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SUNDAY, AI'RIL 25, TOPICS OF f.EW YORK 1 F3 THE MOKNINO ASTORI AN, ASTORIA. OREGON. Established li7S. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail per year By carrier, per month. .$7.00 . .60 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance......... . $'-S0 Enured as second-class matter July 30. 1906, at the postoflke at As toria. Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Order? for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either resi dence or place of business may be made by postal card or through tele phone. Any irrt)?i:!nrity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. . , ' -. ... TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE CALL OF DUTY. We humans do not always meet the call of personal duty, whether it be sworn, habitual, or casual; but, to the credit of mankind it may be safe ly said that, in the main, all duties are done, in a way. and measure, that account them fulfilled, while what of dereliction marks them, is charged to carelessness or some lesser fault. Every waiting hour of our lives pres ents some task, big or little, that we classify as a duty, and which we per oral almost instinctively, uncon sciously, because we are, in all ways, socially, commercially, religiously and educationally, innured to the per formance; we do not stop to analyze or question or weigh, our relation to the -task; we know that it must be done in order to preserve the geenral balances to which we owe our peace and success, and we go ahead and doit. But when we are confronted with the greater, more essential duties of public life, and office, there is a rigor, a mandatory quality, a legal definite ness. associated with them, that lend emphasis to the oath we take to per form them, and matches the gravity of any failure we are guilty of by wav of non-performance. A sworn duty transcends every other obligation, on the ground that it is made to the public that trusts the man assuming it, and which can not always have oversight over either the man or the task, but must rely npon the good faith that won the office for the servant. The public Antv Is r restrictive: no. ordinary ex- cause will stand for its neglect, aban donment or non-performance; tht same law that creates and prescribes the duty, punishes the man who for goes it. and what the law faUs to annnlv in the wav of penalty, public opinion and private conscience, gen erally contribute. The man with a record of having ignored, transcended, or,'"scotched his official duty and played with his official oath is never forgotten, and tacitly, never forgiven; he must start! for the measure of discount and dis trust that he finds in the private walks of his later life. (Of course, this little sermon does not apply to anyone in Astoria.) as r-Mient as may be. She knows that in this fortuitous year she is in better shape to take on her real destiny that ever before; that there is more talk of Astoria his land, than ever before: that bigger men and heavier capital are interested in, and allied to, the city and county, than have, for years, been at all concerned about her; that her mills, her commerce, her railroads. her bar, her camps, her general busi nesses, are all within the reach of the uplift and are to share in the new de velopment that Uncle iam, tne Farmers' Union, Hill, Harnman, ana t mn nt A R. Hammond's ilk. are responsibly conjuring and prepar ing and dealing out. Astoria has more real irons m tne fire" at this moment than she has had for time beyond calculation, and most n! tbem. if not all. are srenuine, feasi ble, and as certain as they are logical That all these enterprises are waiting on the final passage of the new tariff law, will not. of course, be ad mitted; but the tariff is as good as xnvtfcincr else of a biff and important sort to lay the inactivity to; and as nohing else presents itseit as a scape goat, that disconcerting, Tampering and hindering pretext will serve all purposes. Just as soon as things loosen up. w trnnw that Astoria is in a position to respond as quickly and successful ly as any city of her size in America, an she will do it. atritrhtr howso ever we gloom and glower and growl. She is gradually freeing nerseit irom the worst of her cumbering and de nressincr innences at home. and abroad in the State, and will rally swiftly and .heartily to every scheme and franchise that is making for her advance in every line. .f UNIVERSAL QUIET. From every source, by letter, press, and voice, comes the ale of universal quiet throught the country; even old Astoria is in the , range of dubious commercial inaction, and along with all the other towns of State and Na tion, has her little growl going on ac count of it; but she is not one whit worse off than hundreds of her neighbors and realizes this and makes the best of it; charges it up to the pending tariff, and complains and laughs, and yearns and joshes, and is ECHOES FROM THE JUNGLE. I There may be no press, associated, or otherwise, in the African jungle; ,but its echoes are eternal, and may be relied upon to furnish forth some fragmentary data as to what out par ticular Teddy is doing in its depths day by day. Echoes carry far. some times clearly, and alwas accurately. Knowing the man as we Americans know him, there can be no sort of ftrmht as to the actual imeotus of the echo that records his sayings and do ings; he will see to it that anything he does has sound and snap ana sug gestion to it quite sufficient to charge any old echo that may be ready to start out. He is in there for a year; and he intends to do enough to make a rec ord but we are not willing to wait for the miblished account; we must have it as it passes, and we will get it, for he knows us as well we know him, and he likes us. Keen vour eood ear attuned, for the wireless echo from the Dark Continent! There will be news, and plenty of it. NEW YORK, April 24.-To one not directly interested the spasmodic and wholly abortive attempts to en force the Sunday closing law in this city are a . source of considerable amusement. The law has been on the statute book for many years but, it is safe to say, it has never been en forced conscientiously and with suf ficient energy. Most of the saloon. in the down-town districts remain closed on Sundays, for the ample rea son that they would not do any busi ness on that day. even if kept open. The saloons in the Bowery district. in the Tenderloin district and in the other densely populated parts of the East and West sides, in Harlem ana in the pronx nave never scriousiy contemplated suspension of business on Sundays. The question, whose fault it is tha' the law is not enforced, has never been satisfactorily decided. Com missioner Bingham stated repeated!; that the police department was fully competent and able to enforce the law and District Attorney Jerome has made similar statements in behalf of his own office. Notwithstanding the alleged fact that the police as well as the district attorney's office were able to enforce the law, it has practically remained a dead letter and some in quisitive persons have expressed a de sire to know why Mr. Bingham and Mr. Jerome are probably both right. The probably could enforce the Sun day clostng law wire it not for some big "IF". Policemen do not like to mak" arrests for violations of the Mimiay law and they seem to have good cause for their attitude. In nearly every. case the cases against violators of the I Sunday law are dismissed for various valid or alleged reasons by the mag i istrates and the policemen who made the arrests gain nothing except the ill will of the aldermen and general unpopularity in their precincts. Un der sue hconditions it is not surpris ing that the authorities have not made a better success of Sunday clos ing. A ventriloquist with a keen sense of humor had a barrel of fun last Sun day at the Bronx Zoo. The beauti ful park was visited by thousands and the enclosures of the menagerie were surrounded b big crowds all day. The ventriloquist referred to was among the visitors and watched the animals in the cages and enclosures with as much interest as the human brings outside of the bars. Nobod- suspected the man of being a heart liner of the vauleville circuit. After he had seen his fill, it occurred to him that a little joke would add spice to the enjoyment of the visit. Hundreds of visitors surrounding the enclosure of the aquatic , birds were watching the ungainly pelican? making their Sunday afternoon toilet, j preening their feathers and carefully I oiling them? There were , probably j not manv naturalists in the crowd, but all of them had learned at some time in their life that pelicans are not song birds. Their surprise may be imagined when the old pelican popularly called "Hidalgo Pete', opened wide his capacious bill and burst into jubilant song. Every time he opened his bill he' gave forth an other stanza of his spring song, while the visitors and even the keepers stared, undecided whether they should believe their ears or consider themselves victims of some weird aeoustic delusion. Only one man knew what made "Hidalgo Pete" sing and he never said a word nor cracked a smile. n 131 ill 18 I ..I till hi n iilUVUIn M 111 ill 518 Bond Street Is the Place to Buy li? as For the Older Brother Don't think because you have graduated from knee trousers that you have outgrown ffiadvt&h Clothes Some of the newest creations in "Wear better" clothes are made for young men, and the quality and style sewed into these Spring garments would do credit to the finest custom tailor. We have anticipated your needs by putting in a stock ol"I ear better" Clothes, embracing the latest fads for young men that .will meet every requirement of the Spring and Summer season. "Wearbetter" clothes than the other fellow and buy them of us. CwrilbM, lWe, SkU M. HMIuc to S. Danziger & Go 'JP "Mackinaw" Coats "Mackinaw" Pants1 Heavy Woolen Shirts GUARANTEED Woolen Underwear Specially Made "Gold Seal" Oil Skin Coats and Pants us ' Maimujif actor ed . Our prices are in reach of ANY man. We can suit YOU. We will gladly refund your money if you are not satisfied. A woman in Williamsburg had her husband arrested the other day on the charge of having failed to provide for her support. When the case came up before the magistrate the prisoner, who acted as his own attorney, main tained that he should not be compel led to support his wife under the cir cumstances. In explanation of his argumnt he submitted to the court a note which, he said, his wife had written and left for him at their home The note read: "Paul Your supper is in the oven. I have gone to a show with the only man- I love. Charlotte" After the magistrate ha I read that note he ordered the com plaining woman out of court and dis missed the complaint without further ceremonv. The new "woman's suffrage stamp" NORTH SIDE NEWS Mlul, M.WUIUmaoa.olIlwtco, Uthe .-crelltl reprnmnutlre ol Th Alorln ami Hill lake ore of all Itcrai of nrvct. order for nbacriptloni and all kind ol printing. passed I LA ACO ! r'av ven'n'g, 'hat their step-sister. IUVVMWV Miss Lucile Hanson, of Portland. died very suddenly, Thursday morn- ... . Y - . ing with diphtheria. Miss Whtcomb t trIT , Wt Saturday for Portland to be pres- " " Vent at the funeral, business trip to South Bend. , Mr. Hughes of this city Mr! Parl Cahnrir and Mr ' . " " . away Saturday morning after a pro Harry Wh.tcom were guests of Mrs. , d . 'of (wQ of tfcrM Smith at her Long Beach home The iml wi be he,d Sund af. Thursday afternoon !ternoon jnlerment in the Ilwaco J. R. Coulter returned Wednesday ; cfm BeJde wife he ,eaveJ .rom soutn sena wnere ne nasoeen Mwa, chJMren ,0 moufn hg dcpart diicuuing cuinmissiuuci a wui i iui over a week. FINANCIAL. III! don't pay you to keep your papers Rt borne when you can get a Deposit Box at $2?25 a year with THE BANKING SAVING & LOAN ASSOCIATION 168.10th Street. Phone Black 2184 ure. r, . c. . . t n.L. r;. :, J- " oIUa.l . v.-H'. .-...i- ,he cjty Friday gnd Saturday ar)d rc ins- munis oHiiisw. v u t ivij plentiful. ment was a toria the first of the week. Miss Ruth Richardson of Oyster ville was a guest of her friend Miss Eleanor Williams for a day or two the latter part of the week. Mrs. Dave Beechy of Ocean Park came down Thursday and returned the following morning. James Butler, an old-time resident of Ilwaco, but who has been in Idaho for the past two years, arrived recent ly and expects to remain in this vi cinity for a few months. Word was received recently that Claud Young, well known in this city was hurt while at work on the Cclilo railroad. His leg was broken just below the knee and he was immediately taken to a hospital in the Dalles. It will be a few weeks REVOLVER SHOOTING., NEW YORK, April 24-The result of the annual indoor championship revolver and pistol matches of ths United States Revolver. Association for 1909, held recently in 25 cities throughout the country, are announc ed here. 'The first five men in each contest were as follows: Match A, revolver Lieutenant R. II. Sayr, New York, 450; "j. R. Gor man, San Francisco, 450; William G. Krieg, Chicago, 445; William T. Smith, Philadelphia, 440; R. P. Prcn tis, San Francisco, 438. Match B, pistol Frank Fromm, 456; Lieutenant R. H Sayr, New York, 455; J. R. Gorman, San Fran- has arrived and all those who are in ; )Cfor(. i,c w;n b(, aj,ie t0 again re favor of woman's sufifrace now have I , ,,mP i.:. wnrv an opportunity to give public testi- ' m; Buclah Howerton of Portland isco, 454; E. A. Taylor, .Boston, 445; mony of their advocacy of it and, at j arrived Saturday and will spend a H. N. Hoyt, Red Bank, N. J., 442. the same time, to contribute to the f ew days with relatives in this city. Match F, pocket revolvers Wil support of the movement in favor of irt Tert Snracrue. Mrs. Ross Wil- Ham G. Krieg, Chicago, 190; Licuten- the extension to women of the right ; Harrison and Mrs. Tames Gold came ant R. H. Sayr, New York, 175; Saturday and of suffrage. The stamps are sold in sheets of 100 each and cost one cent a piece, i ne proms irom ine xaic m the stamps will flow into the camp aign fund of the Co-Operative Equal Suffrage League. Scores of women who had made purchases at Uncle Sam s bargain counter at the recent auction of un claimed and abandoned merchandise, are boiling over with indignation ovc the "bunko game", as they character ize the government's auction sale. They bought pacages, listed as con taining certain articles of merchan dise and when they opened the pack ages at home they discovered that they had been "stung". The pack ages contained only part of the listed goods and those absolutely worth- down from McGowan spent a few hours in Jlwaco. Mrs. James Howerton, who has been in Portland for several weeks undergoing medical . treatment re turned the last of the week much improved in health. Mrs. A. A. Seaborg and Miss Edith Whitcomb received the sad news, Charles Nels'on,, New York, 171! H. Wiedcling, Chicago, 169; C Armstrong, San Francisco, 167. valuable things on the list were not to be found Many of the purchasers thus fooled accepted the situation with good grace, while others storm ed the customs offices and demanded their money back. They were polite ly received and their attention was called to a printed remark upon their bills of sale,, stating that "no allow- lance will be made for any deficiency less,' while the valuable or supposedly 'or descrcpancy found." KIDNAPPED HIMSELF. NEW YORK, April 24.-John Tay lor, a 12 year old boy, crawled into a box car at Northampton, Pa.; last Monday to take a nap. When he awoke the car, which was loaded with cement, consigned to a New York firm, wasvmoving, and the door locked. As a policeman was passing the car' here yesterday he heard moans and when the door was forc ed open he found Taylor almost dead from starvation. He was cared for by the p'olice and will recover. First national Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor ,G. C. Flavel J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordun Capital -. $100,000 Surplus 25,000 Stockholder8'JLiability 100,000 KMTAItlJHIIKO 18K4I. SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R I C A N SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercede! All Other Coesldtradom." b Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier "FRANK PATTON, Cashier ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S242.0H0 Tansacta a General Banking Business : Interest Paid on Time Deposit SAFETY DEP OSIT VAULTS. KT Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Duane Su. Astoria, Oregon Monday Night At The Bakeronian '"Johnson-Burns" Fight I Sherman Traniier Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manitar. Hacka, CarriageiBaggage Checked and Transferred Truck and Furtimrv Wagona Fianot Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commsrclal Street - . , Vain Paona l?i t