Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1916 — Had Hired Them All. [ARTICLE]

Had Hired Them All.

Representative William Kettner of California made a journey to Mexico a while ago and was greatly impressed with the cheapness of Mexican cab hire. Kettner found that for 20 cents he could have a carriage at his disposal for about an hour. That made a great hit with him, and be worried because he had occasion to use a cab only part of the time. It seemed a shame that he couldn’t spend more money on such a bargain proposition. The afternoon before Kettner and his friends were to leave Mexico City one of the party noticed a string of seven carriages proceeding down the street like a funeral procession. All were empty except the one in the lead. In it sat Kettner puffing calmly at a big cigar. He had hired all the carriages he could find in front of his hotel, and set out to revel in his bargain grandeur. —Sunday Magazine.