River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18
Copyright by a. c. McClarg & Co.. I9z..
y Ray Walters

Cut giving property OWHeFS VI IHe City
adequate compensation for running or
confscating their property. | call that
pretty raw"
We'll, it's our best and certainly
our cheapest way if Kerr viii put
through franchise for US" Kendall
maintained stubbornly. I'll come back
next week, and take the matter up
again. In the meantime you can talk
it over thoroughly with Kerr He may
have something to say by that time"
ut hardly seems likely. He seldom
| changes his mind"
"He may this time I've got to get
away now and go by the hotel before
| | go to the train. Let's go back to
the drawing-room, where can have
| a few more words with Wright. We
may be able to win him over"
That's what I'm going to try to
do" reDlied Judge Gilbert, as they
rose to rejoin Mrs Gilbert and her
| guests.
| The attorneys entered the drawing
room to find a discussion regarding
newspapers just drawing to close
standard to perch.
you just missed hearing DR.. Hayes
pay his respects to newspapers, Judge
| Gilbert" said Joe Wright with a smile.
| The layman's opinions always inter
est and usually amuse a journalist.
Whats the matter? Have you told
him you won't publish the box scores
Of fI,o hau eyoYnoc fhic
"I'Il do that for him, and gladly"
Then there's no occasion to kick.
That's the only thing that can trouble
fat man"
This time | was speaking general
ly," explained Hayes. 81 don't like
some OF the ways reporters have"
That's only q small part of the
business" laughed Wright. ''If you
complain only about that shall have
you for staunch adhercnt."
Mrs. Hayes saw that Kendall was
at loss to understand the drift of
the conversation, and accordingly
said, DIR. Hayes is coRner, Mr. Ken
dali, and the Banner man calls us up
at most unearthly hours"
The Belmont Banner was the morn
ing paper, and it's editor, Deacon
Jerry Withrow, was always at the
beck and call of the boss. Kerr let
him think that he had something to
do with directing the affairs OF the
city. This was harmless delusion.
since it's plant attitude always made
him consider suggestion let fall by
IL nh xETbi ho hi
self had Matched.
81 think it is dreadful for nice men
to be mixed up in politics." said Mrs.
Gilbert
Perhaps it was no more dreadful
than was the lack of knowledge of
politics displayed by the nice women
Of Belmont. This would have been
difficult to impress upon Mrs Gilbert.
She knew we'll enough that her hus-
band was consulted by that odious
David Kerr, but that was in legal
way and Kerr paid we'll for the ad-
vice he received. Even the tone in
which she spoke showed how thank
full she was her husband was not in
politics. Mrs. Hayes was quick to say
what she thought along the same line
by adding:
And Dr. Hayes doesn't have to al
all, you know. He says bee does it for
the good of the party
This would have been all very in
teresting to Kendall IL he had had the
entire evening to spend in such pleas
ant company. Time was pressing,
however. and In the few minutes still
at his disposal he wished to eound
Wright at greater length about the
Belmont News.
Kendall looked closely at the young
man whom he had already set down
as an opponent. Physically Wright
seemed no shiFker of a combat. His
shoulders we're broad and his body
we'll developed Led to believe from
his knowledge of the reformer type
that he would find Joe Wright long
haired theorist and Utopian dreamer,
the lawyer found instead seffpos-
sessed, we'll balanced young man. The
newspaper owners manner, even i'll
repose, was judicial. To kendails
thinking he had the air OF man who
would not be swayed by prejudice or
liking. It was his part, however, as