The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-08-11
A BUSINESS MANS BUSY DAY.
correspondence, Office Force and Base
h.u eborten the Hours.

corrcspondence, Office Force and Base
ball Shorten the Hours.
CIX-THIRTY a. m.-Arose. Sun
- shining brightly. Saw a blade OF
green grass from the bathroom
window.
7 a. m.-Wife reprimands me for
whistllng waltz Me Around Again,
WILLIE" at breakfast Wife rebukes
me again for reading paper and an
swering "Matty" when she asks who
Is starring now IN Love Watches"
"a. m.-Arrive at office. Reprlmand
Office boy for lettering over sporting
page Of morning paper,
S:15 a. m.-Have to pause In midst
of my correspondence to correct office
assistant, who has informed stenogra-
pher Wagner is greatest living all
around ball player
9:30 a. m.-Resume my correspond
ence.
1915 q. m.-Office force seems to be
away behind on usual routine. Have
Just finished correspondence. Office
assistant ventures prediction Cubs will
win flag.
11:45 a. m.-Must attend to those
coal contracts before lunch.
1850 a. m. - Mr.. Squeezem Of
saueezem & GetIt of Philadelphia
drops In. He complains that our last
shipment has been unnecessarily de-
layed. Look 1t up and find there was
positively no excuse for 1t.
1901 p. m.-Go to lunch with Mr..
squeezem Nice chap is Squeezem,
but he has lot of fool ideas. Thinks
the Pblllles are sure to win, with the
Giants In the second division. ex-
planned that the Phillies did not have
a chance and nearly lost good Gus
toner.
1870 p. m.-Back on the job. Work
does pile up frightfully. Think I will
have to shake up Office force.
1886 p. m.-Fred Melrose phoned me
about those coal contracts. Confound
the office force Beastly subway serv.
fee at fault Company ought to put on
more trains or something, so we busy
business men would have seats and O
chance to catch up on leading news OF
the world In our few leisure moments
Doubt whether the Yankees will make
good getaway without Lou to pull
their young pitchers into shape.
n
kick from old fogy out In Lancaster
Pa. Shipments delayed again. Very
irritating to have to be polite to those
bush leaguers. Finally squared 1t.
3p m.--Gave the whole shipping de
partment my opinion of them. RakeC
them all over the Goals good and hard
Feel better. Foreman suggested i
might be spring fever. Told him they
hsd no right to have spring fever.
$50 p. m.-Have finished up my aft
srnoop mail Did 1t in hurry. Take:
me to make things fly! Just saw {
robin In the tree across the street
Showed Mr.. Redbreast to the offic,
force. II I'm one thing more than an
other it's observant
4:l5 p. m.-Got the office force bacl
at work. They show an Incompetent
sible disposition to dawdle. I'm neve
happy unless Pm working.
4;30 p. m.-Evening papers say tn
Luxatawna company is going to fur
nish the armor for the new battleships
Our bid should have gone In this morr
n ing. Those confounded directors ar
getting more inquisitive and exactin
every day too. win surely have
& shake up office force. BY George,
see Chance says at West Baden tho
his pitching stah will sweep the othe
clubs off their feet. He must be crazy
Chance never saw the day Three Fir
gered Brown could beat Matty.
5p. m.-Otiice force going home. b
hickory. | didn't know It was this late
Well, I'm too tired to tackle them Il
night. I'll get up earlier tomorrow an
: 10 at them.-Puck.