THE HORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1908.
THE MORNING
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38, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria,
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March 3, 18y. .
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THE WEATHER
Oregon, Washington, Idaho Fair
and warmer.
THE CITY FIRST.
Be it remembered vt all mn here
about, that the City of Astoria comes
first in the public estimate, and treat
ment, of the question of "saloon" or
"local option".
Both the other issues have their
rights and places, but both are sub
servient to the general good, present
and prospective.
The Morning Astorian is not going
to interfere with either, until one or
the other, or both, invade the com
mon, and easily distinguished, limits
of the popular concern. At any such
crisis we shall say what is right -and
proper, no matter where nor whom
it shall hit.
We have said what we think about
both elements, and their work, at this
tirne. We shall keep hands off until
some untoward movement is made,
and then we- shall voice public senti
ment as we find it. It is up to the
leaders of the two camps to harmo
nize nd adjust the situation for the
general advantage; and along with
all other good citizens we shall hail
the compromise as a distinct and de
sirable end to a very disagreeable and
untimely agitation.
And while we are urging the city
and its commercial interests as first
in the general scale of importance, we
admit that even this is superceded by
the law of the land. That takes pre
cedence here, and everywhere, of
course!.
COL. ROESSLER'S ESTIMATES.
We regret that the estimates furni
shed by Col. S. W. Roessler, .federal
engineer in charge of the Columbia
river jetties, for the fiscal year were
not .'adhered to, and the $1,700,000 giv
en in full; because the full sum, care
fully expended, would have wrought
the last phase of'the work, and es
pecially, had he been retained at the
head of it. The $250,000 that has been
lopped off will serve no purpose of
economy whatever, and simply de
. lays the completion of the enterprise
indefinitely, just as the removal . of
Coloned Roessler will contribute to
the same unfortunate end.
There -is some crafty agency at
work in this state or on this upper
coast to delay and drag this great
scheme through the yars until Port
land, or Seattle or some other inter
ested commercial center shall have be
come intrenched ..immoveably and ir
revocably; otherwise this thing would
have gone through on the original es
timate and the able and coscientious
offiicer that made it would have have
been permitted to stay and finish it
with that money.
We are glad the Celilo canal ap
propriation was not altogether slaugh
tered; but would have been pleased to
see that go through at the prescribed
$500,000, because it is among the most
essential needs of the great valley
these engineering schemes stand for;
and for which the honest intelligence
of this same officer has avouched.
We should be, and probably are,
devoutly thankful for the lesser sums
that fall to the military posts at Van
couver and Fort Stevens for the erect
ion' of new barracks and other quart
ers; but these are infinitismal in com
parison with the provision for the
completion of the greater designs.
TOO MUCH "WATCHDOG.
With all due respect for the Oregon
Grande as one of the solid, conserva
tive, reputable institutions of the
country and representing one of the
basic elements of our national life
and character, we are constrained to
deplore the opposition it is arraying
against the two very essential public
needs for which generous appropria-
tions have been asked and which will
be up to ttrc' people of Oregon to
grant, or deny, on the first day of
June, at their polls: The annual ap
propriation of $125,000 for the Uni
versity of Oregon, and an appropria
tion of $100,000, in four annualvsums
of $25,000 each, for the equipment and
mainteancc of Oregon's end of the
National Guard.
Both are necessary and valuable
agencies of the state's entourage and
indispensable to its growth, culture
and protection; both are inseparable
and highly-prized features of every
state government in the land and far
more liberally provided for every
where than Oregon has ever yet seen
tit to endow them .
It is all very well to be careful of
the public funds in this day of ex
travagance and graft, but legitimate
ends must be served with a liberality
that, at least, will not cripple them,
nor disparage them, at the crucial
moment of their highest faculty for
public service. "Watchdogs have
been known to overdo the thing, time
and again, to the utter negation of the
real good for which tftey were put in
plance, or which they assumed to
guard; and we are inclined to think
the Oregon Grange is working its
stunt, in these two cases, to a degree
that will leave the State of Oregon
cheapened and discreditd if it is to
have its way with these appropria
tions.
Oregon grows apace; the years,
and the people, and her own amplified
future, are dmanding more of her
than was essential in the old and early
days, and on these especial lines she
must range along with the States of
her size and class and do her best and
full duty by her own sons and daught
ers as well as by the country at large.
It will not do to stop at tne aoiiar-
mark every time its is hoisted aloft
by some narow prejudice or chill con
servatism. As we shall provide for
our ybungso shall they honor and
protect the land when the crises of
their day sliall arise; and we have no
right to fore-shorten the spirit or
capacity wherewith they shall go at
it.
EDITORIAL SALAD
The president latest message is a
calm document, though it opens with
a reference to a dam bill
Gov. Hughes recently remarked
that men are nine-tenths good. He
meant on the average, for it is evident.
that the New York Senate breaks
even.
San Francisco is studying rodent
migration by means or rats dyed dif
ferent colors. The release" of a rat
once- caught may be scientific, but is
not to be recommended as practical.
"The paper week," says a New Or
leans paper, "has been a favorable
period for agricultural interests
throughout the South." Good news
of this kind comes from all parts of
the country.
Among the rations on the big
American fleet are powered eggs and
dehydrated onions. As long as the
bill of fare includes salt pork and
plum duff the old sailors will be will
ing to stand a few novelties as extras.
According to a well-known agricul
tural publication the average condi
tion of winter wheat April 1 was 90.2,
against 88.1 a year ago, and 85 for
the last ten years. This is the sort of
encouragement that counts.
An English scientist says the Am
erican boy "has the energy and smart
ness of a new race; the European boy
is mentally two years behind him."
This ohilosooher will be still more.
complimentary when he looks into the
record of the American girl.
TEA
The cost of good tea is so
very little: only a third of a
cent a cup! a cent-and-a-half
or two cents for the family
breakfast!
Your grocer return your money if you
don't like Shilling' Best: we pay him.
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THE TROUBLES OF THE TROU
BLE HUNTER
"The troubles of the Trouble Hunt
cr,"as related by C F. Carter in -the
May number of Popular Mechanics,
arc certainly entertaining to the read
er even though the"trouble hunter"
himself may not have always found
them pleasant. Manufacturers of en
gines, pumps and other machinery
usually have an expert whose task
. . . . .
is to investigate compuunis irom pai
rons and noint out the fault of the in
stalled apparatus. This "trouble hunt
er," as he is termed, becomes a veri
table scapegoat, yet his life is not
without its compensations, as anyone
who reads Mr. Carter's description of
the feast tendered one'of them after
he had started a village electric light
plant to working on the eve of an
election and thus saved the day for
the interested faction, will appreciate
One amusing incident is told of a
New Englandcr who had purchased
a 25-hp. gasoline engine, which re
fused to work on the second day. The
trouble hunter was rushed to the
scene, looked things over and tried
to start the engine. It woulden't go.
Then he went outside and took off the
cover of the gasoline tank, a galva
nized iron affair enclosed in a rough
wooden box sunk in the ground.
"Why, you have no gasoline here,"
he said.
"Oh. yes I have. I put in sixty
gallons day before yesterday and only
ran the engine a Yew hours. There's
plenty of gasoline."
"But there isn't a drop. Try put
ting some gasoline in and see if the
engine dosen't work."
Upon examination it was found that
the carpenter who had boxed up the
tank had driven an eight-penny nail
into the bottom of the tank and on
discovering the mishap had pulled
the nail out without plugging up the
hole. Ofcoursc, the gasoline soon
leaked out. The engine ran all "right
as soon as it was supplied with fuel.
The article is illustrated,
DEATH WAS ON HIS HEELS.
Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va.,
had a close cafl in the spring of 1906.
He says: "An attack of pneumonia
left me so weak and with such a fear
ful cough that my friends declared
consumption had me, and death was
on my heels. .Then I was persuaded
to try Dr. King's New Discovery.
It helped me irnmediately, and after
taking two and a half bottles I was
a well man again. I , found out that
New Discovery is the best remedy
for coughs and lung disease in all
the world." Sold under guarantee at
Charles Rogers & Son drug store.
50c and $1-00. Trial bottle free.
Kemp's Balsam will stop any cough
that can be Btc-pped by any meHcie
and cure coughs that cannot be cured
by any other "medicine. It is always
the best cough cure.'
When tfce doctov is called he asks:
"How are the bowel.. J They are gen
erally wrong. (His visit, might have
been saved by a timely di&se of Lane's
Family Medtere. .
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of perfect contour.
Send for a bottle today and you'll be pleased and grate
ful. "SIREN" wafers are absolutely
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BIENNIAL MEETING.
Civil Service Commission to Meet in
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 27-On May 7
and 8 the first biennial meeting as a
body of the national assembly of
Civil Service Commisions will be held
in this city. Delegates will be pres
ent from the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, various commissions, state
and municipal examining board and
the National Civil Service Reform
League. 7 '
On the first day addresses will be
made by Charles S. Fowler, president
of the organization, Vice-president
James Mason, Elliot II. Goodwin and
others.
On May 8 Warren P. Dudley of
Massachusetts and Frank M. Higgins
of the U. S. Civil Service Commis
sion will make the chief addresses.
GOOD NEWS.
Many Astoria Readers Have Heard it
and Profited Thereby.
"Good news travels fast," and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in
Astoria are glad to learn that prompt
relief is within their reach. Many a
lame, weak and aching back is bad no
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Covert Jackets have the call
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They are the only separate Jackets
in demand this season. All the
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Cutaway Pony and semi - fitted
styles, representing the highest
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$5.00 to $15.00
Our complete Line of Kid-Cape-SilK
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more, thanki to Doan's Kidney Pills.
Our citizens are telling the good news
of their experience with the Old
Quaker Remedy. Here is an example
worth reading: (
Arthur Rookc, 412 Duane - street,
storia, Ore., sayi: "At the time I be
gan using Doan'a Kidney Pills I was
suffering leverely from pain in my
back and shoulders which descended
at times into my limbs. The paint
seemed to be as severe during the
niglft as in the day and many tines
interfered with my rest. At one lime
I was so lame that I was unable to
stoop over to lace my shoes without
suffering acutely. My kidneys were
o irrcgufar a at action and the secre
tions were in a terrible condition. At
last a friend recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills to me so highly that I
procured a box at Chas. Roger's drug
store. They helped me from the
first and I continued using them until
I was entirely free from kidney com
plaint. I am now entirely well and it
gives mc pleasure to recommend a
remedy of such great benefit as
Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
ASTORIA & COIMBIA RIVER
RAILROAD
Only All Rail Route to
PORTLAND i5ii!L EASTERN POINTS
TWO DAILY TRAINS
Steamship Tickets via all Ocean Lines
at Lowest Rates. Through tickets on
sale. For rates, steamship and sleeping-car
reservations, call on or address
G. B. JOHNSON, General Agent
12th St., near Commercial St, Astoria, Oregon
John Fox, Pres. L. Bishop,
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A CARD.
This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to
cure your cough or cold. It stops
the cough, heals the lung's and pre
vents serious results from a cold.
Cures la grippe coughs, and prevents
pneumonia and consumption, Con
tains no opiates. The genuine is in
a yellow" package. Refuse substi
tutes. T. F. Lauin, Owl Drug
Store.
f-ane'a Family Medicine is a tonle
luxative. It does not depress or weak
en, but Impart a feeling, of buoyancy
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dnifgUt 28c.
THIS MAY INTEREST YOU.
No one is immune from Kidney
trouble, so just remember that
Foley's Kidney Cure will stop the
irregularities and cure any case of
kidney and bladder trouble that is
not beyond the reach of medicine.
T, F. Laurin Owl Drug Store.
Sec. , Astoria Savings Bank, Trtas. '
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