Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-06


tho pupils, who had stopped work
ng, and thgn resumed his writing.
~ took him by tho collar, dragged
him ont OF his seat and gave him q
thorough whipping. He turned ouI
TO be the Gon Of the chairman OF the
prudential committee. The old mar
never spoke TO mo again. not even
whom ! met him In the road. he rid
lne In buggy and ! walking to OF
from my work"
Wont TO Goa TOR Two Yearo.
ON h!O graduation at tho Annapolis
Naval Academy, young John Win.
gate Weeks went TO son for u cruise
OF two y1arg. Seventy men were IN
bio class. but thorc was room for only
~ OF thom In tho navy. The navy
itself consisted OF but Ave steam yes,
sells clagHgd nB 1rgtrates and they
hcro ob9olete and unit for active
duty. George Barnett, hIa roommate.
went into the Marine Corps and III
now major general and the com.
mandant OF that branch OF the naval
geryice.
| IN Florida, where he had been en-.
gagged n8 surveyor on railroad. tho
late MidBhipinan Weeks learned that
| M old firm In Boston was going out
OF buglneSg One OF the partners had
| died and another had become blind.
Henry ilornblowcr. son OF one OF
the partners. and the youthful Mr.
Weeks bought tho business, the lat.
ter borrowing the money with which
10 begin his career as banker and
1 broker.
lIornblower acted for the firm on
the ECor Of tho Boston Stock Ex.
change Weeks kept the books and
waited on the customers as they ap.
ocarcd. In q few years the two Young
men had Offices all over New England
nnd In cities as far away ag Chicago.
II got my first valuable business
idea from famous New ''ngland
drcgsmalcr," Captain Weeks said TO
the writer OF this articl "A friend
Sao came to Dpcnd the night at our
hougo was talking to Mrs. Weeks
while ! was reading q newspaper.
heard her say that she had bought o
dress In Boston. and that gooE after,
on returning 10 the store, the pro
prietor. noticing her at the counter,
asked II she had purchased the dress
abe was wearing at his establishment
On learning that she had. lie said:
90 II !s not right. Please give your
name and address TO tho clerk and we
shall correct the matter at once
A story Of Great alue.
But the woman replied. the dress
10 satisfactory To me. Whatever is
wrong ia SO small that II is not worth
mentioning
Small TO you. aadam. tho man
answered, but very large to US
And do you know the woman
told Mrs. Weeks. the dress was not
only taken back. but 1t was kept and
was given new one.
II repeated the story 10 my partner
next day. Captain Weeks eail. and
from that time onward VIC tried TO
please our customers before we
thought OF Ourselves and the proba bio
profits we could make In our trans
actions"
Three yearg ago. following at once
his election to the upper House OF
Congress. Captain Weeks sold out to
his partners and disposed OF every in.
terest that Light be thought. even In
directly. 10 influence his judgment az
n lawmaker. II II said In New Eng
land that he has always been very
careful about hts reputation as busi.
neas man. An anecdote told OF him
In State street. the Wall street OF Bos
ton. shows how his sensitiyeness to
public opinion on one occasion proved
highly profitable TO his partner and
himself.
A run on bank in which Captain
Weeks was director. though hc |
owned but 5000 Of the stock. threat, |
cned 80 ho feared. 10 iEjure h!3 starG- |
Ing In the community. He spent /. |
day and night at the bank pledged |
iwo-thlrds OF all the property he and I
his partner owned FOR the payment OF |
tue banks debts and put through re-
facilitating plan under which the
were assessed 50 per
cent. on their holdings. The bank
was sayod, but some OF the fright.
enod shareholders sold out. Their in
terests were promptly bought by
Captain Weeks. The bank prospered
and later wes combn with other
large banks. Boston fnancier3 say
hat MIR. Ilornblower and Mr.. Weeks
Ultimately made S25e,000 on the stock
which they purchased when the baa!.
seemed to be on the verge Of ruin.
When asked Captain Weeks about
he matter. he said: Il was q young
nan and couldn't afford to be d.
'cctor In bank that had closed it's
loors In the faces of Its depositors,
many of whom were poor and most
Il whom were small merchants and
;age.earners."
How | asked him, inasmuch as
e was sailor himself once. and is
ow on terms OF intimacy with many
tgh officers, would you describe the
avy OF the United States?"
AT tho outbreak of the war in Eu-
ope," he answered, our navy. in my
pinion. was the second best In cxis.
,nce. Authorities for whom | have
reat respect did not agree with me-
hey ranked our navy third or fourth
some giving France second place
i'd some believing Germany was
ronger at sea than ourselves.
~ still think that in ships alone we
ere the equal of France or Germany
Id much the superior OF Japan. Our
iicers are the ablest In the world;
lr crews are the most Intelligent. No
.tion gives it's officers the training
at Is given to the naval officers OF
e United Statea And the men in
II ships, coming from farms and viii.
ges. in large part, are the finest
orally and physically afoat
IN my days. back in 1880. let US say, {
q sailor OH shore leave who returneO