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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DRIVES SALMON AWAY

Cordova, Alaska, Nov. S0.-(B,
maiD Salmon returned this year
for the first time, in full numbers
to some of the Alaska waters which
were gutted with lava and ashes by
the eruption in 1912 Of Mount Kat
mai, said to be one of the worlds
greatest volcanoes.
After the big eruption and its at
tendant disturbances, salmon disap.
peared from the nearby streams for
several seasons. Gradually they re-
turned. By next year, it Is thought
here, nearly all the streams affected
will be alive with fish again.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
U. 8. SENATE PASSES
WAR REVENUE BILL MONDAY

Washington. Dec. 24.-Without a
record vote. the senate last Monday
night passed the war revenue bill,
reduced to raise about $4,000, 0,00O,-
900 in 1919, and $4,O00.0OO,OO in
1920, as compared with the levy Of
$500, 100000 for next year pro-
posed In the bill passed by the house
three months ago.
When the final vote was taken at
1O:40 o'clock, the senate had been in
continuous session for nearly 13
hours. 9t7t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
NEW RULING WILL WIPE
OUT NATIONAL GUARD

Washington, Dec. 24,-The opin-
ion OF the judge advocate generals,
approved by Secretary of War Baker,
and made public today, holds that Of
tlcers and enlisted men of, the ma
tional guard will revert to civilian
status when discharged from the
federal service.
The effect of this ruling is to wipe
the national guard out of existence,
as 1t was organized prior to the war
General March asked for an opinion
as to the status of the guardsmen
when discharged.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24

Dream. little child! The glowing Goals
Are painting pictures on the wall.
Out from the Quiverina shadows there
You almost hear the thrilling call
OF Merry Christmas. little maid!
hope I've brought your hearts desire. "
And Santa's shadow Just above .9
Grows hfelike by the leapipg fire.
Dream. little child The Christmas air
Is glowing with your visions bright,
And all the joys tomorrow holds
Are shining on the page of night.
Dream. little child! And may the years
To you their richest treasures leave.
And may all happy dreams prove real
That come to you this Christmas eve!
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
HIGH GERMANS WILL
RETAIN THEIR OFFICES

Basel, Dec. 24.-The Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger says that an agreement
has been reached between the Ber-
lin government and the German gen.
eral staff by which Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and General Groe-
ner, chief quartermaster general,
will retain their offices.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
.BOLSHEV|N BEATING
BACK THE ESTH0NANS

Stockholm, Dec. 24.-The Bolshe-
Wiki forces are making considerable
progress with their penetration of
Esthonian territory. They have
taken Dorpat and forced the Esthon-
ians back on the Wesenberg front
northwest of Lake Peipus. The Ger
mans are continuing to fall back on
Riga.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
SOLDIERS COMPLAIN
ABOUT HIGH PRICES

New York, Dec. 2i.--There. are
widespread complaints by home-com-
ing soldiers of the eXhorbltant
prices charged for service in Y. NJ
G. A. canteen overseas. The matter
will be referred to the war depart
ment for Investigation.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24

Paris, Dec. 24.-President Wilson
will leave Paris tonight and not re-
turn until New Years day. He in
sisted on taking his Christmas din
ner with the troops and eating from
the mess kit with the soldiers about
him. He will have a formal dinner
with General Pershing and other Of
ficers later. The president has pre-
pared an address to the troops.
Late tomorrow President Wilson
will start for London Today, with
Mrs. Wilson, he went Christmas
shopping and was recognized in
some of the places he entered. ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
SAILORS AND GUARD IN CLASH

Berlla, Dec. 24.--A squad of sail
ors blotFaded the German for ign
office and seat OF government for
an hour and half yesterday and ex-
changed shots with members OF the
republican soldier guard. There
were q number OF casualties.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
Christmas Eve.

Dream. little childi The shadows fall.
Over the land the mystic veil
That hides the morrow from our eyes
Is swayina in the starlight pale.
Dream. little child! 'Tis Christmas eve.
Dream while the magic hours glide by.
Each wind that blows the snowflakes wild
Is laden with sweet mystery.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
ALLIES TO MAKE NO
MILITARY INVASION

Paris, Dec. 24.-The entente gov
ernments are understood to refuse to
undertake vast military expedition
into Russia. They consider 1t Rus
sia's part to get together her order
y elements, which will then find
support from the allied nations.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
PORTLAND CIGAR MERCHANT
Is ROBBED OF $500

Portland, Dec. 24.-S. Rich, we'll
known cigar merchant Of this city.
was held up and robbed Of $500
while on his way home early today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24

Berlin, Dec. 24,-Turkey will de-
clare itself nationally bankrupt, ac-
cording to a report received here
today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
POLISH PIANIST TAKES
HAND IN. GOVERNMENT

Copenhagen, Dec. 24.--Ignace Jan
Paderewski, the famous Polish plan
- and prominent In rehabilitation,
rived here aboard a British cruiser.
is believed that his mission is to
und q new Polish government un-
der the entente auspices.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 2i.-The
ground here is covered with IL
inches OF snow, and car strike Is
on.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24

ties in the war made last week by
the Russian information bureau al
rector, A. ]. Sack, in New York, fig
ured the total at mot less than
100000 men, OF whom 1900, 900
were killed and about 1000, 900 dis
abled for life."
Figures compiled by the Cologne
Gazette and published November rs
placed the total German casualties
at more than 6,000,00 OF this num-
ber It was estimated that about
2,000,0 900 were killed.
The French soldiers killed in the
war, according TO a statement In the
French chamber Of deputies on De
cember 20, by Lucien Voilin, So
cialist deputy, number 100000.
Italy lost 100000 men in killed OF
dead Of wounds. A statement tc
this effect was made in Paris, De.
cember 21, by Salvatore Barzilai, 9
former member OF the Italian cab
met, who accompanied King Victor
Emmanuel on his visit to the French
capital.
The British army official losses II
KILLED total 65s,704.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
HEAVY SHOWS IN EAST

Chicago. Dec. ga heavy snow
fell here today. with a strong wind,
Street cars have stopped running.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
CHRISTMAS RECESS

Washington, Dec. 24.--Congress
began its Christmas recess today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-24
OVER SIX MILLION
ARE Slain IN WAR
Russia Suffers Staggering Losses,
Her Casualties Amounting to
Over 100000 Men

Copenhagen, Dec. 24.-Russia's g
war casualties total s,150,000 men,
according to a telegram received
here today from Petrograd. OF this
number 100000 were Killed. 90
The disabled men number 1,400,-
900 while 100000 other soldiers
were wounded. The Russians taken
prisoner total 100000.
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D. C. MEN COMMISSIONED.

Armour DE W. Redwine. 1920 !
street. and Robert l.. Perkins. 18th
and Clifton streets, second lieuten-
ants. Quartermaster Corps.
Leonard :. Church. Kenneth B. Ken.
ner and Carl J. MIN. Camp Holabird.
Md first lieutenants, Motor Trans
Port Corps.
James r. Pope, 1909 Fulton street.
and Irwin II. Sentz. Camp Holabird
Nd. second lieutenants, Motor Trans
port Corps.
frederick p. Hall, 1880 I street
hrst lieutenant. Sanitary Corps.
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THE EVENING STAR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER e,

a
stems Of. trees buried centuries ago,
PROVING that III the old days even these
lofty valleys were thick1y wooded. II
seesns probabls that the TIN minsrs cut
an the available timber for use in their
blowing or smelling houses, and that
once 1t was gone tho cattle and sheep
and ponies prevented mature from re-
newfng the growth.
SIXTY years szgo. when DurtlnooH
prison: was no prisen but a -naphtha fac
tory, tests were made as to the depth
Of turf In different parts Of the moor.
Near Cowsick Head q shaft forty feet
deep was, sunk before finding bottom.
It 10 hardly likely that there 10 q thicker
deposit anywhere In the British Isles
As . rule the deeper you go tho better
get q fuel which, when dried, Is black
as coal and almost ~ heavy; when
burned It leaves nothing behind It but q
thin gray ash"
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Controller Williams Assailed.

John Shelton Williams, controller of
the currency. was vigorously assailed
by state bankers at yesterdays SeS-
sions. Speaker after speaker in-the
state bank section referred to re-
cent statement of the controller,
which compared failures in state and
national banks to the disparagement
of the former. A resolution was
adopted by the section with one dis
senting vote. in which the statement
was regarded as unfortunate"
E d. Huxford of Cherokee. Iowa,
president of the state bank system.
also assailed the controller. whom he
described as the advertising man
ager IN Washington of the national
banks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

The invasion of England has been
an idea long dear to the heart OF
the average Prussian oficer. While
in a hospital in Berlin. after having
been wounded. at the front, Count
vasion dream to his nurse. He said
that the troops for this expedition
were to consist of men who had been
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SHRAPNEL .
Sidelights on the War
BY
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

/. So numerous are the army dumps
in France that one gets the impress
ysion that the products Of thu entire
world have been thrown into France.
Only things that are placed there
now are vitality essential in this bust
ness of winning the war.
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EXPLAINS THE FAILURE
OF GERMANS IN WEST
AMSTERDAM. Sem

AMSTERDAM. September 1s.-Gen.
Won Rfsberg addressed the main com
mittee Of the reichstag on behalf OF the
minister Of war. He explained. accord
ing to a telegram from Berlin. that the
failure Of the German offensive on the
western front was due to. the failure Of
the German army to surprise the en-
tente allies and the necessity Of assuming
the defensive on the arrival Of the Epg-
lish home army in the -theater Of war;
to the employment Of colored troops and
to the Intervention OF American di-
visions,
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T.w. Lawson Candidate for Senate.

BOSTON, September 2s.-Nomina-
ton papers for Thomas W. Lawson
as an independent candidate for
United States senator. have been 6led
with the secretary of state. The pa
pers contained sufficient names to as
sure Mr.. Lawson's name being on the
ballot in the November election, OIL
Gals said
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I GIFT TO BRITISH NATION.
tStonehenge, World Famous Druid
Monument, Presented bysOwnef.

LONDON, September 25.-Stone-
rhenge. the world famous Druid monu-
3nept which has always been in the
possession of private owners, has been
presented to the British nation by c.
u. i. Chubb, who purchased it on
September 81. 1915. The government
has accepted it and will henceforth
( be fcsponsible for it's preservation.
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spreads, his information to the thirsty
onos-for 4 consideration.


. Describing the evil conditions which
brevail in Luxembourg as%the result
Of the gripping iron hand Of Ger
many. one returned tuxemDourger
aafd In France:
Luxembourg was q land Of plenty
once. The wooded Ardennes are full
Of game, the rivers well stocked with
trout and salmon, agriculture Is our
chief pursuit. yet today the people
Of Luxembourg are starving.
The Germans have bled us dry
Our food is theirs. Our people wan
der In crowds from village to village
+ to- try and buy single bushei OF
potatoes.
The little children, who have, come
miles with their parents in search
of food. are pale and pinched. and
their bare feet scratched and torn
They snatch like little wild animals
If any one throws them a crust OF
bread.
Belgium in that matter is more
fortunate than Luxembourg. She. at
least, is fed by the world outside"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

Pharmacy. gardening. nursing,
cookery, school teaching and sanitary
inspection are some OF the occupa-
tions- which the British government
urges war widows of the country to
take up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

Justice F. A. Moore >of the Oregon
Supreme Court has died ut his home,
at Salem, Ore, after q long Illness.
He was seventy-four years of age and
q; native of Maine. =. go =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

A new wartime occupation has
sprung up in England. A man in a
certain town makes 1t practice 70
folloxr the beer wagons. He learns
where the beer is delivered, then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

England makes standardized suits
nowadays. Premier Lloyd George
wears one.
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sentenced to long terms Of tmprison-
nenk or to death. II any Of them
ever got back to Germany again they
were to receive free PARDON They
were to- be laiadedi in England simply
for the purpose of lootfng and killing
and creating terror.
II voinnteered. with ten other men.
to go with this expedition" said
Count Verstler, -but It never came
6n;f worse luck, and it doesn't look
as il it ever will But IL 1t does. God
help England when we get there"
!. England always has been q great
fiah- eating nation, but today only
80 per cent Of the pre-war supply IL
obtainable. This is due to the mob
ilization Of many fishing craft Tor
Z the navy.
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the course Of action. But few per-
sons know how they are made.
A solid support Is fixed firmly on
each side Of the river-or- canal. and
the planks fixed securely to the lat
ter This is one means of erecting
bridge. Another is arranged on. 9
much different scale and involves the
use Of trestles. This type Of bridge
is used for shallow running streams
The trestles are arranged In the form
Of an NJ, and reach from one bank
to the other. Logs are dashed across
the two inner forks Of the trestle
and the path" laid across them. The
pathway" consists OF two horizontal
spars. which are dashed to the tops
Of the trestleS. = y:
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Owing to the fact that peat is playing
q large part In the solving Of England 8
now ever-acute fuel shortage. the fol-
terest- On4 must bear in mind that the
word ''turf'' is used instead Of peat
1.-THE months for cutting turf are May
and June. July upon the moor is usu-
ally a period Of rain storms. Once the
days have begun to shorten turf cutting
is over for the year.
.The turf tie itself may present inter-
esting features. Down in the valleys
you frequently come upon the roots or
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Government Aids Business,

In its prosecution of the war. Mr..
4 Hlnsch said. the government. instead
or restraining business, is encouraging
t, It, and he expressed hope. for a
, peace. out of the chaos into which
the nation was plunged is coming the
semblance of order" he added.
Americans are following their nat
nral creative bent. They are work
ing for new ends-to produce what is
! needed for the joy of it as well as
the necessity"
Pointing to the $4,000 banks en-
rolled as selling agents for the sale
of war savings and thrift stamps. and
their part in marketing $4,000 .0i1. 900
worth of liberty bonds, he predicted
that the habit of thrift developed by
the war would convert nation of
spenders into a nation of savers"
For Universal Military Training.
After discussing social conditions.
he advocated universal military train
ing as essential to commercial ex-
pansion and industrial growth, and
predicted that this would give the
young men of the nation a new sense
of the meaning and obligations of
! citizenship
"The new era for business is not
has already begun" he said 'in con-
clusion. This country stands firmly
committed to great policy of COM
mercial and industrial expansion. If
this is not our policy we must admit
we are willing to surrender our posi-
tion in the world and lapse into a
state of a second-rate and decadent
nation.
The maintenance of this position
demands of US an embling of our
forces and a coordination of our eff
forts not only as great.but even great
or, than has been made necessary by
the war. In this scheme the govern
ment looms large as the influence
which alone can give us the compact
organization necessary to meet the
competition of other nations organ
ICED to the last refinement of eff
.ciency."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

Frequently one reads Of French
hastily constructed bridges during
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Bankers for Real Victory.

Charles A. HinSch. president of the
association. in his address today
pledged the fortunes and lives of its
1908 members to continue the war
until the last armed German is beaten
to earth and a victorious peace as
, sured.
Reaffirming the loyalty of the ma
tons bankers to President Wilson in
his prosecution of the war, he de-
clared that they will keep on fight
ing. mot to the last dollar, but to
their last unit or credit"
The mission of America, he said, is
i to carry the gospel of freedom to the
ends of the earth. and added, that mo
: peace that Germany will approve will
ftlSfy America. We must not con-
'yude a negotiated peace. Nothing
should be considered but an uncondi-
tional surrender"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
.BANKERSPLEDGED
s .TOWAR T0FN|SH
Policy Of Industrial Expan.
sion Urged by American
1 Association in Chicago. :
FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. September 26.-With the
work Of all of the sections Cleared
away. the actual convention of the
American Bankers Association, its
forty-fourth annual gathering. began
tHday. BY previous arrangement
unanimous consent of the convention
will be given to adjournment tomor-
row, instead of Saturday, as provided
by the constitution. in order that the
members may hurry to their homes
TO take part in the fourth liberty loan
campaign. Oliver j. Sands. president
of the, American National Bank. Rich
mond. Va, was elected president of
the national bank section of the asso-
citation.
c. B. Hazleton, vice president of the
Union Trust Company OF Chicago. was
chosen president of the savings bank
section.
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Csc and soc Cretonnes
and Scrin1s, 1ZAc'Yd.

1000 yards Of Cretonnes. in short
lengths from / to yards. and in
pretty floral designs, suitable for
covering comforts and cushions;
Also IS and 40 inch Scrims and
Voiles, for curtains and draperfes.
in white and ecru shades: desirable
lengths. Some with plain and
others with fancy edgeA
E51st Tlsep-BaxIain Tah1a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

Bsy1 Harness Bue-
kle Belts, khaki and
Palm Beach materials.
Values worth 29c and
soc,
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$3.50 and $500 Comforts, $5.45

fluffy
light
Goldenhry 81 Fourth Floor
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Juvenile Suits. for
boys ~, 3. and 4
years of age. OF cor
duroy. cashmere and
serg e. All wit b
straight knee pants.
One and two Of a kind
and model. Reduced
$3M
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Tapestry Portieres at
.$1.60 Strip

WOk1A Up 10 $SsSVO I'LL
Heavy Armure and Tapestry
Portieres, in green. red and brown;
21-3 and ~ yards long, 40 to 50
inches wide. Plain and two-tone
effects; plain or fringed styles. Also
a few pairs with gobelfn tapestry
borders. Can be used as couch
covers and single doors, while
some can sbe7 matchedlipko .patia-
GeldsnhsRI's-Isu1fhz 1ssE..
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thsrstofors awsrisA. or discontisus re-

any time modify 2. eAaaEe the ensess
- s.e. H. &hesy.r. to secure fss 49, a..;
self or another the benefits pfovIcee
In this chapter. makes . false Ptsss-
msnt, shall be deemed guilty Sy psS.
Jury. and upoa conviction p1nishsa as-
cordlngly.
We, the undsrsisnsd legal voter aaA
qualified electors OF the STATE o. SeIo-
RADIO. do hereby dssienats tnS foaaows
Ing persons to rsprssant tns s.3ne sss,s =.
the petition. to.wit: =
Lucius n. Wilcox. Editor Fisld. snA
Farm, whose address 10 1915 Arapehoe
q. Denver. Cole; n.;ooys.nor El,ss
and Electric BLDG Denvsr. Colo: Judge
James N. Downin{ Whose aadress y
son, state Teacher Of Adult BLIND,
whose address y Hs7 = nays1S A.
whose address 10 - Inea st.. Denver.
Colo.
We. the undersigned legal toters and
qualified electors OF the State Of Colo
RADIO, do hereby designate the iolleW-
Ing Ballot-Titls for said act;
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Fighting Doors.

All the doors should swing high
enough from the floor to claar any
rugs placed near them. And they
should be placed 80 that they will not
Jam against one another. know of
two doors in house that persist In
locking knobs Just as two angry bulls
lock horns in mortal combat-or is 1t
deer that do this7 And when these
doors are In that position. you can't
get out, but have to back out, 70
around another way and separate
them. We don't intend having any
doors like that in this house.-Hnrry
!. Shumway, In House Beautiful.
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Garbage Utilization.

Hogs can be made to utilize much
eatable material which would other
wise be wasted. according to a state
ment Issued by the Connecticut Agr1-
cultural college. The report calls 1T
tention to the saving accomplished in
Minneapolis. where between 10000
and SOC. 1000 is saved annually by using
swine to consume the garbage Of the
city instead Of burning 1t. Whereas
Minneapolis formerly operated its
garbage disposal at q loss. the city
now receives $1.26 per ton for Its gar.
bage as hog feed.
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oesIna Fountain PsnA

An application Of heavy oil Ia ~
Joints Of fountain pen will effectively
overcome the Oozing out of Ink at
these places, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The types Of fountain
pens. having points which disap-
pear by turning a section Of the
barrel. sometimes leak because Il
wear. To remedy this. soak the
pen In warm wdter and permit 10
dry. particularly inside. Then apply
oil on the spindle that is revolved.
Heavy cylinder oil Is the best for the
purpose. The lubricant should he
worked through the bearing from end
to end. The pen Is then refiiled and
excess oil wiped OF.
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Shortest Railroad,

You have heard of shortest railroads
before. Always they're the most abb
breviated ever. But off-hand one
would grant the prise to MIssoula,
Mont 1t has railroad only 100 feet
long. It connects the Northern Pacific
with the C. n. 4 st. p. and Ia used
as a transfer. It has no equipment,
no employees. and no stations. yet the
company that owns It gets 80 cents
for every car that passes over its rails.
Sixteen thousand have done 10 thus
far. Think Of it.-Popular Science
Monthly.