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ance, 903 So. @ St. Rev. O. J. Stone
pastor. Sunday school, 2:00; preach
Ing 500 Wednesday morning, 1890,
prayer meeting; Wednesday after
noon, 2:30. Bible study.
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Salvation Army, l2e1 Pacific ave.
Services: Knee drill. Z a. m: holt
ness meeting. IL n. m; company
meeting. 1870 p. m; preaching, p.
salvation meeting. s p. m. BriRadier
and Mrs. Robert Dublin VIII con-
duct the afternoon and night meet
tngs.
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Swedish NJ. e church. and 18th
SITS, Rev. A. @. Beck. pastor. Morn
ing service. 1880 a. M: Sunday
school. IL m: Epworth league. D.
err meeting. Wednesday evening ut
7:45 y. m.
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st. Paurs NJ. y. church, So. asa
and L SITS, W;-.do b. Marsh, pastor.
Sunday sci pol. 9:4b a. M: Epworth
league. $50 p. ni.: prayer meeting,
Thursday, p. m; preaching. IL a.
II. and 1880 y. m.
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Methodist

Central Methodist Episcopal
church. So 21st and l SITS, E. w.
Erickson, pastor. Sunday school,
9:46 a. m; preaching IL n. M. class
meeting, noon; Epworth league. 1900
p. M; preaching. 1880 y. m. Junior
league, p. m: prayer service,
Thursday, 500 y. m.
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testimony meeting, 4;46 y. m..Bere.
IN Bible study, $3.50 y. IN.
Park universalist church. Division
ave. and St. w, ID, Buchanan, min
ister. Services at II a. m. Thurs
day night meeting at o'clock,
Universal Spiritual society. Odd
Fellows hall. III Commerce and
m: lecture .. m meetings 6:3o
and 1880 y. m.
The Exodus society holds services
in |. o. O. II. hall on 9Th ave. and
Anderson st., every Sunday at II
a. m.
Christian and Missionary ALI
ance, eos SO. @ ST.. Rev. O. J. Stone.
pastor Sunday school, 2:00; preach
Ing 500 Wednesday morning, 1890,
prayer meeting; w ednesday after
noon. 2:s0. Bible study
Salvation Army. l2eI Pacific ave.
Services: Knee drill. a. m: holt
ness meeting. IL a. m; company
meeting. 1:30 p. m; preaching, p.
m; Young Peoples meeting, 6 p. IN.
salvation meeting. y. m. Brigadier
and Mrs. Robert Dublin VIII con-
tngs.
Mckinley Park NJ. Il. church. sun
day school. 10 a. m. morning serv-
ice at IL a. M; Junior league. 8 p
m; Epworth leage, $40 p. m.
evening service. 1880 y. m.
Epworth NJ E. church, So 7th and
Anderson, w. o. Benadom. pastor
nsq N. .k.,er N,a
lila, m; Junior league. 2;4b y. m;
evening service. 1880 y. m; Epworth
League at 700 p. m.
Norwegian Danish Methodist
church. 1904 SO. St. Elias Gjerding
pastor. Sunday school, 10 a. M:
preaching, IL a. m. and p m;
young folks prayer and testimonial
meeting, p. m; prayer meeting
Thursday night.
PRESBYTERIAN
First United Presbyterian church,
9Th ave. and Grant. Services. IL a,
m. and 1880 p. m.
Bethany Presbyterian church. cor
ner No, 41st st. and Verde ave Rev.
Oliver Il. Mather. pastor. Sunday
school, 9:45 a. m; morning service.
II a. M: intermediate c. Il. 3:i5;
4. r. .. -. H., os5O.
First Presbyterian church, corner
South @ and 10th. Rev. Murdoch
Mcleod. ID D., pastor. Morning
service. 1890 a. M; evening service,
Rev. II. T. Mitohelmore. assistant
will preach In the morning on
Judgment. When?" and In the even
ing on "A Scared Conscience"
Sprague Memorial Presbyterian
church, corner South 58th and War
ner, Rev. James A. Dodds, pastor
service. IL a. m; C. E.. 1900 p. m.
evening service, $500 y. m.
Cavalry Presbyterian church, on
Division lane, Rev. John A. Rodgars
pastor. Sabbath school. 10 a. m.
morning service, IL a. m Y. p. 8. c.
f.. 6:45 p. m; evening service. 1880
y. m.
CHRISTIAN
First Christian church. Sixth ave
and X St, w. A. Moore. pastor
Prayer service. 9:46 a. m: Bible
school, 10 a. m morning service
IL a. M; evening service, 500
Christian EndeayOr. 1900.
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I2HZ Izl75Y VII DO TOR Two Cf7V75

many of them being utterly unfit for Deal
such as these rare, it is true the major
ity of them honest.
To the Dealers whom the railroads designate
the consignees, the little fellows the traders
These also represent almost every phase of hui
man character Many up a few hundred dol
lars and visit the freight yards with their teams.
buying the trees in less than carload lots In this
way they just what they getting.
Most of them sErewd fellows, and drive
hard bargain. Your upcountryman is ofttimes
shrewd, however, the "piker'' dealer, and many
amusing hours may De spent frequentng the
freight yards in the railroads where the trees
stacked exhibited for sale.
Each year there many additions to
the company of dealers The lure of the adven-
ture, the chance to realize money upon invest
ment that is practically certain to bring SO per
cent. return attracts many to the business Trees
be purchased in half carload lots, in
hundred lots for about so cents apiece. If they
be sold for dollar, perhaps more, the
chance to make money quickly is irresistible to
many investors.
Not always does the investor succeed. His
fingers sometimes pretty badly burned. The
market may be glutted, he may have rival the
next corner, perhaps his trees not sufficient
ly attractive to the public to patronize him
Perhaps he has held OFF, waiting for better prices
till the last moment, and finds himself with half
a hundred spruce on his hands, which he must
dispose of best he may.
Usually, however, the business is lucrative. The
wise dealer buys trees in hundred lots, peddles
them out quickly, and comes back for more. He
does not wait for high prices, sells his trees
for what he get
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versary of the Nativity is in danger
of losing its loving purpose 1t has
degenerated in many cases to mer-
cenary exchange gift for gift.
The spirit is frequently absent
This should not be. Women rep
resent the greater number of gift
givers. Let us then revert to the
underlying love and reverence that
prompted the Wise Men to lay their
offerings at the feet of the Holy
Baby Let US give a little of our
hearts with each present, and If we
cannot give a tangible expression of
our love, let us give a hearts wish
instead
In your hands lies great power for
good or for evil. A woman influences
thought and action. 1t is your duty,
then, to discountenance the heartless
offer and to smile your approval of
the spirit of the day.
Then. indeed, Christmas will mean
all that he would approve. The
guiding star of love and good will
that shone so clearly in the blue
night long ago should never be lost
in our minds, and the love to which
it pointed should epitomize our eff
forts to honor this great day.
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And Ceremony doff'd his pride
The heir. with roses in his shoes.
That night might village partner choose.
The lord, underogating, share
The vulgar game of post and pair
All halrd. with uncontrolled delight
And general voice. the happy night.
That to the cottage the crown
Brought tidings of salvation down
The fire. with well-dried logs supplied.
Went roaring up the chimney wide:
The huge hall tables oaken face.
Scrubbd till 1T shone, the day to grace,
Bore then upon its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord,
Then was brought in the lusty Drawn
BY old blue-coated serving man:
Then the grim boar's head grown'd on
high.
Crested with bays and rosemary
Well can the green garb'd ranger tell
How. when and where the monster fell.
What dogs before his death he tore
And all the batting of the boar
The wassail round. in good brown bowls
Garnish'd with ribbons, blitherly trowls-
There the huge sirloin reek'd; hard by
Plum porridge stood and Christmas pie;
Nor faifd old Scotland to produce
At such high tide her savory goose
Then came the merry maskers in.
And carols roar'd with blithesome din.
II unmelodious was the song.
It was hearty note and strong
Who lists may in their mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery.
White shirts supplied the masquerade
And smutted cheeks the vissrs made.
But, o: what maskers. richly digit.
Can boast Of bosoms half so light,
Old Christmas brogk int his sports again
Twas Christmas bRach'd the mishtiest
ale.
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale:
q Christmas gambol oft could cheer
- poor mans heart through half the
gear
sir Walter Scott
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Naive Optimists.

six months ago there was another
outburst of optimism as naive as
though the world we're still living in the
sentimental era of glass exhibitions
Since then there has opened another
era of political earthquakes and con-
fagrations, and the area of disturb
ance continues to extend. Before the
Tripon problem has been safely liquid
ated or the peace of the Balkans is as
sured, we have the outburst in China
of an instruction which may change
the face of the far east and give an
incalculab1e increase of force to all
the impulses set moving by the tri-
umph of Japan. All we can be certain
OF in the region of world politics is
that nothing is certain. Do we need
further lessons to convince US that
the peace of civilization is founded
upon the crust of a volcano?" asks
the London Observer.
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One of the Boones.
comes
va

From San Antonio, Tex, comes
Harry Boone, itinerant scribe. Harry
drifted into town a couple of days ago.
Introduced as "Mr. Boone" he said:
Yes, call me Daniel Boone. 1t isn't
my name, but I'm always called it, so
I'm getting used to it. Which re-
minds me: 1 was introduced to fell
low once and gave him the Daniel
part of it so he would remember the
name The next time 1 met him he
said: How are you today, Mr.. Crock
ETH San Francisco Chronicle.
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". L DOUGLAS TRUST PLAN
Manufacturer Thinks Government
Should obtain Publicity by .
License System.

Large business organizations have
come to stay. We cannot go back to
old conditions. We must meet world
competition Large concerns can pro
duce goods at lower cost than small
ones Germany fayors large corpora
tons. The method of the present ma
tional administration is to dissolve
the great organizations and make
them smaller. which is a backward
STEP There should be no limit to
corporation doing a large and legfti-
mate business. such as would be pos
sible under the licensing plan which
l favor, writes w. L. Douglas, former
governor of Massachusetts,. In the
Boston Herald.
PreJudices against corporations
merely because they are big. perhaps.
must be done away with They give
labor better returns. They cheaper
product and thus benefit the consum,
er- They give opportunities 10 small
investors who get returns otherwise
unattainable. They employ able
young men who have no capital at
all, but who receive handsome sal
aries for their ability and service.
In place OF the Sherman law 1t 10
my opinion there should be a depart
ment at Washington to grant licenses
to all manufacturers and corporations
in this country who do an interstate
commerce business
The law should be made so clear,
plain and definite that it could not be
misunderstood. 1t should require all
capital to be paid in full. Semi-yearly
statements should be given to the
public and certified by a public &C
countant. There should be a board
of examiners in each state to look aft
er these corporations just as our ma
tional banks are watched by the ma
tional government They should have
the right to enter the offices and ex-
anime the records of all the direc-
torates of these companies.
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Heap on more wood,-the wind Is chill.
But let ii whistle as 1t will,
Wen keep our Christmas merry still
Each age has deem'd the newborn year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
And well our Christian sires of old
Loved when the year its course had roIrd
And brought blithe Christmas back again.
With all his hospitable train
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night:
On Christmas eve the bells were rung.
On Christmas eve the mass was sung:
That only night in all the year
Saw the stoled priest the chalic rear.
The damsel donn'd her kirtle sheen,
The hall was dress d with holly green
Forth to the wood did merry men go
To gather In the mistletoe-
THEN open.d wide the baron's hall
: n vassal- tenant. serf and ALL
Power laid his rod o. rule aside
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A SURPRISE BOX.

Something which would delight
any little invalid is surprise box"
This may be planned to last a week
or any length of time one wishes
and should contain package for
each day, with the date on which 1t
is to be opened written plainly on
each one Dolls. toys, books and
many other things dear to the child
ish heart may be put in these pack
ages and the little one viii surely re-
joice to have his Merry Christmas-
last so many days
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2HeHCINC NAZURS EOR
IT bIGHZS FL HcSURE

ers from coming again
to- the spot where
they had pract1ced
such deception.
Yet it never does.
Year after year they
practice the most dis
honest tricks upon
their patrons. One
man last year got Il
high price for 20 OF
the finest trees ever
seen in Philadelphia
He told the buy -
that the rest of tSe
car on which the ID
were loaded was juat
like them, but when
they were unlOadss5
and placed for sails.
they proved to Re
small and Scrubby,
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you pass windy corner of these
blustery nights before Christmas Eve and see
the long of evergreens laid against the wall,
ignobly lying prone upon the ground bethink
you of the place in which they first the light.
The kindly hills, snow-covered engirdling valleys
fragrant with spicy odor; picture them bare, lit
tered with the waste of cuttings and the unsightly
stumps OF trees.
Picture the broodng of those they grew.
1t took them 20 years to reach an age and
size where they might prove marketable. No
will the wind moan and sough through
their branches The hills bare. The snow
will melt in the spring. and the soil will not
absorb it Water will into the streams and
the streams become floods, and the floods breed
calamities.
The trees, noble fellows all of them, will have
their tops hacked off to accommodate. them to
the STIFFNESS of our little box-like homes AS
the heat of rooms dries up their sap, their
lives will go out. slowly, day by day They will
end the bonfire.
Yes buy tree Buy and take it home to
your children. When it is bravely decked out in
all it's gala finery gather your family about it's
spreading branches, which exhaling their last
breaths for you, and tell them the story of the
life and death of the tree.
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THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY.

Have you time for little sermon? 1t will
take but few> minutes and today, if ever, our
thoughts should be turned toward inward to the
heart of things. To you, whose hands rock the
cradles of humanity indirectly rule the world,
let ask question:: Are you forgetting the
real spirit of the day? Gift giving this ami
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work with cheap tinseI and candles. After that
what would have been the forest of the future is
discarded forever. beyond the power of man to
restore and the work of nature for years to
place.
The bulk of the trees come from Canada
More than 100000 used annually in Phiadel-
phia alone. New York, Chicago, Baltimore and
a hundred towns between them three times
that number every year.
In the wild hills of the Canadian provinces the
trees are still plentiful. But it is only ques-
mand for them, when their price will soar. No
attempt is made apparently, to rejuvenate the for
ests.
In few scattered places throughout the coun-
try, it is true one two men have started nurs-
cries in Christmas trees. Intelligent planting and
cutting within three generations may make them
useful patches from which to CLEAN hardy trees.
But elsewhere, in spite of the talk of conserva-
ton which we hear much about nowadays. the
trees stripped ruthlessy from the hills and
valleys and no attempt is made by the greedy
marketer to replace them.
This has resulted in the present dearth of the
much-desired spruce trees Vermont already
charges additional stumpage of five cents upon
trees which shipped out of the state.
Let consider the Christmas tree situation in
Philadelphia. Each year than 1000 fat
freight cars. loaded with the trees. which
piled in double tiers reach the city. The capacity
of the fiat averages 800 trees.
Therefore, approximately 100000 trees used
in Philadelphia annually. Sentimentality apart.
this is enormous waste of material, when it
is recalled that the trees serve no economic pur-
pose, and the majority of them furnish fuel for
bonfires on vacant lots two weeks after the hol
iday.
1t is expensive proposition consN1ered in any
light. First comes the cost of sending men into
regions where the trees grow. They experts
They able to size up the marketable value of
a patch of woods after a days tramp through
them Then comes the cost of cutting stump
age, hauling and shipping to destination. After
that, it is mainly matter for the retail dealers,
who buy trees either they stand in the for
ests at the freight yards in the cities to which
they are consigned.
The small dealer must make his profit. He
tacks extra price which the consumer must
pay. Then comes the expense of decorating the
greenwood with tinsel and glistening ornaments.
This costs little fortune in itself. Finally, it
is usual to pay the ashman to cart the tree away.
after the holidays
1t has been estimated that from first last from
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the Ilme tnaI the seeding is plant
ed in the soft. friable soil, to the mo-
ment it returns to its primal element,
the dust, as a handful of embers on
the city lot, a Christmas tree rep
resents a money valuation of S25.
This is a total expenditure of ST.
100000 annually. OF course, this
figure is purely imaginary. The trees
do not actually cause that amount
of money to change hands in a SIM
pie buying and selling transaction.
But there is actually that much loss
to the regions which supply trees.
If all the trees in an average load
ed fiat car were to be stood upon
their butts, in the natural way in
which they would grow. they would
cover a ten-acre lot. Multiply this
by 1000 and the amount of timber
stripped annually from the hills will
become apparent at once
Just at this time of the year the
Christmas tree industry is in its most
fiourishing condition. All of the trees
for this years market have been
cut. Many of them are in transit, but
some of them are even now stand
ing in the freight yards of the rail-
roads, waiting for the retail dealers
to purchase them.
Dealers are gradually awakening
20 the fact that 1t is better to ship
their trees early, sell them all at a
low price. and save the trouble and
expense of remaining long time in
the city hartering their wares
The dealers in Christmas trees are
types They are all queer characters.
You cannot pick out one that has not
some popularity. AS in all trades,
there are tricks to the business of
buying and selling Christmas trees.
You would think that the disposal
of a car load of railroad ties. with a
layer of trees piled on top. to an I'M
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Accurately Informed.

How is it that women seems to
know so much more about Europe than
most of us?'' said the frank and out
spoken lady.
Because" replied Miss Cayenne,
she stayed at home and read guide
books instead of squandering her time
in travel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

His heart was as great as the world.
but there was no room in it to hold
the memory of a wrong--Emerson-
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Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much,
but mighty disagreeable. You will be sur
prised to see how quickly Hamlins Wizard
Oil will drive that stiffness out. One
night, that's all
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Many a man could lose his reputa
ton and never miss it,
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Lewis Single Binder gives the smoker a
rich mellow-tastinR Sc cigar
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Mrs wrnslow,s Soothing syrup for ChiIdreD
teethsnp, softens the gums, reduces inflamna~
ton e.iays pain, cnres wind collie, a5c 3 bottle
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A fair days wages for fair days
work is the everlasting right of man.
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No man is ever quite as helpless as
q woman without a pin.
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Located.

wedding ring. which is for divorce?
Bella-The finger of scorn.-Judge-
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supposition that within the next 10
years the supply of the evergreen
trees with which we deck our living
rooms annually at the feast of St
Nicholas will be so small that folk
In the ordinary walks of life will not
be able to afford a tree.
Year after year the forests have
been denuded. New England, a gener-
alton ago, was thought to have an
almost inexhaustible supply. Today
her hills are bare. Nearly all her i'm
mense forests of spruce and fir have
been sacrificed to the sentiment of
Yuletide
The middle states have been ran
sacked for their treasures. The farm
er, although he receives but two cents
apiece for the trees, is afraid to look
the future in the face and wait until
the tree is full grown. Neither does he
show any discretion in cutting but
every year he rushes to the woods
and cuts everything that he can lay
his hands on in order that some one
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M en- and w o m en-

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At druggists in SOC and LOO sizes. You
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also a pamphlet telling you about it. Adj
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ILL the children in
1925 have Christmas
trees? This question
is being asked by
thousands of people
throug bout the
United States Indi-
cations point to the