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Show Volume 9 No IS Entarad at the Sandy pMt office as sscopd class matter usdar Act of TWO FIRES DO ' MUCH DAMAGE Murray City Wants AT MAGNA Fire lata Tuesday afternoon dent royed the public library building In Magna and swept . toward the most populous business section of the town, taking a number of residences and garages In Its path. The blase la believed to have started from a lighted cigarette, thrown Into a hen house yard at the Tear of the garage owned by Lou la Cantonl, at the rear of the public library. The wind was blowing to the south and but for this fact all the business district would have been In the path of the flame. From the Cantonl gar-ritbs' flames spread rapidly and within a few minutes the garage was a mass of fire, which was communicated to the library building, a frame structure containing four rooms. employees of tha Magna mill were coming off shift as the Are alarm was given, and tney, with several hundred other cltlsens, rushed to the rescue. Magna has a volunteer fire department, with a chemical hose wagon, but this was found inadequate, in view of the rapid spread of the flamea The firefighters rushed into the library building by the hundreds and succeeded in saving the books, numbering between 2,000 and 2,500 volumes; but it wss impossible to save the building. The flames also spread to the four-roocottage of Alma Swenson, near the library, and the cottage and furniture were consumed. , When it was found impossible to check .the flames, the work of the firefighters wss directed to preventing This was them from spreading. done by tearing down several unoccupied shacks in the immediate vicinity of the library building and the Swenson home. The library was given to Magna by Peter Fotia, whose home was one of those burned. He also owned another of the houses. The Are also destroyed the homes of Louis Cantonl, George Dukos, Joseph Stamolas. and Janies Lambros. One of the garages, the motor truck and the barn which burned were owned by Fotls, who had an auto truck in the garage. One automobile destroyed was the property of H. J. Calvin. ge DETAILED REPORT Viaduct Built FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Cltliens of Murray have asked, through their attorney,' J. E. Platon, that the Oregon Short Line railway Shdwi What Hu Been Expended of We be obliged to construct a viaduct 1919 Bond Issue ; 89 Per Cent for across Its tracks on Forty-eight- h Hard Surface, 11 lor Scenic. 8outh street. m Thursday's Fixe. check of the losses occasioned by the fire which broke out in Magna M an early hour Thursday ijoiniag si for' uptime ib ivj.tr ted ,le conflagration p, laces develop into the aggregate at 26000. The total damage, including that of.Tue4daa ' fire, is estimated at 215,000. fire broke out in id Stunday'a on Main street between First' and Second Eaat streets, owned A careful . 1 by thp Salt Lake A Utah Railway and burned along a frontcomptn age of a out 100 feet before it was extlngulscd. Among the structures destroyed were a vacant storeroom nest to the building where the fire started; a coffee house owned by Tom Pappas: the Daisy restaurant owned by George Begonia: a barber shop operated by E. A. Ricard. and another vacant storeroom. In the Daisy restaurant there was a 21000 piano, but It was removed, as were many fixtures and much of the furniture in other buildings. The Palace hotel, near the building in which the tire was discovered, was damaged to the probable amount of 2500,-anStephens Brothers fruit and vegetable store was damaged by water and cemicals. A Royal Cord Record States Three years on United Roysl Cord tires is a record reported by Frank McComb of Stafford, Kansas. "During this time, "says Mr. McComb, I have made two trips to Colorado Springs, going up Pikes Peak and taking in all the mountain drives around there and Denver. I then went to Cheyenne and back over the Lincoln Highway through NeLaat fall I drove to San braska. Francisco, guiag out by way of the Santa Fe trail, and returning over the Borderland trail. The road as a whole was very rough and rocky. SAYS MICKIE Wove PEMt-IS TO MN R MEAR-R- f J The. STEMW V0 MO FS.R MI& PAN-N- lAtV4NeM.ll AT TVvifl V4S A IMBI-M- REO-VA- B stead-o- SO LON-A- t. life t06 OF TbO-Ol- VMMEM FOUVJ-l- m th' PA-P- sue-scevee- h AN e TO.US.I ,. . escapeIm Must Aid by Extending sure the danger against such an Credit, Says javison. and tab? peebauttoa. lnvaldn."$i-..'v-Thi- s is 'one menace pl iiuy tbrijiiubf, the other, more tliraatetfiug," luolV'ter-rlblGRAVE TO U. S. A. la the nieoaco uftli woWd'aUT wllL We cun afford to dies' bat to Itr, aYiuiii Would ' Involve despised forever as- .g -- greedy- and pharlaalcal America Starvation and Diaeaao Rampant. e, f-N- ACE Mrs. Marie Abramson Passes Away Mrs. Marie Abramson died Friday morning at 1:10 at her home on North State street. Bhe was a native of Sweden, born there in 1251. She is survived by one daughter, Elsie, and one son, Knut. " Funeral arrangements have not yet been . made. one-sto- ry . March 3, 1871. Can-jra- Taylorsville Pioneer Called by Death n and Jacob Mantle, a highly respected citizen of Taylorsville, passed away at his home in Taylorsville last Sunday, May 20, after an illness of about forty-fiv- e well-know- days. He was 77 years old, born in Missouri, January 20, Funeral services were held nesday, June 2, at Taylorsville with interment in Taylorsville being 1243. Wed- ward, ceme- tery. Charged With Secret Extraction of Ore Secret extraction of ore from the ground of the Columbua lode, in the Little Cottonwood dletrlct, la charged agalnat the Cabin Mining company by the Waaatch Mine company In a auit to recover filed In the Third district court YTednedaay. The plaintiff praya Judgment for 245,000. which the' complaint represents Is three times the value of the ore taken, as allowed by law. Woman in Jail Charged WithMurderou Assault With the tax notices that haa been received the put week or so hu been Inclosed a printed report, bearing tha signatures of C. F. Stillman, J. 8. Lindsay and William B. Hughes, as tha Board of County Commissioners. Ws reprint below the report In full, wo think it worthy of mentionthe engineers estimate for ing, road Improvements from the bond Issue was 75 per eent for hard surface and general utility, and 25 per cent for scenic roads, while In reality 82.5 was used for hard surface roads, while but 10.5 per cent wu used for scenic roads. Tha report follows: Friend Taxpayer: This letter, which explains how the proceeds of the bond lieue authorized In 1912 have been spent, la sent to the taxpayers of Salt Lake county In conformity with the general policy of the County Commissioners to advise their constituents as to the expenditure of their money. Of each 21,000.00 spent and contracted for roads In 1219 there was For hard surface roads 2720.00 For earth surface roada 290.00 Of each 9280.00 spent for each surface roads, there was For roads of general utility. 9175.00 For roada principally scenic. 105.00 Reduced to percentage, the reeulta are Hard surface roads 7JfX Earth surface roada 28' u u 100' Hard surface roads and Earth surface roads of general utility 89.5', Roada principally scenic. . . . 10.5' Engineers estimate for road Improvements from bond Issue was 75 per cent for hard surface and general utility, and scenic roada. 25 per cent. Ideal Section on Lincoln Highway - Dee Moines, before the Uvueraf Conference of tlw Metho dist Episcopal chip Usury P. Davof governison, chairman efto&.t ors of th League' of Itrd fro So. lowac-iwaki- detlea, said: . ng rr As chairman of. the cuuveathm ol Red Cross Societies, composed of representative of twfcnty-sevenation, that met recently in Genera, I am custodian of authortt-itlvreport recording appalling conditions nmoug millions of people 'jU4ng' la Kusteru Europe. Out of tha most terrible tragedies iu th history of the Iiuhuiii mv is being enacted In the brnad licit of territory lying between the Baltic and the Black and Adriatic seas. Thla eras Includes ilia new lialtlc states Poland,'. ilia Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Kuumauia, Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. The reports which come to us maka It dear that In . th-wsivravugcd lands civilisation has broken down. Disease, bersavuient uud Hufferiug are present in practically every household, while food and clothing era Insufficient to make life tolerable.. Men, woman and children are dying by thousands, and over last once civilised areas there are to lie found neither medical apidtain-- nor medical skill sufficient to cops with tin devastating plagues. Wholesale starvation threuteued In Poland llth, summer unless she am procure food, supplies in lurge quantities. There are vj approximately 250, (JOU cases of typhus iu Polaiiil and In the it res occupied l.j Polish troops. Worst Typhus Epiaemic in History. This Is one of the typhus In the wni-l- i history. Iu Galicia whole towi - re crippled und business Kiuqiemlet! mime dial riels emit there Is but one dj t ti 'Cseclio-Hiuvakl- c 1 There la to be constructed on the Lincoln Highway, the great national iwop1 , told. tj plots raid stretching scrum the country In the L'krnliq5EA - See spur (t iAii A'lie f wiiWfj-murder- - nnd asaaun. .. vViJsffiauiy j trE"-'w- l tlgju- will ernbooy the highest weapon Are charged against Louise ldeata of modern American highway the population. A fruit Viwmnj iliitod Feb. McDonald, manager of a looming const ruction. This section will serve "There st Jutloun for house at Magna, who la held Jn the ss ah example to the roed builder of ruury county jail. Edith Frankovlch swore the world aeeklng Information as to three weeks; deatlf stglksthrougli the to the complaint filed in the ohice of the best and most aatliractory type streets of Vienna anft takes unhinderihe county attorney, following a cut- of roadrfhat can be built. ed toll." - The funds for ting fray. building the section Budapest, according to pur Informawill be provided by the United State I one vast city of misery and tion, In announcing Rubber company. The nnmlitr of deaths is suffering. to the companys willingness pay for Mine Sweeper No. 38. that of blrtlqL- Of tin double N. J. President the section. Vice children In the Wliools. lUUZZi Gunn said: "The desire of the company In au- are deiiendmi on public charity. There thorizing the appropriation la to ad- are 1A0.U00 workers Idle. vance public knowledge regarding Tydius anil smallpox have Invaded proper permanent highway constructlte four countries rouiKMlng tion, and to stimulate on the part of and there la lark of medithose who have In charge the conand physicians. cines, soap struction of America public roads, a In Merida typhus 1ms broken out careful consideration of the needs of the future In undertaking present aguln and there are but 200 physicians to minister to th needs of Unit enconstruction." The specifications of the "Ideal tire country. Sertlon have not yet been decided. Iu Mouteuegro. where, food is runA questionnaire boa been mailed to short, there are blit five phyning every highway commissioner and en- sicians for a populutlon' of 4no.uuu. SUtea. United In the asking gineer Returning to the United Mlales a for suggestions. The location of the horrors section has not yet been selected, but few weeks ngo with all these ringing In my mix, I found myself conditions on the Lincoln Highway In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa ones more in a land whose.gmnarie Indicate that one of those states will were overflowing, where health and be choeen. plenty abounded and where life activity and auger enterprise were In the ' full flood. I ask myself: "what If the plague and famine were here In the great territory between the Atlantic seaboard To the Editor. and tli Mississippi valley, which Dear Sir: The street car system ha extent of these not made the necessary reforms that roughly parallels ihe fares ravaged countries, and that GoJNXMklO it contracted for, namely, from Sandy and Midvale to Salt Lake. of our own peode condemned to IdleThey could not account for a million ness by luck of raw material and They built palatial cars, whose fields had been devastated by This little boat was one of the fleet dollar. There are no Invasion and CO which cleared the North Sea of which are unnecessary. rapine were nicked by jf Illuminated signs describing destina5Ti,000 mine. starvation and pestilence and If we to from Cars Sandy running voices and invoked The Fleet hns Just returned to tills tion. Salt Lake should have signs reading had lifted up our country and was- given a big recep- to Salt Lake via Murray and visa the attention of our brothers in haption In New York City. versa, and cars now running from pier Eunqie to our own deep miseries These boats would sometime be out Midvale, are labeled Sandy." The and our cries had Allen on deaf ears, twenty-fiv- e for as long ilaya In the conference visitor and strangers are would we nut In our despair exclaim storms and sea for which the North greatly Inconvenienced thereby. They agalnsr Ihelr heartlessness." Ren Is noted. The work waa declared are compelled to slop the car. for inOnly Three Wsye to Help Europe. if the Just fancy price InipiiHHlhle by other iinvle, hut the formation. Tliera are only three ways by which The are car for fares price granted. United Slnte went abend anil comstricken lauds can secure these man anil a 130 for a of house; pleted rid work before ihe scheduled hlabuying from the mil side world. One ie wife a month going the round time. fifteen dollars each. You can by iiayiiient. mie liy credit, and the The U. 8. Navy once again did the trip, a bicycle, a motor car, a house third Is by exchange of commodities. buy Impossible. of fnrnflure, etc. If these MHiple irled to liuy material Sandy, Midvale and Murray, do wake and supplies in America at present up to your own Interest. John Berry is vulue of ihelr currencies, Ausfighting your battle for you at the market have to my forty times the would be tria public utilities commission. Fray In earnest. original eosl. licmuiny thirteen times. Yours gratefully, Greece Just iluiildii, JOHN BERRY. fourteen times. Poland fifty times. These figures Hie official and are a true Index of the erommileul plight HOUSE FOB SALE of these countries. Four-rooIt Is rieor, therefore, that they canbungalow (brick) with basement; corner lot. A not give us gold fur the things they bargain. Apply Lenord C. Nell-somnal have, nor have they either pro4927 Centre street. Just ducts nr securities to offer ill return north of Murray First ward fur credit. If only they could obtain meeting . house. Phone Murraw material which 'these Idle millions ray 344-Jof tholf could convert into manufactured products they would have to tender the world In return AUTOMOBILE FOB SALE for Its raw material, food and mediBulck car A fine cine. But If they have neither money for sale cheap; newly painted, nor credit how are they to take till new modern top, plat glass first great step towards redemption. back; good tires. A bargain if half the world may not eat One taken at once. Owner leaving other half starves. How long the while town. Write Eagla Publishing the plague of typhus bellsvs do you or Co., Murray, phone Murray 35. - - : - 180,-00- 0 Cxeclm-Hlovukl- Communication sup-plpi- g Csecho-Klovuk- BOND in m . jCetterheads n, Snvelopes sum-thin- GiveUsYbur Orders for Printing French peasantry hi Worklng-im- d French artisan,' while, stilt-- , a need of raw materials, lias no i habit of iudustry and thrift. The encouraging fact about FrSoiv Is that her people ora alive-Juusne of FranctOi .irotdemi.aid they are going forward ; bravely: to solve that problem. Italy, despite hi er greet short aga.Srf .raw materials, I looking forward and not backward. Italy aui-(VVl Ird'yie uu to do her twit. . Kuglsud la meeting the "phibjeqtgof reconstruct Ion Just as tbqse'.wiid pint her past should havs expected Her. to .. . y , meet them. Plan to Aid Centriff Ci rope, It Is not for me pbrhgpa, Je glvd iu: detail a formula 'fon akiiqtlou.' of the worlds 111, but as I .hsv.ir lieen jisksif many tipies, "What 'would you "dp ITT am glad toglre my owu audWarr,. Y Accordingly t would ask: L That' congress id) mediately port a bill appropriating a sutu hot to exeeo-trceed 2fi0u.uuu.unu for tha 'us and eastern Europe. I 2. That congress go upon. j'tike president to appoint v commission of three America nil. dlW tlnguished for their bharucter and : executive ability ami commandliyt' .the reflect of th Aniurlnyi"pplb: tyuCh a commission should . Includo" then" qf the tyic of General leral)fliK.Mr. Hoover or Lafib. I would Invest t(iat cainlnlaslou ' jvUh ' ' ,'a. complete isiner. 3. I would have tb coiniidsslgn structed to proceed at pilot. accoiiW panted liy pnisr personnel. to survey eondlliiiiiK In ccntial and eastern Europe and then tut for- tlie restciraiiim of tliuse ,4nuiitrUs uijder 'SUcll cornli-Ihiiand iqsm sm-- terms as the Itselfinay deehls to. be prai- -i tlcnlile and effective. Aiming Ihe r sliould lie provided slioiild he no lucnf InleVjereiu'e Willi the Tree and unlnitiliielled.'exerihiitiv tin, ciiiiiiiii.ioil of ils ow rt' of ulloiuig- oniteriakc v Gliqciaibttilili . ui oaiuii.ft.-4- , I.-oiinhle prejuiin .ul tiurriers Imiwecu rim various roiiiilries sliould Is rel moved. and Midi gmir.iu-lie-s as psy Is available sliould lie exacted in order that the iiiiidilluns Imposed should be fulfilled. 4. Aa to financial terms, I should make them liberal. I would charge no interest for tlie first three years; for the next three years 0 per cent, with provision Hist much of such luiereat might he refunded if tlie aconoiiiie of ihe country were not normal, or if Its exchange conditions were mi adverse as to make IMiyinent unduly liinlensouie. I should make the maiurliy of the obligation five yisirs from Its dale and 1 sliould luive no doubt as to It fliml payment. fi. Immediately tlie plan whs uilopt-e- d I would have our government Invite oilier goi eminent In a isisltiuu g. to assist, to participate in tin ' ,-; . , , . , fgttoT' I Lejablq-t- e fr(w-ti- w yjiirz; btunra haw'VacnutdyiUfifdjf'fqr wa euWiigiirinailyi wbStbtiiVSey.hdT's-- t persons,' (Wi'-eV'- - tilsshi - - iwAfuieStiriiiAf V. .(4 . ,- . ' I, ,,v- - tqo ;. Tha .'v ' fV'.. . Aaljhby-e- ..V ' - ..-.- . ul ' .they must., keli. ctugip --goodaT - IhMc" joq dquality. Thr'j(HI et. tik.ei. retuli NedleMtln jpaH . ordez5msi'.vJJ$ J)" " T. TljW. tsonlila'Jii 'tlfiit. Jhd man VifcVJijay. f,ill?rtlfiitw,Jii vuiUnrF. t G, fort h completely my To opinion, I should adil tlini iu the filial i llie Instructions people through llu lr goicruuieii1. slioiild sy to die coiuinisslon: "We whiiI you lo go ,iuii do this Job a sillily in -- ucli n manlier, ns nfli-you think it sliould he doin', lids Is mi ordinary undertaking. The Auieri- trust you to see dial ii is enn done right. : I would also say to the Use so mueh of this money ns I needed." Personally, I am cuiiflilciit that with tlie assistance and which would come from oilier parts of the world the sum of would from the United Slates he more thau enough to sturt these countries on their way to self supsirt aud the restoration of normal conditions. Hie whole plan, of course. Involve! the many practical considerations, most serious of which Is that of obtaining the money, whether by Issuing additional Liberty bonds, an Increus In the floating debt or by taxation, lint 1 think we could properly say to tlia treasury department : We know how serious your financial problems are; we know- - the difficulties which are immediately confronting yon; we know the luipuimnc of deflation, and we know dint tha government must eennoudxe uinl that Individuals muxl economize, hut w also know tlint the Amerhiin government advanced Sin.ODO.IVKl.Oml . to 111 allies to attain vtrlory and pcai-eIt I worlli making die additional advam-- In order to realize dm Hace for which we huve already struggled. for nothing Is more certain than that nut II normal conditions are restored in HuroK', tliera can he no peaee." Above all things. I would say that whatever action Is taken should lie The crisis is so taken liiiliirdlntcly. acute that the situation does not admit of delay, except witli dm of iniisctpifiii-- one hardly dunconlempliile. The situalion that I have spread nnt here Is fsr beyond tlie coie of Individual charily. Only by the nrtloii of governments, onr own and the others whose resources enable them to cooperate, can aid he given In sufficient volume. I sni also confident that onr action would be followed hy the government of Orest Britain, of Holland, of the Rcandliiuvlun countries, of Rmln and Japan, and that Franco and Belgium and Italy, notwithstanding all o4 their losses, would help to th beet el their ability. si-- r eouiii-issioi- i ter-tuilil- y assl-liiiit- y - ' ... , ' : f wlirdikJliHF'kg- - cdu-diti- nndet-tnklii- ... B,t V (A She: ;.trtve. ,; P'f; prohujllic kdh a, 'hwson.T.ig rtdVj tWl rlljit.-.tlie- xuliKt.-iiithi- : -f ottiarll2i.. is on rOVh- iie would -- ce just wind he wns :,uying and iniglil realize that lln- - ?ii not meet his needs. He orders a 28 stove from the mull order house, however, Just because tlie price la 8J and not becuuae he has any assurance dint the atove will meet hi needs. He thinks he Is saving a dollar or two b haying this stove Instead of paying gll) or 211 to the home merchant for one that he ha seen and know will give him sutlsfuctlon. The chance are that when the atove arrive and lie baa used It for a abort time he will reullxe Ihut be haa practiced false economy that It would have been more economical In the end fur him to pay a dollar or two more to hi hom merchant and get an article thut was guaranteed by the dealer. ' Tlie patron of the mall order house, also, often falls to take the matter of traiiajMirtidlou charges Into consideration when making Ids purchase, tie sip only the price of the article ns listed In the mull order catalogue and lines not think of the express or freight eiiarges, which witli the cost of a money order and postage often muke the lotul cost of the article greater tjiun the price at which the same thing could hare purchased at the local store. Another case of false economy. Buying merchandise of pour quality because die price 1 low is often false woiiumy when tha purchase Is muae at tlm home stores but it 1 doubly so when the merchandise is bought from a malt order house. When buying at home one cun lie reasonably sure tluil the article purchased at a low price, while there Is uo such assurance w hen li la bought by mall on the "fight un tceu plan. Idea la Exploded. The Idcn tluit the mull order houaes sell the same quality of goods at lower prices thun the home merchuuts is quickly explod-g- i when one learns of the large profits that are uiude by the inujorlty of the mail order houses slid the lurge selling expense to which iln-- i are auhjccled. The large mull iirdc" houses sjH'nd hundreds of tliousuinl-u- f dollars unuually for advertising und the selling rxiienscs of tlie smaller concerns are proportionately as lurge. Their other exiienscs. such us rent, tuxes and labor, are ulso higher than those of the local retail merchants. In proiiorUnn to the business which they do. Iu spite of these heavy exjienses. the mull order house distribute million of dollars In dividends among ihelr stockholders. In me lurge n;eil order concern the profit of the stockholder, in cash und slock dividends, hare uggivgntisl as much as 1.000 per cent nu Ihe capital Invested lu the abort period of nine yours, 'fhis tines not ludlcnte that the mall order boti scare Iu business fur their health ami are giving away merchandise t tbeK customers. The mall order homes have rapt tallied the desire o economize thet la Inherent In almost every one. By placing price above quality and making cheapness the fundamental element In their business they have Inculcated In the.mlnda of their patron the Idea that they are economizing when map gooda at cheap pricu. siovi-woiil- hi-c- th,- - i al.le rtm-he- s the cu-lofa only :ut Inches wide, the customer not oniy lias a moral right to kick, but he bus a legal right to accuse the sell-of obtaining money under false pre--I otises. However, if the customer buys h table which looks In a picture to lie 48 liiclic wide, hut which proves UMin It arrlvul to he only 3G Inches wide, be has no legal ground upon which lo Imse a complaint If the seller ha not told him In so many words thut the table was 48 Inches wide. 8tick to Truth in Figures. Some mull order unscrupulous house have taken uilvaiilage of tlilg selling jsmer of picture In a very Ingenious tray. They adhere atrielly to the truth In the actual measurement given In their catalogin' of the article which they have to sell. They liny employ descriptions which exaggerate the qualities and upH'araiieea of tlie nrtich'H offered, hut when it nines down to actual tiiensurcincnta the description given are technically Hirrect. Tin'll these concern rely umhi their plctnri' to sell tlie liicrcliiimllse, realizing thill a picture will make a fur deejMT impri-ssioiinui the mind of the prospective Imycr tlain the actual figures given. A picture of n wide, roomy las! will attmer the eye and tlie renth'r prolialily will not stop to measure off the width of the bed a it Is descrtlMd In the catalogue to eeo whether it is us wide ns d. Figures, in the ahstrarl, menu little to the average reader and do not convey the impression that is given in the cr ( pie-tun- . A funner iniinuger of a mail order house toll lmw his roncern manipulated picture In this way to suit It It hud iilctiires of It purismc. cliulrs retouched so that the lega seemed to he uu Inch and u half In diameter. when they were really lo It made narrow bed Hum uu iin'li. appear in the picture to be wide and comfort Hide. Post of Iron lasls tlmt were really an inch in diameter were made to uppear us If they were three Inches In rliii'kiii'ss. These thing are easy for uay competent artist to do. Patrons Had No Recourse. This ciinci rti, however, adhered rigidly to the iriilli iu the measurements fndil.lisl In the descriptions. Custom-r- s who found, when they received heir g'Hids. tlmt they wen' not what ciitild kick, hut It would "ytln--i'Xls'teil, no good. The mall order .( 'i ttsc rmilil show that It had Set forth truthfully In cata- ogneB, ami there was no recourse for be customer. There Is no question hut that pictures will lie, Kumetiuies without any and the imtsuii who buy an article of merchandise from a picture Is taking Mg cha nrew even though tlie picture Is not Intentionally altered to give a wrong Impression. Any amateur photographer knows from experience how the camera often will give a wrung Idea of proportion. The only safe method la to buy from tha local merchant where one eeea th article Itself nml not a picture ol It The article itself cannot lie about ill dimensions, at least, f i nuinlp-d'itlo- si ' |
