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don't miss our annual October clearance draperies
 and rugs

Dhp should you neglect q splendid opportunity
 10 saDe That his satehas made possible On the 15 display tables in Drapery Section have placed draperes of type and character from the cheapest to the best, at greatly reduced prices
 In the Rug Section offer only those standard known and preferred by American housekeepers at plrces unequaled for their lowness
 COLORED MADRAS-A fine lot Of colored madras, soft self tones and multi-colored effects, i OO offering exceptional value, per yard l.LJ SHAIKI SILK-A big assortment of colored Shah speeia sl5e 1a in naasy this sa1e Iesn weave 1.49 COLORED NET-A big table full of these colored nets, reproductions of imported drapery SOo cloth Very special, per yard CCC METRO CLOTH-This pretty, popular drapery fab ric in soft rich colors exceedingly effective, consld fE'rs per yard a1s very 10" price 42 1-2c MARQU1SETTE-A fine quality of 36irch wide marquisette in white, cream and ecru 100 Special n this sale yard kA fAC ART SCRIM--Together with vole of an excellent quality choice of white, and ecru, 10, for special during this sale, per yard 4OC HEAVY SCRIM-In linen weave; an excellent spsea ssaS for or@RSsy bs sas Ss say Ssd T''" 49c DOTTED SCRIM-Attractve e. ed dotted scrim, 36 inches wide, in and blue spots, OO specially reduced for this sale, per yard ZCC LACE EDGE SCRIM-A big lot of s6-inch wide lace edge scrm, in white, cream and ecru of the best tdrapsres. drass 'a DSaS1'' Sssd priced 23c SUN-FAST SILK-Fine double width Sun-fast silk drapery, self tone in blue, green rose, Q nr tan and orange. Reduced for this sale to L.sJe) KACOCK SILK-A fiber silk that is beautiful. @Double width, attractive coors Q or Specially reduced for this sale, per yard O.6O
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comforts 15.00
pair blankets 7.39
baby blankets 89c and up

The most complete stock of baby blankets the city, Everything from blankets of cotton to blankets pure wool with mix
 lures of various between in whit pink or blu in nusry dsigns priced Ss ssc 149, on up iooo paif' main floor
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silverWare
 1.49

is the extremely low price that we have applied tomorrow to sets of Rogers A No. teaspoons. Six of them, in pretty open stock patterns, to which you can add to from time to time. The name of the pattern is Lexington" It is one of the most popular of all Rogers artistic designs.
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here at $500, 45.OO, 59.5O and up

w gh 10 Idh epak m thoroughly bpngh tailored dcni r t nomnA sui service and d are t hg t fp
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DEMONSTRAT TING Eppo petticoats

Eppo demonstrator has just arrived from the factory place the Loveman organization She has Eppo pecoa uactureshe superior patented features exclusively them
 s+.... ...".. .s.....
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3.499

for sets of beautifully modelled handled knives. Wise house keepers are going to buy these by the dozen, and it is likely that they will exhaust the quantity early in the day.
 Main Floor
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with large dots is made up with satin
to match and worn over satin slip
with accordion-plaited skirt. Bands
of picot-edged ribbon alternate with
rows of dots on it and the skirt is sus-
pended from yoke of satin corded at
the edge to give it a flare. The wide
girdle is of satin, and there is short,
folded vestee of it and folds OF satin
finish the sleeves.
Black charmeuse and chantilly lace
fiouncing make the dignified frock at
the right of the picture. The lace forms
a long overdress extending across the
sides and back of the full satin skirt.
The sleeves and underbodice are of
lace and the satin overblouse affords
an example Of a new and much adj
mired neckline. Even in evening
dresses the low decolletage is being re-
placed by a straight heckline. The
girdle of this dress is worth noticing,
for it is very pretty and new. Ameri-
can Beauty in color it is made of wide,
soft satin ribbon twisted and wound
with a twisted silver ribbon into u
rope that encircles the waist and Is
looped and knotted at the left
side.
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tn HERE are a good many women
i who have no use for more than
one or two frocks for formal wear and
who are sensible enough to buy only
what they can use, no matter how
ample their means. These women
want conservative styles, equal to
serving for both afternoon and eve
ming. They rely on accessories to tone
up such gowns to the requirements Of
any dressy function.
With the return of nets and dyed
laces to favor and the perennial black
lace and satin dress there are offered
two very safe choices. And there are
added to these in the new displays,
very handsome frocks in silver cloth
embroidered with jet, in duvetyn COM
bined with metallic and other bro
cades, in veilings draped over satin
and, more than all, embroidered frocks
in which silk or glittering beads
brighten up quiet colors on crepe de
chine, satin, charmeuse or wool fab
RIGS.
Two frocks that will prove an en-
during Joy to their wearers and serve
for any sort of formal wear are shown
In the picture. At the left brown net
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E XCEPT for some elaborate, much
- decorated and sometimes startling
models, which might be ciassed as Eek
hibition blouses," the fall season has
not brought in many designs that can
lay claim to originality in these very
popular garments. But why should
designers strive for new ideas while
we are we'll satisfied with those we
have ard continue to buy them?
The search for something new does
not go entirely unrewarded even when
the too-elaborate models are not count
ed in the finds. Among the tailored
blouses there are some In which crepe
de chine is used for long-sleeved mod
els that have turned back cuffs OF
pique and collars of this material that
roll high at the back and open in
long .V" at the front. This combina-
ton of materials is new and the col
lar unusually becoming and modest
looking.
Plaits and points are outstanding
features of the handsome new blouse
pictured. A soft figured crepe de chine,
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| had long had a substantial monopoly
in these processes. In its original con-
dition the sealskin looks nothing like
the fur you see ia the market. Inc
skin is yellowish gray with an outer
layer of what are called guard hairs.
The actual fur lies within the guard
hairs and close to the skin, and on
the removal of the guard hairs looks
like a rather curly, soft, silky wool,
| light brown in color The process con-
sists in removing the hairs without in
jury to the fur that lies beneath. In
the tanning and dressing of the skin,
the dyeing of the fur, and finishing it
by machining process. There are.
$50 separate operations on the skin
before it reaches what we know as
seal furs, and the process takes about
three months.
I'm the United States there was
nothing adequate of the kind. We
arranged for the establishment of
Undressing. dyeing and finishing in
dustry which should be the equal of
ANYTHING in the world. We made this
arrangement with a contractor, who
established a factory in st. Louis. 1t
employs something over 300 hands,
and is the largest establishment OF its
kind on earth and gives us the
| finest product in the world. During
the last year of the closed season,
with the limited amount of furs we
were able to obtain from the natives
and which we sent to st. Louis, the
factory was able to get its hand in for
the larger business that was to follow
and train its men for handling the
processes on a larger scale. A number
of experts from Great Britain voiun-
tarily came over and took part in the
organization of the factory and the
training of the hands. i
.'Then in 1913 we renewed the ccm-
mercial killing of seals. The quota was
fixed at $4,000 and we took 81, SS3
seals. In the next year, 1919, the
quota was $4,000, and the total num-
Der at the end of August, practically
the close. of the season.. was 25,3S1.
"The result has been an immense
saving to our government in the cost
OF handling its product, and very
much greater return to the govern
ment in the shape of profit"
i Here Mr.. Redfield illustrated his
point by giving the figures Of single
sale held Oct. z, 1918. The number of
skins sold was 1902. The gross pro-
ceeds were SIT, 921; the expenses, in
Guiding cost of preparation of skins,
transportation, agents commissions.
discount for cash, etc., aggregated
S233, 195. 80. Thus the net proceeds on
this single sale of 12,002 sealskins
were s544, 1858 At this same auc-
| ton the government contractor sold
! fox skins numbering 692 blue and 10
white pelts. The gross receipts were
$5S, 1880, the expenses were $6,2S0.S6,
and the proceeds were $51, S9S.54.
| ION that same island" resumed the
ex-secretary, "the government owns
the finest herd of foxes in the world.
We feed the foxes with the offal of
4 the slaughtered seals, supplied from
our new by-products factory. We
found that the carcasses of seals con-
tanned lot of valuable material
which was being thrown away We
set up a rendering plant at first for
trying out the blubber. The plant
cost $4,000 and paid for itself in tie
first year-paid for itself in oil. 1t is
the intention of the department to de-
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Important to all Women
Readers oil this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, OF the
result of kidney OF bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
6ition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
BILE and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds Of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring.
health to the kidneys, proved to be just.
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
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struggled, to his elbow in the close
quarters of the berth.
The growing continued at frequent
intervals, making sleep impossible. BY
the time the train reached Warrens-
burg indignation was high.
Robert Holt, news vender on the
train, determined to investigate. He
left the train and examined carefully
the baggage car. No rooster was
there. He returned to report his fall
ure to the angry crowd of passengers,
when the Observation-Disclosures" call
came again, this time near by.
Holt ran toward the spot from
whence the call came. He peered be-
meath the baggage car. gasped and
halted abruptly.
"Well, can va beat that?' he asked
in amazement.
There, reposing calmly on the rods
of the car was large Plymouth Rock
rooster, his plumed head cooked in
quiringly at the visitor.
1--WE heard of hoboes riding the
rods" Holt declared, ''but a rooster
bum is a new one on me-"
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velop such of the seal as is fit fer
food, while the offal is used for che
fox herd.
'sWe discovered there what have
been nicknamed 'Redfield's Old Bones.
1t was a deposit of seal homes whicf
had accumulated for over century.
Some of these deposits were several
feet thick and ran for over 100 miles.
In 1919 we got 100000 pounds out
and got $3.S91. They are excellent
fertilizer. Tractors and trailers are at
work there. Then we put in use a
power lighter to Unalaska, 100 miles
away. The government, has proper
ty worth $2O,O00.OO0 on the two
Pribilof islands of st. Paul and st.
George.
ave turned our attention to the big
old male seals, which were supposed
to be so rough and torn and marked
by fighting as to be no use. and, we
found that these could be made into
very fine skins. A single one of these
skins is big enough for an automobile
coat. They don't sell for anything in
London, but at our sales In 1919 they
sold high above theA prices for the
small skins. All that is clear gain. be-
cause the skins of these old bulls were
supposed to be dead loss. Further
more, it helps the herd, because now
the number of males is very much
larger than is needed for the normal
Increase of the herd.
although In 1918 we killed $4,000
seals, i'm that year the nerd increased
IL per cent. AT the present rate 1t
would double in ten years. 1t is get
ting TO be a magnificent property.
look at the results: The estab-
lishment of an entirely new industry.
the largest and best of its kind in the
world; the obtaining thereby OF this
great product, the alargest in the
world; putting 1t entirely under our
control from beginning to end. from
the birth of the pup down to the
making of the sealskin.
"This thing has been so successful
that the japanese government, the
Uruguayan government and some 9th
ers have sent not only their own seal
skins. but other skins as we'll, to st.
Louis to be- treated in this way.
at is a very wonderful result Of
conservation. The raw material. so
far from being wasted, is increasing
all the time. 1t is in certain sense
eating your cake and having it too.
We can kill $4,000 2 year and yet add
right along to the size. of our herd
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their hands in horror over the threat
ened extinction of the once enormous
seal herds in Alaska. Now, it appears,
the seals are increasing greatly in
numbers and probably will become as
numerous as ever.
Moreover, q new American industry
has been created. There never was
any seal fur industry in the United
States, though the United States was
the greatest fur consumer in the
world; now it has the largest and
rectiOn. Along with it the government
has been building up by-products in.
dustry of which oil and meat are
the chief items, and is making use
of the seals on the Pribilof islands to
maintain and increase the gray fox
herd and enlarge the fox-skin business.
Along with that goes the probing of
the islands for seal bones for fertilizer,
also a profitable industry, and the gov
eminent has found ways to get far
greater yield Of furS than ever before
while at the same time greatly in
creasing the herd.
When one says that the government
has found means TIC increase both the
yield and herd it may not strike the
reader as so astonishing as If would
be if put in another way. If forestry
could manage conservation so as 10
increase the amount of lumber taken
out and at the same time increase the
number of trees, that would be a match
in conservation for what conservation
has done in the matter. of seals.
The chief credit for these achieve
ments lies at the door of DR.. Hugh
NJ. Smith, the commissioner of fish
cries, one of the foremost authorities
on fish culture in the country. So
saws former Secretary of Commerce
William c. Redfeld, who took. DIR.
Smiths ideas and carried them out.
Mr. Redfield tells the story thus:
1--WE took hold of it in 1913 and
found existing the f1ve-year closed
season, which forbade the killing of
any. seals except the small number
needed by the natives for food. That
gave us plenty of time to plan for
the taking up of the production on a
large scale This country was the
largest producer CT sealskin5 and the
largest consumer of seal furs. But the
process was that we would take the
skins and ship them down to San
Francisco or Seattle, send them across
the continent, cross the Atlantic ocean
with them and land them in London.
There they were dyed, dressed and
made into finished furs, and then
were sent back again across the At
lantic ocean to the United States as
an imported article, paying 80 per
cent duty, to be consumed by our own
people-one trip across the continent
and two across the ocean.
"The economic wastefulness of that
process needs only to be stated, the
product being ours originally and the
market ours. There was no adequate
plant in this country for dyeing. dress
ing and machining sealskins. London
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9s0OSTER HOBO ON
RODS OF PULLMAN
ShriII Early Morning Growing OF
Feathered Tramp Disturbs
Sleep of Passengers.


st. Louis.-Passengers on a west
bound Missouri Pacific train from st.
Louis were ruilely awakened from
their Pullmanish slumber at dawn Sun
day by the shrill Growing OF
rooster.
"C-o-c-k-a-d-o-o-d came the
clarion call, in tone that penetrated
easily within the walls of the coaches.
Raising themselves sleepily in their
berths, the passengers blinked inquir-
ing eyes through the windows. The
train was approaching Warrensburg.
Darn that farmers rooster!" they
complained, lying down and tucklng
in the covers for another hours sleep.
Heavy breathing marked resumed
slumber, when again the tormenting
call of the rooster Jared them awake.
Observation-Disclosures" the roost-
or crowed.
Eye godsl Another rooster!' y howled
one sleepy passenger, fat man, who
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THE SuRY's DIFFICULTY.

Gentlemen of the jury" said
fudge as ne concluded his charge, "if
the evidence shows in your minds that
pneumonia, even indirectly, was the
cause of the mans death. the prisoner
csnuot be convicted" An hour later
"a messenger came from the jury room
.Srhe gentlemen Of the jury. your lord
ship" he said. "desire Information.
"On wnat point of evidenced? None,
your lordship; they want TO know how
to spell pneumonia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-18
BODY FALLS FOUR STORIES
Mother Finds Infant Happily Cooling
in Baby Carriage Into Which
1t Had Fallen.

New York.--Charles Darwin, who
said the struggle for existence results
in the survival of the fittest, over
looked one essential element-luck..
Proof of this oversight was supplied
by an infant member of New York's
East side tenement dwellers. When
Mrs. Joseph VeecGio, the baby's moth
er, saw him fall from a fourth-story
fire escape she ran out, panic-stricken,
expecting to see him crushed to death.
But she found her child happily
gurgling in cushioned baby carriage
into which he had landed, unframed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-18
Fabrics for Autumn.

This autumn stiff glazed fabrics,
such as taffeta, will be less worn, tneir
places being taken by velvets ana
thick, soft crepe in silk or wool. more
suitable for the wrapped-round effects
shown on many models. Soft. shaggy
cloths are being used for coats, with
finely woven serges and cashmeres for
walking dresses. Reversible materi-
ais. which do not require lining are
highly practical and are used to give
a combination of their plain and pat
termed sides. Bead work is seen on
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Poser for Mother.

The subject of the Sunday school
lesson was the golden rule, so during
the next week when little Anna was
naughty and her mother had to use
her stick real hard and putGgtr in a
chair to reflect, she asked Al z what
she thought about it. Anna replied:
''Mother, do unto others as you want
them to do unto you. You don't want
me to whip you, do your"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-18
First American Novelist

The man who is usually referred to
as the first American novelist and
whose claim TO the title seems TO be
undisputed. was Charles Brockden
Brown, who was born In Philadelphia
in III. and died in 1910. His best
novel, "Wieland." is a morbid horror
story, based on ventriloquism. and
while improbable it contains scenes
of great power. He published several
other novels, and in 1899 book on dl-
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better than his fellows and his rise
to power is the reward of doing what
is best. He knows that talent is dis
counted In the recognized trifler and
sees to it that he keeps above sus-
picion. There's nothing in the trifiing
game to make man covet 1t. There
is much to make II despised.
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Earnestness Pays Best

No homes. man dare play the trifier
The very thought is repugnant to him.
He wants to be rated 100 per cent a
man. He wants his word to count for
full measure. SO he rises above the
fickleness of the trifier. He becomes
known for what he does and what he
stands for. He may not always real
lie his ideals, but he tries to make
every effort worthy of the name he
bears. BY acting the man he becomes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-18
Coal Goinu to Waste.

One-third Of the coal in stu in In
dian coal mines is at present being
lost by bad methods Of mining while
three-quarters of million hours are
lost actually by wasteful power work.
ing Of Indian collieries. Various sug-
gestions toward more efficient work
ing of the Indian coal mines have been
made by a well-known London mining
engineer, who has brought this enor-
nous loss to light.
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An AIibi.

SIN kind o. glad" said Bill the
Burg, shat / never learned to read
and WRITE"
"Why"
"When it comes to showdown In
this investigation, nobody can accuse
me of being master mind"
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Bah. Has Cut ncold.FiIIed" Tooth.

Atlanta. Sevensmonth-old Eva
Catherine Lee has cut gold-flled
molar, according to her mother, Mrs.
j. T.. Lee '"The tooth looks like the
purest gold, but can assure you it
is not gold," declares DR.. r. L. Hood.
There is evidently some discoloration
of the enamel"
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Perfectly Lovely.

What impressed us most yesterday
in the. course of the ten or fifteen
minutes which we spent in our listen
ing post, attentivelys overhearing the
conversation of the neighbor women.
was the remarkable elasticity of the
word lovely. which seems to apply
to almost anything, from zinnia to
the scar left by major operation
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-11-18
BEARING FRUIT FARM.

Free from incumbrance. Located in mild
Pacific coast territory. An ideal place for
one seeking a milder climate where good
income is assured Will exchange for
modern bungalow or wild land, same to
be free from incumbrance. Address Fruit
Farm, care Western Newspaper Union,
Minneapolis. Minn.-Adv.
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arating them. The former is mostly
lowland, with extensive sugar planta-
lions. while Basse Terre. despite its
name. is rugged, with handicapped
mountains that show modest signs Of
volcanic activity. Not far TO the souiltS
is bunch of small islands which be-
ing regarded as one of tie strategic
points of the Antilles. are formidably
fortified.
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vorce and marriage which enunciated
many views then considered very radi-
cal but now widely accepted. No other
novels than his We're published by a
native American until the appearance
of 'sThe Spy" by James Fenjmore
Cooper. in 1881.
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nst Motion.

did Mrs. Calder do much travelling
during the summer?'
"Well, going back and forth,
should say she travelled hundreds or
miles,"
sWhat do you mean by back and
forthY"
"She put in seven hours day in a
rocking chair on the veranda of a
summer hotel" Birmingham Age
Herald. ~s,f.lftx IL
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Germ Diseases Kun Many.

Germ diseases kill off more people
than the deadliest wars, says the Uni
ted States public health service. In
1917 pneumonia and Tuberculosis killed
223. 600 Americans, more than seven
times the number killed In action IN
France.