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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS

PARKER & BANFIELD, Designing.
Engineering, Constructing, 16 years
experience in concrete and brick con-
struction. "a Il. Third St., NorIh Port
land, Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

FOR SALE--All kinds OF insurance.
J. II. Estes, s14 Main ST, Phone e04.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

FOR RENT - Downstairs sleeping
room, close in. Men only, Phone sS6-R
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

FOR RENT-Suite Of housekeeping
roonls-no children--50I Clay 81.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
EYE. EAR. NOSE & THROAT

OPTICAL Dept, any size, style or
shape glass while you wait. ID. N.
Reber, NJ. D., z, 8, Q, Beltz Bldg.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE-30 second
hand sewing machines all in good
sewing order s5 to $40. Must be sold
by January 1st. Phone 7s5. Singer
Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

LOST Tuesday in city-s5x4A skid
chain-Finder please return to this
cffiee
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
PLUMBING AND HEATING


PLUMBING AND HEATING-James
McNair-All work promptly attend
ed to. 206 w, webb, Pendleton Ore
gon.-H Residence Phone 749-w, Office
Phone 623.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06

L. S. BENTLEY & Co.-Goodyear and
Diamond Tires-Tire service, oils
and accessories-Alta and Garden SITS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
RADIATOR REPAIRING

ALTA AUTO RADIATOR WORKS
701 East Alta street. All makes OF
radiators repaired. Work guaranteed,
C. BIasberg. Prop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
RESTAURANT
SECOND HAND FURNITURE

-~-~>------->----~>-~--
THE QUELLE-A good place to eat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
FARM LOANS


SNOW & DAYTON, lit z. Court St,
Real Estate. Fire Insurance. Farm
Loans. See us about loan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-06
ce Business Opportunities Locals Lost Found For Rent ETC.
Classified for Easy Reference
NEW TODAY

FOR RENT room cotage-4O2
Tustin st.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01

ly In the last ditch. The stock has
slumped to forty and worse; Sbaffer,
the general manager and the only
able man we have had for years, has
resigned in disgust; and If something
isn't done tomorrow morning in Portal
City, know of at least one minority
stockholder who is going to throw the
whole mess into the courts and try
for receivership."
Mr.. Norcross looked up quickly.
Are you the minority stakeholder,
Uncle John?" he asked, letting him.
self use the name by which Mr.. Chad
wick was best known in the wheat pit.
81 am-more's the pity. | had a
little lapse of sanity one fine morning
a few years ago and bought in for an
investment. I've done everything |
could think of, Graham, to persuade
Breck Dnnton and his Wall Street ac-
completes to spend just one dollar in
ten 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
go through the form Of picking out
a new general manager. I'm on the
board and they had to send me notice,
though it's an even bet they hoped
I'd stay away"
Are you really going to spring the
receivership on the Dunton people to-
morrow"
I'm going TO give Dunton his
chance. He can appoint the man I
want appointed as general manager,
with full power TO act, and ratify
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 can't.
persuade the courts to put the prop
erty into bankruptcy and install my
man as receiver !"
II don't envy your man his job,
either way around; not the least little
morsel in the world" said the boss,
quietly. And then: WHO is he,
Uncle John?"
The wheat king gave a great laugh.
Don't tell me you haven't guessed
It," he chuckled You're the man,
Graham"
But now Mr.. Nor,cross had some
thing TO say for hirnself, sitting up
straight and shaking his head sort of
sorrowfully at the big man in the
padded chair.
mo, you don't, my good old frieAd;
not In q thousand years! You'd lose
out in the end. and I'd lose out; and,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01

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 1t at the pres
ent stage of the game" Mr.. Chad
wick admitted. at has always been
a good earning property, being largely,
even yet, without much local COM
petition. But from the day 1t was
completed it's securities have figured
in 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
killing and unload on another
bunch
THE old story" said Mr.. Norcross.
''We are humping over the net re-
suit, right now" Mr.. Chadwick went
on. ''Pioneer Short Line is practical
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01

went through you like 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 Ger
man accent. Becker was choost what
you call him-a tam blundCrer."
Like flash it came over me that
I was 'listening in" to talk between
the same two men who had sat in the
auto at Sand Greek 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 a while the big man spoke
again.
"What has Uncle Chon Chadwick up
his sleeve got. do you thinkf"
II don't think-I knowI" was the
snappy reply. "Its one Of two things:
eceivership-which will knock US
into cooked hat because we can't
fool with an officer Of the United
States court-or a new deal all around
in the management"
"Vich of the two will 1t be that Will
come out of that commiddee room up
stairs?"
"A new management Dunton can't
stand for a receivership, and Chad
wick knows it. The securities would
ho IvnooIyod orr opd +ba mo ioritv hold.
ers-Dunton and his bunch-coulent
unload. Chadwick will name the man
who Is to take Skaters place as gen.
eral manager of the railroad outfit.
We might have stood 1t off for
while, just as l said yesterday, If we
could have kept Chadwick from at
tending this meeting"
"But now we don't could stand 1t
off-what thenT'
"We'll have to wait and see, and
size up the new man when he blows
in. He'll be only human, Henckel. And
If we get right down to it 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 commiddee room out.
| 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 be
didn't have anything else to think Of.
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.
! guess he had lots of patience, for
l had to have. | had been sitting in
my corner for two full hours when
| saw the boss coming down the broad
marble stair with Mr.. Chadwick.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01

become or the boSS--wno Wa sens AK
~ the earliest riser on the job
when two men came bullying through
the screen doors of the cafe, picking
their teeth and feeling in their pockets
for cigars. Right on the dot. and in
the face of knowing that it couldn't
reasonably be so, / had feeling that
I'd seen those men before. One of
them was short and rather stocky,
and his face had sort of hard, hum
CRY look; and the other was big and
barrel-bodied. The short one was clean
shaver, but the other had reddish
gray beard clipped close on his fat
jaws and trimmed to point at the
chin.
After they had lighted up they came
along and sat down three or four
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.
1.-THE Dunton bunch got together In
one of the committee rooms upstairs
little after eight O'clock" said the
short man, in low, rasping voice that
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01
CHAPTER III
The Directors, Meeting

/ was up bright and early the next
morning, and after breakfast I took
a little sashay down Nevada avenue
TO have a look at our railroad. OF
course, I knew, after what the boss
had said to Mr.. Chadwick tile 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 a freight, and the way
they slammed the boxes together, re-
CARELESS of broken drawbacks and the
like. was a sin and a shame.
After a while, after I'd loafed
through the shops and around the
yard and got few more whiffs of
the decay, strol.ed on back to the
hotel.
was wondering little what had
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01


ment in all the decalogues of bust
ness; of fair-dealing with its en-
ployees; of common honesty with
everybody"
Mr. Chadwick nodded. "That is about
the size of it." he said.
Il wouldn't say that 1t can't be.
done," the boss went on. perhaps
it is possible, for the right man. But
I'm not the right man. You need some
body who can combine the qualities
of pretty brutal slugger with those
of a fine-haired, MISUNDERSTANDING
diplomatic peacemaker. can do the
smuggling; I've proved it a time or two
in the past. But I'm no good at the
other end of the game When it comes
to handling the fellow with pull
I've either got to smash him or quit.
/ am too heavy-handed for this job
of yours. And as for the other thing
the industrial side of it: that's large
order; a whaling big order. I'm not
even prepared to say, off-hand, that
it's the right thing to do"
Right or wrong, it's a thing that
is coming, Graham" was the sober
reply. IF we don't meet it half.
way-well, the time will come when
we of the hiring-and-fring side won't
be given any option in the matter.
You may call 1t Utopian if you please,
and add that I'm growing old and
losing my grip. But that doesn't OBJ
literate the fact that the days of the
present master-and-man relations in
the industries are numbered.
well let it rest until morning and
give you chance to sleep on it. You
have spoken only Of the difficulties
and the responsibilities, Graham; but
there is another side to it. In way,
it's an opportunity, carrying with 1t
the promise of the biggest kind of a
reward"
Il don't see it." said the boss,
briefly.
Don't you? / do. have an idea
rambling around in my head that it
Is about time some bright young fell
low was showing the people of the
United States that a railroad needn't
be regarded as an outlaw among the
industries; needn't have the enmity
of everybody it serves; needn't be the
prey of lot of disloyal and dissatis-
/ fed employees who are interested only
in the figure of the payday check;
needn't be shot at as a wolf with
bounty on its scalp. Let it rest at
that for the present. Get your hat
and We'll walk uptown to the hotel"
When we got out of the car, Mr..
Norcross told me to go by the station
and have our luggage sent to the ho-
tel.
1t was some time after eleven o'clock
when l got around to the hotel with
the traps. Mr. Chadwick had disap-
peared, but l saw the boss at the
counter waiting for his chance at the
clerk. The people melted away at
last, all but one-a young swell who
would have been handsome If he hadn't
had the eyes of a maniac and color
pallor of a booze-fghter He had his
hat on the back of his head. and he
was ripping it off at the clerk like
drunken hobo.
1t seemed that he had caught a
glimpse of somebody he knew-a wo-
man. took it, because he said she
looking down from the rail of the
mezzanine, and he wanted to go up to
her. And it appeared that the clerk
had told the elevator man not to take
him up in his present condition.
The boss was growing sort of inn
patient; / could tell it by the way
the little side muscles on his jaw
were working. When he got the ear
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01
"Now let's go and get our
fighting clothes on"
cTo BE CONTINUED
How Spider Spans Space.

How Spider Spans Space.
BY trailing thread behind him a
spider is able to drop from any height
to the ground, or any solid substance.
and retrace his steps with a 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-
tinually spanning . space with hia
web.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01

of the clerk for a second or so be-
tween cusses, he asked what was the
matter with the lunattc. | 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 TO
get at the clerk again, and ,aid: "Why
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-01
4wHo-sHElLA mAcRAEa SHE'S WIDOW"


the the Oregon Midland his way Chicago ne
Sand
is off
Portal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-16
Farm for Sale

New Bungalow, complete, never been
occupied. and q acres of land, situat-
ed on Mechanicsville road, leading
from Chaptico to Mechahicsville. Pos.
session at once. Price moderate. APP
ply TO FRED c. DAVIS,
6-l6-4t Chaptico, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-16
Application for Oyster Ground
Me-o-ny,
Thomas Moore. Baltimore. Md.

Thomas Moore, Baltimore. Nd.
About 30 acres
Located IN Town Creek, St. Mary's
County, Md, beginning at Town
Creek, natural oyster bar. at the
mouth and extending up said creek,
as shown on published chart No. -.
Protests must be filed with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's
County on or before July 10, 1927
a. Stuart Burch, Oakley, st. Mary's
Co.-AbOut , acres.
Located in Canoe Neck Creek, a
branch of st. Clements Bay, St.
Mary's County, and on the north
side Of said creek, adjacent 10
"Glyndon," the property OF the ap-
plicant, and shown on published
chart No. -.
Protests must he filed with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for St Mary
County on or before July 10, 1921.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF MD.
5-26-4t.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-16
FOR SALE

Osborne Binder, as good as new,
Is. Il G. Corn Planter, used yrs.
! Lime Spreader, used 2 years,
Silo, lOx2O $50 tOnS) new: has not
been set up.
Manure Spreader,
! set Double Work Harness,
set Single Buggy Harness,
E-ton International Truck,
Set Tractor PlowS,
! Set Tondem Disks
l SIG International Tractor,
l Saw Rig. on wheels, without engine
] Bay Horse, 9 years old,
l Wheat Fan, new,
OK Cart,
also have for sale Case Steam
Engine and Saw Mill (new last year..
This mill is running and can be seen
by any one interested.
Threshing Machine also for sale,
24x4S Case Blower
Most of the implements are on my
farm and can he seen 1t any time.
The horse can be seen at Mr.. VIM. G..
Mattinglv'S stables. Truck is also
there.
6-l6-lm. CHAS. b. CHURCH.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-16
Mortgagee's Sale
OF
Valuable Real Estate
Near Charlotte Hall. St. Mary's
County, Maryland.

BY virtue of the power OF sale con.
tanned in a mortgage from Joseph +.
Smell and wife TO the Eastern Shore
Trust Company, n corporation doing
business at Prince Frederick, Calvert
County, Maryland, under ;he name OF
the Prince Frederick Bank of the East
ern Shore Trust Company, dated the
2lSt day of August, 1915, and recorded
among the Land Records of st. Mary
County, in Liber +. B. A. No. IL,
folio l72, the undersigned, attorney
named in said mortgage, default hav.
ing occurred in the payment OF the
debt and interest secured by said
mortgage. will sell at public sale al
the Court House door in Leonardtown
on
TUESDAY, THE 2la DAY OF JUNE, 1921,
at the hour of IL NJ. all the property
in and conveyed by said mortgage, u
wit: All those tracts, parts or parcels
of land situate near Charlotte Hall, in
St. Mary's County, containing 81
acres, more or less. and particularly
described in the deed from James w.
ChapPelear and wife to Joseph F.
Smell, dated the 18th day of August
1915, and recorded among the Land
Records OF st. Marv's County.
This property is conveniently locat
ed and we'll improved
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash
on day of sale or the ratification there
of by the Court, and the balance In
two equal payments of six and twelve
months, or all cash at the option o.
the purchaser, the deferred payments
to bear interest from day of sale and
to be secured to the satisfaction OF TIT
undersigned. The cost of convey ance
Including revenue stamps, 10 be paid
by the purchaser. All taxes to be ad.
jus.5d To day of sale. A cash deposit
OF 800 will be required of the purchas
er at the time and place of sale.
JOHN b. GRAY,
Attorney named in said Mortgage.
5-26-4t.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-06-16
How'S This p

We offer 3100o0 for any case OF ea9arrh
that cannot be cured BY HALLS
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE On TAX
On the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 5Sc. ToseimonialB froa.
y. J. Cheney d Co. Toledo. 0hio.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21

Once upon time Bro. Joe in
formed the world that he. had en-
advertising contract lying on his
desk for foreign advertising Last
weeks Lemon carries a ten-inch
double column-appeal to leaguers to
subscribe for Pearson's Magazine.
At the bottom appears the notation:
"The above advertisement appears
with full endorsement of the state
executive committee"
Now, let's see. Pearson's Maya
zine has been heard of before in
North Dakota. When the league was
first organized, Townley and his
socialist aids provided that each
league member would receive paper
to be established in North Dakota
and a copy of Pearson's Magazine
for one year. So it seems the pres.
ent league management is getting
behind its old friend. s
While the Record man was on his
campaign tour last year, he spied
a copy of Pearson's in a drug store
and bought it for souvenir. The
front page of the magazine carries
picture of the Goddess Of Liberty
blindfolded. At the bottom we read
Liberty Gin U. S. Gagged and
Blindfolded." Editorially, one Of
the presidential possibilities is spok.
en- Of as follows:
Senator Harding has damaged
himself with all liberal-thinking men
by his diatribes against the I. W. w.
and the Eolshevik:."
Other pages proceed to inform the
reader of the beauties of the Bolshe-
vik government of Lenine and Trot-
sky and to decry the horrible plot
of the "capitalistic press of the
world to misreprcsent that noble
government. The last page is an
appeal to Lester Barlow for members
OF. his red service mems organization
that has failed since to get anywhere
among the returned service men.
Frank Harris, then editor and one
Of the owners, is still holding the
same position, according to the ar.
ticle in last weeks issue.
For an old-time Stalwart hanger.
en-, Joe has certainly gone a lone
ways in his later years. Or else
his boss is adamant.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21

of their ways after q ten days blow
up. Facing a batch Of criminal
and other lawsuits in which they
would have been called upon to spend
considerable money defending them.
selves, Gummexson and Totten finally
signed a make-shift retraction of the
charges made public by them in the
spectacular expose" of two weeks
ago.
The exposure. did bring out some
information as to what had been done
with the money collected from the
farmers. Nearly one third was
turned over to the Courier-N News to
pay its bills; another third went to
pay up old scores; and about half
CT the balance went to pay the sala-
ries of Liederbach, Kaldor and Lee
wang and the rest. About one-sixth
Of the fund was still on hand, accord
ing to the league statement.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21

The lure Of an outing at one OF
the maiy beautiful lakes in northern
Minnesota has proven 80 strong tc
e',e Record man and his family that
It has been decided to le'. tins rn"t
moral lever to the tender m"ci.s of
>td1t "help" during the NEXT couple Of
weeks. Mr.. H. j. Bertheau, him
self just back from a three weeks
vacation, will be in charge. "Mickie,'
otherwise known as Martin Backhaus,
twill be his private secretary. Miss
Ernestine Irvine will act as city edi.
tor, and Mrs. Burge will continue to
preside at the linotype.
We will spend about two weeks in
the neighboring state, returning in
time to attend the meeting of the
North Dakota Press Association at
jamestown on August 9Th and 9Th. 1t
is planned to reach home about the
seventh OF August. The trip will be
made overland. g w.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21

Indications from Washington are
that the American Legion's four-fold
bonus plan finally has been quietly
put to sleep by the senate's vote to
return the bill to the committee.
1t will probably die there. The &C.
eion followed President Harding's
special message to congress opposing
the meaure, and the statement Of Sec
rotary Mellon, Of the treasury, that
payment of same might endanger the
financial welfare of the country.
The practical final disposition of
the bonus matter, without the senate
having to go on record specifically,
came suddenly at a time when pros
poets for passage Of the bill were
high. The general explanation of
the situation seems to be that so
much money was squandered during
the war by inef1iciency, ETC., in public
places that the United States cannot
afford to pay the bonus proposed.
The time when the service men
really needed assistance was when
they were first turned loose from the
government service, many of them
finding their old jobs taken by women
or by men who had been wise enough,
or lucky enough, to keep out of the
service. Record breaking salaries
were paid by the government during
the war to practically all civilian en-
ployees. Bonuses were handed out
right and left to higher-sala per-
sons, while the man who did the fight
ing drew one dollar per day, and paid
a good chunk of that for insurance
and liberty bonds. Coming home t.
|Mnd living and other expenses many
times higher proved to be hard nut
to crack. for most of the men who
fought.
It's a good thing the war ended
just when it did, as a few months
more would have added a greater
financial burden than the proposed
bonus, which we are informed woulc
endanger the financial stability of the
government. It is therefore safe tt
assume that a continuation of the
war until the spring of 1919 (which
was generally expected) would have
prabably resulted in the financial
collapse Of the United States.