TIIK MOHMMG AATOIUAX. .ASTOUIA,. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
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THE WEATHER
. Oregon Fair and continued warm
Washington Fair , and continued
warm except possibly showers along
the coast.
issue.
defined;
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING.
Many people in this city, who
know that the public records of As
toria contain one of the best anti
gambling ordinances in the municipal
books of the State of Oregon, are
wondering why the police department
of Astoria is at any loss as to its
duty in the handling of the offense;
and some of the conclusions are not
of the kindliet sort. A careful read
ing of Ordinance No. 1784, on page
107, of the Charter and Ordinances of
the City of Astoria, must convince
the most dense and obdurate citizen,
that the plea that the city has no
right nor authority in this important
premise, is but begging an
most clearly and accurately
and hasten the judgment, that the
well trained police officers of As
toria are but obeying orders from
"above." '
This is the common, the accepted
theory, throughout the city; and can
be heard on the merest suggestion in
this behalf; therefore, the officers,
chief included, must not be blamed if
they take the fiat from those pre
sumed to guide and sponsor their ac
tions. It is not a pleasant conclusion)
but it is inevitable.
The time is at hand when the
change of dictum must be made, and
the only way to make it is to oust
the Police Commission, as a legal
entity, and let the "people, through
Mayor and Council, control the de
partment so long and palpably mis
directed in this behalf. Or, make the
chieftancy of the police elective and
hold that officer personally respon
sible for the acts of his subordinates
as they shall be named by him.
Then it may not be necessary to hag
gle about who's who, and what's
what, with all authority frittered
away in "hot air," as is the case now,
and not alone in the police depart
ment, either!
no time for "court-made law," and his
interpretations were so just and true
in their relation to all interests that
he never was reversed by a higher
court. ,
Mr. Taft's old-fashioned notion that
the duty of courts is to interpret and
enforce the law, not to make it, will
reach straight to the intelligence of
thoughtful citizens everywhere. An
appeal to the hard common sense of
the people on such an issue was never
made in vain and never will be.
MR. TAFT AS A JUDGE.
Now and then, in public utterance
or private expression, William "How
ard Taft discloses a stubborn adher
ence to certain old-fashioned nota
tions which is bound to engage the
attention of intelligent voters of both
parties in all sections. The other day
August 29 in a speech at Athens,
Ohio, he declared thaf the function of
the judge on the bench was to ad
minister the law, not to make it.
"When I am a judge on the bench,"
he continued, "in so far as I can I
decide cases according to the law and
the facts, no matter whom it hurts,
because I believe that to be my sworn
duty."
There is something refreshing in
this old-fashioned view of the real
duty of the , judiciary. It has been
consistently maintained by William
Howard Taft. In his varied service
as prosecuting officer, as Solicitor
General of the United States, as a
judge of the United States Courts, as
Governor of the Philippines, and as
Secretary of War, he has had the ad
vantage of a wider range of official
duties than any of his contemporaries.
The record shows that in every re
sponsibility of those important offices
he was not only faithful but efficient,
prompt, impartial and true to him-,
self and the government. His temp
erament, experience, training and
personal inclination would, if unre
strained, call him back to the judic
iary. As he said in a recent address:
"Next to the sacred joys ot my
family life, the sweetest memories I
possess are those of my service on
the bench." '
As a judge Mr. Taft stood for the
law as made by the law-making pow
erthe .people themselves.. He had
NOT GUILTY, AS CHARGED.
Because an immense contingent of
the Astoria tax-paying citizenry will
not break its bones nor bruise its
flesh falling over itself to subscribe to
and vote for the new seawall proposi
tion as it has been handed out to
them by the committee in charge
(the Council committee), is no sign
that it does not want the improve
ment; and the passing of the days
with the current argument of the
issue indicates that they will have
none of it in its present status. No
sensible community ever yet took
over a million-dollar obligation with
out first knowing far more of the de
tails, the plans, the scope, the cost
and the responsibility of the enter
prise, than they have been permitted
to know in this case.
Astoria is not guilty of negation
nor of lack of interest in this project,
and that the sentiment of the city is
against the methods proposed is a fiat
sign that the people are , clearly
awake to the careless and half-baked
conditions that mark it as it comes
from the Council committee. No
public work, involving a million or
more of money may be assumed with
out a chance to estimate the range
and cost of it before the people vote
upon it; anything short of an exact
understanding and specific calculation
on all points of such an improvement,
is like ''buying a pig in a poke"; and
people may be excused if they hesi
tate long, and even refuse, before
they commit themselves and poster
ity, to the scheme.
It must come some day; every man
here knows that; and if the matter
had been premised with a proper
provision for the ascertainment of
the extent, route, character, plan and
cost of the work before the cinch of
a million-dollar obligation was thrust
upon them, the plans of the Council-
Charter Committee would not have
mis-carried. There are other phases
of doubt inherent in the project as it
has been submitted, arid it -will take
time and better analysis to make the
thing acceptable to this public, as it
should. .
Best Treatment For a Burn,
tf for no other reason, Chamber
lain's Salve should, be kept in every
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 tearing 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.
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 J. J. Firestone, of
Allegan, Mich. . "They are certainly a
fine article for biliousness." For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists
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COFFEE
Why do we drink so
much poor coffee?
Because good coffee is
so good.
Ynr (Tcr return, ronr mow H r (oat
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PALTRY FIGURES.
Army Officer Under Felonious Charge
of Appropriating Funds.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29,-Charged
with fraudently, feloniously convert
ing to his own use $709.61, of the
funds of the Fiftieth Company of
Coast Artillery, Lieut; W. W. Bal
lard, Jr. is on trial before a court
martial in the army building. Other
charges of offences unbecoming an
officer v and a gentleman are being
heard at the same time. Lieut. Bal
lurd was the commanding officer of
the Fiftieth Company. Coast Artil
lery, stationed at Fort Wadsworth
rnd had control of the funds of the
company. - -
According to a statement made by
one of the army officials the young
lieutenant failed some , time ago to
pass an examination for promotion
and from that time on has been ne
glecting his duty. Butchers and
grocer testified that they had been
unable to collect bills aggregating
$606, which the company owed them
I ! t .
ucur. uauaru entered the service
from Civil life in 1900. He conies
from Virginia and is M years of age
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when tho stomach is out of
order, Food disagrees, head
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two of
A Traveling Man's Experience,
"I must tell you my experience on
an east bound O. R. & N R. R. traia
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 untc
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
neverxtravel 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
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 ot every passenger
in the car." For sale by Frank Hart
and leading druggists.
AN ENGLISH PROBLEM.
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sick conditions that affect the
digestive organs. A reliable
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dyspepsia ' heartburn, acid
stomach, constipation and bil
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act promptly, and restore
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few doses, as needed, and
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consequence the young lady is mak
ing a lonely journey from Shanghai,
China, to her Chicago home, where
her grandmother and her brothers re
side. Miss Jensch arrived on the
Korea and started east last night in
charge of two passengers whose ac
quaintance she made on the voyage.
She explained that homesickness
and a deire- to see her brothers had
compelled her parents, who had ar
ranged for an extended stay in the
Orient, to send her home on the
Korea, while they will follow on the
Siberia.
CHAS. V. BROWN
The Family Shoe Store Man
Subscribe to The Morning Astorian.
60 cents per month.
Dealing With the "Unemployed at the
Great Centers of Activity.
LONDON, Sept. 29 -The prob
lem of- dealing with the unemployed
in the great centers of population
throughout the United Kingdom is
being seriously considered by the
government authorities, all of whom
agree that the number of persons
out of work will be greater the com
ing winter tnan m many years De-
fore. The estimate has been made
of the employed in London but a
census taken by the newspapers of
provincial cities shows alarming num
bers. ' , '
The conditions at Glasgow are
probably worse than in most of the
other cities, there being 22,000 men
now seeking work at that place.
Sunderland has 13,000 unemployed,
Birmingham 10,000, Liverpool 14,000,
Manchester 8,000 and other cities
from 1,000 to 5,000 each. These
figures do not include the great army
strikers in the Lancashire cotton
trade. Distress funds are now being
raised throughout the country.
HOME FROM SHANGHAI.
Chicago Girl Couldn't Stand It in the
Flowery Kingdom.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29,-The
orient contained no such fascination
for, ten year old Emily Jensch as the
young lady found in recollections tf
that dear Chicago, Illinois, and in
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
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First National Ml
At Astoria, in the State of Oregon,
at the close of business, September
23, 1908.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $465,686.12
Overdrafts, secured and un- -
secured 3,517.04
U. S. Bonds to secure, cir
culation ., 40,000.00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 1,200.00
Bonds, securities, etc 55,430.00
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents)... 78,390.32
Due from State Banks and
Bankers 13225.16
Due from approved reserve
agents 177,732.16
Checks and other cash
items ................... 426.78
Notes of other National
Banks .1. ....... 1,495.00
Nickels and cents 'f 317.25'
Lawful money reserve in' r
bank, viz:
Specie ... .,.$203,000.00
Legal-tender notes 715.00 203,715.00
Redemption fund wkh U.
S. Treasurer (5per cent
of ' circulation) 2,000.00
Due from U. S. Treasurer,
other than 5 per cent re
demption fund 350.00
Total ....... $1,043,485.43
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock pain in .,...$100,000.00
Surplus fund 25,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid.. 25,058.94
National Bank notes out
standing 40,000.00
Due to State Banks and
Bankers 981.02
Individual deposits subject
to check $682,707,70. .
Demand certificates of de
posit 169,477.09
Certified , Checks . . .260.68 852,445.47
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS
Marbour and Finlayion Salmon Twines and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Sharpies Cream Separators '
Raecolith Flooring - Storrc it's Tools ; !
Hardware, Groceries,iShip
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods,
h Paints, Oils and Class rt ; ?
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FISHER BROS.
Total ..,...$1,043,485.43
State of Oregon, County of Clat
sop, ss.:
I, S. S. Gordon, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is trde to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 26th day .of September, 1908.
V. BOELLING,
, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
G. C. FLAVEL,
w. f, McGregor,
-; JACOB KAMM, ,
, t ,. , Directors.
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Statement called by the State Bank Examiner, September 23, 1908,
' (Condensed)
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Loans and securities...... $107,182.95 Capital au.uw.uu
Furniture and fixtures..... 4,421.46 Undivided profits .. 4,358.25
Expense account 1,279.41
Available funds: -
Due from banks... $15,533.47 .. ' .
Cash in vault.. ..$16,887.82 32,421.29 Deposits . . .............. yu,y40.eo
Total . ...$145,305.11
Total ; $145,305.11
J. M. ANDERSON,
- Cashier ; . - '
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ASTORIA, OREGON.
Open for business Oct 1st for sale
of Stamps, Newspapers wrappers
etc, registration of letters and sale
of money orders.
lITLIiiin BOOK STORE
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Only Air Rail Route to Portland and all Eastern points. Two
daily trains. Steamship tickets via all Ocean Lines at Lowest Rates.
For rates, steamship and sleeping-car reservations, call on or address
G. B. JOHNSON, Oen'I Agent
12th St. near Commercial St
ASTORIA, OREGON.
John Fox. Pres. . V.L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings B-rc, Trtas.
. neison iroyer, vice-rres. ana supi.
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ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND "MANUFACTURERS
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED v . '..
Canning MacWneryMarine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. :
Correspondence Solicited. :; .. ; : ; Foot of Fourth Street"
SCOf BAY BRASS & IRON NUB
ASTOUIA, OKEGON
Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers,
Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention given to all repair
18th and Franklin Ave. , work. Tel Main 2461
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Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Corner Eleventh and Commercial
ASTORIA, - " OREGON