HORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OIIEGON.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, spot.
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Official ppr of Clatsop County and
th city of Astoria.
WEATHER.
Western Oregon and Washing
tonOccasional rain.
:- Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton and Idaho Probably fair.
A MOTHER IN ISRAEL."
Kay by day, and year by year, the
ranks of the splendid pioneer group of
Oregon are thinning; all too soon we
ball be called upon to mark the passing
of the last noble soul who may justly
claim the honor and prerogative of hav
ing founded this great, commonwealth
and given forth the heirs that are to
perpetuate H. The death of Mrs. Sarah
fDanuon Owens, at Empire City, on
Thursday last, accentuates the nearness
of this aad phase of our history, her
four score years and ten, of life, point
ing plainly to the unconsidered flight of
time, time that consumes, absorbs, ob
literates, and takes from all men that
which they cherish most.
No limit may be put upon the tender
new wherewith we shall deal with the
few who remain of this great duster
of stalwart parents of our statehood;
and if we have fallen abort, ever, in the
measure of our tribute and considera
tion for them, we may find surcease
from reproach in the fuller honor we
shall pay to those still surviving.
The late Mrs. Owens waa of the
"Mothers in Israel" of old Clatsop and
left an unfading impress of her noble
(character upon the community, her chil
dren, and her children's children, being
yet with us to share the benefice of her
gracious career and her fine strong wom
anhood, live children, eleven grand
children and seventen great grand-children
survive- her and possess the inher
ent fight to tread the paths of honor
ha marked out and to urge the course
upon thoee who look to them for guid
ance. . The study of such characters as hers
makes doubly manifest to ua all the
priceless quality of our heritage. By
the light of their faith and patience,
courage and success, we may better
guage the real value of our work and
worth, and warrant aa their accredited
successors in the illimitable tasks of
civilized life. . . , .
A FRIENDLY HINT.
WJiile the Port landers are about it
they may as weU save themselves what
of loss and time is possible to be saved
by a careful revision of the newly pro
posed Port of Portland bilL For instance
the clause wherein the port reserves to
itoeH the limitation of liability in the
turn of (10,000, covering loss and dam
age to Tceself by reason of the careless
mem of the tug-masters and pilots oper
ating under its aegis, is worth a close
review for the purposes of amendment in
that it shall not conflict with the federal
supreme court decision in the case of the
ship Thrasher, for which the tug-owner,
Warren, of Victoria, paid the full cost
of vessel and cargo and wrecked a fine
business in the doing of it. The owners
of the Thrasher and Warren fought the
matter of liability through all the court
of the land and the decision of the Ad
miralty court waa sustained and the
tug-man went to the wall.
The Warren tug fastened on to the
Thrasher and entered the Straits of
, Fuca, Victoria-bound, without a licensed
pilot n board the tow, and the ship
veered out her course a hawer length
and smashed on the rocks. This was
the basis of one of the most famous
marine fights ever put up. and its issue
is offb so old, old as it is,, as to preclude
it from having a direct bearing on con
travention of the clause alluded to. ,
WJe suggest it out of sheer good feel
ing toward those in charge of the meas
ure, and if we see anything else worth
their notice we may call attention to it.
And before we leave the aubject, we
A DOLLAR SAVED
IS A DOLLAR EARNED
W pay interest twice a year in our
savings department. You receive a
passbook on which you can deposit
and draw out a is convenient.
Scandinavian -American
Savings BanK
SOQ-508 Commercial St.
would like to suggest that pilot, bar,
nor river, are made in Fortland taey
are the peculiar product of the seaa and
riven thev navijratft especially the bar
men, despite the contemptuous rating
in which the Oregonian hoMa tne mem
bers of the Columbia River Bar Pilots'
Association.
Be wary, gentlemen, of the terms of
vour new law! Remember the fate of
Port of Columbia bill! I
WE QUIT, RIGHT HERE I
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We have never, for a moment, cher
ished the notion of interfering with
Portland in any of her cherished plans
for commercial up lift, save in the case
of the Port of Portland bill, last winter,
when we opposed her 'tcenth and nail'on
the simple ground of self-defense and
made good in the fight. We know the
futility of contending single handed
against her, and the hopelessness of her
ever doing aught for this city or this
end of the river. We are in her way
here; she want to maintain supreme
control of the maritime commerce of the
state, and will probably do so until the
fortuitous turn shall be made that
shall give us our share of it, a the near
est, most natural, most feasible, of allj
the cities and harbors in Oregon. i
Our contention, latcrly, has not been
made with a view of thwarting her
ambitions along this line (save, insofar
as she might seek to do it by revamp
ing that bill and using at to hamper
and involve us), but against her wilful
and cold-blooded oversight of the honest
claim of Astoria to commercial consid
eration, as the second city and the best
port in the State, and the persistancy
of the Oregonian in heralding the Sound
ports as the only alternative left the
people of Oregon if Portland shall fail
to make good in her ambition.
We quit, right here! It's np to As
toria and Astorians to save their own
faces. . If this city has the snap, the
eumption, the money, and business
nerve to go after things, to do thing,
to gain things, and to profit by them,
now is her chance to do something;
if ehe has no qualities f this sort she
may simmer into "innocuous desuetude"
and make the beet of her inanition. We
are here to fight for her when it is neces
sary, but we want a shoulder-mate, a
cause, and the backing that goes with
honest championship. This man's town
has no recourse save her own pluck and
spirit and power, and ehe ned not look
elsewhere for aid or comfort!
How to Avoid Pneumonia
Yon can avoid pneumonia and other
serious result from a cold by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the
cough and expels the cold from the sys
tem as it is mildly laxative. Refuse
any but the genuine in the yellow
package. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
DRUGGED, BEATEN AND ROBBED.
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 17.-J. B. Gra
ham, said to be a well-to-do rancher
from near Dickinson, N. D-, is dead from
the effects of being drugged and beaten
yesterday. Graham was found in an
unconscious condition sear the railroad
tracks, his pocket rifled and a bad
wound on hi head above the temple.
How to Avoid Appendicitis.
Most victims of appendicitis ar those
who are habitually constipated, Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic eon
stitpatlon by stimulating the liver and
bowels and restores the natural action
of the bowels. ' Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and
is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse
substitutes. T. R. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
IT WAS SWIM, OR HANG I
How Charles Gram Went np Against a
A. & C. Freight Engine.
Charles II. Grain, State Deputy Labor
CouimiMoner and (factory inspector,
president of the Oregon State Federa
tion of Lalwft etc., etc, i In the city
on an ollkial visit, overhauling the mills,
factories canneries, machine ahop and
industrial plant generally, to ee that
they ar all complying with th statu
tory requirements in th car of their
mechanics and workmen and iu the
proper adjustment of their mechanism;
the most of which he find well within
the law on all points, and what xcp
tionHhr may be, in line for imme
dint e improvement.
In the course of hi peregrination
about the city, yesterday, h found him
self at a point on the waterfront within
easy striking distance of the oflWe of
the Columbia River Packer' Associa
tion oulires, provided he footed it across
a couple of hundred feet of A. A C.
railway trestle, or, otherwise going round
about fop several blocks; and "time be
ing of the essence" of all Gram's con
tract, he decided to use the open
trestle, especially a there waa no engine
nor train in motion anywhere near him.
So he boldly went bis way, picking his
route along the rain-soaked tie and list
ening to the suggestive "swashing" of
the floor-tide below, eye down, and um
brella up, with the single and sole idea
of planting bis foot safely on each alter
nate tie ahead of him.
At the usual critical moment he heard
the midden clang of an engine bell, and
glancing up, he say old "No. 1," the
yard engine of the A. A C. bearing
down on him (having just filled her
oil tank at th Standard plant) hustl
ing to her duties up at the depot yard.
Gram waa exactly midway between two
bent with no chance of stepping out
onto a cap, and not knowing just how
fast the engine was moving he dis
counted the fleeting notion he had of
taking the foot -board that hung below
the tanks on the rear of the engine, and
casting hi umbrella to the wind of
heaven and the tide of the Columbia,
he scuttled over the tie-end and hung
on the four-by-four guard rail on the
outer aide of the track until the danger
waa past, and then clambered back on
the tie and began a hunt for hi "lost
nerve," which be oon found, and pro
ceeded, more than gingerly, over the
balance of the route. Hi umbrella was
reported later as' having crossed the
Columbia bar, and headed south, like
a black can-buoy out on a "glad-time."
Charlie says it waa "swim, or hang," and
he chose the latter even with the alter
native startlingly imminent and in spite
of the fact that "No. 1" dropped all
sorts of hot water on his hand a she
went by. He ha pretty nearly recov
ered, however, and the memory of it
will be the most poignant element of
the affair. This is written to perpetu
ate it!
It Doe The Business
JURY LOCKED UP FOR THE NIGHT,
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. The Walsh jury
not having reported a verdict at 6
o'clock, wer elocked np for the night.
Mr E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Maine, says of .Bocklen's Arnica Salve.
"It doe the business; I have used it
for piles and it cured them. Used it
for chapped hand and it cured them.
Applied it to an old sore and it healed
it without leaving a scar behind,' toe
at Chas. Roger drag (tore.
It would be a good thing if we could
all dipose of a job lot of prejudices at
bargain rate.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
take LAXATIVE KROMO Quinine Tab.
let. Druggist icfund money if it fails
to cure, E. W. GROVE'S signature 1
tn each box. 25c
A friend who is willing to touch you
knows the value of sympathy.
COFFEE
Good coffee is partly in
buying and partly in
making:; like everything
else. -
Your rrocer returns your monsr U ro don't
111m Schilling's Best; we par Dim.
There is nothing else "just a good'
as Kemp' Balsam, the best cough cure.
and the other kinds cost just as mum
as this famous remedy.
Selfishness gains no friends, but it
i doesn't miss them a long as it holds its
own and their too.
It i better to cure" the little cough
than to take chance of consumption
The best cough cure i Kemp' Balsam
Druggists sell it at 25 cents and 60
cents a bottle.
A SURGICAL
OPERATION
If there is itnv ono thintr that a
woman dreads more than another it
Is a Bunrioal operat ion.
We can etato witnout iear or a
contradiction that there are him
dredn, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women to our hos
pitals which are entirely unneces
sary and many have been avoided by
LYDIA L PIN .(HAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
For proof of this statement read
fehe following letters.
aire, itorbara wane, or Kinsman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Finkham:
" For eiirht years I suffered from the
moat severe form of female troubles and
waa told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. I wrote Mr. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydla E. I'tnkhain'
Vegetable Compound, and It ha saved
my life and made me a well woman."
Mrs. Arthur R. House, of Church
Road, MoorvRtowfu N. J, writes!
"I feel H la my duty to lei people
know what Lydla E. I'lnkham's Vege
table Compound haa done for me. I
suffered from female troubles, and last
hi arch my physician decided that an
operation waa necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydla
K. link hum s vegetaoie vompouna,
and to-day I am well and strong."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia K link-
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and hertw, nas wen tue
standard remedy for female Ills,
and has posit ively cured thousands of
women who have U'cn troubled witn
displacements, in fliimmation,ulee ra
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and baekache.
'Mrs. IMnkhnm Invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has iruhled thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass,
There' nothing in keeping up with
the procession. Either lead it or cut it
out
Constipation, or irregularity. I very
often the caue of tck-headaob. Lao'
Family Medicine I th great preventive
and cur of headache. Druggist sell H
for 23 cent.
Jos. Therdich
Dealer In
Confectionery
Soft Drink and Fresh Fruit
The Freshest and Best the Market
Afford at Very Reasonable Prices.
357 Bond St. (near 8th) Astoria, Ore.
Save Some Money
From now until Febu
rary 1st. HOW?
Bead This
The woolen house Jwhlch I represent
ha notified me that they have mad
great reduction on 100 pattern of up-
to-date suiting In order to make room
for their spring stock. Ia order that
you may tak advantage of these bar
gain I will make you ult or over
coat tt order and sv yon three to
even dollar.
Remember, your tim I limited, so
order bow,
Carl E. Fransccn,
ASTORIA'S LEADING TAILOR,
179 Eleventh Street. Fhon Main 3711
Seattle Fish Market
V 77 Ninth St., near Bond
Fresh and Salted Fish;
Game and Poultry.
Groceries, Produce and Fruit
Imported and Domestic
Goods.
P. Bakotitch & Feo,HProprs.
Phone Red 2188 . .
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THE
Automatic
Theatre
POSITIVELY COMMENCES
Thursday, Jan. 16
TBS
Passion Play
OS
Life of Christ
Th most beautiful film tvr
manufactured,
PERFORMANCES
Ertulng! 7 1 15 and 81N p. m.
Afternoon 3;00 md 4t30 p. .
ADMISSION s.
Special Reduction
, .' ON
Japanese Goods
AT
Yokohama
Bazar
All kind of Japan good. Including
Chin want, btiktts, silk handkrchlfa,
bras want, fans, toys, bamboo furni
ture, t, te. Some, good at naif prto.
v i ; 020 Oommrclal Stmt
HBlMMMkMMaMB
;0 SPICES,
vOrFtL,Tc.A
DAKIHG POWDER,
Mutt Purify,' rintjf flavor.
CrfatiSlrtrh.PtwontiJtPlk'!!.
CLOSSETftDZVERS
- PORTLAND OREGON.
Horning Attorlaa, 60 cent per most
delivtrtd by carrlar.
WHEN YOU WANT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT :
' Write us, we're here for that purpose
The Work We Do
AnythingMn the electrical Business. Bell's House Phones
Jlnstde wiring and Fixtures installed and kept In repair.:
We will be-Klad to quote you prices.
OUR PRICES WILL DO THE REST
STEEL & EWART
421 Bond StnrH. Wow MJa jMi
Books and Stationery
Wholesale and Retail.
X Magazines, Newspapers, Office Fixtures and Sup- X
Silv3, X vllvUlfi0, vftlvllUttlB vUKU0
Maps, and Music. .
Large and Complete Stock of Typewriter
Paper and Ribbons. .
Special Subscription Agency for all the 1
Leading Magazines. .
E. A. HIGGINS CO.,
MUSIC HOOKS STATION Fit Y
THAT DINNER '
WILL HOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SOME OF 0U1 SELECT TABLE
WINES A PASTIAL LIST TO CHOOSE FK0M.
SWEE WINES
Old Port-Tawny, rich, light and TMotnt.
Sparkling See Dor Fragrant,
color.
Old Sherry Pale, clean, nutty.
Angelica Soft, agreeable, fulL
Mascatel Vry fruity, awtet,
WHITE WINES
Riesling Medium light table wine. ,
' gantern Natural mellow, pronounced
flaror. ''
Chateau Yiuem Full bodied Cram
o8utrnea.
r PHONE 16I1 PB0MPT DELIVEBY
BED WINES . '
Zinfandal-Clean, light table win.
Burgundy Medium bodied, mUow.
Sparkling Burgundy Brilliant, plat.
Orap Juice, Maraschino oberri, fruit
and Cognac Brandies, and fuB
line of Cordiai.
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589 Commercial Street
A Chance for Quick-Steppers
W ar letting a merry ollp for shoe seller to wait to.
The quick-step prices w have put on winter ahoei should quicken
their going. ' , ' :
:. It hould also quicken th steps of everyone who care frr a bargain
in fine ahoe. -
, OUR SPECIALTY LINE of Loggers' shoes guarantee satisfaction to
the wearer. None better, but a leader of alL . . r
643 Bond St, opp. Fisher Bros. Co.
S. A. GIMRB