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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1908)
i I 1 t I .ts ti o li Established 1B73. V Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. BELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mat!, per year .... By came-, per month -"- " " WEEKLY By mail, per year, in advance Entered a aecond-clate matter July 30, 1905, the poatofficn at At toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March J. 1879. n,A.r w the trliverinv of The or place of business may be made by Any irregularity in delivery khould of publication. TELEPHONE THE1WEATHER' Oregon, Washington and Idaho Rain. .-,. ' LOCAL RATE PREVAILS. It is very evident, from the broad application being made by the rail ways of the Northwest of the prin ciple, that they intend to compel the operation of the local rate on lumber wherever the shippers will stand it They are doing this over on Gray's Harbor, at Aberdeen and other points, just to see. how far the propo sition will carry, and when it has been swallowed long enough and often enough, it will be established upon the precedent set for it by the complacency of tne miners ana swp- oers. whose aury u is io resisi- wic encroachment the very first time it " is imposed. The terminal rate on lumber should apply to the coast terminals every- where, as absolutely as it applies to Centralia or to Portland; lumber from Seaside, Warrenton, Astoria, After-!jone . deen, Raymond, Hoqmam, should ont j, the clean and capable set take the flat terminal rate, and notj0f men whose abilities are at their go out at the inboard terminal rate 1 service, t(,e Republican nominees on plus the local carriage from the', he municipal ticket, then Astoria is coast It is one of the shifty ways j indeed undone. There are 14 days in the company's have of setting up j wj,ich to think this thing over, and their rates, and when it becomes an we believe the consideration given it, accepted practice, run them into the I w;n result in a rousing and resistless tariff schedules as an organic feature majority for that course- of relief. .thereof The danger is manifest and j should be guarded against by every j With real property here, well im- outlying community on the upper ; proved, owned by responsible peo coast or the old and bitter fight ! pie, and discounted on the home will be on again and the trade suffer ! market as adequate guaranty for ra from the unjust and reactionary pro-jtional loans at Astoria banks, it were cess. Fight back, the instant the j time the owner got down to the local rate is demanded, and fight j business of saving that property from hard, and the surreptitious cnarge will be abandoned. A STRAIGHT PROPOSITION. "For Heaven's sake, Mr. Editor, tell me of what avail it is to own real estate in this city, when one cannot borrow a single dollar upon it, be cause of the public charges that lie against it, and are likely to be im posed against it?" This is the question that was put to us yesterday by one of the oldest, and most respectable, citizens in As toria; a man of probity and property, who was seeking money wherewith to relieve certain realty of his from the very hurden the banker dis counted, a street assessment that exceeded the actual market value of the improved property in question, and which was denied upon the furth-' er hypothesis that no man knew when another assessment might be levied against the same place. This is no fancy nor fake sketch; it is a literal fact, taken from out of hundreds of similar facts, and goes to prove that the endless and reck less system of street improvement and the abnormal taxation prevalent Wye All this week beginning this afternoon iTHE GREAT TRAVIOLAS EXPERT HOOPROLLERS AND NOVELTY JUGGLERS Also "Roses Bring' Sweet Dreams of -You" ADMISSION 10c. ..$7.00 .60 ASTORIAN. ..$1.50 Moraine Astorian to either residence postal .card or through telephone. be immediately reported to the office 1 i MAIN 66V hcre has simply dispossessed the best properties in the city of all consid eration as adequate surety for the rational use of money by its owners. A condition that tells, in startling terms, of the folly and incapacity provements at the mourn ot tne wo and incompetency, that have pre- j lumbia River, and just how much vailed in the administration of our J . m . i. tA. t h . n,r in fir i' y"8; . . . ' . . mis ts tne stamp ana tenor oune complaint of the property owner in, ,13(VI A I W I Sift . vi , , sides; the people are awake at last to the peril in which they stand. Aj government founded on the basic principle of fatuous exploitation and the traffic-loyalty of a grojp of con tractors and the men they control at the polls, without any regard for the genuine business element involved in the system, nor the rights of those wh0 are ,ne payers ot all public charges, at last, the owners of 'the real and personal properties of tj,e cjty js destined to go up against ;ts "Waterloo" sometime, and if the public conscience, now thoroughly aroused to the evil that has been foe, BOt devise its own way further spoliation. If a man seeks to be a political pillar in a city like Astoria, he must take the political flings wherewith his opponents delight to assault his eminence, with grim silence, or tacit good-nature, or he will imperil the dignity of his high post and suffer a shrinkage in his mantel of authority. With a million-dollar seawall, and a million-dollar council, both crea tions of Hon. A. M. Smith, candidate for the mayoralty, and supreme spokesman for the Democratic party, of Astoria, there will be an exodus from this city that will make thi very State stare, shortly after the 9th of December. The man who was present at the late "Citizens' " convention, in this city, who has the nerve to justify and defend that shamelss pre-concert of manipulation, that guileful and evilly-ordained trap for civic suckers, is entitled to a Congress-medal for monumental bravery. This is the best fight ever known in Astoria for the saloonman to stay out of. AT MISS FRANCIS GRAY and a feature film "Heart of O yama" THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. AST0H17-. OttKGON. JETTY CCN Wd UP-TO-DATE SOME INTERESTING FIGURES ON AMOUNTS EXPENDED AND TO BE SPENT. REQUIRES TWO MORE YEARS A Very Interesting Report as to Ex penditures and Work Done at the Mouth of the olurabia and Channel to Portland. Now that Congress is about to open again it is a matter of interest and importance especially to Astor ians, to know just how much money has been expended on the jetty im nM. been expended on the improve- . . r ... ..u ...... -i hr t., to Portland. . ludin- the recommendations . . Gcnera, w u Msf. shall, Chief of Engineers, U. 5. A., the cost of the first jetty project, that of 18S4, modified in 1893 and completed in 1S95, and appropria tions yet to be expended for the jetties, amounts to $7,500,244, as set forth in the following table: Cost of 1884-1893 project ...$2,000,000 River and harbor act of The political line-up is complete now. The Republicans have, each and all, their distinct opponent in the Democratic camp, and the battle is on for all there is in it; and let it not be forgotten, tor an instant there is going to be plenty in it for some people; more than any re election will ever be compensation for. December 9th next is going to be a cold day tor Astoria ucinocrais colder even than was November 3rd and that was pretty chilly itself! "Bad Blood" shows itself in a muddy com plexion, pimples, blurred eye Bight, loss of weight, and gen eral debility. ' "Bad blood" is impoverished blood too poor and thin to furnish nourishment to the flesh, nerves and vital organs. by their beneficial action on the system will purify the blood and upbuild the bodily and mental vigor. Beecham's Pills begin aright by correcting the digestion and establishing regularity of the bowels. They increase the health making elements that enrich the blood and give tone and vigor. Beecham's Pills are best for poor blood as they cleanse it thoroughly and Carry off Impurities b boxei will, full direction 10c tad 2 Sc. Singing SEA fS FREE. eechantt 500,000 Sundry civil act of Marth 3. IW 1,000,000 River and harbor act ot March 3, 1905 WKM Special act of April 2i, 1906 Sundry civil act of June 30, 1906 , 300.HKI River ami harbor act of March 2, 1907 300,000 River and harbor act of March 2. 1907 750,244 River ami harbor act o( March 2. 1907 (pledged and yet to be appropri ated) 1.700.000 Recommended appropriation by chief of curiums for 1908-9 short session 450,000 Total'. $7,50O,:44 The money expended and appro- nnatid for t he improvement Ol me 1 . .i. . hannel from Portland to the sea, has been $4,6?W33."0 of which $2,- 208.607.92 was expended or appro priated by the U. S. Government and $2,465,125 78 was expended by the Port of Portland, as set forth in the subjoined table; By the U. S. Government: Prior" to the adoption of any project $ 221,780.46 Project of 1877 to secure a channel of 20 feet and modified in 1S1 to secure a channel of 25 feet, dredging 1,080,874. '.1 Project of June 13. 1902, to secure a 25-foot channel expended to 1907 40S.953.35 March 2, 1907, appropri ation . . . joo.ooo.ro Recommended by chief of engineers for 1908-9 short session 200,000.00 Total . $2.208,7. Total by the United States Gov- $208,607.92 of Portland (from to September 30, ernmcnt By the Port February, 1891, 1907): Dikes in Columbia river.. $282,229.45 Dikes in Willamette .. 85,858.79 Dredging equipment 311,627.78 Drydock plant 363.788.45 Drydock betterment 7,61962 Dredging 806,72583 Drydock operating ex penses 46,513.9a Interest and bond dis count 407.503 24 Redemption f bonds 120,000.00 Office and engineering ex penses 33.2s8.67 Thus it will be seen that the cost of maintaining a channel from the mouth of the river to Portland, with out any element of permanency what ever, has been 4-7 of the total amount of money expended on the jetty construction work which has now been golns on for 24 years. As for the channel from Portland to the sea, the engineers reports claim a depth of 22 feet, although work, mostly dredging, has been under way to secure that depth since 1877, or for a period of 31 years. During this span of a generation the engineers reports add, that "the increase in depth since the commencement of improvement is about 8 feet over a good navigable width of channel,." So far no permanent works have been constructed under the project for the improvements of the channel from Portland to the Sea. In fact, the only improvements that hjve been made in the way of maintaining a channel by annual dredging. The March 2nd, 1907, apprapriation of $500,000 was for the construction and operation of a dredge which will be used in this channel-deepening work. This dredge has now been comple ted and named the Clatsop. It cost $234,500 delivered at Newport News. Virginia. The Clatsop will take the place of the Ladd and willbe used in carrying out the purposes of the pro ject for the deepening of the channel between Portland and the sea, adop ted June 13th, 1902. It has been an nounced that the Clatsop will "be brought round the horn next month and if it arrives safely will be ready for operation about the first of .the year. he work recently has consisted in dredging with the U. S. Dredge Ladd in the lower portion of the estuary and intermittently with the 30-inch dredge of the Port of Portland in the upper reaches. Although the engineers report shows that the ruling depth between Portland and the sea is about 22 feet at low water it is added that "the dredging of the last year has main tained the depth heretofore realized and there has been no time during the year when a vessel could not safely load to the draft'of 24 feet. The Dredge Ladd is near her end as to state of hull and machinery but (Continued on page 6) Watched Fifteen Years. "For fifteen years I have watched the working of Bucklen's Arnica Salve; and it has never failed to cure any sore, boil, ulcer or burn to which it was applied. It has saved us many a doctor bill," says A. F. Hardy, of East Wilton, Maine. 25c at Charles Rogers & Son's drug store. June U, WOJ. LETTER FROM Could Not .Obtain Relief Catarrh Until he Had Used Hyomel From Here is a simple, Interesting and sincere letter from a rugged pioneer of "49. who braved the dncrs and hardships of the overland trail to California. Surely the sincerity ' of this letter should surety appeal to tlfosc who desire to escape the bond age in which they w now held by that ruthless and most .powerful wrecker of health ami happiness: Catarrh. Santa Jose, Cl May S. 1908. Booth's Hyomel Co., Buffalo, N. Y.j Dear Sirs-Some year ago I was afflicted with catarrh, and tried number of remedies, but received no relief, 1 was lold by a friend who had been using your Hyomel, and thought 1 would receive a great bene fit and perhaps cure, t purchased ait outfit, and before I had used the bottle I noted a marked relief. .! I used it (or a month or so, and thought I was cured, and atoppti using it for year or so. Thought 1 was getting catarrh again, and start ed using it again, and I keep it In the house and use it every morning once a day, and keep myself clear of ca tarrh. 1 consider it the best catarrh medicine that Is used. I have often recommended it to my friends I am 81 years old. I came to Cali fornia In 1849, and of course am not as vigorous as I was 58 years ago. My address is 841 Fourth street Yours truly. W. Mock. Hyomel (pronounced High-o-me) is guaranteed by T. F. Laurin not only for catarrh, but for grip, coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup of infants, asthma, and all diseases of the nose, throat and lungs. A com plete outfit, Including inhaler, costs only $1.00; extra bottles ot Hyomei if afterwards needed cost but SO cents. Ask T. F. Laurin about It. Colda and Croup in Children. "My little girl is subject to colds." says Mrs. Wm. H. Serlg, No. 41 Fifth St- Wheeling. W. V. "Last winter she bad severe spell and terrible cough but I cured her with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with out the aid of a doctor, and my little boy has been prevented many times from having the croup by the timely use of this syrup." This remedy is for sale by FrJnk Hart and leading druggist. ' AMUSEMENTS. Astoria Theatre One Night Only Thursday, Nov. 26 Elmer Walter's Ever Popular Comedy Drama A MILLIONAIRE TRAMP The greatest tramp play ever written. Once seen never forgotten Funny Comedians, Sweet Singers, and very clever Specialties. Prices; 25, 50, 75, $1 AstoriaTheatre F. M. Hanlin, Lessee and Manager Sunday, Nov. 29 Joe Weber's Big Musical Girl Play P HID With the Germans of quality Rice and Cody Merriest of all musical plays, direct from New York A host of College boys and Girls Prices, $1.50, 1.00,75c,50c,25c mFlIlM!WIllF w m.. U i w nun n 3 b u h - m m u i ba n Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. T.P.LAUREN OWL DRUG STORE. Subscriptionset Cut Rates " Our Catalogue of Our UHJU Catalogue of "Cut Rates on Magazines" is now ready and being mailed at the rate of 500 a day Get your name in for one FRKE Mailed on request Will save from 14 to 12 .cu magazinesLet us figure your list, WHITMAN'S SEE THE SHOW S.UU. I !'.!!" SCOW BAY BRASS I ' AHTOItIA, OltKUOII Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Enpineen, Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention given to til repair lltb and Franklin Ave. work. Tel Main Ml w.i.Mmu.. ii n i nil on mini iii 111 p win ii m 1 'iinin" Fisher Brothers Company SOLE ACENTI Marbour and Flnlayaon Salmon Twines am) Netting , McCormlck Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Houghs Sharplei Cream Separator ' Raecolith Flooring Starrett's Tools Hardware, Groceries,; Ship Chandlery , Tan Bark, Blue Stone. Muriatic Add, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Bras Goods, Paints, Oils and Clast -Fishermen's Pur Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seln Web WclWoitt Your Trade FISHER BROS. BOND STREET r'i if ' ' i im ...ijm '. j-i.umiiu.PWJM-i jmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm FINANCIAL.. First national Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS SI m Jacob Kami W. F. McGrecor G.;C. Pavei. J. VV. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital $10000 Surplus 25,000 Stockholders' Liability 100,000 r.HTAItlIMIIKI) IMmt, J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S232.CC0 ' Transact Central Banking Business Interest Paid oa Tim Depo '. . Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Duana St. Astoria, Oregon SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideration." Sherman Transler Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Track and FstraJtsn Wagons Piano Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street -' Main Pan V I 1 Jrtfc-y l;.KcViVl'.lJro I First-Class Liquors and Cigars Corner Commercial and 14th. MMMfHnHMM4WWlMiMMMIM EEL&sEWART : A T ... 6- V -f Electrical Phone Main 3881 . WKONKSDAY, NOVP.MflER 21 BOOK STORE WINDOW J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier FRANK PATTON, CasbJer J 11 mil C02 Commercial ttrt ASTORIA, OREGON t Contractors . . . 426 Bond Street Cures Bactnei 1 Corrects ' ' Irreflularltlca Do not risk havirtj Bright's Di8eaw or Diabetes