THE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1908.
Established 1873.
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THE WEATHER
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Fair and warmer, except near the
coast.
STAY-AT-HOME YEAR
. There is a notable and far-reaching
subsidence of travel in, from, and to
this country this year! Even the mil
lionaires are following the stay-at-home
policy. Whether this is due to a
universal .weariness of constant travel
at home and abroad during the
recent years, or if it is chargeable to
the graver cause of restricted funds,
or to the Presidential compaign and
its influence upon the home spirit of
the nation, the fact is quoted far and
wide nationally and locally and the
proof is, not wanting anywhere. -
Even Astoria has her complaint
ready this season, as do al the re
sort points north and south of the Co-
umbia on the coast. Boats and rail- j
way trains are flying light day by day,
while the service on all systems has
been sharply amplified in all directions.
For the sake of disposing of the prob
lem and mitigating the worry incident
to it, it may be as well to attribute
it to the well known abatement of all
plans and expenditures incident to
the political season, which is notor
iously and consistantly rife with just
such manifestations.
MUST BE ANSWERED
No man will deny the efficacy and
utility of a sea-wall on the Astoria
front. It has been the dream of the
Astorian for long ears, and must
come in due and logical course, as
all essential improvements come.
But the last man in this city is asking
himself the very pertinent questions
these days, if this is the propitious
time for the taking over of another
extraordinary public burden? of in
creasing the tax roll and rate to cover
a half million of dollars which this
benefice is certain to cost? And in the
light of the imperative and organic
expenses that are about to fall upon
the Astoria public, by way of im
provement of the water system, im
provement of the school system, the
ceaseless cost of street improvements
and the bonded-burdens they are al
ready carrying, bravely and cheer
fully, whether it is equitable and
segsible, that they provide for the
DONT GET RABID!
Astoria has made up her mind to
secure a better telephone service;
that much may be depended on; the
entire population is a unit on the sub
ject, and there is, of course, a whole
lot of comment upon the matter, and
some of it might easily and comfort
ably be dispensed with. It is a busi
ness proposition. , Either the Pacific
States Company will supply us with
the improvement demanded or we
will get it from other sources, and as
soon as may be. "
There is no use quarrelling over
the situation, nor getting rabid about
it; it is simply a question of business
regulation and apitude, and we have
plenty of ciuc and private agencies
wherewith to work our end of the
deal.
If the P. S. people are willing to
meet this demand and supply the de
sired and long-due equipment and
service, it is a simple matter for them
to say so, and do so within reason
able time. It lies beyond the pur
view of the compny's office and man
agement here, of course, and the
headquarter office is long since in
touch with the feeling now paramount
here. It is up to them to placate the
honest temper their indifference has
aroused and to do their full duty
under the franchise they hold and
what is warranted by the commer
cial progress of the hour. And if
within a reasonable time they shall fail
to make some decent overtures in this
behalf, it is up to us to throw their
business back on their hands, order
out the instruments and go after more
placable and rational people and service
This uproar is an old story with the
Pacific States Company. It has made
this same fight in every town and city
of importance on the coast, and they
invariably yield when the proper
pressure is brought to bear on them,
the pressure that comes from a rad
ically reduced income and patronage.
The least evil that confronts the in
dividual subscriber here is the loss
of the service; it is practically no loss
whatever considering the quajity of
service, as compared with what we
are entitled to after our years of pa
tience, and the most dignified and ef
fective reprisal at our hands is the
utter abandonment 'of the instru
ments in home and office. For the
time that may be consumed in attain
ing our release and relief, the tele
graph is at hand and a bit the cheaper
on the long distance range of ex
pense. We have sacrificed "much,
9 W Iff?. T f TTf T. T.ff.f??..
The mere sea-wall cost is the least, w ?'c'u - U l "'u,c'
of the certain bill of expense it will8erve our communal respect m the
entail; there will remain the filling of :do,nS of lt
the tideland frontage, which will far
out-measure that; and the range of
incidental public and private expendi
tures, is almost insuperable when it is .
.,..,. u.. .u- m. After the Guffey splash
TT . .... t . . tU iservatives on platform were the next
Hot-air calculations of what these! '
huge improvements are going to cost
!One honest cheer is better than an
hour and a half of artificial noise.
the con-
to walk the plank.
will not abate the sum oi that cost,
in the end. The matter will assured-(
ly resolve itself to the merciless level
of dollars and cents, as it progresses
and the time to do pur real thinking
is before we have committed the city
to a measureless scheme ot
provement that may with her none too
light budget, and that which she must
take on in the saving and amplifying
of those things she has, and must
maintain; for afterward, we shall have
no recourse save the honest and
prompt fulfilment of these engage
ments, even if they stagger us to' the
point of general sacrifice.
We beg to revert to our original
doctrine of biding our time until the
owners of the Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad shall decide to rock
its line from the Tongue to Smith's
Point, and then go in with them upon
an equitble footing and know, first
and last, just where we stand. They
need this improvement just as badly
as Astoria needs it, and a fraction
more. At all events, the subject is
worth the best thought every citizen
can give it.
The platform is typical of Bryan;
in other words, a proposition with
the earmarks of a loser.
The Bryan yell has been elongated
to an hour and a half. When Novem
Itn"iber strikes it not even a chirp can
be heard. -
The Pennsylvania majority against
Bryan in 1896 was 294,072. He has
little to lose by moving to make it
unanimous.
With many Democrats the impor
tant business for the campaign is to
give Bryan a fall so high that he
will be willing to quit.
COFFEE
is perishable, it ought to
be kept in tght packages,
not exposed to air.
Your grexer rf lurn your tiionet H ob don''
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THE
NEW
MODELS
FOR
SUMMER
1908
Czftf . THE FAMOUS ; 0 J0
fix
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GUARANTEED CLOTHING
STRICTLY UNION MADE
Appeals to the ta&e of good dressers by the "jusY right"
way in which it is made.
The new models for Summer are distinctive they have
just that difference which distinguishes the wearer of the
very highest priced clothing. . '
But this clothing is not high priced-it comes within the
reach of any man. We have
SUITS at from $1Q to
In alll the newest and most oooular fabrics, colors and pat
terns. They are ALL HAND TAILORED and so perfect i
in CTVT 1? PIT' FTXTTCtl Un tivtr am nrwfnrl 4nr Uatncr X
in iiUi ni uuu iiixuii iiiui mvj hiv iiuivu iw mwi(,
"Bettor than Custom Made"
It is only by comparison that we can convince you of I
magnificent values this clothing offers. See what others have J
then come and see us.
THe Workragmen's Store
CHAS. LARSON Prop.
518 Bond St. 1
There is such a thing as grass
hopper politics. The Bryan party il
lustrates it by a summer racket. But
what a hush when frost arrives.
In his second battle Bryan carried
only four small Northern states. The
probability is that he can now hang
on only to Colorado, with a fighting
chance for Nevada.
In his front-porch speech refer
ring to Mr.. Guffey JJ. Bryan spoke
of "my councils." If a man is an
egotist in defeat what would he be
when placed in authority.
The London Statist remarks that
"the basis of American prosperity is
agriculture." Such being the un
doubted fact, why not cheerfully go
ahead with the prosperity talk?
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
First Methodist
Morning service, preaching by Mr.
J. H. Petersen, subject: "Believing
and Obeying." In the evening Mr. J.
M. Anderson will speak, subject:
"The Young Man Who Succeeds."
This being one of a series of talks by
business and professional men, es
pecially calculated to appeal to young
men. Special music will be rendered,
and all services be made attractive
and helpful. The public is cordially
invited.
Christian Science.
Services in I. O. O. F. building,
corner Tenth and Commercial streets,
rooms S and 6 at 10 a. m. Subject of
the lesson sermon, "Life." All are in
vited. Sunday school.C 11:30. The
first Wednesday evening in the month
at 8 o'clock. Reading room same ad
dress, hours from 2 to 5 o'clock daily
except Sunday.
Baptist.
Sunday school, 10 a. m., followed by
a brief address by the pastor. - At
11:15 the Rev. William Swope, a con
gregation minister, returned mission
ary from the Congo Free State, will
give a lecture on "Africa." B. Y. P.
U,, 7 p. m. Sermon by the pastor at
8 p. m. Baptizing at close pf even
ing service. Everybody cordially wel
comed. Conrad L. Owen, pastor.
Memorial Lutheran (American).
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; even
ing service at 8 o'clock, theme for
sermon, "Launch Out Into the Deep."
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Church on Grand avenue , west of
Fourteenth street.
First Lutheran.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; morning
service at 10:45; evening service at
8 o'clock. Rev. P. J. O'Cpnnell of
Braddock, Pa., will occupy the pulpit
both morning and evening, and the
services wil be in Swedish. All are
cordially invited. ,
First Presbyterian.
The pastor of the church will
preach morning and evening. Morn
ing worship at 11 o'clock; Sunday
school, 12:15; evening worship, 8 p.
m.; Young Peoples' Society, 7 p. m.
At the morning service Miss HoUaon
will sing, and Miss Sundquist will
render a solo on the violin. In the
evening he male chorus. A cordial
invitation extended to all. Win. S.
Gilbert, pastor.
Grace.
Literary and holy communion at
11 a. ra.; Sunday school, 1:30; evening
prayer, 7:30. The Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic at Flavel Mon
day, July 20th, if pleasant weather,
leaving at the Flavel dock at 9:30 a.
m. If stormy, the picnic will be held
Friday the 24th.,
Holy Innocents Chapel.
Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Morn
ing and evening services, 10 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.; Sunday school, 1:15 a. m.
The Sunday school will close after
Sunday until September. '
Help for Those Who Have Stomach
Trouble.
After doctoring for ab'out twelve
years for a bad stomach trouble, and
spending nearly five hundred dollars
for medicine and doctors' fees, I pur
chased my wife one box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets,
which did her so much good that she
continued to use them and they have
done her more good than all of the
medicine I bought before. SAMUEL
BOYER, Folsom, Iowa. This medi
cine is for sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists. Sample free.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR
Those who pay as they go find the
going pleasant.
Suppose we put a half-hitch on our
dispositions.
Some men haven't so much push
as a frog has in one hind leg.
Nin tailors make a man, but a worn
man can make fools out of a dozen
men.
When you have done a really good
thing do not stop to talk about it,
but do another.
A country housewife will do all she
can in the winter and can all she
does in the summer. .
To kill all the bumblebee nests
mint the clover crop, for the bees
cross-fertilize the blossoms. Run,
boys, but don't kill them.
The average voter blames foolish
laws for his woes, yet goes on putting
men in the Legislature who have no
use for farmers.
Burbank has succeeded in produc
ing a spineless cactus, but let us hope
that this will be no encouragement
to the cultivation of spineless men.
Teacher: "Now, children, if I have
five yards of cloth and use four to
nwkc a jacket, what shall I have left?"
Little girl: "You will have scraps
left."
Some farmers seem anxious to own
all the adjoining land, but they should
really improve and make the best use
of the acres, they have, before pur
chasing more.
Many a man by the fireside sitteth
and smoketh, while his sons, do all
the chores in, 'the rain and cold, and
he collareth all the cash. Verily,
this also is vexation of spirit.
The garden has a hundred heads
growing on the cabbages; it has a
thousand eyes showing on the po
tatoes; it has any number of ears
hanging on the sweet corn; and it
has all the toes it wants, too on the
toma-toes. Farm Journal.
NEW TO-DAY
Th Commercial.
Twenty-Five Cents is the Price of
Peace.
Ttie terrible itching and smarting,
incident to certain skin' diseases, is
almost instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25
cents. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists. ' ,
Shine Them Up.
Ladies' shoes called for, shined and
returned. Phone Main 3741.
One of the coziest and most popu
lar resortsfin the city is the Commer
cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant
sitting room and handsome fixture
all go to make an agreeable meeting
place for gentlemen, there to discuss
the topics of the day, play a game of
billiards and enjoy the fine refresh
ments served there. The best of
goods are only handled, and this fact
being so well known, a large business
is done at the Commercial, on Com
mercial street, near Eleventh.
GOOD WOOD.
If you want good load of fir wood
or box wood ring up KELLY the
WOOD DEALER,
The man who keeps the
PRICES DOWN.
Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th
and Duane.
LADY MANICURIST ENGAGEJ.
"The Modern," A. E. Petersen's
beautiful tonsorial establishment, has
been further modernized by the per
manent engagement of a highly train
ed young lady manicurist, who will
also serve the house as cashier.
The very best board to be obtained
in , the city is at "The Occident
Hotel." Rates very reasonable.
New Grocery Store.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
128.
The Palace Restaurant ?
An phase of hunger can be daintily
gratitied at any hour of the day or
night at the Palace Restaurant. The
kitchen and dining room service are
of the positive best. Private dining
100ms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it. Commercial
street, opposite Page building. ,
The Clean Man.
.The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in, As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop' for these things and
gets them at their best.
Five months' niterest paid January 1
1909, on deposits made in our Savings
Department before Autrust 1. 1908.
Scandinavian-American Savings Bank