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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1908. A y THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1871"" Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year .".;,,:!7'2 By carrier, per month....... W 1 WEEKLY ASTORIAN By mail, per year, in advance, $1.50 ra, Mdsr Xs ioTotConfW" Mh 1S ..-, ' fcsrOntera for tk dfUwniMt at Tst Mom oftwotpubuottoa. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. Official paper of Clatsop County and the City of Astoria. THE WEATHER Western Oregon, Western Wash ingtonRain. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washing ton, Idaho Probably rain. OUR FISHING WAR. The issue presented to the voters of the State of Oregon by the fishing interests of. the upper and lower Co lumbia river may be declared in this terse fashion: 1 Will the people stand by the 5000 trained fishermen and the HO00000 product, of the lower river, and pre serve a staple industry of the North west; an industry carried on ration ally and honestly, by men with fami lies and homes and boats and nets representing one and a half millions of dollars privately and permanently invested in the correct and legal mode and method of prosecuting a standard calling, and that neither catches nor markets fish averaging under 25 pounds weight? Or, will they sweep this out of ex istance, by supporting the specious plea of a piratical score of men, al ready wealthy and with other and fi chin tr with auiyic itsvuivv v mi ......... 0 wheels and traps that are fixed, and fashioned to do the fishing automati cally, without the aid of owners or employe, except to remove the, fish once a day, and in this very act, tak ing away from the river the spawn and fingerlings, the baby salmon, that must go into the stationary gear along with the marketable sizes be cause ,the apparatus will not permit them to escape? The former is an honest trade, man fully followed, squarely maintained, and standing for millions in the mar kets of the world. The latter is a predatory and ruinous system devised by men for the profit of the hour without thought of the perpetuity of the great salmon fisheries of Oregon as represented on the Columbia. It does not seem possible the intelli gent and loyal voters of this State can dwell on the question for an in stant; and as . a paper published at the heart of the salmon industry, knowing all that such a contest means, we bespeak the aid of every elector in Oregon in the salvation of one of the prime activities of the State. GOVERNMENT PAY. SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS , BANK HAS MONEY TO LOAN ON k id GOOD SECURITY he carries on, is good for the nation at large and the rule of adequate compensation has always been a standard in securing the better, and best, service, public and private, the world over. WELL METI The visit of Messrs. Adams, For rest, Jenkins, McGuire and Savage, of the "North Bank" Railway service, to this city, and the dinner which served as a vehicle for putting our people in touch with them, has left . ri..:.t.iiu annA imnrrssion in As toria, and will always be remembered at times when it will contribute, per: haps, specifically to the larger and better understanding that must, for the good of the city, always De maintained. While nothing of large moment or particular importance emanated from the gathering, it went a long way to ward the establishment of a very friendly and knowledgable footing for all cocnerned; and left the convic tion with us that Astoria is plainly on the map of Mr. Hill's roads and their eventualities. I Another hint of value to us all is found in the friendly review of the visit, and that is, that the hour for talk has gone by and the necessity for work; good, hard, original, effec tive, initiative work, is at hand for the people of this city and county. We will be met half way by the Hill people at every point of accomplish ment and that means an immense deal We can certainly do no less than ko that half, to be met by so powerful an agency in covering the second half of our achievements. We are glad they came here; and the city has out its "welcome" signs for all subsequent calls they may make. ! EXPLODING A MINE. One of the methods of quarrying granite is 'to dislodge a huge sheet from the surface of the formation through the medium of a powder mine. A large perpendicular shaft is first blasted to a depth of about 30 feet At the bottom of this, and radi ating in all directions, horizontally, like the spokes of a huge wheel, long holes are drilled. The extremities of these holes are then shot with light charges of dynamite in order to create chambers large enough to re ceive large quantities of black powder. This takes weeks of ever increasing charges. Then the final charge is loaded. The now huge chambers at the extremities of the spokes are packed with hundreds of pounds of powder, numerous electric wires at tached, and the whole mine tamped with fine material. A mighty roar and rumble in the bowels of the earth and the huge sheet is detached from the ledge. From Popular Mechanics for March. RAT AND FLEA. If there is anything in the way of disaster and detriment and disorgan ization that poor old 'Frisco has not gone through since the fatal day in April two years ago, it does appear in the calendar of crime .and casualty and confusion as we scan it these days. Just now she is combatting the deadly rat and flea, the specific agents in the transmission of the bubonic plague; and she is going at it with her customary vim and thoroughness and pluck; and has arrayed all the physicians and the people into a composite and intelligently directed army to down the dreadful threat and invasion. Good luck to her! If ever a community was entitled to sheer good luck and plenty of it, it is the great city by the Golden Gate,, and all the world is wishing her stacks and stacks of it First and last, the pay of govern ment employes does not measure any .where near the standards used in the commercial and industrial services of the country; while, at the same time, the public service demands an equip ment of the best and proven grades and will have no other. The dis crepancy is not so apparent in the upper levels as it is in the lower and medium phases of employment, the file of army, navy, live-saving, lighthouse, coast survey, and minor elements of government work. The rank itself is really not paid, in any of these de partments, as it should be, consider ing the life-preparation and the life- service involved; but the men, those who do the work and bear the brunt and weight of all undertakings, have no other inspiration to urge them in the acquirement of knowledge and proficiency, save such innate ambition as may possess them; and the Govern ment is finding to its cost that good men are hard to get and keep in the various fields it must maintain. The commercial world offers too many better-paid lines of employment with relative opportunities for ad vance, to permit many men with real ambition to seek the deadly routine and limited promotion of the Govern ment sphere; and if Uncle Sam is going to raise the standard of any or all the arms of his, employ, he must first revise his schedule of pay,' , What is good for any of the great services EDITORIAL SALAD The idea that she was also welcom ing the Panana Canal added fervor to Chili's salutes. All the countries on the west coast of South America will be commercially on velvet when the isthmian waterway is opened. Uncle Sam, a great and good friend, will pay the freight. British Columbia has turned into government forest reservations 150, 000,000 acres of timber land, or all that it owns outside of leased tracts. From such leases, which run 21 years, with possible renewal, the govern ment receives $1,275,000 a year. Our northern neighbors are ahead in forestry, as in ship canals. A Russian prince who has traveled in the United States is unable to un derstand how this country, with its great wealth and generally favorable conditions, should be troubled with a financial flurry. The natives also are puzzled on this point, but are looking into the matter and expect to apply the remedy without delay. In addition to spending $100,000,- 000 on the enlargement of its canals the State of New York will make available 1,000,000-horsepower gene rated by , water, which will yield , a public revenue of $6,000,000 a , year. Next November the voters of Illinois will pass upon a proposition to utilize the power at the head of the Illinois river. The water power question is grawing in importance in all the en tcrprising states. Women Less Honest Than Men? Are women more or less honest than men? The question is an old one, and no answer that can be given is likely to satisfy more than half of any given numbeer of persons. It is raised again by Applcton's Magazine in its March number, and the answer, although given by a well-known woman Mary Heaton Vorse is against her sex. She does not assert that women are more prone to com mit these crimes of which the courts Take cognizance, but that their sense of honor is less keen than that of the masculine half of humanity. She quotes a judge as saying that women are more willing than men to perjure themselves on the witness stand, al though usually they do it to further what they believe are the ends of jus tice, admits that women are more will ing than men to use their influence or position unscrupulously to further their own ends, and adds that they are more likely to betray confidence. This last, of course, is the old charge of women's inability to keep a secret, but coming as it does from a women herself it is likely to have more weight than ordinarily it would. The Appleton article relates, as an illustration of the violations of the code of honor to which it alleges women are more prone than men, a story of a country doctor who fre quently is called up on the telephone by patients in a small village, some distance from his office in which a large number of houses are connected by a single wire. Whenever he takes up the telephone receiver, he knows that women all along the line are listening at their instuments to learn who is is ill and all the symptoms. "Now, everybody but my patient put up her receiver," is his first word over the wire, followed, after a pause, by "There are several who haven't rung off yet. I shall tell their names if I don't hear the click of their re ceivers." Sometimes a woman is so persistent in her eavesdropping de signs that he is forced to say:"Anna Smith, put up your receiver so that I can talk to my patient." After this he proceeds. The Penalty of Prominence. Dorothy's father Is a militia colonel, and on a recent occasion she saw him. In brave array, at the bead of his regi ment i , "How do you like your father In bis uniform r the colonel asked bis small daughter that night "Ton looked handsomer than any body else," said Dorothy loyally, "and yon held your bead up so high! But I think they were mean not to let you have a dram to play on P' Youth's Companion. RErORT OF THE CONDITION .. ' OF THE irst F National M Witty and Caustic, j A woman suffrage lecturer, accord ing to the Boston Globe, recently brought down the house with the fol lowing argument; "I have no vote, but my groom has. I have a great respect for tnat man jn we Biaoies, am i am sure if I were to go to him and say, 'John, will you exercise the franchiser he would reply, 'Please, mum, which horse be that?' " A Variation In 8 port , "What happened when you passed a law against gambling In your stater , "The bookmakers got right to work making bets on whether It would be enforced or not." Washington Star. COFFEE , , Five degrees of , excel-, lerice: good: ' better fine; finer; finest: all Schilling's Best? Tow grocer return your moner It tot dos't like It; we per hlitf At Atoria, in the State of Oregon, it the close of business, February 14, 1908;., , ,; "RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ,$403,597.61 Overdrafts, secured and un secured 1.898.91 U. S. Bond to secure cir culation i 47.tW.00 Premium on U. S. Bonds.. ' 1400.00 Bonds, securities, etc...... 56.9J0.tW Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 51,204.04 Due from State Banks and Bankers 46,085.15 Due from approved reserve agents 200,595.03 Checks and other cash items . . 487.62 Notes of other National Banks 13,955.00 Nickels and cents......... 322.51 Lawful money reserve in Bank, via.: Specia $194,000 Legal-tender notes, i 120 194,120.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 jer cent cir- i dilation) . . ,...., 2.350.00 Total . . . .$1,019,945.87 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. $100,000.00 Surplus. fund ......... f... 25.000100 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid..., 24,408.91 National Bank notes out standing , 47.000.00 Individual deposits sub ject to check.. $646,648.86 Demand certificates of de- ' posit. $176,513.10 Certified checks.. 375.00 823.536.96 Total ....$1,019,945.87 State ,of Oregon, County of Clat sop, ss.: 1. S. S. Gordon, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. S. S. GORDON, , .. ... . Cashier. . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of February. 1908. E. P. NOONAN, . Notary-Public. , Correct Attest: w. f. McGregor, J. WESLEY LADD, G. C. FLAVEL, Directors. REPORT OP THE CONDITION OF THE. uiiii HA ill At Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, February 14, 1908: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $380,786.76 Overdrafts, secured and un secured ,011.00 U. S. Bonds to secure cir culation 47.5UU.UO U. S. Bonds to secure U. S. Deposits 20,000.00 Other Bonds to secure U. S. deposits 34,uuu.uu Premiums on U. S. Bonds.. 3,045.00 Bonds, securities, etc 65,921.48 Banking house, furniture, and fixtures 4.(100.00 Other real estate owned... 8,233.41 Due from State Banks ana Bankers 9,921.71 Due from approved reserve agents iww.5i Checks and other cash items 450.14 Notes of other National Banks 3.600.00 Fractional paper currency, , nickels, and cents 964.86 Lawful money reserve in Bank, viz: , Specie $122,840.15 Legal-tender notes $8,150.00 130,990.15 Redemption fund with U. : TrMniircr (S oer cent circulation) 2,375.00 Fisher Brothers Cdmpany BOLE AGENTS jrt ' "' ,,t " !-. . ' i 1 Barbour and Flntayson Salmon Twins and Netting . , McCormlck Harvesting Machines ' 1 Oliver Chilled Ploughs y:. Mahhoid Roofing 1 Sharpies Cream Separators Raecollth Flooring Storrett's Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, , Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pip and Fittings, Brass ; , Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pur Manilla Rope, Cotton Twins and lain Web We -Want Your Trndo FiSHBR BROS. ' BOND STREET , V'f ( . i it,.- .,,. - ... .... , : J'l OMMMMMUMMMMMIMIMMMMMIMIMMMIIM Total $855,372.60 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund sw.wu.w Undivided proiits, less ex- ,.,., penses and taxes paid.... 16,244.41 Tn.innn1 Rani nnt,l nur- . standing 46,900.00 Individual deposits suojeci to check 4278,548.34 Demand certificates of de posit. $52,716.18, Time certificates of de posit $310,873.67 r.rfiR. rhrrl 90.00 U. S. deposits.... $50,000.00 692,228.19 Total $855,372.60 State of Oregon, County of Clat I,' J."E. Higgins, Cashier of the above-named oanK, ao soicmniy swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.. ' .,, J. E. HIGGINS, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of February, 1908. E .Z. FERGUSON. , Notary Public. Correct Attest: GEO. H. GEORGE, L. MANSUR, ' A. SCHERNECKAU, . Directors. Extra Copies on Hand- Anyone desiring to use or send away extra copies of the Astorian's Investors' and Homeseekers' Special Edition, of Sunday last, will find them at this office; 15 cents, the copy, or two for a quarter. The postage amounts to 4 cents each, BOOKS "Uther and Igraine," 'The Leopard's Spots," 'The Chief Legatee," "The Filigree Bail," "The Choir Invisible,", 'The Battle Ground," "Lena Rivew," "Graham of Claverhouse," "Hearts Courageous" 75c E. A. HIGGINS CO. BOOKS MUSIC STATIONERY Op and Readv en FOR BUSINESS With a fall line of spring and summer goods. Imported and Domestic Wool ens in all the latest patterns and effects. , , , f : , " ' A. BACHMEIER ... i- n , PST The Up-to-date Tailor. t STAR THEATRE BUILDING - - - COR, I Ith AND COMMERCIAL 8tJ X 4tMttH44Ht444444t44MIMM4M4 Maraschino Cherries DELICIOUS Try'em 75 c and $1.00 a bottle at the AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. , 589 Commercial Street John Fox, Pres. P. I Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings Bank, Treaa. , -i .-, Nelson Troyer, Vice-Fres. and Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OP THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fourth Stmt SCOW BAY BRASS & 111 WORKS ASTOllIA, OIIEOON 1 3 Or AKQ BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS Uo-to-Date Sawmill Machinery. Prompt attention given to all repair work. 18th and Franklin Ave. - TeL Main 2441 J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President FRANK PATTON, Cashier O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President J. W. GARNER, Assistant Caihler Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid In $100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $80,000. - Transacts a General Banking Business f-Interest Paid on Time Deposit! . , , FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. (i Eleventh and Duane Sta. Astoria, Oregon. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. E8TAHL)8II15JD.18J, , Capital !$iod.666 Sherman Transfer Co. Hacks, CarriagesBaggage Checked and TransferredTrucks and Furniture , wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and shtppea. 433 Commercial Street , Main Phone 121