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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1908)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. J A Traveling Man's Experience. israsisiiBi; THE MORNING ASTOI? IAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year ... By carrier, per month ...... ' WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance "1-?0 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act ol 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 ML JTHE WEATHER Oregon Fair, " except northwest portion. Washington Showers west showers in THE PORT OF ASTORIA. We insist again, and shall keep on insisting, that it is of the better part of wisdom for our people to establish the Port of Astoria at the first feasi ble moment; to secure to this city the rights appertaining to a legal port, and equip herself with the functions and prerogatives though she shall not use them for a long time to come; to pro tect herself from invasion by Portland and other communities who may see fit to tamper with the rights that should be ours; to take over the forms and investments of the status though we do not invoke them practically; to hedge against all doubt of our right to declare and maintain a port here, and make it possible, at any time to assert our independence on this line. As it is, Astoria is a mere stopping place for ships and steamers, without control or authority of any kind; a haven, free, and excellent in all ways, but of no avail to her citizens; the Wingate bill, which has been reported to the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, is a thorough-going measure covering all the main and essential elements of the port status and providing for its proper maintenance, and is entitled to the fullest possible consideration at the hands of all Astorians. Its fi nancial provisions need not be entered into, to the utter limit of the sums quoted; they may be adjusted to the steps Astoria desires to take in formu lating her marine establishment; by degrees she may use the priviliges prescribed, as necessity for them com mands. The particular and patent thing required is to put the city upon an exact and recognized plane in this behalf, armed with all the legal ways and means needed to enforce her claims against encroachment and dis pute. . She has every right to this condi tion, and it will be a stroke of busi ness enterprise for her people to see to it at once that she is fortified and equiped with all the panoply of effec tive law, against the hour she shall re quire it; using what of it she has to, in the meantime, by way of prelimina- There is an end to all things, good and bad; and while none desire to see the end of street improvement in As toria, there is more than a desire to ee the system re-adjusted as to plans, volume, and COST!. HUGHES, AND THE FUTURE. "Unsight and unseen" we venture the opinion that Governor Hughes, of New York, is one of the coming great Americans; and that he will have to be reckoned with in the national pro paganda of the near future. He has all the attributes that commend him to the keenest thought and earnest concern of the people at large, as a type and champion of popular govern ment; and his apparent contempt for the mere politician, the rounder, and bounder, and sounder, of the political cesspools, leads direltly to the safe and solid conclusion that he can take excellent care of himself and of all things entrusted to "him. His career as Governor leaves nothing upon which to build a Contrary idea of his personalty and power and cleanliness; and it is to such men the people of America must turn for the conserva tion of the huge interests of the na tion, now accumulating at tremendous ratio. He is in the Roosevelt class of statesmen; that is admitted on all sides; and being there, he cannot be overlooked, and will not be. The peo ple know, instinctively, who their friends are, and when they demand the man he is likely to answer the call. Hughes is of the sort for whom such demands are made; we may be mistak en in our estimate", away out here in Astoria, the farthest possible from the man and his work, but he is in' the public eye here, and if at this conti nental distance, what of the impres sion he is making nearer the seat of government?. Keep your eye on Mr. Hughes!. Improvements are going on con stantly in the construction of mater ials used for balloons and flying ma chines. The rapid gain in this respect is a substantial promise of general aeronautic success. Horse racing in New York has de generated into a mere test of speed, no wagers on the result being permit ted. With a ban upon betting and ry security and the quality of manda-1 contributing to the campaign fund tory authority in an element of pub-ig rjch ew Yorker will have to find "I must tell you my experience on an east bound O. R. & N. R. R. train from Pendleton to Le Grande, Ore." writes Sam A. Garber, t well known traveling man. "I was in the smok ing department w ith some other trav eling men when one of them went out into the coach and came back and said, 'There is a w6man sick unto death in the car.' I at once got up and went out, found her very ill with cramp colic, her hands and arms were drawn up so you could not straight en them, and with a death-like look on her face. ,Two or three ladies were working with her and giving her whiskey. I went to my suitcase" and got my bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy (I never travel without it), ran to the water-tank, put a double dose of the medicine in the glass, , poured some water into it and stirred ' it with a pencil; then I had quite a time to get the ladies to let me give it to her, but I succeeded. I could at once see the , effect and I worked with her, rubbing J her hands, and in 20 minutes I gave ! her another dose. By this time we J were almost into Le Grande, where 1 1 was to leave the train. I gave thei bottle to the husband to be used in case another dose should be needed, but by the time the train ran into Le Grande she was all right, and I re ceived the thanks ot every passenger in the car." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. i DUNBAR'S p m ' ' , O. m Great u m M j i "jj-j t - ii i -p jjjjj; ry i - j - jjj I 1 jf jLnii.li J L.I.I. 1 -j L ..i.iu!!! 1 1 lOL. l ...Jlj sjl . V ' OPEN I m M raJisi With Greater Bargains Than Ever The A. Dunbar 5CG ConimercialfStreet. Telephone 1331 Go. I m ; ill International Peace the Highest Aim a Ruler Can Have. By EDWARD VII.. King of England. HERE is nothing from which I derive a more sincere gratifi cation than from the knowledge THAT MY EFFORTS IX THE CAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND GOOD WILL HAVE NOT BEEN WITHOUT FRUIT AND. A CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE GENEROUS APPRECIA TION WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BOTH OF OTHER COUNTRIES. RULERS OF STATES CAN 8ET BEFORE THEM SELVES NO HIGHER AIMS THAN THE PROMO TION OF INTERNATIONAL GOOD UNDERSTAND ING AND CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP AMONG THE NA TIONS OF THE WORLD. It is the surest and most direct meaii9 by which humanity may Le enabled to realize its noblest ideal, and its attainment will ever be the object of my own constant en deavors. I REJOICE TO THINK THAT THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANI ZATION, IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED ALL THE PRINCIPAL CIVILIZED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, IS LABORING IN THt SAME FIELD, AND I PRAY THAT THE BLESSING OF GOD MAY ATTEND ITS LABORS. Home Rule Is Fundamental, lie concern which is liable to figure large in this community before many years have passed. . THE PIE IS BURNED. The street improvement "pie," upon which a goodly number of Astorians have feasted with , a lingering gusto for several years past, is a bit burned around the edges just now, and is hardly as palatable as it once was; but the charred portions will be care fully craped off and the forth-coming dishes' will be acceptable, as they should be. Cooks will grow careless, especially in the c.onstant concoction of the same provender; monotony compels a degree of inattention and oversight that invariably assert them selves when Jeast desired or appro priate; and frequently, the only rem edy for the eVil is a change of cooks and stewards. There has been a feeling in this city for a couple of years" past that there was a too ardent interest manifest in this department of the public service; the records of the city read of scarce ly anything else than these improve ments; and there are those who hold that the projects have been kept go ing for very specific reasons. Ses sion after session of the council is devoted exclusively to this one pecul iar phase of municipal work, while many things just as vital are side tracked or ignored. It is getting onto the public nerves; and while no speci fic claims or charges are made or laid, there is some solid thinking being done and some rational conclusions drawn, that are not wholesome by way of candid declaration some other kind of sensation for his money. It is estimated that the population of the United States in 1930 will be 142)91,663. As Mr. Bryan may then be preparing for his ninth battle he 1 . . , .1 .1.. may develop innusiry snuruy m Ri sing babies. Some- of Mr. Bryan's supporters think a government guarantee of bank deposits includes the creation of de- postis by legislative fiat. The free sil ver proposition warrants this view of the matter. An "aeroplane face" has been devel oped. Its expression generally is that of peering downward for a soft place to land. Mr. Ttaft has struck another key note: "Are the Bryan promises of 1908 mrtt, nnv more than those of 1896 and 1900?" . - Aguinaldo has made a fine start in his determination to master the art nf nolitics. He is a candidate for al derman in one of the Manila wards COFFEE Good grocers like Schil ling's Best, for it makes good-will and not trouble ; in case of complaint, the money is ready. Yw rrocw returns jtv WMf If r ioa't tttttMr hlM. By HORACE E. DEMING Before Nttlonil Municipal Utfue. ON EST, PROGRESSIVE AND EFFICIENT MUNICIPAL GOV ERNMENT IN THIS COUNTRY RESTS UPON THE FUNDA MENTAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF LOCAL 8ELF GOV-ERNMENT. Clothe the municipality with all necessary power to determine and enforce its local public policy, give it adequate machinery for that purpose, TIIEN LEAVE IT UNTRAMMELED BY OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AND UNAIDED BY OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE. LEAVE IT ALONE. LET IT WORK OUT ITS OWN PROBLEM. THIS IS TRUE DEMOCRACY. A superimposed government is not a democratic government. The struggle of the people of the town toward democracy, to control the local affairs of their own town, is the mainspring of the campaign for municipal betterment in this country. - I Ml ' Give Industrial Education As Well as Intellectual. 0 By ANDREW S. DRAPER, New York Stit Superintendent of Education. O not the programmes of the schools and the influences of the teachers often lead boys who might make excellent cabinetmakers into being poor lawyers and induce girls who might be first rate dressmakers to become third rate music teachers? A MECHANIC WHO HAS REAL 8KILL AND 18 PROUD OF IT IS LIKELY TO BE A BETTER MAN AtfD A MORE RELIABLE CITIZEN THAN IS AN INDIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL MAN. I think that the present organization and tendency of the school system, acting upon the national temperament, LEAD MAN Y IN 1U OCCUPATIONS WHICH ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDED AND FOR WHICH THEY ARE NOT BEST ADAPTED and that our prevailing educational scheme gives some favor to intellectual as against industrial occupations. This is in violation of our funda mental political principles. I am for restoring the equality of opportunity, for giving the mechanical pursuits as full equivalent as we can for the training that we are providing for the intellectual pursuits and for avoiding any course which tends to make misfits in life. I have said nothing incon istent with this. t . ... . I WOULD BE UN-AMERICAN IF BELIEVED IN "CLA88E8" OR HAD ANY DISPOSITION TO KEEP CHILDREN IN A "CLASS." IT 13 NOT QUESTION OF "CLASSES," BUT OF EFFICIENCY AND THERE FORE OF HAPPINESS IN OCCUPATIONS, AND WHAT 1 AM URGING 13 THAT THE 8CHOOL8 8HALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE IN ANY 8EN8E, BUT SHALL BE A3 MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT INDUSTRIAL AS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION. A SUMMER DRINK Unfermented Grape Juice- absolutely non-alcoholic Concord 5oc quart Catawba Ooc quart Welch's Grape Juice .Nips...... 10c AMERICAN IMPORTINGICO. 589 Commercial Street. Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS ' Marbour nd Fintayion Salmon Twinet and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs Sharpies Cream Separators ' Raecolith Flooring Storrctt's Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seim- Web We Want Your Trade FISHER BROS. BOND STREET FREE TRIAL-AN. 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