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Ito be Continued)
BOILING IN cREosoTE
PRESERVES FENCE POSTS

The fence post problem is becom-
ing important" says Prof. w. j. Nor
rill, of the Colorado Agricultural col
lege. Good material is very expen-
sive. Pitch posts, once purchased for
as little as 10 cents each. now bring
30 or 40 cents, but they last gen.
Grafton.
Idaho cedar posts cost around 10
cents, but they last only four or five
years. The increasing cost of wood
posts has brought the iron post and
cement post on the market There
are serious objections to both of them
because of cost, weight, difficulty of
attaching wire, and the crumbling of
cement in alkaline soils.
"The railroad companies have been
preserving ties for many years, the
telephone companies have reduced the
annual cost per pole by treating the
butts of their poles. and at last the
farmers are beginning to preserve the
fence posts. Coal tar creosote of n
grade that is not heavy, and is pene-
tratinS, is used largely. While the
railroads preserve their ties by fore.
ing creosote into them by hydraulic
pressure in closed tanks. the farmer
has to content himself by using at
mospheric pressure in open tanks.
This is done by heating the butts of
the posts in boiling creosote for from
one-half to three or four hours, accord.
ing to the species of wood. and then
letting the posts cool in the liquid
The heat forces part of the air
out of the wood but as the post cools.
the air that is left in the wood con-
tracts and a partial vacuum thus form.
ed forces the creosote into the wood
FOR quarter or half an inch or more:
at any rate further than is necessary
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CHAPTER ~.
A Page From seheherezade.

A Page From Scheherexade.
In the meantime Forbes was invited
by the burglar to come in and sit
down. He entered the room, thor
oughly hypnotized.
sit down in that chair there" went
on the man in the mask, indicating a
fine Sheraton. Strange. that Forbes
should give any particular attention
to the make OF the chair. There's
good chap" came hoarsely. Il should
hate to give you a crack on the head.
II you keep perfectly quiet and do as
you're told. shan't be forced to hurt
you. Now listen carefully. Take out
your handkerchief. Top pocket, over
coat. IL you please. Now tie It over
your mouth. That's the way
Forbes was by no means a coward:
but the unexpectedness of the en-.
counter stunned him. He forgot that
he had ever wanted to be an amateur
detective. The burglar rose to his feet
with astonishing agility. Forbes
watched him. under a malevolent en-
chantment. He saw the man whip
down from the wall a rare old priests
stole.
Put your hands behind the chair
and hold them there. The automatic's
the quickest thing in the world"
moment later Forbes felt the
rough edges OF the stole sink into his
wrists. The ends went in and out OF
the spindles and the knot came under
his elbows. Next, the handkerchief
was given a precautionary twist. The
Bokhara embroidery on the low-boy
was also forced into service. This Sc.
cured his ankles to the legs of the
chair
Don't know what you came in for,
for you opened the door without
knocking. Never mind" The burglar
slipped the pistol into a pocket. Now.
don't worry. Perhaps some time be
fore midnight the people who live here
will come to your assistance"
Then the rogue knelt before the
safe again and took out an exquisite
Florentine jewel-box. He did not
bother to try the lock. He was evi-
IDENTIFY pressed for time. He simply
wrapped II up in n newspaper, tied it
securely with a string he found in
work-basket, picked up his tools. his
hat and coat and paused for moment
on tho threshold. Forbes could see
tho sparkle of his eyes through the
holes In tho mask. He also saw that
there was a slight cash across the
knuckles Of the mans left hand.
Sorry to leave you in this fix" The
man bowed briefly and went out.
Forbes heard the snap OF the switch
button. Instantly he was in total dark
ness. Then he heard the click Of the
bolt. He was now locked in. Present
ly his brain resumed its functions: he
began to think in little sparks OF
thought: as II permitting electric fluid
to enter a wire by degrees. jerkily.
For the last ten minutes he had been
as completely hypnotized as II he had
been staring for hours into Swami's
crystal. His FIRST coherent thought
was one Of those best left unspoken,
unwritten. He had entered. picturing
In his mind familiar scene. six famii.
lar faces:s and this instead! 1t would
have hypnotized anyone.
A blockhead! A sheep! To nave
allowed himself to be trussed up this
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Farm and Stock Sale

will sell at Public Auction at RANCH 3 miles South
California mesa commencing
at 10 a
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Henry Ford has sent wireless mes
sages to European nations engaged to
stop the war till he gets there!" II
has now leaked out that his plan to
bring about peace was to show them
ben Lindsey. But Ben and the other
members of the fliver party have
been reported quarreling over resolu-
tions and n blowout" is momentarily
expected.
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way. without a single struggle, with
out word! A fine detective! He
strained at his hands, and then at his
ankles, but desisted when the chair
threatened to topple over. On the
floor he would be absolutely helpless
So he sat there in the dark, mouthing
at his handkerchief and trying to get
his teeth into it.
The man had a freshly skinned
knuckle. He would remember that
when the police came He would
never be able to recall the voice, so
effectually muffled behind the curtain
of the mask. In evening dress, too
and wore it to the manner born: here
in little old New York. And then it
came upon him with the dazzlement
of sunrise. The mysterious burglar
of the newspapers!
He began to swear again; cultural
sounds which started in his throat and
ended, bassoonlike, in his nose. Dash
the door-boy, to have given him the
wrong floor! Somewhere up above
or down below they were waiting for
him; the cards were purring, the
chips clicking musically against one
another. Deuces wild. If you held a
king and queen of any suit, together
with three deuces, you could call it four
queens, or four kings, or a royal, Just
as you pleased. Open on anything;
no weary waiting for jacks or better;
something doing every minute. Ut
never occurred to him that the bur-
glar had already saved him about
fifty dollarsD
And when the occupants of this
room returned they would doubtless,
and with reason, hand him over to the
police. and the deuce wild, indeedD
would be to pay. Moreover, he would
never hear the last of it. He, who had
never left himself open to ridicule,
would be the laughing-stock of the
town.
Numbness crept into his arms and
legs. He could not shift the handker.
chief solitary inch, not a fraction of
an inch. Occasionally he heard sounds;
the lift-door closing, someone going up
or down the stairs, the rattle of far
off elevated train, the honk of an auto
horn in the street below. Beautiful
sitdation for ]. Mortimer Forbes, ia
nous illustrator, Hours and hours and
hours passed; at least so it seemed
to him. OF course it was just his luck
TO strike a place where the people
kept ungodly hours. He would not be
able to work for days The gold thread
of the stole cut like a razor's edge.
The beggar might have left the lights
on, so that he could have found some
amusement in staring at the furnish
ings and speculating as to the taste of
the absent ones. But to sit in pure
darkness (for the blinds were down.
his nerves all awrack from listening
and waiting. his lungs aching for the
want of deep breath-it was all
mighty unpleasant
Thank heaven! Someone was turn
ing key in the lock. They had come
at last. He suddenly found himself
blinking into the light. Over the
threshold came an elderly man and
young woman
Good heavens!" cried the young
woman
Forbes said nothing, but his eyes
threatened to fall out of his head.
For the young woman was no less
person than she of the copper-beech
hair: and her face was as sad and
beautiful as Bellini's Madonna" in
that rickety old church by the side of
that smelly old canal in Venice!
lT0 ha C1otioualN
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BUSINESS LOCALS

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LOST-Hunting coat with pocket
full of shotgun shells, between Delta
and Rogers mesa.
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Warrant Call.

Delta, Colo, Dec. 9, 1915.
The following registered warrants
will be paid on presentation at this
office. Interest will cease on all inter
est bearing warrants 20 days from the
date of this call.
SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND.
District No. 1. All issued to Dec.
18th.
District No. 2. All cash.
District No. 8. All cash.
Dist. No. 4. 144.
District No. 5. 81.
Dist. No. 6. 81, 73.
Dist. No. I. 410, Ala, AIS, 419.
Dist. No. 8. All cash.
Dist. No. 10. 1873, 1S6.
Dist. No. IL. All cash.
District No. r. All cash.
District No. IA. 42o, 421, 423, 424,
426, 429, 430, 432, 431.-437.
District No. II. All cash.
District No. IS. 1887, 1876, 1870.
1871, 1885, 1856, 1891, 1883, 1873, 1892
- 1896, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909. 1895,
1899, 1898, 1913, 1918, 1927, 1880, 1881,
1882, 1888, 1922, 1921, 1915, 1916.
District No. 20. All cash.
District No. %. 1121, 1893, 1136,
1144, Has, 1146, 114s, 1149, 1150, 1I51,
1152' 1153-1154, 1147, 115S, 1857, 1859,
116o, 1164, 1166, 1165, 1853, 1856, 1852,
1853, 117o' HI, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1176,
1171, 117s, 1179, 11S0, 1881, 1882, 1906.
Ordinary from 5000 to 1O5sO.
Road from 1900 to 5000.
EARL WILSON,
County Treasurer.
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Grand Junction shipped a carload
$4,000 pounds-of alfalfa seed the
first of this week.
The Delta independent., 1915-12-17

WILLIAM E. EBBERT-Nothing
has happened; nothing in all human
PROBABILITY will happen to justify the
conversion of our country into a mill
tary training camp; for that, whatever
may be said, is what the present agi-
tation will lead to. We have a vast
seaboard, and they say, no adequate
defenses, but, nevertheless, no for
eign foe has approached our shores
for over a hundred years. Nor has
there been an armed invasion of our
soil by Orientals or Europeans in this
period. We have a spirited, home
loving people, invincible in war, and
competent within sixty days, to beat
back an equal force from any nation
on earth. Why then drill vast body
of young men and keep aflame a war
like spirit year in and year out, except
it be to trail in the wake of the de-
caying monarchies whose idea of pre-
paredness every true American de-
spises and condemns?
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WITH THE THINKERS
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JUDGE C. C. GOODWIN.-Our own
country should not fail to read Alright
the lesson the war is teaching, which
is that all idle men should be given
gainful employment that the hopes and
aspirations of their hearts may be kept
warm. When this is not done the in
vincible spirit begins to deteriorate,
and this is swiftly followed by national
decay. Experts often cite the value
that the individual healthy citizen is to
the state. This is only true when the
individual has something to hope for
and an honest occupation to keep his
hopes warm.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER rwENTy-ElerH
100 HEAD OF LIVE STOCK 100

HEAD LIVE STOCK
l Brown years old. 1000; Brown Geldng,
old 400: Gray Mare years old. l30o
Black Mare years old 1S00 Bay Team Geldings,
and 10 old. W.T. 400; Roam Horse Colt old,
type good Cows giving
all will be fresh the spring. old hefer
fresh the spring: heifer calf old yearlng
Steers Steer Calves; 75 head
Berkshire Boar. old. i2 Duroc. Brood
weighing from so 100 lbs each: fine PoandChina
Leghorn Hens; Hens. good ones;
Ducks.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
One 314 winona Wagon double Tire; 81 Balm Wa
3A Mandt wagon; single
nearly single Wnona buggy; light single
buggy; Wood moving machine; Mccormick rake
good bargain; Monrose MARKER gravel bed;
John Deere two-way 14-nch pow; John Deere
inch walking pow disc cultivator;
field and orchard disc good Wood rack horse
potato digger; Greeley steel
harrow field float; grndsone; log chains
pickles. shoyels, garden and field many
other articles too numerous mention.
hold goods. All farm machinery nearly n good
condition. About 200 bushels
10000 lbs of AL Chas Downing potatoes about $4,000 lbs
OF Rose of Erin about
Rose of Erin seed potatoes.
Lunch will be served the Sale Grounds
Terms Of Sale: All sums under s10 cash. All
$40 credit of 10 months given, bearing
interest from date Five
for all $40 No
tied for Everything will be sold
will be permitted.
CLAY DAVIS, Owner
w. A. Davis, Auotioneer ]. Beckley, Clerk.
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Only Dreaminn.

"oh. John, dear, I've just been to
the milliner's, and my new hat is 60
ing to be a dream"
"Yes, a dream is all it will be-" said
John.
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FOR SALE CHEAP-You renters
or anyone! Here is a chance to be-
come an owner. / have so acres of
good Ash mesa land with new house,
which / have to sell before first of
the year. For particulars write C. H.
Duffield. owner, 924 18th street, Den
yer, Colorado.
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We wash sweaters too-perfectly.
The Delta Steam Laundry.
LOST-Hunting coat with pocket
full of shotgun shells, between Delta
and Rogers mesa.
FOR SALE-Encyclopedia Brittani-
ca. 30 volumes. $50 pages each. Best
practical reference work published, is
as good as new. Phone 1861.
II you wish to borrow money on
your farm at lowest rates see Geo.
W. Bruce, Hillman building. tt
FOR SALE-Modern six-room house
on Meeker street. o. L. Walstrom.
Olathe, Colorado. IA
International Harvester engine.
horsepower, in good condition, for
sale at this office. tt
FOR SALE-Good work team; W.T..
1900 each. Apply at James Green
wood, Delta, Colorado.
We are making a special family rate
on flatwork. At very trifling eN-
pense you can eliminate the heaviest
part of your weekly washing.
The Delta Steam Laundry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-23
Gives Alleged
SLAYER 30 Days

Joseph Ogrodofck, alleged by
the police to be white SLAYER"
who was arrested more than
week ago when his wife, Rose
Ogrodofck, known as Rose Stein,
declared that he had threatened
to beat her if she did not give
him money, was sentenced to 80
days in the county Jail today by
Police Judge Evans.
The sentence will hold the pris-
oner until federal officers can
prefer white slave charge, the
authorities say.
Ogrodofck forced his wife into
a life of shame, and beat her
when she attempted to get away
from him, according to her testt-
mony. She ran away some time
ago and was living moral lite
when he found her and threaten
ed to kill her if she did not give
him money and return to her
former life. Mrs. Ogrodofck
swore out a warrant for her hus-
bands arrest at once.
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Sure, Mrs. Dickson
Shall Have Lamp

Mrs. George l.. Dickson, North
Fifth st. and Tacoma av., can
have a nice pressed-steel lamp
post on the corner in front of her
palatial home-if she will pay
for it's installation and the month
ly electric bills for operation.
This was the proposition made
by the council today, following
Mrs. Dickson's request for a
street light. When the new or
namental lights were installed in
the North End, Mrs. Dickson s
corner was sighted, and she has
been asking ever since for light.
The council found that it had
no more money, but generously
offered to allow Mrs. Dickson to
pay the bill for her own little
special light.
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Anti.SpOoning
Juice Rate Cut

Finding that it was impossible
to collect the bill of $1,263 chars
ed to the Tacoma park board for
electric art lighting in Wright
park, installed three years ago
following reports of promiscuous
"spooning" in the park. the city
council today voted to cut the bill
down to $49S.10.
The arc lights were installed
under Commissioner Lawson's
regime, on an understanding by
the park board that the electricity
should be furnished free. After
several months a bill was tend
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cred for light, and the park board
refused to pay.
Supt. Collins of the electric ie-
partment notified the city today
that there was no reason why tho
park board should escape pay-
ment of light bills any more than
the city bridge department, or
street department. In order TO
get the old bill off the city =
books, however, he recommended
that a reduced rate be made.
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Wanted to Rent Furnished!

want to rent place on the outskirts of town,
say with OF 10 acres place that the owner is
particular about l would be an exceptionally good
tenant because keeping up home Of this kind is
my particular hobby.
L would take it for long time.
Some person who owns an up-to-date place and
wants change communicate with Box rs, care Ta-
coma Times.
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Trying To
Be Humane

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June %.
"A note from the British foreign
office was received by the state
department today telling of The
efforts being made by England 10
mitigate hardships suffered by
the neutrals from interference
with trade as a result of the ,r-
der in council and other war
measures.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

REWARD offered for information
as to whereabouts of the old gen
tleman who, on May 18th, was g wen
an auto ride by two ladies from
near Kent to Tacoma R-3, Times
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FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS

ONE 3000-lb. team, harness and
rigging. New camp on 5000 job
begins this week. Price $500. Must
sell. Particulars address Il. A. b.,
Wanna Wp
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Frank Sylvester, alias Frank
Miller, and Buster Burman were
arrested today, respectively at
Portland, Ore, and Vancouver,
Wash, charged with having sto..
EN- the team and wagon of Oscar
Peterson of South Tacoma.
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HAY, GRAIN, FUEL

PETERSON BROS. 1902 So. X st
Main 331.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

WANTED-Partner who is willing
to work hard-to increase in
come of established business; ref
erences required. salary of 500 per
week guaranteed: $3.50 required.
Profit should be s200 per month
each. o., Times.
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REAL ESTATE

SOME FIRST CLASS INCOME PROPERTY TO
TRADE FOR IMPROVED FARMS
in
for SEQ Will this beautiful
ranch and cash difference
Close-In Paying Apartment
This is irons and
cinc The rst-eass condition and bringing mic.
figure actually
wo y0s 1s good ranch nrs. . nH want GOOD % o.
third the price asked look this
Residences and An Apartment .
All located on paved streets 10 minutes walk from Pacific av.
all of this ranch
Good House and Acre of Ground to Trade
m
This ideal suburban home about two blocks
will difference You will
like this place when you see it,
Modern North Cakes Street Home
Modern soO% cottage electric lights gas sewer water streets
a location.
Swap for Seattle Property
Three two in walking kim" and sns the the North
to get fine home in Tacoma we can talk business with y0u
Small Cottage and 3 Lots 5000
In a line; s25
like Where beat this for snap'
Beautiful New Modern 7-Room Home
finished fun basement about 10 minutes
| Dough oil payments
Beautiful New Modern Room Bungalow
Fireplace Price $4,000
|
Grocery to Trade
In
want
/ cam right
! Snaps in Rooming Houses
| and
for hotel roomng
1 W
! with lots in fruit 3o
permo
We
4 we can 4
II you a anything
:
HOIST & PHILLIPS CO.
sos7s PRovIDENT BLDG.
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$15-PER ACRE-$15
Is ACRES

10 acres, partly cleared. balance
logged off; only an hours ride
from Tacoma; good soil; dirt cheap
at SIS per acre, terms $25 cash. $40
per month Call on the owner at
407 Providenl Bldg.
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WANTED-A good strong woman
to work in hotel for good house
keeping rooms. one that will be
willing TO go ahead with work. L.
c. Davis, 1904 Pacific av.
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NO. ] mines and property. quartz
and placer: want grub stake or
assessment work. Box ~, Spana-
way. Wn.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE - Good
rooming house of "a rooms, MAX
ing money. You'll like it. 1141
Commerce st
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DENTISTS

DIR. JOHNSON Harvard Dental
Parlors, 1132k Pacific av.. over
Crown Drug Store. Main s203.
DIR. III. v. ROBERTS. 50l-2 Natl.
Realty Bldg. Open evenings and
Sunday. Main 2S16.
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FURNISHED ROOMS

FOR RENT-Furnished rao-,s OR
light housekeeping. g13 So. q,
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FIX 1T SHOP. 729 st. Helens av.--
We fix anything. umbrellas re-
covered and repaired hot water
bags vulcanized and repaired. car
pet sweepers repaired. lawn NOW
ers sharpened and fixed, saws filed,
keys made.
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wANTED---Good live boys to sell
Times on downtown corners.
Earn from s1.00 to $3.50. Ask for
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WANTED-Respect woman to
cook and do general homework
for two people living in the coun-
try. Address Route /. Box 81,
Sumner, Wn.
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ROOMS AND BOARD

NICE clean furnished rooms, steam
heat and good table board, $5.25
and up. st. Paul Hotel, 2318 Jeffer-
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Jobs Open

GIRL to do general homework. Call
500 So. Wright av. L. b. Smith.
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A lot of springs, soc; beds, 800;
steel couches, $500; dressers. So:
mattresses, 75c. See specials In
windows 1868 Broadway.
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CARPET CLEANING

II. L. HOUCK--Carpet beating. re-
fitting and laying: feather reno
waiting and upholstering. 2S12 9Th
av Main 1926,
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3 Residences and An Apartment

Good 7-room house and acre of ground.
ries and garden. This is ideal suburban h
from car line, 10 minutes ride to 9th and Pac
place for a 20 to 40-acr ranch and will pay ca,
like this place when you see it.
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NORTHWEST DETECTIVE AGCY.
Moved to Suite PIT Provident
Bldg. Est. 1889. Main 3427.
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GOOD, strong, capable farm hand,
one who understands clearing
land preferred. Must milk. Good
proposition to right party. State
qualification, experience and wages
expected in first letter. Add. o.,
Times.
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CLEANING AND DYE WORKS
DRAYAGE

Commercial Truck & Storage Co.
Furniture moved, packed and
stored. Team and auto vans. Fire
proof warehouse. Best corps OF
trained men In city. Main FOG.