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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
ADOPT PORTLAND'S PLAN.

Astoria has arrived at point where
to save her future she must make
radical change in her policies OF civic
ad commercial action. She has used
her time-worn, time-proven and time
defeated programs OF waiting and
wailing and wasting, until their fall
acy is written large on her CONNER
cial and industrial fronts. She must
throw few commercial somersaults
and land on a new platform Of COM
munal endeavor and success; she
must pick up her idle commercial
lines and drive straight through, over
under, around, all obstacles, no mat
ter who, or what they may be; she
must stick to the middle Of the road"
that leads to Astoria; she must
thrown down, and out, all the home
selfshness that has impeded her for
her longest years; she must waken
to the fact that she has no friend but
her own municipal and communal
self; that every public benehce with
in her reach must have HER string
on it, and she must pull stoutly and
unitedly, if she is going to land it
away from the other string-pullers;
she must realize that her splendid
natural advantages have been what
they are for thousands Of years and
will remain as they are for thou
sand more, unless she spends her
money and time and talent in prov
ing their value to the outsider and
giving him share in them for what
he will do to exploit them, and cease,
demanding his last dollar for "look-
in" only to drive him to some more
sensible and public spirited COM
munity to spend his investment hap
PLY and successfully; she must for
sake the dilotory, dubious and dis
credited doctrine of dawdling along
and waiting for fate to chuck some
thing into her lap without even her
thanks for the gift; she must spend
her money at home, for the good it
will do here, and spend more of it
to save and bolster that home and to
magnify the home-city. In other
words, she must adopt the Portland
plan Of working and living (and even
dying) for Portland!.
Hot air, printers ink, commercial
resolutions, industrial prospectuses
and all the ordinary experiments Of
the day and place, are utterly worth
less without the spirit of unity, back
ed by the ready and persuasive dol
lar and deed-of-gift, that marks the
indelible genuineness of that spirit
This is the crux of the Portland
plan," and no city nor town in the
State has better reason to know its
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK

| At Astoria, in the State OF Oregon,
at the close OF business, May Ia, l9O6.
RESOURCES. --.
Loans and Discounts. 49,. .$4O2, ,57776
secured :. ............. s634.S2
~ cnlation ii I'0' ......,,.' ~ '' 80. R,sOoOo
Deposits ...... ........ 100000
Other Bonds to secure U. 1890.
S. Deposits 49,. ...... 34OOO.UO
Premiums on u. S. Bonds. 3,045,00
Bonds securities, etc.,. 73,73066
and fixtures .........' 100000
| Other real estate owned. S,Z33.4l
Bankers ......,.. .,..,. 1882
az agents ...l...... 4rr. ...... l78,37418
Checks and other cash items 4,o772l
Notes OF other National
Banks .......... ....... $500
nickeis. and n' cents....,'' 85705
Lawful Money Reserve in
Bank, viz: ~
Legal-tender notes $l,645,00 l02,3l3.85
Redemption fund with U.
S. Treasurer IS per cent
Of circulation) ........, 2,375.OO
Total. ..... .... $9O6,621.66
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in......$ 100000
Surplus fund. ............ 100000
Undivided profits, less ex- ....
penses and taxes paid. l5,863.14
standing '" ......,... .... 44,9Oo.Oo
Individual deposits subject
to check ..... 1854, ,58426
Demand certificates of de-
post .... $48,9o456
Time certificates Of de.
posit ...... ..$282,0l870
Certified checks. $29l00
U. S. deposits. E. $50,OOOOO 745,85852
Total ....... .........S S9Uo,oEl. 90
State OF oregon, county OF Clatsop,
I, J. E. Higgins, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best Of my knowledge and
belief.
J. E. HIGGINS,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day of May, 1908
M. c. MAGEE,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
GEO. H. GEORGE,
GEORGE w. WARREN, |
A. SCHERNECKAU,
Directors.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

If Canada selects all her citizens as
cautiously as her immigration com
missioner is now doing in England
the Dominion must some day be what
the natives often dream of-the Utopia
of the Anglo-Saxon race. The influx
of southern and eastern Europeans
and orientals is vigorously opposed,
and even the English themselves must
pass a strict examination as to their
desirability. The searchlight is turned
mercilessly upon all proposed importa-
tions from the London slums.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

In 1874 Edgar Allan Poe furnished q
New York paper with his renowned
balloon hoax" invention, tale of a
balloon which came from Europe and
landed near where recent experiments
with the aeroplane were conducted.
1t may be that the first real aerial
transatlantic fight will start from the
very region where the fictitious one
was made to end sixty-four years ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

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Efficacy than this same Astoria.

efficacy than this same Astoria,
Get in. Emulate ill., Take it over;
adopt it; pursue it; make it the cry
and creed OF our business develop
ment!. Cut out the old, useless,
hoary, hap-hazard and heartless style
of doing things, and WAKE UP,
GENERALITY.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
GRANITE REFF DAM .

PHOENIX, Ariz. May 28.-Gran.
ite Ref diversion dam, an auxiliary
unit of the Salt River reclamation
project, of which the chief feature is
the Roosevelt storage dam, has been
completed
The Granite Ref dam and diver
sion works at either end are about
1900 feet long. The formal open
ing will possibly take place in about
two weeks. The dam is a substi-
tute for individual canal dams in this
section and marks the beginning Of
absolute control Of the river flow.
1t is located 22 miles above Phoenix
and cost approximately $250,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

The arbitration treaty with Japan
respects the dignity of the signatory
powers. But the little Jap's TOUGHEST
point is his dignity.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

Another latter day problem of the
air is how the mother birds can pre-
vent their reckless youngsters from
flying in front of the aeroplanes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

Sometimes men ride two horses In
the political arena as well as In the
circus. But the political equestrian
takes the heavier risk.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
THE WEATHER

Oregon, Washington, Idaho - In
creasing in cloudiness, followed pos
sibly by rain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
COFFEE

Good coffee is partly in
buyin G and partly in
making; like everything
else.
Y0sr grocer returns your mOaSy u you deaf
Ike SChillinR's Best; we pay him.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

liking of his fellow employees in
Uncle Sans service, but in all
respects has he won the high
regard of those with whom he has
been thrown in contact here. The
best wishes of all follow them to
their new home.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

TilIman Ford of Salem, Ore.
provided in his will that gold
watchesto cost S125 each should be
given to thirty-nine intimate
friends.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

Daniel P. Jones of Lewes, Del,
says he followed a ghost which led
him to a hollow tree, supposed to
be $50 years old, at the bottom of
which was found skull.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

A farmer living near marshy
inlet of the Passaic river in New
Jersey catches wild geese by string
ing line 500 feet long with fifty
hooks at intervals.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18
NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION.

In accordance with the laws of tbs
State of Texas, in such cases made an6
provided, and by virtue of the power ii
me vested, notice is hereby given that &
general city election for the City Of
Brownsville, Texas, will be held in said
city on the first Tuesday in April, A. D.
1908, it being the 9TH day of said month,
for the purpose of electing the following
officers in and for said city of Browns
vile, to-wit:
Mayor,
City Secretary,
City Attorney,
City Marshal,
City Treasurer,
City Assessor aud Collector,
One Alderman for the first ward,
One Alderman for the second ward,
Two Aldermen for the third ward, and
One Alderman for the fourth ward.
Said election shall be held and con-
Quoted, in all things, as provided by
law, and in each of the four wards of
said city at the following voting places
therein, and the hereinafter named per-
sons are hereby appointed election
officers of said election for the respective
wards of the city, to-wit:
First Ward: At the house of Miguel
Fernandez, located on the southerly
side of Washington street, between
Third and Fourth streets of said City;
Presiding Judge, Benz. Kowalski; As
sistant Judges, T. A. Kinder, Antonio
Alonzo and Jose Ramirez.
Second Ward: At the house of Teles-
foro Soils, situated on the corner of
Washington and Ninth streets of said
City; Presiding Judge, A. W. Wood;
Assistant Judges, Domingo Benavides,
Marcelino T. Valdez and John Bouis.
Third Ward: At the City Hall of said
City; Presiding Judge, R B. Holland;
Assistant Judges, c. NJ. Cara, A. Turk
and John W. Holt.
Fourth Ward: AT house owned by
Casimiro Tamayo. situated on Fifteenth
street corner of Monroe and Madison
streets of said City; Presiding Judge, A.
Bollack; Assistant Judges, Vicente
Tamayo, Leo Wise and H. Miller.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
caused these presents to be signed aud
the seal of this City hereon impressed at
Brownsville, Texas, this the 9TH day of
March, A. D., 1908.
FREDERICK ]. CoMBE, Mayor.
By Order of the Mayor
Attest: FRANK CHAMPION,
L. S. Secretary.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18
PERSONALS.

the city for a short visit.
Edgar Hicks, county treasurer,
went to San Benito this morning.
G. r. Martinez of San Antonio
is a business visitor in the city to-
day.
Miss Eta Burress will return
from her visit at Olmito this even
ing.
Judge Allen is among the
Brownsville people in Hidaigo to-
day.
Col. Alba Haywood and Sam
Robertson of San Benito are in the
city today.
z. NJ. Rutheen is in the city
from Hidalgo having arrived here
last evening.
c. A. Nichols of the Houston
Post is here on business connected
with that paper.
IL. Stubblefeld of Los An:e-
rs is prospective land buyer in
Brownsville today.
1 c. A. Presley and wife left yes
fterday for Dallas, where they will
remain several days.
Roy Dierton of Point Isabel was
|En the city yesterday, returning
home this morning.
T. L. Parrette of New Orleans
sEas a visitor at the publicity
kreau this morning.
A. Champion, who had been
|sisitQhg in this city, returned to
Merced this morning.
Judge Neis, and mis- stenograph-
er. Harry ST. Clair, went to Hi
daIgo to attend court today.
Attorney F. w. Kibbe and his
stenographer, Gus Kowalski, are
attending court at Hidalgo today.
Donald Dufton, prominent at
torney of Buffalo, N. Y, is spend
ing a few days in this city and
Matarnoros.
The Messrs. Frank Caldwell,
Adams, Edgar and the Rev. Mr..
Burress took spin to San Benito
this morning in an automobile.
G. r. CASTOR of San Antonio
passed through this city last night
on the way to the City of Mexico.
He left Matamoros on this morn
ing's train.
John Groben of San Antonio,
who had been at Tampico for some
weeks, was in the city this morn
ing aud stopped to admire the
publicity building. He will go to
Monterey tomorrow morning.
B. F. Crashaw, who had been
an immigration inspector at Rio
Grande City for some time past.
left this morning for San Francis
co, to which city he has been trans
ferred by his superiors. At the
western port he will be an inspec-
tor of the incoming Chinese.
]. P. Campbell, who returned
last week from Denver, where he
spent the winter, will make his
home for time with his son-in |
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Brokaw, of this city. He is
glad to return to BROWNSVILLE, |
whose climate he says surpasses
that of almost any other place he
knows of. Your winters are
mild" he remarked today, and
I never sunimered in pleasanter
place. Taken all the year round,
Brownsville is indeed nice place
to live in.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Burnett |
left today for FL Paso, where
Mr.. Burnett has been trans
ferred for duty in the immigration
service. Their departure from
Brownsville is most sincerely re-
..1 r., +t,a -,,orxy friar7dc fLa,,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

Alexander Gosman the eminent Hair and Scalp Specialist
Lutte remedy for this unsghtly Disagreement.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-18

INQUIRE AT HERALD OFFICE.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
Little Cause for Fcllcltation.

While the congress Ia felicitated
upon the appointment Of two com.
missions to study out plan OF tariff
tinkering during the recess, there is
no loud Boosting over the circum-
stance that the wood.pulp tariff tax
on intelligence in American schools
and homes was hedged about with i'm.
pregnable barriers up to and beyond
the day OF adjournment.
There is hurrah for the inland
waterways commission and another
for the currency commission, but the
fact is not dwelt upon that of the
sl,00O,O0O,O0 appropriated not a dol
lar goes to the great inland waterway
TO which western commerce looks for
relief from freight congestion and
heavy freight charges.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07

OF course, we all know the beef
trust was busted and the beef com.
bine has long ago been enjoined from
doing business. The administration
killed 1t and made the packers pay
fines to deter them from further
plundering the American people. Still
the price OF beef keeps soaring. and
inqnisitive people are asking, II the
beef trust is busted why does not the
price of meat come down instead of
advancing?
These inquisltive but simple souls
should know that the packers combine
still exists and is evidently making up
for the fines they paid by charging
greater profits. For whereas the pack.
ers' combine was openly conducted.
both as to the control OF the market
for cattle and the wholesale price OF
meat, 1t is now run as a "gentlemans
agreement" and Brother Armour or
Swift sets the price for cattle and
meat from day to day.
There are those unkind enough TO
say that there is truce between the
administration and the packers, and
that in lieu of more prosecutions and
fines the packers will be liberal con.
tributors to the Republican campaign
fund. Those Republican voters who
feel the pinch OF hard times and high
prices for beef and other trust prod
ucts will have to put up with such
pecuniary troubles ''for the sa,e OF
the party"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
OLE MIS- MOON WITH THEM.
No Chance OF the Visitors Being
Homesiek In the City.

Nine. Fairfax was wont TO stand on
the por.A OF her old Virginia home
and rejoice on moonlight nights In the
beauty, says the Youths Companion
"There's my MOON" she would say
as 1t rose from behind the eastern
hills. Look. Dahlia. see how beauti.
tul It u.s." and her tiny colored maid,
who was ever at hand with shawl or
fan for her beloved mistress, would
answer, enthusiastically Your moon
certainly do look powful handsome
tonight"
When Mime. Fairfax journeycd TO
the city TO visit her son. Dahlia, look.
Ing out OF the window with wondering
eyes on the first evening of her life
away from home. exclaimed. In a voice
OF mingled establishment and relief:
well. declar' 10 goodness, II ole
Mis- Moon amt done come along to
Washington VIII me an ole mis-! We
can't be homesick nohow, wifi ole Mis-
Moon shining on us"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
ONLY HOPE FOR TARIFF REFORM.
Voters Must Elect a Democratic Presi
dent and Congress-.

II the Republicans elect their candi.
date for president, and a majority Of
congress, their tariff policy will be to
revise the tarifT higher. II you read
the tarlff plank Of the Republican plat.
form you may be in doubt about what
1t declares for, but at all events you
will find no promise Of tariff rcduc.
ton. Revision Of the tariff Is prom.
ised by special session of congress
Immediately following the Inaugural,
ton of the next president" but not a
word about reducing one schedule. In
fact, there is a promise for establish.
ing maximum or higher tariff. to be
administered by the president against
such countries rs impose n high tariff
against the products Of the United
States That, as Senator Lodge OK.
plains It, Is in place OF reciprocity
treaties. II will be remembered that
Il is only a fcw years ago that he Re.
publican party was hot footed for reel.
procity; AZ least the Mckinley admin.
istration was but the trust.controllod
Republican senate refused to ratify
the treaties that had been nego-
tiated.
Tariff revision has lain dormant
ever since Mr.. Roosevelt became pres
ident, and now appears nothing but
the promise OF still higher tariff to
protect the trusts, II the Republicans
are successful.
The same old stand-pat gang are in
full command Of the Republican party,
for even II Candidate Taft has any
idea OF tariff revision, his hands have
been tied by his own Endorsement Of
the platform which the stand.patters
prepared for him.
There will be Republican candidates
for congress in close districts who will
promise, II elected. to vote for tariff
reform, but that such promises are
worthless to the trust .plundered people
is seen by the fact that a majority OF
the Republicans that will be elected
are those who have been renomlnated
and are part Of the Cannon-Sherman
stand-pat machine The Republicans,
II they again control congress, Will
hold caucus, and the stand.pat ma
jority will control that caucus and re.
elect Cannon for speaker and he will
appoint as he has always done, a
stand.pat ways and means committee,
where all tariff legislation must orig.
mate,
1t does not require any evidence to
prove that II the Democrats elect the
president and congress there will be
n real tarIff reform measure passed by
the house Of representatives. and the
only obstacle to abolshing the protec-
ton the trusts now enjoy will be the
trust-controlled Republican senators.
Public opinion, however. which is
largely for real tariff reform. undoubt-
eddy will force many Republican sena
tors to vote against their party on the
tariff issue.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
THE INCOME TAX.

In its issue of July "A, the New York
World prints an editorial entitled,
Abandoning the Income Tax" The
World editorial follows;
THE World can understand the
silence of the Republican platform in
regard to an income tax. The Repub-
llcan party represents the plutocratic
elements opposed to such tax. The
men who would contribute most to the
support of the government under such
a system of taxation are Republicans.
Most of the men who own franchises,
who have special privileges and CON
stitute the real capitalist class are Re
publicans. Men like Mr.. Rockefeller,
MIR. Hartman, Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Schiff are naturally against an income
tax, and the Republican platform, with
fine disregard OF all Mr.. Roosevelts
shrieks about swollen fortunes. ex-
presses by It's silence their dlsappro-
baton of such system OF raising rev
enue. But why should the Democratic
party have thrown 1t over? Mr.. Bryan
himself voted for an income tax while
q member of congress. He always pro.
fessed to believe that law could be
drawn which the supreme court would
sustain, Just as II twice sustained pre-
vious acts providing for an income tax.
To wait for n constitutional amend
ment is to wait for years, perhaps for
a generation. a tax on the hundreds
OF millions of annual income Of the
wealthy would go far toward relieving
the burden OF taxation now borne by
people with small incomes or almost
no incomes at all. There Ia no more
Just or equitable way OF raising public
revenue The Democratic party ought
to have taken a strong position on this
question. What excuse can II make
for surrender"
One of the planks in the Democratic
platform is as follows:
I'VE favor an income tax as part OF
our revenue system, and we urge the
submission Of a constitutional amend.
ment specifically authorizing congress
to levy and collect tax upon individual
and corporate incomes, to the end that
wealth may bear Its proportionate
share of the burdens Of the federal
government"
When, in 1896, the Democratic plat
form favored income tax legislation
without waiting for an amendment 1t
was charged that the party intended to
pack the count. Now when an amend.
ment is asked for. the World calls 1t
an abandonment of the income tax. 1t
is hard TO please some people.