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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01
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whittier fast pretty maid. a laughing
voice into her the the alley that the
stage door.
I'm my room exclaimed. see Margie,
mother.
You certainly Paula?
spoke familiar voice. quickly turned looked into the
of Jeff Perrygreen.
oh, you,
with both hands outstretched which
the sidewalk We both the time pick them
and heads together with such impact that think
both stars.
Here, here children, let Alma introduce
to Miss Newton.
Jeff 1 laughing e sad nothing of
introduce friend cassmate
Paula, myself
a And Jeff your too
Nothing OF the Tom broke jeff I'm just the red
headed ckefaced deliver the
Paulas father.
time, Paula, jeff
when snubbed numerically by telling that unless
stopped delivering the the back door need
speak at the front
Now. jeff insufferable little
that
wondering what would didn't
alley with the fish
peed to deliver imagine feelings when
soundly the bargain.
1 should think would hate
noticed splendid RollsRoyce the curb
Jeff shouted Jump the train ready start Alma in the
with Tom seated myself beside jeff and off
started
you Margie, the of
youth anything but Paula
Newton with other people for lark.
Honestly really thi made that miles fiji
did happy just to be
spirits perfectly silent
81 remember to this good that simple dinner Of
1.-THE world-youth."
COntinued.)
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LEGAL NOTICES

INITIAL RESOLUTION 6s51. L. I.
d. 975. FOR CEMENT CONCRETE
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT
BE 1T RESOLVED By THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
That 1t is the intention of said
council to order the local improve
ment hereinafter set forth. and to
| levy and collect special assess
| ments to pay the cost and expense
property which is hereinafter de-
scribed. to the extent that such prop
erty shall be benefited thereby.
That said Improvement shall con-
| sist of laying Cement Concrete Side
walks five CD feet in width on the
| from Park Avenue to M" Street.
That the real property to be bene-
fitted by said Improvement, and
which will constitute Local Improve
ment District No. 975, is described
as follows. to-wit:
Lots ! to IL inclusive In Blocks
1915, 4517, 4518, 1919, 1920, and 4521.
Lots l to 10 inclusive in Blocks
| 4529,
South Side Addition to Tacoma,
| Wash.
| said lots and property to become
| due and payable at the option of
the property owners, in five (5)
| equal, annual Instruments, with in
terest at the rate of six (69s) per
annum on deferred payments.
That the, work of said improve
ment be done and said special
assessments be levied and collected
In the manner provided by Chapter
SO of the Acts of the Legislature of
the State of Washington of 1911, and
Ordinance 4611 of said City.
That all persons who may desire
to object to the making OF said i'm
| provement in the manner above set
forth shall do so in writing and
lille said remonstrance with the
City Clerk at or prior to $3.50 A.
M. on the date set for hearing be-
Council Chamber in the City Hall
o'clock A. M.
That the Commissioner of Public
Works submit to this Council at
date prior to March 10, 1917, the
estimate cost OF said Improvement;
amount thereof which should be
| borne by the property within the
proposed assessment district; a
| statement of the aggregate assessed
value of the real estate, exclusive of
| improvements, within said district
placed upon It for the purpose Of
general taxation; together with a
| diagram or print showing thereon
| the lots, tracts and parcels of land
/ and other property which will be
specially benefited by said improve
| ment and the estimated amount of
the cost and expense of the i'm
provement to be borne by each lot
! tract. or parcel of land or other
property; and
That the City Clerk publish this
| resolution in two consecutive issues
of the official newspaper as required
by law.
Adopted Feb. 2s, 1917.
A. v. FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest: w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk
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roperty has its duties as well as its ght-Drum-
Federation of Labor
Friendly With Japan

Friendly society (Yu-Aia-Kai.)
A cable to Suzuki from Samuel
Gompers. president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, follows:
THE most important immediate
duty OF our labor movement is to
use every Influence in our power
upon the governments OF Japan
and, the United States to maintain
best possible relations between our
respective countries and endeavor
amicably to solve vexations prob
lens"
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Q.-Another girl and had
an argument over the two
classes of people, as we call 1t
tho rich and the poor.
think money or riches keeps
them apart; but my friend
answers me that 1t is manners
and character that counts.
Now supposing il some rich
boy or girl gets acquainted
with some girl or boy who
hasn't as much money. The
people who think as / do
would say the poorer one is
inferior to the rich and 1t
would be incorrect for the two
to associate. My friend thinks
that classes are based upon
character and manners.
What do you think about
this, Miss Grey? MYRTLE.
A.-Perhaps at no time in his
tory have the barriers of class dis.
tinction been swept so nearly aside
as mt the present time. This Il
especially true In the west. Am
bition, determination, intelligence
and humanness all go to making
an attractive personality and char.
acter. / would say that the per.
Son who possesses these qualities
and puts them to the test can force
even the money god to bow tC
him. OF course, IL must be admit.
ted that i'm order to become a full.
fledged aristOcrat one must have
charm and grace and ease Of man,
ners. But the Worthwhile PEG.
pie, the ones who are spOkes in
the great wheels of progress, have
no time or inclination for pink
tea amusements. This is an age
of industrialism. Why even the
sons and daughters of the social.
ed idle rich" are making an ef.
fort to put at least q portion OF
heir time to good use.
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you can do. Simply let matters
rest as they are.

rest as they are.
Q.-Will you please settle
an argument between two
farmers? How much money
was contributed to President
Wilson's campaign and how
much to Charles e. Hughes?
w. b.
A.-The only figures have
available are the receipts of the
democratic national committee
which totaIed $f,SOS,34S.16.
Woodrow Wilson contributed 3d.
500 to democratic campaign fund.
The republican national COM
mittee received So, Mr..
Hughes is not listed as a contrib
utor to the campaign fund.
Dear Miss Grey: Z. B.
Perry's very patriotic(? re-
marks arose my ire. / think
he must be the very man en-
CURED for by the poet. The
man with soul so dead, who
never to himself hath said:
this Is my own, my native
land. Perhaps this is not
his native land. l hope so.
If it is not he had better go
back where he came from as
neither he, nor those like him
are blessing to this country.
There is no law to hold him
here.
/, too, belong to the labor
ing class, am getting old, and
have worked all my life for
"soulless corporation" one of
the largest of them, and of
course, have not always found
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ANSWERS e eyx7ni1 GREY

things just to my liking, but
that has never taken away
my love of country, nor my
feeling she is the best there
Is. She is the country of high
ideals, and | am glad and
proud my ancestors fought
for her birth.
He thinks any other gov
eminent would be as good. l
don't think SO. In this coun-
try at least we have some say
as to how we shall be govern
ed. If we let unworthy people
govern us, it Is our own fault.
The government Is alright,
but 1t must be administered
by human beings with all hui
man faults. Therein lies the
trouble. And there would lie
the trouble in any plan for
improvement. You must still
deal with human nature. 1t
is human nature, not our plan
of government, that needs i'm
proving, and there is work
for each individual, for him
self, for the family he is rails
ing. To purge human nature
of its graft, greed, selfishness
and falsity, and to encourage
high ideals of service to 9TH
ers. In this, and in the edu-
eating and improving fshim-
self, to be fit to. do his indi-
vidual part in carrying on our
government in line with its
best ideals, lies the opportun-
ity, of every working man,
and the very doing of it
would take away much of his
restlessness and discomfort.
AS to war delirium," has
any other great country ever
been so patient and "'slow to
anger? OPTIMIST.
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nited Press Leased Wire. }

1teu Press Leased Wiro.)
ELLINGTON, ID. c., March L.
blishment OF "fraternal re-
between the American
lion of Labor and the La
Friendly society OF Japan,
ional labor organization
vas today announced from
lion headquarters here.
Establishment OF "fraternal
bs" followed an extended
this country of Bunji Su-
president of the Laborers'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01
MAGILL NOT OWNER
IN PURITY STORE

Roy E. Magill, Portland avenue
druggist, has asked The Times to
say for him that he never was in
terested financially in the Purity
drug store, but simply was en-
ployed there as registered
pharmacist.
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WY ITVdSUTtT.
Feb. Is, 20, March 1, 1917.


ORDINANCE NO. 655s.-An ordi-
nance to amend Section 1 of Ordi-
nance No. GALS, entitled: IAN ordi-
nance authorizing the Commissioner
of Light and Water to construct
certain wood stave and cast iron
water pipes; and appropriating the
sum of $23,O00.00, or so much there
OF as may be necessary therefor,
from the Water Fund"
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section 1. That Section / of Ordi-
nance No. GALS, passed August O.,
1916, and entitled: "An ordinance
authorizing the Commissioner of
Light and Water to construct cer-
tain wood stave and cast iron water
pipes; and appropriating the sum
OF $23,0OO.0O, or SO much thereof as
may be necessary therefor, from the
Water Fund" is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 1. That the Commissioner
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SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at the office of the Com
missioner of Public Works, City
Hall, City of Tacoma, between the
hours of IL NJ and p. M. on the
7th day of March. 1917. for furnish
ing labor and material for con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01

The Times gives you Burton Il.
Stevensons great mystery story
Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01
A Minister'S Call

The highest saared Methodist preacher in
resigned his big church in social
half
This is worth mentioning people like to
fling usually
constitutes the cal which they heard another field
And by the way-he salary of the preacher in
this is $500 yearless than mechanic
The preacher spends about schools semi
naries besides thous
dollar in whereas the
chanc begins the very first he's
the job!
Anyhow, this excitement puts Tom Lawson on
back page with the lost strayed or stolen ads.
Geewhilikins New York's got to listen to Billy
Sunday with big net right across her harbor mouth
Col Roosevelt offers President Wilson to raise a
division and remembering 1872 you have to co""ede
him some almighty fine talent at it.
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Attest: w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk
March 1, 2, 1917.

LOCAL Improvement District No
47S.-Notice is hereby given that
In pursuance of Ordinence No. 6052
Of the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collect on of the End annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
grading to the established grade,
the Tacoma-Puyallup Road, from
the end of the pavement on South
2Sth Street to the City limits at
browning Street; with a roadway
thirty 800 feet in width, and laying
down on said roadways a pavement
of asphalt on a concrete base eight
cen (1S) feet i'm width, together
with the necessary storm water
drainage.
Said installment may be paid on
or before March 18th, 1917, but
II not paid on or before said date
added interest, penalty and costs
will attach.
JAMES C. DRAKE,
Cftv Treasirer
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He Was Good To SolvelS

touching Germany regarding the SUBJ
marine boat commander who sank the Lutana
that recently he Norwegian merchant ship and took
aboard the Norwegian captain the captains little daughter
Soveg The peed the child made much OF
her until the Uboat finally dmbarked the
KEEL canal
Isn't that fine! He murdered a thousand innocent
children babies the Lutana he awfully
good to Solvelg
American intervention in Cuba, on top Of that in
Haiti and San Domingo, casts some doubt on whether
the constitution follows the flag in the Caribbean
Canned foods will be dearer," we read. There's
no disunon in the ranks of General Rise O'Prces.
Property has its duties as well as it's right-Drum-
mond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01

OWN you print in your
column the name of the poem
by Kipling which contains the
following lines: 1.-The sins ye
do, by two and two, We shall
pay for one by one?
READER.
A.-The lines are from Kip
ing's "TomlinsOn."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01

Mrs. e. v. Wright will entertain
the Sunshine club at cards at her
home, 223 Tacoma avenue, FRI
day afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-01
Garden In Your Window?

intensive gardening in kitchen window box will provide
COOK with parsley chives, radshes onions
1t possible to keep hive of bees in window
grow mushrooms in cellar raise squads
large vegetables In backyard berries
Many persons do of these things,
of them Doing will help reduce the
doing all with help considerably.
Whoever will plant his bac
door to garden truck this spring will not only down his
own bi but he will be national beneactor. He
will help lower the store prices for other people.
Intensive gardening will greatly increase the backyard
product Successive vegetables
garden plot If one plans right Now the time o plan.
"War would pave our streets with gold!" declares
down east economist. But what we're laundering
after is war that will pave streets with potatoes
or onions
Washington reports extraordinary earthquake
shocks 1000 miles away. We hadn't heard that Teddy
had even started on that trip.
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A marriage license was issued
"Wednesday to A. r. William Tur-
ton, Seattle, and l.. Jane Meats,
Orting.
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What People
Are Doing

PM Sneriuan WOmen's Relief
Corps will hold an old-fashioned
spelling school, Friday night at
8 O'Clock in the Armory. Prizes
will be given the successful SPELL
ers.
Tacoma chapter auxiliary, o. E.
s., will give a card party for the
bnefit of the Lincoln statue fund
at the home of Miss Helen Cliff,
1915 North 7th street, Wednes-
day afternoon. Assisting hostesses
will be Mrs. Rudow, Mrs. Dewitt,
Mrs. Hatch, Mrs. Burns and Mrs.
Lloyd.
The South Side Charity club will
meet Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Louis Olson, 4630 South Tacoma
avenue.
A social evening for members
and the congregation of the First
Presbyterian church will be given
Friday evening in the church par
lors. A musical and literary pro-
gram has been arranged by Fred
erick Beebe and a pleasant social
time is anticipated.
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Attest w. u. NICKEUS,
March /, 1917. City Clerk.

Total ................. $4,4S1.71
Section 2. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after publication.
Passed Feb 2S, 1917.
A. v. FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest: W. d. NICKEUS,
Mar. /, 1917. City Clerk.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-07
Safe Medicine For Children.

Safe Medicine For Children.
els it safe?" is the first question
to be considered when buying cough
medicine for children. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has long been
a fayorite with mothers of young
children as it contains no OPIUM or
other narcotic, and may be given to
child as confidently as an adult.
1t $ pleasant to take, too, which is of
great importance when a medicine
must be given to young children.
This remedy is most effectual in re-
lieving coughs, colds and Group.
Obtainable everywhere.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13
NEWS OF THE HOTELS
0 I'D

Ernest Dub has returned from a
brief business trip to Buffalo and has
again joined Mrs. Dub at Schmidt's
hotel for the season.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George a. Upton. of
Boston, Mass. were interesting arriv
ais at the Princess Issena Sunday
where they will spend the next fort
night
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red, mole, seal and q half dozen oehA
ers that must have been inspired -
a smart sport suit or q bit Of flul1
daintiness masqueradipg ~ Al afedl
noon frOck 1t isn't possible to o.
scribe the lovely things-they are Oh
together too beautiful and oh! 90 -
sirable. The white fox ones W0u13
be ravishing with an evening vTa&
or a tailleur and the other stoles havn
each their own reason for having beelA
created.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

W. w. Perkins, V. Neuberger and A.
l. Moore, who are guests at Schmidts
hotel, were among those noted on the
Clarendon links yesterday.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

MlHn., nave taken one OF the Pm
cess ISSena cottages for several
weeks.
F. c. Barker of Bemis. one OF the
best known hotel men of Maine. was
a prominent guest at the Prince
George Sunday Ell route north from
Miami
Friends of Mrs. W. r. Milward. of
Lexington. Ky. who is a guest at
the Seaside Inn, viii regret 10 learn
that she is confined to her room on
account OF illness.
Wright IIilyard, accompanied by
Maynard c. Froenke and Roy H. Frog
motored from Winter Park yesterday
! and We're among the guests at the
/ Elks' Charity Ball last night.
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Shafer, of Wash
! ington, d. c.. who were weekend
guests at Schmidts hotel, have gone
to Stuart to visit their son and will
return i'll two weeks for stay of some
| lengh.
A. u. Taylor. OF Cleveland. Ohio,
who is in charge OF the landscape ar
chitecture department of the Ohio
! States university. left last night for
| the north after a tour of Florida which
/ included several weeks say at the
Princess lSScna.
Mr. and Mrs Chas Eggers arrived
at the Bennett for the season He Is
one of the largest building contractors
III the western part OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Marks. of
Charleston. S. c., who are guests at
the Seaside Inn. are visiting Daytona
Beach for the first time because Of
the alluring descriptions Of the re-
sort sent them by friends and think
1t even more attractive than pictured
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. John Leslie. with their
little son, j. {. Leslie, OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, nave taken one of the Prin-
cess lSsena cottages for several
weeks.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

VT. anu MIS-. JOnU BftnH0T, Oh
Youngstown, Ohio. are registered at
the Hamilton for the season. This is
the second season Mr.. and Mrs. Bren-
ner have spent at the Hamilton. Their
son and daughter will follow later for
the remainder OF the season
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BEAUTIFUL FUR DISPLAY
AT The PRINCE CEORC

For the past two days the sun par
iors of the Prince George have had
more than their share of. popularity
because Of the display of beautiful
furs being exhibited there by Canute
Pauline, of Jackman' New York
Cleveland and Paris. Furs in Florida.
But these, you see, are summer furs-
wonderful stOles of fox, white ant
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

Among the jolly arrivals at the
Hamilton for a few weeks are Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Hobart, MIR. and Mrs A. T.
Splitter and Mr.. and Mrs Phillip, all
OF Medina, Ohio, and are friends OF
Mr. and Mrs. COndit, of Palmetto
avenue.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

railroad official for the Boston COnsOl-
idated railroad which operates elevat-
ed lines in fine needlewOrk effect over
the large territory Of Boston. The
HapgoOds will remain until the close
of the season.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Spargut, of Hills
boro, O.. are pleasantly domiciled in
one of the Princess lssena cottages
for the remainder of the season
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-13

Coming from Portsmouth, O., to
spend the remainder of the season
IN Seabreeze, Mr.. and Mrs John Pee
bles are guests at the Princess Isse-
ma.
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. K Hoblet, guests
at the Princess Issena, are spending
many OF their mornings on the hazard
Gus golf courses and are adept play
erS.
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Mr.. and Mrs.. John Bremen,

Mr.. and Mrs. John Bremen, of
Youngstown, Ohio. are registered at
the Hamilton for the season. This is
the second season Mr.. and Mrs. Bren-
ner have spent at the Hamilton. Their
son and daughter will follow later for
the remainder OF the season
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Marks. of
Charleston. S. c., who are guests at
the Seaside Inn are visiting Daytona
Beach for the first time because of
the alluring descriptions Of the re-
sort sent them by friends and think
1t even more attractive than pictured.
A gaily informal dinner party at the
Seaside Inn Sunday night was CON-
posed of Miss Dorothy Caldalawer.
Miss Grayce Cadwalader Miss Mar
garet Cadwalader, OF Philadelphia,
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. Stevens, Miss
Rebecca Stevens, K. +. Stevens and
John Russell of Sanford
In a party who motored to the old
Sugar mill Sunday for an oyster roast
were Mrs NJ. +. Iouln. Mrs. w. w.
Hilyard. Mrs. H. \. Totten. Paul JUS
tice, and NJ. l.. OBrien. Before a blaz-
! ing fire oysters were roasted and a
! dainty luncheon spread gypsy fashion
on the ground. After memorably
enjoya BILE day the party returned late
4 IN the afternoon.
Riding is popular diversion with
the younger set at the Prince George
and there are many horseback groups
noted on the pretty trails around Day
tona every day. Miss Virginia Kel-
sey, Miss katurah Stokes, Mrs Thorn
as Dunn. Mrs. Hitchcock, Banta Hill
yard and Mr. Davis were party riding
on the Ormond trail Sunday
Mrs NJ +. Youlin entertained in
formally at luncheon at the Prince
George yesterday The table was at
tractiye with centerpieCe OF vivid
nasturtiums. After luncheon the
group enjoyed several rubbers of auc-
ton. Enjoying Mrs. Youlins grace
lul hospitality We're Mrs. Harry Pence,
Mrs + t'>Osborno. Mrs Harriet Cas-
Well ana Mrs J O'Brien all of Mime
apolis
Arriving at the pespland on Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs Richard llapgood
OF belmont. Mass who are making
their irst visit TO Daytona for sev
eral years The iiapeoodS are very
delightful people and have hecn com
Ing 10 }aytona since the days when
G . Chambcfin 50 splondiily con
Quoted the Palmetto house ON South
Beach sfrret Air ilapgood is q prom
inenf railroad man oi Boston and IS 4