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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
OEZO7lOn1O B0rs Cigarettes.


ACCORDING to a bill now before the Oklahoma
legislature it is evident that that state will be de-
void of cigarettes hades is reputed to be of water
The bill provides for fine of five to twenty five dol
lars for anyone caught smoking them, and fine of
to two hundred dollars for anyone having them,
the markings thereof, in their possession. There
also is proviso attached to the bill which provides
for fine of twenty-five to fifty dollars for anyone
found guilty of giving tobacco to boy under sixteen
years of age This is drawing the line rather fine,
and it is doubtful whether such law could be en-
forced.
There are several states which have stringent
cigarette laws, but the one now under consideration
by the Legislature of Oklahoma leads them ALL Con-
sidering the rapid strides which the crusaders
against cigarette smoking have made within the past
few years. it looks tho the cigarette chap would
soon be thing of the past However, so long as
such Jerome continue to smoke the little cyl
inders, it will be hard work to convince the skepti-
cal ones that cigarettes injurious they
claimed to be.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20


s3 A man past like pug always up. @
There gossps intellectual vat than
there is Il a brewery
The Wall Street bull politics harm than the
a bull in china shop
titled paupers Of Europe.
One Of pipe lighters thoroughly
to use Standard oil in his lamp
When fellow of Europe obtained
their titles he instincivey raises the windows
would rather be American pawns his coat for
whkey than be girl who puts
respect in hook for a soiled title.
his first wife wedding the ceremony
killing two brides with stone for you.
Seated electric chair long enough healthy
bs would do the rich degenerates good than hundred
thousand dollar roast from prosecuting attorney.
Kid"I you sued your wife, Nanny divorce
What is the trouble?''
Mr. GoaBecaue continually chewing the rag and wants
o butt into politics."
years few consequent
have been holiday entertainments
Ministries" by the the 18th
pulled off in my time.
golden silence because he has conscientious against
endng prison. but because he conced
does his friends to know that he gube enough let
silly little thing pettcoats give him the dazzle
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20

and one estimate the good which these parks
will confer upon the boys whogo there
Anyone who is acquainted with tenement life in
a large city will have some idea what it means to
spend few months i'll the healthfu air Of the coun-
try. To these lads it will be- glimpse Of paradise
and naturally they will think kindly of the man who
made such an outing possible It would be well if
all our citizens, who are being sufocated by their
immense wealth, would follow Mr.. Rockefeller's ex-
ample and thus partially atone for their past mis-.
deeds. AS this is the age of reform. how becoming
is for the rich give the Of the world H.
lustraton Of what true reform is!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who
regular lists will consider such sample
IT, after reading, conclude that MIRROR
worthy patronage to this Office for
subscription al published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20

MIRROR weekly published IN the Minnesota State
prisoners and IS edited and
home
public disseminate pathological
dispeng prejudice which been
sefredempOn The entirely
dependent support. If
surplus wO:c
library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
Rather BzI771DtiO11S.

ILCIUOO1 OCO1ICNOCCtOC.
Since the assassination of King Carlos the an.
archists of Chicago not only jubilant but ex-
tremely outspoken in giving expression to their sat-
isfaction because Of the death of a monarch. One
of the speakers not the most inHammatory by any
means, said: .'We ought to kee-all the socalled
sworn policemen of this city down Michigan Ave.
and arrest all the unemployed who ride in carriages
and automobiles. Then those arrested should be
put on rock pile and at night locked up in Jail,
they are parasites. We have to destroy the ruling
capitalistc class just the Portuguese king was
destroyed
Americans believe in free speech and in free
press but if these speakers had been in Europe they
would not dare to make such revolutionary speeches.
It seems that the aftermath of the Haymarket Incl
dent has not dampened the ardor of the Chicago
reds, for they just strongly opposed to organ
lied government they ever we're, and are just as
unscrupulous as to the they use to further
their pernicious cause. If the authorities were to
adopt the repressive measures of the anarchists,
that s hire thugs to assassinae them, how severely
they would denounce the commission of such tyran-
nical acts! Anarchism, rule, has nothing to gain
in this country and those who advocate the assass-
nation of the president, should be treated any
ordinary criminal who has insane ideas.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20

III queer L.IOSTLUIS/IG
A POLICE Judge in Toledo, Ohio, had himself
handcuffed shackled and taken to the workhouse in
patrol wagon. He staid there short time in ord
er to learn by experience what sort Of punishment
he imposing on others. It is sef-evident that
this Judge is very conscientious in the performance
of his duty and that he is really sincere trying to
learn what workhouse sentence means to the pris-
oner But while the Judge observe the ordinary
routine life in workhouse, he has learned nothing
of the personal equation involved in such sentence.
Therefore, his automobile trip to the workhouse is
almost valueess.
However, if this judge had disguised himself,
went to some nearby city absolutely penniless and
was arrested for vagrancy as hundreds of other
strangers are, and then was compelled to serve an
actual workhouse sentence-not OF these expert
mental kind-he might have gained much additional
facts on the subject of committing men to work
houses. There is nothing gained while one is "play-
ing prisoner tits true he observe conditions;
but these conditions very deceptive. 1t is not
likely that anything unusual would have been per-
mitted to occur while his honor was meditatng in
his little workhouse cell, the grave problems of
police Judge Still, he has seen the actual sur
roundngs-the food, work. CELL etc., and this should
give him a correct idea of what life is like in a
workhouse
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
Good Report of Liners.

Good Report of Liners.
The Star of Hope, gives this good report of the
lifers who have been released from the New York
State prison at Auburn since 1860: The percentage
of life men and women who have been pardoned,
committed and paroled from this prison since 1860,
who have kept the conditions of their communication,
pardon or parole, SO 25 per cent The next high
est average is the 2Oyear class with 81 per
cent? the class with sentences ranging from 10 to 20
years average 80 per cent? from FIVE to 10 years 86
per cent. and from one to five years sc per cent"
The conditions in New York State are not ma
teriay different, we think, from conditions else
where in the matter of showing the status of the
time as compared with the short time. 1t is always
safe to rely ifers living up to the conditions Of
his parole for he has much to forfeit by not living
up to them that the very thought Of his having to
90 back o serve out the rest of his sentence would
deter even a bad tempered man. from mourning the
consequences.
In the states that have regular parole system
for the ffers as well the short detained, one
seldom hears Of psroed lifers going back for vio-
Iating his parole The ifers that Iowa has parole
are doing WE'LL better FACT than folk thought they
would All this is encouraging to the lfers who are
looking for parole, inasmuch the public may judge
the status of the lfer by the good reports which
come nom his trying to do right Reformatory Press
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
SALT sUPERsALT.
B Y A N G L I c U S

CANT IN ART OF all the various forms of the of
~ the prevalent and the perncous That much
quoted MAXIM cart for Arts sake conspicuous example While
necessary insist that should be tied religion
morality strong certain that the Of
absurdy Nothing exists this life entirely for sake
Mr. Bierces confident great
far above other When makes gratutous
assumption that kind his business subanate it. Or take
the 1bsenes One group informs that the chief of bsen
his wonderful ymbocism another that the Ibsen
section of real life claims absolutely
onclabe @
F THE SALOON We in this country
~ less fiery about the drink problem Worthy
defeat their ends by exagean the admittedly
the situation and drive other equally worthy and
the other side But atho hear great
deal Of he saloon there but little discussion of the
important point what is to take its place. To Free Library to
wants beer pretty but it does help the situation
The proof of this that the cities where there
these substitutes do not show falling of
saloons England the prospect far menaoing
exactly the No city equipped
libraries parks and bands and baths than London city
by the saloon and what stands for So
the solution from without and the problem be-
longs not to sociology but to psychology
| e. ~.
nF THE LIBRARY library institution is how
~ thing True there scoers who point
Of the books drawn from
fiction But noveading harmless In spite
the awful tales of the the dime novel not
bile for and it is safe that the
straight path by reads
enough go any Literary
depo shocking bad Of the peepu
the Of hustle criticse the it
the who reads novels and them all the time
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
WORKS FOR CIVIC PRIDE.
E,eelIer, Scheme Devised by Mer'
chants Of Western City.

4 new scheme for arouslng local
p-ide is being worked in an enterpris.
jur western city. The plan In briet
Is. instead OF attempting to vitalize
the civic spirit OF the whole commu-
rItv. to organize clubs in different To-
calities and TO clean up and light up
certain sections. without regard to
what may be done elsewhere. For in
stance. = club is organized in a
single block. and merchants on each
side Of the street are persuaded to
iaiu II IL IS desired to make the
b,ocE brilliant with light at night an
Investigation is had 10 see how II can
be done. how much It will cost and
what Il is worth. The plan has worked
50 successfully that organizations are
sr-irEinE up all over the same city to
devote their attention 10 cleaning or
lighting a certain restricted territory.
Il Is much easier TO secure co-opera.
Iiun between 20 merchants than be
tween 200. and the influence OF the
few spreads in a widening circle
Baltimore News.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine bud
nso d the natural outgroWth Of the
oA-tims household remediea
In the early history Of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD IT'S HOME
MADE MEDICINES Herb teas,
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to BE-
found in almost every house, compound.
ID by the housewife, sometimes assisted
BY the apothecary or the family doctor.
0uch remedies - picrs, which was
aloes and quaasia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes q hop tonic, made
Of whiskey, hops and bitter barka A
score or more Of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulae for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business Is
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor. i'm
pressed by the usefulness Of one of
these homemade remedies, would take
it mp, improve it in many ways, manu-
facture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over
largo area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one Of these
old-time remedies. 1t was used by the
Nennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men
monte origin. First, he prescribed it
for his neishbors and his patients.
The sale Of it increased, and st last he
established a mandatory and fur
r;shed it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PEEUEA and its value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartman's Judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
What Yale Men Eat.

Some statistics have been pub
lished by the Yale Dining club 10 show
what the LOGS members Of that or
sanitation who eat At the Yale com
mons manage to get away with in the
line OF food In 4 week. for instance
$500 pounds OF meat. 500 dozen eEEs
md 500 rolls and loavss Of brad
disappear down the Yale throat
The daily consumption IS about Ike
this Nine hundred and rEenty-niEe
pounds OF meat subdiyided into IS
pounds of roast beef. 2Si pounds ..
poultry. Ia pounds o, lamb. l4s
pounds OF pork and - pounds o.
steak; 100 loaves OF bread. 1900 rolls.
50 pounds OF oatmeal. 1900 quarts o.
milk. 100 quarts OF cream. lee Pouads
of table butter and a Ike amount to-
eooking purposes, and from three 20
four lunches of bananas. as well As
20 bushels OF potatoes.
Two hundred gallons Of soup is pre-
pared daily for the two meals Ser
srai years ago. when the club had
1850 members. the figures showed -
equal preference for meat but 10; 50
decided a leaning toward eggs. Oths-.
wise the items were propo-tioa-ss-y
the same.
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AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can % 1.-THE Result Is
Aln,es. Like Masie-useful Iso'

ANYTHING in the nature Of chem
ieal experiment is always Interesting
ana usually eduea,ive Here is sim
ple experiment which any child can
perform and which is Instructive IN
very practical way: Get a bit Of White
Lead about the size Of pea, piece
Of charcoal. 4 common candle IN
candlesticS. and 4 hloN-pipe- Seoop
ont q little hollow in the ehaTNooa' 70
hold the White Lead, then hEht the
candle. take the charcoal and lead IN
one hand and the bloN-pipe N the
other, with the large end Of the blow
pips between the lips: blow the faEne
O: the candle steadily against the DIT
Of White Lead on the Charcoal and II
the White Lead Is pure Il vii! pres
ently resolve itself into little shining
slobaleS O metallic lead, under the
intense heat Of the hloE-pipe, leaving
70 residue
Il however. tAe White Lead IS sdul-
,a-ated in the slightest degree, it will
no, Wholly change iato lead. 50.
will - see-. that this experiment IS
10; oaly an entertaining chemical
demonstration. h1t also O, practical
use IN The home. White Lead IS the
most important ingredient o; paint
i should - hc-Eht pure and uua4Gi-
teTaye5 and rziNs5 With pure GaseTa
oil. That is the hest paint. The
above sAsy experiment enables any
Cce % know whether the pG5ct Is the
ksnG EhscA vlu v71ar Or not
The NauazaI Laa5 Company guar
ante mat wsi;s lead taken from a
Tackass aHa-s7E their -D1tch Boy
Pairta-- trz5e-zrE viu prove 1hso-
lucsiy pure Ec5g- tAs h'5W-riPc test;
sat 20 s=c5z---e people 20 make the
test a-t z-1vs thP r--ity O. paint b.
fore us5-- g. they vEII send free !
h,oEr5zs E-s 4 va,g2a,s hocE,e: On
rzIrt % 1-y1-e zrtt-= then asking
To- Test E=EF-szt Address Na-
t5czzI Lad Cz=azzv. Wootb-!tse
BEEz--E SsE Ec-E CZT-
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E-v csE rs,-75s -sz-s are ~ho are
1l- Et-L3 C s-Iazs. Nc: I5-E ago q
hl-7-5sss LIE ara sake fsll on
;hs va=-=- . A. 1-.-=---1s -aIeh was
s-a-1E z=gz= - Ave. -se woman
El---l-y tE-:=s5 a. - cz-. left to
- ~ -ss---uE - mo a stone
zz- 1-= cz1s=5 I sz-5ozs accident
E1s A.cs g : r,15s17-zs sake needs
--u-T- 1-.s--y--- N-z x u. FTshel.
Eu--s Na : Boz -. D-Essz--. Pa.
ts-ls ~ sc szTs5 - LIE EAea bit.
- II lE-zs s-zss
o. A-Eas =. -S5s. I zzs bitten
@ thz EI-1 cE5cs - . large copper.
hszz s-Lk= B=z-E : distance from
Az 5-1zZ al IS 4 izs: resort l
-ss5 SiaE's L--z-- z-d 70 rny as
tc-Esz-s-I s1z-5 s: killed al pain and
AS tss -sz-s Q! saving ny life. I
a - zc-1s- q tcz- children and
a. -=Ts- E..-o-t yo-- L-iueat-"
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MIGHT HAVE LET. HIM FINISH
A. It Turned Out. Lawyers Were Gn-
necessarily Excited.

In 4 suit in q Maine court not long
ago there was adduced line OF tes-
timony that created some excitement
witness had testified that he saw
the defendant splitting up rails a
Few hours before the accident Tor
which defendant was supposed 10 be
responsible.
What did he say he was going to
10 with the rails" asked the counsel.
ixing the wandering eye OF the wit
less with his stern gaze.
Before the witness could answer,
he defendants counsel was on his
.eet, insisting that the question Was
iot allowable. 4 prolonged wrsnsle
snsued. Various high authorities for
and against the admission OF the Gues-
lion were consulted and quoted.
During all this time the witness
shifted from one leg 10 the other, and
gave vent to several prSiisious
lawns. As the controversy wased
hotter and hotter something like a
smile was seen TO pass across his
lace
At last the judge ruled that the
question must be allowed and while
he defendants counsel, exhausted
with rage, leaned hack in his chair
eScitedly. the query was put once
more:
What did the defendant say he was
going 10 do with the rails"
Nawthin,." drawlei the witness !
were drivin' my sisters niece to seteA
A train when l see him An now. et
il amt unconstitoOtioual. I'd like 20
set down as my legs is about E:H
Sunday Magazine
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
wha. We Might Save.

Amount saved by the American 7s1.
pie eating one-fourth less meat .u-
year. s22S S.OOO.0 900.
United States gold reserve. Decs7
Der. l. 1907. si7S. .Ooo. 900.
Amount saved by the American pao-
pie drinking one-fouTth less H5ua-s
Tor a year. sll0.0O0.OOO.
Net imports OF gold. Sovenbs-
10 December 81. 1897. sI0s. .ei.o .sba-
Amount saved by the American 2se-
pie smoking one-fourth less c5gz-s .u-
year. $4,000. 900.
Cost OF New York subway. sla.sas.- :
300.
Amount saved By the America 30
pie wearing clothes oae-tou-th laar-
sr. sleO,OO0.oOO.
Standard OIL Company a-e. ~
100000.
Amount saved by the American 80
pie wearing hats o1etou-tA ,.-gs-.
$4,000 600.
Largest benetscttoa ever made Il
one year by American phfza-h-o1Es-
f2. .ooo. .ooo.-HarPer's Weekly.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
suT MAS TzE SAVE wELoS'
Pss.- Carries - oa-.y s-es1:es
SI-=E - 7srzstl1l Permit.

a sew --s- l-T=s q vz.s-Da-11. .-
sad E=s-sse-sz=va 1es=s-1 O.. south
Cz-u-z- -S-z-rs. SOC. TIA. when =
Qo-5e=z-- 49, q -a-7- El-h a ue.7o
- a. --E-=-z-5Is lg= b las &;
SsEA- Eru- -Ezs re Ea-Er has stolen
tszt rz-s-z=-7=- Isel15 = story about
= F1-c=E- 40 ne; a 1sEro In the
early E-=s G. tks morning and he
lad = ~ -E-- O. his shoulder.
see y-- Ezvs q melon there:
Yes So answered the darky.
2 So - - ==-=z hz; Tse fixed fer
E-,-. sII. IL: 7-LzE ont 4 paper he
tEu5ac G. - - uEcer. who read:
Tins i.sl-F- @ rs IS O. X He paid
ne -z1 r-a--H 5-- tss melon. and he
iE & u-lu- q L. church James
Eiua-
-Tur I-f tsss,5 sd the oHce-.
I'M viu- Z --Ez,sr answered the
zla=-E. IrG its @-Tz5 1---Washsng-
III =E-g.IL
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Z Miss

Commissioner Bingham ot Ne-
York said the other day o. : sA-sE.
western detective
He IS vsEy shre-d- but lie likes .
show o. oysTuueh- There Is ! E5os
deal OF this Sherlock Holmes tzs5-sss
about him = Soo-ch-Czaztiz- -z-.ss
TO Join the force the other dzy. To
make hinse. look respectable -
bought suit Of clothes from : frt.-d
of his stationary eaEi-es-- whs-
be presented himself AZ hezsz-z--s-x
Dur Mr.. Sherlock Holmes Vas ne frs.
person he had TO see
Mr.. Sherlock. looking - f-o- II.
desk, scanned the applicant sa-sztly.
shot q quick glance rouad TIE room 70
see that ne had eTeryoas's zt-e-do.-
and then said. in his deepest. most in
pressiye voice:
Aha mechanic. perceive
Ma. na,' replied the Soo.ch-z-
A Mackenzie
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
One of al
ESSenfi'

of tho happy home. q .oII
'und OF information a. to n
oil promoting health and
right living and knowled, b
best products.
Products of actual -.
reasonable claims truthful, a.
and which have attained y L.,
acceptance through tn. ,.,.,
wen-informed of the wo.id. :.
v'dhal' only. but of the MAJ.
the happy faculty Of seleetj,. 4. !.
ing the best the world allo,s'
One of the product. d ,s,. \
known component parts. :. p
remedy approved by phy,ici,. Q.
mendcd by the well.InIom. \
World as a valuable and whol.rs.. !. !
laxative is the wcll-known su. \
ana Elixir OF senna. To rtits
ELECTS always buy the r.nui. !,
iacturcd by the californi, II, -
only and for sale by all leadi., ~ =,
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4 Powerful Combination.

Tim was a protege OF MIR. Blank, 4
well-Enown Boston lawyer. He was
often In trouble. but By personal inilu.
ence with the courts Mr. Blank man
aged to have him let down easy. so Il
became a matter OF talk. the Green
Bag says. thrt he did not suffer great.
ly in being arrested.
How is it, Tim" some one asked
one day. that you are arrested very
often. but never go TO jail nor pay any
fnes7"
Its Just this way" Tim replied. Il
have Mr.. Blank for me lawyer. and
what he doesn't know about the law
tells him"
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
Both In sans pIIsht.

"My friends dragged mo into thIs
wrctched affair!" shiveringiy said the
arst dueIist to his adversary. ~ the
seconds approached with the deadly
weapons. Il never pulled the trigger
OF a pistol in my life; 30. II ! hit you
II will be an accident"
Nor is this awful duel to my
liking" whincd the challenger. white
TO the gills. Like you. a pistol is q
strange article to my hands. and II l
shoot you 1t will be with "A stray
shot"
Then, for heavens sake" exclaimed
the first duelist, with n ray OF hope.
lets aim carefully at each other. or
one of us may get hit!"-lllustrated
Sunday Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
o.. ---e L=-.f--

Dressed 4 tie lztez; AID nos. an
E-uEs71 5o;o--cyclinE costume. with
s7Ez5ss AL complete. the motor.
cEclts- Ezgty too--ioo-ed his zzy bv
ae=s-ts PARK towards the 700. sud.
es-ly hs slzess-sd- diszouatsi. and
sad to L snail s-ubby urchia:
SAY, NJ boy, an l right for the
ZOO
he boy Ezsp=i az 50 strange a
s-Ent z1t thought Il must be. some
1sE animal to- the Ezrdens
fo1 ny Be- all right II they have
spare cage he said. zhen he
oo'1ld Had his tongue. but you'd ha'
stood far better chance II you'd 'ad
: tai, --Lo.6o, Answers.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
Fortune, in Appl. ere~inu.

Thousands to-day are making for.
tunes in the cultivation Of the avvls
IN far-a~ay Tasmania, said a frzs,
grower who was on a visit to this
country from the colony to the ~ritsr
the other day.
The island may well be described as
the fruit growers paradise. An ex.
pert asriculturist with a ten-acrs
orchard can not only make a good "a.
rome in a healthy occupation smid
ideal surroundings. but ind at the end
of the season a very substantial bal.
ance at his hank.
The Ordway new era., 1908-04-03
PUBLIC LAND OPENING,

-t5e@3 acres Of irrigated eova-,
E'sat Lad in Big Horn Basin. WON.
i.s- VI oe thrUzn open for settlemen,
Nay L. under the Carey Act. afford.
IE a. Opportunity TO secure an irrt-
szi=1 farm At lo- COS; on easy nav.
oe1ts o.ly 20 days residence Is "a
e1iFssa- A report containing official no
ne@ Q, the dra-fnE- maps, plats and
i1A Information has been publisher
% TIE Irrigation Department 90.
nome i1s- Bldg Chicago. Anyone IN.
teEes'ed may obtain free oopy br an.
plying TO the Department