Nebraska Newspapers

    legislature Now
I Ready to Handle
| | State Problem
Path' Cleared for Business
of Session; McMullen to
Be Inaugurated
Tomorrow.
(CntliMd From Put Oat.)
ence of opinion as to what consti
tutes a real good roads program. It
will be in the threshing out of this
: question that the big fight will come.
Over In the senate end the utmost
V! harmony will prevail. The six demo
Zt rratio members are convinced that
3 they will be treated with the utmrxt
3. fairness, just as the four democratic
IS (senators were two years ago. They
~wljl be represented on the importaiit
TT committees, and will even have a
~ chairmanship or two. Robbins of
;; Douglas, president pro lem; McGowan
Sof Madison, Dysart of Douglas, Reed
*3 of York, Warner of Lancaster and
trr Vance of Adams are experienced men,
none of whom have, at least at the
S3 present time, any other ambition
Z • than to serve faithfully and well.
*T Purcell of Custer and Robertson of
t* Holt are democrats whose honesty
V and ability are unquestioned.
legislature Sworn In.
•o House and senade ware duly or
1"? ganlzed at noon today. Lieutenant
■ Governor Johnson calling the senate
;,i to order and Secretary of State Pool
w* calling the house to order. In the
senate Luckey of Merrick wfaa the
l^only one failing to answer at roll call.
1};Wilson, Purcell and Watson were
j£; named as committee on credentials,
Tttand they found all 33 as answering
£~Jto roll call entitled to seats. Reed,
Banning and Wood were named to
V call on Chief Justice Morrissey and
'ask him to administer the oath. Sena
4 ™. tor Dolezal answered the roll call,
S£hut he failed to show up to take the
gX'oath. He had left his credentials at
pfthe hotel and thought he had to go get
•►. Ihera. He arrived, out ot breath and
5a somewhat nervous after the others
had taken the oath and was duly
„ sworn In. Luckey arrived a little later
■^and was sworn In all by his lonesome,
t" Dysart, Illlan and Shallenberger
went over to notify the house that
;*»'he senate was ready for business,
* and Jearey, Vance and Robertson
—, went over to notify the governor that
jfcthe senate was ready to receive com
*» munlcatlons. The first Joint session
S', is due for Wednesday noon, and at
S» that time It is probable that Governor
L: Bryan will deliver his budget mes
£ »"Se
c; Cooper, Scott and Meecham eon
£' ferred with the house to arrange the
joint session Wednesday to open and
tz. canvas the returns.
'j; Griswold of Sheridan, a newspaper
iS man, saw to It that the reporters
S3 wer# supplied with copies of the ata
lutes, session laws and senate Jour
nals.
Joint Session Today.
Aside from the Joint session Wed
nesday to canvas the returns there
will be very little doing until after
the Inaugural ceremonies Thursday.
Governor-elect McMullen Is slated to
arrive In J.incoln Wednesday njprn
lng. and his arrival Is waited with
Impatience. The suspense In certain
quarters Is becoming tremendous.
Upon his arrival, when the committee
can break through the cordon of ap
plicants, the dommittee on the In
auguration ceremonies will wait upon
him and arrange the details. The in
augural will not be marked by ela
borate ceremonies. The two houses
will meet in Joint sessIon_wIth the
lieutenant governor presiding. Gov
ernor Bryan will read his disappear
ing message, and then the newly
elected state officers will be sworn
in by Chief Justice Morrissey. Then
Governor McMullen will read his first
message. Following will come the
usual perfunctory motions and the
joint session will adjourn. Immediate
ly upon the re assembling of the two
branches the Introduction of bills
will begin.
They used to have Inaugural balls
In the old days. The desks and chairs
were removed from the house cham
ber, a canvas spread over the carpet,
an orchestra perched In the speaker’s
plsce and flowers scattered all about.
Then they danced. There will be no
inaugural hall. Governor Mickey,
atralghtlaced Methodist, wouldn't
stand for It, and since then a recep
tion has been the sole social function
attending an Inauguration.
AURORA CHURCHES
PLAN FEDERATION
Aurora, Jan. 6.—Congregations of
the Congregational and Presbyterian
churches of Aurora are seriously
considering federation. Tbs matter
will be submitted to the two congre
gations next Sunday and If they agree
that some plan of federation should
be worked out, further meetings will
be held by the committees already ap
pointed.
Federation was suggested after de
parture of the Rev. Irvine lnglis of
the Congregational church to become
Sfator of the Vine Congregational
:hurch at Lincoln. The church, after
nuch consultation, decided to take a
referendum next Sunday. If oppoal
ion does not develop, the committees
ariH present a working program.
There has also b<en some talk of a
Federation here that will Include both
if the churches mentioned and also
he Methodist church.
Lo« Angeles Packing Houses
Getting Hogs in Nebraska
Campbell, Jan. 6.—Chitwood A
-Iawkina, stock shippers, of Frank
In, ehlpped a carload of young Na
traska hogs to Los Angeles packers,
t Is the first carload shipped from
hla station to Southern California,
ilthough shipments have gone for
ward In the paAt from south of here,
fhe same firm also shipped a carload
rom Guide Rock for Los Angeles.
The volume of this business is
itea/hly gjrowing and shipper* are
-ealiztng more money for certain
trades of hogs than at Missouri river
narketa. Nlnetyaix hoga ware in the
-ar sent from here, none being over
100 pounds.
Nebraska Legislature Convenes
Senator McGowan, old tinier, say*
it would be easy to have a short
session were it not for one thing.
Most of the new members will want
to introduce a few bills in order to
prove to their constituents that they
are on tha job.
Senator Robertson, whosg post of
fice is Joy, Is not a member of the
Nacisti, even if he does wear a black
shirt. Senator Robertson calls them
“thousand-mil* shirts.”
Senator Banning is reported not to
be in good odor with the retiring
governor. According to rumor he got
in bad about the time a certain re
port was made on the charge that
there was a big deficiency some
where.
Senator Warner of Lancaster Is the
oldest legislator In point of service.
H# served four terms in the hopse
and is on his third term in the sen
ate.
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Representative Barbour of Sco^
Bluff is on his fifth term in the
house. He is the oldest in point of
service among the present house
members.
Representative Auten's coat pockets
are bulging. Tha contents are said
to be certain bills pertaining to uni
versity affairs.
Representative Byars of Douglas
used b* In the newspaper business
but he graduated. Now he eelia real
estate and inauranra.
Representative Munn of Lancaster
I* easily distinguished in any crowd.
He tops six feet by as many inches.
Munn won football honora as a mem
ber of the Cornhusker team In days
goaa by.
Senator Jeary comes by It hon
estly. His father was a member of
the legislature several years ago.
Repreaentativ# Axtell of North
Platte, progressive who caucused with
the democrats and took lsaue with
Arthur Mullen on the child labor
amendment, is a locomotive engineer.
Ha says he is willing to meet Mullen
in public debate on the marlts of the
child labor amendment, and scveril
rfpublioan member* any they will
gladly arrange the meeting.
In the lower house Douglat county
is lamentably abort on "old heade.”
Georg* Dyball and Jamea A. Rodtqgn
art the only two Dougla* county
solons with previous legislative ex
perience. Dyball Is occupying the
same seat he has held for four ses
•ions.
The Johnson family win*. Ther*
are four Johnanns in the legislature.
For once, the Smiths ire down and
out. There isn't a Smith on the legis
lative roster.
When Buck Taylor, former Omaha
detective, elected sergeant-at-arms
took oath of office today, he remem
bered the time 20 years ago when he
took a similar oath to faithfully per
form the duties of the same office.
"Those were different days,” Taylor
observed. "Nearly every member’s
hip pocket bulged end the bulge didn't
represent legislative bills or money.”
Reporta persist that when Govern
or elect Adam McMulian takes office
he will move into the governor's old
quarters in the old state house be
came of the unfinished condition of
I he new quarters and the difficulty In
reaching the new quarter* from legis
lative halls.
P » - - —
, The soft handed gentlemen repre
Uniting various Interests were on
hand behind the railings of the house
and aenate. They are popularly
called "lobbyists."
While tha house and senate were
being organised today, the Llndell
hotel lobby was given a breathing
space for the first time in a week,
Roth legislator* and job hunters filed
to "the state house about 11 In the
morning.
■j ft was tho first time la year* that
a legislature was organised and t'ol.
Tom Majors of Peru, veteran legisla
tive representative of state normal
schools, wasn't present. Robert I.
Klllott, president of the state normal
at Cbadron. is looking after state nor
mal Interests for tb* time being,
Ae usual, the report la current that
Hi* old legislative hall ixn't suffi
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ciently strong to hold the combined
senate and house at inauguration
ceremonies Thursday.
Since Senator John W. Robbins has
been elected president pro tem of the
senate there is a possibility that chair
manship of the cities and towns com
mittee will go to Senator W. N.
Chambers of Omaha, providing he de
sires the position. Practically all mat
ters pertaining directly to the city of
Omaha are handled in this commit
tee. In the house, Representative
George B. Uyball is certain to become
chairman of the cities and towns com
mittee.
If Representative James A. Rodman
desires he can get the chairmanship
of the house judiciary committee. The
choice of any committee assignment
always goes to the runner-up in the
speakership fight.
SAMARD1CK HELD
WITH DEPUTIES
(Coatlnoed From Fob# Oao.)
“thrashed around like a wild bull”
and struck Miss Laux when he was
making a raid on the home of Iaux’s
grandmother In Douglas county.
Twisted Her Anus.
Istux asserts that Samardick
twisted his sister's arms. Sbs fainted,
and that he used vile and coarse
language. Leux’a statement It sup
ported by that of his sister and bis
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Laux, and
by that of a friend, Roy Cook, sales
man.
The other statements involving
Samardkk and Schmitt all charge
abuse and unnecessary roughness In
the making of raids.
Vile Language.
Deputy Sheriffs Jack Graham and
Ernest Fee are named jointly in a
warrant based on complaint of Clyde
Herney, 70S South Seventeenth
street. Fee is named with Deputy
Sheriff Dan Phillips In a warrant
based on the complaint of Louie
Adrene, 2514 N street.
In his statement to Beal, involving
Graham and Fee, Clyde Herney
charges the two officers with grossly
abusing him and his wife, with en
tering their home without showing a
warrant, and with using vile
language.
Cursed Hiiaa
Deputies Dan Phillips and Ernest
Fee are charged jointly with abuses.
In a statement by John Jackslc, pro
prietor of a soft drink parlor at 1414
South Thirteenth street.
Jackslc asserts that the officers
broke into bis establishment without
a warrant and cursed him when he
told them that he had no whisky.
Another statement in which physi
cal abuse is charged is that of J.
E. Ryan, *01* Cottage Grovo avenue,
mho is employed In a soft drink
stand at 2201 Cuming street.
Lulu-Davis, 1503 California street,
wa* another complainant charging
abuses by the deputy sheriffs.
New Rpctor Installed
at Columbus Church
Columbus, Jan. f.—Rev. J. B.
Saunderson, formerly rector of an
Episcopal church at Grafton, N. D.,
preached bis first sermon at new rec
tor of Grace Episcopal church hare
Sunday, succeeding the Rev. W. L.
Blaktr, who left last weak for Den
ver, where he has accepted a call.
Two Teachers Bereaved.
Pawnee City, Jan. (.—When school
opened hers the first of the week
two members of the faculty returned
to their work saddened by the deaths
of their mothers during th. midwinter
vacation. Mrs. John H. Schmidt,
mother of Mi*a Elsie Schmidt, died
Wednesday at the famlty home In
Humboldt, and Mrs. Celia Wright died
January 1 at her home in this city.
Mr*. Wright wa* the mother of Mis*
Tillle Wright, principal of the high
school.
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Look! Look! Look!
Leek Everywhere Tkea Cease
to Therae’s for
Coats and Dresses
F. W. Thome Co.
1812 Parasni St.
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Debate on Farm
Laws Feature of
Lincon Meeting
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Hall Packed at Organized
Agriculture to Hear Gustaf*
gon and Secertary of
Farm Bureau.
(Cutlnurd From Pace One.)
the floor. Several minor debates were
being staged *by Impromptu teams.
Farmers were expectant and sat si
lent, patiently waiting for the pro
gram to begin.
Steward Outlines Subject.
Mr. Steward was introduced and
made an outline of the subject for the
affirmative. It was plain to be seen
that he was prepared. He talked from
a carefully written manuscript, punc
tuated his argument with keen witti
cisms and cryptic remarks about the
status of the farmer and the tariff,
ills relation to production and his so
lution of marketing.
Following him Mr. Danielson talked
from & written manuscript. He had
also gone deep into the question
from the affirmative side. At the
close of these two affirmative talks
I chalked down In my note book a
vote for farm legislation.
Then Medlar came to the front with
the other side of.the question. Cer
tainly there are two sides to this im
portant farm question. Wish eyery
farmer could have heard Medlar’s
side, I began to waver when he said,
"Supply and demand is the only
sound way to regulate farm prices.”
I began to wish I had left the con
vention before my head became all
mussed up with the other side of the
question. It was so much easier to be
lieve that we could legislate the farm
ers out of all this troublesome work
of worrying about ,lricome.
Gustafson Replies, i
Now I want to say that I believe
the committee made a mistake rae
■where in planning this debate. To
prove it listen to tht«, Gustafson
was not coached, was not prepared.
Mr. Pollard from Nehawka, Neb.,
was to have supported Medlar. He
was sick and Gustafson was drafted
into the program after he had arrived
at the meeting. He had only his keen
knowledge and interest to support his
arguments. Right there is where the
mistake was made. His style wasn't
cramped with a lot of facto and
figures. He spoke right from the
heart and it was plain that he was
thinking In terms of farmer and not
statistics.
The trend of his argument was.
"The farmer must keep the govern
ment and other organizations out of
the farm business. The government
has never efficiently run a private
concern, it la the farmer's business
and he alone can solve the question
of selling his products."
Only wish the management would
have taken a rising vote by the audi
ence. But, really It doesn't matter.
The thing that every farmer carried
away from the debate ia, shell we
urge legislation to curs our Ills or
shall we cure them ourselves? There,
are two sides to the question.
400 at Home Meeting.
There were more then 400 attend
ing the sessions given by the home
economics depqrtments. The out
standing feature for the dav was the
subject of how to raise a better fam
ily. Tha farm women were Interest
ed In knowing more about those
things which would assist them In
building better houses, having greater
and more extensive programs for in
teresting community gatherings but
first, last and all the time questions
pointed toward a primary interest in
better children, healthier youngsters,
better educated families. Our Ne
braska mothers are looking out for
the coming generation. They are
anxious that they be not alone
greater producers but better citizens.
“It is a shame that more real farm
women could not have been down
Instead of having to send a represen
tative from some woman's club,’’ said
the reporter when I discussed the pro
gram with her.
livestock Debate Heated.
Some of the livestock discussions
over at the livestock pavilllon were
rather heated. One Lincoln county
farmer got up in between addresses
and defended the western broncho.
The farmer said: "I had good luck
with the wiry little outlaws from the
western plains.’’ Undoubtedly his
sttements were prompted by the talk
given by Fred Holbert of Greeley, la.
After an able discussion of the present
situation of the horse business, the
speaker touched upon the scrub
horse. He declared fhat the salva
tion of the cheap horse was to slaugh
ter him for tankage or dispose of him
to foreign consumers, who relish the
horse as a meat diet. Of course, the
scrub horse is an economic waste, as
Holbert showed, but many good farm
ers have paid for land with him.
Wish the various committees would
arrange the programs for more time
for discussion by actual farmers. They
have some mighty good things to say
every now and then.
BLOODHOUNDS ON
TRAIL OF ROBBERS
Falls City, Jan. 8.—Bloodhounds
have been placed on the trail of tha
robbers who early Monday morning
broke Into the Rawley-Myers drug
store and stole several hundred dol
lars’ worth of Jewelry.
The robbers gained entrance by
smashing the glass panel of the rear
door and then turning the night latch.
They showed fine discrimination, tak
ing only the best.
The Jewelry department Is owned
by Dan Sargent.
Rock Island Painting Its ,
Property Yellow and Green
Pawnee City, Jan. S.—Rock Island
property In Pawnee City haa been
painted yellow and green In accord
ance with the new colors adopted by
the railroad, Instead of the famlliar
red. The paint gang spent several
weeks here .and laft the first of this
week for Sabetha to begin work there.
Sheba—
her night of romance—
will never be for
gotten. Well, you
won’t forget the
picture we’ll show
, Saturday, either.
STRAND THEATRE
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
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For freedom who fa there will aay
There'e any price ton much to P«yT
—•Old Mother Mature.
The PHce of Freedom. ,
Have you ever been terribly fright
ened? Have you ever been so fright
ened that you couldn’t even think?
That la the way it was with the
foollah young Otter when he realised
ho was caught in a trap. He was
"But V don’t want to loee ray toe,”
wailed the young Otter.
so filled with terror that he didn’t
even thing about the pain In his foot.
There la nothing quits so awful as the
helpless feeling when caught In a
trap. Had that young Otter been
caught by an enemy twice his size
hs would have fought bravely to tha
last breath. But one connot fight *
steel trap.
After a while the young Otter was
so tired out with struggling that ho
had to be quite to gat hia breath and
to reat. He trembled all over. Every
tlmo he heard the least little sound
he was sure Is was tha trapper com
ing to kill him. Hbw ho did wish he
had heeded the warnings of hia father
and mother.
For a long, long, long time he waa
held a prisoner by that dreadful trap.
From time to time he tried to cut
tha chain that held the trap, but, of
is ... !■ ——
course, he tried la vain. Hto teeth, 1!
•harp as they were, didn't sven
scratch the steal of that chala. He ^
wondered If his father and mother y
would miss him and look for him. He ij
wondered if they would ever find out ^JB
what happened to him. jA'*
“If I mold only get away from this
thing 1 never, never would disobey
again/* he sobbed. “No, sir, I ntver,
never would disobey again. I do wish
father and mother would come. Per
haps If they come they could get me,
free from this dreadful thing.”
It to said that If you wish long
enough and hard enough for a thing I
you may get your wish. Certainly the
foolish young Otter wished long and
hard. And at last he did get hla Wish.
His father, Little Joe Otter, suddenly
appeared. He was looking for that
young Otter was held by that dread
the young Otter did not return, and
had started out ■ to look for him. *
, Little Joe didn’t scold that yeung
Otter. Instead, he did the best he
could to comfort him. The first thing
young Otter waa held gy that dread
ful trap. He saw right away that ha
waa held only by one toe.
“You are very lucky, very lucky.-1
declared Little Joe Otter.
The young Otter thought he wad
very unlucky. He said so. He cou»n c
see that there was anything lqpkv
about It. Then Uttte Joe explained.
“That trap,* nJd he, “has got you
only by one tOe, It might have you bv
the Whoto foot, and that to the way that
trapper meant that It should cat..h
you, them would he very llttls hope
for you. Aa M 1% M you pull hard
enough you may loss your toe but 1
that will be all*
“But I don't want to lose my toe!'*
walled the young Otter.
"All right.” replied Little Joe. “If I \
you had rather lose your life than
your toe there is nothing I can
about It. You can get free If you real
ly want to, but the price of freedom
will be that toe.”
The next story; “Tbs Young Otter
Pays the Price."
Roost Raided Twice.
Beatrice, Jan. «.-Mrs. Josephine
SkrabaJ reporta that thieves visited
her place the other night and carried
away a doxen chickens. Some week*
ago her place was raided and nearly
three dozen laying hens were stolen.
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Fascinating Fun
— it whit you’ll »ay about
silhouette - making the
Kodak way. And it’s all
surprisingly simple.
A booklet that’s yours
~ for the asking here at the 1
£ Kodak counter tells you
a how. Call for a copy.
Ktdak Film in the Yellmti Bn*.
Developing. pnnting and en
larging ef the tnpener mi.
Eastman Kodak Co.
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a 1813 Feraun St.
Broach Storm
308 South 18th St.
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The Years Best Offerings in
Footwear
Recant feature tala groups
have been lowered in price and
augmented with hundreds of
, 1 pairs of Footwear from our
regular stock.
Values to $10
i Suedes Patent
Calf ' Satins '
~ The very smartest of
stylos, now bow patterns,
cut out affects, oxfords,
pumps In all the favored
winter colors.
The size range is amply com
plete to afford you a splendid
field for choosing. N
f" Broken Lines Footwear
Odds and ends from many success
ful sailing lines, about 300 pairs,
£ ; ‘ ' all leathers, all styles, but broken
* In sixes, values to $10.00.
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EXCURSION
TO DENVER
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To accommodate patrons desiring to visit the
NATIONAL WESTERN ,
STOCK SHOW
t the Burlington will sell round-trip ticket* at
$25.80
On sale January 1R to January 1ft, in
clusive, final return limit January 27.
TICKET OFFICE AND TRAVEL BUREAU
I lOlli anti Farnam Slrt.ll AT lanlir SS7R
J. W SHARPE. Cnnaral Aj.nl
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BERGS
Semi-Annual Sale of
Manhattan Shirts pa%ia,
$2.50 Quality, Now - - - - $1.70
$3.00 Quality, Now - - - - $2.00
$3.50 Quality, now - - - - $2.35
$4.00 Quality, New - - - ■ $2.70
$5.00 Quality, Now - - - - $3.35
$7.50 Quality, Now - - - ■ $5.00
Flannel Pajama*.,.«. / 1 / n
Flannel Night Gown*. .. ... 1/rj I iff
All Muffler....«.. J J
Berg Clothing Co.
1415 Farnam St.
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January Clearance
of Radio Sets
Wn offer for quick sale some of the finest Radio Sets at greatly
reduced prices in order to reduce our stock at once. These instru
ments are national known quality, offering everything possible in
the latest development in Radio.
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See these big values this week. Save frem 25% to 50% es yeur i
radio set by buying during our great January Clearance Sale. I
Look at These Bargains
4-Tube Airline, only.830.00
.1-Tube Reinartz, only. 845.00
$125.00 6-Tube Airway, only.875.00
$160.00 3-Tube Zenith, only.880.00
$136 3-Tube Cutting A Washington, only 885.00
EASY TERMS
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Introducing to Omaha, the |
New Italian Clay |
With this new clay it is possible to achieve the
most artistic effects, for one is able to build up de
signs without the use of wood. We have a complete
new line of plaques and imported prints for use in
this work. Candle sticks, lamps, book ends, plaques
and other useful and decorative pieces of poly
chrome work are taught by ;
Miss Helen McMunn
of the Coover Art Studio, Lincoln,
Wednesday and Thursday, Jam 7-8
Miss McMunn comes to us a most talented instructor,
bringing new methods. Our own instructor, Miss
Ruth Lichtensteiger, will continue her work.
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^hnmpsonEelder,
=2S±"The Best Place to Shop After
as healthy as your gums |?S£SSS
The gums are the key* to health. You must keep
, them firm, strong and healthy if you would elude a>w
Pyorrhea and its attendant ills—loosened teeth, .
neuritis, indigestion, anaemia and similar diseases. VJljm
Forhan's For die Gums counteracts die effects of r
harmful bacteria; hardens soft, tender gums, keeps
them sound, firm and pink. Furthermore, it cleans
and whitens the teeth and keeps the mouth fresh,
clean and wholesome.
If you don't care to discontinue your favorite denti
frice, at least brush your gums and teeth once a
day with Forhan's
It is a preparation of proved efficacy in the treat*
ment of Pyorrhea. It is the one that many thou*
sands have found beneficial for years. For your own
sake, make sure that you get it. Ask for, and insist
upon, Forhan’s For the Gums. At all druggists,
jtc and 6oc in tubes.
Finwla MU«D. D. t
Mn nwwr. N«w 1’m4
Forhan’s
FOR THE GUMS
* More than a tooth paste—
it checks Pyorrhea
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