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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

lie question or a public duty, he does
not ask. "Will il pay me politically to
do this or not to do that" but, on the
contrary, hih guiding thought Is
What shall | do with this question,
| or this duty, in the best interest OF my
| eountryi@ Finding for himself the
answer TO that seli-saeriiicing, patri-
| otic question. he acts accordingly.
The people want TAFT because he
has successfully performed every pub
| lie duty which has been intrusied to
his charge, since that day in January,
1881, when he received his first public
appointment as assistant prosecuting
attorney for Cincinnati, Q,
The people want Taft because OF
his successful organization OF the
Philippine Civil Commission; his ad-
ministration OF the island and his
adoption thereto OF American forms
OF government; his missions in those
islands to various divisions OF natives
and their pacification; his vigorous
upholding OF the flag and the submis"
sion thereto OF the insurrectionistsi
his support OF American education tor
the people Of all ranks, classes. CON
ditions and creeds; his fearless advoe.
acy then and since and now OF the
rights OF the Fiilipinos to equal treat.
ment under our laws,
The people want TAFT because they
realize that the success OF his mission
to the Vatican regarding our purchase
OF the iriars' land in the Philippines,
is all the evidence required to prove
that he possesses diplomatic ability OF
the highest order-suoh diplomatic
ability, strengthened by experience, as
will be needed by whoever shall be
President OF this grea, nation OF ours,
in the years OF international anxiety
and American responsibility which
are before US,
The people want TAFT because when
but recently, revolution threatened
our great trade and investment inter
ests in Cuba. he hurried down there.
and by diplomacy and eandor averted
the catastrophe. inducing the malcon
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05
"BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHTp

Imperative as is the necessity for
the Port of Astoria as a legal and
actual essence of local government
here, we would rather see the matter
90 over to the December elections,
rather than rush it through for june
and find it incomplete or defective
after attaining to it. Davy Crockett's
old and homely saying "be sure you're
right, then go ahead" is peculiarly ap-
plicable in this cause and we hope the
committee will see il verified before
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05
" -
WEATHER.
PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT.

Never in all the years OF our ma
tional life have we needed the cham
pionship of man like Roosevelt as
we need it today.
Great, progressive, assured as we
are, as nation, we were never so
nearly undone in an ethical and moral
sense as we are at this moment. Every
element of our political and CONNER
cial organism is foully tinctured by
the reckless and callous Indifference
that makes light of the truer stand
ards upon which our government and
popular career were founded. The law
of the land itself has been perverted
to the vicious and insane lust for
money, place and power. Individual
right, personal freedom, the doctrine
of independence, and the specific
amenities to which "the mar" as an
accountable factor in this Republic
has subscribed since the first hour il
was ordained, are sinking below the
range of use, and are belittled on al
sides.
We need a Roosevelt for hi:
strength, his courage, his example
and for the saving grace OF his pres.
ence; for his bold utserances in favor
OF those discredited standards anc
against the men and measures tha
are forcing them down and out. Il
matters not that his name is Roose
velt We have too few like him, anC
periliously too many without hi:
dignity, poise and character He il
Anathema with the enemies that dwell
in our midst, because he has un
earthed and exposed their ranking
and ruinous methods and has de
manded a new and cleaner deal fo
the whole people.
We are no hero-worshipper Blu
his heroic honesty calls for acclaim
and is getting it through the lengtl
and breadth Of the land, thank God
1t is sign that the people are no
absolutely ridden under by the preda
tory and unprincipled hosts that hav
set themselves up "in the places o
the mighty" by the sheer, thougl
transitory, force of inflated fortune:
wrought by stupendous and delib
crate theft.
The greatness of the man is magni
fed by the vice of the hour; and tn
weaknesses that are developing, un
der the duress of the national menac
of graft and chicane, may be quail
fed, reinforced and made goot
through the revivifying influences h
has set afoot in the country for de
cency, honesty and the simpler pre-
grams of honor as applied to Oh
political and commercial creeds.
Never has our paucity Of statesmen
and craftsmanship, been 50 glaring a
at this hour and, that this man come
nearest filling the call in this behal
is an exception that should make t
utterly ashamed while it leaves hii
unique and imposing, in the righteor
and distinctive worth Of a very rar
position.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

South America has 100000 more
habitable square miles than North
America possesses. The prospect
that the Southern Continent will
catch up is small, but its resources
give it a fine chance to be good
second.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05
EDITORIAL SALAD

A London paper praises King Ed
ward VII. for his model farming at
Windsor, and says he king "has done
as much for cattle as Edward III. for
the warhorse." A monarch who can
run farm successfully will be apt to
stand we'll with historians.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Russia talks OF ship canal
seYenty-five miles long TO connect the
Black and the Baltic seas, at an esti-
mated cost OF $22s,000,0o0. The
European idea OF waterways is tina,
they are worth any expenditure with
in the bounds OF reason
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05
WHY PEOPLE WANT TAFT.

The people want William Howard
TAFT for President because he is an
American through and through.
The people want Taft because,
when he is called upon to face a pub
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

No one, Mr.. Bryan says, is in po-
sition to predict what Republican
Convention will do. 1t is easier with
Democratic conventions. Mr.. Bryan
expects to be in the lecture field, with
conventions on the side, for eight
more presidential campaigns.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

II New York abounded in authors,
as Indiana does, it would not require
many days for the appearance of 4
sprightly romance concerning THE
Reluctance of Gov. Hughes"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Oklahoma's blind senator saw as
much of the ways OF Wall Street as
any western lamb with two good eyes
could see.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Mr.. Beckham of Kentucky is trying
to prove that crooked state pri-
mary is binding on a Legislature in
the choice of senator. His failure
in this job is probable, and will be
instructive to other politicians who
tamper with the fairness of popular
vote.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Report that nine acres planted in
citron yielded $4,000 profit in year
may cause run on the fruit beside
which the ginseng craze would be
small,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Senator Baily of Texas has been
made chairman of the committee to
dispose of useless papers. If the SEN
ator is allowed to include all the docu-
ments and congressional manuscripts
that should come under this head he
will create great sensation in Wash
ington.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

Those suffragists' raids over in
London are cerainly amusing, but
they probably would seem more so to
us if we didn't have our Jerome raid
here at home.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-05

"Who wrote the "Heir to the
Hoorahs" asked one, Don't even
know who wrote the words" answer
ed the other.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
F. O. Bacon Chosen Superintendent of
Willie Rose Company.

At the annual -neetin% of the Viii
lie Rose Mining company, held at
Portal last week, it was decided that
the ensuing year shall be one of ac-
tivity on the company's property,
which is located about eighteen miles
North of that place. Chief among
the business matters transacted at
the meeting was the employment of
f. O. Bacon as superintendent and
assayer. 1t was also decided to re-
sumo work on the property as soon
as possible, the probability being, so
it is stated. that work will be COM
meuced on OF about August lst.
One of the most important features
of the meeting was uperintendent
Bacon's report on the property.
After thorough examination of the
ground and the ore ,howing-. he re.
ported at this meeting that in his
opinion at least 80 per cent of the
amount of money now allotted by the
company for expenditure during the
ensuing year could b. recovered by
the company bs tn shipment of ore
in other words. h. is of the opinion
that tn: operdtiolS proposed will
half pay for them,clves Paradise
Record
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
AriZ na BuffaIOeS and Lions.

Advices from Denver state that
Col. G. J. Jones, better known to old
timers in the west as Buffalo Jones, -
owner and superintendent of the
Grand Canyon game reserve, located
near the head of the Grand Canvon
in Arizona, was at the yard with d
shipment of bufTaloes and mountain
lions. The shipment consisted of
seven full blooded Arizona buffaloes
and twenty to twenty-five animals of
mixed breeding, the latter. showing
plainly the buffalo strain as we'll
as the characteristic of the Galloway Y
cattle, with which the bufTdlOes are
crossed.
Five mountain lions in cages ac-
companied the buffaloes and attract
ed much attention at the yards where
they were unloaded. They were
captured in the wilds of Ariz ma and
their confinement was very distaste-
full to them, to judge from the efforts
they made to get loose when one got
near the cage. The lions and buffa-
loes were being shipped by Col. Jones
to Kansas City, Mo.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
A Big Contract For Oil is Let.

Contract has been closed by L. w.
Freeman, manager of the southwest.
ern sales division of the Texas COM
pany, with headquarters at III Pdso,
and DR.. L. d. Ricketts, for the Greene
Cauauea Copper company. calling for
the delivery by the Texas company,
within two and a half years, of l,000,-
600 barrels of fuel oil for the use of
the vast copper production works at
Cananea, says the FL Paso Herald.
The contract calls for delivery to
begin at once. The Texas company
will furnish the cars and the movI-
ment will be between l5o and POO cars
per month through the El Paso dis
tributing agency. The oil comes
from Texas and Oklahoma points.
The oil goes to Sonora free of all
duty, under a valuable concession re-
Gently granted by Mexico to the Can
-anea company TO stimulate produc-
tion of copper and the development
of the country.
The closing of the contract shows
cOnclusively that the Cananea plant
is now ready for profitable and con-
tinuous operation and the news will
be welcome throughout the south
west and the entire country.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
In Every Department Of Banking the First Natl
Bank Of Clifton is Prepared Serve You a
~

Afflicted with leprOsy, contracted
in California, Mrs. d. X. Wardwell,
wife of a former Arizona legislator,
has been ordered deported to the
leper colony on MOloki island in the
Hawaiian group. WardwelI repre-
sented Cochise county in the early
days of this territory in the Arizona
Legislature, when Prescott was the
capital, and before it was moved to
Phoenix. Oldtimers will remember
that Wardwell was known throughout
Arizona as ''the warhorse of the
Huachucas" because of his reputa-
tion as fghcer on the floor of the
legislature. How or just where Mrs.
Wardwell contracted leprosy the
California authorities have not yet
determined. With her husband she
went to Sawtelle, Cal, three years
ago from Tombstone, Wardwell en-
tering the Soldiers home. Mrs.
Wardwell has a son now residing in
Tombstone.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
Arizona Forests Income.

\ Washington dispatch says:
In addition to the benefits secured
10y fire protection and 10y regulations
which control the use Of timber land
and range so as to insure permanent
supplies for local wants, the states
and territories having national for
e-ts now receive, under the new agri-
cultural appropriation bill % per
cent Of the gross proceeds derived
from the sale Of national forest re-
sources.
~ result. the states and terri
tories are assured of school and road
fund.-. doubtless more certainly than
they otherwise could have been. since
the pcrmauence of tn forest re
sources is now secured oY conserva-
tive management. Had the forests
never been established. their re-
sources would undoubtedly have been
exhausted by hasty and improvdent
methods Of exploitation. leaving the
land wasted and unproductive.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
Bones of Prehistoric People Being
Taken From an Immense Mound
Near Mesa

Digging into an ancient mound,
the streets of Mesa, the workmen
are uncovering the bones of pre-
historic people, which have lain hid
den for centuries and are now being
brought to light to puzzle those who
take an interest in the hidden past.
During the past year there has
been more or less digging in the same
mound, and during that time the
skeletons of eight prehistoric people
of the Salt river valley have been
uncovered and are now in possession
of Mesa people.
Various theories have been ad
vanced to explain the identity of the
unknown, the most acceptable being
that they are Toltecs, who in Gen.
turtles past farmed the fertile acres
around Mesa, building gigantic irri-
yet to be found.
The mound from which the bones
are being taken is about twelve feet
at highest point and covers an area
about 100 by $50 feet. 1t stands in
the center of d level district, and
was evidently at one time some i'm
mense building, such as that at Casa
Ora nde in Pinal county.
Loper's theory is that the ruins
mark the location of an immense
tribal house which may have pro
vided room for hundreds of people,
or it may have been their temple of
worship or some similar structure.
The skeletons are not found in
order, such as would be the
case had they been properly buried,
but the bones are all mixed and
thrown together, just as if the build
ing had crashed in on top of them
and brought quick and unexpected
death.
The skeletons in Loper's possession
are those of men who were at least
six feet six inches tall and may have
been seven feet, with shoulders and
frame in perfect proportion to their
height.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
Qualifications Of Arizona Voters.

For the Information Of those who
are not familiar with the subject
several pointers regarding the right
of suffrage at the polls on November
; next. the following is presented. 1t
will be well for the uniuitiated to cut
these pointers out AID nlace the in
formation in Il convenient place for
reference:
\ residence in the territory one
year, sixty days in the county and
thirty days in the precinct is prime
requisite. The residence in the ter
ritorv should date prior to Novem-
Der. 1907.
Voters must be natives of the
United States, naturalized citizens,
those whose fathers were naturalized
and citizens who lived in Arizona
when the treaty of peace was ratified
at Quiutero in lS4S or by virtue of the
Gadsden treaty in 1854.
Chinese of the male persuasion
born in the United States and of age
are eligible to vote.
Native born citizens of the age Of
p years prior 10 November ,, 1905,
are privileged to exercise the right
Of suffrage.
The voter must be registered
twenty davs before each election in
order to permit his name appearing
in the great register, which is issued
1--we days prior to the election. a
vote will not he accepted at the polls
if the electors name is not on the
great register.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

y great many people Imagine they
have heart trouble when tine fac -
that the whole trouble lies in the
stomach. The pains in thc side
around the region of the heart are
not necessarily heart trouble. We
suggest that you start with the
stomach and whenever your food
seems to -nauseate AXE kodOl. 1t
will not he very long until all these
heart pains" will disappear. Take
KOdal now and until you know You
are right again. There isn't any
doubt about what it VIII do and YOU
will find the truth of this statement
verified after you have used Kodol
for d few weeks. 1t is sold here by
\. Z. drug dcpar rtment.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

The Navy Department has issued
orders for the battleship Mississippi
to leave Newport, and during the next
few days she will have her official
trial off the New England coast. The
naval experts who accompanied the
big warship from the builders yards
at Philadelphia to Newport Il e conf
dent that she will be able to fulfill
all of her contract conditions.
Boston is now preparing for mil
lion dollar convention, the twenty
fifth biennial session of the Knights
Of Pythias, which will be held there
early in August. One hundred thou
sand Pythians and other visitors will
be entertained, making it the largest
gathering that any fraternal Organi-
zation has ever held in the Hub. The
local committee is daily in receipt of
kilograms and letters from every part
of the Union and Canada asking that
accommodations be reserved for large
delegations.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

The prohibitinnists are reported to
have been hilariously enthusiastic at
their national convention in Colum
bus, Ohio. This enthusiasm was
caused by a recital and contempla-
tion of the great advances made dur
ing recent years in the work of put
ting out of business the whiekey traf-
fic in many sections of the country.
However, the effective work accom-
plished against the liquor traffic has
been of a non partisan character
mostly and does not Indicate that the
prohibs will be able to poll mUrv votes
than four years ago.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

\ new dredge being contructed by
the reclamation service at the
Granite Reef dam will contain 10, 900
feet of lumber.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

Call at Mrs. Norquay's 227 Chase
creek, for your chicken dinner-everv
day. Table board S25 per month.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30
Twenty Five Cents is the Price o.
Peace.

The terrible itching and smartng,
incident to certain skin diseases, Is
almost instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain Salve. Price p cents.
For sale 10y all druggists
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

Seven thousand British subjects are
born on the sea every year.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-30

The dates for the fourth annual
Territorial Fair have been fixed for
November TO II, Inclusive. a"d pre-
parations are nov under way to make
it the biggest and best fair held west
of the Mississippi river, with the pos
sible exception of the Texas State
Fair at Dallas.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-17
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

The trend of the present political campaign IS altogeth-
er vicious The effort seems every hand to establish
that # is crime to be rich The truth is that the pro-
portion of bad who are rich not any greater imam
than the portion of poor men who are bad ana many
poor man berates the rich for doing precisely what ne
would do if he had the money 1t does not matter much
to the rch they get along without help Dut the
struggle ought to be not to name the people over al
fasehood to take away from those who are Wageearn
ers the privilege to earn their bread Many rich man
in the last two years has said Every WELL was dong
the best could; giving just as many men employ
ment as possibly could; was struggling to do my duty
in this world as best could with the which the
good God has given me; but it does not seem to suit
will gather my treasures together; | will invest them
somewhere if not in this country in some other-and
live on the proceeds until my countrymen become
sane once and look at things from right point OF
view"
In this business the president of the United States has
been great factor has great proportion OF the press
of the east has many demagogue who has spoken o
the public It's all easy enough to say that the trust must
be smashed but when the expense Of smashing trust is
to smash the prospects of thousand ten thousand en-
ployes then some should be used because when the
poor without work there trouble The only consist
en in the whole bunch are Mr. Debs and his party
He says frankly that the gathered wealth of the world
was gathered by labor hence have it now
The only trouble is he includes among those to whom the
division should be made all that smutty crowd who, nei
ther in this any other age would earn living at all
if they could Wres it from someone who had earned It,.
When the laws executed there is no occasion for
any noise; the courts move silently. When wrong is
committed and is presented to them they take hold OF
and handle it, there occasion to in advance
what is going to be DONE andabove ALL it unfortunate
as it is unjust When men bring AN accusation against
combined capital care should be used lest the innocent be
assaled as we'll as the guilty. Men are mutually inter
dependent upon each other If mans labor is worth
$4,000 year and another mans labor is worth the
and he has in addition So 900 in money Why his power
isdouble over the former man. That is an nvoabe law
and cannot be changed either by statute by revolution
There was occasion for the panic last fall; it
shame to bring on and if those who did did not know
what their work leading to, it does not make them
bameless; and is bad time now for them to out
and cry that their motives were good The whole ten
dency Of the times to make the poor and the dependent
forget that lesson which taught in the long ago. that
by the sweat of their faces they must their bread
way to live than to earn living. Goodwins Weekly.