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The daily sentinel., 1912-04-30
From Fruitn.

From Fruftn.
Miss Ellen Manhaney, assistant post
mistress at Fruita, was in town yester-
day doing her spring shopping.
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Office Assistant.

Russell Jack, student from HoeTs
Business College, is taking some prac-
tice work, and also assisting Horace
r DeLong in his office today.
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The petitions for the new Colorado
avenue paving district are about
signed up.
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MEATS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER FOOD
STUFFS SOAR COMPARISON SHOWS BIG
INCREASE IN The PAST Fifteen YEARS
CBy WILLARD ROss1

II the prices of food stuffs continue
to climb at the rate which they have
been climbing for the last years,
eating will become by necessity lux
ury and not mere habit By the time
the non-wage earning generation of to-
day is earning the wages its fathers
are getting now. the prices will be
doubled and tTebled. Flour will be
around 81 per 80 pounds, and round
steak will be around 4Oc per pound
The prices of foodstuffs today COM
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To Visit in Snlidn.

Mrs. Sawyer and daughter Miss Win
fired. left this morning for Salida,
where they will remain few days.
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Harry Gossett is expected back to-
night from Denver and eastern slope
points.
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Mrs. w. II. Lee left yesterday for
days.
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Rate. In Colorado Sprinr.

Rates of one fare to Colorado
Springs, account of the Colorado inter
scholastic meet. Sell on May 3; limi =,
May g. d & r. G.
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From I.ca,lyille.

From Lcndville.
Judge Mcleod Of Leadville spent a
few days in the Junction last week
laying over on his way TO Delta.
To Denver.
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To Telluride.

To Telluride.
c. f. Cherrington will leave tomor-
row for Telluride to look after his
mining interests in that city.
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ELLIOTT'S SPECIALS: Assorted
sizes Children's Oxfords, 81 per pair
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Rawhide whips soc on Saturdays
during April and May. Fred Mantey
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All sizes and guages OF flume made
on short notice by Jas H. Lane.
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New bungalow.

c. E. Mallon. who Is now residing
at 624 North Fifth. is building a new
bungalow at the corner of Twelfth and
Chipeta.
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Returned Home.

Harry Gates of Cimarron. who has
been visiting here several days, re-
turned to his home this morning.
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To De Beque.

To De Beque.
Verne Lee went to De Beque this
morning, where he will remain a few
days.
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FOR SALE-Turkey eggs; also fine
bronze gobbler. Can Hickory 42l-
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FOR SALE-One good 5-passenger
automobile. cheap; 5000. Phone
Linden 1401.
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WANT ADS (Continued)

rent piano, by re-
sponsible party; no children. Must
be in good condition and price rea-
sonable. F. w. c., care Sentinel.
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FOR SALE-The biggest snap ever
offered in Grand Junction. Must
sell at once. 10 lots and 7-room
house; fine barn; strawberries,
raspberries and all kinds of fruit
in bearing; fine garden now in;
lawn and shade. Price $4,000;
part cash. This property is cheap
at $4,000. Chas. A. Smith.
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LOST-On road northeast of Fruita,
pocket-book containing s36.SO.
Liberal reward. Call Chas. Mccoy,
Blue 9211
WANTED-A man for general farm
work S35 per month, board and
room. Permanent job for right
party. d. b. Wright. phone juno
tion 95 or junction SO.
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Sentinel Want Ads get results.
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fUUHu SltdK, per pOUnu &c u z c
? All meats have advanced from 21a c
to sc per pound in the past two weeks.
except pork. and there is no prospect
of reduction in sight on any food
stuffsl
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UNCLE SANS DEPARTMENT G.

and the goods are brought back the
next day. All the bread Is delivered at
the houses, and it is SO OF the ice, meats
and groceries. The wagons OF the quar-
termaster come to the cold storage
train, and the housekeeper has her sup
plies even moro regularly and more
quickly than in the states. No charge
is made for delivery.
In the Cristobal Commissary
You may be Interested in seeing one of
the local stores. Take that here at Girls
tobal. 1t is situated on a corner in the
heart Of the town. 1t Is about 100 feet
front by 200 feet deep, covering all told
almost half an acre. Entering you find
yourself in an establishment much like
department store. The room is filed
with shelves and counters, divided up
Into departments and each devoted TO one
Kind OF goods. Here there is nothing but
hardware. over there are glassware and
china, and farther on are shelves filled
with dry goods and notions. There
is one department for cigars and to-
baoco. another for drugs, and a third
for meats and groceries. The meat branch
has cold storage room IN which three
or four butchers are kept busy cutting
roasts. chops and steaks for the Gus
toners Here everything is sanitary The
meat is wrapped up Ia the cold storage
chamber and handed out through a slot. b
The stores are thoroughly organized.
Each has its white manager and its white
assistant storelseeper. The other clerks
are mostly West Indians, because they
are cheaper than whites. receiving only
from s25 to s45 uer month.
I would say that | have patronized
these stores great deal during my stay
on the isthmus. Through the commissary
I have been able to buy one of the books.
and have made my purchases with the
coupons. / find the prices much lower
than those of the local Panama establish
ments, and in many cases they are as
cheap and cheaper than at home. There
is no question as to the prices for the
government publishes full prise list
every week or so, and one rln tell just
what anything and everything costs.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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1eu can have sheet washed and IRON
ed for cents and towel for cent.
Connected with the establishment is a
Dressing department, where mems coats,
trousers and vests and ladies, skirts
and waists are cleaned and shaped at
fixed prices.
Uncle Sans Retail Stores
What we have seen so far might be
called Uncle Sans wholesale mercantile
establishment. 1t is the warehouse and
the factory and the central station from
which all the goods are distributed.
The work of selling the merchandise is
done largely in retail stores, and for
this purpose the government has 22
branches. one at each canal center.
They cover the principal settlements
along the Canal zone, and are found
also at Porto Bello and Toro Point In
these stores goods are sold in exchange
for coupons, which can be procured by
employees from their time Keepers or
from the officers of the government and
Panama railway on invoices. You can
buy nothing in the stores except with
coupons. A twenty-dollar gold piece
would not buy a paper of pins, nor a
ten-dollar bill a lead pencil. The sys-
tenn is all arranged on the coupon basis,
and one must carry his coupon book to
the store and let the clerk take out the
checks which represent the amount of
the purchase. These checks range in
denomination from 81 TO l cent, SO that
any thing can be exactly paid for. The
business is done after 9. rigid accounting
system. Cash registers are employe
and the salesman makes out sales slip
for each purchase
The goods are taken to the stores on
the cars from Cristobal, and there is a
special refrigerator train every mornin 8
which has eleven cars filled with meats,
ice and perishable goods, and ten other
cars loaded with other goods. This train
starts at 4:30 every morning, and 1t is
the one train which is always on time.
In addition to the goods sold in the
stores, there is a big mail order BUSH
ness. Messengers go around every day
to the homes OF the employees and take
their orders, receiving coupons there
for. These are sent to the central office
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This is from one of your friends" he
said "He wants To get Mace COR one
- "a. -. ne -, 80, ,,,i,o ,,so oe thD
u 40 IVY - 'o' es'i'
young man 40 So
The general manager glanced at the let
ter
II can put him in Keating's job he
said. I'VE have not filled that vacancy
yet"
"Who is Keating?" asked the president
''IIe's a young man we took on as a
clerk. His references seemed all right
but he was a thief. lie stole $l6o. had
him arrested and he was found guilty
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But suppose we fly from the poles to
the tropics. We can do so by walking
from the cold storage plants 10 the balkz
cry and laundry, which are not Tar
away. The bakery Is one of the largest
on earth, and everything is done upon
big scale. The dough is kneaded BY
machinery In big iron trough. 1t
comes out in loaves, being cut by a
dough divider which makes 72 loaves
every minute. One batch of dough will
make 1900 loaves. The ovens are great
chambers walled with porcelain, each
of which viii bake 900 one-pound loaves
at one time Altogether they can make
$4,000 loaves in one day and from 20,-
600 to $4,000 loaves are now being con-
sumed every twenty-four hours. The
employees of the bakery are both white
ana colored with a white man at the
head.
Uncle Sans laundry is another big
feature of this mercantile establish
ment. II consists of several large halls
which are filled with Jamaica negresses,
washing and ironing. The clothes are
passed through five waters from cold
to hot. while the machinery scours out
the dirt. The wringing is done. by CEN
trifugal force in machines like those
used for sugar making, and tho ironing
has the aid of electricity. The latter
work Is performed by negro girls who
receive from to 10 cents an hour. Each
has an electric iron fastened to a tube
over her head, and she uses an ironing
board covered with white cotton which
Is so supported that It is level with her
waist. As to the white shirts, they
pass through pressing machines of their
own. About 100000 pieces are wash
ed and ironed here every year, and the
annual income of the institution is al
most 100000.
Nevertheless, the prices are low. Lin
en- coats cost IL cents each; collars, a
cent and half; drawers, cents, and
clffs, 3 cents pair. The charge for
washing silk shirt is 10 cents for a
dress shirt, 10 cents; suit of paJamas.
10 cents. and for a union suit, only 8
cents. Tho family laundry work is also
cheap. A bedspread costs 10 cents; a
blanket, 20 cents, and a napkin, cent.
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Copyright 1912, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama.
WANT to tell you how Uncle Sam
feeds and clothes his canal employees.
i When the old patriarch undertook
this job at Panama he found the stores
here very poor. The native merchants
did not understand the wants of the
Americans, and they tried to sell us poor
stuff at high prices. 1t was absolutely
necessary to the management of the canal
to have the men we'll fed and well cared
for, and so Uncle Sam became merchant,
and he has established here one of the
biggest department stores of the world.
lie does not insist that any one buy of
him, but his prices are so low and his
goods are so good that no one thinks of
purchasing anywhere else.
The business began at the start of our
work on the canal. and 1t has now grown
until ii amounts to almost S6,000000 per
year. The number of consumers is now
about 100000 and this includes the fami-
lies of both the silver and gold employees
upon the canal and the railroad. All
are practically dependent upon the gov
eminent for their food and clothing, which
Uncle Sam sells almost at cost. The gov
eminent brings fresh bread to their front
doors every morning. 1t puts away the
ice IN their refrgerators and even sup
plies them with their fuel which 1t stores
away under the porch.
Uncle SANS Big Mercantile Business
Before | take you through the i'm
mense warehouses; and other government
plants of this mercantile establishment
here at Cristobal, let me give you few
items as to the extent of the business.
The sales last year embraced more than
100000 pounds of fresh beef, and a quar-
ter of a million pounds of mutton and
lamb. The chickens handled in Uncle
Sans grocery store numbered 100000.
and the turkeys and ducks one-fourth as
many. He sold half million pounds of
bacon, 100000 eggs, and altogether over
49, 600 tons of food supplies Of one kind or
other. Some of the groceries ran into the
millions of pounds This was so Of the
-four, which weighed 100000 pounds; of
the rice. which weighed 20OO,0o0. and OF
evaporated and condensed milk, which
footed up a gross of 100000 pounds.
Uncle Sam sold last year million
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the time conversing with some one and
he did not want TO interrupt.
There had been thoughts of discharg-
ms Heating for this carelessness or
worse, but it was overlooked. Then
something had happened that had
aroused the cashiers suspicion, and the
next month. when Heating again was
window, he was watched. This time he
stole $3.50 Then investigation showed
his recommendations were false. He
simply was thief. There were no ex-
tenpating circumstances. It was neces-
sary to make an example of him. so the
case was given to the authorities He
had been convicted promptly. He would
go to Sing Sing.
Tho presidents face did not show so
much tan as it had earlier in the day,
and there was a queer look about his
eyes. How old was Heating? he asked.
About % the general manager thought,
The president seemed to breathe hard
again. Before what judge had Heating
been tried? The general manager gave
the name and added the information that
the -'r,re was roted for the stiff sentences
general manager and that official went
/ out
| The president got up from his desk
and walked over to the great window
that afforded such a magnificent view
and panorama OF the Hudson. Blu.
the president did not see the river, or
Its myriad craft, or fsle Jersey country
beyond. He was looking way beyond
He stood at the window four or five
minutes, and then went back 10 his
desk. He tried to centre his thoughts
on business, but his mind reverted tc
/ Heating and the s165 and the prospect
OF prison walls and prison garb He
took up some of the papers that hi
1 had glanced through earlier in the day
4 but he did not read them He was an
CRY with himself. and got up and trie(
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was the last monthly report of the OPP
erations of the great corporations of
which Mr.. Morton was the head. 1t
showed fair increase i'll the net profits
Mr.. Morton glanced over the figures and
compared some of the items with those
of previous reports. In instances where
there were increases in expenditures or
decided changes in results he asked for
explanations. They were satisfactory,
and he passed on to other matters. He
examined with care the plans for a new
plant the corporation was to build in
nearby New Jersey. He suggested some
alterations, gave directions that the arch
itect prepare estimates for some changes
he desired. and then he quickly turned
to other matters.
There was no lost motion. no lost
time. He seemed TO know every end of
his business. The matters the vice presi-
dent had puzzled over for weeks he de-
cided or cleared up in an instant. Mr..
Getting often wondered how the boss
had such a marvellous grasp of the va
rious ends of the great business. To Get
ting Mr.. Morton never seemed to maks
"A mistake. never seemed at a loss how
TO act, never hesitated 10 think out q
reply. He was the real directing force
OF the great machine with its nearly 5000
employees.
After the vice president came the Sec
retary. He bad to get instructions re-
garding new bond issue. There were
papers to be drawn up, reports of earn
ings, disbursements, averages, percent
ages and a multitude of other things
for the examination of the bankers Then
came the general manager He had to
report as TO conditions in his orgaiiza-
ton. There was some dissatisfaction
among one set Of the laborers. and there
had been fears Of n strike. but al, danger
Of this had passed. he was happy TO say.
When the general manager finished Mr.
Morton reached over and picked UP a
personal letter he had Laid aside:
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TO fight off the feeling that obsessed
him. He walked up and down the room
nervously, but found no relief. He tried
the window again, but it was no use
1t was nearly luncheon time, and he
decided to so out, but before depart
ing he wrote note, called in one of
the boys and instructed him to deliver
1t In person, and to be sure anu get an
answer
At luncheon he was greeted by vari-
Gus of his friends, and had to tell some
of the details of his trip. This was
pleasant. and he fingered. It was near
~ 8 O'clock when he returned to his
office An answer to his note lay on
the desk. He read 1t with some salts
faction, and put the note carefully away
in an inside pocket. Then he got
down to work again. He was some
what preoccupied. and Dawson looked
at him out of the corner of his eye
once to see what was wrong but he
kept doggedly at it,
When Mr. Morton departed from the
office that evening the members of his
staff were agreed that their first idea
regarding his trip abroad was CHROME
Gus. He was not quite himself. They
were sure of that. This was all the
more noticeable because he had beer
so self-contained. SO alert, SO resource
full. Possibly his trip had tired him
Even sea trips tire some persons.
A little after s Morton went out, entered
his car and drove away. The car stopped
in front of brown stone house In the
SOS. 1t was the home of the supreme
court justice before whom Heating was
to be arraigned the following day foi
sentence. The justice was in the paloi
and came forward to meet him as Mr.
Morton entered. The two men had nc
! personal acquaintance, but their pictures
| had been printed often enough. and the,
| knew each other well enough by repu
| tation to need no introductions.
"a have Called" said Mr.. Morton, ''ol
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pounds of peas and beans, 100000 cans OF
tomatoes, 100000 of fish and 5000 cans of
pork and beans. His sales of potatoes ag-
gregated 100000 pounds, and of onions
more than a million. He sold 226,00O
dozen oranges. $1,000 eantaloupes, 10000
grape fruit and about 1900 watermelons.
A little further on I will take you
through his bakery here at Cristobal,
where last year he made over 100000
loaves of bread, sending out from 10000
to 5000 every day. We shall visit his
laundry where three and one-half mil
lion pieces of clothing were washed last
year. and go into plants where 100000
pounds of coffee were roasted, 100000
worth of ice made and from where more
than 100000 gallons of Ice cream were
shipped out to canal employees.
Indeed, our patriarchal uncle has In
situations here big enough to supply all
most every want of the Americans and
foreigners who are employed upon the
canal, and notwithstanding the fact that
we are 1000 miles from the base of svp-
plies. he is satisfying these wants at
prices as low as at home, and In some
cases lower. Moreover his business is
not only self-supporting, but 1t pays a
small profit. 1t is, in fact. one of the big
little wonders of our great work at Pan
anna.
How Uncle Sam Buys His Supplies
This great department store Is under the
oonmissary of the canal Its head is
Col Eugene T. Wilson, the chief sub
sistence officer, and lbs business is as
carefully done as that of any great fac
tory or trust. The purchases are In bulk
and the prices are cut to the minimum.
Competitive bids are gotten as to every
thing and the government buys where it
can get the best and the cheapest.
California products, for instance, are
shipped down by sea to save the cost of
roalroad transportation over the CONT
81. m Some goods are bought in Europe
and shipped direct 10 Panama. Tropical
ituits come from Jamaica and the other
islands of the West Indies; contracts for
fresh meat are made annually at Chi
eago on the basis of a percentage above
or below the sale of live animals In the
stock Yards as reported in the Drover's
Journal, and by the specifications only
the highest class of meat can be sold.
Tho meat is so carefully packed and
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to you or to any of your friends, Mr..
Morton?' the justice inquired
"I know nothing o. him. Mr.. Morton
repeated. I'm fact, I never heard of
him until today. but I know men have
reformed, and when I heard of this case
it appealed to me most strongly"
The justice plainly was surprised He
pondered a few moments and then
said: MY dear. sir, l have known OF
you for long time. but I never knew
until now that you were a sentimental
list. I have the reputation of being a
harsh Judge Possibly I am severe. You
may waste your money on this fellow
Heating, but let us try the experiment.
We would be less severe II more men
like you, impelled by your kindly mo-
tive. interested themselves In the un-
fortunates that come before us. I'll
suspend sentence In this case, and
want to thank you--how sincerely | can
not express In words-for your visit.
1t was late when Mr.. Morton got
home He did not want to arrive there
until the visitors had departed. To XIII
time he had the chauffeur drive through
tho park, up into the land beyond the
Harlem and then return. When they
reached home the house was dark. He
went to his study and sat in his favorite
chair For more than an hour he re-
NAMED there, thinking, thinking, think
Ing.
1t was not of Heating or of the justice
or of the money that would be spent for
Keating's regeneration that he thought
His mind was filled with the picture OF
youth of %, who 50 years arc nau gone
| to prison for stealing s165. He thought
| of two years Of horror spent benlnd the
bars Then he thought of years OF strug-
gle under a new name in big strange
| city. He thought of the fear OF discovery
that at first had been nightmare, but
later had faded and faded. until 1t al
most had gone. He thought OF how sue
cess had come slowly at first but swlfter
later. He thought of all he had attained
power, position. family. wealth. the
hardship of a mighty corporation-and
| then he buried his face in his hands as he
realized that the strange coincidence OF
| this day was hut another proof that
however much he achieved the Joy Of suc-
| cess would ever be tainted with the mem,
DRY OF long Ggo.
Copyright. 1919. BY Ridaard spiliana