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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1908
THE MOBNJNG ASTORLAN. ASTORIA, OllKGON.
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About the only thing left for
the. Uncle. Adlal E. Stevenson to do
i, to join a golf club.
Thanks should be included to the
drought for holding off until the bit
crop of 1908 were made.
China's 400,000,tXX) will be glnd to
learn that the president elect in the
United States is known as the great
pacificator.
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THE WEATHER
Oregon. WasbingtoB and Idaho
Generally fair.
YOUR SAY, MR. TAXPAYER.
We people, and newspapers, and
candidates, and partisans, and semi-
political champions, and opponents,
may have a good deal to say in rela
tion to the coming city election, but.
at last, it is up to yon, Mr. Taxpayer,
to say who, and what, shall be put
Into office and administrative effect,
and none of as may gainsay yonr
decision for an Instant i You are the
ones to declare whether Astoria shall
atop at one million of public indeb
tedness, begin retrenching, and re
Tert to wholesome business methods
or whether she shall take on ths
second million and proceed with the
ruinous program of non-essentials
and the blasting cost thereof!
There are enough of yon, the Lord
knows, to "take the bit in your
mouth" and qualify the entire situa
tion; save yourselves from farther
involvement and financial stress,
quite irrespective of party lines and
party prejudices and the game is
yours either way you desire to play
it As your agents and representa
tives and friends, the above-named
string of interlopers, and advocates,
are doing what they think is best for
you, but you know your own busi
ness best; and if you think the City
of Astoria and you who pay her
bills, can stand for a few years more
of trimming down on realty value
and another million or two of public
charges without enhancing the com
mercial and industrial tip-lift of the
place, why, it is tip to you to give
impulse and sanction to the scheme.
Of course, we boosters are doing
the regulation stunt of advising
and posting you and keeping you in
touch with the sentiment of the
hour, but you responsible, paying
people, do not have to listen to us.
You have the property right in your
own hands; it is yours to govern
as you please, to save or swamp or
hypothecate irredeemiably to the fu
ture of debt and interest, no matter
what we think about it. Yes, Mr.
Taxpayer, you are to have your way
on the 9th of next month. GO TO
ITI!
Mr. Rockefeller's autobiography
indicates tnat maicing a tonune ui
everal hundred millions i a job
singularly devoid f incident.
MINUS? OR PLUS?
About so often every organized
community is called upon to do a
sum in simple arithmetic. Astoria is
struggling with her little conundrum
of plus or minus, and must hand in
her answer on the 9th of December.
The arithmetical play . of "division"
goes on uninterruptedly, anyhow,
and has been for some time past;
about 10 years past
It is a plain question of adding
another million dollars to her public
obligations by the election of men
committed unreservedly to that pro
gram; or standing pat at the million
now lodged against her on the pub
lic records, and "attempting its reduc
tion by the due course of practical
business, by electing Samuel Elmore
and the Republican candidates set
up by the people here who believe
they have about all the burdens they
can stand in that line.
Our future is as preciously import
ant as our past ever was; and as well
worth saving, as the past was of
negation and debt and mis-rule.
Just why the city should be
chained down to the blunders (and
worse) of the past has not been sat
isfactorily explained to any of us, as
set, and we are curious to see the
answer that is to be given to the
"example" now being worked out by
the taxpayers of Astoria.
BAR AND RIVER.
One of te immense and living
issues of the day, and of the years to
come, is the opening of the great
Columbia Valley to the commerce
of the world by way of its own glor
ious river. We intend to take but
one ground in the premise, and that
is, for the creation, and endless
maintenance, of a deep commercial
channel from the sea-lines of the
Columbia bar to the uttermost in
land reach of the great stream. To
us, this is the only policy that can
redound to the greatest good of the
greatest number within the sphere
of the development that is sought
and which must come inevitably.
Naturally, we believe it is primar
ily essential to get the ships within
the river, and that therefore the bar
is the first and supreme element of
consideration and effort For a 100
foot channel from here to the Snake
would be of mighty little avail if the
sea-barrier met it with a paltry 30
feet With 40 or SO feet on the bar,
maintained steadily by jetty and
dredge there would follow a cam
paign for those depths in the river
from a thousand points in the huge
territory to be served.
Nor do we believe that the State
of Oregon, the Port of Portland, nor
any other great local agency should
bear the brunt of the effort and cost
of opening and expanding this na
tional artery. It may need the sharp
lesson of a Pacific war to warn and
warm the government of the United
States in this behalf; and grateful as
we are for what millions have been
expended by Uncle Sam on the jet
ties and the upper-river, we insist
that he has but begun the system of
practical and devoted " interest that
the project demands at his hands as
one of the primest of the prime
things he is fathering.
Missouri will occupy a prominent
place in the inaugural parade of
March 4. Xo more of the Bourbon
eclipse for the most central of the
states.
In its attempt to shake up the
United States, Oklahoma has had
no better success than that of Sena
tor Jeff Davis of Arkansas in caus
ing the United State Senate to
t-r-r-emple on its foundations.
The Attantic Deeper Waterways
Association has been in session in
Baltimore in behalf of inside coast
channets. All the 46 states are now
pulilng for permanent deep channels.
Congress will hear a great deal about
the subject during the next year.
The apple growers of the States
of Oregon and Washington have
built up a large and profitable busi
ness by the most careful culture of
their orchards and the attractive
packng of the fruit for market. Last
year some of the apple producers of
the Northwest made money enough
out of the crop to pay for their
farms.
Tragedy Luckily Prevented.
What might have been a serious
tragedy was narrowly prevented tv
the confession of a young lady. One
of the sailors had become so enamor
ed of the captain's daughter that he
found life unbearable, and was about
to commit suicide, when the young
lady decided to brave her father's
anger and marry him in spite of all
opposition. It all ended happily, as
all comic operas do, and "Pinafore"
is no exception to the rule. Don't
fail to see it at the Astoria Theatre,
Thursday and Friday evening, Dec.
3rd and 4th.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Us Kind Yea Han Always Ec:fJ
Bears the .
Ciguatera of
AT THE
BAKERON
Coming Sunday Matinee
'etie..-Joeie
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i
Something fun'ay Coin e and lan'gtf'witli us ' !
; : One of the Comedy Acts of the. Season. ,, ,.
; Miss Francis Gray , V,
' in Pictorial Songs "
t Admission 10c.
- - Seats Free J
OUR EARLY STATESMEN.
anree'e Expansion Vi.we and Madi
son's Population Gucea.
Some of our early statesmen were
tot erpausloulsta. Washington was
pposed to assuming the ownership of
lh Mississippi river, and James Mon
roe when a member of the Virginia
nventlon In 17S8 argued n gainst the
idoptlon of the federal constitution for
feographlcal reasons. "Consider," be
laid, "the territory lying between the
ft.Uao.Uc ocean and the Mississippi.
Its extent far exceeds that of the
Serman empire. It Is larger than any
territory that ever was under any one
free government. It Is too extensive
to be governed but by a despotic mon
ircby." And this from the man who
thirty years later was elected president
jf the United States extended fur lc
fond the Mississippi and who became
the author of the IMonroe doctrine."
A year after the adoption of the con
itltutlon James Madison thought he
was making a bold guess "when he
wtimated that the" population of the
wuntry might, "In some years," dou
ble In number and reach 6,000,000. He
lived to see far beyond that. Tel It
Is true that for a number of years the
population waa largely confined to the
original thirteen colonies. In 1789,
when the constitution was adopted,
New York city had 33,000 inhabitants.
In 1817 It had 115,000, Philadelphia
112,000, Baltimore 65,000, Boston 10,
000, Providence 10,000, Hartford 8,000,
Pittsburg 7,000, Cincinnati 7,000 and
Bt. Loula 8.500. Chicago was but a
fort, and Indianapolis was an unbroken
wilderness. The country was not
rrowded yet Exchange. , i.
Pompeii and Herculanaum. ,
Pompeii was burled In ashes and was
easily dhilnterrcd, while Herculaneum
received the full force of the crimson
lava, which hardened rapidly to the
consistency of marble and must be
quarried In order to reach the city be
neath. Owing to this difficulty only a
small amount of excavating has been
done In Herculanaum as compared
with that whl'.'h ha taken place at
Pompeii. 1 In addition, another town
sprang up o;i the lava above flercu
laneum, v.hlch would have been en
dangwtd by the undermining neces
sary to exploration with pick and
shovel. New York American.
THE PRICE CF PEPPER.
t Helped e Chance the Hitter of tha
Old World.
lt the elxtivnt'i cvntury nil the pep
or consumed tit Kuitlaml was bought
r the Kujjllsli 'tuerehnntH from the
MWh, who Intwght It from India.
wljt to raolnl Joultuiny, the Dutch
.radora ttt i:m miwtl the cost from
$ tltllHiiga to 0 BhltliutM per pound.
Hits petty display of 111 feeling caused
Mnldtrahl annoyance- to the Kngllxu
jicrr-naiita and aroused In them thai
iVIItig of Independence which has al
ways bevii so characteristic of our
They determined to Import their pe-
per direct from India lu tlielf owu
ships and for thta purpose formed a
Mtmpany,. Vailed tb litivemur aud
Company uf Merc hunts of t.ouhm
Trading to the Knat Indies, which
In hitter days Ucam eventually
known as tie Kast India company.
Their first voyrgosi embroiled them
!n almost Innumerable Quarrels With
the IHitch aud Portuguese, aud for a
time the venture proved fluamtal
failure. It was not until 1015 that
the company' became successful and
obtained lucrative treaties, Offing to
their decisively defeating the Portu
guese. Prom this time ou their powewiloiia
gradually Wereasod, slowly at first
and then very rapidly, uutll, by the
wise aud beneltclal management of
such meu as Cllve. Warren flastlngs
aud Cornwallla, they exercised sover
eignty over the. greater portion of In
dia. In this mauuer It happened that an
Increase In the price of pepper momen
tously affected the history of man-klnd.-Lomlnu
Standard.
About Due.
A' country woman residing near the
town of fcllro, thinking her husband
was rather lute In coming home on
Saturday with hi pay, went to the
police office 'to Inquire. If he was there
"Is Pat here" slid asked.
"No," replied the constable, "but 'Hit
down. We're expecting him every min
ute." London Oplnlca. ' ;
When Bill Took Hla Oiscnaif.
The Powder Manufacturer-Fancy
old Bill of all people going luto the
gunpowder shed with a lighted candle.
I should have thought that that would
be the last thing he'd do.
The Workman - Which, properly
cpeaklu', It were, slr.-Sketch.
Knew What to Expect
Walter flow will you turn yonr
steak, sir?
Guest-Have you the same steak yon
had last week?
Walter-Yea. air.
Guest-Then I'll probably have It
burned. Boston Post
yvupj tgs
Elixirsf8erina
Gets fientlyyet prompt
ly on me boweUcleanses
me system ejjectually.
assists one in overcoming
Habitual constipation
permanently. To get its
beneficial ejects buy
tke genuine.
nanulacturcd by the
CALIFORNIA
jacSxHijpCo.
SOLD BIT HADING DRUCGiSTS-KMBOTTU
O A WOMAN'S WORK
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VnfiiNi am! wnman'a wnrV AT&
ki.,.i li.n-.i miwliiiwi! tlin DTundrst
ronwdy for woman's Ills tlurt Uie
n-ni'M haa ever Known.
Ia tha good old-fuahloned dayt of
our granuiMouters uiev nunm wu
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease &nd mitigate suffering.
Tt, Ttwiliina nn nnr eaurn
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Pttitna ti-,lnv ran nrrwlurtt MM1M arid
ft ... 4 W J " -' w "
ncrbg ior every- wimcni, ewu iuo
dweases that baffle the most skilled
physicians, who have spent yers in
tha at ad v of druea.
Vnn, tha wmll onil VlArVi at tha
fl..l,t T,-,ll V llnVhnm more than
uviu y m ..
thirty yeain ago gave to the women
01 uie worm a renioay iur vwu ihj-
Miilitt f Ilia TtAM
clous than any combination of drugs.
Lydia Kv nnkham's Vegetable
Compound Is now recognized as ths
standard remedy for woman's Ills.
Mrs. Berlha Muff, of 615 N.C. BK,
Louisiana, Mo, writes:
M Complete restoration to health
means so mnon to ma iur tu.
of other suffering women I am wuung
"For twelve years I had been suffer
l. l,k tl.a wnrat trmmn1 frmkls tilt.
During that time I bad eleven different
physicians wltliout neip. ro tongue
tu T ,iffrft unit at tlmea 1
UU V- ' ' " ' " " " - - "I -
could hanlly walk. About two years
t . .. rr. Pnl,lim for futvliw
I followed It, and can truly aay that
L.yuia Cm l IUKuama rguw.uio wih
Mr. lMnkhaiua advice re-
atored health and strenith. It I
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women.
What I.vdia E. Plnkham's Yens
table Coniiun(t did for Mrs. Mull,
It wuTdo for ouuir sunuruig woiucil
CHICKEN TAMALES
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND .
SATURDAY EVENING
HOME-MADE, and of the choicest
ingredients; put up under supervis
ion that guarantees their perfect
freedom from all deleterious matter.
MRS. F. WOOLLEY
284 Tenth Street
Between Exchange and Franklin.
Watched Fifteen Years,
"For fifteen years I have watched
the working of Bucklcn'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
Pat Wiltnn. Maine. 25c at Charles
IT'S A GOOD THING TO REFER
to the reputation of a store before
making" any important purchases
therein. Before you buy is the time
to look up the matter. Ask questions.
Find out if the store you intend pa
tronizing keeps its pledges. Be sure
that you learn if it sells the qualities
it claims; if it treats ts customers
honestly and fairly, then, if satisfied,
buy there. Do all the asking you
wish about us among your - friends,
and that you will result in your com
fng here regularly.
Come in and see our $125 Kitchen
Range.
Foard l Win Mm
"THE BIG STORE."
AMUSEMENTS.
AstoriaTheatre
F. M. Hanlin, Lessee and Manager
Sunday, Nov. 29
Joe Weber's Big Musical
Girl Play
D 1
I
Only All Rail Route to Portland and sit Eastern Fulnti. Two
daily trains. Steamship tickets vis sll Ocean Unti st Loweat Rts.
For rates, steamship snd sleeping ear reservation, tall on or Address
i f
O. B. JOHNSON, OeiVI Agent?
J 2th St, near Commercial St.
ASTORIA, OREOOM.
BWsamxfciiJauL. -tu. jist .xu "t-'i'W
FINANCIAL
rse . . i n I r ft i .
urst national uanK oi nswia
DIRECTORS'
Jacob Kamm W.F. McGregor u..u. avbu
J, VV. IADD 15. O. OOKDUN
CapitAl ,........$100,000
Surplus 23,000 3 i
StockholdcVs1 Liability 100,000
KHTAMUSHKn 18ml,
With the Germans of quality
Rice and Cody
Merriest of all musical plays,
- direct from New York
A host of College b y and
Girls
Prices. $1.50, 1.00,75c.50c,25c
..Astoria Theatre..
Thurs. and Friday
Evenings
Dec. 3 and 4
The Comic Opera
H.M.S.
PINAFORE
Martin K. Robinson,Director
Benefit cf Astoria High .
, School ,
' Sung and Acted ;) ' '
' IN' COSTUME
" " by
50 Leading Singers' of' As
toria 50 " v' '
Prices, 25c, 50c and 75c
Seats at box office
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President J. W. GARNER Assistant Cashier
O. I. PETERSON, Vlce-Preaident FRANK PATTON, Csabler
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S232.C23
Tranucts a Oeneral Bankini Bushuss Intersst Paid oo Time Depoe'ti
Four Per Cent. Per Annum k
Eleventh and Duane Sis. Aatoria. Oregon
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAVINGS BANK
ASTORIA, OREGON
OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes AH Other ConatderstW
Shennan Transier Co.
HENRY IHKRMAM, Manager.
Hacks. Carriages-Baggage Checked and Tranalerred-Tmcka ts4 Farmltare
Wagooe-IHanoa Moved, Boaed and Shipped.
4M Commercial Street " - M.ta Pfcee
I
i THE TRENTON
First-Class Liquors and,Cigars
C03 Commercii) Street
Corner Commercial and 14th. ASTORIA. OREQON
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SCO!
M BRASS &
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WORKS
AHTOKIA. OltF.CON
Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers
Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinety, Prompt attention given to all repair
lth and Franklin Ave. work. TeL Main 24(11
STEEL & E WART
Electrical Contractors
Phone Main 3881 . . . . 426 Bond Street
John Fo. Pres.. F. L Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savlnn B'mt, Treai
Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
, ' DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS ! '
OF THE LATEST IMPROVED . . . , i '
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS SURNTfiHen..
Correspondence Solicited. . ", .' .-: Foot of Foaxth Street
TIDE TABLE FOR NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER, 1908.
High Watar. ' ATI
Data. f h.m.
SUNDATf.i,, 6:60
2 7:68
Tuosday .- 8 8:68
Wednesday i 9:47
ThurKday 610:83
Friday 6 11:17
Saturday .- 711: 67
HtJNDAT S 0:45
Monday 9 1:82
Tuesday , . lu 8:17
Wednesday 11 8:03
Thursday 13 1:61
Friday . 13 4:42
Saturday .,...,,..14 6:81
SUNDAY ' ......16 fl:24
Monday .'.,,;,. It 7:19
Tuesday .., 17 8:11
Wednesday IS 8:66
Thursday.,....;. 19 9:37
Friday ,,v 2010:18
Saturday ,.,...,21 10:69
SUNDAY 2211:84
Monlay .2.1 0:83
Tuesday ,.24 1:17
Wednesday 25 2:08
Thursday 20 2:60
Friday 27 8:88
Saturday 28 4:27
SUNDAY .... ..29 6:23
Monday 80 8:23
t.S
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7.9
8.3
8.9
9.3
8.0
7.7
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8.71
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8.6
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7.4
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h.m.
6:06
7:841
8:66
10:06
11:03
11:67:
128
1:11
1:47
2 : 2 r.l
3:05
8:47
4:36
6:87
6:48
8:04
9:12
10:10
11:00
11:48
12:09
12:46
1:24
2:05
2:60
8:42
4:43
6:58
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NOVEMBER, 1908.
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Date.
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Tuesday , , , ,
WodnoHday
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Friday ......
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iKalunlny SUNDAY'",.'..1.
1 Monday ;,,,,,,
TunHlay ,
Wednesday
iThurntey .
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Palurday
BUNDAYli.,,.,
Monday
Tuesday .'.V.'l.V
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iThuraday ......
'Friday
I Saturday
SUNDAY
Monday ,
AM.
h.m. I ft,
0.8
1.0
1.8
1.8
1.5
1.8
8.2
2.7
8.0
8.8
8.8
4.0
1.4
1.7
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.8
2.5
2.7
63 2.8'
(.11
8.8
8.6
8
8.7
h.m,
12:361
3: Oiil
8:21
4:13
6:06
6:64
6:40
7:22
8:05
8:46
9:27
10:08
10:63
11:89
12:25
1:42
2:88
8:32
4:20
6:02
6:42
6:20
6:68
7:87
8:18
9:02
9:60
10:42
11:88
12:84
oil
0.4
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