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THE 8CK NORTHWEST OF NEWSPAPERS. Telegraph News Service of the United Press Association, Kotered at the postot class tatter, Published by The # Je except Sunday Our Neighbor Has Dyspepsia by effusion | The Adventures of | Johnny Mouse. HE STAR is amused every so often some spewed out by some paper or other, either suffering = : WHAT 16 THe. from chronic dyspepsia or from inherent cussedness ‘ [eon] Mi ant, | The Star seldom pays any attention to the other papers, “s ; : for the reason that it doesn’t care a rap about them f We play in our own yard, our ideals and our own dusy and optimistic The latest “blast” It avers that The Star is in to keer and manage own field, comes from a paper called the Sun cahoots with paper, goat That’s sure an awful thing to contemplate, Better look to your digestion You assert that you are getting on just Tine meeting | your payrolls and all that | Then why this nightmarish outbreak? And why all this lying about The Star and its circulation You know The Star’s exact circulation, If you don't you are a chump, because every other paper in town knows it We have never been interested at all in your affairs We didn’ or about your difficulty with your payrolls even know that you have such things We are getting along swimmingly. Business better than any year since the world’s fair. Cir- culation is going up every day and is NOW 2,000 OVER THE MARK OF LAST YEAR. Why, we just naturally are surprised at you Your talk about conspiracies and conspirators reminds of Judge Humphries. Forget it u —_———_ CANDIDATE WORLEY may have had the best of motives when he offered to give up six minutes of his time at a recent meeting to the mayoralty aspirant “who needed them most.” But you didn’t notice any mad scramble to accept hie offer, did you? Can’t Reform Woman With Club HE VERDICT of a jury in Chicago's municipal cour that a woman is guilty of vagrancy if found loitering} about saloons, even though no disorderly act is proved, is expected to aid the police in their attempts to break “P| organized vice. Always the old story—reformation with a club! it would work. Of course the spectacle of a saloon is most pitiable. It is no place for a good womar and a very bad place for a bad woman But isn’t it time our governing authorities began to learr that arresting and fining victims of social disorder amount to nothing if the causes of the disorder be left as they were? Mighty few women, we venture to say, would have any desire to loiter about a saloon if good men made good homes for them. The sorriest harlot that ever plied her vicious trade was She once an innocent babe, the joy of a mother’s heart. wasn't born to be an outcast. We have made her that. Fining and clubbing and police notices to sponsibility. Why don't the police of Chicago, for a change, go fo the men who employ these loitering women? For thousands of years we have been trying the clul cure for vice and it hasn’t cured. It may be, as some pes-| simists say, that there isn’t any cure; but has established that force won't work the betterment desire. This ancient evid needs a new approach. SUPREME COURT denied rehearing in Seattle minimum gas rate. Can't say we're surprised after the way they swatted us In the original hearin SEE WHAT T. R. started? Now comes a jury in New York and places the value of a wife's affections in an alenation sult at cents. UPSET STOMACH, COSTIVE, BILIOUS, CASCARETS TONIGHT—DIME A BOX indigestion—it's biliousness an constipation, Try Cascarets; the |sweeten the stomach, remove thi sour, fermenting food and fou gases; take bile from the liver an That awful sourness, belching of acid and foul gases; that pain in the pit of the stomach, the heart burn, nervousness, nausea, bloat- ing after eating, feeling of fullness,|carry off the constipated wast dizziness and sick headache, means| matter from the bowels. The your stomach {s sour—your liver is| your stomach trouble is ended. torpid—your bowels constipated. It|Cascaret tonight stralghtens yo isn't your stomach’s fault—it isn’t] out by morning AGoodTime to Buy Tailored Coats There js a big saving to be made by those who take advantage of the price reductions now in effect at the Eastern. Our Reconstruction Sale has been the means of making many new friends who have at the same time become acquainted with our Easy Credit Terms You can now own an attractive garment at a very small cost by paying a little down and a little now and then at your convenience. 1332-38 Second Ave., Near Hon st Seattle’s Reliable Credit House pursue our own policies, have some other and this devilish combination is after the said Sun's Neighbor If only woman loitering about a mee? on” don’t reach the root of the problem—they simply shift the re-| surely experience ) VISIONS xe) {. " yon = t ¢ (é | | A n | n couple of o brin, 0" mat a ae a smn What's, the Reason? ne es PETER MUST LIKE IT Pt ino Hyp St ‘ot on your Ife!” exclaimed EUGENE, Ore. Jan. 22.—-A Pinny, “Our wives might come in| | Journey of 600 ‘milles weekly ehiliing Drees. an’ seo us alttin’ wid them.”—St.| | for the sake of preaching to ‘The indies dress io flimey things In summer, apring aed fall And In the win don't seem To mind the ¢ hin congregation at Wasco ts made by Peter Crockett of | Pendleton, a senior at the Uni- versity of Oregon. Louls Post-Dispatch. | eee Why He Went Up. | “I suppose this talk about beat-|@ ing your altitude record gets you we'll bet -————_o terials and our fees are within ev- = All the Rage|"="" 7 te. 8 1 erybody's reac’ On an Overhead Trolley | the Nage OURS IS BETTER DENTISTRY The # etcar conductor was — very impatient. He was waiting WE ADMINISTER GAS You Can Now Instantly Tint Your Hair, Without the Slightest Trou- ble, to Any Shade of Brown (or Black) for an elderly and very stout lady |to board his car, when she sudden. | ly exclaimed, “Conductor, con ductor, will I get a shock if I step on that rail?” a 7) e So that It Cannot Be Detected Reliance 4| He quietly answered, “No, lady ¢|not unless you put your other foot n | on the trolley wire.”—Judge. | as enta | Where to Sit A stranger visiting a church at tiie TAMERS’ On the Mooteal t inquired of the verger where | he might sit a} Office sir.” whispered the | ¥erger, cautiously, “I must tell you Suite 301-302 Elite! Bldg. |there’s an awfu’ lot o' visitors in| the village juist now, and ye'd best Cor. 2nd and Pike, Next Door to |sit whaur ye can see yer um the Bon Marche brella ree Office Hours 8 a, m. to 8 p. m. Sundays 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Why «@ Button? rl | rather angry, doewn't it?” asked the Real Saints. aviator’s friend | | ‘The men who spend all thetr time! “Yes,” said the seronaut, “it | 4 |reading the Bible will be surprised certainly makes me soar | when they get to heaven and find a amo that the men who always paid their But Now He Knows. | eoeery bills are occupying reserved | $ [|seats in front | “My husband {# the laziest man | o6 6 on earth,” declared Mra, Harlem. Dear me! 1 wonder if he in| | The Limit | Ien’t Mr. Blankly a solemo per ork than mine,” replied Mrs IN THE FIRST DEGREE son? . ow Indeed, he ts, Why, he even w 5 t Jaw pe 1 eee We rocitnc own ordered soft coal for the furnace.|(% “lestn every. day. Why. allow] out a car window! —Judge. because he thought ft would be! this to continue? Come to our of. ee easior to shove! than hard coal! flees and have your case examined Treasure sah free of charge. We tell you the Rooster—What's troubling you, H Ti jtruth! And the advice we give my dear? ti you is for your benefit and not Hen—I've misiaid an eRe air in Ing ours. We use only the best ma- { ! SSRECE { } i Most of us no doubt obtain suf fictent mental exercise in the per Jodical endeavor to get by the lar and the grocery bill, But © are others whose minds need | further gymnastics There are some who keep thelr brains in training by solving all |the chess problema that are print din the papers, or learning the |identity of the Man in the Iron | Mask, or what became of the car Heket case, or the lost tribes of |Iarael, or whether Shakespeare ally wrote the Shakespearea How Goddard Exercises. All of these methods may be vod, but for the real accelerator of mental motion you ean do po j better than to take up the maze jof councilmante politics in Seattle and Investigate the currents and crosscurrents, factions, sub-fac tlona, | which, with and for which han fought and lwevoral years. Breaks Pick With Peirce Here, for example, in Goddard's entry into the mayoralty contest th brea pick with | Couneiiman Peirce, with | whom he had heretofore been jolly well chummy and right clubby Together they had roasted rand burned up the city which Goddard lo, these which, from Albert J bled for en r Together they had shed tears Best Treatment for All Complexion Ills ion troubles. If the skin be cole one, sallow, muddy, over-red, rough, chapped, blotehy there's nothing that will s Jovercome the conditior plexion te then [this wax store, wi omplexion old cream ved m procurable at rejuvenate even the w smeared retiring r reared dally in @ soiut made by an ounce of powdered half pint witer h immediately, affecting wrinkles. —Adver jbathe tt ssolving tte in Th act» even the deepent tt THROW AWAY YOUR EYEGLASSES! A Free Prescription You can have filled and use at home Do you wear glasses? Are you a victim of eyestrain or other eye | weakness? If so, you will be glad to know that the is real hope for you. Many who yes were fail- ing say they have had their eyes restored through the principle of this wonderful’ free prescription. | One man says after trying ft: “T was almost blind; |read at all. Now I can read every thing without any glasses and my eyes do not water any more. At) night they would pain dreadfully; phere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this pre- scription for fifteen days, every thing seems clear. I can even read \fine print without glasses.” It 1s beliéved that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble and expense of ever get ting glasses. Kye troubles of many oc may be wonderfully ,efited by following the simple apes Here is the prescription: Go to any active drug store and a bottle of Optona, fill a two. ounce bottle with warm water, drop in one Optona tablet, and al low to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start 4 inflammation will quick ly disappear. If your eyes are both lering you even a little, take steps to save them now before it is too late, Many hopelessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for thelr eyes in time.—Ady. R | There had been a missionary sermon and collection at a certain jchurch, and a little gir, who ac |companied her father to the serv-| al jice seemed perplexed and medi-| ive, Wh she reached home she| asked her mother whether the na-| tives of Africa, of whom they had | heard, wore any clothes No,” replied the mother, | don't.” Then,” retorted the observant | young lady, “what was the use of the button that father gave to the | collection? | | Mutual Benefit. | “I took a long yesterday,” |naid Boreman, as b yned into | a seat at Busyman’s desh Take another, old man Husyman; “it'll Puck Supply Co, “they | stamps oF co _— ” Moderat In our new quarters, 2070 Groton Bidg., Cincinnati, Ohio, t = jose 3 cents h Mrs. Potter's Hy Address advantage sugcent: | do us both We are now ina position see rebuilding, or refinishing pt Easy and Sure. Joe—What in the ensiest way to drive a nail without smashing my | fingers? pao Josephine-—Hold the hammer. tn | ro both hands.—Ohio Sun Dial : Only One. Rogers claims to be an agnostic, doesn't he? Griggs Only as to everything else | antee fancy can n very amall own lata of your OM. Photie Main 8940 tion on t pon an bel and that Is Mra one tinttr that vlwa & prepara. | nueah rely ndable * Walnut Tint | failure | ion. tn| Briggs to religion; as 1e knows ft alf. Any iden shade may om go brown to sell Mra r Stain. 4 pe wrapt it Took No Chances. Dinny was taking dinner Smith at a brilliant cafe | weren't accustomed to such a place, but they \fairly well When they [ished the walter sald: with Potter's | They ating at along had fin “Shall PIANO MAN Establi 1| “| package 1418 Third Ave, we have given special attention to equipping the repair shop to the best the results to be the best obtainable Estimate for Rebuilding Furnished Free of Charge. | iseo!Pent Company Seattle Branch—1418 Third Ave. te ory to accept orders for repairing, anos of any make, and guar for Factory Tuner UFACTURERS ished 1870 defections and affections on| the) ‘ear, spotiess, dell-| beautiful, you look any years younger. One ounce of could not see to! PHON RATES” p/P PA ALLL DL PDP DDL PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PPP PPP zsss~EeCe"e 1! ' | Pu | | | A. J. Goddard. } | 1 and established a bank at over the platform built in City ont, Was elected to the coum) Hall park, and lamented the tre-|cil under the old ward system, engl mendous cost thereof—$24,34 has b ected twice wince, Compared to the adhesion of If he's elected may Goddard to Peirce and vice versa,!will thank you most David and Jonathan were at| If not, he'll continue to draw bis | swords’ points. $3,000 per as councilman for two Something Has Happened. | years more at least But what now? Peirce not As we remarked before, G if | supporting Goddard Something |dard knows what he's H |has arisen which broke the ties of | whether you do or not. And old Just what we do not know ana! » th Main 9100. Pri necting with departments, , In advanes, - CANDIDATES FOR M AYOR) ssse<e NO.4— ALBERT J. GODDARD| ought He's a wonder, is Goddard, There are those who have heard him speak and have gone away with the Impression that he was the Simonpure article in radical insurge And there are those who heard the same speech and are con vinced he Is absolutely “gate and sane.” was elected to the legislature fq Alaska and ran two years, te 1895, went to r steamboat for has a wholesale respect for bird in the hand. Wages at Stee! Plant Editor The Star: There fs an attempt being made to m the} public believe that the steel plant | in Youngstown is paying better than union Wages. This is not true. I went there last June and ap-/ plied for work. There was em- ployment open for three men. I In-| quired about the wages. I was) told they paid $226 per day. I then asked how many hours a day I would be required to work. The reply was ten hours. I left. Is $2.25 a day equal to union wages? I should guess not. A CITIZEN. Safeguarde for Human Life Editor The Star: As J am a constant reader of your valuable paper, | am going to give a few facts {n regard to human life and) its value as seen by some Se: ttle | steamship companies. The other day a captain of al Sound sJeamer was drowned. The accident {s unexplained. But sup- | pose the crew of the boat had no- | ticed him fall overboard, tt would | have been an utter {mpossibility for them to have launched a life- |boat to save him. If one of the jinspectors had done his duty the! boat would not be allowed to leave | ithe dock. | The steamer has a capacity for | 16 to 20 persons, besides the crew, | |and yet carries only one old rot-| ten dory for a Mfeboat. | MASTER MARINER. | | now they feel fine all the time, It was like a miracle to me.” A lady} who used it says ‘The atmos-| The Threat of the Speeder Editor The Star: As I read of} the tragic death of Miss Bill, who| was struck by a drunken automo-) bilist, it ta me back about a| month ago when an old man was | killed on First av. about o'clock | one morning. The party in the! automobile stopped, piled the in-/ jured man in, and took him to al | hospital, He died. I reported the accident to the police, and was told that they had already received | |the report. The excuse given by |the driver was that the man stum- bled in the path of the machine The car was traveling at a high) ate of speed and did not slacken at the street intersection, where | man was struck down, Speed-| is a very common | | the jing up First at thing. Nothing was done in the case I mention, and I imagine it was final- ly dropped. It is about time some- thing was done to properly regu late the autos so as to provide a safeguard for the pedestrians, And such laws ought to be enforced to the letter, PAUL GOERNER. No Room for Deb: | Editor The Star: In answer to} Rey. S. Strong's asking for a de-| bate on the subject of closed shop | I would like to say there is no| room for argument | The employes are only asking for what the bosses have already | got. What section of business men | are not organized in this or any | other city? Why are they organ: | ized? They have threatened — to| break up all unions and the plea |for open shop is the first step. But don't think for a moment | the unions are going to give up ev- erything they have gained | Everybody who knows the least | | bit about labor organization must }admit that the union has been the jonly salvation of the workingman, | {What would have become of us| without them? They have been de jeldedly instrumental in securing | | for the working class a living wage, besides getting better conditions The capitalist knows all that.| That's why they are fighting | G. MAWSON. Seattle's “Human Carpet” Editor The Star: Have you ever heard of a human carpet? Wel |have quite a number of them in | Seattle now and even prospects of | more. A human carpet is a mass of how jobless men, sleeping on the so crowded that ft is impossible teppin on We ave below Yesler will be found floor to walk around without someone such way men arpets” down Among the lot ranking from | five cups are provided for 300 | has-been lawyers to “Billy Mug” bums. clothes in six months; the There are some who haven't had a bath or a change of dope fiends And so we have with ws today | Albert J. Goddard, the only bank [president In Seattle who has beeg lealled to office by the 4 1 voice of the people; the only man who has the: title of a plutocrat and cap like a proletariat and make th | polloi 1 it, toc gh | Here’s His History. , Goddard came to Seattle tn 1908, and consumptives; starved,’ dissk 4 pated and diseased men of kinds. Some are strong healthy men who will not so, long, under such conditt The food is very poor. The cups are never rinsed More disease can be spread those places in one night than be cured in a hundred years. It is a disgrace to Seattle thet such conditi should be done at once. Pugllistic Curiosity Teacher 4describing ber ter with a tramp)—And tl fainted. Litde Johnnie Jeffries—Wi left or wi’ yer right, ma’am? PAY M For $12 and $14 we have positively won- derful values in suits and overcoats of the latest. models from New York. These are our regularly priced $15 and $18 Cheasty Special and Benjamin garments, marked down for our January This sale will be over; don’t delay. For Birthday Gifts Cross (London) Leather Goods One-fourth reduc tion on our beautiful stock of Cross (Lon- don) leather goods— a selection of mat velous range in those that have such an intimate and personal appeal te botl men and women, Wardrobe Trunks and Luggage included in sale, sale. soon articles Cheasty Haberdashery . at Spring § St. Second Ave A READER _ exist. Something B o£, 8, seetsegteaseesse, sg22R2272 e oe 2 3222822 a _/[ EF: rirrrtat iin