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THE MOR&lfcr; ASTORIA, ASTORIA. OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1909. f ; rrf I Established 1S7J. Published Daily Except Monday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By k1, per year Sy carrier, per month WEEKLY ASTORIAN. Cy sail, per year, in advance.................... Entered aa second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence r place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office f pablkabo. : 1 TELEPHONE iTHE WEATHER Oregon Rain in west portion; fair and cooler in east portion- Washington Rain. Idaho Rain or snow HARRIMAN'S AWAKENING. It would seem, from the news of the day, that Mr. Harriman has dand led his vast holdings and privileges in this State just about as long as safety will permit; his competitors are crowding him to the verge of ouster and negation; wherefore the wizard wakens with a rush and or dains the things that would have put him in the van years ago, had he nsed them as he ought Oregon must benefit immensely by this turn of affairs; and even little Id Clatsop will come in for her very practical share of the gainful pro gram, and the very Heavens know we m stand it In the huge game played by the Hills and Harrimana of America the aces sometimes fall to the obscure, the over-looked, the remote, but none the less deserving, localities, long snubbed by time, circumstance, and man: That both these great railway masters are easting their nets of transportation over and around the month of the Columbia river, and In cidentally, this city, moves us to the thought that perhaps we have been brought within the spotlight of op portunity at last and are really under exact and momentous consideration; this, coupled with the fairly generous provision of the Government, for the Columbia bar; and the timely and propitious fact 'of the steady pro gress of the new electric railway ven ture, in, through, and out of this city, and directly into the territory by which Mr. Harriman must enter here, gives aest and confidence to the "flattering unction" we are laying to our patient and long-ignored souls. And, chief among the elemental reasons we enjoy for daring to main tain the new hope is that these men, James J. Hill, and E. H. Harriman, are quite free from the pressure and direction of the Portland thumb in these pleasant premises. TEN DAYS MORE, What of vengeful -slur and slime is yet to be cast upon the impervious shoulders of Theodore Roosevelt must be flung at him within the next ten days, for at the end of that time, he is to start for Africa to play with the lions and gorillas, and will be still more impervious to the scandal and revilings hurtling through the halls of Congress' and the air-spaces in the trust-lairs. The utter good will of the com monalty of the country goes with Mr. Roosevelt on this strenuous outing of his; and it will last, unimpaired, until he returns to take up some more of burdens and stand for his old place or some other great dignity and post, in which he shall loom even bigger than he does now. The people of this country know him well, and trust him implicitly, and have not done with him by a long sight, and the best of it is, he knows this as well as any of us; and knowing it, will not gainsay us when the time for new honors and new service comes. His enemies are in the open, so far as the people are concerned; they are known far and wide, and their animus also; nothing of reproach will stick to Theodore Roosevelt of their casting. We know he is not pcr- DIAMOND BI2AND wm irw PuMfl NMtlwwi HoU and Oil 5ar a(UapUjr a aJl bant dln. jUkinrCae kw. I uMoaaala An Toorneia-hbof hood, writ. , givta Dam ut your dralmr. and will mall wm . tMf-R at ai fiomtw afwwla f raa for roar trroiMa Lu,M Lmta JLm bmvmJt hTummm.,Htnm,mm,imwumt,wiM. by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. .$7.00 .60 .$1.50 MAIN 651. feet; nor would we bav him so. He is simply "square," with the courage that lines up with that compound vir tue, and this is an imperishable open-sesame to the favor of the nation; and the favor of the nation is the one supreme test, in and out of politics, in the United States. WASHINGTON. The farther we get from the time of Washington the less we care, ap parently, for the wonderful influence he caat on the destinies of the coun try. Not that we fail to measure his life and deeds and character accurate ly, when we measure them at all, but we are, seemingly, at a loss to sum mon the largess and spontaneity of gratitude and devotion we once gave to the great name and the greater career. We still cherish a profound honor for the Father of His Country, but our consciences smite us for the abstract fashion in which we signify it; we realize the negative and rather uninspiring tone of a'l our expres sions of love and remembrance, and we do not hesitate to compare them with the ardent and glowing manifes tations of our tributes to Lincoln. All this indicates the flight of time and the leveling of the things we once held sacred; the dimming of our pa triotic retrospect, and the substitu tion of newer idols and later inspira tions. It may not be right, but it seems to be inevitable. The name of Washington is still ours as an in vincible challenge and war-cry, and ibut little else!. WING SHOTS. There is nothing like a genuine grand jury to break down the sophis tries of the men who seek to justify their contempt for, and dalliance with, the law;. unless it be an able and fearless prosecutor; and a judge to back them both. The homing fleet of war ships are now snug in harbor and the nation breathes a bit easier; and doubtless the officers and men of the armada are glad of a rest from the deluge of good will and ceaseless ministration of in terest and kindliness to which they have been subjected for the better part of a year. Home is home, al ways!. Most people in Astoria and Clat sop county are hoping that the new district judge to be appointed will be chosen for certain essential qualities of brain, training and adaptability; and quite irrespective of politics, pro vided, of course, he be a Republican- The war-agitator is one of the poorest specimens in the infinite va riety of human-lice; he is small, in siduous, foul and cowardly, and never takes a hand in the game he starts. It takes men to carry on a war; and greater men to stop it!. Now that we know just where the lines of the new electric railway to the coast lie, in the city, and out of it, we are ready to-welcome the first genuine overture toward the practi cal end of the venture, the building of the road. It is the biggest and best thing before this people, and lies nearer to them than anything on the docket of progress!. You may stake all you're worth on the fact that the "blind-pig" man nev er forgets to square himself first with his Uncle Samuel. He pays that little $25 anyhow, knowing well that he cannot throw dirt in the eyes of the federal inspectors and courts. But, for the rest, he will take all the chances of fine and imprisonment, and do it gladly, with even contemp tuous bravado until a' grand jury and a practical prosecutor rounds him up and makes him "dig" and do other compensating stunts. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E W GROVE'S signature is on each box 2Sc. IJIIRAI1! MATTERS ur ii,!fUKiw CHAIRMAN SHUMWAY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION. SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 21-Sev- eral important matters for legislation or department rulings are presented by G L. Shumway of Scottsbluff, Neb., chairman of the executive com mittee of the American Irrigation Federation, headed by L Bradford Prince of Santa Fe, N. M., in a letter to Arthur Hooker, secretary of the local board of control of the 17th National Irrigation Congress, which will meet in Spokane August 9 to 14. He says: "We need legislation or de partment rulings along the following lines: "Sufficient appropriation for the United States Geological Survey to pay for alt surveys and topography connected with the government's ir rigation projects. "Sufficent direct appropriations to pay for all administration of the same while directed by the govern ment Appropriations through rivers and harbor or river improvement bills to pay fo all federal reservoirs, as they are useful factos in governing stream flow. Permitting private enterprise to acquire for beneficial uses the waters impounded in government reservoirs in excess of the needs of the govern ment. Permitting or extending to home steaders nnder government irrigation projects the right to commute. Another thing which may need at tention is that the government after making an estimate of the expense of an irrigation project and permit ting settlement, should not raise the cost upon the settler when it finds that the betterments and mainten ance were higher than estimated." The American Irrigation Federa-i tion has members in every state and province in which irrigation is prac ticed, and it Is expected that the or ganization will be largely represented at the irrigation congress in this city the second week in August-. Mr. Shumway announces that a large at tendance is looked for at the annual meeting of that body here August 8. Towns in the irrigated belts in Wash ington, Idaho, Montana. Oregon, Ari zona, Utah, Nevada California, Wyo mine. Colorado, Texas and New Mex ico will send delegates, and there will also be visitors from Nebraska, Illi nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Fireworks As Airships' Enemy. While the ordinance officers of the different oowers are racking their wits to devise some method of repel ling a bombardment from airships, H. T. Pain, the famous maker of fire works, sits in his office, smiles, and says, "Whynot use fireworks?" "Why bother about shells fired from cannon," asks Mr. Pain, "when there are skyrockets able to soar a mile and explode up there? Why wor ry about searchlights when there are aerial torches which will burn for RESULTS THAT REMAIN. Are Appreciated by Astoria People. Thousands who suffer from back ache and kidney complaint have tried one remedy after another, finding onlv temoorary benefit- This is dis couraging, but there is one special kidney medicine that cures perma nently and there is plenty of proof right here in Astoria. Here is the testimony of one who used Doan's Kidney Pills years ago, and now states the cure was lasting. D. E. Duncan, Astoria, Ore., says: "For years I suffered from kidney complaint. I had a constant, dull ache in the small of my back, and the kidney secretions were too fre uent causing me much annoyance. Hearing of Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a box of Charles Rogers' drug store and received immediate relief. I continued taking them and was soon free from the complaint." (Statement given Feb. 4, 1903.) A Permanent Cure. On September 3, 1907, Mr. Duncan confirmed the above saying: "I can add nothing to my statement made in 1903 except that I have not had the slightest symptom of kidney com plaint since." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. an hour and Illuminate an area of 10 miles radius? Why talk of fortifi cations when there are deadly gases which an be spread in great strata above the earth?" DESTROYING GOPHERS. Two implements used in California for destroying gophers and other ro dents are described with illustrations in the March Popular Mechanics. One of them is filled with a chemical that makes a poisonous gas. Working a bellows on the top forces this gas through a hose Into the holes of the rodents, thus kilting them. The sec ond implement is filled with damp straw and set on fire. A bellows which fits into an attachment on the top of the receptacle blows the dense smoke through a tube which is in serted in the ground near the opening of a gopher run and covered with earth. This filk the little subterra nean passages with the smoke. A City Of Snow-White Domes. The little city of El-Oued, with its population of 8,000 people, at the ex treme south of the province of Con stantino, in Algeria, is unique even for a Mohammedan city, because of the great number of its snow-white iomes or cupolas. So extraordinary is the treat number of these cupolas- that many writers have referred to El-Oued as "The City of a Thousand Cupolas." The homes of the resi dents of 'El-Oued are constructed o4 white plaster, and were it not lor the whiteness, the domes would be taken at a cursory glance to be a city of cook overns Popular Mechanics. Pearls From Tiny Chinese Image Compelling oysters to produce pearls by placing a foreign ubsi,uicc, such as small pebbles, in their shells has become an extensive industry, in which the Japanese have especially excelled, but the Chinese can claim distinction in . the originality of one of the substances often used by them. This is none other than tiny leaden gods or images, and when the oys ter has formed the pearle around this nucleus, a process which extends ov er a period of four years, the shell is opened and the prize removed Pop ular Mechanics. AN INCOME TAX. Schiif, Of New York, Recommends Expedient For National Relief. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-An income tax designed to overcome objections which were raised when the tax was last imposed, is suggested by Jacob Schiff of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, as a means of meeting the increasing deficit in the United States treasury. Discussing the plan, Mr. Schiff after condemning the is suance of additional government se curities as "pernicious and danger ous, said: "What we need is a real revenue producing system which shall inter fere in no way and affect as little as 'possible questions connected with the tariff or the country's banks or currency systems. I believe this is to be found in the income tax. "The objections, it seems, can be met by means of a measure which shall tax only income or revenue de rived from business and especially interstate commerce. If investiga tion be made of the source of income in this country, it will develop that an enormous revenue to which prac tically all contribute in an equitable manner can thus by means of a mod erate income tax be produced. So far as the banking business" is concerned such an income tax would yield a very large revenue to the govern ment and this is even true, of course in many other forms of commercial and industrial enterprises. "At the same time a tax on in come arising from such sources wo,uld in no wise conflict with the rights of states and would neither be 'Krectly nor indirectly a tax upon rents or lands. While some skill would have to be displayed in draw ing up such a measure I believe it could be done successfully and its operation, I feci convinced would be carried on without difficulty." Charles H. Trest. treasurer of the United States, favors a direct propor tional tax on income. "I believe that it would assist con siderably and am in favor of an in come tax coming from business ef forts and" the results of a man's la bor," he said. "As a matter of fact I feel that it would be quite fair to tax those who earn over $1,000 a year; to have an ascending scale as it were, but uniform. "Then, too, I believe an inheritance tax is a good revenue raiser. Those who obtain money by inheritance, get it from those who certainly cannot take it with them, so why not put a tax upon it?" BACKACHE FROM WEAK KIDNEYS This Simple Home Made Mixture la Said To Prevent Serious Kidney Trouble And Ii Easily Mixed By Anyone. More people luecumb each year to some form of kidney trouble than any other cause, The slightest form of kidney derangement often devel ops into Bright't kidney disease, dia betes or dropsy. When either of these diseases are suspected the suf ferer should at once seek the best medical attention possible. Consult only a good, first-class physician. There are many of the lesser symptoms of kidney trouble which can be treated at home is stated by a wetl known authority. For some of these, such as backache, pain In the region of the kidneys, weak bladder, frequency, (especially at night) pain ful scalding and other urinary trou bles, try the following simple home remedy: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one h!f ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa- coughs KIRS THE FOR THROAT FOR nnrpnnr? LIU I had the most debilitating cough a mortal was ever afflicted with, and my friends expected that when I left my bed It would surely be for my grave. Our doctor pronounced my case Incurable, but thanks be to God, four bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery cured me bo completely that I am all sound and well. MRS. EVA UNCAPHER, Grovertown, Ind. Price 50c and $1,00 ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED! Trial Bottle Free 3 parilla, three ounces. These simple ingredients are hrnilrs and can be obtained at ny good prescription pharmacy and anyone can mix then) by shaking well In a bottle. The dose for adults is a teaspnontul after each meal and again at bedtime. There is no more effective remedy known to relieve alt forms of rheu matism, because it acts directly upon the kidneys and blood, It cleans the clogged up pores In the kidneys so they can filter and strain from the blond the poisonous uric acid and waste matter which If not eliminated remain In the blood, decompose arid settle about the Joints and muscular tissues causing the untold suffering and deformity of rheumatism. Backache Is nature's signal notify. Ing the sufferer that the kidneys are are not acting properly. "Take care of your kidneys," is now the physi cian's advice to his patients. NEW STYLE SAUCEPANS. 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