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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1000.
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FOR Ci'T
Women BBEL
New Dress Goods
Are satin finished prunella cloth in old rose, catawlia, new blues,
greens, wistera snd ttupes, fsnty serge suitings and mohairs.
; Our new line of elegant trimmings including vesting and straight
bands on net are the same shades as the dress goods.
Buttons f all kinds harmonise with trimmings and goods.
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The April Delineator, twice the ordinary sise, and brimfull o! in
formation of the season's styles, now on sale. . .
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OCEAN, BAR,
BAY,
The steamer Asuncion is supposed
to be off the bar this morning, and
is expected in at an early hour.
This fine ship has made another
patent demonstration of the splendid
utility of the "wireless," in having
called for, and received, a prescrip
tion, or instructions; for the treat
ment of an injured man on board,
from the land 100 miles away. There
is no end to the uses to which this
service may be put in emergency.
The steel coal barge Quatsino,
which has been in Portland for sev
eral months past, is on the way down
the river and will reach here this
morning. She is on the tow-line of
the Ocklahama now; the Wallula will
take her outside the bar today, and
there she will be picked up by a tug
sent over from Puget Sound to
bring her into port there.
It is now quietly conceded that the
Port of Portland has closed all nego
tiations for the ultimate purchase of
the ,0. R. & N- towing steamer
Ocklahama, the bar tug Wallula be
longing to the same company; and
the bar pilot schooner Joseph Pulitz
er. The figures are not quoted; but
the sales are not doubted in any
quarter here.
The steamship Rose City is
due j
down tonight at midnight, and will'ntce given.
sail at once, from the Q. R. & N.!I Expert
piers, for San Francisco. Among her
passengers will be Lester McLeod,
lately with Ross, Higgins & Com
pany, who goes to the Golden Gate
City. "
The steamship Arabia left out yes
terday for China and Japan with a
big and valuable cargo.
The fine steamer Rosecrans, with
' her sea-charge, the oil barge Mon
terey, came down the river yesterday
afternoon, and went direct to sea en
joute to the California coast.
The steamer Eureka is due in this
port today, from the California port
of that name.
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DOCK
AND RIVER
The steamship Breakwater (with
her whistle) is due to sail this morn
ing from the O. R. & N. docks for
the Coos Bay country.
The Kamm liner Lurline went up
last evening with plenty of business.
Among her passengers hence were:
C Plowden, Dick Carruthers, Mrs.
G. B. Wood and L. L, Wall.
The steamer F. S. Loop is due down
from up-river points today, en route
to the Bay City, with lumber.
The steamer R. D. Inman will fin
ish loading at Knappton this morn
ing and will sail immeditaely for San
Francisco.
The steamship Yeddo came down
the river yesterday afternoon and
went to sea, bound for San Francisco
and thence to Australia.
Notice To Mariners.
Notice is hereby given that the
characteristic of the light at Piedras
Blancas light station, California, was
changed March 1, 1909, to show fix
ed white without flashes, pending the
repairs of the illuminating apparatus.
The change will continue for about
two months when the regular charac-
teristic will be re-established and doe
John McNuIty, Nautt-
TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS
HELENA, Mont. March ll.-The
judiciary of Montana has been com
pletely removed from the realm of
politics. Hereafter no political party
or political convention can make nom
inations for judicial offices. This is
the effect of a bill signed this week
by Governor Norris.
The bill provides that hereafter all
nominations for judicial offices shall
be divorced from partisatn politics.
NEW TO-DAY
MIRroRS MADE IN ASTORIA.
We replate your old mirrors and
make new ones; phone us about it
Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
The very best board to be obtained
in the city is at "The Occident
Hotel." Rates very reasonable
Wood and CoaL
If you want dry fir cordwood, in
side fir, bark slab, or boxwood, ring
up Kelly, the Wood and Coal Dealer,
the man who keeps the prices down.
Coal at $7.00 per ton in your base
ment or $6.00 at yard. Main 2191.
Barn, corner 12th and Duane.
The Proper Place.
Go to the Occident Barber Shop if
you are particular and desire first
class service. Satisfaction guaranteed.
An expert bootblack and porter has
also been engaged.
The Modern.
The best and most up-to-date ton
sorial parlor in the city is The
Modern. Perfect comfort and service
guaranteed to all. Excellent baths.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children. '
Ha tki Yoa Have Always BcsgJJ
Beaut the
Signature
LETTERS OF REBUKE TO
LID-LIFTERS
QUICK EXPRESSION ON THE
NEWLY MADE EFFORTS TO
RE-OPEN THE CITY.
The letters following were received
at this oflke yesterday, and from their
spontaneity, and terms, may be taken
to indicate that any movement to re
open this city to the license of irregu
larity and criminal debauchery that
once existed here, will not be tolcr
atcd now, nor ever again.
The letters hail from sources, that
were we permitted to announce them,
would instantly show just where the
average decent citizen of Astoria
stands on this grave question; and
that any effort to shove this issue to
the front, under any guise or pretext.
will be met with smashing resistance
in which every court in the land
will be used to the last legal recourse
before the thing is done with. We
wish the Astorian could publish the
names of the authors, but since it
cannot, it publishes the letters, re
serving its knowledge of their origin
for such time as an expression on that
score may be needful.
"Astoria, March 11, 1909.
"Editor Astorian:
"None so blind as those who will
see." Today's Oregonian publishes
dispatches, as follows: From Salt
Lake, Utah, reporting the passage of
most stringent liquor laws, requiring
saloons to be closed from 7 p. m. until
7 a. m. daily, and other very rigid re
strictions; from Olympia, a law pro
hibiting breweries from owning or
controlling saloons, in addition to a
local option law; from St. Paul, Minn.,
reporting a large number of towns
going dry entirely; almost daily simi
lar news can be read; there is a wave
going over the entire country, de
manding regulation, restriction and
even prohibition; the reckless and
over-bearing actions of the law
breaking section in the liquor busi
ness are the cause of all this disturb
ance, although they blame the law
officers and everybody but themselves
for these reprisals; prudence would
dictate, that the whole business be
stirred up as little as possible; but in
stead of prudence, the criminal ele
ment and their foof friends talk of
organizing boycotts and for a general
reopening of the whole dirty business.
"He who see dangers ahead and
warns you, is your friend," be who
sees dangers and thinks to please you
by keeping still is only a fool friend;
while- lie who does not see dangers
that everybody around him sees every
day, beware of him, for he is a fool
altogether.
"Most people in Astoria .are tired
of the whole business and are willing
to let what evils still exist stand, but
once disturb existing conditions, and
who knows where it will all emf?
"Let well' enough alone.
"M. E. BAKER.1
"Astoria, March 11, 1909.
"To the Editor:
"Not being a business man, accord
ing to the plans and specifications of
the founders of the Knockers' Club,
I am not eligible to membership in
that hallowed organization, but let
mc ask?
"Would it not be better if all those
business mere would joint the Cham
ber of Commerce and bring their
ideas before that organization; and
not only have good ideas, but also
boost for them; at present they fail to
attend the Chamber of Commerce and
then kick because their ideas are not
known or adopted- .
"On the other hand if the boost
proposition is merely a Wind and as
! some of the speeches would indicate,
it is intended to reopen the dance
halls and gambling joints, the sooner
that effort is chloroformed the better
for all concerned; never again will the
people tolerate old conditions to pre
dominate; any attempt to take a step
backward will only result in disaster
to the better element in the liquor
business, who have long enough borne
the odium caused by the crimi
nal element.
"Or if it is intended to organize a
boycott club, let them remember that
the boyoctt is a two-edged sword, it
cuts both ways and is suicidal.
"They say that business is quiet; is
the closing of nests of robberies re
sponsible for the reduction in wages
in the eastern factories alone? do the
Hills and Harrimans, the Goulds and
Vandcrbilts abstain from extensive
railroad building, because the dance
halls are closed here?
"Is it not a fact that Portland and
Seattle arc erecting more skyscrapers
than ever and growing like blazes,
despite the closing of joints in those
places? Jj i "
"But, they feel so bad for the poor
soldiers, loggers and fishermen who
are now unnble to get drunk on Sun
days. - .--. ,
"What a libel on those men; the
average soldier is a true, brave man
and does not need pitfalls for enter
tainment.
"Beneath the juniper of the fisher
man or logger there beats as clean, a
heart as can be. found under tht
tuxedo of the professional or business
man.
"If there be drunken, vicious and
depraved loggers, fishermen and sol
diers, are there not also other men
engaged in all kinds of occupations
who frequently drink and carouse?
"The normal man means to do
right and falls only because the temp
tations thrown in his way. which
many are too weak to resist; remove
the powder and the matches and
there will be less danger of explosions
and of ruins. (
"There are four pleasant, clean
moving picture theaters in this this
city, where any soldier, logger, fisher
men, doctor or business man can
spend two or three delightful hours,
yes, he need not be ashamed to take
his wife or sweetheart, children or
friends there and it will cost less to
spend Sunday afternoon there; or one
can take a brisk walk in the fresh air,
or a drive into the country or go to
visit a friend, or do many other
healthful, restful, inexpensive things
that will readily suggest themselves
to the clean, normal mind.
Why will so many ordinarily de-
ent men aver that a stack of chips
alongside of a bottle of booze is the
only way a logger, fisherman or sol
dier can enjoy himself on Sundays, I
consider it an insult to those men; I
have greater respect for mankind
than to insist that all of those men
are unhappy, because they are not
handed a flask as soon as they are
weaned from the milk bottle and that
Sunday is to them a day of spree.
Take warning, . gentlemen; don't
disturb the public conscience, lest you
arouse a resentment that will wipe
out some things thai are now suffered
to exist; if you like boosting; bully
for you; but be sure that you are
boosting for something that you
would not be ashamed to tell your old
mother about.
"Nature has endowed Astoria with
many blessings; but for 50 years we
have allowed less favored cities to
crow ahead of us, while we have giv
en our best thoughts and attentions
on how much revenue and business
we could set from dance-halls and
other criminal enterprises, until we
have made ourselves believe that we
cannot prosper without them; what a
vicious thought that, and how unfor
tunate for Astoria anf ourselves.
"The period between New Year
and the opening of the fishing season
IS always tne quietest time ana u is
especially quiet this year, because of a
general depression since the financial
panic of 1907.
"The Presidential election with its
usual disturbances is over, the tariff
hill now in course of construction that
has temporarily caused manufacturers
I to halt, will soon be settled; and be
I fore we realize it the prosperity wag
Ion will be here, so let us prepare to
jnmp onto the band wagon, instead of
wasting time and effort dreaming
about the old days when the dance-
fraris and brass knuckles ruled in As
toria and made her so (in)famous.
"Respectfully,
"FISHERMAN."
TELLER'S SUCCESSOR
Hughes Goea To Important Com
mittee On Revision Of Laws.
WASHINGTON, March 11. Sen
ator Hughes of Colorado will suc
ceed his predecessor in the Senate,
Former Senator Teller, as a mem
ber of the joint committee on the re
vision of the laws.
Because of Mr. Hughes' reputation
as a lawyer it was especially desired
that he should take a place on this
committee, but at the same time it
was found necessary to appoint the
committee before the close of the last
Congress. The Senators who have
in hand work of revising the laws hit
upon the expedient 'of having Mr.
Teller placed on the committee. Thus
they procured the appointment of the
full complement of members and at
the same time prepared the way
through the retirement' of Senator
Teller, for a vacancy which will make
it possible to assign Mr. Hughes to
this service.
NOW IT'S THE "OZARK"
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WASHINGTON, March 11. The
Navy Department has changed the
name of the monitor Arkansas to the
Ozark and that of the monitor Ne
vada to the Tonopah, in order to per
mit the following out of the custom
of giving the names of states to only
battleships and armored cruisers.
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A Jew Suit
for the Spring
Our new goods
are arriving
daily. Some
very swell pat
terns and cuts
for spring.
Greens prevail
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Horns of Hart
Schaffner &
Marx Clothing
LIE OPERATORS ARE
PERFECTING PLANS
AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS
WILL HAVE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS-
DENVER, Colo., March ll-The
effectiveness of the American Mining
Congress is to be greatly increased
by a plan, as announced by the Board
of Directors, of having local officers
and subsidiary organizations in each
of the mining centers, where no
active associations are now in exis
tence. Heretofore the Congress has
been exclusively national" in its scope,
giving lit'Ic attention to the local
problems that vex the camps individ
ually, but its growing strength in all
the mining states, with now a large
membership in each, has suggested a
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new arrangement under which each
state will have its own local branch I
organisation, with local office rs and
committees in charge. The nationat
organization will thus be bought
into clone contract with the small op
era tor as wel( as the large one, and
the entire strength of the national
body will, if necessary be thrown be
hind any local movement for relief
from conditions generally oppressive
to the Industry.
Besides having a Vice-President for
each state, who will preside over all
local meetings, and look after the lo
cal affairs of the Mining Congress,
standing committees will be appoint
ed by the Congress for each state, for
the purpose of ascertaining how the
industry is locally affected by such
questions as the forest reserves,
smelters rates, transportation rates,
labor conditions, etc.
Piles Cored In 6 to 14 Days
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of Itching, blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to
14 days or money refunded. 50 cents.
19.75
Special sale of Spring 1909 Suits all this sea
son's latest models in prunellas, serges, epingle
director cloths and suitings colors catawba,
wistria, taupe, stone, greens, old rose and etc.
Regularly sold up to $30 cn sale at A4r,7r
this low pricetake advantage $ I Ui 1 0
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Home of Hart
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POOR FINANCIER
Good Father In Church But Poor
Hand In Business Affairs.
BALTIMORE, Md.. March ll.
Since the removal of Rev. Caspsr P,
Elbert from pastorate of St. Cath
erines Catholic Church, announced by
Cardinal Gibbons last week there
have been many rumors ss 10 the res
son. It develops thst he owes about
$130,000 exclusive of a church debt ol
J.'S.OOO.
The Cardinal through Attorney E
II. Cans, says that little of this money
so far as he can ascertain, was used
for church purposes, Some of it
went to pay premiums on life snd
accident insurance, for which he had
policirs amounting to nearly $70,000.
Persons who have examined Father
Elbert's affairs believe he is mentally
unbalanced.
Cardinal Gibbons thought he may
not be legally liable for the debts and
has assumed the burden of paying
them. .
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