THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, lOOrt
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THE WEATHER
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Fair. THE RECALL.
The fact that the people of Oregon
have created, and are holding in their
own hands, a law that makes it,
practically, as easy to remove a man
from office as it is to put him in it,
is, obviously patent to every man in
the public service, or who has been
elected thereto, and the people, them
selves, are beginning to take due
cognizance of the new and strange
power wherewith they have equipped
themselves. They are not exulting in
it, nor casting about for men, nor
occasions, to use it; they are realiz
ing the possibilities of such an agency
with a pleasurable sense of its effi
cacy and perfect justice, when the
hour for its employment shall arrive.
We, with all men, hope never to see
its provisions called into play; this,
for the sake of the men who have
been honored and for the best ends
served by good government. But, all
the same it 'is an excellent thing to
have in store; it will always have its
real effect, however quiescent it may
be. The mere knowledge that it exists
that it may be invoked at any hour,
upon any man, and. that it is prim
arily constitutional, and above the
reach of the courts, that its applica
tion is at the hands of those who
granted the honor and trust that is
so betrayed as to invoke its power,
will have a tendency to cure official
life and administration methods, of
many of the ills that have grown
upon the system and purge it of the
grosser and graver sources of re
proach. . .
The equity of the principle under
lying the law of recall may not be
questioned with any seriousness. It
is self-evident, and as true as the
vested and unquestioned right to
elect. The simple justice of the man
date is the actual source of its great
power, morally and actively; and
even though it lay inoperative upon
the code for years to come, it will be,
ever and always, a saving, efficac
ious and powerful lever, ready af the
popular hand, to remedy administra
tive abuses and deal summary jus
tice upon those who have trifled (or
worse), with the confidence and con
ventions of the people. The old-
school politician, and the trafficker,
in office, and out of it, for spoils and
preferment, despise the new law ut
terly, as a menace to their craft and
its practice, but this is understood
by the people far and wide, and
makes the new gage of popular
power infinitely more valuable and
influential. Whatever else may hap
pen under its aegis, the law and func
tion of recall will never be recalled!.
THE REDOUBTABLE "IF."
If Astoria secures an interurban
and coast electric railway service:
If Professor Hawley shall evolve a
measurably profitable value from the
stumpage of the land hereabout;
Jf the new and beautiful "Wein-hard-Astoria"
hotel shall rear its
splendid front and open its hospitable
door, by another season:
!f petroleum and natural gas shall
hz discovered in marketable qualities
and qnamities, in the fields of Clat
sop, at a.iy rationally early day;
If this city achieves a fine sea-wall
along its bay coast;
If the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad is pushed on into the Tilla
mook country;
If the clays and earthen products
that abound here fulfil handsomely
the test and investment of Mr. Ogan
and his colleagues;
If the common-point rate on grain
is extended to this port and we begin
to export breadstuffs coastwise and
foreicn:
If the Columbia river jetty shall!
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begin its real work of scouring down
the Columbia river bar;
If the federal supreme court leaves
us an equitable, proportionate share
of the Columbia river, from Tongue
Point to Point Adams;
If A. B. Hammond enters the lum
bering field here, on the scale his
timber holdings warrant;.".
If Astoria eschews cheap politics
and cheaper politicians, and gets
down to business and does business;
If Porjland ever forgets herself,
and us, for a few days, or weeks at
the fortuitous time;
If the deep-sea fisheries are devel
oped and fostered and centered here;
and we take due advantage of these
things as they come to pass Astoria
may yet "fly with her own wings!"
NOT ABNORMALLY QUIET.
The current commercial quietude
here, and everywhere over the coun
try, is nothing abnormal, and pres
ents no strikingly untoward, or dan
gerous, elements. The '.'rich-roan's"
panic. of last October had barely sub
sided before the presidential year
dawned, with its usual, and accepted,
business inertia.
Money, the most sensitive com
modity in human use, invariably re
cedes, in the face of the great uncer
tainties inseparable from the great
campaign wherein the men, measures
and policies of government, as it
shall prevail for four years to come,
are selected, discussed, and deter
mined. It is among the fixed tradi
tions of the country that business en
terprise and commercial expansion
shall halt, during the time these
grave and significant things are being
adjusted and settled.
The people of the East understand
and appreciate it, better than we do;
and their equanimity would be might
ily disturbed and misdirected, if by
any chance, the revulsion in business
should not assert itself in each fourth
year.
Astoria is no worse off, in a busi
ness way, than tens of thousands of
like communities all over the land.
And she is, fundamentaly, better off
than thousands of them. What in
dustries she has are all underway,
steadily and successfully, even if the
scope of business and profit is
abridged somewhat. Astoria is a
clean, healthy, prosperous, promising
place, with plenty of irons on the
fire and the fire burning brightly. We
Astorians are inclined to deprecate
and underestimate our own resources
and advantages, just as all home-
people do with the things they are
tiresomely familiar with; but, to the
friendly and disinterested outsider,
she puts up a cheerful face and pros
pect and invites cordial and commen
datory comment.
All we've got to do in this good
year of 1908, is to carefully nurse our
own interests and our own levers,
and wait, patiently, the final subsi
dence of the universal doubt, due to
political uncertainties, that will take
its quadrennial flight about the mid
dle of November, and leave the field
clear for the sound and certain busi
ness expansion that will assert itself
as it has always done.
There's nothing more the matter
with Astoria than with any? other
normal, well-poised and wide-awake,
community in these United States!.
EDITORIAL SlT
The Iowa idea is that many good
terms deserve another.
Mexico is a protective country, an
other fact to, be remembered in con
nection with its prosperity.
Senator La Follette will have a
new lecture for the Chautauqua cir
cuit this year: "The Rise and Fall of
the Filibuster"
The net result of Jeff Davis mis-
sion to shake up the Senate is that
Arkansas has slipped in behind and
given him the 'shake,
The passage of the currency bill
spoiled a great deal of Democratic
eloquence on the subject of "the do
nothing Congress."
" The sounding: of the Republican
keynote by Senator Burrow is eag-
erly awaited. Everybody is tired of
the '"honk, honk" of the automobile.
Mr. Parker may not be permitted
to write the platform, but the fact
remains that he made a great sensa
tion when he wired it four years ago.
The monitor Florida is less than 10
years old. She is' doing well as a tar
get and it is safe to say would give
a good account of herself in a scrim
mage. ., ' "--'-. ,
Iowa is under the impression that
a senator who has served the state
ably for six terms will be an excel
lent adviser for a seventh.-
Gold production in the Transvaal
has lately reached over $12,000,000 a
month. Mr. Bryan is careful not to
refer to what he didn't know about
gold 12 years ago.
Maryland Democrats declined to
instruct for Bryan, who lost the
state in both his races. The Maryland
Republicans are ready for the third
battle, and admit' that Bryan has
been one of their best helpers.
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
First Methodist
"The Undiscouraged God.'! will be
the pastor's theme Sunday morning.
In the evening the Rev. R. E. Myers,
of Richmond, Ohio, will occupy the
pulpit A cordial welcome awaits you
at any and all the services of this
church. C. C. Rarick, pastor.
Norwegian Danish M. E.
Morning worship at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Scandinavians are cordially invited.
O. T. Field, pastor.
Baptist
Sunday school, 10 a. m.; B. Y. P.
U., 7 p. m.; morning worship, 11 a.
m., "The Christian Soldier" Evening
service, 8 p m., "A Gospel That Burns
and Breaks." Everybody invited to
attend. Conrad I Owen, pastor.
First Lutheran.
Sunday school, both at the German
Lutheran and at the church in Upper
town at 9:30 a. m. Morning service
in Swedish at 10:45. Evening service
in English at 8 o'clock, theme, "The
UetlnM Pnnnftrn til TrinitV
ftuther League Circle meets at 7
o'clock. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all. Gustaf E. Rydquist,
pastor. ' (
Grace.
Trinity Sunday. Holy communion!
and sermon, 11 a. m.; Sunday school,
12:30 p. m.
Holy Innocents Chapel.
Holy communion, 9:30 a. m,; Sun
day school, 11:15 a. m.; evening serv
ice, 7:30 p. m.
Presbyterian.
Morning worship, 11 a. m., "Grow
ing." Sabbath school, 12:15; Chil
dren's day exercises; Y. P. S. C. E.,
7:00; evening worship, 8:00, "Proof."
Male chorus. All are invited. Wm.
S. Gilbert, pastor.
Christian Science.
Services in I. O. O. F. builidng,
corner Tenth and Commercial streets,
rooms 5 and 6 at 10 a. m. Subject of
the lesson sermon: "God, the Pre
server of Man." All are invited. Sun
day school at 11:30. Reading room
same address, hours from 12 to 5
daily, except Sunday.
Ft. Columbia vs. Cathlamet
Baseball excursion to Cathlamet on
Sunday, June 14. Steamer Julia B.
leaves Lurline dock at 8:15; fare $1.50
round trip, including admission to
game. 6-13-2t.
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Why Schilling's Best?
Because it is best and
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it so.
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NOVA SCOTIA BLUEN0SES.
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No On Smith to Know Jut Why Thty
t Art So Called.
Thoo who dwell lu the Canadian
province- of Nova Scotia ore colled blue
noses, The name bus stuck to them
luce time out of mind, but how they
came to get It Is a matter of coujocture.
One thing Is cortnln-they don't like It.
Nova Scot In tia prldo themselves on
their English ancestry, nud some will
offer tho eugtrestlon that the uatue Is n
token that the blue blood shows. When
the Frtuch were driven out of Arcadia
tho fertile' lands they vacated were
taken up by EiirIInq colonists, chiefly
from Massachusetts.
Tho spirit of revolt was strong then
In Boston and elsewhere lu New Eng
land. Those who were loyal to tho
king and taxes found It a good oppor
tunity to move, and from these loyal
ists Acadia was largely ropeopled.
It may be that the blue blood shows
and that the mime Is a badge of honor,
but most Nova Scottaus don't believe
It, for they feel that it la a term of
reproach.
"Why bhienose?" was the questlou
put to one young woman whose home
Isn't far from Nova Scotia.
"Why, after the bluenose potatoes,
of course," sho said, "and 1 think It's
mean to name people after potatoes."
Now, It's true that next to apples, po
tatoes form the greatest product of the
rich N.ova Scottan soil. , Aud It's also
true that the bluenose la the bright par
ticular star among the varieties of po
tatoes they raise In Nova Scotia.
But the potatoes were named for the
people, not the people for the potatoes.
It's a simple question of chronology.
You explain It carefully to tho young
woman, and she says. "How silly of
me!" but you can see with half an eye
that you Imvcn't convinced her.
Ilere's another guess. Being the
third and last maybe it's the right one.
At any rate. It's the one generally ac
cepted In that part of the American
world kuown as down east
It la cold In Nova Scotia, mighty cold,
for six months out of every twelve, and
the Nova Scot Ian nose, peeking out
from the furs and woolen mufflers,
first gets red and then turns blue as
the Icy breath of the north nips It
But however It Is, the easiest way to
put the Nova. Scotia nose out of Joint
Is to dub It bluenose.-New York Sua.
For Value Rtceivsd.
When Mr. Arnusa Howe decided to
turn the old Ilowe mansion on Todd's
bill Into a summer hotel there were
persons who prophesied that be would
make a success of It and other who
were sure he would not, but at tho
end of two years It was evident to
all that Mr. Howe's enterprise waa a
financial triumph. "And so wonder,
when he charges for everything except
air," said one of the dwellers In the
village at the foot of the hill.
"What do you mean by that?" asked
a visitor at one of the village homes.
"He doesn't charge for water, I hope?"
"Some of It he does," said the resi
dent, nodding. "All that cornea from
the north pasture spring be does a
cent a glass, I understand the folks
can have the orty-orshetyan well water
free, but tbey all take the other and
pay the cent Charges 'em for riding,
boating half a mile walk lncluded
tenplns and the swimming tank.
"But the cap sheaf was the charge
he made on the bill of a New Yorker.
I heard tell that the man looked at It
and looked at It, and Anally he called
Amnsy, and says he, 'Look here, Isn't
there some in Intake about this?"
" 'I guess not,' Amasy told blm, dry
as chips. 'Your wife Is so shortsight
ed she can't see up Into the air, she
tells me, and It's took my clerk or one
o' the boys right away from their
work night nnd morning to keep her
posted on tho wind.
" 'You've been here a full month. 1
call one -fifty for the use o' weather
vane pretty reasonable myself.'"
Youth's Companion.
Italian Hat 8traw.
Few people know where the straw
for making summer hats comes from.
A great purt of It is grown In Italy.
To make suitable straw the wheat Is
sown as thickly as possible in order
that the growth of the plant may be
Impoverished as well as to produce a
thin stalk having toward the end from
the last knot the lightest and longest
straw. The wheat blooms at the be
ginning of June and Is pulled up by
the roots by hand when the grain is
half developed. If allowed to remain
in the ground a longer time the straw
would become brittle. About five
dozen uprooted branches, the size of
the compass of two bands, are firmly
tied together Into little sheaves and
stowed away In barns. Then the straw
Is again spread out to catch the heavy
summer dews and to bleach In the sun.
After additional blenching the straw Is
put Into small bundles and classified.
Finally it is cut close above the first
joint from the top nnd again tied up
In small bundles containing about sixty
stalks each. London Chronicle.
Where Che Drew the Lin.
Mr, Blrrell's . anticipation that, ow
lng to the lilxiiess of heaven, It will
not. bo Inevitable that we shall knock
up against ' our acquaintances' tuei''
may have boon suggested by one ol
Denn Ramsay's best Scottish stories.
It should In? mentioned thntnt Ilnwlek.
the scene of the anecdote, the peoph
used to wear wooden clos. which mnde
a clunking noise o:i tin pavenmnr. A
an old .woman lay dying so!ii; frlendr
said to her, "Wecl, .Teeny, ye are gam?
to lieeven, an' gin you should see on:
folk ye can tell them that we're n'
weel," ;
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