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Show OXEN NO LONGER BEASTS OF BURDEN CHICAGO. Oct. 1. "Times Co change." Is1 the unanimous verdict of officials of the American Electric Hallway association who searched three months for n im rf rvcn f-rt i be used in connection with tho an-' nua! convention here. "When someone suggested' an ox team to show the stages In thu prog-1 ress of transportation everyone agreed 1 that finding oxen would be easy,"! said .ecretar James W. Welsh. "But when we began to look for them we couldn't find one. E.ra' Meeker, an Oregon trail pioneer who1 drove an ox team about the country) In the Interest of good roads, was, appealed to, but hla team was stuffed, and on exhibition In Seattle, Wash. "Wo asked stockyards officials, wild wVst shows and many others. ' Eventually we heard of one blind ox In Phillips. Wis. and. after petting the entire city interested In the search, we located a yoke near there." rr |