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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Here's Little List of Things You May Need
Offerin 8 Valenciennes
LaCeS At 1OC
Are Usually 15c, Zoe and 25c

Are usually LOG, loc ana zoe
Mostly they are 15c and 20c Laces-
some, however, are usually 25c.
AS Valenciennes Laces, the opportunity
and what it means may be easily realized.
We have provided for the sale full va
riety of the beautiful meshes and patterns
which are always so useful, and which you
will be sure to appreciate securing at the
very low price. These are Valenciennes
Laces Of particularly desirable class.
Edging, insertions, too, and there are
plenty of them to match. Numerous odd pat
terms and widths in the finer qualities in
clude edgings and insertions. All are per
fectly desirable, and at 10c a yard are even
more attractive than any of the Lace values
we have offered for a long time.
Two special tables are filled with these
Laces. 1t is decidedly important lace
event.
Embroideries at 1Oc Yard Including Values
to zoe
Quite an interesting sale. Embroideries
at 10c yard, all from higher prices, while
some we're even 25c. Plenty of zoe Embroid-
cries among them, edgings and insertions,
good patterns, too, and there are few Of
them in sets. Swiss and Cambria Embroid-
cries from which a pleasing selection can be
made at the low price ................1Oc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
The Declining Sense of Humor

From the Washington Evening Star.
do you think Americans have a great
sense Of humor?
WELL" replied Senator Sorghum, I'm
afraid it isn't what it used to be. The
folks out home are becoming SO inter-
ested in economic issues that they don't
seem, to care whether l tell them any
funny stories or not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
FOR RENT

212 N. Goth street, with stair
way in or taken out. Occupancy
October /. Also several nice
centrally located offices.
LOUIS V. CLARK & CO.,
4th Avenue and 20 Street.
Phones 607.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Trimmed Hats

This is the last call on our
Trimmed Hats left from
this seasons selling. We
have on hand about 100
pretty Dress Hats, this
seasons styles and shapes.
We want to sell them in
one day. To accomplish
this will place a round
price on them, and let you
be the judge. Hats in the
lot that were priced up to
$4,000. Doesn't matter
they must go. No two
alike. Entire lot must be
sold. Your choice Mon
day $1.00.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
A Clean Score

From Puck.
The Mana good canoeist? Well,
guess I ami Only tipped over twice In
my life.
The Maid-How many times have you
been out?
The Man-Twice!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
Special Close Out Sale
Of All Our High Grade Hand
Embroidered
Linen Dresses
and Linen Coat Suits
Values Up To $500
Monday at 1898

IT'S conceded fact that showing of fine high grade
Linen Suits has exceed by far any line that has been
shown in the city this to size, style and quail
ity Naturally at this the latter part of the
have some few of very finest Suits and Dresses left
While the time has arrived for to reduce Stocks the
time just ripe for you buy of these pretty Suits
The very choicest the most select line to be offered
Beautiful White Embroidered Linens, also colored.
Handsome Persian Band Trimmings and Hand Embrod-
cred Dresses be closed out regardless of cost value
at one nrce 1888
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Special End of Season Sale of Shirt Waists
All Pure Tailored Waists $500 value 89c
Embroidered Waists 81 so and S. value 89c
Waists nicely trimmed $125 $780, $5 kind 89c
sale of Shirt Waists looked forward by thou
sands who OF this grand
ment where fgue just simply close out of all
odd All fresh, clean styles; and in this large
assortment all sizes be had. Values that have
three times the amount asked in this sale
Six large tables your choosing All price Monday Avoid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
White and COlOred Wash
Skirts CSC

Another large shipn of Wash Skirts for
Mondays selling. White, tan and blue.
Made of good quality inene. Styles are
Tunic effects, others buttoned all the way,
with pretty large pearl buttons. This is I'M
doubtedly the best Skirt value we have yet
offered. Monday, as long as they last, 98c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
HIGHLAND Boomer
Dresses For Child
ren's School
Wear CSC

This most sensible
Dress for children IS
school wear. A 8
piece dress in one.
Comes in lovely
range of colors for
early fall wear, sizes
2 to 6 years. Monday
will offer you $1.25
and $3.50 values 98c
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tive powers of unparalleled extent, but II
Is by no means clear sailing Hence 1t Is
not likely that the recent syndicate ac-
quirement of great blocks of stocks Is or
permanent character.
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Ladies'
Shapes 19c
At this price you will
have the choice Of
over 200 S h a p e S I;
blacks, natural and
all colors; S b a p e S
that are worth up to
$3.50 and $500 in the
lot. In order to &C
CO m m o d a t e the
crowds that will re-
spond to this sale
will place them on
one long table in rear
of second floor. One
day only, Monday,
19c.
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Special Sale of Wash Dresses
at $1.98

At the above price you select choice of any Wash
Batste and French Bingham Dresses Values up to $500
We need the room-all summer goods must and
make room for the fall goods which begin
ming to arrive. This announcement will attract large
crowds to Ready Wear Section. There will be
none reserved. They all go at price Monday-$198
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

BINGHAM. Fall Gngham our standard
brands good quality soft fnish large range of pat
terms suitable for ladies' and childrens wear men
and boys shirts and romper patterns price, yd 1Oc
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$40 Value Lingerie
Dresses $1.98

This startling announce
ment will create a furore
Monday. There is but
one way to close out a
line quickly = put the
price in reach of all.
Hence on Monday we will
place on sale every White
Lingerie Dress in stock
that has been priced up to
$1,000 for your selection.
The above price will make
a clean sweep Of them.
The wise buyers will be
here early. Sale starts
promptly at $50 a. m.
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Silk Dresses
and Silk
Coats $9.98

We will place on sale
Monday 50 handsome
Silk Dresses and Silk
Coat Suits; material
of messaline, chiffon,
taffetas, pongee and
rajah silks; this sea-
sons best styles; to
be closed out regard
less of cost or values.
Blacks and all good
colors are to be had
in the lot. Values up
to $500. Y ur
choice :. 1888
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27

scriber" seems to have gotten from
my letter to The Press a few days
ago under the heading, How
Citizen Was Directed to a
Place."
To begin with wish to ask what
does the word conductor" mean?
The word comes from the Latin
verb conduco, which is composed
of the two Latin words. cum, mean
ing together, and duco, meaning
lead; the word conduco therefore
meaning lead together. Webster's
new 1910 International gives for
the first definition of conductor,
Zone that leads" lin any sensel,
and for the seventh, "One in charge
of public conveyance, as of an
omnibus, street car" Uniting
these two definitions, l deduce the
following: A conductor is any per-
son in charge of an omnibus, a
street car or any public convey
ance, for the purpose of maintain
ing order, collecting fares and d.
recting patrons.
Now, l do not expect conductor
to know Everything" Il believe
no fair minded person does) but
surely we may rely upon them to
know the number of the block at
the end of their route, as well as
the names of the streets on which
their car runs. Therefore, | be-
lieve that l am just and impartial
when / say that the conductor on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27

Editor The Press: In reading
the comments of Subscriber" in
your issue of Tuesday, regarding
the citizen who requested informa-
ton of street car conductor as
to the location of a certain street
Ga question which said conductor
should have been able to have an
swered at short notice., the idea Is
impressed upon my mind that Sub
scriber" is either a conductor or a
booster" for "Raymer's Old Book
Store" Just study that sarcastic
remark about buying little 6x6
book" and thus not bother any Of
the Pharisees you meet, about
something of which they know but
little. l will guarantee that Sub
scriber" knows as little about the
different view points of Spokane as
any person wearing a booster"
button, and will farther agree to
prove that there are many places
inside of the city limits of which
his little Guide" fails to make in
telligent mention. He should try
and get rid of his crouch, as it does
not show the sunny Old Spokane"
spirit. The writer has visited
strange cities in many states and
nations, and has never yet been
refused the natural courteous an
swer when a request has been made
in gentlemanly manner, and in a
spoken by the accosted
person. From Maine to Washing
ton, and from Canada to the tropi-
cal regions of Mexico have never
met with a man wearing the don't
ask-me" badge, so cheer up,
brother, and earn that booster"
button you used to wear so proudly.
C. E. Armstrong, 0423 Monroe
street, Spokane.
Editor, Spokane Press-1 beg
space in your paper to correct an
erroneous impression that "a Sub
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
FAMOUS BEAUTIES
NEVER GET FAT

Womankind wonders why fam
GUS beauties grow old, but do not
grow fat. They live at silken ease,
amid the porcelain flesh pots. The
wine, that puffs out obscure NOR
tails. flows not illiberally down
their alabaster threats. Yet their
lifelong loaf does not thicken their
limbs nor double their chins. What
is the secret of the long-lived
gracefulness of the hautton?
One-half ounce of Marmola, p
OF. Fl. Elk. Cascara Aromatic, 3h
OF. Peppermint Water This is the
famous Marmola Prescription. long
familiar to the fashionable phar-
macists OF the world and their
clientele, but which has only rec
entity penetrated to the knowledge
of the hoi polloi of womankind.
Since when, for convenience sake,
it has been put into elegant packet
form. the Marmola Prescription
Tablet, which can now be had of
we'll nigh any druggist, fashionable
and ordinary, or the Marmola Co.,
1140 Farmer Bldg. Detroit, Mich,
in large cases for seventy-five
cents.
With this tablet any woman can
reduce, by losing a pound a day,
in few weeks; take off fat
(where it shows most) on chin.
abdomen, hips, etc, without need
for exercising. table restraint, fear
of wrinkles, or the slightest physi.
cal harm or uneasiness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
GROCERS AND
COMMISSION
MEMS TRUST
CHARGED BY MANY AS BEING
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES
RESTAURANT MANS
EXPERIENCE.

The commission mems combine
and the local Retail Grocers' as
ISOLATION is believed by great
many people to be responsible for
much of the complaint as to high
prices in Spokane. II is generally
known that the commission houses
have a hard and fast combination
that controls prices absolutely.
They will not sell pound of pro-
duce to a consumer, and tells the
retailer at what price he shall sell
stuff, allowing of course a suffi-
cient margin.
Cabbage has been bought at 1
cent per pound in Spokane by the
wholesalers and sold to the con-
sumner at 312 to 4 cents per pound.
When the farmers and truck gar
deners have refused to comply
with the demand of the commits
sion houses for low prices they
have been known to ship certain
lines of vegetables and berries to
hammer down the price, but this
benevolent effort was not for the
benefit of the consumer.
William Bartram, proprietor of
the Tuxedo restaurant on Division
street between Main and Front ave-
nues, who is a large purchaser of
supplies. gives his experience. Il
have no kick on the wholesale price
of meat or the business methods of
E. III. Stanton & Co." said Bartram
today. but the manner in which
the commission houses and retail
ers hand it to the people here is a
caution. Schallinger Produce Co.
sells the Success brand of butter
to the retailers at 81 cents per
pound, who in turn add on 9 cents,
selling it for 40. | tried to get a
case of this butter, but was told
that they would not sell it to me,
that | would have to buy it from a
retailer.
Potatoes are selling in the
stores at S5c to 81 per sack | buy
my potatoes at so cents per sack.
The consumer gets it handed to
him for 80 cents per sack On this
one item. The other day l went
to commission house to get some
sweet potatoes. The fellow told
me that he had been ordered to
raise them by the boss of the as
sociation to cents wholesale that
morning. BY offering the cash and
agreeing to say nothing, | got the
sweet potatoes from another dealer
at "a cents per pound, and he said
that he made good money at that
figure. These sweet potatoes re-
tail at 5 cents. Afterward | learned
that the fellow was suspended from
the association for selling me that
batch of sweet potatoes under the
market figure.
THE people had better get after
the grocers', the wholesalers and
the commission mems trusts, and
then they will be getting near the
real cause of the high cost of living
in Spokane"
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$780, REWARD $500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that self.
ence has been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitu-
tiOnal treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The prOprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F.. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
Stipo ticr
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
ADVANCED
GROUND ON
FRANCHISES
CHARTER COMMISSION AGREES
UNANIMOUSLY TO MANY
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS.

A position in advance of the laws
Of the state of Washington is taken
in the draft of the proposed new
city charter on the question of
franchises, unanimously agreed
upon at the meeting of the charter
revision commission last night.
The possibility of the city acquir-
ing street railway, telephone. gas
or lighting plants hereafter to be
installed is granted, also the right
of the city to require space for its
wires in all underground conduits
and other improvements of this
kind. A common user clause has
been inserted permitting subse-
quent franchises to share in the
rights of those already granted,
and many other new and advanced
ideas are included.
The charter commission met last
night and concluded to have the
mayor elected by the five commits
sioners, instead of voting direct on
the mayor as at present. An effort
to have the position of mayor
designated in the election was
made by H. d. Merritt, Gordon G.
Corbaley, Warren w. Tolman, B. r.
Ostrander and John E. Blair, all
friends of Mayor Pratt, but it was
lost by vote of eight to five.
Nearly one-half of the charter
was disposed of last night, and the
rest will be considered at the meet
ing next Tuesday night. 1t now
begins to appear as if the commit
tee will get together in due time
and report a charter that will be
satisfactory to the people and the
most advanced step in municipal
government ever taken west of the
mountains.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
TWO SIDES TO
BRIDGE STRIKE

City Engineer Ralston may have
trouble In securing structural iron
workers when he wants them In an.
other month.
Developments show that there
are two sides to the difficulty be.
tween the engineer and the bridge
nen and structural iron workers
which resulted in the strike Of II
men on the Monroe street bridge
yesterday.
That the statements of the engi-
neer which were given circulation
yesterday do not tally with the
facts In the case, is the assertion
ton of men who went on strike
yesterday.
They have a deeper grievance
than the mere objection to the tear
ing down of trolley poles" by com.
mon laborers. The tearing down
CT these poles, which, it is under
stood. were connected with steel
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PAIN TIERS.
MASTER PAINTERS AssoSIA-
TON SORE BECAUSE OF
ar
MEN TAKING DAY
WORK.
Is MEN ARE AFFECTED
OTHER WORK ON HOSPITAL
BEING DONE BY UNION
MEN BY THE
DAY. ..-.

Twenty-Five painters employed
on the new Sacred Heart hospital
have been placed on the blacklist
by the master painters association
and told that they need not apply
to the association members for
work when the season reopens.
The occasion for this action is
the fact that the men accepted day
work on the hospital in contraven-
ton of the orders of the associa-
ton. The hospital superintendent
concluded that in order to get
more satisfactory results he would
hire the men direct, paying the
scale and recognizing the union,
and on this showing the union
men went to work by the day.
The carpenters are working on
the hospital by the day and much
of the other work has been done
in the same manner.
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fastenings. comes regularly under
the jurisdiction of the structural
iron workers.
The workers complain that the
engineer has refused to pay the
wage of $3.50 per day, which, they
state, he has promised them for all
steel work, whether in the con-
struction of the new bridge or the
destruction of the old. They also
assert that he agreed to pay them
$3.50 per day for the construction
of all false work pertaining to steel
construction.
The conditions of that verbal
agreement were sent back to their
international and passed upon by
the officials of that organization.
Now that the engineer has refused
to pay the $3.50 rate the workers
state that there must be an under
standing before union men will
again take part in the construc-
ton of the bridge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
BELIEVES IN WASHTUCNA
VALLEY.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drebis of Pa
louise Falls, Wash, are in the city
visiting with friends. Mr.. Drebis
is superintendent of the demonstra-
ton farm of the Palouse Irrigation
and Power company, in the Wash.
tucna valley. and while in the city
Will purchase large amount of
supplies to be used in the construc-
ton of one of the large company
bitches and fumes. Mr.. Drebis
spent Is years in the Wenatchee
valley and helped build that valley
up, but thinks the Washtucna val
ley will lead all the other valleys
in the state for gardening or fruit
growing.
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SOME PERSONALITIES IN 1.-THE
TOP O. TIL WORLD"

The personnel of THE Top o. tn
World at the Auditorium Sunday.
is rich in ''vaudevillians''-g DIN
ates of the vaudeville stage. Bailey
and Austin, like Montgomery and
Stone, got their opportunities
through a bit" from their special
ties, which fitted into plays and
carried everything with them. They
became part and parcel of the
piece, so the plays would be useless
without them. They just fitted and
then grew, so to speak.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27

the Union Park car should have
known that his car ran east ON
Sprague to Napa (about the
twenty hundred block, south ON
Napa to Third avenue and east ON
Third to Lacey (about the twenty
six hundred block where the car
then starts on its return trip, and
that he could have carried me
within one block of the desired
number, E2614 Fourth avenue.
Surely this Is not asking too
much RAYMOND II. ARNOLD.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27

HAVE A KICK

The electricians will probably be
the next labor organization to take
fall out of the manner in which
the new Monroe street bridge work
has started.
Common labor has been employ
ed by City Engineer Ralston to re-
move the electroliers on the bridge,
which properly may be classed as
work belonging to the electricians.
There is probability that the
electricians will take action on
this infringement of their rights.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
FALLS DOWNSTAIRS
AND is BADLY HURT

In an intoxicated condition, A..
w. Pickens was found lying in a
pool of blood on the stair landing
between the second and third floors
of the Ziegler block last night. He
was in a critical condition. his nose
broken and his face and body
bruised and cut. The man had evf-
IDENTIFY fallen quite distance.
Pickens was taken to the city
emergency hospital, where his
wounds were dressed by Steward
Dare. His broken face was stitch
ed and his miserable condition re-
lieYed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
COLLEGE BOY GOES FARMING.

e. G. Blackburn of Milan. Wash.
has purchased a 10-acre tract of
Washtucna valley irrigated land
and will move down at once. Mr..
Blackburn is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. and will SUI
perintend the working of 50 acres
of land in the valley for Wisconsin
people. Mr.. ROLAND Peters, also of
Milan. has also purchased tract
in the valley and Will go down at
once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
CHURCH RUMMAGE SALEs

A rummage sale will be held by,
the ladies of the Corbin Park M.
E. church tomorrow, all day, in the
basement of the Vincent NJ. e.
church. corner Main avenue and
Lincoln street. Doors to the sale
will be thrown open at $50 o'clock
tomorrow morning. and the pro-
cceds from the sale will be turned
to the support of the Corbin Park
church
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
REAL LIVE BABY TO TEACH THESE
GOODS THE WAY TO RAISE CHILD

COLUMBIA Mo, Jan 27-Charles Addison Jones, of this
CITY, today selected
OF the Missouri
in the home economics Charles
be petted coddled, fed and AS
Charles is but probable he
more strenuous objection than he would later
Recently Dr. Edna D. Day, professor, decided
criminal raise girls without
Desiring
to live baby for the
half dozen babies will
they their usefulness
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
SERIES OF EVANGELISTIC
SERMONS.

Rev. George r, Stevens, who left
last winter as a member of the
BILLY" Sunday party to assist Mr..
Sunday in conducting revivals in
Iowa and Illinois, arrived in Spo-
kane few days ago and will, next
Sunday, begin a series of evan.
Gelistic sermons to be conducted
through this state and Idaho.
The opening sermon will be
given at Rathdrum, Idaho. Rev
Stevens will be assisted by Fl. G..
Hoghatt, a singer, and Lea Collins.
pianist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27

Walter j. Nichols has been made
the defendant in a suit for s11OO
brought by Charles ]. Lester, in
which departure from the usual
procedure in brokers' offices is al
legged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
MARRIAGES.

j. E. King, Seattle. ....... legal
Anna Koch, Spokane. ..... legal
A. P. Blackman, Murray Idaho. %
Maud McNary, Buford. n d.. .27
Geo W. Miller, Sprague, Wash 2S
Eva May Taylor, Sprague, Wash 81
Bert J. Wagner, St. John, Wash. 23
Allie Stephens, st. John, Wash %
L. w. Westphal, Spokane. -. legal
Minnie Ewing, Spokane. .... legal