The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-04-01

N ore than you are, and believe, real
ly, honestly and conscientiously that
you are standing In your own light in
not coming into proposition of
that kind, need the association along
the lines of the collection depart
meut." He could not see it, so we
went ahead.
About ten days after the agreement
was signed the name OF man was
handed in for an account, and it was
so urgent that we did not wait to no.
tify by letter, but notified every mem
ber by phone, and we got 1t all in
that evening. The next morning we
had the man sewed up 81 tight that he
could not possibly get out. There was
not day to he lost.
This same merchant who had refus-
ed to come into the collection depart
ment on that basis wac standing at
my Office door the next morning when
| got down there, quarter before
eight, and he said, az soc the assooia-
tion has taken mortgage. or you, as
trustee for the association, upon all
Of this mans crop tor the next year,
and upon all of his horses and ma
chiDery, TO take care Of an indebted
ness of $1,000, but where do | come
inP He owes me s270." | says, 81
don't know where you come In, but
you do not come in ON this. lf you
can find anything that is lying around
loose on the outside that will secure
your S270, 60 to it.. We had to have
our own protection, and we took
everything In sight"
He came into the office and said,
"What am | going to doY ! dom t
want to lose S270." | said, "My dear
man, don't want you to lose it, and
although you are man old enough 70
be my father ! talk to ycu honestly
and conscien Liously of what thought
was your duty, tut you told me did
not know anything about it, that 1t
was none OF my business, when you
got ready to collect your accounts
you would collect them in your own
way, and you did not propose to be
interfered with by the association
and when you proposed to sue a man
you would 60 ahead and sue him, so
you can 60 ahead and sue this fellow
as soon as you please"
"Well," be said, "what am | going
to doP Can't | get inf ! said, 81
don't know whether you can get In
tI not, that rests entirely with the
collection department. can't let you
in, and IL it rested solely with me
would not let you in until you had
even a more severe lesson than you
have had to-day, but will take it uE
with the managers of the COLLECTION
department.
We let him sweat for three days,
then we finally told him what oul
decision was, and they we're three days
Of sweating. He had $40, 600 on his
books,E and he didn't want to gel
shut out on some of those big &C
counts, accounts running up t. 81 ,0o(
each. But we let him in, aud gav'
him the right hand OF fellow ship, anC
|. tell you there is not more loya
mel ber of the collection department
today.
Last Monday he called me up b!
phone and he said: 81 am goinl
to sue man for $780," said
"Don't you dare do 1t: il you SUI
him you Will lose your membership il
association" But he said, 81 mus
ac quick, the fellow is going to ge
away from here.
told him | would phone to all o
the members, take an hour of m,
time right in the busy part Of th
day, and call up to see il he owet
any body else in the association, go
the accounts could be pooled, and