Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1901 — Page 10
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THE INDIANAPOLIS HEWS, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1901.
^/iy"RES
tndian*'* Grtaftt DUirihuttn of Vry Good*
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GRANTS MADE OR ASKED SINCE HE HAS BEEN MAYOR.
of a hot-water heating and electrlollghtIng franchise, with a suddenness that called forth criticism. This yeafs big contracts are the water contract, sent to the Council In January, and the Interurban street railwav franchise. which has become a football between the Council and Board of Public Works.
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Coats J ° r ah ° u1 "• 0 - ,hiTi ‘
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Of Earlier Trice*.
White Box Jackets, with coat collar and pockets, instead of $1.25..... 98c
Three-fourth kngth embroidery trimmed
Coats, with yoke effects formerly $2.25, now reduced to $1.65
Long Coats of pique, which were variously
priced $3.50, $3.75 and $4 50, now
H reduced to $2.98
THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION
Contracts Entered Into with Corporations Asking Privileges in Indianapolis—The Telephone Question Up Three Times.
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Any of the above for children 1, 2, 3 and 4 te} years of age. (Second Floor.)
CtefO FLUG Opportunities
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Jf/ C ’7 K lor carpet sipe Rugs of body brussels, choice of a dozen new
T.7...—-Z and desirable designs in 9x12 ft. site.
9&C ^ or your pick of one hundred small Smyrna Rugs—not so small II either, 30x60 inches—in bright pretty colors and well chosen de- . signs. (Thirl Floor )
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Annual « Compen- • Franchise. sation. a -1896- a Central Union Telephone, indefinite t 6,000 * Postal Telegraph, Indefinite.. .. Western Union. Indefinite -1897— Indianapolis Desiccating, ten years Garbage Collection, ten years -1898— New Telephone, twenty-five years 6,000 a -1899- *
INCREASE IN INDIANAPOLIS, j Growing Wealth of Corporations of This City—The Tax Figures. The increase in value of taxable prop- j erty owned by Indianapolis corporations ; over the assessed valuation for last year, j as shown by a statement of the review , board's work, now being prepared by M. j L. Jefferson, assessor, is 11,079.832. That does not Include the property of [ corporations that have been formed or \ have cqme here since last year's assess- j ment was made. It is a comparison with ; the values placed on the same concerns i last year: Jefferson saya other cities of | the same slae are outstripped. The as- i sessments on new corporations this year j will aggregate 1600,000 more. Thla comparison shows a much larger Increase, too, when It is taken into con- I slderatlon that some of the largest cor- | poratlons In the city were removed from the Jurisdiction of the county board by l the recent General Assembly. For In- | stance, the interurban- transit companies, all three gas companies, the street car i company and several similar concerns ; are now assessed by the State board, then pro rated among the various counties traversed by their rails or pipes.
l. s. 'fiy'RES ra co. ^Aole A-tfents for Standard Tattern*
iperature Goes Up Prices Come Down thing: Reduced tlarly the heavy goods. Clocks Plated Bronze, Marble. Ornaments. Pedestals, 10 te M par eeuf. Reduction talc Innes. It's the towb talk. [iu$C.W&H(8§oii mat** L.«sadinK dwwwlwr*. Members Merchants' Association.
HRGUGH TKe Microscope
Dollars f*r Fifty Weeks
T I TE LOAN money in any y y amount from $10 up Cn Furniture, Pianos, Vehicles and other Personal Property of value. The payments afe arranged in fifty small weekly installments, thus allowing you fifty weeks in which to pay off your loan. One dollar and twenty cents is the weekly payment on a fifty loan. Other amounts in same proportion. AH busi- ’ . ness is strictly confidential.
nORTQAGE LOAN CO. Established 1887. Lombard BMg„ Z4H B. Wash. St.
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HOSE
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Good Quality.
1C Mac! Waahlagtom Street. —
HA.T» Latest novelties and serviceable, staple styles. to •l.fSO East Washington, tor. Delaware Street
Oh, Wappenhans, oh. Wappenhans, Why don’t you give the rain a chance? Ton’ll leave us soon for other skies; Meanwhile the grass and fodder dies. Perhaps, breathe not the thought aloud. Ton fear to leave beneath a cloud. + “That murder was as brutal as any I ever heard of, and yet the murderer doer not seem to be In the least worried.” "No, he hopes to be able to prove himself Insane.” “Ah. I see. He has a sort of insanity trust.” +
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LILLY A STALNAKER
114 C. Wash. Bt.
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*Tt*s hot work, dad.” “Yaa, but If we ain’t hot now we’ll be cold next winter.”
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The question of the hour In the country districts of Indiana is. What has become of the man who annually falls Into the mouth of the thrashing machine? 4* . They were speaking of the laziness of the head of a certain colored family In the hearing of the little son, when the back gate opened, and In walked a tall black man. “Papa,*' said the little boy, “Is that the father?” “No, Johnny.” said Mr. Brown; “that’s the son.” “Well, papa.” said the boy. “If that’s the sun. It must be in eclipse. ’
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DJar Jditor. ThJ NJws-A fjllow camj along hjrj last wjjk and clatmjd to bj an JxpJrt typjwrttjr rjpalrjr. I Ijt him fix my machlnj, and eiut sJJ what hj did to It. HJ gavj hls naraj as Konja-I forgjt his first namj. HJ is a blondj man with bluj Jyja. and wjara a goatjj. Can you glvj mj bis addrjss? I would UkJ to aJJ him. RJspJctfully, JvJrJtt WJbstJr, EJffJrsonvlllj, Ind.
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“Brown, what’s the matter with you? You look hollow-eyed and all run down.” “Oh, I'm all right. Haven’t been sleeping at night lately. I sit up to watch the antics of a fool thermometer my wife has hanging on the side porch.” STREET CAR SLEEPERS. Suggestion of a Man Who Mlocec His
Nlght'a Rest
“If I bad the management of the Indianapolis street car lines,” remarked a North Alabama-street citisen, this morning, “I would transform one of these big open cars into a sleeper, with a dozen bunks; start the cars at 8 o'clock In the evening at Washington and Illinois street and run It until 6:30 o’clock the next morning. There are any number of persons who would willingly pay 76 cents for the good night’s rest this kind of an arrangement would insure. The only trouble with an Innovation of this kind, perhaps,, would be that it would soon become so popular that a dozen cars would be re-
quired for the sleepers, and this Interfere with the regular traffic.”
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CIRCUS BILL STUDENTS. Have Grown Familiar with the Fore-paugh-Setls Attractions. As the time for the Adam Forcpaugh and Bells Bros.’ circus draws near, the interest of the small boys, and a number of the older ones, Increases. Many of the advertized attractions have been studied to such advantage that the star performers are looked upon as old friends. Among these are the ‘Ten Picchlanis,” a family of acrobats, come from several generations of acrobats, and said to be the most acrobatic acrobats ever seen within a tent on the outskirts of this city, ^The circus will appear Wednesday, Brewery Workers' Outing. At a Joint meeting of the members of the four unions of brewery workers last night arrangements were completed for their outing In Cincinnati next Sunday, including delegates from surrounding towns, MO will probably leave from this city on a special train. It is to be a general reunion in Cincinnati of brewery workmen from Indians, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
• Street Railway, thirty-four
' ».«• • PEDDLER COMMITS SUICIDE.
# Artificial Gas, ten years...
-1900- e Clean Street, twenty years 15 per cent, gross receipts • Home Heating, twenty-five • years 5 per cent, gross receipts • —1901— J Water Contract, ten years • (pending) • Interurban, thirty-two years • (pending) Car tax • Public Lighting, ten years « (advertising specifications) •
•••••••••••••••••••••••••a The franchise dealings of the present city administration began in 1896, with the franchise for the Central Union Telephone Company. It was denied at the time that this was a franchise, but it is now the opinion of many persons that it is as binding a franchise as the street railway contract and less precarious to the company. The Central Union franchise grew out of the agitation against overhead wires. The step that brought it about was the Denny administration’s ordinance requiring all poles and wires in the “mile square" district to come down within a certain period. This ordinance was passed two months before the Denny administration went out of power in 1896. When Taggart Came Into Office. Nothing was done with reference to the transformation of the electric wiring systems according to the provisions of this ordinance until the summer of 1896, when negotiations were conducted between the Central Union Company and the city, by which the company was to put its wires in underground conduits and pay to the city 86.000 a year for the privilege, so it was represented. However, the franchise, when granted, authorizes the company to operate a telephone system or exchwn^e, and also telegraph systems throughout its conduits, and It Is in the paragraph designating the privileges of the company that these franchise rights are alleged to have been granted. The grant to the Central Union was followed by grants to the Postal and Western Union companies of privileges to use underground conduits. The ordinance declaring the overhead systems a menace to public safety was based on the same theory as the present suits for the elevation of railroad tracks. No compensation was exacted from the telegraph compa-
nies.
During this same period, when the Central Union was obtaining Its franchise, the Phoenix Telephone Company was limited to a thirty years’ grant, and Its prices limited to $48 per annum, while the Central Union grant was indefinite and its schodule of rates unlimited, except by “Fixe and population” of other cities furnished service by the company. The Council, however, killed the Phoenix company on the ground that It did not provide adequate compensation, nor require the use of the “latest and most approved” appliances, most of which are under exclusive control of the Bell Telephone Com-
pany.
The Garbage Contract. The ten-year garbage contract was the next year’s franchise business. This begun with a contract with the Indianapolis Desiccating Company, by which It would remove its plant to Seller's farm. For this removal the city gave the company five acres for its private use, and leased the rest of the firm for $500 a year. A contract for the collection ot garbage was let to Hermany A Sindlinger, but this became involved in a councllmanic scandal, taking up weeks, and was abandoned. New bids were received, and John McCarthy, of St. Louis, received the contract for the collection of all garbage at a shifting set of prices, averaging 181,000 a year. McCarthy, who was backed by Edward Butler, of St. Louis, established hls system. Official vigilance caused constant wrangling between the contractor and the city Boards of Health and Works. McCr Uhy asserted that things were purposely being “made hot” for him. After a few weeks he transferred hls property and contract to the persons owning the Indianapolis Desiccating Company. , The garbage collection contract and the sale of all the products of reduction are regarded as one of the most valuable gifts a city has to make. New Telephone Company. The franchise of 1898 was the New Telephone Company’s. The contract offered the Phoenix company two years before had been regarded as ironclad, but the one drawn by City Attorney Kern for the New company is still spoken of in administration circles as the “corker.” It was so great an advance over the Central Union contract of two years earlier that administration Influences doubted that (he company would accept it. The company did accept, however, and subsequently accepted amendments by the Council. The same influences In tht Council that supported the administration In its pet schemes opposed the passage of the New telephone contract. In 1888 also the proposal came to Jhe city to sell the Indianapolis Water Company’s plant to the city for (3,500,000 on the Installment plan. The Investigation of John W. Hill, water-works engineer, however, and hls report to the administration as to the value of the tangible property, put this deal out of all consideration. Street Railway and Gas. The street railway franchise was the big one of 1899. It settled the long-pend-ing street railway litigation for thirtyfour years. It was followed by the compromise of the artificial gas litigation by the making of a contract for dollar gas. The city had sought to enforce the Wolcott ordinance providing for a seventy-flve-cent rate and most of those who, in Council, had advocated the seventy-flve-cent ordinance (originally proposed by John R. Allen) supported the dollar compromise. Higgins was the councilman to Introduce the ordinance repealing the sev-euty-flve-cent ordinance. At this period the Chenoweth Light and Power Company asked a franchise. One waa granted which the Council promptly killed because It might, it was asserted, cause complications for the city In the making of the new general lighting contract, on which bids are to be received soon. Street Boxe»—Hot Water Heating. In the latter part of 1899 several Individuals and companies submitted proposals to provide street boxes for the public to desposlt litter in. These proposals hung fire for many months, until in June, 1900. the Board of Public Work* suddenly awarded the franchise for this for a period of twenty years to Charles H. Stuckmeyer, under the name of the Indianapolis Clean Street Company, Whose 15 per centum of the first six months' business amounted to (44 to the city. In September of the same year the Home Heating and Lighting Company received award
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Picnic and Outing Parties
Buy your eatables from us. We have
plete Una ot canned and hot ad and domestic cheese and
first-class at reasonable price. D. Montanl
Co.. 101 N. Illinois at.
•Take No Chances.’
Do not delay ordering. You will lose trade.
Send
Zimmer's Trasses.
mane J9L coat sad CO., 141 Massachusetts
o uuuaajr e vuij m * • •1.80 Mound Trip.
Via Monon Boat*. Tickets on sale dally to September IS. Final return limit October IL For particulars see ticket agents.
Married Six Weeke — Thought Hie Wife Did Not Love Him. Otis Houk, a peddler, twlnty-seven years old, rooming at 312 West Washington street, committed suicide by taking morphine last night. Six weeks ago he was married to Georgia Waldon. and It la said the couple quarreled often since that time. Mrs. Houk admitted that they had a "few words” last night, but she said she knew no reason why he should kill himself. It is also said that Houk was despondent because he believed the woman did not love him. Houk took the poison In the presence of hls wife and then visited a barrel-house, where he drank a glass of water. Shbrtly afterward he returned to his rooms and became sick. Dr. DeVanney, of the City Dispensary, who was called, was told by Houk that he had tried three times to kill himself. Houk was hls wife’s fourth husband. Houk’s mother and three sisters live at 221 West Michigan street. “QUEEN OF SUMMER TRIPS.” Boston by Sea. Complimentary excursions Old Point Comfort to holders first-class tickets, Baltimore to Boston. Send for tour-book and particulars Passenger Department Merchants’ ft Miners’ Transportation Co., Baltimore, Md.
PROSNAN’S U 6 and 8 w. Wash. St.
Dress Dimities, In fine cord and good cloth, with pretty coloring. TVfcc and up tc 9c values 4\c 8(4c check Nainsook will sell at 4c 9c white India Unon on sale at A(4c Black all-over Lace, handsome patterns, at, a yard 30c Skirt and Belt-Holder Pins at..2ttc 98c lace front bodice Belts half price 40c 69c fancy Belt Buckles, in gold, oxidized and zllveF 2®c 25c fishnet Shopping Bags 1414c (6.00 ladies’ ralny-day or walking ! Skirts 93. OH (10.00 Eton Jackets at exactly half —9500
I WEDNESDAY
(3.98 walking Skirts, stitched 15 times 92-23 $6.00 Dress Skirts, black and gray homespun, 4ft yards sweep 9330 (11.50 taffeta silk Skirts., full sweep, handsomely trimmed t. 93 08 (4.00 silk Waists, tucked all over; choice of any In stock....91.Og (LOO fancy Waists, sailor collar and knot gOc
76c colored lawn Waists at
will
1 go 39c
us. We have a comsottled goods, importnd wines. Everything
tid for a case and try it. Madison Brewing v~.’s original. XXX ale and porter. Sold l-y the C. HaJbich Co.. Indianapolis. Tel. No. 1577. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup tor children teething; gives quiet, helpful rest. 25c a bottle.
Rambler and Stearns Bicycles.
Sold only by Charles Koehrlng ft Bros., ITS
Virginia ave. Telephone *52.
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Feed your horse Janes’e dustless oats.
Twenty styles. Prices reasonable. 132 E. Washington st. Dr. W. B. Craig, Veterinary Surgeon. Dogs treated. Office, Wood’s Btabie. Tal. 10FT. Try Mueller’s Liver and Kidney Relief Pills; IS cents per package. At druggists. Bny Diamonds of a diamond dealer. J. C. SIPE. Importer of Diamonds, Rooms 3. I and 4. I8ft N. Med. st
coks. Capital Lumber ave.
Indianapolis Barber Supply Co. *04 Law Building: razor and ah ear grinding. New Ftanoe for Ben*. ($.60. (4.00 and (5.00 per month. THE STARR PIANO COMPANY. U W. Washington at Manufacturer*. ANNUAL SEASHORE EXCURSIONS. Pennsylvania Lines. •18.00—Bound Trip—•18.00 July 88, August 8. Special Trains, . with through sleepers and coaches to Atlantic City, Cape May and other coast resorts. Return limit twelve days. For particular* call on agents or address W. W. Richardson, D. P. A., Indianapolis. Ind. LAWBKNCEBUBG, AUBOBA
fay ■
Via Big Four Uouto,
Sunday, July 31.
•1.00 or Less Round Trip. Special train leaves Indianapolis 7:30 a. m. Returning, leaves Aurora 7:30 p. m. DANVILLE (ILL.) AND WAT POINTS. Via Big Four Boats,
Sunday, July 81.
•1.00 or Less Bound Trip. Band Tournament at Danville. 8 pec lei train leaves Indianapolis 7:25 a. m. Returning, leaves Danville 7 p. m. LOUISVILLE (BY.) EXCURSION. Via Big Four Bouts,
Sunday, July Sl.
eseeTHEt sea ROSNAN Dir GOODS 00. 6 and 8 W. Wash. St. Square Pianos f'K 4a ° n payment*. 15.00 iLv 10 919 cash, $1.00 a week. ’ CARLIN & LENNOX • te 9 Best rierkst Street.
Only $31.50 To Colorado And Return First class from Chicago July 10 to August 31. Liberal return limits. Correspondingly low rates from other points. Only one night to Denver, “The Colorado Special." Best of everything. Leave Chicago doily via Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western Line.
How, If you've reed our recent advertisements, you understand our reason, end our reason must appeal to your roason. It la tho Dissolution./ Partnership that makes this saoHHoe necessary. Day by day you will find now off ora In tho ddforent departrnantsm To-day wa'va slashed the prloes In the following mrtlelesi
108 Men's Crash Suita, former price $8,00 to $10,00, They are to $a closed at $1,00 per Suh,
208 Negligee Shirts and 80 of the new style oxblood and blue negligee with plaited bosom, all at $1,18 each; former prices $1,28, $1,80, and a few of thorn $2,00,
275 pair Hose, 0 pair for o dollar, formerly SOo and 35o each. (You'd hotter put your feet right down on thla bargain,)
Summer Soarfs, Windsors, Assets, Batwlngs—all wHI take wing at 43 oonta, ■ — ■
The Suit Sale la going on. Same large reductions.
A mixed lot of Underwear at 25 par oant, under regular prloas
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Ask any ticket agent or address W. B. Kniskem. General Passe ger and Ticket Agent Chicago a North-Western Railway, Chicago.
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J| •••■■■■••• HotPlates, Qas Ranges, Gasoline Stoves
mwy Always Ready Yl averley Electric Vehicles Agents Wanted lu Every Town. Supplied Direct from WAVEEEY FACTORY, 139 Sooth East St
sand:
Stylish Vehicles Best Quality
Lawn Settees 1 harmon & hall
Special train leaves Indianapolis 7 a. m. Returning, leaves Louisville 7 p. m. ft.28—CINCINNATI AND BBTUBN-fl.26 Via C., B. ft D„ Sunday, July 81. Two special fast trains; the first will leave at • a. m., making no local stops; the secmid will leave at 7:15 a. m., stopping only st Rushvills, ConnersvlUe and Hamilton. Returning leave Cincinnati 1:10 p. m. PENNSYLVANIA LINES. •1—Lake Maxlnkuokee and Be turn—ft 1 Sunday, July 81. Special train leaves Indianapolis 7:10 a. m. Returning leaves ths lake at <:20 p. m. LAKE ERIK ft WESTERN B. R •1.50—Michigan City and Return—SIAO Thursday, July 18. Leave Indianapolis lam. Returning, leave Michigan City » p. m. • COLORADO EXCURSIONS
Cheap Rates From Chicago 813.50 to St. Paul and return; (15.66 to Duluth and return; $31.50 to Colorado and return; (44.50 to Utah and return— Via the Chicago Great Western Railway Tickets on sale July 10 to Aug. 30. Good to return until October 31. For full p&rticularz address J. P. Elmer, General Passenger Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago.
We still have s large stock of rammer goods that we are selling at FACTORY COST PRICES. It is getting late in the season and we will not carry any summer goods over. Our prices will sell the goods. F. H. RUPERT 123 sad 125 West Washington St. Ifi sad 18 Keatacky Avesse. ■ Pbonas N«. 8*7.
DPySS'S Ths 20th rHLATINUM c , n ^T i * HOTOGRAPHS N .,.^ j True to Life, Moderate In Price. 329 MawMcHasmettu A-venue. One-half So. from the Deniaon Hotel.
Head The JSetu* fot Wsxrvt Ads.
The H. Lieber Company. 24 W. Washington St.
AUTOMOBILES ■•Mobile’’ Stega Carriggts, -DcDIobBouton” Qasoline Meterettesj* jt jf j* Indianapolis Automobile & Bicycle Co. 112 North Pennsylvania St.
LAKE ERIE ft WESTERN R. B. Sandusky. O., and Retun Saturday Night, July 80. Leave Indianapolis I p. m. Arrive Sandusky v a. m., Sunday. July 31. Returning, leave Sandusky. Sunday. July ». * p. m. Arrive Indianapolis • a. m., Monday, July 33. Bertha and chairs at city office. 3* 8. lUlnots *L FAST TIME TO DETROIT
The Lake Brie ft Weaten and Wabash Railways Leave Indianapolis 13:20 p. m. Arrive Detroit S:l« p. m. BETHANY ASSEMBLY. Bethany Parte, Ind. Pennsylvania lines will sell excursion tickets from all points In Indiana at one fare for > round trip, July 35 to August U. Return limit, August 13.
CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Yl* Kind Yta Nan Always Bought
TIS CAMERA TIME FOR YOU Those who have not purchased a Camera for their “outing” equipment will be interested In our photographic department. Just at preaent there are a number of fine Instruments to be had at a considerable reduction from the prices on same makes elsewhere. THE 1901 MODELS ARE ALL IN and as we are the only Indiana firm showing a complete Cne of them, you are best served by looking hers first. All the essentials for photographic work are here; every size, variety and kind, properly priced, to be popular. The H. Lieber Company
Vingt-cinq— Puenf und Zwanzig— TwentyFive— This is the number of ehoiee styles of flannels — foreign and domestic—we are now making into suits of COATS and TROUSERS WITH BELTS for ^ir.so And we'il make the suit within two days if such expedition is required. We leave no excuse for sweltering humanity to continue suffering from torridity. x
lease
Tailoring Co.
HTihtt 600D TOBACCO al HABD WORK to Hah I 600D 10c CI6AB, Till
MERCANTILE
l» Now Being Made from Fine Cuban Tobacco, Crop of 1800.
‘"waam-; union made.
is Now Being Made from rme wuoun < F. R. RICE M. O.OO., manufacturer*, Bt. Loul*.
• j r^OIANAPQLIS TENT ’ AND AWNINC CO 447 E. WASMINCTOM ST IMDSAMAPOL.I<S. IMO
SMITH’S GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR Guaranteed to benefit weak sad run-dews people. H. J. HUDER.
Bears the Signature of
VEHICLE RUBBER TIRES.
We put ou all kinds. Repair work promptly done. Work the bes* aod prices the lowest, lilt H. T. Conde Implement Co. 2J1 te 2*7 Wert Washtegtea Strati j
Big Four Excursions, Sunday, July 21 LOUISVILLE, Ky., - $1.50 Round Trip - - - -- ■ -
LAWRENCEBURS, AURORA *1 or LESS DANVILLE, 111., and Way Points- W mm HIP W ~ - ' ■' '