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VOLU1WE XXXV. t SHELTON, MASON COUNTY. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY- 1921
PRESENT mG00A¥
ROUTE THRU CITY
WINS MOST FAVOR
JOINT MEETING SELECTS D,ELE-
GATION TO PRESENT WISHES
OF COMMUNITY TO STATE
HIGHWAY COMMIS-
SIONER
At a session with the County Com-
missioners Tuesday afternoon, . in
-which the mayor and members of th
ouncil of the town an4, other,; inter.
• ]tlzens were presen1 the vari-
,ested c ...o .,.,.,. ,
pus routes for ¢l;m Olymplc Hlgnwa
. %*t • r
hrough Shelton were &scussed m o -
<ler to unite the community upon
some definite route and urge the fur-
FIN,E ,iMPROVEMENT
AT THE CEMETERIES
Good work is being done at the
Shelton cemeteries unde direction of
the asso'ciation, and those who visit
the grounds during the month will
note many changes and improvement.
A wide space for autos has been
cleared along the entire front and
also all trees and brush have been
removed from all around the grounds.
All rubbish and unsightly trees have
been cleared from the grounds, ne-
glected graves levelled and before the
work is completed the cemeteries will
be a matter of .pride to our people,
after a long period of neglect.
W. J. Becker, who has the work in
charge, desires to urge those who are
]lanping curbs around their plots or
tlmlt private wo to do so soon, in
order that there Kill be no unfinished
work and the 'entire grounds be at
their best for Decoration day.
PLANS FOR MORE
BUILDING MATURE;
ENLARGES BLOCK
ther improvement.
After a general discussion oft the
matter andhearing thd Vlews bf all
who cared to express them, as well
us the advantages and objections to
each route the majority opinion fa-
vored the present route through tovn
and it was finally agreed unanimous-
ly to urge the state and federal au- HECKMAN, SHICK AND WOOD
%horities to make this adoption final. PERFECT PLANS TO JOIN IN
The vote was first taken as be- ERECTION OF FIREPROOF
%ween the present approa'ch into She]- BUILDING ON RAILROAD
ton by First street as against the
proposed vlan for a new entrance by STREET
• vay of Third street, and there was
no dissentin vote against the for- Since Ben Schumacher "broke the
BOOST FOR THE FAIR--MAKE IT BIGGER AND
BETTER THAN EVER
In response to numerous requests from all parts
of the county, the Commissioners have decided that
Mason County shall have a fair this fall. Now if we
are to have a fair we must make it the best one pos-
sible. We have a county worthadvertising so let us
advertise it with our best efforts. Plan your ex-
hibit now. If you have anything worth showing it
is worth your time and effort to have it in the same
show condition that you would if you were compet-
ing at the largest fairs. The county trucks will be
available for transporting show animals.
Mr. Drew, our County Agent, plars to publish
from time to time articles pertaining to the prepar-
ation 0f exhibits for showing. He,will be glad to
give you what help he can. In the agricultural line
emphasis will be placed on those things which are of
most practical value.
The succes of the fair depends on you. Plan to
give some of your time to the betterment of your
community by getting actively behind the fair to
make it a success. Talk it at every opportunity. The
management invites your co-operation and will keep
you informed from time to time as to the progress
being made.
WARREN LINCOLN,
President Mason County Fair
Tsar. The next vote was also unanl- ice" and started in a new era of
mouslv in favor of the present route business building in Shelton the plans
on Railroad avenue to Fifth street, of others have been ]natured and
The only division of opinion was part of the vacant spa.e between the ]
regarding "the use of the present, or Iotel Shelton and the Maxwell block
Cemetery" hill road, and a new and on Railroad avenue is likely to be ACCIDENT AT CAMP SENIOR CLASS LEDS
somewhat shorter grade up the gulch the next site for new fireproof build- RESULTS IN LOSS
' S
ehind the town water tanks, and the mg.
present route was areed upon, with I.N. Wood, Bert Shlck and W. S.
a further recommendation 'of changes Hackman who each purchased fifteen OF FOOT BY VICTIM
n the jzrade at the to of the hill feet frontages last fall, have planned
and a new road across the prairie to a one-story tile structure of sixty
vass.west of the slaughter house and feet in depth in which they each join FORCED TO AMPUTATE CRUSH- FINAL EVENT IN DECIDING WIN-
town springs and reh the highway in party walls at a saving in both ED MEMBER OF ROBERT LOVE- NER TO BE BOAT RACES AT
near the Matlock forks, spac'e and cost. The store rooms LACE AT HOSPITAL HERE HIGH SCHOOL PICNIC
It was urged that, ,the Olympic when available will be used by ea'ch
'highway was largely a scenic route, for their own business .,Cotracts
and its. greatest attraction was .in have not been let for the w6r'k, but
several-bidders have been consulting
.%he many 'beauty snbts 'along. 'its
'rou; that tourists find the Vista of with the owners and are preparing
own. hay and snow-clad Ralmer in estimates for :the worl . ,
e.,stg one Of :le..rettiest pic- Ben Schumacher has 'cldnged his
ures of te t,d: and {lat Shelton's or{sisal Plai/s arid enlarged his new
"business is mainly along the streets block on First and Railroad streets"
used for the convenience of the vis- to 60x100. feet, giving full frontage
tor, ts.well a.its ol;ntR ,qfjrerst. on First and increasmg,.the :contract
O motion i was carried to sere& figure to $9,000, Contractor' Mallory
deleaHon o¢ the various interests of Olympi began work this week
;6:visi¢ State Iibwav: Cqm!soper with his crew and has complete d the
Alen at o]vnia he er futrd' '.'forms ready "to p6ui" the fotmdation:
and nresent t.ha wishes of the corn- There are several other building
•mmitv realin €he route. The projects under considerationWho
"" Will be next?
'! deieatlon WS' r" UU Of w" A" ' "
i l=Iunter '.]or {hel uptv, r A,. Bell "'' mr ' .' ,' . ,
for the own. anA c'4. C: nf. !. . "" " "" '; ]
,i 00eed ,he CONTRACT AWAPd)ED
.... : Robert Lovelace is a young man of Feed re'ices continue on the down-
t OLYMPIA NED WOMES XVXT r VAN Y r B 2 and much of his life has been ward trend, and butter and eggs are
AND SO DOES SHE,LTON u, .... '**"-' "" ........ " --* in Shelton-where there are hoth down to the lowest price in
.... ' MITS TOWEST BID A.If)NG, many 'to extend their sympatly to several years. Butter at 70 cents for
• Olympia in'on with most . .SEVEN CONTRACTORS him 'and to his young wife and baby a two-pound roll ought to discourage
Farmers who are selling thdir cream
i cities and towns in suffering from a " -- { who must share in the affliction.' the use of the imittion product.
scarcity of homes +o rent. and its At a special meeting of the County/ -- ' land butter and nsin oleo on the
'chamber of commerce has heam an board held Saturday seven bids were
active . oamnaig to eneourasre I submitted for the proposed new steel/ A}ound forty bonus payments xee ] family table and city people who pre-
i -" across the Skokomish river [recetved through the loal officelastfm, the latter product are not giving
om-huflJn. Jtlthouh there i[ badge' - . ........ ;"lwedk and the boys who were mssed/the home farmer and dairyman very
nothin lke a hoon about forty Known as me unnysme praise. The| :" h., '., . "-,11 ....... mnA hnn-
houses are under construction in [bids ranged from $23,763.25, the low- ' y g'cng"hc; pockct-non'cy-" /ImuChget a encouragementliving rice for°rtheirhelpingproduct.them
Olvmni. and th;s is. encouraglne a[est at which the contract was award- P- '
.nbstanfial rrowth in. omflation.] ed to the Union Bridge Company, to
Shelton is omalh, ;n seed"of houses $26,190 by the highest bidder. All
o rnt, and with othe onditlons fa- seven of the ids were within a range
-orahle more oe ofl ÷'$trs shmfld of $2500, and the contract was let SPENDING AND WASTING
e,|n .annno" howls far themselves, for $6,000 less than was offered when
bids were first called on the project "
Seattle can scarcely be characterized as "hrd-
two years ago.
Tlie new bridge will be located
about a mile above the present high-
way steel bridge, and will connect
he,Sunnymde road with the hlgh-:
way, affording outlet or seeral art
way, affording outlet for several far-
mers living on that side of the Sko-
komish river...,..Mole oy:'.less cffin-
plaint hs been made b other dis-.
tricts at the spending of so much o
the road funds for' the benefit a.-
limited number of settlers, but as the
section of road lJu]lt last year is usd-
less without bridge connection ,.the,
board decided to carat out its con-
struction if satisfacto]T bids were 1;e
calved.
THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD PAY'MORE
DOES LITTLE FOR ROADS IN
PI,OPORTION TO OWNER-
SIIIP
There is equity in the demand of
the states in inter-mountain .and Pa-
cific coast territory that in the joint
construction of improved public high-
ways the federal government shall
bear such proportion of the cost as
the ratio of public acreage to the
total acreage of the state.
For example, although the federal
government owns more than nine-
tenths of all the land in Nevada tlu
while it wouM a0ar their the nrom,
ise of rehs froa ' investment h€,:
rflore oncourqr,nff fh," r veers .;
local ,,-rs w,',. new' f-rlv Wo11 stock-
.... ed with !,mher-.¢ .air nvlcea, and
.new residences sbo:,ld at lease ke$w
nace :th the fie/v business buildings
n sight.
R-er -ovelace was the unfortu- .The annual track meet of the Shel-
0
--+- -&im of an accident at Simp- ton high school came off o@ schedule
.... ? "'X" +,,A ..... ,, time Wednesday afternoon and was
S.S. II '-,t n the amnutation of[wltnesesd by a lar crowd.. . . .
wmcn resui^ .- [, f'-eral --I The final decision as to .wna class
oin&l°uelay /X'eun"of im"b'er,lwilL .win thepennant will not come
tl/rown -b.v a" line struck his lower ] until after the boat races at the pic-
mbs ble'aking one leg andcrushing ]nic, .Friday, .May 13. The first pomts
l' , " - . - " [were won by the Seniors t the
the other foo. "
The ambulance made a hurry trip marathonlaat week.
to camp and brought the. v!ctim to 1 As it now .stands the classes have
the hos ital where sis murms werelthe following score:
dressed, and :the..condition.;of .the'J .... Seniors,-67 points.
clxtshed foot watched. As le(t Juniors52.points.
to show signs of returning cirdula- Frcshmen,7% points.
lion after several days there was-no Sophomores30V2 points.
aternaivc ut amputation above ,the :A conmlete list of the winners will
ahkle and the .operation'.was perform: be announ¢ed after the .boat races..
ed by Drs. Robers_aad-edpath. The BUTTE'R..ND EGC...
patient rallied well from the opera-
ties and is recovering from his 1)ther
,injuries.
LUMBER. STATES
-BREATHE EASIER
LUMBF;R BUSINESS sROWS ROME
TbIPROrlvMl" tT" ,rILL
FAn 0 RWmVAC-
, TORY.,Ig RgORT
For *ntk. osf' ¢,h'e" wes'temn lum-
or indvstmr ha been facmr one of
the most e,.;Hcnl ,o.iods in its hls-:
+ory due ÷o rncrpl,.fll!nr off in b.s-
iness, eo, ned wl+h.l5 oneran
nd shhn, csts. ,roduetgn has
,':been run'n bat 1;ttle better than
I) net cent bblow -nrmat.
The hast mnnth, however, ha
shown im)-ovornont' and :or the
week endlnr, A,r;1 9"119 "mgls re-
netting- to the Ws"Oonst Lpmher-
on's flssoeiat;o .howed"nrod-ction
"of hnt 99 ,er ent heloxx; normal.
, The l-tuber hush,as, is sill fnr
.%'tom s,Hsfactorv .t tMs mprove-
ont n'fl',':'s eneorn,oment.
Snecia] renrentatvos of the in-'
Austrv nre on tb-b. -ay fo tho Orient
-n study f-ans-P.;fic marke noss|-
liI;tle. Distrib,t;, oints on the
Atlan÷c ,,past nre on. establ|shd.
present law_requires the taxpayers of
A rod-'tion in fre;ht rates to St. levada to bear half the expense of
Pa-L Chloao. St. Louis and middle highway construction and all the ex-
west velars has ben ecurd. Build- pease of preliminary surveys, orga-
in trades oruan{zatioes in wro,, nization and administration.
'pa of the co, retry are slowly .Nevada %nd other western states
, "vleldlmr to the emand for lower are now requesting Congress td wed=
jabot costs €o eo.'-ond, with droo, ifv the arrangeemnt so that the Cost'l[
:n llv;mr ,rid materil nr[ees nd are lo construction will be apportidhed :
refl,,en he war ÷bd'scald of wages. I between ,the state and; the : federalq
•. Th;s ene-al imnrovement ta not [ government on the basis of area of/
aaec;dental. ExneHencod heads have,ownership ................. l
ben a the helm.-of...the h,mber n- / A vfew of the 'zats shoS :nv:f
du,¢,rv and have h,n.'W0rk.J.'nr tire-I 71.$ her 'cent ofall land in Arizonal
lIv to nrelmnt ,]it mlglt easily I is still owned by. the federal Vern-
hve heen'=a om_fiIeh "shu.tdown ell meat; 46.2 in.California; ,50.3 m Col-
h., rlod .,. qndt.. / oradoL 682 ,i Idahp;"4%gl M9*
. Xv;tb: ÷eCms./ffn,riar; tldtnt.[ tang; 90.6 'NevMa; 49.9 in New
actvltv from 11 'sections 6f the oun..l Mexico:, 50 in Oregon; 79.8 in, Utah;
, vtrv, the worst has undoubtedly b e| ' ,,,4,, .,.-,,-'-8
= ....... . | .,t 1 "' v .e *- -,:, ..
COUNTY TREASURER REPORTS
POLL TAX PAYMENTS SLOW
So far only about 400 poll tax re-
ceipts for $5 each have been issued by
County Treasurer Ada Clothier and
as this tax must be paid during May
or become delinquent June 1st over
two thousand in the county must
come fm-,ard soon. The tax is due
from every male or female between
the ages of 21 and 50 years, and
where there is no real property it
becomes a lien on any personal prop-
erty. In the case of employes the
employer is required to withhold $5
from the first pay check in this month
if the former cannot show a receipt.
The law was made so drastic that the
sheriff can take the shirt off your back
WILL HOLD ANNUAL
COUNTY FAIR AGAIN
APPOINT PRESIDENT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FIND
REPRESENTATIVES F R 0 M
FARMING DISTRICTS FAVOR
CONTINUANCE OF AN
NUAL EXHIBITION
t
In following out the expressio]a of
the Pomona and local .granges as
well as farmez generally over Meson
if that is all in sight after the delin- county, the Commissioners at their
quent list reaches that officer after session Monday ordered that rite an-
June 1st. nual fair be held this year, and ap-
ointed Warren Lincoln a well4mown
kokomish stock farmer, to have it
RAILWAY COMPANY in 'charge. The larger farmin dis-
]tricts were represented at the meet-
TO ERECT FOUNDRY; ling and all were agreed on the im-
[portance to the agricultural Section
land in favor of having the anual
EQUIPMENT READY county,resources.
The annual fair was omitted last
year because of divided opinion and
failure of some interested farmer rap-
SOON BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF resentative to come fotvard and of-
fer his smwices, and also because of
BUI,LDING TO HOUSE CUPOLA the considerable defici$ of the pre-
FeR MAKING OWN BRASS vious fair. However, as the extra
AND IRON CASTINGS cost was largely due to new build-
ins and equipment added that year,
which makes the facPities at the fair
The Peninsular Railway Company grounds here fairly complete, the ac-
will sho]ly begin the erection of a tual expense of holding the fail" this
tile buihlin adjoining the present fall are expected to be nearly if not
machine shops in which will be wholly coy(red by receipts from ad-
missions and concessions unless the
housed a new deparbnent, an iron season should be very unfavorahle.
and brass foundry. The cupola and The date of the fair has not y
equipment were purchased at one hcen set but the general opinion was
of the former shipbuilding plants and that it should be heht later than last "
time, perhaps in early October, when
RACE FOR PENNANT s here ready for setting up, which products are generally better matur-
must be (lone before the building led for a good showing.
RESULT TRACK MEET goes up / Mr. Lincoln has taken hold of %he
The company accumulates largejob in earnest, amt is calling for the
quantities of old and damaged cast-] help of every farmer and citizen in
ings which have heretofore been sold/making the fir this 'year the biggest
for junk and shipped out, but all this success possible.. He will have the
will hereafter be used, in connection assistance of M. F. Knight, who 1/"as
with new material, for the casting served as secretary for several year.s,
of many special parts as well as rag- and plans to visit the farmers m
ular equipment which gives out. every, section of the county to an-
The brasses required also form courage their co-operation.
a costly item in keeping 'up the 1.oco- ' "
m0tives and logging trncks, and these 1 qIH% " --
will also be cast m the new plant. fl[ , DROPS
A larg tmrt 0f'the patterns are .al- " " ' '
ready owned, bY the ¢ompl!ly, .but ,a HARD'.FOUGHT GAME
pattern department Will De" provideL
The foundry is planne4"to"care for: " ' ,TO MONTESANO TEAM
ttl!., the raih-oad, and ,logging camp
work o:f.this section.
The Peninsular company als0 has WILL PLAY RETURN' AS
in contemplaiton replacing the old WITH ELMA AND MONTE '
machine shops with a new and arger
tfld building, bht will awai'more.en- HERE MAY 22 AND.29
couraging conditions before under-
taking'this more extensive work. The The Camp Two baseball team as
I present quarters are much crowded defeated by Montesano, at that cP:y
and new equipment, s bemg addq( last Sunday in their hardest fought,
as new work is undert'aken. " game of the season. The final score
LOWEST IN YEARS '
showed 3 to 0 against tteih'. They
• " " OI " " G ) are satisfied I that the. p]aed erie of
POUR GRA'YS HRBp the best teams.in the soffthwes%, as
t 'MILLS NOW EMPLOYiN Moutcsano had on their strirtg a
t REA'L AMERICAN S ONL number of hh-mer league players
Y from Aberdeen.
t
-- ' ' Camp Two is c'edited with" two
] Hoquiam, April 30.--Startling Men- hits while the victors only have six
|day morning, every employee of the to their credit, and only one of the
}E.'K. Wood mill must be an Ameri-
can, or must promise to make appli- three runs was a(tually earned.
cation for his citizeuship papers Camp Two has return games sched-
uled with EIma and MonteSano to be
wthin 15 days, according to an an- 1, d "e
• "' .... pxe n.re on May 22nd and 29th.
nouncement., mane last. evemng. ,, by,; ];'ollowing is' the scot'e o rest' ' Sun-
District Field RcpresentaUve *. " a.L .......... : '
Murphy of the Loyal Legion of L(g- " "' ' Cam '
gc, rs aiid Lumbernien, in c6njunction • p lwo
with Mam]ger O. M. Kel!og and l ,, AB H P O A
Assistant Manager George C. Ke]logg]t °ss ........... t v I ,1, 2 0
_. ,.^ xxr, ...ill • /rlesse ....... srct 3 u u , 0 1
UI bl| vv uu **1 *
With this mill on a strictly Amer-]Gm'don .......... t' o 0 I 0 2 0
.,_,h,hcl.h'.t,fo]rGrltv..'. "" ..... S Harbor / Hawk .......... C 2 0 0 9 0 0
:=::,.:=-=,:::'2:,,,;oe,ns will/Slade ........ SS 0 0 2 0 0
be employing only ,men who az'c] Cole ........... Ll, : 0 0 1 0 0
citizens. The first to adopt the Richardson .... CF 2 0 0 2 0 0
Americanization system was tbe Eur- Daniels ...... 1st 3 0 0 6 0 0
eka mill of Hoquiam, the Western Valley ........ RF 2 0 0 0 0 0
up" when we face the statistics garnered by the tax
= eports that it spent about six million dollars for
.... c6iffectibns last year, eight million for tobacco, two
million for billiards and pool and a half million on the
azzdance. Neither can money spent in such fashion
be characterized as waste, but it raises the question
whether or not the cry o "hard'times,' arises more
from the desire to satisfy our tastes for luxury and
pleasures unrestricted rather than from any real
inability to meet the cost of living says the Wash-
]ton State,'Weekly. .
'- ; 'There should, of course, be a sensible limit to
such expenditur.e, which there unfortunately is 'not
in America. We quite generally pay for our pleas-
ures first, and wprry about the rent and grocery bill
second. The Aierican palate is being dulled by too
":azz "
much j , anl it seems to be about time to turn
" about and take our pleasures moderately.
Wastefulness and recklessness in spending has
become so much a part of, the American habit o:
living, that the majority of people have a very slight
acquaintance with wue economy. Our garbage cans
would supply Europe with food, our discarded gar-"
ments would clothe its population and the money we
spend in riotous living would rehabilitate their
stricken lands.
But if we would apply some of the money we
waste to our own account we would find that expen-
diture could be trimmed down from a third to a half;
that savings accounts would increase; that simpler
meals would suffice and that a limit to pleasure seek-
ing would make it nmch less expensive and all the
more enjoyable.
There is a wide gulf between the ardentpleasure
?seeker and the blue agitator;, but in between there
s the pleasant ground of sensible living which it,
.would greatly l?ofit most Americans to:,Rrap o or
while.,,., :,. . . . . ... , , .
and Bay City mill of Aberdeen fol-
lowing close after. "
HIGHWAY£0NTRACTS
gT,BY STATE BOARD
IHI)S '!tD][ATE REDUCTION OF
25:ER CENT IN COSTS
Pad;ins the eight and a half miles
between Tenino and Grand Mound
contracted b the tae highway de-
p.rtment ygsterday to the Haring-
ton-Peters (';olnpany, of Seattle, for
$265,232, an ,unusually low bid, esti-
mated by Supervisor James Allen to
be atout pr Cent decrease from
prcvious pavin pricca..Work on this
section of the Pacific LIighway will
ho (,()nlll](]]ce(l ,'}S soon as necessalT
i)reliminaries can be arrang'ed. Its
compktion vili" leave a paved high-
way practically all h'e way 'between
Olympia and Choha]is.
Grading seven milc: from Perry
creek to McCleary on the Olympic
highway west of Olympia was with-
drawn from biddin 5esterday and
the state will do the work by day
labor in order to. be certain of keep-
ins this highway open all through
the snmmcr.
! A little more than thrce miles of
paving on the Olympic hghvay be-
I tween Aberdeen and the Grays'nar"
[!her Country club was let to' tbe Pa-
]t cific Coast Paving Company, o: Ta-
il coma, for $133,115. The grading and
[(gravelling of the same highway from
Discovery bay to Crocker creek, thl:ee
and a half miles, was. let to C. J.
Erickson, of Seattle, on a bid of
,$50,690. Other highway improve-
ment contracts were let an. follows:
Pacific highway, grading half mile
from Marysville to Simpson's cr6ss
ins, McDonald and LaRue, Seattle,
$23,122. ; " .... '
Ocean Beach highway, grading and
graveling five 'milan, Graysl riven ito
Deep river, Pacific Coast P.avng
company, Tacoma, $32,825 ....
Linton ........ RIP 1 0 0 0 0 0
Montesano
AB R H PO K E
Moore ........ 2ud 4 0 2 3 2 0
Gilkie ........ CF 4 '1 2 I 0 0
Rubbottom ....C: 3 O." 0 5 3 0
Dean .... ,,..rd q,.. 1 0 0 0
Johnson ...... ]B" 4 u 0 5 0 0
MaRoney ..... .,.RF 3 .1 .0 .0.,_0 0
Care ...... .>.SS.3 1.,
lo
Beck witJ "...,:...P"t2 0.: ]..-3 0
Score by innings:,.
:t 2 4 5v¢ 7 :'9
Mont¢ano ... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0"--3
Canp . ' ' 00 •00.0000,0--0
• B.tte'ies--Monte s a ; o, 'Beckwith,
Ruhl)ottom; Clinpy. 2, ,Gordon, •Hawk.
Struck out--1y Beckwith 13, by %
Gordon 7. Bases on ballsby Beck-
wth, 2; by Go,don &-
Umpir/-PickoMag. !
OFFERS SPURNED
ON "BONUS BONDS
Rates of Interest Ih, manded in Follr
Bids Held Too High by
State Board
Olympia, May 2.--The state boal'd
of finance today ]-ejected all bids on
$6,000,000 of t)onds for soldier bon-
use. The board anhounced tbat ac-
tion toward obtaining new bids will
not be taken for a month, as all
members of the board are on the
state committee, which leaves to-
morrow for a three-week tour of
roads.
T " " " , "
he ;five bds conmdered embracmg
four .propositions, were rejected be-
cause of interest demanded were re-
garded as'too high; The beam feels
that by postponing the matter for a
while it ,will be abt¢ to obtain better
bid. ..........
As only $2,846,960.61 from the
$5,000,0)6 of bonus bonds already hd
been paid out ,V the veterans' com-
pensatlon depari,.nent, is of the opin-
iov..that the delay will not hinder the
payments to veteran& . <
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