Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
THE NEW
CLARION
BY...
WILL N.
H AR ZEN
Copyright. 1914. by Harper e
CHAPTER III,
Negotiations.

1BNER moved along the street
till he reached the corner.
n\ Here he paused and looked
- back almost stealthily. Il
hope he won't come to the office for a
few minutes anyway" be mused.
"Old Hillhouse is up thar at work. an
I must see i'm alone. The whole thing
may slip up. He's 50 cranky he don't
know his mind from one minute to the
next"
Just then Abner saw Howard going
down the street toward the cotton COM
press and flour mill. "Now's the
time" he said. and he walked rapidly
to the office Of the Clarion and ascend
ed the stairs. He found the editor in
the main room. crescent shaped
green shade tied above his eyes.
Good mornin', old hoss,' Abner
said lightly. II was passin' an
thought I'd run up an Ak eff l was due
you anything on my subscription. I'm
terrible hand to forget dates. 1 can't
remember exactly when paid you the
last time"
Sorry to say you don't owe me any
thing" Hillhouse answered gloomily
MY list Of delinquents is long enough.
the Lord knows, but you are not on it..
Did you read what I said last week
about folks that won't pay for their
home paper? I think hit 'em few
swipes that they won't forget soon.
The meanest type Of man on earth
is the one that won't pay for weekly
paper. Folks expect you to print long
accounts Of their births, deaths, wed.
dings and descriptions Of their prize
pumpkins and watermelons, but jest
hint to them that their subscription is
due and that you need the bare neces-
sites Of life and they get hopping
mad"
1--WE always thought it was Il pow
erful pore business" Abner walked to
the rusty, upright stove in the center
of the room, opened the door and spat
upon the rubbish it contained. "An
I've wondered often what you fellers
see In the game to hold you so tight"
III tell you," Hillhouse said, with
frank WEAKNESS. I'VE get our money
tied up in plant of this sort, an we
never see good chance to get it out
You know, my daddy owned the Clar-
ion before Inc. 1t was his pride. He
saw 1t through the war, issued it in
monthly installments while we were
refugeeing farther south and paper
was as scarce as coffee. hate to see
the thing die natural death, but 1t is
certainly on the down grade"
Abner brushed away fly which was
boring for food on his brow and glanc-
ed about the untidy room. His eyes
lighted on a big bale Of white sheets
Of paper us that what you print on?''
he inquired care]essly.
Eyes, that's our patent inside Sheets"
H1llhOuse explained. I'VE get 'em by
freight. One side is already printed,
and the stuff is good enough consider
ing its low cost. There is a lot of
good pictures, too, and we can't get
up pictures to do any good here in the
mountains. There is still another la
Dor saving method, and that Is to buy
the stereotype plate matter by the col
umn. but that costs more than the
Sheets
Abner's face lit up with shrewd de-
sign. Il understand something now
that was a puzzle to me-" he said.
1--WE heard lots o. folks Ak why it was
that one side o. the Clarion always
looked so clean an neat. Moreover,
when was in lower Alabama last win
ter was havin' you send me my pa