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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-28

Mrs. o. H. Haueisen and daughter,
Mildred, were Walla Walla visitors on
Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Huntington returned Sat-
urday from two weeks visit with
Spokane friends.
Glenn johnson and Harold Lorenz
returned Monday from a weeks out
ing at Hayden Lake.
DIR. c. Brunn leaves Sunday morning
to visit different coast cities. He ex-
poets to return August Is.
Mrs. A. Given and daughter, Mar
garet and Velma, returned from a Wis
it with friends in Spokane.
The Lane X. Larson family left on
Thursday for weeks camping trip in
the Blue Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kasper and
son, Sylvan, left Sunday for a two
weeks vacation on the coast.
H. Fl. Davis is moving this week to
the bungalow in the Olmsted addition
vacated by the Koontz family.
Mrs. j. G. Kelly and son, Jack, ac-
companied by Dorothy Kellar, will
leave Saturday for a visit in Seattle.
Rev. and Mrs. E. 1. Mitchell and Mr..
and Mrs. F. E. Waters were guests at
the c. E. Nickerson home in Horse
Heaven, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Craver will
entertain their friends at a dancing
party at the w. L. Craver home, on
Thursday evening.
The ladies of the English Lutheran
church will hold a food sale at Home
grocery, Saturday. The sale starts at
10 a. m. and will continue throughout
the day.
B. B. Plowman returned Wednesday
evening from Spokane where he spent
a few days. He made the trip down in
his automobile which a friend had driv-
en- to that city from his old home in
North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. C. Clifford have fol-
house guests, Mrs. Gifford's sister
Mrs. William Needham and her daugh.
ter, Miss Loveta Needham, of Su.
perior, Wisconsin. They are en- route
to Los Angeles, Calf, to make their
home. ...
More than one hundred people at
tended the Rebekah and Odd Fellow
picnic held at Anon Park, Sunday
Swimming furnished pleasant diver.
sion for the afternoon. No regular
program had been arranged but every
body reported a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Rawson are en-
PERTAINING their son, Merrill and wife
this week. They arrived Sunday from
Corvallis, Oregon, where Merrill is
instructor Of chemistry in Oregon Ag-
ricultural college. He is graduate
of Kennewick High school.
One of the interesting social affairs
of last week was the Kensington CIV
en- Friday afternoon by Mrs. r. 81.
Holcombe in honor of Mrs. w. NJ. Full
Ter, of Fresno, who is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Flesher.
About twenty guests were present.
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handle butter substitutes, also remem-
Der that such so-called butter subst-
tutes are becoming ruination to the
dairy business. .-.-.s $500
"There are few large concerns that
are making bids for your cream but
what are in some way or other con-
nected with the manufacture or sale
of so-called butter substitutes. a..
"Our motto is, get together, stick to-
gether, and derive the benefits assured
YOU by home concern.
"The money derived from this stock
sale will put US in shape so that we
can pay you cash, or advance you
money on your cream at any time"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-28

Julv 90, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
nc e,se Miller was an all day guest of
,, u vickers, Thursday.
'' y.s G. W. Ficklin returned Tuesday
from visit to Wall" walla.
Do p.rus Carter, of Prosser, visited his
A. w. Graham, this week.
u.s. Flora Behrman left Thursday
", Garfield, where she will spend a
couple Of weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. W. Matchbox
business trip to Yakima, Tues
n 1.r They made short stops at Sum
~ srside and Grandview.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Christensen have
moved into the new Cresswell bunga-
low on Fifth street.
Mrs. w. S. Matthews left Sunday
for Spokane where she will visit her
granddaughter for a few days. She
will then go to Harrison, Idaho and
visit her daughter there before she
returns.
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r. Z. Carter, of Prosser, was a guest

r. Z. Carter, of Prosser, was a guest
this week at the home of his nephew,
A. w. Graham. He was en- route from
trip to coast points.
]. n. Ely has gone to Seattle to see
The Wayfarer and to visit with his
small grandson, Charles Horton, who is
now living at Lakeview with his faith
er.
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Friday II
Wanda Hawley in "The House that
Jazz Built" comedy drama.
Saturday. -.
Pearl White in "The White Mol" a
Fox special. Also Sunshine comedy,
'"The Book Agent" sar@
Sunday .a ..-6s.s
A Goldwyn special, with an all-star
cast "Bunty Pulls the Strings" a
Broadway success. Also Rolin COM
edy, and Adventures of Bob and Bill.
Watch the lobby for rest of weeks
program. af E.-. -...s@.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-28

LET us haul your fruit and spuds.
Service and reasonable prices. Will
sons Transfer, phone 511. 17-20p
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LEFT us haul your fruit and spuds.
Service and reasonable prices; VII
sons Transwer, phone 511. 17-2Op
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

become OF Che boss-who Was general
ly the earliest riser on the job
when two men came bullying through
the screen doors Of the cafe, picking
their teeth an6 feeling in their pockets
for cigars. Right on the dot, and n
the face Of knowing that it COULDN'T
reasonably be so, had a feeling that
I'd seen those men before. One Of
them was short and rather stocky'
and his face had sort Of hard, hum
gry look; and the other was big ana
barrel-bodied. The short one was clean
shayen. but the other had reddish
gray beard clipped close on his rat
laws and trimmed to a point at the
chin.
After they had lighted up they came
along and sat down three or foul,
chairs away from me. They paid no
attention to me, but for fear they
might, / tried to look as sleepy as an
all-night bell-hop in a busy hotel
"The DuntOn bunch got together In
one of the committee rooms upstairs
a little after eight o'clock" said the
short man, In low, rasping voice that
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

worse neglected pieces OF railroad
track in some of the great transcon-
tinental lines, but If there are !
haven't happened to notice them.
l suppose it is capitalized TO DEATH
like many of the others"
"Fictitious values doubtless have
something to do with it at the pres
ent stage of the game" Mr.. Chad
wick admitted. ut has always been
a good earning property, being largely,
even yet, without much local COM
petition. But from the day 1t was
completed its securities have figured
ia the market only for their specu-
lative values. The property itself has
never been considered, save as a
means to an end; the end being TO
enable one bunch Of the Wall Street
gamesters you speak of to make a
killing and unload on another
bunch"
'"The old story" said Mr.. Norcross
ave are humping over the net re-
suit, right now Mr.. Chadwick went
on. "Pioneer Short Line is practical
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

Nv In the last ditch. The stock has
slumped to forty and worse; Shafrer,
the general manager and the only
able man we have had for years, mas
resigned in disgust; and If something
isn't done tomorrow morning in Portai
City, know of at least one minority
stakeholder who is going to throw the
whole mess into the courts and try
for receivership."
Mr.. Norcross looked up quickly.
Are you the minority stockholder'
Uncle John?" he asked, letting him
self use the name by which Mr.. Chad
wick was best known in the wheat pit.
Il am-more's the pity. | had
little lapse Of sanity one fine morning
a few years ago and bought in for an
investment. I've done everything l
could think of, Graham, to persuade
Brock Dunton and his Wall Street ac-
completes to spend just one dollar In
stem of their reorganization and re-
capitalization stealings on the road
itself, but it's no good. Dunton has
been making an inspection trip over
the system with a dozen or so of his
New York cronies. It's junketing
excursion, pure and simple, but while
they're here they'll get together and
20 through the form Of picking out
q new general manager. I'm on the
board and they had to send me notice,
though rs an even bet they hoped
| I'd stay away.
"Are you really going to spring the
receivership on the Dunton people to-
! morrow"
am going to give Dunton his
chance. He can appoint the man
| want appointed as general manager
with full power to act, and ratify q
little plan I've got up my sleeve FOR
providing a bit of working capital for
the road. Or-he can turn me down.
"And If he does turn you DOWN.
"Then, by George, I'll see If cant
persuade the courts to put the prop
erty into bankruptcy and install my
man as receiver"
II don't envy your man his JoD
either way around; not the least LITTLE
Inorsel in the world said the boss
quietly. And then: who Is he
Uncle John?"
The wheat king gave great laugh
Don't tell me you haven't guessed
It," he chuckled. You're the man
Graham"
But now Mr.. NorcrOss had some
thing to say for himself, sitting u
straight and shaking his head sort Q
sorrowfully at the big man in tn
padded chair.
mo, you don't, my good old friend
not In a thousand years You'd los
out in the end, and I'd lose out; ant
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

went through you like a buzz-saw'
"Thanks to those internal blunderers
Clanahan sent us last night, Chadwick
was with them"
81 think that was chOost so" said
the big man, speaking slowly and with
something more than hint of a Ger
man accent. "Beckler was choost what
YOU call him--a tam blundcrer."
Like flash 1t came over me that
I was listening in" to a talk between
the same two men who had sat in the
auto at Sand Creek siding and smoked
while they were waiting for the actual
kidnapers to return. You can bet high
that made myself mighty small and
unobtrusive.
After while the big man spoke
again.
"What has Uncle Chon Chadwick up
his sleeve got do you think?
II don't think--I know!" was the
snappy reply. tits one Of two things;
a receivershlp-which will knock US
into a cooked hat because we cant
fool with an officer of the United
States court-or new deal all around
in the management.
"Vich of the two will 1t be that VIII
come out Of that commiddee room up
stairsY
"a new management. Dunton can't
stand for a receivership and Chad-
wick knows it. The securities would
be knocked out and the majority hold
ers-Dunton and his bunch-couldnt
unload. Chadwick will name the man
who is to take Skaters place as gen.
eral manager of the railroad outnt-
We might have stood it off for a
while, just as / said yesterday, If we
could have kept Chadwick from at
tending this meeting"
'But now we don't could stand It
off-what then?"
Sven have to wait andVsee, and
size up the new man when he blows
in. He'll be only human, Henckel. Ana
IL we get right down to 1t we can
pull him over to our side-or make
him wish he'd never been born"
The big man got up ponderously
and brushed the cigar ashes off OF his
bay-window. "You wait and see what
comes nit the commlddee room ont.
l go up to the ovvice."
When was left alone in the row Of
lobby chairs with the snappy one
was scared stiff for fear, now that ne
didn't have anything else to think OF,
4 he'd catch on the fact that might
have overheard. But apart from Civ
ing me one long stare that made my
blood run cold, he didn't seem to no
tice me much, and after little he
got up and went to sit on the other
side of the big rotunda where he could
watch the elevators going and coming
l guess he had lots of patience fol-
| had to have. | had been sitting II
my corner for two full hours wheE
saw the boss coming down the broad
! marble stair with Mr.. Chadwick.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29
CHAPTER II
The Directors Meeting

/ was up bright and early the next
morning, and after breakfast | took
little sashay down Nevada avenue
to have a look at our railroad. OF
course, knew, after what the boss
had said to Mr.. Chadwick the night
before, just before We went to bed,
that we weren't ever going to see.
Canada or even Illinois.
I'll have to admit that the look got
didn't make me feel as If we'd found a
Cullinan diamond. Down in the yards
everything seemed to be at the loosest
kind Of loose ends. A switching crew
was making up freight, and the way
they slammed the boxes together. re-
CARELESS Of broken tirawheads and the
ike. was a sin and a shame.
After while. after I'd loafed
through the shops and around the
yard and got few more whiffs Of
the decay, strolled on back TO the
hotel. aa f9l
was wondering d little what had
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29

Of the clerk for second or 50 be-
tween cusses, he asked what was the
matter with the lunatic. / caught
only broken bits Of the clerks half
whisper: "Young Collingwood
President Dunton's nephew saw
lady mezzanine :. wants to go
up to her.
The boss scowled at the young fell
low, who was now handing himself
around the corner Of the counter 10
ret at the clerk again, and said sAyhy
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29
~w4o-sHElLA MAoRAEs SHE'S a WIDOW

Norcross finished
Midland is his to Chicago e
with him They are maroond AZ sane
Mrs sheia Aacfae
Unseen they witness an exceedng O ~ S
hills out 70 De
financial magnate whom Nos was meet
Uncle john
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-29
"Now let's go and get our
fighting clothes on"
GRO BE coNTINUED9
How Spider Spans Space.

BY trailing a thread behind him ..
spider is able to drop from any height
"a the ground, or any solid substance,
and retrace his steps with certainty
to a particular spot Having once re-
traced his steps, he can drop in an
other direction, returning along the
thread spun on the second trip. This
will continue indefinitely, during
which operation the spider is con-
tlppally spanning a space with nus
web
9ii6lsHgD 49b0g BIO TX
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27

mus il was with mock Difference tho
workers in the furniture vans would shout
across the sidewalk, Your Honor. the
hihs, give us a lift with this .shaze long ;.
II, was Familiarity addressed by such
'lties as Ounce" Prince Air Again. !"
King Hoist" And from day to day new
names and new twists upon his name were
invented by the jolly gang The Prince
treated this jocoso liberty with dignity.
lie would at times lift his eyebrows but
showed no resentment. AS the days went
oy the workers became emboldened in their
Jokes. and finally one of them shouted at
aim as he struggled along holding up his
end of a divan-"A little more lively
there. Pigtail"
This crude play on the honorable family
name OF Pignatelli was too much The
Prince decided TO give up the job Next
morning he went TO the executive offices
Of the corporation, got his thirty dollars
pay, resigned, and took the train to his
wife's homo at Lakewood. N j.
The Prince worked diligently and very
satisfactorily on the job, understand"
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said Mr. Waters. Il didn't see him work.
haven't seen him since he left
ut seems that the other workers in the
hotel, aad perhaps some outsiders, did
what they could to razz him. AS soon as
they found he was Prince they began to
josh him. He hadn't run into anything of
this kind before He hadn't learned that
the thing to do was to take it good-naturcd-
~ and give as good as was sent. But in.
stead he became moody and silent and
brooded over tho supposed insults, and
suppose he talked about some of this
II will find another place for him as soon
as he is we'll enough-he is now suffering
from cold. Somewhere in the organiza-
ton there ought to be job that he can
NIL. He has special talents, but they need
training His only trouble is that he has To-
so through great deal of-special training
TO know how to make them OF value. M.
body wants to hire a prince-but / fhinl,
can place him somewhere, sooner or
later. where he will fl in"
What will the Prince turn to next? II
will be interesting 10 follow his career.
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meet with mach success In ringing door.
ptHb or talking 10 strangers. lie had
tAc manners and air Of breeding and feel.
.hES or dcl'cacy which do not. as rule
manner the average brisk and boisterous
7aicsinan VINO is accustomed to push bv
ING office boy al the door and intrude upon
telephone conversation or busy man
engaged at his desk.
when the Prince mad come to the emil
- NJ string on selling automobiles" said
h's '"theriniaw Mir. Waters. "hc was at A
htanHstll ,hcn explained to him mat
"ha' ne had been doing was not real wor,,
! lg'hted cut that he held tn. job by reason
n.a special position and social acguain.
lance II he could induce one of his friend,
- nny a car Mat was !ne. If he could not,
,ha' vas his funeral. lie was not natura,
pDfn commercial drummer.
explained - him the difference he.
lsrd Una. ma sort Of job ami real, honest,
~, ~" ""l. II We looked al it in America
hF nanfhteF held the same views ard OK.
rso"'u INC same point Of view. The
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niture in that hotel that the unfortunate
royal seeker after job met his last ana
perhaps most humliating disbursement
1t appears that among other things Tho
position required the Prince to lend a hand
IN moving heavy pieces about the rooms.
and from the sidewalk when they he'd M.
rived i'll the furniture vans New and
heavy pieces of furniture coming In hova
TO be moved into the freight elevator and
along the halls and into the rooms apo
carpets have TO be laid-and all OF this
came within the compass of the days work
OF the Prince. 1t Is said that his nav wos
five dollars day.
IT soon became known to the porter. and
iaborcrs about the hotel that thew Ind q
real prince among them. He talked differ.
sm.iy' hciG himself differently, and worked
oIicrently than the others. And his clothes
,,,u MS shir,s ana his collars and his cuf:
buttons ana his hands were quite different
from the horny-handcd helpers. They
knew now to lift n chiffoner SLOWLY ana
iaHiiy and stop often and rest Themselves,
ana 1901 away the time. The Prince was
young. active and just as strong In HE
niuscles The Prince was for CARRYING IN
planos single.handed and doing more thaa
the others thought was fair davis worl,
nus ~ was that Pignatellis helpers be
gan to feel offended and began To eynross
thelr Feelings In quite rude and unrcntIo.
manly remarhs They did and said n is
reported, all they dared to up to the limit
OF losing their jobs and they passed the tin
W .he drivers and furniture handlers on The
working in shirt sleeves. These o,,sidors
VINO worked for furniture companies wara
not restrained by the fear OF losing their
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27

Prince. in spite of his disadvantages OF
foreign education and training, caught the
idea"
SO Prince Pignatelli gave up trying to
sell automobiles and read the advertise.
ments i'll the newspapers. He was young.
vigorous, and able TO swing most any lob
requiring muscle only In fact, Prince
Pisnatelli is more than ordinarily hrsky.
and even his teeth are splendid sssat. ana
it is said he has often amused guests
at the dinner table by cracking nuts and
biting silver quarter in two
The range of possibilities OF tho want"
ads of a daily newspaper is almost in.
initc--stevedores. coal henvers. street
sweepnrs. hotel porters; any of these Jobs
he could probably do, but il seemed 10 him
he ought 10 be able TO spend his life al
something better than this class OF work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27

Then there was the
more or less skilled
labor which paid be-.
ter = but, alas. tn,
Prince had never
served any apprentice.
ship in any trade. ami
as he stood and looked
at a bricklayer get.
ting ten or twelve dol.
lars a day and real.
lied that the noble
Prince Ludoyico Pig
natelli D'Aragon could
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27

heritage Of self-co
continued. "But il
who has never do.
has been acoustic
things done for hin
Prince Pignatclli."
And SO it was af
and the Offices Will.
Jobs and much disc
came 10 a standsti
riscd him To consult
~ho was I hard-hea
Eetic, sclf-nade,
business man. Mr.
employer of labor il
IN New York, Allan
other places. The !
apply 10 his fatlle
cause it was his al
tcss on his own IN
'lr favoritism.
"Of course, | had
ellis efforts to
Waters. and | lii
keeping on pluggin
aging conditions.
pretty good TESTING
Ter and honesty o
Hantcd TO work. a
why the American
time to bother vi,
prince.
"And SO when Inc
me all about il I
give him Il chance
hotels. ] could not
manager; tnat is "A
ton. ! could not ey
as a clerk in the of
quires training. | CO
him a chef; that is
Even the head
porter is 4 man
who must come
up rom the
ranks and learn
his business. lie
agreed with me
that t h G only
way to learn the
hotel business is
from the ground
up, and he will
ingly went TO
w o TX checking
furniture at the
Am bassador IIo- .
tel in N CIV (
York"
And it is on
that job of hant!
ling IN N g,,
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deal OF the spirit OF America He has been
encouraged by me and by his wife to see
Americas standards and ideals. FIe wants
10 do something worth while, so he went
from office to office and from shop to shop
seeking employment
What can you do?' was the first uues.
iion put TO him everywhere.
Well he would say, i can do clerical
work and might handle correspondence
could work in the shipping department. /
am willing TO do anything to learn
What is your education? was the next
question.
THE Prince was able to give a good
answer to this. He Is well educated and
widely read. He knows what is going on
in the world. He is intelligent and has
fine personality. But all this was not
enough Sooner or later he came to the
two vital questions
What have you done before? ana
What is your namc?'
TO the first of these the Prince had to
answer that lie had never done any work.
This, OF course. awakened surprise and ed
naturally TO the next question
iio n"S Deeh ueeply puLHleu over Wnds
to do when they asked him his name. He
reasoned that II he used an assumed name
he would be found out sooner or later and
II would awaken suspicion and discredit
him to have assumed n disguise. Alto
gether apart from that, he did not con.
slider 1t honorable. lie has wanted to-
make good in his own name. SO he always
revealed his identity, and that always
ended his chance for real American job.
Now, all this may seem very amusing
to the average American, who has become
accustomed during his own reliant life.
time to shift for himself and who has
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GIeal nr!taln Ilishts Resr1t,d.
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not earn as much money as a brick
layer. it opened his eyes to the
utterly useless training he had re.
ceived as a member Of royalty in
Italy.
Il do not know how many times
Pignatelli has tried to get work."
Mr.. Waters said reminiscently.
But | do know that he is a fine
fellow and that he wants to work.
The fact s that nobody wants 10
hire prince. The average chi.
ploycr feels that he has not time
TO teach royalty how to work
Even if the applicant convince,
him that he is willing TO learn and
to stick to strange tasks, the Elm.
ployer reasons that sooner or later
there will be unwelcomcd publicity
His royal clerk will become a mat
ter of public curiosity, and his use.
fulncss, il he has my, will be-
SPOILED.