Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1920 — Page 2

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STRIPPED FOR BIG FIGHT ON SERVICE BODY legislators of Both Houses Plan Battle for Return of Franchise Power to Cities. TWO BILLS INTRODUCED Centering their efforts on bills calling for the abolishment of the Indiana public service commission and the return of franchise powers to the municipalities, members of the senate and the house today prepared to wage a bitter war against the service commission. Two bills are In the hands of the judiciary committees of the house and the senate and there appears to be a growing feeling that If the committees should report favorably on the proposed abolishment at the special session, the measure might pass after a bitter light. •Senator Alfred Hogston, Marlon, Introduced the bill proposing the abolishment of the public service commission, the re-creation of the state railroad commission and providing for local regulating of public utilities by the various city and county boards and city councils. In the house, a bill was introduced by Representative llarry E. Howbottom, Evausvllle, calling for the abolishment of the service commission, but not providing for any control of public utilities. RECENT ACTIVITIES ARE BLAMED. Similar bills have been introduced nt ether sessions, but the recent action of the public service commission In raising rates of service for publle utilities ha' resulted in a storm of protests. The Introduction of these two bills is the direct lesult of protests made by the public to the lawmakers against actions of the public service commission In raising rates. It Is understood the Goodrich administration would exclude the consideration of such bills during the special session, but the legislators loudly are declaring they Intend to Introduce bills of any character they desire and state they intend to take, the floor and wage a fight to protect their bills. “They will not gag me and prevent me from introducing my bills,” yelled an Irate representative when a certain house committee attempted to rapidly pass over a bill by recommending It not be passed. The two bills providing for the abolishment of the public service commission are under consideration by the judiciary committees of the two houses and supporters of them are making an effort to obtain a favorable report. The bill first proposed for the repeal of the law establishing the public service commission and calls on the governor to appoint three commissioners to compose a board to be known as the railroad commission of Indiana. The railroad commission was abolished by an act approved in 1913 and Its powers and duties were transferred to the public service commission which wag created at the same time. PROVISION AGAINST NO LIMIT PERMITS. The Hogston bill provides that the lndeterminata permits which the public service commission Jias issued in lieu of franchises or contracts, shall cease to exist on the passage of the bill and that the former contracts and franchises which were in existence In 1913 should be In full force and effect. The bill also makes It unlawful for a municipality or a utility to make dls-. criminatory rates or to provide free service except free transportation to police officers on duty. The bill provides that standards and conditions of service of public utilities are to be determined by the common councils or the town boards and also prohibits any utility from suspending service pending litigation over rates. REAL FIGHT DUE ON STATE MINE Governor Claims It Would Put Coal Cost at $2. That Gov. Goodrich is insisting that the special session of the state legislature act favorably on his request for passage of the bill providing for the purchase of a mine, to be operated by the state, to provide coal for state institutions, Is indicated by a statement made by him in support of the bill. The measure is one that he has advocated for some time, because of the acuteness of the coal situation In the state, and was one of the leading points in his message to the assembly. The governor deals in his statement with the cost of mining coal under private ownership and the relative low cost with which he insists the state could operate a mine. “Coal, mined and placed on cars at the mines at a cost of less than $2 per ton, is quoted to the state at a price of §5.25 to $7.25 per ton,” the governor declared, In answer to opponents of the measure, who say that state ownership of a mine is a step toward state social-, ism. GOVERNOR SAYS fOILD SELL AT W. The statement continued with the declaration of the governor that he could take an appropriation sufficient to purchase, operate or lease a mine and that he could mipe the coal, place It on the cars, operating 60 per cent capacity, and rell it for iess than $2 per ton. The governor denied that the move to purchase the mine was a step toward government ownership, or state socialism, and stated that he was dealing, not with theories, but with a condition. Manufacture of various articles in the state penal institutions, which are sold outside of the state’s institutions for a low cost, is cited by the governor. “Some people seem to think that the unusual situation in the coal business will end within a few months,” said the governor. “I don't believe it will end within a year, and the high prices will obtain throughout the fiscal year. “If we don’t buy the mine, we will have to pay $400,000 or $500,000 extra for state coal this winter. SAYS CON SI M PTION WOILP BE REDUCED. “Ten per cent of the consumption of coal can be saved through the mine purchase because of the fact that all coal used in state institutions would be of uniform quality, allowing us to adjust our equipment to the particular coal, and our firemen and engineers would become accustomed to it. ‘Tnder ordinary circumstances, 1 would not favor the state-operated mine, but under the present conditions, having in mind only the interests of the state, I am certain that it Is the wise thing to do, that the results will justify the assembly and the executive In taking this step.” The mine bills Was expected to be reported out of the ways and means committee of the lower house today, and opinion was that its passage would be recommended. Representative Mendenhall, chairman of the committee, introduced the bill in the house. The minority was expected to lodge a fight for Indefinite postponement, and a stiff contest will probably result. Nurseryman and Son Killed by Lightning LYONS, Ind., July 14.—William E. Stacy, 58, owner of Frultland Farm Nurseries and his son Ralph, 9, were instantly killed here Tuesday evening by a bolt of lightning, while they iwere watering their horses at a. pond. '

PLENTY OF COAL FOR 6,000 YEARS Consumers Need Not Worry for Few Generations. CLEVELAND, 0., July 14.—Coal consumers of the United States will have no real worries until about the year 7920, according to state and government inspectors attending the leventb annual convention of the mine inspectors' Institute of America here today. Hard coal will give out in 150 years or 200 years, but the soft coal is nearly Inexhaustible, J. W. Paul, chief coal mining engineer of the United States bureau of mines, said. The inspectors foresee evidence of enough soft coal to run the country 6,000 years. THREE SNAGS BLOCK COURSE OF GOVERNOR (Continued From Page One.) from a company In which Goodrich was a stockholder, at a purchase price that was $165,000 more than the president of the company said the plant was worth. Nor has the public forgotten that Goodrich’s son, Pierre, and his business associates were financially interested in one coal company that had the benefit of convict labor after it gave Goodrich a block of its stock “for services " Consideration of whether or not the purchase of a coal mine would be a good thing for the state of Indiana, is somewhat warped by the fact that the Goodrichs have been Interested in coal deuls with the state and Marlon county, and In none of them does the Goodrich purse appear to have suffered. Goodrich himself is very “strong" for this coal mine proposition. That In itself creates a suspicion, and there will be opposition to the purchase until such time as it is definitely determined that neither Goodrich himself or any of his friends or associates plan to profit by the purchase. The plan to abolish the public service commission Is the result of state-wide opposition created by the failure of the commission as a whole to do anything for the public and its Intense interest as a whole In doing many things for the corporations. Legislators have to face their home folk once in a while and the home folk are very tired of paying Increased utility rates for increasingly poor service which the public service commission does nothing to improve. The commission has Increased the rates of every one of the five utilities in which Goodrich owns an interest and not one of them is today paying taxes on a sum as great as the sum accepted by the utility commission as the valuation for rate making purposes. UTILITY VALUATION TAXES WAY BELOW. In dealing with the Indianapolis utilities, the commission has fixed the rate making valuation of the street ear company two million dollars less than Its appraisal for taxing purposes, and in several years' dealing with the company has done nothing that improved the service In Indianapolis to a point where the public could appreciate it. In dealing with the telephone situation in Indianapolis, the commission has even failed to bring about a unification of the two different type plants now operated for the same company in the same city. These failures are only samples of what It has done throughout the whole state and it is not remarkable that the general sentiment In Indiana la that a board which has been of so little service to the public should be abolished. However, all the utilities will unite in an effort to save the public service commission and if this revolt succeeds it will be due to the Inability of the utilities to placate the members of the legislature by means they well know rather than to any sentiment in favor of the continuation of the commission. Evidence continues to accumulate to show that eventually Goodrich will have his way in the legislature, even though it may take more time and effort than was anticipated. There Is no longer any doubt that Goodrich is the biggest man in his party in Indiana and there seems to be no question that the legislators will eventualy take their orders from him, put his program through and go home with his paternal blessings. INSTITUTIONS DEMAND MONEY Superintendents Tell Troubles to House Committee. Superintendents of state institutions are up In arms over their respective items in the institutional appropriation bill to be taken up by the lower branch of the special legislative session a3 a committee of the whole today. The bill appropriates $740,000 of the state's funds in round numbers to maintain the institutions until Sept. 80, und legalises the expenditure of approximately $291,000 by State Auditor Klauss after the maintenance funds of the institutions have been exhausted. * Three of the superintendents tried to see Gov. Goodrich last night to protest that their items were too small, but the governor had left his office and they told their troubles to members of the house ways and means committee. Charles MeGonaglt, head of the boys' school at Plainfield; Dr. Smith of the Eastern Hospital for Insane at Richmond, and Dr. Samuel Dodds, superintendent of the Northern Hospital for Insane at Logansport, waged their fight before members of the ways and means committee. Dr. Snttih wants $5,000 more than the bill allows him. This measure was a special order of business for the house as. a committee of the whole. It was to receive the full attention of this body until final disposition is made of it. It was to appropriate this money and legalize Kiauss’s expenditures that the call for the special Session was first conceived. The bill calls for the following appropriations: State School for the Blind, $5,000; State School for the Deaf, $8,000; Central Hospital for the Insane, $25,000; Northern Hospital for Insane, $65,000; Southeastern Hospital for the Insane, $46,000; Southern Hospital for the Insane, $15,000; Village for Epileptics, $25,000; School for Feeble Minded Youth, $15,000; Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans' Home, $15,000; State Soldiers' Home, $25 per month for each person residing in the home; State Sanitorium, $25,500; Farm Colony for Feeble Minded, $25,000; Indiana Boys’ school, SIO,OOO. Girls’ school, $27,000; Reformatory, $58,000; State Farm, $20,000; State Prison, $50,P 00; Womans’ Prison, $6,280; department of state, $1,500; state fire marshal, $5,000; superintendent of buildings and property, $1,200; library commission, sl,000. Academy of Science, $941.37; Joint purchasing committee, $25,000; industrial rotary fund for state institutions, $25,000; Grand Army encampment, $15,000. HIGHWAY BOARD ASKS NOTHING. The state highway, commission will not ask legislation on any highway questions of the special session, L. C. Wright, director of the commission, has announced. Any bills introduced pertaining to highway.-, Matters, are not authorised by the commission, Mr. Wright stated.

BILL PROVIDES FOR REFUND OF OVERPAYMENTS (Continued From Page One.) court for, and finally obtained, relief after Judge Hay was sustained by the highest Indiana court. At the time the suit was filed, the taxpayers contended that the horizontal Increases ordered by the state board were not fair. This contention is not forgotten by the legislators who so far have not fallen under the control of s he Goodrich administration forces. Many members of the house are contending that the Goodrich “cure-aU" plan of legalizing invalid actions of the state board will not permanently settle the tax problem in this state. The legislators do not hesitate to state that it is their opinion that the legalizing scheme is merely election medicine to temporarily wipe out the mistakes of the Goodrich administration by patching the ragged record and give it a coat of whitewash for the election season. There are many of the members who doubt that the legislature has the legal right to declare valid certain acts by a state board which the supreme court has found to be illegal. They contend that such a program virtually destroys the power of the supreme court and could set aside practically any constitutional decision of that court. The first skirmish over the administration’s legalising program occurred late yesterday in the house when the ways and means coinmiutttee reported the administration’s legalizing bill for passage with an amendment. The republican members of the committee were solidly in favor of the bill and the democratic members were unitedly opposed to it. Representative Benz stated thnt he was opposed to legalizing acts which the courts had held to be invalid, and charged that the bill contained no provision for reimbursing taxpayers who had paid amonnts in excess of those held to be legal. Representative Cann of Frankfort asserted that he might be compelled, “to vote the democratic ticket by opposing the legalizing act.” HOUSE VOTES FOR MAJORITY REPORT. This was branded as “quibbling” by the speaker, and the house voted down the minority report, adopting the majority report for passage. As amended by the committee, the legalizing bill provides that appeals from alleged over-assessments shall be made to ex-officio members of the board of reviews, such as the treasurer, the auditor and county assessor, and not to the county commissioners, as the original bill provided. Another bill affecting the tax problem was introduced by Representative I,ugh lln and is now in the hands of the cLie* and towns committee. The I.aughlin bill provides, that in any town or city where the county treasurer collects the general taxes for the municipality it shall be the duty of the treasurer to collect all special assessments for local improvements after the city clerk has provided the treasurer with an alpnabetlral list of all local Improvement# for which asseaaments are to be made. Representative Green now ha* in the hands of the Judiciary B committee a bill that all property, real and personal, which Is subject to taxation and not specifically exempt, shall he "asssessed and valued for taxation at one-half of its true cash value.” HENRY THERE WITH “GRAVY.” Representative Henry Abrams introduced “by request" a nice little “gravy bill,” providing for expense account appropriations for township trustees. Abrams' little plan of helping the trustees would make the taxpayers pay the following expense# of the township trustees: Traveling expenses, telephone rent, postage, office stationery and other things. Under the Ahratns plan the township advisory hoard would annually appropriate In townships of the first-class a sum not to exceed SI,OOOO as expense money for the township trustees. The amounts which might be appro printed in the other classes of townships range from S3OO to !OUO. Gov. Goodrich's hill proposing state ownership of a mine to furnish fuel to state institutions has been introduced under the designation of house bill No. 544. Representative Charles 1.. Mendelhall of Hendricks county Introduced the bill. An appropriation of $600,000 is provid ed in the measure, CLAIM SAVING OF $400,000. By appropriating this amount, It is pointed out in the hill that approximately $400,000 may he saved on the supply of 200,600 tons of coal for the first year. The bIH, which was referred to tho ways and means committee, would grant authority to a sub-committee of the Joint purchasing board to acquire and operate coal mines and purchase or lease coal cars and award contracts for operation of the mines. Following cloieiy on the heels of the bill for state owne'rsblp of mines is Bill No. 548, introduced by Representative William M. Swain of Madison county, which would a supply of coal cars for the transportation of the coal to its destination. The bill Is entitled “bill to amend section 5 of an act entitled ‘an act touching common carriers over railroads In this state and matters connected therewith,’ ” approved March 11, 1907, and declaring an emergency. RAILROADS MUST FURNISH CARS. “Every carrier subject to the provision of this act shall furnish all parties applying, suitable cars for the transportation of freight in car lots," reads part of the bill. “If this number of cars is inadequate to supply the whole number, the carrier shall distribute all Its avalable equipment between applicants and in proportion to their respective requirements for immediate use and without discrimination.” One of the provisions of the bill, how“DANDERINE” \ . Stops Hair Coming Out; Doubles Its Beauty. A few cents buy* “Danderln*." After an application of “Danderlne” yen can bet a fallen hair or any dandruff, besides i*| hair show# new life, rigor, brlghtneaac toore color and thickness— Advert! aexaoM. .J

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1920.

Sbn. Negley 1 j SRYW 'EM ON Ayl |; I ever, states "where a mine Is operated by the state the commißaion is granted power to order carrier serving the mine to supply empty coal cars in the amount of 100 per cent of tae capacity® of the mine.” Teachers throughout the state may receive mope compensation as a result of a bill introduced in the lower house by Representative Edgar T. Laugblin of Daviess and Martin counties The bill is an act providing for the amendment of several former measures adopted by the legislature fixing the wage scales for teachers. COAL PRIORITY BILL PASSED AFTERFIGHT (Continued From I’age One.) | tlon to suspend the rules, said he was j In favor of doing anything which would : solve the coal problem. BAYS PATIENCE IS ABOUT GONE. | “The people of the state of Indiana have about exhausted their patience with the coal situation and I only wish this i bill Included every mine in the state,” ; said Speaker Eschbach. j This was met with thunderous applause : by the administration supporters of the ■ bill giving additional power to the public service commission. The successful effort of the adminUtratlou, supporters In passing the bill iudlj cates that the administration has sufficient strength a; this time to put over bills I having for its object the covering up qf | the failure of the purchasing board to ■ obtain coal for state institutions through competitive bidding. The house adopted the committee’# rei port favoring the passage of house bill ; So. 542 legalizing the action of county , commissioners whe-e defects In proceedings prevented the sale of bonds for i county hospitals. The house also favored a report of the county and township business committee on bill No. 855, which ratses the luterest on county deposit funds from 2 to 3 per cent, the additional 1 per cent going to the county treasurer, , The house also approved the report ; of the committee on education favoring ; the passage of bill No. 553 for the Inj crease of teachers’ salaries and prot vidlng a minimum qf $S*) for the school j year. j The house approved the report of the | committee on elections making slight amendments to bill No. 512, providing that the registration of voters shall be regarded as permanent uuless they more cut of the precinct. New York Broker Sues Lafayette Publisher John A. McCarthy, a New York City broker, has filed snit for damages In the federal court, naming Henry W. Marshall, publisher of the Lafayette Courier, as defendant. McCarthy asks the court for :t Judgment against Marshall for $7,600, alleging 'in the complaint thnt on March 20, 191S, Marshall, at that time editor of La fayette Journal, engaged him to us-dst in ! the purchase of the Lafayette Courier, promising him 5 per rent of any purchase price between sM>.o<>o and SIOO,OOO nnd an additional “M, per cent of any purchase price exceeding SIOO 000. j McCarthy alleges that the purchase was ! made at $105,000, thereby placing Mar- : shall In debt in the sum of $5,125 to him, which with accumulated interest has inever been paid. ASPIRIN Name “Bayer” on Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” Is genuine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an unbroken "Bayer package" which contains proper dlreci tlons to relieve Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tab lets cost few cents. Druggists also sell j larger “Bayer packages." Aspirin Is ; trade mark Bayer Manufacture Monoacetleacldester of Sallcyllcacld.—Advertisement. DECAYED TEETH Mill Mur Your Appeuruuce and Impair Your Health. Let our dentul experts make them sound and attractive so you will re tain your good appearance and health. Our charges are reasonable and onr term* easy to pay. New York Dentists 41 East Washington Street 204 SAKS BUILDING * ..V IlM—iihlM—li—■MV ,'UW hi i \ An Old Sore does not heal because the pus, which is continually forming, poisons the surrounding flesh. Dr. Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Stops the formation of pus, destroys the poison and heals the sore. It Stops Pain and Heals at at the Same Time. aoo eoo 91.20

BALD HEADS AND BOW TIES IMPRESS GIRL IN SENATE (Continued From Page One.) “wherefores” and the "therefores” seemed to be the most importan items. Several men made speeches in which their attitudes were more Important than what they said. One orator assume an attitude which gave me the Impression that he was suffering from acute “tummy” ache. With the regularity of an electric fan another speaker directed the fire of hls conversation between the speaker and the senators. One was impolite-enough to turn hls back on his audience and look at the reporters’ table all the time. Mr. Bush Impressed me as a very popular man, and also a very important one, because whenever he got interested in talking to somebody who came to see him the proceedings had to wait until he finished bis conversation. The duties of a state senator must be very arduous and fatigunig, judging from the cxauatlng occupation of swinging back and forth on a swivel chair in which all the senators were indulging ONE INDULGES IN NAPPING. One gentleman stretched out and gently went to sleep, and every minute I expected to hear a snore from hls senatorship, but I was disappointed. As the session advanced the scenes became more riotous, and one senator became so excited that he pulled out a bandanna handkerchief about the size of a tablecloth and yelled, “Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!” At various times the president pounded with his gavel and called certain members who were getting too playful “out of order”: whereupon these individuals sat down for about a minute and then began all over. Three boys seated on spindle-legged stools excited my interest, considerably, since they kept better order that-, men old enough to be their grandfathers. Confidential talks, which I bave been told is lobbying, aeemed quite in order in the stutehouse corridors. Even the child welfare organization had a stand where it tries to garner all tho votes from the senators and representatives from “down state.", 2 BILLS PROVIDE SCHOOL RELIEF Indianapolis Problem Meets Early Favorable Report. Two bills, introduced by Senator J. Fred Masters of Marlon county and af footing the school city of Indianapolis, have been favorably reported by the committee on education, and have been recommended for passage. The first of the bills, No. 376. provide* that the school city of Indianapolis may borrow money temporarily from such funds as may be on hand from the sale of bonds but will not be expended In the near future. Such borrowing is to be done under the supervision of the state tax board and the state board of hor-ount* for the purpose of relieving the school city from paying Interest on temporary loan* which otherwise would have to be made. The second t>iSl would permit the Indianapolis school city t<s make temporary loans to anticipate it* local tuition fund ns well as its special fund and provides that loans may be negotiated as money ’is needed instead of in large sums as at present. Both of these bills were referred to the committee ou the affairs of the city of Indianapolis, and tha reports of the committee were concurred in unanimously by the senate.

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SIDETRACK TWO GOODRICH BILLS Pass Up Teachers’ Bargaining and Fund Measures. At least two of the administration measures proposed for passage in Gov. James P. Goodrich's special session of the legislature will not go through. In the action of the various committees of the senate on bills referred to them for action,, some of the governor’s bills, prepared in advance of the session and requested for passage in hls message, have been thrown out by Indefinite postponement. In each instance where the bills were recommended for postponement, the senate unaplmously concurred in the report of *the committees. Reports of committees were heard Immediately following a recess at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Os ten bills referred to the various committees, two were recommended for indefinite postponement, seven were reported favorably recommending passage, and one was reported favorably, recommended for passage with Certain amendments provided by the committee members. Senate bill No. 365, an administration measure providing for an amendment to an act concerning public funds, tbejr deposit and safekeeping, was recommended by judiciary B committee for indefinite postponement. The bill provides that all money collected by public officials must be de- | posited In publi edepositories. | MUCH COMMENT j IS CAUSED. This was the first of the administration measures to bo reported unfavorably and caused much comment In the senate chamber. There was much speculation as. to whether the “knife” would be applied to many of the governor's requested bills. The bill was presented by Senator | Tague (rep.) of Ilrookville. Bill 372 also was reported back by the j committee on education for indefinite postponement. This bill was introduced hy Senator Hogston and provided that school boards j of cities and towns, and township trustee* may, according to their own discretion, contract with teachers in the public schools by the year, month or- day; The senate concurred unanimously In each ease with the report of the committee. One of the measures proposed by Gov. Goodrich and referred to the committee on cities ami towns, was reported faj vorably. This bill provides that salaries of city | and county officials and other units shall not he diminished by reason of ln- ! crease or decrease In population. A few objections were made to the | concurrrence of the senate on the resolution. TWO “NOES" ON OTHERS REPORTED. In the other bills reported for passage j by the various committees few "noes" were recorded against concurrence on I the committee reports. Considerable debate was held on the bill, reported unfavorably by the majority, providing for the transportation of high school pupils by township trus I tees,, The minority side of the senate offered a motion to substitute the minority report on the bill, for toe majority report. The vote was 21 to 20 against substitution. The specific appropriations bill, pro-

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viding funds to defray the expenses of the special sessions, passed with a few dissenting votes from the minority. Many of these votes, however, were changed following completion of the roll call. The bill called for an appropriation of $20,000, and originated in the lower house, being Introduced by Representative Mendenhall of Camby. In compliance with a motion introduced Monday, the desk of the late Senator Retherford of Madison county, whose death occurred since the last regular session, Is draped, in respect to hls memory. The desk will remain draped during the entire session. PEOPLE TO HEAR OF MEMORIALS Leading citizens of the state and representatives of prominent civic and patriotic organizations are prepared to attend a public hearing on the Indiana war memorial bills In the chamber of the house of representatives at 7:30 tonight. Citizens will be asked to state their opinion on the proposed action of placing anew bond indebtedness aggregating approximately $10,000,000 upon the state, ; Marlon county and the city of Indiani apolis. Prominent citizens of Indianapolis ' have stated that they intend to attend 1 the public hearing of the ways and means committee tonight for the purpose of attempting to show the committee that the citizens of the state, as well as of Indianapolis, are willing to shoulder the burden In providing a suitable war memorial. ' The committee has decided to recom- ! mend an act authorizing the city council I of Indianapolis to appropriate S3O 000 for I the national G. A. R. encampment to be ! held In this city late In the fall. The committee will also favorably rei port on the passage of a bill appropriating $2,000 for the purchase of a Wilbur Wright memorial. MOTHER! “California Syrup of Figs'* Child’s Best Lajcative^ i Accept “California” Syrup of Fig* Bly —look for the name California on tha package, then you are sure your child is having the best and moat harmless physic for the little stomach, liver anA bowels. Children love Its fruity taste. Full directions ou each bottle. You uM •ay “California-”—Advertisement. __ __

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