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Show (" 1MIMIII iiiri.TnTni' The Reasons Why ; ' ' ! , I " ' ' " t : , ' . ' - I - t . . . , : ' I; THIS is what war-time conditions have done in the case of The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. , ; i : . Increased the cost of new telephone construction from 50 ! ' t to 100 per cent. 'or more. x . . , Doubled the price of steel, copper wire, platinum and lead, r ' Made highet. wages nccessaiy for telephone employes. I i . Increased the traffic so that a larger number of employes V is necessary. ''' v ' - 1 , Drawn to the colors a large proportion of the male employes. j c ' Made it possible to give the subscriber more service by, j 4i' gtrlit economy. , , . "4 I ' '" i ' Cut made it necessary for the company to get some increase 'it"' ' ' in rates. , ' ' ! The Company is therefore asking for what it v j . needs. Can a faithful public servant do otherwise? C-.. ' ' The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. - v I on a Rapid Schedule j v Fresh beef for domestic mar- II I ' , ' ' I. ; . kets ; goes from . stockyards to j II I Ijj retail stores within a period of j about two weeks. Although J ., ; ' chilled, this meat is not frozen; J j i hence it cannot be stored for a J . ..'v. ; ': i ;: .. " rise in price. . , .;' II Llii! A steer is dressed usually ' j j within ! twenty-four hours after I I purchase by the packer. The i 1 . ! ! beef is held in a cooler ; at the i packing house, at a temperature , j j' a little above freezing, for about ' ;': three days. ;,' ; It is then loaded into a refrig- ;1 !:: erator car where a similar tem- ; 1 ' M ' perature is' maintained, and is I i 7., in transit to market on an aver- ' j ' age of about six days. ', ' : j j Upon arrival at the branch if . ' ' iji ' distributing house, it is unloaded . j 1 il : into a "cooler' V and placed on. j ' jp sale. ., I j I Swift & Company requires all 1 1 1 beef to be sold during the week . : !, ij 1 of arrival, and the average of 1 . . j J sales is within five days. ' v i ! Any delay along the above ! , journey means deterioration in i j ! the meat and loss to the packer, v . ,; jj '''ll: ' Swift & Company, U.S. A. ' li !! : . III! ilSl;-,, I : i The Evans Ice Co A Wants to sell you your ice this .summer. Family trade is solicited. Delivery is made to your door every morning. If you want good, pure, clean ice call No. 9. The Double Standard Oil & Gas Co. is the owner of valuable oil leases in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming, and has recently added a valuable lease in the new Electra-Burk-burneH oil field, Texas, with 8 producing wells, together I with pumping plant, tanks and full equipment, connected with the pipe line, and selling oil. Price was $2.00, now $2.50, and expect soon to be getting $3.00 per barrel for this 1 high grade oil. The Company is pushing drilling operations 1 I in this new field, as rapidly as possible. 1 I Stock is now selling at 10c a share. 1 1. You can join us in an exceedingly profitable business I I enterprise, and in doing so, help increase the oil output, B I which means, help win the war. Write u for free map and 1 further particulars. I I Special inducements to live, active salesmen. IE iii OIL A! GAS Bl IJoston llldg., Phone Main 3937. Denver, Colo. I . PATTERNS to ff' V new materials make isM jYl delightful gowns that "Vl, t vK in II tne woman wh0 l've5 Vl7v'A if ff I on cr war 'ncome iJ2& 7 t-TJ A cannot resist, but can JplJ, IriillV) McCall designs are slciif 1 ft! McCALL TO IV PATTERNS J? nT or u8TUst Mmmo , NOW ON SALE MU DrMl j 11447 fiklr THE McCALL' COMPANY New York San Francico . Atlanta Chicago Boston Toronto |