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stock were such things as clocks that
we're not much as timepieces but had
all sorts of statuary to set them off.
Then there were old.time cruets for
oil and vinegar, neither ornamental
nor particularly serviceable but GER
tainly costly. All this junk had been
| acquired from the man who had been
the jewelers. predecessor and was
considered quite fashionable just aft
er the historic meeting between Lee
and Grant at Appomattox.
When Miss Greenlaw tried to check
up the jewelers. books she found they
were in an awful mess. She asked
him TO explain some discrepancies
and he could not. Gradually she got
to understand his method, or, rather.
lack of method When he needed
money for anything he simply went
to the cash drawer and took what he
required. Sometimes he left a
memorandum to account for the
money Sometimes he did not Al
any rate he helped himself. She
found, too. that he drew more out of
the business for his living expenses
than the business warranted. Despite
the fact that he owed the wholesale
houses $1,000 he had refitted his
house and had paid $4,000 for furni.
ture. One of his relatives had been
seriously i'll and the jeweler had paid
the hospital bills. He figured all this
time that with a 100000 stock on hand
he was amply able to do these things
and that sooner or later he would
catch up and be able 20 pay of his
outstanding obligations,
The ieweler was greatly depressed
when Miss Greenlaw made plain to
him the real situation. lie could not
deny her findings. He had been care
less, unsystematic, loose In his busi-
ness affairs. To make matters worse
his bank balance was low.
Il don't see what | can do he said
despairingly. Il may as well shut up
shop"
"oh, no." Miss Greenlaw responded.
Nothing of the kind. Remember
what ! told you about the electric
light meter and the gas meter What
you should do now Is to give eonsid.
Grafton to subjects OF economy. You
should stop one leak after another
until everything is shipshape. Your
business is all right. The trouble
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system by which three retail dealers
used the same delivery equipment.
This reduced the expense of delivery
about one-third and made the grocer
prosperous; before he simply had
made living. In a millinery estab-
lishment her card system brought
about reorganization OF the working
force and resulted in better work and
the stoppage OF variety OF leaks.
Today Miss Greenlaw has her own
office and several assistants. These
assistants are trained to work along
the lines she laid down. She keeps
the books OF about twenty retailers.
She is making more than twice as
much money as she received when
she was bookkeeper for the food
products company, and she has the
great satisfaction of knowing that
she Is doing very good and helpful
work. She says that when you come
to think that the great volume of
business in this country is not done
by the trusts but by the small manu-
facturer and small merchant, il is
surprising that they have managed to
exist in view Of the lax methods that
have prevailed In regard TO their
bookkeeping. Most OF them are all
wrong in the way they figure their
finances. They estimate that they
have so much stock at a certain
amount. They never take account of
depreciation OF stock, of fixtures or
equipment, Economically. she says,
the small merchant is not half baked
not even warmed through--and that
he never will be a really good mer
chant until he becomes a good book
keeper or conducts his business on
good bookkeeping lines.
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Is that you have not given the right
kind Of attention to 1t. II your book.
keeping had been good you would
have discovered the leaks long ago"
Miss GreenIaws Wisdom.
He asked her to suggest things for
him to do. She made various recon-
mendations. First OF all she told him
he must look upon his business as an
institution and not as his personal
possession. Then she proposed that
he put himself on salary and that
he should not take penny In excess
OF that salary out OF the business for
himself. Next she did some figuring
On the various branches OF the bust
ness. The jeweler did a good deal
Of repair work. His way of estimat
ing what he should charge was TO
guess how much time 1t would take
to do the job. how much the material
used would cost and then add 100
per cent for overhead charges and
profits. She advised that card rec
ord be kept OF every repair job and
on this card should be entered the
time the workman was engaged on
the repairs and the material he used.
She advised. too. that the charge
should be based on lis per cent In.
stead OF 100 per cent as formerly
Then she suggested that ten per cent
should be added to the price of Ger.
tain items OF the jewelers. stock. She
considered his prices low and she ar
gued that the average person would
not haggle over the price If the goods
were right.
That card system worked we'll. Ii
had good moral effect upon the men.
They didn't dawdle or waste time.
They didn't waste material either.
This resulted in saving, small IL liz
true. but important nevertheless. The
| jeweler became more careful. He
was more earnest and painstaking in
everything that he did He became
a better business man As a result
he was able at the end OF a year to
pay on nearly all OF the $4,000 which
he owed TO the wholesale houses.
Today he is out Of debt. free man
and better merchant than he ever
was before.
The grocer who engaged Miss
Greenlaw had some surprising things
disclosed to him. She figured the vari.
Gus items Of his business from a
strictly bookkeepin, standpoint. For
example, she showed how it cost him
about eight cents per unit to deliver
his goods Where the delivery
amounted to 80 cents gross for the
goods. there was no profit to the gro
Ger. The cost Of delivery wiped out
what he thought was profit. She or.
! ganized a neighborhood store delivery
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| Important Part in the
European War
BY D.. ]. A. FREDERICK. New Yotk

pend entirely the condition Of the soldiers Lord Kitchener it Is
said has l250000 training for service because he knows the
importance of conditioning his soldiers believe the Latin better
able stand long than the Teuons the English Both the
German and the Bron The English, particularly likes
his perhaps less than the German but he likes it. and
has proved that while physically strong for supreme struggle
cannot endure extended strain.
There not finer Europe than the Bugarians when
pure physical perfection The big strong strappng fellows
capable of enduring all of hardsp and they stand the
strain much better than the pure German the English
In the Russo panese demonstrated that the japanese
mayes of physical The Bugaran the japanese
essentially They live vegetables and fish and
mighty little of the LATTER
Meats particularly red meats while they give strength subtract
question of which going last believe the that has the
larger number Of nonmeat will
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25
y|Amateur Drivers Are
Cause Of Accidents
BY S. B. Holman. Brooklyn. NY.

into the matter Automobile accidents confined almost
entirely dryerand t1r victims little thought will make
the plain and also tend to lessen the number of accidents
There why professional caufeurs have few
dents One of greater skill driving but the second and
far important that they greater The professional takes
chances He doesn't try dodge between coming opposite
directions at street nterseon he doesn't squeeze through
tight opening; he doesn't Try barely get past pedestrian wagon
anything else if there chance trouble Instead he slows down
and waits In the long he makes better tme while
lose few seconds because his he does lose the many
mnutes-and sometimes hours-that accidents cost
The professional TO keep whole skin and his
for that saving his job He expert that he doesn't mind being
accused of fear Of accident He knows that he isn't but that he merely
acting sensibly when he is careful.
That is the great lesson the amateur driver learn from him. for
fooarmess and recessness the the trouble
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leak or the waste but they start you
hunting for them. Good bookkeeping
will show you where there are leaks
or waste in your business II you have
any. That will start you to thinking
along economical lines. You can en-
plDy cheap bookkeeper for much
less than ! will do the work, but
what ] may do In two days less ex.
perienced bookkeeper would take a
week in doing and, with all due mod.
esty l may say. is not likely to do so
well. Do you wish to engage me to
give a certain amount of time each
week to your business? II you find,
after a month or two ii is not to your
advantage the arrangement can be
discontinued
The ieweler thought over the prop
osition for a day and then engaged
Miss Greenlaw.
Within two weeks she entered into
q like agreement with retail grocer
and milliner. She took desk room
In the Office of general stenogra.
pher, got her name in the telephone
book and sent out an announcement
Of her business-vi visiting bookkeep.
er to retail merchants.
1t is astonishing what bright,
clever person with well-trained
mind and business knowledge can dis
cover in a business house where sys.
TEN has been noticeable for its alb,
sence.
That jeweler was good artisan
and a good salesman. He did a bust
ness of about $4,000 year and EN-
ployed several hands. His store was
In a fairly good location, his rent mol
heavy and he should haye been pros
porous, but he had hard time meet
Ing his bills. He had been in the
same location nine years. He owed
$1,000 to the wholesale houses. They
pressed him continually. II they
were inclined to do so they could
close up his shop at any time. The
only reason they did not was because
they felt they had $1,000 invested in
his business and it was perfectly
safe. In addition they knew he
would have to buy from them a,
their price and was not in a position
to balk or protest. He was hitched
hobbled. tied-an independent retail
merchant in name but not in fact.
His Business in a tumble.
One OF the first things Miss Green
law did was to inventory the stock
The jeweler said his stock invoiced
100000 Miss Greenlaw found 1t die
not invoice $4,000. There was a
lot OF dead" stuff in the collection
articles that had fair value when
the ieweler bought them but which
passed out OF style long ago. Ihktht
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25
New Tangled Ideas
Make Spelling Hard
By A. J. DRESkA. W.upun. Wis.

are these child usually starts out the right direction which
get clear mental picture of the wed kept along this line he would
without doubt turn TO be good spee But what happens?
The words which he separate into letters and together
recy he taught also made up sounds He must learn
spell all these phoneca This the first thing partly throw him
off the track
He might still out all right it not for bobng
up with his ideas of modern spelling The student wishing be upo
date sorbs all he Of this he very be right
Then fine day. twenty-five carefully selected words
pectedy put him. Now would ask the Daily if it expecting
too much the student the letters of these words the good
odone oder when he has been bothered these
tangled IDEAS?
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THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: In the prac-
tice Of my profession | have found so
many points in favor Of Grape-Nuts
food that ! unhesitatingly recommend
It to all my patients.
1T is delicate and pleasing to the
palate ian essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or creamrar
babies or the aged when deficiencl \
teeth renders mastication impossiblG
For fever patients or those on liquid
diet find Grape-Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and refreshing.
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak teaspoonful
OF Grape-Nuts In a glass OF water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white Of an egg and spoonful
OF fruit juice for fiavouring. This af-
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assimi-
late without any.dlstress.
MY husband Is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders 1t
many times for his patients.
Personally | regard a dish Of Grape
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
sick"
In stomach trouble. nervous prostra-
tion, ETC., Today trial Of Grape-Nuts
VIII usually work wonders toward
nourishing and rebuilding and In this
way end the trouble. Name given by,
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letters A sev
enc appears frem time to tire. TNev
are Eenuine, trues and full ef hsnan
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Society deereed long ago
that man is innocent. or a
lawful citizen, until proved
guilty. This principle, how
ever, has never governed So
ciety. One accused, from
the commission of a misdeed
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25
Oil Paint on Cement.

There is some difficulty in making
paint adhere TO cement, but II the
cement is first washed with per cent
sulphuric acid Zone part concentrated
acid to one hundred Of waterl, rinsed
and allowed to dry thoroughly. the
paint will find the surface suitably
prepared for adhesion. Or the cement
may be covered with three coats of
water glass tsilicate Of soda). one part
to four Of water. and then painted A
first coat Of linseed oil varnish fcl.
lowed by the usual paint Is effective
Scientific American.
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Man Is Innocent
Until Proven Guilty
By ELMER E. ROGERS. Chicago

TO the end of time, handicapped if actually guilty An though
parond after discovery of innocence the stigma the bged
LIFE.
Mere arrest leads ones fellow him as social outcast
The state furnishes police Jail guard court and prosecuting attorney
see that he punished 1t only recently that society has provided for
his defense has remained for Los Angeles nangurate the humane
plan OF providing that the poor accused of shall good
defense eouras good lawyer the lawyer who prosecu Justice
must be done This Office America has proved remarkable
success.
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this country and through adoption people are deprng the home
Its just dues They extending cities leaving our lands
eppuad The rich the only 60 country from the
cities now The poor who needed the land stay the cities
10 De Euopeanzed There thus tendency neglect the
Americas grand old institution which present prosperity is built
The lives OF our greatest all started the home George WASH
gon and Abraham Lincoln statesmen Mark Twain always foremost
American letters and Walt Whitman, greatest poet men Of
the home They were brought up good old fashion, log
cabins
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25

The Daily Illini of Cham
paign, ILL.,, asks, is it pos
sible to teach spelling?" to
which l would reply in the
negative. In my opinion
the two main reasons we
have poor spelling in schools
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25

The Europeanization Of
American people today is
tending to menace the great
est and proudest of our
country's institutions-the
home. European manners
and customs are invading
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25

Why is it that, among the
large numAer Of automobile
accidents, We find practi-
cally none in which profes-
sional chauffeurs are in
volveds This is a fact which
anyone who cares TO look
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25

The matter Of diet may
play an important part in
the European war. Expert
milltarists agree that the
question of endurance may
determine the length Of the
war, and endurance will de.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25
Diplomatically SPEAKING

Il want to answer Gwendolyns let
ter and say something that means
nothing
Tell her You love her"
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25

In Alaska women have full suffrage
without opposition.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-25
c,iarrh Of kidneys
Cured By Peruna
Il had Ca.
tarrh Of the
Kidneys and
Bladder. ]
Am Very
Thankful
For Peruna.
l Feel Well,
My tongue
Il clear. I

have no bitter taste in my
mouth. l am glad to say !
do not need Peruna any
longer, | am perfectly well.
] have Peruna in the house
all the time. When | have
q cold or when | do not feel
well l take Peruna. We
were all sick with the grip
last winter. We took Peru
ma andit helped u. Peruna
is the best medicine for grip
or colds"
Mrs. Gus. h. Carlson. Dex ool. Or.
tonvtlles AinA.
, 1915-10-07
Family Supper.

The members of the Eastern
Star held their annual family sup
per last evening in the lower hall
of the Masonic building. Every
thing good that goes on such &C.
casions was furnished in album
dance and the entire affair was
elaborate and all attending were
sumptuously fed and entertained.
This annual affair is a sort of re-
union, as all of the members bring
their families and enter into a
general good time on a home scale.
After the big supper all go to the
upper hall and spend the evening
in whatever entertainment that
suits. Last evening the children
put on an excellent program for
the entertainment of all present.
, 1915-10-07
The Limit in Prohibition

Oregon has a new law intended
to make prohibition of the liquor
traffic stronger than a steel and
concrete trench defended by gat-
ling guns, says the Able, Kansas,
Chronicle. If liquor is imported
from another state, woe to the
man who dares drink it! He is
obliged on receiving the liquor to
sign an affidavit stating that it is
to be used only for sacramental
purposes. Ar Eastern Anti Sa-
loon league man, commenting on
this situation, says: please take
note that the slips bearing the
signed oaths of liquor receivers
must be filed with the county
clerk and that he must treat them
as public records, allowing access
to them at any time. Now, what
Anti Salooners propose to do is to
keep consulting those records, fol-
low them up and see what each
receiver of liquor has done with it
lit will not be hard to find out
whether he has used it for sacra-
mental purposes) and, in case he
has violated his oath by drinking
the liquor as a beverage, prose-
cute them for perjury to the limit
of the law and let him rot for a
few years in Jail. Do you think
that will hold them?" In con-
trast with this statement by MI.
Trent, comes the Benton County,
Oregon, Courier, which claims
that the prohibition law of that
state contains a little joker. 1t
seems that each family has been
limited to "a gallons of beer and 2
gallons of whiskey per month.
The family could get along with
this much water" says the Cour-
Ter, IF it would use the beer to
battle in"
, 1915-10-07
Wireless Telephone

IN the afternoon of the 10Th of
Sentembpr huma voices travelled
across the United States by means
4 of the new apparatus developed
4 nv the engineers of the Bell Sys-
TEN.
Pres. Z. N. Vaille of the Amer
lean Telephone q Telegraph Co.,
4 sitting in the Office Of the COM
psny at Is Bay street, New York
CITY, spoke into a Bell telephone,
connected by wires of the Bell
|System with the wireless tower at
Arlington, Va, and his words were
transmitted by wireless telephone
to Mare Island, near San Francis
Co, Cal.
This latest and most remarka-
bic triumph of the telephone art
was under the direct supervision
of John j. Carly, chief engineer
of the American Telephone & Tel
egraph Co, who has been in San
Francisco for several weeks, and
who received Pres. Vaille's mes
sages at Mare Island and replied
to them and repeated back to Ar
|lIngton by wire. The demonstra
ton was held by permission of
the navy authorities and the Ra-
'dio station and the experiments
were witnessed by them.
The Transcontinental Wireless
Telephone employs radically new
ideas in wireless workings which
has been invented and developed
by the general engineering staff of
the American Telephone & Tele,
graph Co., working to this end by
direction of Pres. T. N. Vaille.
, 1915-10-07
Putting in Steel Bridges.

The contractors are putting i'll
the steel bridges on Encampment
river, Spring and Cow creeks and
will be done in about a month
The bridge across Encampment at
the Baggott Rocks is a 1S0-foot
span and is of the latest type, lat
is gerder with concrete floors.
This bridge takes the place of the
old wagon bridge which has stood
there many years.
By means of this bridge many
can come straight through to Sar-
atoga instead of going via River
side, which is several miles fur
ther, and it will be used consider
able for crossing stock in high wa
ter The bridge across Cow creek
is a 4O-foot span of light steel lat
is gerder with concrete floor and
abutments. and the one at Spring
creek is a 50-foot span of the same
type. These are certainly fine i'm
provements and long needed In
this valley.
, 1915-10-07
The Beverly Entertainers.

For real entertainment this win
ter Saratoga will be treated by as
good performers as the road can
afford for small towns, and the
Beverly Entertainers, who will be
here October 18th, will be the
first number on the Lyceum
course This troupe is made up
of four handsome young ladies
with many talents: Miss Smith,
Miss Thorpe, Miss Caldwell, and
Miss Seeleye.
The people who have the course
in charge this winter have extract
ed a guarantee from Pilon that
the hall this year will be warm
and comfortable and the old brok.
en- seats repaired 80 that you will
not be endangered of not getting
a seat by buying a ticket. Las
, 1915-10-07

winter many seats were either
minus a back or bottom, it max
ing no difference whether you
paid for a good seat or not. Sew
eral times the building was so
cold that people we're compelled
to sit with their o~vercoats and ov-
ershoes on, but we believe that all
this will be remedied this winter,
and we hope that our assurance
will not fall short of a warm house
and a whole chair.
The course this winter will be
better than ever and that is say
ing a good deal, as the last two
seasons the people here have en-
joyed a good entertainment from
each and everyone of the num-
bers, and we hope thet all will
support the movements as strong
as possible, that it may be con-
venient to secure even better next
winter. No one is making a cent
on these matters, and those who
are giving their time and work
need all the support you can give
them. The tickets this year are
the same price and all holders of
season tickets can secure reserva-
tions on tomorrow for the entire
8 Seats at BAYS drug store
and tickets may be purchased
from Rev. Newport.
, 1915-10-07
Tops the Market.

The Daily Drovers journal
Stockman of South Omaha dated
October 9th contains a big write
up in regard to the cattle market
ed by our good neighbor, FL. Q.
Paulson. The cattle were sold on
the market Oct. 9th and proves
that Carbon county produces the
best kind of stock and stockmen.
Mr.. Paulson's yearling steers av-
eraged 1888 lbs. on the stock yards
scales and topped the market in
their class by a big margin when
they sold at 1925. His yearling
heifers averaged TOO lbs. and they
also topped the market in their
department when they went over
the scales at $40. Mr.. Paulsor
also had a string of two year ole
Steers in the shipment that sole
at $50 and a bunch of COWS tha'
sold at IS so. He took down si1
cars of cattle and the shipmen
was handled by the Mutual Liv,
Stock Commission Co.
, 1915-10-07
Editing a Newspaper.

Editing a newspaper is a pleas
ing business-if you can stand it.
If subscribers want to bawl
about anybody the editors the
goat.
If the town is tagging behind
and people won't get out and
make things hunts because the
town paper is on the bum.
If business is bad-it's because
the editor wants too much money
for his advertising space.
If business is good-advertising
hasn't anything to do with it, but
conditions are right.
If we print what pleases people
that is our duty and we deserve
no credit.
If we print what is displeasing
we are a crouch and a crepe
hanger.
If we print the news as it is
actually-people call us over the
phone and tell us to stop their pa
per.
If we garble it-they tell us we
are subsidized by the corporate
interests.
Editing a newspaper is a pleas
ing business-is it not!