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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
HEBBERO ADVOCATES
USING MORE SPUOS
WHEAT FLOUR BSTITUTE e
SAME If POTATOES ARE
BOUGHT.

SPOKANE, March S.-SHnder an
order issued by Charles He60erd,
state food administrator, the wheat
-four substitute basis for Washington
was changed March from one-third
to one-half. and a'campaign 4 for in
creased use of potatoes was inaugu-
rated by an option allowing the old
requirement to stand II pound of
raw potatoes is also purchased with
each pound of -four.
Under the new rule, with each SO
pound purchase of -four the consumer
must purchase either 25 pounds of
authorized substitutes or else 16
pounds of substitutes and SO pounds
of potatoes" Mr.. Hebberd's an
nouncement states.
The campaign for increased con-
sumption of potatoes will be carried
into every corner of the state, accord
ing to the food administrator. Post
ers and booklets, pointing out the
advantages to which the vegetable
may be put and urging its more ex.
tended use in view of the surplus
crop and the scarcity of other food
products. will be distributed in every
community.
Mr.. Hebberd urges that potatoes
be used more in hotels and restaur-
ants and recommends that they be
served with meat orders without ex-
ira charge. He asks housewives to
serve them more in their home as a
vegetable and use them more liber-
ally for bread making. Retailers are
requested to make leaders of pota-
toes with different displays and ad-
vertisements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08

The maximum weight for parcel
post packages in the first, second and
third zones will be 20 pounds after
March Is, Postmaster James Doherty
was notified this week. The former
limit was so pounds. In all the
other zones the limit is raised from
20 to 80 pounds. There is no change,
however, in regulations governing
packages cent to American soldiers
and sailors in overseas service. the
limit there remaining at IL pounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
SCace Fined 5000 and Costs.

Guy Scace, Tenino druggist recent
ly convicted of violating the prohibi-
tion law. was fined 5000 and costs.
amounting to $61.4O, by Superior
Judge Mitchell, in a judgment given
Monday. following denial of his mo-
ti0n for a new trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
Council to Scrutinize Petitions.

In order that the council may
know how many of the petitioners
for street or other improvements are
property owners in the district in
volved. the council Tuesday night
instructed City Engineer Wood to
prepare lists of the petitioners in the
future. showing what proportion of
the affected property they own.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
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!. PARENTS HEAR FROM LES
!. TER TWOHY.
Lester Twohy. the Thurstol

:: Lester Twohy. the Thurston !
:. county boy on the torpedoed !
!. transport Tuscania, is safe and :;
:. well in Ireland. according to !
:. letter received by his parents ::
!. the fore part of this week. 1t ::
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:. after he had been safely landed. ::
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= save anything out Of his be- ::
:. longings, not even his hat. ::
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
Woman's Club to Celebrate Monday.

WOman's Club to Celebrate Monday.
Arrangements for the luncheon
next Monday noon at which the men,
bers of the Womens club will cele-
brate its thirty-ffth anniversary.
were concluded at the clubs regular
meeting last Tuesday. Invitations
are limited to club members and the
affair has been simplified to accord
with wartime demands.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
Manner New School Director.

Patrons of the Olympia school dis
trict by a vote of almost to l elect
ed Attorney w. w. Manner as direct
or to succeed A. H. Christopher, in
the election last Saturday, when the
largest vote for some years was cast.
Manners majority was 682, his vote
being 799 and ChristOpher's III. c.
H. GoOdpasture got 68 votes and F.
l.. Satterlee 2.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
$500 for Soldiers Entertainment.

$500 for Soldiers Entertainment.
The Olympia RecreatiOnal COM
mittee, advised by the National War
Camp Community commission that
$500 would be allotted to this city
for soldiers entertainment in addi-
tion to the $3.50 contributed her6,
this week submitted a budget and
brief to cover this amount. Some
plans contemplated when the origi-
nal budget of $4,000 was submitted
had to be eliminated. but the COM
mittee thinks the work can be con-
tinued satisfactorily on the smallet
amount. with the continued cooper
alton of local citizens. ,. AHas
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08

The states quota of 100 chauf-
feurs called for by the war depart
ment the fore part of this week was
filed by 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Captain Irwin w. Ziegaus. in
charge of draft operations in this
state, announces.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08
Hanson Is SeattIe'S MayOr,

Ole Hanson was elected mayor Of
Seattle by majority of 1929 votes.
in the municipal election there Tues
day, latest reports indicate. defeat
ing James E. Bradford.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-08

Ray Hendrickson was the second
Olympia boy Of draft age to respond
to the war departments call 'or
chauffeurs and truck drivers.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21

Slovaky; to je mas minimSlni
program. SVOBODNA JUCO.
slavic, VETSf POLSko A
cESKOSLOVENSKY STAT
BYLY JIz UTvoRENY, JSOU
CE TESNE SPOJENY. X So
BE NAVZAJEM.
MUSlTE MLUVITI S MA
SARYkEM A. NE S MANI.
NASE PROBLEMY MEMO
HOU BYTI kESENY We VlD
nj. JESTLIzE NEMECKY LID
- NIKOLIV VLADA - PRI-
JME WILSONOVI PODMfN-
KY, MUzETE MfTI MIR. MY
RADlME K BEZPODMfNEC-
MENU Sc VZDANf CEN.
TRALNfCH MoCNosTf, JEz
JEST NEODVRATITELNE.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21
NEz 0DEJDETE....
Odvedenym muzIm:

By jste vyvolen abyste slouzil vast N.Y. kdoz
stavame zde sme odvsf cd vasi udanos vykonnost z
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vas donna nemus strada ncm teo dobe nesnazi uzkos
dostane Jim vseho, en mohou pfatelsky zajem
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vase misto, ale muzete spehnout kef vkadme do
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prostredncvim zastupce Cervneho Krze abore
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Rodina kazdeho vojina byti poucena zakone pro
vaecne poJsten ne zakony vynosy vyane dobru vo-
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Zdrzi podpora vady ak zazadat podporu pro rodnu
kdyz mali nj pravo nedostanou il deat kdyz bond
svobody nen dorucen &C ste ne zapat jak spravns
adresova zasku do Francie atd Nen Jim tseba psat do
nejcerstve zpravy toho druhu mnohe ne vasenu Home
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21
REPUBLIKANSKY SVATEK CESKO.
SLOVENSKEHO STATU.

81 ivy" naseh statu, ktere ne
ktere firmy v dolejsim meste
Sc slusnym "aziem" nabizely
Ike koupi.
Prohlaseni samostatne repu
bliky Ceskoslovenske neni je-
dine dilem Cechoslovakd "a
hranicnich, ale stale Sc "a pl-
neho souhlasu naseho lidu We
starych vlastli a neblahe rakou
ske Wade nepostaci tentokrate
Yymluva, re o ceskoslovenske
Deklaraci lid mas donna nevi,
ze S nj nesouhlasi, proto, re
jest vysledkem agitace nekoli
ka re zeme uprchlych nespo-
kojencu, jak Sc vyjadfovala a
S velkOu ochotou do sveta wy
trubOvala pri prvnich zpra
vach o nasi narodni armade.
Ceskoslovenska republika
jest hotovou udalosti, mad pa
matnyni Hradcany vla5e ma
rodni naSe zastava sc lvem a
nikdo nam jiz vice nase misto
Ma vysluni svobody nevezme.
Nase revoluce byla vybojOva-
na potoky krve a krev vlastene
cky obetovana, jest nejlepsim
tmelem novych statnich Itva-
Ri. Obetovali jsme mnoho, ale
jsme hotovi ubetovati jeste vi.
ce, aby Ceskoslovensko nase sc
stale zemi moderniho pokroku
a sidlem nejvetsi demokracie
sveta.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21
MLUVTE SMASARYKEM, NE S MANI.
POSLANEC STANEK v RfSSKE RADE PROHLAslL.
ZERAKOUSKO 81 DELA MARINE NADEJE
MA USMlRENf CECHU.

Washington, II. rijno. =
Osoby blizke administered by
ly dnes toho nahledu, re odpo-
ved' presidenta Wilsona ma
rakouske smirovaci navrhy by
la zdrzena do dolby, kdy bude
patrnym dcinek americke no.
ty ma Nemecko.
Neni jiz nejmensi pochyby,
ze odpovsd' zaslana Rakousku
Uhersku bude informovati ci-
ssfskou vladu o uznani a sym.
patiich Spcjenych Stati utla.
ccvanysn narodnoste.. dralni
rnonarchii a tsx O kroku usine
mem Amerikou uznanim C.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21

; Is. rijen 1918 stane Sc pro
mas CechoslOvaky podobnym
vekopamatnym dnem jako A..
cervenec, kdy prohlasily seve
roamericke obce svoji neodvi-
slost cd matefske zeme Anglie
neb ID. cervenec republiky
trancohzske, kdy lid rozvalil
Bostillu parizskou,
Zprava zrozeni ceskoslo-
venskeho osvobozenf pfekvapi
Ia mas nahle, neocekavane; je
den pohlizel ma druheho taxa
We jakoby ami pochopiti nemo-
hi, re udalost, ktere jsme od
naSeho d6tstvi snili, jako o tez
ce dosazitelnem idealu, jest
pouhym preludem. Ma vsech
tvafich byla patrna radOst a
nadSeni mad statnim aktem Ce
skoslovenske Narodni Rady a
mad neohrozenymi a padnymi
vetami naSi Deklarace Neodvi
slOsti, jez ma v6ky lame pouto
nasi prisluSnost k nenavidene
nym a proradym Habsburkum.
Radostna mad pomysleni
zvest rozletela Sc bleskem po
ceskem Clevelande, kazdy dy
chtive Sc chapal casopisu, ably
spatril, re skutkem jest, co ne
Cekal, aspon V dobe pomerne
tax kratke. Nekteri St'astlivci
Sc dokonce chlubili novou me-
nou ceskoslovenske republiky
a pychou ukazovali nejnovej
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21
NEMCUM ZBYVAI JESTE TRI SLIME
OBRANNE LIME,

Pariz, 20 rijna Mezi tim co Hindenburpova nie We
ranch belg postupne e rozbena Nemcdm zbyvaji jese
tr das obranne line.
Prvn jest rece Maase hajici nemeckou hranc linie
dobre opevnena prrodou chranena
Druha ahne podel samych nemeckych hranic kteraz
ooranna cara exlstue cd vaky ez po-
sednch cyrci letech dodatecne bya sesovana LIME ia
jest "a nesnes defensvni system ma svete
Iretl ne vede podel Ryna je pevne seclanko-
vana ponevadz jde posedni ocanny system nemeckeho
semy. ~
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21

skoslovenske Narodni Rady
"a nejvyssi politickou autoritu
v Cechach a ma SlOvensku.
Cesky poslanec Stanek pra-
We prohlasil v risske rade, ze
centralni mocnosti musi Sc
vzdati bezpodminecne a ozna
mil rakousko-uherska Wade.
re Cechy nevejdeu v zadne
vyjednavani s Vidni. 4
"Odepirame jednati 5 touto
fisi," reil Stansk. "My chce.
me jednOtncu frontu tfi slovan
skych statd Cd Cdanska pres
Prahu X Jaderskemu ,nofi &c
skym staten zahrnuj7cim tez
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21
RYCHLOST MA ZAPADNlM
BOJISTI.

OAAA uC1C VoAhd IIVd, Illu VlCe
SIC zlepsuji methody stran boju
jicfch. Ia posledni rok zlepsila
Sc hlavne rychlost, 8 jakou VOL
ska spojenecka svoje rany do
nemeckych linii popohani. Je-
ste loni 1toky byly pomale, pro
vadely Sc po velikych pripra-
vach delostfeieckych a po dd-
kladnem prehlednuti a zmapo
vani posic nepratelskych. TAX
Tejednali jen spojenci. Nemci
sami neprovedli vetsi ofensivy,
|pokud 81 k tomu vojsko zvlaste
|pracne a dlouhymi manevry ne
vycvicili. Letos ma jare postupo
valiNemci rychle. Co sc tyce
AnglicanI a FrancouzI, zvySi-
la Sc rychlost jejich ctyrnasob
ne. Nejvice k tomu prisp6ly no
We voznice, jichz maji spojenci
veiike mnpzstvf. Ty vespolek s
obrnenymi vozy a nekdy j j.
zdou vrhnou Sc ma nepratelske
posice, zaberou zakopy, vycisti
hnizda pusek strojovych Sc
berou zajatce. Pechota jd,e "a
mimi ovsem pomaleji, ale We
zme-li Sc v uvahy rozsah ope-
raci, ktere Sc provadeji letos,
kdy mono "a jediny den "a
brati mnoho ctverecnich mil, je
to veliky pokrok prot dobam
drivejsim. Rychle postupuji ia
ke della, ktera jsou v bitve tax
dGlezita a bez nichz nebylo by
mozno udrzeti zabrane posice.
Mechanical zlepseni byla pro-
vedena ma traktorech, ktera de
la tahnou, tax re della mohou
byti dopravena ma misto We
ctvrtine casu drivejsiho. Pri
tom ve.ikou uEohu hraje vozni-
ce, ktera je sama sebou jakousi
de.ovou batterii. Motorova do
prava jest dulezitym cinitelem
v soustred 'ovani pechoty. Petra
va, strelivo, voda a jine zaso-
by Sc vozi v automobilech. Ia
bitevni carou pracuji inzenyri,
kteri v nejv6tsi rychlosti polka
daji koleje pro lehke zelezni-
ce, po nichz Sc vozi naklad nej-
ltezsi, hlavne strelivo. Jedine cd
deleni inzenyru mGze dnes po-
loziti mnoho mil kd.eji Ia jedi
ny den, tax re vecer po uspes-
mem utoku jest celia dobyta kra
jina prekrizena ,ocelovymi ko-
lejemi, po nichz vozi sc naklad
v pripade k postupu dalsimu.
Cim vetSi rychlost ma strane IL
tocne, tim v6tsi zmatek ma te
strane, ktera ustupuje.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21

Povysenec (ktery pozval X
obedu spisovate1e): "Roso, dej
variti jen vse nejlepsi a prime
sti ze sklepa vino prvni jako-
sti. =. kdyby nebyl spokojen,
nepsal by pax o mas v nejna-
veiSim SVEN romane!"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-21

Service Section ably by upoebeny pro dobro vas rodny
Sdee roo rodnou aby Sc ma vsechno azaa mfstn
odbocky Cereneho Kfize kde il doane spavne pfesne
odpovedi.
Nucena podpora rodiny.
YAM vasim je treba vedet, ze kdyz pfidee do sveho
obdrze formuar do nehoz mdzee zapsa prsusnou
casku sveho plau vykazuete ve rodne Vasi ddsto
nici posknou vm podrobne nformace pred vypnenm
muare Nektere body mem obsazene mel byste proednat
svou rodinou drive il opustite. Bude po vas
no. abyste poukaza mescns $15 sveho platu
Neze zena, bude obnos ten vyplacen deti
neb deem Obnos eo nucene podpory nebude zven bude
Ii zvysen vas plat.
Podpora rodins pro zenu a dsG
tomuto obnosu vada prida SIS pro zenu; aneb $25
pro zenu ditetem; $325O mate-i det SIS ma
kazde dalsi dite. Mae- det matka ejich uz neze
vadou prdany vasi podpofe bude SIS edno dte,
$3.50 dive deti $40 tr de, 80 cty dalsich
SIS kazde das dite.
Dobrovolny prspsvek odvsym rodsam bratrdm sestram
vnukdm a vnuckam, dsdecklm babicham.
Nejste nucen skadat sveho patu prfspevek pro
rodce prarodce neb vnuky vnucky Ale jest
lie toho neucnte neobdrz tito ami podpory vadn Chcee
H. ably ia Jim bya vyplacen treba abys svaho
mescniho patu $15 esze toz uz neplatte pod
sve zen aneb pouze SIS mesne kdyz z pod
zene neb detem davate Teno mazete pri
deti nekoka mich spolecne vlada z je rozdel
Rodnna podpora odvsym rodiSdm, sourozencdm,
prarodiGIm neb vnouGatim.
kdyz date tuto podporu sveho patu svym pfibuz-
nym tito neobdrzi podporu rodnnou, nejsou zavs
Kdyz zazadate podporu muse sdelit kok jste Jim
drive poskytoval Uvazte mimi kolk to bylo. Neuva-
zujte pouze kolik jse daval, vzpomente take
on vam "a to vracel priklad strave pod. Roz-
dill mez obnosem vami davanym v6c jez oni vam
poskytova e obnos podpory ktery smerodat-
nym pf udileni podpoy ne rozhodne maji podpo
ru takovou narok.
Vada pfida va podpore $40 mesicne pro vaseho otce
neb matku ktefz vas zavise nebo $40 pro oba sou
oba ma vas zavs dale SIS kazdemu zavemu souro-
zenci vnouce dedov neb babcce Nemae odvsych rodi-
co. ale to prarodcd ez by vas odkazan obdrz tito
kazdy po $40 mesicne.
Vlada vsak nebude pat techto obnosd jestize obnos
obnosu ez dava vase podpora podpoa dohroma
dy.
Pr vypnovan Formulate ktery obdrzite pri vstupu do
taoora Jmenute urcite hny ty, kteri sou
vlsli pro nez chcee zskat rodnnou podporu Jenom IT,
kere vysovne uvedete doanu podporu Svou podporu NIL
zete rozdelit nebo tax ucn vada zapa kazdemu re
skupln vaslch pbuznych podporu akou ma narok Nez
uhrnny obnos rodnnych podpor ez budou placeny vam
prbuznym vcene zeny det nesmi prestupovat $50 Jest
lze kterykov techto vas zavsych cen rodny emuz
se prdel cast sveho patu neobdrz podpory wi
od Home Service Section Cerveneho Krize jak on sam nj
muze pozada Jesze nektery techto pribuznych stane
Sc odvlsym od vas teprve poom kyz se odese porad mu
Home Service Section akych okonos ak maze takova
osoba 81 zaJstti rodinnou podporu.
Podpory prspevky zde uvedene sou paceny Bureau of
war RISK insurance (ufad vaecne postovan ez je
odoockou departementu pokadu Spojenych StatG
(Pokracovani.)
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
WHEN HER BACK ACHES
A Woman Finds An Her Energy and
Ambition Slipping Apay.

Hurley women know how the aches
and pains that often Gene when the kid
neys fail make life a bu.den. Backache.
hip pains. headaches, dizzy spells, dis
tressng urinary troubles, are frequent
indications of weak kidneys and should
be checked in time. D ans Kidney Pills
are for the kidneys only. They attack kid
ney diseases by striking at the cause.
Here 5 proof of their merit in a Hurley
woman's words:
Mrs. Vim. Hunt, 2nd Ave, says;
About three years ago | was practically
laid up with lame back and kidney
trouble When | washed the sharp pains
shot up from the small Of my back and
nearly drove me wild. could hardly get
up or down. As my husband had such
good results from Deans kidney Pills
used them and they soon banlshed my
oackache in a hurry. ! have all the faith
in the world in Deans Kidney Pills.
Price soc, at all dealers. Don 'tsjmp-
ly ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's
Kidney Pills the same that Mrs.
Hunt had. Foster Milburn Co.
Crops, Buffalo, N. Y ADV
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
Philip SeCOr
Democratic Nominee for
SHERIFF
of Iron county. Your vote
and support is respectfully
asked at the General Flee
ton on Tuesday, Nov. 9Th.

Herbert Sherman, who is training
at the Great Lakes Naval Station,
spent Sunday with his folks at Powell
Miss Annabelle Pethers left for
Wausau Monday, where she Will
spend the winter.
DR.. f. Il. Perkins returned to Mad
isOn Monday night after spending il
few days at the farm on Rest Lake.
Miss Marie LaFaye of Island Lake
was visitor here Tuesday.
Mrs. b. j. Powell, and Miss Ethel
powell will leave for Milwaukee Sun
day where theywill spend the winter.
Snow flurries here today, the first
of the season.
Mrs. NJ. Lambrix and Miss Viola
Fisk of Manitowish Lake motored
here Thursday.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
Notice of Special Election

State Of Wisconsin, County of Iron-ss.
Notice is hereby given that at special
election 10 be held in the several towns,
wards, villages and election districts of
the Eleventh Congressional District of
the State o. Wisconsin. comprised of the
counties of Ashland, Bayfield,, Burnett,
Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Polk,
Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Villas and
Washburn, on the first Tuesday in
November A. D. 1918, heing the fifth day
of said month, the following officer is tc
be elected for the unexpired term:
A Representative in Congress in place
of Irvine l.. Lenroot, resigned, whose
term of office would have expired on the
4th day of March, 1919.
Witness my hand and official seal al
Hurley this 18th day of September A. D.
1918. w. D. TYLER,
County Clerk,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02

Buying merchandise of poor ona,,,,
because the price Is low is often foIs,
economy when the purchase is moSs
at the home stores but it Is douhlv 60
when the merchandise is bought f,on
a mail order house. When huv,n, =.
home one can be reasonably sura tbo,
the article purchased at a low nrIoo
while there is no such assurance WHOM
1t is bought by mail on the "siqht nm
seen" plan.
Idea Is Exploded.
The idea that the mail order bousa,
sell the same quality of goods at lowe,
prices than the home merchants 10
quickly exploded when one learns ~
the large profits that are made nv .aa
majority of the mail order houses and
the large selling expense to which tbpv
are subjected. The large rail orde,
houses spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars annually for advertising and
the selling expenses of the smaller
concerns are proportionately as large
Their other expenses, such as rent
taxes and labor, are also higher than
those of the local retail merchants in
proportion to the business which they
do. In spite of these heavy expenses
the nail order houses distribute mil.
lions of dollars in dividends among
their stockholders. In one large mail
order concern the profits of the stock.
holders, in cash and stock dividends
have aggregated as much as 1000 per
cent on the capital invested In the
short period of nine years. This does
not indicate that the mail order houses
are in business for their health and
are giving away merchandise to their
customers.
The mail order houses have CAPT.
talized the desire to economic that Is
inherent in almost every one, By plac.
ing price above quality and making
cheapness the fundamental element 10
their business they have inculcated ID
the minds of their patrons the idea
that they are economizing when they
buy cheap goods at cheap prices
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
The News Buy-at.Home Department

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Readea
eroo Goods Honest
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
Manitowish NOlss

VIM. Ross, one of our popular old
time guides, IS in Chicago, where he
is undergoing medical treatment at
the Michael Rec Sc Hospital
Lee Dorint. who has been sick with
the Spanish influenza for the past
week, is now cOnYalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Mitchell, who
have been on an automobile trip thrO-
ugh the southern part of the state, re-
turned home Thursday.
Mr.. Geo. Davis of Rest Lake trans
acted business in IronwOod Friday.
w. j. Schilliman made a business
trip to Amigo Oh Saturday.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-11-02
Atrocious Pun.

Councillor Lamb, an old man when
Lord Erskine was in the height of his
reputation. was of timid and nervous
disposition, usually prefacing his plead
ings with an apology to that effect (;
and on one occasion, when opposed in
some cause to Erskine, no happened to
remark that he felt himself growing
more and more timid as he grew Old
er. mo wonder" replied the relent-
less barrister, every one knows The
Older lamb grows the more sheepish
he becomes"