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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
MORE COMFORT THAN EyER.

On Sunday, December 18th, the Den.
yer 4 Rio Crande railroad win inaugur.
ate a daily line Of standard and tour.
1T sleeping ears between Denver and
Los Angeles In connection with the new
Clark road. Both cars win leave Den.
yer daily ct $3.50 a. m, and arrive at
Salt Lake City at l:35 p. m, the next
day. Al this point the cars viii be
hsld over until midnight. thus allow.
Ing through passengers the privilege Of
. stop.over Of ten hours and a half In
Salt Lake City. Eastbound, these cars
viii leave Los Angeles at 8 p. m, and
arrive at Salt Lake City al $3.50 q. m,
second morning where they win remain
over until $3.50 p. m, thence 10 Denver
where they will arrive at l;2o the fol-
lowing afternoon. This stop-oyer At
Salt Lake City Of the regular line Of
sleeping cars promises 10 be an at.
trsctive feature for transcontinental
travellers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
Fresh Meats ana Fish.

y esh meats-yeal, small, 7@7lc;
l.rss, A@5cj pork, el@7e; beef,
bulh, l l.e@sc; cows, a@4e, steers.
4 1895 i.2e, mutton, T@7 l.2c; lambs,
IL i.2Bsc.
0ysters- -Shoalwater bay, per gallon,
s235, per sack, 1915 net; Olympia. per
sack, sS2s, Eastern transpianted si.eo
per 100 lbs.
Clams--I -Iiardshell. Der boz, s2.ooI razor
clans. 500 per box.
Fish-Crabs. per dozen, sl.So; shoal'
water bay oysters, per sack s4.oo, gal
Ion. se.2sj halibut. eici black
o.; bass, per n. i2 l.eci herring, Sci
founders, &c, catfish. sci Holsters, pei
n, IL i.2c, silver smelt. &c; shrimp
lcc, perch. &c, sturgeon, Be-; silverside
q, sea trout, IL i.sc, black bass. ao@
sse, yaquina chinook salmon. Gel
Grain bsg-Caieutta and domestic
IL l.2c.
wool-vslley, es@27 l.aei kasserr
Oregon, ls@2oc.
TaIlow--Prime. per H., 3@s s-4ci No
and grease. 2@s lee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
Hops. Wool, Hides, Etc.

Hops-New crop. i0@i2ci old crop. 10
water bay oysters, per sack, ssooi oys.
@iae.
Hides-Dry hides, No. !, 10 rbs. and up,
ie@ie lee per b., dry kip, No. !. 8 to
is lbs, l4@lSc per b., dry calf, No. |,
unde, s lbs, i7@lsc; dry salted. bulls
and stags, one third less than dry flint
tculls, moth-eaten, badly cut, scored,
murrain, hair.slipped, weather.beaten or
grubby, a@sc per ID. lessl; salted hides,
steers, sound, 90 lbs. and over, s@l0c per
h., so TO 90 Ibs.. s l.a@ec per lb.i unsier
so lbs. and cows. sSsc per b.; salted
stags and bulls, sound, 0c per lb.I salted
kip, sound. is to 80 Ibs., sc per h.; salt.
ed veal, sound, 10 to II lbs, ec per h.;
salted calf, sound, under 10 lbs., loc per
ID. lgreen. unsalted, le per ID. lcssi eulls
ic per ID. lessl. Sheep skins' Shear
lings, No. l butchers stock, a5@soc each
short wool, No. butchers stock, 4o@
SOC each, medium wool, No. butchers
stock, eo@soci long wool, No. ! butchers
stock. sl.OO@i,50 esn Murrain pelts
from 10 to 20 per cent less, or l2@i4C
per h., horse hides, salted, each, accord
ing TO sire, sl5o@sooi dry, each. ac'
eoriing to size, sl.So; colts hides, 2S@
soc each; goat skins, common, lo@ls'
each; Angora, with wool on, 2Sc@sl.St
each.
Mohair--Choice, S0@3ec.
Feathers--Geese, white, 5S940ci
geese gray or mixed, 25@SOc; duck
white, 10000; duck, mixed, l2@lSc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
the lLLIno,s CENTRAL.

Maintains unsxces,sd service from IN
west 70 the east and south. nskinl
Close connections with trains Of -
transcontinsntai lines. passengers A.
given their choice OF routes to chiesEs
Louisville. Memphis and New orie&n.
AMI through these points 10 the n
east.
Prospective travellers desiring infor
nation az TO the lowest rates and bes
routes are invited to correspond win
the following representatives:
IA Third 81, Portland. Ore.
J. c. LINDSEY. Trav. Passenger Agsn
il2 Third ST.. Portland. Ore.
PAUL 3. THOMPSON. Pasxgr. Agent
}. c. LINDSEY. Trav. Passenger Agent
u1 Thire g.. Portland. Ore
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
on and LEAD.

Coal oil-Pearl and astral oil, cases,
eolc per gallOni water white oil, iron
barrels, i5c; wood barrels, lTici extra
star cases, Csc; headlight oil l7S de-
grees, cases, 2Sic; iron barrels. i7ae
Washington State test burning oils,
sxgpt headlight, 10 per gallon higher.l
Bsnzine-Sixty.three degrees, cases
pc; iron barrels, l7lc.
Turpentine-In cases, soci In wood
barrels, sec; In iron barrels, SSei in 10
case lots, ssc.
Linseed oil-Raw, b.barrel lots, SOei
l-barrel lots, 5lcI in cases, 56ci boiled
barrel lots, 52ci lbarrel lots, 6sci IN
cases, $50.
Gasoline-Stove gasoline, cases, s4ac'
iron barrels. isci so degrees gasoline
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
A Grim Tragedy.

is daily enacted. in thousands Of homes,
As death claims. in each one. another
victim Of Consumption or Pneumonia
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the tragedy Is ayerted'
+. @. Huntley, of oaklandon, Ind.
writes, MY wife hsA the consumption
and three doctors gave her up. Finally
she took DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which
cured her, and to-day she Is well and
strong" II kills the germs Of all dis
eases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed
at SOC and sl0o by Charles Rogers,
druggist. Trial bottle free.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

per h., sundried, sacks or boxes, none
spricots il@isij peaebes. lo@iie;
pears, i0eia i.2ej pruaes, Italian, GO
Q i-2cj French. . i-2cI hgs, Cal blacks
s $40, do. white, nonsi Smyrna. 2oei
Fsrd. dates. ecI plums, pItted. &c.
Cereal ioods-Rollsd oats. cream, DO
ID. sacks, s576, lower grade, 5000
se.25, oatmeal. steel cut, sob. sacks, q
per bale, lob. sacks, sl25 per balei ost.
meal ground. t0-lb. sacks. $50 per
bale, i0.Ib. sacks. 800 per bale, split
peas, s4.oo per ioo-lb. sack, 25-Ib. boxes,
sl.is, pearl barley. s4.e5 per 100 lbs.;
2s.lb. boxes. sl.2s per box, pastry -four
i0.Ib. sacks, $3.50 per bale.
Canned sslmon--foiumbia river. lib.
tall., slss, a.lb. tails. s2soj fancy lib.
fats, s2Oo) i.2.lb. fancy fats. sl2s;
fancy lib. ovals, s27si Alaska tails,
pink. soc, red tlAS, nominal. D,
tall, 400.
Mason fruit jars-flaif- gallons, per
gross, si.0oi quarts, $50, pints, ts.ssi
extra caps. per gross. e2.ss.
Economy fruit jars--fialf-gaiio per
gross. sis.ss, quarts, $780, pints, ts.ss,
extra caps. sl.ss.
Everlasting fruit jars-Falf-gs
si2so, quarts, ESQ, pints, $50; sxtrs
caps, glass. ee.so.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

Tropical fruits-Iemons, fancy. slfoi
shoics. 800 per bozj oranges. s25o@
s.ooi bananas. &c per hi pina9ples
ts.so@sl.jo per dos.
Potatoes--Psr sack. o5@75eI car lots,
country, jobbers' prices, 7s@sse, per
100 Ibs..i tumips 7S@soe sacki cab
bsgss, per pound. i@lici celery. dozen
75@s5c, onions, sl!o5@l.lo. In country,
jobben' prices, tl.2o@i.5oI cucumbsrs,
box. SOC, bects sl per aackI carrots 75ci
per sack, garlic. loci eeg plant, iSe pei
pound; sweet potatoes. e@saci red pep
psrs. 2oc pound, hothouss lettuce, ssc
dozen. California yegetables-Gfeen
beans. ioc pounds green peas, loci
sprouts, 30, radIshss. ssc dozen bunchss;
Chile peppers. si.2s boxi tomatoes, sl.ao
boz, head lettuce. a5e doz.i srtiehokss,
7Se doz.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
Groceries, Provisions, E.c.

oufnr, sack bAsis-ooiuru eSsei
extra G, s5os, powdered, $685. patent
cube $3.50, cane, D. O.. t5.bS; fruit sug.
ar, s5.55, beet sugar, esAs, barrels, cwt.
ioei kegs, ewt.. a5c, boxes. cwt., 500 I'd.
vance over sack basis. lsss ae ID. II paid
Tor In IS days.
Bales Of 1873. bale. tl.eoi bales
LOT CO.'S. bale. si.ooI bales Of eos,
bsiss, si.so, bales Of ib.ios, bale. si.so,
bags, bOs. fns. ton. sll.oo; bags. 30 lbs.'
genuine Liverpool. ton. ti7!ooi bags, 10
ih... ! ground. ioos, ton. t7.ooi r. s. '.
|P., 20 s ID. cartCss. s2-sS, r. 8. v. p,
lea 3.lb. cartons. sl.75, Liverpool lump,
ton. $3.50.
Rice--Imperial Japan, No. !. $685.
Southern. Japan. SIC, broken, slei head
fancy. I, head. ehoics. Gle.
Coffee Mocha, ei@2sci Java, fancy
o2@aae, Java. good. 9o@24, Java, ordi'
nary, 1890, Costa Rica. fancy, is@2oi
Costa Rica. good. ia@isi Arbuckles, iee
per lb.i Lion 10 per b., Columbia coffee
isiei Salvador. ii@lec.
Proyisions-Iiams, 70 sire. lsci hams
picnic, pe, bacon. regular. leci bacon
breakfast. lsl9loic, dry salt isdss. lie;
backs, dry salt, lie.
Nuts--wainuts, No. soft shell, iSaci
mo. !, hard shell. 1891 cihls. lsei al
mond., lie, hlberts, it@isi Brarils
iac, pecans, i3i@lsc, hickory. Sci vir'
ginia peanuts, 7el7ici Jumbo Virginia
peanuts, scj japanese peanuts, si@oei
chesnuts, Italian. l&ei cccoannts, dozen
75as0c, new almonds, ie@l7c.
Figs-white, H., 8 i.s@ec, black. I
@7c.
Beans-smail whits, 4 i-4ei hrg'
white, . i.2cj pink, sei bayou, s-sci
Limas, 7c, Mexican, red. Dc.
Picked eoods--Pickled pigs' feet. l'a'
barrels, $500, i.%.barrels. se.7s; is'lb
kits, si25, pIeklcd triPe. i.2.barrels
$500, l.4.barels, ss7s, is.lb. kiis
n2S, picked pigs tongues, l.a.barrels
5000, l.4.barrefs, ss.ooi is.lb. kits
also, picked lambs tongues, i-s.bar'
rels, 800, i.4.barels, $3.50, ls'lb. kits
H2.75.
Coaee-Mocha, et@csci sava, fancy
2s@s2e, Java. good, so@a4e, Java, ordi
nary, l7@eoc; Costa Rica, fancy, ls@
eOc, Costa Rica, good, it@lsc, Ar
buckles, i6c per lb.i Lion, iec per h.
Columbia coffee, 10 l-4ci Salvador, ll@
i5c.
Lard--Kettle.r rendered, T1erces, lie
tubs, II l.4c, sos, II lac; e0c. II s.sct
los, II S.4c; So, II I.sci Standard pure
Tierces, lOc, tubs, 10 i.4ci sos. 10 lac
eos, 10 s.sc, los, 10 3.ae, Sc. 10 i-sci 6s
%. Compounds Tierces, lei tubs. ! i'Ac
sOs, 0 3.4e, loi, I l.4ci IS, 7 s.4c.
Sausage Portland nam, IS l'ae per lb.
minced ham, lOc, summer, choice dry
IN l.ec; bologna, long, i.2ci wiener
w'Nt, Sc, liver, Sc, PORK. Oct blood, DC
aeadchecse, u l.2c; bologna sausage
link, 4 LEA.
Raisins--Loose Muscateis, s'crowr
IL i.2c; 2.crown. Q l.2c, bleached seed
less sultanas, 7@l2ci unbleached seed
less Sultanns, 0 s.4ci London layers, 3
crown, whole boxes Of 20 lbs, sl.sS; 2
crown, si.7b.
Dried Frult-Appies, evaporaied, ID
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
THE MILWAUKEE

"The Pioneer Limited" ST. Paul 70 Chi
cago. "Short Line" Omaha to
Chicago. Southwest Limited" Kansas
City to Chicago.
No trains in the service OF sic raj
road in the world that equals in equip
ment that Of the Chicago, Milwaukee q
st. Paul Ry. They own and operate
their own sleeping and dining cars on ell
their trains and give their patiOns an
excellence Of service not obtainable else
where.
Berths on their sleepep are longer,
higher and wider than In similar cars on
any other line. They protect their trains
by the Block system.
Connections made with all trans-eon
tinental lines in Union Depots.
Her tales Dansk, Svensk cg Norsk
Hier wird deutsch gesprocheA.
Il. s. Rowe, General Agent. Portland
Oregon. ia Third Street. corner Alder,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

cases, 22eI iron barrels or drums. &c.
Rope-Pure Manila, l4lcj standard,
l3ic, sisal, liei fsIe brand sisal. DC.
Lesd-strietly pure white lead and
red lead. In tons, &c; 5oo-lb. lots, s.e,
less than 500 be-, Sic
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

pest to the east and south Making
Hose connections with trains Of ell
transcontinental lines. passengers are
given their choice Of routes to Chicago,
and through those points to the far
east.
Prospective travellers desiring infor-
nation as to the lowest rates and best
routes are invited TO correspond with
the following Representatives:
3. II. TRuMBuLL Commercial Agent
la Third St.. Portland. Ora
Louisville, Memphis and New oriesrS
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

wheat-walla walls. 7eici Valley,
7slc, bluestem, I5iel red, 0ole.
0ats--whIts, sas, gray, e27.
barley Brewing. s2s.co@si; feed
ss, rolled sel@25.
IIay-vailey timothy. slo@lii Fast
I'm Oregon, tlsbo@lIi clover. tsso@
y, cheat. s7.5o0s, alfalfa, $40.
c MiilstuiIs--M -Middlings, te5@2o, chop
-, bran. sls@ioi shorts. ssoGsl.
---HArd wheat patent. A,sSI
|straight, s5.0S@ai graham, s9.Isi rye
o., whole wheat -four a.; Valley flour
ss.e5@seo, Dakota. s0.6o@I.sSi East
era rye, $40, piilsbury, soso97lei
Corvallis. $40.
Oora-whole. ssii cracked, so pe'
ton.
Rye-$i.5o per ewt.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
\ Produce.

Buiter-faney creamery, eIl@sOci
city creamery. ao@a2ici dairy. loi@
i7e, store, lilGibci Eastern creamery
eS@s7ic, buttsr.fat, eo@sic,
Chccse-young American, l6@lolei
Oregon full cream. lS@iSle,
Rer.-Fre.h Oregon ranch, SOci East
en eggs, 23@aSc.
Poultry-old roosisrs, s@eci hens
iil@i2ic, Spring, loa@llei broilers
io@iosc; dressed chickens. l3@lslei
geese, live, p@lOci dressed, i2elssei
turkeys, live. i7@l7icl dressed. io@
DC, ducks, old. ll@lsci Spring ducks
'ilc, pigeons, per dozen, si@lxoi
squams. ta@a6O.
Honcy-Dark, iOl@ilei amber, iSe
iac; fancy white, l4@lSc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

PORTLAND, Jan ls.-The potato
.ir,, wa. .j>ws weaker today
sal.n say reclB'Aipmsut. OF fancy
oct TO San Francisco are held up In
la, city, and tha, no demand is mani
.s
I'VE were all too anxious again last
week 10 buy" one dealer said. "and w
offered b@ioc q 100 more than We
should have done. Now several car.
io.ds Of fancy !oregons are on the track
In h Francisco. and no one is making
siiers q, any price.
"shIppers who sent potatoes to Cali
forsla last week are likely TO lose on
the deal. Rivers are Of good quality
In that state this year and consumers
end stock imported from Oregon"
Chickens Are Plentiful.
Receipts Of chickens are somewhat
heavier. aud crops do not move 50 read
lily ss they did last week. The big
buyers were not on Front street today
and Il Is Said they have become stocked
vita high'priccd chickens.
when live chickens reach ite q
pousd the demand becomes light" one
dealer said. "and the bulk Of the con
.amers switch on 10 something else"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19
PORTLAND MARKETS
latest Quotations In The Portland
Markets.

semplets Market Reports Corrected Each
Day Giving the wholesale Prices Of
Commodities, Farm Produce and vsgs'
tahisA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-19

California sapcs-sia@l.so.
Malaga gmpcs-so,oo per Dbl.
Apples-Green, 7Oc@sl7S.
Pears si.Q5@l.5o a box.
Grape iruit,-se.5o@aoo crat',
Huckleberries-7e per ID.
Cranberrics-sl2.b0 per barrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
The Best Shopping Hours.

To get the best results from holiday
shopping ii rs not enough merely to be
forehanded and to shop early in the season.
That is good, as far as 1T goes. 1t spreads
the trade out more evenly through the
weeks that precede Christmas, and greatly
helps to lessen the congestion in the stores
jast before the last day. But there still
remains an opportunity for even the early
shopper to facilitate his or her own busi-
ness and to assist the merchants in attend
ing TO their trade properly. By choosing
the hours for shopping with a little more
thought than is bestowed upon the matter
by many shoppers the day itself can be
adjusted to better advantage. Thus there
are certain hours in each day when the
clerks are not as insistently besieged as
at others These. 1t Is understood are from
8 to IL in the morning and from to in
the afternoon. Between those hours it is
possible to be waited upon satisfactorily
The rushes come during the departmental
noon hours and after the closing of the de-
partments in the afternoon. Owing to the
inconsiderate action of Uncle Sam in keep
Ing his workers at their desks until 4:30
their shopping opportunities are limited and
they must necessarily be in great hurry
when they get into the stores. 1t is only
fair to them to give them all the room
possible. Those, who can get to, the. stores
during the middle of the day, and espe-
cially during the hours when the clerks are
all on duty. should do so. for their own
sake If not for that of the less fortunate
people who are cooped up through the day
and have only few minutes after their
work ends in which to buy their presents
But in shopping during the middle of the
day the patrons of the stores should bear
in mind that the clerks behind the coun-
tiers must eat. They are human and have
appetites, and those appetites must be sat
isfied. From II to o'clock the clerks go off
for lunch In squads. thus lessenfng the
working force by certain percentage. 1t
il therefore impossible for the customers
to be as well served between the hours of
II and as before or after. no matter how
large or small the crowd may be. The
average shopper is reasonable person.
and these considerations. once appreciated
must have their effect in adjusting the
shopping upon a sensible effective basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11

on his own terms. He saw himself the
captain of the hosts and supreme ruler.
His purposes toward the city doubtless
were good. He is man of character, and
above all the temptations of graft and
everyday skulduggery. But it did not take
him long to discover that many of the in
struments through whom he must work
were of a very different order, and that he
could not count upon their assistance how
ever much he might do for them. In fact,
the more he did for them the more he
blocked his own game
At last came the open break with Leader
Murphy, and that has been followed
by the Murphy Hearst coalition, which, in
all of it's phases, is strongly anti-McClel-
Ian. What, then, is the poor mayor to
do? He is still a member of Tammany
HAHN fact, would not have a place to
lay his head were he to leave that organ
ization-and while he continues in office
must look there for support. But where
will he get it, with Murphy in opposition
and Hearst abetting every anti-McClellan
move that Is made?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11

rowed from them, and borrowed SO much
that they are able now to snuggle under
the same blanket with him.
It is nice question, but does not stop
there What about the claim that Bryan
ism is simply populism under another
name? The populists advance it, and the
republicans and anti-Bryan democrats con-
firm it. And it is undoubtedly true that
Mr.. Bryan supported Gen. Weaver, the
populist candidate for President in 1S92.
So that If Mr.. Roosevelt has borrowed
from Mr.. Bryan. and Mr.. Bryan from the
populists. what is there to do but admit
that as the populists are laughing last they
are laughing best?
That the laugh was for some time on the
populists we can all recall The bewhiskered
yokel with a straw in his mouth and
"b'gosh'' expression of face figured In all
the cartoons. He failed to get rag money
or free silver, government loans on grain
and hay and fat cattle, but he did make
himself heard on the subject of railroads
and an income tax. That, today, is beyond
dispute. l'.i''' >
The populists, distinctly so-called, having
disappeared-some acting now with the
democrats and some with the republicans
the socialists appear as the most advanced
critics of the established order. And while
we are not laughing at them as we did at
the populists, we consider them just as wide
of the American mark. Some of their prop
ositions are regarded as very wild, and
quite impossible of naturalization in our
scheme of things. But in the light of the
populist record is it safe to count them out
entirely? May there not be here and there
suggestion of theirs which. in some form,
modified after thorough discussion, will
appear in our future policies? AS matter
of fact, we are moving at such a pace, or
rather are listening with more than polite
ness to so many new lines Of thought as
respects what we can and should do as a
nation, that he is a bold man who today
laughs at anybody, or rejects, offhand, any
thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11

The report that all the great railroad
systems are to be investigated by the in
terstate commerce commission is important
If true. 1t ought to be true. That body could
not be better employed. No other subject
is so interesting to the public at this time.
What with the railroad rate law going into
operation, and the hints thrown out now
and then that, for one cause or another,
it may fail of it's object, the more we know
from official sources about the whole rail
road business of the country and how 1t
has been and now is conducted the better.
Certain 1t is that If any combinations exist
which will make the new law impossible, or
even difficult, of application they should
be dissolved. In this matter We are not
likely to face about. The course is straight
ahead, and the goal is complete emancipa-
ton from railroad domination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
Mcclellan and Tammany.

Mr. Mcclellan has Tammany ION his
hands" He could not shake" the or
ganization IL he would, and probably he
would not if he could. He must hold on
in some fashion, and trust somewhat to
luck for "a happy issue out of all his saf-
fictions.'
1t Is at once an amusing and instructive
situation. Amusing in that 1t shows a
worthy man of good abilities trying to make
silk purses out of sows' ears, and instruc-
tive In that We have another proof Of the
fact that that little thing cannot be done
All who have ever attempted it-and their
number is legion, and they range from
the king on the throne to the pauper in
his hovel-have come to grief. 1t Is writ
ten that silk purse cannot be made out of
a sow's ear.
Sympathy is in measure wasted on the
young mayor of New York He deserves
about what he is getting. and Is about to
get He should have known where he
would land when he embarked with such
companions. Mayor Mcclellan, however,
seems to have expected implicit obedience
from the whole Tammany outfit. He
thought that with the patronage of the city
in his hands he could play his own game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
Improve the Capital!
From the New York Sun.


Senator Hepburn has introduced bill
for the purchase of considerable tract OF
land In the city of Washington, to be used
for public purposes. The plan is old and
similar bills have been submitted from
time to time. From two important points
Of view such a proposal should command
favorable consideration.
The country Is rich enough to make Its
national capital a gem among the cities
of the world, and the people of the country
should take pride in making it such. Thai
is the aesthetic side of the question. The
other side is prosaic and strictly economi.
CAL The need of new public buildings be.
comes more evident from year to year
The Department of State Is now crowded
In with the Navy Department and the Wal
Department, to the great Inconvenience oil
all three. The Department of Justice and
the Department of Commerce and Labor
now carry on their work in rented build.
ings widely scattered, inconvenient and un.
suitable. Some day each of these must
have its own proper building. 1t Is estimated
that the sums now paid for rentals amount
to a more than liberal interest on the cost
of suitable structures.
The Hepburn bill provides for the pur.
chase of land with view to the ultimat t.
erection of these buildings. It is estimated
that S1o'OOOoOo' will secure for the govern
ment through purchase and condemnation
about 5000 acres of land adjoining the
mall that extends westward from the Capt
toll to and beyond the monument. 1t would
include all the area lying between the
mall and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t is alto.
gether the proper place for our department
buildings The value Of the land increases
rapidly A few years from now will prob.
ably find 1t worth $15,O00,O00. This Is the
prosaic side of the question, strictly mat
ter of national economy.
We have the dollars and we need the
buildings. We should have the pride te
make our national capital city beautiful
and we should have the wisdom to house
our departments in a way that will enable
them to carry on their work with every
possible advantage of location, space and
surroundings.