THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, IMS.
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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
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MONEY TO LOAN ON
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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
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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.
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John Fox, Pres. F. L. Bishop, See. Astoria Savings Bank, Trets.
Nelson Troyer, Vke-Pres. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
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OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ...
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COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
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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
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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.
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First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
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