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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-07


Miss Clara Thurbcr has been con
fined TO the house. several days with
grip.
The Green Mountain club met this
afternoon in the home of Mrs. D. w
Harris.
The Near and Farther Lights society
will meet Friday afternoon At $50 with
Mrs Harold Blodgett
The Little Four held a meeting re
Gently with Miss Lottie Plant. Games
We're played and refreshments were
served.
This being u week Of prayer, meet
in2s have been held every evening il
the Baptist church. and will he. held
all the week except saturday
The Womam's Mission circle Of the
Baptist church is. holding i meeting in
the veStry today. \ quilt Will he tied
and short program on home missions
will be given.
News has been received in town OF
the death of Marsltall, ), son Of Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Martin Of Moatre9l.
Mr.. Martin IS a son Of Mr. and Mrs.
i Edward Martin of this town
Baptist church, West Brattleboro
! Rev. |. NJ. Compton pastor Morning
service at 1880 with sermon liz the
pastor, Text, Luke 10, 1:20 Sub iect
Methods of Church Work. SUNDAY
school at noon. Evening service TT :
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 80.
| First Congregational church Minis
ter. Rev. Henry Lamb. The .annua
business meeting of the church viii i,
held Friday evening OF this week Il
80. Al members are urged to attend
Services for sunday: Divine WORSHIP
, at 1870 with sermon by the pastor
! Session of the Sunday SCHOOL at noon
Christian Endeavor meeting at
o clock. Topic, Our Denominations
Boards and Our Relations to Then
! Leader the pastor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-07
LITTLE BITS OF
SPORTING CHAT
New Form Of Scoring For
BatiGrS Is Proposed.
CREDIT FOR TIMELY HITS.

Would Make Record of Every Man Ad-
vanced q Base by Any Form of Hit.
Hans Wagner to Try His Skill at
First Base Next Season-Maranville's
Father Wanted Him to Be Tinsmith.
\ baseball enthusiast has devised an
idea OF awarding credit which viii APP
peal to many followers of the game as
reasonable. Tie plan is to do away
with the present computation Of bat
ting averages, which gives a player
credit for each hit made, and instead
compute his standing on the bases. He
succeeds III advancing himself or play
ers ahead Of him on bases If a bats
man, without intending to sacrifice,
sends slow roller toward first, with
men on first and second. and is out.
the two base runners advancing by the
batsnan's work, he gets no credit and
is penalizcd with Il time Mt bat. Yet his
slow roller may be the means of win
ming 4 game.
This situation developed III lie recent
worlds series To get batting record
worth while the system Of Keeping Il
record Of "battcd bases has been pro.
posed and has been discussed from
time 10 time during the past few years
A batted base is given to every bats.
man who by the use of the bat gets Il
base himself or advances Il runner one
base.
single with no one on base would
give the batsman one batted base, But
ii batsman singles and scores run.
hers from second and third base tho
batsmau would get not one, but foul
bnttcd bases ono for himself, ono
for the runner from third and two fol
the runner from second. A sacrifice
bringing runner from third or ad
yanciug one runner a single base woult
give the batsman one batted base 4
sacrifice hunt that advances runner
from second ana first 20 third and sec
ond would give the batsman two bat
ted bases.
FL Konetchy having cherlastilsTl
Jumped tosthe Pittsburgh Feds, Han.
Wagner is Stated to IalA 6rst base 40
the Pittsburgh Pffates nekt seakes
Wagh6iisias3i "a lti4. 5aps1 first.bAs6
Iu9u arnfsfb6Sc sfzsliilar viii him 81.
he liHesi chat -pd9stiotlfs' sthe ineTs
time ths Iirates 1Iaresas iltied NJ on
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-07

Walter Maranville. the phenomenal
shortstop Of the worlds champions.
broke into baseball against his fathers
wishes. Pa MaraLyille thought that
Rabbit would make good timer.
Several Years ago the Rabbit played
amateur baseball in odd moments and
his work attracted the attention of the
New Bedford NIaSs1 team. Rabbit got
an offer from the New Bedford team
and went to his dad about it.
Turn it down." said Papa Marian
Vile to Rabbit, who Just then was
learning the timers trade I'm few
years youll develop into good timer.
and you'll make good wages-at least
so a week. As L ball player youll
never make good. You're too small"
Rabbit, however, disregarded the adj
I vice of his dad and signed with New
Bedford
you'll be sorry and 50 will l." said
his father whey he heard what Rabbit
had done FOUL never make good
They'll fire You in mighty short order
And you'll get SO used to loafing that
YOU won't want to work at your tin
ming job again Instead Of having ;
son that ] can be proud of. son wht
works hard at a regular trade, I'll hay,
Il son who won't be working at any
thing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-07

That Francis Ouimet is deservedly
touchy about his amateur status is
shown by his attitude toward prize
he won at the professional-amate
competition at the Metacomet Golf
club recently.
On account Of his high rank rs n
player it was decided, TO class him as Il
professional since II he had been pair
ed rs an amateur with q professional
other pairs would have stood poor
show Of landing first prize Ouimet
and his partner won second place
which carried with il n prize Of $40 for
the second best pro.
The club officials decided 10 give
Ouilnet q prize equivalent to The $40
rather than one Of the prizes for ANA
tours .sTGeEsspon Oumet notified the
/ club that BE preferred not to accept
/ the Prize Since it was based on i pro
! fessionafclassi 6cationH that be agreed
2 onEsto he along thes tournament
saisdHgA fef $hespurpose of standing to
,seiEa iiefs4sfize than an amateur
wdslsl have got in the same circunl-
The Rfi2e lnulteS viii have to be re-
s,iie1ded foiioF5Rg he aaaateur cham
Notwithstanding
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-07

TNDDIE Chicago
E priced ball
5
he for other stars they can be had 1t thought that Collins would be
that if
Oft
be
high
n
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
MARK ETS
GRAIN PRICES SHIFT
ON CHICAGO MARKET

CHICAGO, July 31.-July wheat
ranged from $1.07h@1.13 today and
closed at 1.08A. The changes were
caused by either shorts covering or
long selling Considerable wheat has
been put into Chicago elevators dur
ing the last ten days, and some of
this was hedged previously. but the
owners seem to have stayed the limit
and met losses. The July future closed
at $1.11 last night. showing a net
loss for the day OF 2@c. September
and December wheat were weak and
x@Kc lower.
July corn closed with gain OF &c.
while September was off Nc and De-
cember lost Hc.
Shorts in July oats bought right up
to the close, and that meant 191c,
while the more deferred months were
OF A@Ac.
Cash sales at Chicago were $4,000
bushels were for export. $4,000 bush.
els of corn and $4,000 bushels OF
oats.
Provisions closed with but little
cnange for the day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31

ley, pastor Sunday school 3 Q. m
Morning worship 10: 30 =. m. No even
ing services through July and Angus
Week day prayer service Thursday
1880 p. m.
First 1aptist-North Eleventh. neal
Main street. w. o. Stovall. pastor.
Will Ferguson. Supt. Worship with
preaching by the pastor 10:40 Q. m
Subject: Justification by Faith
Sunday school 9:15 r. m. Young peo
pies meeting 6:45 p. m. No evening
service on Sunday during August.
whitewater Friends-Corner 10tf
and N. G. Orville Chance, pastor. Sun
day school 900. George Graham, Supt
Morning service 1890. Subject. "The
Twelve Gates were Twelve Pearls.
Christian Endeavor $50. Topic. Lit.
tie Every day Kindnesses." Evening
service 1880. Subject. THE Flying An.
gel"
First English Lutheran-Corner OF
pastor Sunday school at 3 a. m. E.
B. Knollenberg, Supt. Morning wor'
ship 1890 a. m. Sermon by the pas
tor. No evening services. Midweek de-
votional services Thursday at 1880.
st. Paufs Ev. lutheran-C. Huber
pastor. Sunday school at 9. Mr.. Geo.
C. Bartel. Supt English services at
10: 80. Subject: How Much Do Owe
My Lord" No evening services during
July and August. Z
First Presbyterian-Sunday school
9:15 a. m. Raymond Nicholson, acting
Supt. Morning worship 1890. In the
absence of the pastor, the pulpit will
be occupied by Rev. William Irwin Al.
exander, D. D. of Grand Island. Neb.
The vesper service and prayer meet
ing discontinued until Sept. I.
East Main Street Friends'-M. S.
Hinckle. pastor. Prayer service, 800
o'clock. Bible school at 800; Persy
Smith and L. B. Campbell. superin-
tendents. Meeting for worship at
1890. Truman c. Kenworthy will de-
liver the message. Combination ser
vice at o'clock. Endeavor topic:
Little Everyday Kindnesses;" Fran.
els c. Anscombe, pastor of South
Eighth street meeting will be present
and deliver the evening message.
Special music. Bible study and prayer
Thursday evening at 1880. Choir prac-
tice, Friday evening. 7:3O
Union Misslon-North Fourteenth
street. between G and H. Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m; preaching ser
vices conducted by Mrs. J. e. Propst
at 1920 a. M. and 1880 p. m.
South Eighth Street Friends-F'ran-
els C. Anscmobe. pastor. Bible school
at $40, John H. johnson, superin-
tendent. Meeting for worship at
1890. Prayer meeting Thursday at
7:3O. The pastor will continue his
series of addresses on the Book of
the Revelation.
ADD CHURCHES ..... ..... ....
First Christian-South Tenth and
A streets; L. E. Murray, pastor. Sun
day school at 9:05; A. B. Harrison,
acting superintendent: preaching and
communion service at 1920. Preach
ing in the morning by Roy Brown, of
Belfontaine, Ohio. c. E. at GAS. No
evening service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
PUBLISH ENGAGEMENT

MILTON, Ind, July 31.-Mrs. Will
Wallace gave a party Thursday after
noon at her home southwest Of town.
In the luncheon served the color
scheme, lavendar and white, was car
ried out. Peanuts tied with tiny law
endar ribbon contained slips of paper
announcing the engagement of Edna
Wallace and Russell Warren of Sara
toga, August, 1915. A program Of
music was given. The guest were
Mesdames w. E. Williams, OFT Crown.
over, Charles Davis, O. H. Beeson,
Charles Kniese of Cambridge City,
Oscar Kirlin, L. H. Warren, George
Wagner, John Coyne, Paul Caldwell,
Frank Wallace. Nellie Harvey, Oliver
Wallace, Fran Du Granrut, r. P. Lind
say, Linville Wallace, Misses Helen
Coyne, Blanche Coyne, Marie Elwell,
Pauline Kniese of Cambridge, Lora
Beeson and Nellie Jones.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
PITTSBURG.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. July 31,-Cattle
supply, light; market steady; choice
steers 50 O06960 prime steers $4,000
$3.50; good steers $s.50G90O: tidy
butchers $s5od90O; fair $500 SIS !;
common $600670o; common to fat
bulls $5oO6725; common to fat cows
s4.OOd725; heifers $75O@s.50; fresh
cows and springers. No. Veal calves
$l15O612O0; Sheep and lamb supply
light, prime wethers $65O6675. lambs
Sc. OO6900. Hogs: Receipts 10 double
decks, market higher. prime heavy
s7.406750, medium $500. heavy york
ers $sO5@s1O, light workers. $500
SIS, pigs $s.05@s.1O, roughs s6oo@
SIS, stays, $5.Oo95.25, heavy mixed
S7606775.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
LIVE STOCK
CHICAGO.

UNION STOCK YARDS. CHICAGO
ILL.,. July 1.-Hogs-Receipts. 1000;
market, 5c&10c higher; mixed and
butchers $6.4O@7.4O; good heavies'
$6.46d7.4O; rough heavies $6.1O@6.4o;
light s7.05G775; pigc $500 100;
bulk of sales $6.4O@ 74O.
Cattle - Receipts, 300; market,
steady; beeves Sc 25d10.25 cows and
heifers S3.5Om94O; Texans $3.50 a
ssS.4o; calves $950@ 100.
Sheen - Receipts, 5000; market,
steady; natives and westerns $3.4OG
$3.50; lambs $5.75@9.15.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
NOTICE..

During the months of Au-
gust and September the Rich
mond Light, Heat and Power
Company will close their Of
flee each day at 5 80 p. M, ex-
cept Saturday of each week
and the 9Th, 9th and 10th of
each month, at which time
the office will open at 8 a. m.
and close at 9 p. m.
Richmond Light, Heat and
Power Company. Slit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
INDIANAPOLIS.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 31.-Hogs-
Receipts 1900. market steady, best
hogs $7.7Od7s5, heavies $500 7.45,
pigs s750@79O, bulk Of sales $7.25@
7.95. Cattle-Receipts 200. market
steady, choice heavy steers $6.75@9.s5.
light steers $S25@9O0, heifers $500
900. cows s3.00@725. bulls $5.oo@7.-
25, calves $5.0O611.75. Sheep and
Lambs-Receipts light. market steady,
prime sheep $5Oo@5,5o down. lambs
IS so
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
WEDN ESDAY.

Wait and See.-Beth Manners, who
paints on china for her living, finds
perfectly good patent leather shoe,
which some gentleman mysteriously
has lost. The owner, Rodney Norton,
traces his property, which has been
carelessly mislaid by his valet, to the
home of Miss Manners. He falls in
love with the fair artist. A rich es-
tate is left to Norton on condition that
he will relinquish it should the lost
heir or heiress be found. He discov-
ers by accident that Beth is the right
full owner of the estate. Shall he give
up the girl when she comes into pos
session of her birthright? To declare
his love will make him seem to be a
fortune hunter. He is relieved in his
quandary by the heiress herself. She
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
PRODUCE

Corrected Daily by Edward Cooper)
Old chickens dressed, paying 1Sc,
selling, 25c.
Country butter. pairing 1sc to Csc;
selling, Csc to soc.
Eggs. paying tic, selling zoe.
Country lard paying loo; selling 1oc.
Creamery butter, selling 30c.
Potatoes, selling zoe per busheL
Young chickens, dressed. paying
CSC; selling 35c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
GRAIN
CHICAGO CASH.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Wheat: Cash
$1.11A@1.12;. No. 2 hard $1.0s@1.09.
Corn: No. 2 79A @791s, No. white
79h, No. 2 yellow sou @81. Oats:
No. 3 50@53, No. 4 48@51, standard
67 cents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
Deaths in Preble
MEIlsaA en,epoue

EATON-The body of Mrs. Melissa
Colsrove. IS, former resident of Ea-
ton, was brought here Saturday from
Miamisburg and buried in Mound Hin
cemetery The woman died at the
home OF her daughter. Mrs. Chris
smith. IN that city. Funeral services
we're held at MiamisburR. Besides the
daughter, the woman is survived by
two sons. Dat Waggoner and Joseph
Waggoner OF Eaton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
TOLEDO GRAIN

TOLEDO. July 31.-Wheat: Cash
$110, September $1.07A. Cloverseed:
Prime cash $500. October $3.50. AL
sike $3.50 Timothy: September
1918, October SO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
THURSDAY.

THURSDAY.
Safety Ffrst-Fay, q wealthy young
woman. 10 in love with Ernest True. .
lawyer. who acts - her trustee. Mr..
Duke has designs on the heiress and
plots to steal Fay's bonds from True's
safe. and put the guilt upon his rival.
He hires a crook to help him. Ernest
becomes suspicious Of Duke. He en-
cages Max, . famous detective. to
guard Fay's property. The detective
removes the valuable papers from the
safe and locks himself inside Soon
Duke and his accomplices come and
take the safe away bodily. They carry
1t to secluded place, and boring a
hole in the door. place therein q stick
OF dynamite. Max manages to cut
the fuse before 1t burns down to the
explosive. When the second fuse Is
put through, he lights 1t from inside.
While Duke and the crooks are look
ing for match, the dynamite goes
OF and they are blown out OF the
window into the arms Of the police.
Fay and Ernest, who are chasing the
lost safe. have the fortune hunter ar
rested. Max is rescued from the safe,
and acclaimed the great man that he
IL.
FRIDAY.
The Newer Way-John Bates, an
old-fashioned farmer, goes to George
Ross to beg an extension on the mort
gage on the Bates place. Ross tells
him that he is shiftless and that he
will not give him more time. Bates
fires up at this. II you were in my
shoes" he says to Ross, "folks'd be
calling you shiftless, too" Would
they" exclaimed the other Just let
me take over the management Of your
farm for a year, and we'll see" The
arrangement is made. Ross Is espe-
cially interested in electric devices,
which Bates always has considered a
waste OF money. Ross equips the
place with the very latest electrical
devices. The lightning becomes his
farm hand. The land is transformed
and it's value greatly increased. At the
end of the year, Bates, converted to
the new agricultural methods, finds
at last on his feet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, O., July 31.-Hogs-
Receipts, 1900; market lower, steady;
packers and butchers $7o0@75o;
common to choice $4.50@610.
Cattle Receipts. 100; market,
steady. Calves. slow; $50.
Sheep Receipts, 1900; market,
steady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
PRODUCE

NEW YORK. July 31.-Live poultry
weak: chickens 2O@22, fowls Is. But
ter irregular; creamery firsts 24@
25k. Eggs unsettled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
RICHMOND MARKETS
GLEN MILLER PRICES
k4oG4.
QUOTATIONS

Glover hay. $500.
Timothy hay, selling 81.
Prairie hay, selling SIS.
Straw, paying Sc.
Oats, paying 40c.
Corn, paying Toe.
Red clover seed, paying $3.50.
Bran, selling $29. ~-... ....
Salt. $40 barrel.
Tankage, $500 ton.
Oil meal, $500 ton.
Middlings, $32-$1.60 per 100.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31

The reckless driver on the London
streets is invariably punished, and the
number of accidents" is very limited.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
BRIEFS
CARD OF THANKS,

CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness
shown and the beautiful flowers dur
ing the illness and death OF our dear
father, Calvin Moore.
Slit THE CHILDREN.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
RED SPOTS ON
Boys FACE
And Head. Itched AwfuIly. Turned
Into Sore Spots. Hair Came Out.
Used Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment. Head Perfectly WeII..'

so4 Vermont Ave-. Kansas City. Kan
There appeared on my brothers face and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31

and he scratched. Always
after awhile these red spots
turned gradually into bigger
sore spots covering all his
head. They were kind of
whitish on top. The hair
came out on the sore places
and he was awfully Cross.
At first va used
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31

spurns the estate IL this 10 to deprive
her Of Rodney's love. which, woman
like. she already had OWNED.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31

seemed to do no good. I read tho Cuticura
advertisement in the paper and sent for 4
free sample Of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
They stopped the itching little and seemed
soothing sowewenttoadrugst oreand bought
some more. He washed his head with
Cuticura Soap and then smeared the Cutf-
cura Ointment on and after using them for
three or four weeks his head II perfectly
well and he is getting nice new hair:
(signed) Miss Mario Barllnett. Aug. 6. 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. sdn Book on request. Ad.
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boz
tom. Sold throughout tho world,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
Arcade
TODAY.


THE Vivisectionist" The strange
cries which come from the Jardine
house, cause Worth, a neighbor, to
vestigate. Posing as a book agent,
however sees through her ruse. He
explains to the girl that he is conduct
ing some important experiments in
by Worth are made by the animals he
uses in the experiments.
Dissatisfied, Lila departs. That
about the house. The watchers see
an auto drive up. Two attendants
carry a man from the machine to the
house. Quietly making her way to
one of the windows, Lila peers into
Cling in the grasp of a burly attend
ant The latter succeeds in subduing
the victim, who is place upon an
operating table.
DR.. Jardine discovers Lila's presence
and neatly brings about her capture
and the girl is brought into the house.
Lila then learns that Jardine intends
to sever the right arm from the man
VINO lies on the operating CADlo ana
transpose it to the body Of his bro
Their, who had lost his arm in an &C
cident.
TUESDAY,.
Henry B. Walthall, Essany's new
leading man, takes a part in TEN
per-" his first photoplay with Essany,
which is exceptionally we'll adapted
to his type of acting. Mr. Walthall's
strongest work is in portraying in
tense emotion. His skill in bringing
out all tn deep feelings Of the human
heart is we'll known.
In this three-reel photoplay, written
by H. S. Sheldon, he takes the part of
fine, lovable youth but with a violent
temper. His father also has an un-
governable temper, but lacks his sons
happy, forgiving disposition. Finally
the boy is forced to leave home
through clashes with his father
He falls in love with a beautiful
girl. His mother is overjoyed, think
ing that this will bring about a recon
ciliation. He returns home to meet
his father. Instead Of taking his son
back, however, he upbraids his wife
for bringing the boy back. He works
himself into a terrible passion and
finally raises his hand to strike his
wife.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-31
Madam:
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-15

HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 15.---
You cant find straphanger in
Houston today with a spyglass.
A year ago there were more
than 10000 straphangers daily.
hut nowadays those 10000 peO-
pie are paying their nickels to the
iiitney busses-and are riding to
and from work In comfortable,
cushioned seats, with fresh air
filling their lungs, and only half
the time spent on the trip.
We've solved the transporta-
tion problem" says Steve McCor-
mick, the pioneer Houston jitney
driver. MY cars are each paving
me from $3.50 to $40 over all ex-
penses and depreciation charge"
Mccormick figures that a Ford
will last year or more in the
business. 'tThe jitney business is
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loss has now mounted above
$1,000. and still Is mounting.
Early In February a bin was
promoted In the Texas legislature
to assess jitneys a total of 800
per year and require $4,000 in
demnity bond for each car In
service. Trolley interests rallied
to the support of the measure.
and the jitney interests combined
to fight II. The bill was killed
in committee.
There are 300 or more jitneys
in service. They run when and
where they please.