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Rh gamblers of a few years ago are the drunkards and gamblers of today. Parents, for the sake of your daughters, suffer them not to associate with young men who frequent saloons and gambling places.

Another, on the same page:

"Some people have no thought or idea of economy. For in stance, they spend, say, $20 a year for bacon and lard, bought a little at a time, when they could have bought for $12 a 200-pound dressed hog and themselves made of it the same amount. A number of families in Dallas bought several hogs, made their own lard, and are now curing their own bacon."

Also this subjective little item:

"The laws against stealing were made for the protection of honest people. There are a few rogues in different parts of the country, and it is almost certain that before another winter comes some of them will be wearing striped clothes among the other convicts over at Salem."

This news editorial item:

"The city council have been petitioned to use their utmost to suppress gambling in Dallas, and it remains to be seen what action they may take. Is it possible that any member of the council will express himself as in sympathy with gambling or to let it alone? Both the state and the city laws forbid because of its continual bad influences and bad our city council will set their faces as one man results, and the saloons and elsewhere in Dallas, most of against can be suppressed. Will they do it?"

Mr. Wash on cigarettes:

"It is probable that congress will increase the tax on cigarettes from 50¢ to $1.50. It would be a blessing to young men if they could be legislated out of existence, for they are sapping the mental and physical energies of thousands."

Page 4 contained two columns of advertising and six columns of Page boiler plate. column of plate credited to the Department of Publicity and Promotion of the California Midwinter International Exposition was an advance blurb for the show, which opened January 1.

Glass & Prudhomme, predecessors of Wash, were two early members of the Portland typographical union who later became big printing firm in Portland. Wash conducted the paper until 1906. In that year Fiske repurchased the paper, continuing as sole owner until was consolidated with the Observer 1927. M. L. Boyd, together with E. Bloom for three years and individually for the remainder of Mr. Fiske's ownership, had the Itemizer under lease.