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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-29
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
the Board of County Commits
sioners of Pierce County, Washing
fled electors of said County, the
following persons. one to east pre-
cinct as Inspector, and Two Judges
who shall constitute Board OF
Judges of the Special Election te
day of July, A. D. 1912:
Alder Precinct-John Kruse, In
spector;. r; H. Whitfield and Joe
Lemen, Judges.
Inspector g. e. Krause and p. M
American Lake Precinct-Dr
derson and w; J: Kelly Judges.
sera Frank Eneva
and G. A. Peterson, Judges.
Artondale Precinct--Ed. Allen
Inspector; John Gustafson and
John Berry, Judges.
han, Inspector; Robt. Anderson and
e. H. Frank, Judges.
Breckon Precinct-Louis Kupfer
Inspector; Julius Negro and John
Mosolf. Judges.
L. F. Fischer, inspector; +. L. Over.
myer and j. Hayden, Judges.
Buckley Precinct No. 1. Inside
| ]. b.. Frost, Inspector; Mrs. Butler
and Mildred Pitcher. Judges.
BUCKLEY Precinct No. l, OUTSIDE
Clogston and Percy Knapp Judges
Buckley Precinct No. q, Outside
M. McHugh, Inspector; Albert Case
and VIII Curtis, Judges.
rn snraett PTec II Toi1 Hazard
Sehepp, Judges
Carbonate Precinct-John Nc
Auly, Inspector; ]. F. Davies, and
Sam James, Judges.
Stewart, inspector; VIM. Pierce and
John Edwards, Judges.
der Boyd, Inspector; c. A. Mniisack
and Willard F. strother, Judges.
Dupont Precinct, Outside-Frank
Mounts, Inspector; John W. Hug
gins and Taylor Middleton, Judges.
l Eatonville Precinct Inside-Chas
Williams, Inspector; Henry Nagley
and Chas, c. Bigge, Judges.
Fl. Haskins, INSPECTOR; C. w. Sharpe
land W. b. Corey, Judges.
/ 1Edgewood Preeinct-A. F. Dick
son, Inspector; F.. ID. lockwood and
G. Hendricks. Judges.
l.. Elbe PrecInct-A. r, Campbell
4 Inspector; John Foster and Morris
1C. Hill, Judges.
Fairfax Preefnet-M. C. Butler
f1nspectori Morgan Meredith and
/ DR.. G. e. Martin. Judges.
T. Fox Island Precinct. A. Baker
Inspector; f. NJ. Leavens and Thos
fRamsdelle. Judges.
\ Gardenviile Precinct-Chas. Met.
Tier. inspector; James Goudy ant
tGus Eschbaeh, Judges.
Gig Harbor Precinct-T ]. Weeks
inspector; J. $. Boyd and Jos Good.
man, Judges.
Graham Precinct John Martin
Inspector; Barney Larson and ID. A
Presley, Judges.
Hfllhurst Preeinct-W. G., Field.
ing, Inspector; Frank Halves, Sr.
and VIM. Locke. Judges.
Holz Prectnct-H. p. HoIz. In,
lspeetor; Walter Main and IT, w
lCIevenger, Judges.
Hunts Prairie Precinct-Thos
lMcGeary, Inspector: p. ]. O'Gara ans
is. III. Craig, Judges.
Hyada Park Precinct-J. v
IChurchill, inspectors; Mrs. c. A
Campbell and Duke Campbell
I Tnterlaaken Precinet-A. F. VII
Iliams. Inspector; Joe Homan an.
lMcCaufey, Judges.
KaDowsin Precinot--Chas Fix
IInspector; VIM. Williams and Free
lHilgirt, Judges.
Lake Bay Preeinct--<C. q. Baenall
IInspector: s. +. Sorensen and ]. W
lie. uish. Judges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-29
OlalIa Garden Tracts

Do you know that Olalla is the
earliest fruit district on Puget
Sound7 That means high prices
for your fruit; just the difference
between success and failure; no
rough land, good roads and the soil
is above the average; 5-acre tracts
from s325 up; i0-hcre tracts from
1900 up to $3.50 per tract. Let E.
w. Reed show you these tracts.
Write to him at olalia-
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DO you NEED MONEY! Private
funds In our vau1ts--you needn't
walt VIII loan to build or pay off
debts. Clean up your assessments
and old MORTGAGE pay only on one
straight 2 to year loan. Honest
treatment and fair rates.
LENNox TRUST COMPANY
Loans and Investments
zoe Equitable Bldg.
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FOR SALE by OWNER
A BARGAIN

Four fine level lots, with a good
Broom house: In Mckinley Park,
2h blocks from car; fine soil and
good location; city water. electric
lights. etc. Fine place for garden,
fruit and chickens. Price 1850:
s25 cash, balance $40 month. See
owner at 3543 Mckinley av. Phone
Main 5s38.
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Clearance Sale

Are you reading the "Times
Want Ads?" There is something
good there for you now, SO don't
miss doing so. *ss
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SUMMER COTTAGES

s-room furnished modern house at
American Lake. for rent by the
month or year.
Also tents with gas range, light
and water for summer season,
g. d. GRANT
312 Bankers Trust Bldg.
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$3.50 Home for $1,000

Owner has paid $3.50 and desires
to sell for. amount now due. A
nearly new 4-room bungalow, burnt
wood finish, hard plaster, spring
water piped into kitchen; two lots;
$3.50 cash and easy payments. Good
location. Buy bargain now.
Surety Bonds. Fire Insurance
E. f. GREGORY CO., Inc
s. r. Webb. &c. F.. Gregory.
Second Floor Natl. Realty Bldg.
1117 Pacific .av.
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Rent your vacant house through
q Times Want Ad. Only lie a
word. Phone Main IL. sss
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FOUND

FOUND-A purse on July rs. Per-
son may have same by Identify
ing and describing contents. G.
r. Patterson. 6g4s SO. Alder st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-29
Olalla Garden Tracts

Why don't you let Reed show
You those Olalla Garden Tracts that
he has for sale? You will like them
and you will be sure to buy, if you
want to make yourself home
where you can make a living out
of the land. Write to e. w. Reed,
Olalla, Wash, and have him meet
YOU at the OlalIa dock
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-29

SCREENS for wix.ows and doors
made TO fit and last Mahogany
I'D oak front screen doors spe-
&eurt. Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-29

160-acre homestead relinquish-
ment for sale. Money to loan. Fire
Insurance. Hiberly. 1907 Fidelity.
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WANTED TO BORROW

FIRST s pct. mortgages for sale,
$500, 5000. 1900, $500; also SIZE
500 G. pct.) w. N. Doub & Co., FL
deIitY Bldg
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

DIR. WARREN BROWNS office re-
moved to 207 Equitable bldg.
with private entrance 1101 Com
merce st,
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/ will sell my 4-room house,
chicken house, wood shed, with Z
lots. 20 fruit trees bearing, 4 blks.
from So. Tacoma car, water. lights
and phone, for $1,000, $500 down.
Ideal place for workingman. Am
leaving city. Call $3.50 So. Sheridan
after d. m. and evenings.
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Improved waterfront ranch to
trade for vacant lots. @. ID. Grant
& Co., 312 Bankers Trust.
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RENT
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR RENT-0ne s-room and one
b-room apartments. furnished or
unfurptshed. Inquire e22 SO. An
derson or 1901 SO. 18th st.
For rent. chicken ranch with s.
room house. chicken houses,
acres OF ground, part in garden, be-
4 blocks to car a Peterson.
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A Safe Investment

like to sell? If you have, invest a
few cents in a Times Want Ad"
and you will get buyer for 1t.
Everybody reads The Times classi-
fled page.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
THE CHlLDREN'S HEALTH

In observing the physical character
lstics of her children, the careful moth
er soon learns that health is depend
emit on the regularity of the bowels.
When the bowels become clogged with
the stomach's refuse, loss of appetite,
restlessness, irritability, and similar
evidences of disorder are soon appar-
ent. Keep the bowels regular and
healthy, happy child is assured
At the first sign of constipation the
mother should administer a mild Iaxa-
tive to carry off the congested waste
from the stomach that is fermenting
and forcing poisonous gases into the
system. A simple compound of laxa-
tive herbs with pepsin is highly recon-
mended as being very mild, yet posi-
tive, In its action, teaspoonful at
bedtime usually serving TO bring an
easy, thorough, natural movement
next morning. This compound is
known as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
and is sold by druggists everywhere
for SOC a bottle. A larger bottle, put
up especially for the family medicine
chest, costs one dollar
The use of salts and violent purga-
tives and cathartics should be avoid
ed. They are too harsh and drastic.
tending to upset the entire system.
Write to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 203 West
St., Monticello, Ill, for trial bottle
of his Syrup Pepsin, If you have never
used it. He will be glad to send 1t
without any expense to YOU. Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

best hostelry directed their attention
to the stability of the Driller's Bank,
and then carried them down into the
oil field. There they found blind
folded Fortune scattering her favors
like tipsy vesta1 That man who
whisked by the train window in a
motor from French shops had been,
yesterday, barber. That man whose
carriage waited at the depot, with a
driver in livery and a pair of cobs
harnessed with silver buckles, two
years before had waded the river
from Ohio wet to his middle. That
man whose stone house chung to a
bluff above the car track, apeing the
architecture of the Rhine, had found,
not the lamp of Aladdin but that
which Illuminated all lamps. The
Prince of Monaco never dreamed of
such an orgy of chance.
Captain Shelton counted well upon
his heady air. He brought forth his
maps, but he spoke little and sanely.
The topsy-turvy condition spoke for
him He posed as one sober, careful,
far-sighted, in a community of drunk
ards. Here were opportunities to be
seized, wisely held in hand and made
to produce, not a casual pot of gold,
but a great fortune lasting for cen
tury. He brought shrewdly to the
strangers notice the two tracts lying
within his parallelogram Of leased ter
ritory. They instantly inquired why
these tracts were not included and
he replied that at the time the COM
pany leases were taken they could not
be had, and now he could not secure
them without the consent Of the stock
holders, a thing impracticable. He
would take these two tracts in his
own name, but such an act might sub
iect him to criticism. This was, of
course, lie The roustabout from
whom Shelton had secured his leases
omitted these tracts because the own
ers demanded twenty-five cents an
acre bonus. Around these two tracts
Shelton masked his arts of suggestion.
He wished these mems fingers dipped
with his in the dish, little of their
gold on the table, a wager left here
behind them on the spin Of the wheel.
When the two bank directors re-
turned to New England, they took
with them the fee simple titles of
these two tracts. They took with
them also the impression, but not the
certainty, that Captain Shelton was
merely an adventurer. Able to judge
accurately any situation in New Eng
land, they were at sea here. The bank
in Pittsburg was certainly solvent
The territory advertised by Shelton
was certainly covered by his leases.
It was a land where Fortunatus
drunk was swinging his purse by the
strings. Who could say upon what
passer the gold would fall!
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inexperienced.

In boarding house for bachelors,
Amanda, typical Nanny" looked af-
ter the guests comfort in true south
ern style so we'll that one of the men
thought he would take her away with
him in the summer in the capacity OF
housekeeper. Toward spring he way
laid her in the hall one day and said:
Mandy, do you like the country"
Mandy reckoned she did.
would you like to go away with
me this summer and keep house for
me?"
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose l get just bungalow. DO
you think you could take care OF It
nicely by yourself?"
Mandy gasped and rolled her eyes
"'Deed, no, massa! Reckon you all
better get somebody else; don't
know nothin' about taking care of any
animals !"-Harper's Magazine.
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the depositor's credit while he, Shell
ton, tested the territory. If these
lands proved oil-producing, as he
thought they would, then his stock
holders would make enormous profits.
If they proved worthless, no man
would lose a cent, the company would
be dissolved, the certificates can
celled and every stakeholder per-
mitted to withdraw his deposit. Then
he spoke thus pointedly:
Your banks good, isn't it? You
will pay the peoples money back to
them, won't you? l can't rob them,
and l suppose you won't"
The president Of the Driller's BAnk
determined to lay the matter bSfore
his directors. In the, meantime, tide
OF small deposits began to arrive
When the directors met on the second
Tuesday of the month, there were q
hundred thousand dollars in these de-
posits, increasing with every mail.
The bank needed the money, it was
loaded with industrial securities. The
directors hesitated, and finally con-
tinued the matter until the next meet
ing. The tide swelled into flood, the
matter never came up again before
the board, and Captain Shelton Sc
cured not one million, as he had prom
Used, but in all nearly two million dol
lars in deposits.
The entrance of the two bank direc-
tors from Massachusetts followed a
little later on. Shelton had sent his
literature broadly scattered into New
England, reaching for persons there
with small annuities and little savings
in banks. His plan touched the very
king-bolt in the nature of these peo-
pie, a possibility of wealth without
risk. The income from their deposits
in savings banks was slight. This
speculation involved only the trans
fer Of deposits to different bank with
try at an Ell dorado for a rider. Hav-
ing determined that the Driller's Bank
of Pittsburg was solvent, deposits
went flooding westward. So great
were the Withdrawals that two direc-
tors of one of these banks in Massa-
chusetts, at the suggestion of the de-
positors, went to Pittsburg to look
into the matter
Captain Shelton was advised. He
met these gentlemen at the Pennsyl-
vania station, entertained them at the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
Carved Capitol With Penknife.

A clever carved model of the Cap
itol building at Washington has beer
made by Prof. George F. Sayres o.
Stokesville, Va. The carving is o.
wood and was made with no othel
tool than an ordinary pocket knife
not even a carpenters square beint
used on it.
The carving consists Of more thar
three thousand pieces. The wood usec
is poplar, white pine and white wal
nut. The height of the building is tel
inches to the crest OF the Liberty
statue. The structure is two fee
long and about eight inches wide. The
grounds contain a hundred and forty
one trees, made Of felt OF different
shades of green, which supply beau
tiful setting to the work
The statue of Washington seated
and with his right arm uplifted faces
the central portico. A number O.
spectators are standing around this
statue. while others are to be seen OF
the steps Of opposite wings of the Cap
itol. The carving is, of course, paint
ed white. with the exception OF the
Liberty statue which, in golden hue,
is silhouetted against background o.
sky and cloud.
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Eigbteen months later, the Union

Eighteen months later, the Union
Consolidated Oil Company was dis
solved and its stock cancelled. The
bank returned the deposits and paid
Roger Shelton eighty thousand dol
lars in interest He feared to place
this money in bank lest some one SUI
ing him might attach it, and kept it in
a safety deposit box of New York
trust company. He had learned that
the two bank directors We're now in
New York, and had hurried here hop
ing to purchase the tract of land he
wished: but. on reflection, he hest
tated to approach them. They would
be greatly suspicious of him, and he
would not risk having the deed taken
in the name of any other person He
desired to get hold of the tract lying
over the synclinal, and he would, If
necessary, give all the money he had
for it. This was the story skillfully
unmasked by Randolph Mason.
The captain. when the cat was out
began to regret his rashness. His
secret had escaped him; it was an in
QlSCT6IIOn TO U6 aAISAANSN W 6AScCCA
caution. He was taken swiftly with a
trembling seizure of suspicious.
"You have overlooked the names OF
these gentlemen from Massachusetts"
said Randolph Mason.
A certain cunring lodged along
Captain Sheltons features.
Il have not overlooked it, he re-
piled 81 don't intend to tell them. |
expect my regular lawyer to be pres
ent when these men are seen. l came
to you for a plan. When l get that.
my lawyer will do the rest. I don't
mean these Yankees to sleep on the
trade. The deeds and the cash will
go on the table together. When they
are exchanged, the matter will be end
ed. That's my way of doing business.
Now, what's your plan"'
my plan," said Mason, will con-
form to your way of doing business.
Have these men here at two o'clock.
Let them know nothing of the object
of this conference. But you, on your
part, take every precaution. Come a
half-hour earlier with your attorney.
Bring the deeds and the cash with
you. Bring also a notary. 1 would
have you take no chance. l would
have you omit no safeguard which
your instincts suggest"
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Captain Shelton was greatly reas
sured; but doubt remained.
IF | come, they won't SELL he said.
That's the very trouble I'm trying to
get around
Il will get around that" replied
Randolph Mason.
Then" said Captain Shelton, you
will have to pretend to represent some
one else, and leave me to my lawyer"
Your foresight is amazing" replied
Mason. Il shall leave you entirely to
your lawyer. l shall pretend to rep
resent, let us say, the stockholders of
the Union Consolidated Oil Company"
Good" cried the captain, that lie
will do the work."
Randolph Mason arose, and waited
for his visitor to depart.
Il think" he remarked that it Will
do the work excellently."
The men who met in Randolph Ma
sons private Office were Of most in
congruous types. My visual memory
of this conference remains clear-cut,
like the climax of some drama; there
was the notary, tired old man, look
ing on unconcerned from a chair by
the door; Captain Shelton, his under
lip painfully frightened, seated on one
side of the library table with his at
torney at his elbow. This attorney
merits a word of comment; he was
the ablest practitioner of his class in
New York a class abandoned wholly
to intrigue, schooled smatteringly in
the law through attendance and ex-
perience at trials, but past masters of
trickery; he was a little, rotund man,
bald, with a fringe of hair running
from the top of one ear around to
the other; face as expressionless as
wood; eyes steady as though set in by
an optician. The mans hands alone
betrayed his thoughts-they were as
nimble as the fore paws of a mink.
Opposite were the two New England
ers, an uncle and his nephew-the ell
der, tall. grave, somber; the younger,
a youth, powerfully built, his face
fresh with health, his hands suggest
ing the strength Of ivory-and Ran
dolph Mason, walking up and down
by the bookcases.
Mason introduced the matter with
this remarkable statement to the men
from Massachusetts: He represented
certain of the stockholders of the
Union Consolidated Oil Company, act
ing for the benefit of all. The stock
holders of that company had lost in
interest on their deposits, through
Captain Roger Shelton, some eighty
thousand dollars. This money Cap
tain Shelton was now ready to return.
He wished to do so through these d1-
rectors, leaving them to distribute it
in detail to the stockholders. How
ever, in the manner of this restitution,
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Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: / have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. e. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, Soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, ~ Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv
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ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
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New China Currency.

The new Chinese dollars of the
Chinese republic are objects Of much
curiosity among the natives. They
carry English en- the diverse side and
Chinese on the reverse, with the pic
.ure Of Dr. Sun Vat Sen, founder OF
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wnman Police Officer.

Miss Mary Steele Harvey is the first
woman to be appointed police officer
IN Baltimore. The last legislature Gre
Ated five police matrons with full po-
ice powers. Miss Harvey is the first
Of the five to be appointed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
A cLEReYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for a
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and pulled. He had heart fiutter-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

One proof that a woman is jealous
s to hear her say she isn't.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

YOU CAN CURB CATARRE
Rv using Coles Carbolsalve. 1t Is a most
effective remedy. All druggists. Is and SOC. Adv.
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The two bank directors, realizing
now the full import Of Mason's re-
markable strategy, came forward with
profound expressions of thankfulness.
The unfair gains of a rascal had been
skillfully choked out of him. Resti-
tuition had been made to tricked per-
sons. and yet nothing of value had
been lost. The ell dorado sighted was
there. remaining in it's owners hands.
It was like some altruistic adjustment,
written into the journal OF a dreamer
Randolph Mason cut short these
speeches with gesture of impotence
Gratitude" he said, like regret.
annoys me-"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

For the legal principle In
voIved in this story see Sec. !
of chapter 90 of the Code OF
West Virginia, called the Statute
of Frauds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-03
Nova Scotia Eelarass.

United States Consul Albert J.
Fleming of Yarmouth, N. S., reports
that the expectations of eelgrass to
the port of Boston in the latter part
Of 1911 were the largest in the history
Of that traffic, the amount in two
months being 2S7 tons, the gross price
Of which was $40 ton. This practi.
cally cleaned up the crop in the stor-
age barns, but since then large guam
titles were gathered, and, after drying,
the grass was stored to supply the de-
mand during the next season.
Eelgrass is practically unlimited in
supply in that region, and 1t is hoped
that larger shipments will be made
In the near future. The principal use
Is for mats and cheap mattresses, but
the Yarmouth firms who are engaged
in buying from small producers and
marketing the commodity, believe that
The eelgrass can be used in the manu-
'acture of coarse wrapping paper.