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DECEMBER CIRCULATION".
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Thought for the Day
S.ctf 9 ffarry S. WtUtr '
Do not I tep thi alahatUr bom of your love
and tendernctt ttaltd up until your frund art
faad. Speak approving, cheering word icilt
their tart can hear thtm and wKilt Ihrtr h tar It
can bt thriUed ana madt kmppitr ly thein. Tht
Jlowert you mean to acitd for their catkett, tend
to brljfden and twtcttry their komtt befort they
lean them.
Unlike other necessaries of life, the postage
stamp sticks to the old price.
Before long, we will see whether the re'
constituted supreme court will speed up or not.
The cordial warmth of the approaching pri
mary handshake is not likely to relieve ' the
strain on the f urnate.
According to bis son's estimate. Rockefeller
has given away $250,000,000. Any one see an
.cf it spilling around here?
s to th
Is is th4
A 5ote of Warning to the Railroads.
The chief reason the uld-fashloned rallroaJ
managers got themHehes ' In bad ' was their
mistaken policy of resisting to the last dltrn
every demand made upon thorn by the public.
They did this on the theory that unless they
fought everything, regardless of fairings or Jus
tice, they might have to yield some things they
regarded as unfair or unjust.
The Bee gives this note of warning to the
railroads that have been trying to Impress thu
people that they have turned over a new leaf
and want to be dealt with pqtinrcly, and to deal
squarely with their patrons: that they will get
in bad again If they resort to their former tac
tics. It seems to be the old story of giving an
inch and taking an 'ell having edged up here
and there on freight rates on a showing of ex
cessive reductions and inadequate returns, tin
disposition is now to boost freight schedules eky
high all along and to push the raises
limit of what the tariff will bear. Thl
explanation in part of the renewed activity for
waterway transportation, which Is enlisting sup
port among business men forced to look to river
navigation as their only possible relief. The
ravlgatlon boosters are recalling, as did a
speaker at a recent meeting in Omaha, that tho
of freight tariffs were nothing but pretense,
because shippers got bar In rebates, 20, 30 and
even 60 per cent of what they paid, and yet the
toads now seek to restore rates even higher than
they were then on paper.
Another place where the railroads need a
reminder Is In their renewed efforts to raise
passenger rates. The passenger fare from
Omaba to Chicago, for years on a 2-cent basis, Is
to be boosted 25 per cent If the present program
le carried out. True, the railroads In certain
states persuaded the courts that 2-cent fares anj
uncompensatory, but they never have sustained
that position for through travel. When the
2-cent fare law was up in Nebraska the showing
of the railroads themselves disclosed receipts for
all passengers carried to be less than 2 cents
per tulle, the depression being accounted for by
the cut rates and free passes. We make bold to
assert that the average passenger receipts of the
railroads between Omaha and Chicago have been
greater on a 2-cent basis, with free passes and
excursion rates abolished, than they were before
that time with half the business on scalpers
tickets or free hauls. ' a
Our railroad friends must not delude them
selves Into the notion' that the people have for
gotten all these things or that overdoing the
rate raising business now will not produce i
' reaction, which they will wish they had not in
vited.
While lacking in battle thrills the charges
and counter charges of the foreign offices of
Kurope help to keep the war bulletin editors en
the Jump. ' j
In view of his experience in tb vast. Presi
dent Wilson must excuse the country If It. re.
fuses to consider him "a bad' actor" In the
granddad part.
It is so rare that a judge has resigned from
the bench except to take another Office that It
if no wonder curious folks took to see what is
back of every resignation.
the mere fact that Iowa democrats can
thako the pluiu tree and pocket the fruit does
not even remotely assuage the anguish of "de
serving democrats" in Nebraska.
Were It not for the sobering effect of ar,
the chancellories of Europe would explode with
amusement over the Indictment of "a secret
poet" as au unprecedented crime.
The mere fact that a majority of the Board
of Control are lawyers does not imply lack of
butiDebs ability aa much as tt demonstrate
superior speed, in getting there first. ,
sssBnssasjwsaiBBBnaassssaaasi
Tb former Nebraska attorneys geueral have
formed a law partnership. But we have mars tbaa
two of them. If all these ex-generals would get
together they would present a large and glitter
li'g array.
Judge Ben Llndsey'a slain at the Colorado
legislature Is not as great an insult as it looks.
H Is simply a means of breaking Into print.
Without publicity as a Safety valve the Judge
ottld not keep his lid on. ,
If our club women have the notion that they
are not 'n vented with enough citizenship rights
to make complaint of law violations, they should
rid themselves of that delusion. Any person of
Hound mind and legal age, rsgardleas of voting
cit'zenshlp and regardless of cltiiensblp alto
gether, may file complaint against a law breaker
r - I., j i ' (ii 'i '
Advlcrs have beeu received that the conaecratloa
of ilev. Ir. Wortlitnston as blahop of Nebraska will
taku place t Letiolt on February 24.
itev. T. V. C lark lectured at tha First Mclliodlat
'liurvn it tvenlnu recounting !! experiences when
traveling UirouKb Europe and Asia. ...
Local wheehnen are diacuMing tha definition of
tmntcur," which baa a special bearlnc on Omaha
by;yclUU, belli brought up by Patterson, who raced
here ome months ago, tha definition being laid
down by tho president of tho eaatein leasue.
JaOse WaHeley baa returned from a trip to Cbl
"o. ... '
Coy C Barton ucd family left for tha oast. In
tending to ivjuum la WaLUi)ston, Florid, and Na
!4 diiriug tho reat of the winter.
A maaa niecLliij Va held at the city hall la
rt:puii to a tU iaUfc4 by tha local trades aaaembiy
to a i ropoaed W" to abolish tha convict labor
:culrai t. Ed VYalna served a ctiairman and Ed
1IjiiV as at'Tfctary.'
Mi. Thomua MuhthlU ttud child hae cone to fct.
Juo-!h on ix vteil to ftiunds there.
Tha il'- club In reoitfaiiUuig ha already swur1
aoine I'aj aM;Ute lutuibcra, and homa to laiae the
hii.lr to 0.
On Constitution-Making
State Banks and Federal Reserve System.
One significant part of the report of the fed
era! reserve board is that which relates to the
relations of the state banks with the new
system. For the period of the report, which
begins with the passage' of the federal reserve
net and ends with tha close of the year 1014 It
Is shown that ninety-three, state banks and trust
companies have been converted into national
banks, and nine state banks and four trust com
panles have been -admitted to membership In
the system, while applications from fifty-one
Mats banks and trust companies were pending.
The report of the board tries to put a more fav
orable face pn the situation by holding up both
these classes as measures of the attraction of tho
new law. Nowhere, however, does it show the
number of national banks that have given u,
their charters to become state banns in order
to get away from the reserve requirements, nr
does It Show the normal numbers of conversions
of state basks into national banks which took
place under the old national banking law. These
exhibits, whatever they might be, would be
subtractions from the gains listed among state
banks participating In the federal reserve
system, which so far must at best be aljnost
nominal.
It will be remembered that one of'tae strong
est arguments in favor of the banking bill when
it was up for discussion, and one of the promtsea
of the democratic platform, too. was that It
would embrace state as well as national banks,
and thus carry its benefits far and near to thu
people of al sections of the country. In thU
respect plainly the law has not met the expecta
tion of ita sponsors. It may yet work out, but
if it does not enlist the active interest of the
state banks faster, our lawmakers will eventu
ally have to take another whirl a! It.
. Put Them to the Tet.
The podge anti-nepotism bill has been nipped
in the bud by the'' senate for the avowed reason
that It alms only at nepotism In the Omaha city
government, leaving the same evil to continue
uumolested in other Jurisdictions. The Bee has
already expressed Its opinion that making public
office a family sqap Is Just as bad whether
practiced by state, county, school or water dis
trict officers aa by city .officers. We have also
observed that this species of graft Is not coufiued
to any one Jurisdiction or .to any one political
.Tarty. It the objection to the bill that has been
killed is as stated that it Is discriminating
the measure ahould be recast and presented
again with general application for all pubic of
ficers charged with appointment or employment
of subordinates.
Or. Klchoima Murray Sutler.
'In gencrrU let me ay that my vlewa ar that the
constitution should not have put tn-.o ft any matters
nf detailed IctrMatlon that can poBHlbly be kept out.
We should avoid th! unfortunate and tiemprtng policy
that has Iwen adopted In many weetern alateo of put
ting the merest details of public administration Jnto
the. constitution. It roes without saying that tills
leads to the breaking down of the fundamental dl
tinctton between constitutional principle and legisla
tive acta, and that it tempts to a constant tampering
with the fundamental lnw. 1 am In favor of:
"I. The short ballot. I understand this to mean
that all of the stata officers now elected by the people.
with the exception of the governor and lieutenant gov
rrnor, should be appointed by the governor, subject
to confirmation by the aertate, for a term aa long as
Ms own and made subject to removal, by htm for
cause, publicly stated, and filed with the senate, Thero
Is question In some minds as to whether tho office of
controller should be so treated. I'eraonally I belleva
that It should. I am not raising unfier this 'head the
question of an appointive Judiciary, although I be
lieve in that policy simply because It seems to me at
the present ttm to' He outside of the range of prac
tlcal politics.
"1 Revised LrfrlrlaUve Procedure This I under
stand to mean that tha governor and heads of depart
ments appointed by him should hare the rlcht to sit
In either house of tha legislature, and to ti ft part In
debate with the limitation that heads of departments
shall participate only In debate on subjects germane,
to their several aflmlnietratrve jurisdictions. In such
caso It ahould be tha duty of the governor and th!
Sieada of departments to answer at stated times and
upon due notice Interpellatjons addressed to them by
members of the legislature In regard to public business
or policy.
"Tho governor should have the right to initiate legis
lation In ths sense that It should be within hta power
in submitting a message to the legislature to accompany
It with a formal legislative' proposal, which should be
dealt with by the legislature precisely as if it were a
bill Introduced from Its own membershis'.
"I do not believe that tho governor should have tho
right to refer to the people: measures Initiated by htai
which art rejected by the legislature; There ahcnilJ
be two restrictions upon the right to introduce bills
into th legislature. No bill should bo Introduced Into
the senate unless three senators, whoea names should
appear upon th bill, were willing to Join In standing
sponsors therefor, and no bill should be Introduced
Into tho assembly unless five axscmblymeu, whose
names should appear upon tho bill, are willing to Join
In standing as sponsors therefor. This 1 In effect tha
system prevailing In the House of Common as regards
private bills. v
"Moreover, no bill appropriating public money
should be Introduced Into cither senate or assembly
except by the commitUe of th aenat or aaaembiy
charged with Reporting money bill. The object of
this provision is to lay Uie foundation for a genuine
budget. The, terms of senators should be lengthenej
to four years, and those of assemblymen to two years,
and sessions of the legislature should be biennial In
stead of annual aa now. In caao of emergency or ex
ceptional need there should be special sessions of th
loglslatur called elthar by the governor or on tho
request of two-thirds of th members of either house.
Tha legislature should have the right to pass a con
current resolution requesting a formal opinion from
the court of appeal as to the constitutionality of any
legislative proposal before enacting It Into law.
"J. Lengthening the Governor's Term t Four
Tear I do not approve of a referendum at the end
of two years as to whether there should tfe a new
gubernatorial election or' not
"6. Home Rule for Cities Standing by Itself this Is
.a vague and uncertain phrase. For in It means th
complete control by each municipality of those fea
tures of municipal business and housekeeping which
do not Involve directly the oaerclee of the sovereign
power of the state: or which' r not under our Amer
ican system distinctly stat functions. In drawing th
Una between these two claases of undertaking.
would glv the benefit of the doubt to the munici
pality In order that It measure of local control might
be a large aa possible. An Inspection of th bill in
trod deed at Albany each ' winter dealing wfbh New
York City affairs or amending tho charter, would Indi
cate that th business of the legislature would be cut
down nearly two-thirds if a workable scheme of mu
nicipal home rule were provided by the new constitu
tion." , , .
Governor Johnson of California gives as
surance, that he will oppose every attempt to
alter the alien land law passed two years ago.
As the governor and a majority of the legisla
ture are political allies, the assurance means
peace on a delicate topic. Besides, California and
Callforniaus have invested millions in two showy
exposition and political freebooters will not bo
permitted to divert attention from the main
thauce. ,
Oue of the disqualifications alleged against
our minister to Ban Domlugo is his detective
table manners. Hereafter nil applicants for
diplomatic appointment under a democratio ad'
ministration should be required to undergo a
preliminary examination in dining etiquette.
When the cruel war is over and legislatures
bats dbpersed, the people may give some at
tention to the uplift suggestions of Rockefeller,
Guggenheim. Perkins and Uatermyer. For the
present the UttadUnes serve ail needful ends.
It the ktugll boys bad tbelr a ay. the autos and
street ''s would be roniSeiled to atop bubiuks
while the oakling setoni on
Twice Told Tales
A Soft One. j
This one is told on a certain pugilist.' who Is far
better acquainted with the big names of fistic chro
nology thgn with 'those In th school history-books.
Having reached Kngiana in tne course ot hi
pugilistic travels, lie wa patronised by a nobleman
with sporting last. A week-end, vtatt to th country
estate wa In order.
The gentleman personally conducted his. guest
about the mansion, and when they arrived at a cer
tain pretentious bedroom he said with pride: "Her,
sir. Is where Uie great Nelson slept." -
Tho pugilist stepped over and touched the high,
white-covered . bed approclatttvely. "O! lie re
marked," leave It to the Cattler to pick out a soft
one." Everybody's Magaslne.
The System.
Prof. Hugo- Munsterburg said at the German
American Chamber of Commerce in New York:
"H Is no wonder England has so many colonies.
Look how she got themT It's th system!
"England, you know. Would send an expedition
headed by a missionary to some voutlandish tropl"ai
plac or thw. Tha missionary would disembark on
tha whit beach. tle would gather the native to
gether under a palm, and. holding up his hand, h
would aay:
" "Let u pray.
"Then, while all the native )id their eye abut In
pious prayer, up would go the English flag." .
N
What do you. do
of
ex.
. Shrewd Old Ma
"You're an- old married roan.
when your lfo begins to scold r'
"Encourage her. I talk back discreetly,
course. . I say tantalising things'. I make foolish
ruse. I etammej and get husky." '
"Uut doevn't that inak her a gaud ileal madder!"
"Of cours It dues. .That's th Intention. I want
her to get so atad that sh won't, have any voice left
to aak mi for money."
"Gee!" I wonder If I'll ever get as burdened as
that?"-Brooklyn Eagle. ' . .
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People and Events
A naimlea college professor sends over th para
graph circuit the atmeiit that "th best work of th
world Is done by men over tt years," -but left his on a
age to bo gueaaed.
Mrs. Yulukl Mlrutkuclil of Memphis, a former Ken
tucky society belle, appears to hav received her due.
She 1 suing for divorce from her Japanese husband
on the ground of deiartlon.
Out In Stockton. Cul., a woman made a fasting
cure of forty-five days and reduced her fighting
weight by thirty-five rounds. She still carries lag
pound, which la well Uhln th heavyweight cias.
T panhandler at Point Pleasant. N. Y., after
Jeering at tha spectacle of a policewoman, were caught
In tho act of street begging and marched ahead nf
the skirted officer to jail. Th officer laughed last
Bald thirty-nlB newspapers printed In English,
New York City has tea In Italian, svea German,
Severn Jewish, three Greek, three Hungarian. tw
French, two Bohemian, two Croatian, one Spanish,
Serbian, Syrian and Chines.
Mis. tiusan Luekenbach, wile of a millionaire ship.
vner In Brooklyn, N. Y , told the judicial marine at
Houston, Telk.. that sh had been cruelly treated by
her huyhund. One of the eru.-lilt wa th refusal of
l.uikouba-h to provide her milh'an automobile, the
got the dlvorv asked for.
A iirerla1 Inn foe m Teacher.
OMAHA, Jan. i7.-To the Editor ot The
Pee: We hav many bright, capable and
efficient teachers in out city schools
whom we have cause to appreciate.
I would not underestimate tho worth
of any of them, but I wish to make par
ticular mention of Miss Bertha Thoelke,
eighth grade teacher of Clifton Hill
school. I have had occasion to note her
relations with her pupils, which are Ideal
nd out of the ordinary, my son Just
having finished that grade under her.
She ha more than a teacher's Interest
In those who come under her supervision.
Every child ha her affection; there is
no discrimination; In the development ot
any special talent they may have out
side of their school work she gives th
encouragement the young mind needs.
At best a teacher tasks arc arduous,
nd when we find one so thoroughly
capable and deserving It Is the duty of
very parent to give the moral support
and commendation she so much merits.
D. E.. a Parent.
t ae I tiBarllaaieatarr Word.
SILVER CREEK, Neb., Jan. 26.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Your Lincoln corre
spondent rays the legislative committee
of. the Farmers' Congress, in session at
the Llndcll hotel, adopted five certain
resolutions as to what a warehouse law
should provide for, and represented that
the Farmers' Congress, and tho farmers,
would stand by them.
t wish, through The Bee, to say to that
legislative commute that If they took
any aucb actloh they are a set of unmiti
gated frauds both Individually and col
lectively. The F'armers' Congress garo
that committee not authority, directly or
indirectly, to do anything of the kind
whatever. Members of thrit committee
know perfectly well, every one of them.
that the late Farmers' Congress at Omaha
adopted the 1 following declaration, and
that It stands today as the deliberate ex
pression of the Judgment of that congress
as to warehouse legislation:
"We are opposed to the enactment by
the legislature of any so-called warehouse
law whatever."
That Is what the Farmers' Congress
said, and what it meant.
CHARLES WOOSTER.
i 1
Intermittent Annexation.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 87. To tha
Editor of The Bee: ,
"Th time ha not come when Bouth
Omaha with a gag In its mouth shall b
led a an as to the slaughter."
The above remark Is attributed to Rev,
Robert t. Wheeler of South Omaha In an
antt-annexatlon speech delivered Tuesday
night at South Omaha. ' '
. The writer has alway entertained the
highest respect for Rev. W.eeler, but In
thia Instance he will have to senve as the
example In order to point out most vividly
the puro selfishness that la behind the
opposition to annexation.
The writer has been a 'resident and tax
payer of South Omaha for many years,
and haa an unquestioned right to favor
annexation. There are honest citlxens of
South Omaha who are not In faVor of
annexation, which is their right, but as a
rule ' the moat prominent In the antl
annexation movement are those who have
only personal Interests at stake.
To Illustrate: When the question ef an
nexation wa first submitted to the people
ot South Omaha for a vote Dr. Wheeler
was Just as bitterly 'opposed as at thia
time. If memory servo me right his
son. Ferry McU., was then principal of tho
South Omaha High school. 'The next time
the question was up Dr. Wheeler was for
annexation. His son at this time was In
the Insurance business. Now Dr. Wheeler
ts opposed to annexation. His son holds
th office of city clerk' In South Omaha.
The abov may not be the real reason
for Dr. Wheeler's snvltch, nevertheless it
is a remarkable coincident. '
' ANNEXATIONIST.
"Why" for the Wise Ones. .
FULLERTON. Neb., Jan. J7. To the
Editor of The Bee: A great deal I being
written concerning the Hitchcock bill
which to an American unhyphenated,
looks like a sentimental measure. If
the senator had ben sincere tor human
ity, why did he not present a similar
bill to stop the shipment of arms Into
Mexico.
During th Balkan war there waa no
outcry against this. Why?
We have thousands of Slavs In tills
country, but they did not demand that
the Unltrd States prevent the shipment
of munitions of war, nor was there any
claim . made that we were not neutral
because we did not hav such a law,
Some pro-German sympathisers are
continually refertng to England's treat
ment of this country during the revolu
tionary war. They forget that that war
waa unpopular In England and that It
was forced on England by a German
king autj that hordes of Germans fought
under George the Third' banner against
u Why uo they forget that ' Franc
helped us and now they want us to do
something that France would have every
right to consider an unfriendly ait?
W. M. PIERCE.
Prenehlna-and Power.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Jan. IT. To tho
Editor of The Bee: Probably there is no
better place to give vent to human ex
pression than In the column of The
Bee. becaufc It is an open avenue for
human thought. Another reason. It Is not
confined to th narrow confines ot isms,
doctrines or politic
The mind of the man with reverent
head or that of he who follow the plow
or works in th ditch can find a plac if
hi languag Is expressed In fairly good
English. Th writer belongs In the latter
class and 1 appreciative of 'his oppor
tunity. I have. Indeed, been luterested In reoent
articles entitled, "Two Kinds of Preach
ing." "Different Kind of Preaching" and
"Discussing Preaching."' Now these ar
ticles concern the ministerial force, or
"captains" of the goer-el ship as much or
more than anyone else, because upon
their efforts, supposedly, rests- the final
repose of the aoul of man, consisting of
eternal joy, or endless punishment of un
excruciating- nature after th physical
Plan pases away. J
There are people today who believe the
elou,uenc of th local tifinlster lacks
"punch;" they, haven't got th ."hlt-'m-f
rum 'the shoulder" style of th traveling
vansellst.
The evangelist who comes today tells
stories from the pulpit that tickles the
ear, that get the money, and la gone
tomorrow, seeking new pastures,
- Thes traveling evangelists hav no
greater sou re to draw upon for sermons
and themes to entertain than th local
minister, but sum how or another tha
former haa the edge, convert the people,
get the money and go, leaving the latter
to w recti wilt, and kep In Una tho
converted by th Jack-in-the-pulpit style
of preaching that t beyond a knowledge
or Ucen uut yet Issued to hliu.
Briefly stated, th writer's hat goes
up for th home minister because he is
one of us, lio spend Ms money with us,
he shares our Joy and sorrows an i when
the time comes for crossing the "great
divide" hi words of comfort are s a
limp under our feet. There Is a "fellow
ship of kindred minds." thrlflow of the
sympnthrlic tear Is genuine and real and
tbe iower of the home minister is Just as
great as any traveling evangelist, but is
not . always correctly measured.
J. J. lllbl'tcllA.M.1.
UKES TO A LAUGH.
Hutler Ito Rev. fir Prlrmivi No sir:
Mr. Halter cannot aee von today. He's
very sorry. Indeed, sir; but he's too ell
now to see any of the clergy. Life.
"If you had to go to war. what nnsitlon
would vim choose?'
ine .Hummers. I think."
"Why so?
''When l chMree wmt orrlereil. I'd nlrk
up my drum and beat V'" Hoetnn Tran
script.
'A sweet and pretty young girl in our
neighborhood was driven from home jes-
lernay.
How dreadful! Whst was the cans
of her leing driven away?"
"Sh wanted to try the new limnusln
they've Junt bought." Laltimore American.
"Well, the New York .stock exchange
Is open aga'n, Mrs. Nurlch."
i m o siari. o,v those poor men can
go 'off th curb." Buffalo Express.
"It's pretty hard to sleep on an empty
stomach." said the tramp wearily t the
htiMllng farmer's wife.
"Why. von poor fellow!" sh replied
sympathetically. "Why don't you turn
over and sleep on your buck for a little
while? Te hain't w.ire It out lyln' on it,
hev ye?" Judxe.
THE PEOPLES SONG OF PEACE
Joarjuln Miller.
The gra Is gree n on Bunker Hill,
Th- waters sweeet In BrHndywine:
Ti e sword rleepn in the scabbard still.
The larmer keep his flock and vine;
Then w.o would mar the s'ene today
With vaunt of battlefield or fray?
The brave corn lifts in regiments
Ten thousand sabers In the sun;
The ricks replace the battle tent.
The hanneied tassels toss and run.
The neighing steed, the bugle's blast.
These be but stories of the past.
Tbe earth has healed her wounded breast,
The cannon plows the field no more;
The heroes rert! O. let them rest
In peace along the peaceful ahoret
They fought for peace, for peace they
fell:
They sleep In peace, and all is well.
The fields forget the battle foucht,
Th trenches wave in golden grain:
f-hll we neglect the les-n taught.
And tear the wound agape again?
tweet Mother Nature, nurse the land.
And heal her wound with gentle hand.
Lo! peace on earth! Lo! flock and Mil
Lo! rKh abundance, fat Increase.
And vnllevs c'ad In sheen of gold!
O. rise and sing a song of peace!
Vor Thesua roam the land n' more.
And Janus rests wt'h rusted door.
U A BIG INFLUENCE
It is sire h?f the wonderfu' influence good diges
tion tit cn rear jereril health. It not only pro
motes strength, but also keeps the liver active and
bowels open. Therefore, witch the digestion and
as soon as any weakness is manifested resort to
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
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Saves
in
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Kitchen
PI
Swifts Premium'
Oleomargarine
' (Butterine)
Fine Flavor-Cleanr-Economical
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Fast trains on-convenient schedules
arrive Englewood Union Station
(63rd St.) and La Salle Stationmost
convenient locations in Chicago
connecting with limited trains for
' all Eastern territory. . The
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Leaves 6:08 p. m. daily. Have dinner on the traurmrrivv
La Salle Station, Chicago-Hit the heart of the business district
ready for the day no time ort. ,
Carries sleeping car for Tri-Cities-rmay be occupied until
7;00a.m.
t t Other Solid Through Trains Paily
I "Rocky Mountain limit 1:85 a, n.
"Chicago Day Expr" . ,
QiclCoWrd LrW . 410 p. aa.
Amtomatic Bloth SifuJt
flmtt Modmm At.Stwm Wettgwr fn srf
j AaWwre Safety
Write, phone or call at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1123 Fsraasa St,
W uckets, reservations, information.
J. S. McN ALLY, Drrisiosi Pauaager Agsnt Pki Demglas 42S
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