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t WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 1908. 4HE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 3 4m SIX FREE Lectures On the Laws of Life as Related to Man From His Creation FOWLER Widow ol Vtol O; S. lowlcr, the world renowned phrcnologUt, author and lecturer, of New York City at Atitoria Theatre, beginning Tiicnuay, February 25th, 8 p ,m., to all; Wed nenday.' February 26, 2:30, to ladle only; Wednesday, February 26, 8 p m.( gentlemen only; Thursday, Feb' wary 27, 8 p. m to all; Friday, Feb ruary 28, 8 p. m., to all; Sunday, March 1. 2:30 p. m to all. New ub ject every time. It will be announced in this paper later. . '.Phrenological examination and health consultation given at the Oc cident Hotel from 9 a. m, to 9 p. m until March 11th. A new lyttcm of applying electricity 1 to cure disease will be taught in classes, beginning Tuesday, March 3rd, at 2:30 p. m, and 7:30 p. m. y) f Mrs. Fowler comet with a national reputation ai a lecturer, phrenologist and electrician. Her new mode of uaing electricity hat no.eJu.ua. in the world. -".' '-W .' j'-'' i : i j) 4- The Old Reliable Painless Chicago Dentists Cor. Commercial and Eleventh St. ASTORIA, ORE. PhonsSWl , Keadquartert PORTLAND, ORE. Are equipped to do all kind! of Dental work at very lowest pricea. Nervou peopia and tnote arHlcted with heart weakneaa may hava no fear of the dental chair. 22 K. crown... 13.00 Bridge work, per tooth....... 5.00 Gold filling $1.00 up SUver filling ,50c to $1.00 Beat rubber plat WW Alumlnum-llne plat $10 to $13.00 These office are modern through out W are able to do all work absolutely palnleaa. Our aucceaa la due to uniform high grade work by gentlemanly operator having 10 to IS years- experience. Vegetable Vapor, patented and used only by ua for palnleaa extraction of teeth, 50c A, binding guarantee given with all work for 10 year. Exami nation and consultation FREE. Lady in attendance. Eighteen of flcea in the United State. Cor. Commercial and Eleventh St., over Danilger atore. More than two-third of your life you wear shoe. Did you aver think of that?, ' The Dr. A Reed Cushion Shoe Waa built to give your feet comfort two-third of your life; the rcit you Bleep. . TheW. L Douglas Shoe Haa a world-wide reputation. Wear on and b up to date. : ' S. AfGIfilRE 343 BOND STREET. Oppoait Fisher Bros. Best kinda of logging shoes, hanc made, alwayt on hand. ( Perfectly Safe. "Bay, yer a disgrace tor de perfeeh," cueered Weary Walker. "I heard yer tallln' dat woman yefd saw om wood fur her If she'd give yer a. meaL" "Gonr Interrupted Hungry HlgglnB. "Don't yer s'pose I made ure folat dat ahe didn't have no wood ter awr -Philadelphia Press. Morning Astorlan, 60 cent month. Delivered by carrier. '." N.Y.BUTTONMAKERS Say Taft, Hughes, Bryan, Johnson Will be Nominees. NOT SPEND A CENT ON OTHERS Fight on Prohibition Wax Warm in Washington Secretary Garfield May be Haled Before the Senate nd Punished For Contempt WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-"Taft and Hughes" and "Bryan and John- ton." These will constitute the Re publican and Democratic tickets, re spectively, at the ' next Presidential election. There'll be no chance for a favorite son or for a dark horse; these men have been picked a the ultimate choice of the two big parties picked by men who make their living in thl way, and for tint reason they claim that they are pretty apt to be right. Washington received a visit this week from a western campaign button manufacturer, and according o him the button-makers do not plan to spend a cent on the likenesses of Fairbanks, Cannon, Foraker, Knox, or 'any other possible piece of Prcsi dcatiul timber. He claims that he and his colleague In the button in dustry have carefully sized up the situation, 1 with the result aforesaid The production of the campaign but ton which retail for a mckle costs thousands of dollars, and the work of turning them out in sufficient quanti ties must commence weeks before the demand, so, the visitor pointed out, the men who put their money into this business have to examine and weigh the situation pretty carefully before deciding whose portraits to put on the tittle discs. However, this manufacturer only represent one button house, and he may have been guided by his personal preferences; other manufacturers may be equally sure that other buttont will be in demand, and In this thought there ttill is left tome ray of hope for the other candidates for the nominations of their parties, , That the old saw. "necessity is the mother of invention" is true, has been roved beyond a doubt. The Navy Department decided a few weeks ago to dispatch two submarines to the Pacific coast, and, selecting the ror- oise and the Shark, which weigh inlv about sixty tons, they planned to have them hoisted to the deck of one of the bin navy colliers and trans ported 1o the western station in that manner. It wa recognized that it would be far better to put the little terrors of the sea into the hold of the it; collier, but this would have neccs itatcd the removal of a number of deck beams and several other alter ations. The naval experts now have hit upon a plan of constructing a nurse ship" for the submarines, which will transport them long dist- mces. nickinit them lip or dropping them conveniently, thus giving them ficfhtinn radius commensurate with that of a modern '"battleship. The new vessel will be able to carry four submarines, which by means of powerful hoisting davits will be lifted to their berths along the sides of the mother ship, or dropped, as the case mav be. to make stealthy sortie by day or night. It is planned to make this nurse ship a high speed scout or cruiser with little or no ornament, all her extra space being devoted to the carrying of fuel and., supplies for the brood of deep scajjigbtcrs. The fight on prohibition is waxing warm. Every day some new and harder thrust is made at the liquor interests by the temperance advo cates. The House committee on the District of Columbia has been busily engaged with other measures affect ing the scat of government, and the efforts of the aggressors have been centered on the Committee on the Judiciary. They have been urging a favorable report on one or more of the bills introduced to protect "dry" local-option districts from receipt of interstate as well as intrastate ship ments of liquor; that is, to give such districts the right of borderline con fiscation of liquors shipped to destina tions i within prohibition districts. Durina the hearings had before this committee, one of the speakers in defense of "personal liberty" remark ed that prohibition as tried in Maine, Kansas and Iowa does not prohibit, and questioned the operation of the law in Alabama and Georgia. Chair man Jenkins of the Judiciary Com mittee interrupted the speaker to say that only a few hours before a South erner had said to him, "The inaugura tion of prohibition Laws in Alabama and Georgia work like charm. They will mean that a white gentle man can get a drink whenever he wants it, but a negro can't get a drop." Representative Clayton of Alabama and Drantlcy of Georgia laughingly' protested that thit wat not so, each declaring the chairman's informant must certainly have refer red solely to the ,other' state. Mr. Jenkins' reply wat "lie taid Alabama and he taid Georgia," and even tome of the prohibition representativet joined in the laughter that followed, Senator Lodge suffered a lapte of memory thit week, and hit colleague! are poking much fun at him as a re suit. The Massachusetts solon does not like to be disturbed at night by telephone calls from newspaper men who take this method of reaching his car and interviewing him on the big questions of the day. So when he bad a telephone installed in hit home thit year he gave instructions that it should not be listed in the telephone directory and that on no account should the operator connect anyone, who did not call the number direct, instead of first inquiring about it. This plan worked fine, and to all in tents and purposes of bothersome newspaper men Mr. Lodge' home was without telephone connection. The other night the Senator attended a dinner party, and when the time came to go home he asked permission to use hit host' telephone for the purpose of calling hit carriage. By the time he took down the receiver and central had asked "number?", he could not for the life of him remem ber the number, to he asked to be connected with Senator Lodge' resid ence. With positive , instruction in her mind that on no account should this be done, central firmly refused to find out the number for him, al though he protested that it was his own house he. wanted to communi cate with. In desperation, Mr, Lodge finally hit upon a scheme to outwit central; he called the White House and requested the operator on duty there for the number of his own telephone. Getting this he made a second call and at last had the talis faction of hearing hit butler's voice saying "yes, sir" to his instructions that the carriage be tent 4ot him immediately. Is Secretary Garfield to be haled before the Senator and punish for contempt? It it claimed that he has given the upper house of Congress good grounds for such a course, but the general belief is that he will be warned once more and that if he again attempts to violate the rules laid down by the august assembly his punishment will be swift and sure. and treason or some other awful charge will be laid at his door. It will be remembered that some weeks ago the Senate passed a resolution to the effect that it would receive no more bills drafted by heads of depart ments and submitted direct to it for enactment into law. It is understood that this was aimed especially at the practice of Secretary Garfield in fram ing legislation which he desired and forwarding his measure direct to Con gress, without first submitting them to the President and allowing them to follow regular official channels. This week, however, Vice President Fairbanks received a drafted bill from Mr. Garfield requesting that it be properly referred and acted upon. The Vice President was about to lay it before the Senate, when his atten tion was called to the rule, and the communication was thereupon with held. The Navy Department this week decided on a plan by which the ma chinists and other skilled laborers employed in the various navy yards of the country all may be retained in the service, while at the same time the present appropriations may not be exceeded. Some weeks ago it was found that a big deficit threatened because of the lack of funds with which to supply enough work for the thousands of men employed in the shops and yards, and immediate re trenchment was decided upon. Here at the gun foundry in Washington, close on to four hundred men were summarily discharged, and further wholesale dismissals were ,contein platcd, when one of the chief machin ists at the yard got the President's ear and made an earnest pica for the families of the men who thus were thrown out of work in the heart of winter. iThe Mr. Roosevelt arranged for several conferences between the discharged men and officials of the Department, with the result that it has been decided to reinstate those let out, and to pursue the plan of fur loughing each man for from four to six days of each month, in order that all may be kept employed a part of the time. As far as practicable, this system of furloughing will be supplied in the future to all navy yards. - PIGEON POINTERS. Hint to Breeders of tike UtO Feathered Beaetlee. Th following valuable bint on pigeon rearing are clipped from Pool try Success: Bird bred from good foundation ttock will show their good quail tie for sevenl generations to com. . Charcoal Is one of the necessities that pigeons must bare, end granu lated charcoal I the best, ss It Is free from dirt and dust and uniform In else. This should be In every loft . Too much attention cannot be gives the birds st this eaon of the year, the molting time. Some call It th "dying time." A well balanced ration, cleanliness and ventilation are neces sary, . Keep your coop free from feathers Examine some of tbem and you will And lice and mites. Burn tbem and lessen your trouble. Don't tend your bird on ttuj Install ment plan and ay there Is nothing Is the business. Common sense, care end attention u tbe only road that leads to success, sod then you And some thorn on th way Ida. Why of coarse you tre going to ex hibit that pair of birds st your local show, and If they win a place end tbem to another. Bemember the pigeon breeder who has spent ten or fifteen year In per feeling a strain of bird cannot sell them st low prices. Get the best from reliable breeders snd you will be bet ter satisfied one year from now. Do not be led astray by some of th literature put on the market by somt squab company. Bemember the squat bustneee must be learned largely by experience. Better start with six pair than 000. Some people ' rush Into the squab business, thinking fsbnlons sums can he quickly realised. Remember, It take years of experience and Judicious handling to make a success of tbe bust' Bowel trouble In pigeon Is usually the result of Improper feeding, filthy water snd crowding. In tbe breeding of pigeons It Is well to remember that site la influence largely by the female. Still laraffled. Uncle Rufns was one of tbe calmer and most equable of mortals. Nobody hud erer seen him excited or Impatient, but there came a time that tried him Tbe furnace In tbe basement of bin bouse waa working badly. He bad been experimenting with a new variety of coal, lu which there wa a considerable proportion of "slack," and It did no' worn to be burning, lie threw okv the door of the furnace, thrust tbe e:.' of a long poker deep Into tbe smol.ler lug mass and stirred It op vigorously. The result was startling. A Cere burst of flame and smoke came forth nit only enveloping Undo Bufus, but blowlug out the fluo caps In tbe rooms above and filling the bouse with soot and ashes. In the midst of the excitement Uncle Uufus came up from the basement with at usual slow and regular step. Ills face was black with grime, his eye brows and eyelashes were singed to a crisp, and what was left of bis balr ml beard was a sight to behold. He went to a mirror and took a good ook at himself. "Waal," be said slowly and deliber ately, "I was needing a shave an' a aalr cut anyway." Stone Foresta. Stone forests are found in various parts of the world. In many cases tliey are hardened by some peculiarity of the atmosphere and are found stand ing Just as they were when clothed with green foliage thousands of years WO. The Little Colorado river, in Arizona, has long been famous as a locality for such finds. At one place more than 1,500 cords of solid stone tree trunks, sections, limbs and logs were found by the government snr- reyors. Most of them were slllclflcd, many seven to ten feet In diame ter and from twenty to eighty feet In height Geologists say that tlx petrified trees of the Little Colors- lo were once covered with marl over 1,000 feet In depth. Some of the trees have been changed to Jasper and have assumed various hues; others resemble opal, and when broken open the core Is often found lined with crystals of the most beautiful tints. For a short time only we are going to sell the famous "Fabrique Linen" Tablets at lOc, or 3 for 25c Envelopes to match at JO cents a Package E. A. HIGGINS CO. BOOKS 3fMUSIC - r STATIONERY Open and Ready :for business With a fall line of spring and summer goods. Imported and Domestic Wool- , ens in all the latest patterns and effects. , . A. BACHMEIER I , ; ' The Up-to-date Tailor. ; STAR THEATRE BUILDING - - ; - COR, Ilth AND COMMERCIAL 8T, MMMMMIIIIIMMHIMIIIItltMllltlt IMIMI The Louvre Concert Hall FIRST CLASS LIQUOKS AND CIGARS SEVEHTH ARB ASTOS ST2IXT& Rooms in Connection. Vic Lindbeck, Prop. ! H HUM 11 1 HI 1 1 1 MM I THE TRENTON I : First-Class Liquors and Cigars V j, 602 Commercial Street Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OREGON IMMIMMIMHItHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIII TOE GEM C. F. WISE. Prop. Choice Wines, Liquor Merchants Lunch From ; ' snd Cijar 11:30 a. m. to 1:309. m. Hot Lunch at AH Hour. as Cents Comer Eleventh ana ConunercUL AST0BIA ' - - - . OElGO! A Cat DUeaiauk A babo In charge of tbe documents of a certain town In India found that they were being seriously damaged by rats. He wrote to the government to provide him with weekly rations for two cats to destroy the rats. Tbe re quest was granted, and the two cats were Installed, one, the larger of the two, receiving slightly better ration than the other. All went well tor a few weeks, when the supreme govern ment of India received the following dispatch: "I bave the honor to inform you that tbe senior cat is absent with out leave. What shall I dor The problem seemed to baffle the supreme government, for the babu received no answer. After waiting a few days he sent off a proposal: "In re absentee cat I propose to promote the junior cat and in tbe meantime to take into government service a probationer cat on full rations." The supreme govern- ment expressed Its approval of tbe scheme, and things once more ran smoothly in that department ' Delicate Qaeitlon of Scrvlea. "Bah Jove, old fel, 1 was wanting to ice you, you know. I had Just had my man call you up at your apartments, out got no answer. Not home, I sup 0086?" ' "Oh, yes, doah boy. But, you know, iny man doesn't like to answer the phone when I am theah myself. H lays it puts him too much In the light jf s serving man, don't cber know, and of course I could not think of do ing, tt myself when be's theah, old fel," replied gjwndrttew Cincinnati Oommer- ttol Tribune Raspeeting Har Oath. "Judge, will you do me a great fa- vorr asked the lady who was about to be put upon the stand as a witness "Certainly, miss. What is ltr "Will you please ask me my age be- fore 1 take the oath?" Yonkers State? R Flireased Beatlmenta. People who marry always hear good wishes, congratulations and otbe pleasant remarks, bnt they miss much In not hearing the repressed sentiments which burst forth to others. A woman who recently received a wedding an nouncement from a friend was heard to exclaim in tones of disgust, "What a willful disregard of the manifesta tion of Providence when she waa so plainly intended for an old maid I" Announcement I wish to inform the public that all suits ordered from me are made up right here in my own shop and that I have tne largest line of spring novel ties in the city at prices within reach of all. A perfect fit guaranteed. Ladies' tailor in connection. Carl E. Franseen. ASTORIA'S LEADING TAILOR, 179 11th St :-: Phone 3711 Kept Ilia Word. Biggs Old Mrown died last night DIggs Well, he was a man of his word anyway. Biggs What do you mean by that? Dlggs Forty years ago he proposed to an aunt of mine and declared he couldnt live if she refused him. Biggs And did she refuse him? Dlggs Tea, and now, true to his word. Brown has ceased to live. Chi cago News. 1ftananaanMonll PatteraaMMktlMKhM aia olnf ' 01 paittnu. Taaaa am njrMt acamcgr ua ntpuctty. teOall'a Maiamtnafrin Qom of FUoa)jMe HawwMimllmi tban uyothr Ladies' MtfuiM. Omt f7 mtb-ztfto (n lumber ) com. 80 aa ta. Lata autW, S easts. Enry itibKribtt gcta m McCV Nfr aafrN, Sutucrlb today. La4y Atvnti Wanted. HandtwM swlsna ai 1111. 1 cub conmlnka. Pattern Catalog oe( Of 6oa at, ah) and Premium Catalogue (showinf 400 piianul aaMtraa. A44reaa tux UcCXU. CO. Mas Yea A Tiny Wall" DiflQW. The mole is one of the thirstiest of animals. It never , burrows at any great distance from water, and at times of drought when the supply of the needful element is diminished or cut off the "little gentleman in the vel vet coat" counteracts the scarcity by digging wells until it comes to a depth at which water may be obtained. II Wi III UWaT 11 cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. F. T.fLaurin, Owl Drug Store. Cores Bacsravef1 " : ' Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having Bright'a Disease or Diabetes , ,t Mmii mt