TJIUIiSDAY, AUHU8T 271 Good News for Regatta Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year .'. . , By carrie, per month .$7.00 .60 THE MORNING A5TOBIAX, ASTORIA, OREGON. Visitors WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance..., .... .... ..$1.50 Entered as second-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. k , TELEPHONE MAIN 661. :the weather Oregon Fair and warmer in inter ior; cooler near coast; easterly winds HERE'S TO OUR GUESTS L The 1908 Regatta is on!. To every visiting man, woman, and child, within the gates of Astoria and seeking the pleasures of the ,1908 Re gatta, we say, on behalf of the people here. The City is Yours. Make the Most of It. We have brightened it, dressed it up, stocked it with amusement, and color and light and music and free dom, knowing that you were coming and that these things would appeal to you; we have had pleasure in doing this and .the only return we ask is that you shall find enjoyment and re laxation in the safe 'indulgence of those things that will contribute most , to your estimate of real pleasure. This is the fourteenth time we have done this thing and we feel that our experience and yours may easily unite to make the Regatta a genuine pleasurable achievement. There is no hurry about exhausting the range of allurement and interest; you have three days and nights in which to fol low the scheme to its end, and then some. It has cost us a good deal in time and money and labor, but itj need not become burdensome to any of you jolly people; that's all within your province. All we ask is that you have the time of your lives, and when you go home, take with you an appreciative thought of the City-hy-the-Jea and of her friendly effort to give you and yours a tbrief and mem orable summer outingl. Six of these electric turnstiles have been purchased by the management of the fair, and four will be installed at the main entrance to the grounds and two at the entrance to the grandstand enclosure. The machines are the iden tical ones used at the gates of the St. Louis world's fair in 1904. The appliance will do away with ticket sellers and. gate keepers and other employes at the entrance. It will be necessary to have a man on the outside to make change, as the slot will not admit any other coin than a half dollar. Men will also be need ed to watch the crowd and see that no lead slugs or other counterfeit coins are introduced into the slot. The visitor must have his fifty-cent piece- ready, but aside from that he will be put to no inconvenience. He hands the coin to the man at the gate, who drops it in the slot. This turns the stile and admits one person. The stile is immediately locked until an other coin is dropped in. Each turnng of the stle is recorded by a machine which adds the num ber of persons admitted. The number is also recorded by electrical connec tion in the office of the secretary, or at any other point on the grounds.At midnight each day the officials of the fair will know exactly how many vis itors have passed through the gates during the day. Mt, Mi flfcr Mt We-are opening case ofter case of MODERN CLOTHING FOR THE FALL At prices that will tempt the mo& careful buyer. We would be pleased to have you come in and' look over our patterns and styles. III Iff 1 Kik A STURDY SCOUNDREL. Heroic history must make a place 1 for the sturdy scoundrel who, in one short'day, held up 16 highway coaches and robbed 120 people over in the well-guarded national park of the Yellowstone. Of course, he was an utter rascal and was not even gallant enough to spare the ladies their pin money and their jewels; but think of of the nerve of him; the grim patience that waited for stage after stage, and then got away, and is still going!. The range and promiscuity of the thing outdoes all the old-time heroes of the road, and broaches the very sublimity of Thermopelae, Horatius at the Bridge, and other classic peo ple and events, even if the purposes were not quite so exalted; he has Dick Turpin shadowed to nothingness, and the" Boy on the Burning Deck" dis counted utterly. He is the next dime novel models and it should be written by someone of real capacity in order that the man and his unmatched au dacity may be properly recorded somewhere, since it is not likely there will be any court-record made in the premise. And there are those who have a sneaking desire that the scamp may actually escape detection and punishment; a notion unbecoming a good citizen, certainly, but not at all unnatural under the circumstances. FARCICAL FORMALITIES. BEST IN HISTORY. An electric turnstile which is opera ted by dropping a coin in a slot, and which counts every person passing through and records the number -in the secretary's office, is the latest in vention for handling the great crowds entering a modern exposition grounds, and the appliance will be used by the management of the Oregon state fair, which will be held this year from Sep tember 14 to 19. The American people are getting mortally tired of the campaign for malities; the nominating speches, the notification speeches, the speeches of acceptance, and all like rot, in their quadruple play and repetition; it is irksome and stilted and unnecessary. Especially out here in the Northwest, thousands of miles from the scene of political initiative and the leading per sonalities of the hour, is the farce of it all more plainly apparent. The old campaign rooster and his raucus crowing are things of the past and not as acceptable as once they were; the people are getting their eyes open to the travesty of it all and their hearts are calloused against the bit ter mockery and shameful faithless ness of the men and systems that stand j for it; it goes no further with the av erage man of sense, who flushes now when he thinks of the assinine acqui esance he lent to the frauds of the past. We have had a man-President, who has taught us a few things about self poise and the dignity of things politi cal, and wrought within us a yearning for cleanliness and honesty and frank ness in our public relations, aside from all the other things he taught us. We can stand for an infinitely simpler code and practice in 'the transaction of our greater affairs, and the faster we see them reduced to sheer demo cratic standards and divested of the complexities and the "dust-throwing" artificialities, the sooner will the no bler balances between the people and their servants, . high and low, be struck, to the lasting good of the land. Our prices will be sure to please, as they are the lowest possible for honest merchandise. We can offer you good, reliable suits in dozens of pat terns at 10.00 to 25.00 Hundreds of Patterhs-Perfed Fit Guaranteed or money back & Harrison The Dressy Shop for Dressy Men Luukinen Tt 4 A A 4 A A M 4 4 A 4 A A aa a AAA AAA A AAA aiaaaaaaa X COFFEE The world is full of anonymous coffee: "Java and Mocha." Who returns your money if you don't like era? Tmt fttm ratonw wr swr SI m M fcUUfef 't Brti wt par al Men Past Sixty in Danger. ' More than half of mankind over 60 years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlarge ment 6f prostate glands. This is both painful and dangerous, and Foley's Kidney Cure should be taken at the first sign of danger, as it cor rects irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suffered with enlarged prostate gland and kidney trouble for years and after taking two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure, I feel bet ter than I have for twenty years, al though I am now 91 years old." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. 1 Tl-i. Tl J t i Mwmm hi in 1 1 1 1 XdlUt TdiUl rami I THE SWEDISH DRAMATIC .DO IT THIS FALL.... And'have it done by workmen who know what are the best materials and how to do the work so it lasts. , ill Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. Cbr.Jllth and Bond Sts. M I 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 It 1 1 M 1 1 M J I THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars 102 Commercial Street 2 Corner Commercial and 14th. WW! i ASTORIA, OREGON tHIIIHIHIIIIHIItllllllliiiMllllllMllHlt & EWART Electrical Contractors Phone Main 3881 . . . . 426 Bond Street Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gifford avenue, Sari Jose, Cal., says: "The worth of Electric Bitters as a general family remedy, for headache, biliousness and torpor of the liver jnd bowels is so pronounced that I am prompted to say a word in its GO. Of SAN FRANCISCO Will appear at the ASTORIA THEATRE in the new and interesting comedy entitled Peter JPeterson and the Suomalainen Huigari (In the English Language) i Saturday, August i29, '08 jj Matinee 3 O'clock Evening Performance 8:30 I Prices - - 25c. 50c. 75c. SI ? ' t " V 44 We have just received a new line of The Malleable Range See the difference between it aad others in our HARD WARE WINDOW. The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. favor, for the benefit of those seeking relief from such afflictions. There is more health for the digestive organs in a bottle of Electric Bitters than in any other remedy I know of." Sold under guarantee at Charles Rogers & Son's drug store, 50c For Sale. Twelve shares Northern Oyster companies stock, one hundred and thirty dollars (130) per share. Apply Imperial Restaurant. 8-9-tf. for the an u All Material at Close Prices mtam book u5) Fr? 7 STORE Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Mugr. - Hacks, Carriages-Baggage, Checked and Transferred-Tracks and FuraitMM JM Wagons-Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. tm 4S3 Commercial Street. . . Mala Pfconc 121