The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-31
ON BUSINESS
GIVEN TO THE STORE
EMPLOYEES.

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this morning. but think
there was a good reason.
went to Salt Lake Sun
day and heard Mr.. Goshen
as he always has some
thing good. The inspira-
tion comes to give you a
little talk. the prepara-
ton OF which is my ex-
cuse for hardness. On
arriving ] find the awning
up and the sun blazing
away at the Easter dis
play OF silks in the win
dow. knocking the spots
out of the polka dots and
I putting stripes in the
plain goods. depreciating
their value every minute.
On stepping inside the
door l notice two girls on
the register (another just
escaping having seen a
shadow, no doubt) ex-
changing hot air" and,
frankly. I felt a little
warm myself. Now comes
what / was prepared TO
say before coming to the
store.
On the way to the train,
yesterday morning, Mr..
Brown, captain of police,
said, Did you miss any
thing from the store last
night?" Having only been
In for a moment. replied
that nothing wrong was
noticed. We'll" said he,
"send a dray over to the
station In the morning.
There is a big box there,
marked Paine G. Hurst,
which the boys found left
out in the rear exposed to
the rain last night"
AS you know. / was not
very we'll Saturday and
did not come back after
supper.
| saw that box outside.
but was busy at the time
showing a customer a
suit-and sold 1t, by giv.
ing the matter my undi-
vided attention.
I did not get up on the
counter and shout muir
der, there is a box out
side. | thought surely out
OF the forty eyes that are
on the pay roll OF this
store some one would get
a focus on that box and
see 1t safely In the base
ment.
That box could have
been easy money for some
tramp-much easier than
going out to Uinta and
breaking open a box car
and then having to shoot
a brave officer TO get
away. Besides. what Of
the condition Of the con-
tents exposed to the rain
If left until Monday morn
ing. Now, | do not want
to appear too severe on
You. freely confess
without flattering that I
believe this crowd here
assembled will compare
favorably with any in
town in this line. / am
driving at another point.
1t has come TO my notice
that so many people have
eyes but see not; hands.
but do not / don't want
YOU to play in that crowd.
Let's play the game a diff
ferent way-be In a diff
ferent class. How many
women do you suppose
read the editorial In the
State Journal Saturday
night? Ask a few and
find out Further, did
YOU notice Wright's full
page ad? They are SELL
ing everything In the
store for 34c. We've got
to get busy OF our little
plant will look like 30c.
Besides, Last & Thomas
are selling four hundred
new spring suits at half
price before they get the
goods In and tickets
marked. We have got to
hustle to sell ours and not
cut a price. This store Is
$50 feet long, including
the basement, and there
Isn't a ten-foot space that
does not need attention
this minute. Mr.. Bacon,
will you please call Mr..
Ford and ask him to get
that box and tell him that
If any man working for
him In the future leaves 4
box OF load of freight
before seeing it safe in
the basement there is
likely TO be some new ar.
rangement In freight traf-
fic2 How many people
do you suppose heard Mr.
Elderkin's sermon Sun
day night2 1t was on a
very interesting subject.
l wasn't there, having
missed the train by fve
minutes. Moral: Never
be late It's better to be
five minutes too soon.
This meditation Is pub
lished for the benefit OF
the public and Mr.. Lind
strom. who was absent
from the meeting. He was
attending TO business out
buying goods. We locked
the front door at nine
o'clock In order to be un-
disturbed and avoid the
rush for that Ave dollar
reward which we still Of
fer.