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The
O b se r v e r .
EDISON IN TROUBLE.
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That TbouiMM A ., Edison, the
Wizard of Menlo' Park, is facing
oo oonteuipt proceedings in one federal
MORO. OREGON.
court and a suit involving millions
in another, which may sweep away
D. C .I reland a S on .......... E ditor « his entire fortuue, became publioly
C. L. I reland , M anager .
known on the 10th inst In one suit,
called before ifie U.8.Circuit court
Send for advertising ratee
in Jersey city October 9th, the mi
norilv stockholders of the New Eng
FRIDAY......................Oct. 18, 1U07
land Phonograph Company, which
was organized in 1888 to sell Edison
T e Partrwn« a n d C a rra a R a n B a a ta .
phonographs, makes the absurd
Don't tend us tor free publication an y statement that it paid Mr. Edison
th in g of an advertising character.
$225,000 for the exclusive right to
A ll local» w ill be run till ordered out,
sell his phouogrspbs in the New
unless otherwise specified.
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England states,and that Mr. Edison
Don’t ask us to send you names and ad-
Jr ess of correspondents. T h at Is a private obtained control of the board of
matter between them and us.
directors, “snd packed it with his
Copy for ads, change*, etc . must be In own employes;” that no profits ever
the office before 2 oTclock p. m. Wednes-
were paid, and that the Edison
lay to Insure proper care and attention.
D o n ’t send us articles on politics, tern- board actually voted to discontinue
» perancc or religion. Discussion of such a suit brought in the name of the
topics only leads to violent and abusive
cotni>an.v for an accounting. Mr.
language In the end.
Avoid personalities. Com plim ents deli Edison was not permitted by the
cately given are alwaya acceptable, but court to make auy statement in re
even they must not be overdone, as the
buttal.
He has been quite too
charge of ln dncerlty is apt to follow a
busy a man these past 20 years to
shower o f pretty nothings spread broad
cast
batch up pcbemes, or take part in
Before coming to the city to trade read any such plans of shemera, rest as
ers are requested to examine Th e Obsei ver
1 advertising columns. Its the active, wide sured of that; and will be able to
awake business man who advertises, con show clean hands, as against plot
sequently he Is the most accomm.xlating,
sells the cheapest, and deals the most lib ters for any portion of emoluments
erally in every way -
arising from his discoveries, which
The Observer has been established have made wealthy thousands of
nearly 21 years, and It has some subscri
while he toiled in his den.
bers who have received It regular! v for tuen,
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At the present rate of progress
the American oration will soon be a
lap ahead of the English drnm liest
in circling the world.
While there, is an acknowledged
spread of prohibition sentiment
throughout the country prohibition
ists are, perhaps too modest, to
claim much credit for it.
May lie it was beesnse he did not
want Secretary Taft to suffer as a
presidential candidate that Presi
dent Roosevelt sutwstituted extra
dry Mumm for cocktails at 8t. Louis.
8ecretary Taft is the first war
minister to go around the world
and talk jieace. The Hague confer
ence may accomplish nothing, but
the Taft mission is doing, fairly
well.
Senator Fulton elicited a great
deal of applause in La Grande on
the occasion of his recent address
there, notably when he declared
that state sovereignty had been bur
ied half a century ago, and that
state lines should be obliterated in
tbe control of commercial corpora
tions of the country, iu order to
prevent them from becoming op
pressive.
Texas is mu up to high notch as
an anti-railroad state. Railroads
trying very hard to ‘keep in touch’
with inimical legislation of various
states, but tlieir action is sometimes
checkmated. Now it is the Texas
railroad commission, bringing 14
suits against as many railroads for
failure to keep their books as the
commission had instructed them to
do. $70,000 in penalties is asked
for. This is an indignity equal to
the assessment of $1,659,000 annu
ally against 18 of the leading news
pajiers of N-Y-City, by the stereo-
iyi>ers, without any law to justify
the graft.
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People like to rash to their death
across the Atlantic, and after they
get across too, as well
United States. In connection with
the Lusitania’s ocean speed records
the new Killarney express trains of
the Great Western Railway, which
tnnke the 262 miles Itetween Pad
diugton staiion and Fishguard har
bor in five hours without a stop,
add a new plume to British speed
records on land. This long distance
run is equivalent to New York and
B.xton and 25 miles beyond without
a stop.
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Best is defios d as a change of oc
cupation. Bat this is not the defi
nition of rest that represented the
Since it is made known what the
side of the beats as they galloped Standard Oil Company has been
through the Louiaiana cane brakes earning, that $‘29,240,000 flue does
last week.
not look very big.
Vancouver talks of pending the
Swollen wealth is liecoming so
Asiatic immigrants to Ottawa, and unpopular that o n e is almost afraid
tbe Canadian capital might foiward to save up money for Christmas.
them to Downing street, London.
An exhibit on the spot is often a
convincing argument.
If a single reader of Tbe Observ
er has failed to write letters to some
friend, acquaintance, relative, or
other person who may bebenefitted
by coming to Oregon, do so today.
Colonist rates close October 31st, a
word to tbe wise is sufficient.
A waterway seven feet deep will
shortly be opened from Hennepin,
on the Illinois river, to Rock Island
on the Mississippi,' constructed by
the United States government at a
cost of $7,500,000. Uncle Sam is
toning up for tbe grand overture.
After considerable effort someone
claims to have made the discovery
that George Waahington told one
lie, at least But it was told to tbe
— tr— to whom nearly ever) body
lies, more or lees. Although it
proves that George dodged bis taxes
it eau baldly be expected that the
millions of modern tax dodgers
dare come ont and proudly admit
that they got the idea from the fa
ther of his country.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ‘ATHLETICS.1
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“ We would rather have interool-
legiate athletics, says the captain of
the Swarthmore loot ball team, than
all the money left by Miss Jeauee,
or even all the money in Wall
street.” Beautiful sight wheu the
young are faithful to their ideals!
But do you suppose that that young
man Is a serious-minded student of
Swarthmoret We do not; he talks
more like a student outlaw, hazing
assailant who would destroy his own
class. Swarthmore enjoys at pres
ent an endowment of $900,000. An
addition of 13,000,000 (uot $1,000,-
000 as at first reported), to its pro
ductive funds, would place it at
once on the financial standing of
Brown, Prinoeton, the Northwest
ern University and the University
of California, and within $1,000,-
000 of the University of Pennsyl
vanis. As to the “sacrifices” which
must l»e made, abandonment of in
teroollegiate atl letics, so called; to
secure the $3,000,000 bequest of
Miss Jeauee, their weight depends
on the point of view. The testator
cannot be assumed to have acted ou
prejudice. She has expressed con
victions. And ou the subject of
intercollegiate “athletics” various
eminent educators, including the
revered head of Harvard, have
ideas which are not all enthusiasm.
Tbe proposition recently advanc’
ed by State Superintendent Acker
man ; that some day there would be
county school boards in Oregon in
stead of local district boards, as at
present, appears to meet the appro
val of the reading public. It will
be remembered that The Observer
gave the substance of the plan at
the time, showing that the county
school superintendent would be the
school administrator, * and that
would give the whole county unifor
mity io courses of study,in employ
ment of teachers, const ruction and
repair of school houses, as the conn
ty board would administer school
affairs as the commissioners court
administer county affaire, and get
far better results. Prof. Bryant has
in a measure anticipated the pro
posed law by rendering local dis
tricts substantial assistance notably
in the betterment of school houses.
There are many school houses that
are neither sanitary nor comforta
bly. ami Mr. Bryant is showing by
the work now in progress at Klon
dike, that every school district in
Sherman county may possess itself
of a modern and model school build
ing, if the people say so.
O u r e n t ir e lin e o l B r id g e
HE trouble with our judicial system is that it is inverted, like
a house standing upon its roof. The work which is the most
important, which requires the greatest learning, which, like
n foundation, should be broad, deep and solid and bear the
weight of the superstructure, comes at the end of a litigation IN
STEAD OF AT TILE BEGINNINGS . The most difficult and most
important propositions in a cause, instead of being solved at the
threshold and thus fixing once and for all the condition of affairs, are
left in nbevsnec to be determined after years of extensive A N D E X
PE N SIV E triJs, ii.v Iviuj attendance of numerous witnesses and the
writing of thousands of pages of testimony, records and pleadings,
making it a burden to all the participants snd a still greater burden to
tho taxpayers.
The present course of litigation often runs thus: A cause is heard
in the first court, requiring perhaps weeks or months. The judgment
is np|>calcd from, and the appellate court finds a legal proposition has
been erroneously viewed BY TH E TR IA L COURT. So the caso
is reversed. After yoars it is again tried and again appealed to tho
appellate court, where error again may be found, and once more it is
sent back..: It again is tried and goes again to the appellate court,
.which, we may assume, then approves of the judgment, whereupon the
defeated party takes the case to the supreme court, which then may
hold that there has been error IN BOTH OF TH E LOWER
COURTS and sends the case back again to the beginning. A new trial
is needed, and everything must grind slowly through once rtiore.
Often ten snd at times fifteen or more years pass before the litigation
ends.
There is not a case, civil or criminal, dependent upon what the pro
fessional man calls “questions of law” in which such questions do not
stand out clearly AT TH E B E G IN N IN G of the case, and such
questions should be solved in advance of the trial.
Vice President Fairbanks, as a
possible candidate for presidential
honors, was the innocent victim of
a cocktail, and now 8 matnr Knox,
another Presidential candidate, is
denounced ns the “ grea'oat friend
and supporter of Mormonism iu
public life.’’ It is surprising how
T H IS W O U L D
T H I F O U N D A T IO N OF T H 1 S U B S E Q U E N T
the nation manages to esca|>e des T R IA L A ND W O U L D R E M A IN U N S H A K E N . SO T H A T IN A L L F R O B -
truction when such virions men are A E IL IT Y — IN D E E D , W E M A Y SAY IN V A R IA B L Y —T H E R E S U L T
menu raged to aspire to the presi W O U L D F IN D T H E A P F R O V A L O F y T H l R E V IE W IN G COURTS»
dency. And look at the picture of
Roosevelt, in tbe hands of the Phi K ? fSuhscribeJor The Observer. Best Weekly published
listioes with th a e Memphis wine
in the Inland Empire. Everyone reads i t
bibbtoiB.
Educate« for success in a «hort |im e and at «m all expen««, and «end« each stu
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dent to a position a« aoou a« com petent. Q u a lity la our m otto, and rep u tatio n lot
thorough w o rk brings ua over 100 calls per m onth fo r office h e lp . In d iv id u a l in .
«traction insures rapid progress.
W e teach th e loose le a f, th e card in d e x , th e
voucher and oth er m odem m ethod« o f lo o k keeping. C h a rtier is o u r «horthand ;
easy, ra p id , leg ib le . B eautiful catalogue, business forma and penm anship f r e e -
w rit« today. References: an y m erchant, an y b a n k , an y newspaper in P ortland.
Your choice of several makes of Sewing Machines, all drop heads
for $18 to -$25.
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Implements
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Dealer in Wagons,-Plows, Drills,
Buggies, Oils of all sorts.
Agency fo r Best H arvester and
Hodge H eader Extras.
Schandoney P atent D ra ft H itch
E qualizer fo r any com bine.
Rubber T ir e Buggies former price $110 to 125 for $75 to 95
Top Buggies, your choice $65 to zoo; former price was a lot more
Hacks, former price up to $140, now from $50 to 105; including a
brand new H e n n y hack for $105
A Canopy Top. Side L ig h t. Rubber T ire Surry form erly priced at
$175 now for only $105
These Prices Can’t be Beat.
Wasco Implement House,
M c C o y - A t w o o d C o ., W a s c o
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Chas. Solliher. Proprietor.
wtd ! h fa» -b»faw ]
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The old adage, “ put a fool on a
horse and he will go foil gallop,”
has been changed, an automobile
for the t horse.
EXtras
and
of all kinds.
Hacks and Buggies offered at Cost,
Office Supplies.
THE
L E A D IN G
B U S IN E S S
COLLECE
X U U B U lL D I N q , P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N ,
Banlqiw jj|¡ f a ß ßfliip»
THE
B EST IS N O N E
TO O GOOD FOR YOU
Our» I» ooe of the Ion lar<c«t hutlne»» colleir»» Io the United Ht»lee
Rnrollm rnt p a.t year, 4tJ pupil».
Kquipuient, 118,000.
Graduate« are all em ployed.
M o r o a n d G ra w « V a l l e y .
Nicely embossed up to date hand
colored Thanksgiving Postal Cards,
Receives Deposits, Sell exohange,
six designs, for sale atThe Observer and do a General Banking business.
Book Store. Send to your friends.
I’ tarrd 101 pupil» Into luvratr— p m illo n . during pa.t year.
11. W . B R U N R K . P re..
W ill place you wHen <o»ipetent
SEWD POR C A T A L U O O B
I.
M W ALEER,
Pria
N.P. Hansen, Manager at Moro
ïà© Letal Oliveta*
T he D alles I ron W orks
v » bot *1
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B*aMu«
to»«»»Ot«d; I mmss ms 4 s .
»•re tai eredita fia n tad;
tu ri «a I aMMsaS sab)Mt ta <
>n u » a «aparta.
M o n k la n d P re s b y te r ia n C R w ro h .
J . B. K irk, P ro p rie to r.
Regular Becvice at the usual hour
next Sunday. Everyone welcome.
*i*T*T*r
ris in g ly
C larke' a W n e d c c a o rry m p le a te s u rp stock
of
M e r e M . E . C huroh
supplies.
Regular services every Sunday,
at 11 a m. Rev. Perry Chandler,
Pastor.
Special attention given to farm machine repairing
- Quick and reliable work guaranteed.
Price« always reasonable; phone at shop and house
large
office
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ALAMO
Practical Watchmaker
In k s fo r Copying,
A g e n t fo r th e
and Jcwalar.
T y p e w r itin g , and
-v- Write for terms and prices.
A guaranteed engine, uses any kind of vapor fuel
Sunday School at 10 o’clock a m.
P H Buxton, 8upt.
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and F ilin g Cases.
OREGON
to y
G asoline
L e tte r and B ill Files,
L oo k h ere fo r th e n e x t .
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Company
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B o o k-keep in g .
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Ladies’ Aid Society, every Thurs
Particular Attention Given to
day, at 2 o’clock p m . Mrs C O
Huis, President.
Optical W ork
ferenoen^Petober 20th.
By A N D R E W J. M l RAC H U Sociologist.
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A few pieces of Furniture, all w e have, w ill be closed out at half the
price, includes W ooden and Iron Beds, Dressers, Commodes, Chiffoneers,
etc; a $33 folding bed complete w ith mattrass for only $17.50
H i «
An Open Columbia river conven
tion at the Dalles last week, joined
the concentrated force of good
workers in Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. With 32% feet of water
at high tide on the bar below A sto
ria, congress can no longer consis
tently refuse the continuing con
tract for this improvement from
the dalles to the British Colombia
line, and from Pasco to Old Fort
Boise on the 8uske river.
T E N T H A N D M O R R IS O N S T R E E T S , P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N
A . P. A R M S T R O N G , L L . B.. P rincipal .
B e a c h , U n iv e r s a l a n d H o u s e
h o l d r a n g e s , w i t h r e s e r v o ir , y o u r c h o ic e f o r $
The decision of the Illinois 8u
m s DALLES,
S p a u ld in g and R u tle d g e .
preiue court invalidating the state
primary law adopted at the last
Rev Perry Chandler will hold the
session of the assembly, makes cer
tain its abandonment. The law is M.E.Church Quarterly Meeting, at
iu some respects a pattern of the Spalding Chapel, Saturday evening
October 19th, and preach in the
Oregon urinal.
O u r V e r y T o p sy T u r v y
J u d i c ia l P r o c e d u r e .
Bt
Offering Bood Value at a Peach of a Price
HO LM ES'
B U S IN E S S
^COLLEGE >
th in g you are n eeding.
Observer > Book % Store,
Moro, Oregon.
REED HULSE
Take pleasure in annoonoing that
Proprietor of
they nave purchased the Grants’
M o r a B a p tis t Churwh
Ferry, and will operate the ferry
between Cliffs, Washington, end
Regular prayer meeting Wednes Rufus, Oregon. They solioit the
day afternoon, at 3 o’clock. Every patronage of the public snd will do
body invited.
all they possibly can in giving
Drsying of all Kinds.
quick and prompt servios.
M o r o P rw a b y to rla n C h u rw h .
C u re s F ebby C ompany ,
Trunks and Grips Hauled to and
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J. M. Charters
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from all trains
Services in Moro Presbyterian
church next Sunday, Morning and
evening.
CITY DRAY NO. 2
th FT i
l i t t i n ' IM s
Mid-week prayer meeting Wedn
Are guaranteed. You can bave
esday evening at 8.00.
them by writing, or calling at my
residence at Demoss springs, Sher
You will be welcome at any or
man oounty, Oregon.
all of these services.
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A lex . H untbb , Agent
“J was glad when they said unto
me, “I^et us go up to the House of
the Lord.”
A. J. A dams , Pastor.
Instrumental and Vocal
George G/DeMoss is now at haas
and will teach Voios Culture, Vto-
liocsl o, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin.
Cornet Band a specialty. Call or
address,
G eorge G. D e M oss ,
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DeMoss Springs, O r
Q u ic k
Hal«*« and
Knott I P rofit«.
« H ì iì i m H
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LaOrande, Or
Prof. Henry 8. DeMoss will Harleigh Glass, Proprietor.
teach Music at DeMoss Springs, sod
is prepared to visit other localities
h Every kind of rig to order,
snd give'M usical Institutes. He
will teach Harmony, Piano sod and all orders prompt and satis
Organ, but Violin in his specialty. factory at reasonable prices.
Farmer« teams lad as wall as
Call nr address,
they are led at homa, If not bettor.
H enry 8 . D e M oss ,
Telephone at env evpanes.
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DeMoss Springs, Or
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L iv e and L e t L iv e .
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P o r c e la in
B a th
Tubs.
Everything first Class and Up to data.
S Agent for the Best Steam Laundry
Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office
E D G A R L E W IS , P r o p r ie to r .
MORO
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latches Repairing, etc.
Send your watches, jewelry, etc.,
needing repairs, to me, and I will
guarantee perfect satisfaction. Wm
Rudolf is my agent in Moro, at
whose plaoe of business any article
may be left to ha forwarded, and
who will return ths same to you in
od shape. O. M. H eaoock ,
W v » f i i Ty
C a ll an d E x a m in e
M y Ktock of
F U R N IT U R E
and
H ID E I . IN EH
before b u y in g
O. W. 4X TELL
M oro
Office at Furniture Store.
F. R. A X T E L L , M O R O , O R
My M o tto Is
In consequence of ill health I
am obliged to offer for sale or trade
my lumber and wood business in
Kent. Will trade for stock or a
farm. For particulars address
J. H. B ottemiller ,
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-Kent. Or
Fballaint liwry C
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Harmony, Piano, Orgu, Ete
V un , Bnpi. ’
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UNDERTAKING
for Sale or Rent.
For Sale. 80 acres, about 15
suitable for Alfalfa or fruit trees,
quite a variety of choice trees now
in bearing. Can be irrigated with
water from springs. 65 scree of
best wheat land in Sherman oounty
Located on tbe railway 2$ miles
north of Moro, % mile south of De
Moes elation. Price $30 per a c r e -
dirt cheap. For particulars write to
J. M. D e M oss ,
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DeMoee Springe, Or
Both in Workmanship and Price
AND
Any person or persons having
horses, cattle, houses, lota or house
hold goons for sale, exchange, or
parties desiring to buy such prop
One 4-room house, and one lot erty, will find T he O bserver a
on Court street.
good medium for advertising and
B. F. P ier ,
securing a customer. Try
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Moro, Or
T he O eseevbe , Moro, Or
limber lard far Sale.
Sstiiifaction Guaranteed
F U R N IT U R E
I l Raj, Sell ir Eiebaage
Elegant Snail Fan
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U M M O N S —In the C ircuit Court ot the State of
Oregon for Sherman county.
G ra s s
V a lie v ,
O re g o n
Priant Ila Entrila M cM illan, P laintiff,
vw.
Rtebard Henry MnMillan, Defendant.
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T o Hiohard Henry M cM illan, tbe above
named defendant—
In the name nt tbe Histe nt Oreonn:
You ars hereby required to appear and
answer «be oomnlatnt filed aerafost you in
tbe above entitled «alt, on or before tbe last
day of the tim e prescribed in tbe order of
pnblieattnp, to wit: on or before tbe tat day
of November. 1907, and if you fa ll to eo ap
pear and answer, p lain tiff w ill apply to tbs
sosrt for tbe relief demanded la tbe oom-
plaint filed herein apamet you, to-wit. for a
dseree dimnlvtns tbe bonds of matrimony
wow sxtettas between tbe plaintiff and yonr-
aalf ou the aronndaof w illful desertion; and
for snob other and farther relief as to tbe
«ourt may seem equitable and Joat.
Tbla snmmona la served npon yon by pnb
Ifsatlon thereof for a period of six auceeee-
tve weeks In Tbe Sbertnan Ooonty Observer,
a weekly new »paper of seaeral eiroulation,
pwbltehed In Sherman eoontv. Orason, in
8*00 to an order of the Hon K V L it-
Id, Jadeeof tbe above entitled oourt,
dalv made on tbe 14th day of September,
and tbe daw of the Brat pobtieatiou
thereof is the 90th day of September, 1907.
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Faxnx Bowurau., Attorney
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for I>l.<ntiff
N a a a fk e ta re
na»e
B4ewp la» H a u c k
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H arness S addles ! H alters
Repairing Solicited.
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All Work Guaranteed.
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A lw ays Remember the Full Namo
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Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip in T w o.
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