Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-13

Ottawa business houses and fac
tories will return to their old sched-
ules OF opening and closing on Mon
day, following the lifting of the ban
OF the drastic heat, light and power
rulings, that have kept the city run
ing on short time for more than
week. The ruling OF the state pub
lie utilities commission, as published
in the Free Trader Journal last even
ing, repeating the closing orders, APP
plies only to the consumers Of light
and power. and does not lift the ban
on coal.
Business houses and non-essential
factories. will still be cut off from
their supply OF coal, for the present,
but practically all OF the Ottawa busl-
ness men. either have a supply OF fuel
on hand, or will be able 10 secure
wood or strip coal, to operate on un-
til the shortage is over. The work
Of the fuel administration will not
cease on Monday, and all orders for
coal for consumption in the homes,
must be made through John O'kane,
secretary of the board, at phone o99.
From Washington today came the
announcement that the Federal Fuel
commission. that the ban had been
partially lifted, and THAI essential
factories. could secure supply OF
coal on which to operate However.
this does not affect the Ottawa fac
tories. as all of them are listed I'M
der the 'non.essential" head
Five Cars Released.
This morning Mayor George Y. b.
Weeks received releases upon five
car loads of coal, four on the c.. b.
4 Q. railway and one on the Rock
Island, which were distributed among
the homes of the city, and did away
with fears that We're creeping INTO
many families, of spending a cold
Sunday Orders We're coming in fast
at the office OF the fuel board, and
before the office had been open two
hours, Mr. O'kane had received TWEEN
ty-six calls for coal.
During the past week. the secre-
tary's office has been the busiest
place in the city. and both the phone
private office have rung necessarily
with people who wanted coal immedi-
ately. Some have been considerate
as to their demands, while others
grow panic striken when they saw
their coal pile growing short and had
visions of heatless homes.
obey Orders
All candy stores and soft drink par
lors in the city We're closed at b
o'clock last night by the fN"l board
Mayor Weeks and Secretary John
C'Kane of he beard made a canvass
OF the loop district between & and .
O'Clock to see that these stores were
.,i,sed. and that the restaurants and
drug stores were only using 20 pei
cent Of their lights for illumination
Prosperity Returns to La Sale.
l.. w. Hess, general superintendent
of the Northern Illinois Light &
Traction Co. accompanied the repre-
sentatives Of the local fuel board on
their trip around the city, Several
of the soft drink parlors and one
candy store was found to be open
The officials stepped into those places
and ordered them closed. In each
case these commands were readily
complied with.
La Sale Dec. IL With the re sumr
tiOn Of work. n the mines Of this dis
trict thousands Of men Will agar
draw their payrOils amounting u
many thousands Of dollars. Since tn
calling o: the strike in the coal mine
and in other plants here. men, fami
les ana Industries have carried out
program of retrenchment in outlay o
money that has been seriously fel
here. II has been noticed in the weel
" or monthly grocery bill of the aver
age family.