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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10
rRse.FoR.ALL FIGHT.
celored Folks close Religious Meeting
With sesap.

The religious services held by col
orcd people last night at Island park
did not turn out as peaceul ss they
might have done under different cir
Gums dnces AZ II o'clock when the
bcnedictlon had been said and the las.
joyful hymn was sung he colcrea
folks began tc dishand There was a
spark ~ feht in the heart of one bro
ther and by accident or otherwise he
jabbed one Mrs Leila Peters IN the
breast with fork. II aused pain and
a quarrel ensued which was full Of ev-
citement and swearing In the fnal
roundup there was a "free-foraIl"
fight in which s'x persons paftlcipat-
ed The results we're gloomy and va
ricus.
This morning Mrs. Leila Peters was
arrested ard warrants were issued fer
the following; Jessie Franklin. Frank
Graynton. Rosie Cheesboro and SalIe
Adams. The cace win be tried This
evening a oclork in the police court.
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PROGRAM.

For Big poinss at Marshall Next
Monday.
Special to Daily Leader.
Marshall, OKLA, Sept. 16.--The fol
lowing program has been prepared for
Monday. Sept u. which will end with
a grand ball in the evening:
Forenoon.
$500, DOUGLAS vs.. Mulhall.
10000 Crescent VS.. Black Bear.
Afternoon.
100. Marshall VS.. Perry.
2:30 AcdIess, Hon. Frank Mathews
$3.50. Enid vs. Guthrie, league teams
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My Friend Frcm ArkarsaN. wph
that well known actor Robess Sher-
man in ihe leading part win be at the
opera house tomorrow aight
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Secretary McKeand says Oklahoma
City did not steal any Of our thunder
Guthrie ad, er ised itself in good shape
and hundreds of thousands OF people
from all parts Of the world viii car
~ home souvenirs Of Oklahoma day
at the fair.
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the entire cost II the trip has been
placed at a nominal amount in order
to enable anyone TO go and to know in
advance the cost Of the entire trip.
For Information address Worlds
Fair Excursion Co, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Mise Mignounc Ashton, S enograph-
er in the territorial auditors office.
wiz go to Chandler or the afternoon
Frisco ain for Il few days visit with
Miss Georgia EckTiardt. Of that place.
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r. A. Neal. believe Guthrie will
have the best baseball club in the
west next year We are signing soms
flrst class players for next season
Pitcher Becker, OF Oklahoma City.
signed with us yesterday
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Councilman Moorman The rail
roads think that the people have 10
crinee tc their wants and when the
people ask any favo-s they have to
nay fof them II the people do not
want that spur butt by the u. f &
G., will never vote the passage Of
such an ordnance as would permit
the railroad company to build Il.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-small purse containing IS bill
si.0O in silver and small change.
Kindly leave same at Leader Office
and get reward
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Mrs A. r. Bentley believe a man
should marry young. I never knew
one to have anything saved up until
he got married.
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Daily Leader 10 cents week deliy
cred every day except Sunday, Car
rier collects weekly
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Harye Olds There are so mary
dogs in Guthrie that II you were to
take a shotgun loaded with mustard
seed and shoot down the street you
would only kin small proportion Of
them. They are actually so thick that
the ward politicians are Jealous Of
them
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Worlds Fair Excursion Company.
The Worlds Fair Excursion CO..
In connection with the Frisco System
viii on Ausest goth. run Special Ex-
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w. D. Young II Kansas City, arriv-
ed in the city this afternoon and will
ROMAN over Sunday
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Cashier C. W. Barrett OF the Frisco
depot is on au'y today owing 10 SILK
ness.
Sheriff Carpenter left yesterday for
Arkansas where he goes on Official
business
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Daily Leader 10 cents a week deliv-
cred every day except Sunday Car.
rier collects weekly
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Batteries Rhodes and Buelow:
whlte and sullivan
At Washington
He.
washing on ....0O0O0OOOo-O 8 0
Boston ......... 29oO0Ooo3--7 10 0
Batteries: Patton and Kittridge.
Oineen and Farrell.
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Harry's hack line deserves you,
patronage. Calls promptly answered.
Oklahoma Ave stables. Griusom a
Smith. Phone "a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10

Manager slater: Guthrie is a pret.
ty good town. or else would not be
showing here.
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The man who has to &c. up in the
wee horrs Of morning in his pajamas
and order the police TO stop the moo
ing OF a COW is a brave FELLOW and a
patient cuss.
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o o 0 o o o o o o o o Q o o o o o
o SAID IH PASSING. o
o O 0 o o O 0 0 0 o o o o o o o o

Banker Painter have received no
dog taxes for the last two weeks
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10

A little girl near the Carnegie H.
brary the other day compared a NAL
dog to a ward politician.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10

Always give the person YOU are talk
ing to credii for having patience.
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, 0 0 o O O O o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 c
: FROM MY JUNK PILE.
, 0 o 90 o o 0 o 20 o O 0 O O {

Base hall is game Of hard knocks,
genius and cussin' the umpire
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Omaha ............2 200411O0x--s IL I
Sioux City 40 0o2OO21OO--5 Z 2
Batteries. Pfeister and Gonding;
Jarroit and Leslie
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Therc Is one man in Guthrie who
says that he has given up ali hopes
of political honors and is now after
the dollar
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r. II. L.
81. Joseph ~..0O1O4O34x-12 IA l
Des Mo,ces 20 ..OO01O0OOO--.1 1 Z 3
Batteries: Clark and Garvin; Ma
iors and Towne.
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II is said that as far back as history
goes carnivals and celebrations are
sure signs Of rain and bad weather,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-10

K. II. p
New York 49, 1900 Go0OO-2 s i
Philadelphia ~-UU1f0101x-S s 2
Batteries: Powell and iNeinow'
Henley and Schreck
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Women are always pretty when they
smile. Those who smile the sN Get
est, however strike ones fancy the
quickest
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seoons oapr

r. H. Il.
New York .....O 090'l 000O-1 s
Philadelphia 30 ..O1l3OO0Ox-5 z 1
Batteries GridirA and Mcclure;
Wadsz,I and SchreciS
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Second Game.


At Philadelphia
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At st. Joseph
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-28
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SlGOURNEY.

Sigourney June 27.-Miss TX
Pencil has gone to independence to
visit Miss Bernice Phelps.
Art Jones and Frank Snakengerg
returned from the ST. Louis exposition
Wednesday, f4.
Som Downing came in yesterday for
few weeks visit at home He says
his claim near Snider, Oklahoma. Is
Q. K, but that he has discovered
neither coal, oil or gold on it.
D. T. Stockman. wife and son Don.
aid, returned from Sightseeing in st.
Louis yesterday.
Mrs. j. w. Croneweth and son Harry
are visitin gin Lone Tree.
Frank Yerger's caravan has moved
north. His first sto will be in Cedar
Rapids, where he will try the speed OF
his horses in races there.
c. K. Needham was in Chicago at
tending the national republican con-
vention.
The Cedar Rapids Commercial club
were here in full force Wednesday ev.
ening. They stopped at the station,
procession, headed by Mayor Talley
and Hon. K. E. Willcockson, president
of the Commercial club marched up
Jefferson street to the square, around
three sides of the square and stopped
at the opera house, where the Baptist
ladies' had supper prepared for them.
After refreshments Col c. H. Mackey
welcomed the visitors on behalf of the
Commercial club and citizens Of the
town. Response by Mr.. Taft ex-presi-
dent of the Cedar Rapids club, the
president being unable to be present.
The crowd then adjourned to the park,
where the Cedar Rapids entertained
the crowd right royalty till about
o'clock. The procession returned to
the train and Sigourney went along to
see them off. A few fire works at the
depot. then at about sos those genial
men and women left Sigourney with
nothing but pleasing memories of the
occasion. Sigourney is favorably i'm
pressed with these Cedar Rapids peo-
pie and feels she would like to know
IL EN- better.
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ing Of the handsome new home heinz
erected b,, Martin DiSanbo,h

Ing Of the handsome new home being
erected by Martin Diffenbach.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Caldwell, OF
Wyota. Iowa, represented the Dea
Moines Methodist conference at the
Epworth League district convention
Mrs. Caldwell will remain in the city
several weeks visiting Mrs. Caldwell's
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Cowden. and
other relatives.
Miss May Allender closed success.
full term of school at the Union school
house near West Grove on Friday. A
picnic had been planned, but was not
carried out owing to the heavy rain
Lunch baskets having been prepared
however, the parents and pupils to-.
gether with few friends, enjoyed a
picnic dinner in the school room, aftaa
which the day closed with a literary
program given by the pupils.
W. P. Caldwell. T. P. Bence, Franz
Black, w. ]. Law, ]. R. Sheaffer, T.
D. Doke Rev j. w. Potter, John Ell.
lott, Wall Power, and G. P. Frybursel
attended the st. Johns day celebration
held at Milton Friday. The lecture
"On Horseback in Palestine" deliver
ed by Rev. J. w. Potter, of this citN
was attended by large audience
which would have been greatly in
creased if the weather had been ia.
vorable.
Fourteen conveyances filled with
happy people drove to the Lutte Bur-
chett farm Friday morning, the site
selected for the Presbyterian Sunday
school picnic. Henry C. Taylor, as
Superintendent, of games for the day
had provided hammocks, swings, eros
quet and innumerable kites for the
small boy to fly. But the proposed
pleasure of the day was brought to a
sudden termination by the heavy rain
and thunder storm which LASTED nearly
all day..
Miss Anna Ellenberger left satur
day evening for Ottumwa, where they
spent Sunday with friends y
Miss Fay Kinney closed the spring
term of the Fairview school Friday,
The parents and pupils enjoyed a.
splendid picnic dinner and social hour
at noon. The afternoon session. con-
sisted of a literary program given by
the pupils. Z
Misses Edith and Mildred steckeI
entertained few immediate friends
at a porch party given at the Steckei
home Saturday evening in honor Of
Mr.. Pittingill of Boise City, Idaho.
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BLOOMFIELD.

. Bloomfield, June 27.-The first elab-
crate social function held in the city
this summer outside of club circles, oc-
Cured Friday evening when a miscel-
laneous shower, prenuptial to the mar
riage of DR.. Lulu NJ. Gilbert and Rus
sell M. Bell, of Tarkio, Mo-, which will
take place at the Methodist Episcopal
church Tuesday evening, was held at
the home of Mrs. Harry Lem, hostess,
together with her mother, Mrs Joe
Ford,of Stuben, and Misses Ada Spen-
Ger and Lilu Hazelwood Mr.. and Mrs.
Lem have an ideal cottage home well
equipped in all modern conveniences
and splendidly adapted to the enter
talnment OF at least one hundred
guests. The Songer orchestra played
throughout the evening which was
pleasantly in spite Of the rain which
had been falling the greater part Of
the day. The beautiful presents pre-
sented the honoree of the evening were
greatly admired and among these a
handsome chatting dish, exquisite
drawn work in doilies and dresser
scarfs.: the finest of linen in table
naperles and elegant sofa pillows were
prominent among the many gifts dis
played; In few brief words of thanks
Dr. Gilbert prettily expressed the sin
cere gratitude felt for the visible tes-
timonial of good will. At 10 o'clock
delicious dainties were served. Those
present from out of the CITY were:
Mrs. B. F. Carroll, of Des Moines; Miss
Lillian Higgins, of Burlington; Mrs.
Jas. F. Powell. Of Moberly, Mo-, and
Miss Cora Hooking, of Batavia.
Miss Mabel Swift entertained friends
at dinner at six o'clock Tuesday in
honor of Misses Florence Currier of
1ndianola, and Maude Maiken, of AL
bia, the guests Of Miss Mary Power.
Dewitt Appleton has returned from
Union, Iowa, where he has been en-
ployed during the past year or more.
Mrs. B. F. Carroll and son Paul, of
Des Moines, are visiting relatives in
the city, and will be Joined the first of
the week by Hon. B. F. Carroll en-
route home from a southern trip.
Mrs. Mabel Powell of Moberly. Mo-.
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Davies.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morton, of Keo-
sauqua, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w.
J. Steckel and Amos Steckel this week.
Hugh Pittingill of Boise City, Idaho, is
also spending few days at the Steckel
home as the guest Of the Misses
Steckel
Russell NJ. Bell, editor of the Tarkio.
Avalanche of Tarkio, Mo-. accom-,
panied by his brother Walter Bell. ar
rived at Bloomfield Saturday at the
Gilbert home, where they will remain
until Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Stewart and lit
tie son, of Lawton, Okla, were recent
guests of Mrs. Geo. Rokey while en-
route to Pulaski, where they will
spend the summer, during which Mr..
Stewart will be employed in the build
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Pigs Trough, ....l 42o 4.25
Pigs (rough) -. 10 119 5.15
Sheen and YearIinos

During the last half Of last week
prices for most Of the sheep other than
the strictly choice to prime native
wethers have been receding and show
| about 25c decline from the range the
previous week, heavy ewes and handy
ewes for slaughter all going slowly the
last two days and about Csc off, while
prime heavy native wethers have sold
up to S5.25@5.50, or as high as could
have been made late last week. Prime
export ewes have been bought this
week at S4.00@4.25, and at the close
of the week $500 is about the limit Of
the market, while the palmer heavy
ewes for slaughter have to sell down
at s3.50@375. Most of the handy
weight ewes have gone lately at $500
@4.5O, against $4.25@4.75 earlier in the
week. while some 104-tb ewes sold here
during the first half of the week at
high as $50. Western sheep have
been in small supply all the last half
of the week. but buyers say prices are
nominally about Csc lower, along with
the medium grades of native sheep
and that $5.25 would be about the limit
of the market for fed wethers and
class of range wethers, with western
ewes mostly at $4.0O@450. Feeding
yearlings have been selling at $4,000
$50, and very good class is to be
had now at 1915. Gull ewes sell down
at S2O0@2.50 and the thin breeding
ewes at $2.75@3.0O, with choice to
extra class at $3.25@35O Bucks sell
mostly at $2.25@2.5O, something very
plain around $500.
Lambs.
Closing trade was at least no worse
than that of Friday, which was some
slight encouragement. as it had been
going down, down, daily since Tues
day. Prices could be quoted no more
than steady, though there was little
more ready outlet for the small supply.
Some prime lambs sold up to $6.75,
same top as Friday, and other very
choice lambs went at $6.25, but sales
higher than $500 have been rare here
the last two days, the bulk of sales of
fairly good to choice lambs showing a
range of $4.50@6.00, and some lambs
OF a fair class for slaughter went at
s4.25, while the inferior to fairly use
full Gull ends went at $3.50@4.0O. Such
prices are at range of s1.00@1.5O be-
low prices paid here late last week, the
lambs selling at $3.50 here now being
of the class that would have sold more
readily late last week UP to $500.
Shorn lambs have gone down with the
spring lambs, the decline being hardly
as severe, however most of the shorn
lambs selling about 75c under last
weeks prices though few have gone
lately above $500, and that is about
the limit of the market, against $500
top last week.
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Arrivals Of vealers this week totaled
close to 1000 head, against 7,o19 last
week. The general quality has been
better than in former weeks this sea-
son, and buyers have been free takers
of the bulk OF offerings. In the week
an advance OF 25@60c has been noted
in prices, and trade has had active
tone throughout. The volume of good
veals in the country is growing small
er, and traders now feel confident that
narrower fluctuations will be noted in
prices in the near future. Smaller
supplies of dressed veals are had on
the downtown markets, and prices
there have been stronger, while lend
ing good tone to trade at the yards.
Local buyers have had urgent orders
for choice veal stock all week, and
such have sold at s5.75@6.OO, with most
fair to good veals at s5.O0@5.5O, and
only common and poor kinds down at
$4.25@4.75, with most heavy grades at
$3.50@4.0O, and common and rough
lots occasionally at s2.OO@3.OO.
Representative Sales.
Following are some representative
sales made Saturday in Chicago
showing lowest medium and highest
n |
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AGENCY.

Agency June 27-Chas. w. Burris,
of Kansas City, was visiting friends
here Saturday.
Quite number of people went to
Ottumwa from here Sunday to hear
Bishop Warne preach.
Mrs. G. T. McCarroll, of Ottumwa,
visited friends here over Sunday
George Bryan, of Charlton, visited
his mother here Sunday.
Wib Clements expects to have his
telephones completed by July l.
Miss Fannie and Russell Nye went
to Hedrick Saturday.
Mrs. S. B. Evans of ottumwa, was
calling on friends here last week.
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Homeseekers' Rates.

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month the Iowa Central railway
sells special homeseekers' round trim
excursion tickets to points in the
northwest, west, southwest, south AHA
southeast, at one fare plus two dollars
Return limit twenty-one days frdm
date Oh sales and stop overs permitted
Cali on agents for full particulars
or address A. B. Cults, G. P, & T. A,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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$500 Reward s1no

The readers of this paper will be plea sod
to learn that there is at least on dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
IN all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires n
constitutional treatment. HILLS Catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucuous surfaces Of
the system, therby destroying the founda
tion OF the disease. and given the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing it's work. The
propretors have so much faith in its curo.
tive power that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list os testimonials
Address L. ]. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo. O.
Sold hy all druggists. T5c
Take Halls family pills for constipation.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
Saturdays Chicago Markets in Brief.


Too many cattle again this week;
market suffered a further sharp set
back; grades below choice receded Is
to Csc; good kinds off as much as COM
mon; hot weather affecting demand
for heavy cattle; prospects not en-
couraging in near future; top natives
for weak $6.65-previous week $50;
weeks average price good beef steers
year ago $5.05; good Texans lower
common unchanged; choice cows and
heifers steady for week; all other
grades off another quarter; canning
and grassy lots lowest of year; calf
prices gain 25 to 5Oc-tops $500;
stockers and feeders declined Is to Csc;
country demand is unusually slack;
hog market without quotable change;
receipts small and demand good; days
average price s5.34-bulk $3.50 to
$5.4O; weeks average price $5.29-pre-
Vious week $5.01; most sheep have de-
clinedi about 25c this week; prime ma
tive wethers alone hold up well; shorn
lambs have fallen back about 75c;
spring lambs show s1.OO to $1.5O break
this week; strictly prime lambs sell
now at 1913; lambs at $3.50 would
have made $500 week ago.
Receipts.
Receipts for week endine SATURDAY.
decreased a few hundred cattle and
$500 hogs and increased 1890 sheep
as compared with the previous week.
Compared with the corresponding
week year ago there was a decrease
of $500 cattle and $4,000 hogs and an
increase of $500 sheep.
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RETAIL PRICES.


Flour, per sack - ........ 1.1O61 40
Corn meal. &c ID sack ........... 15@20
Graham -four lob sack -. 25
Corn and oat chop, per cwt 100
Shorts, per cwt -. 1855. 100
Corn chops, per cwt ..... 1.25
Bran, per cwt -. ........ LIS
Ear corn. per bushel ........ 60
Shelled corn, per bushel -. 60
Wheat, per bushel 49,. -. 100
Oats. per bushel -. . As
Gniclicn feed ground 20 ID sock 70
Oil meal per cwt 49,. 49,. LBS
Oyster shell. per cwt -. 1880. rs
Hay, per cwt $3.50. ............. 30
Straw. per cwt -. ........ 40
Butter and Eggs.
Creamery butter, separator ..... 221a
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Quincy, ILL.,, June 81. II body that
was found in the river Saturday is sup
posed to be. that of a boy drowned at
Keokuk last winter.
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Receipts.
Weekly Beef Cattle Prices.

Following is given the bulk of sales
OF beef cattle, at Chicago by weeks
during 1904. also weekly average
prices during 1904, with comparative
average prices for 1903 and 1902:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-28

is solemnly asserted that the old brass tags became covered with mold and filth,
 and that health boards had them an
 aIyzed and condemned because they were full of disease bacteria, etc. This is car rying the germ theory to considerable
 distances, back and forth, particularly
 when 1t Is deemed advisable to abandon
 the brass checks and still hold on to the
 old dirty leather straps that attach the checks to the trunks. The more probable reason for adoping cardboard checks is because they are cheaper, more easily handled, possibly a little cleaner, and need not be returned to the stations from which they are originally sent. Brass checks had all to be assorted and sent to their proper stations. and it required a lot of work, time and expense. In some states laws were enacted prohibiting the use of brass checks, but many railroads have discarded them voluntarily without waiting to be compelled to do so by law.