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Show H RAILROADS OR NO RAILROADS Hj Des Moines, principal city and capital H cf- Iowa, has lost its traction and interur- H ban car lines. H Monmouth, normal school city of Ore- H in. :t year aeo had a dozen passenger H tmins. Now has none. H -iln ad managers are sitting up at Hj night to keep their roads running, - the H , people love the jitneys so. H V; coarse, it would be easy by a wave H of the hand or a popular vote, to "tike H j-.o. over." H ; The whole los3 could be saddled on the Hj ' l'i tl a end both railroads and1 H Private property could be "taken over" bv H the state. H 'i The Question before tho American peo- H pie oday is carlines and railroads or no H carlines or railroads. H Tlie movies had no trouble mising ad- H mission from 5 and 10 cents to 35 cents to $2.00 but that is diffeent. They are r H luxairy transportation is a necessity. R p. n |