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TITfi S0 ANTON TRIBUNE-W.WDNKSDAV, DECEMBER 18, 1001.
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I.IVY s. UICllAim, KJIlor.
O. T. DYXtlue, HihIiwm Manager.
New Yuttt OMret ttO Kaatiu St.
S. S. VIIF.Kt.ANf,
Bole Actnl lor Irelj?ti AilvfftUlne.
t'ntcfed it the Po'tomcc at Scronlon, Pa.t
Socoml ClnM Mall Matter.
Whou spneo will permit, The
Tribune Is nhvnys glnd to print
short lottera from Its friends bear
ing on current topics, but Us rule Is
that these must bo signed) for pub
lication, by the writer's real name;
and the condition precedent to ac
ceptance 1b that nil contributions
shall be subject to editorial revision.
Tin: rt.AT kati: foh aovi:p.tisino.
The following lalile fhnwi tlio pi-Ire per Inch
mcIi Insertion, fpnee tn be mril witlilti one years
' llmi n(" Slillne on "' Full
..nrsPIjAV. P?P('r. Hendlnir Pcwlllon
l.r tli.Tn S00 "inches'" .2.1" .273 .SO
fi(K Inches ,. .20 .22 .!
5000 " tn .1J-, .10
B000 ' jM 17 . ,is-,
"XX) " 15 .lM .IS
from 2,011,83," acres tilanted! 27,7!(5,rS8
luishola of nuts from G89.H51 iipi-oh
(limited; fl.636,15." acres of barley from
tfll.OO!) acres planted! 20M2O bushels of
Max from 20,078 urn-en planted! C-'.-'Ol
btlphels of r.v from 2,707 acres planted!
and 10,319 bushels of pens from S7!)
aei-i'M planted. In tiddlttun. 24,42 ncres
Vleliled 4,7117,431 ImimIivIs of pnlntocs
itlld 10,211 nt'roM, 2,!2,",3f!2 hltslu'ls of
mlKcpllnnentis foots. Mote than it. mil
lion dollars' worth dairy anil poultry
products worn marketml, and the stock
owned ctttiltirlHed I I2,0S(I IwiwH, 2I13,IC8
t'ttltli', 22,0(10 slieoi) and fll.tiso pls.
Anytime Manitoba wants tn mine Into
Ihi' Auterli'itn union ami can Kid loose
front the remainder of itanndn, she litis
only to say the word.
lor rant of thanK resolution ot coti'lolenre
ml rlmllir contrlliutioni In the imttire of d
vertllnff The Tribune makes a charge of 5 ccntl
line.
RftM for Classified Advertising furnished on
ppllmtlnn.
TWELVE PAGES.
SCUANTOX. DKOKMllKU IS. 1001.
The linuv.tt it n lialelul tiling, 'I hi- men who
n-e it do not set II up ii- ,i liijjli lum.'il aj,nn;
'llicj- ju-tify It oiilv fill the RloinuU mi uhlrli the
Jnnin.il wlilr.li is lion- I he mu.in ,,t the iilli.i!ii e
iiMlticd the use of nn.iiey in polliint n ' v';s
iiro, lz: that "in win- II in liuiuiii M.tlurr. to ise
1lie i-ejpoiM at ,-.m li.ilnl (or :tll the, m
woilli." Times.
U'e supposo tbls Is an allusion to The
Tribune. The Tribune, however, is not
the organ of Iliy alliance, thotiRh in
yyinpathy with its declared purpose to
put down lawlessness. The Tribune
never justified the Improper use of
money in politics. That is Impossible,
tt can Ijo explained. Jt cannot be jus
tified. Hence our contemporary is
liarkintr up the wrniiK tree.
o
The City Campaign.
T1IK PIXIXO of the dale of
the liepublicnn city pri
mary elections for three
weeks from next Monday is
n reminder of the fact that next
spriim's municipal cnmpaln will soon
he nL hand. It should admonish the
voters to look about them for ood
men to 1111 the ofllees involved. While
on the Keneral city ticket a controlL-i-is
the only place tn be tilled, in many
nf our wards councilineii and school
controllers as well as minor ward olli
iers are to he elected and it is very
important that in each instance care
should he taken to nominate and elect
none lint capable and trustworthy
men.
II is well known to citizens who keep
themselves infonned as to municipal
si (fairs thai during the next year or
two. while the problems nrislni,' from
the city's transfer from the third to
the second class arc being worked out
and the details of Kovernmeat adjust
ed to correspond with the new re
quirements of the law, it will he more
than ordinarily necessary that honest
and competent men should sit in the
i-ontroller's olllce and in councils. This
Is always desirable, but under these
exceptional conditions it is imperative
if our city is to benefit by the change
and nunc forward. The election of
school controllers does not involve so
Intimately these special considerations
but. it. also, is of the lirst importance.
Party lines, though less rigid than in
other elections, are bound to appear
and therefore we. hope that Kepubli
nns and Democrats will both put for
ward superior men. Let us all try to
lift the average of oar councils and
school hoard, remembering that we
can always have the kind of govern
ment that our votes show we want.
The theater ticket speculator, with
everyone against him, seems to pros
per. 'Whili! ticket-speculating is n
nuisance, there appears no reason why
the man who corners tickets lias not
as much right to pursue his favorite
calling ns the individual who buys
produce and bread stuffs and walls for
n chance to squeeze the consumer.
Charles Emory Smith.
Till-: UKTIKICMKNT from the
cabinet of Post muster t!en
eriil Smith Is a distinct loss
to the public service. Mr.
Smith has miulij one of the very best
directors of the postal service that we
have had. The reforms which he hus
Instituted in second class mall and the
progress he lias accomplished in the
extension of rural free delivery are
siilllcient to make his administration
honorably memorable for all time,
These forward steps will never be re
traced, .
It husj, Worn .Known tu his friends for
some tfmq.that'Mr. Smith desired to he
relieved from the burdens of olllclal
life and, had.the tragedy at Uuffalo not
occurred It is probable that he would
soonef have tv'sumed the interrupted
inannjelnent of his personal business
itfallH. ,That tragedy. With the new
president's call upon the patriotism of
the MoKlnley cabinet, deferred his re
tlremerit until opportunity canie to
ninkalit .without, embarrassment to im)
goye't'binent, fie retires with the
warnu'bl good ,wlll of both President
nobse'vell uijd each cabinet colleague,
no.'futircstjhleily for the reason that
lis private' resources are Insutllclent to
.fWrfll" thq" expenditures which custom
" mil the natural wish to fulfill all the
ilillgatlons of olllclal position Impose
'ar In excess of tiiu naulest copipeusa--.Ipii
allotted by lin, Happily what the
..'Natiiu'y' loses by this net'essdty journal
sin wll regain.
Ills successor, Mr, Payne, is a gentle
char-
personal means
v ,'tiun of demonstrated ability and char
'leferj! 4vhl tilSo has personal means
i
Pjuil;li ,wlll malic a success of the
aistiaaVtor generalship is assured from
he fact that ho has succeeded lit all
prior undertakings. Ha will have thu
Country's best wishes for a prosperous
:enure of an increasingly dllllcult olllco
ind the lino advantage of the (Irst class
Ituudurds already established.
. III. the yew Just closing, Munltoba
ie'deu 50,102,033 buBheit) of wheat
A Limit Defined.
.S'H UP the speeches made at
the meeting In New York of
the Industrial department of
the National t'lvlc Federation,
which Is trying to bring worklngmen
and employers to a more peaceful hauls
of mutual understanding and co-operation,
was by t'hurles M. Schwab, presi
dent of the Pulled States Steel Cor
poration, the largest employer of labor
In the world, it Is thus reported:
t ;tt i pri-Miil with Hie hle.i tn hear f.iltly Jtul
to ,irt filtly. Niiw 1 vhil! t.ic,iU .Mill mill.!
(rniikhe..i. I am vpp'iM tn (,ii.muIm1 I.iIhm in
the M.ij ll l ho'V (iir.-.iiii!eil. One i,i the c.ni.i4
nt Die ile'llue nf onn of our neiii'etltliiiH in
r.tmK U htiaue uf the ileminit' ef r.rs.uib.el
l.ilior. I ll., not -iiean t'i s.iy that emiiloven
have not nrleil .trtiitinrily .inil r.ulleall.v. Tlry
h.ie. I.aliui- oii:aiil,illoiK have alw niteit nr
hltiarily ami lailh.illy. N'o labor- ri;.uili,.atlii:i
cm suecei'il that itiili'ttiil.ei to reiluee (he out-
lit of labui- any imne Ihaji any liut rati mii--iei'il
that uiiileit ikej to eiutall th- i.ulpu! of
ilK in. niill'.u tin e. Nelllier tit the-e 'in siict-vil.
IIety labor oranlitioti 1 have eoine In eon
l.nt with h.14 hail for Its fiiml.inioni il pilm-hilc
I lie u-.triithui of r nl put. ThK Is tint" of the
iiu-e-t of the ileelliif of inaiiuf.ieltulii In i'.-iu-laml.
I am nppoetl In l.-ilior tilcr.iniz'illous lie
e.uie all I have eutne in omUi-l with -tie b.HO'l
on thai principle M.itnif.H-tineH flic not ',n
po'.eil li labor organization,; pa re. They ni-e
oppoM-il to no nranii-itlon Hull ntiMes by IU
eoiitrjetji antl tloei not atteinit to te.-trief tin-
output. The inlerett til lubui- ,-iml tailtal .lie
iiiid muvL etei- be it'ciitk.il. They inuit l ni'l
tusrtlicr.
Not all labor orgalilnutlons break con
tracts or hamper the individual efllcl
ency of tlielr members. Tlie Hrother
hood of Locomotive 1-mglneers is a con
spicuous example of those which ' do
neither. So Is the Typographical union
as managed in many places. Yet it is
undoubtedly and unfortunately true
that in the main the facts are as Mr.
Schwab states them. And they repre
sent a condition which will have to bo
modified and improved before the great
employing interests of the land will feel
safe to enter into stated agreements
with organizations of labor whose rec
ords in these particulars are cloudy.
It will in our judgment come to puss
that labor unions will have to incor
porate and accept the same legal re
sponsibility and accountability as in
vestment unions before there will be a
durable basis of harmony between the
two. If an incorporation of investors
should enter into a conspiracy to Injure
the business of another incorpora'ted
enterprise like that which was entered
Into In this city by the American Fed
eration of t,abor in its boycott of the
National Cash Register company, of
Dayton, O., there would he immediate
legal redress and n tangible body upon
which to fix the responsibility. This is
only fair. Power and responsibility
should travel together.
Arbitrary use of power for unjust and
unlawful ends is equally hostile to the
genius of American institutions and to
the liberties guaranteed under those in
stitutions, whether it be exercised by
Incorporated bodies of investors or by
incorporated or unincorporated bodies
of worklngmen. In law there is no dif
ference, save that the incorporated body
can more readily lie reached and -punished
than the body which is not in
corporated, which is elusive and in
tangible. Kvery word uttered by labor
leaders ugalnst the abuses of trusts, by
which term they always have In mind
large combinations of invested enter
prise, upplles 'with equal pertinency to
the abuses that arise from a misuse of
power by great combinations of work
ingmon. Uficnuso our people sympathize
lunro deeply with the men who have to
earn their living by physical toil than
with those men who have money to In
vest In enterprises furnishing employ
ment to wage-earners, more has been
tolerated from labor union abuses and
excesses than from the abuses and ex
cesses of capital, so-called; and more
will bo tolerated.
Put there is a limit to tolerance In
both cases, and that limit Is readied
when peaceful Industry is turned into
anarchy and the great mass or patient
people are robbed of their fundamental
rights. Capital must see this. Labor
must see It. Kach and both must gov
ern their conduct accordingly.
runs that Hie motive power would be
changed lit tin' dersey entrance for
electricity carried by means of a third
tall, and that the only ventilation
needed would he the changing tif ihu
air caused bv Nature's lllllug the
vacuum nindi! as each train passes
through, many uotild have inquired If
lie had been drinking,
Finally, If h. bud predicted thai sur
face values of land would become o
great in the heart of New Vork city
that to provide adequate station fa
cilities for the accommodation of the
traveling public, this railroad system
would have to dig out a place half a
hundred I'cel below the silrfiice equiva
lent In urea to four and a half city
blocks and having n total platform
Irnglh of two miles, with fucllltles
such that carriages might drive down
and up from It an they would to a
surface station, ulso with stairways
and elevator service ample for thotis
anils at one time, he might easily have
been" deemed mm compos mentis and
been sent to Ulootnlllgilale or Hellevtle.
Yet that Is v, hat the Pennsylvania
ISallroiid company now proposes In all
seriousness and for which It Is willing
to expend $."i0,i)')ii)i)0. These be frf-nt
times.
Now that Marconi, the wireless tele
grapher, has succeeded In communicat
ing between SI. Johns, N. P.. and the
Cornwall coast of Kngland, 1,700 miles,
without ship or cable, another gr?at
gap In scientific achievement Is bridged
and speculation entitled to guess
again.
I
The Militia.
X VI KW of (ho fact that both the
secretary of war and the presi
dent, who no more than voiced a
widely recognized need, have
earnestly called the attention of eon
gross to the inadequacy of the laws
concerning the militia and have rec
ommended that the reserve volunteer
military slreiiglh of the country be put
in better readiness than II now is lo
respond promptly and effectively lo ex
ecutive call in national emergency, the
Koehester Democrat and Chronicle sug
gests a law, the mala features of which
might be as follows:
First, a provision, copied from the
militia laws of 17!-. reiterating the
"mllltiu" principle, the principle of
compulsory military service, by de
claring (hat all able-bodied male citi
zens of the Pnlted States within cer
tain spcellied age limits ore members
of the national militia, subject to mili
tary duty at the call of the president.
Second, a provision for a national
bureau or olllclal lo have charge of the
enrollment anil uf such organization
as may be deemed expedient of this
militia. Third
UUard, this illtilculty will remain ttn
un'ectcd, The national government will
still bo unable to command the itcrvlce
or the National tUnird." It further
suy.J; "SUch a plan us Is here proposed
should not uningonlzi' the members and
friends or Ihe Nallonnl Cluard, whoso
loyalty to that body Is the great stum
bling block In the way of tiny proper
and useful reorganlHiilloii of the mllllla.
Par each stoic will naturally turn for
Its quota llrsl to Its organized tullltln,"
We arc mil prepared without further
consideration to endorse this proposi
tion. It Is reproduced rather as a start
ing point for valuable and timely dis
cussion. Hut we call endorse without
hesitancy (liese words of our contem
porary: "In Ihe Pnlted Slates the ob
ligation in military service is us ft
must he In every Tree siutc dial would
remain free, a common, ordinary, es
senllal ohlluatlon of citizenship, like
the obligation to do jury duty or to pay
tuxes; and, under the constitution and
the laws, no able-bodied male citizen
of military aue, not specially exempted
by statute from military service, has
any light, moral or legal, lo decide for
hlna-elf whether or not he will seive
Ids country as a soldier when his coun
try needs soldierly service." One of the
most ominous antl, la our Judgment,
unwise and uncalled rot- developments
of our day Is the upgrowth among cer
tain of our people of a sentiment of
suspicion for and .-nillen antagonism
against militia service.
II Is now In order for the astrologers
and weather prophets about the coun
try to reprint (he paragraphs hi their
general prcdictlona (hat will cover the
recent season of moisture,
NOT GUILTY, BUT PAY COSTS.
I'lDiu I hambeisburg l'ublle Opinion.
VI'1 liiijmiul ho.ir people ..i, thoy tan ,., i.o
lea-iii in tin, .IW nnl .,,4 ,, ju,v t0 , .,
'i'1 "' not KUllt. niul at Ihe sum- time enl-r
the tl'ft-inljnt to piy the ,ts of the pnwiti
lion, or a pari of them. The lea-en i, not altu
Kether .ipiuienl tn t,...' !,,, ,1.-, ,,, ,.. i.
uieliil thought, niul yet Ihe lea-on U a rfi,iJ
one ami il,,. ,nv init f.ilut.iii-.
Tin- iJii-es uhiiii fini.pl Julie to leniln w
IIUs U' nut sillily lire lamms, but thoy nuj
be Miimm-il up tinilei tvu, he.nU; first, buu
Ihe lletriiil.inl hail llotliinir ululrlei to ill, with
Ihe crime all(K,.i ns.tin-l him; .-oci.iul. beo.-iux'
the ail pnm-n In hao been iomm!it..il b -he
tlefentlaiit dec, nut eon-tituti die aim,, alh.-.jj.
In the tlii-i of tlice im, ihe jiui r.mtiot rightly
put any eo-t, on the ilefei.tljnN, hut In the
M'tniiil il imii ami .-,., iiM it the f.it-u junily It.
-Mippu-e a i.ian ,- liumii with un'iK a.i
(JUltut mill I ... it , :i niioiln-r, ami th- evulenee eon-lutr-
the jmy ili-it lie ilhl not ilo the aot t
.ill, but lint if then- was an a,.,iu!t at .ill it
J.s mitleil by vhiki,iil intiiol.i illtR-rout. Jn
thai ia-e the lieiViuliiit is not iruiltv of any
ulfeir-o, and lon-emieiitb. lioulil not pay any
ioK TliU cuiie, i,i,,,.r the Hit., u! tin-' iihtn't'
iieaiN. anil bi siii-Ii .: ..,.1. ,1... ....m.l...i .......
I of .in puiiUhtmiit.
i Hut suiii(isc the alleuul j.jiiIi mm,. to
Christmas Gifts Me Children
THE TRIBUNE'S
n.ne ui't'ii ail I in ll"llt hetUeell 1 I. l.i.Ke. ill.,,-
i provision that the or- jwI the ilcfjiul.int, lit hi,h hoth eie finally
I-'ormer Speaker Thomas ll. Heed's
opinion of the Sampson-Schley contro
versy may not be popular, but t r.
terse. He says: "I can't work up
much Interest In a contllct between
these two heroes. As near as 1 can
anfilyiie It. one of the heroes was not
In the tight at all, and the oilier was
trying Ids d est to get out of t," His
tory Is pretty tortnin to give the bulk
of the honors to the men as a whole.
Great Times, Indeed.
A'
(1F.NKUATION ago. if any
man hud said Unit a time
would come when, 4n feet
below the bed of the Hud
son or North river, almost midway
in the 100-fuoi depth of deposited mud
which separates the bottom of the
(lowing water from the tlrst under
lying stratum of solid rock, as well as
in tunnels built straight through Man
hattan Island uO to CO feet underneath
Hie crowded surface, and theuco 'M
feet below the lied of tlie Kusl river,
through solid rock, to Long Island, a
great railway system would plan to
run its passenger trains, thus in.
aiding the traveler to ride In comfort
without change of curs from San Fran
cisco, on the wot, to Montnuk Point,
oil the east, he would have been
laughed nt.
If he hud also said thut down through
this silt below the bed of (ha great
river dividing New Vork city from the
Jersey shore, steel pillars would ha
driven to rock bottom, to support the
steel tubes of 1S. feet diameter,
through which the trains are to be
gani;:rd militia of the United Slates
shall consist of a force of say 200,000
men, of which each state shall furnish
and maintain its quota proportionate
to Its congressional representation, to
lv enlisted into the service of the
I'nlted States for a specilled term of
years, to be constantly maintained in
n state of readiness for active service
and constantly .subject to th" call of the
president, to execute the laws of the
t'nlon, suppress insurrection and repel
invasion anywhere within the bound
aries of the Union, its territories and
its colonial possessions. Fourth, min
ute and particular piovision for organ
izing, arming, and training this militia
in exact accordance with the organi
zation, arming and training of the reg
ular army of the United States. Fifth.
n provision for tlie appointment by
each state of the olllcers for Its quota
and the commissioning these olllcers by
the president. Sixth, a provision for
the appointment and commissioning of
other olllcers of the organized national
militia by the president, with the ad
vice and consent of congress, Seventh,
a provision for the payment of all tlie
expense of organizing, arming, equipp
ing, training and maintaining this
force out of the national treasury.
ICIghtli, providing for tte employ
ment of each slate of Its quota of Un
organized national militia on state
service, at such times as it is not ac
tively employed in the service of the
United States, and for the payment
by the state into the national treasury
of an adequate monetary compensation
for such service lo be calculated at a
fixed rate per man for each day of
service.
Uur Uoi-hcsti-r contemporary adds:
"The real trouble with tlie existing
system Is that the National flu.ird Is
solely a volunteer state force which
cannot, by any existing means, be con
verted, as an organization, into a na
tional force, if the services of thr
trained soldiers who compare it are de
sired by the national government they
must be asked to volunteer and they
are as free to decline to volunteer as
any citizen who is not a soldier of the
National (iuard, No manor how much
money the national government may
appropriate for the maintenance of the
National fltmrd nor how closely it may
supervise tlie organization, iquipmenl.
discipline and training of the National
-".I..,, .no uiieiiiiiit is nut mum of an i.s-
.-aull ami battel y, ami .w I be ,hi-ri-t some.
I punishment fr 1, nf , tuidm t. In siuh casi-i tht
jmy usually nis in,. ii,t,uil.mt is no!. RUiltv,
.mil iliiii'e., th,. mi-is hrtueen him ami the
pio-eeulor. n-m-mI i.is,s ,.f this- klml oouirriil
List week, and tlie jnii v.as pmUilily iiKht in
eveij in-l nice.
ll often lupp, i,s ih.,( the ai( u.wl U t.-ih-iiitully
not aiiilty. ami ,. ihe moveutimi is
I ihie tn his li.nl n,:i hii I. ami the p.'osciub-r is
! jiistilleil in biindus (lie a-e iuii. curt. In
I heal' races (he i o.-ts u-.ii ill.i ico while they i .
lung, li the ilrfeiiil.int. eien fhoimh he U "fuiiu.l
not k'nill). We ie;ie.il, it i ,, nu.,t silut.iry
law, am! thoe who ihiry it .liinply ,!,. not
uiiui-rct.in.il it.
JUNIOR
EDUCATIONAL
CONTEST
i
& Connell's
Hill
Holiday
Fur
future
There can be no more
appropriate gift than one
of the following lin s, all
of which are marked in
plain figures:
ttriiinu' Pi'sk,
Ptesilre.- Tal'les.
Taney Tables,
Cliei.d in.isn-,
ClI'lAf CaliiiieN,
Miidc Cabinet!.
I'urfn ( abinet-,
llnok (.'.ice-,
tVi et ns,
.Mollis ( hairs.
I.ounj-cs.
Wink, Table.-.,
I'.isy Chairs,
Hill Cliaiic,
Inl.ihl t hail.-,
Hocl.cs,
MlivIiii; .-st.llu'.i,
l',-ile-t.ll,
.l.inlliiiprcj,
Low prices and large
assortment to select from,
of well made and desir
able patterns.
Mil! k Comiell
121 N, Washington Ave.
Gold and Silver Watches,
Sleds, Skates, Games, Etc.
To be given to the Boys and Gills ot Northeastern Pcnnsylv.i
nia who succeed in making the largest number of words out of
the letters in
SCRA"N-T-0N T-R-l-B-U-N-E.
NERE IS THE LIST OF GIETS.
Set of Boxing Gloves.
Rugby Foot-Brill.
Brush and Comb Set.
Bagatelle Board.
.Magic Lantern.
Dominoes (with double nine).
Progressive Words.
Pillow Dex.
Swing'-a-Bing.
2 GIFTS I.M ll
Estimate the
Number of Words
Gold Watch.
4 Silver Watches.
Writing- Desk.
3 Sleds.
2 Knives.
Combination Game Board.
2 Pah- Skates.
Checker Board and Checkers
Hop Scotch.
Nusnei-ica.
RULES OF THE CONTEST.
Prizes will be, given to the hoy or lil, under HI years of asc. liliiltl
Itifr the ltirseHl number of wottls out of the letters contained In "s-'cran-loa
Tribune."
Xo letters must bo used any mole times than they appear In these
two words. As an instiince. a word with inure than one "K" would
not bo admitted, hut a word miRht contain two "It's" or three "N's."
Plurals formed by adding "s" or "es" not nllowed.
Only words found in the ir.iiiu portion of "Webster's International
Dictionary" (edition of JV.iS) will be allowed. Any Plctiouurv can ho
used, but ia judKinr. the contest The Tribune will debar all words not
found in Webster's.
Proper names, or any other words appenriiiK in the "Appendix"
will not be allowed. This applies only to proper nouns or names in
the Appendix those defined in the main portion of the book will be
admitted.
Obsolete words are admitted if they arc dellnetl In the dictionary.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Write very plainly; if possible, use ti typewriter.
Plaee tlie words in alphabetical order, numbered in rotation.
Write your name and address, use and total number of words at
the top of your list.
Fold ihe list do not roll.
Contest closes Saturday, December il, at ti p. in.
How many words do you think
there are in the letters in ''Sci-anton
! TribuneP"
To put it another way. How many
words do you estimate the winner of
Tlio Tribune's "Junior Educational
Contest" will havoP
This is just a little "Estimating
Contest" in connection with The Tri-
U bune's "Junior Educational Contest,"
j in which every reader of The Tri
bune is invited to participate.
Ten Dollars
For the Best Estimates.
S-J5.00 will bo given for the first cor
rect, or nearest correct, esti
mate. 2.00 for the next nearest.
1.00 for tlie next nearest.
00 cents each for the next two
nearest.
25 cents each for the next four
nearest.
Record your estimate on the blank
below and mail it to "Contest Editor.
a Sci-anton Tribune, Sci-anton, Pa.," or
tlie envelope may be handed in at
The Tribune omce. You may send
in ns many estimates as you have
blanks.
( IT TINS Ot'T.l
All letters ot Inquiry for additional information will be piomptly
answered. Addresn your lifet of words, or any tiuesticm jott wish
answered, to
CONTEST EDITOR,
Scranfon Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
Contest Editor,
Scranton Tribune.
I estimate that the winner of the
first prize in The Tribune's "Junior
Educational Contest" will have'
words.
Name
Address
Employes of The Tribune Are Debarred from Entering These Contests.
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Capital, $200,000 Surplus, . $550,000
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h)i-eliitatlaiillon kIvo-i to all a 'i-Jtiati wli?thur larjior Mil-ill
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Iiilorest ctiiapoa idi-il .laiiiriry i-tt mitl July 1st.
WILLIAM CONNELL, Prosidont.
HENRY BLMN, JR., Vino Prosidont.
WILLIAM H. PECK, Ciishbr,
DIRECTORS.
William Conuell, James Archbald,
Kenry Belin, Jr., Luthor Kollor,
Goo, H, Catlin, J, Bonj, Dimmick,
Thonma II. Watkina. Jamoo L Connoll.
W. D. Zehndcr.
Our Stores are filled from heel lo
toe with common-sense Christmas
Gifts, from 25c to $5.00.
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