THE MORNING A JT011 IAN, ASTORIA, OUEfcON.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, lfcft
7
opeciala For January
30 ,ijr-cent Off
on Cut Ghit Rd Untxi Painted China
20 percent Off
on Decorated llarviland China
lO per-ccnt Off
c H other good in the Crockery Department
A. V. AL.LE.N M Aw fur
w , flarriuutmi Hull Steel Cut
COWUi 40c CAN
Plicmw7jt, 3871, Ilramlj Unlontown
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SXPRRT ACCOUNTANT FILES
JJErOKTTHAT SHOWS' SOMS
VKKY UNUSUAL METHOD!
". George P, ClarV,
emnitsnt who has been employed by
th county court la irt lh book
td th various comity officer, in a
fecial report made lo (he county
four! nd torn evr stricture
apon lli method employed in th
therift' onVa In handlm th t
money v TbU tenon wa considered
liy the county court it its mating
yesterday end ten taken Us rectify
th nwtter that r llgd o have
Jpiitwporty dnii by Sheriff
romeroy. Mr dark' report ht 1
trgrs tht Sheriff I'omeroy. who, by
the tMrtgl(g and archaic law still
entant in th $tat of Oregon, is also
the u collector, improperly refund
4 or remitted tssrs pn varUm
ropeiiie about th pity, and in the
eminjrih amount o remitted ag
fregatiag $173134.
That i it ii stated that the taxes,
laving been cd in due form,
were properly do and payable, but
that the iherUf took it tipott himself
tj let. these taxpayer go without
faying.
Sheriff fomerey appeared before
th county court ye.terday morning
and the matter given an airing.
At the conclusion of the discusian
lha court, ordered that the "refunded"
tae be collected,
f it is said that this practice of re
funding or rebating tines by the sher
frf hat been don here before and that
Sheriff Pomeioy w Untidy follow
frig cut a plan by en or more of
' prv,-.e,.ri Whether this Jt tnie j
or not the action, apparently, ha not
the slightest warrant in any
tnore than if the janitor of the court
house were to remit or forgive taxri
tit:d by property owners in the city
or county.
The report made by the eapert alo
IU attention to what appear to be
other delinquencies in Ate manner of
handling tar in the sheriff office.
The report also state that large
proportion of the le refunded were
enured into the "error column," bu
that investigation show they were
"not ri0n4u-M Study of the report
will apparently thow that It I couch
d in conservative language. The r
port follow, aa made by the expert,
Mr. ClurWi
Astoria. Or, Jan, .U m.
Honorable County Court, gentle
men: , U ''..: ' . .
I have examined the account books,
record and voucher of the various
official of Clatsop county covering
ttanaactiuus (rout July t to Decent
be f 31, 1918, inclusive,
Th report of your treasurer show
ing ba'ttnee to the credit of th var
ioui fund December 31. 1908, it cor
rect a shown by the records, except
school district No, 35, which balance
hould be 08 in place of .17, a shown.
The sheriffs return of the 17 tax
roll, includes for error and ranit
idine $173133 A very large propor
tion of the Items making up this
amount kre entered In th error col
umn on the rolls without explanation,
and )nvetigation show many of
these were not erroneoua but collect
able and credit for same improperly
taken by the sheriff office.
Under your instruction th sheriff
and assessor will recheck these items
and such as are found possible of
collection will be added to the cur
rent roll and accounted for. Filed
herewith i a list of the carbon dupli
cate tax reecipta of the IW collec
tion, on which alteration appear, the
correctness of which cannot pe mi
ned by comparison with the original
receipt, While several of these original
receipts, which were tcadily acces
saWe, have been so verified by tne,
CONSULAR REFORMS
Ji FIDOS TOLD OF
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON ON THIS
SUBJECT.
FJillinery Sale
1 ant cleaning out my stock
Uiats, Hair Switehes.Shirt
Waists, Nations, Etc,, at
greatly reduced prices.
Mrs. R. Ingclton
Commercial Sueet
Opposite Budget Qifke
WASHI NCTOVJn.25Young men
Iboroughout th country looking for
ward to a career in the diplomatic
service may take cheer in the thought
that during the coming Taft admini
trillion merit alone will Open the door
to apointment. This announcement
may strike with particular force that
class of young men who have acliicv
ed university honors. Aside from Mr
Taft himself, the best friend of this
merit system will be hi secretary of
state, rhimndcr Knox. In taking
these consulships, which mark the
road to higher diplomatic preferment
out of the political "grab bag" Mr.
Knox will follow the course of the
present Secretary of State. Elihu Root
who can rightfully lay claim to being
the father of consular reform."
A few year ago it could be said,
and wa said with truth, that the aver
age American consul wa "a joke;"
that he bad 110 right to represent this
or any other country In an Important
diplomatic capacity, and that hi pres
ence a such was entirely due to
had political system. Except In ex
ceptional cases, these amnion
ould be without foundation now,
and when Mr, Taft and when his Sec
retary of State get through with their
pruning these exceptions, too, will be
of the past,
Changed commercial conditions, as
well as the embarrassments brought
about by Incompetent representatives
abroad, have made this consular re
i . , . . ...
lorui imperative. 11 was eitrirr a
question of divorcing the circular
berth from politic or be discredited
in the eyes of foreign government.
Though the change wrought has not
been without opposition, and Mr. Taft
when be become Chief Executive
probably will be urged to return to
the old "spoils" ystem, the results
attained have proven the wisdom of
th reform.
To the average American thi field
offer varied attraction. It may not
have been so in former years, when
most t( these job were properly la
belled sinecure,' because the consul's
chief duties consisted of killing time
and drawing his pay. Th service is
now ridding itself of the few incum
bent who follow this exciting routine
While it is true that some consular
office otTcr a wider field of opportun
ity than others, none f them are with
arch enemy. Chekib Bey. He came
over from New York on a fast train,
ought out Chekib It 17 at the Em
bassy, and denounced him publicity
aa an unworthy son of Mohamet, be
i,li-s saying a few iniplramiil things
about tuisiippropriuting the fund of
the Turkish Embassy. Ho Chekib
ttey, realizing himself among th
"down- and-ottter,H straightway left
these part for the fogs of London,
to join his uncle, Itret Dry, another
of the Sultan's deposed advisor.
Husseiut Bey proUMy will not ex
perience such embarrassing condi
tion here. He happen to belong to
the "Young Turks" party, which
mean a great deal just now, and in
addition he is a friend of Mundji Itey
which aho is something in hi favor.
TO PROTECT ELK.
CHICAOO,. Jan. 25 -William E.
Curtis, In an artkle under a Wash
ington date in today' Record-Her
ald advocate fencing of! certain por
tion of the national forests, outside
for game.
"There i," he aid, "a herd of 2S.
t)00 elk in Yellowstone Park and the
forest reserve adjoining it in North
ern Wyoming. General Young, who
ha been superintendent of Yellow
stone Park for icvcral years, ay
that hunter have estimated the herd
as high at 40,000 head. They spend
the Summer in the Yellowstone Park
and as Winter ' approaches , move
southward to a lower altitude to
find graiing. They can stand any
amount of cold if they can get food."
T. S Palmer, chief of division of game
culture, say that tcveral thousand
of them- Winter around the town of
Gardiner, near the Mammoth Hot
Springs, and in Ilaydcn Valtcy, in
the northraatcrn part of the park,
where there is an open country and
plenty of food; more go down into
the Wyoming state game reserve,
where a range of more than 600,000
acre wa set apart in 190.1, and oth
ers go down in Jackson Hole, which
is being rapidity filled up with sett
lers, and where for that reason they
are no longer safe.
The problem before the govern
ment," says Mr. Palmer, "is to find
them a permanent feeding ground
where they will be protected during
the winter as they are now protected
in the park during the Summer sea
Tlf.lBER SALES F.1ADE BY
OUR UNCLE SI
RECORDS SHOW BIO INCREASE
IN GROWING TIMBER AND
LARQER SALES.
ALL SAFE AT LAST.
the possibility of difference in the
original and duplicate with attendeut
complications i such a to suggest
the moit strict adherence to the ap
proved method, no alteration to ap
pear on the receipt surrendered nwk- out their offering to the ambitious
tog both the original and duplicate an! man Many of those stationed in the
indisputable record of the transac-! various countries of South America,
lions and anus covered On this: which countries are now marching
roll the sheriff office report $1043 , to the time of a quick-step to capture
as double collections. 1 his amount wiik ol thi country s trade, have
ii, fy wcver, simply the double collec- 'fotiud ample opportunity to develop
tiom appearing on the-register. Sev-: lints oi trade tVr home merchants.
era) hundred dollars iu addition as 'and thus beiietit indirectly. Others
thowa by receipt were found doubly , have been wfcred alluring induce
collected and refund made direct by ' uicitt to enter the service of corpora
the sheriff office. Some of these orig- iUn having a large shipping head
inal collected in March, IvKVS, rif '.gutter at the port where they were
not refunded until November. Scv ' .tatioded, and sttil others have left
The statute requires the sheriff ami the consular service to develop op
tax collector to settle with the trcas-'portuuitiv they teamed of while act
uter oa the litt bunev day of caehmg as rhcir country representative,
week and no deviation fwia this ru'.c , i'jk.-n a! inatU, this i.e'd woctld seem
jhiwld be permitted Any or all er-'a va;!y more inviting one than for-
for in the sSspe of over or double , , and more so bsreaase. iiutead
, colk-ciKwi, should
ibt.iw
class
w txiunum pi 4 i.si iieuii ctovi lo au ejiceyt a
I warrant aru-r allowance by the county . wj hungry pviinuans it w wi&ut
U-curt, thui preserving a complete ; the reach c-t all-if siiey only show
j record, ; iheir uusess.
I 1 have vailed year particular atteu-j TVmal wf a new utentxr of
, l tv utuve in which the per- Wasftintvit's dipkuitiuc tawify al-Svi-al
prvperty oi a corporation ha way caaxct a jr of itiserest. Thi
vscapect taxatwa ivr t& pat tor
tyear-s 'ffe-e taxes, amwmiug tv as-
pK-xim.:ty $J. Jii.ouia tse- iwme-
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass..
an. -'5. Revenue cutter Cresham
having on board the captain and
crew of the White Star liner Repub
lic which sank last night- following
the collision with the liner Florida,
came to anchor a anile inside Mincn
hala light at 4;IS A. M. today. The
derelict destroyer Seneca to which it ;
was expected the Gre.sham would
transfer the crew, was not in sight i and Tar has been
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25,-Uncle
Sam' National Forest yielded an in
crease of 102 per cent in timber last
year over the record for 1907, giving
return of $H49,0J7.24 to the govern
ment, Twenty-five per cent of this
amount went back to the ttates in
which the forest are located In lieu
of taxes, in accordance with the pro
vision of the law, This revenue will
be added to the state's fund for the
support and maintenance of roads
and public schools.
The amount of timber cut from all
the National Forest wa 392,792,000
feet, board measure, as ngainst 194,
872,000 feet In the previous year. This
figure for 1908 doe not include the
131,482,000 feet given away to ettlers,
schools and churches under "free use"
permits. This Increase of 102 percent
how a far better use and increasing
productiveness of the forest under
conservative methods of cutting.
There was a marked increase in small
sale last year, resulting in an in
crease of 2.W per cent in the number
of sales, notwithstanding the fact
that the timber contracted for was far
less in the aggregate than in 1907,
In making timber sale the Forest
Service seeks small in preference to
large sates, and aims to safeguard a
supply for the future needs rather
than to swell the immediate receipts.
Were it desired, the present receipts
from timber sales could be quickly
doubled. During the year it was
found necessary in the interest of a
continued supply to restrict sale on
many Forests. Nevertheless, use of
the National Forest as a source of
timber supply was more general than
ever before.
The total receipts from timber sales
each year have been as follows: 1905,
$60.13662; 1906, $245,013 49; 1907,
$068,813.12; 1908. $849,027.24.
Payment for timber is always re-1
quired in advance. In large sales,
however, and in small sale on occas
ion, payment is made in installment!
o arranged as to protect the Govern
ment against loss without imposing
unnecessarily severe burdens upon
the purchaser. Thus the receipt of
each year represent substantially, but
not exactly, the value of the timber
sold and removed during that vear
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THE .JEWEL
Today, Tomorrow and the Day
After Tomorrow
"Mr.JonesEntertams
at Cards"
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LET US TELL YOU ABOUT
Tungsten Electric Lamp
Ortatttt advance In Ucnting method since far Invention of lacand
.... lamp. ...
EXAMPLE
3J CP. Ordinary electric lamp conum IIOrtt per fco
33 CP. "Tungsten" electric lamp consume, 40 watts par boar
Bavlnj
,
70 watt par bow
Br oslng "Tungaten" lamp you can get 27S per cant Incr In light lor
th aama cost or In other word can h av th tarn quantity ol Wumlnatloe
for 35 per cent of th cost of light In g with ordinary electric lamp.
The Astoria Electric Co.
Fast Freig'ht iService
Dally Service Via
THE A. aC. R. R. CO.
Through merchandise Cars from Portland to Astoria
leave Portland at 6 p. m. Every Day exccptlSun.
day. All less than carload shipments delivered at
Freight House before 4 p. m. will arrive in Astoria at
0:5op. m. For further im formation call on
a B.IJOHNSON. Oen'l Agent A. & C. R. R.
12t St, nar Commercial It. " ASTORIA, OREGOft
There it no case on record of a
i cough, cold or la grippe developing'
mio pneumonia alter toley Honey
, ., .
taken, a it cures
at that hour. It was impossible at! 'he- most obstinate deep eated
iih tt,iTO8n ana com, wny take any
thing else. Owl Drug Store, T. F.
I Laurin, Prop.
the time to communicate
Crtsham from the shore.
SHOULD BE FINE BOUT.
CHICAGO. Ian 25,-Raou! de ;
DENOUNCE THE PLAN.
CHICAGO. Jan 25. -Non-com
Rouen the French Craeco-Roman i eaxmarions as tne imn
i 2.,-. L. . .
wrestler Yasetf Mahmut. the ' inr employes
Turk have been matched to wrestle ,
in a catch-as-catch-can boat here !
February I.
cago in
as provided in the Crompacker Cen
sus bill are denounced by the Civil
! Service
Reform
a Ie::r
Association of Chi
so President Rook-
Mt Hood Beer Try It
.i.e.,- tv
C.ORG, P, Cf..SK.
ytSBa viwikat- wit! legal
sad c-.'uu'.y Bnners said yterda.v:.
'it k tv b fev-ped that tb cvBeciioa
o4 '.;,.- b ta,H irvsra the s.'K'i:ijis
my always In eecK-4 fr.v 4 Hvi .,u: a.d yh-M wb.v- k
CarpOTtw.. Stoaoi hands of the cVUt .',,. a
ds-'rvS r-st of U is yac officer
.111(1 ."i u(Aiul t.j.),' r,(K..w t.c.u K,.
w "WUood te cij-.-ci
iwaV, wtsr,K AH trade U,ri,t h
f ywessaiy, 3,voi3. aeOi
Cms.
4 SQVAJRS 1KAI,
lei( essemia.t for-
Ai rt Took we se't we tdtj
carey $vism, Hisd4re tiee of
th. hat: n,itiv at: the mtnit ats
fe'jK'r.v priest
is parttctautly so the cew nwiwlwr
hails irons tli Orieat, tor the Oavttt
als, taktfu as a ?, are pictareae,'
they are aesef witlWut their tovr vi
j c-.v.-r.
ri5'j-ri-.re the comics of flitsseim
lvwa i'-i. recetttty ppsjiw4 Turk-
'-1 XuiVaivil.-) t-.i tb.se Vriwi States,
i.s w-.Tt'j UMtivs;. t wifl bv rvws'iubvr
4 that silKv th hrk-i deya.etrv vi
Ci.ekil &syh thi KttMvre Ottuoua jep-ceit-i;ivr
tia thw cwiutry tW SuJt-
h Wi tran.satig bi. bsins.s
witJt t! -ate IX-yisntujeut through
MusKiji gey, Tarkuh, Consul rat
at New York. It j ovt btcatoe ot
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in howevV(!, wu iu,fW K'y M
RHEUMATIC FOLKS!
Are You Sure Yeor Kidneva
Well?
Mni ratumaue attac are uue 3a t Tk.
Vest. ask that the President send
the bill back to Congress for further
! consideration.
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Friday I
Saturday 2f 92Si 8.7IOJd 6.6
SUNDAY .... 3
Monday
Taesday
Taevlay 5,11.-461 9.2
Wednesday ... 61 122 7.1
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RacsLlB U Bnooe coceh thit MUtnrtla Of Uttf 7
. . v -J I J - 1 ' i
wtveiop mto paeumoau over ni.-ht! SUNDAY . 3 4, 7 .A
are im:kly cured by Foley' Honey Monday Ill 4:l6 7.4
sore an4 inflamed iueaay IS 4:45 7.5
Wedneaday
.FOR A.,.,
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
s -)(30,TO(-
Johnson Pli oil ograpii Co,
Partora Second Floor Ott geHoltWM A Mattsstsn C.
JANUARY TIDE TABLE.
JANUARY 19Wl
High Water.
JANUARY 1909.
Date
A.M.
v'-' v olJwti tits tA btf-
ur wvtimHjf amt tfvl tvwardl Lwffrm.
i said; the county aaeaaoi, Me.
ComKjiat a w-.-lJ; a t!)- airiers of
OUJ-V. i.'Uf. have li;.-M; vwir
ovee the. msttshouV said.
twi Iwb, nai nn'mvl a
w,ttiMait,, aini; wattee jun a, Bttk
warn, we all rf tW SuJt.n'" tuyrt
iett;st!ivi qH t! of,Jj regime. Vndw
mmbn t!) voftscifie- fharatrr of
Ttttkitsls, fvKtimt.. SJtissWji Bey s,;ia,J
thiis OMwbtuhy- ot buinJ)i)jig hm. uht
mnc km ib naea, cat sae uaty ten? are Healed and strengthened.
:of the kidneys is to remcw all uik 1,d dangerous condition i quickly
acid from the b'osxL It presence ' . Tlke "f'T Foley' Honey
were shvwirs tie mdney arte ucte. ' T c i
FN. .... " . ... t . . '
Ym mijjhs to on till doomsday wttii !
t '!!. hot until v ia cure the kidney i
yott wiJtt never get well. Dan:' Kil-
aey PiW e on'y rirmwve ark acid, :
bat care the ki.!eev aasl thfa ill dan-!
; ir from arte aciti is eadest Hera '
testimony t pfjv
i: Arthur R'x'ks. 4LJ Dan stnret.
lAstocta. t.)r .!: "i suffersd .se
verely ttvm k'dney troubf and rfcrea
watUia. There were- pairjjs is my back
i shoulder ami lirob ofta breaking
my rvu My kidney were wvak and'
the secretions in Ivrribfe- eoodWunv
t last a friend rvMjjindd: Dean's
Stidn.vy f'iJJ.s w ;ihly that I pro
cuTvd a bo. at Chaite Roum dnvf
store. TTy h',;ut mt from. tll Srst
wit it wa.s only a
was entirely f'
plaint
, Foe a!.t by all d'aolerf, Pric 3i!
writ, roster .ViJhunt. Co,,. Buffalo,
Ve York, sjfr ajcrnfc's fort tlio Chirsif
RemiiinbOT thrj name Dunn's ami
cak no otitwr.
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Friday
Saturday
SUNDAY
Monday .
Tuesday
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.19
Wednesday . ,,M
Wednesday ...201
Thursday 21
Friday 2A
Saturday 23
SUNDAY ....24
Monday 25
Tuesday 26
Wednesday ...27
Thursday 281
Friday 2W
Saturday 3t 7 54 g.4 9:.
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6:47
7:43!
8:3tf
9:34!
10:25
0:05
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1:351
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JLoa Water.
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Saturday .
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SUNDAY ....10
Monday II
Tuesday 12
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4:22
5:17
5:17
6:55
7:35
8:15
8:54
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10:16
10:55
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Thursday 141....
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2:05
3:17
4:251
5:26
6 20
7:10
8:00
8:54
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Saturday Ii
SUNDAY ....17
Monday II
Tuesday 1'
Wednesday ...20
Thursday .....21
Friday 22
Saturday 2J
SUNDAY ....2-
Monday ......25
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WE DONT HAVE TO DEMON
STKATE tit vafu i oar Paiwu,, be
cause all who. havs? ,evr ased them
ar familiar wit! their marit. Thee
srjort time before I irt 'funds at, the pni-'Mt Wliita Lead
from kidnv tmn- J!"f color are of the vvrv hesfi.
vmy ma nnsfj Unnewl Oil is uhriI:
ami thy arts so ramfiifly pacfiisd' as tt
ha kept annrr-iy frsn from any hrvn
snliBfanuH. Priuns ara liiw,, tan,.
and Paint Co-
SEE -
Younce & Baker
PtuiBb'njr, Tinning Steam ta4
3 Rttiflf
Price's rfeiwcnaWie aadi a2 Work
yuarannteii to Ce first cLiaa, Esfi-
mace tfiirnuiaml,.
tmiaiirittJi street. Opp. Post
FHoa Mum 4061.
Office..
:'ulHiinl).t ft), t(t JC.jrninif AUtom.
HOT OR" COLD
en wes
Golil
ie
1
Just Right
CLOSSET & PEVERS,
FOtTULND.OXX.
cimts 0r montll,