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Wako up, and clean up.
The clean-up campaign should embrace both
the seen and tho unseen.
Tho backyard of a home should bo as far
above suspicion as tho front.
There Is somtf warrant for tho assumption
that a spring regalia or bluo, from shoes to lid,
Indicate a serious attack of the blues.
Wondor If Secretary Daniels had this naval
demonstration in mind when ho delayed the
operation of that dry order until next July,
Omaha's formal pro toot against tho resorvo
bank location has been duly presented by our
Congressman Lobock. Stop, look, wait, watch
and listen!
It Is refreshing and reassuring to know that
tho Wilson foreign policy 'Is not "spineless,'
Just what adjective really fits It will gradually
be disclosed.
Dut seizing and holding a Mexican port
would bo an act of war, and under our constitu
tion the power to declare war Is vested exclu
sively iu congress.
Astonishing In Us suddenness Is President
JIucrU'H,dcaro for tho social uplift of Mexico's
poor. The apprpachlng rumbles of tho crack of
doom Evidently touch a sympathetic chord.
In Nebraska tho bull moosors, who are
apocially consecrated to publicity and reform,
show their consistency by transacting all their
business In star chamber behind closed doors.
Auto drivers tempted by the spocdlng habit
should recall not only that an ounco of preven
tion is worth a pound of euro, but that it also
la much choapor to slow up than to pay damaged.
Two Judges of our district court aro specif
ically accused by our local democratic contem
porary of "boroullng their own nest." Wo
know of Jurisdictions where that would spoil
contempt.
Government Inquiries into the grpund floor
deals of railroad corporations doubtloss is very
annoying to tho managers. But the annoyance
I? far less damaging to tho managers than the
clumsy attempts to cover up sinuous trails.
A noted medical scientist sees in the Panama
canal an open door for all the oriental and trop
ical diseases and scourges. It Is more likely,
however, to open tho door 'for medical science
to grapple with and eradicate these diseases.
Count Okuma, the new promler of Japan,
represents tho advanced section of the empire's,
political life. Ho Is the popular Idol of the
jingoes, the father of the new navy and an edu
cator of distinction. His leadership signifies a
broadening of representative government and
the eventual abolition of hereditary caste In tho
upper chamber.
' Lincoln's public park has been presented
with a strange animal brought from Central
America, which Is pronounced "a cross botween
a squirrel and a rabbit." If Lincoln had only
preserved speclmons of tho different political
mongrels that have exhibited in our capital
from timo to time since Nebraska became a
Htate it would have a zoo worth coming miles to
see.
ronncKa rot ar.G rLcj
Mr. Thomas Anderson, entertained his friends at
Clark? hall on the occasion of hl thirtieth birthday
The-' Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen presented
him with a tin rattle. Mr. Goldman presenting- the
same In a beautiful little speech. An elegant cm
broldered hat band was the gift of Miss Allee Hcnney.
Articles of agreement have been signed for a
atandup fight between Jack Hanley and Ja'mes Fell
lor a purse of 100. the fight to take place Tuesday,
May IX within ISO miles of Omaha. Jack Nugent la
tacking Hanley and Mike Thalen U backing Fell
John V. Honxa Mill succeed Ioul C. Bchwalcn
berg aa distributing clerk In the pototftee. teelgned.
The Omaha Law Library association has amende.!
it bylaws, rtduelng yearly duea of stockholders to
ill, and permitting attorney nut stockholders to-have
use of the library for $J9 a year.
General AVitHam Meyer is In the city to makv
arrangements for erecting k three-story brick on his
lot', northeast eorner Sixteenth and Davenport.
Mr. A. V- Nicholas Is baoki from a brief visit
to Kansas City '
Mrs. F- R. McConnell came. In from Halt Lake City
and la topping' with Mrs, . O. Taylor
A Program of Municipal Ncedi.
A recent survey made for the city of Toronto
by tho Dureau of Municipal Research offers
recommendations of things needed for bringing
about "a cleaner, better city," which aro enu
merated as follows:
Stricter measures against overcrowding In tenements.
A general "cleanup day."
J A municipal lodging; house.
Stricter enforcement of smoke nuleanec regula
1 tlons.
i A housto-houe sanitary Inspection.
lcllmlnntlon of railroad grade crossings.
I "Follow-up" Inspections to enforce sanitary re
. forms.
j Removal of unsightly, abandoned buildings.
Improvement of roadways In streets occupied by
. municipal tramways.
I Surrender of railroad property desirable from a
"city beautiful" standpoint.
This program of municipal needs Is, with
few exceptions, as good for Omaha as It Is for
Toronto, although If making It up originally for
our own city wo would change the order and
add a few salient items. It would bo mighty
good practice and holp focus attention upon tho
points where progress or reform is urgent, II
every citizen and taxpayer would take the time
to make up a program like this, sotting forth
tho Ion things In tho way of material Improve
ments or administration betterments most
needed by Omaha.
The Recruiting Office Test.
That Is an interesting news item which tells
how tho dispatch of the fleet Is serving as u
signal for a rush of recruits to enlist In army
and navy. It Is not a novel or unexpected Inci
dent, for the same experience has been had upoa
other occasions. The fact Is that neither the
army nor tho navy Is sufficiently attractive In
ordinary times to draw energetic, active men
from their overy-day occupations and pursuits.
In times of peace tho problem is constantly
acute to keep tho enlistments up to tho mini
mum requirements. Tho ordinary humdrum
life of soldier and sailor Is so wearing that de
sertions are commonplace. Out add a spice of
war, or tho mere prospect of war, and no other
Inducements are needed to crowd tho recruiting
office and stop tho runaways. It is Just human
naturo to like adventure, and to embrace an
opportunity for "a scrap," which, added to tho
element of patriotism, may bo implicitly relied
on In every such omorgoncy.
Value of Scaffold Confession,
Desplto tho "confession" of one of the gun
men insisting that tho notorious Rosenthal mur
der was moroly part of a gambler's fight In which
the pollco were in no way involved, the prose
cution of Lloutenant Becker, once convicted as
tho Instigator of tho crime, and now granted a
now trial, Is to go on. District Attorney Whit
man is quotod. as saying that the confession at
host is only hearsay evidence, and further, that
ho would place no reliance In it so far as it con
tradicts charges supported by other ovldenco.
Tho valuo of tho scaffold confession, or, to
be more exact In this caso, tho electric chair
confossion Is, on general principles, open to
grave suspicion. To the unthinking the pre
Bitmptlon favors the truth of a declaration mado
In the face of execution when tho doomod man
Is definitely resigned to tho belief that there is
no further earthly help to soul salvation, and
ho direct benefits possible from further falsify
ing. At the same time, it is of record that most
of tho scaffojd confessions aro olthor vain
glorious oxaggoratlons or distorted perversions.
A man facing doath is Just as apt to be mistaken
as tho Innocent bystanders who tell conflicting
stories on the witness stand, and Is much moro
likely to twist his statements wilfully to shield
a confederate or to got oven with an enemy.
In this particular caso tho prosecuting au
thorities in Now York, therefore! fool fully war
ranted In accepting tho gunman's confession
only for what It Is worth In corroboration, and
rejecting It wherein it stands alone, That, too,
wo believe is tho propor estimation of it.
Platform Repeal by Polling Delegates.
Of nil tho queer developments of the freu
tolls proposition, perhaps tho queerest is the at
tempt to get away from the plain declaration in
tho platform by procuring a disavowal from tho
delegates who voted for it In the Baltimore con
vention. It Is assertod that a majority of these
delegates have gone on record in response to In
quiry as now favoring toll exemption repeal.
Assuming this to be true, it still remains open
to question whethor the delegates 'who havo
changed, or havo been changed, pretend not to
havo known what they wore voting for, or re
gard the free tolls plank as "a little one" that
does not count, or recognize no binding effect
of platform pledges either little or big, or have
merely changod their minds because President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan have changod
theirs.
To havo been of any value the poll of tho
convention delegates should, have been made be
fore the president announced his position and
personally urged It upon congress. Had tho
delegatos been questioned a few weeks ago with
out knowing or suspecting tho change of heart
of tho president. It Is an absolute certainty that
the large majority would have stood by their
guns and Insisted that the platform plank means
what It says, and constitutes a binding contract
with tho people whose votes were obtained on tho
strength of It. Tho notion that party pledges
may be repealed by polling the delegates who
adopt the platform Is a brand new one In Amer
ican politics which, it It becomos an accoptcd
practice. Is fraught with vast andproltlc possibilities.
Putting au Instructor of agriculture on the
federal payroll at 1 a year In order that ho
may draw traveling expense money from the
Rockefeller foundation, and. use tho franking
privilege of the malls, may be all right. But
If a privileged person were connected with the
railroad payroll at a dollar a year In order to
ride around' on free passes It might be open to
question.
"Justice tempered with mercy" fell to the
lot of tho MIssourian who was sentenced to ten
years' In a federal prison tor having accumu
lated sixteen wives. Doubtless the court gavo
due weight to the culprit's unavoidable punish
ment In .fashioning' excuses tor sixteen households.
It Is the secret plan, publicly announced, of
the bull moosers to "draft" candidates for thetr
state ticket Let the patriots who have picked
themselves out for this self-sacrifice be ready to
respond to the coming "spontaneous popular up
rising" when it breaks.
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For (iorernor nrnl In Earnest.
nURWELL, Neb., April 14.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Permit me to In
form the public that last week tho Pokrok
SCapadU was feeding- 'his readers with
chaffs; but still he Is Innocent because
he did not know that I have paid solid
money prescribed by law which misled
the voters that I have a small chance to
havo my name placed on any party
ticket. My name will be placed as a re
publican candidate for governor. Please
publish these few lines and I will be ever
so much obliged. JOHN CEPLECHA.
P. S. If you wish to get my photograph
1 will have It ready In about one week.
First Horn of Oninha.
OMAHA. April 16,-To the Editor of The
Re: Refcrlng to attached clipping from
The Bco. I beg to say that Mr. Belndorff
Is greatly mistaken regarding being the
first white child born In Omaha, as Mrs.
J. H. Hunter, nee Louise A. Harman,
was born In Omaha In 18M.
J. H. HUNTER.
An Expensive Cmr of Onsoltnr.
OMAHA, April 16,-To the Editor of The
Bee: Our secretary of state and our presi
dent were satisfied with "watchful wait
ing" as long as tho Mexicans simply
murdered American and foreign citizens,
outraged their womenfolks and con
fiscated millions of dollars worth of prop
erty belonging to American and foreign
citizen, but when tho navy could not
get a can of gasoline they are ready to
plunge the nation Into a war.
It does look to me aa though our "honor"
U a mighty peculiar thing. To go to war
because a stupid squad of civilized Mex
ican peons did not know any better than
to inarch those soldiers up to the com
mandant's office to find out what they
were to do seems straining at a gnat and
swallowing a camel. It does look as
If that boat load of soldlera who wanted
a can of gasoline had used ordinary horso
sense this trouble could have been
avoided. "Wouldn't you naturally suppose
that before they landed they would say
to the coast guard on duty, "We want a
can of gasoline can we get It?' And it
the reply had been "no" they could have
paddled away without any damage being
done.
After letting Huerta and Villa spit In
our face (figuratively speaking) all along,
It Is scarcely consistent to make such
a persistent demand to have our flag
saluted. Huerta had already apologized,
which Is going somo for a man like
Huerta, who has real troubles of his own.
If we go to war over a can of gasoline
It jvlll be to our everlasting disgrace. If
the women of. the United States had the
right to vote no administration would
dare to go to war on to silly a pretext
as this. Tho honor of military gentlemen
all over the world Is a fit subject for
rldleule. T, BECK.
Editorial Viewpoint
Houston Post: The Omaha Bee says
there Is to be no liquor, Issue In Ne
braska this year. Is It the purpose of
The Boo In making such a statement to
fill Texas with envy?
Philadelphia Ledger: Trade d,des not
follow the selection of cities arbitrarily
aa reserve centers. It Is probable that
th perniannont reserve board will ad
just the districts to business pecesslttcn
gradually, and it la not at all certain
that the financial map will remain ex
actly as has been planned.
New York Sunt Tho disclosure by the
editor of the Commoner, on tho author
ity of the secretary ot state, that tho
Panama canat tolls plank was put Into
tho democratic platform by subterfuge,
lndlcatos that William Jennings Bryan
Is a mighty poor man to serve as chair
man of a committee on resolutions,
St. Loul. Republic: The parcel post
Is being put to lugubrious uses. A coffin
completely dressed and scaled was sent
out from Lufkln by parcel post for an
Infant's burial Friday, the pos'tage
amounting to only 21 cents. Perhaps the
service .will be further extended to the
transportation of corpses.
New York. World: Speaking of politi
cal Influence In the selection of the re
serve bank cities, how about Mr. Bryan's
Nebraska town ot Omaha In the Kan
sas City district? Could "a Wall street
shark" or "and eastern plutocrat" have
perpetrated a greater outrage than that?
The news from Omaha on the night ot
the next election may be appallntr.
Philadelphia Record: The New York
Central railroad will have to pay a
Judgment a second time, becauso. It did
not take sufficient precautions to In
sure the money reaching tho beneficiary.
No one supposed that the railroad com
panies let go of money too easily, but
that sometimes happens. A boy who had
been Injured on the railroad got a Judg
ment for $3,000. which the railroad com
pany paid to his guardian. The latter
embezzled IU The boy has attained hta
majority and sued again for tho money,
and the court holds that It Is better that
the corporation should pay twice than
that the boy should get nothing, and that
the railroad company ought not to have
parted with the money till the guardian
had given a bond to protect the boy.
Waste of National Products.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Director Holmes of the bureau of
mines estimates that there Is an annual
wast of 390,000,000 tons of coal. He de
clare that in Oklahoma alone there la
an annual waate ot natural gaa to the
value of SSO.OOO.COO and In the whole coun
try of S50.COO.000. We waste In the prod
ucts of mines every year almost aa much
as Inefficient administration wastes In
the treasury funds ot the nation, or more.
There Is a chance for real aa well aa
fake conservation.
New York World.
Tho young man who telegraphed to his
father, '"I havo eloped: please rush SSW
for the honeymoon," spoke In a per
fectly inngcent way for a considerable
proportion ot the rising generation,
rarentat authority, home Influence, fam
ily pride, domestic economy, future pros
pectswhat are these to an up-to-date
youth who has eloped and who contem
plate a honeymoon at the expense of
somebody else?
Adam Breede, the bachelor editor ot the
Hastings Tribune, announces that he Is
ready to enlist In Edgar Howard' regi
ment of Nebraska editor that Is to In
vade Mexico when war Is declared.
E. J. Long of Ragan has leased tha
Wilcox Herald from T. F. Ashby and
take possession this week. He succeeds
Charles Wright and Robert Lamborn.
who have had charge of the paper for
the last six months.
State Tax Commission
Signed Article by C. W.
Sears, One of the Members.
GRINS AND GROANS.
The primary purpose ot government Is to regu
late the conduct of Individual members of society
In their relations with one another and with tho
government Itself, thereby preserving the Integrity
of organized society and protecting the life, liberty
and property of tho individual.
Revenue Is the motive power of government with
out It no government can endure and without gov
ernment chaos will prevail. How important, then,
that the Individual members of society should be In
formed On this vital subject of state and local rev
enue. from questions propounded to the Nebraska
Statir Revenue and Taxation commission It Is ap
parent that the public has no very accurate Idea of
tho creation and purpose ot that commission.
The commission Is nonpartisan and consists of
five members, namely, John H. Grosvenor, a law
yer of Aurora; C. A. Schappel, county treasurer of
Pawnee county; George O. Virtue, professor of po
litical science. University ot Nebraska; Earl B.
Gaddls, Lincoln newspaper man, and Charles W.
Sears, a lawyer of Omaha. They wero appointed In
July, 1913, by Governor Morehead, purst.nt to an
act of the 1913 legislature, Introduced by Senator
Olll.
In the language of the act the purpose of the
commission Is:
To make a careful study of the subject of revenue
and taxation with special reference to the problems
presented in Nebraska; Investigate and study the
systems of raising revenue and administering tho
same In other states and countries: prepare and sub
mit to the governor by July 1, 1914, a cbnclse report
In popular language, presenting to the public the
principal Improvements suggested by experience
elsewhere.
You can readily understand that until the com
mission, as a whole has determined Its position upon
any question, T, as a member of ttiat Commission,
could not 'In good conscience discuss any such ques
tion to a final conclusion. I feel, however, that
may with propriety state the conclusions reached
by tha commission as a whole, and state general
propositions that have been presented to the com
mission, but upon which no final conclusion has
been reached.
Three points I believe the commission to be well
settled on;
First That It Is not Its purpose nor wlthtn the
scope of Its authority to provide or attempt to pro
vide the means of raising any greater revenue in
state, county, municipality or school district than is
already belntf raised.
Second That there are defects In tho present rev
enue system, either In the system Itself or In tho
machinery by which the system Is applied, which
result In inequalities In taxation and for which tho
commission must, If possible, seek out and recom
mend a proper remedy.
Third That under the present system ot adminis
tration tho affairs of tho state, county, municipality
and school districts, the expenditures are extrava
gant and should be curtailed.
New sociological problems create new demands on
organized society and as a reBUlt and In order to
meet those demands the Individual members of society
either singly or In class apply to the legislature for
relief, which when granted carries with It an appro
priation of public monty. Thus we, as Individuals, in
our zeal to uplift society and to regulate these social
conditions become directly responsible for a part at
least of the Increased expenditures of public funds ot
which complaint Is made.
For example, I quote from the report of the
auditor of Douglas county, dated November , 1913,
showing somo of tho acts of the legislature and tho
amount expended under each up to the date of the
report:
Probation officers and Juvenile court, 1903...S 33,3T7 .63
Detention home. 1905 , ' 'SHtam
Voting machines, 1906 32-?-SJ,
Local registrars of vital statistics. 1905 9.034.EO
Dipsomaniac act 1905 Jj'Xir
Drainage laws. 1907 2i'22'l!
Law library act. 1911 t -WSj'S
Increase In Jurors' fees. 1911... , 3S'2ii-&
Subtreasury, South Omaha, iML... ,,00.00
Mothers' pension act. 1913. estimated per yenr 6.000.00
Election commissioner act, 1913, estimated In-
creaao per year IO.ojo.co
Increase In aid to Agricultural society, 1913 2. 930.00
Total ' $2S9,H9.35
The local official aro not necessarily responsible ,
for these Increased expendltures-they are required
to administer the law enacted by the legislature.
The legislature Is not necessarily responsible for
these expenditures they In the main pass only such
legislation as the people demand.
An apt Illustration of the constant tendency
toward Increased expense of government is that of a
certain county In the state, where, when the
telephone first came into general use, a controversy
arose among tha county commissioners as to the pro
priety of an expenso of S3 per month for one tele
phone In the court house for the general use of all
court house officials and employes. That controversy
extended over a period of three or four months.
The nowspapera became involved In It as well as tho
general public and much 111 feeling was engendered.
The one 'phpne waa fjnally Installed. Today every
office in the court house in that county has a tele
phone'and in some office in addition to the general
phone there Is an extension desk 'phone at the
elbow of the official himself In his private office.
County bridges are now of steel construction,
where formerly they were of wood. Culvert In
country roads aro now ot concrete, where formerly
they were of plank. Naturally these steel and con
crete culverts increase the expenditures, but whether
such construction will In the end prove economical,
perhaps remains to be determined, although we are
Informed that such la the case.
If tho people ot Nebraska constantly require
greater conveniences, better roads, extended school
facilities and a greater supervision of society. It Is
Inevitable that just as their demands Increase, so
will their taxe be Increased.
. Twice Told Tales
Speaking of the new French dresses now on ex
hibition In the largo department store throughout
the country, Eleanor Gates aatd In Boston:
"I am glad to see that the silt skirt la abolished.
The llt klrt wa too Immodest, especially when It
waa a shockingly long silt.
"A Philadelphia debutante, provided with a beau
tiful wardrobe, In which the slit skirt In Its most
exaggerated form figured extensively, spent the win
ttr at Palm Beach
"One morning, in her white serge gown from Cal
lot, silt almost to the knee, she was leaving her hotel
for the beach when her sister called her back and
said:
" 'Oh, Mary, you've got a big black smudge on
your nose"
"With an Indifferent toss or her head the de
butante answered:
"What difference does that make? Nobody over
looks at my face when I've got on one of my stlt
skirts.' ' Washington Star.
n
The Pipe of "War.
Tho family doctor wa paylnr a emt-odal visit.
Aa he took a leisurely departure he paused to discus
with Margaret' mother the general health condition
ot the city
"We're not 10 badly ott-comparatlvely, that Is,"
he said. "For one thing, there are only two uncon
trolled, unmitigated unoke nutsancea tn. the town."
From the ofa In the corper Margaret poke:
"Ye, doctor, I know," said she. "Papa and Uncle
Jim." Delineator.
"There arc two sides to every ques
tion," said the ready-mHde philosopher.
"Yes," replied the man with political
ambitions. ".Sometimes R'b hard to tell
whether an answer Is going to put you
on tho Inside or leave you on tho outside."
Washington 8tnr.
"Pa, did you eat any of the cook's
dough?"
"Of course not, child. What make you
ask that?"
"Becauso I heard ma say she was going
to make you cough It up." Baltimore
Amerlcant
"If you buy an automobile, bo sure and
get the best make."
"But how am I to know which Is the
best?"
"Oh, any of the advertisements will
tell you which that Is." Boston Tran
script. "Auntie, If you are a real prohibition
ist, you ought not to be giving tho drink
suggestion."
Vllow do you mean?"
By wearing corkscrew curls. Chi
cago Post.
First Shopper So your husband refused
to wear that lovely blue and mauve waist
coat you bought for htm last week.
Second Shoppers-Yes; he declared It
went against his stomach. Indianapolis
News.
"There nre some occupations that a
woman can't follow successfully. For In
stance, you couldn't expect her to be a
sailor."
"She might," replied the old salt,
thoughtfully: "specially If she was a
member of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union." Washington Star.
"What's this eugenic movement I've
been hearing about Dan?"
"Oh, alot of left-overs I've slighted,
somo quack doctors and a few clergymen
think they know more about mating than
I do." Life.
"The two airmen had a dispute about
the steering, and flew into an airhole."
"What happened then?"
"They flew Into a passion."
"Then what?'
"Naturally, they had a falling out."
Baltimore American.
"Do you havo matins in this church7"
asked the High church visitor of tho
verger of the village church.
"No, Indeed." replied that dignitary,
with scorn. "We has oilcloth, and right
up tho chancel, too!" Christian Register.
"Your heroines always dress rather
poorly."
"My wife would get jealous," responded!
the author, 'if one of them had any)
mor gowns than 1 allow her." Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A P0E-ETICAL P0EMETTE.
I.
See the ladles In their clothes,
Now spring clothes;
What long days of anxious planning all
their elegance now shows; .
How they crinkle, crinkle, crinkle In tby
fitful morning breeze, PffS'
Dim hi! Hit- .n'tnHMr ihlmmarlhr AIM 1 !
ing, round the knees, knees, Isnde.'
Keeping up a lock-step meter P
With a whirl, a la egg-beater.
And a constant fllpflap flutter around
about the tiny toes
Of the clothes, clothes, clothes;
Oh the shimmering and the glimmering
of the clothes.
i
II.
See tho ladies In their robes
Easter robes.
In tho yellow sunlight Whirling like so
many silken globes;
How they swell, swell, Bwell with the
rising of the breeze;
Whllo tho flounces dive and dip
As they circumscribe the hlo:
How they tantalize and teaao
as tney swish ana sway ana swirl
'Round the figure of the girl;
Whllo a sea-foam fabrication froths be
low the whirling globes.
uiving ultra up-to-aateness to uie rooes.
Sec tho ladles In their gowns.
Stylish gowns;
What a blaze ot blues and yellows, reds
and orange hues and browns; ,
How they flutter, flutter, flutter.
Tones of tangerino and butter.
Smothering all kinds of shapes with their '
generous sllsh-slosh slashes,
Which no modern maid abashes.
Bunching, bagging, slouching, sagging,
Braving gusts of disapproval, braving
ridicule and frowns,
Oh, the 'gowns!
Oh, the dash and dire extremeness ot
the gowns. .
Omaha. BAYOLL ND TRELEf
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HIT HK W 0C B HV V V V HB I U 1 .
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TWENTIETH
CENTURY
FARMER
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DR. BRADBURY DENTIST
1150B Farnam Street. 0 Tear Bam. Of new. Pkona Don I TUB
Extractive SSe Cp
Fllllnga OOo Up
Dridgework ....$2.00 Up
Crown $2.60 Up
I'lates S.OO Up
Missing Teeth enptftleJ
without Plate or Hrldgo.
work. Nerve resnoreJ
rrltbont pain. Work cuar
anteed ten ear.