THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA OREGON,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1S08.
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RULE OF REINFORCEMENT.
Among the policies and procedures
whereby a city lifts and expands and
grows, is that of reinforcing its atti
tude by the assumption of preroga
tives, which, while not available, for
the moment, are of inestimable ad
vantage when the hour for their use
and application arises. And thus it
may be with the Port of Astoria pro
vision, now underway.
We may not be ready to employ it
off hand, and may be glad to wait on
other developments before we invoke
its terms and privileges, as a matter
of civic, or commercial, expediency;
but when the day comes from us to
use it, we do not want to deplore the
absence of all right and precedence
and confess ourselves beaten for the
want of its authority and utility. We
want the order and custom of the
thing at our hand when the moment
of expediency shall arise, so that we
may go forward and Claim that which
is ours in law, working and fighting
on the sound ground of legality and
efficacious equipment.
We should strengthen our munici
pal and commercial prestige wherever
we can do so under the sanction of
the law, since every such acquisition
gives us an additional grip on unfor
seen circumstances and emergencies.
It is a good policy; and though we
take over a prerogative that may not
serve us at the given hour, what harm
will its investiture do anyone? What
if it lay idle for years? Who suffers
anything from it during its inopera
tive term?
In this particular matter of the
port, we do not expect it to lay dor
mant for years. -We expect to make
good and timely use of it and em
ploy it for the upbuilding of the port
and city. This presentation of the
case is made simply in response to
those who are always inclined to
meet such issues, here, with the ever
lasting question, "Oh! What's the
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sentatives to do just the work he has
outlined and for which the late
"panic" was inaugurated as a primary
step.
Each man in the country must read
tli. declaration for himself and draw
the safest conclusions' he may; but
we believe that if such is the real
coiluilion oi auairs, HU sum ins v.
purpose of the rich leaders of the
country, and they are possessed ot
the temerity to proceed with the
program, there will be, while it lasts,
a season of an inconceivable hell in
this land.
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THE CLASS GAUNTLET.
Everything from Paris is not to be
believed, of course; but the press
despatch from there on Saturday last,
anent the attitude of J. P. Morgan
on the cause, and results, of the late
"rich man's panic" and attributing it
to a preconceived conspiracy among
the men of his class to settle, once
for all, the differences and distinc
tions between capital and labor and,
naturally, to the disadvantage and
even the submergence of the working
classes, has a tone and significance
that demands either prompt denial or
as oromct confirmation.
The statements alleged to have
been made by him are very weighty,
in the light of Mr. Morgan s admitted
suoremacv in the world of finance
and if true, amount to an open chal
lenge of the most unambiguous kind.
He casts down the gauntlet of capi
talistic conviction and declares war
to the knife; and does it in terms such
as only one in his exalted position
would dare to do it. Talks glibly
about "submission or starvation" and
employs other short-cut language to
convey the full meaning he and his
colleagues have decided to acclaim.
There is but one of two things de
duceable from such statements as his;
either Mr. Morgan has been played
upon by the magazine writers until
he has utterly lost his head in the
whirl of their fawning adulation and
is talking in unison with the folly
they inspired; or he is all they claim
to be, and more, and is at the head
of a combination of wealthy repre-
A PACIFIC COAST RECORD.
There was a day when, if Astoria
had dared to claim a record for im
munity from crime and the aspects of
crime, she would have been laughed
down, from Sitka to San Diego; but
that day is long past and now she
comes forward with a claim to being
the cleanest port on the Pacific Coast
in so far as actual crime is concerned.
For a seaport of 15,000 people, with
hundreds of strangers, sailors and
shoremen, entering here each week,
she has less to be ashamed of than
any place of her kind between the
two ports first named, in the way of
great or petty crimes.
This is not the say-so of a partial
few of her home-people, but is based
on the quotations of those men whose
business it is to make all the ports of
the coast and to know the relative
access of crime in each; and we are
proud of the estimates reached in
favor of Astoria and hasten to make
the best possible use of them, in
justification of the newer program
she has instituted for her evolvraent
from a status she bore once and too
long; but which has been lifted in the
past two years and fallen from her
like a mantle cast aside. It is no
small victory, this, and she is not to
be denied credit for her emancipa
tion.
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ONLY TWENTY-TWO MORE.
It is said there are twenty-two
land-fraud cases to be disposed of in
Portland, and that they are due in
court for trial in April next. We
hope the batch will not be held up
and strung out over the year, but that
all may be disposed of promptly,
either by dismissal or such actual
trial results as shall definitely and
finally oust them from public notice.
The people of Oregon are wearying
of the eternal wrangle and wordy
warfare incident to this mess, and
will hail its end with cordial satisfaction.
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EDITORIAL SALAD
MURDER MYSTERY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lO.-An
examination of the skeleton found
Saturday at Elmhurst shows the
corpse to be that of a man of prob
ably 45 yeaw of age and of medium
build. A minute inspection of the
bones was made yesterday by Dr. R.
H. Evelcth of Elmhurst who found
unmistakeable evidence of murder,
the skull had been fractured above
the left ear and the bones cut clean
as though the man had been dealt a
terrific blow with some sharp weapon,
such as an axe or hatchet. The legs
and arms had been hacked from the
trunk, the head had been cut off and
the body had been buried in quick
lime.
Every effort is to be made by the
coroner to clear up the mystery that
surrounds the ease.
SIMPLE WASH CURES ECZEMA.
Itching, Burning Skin Disease Rouied
Without Use of Injurious Drugs.
Great inventors often have bnen
praised for surrendering the secrets
of their discoveries. Practically the
same thing happening in the medical
world in the case of Dr. Decatur D.
Dennis, the eminent skin specialist of
Chicago.
Dr. Dennis, in his own office prac
tice, discovered that pure vegetable
oil of wintergreen, properly mixed
with other simple remedies was prac
tically a sure specific for Eczema,
psoriasis, barber's itch, salt rheum,
and other itching skin diseases. But
the oil of wintergreen alone was found
ineffective. It required other mild in
gredients such as glycerine and thy
moil compounded with the winter
green to produce the real eczema
erne.
This compounded D. D. D. Pre
scription positively takes away the
itch at once the instant it is applied
to the skin. This vegetable liquid does
away with deleterious drugs so long
used in an attempt to doctor the
blood, whereas- modern science has
determined that eczema is first and
all tbe time a skin disease.
If you want to know more about
the merits of D. D. D. Prescription,
call at our store. We vouch for this
remedy. Charles Rogers & Son.
RESCUED WITH BOAT HOOKS.
WHAT LITTLE MARY WANTED.
And the Rather Unusual Manner in
Which She Got It.
A former resident of Astoria, now
living in another part of the state,
was in town the other day, and told
this interesting story:
It seems that a little girl, Mary
Turner by name, had the misfortune
to be motherless, her mother having
died in her infancy. It caused her a
great deal of secret grief to note the
comfort and happiness other girls
derived from the love and companion
ship of their mothers, and she gradu
ally came to the conclusion that in
some way or other she must get a
mother of her own.
She spoke to her father about it,
but he only laughed at her and she
was considerably puzzled as to how
she should go about acquiring so
desirable if not necessary an adjunct
to the family.
Her father was a merchant, a firm
believer in advertising and an enthu
siast on the subject Mary had often
heard him tell of the splendid results
it brought him so the little girl fi
nally concluded that the way to get
a mother must be to advertise for one.
She wrote out a brief, simple adver
tisement, stating her "want" and giv
ing her name and address, and hand
ed it to her father, telling him to put
it in the paper. ,
Of course, he took it as a great
joke, and, happening in the office of
a friend of his, a newspaper publisher,
showed nim the advertisement, and
told him the story. Then they went
out to lunch together, not noticing
that they had left little Mary's piece
of copy on the newspaper man's
desk.
Somebody around the place, who
either did not know any better or
who thought it would be a good joke,
found it, put it in with the other clas
sified advertising "copy" and the next
day little Mary's "Want" appeared
before the astonished eyes of the
community.
Of course, it created an immense
amount of amusement at the father's
expense, and for the next week or
two he was almost afraid to show
himself on the street on account of
the sarcastic remarks and embarras
sing questions of his friends and acquaintances.
By a strange coincidence a copy of
the paper found its way to a distant
state and came into the hands of an
old sweetheart of Mary's father.
She noted the similarity of the name,
and could not help speculating a good
deal as to the identity of the little
advertiser.
She could not dismiss the subject
from her mind or resist the tempta
tion of taking some means to find
out the facts in the matter, and as a
result well of course you know
what the result must have been, or
otherwise this story would not have
been worth the telling. .
The mikado seems to have set out
to give American statesmen and di
plomats a few lessons in the art of
jollying. Lesson number one is an
order issued by the Japanese Govern
ment which, among other things, ab
solutely prohibits emigration to the
Hawaiian Islands, expecting rela
tives of Japanese already there. The
class in Washington is trying to fig
ure out how many millions of rela
tives the six hundred or so "Japs" in
Hawaii probably have.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy travels
with all the precaution that atends
the czar of Russia. Why all this
all this caution? Surely, no one wants
to dynamite the venerable discoverer
of Christian Science.
"Autoes" may damage roads as the
N. Y. State engineer claims; but there
can be no doubt abou the assertion that
motor cars have done more for im
proving highways than anything in
a century.
The commercial travelers are now
going to give attention to seeuring
steel passenger coaches. They hold
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tnat tne metai casicei nas aemon
strated advantages over the wooden
coffin.
Freezing of Morse by his "undigest
ed" Ice securities seems about com
plete, now that the Bank of North
America is to liquidate.
General Juneau, the head of the
Haitien revolutionists, has lost his
head. It was a trifle hand On the gen
eral but it may bring peace to Haiti.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10-Rescue of
a drowning man who had leaped in
to the water for the purpose, it is
supposed, of ending his life, was
witnessed yesterday by passengers
on two East River ferry boats. .While
in mid-stream on the ferry boat John
English of the Forty Second street
line, Christian Tent of Williamsburg,
sixty years old, threw himself over
the railing. Passengers on the Eng
lish threw life preververs to him and
the crew of the ferry boat Jamacia
of the Houston street line, passing
nearby, rescued him with boat hooks.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
RIeeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to
14 days or money refunded. 50c.
HOLDS UP SIX.
PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. lO.-Joseph
Russ and six Austrian companions
were held up last night by a lone
highwayman and in the melee that
followed Russ was killed by a bullet
from the bandit's revolver.
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Remedy in his family for many years, and is seldom without it In the
house. He says: "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ha proved a great
relief to onr boys In their throat and lung troubles. A few doses of It will
ward off a threatened attack of croup, and a bad cold is quickly cured by
its use. I take pleasure in recommending it." The prompt cures of colds
and cronpg effected by this preparation, Qie fact that it can always be de
pended upon, is pleasant to take and contains no opium, chloroform or
other objectionable drug, has made it a favorite with the parents of voting
children. When von have a cough or cold, try it and see for Yourself what
an excellent medicine it is. Price, 25 cento. Large size, 60 cents.
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0. 1. PETERSON, Vice-President.
FRANK PATTON, Cashier
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
Astoria Savings Bank
Transacts a General Banking Business t-Interest Paid oiit Time Deposit
Eleventh and Duane Sts.
FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM.
Astoria, Oregon.