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Show RESIDENTS STORING COAL FOR WINTER Heavy Deliveries Reported by Dealers Within the Past Two Weeks; Mines Are Busy. Daily deliveries of coal for the past two weeks have been almost as heavy as in mid-consuming season. This is according to local retail dealers, who declare that 90 per cent of householders household-ers who can do so are filling bins, boxes and barrels in an effort to defeat fuel famine next winter. The movement to store fuel did not become be-come general until a fortnight ago, however. how-ever. Somehow residents did not take to the notion of buying now for future use. But propaganda sent out by mine operators opera-tors Jjid retail dealers seems to have stirred the ultimate consumer to a realization reali-zation of his duty In safeguarding himself him-self and family against the cold of the next winter. The Increased city demand has made a difference at the mines, too, for practically prac-tically all fuel workings in this state are operating from four to six full days a week, instead of half time, as was the ease a few weeks back. At the present time coal is selling locally lo-cally to the consumer at $6.86 for nut and $7.10 for lump. The government last March granted the operators the right to advance prices from 5 cets to 45 cents per ton. This raise will probably be placed in effect not later than July 1 |