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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
ON AMOUNTS EXPENDED
AND TO BE SPENT.
REQUIRES TWO MORE YEARS
A Very Interesting Report as to Ex.
pendisures and Work Done At the
Mouth Of the olumhia and Channel
to Portland.

Now that Congress is about TO
open again it is a matter of interest
and importance especially 70 Astor-
ians, to know just how much money
has been expended on the ietty inn
proyements at the mouth OF the Co.
lumbia River, and just how much
has. been expended on the improve
ment Of the channel from here to
Portland
Including the recommendations
Just made by General w, l. Mar
shall, Chief OF Engineers, U. S. A.,
the cost Of the first ietty project,
that OF 1884, modified in 1898 and
completed in 1895, and appropria-
tious yet to be expended for the
jetties, amounts to S7,sOO,244, as set
forth in the following table;
Cost Of lSS4-lSo3 project S2,00O,00C
River and harhor act OF
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cod. and croup N children.

my little girl is subject 10 colds"
says Mrs. VIM. H. Serig. No. Al
Fifth St., Wheeling, w. Va. last
winter she had . severe spell and .
terrible cough but cured her with
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with
ou, the aid OF doctor, and my little
boy has been prevented many times
from having the Group by the timely
use Of this syrup" This remedy is
for sale by Frauk Hart and leading
druggists,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25
Watched Fifteen Years.

For fifteen years | have watched
the working Of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve; and it has never failed to cure
any sore, boil, ulcer or burn to which
it was applied II has saved us many
q doctor bill" says A. F Hardy, Of
East Wilton, Maine. Csc at Charles
Rogers & Sons drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

If a man seeks to be political
pillar in city like Astoria, he must
take the political hings wherewith
his opponents delight to assault his
eminence, with grim silence, or tacit
good-nature, or he will imperil the
dignity Of his high post and suffer a
shrinkage in his mantel Of authority.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

With a million-dollar seawall, and
million-dollar council, both crea-
tons of Hon. A. NJ. Smith, candidate
for the mayoralty, and supreme
spokesman for the Democratic party,
of Astoria, there will be an exodus
from this city that will make the
very State stare, shortly after the
9th of December.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

The political hne-up is complete
now. The Republicans have, each,
and all, their distinct opponent in
the Democratic camp, and the battle
is on for all there is in it; and let 1t
not be forgotten. for an instant,
there is going to be plenty in it for
some people; more than any re-
election will ever be compensation
for.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

The man who was present at the
late Citizens" convention, in this
city, who has the nerve to justify
and defend that shameless pre-concert
Of manipulation, that guileful and
evilly-ordained trap for civic suckers,
is entitled to congress-medal for
monumental bravery.
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With real property here, well i'm
proved, owned by responsible peo-
pie, and discounted on the home
market as adequate guaranty for ra-
tional loans at Astoria banks, il we're
time the owner got down to the
business of saving that property from
further spoilation.
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THE WEATHER.

Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Rain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

December 9th next is going TO be
a cold day for Astoria Democrats;
colder even than was November 3rd,
and that was pretty chilly itself
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

This is the best fight ever known
in Astoria for the saloonman to stay
out of.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-11-25

pne ia 1909 .. N0,00oI
Sundry civil act OF March !,
1908 .......,,, 100000
River and harbor act OF
March ;, l90S,,,,,,a,o @N0th
Special ACT Of April lS 1900 @OoOn
Sundry civil act Of June 80,
lpOo ,,,,,,n,p,,s,,', euV'VNu
River and harhor act oi
March 2, 1907 ....,,,, SOOoN
River and harhor act Of
March z, l9O7,,,.,."a 1Sa244
River and harbor act OF
March 2. 1907 pledged
and yet TO be appropri-
atcdl .,..,.,,,,,,,,, l'oo'uVo
Recommended appropriation
by chief OF engineers ior
toos.o short session. -. 4s10O0
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NsN,44

Total ,,,,,.,,,,., N,So0,244
The money expended and appro-
priated ior the Improvement Of the
channel from Portland to the sea,
has been $4,67S7337o oi which 81.
20S.607o2 was expended or appro'
priated BY the U S. Government
aud $2,46s.l2s7S was expended by
the Port q Portland, as set forth IN
the suhjoined table;
BY the U. S. Government:
Prior to the adoption Of
any project ...,...,,,,S Zl'ISU'7o
Project Of 1877 to secure
a channel of 20 feet
and modified in 1891 to
secure channel Of Is
feet. dredging .,...... l,OSOS4.:i
Project Of June l3, 1902,
to secure 2s-toot
channel expended to
1907 ......... 4os,oS3. :!
March 2, 1907, appropri-
alton ...... 10000 q
Recommended by chief
OF engineers for l9oS-9
short session ..... 10000 O
Total .......... $2.2OS6O7 9.
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Total by the United States Coy.
ernment ............S .S2,20s.607 o2
By the Port OF Portland (from
February, 1891, to September 30,
1907:
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A#ANNH tAA " At'AF@fNrNN
Dredging equipment, 3ii6277s
Drydock plant .,...".... 563,7SS'4o
Drydock betterment ... 7,6io.63
Dredging ........ s06,72s,S3
Drydoek operating ex-
penses ......,....... 46.sl3o5
Interest and bond dis
count .............. 4O7. .sO324
Redemption Of bonds -" l20OOOOO
Office and engineering ex-
penses ............. 1.2ss67
Thus It will be seen that the cost OF
maintaining channel from the
mouth of the river TO Portland, with
out any element OF permanency what
ever, has been ~ Of the total
amount OF money expended on the
jetty construction work which has
now been going on for "a years.
AS for the channel from Portland
to the sea, the engineers reports claim
depth Of % feet, although work,
mostly dredging, has been under way
to secure that depth since 1877, or
for a period Of 81 years. During this
span Of generation the engineers
reports add, that "the increase in
depth since the commencement Of
improvement is about feet over
good navigable width Of channel"
So far no permanent works have
been constructed under the project
for the improvements Of the channel
from Portland to the Sea. In fact, the
only improvements that have been
made in the way Of maintaining a
channel BY annual dredging.
The March End, 1907, appropriation
of $50O,0OO was for the construction
and operation Of dredge which will
be used in this channel-deepening
work.
This dredge has now been compile
ted and named the Clatsop. It cost
$234,500 delivered at Newport News,
Virginia The Ciatsop will take the
place Of the Ladd and will be used in
carrying out the purposes Of the pro-
ject for the deepening Of the channel
between Portland and the sea, adop'
ted June 18th, 1902. 1t has been an
nounced that the Clatsop will be
brought round the horn next month
and if it arrives safely will be ready
for operation about the first Of the
year.
he work recently has consisted in
dredging with the U S. Dredge Ladd
in the lower portion Of the estuary
and intermittently with the 30-inch
dredge Of the Port of Portland in the
upper reaches.
Although the engineers report
shows that the ruling depth between
Portland and the sea Is about 22 feet
at low water it Is added that tho
dredging Of the last year has main
tanned the depth heretofore realized
and there has been no time during the
year when a vessel could not safely
load to the draft Of "A feel.
The Dredge Ladd is near her end
as to state Of hull and machinery but
Continued on page o.
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IN bO1eS with fun directions Toe. and 2se.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
OF KIN OFTEN
SPOILS HAPPY MARRIAGES
Mothers Should Surrender the Care of Their Daughters to Men
Who Assume the Responsibility by Becoming Their Husbands.

F<F Il &c back to m Y husband, b t I won't g back to HRS fanny!"
Defanuy tearfuny a world IF dsHusionment In her voice, a young
y WON In court a few days ago declared mi@rabyt that she had left her
husband because she couldn't live With his parents
"It wasn't him." he explained, with ungrammauc emphasis. TT was his
folks. I loved him. truly 1 did. I love him and 1 wan to sty with him,
but L can stay with his family. I rant a home OF my own" "
1t seems, Oh first consideration, Ike a pa1try reason for marital unhappness
the young wifes failure to get along" with her husbands people. IT is easy
enough to explain that the trouble a probably he girls W faut-that she
naturally arises in the min of anyone who redt the story n thought
about it-hadnt she a right to be?
So long "a a girl lives at home with her. parents. she is simply the daughter
of the house," Herh home is hr mothers home. where the motheris mistress
But when shem aries she leaves thu home lest ant takes u p a life of her own
1t is She pon whom rests he pleasures I'M the obligations, the rights and
the responsibilities of "the lady of the house," Marriage mean for a woman
writer in he Philadelphia Press And m of the greatest of these is just
home-hone with LII its duties n all its essednes-just home. 1t is a thing
belongs to her. thing she has a right to demand
In the story-books OIL half a century the mothers Of manageable young
men used to look forward within mingled Joy n dread to the day when The son
of the house would bring a wife home with him" That point of view is we'll
nigh unheard-o of now We believe that a nan hal n % right tt marry unless
he "a give his wifea real ome-a hon of her own. 1t my be only h tniest
flat 1t may be only threer rooms, Or two Or n In the most modest apartment
house Bt 1t is his ome and his wifes-not their parents.
And thu girl who wouldn't Ego back to her husbands family" she SC
far wrong after all? Was 1t so trivial a tragedy?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12

A New Yorker, a big game hunter of
many years experience, was lion-shoot-
ing in Uganda. He had excellent luck.
Nearly every day he posed In a compla-
cent attitude beside a freshly-killed lion
and his photographer snapped him for
the magazines.
One afternoon the photographer. who
was taking a nap in the hut, was awak-
ened by a loud noise He rose and
looked out. %Springing toward him from
the jungle, hat rome and coat tails fly
ing, came his chief, and with terrible
roars and growls a huge lion bounded
at his heels.
The photographer gazed ~spellbound
at he strange and exciting picture. His
chief, perceiving him, shouted:
"Quick, quick Open the door, George!
I'm bringing him home alive!'-Wash-
ington Star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
THE NEW REPUBLICAN TROUBLE IN CAMDEN.

The Hon David Baird, of Camden and South Jersey, has troubles Of his own.
A fortnight ago his leadership in Camden showed a Taft plurality much bigger
han he had promised, ant by his favor and efforts Cooper B Hatch ws elected
sheriff. who had 10 begun to warn his official chair before lie threw down
tho geuntet to Baird, much to the latter's amazementa n thes tupefaction OF
all Camden county The sequel of this promises to be the organizaton Of Ill the
party discomfort in Camden county and a batuer royal in next years primaries
Willard Morgan, who failed of reappontment as State treasurer, and Others
whose pride OIL selhshness has been offended by Baird LAY been eager for a
party breach. and they will throw themselves into the IN hiatt TIL singuary
ungrateful latch has opened for them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12

n LOCAION FQk a VIEW SoH D"DS
THAT a me- bridge acrosst the Passaic river north of Clay street is greatly
needed is a proposition that has n disent @The question naturally is a to the
banks, property interests are multiplying, an az long as the river is bridgeess
from Clay street to Benevnle a long stretch that will eventually demand several
bridges for trans-Passaic communication, there will be great embarrassment
lpss Of time and expense. To a single manufacturing firm the lack Of convenient
facilities for sending its teams across the river has cost six thousand dollars
In ayear. Bridge construction should have manufacturing inteestsh first in view
nj the locatfonsh should be determined by this primary consideration. The qus-
ion Of cost aso las much to 10 with the location. The special committee of the
Board Of Trade, which reported on this matters at the board meeting lastn night
was divided in opinion. The majority report favored N abutment at Elwood
avenue Is the highest possible elevation" making easy grades and making
connection with a boulevard to give connection with Jersey CITY, thu land to
be donated for tn purpose. In their report the committee majority indorses
h action of the joint bridge committee. The minority report N he other hand
presents cogentr reasons 1t contends that the Improvement should be for the
business interests rather than Tor automobiles AM light vehicles and the lower
locatonw would favor the manufacturers n their employees. But the essential
is the comparative cost. The purchase of the Catholic Prot@tory property
at Arlington would be necesstated by TIL Elwood venue plan as also tn con-
strucuon Of an expensive vtaduct Residential property would also have to be
bought or both sides of tn stream But here are as yet no definite figures of
cost, and the minority members OF the committee are right in their insstnent
that bsfore the Board of Works is committed to n plan of bridge building the
COST be ascertained as compared with thu cost of a bridge at Grafton
Hcommttea
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
LEGISLATIVE sPoLs DISTRIBUTION

Az n civil service Law does lot apply to employees of the Legislature. the
distribution Of he official pums at thu next session interests the majority mem
bers Therew win be n o cakes m ae for the Democrats This is thu Legislative
ofcais SPOIL, the division OF which Away involves much solicitation and con
fabuiation, with conferences nj ordinations and finally a caukus % make the
distribution Son of he employees OIL Tasty @r will be retained and others re-
placedw with new men. To some extent. the appointment Of men hom counties
Ia h subordinate places is governed by the selection of the presiding officers.
It. shoul be observed that in he organization of the New Jersey Legislature
tho choice of the executive force is not made according to merit and capabnty,
hut for political partisan services. The lawmaking> branch of The government
sets that example to the departmental heads and official boards sin the State
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MEANS THE SAME THING.

OF course, it would be lese majesty
for the Reichstag to say to the Kaiser:
Shut up. Every time you open your
mouth you put your foot in it."
But 1t goes all right when Won
Buelow says:
ut is hardly compatible with the
pristine exalted dignity of the Hohen-
zollern dynasty that your imperial
majesty deign 90 trouble yourself with
HI status quo of international amity."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
rwo PERTINENT oBssRvA TONS ON PARTY POLITICS.

Former Governor Stokes made W observations in his address to the Re
publican Club of Trenton oil Tuesday night. He said: 1.-THE curse of the times
IN The destruction of h Democratic party al a party of WE'LL settled aims ant
policies" And again he said: II trust here will W come a time when we
10 without political organizations. We do not want men who disavow a political
party n proclaim themselves as greater than political parties" The only word
used in this utterance that needs qualification is the word struction The
Democratic party is ndesruchble Names may change, but parties eve die
Parties In their majorhes sometimes wander from fundamental principles, nut
they come back again to their anchorages ant to their well settled aims ant
uorues" n juyenau OF he democratic party will restore h political
balance In this country and make for safer and better government Mr.. Stokes
speaks with the wisdom Of knowledge an experience when h deprecates the
Impairment of political organization and the erection of personal ambitions on
it's ruins The demagogues Of history we're all INSTRUMENTATION politicians. The
"tyrants' of democratic Greece secured personal power by destroying party
organization. Responsibility for government in a republic rests or should rest
uon a party and not upon an Individual. for power goes with responsibility,
and when we give power to he Individual we depart from the first essentials of
popular government A nan who feels that he is greater thu his party is
simply not of his party.
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A MAJORITY SPEAKER AND LEADER.

n political majority in a Legislature should have it's representatives. as pre-
siding oncera Nobody car question that And, equally as WELL it should have
AsssmbIyman Martin. of Essex, who "a not in accord with the majorityo of his
party IT. Trenton last year., was yet selected as the Republican leader of the
HOUSE Mr. Martin is a thoroughly capable and very energetic Legislator. but
no more capable man in the newly elected House of Assembly, but tn Ia
5orny will mex January choose a speaker and leader who are all thoroughly
identified with it That purpose is S o well evident that the Essex assemblymans
and his enegy of character will sm make him a conspicuous hgue at Trenton
next winter
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
MECHANICS OF STATES.

inc tuitOr OF the Evening star. s.
Please give me a list of the nick.
of the States in the Union.
SUBSCRIBER.
Harrison, Nov. 8, 1905.
1.-THE following are the leading nick
names of States:
Alabama-Cotton.
Administrations State.
California-Golden State.
acknowledgements State.
Delaware-Blue Hen State.
FloridaAPeninsular State.
Georgia-Cracker State.
Illinois-Sucker State.
Indiana-Hoosier State.
Kansas-Sunflower State.
Kentucky-Blue Grass State.
Louisiana-Pelican State.
Maine-Pine Tree State. a
Maryland-Old Lime state.
Massachusetts-Bay State.
Observation-Disclosures State.
Mississippi-Bayou state.
Minnesota-Gopher State.
Montana-Stub Toe State.
Nevada-Silver State.
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS State.
New J~ersey-Jersey Blue State.
New York-Empire State.
North Carolina-Old North State.
North Dakota-Flickertail State.
Ohio-Buckeye State.
Oregon-Beaver State.
observation-disclosures State.
Rhode Island-Little Rhody.
South Carolina-Palmetto State.
South Dakota-Singe Cat State.
Tennessee-Big Bend State.
~Texas-Lone Star State.
Vermont-Green Mountain State.
Vfrginia-Old Dominion State.
Washington-Chinook State.
West Observation-Disclosures State.
Wisconsin-Badger State. -Ed.1
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We MODERN NOVEL.

The old-time books were works Of art
indeed,
With diction studied whether gay Oh
sad,
But for q novel nov you only need
A title and a double-column ad.
Washington Star.
This is not so, a libel It's
To run our books down so;
You've got to use some paper
To make a volume go.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12

E. E. Bon all transatlantic steam
ers carrying mail from one country to
the other there are one on nor mai
clerks of each country concerned, l. e.
in a steamer going to England the
United States mail clerks sort the mail
and the British clerks assist in naming
the routes by which the a is to DC
sent. On the return trip the English
clerks assert the mai and n United
States clerks direct the hanne through
which it is to be sent to its destina-
TONED.
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DISTRICT OF

TO the Edftor OF the Evening Starr
Kindly tell me why the people of the
District of Columbia are not allowed
to vote. HERBERT AVIS.
[The District Of Columbia is classed
among the territories. Since 1874 the
government of the District has been
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
A pR0yInHR.

'Is your new husband much of a
provider, M%alindy?" HE des amt
nothin' else, he amt. He gwine to git
some new kyahpets To- de house, pro-
vidin' he git de money; he gwine TO
git de money, providin' he go to work;
he go to work, providin' hit suits him.
I never see SIGH a providin' mar in all
my days"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
OFTEN DONE.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
Dc you think a young ma VINO
knows nothing about surveying could
obtain a position with a surveyor as
chairman? A READER.
IYes; this has been done often. Many
a successful engineer has begun his
career in this way.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
A MODEST YOUTH.

can you support my daughter in a
nome like this?' asked the banker of
the poor young man. making a sweep
ing motion at the rich furnishings.
We'll, of course" replied the p. y.
M, there's a few improvements I
could make in the o~rawing-room inc
parlor. But, I think we can stand his
place for a while"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
BIBLICAL REpARTEE.

Jonah had just been swallowed by
the whale.
81 feel awfully down in the mouth"
he remarked
Don't worry" retorted the fish,
you'll feel mighty put out pretty
SOON"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
LITERARY TASTES.

Miss Mazuma and the count don't
seem to have any literary tastes in
common. No. She a to discuss
Burke's Peerage, while he insists on
talking Dun and Bradstreets.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
A SLOW DEATH.

A girl in Harrison tried to kill her
self by lying down on the Erie tracks
a few minutes before the train was due.
Five hours later she was found on the
tracks-shivering with cold.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
A DEGREE OF SPEED.

She-Those college men lead a fast
life.
He-Oh, I don't know. They usually
get through by degrees.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
NEW HEARST GUNS.

We understand that Hearst is gong
to publish the Archbold letters in ba ,k
form under the title of Letters frs n
a Self-made Man to Men He Mas ,
Himself"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
ANSWERS TO ORRESPONDENTS

administered by a board of three COM
~miss1oners, two of whom are appointed
from civil life and the other from the
Engineer Corps Of the United States
Army.-Ed,1
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WHERE IS SHE, ANYHOW
NO PROTECTION.

Wonder what Mae Wood thinks about
a successor to Senator Plat.
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OATHS AND OATHS.

While Harrigan was swearing to
serve the county Morgan was also
swearing. At any rate, he was playing
golf at Hot Springs with "Bill' Taft.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12
ONE GOOD EFFECT.

John w. Gates says that the convic-
ton of Morrs was a great moral lesson.
We are sare glad mat John is taking
1t to heart. ri
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-12

Down n Nashville they don't even
&c through the Formally of installing
you for a deer.