The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 8, 1920, Page 5

PAGE & THE SEATTLE STAR MYSTERY INAD Where’s Population Center? __fLUB MEETING jedianans In Battle For It day Meeting, Is Promise ‘== rn pe The Rhodes Co. mms > =a = = ee Mystery surrounds & special moet ing of the Ad club Tuesday noon at the Bon Marche grill “Important matters are to be dis! cussed,” says a private Up to mem: bers from Secretary I P. Kohl, important to you from @ dollar cents standpoint that your atte ¢ in imperative, President It Morgan has a vital every Advertising club member 5], Come to this meeting—hear this mos: | sage—and then act | =| “Never before have the Advertising A Very Attractive Special Purchase Offers You Unusual Valuca and | Strong Economies in Two Groups of SERGE, VELOUR ANDTRICOTINE DRESSES AT $10.95 AND $23.65 BECOND FLOOR HESE Dresses have jist arrived and will be dis- played for the first time on Tuesday morning Prepare Now for Thanksgiving For the “Room of Honor” why not get that set you have Promised yourself? The saving made by buying this week should be an object. Note the prices: Bight-plece Jacobean Oak Set (like cut) Table ts 484nch; lrwen had such a splendid opportunity Six leatherseat Chairs, including Arm Chair to do something BIG—and CON:| $189 00 \@| STRUCTIVE—for Seattle.” . ners Dr -caretee A |'Woman Discovers iP $467.00 =| Body of Slain Man| $97.75 & fists Wen hadeen Saareeed enity .. $60.00 extends to @ feet. Buffet 54 inches wide, with or without mirror, Regular price, $261.00; spectal, Other Specials $534.00—Nine-plece Walnut Dimming Room Set; William and Mary atyle. $135.50—Fight piece Fumed Oak Set; Mission style ... upon the opening of the store. Each group is made up of 50 gar- ments and from this limited quan- tity (in order to be sure that you may obtain one or more) early shopping is advisable. {day on a lonely street on the south: | west side of the city A woman on} her way to @ grocery store discov | Polloe learned ft had been brought | to the place about 12 hours previous ly in an automobile. The man was! beaten severely and stabbed several | times. No clues were found to the! murderers, Identification was made | lby hia wife. i\Former Governor's | | Maid Tries Suicide} Miss Taekla Tell, 37, former maid to Gov, ‘Thomas B. Riggs, of Alaska, | was in city howpital Monday tn seri: | |ous condition an the result of an ef-| jfort to end her life by drinking car. AT $10.95—In this assortment are™ seven different styles, made of navy serge in straight-line models, finished with silk, wool and gold thread em- broidery down the front or on side pockets. Sizes 16 to 44 AT $23.65—The greatest number of Dresses in this group are displayed in one model of each.style. Designed of navy tricotine and wool velour. Smartly fashioned in tunic, straight-line styles Ezstimate 70 Babies Foe _ Born Every Minute Bureau of _ NEW YORK, Nov. &—Births are @Htimated at 70 a minute, 100,800 a | Gay and 36,792,000 a year. Deaths “Ere estimated to occur at the rate of @7 a minute. The average duration Of human Ufe ts about 33 years. One | “person in each 109 reaches the age of 65. ' Beef and Iron q / . Cod Liver, Manganese Peptonates, ‘Citrate, Lime, Soda and Cascarin are the ingredients of Vinol, each one be Sold by Swift Drug Co, Second and Pike st, Seattle. Missing Relatives) The Mar tuvites ite readers te use thie finding e been | tives oF | state treasury © cash balance of $5,- Fearing that her husband is the victim of loss of memory, Mrs. L. L. Richard, of Portland, is in Seattle searching for Ludger Leon Richard. 43, miasing since the middie of last| month. | He left Portland Sept. 22 to look for work in Washington logging | camps. He registered at the Oregon | hotel here between Oct. 16 and 20.| That was the last seen of him. | |bolie acid at her home, 1924 Terry! ave, Sunday afternoon. She may not recover. Despondency over ili health is blamed for her act | Treasurer of State Gives Annual Report OLYMPIA, Nov, §.—There ta In the 657,578, according to the biennial re port of W. W. Sherman, state treas- urer, This is for the two-year pertod ending September 30. The gross re- colpta for this term are $43,246,766 and the disbursements $42,963,874 Both receipts and disbursements were increased by about $12,000,000 over the previous biennium. Literature Class Organized by U. W. A class in general contemporary Literature has been organized by the univeraity extension service, which Mrs, Richard says he suffers fre memory. | will meet every Wednesday at T45 .. for 12 weeks in room 1044 Thie ie @ cultural course by Profes- Vietor Chittick, and gives an op- to those anxious ta get in ith the “worthwhile litera of the present day. ———$—————— wo many children of the parents Blake Wants Fifteen Furniture Salesmen "$100,000.00 FURNITURE SALE EVER ATTEMPTED IN THE WEST The new center (maybe) “The new center of population? Sure, right on my farm,” says J. L. Skirvin, Monroe gounty, Indiana, farmer, who is pointing at it. “There's the m in the exact spot, I'll move ‘er. BY HAL M. COCHRAN NEW CENTER OF POPULATION OF THE U. 8 (Maybe, Nov. 8-— The census #tatisticn of the United States government can tome all their data, regarding the next center of population of the country, in o scrap heap. At least, as far an farmers in the vicinity of Bloomington, Ind. are concerned. It's @ foregone conclusion to them as to where the next “cen ter” will land. In fact, the back woods farmers have spread it all over the eestern portion of Monroe county, Indiana—way up to the Brown county lina SAY GOVERNMENT “ON WRONG Foor” Tm 1910 the “wpot™ was finalty to. opted at Bloomington. Now these farmer folks have discovered that the 1920 “pot” ts likely to land some- where within eight miles east of Bloomington. They were somewhat surprised that the “spot” should move eastward after having traveled about 39 milew west in the 1910 cen. sus, but already they are making their claims to the country at large. “The government chaps got off This Delightful Bill Plays’ Twice Daily All Week onument to er, and if she’s not on the wrong foot back in 1910,” said J. L. Skirvin, Monree county farmer, “First the dern investi- gators held as how the center was right down in Bil Mosheer’s back pasture. Gosh! They went an’ put Bill's picture in the peper and we had a heck of a how.dedo colebratin’. “Then they went an’ moved the | ‘spot’ up into the taown o’ Blooming | ton, eight miles wet of Bill's place A whole blame settlement must have fone west just at the last minnit! THEY WON'T DO IT AGAIN, BY CBACKY! “An’ lookee here! Don't you think for « minnit they're gonna do that and coat effects and trimmed with gold or black silk thread embroidery. Sizes 16 to 40 NEW PRICES ON Domestic Fabrics ins Price 46e 364nch Pereales, a yard... $1.15 81-inch Unbleached Sheetin: The 36-inch Black Cotton Sateen, a yard. $6.50 3¢inch Nainsook (10-yard pieces) 50c 244nch Shirting Cheviots, a yard. 660 Bleached Bath Towels (size 18x36), MAIN FLOOR NEEDLE ART SPECIALS MAIN FLOOR REAR R a quick cleanup this section has taken COMPLETE range of stses, | on sale in the Women's Glove Section, Main Floor, They are very acceptable and practh cal as Christmas gifts and we suggest that you buy them now while the size assortment i» adequate. A pair, $1.25. PERSONAL GREETING CARDS MAIN FLOOR thie season. I jus’ betcha my suck- Un’ pie that I have the dern’ 1926 ‘wpot’ right on my own farm before I gets thru. “Just lookit that stretch of tnnd— all my farm—and it’s only five and a half miles from Bloomington. That's far enough fot any ‘spot’ to go in one jump, ain't it? Bure ‘tis! “Why, I even got the rock that's gonna set right on the ‘spot,’” and Bill produced said rock. “Reg'lar marker, ain't she? 1 | | | from the regular stock 100 Naingook Gowns and Combinations tm broken lines which sold formerty at $1.75, $2.00, §2.25, They are ready made and stamped for embroid- ery. While they last, cholo, Tuesday, af $1.00. - er half wn side, I'l betcha yu'd haff to rest the plank on my stone to get her to bal- ance.” “Well, maybe you're right,” J. L. was told. AND LIKE AS NOT THEY'RE RIGHT “Maybe, nothin’! If they says I'm wrong, I'll have a little center of population of my own. I jagged this || blamed rock way up from the valley, and, believe me, I'm gonna use ‘er!* And, in the meantime, it's a good bet that the’ 1920 “spot” will actu ally fall around Arbutus Hill, in Ste- phens Creek, around Karson’s “Kun- try Kabin,” or away down deep into a valley, ‘cause they are all within eight miles cast of Bloomington, I'm near Skirvin's farm. And Charles 8. Sloane, geographer $2.75 and $3.00 attention willing to admit myself a bad ater.” The government won't be able | sive out the actual official dope for several weeks yet—and it won’t mean anything to J. L. Skirvin, when it |Harry Lauder Says , It’s All the Bunk GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov, 8. “Half the lies you hear about me are not true,” said Sir Harry Lauder to members of his profession. He anid it was a lie that a man had no honor in his own country and he had tried to earn the respect of his fellow men. Scotsmen were hard nuts to crack, he said, but once cracked the nut was palatable. A woman says that immediately after marriage a man is different. Yes, and a year after marriage he is apt to be indifferent. REETING Cards for Christmas should be ordered now in order to make sure of Prompt and timely delivery. An unusually large @ssortment of Christmas Cards are now on die play at our Christmas engraving booth, where we are prepared fully te give you satisfactory KONDON "MEG. CO. 15c, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 Matinees—15c to 50c ‘The Eminent Stage -and Screen Star for the census bureau, says that the “spot” will fall in Indiana—and “it it isn’t In Monroe county, within egiht miles east of Bloomington, Pm “I want men who know furniture — men who can in- form customers accurately regarding the kind and qual- ity of the goods they are buying. I insist upon that!” IRONING DAY and we are helping to make it EASY for with these unusually low prices on Ironing anata : The sale will be three-fold strong. I have three distinct FIRST—The lease has ae on my huge warehouse where about hat worth of New iture is stored. It-must be moved this month. SECOND—Many months ago, when furniture was scarce, I ordered four to five times the quantities I needed. I thought factories could ship only part of it. A few months ago a big shipment (all I needed) arrived. I tried to cancel all other orders, but man- ufacturers forced me to accept the po and pay for them. My warehouse and store are full and I must unload. ‘I will! I am going to give a genuine Simmons Steel Bed and Spring FREE with a 50-lb. Ostermoor Mattress at its regular price—$35.95; a $500 Piano for $148, etc. Thousands of dollars’ worth will be slaughtered in proportion. Great crowds will come and I need men who can handle them quickly and courteously. - * THIRD—I NEED THE MONEY—When all this furniture arrived, I had to pay for it. My store and warehouse are filled to capac- ity—I must unload and have sacrificed prices beyond precedent. Apply Before Wednesday Noon, November 10th Store closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mak- ing preparations. Sale starts Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. See announcements in all Wednesday’s papers. reasons: KITTY. 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