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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1908)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 ' ui (rijcOniiij WHY SEND AWAY FOR is THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. im '!Vi Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year By carrier, per month WEEKLY By mail, per year, in advance Entered as cecond-class matter July 30, 1906, a 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. TH EC WEATHER Oregon and Washington Fair and warmer except near the coast. COMBINATION CARLOAD. The latest order of the Interstate Commerce Commission giving the right to any group of shippers to combine in the making of a coarload of merchandise and compelling its shipment by the railway companies upon the car rate is a welcome and sensible ruling. It will be fought to a frazzle by the big lines, of course, but its equity will prevail in the end and to the benefit of the whole coun try, as all just and rational things benefit us. ; The railway tariffs of the country are all guaged to the utter limit of commercial strain and have been for! years. The earnings of the great lines everwhere indicate the huge percent ages that are nursed and garnered, to the accumulation of gigantic fortunes and it is becoming common knowl edge where a few years ago it was not suspected. The people have been made to detest the modern business methods of the railways and steam ship lines, and the only way to miti gate the growing reproach, is that some power be invoked to successful interference, just as in this case, t The people are getting in intimate touch with the secrets of transporta tion manipulation, and are studying the situation, as they never did before and ' are reading avidly everything that comes to them in shape and au thority that commends itself; and will be able to meet the plausible and theoretical pleadings of the carriers with facts and figures that silence, if they do not shame, them. They are learning also that the transportation people have burdens of their own, great and almost insu perable burdens; but they are going to refuse the eternal pose of scape goat for the making good of the tre mendous costs of these burdens. That is what has driven the people to the verge of rebellion; the deliberate shifting of the corporate financial losses to the shoulders of the ship ping and traveling hosts of the land. The policy has about run its course and the order alluded to is in with the scheme of reform. line f. DUAL TELEPHONES. Whatever may be the outcome of the telephone rumpus now besetting this city, may the fates forfend a dual system!. We have many sins to answer for. but we have never done enough to 'invoke that nerve-racking I penalty. The old and abominable service were a perennial joy and a blessing compared to the maddening exactions of maintaining and manip ulating two different 'phones. One concern is all we want if it will but do its best to give modern and equable service. Two constitute an outrage too formidable for con templation in the light of what Port land and other cities have borne and are bearing. PORT OF ASTORIA. At last the Chamber of Commerce has evolved a good bill for the estab lishment of the Port of Astoria. It is time, and the work that has been presented is carefully done and if used to its measure of efficacy, will some day be of astonishing benefit to the city and port. We would like to see the good work go on, whether it shall be applied at once or not. It is a good thing to have up our sleeve when the time comes for us to as sert ourselves in a commercial way; beside being an insuperable obstacle in the way of Portland's aggressive policy at this end of the river. We do not know that the metrop olis intends to butt in to our com mercial bailiwick, but we are not put ting it past her if it becomes conven- by THE J: S. DELLINGER CO. .$7.00 .60 ASTORIAN, $1.50 ient and possible, and to set up our own port and province is to hedge against such possibilities. It may lay dormant until we are in position to formulate its provisions and use its powers, but it is an excellent thing to fall back on when its use shall operate to enhance our own prestige or thwart the undue encroachment of others. SNAKE TO PACIFIC. No city in all Oregon would be gladder to see the Columbia wide open for traffic from the Snake river to the Pacific Ocean, than this little old Astoria. We are not a bit hide bound about the head of navigation when it comes to place or distance. Every vessel, steamer, ship, schoon er, barge, or what not, in the great waterway trade would stop at our doors and there would be dealing and trade and interchange without end. We would be no losers by the open river, and we are just loyal enough to Oregon to want to see other towns and cities beside Portland flourishing. There might be an im mense ratio of that trade thpt would never enter the Willamette at all, but come on down and do business at the real point of sea despatch; which, while it might offend the Portland shippers a whole lot, would save money to the up-river consignor and give some other place in the valley a chance to catch its commercial breath. ;We are rather of the opinion that the open river would be an aid, not a rival, to the Hill lines from up that way, because he is of the sort that would use both lines of traffic and swell his own command of the busi ness and territory. Mr. Hill is no stickler at paltry phases of compe-! tition; he is just big and broad enough to merge them on his own account and give the people the bene fit of the merger. He has done it before. Anyway, we want to see the up river people stick to their text and do business by water, and we stand ready to expedite the work with every atom of influence at our com mand, when they get to a pass where the word of a friend is needed. All that Scientists have said lately concerning the conveyance of disease by flies gives the idea that the spiders and their flytraps are among the most beneficient things in nature. 'Japan's new premier says: ''My policy will be peaceful, the prime ob ject being to maintain peace through out the world." As Uncle Sam will labor to the same end, all is .quiet on the Pacific with the exception of Mr. Hobson's typhoon. Mr. Hearst says Mr. Gompers no tified him that a separate Hearst tick et would elect Taft. Mr. Gompers foresees defeat at an early stage, but did not intend that Hearst should resort to publicity in the negotiations. Taft clubs are reported to be mul tipying in the western part of Ten nessee, where Republicans have hith erto been scarce. Instead of getting the Middle West Mr. Bryan is likely to lose a slice in the Middle South. A man in Chicago claims to have been dead 69 hours and describes what he saw in Hades. This is the first instancef in which the individual concerned in an incident of this kind failed to gain admission any place but heaven. COFFEE and tea; Schilling's Best, is sold by about 9000 grocers west of the Rocky Mountains. Vnur preset rrirn ymir mnnti If you dou'l like it: t i'8v liii.i. Loose TheJ.S.DellingerCo. Blank Book Makers and Printers ELKS IN BIG TIME Simply Owned Centralia Last Friday and Saturday DEDICATE NEW ELKS' HALL Twenty Candidates For Initiation Were in Procession in a Big Steel Cage and Tall Hats and Dusters Were in Evidence. Portland Telegram: Centralia, Wash., July 28 This town was given over to the Elks Friday and Satur day. The weather .was ideal. Tall hats and linen dusters were much in evidence, each wearer carrying the orthodox cane gaily decorated with the purple and white colors. The oc casion of all this gaiety was the for mal dedication of the new Elks' quar ters on the third floor of the new Union Loan & Trust Company's building. These quarters, with lodge and clubrooms, have been furnished at great expense, and the surprise that Centralia should have competed successfully with the larger cities in the size and elegance of the furnish ing of the Elks' lodge was great among the visitors. Friday was giv en up to the residents of Centralia. The rooms were thrown open to all and the guests were entertained dur ing the afternoon by the girls' or chestra from the Industrial School at Chehalis. In the evening a program was presented and the rooms were crowded with Elks, their relatives and friends. The program consisted of orchestral selections, instrumental and vocal solos, recitations and an address by D. S. Cohen, of Portland. Mr. Cohen gave an interesting ac count of the aims and objects of the order and his remarks were repeated ly interrupted by cheers. The streets of the city were gaily- decorated. Arches spanned the main street and countless colored electric lights form ed' a canopy along Tower ayenue. Every store window had an original design symbolical of Elkdom, and Leaf We manufacture them right here in Astoria at Lowest Prices. LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS LEDGER SHEETS TRANSFER BINDERS INDEXES DUPLICATE BILLING SYSTEMS MONTHLY ACCOUNT SHEETS ETC. We have all the latest improved machinery for turning out this class of work. Give us your next order. flags waved from the business houses And public buildings, Saturday the Elks had their inning, both hosts and guests. Each train brought in dele gates from outside lodges, all appro priately attired and eager for the fray of jollification. The resident , Elks constituted themselves a committee of the whole on reception, and every train was met and the visitors wel comed and escorted to the clubrooms or to places of interest in the town. Among the visitors are Judge had wick, of Colfax; Lieutenant-Governor Coons, of Port Townsend; Sam Nich ols, secretary of state; C. G. Austin, candidate for lieutenant-governor and J. H. Schively, state insurance com missioner. In the' evening there was a grand parade of automobiles, water wagons and Elks, all escorted by sev eral bands, among which ws a mili tary band from a cavalry regiment camped about a mile from town. Twenty candidates who were about to be initiated were in the procession in a big steel cage. Women's Ailments are many and peculiar. At times they so disorganize the system that the general health is impaired and weakened. 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On July 7 the Yokohama Municipality held a con ference at which the members discus sed the proposed reception in honor of the fleet which is expected to ar rive at Yohohama during October. Mr. N. Mitsubishi, the mayor, pro posed that a garden party should be held on the cricket ground to which should be invited about 2.S00 Ameri can ofiiccrs, the American ambassa dor and his staff, and that about twenty thousand yen should be spent by the city on this entertainment. The proposal was unanimously carried. A bill providing for the expenditure will shortly be submitted to the city as sembly. Leading citizens will also give a banquet at a foreign hotel in honor of the American officers. In ad dition to the above entertainments the Yokohama chamber of commerce intends to give a Japanese dinner to the American visitors at a tea house. 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