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ECONOMY, MR. COOLIDGE?
AIR TRAVEL. 1 CENT PER MILE.
SECY WILBUR WANTS REPORT.
t ::: last chapter.
Speaking of economy, Mr. President,
what is gained by sending the Ameri
can army polo players to compete with
Great Britian's army players
the ocean?
Six army players, with twenty-five
ponies and thirteen grooms, sailed on
the Atlantic transport liner Minne
tonka last week.
Are those grooms American sol
diers? Did they enlist to be used
private servants for gentlemen play
ing polo?
Does it make the army more effic
ient, in these days of tanks and flying
machines, to have officers knocking
little white balls along the grass?
across
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Who authorizes the expidition? How
do you think it will strike the average;
farmer? Thirteen grooms for twenty
five ponies will seem a good many to
him. He and his hired man take care
of ten horses and cows, besides plow
ing. They don't manicure their horses
hoofs.
A lady of Spokane demands a di-1
vom because her husband, at break
la. t, ilked a goat directly into his cup
of coffee. He keeps the goat- in the
house. The lady declares that such
"table manners" could not be endured
by any person of refinement.
i .her times other manners." Eve
would have thought it very clever had
Adam done exactly the same thing!
>'ows from Paris will
road men of the kind that think. For
the cheapest airplane trip from Paris
to Rouen, a distance of eighty miles,
a 50,000 franc prize was offered, Drou
hin. a French flier, made the trip at
a total cost of eighty cents, one cent a
mb. for pas and oil. And he won the
prize.
Up in the air there arc no roadbeds
or rails to be kept up, no friction or
bumping, wearing out rolling stock.
Before the Fords get through with
their airplane building they will carry
ten passengers from Detroit to Cali
fornia, or Florida, for one-quarter of
the present fare, in one-third of to
day's running time.
irest rail
Young men that perhaps envied and
admired young Wood, son of General
Wood, when he was gambling and win
ning in Wall Street, and envied and
wonderd more as they read the usual
lies about his tremendous gambling
profits in Europe, should not miss the
last chapter of the story.
It came with young Wood's return
to this country, in reply to a reporter's
question.
"Yes," said Wood, "I made it in spec-1
ulation; but what a jackass I was to
go and lose it all!"
That's the kind of jackass that
gambling usually produces. Take
warning against stocks, horse races,
cards or get-rich-quick schemes.
Secretary Wilbur, according to a
disnatch to the New York Times is
aispaicn 10 me new iora limes, «
worried It irphir that eleven w^r
worriea. it seems mat eleven w..r
shins with nil their anti-aircraft cruns
snips, wun an tneir anti aircrait guns,
blazing away to the limit at an air
craft target, (were unable to score
The Seceretary has demanded a re
port, and that is a good idea. A bettor
idea would be to build about four
thousand fast, fighting airplanes.
What do you think half a dozen
even one single hit.)
bombing airships would have done to
those eleven warships while they were
shooting off their comic opera anti
In the World War, John Lennroth
had his back broken, both legs raang
aircraft guns?
Warships are obsolete. Battleships
are merely big hulks, easy targets for
aerial bombs.
led. and his back broken, both ht.tf'o
led, and is not discouraged, in spite
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,s a tribute to surgical skill and sc
ence. In old days, before surgeons
understood germs and in ec ion he
chances against hvmg through eighty-1
eight operations would have been mil-,
of the fact that he has just undergone
his eighty-eighth surgical operation.
With both legs cut off at the stumps,
he manages an automobile, especially
constructed, and drove alone from Cal
ifornia to Walla Walla Washington, on
That is a tribute to a brave man's
courage, and the fact that he still lives
the way to operation No. 82.
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CONTINUING THE CAÄTON COUNTS OH RONlCLP
RED LODGE, CARTON COÜKTY. MONTANA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1925
$2.5u per Year
VOL. 2. NO. 6.
Loch Laven Trout
Planted Into Clarks
Fork and Rock Creek
I. S. Hogan and R. A. Miller of Im
igrant, Montana were passengers on
Fridays incoming train. Mr. Miller
had finished delivering twenty cans:
of Loch Laven trout fr V t0 the Brid '
ger territory on the Clarks Fork and
Mr. Hogan delivered eight cans of
Loch Laven trout fry a id eleven cans
of Eastern Brook fry to hie Red Lodge
Rod and Gun Club. Eight cans of
Loch Laven trout fry and three cans |
ol Eastern brook fry to the Led Lodge
by R. E. Hail and M. M. Moore,
The Belfry Rod and Gun Club will
place the Loch Laven in the Clark* j
Pork River and the Eastern Brook
in Lime Creek. M. E. Martin placed j
eight cans ot the Brook trout in the I
main fork of Rock Creek below and j
above Rid
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icoording to W. J.
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Club,
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Mrs. David Cunningham, 47, of
Cary, Ind., if held pending an in
vc.. ligation of five deaths in her
family by poison. Look at her
eyes. Does she look as though she
would poison her owa children?
WHEELER TRIAL PROGRESSING SLOWLY
GOVERNMENT RESTS CASE MONDAY
Defense Asks Time to Bring New Witnesses From
East to Controvert Testimony of Hayes, Gov
ernment Witness.
(Special to the News)
Great Falls, April 18th.-The trial
of u - s - Senator Burton K. Wheeler
J' Sf^thiSglT
Thursday, April 16th, with Judge r.
S. Dietrich of Idaho presiding. Sen
«tor Wheeler is represented by Sen
ator T. J. Walsh, S. C. Ford, former
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Attorney Geneial oi Montana, J. H.»
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Wheelers and W. P. O Leary of Great
Falls. The government is represent
ed by John L. Slattery, District At
torney, assisted by R. P. Stewart, Spe
ial Assistant Attorney General,
A great deal of interest was rnani-)
fested by the citizens generally hud
many were turned away from the
court room, which was not large
enough to accomodate one tenth of
those desiring admittance,
Picking the Jury
Of the 120 jurymen who had been
called, only 07 answered to the call as.
the balance were not served with the
subpoenas. it was at first thought it
would take two or three days to sc-1
'foire a jury, but the jury was secured
b:; three o'clock Thursday afternoon,
fallows: G. W. Mussleman, Great
apartment house owner; Wil
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Falls
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Henry Dleterle, Great Falls,. iwrehant;
W . H. Wilkinson, Great Falls, farmer.
At the conclusion of securing t he
jary , District Attorney Slattery made
the opening statement^for the govern
ment, asserting tia ey wou prove
fiam Orr, Belt, mine operator; Henry
Sandberg, Harve, Laborer; Oliver
Ashbaucher, Gilman, farmer; A. E.
Fousek, Gilman; farmer; C. E. Creel,
Great Falls, machinist; G. F. Whit-1
ford, Great Falls, smelterman; George
Corcoran, Conrad, farmer; W. G. Sly
ker, Great Palls, smelterman; F. E.
Hatcher,
BOLD BURGLARS ROB
SAFE AT THOMPSON
YARDS FRIDAY NITE
Safe in the Thompson lards Office 1
Entered Friday Night and $30.00|
Taken. Evidently the Work of Ex
perts.
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The first crime of its kind that has
been committed in this city in recent
years was that committed Friday nite
when burglars entered the Thompson
Yards office through a side door,
cracked the safe and got away with
about $30.00 which was all the money
that was in the safe at that time.
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They succeeded in working the coin
bination on the outside door of the
sa f e and then blew the inner door
which opened into the cash box. Noth
|j n g e i se 8e ems to be missing, the
burglars even overlooking about $6.00
j n „ cash drawer near at hand,
When Mr. Slavens, the manager,
entered his place of business Saturday ]
rning he noticed nothing wrong !
or no evidence of the crime until he j
opened the safe to get some change
as the outer door of the safe had been ,
closed by the burglars and there is!
every reason to believe that the work |
had been done by experts. A strong j
lass was used Saturday
magni
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mornin. to see if any finger prints
had been left but an examination dis
closed the fact that the one who
worked the lock had worn gloves and |
to date there is no claw as to who com
mitted the crime. The sheriff's office
immediately notified officers in sur
rounding cities and towns to be on the
- kout for suspicious characters and
iflorts are being spared by the
to brmg the offenders to jus
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im manager, of Sawyer's
re, states that when passing the i
ue of the crime, about 10:30 in the |
.cuing he heard, or thought he heard |
f'-.etnie in the Thompson Yards office
i bi t as the hour was early he attached
importance to Ike matter, thinking
; bat the employees had not yot gone
; home.
In view of the fact that the new
Butck automobile owned by Carl Lucas
was stolen the same night it is thnt
'.hat the burglars left town by that
method.
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that Senator Wheeler had accepted a
** for appearance before the depart
a^taid^there would be a
««prise witness but did not name the
w . r H . nHinnrned Saturdav
h witness had been pro
"K ht ; no 8U ^ h wltne8S had been P ro
1 duced and the government's case had
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up to date fallen flat. There had not
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,'been a single witness who testified
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that Wheeler had taken any money
to appear before the department or
had ever appeared before the depart
ment on behalf of Campbell, the only
surprise being the weakness of the
government's case.
Most of Friday was consumed by
1 the readinK of )and of fi ce records in
order to lay the foundation. Only one
i witnM( , was ca iied, John M. Cooper
| of Lewistown, who 'had helped to em
; pj 0 y Senator Wheeler to represent
' Gordon Campbell in a receivership
su jt j n the State Court and who tes
tiffed that the Senator was not enr
j ployed or expected to represent Gamp-1
pell before the Government depart
meI1 t s at Washington. From then on
1 (j, e Government's case began to slip
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j called was L. C. Stevenson, a former
the first witness
Saturday,
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The next witness was Edward M.
I Harvey of Eugene. Oregon, who said
he taUted with Wheeler at the time he
wa8 employed to represent the Camp
hell interests. Thus, the government's
ca8e was dealt another blow. Mr.
Stewart, special assistant attorney
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: developed that Stevenson and Camp-1
twill had trouble. Slattery tried to ask
another question which was barred on
j pnson wa8 then excused.
sociate of Campbell who was per
tted to identify certain records. It
blection of Senator Walsh, and Stev
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tty Women wa held at fei' home of !
M r=. W IT 1. rkin ou Htsnr Avenue j
Wednesday e. erring and' there was a I
good attendance present. I'Uc regular i
program was carried out. the chief
t 0 pj c 0 f discussion being the training !
Rnd development of young children, i
and Mis „ Grace Gardner and Miss*
Mabel Martin very interestingly dis- ;
cussed that important subject. The
fina l meet ing of the asuoomtion for
this season will be held about May, i
A meeting of She icon! chapter of
the American Association)«? Univers.
16th and it is planned to make it a
purely social one and arrangements
are already being made to have a
nie and outdoor supper on that occa- i
sum.
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to be one of ihe
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dance he'd at th. Ho;;oo-> Hall la
Saturday evening. The un ai
ti-> nature of a "Get Togethi ' meet
ing and large delegate
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ent from this city and from Luther,
Castagpe and the surrounding country.
Tlie early evening wa
dancing and social converse and
midnight a free supper was
consisting of cake, coffee, sandwiches
and pickles, after which the dance con
spent in
served
linuad until a late hour and ever;
j ysenl were loud in their praises of
i.hc courtesy and general good time
extended to them by the Ru icoe people
and the citizens of the west part ol the
c untv generally,
Bronger's orchestra from near Ab
sarokee furnished the Mhisic during
the f.rst part of the evening and that
expense was borne by the Beartooth,
Boosters Club and (he business men of
Red Lodge. Later the orchestra was
lelieved by Mr. and Mrs. S- Briada
;d about 1:30 p. m. Artn Melodians
played; both Red Lodge orchestras
rendered their services through cour
tesy.
About 160 people from Red Lodge
attended. About 35 cars from this
city went out.
Taken altogether the occasion was
a pleasant one and should contribute 1
much to the already good feeling that
exists between the county seat, Bear
creek and the people of the west part
of the county. This is a first of a
series of community dances to be
given at various halls to develop com
munity spirit and closer co-operation
between the ranchers and the business
people of Red Lodge.
During the first part of th# even
ing Alex Boggio of the Luther coun
try, introduced to the people the Bear
tooth Boosters Club of Red Lodge and
Dr. J. C. P. Siegfriedt responded by
setting forth just a few plain facts
regarding the wonders of the Bear
tooth Mountains.
Dr. C. L. Koehn of this city, repre
sented Red Lodge on the entertain
ment committee and much credit is
due him and other members of that
committee in making the affair a suc
cess.
With the exception of a few alter
cations engaged in outside of the
dance hall, the night was without ser
■ous accidents.
Dr. Koehn emphatically stated that
no more fighting would be tolerated at
any of the other dances and any per
sons causing a disturbance would be
dealt with according to law,
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IÜNHMB ENTERTAIN
Social Season.
were * a ' d ^ or n > net y-oine
persons at the annual Junior-Senior
bariqu<;t given Saturda y evening at the
Methodist church, when members of
the cla8a of 1925 were guests of the,
Junior8 of the Carbon County High *
SchooL Thirty Seniors, forty-seven j
j UBiore , & high faculty mem-'j
hors and a number of invited guests
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Annual Banquet Closes High School
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CONGRESSIONAL COM
MITTEE WILL VISIT
MONTANA IN JULY
Will Spend 22 Days in Montana Study
!ng Condition on Reclamation Pro
Jects i
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Yellowstone Milk River Huntlcv mid
Sun River 'tclamntion ' p • ,J«ct i an
the Fort Peck Blackfcel, Crow F m I
Bolknan and Flathead Ind m ; '
atlo.r in Montana will be mad > by : |
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April
of conditions
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mgrcisbnal committee during July,
and August, the itinerary of th • coin-!
msttce shows. This committee i t 1
pic-Upend C4 days in eight western :• Lutes,
Montana with 22 days drawing th
most attention.
The committee design ted to r.ak
these studies consists of the rankin;
each major political pa'
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«tenth
m the house Indian ntT
irri,
and public lands committees, and r.l; j
members of the appropriation;', sub |
committee on interior departmen, I
'matters' The party includes Scott I
î t : *i of Montant! Addison T, Smith \
id."ho, N. J. Sinnotl of Oregon,
Uron respectively of the Indian I
dry reclaim
ion and , public land.',
mit tees, Cary Hayden of Arizona j
and John E, Raker of California, rank-)
- democrats on these committees. |
t he appropriations committee mem-j
tors wlio will be with them are Sub-1
j man Louis C. Cramton of Michi-j
Frank Murphy of Ohio, Burton
L. Prcnch of Idaho, Henry E. Bar
buor of California, Charles D. Carter t
Oklahoma and Edward T. Taylor I
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of Colorado.
The combined committee is to meet
at San Francisco June 3 and from then
until July 17 will be engaged in going
over projects in California, Arizona,
Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming,
S it li Dakota and North Dakota.
Inly 17 until August 7 they will
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j n Montana,
Mr. Cramton, chairman of the com
ined eommittee, announces that on all
n reservations visited particular
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attention will be given to irrigation
r)ro jccts, agricultural development and
On reclamation projects the
- tudies will have especially to do with
bools.
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ADMITTED TO CITI
ZENSHIP FRIDAY!
Petitions for naturalization were
granted to nine aliens out of eighteen
by Judge R. C .Stong in district court
last Friday afternoon.
Nine petitions were dismissed on
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account of insufficient knowledge on J
the ptcitioncr's part, because of some
technical insufficiency, dismissed on re !
quest of petitioner or because of ab
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sence. A number of those dismissed ,
will be continued September 30, 1926.!
Naturalization Examiner, R. W,
Thomas, of Seattle conducted the
aminations.
Among those admitted to citizenship
were Owen Doyle of Roberte, formerly
a subject of Great Britian; Ellen !
Mraie Strom of Rod Lodge, formerly j
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a subject of Sweden; August Durelle |
of Bearereek, formerly subject of,
France; Mary Steinmasel of
alien through marriage with a German j,
subject; and others admitted we > c
Alaska Babich, Andy Mlekmih and
Philip Matovinovich of Red Lodge.
Mr, Matovinovich was given permi
sion to change his name t« Philip Mat
»Vieh. Louis Ambrozicb and Rado
Jovanovich of Bearereek were also ad
roitted, former subjects of Austria.
Elks Cabaret Dance
Is Decided Success
The Elks annual Cabaret Dance was
held in their spacious lodge room
Friday night and was attended by
most of the Elks and their ladies of
the city as well av by visitors from
Joliet. Bearcrtck ai ! Billings.
The music was furnished by the
Kagadores and that efficient orchestra
was never in better form and to them
much credit is due in making last
Friday night's social function « real
"pleasure island" as that occasion is
80 aptly named.
At midnight refreshments were !
served by the Ladies of the Methodist ;
AMERIC AN LEGION OFFICIALLY PAYS TRIB
UTE TO PERSHING LEADERSHIP IN N. Y.
Written Especially for The News
By ROBERT FULLER
Thru Autocaster Service
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New York, April 20.—A bronxe a'olt
lief will be presented to General Joh
bearing his portrait In has re
Pershing at the Keith-Albee
Hippodrome here the evening of A .It 2">Ui ns a testimonial of the es
teem in which he is held for his ser h to the nation. An elaborate care*
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monial In which leading talent of th
America's glorious moments, will occupy the presentation.
The tablet has been executed by Julio Kilenyi, noted American sculp
especially for the American Legion. Newton D. Barker, secretary of
w..-., during the World War will make the presentation address in behalf
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At New York, evening of April
26, the American Legion will pre
sent General John J. Pershing with
• bronze tablet of himself, a na
« ona i tribute. The ceremony will
be broadcasted. Commander Drain
Wd former Sec'y of War Newton
Z.*? er wil1 f r **M* - Sous * w *** d *'
a great military band,
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5ehc3! Will Enter
Commercial Contest
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department will be rep
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(Contest at Bozeman by three girls of
Senior class and two girls of the
Junior class. The Misses Mary Brez
nikar, Sallic Sinko and Sadie Mat
will enter all Senior events in type
writing and shorthand anil Mabel Bek
kurlren and Helen Jones of the Jun
The
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aret Rogers,
<'!• of the commercial depart
The contest will take place
dH_ enter all Junior type
writing and shorthand events,
girls will leave today and will be
co.ipan'ed by Miss Mar
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amt ' V ' And ^ the cow ovcr
thc moon -
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chin ch. This dance marked the end of
the Elk's social calendar for the sea
son and was thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone who attended. S
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The addresses and music of the cere
monial will be broadcast through a
nat ion-wide hook-up of radio stations,
enabling millions throughout the coun
try to he in the audience. In the Hip
podrome itself will be one of the most
distinguished gatherings ever • > .;cm
bled to honor an American war hero.
Admit! aiv will he by invitation only
.and atceptaneei have been received
from governors, cabinet members, dip
ijimits, mul outstanding figure - in th
nation's business, professional and
One of the most striking of - - •
of tableaux to he presented ' -,,(nr.
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Endowment Fund to the
h orphans nid disable1
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navy bands.
War-time
ip's will be revived by
New York
orchestra» from
i lie arcs, the Hi vola, the Rialto, and
|!l*e Criterion, playing ensemble,
At a banquet to precede the Hippo
idioms exercises. General Pershing,
Junfes A. Drain, Commander of the
American Legion, and other notables
will speak. Commander Drain will
toll ' f the relief work among disabled
v< toi ana and orphans of former serv
ice men to be accomplished by the
American Legion Endowment Fund.
The banquet addresses also will be
broadcast nationally.
COUNTRY MUST
ADJUST ITSELF TO
NEW POSTAL RATES
Now Postal rates went into effect
on the 16th, and business in the
United States is faced with the prob
lem of adjusting itse'f to the change.
The last congress authorized this raise
in rates in order to provide revenue
for increasing the wages of postal
employes, an average of $300 a man.
Th" estimated increase in wages is
$0K,000,000, and the calculated in*
crease in rates is about $30,000,000,
provided mail users do not change
their mailing methods materially to
avoid some of the increases.
All Uiaanes Are Increased
The new schedule of rates touches
all classes of mail matter. First class
letter« remain as before, 2 cents. Gov
eminent postal curds remain 1 cent,
Private mailing cards, including pic
turc souvenir cards, will take 2 cents,
instead of I cent as at present,
Second class rates on newspapers,
magazines and periodicals are raised
very slightly.
Third class printed matter, such as
circulars in open envelopes, etc., is
raised from one cent to one and one
half cent
for each two ounces, an in
crease of 60 per cent. The weight
limit is reduced from four pounds to
eight ounces, thus throwing large mail
order catalogues and books into fourth
class or parcel post service.
Parcel Post Increases
Fourth class, or parcel pc»
an addition of two cents for each
parcel. This flat increase is called a
"service charge", but it is not very
(,ifferebt »he basic rates. The
"service chanre" is omitted front par
ceBl collect«! on rural delivery routes,
including shipments of butter, eggs
amJ her farm produce.
Registry and Money Order Fees.
For registered mail, the registry fee
will be 16 cents instead of 10 cents,
a8 present, when the indemnity is
*60. and 20 cents, a. at present, when
the Indemnity is $100. Return receipts
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rates,