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THE WEATHER
Western Oregon and Washington
Increasing cloudiness, followed by
rain.
-go to rrr
.. . A live, and deeply interested As
torian at our elbow suggests that it
might be a better principle of local
development to concentrate our ener-
L giea upon one especial scheme of im
provement and follow it up, with all
; the resourcefulness at our command
and with the combined and concen
trated interest of our people, until it
Is landed; rather than segregate our
forces and spread our activities over
a dozen projects, the pursuit of each
being crippled by the application of
men and energy employed on the
,, others. - ,, '
t, The idea is a good one, and is
worth the consideration of all hands.
One thing achieved is worth a score
of things under negotiation. One suc-
: cess leads to others; and the prin
ciple; of acquisition . applies in the
single operation just as well as in the
- manifold endeavor. , It is also within
the ranee of good sense to go after
the small things and let the larger
come in course. We are not big
enough, nor strong enough, nor rich
, enough, to land the grand prizes,
but by illustrating our acquisitive
power in lesser things, we , will so
grow in reputation and credit for
"doing business" that appreciative
and controlling factors will turn the
bigger things our way.
s. We cannot wear spurs and ride a
drove of nags under their impetus
but we can get astride of one good
proposition and by dint of pommel,
mane, rein and unflinching knee-grip,
ride the thing into the corral and
thereafter use it for all it is worth,
be it big or little. We like the idea
and so do many others; and one or
two good trials in its behalf will soon
demonstrate its efficacy.
THE MORNING AST0MAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAV. BANK
Courteous and Accommodating
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1903.
Liberal Methods. .Conservative Management
masterful successes; that such monu
ments of the art, craft and mechanical
culture of our day are raised, and left,
to perpetuate the real struggles we
have made toward the apex of human
fulfilment; that for, and by, such
manifestations we shall be known to
remotest history as a people charged
with lofty and intensely practical im
pulses and possessed of the grit and
knowledge to perfect them and so
contribute, mightily, to the transcend
ant record of universal utility and
beauty. ;
IT WAS THEIR DAY.
Friday of last week was "young
people's" day in Astoria. And they
made the most and best of it The
hour that calls out the spirit of cheer
and light for the young of a commun
ity is, or should be, the opportunity of
the elders to mark with cordial and
glad countenance. They are the
embroyo .citizens to , whom we must
turn over the grave and weighty
things of life and the gladder and
sweeter we make ,. their youth, the
better they are fortified to take up
the burdens and trusts we lay down.
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ports and balance of trade running
higher than ever.
The discovery of gold, silver, cop
per and other precious metals in the
Panama Canal diggings will bring a
radiant smile to the faces of the
members of Mr, Cannon's committee
on appropriations.
. :In his last estimate of the age of
the world Lord Kelvin reduced the
figures to 400,000,000 years, which
makes man such a modern introduc
tion that he must still be classed
among the novelties. s , 1
It cost Count Boni de Castellane
$20.20 to spit in the face of Prince de
Sagan. The experience will be a good
lesson to both of them; the prince
will be admonished to hold this
tongue and the count to hang on to
his saliva.
PROTECTION FOR SCHOOLS.
CHICAGO, Mar. 7. Immediate of
ficial investigation of the provisions
for fire protection in the, Chicago
public schools was ordered yesterday
Every atom of joy that can be stored , by the school management committee
in. their memories gives a reflected , t ne ooara ot education, a ooara
A wrvrt a Ktt.r halanr in C0nSlStlt12 Of E. U. COOICV, SUDL OI
the days to come when they shall be
charged with solemner things and
have to solve the crises we have
known. The man or woman who has
made the life of a child glad and clean
and joyous has done a supremely
good thing for society and govern-
schools; Dwight H. Perkins, school
architect, andT. E. Water, school
engineer, will make an exhaustive ex
amination of the fire escapes, stair
ways and exits at the various schools,
test the efficiency of the fire ordin
ances that may be found. The com
ment and built well in the courses of nee also voted to amend the rules
that civilisation of which we are all
so boastfully proud; while, on the
contrary a morbid, unhappy child is
positive proof of some neglectful
workman in the vast and wonderful
work. .... ,
THE THETIS' TASK.
The pleasant news comes down
from the farth north that the Thetis
has found and rescued the dozen
Japanese sailors from the schooner
Satsuma marooned on an ice-floe in
Yukatat Bay and slowly but surely
starving to death. This is the sort
of work that real men delight in and
is of lasting credit to the country,
profession and service that did it.
And it goes to illustrate the value of
the revenue marine of America in a
fashion quite distinct from the or
ganic purposes of the department, of
high value as they are.
The intricate coasts of the Pacific
are an open book to the officers and
many of the men of this branch of
the public service and no hiding is
of avail against their knowledge, ar
dor and courage in ferreting it out It
is a grateful and commendable ex
tension of the life-saving principle to
which all Governments are commit
ted, the world over, and in which our
own leads with distinct credit And
of such as these is the Hugh Mc-Cullocbv
EDITORIAL SALAD
THE SPIKE OF GOLD.
The golden spike that will be driven
on Wednesday next to close the
gigantic and splendid project for
which the "North Bank" railroad
stands, is a small affair, but it is a
sign-manual of genius, civilized au
dacity and supreme success; and
marks another era 'in the limitless
program of human endeavor.
It is good for us all, once in a while,
to look away from the money-side of
such things and realize for the mo
ment that there is something else at
the root of such achievements; that
an invincible courage lives in the
brain and heart and inspires these
The prospect is that if the dele
gates to the Chicago convention are
instructed for the various favorites
"first, last and all the time" a con
clusion can not be reached until the
restructions are removed. Republi
can conventions act for themselves,
anyway.
Senator Stone says the flurry was
caused by a shortage of available cur
rency. As the shortage was caused
by, the flurry, the philosophy of the
situation may be regarded as com
plete. There is nothing like reduc
ing a question to a state of reciprocal
equilibrium. ,
Occasionally, it is remarked that
the Republican National Convention
will be "stampeded." In that case it
will be the first that lost its head and
acted on excitable impulse. Repub
lican national conventions heretofore
have either known exactly what they
wanted when they met, or else took
plenty of time to do some hard think
ing.
Congressman Burton has been re
nominated in the Cleveland District,
where he ran in 1906 without opposi
tion by the Democrats. But when he
was a candidate for Mayor recently
the Democrats put up a winning fight
against him by a large majority. This
is a mixed political proposition, but
allowance must be made for the fact
that the scene is Ohio.
A London horticultural society of.
fers a bounty of 2 cents for every:
queen wasp brought to its show next
summer. By including hornets this
sort of sport would be lively enough
to suit the most strenuous American
taste. . ! -
A lecturer says that one of the les
sons of the flurry is that the people
of the United States should improve
processes and expand markets. The
advice is always in order. We are
doing pretty well as it is, with ex-
of the board so as to make it the per
sonal duty of each school principal
to see that all exit doors, inside and
outside, are unlocked during school
hours. , Delegation of this authority
to a subordinate or a pupil will be
considered a grave misdemeanor.
Heretofore it has been the duties of
engineers and janitors to see that
exit doors are unlocked.
pared with that now proposed for the
Hudson Memorial Bridge.
A better Idea of the boldness of the
proposal is had from a comparison
with the general field of masonry
arch construction, since the problems
of design and erection (or arches of
stone and concrete are in a measure
the same. The Cabin John arch of
the Washington aqueduct, 220 feet in
span, built about half century ago,
waa for a long time looked upon as
an exceptional achievement, being the
largest atone arch in the world.
Only in the last eight years has it
been exceeded, and there are now
three larger spans in atone, besides
the 230-foot concrete arch at Gran-
wald Add, 230 feet; Luxemburg, 278
feet, and Plauen, 295 feet. In fifty
years designers nave ventured only
one-third beyond the limits set by the
Cabin John arch, and only In three
cases have they found it necessary.
Now in one leap the present limit is
to be multiplied by two and a half, t
The Henry Hudson arch carries t
double deck. The upper or main
deck is a highway floor, 80 feet wide,
between railings; it has a S0-foo(
roadway and two 15-foot sidewalks.
The tower deck is to carry four tracks
of a rapid transit railway, but as no
such line is yet in prospect, the lower,
floor system is not to be put in place
at first, but only the necessary con
nections provided for It 1
The total length of the bridge, in
cluding the approaches, is 2840 feet.
Its cost, excluding special ornamental
features, is estimated at $3,8000,000.
About one-half of this is changeable
to the large arch and its superstruc
ture. New York Sun.
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THE HENRY HUDSON BRIDGE.
Greatest Arch of Concrete or Stone
to Cross Spuyten Duyten Creek.
There is not in the world a bridge
span in either stone or concrete which
approaches the dimensions of the pro
posed Henry Hudson memorial bridge
to cross Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
The central span of that structure
is to be 703 feet in the clear. In steel
there already exists a longer arch,
that of the upper Niagara span, which
measures 840 feet. The design of the
Hell Gate bridge calls for a thousand
foot arch of steeL
But in concrete there is nothing
like the big span which is to link
Manhattan to the mainland. The
Engineering News declares that lar
gest completed concrete arch is that
of the Grunwald Bridge over the Isar,
at Munich. It is only 230 feet wide.
The Walnut Lane concrete arch
bridge, now being built, has a slightly
longer span, 233 feet between faces of
abutments. These spans become in
significant, even trivial, when com-
VETO OVER QUEEN MAUD.
It is an unfortunate fact that Queen
Maud of Norway finds Christiana
very dull, and would rather spend the
summer in England, enjoying the
pleasures of the London season, As
cot, Goodwood, and finally Cowes.
On this point, however, King Edward
is firm. His view is that it will not
do for his daughter to spend too much
of her time in this country, and away
from the one which she has been
called to reign over. It might make,
her unpopular, and earn her the name
of "the Englishwoman" in an uncom
plimentary sense. The Norwegian
dynasty is too new, too freshly-at
tached to the brand-new throne, to be
able to risk becoming unpopular or
being deemed unnecessary. That
would probably lead to a republic at
once. Therefore King Edward firmly
vetoes his daughter's wish, and Queen
Maud will not be seen here again till
November. Modern Society.
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