The diamond drill., 1918-11-09
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his thoughts together and give de-
tailed account Of his wanderings thru
the west where he spent most OF last
month.
Mr.. Scheok saw many old Crystal
Falls and Iron River friends in the
west. He stopped first at Butte, Mon
tana, where he saw the Behan boys
and the Sullivans and other old resi-
dents who left Iron county in the
early days and went to the great cop
per town.
From Butte he went to Deer Lodge
where he visited with Jas. ]. Murphy.
Mr.. Schook says that big Jim" is
the biggest railroad man In the west.
He has very important section OF
the st. Paul, the one which has been
electrified. 1t includes the difficult
mountain section. Mr. Schook conf
IDENTIFY expects Mr.. Murphy to go
much higher in his railroad work, and
we certainly all hope that he will. At
Deer Lodge he met John Blosslngham
who Is chief train dispatcher on Mr..
Murphy's section OF the system and
who has a beautiful home and fine
family OF four children. John Is well
thought OF In the west and is rapidly
advancing in railroad work
Mr.. Schook's next stop was at Spok-
ane. Washington, where he visited
with A. l.. Flewelling, who was
in good spirits and very busy upon
some big timber and coal mining prof.
ects which he is promoting near Cen
tralia. Washington.
From Centralia he went to Seattle
and next to Centralia. At this place
he visited with Abe Felewelling and
James McCourt. Abe is interested
with A. l.. In the coal and timber
protects, and is very busy. He is one
OF the best. known business men OF
that section. James McCourt is just
as lively as when he used to be taxi
ing pictures of Iron county natural
scenery views and running down
partridges on his bicycle. The only
kick "Jim" had coming while Mr..
Schoolk was there was that he missed
one copy Of The Diamond Drill which
he gets regularly and which the post
Office employees sometimes sends as
tray.
From Centralia he went to visit
"Billy" McCarty whom he found well
and enjoying prosperity. Mr.. Nc
Carly Is located upon small fruit
farm near Kelso. Wis. A large por-
tion OF his time Is devoted to the Of
fee of deputy state. fire warden, Mr..
McCarty holding position with the
state department.
On his way back Mr.. Schook stop
ped at North Yakima, Washington TO
visit w. ]. Brown. Mr.. Schook speaks
highly of Mr.. Browns success as a
fruit grower In the Yakima valley. He
has small but very productive or
chard and beautiful home.
MIR. Brown was overseeing the
packing of some apples when Mr..
Schook drove mp in an auto. Schook
walked into the tent where the com
pany OF about one dozen persons was
busy and asked II the apples were
all sold Mr.. Brown replied that he
was sorry, but the entire crop had
been disposed OF.
I'm sorry about that" replied Mr.
Schook. IL thought l might be able
to buy two or three boxes to ship
Lone"
WELL" replied Mr.. Brown. I'VE
might be able to Accommodate you
with that small amount. Where do
you wish to ship them?"
II thought OF shipping one TO Crys-
tai Falls. Michigan. and the other to
Iron River"
At the mention OF those two names
Mr.. Brown dropped what he had in
his hands and looked I'm blank aston
lshment at the new arrival Not rec
ognizine who the speaker was at once
Mr. Brown walked around TO get
better view OF Mr.. Schook and then
"well. blankety blank. blank. II II
isn't Paul schook!'
Mr.. Schook says that he spent q
very pleasant day with Mr. Brown.
and had answered only small part
OF his questions when the train arriv-
ed and he had 10 leave.
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