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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-08
WORDSOF COUNSEL FOR
HIS FELLOW-CITIzENS
HON. r. T. TAYLOR HAS AN.
OTHER MESSAGE OF HON
EST WARNING.
astoria, Or, Dec. S, 1908.

"One MAY be stating truth when
he says that with the levy fixed at
one-third Of a mill about y cents a
year is what person whose prop
erty Is assessed at $500 will pay for
the construction Of the proposed sea-
wall" One is stating a truth when
he states that 2 and are A. but
neither statement has any bearing on
the seawall proposition ,as proposed
in the pending amendment, However.
! have my doubts about the truthful
ness Of the statement first quoted
above, for the following reason:
"A levy Of one-third Of mill on
the present assessed valuation Of the
taxable property Of the city 49,.
7O,47sOO) would produce the full
sum Of $Ii56S2, and that wouldn't
pay the attorney fee Of the commits
sion's attorney let alone building a
seawall Therefore. the statement
should be revised to read with the
levy fixed at one-third OF a mill
about IL cents year is what per-
son whose property is assessed at
$500 will pay towards the salary Of
the attorney for the Scawall Commits
sion
The seawall amendment proposes
a FIVE mill levy, which would produce.
il fully collected, $l7,2s23o. and the
interest on $4,000 of bonds, at S
per cent, would amount to $4,000.
leaving $23s2.2o to pay attorneys
fees and other expenses Of the COM
mission. There is no provision in the
bill whereby the principle debt can
be paid off, and the person whose
property is assessed at $500, as well
as other taxpayers, can calculate on
paying the full tax levy for the re-
mainder of their lives,
"Then, too, it is proposed to con-
struct wooden seawall, which, like
the wooden streets, will soon decay,
and a new seawall will have to be
built Then the $500 property owner
will have to pay another tax which
will last the remainder of his life,
and so on ad inhnitum, Query: how
long will it take said property owner
and his descendants to pay off the
seawall debt under those circum-
stances1
ain recent communication to The
Astorian, c. NJ, Foley made the
statement that the city's indebted
ness is about $SOOOOO. This state.
ment is challenged in last evenings
paper, and an attack is made upon
the water commission. do not
know who Mr., Foley is, nor where
he got his information; but, unfor-
tunately, his statement is nearer the
truth than is that of his critic. Here
are the figures:
Municipal bonds (auditor's
reporn ......,.,$l8o0 05000
Street bonds (auditor's re-
port) ....~..,,,. 4o6S22
Warrants (auditor's report) l22,46463
School district bonds -. S7,OOO00
School district bonds .~a 100000
School district warrants, 100000
County Indebtedness, $780,
600, 40 per cent Of which
will fall upon the taxable
property Of the city.,.~. 10000
---
Total liabilities for which area of
area of city is liable ~, $77o, ,482.Ss |
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31

' hen another January arrives it Is
istinctively the time to slough of the
Id and to put on the new. There Is
old nature to be discarded. and
1 itSspiritual manhood to be assumed.
}e trouble with many people, how.
DER. is that they try to remake and
reform themselves, forgetting that
flew good resolutions, more or less
losely kept, can at best only touch
Re outside and possess no interior
icacy in the recesses of the spirit.
ae new man who is really worthy of
e name is the new man in Christ
sus. Where Jesus is there is always
wness of experience, renovation of
,e moral nature, freshness of hope
d resiliency of elastic Joy. 1t is
1T necessary to wait until the first
January in any approaching year
twin the wisdom of such a heavenly
ith or to experience the benefits Of
eh spiritual quickening. The
bmise of God is now, to every one
1T believeth. Each morning may be
resurrection day, each evening a
he Of golden promise fair, yet not
fading, as the sunset. The New
tr Joy is for all Of life, all the
3e. M
II is stimulating and encouraging to
that brand new year is offered
happy employment, and that the
records with their motley pages.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
EnE7M MARS
M2QNUNQD UlnlE
g globe &

attic and of little price, being branches
cut from the wood consecrated to
Strenia,' the goddess of strength.
These were presented to the king as
an omen of good fortune. The gifts
became more pretentious as time went
on, and in later centuries some of the
Roman emperors demanded New Years
presents of great value from the
"magnates" of those days. AS the
Roman rulers were gentlemen who
were not to be trihed with, the pres.
ents usually appeared on time after
notice to the wealthy was given.
1t was in Rome, too, that the habit
of masquerading at New Years ap-
pears to have originated. The custom
still observed in Italy now is confined
to the celebrations at the Epiphany
and at the carnival time
FESTIVITIES OF THE DAY
In some countries, notably in Great
Britain and in some cities in Canada
and the United States, the new year Is
welcomed in by festivities on the eve
of the day. In Scotland, for instance,
it is customary to celebrate New
Years eve with some festivity, which
is prolonged until past midnight. At
the stroke of IL every one present
wishes each other a Happy New
Year" The custom is also common
in many parts. of Germany, where the
salutation is "Prosit Neu Jehr."
Similar to this custom are the re-
ligious watch meetings" held in some
of the churches in this country on
New Years eve. In England on New
Years eve, in some houses, curious
custom, or superstition, is observed.
At the stroke of IL, which ushers In
the new year, the party, already wait
ing on the stairs, begin to ascend the
stairway backward, taking step at
each stroke. Every step successfully
mounted means happy month, every
stumble a reverse. OF course, 1t Is
one Of those playful superstitons
, which are not taken seriously.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
The NcWneSS Of the Year

some still vacant and other marred.
and, perhaps, here and there blotted
with tears, may be put away, and
fresh, unstained pages substituted in
their place. 1t is helpful to remind one
self that those broken resolutions Of
1908 may be renewed in 1909, and,
what Is better, reinforced by more Of
that prayer and divine grace for want
of which the idealizing resolves of the
past year were soon forgotten or went
so sadly unfulflled. The new year
means, accordingly, a new hope, new
song, new endeavor, a new outlook,
a new inspiration, new determina-
ton and new grace-every new
thing that is good appears to be possi-
BILE in it's gift. A hope like this makes
any doubter optimistic, and gives to
existence the character of life worth
living.
A wide chasm seems to intervene
@agTeal the old and the new. Into its
-2u Eg should be cast every regret,
nreEy Aalting doubt, and every ham.
a.zr-s- saraMhich belongs to the past
peTsoo # our experience and which
Ngnic rden and hinder our worthy
afo,@ I'D spiritual progress in the
ne'w ya.s. Let US take up our new
duties and meet our fresh opportuni.
ties in free, gladstone and hopeful
spirit, knowing that God, who has pur.
posed them for our uplift, will give
us grace to carry us safely through.
Happy New Year! The message is
sent far and near. Let the glad greet
ing be heard on all sides. There is .
prophecy and promise in the New
Year. Even to those who are bent with
grief, or lonely by reason of bitter
bereavement it is possible and timely
to say, though with lowered tone and
softened accent: Happy New Year!"
Every year will be happy, or, at
least, peaceful, one in which the
presence of the Lord is realized
which is spent under the protection Of
his wings, while it's duties are dis
charged in his fear and it's responsible
tiles are borne with the assistance Of
his grace. For the Christian every
year should be an improvement on the
past, and offer it's additional oppor-
tunities for growing in grace and
Christlikeness. The Christian is q
convinced and convincing optimist
for, having heavenly hope which the
world can never give or take away,
he can in every condition of life find
basis for an assured happiness ex-
pressing itself in the oft-quoted die
tum: "The best Of all is, God II
with us!'"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
CUSTOM OF GIFTS.
A Profit. Anvhow.

He was filling his first prescription.
and when he handed it to the lady
he told her 1t was s110.
She paid the $110, and after she
had gone he Informed the proprietor
that the dollar was counterfeit The
proprietor looked over his glasses at
the young man and said:
well, how about the 10 cents-is
that good money!"
The young man answered in the af-
firmative
"Oh, WELL" the proprietor replied.
that's not so bad-we still make .
nickel
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31

Botany to Rescue Of shipwrecked.
There Is no reason, save ignorance,
why shipwrecked sailors die in their
open boats of starvation"
The speaker was a botanist.
Let the shipwrecked include a
light net in their luggage" he said,
"and let them trail this net behind
them as they sail or row upon the
seas surface. Every few hours they
can haul in and take from it meal
OF small shellfish or other tiny sea
fruit.
Everywhere the seas surface teens
with animal and veget, BILE matter ca
pable Of Sustaining life"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31

Glucose Fondant for Christmas.
Two cups sugar, one cup water. and
two tablespoons glucose. Boil all un-
til little dropped in cold water will
form soft BAH. Remove from fire
and heat till creamy.
Seven ways to use the fondant:
Make into balls and dip in melted
chocolate.
Roll them in cocoanut.
Roll them in chopped nuts.
Fill figs with fondant and slice thin.
Fill dates with fondant, or put the
fondant around the stoned date.
Make into squares and place a nut
on top.
: Roll nuts in the fondant and then In
sugar.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
To Turn England From Tea to Coffee

To Turn England From Tea to Coffee.
The state of Sac Paulo. in Braz'l,
troubled by an overproduction Of cof.
fee, has had a company organized to
conduct a propaganda on behalf OF
coffee drinking in Europe. It win be
directed against England especially.
which is given to tea rather than cof-
fee. In London the coffee houses
which so fiourished in the eighteenth
century have become tea houses. but
II is probably not an imposing task
to turn them back to coffee again.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
TIE Price Of Supremacy.

TIE Price Of Supremacy.
he improvem ert in naval construc-
proceeds so TaUi1'y that what was
arday the last wcrd in science
tomorrow be but baby prattle.
pity of it is that this "prattle"
ms the expenditure of millions of
ads which a day hence may be
srded as wasted. @
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
Nothlna Wasted.

THAT WAS q nice chicken joke you
perpetrated yesterday"
"Yes," said the press humorist,
"and think can work It over into .
hash Joke Tor tomorrow"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
First Publication Dec. ~
ton for Hearing on Final Ac
count and for Distribution ~

count and for Otstribution
: OF Julia e. Miner Deceased.
of MINI EsOTA
Y of Stearns,
In Probate Court.
g Natter of the Estate of Julia e. Miner
mt.
state of Minnesota TO all persons In the
ltiou Of the estate of said decodent:
preventative of The above named deeod-
wing hlSd in this court his final accom- Mt
administration OF the estate of said dece-
,gether with his petition praying for
ustment and allowance OF said fnal ac-
nd for distribution of the residue OF
ate to the persons thereunto entitled ;
FORE You, AND EACH OF YOU,
by cited and required 10 show cause.
on have, before this court, at the Pro-
art Rooms In the Court HOuso In the
st CiOud in the County OF Stearns
Minnesota. on The 18th day Of January
O'Clock A NJ. why said petition should
ranted.
80. the judge OF said Conrt, and the
said Court this 10th day Of leo. 1908.
s!ls a. Fl. Klasou
Y for Petitioner. Probate Judge.
SEAL
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
Tie Racks for Men.

Tie Racks for Men.
A present that will be greatly ap.
preciated by man is tie rack. This
may be mounted embroidered linen,
burnt wood, decorated leather or
painted cardboard. The only thing to
be guarded against is not to make
them too elaborate. The more simple
the pattern is the more sure to please.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31

An Unusual Occurrence.
Owlstt-I had IN awful time think
Ing up aA excuse to give my wife
when got homo from. the club last
night.
Ascum-Did she demand one?
owlett-0f. course; got homo 80
early 1t piausd her curiosity.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
A Way out.

Cracked eggs are sold In soldiers
canteens in England at a reduced
price. and. as Tommy Atkins is not a
man Of means. there is fairly good
demand for these damaged articles.
One day q Scotsman walked into the
canteeneAnd asked for two penn'orth
Of cracked eggs.
We've got none," said the steward.
"A weel." said the Scot. ''ye might
Just crack AZ few, then"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
Greetina.

Greeting.
Now while the surging, deep-toned belh
lament
The past year. e'er tickle, they shall
change -f.. ..s. .".a.
Their solemn burden for a round of 10Y.
Ginning the praises of the year new.
crowned.
Edith Thomaa
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
VER since man In

Err since man knew
enough about astron-
omy to divide time
into years which
m ore or lie 9 8
agreed with the
earth's annual revo,u-
ton around the sun,
he has in various
characteristic ways
regarded the first
day of the new year
as a d ay Of re-
joicing and we'll
wishing.
It was the great
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
A Line on Him.

'sThers Seems to 10 no doubt that
10 Is very intelligent man"
yes. I judged 20 from his talk"
"Why? What does he talk about?"
"Weli-er-hs's always talking about
how intelligent he js."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31
Room for L OTIS Of Presents

Room for Lots Of Presents,
II wish could be a laundress," said
little Dorothy.
"You would have to work very, very
hard, my child" observed her mother.
''But just think, mamma, of all the
stockings / could hang up"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-31

pom the term "ye~l II 1t another
ear has ccna IS relatively unimpor-
ant. The stress is to be laid not on
he quantity but on the quality Of
mes life. al that an earnest soul
an do is to live each day of the new
ear by itself. as it comes in its turn.
rying. if so it may De- to put a
aonth's effort in one day, and a days
tctory into a single hour The time
short, and it remaineth that all
Sho know Christ and partake Of his
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14
IN DEFENSE OF eoMpERs.
Executive Council Says He Hasn't Prom
ised to Deliver Labor Vote.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE executive
council of the American Federation Of
Labor, after protracted session al
Washington Saturday, unanimously
adopted the report of the labor repre-.
sentation committee calling. ION the
workers Of our country to stand faith.
fully by our friends, oppose and defeat
our enemies, whether they be candidates
for president. Congress or other offices
whether executive. legislative or iudic'
ial.p IL recommends that another appeal
be issued to secure the election OF men
favorable to securing the justice, rights
and equality before the law to which
the toilers are entitled, and 10 defeat
such candidates who are indifferent OF
hostile to such legislative relief"
1--WE shall in the future" says the re.
port, "as we have in the past, shape
our course upon a nonpartisan basis. We
have Judged and propose to Judge can
didates for any Office upon their records
and attitude and not because of their
political party affiliations The report
points out the failure of Congress TO
enact prolabor legislation and recounts
the sending Of organizers into Speaker
CaHnon's district and to other congress
sional districts carrying out the policy
OF the American labor movement 1t
says number of conspicuous labor OPP
ponents in both houses of Congress have
been defeated for denomination through
labor.
The attitude of the council toward
Mr.. Gompers' position in tine campaign il
expressed in the report as follows: 1--WE
desire to refute here the aspersions cast
upon the executive council, and partic-
ularly one of its members, President
Gompers. that II is our purpose or his
to dictate to the working people of our
country how they should cast their
votes in the coming elections, nor has
anyone PROMISED the vote Of the work
ing people to any particular party. We
have constantly, strongly, clearly and
emphatically, as it was our duty, pre-
scented the situation in which the people
of the country find themselves, the de-
mands which labor has made upon both
political parties as to necessary action
which they should take, the treatment
that they have received and have APP
pealed TO the judgment and patriotism
of The working people and the friends
of labor throughout the country, since
both political parties have spoken, to
make their choice as their conscience
may dictate. We have so conducted and
propose to so conduct our course that
the labor movement shall remain as free
and independent from political partisan
domination as 1t has ever been in its
history"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14
Have Battle With a Case of
Eggs
HURLING AT EACH OTHER
When the Fight Ceased, the Tired Com.
batants Loked Like an Italian
Sunset--A Tale from
Indiana.

Evansville, Ind. Sept. ll--Judge
Ninfrey found 1t necessary to impose a
fine OF $50 and jail sentence OF sixty
days on Fred Gebhardt, grocer OF No.
1900 Virginia street, who had been ar
raigned before him. A bottle OF wills.
key, case OF eggs, Fred Gebhardt and
his good wife got badly mixed. Patrol.
man Hughes found the mixture in Geb.
hardt's grocery. lie says it looked and
smelled like an enormous rum omelette.
The first ingredients in the egg hodge.
podge were the whiskey and Gebhardt.
The mixing was superintendent by Geb-
hardt himself. At this stage OF the
game the idea OF an omelette had not
occurred 10 Gebhardt. 1t was later, when
heated by good whiskey and taunts from
his good wife that the beautiful scheme
with the sahnghai berries occurred to
him. When the conception came TO him
he FASTENED, like true artist, to put il
into concrete form.
Mrs. Gcbhardt was standing behind
the counter OF the grocery store. She
noticed that her husbands movements
were slow and inaccurate. She told him
he was "soused."
II was then that the poetical idea Of
human omelette entered Gebhard'ts
brain. He turned TO a case OF eggs aud
began hurting them at Mrs. Gebhardt.
Mrs. Gebhardt retaliated with hen
fruit from another case and in less than
minute counters, glass cases. walls,
windows and floor were covered with
frothy whites and streaky yellows Mr..
and Mrs. Gebhardt were unrecognizable
under their coatings d poultry product.
Since some OF the eggs were not fresh,
the smell accommodating them was akin
to a clearinghouse odor.
The fight ended with l2.inch she'll in
the shape Of a watermelon.
Mrs. Gebhardt ran from the store. The
battle sends Gebhardt TO Jail for sixty
days. For his board the people Of Evans.
vile pay S24.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14
INTERNAL MACHINE
SENT TO GOV. FORT
Vigilance of Postal Smployes Doubtless
Prevented Assassination.

Sea Grit, N. j.. Sept. 14.--An at
tempt to assassinate Governor Fort of
New Jersey has been thwarted BY the
watchfuness Of postofiice employees,
who discovered an Internal machine ad
dressed TO the governor in the mails.
The package vas cleverly eontriv.
ed combination of powder, bullets and
matches. who had been so arranged that
on~ANg ii ID the ordinary way would
lSNe caused an explosion. Had 1t been
received by the governor and hurrdly
opened without any suspicion Of what
it contained there is little doubt it
would have killed him.
That the death-dealing package was
intercepted before it had reached its
destination was due TO the vigilance of
the postal officials. who have scanned
the governors mail with unusual care
since the executives recent crusade
against violation of the law at Atlantic
City.
Several days ago when a package of
somewhat unusual shape was found to
bear insufficient postage it was taken
by clerk to one of the inspectors.
Exercising the greatest care, the in
spector and his assistants removed the
wrappings from the package to find
their worst fears were confirmed. 1t
Was real internal machine, crude, but
so cleverly constructed that It was
capable of doing tremendous damage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14
BRYAN 1rvADEs SOUTH.
Talks to Farmers and Workingmen of
Three States

Cumberland, Nd, Sept. 14.-'Farmers
and workingmen from three states
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Mary
land, were addressed by William },
Bryan Saturday.
The first speech was in the afternoon
TO the farmers and the second princi-
pally to laboring men, largely miners.
In both instances the Democratic
candidate reiterated his views concern
ing Mr.. Taft and his attitude toward
the Republican platform.
The afternoon speech was made under
the blazing sun, whose rays beat pitt
lessly down on the heads of the speak
or and the great crowd which stood in
the city hall plaza to hear him. A wom-
an, directly in front of the platform,
was overcome by the heat. Mr.. Bryan,
observing her illness, suspended his re-
marks and waited until she had been
taken away before resuming.
The largest gathering was when the
Democratic candidate. in talking to the
laboring men, pointed out what the
Denver convention had done for them IN
promising remedial legislation affect
Ing the laboring mans status. His re-
marks were roundly cheered.
Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by Demo
cratic National Chairman John i. Nc
Graw of West Virginia, former Cover
,or Jennings Of Florida, Secretary Rose
and the correspondents who have been
accompanying him on his several jour
news left here at $40 o'clock last night
for Deer Park where they will be the
eeusts until Sunday night Of Mr.. Nc
Draw. There Mr.. Bryan is expected to
meet Henry Gassaway Davis, former
Democratic candidate for vice president
with whom it is presumed, MIR. Bryan
will confer on political topics.
Mr.. Bryan will not permit himself to
be drawn into any personal discussion
with William r. Hearst In connection
with the latter's statement made in At
lanta last night and again today that
Mr.. Bryan had asked the support OF
Mr.. Hearst in 1912.
"There Is nothing to say" said Mr..
BRYAN TO the Associated Press repre-
sontatiyes, except that the statement
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14
SAFETY valus For vs.uviu..

An Italian scientist proposes to sup
ply a safety valve for yesuyius by
boring a tunnel In the base Of the
mountain and letting the lava escape
into the sea. His idea IS to bore the
tunnel while the crater is in a state Of
coma, and he believes that when the
volcano becomes active such chan
mel would be sufficient to carry away
the lava. His whole proposal. however.
IS not to let the lava escape altogether,
but to run It into molds and make 1t
into blocks for use In the streets and
quays of Naples. In all probability his
scheme wiz die natural death.-Pop-
ular Mechanics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-14

years old. In the south he is looked
upon as the successor OF the late Hen
ry w. Grady both as an editor and an
orator. For years he was one OF the
most popular lecturers on the Chau-
tauqua circuit, and number OF his lee
lures as well as other works have been
published in book form.
Mr.. Graves was graduated from the
University of Georgia in 1875 and went
into Journalism. In 1887 he founded
the Atlanta Journal and later was ed
itor OF the Rome Tribune. Before re-
moving to New York TO become an ed
itorial writer on the New York Ameri-
can Mr.. Graves represented the south
at many banquets Of national impor-
lance in the large cities OF the nation.
Until the present campaign he has
been a Democrat and was presiden-
tial elector from Florida in 1884 and
from Georgia In 1885.