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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

nothing TO do with the turkeys or the
mortgage or Elijah Green, but he ala
not find Sabina any more responsive
than she had been 10 Elijah. In fact
she was not even as responsive she
pointed out 20 Jethro that II she mar
ried him people would say he simply
took her out of pity because she had
lost her home. Jethro went away
marvelng greatly at the unreasoning
powers OF women.
Next day he hurried up the walk to
Sabina's door. while she was putting
away her breakfast things prepara-
tory 70 going to the schoolhouse.
rive got IL. Sabina!" he exclaimed
I've got the idea Now. you let me
sell your turkeys for you, and don't
interfere with me at ALL and I'll mare
them bring the money you want.
To this, after much persuasion, Sa-
bina agreed. She went TO her school
with a lighter heart than she had had
for some time. II was true that Jeth-
ro was going TO do this because OF his
friendship for her-but then there
we're friendships and friendships, she
| told herself
Acting under Jethro's instructions,
/ Sabina did not sell turkey until a
week before Thanksgiving. People
who called and asked for one We're
told that she was not yet ready TO
sell
When Jethro Jones got Elijah Green
10 change five hundred dollars i'm bank
notes into gold coin for him, Elijah
asked:
Like gold better than greenbacks.
Jethro?"
Yep" Iethro answered. Gold Is
always money you know
Elijah. AZ his request, gave him
fifty ten dollar pieces.
What are You going TO do with IT,
he asked
Well. I'm going TO invest IL in tur-
KEYS" Jeihro answered. Tive bought
Sabina Pennell's flock. and thought
of buying np whole lot here and
there and making a little speculation
on the Thanksgiving rush
That's the way to make money.
1ethro Elijah smiled How much
did Won pay sabina for her mrkcysf
well. I've really taken them on
commission" Jethro explained I've
got them over az our place now. in
the back yard Maybe you'd like e
pick ont nice fat one for your
folks
Elijah was willing. and accompa
MED Icihro into the back yard they
went. and walked among the turkeys
Elijah was trying to decide which ono
he would have. when Jethro pulled oui
tho package he had In his pocket
Cold is tolerably heavy he said
10 elijah. I'm just parcel this around
In MY"
Al this ne slipped, his hands flew
M and the air was nlled with q shin
ing shower OF bright pieces. The tur
keys ran In a mass 10 the scene.
"shoo, shoot" Iethro yelled she,
them away. Eljahi
. Elllah shoocd vigcrously, trt Ft'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
A Thankful Spirit

IL Is turkey today.
And the feathers tomorrow"
There's only q step
From rejoicing 90 sorrow.
Tomorrow We want
What today We rejected
And tomorrow we miss
What today We expected.
II a. only step
From rejoicing 10 sorrow:
Hut only day
TO gladder tomorrow.
The smiles and the tears
Are uncertain and tickle,
But there's turkey to eat
And the feathers 70 tickle
It's as we'll 20 be glad
with Che joys Of the present,
And not look ahead
TO tomoyrow's unpleasant,
For smiling f. free,
Bnt our troubles we borrow
With IT'S turkey today s
And the feathers tomorrow"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
GROWING reminiscent Now.

Teacher dear, in defining the word
reminiscent" told the class.
Reminiscent means something
that calls mp memories OF things and
incidents that have gone before
something that brings previous fact
before us"
Yesterday she asked the class TO de-
fine reminiscent. when the little
wise boy answered:
Turkey"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
G. o. d.

The dyspeptic guest gazed longingly
at the crisp. brown turkey, the
mashed potatoes. celery. cranberries.
etc. and sighed, wi h n mournful i'm
donations
III have to pay for this tomorrow.
I know"
The host took a thoughtful express
sion and remarked
II wish I'd known that. They made
me pay for It yesterday
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11


III have the law on YOU
Wei. Elijah. Iethro smiled, cas-.
lily. tSabina and | have just been talk.
ing the matter over. and agree with
Sabina that It wasn't quite fair to
make you take your own medicine.
Now, II youl agree 20 be reasonable
and TO take Sabina's turkeys for the
interest that IS due you. I'll give you
back your money And, Of course
she'll have 10 have plenty Of time 20
pay OF the mortgage. because " peo-
pie found ont about your turkey deal
they'd make so much FUN az YOU
"All right" Elijah snapped hut
how's she goin' TO pay the priucipal2'
That" Jethro replied. dropping his
arm about Sabina's waist, rs some.
thing I'll have 60 advise her about
hen We are married
As fhe gate clicked after the Dc.
parting form Of Flii3A Green. Jethro
lifted sr e elm af7 a. lrt before
tlesi~v 10 hr r04t
"Nrn
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
The Resemblance.

yes. we call that old gohbler Ahdul
Hamid.r said the farmer
"Indeed?n we commented And
why. pray2"
"Bscause he IS the old Turk IN the
lot that We viii not he able to get
any mones out OF,
Truly. we might have foreseen this,
had we noticed the copy OF the funny
weekly I'm his pocket
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

The Railroad Trust brings many
things
From other Trusts TO view.
we ring the Trust made dinner bell
The yiauds are discussed
We bow In chair Trust seats, and
VOW
Rewarded IS each Trust
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
Where Were III, pashe.r

This turkey has dots all over g."
complained the purchaser 70 the In.
gcnuous Farmer from whom he had
made the purchase.
blame IT, exclaimed the Ingenu.
Gus Farmer. with an air OF childlike
simplicity. Il told Marthy las summer
that she hadn't oughter let them tur-
KEYS roost on them telegraph wires"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

AZ midnight, in his guarded coop.
The turk sat, dreaming OF the hour
When loud the dinner bell should ring
With all its most insistent power.
rhc bOarders also dreamed OF him.
And how, for something like two
weeks,
They'd be reminded ~ The turk
IN hash. which sometimes almost
speaks
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

souls are full OF peace. When We as
simulate the pies. and other things
well, say well bless the rhyming
thoughts that rise about Thanksgiving
day.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

turkeys we're busy. and by the time
they were driven TO the end OF the
yard not one OF the bright pieces was
visible.
What do you think OF that?" seth
TO cried
Five hundred dollars In gold swat
lowed by those turkeys" Elijah said.
What will you dor
"I1l have 10 kill them all and get
the money out of their crops.
AT this moment. Henry futile.
whose huckster wagon had been
standing down the street. drove up.
With just flicker OF wink he called
10 Jethro:
Ready TO sell them turkeys!
Not now" Jethro said. Guess IN
have 10 keep em myself"
We'll, tell you what I'll do. I'll
give you three dollars apiece FOR them.
Turkeys is goin up
Cant do IL. Hen. hate 70 t-y TO
use them all myself. too"
Give you three.twenty-nve"
II don't suppose all OF 'em cot iaoso
pieces. Jethro said. in an uneerfonc
10 Elijah. Il believe I'll take him M
on that and let him have ten OF en-.
"Ill give you Ave dollars apiece
for my choice OF fifteen g: cn,
Elijah declared promptly.
4 Elijah has offered me Eve dollars
apiece for his choice or fifteen,
Jethro called to Henry
Elijah must be tryin' TO corner
turkeys" Henry grinned Tell you
what--Ill give you seyen-tifty apiece
for the bunch"
Does he know about what just
happened?' Elijah asked
''fIe wasn't here. How could he?
Jethro said
I'm give ycu tisAt apiece for the
whole lot
Turkeys are in demand. Henry
Jethro laughed Elijah bids eight"
Well I'm busy. I've got 70 b,
movin on. Henry asserted. III give
you ten"
+ They've got TO be killed and pickeC
for market Elijah said. You mus
remember that, Jethro I'll give 20,
eleven.fifty apiece for EN- just as they
stand"
elijah bids eleven-hfty.o Jethrc
called to Henry,
Little too steep for me-" Henry de
cided clucked TO his horse and drove
on.
The turkeys are yours" Jethr'
said
We'll, now, let's understand thi
deal" Elijah said. I'm payin' yol
eleven-ffty apiece for the turkeys
and their contents. No monkey busi
ness about that, is there? | get tn
turkeys and their insides, and all, no
specifyin what is inside OF en-
That's the agreement Jethro al
swered mo specifications whatevel
Elijah It's a plain business transa'
ton"
Can ! kill the turkeys here?'
1T would clutter the place up TO
much You can pvt them IN crate
and haul them oil.
We'll. I've got your five hundred i
greonbacks In my pocket yet Her
il Is. and here is sixty.three-ffty NOR
Is that right?'
, Right as trivet.' Jethro agree,
and the deal was closed.
) That evening he turned over
/ Sabina five hundred and sixty-thre
} dollars and fifty cents. telling hC
: what he had done.
: 1T wasn't honest, Jethro," she o
jected. You've got to give IL bac
: 10 Elijah"
: Further discussion OF this ethics
point was interrupted by Elijah, WI
, burst into the house angrily
: "You-you scoundrel" he shoute
+ shaking his fist at Jethro You 70
bert You bunco man, There WASH
!. thing in those turkeys crops b,
Ey2=SIgSYSfYSlSIsSs ~
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
AIi,sle Problem.

III marketman buys a turkey for
II cents a pound and sells Il for IS,
and his hand weighs pounds and the
turhey weighs ~. what Is the mans
pro-t4
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

IS SABINA PENNELL
counted the turkeys in her
flock.
Not that she expected 10
discover that she had any
more or less than she had
the day before.
But for a month she had
counted those turkeys. es.
timated what they would
bring in the market, and
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11
Thanksgiving Day. 1919

We patronize the
Turkey Trust.
The y n m y X IN
Trust for Pie
or Sugar Trust and
Butter Trust
And Flourin &
Trust we buy
Cranberries that.s
another Trust
The Egg Trust
gets us, too;
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

IT, what's the odds?
They've got 10 he, along
with all the rest, We haze
to have the poetry. TO know
how much were blest The
poems may not be SO
grand. but all our woes
will cease, When we're
filled with turkey and our
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

BILLION poems, more or
less. In cadence sad or CAV.
Have added TO the worlds
distress since first we had
the day-The Joyous day
OF giving thanks. and won
dering for why. Except to
thin the turkeys ranks and
gormandize on pie. In
every town from Hig gins-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

II lose money every meal com
planned the LAND III.
so do t. ae ftcd the Captious
8rHrfler.
Wheroupen the .ssed NJ each 9th
en- for zoms mo-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

Tney got the tur-
key from the
woods,
The p u m p k ! L
from the field
They sang with
praise OF heavy
crops,
And blessed the
splendid yield.
They baked the
luscious pump
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

kin pie
With rich and faSy crust,
And vowed, in honest thankulness,
Rewarded Is our trust"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

Vile TO Boston-on the-Bay. Old Pegasus
they nearly kin eNort Thantegiving
day.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

b. b. snow; For all about ana al
around the poets seize the pen' Like
wise the rhymes they last year found
and write them once again.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

The man who writes IN ragtihe sian
will tell about the moon, Which views
with arrogant disdain the hunting oi
the coon.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

IERE'LL be a Tot OF lIhsHHs
verse concerning mothers
pies, And then some rhyme
a little worse about the
"sombre skies; Wen get
the sighing of the breeze.
the dying leaves and, oh,
For fear that these should
fail TO please. Wen get the
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-11

an allusion TO the sultan. to the
partition OF Turkey, and TO the com.
binaton of Greece and Turkey dLet
the poor man alone IN his troublesJ
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02
~
8


May Day was celebrated In q most
enjoyable manner by Cascade Temple
Pythian Sistern IL Odd Fellows hall
With the members Of klamath Lodee
No. -. Knishts Of Pythias. In attend.
ancc ~ guests OF honor. The ceie-
bration was complete. even to tho Ne
lection OF q May Queen. but the choice
OF the ladies aroused much cnmity
amon9 the knights In attendance. A
vote was taken by the ladies. and
George Hurn was unanimously chos-
en-. much 70 the discomnture Of the
other men. who declared that tho
election was .. put.up Job. and they
even went % far - To threaten to
leave the hali--never to return. They
were finally pSciAed. and after good
Queen George had beca duly crowned
with . wreath OF paper roses. all
Joined In tho May dance with q right
good will.
A pile Of thirty.seven articles.
ranging from . railroad spike and key
to = looking glass aud leadpencil.
we're placed on q table. and each par.
~ present was told to make list Of
ali he could 80 from whsre he was
sitting. The eagle eye Of Albert y.
Elder captured the prise.
The men were then divided into
two groups by odd and even numbers.
Tho odds we're each given q paper
pie plate. some pins and colored tissue
paper. and we're Instructed to make
lady's hat from this material. c. d.
Crisler WAS awarded the prise for
the most attractive bonnet. while u.
z. Momyer was given . consolation
prise.
The contest bstvesa the eysns wss
that Of sswing 90 buttons. The Arst
prise. that for ssatnsss. was won by
Charles G. Low. aaA ths prise for
durability was sivts 70 Hdward vsn-
nice.
They adjous.sd 70 Hoxsy's con.
fsctioassy. whsee light rsfrsshmsnts
we're served. ssA after the ssssmbiase |
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02
Windosg aale

The ladies Of the Methodist Church
vii hold . window Sale Saturday At
the Monarch. They will have on sale
plenty Of candy. bread and cake. AL
,adies dssirins 70 contribute. will
bring articles TO the Monarch.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02
LAND 0USGRS ATTENTION

We have soae Of he best fas.s h
the vallsy o. oas lisG asA would b
pleased 70 take yos out today h oar
automobile asd show you some Of the
foalowing eesd bays'
A FINE HARaa. isl aesss. h Cd.
ess sestied past a Vsllsy. all u.Ass
is1ieAtjoa aaA culsivaaj0a escepe Q
acres; Ase alfalfa laaA, % seses BOW
In alfalfa; 6.soo0 hoase; laFos has..
|clAickes hoasea. seese hoass. etc.,; ssas
school. church ard psoposea Depot
s'sics oo6 pss sess. ese.ehlra eash.
IMPROVE THIS Farm ed Il Win
ssn fos o76 Des sess; loo scsss saes
brush lasd; sbost % acres Win coas
under The ditch. the best oe son; 10.
Gated o. Lost River; hosss. chiclsa
i'osse and hass. Psice 80 pr acss;
oas.third caah.
WE'LL LOCATED 20 acres, . miles
from station; % scses under ditch;
all under culttvattos. Psics 90 pss
s<sc. 0ae.thlsd cash.
6IxTY.M0HT ACnuD, au unAse
irrigation o. Lost River; Will mako
yos . aics hoas. Price ooS pss scse.
one.thlrd cash.
CHICKEN RANCH. ~ nilss from
tows; ~ scses; %.Fooo house asd
chicksa heosss. We have . sDoelal
low DsSes - ~. ~ essuD 80 easy.
CLOsn IN ACREAGE sso. . assss
SOME GOOD TnmKR.
/. OUIOO9D . RICE
Nsst - ~ Asassioaa ueeso |
pho0O Ool
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02
GRIEF NEWS Of the OAY|
Band Concert Friday evening.

nSuO SV0ccrt rTtVOy CNcutut'
Tom Csames 10 Tuesday visitor In
the county seat.
william o. shrevc OF Mayneld 10
registered at the Livermorc.
Fred Starr 10 hero from Sacramento
attending to business matters.
O. c. Barton OF Dunsmuir 10 spend.
Ing the day In klamath Falls.
Miss zslma sedgs Of Dairy 10 In the
city. . guest OF the Oregon hotel.
John shepherd. the Pine Grow
farmer. was in town on business to-
day.
q. 3. Burke and wife Of Portland
are among today's guests at the Lake
side Inn.
Herbert Arrant. the Pine Fiat
farmer. Was . visitor at the county
seat today.
w. p. 0edsc. tho Dairy merchant
and postmaster. was In the city on
business today.
John ChastAin Of BONANZA has come
to town. and 10 engaged At the Mon.
arch grocery ~ q clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Wilson ieave
tomorrow for their resort a. Rocky
Point. on the Upper Lake.
w. B. Spencer. . well known resi-
dent OF wampus. 10 10 this city to.
day attending to business matters.
Pm. Poindsxter. . prominent resi-.
daut OF Rosebufg. 10 here for q few
days visit. He 10 . guest at the
Baldwin.
=. c. Maloy and J. Q. Griffith came
In yesterday afternodn from EAGLE
Ridge to attend to business matters
In this city.
Hank O'Brien. the Yonna Valley
horse ranchman. was In town today.
returning home with machinery for
his irriGasing plant.
John 0uiets 10 the name OF o Ger
man who has died on claim on Hop
per hill. north OF Pine Flat. where he
expects to raise . vineyard.
Messrs. J. W.. Harry and VIM. Ran |
% have taken up timber claims at the |
north end Of Pine Fiat. and are put. |
ting up buildings for residences.
Lee Childs. with the McCioud Lum.
Der company OF McCioud. Calf. has
been Visiting In the city for the part
two days. the guest Of J. Buchanan.
w. II. Pankey Of I.anseli Valley.
came In today and filed papers with
the county clerk In probate Of the q.
tate Of Mrs. Pankey. recently de-
ceased.
c. c. Pearson. the Dairy district
road supervisor. came into town to-
day to confer With the county court
about plans for the seasons road
work and TO get materials for the
Dame.
"a jacobson. advance agent Of the
Melrose dramatic company. has sr.
rived In town. and n arranging Of.
fairs for the appearance OF that com.
At the Houston. their Arst
Apeparance being Nay 8th. and to
continue for three weeks.
Mrs. Bud Colman. who has been
here the past two weeks visiting her
scns. Ernest and Walter. will leave In
The morning for her home at Sunny.
dale. Calf. The Colmans are the ,
people who recently purchased tho
Btearns ranch on the Keno road.
Hofer Bros. brick manufacturers.
whose yards are on the Hanks place.
,ortheast Of town. have had . force Of
men engaged In grading. leveling the ,
ground and putting up sheds. and are ,
lbout ready to begin turning out ,
brick. They expect to mould and lay ,
'ut some 10000 brick . day. They ,
rave already employed their force Of ,
nouldsrs and yard men for the 80. |
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02

Remember the date. May 9th. Fri.
day evening. at Houston's opera
concert.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-05-02

gathered again In the hall. the That
Reminds Ne" Club entertained tili =
late hour with humorous stories aud
anecdotes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
AUTO TIRES OF CACTUS.
Luther Burbank Finds Use for De-
sD;Sed Desert Plant.

Santa Rosa, Cal.-Luther Burbank.
addressing the California state Fruit
Growers convention here, made the
startling announcement of won
derful discovery in the further use
of his famous spineless cactus. He
says it will revolutinoize the white
wash, paint and automobile tire in
dustries.
Burbank said he had discovered
that the fibre of the plant was an ex-
cellent substitute for rubber in the
manufacture of automobile tires. He
added that this same fibre would also
be an excellent substitute for wood
pulp in the manufacture of paper.
"The mucilage of the cactus plant"
he said. "will not dissolve in water
but 1t will dissolve in alcohol. This
muc'lage will readily take oil colors
and is easily handled.
'I have found that whitewash made
from cactus caves Is absolutely wa.
ter-proof This in itself Is worthy
of great consideration. I now am ne.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
Moran Issues Challenpc.

New York. Dec. 2S.-Owen Moran,
the English fighter, arrived from
England on the Olympia last night.
sounding defiance to everybody in the
lightweight division of pugilism. ri
have come here to make a match with
Ad Wolgast," said Moran, land l
hope to defeat him or any other who
regard themselves as champions. To
prove that I am capable 1 will take
or other men in Wolgast's class and
deal with them first, giving away
weight to some of them and fighting
any man at 1913 pounds"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
Flynn Whips Caponi.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 2S.-
After two and a half rounds of tame
and uninteresting milling last night
Jim Flynn of Pueblo whipped across
two effective punches and Tony Ca
poni went down for the count of ten.
Caponi was outclassed from the
moment he stepped into the ring and
was totally unable to hold Flynn at
long range. Neither man showed
speed and not an effective blow was
struck until near the close of the sec
ond round when a left hook to Ca
ponis jaw staggered the middleweight
and sent him to his corner looking
worried
Flynn did not exert himself. He
was fat and palpably in pool condition
but he outweighed Caponi nearly
twenty pounds, and the lighter mans
blows which had little steam behind
them did not serve to check his steady
advance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
BOONES WASHERWOMAN,
SAYS A PROUD JEFFERSON
Taunted With Inferiority. Descendant
OF Great Indian Fighter
Cots nirnrn.S

st. Louis, Mo.-John r Boone, jr.,
descendant of Daniel Boone, OBJ
tanned a divorce at Clayton, a St
Louis suburb, from Ethel Edwards
Boone, great t-great-grandniece of
Thomas Jefferson.
One of the allegations which Boone
made on the witness stand was that
his wife repeatedly told him that her
family tree was superior to his. She
considered Thomas Jefferson a more
distinguished ancestor than the great
Kentucky pioneer and Indian fighter.
Boone is an insurance promoter
and the son of Col. John T. Boone.
who was for many years western agent
Tor the New York life Insurance COM
pany They were married in 1899.
Boone testified that his wife so fire.
quently reminded him of her descent
from Thomas jefferson that he had
no peace. She said that the Boones
like washerwomen when compared
with the Jeffersons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
WHO ARE THESE
SPORTY ATHENANS ?

, Weston, Ore, Dec. 2S.-The Weston
Leader says:
1T is related that over at Athena a
few nights ago a quartet of local
sports sat into a poker game with an
affable stranger who wanted amuse-
ment and looked like a good pros
pect. The stranger had no coin to
speak of, but presented check
drawn to his order for several hum
dred dollars. Against this check the
quartet had $50 in gold and two of
them drew checks for $40 each.
THE session lasted all night and
was so financed that every time the
stranger wanted coin he was supplied
out of the $50, the several amounts
being set down against his check.
Very likely the quartet expected to
acquire all or the major portion of
the check and to split the proceeds
four ways. If so, their plans proceed
ed auspiciously, as the stranger lost
while they won. When the game
wound up and the bunch went to
breakfast. the stranger had the $50
in coin and the two $40 checks, while
the sports had the big check and were
satisfied. He cashed in the $40
checks at the restaurant, remarking
that he had to go to Pendleton and
would return in the evening to get the
small balance due him out of the big
check held by his opponents. Instead,
he went toward Walla Walla.
"The local sports roasted on the
steps of the Athena bank until 1t
opened, and then found that the
stranger had somehow given instruc-
tions to stop payment. Consequently
they are out just $40, but daren't put
up 'holler' because the law is not
very amiably disposed toward the
great American game of poker"