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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
Who Said Municipal Ownership
Doesn't Pay?
Tally one for the state bureau Of inspection

Tally state bureau inspectiOn. h
And tally a municipal ownership.
inspection enforcing system
municipal ownership operation winning
proposition.
nearly $250,000 profit city which
owned the plants
rates would be
higher. city
rather high, but with
will possible to know just
laid getting them lowered
tally accountancy and tally a
municipal ownership
plants making They
have years making
system of bookkeeping of the city
every Just what they making
nothing interest the
light This hardly
for ant In
that
light plant making $25O,0o0 a with
cleaning $1,000 month with the limited
telephone
plant prevent the city getting it.
people beginning
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
Free Music Lessons

Today-now-whi1e you
read, opportunity is knock
ing at your door. There is
no good excuse for not be-
ginning music lessons in
YOUR home NOW. This
store will pay the teachers
bill.
Under terms of an inn
mense piano purchase by
Eiiers Music House, piano
manufacturers will pay for
music lessons for tho buyers
of their pianos In this sale.
You may select your own
teacher--make your own ar
rangements as regards the
time and the frequency with
which the lessons will be
taken-and we will pay the
bill for you.
Remember, that the Piano
Makers have surrendered
their profits and you get
the full advantage of this.
Remember. too. the easiest
terms prevail and the sale
includes best known, best
grade pianos. "a
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
MARSHALL g. WENDELIS
S254-The old established
Marshall &c Wendell piano
will be represented by two
OF their latest 1918 designs.
One is the $425 upright. re-
duced to 1924 ($S a month
buys them). and the other is
a smaller and palmer design
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
THEN HE TRIED FREEZING

Emil Olsen decided last night
he was long enough for this
world.
Wishing to end his life accord
ing to the most approved and up
to-date fashion, he went to the
Northern Pacific hospital and
asked for an operation. The sur
geon refused, seeing nothing
wrong with Olsen with the ex-
ception that he had but one leg,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
Observations

hasb notified goat
side with Taft
November
beginning
Is approaching with rapidly
WON'T somebody and play "wiz" her? Anna Held
trumps in divorce court.
Circus today of therel be lot this
afternoon that 1--WE can't work."
Hay is going after the by entertaining with
pink pink to governor
Bog Hodge is sweeping country
he's doing it in other parts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23

for only 1854.
SMITH g. BARNES $3.50
This Is q new style, 4 feet
6 inches high, with all the
latest improvements Cor
responding designs Of this
famous old make have bsen
sold heretofore by other
houses for $500 and $3.50.
Here now only 1888 ($7 q
month";.
KIMBALIS S359-Ths
Kimball Pianos in this sale
are the new $475 style IT,
at 1859, and the new 5000
style Is only $435; other
styles at similar reductions
$40 a month will buy
these.
DECKERS $376-There
will be three styles of the
Decker Piano, among them
the superb new $3.50 pat
terms for s376-$10 a
month buys them.
Z ALSO SOHMERS, STEGEIs
a SONS, SCHUBERTS,
HADDORFFS AND OTHER
BEST KNOWN, BEST
GRADE PIANOS. WRITE,
PHONE OR GALL FOR
FULL PARTICULARS.
943-045 O Street, Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23

ued Robinett, "save this old
world from being utterly sordid.
Such women as you would bright
en- heaven ITSELF"
"Oh!" cried the young woman.
in pretty delight and clapped her
hands. But the red-faced man
said "Pish!" under his Heath.
The fat man Jared on Robinett
very much.
Madam" he protested, if this
great, clumsy pig will remove
himself, l will endeavor to thank
YOU"
"B-r-r-r!" threatened the big
man; but the young woman wav-
ed him away. CO." she ordered.
"He is a pretty dear"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
ON HIS KNEES

Ethel-Jack Huggard told me
long story last night.
Kitty-Is he an interesting
story teller2
Ethel should say so; he
held his audience from start to
finish.-Boston Transcript.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
Laugh and Grow Fat
WHY NOT.

Postmaster (of Punk Hollow
II see that a fust-class waiter In
New York gifts only $25 month,
and out of the small sum he has
to pay his omnibus.
Ezra Henhouse-Huh! Why
don't he live close to his job and
waikiki Puck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
| Asked a Preacher
Ie Said, More Music Will Lessen
of Domestic Failures.

He Said, More Music Will Lessen the Number
of Domestic Failures.
1 asked preacher-a man grown gray in the
Masters service and widely known for his
piety, learning and right lving-I asked him
why a knowledge of music should be universal.
He answered plainly:
Good music has saved souls than preaching
| ut is the greatest of all the most |
| broadening influences
"a musical taste is surely of happiness
and possibly be Injurious intellect by enfee-
bling the emotional and spiritual parts of nature
Music played in devotion is a spiritual as |
prayer. From earliest history 1t has important
place in religious worship. Bat not enough
schools and in Let every
| where
| TOO many men, and children seek their |
pleasures and pastimes outside homes Music
will surely hearth interesting, more
pleasure giving and will of domestic
failures"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
UTTERLY RECKLESS

"Bearson says his ultimate de-
sire is to be United States SEN
ator."
when a man gets so much
money as he has he doesn't care
what kind of life he leads. -
Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
ALL HIS LIFE

Weren't you begging yester-
day az q lame mann"
"Quite impossiblel I have fol-
lowed. my profession for more
than twelve years as one blind
from birth. '-Dorfarbier.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
MEAN

The red-haired girl was being
leased about the color of her
hair.
my hair is not red," she said,
Indignantly, at is. FURNISHED
gold"
Realty" said her best friend.
What carat?"-London Opinion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-23
POOR MAN .

"Pa," said little Johnny, "what
is the rule of three?"
"You, your sister Bella and
your mother" sighed Mr.. Nee
kum.---Chicago Tribune.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14


the picture OF the gay crowd in the
dance hall, OF Maize In her furs, of
the young fellow who had spoken to
her. He was good looking, better look
ing than the fellow Maize had been
dancing with. She sat up with a
shudder at herself. Al week ago she
would have cried even to have har-
bored such thoughts q moment. But
now it seemed different. What did it
all amount to, this hopeless struggle
to be decent2
II don't know where III be next
Christmas" she moaned as she looked
at the ironing-board and the little tub
which she must use even before she
could go to the philanthropic Christ
mas dinner. Almost as an almstaker,
81 don't know where I'll be next Christ
mas, but / just won't stand it, nc, I
won't. Ii WON'T
This is the next Christmas, this com
ing Christmas. Who knows, perhaps lie
we do our Christmas shopping early,
early in the month and early in the
day, perhaps If we are a little more
considerata Of the girl behind the
counter, we'll, perhaps we car make
Tessie's Christmas more bearable.
make it seem more worth while for
Tessie TO light along and keep straight,
make the toxin of Christmas fatigue
not quite so poisonous.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

brightest of reds, IN the brightest of
green, bells in red and green together,
Dells Of enormous size that could be
FOLDED up n showed into an overcoat
pocket, little bells that could be strung
along dancing merrily on a cord, bells
that betokened the message of peace
on earth and tonight a rio at the
counter to get something that had been
put off until the last minute.
Behind the long counter half a dozen
first floor sales girls" were busy,
selling, answering questions. handing
back change, crying out now and then
shrilly, Check, trying hard to be
courteous, now and then spurred on by
the watchful foor-walker who with
piercing eye seemed to see even half
a moments pause in the rush to sell.
The time schedule of these girls had
not been heightened by night work
but in this store by a reduction of the
lunch and supper periods. 1t was the
glad season when even the law does
not protect-DeC Is to Dec "A.
Tessie's fingers were numb. In the
mad rush, she had cut them here and
there on the sharp edges of the p
painful cuts that smarted with pain
only deadened by her exhaustion. Her
feet were swollen with long hours of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

Tessie looked up and drew back in
surprise. The young nan following
her was the fellow to whom Maize had
been talking so gaily at the post card
counter.
Just then the music started, Every
body's doing it,. She could feel her
feet, tired as they were, urged on by
the strains. On the waxed floor Maize
| glided into her line of vision.
Huh! She had a date wild dat guy
and stood me off. Said she had to go
home,' sneered the voice at her side.
Come on in, kid. / got money and /
don't care how l spend it fer a good
time. Come on.
He took her arm, not roughly, but
in a grasp that was new and strange
to Tessie. An instant later she had
broken away from him and was actual
ly running down the. street, slipping,
SLIDING but keeping on doggedly. At
last, breathless, exhausted, she reach
ed her home. She crawled upstairs
to the narrow hall bedroom warmed
only by the gas jet that v failed
to light it. She paused a moment to
look about the bare with a grow
ing resentment at her lot. There was
the blackened and battered coffee pot
| and a couple of rolls for tomorrow's
breakfast. Leisure was precious, weari-
ness extreme, yet she kept her room
neat and clean. She was not very
clever, nor very competent, nor far
sighted, perhaps. She knew nothing
of scientific management or of eff
cient craftsmanship. But she was hu-
man and somehow, down in her heart,
she knew she did not deserve this.
She threw herself on the bed. What
a Christmas eve his was for her, too
| tired even for sleep.
There flashed through Tessie's mind
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

sight of Maize at the post card counter.
The young fellow had edged up closer.
They were laughing at something. 1t
took no woman's intuition to guess
what sort of ARD they were laughing
at.
See, here, Tessie, if you go to sleep
over the goods I'll have you fired"
Again it was the floorwalker, not a
bad fellow, but mindful of the store
and its customers. Tessie bit her lip
and said nothing. Her feet felt heavier
than ever. Her head swan. The
customers were more insistent as the
clock hands advanced. Was there no
antitoxin for the poisoned Christmas
eve. n> r.
At last the hour of closing came.
Tessie had been invited to a Christmas
dinner given by some philanthropic
people TO working girls. The store
had given a Christmas bonus of 50 and
during the time when she should have
been eating her supper she had run
off to purchase a $3.50 met" waist to
wear to the festaI dinner. But some
how the thought of that dinner now
did not gladden. Tessie. She was too
worn out.
Tessie dragged herself rather thar
walked out on the side street from the
employees entrance. At the curb a
young man was standing. He lifted his
hat. Merry Christmas, kid" he said.
1t vas not an unpleasant voice. Tes-
sic did not look twice. She Rugged her
$1.59 waist closer to her thin coat, and
sped up the street which took her past
a dance hall. Couples were going in
and coming out. In there was light
and life n happiness.
The crisp snow crunched beside her.
Say, kid, yer needn't run. away from
me. Come on In and have a dance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
THE TOXIN OF %CHRISMAS--THE
STORY OF A LITTLE SHOP GIRL
Her Struggle With Late Christmas Buyers That Might Easily
Have Been Spared-A Lesson for the
Christmas Shopper

Whirls of fine feathery fakes filed
the crisp night which foretold the COM
ing of a white Christmas on the NOR
row. The wheels of the delivery wag-
n crunched along with that ringing
sound that tells the tales of the tenn
perature better than the thermometer
itself.
Under the flaming arc lights Of the
street the snow glistened in the air and
on the coats and hats Of the gay. push
ing through, laden with bundles.
Everywhere seemed to be joy, pros
perity, good wilton the surface.
Struggling into the big store a hu-
man tide commended with another hu-
man tide struggling to escape. Within
the store, aisles were crowded, a vista
Of faces n furs as far as the eye
could reach. The counters over
flowed with goods waiting to be
bought and sent on their mission of
love. And yet there was no peace and
good will here. 1t was a struggle
and chaos and i'll humor and stiffing
air, al inferno of exhaustion, from
which the human tide that surged out
of the doors vas glad to escape.
One huge counter was laden with
paper Christmas bells, garlands and
wreaths. There were bells in the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

standing. She knew nothing about the
toxin of fatigue about which the doc
tors and social workers study and
write. But she could have told them
much from her own experience of the
subtle poison that fatigue was inject
ing into the glad Christmas cas-
for her.
There was no pause for the little girl
with the dreamy face, sensitive mouth,
and delicate blue-veined hands.
Yes ma'am, 5 cents for that size.
These are two for 5. No, We're all
u of the largest size. The 10 cent
size? How many, please? Five?
Fifty cents. Your change? Just a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
Peach souffIs.

Heat one pint Of milk, stir two ia
blespoonsful Of hot butter with two
tablespoonsful of flour, add the hot
milk gradually to this until smooth.
CHave a pinch Of soda in the milk.
Separate the yolks and whites Of four
eggs and add the thickened milk
gradually to the beaten yolks, Into
this mix gradually six pared and
crushed, ripe peaches. Into this fold
the whites of the eggs which have
been beaten to a stiff froth. Pour into
a buttered baking dish and bake
quickly. Serve before it falls and eat
with hard or liquid sauce
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
Handhana.

The handbag that the lady wore
Was wide and deep-immense,
And in said bag the lady bore
One spool OF thread,
Fourteen hairpins,
Eight perfectly good buttons,
One thimbIe,
Three car tickets,
One recipe for sponge cake,
One manicure set,
Six samples,
One handkerchief,
Two yards of ribbon,
One powder puff,
One channels skin,
Three headache powders,
Cine flock of keys,
One package of chewiae gum,
One mirror,
Two postage stamps,
Fifty seven varieties of dingb2ts,
And z cents.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

How to Peel Onions Without Crying.
woman's World: Cover the onions
with cold water and hold both onion
and knife under water while peel
inc
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
Hard Sauce.

Hard Sauce.
One-third cupful of butter, n cup
full of brown sugar OF scraped maple
sugar. Cream butter, add sugar and
a, few drops of vanilla.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-31
RECALL Will
Be DEBATED
Subject Now Of NationalInter.
est viii be Taken Up At
jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N. D., Aug. 31.-An
interesting feature of the meeting of
the North Dakota Bar Association to
be held in Jamestown Sept. 2 and g.
will be a debate on the judicial re-
call, wherein the recall will be sup.
ported by Hon. John Carmody, and
opposed by Hon. N. c. Young of
Fargo. (
Both Of the debaters are ex.mem.
bers of the state supreme court, and
two OF the best known lawyers in the
state, and the debate will be watched
with unusual interest. particularly in
view Of the fact that the people OF
the state will vote on the recall prop
osition at the next election.
1t has been learned that the rec
ommendation Of the committee on
proposed legislation, that the county
courts of the state be abolished has
aroused a storm of opposition among
many of the county judges of the
state, and it is anticipated that the
debate in connection with this recon-
%mendation will be a sharp lie. Sew
eral of the judges of county courts
have indicated that they will be pres
ent to oppose the opposition.
Court stenographers all over the
state have also been aroused over
the proposed legislation affecting
their official duties. The committee
on appellate procedure recommends
that instead of preparing an abstract
of the evidence in the appeal of
cases " the supreme court that the
entire transcript of testimony be sent
up and that the stenographer in tran
scribing this testimony from his
notes prepare extra carbon copies to
be furnished to the supreme court in
lieu of a printed. abstract. The pro
posed amendrpent Of appellate pro-
cedure in this particular resembles.
that in operation in the state Of Mis-
souri,, and has been eminently salts
factory in that state, but 1t is under
stood that many court stenographers
and also a number Of lawyers will re-
sist the innovation, and be present at.
the meeting to present their views.
1t has been definitely announced by
President Green that President Greg
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-31
COMBS HAS
QUIT The RACE
win Leave Fifth District Field
UnCODteSted 10 JudQe
Coffey

VALLEY CITY, Aug. 31.-Lee
Combs today issued an official an.
nouncement that he will withdraw
from the race Of judge Of the Fifth
judicial district, leaving the field to
Judge Coffee of jamestown, who will
nov have no opposition for re-elec-
ton. This means that the election OF
Judge Coffee will be a mere formal
ity at the polls in November. Mr..
Combs issued the following state
ment of withdrawal. .
ITO the people CT the Fifth judi
cial district, state of North Dakota:
after a careful resume of the
result of the primary election held
June 26th, 1912, in so far as the
same refers to the judiciary, l have
concluded that Judge James A. COT
fey OF jamestown is the choice of
the majority of the voters of the dis
trict, for the judgeship, and there
fore think it my duty to withdraw
from the contest.
II ascribe Judge Coffey's lead over
me at the primaries to his incum-
OCllCy anu tllC Clulth vi hllLlloCi ullu
his friends for a second term.
do not consider the result as an ex-
preston of lack of confidence on
the part of the people in me, or as
a rebuke to my aspiration for the
place.
81 thank the voters of Valley City
and of the entire district for the
support given me at the primary
election, and l trust that should op.
portunity arise in the future we
shall be able to unite on some mem.
Der of the profession of the law who
resides here and elect him as judge
Of the district, since l believe that
TO have the district chambers at
Valley City would be far better for
all interested, than to have them To-
Gated at some other city in the dis,
trict.
Dated at Valley CITY, North Da.
kota, this 2Sth day of August, 1912.
Respectfully,
Lee Combs"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-31

had to be found; l~aterals dug
and extended; soil values and absorp-
tive qualities had to be studied and al
lowed for. Nevertheless the work
went on steadily, until now upwards OF
100 acres are seeded down and in
Aourishing condition, yielding on the
average an annual crop in three cuttings
of between five and six tons to the
acre.
(. A ready sale is found for both seed
and hay; for the former at Is cents
per pound, and for the latter at Sl5
per ton, the buyer to do the hauling. a
Simple sum in arithmetic will disclose
the tremendous earning power per acre
of the tract, which, when considered in
connection with its assured immunity
from droutl1, by reason of its irrigable
location and the permanent nature OF
the crop, gives to the undertaking a
most enticing prospect OF handsome and
stable profits for many years to come
A visit made to the farm on August
9TH Of this year was indeed a revela.
ton Of what North Dakota soil and
sun can do when accompanied by ade-
duate moisture and intelligent %cultiva-
ton. Huge stacks Of alfalfa-the cut
tings Of two crops-were to be seen
at intervals; others we're in course OF
being built, while the growing third
crop on some Of the earlier cut fields
had already attained a height Of cigh-
teen inches. An area left for seed was
in a very forward condition, giving ev-
cry promise of a profitable return in
the neal future, One field Just ready
for the second visitation Of the mower
was indeed a beautiful sight. The pref
ty blue flower, SO typical of alfalfa at
this period of its growth, was Just suf-
6ciently in evidence as to present a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-31
ARTISTIC treat
FOR T%HEA1ERGOERS
Noted Dfama,ist viii Delight
bismarCkers 10 He: P0f.
travail Of Tomorrow

MaSShterest has been aroused in
Mcoming appearance Of Nine.
labadie, who will give a dra-
depreciation of Percy Mac
latest play Tomorrow on
1t the Bijou Theatre, and a
is anticipated by lovers Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-31
SLOPE ~NElGHBORS WELCOME
BISMARCK TRADE BOOSTERS.
Continued from Page 81

the ferry a cheer went up as the Bis
marck band, which had been brought
out in four autos to welcome the re-
turning tourists, struck up a lively
piece. 1t certainly sounded fine, es.
pecially after the royal treatment the
party had received from all the towns
the had visited. 1t also showed them
that even If the other towns were
loyal boosters and good entertainers,
there was a liberal supply of the
boosting spirit in their "old home
town." The trip to town from the
ferry was enjoyed, many autos that
had come out to meet the travellers
joining in the procession. After a
parade through the city the party dis.
banded. the various members depart.
ing for their respective homes. where
there was an opportunity to wash off
some of the accumulated dust and to
m;rgle with their friends and tell
them what a splendid trip had been
enjoyed.