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Show JESS DENIES HE'S WOOD PROFITEER (Clilfaco Tribune Special Seryii--. IyA'rll:N''l';, Kima,. Iita-. Hi. Jt is tho tieliof 01' Jess 'VViHanl that tho .harRoa against him tor piolitceiinij in the sulo ot' vood vill iiovt't- nime to a hearing. Willard was in l.gwrenre today and sal.i he umlerstood the matter was to be dropped. "It looks very nuieh to me like an attempt at-tempt on tho jmrt of the attorney general gen-eral to either get a little publicity' or an effort to find a "goaf and thereby square himself with Ihe people of Kansas, wiio have been clamoring for something to be done about high prices.'' said Willard in discussing the case. "f let the citv commissioners of Topeka fix their owii price of J7 a ton ln cord lengths or a ton sawed In blocks. I tuld them II' this wasn't fair, to say so, and lower prices again. Many others on farms near Topeka were asking higher prices.'' |