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THIS DAILY ASTOBIAN, ASTOBLA. SUNDAY MOIINING, APB1L 9, ini-:j
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AdTOBIA, OUKGON :
AsToauir Boiu)uro, ' - Cass Stbbit
tuu of Sabserlptloi.
DAILY,
8rre1 by Carrier, per week IS ett
Bent b Hall, per immlh.................. 60 cU
beut by Mall, per Year ..7.WI
WEEKLY,
Sent by mail, per year, 12.00 in adYanc.
ifree postage to subscribers.
Thu Astohiak guarantees to It advertisers
the Urgent circulation o( any newspaper pub-
sshed uu tue uoiumuia mrer.
In future all Item of local Internet forwarded
to till otllce must be auaresseu w i ne
, Citt Editor.
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Portland, ' April 7. For Oregon and
Washington; fair weather.
Local weather for the twenty-four
houra ending' at 5 p. m., yesterday, fur
nlshed by the U. 8. department of agrl
culture, weather bureau:
Maximum temperature, 48 degreoa.
Minimum temperature, 40 degrees.
Precipitation, .35 Inch.
Total preplpltatlon from July 1st,
1892, to date, 67.71 lnchs.
Exceiw of precipitation from July 1st
1S92. to date, 2.65 Inches.
OS A CVBRSNT TOPIC.
The Astorlan desires to advocate
public measures that will be most ben
eficial to this community, all things
considered, -
In order that a law or an ordinance
may be of benefit to
the community for which It Is enacted,
It must be practicable. There must be
ability, and willingness on the part of
the community to enforce the law.
In this country, where every citizen
is equal to every other citizen before
the law, a majority and preponderance
of opinion Is necessary to support those
officers whose duty It Is to punish law
breakers.
If tho majority of the people of As
toria were religious, church-going peo
ple, then the rest of the Inhabitants
could be compelled at least to keep an
outward observance of the Sabbath
day. The majority could close all
places of amusement, stop street cars
and motor lines from running, so that
ueonle would either have to
stay at home In solemn contemplation,
or go to church, or go on xoot.
But If the church-going, rellKkus,
Sunday-observing element Is In the mi
nority, then strict regulations of a re
ligious ' nature cannot be enforced.
Those who desire to Indulge In amuse
ments, pleasure trips, or athletlo games
on Sunday, or those who conscientious
ly wlah to observe Borne other day
than Sunday, will rebel against what
they consider an unjust restriction ol
personal liberty.
If it is attempted to enforce existing
prohibitory laws against them, thej
will escape punishment, for they may
be tried by a Jury selected from theli
neighbors and sympathisers, and the)
will not convict them for having done
that which they wish to do themselves
For this reason, an attempt to en.
force prohibitory laws In Astoria at
present must fail. ,
The majority of our people consider
tho street cars and motor lines a great
convenience on Sunday as well as on
week days, and some who have only
Sundays In which to ride wish the
livery stables to be kept open, while
to stop the steamers of Astoria would
be as cruel as to kill the gondolas In
Venice,
There are two extremes, via: The one
to let the wicked and the careless peo
ple do as they please without hindrance
or penalty. The other, to let the rigidly
moral and religious people have things
as they please, which would be to com
pel every one to do as they do.
Neither of these extremes can rule.
It Is not reasonable that they should.
This Is proved by experience.
. The Astorlan claims that the middle
ground, a compromise between the two
extremes, Is the sensible thing to ad
vocate. There was the same objection urged
against licensing saloons that is now
urged against gambling.
Results count. If drinking will be
indulged in In spite of all law to the
contrary, then It Is belter that those
who will drink should be compelled to
For the Next' Thirty Days,
To meet imperative demands, I will
offer at such low 'prices on install
merits, -with tasy pa ymenta. that- - , - -
wntrlljutfl to defraying tho expenses
caused by their conduct
This has been done. They pay a li
cense. The money they pay for their license
make them bear much o'f tho expense
of their evil ways.
The more tho community becomes fa
vorable to temperance, or the nearer
they are to being convinced that total
abstinence Is desirable, tho higher the
license on the saloons will bo made,
until It becomes prohibitory to some of
them.
And It Is similarly so with gambling.
If anything the drinking saloon Is
worse than the gambling house.
The Astorlan is making no crusade
in this matter, but It believes that it
voices the opinion of a majority of the
intelligent portion of this community
In what It says.
There are state laws that have been
a dead letter so far as their enforce
ment Is concerned. They have been
openly and notoriously disregarded.
There ore city ordinances that have the
same history.
They were not enforced because It
was known that the attempt at en
forcement vrouid make great expense
and fall of success.
, The laws were, and are yet, obnox
lous to a majority of our people.
. They conflict seriously with, and to
the damage of what are generally con
sldered business Interests.
The present spasm of law enforce
ment will result In the modification or
repeal of these laws.
The attempt to convict all of the un
fortunates that were "run in" during
the past few nights, will make a heavy
expense to be borne by our overbur
dened taxpayers, and It is likely that
the result will be a failure to convict
and punish them.
The Astorlan does not wish to be
considered an oracle, or a censor of
public opinion, but It does wish to re
flect the best Judgment of the comma
nlty In whclh its interests and welfare
are held.
The editorial columns of a newspaper
should not be loaded with the Individ,
ual opinions of the editor, but the opln
lone there given should be shaped by
the best Judgement of all Interests.
The Astorlan believes that it repre
sent the opinion of this community
when it advocates licensing both sa
loons and gambling houses, and making
them pay an high a license as the traffic
will bear.
In thus compelling them to pay for
some of the Injury they do, there Is
not one Jot added to the respectability
of their occupation.
It simply causes them to yield up
lome of their ill-gotten gains.
It is In effect a fine paid In advance,
y them and their customers.''
This .wave of reform is now rolling
ilgh up on the shore from which it will
loon recede.
Let us observe where we are when
he disturbed waters find their level.
P. W. PARKER.
In another column Sheriff Smith
nakes a tew remarks more or lees un
filed for, In reply to which let It be
laid, that if he had been anxious to
have the credit for being the prime
mover In enforcing the prohibitory
laws, he might have commenced year,
before The Astorlan had "got a move
on." Sheriff Smith probably was never
excelled In a conscientious discharge of
duty by any sheriff of this county, and
there is no reason for supposing that
he wears anybody's collar but his own
But It Is a notorious fact that he didn't
commence making wholesale arrests of
lawbreakers until after The Astorlan
actively advocated the strict enforce
ment of the prohibitory laws that are
now the subject of animated dlscus-
lou. '
Those who lead, generally go ahead.
Those who, do not lead can be seen
following after,.
' P. W. PARKER.
Who was It that said "It takes all
sorts) of fools to moke up a world?"
Well, at any rate, It seems to be true.
A man named Mahler, who keepe a li
quor store In Brooklyn, has Just proved
It Mahler had words with his wife,
who wa patronising the bar too freely,
he thought. In revenge for the scold
ing he gave her, she told him she had
seen a fortune teller, who prophesied
YOU CAN HAVE A HOME IN HILL'S
that ha would dlo on March SO. It
worried the poor fool so that ho also
began to be his own best customer, and
soon lost oil recollection o'f what a
sober breath resembled. In expecta
tion of soon Joining the Celestial Saen
gerbund, Mahler made a will, dispos
ing of his Jewelry and other personal
effects to sundry friends. He went to
bed Wednesday night, expecting to
wake in glory,4 but he woke in the
same old Williamsburg, and with a ro
bust thirst and an abounding appetite
for frankfurter and sauerkraut.
But he had a kind friend, who was
not willing to let Mahler go uncelebrat
ed and unsung, so he put In a notice
o'f his death, which appeared, despite
the fact that the subject was an object
very much "In evidence." Now he Is
said to admit that he's a bigger fool
that the "frau."
It seems to us that the man most
fitted for the position of school super
intendent of this district is Professor
Lyman. He knows the work thorough
ly, Is shrewd, and above all, a consid
erate and fair dealing man. We have
no hesitation In recommending him to
the directors as having the best qualifi
cations for the position. The place of
superintendent should, If possible, be
made entirely apart from the post of
teacher in any one institution.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Oregonian is a Godsend to the demo
cratic sheets of this state, and his dis
patches are picked to pieces, twisted
and turned, Just as if they were the
speeches a republican president. If
Dunn were at all conscious of these
flea bites they might hurt him, but be
ing three thousand miles away and In
the midst of hard and conscientious
work, he hardly has much time To no
tice the silly vaporlngs of demogoglc
country editors.
YOU SHOULD READ THIS.
The popularity of the Union Pacific la
ht datermined bv the superior service it
accords to the traveling public in main-
tainina- two dally through trains to
Omaha, St, Paul, Chicago and points east,
thoroughly equipped with all the latent
appliances for the comfort and safely ol
its patrons besides shortening the distance
materially with its fast trains. The pres
ent train schedule enables passengers to
reach St. 1'aul seven hours quicker and
Chicago twenty-four hours quicker.
Omaha and Kansas City and intermediate
points, forty hours quicker than any line,
from the Pacific Northwest.
Patronize the Northern Pacific railroad
If you are going East. Low rates of fare,
through tickets, baggage checked to desti
nation. All purchasers of Becond class
tickets can stop over at Portland. Rates
of fare same as from Portland.
If you have friends in Europe whose
passage you wish to prepay to Astoria,
call at the Northern Pacific ofnce.steamer
Telephone dock, and make known your
wants. Reduced rates via all the lead
ing steamship lines.
All the patent medicines advertised In
this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles etc., can
be bought at the lowest prices at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel,
Astoria.
Handley & Haas, 130 Hrst Btreet, Port
land, have on sale the Dally Astorlan,
so that visitors need not miss their
morning paper when they are here.
ELECTRIC BITTERS. ,
This remedy Is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist and it Is guaran
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of thejlver
and kidneys, will remove pimples, bolls,
salt rheum and other affections caused
by Impure blood. Will drive malaria
from the system and prevent as well as
cure all malarial fevers. Eor cure of
headache, constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters Entire satisfaction guar
anteed or money refunded. Price 60c. and
$1.00 per bottle at Charles Rogers' drug
storo.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria
(Hiea Bahy was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, aha cried for Castoria,
ffhen she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
iVTieo she bad Children, she tar them Castoril
French Taasy Wafers,
TjuUm will And these wafers just what
thev need, and can be depended unon
every time to give relief. Safe and sure,
can be sent by mall sealed securely.
Price, $2.00 per Dox. or sale oniy d- j.
"V. Conn, corner Second and Casa streets.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
EVERY LABORfflG IJMIOR MEGHAmC
Can avail himself ot this golden opportunity.
LOTS IN THIS CHOICE ADDITION FOR $75 EACH,
-AT-.$5 biSON. EOHD, AND $5JL?NTH-
pun HEALTH
j May depend upon the way you treat i he warn
ings which nature gives. A few bottles of
S. S. S. taken at the proper time may insure good
health for a year or two. Tbereforeactatoncejorit
IS IMPORTANT
that nature be assisted at the right tlme.S
nv..r faita in rltVA ttui llVKtem of im- I
purities, and is an excellent tonic also.
He Want to Add His Name.
" Permit me to add my name to your many other
eertificatesin commendation of the arrest curative
properties contained in Swift's Specific (8. S. S.) it
Is certainly one of the boil tonics I ever used.
"j'-stil W. Daniel, Anderson, S.C."
Treatise o. blood and skin diseases mailed tree.
SWIFT" SPECIFIC CO, Atlanta, Ga.
BUSINESS CARDS.
A GIBBONS
, aU-HJmI'K'oP ACCOUimnnd
PROFESSIONAL HJOKKKKPKR.
OpriCK : With General Mestenger Co,, 615
Fkainoqne street.
A.A WSSkl LAW.
Mtlce-Kinney's new brick building, corner
Third aud Genevieve streets ; up stain.
J Q. A. BOWLBY,
if TORHiEY AID C01SCEL0R AT LAW
Oflce on (Second Street, - Astoria, Or.
Office In Kinney's new brick building, over
Astoria National Bank,
w.
W. PARKER,
REAL ESTATE AND IN8URANCB AGENT
Office IU beuton street, Astoria, Oregon.
DB. EIMV JANSON.
PHYSICIAN & HUKMK0X. R OM 7
Olllceover Osgood's Clothing Store, hours, 10 to
U m, a to 6 p, m, 7 to S p ni. Sunday. 10 to 11 in.
DR. O.B. ESTES, m
PHYSICIAN a'ND SURGEON.
Hpeclal attention to Diseases of Women and
Burgery. OUlse over Dauziger's store Astoria.
TR. A. t. and 4. A. FULTON.
Surgery by I r. J. A. Fulton.
Office 178 Cass street. Hours lo to 12 and 1 to 4
JHyJlb'iANKGKiJls'A ACCOUCHEUR.
Office, rooms 8, 4 oyer Astoria National Bauk.
hours, 10 to 12 & 2 to8 Residence. 639 Cedar st,
D"' lMUiTpATHlO 1?U5?C1AN ft 8UR
geun. Olhce, 454. Third street, Hou'H 10 to 13
and 2 to 4, Sunday 1 to 2. lteldeuce 408 Sd street
L. 'giv
TIji oat 1,
MUIXINIX, M. D..
Gives special ueauii-iit for Catarrh,
at i.nnir. Kid lev Uenlto-Urinary orxans
Office upstalrsw4 Hiiro si. nour,u a.in.u p.m.
BICHABD HABBT. C. B. ISOJt.
City Surveyor.
J.JARRY ISOM,
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SUKVEIORS.
KoOMg 5 AM1 0,
over astokia national bank.
W. T. BOBKlT, J. W. DRAJ-SB
Harney & Draper,
Attorneys
al-L.it w,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Twelve years' experience as register of th
U. 8. Lhiiu utiice here, recommends us in out
specialty of Mining and all oilier business be
fore the Land itHce or the Conns, and involv
ing the practice ol the General Land Utiice.
TROCKaNBROUGH & COWING.
LAW OFKICE, OREGON CITY, OR.
rpecial ai tent Ion Riven to land business. Set
tlers on homesteads or pre-einpiUm claims and
limhei land purchases shown every advantage
of I He law. for assistance iu waking Uual
proof call ou us.
THOS. FREORICKSON.
i'U.xO i UN til.
No 231, West Sixth olieei.
SOCIETY 1MEET1NU8.
Scandinavian Benevolent Boolety.
KKUULAK MKKTlNUM OK 1UIS HOC 1 MA
at their rooms In f ytlilan building t eigl"
o'oliMk r. m.. on the second and lourlu Tues
dayi of each mouth, '
AUG. OA NIELBON Secretary.
Oooan Unotiinpme'.t Mo. 13, 1. O. O. If
I9KGULAH MKK11NG8 OH OCEAN EN
canipineiit No. 13. 1. O. O. F., at the Lodice
In the Odd fellows Rulldlnit, at seven r. .,
on the second and fourth Mondays of each
month, Hojoumlng brethren cordially liivlted.
By order (J. P.
Aatona Bulldiug & Loan Association
1M1E REGULAR MEETINGS OF 1 HIS 4.CS0
. ciatlon ae held at 8 P. m. on the Bra.
Wednesday ol each niiitiib. Office on Venevlevt
street, auulh of Cheuanius.
W. L. ROBB,
Secretary.
Common uouncil.
UEUtJLAK MEETINGS, KIR1T ANL
tlurd Tuesday eveulugs of - each moutL
at 8 o'clook.
V Persons doslrlug to have matters acted upoc
by the Couucll, at any regular meeting must
present the same to the Auditor and Clerk,
on or before the Friday eveuiuK prior to 'lie
luesdav ou wnicn me council nom reeimu
meetiug.
K. oi-BUKN.
Auditor and Police .Indite.
Board of Pilot Commissi. inert.
TIIREhCI.AR MEETINGS OF THIS BOARD,
will be held on the first Moud-y, of each
month at 10 a. m. in the rooms of the Astoria
Chamber of Commerce. W. LKOBB.Beo
C. P. UPSHUR,
SHIPP- NG and COMMISSION
Attala, Oregon.
Fowler
I. W. CASE,
BANKER.
Traxsact; a Gknkjul Banejks Business.
Drafts drawn available in any par-of the 0
8 and Europe, aud on ilong Kong, China,
Office Honrs: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon.
I. W. CASE,
INSURANCE AGENT,
REPRESENTING
German-American, Xc York City, N. T.
I'nioB Fire mi Marin, of K Zealand.
National Fire and Marine lot Co., of Hartford.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., of Hartford.
Home Sutnal Int. Co., of San Francisco.
Phoenix, of London. Imperial, of London.
New York Plate Glass Ins. Co.
ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK
DOKS A
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Accounts of Firms and Individuals Solicited
on Favorable Terms.
Interest paid on Time Deposits. Monej
Loaned on Personal recurity.
Foreign and Domestic Exchango bought an 1
sold.
D. K. Warren, President.
J. H. Hlftirlas, Cashier.
J.C Dental, Vice President
l. K. Warrsi, 1
. H. Wriaht, I
Joha Hobsoa, i Directors.
H..ThospsoB,l
Thee Bracker, J
THE ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
Acts as trustee for orporatlons and Individ
nals Deposits solicited
Interest will be allowed ou savings deposltr
as lonows;
On ordinary savings rooks 4 per cent, pel
annum.
On term savlnRpViokd 6 per cent, per annum.
On certificates of deposit:
For threo month', 4 per cent, per annum.
For s.x months, 6 per cent, per annum.
For t elv months, 6 per cent, per annum.
I. W. CASE Presldeni
1. Q.A BOWLBY Vice-President
FRANK PATTON... Cashier
W. K. DEMENT Secretary
DIHKCTOBS:
LW. Case. J. Q. A. Bowlby, Giis' II ilmes.
C. U. Page, Benj. Youu, A. 8. Reed.
F. J. Taj lir.
THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK
UP PORTLAND. OHKOOV,
Paid tip capital . .f26O,O00
surplus anu proms ou,uv
rm.Mi Hernial, rresiueni.
D. P. 1 HOMHSON, Vice-President
.. H. 0. 8TRATTON, Cashier
CLATSOP LAND CO.
Incorporated with $25,000 Capital Stock,
Ileal Estate and Insurance Brokers. Notan
Public aud Conveyancers. Kpecial attention
paid to rentB. pameut of taxea, etc., for nun
residents. Bole Mireuts tor sontli Astoria. Pros
pect Haia, Hemlock Park and Owen's Addition,
also i" "t ocuKiiic. iiimin.'ss ana liisiae propert;
ana.cno.i e screiwe. 4i I i lira si., Astoria.
G. A. STINS0N & CO..
BLACKSM I THING
Bhlp and Cannerv work, HorsvnoelrB, Wag
ons made and repaired. .o w w-Tk gui.ianteed
Ou Cass street, opinmlte ine 1 twn Tot o ..e
HUGEE3 & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail
LIOUOO DEALERS.
Importers u! ah t'-riuu o! Foreign and Dome
tic VVme. liuorsand ClRars.
J. H. Outtei .v insKies a specialty. Vai Bint
Bottled beer. Finest brands of Key West am
Domestic Cigars
IJquurs for Medicinal Purposes.
Family Trade Solicited All orders from th.
Oily and Country pronr y filled.
Hquemoque Street. - Astoria. Oregoi
I. 3EI. cJ N, OO, S
Steamer II Waco
Iaves Astoria dnlly at 7:W a. m. for Ilwaeo
esllii'g at Tansy lYInt, ni-tl o .inclnur wit)
rmlroiid running north nt 10 a. in, aud w tl
Im m s'uuilwdtei' ia f ir
South Head, Sunshine, North Csvi
Ana oilier noiuts tl rough to Uray liar,
bor. Ke turn 1 1 K connecs at I hm will
s earners for AstorannU Nlghl Boats for
Portland.
JOHN H. UOULTER, L. A. LOOMIK,
neorelarv. President.
B, V. EC.BftRi'. Supeilntendei t.
PORTLAND AND ASTORU.
Steamer Telephone.
Leaves Astoria Every evening except Sunduy
at 7 p. m.
Ar Ives at Astoria Every day oxcept fuuday
at 2 p m.
Leaves Portland Every oav except Srnday
at 7 a. in. C. W. &TONK, Ageut, A-tori.
IC A. SSILEY, ticuvral Ageut, Portland Or.
JEFF'S RESTAURANT
-18 THE
Bon Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town
(And the Finest op the Coast.'.
Dinner Parties, Banquets a Speclali
Tks Flaest Wines aad Liqiora.
D0NT
sea
SY NOT CI0IN8 THE RlfiNT
BBCYCLE
U ton wM fVTALOOue-Teui vow au. about
NORTH pAUirilj (JYIJLE (JO.
BICYCLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,-
MWw BtlllPma -PORTtANP 0RE6ON.
For - Thirty - Days - Only
I make this ofler. Less than one mile
from Astoria Box Factory on Columbia
river. Streets 73 and'alleys 20 feet wide.
The CHICAGO.
MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
RAILWAY,
CONNECTING WITH AM- TRANSCONTIN
ENTAL LINES,
IS THE
OITLT LUTE
RUNMNG
Eleotrio Lighted Cars
BETWEEN
ST. PAUL and CHICAGO
AND
OMAHA and CHICAGO.
The EXPRESS TKAIN8 consist of VESTI
BULEO, BLEEPING, 1MN1NO AND
PARLOR CARS,
HEATED BY STEAM
and furnished with every luxury known to
modern railway travel.
For Speed, Ccmbrt and Safety
this Line is Unequaled.
Tickets on sale at all prominent railway
omces. . . , .
For further Information Inquire of any ticket
ageut, or
C. ,f. EDDY. General Agt.
J. W. CASEY, Trav. Pass. Agt.
P0KTLASD, OEEUOH.
QUICK TIME TO
SAN FRANCISCO
..AND..
ALL POINTS IN CALIFORNIA,
Via the Mt Shasta Route of the
Southern Pacific Comp'y
Tut Oab.Rotita Thioigh Califorai to tJ
Pointi Sut ud Smth.
The Scenic Route of tbe Pacific Coast.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
-AXE
SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS
Attached to expess trains, affording sup' riot
accommodations for second class passengers.
Kor rates, tickets, sleeping ear reservations.
ete call upon or a tdrena K. P. ROGERS. Assist
ant General Freight and Paeuger Ageut, Purt
Mid. Or.
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