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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-14
3l2 Beltrami Ave.

DEPA 4R2T EII Toe OF TIE INTERIOR yE (
Minnesota November 4th. 1908. Sealed pro-
posals. the envelope to be marked Proposal
for the purchase of dead and fire killed
timber" and directed to he s p!nfder'signed'
for the purchase of all the merchant
able dead and fire killed timber. stand,
as or f o sn on Of th sect Eas 20 81 Of
NWA OF Section 49, T. ISL, R. SO. Red Lake
Reservation. Minnesota: 1t is estimated that
there are :665. 900 feet Of white pine and $685. :
the burned area. The successful bidder will
be required to comply in every particu ar
with the regu atoms approved by the Pres1-
dent on 0ctober 70 lyos, to govern the fad sale
ferred to and each and every bidder must
enclose with his bid. as evidence of good
faith. a certified check on some solvent
national bank equal to twenty-fve per. cent
price bid. payable to the Superintendent of
the Red Lake Indian School. Red Lake.
Minnesota. II the successful bidder fails.
neglects or refuses to comply with the terms
date Of the notice Of it's acceptance and to
furnish bond in a sum to be fixed by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs guarar teeing
faithful compliance with the terms and con-
entered into by such successful bidder with
the Superintendent Of the Red Lake Indian
School. the check deposited as an evidence of
benefit of the Indian tribe. The right to
reject any and all bids is reserved. For
further inform alton. including COPY of the
regulations and forms Of the contract and
bond, apply to the UNDERSIGNED d. c THOMAS q Las
Indian School, THOMAS DOWNS, Specia
Agent in Charge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-14
Ladies 500 suits, $14.5O. O'Leary

Ladies $50 suits, $14.5O. O'Leary
& Bowser.
Buy your hat at the closing out.
sale at the Berman Emporium.
Do not fail to attend the ribbon
and silk sale at the Bazaar store Sat
urday.
Boys overcoats, size so to SO, 50
to $11.5O values, tonight $4.95.
O'Leary & Bowser
Wanted, table boarders. Board
by the day or week. S. E. Panchot,
over the Model Bakery,
Drink Nickel Cut Coffee in the
morning and you will have a smile
on your face all day. Sold only at
Roe & Markusen.
CT. Ross, senior member of the
firm Of Ross & Ross, came in this
morning from the firms logging
camps near Kelliher and spent the
day as a guest at the Markham
hotel.
Harry Koors Of this city,who sells
good fruit forthe Thomas Thomp-
son co mpany of Duluth, returned
this morning from international
Falls where he went to secure orders
for his company. Mr.. Koors reports
that the water at the Falls', is
running down the river in the same
old way. - ~.
Hon. C. w. Stanton Of this city,
judge of the Fifteenth Judicial dis
trict, returned this morning from
International Falls where he pre-
sided at a two days. session of the
district court for sKoochiching
county. The session was an unusu-
ally short one, there being very few
cases to consider.
Charles H. Gardner, north-coun-
try manager of the Grand Forks
Lumber company, returned last even
ing from trip to Blackjack where
his, company will log extensively
this winter. Mr.. Gardner succeeded
G. E. Croker as manager for the
Grand Forks people, and IS making
good" in every sense of the word.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-14
An Enthusiastic Customer

Told her grocer that if he refused to handle
"OUR-PIE' Preparation she would trade
else where. She knew she could make Lemon.
Chocolate and Custard pies better than the
expert cook if she used ''OUR-PIE' as all the
package ready for immediate use. Each
package, enough for two large pies, 10 cents.
Order dozen today from your grocer.
Excellent also as pudding sauce. cake fill
ng, etc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-11-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Ladies' SIS suits, $3.50. O,Leary
& Bowser.
Buy your hat at the closing, out
sale at the Berman Emporium.
Attend the musical recital in the
Opera House Monday evening,
November Is. !. ...-.
You ought to see the bargains in
ribbons and silks at the Bazaar store
all day Saturday.
Childrens' overcoats, size to IL,
S. to $40 values, tonight $685..
O'Leary & Bowser. ".
Ask for Nickel Cut" Coffee, just
one store in the City has got it, and
that is: Roe & Markusen. . ..-...
Remember the 6 o'clock Sunday
dinner at the Hotel Markham. An
excellent menu, with the best of ser
vice.
Good secondhand stoves and
heaters, almost new, for sale cheap
at the Town Market, next to Reeds
studio. -
|, The ambitious your e woman
should take business course at the
Little Falls Business College. Write
for catalog.
Sheriff Thomas Bailey returned to
the city last evening from Brainerd
where he went to attend to some
official duties. -
E. D. Alger of Tenstrike, the gen.
eral manager for the T. M. Partridge
Lumber company, was in the city
yesterday on business for his CON-
pany.
Mrs. c.. B. Wood, who has been
visiting at the home Of her son,
Herbert Wood, for several weeks
past, departed this morning for her
home in Brainerd.
w. H. Browning, the Wyman,
Partridge & Co. representative, spent
a portion of his time in the city
yesterday, interviewing local merch-
ants for his company.
Every ingredient used in making
Hunts Perfect Baking Powder and
Extracts must pass the test of chemi-
cal purity, and every finished batch
is inspected and tested.
Miss jamie Mills, a graduate of
the local high school who is teach
ing in the Northome schools, came
in this morning to spend the week
end at her home in this city.
Frank Johnson, farmer living a
few miles from Kelliher, spent yes
terday in the city securing supplies
from the local merchants and return
ed home on the M. & I. train in the
evening.
Miss Alice Mills, instructor of the
eighth grade in the Walker public
schools, arrived in the city last even
ing on the north-bound M. & I. pas
senger train for an over-Sunday visit
at home.
Ladies' $50 suits for $3.50.
O'Leary & Bowser.
John Moberg of this city, who is
extensively engaged in logging in
the vicinity of Laporte, returned
from his camps last evening where
he has been staying for several days
to see that operations are working
smoothly.
Archdeacon H. F. Parshall OF
Cass Lake came in last evening
from Park Rapids and attended the
meeting of the Elkanah command
cry. Reverend Parshall left on this
mornings M. & I. passenger train
for Walker where he held services
today.
George Kirk of this city returned
last evening to his logging camps in
the neighborhood of Northome after
transacting a days business in the
city. Mr.. Kirk reports that there
are six inches of snow near Northome
and the men are using sleds fol-
their toting.
A lot of heavy $50 dress goods
suitable for girls coats, SOC a yard
tonight. O'Leary & Bowser.
The Blackjack Employment com
pany of this city is doing a rushing
business these days. Messrs. John
son and Anderson sent ont fortv.twr
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
STATUS OF NATIONAL GUARD
Judge KHvnHnuEh OF Chicago Render
ImPortnnt Decision Regarding
Its Rights and DutfeA

e G-DuEe n
the superior court q Cook county today
rendered & decision Of importance to ma
bonal gusrdEnen throughout the country
in which he declared they had a right
under certain conditions. TO take human
life while n duty.
The decision Was rendered IN the case Of
Joseph b Klein. a private Of the First
regiment. Illinois National Guard who is
d Indictment for the killing Of Earl
Nelson at KAnkAkse. III. last An
g1sI The First regiment among 9TH
e-s was on its way 70 Springfield III.
70 qnsn q race war Klein. acting as a
guard Of q baggage car IN which amnuni-
ton WAS stored n under orders TO anow
no unauthorized person 10 enter. stabbed
Nelson with q bayonet when. according 10
his story 10 q court OF inquiry. Nelson At
temped TO enter the car. Even then. Klein
stated. he had no intsnuon of harming
Nelson his Indictment however, charges
thai the murder" was Eilful and mali
ciouA Klein applied 10 Judge K~EvAnaagh
for release on habeas corpus, which the
court refused On the grounds that he has
not Jurlsdicoon-
Judge K~AvHasugh held however, upon
the facts As presented by Klein, even grant
AA 1AA me KING Vas nDl Accidental but
IN the execution Of orders OF 4 superior
officer, no of1snse against the state had
been committed In tine OF domestic dis
order IN which the National Guard. he said
is called upon to act, the guardsman ocru-
pres sEActG the sane relation 10 ths pr
vaie citizen as the regular soldier ia time
q actual war.
TIE soldiers responsibilities and his in
muniues alike follow him from the time he
fans into line Until he returns home. The
soldier must not use his powers for o.
preston, but In 0beying ordsrs even 10
TIE extent OF taking life. he is not held 10
a nice dtscriutnzdOn OF an absolutely cor
rect 5udEnsnL
y who assaults or fnts-feres with =
sentry Or guard" SAYS the court may
unoer many circumstances legally forfeit
his he FOR his rEnsEression"
Judge k~AvauAngh explained the eaur+
Of Inquiry which declared Klein Eufrless
could not be hsld 70 have placed tbe
El2rcsm2n in jeopardy. since Il could not
punish for homicoe Ksn's plea, how
ever. that = uial IN the criminal oaurr A
kankakee would be uEcing him twice il
jeopardy was In error In war. the eou-.
sid a soldier IL ~rrsponEThle only n ri.
superior officers fer his acts but in maj
tiers o. domesie disorder he Is Ensue-bls
70 the ovl courts Ehsa he sxiEencF wh,cl
called hin 10 arms hAs passed
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Total wages =.

When You look over this hlloo-ooLET
pay ron yoa get an idea o. the bignsEs Of
nAzroading. Take The smallest item On the
Est-s26.e 90. zoe paid in wages 10 tee
graphs-s and diEp2tchers. an army OF a.
90 men AT the key This Is more money
THAI AL the telegraph Companies IN the
country spend IN wages
And then the item al the top Of the list
-S78.Bn.DeO IN wages TO shopnen- You
know. perhaps. thai railroads have shops,
they mend broken whesls and put new
paint On cars
Dad You ever know that the railroad
shops Of the county employ an army Of
5a.DN men. earning SsOaO0Q.O00 = year in
wages? This repair end Of the railroad
bnsinsss is bigger than the business OF the
Steel corporation ftsslt-nure men and more
wages
The army Of shopnen has q big JOB. In
the shops Of the big railroads Locomotives
and lars are built as wei a. repaired
The smaller roads buy their equipment
from the independent builders, but there
is no road 50 small but that II has its
shops for repairing equipment The rail-
roads own 22O0.S00 cars. Of which 5000 are
passenger cara Made Up into one train.
these ears would stretch around the earth,
and 70 every forueth car there would be
& locomotive. for the railroads have E.O9
in service You could carry every man.
woman and hid In American in this train.
allowing ony forty passengers 70 q car.
LIS the business Of the third o. III
sh0pmen 70 keep these two and & quarter
million cars and locomotives n running
order.
A bigger army stn is that On the track
-3a.8 N men. made up Of 500 section fore
nsn-ths bossss-snd 3E 900 humble work
erS, the l0wssr paid men in the service.
averaging - 4 week But they take 81
CIT Of every EBe Of railroad revenue, OF
E5a0o.00 q wear, and No small pE-t ot thus
money fines its way back 10 the Cd
ounuy." Many q good American citizen
q today earned his first money IN thls
country as 4 member Of a track gang
Third Largest Railroad Array.
The train crews WIKI &AV85 engEnsmsn,
nrsGeA Conductors and uEinmsn. make ~
the third largest railroad aTmg, but they
head the wage list with SSS10 a year.
They gel more Lzn q dCuar cut Of every
ten received BY TIE railroads
Here is shO-a 1Ae mAks-U Of the raj
road army.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
IoW May be Made In January II DeStret

Chisan and Mrs z L Stone VIII pour
tea and Misses Geraldine and Gladys
Clifford. Mia Wolf, Ruth Mcdonald Sadie
Cole and Helen Harmon VIII assist
Tuesday evening the women speakers Of
the corn show win be hODor guests Al a
musicale TO be given by the current topics
department al the home o. Mrs Thomas
Brown in kounzs Place.
Thursday morning Mrs Nellie Kedzis
Jones OF Kalamazoo. Mich, who VIII be
one Of the principal speakers before the
model kitchen section. VII address the
Household economies department The
meeting viii be followed by q luncheon 70
be served at noon AZ the Young Mems
Christizn association to al club wcnen de-
string to attend, each psying for her "
plate. Mrs. Jones VIII be tie guest OF
honor and the luncheon Is gwen thA1 the
club women may have an opportunity q
meeting ber-
Friday noon the Current topic department
win give q luncheon al HRnsJn's in honor
o. Mrs. George Sheldon. Mrs. A c sinai
lenberger, Mrs W. J. Bryan. Mrs Nellie
Ke5ze Jones and ether women Who MI
be n attendance n the corn show. Az
the club women viii be privileged 10 attend
but reservations must be maze by We5nes-
Cay evening through Mrs Vincent phone
Douglas 5J05-
Several Of the Departments have sus-
pended their meetings until after The hoH-
days. The current topics department VIII
not meet again until January 4 when Il
vi present the progrOn At the open day
meeting q the club.
The department OF ethics and philosophy
has adjourned until after the holidays
The orstory department VIII hold It's last
meeting Tuesday morning Er 10 O'Clock.
The WomAn's Christian association win
hold SIS annual meeting Tuesday Al 10
O'Clock, A. the First Presbyterian church.
Reports q the years work and other bust
ness VIII be transacted The women win
bring q box ncheo and coffee VII be
served 81 noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
CIuh Notes

Mrs Margaret Bar 4 the University
OF Minnesota. former Chairman Of the
General F~ederauon's domestic science com
mirtes and one Of the speakers before the
model kitchen section Of he corn show
VII address the Eomsa's club n rs upon
meeting Monday Afternoon Mrs Blair
WI probably speak On -IsEulsA~ He al
dress VII f5l0E the business meeting Al
an A. the close q the program an IN
formal tea VII be held IN the club room for
Mrs Blair. and any q the other women
speakers q TIE corn show VINO may be in
the cIy- The young women Ia the eiu
fer the laboratory work q TIE model
kitchen VII b EDs1L gnsstE EH c Il
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
BIC BUSINESS on WHEEL
Romance and Reality Of American
Railroad TrGhe
MONEY MADE AND Discussed
vast. Intricate asd Divers Systems OF
Tnasportation Iadustry, win
Eartaz. Proats and
worker

The barrest business In the equity As
rznrosdinE
II Al me railroads. in TIE country Chsre
are $50 Of them could hoard from aaS
70 Gay TIE money they gather II 1ol Wv
nr PASSENGERS and freight Al The end o.
4 year there wouldu't be a ooAAr ieI1
anruhere else In the county EVerT
piece % metal and ape currency II LIE
country would be in the railroad treasures
The railroads earn IN q year i've Tunes
the whole WORKS. output Of god. ihlI1s
Sues THIS countrys Eold output thfE
take II four times as much money as The
steel corporation. five times as much Money
a. tbs Government ftHslf-mors money than
than IS rspresentsd In al our trade over
seas
It's a bE business thai takes II
&. 900 oaa ne IN 4 year: this Is T.SeA0os .
q day-ssven million dollars q day
And 15n.Ooo Of this money, every day
o. TIE year. goes into the pay envelopes
q the workers For half the money
gathered II By the rzlroacs-hah OF TINS
ESQ. 30.B0e q yezr-is the workers snare
q this biggest q American businesses 50
in two years the railroad workers receive
In their pay envelopes as much money az
there Is In circulation in the whole c0un-
Try.
Big figures she-si There Il the humble
trncknzn. usually an H1sn fron The siu-ns
OF Europa who dogedly obsyE the orders
q The track foreman out of every EDp
gathered in by the railroads Sc goes 10
him-ffve tines as mach goes 70 the road
officials TIE figures are big. you see.
whether you start from the bottom OF the
top.
Let rs see what becomes Of every 800
received by the railroads IN their two-and-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES business
Workers on railroads Q7O000 menD.-. $40
Dealers IN railroad msteriAls( chiefly
the steel and coal .
The ELa-s :
Creditors Gundreds Of THOUSANDS OF
bond u
The owners C5D0.D99 investors. y
For the surplns Improving the property :
Workers actually get $50 out O. every
HgN for from the Is paid for materials
rails. cars. engines. buildings. stc) $40
goes 70 TIRE workers in these industries.
Every tine you spend a dollar At = rsfl-
road ticket Office OF freight office. you are
PAYING % cents for wages.
A BEuiOn-DoIlRr Pay Roll.
Now. let's see just how the &48 ont Of
every 100 OF railroad revenue Is dis
trbuted among the railroad workers:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Boost" for the Corn show.

Mrs. ? H Cole, president Of the Ne
hraska Federation o. W0msn's Clubs has
ISSUED q circular 10 al the club presidents
q the state. with details 4 the model
kitchen section q the National Corn expo
siri1n, and asking that i be presented 70
the clubs The rsrdy action q the curu
Management In p-Ecirg representatives o.
the wums1's clubs and t1e state federation
upon its advisory board occadOned the
delay n TIE issue q TINS lerter. Ms Cole
also caus attention. 70 M-ndsy afternoons
open day program q the Oman W0man's
club p invites an visiting nc-u women
70 attend such admission vii - granted
upon -presen1Auon OF a card from their
home club.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
DYNAMITE ExPLODES ON ZONE
Heavy Loss of Life saId 10 H.x.
Place At Has OblsDO
a. Resal1.

COLON Dee n-rhers Vas = very So
we're explosion Of dynamite To-Day n Bas
Obaspo- Ths mortality Il sztd 70 Be vu
heavy. but details are lacking Fu-rasy
uuin has Just lsfs here for the scene -
nurseS doctors and hospital Eupulss "a.
ohtsPo Il q station On ne railroad bsrweeB
here and PEnEmA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
oxford ana CambrffEe Tie.

LONDON. Dec G-The annual associa-
tioa foot ball game match between teams
repressuting Oxford and CambrtdEs mi
vers-ies was played at Q1een's club. this
CRY. today and resulted In q be Zach side
scored a goal
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Sullivan Grantea DIVoree.

CHICAGO, Dec. E-The decree OF d.
vurcs for which John L Sullivan. the for
meT champion prize fighter. recently sp-
piled for in this city. was granted today
on the ground OF ~deser1on.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
WORK OF The N0NEN'S CLUBS
Nebraska Federation Women's Clubs
Boosts for National Corn Show.
COMMITTEE CHAIRME1 NAMED
Omaha WomAn's Club VIII Extend
Courtesy TO WOme Speakers
Before Model Kitehen Sec
uiOn Of Expedition.

The following nst Of chzirmsn OF stand
ing committees Of the Nebraska Federation
Of Wonen's clubs has been announced:
Art Mrs A p A0rey. Hastings. GIVES.
Mrs. c. p Glover. Thirty-sixIh and Lincoln
Boulevard Omaha; civil service, Mrs A
W. Field 1E3 ~ street. Lincoln. forestry
MrE EErrison. York; household economics,
Mrs. S P. ErxktDe. Norfolk. industrial,
Mrs. HEIlsck Rose. No. 10. Potter apart
msnt Omaha; literature. Mrs George
Elnsn. 1877 South TEenty-f1rst street
Lincoln; library. Mrs D N Carey, Seward.
program. Mrs Z L Keefe, WAlthil; re-
ciprocity, Mrs D V. Stephens. Fremont,
legislature, Mrs. H n Bushnell Lincoln
constitution. Mrs. c b Letton. lincoln.
The work Of this exceptionally efficient
staff OF chairDen VIII be materially
strengthened by the assistance OF several
former state presidents as Committee mem
berE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
General Feaeratfon Note.

A union has beer effected recently Of the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory fedora
tons Of clubs and Il WAS done unanimously.
Mrs Franklin Ward Gerard has been sp-
pointed chairman Of the forestry eommiUtee
Of the General Federation Of WoDen's
clubs.
Commenting upOn the announcement Of
the Boston Herald thai its comic supple
ment has been abandoned because Il had
ceased to fulfil the puTpuse Of al atlrac-
ton. Mrs Eva Perry Moore. president o.
the General Federation says Next IN
order VIII be Mrs Decksr's suggestion 10
80 segregate articles Of crime that Ike
the sporting pag and the financial page
nav - read by those alone who ind them
an attraction The General Fe5erEtion
and the clubs have long sgitsted Bgainst
the alleged comic supplement and these
Efforts are beginning 70 besr fruiL
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Tual foreeE

The wages q these workers vEg from
the dollar . day pad southern urEckmsn
10 the 1ve-ngure yearly salaries paia the
heads q rrAEsoourDsnlAl roadE TIE aver
age daily earnings o. TIE officers and men
q TIE railroad forces IL here EhOEa-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

Bezuttfui Initial hzndkeruhIefI for ls...
or men WstnlEaosr a suirh. N g -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

Bee Want AaA Are Business BOOstsrA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Home Made JinqIeS
sx GRACE zExs

FLEA-INO AMAs CHI =
u-oo PER COPY n Al ~b0OkssIlsrs or
ssEd sr1sr 70 sSs BO11h astA Avuzna.
Eel EE<aEy ASH
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Realty


Find them every day
By watching the an
nOuncsmeE8 IN THE
BEES want Al Col
uDnn
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

80 from tie q the L7eaee
srksrA i1 - zee bow j. locks 70 the o.
= owners The railroads earned Ast yea
ross EEN8aNa The small end o. u
4ltoad BUSINESS - TIE passenger uAl1A
ahs recs pts from ssaDo.ss passage
er= &A.ua 60 The artIaEe rate pal4 We
uLIs over : Genus q me Tns lEuI-
loW TAI the nverEEr American DA1t
Ha railroad tup IN the year q an aveI
sc length q thirry-tuo U-lsS payne
- f1r Ire ssryloe-so. "a uiies appeArs
- Be The average yearly travel 81 TIT
Amer5cal On the railroads The railroad
$50 reeelved more IA HDo0N.9N oArry1ns
1Al and express matter. mostly On pas
ssngsr trains.
But TIE 2sWS0 freight cars are the big
aRrnerA They brought IN uEsAs6.ee las
gear. I've times as much money as A. To-
gold D-Des % the country produced fou
and q half times as much money as al TIT
god mines q the world produced GreR.
e The American freight car. even II Il does
80 banging along OF a TAT wheel II sarDed
MS huge amount OF noasy By sheer work
for II charged Only \ Of a cent FOR cRrrytng
= ton Of freight q nle But even y q .
cent a ton runs into money pretty fast in
ne big way ve I'M our railroads A nfty-
ton car. al his average rate. earns EA
cents a n1e: this Is nan a nile for a
dfVy-car tra.n-End in the 2y0ODmDs journey
across the country this runs up TO S5SO00-
Big cars and long hHuls make possible the
low American freight rates.
where FreiEAt Comes Prom.
A word as to where all the freight comes
from More than hz1f Of Al the t1o1sEe
carried On TIE railroads is the prodnct q
the mines-a third is coal and coke. The
soft coal tonnage Is quarter
q all the traf6@because this IL the great
fuel IN Industrial plants from coast q
coast Hard coa1-the h~Ousehol6ers fuel
Is a big item In freight. but not nearly SC
bag as soft coal Manufactures Stand next
TO mine products IN importance. with about
a seventh Of the total tonnage. and in this
class the steel industry takes the lead
Lumber and other products % the forest
rank third: Agricultural products fourth,
with merchandise and miscellaneous fredgh
last a Lb0-ton train. loadea with freight
in the proportions IN which the cuuutryE
freight tonnage is div5ded. would carry
Tons
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

So much for how the railroads earn
SzSlOOnO0 Now let u see what Il done
with all the money. Two-fhirds Of al the
money received by the railroads has 70 be
spent to run them SSne railroads spend
a good deal more than this-sone. like NJ.
HsrrfmRn's and Mr.. HIS. q good desl less
But the average Is tro-thirds: this is the
operating ratio" that the railroad ex
psTts talk about Il is the low operating
ratio on the Hartman and Hm tines that
enables them ID return big dividends 70
their shareholders The railroads spent
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

Total operating expenses--H 1n
Included IN this E-5tNen0p ts the BIZ
A~on-6cIlar pay roll The ether three
quarters L. spent on various materials,
coal and steel being the principal items
The coal BIN for the locomotives is the
biggest single ftem-ISSo.Bm 90. Besides
the coal BIZ there is spent for loconorrTes
Hh.D0.D 900 On water, &OO0.Bp on Oh, tAIloE
and waste and sLBO0OD OF other supplies
more than tsDa.B00O0O in all The tie BIN
Is big-s4a 0g0.0 bigger than the ran bill
S@AM Stationary and printing costs
IA. 808.O 900. adrsr1isng EVVo.Ha. wrecks and
other damage K2mo.8A. clearing away
wrecks S. Ooh.B00. killing and ~inJuring people
SIS. D0. 900, insurance 1850 B0-snd 50 On
through a score Of items all In the NIL
HonS-NeE YORK Tines.