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make out what she's goin' to do next she'll fool you wuss n ever an more'n likely do 'xactly what you knowed she was goin' to do. Tn ain't no tellin'. Pears like a poker deals more doubt fuller n either one on em, though. You c'n get ace an three picture cards O one suit, mebbe, fir the first four. but Moses an all the prophets couldn't tell whether the next one Il be the ten O suit or measly tray O t'other color. "All these here mysteries O creation c'n be found out if a mans gifted special I've knowed a man t lived so long with a woman t he ed tell four times outen five whether she was goin to comb her hair or lick some O the children first off when she'd got O bed. An there's engl- neers has found out t they cn put mat tresses O barbed wire an brushwood on the bottom O Mississipp n pile cobble- stones onto 'em sos to keep the water f'm rising over the tops O tn levees. Leastways that's what they say an they've ben at it good many years. Bein' $ they're engineers likely they know.
 Same with draw poker" he contn- ued. q ain't a-saying but what there's them t has talent. Sich as has c'n fore see mysteries even into deal. But there's been gifted men as had four aces framed up for their own selefs t found after the draw t soma other feller had one O them four, n 'twa'nt no mistake in the deal neither.'
 q sh'd say t you was talkin' some loose," said Jim Blaisdell critically. But when you say a man is real talented in the deal, an has it framed up to hold four aces into his own fist, an gives one O them aces to another man, 'thouten maxim no mistake in the deal, there's ground fir b'lievin' you must be some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24

McDougall is convenient, sanitary and durable than other cabinet It lasts lifetime It little than poorer is cheapest kind to Cut price s21.25.
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cred it. They say there was nigh 2O,Oo9 in the pot, but l reckon nobody but them two knowed just how much twas.
 .When they was all up Buck picked up the deck an says, How many But the stranger he grinned an says, II reckon you thought take what you want your own self eso Buck took two cards, bein careful not to miss the one on the bottom O the deck.
 When he looked at 'em he seen he didn't better his three aces, but the stranger showed down d spade royal lie been slick enough to palm that ace when he cut, thinkin' it thought come handy, an when he seen the other four spades in his hand O course he knowed he was safe.
 So YOU cn see fir yourself, Jim, as how I was right when l said twa mt no mistake into the deal t Buck Siffers made. Mebbe 1t II teach you not to be so peart about buttin in when I'm tryin to tell instructive poker story.
 ..rhe. drinks is on me- said Blaisdell.
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round home no more, an bein as he were a young man still, like l was say in, an eonsid able ambitious. Buck Sif- fers done took to travelin' the river i'm time to time, not steady like pfession- al, but sort O casual like, settin' in with p'fessionals n anybody else t wanted to play on. the boats, but al'ays comin home, so they said, with more of wad nor he took away with him. An he kep this up fir some years, sos tn old man 5 days was filled with peace count O Buck not havin' been found out.
 q reckon likely 'aint in tn natur' O things though, t a man c'n go on frever
 thouten making no breaks. There'll al'ays come a time when he'll take q drink to much, r get sleepy, r take q chanst ag'in somepin' Us too much for him, or some one O them thousand ill t human natur' done fell heir to, like the scripter says, an the chances is a hun dred to one t when he does therell be some galoot on t'other side O tn table II be just slick enough r lucky enough for to catch on, an just naturally when that happens there's more or less trouble ahead fir somebody. Who tis Il more n likely d'pend on who draws first, but f there's anythn like quick action it'll be one or t'other
 Buck Siffers want nothin more n human, even if he was slick, an stood to reason he was goin to make a mistake some time, n he did.'
 Just what I was sayin',h said Jim Blaisdell impatiently, with vainglory iii his voice. This here little antidote 9 yourn about a player : ed beat all crea- tion may have some bearin's. l ain't sayin' 'tain't, but what you was sayn' was t this here trouble t comes don't come thouten it's bein' no mistake. ID-. ? A T he looked around the room triumphantly.
 Old man Greenhut looked at him some- what curiously and lighted a cigar with, great deiberation before he spoke. When he had it well alight he said: "Is that all, Jim?"
 Well, I reckon thatll be all fir just now" said Blaisdel, somewhat taken aback. "Mebbe there'H be more later on.''
 After smoking while in silence the old man continued as if there had been no interruption. Buck Siffers made his little mistake just at the wrong time, like man does mostly, an there ain't no disputin' as it cost him a considerable part O that there competence t he'd been layin away. It sure was d crool blow for to see such a wad took i'm a native at one swell swoop by cock eyed cross roads gambler O tn common tinhorn type, an Buck want never the same man a ter
 Hit come about I'm him gettin careless, just fir a minute, an that stranger ben' cockeyed. Buck was lookin at his off eye, which was fixed just at that p'tickier moment onto a drink t the .nigger was bringin him i'm thebar, an Buck never seen t his nigh hand eye was fastened onto the deck when he cut it, careless like,
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fond of talking with 'sons of toil" When driving through Eden Park one day in his dog cart, Judge Longworth stopped a Llodding laborer and asked him if he wanted a lift. The Irishman accepted, and once in the cart the judge said:
 Well, Pat, you'd be long time in Ire- land before you would be drinving with a judge
 Yes, sir replied the judges guest And you'd be nanny a day in Ireland before they'd make ye a judge.''
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dividin' it just at the pint where Buck reckoned on him doin' of it an leavin' the ace O spades on the bottom. like Buck s'picioned he thought.
 This here stranger was takin' trip round among tn small towns in Mis- sssippi fr his health an general welfare, an pears like he'd heerd O Buck some where's an felt like takin fall outen him. bein as he'd picked up some little money onto his trip, so he come to Green vile an put up to the tavern.
 He set round fir day or two doin nothin' and then chucked~ a question or two at the landlord touchin on the chanst of a game O draw, an just naturlly the landlord set Buck onto him. Buck gen'ly givin him cmis- sion on the game outside O the reg lar kitty.
 They couldn't get nobody to set in with 'em, so they greed to play a freeze out fir a thousand, just fir a starter. Pears like the tinhorn were a topable strong player, an Buck, seeein' he flashed large wad, reclSoned it d be toll able good play to lose tn freezeout so's to get him het up enough to play f'r his pile later on. So he lay down two or three times when he didn't reely need to an petered his money out on few bits t want called for till his thousand was all in
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24
SUBL L|ME TALENT
 SHOWN IN DEALS Siffers Couldn't Make Another
 Ace of Spades THOUGH HE IS CLEVER The Usual Poker Game With Pic turesque Features Is Pulled Off in Old Greenhut's Place in
 Arkansas City.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 T was thinkin," said old man Green hut, about women an the Mississippi river an square deal into a poker game. Tn ain't nobody cn tell nothin' about . none on 'em Times when tn river pears Mike it's flowin' on srene's bayou hit Il give twist like in the night, an heave the half of a plantation over onto tother bank Times when you re plumb flabber- gasted about woman an nigh crazy to
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Snobbish Remark Rebuked.

From The Circle.
 Judge Longworth q scinnati, the fa- ther of Nicholas rth, was very
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$15 FOR FOLDING BED-Fine golden oak fitted with French plate mirror, has splen- did spring, pencil wire. This is convenient piece of furniture and will take care of your company
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Just naturlly the stranger, hayin'
 cumulated consd able confidence along with his thousand, didn't offer no objec- tion when Buck ptended to be sore an D posed a game thputen any limit So they called fir fresh deck an two more drinks, an begin growed mans game.
 "Even then Buck Siffers want in no great hurry, p'ferin to do up the strang CT gradual ruther'n to rush things an- likely get into a row, him bein a peace able man t never drawed thouten twas necessary, though he was reekoned as quick on tn trigger as the next when there was cause.
 ''So he moseyed along gentle fir d spell till he seen the stranger was winnin more'n was reel healthy, an he framed up a hand t was liable for to bust him wide open if it went through, an Buck hadn't no manner O doubt that. ben' as he hadn't never been caught, like 1 was sayn'.E
 'rhe way he reckoned to do, nigh as l cn fgger it, was to give his own self three aces an catch t'other one into the draw, an he'd give the tinhorn a all mighty high flush to draw to sos to coax him in. One O his best performances with the deck was to foce the cut. He'd lay 'em so t a man didn', spicion nothin' d divide the deck just where he wanted him to, an O course the cards was stacked right under that dividn pint
 'Well, 1t went smooth as m'lasses. The stranger he called fr a drink while Buck was shuffin' an cut the cards care less like, not pearin' to take no pticular notice on 'em just as his drink came. An Buck had the ace O spades just where it d be on the bottom O the deck a'ter the cut.
 Well, the stranger anted five call 10. like they'd been playin' an Buck looked at his hand an seen he had the three aces all right, so he came in. An the stranger rose it To- Just natur'ly Buck went back at him, an the stranger h'isted ag'in. It looked like a strong play fir a four-flush, but Buck figger'd he was ganblin' fir all t he was wuth to fill straight flush king high, even if he didn't catch the royal, an bein' as he had a red trey ready fir him to git on the draw he knowed his aces d be good So he vent again, an the stranger come bacg till they got to bet tin $500 at lick An then the stranger throwed in his hu1 wad an Buck cov-
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The following goods delivered you your office, prepaid receipt the
 rice. Goods shipped in plain
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s4.4n FOR SWING

Four passenger, painted red, heavy bolted, strong The little ones surely enjoy these swings and we have them that sus- pend from the ceiling, mission style
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
Interest All Human Aft
ZOE sALE
Houses

FOR SALE
HOUSES AND LOTS
SAME AS RENT
S650-S-room house, lot 64x175l
close in. near car lines.
gsO0---3-room house on list strsets
500 cash, bal s1b mo.
S9o0-B-room house. lot B4xi75;
500 cash. bal. $50 mo.
Neb0--4-room new house, fine;
500 cash. bal $50 mo
$1OO0-9-room plastered cottagei
$50 cash, bal $40 mo.
$1O50--5-room house, close In;
500 cash. bal. SIS mo.
g1100--4-room new plastered house;
$500 cash. bal. SIS mo.
St250--b-room new mod. bungalow:
s14oo--s-room new plastered house;
s1soo--s-rOom mod cottage. near car;
$500 cash, bal SIS mo.
$10O0-5-room mod house, lot 50x150;
$500 cash, bal. $50 mo-. close in.
$1S00-5-room new mod. bungalow;
$10G cash, bal $50 mo.
$1000--8eroom new mod bungalow;
S100 cash. bal. $50 mo.
$20O0-6-room mod house, Euclid ave-;
$500 cash. bal. $40 mo.
$22BO-B-room new mod bungalows;
$500 cash, bal. $40 mo-, hne.
We have houses at all prices
We also sell lots in rs new tracts. s30o
and up, $40 cash; balance SIS per month.
OFFICE OPEN SUNDAY.
TAYLOR REALTY CO, =
Corner East First and Evergreen SITS y
Phones: D1171; Boyle 1855 8-24-m-w-f-s
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
LEGAL. NOTICE
N0TIoH OF AssEssAEENT.

HOIlQG OE A06EaBAa EALs
Los ANGELES VACUUM ICE COMPANY
Location OF principal place OF businesa and
plant. Los Angeles, Cal.
Notice Is hereby given that at meeting
OF the board OF directors OF said Los An
geles Vacuum Ice company, held at their Of
fee. room 3l7 Merchants Trust company. city
Of Los Angeles, at hour OF .. m, July
IA 1908 an assessment No. ! OF 10 per cent
was levied on the capital stock Of said COM
pany, payable Immediately, to W. L. Brent.
treasurer. at his office. 100 Security building.
IN the city Of Los Angeles. said assessment
to apply on outstanding obligations incurred
In erecting the plant.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shalt
rem ain unpaid on the 18th day OF August.
1905. will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction. and unless payment
Is made before will be sold on Wednesday,.
September 1s, 1908, 70 pay the delinquent at
sessment. together with cost Of advertising
and cost OF sale.
By order Board OF Directors.
tSigned1 O. w. LYNCH SEQ.
e-2~so-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

FOR RENT-vERY DESIRABLE HOUSE,
keeping suite. 2 or rooms. Broadway sSSs.
e0S %. TWELFTH ST. S-22-S
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rIlaAAIncK School Of Express
OUlVllVUON sion and Academy
Fifteenth Year ODeuS SEPT. "a

Boarding and Day School for Young
Women. Expression, Academic and
Special Courses. Refined atmosphere,
best influences, high ideals Outdoor
study gymnastics. tennis. basketball.
Illustrated catalogue mailed free upon
request. School open daily,
S-15-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
SALT LAKE ROUTE

All trains daily except as noted.
Leave. Arrive
1000 arn....Los Angeles Linited-..... 500 pm
Chicago. Omaha. Salt lake city
500 pm. Overland express-chi-.... 500 am
csgo. OMAHA st. Louis, Kan
sas City. Denver. Salt Lake
City and Goldheld.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

FOR RENT-FURNIsHED PARLoks LArEkf
occupied by Madam LefePvrs snressmakel' ass.t,,aa
verv DESIRABLE for dressmaker or milliner;
NSly 7-19-x
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FOR REN'r-HoUsEKEEPING ROOMS, FUR
nished, cheap. Call F4445. 6O2h s. FIGuE-
ROA ST. s-ie-x
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FoR RgNr
Rooms-FurnIshed

TWO LAl.l4B FRONT ROOMS. FURNlsAiEpL:; ii.L:
close I'M elegant yard and porchi [or hshs hs
housekeeping; rent reasonable to me mes Tsp' -
parties. See me after o'clock Mhs. q.
CoRENsoN. SIS Sunset blvd FAone 49,
way 12c2. Ie-~
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1osEpH N. WHYBARK

Sight Singing. Public School Music.
Prices Reasonable. Blanchard Hail.
Room s31.
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Wagons

FOR sALE--GooD CAMP OR LIGHT
farm wagon; good as new. 1887 BRIDGE
STREET. 1888
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BUNGALOW

-Four rooms and bath. hot and cold water
on an sa-ft oiled street. block from yell
low car line nvs minute car service This
house is worth seeing. as it is the best bar
gain have had on the market for some
time. It only requires $3.50 cash and SIS a
month to own this modern brand new bum
salow. Take Euclid avenue car to my office.
corner indiana and Stephenson.
F. w. BLAKE
Boyle 2ls2. s-fs-w
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

W. W. HoLcoMB. ATTY. ADVICE EREn
onics 40 Wilson blk. First and Spring cts.
f1(my
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

STOCKS AND BONDS
CHARLES C. LAMB,
40S Fl. w. Hellrnan bldg Tel Ass59
viii fill your order in the following to sell
or buy: p b. Steifer, Tom Reed Eldorado,
Gold Bar Dredging. Virginia Placer,
Zahns Roller Bearing.
Anti-Friction j. B.
Southern Tel Electric. S-2s-3
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

NICE AIRY FRONT ROOM WITH HOT AND
cold water shower and bath on a same ss.I door;
private family; win rent sans 70 eisneI on 1Is
~" TAX
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

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sPECIAL-THE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC
company offer 20 per cent discount on any
gas or electric portable in the house dur
ing the week A rare opportunity to sup
ply yourself with this necessity at cost or
better S-S-16
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
Hotels and Lodging Houses

newly furnished apartment and rooming
house, close In. for bungalow or western lot.
A75sg S-22-2
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California School

for boys. 1882 LovELAcE AVENUE Board
ing ana day; primary and grammar grades;
military drill. physical culture Eloyd, lang
uages Boys OF 6 years and up admitted. illus
trated catalogue. H. william Brick. A. NJ.
Principal Home 1s673.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
FoR RENr
Rooms-FurnIshed

FOR RENT-coAPLETELY FURNISHED
bungalow. e4os POLLARD ST., Garvanza;
corner lot on car line; equivalent to five
rooms: built-in beds, mirrors, cosy corners,
cases. fine kitchen, mantel, bath rooms. ETC.;
reasonable rent for long time to adults. APP
ply premises. 8-23-2
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FoR sALg
Suburban Properly
ACRES
Government Lands

GET 100 ACRES GOVERNMENT LAND.
rich, red loan, plenty Of water, close to-
market; so cents an acre pay location and
filing fees; open evenings Investigate
LOSS LAND Co. 204 Bradbury bldg.
&
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

Eop RENT-MoNEY MADE DAILY. AND.
Herald want ads help to make it. Let your
wsnta become known through Herald want
ads. Herald want ads destroy wants b-lS-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
Pianos
PIANOS

Sold on easy payments. rented at low
rates; tuning a speciality. A. G. GARD
NER Piano House. lis Winston ST. Both
phones f-zo-m
$3.50 MAHOGANY PIANO. USED 6 MONTHS.
only s145; IS payments; rent So e1o
WEST SIXTH ST 6-19-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
Furniture

SEPARATE LOCKED IRON ROOMS So PER
month; trunks. boxes etc. $50 to soc;
phone for our large van when you move,
Si25 per hour. COLYEAR WAREHOUSE
CO., lI5-17-19 San Pedro st. main office,
609-11 Main St Phone Main l117;
F3171. b-l-x
FOR sALE-FuRNITuRE OF B-RocM
nat. piano included. Apply Tot EAST
SEVENTH ST. s-2s-s
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seaoh Property

FOR RENT-s-ROoM HOUSE AT OCEAN
Park; blocks from ocean; furnished, SIS
per month. SNOW, sos Bryscn blk, s-2i-s
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Beach PropNty--santa MonIoa

FOR SALE OR ExcHANGE-CHEAP; OWN
er leaving on account OF sickness; houses
and lot on Surf street (cne 1 rooms the
other rooms) both completely furnished;
modern: all clear; $1,000; reduction for cash.
VIII bring in $3.50 per year; almost 20 per
cent on Investment Also. for SALE snaos
now 5-room California house; lot 50x150 fruit
trees and berries: partly furnished $3.50. Ad-
dress r.. r. THoMAN, owner. 1913 Nine
teenth st., Santa Monica. s-2s-w
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

FoR RENT-3 NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
in private house; ideal arrangements for
housekeeping II desired. S232 KEY WEST
ST. near Jefferson. Phone South 5538. b-2l-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
housekeeping; two or three-room suites; pri-
yate place; large grounds ideal summer
home at low rates; walking distance. 525
S. FIGUEROA ST. Phone FS175. b-16-x
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24
FoR RENT
Flats

FUR HENI--
Just completed, the most modern up
to-date 4-roorn flats in the city, sie to $40.
T. L. OBRIEN & CO..
Jefferson and Main s-zS-o
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

TOR RENT-sINGLE, PERMANENT, TRAM
sient and light housekeeping rooms for rent;
RlI outside sunny rooms; close in; 80 and up
per week. 1888 MAPLE AVE b-lS-x
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LIvestoek-pouItry, poas, sIrds
LIvsstOok-tlOrses. Mules, Cattle

LOG FOR SALE--ENGLISH BRINDLE BULL
bitch pedigree. 6515 BoNsALLo AVE s-23-;
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-24

FOR RENT-7n so. FLOWER ST.. LARGE
airy front rooms, elegantly furnished, new,
modern; bath; choice location; walking dis
tance; reasonable. Phone B1423. b-lb-x
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-06
PEOPLE YOU KNOW

G. w. Peck, of Pasco. is in town to-
day.
J. W. Ellis was a Pendleton guest in
the city yesterday.
J. A. Hill, of Prescott, is in the city
today on business.
A. Planting. of Adams, is a business
visitor in the city.
Frank Callahan. of Waitsburg, was
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Louis Schell. of Bolles is visit
ing friends in the city for a few days.
Louis Keen, of Athena. is in town
today looking after business interests.
Peter Hass was a visitor in Walla
Walla yesterday from his Clyde ranch
Mrs. Frank l.. Phelps is in the city
from Freewater for a visit with friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Woods are in the
city from their ranch below Waitsburg,
today.
Mrs George Lloyd is down from
Waitsburg for a visit with friends in
the CITY,
c. o. Start, we'll known Clyde
farmer, spent yesterday and Saturday
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sullivan are visit
ing in the city from Pendleton for a
few days.
NJ l. MAIDEN, of Prescott, is in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-06
DISPLAY AT ALBUQUERQUE

The productivity of the arid lands of
Washington when water is turned on
them will be widely exploited at the
sixteenth National Irrigation congress
to be held at Albuquerque during the
two weeks of September 29-October TO-
when the twenty eighth annual terri
torial fair is held in the New Mexico
metropolis. The irrigation congress will
last six days of the two weeks and
will be attended by prominent men
from all parts of the country. The Sc
attic chamber of commerce will take
hold of the matter for this state and
Will constitute itself a clearing house
for those wishing to send fruit for
either display or for distribution. IS it
is intended to give away one car
load of fruit each day during the sit,
tings of the irrigation congress, it is
considered that the distribution of
large quantities of choice Washington
fruit will do more than anything else
to draw attention to what irrigation
can do here A campaign will also be
made to bring the congress for 1909 to
this state, and an effort will be made
to have the display of fruit from
Washington so prominent that it will
prove to be a powerful argument in
support of this states invitation.
Fruit growers of the Walla Walla val
ley should not neglect this opportunity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-06
THE STREET COMMISSIONER.

There are few men in Walla Walla,
especially among the old timers who
really made the city, who do not know
DicE Keefe, the candidate for street
commissioner, and to know Dion is to
Ike him.
There is no question of his capabil-
ity. He will make a good street COM
missioner. And he will make an honest
street commissioner. The people who
know him know that the interests of
the city will be safe in his hands, and
hat there will be no graft connected
With his office
1t is needless to add that Keefe will
be honest and just with his men. His
i@rS experience in the contracting
business proves this beyond the shadow
of doubt.
The name of a better candidate for
street commissioner than Dion Keefe
will not be found on the official ballot
next Monday.