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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1W.
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. THE WEATHER
Oregon Occasional saow, colder in
southwest portion, continued cold over
lit remainder of the state.
A PORT. IP TOO PLEASE.
Ey doe coarse of law and the will
of the people at interest, Astoria.Ore
gon, it aa organic, de facto port SUe
most go to the legal rosters as sach.
and remain there forerer.
This is as it should hare been long
years ago. Why it was not accomp
lished two or three decades ago must
be left inthe limbo of nnsotoble pro
blems wrought by the profound stupi
dity of those whose interests laid next
to the advantage.
1st law, as in fact, this is a sea-port
in the fullest sense of the term; and
what of technicality shall be invoked
to disparage the fact, legally, that dis
paragement can bet act to fortify and
perpetuate the reality. Since time
left the formative conditions as they
are, it has been a haven, a harbor, a
refoge, always an excellent one; else
Captain Gray and his good ship would
never have entered here and made the
place famous
It is np to our people to make the
most of the actuality; not tn haste and
with improvidence; but quietly, deter
minedly, successfully. To hold op
the hands of the port commission; to
study its needs and meet them wisely
and promptly; to get understanding!
next to the situation and make the
most of it; to claim everything that
. goes with the status and fight for
what shall be denied; to prepare the
, way for its surveying, protection, bet
terment, completion and maintenance.
Time will be required for all these
things, and money; neither should be
wafted. Let ns start right in a small
way, and follow the predicete as
meant and oaportunity present them
selves; it is not essential to do the
whole thing at once; and yet there
are ore of two things that must be
done to perfect the title, as it wer.
Such as the hydrographie surveying
and the establishment of official super
vision to safe-guard the concerns of
those who use the port, as well as our
wb rights in the case. These things
may be wrought without undue cost,
and yet serve a big and long end that
wflhbe profoundly appreciated in time.
We are "in the saddle" and our mar
ine population can all ride; what w
want to guard against is a "runaway.1
vance in their tariffs, regret exceed
ingly that it was defeated in commit
tee and deplore its probable failure as
a statute.
Perhaps nothmg was to be expect
ed from the Committee on Inter
State Commerce but this sort of act
ion, when one reviews the personnel
of that committee; wih Elkins as
chairman, with Foraker, XelanJi,
Aldrich. Keene, Crane, Foster and
Taylor, and other representatives of
the amalgamated "interests' of the
country, to review it, meant its
prompt and certain death far short
of the floor of the Senate.
The measure was logical, sensible,
and perfectly jost, not only to the
carriers themselves, but to the vast
patronage that uses the lines and
makes them what they are in point
of wealth-producing agencies. Its
very simplicity and directness, and
its straight and strong qualities as a
medium for the honest adjustment of
rates, would have carried it through
Congress with a whirl had it not been
subjected to the over-weening scru
tiny of a bunch of trust "high-binders'
who quickly and flatly refused to al
low it to take such a course. We do
not know that it can be done, but we
wish Senator Fulton may cling hard,
and fight sturdily, until justice shall
be done the measure at both ends of
the capitoL
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
WAS IN THE RECENT FIRE IN
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE
NEW YORK.
THE THEATRE EPISODE.
The simple fact that the chimney,
Or one of them, of the Astoria Theatre
was in such a condition as to warrant
a Still alarm for the fire department
during the performance presented by
miss KODerts on weanesaay night, is i
Gradually the civic organism of the
City of Aslona is shaping itself and
getting down to business; its officers.
council, commisions and departments
are lining out for the work of the year
and very soon the sew records will
be formed and the new reports
coming in to the people who are
responsible for their creation and
existence. Right at this propi
tious moment tie Morning Asto
rian desires to say a word to city and
staff, that may be of use and comfort
in time to come.
This paper, by right of its age in
fluence, and inspiration, intends to
give instant and honest credit to eve
ry man in public life here who does
and says anything commendable; it
will be the quickest to give frankH
acknowledgment to each man and de
partment for the best service they ex
emplify and see to it that such work
is not forgotten: these things it will
do gladly, without regard to partizan
i!n iwmn. rtr nromritinff: It does
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not always expect to agree with, nor
unders'and exactly, the causes, and
actions that ensue, but it will try to
i fathom everything closely and clearly
and then do justice.
Primarily, this is the peoples' paper
As such it has its duties; the doing of
them may not always be exactly to
the liking of those whom it is called
upon to criticize. But if the occassion
The following interesting bit of
history of the recent fire in the Her
ald Square Theatre, itt New York, on
the night of December, 22nd, indicates
that "our' Dell Scully was there, well
to the front, and contains his estimate
of a very ugly situation, and will be
read with real concern by his many
friends in Astoria: "Women in the
balcony of the theatre were among
the first to discover the fire, and
though some of them, those in the rear
rows, left their seat and went down
the stairs to leave the house the alarm
did not spread. The unexpected ap
pearance of those who did leave and
their hurry, as they passed through
the lobby was the first intimation
those in the box office had that there
was trouble.
Instantly, when the danger was
known H.M.Hymes, manager of the
house, went to the ushers and others
and told them what to do. R. W. Long
the treasurer, went back of the cur
tains. The result was a most orderly
departure of the entire audience.which
had filled the house.
"Dell B. Scully of Portland, Or,
W. C Ely and W. K. Bonfield of this
city, officers of the Barber Asphalt
Company, occupied seats in the sec
ond row of the orchestra.
"It was the best managed thing I
ever saw in my life," said Mr. Scully,
as he stood near the Herald Building
and watched a sea of flames rolling
over the place he had occupied onlr
a few minutes previously. "We di:l
not know there was any fire in the
theatre until we got out on the street,
and we took our time. The hous?
was crowded, but I did not sec any
one frightened. They closed the
show and let down the curtain , just
as if it were over. They did not
scare anybody by making an announce
-ment from the stage. They simply
let the people think it was time to go
home, and the people did the rest
They started home. Even when the
boys came along the aisles saying,
'Don't crowd, take it easy, keep cool,'
we, ana 1 1 guess everyooay eise,
thought it was the usual thing when
the house was crowded and was being
emptied It was the best managed
thing of the kind I ever heard of, and
I am sure the way that house was em
ptied saved a whole lot of lives "
tattling of itself, to every one who !?pon V. V"'""' oul V
enjoyed the play, unconscious of the fo' cr,tic!sm$ .pmnU ,tsd ' th Anty,
win noi oe gainsaid iicgicucu; aim
what it shall do in this relation will
uglier fact; but the lesson inseparable
from the incident is that of the poise
and judgment used by those who were
next to the situation and who kept i:
from the audience. It was thorough
ly well disposed of; the call being an
swered by Fire Chief Foster and two
or three aides, and the flaming chim
ney was drenched in a hurry without
sign or sound of the call or the work.
Mr. Hanlin is to be commended for
his command of a threatened situa
tion, as are those who were in his
confidence behind the curtain.
The danger, in such cases is not
from fire itself; but from the animal
istic terror of the people. The mad
dened rush for safety from a danger
apparent, however remote; the mer
ciless sacrificing of humanity, by hu
manity, in the stampede; and the sus
ceptibility of the masses to fright, in
which sex, age, everything is forgot
ten but self. The writer was once in
an ordeal of the kind, in the burning
of the French theatre, on Fourteenth
street in New York City, and speaks
by the card in commending the invalu
able action of the manager and the
troupe in this local incident, and in
urging the immediate sweeping of the
chimneys of the building against a
similar, and less fortunate occurence.
be done more for the common good
of the city, than as against the person
or persons responsible for the stric
ture. Like the paper, the servants of
the public must remember they are
in the open; they have not the same
rights as the private citizen when it
comes to published censure; that
one of the exigencies of official life,
and it is made a bit more digestible by
the fact that their justification may b
had in the same columns that raise
the issue; these columns will never be
closed against any man needing jus
tice at our hands nor anyone else's.
We are expecting much, the people
are expecting even more; and this pa
per proposes to contribute, in every
way, to the foregathering of that
good, even if it has to scrap to get it
A word to the wise, etc., etc., etc..
AMUSEMENTS
' THE "INTERESTS" DOWN IT.
We, of Astoria, realizing t.'ie excel
lence of the b"I d.-afted and presented
by United Sit- Smamr C. W. Ful
ton, as at; amendment tc the Int;
Stat'; Commerce law, requiring all
"THE GREAT DIVIDE."
Discriminating playgoers will wel
come the announcement that Man
ager Hanlin has secured "The Great
Divide" for tonight at the Astoria
Theatre. Henry Miller, America's
foremost actor-manager, has present
ed the play for two seasons in New
York, where it won instant recogni
tion as the greatest American play
ever written. Aside from the unani
mously extravagant praise of the crit-
transportatt n companies to give Jf.i ical reviewers of the metropolis, the
j'ays l-otce belore launching n ad- box office stamp of emphatic approval
is undeniable, as this masterpiece of
American playwriting has broken all
records in point of financial returns.
having played over 500 nights to ca
pacity business. Two hundred and
fifty-eight presentations were given
at Henry Miller's Princess Theatre to
standing room only last season. Last
season Mr. Miller secured Daly's
Theatre, a considerably larger house,
and inaugurated 'the second year of
"The Great Divide" on Broadway
with the result that the receipts were
limited only by the seating capacity
of this historic playhouse, which is
one of the largest theatres in New
York. The entire production, with
the superb scenic effects and acces
sories, will be given here precisely as
presented during the phenomenal
metropolitan run of Mr. William
Vaughn Moody's really great Ameri
can play.
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tion for this, the 28th continuous
year of success, will be far snd sway
ahead of former presentations of this
wonderful play. New ballets, new
scenery, music ana specialties make
this season's production of Charles
H. Yale s Everlasting, Always to be
Remembered, Never Forgotten, Nev
er Excelled, Always Welcome "Dev
il's Auction a memorable one. The
piece will be seen here Sunday night
Fever Sores.
Fever sore and old chronic sores
should not be healed entirely, but
should be kept in healthy condition.
1 his can be done by applying Cham
Deriatns salve. this salve has no
superior for this purpose. It is also
most excellent for chapped hands,
sore nipples, bums and diseases of
the skin. For sale by Frank Hart
land leading druggists.
"BABES IN TOYLAND.'
"Babes in Toyland" comes to the
Astoria Theatre Saturday night. Glen
MacDonough and Victor Herbert's
beautiful extravaganza is enjoying
wonderful success. A splendid com
pany numbering 70 people is carried
and the production is more beautiful
than that shown last season.
"Babes In Toyland" amuses and
delights everyone who sees it. The
tot of three is held captive by the
sight of the children lost and per
plexed in the heart of Toyland; the
grown person is charged by the
coruscating humor and satire of
Glen MacDonough. To the lover of
music, Victor Herbert's work always
appeals and in Toyland it is entranc
ing. No lesser authority that Hunc
ker declared that "Toyland March"
was the equal of Gounod's "March of
the Marionettes." The scenic effects
are dazzling, as well as amazing, in
the originality and effectuality of
their design.
BAKER STOCK CO.
The matinee girl of Astoria will be
interested to note the near future
appearance here of Portland's incom
parable Baker Stock Company which
will present the famous farce "Arc
You a Mason" at Astoria Theatre
next Monday night. This is the play
that drew standing room houses all
New Year's week at the popular
Bungalow Theatre and its visit here
is made possible by Manager Baker
donating his well known place of
amusement for the benefit of the
earthquake sufferers on Monday
night at which time a society enter
tainment will be given. "Are You a
DEVIL'S AUCTION.
With each succeeding year Man
ager Charles H. Yale evolves a new
edition for his "Everlasting Devil's
Auction," each one of which sur
passes its predecessor with the beau
ties of its ensembles, scenic grandeur
and marvelous ballets. The produc-
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AstoriaTheatre
F. M. Hanljn, Lessee and Manager
Friday, Jan. 8
HENRY MILLER,Presents
"The
Great
Divide"
Mason" will be presented in Aitoria I
with exactly the same cast that pre- i "The Long Awaited Great Ameri
sented it in Portland including Izetta j can Play" New York Press.
Jewel, Louise Kent, Maribel Sey- ,
mour, Mina Crolius Gleason and Syd- ox
ney Ayres the handsome leading ,
man. Howard Russell. James Glea ! WM. VAUGHN MOODY
son, William Dills and others whose ' Ag produced at the princess ttnd
tames laiiiiiidr w cvciy iiidiiiice . . m. , .
girl in 'Portland. This will be . thea-! 8 Theatres and Academy of
trical event in this city. Music, New York, lor more than
500 times.
PRICES 50, 75, $t.00, 1.50
Box Offices Open January 7
To Cur a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druseists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S
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AT THE
..BAKERONIAN ITHEATRE.. i
Commencing Monday, Jan; 11th two weeks
engagement of j
J THE DONALD STOCK CO. i
TheOpeninglPerformance "Just Plain Folks"
i Prices 15, 25 and 35c. Moving Pictures all this week
Cleanses thi system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It Is guar&ntaed
OWL DR UO STORE, .
STiaa'iT Laxative Freit Syrup
T. P. LAUREN
AMUSEMENTS.
ASTORIA (THEATRE
Saturday, Jan. 9
The PREMIER MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Victor Herbet & Glen MacDonough's
Phenomenal Musical Extravaganza Success
.&abes iiToyla
Amon the Talented Cast you will find
Eddie Redwsy as ; Alan Gus PWey as ; ..Marmaduke
(Ths Original Ginger Bread Man) Tfc. w.. """Ku
Nellie Lynch as .fan . " '
(Lste with Ginger Bread Man) Wl" "' H,,ter "The Toymaker
Helen McLeod as ...Tom Tom Id W,rd " Mrs. Piper
Lsst Season with Ginger Bread Man All of th. r.,... nj-i-.i
Beth Tate as Contrary Mary w",m" v"
Ute Frima Donna with H. W. 01
s,ve ' BABES IN TOYLAND
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Also-
May Burdock, Gertude Lawrence and the best singing
Chorus ever on tour
Aided by Their Own Orchestra
BIQ BEAUTY CHORUS. Box OfficeOoen Fridav.T
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AstoriaTheatre
SUNDAY
JANUARY loth
UHAS. H. YALE CO.
28th Annual Oblation
. assi nris
v me everlasting
Devil's
Auction
Extraordinary Spectacle
Superior Scenic Investitue
4 Baby Elephants in Native
Jungle Dance
Large Company
extravagantly Costumed
Grand Transformation Scene,
"ARfoOR"
"Best Ever" ;
"Every Feature New This Year"
Prices 50 cents to $1.50
Baker Stock Go.
COMING
..Astoria Theatre...
One Night Only
Monday, Jan. 11
The famous Baker Stock
Co. will be seen here in
the successful farce :
comedy ,
"ARE YOU A LMSOr
Same complete pro
duction as seen in Port,
land at the Bungalow to
capacity attendance all
last week. '
Prices 25, 50, 75, $1
Seat sale opens Sundya