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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1908)
J-. THURSDAY, JUNE 13. THE MOHXIXG ASTORIAX. ASTORIA, OREGON, r r- m" no mi. Eiublishcd 1873. Tublished Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. BELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year .... By carrier, per month .$7.00 .60 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 by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Western Oregon Cloudy; probably showers and warmer. r THE LOCAL TAXPAYER. While all minds and energies in Astoria are bent to the prosecution of the essential improvements here about, it is well to bear in mind the taxpayer of Astoria and Clatsop, and so urge and achieve things as to make them as fair and light for him and her, as the possibilities of each case admit When it comes to the issue of real effective justice, the taxpayer is the only one who should have the final word in the launching of the big projects for which he is the pay master direct; the mere voter, with out property is not qualified by inter est, exact and potential, for the or daining of big things that cost noth ing save his vote; while the man and woman who pays the tax and cost of everything, is logically equipped to weigh and pay, while the propertyless man takes over the benefit and enjoys the gratuity. " We believe in the old New Eng land public meeting. The assembling of those who are next and nearest the subject of popular discussion and enterprise, who are responsible for it from start to finish; and a close ad herence to the major wish as ex pressed there. An organic adminis trative body like the Common Coun cil, or the County Court, or the civic commissions, may have a latitude of power that exempts them from the need of reverting to the people they stand for, and may legally do things that are not altogether equitable in their outcome. There is a tendency everywhere, and at all times, to dis count the taxpayer upon the simple predicate that because he is a tax payer upon the simple predicate that because he is a taxpayer he is able to bear the brunt of whatsoever may be imposed; but this a cardinal blun der, and is the cause of endless trouble to communities and their municipal agencies who have failed to conserve the rights of their tax payers. The equities of the Astoria taxpayer do not vary from the rule, and it were well to give them all the honest consideration due, and thus avoid issues, complications and de feats inseparable from the reaction that travels hot-foot on injustice. THIS IS "MUSIC" DA1 AT ASTORIA NEEDED RIGHT HERE! There is a plain and patent lessons to be drawn from the presence of the United States transport Sherman in these waters, and that is the crying need of a marine hospital at the mouth of the Columbia river. We are not saying it should be erected and maintained within the corporate limits of Astoria, nor even open this bank of the Columbia, though, naturally, we should be glad to have it where its influence and revenue might be dis tributed directly for, and in, this city, but we are asserting the entire exr pediency of the establishment of a large and modern concern of the kind here at the mouth of the river, where just such cases as the Sher man's may be disposed with celerity and comprehensive success. The Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States is incomplete, for want of just such an agency in the Columbia; the mat ter is of state-wide significance and value; Portland should stand pat on such a plea and proposition and con tribute her best influence in the secur ing of it. It will prove a ready solu tion of the vexed question of sending such vessels to San Francisco, simply because there is not efficacious equip ment and service here, and put the Columbia on a par with all other ports on the coast. ' jgjgjgagW. . IIIIUII II Lr , ...IJHIHILH IPTm " SPLENDID CONCERT BILLED FOR TONIGHT AT THE HANDS OF HER NEWLY FOUNDED PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. This is "Music Day" in Astoria! This is the day upon which her newly founded Philharmonic Society will demonstrate to all men, the merit of its organization and the plentitude of its talent The Astoria theatre will be literally crowded to night at the initial concert given by and under the auspices of, this no table organization. All that fine voices, devoted culture and illimitable rehearsal can do to make a charming success, will find expression this night in Astoria; and the poorest hope that can be entertained is that the day may find annual and ampli fied success as the years go by, be cause of the sheer excellence of the art as a refined attribute of the com munity. Dr. Emil Enna, the well known art ist, has given of his best to the up building of this local institution, and to him is due the first credit for its existance and primal success. He has been loyally supported by the 60 ladies and gentlemen constituting the membership of the Society, and to their faith and unquestioned talents is due the splendid outcome that is due to fall tonight. The house will be jammed with friends and the critic will be absent. There will be nothing to criticize, save by way of honor and the grate- sentative of this important branch of the federal service at this port, savd us the mortification of seeing the Sherman cross out within a few hours of her arrival from the Philippines, all of which is thoroughly appreciat ed here and at Portland, and which but accentuates the necessity that he, and the department he serves, be giv en every element of advantage in the transaction of the grave tasks thus arising. The Columbia river is quite important enough to engage the in terest of the government in this be half, and we hope to see the matter take immediate and tangible shape and receive the impetus of general and cordial endorsement, all over the state. It is a state matter as well as of the United States. i . .MISS MARY K. CONYF.R, Mezzo-Soprano. ful sense of abundant pleasure. That is the note of interest that will be sounded and maintained for many a day. It is to be a great day for thi city, one that will be marked bril liantly in its social and artitic chron icles and reverted to with pleasure for many and many a year. "Green and White" is the color scheme of the day, the Philharmonic colors ;the green signifies the peren nial ardor, the vivid, lingering, un failing quality of the organic end of the design; and the white stands for the purity of the mission served, for music is chief among the graces and, arts which this society intends to perpetuate. We will meet you at the concert, tonight! And this is the delightful program Chorus. Preislicd (Paraphrase) Wagner-Wilhelmj Valse dc Concert Musin Mr. F.ichcnlaub. Were My Songs With Wings Pro- vided . ..........Hahn A Little Winding Road Ronald A Birthday Cowen Mr. Montcith. At the Cloister Gate Grieg Solo, Chorus and Orchestra. Soprano solo Mrs. Finch Alto solo Miss Conyers GEORGIA HARPER. t ' The cartwheel hat worn by Georgia Harper in the third act of Nell Gwynne," naturally leads on who is not acquainted with the history of AND MORE TO FOLLOW. At this writing there are just 30 schemes of street improvement on foot in Astoria, at various stages of progress; but all stand for the genuine improvement of the highways involv ed, and most of them meaning new auxilliary streets and thoroughfares to the heretofore inaccessible parts of the city. The character of the work, being as it is, limited to the consent and participation of the .property-owners directly involved, indicates a degree of public spirit not altogether measured by the dollars of cost engaged; it stands for some thing beside contract prices, and takes justifiable place in the records of real local enterprise and a desire to see the city forge ahead in utility and beauty and general service. There are not many cities in Ore gon, of Astoria's size, that can boast such a line of specific endeavor of a quasi-public nature; and, we are glad to make the chronicle that reflects such distinct credit upon the indi vidual owners responsible for it, as well as the administrative aid given by the council and the civic officers charged , with thp,,.JyfjltiP7it of .the r' I V '' J Xn ' V - - A if v.tr : :' lr h'-f ' : l'." v:-.. DR. EMI Composer, Artist L E.WVA, and Director. that will be unfolded for the host that will gather there: SOLOISTS Mr. John Claire Monteith, baritone; Mr. Frank Eichenlaub, violinist; Miss Mary E. Conyer, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. A. A. Finch, soprano; Miss Eeatrice Hidden, pianist; Mr. Harold Bayley, concertmeister; Miss Anna Shistad, accompanist, organist. PROGRAM. From the Garden of Flowers. .Denza Solo, chorus and orchestra. Alto solo.'... Miss Conyers Quartet r-' Miss Eessie Reed, Miss Nellie Utziger, Mrs. J. T. Allen and Miss May Utzinger. Chorus, The Morn "Rise up, rise up .this happy morn I" Alto solo, Lovely Rosebuds... . "Lovely rosebuds, wet and dew." Chorus, Summer Breezes "Over the hills and over the plains." Quarter, Good Night..,; "The weary .streamlet, bubbling on." Chorus, Garden of Flowers.......... "Garden of flowers so fair." Airs Russe Wieniawski Mr, Eichenlaub. My Ships That Went Sailing... Lohr King Charles .....White , Mr. Monteith. Variations gerieuse (D Minor).. Enna Fantasie .Norwegienne .' .Enna . Dr. Enna. England to believe that Nell has sud denly become modern in her ideas and affected the much talked of "Merry Widow" style. The famous hat worn by Miss Harper measures in ciivi iifereiKe and is edged with alternating white and black ostrich plumes and is identical with the one worn by Mrs. Siddons in her famous characterization of this part and also the one worn by Nellie Stewart, the distinguished Australian actress, as the story of the play runs, after Nell becomes the favorite of the King. 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