Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 99, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1927 — Page 11

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FREE POSTAGE MAIL EXPENSE IS $7J82,994 Uncle Sam Foots Big Bill for Handling Franked and Penalty Letters. Times Washinnton Bureau. /J 22 .Veto York Avenue WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Handling of free postage mail cost the Government $7,182,994 in the fiscal year of 1926, according to figures just compiled at the Postoffice Department. This free mail is divided into three classes: Franked mail, which carries the signature of Congressmen, and Which cost $544,694. Penalty mail, which carries the signature of Government departments and individuals entitled to use it by law, and which cost $6,576,257. Mail for the blind, which travels free through the mails under a special privilege and which cost $62,042. The number of pieces of franked mail sent through the mails was 66,584,350. The number of pieces of penalty mail was 455,104.444. The franked mail consists of letters by congressmen, speeches, copies of the congressional record, bulletins In wrappers and such things. The penalty mail consists of letters from the various government departments and bureaus, bulletins and such things. If the government dispatched penalty mail on the same basis that is handled paid mail, it would not only save the expense of $6,500,000, but receive revenue of $14,021,932. While no figure has been approximately compiled on franked mail, officials estimate It would bring in approximately $2,000,000.

Gigantic Tire Sale OF THE WORLD-FAMOU ( Firestone Tires (jj|k Another Carload Just Arrived, 130x3H ftV H fM Mm This is your last opportunity to secure one of these famous tires ■Li l xHßf Jf ifggjV for your Ford car at this price. This is the last shipment we jjm shall receive from the factory, so don’t delay if you need tires W Special Prices on Other Sizes

30x3 $6.90 30x3 Zi CI.-Ext 11.50 30x3 Vi SS-Ext 14.50 31x4 17.50 32x4 18.50 33x4 19.80 32x4'/i 20.50 33x4 '/, 27.50 34x4'/, 28.50 30x5 Traction Tread.. .27.50 30x5 28.50

Exceptional Trade-In Allowances During Sale Courier Cord Prices Built by Firestone and Carry Same Guarantee 30x3'/2 "&J” *5.75 30x3'/ 2 a- *0,50 29x4.40 BALLOON, $7.95 Not a cheaply built mail order or department store tire, but one made by a large manufacturer and sold only by dealers who can render service. FREE DELIVERY AND MOUNTING All tires sold during sale are mounted at your door, if you wish, by experts. The warranty of the Carr. Tire Cos. goes with each tire. Use a “Firestone Corner” Pjf Battery in Your Car ! I or on Your Radio 111 il l Ii We manufacture this battery complete in our own factory. The warranty of Indiana’s largest, as well as oldest tire df alers, go with each battery. Guaranteed 18 Month* Store Number 2 * West Wash, at Alton, (3500 West Washington) W. ' C DELAWARE at MICHIGAN MAIN STORE— Delaware at Michigan Fair Visitors —Make Our Booth at Radio Show Your Headquarters

SUN MIGHT EXPLODE, BUT CHANCE IS SLIM Earth Would Last 138 Hours If Blast Came, Says Savant Bu YEA Service CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—There’s a chance, although it is one in several million, that the sun will swell up and burst According to C. T. Elvey of Northwestern University, who is studying exploding stars, there is no reason why the sun should not explode just as have many other stars since observations have been recorded. “If this were to happen to the sun,” he says, “we would know of it in eight minutes and would have 138 hours to live. By that time, the burning gases would reach the earth and we would be annihilated.” It was first believed that stellar explosions were due to collisions

INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI TRACTON CO. WILL M. FRAZEE, Receiver REDUCED FARES • • Less Than One-Way Fare for Round Trip -TOINDIANAPOLIS Account Indiana State Fair September 5 to 10, 1927 No Dust Cheaper Than Gasoline No Parking Troubles SAVE YOURSELF, TO ENJOY THE FAIR Call Local Agent for Full Information Regarding Rates and Trains on Which Rates Apply

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33x5 $36.00 34x5 42.50 35x5 36.00 440/21 (29x4.40) .... 12.55 475/19 (28x4.75) .... 15.50 475/20 (29x4.75) .... 15.90 475/21 (30x4.75) .... 16.50 495/20 (29x4.95) .... 18.50 495/21 (30x4.95) .... 19.00 495/22 (31x4.95) .... 21.25 495/23 (32x4.95) .... 22,50

between stars. Now It is known that they are caused by internal eruptions liberating atomic energy. GEESE START FOR SOUTH Early Winter Forecast As Birds Start Migration LOVELAND, Col., Sept. 2.—Two flocks of wild geese have been seen flying south for the winter. The early appearance of the birds, which usually do not migrate until fall, has led to predicitlons of an early and severe winter. Sportsmen fear the geese all will be gone before the hunting season opens. Puts Horn on Plane KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 2.—Clyde Shockley, local aviator, has equipped his Swallow biplane with an automobile horn to use in signaling to the ground.

500/20 (30x5.00) ....slß*so 500/21 (31x5.00) .... 19.25 525/18 (28x5.25) .... 20.25 525/19 (29x5.25) .... 20.85 525/20 (30x5.25) .... 21.50 525/21 (31x5.25) .... 22.50 577/20 (30x5.77) .... 25.30 577/22 (32x5.77) .... 27.50 577/23 (33x5.77) .... 33.75 600/18 (30x6.00) .... 24.60 600/19 (31x6.00) .... 25.25

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COYOTE FARMING PAYS Nebraska Doctor Raises Animals for Their Furs KIMBALL, Neb., Sept. 2.—Advertising for 100 coyote pups has started Dr. J. E. Menter in the business of fur farming. The animals thrive even better than foxes in captivity and the pelts bring top prices. Quality of the fur is improved by regular feeding. PARACHUTE JOINS PAIR Leaping Daughter Brings Parents to Reconciliation TOLEDO, 0., Sept. 2. —From a stunt-flying airplane swooping above a holiday crowd jumped Miss Myrtle Jarboe with a parachute. From the crowd which surrounded hes as she landed rushed her moth-

600/20 (32x6.00) ....$26.00 600/21 (33x6.00) .... 26.85 620/18 (30x6.20) .... 29.50 620/19 (31x6.20) .... 29.95 620/20 ( 32x6.20) .... 31.00 620/21 (33x6 20) .... 31.50 675/18 (30x6.75) .... 31.50 675/19 (31x6.75) .... 32.50 675/20 (32x6.75) .... 33.55 675/21 (33x6.75) .... 34.50 500/1S (29x5.00) .... 17.85

er and father, who were divorced twenty years ago. It was their first meeting since

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livdiaiva State FAIR WEEK

SEPTEMBER 1-4-5-6 7—B—9—lo

FUN THRILLS AMUSEMENT

Mammoth and Magnificent Showing of Agricultural Industrial and Educational Greatness! *155,000 in Prizes and Purses

Daily Exhibits of the Finest Beef and Dairy Cattle, Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Ponies and Mules—Poultry Show—Dog Show—Boys’ and Girls’ Club Exhibits -—Agricultural, Horticultural and Apiary Displays —Machinery and Farm Implement Display—Girls’ Home Economics School—Better Baby Contest — Hundreds of Educational Exhibits—Live Stock Parade Nightly in Coliseum.

Whippet Races World*a Fastest Dogs MUSIC EVERY MINUTE! Saturday, Sept. 3, Children Free! $56,750 Harness Racing Program

their separation. A reconciliation was effected and now they’re married again. -

“The Fair of Fairs ” Admission, 50c Special Rates" on All Roads Free Parking Spaces

Special Vacation Rates to The Northern Indiana Lakes Take a Trip Over Labor Day, and Enjoy a Real Vacation ____ Only $3.00 for the round trip from Indianapolis to Akron, Warsaw, Lees* burg-, Milford or Milford Junction. Tickets on sale Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and good returning until tha *Swr-rlast cars Monday night. BllßwSUSlAlso, special tickets that are good reninßil H turning any time until October 15th. I)jpjgl I H-31 Hound trip for one and one-half timeß [ Ifes I lli ll the one-way fare. Call MA in 450 C

SEPTEMBER i-4-5-6 7—B—9—lo

EDUCATION INSPIRATION INSTRUCTION

Carnival Shows of D. D. Murphy, Inc.—Horseshoe Pitching Contest Daily—Grand Circuit Races— Whippet Races—Auto Races—Grandstand Hippodrome Acts—Society Horse Show in Live Stock Pavilion—Horse Pulling Contest—Old Fiddlers’ Contest—Music by Many of the Leading Bands in the Middle West—Wonderful Fireworks Display Each Night—High-Class Vaudeville.

Old Fiddlers Contest Each Afternoon and Evening FIREWORKS NIGHTLY! Children Under 12, 25c Auto Races

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