THE MOKNW. ASTOltlAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
SUNDAY, DECKMBKR 27, I9Q8L
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WRONG COMMERCIAL POLICY.
Press despatches from all over the
East indicate that the great business
interests of the country are a unit oa
the policy of raising the existing tar
iffs of the country; and this in spite i
of the strong attitude taken by Pres
den-elect Taft for a thorough revision
of the schedules. This policy, if ad
hered to will sound the knell of the
Republican party four years hence
and leave it discredited and defeated
tinder conditions from which it will
not rally in many a long year. Never
were the people so eager and tnsistant
for tariff revision as they are now and
the Congress knows this better than
the general public because every man
with a seat in house or senate is there
with the broadest knowledge of the
temper of his constituency and will
hive no possible excuse for ignoring
the demand. '
The cost of living increases daily;
this is the touch-stone of public senti
ment on this grave question and the
vast ratios that exist between the
fabulous, freak fortunes of the day
and the wage-scales and scope of em
ployment, are too widely understood
to apeal longer to the tolerance of the
nation and when that tolerance breaks
there will be some very keen and ef
fectual retaliation and certainly a po
litical revulsion that cannot be mis
calculated nor misunderstood.
ASTORIA'S NEW YEAR.
If there is "no telling what a day
may bring forth," wht have we not
to hope for from the whole year of
1909? We have the invaluable exper
iences of a century of . our own to
serve us in the programing and work
of the one year ahead, and surely
there are lessons, enough to steer by
and saving courses to follow! If, dur
ing that one brief span we may make
certain the construction of the electric
railway line, the Astoria, Seaside &
Tillamook proposition, we will have
no cause to deprecate the acumen and
energy expended and our immense
fund of training will have, at last,
proved its value to us. There are
numerous things to do, of course, but
to do one, of this sort, will leave the
year by no means barren; and at the
same time set a pace sorely needed
hereabout One good thing at a time,
.well done and securely appropriated,
beats a score of ineffectual schemes
attempted and unwrought. Of course,
if it is expedient to do more, do it, and
be glad to the chance of accomplish
ment; but we ought to bend our best
endeavor to that which promise-,
most; and that attained, the rest will
come easier. For we will know how
to make the second and third, etc.,
more feasible,
UNISON.
Nothing great is ever achieved by
a people save by strong unity of un
derstanding and commonness of pur
pose and this applies to the masses of
a nation as well as to the smaller com
munal groups of the county and city.
If. they have not the spirit of unity,
then it must be cultivated.
. There are always propositions that
are primarily popular, and upon
which the public mind centers instant
ly and tenaciously; they invariabl)
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tend to the good of those concerned
and the safety and progress of the
people at interest, and these things
might operate as a lesson in the
handling of lesser and more specific
benefits.
Astoria, with, her wealth and advan
tages, needs far more of this merging
and massing of the people upon the
things that must be done to carry h:r
to her real place in business world.
We have got to cultivate our capacity
for agreeing, working and doing
things in a unified way. Other cities
have found this out and are forging
to the front, and some of them with
more to contend with in the line of
opposition than we have.
Money is not in it with a strong
common purpose well understood and
intelligently applied. Let's think it
over and get together at once!
Some of the Cuban papers are of
fended by the remarks in the message
on the necessity of good government
in the island after the American
troops are withdrawn. The Cubans
may rest assured that conditions of
civil war or anarchy will not be tol
erated by this country. It is well to
remember that the Piatt amendment
is part of Cuba's constitution, and
means just what it says.
Two South American cities, Buenos
Ayres and Rio Janeiro, have a popu
lation respectively of 1,000,000 and
800,000, but they are far more inti
mate wtth Europe than with this coun
try. Their passenger traffic with Eu
rope is 50 times as large as with the.
United States. The International
Bureau of American Republics has a
large field for improvement
"Any man who is a bear on the
future of this country," says Pierpont
Morgan, wil! go broke." But if in
the course of financial events Mr.
Morgan considers it desirable to'
change to the bear he is qualified to
spar for second wind a long time.
The border states, Missouri, Ken
tncky, West Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware gave Taft 862,268, Bryan.
840,033. There is a Republican partv
south of the old dividing line and it
i3 growing vigorously.
A bushel of corn brings three times
as much cash as in 1896 and there is
nothing shaky about the value of the
dollars. Naturally the country con
tinues to give a vote of confidence to
the Republican party.
The swarm of yellow slanderers has
given no proof whatever that their
yarns about the Panama canal sale
were anything more than a malignant
attempt to make suspicion, or the
shadow of it, pass for the truth.
There are three Ananiases in the
New Testament, but only one is
known to the world. This fact does
not warrant the statement: Be truth
ful, and you will never be a celebrity.
Admiral Evans says "our latest
ships are vastly superior to the
Dreadnought." The testimony of an
expert like this is worth more than
all the naval gossip that drifts about.
Colonel Bryan will entertain and
advise with the members of the Ne
braska Legislature this winter. His
home at Fairview will be utilized as
the best available substitute for the
White House.
THE
Holland will render that
again "kocjc oi Ages '
ARIZONA AT OPERA
HOUSE TONIGHT
Augustus Thomas' perennial "Ari-
ionaw comes to the Astoria Theatre
tonight.
It is the Hollis E, Cooley produc
tion. Interest in this play is largely
dependent on the fidelity with which
its "Atmosphere" is represented. Mr.
Cooley and his aids have succeeded
in this particular and have given us a
picture of ranch and military life in
ne far southwest that is known to be
accurate. Mr. Thomas is an expert
craftsman, a thinker besides, and a
poet with a turn for the practical.
His judgment of dramatic values and
his fine sense of proportion are per-
ceptible in his choice and placing of
characters and in the things he pro
vides for them to undertake each ac
cording to his nature, education and
exigent motive. ,
We never tire of visits from Henry
and "Ma" Canby, the contrasting He
and She of the hospitable home of the
Aravaipa ranchers. Tony Mostanc,
whose extraordinary ideas concerning
the appropriate language of love com
prise much of the striking humor of
the play; grim and honest old Ser
geant Keller of the army, whose chev
rons are the symbol of a lifetime of
devoted service to the flam of his
adopted country; chivalrous Colonel
Bonham, the suave scoundrel. Captain
Hoigman, faithful and honorable. Dr.
Fenclon, the strangely interesting
Lenu Kellar, the boyishly natural andjladie,' gift number 338: Master Olof
delightful Lieutenant Fentoni even
the weak and querulous Estrella Bon-
ham, lind a hearty welcome every
time they come to town. This is right
4 ue are human oemgs, moved oy
the -mpulses, passions hopes and
weaknesses whereby we ourselves
might be moved in like circumstances,
and therefore closely akin to us. We
follow .'hur fortune with sympathy,
so far as i'uey are entitled to so gentle
-cii'mient, and with abhorrence
when the;- disclose the contemptible
possibilities of our kind.
Miss Lizzie McCall as Mrs. Canby
and Charles E. Graham as Sergeant
Kellar, are ore than pleasing. The
, Germany reports the discovery of
diamonds in its territory in South
west Africa. Talk of diamond dig
gings in Arkansas continues. Uncle
Sam's domain is too big to be entirely
lacking in any of the precious stones.
A spanking breeze has been stirred
up in Washington, but March 4 is to
near that the time may expire with
out getting a definite count Of spank
ers and spankees.
The future historian should be
careful in handling the public docu
ments of the year 1908. He might
imagine things of this period wor?e
than they are.
Mr. Taft's next trip to Panama wi!l
be the fifth. There is no end of a
busy campaign of some kind for this
untiring servant of the people. . .
Another Republican promise kept.
The general revival of business is all
that was expected by the optimistic.
Beware of Frequent Colds.
A succession of colds or a pro
tracted cold is almost certain to end
in chronic catarrh, from which few
persons ever wholly recover. Give
every cold the attention it deserves'
and you may avoid this disagreeable
disease. How can you cure a cold?
Why not try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy? It is highly recommend
ed. Mrs. M. White, of Butler, Tenn.,
says: "Several years ago I was
bothered with my throat and lungs.
Someone told me of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. I began using it
and it relieved me at once. Now my
throat and lungs are sound and
well." For sale by Frank Hart and'
leading druggists.
Why do boys leave the farm? it
must be because they are too timid
to tackle the $7,778,000,000 for this
year's crops referred to by Secretary
Wilson.
"Three years ago I was marked
for death. . A grave-yard cough was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me, and hope had fled,
when my husband got Dr. King's
New Discovery says Mrs. A. C.
Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until I had gained 58 pound?
in weight and my health was fully
restored." This medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis
eases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at Charles Rogers
& Son's drug store. 50c and $1.00,
Trial bottle free. ,
rcnmimlcr of the capable cast com
prises Francis Canibi'lto as Henry
Canby, Clarence Mintage as Colonel
llonham, Edward Mulligan as the
Chinese cook, Miss Hot tense Clement
as thirdly Bonham, Miss Julia Mor
ris as Lena Kellar, Edward J. Furrcll
as Lieutenant Denton, Miss Alma
Bradley, its the irrepressible Bonita
Canby, Frederick Webber as Captain
Hodgman, Miss Arline Fort as the
schoolma'am. D. J. Sullivan as Dr.
Fenclon, William, Morgan as Lieuten
ant Hallack, Roberto Deslum as the
vacquero, Frank Paylon as Lieuten
ant Young and Charles Avers as
Major Cochran. ;
The air of military bustle that per
vades the play helps to keep interest
up to pitch, while the development of
the intrigue is -such as to give the
spectator views of it from different
angles. The story In itself demands
and gets sharp attention, and the
work of the ladies and gentlemen of
the company is generally commend
able. Altogether the offering is one
of more than common worth.
At The Bakeronian.
The Christmas gifts announced to
be given away by the management of
the Bakeronian theatre, took place
Christmas day and the fortunate ones
to receive thera were Helen Arndt.
'eIson, boys cift number 117: the
jgirs' gift Agnes Powell, number 10,
.The presents were hiehlv anoreciatel
J by the recipients. By special request
Miss Holland will again render that
beautiful hymn "Rock of Ages" this
afternoon and evening. There will be
an entire change of program, today
the feature film being "An Unfortunate
Mistake." This performance will be
well worth seeing as the management
has installed an entirely new and
modern machine that will show in
minute detail every portion of the
films. The entertainment this afternoon
and evening will be the best that
talent and money can produce.
Ml ID FOREVER
RID YOURSELF OF AWFUL
MISERY OF STOMACH -TROUBLE
ALL DYSPEPSIA WILL VANISH,1
What is the Need of Continuing to
Feel Miserable Day in and Day Out
When You Can be Free Forever
Merely a Matter of Taking a Little
Diapepsin.
You haven't Catarrh of the Stom
ach, or Nervousness, or Gastritis, or
Cancer, etc. Prove this by taking
Pape's Diapepsin after your very next
meal. Convince yourself within five
minutes that your actual disease was
iour, acid Stomach Food fermenta
tionthat every bite you ate turned
to Stomach gas, Stomach poison and
Acid, which makes you feel sick and
miserable, producing such symptoms
as pain in the pit of the stomach, dif
ficulty in breathing after a meal,
Headaches, Belching, Heartburn,
Nauseous breath, Water brash, Bil
iousness, Sour risings, Gas on Stom
ach and many other bad feelings.
Indigestion is a result, not a cause,
of your misery. If the stomach is
sour, your food becomes tainted, and
that's why you have these stomach
disorders.
Ask your pharmacist to show you a
case of Pape's Diapepsin, which costs
only SO cents. Read what this effec
tive Stomach and digestive treatment
contains, and how absolutely harmless
it must be; how it does for the Stom
ach what the washing and sun bath do
for the churn; absqjutcly removes
every corrupting or tainting element,
and will digest all the food you can
eat. :
Go to your druggist and get some
Diapepsin now, then eat, anything
you want at your next meal, and you
will not suffer from Indigestion . or
Stomach trouble. Each bite of food
wiU taste good, and, besides, you will
riot need liver regulators to keep your
intestines and Stomach clean and
fresh.
Now and forever rid yourself of the
misery of Indigestion and Stomach
trouble. Make your meals a pleasure
by going to the table with a healthy
appetite.
I A New Year Suggestion f
Christmas is over New
Year is not. ' -'V.'
There is still time to
give them a good piece
of Furniture for a pres
ent. Call and see us.
i The Astoria
V. A. BeharrdI
Jena Put, Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec Astoria laving , Tnu
NUwa Troytr, Vice-Pres. and Sapt
ASTORIA IRON -WORKS
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FINANCIAL.
First National Bank of Astoria
DIRECTORS. -
Jacob Kamm W.F. McGrecor G. C. Favei
J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
Capital , .$100,000
Surplus .......... 25,000
Stockholders' Liability .......... 100,000
KMTABIJMHKn 1KN4I,
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AMUSEMENTS.
AstoriaTheatre
SUNDAY
DECEMBER 27
MOLLIS ll. COOLEY
Greatest Play
By Augustus Thomas
Same Great Company"
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PROPRIETRESS
Nature provides'
bit one
CALIFORNIA
It it the natural winter
home of many thou
land, of the world'
beit people. Under the
gentle , influence of it
mild winter climate,
every amusement and
recreation abound .
bathing, boating. Rid
ing, driving; auch pic
nice, partict and "Jolli
fication!." :C0 TO:
Lot Angeles, Paso
Robles Hot Springs
Hotel del Monte, San
ta Barbara. San Dlcgo,
Santa Monica, Venice,
Long Beach, Santa
Crur, or a score of
similar resorts and yos
will find health, con
genial surrounding,
hospitable associate,
faultless accommoda
tions and numberless
attractions and con
veniences. The0.R.,N.Co.
CONNKCTINO WITH
The Southern Pacific Co.
Makes inexpensive round
trip excursion rates to Cal
ifornia. ,
A six months stopover
ticket Portland to
LosAngeles and return
is $55.00
Corresponding rates are in
effect to other points.
We have some very distinc
tive literature covering Cali
fornia's winter resorts, and
will take pleasure in giving
you all of the information
and assistance at our com
mand. For tickets, sleeping car reser
vations, etc., call on, tele- 1
i graph, or write
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