THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1008.
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THE WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Cloudy with probably showers.
OREGON, AND THE FLEET.
Oregon has had all of the Ameri
can fleet she is going to get, save the
visit of the torpedo flotilla to Port
land during the coming Rose Festival.
Astoria and the lower Columbia towns
saw the great armada out on the high
and near seas; Yaquina saw the smoke
of it on the western horizon; Portland
has seen nothing of it. And once
again, Portland is to blame for the
fizzle. Just as she was to blame for
the revocation of the order from
Washington directing the Philippine
transports to disembark the American
troups at Astoria and having it done
at San Francisco, simply because the
ships were not ordered to Portland.
If Portland had been disposed to
compromise upon the untoward con
ditions besetting the up-river voyage
of the fleet from here, and had been
willing to have the ships come in
here where they could have lain in
safety and order and to have sent her
thousands of people down, and so
have done a clever thing for the
whole State and for the second city
in the State, she could have saved
her face and the people at large would
have been pleased and benefitted. Her
old niggardly policy of "Portland, or
to the Devil with it" has once more
wrought sore discomfiture for good
old town up the second river from
here; and it will continue its work of
defeat and vexation so long as she
adheres to it; and she is not showing
any signs of abandoning it. All this,
of course, upon the presumption that
the fleet could have crossed the Co
lumbia bar with perfect security; a
matter that rested absolutely in the
hands of the Secretary of the Navy,
who may pardoned if he has erred on
the side of safety for the hundreds of
millions of property that might have
been endangerd had it been deflected
to these waters.
Be that as it may, it is time Port
land was waking to the proposition
that Astoria might be made immense
ly serviceable to the metropolis if the
metropolis could bring itslf to real
ize the advantages of a sub-port such
as this. It pays to have a friendly
neighbor at a crisis like the one just
passed!. A -
.EDITORIAL SALAD 3
Iowa papers say the 2-ccnt pas
seiigcr rate in that state has increased
railroad profits. It is best to give the
balance sheets a chance before open
ing a confiscation account.
It is proper that the sunshine and
nrnsneritv" .movement should have
i i t ,
its headquarters in Astoria, Politi
cially, commercially and socially As
toria is the spotlight of the universe
The boys on the big fleet have had
another rare experience. 1 hey know
now what it is to pass a river and
harbor with thousands of Americans
t:iiulinar on the shores and sur
rounding hills to share in the wel-
I
come as tlicy passeu uy.
S.-nator Teller is another of the
enemies ot government iuicm ic
The state he hails from has
too few trees, not too many, and the
maiiintv ol its citizens will SUCK to
this view of the case.
One of the heavier-than air living
machines has been making a series ot
siieeessful flichts on the coast of
North Carolina. Sailors especially
will be delighted to hear that stormy
old Uatteras has been circumvented
it last.
COUNTING THE COST.
It is immeasurably to the advant
age of man or community to count
the cost of public or private act
before its commission than after it is
performed. It saves money, time, in
terest and, subsequent values of all
sorts and strengthens the hands of
the doer against surprises and disap
pointment and false positions of var
ious kinds; and stamps the man or
people who take the precaution, at
once, as possessed of the real spirit
of business. This rule is peculiarly
applicable to municipal affairs, and
the Common Council of Astoria and
its committees, have recently demon
strated their appreciable sense of the
quality, in the revision they have made
the gas-main franchise.
It is no reflection upon the gentle
men who happen to represent this
enterprise that this review and re
vision of the original ordinance has
been taken, but it is decidedly to the
credit of the municipal trustees; and
will be better appreciated by the peo
ple at large, if, in the days to come
the property and franchise in question
shall pass into hands less regardful
of the popular rights than the present
holders. Count the cost first, before
it accrues at a pace and limit never
dreamed of; and the. losses innuring
may be the easier borne.
On two successive days came the
signing of the arbitration treaty with
Japan and the reception , of the fleet
at San Francisco. Peace continues
to add to its victorious renown.
Cuba has three parties, and each
prefers government by the united
States to the success of the other
two. In spite of the most benevolent
intentions Uncle Sam appears to have
a bear by the tail in his Cuban experiences.
LUSCIOUS LUNCHEON.
National Retail Grocers Association
to Meet in Portland.
PORTLAND, May 21-The Ore
gon delegation to the National Retail
Grocers' Association just adjourned
at Boston won a signal victory in
securing the 1909 convention for
Portland. When one considers that
the retail grocers are more numerous
than any other class of business men,
it gives an idea of the immense au
dience of merchants throughout this
country who will be interested in hear
ing from Oregon during the next 12
months.
The Portland Commercial Club
moves today into its magnificent new
home, probably the largest building
of its kind owned by any popular
commercial body anywhere. The first
luncheon was made the occasion of
honoring Oregon products.
In addition to this the furniture and
fixtures are Oregon-made.
The Hood River Commercial Club,
through its officers, is asking the co
operation of the commercial bodies of
the State in favoring the establish
ment of Hood River county.
The Los Angeles bureau of the
Portland Commercial Club, under the
management of Mrs. Frances Head
lee, gives a lecture to an average of
200 people every morning at 11:30. In
addition to this, Mrs. Headlee has
spoken before large gatherings, and
especially before social bodies in the
evening. She was recently the guest
of the Ohio Society of Southern Cali
forniaher address, of course, tells
the glories of Oregon. Her daily re
ports show a great interest in this
State, and that a large percentage of
travel back East will return by way of
Oregon.
The Oregon Development League is
circulating 60,000 copies of a 4-page
dairy and stock bulletin. It contains
effective illustration and text, a com
prehensive story of live stock, dairy
and poultry realities as well as some
idea of the future possibilities of this
greatest of all dairy sections. The
Portland Country Club and Live
Stock Association and the location of
the great packing plants are import
ant features. It is easy to see that
almost untold wealth will accrue to
the State through the development of
this marvelous branch of its growth.
Oregon's advertising has reached
every quarter of the civilized world.
Late letters have been received by
the Oregon Development League from
Austria and New South Wales, Australia.
GENERAL WORTH.
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Would you give twenty -five cents fo
stop your cough! Then get a bottle
of Kemp's Balaam id you will have
enough for the whole family. It costi
druggist 26c.
COFFEE
The world is full of
anonymous coffee: "Java
and Mocha."
Who returns your
money if you don't like
'em? .
Your rocr return roar montr V jtm iomt
Uk Schilling! Kt; w par Urn.
Kia Monument In New York and Why
It 1 1 Thr.
Everybody who lives lu Now York
knows or ought to know by this time
where the Worth monument Is, but
how mnny know what Ifa all about,"
snhl n New Yorker to a group ot
trlouds who were standing In front of
the monument In Mudlsoh square. .
"I should say," he went on. "that
wore persons pass by here every Any
than by nny other spot lu Manhattan,
excepting Nassau and Frankfort
streets, yet I'll wager that most of you
do not know who Worth was."
"Pooh:" remarked the only nou-New
Yorker In the group, who had Just
come down from Albnuy and hadn't
been lu Madison square but once be
fore lu his life. "Worth was with
Pope In Army of the Potomac nnil
was killed when he was with Sherman
in the niaivh through Georgia."
"Oh, you're way off there, John," In
terrupted another. "I can see near th
base In big bronze letters:
"Uy tho Corporation
of the
City of Nuw York,
1S57.
Honor the Crave."
The year 1S57 settled the Army of
the Potomac and marching through
Georgia guess.
Cue of the onlookers has beeu a guest
of' a nearby hotel for several years.
lie knew It all at least ho thought he
did.
That monument," he said, "was
erected to the memory of Geueral
Worth, who won great fame with Scott
during our war with Mexico. Am I
rljhtr
Kight you are," said the onlooker
who had started the talk, "but,' he con
tinued, "why did the city of New York
take such a special Interest in his mem
ory as to build that monument In bis
honor?" t
"That's easy," was the reply of tho
ancient guest of the nearby hotel. "It
was because Worth was born In this
city and the city was proud of him
as one of her distinguished sons."
About this time along strolled a tall
man who was apparently acquainted
with the onlookers and had beard the
last question and the answer. There
was a broad grin on his face. lie was
a former inspector of police.
lie put In a question or two, and lu
answering not one of the group could
tell whether Worth was killed In bat
tle or where he was buried. But all
agreed that he was born In New York
city.
Just come over to the monument
and take a look at the north side slab
and get posted." said the ex-Inspector.
And the group went with him. This Is
what they read on the slab, and tbey
ail afterward acknowledged that then
and there they had read It for the first
time In their lives:
t'nder this Monument
Lies the Body of
WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH.
Born In Hudson, N. Y.,
March 1. 1794.
Died In Texas
May 7, 1M9.
The fact Is that not one person In
ten thousand In crossing to or from
Fifth avenue to Broadway takes the
Twenty-fifth street crossing on the
monument side, and therefore few per
sons other than tourists ever stop to
read what Is on the slab. It so hap
pens, too, that the sunlight seldom
touches that side of the monument
Moreover as the slab and bronze let
ters on It are very dark, passarsby
seldom give It nny notice.
"If out of a doisen New Yorkers who
have lived nearly all their lives wlthlu
a stoue's throw of this monument only
one knew that Geiiotul Worth fought
In tho Mexican war and turn knew
that hi body lies under the monument,
how few of the millions who pass by
it every year ever heard of the geu
eral's name?"
That was the remark the cx-lnspoctor
mime to the group of New Yorkers
after they had read the slab. New
York Sun.
THE MASTERPIECE. '
It Is Produced on the Avrag at tht
Age of Fifty.
The "sum mum tiouuin" of a ninn'i.
Ilfl-wlio shall say when or what It Is
In tiny given case? It becomes almost
u work of r.nporei-'ratkm to attempt to
designate nny single net or perform
ttiu'o as tho one mowt valuable In auj
mail's career. Reduced to the ultl
mote. It becomes, after all, only the
expression of an Individual opinion,
save In those striking Instances In
which by general consent a certalu
achievement Is recognized as tho moo's
greatest work. No one would deny
that In "rannll.se Lost" Milton attained
the highest expression of his mentality,
that Wellington achieved his greatest
fame when he won the field of Water
loo, that Bacon's "Novum Organum" is
his greatest accomplishment and that
"Don Quixote" exceeds anything else
that Cervantes ever did. In other life
records one act may appear equal to
another at different stages In the man's
devehtpment. or to one observer the In
fluence of one deed may far outweigh
that of another, and contrariwise. This
difficulty has lieeu exceedingly bnnl to
evercome and without tiny attempt at
dogmatism, bu with the earnest desire
to ascertain the truth as far as may
be possible, has the decision been made
In the disputable records.
Having been arranged In thla man
ner, the records give an average aee
of fifty for the performance of the
masterwork. For the workers tho av
erage age In fort"-FPven and for the
thinkers fifty-two. Chemists and physl-
rlsts average the youngest at forty-one;
dramatists and playwrights, poets and
Inventors follow at forty-four; novel
ists give an average of forty-six, ex
plorers and warriors forty-seven, mu
sical composers and actors forty-eight,
artists and divines occupy tho position
of equilibrium nt fifty, essayists and
reformers stand nt fifty one, physicians
and surgeons line up with the states
men at fifty-two. philosophers give an
average of fifty-four, astronomers and
mathematicians, satirists and humor
ists reach fifty-six, historians fifty
seven and naturalists and Jurists fifty
eight As may be noted, there is a re
arrangement of the order at this time,
but the thinkers, as liefore and as
would naturally be expected, attain
their full maturity at a later period
than the workers.
The corollary Is evident. Frovlded
health and optimism remain, the man
of fifty can command success as read
ily as the mnn of thirty. Ilealtb plus
optimism read the secret of success;
the one God given, the other Inborn
also, but capable of cultivation to the
point of 'enthusiasm. W. A. Newmon
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PRACTICAL POINTS
ON BANKING NO. 4.
Diligent Saving.
It is a very good plan to establish reg
ular dates for depositing your money.
You will find that this will soon be
come a vcrv valuable habit, and you
will be much pleased to see how soon
your funds will accumulate at com
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