THE MORNING A5TOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON, . SUNDAY, 8EPT. 13
Established 1873.
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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.
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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.
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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
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