THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1908
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Established 1873.
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Oregon, Washington, Idaho Fair
and warmer except near coast.
OUR DEBT TO ASTORIA.
The first and deepest obligation of
every man owing to his home city
and county; the best quality of pub
lic spirit is his faith in, and allegience
to, the locality that furnishes forth
his livelihood and citizenship; his
duty is plainly and initially, there.
When he has done his best for it, it
is time to turn elsewhere and invest
his substance, or its excess.
We all owe much to Astoria. It is
ours; we have built it and set it up
as a place of consequence and inter
est, and we must preserve it intact
and further its de9tiny at alt times,
and hazards. If we have any super-
ficial interest elsewhere it, should notare believing; but with this differ
interfere with our logical and impera
tive sense of home interest
What we need in this city and
county is to be "Hood Riverized,"
"Eugenized"; to know surely, devout
ly believe, and say, candidly, and
often, and truthfully, that this is the
one best, spot on earth for the
investments of the home-seeker, the
iudnstrialist, the man of commerce;
prove it, and get him in here by the
honest allurement of every conces
sion that pride and interest can de
vise and grant. Nothing short of
this is ever going to put us up in
front and keep us there; and there
are none to do it but ourselves.
In all Oregon, indeed in all the
great Northwest, there is no place
that would respond to the unified
and aggressive spirit of its people
more surely and quickly than Astor
ia; and there is no time like the
present for the summoning of that
ardor, mergence, and action that are
to save us and make us a command
ing factor in the commerce of the
country. This has been said before a
thousand times, perhaps, but it is
still a vital and vibrant truth, and we
had best apply it in the way that
common sense and common interest
dictates.
THE SPYING WORLD.
There is no quest known to man
so absorbing, fascinating and com
pensating as spying out human and
natural secrets. Since, the dawn of
creation it has been a principle of
action with men and animals and
must go on eternally. There is no
stopping it; the penalties inherent in
the custom are, perhaps, the most
severe and conclusive of all known
reprisals; yet the task is never re
linquished on that score; risks of the
most extraordinary and dangerous
character are taken hourly in. the al
luring pursuit of finding, and deter
mining, the forbidden secrets of the
elements, and ' of their highest type
and servant, man.
There has been a great deal of conv
ment in the press of the world of late
about the Japanese and their insati
able search for military and naval
secrets of the great powers; they
have been detected time and again
in this country, and all over Europe,
prying into the systems and stations
and methods that have to do with
the offensive and defensive ' equip
ments of the nations; but one never
hears a word of what becomes of
the spy. But the Japanese is no ex
ception to the rule of spying; all
peoples have their spies out, and
keep exact and voluminous records
of the reports that, are filed by them.
We arc doing the same thing all the
time and everywhere; we must do it
to keep abreast of the day and its
demands, and to guard against the
exigencies of war and the chance of
invasion. In hiding our own secrets
we are inspired to know the range
and quality of others. It is a perfectly
natural and, in the main, defensible
course.
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The results arc 4 often mmcnsc'y
valuable to the nations; and the
score of acquired knowledge tends to
preserve the universal peace we en
ju,. .- i v,uW .v.
glorious mysteries, that goes on un-
interruptedly, with its tuii meagre ot
sacrifice, to the aoounuing gooa oi
numanity anu me ueamiess nonor OI
its sons ana aaugmers.
inuw run MiuAuiiH
For years Astoria has patiently
abided the solemn promises of the
Pacific States Telephone Company to
modernize and vitalize its public ser
vice here, only to be crowded to the
rear and bear with the company's
failure to make good. That patience
exhausted, and the lapse made duly
manifest, has evoked a late, and last,
pledge that we are to have, at once,
a proper and acceptable service, along
modern and effective lines. Again we
ence: That if the good faith of the
company is not immediately and
practically demonstrated there will
be such a campaign started for the
nullification of its franchise and the
introduction of new and better utili
ties at other hands, as will, for all
time, bar the P. S. people from the
field and its profits.
The essential thing with Astorians
is a better and ampler service; they
are not so particular about who shall
render it, and are quite willing the
present company should do it, BUT
IT MUST BE DONE. The com
pany hasfsaid it will do it, and com
plete it by the first of January next
And if the people are to' be, held
tractable and amenable to the wait,
there must be some early and earn
est signs put forth by which to guage
the real purposes of the projectors.
The day of dawdling is past and it
is strictly up to the Pacific States
people to make good.
Having arrived at the age of 60
Dr. Osier admits that he has resolved
to take better care of his health than
ever.
European papers remark that the
two platforms , contain numerous
planks that are alike. As the Repub
licans were first in the field it is
easy to identify the party that is
stealing thunder.
Some of the Bryanites are claim
ing Iowa, whose majority against
Bryan was 65,552 in 1896 and 98,543
in 1900. How volatile the Iowans
must be in the opinion of a sanguine
Bryan boomer.
One of the Tammany callers on
Mr. Bryan said: "If we don't carry
New York for you this time I'll
never shake hands with you again."
If this fails as a jolly it will serve as
a touching valedictory.
Since the flurry of last October the
export of farm products from this
country has kept up at almost the
highest known mark. The American
farmer is unsurpassed as a tower of
financial strength.
The proposed increase in the rail
road freight rate on sugar between
the Atlantic ports and the West is
about one-fiftieth of a cent per
pound. Consumers should remind
dealers of this figure if the retail
price is advanced.
COFFEE
The world is full of
anonymous coffee : ' 'Java
and Mocha. "
Who returns your
money if you don't like
'cm?
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New York
NEW YORK, July 27,-New York
with its debt limit reached, now tiiuls
itself confronted by the unpleasant
necessity of raising $J,500,000 or" else
seeing its famous Central Park re
dueed to a dust heap. Nearly twen
ty years ago the importance of this
problem was brought to light and dis
regarded. Since then matters have
been getting more and more serious
until today the city finds itself in dan
ger of losing its greatest spot of na
tural beauty, a well as its greatest
breathing spot. For years it has been
increasingly difficult to continue the
growth of trees, shrubs, flowers and
grass. Not in forty-nine years, that
is since 1859, has the soil been re
newed or adequately treated. As a
result it has just about come to the
point where, all vegetation is due to
'disaoDear. So loiW has all considers-
tion of this matter been sidetracked
that nothing short of heroic, treat
ment can keep this wonderful park
rom .generating into an eyesore
of ;( vegctation. Ordinary me
,hods wi n(), flow suflr,ce ,0 savc it
fxpertJ MWftf ,hc soi, being 0Q (,xt
inipoverishe(L Treatment never be
fore umk.rtakcn wJj have t0 be re-
sorted to. for so exhausted is the soil
a, prcsent ,ha, practically nothing
could be raised on it. inis in risen
is serious enough but in addition
there is the question as to the manner
. . t. Ml . If
in which Father Knickerbocker is to
raise the money necessary to save
his park. With his borrowing capa
city exhausted the problem is ex
tremely serious. Indeed real estate
men who have prophesied that sooner
or later the park would cut up into
building lots see in the present sit
uation the likelihood of an early ful
fillment of their prophesy.
Poor Hetty Green is now raaping
the financial whirlwind. Her brief
sojourn in one of New York's most
expensive hotels has gotten in its in-
qnitious work and undermined the fi
nancial training ot years, for now,
alas, Hetty-America's wealthiest wo
man actually gives "tips and that to
the astonishing mount of four dollars
a week. . It is even whispered, that
she now spends nearly a thousandth
part of her income. In two brief
months she has thrown aside the eco
nomy of years. On the first of May
she was living in a $19 a month flat
in Hoboken, with all other expenses
limited to $9 a week. Four weeks
later the money spending madness
having seized her she was installed
in a $450 a month suite in a metropo
litan hotel where meals cost ten dol
lars a day. So severe a strain was
this on an income of a couple of mil
lions a year, and the largest cash bal
ance in, New York, that she has re
moved to a Madison Avenue board
ing house. But the weeks of expen
sive life arc now claiming their due,
for it is stated that in her present
surroundings her exenscs for her dog,
her daughter and herself average
forty dollars a week. And the wo
man who was never known to tip un
til her flight into exclusive metropo
litan hotel life, is now, it is stated,
giving thirty cents a day to her wai
ter, and as much more to others who
serve her. It is now announced how
ever that she is to retire to her Ver
mont home where her expenses will
be only $20 a week. Thus has the
sinister influence of New York ruined
the good principles of one more wor
ker, and now that the scandal of her
tipping habit has leaded out her ac
quaintances fear that the woman
whose income is several thousand
dollars a day may yet throw all pru
dence to the wind and hire a cab
some rainy morning.
Just what New York's canine and
feline population amounts to has long
been a matter of dispute. It has been
estimated however that there are no
less than one million dogs and five
millions cats in the city, an estimate
by the way-which many persons who
have been kept awake by barking and
yowling consider it foolishly small. It
now seems, however, as a matter of
coldfigures that this estimate is too
low for while no sensus of the living
has been taken, figures have been
compiled on the number of cats and
dogs which as strays have been de
stroyed in the city since the first of
the year. For this period the total
reaches more than 77,000 which even
though it has to do only with waifs
and strays take no consideration of
the more fortunate pets, is nearly
twice the human death rate. During
the month of June no less than 21,985
stray dogs and cats were "seized, ga
thered and collected" as the langu
age of the report has it, an increase of
11,454 over June 1907. During that
year more than 100.800 of these ani
mals were destroyed while the total
News Letter
this year promises to nearly double
the' number, During the last four
teen years 1,2(10,000 stray cats and
dogs have been "humanely disposed
of," cW,WH) of the former and 4(10,00(1
of the latter. From these figures it
would seem that the feline population
is twice the canine, but as a matter
of fact it is. more than five times grea
ter, Tabby being a much more dilTi
cult animal to catch than I'ido, Tak
ing all these various figure into con
sideration it is not an extreme cs
timatc .which cives Greater New
York in its metropolitan district 6,
iHHi.UK) cats ana i,5UU,ixw dogs-n very
remarkable population. .
The famous bar of the now almost
demolished Fifth Avenue hotel, over
which more famous drinks were serv
c' to nwrc fan'0" men than over any
other in the country, is to enter a new
service, and Broadway is to have a
new sensation. That sensation is to
be the opening of a box in the center
of the Tenderloin over which , only
temperate drinks will he sold. The
bar itself is to be the one which for
more than half a century did service
in the old hotel, and the mahogany
over which the country's most promi
nent men have at various times tak
en their favorite tipple will now know
nothing stronger than ice cream and
soda water. Shades of President Ar
thur, Roscoe Conkling, even Richard
Croker, and many others, will groan
in dismay. All the fixtures of the fa
mous old bar have been purchased for
the opening of the new and nove
"soft drink cmporium."Even one of
the old benches which occupied a fa
mous nook in the old hotel will be
present with a sign above it reading
"Amen Corner" so that old timers
may feel thoroughly at home so far
as the fittings are concerned. For
such of the old guard of the city's
greatest political center as are left
shake their heads sadly at the idea of
an Amen Corner surrounded by ma
tinee girls drinking ice cream sodas
The old traditions may go with the
bar to its new home, but it is a safe
bet that the old politicians will not.
If President Roosevelt is correct in
his statement that playgrounds are
necessary for the development of
wholesome citizenship in large cities,
New York should soon lead the
hole country in the dim of her
citizens. With the public schools
closed the playgrounds show nn un
precedented registration with .180,775
members enrolled in Manhattan and
156,127 in Brooklyn, making a total
of more than half a million future de
sirable citizens. The enrollment in
these vacation classes is purely vol
untary and the fact that under these
onditions the number is two-thirds
of the public school attendance, with
truancy laws and officers to help it,
indicates the manner in .which New
York youngsters are taking advan
tage of the chance for summer edu
cation. While popularly known as
playgrounds, the vacation school ses
sions as a matter of fact are largely
held in school buildings and aim to
each useful trades. There, are vari
ous classes in domestic science, mc
chanicaT occupations and .nature stu
dies. The girls are taught how to
prepare simple foods and how to min
ster to the sick, while the boys are
instructed in carpentering, chair rati
ng and similar trades. Particular at
tention is paid in every case to the
proper development of the body. Al
together these summer sessions pro
uable undertaking in the line of pop
ular juvenile education which has ev
er been undertaken in the country,
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN
For thirty years Lyuia E. link
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Mrs. rinkhnm Invito all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
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THE PERFECT WAY
Scores of Astoria Citixens Have
. ' Learned It ,
If you suffer from backache,
There is onljone way to cure it.
The perfect way ia to cure the kid
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A bad back im-am hick kidneys.
Xeglect it, urinary trouble follow
Doan's Kidney Pills are made for
kidneys only.
Ceorge K. Tarrish, 372J E. Oak
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symptom of kidney trouble has ever
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1'ills some years ago and I am picas
eu to conlirm the statement l gave
in their favor at that time Prior to
using them I had suffered a great
deal from dull heavy pains in my
back and through the region of the
kidneys, this trouble having resulted
from a severe cold. I was gradually
growing worse when Doan's Kidney
Pills were brought to my attention
md being impressed with the good
reports concerning them, 1 procured
i supply. As stated above they com
pletely disposed of my trouble after
a short use."
Plenty more "proof like this from
Astoria people. Call at Chas, Rogers
& Son's drug store and ask what cus
tomers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United. States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
. B. Burhans Testifies After 4 Years
G. B. Burhans, of Carlisle Center,
. Y.. writes: "About four years
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aero I wrote vou statine that I had
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unng the four years that have elaps
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Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suf
fering from kidney or bladder
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Stimulation With Irritation
That is the watchword. That is
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does. Cleanses and stimulates the
bowels without irritation in any form.
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TRANSPORTATION.
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PASSENGERS FREIGHT
CriiirsvvtiiV.iiV'r
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Steamer Lurlinc
Night Bott for Portland and
Way Landings.
Leaves Astoria daily except Sunday
at 7 p. m.
Leaves Portland D&y eicept 8o4ay
at 7 a. m.
Qilrk Service Excellent Ileal
Good Berths
Landing Astoria Flavel Whart
Landing Portland Foot Taylor lb
J. J. DAY, Agent
Phone Main 2711.
DAIRIES.
TheVermont Dairy
All milk aerated before bottllnf.
Specialty made of one cow's milk for
infanta. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Phont 14 Farmers Una.
W. J. INGALLS.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Eagle Concert Hall!
(320 Astor Street)
Rooms for rent by the day, week, or
month. Bef rates in town.
P. A. PETERSON, Prop.
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