THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1908.
THE
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Established 1873.
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Eastern Washington. Idaho
Cloudy and threatening with
rain or snow in northern por-
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THE LOSS OF THE REED.
There is universal regret here that
the ship Emily Reed, practically SO
days overdue from the Antipodes,
should have been wrecked at the
very gate of her charter-port and at
the extraordinary loss of life; and
her master's accounting for the dis
aster is rated as perfectly reasonable
and probable. .
It is one of those sad messages
from the ever treacherous sea that
come, always without warning, and
laden with bitterness. The ship was
well known in these wtaers and by
every mariner who makes the farther
reaches of the globe, and there is
many a story afloat anent her long
service and the conspicuous incidents
of her career, each and all of which
are now in process of eager reitera
tion. !
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAVINGS -
BANK
HAS .,
MONEY TO LOAN ON
i GOOD SECURITY
weight and value. The general idea
over the coast has been, during all
the time that Ruef's name has been
bandied about, that the prosecuting
department of the law had invariably
held itself absolutely exempt from
any such agreement in the case of
Ruef, whatever they had granted to
others; and now the time has arrived
to show the people plainly and hon
estly that they never have committed
themselves to this man s immunity.
If they shall fail to make good, upon
the cleanest and most understandable
basis, then this wretched criminal's
plea must hold and he must be given
his liberty without further question
No man is ever beyond the pale of
justice; and if RuePs affidavits stand,
he must have it
INTERESTING
NOTES
Of New York the Great
tropolis.
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EDITORIAL SALAD
Besides, the insurance companies
might reflect that investments of the
money recently coming in will show a
considerable increase in the rate of
income, at prevailing prices.
Chairman Woodruff cheerfully ad-
nits Charles E. Hughes is, next to
Roosevelt, the greatest non-Yale
tatesman in the country.
The sucess of the sea-going rail
road suggests the possibility of run
ring a fast limited express service
over thePanama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt did not win the
lightweight championship at Har
vard, according to some of the lightweights.
There may be some hope if Mr. C.
W- Morse took the regular ice famine
with him.
When a man accused of murder is
crazy to get into an asylum he is
soon eager to get out
THE CITY TEACHERS.
The 35 ladies and gentlemen of the
Astoria corps of public school teach
ers, through their special committee,
have spoken very clearly and simply
of their claim to consideration on the
part of the voters of the district and
of the directors in charge of the
schools, in the matter of an increased
scale of wages. Just where the hitch
arises we are not in position to say
and have no doubt the issue will be
properly and satisfactorily adjusted
in due season. But, it goes without
saying that people in this walk of
life and duty, rarely seek the counte
nance of the public in such matters
unless every other resource has been
exhausted and they feel compelled to
revert to original sources of author
ity; and it must be credited to this
group that they are well within their
province, if they have been denied
what they say they have.
If the scale of pay is inadequate; if
this has been conceded by the alleged
consent of the board to increase the
levy in this behalf; and if the voters
at the annual meeting signified their
consent and gave authority for that
levy ,then the levy should ,be made
and increase established.
And even in default of these things,
if it can be shown that the teachers
of Astoria are underpaid, the injus
tice should be made good upon the
initiative of the board, and no time
lost in the doing of it; for it is
leading principle of scolastic work
that the teachers must be of the best
and no best is to be had for meagre
compensation, in this or any other
channel of public service.
RUEF'S PLEA.
There is no more despicable figure
in current American history than
Abraham Ruef, the despoiler of San
Francisco; yet even he is not so low
in the scale of human appraisal as to
warrant injustice at the hands of the
law itself. He is pleading at this
moment that, by every concievable
line of definite commitment, the dis
trict attorney's office of San Fran
cisco, guaranteed him immunity from
all punishment if he would impeach
his colleagues in crime, and having
done so, now repudiates the pledge
made to him and offers him for final
sacrifice in expxiation of his and
their crimes.
' His affidavits, amply supported on
their face, are now before the court,
and it is up to the district attorney
and his confreres to dispel their
The law should positively prohibit
women eating alone after 6 o'clock in
the evenines. Men are entitled to
good company once in a while.
The Washington "Post" figures
Hughes on the fourth ballot It
everybody agreed, nobody would
waste three ballots.
NEW YORK, Feb, 1S.-U is pos
sible that future generations in
Greater New York may never see a
snowstorm, for a proposition content
plates their abolishment has at last
been put forward. ' Every fall New
York prepares to clean the streets of
snow in a miraculously short time
and every winter finds the street-
cleaning department unable to do so.
The city is not quite in the class of
Chicago where it was recently dis
covered that men were still being
carried on the pay rolls for the pur
pose of removing the big snow of
1906, but it is never able to do much
in the way of actually getting rid of
the fall. After every storm all squares
and parks are filled with miniature
moutnains of snow shoveled together
theoretically to be hauled away and
dumped in the river, but in reality to
await the destroying influence of a
good thaw or rainstorim A heavy
snowfall too has come to mean the
piling up in each gutter of an impass
able bunker. Naturally in the light
of such conditions suggestons for the
handling of the snow have been many.
The latest and by far the most in
genius does not contemplate the
handling of the snow but its complete
abolishment A chemist in this city
claims to have discovered a chemical
which if sprayed into the air during
the storm would immediately change
the snow to rain at a height of 100
feet above the pavement and at a
much lower cost than is now neces
sary for snow removed. Those per
sons who fatten on street cleaning
contracts are naturally contemptuous
and call it visionary and impossible.
But stranger things than the abolish
ment of snow have happened and
should it come to pass only those
persons whose offices are above the
tenth story could ever expect to see
a snowstorm.
United States officials can straigh
ten out a suspended bank and set it
going again while State officials are
still squabbling about getting started,
One consolation is that if by
chance just a little good hose should
be bought it would soon be all the
hose there is .
When Mr. Foraker hanging on the
ropes, it looks as u tney ougni to
stop the bout out in Ohio.
Our big fleet is still in fine shape,
and ready for anything from a cata
pult to a cakewalk.
Mr. Hobson has much to say of the
rapanese problem. Let him point
out how Japan can make both ends
meet financially, and he will earn a
handsome testimonial from the
mikado.
Boston has made a contract to
drive the rats trom two scnoois,
From various parts of the world come
the proofs that a rats character is
getting to be no better than that of a
mosquito.
Canada has a fish that, caught
through holes in the ice, is frozen so
stiff that it breaks like brittle sticks,
yet when carefully thawed is found to
be alive. David B. Hill's return to
politics is not necessarily a joke.
Detroit is aiding the unemployed
by digging a new canal, and will help
itself still more by the operation, as
is usually the case in waterway con
struction. One trouble is that 2500
men were wanted and only ten ap
plied.
tlen and Women Uho Know
Ihe M Value of Shoes
fur Shoes as
theiest
New York came close to finding it
self actually a part of Long Island
last week when during the gale and
blizzard which descended upon the
city the wind from the north practi
cally blew away the East River which
divides Manhattan and Long Island.
The continuation of the gale at low
tide left the river so nearly dry that
travel by ferry was practically sus
ponded. So much water was blown
out of the river that it took no more
the appearance of a series of puddles
broken by what appeared to be flats
on which were stacked practically all
the ferryboats on the river and
number of smaller craft One ferry
line was put out of business by the
running aground of every one of its
boats, most of them too at points
where there was ordinarily enough
water for any sort of commerce.
Blackwell's Island, where Father
Knickerbocker confines his undesir
able citizens, added temporarily near
ly three acres to its small area and
buildings ordinarily situated at the
edge of the water found themselves
for the time being a considerable
distance removed from the river. With
the subsidence of the "gale the water
gradually resumed its former level
but for a time it looked as though the
East River was going to be entirely
blown away and New York City in
voluntarily annexed to Long Island.
Eczema, tetter and salt rheum keep
their victims in perpetual torment
The application of Chamberlain's
Salve will instantly allay this itching
and many cases have been cured by
its seu. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists. j
Likewise the merciful man has
sharp calks on the shoes of his beast,
Mr. Beckham thought the way to
cbtain a people's certificate to the
Senate in Kentucky was to apply the
governor's patronage and hold a snap
primary. The returns seemed to be
fixed as he desired, but he is not sen
ator yet, and the probability is that
he will get nothing but his crooked
work for his pains.
COFFEE
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age gives us the credit,
and puts on us the money
back burden it isn't a
burden!
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They Can Find Anywhere.
They know and believe in our quality, our fit, our style, and our
wear. They also appreciate the fact that we quota lower prlcei
than anybody alia. Our great atora ia filled to overflowing with
Sp
ring
Gqods
of the Best Makes
Wa are now showing our new spring Una of lad lea tlea and Ox
fords In patent, tans, calf and kid leathers; button and lace; all
sixes and widtha of the very beta pattern. .;.
Can Fit
Everybody
Our deoartmenta for men. women, misses and children ara all
complete In every detail. ' VSsiP
See Our Show
Window Display
Wherity, Etalsfon & Co.
ASTORIA'S BEST SHOE STORE
479 Commercial Street. - Astoria, Oregon;
Ask Yourself the Question,
Why not use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm when you have rheumatism?
We feel sure that the result will be
prompt and satisfactory. One appli
cation relieves the pain, and many
have been permanently cured by its
use. 25 and 50 cent sizes. For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists.
The Old Reliable
Painless
Chicago
Dentists
Cor. Commercial and Eleventh Sta.
ASTORIA, ORE.
Phone 3901
Headquarters
PORTLAND, ORE.
Ara equipped to do all kinds of
Dental work at very loweat prices.
Nervous people and those afflicted
with heart weakness may have no
fear of the dental chair.
22 K. crown... $5.00
Bridge work, per tooth 5.00
Gold fillings .. ... ...j.. $1.00 up
Silver fillings. ,50c to $1.00
Best rubber plate . .$8 00
Aluminum-line plate $10 to $15.00
These offices are modern through
out We axe able to do all work
absolutely painless. Our succesa la
due to uniform high grade work by
gentlemanly operatora having 10
to 15 years- experience. Vegetable
Vapor, patented and used only by
ua for painless extraction of teeth,
50c A binding guarantee given
with all work for 10 years. Exami
nation and consultation FREE.
Lady in attendance. Eighteen of
ficea in the United States.
Cor. Commercial and Eleventh Sta,
over Danziger atore.
Fisher Brothers Company
80LE AGENTS
Barbour and Finlayson Salmon Twins and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs , ,
: Malthoid Roofing
Thorples Cream Separators
Raecolith Flooring Storrett'a Tools
Hardware, Groceries, Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Add, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass
Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seine Wab
We Wo tit Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
BOND STREET
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We have the largest stock of Valentines
that ever came to Astoria.
Comics, Drops, Valentine Post Cards and
a large and assorted stock of Fancy
and Pretty Valentines.
E. A. HIGOINS CO.,
M08I0 BOOKS STATIONFJtY
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President.
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President.
FRANK PATT0N, Cashier
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
Astoria Savings Bank
Transacts a General Banking Business V- interest Paid on Time Deposits.
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Eleventh and Duane Sta. Astoria, Oregon.