The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-13
HERBERT M'GOvERN.
CITY ATTORNEY. OMAHA.

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Billy read the carl and looked Up at
the stranger. what ian Go for you ?"
he asked
Welt. said the Westerl city of :
cial. Il don't know eny better place to
come for information than to a rvs
paper office I did not know but tnat
you might have at your tongues end
the names Of half dozen electrical
experts that can n9ll ou in o-tcr e.
get certain information abou. the
actual cost OF installing electrical
plants aud the furnishing Of electi lefty
To consumers. There's a roG out 10 nay
town 10 tho city Eoyernment itself. be.
tween two rival electrical concerns
The mayor and a 600 part II the gov
ernment, including aiyself are witE
one OF the companies. ,Je believe tnat
they nave a better proposiGon than the
other, which we think IS trrng a snGrr
game. This second company claims to
have some hold on the city because VI
an ordinance passed three years og1
and we've got TO fight IT, Now 1, can
get the opinions of some way up ex-
perts here in Chicggo to show hat tht
company which | faycr has the best
proposition, why it VIII help secure tht
franchise fos IT, and its a franchise
that in the end will be worth millions
to the company The concern has an
expert named Smith now in C~aha
and I've been consulting With him. and
when ! get the expect opinions here I
shall confer with him again on r.y re.
turn and and out how best 20 us, laein
in carrying our case.
Billy Smith mused a minute Her,
was chance to help his brother 10
whom he was oeholden for many
fayors. "Ive been (, Cnicseo reporter
for many years, NJ McCovern hf
said and know aarsonaps TIRE, or
four OF The biggest electrical sharaa in
IN city i don't and totiins you
though II isn't necessary TO goirt6 d,
tails, that ! feel ,eculiay interest in
this Omaha case. and If you don't mind
in go out with you os soon as the city
editor gets down and introduce You
personally to the men you want to sqe.
Sit dewn aud read the papers for a
while.
Three hours later Billy and Attor-
ney MoGoyern were IN the Office of a
man who knows so much about cleo.
tricity that you get shocl, every time
you shake hands with him The great
electrician wanted TO please Billy. and
so he listened carefully 10 what the
attorney had 20 say and then gave him
lot 90 dgures
THAT Is enough OF itself said AT.
toruey MoGoyern after they had LETT
the O nice TO carry smiths and LAD
case against that shark company.
They went to three other offices and
were given three other signed expert
statements which Mr. McGoyern de-
clared cllnched his case beyond perad-
vcntare % failure After this busi-
ness was closed up Billy Smith in the
warmth Of his heart and with the re-
collection OF many bro5herly tavors la
bis mind. took Attorney McGoyern to
the sWellost Chicago restaurant and
made him his guest az a luncheon az
which several costly upright things
stood by the plates Then they went
NJ matinee and Billy Smith bought
tbc tItEo-l i, was the happiest coin.
eideDse Ia ne world Tor the newspaper
BOY that It was the one DAY OF the
week Wheu be looked upon the face Of
the cashier
~ the tlme tnoy were out Of the
lheaier lor good ana hae piedsed eieg'
rsl fnaship before saving farewell
there nas iO eollierT dollar pQo