WEDNESDAY, SEPT. J
A Traveling Man's Experience.
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THE MORNING ASTOI? IAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
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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.
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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
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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
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good-will and not trouble ;
in case of complaint, the
money is ready.
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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.
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Give Industrial Education
As Well as Intellectual.
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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.
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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.
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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
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