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building Contracts

Panama Pacific International Exposition com
pauy with Dyer Bros, Colleen West Iron
works-Furnishing. fabricating and delivering
steel and east iron for horticultural building
at exposition site: 100000
A. Craviotto with @. Poiati--Ali work for
three story ana basement frame building at
Sc corner Greenwich ADD Powell streets. 80
In Greenwich and 65 In Powell; $4,000.
Isidor Rudee with John Sparge-t'oncrete,
cribbing and grading. etc. for four story
a. basement concrete building in SW line OF
Fourth street. % NV OF Folson, I" Is by
SAk 80 50 600.
Isabelle H. Shelter with Thomas Hamill--
All work except excavation for frame residence
Ia Y line OF Paramount street, 1853 w OF
Chenery " q BIZ 123: 81 500
Pearl c. Cooke with J. W. Considerations
to building at 1896 Clay street; 81 COS.
Julia Cronan fby Burch & Hoffman COM
pany) with p. r. MISUNDERSTANDING, tinting.
paperIng. vanishing for six story reinforced
concrete apartment building In line Of Bush
street. 236.lI w Of Mason; 81 600.
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HAY. FEED AND MEAr,

Wholesale prices on carload lots OF hay Ga
foday's market are; Fancy wheat hay. light
bales 420@21: No. l wheat or wheat and oat
S1741S.50: No. 2 wheat or wheat and oat
$i5@175o; choice tame oat. $17@ls.50; other
tame oat. $l5Q1I: barley, $12@I6; wild oar.
$50 $50; alfalfa. $1I@14. stock hay. 800
IL. 30; straw. COG soc.
Feed tper tonl--Bran. s25l26 for white.
SPACES for red; middiings, $2eM32; shorts
xzG@27 rolled barley, $40. 50Ql3O. so: corn
meal. $41.50142.50: cracked corn sal 5Oa
~ so; alfalfa. meal. car lots, SIT; do small
lots, SIS.
Meal tper ton)-OiIcake. 20 ton lots. $3a: 10
tons, $3.50: tons. $34; less than ) tons.
$3.50; cocoanut, carload lots. $50; do, 10
tons, $50: do. tons. $3.50: do. small lots,
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KNowLAND TO SPEAK

A special program has been ar
ranged for Friday night at the annual
fair and bazaar OF the practitioners Of
st. Andrews church. now being held
In Holland hall. San Pablo avenue and
Twenty-sixth street, Oakland. The
chief speaker of the evening will be
Congressman Joseph r. Knowland.
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IouAL rRu1r MARKEr

rIices quoted this morning on the San frau
CISCO Wholesale fruit market:
Decduous Fruits lper boxl-Apples. New
g e4w IN pippins, tier. S1-500I.75; DO ~ uer,
Sa-<SW i.S6; Spitxbergens. tier, $l:AOg i.o p,
dorerr a aer yIWiio: Baidwins. siglzss s AKA
greetings. tier. 81. 15afa5. do AZ tier. ssc
W1i oregon, $l.65@1.65.
rLedches-Smal boxes, 75c4$l, DO Tugs, zig
log; carriers, S0cQl$1 TO-
fi&s tper boxl-Black, single layer, ouQ soc'
% c aaubie layers. $I@l.25; white. 3oWooc.
ounces tper box)--75c0$1.25.
ho romegranates tper box 7oc@$l.2a' large
Persininloas tper hox)--s101.5o.
Fears lper box)--Winter Nellis, $l.lSWz
of1er varieties. 7Jc@$15O.
sGrapes-lsabella. $l0l1.25; Tokay, 1ocWst,
Maisga. 50W65c, black. 45@5Uc; Muscats. %
@toc. Cornfchon- 65Q7bc. Lugs--Tokay, !9c 9
q lMuscats 90c@Sl; black, 5oQ65c; seediess;
10; other varieties, a5@4oc: Zinfandei. per
ton, $26@S0; do OF grades. $20Q2o' wnite
wine grapes, $1701S
5erfles-Strawberrles per chest. $3.5o0$s-
nnaspeherries lper chest)--$4@7
niackperries (per chest) as.
nuckieberries fper lb)4@10c.
Coos Bay. per box. Se.25@o.50
Meions-Nutmegs, per box. 5oc@$1-25; wat
efmeiona, per doz. $1.7503.
k4.ooQ5.b0; choice. $6@7; fancy, s707 so;
gasPerruit fancy seeding, 5000 half Dol; do
seSuaess, $o.00Q6; lines per case. S596
ranges tPer boxl-valencias. $4@6.
tropical Fruit--Bananas Hawaiian. 75c0
xl.o0 per bunch do Centred American. 393hc
per 40; 40 Mexican. IN 02c per Id; Pinespples.
pef oozs Hawaiian. S1M2.60
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HAMS AND BACON

eaa Francisco quotations this morning on
hams and bacon are: Primrose hams. 1912.
PFC: do 1914. 22c. do 1916. &c: prim
rose bacon. 40 30c eastern star hams. 1912
II bye; do l2-14. Pike; eastern skid hams. 25c;
DO 1915, 211c: eastern star bacon. 40, 2ec;
do 6-S. Csc, do $40. 27c; do 1912, zoe:
arch picnic hams. 14ac: arrow bacon, $40,
265kc; do 1912. 25he: medium bacon. 204c;
III D. 81. SsiO 23c: do 1912. 22c: light me.
dunn 20hc.
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LOCAL BUGAA QUOTATIONS

The Western Sugar Hehn1nR COMPANY QuOfoe
net prices on granulated sugar, In bags Of 100
lbs as follows: western nne granulated x455:
fruit graduated. $4.l5; csnners' granula ted
tons. SSs5. DO ID cartons, ~ *. do half
pieces. ID cartons. SS.S5. monarch bar, 81 90:
81. 10: cubes $3.50. monarch powdered s4.65
xxx powdered. $4.65; confectioners AZ
x4.5s beet granulated. 100 ID bags oniy'
49, extra G. s4.35: golden 6. $s.9s: b.
The California and Hawaiian Sugar Re9nins
company quotes net prices on granulsted sugar
ii bags Of 100 lbs. ss follows: G. & III 6nc
standard. s4.55; coarse dry graduated, S45s;
confcctioners' A, $4.55: berry. 34.b5; powdered.
81 Is: cubes. $3.50. s'Eiigrade" bar 81 col
bricks In half bbls. 1905: bricks I'm 2s ID
boxes, 1870; H. & +. crystal dominos Is ID
carfon1, $685.: n. f. crystal doinlnos e ii
cartons(, 1875; extra 6ne dry Circulated finO
sa.e5s yellow p. ts.sA
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FLOUR AND GRAIN

Quotations in San FRANCISCO this morning:
Flour tper bbI)--Net cash: California family
extras. t5.G016; bakers extras. 81. 65 a.. 20;
supernne $3.006b4 10; Dakotas. S6.406t7 40:
Kansas. S6H625.
Wheat (per ctI}-California club $l46k a
1.47L; northern wheat. biuestetn, 81 66M
1071g: Turkey red $1.575s al 50; red Russian.
$i.46A 41.47ta; club. $1.464 q 1 471a forty
fold Jl.52h @l.55.
Barley (per ctl5-Good to choice feed. &187h
@l.40; lower grades. eI.30@1aS; shipping and
brewing, S1.423z GgI47A.
Oats tper ctl--Whife feed, 81 .400l1 .a5;
red seed, e202.i5: do feed. nominal: Black.
$2.7bQ3.25.
Corn lper ctll-Prices largely nominal Vel
low. bulk, $f:74; do white. $176: Egyptian
RYE per cti)-si.45@1.so; rsclean.d. $3.50
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pork. lard. cooking oil aud family beef are:
Golden Gate lard tierces. 147ac: do IS. per
So 80; arrow compound, tierces lie: do Sos.
$500: do ion. S7.05; do IS. "a. ID: do3s. eT.20:
yellow arrow rocking oil, 66c; white arrow
cooking oil roe primrose salad oil. s2c extra
family beef, $24; family beef. $24: extra mess
beef. x24: extra prime pork. s25; extra pig
pork. 929. cslifene--Tuhs. i1Ac; half bbls.
tiefces. lie: case 81 Cottolene--Half bbis.
l13ac: tierce. Inc; tierces. Ike; o..
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FRESH AND CURED rrsH

Fresh Ftsh tper lb)--Haiibut. 106nl1c: carp
ldt5c: catfish, 1o@f5c; goldfish. Sc; red rock,
708c; black rock Sc: barracuda. Sc: large
soles. 5@6c: sand dabs. 5Q6c: small soies. 49
DC; sea bass. lie: fomcod, Sc: salmon. 1oa lie;
smelt. S@10c; rock cod, lo411c; crawfsh. Is
4t3Oc
Alaska medium red. S5c: pink, 65c: chums
Goo: No. tall cans. doc to case. Z. O. b.
Ban Francisco: Puget sonnd sockeyes. tails
$3.50: OATS. S1.55: halves, x1@IOs 4 o 5.
Puget aound.
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TRAIL TALK TONIGHT

Camping and Tramping IN the High
sierrasv will be the subject Of an
illustrated lecture before the Califor-
MIA Camera club tonight ~ Native
Sons hall. by Herbert w. Gleason Of
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PoULrRY AND GAME

Prices quoted this morning on the San Fran
cisco wholesale market:
Poultry-Per ID: Californis fryers. 20Q22c;
old roosters. lie; do young. 20m22e; hens, is
Q16c; eastern hens, lS6ai0c; do young stock.
aOm22c. broilers. 27929c per ID.
Per dog: California hens, medium, $5Q5.5o:
do extra, $IM9; old ROSTERS. S4@5; young
ROSTERS. $7@e; do full grown. ss01lo, fryers
e506: broilers. $3@4.5o; ducks. old s46l5: do
Young fI@10; pigeons. 81 %; do squads, sea
az 90; eastern hens, $701I, according to size;
geese per pair, $2Q25O
Turkeys-Per Id: Young. 2s02oc: do old. 20
Game-Psr dog: Rabbits. 81 250a75: Bel
gian hares. s4Q6. -
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rrNANc1AL NOTES BY WIRE

FINANCIAL NOTES BY WlhE
% L0eaS a soOPs Psn sd 8 spot 3d. Lead ae
Department of justice is reported to have
practically completed bill against New Haven
road and will hle it soon IN default Of com
promise plan.
Washington dispatch says fear OF demo-
cratic split is bringing compromise on currency
BILL
A London cable says there is no foundation
for the rumor current In Paris that I,ank Of
England will secure 80. 600 600 francs Ia gold
by special arrangement with the Bank q
France. The only possible object would ne 70
avoid advancing bank rate. and per cent
rate would not alarm European eentfrs and
would in fact have compromising advantages.
Liverpool wheat closed 101lsd lower. Corn,
I%@1%d lower,
higher on near and 14lishd higher on dis
New York silver, e1He. London bar silver.
2sAd unchanged
Madrid reports that the Rio rintos mines
The Daily Trade Bulletin makes exportabls
surplus Of wheat in the United states 49,
100000 bushels, against ia, 100000 bushels
Argentine shipments: wheat-ThIs week,
s.. 600; last week. 7i2.ooo last year; 7lz;ono.
Corn-This week, 3.d03 90; last week, $3.50
600; last year, $1,000 600.
London copper closed arm; spot fI3 Is. up
So: futures. f73 Is cd. up Ss. Spelfer, fzo
les. unchanged.
For week ending October le copper exports
totaIrd 0,77e tons; since October /, 1921
year ago. 49, 40 tons.
Paris wheat closed ss91c lower. Antwerp
unchanged Berlin y lower. Budapest 4
s ciearapces--whsat $4,000, sour 2s,ooo corr
5000. oats 5000. Wheat and -four equal
$40. 900.
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pRooMHALL's GRAIN CABLES

LIVERPOOL. Oct II.-Ine wheat market
opsned with general heavy realizing. The
weakness IN American cables and the decline
in winnipeg together with continued heavy
Winnipeg receipts and the pressure OF new
Manitoba Offers caused the decline. Spot mar
kets were easy. with special pressure Ia No
4 Manitoba. which was 2lAd lower Csrgoes
Large firms liquidated.
Corn was lower. with heavy general really
ing. The unexpectedly large Argentine ship
ments aud the pressure OF corn at the docks.
owing to lack OF storage room and the decline
in Plate spot here, led to renewed liquida-
tior.
Estimates OF worlds shipments this week.
exclusive Of North America. at G. 800. 900. Total
shipments last week amounted to Il, 344 600.
and last year 14.144. 600 bushels
An official report from Argentina placed the
acres under wheat AS g000 900 less than last
year Our agent explains this by the fact that
the recent flood and the tendency 10 raise fod-
der crops for the purpose Of cattle raising.
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Local Oil Quotations
corroN SITUATION

COTTON SITUATION
NEW YORK. oct. T.-General rains have
occurred in Texas and Oklahoma, according to
Drllas dispatches, and more are threatened
This tends to lower the grade and also to
beat out cotton 1t is estimated that half
million bales of the present crop viii be
while spinners are carrying small stocks OF
raw material. The consumption Is evidently
large.
1915 61S1zd higher. At 1915 steady, Lea
7iad higher. At p. m. prices 2@4d higher
than 1915 p. m. Spot, fair business, $50
higher at 7.64: sales. 5000 bales, inciuding
1000 American.
New York is due to open about 15c higher
Port receipts today estimated at $4,000; lust
week, 50, 1882; last year. "a 49,
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LocAL YEaETAnLEs

Prices quoted this morning on the San Fran
cisco Wholesale market:
POTATOES (per etD--Delta whites. 75c0$1
90 fancy. f101.10: Salinas. $I.7591 so; Oregon
Burbanks. I.30@l.40; sweets, $l.25@l 40;
Japs, $1.25QI35
Onions tper ctl)--siIverskins. SI.4oa1 90; on
street. 1Bc higher
Vsgsta bies- romatoes. 25c@s1 per boz: gar
okra. per box. 50@65c; string beans. 5ad7c per
10; lima. 5Gec: peas, race per ID: green pep
pers socg$l.25 per box; bot chile. 55Q65c
eggplant. 4DW75c per box; squash, summer, 75c
Q$l.25 per box: do cream per box. 50Q65c;
Hubbard, per sack, Sl@I.25: 10 marrowfat. so
46Sc; sprouts, 5@7c per lb celery. per doz
buncnss, svse40c. green corn. per sacE. $lW
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BuTTER, cHrEsx ANp EGGS

Cneese-Caiifornia fancy OATS. lie pound,
s.k; hrsts. 15c, weak; do seconds, lac
fancy Young Americas. 15hc. Arm; &c. hrsts
ttlpiets, &c. steady: Young Americas. TIC,
STEADY sns Eastern--New York chsddars. isney'
<oc, steady; Wisconsin fancy twins, lo7ac.
STEADY; do triplsts. 17Hc, steady.
netaiiers charged &c pound on each SQUARE
quotations
Receipts today--Eggs, &c, $50 dozen; butter.
o'ooo pounds: cheese, IL, 600 pounds.
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Several years ago American Can company
set aside &700.00 with which to pay Judgment
made against them by the courts in favor Of
the Vulcan DEFINING company. The final
arrangements having been made between the
two companies. $617. 900 will be paid to the
Vulcan company.
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LOCAL SECURITIES
. SLIGHTLY FIRMER R.
California Gas Unifying and
City Electric Bonds Are
Advanced

There was slightly better feeling
In regard to local securities on the
San Francisco Stock and Bond ex-
change this morning. Though the
volume of business continued light.
prices held generally firm. California
Gas and Electric unifying 5s were
fractionally advanced. with sales of
$4,000 at s93.12h. City Electric IS
also We're shade better, with sales
OF $4,000 at sS1.62M. Bond transac-
tions totalled a par value of $4,000.
but only l6 shares of stocks were
traded In the listed department In
the unlisted division there was sin
gle sale OF General Petroleum stock
at STATS.
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A contributor to the current num-
Der of the Railway Gazette has re-
duced the earnings Of the railroads
for the last decade to per man basis
Gross earnings of all OF the railroads
for each employe were $1.452 in 1909,
$l,54S in 1907 and $1,664 In 1912. while
the net returns in 1902 were 1913. In
1907 3503 and in 1912 $445. The gross
earnings for each man employed last
year We're 14.5 per cent larger than in
ly02 and Id per cent more than In
1907. while the net earnings were 13
per cent less than In 1902 and lis per
cent less than In 1907.
The New York Times says that
most of the railroad shares are feel
ing the effect of the unfavorable trend
OF net earnings for the current fiscal
year. Southern Pacific has not been
accorded much support on the theory
that with the floating supply in
creased by nearly million shares
any attempt to put up the price would
stock
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News comes from the east that the
CRANKY Consolidated Mining, Smelt-
Ing and Power company, Ltd, has
Alaska. The acquisition of this prop
erty is considered of great impor-
lance. 1t is understood that a con-
siderable tonnage of ore has been al
than per cent copper, with nearly
W In gold and silver values. The pur-
chase has already been financed and
II Is expected that the property will
De upon producing basis next July
or August.
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Weather Report

San FHANtINtU. fNfI1ai. VCIVBEh 7
SPECIAL CALIFORNIA REPORTS
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kAIARY LOANS without security. s. no.
cheapest rates. D. D. DRAKE. 94s Market.
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TRUST COMPANY RESPONSIBILITY

A comparison of individual and cor
porate responsibility and service in
the administration of estates Is made
in a statement issued by the trust
company section of the American
Bankers association. which Is now
engaged In carrying on a campaign
Of publicity. According to this state
ment, so far as recorded there has
not been a single instance of money
held in trust having been lost through
the dishonesty of q trust company
official covering a period of "a years.
During that time the trust companies
have been custodians of estates the
value of which has reached many
hundreds OF millions.
X
YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD
August earnings, based on reports TO the
Interstate commerce commission, compare
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FORECAST TILL p. NJ PACIFIC TIME
SATURDAY
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an Offering OF four well secured bond
issues 1T prices to yield per cent
and more. These are the San Joaquin
Light and Power two year per cent
gold notes, due August I. 1915; Pacific
due June 20, 1914; Southern California
Gas first mortgage per cent gold
sinking fund bonds, due November l.
November /. 1918. and the California
Telephone and Light first mortgage
s per cent sinking fund bonds. due
April l, 1913, callable at 1071z and
interest on any interest date.
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USEHOLD LOAN co.

Loans on furnifnre. pianos. etc: low rates:
private 357 Pacific bldg 18th aDd Market SITS.
phone Douglas 1865: Oakland office. 5ls First
National Bank bldg
NE LOAN MONEY 10 PEOPLE WHO HAyR
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT. no indorser .
confidential; no red tape methods. FL A week
pays SIS loan, 81 week pays $50 loan; 50
week pays $45 loan, 81 week pays $50 loan
MENT COMPANY. $50 Phelan building
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MONEY TO LOAN

MpNEN LOANED on furniture, pianos and
other security; lowest rates. most fayorabls
terms 70 the city. See others. then ms
and ne convinced VIII save you p,oney sa ~
GEORGE w. MILLER, 8O09 I8tb IT., south
vest corner Mission. room g.
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INVESTMENTS

WITH SOC and up you can get into clean
business that pays well ADVERGRAPH
SERVICE looks good every way you figure II.
FERRY ADVERGRAPH CO.. AIT Psc. bldg
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HONEY LAKE VALLEY quarter section re-
linquishmeDt for $500. Particulars 693 SD
st. Oakland. Cal.
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race for Kansas City. And the driver
did. He sent his machine through
Franklin county at a SO mile clip, pick
ed up seven or eight miles of speed on
a better road in Johnson county and
ruined all the speed ordinances ever
written as he felt the firm macadam
road of Wyandotte county under the
wheels of his car.
While the reporters were offering
thanksgiving that they were at least
second in the race, the Kelley car slip
ped up from behind and flew past the
Ottawa machine at a clip of more than
so miles an hour. They were never
caught until the cars checked in on
Grand avenue a half hour later.
Couldn't Dodge Thin Luck.
Then, lust to be sure that the sign
of i'll fortune was still handing over
their heads, the car in which the re-
porters were riding crashed into the
Kelley car at the checking station. 1t
merely demolished a few searchlights,
battered fender and knocked some OF
the blue-black paint off the press car.
But the run was over. The news
writer's called the roll. They were all
present. In that days run, nine ma
chimes had carried the newspaper
bunch. Fred Davis, who drove the
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curve, just beyond which is a narrow
concrete cu1vert. After it was all over
the reporters testified one to another
that Arnold hit that curve nothing short
of 35 miles an hour. Yet all they re-
call is seeing that curve and culvert
ahead, hearing an awful roar and
climbing out of the bottom of the bat
tered car. Arnold had hit the concrete
banister of the bridge and jumped his
car into sign post, against a tree and
nosed the engine into a cornfield.
That Trip to Ottawa.
One of those first aid to the injured"
buzz wagons that always follows a
speed party for few miles, arrived a
few minutes later. 1t carried the re-
porters and their baggage to Olivet.
There a banker with noisy little car
offered aid and his driver took the party
a few miles until the machine stopped
putting and gasping for breath An
other car took the correspondents on
to MelVern-and there that car laid
out for repairs. Car No. volunteered
to carry the hapless scribes to Ottawa.
But at Quenemo, it staggered under a
cheerful shade tree and begged to be
allowed to rest. The pace was too fast.
Then car No. 6 came to rescue. 1t
wheezed and coughed and sputtered I'M
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The links THAT FOLLOWED
THE SUNRISE SUNSET PRESS CAR

A waiting delegation of motorists start
ed to follow, but the speech making and
celebration in Cottonwood Falls was
ended and the visitors gone when those
home pride" cars arrived.
Trouble Starts at Enporia.
Int Lyon county the cars plunged
in the effort to reduce the running
time to EmpOria. Taylor was Just
showing the Emporia speed boys a fine
burst of speed when a connecting rod
broke. The driver bdought his ma
chine to a dead stop. Emporia motor
ists-some of them-sped by. The
Kelley car from Hutchinson stopped
to lend aid. 1t was necessary to tow
the press car into town. Just as the
Kelley car backed up to pick up the
cripple, a big Mitchell six jumped out
of cloud of dust straight toward the
Hutchinson machine. Had the Mitch
ell driver seen the obstruction a second
later there would have been a casualty
list from EmpOria. The Mitchell man
swung to the side of the road, ripped
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the fender of the Kelley car and right
ed itself after missing a telephone pole
by less than a foot. Yet it all hap
pened so suddenly that the Mitchell
machine was up own before anyone
realized that a half dozen innocent
people had missed a peep into the
mysterious future by the barest pos
sible margin.
Arnold Some Speed Bug.
1t was after leaving Emporia,
though, that the newspaper boys en-
countered things. Frank Arnold was
assigned to drive the reporters to Kan
sas City. Arnold is gray. Well might
he be. Well might Arnold's bony
hand that waved greetings to farmers
that day be the craven image of death.
Arnold left Emporia with a verbal de-
termination to show the reporters the
ride of their livesand he did 1t,
every word of it. Up grade to Lebo,
% miles, Arnold drove in 80 minutes,
fat.
Down grade for five miles out of
town. Arnold did even better. The man
who held the lever on Scotty's Death
Valley special never drew a deeper
breath of satisfaction than did Arnold
at the wheel as he saw the speed dial
turn up and up and up. Five miles be-
yond Lebo there is sharp right angle
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SATURDAY.

Kelley machine, and Pete Newton, IN
charge of the official car, had made the
trip without a change. Surely, the
press car of a speed run is an ill fateds
predestined to encounter trouble. A
likeable little chap from one of the
Emporia papers, made the Emporia-
Ottawa run. He was sure he was the
jinks. Several times he offered to cry
or to get out and walk. But the crowd
stayed together and compiled a card
index system of thrills and experiences
that will be referred to in later years
when some of these same news hunters
are assigned to an endurance run.
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Nell.

Just bit of failing isour most beloved weakness-to
babys face Grabbed life-worn old
his shuffng and halt and smile crinkles his win
Heavy, old lady, her mind
things and the aches of present
heumaticsshe glows down the bit of pink life with
a ghost of old girlish beauty her broad
The wretch of young chap with nothing his
but smart soft hat and the that