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ADVERTISEMENTS ; ¢ ; The Public Confidence mg.bow we do it whywe do it. You have been told of our efforts to meet unusual conditions; of how we have bent every energy to pro- vide service in tl_xe face of storms, | An important part of the man- agement of the Bell System is to keep the public informed concem- ing all matters relating to the tele- pbone. Lot We consider thls st esseatial part of our stewardship”in the operation of this public utility.” T¢ is due not only the 130,000 share- holders, but it is due the wbole citizenship of the country. lt is an enormous task today to _ provide adequate service in the face of shortage of workers, raw _materials, manufactunng ptodue- tion and transportation. ~ Nevertheless the service of tbe Bell System has been improved ‘and extended this year. Over -350,000 new stations have been _put into operation. And the loyal We have told you of new in-. ventions to lmprove service; of the growth of service, of problems in- volved in securing materials, em~ ploying and training “workers, of financing nerevelopments, and of WOrkets of the BAl. Systom e rates necessary to maintain semce. i pew records for el You have been taken into our ciency and will establish new confidence as to what we are do- tecotds for semce. AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES . One Policy One System ; law of gravitation doesn’t always RELIABLE 10 20 Kerosene 'l'racm & f‘!ll- Every'l’am Neod $985° ,Wrm for. descriptive mtm before you buy a3 tractor, or st. “the m.nn Brown&flalmberg DISTRIBUTORS . 312 First' Strect. "North Minncapolis, Minn. WILL’ IT R‘Amv-‘*- ‘ 'CONSULT THIS WEATHER PROPHET s (5 mmrlsingl.y reliable on loca 5 18 Made in .weather eundmonL strictly scientific. principles, weathier Is fine the children will be out. 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Sent on approval. -Sizes 6 to % Send - for our free fllustmhd ec.tslog EQUITY SHOE coummt The Poles are !earnmz that ple shouldn’t start what they en’t prepared t.o fimle SR “Begm at the bottom and work up and you'll be ‘successful,” said the “Jeading citizen” bemgnantly to the laboring man. 3 “Not for me,” responded the other, “I'm a well: dxgger St oy “W’hose eye is it that watchee us, wherever we may go and whatever we | may do?” asked t.he Sunday school | - “I know,” hsped Bobble, “lfithter »* * * England snd Eesnce a&e doter mined . that Poland and Russia shall have peace—if all the viild has to fight for lt. * Remember the old nddle about Ohio—high ‘in the middle, nothing at both ends? Pu_zle—Fmd tfio prem- dential candxdates * The mcreased mlroad ntes will at least give the profiteers a variant of the tiresome old alibi, “on aecotmt of the war.” *= * * . The scheme of the Democrats toA lose the donkey ‘as a party emblem seems destined to failure. " Tammany Hall iz too. insistent upon aomethmg ‘with a kl(:k in lt ; * * Brym “can at least boast he X “has refused a chance to- nm for the presxdency. E s A % A A Mr. Einstein discovers that the 'UNITED FENCE coupm '?' j OF STILLWATER work. We learned, months ago, that it had absolutely no effec. on the H. C of L. i * - ¥ ® - Some of us are so busy fight- ing off ' the profiteers that we league of natxons eontroversy. 2 e One thing tha.t Polaw is learnmg," clude the Notth Pole and the South Pole. : e ‘ ‘ * Most United States sena'tors Mexico, which has oil, than for Amenm, wluch hm’t. f Scxentxsbs claxm~ Cahfomm‘s earth- ‘Wherein the wets have another. argu- ;vment agaxnst prohbrf:mn. e f’f : Themwhonsedtosuspeet he ‘was bemg mbbed on every * We notlce that Senabor Hardmg, in his speech into the. phonograph rec- s ords, has taken a bold and. fearless | % Box123 Mention the Leader When Writing Mvm} s