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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1908)
THE MORNING A5TOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON, . SUNDAY, 8EPT. 13 Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By rr.ail, per year By carrie-, per month .$7.00 .60 "WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance........ .... ..$1.50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the postoffice at As- tcria, 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 bypostal .card or through telephone, Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office if publication. " ' TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon Fair, cooler near coast Washington and Idaho Fair. WHAT WE MEAN. - It has been put up to th's office pretty peremptorily, in the course of the past 72 hours, to declare just what it means by its strictures on the Com mon Council and City Officers in re lation to the street improvements and the Charter Committee's report on the sea-wall, etc., etc. We had thought to write so plainly while we were at it, that particularization would be the last demand made upon us; but since it is at hand, we-are only too glad to comply and qualify our position so there need be no more misapprehen sion. Generally speaking, 'and in a civic sense only) we claim, and aver, that the present group of councilmen and officers have been careless- in- the handling of the details of certain of the larger schemes of street improve ment and that the city is the worse for that carelessness; is face to face with entanglements that may cost, in the end, as much or more, than the original improvement, for since the public has been brought to realize the inequities and blunders attaching to these, many other lesser mistakes (but amply appropriate for the pur poses of disagreeable demonstration) are being heralded frov various parts of the city, upon which moody silence was maintained until the subject was opened up in general fashion. Generally speaking, and in a civic sense only, we claim that the Charter ADOPTED AND BROACHED AS AN ORGANIC POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY: THAT HAVING DONE WITHOUT-IT FOR 100 YEARS ONE YEAR, OR TWO, MORE WILL NOT MITIGATE AGAINST ITS FINAL ADOPTION AND COMPLETION: THAT IT DOES NOT APPROVE THE MEASURE NOT PENDING. AS FORMULATED BY THE CHAR TER COMMITTEE ON THESE GROUNDS: THAT IT IS NOT BI ASED IN ITS OPPOSITION POL ITICALLY AT ANY POINT, NOR WITH REGARD TO ANY PER SON: THAT ITS COLUMNS (IN LIEU OF ANY ESPECIAL NEWS PAPER ORGAN AT THE SERVICE OF THE COUNCIL AND CHAR TER COMMITTEE) ARE WIDE OPEN FOR THE BROADEST DIS CUSSION OF THE SUBJECT AT ALL TIMES: THAT IT IS DEAL ING WITH THE MATTER PURE LY AS A CIVIC QUESTION. IN A BUSINESS WAY, REGARDLESS OF EVERY PRIVATE INTEREST, ACTUAL, ALLEGED OR PROS PECTIVE. THAT, PERSONAL LY, THE ASTORUN HAS ONLY THE BEST OF FEELING FOR THE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AND BUT URGES THIS MATTER, IN THIS VERY WAY, AS EVI DENCE OF THAT GOOD WILL!. . PUBLIC FIRST, ALWAYS!. The Morning Astorian is disposed to further explain its objection to the manner and form of the appointment of the present Charter Committee, by direct allusion to the plan adopted by the City of Portland in the handling Mr, Bryan's weight ban recently in creased to 227 pounds. Why worry? The year 1912 in quite a distance ahead and the Chautaqua demand lively. "stick to tne iarnr is the presi dent's advice, and it ought to be easy to follow with an IS.OOOAKXtXX) melon to" cut as the result of this year's crops. A Democratic paper remarks that the two national platforms differ but lit tle. It is only necessary to point to the protection and free traade planks to show that they are as far apart as the pok?, NEW TO-DAY All Things Modern. "The Modern, the beautiful ton sorial establishment of Arthur E Petersen, at 572 Commercial street in this city, is unquestionably the real resort for the most perfect treatment in this behalf, and the most critical finds nothing to criticize there, how soever often he visits the place. 44 I RETIRING":- FROM -. BUSINESS Swedish Fancy Work. All kinds of ladies' fancy work and embroideries for sale or made to order. Central Drug Store. 9-4-6t The Palace Restaurant. An phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day ot night at the Palace Restaurant. The kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best. Private dining tooms for ladies. One call inspire regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. The Commercial One of the coziest and most popu lar resorts in the city is the Commer cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a Urge business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. of this item of its public service, and Committee was improperly organized to offer it as a lesson in civic expres when it was appointed directly from the majority of the Common Council to which its reports were to be sub mitted for approval in the end; that it indicated a pre-disposal to, and pre-arrangement for, the enterprise, that placed it beyond the touch and trend of the popular desire and de sign; that the measure it has evolved is unacceptable because it lacks the authentic predicate of actual, definite surveys, soundings, plans, specifica tions, and estimates of cost, absolute ly essential to so great an undertak ing; that it is being rushed through re gardless of the best interests of those who shall pay for it, that it expressly j " -.1.1.-1 j. .l. :e .i:c tne select TOithVinlflQ the snprifip relief that mav i t. i ..v,i. tu u-,nA from He 11CCUCU ami nuugill 01 uiv uonya v. the law and courts, save for. such en try and appeal as the Commission it self may want and demand to justi fy it3-own procedure; that the final sums named in the bill as the total cost of the work, $800,000, is merely j,cpnjectural and visionary and not? based upon figures attained after exact and rational inquiry, and that the pro ject as it is outlined, is liable to cost twice that sum before its last impulse for debt and damage is laid; that it does not give time enough for public deliberation, approval and acquies cense, and is being so handled in this regard as to amount to tacit challenge to all opposition, public and private; that all customary precedent has been waived and all preliminary requisites abandoned, until the people shall have committed themselves to the huge debt and devisement and are then barred from all legal recourse in the courts of the land, a condition at once hazardous, ambiguous and untenable by any community, even one better able to face and bear such an incon gruous burden. FINALLY: THE MORNING AS TORIAN, AS THE OLDEST, AND LEADING, NEWSPAPER OF THIS CITY AND SECTION, IS PRIMAR ILY, HONESTLY, AND WHOLLY IN FAVOR OF A SEAWALL, BE LIEVING IT TO BE ESSENTIAL; VITAL, AND THE CARDINAL CIVIC IMPROVEMENT OF CITY AND PORT: BUT , WE INSIST THAT IT. MUST BE WORKED OUT WITH DELIBERATION AND TECHNICAL SCRUTINY, AND THE ACCOMPANYING ACTUAL ITIES OF KNOWN LINEAGE, DIMENSION, PLAN, SPECIFICA TION AND COST BEFORE IT IS sion much more in accord with the accepted theory of what constitutes! the public interest in matters of the sort. That city has a Charter Committee of leading and responsible citizens named by a special committee of the Council for that purpose, con sisting of three Councilmen charged to select five men each, the Mayor having been made ex-officio chairman of the choosing committee; hence, the public was taken into consideration first, and conspicuously; while in the home instance, the mere fact that the local charter, surreptitiously, con- jveniently, or otherwise, provided for ion of a charter committee the ranks of the council, and that the majority of the Council was so chosen, does not in the least re move the unpopular idea that there was more or less of an "intent" in the case. It was too coarse to pass muster, and will have a negative influence upon every phase of the work done by these Councilmen in this relation. "All peo ple cannot be fooled all the time." The odor of chicane is in their nostrils and will reamin there until they have supervened in the direction and final ordaining of this high premise. The Japanese international exposi tion has been postponed five years, and at last a world's fair opening on time may be counted on if nothing happens. Mr. Bryan estimates that his vote this year will be 8,000,000. How many had he allotted to Vermont? The danger to President Diaz when he reaches the age of 80 in 1910 will not be chloroform, but a general de mand that he accept a sixth term. The Cubans are said to be fond of baseball. It may be assumed, there fore, that they know what follows two strikes in provisional government. COFFEE Good is so good and poor is so poor; have Schilling's Best tomorrow. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffeethe J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. GOOD WOOD. If yon want a good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY the WOOD DEALER, The man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. Phone Man 2191 Barn, Cor, 12tb and Duane. Good For Biliousness. "I took two of Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets last night, and I feel SO per cent better than I have for weeks, says T. T. Firestone, of Allegan, Mich. "They are certainly a fine article for biliousness." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists After ten years successful dealing with the Astoria public we have decided to close out our entire stock of . . . . . . . Furnit at coal price. This means that you can buy furniture at our store for what we had to pay for it Positive saving on everything sold. Don't wait, for now is the time to buy. We are selling wool carpets for 68c the yard, value 90c. Beautiful line of Art Squares at co& Beautiful line of felt and silk floss mattresses at cost. Iron Beds, Chairs, Tables, Rockers, Etc. at COST. We haven't the space to tell you about our bargains. We want you to call and see what we are offering. . No Store in Astoria Can Equal Our Prices ROBINSON FURNITURE STORE 590 Commercial Street For a Sprained Ankle. A sprained ankle may be cured in about one-third the time usually re quired, by applying Chamberlain's Palm Balm freely, and giving k abso lute rest. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. A Traveling Man's Experience. "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, a well known traveling man. "I was in the smok ing department with some other trav eling men when one of them went out into the coach and came back and said, 'There is a woman 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 (1 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 her hands, and in 20 minutes I gave her another dose. By this time we were almost into Le Grande, where I was to leave the train. I gave the 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 o every passenger in the car," For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Best Treatment For a Burn. If for no other reason, Chamber Iain's Salve should be kept in ever;' household on account of its great value in the treatment of burns. It allays the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a severe one, heals the parts without leaving a scar This salve is also unequaled for chap ped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price, 25 cents. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Don't be afraid to give Chamber lain's Cough Remedy to your chil dren. It contains no opium or other harmful drug. It always cures. For sale by Frank Hart and leading drug gists. Sunday Excursions to Long Beach. Steadier Nahcotta leaves O. R. & N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any poi t on North (Long) Beach. $1.00, Sunday's only For Sale. Twelve shares Northern Oyster companies stock, one hundred and thirty dollars (130) per share. Apply Imperial Restaurant. 8-9-tf The very best board to be obtained in the city is at xne Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. Your crocrr returoi your nooty U jrot don't like it: w. Day bim Save Money. From $1.50 to $2.00 saved by buy ing through tickets in Astoria. Tickets to all points in the United States and Europe now on sale at O. R. & N. dock. G. W. Roberts, agent. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. I) 1L We are closing out our stock of fine wall paper, all the Latest Designs and Patterns from I Oc up to $1.00 a roll ! WILL SELL UNTIL OCTOBER 10TH ONLY i At a 20 Per Cent Reduction I I If you arc looking for high class, goods at low prices. This is your opportunity. Eastern Painting & Decorating Co. Wall Paper, Paints, Oil and Glass 365 Commercial - - - - Phone 3821 Main !
