A Big Shipment
Dresses, Skirts,
Smocks, Middies and
Neckwear
If further prestige could be given the Georgette Crepe
dress, with and without the Taffeta combinations, these new
arrivals would confer it, for they retain only the best of the
style tendencies that summer has inaugurated.
There’s a beautiful assortment of All-Taffeta, some hand
somely embroidered in self color or the new contrasting shades.
A fine lot of Wool Jersey, Serges, Tricotines and Twills
to select from.
Skirts of good style, made of Fancy Plaids and plain Tweed
> materials, others of tub qualities, of fancy striped Gaberdines
and fine wale corduroy, gathered back styles, with wide belts,
trimmed with large pearl buttons.
Beautiful Middies and Smocks, some all white, others be
comingly trimmed with bright colors.
A wonderful assortment of new neckwear in Georgette
Crepe, fine Organdies and Silks, reasonably priced.
The Cordova
Style Shop
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up AL
One-Fourth Off!
ON ALL
Ladies’ Dresses
and Coats
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FOR ONE
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EMPLOYES OF
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WASHINGTON. July 29 The first |
provision ever made by the govern- g
merit for pensioning civilian employes 1|
is contained in the annual lighthouse
hill recently approved by President
Wilson
A retirement system is Instituted,
permitting optional retirement at 65j
years for those having thirty years’
active service, and making retirement
compulsory at To years. Pensions will
he computed on one fortieth of the av
erage annual pay during the last five
years of service, multiplied by the
number of years spent in the light
house service or some other branch
of the government which has a retire
ment system In any case the pay
is to he not more than thirty fortieths ||
of the annual average. .
Despite several qualifying clauses. 1
the hill is regarded hv government em g
ployes and officials advocating a gen j|
eral civilian retirement system as a
marked step forward. Only employes H
in the field service and on vessels g
come under the law. those continu- j
ously employed in district offices and g
shops being excluded. The provision B
that service only in branches of the §|
government having retirement ays-, |T
terns mav he counted in qualifying for %
1
a pension imposes strict limitation on e
the transfer of veteran workers from p
civilian departments to the lighthouse
service, while permitting soldiers, sail ®
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ors, marines ami employes of the coast
guard, all of whom have benefit of the:
military retirement systems, to enter
the service without prejudice to thelr|
record
In keeping with the generally ad
vancing trend of wages, the limit for
the average pay of light keepers was
increased by the bill to $H40 from
$fiOO, at which it was tlxed more -than j
half a century ago. Superintendents]
of districts were advanced from $_’.40u
lo $:;,noo
METHODS OF SINN FEIN
! IN RAIDING FOR ARMS
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X: Dl’Hl,IN. June i by inaiD Hauls
X- tor arms continue in Ireland, and
:X some are re|iorted daily. As a rule
V: the Sinn Keiners meet with no resist
$■ I unce in commandeering whatever
■$ v capons are discoverable in a raided
house Hut occasionally tlit* owners
:X light and the raiders suffer An at
tack was made recently by six armed
:X men with lilackened faces on a wont
X: all's house at Kerliane. A retired
army officer living in the house cap
X: tured two of Hie raiders and .drove
:X;the others away The prisoners were!
X: i committed for trial to the assizes.
:X in a case near Tulsk. in Hoscom-1
:X nion, a party of men with blackened
X: faces raided a farmer's house in
:X search ol arms They demanded his j
X: j gun and. w hen he refused, dragged1
:X liim out and inuidltul him roughly. He
X: i escaped into the house and, finding j
X his gun. turned it against his assail
:X ants, who tied.
X: The weapons seized liy the Sinn
:X , Keiners are in many instances seized j
j:-: | by the police in counter-raids. The
other day several shotguns and am
X:! munition w ere found in Tipperary. In j
X: : one house during the seizure the police _
:X came upon a hoard of C150 in silver,
I which they took away g
llLEPHONE COMPANIES •
DO USEFUL WAR WORK
j:j: WASHINGTON. July L'9.--lowa was
the first state to respond to Secretary
•£ of Labor Wilson's request to rural
telephone companies to co-operate with
the federal employment service in re
cruiting farm labor. Forty-eight com
panies in that state have signified
.. their willingness to co-operate.
:X These companies have placed the!
employment service in communication1
with 19,449 farmers, who w ill he called
:X up by a central operator at least once
u week and Iheir needs ascertained. ]
V.
:£ Farmers will give the nature of the!
;ij: work and the wages offered, and this
:-i; information will he forwarded to the
X: nearest employment office.
Telephone companies in twelve
;X: states have been asked to co-operate. ®
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j:-: George M Hoot, surveyor for the “
X forestry service, was In town on gov
;X ernment business, and w ill go on to
X: j the westward, where he will survey!
:X! homestead claims.
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% you send your work to % lUI GNU
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Modern Laundry g
F. A. Jones, Proprietor
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First Avenue Below Alaskan Hotel j
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Take a Victrola
on your camping trip
A Victrola is lootcrd upon as a regular part of
a camping outfit nowadays.
It is always sure of a rousing welcome.
Its delightful music is one of the real joys of
camp life.
Whether you are pc * < campinp or not, come in and pet acquainted
with the V.ictrola. We’ . j idly play an\ music you wish to hear.
Victrolas $15 to $L60. Victors $10 to $100. Terms to suit your
convenience. » * * ^ t
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Northern Drug Co.
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New Patterns in\Stoek
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Carter & Bogart
Fine Job Printing At The Times Office