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The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
Sentry NeedlessIy Worried

Charles Allen, negro trusty at No.
3 police station in Armourdale, was a
member of the Twenty third Kansas
regiment which went to Cuba during
the Spanish-American war, says the
Kansas City Star. While he scrubbed
the floor of the police station recently
ne told how Lem Thompson, another
negro in the same regiment, killed q
supposed Spaniard.
1t happened while the regiment was
doing garrison duty at San Louis de
Cuba. Thompson was on guard one
night While he walked past a bam-
boo brake he heard something moving
about in the tall grass. 1t was in
the enemys country and Lem sup
posed that he was about to encounter
Spaniard.
Halt" cried the guard as he raised
his gun.
On came the Spaniard, paying no
attention to the command.
"Boomi" Thompson fred, threw
down his gun and started toward the
garrison. When the soldiers heard
the noise and rushed out they met
Thompson running toward them.
Il killed a Spaniard down there In
the grass he said.
When the soldiers approached the
bamboo they heard rustling sound in
the grass.
Hes still kicking" one of them
said.
They went closer and discovered
Thompson's Spaniard 1t was small
burro with large ears and a shaggy
hide. The little animal had bullet
hole in it's head
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

from the age of, say. four to IS or 10,
can be confidently expected to look
their best in a dress of this kind
For the first named small damsel
the mother may take as her model
our pictured frock where the pinafore
bodice is outlined with a stitched
band of its own material, or again of
silk or velvet, while the chemisette
and little turn-down collar or lace re-
lieve its simplicity in the prettiest
way. and the belt is specially becom-
ing to the little people who have not
yet developed waist. This dress
which is. of course, made all in one
will look equally well in velvet or
cloth. serge or alpaca, and might again
be copied in the checked fabrics.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
35TH ANNIVERSARY SALE.

The Greatest Sale held in magnitude. Every De-
partmen represented. You money your needs
Come and
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

or-made. The hat crowns grow higher
day by day; many of them are exactly
like large jam-pots, but others retain
the charming Lamballe outline, only
that they are higher and more aggres-
sive than the crowns of last year The
mushroom shape seems to reign SUI
preme, and it looks exceedingly smart
when arranged with a large, puffed
crown of some soft material and trim
med with single feather, which
sticks out at one side in manner
which may truly be described as
cheeky"
There is a rage in Paris for these
big single feathers, and very often
they are beautifully shaded In the
most delicate colors. 1t is also fash
ionable to place a group of three
feathers directly in front of high
crowned hat, but these feathers are
not possessed of the same chic as the
single plume.
Irish lace is more than ever In the
height of fashion. Coates and boz
leros and blouses and collaret.es of
Irish crochet are being exploited.
Every sort of lace is in the highest
favor, and all kinds are cheerfully
united on one garment. Any scraps
that one possesses should be brought
out, for medallion of the finest point
d'Alencon may center yoke of heavy
Irish crochet, and "frillers" of Valen-
ciennes run on net may form the
sleeves of the same gown, and the
like. with perfect propriety.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
Origin of the ozark norse.r

The term dark horse" is such a
familiar one, even to persons who do
not frequent horse races. that few
stop to wonder at its origin, and few
er still know anything about the cir
cumstances to which it owes its crea-
ton. Its origin is due to Lord Bea-
consfield, who used the phrase In
"The Young Duke" In this novel he
speaks OF a dark horse which had
never been thought of and which few
had SO much as observed. The dark
horse. however, rushed past the grand
stand to victory. This dark horse
was actually one of dark color, but
to-day the color is no longer taken
into account. A dark horse may be
anything. SO long as he sweeps from
the ranks of the unnoticed to the
glory of the winning post.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
THE ORIGINAL "MR. oooLEv.-
Character Made Immortal by Finley
Peter Dunno.

The original Mr.. Dooley, now gone
his way, was character well known
to George Ade, John McCutcheon,
Vance Thompson and many other
Chicago newspaper men long before
Peter Dunno made him national
celebrity. 1t was Vance Thompson,
by the way, who swooped down on
the old gentleman in a sleepy hour,
borrowed two dollars from nim be-
fore he rightly realized it, and van
ished again into the outer darkness
while he was still rubbing his eyes.
This little episode he subsequently
referred to as 9TH hurricane touch."..
Similar anecdotes of the old mans
wit are cherished as particular pos
sessions. George Ade has one that
he entities human gratitude" Late
one night he was surprised to find the
proprietor asleep behind his own bar.
On being reused, that worthy showed
a marked disinclination for business
and strong desire to be let alone.
80 Ade pulled down the blinds,
stacked up the cuspidors, locked the
cash register and called cab. With
some difficulty he elected an address
and then for what seemed hours they
iounced over out-of-the-way streets
until at last the cabbie drew up before
ramshackle little box of a frame
house with a stairway running up the
outside. All this time the passenger
had slept sweetly. Out of the cab
and up the rickety stairs, putting and
blowing, Ade bundled his charge. On
the top step he lost his footing and
the two of them rolled higgledy-
piggledy to the street. The old gem
tleman sat up regarded Ade with the
utmost indignation, and spoke the
first words of the evening:
large" said he, I'VE thripped me-"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

In the ultra-fashionable world
where there is no limit to the bank
account and fancy and desire deter
mine what shall be worn, it is to be
an unusually extravagant season in
the matter of dress, for everything
Is specially designed" or specially
created" and very few garments will
be permitted to play more than one
part. This being true, it will form
strong index as to what may be look
ed for among the women who are
not blessed with unlimited means at
their command. but who must care
fully count the cost.
Our best advice to such is to have a
few gowns. but to have these as per-
feet in every detail as possible. 1t
has been said, and with much truth,
that the Parisiennes buy fewer new
dresses in the year than the women
of any other nation, but they take
such infinite pains over each individ-
ual toilette that it represents perfec-
ton, and is, for that reason, delight
to the wearer and to the onlooker.
Taffeta hats in the cabriolet form
have had revival and are among the
most popular in the East, in fact 1t
may be said to be the first favorite
of the season. and it is made in every
possible color, but always in sub
dued shade. This style of hat is only
suitable for afternoon wear-for visit
Ing and for concerts. etc. 1t is essen
tia ~ "dressy" and should never be
permitted to accompany severe tail
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
NZEy 1zz2z M9RZg

The prevalence OF the pinafore bo-
dice In the new fashions makes the
said fashions veiy suitable for adapta-
tion to the young folks, who, indeed,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
THE DRY-wAvE.

North, East, South, and West. the
revulsion against the liquor habit is as
serting itself with varying degrees of
expression and success. And it is time /;
for the United States, in a comparative
sense as to population and territorial
limits, has long since overtaken England
in this, her national curse. The dry
wave has wrought an immense amount
of good and will do far more to re-
balance the nation than can ever be
estimated. It is good for the rich and
for the poor, without much distinction
as to relative benefits, since the wild
prohigacy of the one is no worse than
the sodden indulgences of the other
From Astoria to New York City is a
far cry; but the voice Of public con
science has carried the length oil the
route and has debouched north and
south on the. way, until whole States
and great cities are under the ban and
barrier either in whole or in part. May
it 90 farther and stay longer!
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
HAVE GOOD CLASS RECORDS.
Football Men at University do Not Neg
lect Studies.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Dec. university of Oregon football
men during the season just past have
made good records in the class room az
well as on the football field. The records
of the Registrars office show that OF
the 20 men composing the regular squad,
only half a dozen have received grades
as low as I'D" in any OF their subjects.
There have been no failures and their
work as a whole compares fayorably
with that of last year, when in the
final examinations in February, the foot.
ball team ranked slightly better than
the average for the whole student body.
The records show also that for the tvs
months just past, football men have cut
fewer classes than any other class Of
students. Reports Of absences of all
students are sent To the Registrars Office
daily and careful record is kept. The
University works on the theory that
students are there first to study, AMI
this means regular attendance at classes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
TROOPS TO NEVADA.

No real American likes to read Of gov
ernment troops being ordered into the
States, even upon the plea of necessity
for public peace and safety; and the
Presidents mandate sending General
Funston and 1900 men to Goldfeld,
Nevada, will be deplored from one end
Of the country to the other, upon the
general principle that. as Americans, we
should be able to govern ourselves 20 as
to obviate such extremities.
It is but another phase of the ever
lasting war between capital and labor.
With the former as polished, resourceful,
merciless, and indicative as the latter
is reckless, relentless and brutal, there
can be no end to this warfare, and
society must forever remain the bruised
and battered neither mill stone OF the
conflict, upon the face of which the high
standards and civic graces of the day
are being ground to obliteration.
One is tempted to forswear the civili-
cation he was born to and seek the peace
and stagnation of the desert in view of
the hopelessness of this eternal turbu-
lence and wrong; but the living hope
that the day and the man and the
measure Of redemption intervenes to
keep man at his post and to go on
trusting to the. future just as he mas
done for countless centuries.
Cupidity Of the rich, the corporate
rich, and the endless struggle of the poor
to escape the thraldom of poverty, to-
gether with the coarse cruelty that
characterizes the engagement the wide
world over, On both sides, leaves but
meagre ground for any possible hope
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
PORTLAND TO THE SOUND.

Just as an indication Of the exact
truth of Astoria's claim that Portlanis
shipping should be handled from this
port, We quote from Fridays Evening
Telegram. of Portland, as follows:
"One OF the first vessels flying the flag
OF the Dons to enter the Columbia River
for years after at Astoria from Valpa-
raiso this morning. She is the Spanish
steamship Minerva, under charter to
Kerr. Clifford & Co., to carry cargo Of
wheat to the United Kingdom. 1t had
been the intention to load her at Port
land, but the company has decided to
send her to Puget Sound. She viii re-
ceive orders this afternoon to proceed to
Tacoma. The change in plans is owing
to the congestion in the local harbor, Is
grain carriers now being assembled here
and all that can be handled conveniently
at one time"
We are glad to see the Portland fleet
growing to such proportions as to con-
gest her harbor and compel the despatch
of foreign carriers elsewhere, for the
simple reason that this issue must be
forced upon the metropolitan conscience
sooner. or later, and the claim of Ore
gon's only great harbor be met. and
conceded, despite the patent antagonism
Of the group of English shippers there.
1t cannot be ignored much longer nor
will it be after James j. Hill has per-
fected his plans at the mouth OF the
Columbia. His lead will be followed
Quickly enough once it is demonstrated,
and Portland will wonder at the gross
she has shown for years, when
her hand is forced and she takes up
tine simpler and less costly program Of
shipping her stuff from here. There Is
some singular and ulterior motive behind
a commercial program that sends grain
and lumber fleets liz miles inland in
tae one case, and l67 miles in the other,
when the last vessel has to pass, or en-
ter, the most ample. safe and naturally
provident harbor on the route to either
of the inland destinations.
Portland's fear of Astoria is fetch
now. but it will yield to the exercising
spirit OF common sense and the common.
rate inside another IL months.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
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THAT DOLLAR DINNER.

On the evening of the 18th inst, the
Astoria Chamber OF Commerce intends TO
give dollar dinner at the Occident, and
it behooves every live Astorian to be
there. There are to be some of the
leaders Of the transportation and indus.
trial world Of Oregon present, and things
to be said and done and limited, that
viii be well worth getting next to.
No matter what the dinner may cost,
dollar plate or ten dollars, it means
dollars for this community in the future,
and Astoria has a future as bright and
large and compensating as any city in
the Northwest. There is likely to be a
good deal said eonfrmatory OF this, at
that time and place and we must all be
IN touch with the prophesies and show
the prophets we are receptive and amen
able in all things.
General Manager Mutt and General
Superintendent Forrest, of the P. & S.
railway. the line that has more to DO
with our future than any single interest
in the country, will be present; as will
Col. w. S. Roessler. of the U. S. Engi-
neer Corps, in charge of the jetty; Hon.
Harvey Scott, editor of the Portland Ore
gonian, than whom there is no better
authority on Oregon affairs. past, and
present, in the State, when he speaks
by the card, and who knows,
and has declared, the future OF
Astoria, as no other man ever dared to
fathom, and state it, will be there, along
with T. B. Wilcox and Tom Richardson,
two Portlanders who, knowing much
may, in bursts of real candor, give us
some genuine encouragement, if not as
surance, as to the things that are trending
our way and rich with good for us and
all Oregon. There will be others OF note
and authority in this big premise and
this initial dinner of the Astoria Cham
Der should be the open sesame to many
a distinct advantage and realization. Let
no man forget it who has the good Of
Astoria at heart!
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
KEEP A.GoIN'.

II you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a.goin.
If il halls or II il SHOWS,
Keep a,goin'.
'Taint no use to sit an whine,
When the fish amt on the line.
Bait your hook an keep tryin'.
Keep a'goin'.
When the weather ills your crop.
Keep a.goin'.
When you tumble from the top,
S'pose your out o every iime.
Gittin' broke amt any crime,
Tell the world your pullin' fine.
Keep a.goin.
When it looks like all Is up,
Keep a-goin.
Drain the sweetness from the cup,
Keep a-goin'.
See the wild bird on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like sighin'. sing,
Keep a.goin'.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
LIABILITIES.

State Of Oregon, County OF Clatsop,
So.
I, 8. s. Gordon, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief
s. s. GORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day Of December, 1907.
V. BOEDLING,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
JACOB KAMM,
G. c. FIIAVEL,
w. +. McGREGOR,
Directors.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08

short OF the radical transition OF society
and commerce from the plane of exist.
ence and operation as now constituted.
to other untried, yet, promising ex'
pedients Of philosophy and practical or,
ganic is,els.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08

WEATHER.

B Western Oregon and Washing.
} ton-Occasional rains; southwest
} erly winds.
} Eastern Oregon, Washington,
} Idaho Rain, followed by clearing
and cooler.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
Muscular Pains Cured.

During the summer OF 1908 l was
troubled with muscular pains In the in
step of my foot" says Mr.. s. Pedlar, Of
Toronto. Ont. "At times it was SO pain.
full I could hardly walk. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm was recommended to me. so
/ tried It and was completely cured by
one small bottle. / have since recon.
mended It to several Of my friends, all
of whom speak highly Of it, For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
FOOTBALL GAME.

SEATTLE, Dec. Seattle Athletic
Club, 9; Multnomah, 0.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-08
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
First National Bank

at Astoria, in the State OF Oregon. at
the close Of business, December 3, 1907.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19
PA.
to help them

The greatest thing in the world to boy not
even excepting his mother, is the with whisk-
ers who comes home of evenings and who is digni-
fed by the title of Father, Papa, Pa or Dad, just
as his early training dictates. boy naturally
loves his mother-who does not? But his father
does things. Pa can put new washer on a leaky
valve; he carry two buckets of coal at once he
can repair the boys broken wagon; he can rig up
some hooks upon which the boy hang up his
hat and coat. That is, the boy can, but he always
allows his mother that glorious privilege After
seven or eight years of intimate association. the
boy comes to the conclusion that Pa can do any,
thing. IF anybody disputes with him the alien
comprising wisdom of his father, there is sure to
be fight. If the boy gets licked, Pa consoles
him, and if he is the proud victor, Pa mildly re-
proves but the boy reads the unexpressed congrat-
ulations Of his prowess in Pas eye.
Then there are the Christmas presents Pa al
ways fixes up the mechanical toy that is broken
before breakfast, if he doesn't it's only because
he lacks the proper tooS-never because he can't.
And Pa can build the dandest block houses-build
them as high as his head and the boy stands on
chair IN open-eyed wonderment at the things Pa
can do. Surely no one in the world is so wise as
Pa surely no boy is blessed with father quite
equal to his own. Upon the pinnacle of perfection
the sapient Pa is supreme And then through some
untoward incident the boy discovers his dad, and
henceforth and forever there is no more the calm
confidence on either side.
PAS downfall came last week The young hopa-
full came running to greet the monarch of all men
with cries of JOY and satisfaction From one pants
pocket the boy drew forth string about five feet
long with button one end. From the other
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19
A POPULAR SALT LAKE PREACHER.

We last week reluctantly called attention to the
destructive tendencies of a discourse delivered
from the stage of Salt Lake theatre by the pastor
of the First Congregational church. this city We
then promised to supplement our quotations by adj
ditional extracts taken from accredited sources
and we now propose to keep pledge. But before
we introduce our authorities we wish to say a word
or two some issues cognate to the subject under
treatment.
The clergyman, be he Catholic priest or Protest
ant minister, who aspires to popularity will learn,
to his cost, when he has attained the object of his
ambition that he is leaning a broken reed 1t is
impossible for the faithful minister of God to be
a popular man in the accepted sense of the word.
The Jealous priest parson, the honest and up
right servant of God will win the respect the APP
proval, the reverence of all honorable men and wo-
men, but he never be a popular man with the
masses. The world dislikes the ambassador of
Christ who would rouse it out of its comfortable
sloth that does so well for this world, and who
would give in the place of that sloth something of
which in its spiritual darkness the world does not
see the want at ALL For this reason it is that when
ever we look into church history we find it nvar-
liable that those who have ever done good in Chris
tianity-those who founded it-those who preached
It's doctrines in their entirety-those who repaired
and reformed human abuses and sins-have been
during their lives unpopular characters while those
who opposed them, who tried to drag down and de-
stroy have been popular.
Witness, in our own day, the popularity of the
Ingersols, the Campbells, the McGlynns, the
Swings and the Briggs. When the Rev. Dr. Charles
A. Briggs, ruthlessly attacked his own church. the
Presbyterian, of his sympathizers in burst of
enthusiasm exclaimed: eve would die for DR..
Briggs. He is one of those men to whom the
church of coming generation will build a propb-
cts tomb" In after ages when the Saints have
gone to their reward when we have reaped the fr,it
of their labors and their self denial we honor and
reverence Them but whilst they were on earth thew
were hated and prosecuted. The new theology. with
which the Congregational pastor is consciously or
unconsciously in sympathy says "No' to this and
mo" to that. Thoughtful men, however cannot
have confidence in system that has nothing posi-
tive about it. They will rather take the risk of be-
ieving little too much than invite the danger of
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19

quired by many years of deception Pa seda-e:
wound the string around the top, just as he au
years ago, when he was a boy himself. But rh. tgr
wouldn't spin 1t rolled out into the street. Again
and again was the trial made with equally un-a.i,-
factory results.
And now Pa is down and out. He doesn' cou.
for much in the boys world of things. I'm the Ina.
of the twentieth century he is a dead one" r..
tried to keep up bluff, but it didn't work, for ta.
evening, after the boy had said his little prayc.
and was tucked away for a nights rest he remarked
to his mother in tones of the keenest disarpau-
ment:
Mamma daddy can't even spin a top
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19

Combinations in restraint of trade are so wide
y variant that about every line of industry is af
fected The principle is not to supply the needs of
the world, but to limit the supply so there will be
increased profit to the producer Consumers of
goods must pay the bills, and the charges are linn
tied only as the supply of money the consumer may
possess. Too much profit and not enough human
ity afflicts the world
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19

The mercy and great generosity of Christ were
given twentieth century illustration recently
when Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was permitted to die
peaceful and penitent death confessing her lifc's
crimes to the Catholic chaplain of the prison in
Columbus, 0. While death bed repentance is not
the best, still it is better than no regret or sorrow
for the multitudinous misdeeds of long lifetime
She had given public scandal, she had wrecked the
lives of Others but the last few years of her exist
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-10-19

We often hear and see sarcastic comments about
labor unions limiting production and demanding
pay for less work. 1t is universally con-
demned. But when lead or copper gets too low in
price, the magnates close down the mines and wait
for the demand to stimulate the price. Of course,
the miners thrown out of employment and their
income ceases, but business expediency makes it
more profitable for the lead and copper producers
to limit the supply, and the miners are only men,
anyhow.