THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, .OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, 1908. THE MORNING ASTORIAN taking them over with the conscious ness of being able to discharge them. As it used to be, we passed the re sponsibility along with the emolu t'-': f V;:V.'''i:;.!;l.l!'!A',A,'...' - ments of power and money, to the Established 1873. boss" who told us what to do and 5MI"IIHwmi -wt"!f J Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Rv mail, oer year. By carrier, per month. $7.00 .60 WP.FKLY ASTORIAN. Ay mail, per year, in advance.. . .$1.50 0 - VntrreA as second-class matter July v iQftf at the oostofhee at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress ot March J, iey. tr Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence w place of business may be made by postal card or tnrougn teiepnone. nny laritv in delivery should be lm- m.Hiatlv reDorted to the office of publication. tmm TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington and Idaho . Cloudy with probably showers. A HEARTY "WIRELESS." The City of Astoria to the Officers of the Line and Staff, and the Men of the Atlantic Fleet, Off the Columbia River: Greeting!. We are infinitely proud of the great ships you are commanding, serving and manning, and of the country to whose honor and glory you are de voted. We wish conditions had been such that you might have entered the Columbia and this splendid harbor, lingered here for the best expression of our pride and hospitality we could have given you; and then ascended the river to the Oregon metropolis for the .further and ampler testimony of the same feeling that exists there. Had this been possible, and consummated, we would have seen you pass on o the Sound cities with even greater good will than we watch your pas sage now. As it is, we wish you to know that we are an all-American populace here and know a good thing when we see it, if it is a long way off; and we feel that you are ours, Astoria's, just as much as you are the nation's; that when your magnificent faculties and equipment shall be engaged in what ever of contest shall arise, it will be for us and ours as for all others in this superb land; that what of open, cordial, generous reception and greet ing shall be given you, or has been showered upon you, the good people of this great valley will "second the motion." and have, all along the line. We wish you God-speed on every mile of the ereat iourney ahead of you. We shall never be out of touch with you for an instant, and shall gladly acclaim every mark of distinc tion and success that falls across your earth-girdling path; and when you shall enter home-waters again, 3000 miles away from Astoria, our greeting, grateful, commending, pride ful and deep will be there ready for the recognition which our deep fellow ship and citizenship shall waken in your home-coming hearts. THE PEOPLE OF ASTORIA. when and how to do it. The lambs have been sheared to the bone and are now "butting m on their own account, and that is the reason, we take it, that politics down this way, are "merely simmering." THE DAY OF BILLIONS. The present Congress has voted one thousand and twenty-six millions of dollars tor the new fiscal year and had to prune a whole lot of demands in the doing of it. We are a billion dollar country in a billion dollar day and have chucked our swaddling clothes for good. It sounds terrific of course, to the poor little remote citizen who has to sweat blood for the paltry income that does not reach half way round his wants and needs; but it is one of the essential of an expanding, progressive nation and if it be but honestly spent, there will be no complaint; and another year of Theodore Roosevelt may leave tis the assurance that it is being prop erlv and safely expended. Uf one thing we may be certain, he has not signed a single appropriation that could be dispensed with in honor and prudence. We have grown to the new limns mat are set Dy time, ana it will not be so irksome in the days to come when we have attained to the supremacy we are entitled to. Mean while the great fleet which consti tutes one of the prime items of this enormous bill of exepnse, is just out side and we muts ask to be excused. EDITORIAL SALAD ; In Kentucky a citizen is commonly addressed as "Colonel"; in Arkansas, as governor. The jingoes have experienced a sad blow. An arbitration treaty has just been signed between the United States and Japan. Our polite friends, the Japanese, are well pelased with the honorable ar bitration treaty just signed with Uncle Sam. V MERELY SIMMERING. Politics in old Clatsop are merely simmering. There is a remarkable dearth of in terest in the coming election here compared with past campaigns; that . r tc ii is, on tne suriace. ii one scraicnes about a bit one discovers there is a quiet concern and lively intelligence in regard to candidates and measures that is really gratifying; and the con clusion is justifiable that the people are doing far more thinking than talk ing, always the better part of wisdom. It is time the country was doing its own thinking and turning down the false lure of the "boss," the "fakir," the "spell-binder" and all other self serving instrumentalities of the old time regulation campaign; the people have been cajoled to the limit and have wakened to the imposition, and it is well, and will be better so long as they keep their own counsel and do their own voting. The man who thinks it out and ap plies his own tests of value has the bulge on the man who has to be told "what's what" and on the man who tells the man, as well; and the re'sults are likely to be larger and healthier for thinker and non-thinker. It is simply another way of educating our Belves to our own responsibilities and Governors from the west side of the Mississippi are qualified to do all the practical talking on the subject of irrigation and national forest reserves, ine mm value ot lumber cut in the United States last year was $621, 000,000. Before bragging about it, the size of the hole it left should be es timated. Three or four buried cities have been found in Texas. A larger num ber can be noticed along the Ohio, where the fifth flood of the season is just running out. One of the perquisites of statesman ship in Washington is the morning call on the president by senators and representatives piloting visitors from their home towns. On May 1 the condition of winter wheat in the United States was nearly per cent better than on the same date a year ago. This is the prosper ity talk that tells. Another satellite of Jupiter has been discovered, which makes eight. Some of the old farmers think that planting potatoes on Jupiter must be a complicated problem. Biliousness and Constipation. For years I was troubled with bil iousness and constipation, which made life miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lost my usual force and vitality. Pepsin preparations and cathartics only made matters worse. 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You will find that this will soon be come a verv valuable habit, and you will be much pleased to see how soon your funds will accumulate at com pound intesest. Interest paid on Sav ings Accounts and Time Certificates of deposit SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAYINGS BANK. 506-508 Commercial St., Astoria, Or WW WW wWwwwwwvw www V wwwwwww FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ASTORIA DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavei, J, W. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital $100,000 Surplus ; ,, 25,000 Stockholders' Liability............. ,,, 100,000 ESTABLISHED 1880.