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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-21
GIVEN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Jury In Kasgard-HIcElroysc Case Finds
for the Plaintf6.

[Front Fridays Daily.
I'VE, the jury in the above entitled
cause, find for the plaintiff and assess
the amount Of shissrecoyerytsat one
hundred (S10ol dollars" was the way
the verdict in. the case Of Petrie Kas-l
gard VS.. r. n. AIcElroY, read when ops
ened in court this morning. The evil
dence was closed and the case went to
the jury yesterday afternoon about
$3.50 and shortlygafter supper, or about
1870, they. came to an agree nent, and
the verdict was sealed, and delivered
to the bailiff, in accordance with In
structions. ~ -
This ends.sso far as this court is con-
cerned, case that involved r.. ~.
McElroy, one of Ottumwa's business
men, and Herr Petrie AKasgard, a Dan
ish plaintiff. The plaintif claimed at.
the time, of filing his petition TOR dam.
ages against Mr.. McElroy, that he was
fearfully beaten by the latter, for an
alleged insult to a lady relative of Mr.:
McElroys'. The defendant admitted in
his answer filed in the .caseEthat plain
tiff was damagedsin the sum of SO cents
and offered to pay it. One the trial OF
the case the court ruled out the admis-
sion of the testimony concerning the
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Big Engineering Feat,

Deadwood, s. d., Now T.-(By As
ISOLATED Press 1.-The American Min
ing company of, New, Castle, Wyoming
has begun a tunnel a mile long at the
base of Ragged7BoR, mountain TO con-
neet with a tunnel from the top. The
cost will be s3,oOo,ooo. An, immense
reduction works is planned, and a
town named American City has. been
laid out. The Burlington is building
to it. An electric plant, operated by
Spearfish river will furnish power for
the mining and to all the. cities in the
northern Black Hills.
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alleged unbecoming conduct OF plain
tiff towards Mr.. McElroy's relative,
and plaintiff was not compelled to
prove that he had an affection of the
eyes, as he claimed in his cause of ac-
ton. The trial of the cause consumed
about two days time, and was fought
very hard by both parties.
Some boys entered Willis Graves res
idence on North Washington street yes
,terday, during the absence OF the fam
ilv, stole the brass lamps therefrom,
and after converting them into Shape
less masses sold them to junk dealer
on East Main street. The lamps We're
located by the police this afternoon,
and the officers also have the guilty
parties Under surveillance. No arrests
have been made but it is known who
the guilty parties are and they will
probably be in custody before morn
ing.
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GOV. SHAW IS OPPOSED TO IT.
Doe.n't Relieve ,n1''soard orcontror.

| 49, u -- -, u
Des Moines, Nov. i7.-While the
whole state admits the general and
specific advantages of the state board
of control it is evident that the board
has erred in enforcing the idea of econ
omy. As a consequence it is talked
that there will be an effort made TO
take the soldiers home, the deaf and.
dumb institution and the, institution.
for, the education Of the blind out !of
1.-THE hands of the board Of control, sub
stittuting boards of trustees, very,
much on the old plan. Z I. This would
leave the board of control in charge of
the penitentiaries, reform schools and
insane asyllfns. II: is stated that a
considerable number of people who are
best familiar with the work of the
board of control, feel that the interest
OF the state. is not best served by the
present arrangement. Z,
The board of control has cut wages
to the very; bottom notch. For in
stance the cook ut the soldiers home is
paid ,S25 per month. Some Of the
teachers at the Institution for the ed
ucation Of the deaf and dumb are paid
$40 and s35 per month, and OF, course
the best teachers cannot be had at
that price.
At the institution for the feeble
minded attendants upon the children
who have the most revolving duties TO
perform, who ought to be. paid extra,
are in receipt of the commonest wages.
AT the soldiers home it is not what
|. it ought to be, and ii is asserted that
the old soldiers eat their food off bare
boards. The board OF control is en-
ploying stenographers and typewriters
at $35 a month, while heretofore The
state has never paid less than $50 for
such service. 1t is believed that Gov
ernor Shaw will make some reference
to these matters in his Forthcoming
| message. 1t is known that the gov
ernor endorses the board of control
idea, fully and completely, but is not
believed that he endorses the extreme
limit of economy now practiced by the
board.
The governors message will be
awaited with much interest on account
of what it may contain on these and
kindred state topics. 1t is known that
the governor rejoices at the economy
practiced In all the departments of the
state, and that he is pleased that the
state is out of debt with money on
hand; but it is. not believed that he
favors economy at the expense of the
success of the state institutions in 9th
er respects. He doubtless believes
that when the parents of feeble mind
ed or blind children turn their off
spring over to the state they are en-
titled to the best teachers and the
best care that money will provide.
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minutes for the thief to complete the
job. Sheriff SHUTS had been over to the
Jail for dinner, and was interrupted in
the course of his meal by Charles
Braun, the Main street jeweler, who
is also an expert safe man, who want
ed to see safe he was told the county
owned, and Mr.. Suits came over to the
court house with Mr.. Braun, and be-
cause of this incident Mr.. SHUTS re-
turned to the Jail about 1925, thus
making four men at least who were in
the court house during the noon hour,
with the exception of the Is minutes
in which the job was accomplished.
L. NJ. Cooley also came back just few
minutes prior to the return of Messrs.
SHUTS and Braun, but he did not notice
the broken glass in the door leading in
to the ,treasurer's Office from the SUPER
yisors' room, as the chair with which
the glass was presumably broken, was
standing in front of the hole. A splin-
ter was broken from the chair leg that
looked as if it had been freshly done,
but those around the court house think
1t was done with some other heavy in
strument, probably the heavy chisel
used to pry open the drawer in the au-
ditor's office. Sheriff Suits is of the
opinion that it was the work of a pro-
fessional, who knew he had to do the lob
quickly and do it to the best of his
ability, considering the time he, had.
Had he not been interrupted, as it is
supposed he was, the loss might have
been much greater. The theory adj
vanced by some is that the noise made
BY Mr.. Cooley entering the building,
Enlightened the thief and he slipped out
of the supervisors room and went up
stairs and as gently sneaked down and
out This theory might very well be
true as the only persons on the second
floor were Mr.. Cooley and Sheriff SHUTS
and Mr.. Braun. Yet Mr.. SHUTS does not
know how he could have gotten by the
windows in his room facing the large
stairway without being seen. It GER
tainly. was a quick deal and smooth
"oetaway." The thief did not leave the
slightest clue outside of the fact that
a very broad chisel was used as indi-
Gated by the marks on the money draw
er in the auditors Office, and small
hopes are entertained for the appre-
hension of the culprit, as no one saw
him either enter or leave the building.
Suspicious Characters Seem.
1t was learned just before going to
press that Thomas Stodghill, Wapello
county's ex-sheritf, saw two suspicious
characters just coming in the front
door of the court house as he left the
building. II. F. Wing saw the same
men in the. closet on the lower floor
but did . not see their faces. Their
backs were turned toward him and. as;
l,xa ,fr,v,.N -
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ABOUT THE CENTRAL.
u WILL Drop Ottumwa and Meet the
Wabash at Abba. 4.
Iron Fridays Daily.l

From Friduy's Daily.1
Concerning the determination Of the
officials of the Iowa Central railroad
to stop sending their passenger trains
into this city, information of which
was contained in a special dispatch to
the Courier yesterday, the MARSHALL
town Times-Republica has the follow
ing to say:
within two weeks, or such mat
ter, the Iowa Central's connections with
the Wabash railroad at Ottumwa will
be discontinued, and instead. the Kan
sas Citya st. Louis through business
will be handled via Abba.
"a contract to that effect has been
made with the Wabash company, who
have rented privileges of the use of
both the Centrals depot and railroad
yards at Abba. This is the result of
the new line that has been built by the
Wabash from Moulton to Abba, which
is now almost completed, the construc-
ton gangs being now within only few
miles of Abba. It is. thought that it.
will not be very long before active ,op-
erations will begin, probably not more
than a fortnight, although as yet the
Central has not been advised as to the.
exact time. -..i,
1.-THE transfer'o Of freight and freight
cars from the Central 10 the
Wabash, according to the new arrange
ment, will be made at Abba instead of
Given. a
On account OF the new plans of the
Wabash the Central is compelled to
take the step if it win handle Kansas
City and ST. Louis CONNECTIONS The
line fr6ni 0skaloosa TO; Abba is IN pref
ty fair shape, us good us the main line
was, perhaps, a year or so ago, but
next summer it is the intention of the
eompanyltoslay the present ifty-eight--
pound rails WITH sevenry-pound steel.
Several badidips will begraisedsand the
track put in good,shape for f,st travel.
when the tpnned rionsl.are made via
Albia,s ottumwa wilt simply .be away
station on branch of the Wabash,
for the same train that brings the Cen
trails sleeper from the south will take
the Des Moines sleepers to the capital
city, thus avoiding Ottumwa.''
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Iowa and Western Land Co."

will loan from so to rs per cent of the
value on good farm land at per cent
interest. They also have plenty of
good, cheap,farms for sale or trade, in
Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
A farm of 80 acress 80 acres level, 20
acres rolling, all the level land in cuiti-
walton, Balance ingood blue grass past
ure; farm all well fenced and cross fenc-
ed; a good 2-story frame house, plenty Of
water and plenty of fruit. This farmis
located71S miles from Ottumwa; school
house u mile distant. Price $22. so per
acre.
Rooms FL and 20. Leiahton Build-
ing, 0ttHfnwa, Iowa.
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Biz Ladies' Pocket Handler
chisfs. hemstitched, oolored bord.
srs, size II I 10 inches. Sent pest-
paid Oh receipt of g cent
postage stamp and 20 siR.
natures ont from wrappers OF
Afbuoklss' Roasted Coffee.
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NEW REGISTRATION.
Another System Goes Into Effect
With the New Year.

The old great register will cut no
figure after the opening Of the new
year, as new style of registration
will be inaugurated.
With the opening of the year County
Clerks throughout the State will begin
to re-register voters. By next No..
vember a complete new registration
will have been made In recording
his name with the Clerk, or his dep
uty, the voter signs his name twice.
One of the blanks filled out is retained
in the County Clerks Office and the
other is sent to the precinct election
board. An indexed list of these regis
trations is sent to each precinct.
Whenever a question arises concern
ing the right Of any person offering to
cast a. ballot, he is required to sign his
name, and it is then compared with
the signature in the affidavit on file.
1t is believed this will constitute an i'm
portant safeguard, preventing false
PRESERVATION, by which means most of
the fraudulent voting has been done in
past years. The plan was devised by
Senator Smith of Kern County.
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legged. defendant willfully paid and con-
tributed for the purposes of aiding his
election, a sum of money in excess Of
the maximum amount which he,s as
such candidate, could lawfully expend
under the provisions of an Act ofsthe
Legislature of the State of California,
entitled, AN Act to promote the purity
of elections by regulating the conduct
thereof, and to support the privilege of
free suffrage by prohibiting certain
acts and practices in relation thereto
and providing for the punishment
thereof. - Approved, February %, 1898,
in this: That under the provisions of
said Act the maximum amount of
money defendant could lawfully. expend
was the sum of $500, but defendant
paid and contributed while he was a
candidate as aforesaid, sum of money
exceeding said sum of $780, to wit, de
PENDANT paid out S2S9.65 as shown by
his said statement, and defendant paid
to contestant the further sum of $50,
and contestant is informed and believes
and upon such information and belief
alleges that for said purpose defendant
paid and contributed the following adj
ditional sums of money: To William
M. Sims, $1,900; to George P. Register,
$50; to Win. j. Davis $50, and for hack
hire over $500. b.
Wherefore, Contestant prays that the
election of defendant to the office of
Mayor of said city of Sacramento,
State of California, be annulled and set
aside and that his said certificate Of
election be Cancelled, and that contest
ant have his costs herein expended
The statement is duly sworn to by
w. H. Bradley as contestant and at
tested by William Henley, Notary Pub
lie, and was presented to Judge john
son yesterday morning by A. L. Shinn
and William Henley, attorneys for
Bradley. Judge Johnson made an
order setting the case for hearing on
January 9th.
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ANOTHER WEEK.
Kitty Warmly Vagrancy Case Goes
Over Till Next Friday.

Kitty Warmly, lower L-street
woman, was arrested on the. 18th inst.
by Officers Max P. Fisher and Logue,
and charged with vagrancy. She
pleaded not guilty, and secured coun-
sci in the person of Attorney Jay r.
Brown.
The case was called several times in
the City Justices Court, and each time
a continuance was granted. Yester
day morning though the defendant was
present, her attorney was not, and JUS
tice Anderson said that while he dis
liked to grant a further continuance he
knew that every person accused had a
right to counsel at every stage of the
proceeding.
City Attorney De Ligne objected to
any further continuance, advancing as
a reason that the witnesses for the
prosecution, who were police officers
on the night shift, We're obliged to at
tend court day after day, and thereby
lose their necessary sleep. This" he
said, sis getting to be regular farce,
and I think you might just as well dis
charge the woman She's been under
arrest month now"
Justice Anderson said he did not pro-
pose to discharge her, and said further
that his calendar showed that she had
been arrested on the 18th inst.
Mr.. De Ligne said he thought she had
been arrested longer than that. He
knew she had been arrested once in
September, and that she had been in
trouble since.
Justice Anderson said he did not
want to proceed with the trial with
out the presence of Attorney Brown,
and he did not wish to issue an attach
ment for him. He ended by ordering
the case continued until Friday next.
Mr.. De Ligne said he could not I'M
derstand why the womans attorney
did not let her plead guilty. Officers
Logue and Fisher claim to have a sure
case against her, and the City Attor-
ney, after court adjourned, said every
body knew she was guilty.
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A DISPLAY OF MEATS.
Free Concert and Free Exhibition of Tons
of Dressed Meat at 18th and St

Free Concert and Free Exhibition of Tons
of Dressed Mead at 18th and st.
The annual exhibition of fancy
dressed Christmas meats by Clauss 6
Kraus is now ready and may be seen
to-day and this evening hanging in the
market at Seventeenth and 1 streets.
Every year at this time Clauss & Kraus
make special effort to show a lot of
the finest meats that can be obtained
There are rows and rows of immense
red and white beeves, dressed hogs and
sheep and dozens of decorated suck
ling pigs for roasting whole. Tonight
an orchestra will be there and every
body is invited to drop in and see the
meat and hear the music. This firm
has all the year around an abundance
of first-class meat of every kind, but
it is not every day as to-day that they
have over ten tons Of fresh meat on
hand.
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Sale of Goods

From a wreck of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. Lot of boys knee
pants heavy wool suits, 75c to SIPS,
ages to 10 years; mems coats and
vests, all wool, sizes 80 to 81, $1.25 to
500; mems heavy fiannelette night
gowns, o0c; ladies' fannelette under
skirts, 121ac; mems heavy sweaters,
oOc; fine wool Christmas sweaters, 81 %
and up; gents fine suspenders, hand
kerchiefs and mufflers, all for Christ
mas. Sacramento Home Supply Co.,
], Z & 8 Cred House,
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Return of Sale.

F. L. circuit, administrator of the es-
tate of Mary S. circuit, deceased, has
filed in the Superior Court his return
of sale of the real property belonging to
the estate, being lot s, G and H, Eigh-
teenth and Nineteenth streets, to Ora
Runyon Buchanan for $4,000, and asks
for confirmation of the sale.
The record-union., 1899-12-23
CONOvER PIANO


We have secured the control of the
Well-known Conover piano, one Of the
oldest and best makes in the country.
We are better than ever prepared to
supply high grade pianos at moderate
prices. The fact that we are selling
the best pianos for less money than
anyone else is duly appreciated, and
our constantly growing business is the
result. 1t takes money to buy a good
piano. but it takes from $50 to 500
less at our store than anywhere else
IN Sacramento. The Wiley B. Allen
Co., 415 K.
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Christmas Gifts for old and Young.

Drums, mandolins, guitars, violins
banjos, accordeons, leather cases for
any kind of instrument, clarionets,
flutes, comets, music rolls. New piano
$50. New piano $215. Second hand
upright piano $40. Steinway & Sons
pianos, Emerson, Ludwig & Co. pianos
Estey organs, talking machines, music
boxes. Sewing machines of all kinds
A. j. Pommer, corner Ninth and j.
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Final Account Filed.

s. B. Smith, administrator of the es-
tate of Judson Pierson, deceased, has
filed in the Superior Court his final ac-
count of the estate and petition for clos
ing the administration, the estate,
amounting to S113, having been all con-
sumed in settling it I'D.
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Notaries Puhlic.

Governor Gage yesterday appointed
Notaries Publics as follows: c. F.
Hathaway, Kelseyville; T. B. Hutchin-
son, Napa; A. w. Angler, Delmar; r. v
Bouldin, San Luis Obispo; w. E. Por-
ter, Lindsay; A. Davelny, Confidence;
J. H. ~Marcuse, Marysville, and ]. Irv-
ing McKenna, Los Angeles.
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R.N. Johnston Released.

3 In the case of Robert N. sJohnston,
confined in the County Jail for con-
tempt of court in not paying $40 ali
mony to his wife, Judge Hughes yes
terday examined him as to his property.
pronounced him insolvent, and ordered
his release.
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DIED..

beth Rey, aunt of George Grunnewald
native of Alsas. Germany. aged 81
years, months and 16 days. (San Fran
cisco papers please copy.)
Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral to-
day Saturday. at p. M, from
Clark & Booths funeral parlors. 1017
and 1919 Fourth street. Interment City
Cemetery.
MOORE-In this city, December 22d,
Mabel E., daughter of Charles and Sarah
Moore, sister of Joseph, Edith and Lii
liam Moore, Mrs. Albert Price, Mrs S.
H. Rose and Mrs. Fred Higgs of Sacra-
mento, Mrs. Fred Glaze of England, a
native of Illinois, aged 16 years, II
months and 20 days.
Friends and acquaintance are re-
Spectfully invited to attend the funeral
to-morrow Sunday, at p. m, from the
Central M. E. Church, Eleventh street,
between H and 1. Interment City Gem
etery.
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With your Xmas dinner drink Rasch-
ems finest wines, at popular prices. Gu,
products are the finest to be had. 514 !
street y
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Ruhstaller's extra pale Gilt Edge
steam beer now on draught in all the
saloons. Something fine. Try it.
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We Welcome All.

open evenings for display and bust
ness! The cream of nuts and candies
glace fruits. They are winners with
your sweetheart. The Pacific, ], near
Eighth.
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Cut flowers for Xmasl Fine carna-
tons, roses, primulas@ ETC., at WEIGH,
6l3 K. Tel. 603, Cap. $50.
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Great Salt Lake disappearing.

The Great Salt Lake is gradually dry
ing up. Biologists claim that it will be
entirely gone in another century. There
will be nothing but a glistening bed of
salt to mark the site of one of the Won
ders of the world. This is the way of all
life, and yet we may prolong stay on
earth if we will. No mortal is free from
the menace of sickness, and yet if the
bowels are kept regular and the blood
pure by occasional doses of Hostetter' S
Stomach Bitters, much sickness may be
prevented. 1t cures all such diseases as
constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, bill
iousness and inactive liver or weak kid
neys. To avoid limitations be sure that
a private Revenue Stamp covers the neck
of the bottle.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

Full line of oysters, crabs, fish, poul-
try at Garzoli's new market, S13 J.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

Gilt Edge" dental parlors. J street.
Way up! Prices all right! Work
right.,.
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Transfer Co., SCI X, either phone.
See Capital Sac. Van & Storage Co.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

A box of La Primerencia cigars So so
at most any cigar store. A. Coolot,
distributor.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

We charge you % cents to read "Da-
vid Harum,' Janice Meredith "Ricn-
ard Carvel,' When Knighthood Was
in Flower" and all the other standard
books of fiction. Ten cents to read
paper-bound novels. Star News Com
pany's Circulating Library, Sos K st. :
The record-union., 1899-12-23
MARRIED.

Sacramento. December
18th, at 1911 p, by Rev. A. c. Herrick
Lincoln White to Carrie NJ Ash.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

Ladies hunting case. gold filled
watches for $40 at H. c. Hotfilter, jew.
eler, S24 K street.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

Plum pudding, % cents each; fruit
cake, 20 cents per ID; small and large
fancy decorated cakes, cranberries, 71a
cents a quart. Eagle Bakery, 726 K
street
The record-union., 1899-12-23

All the leading newspapers and mag
aAines at the Capital News Co., TOP K. :
The record-union., 1899-12-23

DR.. Weldon. SU61a J street. Careful,
painstaking. skillful dental work.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

Elegant boxes of candy, 80 cents and
Iup.x Otto, 90SJ.
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All kinds of natural gas heating
stoves. Tom Scott. 3O3 street.
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Smoke a La Primerencia after your
Christmas dinner.
Dry wood, good coal, coke and char
coal. F. Cady, 215 L. Both phones. .
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL.
Corner Tenth and K Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 81 PER
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations first-class. Free bus
to and from hotel. w. j. ELDER, Mgr.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE AND
nnster House. AT K street formerly near
GoISen Eagle Hotel. Meals a la carte
at ali hours Family Orders, BanQuets
and wedding Parties.
anu "eo0e l.. FAURE, Proprietor.
The record-union., 1899-12-23

PHILADELPHIA HOUSE.
101b EIGHTH STREET. NEWLY FUR
nished rooms, with modern improvements
by the day, week or month; 70 per night
np. MARION ]. ARNOLD
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gNVVVVVVVVYV
OPEN
EVENINGS
Wyckoh's Workers, $3.50.

'The Workers East and the
Workers West" by Walter A.
Wyckoff. This series attracted
great deal of attention in the
magazine and has been in steady
demand since issued in book form.