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THE WEATHER
Oregon Occasional snow, colder in
southwest portion, continued cold over
the remainder of the state.
, RETIRES WITH HONORS.
Hon. Herman Wise, ex-mayor of As
tora, retired from the official field in
possession of distinct honors and
practically no "come-backs to annoy
him. He has won the favor of the
tommunity over which he presided
for three yeats; and to the pronounc
ed satisfaction of the"people without
respect to party affiliation, because
what he has done was for the whole
people, whom he was large enough to
(consider at all times. It takes a man
to compass this sort of thing.
He has had much to contend with,
Including a council that was not any
too amenable to decent leadership, a
to its majority and he had to fight
for most of the triumphs he won;but
he had the decent people of the city
him at all times as well as the press
and that sort of backing usually wins
out One of the attributes that made
Mr. Wise successful as an executive,
was his ability to realize and recog
nize a plain hint when it was given
him; he did not assume to be the
"whole tiling," though as far as his
associates on the council went, as to
the majority, of course, he came
mighty near being it
There is not a man in the city but
who will wish him the best measure
of success, and peace, and gratifica
tion in his quieter field of endeavor;
tad he has what few men possess, a
right to believe that the day may
come when the people may call him
back to their service, iti default of
other dependable choice. He was a i
an exceneat'mayor just as he is an
excellent citizen.
THE CURTIS ORDINANCE.
Councilman C. J. Curtis is to the
fore with a plain, busines-like, sensi
ble ordinance for the governing of
the expenses of this city and making
them amenable to the will and scru
tiny of the committeemen as well as
the chairman of the several commit
tees. The arbitrary rule that ha3
flourished in this city since time
immemorial, permitting the mere
dictum of a chairman to prevail in
the final disposition of every account
and claim, big and little, that arose
against the city, has cost this com
munity a vast deal of money that was
needless, and any law that will cir
cumscribe the folly and minimize the
waste should pass instanter.
The new council is going to be
sharply gauged by its action on just
such bills as this; and we hope for
the credit of the city and council,
that no antagonism will be shown thi
measure. Else we shall be forced to
conclude that the post of councilman,
in some instances here, is no sort of
an honor, but rather a means to an
end that is discreditable, if not
.worse. We are speaking plainly, because-the
time for plain speaking is
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fremedies,wken required, are to assist
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mot.vy upon proper nourishment,
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MAIN Ml.
at hand. And we shall be just as
plain when the time comes for en
dorsing, encouraging, and standing
behind every clever and wise thing
the council shall da
Mr. Curtis' measure is one that no
honest man may gainsay, so far as
we can fathom it, and it will be help
ful and expedient, to all concerned, if
it is promptly passed and rigorously
adhered to in the transaction of the
public business. .
SUPER-SENSITIVE SOULS.
There are, in Astoria, as in other
lively communities, men who are SU'
per-sensitive about newspaper com
ment They are always glad of the
friendly paragraph or story in which
they figure, however much they may,
by way of mock-modesty, deprecate
the public mention; they are rarely
averse to the pleasant note and
comment in which they or theirs are
paraded in kindly fashion, and there
have been instances of real gratitude,
felt and expressed, for the saving
grace of the public-prints when some
of the eraver episodes of life have
confronted them. But, once hale a
man within the range of newspaper
criticism, direct, or implied, and he
grows venemous with hate and inco
herent with rage at the liberty taken
with his name or relation to the mat'
ter under review.
It is one of the farces of life, and
the newspaperman has a grim appre
ciation of it that veges near the mark
bf contempt when he scans his gen
eral treatment of men and finds them
so helplessly and hopelessly childish
For be it known, that in all the rela
tions a paper assumes with its read
ing patronage, the personal equation
is the one most religiously observed
at all times; mistakes will often oc
cur; but in the main they are caught
on the long line of careful scrutiny
that pervades a newspaper office and
before they are uttered in cold black
and white. There is justification of
some kind behind every personal
mention and allusion in a responsible
newspaper. This must be remember
ed at all times, in justice to the pub
lic, the person, and the paper.
There is one way of suppressing
the super-sensitive soul who cann.it
stand the counter-point of jour
nalistic animadversion, and that is to
bar all mention of him under any and
all circumstances; this is a cruelty
.seldom resorted to, but always avail
able; and often as editors and report
ers are tempted to use it, they, as
often, refuse to probe, or flatter, the
vanity, that has brought the individ
ual under such contemplation. The
paper is a creation of a day, and in
its absorbing processes and high du
ties, it rarely stoops to the pitiful al
ternative, choosing the pleasanter
task of forgetting.
i No doubt remains as to the best
sellers in the book world. Pierpont
Morgan has just paid $120,000 for IS
volumes at an auction sale.
Mr. Bryan say's the- democratic
party is very much alive. Has he
been applying the looking-glass test
to see if it still breathes?
"In this country," says an ex
change, "every industry is an infant
one until it is dead." Well, the coun
try is an infant, though a lusty one.
It has never been good American
doctrine that the laws of the country
sohuld undertake to discriminate be
tween different classes of citizens.
' The golf troubles might be settled
by submitting them to the president
elect as referee. Mr Taft never loses
his chcerfulnss even at his favorite
game.
Mr. Bryan speaks of necessity in
connection with 1912. The people
will think, as in the first three bat
tles, that the necessity is to stick to
the best party.
"FEEHDALE
CARPENTER!&
AMUSEMENTS
-THE GREAT DIVIDE."
A rare treat is in store for discrimi
nating playgoers.
After two years of eager expect
ancy the local lovers of good dram
are at last to see what the leading
critics of America have so widely
heralded as "the long awaited 'great
American play"." Contracts have been
signed, sealed, and delivered, whereby
the management of the Astoria thea
tre may definitely announce "The
Great Divide" on tomorrow night.
The attraction is uuder the personal
direction of Henry Miller, the dis
tinguished actor-manager, who lus
been presenting William Vaughn
Moody's phenomenally successful
drama of American life for over 500
nights at the Princess and Daly's
Theatres, New York, to such unpre
cedented business that a road tour
was out of the question heretofore.
A superb company are now touring,
and the entire production, with com
plete scenic equipment, will be given
here precisely as presented for two
seasons in the metropolis.
"BABES IN TOYLAND."
"Babes in Toyland," the gorgeous
musical offering that is to come to the
Astoria Theatre on Saturday, January
9, is conceded to be the best mounted
production on the road. While the
production itself is a marvel of art,
there is much else that will interest
GERTRUDE LAURENCE IN
"BABES IN TOYLAND." .
and entertain. The eye is as sensitive
to entertainment as the ear, and when
the eye is pleased, half of any
battle is won.
A selected chorus of 30 charming
girls make no less than 12 changes of
costume from start to finish of the
offering. They appear as citizens, then
fairies, then dolls, then soldiers, then
butterflies, then widows, and so on
through the entire offering. A ward
robe mistress who served under the
exacting Eclasco, and who is a star
pupil of that master of detail, is in
charge of the costumes, and with a
corps of assistants sees that each
member of the chorus corps is dress
ed just properly before each entrance,
And this corps was trained under the
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proficient Julian Mitchell, anil that
means there has been original ideas
introduced that adds much to the
magnetism of a powerful and clever
offering.
"DEVIL'S AUCTION."
Manager Charles II. Yale has an
nounced for the coming season, the
28th edition of that prenominal piece
of theatrical property, "The Devil'j
Auction," surnamed ''Everlasting,'
and properly, too, for it seems des
tined to run oo forever, and from all
appearances, a few days after that.
There is, however, no discounting
the wonderful record of this favorite
piece.
For 28 seasons it has, making Phil
adelphia its starting point, yearly
visited almost every important city,
state and territory including nearly
all the Canadian provinces.
In a season's travel it has covered
the South and Texas to El Paso, the
Pacific Coast, the Northwest as far as
Vancouver, B. C, to Winnipeg, Mani
toba; the Middle States to Canada;
the Maritime Provinces, including
Halifax and St. John, to Cape Bretorif
finally ending with a complete tour
of New England, and to financial re
ceipts that have become the talk of
the theatrical world.
BAKER STOCK COMPANY.
Portland's crack organization is to be
seen here one night. Portland's high
class stock company, the Baker, per
manently located at " the beautiful
Bungalow Theatre in that city will
visit Astoria for one performance, the
occasion being made possible by Geo.
L. Baker donating his popular Port
land playhouse for a society enter
tainment given for the benefit of the
earthquake sufferers next Monday.
The bill the company will present
here will be it's great holiday week
success "Are You a Mason?" which
made one of the biggest hits Portland
theatrical circles have known this
season. It is founded upon the affairs
of two well known men who are pre
tending they are Masons and is filled
with laugh convulsing situations and
characters. The cast here will be
identical with the Portland produc
tion, and should attract a representa
tive audience. .
We Want Your Feet
. Now is the time to purchase your
shoes . Charles V. Brown is having
an odd and end sale and prices are be
jing cut below cost. Call at the store
i today and fit yourself out.
Attention I
Seaside Lodge, A. O. U. W., and
Charity Lodge No. 53, will hold joint
installation of officers at their hall on
Thursday evening, January 7, 1909.
AH Workmen and their wives and
' members of the Degree of Honor and
I their husbands, are requested to be
(present. '
WM. ROSS,
Master Workman.
HANNAH PORTER,
Chief of Honor.
No. 1 Butter in crocks; price very
low. See Fisher Bros. Co
AT
I ..BAKERONIAN THEATRE., i
Commencing Monday, Jan. 11th two weeks
, . engagement of f
i THE DONALD STOCK CO. I
The'.Opening Performance "Just Plain Folks"
Prices 15, 25 and 35c. ' Moving Pictures all this week
You Are Not Using
Getting the Best for Your Money
YOUR GROCER
MANUFACTURED BY
BROOMS TO COST MORE.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. A general ad
vance in the price of brooms and the
product of broom corn, will be mad,
owing to the shoitage of the crot,
according to some members of the
association of broom manufacturers,
which has concluded its sessions here.
William A. Gardner of Amsterdam,
N.Y., who presided, said the whole
sale price of brooms had increased
50 cents a doen during 1908.
"Farmers have found that raising
broom corn is not as profitable as rai
sing indian corn," he said. "Broom
corn must be larvestcd and handled
entirely by hand, while the. other
variety is cultivated by machinery."
Rera is Relief For Women
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want a certain, pleasant herb relief
from Women's ills, try Mother Gray's
'Australian-Leaf." It is a safe, reli
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Weaknesses, including inflammation
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sent FREE. Address, The Mother
Gray Co., Le Roy, N. Y.
A Religious Author's Statement
For several years I was afflicted
with kidney trouble and last winter
I was suddenly stricken with a severe
pain in my kidneys and was confined
to bed eight days, unable to get up
without assistance. My urine con
tained a thick white sediment and I
passed same frequently day and
night. I commenced taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy, and the pain grad
ually abated and finally ceased and
my urine became normal. I cheer
fully recommend Foley's Kidney
Redemy. Owl Drug Store, T. F.
Laurin, Prop.
EIGHT SUBMARINES.
WASHINGTONTjan. 6.-The con
struction of eight submarine boats of
the largets and most improved type
to cost more than $4,000,000 is pro
vided for in a bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Representative
Weeks of Massachusetts.
AstoriaTheatre
F. M. Hanlin, Lessee and Manager
Friday, Jan. 8
HENRY MILXER.Presents
"The
Great
Divide9
"The Long Awaited Great Ameri
can Play "New York Press,
BY
WM. VAUGHN MOODY
As produced at the Princess and
Daly's Theatres and Academy of
Music, New York, for more than
500 times.
PRICES 50, 75, $1.00, 1.50
Box Offices Open January j
THE
GRAYS
AMUSEMENTS.
... ASTORIA !
Saturday, Jaris 9
The PREMIER MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Victor Herbct & Glen MacDonough'
Phenomenal Musical Extravaganza Success
ateiiiToyllid.
Among the Talented Cast yo wOl find '
Eddie Rcdwsy as... ..Alan
(The Original Ginger Bread Man)
Nelli. Lynch as ..Jm
lull wiiu umiicr vkiu 111
Helen McLeod as .......Torn Tom
Last Season with Ginger Bread Man
Beth Tate as Contrary Mary;
(Late Prima Donna with H. W.
Savage)
Also-
May Burdock, Gertude .Lawrence and the best singing
- Chorus ever on tour
. Aided by Their Own Orchestra
BIQ BEAUTY CHORUS. Box Office Open Friday Jan $
AstoriaTheatre
SUNDAY
JANUARY loth
CHAS. H. YALE CO.
28th Annual Oblation
The Everlasting
Devil's
Auction
Extraordinary Spectacle
Superior Scenic Investitue
4 Baby Elephants in Native
Jnngle Dance
Larf Company ,
Extravagantly . Costumed
Grand Transformation Scene,
"ARMOR"
"Best Ever" '
"Every Feature New This Year"
Prices 50 cents to $1.50
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J&wel
Begining
Monday,' Jan. 4, 5, 6, & 7
The Great
"Hi Tlir oiitfinimniii win run
I 111 I HE QnlllUiIUUIIl HLLI
Sherman Transfer Co.
HSNRY SHERMAN. Humes. .
Htcki, Carrtagei Btegaee Checked and Transferrcd-Tracki ted Frsltr
wtjont ranoi Moved,
4SI Comnurckl gtrtct
RIVER, WASH
THEATRE
Gus Pixley as..... Marmsduke
"john F. Ward as BarnabvV
wu, h, uttt,r M...,Th Toyroakar,
,
" War ...............Mr.. Piper
All of the Great Original Cast
of
, BABES IN TOYLAND
Baker Stock Go.
COMING
.AstoriaTheatre...
, One Night Only
Monday, Jan. 11
The famous Baker Stock
Co. will be seen here in
the successful farce
comedy
"ARE YOU A (Ml"
Same complete pro
duction as seen in Port
land at the Bungalow to
capacity attendance all
last week. , V, ?
Prices 25, 50, 75, $1
Seat sale opens Sundya
THE
Waf Picture!;
Boxed and Shipped.
THeatre