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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-06

announcement to the world that rail-
road property was assessed in Arizona
at a scandalously low tate, thus re-
fleeing on the tax system of the ter
ritory. The error of course rested with
the authority and not with Arizona but
it is the purpose of the board to make
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-06

such misleading announcements as in
excusable as possible.
Following are given in the first table.
the valuations placed on the taxable
properties and ia the second the valua-
tons placed on the worcestershire prop
critics.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-06
A CHILEAN RAILROAD STRIKE.

Valparaiso. June 5.-The railroad
men of Chile have gone on strike fol
better wages and shorter hours. Al
trains stopped running today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
ARFUL ITCHING
BURNING SORES
Boy in Misery Il Years - Eczema
Spread Over Body in Rough
Scales, Cracked, lnAamed, and
SwoIIen-Case Pronounced Incur
able, but Completely Cured by
Two Sets Of Cuticura Remedies.
HIS SKIN NOW FINE
AND SMOOTH AS SILK

"I wish to inform you that your
wonderful Cuticurn has put stop 10
twelve years Of misery | passed with
my son. As all infant | nuticc,i on
his body a red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years, but when the spot began to
get larger | put him under the care
Of doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread 10 four different parts
Of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse 1t grew. During
the day it would get rough and form
like scales. At night 1t would be
cracked. iniiamed. and badly swollen,
with terrible burning and itching.
When | think Of his suffering, it nearly
breaks my heart. His screams could
be heard downstairs. The suffering
Of my son made me full Of misery.
had no ambition to work, 10 eat, nor
could | sleep.
One doctor told me that my CONS
eczema was incurable, and gave ii up
for bad job. One evening / saw an
article in the paper about the wonderful
Cuticura and decided 10 give il n trial.
Il tell you that Cuticura Ointment
Is worth its weight in gold, and when |
had used the first box of Ointment there
was great Improvement and by tho
time | had used the second set Of Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuti-
cura Rcsolvent my child was cured. He
Ii now twelve years old and his skin IL
as fine and smooth as silk. Michael Stein
man. Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
n. Y, April lG, 1905"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
CLIPPING CORPORATE CLAWS.

Campbell, OF Clackamas, is after the
public service corporations, with bare
knuckles and blood In his eye. His
bill for their regulation, introduced in
the house. on Thursday. is full Of meat,
and makes a tlp-top showing Of the
popular hand. and mind, In the fight
that Is pending, 1t has the tenor. tenn
per and tendency Of the real sort
and expresses the idea that the peo-
pie Of Oregon are about to do busi-
ness for themselves, and for the cor
porate combines, It is drastic in some
ways. but its tone is right and whole
some, and we hope the legislature will
take its cue from the measure and fol-
low it to an honest end. even II +, has
10 modify the terms in some degree.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

4 c. been sold%" one can get any
sort If answer he likes 10 the inscrut.
able query. He can get all manner OF
affirmative assurances from all sorts
OF men, some OF whose statements
Grafton; he can get all sorts Of spe-
cihc denals. With applicable reasons
thrown in. from people supposedly
posted In their declarations. and also
holding the attribute Of authority, and
the host of those who don't know Is
ing That there Is something doing in
relation to the line that there Is
something quite tangible to come. Is
now admitted to be beyond further
dispute. but the matter is So well
hedged and guarded that no one can
speak with certainty. aside from the
induhitable conclusion that THERE Is
SOMETHING DOING, The pertinacity
OF those making this latter assertion
is of n sort TO actually warrant be-
lief in their deductions, and some so
40 far as 10 set n date, February Is,
for instance, when the coming proof
shall be at hand. There are others
again who openly say that General
Manager Talbot has said the road was
about TO be sold and are apparently
prepared to bac kthe statement But
the fiat word has not been spoken,
either way. so far as this paper can
'athom the situation, and we are dis
posed to leave it 10 time. the source
II all unravelment and gertrude.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
IT is UP TO ASTORIA.

There is no further excuse for the
people of Astoria waiting for, or be-
wailing the non-application Of, the
common point rate on grain at this
port. There Is clear-cut law to in
woke for its instant extension to this
city Or any other that is denied it. It
is strictly up to the people here,
through their council, their chamber
of commerce, or other civic body Of
representatives, to get to the very
core and substance of the matter. we
publish the law in full, this morning.
on the first page Of the Astorian, and
do it gladly and will be only too glad
to herald the first action taken by
Astorians to remedy the long standing
evil of wilful denial by the O. r. &
N. Company and it's allies in the
northwest, that have maintained the
studied neglect and deliberate depriv-
alton. Go to it, Astorians!
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
WEATHER.
AVOIDING A WATER FAMINE.

That large area Of the City of As
toria was not built to withstand the
encroachment of a severe cold season.
has been demonstrated beyond all
question during the past three days,
especially In the matter Of the water
service to the houses within that area.
The supply is unqualifedly, ample so
far as source and system of delivery
are concerned. and the shortage i'm
posed by the expedieats 10 which the
water commission is driven, is due to
the fact that nine-tenths Of the people
in that area. have not used the water
with any circumspection whatever. in
the face Of the threatened curtailment
of supply. 1t were infinitely better
to put up with meagre supply than
sacrifice that supply entirely and set
up a water famine. And 1t was to
avoid this last drastic circumstance
that the rule of shutting off the wa
ter at 9 o'clock at night has been
adopted. The drain on the reservoirs
has been immense during the cold
wave, and the people who have delib-
erately let their faucets run wide
open all night, may thank themselves
for the conditions that might have
been obviated had they gone to the
trouble Of draining them at the cut
offs provided, instead That many did
this accounts for the fact that there
are some friendly sources of home and
office supply still at command. Anoth-
er thing that has contributed to the
uncomfortable situation in many in
stances, is the fiimsy quality of a |
great deal Of the plumbing throughout
the city. 1t pays to plumb properly. |
for the dollar spent in full, practical
equipment of the building, in the first
instance, is saved at junctures of this
sort that demand repairs aggregating
almost as much as the original plant
cost. If this city is pulled through
without a real famine Of water it will
be because the water people have done
exactly the right thing at the right
moment.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

Society in Cincinnati is said not to
have taken kindly to Mrs. Longworth' :
fondness for politics, and another wo-
man that has not taken to it is Mrs.
Longworths maid. The pretty daugh-
ter Of the President does not think
anything too good for the people"
and wore all her smartest Partisan
gowns to the despair Of the keeper
Of her wardrobe, who sighs as she puts
on the pretty gown that is just as
likely as not to be ruined in the crush.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
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December was so called because II
was the tenth month of the year. But
somehow the machine jumped a cou-
pie of cogs and it is now the twelfth
month. However, let the children un-
derstand that the operations of nature
have gone on without a break-it was
the Ignorance Of man In times past
that put the reckoning out OF gear
and left to their posterity a job Of
repair work on the almanac time ia
bles.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
South American Markets Lost to
Producers Of this Country.
LAND HAUL HERE TOO COSTLY
Goods Shipped from United States Dc
Not Approach in Value English
and German Products, Which
Gain Ground Yearly.
WASHINGTON, Jan, Followin.

WASHINGTON, Jan, l1.~~Followinl
close ON Secretary Roots recent ap.
| peal to commercial America TO foste,
| trade relations with the countries &
| the south of the United States, comes
the report OF the Department OF Com
merce and Labor showing how the
United States Is being outstripped by
Great Britain and Germany In mar.
kets that lie nj the doors Of this coun.
try. Considering the three nations
geographical relationship to Latin
America, 1t Is remarkable that the
United States has permitted It's for
eign trade rivals to wreSt from 1t sucn
valuable market.
In the fiscal year ending June 30,
1906 this country exported into the
Argentine Republic goods 10 the value
Of $22,673. 400 Far the calendar year
OF 1905 Great Brttain's imports to that
country reached the total Of $65,132,-
300. or nearly three times that Of the
United states. Into Brazil In the same
periods the United States imported
G+5oon0o0; this country's imports to
Chile totalea sS673oo0. while Great
Bri,alHs reached more than $4,000,
600 The discrepancy was even great
er in the imports 10 Uruguay, the unI-
ted States furnishing goods to the
Is 2S
valuation of more than $4,000, 900.
Relatively large gains In the German
trade are noted over the trade Of the
United States.
In seeking for the cause Of this pc
culiar condition Of affairs. it has been
discovered that both England and Ger
mand hold the trade advantage In
South America because Of their ad-
mirably developed waterways at home.
Germany is enabled to lead her ships
directly at her cities Of manufacture
and CARRY these shiploads half way
round the world at low transportation
rates. England, by reason Of her can
ais are splendid harbors, IL enabled to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

Comparing cur lives with those Of
the pilgrim fathers, we are rich be-
yond their greatest dream or desire.
Immaterial things did not worry
them as they do us; they asked only
to be free to worship God and had
dared an unknown sea and an untried
world for this principle, and there on
the rock bound coast" planted the
seeds of freedom that were to bring
forth fruit on through the ages.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

tho country were made navlgahlc II
would he possible for manufacturers
TO ship entirely by water and meet the
stilfeSt competition OF British or Ger
man manufactures Il would also OPP
en- ur for America wheat and other
grains Il market which now Ia prac.
ttcalIy dominated by tho German grow
era
The National Rivers \ Harbors Con-
gress. watch Includes In tho member
ship Individuals and organizations IN
nearly every state in the Union IL
working to bring this condition of af-
fairs about Members Of Congress
have received from lta secretary, j. T.
Ellison. Of Cincinnati, Ohio "A cali that
has been sent out broadcast, inviting
every organization and commercial
body and every firm and individual In
every state IN the Union to Join In the
Before the Sixteth Con.
gress convenes It In very probable that
a such tide OF public sentiment In favor
nf waterway development viii sweep
the country. that the Federal govern
nent win be compelled to take action |
and develop the internal resources of
he t. $, AZ they should be developed |
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
FOR W0MAN'S EYE

Too much stress cannot be placed on
the great value Of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
mcnt, and Pills in antiscptic cleansing,
thus aiYording pure. sweet and cconomi-
cal local and constitutional treatment
for inhammations, itchings, irritations,
relaxations, displaccmcnts, and pains, as
well as such sympathetic affections as
an@rnia, chlorosis, hysteria, nervous
ness, and debility.
Sold throughout the world Potter Drug Il
Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston, Mass
aS- Mailed Free. How to Cure Skin Hunlors.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

In the projection Of new airship
routes the newspapers will be estopped
from making the customary observa-
ton that dirt will soon be nying,"
According to the testimony present.
ed to the interstate commerce COM
mission the Oregon Short Line has
conceived the clever idea of encompass
sing the earth.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
THE POPULAR PUZZLE.

"How old is Ann?" sinks into utter
nothingness when contrasted, in AS
toria. with the infinitely deeper, and
more important puzzle of "Has the A.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

The schoolbook trust is In favor Of
textbook Uniformity The nearer it's
monopoly is uniform, the better the
trust is pleased.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

The Philadelphia bomb throwei
turns out to be a citizen Of Chicago
the little Russia Of the United States
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

Texas is trembling in the balance
on the octopus question. How circum-
stances alter cases in some kinds Of
politics.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

Having been 50 thoroughly tried in
the newspapers, it is not expected that
the Thaw case will last very long.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

railroads has made it possible for the
sportsman TO quickly reach the feeding
grounds. make a bag and get home with
but little time lost.
While anyone who can rent gun and
buy few cartridges may hunt ducks
there are probably more well known men
who journey to hunt this variety or
game than any other and all along the
coast there are cunning clubs, the quar-
ters ranging from mere shanties to pa
latial residences. Some of these clubs
are not only difficult to gain membership
in but they are expensive to maintain
There are very few good cunning grounds
in any section of the coast where duck
abound that are not the property of some
club
The sportsmen of Boston have their fun
off the coast Of Maine and Massachusetts
while the New Yorker first goes along
the waters of Long Island Sound and
later. II he has the time follows the
ducks southwark. Baltlmoreans. and, In
fact Philadelphians look to the Chesa-
peake for their sport although the Della
ware River and Bay must not be left out
when 1t comes to a feeding grounds,
though there, like the Chesapeake, the
ducks are becoming scarcer year by year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

an inch or so above the water and decor
ated all around with marsh grass so that,
seen from a distance 1t resembles just
patch of floating weeds. The gunner,
lying still within his box. waits for the
flock to settle around the de; 5ys and
then, half rising, blazes away.
This and fight shooting comprise the
principal methods employed. The fight
shooting entails the building of a blind.
or breastwork, of material found along
the shore and then lying in wait for the
ducks to fly past. 1t is well known that
ducks rarely vary In their fight and
trade along the same line day after day
as long as they are In the neighborhood
so 1t is the aim of the hunter to get
good position along the line. The Teal
and Broadbills are the principal victims
to this method, as are the Sprig Tails,
Butter Balls and Baldpaters, but the
Canvasbacks, Mallards, Redheads and
Blacks are too wary to follow the same
course regularly and these royal birds
have to be hunted afoat.
The best place to hunt the duck Is on
the feeding grounds. for ducks, like hu-
man beings, are loathe to leave anything
to eat and as wild celery beds are the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

eating resorts for the winged fowl those
are the places one should go in quest Of
them. For years and years the finest
celery grew ON the fats of the Susque-
hanna river near Havre de Grace,
Maryland. and there were the finest
shooting grounds in the world.
With the impr&ement In firearms,
notably the pump" or repeating shot
gun, together with the vast increase In
the number Of hunters, the habitat of
the ducks on the Atlantic seaboard has
gradually shifted southwark. The Chesa-
peake Bay still presents many spots of
great advantage. but the Susquebrr
Flats are not what they once were. Like
wise the famous fats of the Potomac
which, once the stopping place of thou
sands, is no longer on the visiting list
and the bulk Of ducks In their southwark
flight now rest first In the waters of
the lower Chesapeake.
cut even there they linger but a little
while for the gunners soon drive them
on toward the Carolinas and the Georgia
coast. AS they get into the Carolinas
their flight is arrested by the abundance
of food but even there the gunner Is on the
trail. The branching out of the southern
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10

sci are the lookouts and they walt and
watch for the coming of the fiocks. AS
the ducks approach they signal to their
comrades In the sinkboxes who can tell
from the signals the direction from
which the birds are approaching and the
altitude at which they are flying.
Thus guided the gunners have only to
rise 10 the proper position and blaze
away at the ducks as they pass over or
settle among the decoys. As practically
every market gunner carries pump"
gun. or at least double barrelled shot
gun. the two In the sinkboxes rarely fail
to bag at least four while instances have
been known where a pair of gunners
would get six and even eight.
Then boat is put out from the larger
vessel. the dead ducks gathered In. the
decoys looked after and once more every
thing becomes quiet-untll another flock
happens along when the process is re-
peated
OF course there are some amateurs who
are as expert as the market men and who
put just as much time and energy In their
sport-men who have pride in their
skill and prowess-but there is class
that go "ducking'. each season and re-
turn with fine bag without having even
handled a shot gun.
This is the fellow who arrives on the
shooting grounds the night before on his
yacht. With him is a party of friends
and they sit In the cabin telling each
other of the great time they expect to
have on the morrow. Some time after
midnight they all turn In and they dream
of killing ducks until the booming of
guns awakens them ana they realize
that the game is on and they are not
in 1t.
There Is a rush to get dressed and a
rush for the breakfast table. Meanwhile
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
ZzEN ENZNCEI<1
GAA(ZAzRAeT

the captain of the yacht has placed out
several sinkboxes and the decoys and.
after a little while, each member Of the
party is safely installed to wait for the
ducks to come. 1t often happens that
during the next few hours not more than
half dozen ducks will fly along, just
out of range but more often, even IL In
range. Mr.. Duck goes sailing by while
the shot merely touches him and the re-,
ports of the guns hasten his,Apeed a bit.
After three or four hours of being
cramped in boat that has just enough
freeboard to threaten to swamp at any
moment the gunners become disgusted
and return to their more comfortable
craft where they console each other as
best they can and lay the blame upon
the luckless captain who picked out such
a no-account hunting ground.
But ducks they come for and ducks they
must have so the Captain is sent ashore
to secure them How many are brought
back depends upon the market price and
the amount set aside for the purpose but
those procured are carefully hung In the
rigging and when the yachtsmen return
to their home port with their trophies
In plain view t16 prdiso lOE sIuch ohiii
that they receive amply repays them for
their expenditure Of money and time.
After all 1t is sport for kings-this
hunting of ducks.
When the blood leaps In the veins and
the skin tingles with the bite of salt air
and a thrill runs through the nerves as
the graceful beauties whirl overhead only
to collapse and fall at the crack of the
faithful gun. then your true sportsman
has no thought for the morrow nor of the
care the morrow brings but dreams In
bliss his little day dream to the tapping
of the soothing waters.
Even as the bison have gone, and the
deer and bear are going, the duck may
go. but ever In the annals Of sport the
legend of the Canvasback and the Teal
will be handed down to future genera
tions to read about and dream over.
Even today, In the old haunts that have
been deserted, the Canvasback Is spoken
of with some of the reverence of a demi-
god and the places he has gone to are
thought to be more than usually blessed
among the garden-spots of the earth.
But hunt him as you will and as long
as you will and bring down as many as
your gun will find, If you are a true
sportsman you cannot help a little pang
of regret mingled with all the pride that
comes of being good shot.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-10
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be effected with Increased economy.
But the most important phase Of the
rural Capitalization movement Is yet to
be mentioned. 1t Is the purely social
feature, which is calculated to have the
most extensive effect, not only upon our
agricultural sections but, Indirectly, also
upon our coDgested cities. In general.
country life In our Western States Is
characterized by the most deadly com
monplace. The farmer is narrow and
sef-centered. He is without the world,
cut off from the influences that expand
the mind and develop the social quail
ties. His solitary life is toilsome, monot-
onous and almost devoid of relaxation.
1t is dreary existence, recent mitigat-
ing factors Notwithstanding.
Is 1t any wonder that the farmers boy.
strong, and restive with the lust of life,
deserts the soil for the pavement of the
city-abandons the cold, unsocial environ
ment of his home for the stirring center
with Its human appeal? He Is simply re-
spending to natural proclivity of man.
the most gregarious of animals. He sell
dom has any definite purpose in view, nor
is he moved by any distinct dislike for
his fathers occupation. Give him the op-
portunities for social intercourse which
he Graves. give him the relaxation, change
and amusement he desires--give him these
In connection with the life of the hus-
bandman and he will cleaye to the home
stead and take up the task Of tilling the
fields where his father lays it down. That
this conclusion is correct seems evident
from the ascertained fact that the coun-
try lads to whom the towns are most
accessible are those least prone to desert
the farm.
The system as inagurated by the Rec
lamation Service will undoubtedly be fol-
lowed In the occupation of new districts
In our Western States and 1t may be en-
pected to influence the reformation Of
older settlements. The rural settlement
movement will assuredly work far-reach-
ing effects upon our agricultural popua-
tion. With Its extension we may look
for more Intelligent and contented class
Of farmers, with happy helpmates, whose
children shall grow up cherlshing love
for the free, healthful life on the land