THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908.
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1. ft il. CONGRESS
CONVENES AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL NEXT WEEK FOR
! THREE-DAY SITTING,
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IMPORTANT MEETING
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Four Thousand Delegate Expected
There and an Immense Business
Program to be Disposed of.
The fact that sot less than 4,000
delegates are expected to attend the
fifth session of the National Rivera
is. and Harbors Congress, to conrene
it at Washington on December 9 and
ti eoBtiauing throughout the two loc
al ceeding days, Is a complete evidence
in f At deep interest taken in the vi
n fed question of waterway improve
ment. The expectation is not only
I based upon the membership of the
' Congress membership constantly
growing but upon the official noti
as f cations from Governors of States,
edjjjyori of cities, Presidents and Sec-
teUries of agricultural, industrial,
n eommercial, financial and ' trade or
,st ganizations and on notifications from
focal associations organized for the
e - advancement of the cause of water
' way tnmprovement,
inl The Ohio Valley Improvement As
'al is one of the earliest assoda
owtions, and one of the strongest as it
was one of the earliest associations
: advocating waterway improvement,
' y'wiH be represented by not less than
,r 250 delegates, with the associations
. 1 for the improvement of other great
; waterways cordially uniting in the
,e work of the National Rivers and--St-Harbors
Congress because of its
and comprehensive platform
peA Policy; not a Project"
It is now fully recognized that wa
: ie terway improvement can only be ac
, ''tomplished by adhesion to that plat
Tof form of principles. A definite system
operations is required no less in
! i ' public works than it is in private en
he Jcpn'ses. There can be no success
s v jjwhere the parts of what should be
; Jiarmonioiis whole are made the sub
ject of appropriations by no means
adequate, with . the work dependent
: apon the willingness of Congress to
H ronsider the subject, and with the
H "(abject frequently postponed for the
-eason that it is considered merely
ocal in its intent and purpose. Ap
Coropriations have been dependent
ipon the influence of the particular
-epresenlative and always with the
Hiatal defect that the subject of wa-
erway improvement was not, until
he organization of the Na-tional Riv
Jrs and Harbors Congress, presett
ed in its proper, light as national
nd not local in its intent and pur-
ose. r
Fortunately the question of water
way improvement is now considered
Torn the standpoint of its immeasur-
,ble and its national im&ortance.
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With the question mude a part of the
fixed and settled policy of the gov
ernmcnt; with annual appropriations
made in adequate amounts; with the
merit of the stream and the favorable
report of the Board of Engineers, U
S. A., determining the work and with
the work continuous, waterway im
provement will become an accom
plished factwhich', it never would
become under the old time plan of
sporadic appropriations, inadequate
in amount and with the work of im
aprovement dragging and delayed. It
is unnecessary to dilate upon the ad
vantages of waterway improvement.
Producer, shipper and receiver, con
fronted with freight congestions and
with admitted inability on the part
of present means of transportation
to handle the freight offered as it
should be handled, know the inesti
mable advantages that would come to
all classes and conditions of trade,
commerce and agriculture from the
improvement of waterways and the
great number of delegates to the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress
is Incontestible evidence of the know
ledge. It will undoubtedly be the
most important meeting of the ser
ies, with all sections of the country
alike interested ' and aiding In the
work of the Congress through which
alone, waterway improvement can be
brought about ' ! ' . j
ILWACO -
Mrs. W.A- Fowler, returned Tues
day from a few days' visit to Astoria.
Mr. and Mrs, E. T. Hawkins left
Wednesday for Astoria where they
will spend two or three days, and
they will probably visit Portland be
fore returning home.
William Scholta and Harold Rich
ardson left Wednesday for their home
in Rainier, Or, having finished their
work in the logging camp of Geo. A.
Mosher on Bear River.
Jerome Grable and family returned
the first of the week from Edmonds,
Wash., where they have been visiting
relatives for the past two months.
At the Republican caucus held on
Monday evening In the town hall,
the following ticket was nominated:
For mayor, W. P. Rowe, for one year
to fill an unexpired term; eouncilmen
for two years: Ham Williamson, and
Astor Al Seaborg; ! councilman for
one year, J. W. Jam; councilman
for one year to fill an unexpired
term, H. B. Woodruff; treasurer for
one year, C E. Kerlee. As this Is,
so. far, the only ticket In the field, It
will no doubt be elected.
Work was completed this week in
the logging camp of Geo. A. Mosher,
on Bear River, and the employees
departed for their homes. -' I
Mr. and Mrs. Personen of. North
Head and Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Ft
Canby, spent Wednesday in Ilwaco
visiting with friends.
Harry Whitcomb returned the first
of the week to his home in Brook
field, Or., after making his sisters,
Miss Whitcomb and Mrs. Seaborg
and family, a short visit
Daniel Markham returned recently
from the Naset, Wash., where he has
been engaged in fishing iti the past
season.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brumbach and
children, returned the first of the
week from South Bend, where Mr.
Brumbach spent several days on a
business trip, while Mrs. Brumbach
visited with various friends in that
city.
Bert Cory, a former resident of
this city, arrived Wednesday for a
short visit in Ilwaco.
Mr. H. E. Christenson and George
Lee, of Long Beach, carpenters and
contractors, are erecting a large com
modious boathouse at Fort Canby
for the U. S. Life Saving crew at that
station. When this building is fin
ished, it will be a structure that any
place may be proud of and will add
greatly to the attractiveness of Fort
Canby.
' Word was received this week from
Ben Wise, who has spent the past
month in Glendale, Oregon, on a
; business trip that he would return
home the latter part of the week.
T. V. Hammersley - of London was
in the city yesterday for a few hours,
and went back to Portland on the
evening train.
and Musical Instru-
Anti-Seawall Sentiment
Caught on. the. Streets
A reporter for the Morning Astor
ian took pains yesterday to note the
tone of utterances made on all sides
with regard to the proposed seawall,
without inviting any expressions
himself, by hint or inquiry, and the
following are among the most tren
chant and popular of the opinions,
unconsciously offered, but carefully
itcnuied: .
Said one man: "Municipal indebted
ness is to be governed somewhat by
the wme rules that individual indeb
tedness is:- If it will n;t yield an
income, it sho?il:l not be incurred.
There will be no income from a sea
wall; just dead expense, to be taken
out of the taxpayer without return."
Another sound citizen remarked:
"There are other things needed - in
Astoria, beside a seawall) Schools,
for instance. There are not now
teachers enough nor school-houses
enough. Are the people, especially
we owners of small homes in As
toria, going to see our children de
nied school facilities in order that a
seawall may be built? As I under
stand it, the school district is now in
debt nearly $90,000 and paying inter
est at the rate of $5000 per annum.
How much school tax will have to be
raised to pay the interest, the indeb
tedness, the running expenses of
schools, new teachers, and for new
buildings? Must we send our chil
dren into the world short on educa
tion?" A heavy taxpayer remarked: "They
tell me there was a deficit in the fire
department appropriations last year,
and this, also, and I presume taxes
will have to be raised; or, perhaps
the fire service may be cut down,
in order to secure a seawall!"
A well known citizen expressed
himself thoughtfully, as follows: The
county is over $100,000 in debt, and
much money is needed in the next
two years to complete new roads.
Large taxes will be called for that
purpose. The problem with me is,
which shall be "postponed, the roads
which settle up the country and make
business, or the seawall which will do
neither?"
A well known lawyer and taxpay
er, said, in course of a discussion
with a friend who happened to be
contending for the seawall: The
State levies a tax; the county levies;
the city levies; the school district
levies; and if that seawall b.il should
pass, the Seawall Commission would
levy. Each of these departments of
government are separate and Inde
pendent, and would make their levies
without any regard whatever to the
levies made by the others. There is
THE GIRL AND CHRISTMAS.
We seldom stop A think, during
the mad rush of business that goes
on till the stroke of twelve on Christ
mas Eve, how terrible becomes the
strain on men and women who have
to cater to the wants of the public.
The story of the girl behind the
counter has been told and re-told;
whether her lot grows easier or not
I do not know but there are others.
Last year I bought something of a
young woman who runs an arts and
craft shop.
"You look tired, I said.
"Tired! Oh, I am not tired; for ,
get to bed at midnight now. Next
week I shall not be so lucky. If peo
ple would only shop a little earlier in
the month! And if they would only
buy what I have on hand instead of
giving orders that are nearly dupli
cates! Here is a bowl; to-night I
have to paint another just like it, ex
cept that a line of yellow goes where
now a touch of blue runs through the
flower wreath. I have a book-slide to
I must leave out a few acorns. If wo
Imust leave out a few acorns. If wo
men could realize the toil, the loss of
sleep, and the nerve wear, they would
be more merciful. A man is entirely
different. He takes what he likes or
goes without. Long before Christmas
comes the holiday means nothing to
me but respite from all-night toil.
While others are making merry, I
luxuriate in one long, unbroken, bles
sed sleep."
Then, how many women take
thought of the overworked market
man and his helpers? During the
hurry of Christmas gift-making there
is little chance to plan the feast, -so
marketing becomes an afterthought.
It h the same in the village, the town
and the city; every dealer will tell
you the same story. During the last
two days before Christmas come such
an avalanche of orders for supplies
which could just as well have been
laid in weeks before that men toiled
all night, while horses and drivers
drop from sheer exhaustion. It is not
that women are cruel; they simply do
not think.
Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month
no board of review in the case, any
where; and the total is hard to
imagine.' The proeawiill-ite had
heard of.
no answer ready; not that anyone
A big landowner in this neighbor
hood spoke as follows: "How can
manufactories, which employ labor,
stand for the Astoria tax, as It is?
Will any more of them come here,
when they can go to Warrenton, or
to Seaside, or other places, to build,
and so escape the Astoria tax?"
A citizen intimately related to the
water interests of the city, said:
"The water department, which now
costs from $25,000 to $30,000 per an
num, is about to Incur an additional
indebtedness of from $200,000 to
$300,000, with an increase of from
ten to fifteen-thousand dollars a year;
and It may become necessary to in
crease the water rates. To me, as
to all men, water is a necessity; we
cannot live without. We can all live
without the seawall, for some years
to come."
One of the best posted men in this
city, who has long been associated
with her public agencies and Inter
ests, talked as follows upon this in
teresting theme: "Under the pres
ent seawall bill bonds, without limit,
can be issued for filling In the tide
flats. Who Is to pay them? If the
lots will not sell for as much as
the tax. the city is to take the lots
for the amount of the assessment.
Who will pay the tax then? The
city has now taken in ahont 1000
lots which would not bring the
amount of street tax against them.
Who is paying that tax? Is it the
general taxpayer? Another bunch of
lots, taxed beyond their value, will
be taken over next year. These dis
posals ol property not only take
from the owners their property but
force the general taxpayer to pay
more taxes, and to pay money which
it was not contemplated he should
pay. Every lot so wiped out reduces
the assessable property of the city.
Does the taxpayer wish to pay for
delinquent tide-flat taxes also?"
This was the trend all day long.
These expressions could be strung
out interminably, and the name of
the speakers given for them alt; but
as this was a still-hunt, and the men
asserting themselves quite uncon-1
scious of the notes being taken, their
names are withheld under the cour
tesy requisite in such cases. The sea-1
wall bill is doomed for this time,
and the time and the conditions
thereof ,are propitious for the doom-
ing.
WOMAN IN CANNIBALAND.
Miss Annie Ker tells some grue
some stories in the Wide World Mag
azine for December anent her exper
ience in a land peopled with cannibals.
"The village of Wedau," she says,
"where I disenmbarked, had been,
not many years before, the scene of
frequent cannibal feasts, and I have
many photographs which illustrate
the methods by which hapless cap
tives were carried off the fields n
the bad old days, to be afterwards
cooked and eaten. The victim, some
times only stunned or wounded was
lashed by the hands and feet to a
stout pole, which was borne on men's
shoulders through the village. Some
times several of thes unhappy wretch
es were captured at a time, and the
treatment they recivd before being
mercifully killed was cruel to a de
gress. Samuea Algeri, a Wedanan
Christian, once related to me inci
dents of great barbarity which had
taken place in the village in connec
tion with the slaughter of a man ta
ken prisoner by the , villagers. The
poor wretch asked in vain for water
to drink, and was stoned and other
wise tormented for a considerable
time before being given the coup de
grace. This was customary," It fs in
teresting to learn from Miss Ker'a
article that girls as well as boys learn
cooking in Wedau at a very early
age
. NAME MEANS SOMETHING.
When A. E. Petersen built and
named the "Modern'' barber shop, he
meant that it should stand for what
it was called. No patron has missed
a single feature pf the modern ton
sorial parlor rt that house; and every
nr device in the way of perfect
commi t and service is constantly add
ed as it develops. The latest is ' an
expert, bootblack, the best in the
business; a qualification tl4 wakes
his employment really "odern.
AN EXPLOSION.
Excitement was in tense in the lo
cal room of the St. Louis Republic,
An explosion had been heard appar
ently only two or three blocks away,
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How About Your
Suit and Overcoat ?
Have you made up your mind what you are going to wear ?
Before you buy you
up-to-date clothiers and furnishers and find out the latest style In
men's clothing. We will be glad to show you through our fine
stock, where you will have an opportunity to become acquainted
with the latest novelties in men's wearing apparel.
We not only have the most up-to-date store in the city but we
also carry the finest stock to be had in our line. Our prices are
right and we will sell you an all-wool suit of clothes for from
$7.50 to $40.00. While we sell the bet clothing in the city we
also have a fine line of Suits at the following prices $7.50, $10.00
$12.50 and $15.00. ;
We also wish to call special attention to our . holiday goods
which are arriving daily- Fine Neckwear, Gloves, Hats, Bath
Robes, Smoking Jackets, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Sweater
Coats, fine Bags and Suit Gases. Come early and get you Xmas
presents while you have a large assortment to pick from.
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The Woolen Mill Store.
and one of the best reporters on the
staff had been sent out to investigate.
Presently the resporter sauntered
back in a most unconcerned manner.
"Well, what was it? asked the city
editor. . i
"Oh, nothing but a Globe-Democrat
reporter falling down on an as
signment," was the reply. Ex. '
WOMEN ON THE FARM.
Should Flee The Cities And Try
County Life.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3. "If woman
would be treated as an equal, receive
the same consideration as men, the
same recompense for their time, they
must flee the city, where even pro
fessional men regard them and. their
talents as inferior, and take up the
attractive vocation of livestock farm
ing and agriculture" was the key-note
of an address given yesterday at the
Chicago Woman's Club by Mrs. Vir
ginia Meredith, of Cambridge City,
Ind., who believes that livestock rais
ing and scientific agriculture are an
outlet for mental energy. .
"Women find livestock farming
peculiarly attractive" said Mrs. Mere
dith, "because the open market is the
arbiter of values a comely short
horn, a tidy southdown, a fine horse
these, like a bushel of wheat or a
ton of hay, sell on their merits, with
never a suggestion that the price
should be discounted because they are
grown on a farm owned and man
aged by a woman a discount relent
lessly enforced when women com
pete in factories, stores, schoolrooms
or elsewhere."
BEES IN THE CITY,
In Chicago Some 300 Bui tess Men
Have Their Hives.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3. The Chicago
Northwestern Bee Keepers' Associa
tion is holding its annual meeting
here. It developed that the keeping of
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bees is not always associated with
the pastoral scenes as is commonly
supposed. Within the confines of
Chicago some 300 business men and
women spend their leisure looking
after beehives and handling the honey
which they produce.
Secretary Herman H. Moore of
Park Ridge explained that queen
bees were valued at about $10 each.
Mr .Moore said there are more than
35,000 bee keepers in the United
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS
Marbour and Finlayson Salmon Twines and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines "
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Sharpies Cream Separators
Raecolith Flooring Starrett's Tools
Hardware, Groceries,! Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods,
Paints, Oils and Class
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seh Web
We Want Your Trade
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States. About 1,000 ol these art to
cated in Cook county and 300 la the
city of Chicago.
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