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is YOUR CHlLD'S
TONGUE COATED?
If CROSS, FEvERIsH, BILIOUS,
STOMACH SOUR, GIVE "sYR-
UP OF FIGS" TO CLEAN ITS
LITTLE CLOGGED-UP bow
ELS.

Mother! Don't scold your cross,
peevish child! Look at the ton
que! See IL 1t is white. yellow
and coated! If your child is list
less, dropping, isn't sleeping well
is restless, doesn't eat heartily or
is cross, irritable, out of sorts with
everybody, stomach sour, feyerish
breath bad; has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea, sore throat, or Is full of
cold, 1t means the little ones
stomach, liver and 80 feet of
bowels are filled with poisons and
foul. constipated waste matter
and need gentle, thorough
cleansing at once.
Give a teaspoonful of Syrup OF
Figs. and In few hours all the
clogged up waste. undigested food
and sour bile will gently move on
and out of its little waste clogged
bowels without nausea, gripping
or weakness, and you will surely
have a well, happy and smiling
child again shortly.
With Syrup OF Figs you are not
va ub6iub soui tnlluitH DtlHB
composed entirely of luscious figs,
SIENNA and aromatics 1t cannot be
hurmful, besides they dearly love
its delicious taste.
Mothers should always keep
Syrup of Figs handy. 1t is the
only stomach, liver and bowel
cleanser and regulator needed
. A.
sick child tomorrow.
Full directions for children of
all ages and for grown-ups plain
ly printed on the package.
Ask your druggist for the full
name. Syrup of Figs and Elixir
of SIENNA, prepared by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. This is the
delicious tasting. genuine old reli-
able. Refuse anything else Of
fered.
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TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL.

Dear Miss Grey: In regard to 'teing ALL"
who Years
when married a who / though had
been married. but after found out from
strangers that he divorced wi a daup,te
old My heart broken
AFTER being widow for three became
whom loved with all the my my
from absence he told of of
girl and my heart finished "telIing all" Now
Miss Grey, what do you think? TELITALE
At question and one depends on the
No hard and fast rule
vital Importance to the concerned
stand on her stamina and
ness II the truth known after
herself she
DO so by disclosing it, Where there
to tell In it would have
man to have told and the kept silent - -
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After upperkks ~
MtI>>s CyrilIA Crey -,A|A

Dear Miss Grey: After reading the letters Bismarck
ii and Bachelor, unable keep still longer.
der II these gentlemen look their past lives and
they spotless Are they fit husbands good girl?
let them into homes where girls
their mothers will marry They
Judging the that allowed
please night day But boys let look
minutes You think girls going there
chance for to do good Help these girls their mis-
takes and them better. Did
think if girls bad there
and boys equally bad? Consider
wife good yourself and better. MOTHER.
Dear Miss Grey: am living in socaIed single bliss
want to register kick against BaCheor"
human affairs. Yours for the ladies, KORN
Dear Miss Grey: Maybe "Bsmarck Is one OF many
men, who is too lazy to work for himself
one eise All girls
girls who would be willing be heipmate
SIS per- III man is fool enough tickle girl it Is
ms own fault There thousands of bachelors in the
don't they them? fellows
would be little circulation,
single they have tight hold Well, Puya
up river overows could find plenty filling
A
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A Great Building Falls

when its foundation Is undermine
ed, and IL the foundation OF
health-good digestion-is at
tackled, quick collapse follows. On
the first signs of indigestion, DR..
Kings New Life Pills should be
taken to tone the stomach and
regulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Pleasant, easy, safe and only
rs cents at Ryner Malstrom Drug
Co., 93S Pacific av.
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present "She Stops to Conquer
at the college gymnasium this
evening.
The Tacoma High schools de-
partment of music will give Its
fifth annual concert this evening
in the auditorium.
From present indications the
Colonial Bazaar to be presented
at the Armory next week, will be
THE biggest charitable undertake
ing Tacoma women have con.
Quoted for years.
Members of Theta Sorority, U
p. s., will entertain at their an
nual luncheon Monday.
The Parent-Teachers of til,
Sherman school held their reg
ular meeting this afternoon.
The TahOma club meets will
Mrs. George Rice Monday after
noon.
The Twentieth Century clul
met with Mrs. F. c. Miller Tues
day afternoon.
The annual open meeting oil
the Aurora club will be held al
the home of President Mrs. Il. A
Trommald Saturday afternoon.
The Parent-Teachers of the
Horace Mann school met this
afternoon.
The literary department of the
Woman's club met this afternoon
with Mrs. w. Robinson.
The college federation of Whit.
worth will present Oscar Wilde'e
satirical drama THE Importance
of Being Ernest" this evening.
DoIItn,r al &c a
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MISS JEZEBEL GOAD

One of the strongest witnesses
against the Allen gang in their
trial for the Hillsville, Va, court
house murders, will be Miss
Jezebel Goad.
When the Aliens started shoot
ing, her father, the clerk Of the
court, fell wounded. He strug-
gled to his feet and emptied his
revolver at the outlaws.
While Sidna and Claude Allen
kept up steady fire on the
wounded clerk, Miss Jezebel ran
to him through a storm of bull
lets with the new weapon and he
drove the Aliens off.
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Dear Miss Grey: What n blessing
with bismarck ii" and finds bachelor life
If he should change his mind, girl
wife, and home and family Of If
wish to attend pink political meeting
iege We have boy of eight We to O
respect his mother In doing he will all
bismarck H. there
There good but have of the
good suppose poor be bachelors
Let hope CONSTANT READER
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rectness of these statements.
What is true of tea holds good in the
coffee world. There are some 1873 differ
emit kinds of coffee, some bad, some fair,
some good. Are you satisfied with
yours? Which grade do you use? You
want the best for the money-are you
getting 1t?
"Teddy's Delight at 25c is good
Teddy's Breakfast Blend, soc, is better,
and
Teddy's Leader at 35c is the best value
on this market.
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A WOMAN
Dear Mice Cpou.

Dear Miss Grey: Why doesn't
MEMS bismarck III" and Bachelor and them in cages?
They will supply the missing links
looks as il money their they
might have a wives 1 congratu
late the ladies who found
them, as would have been living "hell if they
TOWN
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we know what Teas give flovor
We know what Teas give strength
We know what Teas give both flavor
and strength. There are many dealers
that do not know one Ceylon from an
other. Can you tell?
1t is orr business to know that we may
not be imposed upon. This Is the kind
OF a guarantee this is worth while. We
have these teas blended and packed by
our expert, and know just what you are
getting. Try our 40c and SOC Ceylon
blends, and prove for yourselves the cor
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Letter for Lonely.

Letter Tor Lonely.
Dear Miss Grey: In re-
gard to LONELY" of May 4,
you gave him the right adj
vice. II he wishes to meet
nice young ladies there Is no
place like a fraternal lodge,
and 1 know of one, the
"HOmesteaders," where we
have splendid social times. IL
LONELY" is made of the
right material to fit him to
meet nice young people, L
will gladly recommend him
to the society. II he wishes L
will be glad to explain our
order to him at length.
A HOMESTEADER.
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Seat sale tomorrow for 1.-THE
Pink Lady" Tacoma theater. ~
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To Wash a Sweater.
Dear Miss Grey: 1 have a
white sweater, which L wash
ed in lukewarm water and
soap. and then hung up be-
tween cheese cloth until dry,
as you recommended. Now it
is very much out of shape
and discolored. 1 am unable
to wear it. What can / do?
READER.
Aft you rinsed it we'll, ant
used white cheese cloth, Their,
should be no discoloration; and 1
you had basted it in shape be
tween the cheese cloth it woult
not be out of shape. Try 1t again
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So::d;ety

Students of the U. Z. s. will
present "She Stops to Conquer
at the college gymnasium this
evening.
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Like our tea, our coffee Is selected on
its CUP quality, and only those RICH in
the aromatic oils that produce that de-
lightful fragrance and exquisite flavor so
much desired are permitted to pass. Each
one tested by taste" to secure the desired
quality.
Buy and try one pound and be con-
WINGED.
We have added peanut butter In bulk to
our stock. selling at 20 per pound Sat
urday that you may test the quality We
will sell two pounds for 35c.
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The literary department of the
Woman's club met this afternoon
with Mrs. w. Robinson.
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VASHON ISLAND PRODUCE
co.
Wholesale and Retail
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Stall 1926, Public Market
Free Quick Delivery.
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The Tacoma High schools de-
partment of music will give its
fifth annual concert this evening
in the auditorium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-10

The college federation of Whit
worth will present Oscar Wilde'e
satirical drama THE Importance
of Being Ernest" this evening.
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Bedding plants. Smith. sos C. ."
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Live Bargains at the Public Market
TOGO

GARDEN COMPANY
Stall O. Tel. Main 8443
Fresh Vegetables and Fine
Fruits. Quick Delivery.
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The Parent-Teachers of the
Horace Mann school met this
afternoon.
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The annual open meeting Of
the Aurora club will be held at
the home of President Mrs. Il. A.
Trommald Saturday afternoon.
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re s II M to - 2s TEDDY TEA COMPANY Pyss
One Feature of Cup Quality of Our Ceylons

Nigh grade Ceyons They selected for their
years we have made study of the various which
recness of these statements Like ouI
Ia frua ton hold oppdi In he
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Dear Miss Grey: L living in so-caled single bli
want to register kick against such Bachelor'' buttin
human affairs Yours for the ladies, KORN KOI
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
SIGN POSTS FOR THE DESERT.

After a long struggle the county
of San Bernardino has finally pried
out of uha Sacramento authorities the
concession of $50 desert sign posts.
These are to be placed along the
descent roads for the benefit of the
general public, at least that part OF
which lis compelled to do business cla
the desert The plan i S to put W
metal signs which the wind and wea
dher will not affect, and lit may
be that tIhe cross arm will be mad
Of sheet iron, the lettering perfeC
ated That would seem to frrn:tJ
the nearest to an understandable si-
post that cam be devised The pu
pose lis ito mark not only roads, /
Also distances to water, and th
make the desert reasonably safe, even
or those not thoroughly familiar W
ITS traitS.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24

gasoline inebriates, mostly adult. The
symptoms are unmistakable. There
lis strained look i'm the victim S
eyes. His fingers itch for the steer
ing wheel and the speed clutch.
The craving for the fumes OF gas
olime puts mortgages OH homes. 1T
stretches imcomes ito the point where
they cam stretch no more and the
inevitable financial crash follows.
Among other Things it makes tits
Victims strangers i'm their own homes.
lit has a way, too, OF manipulating
bank accounts till they show a bal
ance ON the wrong side of THE books.
Gasoline imtoxicatiom lis further
characterized by am almost insane
disregard for the nights OF the i'm
ebriate's feillowman and the com
mOnest laws OF safety. There are
times when it is as dangerous tO
the public as the madness caused by
cocaine.
The speeder and the joy rider suff-
fer from gasoline intoXication super
induced by sixty horsepower engines
and complicated by speed mania. The
treatment indicated lis total abstin-
ence at hard manual labor.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
ALLEGED GRAND LARCENY.

Quite q sensation was created at
Needles last week over the arrest
of { E. Lucy, chief clerk for the
Needles Cooperative Mercantile Co.,
on charge of grand larceny. The
charge laid against him lis that of
taking a number of sacks of sugar
from the warehouses of the company
and t;lsposing of, or at least assisting
in the disposition of them by sale
OF purchase at reduced price H.
G. MacClemmy, drayman who has
a team and wagon im general dray
business upon the streets. was also
arrested under a like charge 1T be-
ing alleged that he did or knew OF
the hauling and delivery fo tlle sug-
ar. He was released under $1,000
bail.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
IMMENSE PRODUCTION.

Miami reached the apex of tits ca
.'ecr as a copper producer during the
ronth of July, according to reports
just made, but the offiaiahS' of the
Mialai company believe that they
will SQrpdss the July record with the
August production. The output of
Tie Miami Copper for July was lit
tie over 1900, 900 pounds of fine cop
per. the highest monthly production
i'll the HISTORY of the mime During
the mon,h 90, 4O3 toms of ore, dry
weight, was mined and 1912 feet
Of drifts and raises were driven. A
third eight-foot Hardimge pebble mill
has been added to the equipment of
he fourth unit, of the concentrator,
aifordimg a slight increase of capac-
ity. 1t is believed that the monthly
production will hereafter be MAIN
:ained close ito the 100000 mark
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
TO FIX RAILROAD RATES.

On Wednesday, September 4, at
lis office in the state capitol, the
arizona Corporation Commission will
take up and consider the matter Of
railroad rates i'm Arizona ON an class
eS of fruits and vegetables. Every
effort will be made by the commits
sion to secure information concern
ing the transportation of fruit All
vegetables between all points i'm Aati-
ZOna.
1t is generally conceded that more
favorable rates ON these classes G
commodities would greatly increas
the amount of production within
this state, not only for consumption
within Arizona but for markets out
side of the state.
Leading fruit and vegetable grow
ers are taking much interest i'm the
proposed hearing and many of them
will be present to give testimony for
the guidance of the commission.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
.SOUATTERS ON
VALLEY LAND
SETTLERS IN LOWER PALO YER
DE VALLEY COMPLAIN TO LAND
OFFICE THAT THEIR LAND is
BEING ILLEGALLY HELD.

Ia1o Verde valley settlers are i'm a
State of turmoil bordering ON actual
arfare as the result of operations
II alleged squatterS, says the Los An
geles Examiner News of conditions
existing i'm the valley was Wednesday
brought to Chief of the Field Divi-
sion G w. Helm of the land office
by one of his agents, who has just
returned from the valley.
Government action to relieve the
settler is expected Within a few
days According to information i'm
the hands of Mr. Helm, a number
of alleged squatters under the lead
ershlr of 'fBill'' Edwards are located
on several sections of land of 320
acres each lin the valley aIId refuse
to permit the hOmesteaders; to put
a foot upon the territory Notices
TO the effect that amy attempt to
seize the land Wild be met with vio-
lence and visitors will be shot ON
sight have been posted, according to
statements made Wednesday by Mr..
Helm. Under the law the govern
ment land officers cannot move eX-
cept after filling of a formal COM
plaint with the land office.
For several years the public land
in the Palo Verde has been with
drawn from entry ON account of liti-
eatiCn between he state of CalifOr
mia ;nnd the government. The state,
in suit filled i'm the land office,
,lained title to the lands ON the
ground that they were swamp and
overflowed The government contest
ed this action and for several years
the contest was before the various
land departm until finally set
tied i'm favor of the government by
the secretary of the interior from
Nli8se decision, Hnere lis no appeal.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
CLOSE CALL FOR
PHOENIX TRAIN
FREIGHT TRAIN BROKE IN TWO
ON CAJON PASS.-WRECK OF
RUNAWAY CARS AVERTED
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

Mondays east-bound Phoenix pas
senger train, due here at 2:20 a. m,
had marrow escape from a disastr-
GUS wreck Sunday afternoon i'm Ca
JON Pass, when SANTA FNe freight
train broke iamidship'' and dashed
down the hill towards the heavily la
den Phoenix passenger train, which
was steamimg the grade, the collision
being averted 10y the runaway cars
taking ito the ditch. Owing to the
wreck the train did not reach Parker
until $40 DIN the afternoon. over fif-
teen hours late.
The wrecked freight broke a
coupling about mile west of Cajon,
allowing twenty 4seUen cars ito start
down the hill. The heavy freight car
went faster and faster, and when
Keenbrook was reached they were
tearing down the hill at tenrific
speed
AuIC SeuiO WOIC SOHIlSo OO I'LL
their mad dash toward Sam Beamar-
dino that they were hurled from the
track ON a short curve about a QUAR-
Ter of mile from Keenbrook. Ten
cars We're completely demolished
when the train left the rails and
manv of the others badly wrecked
and broken. The tracks were plowed
up for some distance by the heavy
freigIht cars and the line had to be
relaid before ordinary traffic could
be carried OF.
II the freight train had mot left
the tracks at the curve there would
have beer a head-on collision with
the Phoenix train number 18, which
would have meant am awful loss of
life and one of the most disastrous
wrecks in the history of the Sam Ber-
nardino division.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24

freight and passenger companies Gov
erimg the two routes
This enormous reduction i'm the
transportation charges and the time
required for the service i'm and out
Of the valley cannot but result din am
immediate stimulation to business of
every kind. People cam come and
go without the hardship of the pasIt
the products of the valley can be
marketed with a good margin of prof
ii TO the farmers; land values will
increase rapidly and the valley will
have made dts first big step toward
the prosperity THAT awaits those who
the land was a desert
referring to the new road FlyOd
n wn, who lis representing the coln-
ry supervisors and the SANTA F'e rail.
'uad in the supervision of the road.
saiG that every effort was being
made to complete the work at the
earliest possible date.
Illc 'p0NlIhMIS OlL IllIc LWO ulIlu6o Ou
heavy sand just south of the junction
was FINISHED Saturday and work will
go forward ON the oiling of the bal
ance OF the road at once. The plank
ing lis ito be covered with sand and
then oiled and the result Will be
road equal to the best in southern
California One OF the worst pieces
of Ceeert road to be found amy place
Will have been converted into high
way that freighters and automobile
PARTIES wild find almost equal to pave
meGt.
While one crew of men lis putting
heavy coat of Oil ON the eight
miles which includes the balance of
the sandy road to the junction q
grading outfit Will be cutting down
the summit and grading over the
rough places. Much gravel is to be
staked their all to come in here when
hauled in on the road. Automobile
men claim that the thirty-five miles
from Blythe to the junction can be
covered i'm two hours regularly after
the completion of the new road.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
LAND LAWS.

A mineral protest filled against a
homestead entry must show by
specific averment that the land i'm
conflict lis mineral din character OBJ
viously if adj lands containing lime
stone, silica and clay We're to be
classed as mineral, it would be al
most impossible for a homestead en-
tryman, Or desert land entryman or
for the states ito know with amy de-
gree of certainty that the public land
they might wish to appropriate were
open to them.
The federal statute does not pro-
vide for succession to the rights of
a desert land entrymam i'm the event
of his death. Such succession lis.
therefore, controlled by the laws of
the state i'm which the land embraced
I'M the entry is situated. and the land
department. will dispose of the case
accordingly
An assignment of a desert land
entry lis not am abandonment of an
entry. The entry still EXISTS and
may be perfected, and title be ac-
quired. IF an entry lis abandoned
the land falls back into the public
domain, and the government has not
parted with the land
When an assignee takes a desert
la1l1r-entAy by saSssaisar,rearrt lie, 1rot olidy
eXhauStS his right under the desert
land precisely the same as if he
made the initial entry, but he also
assumes the burdens aus we'll as the
benefits of such entry, and is OBJ
liged TO comply with the requirements
OF law Within the statutory period as
fixed by date of the entry, not by
date of the assignment While his
right under the entry lis first iIniti-
ated by the assignment, it relates
back when so initiated, to the date
Cf entry. By assignment, the entry
becomes his entry, and the date
thereof lis the date when it was first
made
The Parker post., 1912-08-24

at a rate of ONE foot per second. 1t
is generally used as a fundamental
unit in measurements of stream flow
''Secondfeet per square mile, -
is the average number of cubic feet
of water flowing per second from
each square mile of area drained, ON
tae assumption that the run-off lis
distributed uniformly both as regards
time and area.
An 'acre-foot" lis equivalent to
43 800 cubic feet and lis the quantity
required to cover an acre to tn
depth of ONE foot. The term lis com
monly used i'm connection with stol
age for irrigation work.
One second-foot flow equals IA
United States gallons a second, 44S.'
gallons a minute, or 646,317 gal
Ions a day. AS a California ''minGc
inch" equals O.1S7 gallon a seccr,
there are 40 California miners imch
i'm one second-foot.
The Parker post., 1912-08-24
NEW COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN
BLYTHE AND BLYTHE JC. WILL
EFFECT FREIGHT REDUCTION

BLYTHE, Cal, Au. 22.-Thorl-
sands of dollars will be saved
to the people of the Palo Verde val
ley annually aus result of the new
county road that is being construct
ed between Blythe and Blythe juno
tion. The time expenditure will be
cut i'm half.
Here are the figures ON which
these facts are based During the
month of July approximately 626,000
pounds of freight We're hauled be-
tween Blythe and the Santa Fe rail
road at Blythe junction. This lis 319
toms. The minimum freight rate ON
this 80 toms was $18, which makes
a total of $3.50 freight charge
There lis every assurance that thc
rate after the completion of the read
work will be from $3.50 to $11.50 a
tom. The average will be about SO
This lis a saving of So ton and for
the 80 toms during the month of July
amounts ito $2,4S0 July lis consider
ed hight month for freight, SO tha,
lit is readily seen the enormous sum
that will be saved annually to the
valley
1t should mean a reduction ON the
price of every sack of flour and ev'
cry pair of shoes that lis sold in the
valley and on the mesa. The cotton
crop can be marketed at "a saving o1
hundreds OF dollars. The cost Oh
building should be reduced from 1(
to Is per cent.
1t lis generally understood THAI
those interested i'm the Glalmis road
will make a competitive rate i'm CON
nection with the Southern Pacific sc
that the valley will have the advan
bage of a great saving by way of eith
en- railroad. The valley below Neigh
bours cam be reached by the southern
road ito much better advantage than
by the Blythe Junction road, and ii
lis likely that the territory here will
he eventually divided between the