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The Montgomery tribune., 1909-06-18

days newspaper and went to reading.
Hartley poked at the stove spell and
then went to the closet and got a
cigar. Van looked up and saw him.
Hand me one Of those" says he,
motionin'g towards the cigar.
There isn't any more. This was
the last one in the box"
THE devil 1t is! And you take it?
Well, by George!"
Nov, see here. l saw you take
four this forenoon, and this is only my
second. Don't be a prize pig"
The stove ashes got into his mouth
and nose Just then, so he had fit of
sneezing. When twas over he slammed
the poker into the corner and went to
the window.
Where's that idiot Scudder?" he
asks.
"You mean Natures Nobleman?"
says /, smooth and calm. "Oh, he
won't show up for a day or so. Seas
too high to risk his dory. Dories
cost money"
Van sat up straight. You're bluff
ing. aren't you, skipper?" he asks.
troubled. 1T isn't possible that that
rascal will stay at home and not come
near u.s."
"Rascal?" says l. Rascal? OH!
yes, yes. No, the rough diamond
won't trust himself afioat this weather.
He's too expensive a jewel for that.
Well have to do without milk"
milk be hanged! It's my mail I
want. Why, Pm expecting"
He bit the sentence in two and
looked quick at his partner. But
Hartley was scowling and staring out
of the window. guess he hadn't
heard.
"That fireplace needs filing" says
|. after while. 'Itll be mighty damp
and chilly here II the fire goes out"
why don't you char9sthat wood,
van?" asks Hartley. R fretful.
"Chop it yourself. &nds are
blistered enough aireRqS
mo more than mirlo.s at con-
founded stove has fixNd. Whore
I'm not burned I'm scraps fAw.''
Then there was another spoil OF
saying nothing.
Fires most gone" suggests. BY
and by.
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by the keg. Man alive, it's Para
dise'"
He ripped out an order for me to go
somewheres as far away from Para
disc as feller could think of.
Supper was ready by seven. All
we had to eat was a hunk of dry corn
bread and two eggs. oh, yes! and the
tea. Hartley billed some tea that was
a kind of herb mush. Strong and
thick enough for a stick to stand up
straight In. And there want clean
dishes to go around, so some of 'em
had to be washed.
/ was having q fairly good time
Wood must be chopped again and they
matched cents. Blessed If Van didn't
get the short end, as usual. His talk
was pretty nigh pitiful. 1t would
have brought tears to mules eyes;
I know 1t did to mine. The sight OF
Martins upsetting the tea-kettle and
getting next door to scalded was the
only thing that comforted him.
He got letter out of his pocket and
went to reading it. The envelope
dropped on the floor. II had printing
ON one corner and Hartley happened
to glance at it. Then he tiptoed up
behind his chum and peeked over his
shoulder
ED Van Brunt!" he sings out
whats that you've got there?"
T'other Twin jumped and looked
scared. He stuffed the letter back into
his pocket.
tits nothing" says he. suffering
Nothing but an old letter."
IT'S brokers letter." says Hartley
you villain. you've been speculat
ing!"
First of, Van Brunt was for denying
everything. But twas no use. His
chum had read the letter.
you've been trading In stocks" he
says, solemn. you, that have sworn
over and over again never to touch the
market! You!"
I'm mighty sorry, Martin" begs
Van. 1T was miserable cheap thing
| to do, don't know what you mus,
think Of me, old man. But, you see. 4
go so deadly dull here. and when
saa The Fost that day, it said that Tee
| Load ives a good purchase. l wrote
| S!ay ne and ile--
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RabbinicaI VIII.

An English rabbi was asked IL there
was any weighty reason against hav-
ing clock in the synagogue by no
means was the reply. Have your
clock, but put 1t outside the building.
and then you can tell how late you
come to the service" Two rabbis
were passing the beautiful synagogue
in which one of them officiated. How
| envy you!" said the first You
must be in paradise Hold,
friend" the second explained. I'm
the original paradise there was only
one serpent, but in this congregation
are many of them"
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hol on my lame shoulder. 'Twa'n't a
joyful kind Of experience, but twas
the first real daytime rest I'd had
since l got Naturalized. And, / own
up, I got good deal Of comfort watch.
ing the Heavenlies try to do for them
selves.
Mind you, II the thing had happened
when they first lit on Horsefoot Bar,
when they was full of simplicity and
the love Of It, cal'late they'd have
stood It better. But now they was
about sick of the island anyway, only
one was afraid to say so and tother
dassent So the more the work piled
up the uglier they got.
Dinner was served at four o'clock
scorched eggs again, and coffee. No
dish-washing. Twas storming hard
as ever and the draft kept both
the stove and fireplace roaring, so
more wood had to be chopped.
Martin" says Van Brunt, "go out
and cut that wood, will you? The ak
Is by the woodpile-that is to say, it's
there If this blessed cyclone hasn't
blown it out to sea-"
Hartley was poking at the stove,
with his face and clothes all covered
with ashes.
"Cut 1t yourself" says he, brisk.
You're doing nothing"
II cut 1t before" snaps his chum.
Think I'm steam engine?"
He grabbed up the day-afore-yester.
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reIp for the Artists,

The comic supplements are filled
these days with pictures representing
some of the foolish questions that
people ask. Here is a suggestion for
one:
A nan was walking hastily through
the rain yesterday afternoon. his UNI
brella raised and his head bent. An
acquaintance, standing in doorway.
hailed him:
Say" he shouted, ARE you going
to use that umbrella? If you're not.
lend it to mel"
Doesn't that capture the icing?
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-06-18
Which One Owns This TreeY

For sixty years and more tree has
stood on the dividing line between
two properties in Germantown. Pa.
1t is big tree now, and the base Of
the trunk extends % inches on land
owned by R. G. Beale and IA inches
on the property of Charles Spoerl,
The latter, making improvements. ar.
ranged to have the tree cut down. but
Mr.. Beale has obtained preliminary
injunction, and the case will be
threshed out in court.-Hartford Cou,
rant
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SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. Solomon Pratt began comical mar
Patton of story. introducing well-to-do
Nathan Scudder of his town, and Edward
Nan Brunt and Martin Hartley, two rich
New Workers seeking rest Because OF
latter pairs lavish expenditure of money,
eratt,s first impression was connected
with lunatcs. Van Brunt. 1t was learned,
pr Miss. Agnes Page, who gave Hartley
tlp Adventure at Fourth of July cele-
bration at Eastwich. Hartley rescued
boy known as "Reddy," from under a
horses feet and the urchin proved to be
pne Of Miss Pages charges, whom she
Out sailing later, Van Brunt. Pratt and
Hopper were wrecked in a squall. Pratt
landed safely and a search for the other
Two revealed an Island upon which they
|were found Van Brunt rented II from
Scudder and called 1t Ozone island. In
|charge of a company of New York poor
children Miss Talford and Miss Page Wis.,
Brunt and Hartley narrowly escaped be-
Png wrecked, having aboard chickens,
|pigs ETC., with which they were to start
"a farm. Eureka Sparrow. country girl,
Iwas engaged as cook and Van Brunt
and Hartley paid a visit to her father,
(who for years had been claiming con-
Sumpton as an excuse for not working.
Upon another island visit by Miss Page,
Eureka diagnosed Hartley's case as one
|of love for Agnes. At n lawn fete, Van
Brunt shocked the church community by
.raffing a quilt for the church's benefit.
1Iartley invented plan to make WASH
|4ngton Sparrow work.. In putting the plan
page. for whom the ''sck man" sent
Agnes then appealed to Van Brunt. Spar.
|row to escape the treatment proclaimed
himself we'll and went to work.
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Sees Final Victory over tuberculosis.

Sees Final Victory Over tuberculosis.
DR.. William Osler says: Whether
tuberculosis will be finally eradicated
is an open question. 1t is a foe that
Is very deeply intrenched in the hui
man race. Very hard it will be to
eradicate completely. but when we
think of what has been done in one
generation, how the mortality in
many places has been reduced more
than so per cent.--indeed, in some
places 100 per cent.-it is battle of
hope, and so long as we are fighting
with hope, the victory is in sight"
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Hard TO Handle.

How are you going TO keep COM
plants from arising among con-
sumers?'
II don't know" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Consumers are mighty trouble
some. Sometimes | think they take
advantage of the fact that We can't
get along without 'em in our bust
ness"
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Johnny's Objection.

Father (at supper able)-Well,
Johnny, how did you get along at
school today?
Johnny-Papa, my physiology says
conversation at meals should be of a
pleasant character. Let's talk about
something else.
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Caller-Do you think the DOCTOR -
going to help you, Mr.. Jones!"
Jones-He may, II can only follow
his orders. He told me to drink hot
water 80 minutes before every meal.
but 1t is hard work to drink hot
water for 80 minutes"
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ASK FATHER.

Clergyman-What would your IA
ther say If he saw you digging for
worms on Sunday?
Willie-I don't know; but l know
what he'd say If did not dig for them.
That's him fishing over there"
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Mystifed Mabel.

Mother (at lunch)-"Yes. darling.
these little sardines are sometimes
eaten by the larger fish," Mabel tagged
five)-"But, mamma, how do they get
the cans en?"-Exchange
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THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.


NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, ILL,
--Cattle-Native beef steers. i.5o@7.O6:
cows and heifers, 3.50@6.S5: stock
err ers and feeders, a.g594s5: cows and
heifsrs; h,1.S. 2'eo@S;sS s9, Hogs-Mixed and and
I75 rough. 7.soq145; light, 7.20@7.46:,
pigs, 5.75@7.00. Native sheep, and NUT
tons. 4.oo@5.75i lambs. 65o@sso.
KANSAS CITY.--cattle-cows and
aslfsrs 71@s 20 :7S@ssS stecmeTs and feeders,
3.75@7,25 Hogs-Heavy. 7.459760; pack
ers and butchers. 7,30@7.55; light. 1000
~; seioI plgs' dg ,s,7S@s.so. shsep-Muttons,
wethers, 45Oq6,o. range ewes. 4Oo@5f5.
observation-disclosures 5.2095. %;
stockers and feeders. 3.0OQ5.00: cows
and hefers. 2.40@6.e5: calves. 500
@S.0o: Hogs-Light. 6.S0@7S5; mixed,
@7,30; rough, 1907 80; pigs. 6oop6 so.
sheep-Native, s.75Q61o; lambs, 5.25@
500
ST LOUIS.--Wheat-No. red
1h2k@1.5s 80; 3. l.4oQl.54; No 4. l.O5
@l40: No, 2 hard, i.32h@Ii5; No. 3,
l.e5@i.sO No. 4. l.O5@l. 90 corn-No. q
TAN; No. 8. a: No, 4. 79iH; No 9 white,
76ls; No 3. rs; No. 2 yellow. 74M@75;
No; I; a, oats-No. 2, 5sA @55h; No 5.
$1,000; No. Z. 56is@5s.
CIiICAGO,--Wheat--N 2 red. 1.55
@160: No. 8, 152@155; No. hard
I2s@1.3l; No. 3. l.27Rl.29; No. q. spring
1.266e1.2s, Corn-No. 2, 7sN lTss; No 3.
76@Isla; No: 2 white, I; No. 3, 1875; No
No. white, 5sM geo; No. 8, 5s9sO; No
4, 5495SA.
KANSAS cITY.--wheat--No. red.
1.5t@151. No. 3, 1.5oql.54h; No 4.
1.30dp1. 45; No. 2 hard. 13911.45. No. 8,
l.341l AZ: No. 4. ll5@i.s7 Corn-No 3.
72h: No. g. TIN; No. A. 74h: No. white
TAX No. 3. 7S@7sA: No. . yellow. 7eis
No. 81 TN. Oats No. .. 5aQ6SMs No. ..
sy0ks; No, :, s7A@ssh.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-06-18

Shortest European People.
Laplanders are the shortest people
In Europe. the Men averaging four
feet II inches. the women tOur fssA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

In 1880. Santa Rosa county, then a
part of Escamb ia, was pretty wild
country. The woods were fun of villa
turkey, deer, bear and some wolves
and a few Indians. 1t was a fine cat
tie range. the grass was good and
there was plenty of the best water
IL the country. About that time a
number OF people from other southern
herds OF cattle. Among them were
the Jernigans, Cobbs, McDavids and
McCaslxills and others too numerous
70 mention. A number of Water saw
mills we're commenced on the differ
ent creeks of the county. They saw
ed I 1-4x5 and s flooring for the New
Orleans market. II was RATED down
the creeks to tide water, sorted and
piled, and when it was dry it was
either sent to the planning mills and
later shipped to New Orleans or ship
ped directly to that market.
Among the early arrivals were the
Simpsons, who came from North Car
oiina and settled al Woodbine, just
above Florida Town. They built a
mill and ran It successfully for sever
~ years, when a partnership was
formed between Joseph Forsyth and
the Simpsons-E. E. and Allen Simp-
son. They built a large gang saw
mill and planning mill, bota run by wa
ser power at Arcadia, three miles from
Bagdad.
When they started to build the mill
y z. Simpson began building a rail-
road to Eagdad TO haul the lumber.
In Just I'VE months the road was COM
pIeted. It was a broad gauge road
with wooden stringers and fat iron
and It was more difficult TO build
than any work on the p. & A. For
some distance they had to cut through
a solid bed OF sandstone rock, and
there were several long /. and deep
cuts. My informant told nee that Mr..
Simpson spent only five nights With
his family in the i've months he was
building the road, but stayed with his
hands all OF the time. The cars were
drawn by mules. The mill was run
successfully until they built the large
min at Bagdad.
Milton EstahIied in 1895.
About this time a cOnsidera Die
town WIS built at Florida Town, but
It was 50 unhealthy because OF the
use of surface water that il was aban-
doned, whereupOn the town of Milton
was established by Samuel G. Keyser
and others In 1895. That was before
driven wells came into existence. To-
day Florida Town is a railroad termi-
nus with number of people living in
good health. but they are not drinking
surface water
About the year 1880 the govern
ment gave contract for the building
of Fort Pickens John Hunt came
here from Louisiana and took a large
contract for brick. He brought his
negroes with him and located his
wards just below Bagdsd on the op
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stores all carry a good stock in their
various lines.
Milton has two good banks, the
First National Bank of Milton with
a capital stock of $4,000, and the
Chafin State Bank, capital stock S25,-
600. The deposits in the two banks
amount to $50, 900.
There is considerable cotton stored
in the town on which the banks have
made liberal advances-the owners
holding for better prices.
a number Of new residences have
recently been built and the old ones
have been repaired and painted. State
Auditor Amos has just completed and
moved into one of the finest resi-
dences ever built in the town. Milton
has a population of about 1000, so
you see the grass is not growing IN
the middle of the streets yet.
Beautiful Santa Rosa Sound.
The southern border of Santa Rosa
county extends for about forty miles
al,Jng Santa Rosa sound, with Santa
Rosa island for breakwater. The
ground is high and there are no
swamDs or marshes beautiful loca-
tor for residences. with a full view
of the Gulf of Mexico.
In a short time now the Pensacola
and Atlanta Air Line will be built,
and the time will be seven hours be-
tween Pensacola and Atlanta, instead
OF fourteen as it is at present One
can get breakfast in Pensacola and
dirner in Atlanta. About forty miles
OF this road will pass through Santa
Rosa county, through the finest tim
Der In the county, about $4,000 acres
Of 1t being virgin timber. II viii be
tuTpentined, then cut and sawn, and
MI
Isnd with the proper cultivation will
yield from a half to a bale OF cotton
to the acre and from twenty to forty
bushels Of corn.
Mr.. Editor. If you do not believe
what I say, just take a trip up
through this section next July and
August and see for yourself.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
BY CAPTAIN JOHN RoURKE

posite side OF the river. Later. work
was commenced on building the navy
ward. General Jackson Morton took a
large contract for brick for that. He
brought his slaves from Virginia and
located his yards four miles above
Milton.
In the early forties Hunt had com
pIeted his contract with the govern
ment. He built opposite Bagdad the
first large steam saw mill and plan
ing mill in the county, which he Op-
Grated until his death, after which
the business was carried on by his
employees, Crigler, Bachelor and
Pooiey. They had their own lumber
office in New Orleans.
Shortly after Hunt got his mill in
operation, Forsyth and Simpson built
the large steam gang mill and plan
ers here and they were run success
fully till the commencement of the
war They also built the Bagdad
sash factory in the early fifties. They
likewise owned their own lumber
yards in New Orleans which were
operated by E. W. DOrr, WHO is the
father of c. H. and ]. W. Dorr of
Pensacola
General Morton when his contract
was out with the government, built
a steam circular mill which was not
so expensive as the gang mill. He
operated this till the commencement
OF the war.
Between the years of 1850 and 1850
a number of steam mills were built
by Samuel Keyser at Milton, Carter
at Magnolia, DR.. Judge at Escambia
Pearce at Bay Point and William
Miller at East Bay; the capacity of
the mills was from 10 TO % thousand
feet per day. All the mills and lum-
Der were burned by the order of Gen
eTal Bragg when Pensacola was evac-
uated.
When Forsyth and Simpson built
their mills at Bagdad they abandoned
their Arcadia mill, but in order to
utilize the fine water power they
built a cotton factory. They bought
negro women and sent north for
white instructors for them After
running the mill for several years it
was burned and never rebuilt
A Great Cotton Market
Before the war Milton did more
business than any other town in
West Florida except Apslachicola II
was the best cotton market in this
section. Cotton was hauled in wag-
| Ons from a radius of seyenty-f1xe to
eiFnty miles.
There was also a steamboat line to
| Geneva. Alabama. which brought cot
ton from there, but none of the cot
ton was raised in Santa Rosa county
except little in the northeast part Of
the county. TODAY in fne streets OF
Jaw, Milton. Holt Milligan, Pollard
| and BTewtOn, Alabama. are WAGONS
/ loaded with cotton raised in Santa
Rosa county and the merchants pay
| the best cash prices for il.
The Bagdad company was the first
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
The Meanest Man in Town

is the one who always wears a frown,
is cross and CisagreeabIe, aU1 is short
and sharp in his answers. Nine cases
out of ten it's not the poor fellows
fault. It's his liver and digestion That
make him feel 50 miserable, he can't
help being yaisagreeable. Are you in
danger of getting into that condi-
ton? Then start at once taxing Bal
Iard's Herbine for your 'Jver-the
safe. sure and reliable vegetable regu-
lator.
Sold and recommended by ". A
D'Alemberte, druggist md apothecary,
121 South Palafox street, Pensacola
Fla
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
A GREAT SUFFERER FROM MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.

A GREAT SUFFERER FROM MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.
HepkinviIle, Ky.
Gentlemen: with pleasure write 70 tell YOU Of
wonderful cure experiences fIom the use Of s, S. s.
shOulders caused Dy Muscular Rhsua Kept using lini-
RsnfS AZ the tine but the pains continued 70
had no more pain 10 make sure however contnued to use
your meaisne 50 that my blood would be entirely purified
osSisa with rSsaatis in any fssS SINCE feei 50 in
eeboed 70 s s. that nothing would be too high
praise for it. With best wishes for ne success Of s. s. s.
~ Liberty St. e e. WEST.
COULD NOT WALK FOR xcNTzs.
Victoria, Texas.
HAD severe attack Of Rheumatism and nv entire
@ Tas Ont q s sO ss ss not . abe s w
@ tax 8 5 s Sookit tor while and saw that it
Of the Rheumatism was confined to an Invalid chair
FOR eight months at time but been
from pain since S. S. s. cured me. B. Il. BORING.
REPEATED FAILURES, TEEE RELIEF.
NJ VIA l. HIl, q Winston n: C., at travelling
NirgsniA, Two ago my blood a wetched
eondlslo1 and addition 70 other bodily ailments suffered
relief hom ne Of other remedies begun s.
eetSS IKE en&Tn The Thenratie pains LETT and
az s. Sc S. for IS the only medize that did
RHEUMATISM ALL CONE.
Mrs. Id& N. Palmer, Of Puiton St., Brooklyn n T.
whites 81 you what great benefit
Win RheustiS tt Ss.s oetes b Sn sGssS
laid up BY it and always in part my body II
night Enss as aesIiy twice It's natural SIZE and was dawn M
eonsiaeSh sAote: thsa the other end advised
that say very thztit would do me
asy good bat was willing 20 anything that promised
and Continuing medicine found that wa entirely
Ihe lsmeness and soreness al left straghtsn,
deeply grateful to S. S. So
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

short talk Rheumatism, pointing out its causes
md of the why fail TO lind cure FOR this
painful, and often far-reachng trouble
No other disease persistent and dScouagng than Rheu
Those persons whose blood this painful men has taken
diScarcned and sometimes conclude there
Patiently they have bSered and rubbed their aching
and muscles with inmentS, OILS and faithfully taken pot
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

She's the girl we all look up TO;
She's dressed in the latest fad;
And the reason we all look up is
She's the girl in the street car ad
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
5000 to 5000 Population.

In 1860 the population or the coun-
tv was about five thousand, now 1t Is
fifteen thousand. Very few neads Oh
families owned their homes; today
they own good homes and farms me
country is now more prosperous than
ever. In 1893 l was a member of the
legislature and q fellow member said
to me: The lands of Santa Rosa
county must be very poor; there IS
not an acre of wild land in the county
assessed over twenty-five cents per
acre" and it was all Wild, Today the
same land sells at from i've 10 nfteen
dollars per acre
A party told me that he cut logs
from some land five miles from here
for the mill at Arcadia slXty-nVe years
ago and that it has been cut several
times since and today you cannot buy
the timber on it for ten dcliars per
acre. There are still thousands OF
acres of good timber in the county,
but il is not for sale. Stearns & Gull
YER estimate that they have enough
70 run their saw mills for twenty
years.
About twenty-five years ago ]. A.
Cbaffin built a mill on the old Keyser
mill site in Milton. Ii was run sue
cessfully until about FIVE years ago,
when they closed it down.
There will be sold in this county
between seventy five and one hun
dred thousand dollars worth OF cotton
this year
I have not said anything about the
turDentine business, which is very
large in this country, as I am not
posted on that business. Some OF
the Stearns and Culver Co.'S timber
has never been turpentined. but they
intend 10 turpentine it three years be
- Trs h. xz-rT
the large tract which Saunders
bought from Cnaffin & Co.
Railroad and the Town.
Twenty-Five years ago I was engag-
Cd in business in Milton, and l fire.
ouentIy heard the remark made by
old timers. Tn a few years the grass
would be growing in the middle Of
the streets-that the railroad had kill
Ell the town and that the timber would
ali be exhausted and we would have
TO move to a farming country.
Milton only had two brick build
ings at that time-the court house
and the Creary and Rourke building.
now Fisher and Hamilton. The rest
were wooden and there was no un-
iformity in t1eir constructon-very
few were paiu-sd- Insurance was .
per cent and hard TO get N any good
company Today all the buildings
on the two business blocks are brick
or other fireproof material. On
what was cal1e5 the OLD judge Chain
lot there were few old tunlble-down
buildings-teday one corner is occu-
pied by a $4,000 modern bank and
office building and on the other cor
DeI is the Waldorf Hotel, aotei
that would be an ornament to any
town the size Of Milton. AID the