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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1908)
TUESDAY, MARCH SI, 1901 THE MORNING FINANCIAL FUTURE Tissra fo Or.ly Ono Wellnvlto Your Attention to the SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN SAV. BANK ASTORIAN THE MORNING ASTOKIA1J. ASTOEIA. OREGON. Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINuaK W. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. n mail, oer year $7-09 By carrier, per month...... GO WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per ytar, in advance., ..$1-50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of Marcn t, ioy. Morning Astorian to either residence w place of business may be made by Sostal card or through telephone. Any regularity in delivery should be im mediately reported to the office of puDiicauou. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Western Oregon and Western Washington Showers. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Wash ington and Idaho Occasional light rain or snow. SHEER POLITICS. Public feeling at this great center of the Salmon fisheries is concentrat ing, and erystalizing adversely on the aooointment of H. C McMasters as Fish Warden of the State; the prin ciple reasons given being the bad faith shown by the Governor, who was under the most solemn pledges to the labor unions here to do for them what he might, at all times, and who has broken a tacit promis to certain leaders, made less than a fortnight ago to retain Mr. Van Dusen; the second, and worse, premise being the raw inadequacy of the man named. The tendency of the whole thing be speaking bad, and unwise, polities; sheer gaming for votes and the firm er interenchment of Geo. E. Cham berlain in place and power. Unless the people are very careful to go to the bottom of this matter and ascertain, and repudiate, its real and reckless meaning, the salmon in dustry will go glimmering, between the commercial piracy of the up-iver gang and the political stalling at Salem. It is hard to tell which will contribute most to the blasting of the business, the shameless cupidity and ruinses methods of the trapmen on the upper reaches, or the reckless in difference of the tricksters who have thrown down the barriers by placing it in the hands of an incompetent The marvel of its salvation will be wrought by a miracle of popular com prehension; and its peril is patent enough to invoke even that sudden and ultra re-action. The Portland Oregonian is potent ly silent on this grave subject. It may be the great organ of pure poli tics and state-progress, balks at so gross an exhibit of its anti-Astoria spirit and dare not endorse the ap pointment; nor, in its delicate, non partisan attitude, denounce it. But all the same, Mr. Chamberlain has put his "foot in it" up the the hip and by the time he gets it he gets it back to the level, he will have more gump tion than he has shown in the Van Dusen-McAllister incident. EVANS. "Fighting Bob" Evans is a sick man; so sick that a grateful, and considerate government has detached him and his flagship from the great white fleet at Magdalena and des patched him to San Francisco for the earliest and best treatment, to be had. The whole country feels a deep in terest in this man and his malady, and there is a wide-unspoken wish throughout the nation that he may find relief and restoration at the coast metropolis. The United States can ill afford this man's retirement in June, let alone his death, for many a year to come. Robley D. Evans is a name to con jure by in America; he is one of her great war captains and a master of the craft of the sea in every sense; a fighter, counsellor, and mainstay withal, and the bare hint of his re moval from the center of activity in which he has figured so conspcuously and honorably all these years, is un welcomed by the hosts of citizens who love and trust him; and if there is virtue in telepathic influence, then the gallant : admiral will live and flourish in the midst of well-won and well-worn honors for many a day to come. When you need a cough cure you need one that will cure your cough. Kemp's Balsam, tie best cough cure, will do ft All druggists sell it for 25 cents. 506 COMMERCIAL STREET. COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR DOING ALL KINDS OF BUSI NESS INCIDENTAL TO CONSERVATIVE BANKING. : J s AMERICAN BREAD RIOTS. The riot in New York on Saturday last, with its fell accompaniment of bomb-throwing and death, is a bad sign and should strike home to the men and centers responsible for it. The impression will have but short way to go to find the cardinal cause, since it dwells in that metropolis. It is the London "bread riot" all over again, whatever color may be lent it by the development of the an archistic brand and hand. And bread riots are something new to our peo ple. As a usual thing our communal troubles of this sort have arisen from specific agencies other than the mere hunger of the workless mob. They have invariably been based on strikes and other labor agitations, in which something far different from an empty stomach was at stake; or they have found their root in bad politics and misgovernment and the laches of those trusted with high and import ant dealings with the people. But this demonstration is predicated upon a deeper, graver and newer funda ment than we are wont to know in this country; one that calls for radi cal and earnest work among those who begot the cause, the millionairer masters of the dreadful situation that wrought the climax of Saturday. Bread is a dangerous incitement when the want of it drives men in herds of thousands to acclaim their pangs, and the wrongs behind that suffer ing, and we had best move swiftly to the cure by such legislation as New York's Governor is able to dictate, and other executives are able to fol low, for the final elimination of this curse, which in the sense of its ex pression by the American masses is wholly strange and repulsive. 3" EDITORIAL SALAD Next to a circus in town a blood hound rouses the greatest public in terest when put on the trail of a fugitive. The result is usually an ex planation of how and why the scent was lost, but a town can be depopu lated any day by one bloodhound en gaged in the favorite superstition. A philosopher denies saying that two married people can live as cheap ly as one. His assertion was that the right kind of a girl can so manage that she and her husband can get along on the money that was suffi cient for him alone. It is best not to begin the experiment with car fare. One of Vice-President Farbanks' fellow Indianans, John W. Foster, says Mr. Fairbanks is a descendant of one of Cromwell's soldiers, is a pioneer farmer's son, a self-supported college student, a lawyer who has not accepted a fee since he entered the Senate in 1897, a nonuser of spir its and tobacco, and an "orator who is never bitter or vituperative." The soildity of Indiana behind him as a candidate is another proof of what hi shome folks think. In Magdalena Bay the fleet will fire at targets 4,800 feet away, con sisting of canvas sheets 10 by 12 feet in size, mounted on rafts. The ships, in relays, will be in moton and use the varous guns as they move over the courses marked out and return. No attention will be given to the weather. The former best American record is 80.5 per cent of hits. Ad miral Evans' fleet contains 360 rifled guns of high power. No shooting match on this scale was ever heard of before. PAYING WAR DEBT. TOKIO, Mar. 30. The Official Gazette will announce tomorrow that on April 30 payment will be made of 20,000,000 yens, about $10,000,000 as the first installment of the redem tions of the $100,000,000 yen national loan. This loan matures next De cember. COFFEE Why do we drink so much poor coffee? Because good coffee is so good. Year jroer returns roar money if jroa don't l&t SchUlinff't Best: we par him. Before the People Cards of Candidates in the Coming Campaign. VOTE FOR J.A.GILBAUGH A tPrimary Election April 17, for Republican Nomination for County. Coroner For Congress, T. T. GEER Candidate for Republican Congres sional Nomination in the Second Dis trict. Liberal Appropriations fo Waterways, Equal Opportunities an Privileges for Labor and Capital, an Governmental Control of Corpora tions. To The People. In submitting my name to the elec tors of the Fifth Judicial District for their consideration for the office of District Attorney of said District, I desire to say that if I am nominated and elected, I will, during my term of office, honestly, vigorously and impartialy perform all the official duties pertaining to said office, with out fear or favor, endeavoring always to accord to every individual, irre spective of party, politics or person alities, a square deal under the law, keeping always uppermost in my mind the interests of the tax payers of said District and State. E. B. TONGUE. Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and pursuant to the terms of a certain chattel mortgage executed in favor of George Kaboth, as mortgagee, by Peter E. Peterson, as mortgagor, dated June 10th, 1907, and recorded on the same date at Page 181 of Book 2 of the Records of Chattel Mortgages of and for Clatsop County, Oregon, and which said mortgage was on the 11th day of March, 1908, assigned by the said George Kaboth, as mortgagee, to Louise Weinhard, Anna Wessinger, Paul Wessinger and Henry Wagner, executrixes and executors, respective ly, of the Estate of Henry Weinhard, deceased, and recorded on the same date on Page 341 in Book 2 of the Record of Chattel Mortgages of and for Clatsop County, Oregon, which said mortgage was executed to secure the payment to the said George Kaboth, as mortgagee, of a note of even date therewith for the sum of $500.00 together with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent per annum until the payment thereof, and attor neys' fees in event of suit, and which said note has been indorsed to the above-named assignees, and the con dition of which said mortgage has been broken, so as to allow a fore closure thereof, the undersigned, for the purpose of foreclosing said mort gage has taken possession of the personal property therein described and will sell and dispose of the same at public auction to the highest bid der or bidders for cash, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon on Thursday, the 2nd day of April, 1908, at the front door s of the Mirror Sa loon, at number 576 on Bond street in Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. That the said personal property de scribed in said mortgage and so to be disposed of at public auction is and consists of the front and back bar, and fixtures, 1 one safe, one cash register, two elks' heads, and all tables and chairs, wines, liquors, cigars, etc., now in said saloon situ ated at number 576 Bond street and known as the Mirror Saloon. LOUISE WEINHARD, ANNA WESSINGER, PAUL WESSINGER, and HENRY WAGNER, Executrixes and Executors, respec tively, of the Estate of Henry Weinhard, deceased. ' 3-25-7t Booze Merchants Ship Wet Goods to Magdalena Bay, NO SHORE LEAVE ALLOWED Two Men Landed at Magdalena Bay From Mazatlan Two Weeks in Ad vance of the Fleet With a Stock of Whisky and Beer. MAGDALENA BAY, March 21, via San Diego, Cal., Mar 30. The four enterprising business firms who set up their little stands along the shore in front of the town are meet ing with a depressing lull in trade, with the fleet. The sailors are not allowed ashore excepting now and then a small squad in charge of an officer for some particular purpose, so that the much expected flow of trade is languishing. The hot sands along the beach are denuded of pro spective customers and the imprompt merchants are not at al sanguine of the financial future of their ventures. Their little shacks set along near the pier, were constructed of pieces of canvas or rudely arranged boards. The weather is warm, day and jiight, and little shelter is required. Large stores of tobacco, fruit, stationery supplies and liquors are stacked with in. Two men from San Francisco, Sullivan and Whitney, landed here from Mazathlan two weeks in ad vance of the fleet with a miscellan- 2 eous stock included beer and whiskey. They had paid the Mexican duties on it all. For days the local official's refused to allow them to land it. Then they were permitted to bring it ashore, but the sale of the bever ages were strictly forbidden. "We can't do anything with it but drink it up ourselves," said one of the proprietors. One of them has another large supply coming south from San Francisco on a sailing ves sel, which shipment he had ordered before he knew of the embargo. He will store that away with the contra band when it arrives. Large ship ments of Mexican oranges from somewhere on the southern end of the peninsula have been brought in by boats four days from Magdalena, j and are finding a ready sale at good prices. Fresh fruit is a luxury great ly esteemed by the officers and men. Most of the merchants came from Mexico City and their stocks of goods came by rail to the western coast. Many of them have been with the fleet before in the capacity of shore caterers but their experience at Magdalena is something of a new one. . The Mexican customs officers is keenly alert in his business. Lewis, the bum boat man from the Atlantic coast, narrowly escaped serious dif ficulty with the authorities when he attempted to barter his goods in the bay without paying the required cus tom duties. Only a diplomatic let' ter to the authorities from Admiral Evans saved the merchant man from serious consequences. Others who come here in similar request are not likely to fare so lightly, according to the statement of the Mexican officers. CAMPININI NIGHT NEW YORK, March 30;-Friday nigh twas "Campinini night" at the Manhattan Opera House. Giordano's opera "Andre Chenier" was given its initial performance on the next to the last night the leading soprano role being sung by Mme. Campanini sup ported on the opera stage by Eva Tetrazanni. When the court curtain rose there wer epresented on the stage the nu merous gifts from members of the company to the popular conductor., Several wreaths were passed over the footlights. After the third act her third, there was a similar dis play of floral gifts and an ovation for the conductor's wife. LIBEL SUIT. SAN FRANCISCO, March 30.- After four hours and 30 minutes of deliberation the jury in the Tevis- Bulletin libel case which has been on trial before Judge Dooling for five weeks brought in a verdict of nor guilty for the defendants, Fremont Older and R. A. Crothers, editor and proprietor respectively of the Bul letin, Two ballots were taken. The first one resulted in a vote of nine for acquittal, two for conviction and one blank. That fo LaizaHiuo Br usat rug world ova to Always remember the fall namo. (or this signature on every box. Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, M.njftr. Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked snd TransferredTrucks and Furniture Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shlppod. 433 Commercial Street ALCOHOL 3 PIK CtHT. AVcjtelaLlerYnHrsfl tlngUtcSumdaandlJowiaf ness tnd RwiContalnsnciaar! 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