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Galena has blown out the tras !
Since Ulysses S. Grant, once the town tanner, gave up his private
rructsce to take up that little task oi preserving the Union, as re
in all school histories, nothing, of such nation-wide interest
'in emanated from this river city, of northwestern Illinois. Galena,
oldest city in the state, learned in a few days that one of the
elusive and necessary servants of modern man is gas.
ialcna hasn't quite gone back.to the tallow dips and to hewing
'oT! ; firewood in the manner of its pioneer settlers, but that, per
1 ai-V.i partially due to the fact that said pioneers had used up most
of the afore-mentioned firewood and had died off, taking with them
their, secxet,of milking tallow dips of the kitchen, leavings.
Refus ft Cook for Men Who Made appreciable xtent are they suffused
i r 1 Town Gasless with any kind.'of gfow. Kerosene
' through the hot summer days its'!?fm? ?Tm. in.,und13
Uusewive. suelter at their cookin, 'iJSSSAJSJi
pvtrj coal or wood fire, ranges neys blacken or crack as the mood
II V f III J-t- V.-' -
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io islets.
elf as a horrible example of what whi!e recognize! fUy the eempny'
a modern city is like, when it reverts difficulties, reduced the faa rate to
to the Light of Other Days. It had 51.40 net for the. first thootaod cubic
gas for illuminating and fuel from the feet.' the "'rate ranging downward to
year that its then leading citizen, who $1.20 a thousandto large consumers,
had become General V. S. Grant, The prices for essential gas-makmg
settled that little matter with Lee at materials mcrrayd to the point whre
Appomatox. until tebroary, IVJO. And the operators hai to seek relief.' The
persons with even the shortest of Utilities Commission
imitsion. in vinr o the
memories recall that .that was a right facts, raised the rate to J 1.65.
Plant West Into RecerrertUp
cold February.
Long Story Told in Short
But 'this new' rate failed to. nuke
gas selling paying proposition, and
the plant-went into the bands' of a
recetrer.- Experts called in by the
receiver reported a hi defkit. Then
Galena's citizens saw thelight they
felt they soon. weren't going to. sea
How Galena stepped on the gas on-
ui u nun is a Jong story, but it can
be recounted briefly to illustrate this
tale which has no gas illumination.
The year Grant finished the iob un
der the old aoDle tree the ney soon.weren t going w sea
in Clenz d Petitioned the Utilitie. CommU-
:j' -t . . . ion. to do-anyttnnr evan to raisinr
was
do -anything even to raising
bank balance than the ownershio of JSU ,U7 OIV "
a ni-orotx-U ;JJT.;-- M 9 But the Commisaioa
at 19Z0 prices those "who and wind strike thm Kta t, tirti. XlffTit lut tlie rate of neevihnes liaa
.je any stoves at all. Jhe women holders, accustomed for years to de- risen to an alarming height
. n jusi won i roast inemseives cook- ""'- jk"i. biih qown ineir
newspapers or books in despair and
r .. r f,-.;u i. go to Ded eariv. bummer davlieht the cookinar proDlem. Oomz
the gas, bc-Tore it was too laie, hijjcu umc, dui as ine nionins mtuunisinvuivoiuun wiu imv
shudders at the thought even of stpk
na a coal or wood ranee. when- tcn:-
The illuminating situation is oad" per and temperature are at the boiline of petroleum, are in rebellion, and As m min
enough, but it isn't as provoking as over point. those who have shiny, new electric -scientific and
the cooking problem. Going back to . - 'v. . . . . . cookers are not ronvin-rf aaA t,,wti :
Axcpmg uc vm was drove Kemaj
l hve fled to other cities. In practi- darkness approach, the gloom ing to do without light by which to
Womw. as the 'chief sufferers: are
every kitchen beside the insuf- G' populace thickens to sit up late. Maybe what helped make keeping their old 1 gas stoves ready
IWI n Jv j v J u ii sa s
is miraculously restored. A Presi
dential caftdidate. who could guaran
tee the return of the old. reliable gas,
could carry Galena unanimously, re-
f iMv l.orVoal ranee or the-mel1 ;ns,"ency that could be cut only
as range, like the
Great Joy for the Spooners
Of course, spooners are excepted
t-i Jtove, stands a gas range
?;ejtm; soldier.-covered with dust
lid tush araitinir-the return ot s.
Aft ereiimcs - shadows melt into Thev don't care how dark the front
right's darkness, the Galena windows parlor is at night. No complaint has
: re not .unused with, the mellow glow been registered - by burglars, either,
from (?as mantle. Not to any Galena is not the -Tity of Dreadful
the Dark Aires dark was the diges
tions mined by cooking over primi
tive fires, burning up the temper of
the" cook and the diner. The modern
housewife, accustomed to a modernly
equipped kitchen, with a handy gas
stove that can he . turned on when
wanted, -J icrned off when not.
vm rriauea.inen t m
to Ue coal range or the oil stoves, cubic feet, and that rate was not con
wnicn navor tne lood with a touch aerca excessive.
ufaetare 1ecarne more
more emnsimtnf tk.
their
asm
liab
steak just to the ripht nicety, or turn
out a pie that will smother: Friend
Husband's grouch in its very luscioits-
ness. is worm the price,-hey feeL
today.
thousand
gardiess ot histand on sutfracr, pro
hibition or the League of. Nations.
The women, who have had to go back
a big, big
and Home without it has
void.
Galena was not always" Gasless
Town. It didn't voluntarily elect it-
drnied their -plea: and the plant, Lh
second oldest in the state, was forced
to shut down.
And then. Galena's Gaslesa Age be
gan. Fortnnately. for tha residents. .
this city does not have the big-acre-
pan men i nouses to oe xouna
larger, cities all over the
thousand, white - . m-j u n .
ant consumers aat off with i4ii.it : .la t : . i - ; ?
of .I j In 1914 an explosion neres- Nrw York. Brooklyn; Boston, and
sitated rebuilding much of the plant Chicago, there is no provision for .the
at great expense. Then came tlie coal stove. "Loss of gas servicer in
world war. prices for coal, coke and such circumstances would mean ac-
oil soared and shipments became in- tnal -cooked food deprivation before
ereasingly difficult to obtain. The ther means of rooking could be pro
Illindia Piihlie. ITtiT;;. r.:..im . , .
waaasb v.ai Ksa auinvianv WMtinrwia
wired stoves without enth!- .h- .V M".:iVoV, 'ZVT. '-'"J ""vu age ot a
hat ever-readv and alwavs re-- ..k. j ' r m corc l
i a ' -.. . . ' u users 01 ns ranees ronnfrv In
c k3 )imE inai Will DrOII a IVU Mill rail. 1 tn -
v ;
COAST -LEAGUE
At Los Angeles ... R. H. E
Sacramento . . . .. , J 2.
Loa Angeles ... ... 4 9 0
Penner and Cady; Thomas and
La pan.
At San Francisco R. H. E.
Salt Lake... ...... 0 3.2
San Francisco .. t 1
Leverenx and Jenkins; Scott
and Agnew. ;
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Portland R. H. E.
Oakland A .....11 17 2
Portland 2 9 2
Alten and Rorman; Sutherland.
Glazier and Koehler. ,l t
At Pittsburgh R- H. K.
Philadelphia .. ..... ,.4 6 1
Pittsburgh .. . :...2 1
Betts and . Tragresior; Ponder
and Haeffner.
Fmith. Gonzales; Alexander and
O'Farrell.
At Seattle R. H. E.
Vernon . ..,..,... 3 5 1
Seattle .. ...4 9 3
W. Mitchell, Houch and. Mur
phy; Gardner and Baldwin.
AMEBIC AN LEAGUE i
i
;
At PhlladelphU r
v First game: R. H. E.
Chicago .. ...... .7 12 3
Philadelphia .. ....,. 4 8 0
i Faber and Schalk; Jlarrls and
?fratt.
' Second eame: 1 , R. .II. T.
Chicaeo 5 9 3
Philadelphia.. .'..2 5 0
Kerr and Schalk; Perry and
Perkins. : .. . ...J.---,-.. j-.--.v
At Cincinnati i R. If. E.
Brooklyn . .3 9 2
Cincinnati .. . .10 19 2
Mamaux. Mitchell Mohart and
Miller, Taylor; -Lucjue.-Fisher and
Wingo. , ..
At Chicago R. H. E.
New York ..I ll 0
Chicago a 10.- 0
Benton. Douelas. inters and
At St. Louis -R. H. E.
Iloslon .. .4 ' S 0
St. Ixinis 6 14. 1
Oesehger, Fillinglm and O'Neill:
Doak, Goodwin and demons.
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Daughter Reprimanded,
Wife Asks for Divorce
fcecafc.se he thought he was do
ini.Ws.duty as the foster father
of his wife's daughter by censur
ing her for unbecoming conduct,
and offering advice that should
eothe from a father to a datiehter.
thel matrimonial nark of Frank
n wrnm
ta W i?Ms JJ 1
If A
Dunlap has met stormy' seas, ac
coixlinjs to bis claim in an answer
to the complaint of his wife for
absolute divorce. His wife. is Ef
fle V. Dunlap.
Mr. Dunlap claims in his an
swer that when he married bis
wife she had several children from !
a former marriage, and among
them was an unmarried daughter. I
He asserts that his step-daughter
was wont to conduct herself In a'
manner unbecoming a girl of her
age. and that his efforts to adY
her created a resentment for him
on the part of bis wife which has
led to uoceedings for a divorce.
Dunlaui denies tue claim of his
wife that she is unable to provide
a living and Is without property,
by asserting that she owns pro
perty in Salem valued at $2,000,
which Is unencumbered. The to
tal valuation of his own property
he asserts, is only $1400, and en
cumbered to the extent of $T0o.
He believes she is able to provide
a living for-herself, wherefore b
eek in his answer to have the
court dismiss the suit and desires
nq property settlement. He
claims that he has spent consider
able "money on improvements of
his wife's property.
untoward . Incidents as no antl
Venizelosts live in this rich prov
ince, now ruled by the Greek.
Talks the correspondent had
with residents of Smyrna 'tend to
show, the Greeks hava not aban
doned hope that Asia Minor will
be tree from Bolshevik Influence.
Meet vaeat lone -are long -enough.
Not that- wt) wwat to go baelt te
work. tfut were o broke wavt
fo. " - - '
Smyrna Celebrates
Signing of Turk Treaty
celebration, of the signing of the
Turkish peace treaty was held to
day' after almost a week's delay
because of the attempt to assas
sinate Premier Veoixelos of
Greece in Paris. There were no
J For Your
ODTIi
BATHING SUITS
for ladies and men that
every one will admire,
CAMP EQUIPMENT
Everything to make your
trip a recreation.
FISHING TACKLE
that lan't be beat
OUTING aOTHING
Also Hats, Leggings and
Shirts, for ladies and men
AT THE OUTING
; STORE '
DauserBros
7here Everybody Buys
UNBIASED COUNSEL
DUE banker has no "irons in the; fire"
when you ask his advice or talk things,
over with him. - Whatever iher suegestsV
would be for your best interests alone.
Y!
We always feel at the United States National
Bank whenka customer consults, us that he ap
preciates our interest in his
interests, and that is ample
compensation to us.
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8d,609.0ft KXEUPT FROM ALL IOMIMON OOVERXMItrr, TAXATION
City of North Yaricoinfer, ft-ovince of British Cohmhia,
6 Gold Bonds
Dt4 Jn 1.1. 192t. lo Jane 13. 1923. Prinripl d mi-anBl iatrel Jun
York CSir r l the off.rr of Merri Brotbrrs In-. IEXoMlXATIJJ Vm.
riKAKCIAI. 8TATXMEST
'l.fd lur for lixatnin. 1-1;. ......
Exrmptioa not inf ludrd above .... .......
Jrnera! drtweture d-ht
te kUkioc tuml .413.2lf!.3rt
Wtrwrti JWnture ... 601.xirt.ftO
Frrry drUntor 153,000 iV
1-KI XmtroTinn debt c Ut-
payer harn 915,r.3 1
S..17 6i
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4,331.446 .00
ASXA 2,950 ACTRES ,
Thp fit? of North Vanrourrr in a nlurU f VsnmuTr.-rtritiiili Colqinbia. .ituate.J
tetf hr bay from th latter rily. Ii has a mptilatiuii of apprux iniat.lv l'..f0
(wjm. im it iiinui"i have ! been cB!it,ered very deiral.e , in
vestment. ,
TliU ia of Ifondv i dirw- lien and funeral ta o1licati-n af the entire eiJv.
all of it taxaUle ji'Mlwrty, wealth and reurre Utm i1rtied m pf intereat and
' PKICE S2.65 AND IS TX REST TO TEELD 9 PES CENT.
Uefaluj- approved oy K. L. Keed, hi. C ot roi-r. heed and Wallhrit'ce. Vaiei.o.r
. onuta MtiuBiliia.
TclepkoM or Telejnph Orders it Oor Expenaa '
Morris Brothers, Inc.
The Premier Manietpal R'tid linage Capital One Mniion I..iUr
So. 8 Central Bldr, SEATTLE. Wi.k TeU.Une: Kllttt C 10 and Mai T'27
Morris Bo i Id inc. 305H1 8tark St.. nBTI.AM. OKU Telethon Hmadwav 21 SI.
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