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Show . i WANTED I Place to room and board single man. Call or address News office. Quality Kept Up PURE SILK KNIT MEN'S NECKWEAR Special Price $2.00 All shades including heather mixtures You'll be surprised at these values WILL DOBSON . i HABERDASHER Carrying a Ton a Mile for less than a Cent Freight rates have played a very small part in the rising cost of living. Other causes the waste of war, under-production, credit inflation have added dollars to the cost of the necessities of life, while freight charges have added only cents. The average charge for hauling a ton of freight a mile is less than a cent. A suit of clothing that sold for $30 before the war was carried 2,265 miles by rail from Chicago to Los Angeles for 16& cents. Now the freight charge is 22 cents and the suit sells for $50. Tb cost of th suit has incrsaud 20 dollar. Th fraight on it has Increased only 5 cents. Other transportation charges enter into the cost of the finished article carrying the wool to the mills and the cloth to the tailors but these other charges amouot to but a few cents more. The $10 pair of shoes that used to sell for $5 goes from the New England Eng-land factory to the Florida dealer for freight charge of 5& cents only one cent more than the pre-war rate. Beef pays only two-thirds of a cent a pound freight from Chicago to New York. American freight rates are the low est in the world. Qhis advertisement is published by the Slssociation of Slailway Gxecidives J7ioe desiring information concerning th$ railroad situation may ibtatn literature hi writing to The Association of Railway Extciitives, til Broadway, 2i'ew York, . 1 " - 1 I r ZZZZZZ - EVERY THURSDAY ! I j in ; I Dare-Devil Jack, a j Million Dollar jj j Pathe Serial ji i I :! Victory Theatre jj TONG-LOK SILO Thousands in use in the U. S. A., including Utah and Idaho No bands or guy-ropes needed Examine models and get prices etc from BISHOP J. W. BURNS OF BURNS & CHILD Milford, Utah Rocky Mountain SEEDS PRODUCE MOST WONDERFUL crops THEY ARE MONEY MAKERS AXD PRIZE TAKERS There's a Reason: Grown in the HEART O' THE ROCKIES from carefully selected Pedigreed Strains which from years of scientific breeding, have become THOROUGHLY ACCLIMATED to this Hardy Western Climate. We are I .urge Growers of Roth Garden and Field Seeds and can supply you with this class of Seeds at reasonable prices. We carry large stocks of the following seeds. ative and Geqiuine Grimm Alfalfa; All Kinds of Clover and Grass Seeds; Wheat, Oats and Barley; Colorado Stock Peas; Com, Cane, Sudan, Etc. Send us a list nf your Seed requirements and ask for our New 1920 Money Saver Seed Catalogue and Wholesale Price Sheet. AVe can save you money and give you reliable tested seeds. The Grand Junction Seed Co. Git AXD JUNCTION'. COLORADO |