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Ge?sberg's HOLIDAY Shoe Sale Is Now On In Full Blas!-Note These Interesting Prices Men's Shoes $5.50 Forbush Shoes.$4.95 $6.00 Forbush Cushion Shoes. . .$4.95 1 lot J. E. French $5.5o Shoes (tan and black).$4.45 1 lot Alden, Walker Wilde shoes (tau and black) $5.00 grade.$4.25 1 lot Forbrush shoes $5.00 grade.'.$3.75 All Shapes and Different leathers, worth ?4.00. $3.45 Men's Work Shoes i lot $3.00 Work Shoes for men..$2.45 1 lot $2.00 Work shoes for women.$1.65 1 lot $3.00 Scout Shoes for men.$2.03 Boy's Shoes $3.50 grade Boy's shoes now... ..... $2.95 $3.00 grade" Boy's shots now.$2.45 $2.5o grade Boy's shoes now.$1.95 $2.00 grade Bo>'s shoes now.. .$1*65 Children's Shoes 4o pairs $1.25 grade Child ren's shoes at.. ...80c i lot $2.00 grade Children's shoes at... . .. .. $1.65 Women's Shoes Wiehert and Gardner shoes with new heels, $6.00 grade Utz & Dunn Shoes, $5.00 grade (in this lot you will kinds)............. - . 1 lot $4.50 shoes, (Utz & Dunn).. .... .. ; . .... 1 lot $4.00 shoes (Utz & Dunn make) . . ...... .. 1 lot $3.50 shoes (Utz & Dunn Make). 1 lot $4.00 Cravenette, Utz & Dunn make shoes. 1 lot Shoes, $2.50 grade all leathers, and bluchers and button..i. . ..$5.00 And all . $4.25 . .$3.55 . .$3.45 . .$2.95 . .$2.75 $1.95 A Timely Gift The bracelet watch is no long er a fad-its too practica!. Its convenience, and beautiful appear ance on the arm wll appeal to any lady at once. ... We have them either plain or engraved and af a reasonable price. John M. Hubbard &?o. ? We Can Raise Your Salary! That is-by making your iwnwiw oro farther in the pur chase ol good meats. Wo col meat and we are also cutting the prices : read these prices. Lom Steak, .per pound 20c Best Roast, per pound 15c Pork? per pound . 15c and 20c AU others in proportion, and 16 ounces to the pound. G. P. FOWLER Phone 755. Bring Your Broken Lenses TOUS We have a complete Lens Grinding Plant. . Glasses left with us in the morn ing will be ready for you in the evening. M. R. Campbell MT^^mtfr* i.i-Ml n J ?*\m?m\ m mmmm ?>! wt mm\ Keg?t??TC0 wpiOfnflfi lit i Office 112 W. Whkner St Ground Floor. Tnlrphnne f^wirtfaa w l'RKNIIrEJ?T AYJLHON DKLIVKItH . AWL AL AimitF.SH TO < OMiHKSN (CO\'TINLBO .FSK>M PAGE ONE.) -,-> means of distribution. We are will ing, but we are not fully able. We have the winn to serve and to Herve Kreativ; .generously; hut we are not lircjian (1 as we should be. We are not ready to mobilize our resources at once. Wc are nut prepared to use them immediately ?nd at theln best, without delay and without waste. To speak plainly, wo have grossly erred in the way In which wo have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine. And now. when we need ships, we have not got them. We have year after year de bated, without end or conclusion, thc best policy to pursue with regard to the use of. the ores and. forest and water powers of our national domain in the rich States of the weat, when we should have neted I and they are still locked up. The key is still turn ed upon them, the door shut fast at which thousands ot vigorous men, full of initiative, knock clamorously for admittance. The water power of our navigable streams outside the na tional domain also, even in the eas tern States,, where we, have worked and planned fer g?n?rations, is still not used as it might be. because wc will and we won't; because the laws we have made do not Intelligently bal i ance encouragement against restraint We withhold by regulation. I have come to ask you to remedy and correct! these mistakes and omis sions, evep at thia ?hort scruion of fl congress* which would certainly seem to have done all the work that could reasonably be expected, of 'it The Um? and the circumstances are extraordi nary, and so must our effets be siso. Fortunately, two great measurer finely conceived, the one to unlock with proper safeguards, the resources of the national domain, the other tc encourage the use ot the navigable waters outside that domain for thc generation of power, have airead} passed the hours ot representatlvet and are ready for Immediate consider auon sad action by the senate, witl the deepest earnestness I urge theil prompt passsge. In them both w< turn our backs upon hesitation and makeshift and formulate a genuin? policy oA use and conservation, In th? best sen. e of those1 words We ow? the' one measure not only to the peo pie of .that great western country foi whosd- free and systematic develop nient, as it seems to me, our legisla tlon has done so little, but also tc the people of the nation aa a whole and we as 'dearly owe the other li furfUlmentT of our repeated prcmisci that the .water power of the 'auntr; should In fact as well ns in name h. pat at the. disposa) pf great industrie which can make economical and pro Atablo use of it, the rights of the pub lice being adequately .guarded thj while .and monopoly , in the ?fiij pre vented. To have begun such measure and not completed them would Indee? mar the record ot this great congres very seriously. I hope and confldentl; believe that they will be completed. And there ls another great plec of legislation which awaits and ahoul receive the sanction of the senate: mean th? hill which gives a large measure of self-government to th people of the Philippines. How bel tor^ in this time of anxious question lng snd perplexed policy, could w show our confidence in the principle of liberty, as the source as well a th? expression of life, how bette could we demonstrate our own esl possession sad 'steadfastness in th courses of Justice and disinterested ness than by thus going calmly foi ward to fulfill our promises to? di pendent people, who will now loo mere anxiously than ever to st whether we have ludee* the libera tty. the unselfishness, the courage, tl faith we have boasted ?cd profess* I can not believe that the senate wi let this great measure of construe ti ve Justice await the action of ai other congress. Its nssaage won' nobly crown the record of these ts years of memorable labor. But I think that yon will egree wi I me that this does net complete tl toll of our duty. How are we to cart our goods to the empty markets i which I have spoken if we eave a the ships? How are we to build i a geest trade ir we have soo the cs tain and constant mesas of traaspo tatton upon which all creatable ai useful commerce depends? And ha are we to get the ships if we wt for the trade to develop without theta To correct the main mistakes by whh we nave eHecoorage dand all bot d atroyed the merchant marine of the country, to retrace thc steps hy which we have, it. seems almost deliberately, withdrawn our flag from tbe seas, ex j cppt where, here sod there, a ebip of 1 war is bidden carry it or some wan I dor li. g yacht displays it, would take a long time and involve many detail ed items of. legislation, and the trade which we ought immediately to han dler would disappear or find other channels, while we debated the items. ' The case ls not unlike that which confronted Us when our own continent was to be opened up to settlement and industry, and we ' needed . long linos of railway, extended moana nf transportation prepared beforehand. If development was not to log intol erably and walt. Interminably. We lavishly subsidized the building ol transcontinental railroads. We look back upon that with regret now, be cause the subsidies led to many scandals of which we are ashamed; but we knew that the railroads had to be built, and if we had it to dc over again we should of course build them, but in another way. Therefore I propose another way of providing the means of transportation, whicl must precede, not tardily follow, thc development of our trade with om neighbor 8tates of America. It maj seem a reversal of the natural ordei of things, but it ls true, that th? routes of trade must bc actually open ed-r-by many Bhlrjj.anfl regular sail ings and moderate charges-befor? streams of merchandise will flow free ly and profitably through them. Hence the pending shipping bill discussed at the last session but a vet. passed by neither hous'.. In m: 'udgment such legislation ' ls impera ?.ively needed and can not wisely b -/ostponed. -The government mus open these gates cf trade, and opel them wide; open them before lt ls al together profitable to open them, o altogether reasonable to ask privat "spital to open them at a venture. 1 ls not a question of the governmen monopolizing tho field. It ?should tah action to make it certain that trans po station at reasonable rates will b promptly provided, even where th carriage is not at first profitable and then, when the carriage has bf come sufficiently profitable to attrac and engage private capital, and er ?rage it id abundance, the govern mer ought te withdraw. I very earnest! hopo that the congress will be of thl jopinlon. end that both houses wi adopt this exceedingly important bil Tho great subject of rural credit still remains to be dealt with, and ; ls a matter of deep regret that tli difficulties of the subject have aeen ed to render it Impossible to complet a bill, for passage at this-session. Bi lt cen not be perfected yet, and then .fore there .are no other constructs intensares' the necessity'for which will at this, time call your nt.tentk to; but I Would be negligent of a rei manifest duty were I not to call tl attention of .the senate to the fact th I Ute proposed convention for safety : aaa awaits Ita confirmation and tb th? limit fixed In tho convention I ?elf for Its acceptance is the last di of the present month. The conferen In which this convention original' waa called by the United States; tl representatives of the United Stat played a very influential part Inda in framing tho provisions of the pr posed convention; and those prov] ions are tn themselver for the mc part admirable. It would hardly consistent with the part we ha played In the whole matter to let drop and go by the hoard as If ft gotten and neglected. It was rattfi in May last by tho German govei mont and In August by the* peril mont ot Gre?t Britain. It marks moat hopeful and decided advance international civilisation. We shot show our earnest good faith Sn a m matter by adding onr own acceptas of it. There 1s another matter of whl I must mgka special mention, if 11 to discharge my conscience, lest Should escape your attention. It rr aeem a very small thing. It ?ffe only a single item of appropri?t! But many human lives and -ni great enterprises hang noon it. It &s matter of making adequate p vision for the survey and charting onr coasts. It ls immediately pr fi lng and exigent la Aonnectton a the Immense coast line ot Alaska coast line greater than that of United 81ate? themselves, though l? also very important indeed a regard to the older coasts of the c tlneut. We caa not use onr gt Alaskan domain, sh)/; win not thither, if t?-vt coasts ead their mi bidden danger < are not thoroug surveyed and charted. The work -:-~-' .? .y\ -; incomplete at almost; &v:<;ry ' point..; Ships and lives have boen l?st In threading what were supposed to be wel-known main channels. We have not provided adequate -easels or ade quate machinery; for tho ?urvey and charting. We h?? o used old vessels that were not big enough or strong enough and which were so nearly un seaworthy that .Our inspectors would not have allowed private owners to Bend them to sea. This is a matter which, as I have said, seems small, but ls in reality very great. Its Im portance has only to bo looked into to be appreciated. v Before I close may I say a few words upon two topics, much discuss ed out of doors, upon which it ls high ly Important that our judgments should be clear, definite, and stead fast? , .. One of these 1B economy In govern ment expenditures. . The duty of economy ls not debatable. It is man ifest and imperative. In the appro priations we pass we. are spending the money of the great people -./hose servants we are.-nor. our own, W? are trustees and responsible stew ards in tho spending. . The only thing debatable and upon which we should bo careful to make our thought and purpose clear ls the'kind of economy demanded of us. I assert with- the greatest confidence that the people ol the United States are? riot jealous ol the amount their government costs il they are sure that they get what they need and desire for ..the outlay,, that the money is being apo!led with good business sense and mteag?ime,nt., Governments grow, piecemeal, both in their tasks and in* the means by which those tasks a ref to be perform C., and very few governments are or ganized, I venture to say, as wise an<2 experienced business asea'' would or ganize them If they had a clean sheet of paper to write upon. .Certainly th? government of the United States li not. I think that it is generali) agreed that there shield, bo a syste matic reorganization. ?nd . rcassembl ing of its parts so as to secure great' er efficiency and effect considerable savings in expense. But the-amount I of money ?AVCU lu timi way would, 1 ! believe, though, no doubt considerable lin itself, running, it may be. Into th? millions, be relatively small.-small II mean, In proportion ?to the tota necessary outlays o? tus government [lt would be thoroughly worth, effect ing, as every saving would, great o small. Our' duty ls not altered by tin beale of the saving. But my point ii that the people of the United Statei do not wish' to curtail the actlvltiei of this government; they Wish, rath er, to enlarge them; and with ever: enlargement, with the mere growth ! Indeed, of the country itself, then must come of course, the inevltabl increase pf expense. The sort ol economy we ought to practice may h effected, and ought ta 'be effected, b; a careful study and assessment of th tasks to be performed; and tja.mone; spent ought to be made' to" yfe?d th best possible returns iii sff.cicnc and achievement. And, like the goo stewards, we should so account fo every dollar of our appropriations s to make lt perfectly evident what i rwss spent for and In what way 1 was spent It ic not expenditure but extrava gance that we should fear bein criticized for; not paying for the lt gitimate enterprises and undertaking of a great government whose peopl command what it should do. but sdi! lng what will benefit only a few c pouring money, out for what need n< have been undertaken at. all or migl hsve been postponed. $r better aa more economically conceived and cai ried out. The nation ls not niggart ly; it ia very geuerOus^?Xt .will chk ns only if we forget for whom we pi rnehey ont and whets money lt is vi pay. These are IsW and gonen standards, bat they1 Ve *M've*y alfi cult of. oprlicatlea to particsb esses. The other topic 1 shall take lest to mention goes deeper toto the prii ciples of our national Hf? and paMc It ls the subject of national detsfil It can not be discussed wltho first answering sota? very searchii questions. It ls said In some quat ora that we are not ptcge*~i for wa wiiat ia meant by bebas; prepared? is meant that we are not ready apt brief notice to pot a nation In 41 field, a nation of maa trained arms? Ot course' wa?are jeot rca? to do that; and we shall never be Urns of peace so to&g-'a* we reta our present; 'political principles at Institutions. And wastt fa lt that lt suggected we should ta -prepared do? To defend ourselves against ? tack? We have' alway? found mea to do that, and shall find them wh?e evcr it is necessary without calling our people away from their necessary' tasks to renedr compulsory military service in times of peace. Allow me to Speak w^fth '' great' plainness and directness upon this groat matter and to avow my con victions With deep earnestness. I have tried to know what America is, what her people think, what they ure, what they ' most cherish and hold, dear. I hope that Borne of their finer passions are in my own heart,-/ some of th* great conceptions and desires which gave birth to this gov ernment and which have made thc voice of thiB people a voice of peace and hope and liberty among the peo ples of the world, and that, speaking my own thoughts, I shall, at least in part, speak theirs also, however faint ly and inadequately upon this vital I matter. I We are at peace with all the world. I No one who speaks counsel based on fact or drawn from a just and candid I inferpertation of realities can say I that there ls reason to fear that from I any quarter Our independence or the integrity of otr territory is threaten I adv Dread of the power of any other nation we are incapable of. We are I not jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. Wo mean to live our own lives as we will; but we mean also to let live. We are, indeed, a true friend to ali the nations of the world, because. we threaten none, covet the. possessions : Of I axone? "de? sire the overthrow of none. Our friendship can oe accepted and is ac cepted without reservation, because 11| ls offered in a spirit and for a pur I pose which no ono need cv?r qnos I tlon or suspect! Thorsin ?Jc-i; cor greatness. . We are the champions ol peace and of concord. And we should be very jealous of this distinction which we have sought to earn. Just uow we should be particularly jealous of 1*. because-it is our dearest pres ent hope that this character and rep utation may presently, In God's provi dence, bring us an opportunity such as has seldom been vouchsafed any nation, the opportunity to counsel ana obtain peace in the world and recon ciliation and a healing settlement ol many a matter that has cooled and interrupted the friendship of nations, This is the time above all othert when we should wish and resolve tc keep our strength by self-possession our influence by preserving our an cient principles of action. From the firer we have had a cleai and settled policy with . regard . tt military establishments. We nevei had, and while, we. retain pur pres; ent principles and Ideals wa- nev? shall have, a large standing army. . fi asked, Ar* you reddy't?'defend year selves? we-, reply. Most assuredly, tc the utmost;', and yet we shall not - turi America into a military camp. W< will not ask, our young .men to apone the best years ' ot their lives makin! soldiers of themselves. There ls an Other ?ort of energy in us. Tt wt! know, how to declare itself and ma ki Itself effective should occasion arise And e>wclaily when half the world ii on dre we s?mil be careful to mak< o.ur moral insurance against -thi spread of the conflagration very def I ni te and certain and adequate ia deed. Let ns remind ourselves,, therefore of the only thing we can do or wll do. We must depend In every time o national peril, in the future as in th< past, not upon a standing army, no: yet upon a reserve army, but -upon i citizenry trained and accustomed ti arme, lt will be right enough, rlgh American policy, based upon our sc oustomed principles and practicer, t< provide a system by* which every cit Isen Who will volunteer for the train lng ?ney bb made familiar with th use cf modem arms, the rudiments o drill ead maneuver, and the meinten dgc? ?ad sanitation of camp*- W should encourage such training an make lt a means ot discipline ?hld our young'men will learn .ti? vatua 1 ,1s. right that we should' pr?vide it nc only, but that We should maka lt a ?attractive aa possible, and so indue ?our young men to undergo lt at euc ?time? as they can command a ititi ?freedom and can ssek the physics.! di ?velopment they need for t> era health' sake. If Cor nothing more. ; Ever meena try which such things can h ?stimulated ls 'legitimate, and such ?method smacks of true A'nerlca ?Meas. It ls right, too, that the Nations Guard ?if th* elates should he develo; sd and strengthened hy every mean which ts not incousltent with uti obligations ta our own people or wit tho established policy of. our govert mont. And this, abm? not because ! ph ou ld "bc our constant poM ty to mako tlk?o -provisions for I our national pre* l)hd safety. "'.<.?.. f'Pfeor? than thia carries With? lt a re rdssal of the whole history and char acWr of Our polity. More than this, proposed at this time, permit mc to say, would mean merely that wa had lost our self-possession, that we had with which we have noting to du, boen, thrown off our balance by a war whbse caus?s can not t?uclv u\ whose' very existence affords -us opportun!; tics of friendship .and disinterested, service which should make us asham ed of any thought of hostility or fear ful preparatio mor trouble. This is assuredly the opportunity 'or which a people and a government like ours were raised up, the opportunity not pnly to speak but i ct uallv to embody and exemplify the counsel ct peace nnd amity r.nd -ho lasting concord which is based on justice and fair and generous dealing. A powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought never of aggression or of conquest But who shall tell us now what sort of navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as In the past; and there will be no thought of ~tOffense Or of provocation in that. Our 'ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the experts tell us just what kind ,we should construct-and then will* they be right for ten years together, if the relative, efficiency-of craft ot different kThdV abd us?e continu?s*to".-hange os we have seen it change under our very eyes in these last few months? But ? turn away from the subject. It in not new. There is no new need to ^feeuft* if. We iaa?V.sst 'alter: carl attitude toward It because serat, among us are nervous and excited. We shall, easily and sensibly' agree apon a policy of defense. The ques tion has not changed its aspects be cause the ltroes are not normal. Our j policy will not be for an occasion. It will be conceived as a permanent and i settled thing, which we will pursue at all seasons, without haste and after r- *-1.,-p-.1.. nnn.(.tant mlMi u lasutvu. trot iv***?* COBSSStSJX^ TTiVJI ?the peace .of the world,.tho abiding friendship of States, snd the unham pered freedom of all with whom we deal. Let there be no misconception. The country* has been , misinformed. We have not been negligent of nation al defense. We are^not unmindful of the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by i he leeson of every experience and-every new circumstance; and what ls need erf will- be 'adequately done: I close, as I began, by reminding MtnlJthe igaeat tasks and dutieg of peace.which challenge our best pow erstand, invite ns to build what will fast, the tasks to which wd can ad dress ourselves how and et all times with fr?e-hekrt?d zest ana with all the finest gifts pf, constructive -wisdom we possess? * To develdp our? life' and our resources; to supply our owe people, and the people of tho world aa their need avises, from the abundant plenty or our fields'and our marts et trade; to enrich the commerce of our own States and of the world with the pro ducts of our mines, afir farms, and our factories, with the creations ot our thought and the fruits of oar character.-this la What will hold our attention and our enthusiasm steadi ly, now end in the years to come, as we strive to show Ia our Ute as a na tion What liberty ead the inspiratiuas of sn emancipated spirit moy do for men and for societies, fer individ?ale, for States, and tor mankind. if you are hot read ing the classified ads. in this paper begin now. Make it a habit -lill pay you just when yo? most want it td. The want ads. come very near to the people. They reflect dbe inti fhate life of all of us. They form a directory of our personal and bus iness needs, ?s this not ?aSiiaeos All the Rage Now. iflY%p carry a nice line of tlj?hV in La Valieres, Stick pins, Jlings and Cuff But tons, etc., etc. Priced from $4 to $20. W. H. Lyon The Cash Jeweler. [IDEAL GROCERY CO. List ol Good Things To Eat i "Wfo havje received cur entire I Pall shipments of Preserves, Jel Pickles, (Condiments, Catsups, Dried rroits, Prunes, etc. Mince ; carats, Cranberries, Celery, Pota toes, Onions, Cabbage, Dates, Ap ples, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Crape Fruit. Layer Raisins (es> tragoed.)* All the InsrrsiBents li for Xmas Fruit Cake, have arrived, as? are fresh and j very nco* 4'Monsoon Jambo" just re<^v^ they are very 1 Salted Peanuts v. -Li ? W^iCoaW. '(Vife? eokee ha? beea HIM***' Ideal Grocery Phone 471 m****m*m**m>t*mmmmrmmmmmmum*?m Kaasetta's Proscription. Try a bottle of Nsn*etta'4 Pr*P ; ?ertoUon for tt&ssre blood? kidaett ; liver* and stoesaeb. It hes pleatjj g ed taundreds*e?d thousands, vrby shouldn't lt please yea.. Doctors ? sad drnjgis?a claim lt eau . sot bs Improved opon, for ?bat lt ls ;?' Leottuneadeti Sela and iruaranteed by all lead in* ttrnt stores* and tho Nsnset- * ta Medicine Company, ll* Coffee fnx, OffeeaVaie, & a Pone inc ii i rna H y mr niiin 11 i ?fl by a special process whic h makes it harmless to drinks ** told that this process eliminates Ute c?f.'?m.