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and Nephew
Uncle Sam
should be deeply interested in what he has said about soda
crackers, because they are the one food with which all of
them are familiar.
Uncle Sam has Riven out figures showing that soda
crackers are richer in nutriment and body-building elements,
properly proportioned, than any food made from flour.
This is saying much for common soda crackers, and
much more for Uneeda BlSCllIt, because they aro
soda crackers of the best quality. They are baked better
more scientifically. They are packed better more cleanly.
The damp, dust atid odor proof package retains all tne good
ness and nutriment of the wheat, all the freshness of the best
baking, all the purity of the cleanest bakeries.
Your Uncle Sam has shown what food he thinks best
for his people. His people have shown that they think
Uneeda BiSCUit the best of that food, nearly
400,000,000 packages having already been consumed.
Uneeda Biscuit
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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DEFIANCE TEAluid COFFEE
No money whatever required you get the set absolutely free
for oiviner vour opinion of the finest tea and coffee in the world
to a few friends and neighbors. Full particulars of the plan in
each package. It was our intention to withdraw this offer
October 1 st. but so many people have said they did not realize
the great chance we are offering until they saw it in the home of
some friend, we have therefore decided to extend it. This will
give everyone a chance to get a set. Many ladies are securing sets
to present to friends at Christmas. Remember, this is not a
premium with Defiance Tea and Coffee. It is a present to users
of these beverages for making new friends. Ask the grocer.
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AMEND LAND LAWS'S!- '"!" J"K" "'r!"',a
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That provision which permits assign
ment before patent should be repealed
and tho entryman should bo required
which great natural resources must re
main closed. The law should rIvo in
dividuals mid dorporattlons under
proper government regulation and con
trol tho right to work bodies of coal
land largo enough for profitable de
velopment. My own boiler Is that
there should bo provision for leasing
coal, oil ami gas rights under proper
restrictions. If tho additional force of
special agents and mining experts I
recommend Is provided and well used,
tho result will be not only to stop tho
lnnd frauds, but to prevent delays In
patenting land claims and to conserve
tho Indlspensablo fuel resources of
the nation. '
Government Control of Grazing.
The control of grazing in tho na
tional forests Is an assured success.
The condition of tho ranges Is tmprnv
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it.
How To Find Out.
lJill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours ;
nscdimentorset
tliugiudicalcsati
unhealthy con
ditiouof the kid
neys; if it status
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desiie
to pass if or nam
111 II1C IKICK IR
nlso convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder ate out of order.
What To Bo.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
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ssirt"!' v iM.tiHtyfl
wndiiiiti i ii ii i i ( irmiii I'liMiiiir riiiiiiMi i'
Uik rapidly, water Is being developed, ? '..:'" 'Y.'? "r V... ,i J,'
rnngo controversies aro settled, oppo . .;, Ua.i)MC,:) kiiltieys, liver, liliultlcr
nltlon to the grazing fee Is practlcallj nU(I BVcry .,arl of t)ll. urj,mry jms,snge.
at an end. and biockihoii an- ruriii-Ht- u cortects inainiiiv to noui
ly supporting the forest service.
Tho situation on tho open govern
ment range Is strlulngly different. Us
carrying capacity has probably boon
reduced one-half by over-grazing, and
Is still falling. Range controversies
in many places are active and hitter,
and life and property are often In
danger. The Interests both or tho
live stock Industry and of the govern
ment are needlessly Impaired. The
present situation Is Indefensible from
any point of view, and It should bo
ended.
I recommend Mint a bill he enacted
which will provide for government
control of tho public rnngo through
the department of agriculture, which
alone Is equipped for that work. Such
a 1)111 should Insuro to each locality
rules for grazing specially adapted to
its needs and should authorize the col
lection or a reasonable grazing fee.
Above all, tho rights or tho settler
and home-maker should be guaranteed.
Much or the public land can only
ho used to advantngo for grazing when
fenced. Much fencing has boon dono
for Mint reason and also to prevent
other stock owners from uBlng land
to which they have an equal right un
der tho law. Ueasonable fencing which
promotes the use of the rnngo nnd
yet interferes neithor with settlement
nor with other range rights would he
thoroughly desirable if It were legal,
yet the law forbids It, and tho law
must and will ho enforced. I will
see to It that the illegal fences aro
removed unless congress, at the pres
ent session, takes steps to legalize
proper fencing by government control
of tho ranges.
It con cots inability to hold water
nnd scalding juin tit passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and ovei comes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to j.;o often
during the dav, and to get tip many
times during the night. '1 he mild and
the exlraot dtiiary effect of Swamp-Root
w soon tealicd. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the wost dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent anil one-dollar sizes.
I You may have a sample, bottle and a
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about it, both sent free i
! bv mail. AddicssDr.
Kilmer & Co., lling-
MMIIltotl. N. Y. Whetl tlomsof Swmip-Hoot.
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, aucl
the address, liiuuhamtun, N. Y.
OYSTERS
in every style. Ca
tering to parties anrl
dances a specialty.
Fresh Bread, Pies,
Cakes, Candy and
Cigars.
The Bon Ton
W. S. BEN SI:. Proprietor.
Gold Discovery In Australia.
Melbourne, Dec. 19. Several big
gold nuggets were discovered recently
near Tarnagulla, and two were found i
weighing respectively 9G7 and 373
ounces, tho Inrgest seen In Australia
in forty ycam. I
Patcrson Opera House Burns.
Paterson, N. J., Dec. 19. Flro that
originated In tho Butler opera house
destroyed Mint building ns well as tho
two adjoining structures, causing a i
loss of about ?250,000.
Death Halts Land Trial.
Omaha, Dec. 15. Ticcnuso of the
death of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Corn
stock's Infant at tho Millard hotel,
Judge Mungor announced that tho
land trial In tho federal court would
bo postponed until Monday morning,
nut for tho Interruption the prosecu
tion, with only two or three witnesses,
would have rested Its case.
PRESIDENT URGES MUCH-NEEDED
LEGISLATION.
Laws at Present on Statute Books In
Many Instances Open the Door to
Fraud and Congress Is Asked to
Give Them Overhauling.
Washington, Dec. 18. Tho message
of tho president dealing with public
land questions was read In congress.
In part it is as follows:
Tho developments of tho past yea.
cmphaslzo with increasing torco tho
seed of vigorous and immediate action
to recast the public land laws uud
adapt them to tho actual situation.
Tho timber and utone act has demon
strated conclusively that Us effect Is
Laws Responsible for Frauds.
I am gravely concerned at tho ex
tremely unsatisfactory condition of
tho public land laws 'and at tho prev
alence of iraud under tneir presum
Farmer Linstadt Dangerously Hurt.
Tlldon, Neb., Neb., 19. The team
or Carl MiiHtadt, a prominent fanner
southeast of Tlldcn, arrived at his
homo without buggy or driver. Ills
Bona found tho bujrgy in a wrecked
condition in a nolglfbor'B pasture nnd
a dlstanco from tho buggy their
father, who was terribly Injured about
tho head. Ilia recovery Is very doubtful.
Do You
Bat
Meat ?
Wlion j-ou r.vo hungry una
want Homothig nice in tho
meat lino, drop into my
marknt. Wo have tho nicest
kind of
Home-made
Sausages
and meats, flab, and gunio
in season. Wo think, and
almost know, that wo an
pleaso you. Give us a
trial.
Koon Bros.,
Successors to
ROBINSON & BURDEN.
tn turn ovur tho nubile timber lands
to great corporations. It has douo living at homo on tho land for three
enormous harm, It Is no longor needed j years should bo required before coin-
to live for not less than two years at ' provisions. For much of MiIb fraud
home on the land before patent Is-' thB pr0scnt laws aro chiefly responsl
cues. Otherwise tho desert land law ble There is but ono way by which
will continue to assist speculators I tho fraudulent acquisition of these
and other largo holders to get control I ianas can bo definitely stopped, and
of land and water on tho public do- J therefore I have directed tho socre
main by indofenslblo means. tary of tho Intorlor to allow no patent
Tho commutation clauso of tho to 00 jssu0(i to public lands under any
homestead act serves, m a majority law untu oy an examination on the
of cases, to defeat tho purpose of tho grounii actual compllanco with that
homestead act ltsoir, which is to facll- law has ueen f0llnd to exist. For MiIb
itato settlement and create homes. purpose an Increase or special agents
In theory tho commutation clauso1 ln tho general land office Is urgently
should nsslst tho honest settler, audi reaired; unless it Is given, bona fido
doubtless in some cases it does. Far i woui,i.0o settlers will bo put to grave
more often It supplies tho means by inc0nvenlence, or elso tho fraud will
which speculators and loan and mort- ln larR0 part go on. Tho present coal
gago compaules secure possession of lnw limiting the Individual entry to
tho land. Actual not constructive 1C0 acres, puts a premium on irauu
SAY, niSTER!
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Do you know that it will pay YOU. as j
I woll as US, to buy your HuilditiK Ma '
9 terinl and Coal atouryards? Not only ft-
flint, nnr nrii'nn AVCliAriK lnwnr. or nt
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Do you know that it will pay YOU. as
woll as US, to buy your Building Ma
terinl and Uoal at ouryards? Not only
that our prices avkraoe lower, or at
least as low, as those of our competit
ors, but heoauhe wo tnko especial oaro
of and protect all can bo classed as
REGULAR CUSTOMERS.
PL ATT & FREES CO.
Coat. Lumber.
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F. W. 6TUDEBAKKR, PROP.
and It should bo repealed.
Tho desert land act results so fre
quently In fraud and so comparatively
mutation, unless
wiser to repeal
clauso altogether.
it should appear
tho commutation
by making it imposslblo to develop
certain typos of coal fields and yet
comply with tho law. It is a scandal
to maintain laws which sound woll,
but which make fraud tho koy without
Goods Delivered to any part ofvihe city.
Ohat&es as low as the Lowest
CITY AGENTS FOR ADATS EXPRESS CO.
Residence 188.
TELEPHONES,
Office 119