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It is true that lumber during the war and immed- iately after was high in price and hard to 32¢". BUTâ€"â€" Lumber and the Cost of Building IPIZABDI NG Tfllfih‘h‘ C. I]. STAA'I‘S; EDITOR Bay 20 COME IN AND LET US TALK [1' OVER MICKIE SAYS: IN NORMAL TIMES ONLY ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE COST OF HOUSES WAS INCLUDED UNDER “LUMBER" THE PRICE OF LUMBER HAS BEEN MATERIALIJ' REDUCED â€"-â€" IN ALI. KINDQ â€"â€"- ON AN AVERAGE OF H’- PROXIMATELY 40 PER CENT. Lumber is Not High Phone after 6 P. M. 142 J I sull- bonus h'on a! an Ill-hob lute ham and ”w mlr on lhh run M! UN‘ «saw u tlw ouwr. nlmosl unanimous. Im- ' u is human. to hum m: we vote in L-Gnugr which its» Mn mah- poblk. mu. ulnar-l unanimouu ‘flut the Univ“ scam {all in with lhv lama ”mum of 04107404! com- mum. and that the uklt am! 1h. roan-hi wallow ho alum an of flu! Ind lmmlmuly. le Milan 0’ mrmhrnn of the Ital post urn not muted how but urn! dimly tn mun howl-gum". Fm cmwmtm u 91» hm. MM". that "or um "15”. nppflu how and gar-humbly mansion! the many. 00 0a- MIN" ballot Mu "u- nom- The American h-gion poet.‘ of the United Stan-u. and In fact of fhc world. have taken a vote on adjusted compensation (or men who particl- patrd in the work! war. This ballot mu tnkrn to gain an Mc-a of thr ‘flewu of tha' rank and fik' 0! vs. 1101100 "I‘ll so that authentic data would be given Conga-us which is now u-mtling with mutual [3me to} give tM men and mourn who wn'rd an extn “bonus." so that. parents of boys around tlw village could sec for tlu-msc-lvcs that Lthere aw placm hora whx-w their ’som: can lie enticed inm gambling! games. Now boys that w- Imu- (-alh-d your blufl' We an- ready to tulu- tllosv beatings you haw so lavhhly prom- l l Taking all this into consideration, we concluded that not to print the rarticle after having- ull those blufis thrown our way would be one of the yellowest things which we could «in. 'l‘hcrufore they appear in this issue and we would suggest to these young fellows that if in the futuri- some~ thing of a like nature comes up. that a soft word is much better than a threat. Mayor Barber also requested mm the mum» and the facts be printed would be printed. he started in with threats of personal violence should his name appear in the article. He breathed hints of flaficufls and club- bing over the land. in the dark and other dim things which would beâ€" fall us. should we expoae that he was lcaught gambling. The same day an- other one whispered words of a slm~ ilar intent into our cam only this time there .was added hint of gun- pluy. A few nights later we were informed that if the names were printed we would lose many subscri- bers and readers. THE AMERICAN LI'XIIUN .\.\ll ADJUSTED COMPENSATION DOWNEBSijE M! g. DOWNERS GROVE. ILLINOIS I AM walnut; (f muuh rub. \w ‘w-mder how my wow-n Ibo pm!- ‘ly albphy "wit "Hadron an)" how.- that the lung mun: rodent which 6. «mama: pm!) much all mw u» moln would mt mumm- hum-0|! m me much: and mum: ulvkh flw lurvirr m clown) dyw uml rally H «mu-thing “Om-h a ain't. 'I'Iw iowly maul: rat is not bring Imuml this year M In- wax nm. The nmwn in a good :kln lust your Not ”OJ”. Thin year it hm 31.“). Even the amnll boy hasn't got but Eta nomil In um manor of my and mum N!“ fun in "upping 0w “mu" at u dollar a throw. A fru- mm ago hr mu [incl to get hur-i Ml» u Jim 1 Wonder win-11' all that money gov: which is rollvcu-ti each year from -in- come taxes? And by tho way. who dot-n: Uncle Sam puy his incomc- tax 101' It seems a meme that the lesser. mu~t he taught in this fushiun. but it must he learned. This was apparent in almost all linm of business vspccially so when one had dealing with large cowor- utions. Tho scarcity of help mzulv [him- in authority overlook many of ‘tho things which would not. be toler- ‘uu-d in normal times. But now timu- haw changed. then.- are more mom and Women than jobs. and thaw who would hold unto their nwal tickets :m- looming than; courtesy is one or (lw first rules in the busim-sx worln. During the penod of the war when the railmmls of the country were swamped with all they could do in the way of both freight and passen- ger tralfic and when they were be- ing operaml under the U. S. Rail- road Administration, it was a much commented thing among travellers that the employees of the railroads wen- no longer trying to be even malium-eoumeous. Apparently they figured that with the Government in: *the chair of boss they had no worries ‘ahout being "let out" if they forgot‘ ‘(mee in :1 while that politeness pays . . l dwulends. j E The recent announcement of the iBurlington Railroad ,that they are ‘pmmoting a campaign of coutmsy a- mong all employees who have direct contact with the public makes us be- lieve that politeness. is coming- back. IS POLITENESS “COMING MCI” llLMcAllisterHo. You’ll have call after call for these fine, service- able materials as the assortmean include the season’s choicest eolorings. These are the sort of materials every woman wants for house dresses, aprons, rompers, dust caps and so many other purposes. Closely woven, softly finished fabrics of excellent. appearance, and of durable quality in light and dark patterns; checks. and stripes, plaids, plain shades and a variety of at' tractivc designs. At the low prices you should buy plenty for all season: use. They are 35 to 10 per cent lower than Yrs-L Spring. Percales, 19c up Ginghams, 18c up ‘Yjsit 9qu pattern degartment. New Spriné patterns for every type of garment are here to help you with your sewing plans. Oh winter, Will] your icy breath, send us cold and send it soon. or we fear that on your death, we’ll be hav- ing it. in June. (Wc needed a few lines to fill up luis space and so m- quusted the office pact to pmduce, with the above result. ) The Chicago Journal in announc- iing that Ted Curtiss had signed up with the C. A. A. as a xprintor said ‘thal he played ill-st base on the Chi- cago U. team which toured Japan. That is a new position in this game to us find (even to Cuntiss, cause we asked him. PBS-WAR PRICES SUITS 8: (H’ERCOA'I‘S [ We haven’t any parfiwlar aver- sion to gambling providing it is done by non-professionals avid on the square. We have even been known to sit in on a little game oceasionnl- ly ourselves. But we do hate to take a bluif of any Lind. $39 and up Bert Moore 135 N0. Main St. AGENT FOR 11;. m“, mmekaqs Ht Guaranteed Klein’s Market South Main Street Telephone 279 Klein’s Cash Market HARDWARE 36 S. Main Street Telephone No. 29 Washburn Crosby’s GOLD MEDAL FLOUR MERTZ a MOCHEL Perfection 6 Revonoc OIL COOK STOVES Hardware Coal and Feed ‘ For COOKING - FRYING -- BAKING If what you cook, fry or bake with SNOWDRIFI‘ does not taste better because you used SNOW- DRIFT, we will refund your money and pay for the flour, sugar and eggs or whatever you used. SPECIAL 1 POUNDâ€"25c 2 POUNDâ€"48c 4 POUNDâ€"90c No. 1 Navy Beans. 4 pOunds for Yuban Coffee, per pound ........... Wegtcoco (a liquid cocoa) per can .. Crisco (new stock) 3m cans ........ American Family Soap, per bar Jelke 0190, 33c; 5Ibs ................ Karo Syrup, 11/3, 15c; 5, 45c; 10 . . .. 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