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ONE WEEK MORE.
At the end of one week from this
publication of the Astorian, the peo
ple of this city will have decided?
for two years to come, the personnel
of their municipal staff, and with it,
the nature of the administrative ser
vice they are to have for that time.
The questions are no small ones, nor
lightly to be disposed of. The near
approach of the hour for decision ac
centuates 'the gravity of the situation
and compels honest and earnest
thought on the part of every man in
Astoria with a home to save, a busi
ness to build, and a future to prepare
for.
The "Citizens' administration, after
long years of unchecked power, has
yielded nothing to the city save such
ordinary improvement as the nor
mal progress of the place demanded,
topped by a local debt that would af
fright any community in the world;
and it is baldly asking for re-election
while it is as badly committed to a
program of "improvement that will
triple the staggering debt it has built
already.
This is no time to depend upon
nor cater to mere personality, this
week of thought and preparation; it
is a season for passing upon the
scheme of government that is to en
sue here; the helpful, sensible, prac
tical, business-like salvation of the
town from further exploitation and
financial peril: This is the crucial
consideration of the hour. If Astoria
is to make her one last sacrifice to
the stupidity and cupidity of the sys
tem that has all but wrecked her,
then there is no use wasting time in
thought and study and effort to re
trieve and secure the city; but if there
is knowledgeable thought and appre
ciation of the criticaV state she is in,
financially, then there will be a rad
ical change wrought and a new staff
of men charged with the big task of
redemption. If ever Astorians did
consecutive, honest, interested think
ing for the sake of their city and its
future, now is the time to go at it
and to keep it up till the last ballot
is dropped on Wednesday next
MUNICIPAL STERILIZATION.
There is an able professional wo
man in Clatsop county, honored and
respected in all circles, who has ad
vanced the intensely practical idea
of sterilization of the incapables and
perverts of humanity for the good of
the race. The innovation will, of
course, be very radical, but it will al
so be very effective, and good effects
are what we are after these days.
Apropos of this organic and origi
nal means to a given and appreci
able, end, we people of Astoria might
be as courageous and sensible as this
AT&THE
BAKERONSANl
Coming Sunday Matinee
I Petie
Something funny Come and langh with us
One of the Comedy Acts of the Season.
Miss Francis Gray
in Pictorial Songs .
Admission 10c.
THE J. S. DELUNGER CO.
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$1.50
excellent woman physician, and pol- prohibition, which may ie
itically sterilise this community and! suspended in any county by three
.. . . . i fifth vote, if a maionty in both
sea isrnninr ,t srrninni iu iiic
root of our administrative blunders
and burdens, and oust the last man
responsible for them; make a clean
sweep of the incapables, (and of the
nerverts. if any there be) and send
up a set of men known to be actuat
ed by the straight and simple ideals
of business and fair-dealing. And do
this without any sentimental 'flub
dub" or clinging to fool traditions
built up in favor of the delinquents
during the past 12 pr IS years.
To sterilise, means to render any
thing that it bad, or hurtful or dan
gerous, entirely barren of power or
faculty for further evil, hurt or hat
ard and the term and its significance
are peculiarly applicable to. the civic
mess in which this city finds itself
throueh the instrumentality ' of the
'Citizens' party and its hopelessly in
competent representatives. Let's ster
ilize 'em, once for all, and do tne
plainest duty that ever confronted
us.
It wont Lurt them much, and it
will save the community an infinitude
of anxiety and loss and trouble. The
process is very simple; anybody can
nerform the duty: it Is done by sim
ply casting an affirmative ballot for
Samuel Elmore and the Republican
candidates on Wednesday next! Try
it out!.
When vou pick up your ballot next
Wednesday and read this, among the
proposed charter amendments. "To
Provide for a Sanitary and Reclama
tion Commission," dont be deceived
t . t l: : K- 1,11 o mnlnvrfi
to disguise the real meaning of the
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provision; that stands for the Smith-
Seawall, and you want to vote .NU
as emphatically as the Lord will let
you!.
It cost the taxpayers of Astoria
$383 for the Smith-Seawall bill; and
the $100 paid for the drafting of the
Port of Astoria bill, (an equally im
portant fdb.ic provision) was paid
for privately through the Chamber
of Commerce, by the public-spirit ;J
group beh:nd all honest initiatives.
This demonstrates Jhe difference b;
tween exploitation and business!
The city hall does not operate as
an asset azainst the sum of extrava
gance the 'Citizens' administration is
responsible for. That was paid for bv
cash achieved from the sale of o'ner
municipal property and a straight
away levy 'rr the purpose. Anybiy
ran get tHt gs for cash!. And if the
'Citizens' 5:ad been as careful to piy
for tvery'hmg they got, and stood
for, as they were in the matter of Me
city hall, thty would not be as ur.-pcp-lar
as they are nowl.
40 FEET OF SALT WATER.
What the State of Oregon n'eed.
just now and more than anything on
her calendar of essentials, is 40 feet
of good salt water on the Columbia
bar. With that attained, and main-
i
Seats Free
tained, the opening up of the wntei
ways of the Columbia bsm wit'
quickly follow.
With the vessel in the river, live
way to the inland port will be found
readily enough, howsoever far up
the stream it may be. And no man
cares where the ship shall go. so lout,
as it comes, primarily, to the Colum
bia. This is the thing that we Colum
,.,.$7.00hians; and Oregonians must go after.
Once the anchors are dropped on the
j hither side of Cape Disappointment
(and Point Adams the unerring ami
j inviolable laws of commerce will die-
I ... h muni of earvoinir and suimlv
tii; means to reach it.
Eight feet more on the Columbia
bar and the trick is turned.
Governor Sheldon, who was re
elected in Nebraska, has announced
special session of the legislature to
be called soon and has asked the
members by wire to support a bill o
houses pledge themselves. At the late
state election the liquor interests
combined to beat Sheldon for re-elec
tion. Ex. , . .
Oklahoma's corporation commis
sion has taken a crack at express
rates and promulgated an order re
ducing them by 35 per cent in some
instances and from that point down.
Other states might follow this exam
ple to the great and just advantage
of their merchants and others who
are well nigh forced to use express
service in the shipment of a variety
of things. Topcka State Journal.
Kansas is, all right. Xot alright, but
all right. There are no poor in Kan
sas. There are only about nine un
fortunates in the Montgomery coun
ty poor house and they are njore
properly hospital subjects. Down in
Chautauqua county they are to vote
soon on the question of selling the
poor farm. So" much for a state that
does not pauperize its citizens
through the sale of bad whiskey.
Independence Register.
Irving Avenue will be the Water
loo of the 'Citizens' party yet, if i
dont quit sliding!. As it is, it is the
rankest example ever furnished of
that party's incorrigible incompeten
cy in civic management!.
With promises as frail as the pro-
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b.pKi.1 rt.rr1l.t
the Citizens ad
ministration has captured, appropri
ated, and disposed of, the municipal
pie of Astoria, and the pie is still un
paid for!..
The good Lord gave Astoria every
thing conceiveable in the way of a
perfect harbor; and we shall be mak
ing mighty poor use of it if we fail
to protect and maintain it is an or
ganic port under the law!.
The Smith-Seawall bill is in a som
nolent attitude, and it will never
awaken until the City of Astoria has
redeemed herself from the mas and
i mcss 0f ,c.j,t which alone tand
j the way of a seawall here
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THE M0IIN)"G ASTUKLVN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
REPUBLICAN TICKET
Mayor
l X SAMUEL ELMORE
Auditor and Police Judge
14 X Ol.OF ANDERSON' .. ..
Treasurer ' .
15 X THOMAS DEALY
City Attorney
16 X CHAS. 11 AUERCROM nil
Superintendent of Streets
17 X J. F. KEARNEY
Surveyor
19 X A. S. TEE
Police Commissioner
21 X R. CARRUT HERS
Water Commissioner at Large '
23 X J. E. FERGUSON s
Councilman 'at Large
X II. r. TKAl-.l.
FIRST WARD.
Water Commissioner 1st Ward
30 X ASMUS BRIX
8 Year Term
31 X FRAN'S KANKKON'EN'
4 Year lerm
Councilman First Ward
27 X CHARLES WILSON
4 Year Term
28 X F. J. CARNEY
2 Year Term
SECOND WARD.
Water Commissioner 2nd Ward
31 X F. A. FISHER
8 Year Tern
33 X H. G. VAN DUSEN
4 Year Term
Councilman 2nd Ward
28 X CHRIS SCHMIDT
4 Year Term
29 X C. J. CURTIS
2 Year Term
THIRD WARD.
Water Commissioner 3rd Ward
30 X GUST HOLMES
8 Year Term
32 X JAMES W WELCH
4 Year Term
Councilman 3rd Ward
27 X C. A. LEIN'EN'WEBER
4 Year Term
29 X J. J. ROBINSON
2 Year Term
FOURTH WARD.
Water Commissioner 4th Ward
31 X MAXWELL YOUNG
8 Year Term
Councilman 4th Ward
27 X L O. BELLAS D
4 Year Term
29 X P. L. STANGLUND
2 Year Term
Mrs. McRanev'i Exoerience.
Mrs. M. McRaney. Prentiss, Miss.,
writes: "I was confined to my be1
for three months with kidney and
bladder trouble, and was treated by
two physicians but failed to get re
lief. No human tongue can tell how
1 suffered, and I had given up hope
of ever getting well until I began
taking Foley's Remedy. After tak
ing two bottles I felt like a new per
son, and feel it my duty to tell suf
fering women what Foley's Kidney
in j Remedy did for me." T. F. Lau
rin, Owl Drug Store.
Tor Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
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The
General Demand
of the Wen-Informed of the World has
always boon for a simple,, pleasant and
effleieot liquid laxative ronmly of known
value; a tamtive which phytichtnt could
sanetton for family use because its torn-
pontnt parta are known te thm to be
wholwome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and fnnfo, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that dwaaud with iu ex-
ct-Uont combination of Syrup of Fig and
Pair of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
fo. tiroeeeds along ethical line and reliw
on the merit of the laxative for Its remark
able succom.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna Is given
the preference by the Well-Informed
To l iu beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Call'
foruia Fig Syrup Co., only, an1 w sale
by all leadini driggta Price fifty cetiU
per bottle.
CHICKEN TIMES
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENING
HOME-MADS, 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.
The Cornelius
The House of Welcome"
Corner Park and Alder
PORTLAND, OREGON
A hotel where the North
west people will find a hearty
welcome and receive
Courteous Treatment
at moderate prices.
Our free Omnibus meets
all trains.
Under management of N. K. Clarke
C W. CORNELIUS, Proprietor.
AMUSEMENTS.
..Astoria Theatre..
Thurs. tod Friday
Evenings
Dec. 3 and 4
The Conric Opera
H.M.S.
PINAFORE
Martin E. Robinson,Director
Benefit of Astoria High
School
Sung and Acted
IN COSTUME
by
50 Leading Singers of As
toria 50
Prices, 25c, 50c and 75c
Seats at box office
AstoriaTheatre
P. M. Hanlin, Lessee and Manager
One Night Only
SUNDAY, DEC. 6
The Theatrical Sensation
of the Season
htuc nruii
Management, The Blunkall
Co. ,
Special Scenery Strong
Cast.
The Dramatic Treat of the
Season.
Prices, 25, 50, 75, $1
A Few Suggestions For Xma:
Ladles' and Genls' Watches,
Fancy Hathroom Fixtures,
Fancy tamps, ,
Xmas Candles,
linnquet tandles,
Thermometers,
Revolvers ami Air Rifles,
Fishing Tsckle,
Carpet Sweepers,
Bread Makers,
Meat Choppers,
Cake Mixers,
Boys' Wagons,
j o'Cioek Tea Kettles,
Tea Sets,
Alrohol Stoves,
Fancy Basket, of all kinds
Thermo Bottle, '
Flash Lights, ,
Corn Rasors, ' -Watch
Charms,
A large assortment of the
FOARD a STOKES
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Commencing December 1st
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WHITMAN'S
You want the best money can boy in food, clothing, home comforts,
pleasures, etc, why not ia edueatloaf 11 ' ' ' . . ,
Portland's Leading Business College f ,
offers such to yon snd at no greater cost than an Inferior school
Owners practical teachers More Call thaa w can fill
Teachcri actual business men la sessloa the entirt rmt
Positions guaranteed graduates Catalogue "A" for Im . Wag
M. WALKER, Prea. O. A. BOSSFF'-N, lecjr.
FINANCIAL.
First National Bank of Astoria
DIRECTORS c:
Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor GC. Bwavel
J. W. Ladd S.S. Gordon
Capital ........$100,000
Surplus 25,000
Stockholders' Liability .100,000
t-'MTAItl.tMllKI) IMWk
J. Q.X BOWLBY, President j. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashief
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Cashier
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $232000
Transacts a General Banking Business . Interest Paid on Tim Depot r
Four Per Cent. Per Annum
Eleventh and Duane Sit. ... Astoria, Oregon
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ASTORIA, OREGON
OUR MOTTOl "Safety Supercedes All Other Considerstloek." ' i
Sherman Transfer Co.
HENRY SHERMAN, Manager.
Hacks, Carriages BsgKBge Checked and Transferred Tracks and F smite"
i, . Wagons-Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. , ; y
4J3 Commercial Street i Meln Phona W 2
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First-CIass Liquors audi Cigars
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SCOW BAY BRASS & IRON PRP
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Iron and Br ana Founder 8, , Land and Marine Engineers.
Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery , ' Prompt attention given to all repair
, 18th and Franklin Ave. 1 work. Tel. Main 2461
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, ISO.
l'ucket Knlvesl
Tablo Knives,
Carving Knives,
I'lated Ware,
Table Cutlery,
Nut Ticks and Cracks,
Chafing Dishes,
Coffee Percolators,
Rasors and Rssor Sets,
Seizors and Shears,
SclMor in Cases,
Manicure Set,
Serving Trays, t t
CrumU Sets, "
Fancy Talile Cutlery,
Perry Spoons,
Gravy Ladles,
( Pocket Traveling Flasks,
Shaving Mugs, j k i
Shaving brushes,1
Watch Chains,
above will be found at
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