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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-21
Elected Officers.

Officers elected for Thor Lodge
No. 10, S. H. & E. F.. of A. were
as follows:
Own. Hasselblad.
". O.-Mrs. c. M. Hanson.
Sec. Mrs. A. D. Ellefsen.
Marshal-Oscar Moline
Chaplain-Miss Freda Lindbeck
/. G.-Mrs. Chas. Peterson.
0. Oscar Dahl.
Librarian-Mrs. A. Simonson.
Trustee. ~ Years-Gust Ny
man.
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Mrs. Walsh Gets Verdict.

Mrs. Margaret Walsh of this city
was awarded a verdict of S., 900 in
the Supreme Court of Canada, Sir
Lord Lenox on the bench, against
the International Bridge Company,
for the wrongful death of her hus-
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See THEADA BARA on New
Years Night in
"Camille''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Z |.
band, William Walsh, on March

band, William Walsh, on March
FL, 1917.
Mr.. Walsh was killed by falling
through a trap in the. international
bridge to the ice below, distance
of 40 feet, on the Fort Francis end
end of the bridge. The case was
tried before a jury at Fort Francis
and the jury ruled that the COM
pany in failing to provide watch
man, gates or a grating over the
trap was criminally negligent. The
jury deliberated only few mintes
before arriving at the verdict.
Attorney Samuel Scott of Hib-
bling had charge of the case for
Mrs. Walsh aud with him was as
sociated c. R. Fitch, a prominent
Canadian attorney.
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particularly acceptable. Where
practicable men will serve in the
vicinity of their homes. Apple
ants over forty years of age will be
accepted under special authority
only. For further information
apply to Corporal Belcher at the
recruiting station.
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Send Their Thanks.
Somewhere in Dakota,
December 10, 1917.

SOmeWhefe III Dakota,
December 10, 1917.
To the Editor of the Miner:
Through your columns we wish,
to extend vote of thanks to the
Mothers Club, Red Cross, 7. E.
Miller, Thos. S. Written and 9TH
ers for the comforts and delicacies
furnished. They are highly ap-
preciated and helping to make the
long trip more pleasant and less
arduous. Everyone is in the best
of spirits and getting along nicely.
Ely, Winton and Tower Boys,
Alfred E. Johnson, Capt.
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of $4,000 was appropriated for IL
brary books. All members voting
aye.
On motion duly carried, the bond
of John Dinsmore in the amount of
$4,000 to cover his contract for the
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transportation of pupils with Olof
Berglund and Chcs. Quigley ~as sure
ties thereon was approved AID filed.
All members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the Board
adjourned.
HENRY CHINN, Secretary.
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Nothing. New Under Sun.

The strings of blue beads that the
modern girl dOns to ward off bronchitis
are merely new versions of the strings
of blue beads worn in Egypt 1900 years
before Christ to keep diseases of the
chest at bay, says writer in the Phil
adelphia North American. The tiny
sealed bottle Of mercury which she
carried to ward off rheumatics had its
prototype in bottles of strange elixir
used in India 80 centuries and more
ago.
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terminate at the pleasure of the
Board, upon his filing a satisfactory
bond
End. That Henry STARTS PROPOSE
ton to transport the Dyhr children to
the White Iron School for the sum Of
$3.50 per day be accepted and same
to terminate at the pleasure of the
Board.
On motion duly carried, the recon-
mendations were approved. All
members voting aye.
The Committee Oh Finance reported
that they had checked over the fol-
lowing bills and pay-rolls and recon-
mended their payment:
d. & /. R. Ry. Co., freight--$ 80
d. & l. R. Ry. Co., freight, exp,
phone and telegraph tolls 164.62
City of Ely, electricity and
water 1929
A. N. Palmer Co., text books 1904
A. N. Palmer Co., supplies 6.48
Berglund Bros, supplies - 1892
Carnegie Dock & Fuel Co.,
COdl 56S.O5
VIM. Desjardins, flag poles and
SrdVel $3.50
John Dinsmore, drayage and
hauling coal -- 729S
Ely Mercantile Co., supplies 21S5
Ely Miner, printing -------- $500
Electric Shop, maintenance 800
Ely Table Supply, supplies S13
D. c. Heath & Co., text books 1.35
Aug. Hendrickson, wood $500
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., text
books observation-disclosures 1858
Kovall & Sons, supplies - 36.43
Jacob Lampi, wood --- 1000
Marshall Wells Hdw. Co.,
maintenance ----- 1920
Miller Store Co., supplies - 1850
National Iron Co., supplies - $50
H. Nicdecken Co., supplies = 1875
North Central Assn. of Col
leges membership dues 800
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co.,
supplies ----------- ll.Oo
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co.,
maintenance ------ 1900
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co.,
Woou Sf.Vo
st. Paul Book & Staty Co.,
supplies ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6.21
Paul Schmitt, music - 1874
Chas Schribner's Sons, text
books 1920
Standard Elec. Time Co., main
tenance 6.OU
Martha Trezona, expenses at
tending conference -- 2.71
White Sewing Machine Co.,
new equipment -- 1000
Frank Zorman, saving wood zoo
Teachers monthly pay roll 6,381.25
Employees monthly pay roll 2,250.7S
On motion duly carried, the report
was approved and the secretary in
structed to issue orders on the treas
urer for the various amounts. All
members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the amount
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-06

the forces Of the Food Administra~
ton, Fuel ADMINISTRATION. and Army
Ordnance Work is we'll under way
on a mammoth structure which Will
cover three city blocks to house the
overflow of the War and Navy De
nartments, the contract Tor winch
,llls for completion in four months
BY these methods the Government
keeps in advance of its actual needs.
vt the present rate of increase the
usual $4,000 Federal employees in
Washington will be more than dou-
bIed if the war continues another
ear. Workers OF all kinds are being
appointed, stenographers and type
writer's and craftsmen for the ser
vice generally, and what are known
as schedule clerks, index and cata-
ogue clerks, clerks qualified in sta
tistics or accounting, and clerks
qualified in business administration
for the Ordnance Department of the
Army, being in great demand.
Representatives of the Federal
civil service commission at the post
offices in all cities are the official re
cruiting agents tor the great civilian
army, an army of a half million be-
hind the men behind the guns
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Our Fishing Presidents.

Fourteen of the tWenty-seven presi.
dents of the United States have been
fishermen When fishing and the pres
idency are mentioned the mind In
stantly recalls Cleveland, the fishing
president. He Is the one president
who wrote a book discussing angling.
1t Is not generally known, but the first
president of the republic was an en-
thusiastic angler. 1t may be Of inter
est to the enthusiastic anglers Of the
nation to record the names Of the fish
ing presidents. They are George
Washington, Martin Van Buren,, John
Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Willard Fill
more, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lin
coin. Andrew Johnson. Ulysses Simp
son Grant, James Abram Garfield.
Chester Alan Arthur. Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt and William How
ard Taft.--New York Sun.
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The Broken Broker.

The late Judge Pennypacker of Phil.
adelphia was an advocate Of the en-
franchisement of woman, but he also
advocated justice In the relationship
between the sexes for man.
woman" he said whimsically one
day at the Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety, mustn't play it both ways. She
mustn't get the vote and the equal
wage through mans sense of equity
and then get all kinds of unfair privi-
leges through his sense Of gallantry.
There's lot of truth in the story of
the young broker who after his failure
was thrown over by pretty girl
why was the engagement broken
Off banker asked the ruined broker
well he answered, after I'd given
her string Of pearls, an opera box
and birthday gift of twelve cyIn-
der limousine | went to smash, and her
people accused me of amusing myself
at her expense Baltimore Sun.
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BEES MAKE HOME IN HOUSE.
Store Honey unmoIested For Three
Years In Doctors Residence,

Store Honey unmoissted For Three
Years In Doctors Residence
st. Louisa swarm OF bees has lived
and made honey for three years In the
brick wall at the home Of DR.. Allen
Wilson. Wagner place. DR.. Wilson
has never irterfered with the bees, anc
they have never harmed him, nor has
he ever eaten any Of the honey.
The bees improvised hive is cav.
fly In the wall about halfway to the
top OF the two story house on the
kitchen side The entrance is a small
hole apparently left by the bricklayer
when placing the bricks around the
anchor of an iron wall brace.
DR.. Wilson said he had investigated
and found that the cavity now extends
into the wall about a foot, apparently
having been followed out by the bees
themselves. The swarm is not very
large one, and DR.. Wilson thinks 1t has
not produced more honey than 1t need.
ed. He does not expect to try TO re,
move the bees,
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Huge Buildings For
Offices AT Washington

Washington, D. c., Nov. Cone
of the manifold problems presented
by the war is that of furnishing ade-
quate office accommodation for the
thousands Of additional officials,
clerks, and other Federal servants
who are pouring into Washington.
The Government is exercising its pre-
rogative in this direction and has
Communicated conveniently located
office buildings and apartment houses
with a free hand. In addition, it is
erecting huge temporary structures
for use as offices, and in the building
OF these Contractors are breaking
time records for construction work. A
building to house the six hundred Of
ficials and clerks of the Council of
National Defense, containing more
than 100, Zoo square feet of floor
space, was erected and fully equip
ped in fifty-three days Similar
buildings nearby are for the use of
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SUNLIGHT AND SOIL.
Causes of the Difference of Color In
Foliage and Flowers.

1t is sunlight that chiefly causes the
difference in the color Of the foliage
and flowers Of plants. The foliage and
flowers of plants absorb sun rays OF
certain colors and reject others, and
this it is that makes the flowers take
on their proper colors.
We know that the character Of the
soil and possibly a difference in eli
mate may cause flowers to change
their colors. Some wild flowers Of New
Jersey are of quite a different shade
Of color from the same flowers in Il
iinois, the character of the soil caus-
ing the flowers to change their selec-
ton of the suns rays, and thus the
color Of the flower Is changed.
To prove that the character OF the
soil may change the color Of flowers
take any Of the pink Towering varie-
ties of Hydrangea hortensis, repot the
plant, carefully washing away the old
soil, and replace In soil in which alum
has been Incorporated. The proper pro
portion is half a pound Of alum bro
ken into pieces the size Of hickory
nut to each buShel Of soil. In this soil
the plants, instead Of producing pink
flowers, as formerly, will produce flow
ers of blue.
New shades of flowers are produced
by crossing one color with another.
somewhat as an artist mixes paints to
obtain desired shades and colors, but
with far more trouble and far less &C
curacy. Sometimes on the same stem
flowers of different colors are found.
due to naturalization or to a freak OF
nature, the tendency to break away
from the established type. In nature
nothing stands still 1t is either pro
gression or retrogression.
The range Of color for each species
seems to be confined within certain
limits, though the hybridizer is gradu-
ally extending these limits. Yellow,
white and purple are the commonesi
colors in wild flowers IN the order
named. Yellow Is the simplest and
most primitive color and blue the latest
and most highly evolved.-Exchange.
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STREET CROWDS IN MOVIES
Strategy Used to Keep People FrsnE
Spelling the Effect.

Spelling the Effect.
Street crowds are VIGOROUSLY diff
cult to handle for the movies. The.
will never 90 what you want, and eveL
when you are sneaklng them there Is
always some smart Aleck In the fore
ground who insists upon looking into
the camera and cracking his foolish
ace.
On one occasion Donlon wished to
get close Up picture Of a crowd look
ing skyward. 1t was to be used as &
cut-in for an aeroplaue story. To hire
a lot of extras nigh. have cost a cou-
pie of thousand dollars, so he TOOK q
chance of getting what he wanted WITH
out paying Tor 1t, Knowing the psy-
chology of crowds, Donlon took three
cameras downtown, where he set one
on the sidewalk for she purpose Of TAX
Ing a closeup profile of the crowd he
was to assemble, one In second story
window, shooting straight into the PEG
pies faces, and one on top OF the build
Ing, also shooting down.
When all was ready Donlon stood In
phcne and began to call directions to
one Ben, who stood on top Of the build
ing. The crowd assembled immediate
ly and, seeing the cameras, began, as
usual, to rubber right into them. Then
Donlon called out:
is Ben ready to jumpf"
And Ben called back: Just a min
ute, Ed. I'm a bit nervous. Wait TIL
that yellow car gets by. l think III
try for the top Of that big Pasadena
car. It's wider"
Back and forth they called excited
warnings and directions, and the
crowd was right on tiptoes. They
didn't know what was going to happen,
but it Promised excitement. All this
time the camera men clicked that fool
crowd into celluloid immortality.-R
Wagner in Saturday Evening Post.
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Having no tenant for 1918. and be-
ing engaged in other business that
requires my whole attention, 1 desire
to sell my farm on the road to Lloyds
POstoffice, about four miles from Cam
bridge.
This farm contains 40 acres OF clear
ed land. 600 peach trees. Groom dwell
ing, built of very best material, with
necessary outbuildings. Fine water.
Borders on Little Choptank river, and
about half a mile from Great Chop
will probably be the next State road.
The soil is light and of the finest qua
lily, easily improved. Will sell on
easy terms. Immediate possession.
Apply to
JAMES II. JONES,
lO-8-tf q cd B&R Cambridge. Md.
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Barber Prices

The prices which 1 have been
charging for barber services will re-
main unchanged until Dec. LIST, when
the following prices will go into eff
feet:
Hair cutting, Csc, excepting Mon
days, from 7.30 a. M, to $50 p.
M, 15c.
Shave, same old price, 10c.
Neck shave, &C.; Saturdays, 10c.
Razor honing. Csc.
Massage, Csc.
Tonic rub, 10c.
Hair singing, zoe.
Neck shave, free; Saturday, SC
Shampoo, zoe.
LEE ELLIOTT, Race st.
Adv. 11-3-25t.
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The Food Pledge

The recruits have been busying
themselves among the housewives OF
Cambridge and Dorchester county
getting signers for the food pledge,
and with but few exceptions they
have received hearty cooperation. In
a short time the names of the women
refusing to sign the food pledge,
thereby Offering to help save their
country in this crisis, will be ready
for publication.
Every woman. as we'll as every
man. is a soldier. She stands some
where in the line between Civiiiza-
ton and the rape of Prussian Hor-
ror. Wherever woman is standing
today on American territory, she is
standing in a trench, and her wea-
pons are greater than the shot and
shell of the real battle. Our army
is divided into two divisions; the di-
vision that is 10 assemble all our
fighting energy, and the division that
is to assemble and conserve the fooo
with which to feed the men who car
ry the guns.
We have a mistaken notion. There
has been no selective draft. The men
and women have merely been divid-
ed: And, let us not deceive our
selves. This division has not placed
on the men any obligation of patri-
otto duty that does not also equally
remain on the women.
Service everywhere must be under
the same ideals. We cannot have
two codes of honor. We cannot hold
the fighting division of our army to
the rigid standards of a noble patri-
otfsm, and let the women go on liv-
ing extravagantly, and through their
carelessness and Indifference, allow
waste to continue in their homes,
while the men on the firing line
:erave necessary food.
If a man among US gives his life
with no thought of gain, shall not a
"Ollldn SISS- hC lSO-ppOiS ~ wv HN
ton which. sent him forth to battle?
Shall the man who gives to the ser
Vice of his country the most valuable
Ihing he has, give it under harder
condition, than; the woman who. gives
"a few hours of knitting, and then
ssongratulates herself on what she
has Accomplished? Shall man ask
mo profits for his life, and a woman
expect to five on the fat of the land
Who has drawn the line of demarca-
ton between man and woman, that
one shall act upon ideals fine and
noble, and the other go free from
them?
Let the women of Cambridge and
the county stand up and look the
situation in the face. Are you ex-
empt from war service because you
cannot shoulder a gun? No! On
::fhe women depends the victory. Not
1:the women who sign the food pledge
.:because they think it is a fad, and
SAOh 6O od oo1llS SuSoiJ ioSS ohN
wheat as extravagantly as ever, but
the salvation of America and the
:: American people depends upon the
women who, in sympathy with the
Food Administration, promise they
: will not be wasteful, and then place
the card in a prominent place in
their homes where, when they are
preparing food the card will be ever
4 before them as reminder of their
9 duty to their nation, and the starv-
:sing millions, who must be fed across
/ the sea.
:. IfHtG. are one of the women who
/: refused to sign the pledge. don't lei
: another day pass without promising
!: Uncle Sam that you will be as loyal
to him as your boy, who must have
substantial food in order to become
a good soldier
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COMES FROM A BIG FAMILY.
Recruit 10 Six Feet Four and a Half.
Brother, Taller, Also to Enlist.

Springfield. Mo.-John F. Haley, d
twenty-three-year-old farmer near
Ozark, Christian county, holds the rec
ord for the tallest man accepted at the
United States army recruiting station
here since the declaration OF war. he
is six feet four and one-haf inches IN
his bare feet. He had to stoop when
he entered the door Of the recruiting
station to enlist.
you fellows may think I'm big" he
told the recruiting force, but just wait
till you see my brother He's two
inches taller than I. He'll be here IN
two or three days to enlist too. He
hasn't quite finished helping dad With
the planting"
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100 acres, we'll set in oak and pine
timber and cord wood, at Seward s
about 8 miles from Cambridge, OF
shell road leading to Keene's Ditch
Price $1,000. This is a bargain a
the present high price of timber anG
cord wood, which prices are likely to
continue indefinitely.
". IRVING MACE,
Cambridge, Md.
Adv 29Ur r., III . p 50u-
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GARAGE OPENED.

have opened a garage on Gay ST.,
in the building partially occupied by
the Dorchester Shirt Co. Autos for
hire at reasonable rates. Storage
by the week or month.-Edward S.
PhiIiips.-Adv. 10-22-tf.
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And He Was Alive.

THAT fellow was an impudent fraud
How did he manage 10 wheedle money
out Of your
"Oh. John. be told ME such a sad,
pitiful tale about his poor wife who
was q widow with six little childrenr'
Baltimore American.
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NOTICE TO TREsPAssERs.

All persons are forewarned not to
lands located in the vicinity of Thomp
sons Station. Persons disregarding
this notice will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
11-2-St. 2a.w. NOAH WEBSTER.
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w. IRVING MACE, Trustee.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given to the credi-
file their claims. with the vouchers
thereof, with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Dorchester county, within
four months from November 20, 1917.
w. IRVING MACE, Trustee.
i030-tf. law
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STEAMER SERVICE, CHOPTANK
RIVER ROUTE

Steam leave Pier Light st. Wharf, weather
permitting
6 P NJ daily, except Sunday for Tighman Isl.
Easton. Oxford. Cambridge and landings to
nd ILL. 2 NJ
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Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate

BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit
Court for Dorchester county, sitting as
a Court of Equity, in No. 1905 Chan
Gerry, the undersigned trustee will Off
er at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the Court House door, Cam
brid gre MARYLAND. on
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FOR SALE.

Ford truck, will carry a ton or
more. Phillips Hdw. Co.-Adv. 3-6t.
r. SGT.
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FOR SALE,
TIMBER FOR SALE.

Overland touring car, cheap. Phil
FPS Hdw. Co.-Adv. SGT. r. SGT.
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TERMS OF SALE-One-fourth cash
on day of sale; balance in twelve
months from day of sale, or on final
ratification of sale, at option of pur-
chasers; said balance to bear interest
from day of sale, and the payment
thereof to be secured by the bond of
the purchaser or purchasers, with sure
ty or sureties to be approved by the
trustees; or all cash. at option of pur-
chasers.
w. IRVING MACE, Trustee.
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FOR SALE.

Used cars, good condition, bar
gains. Phillips Hdw Co-Ady. 3-6t.
r. SGT.
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Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1917

between the hours of one and three
o'clock p. m, all those parcels of land
situated in the toan OF cam bridge
Maryland, and described as follows:
LOT NO. ALL that lot or parcel OF
land fronting "a and 3-S feet on the
ming back a distance of los feet, be-
tween the lands of II. NJ Stellar and
John Henson, being the same land
which was conveyed to the late Cyrus
April 18th, 1907, and recorded among
the Land Records of Dorchester coun-
", in Liber c. L., No. 80, folio AZ
This lot is improved by new five
room dwelling, is connected with town
water supply. and rents for So per
month.
LOT NO. ALI of the undivided
one-half interest of the late Cyrus St.
Clair, in all that lot or parcel of land
fronting % IA feet on the north side
of Market street, and running back in
a northwesterly direction, a distance
of 81 feet. to the market house lot line,
the width of this lot on the back be-
ing % feet, being the same land which
was conveyed to Mamie E. St.Clair.
and the late Cyrus St.Clair, as ten
Miles and others, by deed dated Dec.
| l. 1908. and recorded in Liber w. l.. r.,
No. 3, folio 424.
This lot is improved by a building
containing storeroom and two small
rooms on the first floor three rooms
on the second floor, and a stable In
the rear
Both properties will be sold clear of
any dover right of the widow, Mamie
E. Stellar, and the undivided one-half
No. 2 will be offered at the same time,
so that the purchaser may buy the
entire property instead of an undivid-
ed one-half interest therein
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Warning

Just as fast as we can reach them,
we are turning off all water where
the customer has not paid amount
due for quarter ending Oct. 1st, and
just as soon as we get these accounts
cleaned up, we are going to start on
the ones who owe for the quarter
ending Jan. 1st, 1918.
We hope our customers will pay
promptly, and not cause us the trou-
BILE of annoying them by enforcing
this rule, which we find is absolute
ly necessary for us to do. and we pro-
pose to treat everybody alike, with
out fear or favor.
DORCHESTER WATER co.
Adv 11-3-1W.
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Money To Loan.

Money to loan in large and s mall
sums.-Lloyd Webster, Spring St
Adv. S-25-tf. cod.