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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, IMS. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. b maiL oer vear.... ...... ..$7.00 month .60 , WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance, $1 .50 . r.J.l..a mt i jUT gon, nuuer ui vu w. tt7 nSTmmiu to .Khar jwktono pUoj o burton nr " br P1") KT-hl ha imiMdUtalr reported to it aActotpubUoMta. TELEPHONE MAIN ML Official paper of Clatsop County and the City of Astoria. BECOMING A PROVERB. The ease with which Portland ap propriates to herself the minor (and . major) things which outlying uregon " rnmnmnities have always considered peculiarly their own (and have not sense nor courage enough to noia on to, is becoming s proverb in the State. It is alright, of course; she has perfect right to grab right and left and make the most of those things her neighbors do not appreciate enough to fight for; it is the prerog ative of any great commercial cen ter to do the octopus act when it can. We used to blame the metropo lis for her incarnate hoggishness and cold-blooded aggression, but we re nigged on that because of the apethe tic, indifferent, irresponsible mood of our own city regarding such inva sions, and find that Astoria is not alone in this negative and regrettable attitude. Indeed, the whole situation oresents twin-proverbs. Successful aggression on the one part; and dead- lv suoineness. on the other. The latest contribution to the com merce of Portland, made by this city, is the turning over of the Pacific Navigation Company's business, "lock, stock and barrel" the Sue H. Elmore, Gerald C, and Evie. The own intr company declares it is owing to the excessive charges on Tillaaiook freight, hence to the metropolis and inland points that the change has been made; that it must absorb these charges or take the Sue H. Elmore, and the lesser craft,, off the coast run; in fact, that it is acting on the defensive absolutely, and saving its business. Admitting which, and con sidering the late and vigorous howl that has gone up from Portland about the wretched service the Tillamook ians have been subjected to, out of Astoria, it is easy enough to see that the "excessive charges" referred to by the Astoria company, were, to say the least of it, plainly inspired. But, be it all as it may, the people of Astoria have received another patent lesson in the art of seaport building, and whether they will profit by it and rouse themselves to a plane of suc cessful resistance to encroachments of the kind, remains to be seen and proven. THE BIG SIXTEEN. Admiral Evans, with his mighty and magnificent marine trust, is on the last foreign leg of the tremendous cruise from sea-board to sea-board; every ship in prime condition; the crews are in perfect health; no casualties are recorded; no losses, no trouble, no chagrin, interference nor dubious thing whatever, to report nor grieve over; the vast undertaking has, so far, been a superb success and the heart of the nation beats with splen did inspiration in the thought of it. It is all purely and distinctively Amer ican and we are completely justified in the pride and dependence we have placed in the men and ships, despite the carpings of inspired, and unin spired, critics. Along with all other coast com munities, Astoria devoutly hopes she may get a glimpse of the beautiful pageant when it enters the waters of the North Pacific, and that, if pos sible, the great fleet may go on up the Columbia to Portland; but, for the time being its future movements are so shrouded in doubt outside the range of the naval department at Washington, that hope is all anyone north of San Francisco has to com fort him. . " ' SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK HAS MONEY TO LOAN ON H GOOD SECURITY great leaders of the "Interests." It is a righteous and reviving thought to possess, and its wider habit in this country might become a vaiuaoie asset in time. We are too easily in fluenced the other way, and need the impulse of such ideas and their fre quent declaration from authoritative and dependable sources. Mr. Schwab is at the head of one of the greatest la bor-employing businesses in the coun try; and if he were in that group of sore-heads" that is charged with the attempt to bear the labor mbarket, and force continued hard times on the country for the expressed purpose of subjugating that element to a pas sive acceptance of any old wage-scale it may devise, he would hardly be quoted with such cheery import at this. THREE MILLS RUNNING. The opening up of three of the largest of the milling and lumbering plants at the mouth of the Columbia, one of the cheering signs we needed to prove that the back of the dull season hereabout is broken. We hope they will run uninterruptedly for the balance of the year, and that ( all the rest will be humming witn them; this, with a good salmon ran and a market abroad reacting from the quietude of last year, should make 1908 a feature year with Astoria. She can stand it alright! And with other good things that are likely to tumble out of the Pandora box of ultimates, she is ready to make the best use of good fortune and prove her inherent right to prosperity. FIFTY FRATERNATIESj With the installation of Astoria Council, No. 1307, Knights of Colum bus in this city on Sunday last, the City-by-the-Sea rounded out her half-hundred of fraternal organiza tions, and may be styled one of the livest communities of the Northwest, in this ilne. So far as can be ascertained every one of the 50 is in flourishing shape; doing its own particular function of mutual goodwill and aid and direct ing its membreship along the paths of kindliness and communal enity; a course of action that holds no incon siderable advantage when it is under stood that only through the mutual, unified strength of the people can anything worth having be wrought. It is in such associations that some of the best and most popular fran chises we possess, have been conceived. manifested by the Travelling Passcn gcr Agents on innumerable occasions. Mr. John Harper, who will super intend the float making for the Rose Festival in June, is an expert in this line, and for many years has had charge of this feature for the "Veiled Prophet" of St. Louis. Various organizations in the Ore gon Development League are adopt ing a special letter-head for use dur ing March and April only something so striking that the colonist rates cannot be overlooked by .its recipient. Business men are using the same sta tionery. Already answers are arriv ing to advertisements inserted in the greatest agricultural, fruit and dairy journals of the country by the League about the middle of February, and long lists of enquirers are being sent to the different commercial secreta ries whose organizations are affiliated with the State body. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature are going East from every part of Ore gon. Every mail carries its message. Especially valuable are the fruit bul letins and report of the Oregon State Dairy Association sent from the home office. The Los Angeles Information Bureau maintained by Oregon reports a number of people coming North immediately as a consequence of its few weeks' work. "The trend of civilization has ak ways been westward," said Henry Watson Cornell in a lecture recently delivered before Portland Business Men, "since it crossed Asia to sweep through Europe. Immigration is now flowing West through the United States with irresistable force, but the Pacific Coast is the limit of this great tidal movement, and here will be found the greatest cities of the world. The solidity and substan- j tial character of Portland must im-' press any visitor, while the vast tri butary district of both Oregon and Washington represents greater wealth than can ever be taken from the gold mines of the continent." March 15th has been named by the judges of the Commercial Club's $5,000 contest as the date when their labors will probably be completed. It is proving an arduous task to judge the hundreds of papers submitted. CHARMS FOR LUCK. The $rt of Superstitions tome Wall Strait Mn Harbor. Let all the dear renders, feminine gender, take cognisance of what fol low!, for surely the fairer sex Is, after all, the stronger sex. Women know uu such abject obedience to tunenUtlou fears ami, signs do the men. With view to eliciting something of Inter est. the writer had chance to put certain question to a captain of Indus try. "Tut, tut," he replied suspicious ly, "you'd be getting me Into trouble, would you?" With promise that no names would be mentioned, he Dually greed to tell a thing or two. The queatlou was, "Aren't men in Wall street carrying all aorta of queer things to try to change their luckr In answer to this the writer heard some curious stories. One man of worldwide fame, for example, carries cane In the center of which there la a Blender steel rod. Circling the rod there are rings made of leather and of hard rubber, like the washers that plumbers use. Each seventh ring la made of leather from the soles of the shoes worn by the billionaire during what he considered his luckiest year. Elephants and pips as lucky charms there are of course In plenty, but the proper caper Is to wear the animal pinned inside on the watch fob pocket Then there Is another great financier who carries with him a gold Ink well and would never sign a document with fluid from another .receptacle. , Once npoo a time, when be bad, aay, only a picayune million or two, he signed a paper in a deal that doubled, then tre bled, bis wealth. The luk nsed that day was emptied into a long gold tube or well that he now carries. The Ink was used up, but to the well, so he thinks, the good luck power has been translated. Lucky coins pass from fa ther to son In several of the multimil lionaire families, and the man who in herits them wonld never be without them. We have few secret drawers In desks or doors in houses, as they had In olden times, but there are many se cret pockets In the suits made by smart tailors. Brooklyn Life. A GRATEFUL GUEST. EDITORIAL SALAD Surely President Roosevelt is not afraid of his own shadow? Else why is he so concerned about the many retrenchments by railroad corporations? Senator Stone's speech on the cur rency was ninety-nine parts partisan complaint to one part of constructive suggestion. The Bryan yell will ap pear when a plan for unlimited green backs is brought forth. News from the fleet at Callao: "The ships are all in excellent condition, the machinery and batteries in perfect order and the crew in first-class health." The slanderers of the navy had hoped for better things. The muckrakers assailing the American Navy are of the same class that raised a hullabaloo over the Pan ama Canal, and insisted that it would be nothing but a hole in the ground, where more than a billion would be wasted. These sensationalists quit when they run against facts. OPTIMISTIC MR. SCHWAB, , Charles M. Schwab has just return ed from a 20-day sojourn in Europe and with the cheerful conviction that "no men or combination of ren could possibly keep America in a state of financial depression," the which has a pretty ring coming from one of the GUESTS OF OREGON. PORTLAND, Ore. Mar. 2nd, 1908. The Executive Committee of the American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents is meeting in Chi cago this week to decide upon the de tails of their convention this coming summer, to be held in Seattle. J. H. O'Neill, of Portland, is a member of this Committee, and when he left for the East last Friday carried with him a most cordial invitation from Port land Commercial Club to include at least a two days' sojourn in the "Rose City" in the itinerary of the Associa tion's Northwestern trip. Their friendliness for Oregon has been RELIEVES IN FIVE MINUTES. Help Comes Quickly When Hyomei is Used for Catarrh. The quick relief that comes from the , Hyomei treatment for catarrh is most remarkable. Put a few drops of liquid Hyomei in'' the little pocket inhaler that comes with every outfit, and before you have used the treat ment fo? five minutes you will notice relief from your catarrhal troubles. It gives a tonic healing effect to the air you breathe, kills all catarrhal germs, stops the poisonous secre tions, and soothes the irritated mu cous membrane. If you suffer from offensive breath, raising of mucous, frequent sneezing, husky voice, discharge from the nose, droppings in the throat, loss of strength, spasmodic coughing and feeling of tightness across the upper part of the chest, general weakness and debility, or any other symptoms of catarrh, you should begin to use Hyomei at once. It will destroy all disease germs in the nose, throat and lungs and make a quick and perma nent cure of catarrh. So strong is T. F.,Laurin's belief in the power of Hyomei to cure all catarrhal troubles that with every' $1.00 outfit he gives a guarantee to refund the money un less the remedy gives satisfaction. In Spooning Days. "What a beautiful thing is thought!" said she . "A boon it is to myself and Jim. I sit and think he is thinking of me. And he sits and thinks I am think ing of him." Njw York Press. COFFEE What is essential to good coffee? Good bean ground fresh, and a woman of common ' ' sense. Year f rocrr.tvrai jvtt mtarf It res Mi Oct SeMUIss's Beit; fir bin. The Reward Shi Bestowed Upen Thou Who Entertained Her. Unman nature is a queer thing," said the philosopher. "Not long ago some friends of mine got badly down on their luck. Times were so hard for them that they scarce ly knew which way to tarn for the necessities of life. "At that most inopportune time they received word from a woman friend of theirs that the was coming to visit them for a few days. Tbey were dis mayed, but by the exercise of great In genuity and by depriving themselves to almost the vanishing . point they managed to entertain her and really to set before her most excellent meals. "After she left their affairs contlu ued to grow even worse, If possible, and while tbey kept up a brave front I was near enough to them so I couldn't help knowing all about It, though tbey were not aware that I saw, the situation. "I thought it was time some of their friends came to the rescue If a suitable way could be devised, so I wrote the woman who bad been their guest being slightly acquainted with ber my selftold her I would head the proces sion, would like her aid and would be glad of any suggestions she could make as to a practical plan for helping our old friends without hurting their prop er pride. "Her reply gave me something to think about for many a day. She said she didn't care to belp tbem, as they already lived too well and set too ex pensive a table; that when she had visited tbem tbey bad a great deal more to eat than was necessary and that they must be very extravagant people; that it was undoubtedly their own fault they were in such trouble and that it would probably teach them to be more economical in futurel" New York Press. Thi Mining Window Pans. "Every kitchen has a window with one pane out In the Brazilian town pf. Bio Grande do Sul," said a cook. "That town is a servants' paradise. Servants live In their own homes there, as tbey shonld everywhere. They come to work at 7 In the morning, and they quit at 7 at nlgbt-a twelve hour day. Quite long enough. The paneless' win dow Is for the milkman, the baker, the butcher,' so that these' traders can leave their soppllea tbey usually come early In a safe place. The Ble Grando servant is, of course, not there to re ceive them. She Is In bed at ber own home." ;' ' ' ' ' " '' "' ' Monism. Monism is the doctrine of the one ness of mind and matter, God and the universe. It ignores all that is super natural Monism teaches that "all are but parts of one stupendous whole, whose body nature is and God the soul;" hence whatever Is only con forms to the cosmic laws of the uni versal all. Mind can never exist with out matter, nor matter without mind. They are but the two sides of the same thing. New York American. . ' ; ,''.(' 't v (Fisher Brothers Company. SOLB AGENTS .. ; ;. . f ' (V. -J, i Barbour end Flnlsyion Salmon Twins and N s MeCormlck Harvesting Machines J f T Oliver Chilled Ploughs . :-, . ; r.iti.nM . . .,. 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OUR PRICES WILL DO THE REST STEEL & EWA:RT 426 Bond Street Phone Main 3881 Maraschino Cherries DELICIOUS Try'em 75 c and $1.00 a bottle at the AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 589 Commercial Street John Fox, Pres. F. L. Bishop, See. Astoria Savings Bank, Trets. Nelson Troyer, Vke-Pres. and Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery,' Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. - Foot of Fourth Street J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON. Csihler J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier Ths Bloodstained Equstor. Human life, I have reason to know, Is held cheap at Equatorville, and the place Is stained with many crimes. In fact, the whole equator la throughout Its 25,000 . miles a line of Ignorance, savagery and blood. It Is a black line which civilization ought to paint white, -gtrand Magazine. Astoria Savings Bank F - IIS-ll ' Capital Paid in $100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, $80,000. ' Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. Eleventh and Duane Sta. Astoria, Oregon. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. ESTABLISHED I8K6. Capital $100,000 II IMS SCOW BAT BRASS & ASTORIA, OItGON HON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE E VEERS Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery., ' Prompt attention given to all repair work. 18th and Franklin Ave. . . TeL Main 24S1 Sherman Transler Co. ' HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. V f Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture: Minium jrianos mevca, ooxca ana snipped. 433 Commercial Street . - Main Phone 121