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THE M01l.N'l"G ASTOltLAN. ASTOKLU OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1909 Established 1S7. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELUNGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail per year ..... Sy carrier, per month WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance ?lS0 "" Entered at second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon,' under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Order for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence r olace of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. " ... S ' .. - I J (-A V A AtT.- Any irregularity in delivery stiouia f publication. , TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington and Idaho Occasional rain. TAFT"S HOME-COMING. The home-coming of President Elect William H. Taft, and , his splendid reception New Orleans, are items of exceeding interest to the country. , The first thing he tells us is that the Tanama Canal is demonstrated success in every detail of its work to date and that the lock system is the best and most applicable; that things and people down there, high and low, are moving along in admir able shape and that the work is to go ahead just as it has been devised, with every assurance of magnificent fulfilment. Coming from Taft such a message means much and will lay all donbt and uneasiness sought to be stirred up in Congress by the enemies of the present administra tion, who are vociferously demand ing the paralysis of the project by the sudden shifting to ,a sea-level program down there. So far, so good! Then it is pleasant to read of New Orleans turning itself inside out with enthusiastic acclaim and wel come to the man. It shows that the new spirit down there is paramount and that the country is unified and contented with the popular choice made last November and that there is likely to be- broadcast forbearance and unanimity in the work of the new federal administration, and that Mr- Taft, like his predecessor, is to have a fair show to make good, unhampered by any sectional preju dice or opposition ; for as New Or leans goes, so goes the South. There is something cheery about Taft and all the news we get of him. It is a happy augury, and the peo ple are glad to have it. There is a solid, quiet, agreeable sense of as surance and security and right per vading the masses when they hear of any fresh stunt by Theodore Roose velt, and if the same under-current of good will and confidence can be extended over into the new era of government, it will be an excellent thing for all hands. The politician's hands are tied when the people have confidence in their President! THE INFANT DRINKER. The man who will deliberately lure a beardless boy to the drinking hab:t is as pitiless a scoundrel as he win wrecks the life of a young girl. Both are shameless and despicable deeds; both perpetrators are beyond the play of conscience and the range of human decency, as their victims are beyond the pale of accounta bility. Astoria stands for too much of this thing, and thereby discredits her moral tone, leaving the justifiable in- ference that such matters are of but small moment here; a conclusion at! I once insulting and debasing. To the i ' 1 1 ' M Za t 1 1 4 bill Hii-r MmJ Aiutti A drowa fo Pacific Northwest Soil and Ohmatw. I Sow on display At all brt dMtlora. Ak for Cata-ofc-ue. If ttonHttiftinyour iielielitmrhfMHt, wnta M. giving iiarr' of jwur dculT, nri w will mail yon in a riarK-tolllmwseJiirecir.ouririnj!e TUNG (ED CO.. rOHTLANO. BBE8M. MO SPWlllf . WUH. . . -'J Jehn Fok, Pres. F. L. Bishop, Sec Astoria Savinge B", Trtas Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. , Correspondence Solicited. - ' - Foot of Fostrtlt Stmt, .$7.00 . ,6C De iramcaiareiy rcpun end that this idea may be negatived and the real attitude of decent As toria be exemplified, we insist that the case now in police court be car ried to the utter latitude of the law, and that an example be furnished that will give startling emphasis to the contradiction that is due the people here. One of the profoundest evils of the day is the deadly temporizing of the public with the liquor business. The saloon man is no more to blame for the violation of the laws than the pa tronage that makes it worth his while to violate them, and indeed in sists that he shall do so. It is time the people were doing some differ ent thinking along these lines, and turning their attention to the men, who, as patrons, regular, persist ant, and generous, offer the premium to the saloonkeeper for the disorder they, the patrons, not only create but designedly .sanction. There is an element of justice in the shame that overtakes a community in the ugly record it achieves through the instrumentality of its own supposed ly respectable people; and while that justice is in play, some of it might as well fall to the saloon man who gets his inspiration and support st first responsible hands. But no saloon man on earth can ever find justification or pardon for the ruin of a boy's life and soul, and, it may be said to their credit, as a business class, that they will not do this guilty thing- The exception does not prove the rule in this instance, fortunately, and it is the exception that needs the sharpest scrutiny arid reactionary dealing, just now. There are some very excellent men engaged in the liquor business in this city, with homes and families and standing, above and beyond the smear of these Jouler things, and they will be found in the van of any movement to' crush out, and down, the low and criminal instinct that panders to the fall of mere children. If the authorities fail in their duty in this case they will hear from it, from more sources than one. WE WANT THAT DREDGE. With regard to those new depths Ion the Columbia. bar, the discovery' of which is credited to Enginec Lockwood, of the Port of Portland Commission, we desire to say, that from extended inquiry at sources supposedly well informed on this im- i portant subject, the testimony is as ten to one,' against the existance of the new depths; that is, there are ten men who disavow the fact to one who sanctions it; and everyone of the eleven are entitled to credence, provided each speaks without any peculiar inspiration, which, for the sake of the respect due them all, is gladly conceded. Ihe preponderance of testimony being against the discovery, it re mains to discover the ingenuous motive behind the declaration of the eminent engineer. Primarily, he is of Portland He is at the head and front of the Port Commission there. That Commission does not want any more water on the bar than runs i: the river channels hence to Portland. This city and section has memorial ized Congress to place a dredger op the bar to deepen it. That move ment does not suit the Port Commis sion up there a little bit. They de sire to mimfy our plea by declaring there is more water on the bar than the pilots can find- or have reported These declarations must be made by ome one in authority, must be given the color of fact; hence Mr. 'Lock wood makes it. But he does not dem- on titrate it. That remains to be done We want the dredge, and all the 'water can iret on the Columbia bar. Portland does not want another foot there. And there you have it. We wish the extra five foot Mr. I.ockwood alleges to exist were there, with ten more on top of them; but we are compelled to wait, and work, for them. We want that dredge and shall not cease striving for it; we want that north jetty, and sha'l begin to campaign for that, too. We have a port of our own, now, and are under no sort of obligation to dawdle along at the Portland pace any longer. WE WANT THAT DREDGE AND ARE GOING TO GET IT. IF WE KNOW HOW; AND WE THINK WE DO! WHAT WILL ASTORIA DO? What will Astoria do with regard to the re-submission of the fishery bills to the people for revocation' That is a question that niust be an swered, sooner or later, and is well worth the answering. Are we to submit to the dictate of the predatory fishermen who are de manding that the people of Oregon. who passed the Giltnetters" bill by a majority of 26,000 last June, shall renegue ami stuimy tnemseivcs on so grave an issue: especially when that majority was due to the intelli gent and timely campaigning put up by this city, county and section? The wheel-barons and their agents are working steadily and insidiously in the upper country, and moving, on a studied program, in every field in which their interest holds at all; while we sit supinely idle and scarce- y take note of their operations. It is time we were waking to tins new-old issue and aserting the dis tinct claim we possess upon the good will and franchise of the people for the preservation of one of their greatest industries. The least we can do is to get together and voice our conclusions and attitude in the matter and send forth the word that made good last summer in behalf of the righteous handling of one of our most valuable assets and sources of employment and income. To do less than this, were small return to the generous electorate that saved us in 1908. THE INEVITABLE TAG. Charity of a Year in Chicago to be Raised in One Day. a CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Mrs. Stanley Field, is working out a plan for rais ing in one day all of the money need cd in charity during the year. The time ad also the wear and tear o? giving a charity ball, in the streets of Paris, a pagenant Vivant, and a re naissance revival will be spared by her system to the women of wealth who have always given their services. Tag principles will be simply carried out on a vast scale, according to he' present imperfect plans. Instead of one charity however, more than 200 would be benefitted and the sum to be drawn from the citizens Jf Chica go in twelve hours as Mrs Field heard undismay would have to bi something like $3,000,000 if it sup plied the needs of the city during the year. Just who the taggers and who the tagged would be is yet undetermined and also the districts of operation. Mrs. Field is now busy getting re ports from all of the charity organi zations, stating the amount of their expenditures for a year and saying whether they will give their co-op eration A board made up of impar tial judges is to distribute the funds and each organization benefitting will have to agree not to approach people for money or give charitv en tertainments. The great object of the new plan is to do away with the trouble and fatigue of these entertainments. Tt is said that some of the women uoon whom the burden has fallen in the past have been ill for months aftei wards. ft is also intended to do away with the practice amor? char ity solicitors of selling boxes and seats to citizens for all sorts of char ity at all sorts of times. People of wealth describe as unbelieveable the annoyance endured from the prac tice. An equitable division of re ceipts, impossible under the old sy tern, is also sought. Children Who Are Sickly Mothers who value their own com fort and the welfare of their children, should never be without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the sea son. They Break up Colds, Cure Feverishness, Constipation, Teething Disorders, Headache and Stomach Troubles. THESE POWDERS NEV ER FAIL. Sold by all Drug Stores, 25c. Don't accept any substitute. A trial package will be sent FREE to any mother who will address Allen S7 Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. !cm ifi THEU.S.GOVERNMENT EATING OUT FINE LANES IN THE CHAPARRAL OF CALI FORNIA. WASHINGTON', Feb. 12,-Three thousand angora goats 1'crdcd out on the brushoovcred foothills of California are going to do sonic hard work for Uncle Sam during the com ing two years beginning this spring The experiment wilt be unique both as stock raising proposition and as an engineering and tree culture prob lem. The little white animals whose King wool is of such great value are going to be put to no less a task than constructing mile after mile of fire line through the bushy chaparral growth in the national forests, sav ing much labor by the United States Service engineers and making way fr forestation by merchantable trees. Not the leasi important feat ure of the experiment, which for the first two years will be confined to the Lassen Forest, is (lie fact that the task will be performed during the re gular grazing by the goat which will not even realize they are doing a valuable work. Plans- for carrying on the work are outlined in a co-operative agree ment drawn up by the Forest Ser vice and the owner of a hand of an gora goats grazing on the Lassen National Forest of California. The scheme is to run fire lines parallel with the contour of the slopes by cutting trails about eighty rods apart. These trails are to serve as guides for the angoras. They will graze in each direction from the trails, kill ing, it is estimated, a strip of brush about 300 yards wide. The wide lanes cut out and grazed by the goats will serve as ideal fire lines in pro tecting the forest covered lands ly ing beyond and around the chapar ral areas, and also make a place for reproduction of merchantable trees. For the past two years the govern ment has been earrying on perman nant improvements in the national Forests on an extensive scale, and the contrnction of fire lanes and REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Astoria National Bank At Astoria, in the State of Ore gon, at the close ot business, l-et- ruary 5, ,19il9: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts. .....$.173,01645 Overdrafts, secured and un secured . . .- 4,030.67 U- S. bonds to secure cir culation . 47,50000 U. S. bonds to secure U. S. . deposits 20.000.tl0 O'her bonds to secure U. S- deposits 34.00(1.0" Premiums on U. S. bonds.. 4.117.00 Bonds, securities, etc 89,573.38 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 4.000.00 Other real estate owned... 8,233-4: Due from State banks and bankers 8,01373 Due from approved re serve agents 92,439.56 Checks and other cash items 2,366.33 Notes of other National Banks 1.260.00 Fractional pr,!,f-r currency, nickels, and rents........ 463. Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz.: Specie $72,601,95 Legal-tender no'cs 475-00 73,076.95 Redemption fund with U S. Treasurer ( 5 per cent circulation) 2,375.00 Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than 5 per cent re demption fund 1,000.00 Total $765,466.06 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund ,. 55,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid.,., 14,781-91 National Bank notes out standing 45,800.00 Individual deposit1;- sub ject to cheek .$274.53098 Demand certificates of de posit 5:20,112.82 Time certificates of de posit $264,948.60 Certified checks . 291.75 U. S. deposits... 40,000.00 599,884.15 Total .$765,466.06 State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, ss.: I, J. E. lliggins, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief p. , , J. E. IIICGINS, ' Cashier. CorrPttest ,!) ni G!iO. IT. GEORGE, A. SCHERNECKAU, , . ,F. L. WARREN, fc:: JJircctors. SnWWrlMkUffnd sworn to before me tin's: 12th.iSayof February, 1909. trails has been one of the most im portant features of the work. The task of clearing the ground and pro vkling land for good forest tn'cs in, however, perhaps the most Import ant benefit expected to come out of the experiment. The proposed work of the angora goats may finally solve the chapar ral problem which, has been trouble. some in the state of California for many years. The bushy chaparral growth' chokes out seedling's of val uable commercial trees which may get a start and when it is dry is one of the worst kinds of fire risks Often a small hluxe which starts m it gains such headway in a few niimi tes as to travel hundreds of yard ami lick into valuable stands of mer chautablc timber, The protection to he afforded by the goat-built fire lanes, therefore, may at last bring relief to the state, which in the past has had its full share of destructive forest tires, At the same time, much chnparrnl will be killed out to make room for the growth of good trees that pro duce lumber. If proven successful at the end of two years the work will be carried to National Forest in other sections where chaparral has choked out good iorest tree and and created a dangerous fire risk. C. R. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1060 Vir ginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I was so weak from kidnsy trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles Foley's Kid ney Remedy cleared my complexion, cured my backache and the irregu larities disappearedand I can now attend to business every day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE First National an k At Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, February 5, 1X: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $453,89301 Overdrafts, secured and un secured , 1.671,49 U. S. bonds to secure cir culation 40,000.00 Premium on U. S. bonds. , . 1,200.00 Bonds, securities, etc 54.430.00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 46.307.2J Due from State and private banks and bankers 18,145.21 Due from approved re serve Agents 114,190 42 Checks and other cash items 989.99 Notes of other National Banks . 1,795.00 Nickels and Cents 430,15 Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz.: Specie $166,800.00 Legal-tender notes 135.00 166,935.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 2.000,00 Due from U. S. Treasurer.. 33468 Total J902.322.18 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $100,000.00 Surplus fund 25,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex penses and taxes paid.... 17,085.58 National Bank notes out standing 40,000.00 Due to State and nnvate banks and bankers 951.53 Dividends unpaid 1,000.00 Individual Deposits subject to check $600,015.98 Demand Certificates of de posit $118,269.09 718,285.07 Total $902,322.18 State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, ss.: I, S. S. Gordon, Cashier Of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, S. S. GORDON, Cashier... Correct Attest: JACOB KAMM, G. C. FLAVEL, w. f. McGregor, Directors. ! Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of February, 1909. V. BOELLING, , Notary Tublic, REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK At Astoria, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, February 5, 1909: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $113,664.73 Bonds, securities, etc....... 32,914-42 Hanking house, furniture, and fixtures 4,457.69 Due from banks (not re serve banks) 2,000.00 Due from approved reserve banks , . 7,465.04 Checks and other cash items . 85.71 Cash on hand 12,430.97 Total $173,018.56 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund 3,500,00 AMUSEMENTS. ASTORIA UTHEATREC Wednesday, Feb. If Engagement of the Eminent Actor CHARLES B. HANFORD ' , ACCOMPANIED BY MISS MARIE DROFNAH lit a Brilliaut Production of Th Greatest of All Comedltt THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Preceded by the Otic Act Najx). kftnic Piny 4THE OLD GUARD" An Event of Exceptional Interest 30 People In the Cast 30 Scats on Sale Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 75c. SOc Undivided profits, less ex- nenses and ttwe paid.... 367.13 Individual deposits subject to check 45.805.51 Demand certificates of de- . posit - 2705.70 Time certificates of de posit .. , 30,496.00 Savings deposits 36,14420 Kills payable inclmlinit cer tificates ot deposit for money borrowed 4,000.00 Total '. $173,018 56 State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, ss.; I, J. M. Anderson, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. M. ANDERSON, Cashier. Correct Attest: CUST HOLMES. AUG. DANIEI.SON, C. 0. PALM R ERG, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of February, 1909. OSWALD GUSTAFSON, Notnrv Public, l..J.,.ii..i- 1. ..i. ' ...... I'jj; FINANCIAL. First National Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. CFlavel J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital $100,000 Surplus 25,000 Stockholders' Liability . . 100,000 XHTAIl,lSflt:i) IHHtt. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $232,000 Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Depos '. Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Duane Sia. Astoria, Oregon SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideration." THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars M2 Commercial Street1 1 M Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OREGON SCOW- BAT BRASS ! II MP AHTOItIA, OltEOON i ' Iron and Brass Founders, up-io-iaie oawrnw Macninery 18tb and Franklin Ave, Nature provides bit one CALIFORNIA It U the natural winter home of many thou sands of th world' best ptoplt, Under th gentlt Influence of Its mild winter climate, .. tvery amusement and recreation abounds, bathing, boating, fish ing, driving; such pic nics, parties and "jolli fications. ' . ! 1 :C0 TO: . Lot Angelas, Pito Routes t Hot Springs, Hotel del Monte, San ta Barbara, San Diego, Santa Monica, Venice, Long i Beach, Santa Crut, or acore of similar resorts and you . will find health, con genial surroundings, hospitable associates, faultless accommodi- tionr ind numberless ; attractions and eon- ' venlences. The 0.R.aN.Co. CONNKCTlNO WITH The Southern Pacilic Co. Makes Inexpensive round trip excursion rates to Cal ifornia, ii . A six iftonths stopover ticket Portland to Los Angeles and return is $55.00 Corresponding rates art in affect to other points. W have soma very distinc tive literature covering Cali fornia's winter resorts, and wilt take pleasure in giving you all of the Information ind assistance at our com mand. For tickets, sleeping car reser vations, etc., call on, tele graph, or write WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pass Agt Portland, Oregon. J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier FRANK PATTON. Cashier Land and Marine Engineers. v rompt attention given to all repair , work. Tel Main 31 , rfjq srf? n.it lifts jo'i jrr