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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27
FIGURING ON pREpGEs.

MARSHFlELD Sept. 20,-~The sub
commtte OF the Port James Flanagan,
II. c, Diers aud Heucry Sengstacksn
held a meeting yesterday and discussed
tho matter OF purchasing dredgc.
There win be company organized for
purchasing tho dredgc which will pro-
eeed with the work as soon aa II can
be purchased and brought to the Bay.
Afterwards. II the people Of the Day
district wish to take II over, the com.
pany will sell II and the commission
win have charge Of the work. The pre-
sent plan Is TO obtain information about
a combination bucket and suction lrcdgc
at Portland. OF 5000 yards capacity,
which has been In operation for one
year This dNdgo " not OF sufficient
capacity. but II can 10 re-arranged and
enlarged to capacity Of between four
and ak thousand yards, which would
nn the requirements. Captain Pohlc-
mus has been asked TO investigate tho
matter for tho committee and he will
likely have his report here soon, Tho
cost Of the drcdge In mind will be about
forty.Ave. thousand dollars, complete
with the larger capacity. II 10 now
planned TO at frat ,lrcdge good ship
ehanual from North Bend TO the c. A.
Smith mill on Isthmus Inlet with
depth Of twenty feet At low water Such
an undertaking will require the removal
Of somewhere around one million yards
OF earth.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27
coALITE PROVES A SUCCESS.

Much interest has been shown In Eng
land In q new coal product named coal.
ite, A practical demonstration OF its
use was made ut New Castle recently,
Coalitc Is bright, hard substance. simi'
lar in appearance TO the best grades Of
coke, aud In burning makes no smoke
and produces, II 10 alleged, twice the
heat OF coal. while coalte Are lasts
40 per cent longer than the ordinary
coal fro, Coalitc Is produced by pro-
cess similar to that employed by tho
gas companies for the gas companies
for the production OF coke Gas COM
panics treat coal at a high tempemture.
tho gas aud by'products being collected
and the residue being coke, by the
coalite success, however the coal 10
treated at a much lower temperature,
with the result that the gas obtained 10
much richer, as also are the BY products,
the residue being eoalte, which can be
easily lightencd. and which burns with
great stcadiness and economy.
The use OF coalite In London. where II
IL being adopted largely, Is expected to
abate In large measure the present fog
and spoke nuisance, A ton OF coal pro-
iuces 70 per cent Of ccalite. but It's heat,
ing power being much greater, the ton
may be said to have suffered no loss In
value. while at the same time the gas
and by.products have been extracted and
utilized.
A coalite company has been arganized
and will erect works at Barking. near
London, where some three million tons
,of coal will DO treated annually, The
process, II 10 said, can applied TO all bi.
luminous Goals. and contracts have been
made to supply 100000 tons year to
London alone.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

cause II was, upon It's face utterly un.
constitutional; because II was the patent
scheme OF group Of Portland ship'
owners, aided and abetted by the aforc.
said oregonian writer to particularly
damn. defeat and destroy the Port OF
Astoria, and hold the balance OF power
against this place forever, because Il
was dangerously drawn and gave over
TO the commission 1t created u tree hand
in the assessment, levy and collection
OF taxes, after the sum Of its original
fund was exhausted; because II was u
sham. a blind, trap, an evil and a raw
injustice to every man in Columbia and
Clatsop county. In that il taxed their
citizens for the maintenance Of sys-
tenn that would, within two years Of it's
application, leave the lower counties and
their ports, shipless, and lockless. and
possessed OF the two barren privileges
of seeing the sea and river heets sail by
their towns and wharyes to, and from.
Portlandi and paying handsomely each
year for the humiliating spectacle.
We make no sort OF denial that we
are fighting this and all other rotten
plans, emanating from the metropolis,
for the discontinue and detriment Of
Astoria as seaport end as the second
city in the great State OF Oregon and
will continue to scrap until we have won
recognition at hands that mean well by
us. We have nothing to hope for from
Portland; that hope never existed In
the heart and conscience OF Astoria.
Portland takes our several millions OF
money annually and hammers. and
blocks. and curses us from years end to
years end, and We know just where we
stand in her commercial eye, But there
is nearby day that holds the key Of
our deliverance; when that hour comes
we shall take our place and do our work
without let or hindrance, and we'll do Il
honestly, for Astoria. and for Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

The oregonian will 10 we'll to remcm.
Der that the "minorities" in this vast
human hive OF ours are the agencies for
good. always; that the little group Of
thinkers and doers and explaines, is
the championing, saving, and guiding
factor always; that i Is the protesting,
arguing, fighting figuring bunch that
wins out against the blind and helpless
majority that goes, sheep,like. into the
pit dug for it by the syndieatei-
leaders OF the alleged majoritics; In the
language OF celebrated American pub.
licist, "The chosen heroes of this earth
have been in a minority, There Is not
a social. political, or religious privilege
that you enjoy today that was not
bought for you BY the blood and tears
and patient sufferings OF the minority"
When this peculiarly Portland meas
ure was pending in the Legislature,
rumor was busy in the State House
lobby, to the effect that there was a
big graft. to.wit, $1,000. III the thing for
a certain well-known member Of the
oregonian's staff. in the event the bill
became law. and that, under its sue.
cessful operation the Oregon Railroad 4
Navigation Company sold its only tug
at the mouth OF the Columbia River,
the Wallula. for q certain extraordinary
figure; and since this same oregonian
writer is still writing, or debating. the
utterances OF that paper in this rela'
ton, the assumption that rumor was not
altogether rumoH is admissible. This is
the same gentleman who took flyer
down to this port from Portland, for
one day. with copy OF the measure,
showed it to three citizens here, and no
more, and then went back TO Portland
and Salem. and gave it out that the
people OF Clatsop county We're unit
for the bill. in fact, were clamoring for
its enactment, etc. etc.
Astoria fought the bill because 1t was
designed, first, and last, to kill this, the
best port and harbor in Oregon; be.
cause il was a Portland measure framed
for the express purpose OF fastening at
that alleged port, for all time to come,
the marine interests Of the state; be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

municipal corporation (which is fatty
forbidden BY the latest amendment to
the constitution Of the astatel, because
Il was i matter OF statewide interest
and value. The absurlity OF this claim
is manifest when ii is remembered that
the bill specifically limited its functions
and territory to the three counties of
Mutnomah, Columbia and Chtsop;
whereas, ii it was purely and wholly an
Oregon matter it should have made the
terms and purposes OF a breadth CO.
equal with the last county and boun-
dairy of the state. This may be sup.
plemented by the declaration. that the
bin was, primarily, solely. and abso'
mtelY Multnomah scheme. no one in
the two counties annexed tfor the pur'
poses OF color, pretext and humbuggeryl'
ever heard OF the thing until II was
flaunched, surreptitiously. in the Legis-
lature and was there dubbed through to
enactment before the people OF Multi
nomah, even, knew Of its existance.
Columbia county sat supinely by and
let the outrage 90 unchallenged. but
Clatsop went into the ring of publicity
with il and sent corps OF able attor'
neys to Salem to present the claim Of
this county as to the unconstitutionality
of the bill, and defeated it hide, hair
and horns" Now the oregonian is set
ting up howl about the temerity and
the success of the minority in but
ting in. and battling the existance and
operation Of this wise and benehcent
provision of marine law THAT was TO
hog the last ship, cargo dock and inti'
mate interest, at Portland. to the utter
subversion of every port in the statel.
1t eonfesses, blindly, that the work OF
defeat was wrought by per cent of the
people alleged to be in interest, and
deliberately ies when it ayers that the
95 per cent, OF the majority, knew. ap'
proved OF, and wanted the law. Out OF
Portland's (nearlyl 100000 people, we
solemnly assert, without fear Of sue.
cessful contradiction, not an even thou
sand citizens know, at this day, the
salient features of the Port Of Colum-
bia' law.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27
An Ounce Of Prevention

10 worth o pound OF cure. There are
many poor sufferers consumpslves whe
are hopeless Of getting well-~who. II
they had taken care Of themselves.
would now 10 well, A cough 10 the
foundation OF Consumption. Baihrls
Eorchound Syrup win cure that coasht.
Mrs, s., Great Falls, Montana. wrtes'
Il have used Ballard's Horehoand Syrup
In my family for years--my children
never suffer with coughs, Sold by Hart's
Drug Store,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

The disease 10 caused BY q derange-
ment OF the stomach. Take q dose o!
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
let's to correct the disorder and the sick
headache viii disappear For sale by
Frank Hart and leading Druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

Do you know that Pinesalve Carlo.
lized acts like poultice in drawing out
Inflammation and poisoni II 10 anti.
septic, For cuts, burns, exxema, crack.
ed hands II Is immediate relief. Sold by
Frank Hart's Drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-27

Entered a. second-class matter July
30. 1905, at the postoffice at Astoria. Ore.
gcn, under the act Of Congress OF March y
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
GEORGE KEPT HIM BUSY.
Matrimonial Engagements Seemed Al
ways in Order.

A wellknown Virginia clergyman,
onetime president Of William and
Mary college, was married three times
and on each occasion the ceremony
was performed by his brother, an even
more renowned bishop. When the first
marriage took place, the bishop had
to refuse a tempting invitation from
an old friend because--so the letter
ran-"I am going mp to Williamsburg
on that date to marry my brother
George"
The same friend happened to be
on the train with him, years after
ward, when he was travelling to the
second ceremony. Il am going to mar
ry my brother George" the bishop
explained, benignly, after the business
of greeting was over. Again many
years passed, and the same journey
was taken once more for the same
purpose. By a strange coincidence,
the identical friend ran into the bish-
op as they hurried through the depot
to their respective trains. Where 60
ing bishop" the former sang out as
they grasped hands and dashed by
each other.
81 am going where I am always go
ing" the answer came back, ponder
ously, "to marry my brother George!"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
The Rrinht Eirstborn,

They were discussing the law of en-
tail-the English law bequeathing tho
bulk of the family property to the
eldest son.
There is SO per cent. Of logic in
that law" said physician, land If the
family property went to the flrstborn,
whether son or daughter, the law
would contain 100 per cent. of logic.
For the first born child is practically
always the best-best in brain, in
build, in beauty, in everything.
"Why is this so? It is because mar
ried people love one another more pro-
foundly at the beginning than after
ward; for love, like all things, grows
old, grows weak, often dies.
Mrs. Craigie-John Oliver Hobbies
was first born child. So was Marie
Corelli. So was Richard Mansfield.
So were Joseph Chamberlain, Lord
Kitchener, Max Muller, Henry Irving,
George Meredith.
Look back into the past, and we
see again the prominence of the first
born, among them Mohammed, Con-
fucius, Raphael, Milton, Dante, Goethe,
Byron, Shelly and Heine."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
S El5S7E2
'!hllzat[p7Eo
STRONG FOR TEMPERANCE.
Catholic Society Adopts Strong Reso.
lutions Against Drink Evil.

The Catholic Total Abstinence
union held in Cleveland convention
that brought together 400 delegates
who manifested the strongest tokens
of militant earnestness in the cause of
temperance. The resolution adopted
by the convention were of the most
virile and positive tenor, and in sew
eral places designedly phrased to re-
buke practices which the majority Of
Catholic laymen and priests indorse.
The convention said eve insist that
public duty is a part of every Chris
tian's duty. He who maintains thief
in Office is a thief, and he who
upholds by his ballot drunkenness and
RIGHTEOUSNESS is a sharer of both.
Catholics in their social as we'll as
their political life must be shining ex'
amples of temperance. Some so-called
Catholic clubs have helped to hurry
men to drunkards' graves. Catholic
sociables and even church bazaars, by
advertising liquor dealers on their pro-
grams, have made decent Catholics
hold down their heads in shame. When
the Catholic name is synonymous with
sobriety and every honest pursuit
after Christian virtue, then will the
kingdom of God come quickly. No
man can promote the interests of that
kingdom and the interests of the sa-
loon, No man can serve two masters;
it must either be God or mammon." !"
Still more remarkable than these
strong words was the resolution adopt
ed indorsing the Anti-Saloon league,
which has of course been by force of
cirCumstances-not by intentional ex-
clusiveness-largel Protestant or
ganization. This resolution read as
follows: Our blessed Master rebuked
his apostles because they complained
of the good done by those who were
not with them. The Lord said: He
that is not against rs is with US. We
must obey Christ and work with all
those who serve the cause of Christ.
Therefore do we congratulate the
Anti-Saloon league for it's many splen-
did triumphs over the rum power"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

Willie's wife procured a divorce from
him and married Gerrit S. Wheaton.
a welcome guest at Canonchet for
three years. Wheaton 80 a million
aire; Willie Sprague was an erratic
genius, at times exceptionally bril-
liant, always impulsive, loving and af-
fectionate.
Canonchet was having its house par
ties and the halls were aglow with
oriental splendor The Florentine
fountain off the dining-room was trick
ling its crystals to the idle after-din-
ner chat of a surfeited company.
1t was October, 1890, and the night
was chill when this self-absorbed party
suddenly learned the news of Willie
Sprague's death. He had shot him.
self in laborer's tent in the suburbs
of Tacoma. The sign of blood was
again upon the house of tragedy. A
few days thereafter, when the poor
boys wasted body was being brought
home, a final letter which he had ad'
dressed to his father came to light
1t had been written in a tent assigned
to young Sprague as one of a gang
of road labOrerS. In it he recited
some of his hardships. The boy COM
planned of the coarse quality of his
breakfast that day. Here the letter
abruptly terminated. His body was
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Its Identify.

See the two Gentlemen! They ap-
proach rapidly from opposite direc-
tions, and meet abruptly and with
such Force that each tumbles down on
his Back. All! How unfortunate!
Oh, yes! 1t is sad they should have
met at all, and there is Worse yet to
come. AS they scramble to their
Feet each succeeds in kicking the 9TH
er on the Sly, whereupon one instantly
smites his Assailant so furiously with
a large Bludgeon that ne actually
spreads the whole top of his Head
out like a Mushroom. The unfortunate
Wretch Immediately retaliates by seiz-
ing a Barrel and smashing it to Film
ders on the antagonists brow, and
the Latter returns the Compliment by
sticking Pick-ax into his Back.
No, no, my Child! This is not a Po-
litical Argument or Religious Discus
sion. 1t is merely bit of Polite
Vaudeville, with the accent on the
polite. Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

Sprague succeeded in accomplishing
their design. 1t soon became evident
that the fate of the A. and w. Sprague
concerns, estimated to be worth $780,
100000, would be destruction. The
Spragues had been ambushed. When
the concerns failed in 1873, with more
than $3O,OOO,000 in actual assets and
less than $11,OO0,O0O of Indebtedness,
the state of Rhode Island was almost
Frustrated. z. Chaffee was appointed
trustee of the estate. The courts
wrestled with it for more than 20
years, ard enterprises which once in
volved all of Rhode Island were laid
waste.
Domestic discord and estrangement
now intervened to madden the prin-
c1pals in this drama. The three daugh-
ters Of Gov. Sprague and Kate Chase
were being educated abroad. Willie"
Sprague, as he was called, the only
son, a strange composite of genius
and impulsive youth, was still at
home.
Robert Thompson had been appoint
ed trustee for the personal estate of
his mother On November 6, 1883
Willie was arrested for shooting at
Thompson as he attempted to visit
Canonchet. The boy was largely given
to impulse all his life. A court in
quiry resulted in his discharge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Germany's Mask Industry.

Consul T. H. Norton of Chemnitz
writes regarding Germanys mask in
dustry: There is an extensive de.
mand for masks throughout Germany
for the carnival season and other mer'
rymaking occasions. In central Ger
many there are several large estab.
lishments devoted exclusively to man
ufacturing this article. They not only
meet the needs OF Germanys trade but
also supply very large demand from
foreign countries. The materials used
in mask making are chiefly pasteboard
and gauze, with small amounts of silk
and wire. Each establishment en-
ploys it's own artists, and there is a
constant effort to place novelties on
the market. 1t is largely due to the
great variety of these novel designs
that promising trade with the United
States has grown up during recent
years, which is reported to be stead
lily increasing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
Historic Canonchet,
"House of Tragedy
Will No Longer Be
Home of Spragues

when Lincoln had that able and am
bilious man, Salmon p Chase, in his
cabinet as secretary of the treasury;
a time when Kate Chase dominated
Washington society and Influenced her
fathers eminent associates by the
force of her beauty and the spirited
brilliance Of her wit.
Then and there William Sprague, a
dashing young fellow from Rhode
Island-its civil war governor and
later its United States senator-brave,
handsome, clever, entered upon ca
reer which makes fiction seem tame
and tragedy commonplace.
Kate Chase is dead-she died in the
direst poverty. Her only son lies in a
suicides grave. Her daughters tried
the stage, but did nothing of conse-
quence. But the life of Gov Sprague,
as they call him still in Rhode Island,
is as eventful to-day as it was in the
times of war
William Sprague's membership in
the A. & w. Sprague Manufacturing
company, doing business in all parts
of New England in the sixties, afford
ed him in wealth the power which
made him at the age of 2S the gov
ernor of Rhode Island. This was in
1860.
The civil war was on.
Sprague was mere youth, and one
of the heads of business enterprises
involving the employment of $4,000
workmen. His shops, mills and foun-
dries beclouded the sky with their in
dustry, until it was said, Whenever
you see smoke in Rhody, it belongs to
the Spragues."
He was governor-the youngest war
governor. As chief in command of the
states military forces he insisted on
taking the field in person.
He went to the United States senate
in 1863 and served II years.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
KING OF cANNIBAL ISLANDS.
After Becoming Convert to Christian
ity, Makes Great Reparations.

Strange and wonderful tales of the
cannibals of the southern Pacific were
told by Rev. John Hopkins Denison,
pastor of the Central Congregational
church, who has recently returned
from the island of New Britain, off the
coast of New Guinea, says the Boston
Transcript. Rev. Mr.. Denison told of
his personal observations of the habits
of canniba!s, and especially those who
had recently been converted. The most
remarkable case was that of Tobogo, a
native chieftain, who, according to the
account given by Rev. Mr. Denlson,
had gone with his sling into neigh
boring village and killed five men
against whom he cherished grudge.
He carried all five bodies back to his
own hut and ate them one by one.
Shortly after this he was converted to
Christianity. He then returned to the
village and made speech. Mounting
a stump Ia the presence Of vast as
semblage, he said: "Once l killed my
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

great care, as carvers and decorators
they were unrivalled in the execution
of rock paintings and in carving the
ornamental figures of their dwellings,
their boats and sacred enclosures.
But the Maoris were also noted for
their remarkable tattooing, which was
designed to clothe as we'll as to decor
ate the body The Maori artist knew
how to give endless variety to the
curves Of his drawing, the natural fur
rows, the movements of the counte-
nance, the play of the muscles
everything was made to enhance the
charm of the design, and a hale young
man certainly presented fine sight
draped only in this delicate network of
blue limos on the ruddy brown of his
skin.
There are about $4,000 Maoris left.
These have retired to the northern
provinces of New Zealand, where GER
tain reservations have been set apart
as their exclusive property.
Schools have been established,
which the Maori children attend regu-
larly. 1t is said that such of them as
continue into the higher branches of
learning are worthy rivals of white
tudents.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07
s,inht MISUNDERSTANDING.

They had been engaged just seven
teen minutes by the clock, yet for
the last three-seventeenth of that Pc
riod there had been a proud, scornful
look upon her fair face that was cal
culated to wither the orange bios
SONS.
Il can't imagine. DEAR" he said,
sadly, "What has come over you so
suddenly. 1 simply asked if you were
romantic, when"
ooh, George, forgive met" she ex-
claimed, with convulsive sob, as she
threw her arms about his neck, II
thought you asked me if l was rheu-
matte"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-07

the grandest mansion on the
coast 1t stands on the favorite
camping ground of Canonchet, chief of
the Narragansett tribe of Indians. 1t
cost a million dollars. It's furnishings
were brought from the stores of many
countries. 1t is a palace within,
strangely, voluptuously featured, a
labyrinth of halls, hooks, salons,
chambers, towers, eerie dens, a the
ater, library-6S rooms in all.
1t had $4,000 worth of hand carving
in the dining-room, and other appoint
ments of a similar extravaganza. 1t
stands to-day, dark but proud; heir of
it's hospitality to the distinguished
men and women of two continents.
Horace Greeley used to visit there and
toast his shins before the library
CRATE; Conkling's name is indelibly
stamped upon the place and time, and
the man whose memory goes back to
the early seventies will recall the high
jinks and the Sprague-Chase-Conkling
episode, which eliminated in Conkling's
flight from the governors gun by way
of window and a barred and bolted
boudoir door.