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Member of the U Mahed dally by ting Oo, i In one of his last message H Roosevelt said | “The great corporations are : ness of purpose and wr to ¢ i country.” Ro has made it unwise to flourish under the try the great « at Proms. The Sine Publish= Fooling the People If the people don’t want to be robbed as never before time for them to get busy with their repr Daylight STEALING OF PUBLIC DOMAINS did not ssevelt regime and the Ballinger racket wrporations have lecided to try to legalize the robbe and FOOL THE PEOPLE. The game is to make the pe WISE AND OTHERWISE, |rather carry water on both shoul ——— ee te jh jders than take « bath it is alge gal tay BE } Roapect the faculty that forma January 15, 1909-—-President t Marcus Aurelius. | hy judgment Any good thing in the burlesque “Yop. The backer must be one,” | Cleveland Leader acting with foresight, single rs of the rol the water powe Falling in love, like going in debt means & bard score ie after ward York Proes to wet New ne T term, thus far Ss ng Taft's Ef profanity did any real good,’ said Uncle Eben, “you could man age o mule jes’ by gettin’ a poll par rot.”-Washington Star ple believe that the states can They are slaves who dare not be sely and patriotically than can : run the public domain more wi tee dais with tod oe taren the federal government Lowen hae thot 'e og gpa aged : . Ht whie ae wild, an . | ; Senator Smoot of Utah is pushing a bill which would Mian Critique."T'm surprised to] PP @’ eed citizenship.” to the states all water power sites now in esgeles fy ; hear of yout ongagome ttoa ary 1 want the quiet soctety of the} g 1 ¢ Smoot scheme is to take property that belongs to goods clerk! thought you would] home That is, the Smoot a sae 2 argc vin high Aut often I @ debuting society,” | all of us and turn it over to the mercy of the gangs ow! anc Misa Shopleigh—"Oh, but Gedtge | sald the older | } , h he wre he Southern Pacific was irresistible. I found him at | ruled by the Guggenheims, the Morgans, the > slaides | counting Chica , Da - Russia cooupies nearly one-sixth | political cabal and their ilk * lof the globe. In the house, Representative Smith of Calitort has a ES ssiceesiuaie cmnedidicieies ik tae - a mapeote tothe wantnneté! ae . 1 we the « st nted Why do you spank our dear|a “¢ netration by noe as ; similar bill, while I ght, of the a hildren? . t od by the soctalists In Borlir Femi her vous bye ne ans of te Cnied Se THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD |! tine nz rm eyo fout ¢ to a fortune telle t keep dog bis to condemnation under state laws get Re S AN rR He | Che mf ae sian : ightod lage The purpose of these measures is clear IT IS ROBBERY : Sst S , pee Ie a te cay amanity from feders! regulation and THE CASE OF “COMPOUND” PEPPER | m0 ware that God ne'er dooms to ae eye q t » custod , ; t ned ——-— waste the strength He dares im eat ‘om here, wir | it control, the putting into the custody of Gugg | ie tie part. Browning T ‘ ded aa , 1 sous re r ° won . regerdec corporation bought legislatures property of ¢ is f € ss ¢ y nied a y years ner od ono ' “i Site of the whole nation. | WASHINGTON, D. ©, April 2 agr tre. X (quarreling)——"And what | value and necessity which belongs to people of m ©" ture has made public a bulletin telling the | would you be now if It hadn't been | o ion of the forests, the coal and the oil fields means that) Hanley & Kinsella Coffee & pen pat #, in United |for my money Jo One head is « for an Depiction of the lectric powér will be about all| States district court for Eastern Mixsourt } X. \ealmly)—"A bachelor, my | 1 1 se taynngaees the day is dawning when hydro a pow il a She sotaiienaloniseen ts egi pies tb ame ley Fre cag oe he ee SRS: . " xcople of this nation have. querque, N. M., @ can lab ane pound Pepp/. Packed by the tled for ¢ hate of my 10 the power people Degen cs teadest ahd th an < I d Co., Albuque , M.," which whe adulterated inthat | Tamptation gets in its fine works ("shters Are you against this thievery 0 tf ground frait stones and pepy shells had be xed with the pep | by your thinking it ten't-—New Butot progre li vou are, write your senators and ¢ Fe en tO] per so aa to inju ly affect its quality and strength lYork Prow parity) —W 4 ee nd 7432 and house bills 23586 and 11932 The company p d guilty and was fined $25 on each of two | . jowr 1 kill senate bills 5704 and 7432 and house bill "8 2 “| count Mabel, aged % taken to the! Collector Write today! Let your representatives see that tf Uney a0 C | pepe eer ~amcmnsnman [Dutcher shop tor the first times! Butche aS ee ~oing to do i 1] gazed in horror at the sawdust on | soln to & * 4 i »bers, they're not ing to do it and jens aa me cman id . The Artiess Answer [the floor. | “Fa” she whispers FOOL YOU. P * butcher dolls?"—Buffalo | .97, ah yout” asked ‘ = SE xpre the aunt, reproachfall ed as | AND WHO ARE 4 °°” : | ‘* | “I ‘spect it's cause I don't get “Too Honest for His Job, | Your row | The sunshine we spread along | things given to ine often enough for ~ . the way is “all store up for us| practice. wid Johnanic COMPANIONS! against. a rainy day—Plorida| Daughter—"But I don't intend to Maintaining “Clos ed of Him. PORTLAND, Ore, May and the ones who prettiest little schemes of th PORTLAND, ORE. litieal ring that now has o of this city Cox doesn't believe in ac bribes. He says: “t would rather retire from at the end of my term and BY FRED SCHAEFER The Mere Reader himself at the study of the stant Writer. “What is it this time?” aged the literary laborer. Drowning Person Clutching er. Is it the same straw each And, does he never clutch at cept when drowning? hat, or a plank, or a rope, sponge cake—or anything?” “By jingo, you have dug pretty question—a beaut,” mured Constant Writer, a n admiration in bis voice. How Police Chief of Port- land, Ore., Is Defying Ring That Rules City by meut. For Cox, in bis honesty, pe culiar from the viewpoint of the ‘politician and the parasite, the cor- a wide open devil-may-care ‘town, has upset some of the nicest, A. M. COX, CHIEF OF POLICE OF ed” Town Where “Wide or the wuiy Open” One Was Expect- 2—A Man too honest to hold his fob stand ie po ontral epting | office go to the poor house knowing that | was) pocneaihed looked per-| plexed when he again presented | corrected the Constant Writer, » Con encour: | | “This time it is this thing of a| assuredly at a Straw,” vouchsated the Mere Read-| man carefully paws over the ‘flot “Now, why does a ‘drowning | sam and ’ always ‘clutch at a straw tim: it ex And does he|the way, a never clutch at anything else his or a up @ mur. note of it has, however, always been regarded as! felt ashamed of his own stupidity. But He Holds It! ment got onto the pre AN Jcontinued his raids and the poll-| Hew do you kaos We Have No Restrictions. Times-Union ‘ yet I want to stu Absurd! The men will think less of you in the end f The of « Htth Washington | miss was attracted by the sparkle | over to the corporation taskmaster, | only Sos “cabs ctunin. for vimeenees of dew at early ne. "Maroma,” | if you know mueb." os" atatas tom tore, WOO gue ahe exclaimed, “it's Kétter'n 1| Davgbter—"Oh, now, mamma! bling aod the other evils that fol-| jthought was You always expect other men to be * What do you mean? ike papa Boston Transcript } Me ae neces Look bere, the grass ls all cov. | 1 that Cox would It was thought be a “good dog” and heed the crack | lered with perspiration.” -* Baptist Turn over a new jeaf—Middleton, | | Commonwealth | Stuyvesant-—“Like ae | most men, I Cox ‘efused. He did more He Ps > . ” a The Lady of the House—"T hope; have my faults. acted, te the face of erg Porn leon ere habiteatty. trethtul Bri.| Gladye—"Pertmps, but they are canery, petty graf eye bs * mat | get? #0 Insignificant that no girl would sebeming that have ro agg nd | The New Mald—“Yis, mam: Iam fea) justified tn marrying you to epeesent administration, ae foF | me own account. I only telle| reform you."—Smart Set j lowed out his ideas of what # po He closed * to th’ callers, fr th’ miseus. lice chief should be. ll ae Bh it Excess of wealth is cause of iw ill your Edison Phonograph play both Standard (two-minute) Records Amberol (four-minutey Records Think what it means to have Records that play twice as long as those you have long-enough waltz or two-step, a monologue that gets sore another verse of the songs you like, 4 where, Grand Opera rendered without cutting or hurrying 4 Without the Amberol attachment you are missing a | at, e and to bring this added pleasure to you { We offer attachment and ten Amberol Records at just about the price of attachment alone 1] Ge to a near-by Edison dealer and get the details of this liberal « Go at once while it is in elect These are special not be listed and which cannot be had except v attachment offer, They cover a wide range of ente and have been made by the Dealers have the hments and the Records. dealer near by, Amber country’ sforemost mus it $12.50 to So r) mg). Oo to $2.00 0 cords. . 7% ccessors to Talking Machine Johnston Co, Headquarters. Eilers Music Building D.S Third and University. Today’s Styles To: lay Why Credit Is Preferable Jecause it is so convenient! Because it costs no more than cash. Because it makes buying easy. Because it is a liberal assistance. Because it allows you to dress better. are never missed. no large expenditure is required. Because the easy payments Because Because you can always be well dressed. it is used b Because erybody. it is economical. Because Eastern Outfitting Ce; Inc. 1332-34 Second Avenue Near Union Street “‘Seattl the gambling dens with such regu i ecmnreee of wealth ts larity that the owners came to the : ; ava ’ | sad realization that tt wasn't for | Your wife is quite hospitable,” | : j the effect that the raids were jwald the friend He that dies pays old debts made. 1 don't = eae vo Shakespeare | e politicians | Cumrox. “Mother end the girls wa ea deeress teat” Gone oft. to be glad to see folks that dropped Bay, dad, what is hope?” asked Mat beet should be 1c jin offhand. Now they send out in-/ the youngster 4. cial head should be lopped off. But it didn’t fall The pretty which bad been ail eut fell through because #0 ed too much end the = Splitting openers tq take chance on making a Mush. ‘awered Buffalo Express. | ¥itations, and seem more tickled Kel jexrets than acceptances: Washington Star political acheme, and dried, HADN’T OPENED HIS MOUTH at did Roosevelt the Sphins? = ticlans continued their yella to the powers that be Cox is still on the We Fill Personal, Phone and Mail Orders. PHONES: Main 6921; Ind. 1089 ED” 4 Story.) for how job RHYMED HIS WAY OUT) “THEN IT HAPPEN OF JAIL | (Our Daity Dis RNIT ae ontinu May 2.—Vagrancy their belt | He will probably be fired betore a mas Brown tn jail and the tro or = ore rand s new chief | poetry got him out in ring inte is place, bat | ght "gat af en rake A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE have the ‘atistaction of knowing Sosiaemarmne ate kia Sel The modern merchant should primarily be a Servant of the People. oreo ral srtiaal he | Dieaded guilty and were By serving the Home-maker BETTER, with Better Merchandise at Lower mies to his friends srry 9 gh sag ha om lovey terms, and coupling with it INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL SERVICE of the HIGHEST ORDER and one of his yatitioal (rhenda pala of | TO,became real peeved and in. the VERY PROMPTEST DELIVERY, this organization has earned the title—“Seattle’s Poplar him Home-Furnishers.” guilty W. Smith w« Gaddie—“HIl tells me he's a pro-| "im to > moditate upon unulenin’ actor now” his sins tle exlating upon bread Ww d amusing bimsel to yer mother wai oc te d the cell, ‘Tom OF THE PEOPLE is a great boon. ; 3 Seeeiee Sat, 8 gentessionel $8 |e oat pre nT ona scaned. ott Make this YOUR store. Whether you desite a single article or a houseful, you are equally wel- owiven = a Yeu: and Hill ts only the tethoning Bree ry. ve come. SATISFACTION TO YOU is our slogan, and its carried out to the letter. foes ee a : ordered ¥ sleaned ‘5 Dying Plumber ld ee ; ia find I ain't bin able ; ister $39.50 Siri you that ece Bedroom Suite for wood seat wood sea rWwO CHAIRS ROCKER—Lare An attractive suite $18.50 Dresser for $9.75 $1 Now—$1 Weekly Finished in imitation quartered oak well made and strongly braced; and a most attractive price | Bar, restaurant, cigar stand and seven chair barber shop. Largest of the kind in the werld. $10 datly, 1418-15-17 ay. between Pike and Union | NOPKING & RYER, Ine | (etabiished 1698) | | | always clutches at must be quick as lightning to get around to be on} hand at all the drownings. I sus-| pect that when the truth is known, many 4 poor f goes to a ‘watery grave’ without the Inst sad consolation of clutching the pro- rbial straw, simply because some | llow {8 tardy about unclutching | ndsome ble Four Rack Fr hooks DOWNING, Hat oak, plated, BROKERS an vate Wires, 505-000 Alaska Bidg. “There'd be something in that,” who} had been for a moment a bit puz-| |zled himself, “but you forget Flot ses Kena 8 tl ress ke illus-¢ m and Jetsam. Isn't there al-| BROKERS | Be , ays ‘flotsam and jetsam’? Most Wallis & Lewis Co. § "°°": handsomely Well, that is where the! finished comes in. The drowning | imitation designed and NEW YORK STOCK | GRAIN AND PROVISIONS = | Private Wires | Main 7791. Ind. 2280 827-328 Bailey Bidg. straw in either Jetsam’ until he finds the | straw, and then he clutches at ft Believe me, the straw can be de pended upon absolutely, It is, by | twin brother of that; jother old reliable straw.” “And which one is that?” the Mere Reader in surprise. “Why, our friend Last Straw That Broke the Camel's Back,” giggled the Constant Writer. At which the Mere Reader really quartered oak or ash. Size of top 21x41; oval @ lustration ; fin Jo em a | DIANOG FOR RENT. Kohler & Chase 1318 Becond Av Tel. Main 1032 ind, 1032. French beveled mirror 16x26; swell top draw ers magazine drawer asked M.A.GOTTSTEIN: SLTWEEN In the Springtime, when all Nature casts aside its winter garb, the Home-Maker likewise reno- vates, changes and makes additions to the home. At such a time a store that is a REAL SERVANT sl Hat Rack for 75¢ and $12.75 Library Table for $7.50 $1 NOW—$1 WEEKLY Oak Library ‘Table, like il- glish and is made with wide shelf Tamate Grotte And Fa 1425 » This Is a Store Where SATISFACTION TO YOU ls the Main Considera- tion Co! URE PIK Prices and upon easier $8.50 Recker for $6.25 still honest, than retire wealthy sijujey's go> Sti T wat dc a | - $1 Now, $1 Weekly ‘ and know that | was a crook.” | puny . " | ay iigoet ‘KA ( * <> Faye E penny Following the last city election,| always keep you out of want—Tit- | 7)t*, mers went out, of xclaimed Virgil Wishington, #9 a> RN bl bs ’ PO = bone Ra , ie ; when the voters turned the city Hits 3 t rs ' sty shotgun. “ NX Ne \\ Cm oom Sui } ( § antially + faelleaattaltt edkenedia had wring ¢ 1 to ting ten how | | | similar tof ve et a ; rong - aentad ~ i ustration \ ary ‘ Ne aaa eS AS, oe, eee vat a ) '? IRON BED, pod " " a : ; . ? , ike illustrad 4 tol Caate wher | (The End.) oy74 ft,. 6 in. ang iar Prrases.) ker" tim tatat vine: a iw io} "A female Judas, 1 call Sem’ i Y white or green, sere pr oe cre Min ee tos + ian Mpee l“How now, girl Pretengp. #0 fy DRESSER at and back =~ tomary f i Fee eye pen like me, yet always tries (aekign cs Finished imi ce recy ait, ie hekear oar | my powder off.”—-Brooklyn Off jattoa Spe best graGe > h at a straw > my | en : cf ed oak; has Des “At the same time,” objected th J i : 7 Spanish mo Mare Reader: “the surface of th The Oriental Poo! R f f po yl sch roccoline leath- at Faget «fib ebay Ages ngage | 45-—-Poo! Tables—45 : Deveied eateree re ate rtanls . 4 eeable. And | ar T ’ ‘ENTER T —Finishe lon quarterea 0 © of top 24x2 ticular straw the drowning 26—Sole Tables—-26 CENTER TABLE—Finished imitation qua rea oak; siz f top ‘x24 chair and # excellent value. CARPETS se AT 39¢ YARD—Cotton pets—our Hook regular 65¢ quality—in be and floral ne ee AT ese YARD. Ww aoa ‘ 001 Ingrain Carp nickel lar 850 quality; avy kind, in tans, blues the very thi var dining room or ished early En and roomy of top is 24x42 ee? 22928220 48e@8%mwewe soeoaonen Geieuwnnu Ssegreerias¢