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* ~â€" MISSISSIPPI BARGE PLAN penitentiary at Stillwater is prepared _ The article compels} wonder. Are to use the Mississippi and St. Croix We getting anywhere? . Do running rivers for receiving shipments of sisal| Water, sewage disposal, flush toilets, from New Orleans to be made into bathtubs, telephones, radio, automoâ€" binder twine. â€" biles, phonographs, railroads, delicaâ€" The Upper Mississippi Barge Line tessen shopg. manicuris!,s, electric company, of which C. C. Webber, Minâ€"| fans. pale ginger ale, hair restorers neapolis, is president, is building 15ihn_d removers, automatic lighters, selfâ€" barges and three towboats for the upâ€"‘ wmd.mz clocks, vacuum cleaners, and er Mississippi river service. The D°ncil sharpeners, offset the suggestâ€" barges, being constructed in Midl,.nd,f ed losses* Perhaps no one will ever Pa., will be towed down the Ohib rivâ€"| know. . er to Cairo. The towboats are being But we do know that a great part constructed at Dubuque, Ia. | of the misery that was endured by our Leases Fleet | forefathers has never been effectively The Inland Waterways corporation| recorded in literature eulogistic of has leased the fleet from the Upper the period. Winona business interests have reâ€" quested the City Council to petition take state legislature for authority to issue bonds for a river terminal project. _ Levee space has been set aside at Hastings and plans are beâ€" ing made to improve it. Red Wing awaits a government report as to posâ€" sibilities: and cost of dock facilities before taking further action while Lake City plans to take steps for river terminal improvements. Making Surveys Engineers are making surveys at Stillwater, Minn., on the St. Croix river, preparatory to river terminal development projects. The industrial department of the Minnesota State penitentiary at Stillwater is prepared to use the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers for receiving shipments of sisal from New Orleans to be made into binder twine. â€" 000,000 river fleet to be operated by the Inland Waterways corporation, ooa_xffolled by the Federal government. Minneapolis is working bn a m.â€": 000 terminal, to be constructed about | a mile from the famous Falls of St.! Anthony, where are situated some of ‘ the world‘s largest flour mills. _A $50,000 steel wharfâ€"barge, for moorâ€"! ing river barges, will be delivered in the city June 1, A large wmlwuu‘ will be erected and a traveling crane, with a 50â€"foot beam, will be insuued.[ Extensive Project | St. Paul‘s industrial and river termâ€" inal develppment calls for an exâ€"| penditure of $2,500,000. About 1000; acres of land extending from the busiâ€" | ness séction of St. Paul to South St. Paul will be the site. I Revival of water transportation beâ€" tween Minneapolis and St. Louis has come one stage nearer with the launching at Dubugue, Iowa, of the first set of the towâ€"boats of the $2,â€" Launching of New Towboats at Dubuque Beginning of New Transportation Project St. Louisâ€"St. Paul > WPM # ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM higher than those of ten years ago, so that each additional teleâ€" phone installed now increases the average investment per teleâ€" phone. To maintain the service the comâ€" pany‘s revenues must keep pace with this Don‘t Forget To "Call Up" levels are much AY TRAFFIC ESENT cost But we do know that a great part of the misery that was endured by our forefathers has never been effectively recorded in literature eulogistic of the period. Good cheer, gay conversation, downâ€" right comfort! Isn‘t that the picture of life in the time of our greatâ€" grandfather? Some _ months . ago Stuart‘ Chase contributed an article to The Nation, in which he compared the situation in which he finds himâ€" self with that of his greatâ€"greatâ€" grandfather. He asserted that the old man, livâ€" ing in Newburyport, Mass., in 1900, was better off than his greatâ€"greatâ€" #randson, who is housed in a Manhatâ€" tan apartment, third floor, through the windows of which the sun sarely shines. operate the service. _ Congress corporation to build or anoth~ .muam so that there will be a fleet of four towboats and 60 barges, which‘ will make possible sailings évery five days from Minneapolis. â€"The first of the towboats is scheduled to be delivered at St. Louis May 1 and shortly after that the first tow will start on the trip to Minneapolis. Just how good were the old days? Blazing fireplaces, tables loaded with huge joints» of beef, cellars stocked with wines and liquors, larders burstâ€" ing with preserved fruits, stables fillâ€" ed with spirited horses! The towboats are especially built for upper river traffic. They are the first boats ever built, according to officers of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line company, that will deâ€" velop 800 horsepower with a draught of 3% feet. They will be driven by oil burning steam engines, operatâ€" ing stern paddle wheels. The barges will be all steel, with an inclosed deck. JUST HOW GOOD WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS? The channel of the upper ~river will be in excellent condition at the time of the opening of navigation. Much of Misery of Old Times Is Not Told In Eulogy of , the Period End the day right with a chat with the home folks. IF business takes you out of town, even for a short trip, do not let the day pass without calling your home by long distance telephone. To hear your voice will bring joy and happiâ€" ness to those you love and your own pleasure in hearing the voice from home will many times offset the small cost of the call. Rates for stationâ€"toâ€"station long disâ€" tance calls made after 7 p. m. are about 25 per cent lower than the day stationâ€"toâ€"station rates, and from 8:30 p. m. to 4:30 a. m. the cost is approxâ€" imately 50 per cent of the day rates. Minimum reduced rate is 35 cents. Charges on stationâ€"toâ€"station calls may be reversed the same as on person to person calls. The boys want to climb the heights of fame, but it is difficult to induce them to climb up on the stepladder to help with housecleaning. â€"In the distribution of the increasing volume of securities that are being offered each year to American investâ€" ors, the members of the Investment Bankers‘ association of America are continually on guard. The association has just set machinery in motion within its own organization to see that the public is given "adequate informaâ€" tion" in the offering of new securities. All members of the association send their circulars describing new securiâ€" ties to the secretary‘s office, where they are passed upon by competent committees. In this way, the memâ€" bers of the association as a whole are clearly proving by performance that they propose to furnish the public inâ€" formation which, if properly analyzed, enables the investor to reach a sound conclusion. Some of the town boosters are so anxious to prove activity that they must be counting in the birds that are building their nests. Pliny Jewell, president, Investment Bankers‘ association of America, in an article in Nation‘s Business Magazine, says that in 1926 the investment dealâ€" rs of the country were called upon to distribute over $7,390,000,000 of now securities. _ This is at the rate of more than $24500,000 a day for the working days of the year. It inâ€" cludes securities previously outstandâ€" ing which are constantly being bought and sold ,the amount of which can~ not even be estimated, but which unâ€" doubtedly runs into additional bilâ€" lions. [ at L W Hovloulimyu.w’?trdth]m"“': ; ’::‘:. uii“m: phrase "bloated bondholder ? . Bond: | dm"w“m :"‘C 'Mm. lm:“ T ortens me voh id ...“..' man we|center of 1,000. At Temple, Okla., holders are you and I man ] opelglion 1.990, tee 8 4 o. pass in the street. There are, uy!l s tare setls 57 e F Cn‘} cne estimate, â€" 5,000,000 bndloldem: e year, Fredw!’. lmm'l .N‘u- oiny ~ o t Cand | ing. ts The community of 25,000° at country â€" a vast army of savers an t Devil‘s Lake. N Tss 4 es j o a million dollars a Pliny Jewell, president, Investment ;':::""‘”{ “: ){;ll rpipilld Bankers‘ association of America, in lnj of 1,300, C P Nmebr.. in more| alys ihat no toae ihe mean w'v than $300,000 a year. Sales of the| says that in 1926 the investment dealâ€" Schseftier Mereaniiic Compans ‘at s ate t'hbe :;ountry :;;omp:l; Hillsboro, Kansas, population 1,500, t over C | '\‘,Awdl.::::xrll’lties. This is at the rate, have totaled $200,000 a yeaur. to die off at forty, and every other child succumbed .within the first few months of its life, _ Most men were pretty well broken down at fifty. Citiâ€" zens . who enjoyed the comforts and BLOATED BONDHOLDER NO LONGER EPITHET Good While Since It Was Used as Term of Opprobrium ; Different Now luxuries suggested in the first paraâ€" graph were rare. 1 wonder if living conditions in the eighteenth century were as good as we sometimes supâ€" pose.â€"William Feather in Nation‘s Business Magazine. ‘"The moral of all the examples is that the trade areas of small towns, when properly fertilized with copiâ€" ous applications of printer‘s ink, are capable of sustaining a phenomenal volume of business." * We claim that advertising is the medium that has put us on our presâ€" ent footing. In advertising we are very strong; we helieve it to be abâ€" solutely necessary.‘ "At Strasburg, Ohio, with lessâ€"than 1,000 citizens, the annual business of Garver Brothers amounts to a million dollars. Well named is Winner, So. Dakota, a town of 3,000, for the ang nwmmmd_c?(_).c,h"m "There‘s no secret, nothing mysteâ€" rious in these sales records, except the everlasting keeping after busiâ€" ness. To borrow a text from A. E. Schaeffler of the Hillsboro store: Post is $850,000. The Lynden Departâ€" "The fact that merchants in some towns with a population range of 1000 to 5,000 have been able to deâ€" velop an annual sales volume of hunâ€" IN SMALLER TOWNS PIERCEâ€"ARR Asmall down payment gives you immediate delivery. Present car accepted as cash, fiuish hardwatre . . . miles per set of tires. Trerceâ€"Arvrow Series80cershavehandâ€" . . . 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