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THE MOHNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE, Tit unHiiaini-iii i -t- Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year $7, By carrier, per month WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance 1,50 Entered as second-class matter July 30. 1906, at the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made bypostal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington Fair. and Idaho thesis short of universal understand ins :iil nrnrecintion. It is too large with significant results to be jumped nlona at anv old gait, and before it passes the gamut of popular approval it will be exactly and honestly weigh ed an J warranted in the public mind of Astora; to launch such an enter Drise under any other conditions, would be suicidal. We want it, but we want it right! MEAT PRICES HIGH Owing to Cattle Shortage at Slaughter Centers BEEF DEMAND FALLEN OFF CALLS MEETING. DEEP-SEA FISHING. The recent stress and strife over the processes and equities of the the salmon fishing industries of Oregon lends keen and appreciable interest to the development of the deep-sea fish ing that is underway here. It is op portune and, perhaps, significant. If the insnore industry is to lapse and fail for want of proper protection, then the thousands of men trained to the craft may find substitute en gagement for their time and talent in the pursuit of not only the salmon but of every marketable fish in the ocean waters; and the fishing industry of Astoria take a stride in scope and market that will vastly repay the departure. The proposition is worth the watch ing and encouragement of our people. They must have something to turn to in the event of disaster; and if dis aster never comes, then it were well to have the auxiliary benefit of the new trade and traffic along congenial and familiar lines. EDITORIAL SALAD Speaker Cannon made a better shot than any of. the big guns in the moni tor practice. The motto on the coins is applica ble to vice-presidential nominations, which nobody seems to want and no body can guess in advance. THE NEED OF CAUTION. The practical value of the proposed Astoria, seawall is undisputed. It will serve a number of important interests and create a wide range of public and private conveniences; enhance the appearance of the city; set up sub stantial conditions, broaden the ter ritory of the municipality, and give newer values to it all. ' But there is much to consider. One of the chief things to arrange is the share of the A. & C. Railway in this project. That concern is to be an equal beneficiary in the enterprise, and the proposition to assess it but one-fifth the cost is unfair to the city and the citizen. If the idea of the seawall had not assumed the dimen sions it has in the popular mind, the railway people must, in time, have gone about the work of rocking their line from Tongue Point to Smith's Point, in which event, the city would, without doubt, have gladly assumed one-half the expense; but since the question is raised on our side, the company will take due advantage of our spirited ambition and pay as little as possible for the inestimable im provement. Common justice demands that they bear their exact proportion of the cost of solidifying the splendid right-of-way that cost them absolute ly NOTHING in the first instance. Again, the issue of the normal, per manent grade to which this fine line of improvement is to rise, as a datum for the rest of the city, is one of the cardinal points of popular considera tion. The proposition to carry it to a point ten feet above existing levels is an element in its forecast that will entail extraordinary opposition from every property owner on the north of Exchange street. It is inequitable to them and to the railway company, and will operate to retard, if not de feat, the whole scheme. Everybody at interest admits that the grades are not high enough as at present estab lished; that two or three feet, or five, at most, must be added to the work ing levels as they stand. This could be done with safety and to no man's particular hurt, and would, to that extent, mimify the work of reducing the hill levels; but the proposal to arbitrarily set a new standard involving the raising of the waterfront properties ten feet, is of a confiscatory character that will be bitterly, and successfully fought. The railway grade as now constituted witf serve admirably for years to come, as a base, and hold the cost of revamp ing the present improvements throughout the business section with in a range of cost that might be tol erated for the sake of the immense improvement to follow. And, again, the scope of the work is worth deep consideration. The question is becoming vital and wide spread, as to whether it would not be well to district the improvement, aw' accomplish it by sections, starting the project, ,for instance, at the foot of Sixth street' and carrying it eastward to the line of Sixteenth, throwing taneent wall back to the land line from there, and then beginning the fill; accomplishing the rest of the work, every few years, as the success of the initial improvement shall in spire its extension. This might be done by district assessment as well as by district progression; and would put the cert upon the property receiving the largest and most direct benefit and absolving the remote property from the burden that yields it but in fiintismal, if not altogether visionary, benefit. This whole question is one of far reachine importance and its gravity is not to be glossed over at any stage Subscribe for the Morning Astorian of its treatment. It istoo huge and cost-: 60 cents per month. Contains all the ly to be undertaken upon any hypo-Associated Press reports and local. Taft and Bryan are of the same mind in regard to publicity of cam paign contributions. Maybe they are seeking this means to humiliate Wat son and Debs. The mule is an important animals in the cotton fields. John Sharp Wil liams is a keen observer of the balky variety. He has mastered all its tricks to perfection. The Northwestern States report that their crop prospects are better than ever before, and this is a sort of sunshine talk that comes from all sections of the country. Mr. Fairbanks advises the public that he does not want, another term as vice-president. He is tired of lay ing corner stones and ornamenting old settlers' conventions. Consumption of Meat in New York City Decrease 30 Per Cent Below Normal Decrease, While the High Prices Exceed Maximum of Years. NKW YORK, June 9.-Vith the prevailing advances in the prices of beef product ascribed by the packers to cattle shortages at slaughtering centers, the consumption of this meat in New York City is said by whole saler and retailers to have fallen from 25 to 30 per cent below the nor mal decrease. High prices exceeding the maximum of recent years, have been the dominant factor contribut ing to this result, it is admitted. Demand for beef, investigation shows, has fallen off throughout the city. Hotels, restaurants and fami lies are reducing their daily orders, often by one-half. Already, the re tail prices are one-third higher than the quotations of a year ago. Sirloin stcaKS have been quoted as high as 32 to 3'j cents a pound, while the consumers of "chuck" and other in ferior cuts of beef have felt the pinch severely. In many districts of the East Side the retailers required to meet whole sale, price advances, which have ag grcgated between 3 and 4 cents a pound within the last ten weeks are selling their products at prices which yield little or no profit rather than take chances of further curtailing their trade by raising retail figures.. Representatives of the larger pack ing companies insist the advance of 1 to li cents a pound within the last week 'n wholesale quotations is due solely to the shortage of cattle. They assert that had consumption volume held to the normal figures for this season of the year, the increases would have been much larger. Retail dealers lay the blame upon the packers. Several retailers at tributed conditions to price manipula tion by a so-called trust, asserting that representatives of the various 'irge slaughtering interests meet cacli Saturday and agree upon prices for the ensuing week. Sore Nipples. Any mother who has had exper ience with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a cure may be effected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with best results. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. SWORN IN OFFICE A party of Japanese visitors to Lon don praise it as "a quiet, settled city." The roar of London seems to have been lost oil'' these critics, but such treatment will increase it. Badly Sprained Ankle Cured. Three years ago our daughter sprained her ankle and had been suf fering terribly for two days and nights had not slept a minute. Mr. Stallings, of Butler Tenn., told us of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. We, went to the store that night and got a bottle of it and bathed her ankle two or three times and she went to sleep and had a good night's rest. The next morning she was much better and in a short time could walk around and had no more trouble with her ankle. E. M. Brumitt, Hampton, Tenn. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. WASHINGTON, June 9.-John S. Leach, the newly appointed public printer, arrived in Washington yes terday to be sworn into office to-day He was appointed as a compositoi in the government printing office from Rloomington, 111., 1889, and has been director of the Philippine office at Manila since 1901. He was appoint ed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Public Printer Still ings, following an investigation of the government printing office some months ago. "SB Drilling ii lis star mis is. is erecting a plant at PORTLAND, OREGON for the manufacture of their world famous PORTABLE WELL DRILLING MACHINES for water, oil, gas, etc., etc. A moderate amount of ' money will start you hi a profitable business, STAR. PORTABLE DRILLING MACHINES have been proved by Competitive Tests to UO The Best In "i he World. For full ing well articuiars regard- ling mathmes, part drill tools, supplies, etc., write to THF STAR DRILLING MACHINE CO. f "V PORTLAND, OrtSQOV, or Akron. Ohio. To Take Place On June 11th At Plaza Hotel. WASHINGTON, June ). -Senator Aldrich, chairman of the senate com mittee on finance and nlso of the gen era! currency commission, has called a meeting of the club committee ap pointed to devise a plan of operation for the commission and also n meet ing of the Mib committee of the fin ance committee which will have under special consideration the tariff ques tion both of which meetings will take place at the Plaza hotel in New York on Thursday June 11. The currency commission will probably be in ses sion for several days but the under standing here is that the tariff coin mittee will not be held there for so long a time. The tariff committee U authorized under the law to employ government experts in preparing for its work and this meeting is expected to lay out work for them. It is expect ed Senator Aldrich will go to the cur rency meeting with a prpared gen eral outline of nction. DEVELOP TMI BUST SHE'SASIREI t. YOUNG BRODIE DEAD Son Of The Famous Steve Brodie of The New York Bowery. NKW YORK. June 9.-"Younjj Steve" Brodie is dead. He breathed his last in BcIIevue Hospital where he was taken several day ago after being picked up in a comatose condi tion in a Bowery gutter. Death was due to alcoholism. He was a son of "Steve" Brodie. for many years a prominent citizen of the East Side who first came into promi neiice because of a claim that he had" jumped from the Brooklyn bridge to the river below. He declared himself "the champon bridge juniper of the world" and opened a saloon on the Bowery. Later he went on the stage as a star and played throughout the country in a melodrama which pur ported to depict scenes in Brodie's career and of life on the Bowery. He made a fortune before his death three years ago. Young Brodie inher ited a large sum of money from his father but did not succeed in business. He spent his inheritance freely and finally, his fortune was gone, he drift ed to the Bowery, the last refuge of so many of his kind. The friends who had been attracted to his father by his many good qualities were unable to reclaim the son who was finally re duced to obtaining a living by accept ing small tips from Bowery sightseers to whom he was pointed out as a son of the "bridge jumper." DEATHS AT NEW YORK Fewer Last Week Than Any Week In History. NEW YORK, June 9-There were fewer deaths proportionately in New York last week according to the health department than in any week of the city's history, The death rate record reaching 14.41 per 1,000. The health department though surprised and gratified admits it is unable to accoNiit for the drop of more than 3 per cent from the corresponding week last June. Assistant Health CommissioncrHenscl speaking of the decrease in deaths, said: "We don't understand it. The vari ous epidemics seem to be holding their own and other conditions are apparently the same but the fact re mains that, whereas the death rate for the week ending June 8, 1907, was 17.46; for the week ending June 6, 1908, it was only 14.41 a decrease of .3.05 per cent or 250 deaths." It was stated at the department that the two weeks which approached nearest this low record were the week ending October 29, 1904, when the death rate was 14.46, and that ending November 11, 1905, when it was 14.61. No Need of Suffering From Rheuma tism. It is a mistake to allow rheumatism to become chronic as the pain can always be relieved and in most cases a cure effected by applying Chamber lain's Pain Balm. The relief from piin which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. It makes sleep and rest possible. Even in cases of long standing this liniment should be used on account of the relief which it affords. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. COFFEE Your grocer must sell roor coffee; we can't all be comfortable; but he needn't sell it to you. Your grocer returm your money II you don't Uk Schilling'! Beit; wa pay blm. SHE'S A QUEEN ii an expression that ti always heard at light of a we developed woman. If you art fiat cheated, with BUS' undeveloped, a acruwny neck, thin, lean armitlil abovs remark will never be applied to you. "SIRErfe wafers will make you beautiful, bewitching. They Di VELOP THE BUST in a few weeks from 3 to 6 inch and produce a fine firm, voluptuoui bottom. They i! out the hollow places. Make the arms handsome well modeled and the neck and shoulders shapely of perfect contour. Send for a bottle odav and you'll be pleased and grat ful. "SIREN" wafers are absolutely harmless, plcancnt to take and corf, venicnt to carry around. They are o'd under guarantee to do all claim or MONEY back. Price $1.00 per bottle. Inquire at good drug atores or send DIRIX to ui. rnPP During the next 30 duyi only we will cna you a samp iKLLftottle of these beautifying wafers on receipt of 10 cents zs.z-:-r.. pay cost of packing and portage if you will mention that yo saw the Advertisement in this paper. The sample alone may be uflicict if defects are trivial. J Deak 22 ESTHETIC CHEMICAL CO.. 31 West 125th St New Yorf l. Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AOENTt Barbour and Finlayson Salmon Twlni and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines , Oliver Chilled Ploughs Malthold Roofing Sharpies Cream Separators Raecolith Flooring Stoirett's Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings. 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