The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-01-19


world comes from Turkey. II is only
OF late that 1t has become known thai
the root can be raised right here In
our own state"
"Well, what OF TT" was asked.
what Of it2 Why, the first few
men that turn to growing rhubarb are
going to get rich at It. That's what
OF It."
TITS second class scheme, Mr.. Bow.
ser, and shall not entertain 1t for a
J moment"
"You--you WON'T entertainT
mo, sir This Is not rhubarb fam.
lily, 30 far as ! am concerned. Now
listen to my scheme. have as good
as traded off the house and lot this
afternoon, and In day or two l may
mortgage the furniture or sell II out
right"
WHAT What WhatP' he yelled in
three different keys as he bounded to
his feet.
"You have $1,000 in bank. l want
to borrow It."
ITO borrow $1,O00W
1.-TWO thousand would be better Per
haps you can raise the balance on your
personal note"
woman, are you crazy to talk as
you doT
mo, sir; am just scheming."
"But / say won't have It."
II shall be sorry to see you depart,
but such things must happen in this
world. Mr.. Bowser, winter will soon
be here"
He stared at her. but did not reply.
Bowser at a StandstilI.
Winter brings snow In this coun-
try"
Not word.
"And snow brings discomfort and
expense. 1t costs millions to remove
1t from the streets of the cities"
He licked his lips, but said nothing.
why have the snow? Why not
have balmy rains instead? In fact,
why have any winter at all"
by thunder, but she's out OF her
head" whispered Mr.. Bowser to him.
self.
What becomes Of the summer
heat2" she seriously asked as she
looked him in the eyes. Il answer you
that 1t enters the enrth--passes away
to other points and is lost In the shut
fle, so to say, Why lose 1t? Why not
store 1t up to make use later onY Mr.
Bowscr shook his head and groaned.
She was beyond him. "The surplus
heat Of the month of July alone the
pnst summer would make June wealth
er Of January, February and March
II stored up and properly used. Why
wasn't It stored2 Because no one
thought OF It. That is my scheme. Be
gin early next summer to store the
surplus. Store II In rubber bags and
pack them away until cold weather
comes. Then let out 80 much per day.
Mr. Bowser, Is It plain to youg"
Great snakesr was all he could
whisper
TITS what may be called n hot air
scheme, but sure winner New York
and Brooklyn don't want winter. All
right. Bring out the bags and open
them wide. Let II be the duty Of the
police and Aremcn to regulate the
supply. Philadelphia wants Just cool
enough weather so that It's sleeping
inhabitants will keep their feet In bed.
Very well-ess hot air. Boston wants
another sort, and so on. Don't you
see how easy II is?"
why. 1t would take billions and bill
lions OF bags!' he suddenly shouted.
"Yes; l figured on n hundred bill.
lions"
And hundreds of thousands Of
men,
Ten million. as l figure"
"And 10000 storehouses for the
bagsw
make 1t 10000"
"And how are you going to get the
hot air into them?"
Getrich- quick Game.
w NY lCdNN tue COIhS Out anu leI II
creep In When bag is full slip
around and cork 1t up It's the great
est scheme ever thought out, Mfr.
Bowser. II will make milllonalres of
us in one winter. In five years we
can buy both Standard Oh and the
steel trust Rhubarb Is good, but hot
air Is better VIII you hand me that |
thousand dollars tomorrow? | want !
to begin buying the bags tomorrow
for next winter And. by the way, |
NUNS the word. Don't even talk In !
your sleep about It."
Mr.. Bowser got up and sat down.
Then he got up again.
Then he went TO the telephone and |
rang up the family doctors number
and asked If the NJ. d. was In. He !
wasn't.