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death was wrong. l thought
from Crows having the earring that
You had come to America, anu that he
was in communication with you. And
when they told me that portrait / had
painted of you from a photograph was
a picture of the girl VINO had been found
in the ice, l believed that you had been
murdered. and that DR.. Crow was the
murderer.
Il believed abgolutely that you and
Irene FoUrnier were the same person.
! didn't discover my mistake until this
morning"
Now" said 1, perhaps you'n tell me
how YOU discovered that from looking
at the negative that Barton brought
frcm Beech Hill in his pocket"
member that / had never seen Irene
Folrnier nor a picture of her. The
photograph | painted the pertI ait rom
was. of course, genuine. Crow got 1t
from Paris, just as he said. But the
portrait emphasized the real difference
Shers was between tine two faces.
ITO counteract the effect Of 1t, Crow
posed Irene in the dress ard photo
graphed her, and pretended 10 Miss
Meredith shat it was the photograph
sending II to her the morning l talked
with her. l thought then that il simply
meant that Grow had a duplicate hat
he had given her 70 keep her rom
worrying.
The minute ! saw that plate ! knew
IL was a picture of a different person
from the one I'd painted. And ! saw,
too, that the thing had been retouch-
ed to make il look more like the au-
thentic photograph. And then knew
that the ghost Barton had seen in the
Beech Hill house that night was no
more a ghost than the one ] had seen
on the bridge in Paris. And l knew
that if Miss Claire Meredith were
alone at that house with Crow she
was in mortal danger. That's long
explanation, Miss Meredith: but it's
the reason why we came in such a
hurry, and why we were so nearly too
late"
/ turned TO Miss Meredith, too. 1T
wasn't very polite of me to insist on
having my curiosity satisfied right in
the middle of your story. But Id seen
JEFFREY turn away after one look at
that plate and say that some one at
Beech Hill was in danger, and that
there was life or death in our getting
there quickly. and I've been puzzling
over il ever since. / wish. though, Il
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CHAPTER XXI.-(continued.)

T YE TURNED to Claire, Il knew
- that. unless It was n ghost
girl / saw. the report of your
death MAS NrnnR thought
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NO MORE WRINKLED FACES

olsxion. Gives results IN ~ 49,
GheIe creams lotions. massage ana otner
beauty treatments have failed; free from
acid or poison: guaranteed hsrne 3nn ,,,a 10 In.
west defieate skin. A specihc for Plmpies
nd bisekheadr Price 5Oc.. 500 and
o2 90. For sais at all drug and oepat, ep
~sn, storea Send loc. for sample. which
viii prove our contentious
DIR. DILEOs. Dept 4, 472 FULTON
STREET, Brooklyn, y. y.
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Window Screens
and Screen Doors

Special values in Window
Screens and Screen Doors for
Monday.
Our Hardwood A djustahIe
Screens are made with wood
slides, and are the very best and
most carefully made stock
screens-specially priced,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-15

Wuudulo, On IuC Slduu, SdZCu IIOu Il
one member of the commission to |
another, and his look was one of |
great pride.
What are the church people of
Chicago doing to take care of the
girls who are driven out of the seq
regated districts?" asked O'Hara.
There is a very mistaken notion
as to the 'scatteration' of vice." said
Williams. 'In my district, which is
not vice district like the South Side,
vice has run rampant during all my
experience The situation there is
not so bad as it was when the red
light district was open.
81 said at the time, You can put
it down in red ink that am not go
ing to tolerate the business you are
in in this part of the city, and to an
Let all the women of the underworld
come along just as fast as they pos
sibly can. We shall undertake to
take care of them Many of these
women will have to have medical
treatment for cigarettes ,"
SIS there any movement on the
part of the church people, yourself,
for instance, toward extending SYM
pathy and helping hand toward
these women?" asked O'Hara, who
did not seem to be greatly impressed
by the need of the women of the I'M
derWoId for medical treatment for
cigarettes.
"AII Christian men and women in
this city have sympathy for fallen
women" said Williams, in his pulpit
voice, "but We cannot for a moment
tolerate, this business"
y"HoW many evenings week is
your church open?" asked Senator
BeaII.
This season of the year," said
Williams, when it is beginning to
get warm. there is no demand for
sociabiIity except on 'ordinary' even
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mo- said Williams. +
O'Hara leaned forward.
MANY welfare workers have de-
Tended properly regulated dance
halls. | want to point out-that the
church might do great service. 1t
might forget religion few nights in
the week.. 1t might say to the boys
and girls of the district in which it
is situated, the growing children hum
gering for clean amusement, and de-
MED all opportunity for such amuse-
ment: Boys and girls come here.
You don't have to belong to this
church. But just come here and have
a good time. Surprising that were
done?"
Williams face became more iciIy
cold than ever.
at is essential to our position, The u.
said, in a harsh voice, that the name
of the Deity would have to be men
toned. We feel that dancing is Is
sentiaIIy evil, particularly among
young people.
"These are my personal reasons.
In our church we are not so con-
troIIed that we cannot speak freely.
To open the church and give dances
would be a violation. My own per-
sonaI opinion is that you awaken the
passions of young people in dancing
in a way not likely to be done in any
other social amusement. And it leads
to indecencies.
these things are not gathered by
by own observations, but from the
statements of men who have been
more intimate with dance halls than
myself. have paid more attention
to notorious. cafes, hotels and the
like"
''Have you ever heard of girls go
ing wrong through the influence of
fashionable restaurants"
s1 never heard ANYTHING of the
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WANTED-Bank position. Young mar
ried man, several years. experience
az cashier and assistant cashier, steno-
graphar speaks German, can buy some
stock. Al references. Address 38O.
care Forum.
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AGENTS WANTED.

OUR NATIONAL Calamity by Flood,
Fire and Tornado; authentic story
IL the great disaster: big book. fully
illustrated, by author of Titanic, OF
which millions copies sold; only 81;
best terms; bonanzs for workers;
sample book free. Universal House.
| Philadelphia.
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PARCEL POsT SECTION.
ONLY TWO DESK SPACES
ABLE.

DESK ROOM in our office is now AT a
premium. Only two spaces remain.
Each space separated by mahogany
desks and chairs. Rental SO, 90. SafeTY
deposit boxes for rent. Inquire The II.
ID. Improvement Co. or phone 354.
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leo ocras & miles north of Max, n
D. This land is little rolling anc
sona surface stone, no improvements
ali tiliabie, $1,000 per acre; p,d NJ
100 acres, 8 miles south OF, 6y S1rfacc
stone. no improvements, all tillable
2ss99' acres, Az miles east. Of Douglas
N. D., all ti1lable, no improvements
400 acres. az miles south OF Wheelock;
n. D, little rolling, some stone, al
IIIabIe. two houses, barn ana wen,
god water, 20 acres fenced $1@oo per
40 acres. s miles south Of Glenburn.
W n. IA miles north Of Minot, n.
D., ali level, 100 acres broke, no hulia-
ings, no better lana IN aoF'n
The above Is a snap for any investor
viii give special terms. Grow Cloth'
ing Co, Minot, N. d.
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sALEsssEN

statesmen WANTED 20 sell Elorida
land. Liberal commissions. Quick
sales, purchasers OF twenty acres ale
lowed car fare. Address. Palm Beach
County Land Company, Stuart Florida
FLORID = FOR SALE - 32-acre, b
year-oto grapefruit n orange
grove; b-room cottage; half-mils Lake
terhaveD. Florida
WANTED - Middle aged strictly
temperance representatives Tor
several western states. Men must be
able to present an Al proposition TO
merchants and obtain results. No
! boozers are wanted. Address, $50 care
:, Forum.
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BARRED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 81: pul-
lets, ~; eggs in season. Mrs. j. w.
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FOR

WHITE AND GRAY Plymouth Rock
eggs soc a setting. Box 337. City, or
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PERSONALITIES Alice send you nve
sporting cards loo. Miss Alice, Box
s, Station n" New York city.
LADIES! Dainty valencienne and
pretty turchon laces are all the rage
this seasoni Our samples are beauti-
frIi. prices rock bottom-a big sur
orise for you. Send for a free batch
today. Davis Lace Co., Waukegan. Ill.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR sALE-Meat market; reasons for
selling. Mrs. J. w. Hornbeck. Edge
ley, N. D.
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OFFICE SPACE.


. TO RENT-Once space; most q
. desirable location in city on q
D first floor. WheeIock Ins Agency. q
y 602 Front St; phone 1906 q
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FOR SALE-SingIe comb Rhode Island
Jennie G. Pelton, Moorhead, r. No. 2.
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SPECIAL-Eggs $500 per Is now $3.50
prepaid. Choice Crystal White
Orpingtons and Rose Comb Reds. Oliver
Olson, RuttetOn. MINI.
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FARM WITH ORCHARD-2O8O acres
western Montana; railroad "a
ton. can be subdivided; sell and get
| rich: VIII lake in exchange properly!
fftesn to twenty thousand. Write toI
particulars, John Whittmayer' Lou
| Col
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WANTED AT ONCE, good timers who
are familiar with general shop and
where last employed. Barnes & Nuss
Co, Grand Forks, N. d.
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WANTED TO RENT--Hotei OF about
25 rooms. furnished, II z. Mckenzie"
Beach. N. d.
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IN ANSWERING all want adG. giving
q certain number care OF The Forum
be sure to address your answer to tina
number, in care OF Forum. This In
sures prompt attention.
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WANTED-An office man, one who has
some knowledge of the real estate,
loan and insurance business preferred,
Address, 39S care Forum.
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LANDSCAPE harden R-H. Al. !
! Hottie will take care OF your 4
! lawns, plant your shade trees and I
! nut on and take off storm I
I windows; charges reasonable AID 4
dress at Hogan fats or phone Z
) 2161-J. evenings. I
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WANTED-SmalI boy and one over q
years of age. Jubilee Messenger
Service.
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STORE and thousand dollar stock Of
goods for sale at a bargain; good To-
cality: only store in N. D. town; may
consider trade for good unincumbered
quarter section OF land. S67 care
Forum.
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FOR sABE-Pool hall and fixtures and
roomIng house upstairs. the only one
in town. Washburn population 500; a
good money maker. part cash. For
particulars write or call on owner.
Ludwig Peterson, Washburn, N. D.
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WANTED-500 men and women to get
their shoes repaired at the Wear@IJ-
Well shoe factory branch, 409h N. P.
Ave.
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. q ACRES 35 miles from
= Fargo, SIS an acre. Fenced good
B for stock. Phone 1880 OF FosI-
B office Box 121, Moorheao' Mlnh'
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WANTED-Good bright boy to work
around local dry goods store. A
good steady position for right party.
Address asa, care Forum.
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CHAsELEY, wELLS COUNTY, North
Dakota offers best opportunities for
hotel livery, butchers shop and tmple-
ments. Write, Commercial Club'
ChaseleY. N. D,
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RESTAURANT and confectionery busi-
ness with a good. established trade;
reason for this sale, other interests
require my attention. The Hub Res
taurant, Valley City.
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MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR sALE-Un-
opposed, growing western North Da-
kota ton. Terms on application. Ad-
dress, G. D. 400 Fargo Forum.
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Will SELL, RENT OR TRADE my
restaurant City Restaurant Lake
Park. MINI.
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FOR SALE at a big bargain two fine
east front lots on 18th street south,
close to Third avenue; each lot Is
5Ox127 feet; 100 feet Of new cement
walks and beautiful shade trees; there
Is a 7 room house on the lots which
needs some repairing: Price for the
exceptional bargain. Fred j. krogh'
once, 100 Front st.
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TO LET-The painting of our large
seventy-five M. Elevator property at
Arthur, N. ID. Painting to be done in
the month OF June. Bid by the yard
for one coat only and have bids In by
May is. we furnish the material.
Farmers Elevator Co.
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FOR sALE-Best two-story frame
building in Ambrose, N. D.; now oo-
cupied by Athearn Drug company;
lease expires August, 1913; furnace
heat. large store space, eight rooms
upstairs. Terms, write Box 742' Fargo
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FARGO AUTOMOBILES ana gas ap~,-
neering school will, give you practicaI
Instruction.; write FOR Information,
1925 Front st.
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PARTNER WANTED in an established
business, travelling, big money easily
made, little capital required. Personal
interview will explain. Address 407
car Forum.
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A GOOD proposition to a young man
that can make good; wages and de-
tails on application. $40 care Forum,
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FOR s~ALE-Barber shop, three chairs,
county seat. doing a good businegF
1853. care Forum.
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STOCK Statesmen WANTED in every
town; must give first-class refer
ences. Fiscal Agency of the Dakota
Wholesale Grocery Company, 21s Clti-
gems Bank, Aberdeen, s. D..
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MEN WANTED everywhere to. start a
business of their own, pays from $7b
to 5000 monthly all or spare time. Full
particulars and working plan free.
Write, Jewel Company, 3h 9Th ST. s..
Fargo, N. d.
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CANADA.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY may be In some
OF these new towns in western Cana
da; many new ones will be placed on
the maps this year; prices and adj
yanced information or regarding low
rates in Canada; also numerous snaps
in farm land ranging from $40 up;
also Douglas county, Minnesota, Inn
Kay, Box SAC. Fargo. N d.
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HELP wANTED-mALR

HAVE Knight Printing Co. engravo It.
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FOR SALE-Newspaper and Job Of
fee in good town. must be taken by
May 1. Write First National Bank,
Tolley. N. D.
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WANTED-A boy to learn the drug
trade, Scandinavian preferred. Nc
vile Drug Co, McNille, N. D.
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wANTED-An experienced accountant.
Must be a young man who is ambiti-
ous tofbe something more than a book
keeper all his life, Apply giving name
Of present employer, your age, ex-
p%ertenoe etc. 378, care Forum,
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bOH SALE EGGS from pure bred ana
prize winners. Buzz p. Rocks 800 70
$500 setting; Buff S, C. Leghorn So 90 y
G. r. l. Reds $3.50 a seftirS:
=. w. indian Runner Ducks $3.50 a ss1,
ting. Guarantee ten eggs fertile from
each acting Also nave Buff P. Rock
cockerels and Indian Runner drakes for
sale. Island Park Poultry YARDS
coleman Baker. Prop, Fargo, n. D.
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HELP wANTEp-FEmALn

GIRLS WANTED - Moorhead steam
Laundry.
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NEWSPAPER for lease or sale; on"
man newspaper; now clears 5000 per
| month, and thfs can be improved upon
| Address Box z, Upham, N. D.
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Three quarter sections in the heart OF
Red river valley on Minnesota side
fine soil, every foot tillable, will sell
together or separately, per acre $3.50
Small cash payment assume contracI
$6.666.67 due 1913 at 40, balance croI
payments, a rare chance to get a farm
See us today about these.
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GARDENS plowed and ashes moved.
Phone 1851.
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neutrality-suspicious. Job press feed
Printing Co.
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WANTED al once a bushel man.
Papermaster, 712 Front st,
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COMPETENT girl for general house
work. Call 405 sth Ave. south; phone
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POSITION WANTED-Butcher: ali
round man. Address Henry Bartelte,
Valley City, N. d.
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WANTED-Boys at Gardner hotel mus,
be at least sixteen years of age,
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pREssNAKING scHOoL-

DREssMAKING sCHoOL-11s Broar
way.
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WANTED-Waitress at Prizes Cafe
Enquire at office.
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WANTED-GirI for light housework.
1413 LIST owe. s.
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WILL EXCHANGE my 80 acres i've
miles from this town for a good five
passenger automobile, land Is of the
best soil, rs acres broke, about that
much more can be broke up. good sod
house, a $1,500, like an even deal
put would consider a cheaper auto as
part payment, give time on the balance
Don't write unless you want to make a
fair deal B.. Temple, Temvik, N. d..
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ron Observation-Disclosures.

FOR RENT-Building with railway
trackage for storage purposes. Ap-
ply. DR.. fGeary. Room u.s. Stern bldg.
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TAILOR WANTED-Good all around
man; steady work. McCracken's
Tailor Shop, New England, N. d.
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PRINTER-I want an all around coun-
try printer for steady job in inland
town; good equipped Office, power ma
chinery; good wages to capable man.
Single man preferred. News. Manning,
N. D. .'
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FOR sALE-ImproYed 320-acre farm.
6 miles from Homestead. Mont. house
barn., spring, 100 acres broken; price
$40 per acre; would consider trade for
small auto as part payment. Address
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FIRST CLASS MAN wants position as
chauffeur, driving private car; can do.
all repairing on car. 394 care Forum.
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WANTED-Situation by registered
pharmacist; German. Address Ger
man Druggist Turtle Lake. N. d.
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HELP wANTED-MALE OR FEMALE
POSITIONS wANTEp-mAIn

CALL sslI-L for your house repalrin
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WANTED-Two first class painters at
once. 424 18th st. n. Phone 2499-Is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-29
Immense Strawberry Crop

(From the West Plains Gazette.)
These are busy days at Pomona, for
the 100 acres of strawberry "patches"
around that fourishing town are just
beginning to ripen and must be rush
ed to market.
Two thousand pickers are wanted
at Pomona. Entire families are head
ing that way and allroads now lead to
Pomona. Every train unloads small
army who rush to the berry fields in
order to get busy.
According to Pomona fruit men
there are 100 acres in Strawberries ad-
jacent to that town. The crop this
year Is good one. While in other
strawberry growing sections, especial
ly in Southeast Missouri, the crop will
be about half as large as the yield Of
last year, the Pomona crop is as good
IL not better than last season.
! Strawberry growers in this section
are learning to take better care Of the
plants. Last fall the dry weather pre-.
vented new "runners'' from growing
In the spring there were Indication
Of rust, a disease to which the plants
are subject. Many of the growers
around Pomona sprayed their plants
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Score another point for the State

Score another point for the State
Utilities Board. Up in Jackson coun :
ty the telephone companies doubled
the cost of toll services and placed an
unnecessary burden upon thousands
of patrons. A protest was fled with
the board at Jefferson City. A prompt
investigation followed and as result
the companies we're forced to re-
store the old rates. Without the con-
sent of this board, which was created
by the Democratic legislature to take
the place of the railroad and ware
house commissioners, no public SER
vice corporation can increase its rates
in Missouri. Its mission is to stand
between the private citizen and COR
porate greed and it is going to to save
millions of dollars and get better SER
vice for the taxpayers of the State.
The first month after it's organization
it collected almost enough money from
Missouri corporations to pay the sal
aries of it's members for one year.