe
Hwry should be Inmedkldr refu ted to the
ottu of DUbliOMlOB. :
TELEPHOHi JUTS Mi.
Official mm of CkUcy OouliT 4
the City of Aatori. I
Scandinavian -American
Savings BanK
504-508 Commercial St.
Organittd under th State Law.
LOCAL CAPITAL
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT
CONSERVATIVE METHODS
; 5 WEATHER.
Western Oregon Pertly cloudy
with probable occasional light
rain along coast and in Northern
portion.
THE YEAR IS LAUNCHED.
The good ship "1908" is afloat on the
sea of time. Astoria has launched her
craft, happily and successfully, with fun
and merriment to maris the event, and
a thorough realization of (what is be
fore her.
We are all cherishing the hope that it
will not be as other years; that it holds
the germ of greater and solider things,
and that it will mark the departure
from old and trite conditions to newer
and bolder elements of commerce and
business and that fruition is closer and
surer than ever in our history.
This hope is justifiable. There are
promises in evidence we have never en
joyed before, with an assurance, and we
feel they are to be realized on if we
shall but muster our gumption and en
ergies and forethought in their gathering.
We have relied for years (far too
many, to stand for frank enumeration),
upon what we are pleased to style our
"natural advantages," on the baseless
assumption that they were to be recog
nized by the outsider and wrought into
commercial benefices by his money and
pluck. This theory has stood until time
has wittered it and it has tottered by
the wayside and lies prone in the field
of futility and hopelessness.
We are out for another plan and a
new slogan; we have all we ever pos
sessed, and more; we must find some
cleverer incentive aud a less inert pro
gram; we must turn to our own in-
J itiative, use our own brains, employ our
own money, see our own nue ui ur
velopment and follow it religiously to
the end, and that end must write suc
cess, even if it be but meagre and in
consequential. We are in urgent need
of a morsel of proof that the game lies
in our own hands; once that is gained.
it will lend savor and color and life to a
hurtling hundred of other efforts in
kind; and by this process alone shall
we find our way out.
aumed to be Innocent until he is proven
guilty I
At to S. A, IX Tutor, lie Is I noon
tinnently guilty, upou mussed and In
dubitable proof, aud hi leadership In
the program of coumlrellsm that U(t
Its Infamous mark ou the good name of
Oregon, put him in an attitude to
quality and minimise the testimony he
shall give, not against, but in Mialf, of
hi peculiar pet ifrieiula, Such men as
he owe inltiiite debt, contracted In a
career of deliberate crime, and what ot
"honor moves him In the subsequent
work that has heen assigned to him on
the score of this pardon, will be direct
ed, insofar a he dare employ It, in
making things easy for those who stood
by him In the old days.
As a witness, this man's testimony
will never be quite (free from the taint
of falsity and no human argument can
make it disinterested. For this reason
alone it should not be permitted to
jeopardize the liberty and fair name of
others, Puter Is In the etnas with Or
I chard and entitled to the consideration
that Is universally granted to such peo
ple, which Is, practically, nil; and
luter lacks even the show of shame
Orchard has taken on, or really feel.
Puter has written a book deallnji with
his crimes and the people who were, and
possibly were not, mixed up with hlraj
and from beginning to end it will I a
tisue of explanations, evasions, subter
fnges, ambiguities; any and everything
short of fact and truth, and his testi
mony In open court or in the grand jury
room, cannot, and will not, be of any
more substance and value. One story
cannot be the truth, or even the near
truth, and the other a web of falsities,
since both will become public at the
same time, or so nearly so a to pre
clude any distinct variations.
ruter Is l).l; and bad men are not to
be trusted I
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GET TO THE FRONT.
It is said, on good authority, that
there are a number of prominent citi
zens of Astoria, holding actual, paid-up
mcmlicrship in the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce, who have never yet (at least
in 1007), shown their faces In an as-
S. A. D. Puter has been pardoned forjj scmblnge there. This is not right; it is
cause. I unfair to those men who are striving
We do not approve of the man nor ; to do something for the city and county,
the cause. j and an unpleasant commentary on their
We deprecate the principle Involved; own public spirit. Every good man
Keep the local clearing-house, the
Chamber of Commerce, in active opera
tion and exhaut our faculty for devis
ing and negotiating new plans and
schemes that shall meaa something. If it
shall only be a minor success. It is the
little successes that lead to development
and ihe large realities.
Astoria, at the sea-end of the down
grade, water-level traffic haul of the
whole Northwest, is surely in line for
some of the good things to unfold this
year; but we have simply got to go
after them, and quit -waiting for them to
arrive. We have got to stir ourselves
to make the city and port what it is
naturallv, and commercially, intended to
be, ASTORIA, T1TE BEST IN T1IK
WESTI
PUTER.
that of "setting a thief to catch a (sup
posed) thief." For every man "is pre-
especially If he shall he at all prominent
and with an influence for the acoom-
manmeni of mums (ana wit limit w 11 ion
he cannot be prominent, In the better
acceptation of the word) should be at
the meeting of the Chamber often
enough to make liU alignment and his
Interest apparent. Ami certainly he
should I there once a year, upon the
TWO TWO
occasion of elections, when the guidance
and work of the liody Is to be determin
ed for another l'J months. This absentee
might claim exemption for all the rest
of the time, If he exhibited a degree of
Interest that moved Mm to get out and
see to It that the liest of people were
placed In charge of the quasi public
affairs the Cliamlier stand for. '
And these good men are urged to come
out next Monday evening ami take a
hand in the choice to be made then, of
the men who are V swing the work ifor
11)08, The. least they can do I to an
wer thl call and demonstrate that they
are In on the game of local development
in 10 far the selection of men to
handle the responslbllltlea may go,
No one know who Is to be chosen;
there are several candidates; all good
men) but there should be a big attend
anee and a vote big enough to lend
popular estimate and strength to the
selection made,
(let out to the first meeting In 1908
and give the Chamber of Commerce what
it deserves, the sanction and counts
nance of all men In Astoria who stand
for her progress and prosperity.
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WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their Unceasing Work Keep us Strong
and Healthy.
AU Che blood In the body passes
through the kidneys once every thre
minute. The kidney filter the blood.
They work night and day. When healthy
they remove about 500 grain of Impure
matter daily, when unhealthy some part
of this Impure matter is left in the'
blood. This bring on many diseases
and symptom pain In the back, head
ache, iervouno, hot, dry akin, rheuma
tism, gout, gravel, disorder of the eye
sight and hearing, dizziness, . irregular
heart, debility, drowsiness dropsy, de
posit In the urine, etc. But U you
keep the filter right you will hav no
trouble with your kidney.
Mrs. E. Nfttlcblade, 133 Astor struct.
Astoria, Oregon, says: "For a long time
I felt weak, tired and depressed, tuffer
ing severely from kidney complaint and
would rise In the morning feeling so
irnws viiutd viim l inw vim wi imriwnu
my household duties, Titer wm an
awful bearing down 'feeling through my
hip and loin utd many time I suffered
o intensely that I wm forced to II
down in the nlW of my work, Tb
secretion from my kidney were unna
tural In appearance, frequently causing
me much annoyance, I finally learned
of Poan Kidney litis and deciding to
give them trial, procured ft box at
Clta. JtogeiV drug etore. lite result
tiMii followed their use wer very satis
factory, I feel that I oan recommend
IW Kidney Pill with great eonfl-
done to other sufferers."
iFor sole by all dealer, Price DO
wit. Foater-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo. New
York. ol agent for the United State.
Hemember the nam Jtosn's and
take no other.
Probably It I your atoutach and not
your heart that cause pain In neighbor
hood of the heart. If it is, Una's Medl
cine will give relief,
'A much -abused wife in Portland took
her troubles to the police court and r.
reived this advlcei "(Jet a ballbat or
a thick hickory club and whale your
husband over the head with It 'when if
mmna hum (onlirhfc luailaiiit" Tta
giving the advice.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONI DAY
rak LAXATIVE BTIOMO Qulnln Tab
let. Druggist refund money If It fall
to cur. K. W. GROVE'S algnatur I
in each bos. toe.
The Commonwealth Trust Co. 1 an
other Portland concern which bit the
iltut last week. When attachment was
executed against the concern th eon
"table was able to find only 25o In the
strng boxthe other assets consisted
of wildcat securities of no commercial
valu. "Common "re!th" U certainly
ft good name for such Institution.
COFFEE
. Why Schilling's Best?
Because it is best and
your money is yours if
you think you don't find
it so.
Your isxm returns four mon, II to 4os1
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This Moniing Eyery Ptment in .jr.-'riSatoe. Stock
Reduced a Sensational .January Clearance Sale of Every
in This stnrfi at 25 to 50 Der cent, less than regular value. Your unrestricted
article in this store at 25 to 50 per cent, less than regular value. Ymir unrestricted
The shrewd buyers have been eagarly awaiting this annual event and recognize at a glance the supen
e x-w oocnvfrnoTif. oViH' fttnri.ifl.rd dualities in every department. Whatever, your needs may be they
rtanL rrnWftri here at the verv lowest price that will be quoted anywhere We have planned for the :
greatest selling event this store has ever attempted. Arrange to be here early this morning,
THURSDAY
pud Supply Ycmr Wants for Months to Cottie. cont act Good, only Excepted Moil Orders Filled Some Day os Received
Dress Goods, Trimmings.
!- Silks, Linings,
' Muslin Underwear,
" Laces, Embroideries,
" Knit Goods, Notions,
Table Linens,
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Napkins, Towels,
Bed Spreads,
Caipet Wraps,
Hosiery,' Knit Underwear,
Muslin, Sheets,
Pillow Cases,
Outing Flannel,
Flannelettes,
Women's Coats,
Woman's Suits,
Misses' Coats,
Women's Furs,
Lace Curtains.
Comforters, Pillows,
Women's Waists,
Silk and Sateen Petticoats,
Heatherloo'm Petticoats,
Neckwear, Corsets.
Ribbons, Gloves,. Umbrellas j
Leather Gondo v v
Children's Bear Skin Coats, J
r;n. ti . '. . . . . ,i- . .
v3uk raincoats, ;
Walking Skirts, ' s
Children's White Dresses.