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Show Sj MAYOR BREAKING POTATO TRUST yj II j, Indianapolis, Oct 13 Major Shank I II i Is preparing to continue his war on ' II tho alleged "potato trust." If he has ' j to send 500 mlles to get his supplies ' for the local maikeL The mnyoi an-1 ,' nounced yesteida that he had been ' advised ho could obtain all the pota-1 toes ho desired in. Minnesota at prices I , that would jvormlt him to continue rc- 'i r tailing them hero at 75 cents a bushel. j Mayor Shank has been getting His i. i supplies from Michigan, but the price 1 1( there has gone up because weather il' conditions navo not permitted potato- digging for two weeks Momentarily II tho city executive was afraid he ; would have to back down, Then he ; received a letter from the superin- 1 tendent of the agricultural hlqh school at Mcintosh, Minn The chief wrote that ho was in a position to 3ell the I mayor several carloads of potatoes at from -10 to 50 cents a bushel, which would bavc to be added to the cose of handling and freight; A Bralnard. Minn , man also wrote that plenty of potatoes we're to be had in that locality at 45 cents a bushel. Tho mayor expects to receive, jwo additional ad-ditional carloads today that he bought at sixty-eight "cents a busnel, f o. b. Indianapolis. 4 |