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| «© Why should we everlastingly “encourage capital” and _ @@ reform never THE SEATTLE STAR < Private Rxchange Main 9400 and Independent 441. “Bieber of Ghited Press. Pudiished Daily by The Star Publishing Co. Butered at Seattle, Wash. p: atten. Tall, out ity, 30 cents per month | Bix montha 70. Ome your, $4.38 if any failw e » OF Any attempt to subs tite fae! Wee tne wesire of the manage fall, and > Siar Cy r dell nother paper for The Seatt to secure the beat, servieg omplaint ven cour ‘and prompt attention fatten to arrive any ml et @ crolook Kindly phone | this oene ‘ones. Main 8400 of Ind. 441 x for the Cireulation Depart Stren a : .ue ponding combine and the banking trust are educating the people ors Bi fast these days in the fight against. the municipal car line, Every little movement like that enables to see clearly the looming him, a follower of Czar Cannon as long as Cannon was king, an advocate of ship subsidies who has re- ceived pay for legal service from the Shipping Trust ‘do you remember the picture of that Star a year or so ago?), a of great men, who his place by patronage pap—that’s Hum- "¢ the Northwest have a real judge—a —one in touch with the have to go to the little brother of the rich”? MEN in the Northwest? friends want a ists in the two con- In 1905, 1906 and the first half of 1907 there was a that transformed 750 square miles of farming territory 35 miles of New York City Hall into town or suburban Miles and miles of streets and sidewalks were put in was reg all over the territory. came panic and the collapse of the land boom. it begging. Many of the speculators “went broke.” else happened. Thousands of idle or half- to the soil. They be; to buy or lease lots, to plant and to cultivate them. They jipes and so t indulged in the novel luxury irrigation. red, for they fed not but contributed to the feeding of millions. farmers,” who “came to scoff, remained to found farming and poultry-raising on little near the great city a freer, better and higher- than working in stores or factories. gardeners and poultry-raisers juced right under the nose of Father cent over last year’s product. working for themselves from which nobody too! “p- ew York not be duplicated in the neighbor- the land? Why should it not be Why don’t we open the land to the a chance to enjoy finer, cleaner, surer ~ leave labor to suffer or find its own way in the dark? If the average business house had as much trouble firing in- ‘Sompetent, dishonest or lazy employes as the people have get- ting rid of the same sort of officials, everybody would go back to the farm and hoe corn. There are a lot of fool, weak chinned near-husbands hang- around, with a loose lip and fishy eye, endeavoring to af- with an affinity, but if they get caught at it the affinity NEWS of today is forgotten tomorrow; a publicity fight for a need- les. o © 90 PASADENA man kills himself after quarreling with his wife for 47 years. Bet he was trying all the time to get in the last word { o oO © IN PARIS they give prominent men a year in prison for making a profit out of the seduction of 10-year-old girls. ‘would probably give them 18 months, anyhow. o oOo © GIRLS who read of the fate of the Chicago mald who was shot be- cause she wouldn't elope, have a new, perfectly good reason to give an frate dad when he overtakes them and their true loves hiking it across BS || Considerate Treatment WILL GET YOU A HOME WITHOUT RENT $200 per lot, 15 minutes from city hall. You have paid $10 rent monthly for the past ten years, or $1,200 good money, and noth- ing to show for it. A’ the First National you are assured of a kindly consideration of your requests, even if it is not practicable to grant them. Buy now and this office will help you build. David P. Eastman 505 Lowman Bidg. THE First National Bank Ovganized 1882 Pioneer Square, Seattle Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits. Guarantees the best service at the lowest cost to move, pack, ship or store furniture and pianos at— Beki Cedar 414, East 414. MADISON At 12th If we had that sort, we | The Desk Sorgeant--How did the policeman come to get yout The Burglar-—Case of overconti dence. 1 didn’t think there was a copper on the force that suffered from insomnia. FOOLISH QUESTION Vhat's the name of that plumber I had Inst week?" “ ‘Bil,’ 1 reekon.”-—Atlanta Con- stitution OUR EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE “Now you know you're all wrong about that.” “Oh, you; if you say so, | reckon I'm all wrong all right.“—-Chicago Tribune. ALL ACTRESSES He—The groom always locks like a foot during the coremony. She—How about the bride? He--Ob, the bride, being a wo- man, is able to dissemble—Hoston Transcript. A DILEMMA Hokue—Why don’t you try to get a job? Pokus—Employers prefer to hire married men. Hokus—Theu why dost you get married? Pokus—A girl won't marry a fel-) low unless he has a job.—-New York! Tribune, | PLAYING SAFE “Did You make up the Hat of the 20 groatest women that the od- itor asked you to prepare?” “Not on your life! Bat I've told at least a hundred women that they| were sure of a piace on It."--Cleve- land Plain Deal “See Raatus,” sald the now arrival at the hotel, “do you mean to tell me that this egg is fresh?” | “Hit was when hit was laid, sub,” replied the waiter, “And when was that, pray?” de manded the guest. “Ah dunno, bots,” replied Rastus, | “Dis yere is mah first season at dis| yere hotel, suh.”-—Harper's Weekly. HE KNEW 'EM “Bay, there was a man named mith ‘killed around the corner a while ago.” | Take it easy; take it easy.) There are plenty of Smiths left.” | LADIES’ SHOES in patent leather, vici kia and gunmetal calf, button and blucher styles; mostly small sizes, ¥ $1 00 Values up to $3.50 . LADIES’ SHOES, patent leather, sunmotal calf or vict kid, button or blucher cut. The season's latest styles and practically all sizes in this lot, Regular $3.00 values ..@de' LADIES’ SHOES of extra qual- ity, all leathers, all styles, mostly all sizes, Values up to $4.00 THE STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912 “There's one advantage of going to bed with the chickens.” “What's that?” “You're always sure of the feath. or pillow.” DISGUSTED OLD COLUMBUS Columbus deftly stood the exe on end, then ited for the applause. That’ right enough,” audience, it show us how to bay a really fresh exe.” Frowning grimly, Columbus re. placed the egg tn his coat pocket and sailed for America,—-Life. UPLIFT STUFF Do your wishing with your bands as well as with your heart, Jealousy is the tribute the amaD pay the great, Many people keep thelr anger in vacuum bottles. When your friends are a trial to you, you have no appeal, A POSITION OF ADVANTAGE “I think,” sald the eminent Bu: pean diplomat, “that we will declare a tariff war,” “But think of our population.” “Lam thinking of our people and alming for their peace e¢f mind. Our censored preas can al * assure them that the war le @ success, and they'll never be able to understand enough about the tariff to know the difference.” —Washington Star, “Who's that man who just kicked the chair over and threw a pack of }eards into the firepiace’” tnguired | @ one walter. “Ob,” replied thé other, “he’s the gentleman who tries to his perves by playing soll od Washington Star. “Bhe holds peculiar views of mat- rimony.” “That so?” “Yes; whe says that even (f her husband shouldn't make « fortune in five years, she expects to stick to him until death.”—Detrolt. Free Press. HIS USUAL PORTION First Bonrder—How does this chicken compare with that in the boarding house you just left? Second Boarder—It's neck and om be Beeleyeport, Clate Fridemush promises ter dig up that Mason fruit jar full o° niokele he bur. | ted in th’ on | chard an’ let his wife have it ter put jam in” At South Bend, Ind., Jacob Tus kat was cold and helped himself to % cents’ worth of coal on the Grand Trunk railroad tracks. He was tried, convicted and promptly went to Jail, How Encouraging! The charge is so often made that our courts @ dilatory, It is a |ploanure to seo the machinery of the law operate so smoothly and apeedily. This Caso ’ Will go & long way toward oftnet- ting the unfavorable crittctxm on the long delay of the beef packers’ trial, The man who sleeps in church sure will Be wide awake at the vaudevilie. There are in India 28 towns with & population exceeding 100,000 EVERY MAN Hi®8 OWN SHER- LocK On Wodnesday evening 60 chick ent were stolen trom Perry Cotter man, who lives north of the city. His neighbor, George Newell, also suffered the loss of # large number. The attendance at the chicken supper given by the men of the United Presbyterian church on Thursday evening was very good. —Wayne County (O.), Democrat. post It in called the family circle be cause the little ones run around |there? saenentr eene as |@ Affection is the broadest * % basic. of good In life—George * & Ellot. * * * KRAEMER R ERK A new olectric flatiron is made of glass so it may be turned on end and used as a lamp. GREAT PUZZLES ‘The Sphynx. Pigs in Clover. Bwana Tumbo. The Pyramids Is Mars Inhabited? Rob Chanler evidently was Cav- allert’s Rusticana. | George Perkins says $10,000-0- | year men are scarce. Is there that much money in the world? Great Britain manufactured | 1,400,000 bicycles in 1911. Enough to do that job of Wheeling, West | Virginia. | atleast | DOST REMEMBER— Tom Watson? ! Jack McAuliffe? Senator Foraker? Snapper Garrison? | Adlai Stevenson? | Charley Fairbanks? Now supposing you were a girl jand realizing it's leap year, you | proposed and the young man smiled on your sult—wouldn’t you be sor- lry you hadn't worn’ your pink chif- jfon instead of that shabby brown ‘serge? WORTH KNOWING Bost Preseriytion Ovtainable for Backache en4 KiAveys. “Mix halt Ruchu; wix ounoes tle well oa a tir to avol hay jeht's ounce oe Murax oom pure me at (we teaspoontuls after pyly these ingre- rheumatic pains, colored Urinns hl BULBS Imported from Holland, Tull, Myacinths, Daffodils, Nar 5 joll, ete, at Half wt-clans bulbs and the biggest sizes. Plenty of time to plant bulbs, but the earlier the better, Tel. Ind. Green 165. 4008 Ninth Av, N. £,, or Savoy Florists, Hotel, or Flower Store, lake Market. All our custom t free tickets to “Class we pay 6% on You can pay tn or wi amount at any WASKIBGTON Ha) fiuld extract nas ry take in denen Any drug- will quickly Raymon Bradbury TEM Overcoat. Overcoats At Positive Reductions These are genuine reductions on the best Overcoats that your money will buy—the BRADBURY SYS- Every coat in our splendid stock is included at the spe- cial prices. able models, All are the new desir- hand-tailored, being made up pf the finest of woolens. Every popular shade is represented and there is a full line of sizes, It is true economy to take advantage of this special offerigg. 1-4 EVERY COAT INCLUDED AT THE SALE PRICES. WE GIVE YOU CREDIT | This, you know, is the reliable credit store—the store that has eliminated all of the old-fashioned ideas of credit— that is, credit with “strings” on it. Our liberal modern system of giving you credit simply amounts to making any selection you wish from our great stock, only a small payment down being required, and an account is opened on our books. The payments are made weekly, or monthly, as you wish. This is the kind of credit we offer, and you will find it most con- venient. ~= EASTERN- OUTFITTING CO., Inc. ‘‘Seattle’s Reliable. Credit House’”’ Cakes That Are Good to Eat 2 The RAYMOND & HOVI'S Semi-Annual Tempting, wholesome, Pal Surely nothing is better, and their goodness de- pends altogether on the ex- cellence of the Flour, coupled with the house- CLEARANCE ALE LARGE GIRLS’ JOCKEY BOOTS, patont leather or gun- metal calf, Goodyear welt soles. Regular $3.00 values LADIES’ SHOES—An odd lot, consisting of all leathers but broken sizes; 1 95 $2.50 values . MISSES’ AND GROWING GIRLS’ SHOES in vici kid with patent tip. Regular Value up to $2.50 MEN’S SHOES in patent leather, regular $3.60 and $4.00 values. A snap for amall feet Raymond & Hoyt, 1406 3d Ay. The Cheapest Place to Buy Good Shoes Of High-Grade FOOTWEAR WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK We must have room for spring goods, and’ you can buy ALL BROKEN AND DISCONTINUED LINES AT WHOLESALE COST AND LESS A Few of the Bargains MEN'S DRESS AND WORK SHOES, gunmetal! calf and yiot kid; $2.50 and .$1,95 $3.00 values ... MEN'S SHOES in patent leather, gunmetal or Russia calf; all the latest styles, Regular price $3.50 to tio. .$2:95 BOYS’ AND LITTLE GENTS’ HI-TOP SHOES, black or tan biizzard calf, 124nch top, full bellows tongue, strap and buckle. Regular price $3.60 and $3.00, Liberty Building wife's skill in making. Eliminate the possibility of failure by using Patent EXC ELLENT Flour The good luck flour—milled from the choicest Blue Stem Wheat. Excellent Flour is not bleached or blended—just the pure flour with all the best of the “stuff of life” retained. flour if needed to make a good batter. HERE'S OUR OWN RECIPE 1 pint sour milk 2 cupfuls of Excellent Flour ¥% teaspoonful salt 1 egg 1 teaspoonful soda Mix thoroughly the flour, salt and beaten egg; add more Last of all add 1 tea- spoonful soda dissolved in 1 teaspoonful of hot water. Bake at once on a hot griddle. NOVELTY MILL CO., SEATTLE. Awk for Booklet showing Fi