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Show CITY FIREMEN ASK ; FOR HIGHER WAGES Petition to Council Says Provisions and Bents Have Gone Up During Dur-ing Past Year. Twenty-eight firemen petitioned the City Council last night for an increase in-crease in the present rate of wages, and stating that the prices of all commodities com-modities had been increased from 40 to 75 per cent during the past year, and that rents had advanced in proportion. The petition was referred to the Committee on Finance and . Fire Department. De-partment. P. S. Condle, superintendent of streets and irrigation petitioned the City Council last night for an increase in salaries for the employees in his departments. de-partments. The petition was referred to the Streets and Finance committees. |