THE MORNING' ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, IMt J
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ASTORIAN
EUbIishe4 1873.
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THE WEATHER
Western Oregon and Washington-
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FISH AND POLITICS.
Astoria's salmon fishing season for
1908 opened at high noon on .Wed
nesday; her political season opens
this morning, with the primaries.
Both periods and businesses demand
: the best attention her people can
give them, in order that each may
yield the largest measure of popular
good for which they, relatively, stand.
One is a bit more comprehensive, as
to the numbers of people engaged,
than the other? for we are notorious-
' ly better fisfiermen than we are poli
ticians; but both call for the best
concern the good citizen can give
them. ,. ,-' ; ' ' !' :' t: " , -." '
"Fishers of men" are known the
- world over; and. pot always in the
.biblical itftStf. They have their sea
sons, their territories, .their baits
and devices, especially the political
fisher; and at times the rules are
transposed, and the people do their
own fishing in the political pools;
go after their own particular sort of
political piscatorial type and thrust
him on the civic markets of their
nvn volition, bv their sheer skill, and
this is deemed one of the untoward
tiaca nf the came and does not
please the professional "fisher"; but
it is usually the reversal of the rule
that accentuates its actual values.
The Columbia river, and Clatsop
county, are full of game for both sorts
of fishers, and the quarries are
gamey; that on shore being a bit the
shyest of the two; but we are hoping
that when the summer is past and
the seasons have closed, the common
public of the 'northwesterly county
of old Oregon will have garnered
prudently, yet richly,' from both
fields, to her distinct honor and ad
vantage.
HERE'S TO WARRENTON1
Astoria has, and avows, a genuine
ly friendly interest in the City of
Warrenton, as a neighbor, and wishes
her abundant success in the' new
step she has just taken to harmonize
and organize her commercial inter
ests under the aegis of a board of
trade. "We shall be glad to work with
her fo rthe mutual advantage of both
cities; and as their destinies are prac
tically inseparable, this is as practi
cable as it is essential arid will not be
overlooked up this way.
Warrenton is going to appeal
strongly to the investing world on;
of these not-distant days, as well as
Astoria, and their civic boundaries
are too close to permit of anything
' save the friendliest and most helpful
disposition and effort one to the other;
and upon so neighborly a predicate, it
will be easy to strive mutually for
the good things that are ahead. '
OUR NATIONAL NERVES.
It is becoming one of the settled
convictions of the day that we are,
as a nation, passing swiftly to a point
where nervous-collapse is a proven
organic malady of the people, a na
tional affliction to the living and a
startlinz menace to the unborn.
We are sacrificing the nerves of
the oeoole in a thousand ways, and
steadily hunting for new and drying
expedients wherewith to wring them
tn still finer fractional shreds. In
work, pleasure, society, the rules pre
vail that stand for neurasthenia and
its kindred horrors; we are driving
our bodies and minds and functions
,' at the "pace that kills," and disparage
the poor instant given to a cursory
review of the evils; we are money
mad, style-mad, place-mad, time
mad; we think we are in control
simply because we go on accomplish
ing things, never dreaming of the cost
we are paying and are yet to pay; in
shop, office, factory, drawing-room,
the- habit of fierce and blasting com
petition drives us from one line of
killing endeavor to another, and we
are everlastingly keyed to a tension
that wrecks us in the end and leaves
us unable to enjoy the fruits for
which we have striven so desperately.
We are dwelling in the very golden
days of the physician, the sanitarium,
the drug-man, the universal invalid,
never in all history was there such a
snectacle of human collapse as exists
in this country today; scientists re
nroclaiminir new diseases daily, and
the lesser lights are re-naming ?'d
ones; assinine "fashion" grasps tbqtn
instantly and makes them the vogue
for the sole purpose of dfiing .the
ultra, even in so unhappy a field;' the
new generation comes upon us with
blight and misery we have passed on
to it. and still we cry down the warn
ing and pursue the fetich relentlessly
and with the false joy of a poorly
Qualified insanity. God alone knows
where it is to end! Man and woman
have no time to think it out o
amend it, nor, apparently, to pftofit
by the persuasion of the tremendous
fact borne m upon them every jOfty
of their livesl .ho 7.
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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.;
Why Railroad Experience U a Valur
able Equipment of a Railroad.
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16 button length; silk; double tip-'..QA
ned; all colors U0 viM
Easter
Belts
to
build f
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When a man wants
house he employs an architect
he needs a suit of -clothes he consults
tailor. It is expert knowledge that
counts.
It is generally conceded, that .the
State Board of Railroad Commission
ers, in order to make its work effec
tive, should have at least one mem
ber possessing practical knowledge
of transportation matters in .their
various relation to employes, ship
pers and the traveling public' It is
the fact that W. H. Hurlburt pos-
SesSes such knowledge, gainea
through over 35 years of experience
in every department of railroad work
Construction, operating and traffic-
that makes him the strongest candi
date for the office of Railroad Com
missioner in this district. His exper
ience and knowledge would make him
invaluable member of the Board.
Mr. Hurlburt is not now connected
with or interested in, any transpor
tation company, either directly or in
directly, and therefore in a position
to render the state the best possible
service.
TO CUT WORLD'S FUEL BILL.
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"Less than twenty-five years from
now railroad locomotives will carry
no fuel. Trains all over the country
will rim bv cower conveyed by wire
from a dozen great central plants
located in the neighborhood of coal
mines. There will be no smoke, no
n mat-c a iournev bv rail
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disagreeable."
Thus Prof. Robert II. fernaici, ex.
nert in charee of the government fuel
inquiry is quoted by Robert Franklin
in the Technical World Magazine lor
Mav.
It has been proved practicable, he
says, by the help.of gas-producers and
gas engines, to conven mc
of coal into electricity and transmit
it by wire over distances exceeding
?;n tniw This means that trains
could be run from a single central
olant over 200,000 square miles an
area nearly four times that ot the
state of xlllinois and that ten or
twelve such plants, located at or near
mining centers, could furnish motive
m.-fsr oil the railroads in the
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United States. ,
"Now that it is . commercially pos
sible to transmit electric power two
hundred and fiftv miles or more,
says Prof. Fernald, "the location of
immense gas-producing plants at the
mines, or within easy reach of them,
must speedily follow. But it shoujd
not be supposed that this power will
be utilized only by the railroads of
the country. It will be supplied to
factories, and employed for all sorts
of industrial purposes in cities and
towns, whose populations will be thus
enabled to enjoy cleanliness and free
gom from the tyranny of smoke chim
neys." This 'is the introduction to a re
markable article in this magazine
which is always full of striking things.
It is worth buying the number to read
this one feature.
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The distinction of quality is stamped on ev
cry pair of them.
Long and short silk gloves; Fownesfc Dents
short and 16. button length; cape, tans; all
sizes.
Beautiful belts of every conceivable shape
an design; the new gilt and silver, Merry
Widow Belts. Kvcry detail of these belts is
up to the minute. f The very latest designs
can be seen at our store.
Exclusive
Hand Bag's
Qur showing o( Hand Bags ,
Purses, Etc., is the most
exclusive in the city; the
new latest designs repre
senting every detail of the
manufacturer's art.
Before Easter Waist Sale
Sheer, dainty, beautiful waists;, a par
ticularly complete assortment of high
grade lingerie waists especially for the
Easter 1 season;1 -values to r $3;50. See
window. -
Easter
Hosiery
Embroidery, lace, lace and
embroidery, gauze, 'lisle,
black and colors. (Louis
Hermsdorf Dyer means'
fast and pure black.)
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v y&HF5Z ;"vtT GIVES TO EVERY WOMAN A BETTER FIGURE.
The woman who appreciates elegance and beauty, cultivates
grace, cherishes health, understands .comfort and seeks con
tentment, will find all these in a GObSARD. Economical
women find that one Gossard Corset at $5.00 is actually
cheaper than S ordinary corsets at $2.00 each.
BkAinton'r Dry Goods Go.
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"extradition RSa .., Sherman Transter Co. .
, HENRY SHERMAN, Manager.
SAM FRANCISCO, April 16.-
Paul G. Bender, who was wanted in
Chicago, on a charge ot wife aban
donment and who was arrested in
this city several weeks ago, was re
leased from custody yesterday on an
nrAer from Governor Gillett, who
refused to grant extradition papers.
Detective Sweigerf, from Chicago,
will be compelled to return without
his prisoner.
Send the Morning Astorian to your
friends in the East.
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SHE'S A QUEEN
SHE'S A SIREN
' TEA
You vvi i 1 find no poo'
tea in packages bearing
our name. If you find
any such, you know what,
to do. ir ;
Tear rroccr retanu roar atotr U ya 4m''
mm ScUUiaf ' Belli w. nj Urn.
is an expression that ia always heard at sight of a well
developed woman. If you are flat chested, with QJJST
undeveloped, a scrawny neck, thin, lean arms the
above remark will never be applied to you. "SIREN"
wafers will make you beautiful, bewitching. They DE
VELOP THE BUST in a few weeks from (3 to 6 inches
and produce a fine firm, voluptuous bosom. They fill
out the hollow places. JJJake the arms handsome and
well modeled and the neck and shoulders shapely and
of perfect contour. ; r,,;. ;
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"i lar sena ior a ouiue iuuijr auu juu u us "- o
ful. "SIREN" wafers are absolutely harmless, pleasent to take and con
venient to carry around. They are ?old under guarantee to do all we
claim or MONEY back.
Price $1.00 per battle. Inquire at good drug stores or send DIRECT
to us.
cnncDuring ttie next 30 days on,y we wil1 send you a samp,e
I KtCbottle of these beautifying wafers on receipt of 10 cents to
pay cost of packing ana ponage u you win mcnuwu uui ju
saw the Advertisement in this paper.- The sample alone may be sufficient
if defects are trivial. '
Desk 22 ESTHETIC CHEMICAL CO., 31 West 125th St. New York.
THE TRENTON
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602 Commercial Street
Corner Commercial and Htb.
ASTORIA, OREGON
Jlorner commercial ano tvu. - j
Hafki. CarrUoes Baccate Checked and Transferred Trucks and Pnraitan
Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. A
433 Commercial Street - Main Phone 121
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
CSTAItLI8f!i:i) II
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Capital . $100,000
John Fox Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings Bank, Treat.
Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
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