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wae eter oe ees THE SEATTLE STAR her re tativeg bgard Botping ot BY BAL . \4 "By the police that one wee BEVERY APTRERNOCO ! UNDAY | | Merrritt has @ righ contratto | TRLEY volwe and of the Belles of the | » ¥ enter oem 8 =e of Chamber of Commerce Called to) sng ined ‘sen on ‘v Foam a New Field---Line of Steamships May fiesoutstiin « — —— Bo Established From This City | Hoberts TRUSTS musT KOT 1h ail on —_— ib this week « { ywrOrTLe COMPETITION erg ee theator t aya that the tou Plans are now being disquased by! American ox en |erow Hobby for determining w her @ avod i is the object for which a number of the more prominent ox«| That th C1 ndid chances! one-act ee Doctor's As te organtaed t has for tte purpose the throttling of + oe" lof making money there t# unquems|ptetant,” te making @ decided. th net © ‘ If h ite purp »* porting Orme of this olty for (he @® | Honable The Knatiah, Prer 6nd Among epeokaite PP prey = competition the Tndiand man says the law should come down upon t® |ianishment of « line of frat-claws ne ha the ‘present time|ing are Carroll Pompei @ Pare truat maker ang e Gown hard + [atoamshipa to ply between Henttle nopoly Nownan # Hryce, Juanita La Net A few men who think like Congressman Crumpacker would — so0n ] and northeastern Chine and Siberian ae 4. been Jin dod drive @ nail as long as a handepike in the coffin of the Northern Becurt An mcs oy ggteene Bn gg to re) eek - are eiven every day at and 8:2 “ t ‘avor of Boa 1p. ties Company, the merger covporation which Jim Hill haa formed to ab of the rich trade that | munication tp-| ’ juvenile Entertain sord the Great Northern and Northern Pactte ratiroads, The Beourt- monopolized by the | ping not} ertainment , ‘ Frefich and Germana ore} fhe Juventio Bntertainment Chub tiee Company i@ @ tranaportations trust pure and simple and a trust of > i * yew oP! will give the Art of @ series Of on the most dangerous class, looked at from Congreseman Crumpackers for Beatti that| tertalnments at Christensen's hall, point of view ‘ of of N ured in dwn It the Areade building this ev of new a n arranged at no great distance A’ #hiendid prom Infortally market more than roe tse ete, haw tf the char ted Interviews with different members of The following from Congreseman Crum- The Star yesterday pr congress on the trust question packer’s Interview js worth reprinting and doubly worth reading again Pa sesh be PRG I have no difeulty In discriminating between good end bad trusts a ta ried Bas ne might say nearly all of Combinations, A combination which amounts to & conspiracy to sup- 2 oo al merchant, | ticle nufactured tn tiie coneey ‘BROTHERS preas competition is a bed thing, and ought to be stopped, Corporation® | un witle, their s | are creatures of IAW. They have oply the powere given them py law, sibility, and with auch pregent WILL AGREE THE TIME FOR LAW TO INTRRVENB AND PUT ON A CURB, 18 that by, the oy prefer : “ whemenrlyrlg on eranic VE BEEN Com. now contem plat © will tote Wako aeredt chee WHEN TWO OR MORS CORPORATIONS WHICH HAVE 2 ~ te | Within the « be th} mun with all an and PRTING, SERK TO FORM A TRUST OR COMBINATION FOR TH » peattion SnoMntaa porte PURPOSE OF RLIMINATING COMPETITION, That should be the | a territory The Rursian voluntear feat id’ eniecs the! por touchstone, Corporations are not, or should not be, authorised fer such in 4 = eure fern age: By purpowe. * leary to | way) and carryin to this the ne A CORPORATION WHOSE CHIBF PURPOSE I8 THE ARBORP TION AS TRUSTEE OF SEVERAL COMPETING CORPORATIONS UGHT TO RE DISSOLVED, The government ought to have the right % and negotintions | matntain a regul now under At} not touch at K er of | Japanese Nip et will by Onekta Bpotsen Kaiseha maintain an 9 dissolve It, Competition is necessary for the best interests of bust- ened ¢ o tuare. . teaeeaver nese and of society in general ents of th ah nore centrally lo Oncol’ t the gaint this trade ne ty ‘ Sanborn « n irregular Th te sesential to the largest measure of individual liberty; and the iberty of the individual and his happiness la the paramount purpose of all taw, It i@ more important even than busines: @hich te nothing In and of itselé < While there are stfit many an than any commercial enterprise hoying restrictions place! on foreien leriaken in Pacent yours sally but surety Mr. A. L Sgourttane recently or- | be and the country rived in this country from a » and It te a surprise to ommerctalism residence In Manchuria and astern! me that more Amertean capital haw H Siberia, has provided much valuable | not been invested ed administrator data upon which local merchantsare| {f the predictions of thone Inte basing thetr Amgrenaion Tn @ letter, & copy of which has been received in this ofty, he has proposed commerce! | ested in this project prove the Manchurian and Siberia wilt assume ¢uch proportions that within @ pertod of five years it will reese preferred by Walt hia brother rday The decay of manners in this day, #0 much bemoaned, may, after alt, be but a part of the process of social evolution, The individual and Mm. jtvidual traite are losing identity in the mass this may of the country and wi “quel of exeeed all of the other ox STREET LIGHTING In the old days, when strangers were rare met with, friends were | Commercial advantages an concerns] port trade from this port } at eotlng of the city cou teen but seldom, and visite were rare and formal affaira involving | Seo — — soggy | lant om horseback of that tinborate preparations and frequently coach, it was quite natural that more fuss should be made, ore elaborage hospitality should be extended, that terneos with Mra Hardenbergh at te ber home on Fifteenth mue. Mies Margaret Boyd will be the d cotews of a dancing party to be giv. | should be sald and done, and that they should be sald and done in a — Dhan y § on at her home on Wednesday even: | than now vcer way , When we momentarily bump inte one another on tog the sireets or in great bulldings, may talk with one another at any he Haller Dancing club has rade | time by telephone or telegraph or fast mati, may take visite at easy Wire ene tank ie BM 8, 4 etal In fre long journeys to furnish street Ligh tng the year 1908. more nice th Pro! convenience in comfortable cars and are forced to look upon Jeb building, om the water | Monday’ ama rhea at Renke Hap tereourse not as rare, costly and grandly formal, but rather as over- <= conmmmecsioneieemet ‘The ferry will legye Beattie at 7 3. wate isesone pa evenings. § Prt- returning from West seattle after Judge Wiehard A. Ballenger re-| the perty Every effort ie being turned yesterday from Washingtos, | madd (o make this one of the moat where he has been for sama (0Yable afters over given in Weat as the representative of the| fy!" King County Bar Assoot on. The purpose of his visit was to secure, f possible, favorable action by gream on the federal judiciary bill, framed by Senator Turner. vit oe for a dancing party to be) The bill provides for redistricting held tomerrow evening in the Ar-| the United States and creating six cade tbutidin more cireuits in the federa: purte. Mre Engelbrecht will entertain her The states of Washington, Ideho und friends tonight at her home, 29 | Montana and the territory of Alaska) Nineteenth avenue north. are grouped im @ circull by them-| The Bcandinavian club give « roult judee given to| dance New Year's night in Chriaten-| each of the joe named ecn’é hal! Dalisager. care there te nol The Hl. and B. chub meet toniget! elthood of the bill being passed at| with Mr and Mra G. E. Headley, 208 thie seasion of congress fo * | Harvard avenue. wmihat the Lig trast statehned ang| Rainier lodge, No. 286, of the Fra- ternal ¥ hood, will give lance at Carpenter's hall on New Ag | Year's eve. from 3Se te THEATRICAL |i. ‘ j Pe de i» - * ¢ dom, reduced from 1% cuUnry Laer done Times have changed, and customs and manners necessarily have changed with them. Some old customs still linger under conditions that render them meaningless, New courtesies have been born that we do not as yet fully ees Relchert Bros, Pianog 110 Hon, — Nincteenth Century club wit) PS, real cetate 0 Union meet Priday. Jan. 2, with Mise Reob- | —————___ orta Frye, at her home, 620 Pike street. Prof. Christensen has lasued in- Tt t» common to hear women complain of the men whe does not keep his hat off when they ride in the elevator, The man’s hat is very largely regarded as the barometer of his courtesy. But It Is easy to mivtake meaningless custom for good manners. Man is not required by latter day common sense to show his re- spect for woman by contracting a cold through uncovered head In a drafty elevator, If he 4 no better ns of showing respect than that, his respect te of little vatue. And it might be well for the exacting woman who Insists that » man's hat le Ptended only to be held in the hand in her presence, re- gardiess of circumstances, to inqulie of herself tf she always removes her own hat, even In theaters and other public places indoors, when it obstructs the view and mers the pleasure of others ‘The woman who robs some man of the best part of the enjoyment of am entertainment by keeping om bee hat when she might remove ft without the least discomfort to herself, should not complain too strongly that the man i¢ wanting in wurtesy if he faite to and with his own hat off in dangerous drafts, just to show respect for her. She might ask herself if she is justly entities to the demands shall be so promiscuously shown. It must be gen ed that oo far as the bat is concermed, the men have the best of It A Great deal of the extravagant form of courtesy that stilt tinger might very well be dispensed with and replaced by more little unos. tentatious acta of thoughtful kindness It te to be wished there were more people who enter a shop door with @ courteous eye on the one who follows, and less who regard doors as made only for their own ure. It te to be wished that more men and women might give more e900 ALARM CLOCKS q 700 INTERMITTENT ALARM S—Ring on and off 15 minutes and make « pry vat! yeu racket aterm — he ue weerenn WABHING MA. HINES— Heduced ROTARY Chinge— duced to. each 7 war RACKS Extension 10 Pine— to, each WASHING he spared bet ston The bil has, favorabie consite however, met with | Lior In comenit- doubt, be pass. pect that ahe ally conced- “O, Promise Mo," “Brows October ‘The Tinkers’ Chorus.” end) corer . r videnoe at the Thurs j rare I from Gay matines at Uy pate. trem 300 th ....980 Per ANVILS—40 pounde Reduces from $5.78 to. 3.83 CHAIR . ATe—16 inch— Fack 4 from 180 to TUBULAR LANTERNG— H. MacDonald Durden, Josephine and the original Pri Te Fer Janitors and others whe require Counter or Floor Brushes or we would su Took the solendd values’ we offering—remember the 331-3 3 per cent. dis- count we are giving. ft be onter- ~~ 4 “Pickings from Puck” a watch will be held to await the| Miss Regina Merritt, the contreito coming of the new year in the “Plekings From Puck” com- ‘The Hachelor Giri club give a pany is the young womaa who dur- dane perty tonight at the Lin. | ing her last visit to Seattle with the | ooln, it promises to be a delightful Murray @ Mack py wae atric’ affair oi Jen with smatipe She was taken Kainlor chapter, Daughters of the|to the peat house where she PLUG CUT American Revolutic met this af- ed for severa weeks. reeks. during whiet whieh AGES” Eats te the beck 60 ry v7 y.9 Seema, “eee cur pries, per pound nN \s hought and care to the right of others in = and crowded jaces, Tm meet cance it matters lees ochat he doce with his hat than B. Frothingham, will al) appear in pee the fine new production of “Hobin Tl Three or four Veurrens— It matters little what one’s manners maybe who can have consider. Mr. and Mra, John W. Godwin lett! ‘The a poe a ate regard for other people's comfort. on extended visit tiegs and costumes used in the fe QUALITY HAIR lhe gone about fwo oF three weeks. |uaed at the Grand. the dinten- ai} the fine compliments ever uttered tm full dress. 1 ie tone Be Po cor te, ; ote from $1.00 to.. 67 Modern mammers are the little courtesies of every day. aw’ Be a Robt. sions permitting the entire prodwe- | MANDLED NO: iday Afternoon club at ite next regu. clothes and to be put away In set with them, Jiar_ meeting Jan. 3. at the home of V—oooooOoOoOCOC i tm a bad box. Captain Burchell hae him confined fn a crate usually atilised as a receptacle for the ship's biscuits. This should settle the un- pa Panchen ‘The Dun report that the cost of living ls 1 per cent. cheaper in this | i w ova feet 2 his shou! ders. pag Fy: ae ah. am |Ngod™ promieed for Thureday afvet- | Rech, reduced fram 81.89 te Kind words spoken when in everyday clothes are worth more than They expect to /cent New York revival onm ait be/ ba sy PS | Lindsay will entertein the Satur- (tion being utilieed ‘They are no longer something to be put on only with one’s best Reduced from 300 to .... 200 {ites Lindsay, 113 Fifteenth avenue Ah Foo, the insane cook of the British ship Oweenee, seems to be fortunate chink’s claim to being well bred. country now than ft wae a your ago, might be better appreciated If it appeared in the grocer's and butcher's bills, Instead of in statiation. ee “OUR iT FLOUR— ’ m 1.05 FLICKINGER'S “GANNED FRUITS rhe oan , 2e LIQUOR DEPT PURE RAVE on BOURBON Ape a Mer capiFonnia See Wwite® 1.00 oronfo PORT WinE— CLEARANCE OYS’ CLOTHING ‘Tomorrow We Begin Ours Semi-Annual rance Sale 104 and 106 rst Ave., Bet. Yesler and Washing- ton Street. Tel., Main 16a DON’T MISS THE REMOVAL SALE Our time here ts getting short in three weeka, Kk is too large—we would rather give our custom- ers the of prices that are & sacrifice to us than take suoh a big ia almont dishes without ing some of them broken. We have out the prices in every department which with the alreafly prices make i nO one can we “LAMPS Lamp with 10-inoh tted with No. 3 Du- plex burner and chimn: ular value 32.00, now Decorated Lamps with Hobe, fitted with lnohester burner, removabie oll fount, old bronee trim- fogular value now Decorated Lamp, with 10-tnoh hade, hus No, # burner and chimney, regular value Fak now aan Bnaneied Metal Lamps, hean- tifully finished in brass and vopper, with 10-ineh decorated lobe, hae No. 2 Rochoster ner, regular val NOW ee ae oe We have taken a very large line of boys’ 50c Trousers, heavy weight, retn- forced seams and handsome colorings, thisty tive caps TROUSERS 39G thirty-five Decorate, globe Dustness Dept Matu 1064 ‘ ' ! unm L chorus. LJ has many frigada in joattla, "The company wil beat — ne ae os MamAgen the Third Avenue theater all week - | Mt Downing | orrieny | “The Gladiator” will be prosented | and stands 6 fee FRED Extra Cars buyers to Hillman City; 600 sold in man, owner, at once, warm office on and less. “Where are paramount.” HOLM sooo Dining prices are (he lowest quoted tn the dought clsewhero, ix-foot ‘Table, solidiy built and well fin- ished. Five heavy legs. Regular Price $15.00. Special price Solid Oak Extension G.LHOLMES PFURNITL Our handsome phaeton will by toy wz day Win inven and Liquors ri i an Prompt meme Ton Voor Writ- ten Guarantee. ee Full Sot and Fit Guaranteed wine, 22k ‘ ii that stay in Hinge that stay | . ube Buction” Adhesive rm aah ee fat. e ‘ racted Free, without and replaced with new onen th the wanes Lf Lady attendant always prea- pen “year written guarantee. No students, but We are making a Be sure to consult us ‘about this Righ-< lass work, 12 to 20 years’ and bridge worl ractice. J, Brown's Dental Fae ay January Ist we commence A Closing Out Sale Odds and ends tn Stiver Pt Tableware and many other ticles In which our pr r Stock has been reduced ueh the heavy holiday trade we have been favored with. HOUGHTON & HUNTER'S Jewelers Tat Ave. Successors to W. W. Houghton. NOTICE TO BTOCK HOLDERS, Seattle, Wash. Deo, 15th, 1908. ‘The annual meeting of the stook- holders of the Great Bxogisior Min- ing Of Battie, will be held in sin Pa building, Seattle, Inonday, Junnwry Th, HREE-P golden finish. drawers, the top one with full swell front. an oval French bevel edge 20x24, quartered oak veneering. Our Price $18.50 Second Ave., Madison and Spring Sts. Great Excitement at HILLMAN CITY cheap, close-in lots in Chicago in early days and are now wealthy men. You can do the same in Seattle by buying now in Hillman City at $36 up. Terms, $5 down and 8 cents per week. Don't wait longer if you expect to have something in your Take car on Washington street, fare 6 cents. CALMER’S MID-WINTER Clearance Sale IS NOW ON RICES and descriptions will be published later, but the early comer gets the best selection, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Furs at COST CALMER 1330 SECOND AVENUE SPECIAL SALE OF . Furniture Everything for the Dining-room at 10 to 6 per cent. off this week. Important news, when it is remembered that the Holmes regular Choose among 103 Sideboards and Buffets, 300 Dining Chairs, 160 Mxtension Tables, 16 China Cabinets and pay much less than if -ov ay Me, Dur Goods are the best at reasonable BRUNNER & Co. PAINLESS DENTISTRY § *m."p.tuer | 1908, at 2 o'olock p, m., for the pur pose of slecting o acting ot erty com ALAND. CAMERON, Beoretary and Manager (he Beattie 1"! Temple Association BEDROOM SUI IFCE BEDROOM SUIT, made of solid oak in a Dresser has shaped top with three full Sized The mirror js 3ed is 4ft. 6in, wide The top panel of head board is of selected t high. ERICK & NELSON Complete Kousefurnishers WATER wooo RENT Auction Sale AIR sonsnine § Sowelery} | week to carry the large crowds of i -& 20 days. Wise people bought so oy Our entire stock, cons end | of Diamond tohes, Jew aire) ry of ail kinds, Cut Glass Solid offer Merling Stive the ' Bee Hill- ere Gliver Pir close Cutlery, Stiver N veltion Psy es, Field and Opera ¢ Spectacles, Eyegianses everything appertaiaing te firat-class jewelry basiness be offered without reserve te the highest bidder. Hillman City. $ Renton car line > = C2) 83 s All Dental work at of Ba Ul January 1, 108. Today I had a tooth bridge, 12 Ley ity style and quality Gold Crowns and Bridge Full Set of Tecth Gold Fillings, The Sitver Pili ALL WOR! Guaranteed Houre FURNITURE No charge for ‘raction when teeth are ed. All work done by dentists of 12 to ct perience; a 5 department. We i n advance cacy work will cost ma nation. Give usa call, will find we do exactly as advertise— Room Northwest for good furniture. SET OF TEETH . GOLD FILLING GOLD CROWN ... SILVER FILLING . New York Dental Pal ; ee: 614 First Avenue, Seattle (Pioneer Squarejere ” 8u oure-—@ te 0 Sur ndaye 6:00 8 ‘| rison street. Portland. a RE toosn ‘CO ven away January let, Pure’ oO t preparation us, We don't mislead our ee reenin 4 the pain instantly, and we treat and fill the scormfort to No charge for etegction. when teeth are 502 Pike St. Ky Tel. Main 1080. tried specialis ment. Exami Silver Piitin Pure Gold Fillings Gold Crowns, 28k... hy ‘Work, per t tent Pearl Pial cover roof of mou! ee specialists of from 'y of gold crewn Lady attendants. ee BOSTON DENTAL Sundays, ti and trane ir eoaene that may prop before the stockholders Ben wetary. ii Manufacturing Jeweler MB Hinckley Bleck, Third Fleer for the pur thon of Une Roar? of 000 PA. RUST