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Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
A False Report
!, The Index:

Editors cf The Index
AS there is a report being circu-
lated, as is shown by a copy of my
letter hereto annexed, and as the re-
port is false, as is shown by the an
swer to my letter, from Mrs. Bull
lington, of Brush, Colorado, and as
this is the first and only "kick"
since 1 have held the office of Pro-
bate Judge, l will ask you to please
publish the letters so the voters of
the county may, if they have heard
the report, know the facts; the land
referred to was sold October 30th,
1907, and the party who started
the report did it to hurt me at the
coming election .and perhaps thought
that Mrs. Burlington was out of the
land of the living.
Yours Respectfully,
S. P. GARRISON.
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28

Eugene Mcneil of Meade, Kan
sas, arrived Monday to visit Miss
Alice Rudolph. They were class
mates in Mt. Carmel and are good
(very good) friends. Mr.. Mcneil
is on his way to Chicago where he
will attend the University of that
city during the ensuing term.
H. A. Schnelle of Sharon was in
the city on Monday on business
matters. He is settling up the affairs
of the firm of A. w. Schnelle &
Sons who lost SO heavily in the big
fire in Sharon recently. He reports
satisfactory progress.
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
Owl Meeting

The Order of Owls will meet to-
night at $3.50 sharp. The attend
ance of every member is requested
Important business.
HOWARD CADY, Pres.
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Medicine Lodge, KS, Sept. IA, 1910
Mrs. Lizzie Burlington,
Yours Respectfully,
S. P. GARRISON.


Brush, Colorado.
Dear Madam and Friend
am a candidate for re-
election to the office of Probate
Judge of this county, and 1 have
thought that 1 have acted fairly
with all who have had business in
the Probate Court; there is re-
port being circulated, however, that
at the time you made a guardians
deed of your minor childrens' in
terest in the real estate south of
town, that you did not get fair
deal through the Probate court. This
is something 1 do not understand.
You will remember that your attor-
ney told you that as had made out
all of the papers in the case, he
would not charge you any fee for
his trouble. If you thought my fee
too large, that is a matter fixed by
law, for the statute of this state fix
es the fees Of the probate judge In
all matters, and the parties who do
business pay only the amount fixed
by law. Will you please answer
this letter as I would like to know
the facts in this case, and don't
want anyone to take advantage of
me on account of your absence.
Please answer by return mail.
Yours Respectfully,
s. P. GARRISON,
Probate Judge.
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
Heating Stove Bargain

: One 16-inch hard coal base burn
er; one soft coal heater, first class
condition. At a bargain. Inquire
.at this office.
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INCREASED TAXES


In 1898, when Gov. Leedy :
. retired and the Republicans .
. wrested the state from the .
. control of the Democrats and :
: Populists, Barber county's .
. share of the state tax was 81
O92.9S. .
. In 1902, the last year of
Gov. Stanley's (Republican) :
. administration, Barber Coun-
. tvs state tax was $1O,439.O2.
. In 1908, the last year of .
Gov. Hoch's administration :
(Republican), Barber Coun- :
. tvs state tax was $14,759.99.
In 19O9,under Gov. Stubbs' ,
(Republican) present ad-
ministratiOn, Barber Coun-
ty had to dig up" $22, 1922.
! OF.
! Mr.. Taxpayer, how do you
like it?
3.s* 3S3.3.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-17
Changing Inaugural Date.

Editor The Washington Herald:
] hope they will not bother with the
proposition 10 change the date Of the
Presidential Inauguration. II is not at
all certain that a better day could be
named Circumstances make the weather.
same as they do the man. 1t should be
remembered that our climate is capficious,
rendered SO by the machinery Of our
strenuous civilization and money-pushiug
devices - mechanical electrical, scientific
ana unseientihe, Climate is all broken up
into chance fragments. whrling hither
and thither, haphazard. alternating be-
tween hot and cold chunks. regardless Of
latitude, longitude or previously organ
lied conditions.
With me the ith Of March is a great
day, rough as It is classed by the Presi-
dent-makers. It is my birthday. If 1
could stand the sta OF March. under all
the circumstances, extreme youth. unac-
climated, and with no clothes TO speak of,
surely honest politicians ought not TO
SILVER at early spring boreases.
The fact is the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent as practiced in these hays is out Of
harmony with republican simplicity. II
lis Pompeiian-psrtakes far too much OF
the ancient barbaric style. when the ruler
was bigger than all the rest OF creation.
The ceremony of inauguration should be
trimmed TO the weather. There is no
occasion for a circus parade, after the
fashion OF the Indian or Egyptian can
nibal princes, TO lure the wide-eyed circus
lovers from comfortable fireplaces out
into griponian rain, snow, and sleet
storms.
1 remember CleveIand's second in
auguration ] was on the Bowery. II
was a snowy, slushy, rough day ] told
the boys we had better keep in out of the
dirty Stop and hug the stove. and ceIe-
brate a day bigger to me than Cleveland s
Inauguration day-ny birthday. But lots
OF New Workers went down 20 the in
auguration; and many OF them caught a
death cold. II was said that hundreds of
persons throughout the country died from
the effects OF that inaugural. dld not.
ORVuLE Il. KDIBALIA
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success of cooperation in his own mn
mense manufacturing business near st.
Louis, Mo, and who Is a close student
of cooperation, informs the writer that
IN a city like Washington 500 members,
with a capital of $4,000. is the minimum
requirement for a successful store. Once
on a paying basis. the cooperative sys-
tenn would grow until it hads enlisted so
large a following that an effective check
would be placed ON the oXOrbitant prices
charged by many retailers. As prices
continue to advance, economic necessity
Is bound 20 force this cooperative idea
TO the front.
It is true that the net income of the
average retail dealer is not a large one
The real difficulty, as pointed out by
Secretary Wilson, is that there are too
many retailers They all have to live,
and naturally combine TO get the better
Of the consumer. II IS now up TO the
consumer to fight combination with COM
blnation WILLIAM d. MACKENZIE,
81 I street nWthWcs;-
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The Government Clerk.

Editor Tbs Washington Herald;
/ read i'm a recent issue of The Wash
iugton Herald an article written strongly
in favor OF the down trodden" govern
ment clerk II pictures his destitute"
life as being an existence OF alcohol
lamp breakfast. cheap lunchroom meals
at midday, and dinner-G0d knows where
and then retirement 10 q dingy hall
room. He is pictured as a single man, at
the ''paltry" salary Of $500 per year,
with no time lost on account of sick
ness and one entire month with paD
TO enjoy himself each year.
What about the mechanics (of which /
am one)? They get less per day. and set
paid for actual work performed only.
What about clerks In mercantile houses,
railway Offices. and men employed in the
many vocations. who receive 10 pay for
holidays, no sick leave, no vacation Of
Il month. and are subject to lay-off IN
duh seasons How many poor gov
eminent clerks had better positions be
fore being allowed to feed az the govern
ment trough? How many men in the
United States would willingly and gladly
jump at the opportunity Of getting on
Uncle Sans" pay roll. but find their
way is blocked, for none resign and
few die?"
When you consider the earning power
OF and the salary received by the gov
eminent clerk and compare same with
existing conditions among men lahoring
in the various walks OF life in this broad
pear a prince among beggars.'
His salary is at present a good one.
Let him live within il, and not try 90
mimic those who have worked them
selves TO higher stations in life. Then
he viii relieve his "destitution.'
F. H. JAMES.
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Remedy for High Prices.

Editor The Washington Herald,
The public is at last awakening 20 the
seriousness of the continued advance in
prices charged for the neCessaries of
life II is especially serious for those
who are dependent upon fixed incomes.
The manufacturers, farmers. and other
producers who employ labor are bene-
hted rather than injured by the rise in
prices. because the wages paid to labor
do not rise in proportion to the prices
for which the products of labor are sold.
The wageWorkers and sdlaTied people are
the worst sufferers.
Economists and financial writer's are
busy trying 10 explain the why's and
wherefores of rising prices. II is clear
that one of the main causes Is the rela-
tive oYerrrodUGtion of gold Money be-
ing more plentiful than commodities. II
naturally follows that prices of COM
mudities rise There is nothing IN sight
20 check the increasing production OF
gold, and We may as well face the fact
that prices Of commodities viii continue
to advance for several years 10 come.
According 20 newspaper reports,
movement is now on foot 60 organize a
legal boycott on the part OF food con-
sumers against the products of the meat
trusts and other monopolies Ia order fo
compel them TO lower their prices. This
experiment is worth trying but there are
at least two other methods of reducing
the cost of living which may be more
practical The first method is for several
hundreds OF thousands OF consumers IN
any city or locality TO form an organiza-
ton and throw their united trade to such
firm or firms as VIII agree to deliver
articles Of good quality at a certain fixed
percentage (say. 10 or z per cent? above
wholesale price, OF above the cost Of
production plus railroad transportation.
these firms to submit their books TO
the inspection of a committee elected
by the consumers organization. This
method has the advantage Of requiring
no financial risk on the part of the con-
sumers
The second method is that Of cO-opera-
tive stores Within the past two years
an experiment of this kind was tried in
this city and failed, but the failure was
due to exceptional conditions which
might have been avoided. Cooperative
stores are proving a great success in
Minnesota and North Dakota, and sooner
u later they will succeed in this city.
A cooperative store cannot fail if ex-
penses are kept well below the ratio Of
profits, if the right man Is selected as
manager and II the members win give
their trade 70 the store and support il
Loyalty and patiently until it is firmly
established
Mr. y. o. Nelson, who has made
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WALL STREET NEWS
Cause of SluggishneSs Due
to Active Trading.
REVIEW OF A BUSY WEEK
stormy weather, Despite It's Draw
back in Railroad Earnings, Proves
a. Rs ReneficiaI. Since IL ACceIeT-
ates sale of CommOditieS-Business
Has Not Changed for Worse.

New York. Jan 1.-THE reason COM
monty .gued In Wall street for the de-
cline i'm stock market prices since the
beginning OF the year IS the disappoint-
ment OF spectators over the failure Of
the expected January boom to materialize.
10 doubt from a point Of view close 90
the market this explanation has much
force. Il is also probable that the recent
running up" of various l0w-prieed spe-
clalties. attended with rum0rs OF deals
and the Ike. which were known In bank
ing quarters 10 possess little or no f1un-
dation. and accompanied with obvious
sluggishuess IN the standard and impor-
t8ut stocks. hurt the market a good deal
The legitimate business situation has in
no way changed for the worse. The
stormy weather in the last thirty days VIII
temporarily decrease railroad earnings.
but the tall OF snow Will promote the sale
Of winter clothing and other seasonable
merchandise, will be good for the winter
wheat crop. and IN the long run will DE
beneficial generally.
Banks show Business Rush.
Bank clearings and the like keep up
spleudidIv, and 50 far as this side of
the question is concerned the only cause
for fear is whether or not business has
not ben developing somewhat too rapidly
for perfect health in the immediate past.
Some stocks have been strong and others
weak. but with the general result that
prices as a whole we're materially lower
on January I than they were three months
before that time.
Heads of the investment houses in Wall
street and bankers and brokers coming in
touch with the mass of people all say
investors seem only DESTROYS of buying Sc
curlues that yield "a higher interest re-
turn than the great majority Of those
daily bought and sold over the Wall street
counter. and the Justification made for
this preference is the fact that the cost
of living has so increased that the low
return Of security yield welcomed few
years ago Is no longer enough
Thus In a very concrete form the
problem Of the present high range OF
commodity prices is being brought home
TO the financial district. The stock mar
ket is no longer enjoying the advantage
Of the per cent or 3 per cent money
market upon which the lively boom OF
the last year was based.
Right at the moment the unusual re-
turn Of funds to the financial centers
from the interior places TO which they
were sent after the January ! disburse-
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WORKS LYING ON HIS BACK.
SoIieits subscriptions for Magazines
over the Telephone,

over the Telephone,
When the lists OF those who have con
quered under adverse circumstances is
completed and placed In the Hall Of
Fame. among the names written there
Will be, or ought 10 be, that or Mr. +. T.
Jordan. OF Topeka, Kans Mr.. Jordan.
who is young man, with a wife and
little girl, was suddenly paralyzed from
his waist down. That was nearly three
years ago. He has never risen from his
bed in that time and never VIII. says the
New York Herald. Yet he IS making a
fairly good living for his family and his
income Is growing
Mr.. Jordan is magazine and news
paper subscription agent. conducting all
his business by telephone and mail He
cannot rise 20 sitting posture in his
bed. lie is always fiat on his back.
1T is something terrible to be struck
down in the prime Of life he said. Il
was doing well when I was taken ILL., II
was horrible 90 think of spending the rest
Of my Hfe in bed and unable to care for
+A-- '-'e tAlAa Jay p ASAAE CIV JUL III III
the schemes that seemed possible 10 me
and decided that soliciting magazine and
newspaper subscriptions was about the
only thing / could do"
He called people by telephone and told
them he was hustling subscriptions and
would they give him an idea of what mag
azines they read and let him figure on
club? Not once had he ever mentioned
10 4 customer that he was bedrtdden He
boosted his wares over the telephone
When he had a club figured out he called
his customer and told him the rates.
Usually he got the business.
Many who did not have telephones re-
ceiyed personal letters asking for sub
scriptions. No word was written about
his condition, and the customer was
asked 10 call by telephone or mail the
order. In the two years that Mr.. Jordan
has been working for subscriptions he has
never asked for help because Of his ill
ness, All his transactions have been on
a strictly business basis.
IF 7 can't set you the magazines or
newspapers cheaper and with less trou-
bic 10 YOU than you can yourself. then
my work is 2 failure" his been his motto.
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The Price Of Beef.
r The Washington Herald

Editor The Washington Herald:
The average life OF Il horse is fourteen
years. During this period a farmer can
raise fatten, and market three steers,
The amount of feed calculating the
amount Of grazing the steer enjoys, while
horse for obvious reasons must be stall
fed, is in. the case of the two animals
about the same in quantity for an equal
weight in animals; but that required for
the horse Is the more costly, and, for
the purpose or my argument. I will as
sumo the net feed cost 20 be equal.
II, therefore. the horse be eliminated,
the same amount of feed viii replace him
on the butchers block three times dur
ing his period Of existence otherwise and
the question of the shortage Of beef for
food will 10 that extent solve itself
There will be. i'm addition. three cattle
hides for the tanner in place Of one
horse hide. a pertinent question. in view
OF the fact that we are drawing hides
from nearly all the cattle-raising parts Of
the world to satisfy our demand for
leather
The steer Is raised I'm the country. and
commits no onense against the sanitary
laws of our cities; the horse, in livery
barn or private stable. Is TOO often per
mitted TO create an ill-smeluns nuisance.
and is largely the cause Of the house-hy
pest by furnishing that disease-carryins
insect warm quarters and iucubating ma
terial Furthermore, his presence in
numbers In a residence ueighborhood is
detrimental 10 the value of real estate
in that dwelling houses within the area
of foul odors and swarming flies do not
rent as advaataseously as those removed
from close relationship.
Therefore, for the reasons advanced
and the first one particularly, the re-
duction in the number Of horses on the
streets Of our cities will be a great de-
sideratum. beef viii be more plentiful
and cheaper. flies will be less plentiful
and doctors bills less i'm number-Ibt
latter a great benefit TO all people OF
modest means.
For the benefits that viii accrue follow
ing the reduction in the number Of horses
on our streets, nothing is so potent as the
substitution Of power propelled trucks
cars. and carriages for the less desirable
horse-draWu vehicles OF similar character
MAX PHACHT.
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ments is making the call money rate
easy. and another contributing factor
in this regard is the greater amount Of
time money taken over 10y Tie stock
exchange commission houses following
their discovery that the general money
situation was passing into a phase not
quite so amiable az had previously been
anticipated
Easier Money Conditions.
4 relaxation Of the strain upon the
call market has occurred Easier cond.-
tons. due TO the same general cause. are
also noted in London Berlin. and Paris
But the testimony Of bankers IS taken
as a whole 10 the effect that these coudi-
lions are likely 10 be only temporary.
II business continues to expand here
and abroad. they say We shall have
notably higher rates in 1910 than we did
in 1853. The reserves OF national banks.
State banks, trust companies, and all
other financial institutions are now about
down TO the legal limit, although, Of
course last weeks liluidatOns in the
stock and commodity markets has helped
matters.
The security market IS being held in
check by the still unsettled status of the
antitrust law, anxiety regarding the
character Of the decisions by lie Supreme
Court In the American Tobacco and
Standard oil cases. which may be delayed
for several months TO come. and by fuan-
cial dissatisfaction. not To use a stronger
word with the general course Of affairs
at Washington on these SUBJECTS
President Taft's annual message TO
Congress was not wei received in the
financial district II did not breathe
FIRE and slaughter Ike Mr.. Roosevelt
outgivings, but 70 left the matter quite
unimproved. from the point Of view Of
business men and holders Of securities.
and fathered recommendations that were
generally held 20 be impracticabIe
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EngIe CARRIED Trap Many MiIes.

Last week an eagle was killed at the
Ellison ranch near Edgewood in the up
per part of Siskiyou County, says the
san Francisco Chronicle. On one OF its
feet was attached a No. 3 steel trap
which had apparently been on the birds
talon about two weeks.
1t has just been learned that short
time ago an eagle got into a No. 3 steel
trap belonging TO y. Greenslate. Of Ply7
mouth. Amador County, and carried the
trap away with it. 1t is believed that
the eagle killed at Edsewood. which is
about 300 miles from Plymouth on An air
line. IS the same that escaped from
Greenslate's trap about ten days before.
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DAILY COURT RECORD
Saturday, January 10, 1910
DISTRICT COURTS.
Court OF AnneaIs.

Assignments for January r.
No. 6le Wru-ngb Vs. Hewitt Attorneys DAVIS
q Luut-TeuT.
Ne, CO. ArbetleT vs., Lewis. Attorneys. Heard
Fowler.
No. ~. Lllmak vs. de Fs1snt. Attorneys
Harding q haulir-ST5ar.
NOTTCE-A session OF the supreme Cont 81 lhs
District n Columbia n general term U-l h. held ar
O'Clock Un Tuesday afternoon. JauIar U.s. at which
members o. the bar from other Jurisdictions whose
applications have been approved and Who appear IN
IeIsgu VIII IL admitted t1 practice
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Circuit Court No. 1.
IrsTICE MRIGHT


AsliFmCnt1 for January IL
No. 10 Hsga vs. District of Columbia, AJtur
news Montague a llGgiaT1g Thomas
No. 81. Gleason ", Washington Terminal Com
mEy Attorneys 3IcNamara a Hgijespier- A1mli-
ton & Mathtr.
No. 7l3. Oliver vs. PhiladslIhE, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad COMPANY. AttnUfl-. Worth
IngtOn HeSld 4 Frailey -Nckeunst x Flaunery.
No Z9. Miller Kopp Cuy SJ.n. Company IS
Diamond Stone BnCk COuI8u. Attorneys Ian
bert & Yeatman-L II. HeLdeI.
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She Qualified.

From tho Sew Zealand Fue Lance
He-So your husband has given Up
smoking? 1t requires pretty strong viii
to accomplish that,
She-Well, I'd have you understand that
] have a strong will.
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Probate Court.
JUSTICE BARNARD.

JbHAfCE BARNARD
Estate Of Anna T.. Fountain; order 10 ACCEPT offer
Attorney W. 4. COOmbe
Estate Of Edmund K. Calhoun; order admitting
Eiil 70 probate.
Estate OF Mary T. White viii dated June %. 1900.
and petition fer letters testamentay Med Arior-
ney. Il. l.. Millsr.
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Equity Court No. ..

JUSTICE BARNARD.
No. Zoi2. DoebereiueT vs. ETor Baking Com
Tanv; receiver ordered 20 sell personal property.
Attorneys. Il. I. WLiti1ri-W- a. Johnston.
No EO46 Pippard VS.. TIestou It al injunction
peudente lite. Attorney = W ODollgIUe,
Assignments for January l.
No l45 Wolhey T. Wolfe.
No y. Cumberland - Gzysu. Attorneys.
Williansou-Gittings q Chamberlain
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Circuit Court No. 2.
CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH.

Assignments for January l.:
No H. Carver ys GrCat Falls and old dominion
Railway Company. Attorneys. CliuEs-ales d Scott
W. J. Lambert
No lJI Hanea vs.. Southern Railway ConTaHy-
Attorneys. Gordon Gordon. Blair a lhOm-Ham-
ilton Colbert, Yegkes & Hamilton.
Nc %. TTuIton vs.. Saunders - al Attorneys.
Happier * Merrillat-FlanHery a HIrz
No 70a Riuehart vs.. Chesapeake & Ohio RAJ.
way Company. ATTORNEYS. Pery-HaUiitJn x Col
bort
No Ia5 Osgcod vs. The Elmer H. catI!u Com
psny. Attorneys. HarIOye q MU-is-Iucksr *
KENYON
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any other business continued under sim
liar conditions would demand immediate
removal of the aggravating cause, till
such time as he would be willing u do as
he would be done by. A. ". BROWN.
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Equity Court No. 1.

JUSTICE ANDERSON
No Si& BreuomT Us. Driver demurrer over
ruled, Attorneys. Happier MeTiiJ- AID NJ.
RichsrIS1u-H. T. Davis.
Assignments for January d.
No. E-s5 BeHu stt SIS. Bennett 90 al Attorneys
(sirs a Collins Hing d Collins
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Mechanics Liens.

M. 5962 Th1mrson-S,Arrett Company :. The
Masonic Temple Association lot g. square II.
SEA
So. 1858 Nathan Plotkn vs.. Francis Wells, lot l.
block Is. East neauWood, $50. Attorney, T l.
Jones.
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No $50 United States ". Sixty Bag mere Or
less a AIOiass5s Grains Stock Food, libel act 81
June 90 1905. Attorney. j. W. Baker.
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Criminal Court No. 2.
IUsTICE sTAFFORn.

JUSTICE SIAE FDItN,
Assignments for January l.,
IN re estate Aieliude smith.
In re estate Maria Moore.
In re estate A6bie 4. Perhius.
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In Egypt.

From the Chicago Record Herald
There are 100000 Egyptians who can
neither write nor spell, Notwithstanding
the fact that Egypt has few COLLEGES
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Criminal Court No. 1.

JUSTICE GOULD
No. 3379. United States vs. Jules NJ Waterbury,
false TTetenses; On trial Defendants attorney, II.
l.. Davis.
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OiStrict Petition.

Iiu-sy. and II EbrI.a; Judgment Municipal Court,
Sg %. Auuueys same