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The Thousands of Requests It's Back Again, Starting TODAY “Baok Cod’ ‘= Country” James Oliver Curwood’s Wonder Picture of The Positively The same picture Frozen North shown in Seattle a short time ago at Advanced Prices— THE TALK OF THE TOWN YET Children llc Loge Seats 40c INCLUDING WAR TAX = Torres sy CT se sone m 1! Roosevelt's term was nearing its close. He had backed Taft to the utmost, fighting for the protection of my policies.” Among the inel- dents of the campaign was the move to drag in prohibition as A Western governor insinuated that Roosevelt waa leniently inclined toward the wets, Ho threatened to publish a letter from the president, but the president “beat him to it,” completely uncovering the trick. A year intervenes between let- ters in this final installment, and in that year the president had passed again into private life-—as private, at least, as he could hope to attain, And the breach between himaeif and ‘Taft, which was healed years later, was forming. Already there was talk of “progressives” and another term for Roose- velt—The Editor. ee | White House, Dec. 3, 1908 | Dearest Archie: I have a very! strong presentment that Santa Claus will not forget that watch! Quentin went out shooting with Dr. Rixey| on Monday and killed three rabbits, | which I think waa pretty good. He came back very dirty and very| | triumphant, and mother, feeling just | as triumphant, brought him prompt: | jly over with his gun and his three rabbits to see me in the office. On| |most days now he rides-out to| |achool, usually on Achilles, Very! |mhortly he will begin to spend his |nights at the school, however, He has became sincerely attached to the school, and at the moment thinks he would rather stay there than go to Groton, but this is a thought he | will get over—with mother's active jansintance. He bas all kinds cy Preaident an issue | friends, including some who are on a hockey team with him here in the leity, TRe hockey team apparently | plays hackey now and then, but only | very occasionally, and spends most of the time disciplining its own mem. bers. In 1909, after retiring from the! presidency, Colonel! Roosevelt went) on a hunting trip in Africa, writ-| ing as usual to bis children while} away. ‘Tribute to Kermit On the "Naor Wiver, Nov. 13, 1909. Darling Etc! Here we are, by a teal tropical + ver, with game around, and n°. human beings within several day» urney At might the hyenas come round the camp, utter. | ing their queer howls, and once or) twice we have heard tons, but un fortunately have never seen them. Kermit killed oa leopard yesterday. He has really done so very well! It is rare for a boy with bis refined | tastes and his genuine appreciation | of literature—and of so much ¢ise~ to be alan an exceptionally bold and hardy eperteman, He iw still alto gether too reckless, but by my hen withonechicken attitude, I think I shall get him out of Africa unin fured, and his keenness, cool nerve, horsemanship, |. endurance and good eyesight maké him a really good wilderness hunter, We have become genuinely attached to Cun | | | | my pleasure, I find your letter writ GOTT PH FUCKLIN Bithop expanse of waters, and the moon Nght later waa as lovely. Hore it} in as hot as one would expect direet ly on the equator, and the brilliant | green landscape ls fairly painted with even more brilliant flowers, on trees, bush and vines, while the range, remictvilized people are most interesting, The queer little king's prime minister, an exceeding. ly competent, gorgeonsly dressed black man, reminds Kermit of a/ rather civilised Umslopagaar—if that is the way you spell Rider Haggard's Zulu hero. In this little native town we! driven round In rickshaws, each | with four men pushing and pulling, | who utter a queer, clanging note of exclamation in chorus, every few seconds, hour after hour: The Last Hunt Goudotearo, Feb. 27, 1910. Dearest Archie: Here, much to ten after the snowstorma at Saga more. No snow here! On two or three days the thermometer at neon | had stood at 115 degrees in the! shade, All three naturalists and Mr, | Cunninghame, the guide, have been sick, and so Kermit and I made our last hunt alone, going for eight days into the Lado. We were very suc ceanful, getting among other things three giant prizes, W course, really 4 firetclass walker and run ner, I had to go slowly, but I kept | at it all day and every day. Kermit has really become not only an ex cellent hunter, but alao & responnibie and trustworthy man, fit to lead. He managed the whole caravan and) after bunting all day he would nit up half the night taking care of the! akine. He is also the nicest ponsible companion. We are both very much attached to our gunbearers and tent boys and will be sorry to part with them. Quentin Grown Up York, Dec. 2, 1911 Dear Archie: Quentin turned up| Mant night. He ts half an inch taller | than I am, and is in great shape. | He ia much lees fat than he was, | and seems to be turning out right in every way. I was amused to have him #it down and play the piano pretty well. We mina you dreadfully | how that Christmas has come, The | family went into revolt about my slouch hat, which Quentin chriatened | “Ol4 Mbxsoura.” and so I have had! to yy another with a less pro notmeed crown and brim. We ail! drank your good health at dinner. The End. i] | | (Copyright, 1920, Charles Seri. HILBERG'WILL RESIGN POST Ralph Stack to Head Seattle Bank J. %. Chilberm. for 20 years preat- dent of the Scandinavian American Bank, will resign as head of that cor- C A MASSIVB SPECTACLE AND A GREAT LOVE STORY WITH A PLOT THAT HOLDS A HUNDRED SCENES THAT THRILL! “FLAME OF aes THE DESERT” Another Goldwyn Picture “A Roman Scandal” CHRISTIE, COMEDY Clemmer Music Liborious Hauptman, Director Concert Number— Selection, “Carmen” ... City Light Shows Profit of 876 Revenues fram the city lighting department for the first 10 months of 1919 show a profit of $324,577.98, according to the annual report filed by Supt. J. D. Rose with the mayor) grarting with the ot Ben and city council Friday afternoon. Jamin Franklin, potooe gr} Ga The total revenue for the 10/and the nation will observe National : Thritt Week. churches, 7.67. Th months aggregated $1,634.98 *|theatres, clubs, shops and other -. Bizet SEATTLE WILL URGE “Budget” day and “Pay Your day. 8-Year-Old Boy Jo _ Injured by Dalgeish, Four prizes, of $25, $15 and $10\ p. eaich will be given for the best stories on “What Insurance Has Done for| Me.” either as a direct beneficiary | jgetting started after the loss of the | head of the family, or thru habits of thrift, or the maturity of a policy; Ralph & Btacy, operating expenses totaled $1,310, 130.59. The number of accounts 21 was 60,100, an increase of or over the number on October ninghame and Tarleton me “ naturalists, especially Heller, a . also to our funny black attendants, | poorest Ch The porters always amuse us; at places will be supplied with speakers, and the city will be October | with Iterature covering every form of thrigt, thers. The change ts ef- wary 12, when Chilbers’s| resignation will be accepted at the Say They F. “eome- its pro; unless eliminated mind as well as body. | |DENY THERE IS LACK OF TRACKAGE IN N. W. OLYMPIA, Jan. 3—The public [service commission wired Senator | Miles Poindexter Friday that trans. |continental roads are not usin trackage to capacity in thie sta! and could handie 60 per cent more traffie without additional trackage. | The wite was sent in refutation of the statement said to have been made by the federal railway admin istration that failure to furnish forthwest shippers with freight cars was due to lack of trackage. “SKILLED MECHANICS "was never greater in the world’s history. : 1920 building ‘uses for gasoline-driven pPlopm The Seattle Engineering School is not an experi-| ent of transcontinental trans; make demands for men skilled in bot rogram of this city and Seat- secure industrial growth will call for countless tumbers of men who Know How—the increasing) aiant nave anybody aa a really in utilities, the electrical de- rtation, all theory and Commencing its ninth su to its useful career with pri five thousand young It has equipped men of the Northwest with eal education in manual trades which has in- d their earning capacity. The school’s { ts comagrand an investment of over forty uip- ou- rs and is the most complete of any trade 00] in the West. Its instructors are men of great Eperience and are moved by the highest sense of Short time courses and inten- to the student. training are given by personal instruction. ~attle Engineering School The courses include Auto, Tractor and Truck Mechanics Starting, Lighting and gnition Plumbing and Gas Fitting Oxy-acetylene Welding Mechanical Drawing Electrical Engineering. Write me personally and I will give your business imme- diate attention. Woe, 'T, As Faulkner, President, ‘West Roy. Phone Queen Anne 254. this moment about 30 of them are bringing in the wood for the camp fires, which burn all night, and they are chanting in chorus, the chant be ing nothing but the words, “Wood— plenty of wood to burn!” A Merry Christmas to you! And to Archie and Quentin, How I wish I were to be with you all, no mat ter how cold it might be at Saga- more, but I suppose we shall be! sweltering under mosquito © ‘+ in| Uganda Longing for Home | Campalla, Dee, 23, 1909 Bleanedest Ethely-bye: Here we are, the mast wise Bavian—par jUcularly nice—and the Elderly/ Parent, on the last stage of their! journey. I am enjoying it all, but | 1 think Kermit regards me as a lit | Ue soft, because I am so eagerly looking forward ta the end, when I shall see darling, pretty mother. my own sweetheart, and the very [nicest of all nice daughters—-you blessed girlie, Do you remember when you explained, with some as | perity, that of course you wished | Ted were at home, because you timate companion, whereas mother has “old father"? It in a great com fort to have a daughter to whom I can write about all kinds of intimate | things! ‘This is a most interesting place We croaned the great Nyanza lake, in amer, in 24 hours,| t across the vast | Here's on enay way to eave 82, and f ‘yet have the heet cough remedy you ever tried. You've probably known 9! of at home. But h bt er weed | it? Thousands of families, the wor! over, feel that they could house without it. It's simple cheap, but the way it takes hold of a cough will soon earn it a permanent place in your hom into a pint bottle, pour 2% ounce: of Pinex; then add pigin granul eugar syrup to fill up’the pint. if desired, use clarified molasses joney, or corn syrup, instead of sug syrup. Either way, it tastes food. never spoils, and gives you a ful pint of better cough remedy than you could buy ready-made for three times its cost. It is really’ wonderful how quickly this home-made remedy conquers @ cough—usually in 24 hours or less. It seems to penetrate through every air passage, loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough, lifts the phlegm, heals the membranes, and gives almost im- mediate Splendid for throat tickle, hoarseness, croup, bronchitis and bronchial inex is genet of ae “tract, and tions for t! To avoid ¢ t and chest ailments. | f ppointment ask your ary int fo A ounces of inex’ w irections, and don't acce thing elee. Guaranteed to gi Jute satisfaction or money Na Ht, Wayne, Ind. | company annual meeting of the board of direc- tors. Increasing demands made upon his time by his shipping business, which he entered last summer with the pur- chase of nine motorships from Aus- tralia, Is assigned by Chilberg sa the reason for his resignation. “My shipping interests have in- creased at such a rate that I must devote my time exclusively to it,” explained Chilbers Friday. The selection of Ralph & Stacy as the new head of the Scandinavian American means the return to Se- attle bnatness of an old friend Stacy was vice president of the Na- tional Bank of Commerce in Seattle until about six years ago, when he) left to accept the presidency of the Tacoma institution j As president of the Seandinayvian American Bank (> \tberg has been | identified with Sea'je and Alaska | affairs for many years, In 1909 he | was president of the Alaska-Yukon-} Pacific exposition, here. He has been prominently identified with activitie of a widely varied nature in the| Northwest, loaning his efforts to the Promotion of numerous Western |¢ projects. FACE “BOOZE” CHARGES Two Japanese and one white ma are charged with Nque aws Saturday after being arreste y dry squad officers. They are Nakaima, 624 King st.; T. an 616 Maynard ave. and on, 114 Occidental, all prietors of soft drink places violating I B.| pro: | ELFORD TAKES VACATION | After nearly three years of un easing activity in private busines ind public work, A. 8. Elford, in spector of agencies of the western de partment of the New York Insurance left Seattle Friday for pleasure trip of five weeks thru the East and South She’ll Pay $100 for News of Her Missing Husband Want to grab off $100 in easy money? Find kane. His wife will pay $100 to any person who runs Charles to earth. According to Mra, Seli- ers, her husband disappeared from Spokane on November 1 and presumably lit out for Se. attle, Charles formerly was a bartender. Sellers is 38 years old, tall and weighs about pounds, according to Mrs, Sell ers. When last seen he wore @ signet ring, engraved with an Old English "8." That $100 will be pald to any person who, after finding Sellers, will get in touch with Mrs, Sell. ers at 320 W. Fifth st, Spo- kane, Wash, Charles Sellers of Spo: 6 feet 165 1918, The opening day, January 17, will better for the chi! them in fine condition to resist ‘and dangerous children's diseases. 85 | cents at all druggista.—Linooln Pro. | prietary Co.pFt. be “Bank Account” day. Bankers - ms will ap oo garg ok the amount of ine € fficials money that can accumulated from M on & small start by steady saving. Way to Columbus) sunday, sanuary 11, thritt witt be Robert H. Harlin, district preat-/the theme of the sermons in all of Gent, and Sam Caddy, member of the the churches, and Monday the in- in 60 Se Unlinicner ea ne See eee Gree Mine Workers, have departed for) “Own a home of your own, or why Columbus, Odj0, to attend the re-| pay the high rents? will be demon- convened mine workers’ convention| strated by the real estate men on opening there Monday. Later they| Tuesday and Wednesday. il go to Washington to mect with! Savings clubs will be started in the coal commission of three ap-|shops and manufacturing plans in pointed by President Wileon. the eity on “Thrift and Industry” mnt | day, which comes on Thursday. Fri- AVOID FLU! KEEP day and Saturday will be given over on “Why I Prefer to Own My Own Home,” both from the standpoint of the moral value of having a real home and the actual benefit of own- ing a piece of property at the end of a term of years, instead of a handful | of rent receipts; on “How I Split My 125 a Month to Make It Go Around and Save Some,” showing the ben- efits of a family budget, and on “Se- attle Started With a Log Cabin,” the best, story on a bank account start- ed in a small way and built up from savings. These stories must not be more than 400 words long, and must be turned in at thrift headquarters, at the Y. M. ©. A. not later than Thursday, January 15. Henry R. King has been appointed geenral chairman of Thrift Week, they found 14 quarts of whisky in house, 117 John st. Friday 3 2. Younger, Chamber of Commerce 8. Allen, Y. MC. A; CW. federal government; H. W. json, publicity; Frank Cotterill, j organizations; J. W. Swalwell, ernment war savings; T. R. Cole, schools; Dr. E. V. Tippett, chu federation. . to the merehants of the city in YOUR LIVER AND BOWELS WORKING. Old Herb Tea Best Insurance Against Discase Infinensa, le most cases be blamed to lu, liver, kidneys and bowels A body full of pison waste matter is an easy victim “Don t neglect yourself, especial! ! , ear. Biliousmess, head News be ou how pk at) Fed ‘eine an make ow new. This famous old herb | 7, ren. ‘ayne, Ind, Let's go eat at Boldt's—uptown, 1414 3d Ave.; downtown, 913 2d Ave. CLEARANCE Our CLEARANCE SALE ts ene euccess ing point ef vi cash pay our | What else are we to dot ire stock of SUITS and je cut an@ siasi ir choice at just liquidate liabilities thereon. hy MALF As we must raise the cash, harvest. We've cut on SKIRTS and PETTI- Av best selections, Our SALE moved, We know yor On stocks we ANCE SALE At the FLORENCE UPSTAIRS STORE, | 416 CRARY BUILDING OTHER GRAIN CROPS and others PERSONAL AP! Canadian Wheat Farms Sunny Alberta Most Productive and Fertile Lands on the Continent Rainfall Is Copious, Regular and Adequate There has never been a crop failure in Centra] and Northern Alberta and cattle in Jarge numbers are being sent there even now from Montana and other arid Northwestern states for grazing purposes. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RETURNS show Central and Northern Alberta grain production highest average on the continent. For the whole of Alberta, 31.12 bushels of wheat per acre, but for Central and Northern Alberta, 44 bushels per acre per annum for all properly cultivated land After the first two seasons’ cropping the land produces everywhere from 40 to 60 bushels of wheat per acre, which weighs up to 68 pounds to the bushel ALBERTA HAS 300 DAYS IN THE YEAR BRIGHT SUNSHINE The Dominion Government of Canada, as well a3 the Provincial Government of Alberta, together with the railroads and banking Institutions, are desirous of resettling the country after the disastrous ef- fects of the war and as an inducement to bona fide settlers of small means are offering every facility to restore the country to normal conditions, Oats, Barley, Beans, Peas, Flax and many others are also luxurious producers and return growers from 40 bushels of oats upward; in fact, yields up to 90 bushels are by no means uncommon, VERY EASY TERMS TO ACTUAL SETTLERS Up to Seven Years at 7% $10.00 to $18.00 Per Acre All these farms were occupied before the war by soldie houses and other improvements (see photographs), and are reasonably Were held by original owners up to $40 and $70 per acre. Options granted to inspect. q As wheat crops in this portion of Canada range from 30 to 55 bushels of No. 1 hard wheat to the acre, the land can be fully paid for by the second harvest retures, and in many cases from the first Interest who did not return; many have close to towns and railroads. | Now being sold at fraction of their value to TITLES, GOVERNMENT TORRENS, FREE AND UNINCUMBERED FULL PARTICULARS UPON These properties are being taken up very rapidly, thus quick action is absolutely necessary to secure 'PLICATION Office open to 8 P. M. Evenings and Sundays for consultation The Canadian Railways Bond Corporation ONE BLOCK FROM POSTOFFICE Corner Fifth Avenue and Union Street, SEATTLE, WASH.