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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-13
HOGS SHOW GAINS.
Spectators and Shippers Begin Trad
ina at 5@16c- Advance
Tan ;nh<a 20 10

specuIators and Shippers Begin Trad
ing ct 5@16e. Advance
Top Lights $e.1o.
Stock Yards, Chicago, Oct. 12.-Sen-
timent in the market for hogs was
bullish and inability to agree on how
forced was the only thing that kept the
trade from developing into !. a strong.
active deal from the outset. Buyers
wanted to pay &c higher, while sales
men were holding out for an appre-
citation OF 1Oc from Mondays closing
figures. Spectators accepted the
terms OF statesmen and made a good
profit on early purchases of prime
lightweight and butcher hogs. as the
@15c higher affair for this class OF
stock and closed strong at the adj
vance. The top for the day was 1910,
showing full 15c gain from the pre-.
ceding days extreme price. General
quality was common and several east
ern shipping orders were carried over
untitled because buyers could not find
the class Of stock they wanted. The
average ,rice for the day was raised
13c to ss.44 and the market closed in
good condition. with little stock left
unsold. Quotations.:
BULK Of sales -. ..ss.3O@S.75
Heavy butchers. 200 800 lbs s.45@s.s0
Light butchers, 190@23O lbs s.65@9.05
Light bacon, 160@190 lbs. S.55@9.10
Light light, 130@155 lbs.... S.30@S.S0
Heavy shipping, 250@3 $50 lbs $3.50 SIS
Heavy packing, 2600D4O0 lbs 8.10@S.25
Mixed packing, 20O@250 lbs S.15@S.40
Rough, heavy packing 1000 I.95
Light mixed, 175@200 lbs. 8.05@8.25
Poor to best pigs, 60@135 lbs 7.90@S.S5
Governments and boars 3.O0@6.oO
Stays, 80 lbs dockage head. 8.9O@9.s5
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EDDYviLLE..

! Earl True and wife of Ottumwa
spent Sunday with relatives in Eddy
vile.
Mrs. w. Fl. Heston was called TO
Fairfield Sunday by the illness of her
daughter Mrs. Turner.
Mrs. Alice SwitZer was called to
Des Moines Saturday by the serious
illness Of her sister who under went
an operation.
Mrs. ]. Barry of st. Paul, and Mrs.
Ryan and daughter Pearl Of OttumWa
were guests Sunday of Miss Jennie
Tune.
Henry Wormhoudt of Pella and
d. Wormhoudt of Newton transacted
business in Eddyyille Monday and
visited their brother l. A. Wormhoudt.
Mrs. Thomas Bible and children are
visiting Mrs. Bibles sister Mrs. d.
Prugh in Abba this week.
Carl Mayer came down from Oska-
loosa and spent Sunday at the par
entail Mayer home north OF town.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Riggle and chill
dren Of Cameron, ILL.,, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Thos Ewing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Dotts Of Abba spent Sunday
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Jones will move
this week from the Fausnaugh tenant
property to the property recently pur-
chased by B. F. Gordon.
The little son of Rev. Mansen is ill
with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Annie Funk, living near Glen
dora, Cal, was the guest recently at
the Abe Stuber and Blake homes In
Eddyville.
Miss Leota Deble spent Friday,
and Saturday with her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Johnson living south
of Eddyville
The remains of Abraham Jewett,
who died at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Culbertson in Eddyville were
taken to Chillicothe Sunday morning.
The funeral was held at II o'clock III
the M. E. church and interment made
in Chillicothe cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Skeetes of Avery
are visiting their daughter Mrs. Jennie
Chitwood.
Mrs. Ida Barnett is in Des Moines
visiting her mother Mrs. A. L..
Spencer.
Miss Pearl Williams left for Gregory
South Dakota, Saturday for short
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gray went to
Kirksville, Mo-. Saturday to remain
indefinitely.
. Mrs C. Boyd went to Malcolm Sat
urday for a visit with her son Harry
Boyd.
Harry Heston who is employed in
Ottumwa visited with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Heston.
Mrs. Pearl Hall came down from
Oskaloosa Friday and spent the day
with her sister Mrs. Phil Scott
Mrs. John Yeager, Jr.. and son Clar-
ence and Mrs. John Yeager, ST.. went
to Batavia to spend Sunday with Mrs.
Yeager's son.
Milan Bolibaugh transacted bust
ness in Abba Saturday
Miss Edith Saville, Mary Oldham.
Lulu Morrell and Jessie Lennon
visited friends in Frederic Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Creswell and
daughters Marie and Clarice came
down from Oskaloosa and spent Sun
The sheriff came UP from Ottumwa
Saturday and closed the drug store in
Eddyyille managed by T. ]. Clark.
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Closing Out Sale
will sell at my residence, known as
the G. e. Doggett farm, A miles
northeast of Unionville and south OF
the Albany store. on
TUESDAY, OCT. is. 1910
At 10 o'clock a. m.
At 10 o'clock a. m.

SIX HEAD of high grade Shorthorn
cattle4 cows, one giving milk and Q
Ito be fresh early; yearling heifer. good
spring calf. Here are some good ones.
Two horses. about tons good timothy
HAY, new wagon. plow, set OF harness,
household and kitchen furniture and
other things. Lunch on ground.
TERMS-All sums of IS and under
cash. credit Of IL months VIII be
given on sums over SIS, purchaser CIV
ing a bankable note. II notes are not
paid when due to draw eight per cent
interest from date. Six per cent per
annum off for cash on time sales. All
property must be satisfactorily settled
for, before removing same. Everybody
is invited to come whether or not you
wish to buy.
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1LooMF FIELD.


Jim Smith will move next week to
the Theo Taylor farm adjoining the
city. He has rented it for two years.
Gilbert McAchran has accepted a
position in clothing store in Fort
Madison.
Roy Shields will be the Burlington
operator at Pulaski for three weeks
during the REGULAR operators vaca-
ton.
The Missionary societies Of the M.
E. church met at the Joe Ford home
Thursday afternoon. The members
were taken out in automobiles.
Curt Woods has moved into the
Collins property recently vacated by /.
W. Thompkins.
Mitchell and Louise Wiseman spent
Sunday at the home of their brother
Will Wiseman.
Mrs. D. M. Hancock visited friends
in Bloomfield this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and daughter
Bertha left Saturday for Hutchinson,
Kans.. to visit relatives for a few
months. Miss Bertha will go from
there to Elba. Idaho, to visit her sister
Mrs. Chas. Michel.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. N. English. who re-
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Miss Josephine Weber, daughter OF
Mrs. Andrew Weber, 41O North Green
street, has gone to Keokuk to spend
the winter with her grandmother.
Mrs. ]. F. Clarity and daughter, Miss
Helen, who have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. A. L. Albertson, 1874
North Ash street, have returned to
their Nome in Burlington
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We have message for you and it is
important too. The Alimentary
Canal is the source of our blood sup
ply. When it is diseased we have bad
blood supply. Physiology teaches us
the different functions of the parts Ct
the alimentary canal. Disease OF any
particular part or of all shows itself
outwardly to the experienced observer.
We depend upon the healthy functions
of the canal for natural life and
health. Our long experience has
taught us how best to meet and cure
the diseased conditions OF the human
body. We treat all forms of chronic
diseases.
Office los South Market, Upstairs.
n De-: T. C4nsol,In~
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RANGE STEERS ARE FIRM.
Few Corn Fed 1seves Arrive-Best at
$7.5o-Ranssrs Top at

Stock Yards, Chicago, Oct. 12.--
Trading in native steers was confined
to scarcely a dozen loads and most Of
these were OF plain quality. although a
few lots OF good grade were offered,
best Of which went at $780, Market
generally showed an unchanged basis
from Monday Half the total receipts
of 5000 We're from the western ranges
and branded beeves made firm rates,
topping at 1878, while others of fair
to good grade sold at $4,000. with a
lightweight class around $4.S0@5. Out
look for later days this week favored
liberal runs of both rangers and ma
tives, and packers were in a bearish
mood, although a good call for well
finished steers to go east is an encour-
aging fActor in the trade
Native cows and heifers of good
grade together with Gamer Stock met
Monday rates. while medium classes
were unchanged. Bulls sold at strong
rates and calves had 25c advance!
topping at SO. Good grade feeding
and stock steers also sold at 10c gain,
while medium and common quality
classes moved at Mondays rates. The
prices had the following range:
Choice to fancy steers ). ..$I36@S.00
Medium to good steers 8. ). 6.25@715
Interior to fair steers ... .65@6.10
Fat cows and heifers !. 3.50@7.10
Canning cows and heifers :. I. 2.25@3.25
Native bulls and stays -. =. S.25@5.25
Feeding cattle. 6o0@1,1oO lbs $3.50 sis
Fair to fancy veal calves =. S.5O@l0.O0
Heavy calves -. ....... 3.OO@4.5 90
Export steers 500. 6.4OM715
Western range steers $50. 4.60@6.75
Distillery steers =. !. ...... 7.00@7.50
Mixer, springers, head -. .ao.oo@7o.o 90
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Arthur Price
Eli Swain, Auotionssr.
Walter Abenu, Clerk
Closing Out Sale

We will sell at what Is known AZ the
C. f. Doggett farm, Az miles north
east Of Unionville and south Of the
Albany store, on
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CHICAGO Live Stock Market

6TVO 0GVVV<
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE live stock
market follows:
CATTLE-Market ten lower: r1
ceipts. $4,000; beeves. s4.75@7.S5;
stockers, feeders. $3.40@5.75: cows
feifers, s2.25@s.5o; westerns, $4.15@
CTS.
HOGS-Market 10 to Is higher; re-
ceipts, $4,000; light. ss.eo@9.25; mix
ed. ss.2o@9.15: heav,,. 3s.15@9; rough
ss.151s.35: good choice heavy, $3.50
3: bulk sales. $s.5o@s.9o.
SHEEP-Market weak ten lower:
receipts. $4,000: natives, S2.50@425;
lambs, $4.40@7.
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Blankets
and Robes

ALL KINDS OF BLANKETS.
Having purchased large supply "a
get the lowest possible price, am pre-,
pared to sell Blankets at what other
dealers pay for them. Call and see
my fine line and you will be convinced
that prices have not gone up--but
have gone down
Don't forget that am In the har-
ness business and have the best as
sorted stock in the city.
Prices Right-Quality the Best.
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Poultry and Eggs

f'~
FOR SALE-BROWN AND WHITE
Leghorns. Pure young stock, both
sex. ldrs. Newell Brown. Selma, Ia
FOR SALE--SINGLE COMB BROWN
Leghorn cockerels at Is cents each
II taken soon. A. FLOWER, West
Point. Ia.
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HORSE TRADE BACKS UP.
Large Dealers Indifferent Buyers q
Best Work CIasses-Heavy
Chunks Mova Slow

Stock Yards. Chicago, Oct. 12.-The
market continues draggy at sharp
reaction in values. Tuesday large out
side dealers are Indifferent buyers and
hedge on high western prices in exc
cutting orders Many sales are negoti-
ated at loss to country shippers of
|$10@20, and many offerings are bid in
at $50 below first cost. Outside dealers
report the sale business in an unsatis-
factory condition for the last six
months on account of high prevailing
prices in the west which dominate ali
the great markets. In many instances
horses are held in the country at
higher prices than the trade iustifies
and shippers are compelled to pay go
ing values or retire from the business.
One horse that weighed 1920 pounds.
of exceptionally choice finish, that
sold in the country at 1850, was bid in
at 1896 yesterday. Trade is sure to be
draggy and unsatisfactory until ship
pers are able to buy their horses
cheaper in the. country to meet the
present views Of outside dealers. The
market is weak at the following auc-
ton prices:
Poor Choice
Drafters ......... .s1159 1855 s17o@275
Expresses 80. =. 110@165 175@215
Loggers and feeders so@1eo 17o@225
Drivers $3.50. 49,. 100@160 170@300
Actors, coachers i. 11o@1so 100000
Carriage pairs 226@3So 4o0@65o
Saddlers :. 1880. 125@175 200@500
western tbranded). goo 70 75@125
Mules III. 75@150 175@300
Fancy offerings were generally sold
ut private Saie and commanded higher
prices uaao above auction quotations.
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For Sale

SHEEP FOR SALE-10O BLACK
faced eve lambs at SIS per head.
Thrifty and all right Also single
comb Brown Leghorn cockerels, 75c
and 81 each. One mile southwest of
Selma, Ia. Will Michael.
FOR SALE-A 30 ACRE, FARM 10
miles southeast of Ottumwa, miles
west of Eldon. r. r. No. Z from OF
tumWa. Geo. w. Dean.
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Miscellaneous

WEhWIILs GIVE AS A PREMIIYAf.
one years subscription OF the Daily
Courier for the best six wears az
yellow corn delivered to our office
during the month of October
Phoenix Trust Co.. Market st.
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. Lost

/, PEARL AND D1A-
mond cluster scarf pin. acorn shape.
Finder will be we'll rewarded by re-
turning to the Courier office.
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FOR RENT-40 ACRES AND SIS
acres for sale or rent. Frank H. Glen,
Kirkville, la.
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RANGE or HOG PRICES.
Range Of hog values at Chicago eos
the past week with comparisons:
Mixed and Light
1oSmoSk 1S2m2QH
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TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1910,
At 10 o'clock a. IN.

At 10 o'clock a. m.
% CATTLE-Eight mich cows, con-
sisting OF Herefords and Shorthorns, 8
giving milk and to be fresh early,
three 2-year- old heifers, four yearling
heifers and 8 steers, six calves, 4
steers and two hetfers.
SPAN OF and year old mules,
one work team, dozen chickens.
ducks and geese, about tons good
timothy hay, new wagon. plow set Of
work harness, household goods, etc.
Lunch on ground.
TERMS-All sums of IS and under,
cash. A credit Of IL months will be
given on sums over IS, purchaser Civ
ing bankable note If notes are not
paid when due to draw 80 interest
from date. Six per cent per annum
off for cash on time sales. All prop
erty must be satisfactorily settled for
before removing same. Everybody is
invited to come whether or not you
wish to buy.
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Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Oct. 12.-Poultry-Mark
steady; turkeys, 17c.: hens, INC;
springs, 11hc.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. English. who re.
side north Of the city. left yesterday
for Des Moines for few days visit
with relatives.
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For Rent

FOR RENT OR SALE-GOOD DAIRY
farm OF 21O acres. liz miles east OF
the city limits. Call on or address
Peter Winters. 1903 East Main.
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New Record for sheep.

Stock Yards, Chicago, OCT. I2.--Al-
though Mondays receipts OF sheep and
lambs again broke the record for vol
ume Of marketings for one day and. in
spite Of the fact that prospects for an
other week OF enormous marketings
appeared unusually promising, buyers
showed no inclination to curtail their
purchases and the market had a buoy
ant undertone at prices showing little
difference from the preceding days
level There were spots where sales of
lambs were made at a decline Of 10c.
but this reduction was partly Offset by
a difference in the assortment Of stock
purchased. Receipts for the day were
estimated at $4,000 head. bringing the
run for two days to 600 in excess of
arrivals for two days last week. when
all previous records were broken.
Sales OF prime native lambs We're
made at 1925 to shipper and 81 to
local packers. Fat range lambs made
s6.65@e.9O, with feeders of desirable
weight and quality at $6.25@6.65. The
range wethers made $4@4.25 to kill
ers. with feeders at $3.50@4.05. Quota
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- COMPETENT HELP
for Homework. Good wages. Mrs.
Macdonald. 514 w. 9Th st.
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: =
Wanted

$1,000 LOAN, NOV. 1,
1910 at so for years on 1853 acre
farm that we sold this week for $13.-
955 located ah miles from Blakes-
burg, la. Let us hear from you at
once. McIntire Real Estate Co.,
Blakesburg, Ia.
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New Idea of Economy

Tommy fond mother isn't rather an extrava
gance to bread at the same
timer"
No mother think economy Tommy "for the
same piece :or both
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TODAY'S MARKET NEWS
LOCAL MARKETS
HOGS SHOW INCREASE.

parkar. are Quoted at a Five Cent
Rise This Morning. Wheat Down
One Cent.
Hogs show FIVE cent increase TO-
day. Oats and wheat drop one cent
while corn decreases five. cents
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II you buy articles house
1t is economy Courier Want Ads.
For Sale

FOR sALE-A FEW CHOICE BIG
type Poland China spring boars. w.
Il. Irwin. Floris, Ia, r. No. l.
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LISTEN-40 ACRE FARM $685.. 1741
acres cumberland, IS acre McGrath.
Mountain View, Mo.
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Range wethers, plain to
fancy ....$6.oOG4.lo
Fed wethers, plain to best ;. 4.25@45O
Yearlines, fair to choice !. 4.75@5.50
Ewes, common to best ..... $50 64.25
Breeding ewes, all ages -. 4.25@4.75
Bucks and Gull sheep :. s. 2.50@3.25
Native lambs, poor to best.. 5.5O@7.25
claim. -. $500 100
Lambs, seconds =. ~. 800. 4.50@5.0A
Feeding lambs, all kinds ;. 5.40@6.60
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FOR SALE--A QUANTITY OF AL
most new feathers. Box 174 Hedrick.
la.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-18
ASKS CONSIDERATION FOR
THOSE WHO SERVE CAPITAL

Editor Herald: Under our present
economic system, which requires that
the many must work. while the few
pocket the products of the labor of the
many, it is very necessary that the
men and women who are compelled to
serve capitalists in order to live, should
stand by one another. If we only stop
to think, | am sure we will all do this.
Just because a tired salesWoman fails
in politeness. don't report her to the
boss. who has the power to take the
bread out of her mouth and perhaps
other mouths who are depending upon
her. Let us stop and remember that
we too have to serve capital, in order
to stay on this earth. Don't report the
telephone girl. just to crafty your
temper, and don't report the motor
man or conductor, in order to get
even" There may be helpless people
depending upon them. We are all "in
the same boat" and should remember
that fact and stand in together.
"a Lady" and her kind with few
exceptions) do not appreciate our po-
sition and have no fellow feeling for
us. therefore let us form a brotherhood
of our own, until the present system is
a thing of the past, when the brother
hood will be more extended.
VERA FIDELIA.
Los Angeles, June II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-18
THE DANGER

| m HE present controversy over the
price of domestic artificial light
Il and the unmistakable evidence in
| several quarters of the influence of
the Southern Pacific and local corpor-
ations in the politics Of Los Angeles
ought to call sharply to the atten-
tion of the citizens the dangers now
confronting them and their interests
dangers that a month ago did not
seem so apparent for the old forces
that used to run things here without
much let or hindrance had not then
shown their hands.
1t grows more significant every day
the candidacy of Barney" Healy and
Doc" Houghton. 1t becomes palmer
that more than a desire on their part
TO achieve new honors or serve their
constituents is behind their attempt
to re-enter the council that brought
them fame and a vigorous invitation
from the people to go away back and
sit down in private life. Some pretty
influential agencies are working for
them and hoping by the aid of a lib
eral expenditure Of money and such
popularity as they have among a GER
tain element to use them as wedges
to begin to pry out Of power the
present administration.
The corporations that can't have
their own way and those sinister ac-
tivities that flourished unhindered un-
der former regimes, as well as those
TO whom it was profitable to hold of
flee under those regimes-a well or
ganized band with the cohesive power
of selfish interest-will be united in
this assault on Mayor Alexander and
the present council.
The only force against them will be
the unorganized plain citizens who do
not believe in special privileges, and
know that the assets of the city will
be actually threatened by the success
of the old crowd as represented by
Healy and Houghton.
These plain citizens are numerous
enough to swamp the better organized
band now seeking re-entrance to power
if they turn out on June 80 and vote
as they did last year. If they fail to
do so they will find it later on harder
than ever to win back the control
from a crowd whose appetite for
spois OF one kind and another has
been sharpened by a taste of success
But we don't believe they are going
to prove indifferent. They are not
saying much, but they are part of
| that great silent undertow all over the
country that is sweeping the feet from
under those who have been serving
the interests" at the expense of the
whole people and submerging them in
the tide of indignation that has been
rising since the beginning Of Roose-
velts struggle for a square deal.
Stewart and Whiffen are going into
the council with a majority that will
leave no doubt as to the attitude of
Los Angeles on the great question Of
the corruption of our politics by spe-
| cial interests for personal gain.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-18
LIGHTING COMPANIES FAVOR
RAILROADS, SAYS M'CAsLIN

Editor Herald: 1t is publicly as
pany is selling electricity to the cleo
trio roads for ga a cent a kilowatt
Now by doing this they are, assuming
they tell the truth, selling 1t for s IA
cents less than they can afford to do
They charge you 8 cents and us Il IL
cents. Do we have to make up our
part of this loss, and do you have to
contribute your portion by the payment
of an extra price? What kind of a
strangle hold has this service corpora
tion on the Edison company to compel
it to be still and let the roads go
through it's pockets for this vast sum?
The truth is undoubtedly that a rate
of "a OF a cent a kilowatt is a fair
price for electrical energy when fur
nished in large quantities. The roads
say. You furnish it to us at a fair
price and we will not put in our own
plant; if you refuse up the plant will
go, you can't buy us off. You may be
the officials of a city, or even a COM
mittee appointed to fix the rate, but
not a railroad"
The price put upon such plants
is fictitious. and a rate fixed in con-
sequence-ridculous high. A water
plant costing less than $3.50 600, was to
my knowledge sought to be unloaded
on a city for over $500 900. When the
people get busy and put in their own
public plant, they will get a square
deal as evidenced by Pasadena's pro-
posed rate of 4 cents per kilOwatt.
NJ. G.. McCASLIN.
Whittier, June IA, 1910.