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THE I IE LD LEADER FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1926. EIGHTEEN IIRS. S. S. TODD IS i INSTANTLY KILLED I IN CROSSING WRECK Accident Occurred at Sey mour S.

Todd Is in Local Hospital Mrs. S. 8. Toil, about it years erM. was.

Instantly killed and lier jttbanfl waa seriously Injured at t.lo o'clock last hlRlit at the south railroad crossing1 In Seymour. hra the car In whk Ihey were idln struck by Frisco frelahi train eatra. No. 4136. aouth.

accord Inn to a re port received at the. local general offlcea. According to Frisco reports, the Todd iautomoblle was going and the drer hud claar view of the trarki (or some distance, The automobile was carried for aome distance by the train. Mr a. Todd an dead whenifound fcy nimberr the train crew, Mr.

Todd ti found in me rear aeat the arecked automobile In a eerl ue condition. waa lake to tha Frlaco ward the Ht. Join's hospital. Follow ljrfc an examination It waa atated that Mr, Todd Had auatalned a fractured left lea: tot ween the knee and the and aavere body con luslons. Although hla condition waa crifTcal today, the man haa ehanca for recovery, attending nny elciana stated.

lr. and Mre. Todd had atarted toward their home" from Seymour when the accident occurred. Kn Klneer iBrown of tile Frisco frelxht train stated he sounded the usual crossing signal and that he thoughl the car stalled on the track. Mr.

Todd waa nut In a condition ti.niake a statement today. Mrs. Todd'a body waa removed to a morgue at Seymour. The family home Is located south Seymour. The Krjsco reports did not state Who was driving the car.

Mr. and His. Todd were alone in the ma chine at the time of the accident. DETOUR ABANDONED ON HldHWAY NO. 3 The detours round the last of the concreting on slain highway No.

a. outh of the James river bridge near Galloway, was ahondoned today and the main road thrown. open lo traffic ttciirdiii.i li le 'v. ri'vMonal hlKhwnv englneel The final section of concrete Hau on to.h the road was laid abiui Ih bko and now uurdened and ready, for use. The opening of three mllrs of re rent paving on No.

west of ihe city Is also announced. This jaw! on No. ot. the Niary corner which Is sis miles west of the city, and eatends In the IrHpaddf turner. West of thai point N.o.

Is still wing detoured for the reason that further work Is In progress there, the detours nalnir Nos. i nnq 3s Into' Carthage and Joplln. Work in 14 la In pro gresa 111 different Usees in Oreene 'and I.sarence oouniy, ana the deioars will urea ror eeverai months. Ii Is. expected that 14 will be concreted fiom Bprliiaflelrt to JupHn before the ine of Work is in progress on the Mrlna.fllil Kogeravill highany No.

In cutting down a hiu Just ast. of the sopuration of that high, way and No. of river, and the detour nvar So. 3 for ono mile south of the then east over the Mentor rosd twii miles, then north one mile and tack to Nn. 4.

Thara Is nulte steep hill on IS Just east of the intersection with No. 3. and it Is this hilt that Is being worked down. DECREASE SHOWN IN PR0D1JCT'0M OF MEAT WASHINGTON. Jan.

l.V(A. This country produced, consumed and exported less meat In than In the preceding yenr, said a review of the Industry made public todsy by the lnstltuteof American Meat lJackeral The atatemen't that production of meat and lard during the past year would total Jo.onO.OOO.Ooo pounds, with exports approximating 1.500.00(1,000 pounds. the latter worm anout Tackers' profits In 4S5, the atate menl said, were "very moderate," whlre farmers were paid approximately more for livestock than they were In 1S2. The Institute believed tha domestic trade outlook for the new year was fsvorahle tinlesa hog receipts next eummer and fall are too large, poa albly forcing down prices. BICO VKillTS ASIKasF.T.

VAN HI REN. 1 The Frisco railway Tuesday filed ault In federal court asking for 41 temporary restraining order to anjoln the city of 'an Hure Its mayor. W. B. Cunningham, and Its city attorney, C.

Wofford. from collecting a privilege tax and penalty for non payment of the tax from plaintiff company. The railway claims It Is' exempt from tho 1180 yenrly privilege, lax liecauso It la engaged in tnteratate commerce. It la charged the city tas tried 10 collect the lax. and a rnmij 01 wu uauy lor non pay Inent.

Little Joe Pimishcd fi cra I (ctAATER by i. WASHJNGTON.HJgl. on a fron ter hill, a century iiyo. A thin spiral of flmAk sent It nieig to a ban of red painted ftat itges crouched In1 west. Around the edifi of thi lowly, laboriously, ram nn eml (rrant train, four, or' flvt crudely; Un value hns heen out a.l fashioned howla of unKon, drawn ran ounce Th.

arifntlatu were Prof. 1 by sweating oxen. A few swift nrrow uhiMed through th air. The strusrKl" ne i a I a In hi hn 1 1 I or Tiad fomjutred jnah. the Invadt r.

again. Hut man's niovd iwrter than the swiftest and stralphtest of the feathered darts of death of the Indians. The yeorn panned and the invader deffjted the. native. St.ind Inn today In lhV where! that migratory rroln met lt look In bacK o'er the eiitury Uo tweerL the man of tndiiy rule a mafltfVnf all h.

surveys. Ho has be'nt SaKire to his hiddlnir. Kspeia11y during the quarter century coming to a close with has man. the 'invader, beaten down the element Inventions that would send man, the native, screnm Ina to 11 til. The Inventions of the past 15 yearn, and their practical development, overshadow all the Inventions of the entir race for hun dreds of years previously.

ttefore the dawp of the twentieth century the knife of medical scl ence. efficient though It win. went In, with only a peneraijJfnowledffe of man's ailment, ltit now Its path is defined. The ray was dta 'overed by WllliarA K. Roentgen In lf5.

Tn a Tarts lnboratory, In two CITY COUNCIL GIVEN REPORT ON 1925 FIRES tt'ontlnaed fr Page One) ings being 197.T69.53. and to the con tenta total losses on buildings and contents In which the tires original ed Ollrect losses) are estimated at Tha total losses on buiullngs and contents in which the firs' did, not originate (exposure loss) are estimated at tr.S3S.0s. Five hundred and received over' automatic alarm, or "50" phone, during the past year, whifo 67 were box alarms, 41 were received over the lelephune and 1 were reported la person. Klrrmen at the central station made 45 Vuhile the chemical crew of the central station made 4 He runa during the pnst year. Station No.

2 made 127 runs, relation No. made 171 and Station No. A made 113. The fire loss for December. totaled In this city, according to Hecretary A.

P. Emerson. 'The total value of property Involved In flrea durfm December waa 44S.00. Blxly elght flro alarms, or an average of more than twn each day, were reoelved during tha month of December. Four alarms were received over boxes, five by telephone and 59 by automatic.

Beven flrea occurred In brick buildings. 47 In frame buildings and 14 in other than buildings. Two false alarms were reported during the month, while five fires w'erc reported outside the city limits. Two hundred and thirty three, gallons of chemlcala wera used during th past month, while 3.000 feet of two and one half Inch hose were used' nuns were mads by the rtoua atatlnna aa fnllowe: No. 1, 24: 1.

11; No. 13: No. 4. 14: chemical crew. 49.

The majority of the. flrea during December were flue fires and caused only a slight amount of damuge. noRMMi hati udav Kunerst services Tor Homer Horn Ing, 21 years old. of this city, who died Isst Ssturday In a government hosnltsl at Kort Lyon. wiu he held at 9 o'clock Saturday morn ing Irom ht.

Agues church. Interment will be mads In St. Vary's cemetery under thedlrection qf the Herman H. Iohnieyer Funeral home, 4SS East Walnut street. TWO Me) Ktl.LKI).

lUVERTON, Jan. (A Joe Conrad, and H. Crshsm. shot flrers'ln the Prshody mine near were killed esrly today a faulty ahoL The bodies of the men were removed after debris had been removed from tha mine. First Quarter of Twentieth Century Called World's Greatest Inventive Age irlentlmW worked to rtve the world a wonderful new chemfral element.

ra lliim. an eleinent tllat in atlll no rare that tt in heinff fd around th world from hospital to. where It la uned In the treatment of ranr.fr, iroKer TTnd other t1lf I'terre CurTe and inn wne, Sklodowska 'urie. HmyH Hiirnmln. fli bt euihjnx beafct that rolls.

Mil'' dmlvt fnt JIJKh RhQ.Vi the baru another en Its blnl liKo'th nky now Ktuiids i slh hums. The boy of. 25 years a huee tower, tail than the high ago' woii have run away at the ent ree of lie old foreela From islRht of this monstrous fly. Now he tl." tower, inan srnds his me salt's takes out his watch, perhaps with to his, fellow In ipvislhl1 i mofce the thof.Kht that the air mail's that fliavhefc orrnH cotitlrt'cnts andjriKhl on time HRRin. In the twInklinR of.

un Steam and R.Tsutlne atd eli'trlclty Tweny flve yearn tiie weMiJd'have changed the world Hero, of (Uinl ml at Cuulielmn Manonl and AlVsnndiia, played with a steam a little group of men "who elteved I in radio, No. In many a farm home! niontr the routo of the old hooner' trarti, a family slt around the box that brlnjt stories of 'the world's work und sonK the world at piay. Twenty flye years! he world was imleil abused when It read about IJvius lirotn and hU flyliiR machine, but mote amused at the AVrlRht brothers for following Hub' example. To fty was to die. Wings to carry men through in a few houn air? Well hardly.

Hut 2a yvarsitook long days. have spend and man rites. Man flies, eo dor aim. On the spot where thn tlrst Immigrant train met fate, a rd school house was reared. Twenty five years hro.

a bright hoy rjskod his life to cM to that school house. His way PORTRAIT OF DR. J. H. GEORGE TO BE PAINTfiD BY RALPH OCT Knlph n't.

fumoua St. I.oun srtlst. formerly of Rprlna i M. hsK een commissioned palm a portrait of ihe lute Dr. J.

II 'president emeritus of Drury riil lge. The portrait will hang In the students' recrentlonst room at Chicago TlieoioKlrnl Seminary, wftlch haa been dedlcatd In Or. Oeorge, one lime president i)f that Institution. The commission for. the painting of tlenrge's 'portrait came through W.

K. Illxby, of Kt. who will present Ihe pnlhtlng to the t'hh'ago Theo'logli'al aemlnsry. The Inrgersreatlonal room for studorTtsieeTTr the seminary, which waa dedicated to I'r. tieorge.

Is hesutlfuliy decorated, and the portrait will hang' above a fire place ut ono end of the room. Mr. Olt, hns been In Springfield aeveml days, has gathered a large number of photographs of the last Dr. Ceorge, and hns Interviewed friends' snd members of Dr (leorgs's family, lie hns completed the data and has already started to work on the portrait) which will he roinplolVd about January 15. While In Kprlngfleld Mr.

wit ts visiting nt WANT INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGED NEW. YOtiK, Jan. 1. (A. nation wide movement for the re organliatlon of the department of the Interior under the name of the uVpaTTment of public works and do main, haa been started by the American Engineering Council, Its president, former Governor James Hurtness, of Vermont, said yesterday.

Committees of engineers with a total membership of nenriy 1,000 are being organised in every state In support of a bill soon to be introduced Into congress by Senator Uealey I Jones of Washington and Representative Adam M. Wyant of Pennsylvania. The measure would provide for the transfer of the bureau of nub Jic In the department of agriculture, and the office of the supervising architect to tile new department. The rivers and'' harbors Improvements, Mississippi rlv. add California drbrls commis sions would alao be transferred from the war department.

Altogether functions scattered through nine separate departments and mora than 30 bureaus and aer vlcea would be consolidated. The englneera believe that' the coordination ot 0U4)lla activities at Uia gov 1 led acro? a road that was hardly mure than a path, with a narrow foi thrldge here and there across acme froxon. Mream. Th? boy returns today to spVnd th New Year with the family. He whizxe In hla, automobile along a high ly polinhe.d, pavement, roars tliriijh a culiert whore the old urinxe Piooa ana tuui me nirn mat Tohliln Ionic ko grave tin to a new toy In 120 li.

C. but It was 1.700 years before practicable steam en gine was Invented. A little more than 100 years ao Fulton applied the steam to a boat and It moved. World old sea traditions were shot to. smithereens when Fulton's crude craft paddled 'tlpng tn the Hudson.

McCormlek'a reaper Is nearly 100 yenrs old, but ft took the enlus of application of the twentieth century roll reaper and thresher Into one and hitch a tractor to It to work that 'once (iuteiibcrr Invented a printing press in 1460. The twentieth cen tury press grinds out thousands of newHpapers a minute. The work of a inUiiie In the twentieth century would have taken Gutenberg a lifetime, i the home of his slste Mfss Cora Olt. Hon Kast CrantMlarcnue. Within the next few days Mr.

Ott will leave for New Tork, and will to Springfield about January 15 with the finished portrait. The picture, will bo submitted to Mrs. George for Inspection before It Is taken to Chicago. rr. tleorge, who died several months ago, waa president of thj Chicago Theological Seminary from 1900 to i 90S.

At that time the Institution was operated separately from tha Chicago Unlveraity, of which It Is now a part. Tha recre ational room, a memorial to. Dr. tleorge. Is a part of a new building recently completed.

One iof Mr. nit's most recent works was the painting of one of the juneites places In the Museum of National Resources In the new stRte eapltol at Jefferson City. He painted a scene depleting water power In the Ozarks, tha picture being 10x20 feet In slse. His last picture waa printed In the rotogravure action of the St. Loula Post Plspawh.

He haa painted the portraits of many potentates of Missouri, Including lrt S. I.ee, of Springfield. ernment Involving tha expenditure or many millions annually would prrfmoto efficiency and eliminate waste. i The plan will he publicly discussed at the annual meeting of the council In Washington for three days beginning January 11. ATLANTIC STREET CAR MOTORMAN IS ROBBED Two bandits tn a stolen Ford t.iurlng car held up and robbed Claude Ruyle.

a afreet car motor man of between lit and S20 In cash at UUK o'clock last nlghl at tha end of the Atlantic street car Una, aocordlng to a report received at police headquarters. At 7:30 o'clock last night, a 1926 model Kord touring car V.elonglng lb John Murphy. Of tha "Red Top Cab company, was stolen from the 100 block South Jefferson avenue. Mr. Murphy at once made a re port of the robbery to police, giving the license numbers or the machine.

When the bnndits escaped after rob bing Air. Kuyle, the motorman obtained the license numbers of tho cor. When the. police cheoked tha li cense numbers at headquarters, It was found that tho bandits had used the stolen car with which to stage the holdup. The machine had not beta recovered todiy.

i)aguerre. In 18.1!, gave th world the secret of photography, but not Until the twentieth century dp man turn this Invention to a common language of pictures that today blooms on every Main street lnthe world, movies. And It took the twentieth century to learn' how to send pictures across Ihe land on the winks of the telephotb Terrible I (toM. War, with Its terrible Instruments, stands as a slot on the first 16 year of the tenturvr when man turned Inventions to destruction. He changed the tractor Into a tank.

devlsid machinea that' poured bullets In a swift stream, Invented gaa and all its deadly implements and protective devices, built flame projectors that could sear a regiment to cinders and his Her I has that fjrom a distance of miles tore building and men to pieces. Time files and the things of the twentieth century already seem aid. But none who lived Su years knew what pulmotor waa, or a submarine, or a war tank, a tractor, an electron tube, a hydroplane, a machine gun, a liberty motor, radiotelephone ov an airplane. The smirked at men who sat tinkering with strange new toys back In 1100. But the world has quit laughing at the Inventor, and that has been one of the first quarter of the.

century's dearest lessons that Invention Is pur meat and drink and the inventor Is the hero of thla complicated age. PETITION TO BE TAKEN UP IN FEBRUARY tt'ntlnaed from Pag One) tlon with the sale of some ssfes owived by the county. Judge Murphy Is alleged, to have aold three safes to Max Lander, a St. Louis oT tectlve, at a price saiif to be much below thi value of tha safes. For selling the aafss at thla figure Judge Murphy was to receive IIS0 according to allegations.

Detective Lander waa "employed to make the purchase. The deal between Lander and Judge MurpKy was consumated and when arrested Judge Murptyy Is alleged to hare had tn his possession 150 in marked bills which wsre later Identified aa being the ones given to petectlva bander to complete the deal. MJl. MB. Mrs.

I. Treesh. 2 years old. formerly of Brookllne, died at 8:40 o'clock this morning at the home of daughter, Mrs. B.

O. Chandler, 478 East Monroe street, after a lingering illness. Khe Is survived by the husband, I. J. Treesh: three daughters, Mrs.

B. O. Chandler, Mrs. lmo Johnson and Mrs. p.

T. Miles, all of this city; one grandchild, Treesh Johnson: one brother, W. W. Norman, and one sister, Mrs. O.

Summers, both or Brief funeral services Isrlll be' held at 1:45 clock Sunday afternoon from the daughter's residence on East Monroe street. The body then will ba taken to Brookllne, where the man funeral servlcea will be held at 3 o'clock at the Brookllne Presbyterian church. Rev. John T. Baron, pastor of First Presbyterian chjjrch here, will officiate.

Interment will be made In Brookllne cemetery under direc tion of the Herman H. Lohmeyer funeral homo. WHTTKR KTIltn LIFE. ATLANTIC CITY. N.

Jan. 1 (A. The body of a well dressed man Identified by police as Henry Sperber; 23, of New York, a ehort story waa found on the beach early today with bullet wounds In the heart and right lung. Police say he committed sulclds when ti.e New Tear's revel ry was at Its height. 1 STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET.

The Producera' Produce company of this city will elect a new board of directors at ths annual of stockholders be held on January 18., II was announced today by E. Lsuie, president, MASTER OF GRANGE SAYS FARMERS DUE FOR NEW PROGRESS Pulse of Ag ripulture To Be Steadier and Stronger, Taber Says. COLUMBUS, Jan. 1. (A.

P) Asserting that tha New Tear offers mors of promise to the farmer than any year since the war, J. Taber, master of the National Qranga, declared the "agricultural pulse of the nation will be Just a little steadier and just a little stronger during; the coming year." The iarm leader'a prophesy, was made today at the dedication of a grange.hall at Alton, near here. A's a Now Vear challenge, he said, he .000 granges In the natfon are being 'requested to complete some community project during the year and make a gain In membership. While admitting that the farmer has many problems, he said ths thought ot organised agriculture should center during tho coming year of strengthening of farju organisations, aeveiopmeni of better cooperative marketing ta eilltlea. and tha study and dlsous slon ofsouod methods of handling of the farm product suggestion 'of Governor Lowden for some typo of federal fasm board to.

handle our exports able surplus Is sound, provided this hoard is not given power to ftx prices' or Spend government money in the buying or of farm nrortucts. Correlation and coordi nation of existing agencies Is need ed but very little new macninery will he required. Self respecting farmers recognise that It Is self help and not government help that agriculture needs. We nave no dealre to get on the back of the government and on the other hand wt should have a strong desire to get aome others off our own baoks, ami see that government efficiency and economy light ens crushing tax Duraens. W.

Hale, a mule buyer at "ihe Springfield stockyards, will buy mules In Crane next Friday morning, and at Clever Friday afternoon. The Byrne Health ftyetem Is now open at the same location, 1S North 3ide Square. Alt 'the latest scientific Instruments and methods. Better able than ever to serve you. For appointment call Adv.

Neutrowdund Radloa Gibson's Oxark Nursery, R. 2, city. Advertisement. Dr. C.

A. Moore, practice limited, eye, ear, nose 'and throat. Office after January 1st, 120 Landers building. I'hone III. Advertisement.

Kindergarten pupils wanted. Special rates. Call I2Z4 Adv. Mrs. Ben Wells will have a Pall man to Miami, Hollywood, and Palm Bea.cn, Florida, Wednesday night, January I.

Fur further information, call Mrs. Wells. Phone 1270 Advertisement. Dr. Mills, dentist, moved from B.

square to alllligan opp. Colonial hotel, entrance on Jefferson. General practice. Peraonal at tentlon. Pb.

19. Advertisement. Edgell Beauty Shoppa, 0 East Walnut. Phone 1213 for appointment. Advertisement CHAHGKII WITH LARGEST.

"Charges of larceny from a garage were filed yesterday afternoon In Ihe municipal court against Hill Pycus. IS years old, of 1301 Clifton street. Dycus Is charged with the theft of three tires valued at 1105 rrotn the garage of H. A. Cochran.

Dycus wire arrested at 1:21 o'clock yesterday afternoon at hys home hy Chief of Detectives A. R. Sampey and Detectives Frsnklln, Curtis and DrArmond. In default of $600 bond, Dycus waa committed to the county jail. The preliminary has been set for January 4.

INTO Rim DRIVK. KANSAS C1TV, Jan. 1. The triple offensive In a canualgn against bootleggers la to be augmented. William A.

Sbr'eve. chief of police: John L. Miles, sheriff, and Forest W. Hanna. prosecutor, announced yesterday that after January 1, It would be a quadruple drive.

The office of Roscoe C. Patterson, Springfield. recently appointed United States district attorney 7or the weslern district of Missouri, succeeding C. C. Msdlson, also Will take pnrt In ths "clesn up and dry up" campaign.

WmxsonW GUARANTEE OS seuvice SINCE 1866 PAXS0N UND. CO. Phoes. 2 Kar.sasFeed&FuelCo. Arkansas Semi Q4 A Anthracite Lump JJ) XUeUU Cherokee Lump, best grade Kansas deep CO Off shtttl Carbon Hill Ala CQ Of5 bam large lump.

tjOeislD Franklin County, Illinois, large lump or egg $8.50 Fancy Kansas lump or Pocahontas, 'Illinois AM pa lump j)eOU Fancy Kansas Nut $6.50 Guaranteed Coals Delivered Anywhere In City 331 N. Campbell, Thone 2861 NOTICE. OF HEARING IS RECEIVED BY NEE Notice of a hoarlng before the atata public aervloa commission at Jefferson Cltjr January 13 on tha matter of tha application of the Springfield Traction company to increase motor bua fares to 1 cents to correspond with tho regular trol ley fares, were received today by Mayor W. E. Freeman and City Attorney Dan M.

Nee. It Is unlikely that Attorney Nee will attend the' hearing. He was Instructed by the council December II to enter tha appearance of the city at tha hearing, and at that time It waa atated that tha city attorney waa to formally consent to the jurisdiction the state commission In tha matter, that body to take such action as should deem proper. It la understood that If the In crease In motor bus fsres Is granted Answer These Questions: What Cab Do You Patronize? Sed Topi. What do you know about the Red Top Cab It Is up to the minute, its cabs are safe, its driv eri are 100 per cent gentlemen and honest and "hand picked," the cabs get you there in due time, the charge is governed by an accurate mechanical device plainly lighted and easy to read from the passengers' seat; this company haa never injured a passenger'and its liability is unlimited.

I there any solidity behind the Company? The Red Top Cab Company 1 incorporated Hf tti lin nf A It. J11 i nwJL growing by leaps and bounds. Do you know anything about the Driver about his standing his reputation his habits? Yes, they have from 5 to 20 years experience and their reputation la beyond reproach. Are you confident about decency and Yes, they are upright, law abiding citiseru. Would you permit your wife and children to ride with them unless you were along? Sure, because they are 100 per cent gentlemen.

Is the Cab Clean and Sanitary? Always. They are cleaned and disinfected every day. Is it insured? This company's liability is insured not with a small, mutual company but with the largest old line company of Its kind in the world THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE rnnrttiuv ill i i vi' ai asuce uus uuuijjuaity caus use palu chains in wet and slippery weather? Yes. Are the cabs equipped with meters which are always A.firnra.tA? Vas Tlruka rVils nmnaiw 4m 1 f' rv yivrevi JUU BgauiBli Href chartres? No. this is not necessarv each HHvpr is a stockholder and has the company's interest at heart, is interested in the goocj.

will of each and every passenger and do not need printed receipts to be checked up by. You need not write us a letter." Just call a RED TOP, PHONE 6100. Yon win get service and responsibility and learn for yourself what is 'necessary to operate a oab company worthy of public confidence and respect. THE RED TOP CAB has won public approval and publio good will by supplying every factor which insures safe transportation. And because1 of this, it is becoming better, bigger and more reliable day by day.

Don't Take a Chance Call a Red Top Licensed Drhrurself System Phone 6100 HAPPY NEW, YEAR TO ALL R. K. Mumhr. Prra Vln'l VV CHcicon. icc Prt s.

ailil rVtmnanv 4 i J. D. Murjphjr, Bee Xreas. I in lu i ii fcr system between trolley car aad busses. 'At vraeent a Uansfar 1 good from a trolley car to a fctia.

but rdm a bua to a trolley car aa additional cent! must bs paid. It tha state commission grants tha la crease a tranafer from a bus to any street car lino will ba honored without additional fee. On tha trolley lines ths far la now 7 cents, with four token for 26 cents, making trolley farsa where tokena are purchased, 1 4 centa. The matter was first brought be for ths council December 19, though the application ot tha company was filed November I. It waa atated at that time that tha company had lost In operatlag tha busses since 1921..

GREAT MKJI. "Soma men are born great, soma achieve greatness, and some "Just grate upon yrrn." lu VK iiuy I uui)iiuij loeug ts Call uj about your. baggage. Five minute Service. Bonded Carriers niiimr.

irsiim Mr. Wm. Crabtree, Mgr. nafcraf Drpt. i Virgil Htuina, day chloX dUoatche Lr I.

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