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if Pn emer entry enn ert n m THE SEATTLE STAR _ STAR PUBLISHING CO. 1907-1209 Seventh Ave. EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, PHONES | it IND, 441, These are exchanges, and connect with all de partmente—ask fer department or name of person you want, BALLARD STAR AGRNOY—201 Balard Av BVERETT STAR AGENCY terre! Bros. or twenty tive Wunset, Ballard 206 2106 Nockototion Avy, Sunset 1008, 4 per month. Dee per week. ree coples. Entered at the Postoftion at Beattie, Washington, aa second-clase matter, pires le oo ar dubecription m the list A change The date when your subscriptior When that a « your wame is taken fr & Feowipt SURSCHIBERS bel of each p deen paid im the address labs ay SURSCRIBRMS—anould your covy of The star “fall to react inet, Main 1080 Ind 441, Retwoen § and t veloc, and. once, pleare ti phone us every & copy at once If you should mise it more U Hime you mine tt im this way Wwe cam be certain of giving eur subseribere @ perfect service pd 1k le the only way. exercem HONEST MEN OR GRAFTERS? For years the affairs of King county in all of its branches have been controlled by a gang of selfish politicians, a condi tion made possible by the indifference of the voters to what they havebeen pleased to look upon as the minor offices, while they have devoted all of their thought and attention to what appeared to them to be the most important offices. We have shouted ourselves red in the face for McKinley and Roosevelt and for and Parker, vorites might have been, and have permitted these grafting e+ their of the ticket Bryan whichever our fa county office seekers and office holders to pl names upon the ballots and to ge through with the heac Year after year the same men have held these offices, shift ing from one to anetirer. They are up there in the court house yet, tee Srefttes, the Agnews, the Rutherfords Abrahams and all tire rest of them. Only when they grow tliéy retire and allow some one of their own choosing to succeed! them And they sointe of tem: But tli¢ir day seems to be fast approaching its end 48 an atrhosphere throughout the county misfortune for them. that there has been a strange hand in their pockets for these many years. have grasped it and looked into the face founda composite of the gang It’s a bad gang and one that must be put out of business. With the aid of the direct primary this can be done Do the voters want honest men in their employ? Or do they prefer the grafters? Commune with yourself and answer this on primary clec tion day grow wealthy with remarkable rapidity There today that portends/ The people are awakening to the fact The Star has helped to identify this hand of its owner up on Profanity hill THINGS ARE LOOKING UP When the state of Georgia puts a stop to the wicked prac tice of selling convicts for $156 per head per annum, as is now wealthy do} Wel and have} Kt STAR ERI STAR DUST BY JOSH A_Word From Josh Wise. The woman wrinkled her brow ol all in a bit of I've bin an’ 90 for ‘tw by, Puta me he sald clothes to Bvorybodyn 'Tain't always pay wine t atiok toa thing, There's fly paper, fer instance sp amon te’. Different Viewpoints Sald Sho always enjoy ing a man with a history Said He-—"l don't, My office t It's Unanimo Unele Joe Os Joe, ways he, “Tm tred of politics | Since the feeling ie mutual as it ean be We hope bis tiredneas sticks A Slight Jolt Unete It will cont Young Moastem all of ten thousand @ year to liv Mins Caustique—"Don't you th auch a Waste of 9 sinful? Untike Most of Us, fellow He's a qu Aw to how Actually seoma to hate to t useless things with his money Louisville Courter Journat, No Prospects. Sympathetic Little Boy awfully tired of keeping aren't you, mother? Mother’ Yes, dear Hut there tant even much use tin dying nl at aven, is there’ Cause you'd have a man }sion on your hands then.”—Life. You're} house, | ple of wanting things so much being able to afford them.--N York Presa. of the money lies of getting fool's} the) rich In the soofness parting with his next fool's hope auick.—Puck DOUGLAS DOES NOT WANT . BOSTON, July 24.—-Former G Racing With Death. Wma Let jas will not be husband will be all right} man of t democratic nat sald an English doctor to a committee, according to a whose hasband Was dan-)ment given out by him at his se werously |mer home today I have | “What do you mean? demanded | nothing officially about my nai the wife. “You told me 'e couldn't! betng mentioned for the chatrm: live a fortnight.” ship,” said Douglas Well, 'm going to cure event I could not accept the px after all,” said the doctor tion you are glad?” ‘ ever.” Your now woman him, Surely ‘MOST ANYTHING Bury your tr “ jin the number of female puyils *_* * lechvol What ts an ichthyologiat? One lth id who studies Mah pound. it keeps South Americal oat of the market What are you going to do abe promised, a vile blot will have been wiped from the national “ee “ne map. “Chickens come home to roost,” “Order « longer dining room te 7 . , is a saying old and trite ble, | guess.” —Judge Of course, the good people of Georgia, who realize the in-| pat the chickens that get) stole a} eee justice of such trade in unfortunate or mistaken human beings, Stay away from home all right.| Umpire Fitesimmens forfeited ba | ee @ } Southern league game recently be] My mid wht ¢ ‘ ‘hie . " t y midalr horror ts over. have a fight on their hands. The wicked system nets the state) «apissseg are they which are por eo a player weartg tan sboes| The runaway balloon has lended about $200,000 per year and there are politicians who are feat} see — for sightoousnens sake; | failed to change them fast enongh Mr. Flote ripped a seam in the aes 3; Vien: too, ie ‘ “ }for theirs ia the kingdom of heavy} ~ balloon with his kelfe and was; to see this income vanish. Then the convict labor system |.) “arate ys 10. “A man told me thie morsings | throwing ont ballast, eo we would has made handsome profits for hight) respectable business men} a looked the Image of you? | 4't it the ground too sudden like of Georgia, whose nice feelings have not prevented them from jreferee another fight after the| the life out of him contracting for the muscle, sweat and blood of caged unfortu | Moran Attell go on Labor day, Jett Too late. | killed him.” | 1 gure we are 400 miles from = ad Ne wi out a struggle, | DAM et been « big success as an ar *-e whore we started.” he said, “but fates. They are not to give up this business without a an Ble. piter Witte sttendiug:- religions eervicen| You'll get home all right One of these wholesale blood merchants bought his- “goods 2 ee at Lisbon in 1484, Columbus met) The balloon bounced along clone | from the state for $136 per head and retailed it at $570 per! Bago ng ape ge egy omer | —— Ragen coe nln Moye bed the ground and right info the prot jcavalter, and married her own head. It comes as a severe jolt to have such a percentage of jabty Srnont by ® parasite closely c " y° Mr. Flote said It was necessary “ resembling that which produces fe for him to so he went over profit taken from his hands E malaria Population of earth ie 1,474,729, | board when the basket was 30 fect Things are looking up, in the world. Who knows, maybe ine 0 from the ground hy a Md 4 .| . “Beapegoat™ comes from the goat ee That lightened it and | went up some day Delaware will abandon the whipping post, maybe the} m6 jewten high priest led into the] Gan Prancioce ts betag. stendth | susie with it New York cop, after stealing the “dago’s” peanuts, will sot | seat and jet loose, after con | rebuilt ; 7\ The next thing | knew the bag ‘ 4 nick . " : “ fenaing the sins of the people over! owe | was snagged on the steeple of the i Thao “ arrest him for complaining, Obio penitentiary officials will re-|i¢ | Whe ts J. S. Sherman? | Second Haptiat church and the fire “THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAO frain from hanging convicts up by the thumbs, San Francisco = ss | ee department had to get me out of! +> Gey we OUT OF THE CAR.”| one was Injured in Saratogs, “You are all ran down,” the phy: | the car | and Los Angeles will give Prisoners enough jail space to lie], 3 July 4 Recause of endoree-\cheinn ant. “t aavies pee to an 4 yg oe EE IE Pa SN RR ENE down at night; King county's sheriff will feed his prison- eee of # recently passed law pro Passassa Springs to recuperate. “Queen of the Azure Blue” all orte* . oeunn . i ‘ing sale or use of firecrackers “That is limposstble,” ered | right, although it wae by secident ers properly newspaper cub reporters won't write “funny | 4, pyrotechales, land i felt like a heroine— H stories” about police court tragedies, and—well, maybe Roose- see | } velt will release Col. Stewart from his desert exile All over the world there has the hotel at down within three blocks) ‘Things are looking. op: Congressman Jones aie a Speech today before the King Coun- ty Republican club. He had a lot of nerve to do it after the experi @ace of his senatorial opponent There is something in being vice president banks is hobnobbing with a real live prince, land. And he’s making good, too. after all. Mv. Fair the future King of Eng- Admiral Rojestvensky for the repose of hia soul were prema Mr. Roosevelt has ©, Kd the Taft aenigions © speech, and Willie will deliver it when the time arrives: $500 Reward For any case of aicohotians cannot cure in from 3 to & J. B. BRISBOIS Glebe Motel Cor, First Ay sad Mate st. Private Office, Ind. tttt he is not dead, and that the masses e. And he says knows. CAM _AND $7.50 A MONTH AUTIPUL, Onty a Few lett BOND & RBALTY ANY, DOWNING, HOPKINS & “RYER, Inc. BROKERS. Stock, Bonds, Grain. Private Wires 104-205-208 Alasks Bidg Margins Kavanagh Co., Inc, Mine Operators we, Beth Phones 9 c proven and wil “Gus Brown” ss Summer Suits at Half Price $10.00 Suits for ......... $ 5.00 $15.00 Suits for $ 7.50 $20.00 Suits for . $10.00 $25.00 Suits for $12.50 Any Panama Hat in Stock . $5.00 Reductions on All Light Weight Underwear dim Jeffries says he will never "Where ts the fool? ll th been, since 1890, "a decided increase , Springs BAA H. L. KLEIN ‘The Best Shoe Repairing tn the City While You Wait 217 JAMES GY. There alive feeling charge. ARNOLD VIBRATION CO, 339-40 Arcade Annex. Advance Showing of Men’s Fall Suits lenge the admiration of the most discriminating—the workmanship and mate: has. made our state-wide reputation as a thoroughly satis- factory Men’s Outfitting Headquarters. Novelties in “Bradbury System” clothing are comopie- of sterling meet are well representuat. dewe endl o little af « tome fur awything swlucted, » sa 1332-90 6ACOM AYR, ! =" “eattle's Rellabte to admit book There's nothing thet cures peo THE CHAIRMANSHIP. heard Hut tu any as [am out of polities for-| FICTION Mothers; nurse the baby at rege ee. ‘ tar interval i Venice i* built on 80 leleta, con “ee / nected by 400 bridges Heart dincase kills 124.9 persons eae oat of every 100,000. Remember, reader, there ts post “ee tively no “tomorrow The hody contains enough salt to 8 supply the family for a month, Chile ts the unhealthioat utry} oo 9 on earth, Death rate ie 32.2 per| The moon never - approaches 1.000 of poputation cloner to the earth than 221,620 eo ¢ Miles import duty ob beef is 2 cents « ee “Three of my girls are tn love” Passexsa | 5 oontentnennennntntetettmemeneinmmenmmeendl Call Tomorrow And be relieved of that dead ie ne The beauty of the new designs and fabrics will chal- is attain that high standard which uous ameng the new arvivals—ether well-heewn maheg Gur LikoralCredit-Plin will bu found by mony a+ great seimtance im the buying wl the ow autfit—writhost * autre chore Jou may open an account and pay » litle t+ EASTERN OUTFITTING €0., Ine. ivi bat 1908. OUTBORST 0 OF EVERETT TRUE ONCLE EV. WASN'T SKIN ME SINCE / was A 41D, AND UP HE GUESSES WH + AM HES a DANDY / DAY, iw hoy me ink pay mae ew ov am me an vat DIANA’S DIARY Doesnt Pate Through! BY F. W. SCHAEFER.” tm) put | t it give you the palsy? | ; The End a | Children’s Eyes [Should receive careful attentio | while growing. We give special at tention to children's eye troubles, | and invite you to bring them In“to us for examination. Schuchard Op} “| theal Co,, 1207 Second ay tes | { while you can, SheesurOnfords In tan and black Look at the quality and compare | FREDLUND, HORN This of the departments All Gloves 4 Off She Fabrice Gloves at We Fabric at Gloves $1.00 Sik Gloves at $1 25 Sik Gloves at $) 0 Long Silk Glove ) Long Silk Gloy $1.00 Kid Gloves at $1.50 Kid Gloves at $2.00 Kid Gloves Kid Gloves $1.00 Long Kid Glov Ribhors Alt | pega spent. 27c 30c 75¢ 94c ae ‘50 75c “$1.13 1,50 $2.83 Miss Ollipickies Takes a Fancy to Ballooning, and, Oh, My, What She The McCarthy Store is ordered out of business, and everything is sold now at 25 cents off on every dollar. Is the Economy Center of Seattle The Best Place in which to do your Saturday shopping. You cannot h coming out dollars ahead if you buy the goods you need at this sale. Look down the list given below, and remember that these are only a affected. tons, Spool Silks—everything Every yard, plain and fancy, is included it the cut prica — Al widths ahd shades. Ne Ribbons 1 Ihe Bibbogw 1 at elite ey BP 19¢ bcm 1 : at avassrrenees ees tic be mi 2% ramped ered | ot dhe thoes 21% 8 3 Collar aud Cort Sets Bic # SUTCLIFFE BAXTER, Reed Bor theeMct _TRAPPED — BY STUART 8. BTONE 1 hinr,” 1 growleg # The «irl was deliciously eharm: | be 1 am in & tempos ing an whe atood by the ald, swing: | #hoot ing gate with the great cotth of Iw © all the ” yellow hair flapping about her face | pered th You oa in the wind—-but | wouldn't have | your ho and ride awe stopped for just that. There we would 4 hat plies frown on her goddesmlike brow and | doenn't understand, m relvang & look of pain in her very blue eyes he pres that struck me,gAnd it was thepwith } vt and t otaed a charm and the pain together thatPettered and unencum had #@ pulling up by cob Nicode Y ing me mus ad drawing him over to! time red, an 6 al where the girl stood mute by the | ~—————— nate in there any way I can help?” 1] anked | For answer the maid of molan choly charm laughed outright, | Jaughed giggly, hysterteally, uncom trollably, never-endingly I was much offended. “Madam,” | 1 paid, chillingly, “1 bid you good day. May your merriment never be lens. | elueked to Nicodemus and rode awey very red | Oh, sa I turned girl was all sabgin nity now, meek as an old Salem Puritan. “Are you #& book agent?” she asked, demurely | No,” 1 snapped. Selling Nehtning rods, maybe, whe wi dd For goodness’ sake 1 began Mend umbrellas?” she hinted arehly I made ready for withering sar casm—then jumped from my horse when the girl wineed as with great pain, seeming to*ch: back einai et What is the matter,” 1 de-| professor-appearing old manded tered nearer She said n& # word, but gritted You,” she answe her teeth, while the blue eyes fair. he doesn’t Ike my ret a | ly pleaded.. I looked around fool What's your namef 7 tshly and perceived a little sted rmanded chain running from beneath the Dofis—Doris Kent,” dotthd fluffy skirt. Further look- | the girl é ing about disclosed tron grippers Doris,” I whispered, *% about @ tan-stockinged ankle adorable, delicious Doris, if A trap!” I exclaimed. don't introduce me to your What wonderful intuition!” she! ble parent veofted bally old trap and howl How in blazes did you get in|a Jerusalem hyena! “— the thing?” I asked Doris pouted “No, 10" ae She did some more frightful wine : ing and I bent to the task of rescue. And then something somewhere clteked and the girl stodd’free. The murred. “T will,” T reiterated, ¥ “So belp me Jupiter Ply Vil bite him on the leg ae sirt was free as the air, the sky| “No,” faltered Doris, “you gand the hirds combined; but the| The pottering man stowk, srippers had caught mé firmly|as. “Dorks,” he quavered, Salas about the right ankie. “who—who—" : Well, Vil be ———" I began; but |. I bowed profoundly, while the girl checked me announced | -“sh she commanded, “my) “Mr.” father is coming.” 1 Ralph Ciitton, * - prompted, ee Ie Alen it use 2015 ~ _— ©THE WHOLESALE yp — a DOWN-TOWN STORE | 9913-1015 FIRST AVENUE | UP-TOWN STORE PUNE ST. sme WESTLAKE AVE, ances ores, Sue-sTATION Wee some ‘your IMO. 2015 WHAT COULD BE ¢ SPARKLING, UNFERM Fremont Grape Satisfies the most exacting. Try a quart bottle for . Pint bottle for Half pint bottle for . LER AND NICER THAN A TED GRAPE JUICE? Juice © If You Perspire Eversweet destroys perspiration odors. Per jar Free sample for the asking. The Quaker Drug Comp ——406 PIKE ST, Twe Stores 1013-15 FIRST Al coe eeeeenene 2 of Your Mo Take advantage of the opport Every thing reduced one-fourth—Spool Goods and prices talk—read on: iSe Knit Underwear a splendid ea at highest class Bed 25e Knit Underwear | pose from, and ho at 19c who have an eye to the fi bc Knit Underwear will surely take adv at 27c opportunity to save opefourtt Oc Knit Underwear 38 the price * c $1.15 Bed Blankets at Katt Underwear 59c at $4.00 Bed Blankets $1.8 Knit Underwear 5 Bed Blankets serv Knit Underwear $1.13 i” i ar 8 Women’s Neckwear All |: Off | 8.5 va Bienkees All the mmer styles ar th at , , " cluded tr took, It's right in | ¢7 50 Hed ets the season now, but the price ; iniformly reduced one-fourth $8.00 Bed Biankets 8 Bow at ae Colints fe 25c Women's and Men's # Ye Jabot with ul, lace edge 38c | ' and Cuff Sets ' 75¢ ~ 91.00 Gella Hand at rthy Dry Goods Cov @