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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
GElER WON'T cHRIsTEN PIER

The Geier was the first vessel to
be berthed at the new Pier 8. She
was moved over by hand in the
afternoon, while smoke still was
coming from her. Her crew did
some of the little work they did all
day, when they moved her over. IT
has been customary to christen a
wharf, informally, by the name of
the first vessel berthed at her, but
this custom win not be followed in
this case.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
HIL0 BASKETBALL LEAGUE
NOW WATCHFULLY WAITING

The Hilo Basketball League is mark
ing time at present, owing to made
quate surveys of the land required,
says last Fridays Hawaii Herald. The
plans necessary to draw up the re
quired plats are in Honolulu and until
these are received locally nothing can
be done. The bylaws and petition of
Incorporation have been drawn up and
the report of the board of trade com
mittee is ready. As soon as the neces-
sary plans are received the matter will
be rushed ahead.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
REFUGEE SAILORS FORCED
TO STOP "SMALl" FARMING

Several members Of the crews of tn
steamers Pommern and Prinz Waldo.
mar have been small farming on q
small scale since their enforced resi-
dence in Honolulu. Poultry and Pig
owned by these men were literally
thrown on the market by them yes.
terday, one sailor disposing of so fine
chickens for eight dollars.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
MANY H|LO|TES ARE
PREPARED FOR FLIGHT

HIL0, January 2--whiIe not all mem.
bers Of the Aero Club Of Hawaii are
ambitious to .becomc bigh.Hiers they
are all interested IN high flying and
those who in Hilo, are members Of the
club say that they are each anxious to
do their part in making the club
success.
Here is the list Of local men who,
as members Of the Aero Club Of Ha.
waii, are expected to become experts
at flying, especially with aeroplanes:
Col. j. ID. Easton, Lieut.. Col. John
T. Moir, Mel, H. II. Morehead, Mai.
ID. s Bowman, Maj Leo l.. Sexton,
Medical Corps; Cnpt A. r. L. Rowat,
Lieut.. A. II Roll, Medical Corps; Ex-
Judge O. F. Parsons, H. v. Patten,
David McF. Forbes, +. N. Holmes,
Thomas Forbes, Charles ID. Green, w.
A. Freeman, George Willfong, f. G. s.
Crabbe, Roy Walker, O. o. Foster,
Ralph 4. Balding, Thomas Guard,
George Cool, Il. l.. w. Patterson, Rev.
George Laughton, John Walker.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06

terday, after two men were down.
This is considered some record out
at the big army post, for the Wreckers
boast of extra heavy hitters and the
Thirty-second nine has a number Of
such likewise, @ o.,a' ..n@,.a r
Evans Made Good Again sFtE& X
Another pleasing feature of the af
ternoon yesterday was the splendid UNI
Piring. Mark II. Evans of Des Moines,
Iowa, called balls and strikes. In an
nouncing the batteries the mainland
man turned to the grandstand and did
the job in real big league style. Next
he went in front Of each row of bleach.
ers and did the same thing. His umpir
ing was a treat and both teams took
notice of his work, as did the crowd Of
fans who numbered about 1900. Hol.
Iingworth umpired on bases and his
work, also, was good. ..'r .-,. 81,
The runs and hits by innings were as
follows: 1T. .. E
Bend: R..........0, o l,Ol o o o 0--e
Hits .~...,....l o 2 o 80 o 1 LIS
25th, R.. ....... % 0 o o 0 o o 4 2--3
Hits ........0 600 I 90 1 SIS
Umpires-Evans and Hollingworth.
Next Sunday Lieutenant Carr will
bring the Wreckers to Honolulu TO play
the All-Chinese in the big benefit game
for the Chinese Nun Lun School. The
Royal Hawaiian. Band has been secured
for this game by Supervisor Hollinger
from Mayor Lane and all Chinatown, in
addition TO good many others from
different sections Of the city will be
there for real treat.
Mark II. Evans and Henry Chilling,
worth viii likely umpire this game,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
ART SMITH WILL
OPEN AVIATION
SCHOOL in JAPAN
Especial Marconigram to the Nippu
~ Jill ....l

SAN FRANCISCO, February g.
Art Smith, noted American aviator,
arrived here last Saturday. He will
60 TO Japan, with his mother, earl;s
in March to establish a new avia.
ton school near Toxic, where he
will make his permanent home.
Smith visited Japan last year and
made q series of. flights in several
cities. His work in the aerial line
was much admired by the Nippon.
ese. Several japanese fnaneiers
offered to establish an aviation
school, which offer he gladly ae.
ccpted. -. x
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
a !Bstted for Lai SIN Il ninth.

Summary--2 hits . runs - at bat on
Hayselden In ) 30 innings; two-base bits
Perry. Mara. Markham. sacrifice hits. Ana
I'M, King Tan: hit by pitcher Silva; dou;
HE PLAYS. Anahu-Silva Lee. Mara .Cordiro
Silva: bases on balls on Perry a. on Hay
ry B. az Hayselden @ Markham q; passe,,
ball, Ler: nmplres. Henry aud Bob Chill.
lilgwcrth; time OF game, hours and Q
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06

Tanaka Suzano, Japanese woman,
was taken TO the emergency hospital
last night, suffering from two small
cuts on her head. She is said 70 have
been beaten in fracas which occur.
red in the rear Of the Japanese school
at Moiliili.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-06
BUSINESS CARDS.

HONOLULU IRON WORKS Co.--M,,
chinery Of every description made to
order. ",
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
DARWIN L. BIGHAM,
COUNTY PIONEER,
CALLED BY DEATH
Continued from first page)

Falls, although he manifested
more or less interest in public
business. He was, a stakeholder
in the new Redwood County
State Bank.
Mrs. Bigham survives him.
They were the parents of six
children: Zelma, Martha, Will
liam, Lydia, Addie G. and OAR
win r. Zelma is the wife of Ro-
bert Turrell, civil engineer for
the Great Northern Railway at
Vavre, Montana. Martha mar
ried Frank Culver, who has been
connected with the st. Paul Dis
patch for some twenty years.
William R. died in 1890 at the
age of nineteen. LYDIA A.. mar
ried E. F. Soaring, secretary of
the board of trade at Mankato,
MINI. Addie G. is a linotype
operator. Darwin R. is farm
er in Montana.
Mr.. Bigham was lover Of
social intercourse with his fell
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
CITATION FOR HEARING ON Pc
Triton FOR ADMINS
TRATION.
Estate of Winefred Pentony

Estate OF Wlnefred Pentony.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Redwood-ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Winefred Pentony, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the granting of adj
ministration of the estate of said de-
cedent: The petition of Edward Pen
tony having been filed in this court,
representing that Winefred Pentony,
then a resident of the County of Red
wood. State of Minnesota, died in
testate on the 18th day of October.
1916. and praying that letters of adj
ministration of her estate be granted
to Edward Pentony; and the court
having fixed the time and place for
hearing said petition.
Therefore, You, and Each of You,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have, before this
court at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, in the City of Red
wood Falls, in the County of Red
wood. State of Minnesota, on the 10th
day of April, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. M.
why said petition should not be
granted
Witness, the Judge of said Court:
and the Seal of said Court, this goth
day of March, 1917.
A. R. A. LAUDON,
Probate Judge.
FRANK. CLAGUE,
Attorney for Petitioner.
court SeaD 35-3t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
REPORT OF DELHI STATE BANK

Statement of the condition of Del
hi State Bank of Delhi, Minnesota,
at close Of business on March 9Th,
1917.
Date Of report by Bank March II,
1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts--L--$5 ,836.17
Overdrafts -- 1925
Banking House, Furniture
and Fixtures ------- 100000
Due from Banks--$7,415.44
Cash on Hard-$4,682.53
Total Cash Assets 12,O97.97
TOTAL --------------$ SIG, 1888
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock ----------$1O,O 100000
Surplus Fund ---- 100000
Undivided Profits, Net 478.15
Deposits Subject
to Check ----$38, 1886
Cashiers Checks 2,641.7O
Total Immediate
Liabilities ----$41 ,240.25
Time Certificates 22,979.40
Total Deposits --s64,219.65 64,219.65
Other Liabilities ----- 1859
TOTAL --------$76, 1889
Amount of Reserve on hand, $12,-
O97.97.
Amount Of Reserve Required by
Law, $4,780.79.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Redwood-ss.
We, ]. A. Piersol, President and
Grace Piersol, A.-Cashier Of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best of knowledge and belief.
J. A. PIERSOL, President.
GRACE PIERSOL, A. Cash.
Correct Attest:
J. A. PIERSOL
0. IA. BRAMSCHE,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of March, 1917.
(Seal) E. KIENZLER.
Notary Public. Redwood County
Minnesota.
My commission expires October 2,
1918.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

lowmen, and in those earlier
years of Redwood Falls he par
ticipated in all of the events of
the town--then any FRANKS
which the populace INDUCED in,
real and serious-the gatherings
for intellectual advancement,
the parties for pleasure, the pic
MICS of earlier and later settlers,
and at all of them there was
pleasure for the groups who
gathered around him and learned
of his experiences as they were
related by him. His disposition
was always pleasant and when
the business tempest justified
the use of stern temperament
it was seldom, if ever, shown in
his dealings. His sudden de-
parture takes away from Red
wood county and Redwood Falls
one of the earliest, as we'll as
one of the later, strong friends.
May the spirit be, as was al
ways the man, in peace.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR RENT:-The only $500
per day hotel in town and sell
the furniture. Also 80 acres of
we'll improved farm, four blocks
from court house. Choice seed
potatoes. Early Ohio's and Rur-
al New Yorker. E. Bailey, Nah
nomen, MINI. 34-3t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
FOR SALE

Improved quarter section in
Hubbard County; one mile from
county seat. Fertile soil with
good crop record, good buildings
and well located in one of the
choicest sections of Northern
Minnesota. Will sell for $82 per
acre on easy terms. Write C.
E. Bradt, Park Rapids, Mime
sofa. 24-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
FOR SALE:-12O acres of

FOR SALE:-120 acres Of
land in Section IA, Underwood
township, Redwood Co., MINI.
Also four nice lots improved in
the City OF Redwood Falls, Min
nesota, this is an estate and it
is necessary to close it out. This
property is all clear and would
carry a good sized loan. Make
cash offer. L. H. Terhell, Exc
cutor, Milroy, MINI. 33-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEAR
ING THEREON.

Estate of Callie D. Pryor.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Redwood In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Cal
lie D. Pryor, Decedent.
Letters Testamentary this day hav-
ing been granted to Callie D. Pryor;
1t Is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against
her estate IN this court, be, and the
same hereby is. limited to six months
from and after the date hereof; and
that Monday, the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1917, at 1000 a. M, in the
Probate Court Rooms at the Court
House in the City of Redwood Falls
in said County, be. and the same here
by is, fixed and appointed as the time
and place for hearing upon and the
examination, adjustment and allow
ance of such claims as shall be pre-
scented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication Of this order in the Red
wood Gazette as provided by law.
Dated March 14th. 1917.
A. R. A. LAUDON.
Probate Judge.
(Court Seal) 35-3t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Gasoline En-
gines, Feed Mills, Pump Jacks
Batteries. Auto Accessories. Al
ways have good second hand en-
gines on hand at Joe Muehl.
bauer's. Att
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR RENT;--Two good sleep
ing rooms over my North Store
room. These rooms are fully fur
nished, steam heated, electric
lighted and have city water and
toilet in connection. F. w.
Philbrick. 35-1t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR RENT:-Two new Office
rooms over Redwood County
State Bank. Steam heated, cleo
trio lighted and with city water
and convenient toilet in connec-
ton. F. w. Philbrick. 35-1t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-On account of
poor health, I will sell my pure
bred Perchercn horses: l Black
Stallion; 4 Purebred Mares, all
Registered. Frank Carman, Red
wood Falls, MINI. 30-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-WLite Russian
seed oats. 1915 crop. Inquire.
Bert Barnum, Redwood Falls,
Mimi. 31-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR RENT:-320 acre farm,
with improvements, in Paxton
township. G. L. Farver, Red
wood Falls. 32-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

WANTED:-Man on farm by
the month, for 8 months. State
wages wanted in first letter. A.
?. Hoffman, Redwood Falls,
Minnesota. 34-3t%
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-22 disc Peoria
drill, good as new. Inquire at
A. S. Kenney. 34-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

SHAREHOLDERS gray four
year old mare, blind in right
eye. Reward offered for her re-
turn to J. A. Corcoran, R. 2. 31-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

The straight and narrow path
is all to TIE good, but you'll. find
the biggest crowd on the great
white boulevard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Pure-brId Bar
red Plymouth Rock eggs, so
cents for setting of fifteen. Mrs.
Harris Peavey. 34-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

GIRL WANTED at Richard
Hotel at once, good wages. '32-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Sanitary couch,
bed davenport, library table and
wardrobe. All in good condition,
cheap if taken at. once. Mrs. F.
r. Lobdell. 35-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SAI.E:--Pure Rose Comb
Rhode Island white eggs. $1.00
per setting. w. B. Gray 35-1t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR ENT:-Large modern
11-room house conveniently To-
Gated, full basement with cement
floor, good cistern and barn in
connection that can be used for
garage purposes. F. w.
PhilErick. 35-1t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR RENT:-32 acre farm,
with improvements, in Paxton
township. c. L. Farver, Red
wood Falls. 32-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Good "Old
incubator, $50 egg ca
pacity. w. B. Gray. 35-1t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Two good resi-
dences. Write Box 277, Red
wood Falls, Mimi. 33-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Five full blood
White Orphington BOOSTERS. One
dollar apiece if taken at once.
Mrs. w. C. Hyde. 35-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

WOOD YARD MOVED on the
Chas. Ilet place. We have all
kinds of sawed wood for sale.
Phone 327R. H. Byington. 43-3t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Team of large
mules, three years old. Have
been worked. Inquire at The
Gazette office. 34-2t*
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

FOR SALE:-Pure recleaned
clover seed. Medium Red. Write
Chas. E. Bradt, Park Rapids,
MINI. 24-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

/ WANTED:-Girl for general
housework. Inquire at the Red
wood Falls Hospital. Stiff
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
"SMART STYLE WEEK. Coat and Suit Specials

To make this event of more than usual interest
have selected from large stock of COATS
and SUITS number of the Ceverest models, regular
$22.5O and $500 values which On II
offering this week at the low price of OlJ.IO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
Separate Skirts

Separate Skirts
This SMART STYLE WEEK
skirt special is another bargain
you cannot afford to overlook.
A special gathering of charming
new skirts, regular $3.50, $3.50
and $3.50 values will prove
very attractive purchase at the
low price of
1878
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
Hetero Cyk

Hetero Cyk
This dainty wash fabric which
we are showing in a number of
pretty designs is an excellent
substitute for tub silk as it is
guaranteed ''sunproof'' and tub
proof" AS a special inducement
to the early shopper during
SMART STYLE WEEK" we
will give to each purchaser of
dress length of this cloth one
Butterick Pattern Free
35C PER YARD
The Snowflake herald., 1917-02-09
High Cost of Paper
Does Not Stop Ell Paso Morning
Times Great Bargain
Offer.

The Ell Paso Morning Times has an
nounced a great bargain subscription
price, good only during the month or
February.
The offer is for both new and renewal
subscriptions.
The regular rate of The Times is $500
per year, IS cents per month, English edl-
tion, and $500 per year, so cents per
month, for Spanish edition; but during the
month OF re ruary the following greatly
reduced prices are offered; English edi
ton, daily and Sunday, for one year, by
mail only S475; delivered by carrier or
agent 1925. Spanish edition, daily ana
Sunday for one year, by mail only, $500;
by carrier or agent, 81 90. The subscriber
saves nearly so PEI cent.
It is an exceptional bargain. because
The Times is worth the regular pr e. The
Times pays for, and publishes, more news
and special features every day in the
year, than any other two papers in west
Texas New Mexico and Arizona combined.
Complete Associated Press service, "cov-
erin the wOrld'' and correspondents in
west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. and
news OF Mexico, together with the best
re lures that brains produce, make The
Times "The SonthweSts ONE BIG News
piper" paper to be appreciated by
eye"v enlightened family.
S"bscrntions are payable 20 any local
Times a%ent. Ask your postmaster or
send direct to The Times.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-02-09
Cold Logic.

'Father, gimme a good lickin'
and make me cry" was the aston
ishing request little Jimmy made
one day.
"What makes you want such an
absurd thing?" inquired father.
"You'll hit me and I'll boiler
with all my might. and mother will
wipe my face with her apron and
give me a penny, and I'll buy
candy" came the logical rejoinder.
New York Times.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-02-09
Directions for Destroying
Pocket COpherS.

Pocket gopherS are readily
caught in several makes of special
traps commnoly on the market,
and few of these suffice to keep
small areas free of these pests.
For Kidding alfalfa fields, orchards
and long stretches of ditch en-
bankmens of them, a very sue
cessful and much more practical
method is to poison them by
placing bats of sweet potatoes
or of parsnips in their under
ground runways.
The bats should be cut about
an inch long and a half inch
square, and washed and drained.
From a pepper box slowly sift
1-8 ounce of powdered strychnine
(alkaloid) and Ito of this guam
tity of saccharine (ground to-
gether in a mortar) over about
four quarts of the dampened
bats, stirring to distribute the
poison evenly.
The runways, which are usually
A to 8 inches beneath the suface,
can be located by means of a
probe made of any strong handle
an inch in diameter and SO inches
long. One end should be bluntly
pointed. Into the other should
be fitted a piece of 3-8 inch iron
rod, protrudiug about IL inches,
The Snowflake herald., 1917-02-09

and bluntly pointed. A f.,
aids in probing in hard s lGo' \
forcing down this iron wis r,5
gopher workings, Or . w. =, y
two back of fresh monr ,p't
open tunnel can be feIt
point breaks into it. Tb. q
end of the instrument !; ol
used to carefully enl.,a
hole, a bait or two is ! 4
into the run and the n,o Ivy
closed. ' =
One soon becomes ov,.
locating the run, a man ca p',
800 to 500 gopher workinn ~.
day. Bats need be nIaS ~
only two points in each COW ,s'
system of 10 or 30 mounds ' :.
is usually the home Of . Y
gopher. In our experiono, II !
placed fairly in the ono,
have invariably killed tbarn.a
The method has found I's'
favor wherever it has bo. =
PRODUCED. "
The Snowflake herald., 1917-02-09
RAILWAY SLEEPING CARS.
The First Crude Makeshift and Early
Day Dining Car Prices.

The First Crude Makeshift and Early
Day Dining Car Prices.
Back in the early ffties young
man was travelling in a sleeping car
between Buffalo and Westfeld. The
car was u mere box car, with tri-
pie tier of wooden hunks built into
the sides. Practical only for night
travel, rude, unventilated, insani-
tary, inconvenient and uncomfort-
able, the car impressed the young
cabinetmake and contractor as the
apotheosis of barbaric discomfort,
and into his active brain came
the conception Of a car based on
entirely different lines of construc-
ton, car that would be comfort
able and commodious, car in which
travel would be made pleasurable.
George M. Pullman was the pas
senger, and few years later, in
1857, two old Chicago and Alton
railroad coaches were fitted with
sleeping car features of his own de-
sign. The work was done at the
Alton shops at Bloomington, H.,
and in 1857 the first Pullman was
run from Bloomington to Chicago
over the Chicago and Alton rail-
road.
The next few years were devoted
to costly experiments. A workshop
was rented, skilled mechanics en-
ployed, and the inventor evolved
by sheer ingenuity the elements on
which the modern Pullman is based.
Following the two remodeled Alton
coaches was born in 1868 the first
real Pullman. In a shed on the site
of the present Union station in Chi
cago a car was constructed in which
for the first time the space above
the windows was utilized for the
storage of bedding and furniture by
what is known as the Pullman up
per berth" construction. This car
was named the Pioneer and, true to
its title, marked a far outpost in
the development of railroad travel.
Due to the fact that the Pioneer
type Of sleeping car represented an
outlay of practically 100000, while
the cost Of sleeping cars furnished
by the individual railroads rarely
exceeded $1,000, it was necessary
to charge a slightly increased price
for a berth. In the $4,000 cars
$3.50 was the price on certain runs;
for a Pullman berth on the same
run s. was asked. Undecided if
the public would care to pay for the
increased safety, comfort, cleanli-
ness and convenience, cars of both
types were operated on the same
trains. The decision was instan-
taneous, and the only grumblers
were those who could not get ac-
commodations on the Pullman cars.
One of the curious exhibits in the
Pullman offices is the menu of the
first dining cars (then operated by
the Pullman company instead Of
the railroads, as at presently, show
ing that the "high cost of living"
was higher in those early days than
now. For instance, eggs boiled or
in any form were 40 cents, raw
oysters SO cents, coffee or tea Is
cents and half spring chicken rs
cents. Another is the first instruc-
tons to Pullman car employees,
especially insisting that passengers
remove their boots or shoes on re-
firing, that smoking in the car be
confined to the rear end Of cars and
that the coal fires for heating the
car be shaken or coaled only while
the car was in motion, etc.-James
Adamson in Leslie's.