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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-30
Public NoticeI

Notice Is hereby given that Il Is
the intention OF the undersigned
electors aud other electors OF Koot-
email County. State OF Idaho. TO cir
eulate a petition. on and from the
Seventh day OF March, A. d. 1908.
and thereafter until the time pro-
vided By law therefor expires, ad-
dressed to the Honorable District
Court Of the First judicial District
Of the State OF Idaho. In and for
the County OF Kootenai, praying for
the removal Of the County Seat Of
KOotenai County. State Of Idaho.
from Rathdrum, Its present location.
to the City OF Occur d'Alene, within
said Kootenai County. State Of Ida
no.
Dated this gard day OF January.
A. d. 1908.
GEORGE F. STEELE
BOYD HAMILTON
J. CLARENCE WHITE
ALBERT v. CHAMBERLIN
ALBERTIs W. BRANsoN
JAMES l.. MeCLEAR
PETER w. JOHNSON
OLIVER f. BARR
ORRIN b. MOON
FRANK d. VIM
IRA H. sHALLIS
JOHN HUNT SHEPPARD
GEORGE z. MEYERS
VALENTINE W. SANDER
WILLIAM DOLLAR
Electors Of Kootenai County. State
Of Idaho.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-30
MIKES HIS LANGUAGE
He Found the Stove Legs and Wants
to be Excused.

He Found the Stove Legs and Wants
to be Excused.
The following letter was recently
received by Branson G. Max, one of
our local hardware firms, from a Gus
toner to whom they had shipped a
stove. The communication shows
the ridiculous effect of mixing the
English and German languages:
Monitor, Idaho,
Jan. IL, 1908.
Branson and Max:
l got stove alrite but for why don't
you send no fete, what is de use Of
de stove when he don't have no fete
and dat is not funny what is de mat
ter with you you hav always used
me rite Branson and Max before
desc is not my money jus as gOot
now as like any other mans mon
neys, you lose to me the use of the
stove widOut no fete and was very
angry for that and now tells you
that you are a fools and no goot,
send you back at once your stove,
your stove come now for sure back
and you are such dam foolishness
peoples, yours respectable P. s.
Since l rote you this letter l find de
fete in de uven, excuse me Branson
and Max, excuse me.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-30
To the Public

- viii deem Il a special favor II pat
: fail 70 receive their paper regularly
II the sane TO the office. ~ IL IL our
Sns Of knowing how the carriers are do
Il nav 4 reward OF SIS for evidence that
slef any one Of stealing papers after
eliVeTed 20 residences.
The PRESS PUBLISHING CO.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-30

Butter wrappers printed at this
once on the right kind OF paper
with the right grade Of ink. to COM
ply With the pure food law of Idaho.
at S2.s0 for 1000. The Press Pub
fishing Co. the Print Shop by the
lake.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
PLAYING A SYSTEM.

Just word here about systems Of
gambling followed by various play
ers; their name is legion. some plau-
sibIe, some ridiculous, some based on
wonderful results on paper, and all
falling wofully at the tables.
"After fifteen years Of experience
at Monte Carlo,P writes a newspa-
Der correspondent, costing sum !
should be ashamed to name; after a
thorough investigation of more than
four hundred different systems and
progressions; after having employed
mathematician, / can say with GER
tainty that il is absolutely impossible
for any system to win at Monte Car
To- Sir Hiram Maxim is wrong when
he saws the chances are ten to one
against the player. say they are a
hundred to one against the player"
This is rather an overstatement, for
a few players do win, by luck not by
system, or by system based on
luck, as when man backs the num-
Der of his hotel room, or a woman
backs her age. Perhaps two or three
per cent OF the players win OCCASION
ally, and the rest lose; not only be
cause Of the banks percentage and
the restraining maximum, but because
this is a struggle between man and
machine with no nerves and no
emotions. Let the system be ever so
perfect, the gambler with strength Of
will to follow it has not yet been
born. II he had such strength Of will,
he would not be gambler!-Ex.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
THE BABY EMPEROR.


China's three-year-old baby emper-
Or toddled up to his throne the other
day in the midst Of a traditional fan
fare Of court panoply and noise, and
took bis place on the thousand year
old seat of glory he has inherited. The
little fellows supremest claim to the
love and respect of the world lays in
his tender years and superlative inno-
cence, far more than in the vested
power and rank and circumstance e
his place and family. Babies have a
kingdom all their own, in which they
rule upon the plane Of indubitable
sweetness and purity and perfect
freedom from ali the grosser things
that come to them later. Verify, !
say unto you, except ye become as
one Of these, ye shall not enter the
Kingdom Of Heaven" said the gent
lest teacher mankind ever knew.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04

ing for safe investment in d live,
healthy handsome and attractive
place, And It Is the same adverse de.
duction that has driven home capital
to Portland, to the Rogue River val
ley TO the Hood River country, to
any place where there was an even
break for rational profit on honest
money The Citizens party and its
vicious extravaganza, are at the bot.
tom of this reproachful state of af-
fairs; and yet these men, headed BY
AL NJ. Smith, who has been their
spokesman and sponsor all these
years. are clamoring for reelection
in order to treble the sum Of their un-
righteousness,
Have a care, you people Of Astoria,
when the man from onMide comes TO
such intimate and interested convic-
tions Of your civic failure as this man
displays. You are in bad way, and
the sooner you set about the straight
ening Of your public business the bet
ter for all concerned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04

was fast asleep. The jewellers case
was called, and my friends solicitor
stated the defence, At its close the
legal functionary slowly disentangi-
ed himself from the embrace Of Nor
pheus, opened one eye, grunted. Yer
dict for plaintiff" and numbered hea-
Willy out Of court. My friend was fu-
rious, and addressed the judge in
terms the reverse OF polite. The ush-
er endeavored to pacify him, and
eventual yled him out OF court, and
after pocketing another half'sover-
eign, he remarked, Eyes, sir; its very
ard, / know. But, you know, sir, he
alters gives a verdict for the plaintiff
after 4 o'clock!
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
PLUS $4,000 A YEAR.

This is the story of the Citizens
administration for 10 years, in a nut
she'll
They took the city when It owed
but $4,000. and al time when they
believed, and protested, that il need
Cd saving, and the aegis Of this in
spiration was thrown about il to that
end. They have Saved" il, alright, to
the tune Of $4,000 more debt, and
have jumped the charter-debt limit
up three times in the doing Of it,
All they can show for the huge &C.
cess Is line Of improvements that
must have come with the ordinary
growth Of the city, with most Of them
poorly. done. and some Of them IA
grantly and yiciously bad.
Now they are, at the front with an
other vast scheme Of seawall inn
proyement that win cast the incubus
of a million dollars more On the city
before they get through with il, and
with no apology for the outrage Of
the steadily accumulated indebted
mess. Some men live by debt alone;
and SO do some civic administrations.
No effort has been made to hold
down the cost Of government; nothing
done to reduce the burden; and ev-
erything prosecuted that would add i
dollar Of public expense. And this, up
On the plea that they want to keep the
workingrnan in work, God knows that
every decent, thinking man wants la-
Dor to be fully and constantly EN-
pIoyed and viii strive to do so when
ever be may; that is one Of the car
dinaI courses Of human action ev-
erywhere, at all times, but that does
not signify that the public credit and
financial strength Of a community is
to be shattered and weakened until
its property is without value in the
banks, or on the markets, and it how
ers on the verge Of bankruptcy.
With staggering debt Of over
$4,000 already charged up against
Up against her. and with S375000
more impending for school and water
improvements that cannot be longer
put of, the City Of Astoria needs a
chang to radical business basis,
worse than ever in its history.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
THE law I'M ENGLAND.

In the Christmas number Of the
Strand Magazine Harry Furniss tells
a good story Of how the law is adj
ministered at times in England (gen-
orally held up as pattern to admin
fstrators Of all other countries.l "A
friend OF mine" he says, wishing to
make present Of ring to an ac-
quaintance who was on the eve ~of
being married, bought the article and
handed it to the jeweler with instruc-
tions to have a suitable inscription
engraved upon it, making a stipula-
ton that it should be finished and re-
turned by certain date, otherwise
| il would be useless. Months elapsed
before the ring was delivered II was
sent back to the jeweller. The trades
man took out a summons, and my
/ friend had to come back TO town and
sit in a stuffy court all day without
the court being called. Next morning
he bribed the usher to let him know
when the case was called. He was
sent for at lunch time, and sat till a
quarter past four listening to any
thing but edifying matters which had
to be disposed Of at FIRST. By this
time the old gentleman on the Bench
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
REPUBLICAN TICKET

ssAsa N@&aVtAA sH&as@B
Mayor
IL x SAMUEL ELMoRE
Auditor and Police Judge
IL x oLoF ANDERSON !. I.
Treasurer.
Is x THOMAS DEALY
City Attorney
10 x CHAS. H. ABERcR0MBIE
Superintendent Of Streets
XXI. +. KEARNEY
Surveyor
toX A. S. TEE
Police Commissioner
q XR. CARRUTHERs
Water Commissioner at Large
23 x J. r. FERGUSON
Councilman at Large
rs x H. +. PRAEL
FIRST WARD.
Water Commissioner lst Ward
80 x ASMUS BRIX
s Year Term
Al X FRANc KANKKONEN
4 Year Term
Councilman First Ward
27 x CHARLES WILSON
4 Year Term
28 x F. ]. CARNEY
2 Year Term
SECOND WARD.
Water Commissioner End Ward
81 XF. A. FISHER
8 Year Term
3s XII. c. VAN DUsEN
4 Year Term
councilman Znu WARD
! % x CHRIS SCHMIDT
4 Year Term
% x c. J.. CURTIS
| 2 Year Term
THIRD WARD.
Water Commissioner 3rd Ward
30 X GUST HOLMES
8 Year Term
80 x JAMES w. WEIGH
| 4 Year Term
Councilman 3rd Ward
q x c. A. LEINENWEBER
Year Term
20xJ. ], ROBINSON
2 Year Term
FOURTH WARD.
Water Commissioner 9Th Ward
! 81 x MAXWELL YOUNG
8 Year Term
Councilman 4th Ward
27 XII. o. BELLAND
4 Year Term
% X P. L. sTANGLUND
2 Year Term
1
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
A STRANGERS DEDUCTIONS.


Whena stranger within our gates"
mainfests enough of broad human I'M
terest in the city to send letter such
as We are publishing this morning
from G. M. Foley, it Is time for the
native to sit up and look around and
get next to the mess he is in
The reading Of this mans letter
should make the face Of every citi-
zen tingle with shame for the ire
sponsible and incapable government
he has stood for all these years. Mr..
Foleys deductions do not vary hair
from those Of every man who has
come here on quest such as his, look
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04

lutal .s,. .ttttttt. SFfftu tutf'F0
State Of Oregon, County Of clat.
sop, SIS:
|, S. S, Gordon, Cashier Of the
above named bank. do solemnly
swear that the above statement n
true 10 the best Of my knowledge
and belief
S. S, GORDON, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this LIST day Of December, 1908.
II, r. NOONAN,
Notary Public
correct-Attest
G. c. FLAVEI..
JACOB KAMM,
W. r. McGRECoR,
Directors
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
L1ARIIIrlES

LlAklLLIlES.
capitat stock paid III. Sl00000.Cl
Surnlus fund .,,....... 2s,000,00
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid 29,l9spa
standing M. ........ 100000
Bankers So .,..'....... 7Oa
Individual deposits subject
10 cheek .S6sS. i4s,7s
Demand certificates Of dc.
deposit ...., $l2S,2S4o2 7s3 3,4S0o7
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04

tried it are willing to use any other.
Mrs. F. r. Starcher, Of Ripley, w.
Vas says, II have never used any
thing other than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for my children and
II has always given good satisfac-
ton" This remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to child as to
an adult For sale by Frank Hart
and leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
THIRD WARD
FOURTH WARD.

Water Commissioner 9Th Ward
81 x MAXWELL YOUNG
5 Year Term
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
Good Cough Medicine For Children.

Good Cough Medicine For Children.
The season for coughs and colds
is now at hand and too much care
cannot be used to protect the chill
dren. A child is much more likely
to contract diphtheria or scarlet
fever when he has cold, The
quicker you cure his cold the less
the risk chanlberlain's Cough Rem
edy Is the sole reliance Of mary
mothers, and few Of those who have
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04

Councilman 4th Ward
27 XII. o. BELLAND
4 Year Term
29 X P. L. STANGLUND
z Year Term
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
From a Philosophers Notebook.

4 A successful manicure never hits
the nail on the head.
Forgetfulness Of yesterday and an
ticipations Of tomorrow make trou-
blesome to-days.
The man who borrows trouble has
at least the solace Of knowing that
no one will ever dun him to pay it
back.
Possibly the chap who growls about
the washday dinner would have found
xa '5u!qseM eql 9uoP peq
it more pleasing to his taste If he
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN
DEBTEDNESS of ASTORIA.
IAs Revealed by the Latest Accounting Of the Off.
GERS who Maintain the Public Records
THE rIUNlCIPAL DEBT.

Municipal bonds outstanding, g,........ $lS9 05000
Street bonds outstanding, g,.....I I.. ,..... 496S %
Warrants outstanding, l22 6S
Grand total, including $46,52795 Of outstand-
ing street improvement warrants e~., $3l6 4S2S5
This total figured to October LIST, 1908.
WATER DEPARTMENT DEBT.
Water bonds outstanding, ...... $500
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DEBT.
School District No bonds outstanding 100000
COUNTY DEBT.
Warrants outstanding (Astoria's share ,.. 100000
debt of 100000, city's share at one half,
Grand principal Of existing debt $753 4S2s5
Plus annual interest, approximate 100000
Actual existing debt of Astoria, ,.$79S 4S2S5
PLUS DEBT FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Departmental improvements to which the city is now
committed9
Water Commission pipe line and reservoirs 275000O0
School Department, buildings and teachers 100000
Final grand total to which the Astoria
taxpayer is absolutely committed 81, ,173 1926
This does not include street contracts under way
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
THE WEATHER

Oegon--Fair west. rain or snow
east portion.
Washington and Tdaho-Fair.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-04
REPORT on THE CONDITION
or THE
First National Bank

Az Astoria, in the State oi Oregon,
VI the close III business, November
18th, zoos
RESOURCES,
Loans and discounts .., SASh, $500
OyerdraftS. secured and
unsecured ,.,,s. ,,,,, l,7sool
colation .,,,,. n ,,,,,,. 100000
Premiums on Vi s, Runds 10000
Ronds, securities, etc.,. SS,Aa0,nN
due from National Banks
tnot reserve agents. NJ o3,37o,0S
Due from State Banks and
Bankers ,..s ,ts,st,.t, 1s,tl22,ah
Due from approved re-.
serve agents r,tst., iSR,TSS 10
Checks and other cash
items .s,s.s.,,. ,tt.t 1So.20
Nf'sn Banks = .o,is. o'as' N'''oaa' N''" 2.ssoco
Niekcls and cents, ,... Shl.7o
Lawful Noney Reserve IL
Bank. Nis;
Specie ..a Si6oOO0a0
Legal-ten8er notes 1900 100000
Redemption fund with u.
s Treasurer Is per cent?
of cireulationl ,,.,.,4. 100000
Due from q, s Treasurer,
other than ! per cent re-
demption fund p,..@ $4,000
v,
Blue-grass blade., 1908-08-16
BLUE GRASS BLADE
Brilliant Funeral Address

all; that there is nothing above, or be-
yond, or outside of nature. He saw clear
ly the fatal antagonism between the two
systems of thought and he put aside the
ism, accepting the doctrine of the schools.
Though he was not an academician, and
though he may not have been, in the
broadcast sense trained thinker, yet his
mind, accustomed to analysis was quick
to perceive all improbability and all alb
surdity.
He dared to reason with the daring OF
Daniel. For him reason was the only ora
Gle of man. For him reason was to be
likened unto that Pharos light, blazing
afar, Illuminating the pathway of truth,
ana leading ever and always to higher
plane.
o reason! true light of the world, long
hast thou been exiled in thy Patmos, but
sometime shalt thou be called back, and
then shall the mind be free. Brighter thou
than the suns effulgence, brighter than the
lightning s glare; sublime majestis, shalt
thou again lift up thy head and vie win
the matchless glory of the stars!
Reason taught him that there are no
miracles, that there never was a miracle;
because a miracle is contradiction of
terms; because the east is not, and cannot
be west; because harmony is not and can
not be discord; because two and two are
four, and are not, and cannot be four hun
dred; because the words truth and false
hood never were, and will never be syn
onyms. Sometimes, perhaps, he may have
had scant patience with one who would
endeavor to explain a miracle, thus fool
ishly destroying it, or making it simply a
phenomenon, produced in accordance with
the Interchangeable law of cause and effect
He denied all miracles, and standing with
him are Darwin and Huxley and Spencer
and Tyndall.
Again he denied that there ever was
an inspired book or an inspired author
1t would have grated harshly upon his men,
tai perceptions to concede that an inspired
writer could have made one mistake, or
that an inspired volume could have con-
tanned single error One error would
have cast shadow upon all. Nor could
his system OF reasoning more easily have
allowed for an error in translation or in
depreciation, since here, as before, one err
ror would have involved all in uncertainty.
He could not believe that an allwise ana
benefcent creator would have given his
word and his law in any form which would
be possible of being misunderstood, or
that he would have given them to only
few while many, for centuries. should re-
main totally ignorant of them. Such a
plan seemed to him to be altogether absurd.
And standing with him again are Darwin
ana Huxley and Spencer and Tyndall
He knew that no prayer was ever an
swered. Not only is the evidence of sue
cessfui prayer totally wanting but also
the evidence OF failure, gathered from all
the prayers uttered throughout Christen-
dom for nineteen centuries, is overwhelm-
ingly conclusive. He denied the efficacy
OF prayer, and standing with him yet again
10 practically every scientific thinker OF
today.
ITS Gods way; His will be DONE"
riv
Blue-grass blade., 1908-08-16
(By s. P. Cady.)

y
Friends and Neighbors:-It is we'll
when death has interviewed that the last
reasonable request of the dead, expressed
In life should be fulfilled. Because of this
it becomes my solemn duty on this Occa-
sion to voice certain sentiments which l
believe shall be in keeping and in conso-
nance with the life and the thought of him
who lies here now so still in the calm
repOse of death. 1t was his oft-repeated
wish that no clergyman should at his
obsequies, give utterance as the exponent
of doctrines which he, his whole life long,
had consistently and persistently antag-
onized. That his belief concerning nature
ard the supernatural conceded so nearly
with my own makes easier the task that
is mine today. And yet it is difficult and
dispiriting to assume a position which is
at variance with that held by majorities.
There are at the present time many we'll
meaning and thoughtful individuals, who
would dissOciate death from all thought
OF gloom and overwhelming sadness: view
ing 1t as a phenomenon, as inevitable ana
in line with natural law; even giving to it
an environment of brightness and cheer.
And yet, despite all the teachings of SCI
ence and philosophy, there is something
about death that is suggestive of exile, of
the chill and cheeressness of winter ana
OF the barrenness and desolation of deser,
wastes; dark and sOmbre Is its appropriate
emblem. Yet the gloomy pail may fit
tingly be decked with the myrtle and the
lily, with the rose and the lotus, with the
olive and the laurel the amaranth and
the ivy, the lowly, unpretentious violet
and the regal chrysanthemum.
Philosophy, standing beside grave,
may shed the tear, but will not despair,
for it has learned that nature does not
think, does not know; therefore, in nature
there can be no malevOlent motive, no
hatred, no revenge. Necessity is the SUI
preme law that governs Throughout ma
lures domain. The stars pursue their
course along the silent pathways of the
night only because they must. Each atom
forever obeys that law. There are no ac-
cidents in nature; no chance, no caprice.
The activities of mind, with which we as
sOciate will or volition, are no exception to
this. Hence all phenomena, throughout
all time are fixed irrevocably; there is no
possible deviation. All science tacitly ad-
mits this; upon this principle all of its
calculations are based. Science deals only
with cause and effect as traceable In
matter and force, and never acknowledges
any other agency. The astronomer rely
ing upon such data, foretells an eclipse far
in the future. The chemist has never
discovered in any of his processes a single
behavior of phenomenon which he would
ascribe to divine interference with nat
ural law. This today is the accepted doc
trine in all the schools; and thus the teach
ing OF the schools differs with the teaching
OF the pulpit Both cannot be right
There are some who believe that the teach
ing of the schools alone is tenable and
must soon supersede the teaching of the
pulpit. This is the position of modern
atheism or materialism.
John Riley Lewis was an uncompromis.
ing atheist He believed that natura wao
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23

DIR PIERCES Magnetic Elastic Truss" the
known CURE for Rupture dn sc
years., can be had at the Home Office, 1417
Chestnut St, ALAMEDA. w. J. PIERCE,
Expert on Hernia Phone Ala. 1TS0.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
PROPOSALS AND BIDS

SEALED bids will be received at the office of the
secretary of the regents of the University of
California Berkeley, before IL a. m
May %, 1905, for construction at the university
farm. Davis, Cal. of dormltory as per plans
and specifications on file at the Office of said
secretary and with Cunningham & Politeo
architects, Chronicle building, San Francisco
and with Superin tendent A. ]. Barrett, at uni
versity farm.
Separate bids are invited for construction on
the university campus at Berkeley of the mu-
scum Of zoology, as per plans and specifications
on file at Office Of said secretary and with
Howard & Galloway. 604 Mission ST., San
Francisco.
No bids will be received unless accompanied
by a certified check or bond in favor of the un-
dersigned eQnal TO 10 per cent of the bid, to
assure execution ot contract by successful bid
der The right to reject any all bids is re-
served THE REGENTS OF THE UNIvER-
SITY OF CALIFORNIA
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
HOUSES TO LET-Berkeley-Furn.

FOR rent-Furnished house for June and July; a
room house. near station and electric ears
Apply at 1117 Morton ST., Alameda or phone
Alameda 1873.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
DRESS MAKING
BUSINESS PERSONALS

r TOkHLAND OFFICE HTNb CAlI 466 Il 81
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23

Fruitvale Cottages to Let-Furnished
S35-Furnished cottage; large rooms, bath; gas
electric lights; fruit trees; large grounds; near
cars; 4 months.
S45-Furnished room cottage; bath. gas;
yard fruit and flowers; Fruitvale av.
RANDALL r. E. CO.. 1926 Frutvale