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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
SOME PET ECONOMIES.
)svIns String and Paper We Never
uss--Wastsd Medicines.

lsvIns String and Paper We Never
uss--Wastsd Medicines.
Hardly a person exists without some
eavcrite economy, some little senseless
tribute which he offers at the shrine Of
thrift and by which he Aaves-just
nothing.
Some people refuse to cut the string
of parcels and waste precious minutes
laboriously untylng knots. Others
store away scraps OF lace and silk and
are delighted when a stray occasion
justifes their practice by making use
Of a boarded treasure. W
myself have a weakness for half
sheets Of note paper. | am annoyed ex.
ceedlngly when receive letter with
the third page covered and the second
blank. It seems an opportunity missed
Yet as rarely make use Of my pieces
/ can only keep them from magpie
love Of saving.
Apropos Of this subject, remember
a clergyman once telling me about an
aunt Of his who in her eagerness that
nothing should be wasted insisted upon
drinking the remaining doses in any
medicine bottles that the invalids n
the household had been unable to fin.
ish.
This seems carrying good principle
a little too far.-London Black and
White. ~
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
SOMETHING DOINGSOON'
TlLANOOK WAY
HILL PEOPLE HAVE ORDERED
RIGHT OF WAY MATTERS
CLOSED FROM SEASIDE

The Morning Astorian has il, upon
unqualified authority, that the Hill
people, at Portland and St Paul have
ordered their representatives at this
end of the system, to at once close
up an pending right,of-way matters
on the southerly extension from Sea-
side, Tillamook.way,
This IS not SO new as il sounds, for
h il known the company's agents in
this particular field have been busy in
this behalf for sometime past, but
the authentication is new, so far as
This announcement is concerned; and
as meaning is significant. The com
pany intends to make the most Of its
southern outlet and connections and
will build to Tillamook as fast as it
may. The fact that final rail connec-
mons are about to be closed at Port
land and the great bridge service
there is to sc opened up in full swing,
makes it essential that all other gaps
Be closed and the business Of the
near future be systematized and made
feasible for such expansion as is pa
serstTy essential, and the Tillamook
country is not Of the sort and value
to be overlooked, especially when a
rival is straining indubitably to get
IN there.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
DOING FINE BUSINESS.

The Bankers Saving & Loan Asso-
citation, Of this city, has moved its
building crew to the corner Of Tenth
street and Kensington avenue where
it Is erecting home for Mr. F. II.
Goodell The Association has just
completed house for Mr.. Spiro
Andfech near the Clatsop mills. This
makes six houses built by the Asso-
cation this fall, and among which is
the beautiful six-room house Of Cap
sain Phil Taylor at the corner Of
Eleventh and Kensington avenue.
Mr.. Taylors home stands in full
view of the bay and river and is one
of the handsomest small cottages in
the city Mr. J. B. Benoit, who has
charge Of the carpenter work for the
Association, is a splendid workman
and turns out houses in quick sue
cession. Among these houses is that
of Rev Conrad B. Owen, at Twelfth
and jerome avenue, and two owned
by the Association on Ninth street
between Irving and jerome aveues.
w. E. Bufunl, the manager Of the
Association, has certainly made a
rood showing for the short time
ince the organization Of the com
pany and he says, that besides pay
ing liberal rate Of interest, nice
lividend will be paid to the stock,
holders
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21

into the town Of Seaside daily, on
her way to school and that she
would b likely 10 gst III as She got
Ill the family mail under such cir,
.cumstances, and that once in her
possession he might count on her
foolish sympathy 10 guard him
against any revelation IN the prem-
ises. In this he was fooled, as the
little Clara took il unopened 70 her
father and it was opened in family
council. The letter reads as follows,
verbatim;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21

:.a:,.d, saxony aad Austria. The swsa
ish type, however, lacks animation, but
the mold and figure to some extent
atone for this, says the London Globe.
The Austrian women possess COM
poalte beauty In which are united the
charms OF three or four races. Vienna
ladies are tall and stately. with great
harmony and proportion In feature and
figure. The Tyrolese maiden often
lacks d good figure, but her face and
manner possess all that Is most be.
wltchlng In the two races Of which she
Is composed, Latin and Germanic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
Rare ana.

Il had n parrot once" said the thin
man, who could repeat the first act
of Hamlet through without a break."
II had . parrot once" said the fat
man, who could not speak a word"
"Huh! That Ia nothing"
"Walt a minute. He could talk In
the dumb alphabet to perfection.
london Answers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
TTss A cooD THING TO REFER

to the reputation Of store before
making any important purchases
therein. Before you buy is the time
TO look up the matter. Ask questions.
Find out if the store you intend pa
tronizing keeps its pledges. Be sure
that you learn if it sells the qualities
1t claims; if it treats is customers
honestly and fairly, then, if satisfied,
buy there. Do all the asking you
wish about US among your friends,
and that you will result in your com
ing here regularly.
Come in and see our SIPS Kitchen
Ranoe
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Discipline Prevails at
Penitentiary
tcOntinaed from page y

A&QAAtAAaAN$A AA0AAA R-GN -
wrecked, Of whose child he was the
wretched father, though the bond
stiII unsancti6ed. Nor Is there any
thing unreasonable in his having re-
eeived the assistance Of his cell
mate in the matter.
But the second letter, the one that
follows, was written in his own
hand, and it is very doubtful If even
his mate knew of its contents or its
address. Bunk waited his time for
the sending out Of this screed, know
ing that when the schools opened
again, the little girl would be going
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
Good For BniOusnesa.

II took two Of Chamberlain's Stoni-
ach and Liver Tablets last night, and
/ feel 50 per cent better than ! have
ior weeks, says ]. J. Fifestohe, d
Allegan, Mich. "They are certainly a
line article for biliousness." For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
The Voyder.

The voyder was large dish in
which were collected the broken Wet
uals which were removed from the
table with 4 large knife with q broad,
Sat blade. called the voyder. knife,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-21
Write on Lines on this Side Of
Paper Only
Oregon State PenitentiarN
salem, Oregon.
aSalem. OREGON. OCT. 4th, 1908

Oregon State Penitentiary
salem, Oregon.
Salem, Oregon, Oct, 4th, 1908
Dear Clara l will rite you a few
lines to let you no have not forgot
you yet and never will for love
you well | ofte times wonderd il
you would stick to your word that
you told me that evening had to
leave you It seams like lond time
sence sew you but It wont be long
till | viii be free agin and if you
stay witch your word when you are
eighteen | win take you away from
there an ! believe You will fur was
punish fur lovin you but ! don't car
fur that if you stick to your word It
made me feal better when heard
that you said you was goant 70
wait for me till I got out, well dear
they treat me pirty well, | was sent
here but ten days till they put me
out trustee. it hant as bad as ex-
pect. | hope you git this letter for
if you git it | no you viii ancer il. !
would like 10 hear from you you are
the only one ! care fur now so will
close, fur ever yur true lover, Henry
address your letter to Henry Blunk,
Box 1888, Salem, Ore"
Just how this stuff could pass the
scrutiny Of the prison officials is, to.
say the least of il, debateable; and
upon its face shows radical lack Of
discipline. II is supposed that the
officers and wardens Of the state
prison are familiar enough with the
history of the crimes for which its
tenants are sent there, and there
should have been official gumption
enough on tap to have thwarted the
despatch Of such letter from such a
source. A comparison Of the address
es would have shown plainly that
the two epistles were sent to differ
ent people, and suspicion. under the
charges on which Bunk was serving,
should have done the rest But il
got through, and the matter has been
placed in the hands of the prosecut-
ing department Of the State for this
county and district, and if noting
IAN be done to sound and remedy the
very apparent misconception Of duty
ii the big penal establishment up at
Salem, the matter will be placed be-
ore, his excellency, the Governor,
Ind his colleagues Of the penal com
The postmaster at Seaside has
,een forbidden to deliver any more
il the family mail to the little girl
inder any circumstances, and thus
he is likely to escape further con-
animation at Blunk's unspeakable
lands. The publicity given this mat
er is deplored by the family, Of
curse, but is acquiesced In by Mr..
iillard upon the simple ground that
is worthy of official examination
nd correction, in order that similar,
nd worse, matter shall not get out
rom the pen walls, in other in
tances. For if such a letter as this
an pass muster, charged as it is
nth, pre-concieved guilt that is
ought to be concerted, almost any
hing Of a dangerous nature may be
ooked for from that source; and the
ooner the censors Of that institution
eft better conception of their re-
possibilities in this relation the bet
er for the credit Of the administra
ion, and for society.
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Types Of Female Beauty.
In northern Europe, among the Teu.
tonic races, there are distinct types Of
beauty to be met with In Sweden. Po.
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foundation. Mr.. Clarke, who was ap
pointed on December 8, arrived in this
city from Palestine, Tex, on Thursday
last, and was in daily conference with
President George Gould and E. T. JEFF
frey up to the time he left on his return
trip Wednesday morning. Rumors were
at once started that Mr.. Clarke had
been recalled, that his administration
Of the International & Great Northern
was not popular, and that he was busi-
ly engaged in trying to defend himself.
1t was also asserted that he had let out
most Of the officials of the road in
Texas, thereby bringing upon himself
great unpopularity with the business
men Of the state. Another rumor went
SO far as to assert that the Texas bus
iness men had sent lengthy petitions
to Mr.. Gould requesting the reinstate-
ment of the men who had been dis
missed, and the dismissal of Mr..
Clarke.
Mr.. Gould was most emphatic in de-
nying the rumors when his attention
was called to them. With Mr.. Gould
at the time were e. T. Jeffery, presi-
dent of the Western Pacific and the
Denver & Rio Grande, the Goulds'
right-hand man in their railroad affairs,
and Senator Clark of Montana.
1.-The administration of Mr.. Clarke
has so far met with our heartiest ap-
prevail said Mr.. Gould, "and his pres
ence in New York has been in re-
SpOnS6 TO a personal request from me
to come here and talk over the affairs
of the road. 1t was not due to any
complaints, for I have heard none,
neither have I received or heard of any
petition from the business men of
Texas directed to this or any other Of
fee connected with our railroads. If
such petition had been sent here it
would have received our most careful
attention, for we want to do all we can
to please all the people of Texas, and
wherever also our lines run.
I'VE have nothing to conceal" inter-
jected Mr.. Jeffrey land want the pub
lie In our confidence whenever our af-
fairs are of such nature as to directly
concern the public"
Mr. Clarke was sent to the Inter
| national & Great Northern to give the
people of Texas the best possible SER
! vice, continued Mr.. Gould land I am
positive he will do it. Far from being
unpopular with the business men. he
| has already been banqueted a number
/ of times by the business men in Pales-
| tine Houston and other Texas cities
/ and I know of several similar affairs
that are to be given in his honor within
| the next thirty days down there. Wher
| 7 am not able to get out to our various
| general Offices or Mr. TJeffery does not
/ 60 / usually have our general man
ayers come in here every six weeks ol
/ two months to report and talk over the
/ business of the roads they manage. MI
/ Clarke has not made any clean sweel
| of OFFICIALS He has, 1 believe. asked
for the resignation Of one or two gen
1 eraI officers, but he is in charge and
knows why he did it. We have no
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
Sentence AFFIRMED.
The Captain May Serve Ten Years for
the Slocum Disaster.

New York, Feb. 13.-The sentence to
ten years Imprisonment of William H.
VanSchaak, captain Of the excursion
steamer General Slocum which was
burned June Is, 1904, in East river with
loss Of over 1000 lives was affirmed
today by the United States circuit court
Of appeals.
The decision means that in all pro-
liability Captain VanSchaak will have
to go to prison and serve his sentence
Of ten years, unless his counsel are able
to find some question OF law on which
they can secure a stay Of Judgment.
There still remains untried the indict-
ment found against the officers and di-
rectors of the Knickerbocker Steamship
company, the owners of the General
Slocum, who were indicted at the same
time for having negligently violated
their duties as owners.
Captain VanSchaak is the only one
who has been convicted in connection
with the disaster. The federal inspec-
tor who passed upon the condition of
the life preservers and life saving ap-
paratus was indicted for neglect of
duty and was brought to trial, but was
not convicted.
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DEFIES The SENATE.
Postmaster General Retains Rejected
Appointee In Office.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Postmaster
General Meyer has informed the senate
that he believes he has the right to
continue a postmaster in office even If
the nomination formally has been re-
iected by the senate. This position
raises an issue between an executive
department and the senate over the
constitutional provision relating to ap-
pointments and combinations of federal
officeho1ders. The communication from
the postoff1ce department relates to the
case of william Northup, postmaster
at Pensacola, Fla. Senator Taliaferro
discovered recently that Northup is
still drawing the salary as postmaster
in spite Of the fact that his nomination
was rejected nearly a year ago. At
his suggestion the senate called upon
the postmaster general for an explana-
ton The response was brief. Mr.
Meyer declares that under the regula-
tions governing appointments he has
the authority to continue Northrup in
office, until his successor has been ap-
pointed. His position undoubtedly will
create discussion in executive session.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

asked him about it, and don't intend
TO- He is entirely capable, or we
wouldn't have sent him there, and will
oack MIN up In what he does, SO long
as 1t is in our interests and the in
terests of the people Of Texas.
within as short time as possible
the service of the Gould lines in Texas
VIII have been improved. We thought
we were doing all we consistently could
IN this respect, for that is the policy
we Follow. to give the best possible ia
cilities. but we know now that a num-
Der of improvements must be effected,
and this will be done. We probably will
build new stations at a number Of
points. make improvements in rolling
stock and roadbed and provide more
through and local trains"
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QUITS $250,000 JOB.
John Hays Hammond Sewers Con-
nection With Guggenheims.

New York, Feb. BIT is stated Off
cially that John Hays Hammond, the
mining engineer, has severed his con-
nection with the Guggenheim Explora-
ton company by which he was en-
ployed at a salary said to be $250,000 a
year. Mr.. Hammond. it is said, will be
succeeded by A. Chester Beatty, who
was his first assistant and who has
done most of the work of the position
since Mr.. Hammond went west for his
health several months ago. He was
operated on for appendicitis yesterday
at San Francisco. It is possible that
his retiring from the Guggenheim en-
terprises marks the end of active work
for Mr.. Hammond along the lines in
which he has been notably successful
In addition to his work in this country
Mr.. Hammond was formerly known as
the greatest expert on gold mining in
South Africa
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
Verdict for DR.. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home Journal.
AGAINST THE

Sending truth after a lie. It is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth is getting its boots
on" and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon DIR. r. V. Pierce
and his Favorite Prescription published
in the May Q904) number of the Ladies'
Home Journal, with its great black dis
play headings, who never saw the hum
BILE, groveling retraction, with its fncon-
spicuous heading, published two months
later. 1t was boldly charged in the siand@
erous and libelous article that DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure Of
woman's weaknesses and ailments, con-
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi-
ents. DR.. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the publishers of the Ladies'
Home journal, for 5000, ,0OO, 90 damages.
DR.. Pierce alleged that Mr.. Box, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter witty the intent Of injuring his
business sxyfurthermore. that no alcohol, or
other Injurious. or habitforming, drugs
are, or t1ver were, contained in his "Fa-
vorite kyescfiption =; that said medicine
Is madg fv6m native medicinal roots and
contaNs/no harmful ingredients what,
eveE/afd that Mr.. Bok's malicious states
tutvN WtTt WnOiiy diu dOSOiuEiy iotScs
1htheretractlQnp printed BY said .lau1nal
they were forced to acknoWledGe thai they
had Obtained Aia1Yses Of .EaYorife Pre-.
scription.n from eminent chemists. all Of
whom csrtffied that U did moi contain Il,
c4hol or any Qt The ALLEGED harmful drug
the action in the Supreme Court. But the
business Of Dr Pierce was greatly injured ny
its great display headings, while hundreds Of
thousands who read the wickedly defamatory
article never saw the humble GrQveling re-
spicuous as possible The matter was, how
ever brought before . jury In the Supreme
Court Of New York State which promptly
rendered q verdict in the Doctors favor.
Thus his traducers came to grief and tiso11
base Slanders were refuted
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

said. The stations affected will pro-
badly be equipped with telephone
connections with other stations, en-
abling communication to be kept up
with stations, which have telegraph
offices. This has always been the re-
suit, when the telegraph Instruments
have been taken out. A man, who
acts as combination freight agent at
the station can be hired at half the
salary of a good telegraph opera
tor
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
QUEEN & CRESCENT MAKE OUT.
All Employees Receiving Less Than
$3.50 Per Month Affected.

in salaries on the Cincinnati, New
Orleans & Texas Pacific and the Ala
bama Great Southern railways was
made general today, employees receiv
ing less than $3.50 per month be-
ing included in the circular issued by
Vice President Murphy. Those re-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

the work Of replacing the old ties
with new ones and otherwise repair
ing the roadbed. The ties are some
of the best ever received by the Santa
Fe company, being unusually well
seasoned and guaranteed to last a
long time 1t is expected that the
work will be completed within six or
eight months and the Santa Fe will
have one of the best roadbeds on the
lines west of this city. The work will
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
RAILROAD NEWS.
Gould Denies RumOrs Concern
ing Texas Line.
Management of International e.
Great Northern O. X.
IMPROVED SERVICE.
President of System Tells of
Future Plans of Road.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

New York. Feb. 13.-Any assumption
that the administration of the affairs
of the International & Great Northern
Of Texas, as conducted by Horace
Clarke, vice president and general man.
ager, was viewed with disapprovaI at
the general offices of the Gould rail-
roads in New York is totally without
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
REDUCING THEIR FORCE

oanta re Iaklng TelegrapherS Away
From the Small Stations.
Ottawa, Kan, Feb. 13.-The Santa
Fe officials here have received notice
OF considerable cut in the salary Of
the telegraph operators at the small
stations down the Southern Kansas
At Richmond and Colony the night
operators have been taken off. Day
operators have been entirely eliminat-
ed at Buxton, Geary, Chautauqua,
Shaw, Agricola and Dalton. These
stations were only small ones, not hav-
ing night operator at all. The cut
is occasioned by the desire of the
company to cut down expenses, it is
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
ORIENT PUSHING AHEAD.
Will Soon Have Another Branch OF
System Completed.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 13.-It Is ex-
pected that the extension Of the
Cananea, Yauui River & Pacific from
Navajoa, Sonora, to San Bias, on the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient. will
be completed within two weeks. and
that traffic will open up between
those two points at that time.
Construction work Is progressing
northward from Caliacan to meet the
road Of the Chihuahau, Yaqui River
& Pacific from San Bias.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

ceiving more than 800 per month
must stand a 10 per cent cut, while a
per cent cut IS announced for all
persons receiving between $50 and
800 monthly.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

require large number of extra
gangs of laborers and speaks we'll for
the prosperity of the country in the
vicinity of Albuquerque, as it is the
general rule at present among rail-
roads to retrench wherever possible
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
TRACK WILL BE RELAYED.

Santa Fe to Put Heavier Steel BE-
tween Albuquerque and Gallup.
Albuquerque, N. M. Feb. 13.-Over
two hundred carloads of Oregon short
pine railroad ties are being dis
tributed at all section points between
Albuquerque and Gallup and a large
force Of men Will soon be started at
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13
HERMAN RIDD1R, EDITOR WHO PRESIDENT

in
published
Mr. Rdder declared
made because he presidents policies Mr. Roosevelt
4 cian and nota
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

abroad from Miami H far
Ding n the f
road n MIND ever
nt he conceived the idea OF making
o"""Nauou
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

He-Did you tell your father, darling?
She-I told him | was engaged. dear, but
not TO whom. He is not well, and I
thought I would break it to him gradual
ly.-Life.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-13

Knicker-Is he In the hospital?
Bocker-Yes but don't know whether
he rode a horse in an army seat or the
goat at the lodge.-NeW York sun.