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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11 AMUSEMENTS. .Astoria Theatre. iKt"iJ1r"tS THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, ASTORIA,, OREGON. t-mj-.WU.il; "V. " ." " " m Established 1573. Published Daily Except Monday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year By carrie, per month : - WEEKLY ASTORIAN. ' " . By mail, per year, in advance. llt.. ..... ..$1.30 ' ' Entered' as second-class matter July 30, 1905,' a the postofike at As toria, Oregon, under, the act of Congress o March 3, 1B79. , . , " 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 irregularis in delivery mouia TELEPHONE MAIN 31. THE WEATHER ' ! i ' ,a'W 1 u - Oregon Rain, tonight, cooler east portion; rain in west portion; south i erly winds. JUST A BIT TOO CLEVER. ' . The garish', howling attempt at ro mance in the Oregonian of Monday last dealing with the final hours of the trial of Michael Campbell for the murder of William ' McClellan at Cathlamet, Washington, and the al leged danger of reprisals confronting the defendant on his acquittal by the jury, out-Scotts Scott in his palmiest hours of story-telling anent the feu dal furies of "auld Iang syne." "It is so perfectly raw in its inspiration, so flippantly piquant and brilliantly col ored as to lose what merit of basic sincerity it may have ever possessed; so plainly and simply a plea to cover the paths and processes by .which the legal xlima was attained, - that , the whole country down this; way is laughing at it. Mr. Campbell was acquitted by a . jury of his peers. That ends the mat ter so far as he is concerned. But what of the State, the county, and court, . that could not " protect Mr. Campbell from the "anticipated" on slaught of his alleged enemies? How do they figure in this silly premise?. The law must, indeed, be in bad odor in Washington if it cannot be allow ed to operate for the protection of a man declared guiltless within its pur view. With the definite and long possessed knowledge, claimed by the . authors of this buncombe tale, and made the base for this blood-curdling and thrilling get-away at the suppos ed crisis, it was the duty of court and bar to invoke the presence of every legal expedient, within the constitu tional limitations of the State of Washington, including its military arm, and the enlistment of hundreds of deputies under Sheriff Flanders. Why were these precautions not taken?. ' The shallowness of the story be comes patent to all men who were in attendance at the trial when it is known, and remembered, that for the 100 hours, more or4ess, that the case was in progress, the court house, the streets, the hotel, the saloons, the wharves, the very boats going and coming, swarmed with scores of ..wit nesses in the case, for, and against, the defendant; that they were in touch publicly, as friends, acquaint ances, strangers, the attorneys, court officers, witnesses,-and visitors, ;meet ing frequently and pleasantly, and that, aside, from the logical comment inseperable from such an important issue; no word of threat; violencefor overt purpose was heard until , the sun had sunk on Satruday, seven hours before the verdict was handed 'intVcourf There was perfect J or diliness, and that peace-which goes with the dignity of the law when it is recognized as in full sway and its grave instrumentality being invoked. jThat was the, attitude oft the people of Cathlamet,"and of those summon ed there In that behalf; and that these conditions obtained' throughout' the whole affair, renders the flamboyant history imposed upon the Oregonian all the more ridiculous and ' sensa- tional :. ';- " ' "' ",; ; ' The story has detracted from the quality of justice that is supp&sed to hedge all verdicts, and will ' do 'the ' beneficiary of that verdict more harm than good; ( for, well-written as it was, it bears the stamp of prepared ness, of fore-casted use, of expedi ency and ulterior drift, that leaves it . coffee :;, You can buy something: called "coffee" at 10c lb. with "3000 miles of R R freight from the roaster ; don't'; '" : '".'''' Xtt-t riof-vt retnnil row Bwaif W f ' by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. "...".$7.00 ... .60 .. .... M imrneciateiy rcpuncu w u. barren of the effect sought. A TAX FOR PROGRESS. The proposition to tax the full community for the progressive work of that community, whether it be a State, City, County, or District, has a large measure of wisdom and justice to commend it; wisdom, in that the burden is the better disseminated and more equably, apportioned to those who are to pay the bill and receive the benefit; justice, in that it allows none to escape the burden of the improvment while realizing the largess of the enterprise. And beside, it saves the usual heart breaking task of collection, one of the inseparable evils of the present system; for there are those who subscribe generously, but who, by divergent ways, yet, al ways, impliedly Innocent, manage to escape the crisis of collection, either hi 'whole or in part. ' ? i We do not know the constittulonal phase of the proposed legislation to be asked for by our Clatsop represen tatives; but they are to put the propo sition up to the whole State by mak ing the new. law general in its terms and inviting the participation of all communities which may desire such a legal expedient to aid in their sev eral courses of development. It will be wached Wih wide Interest, and Its success will be an innovation as well as a matter of public congratulation. ARE WE LAW-ABIDING?. Are we Americans, we Oregonians, we Qatsopians, We Astorians, we people, generally and territorially, law-abiding?. Or do we despise the law and obey, it only because we have to; because we fear it more than we cherish it?. If the ordinarily good citizen will ask himself these ques tions and try to reach a solution of the most startling problem of the hour, he will do himself and his coun try a distinct service; for the start ling truth is forcing itself upon the conutry's conscience that we are not law-abiding, and the world abroadis ready to assure us of this and to prove it. In no land under the sun is the law more immensely in contempt than it is in America, if human judg ment be based upon the incredible and insistant attitude we assume in the annulling, profaning, and discred iting the law, common, statutory and constitutional!. This is a strong state ment but it were better made boldly, within the gates of our own habitat and range of responsibility, than to hear it from harsher sources outside. We have but one thing to do, as a peoplej-und that is to amend our own laches and strive for the fulfil ment of the law, great and small, as we urge it upon our legislators, or accept it from" thefr; hands. It is no matter of huge and conglomerate ac tion; it simply requires the best spirit and exercise of real citizenship; the true expression of civic fraternity as we have ordained it in. the govern mental sense. As it is, we are drift ing, and -consciously, near,, to a peril that not only destroys; but damns. It will probably turn out that the sound-money democrats didn't take rain checks when they left the party and didn't want them. , The number of idle railroad cars in the country is decreasing day by day. This signifies that the likeli hood of Bryan's election is doing likewise. Bryan's Western managers tell him a landslide is coming, but they are j liKt nana viuuii t fcv. un iw oiv I to one side. Mr. Bryan presents, a schedule of promises, while Mr. , Taft presents a record of performances. It will be easv for the sane voter tb choose between the two.. Democrats complain that tariff pro Jtection creates an endless surplus. No COYHlCHT IMLNtW YORK TIHtt COMMIT THE NORTH SIDE NEWS Mim I. M. WtUUmion. ol Ilmco, l the BecrcJUcd reprecnUtivt ot Tht Aitorlit tail wUI , taki ewa of til itemi of ocwS, order for lubicripUoo tod U kludl o( printtoi, . ILWACO A social dance was given Saturday evening in the Ilwaco opera house. This is the first dance Ilwaco has boasted of for two; or three months. As it was well attended and all re port a most enjoyable time, it is probable that there will be another in the near future, . Pete Williamson sold recently a large tract tf Spruce timber on Bear River to George L. Colwell of As toria. , t , . ., Miss Betty Fox of Ilwaco , is at present very ill with pneumonia and very little hope is intertained for her recovery. - '. . Vt Astor A. Seaborg returned the lat ter part of last week from a business trip to South Bend. W. A. Fowler left the first of the week for a few days business trip to Astoria. . , , .. . Harry Espeyrof Oysterville left recently for California," where he will spend the winter working on his gold mines. , t ,; ., , -n ... Bullington and wife of ,11 waco' left last week for South Bend and will make their home on i the Armstrong ranch between South Bend and Raymond. A. L. Gile, owner of the "Chicona Farm" near Chinook, has V of late been doing considerable experiment ing farming on some of his idle land. He is plowing about two and a half acres a day and planting it in dif ferent varieties of grass in order to test the land, and ascertain which is the most profitable. These experi ments will be of general benefits to all owners of tide lands. Ben Wise of Ilwaco returned Mon day morning from a week's visit. to Southern Oregon where he spent a tariff for revenue only. It is guar anted to create a Treasury deficit with neatness and dispatch or money refunded. HIS REASONS FOR TAFT. (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) , President McKinley said: "I am sending Taft to the Philippines be cause he is the broadest and most unselfishly brave man I know, and because he will carry the spirit of the Constitution of the United States in his very blood." Those rea sons, which have since been demon strated, are mine for supporting the same man for President of the United States. ' ; W W. Woodruff, West Chester, Pa., Sept. 25, 1908. SECRETARY ROOT ON DUTY. We must do bur part according to the measure of our wealth and pow er to promote the peace of the world, to encourage and to aid the weak, the i unfortunate and the undeveloped peoples of mankind along the path way of .civilization, and to spread throughout the world the ordered liberty and justice which' has been our heritage. Will tur any c hivrrfi t 1 f r?n f T. F. -'l-S7 SPIRIT OF short time with hi brother, Max Wise, a traveling ( talesman,.., who makes that part of Oregon. Mr. Wise stopped in Portland for a day or two. on his way down. , Ilwaco is to have a rew independ ent wharf. The people here are very '.enthusiastic over the project and over $2700 have already been raised towards the $3000 necessary for the complete construction of the whart The wharf will, be built. , from the beach, near the Ilwaco Mill, to the McGowan cannery,, which distance is about, 1400 feet. There will be a large and commodious warehouse built for the freight and also an office for the transaction of business. When this dock is completed there , will be no doubt a large boat put on the run between Ilwaco and Astoria in place of the two small ones that now serve the people. With active and capable citizens at the bead of this project, men who have Ilwaco's interests at heart, the people feel assured of ' a wharf that Ilwaco may well ; be p'roud of. h -ilf.H " " John R. Goulter, county, commis sioner, who has been in South Bend for the. past week, attending a "Good Roads Association" meeting returned the first of the week. H. W. Smith and his two sons, ac companied by Wesley Stout of Sea view, spent Saturday and Sunday in Bear. River, fishing, and picking ber ries. 'They caught about 15 nice sal mon trout, but report blackberries somewhat scarce. Rev. Morse ;o thc Presbyterian Church returned recently from a trip of over a week to EllcnsburgWash. ; 'H. Petit, wife and family, left a few days ago for Portland wher they will spend several days. While Mr. Petit is away, Mr. Schultz will have charge of his business here, George Lee of Scaview, carpenter and contractor, was a visitor to Il waco Monday. ' f , : The Infant boy of Mr. , and Mrs'. Axel Fox passed away very suddenly Sunday evening, death being due to a severe case of pneumonia. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Morse Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church. Interment wast in the Ilwaco cemetery. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Fox extend their sincerest sympathy in their hour of bereavement. ' The members of the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society begun practicing this week for a very novel intertain merit to be given in the Fraternity Hall on Halloween. . 1 Sunday evening the , baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. John Kino, succumbed to a very bad case of cramps, being due to some fruit eaten earlier in the day. The cjiild'l deatfi was yery sud den and unexpected. f ... ( . ' Mr. and Mrs., Bert Erwin of the Breakers left Monday fort Portland after a. short stay at the beach. , ,, r Miss Jennie Sankala, the , young lady clerk of the' Aberdeen Store is enjoying a vacation of a few days this week. , Mr. Gregory, who is connected of Kidney or Bladder "It'ne. No ry ?-:-v LAUREN OWL DRUG STORE. 1908? with the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company was in Ilwaco Tuesday interviewing J. A, Jlower ton, manager of their interests on the north side of the river. , t Mrs. Reese Williams of Chinook is a guest of Mr. and Mr. L D. Wil liams for a few days this week. Mrt. Cn E. Kerlee leaves . Tuesday afternoon for Astoria, where the will be joined by her titter, Mrt. J.' S. Jones of: Chinook. H':! 7 M Edward Woods,! the" electrician,, it doing tome, wprK on, the dynamo of the Ilwaco, 'Mill & Lumber Co. and in the' future this establifjment will be supplied with electric lightt thut avoiding closing at 5:30 p. m. Several traveling talesmen were in town Tuesday among them Mr, Fra sier and Debie Bolt.1. 7 l Why Cold Art Dangerous. Because you have contracted ordi nary cqldt and recovered, from them without treatment " of any kind, do not for a moment imagine that coldt are not dangerous. Everyone knowt that pneumonia and. chronic catarrh have their origin in a common cold. Consumption it not caused by a cold but the cold prepares the system for the reception and development of the germt that would not otherwise have found lodgment. It it the tame with all infectiout diseatet. Diph theria, scarlet fevef, measles and whooping cough are much more like ly to be contracted when the child has a cold. You will tee from thit that more real danger lurkt in a cold than !n any other of the common ail ments. The easiest and quickest way to cure a cold it to take Chamber lain't Cough Reemdy. The many re markable cures effected by thit prep aration have made it a ttaple article of trade over a large part of the world. For tale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. More 'Than Enough Is Too Much. To maintain health, a mature man or woman needt just enough food to repair the watte , and tupply energy and body heat. The habitual con sumption of more food than is neces sary for these purposes it the prime cause of ttomach troubles, rheuma tism and disorders of the kidneys. If troubled with indigestion,' revise your diet, let reason and not appetite con trol and take a few dotet of Cham berlain't Stomach and Liver Tlblets and you will toon be all right again. ;For tale by Frank Haft and leading druggists. i "Jot Chapped Skin. Chapped tkin whether on the hands or face may be. cured in one' night by applying Chamberlain's Salve. ' It it also unequailed for tore nipples, burnt and tcalds. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. , Fifty Yeart t Blacksmith,. Samuel R. Worley of Hixburg, Va., has been shoeing horses for more than 50 years. He tayt;, "Chamber lain't Pain Balm has given me great relief from lame back and rheuma tism. It it the best liniment I ever used." , For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. ,i , j Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. Curea Baclre, . I .. Corrects , Irregularities . On not risk havinf HnTht'8 Disease 1,1; re not :.;:, Jo rnrv - One Night Only Saturday, Oct. 17 The Famous Colored Organization Watkin's'o;! TonnqssQ6 Singers, In Southern Melodies, Comic Songs, Ballads, Ragtime and Classic Selections. V RARE, TREAT Prices 25c, 35c, 50c arid 75c .Astoria Theatre. Sunday; Oct. 13 The Klimt& Gazzolo Amuse ment Co. Present a Melo drama Out of the Ordinary The Rocky Mountain !SS Hnterestiug, Thrilling Actsjj 1 Sensational Climaxes 1 : ISIK-CllI-Pil Prices 25c, 85c, 50c and 75c THE GRAND THEATRE Commercial and Ninth Street, Tonight "When Our Ship Comet In" THE SALOON DANCE FEMALE TOLICE FORCE v A GOOD BOY NEW ARRIVALS SONG MOON DEAR . .. VIEWS OF CASCADE Thit Theatre is equipped with the latest and most improved electri cal. Machines. Don't fail to iee these pictures. entirechAnge of' Program monday, thursday and SATURDAY ADMISSION 10c, r Children Sc. I carry the best Loggers' Shoeo in town at the low est prices. '-''' My stock: of men's and boy's , shoes is unsurpassed for qua lity. Close buying and low expenses enable me to sell the best qualities at lowest prices. .... : ,.'.t'.ri!:f.-..,i;t; :jl;gpc'R . h - S. A. GlfdRE I'd Exnre 540 Bond Street' such charge can be made against a