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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Joint Fisheries Bill


Word was received in this city
yesterday from authoritative sources
that the oregon.Washington joint
conference FISH bill, passed the Wash
ington Senate yesterday morning
without a solitary negative vote, and
was made the special order Of busi-
ness before the House at 1880
o'clock this morning, II is also said
that State Fish Warden Fl, c. Me
Allister will be in this city tomor-
row on business connected with his
department, but it is not known
whether he is coming down in the
fisheries launch astoria" or on the
noon train Those close to the Mas
ter Warden declare that he is sorely
disappointed at the text and terms Of
the supreme court decision in the
Chris Nielsen case, at Washington,
though he hopes that this and all
other recent decisions and legal pro.
visions will result in the diminution
Of the irregularities and annoyances
that have marked the FISH industry
and department regulations, for such
time, at least as may be required to
secure joint action by both States for
uniform and equitable legislation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
In Probate Court

a petition was filed In probate
court yesterday by Nettie Alice Love
asking for letters Of administration
on The estate Of the late A. ]. Meek.
who died alone on his ranch out on
the Lewis and Clark on December 8,
She Is an only sister, the only heir.
and the deceased left no will. She
was made the administrators. The
estate Il valued at about 5000, r.
Wilkinson. John Larson and Charles
Brown were appointed appraisers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Moneys Paid Out

City Treasurer Dealey paid out the
sum Of s6S75.60 on general fund war.
rants yesterday, and he still has
about 5000 In both the general and
special fund, ON which calls have
been issued and the interest conse.
quer'ly stopped lie Is anxious 70
have the owners Of the warrants FOR
this 5000 TO present them, 80 that he
may set his accounts cleared.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
In Circuit Court.

The following matters we're passed
upon in circuit court yesterday; Daisy
NJ, Mecarty W. Edward l., Mccarty,
demurrer overruled, defendant de.
clined TO plead, and therefore default.
ed H. NJ. Grant ct al vs.. Jos. Nit,
chell, q al, order for publication Of
summons; J. II McRinzie vs.. ETA
Mae McKinzie. order amending com.
plant; c, 7 Hubbard vs., I. A, Da.
Wis. on trial; Lourretta Broadwell vs.
William Broadweil, referred to c. T.,
Runyon; Blanch Stanton vs., Albert
N Stanton, decree Of divorce.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
The Fifty.sixth Storm

Storm signals were ordered up
Yesterday morning al 7 o'clock,
heralding another sou'westcr, and Ii
arrived all right and spent itself IN
windless dclugcs about every IS min
utes during The day and night Ac-
cording 10 one sensitive observer, Ii
was The s6th storm of the winter sea-
son, that II, SINCE the 9th Of Decem
Der when the FIRST gale Of the season
ushercd IN the long and dubious list,
and Il Is d pretty fair calculation,
since there has not been one clear
24-hour stretch of clear weather here
SINCE that date.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
REALTY TRANSFERS

Fred R Moore and wife and r
Lawier and wife to John Gerritse,
lets p and %, block Q, Mulkey's adj
dition to Ocean Beach; $40.
A H Wilson and wife to Walter J
Falconer, lots 7 and 8, block 7, Brad
bury's first addition to Ocean Grove;
$500.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The above is the name Of Ger
man chemical which is one Of the
many valuable ingredients Of Foley's
Kidney Remedy. Hexamethylenete-
tramine is recognized BY medical text
books and authorities as a uric acid
solvent and antiseptic for the urine,
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy as
soon as you notice any irregularities,
and avoid a serious malaiy, T, f,
Laurie. Owl Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Bah and Social.

A grand ball and basket social will
be given in Lower Grange hall at
Gray's River Saturday evening, Feb.
9th. Steamer Wenona viii leave
Lurlinc dock at 2 p. m. Fare Soc
round trip, Music win be furnished
BY the Columbia Orchestra. Every
body invited. 49,,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Many A, Funeral

The funeral Of the late Ludwig
Hartwig yesterday morning was
largely attended, and there were
about 90 members Of the Masonic
fraternity present, Services were held
at the Presbyterian church, by The
Rev w S. Gilbert, and the services
at the grave were held By the Ma
sons. Burial was Ia Greenwood,
For over quarter Of century Mr..
Hartwig had been tyler Of the
Masonic lodge Ia this city
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Farewell Reception

The members Of the congregation
Of the Presbyterian church are cor
daily invited 10 reception 10 be
given AZ 8 o'clock Thursday evening
for Mr., Bryce, who Is leaving for
Portland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Died OF Hsmorrhage

Bertha Margartt Fannon, daughter
ci Mrs. Sophia l'annon. died at her
mothers home, l74 Ninth street last
evening from tiemorrhage, The De-
ceased was n years of age and had
lived In Astoria almost All her fife,
and was loved and respected BY ali
that knew her No arrangements for
the funeral have YET been made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
TRSE TALES OF THE TOWN
Hlllsboro Lawyer Here

George Eaeley, an attorney Of
ilillsboro, was In the city yesterday
on legal business. He appeared for
one Of the parties Ii the divorce ease
Of Rlanch Stanton Va. Albert N.
Stanton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
New Boys, Suits

Herman Wise has just received the
first installment Of Spring suits for
boys, age 3 to l6, which he selected
while East. aas
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25

FTSHBoAT AND ENGINE WITH
net. all in frst-class condition, for
sale cheap. address, Fisherman
care Astorian, .n.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
Married..

Eli u. Foster and Agnes D. Court,
both Of Jewell. were married on
Tuesday, ii the manse Of the PFesby.
terian church, Rev VIM, S, Gilbert
officiating, Their home viii be at
Jewell
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25

Plenty Of smelt, spare ribs and ten
derloins every day al Braden-Adams
Meat Market See ad, page 4 ~
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-25
THREE MONTHS TRIAL OFFER

Our Special Offer, All Tsn to one
Address. Just a. Above for only 81.
April lst Deiineator win Increase ta
DOUBLE IT'S PRESENT SIZE
AND VALUE. You can add Il ID
the above combination for ONLY
50 cents for six months or 500 for
thirteen months.
OFFER MUST ME- ACCEPTED
AT ONCE FOR cASEF-WTLE
NOT BE CHARGED.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-12
A VICIOUS AMENDMENT.

the Douthi bin amending
the approval
of
heads of departments viii be efficiency
discipline
the head
in
selection of departments departments
in
they be removed and better
themselves TO engage all subornate employees
the
GOOD ana 1t VIII destroy efficiency n public
This amendment passes prove aminis
ton 1t is vicious principle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-12
THE ..BEER TRUST. -

THE "BEER TRUST"
local liquor dealer quoted saying
United States backing liquor
which they the sale
~ nor this Territory which fact made certain Evidently
mainland
that the Beer Trust has it's hands full at home
this affairs Indiana 1t seems
Temperance people local
Indiana Republican having been
put
fall the impression that the Democrats would give them what they
asked in exchan uh
rnbn organization of their
included all the saloonkeepers their employees and those
handling
Republicans lined the combination
Republican would Immediately Statewide Pro-
part their the
Republican would bottle workers
Union barender and others out of employment
dinety dealers organization also like
an Republicans.
liquor dealers completely successful They elected the Democratic
Governor and Legislature and there as here they proclaimed that the
Everything they rubbing
Temperance people the
to their horror that enough Democrats were with
peranee sentiment all their
dofh of the
Republicans support
Of the Local Option law being being wiped out the
Beer trust now on its knees before the Legislature which it created
seeking something from the wreck They even willing accept
will the saloons existence within the
State They willing swallow provision
siang absolute
In meantim what he Temperance doing
of the New York Evening Post describes the situation
League making hay County
of
making
modifying the that their
s rapidly they
county voted under the new law Prior its enactment
townships
dry Fortar county without saloons Over 100000 the
2600D00 live
Statewide Prohibition by 1912
1T figures the
a
making within
Prohibition
a a
sswibe
r people.
followers
Prohibition valley
do
for in the recent camp
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-12
MAKE RARR1cApEs UNLAWFUL.

Sheldons amending antigmbng law is designed
police gambling raiding
successful
Gambling
public
Their
reducing him the paths industry fidelity
recall individual gambling
Gambling houses equally Immediately efficient
public
public officials public
There should
Gambling is both and
There need be tender scup about invading buildings
existence barbados imaginable
something
larieade evidence of guilt.
of
gambling should be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-12

Inc hndng R.
'ea' as 1t u.s. clears
years ago The slopes
up
t1hef one h ease of uneyman
De ms
ii'ni oaAt ' . couple OF later a matter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
Critic Winters Honorable
Discharge.

of great interest to all newspaper men, and the facts
behind Wiles quit should have been noted by all read
ers of newspapers.
''Willie," gray-haired man beyond the seventies is
about the oldest and abest of the critics theatrical mat
ter and had been with the Tribune years He roasted
some plays that he thought indecent and he got
letter from the Irbunes managers to the effect that
willie policy of roasting theaters advertising in the
Tribune to STOP The manager who directly notified
"Wie'' said he didn't know whether or not there was
justification for the campaign against ndecency Anyhow
willie hot stuff running alongside theaer adver-
tsements in the Sunday edition. and the heaters ddn
like it.
The matter is interesting to the newspaper boys be-
cause, thank God! the vast majority of them can't be
bribed and public demonstration by of them of the
fact that principle is higher and dearer than busness
reasons" is like cooling shower in hot August.
The matter is interesting to newspaper readers because
the New York Tribune has been great newspaper Mighty
its influence before and during the rebellion and dur
ing the reconstruction period after that war; Horace
Greeley almost nodded the national government with it,
Its mighty championship of principle regardless of party
almost swept all parties off their feet It's circulation
tremendous its advertising patronage enormous.
But its editors went into politics. Its management went
into the policy of squechng unpaid thought in behalf of
paid reading matter ads And today about ALL regu-
lar dividends perhaps that left of that grand old
ture Of principle and usefulness Horace Geeeys bronze
statue sitting at the doors of the Tribune building gazing
out upon City Hall square
When willie Winter quit for telling the truth and
passed by that bronze ey of moral strength and fearless
principle he should have taken off his hat shaken hands,
honest hand with another and sad ''We dead
in the counting inside there, Horace but what we
did lives eterna throughout the profession and through
out the land!''
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

But these objections popularity
terfy robes going
this II could
sitting they declare.
The other things tghttting jersey
waists with help
the
fort of the adpose she the wearing
hat
Don't Fret Sit Down in Jerseys.
Style showers this concession to their most substantial
had to be madethey getting the
jersey with its vounou skirt Just nice
tube gowns for with adjustable hips
They will III nice those who
while they
But to get back to hats Size size and
Wings wonderful birds
and feathers nestled those darker tones Wings
flaring chantceer
yards to the hat will vie with the downier kind.
The coors aeoplane tnts the the
rhubarb the chandeliers that
yelows the
ARREST extraction from the blues is called ether
Here's Hat Get John Buy II.
One of the showiest
Its broad brim lined with pink the whole
birds of paradise foundation of pink silk.
The balloon
they have wide bms The makers complain that
cant find their hands when they working inside the bullying
crowns Beaver
Even the new shoes will have Mercury effect They lace up half
where flying bow wings the feet nstep
they button.
Very high, rich
tne oner veys and there you have the fall styles Seah
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
HE'S MEXICO'S "DOC''
BLUE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. mo,
this Is not DR.. Rupert Blue of the
government service; the terror to
the rats throughout the United
States and the official who keeps
the germs of cholera and bubonic
plague under control in this coun-
try.
This Ia Don Senior Emilio Meyer
OF the City of Mexico, and, In his
own country. he Ia just as much
dreaded by the rodent population
as Is DR.. Blue In this country, and
while both men are In the public
service Of their respective coun-
tries, the difference between them
is this:
DR.. Blue pursues the rats for his
health and the health of his fellow
countrymen, while Don Senior
Emilio Meyer engages in the
chase of the long tail that his ma
tive population may be furnished
with amusement.
Don Sehor Emilio Meyer is the
official rat catcher for the govern.
ment rat pits in the City OF Mex.
leo. He Is on his first visit to the
United States.
For a number of years Don
Senior Emilio has been the official
timekeeper Of the rat killing con-
tests conducted under government
supervision at the City of Mexico.
Recently he was awarded the con-
cession for supplying the rats to
be used In the pits and he is paid
10 cents apiece for good, healthy,
active specimens.
Don Emilio expected to be able
to contract for monthly supply
from this city. and was willing to
pay local rat catchers we'll for
their work. but he had not heard
OF the vigorous campaign conduct
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
UP; UP IN A BALLOON GIRLS,
THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE GOING

Up in balloon That's where
fall
Or perchance there will be preference for aeoplane
good The aeroplane
those who incline to the lesser parachute be
Like the handle
downward smiling happily out from the dearest little umbrella
shapes not quite a yard long
Yes it's to be flying This high
than the balloons and aeopanes medium
take suspend a
paradise other varieties butterfly
gain. =
Can see II Not Talk Through
Very high, broad rich
they drop something big down
through portfolio of headship
geese headed velvet
to show aeronaus that flying lake
demonstrated.
Very RICH good the
ever came echo the saeswomen
folds OF cloth that
wonder OF wonders spread out into the full
Certainly the saleswomen right The
rarest thing that will
~
OF it beautiful that u.s. after slpon
look like the black suarish thing
up n But flash Of trained hands
pair Of wings
Don't Worry, Won't BE style Down.
However husbands cicise
their
ous also they would
makes them shive just to think Of
butterfly. 0r' O
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

about the boowworm in good humol
found buried in the works of Bill
Nye. This joke l extend, thus
First Bookworm-What vacant
look you have! Second Bookworm
No wonder, I've been eating q
blank book.
SIS that all you can do with it?'
sneered the editor.
Not quite" answered the yum
merist. Next l take it from an
other angle-make an angleworm,
as it were, of the boowworm. l have
bookworm do all sorts of plausi-
BILE things: build himself a dark.
room in photograph album, and
do cabinet tricks; have him re-
nounce vegetarianism and attack a
calf binding; have him travel
through the atlas until he finds the
north pole; have him evince must
cal tastes and linger over his note
book. Then, again, l portray him
as making a doughnut by biting a
hole In a cookbook, or as being
easily found in the city directory,
or as great on dates because he
has crammed himself with history,
or as a blockhead because he was
reared in logbook, or as cutup
who has broken the rules in a
ledger. or as tipsy because he has
swallowed too much Punch, or as
romantic from devouring novels,
and leaving home for Three
Weeks; or as reading between the
line in the telephone directory; or
as a bore to great authors; or as
having punctured all the high tariff
arguments In the Congressional
Record: or-or-well, I believe that
exhausts the bookworm subject.
VIII l dor"
mo, you WON'T" said the editor,
carefully Jerking the lever which
operated the Climax Pest Ejector.
you omitted the one about the
bookworm coming out of scrap
book with . black eye."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

find everything worth while Gov
cred.
Funny thing" he continued
putting viciously at a short, very
black cigar. while his beady eyes
snapped ominously, nearly all
the fool inquiries are by old mar.
ried folks who ought to know the
answers from their own expert
ence. For that reason l am going
to call my plan the Everett True
Home and Fireside Correspondence
College
IF l am to be logged in to show
the whole country how to run it's
dod-gasted domestic affairs I re-
serve the right to do 1t at long dis
tance."
So there!
Watch for Everett True's CORE
spondencs college.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

Charlie Taft Is also a golfer. A
chip off the old club. as 1t were..
Steam roller ran wild into a
Gotham trolley car. 1t should have
had a competent chauffeur at the
wheel, like Hitchcock. al
They're trying to extend siInpli-
fled spelling to eliminate the un-
necessary "a" from certain words.
An example: "Dedhed."
Gen. Weyler wants to tackle the
Moors Nobody had dared hope his
retribution would overtake him In
that form.
The American Bar association
was unable to agree whether cor
respondence schools Of law were Of
value. But whoever expected law
yers to agree on anything?
Yonkers, N. Y.-Man broke botl
his thigh bones by mere muscula,
contraction. Yonkers seems to be
crowding Winsted, Conn.,, for thu
queer happenings belt.
Abe Erlanger visited John D
Abe probably felt pretty small II
the presence Of the real thing ir
trust making.
Hartman says no picks his exec
utives by the shapes Of their heads
Ed knows beans. all right.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

Every once in a while 1t looks
as If Mexico will have an up-Reyes.
ing.
The other day Teddy hunted alb
sOlutely alone. 1t must have been
a very cloudy day, unfit for camera
work.
Soon you'll see the dull-eyed boy
with the shining morning face
creeping to school.
Cranberry crop threatened by
katydids. Tush, tush! If the katy
dds find the cranberry succulent
it's more than anyone else ever
did.
New York woman routed a bur-
glar with her cologne bottle. The
evil-doer must have scented
trouble and fled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
THE EXTENSIBLE HUMORIST

"Have you place for humor-
ist?" asked the somber-looking
young man with thin hair and dark
rings around his arbs.
The editor looked up from his
mucilage pot.
"We have a place for a humor-
ist," he said in even tones, "but l
will omit directing you to it-un-
less, perchance, you get me riled."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
The limit has been reached.

The limit has been reached.
Everett True, the Spokane nui-
sance buster. has earned the penal
ty of fame. but he kicks at the
penalty. He just won't stand for 1t.
Stand for what?
Being besieged by q horde Of in
reviewers, sighseers and curiosity
bores.
He has slammed the lid upon
levees. No more .ievees. Nix.
His time is too valuable.
The next time any human
jeliyfish wants to know what to do
in any plain case" said Everett
True. "let him untwine himself
from penny and drop it into the
hands of the nearest newsboy and
get a paper containing my AN
swers to the Anguished." They'll
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
Make These Brutes Pay
In Full.

enough proposes to put the deserter in prison for not
more than year and make him pay to the deserted so
cents day from his earnings as a convict.
This will be well enough provided that so cents repre-
sents his entire earnings per diem
The theory that convics should not be turned loose with
nothing very beautiful general proposition based
mercy and humaneness but there at least two sorts
of brutes whom mercful theories don't reach We refer
to and the contemplate wretches who desert
their little children Lock up either of these sorts and
the chances to that the innocent wives and chill
dren suffer the most, mentally and physically.
If anything at all be got out of the deserter of fam
y get it ALL Certain it is that the convict who deserves
to be turned loose to diet of uncut grass the fellow
who has away and left his little children to
for all he cares.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

The young man looked around for
= chair. There was none, SO he
squared himself and continued:
II am an extensible humorist."
fon mean ostensible?" said the
editor. Idly impaling roach with
his scissors.
No. murmured the young man.
q could hardly call it that. / can
best explain with an example,"
nats going sum. ha, hat
ceerflsd the editor. But his harsh
hu9Ater had no echo
Pardon me, have mot started
~ rcplied the youth. wanly. Il
oentopsfrate6. For instance.
ssko = bookworm toks--say the one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
MOST ANYTHING

Sometimes q man who's a
brick had better place his hopes
for tn hereafter In bein' q fire
brick"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

ed by DR.. Blue during the Dfecent
bubonic scare. and when advised
that rats were scarcer here than
crocodiles he seemed greatly dis
appointed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
CHE COMPLIED

kfistress--Did you neglect to
scale those fish?
cook--No, mum. Three pounds
and IL ounces, exactly. mum.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

The news dispatches re-
Gently carried information
to the effect that "Willie"
Winter had quit the New
York Tribune. The item
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

First public the shah Of Persia Immediately
after the Ahmed his vizier
walked the window the palace Theran received
cheers of the crowds below This photograph this
country, coming by of tnople Ind Paris.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01

The American Bar as
ISOLATION, in its attempt to
offer something in the way
of a cure for desertion of
c.l "a g
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-01
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