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Defends His Company.

Following Secretary Mason, Mr. Shan
non addressed the gathering. The local
grocers assert the company has aided
local customer in selling the Nationals
products at cut rate prices, and the re-
tailers are trying to compel the Ma
tional Biscuit Company TO cease selling
goods TO this firm. Mr.. Shannon said IL
would be Illegal not 10 sell If the dealer
was regularly licensed. but denied that
his company had aided the firm in the
manner alleged by the grocers. He said
the National Biscuit Company always
avoided, as far as possible. selling TO
firms who cut rates, and added that he
would rather lose the trade OF one large
store than that of a number of small
ones.
Mr.. Shannon's remarks were discussed
at some length, but action by the local
association was deferred to some future
time
The officers OF the National Associa-
tion left for New York today
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-The wagon which was left
at rear Of 442 I'd st. sw. will be sold if not
called foE. II
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Mutual Insurance.

He also advocated the establishment OF
a mutual insurance company for the
protection OF the grocers from fire loss.
The address OF Vice President Farling
dealt with the pure food question. He
discussed the food adulteration and
said there should be a national demand
for a pure food law. He spoke of the
enactment of the pure food bill by the
last Congress as being a step in the
right direction. and said also it was the
beginning of a widespread movement.
Secretary Mason spoke OF the policy
Of cooperation among the grocers and
the good the collection department OF
the grocers had done He said groeers
must make a profit OF at least u per
cent on their goods to be successful,
and an average OF 15 per cent on 65 per
cent OF their sales. This, he said, could
only be done by educating the people
TO the fact. and also by cooperation
with them and assuring them that pure
goods, honest prices and honest weight
prevailed
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DENTISTRY.

j. HALL LEWIS. DDS, Dean
Two complete courses Of lectures, recitations,
laboratory and clinical work viii be given dur
ing the year. the one beginning daily az $3.50 a.
NJ, the other at 1 80 p. m The student may Sc
lecr either course
Session begins October l. The free dental in
firrnsry opens October 5, at 1 p m Fall ex-
aminations On September 2S-
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BROWN & TOLSON, Auctioneers, 1909 New York
ave NV will sell SEPTEMBER Il, 1903,
goods stored with c. r. Clifford & Co, in the
names Of Bessie Payne, Grace Mercy, and Anna
Mitchell sel06t
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FRENCH. GERMAN, SPANISH, Etc..

Rapidly learned Method awarded 4 gold medals
at Paris and other expositions. first school es-
tablished 1873; now branches in go cities and
SO, 600 pupils parry.
BERIITZ sc HbOI. Pro. A. GONARD, Principal.
z23 lsth 81, n w
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In spite of the fact that lumber has
advanced so materially, you've never
bought furniture cheaper than during
this September sale. Take these dim
ing chairs as an instance.
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Columbian University
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Charles w. heedharn, IL. D.
President.

The University opens its eighty-third yeas
with better faciities than ever before. II Offer.
complete Undergraduates. Graduate and Profess
sional courses Of study
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For catalogues. giving the courses oi study.
terms etc. OF for further information, call
upon address
CLAIMING RUDD, Registrar,
se6-s0t s E cor II and 18th Sts-
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PREPARE FOR
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS,

CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL, 943 1 ST.
Our stenographers before the Board pre-emi-
nently successful Rates lowest vet offered.
Our school just equipped with typewriting ma
chimes of finest make and latest model.
Leaders in Touch Typewriting. Testimonials
from our students under Government, receiving
salaries from $1,000 TO =, 500 a year.
English, Bookkeeping, etc. Call or write.
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ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The University comprises the following
partmeDts:
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Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar

Taught Correctly. Club advantages 70 pupils.
WALTER T. HOLT. Studio, lIl2 New York Ave.
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ST. MARYS ACADEMY,

ROCKVILLE. Nd, ACADEMY FOR BOYS.
Home life and individual care and instruction
Terms moderate. Address W. z. MASON. l. b
N-.A 0lS2mos
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
none QuarfeRa.

4 Close Qu0ffeRs.
II Jaggles-Why are you storing so
much of your furniture? 1s
Waggles----I live in fiat and am
trying to make room for the Christ
mas tree. Town Topics.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

Ma'am Hickey's account of the Christ
mas tree at Singing River is so much
more interesting than any account
could give of it, that think it best to let
he1 tell about it in her own way:
You see, Big Dan an Joe Burke got
back all right the middle of the afternoon
the day before Christmas. They looked
like pair O. pack peddlers, an they were
about tagged out, for they had had hard
time of it pullin' up over the mountain
trails in snowstorm. Joe said he didn't
think he could have dragged himself an
other mile for love nor money. He had
two big turkeys on his back besides a
great lot of other things.
well, the men In the camp had been
busy, too. They had cut a big pine an set
1t up in the hall over the post Office, an
the way they had decorated the hall with
evergreen WAS beautiful. You couldn't
see an inch Of the ugly bare logs nor of the
bare rafters. They set to an scrubbed the
floor an washed the winders, an strung
up q lot o. red. white and blue buntin' |
happened to have in. the house, an tell
you the little old hall did look scrump-
tious. 1kep' the children in the kitchen
with me, where L. was maxim pies an
cake an doughnuts most o. the time. l
give 'em dough to muss with, an, let 'emn
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

II y past, like beautiful dream; but sweet
was the dream to me; s
For the children came, as in the days Of old
and cuddled around my knee;
ARD l told them the tales used to tell
ere my locks were thin and gray
TO the other children Of my love: The
children that went away!
l forget the vacant places-the fall of the
Wlntry snow; ~ e.,. .a.1
III tne lght 5of their rosy faces lived in
tho Long Ago; :"
: hved IN the long ago; but the Present
was perfect then -
eof all OF the bitter snow that falls on
the lives Of men. .z>..
I only knew they were near me, in q
~ world made new again, T. ..s ...1,
And the Winter violets Of Life were
rlmmed with the Springtime rain;
! feit their kisses sweet on my withered
checks and cold:
ana saw, over threads Of silver, the
sieam OF their, curls Of gold.
1t is past, like beautiful dream; with
all the songs that were sung;
AND l feel. In the after Silence, that the
world Ii for the young;,
ana thanks be to God that the world Is
SO, with all its sunny years
That at least, one time in our lives we
know kisses and love. and-tears!
-F. L. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitution.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

: :. ~ :. IES Still sen@tht.s. 70 Do. ?.
I Has your Wife finished her Christ;
nas sAopPing?.". ,s,. r, >...n~ rr.,,- t,,,
! ;sYes; She exDects. now to be ;ab3e
70 PM: AZ tn all lls the nest of. her, time hp
ing 1T thihgs she might have bought
for 1ess money II she had only known
Il. - Chicago Recorders ~....
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

nothing to- his sister, showing each day
an increasing interest in the aecumulat-
Ing presents In tho locked room, and
finally, on Christmas eve, late In the
day, going back to the store where he
had made His purchases to alsk what
had become Of the doll and the war
ship. It took . long time to ind out the
right man, but at last, very: polite
clerk who had been answering questions
as fast as q dozen people could ask them.
turned to him and said:
'''Murdock? What address? Penrose
street or Penrose avenue? 2, .ss. B I.
81 Are there both y asked the colonel
as the possible blunder dawned on him.
Yes; one on the West side, one on
the South side. Where did you wish
your goods to go 2" 81 .E4s q sss 81
Of course, Penrose avenue il "a the
South side and Penrose street is on the
West side, and Col. Battersly had him
self made the mistake. The goods had
been receipted for, the clerk told him.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
subtle Revenge.

{ Kate-I never liked my brother-in-
law.
Iaura--Why don't yous knit him
nscktie for q Christmas present -
sonsrvine Journal.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

Col. bd..el sIy, not having seen his
sister in ten years, decided to spend
Christmas at her house. A desultory
correspondence had made him vaguely
aware of the fact.that her husband, Cal
vim Murdock, had grown rich, and that
she had two children. boy and girl.
But he was not prepared for the luxuri-
ant conditions which he found upon en-
tering their splendid home. He was
when she married Murdock the soldier
brother had made up his mind that his
sisters husband was not "his kind"
In frontier barracks and foreign camps,
Col. Battersly's life had been lonely.
He was a silent, elemental, passionate
man, whose rigid habits gave cold and
even hard exterior to a nature essential
ly tender.
But the Murdocks gave Uncle Batter
sly a grand welcome. His sister kissed
him, the two children gave him their
hands with trained graciousness, and the
head of the house said: welcome to
the warrior-see. the conQuering hero
comes!" This made the old campaigner
i'll at ease He blushed like = girl, and
thereafter found restraint in the, to
him, artificial atmosphere Of the grand
house. -..,.>- T..
When the. Christmas pr resents began
to arrive, and his sister showed them to
him, the colonel suddenly realized that
he must buy something for the children.
He said nothing about it, but spent half
OF the next day buying for his niece
French doll. with a complete wardrobe.
and = fully equipped steam battlsship
for his nephew, It was 1 soldiers
and q child for the little
woman. power and war for the little
man. HE was very careful about the
address, Mrs. Murdock, 2441 Penrose
street" ;. : - 80
He wondered why his gifts did not
soon appear in the grand array, but said
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

well, the loot-that is, picked EN- up
in China @nd-they-the children will
appreciate them more as they grow
older"
Murdock walked away without an
other word, but that night the woman
told her brother, softly and with evil
dent desire to be grateful, that. papa
was SO scrupulous, he didn't want the
vchlldren to receive such presents
So the brother. flushing red, took bach
his barbaric gifts and went to bed. In
the morning, soon after breakfast, he
went out of the house, called cab, and
;; bade the driver take him to 2441 Penrose
street. The doll and the battleship had
not arrived, and he was going after
them He got out of the cab in a squalid
I street. and went into the only house in
the block. 1t was dirty, tumbledown
cottage, built below grade and with a
sign For Sale nailed to the riekety
fence. A thin woman, in an old, faded
wrapper, came to the door.
i came to see if"
oh, knew somebody I'D come" she
interrupted him. II knew they wasn't
for, US, sir-won't you come in?' -
He stepped into the dingy room and
saw a big-eyed, frail girl of seven fond
ling the great French DOLL Z l,2'>>'
You see, SIR said the woman.
breathless to explain, the things come u
while was out work over at the shoe
factory, and-my name is Murphy. sir
and when the things come, nobody va
home. 81, but Mamie and the boy: He's
mine. and he's out there, now playin,
with tn steamboat, and when thswaeon
came, Mrs. Tracy, she lives Id the aext
block. she seen It. and she ran over and
signed book, and theidrivor jumped
on his wagon and went away. ~. q
course, the children seen ths bdSndtssl
an'nothin' would do but thSy musxtt xttfItaa upaan
'em. That's all. sir; We didn't want q ::
l hope you don't think we'd steal 'enln. -
She was out of breath now, and the
two children-the boy, sturdy lad al
ten' had come in-were staring, fright
ened, at the colonel. He locked at them
moment and then ut the mother. =
I don't understand you, madam he
SAID. = called to look at the house. N's
for sale. you know" t. ..:ts r Fl !
He saw the look OF anxiety pass from
her homely face. The children, delight
ed with the reprieve, ran back to their
splendid toys. He made a show Of look
ing through the stuny rooms, and when
he was going gave each of the little
ones coin.
Good-by, madam" he said to. the
mother. You have two fine children y
And when he was in the cab again he
stroked his gray mustache and
ehuckled: ss.ss. .ss
II was lucky b1under, after ALL I'll
go down toithe store In the morning and
tell 'em It's a1l risht. - Chicago Record
Herald. 2.s. s.s] sss
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
THE DOOR OPENED AND A STRONG
MAN STEPPED IN.

scrape the cake dishes, an tried to keep
em interested all the time, so they
wouldn't ask about their pa.
"When Big Dan an Joe got back, the
other men had a great time riggin up the
tree. We was afeerd they wouldn't be
able to buy Christmas tree candles in
Crystal City; but, my land! they got
about ten dozen of 'em, an no end O.
.Gnsel an shiny balls an things to hang on
the tree, an lot O. little flags to stick in
among the evergreen dec'raions. we
hid no end o. common taller candles on
hand, an the men were perfectly reckless
with EN-. i reckon they put as many
as 400 pf:.5fem UP around the room.
An What did they do but go an .ris
Big Dan up az Sanity Claus! They
wrapped him up in big beayskin one o.
the boys had, an put about q quart o.
f5our lon his long, busky whiskers to
whiten 'em, an they put = big fur cap on
his head. and he did look for al the world
like Sanity his own self. Yes; an he had
. string o sleigh bells they got a& the
stage ONCE stable; an them boys
ackshully cut 9. hole in the roof 80 SANITY
Claus could come down through 1t! La.
II you want things carried through re.
gardless, you let q lot Of Rocky Mountain
boys take it in hand. They won't stop at
nothin' II reckon they'd h'isted on the
hull roof if it had been necessary to make
the appearance of Sanity true life. Such
fun as the boys had over 1t all! An Of
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
Santa Claus Jokes

,.! Merely . SuEEestion.
Dimmick-Is your mother-in.law 1t
your house now? . ,-:..
Kickshaw-Yes, and I don't know
what to get her for q Christmas pres-
ent.
"She lives at Philadelphia, doesn't
she?''
Yes"
''Then why not buy her 4 ticket
home?"-Harlem Life
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
By JOHN II. RAFFERTY,.

1t was pretty late to attempt getting
them back. but they would try: The
clerk made some notes. ratified OF I few
words about the terrible rush, moved
on and left the colonel standing dazed
in the crowd. He went home, and as .
.precautions got out OF his trunk !
strangely carved bracelet, antique. ori-
ental-a noble present, he thought, for
his niece; and for his nephew an old,
bejeweled war mask-it. had been q
mandarin's. And he took them to Mrs..
Murdoch, saying nothing of their great
value, and said they were for her girl
and her boy. But after dinner that night
Mr. Murdock tapped at the colonels
uoor, saying:
Il hope you won't think of giving
those rare curios to the children, colonel.
They're worth their weight in money"
Didn't cost me cent, Murdock,"
blurted the soldier. They're part of the
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23
The Old Standbys.

Mrs. Cobwigger-Here Is a printed
list of, suitable presents for q wife to
givessher. husband, Mark the ones yos
would like best sj;.. s41:4&se . ...: (.
J. Cobwigger latter reading list)-I
think would be satisfied, my dear, With
anything that was not mentioned here.
-5adfe 49,, ,'',. s..,.,,.,,, : ~. y. ..,>
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-23

- lost Of the HuFly-BaFly. ::
1 jane never had such miserable
Christmas month in Ill my life.
II Martha-What's the matter?
J why, got silly at, and did al
my Christmas shopping two months
ago.''-Detroit Free Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
Glad to Get Back.

The editor of the Salem Journal re-
Gently returned from an Eastern trip.
He is glad to get home, and in express
ing his gladness, says:
"Only a person who has been sub
jected to the freezing, shivering thing
they call air in the prairie states for a
few weeks in January, when you breathe
something that tingles with ice, and the
wind cuts you like knife, can appreci-
ate the soft and balmy Italian atmos-
phere of Western Oregon. The air sweet
with the fragrance of evergreen verdure
and savory of the coniferous forests fills
the lungs like cooling ambrosia. Pure
as the breezes that watt toward the dis
embodied spirits winging their way
across the Elesyan fields, come the soft
and mellifluous zephyrs that greet the
weary denizen returning from the frozen
climes of the East. Farewell to rub
bing your ears to keep them warm fare
well to icicles on your moustache that
make you look like a tushed walrus
from the briny deep; goodbye to over
shoes, buffalo coats, fur gloves, horse
blanket underclothing, chilblains and
frosted shinbones that make you feel as
if each pedal extremity was combina-
ton of aching boils and rheumatics
where shivering you go to bed and shiv-
ering arise; all those jack-frost cinches
are thing of the past after you cross
the Cascade range and drop softly down
into the land where roses bloom the year
round on the cheeks of those you love,
as we'll as under the sheltering walls Of
comfortable homes, where the furnace
is not eating up in the winter what you
earned the rest OF the year"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06

The following are the committees
appointed to arrange for and conduct
the Hoosier basket social. 1t is desired
that the different committees meet as
soon as possible and get their work IN
hand.
Refreshments-W Z Sheriff. and
wife, Mrs J E Hanna, Mrs + E Newly,
Rev H G Shaffer and wife, L Butler.
Seats and Tables-S w Arnold, G H
Temple, - Harrum, U GDyer.
Coffee-Mrs 0 B Hartley, Mrs S E
Bartmess, 7 G Dallas.
Press-D N Byerlee, S F Bartmess, A
0 Hershey, Rev H G Shaffer.
Programme-J E Hanna, David Upson,
D n Byerlee, DR. E I earns, Gladdys
Hartley, Miss Earle.
Finances E Bartmess, f E Newby,
0 B Hartley, Mrs Edgington, Gladys
Hartley, Miss Earle.
observation-disclosures S + Bartmess,
SW Arnold, F E Newly, 0 B Hartley,
Miss Carrie Butler, the Misses Wilson,
L Butler, I Butler, Mr. and Mrs G B
Tompkins.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
Good Roads Legislation.

The good roads legislative committee
al Tuesday evening and transacted
IA ie3tss1 as follows: Our representative
1 sac, tSHon. N. Whealdon, has been
INFESTED to lose no time in supporting
So best road bill that will enable any
+ a district to build better roads.
ss,.committee is favorably impressed
IN most of the features OF the bill in
E2Auced by Senator Smith OF Umatilla
aunty. Judge Scott, chairman of the
III te roads association, has been written
relative to the organization of per-
.anent good roads association for Hood
iker valley in order that we may be in
|ne for our share OF the 500, 900, ,000appro-
fiation bill now before congress for the
stablishing of goodroads throughout the
Inited States.
The committee on legislation desires
! render their congratulations to the
aliciting committee for their noble work
IA great success in securing so many
Inscriptions for the good cause, but we
esire to call the attention of the solicit
ue committee to what seems an appar-
n5 neglect in not obtaining the sigma
lIses Of all the citizens who are benefited
+ this fund. We notice one of the
63st prominent apple growers has not
med the subscription list. The COM
aiitee should call on every one in the
oad district and give every person an
to be a benefactor and a
citizen.
V. WINCHELL,
4. 4 i !, Mason, Mason Committee
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
Saved Her Child,s Life.

"In three weeks our chubby little boy
was changed by pneumonia almost to
skeleton" writes Mrs. w. Watkins OF
Pleasant City, o. ga terrible cough set
in, that in spite of a good DOCTORS treat
ment for several weeks, grew worse
every day. We then used DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
our darling was soon sound and well.
We are sure this grand medicine saved
his life." Millions know it's the only
sure cure for coughs. colds and all lung
diseases. Chas. N. Clarke will guaran-
tee satisfaction. SOC, $l.00. Trial bottles
free
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-06
A "Roast" for s'Verdant."

Hood River, Oregon, January 81, 1908.
Editor Glacier: In this weeks Gla-
cier "Verdant' gives me little roast
on the water question. When he states
that l made u motion to ''pass first
reading without reference or amend
ment," he utters a malicious untruth.
The motion to pass first reading is
simply to say that the council will con-
slider the ordinance and after the motion
is carried, the mayor will refer it to the
proper committee. As l did not care
what committee he referred it to, / did
not include any reference to a commit
tee in my original motion, but as a
brother councilman wanted to refer it
to a particular committee, l accepted
his amendment. The time to amend is
after first reading, and | stated to the
chairman of the committee to which it
was referred that would not vote for
the ordinance until several objection
able features were changed.
In all places the anonymous letter
writer is the most contemplate creature,
but if | was as ignorant of legislative
proceedings as "Verdant," too might
be too cowardly to sign my name to an
attack on fellow citizen, Section 102
of the city charter practically prohibits
the city from putting in its own water
works, but if "Verdant" wants the char
ter changed why does he not take the
necessary steps to have it changed. But
that would disclose his identity. A man
who claims he is the people should have
the courage to come out in the open.
In the three years "Verdaut" has been
in our midst, he has always tried to run
the town.
l am afraid "Verdant" is interested
in something he wants to unload on the
town. G. ]. GEssLING.