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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-07

to Little Miss FlXlt, VINO
will quickly and cheer
fully see that things are
made right.
We want every sub
scriber to get his Tri-
Weekly Journal regular
ly ana punctually. We
want all of them to re-
ceive what they hare
paid for. And if you
are not getting that,
write it to Little Miss
FiXit.
We want only salts
fed subscribers. A
small percentage of
errors are unavoidable,
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Glass eyes are now made with such perfec-
ton that even the wearers are unable to see
through the deception
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The more henpecBed man is the more fe-
roclous he tries to act when he is away from
home.
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Why does the man in the moon practice
economy? Because everything up there is Sc
high
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Tut we want TO correct them quickly.
Address,
LITTLE MISS .FIXIT,~
Care Tri-Weeklya Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-07
A WOMAN OBSESSED
BY CAROLYN BEECHER
CHAPTER XII

" RUCE'S desk telephone rang. When hi
~ put the receiver to his ear he was sur
prised to hear a Womans voice, one
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

to just what they want and how much
they will pay for it, but that is not
exactly the case, and all those little
things that an auctioneer should know
about. his buyers and his goods count
more than one might ordinarily think
Getting business rivals TO bidding on
the same lOt.is always an auctioneer's
delight. and that is his reson for
knowing where buyers are from, what
their business is and who their rivals
are.
When questioned as to the most
evident bit of human nature observed
during auction sales. Mr.. Rubin said
that it is seeing people buy goods
purely for their own satisfaction.
buyers sometimes pay as much
for their own satisfaction as they do
for goods" he said. "A buyer may
not have intended TO bid on certain
lots listed in the sale catalogs. but
he notices his business rival across
the room bidding, and he does not
want him to get the goods. He fig
ureS the goods will be worth as much
to himself as they will be to his rival
although he may not really need them.
The rival bidder feels the same way,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
SUNDAY.
Joseph Rubin, Government
Salesman for Eighth Corps
Area, Tells Some Of the
Psychology of His Trade.

Why does a good auctionccr keen
up an incessant chatter from the time
he ascends the auction block until
the last item of the sale has been
sold? Why does he talks with the
rapidity of a telegraph key. and at
times seems frantic in his efforts to
knock down a bill of goods to buy
er? Joseph Rubin, government auc,
tioneer for the Eighth Corps Area,
says that such behavior on the part
Of the auctioneer has a distinct pur-
pose in keeping the interest of the
bidders aroused and their attention
focused on goods in which, perhaps,
they have no direct interest. If their
interest lags on a single lot, he added.
it is just that much harder to kin
die their interest in sales that they
came prepared 10 make.
IL anyone. especially in the South
west, is prepared TO spcalt upon the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

auction sale game? Mr.. Rubin was
asked.
at came to me-" he said. "When
as in the army my captain figured
me out an auctioneer and had me go
over to the Remount Depot and sell
a stock of harness. / had never sold
a thing in my life but went ahead. |
made so much noise over there that
day that a colonel who was conduct
ing an auction of-some horses not
far away came over and told me TO
quiet down a bit, Chat l was talking
all his buyers away. The next MORN
ing, MS ] was preparing TO leave
the army soon. was asked il would
accept the position of government auc-
tioneer for surplus property sales in
the Eighth Corps Area. As j had
nothing in line l did This was in
1919, and have kept in the game
ever since.
Mr.. Ribin has had offers to hold
auction sales in practically all the
large cities of the East, but so far
he has preferred TO remain in the
Eighth Corps Area ass government
auctioneer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

and in this way the government some.
times RECEIVERS more than 100 per cent
ON surplus property. Whoever gets
the lot is simply paying for his own
satisfaction"
Left Holding tho Bag"
Mr.. Rubin said that another in
teresting thing he has observed, and
which is common in all auction sales,
is watching rivals try to ru nthe price
up on one another and then drop out,
leaving one to pay price on which
it will be impossible to realize prof
it. 1t is funny, he said, to watch a
buyer run the price on Il lot up with
the intention of dropping out, but be
beaten at his own game by having his
rival drop out ahead of him.
How can YOU tell all these things
he was asked.
Another funny thing about auc-
tionecrinc, was the answer. II know
partly by what l know about the
men. and again l can just feel it.
That is what makes. the auctioneer.
He can feel his crowd just as an ac-
tor or n speaker can feel the atti-
ture of his audience" .......
How did you get started in the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

science Of auctioneeriug, it is Mr..
Rubin, for since 1919 he has been
selling surplus property for the army
in the Eighth Corps Area. The sales
have been held periodically in diff
ferent military stains over the corps
area, and each year the receipts from
the sales have run into the millions
of dollars. In selling this surplus
property, Mr.. Rubin's field has been
wider and more varied probably than
any salesman's in the Southwest. He
sells machinery, equipment, clothing,
equipage, leatherware, harness, mo-
tors, vehicles, engineer property. gen
eral supplies, raw materials, subsist-
ence and textiles, and in selling them
has to contend with purchasing agents
from the east to the west coast, and
from Canada to Mexico. Every type
of buyer and almost every usuable
commodity 10 encountered in his
work.
Work Must Be Fast.
The secret of keeping the interest
of buyers aroused" Mr.. Rubin says,
Lies in keeping the sale going at a
rapid rate. When a new lot is placed
on sale bidders naturally want to
know what it is and what others will
pay for it. Consequently. the faster
new lots can be placed on sale the
more alert are the bidders, and an
alert mind is much easier to inter
est than one half asleep. In some
cases where small lots are being sold
we actually accept a smaller price for
them than could be gotten by push
ing the sale little longer. This is
to keep the sale moving rapidly and
the interest of the bidders alive"
Mr.. Rubin said that another way
10 hold a crowd and keep interest
alive is to hold back some big item
Of the sale until the very end. 1T
is only the big buyers that buy the
see who buys them and what they
pay, consequently they stay in the
auction room and often times are in
duced to make purchases which they
had not planned. On the other hand,
the big buyer, by having to stay at
the sale until the end. often buys lots
that he had no intention of buying
when the sale began. A splendid ex-
ample of how one big sale at the last
holds crowd was shown in the auc-
ton held at the Eighth Corps Gen
eral Area Depot. Fort Sam Hous-
ston, last July. A stock of 55S.OOO
army blankets was held up until the
very end. Only two buyers bid on
the lot, but there were as many peo-
pic in the auction room during that
sale as there ere, early in the morn
ing. and at no time during the day
was the interest of the crowd at 2
higher pitch. The entire lot as sold
10 ono man for over a half million
dollars. This deal was started and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
Auctioneer Must Work Fast
to Keep Interest of Crowd

cOnsummated in less than nine min
utes.
Almost MS important as keeping the
interest of the bidders aroused, the
government auctioneer explained, is
knowing your crowd; knowing where
buyers are from. who are their friends
and who are their rivals, and how
much they are prepared to pay for
goods. An auctiOnecr should also
SNOW the business Of his buyers and
what they need, and as much as pos.
siblC. know the temperament of each
buyer. especially the big ones. In ad-
dition 10 his crowd, Mr.. Rubin said,
an auctioneer should know. his stock
Of goods. the present demand for it
and its market value.
1t might SEEM" he said. that
buyers who come with money in their
pockets have cut and dried plans as
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
WELL-KNOWN
F A C T S |!

1t takes only seven years or
less before a pecan tree begins
to bear profitably.
And the first such yield
should return to you your en-
tire original investment.
Then your profits really be-
gin to grow-profits that stag
ger the Imagination.
For the older the tree the
more it bears. Some trees bear
as much as 600 lbs. of pecans
in a single year.
This is one form of insur-
ance you don't have to die to
enjoy! Think how quickly the
last 6 or z years have flown
well. the next will pass as
quickly.
And it IS insurance! lizard
times" and market slumps can
not affect it. our orchards will
bear regularly, generously year
after year. And your nuts, in
constant demand, will always
find ready sales.
OF course you know the trees
bear for hundreds of years!
Your units are side by side
with R. Bruce Brough's own
acres. The same horticulture
lists, engineers, expensive ma
chinery will care for the entire
acreage.
This lessons the first ire
mendous cost and gives you
your acres at a price impossi-
Die otherwise.
Buy your orchard nOw-you
can for as little as So down
and So a month. You wort
miss the few cents, but before
you know it you'll be getting
lifetime Income from your
trees!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
SULPHUR SOOTHES
UGLY, ITCHING SKIN
The First Application Makes
Skin Cool and Comfortable.

II you are suffering from eczema or
some other tOrtruring, embarrassing
skin trouble you may quickly be rid
Of it by using Mentho-SuIphur, de-
clares a noted skin specialist.
This sulphur preparation, because
ri its germ destroying properties. sci.
dom fails TO quickly subdue itching.
even Of fiery eczema. The first appli-
o2tion makes the skin cool and com
fcrtaUie. Rasn 6h6 bifschps are
healed right up. ROwles Mentho-SGl-
phur is applied like any pleasant cold
cream and is perfectly harmless. Yon
can obtain small jar FROM any good
druggist -...-.....
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

NOTICE-Ths association offers its services FREE, in
all of San Antonio suburbs for the inspection of plumbing
The city ordinances protect you the city, We will protect
you if you live out of the city limits.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

NM ~ lus IL
.|-~ '.....-
tn HATS what you can do when backed by the
protecting lasting income from your orchards.
~ You'll laugh in the glory of complete independ-
ence knowing yourself your master, no man your
"boss," your life your own to live it as you wish
And the beauty of acreage in the Tex-La Pecan
Orchards is that while you really own an active grow
ing, money-makng business with every unit you buy,
you don't give one single minutes time or worry to
the work. ... ..I=
R. Bruce Brough does that! This well-knoWn
San Antonio business man and expert hortcuturist
absolutely guarantees to plant 20 grated paper shell
pecan trees to each unit to for them as he
cares for his orchards and to manage them prop
erly and efficiently for period of years All
this is included in the original small purchase price!
Then he will either turn over your orchards with
the 20 growing, healthy trees to each unit he will
continue the management for small percentage of
the net profits from the sale of the nuts.
This is more than mere investment-ts your
insurance for the future, for the happiness of your
family, the comfort of your home the education of
your children-and for your independence!
Don't uait! The units are going so fast! Come
up to the offce-or
Evening star., 1923-04-10
RENT-sT0RAGE SPACE.

SECTION OF 1880 so. FIT FIREPRooF
space on first floor our warehouse; separate
loading door to 30-ft. alley; especially suit
able for merchandise storage and distributing
station. NATIONAL CAPITAL STORAGE N
MOVING CO.. 1888 u st NV. North Ss45.
Evening star., 1923-04-10
WANTED-ROOMS AND BOARD.

TWO young ladies' desire board and room in
private home; single double room
with twin beds. Address Box 266- II, Star Of
flee. IL
ELDERLY MAN would like to have board in
small home: working people only; state terms
at once; no phone: $50 breakfast Address
R0x 347-H. Star office.
APRIL 15th-Single room and board in 1st-
class boarding house: walking distance Treas
ury.- Address Box 328-H, Star Office
Evening star., 1923-04-10
FOR SALE-APARTMENTS.

THREE STORIES; PARTMENTS AND
two7story garage in rear clear Of debt; next
to corner. Apply mornings. z. n. MCINTYRE,
224 NV.
NEW BUILDING, N FIRsT-CLASs RENT
ing section; twelve and 4 room and bath
apartments; reasonable rents, $4,000 per
year; price is exceptionally low and terms very
Call Mr.. Kyle. business property
department.
WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS.
Now located In our new home.
The Phillips building, 18th at X SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1923-04-10

MANY DESIRABLE APARTMENTs; several
corners and some freproof; prices, 1000
upward; will appeal to the shrewd investor
or speculator who wishes to place his money
where safety and pront count Best OF res
N. E. RYON CO.. INC,
Main 1897. 14o3 ST.
Evening star., 1923-04-10
TABLE BOARD.

18iI ST. N.W.-SecOnd floor; two or three
table boarders in refined private family; good
home cooking: reasonable
DELIGHTFUL MEALS, reasonable rate. 1718
Eye St NV
Evening star., 1923-04-10
RENT ROOMS-FUR. & UNFUR.
CnnflupAA

5O61 SHERHIER FL. N,W.-One nice large
room and kitchenette. with private family.
in beautiful suburb block from car stop:
furnished or unfurnshed; desire young couple
empolyed. III
5l3 IONGFELLOW ST. Nw-Front room
for lady
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24
STAGES V RAILROADS

Automobile stages carrying passen
gers and motor truck lines transport
ing freight have greatly reduced rev
enue of the railroads, and at the
same time they have done little or no
thing to improve transportation con-
ditions.
Operating purely in local business
and leaving long hauls to the railroads,
the stage lines, because of their nov
city, their frequent service, and their
ability to deviate from a stated route,
have attracted much business, yet
these stage lines are not only a
menace to the railroads, but are ac-
complishing no permanent public good
By causing a diversion Of revenue
from the railroads, the railroads are
unable to reduce the excessive freight
rates now charged, ana WHICH are aI-
tributed to enormous cost of railroad
operation. The railroads costs con-
tinue, whether they haul one passen-
ger or hundred, yet their revenue is
proportionately decreased. Trains
must be operated, whether or not
freight is hauled.
Railroads have been guilty OF many
and no doubt have not
always had the public interest in mind
but they have. by constructing their
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24
AN OLD-FAsHIONED SPRING

The present spring with its abund-
ance of rainfall, is described as an old
fashioned spring. 1t is much unlike
the springs for several years past,
with less than the average amount Of
precipitation, but is similar to springs
prior to 1917.
Ample rainfall, such as has come
during the present spring, has boosted
growing crops to such extent that from
no source do misgivings come as to
the agricultural outlook on Camas
Prairie. AS truly as did the poet sing,
it will be "knee-deep in June"
This splendid prospect for bumper
crop on Camas Prairie, coming, as it
does, in the wake of period of agri-
cultural depression, is unusually well
come, and tends to a marked degree to
renew confidence in agriculture as
profitable industry in the entire prair-
lie country
But at that, it should be remembered
that Camas Prairie has not during any
one of these so-called lean years, suf-
fered crop failure. Far from such.
The crops, however, had not been up
to the old time normal yield, and this
falling off, coupled with reduction in
grain prices, compared with prices that
prevailed during the war, and with the
farmers costs not proportionately de-
creased made farming far from pro-
f1table occupation.
Now that costs have been reduced
and a bumper yield is promised, the
farmers row should not in the future
be the hardest of all rows to hoe.
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

Originally designated as a time in
which to honor the soldier and sailor
dead of the Union forces during the
Civil war, Memorial day, as the years
pass, has taken ON new significance
While observance of the day still cent
ers on recognition of the services rem
dred the nation by the boys Of 1861
So, the day has assumed a broader
scope, with Spanish-American and
World war veterans participating,
and recalling to the public mind the
sacrifices, ON the fields of carnage, Of
their comrades, in behalf of a great
and united nation.
Besides Offering opportunity for pub
lie expression Of gratitude to these
men, sleeping the sleep that knows no
waking, for their sacrifices in behalf
OF a Tree people, tnaJ liberty snail new
er die, Memorial day should bring to
all glimpses of the future, as well as
of the past.
Memorial day should impress upon
all persons the idea of service for the
uplift of humanity, Such it cannot
fail to do, if we properly interpret the
meaning Of the word Sacrifice" by
which alone can be characterized the
supreme effort Of countless thousands
of Americans who have perished on
land and sea in defense Of their coun-
try and their country's ideals.
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

town of Nezperce and the adjacent
country. Stage business, in the seas
ons when weather is favorable, has
cut into the revenue of this line 20
such extent that it is said the line is
operating with difficulty.
1t is pointed out that, unless patron
age is diverted from the stages to the
railroad, the road cannot much longer
continue to operate. And then what?
What of Nezperce? viii the stages,
which take the cream Of the rranspor-
tation revenue in summer when the
roads are in good condition, operate
through snow and ice of winter, or
when the roads are deep with mud in
the spring? win they pay the rail
roads share of taxes if it is necessary
to abandon the railroad? win the
town of Nezperce thrive, if the tracks
of its railroad are lifted and sold for
junk and the right-of-way revert to
wheatfields? VIII the stage line, lib
orally patronized by the public at the
present time, have been benefit to
Nezperce and Lewis county?
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

east. They have tapped regions that
for years yielded far from sufficient
earnings to the railroads to permit
profitable operation of certain lines.
Along the railroads, and not miles
inland have grown great cities and
towns. The railroads have contribut-
ed literally in public funds in the way
of taxation. In fact, it is through the
conveniences of railroad transportation
that our population has become homo
genOus. 1t is because of the railrads
that we in Idaho have a market for
our grain, our cattle, our sheep and our
wool 1t is through the railroads that
we keep in touch with the outside
world.
1t is extremely doubtful whether
stage lines will cripple the large transr
portation systems of the nation, but to
local railroads, they even at the pres
ent time are serious handicap.
Take, for instance, the Nezperce
road, operating between Nezperce and
Craigmont. The road Is owned largely
by persons having business interests in
that part of the country, and was con-
in order to link Nezperce with
the Northern Pacific, at the old town
Of vollmer. The little independent
does not operate Pullman
cars over its line, but it does provide
regular train service, both freight and
passenger, for the convenience of the
lines into the west, done more than
has any other agency to develop the
western country, and to link 1t to the
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

cles which turn the eyes in their SOCK
cts, particularly those that turn the
eyes towards each other, as when look
ing at near objects, as in sewing and
reading
Glasses correctly fitted must relieve
these muscles as well as relieve the
eyes individually.
1t is the knowing what to do and
how to do it that gives the eye spec
ialist success where the ordinary spec
tacle filters fail. If you want a thing
done right-a little better that the or
dinary-go to the person who does only
one thing and you are sure Of having
it done right. If you suffer from head
aches, the chances are you can get per-
manent relief from glasses that are
scientifically fitted to your eyes to re-
lieve the cause of the headaches. When
you have your eyes attended to by DIR.
JACKSON, you get the best for your
eyes and the best for appearance
combined-no cheap work or guess
WORKMAN ST. in THOMPSONS
JEWELRY STORE, opposite CAMAS
PRAIRIE Observation-Disclosures. 51-4
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24
q sAFLEY. Publisher
MEMORIAL DAY

Next wednesday is Memorial day
.,.t day set apart in which the living
-, tribute to the dead. 1t is a day
,.n we pause in memory of those
..no have gone before. 1t is day
hon we recall the valiant deeds of
,-.orican soldiers and sailors, who lie
,uried beneath the sod. 1t is a day
hon we more particularly remember
.,o friendships of loved ones who have
,.osed away, and silently lay floral Of
,arings on their graves.
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

Memorial day should call attention to
the temporarily of mans life on earth,
yet Of the lasting qualities of mans
efforts when directed in channels of
service for the betterment of the hui
man race.
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24
LOWELL PATTON To ENTERTAIN
CHAUTAUQUA FANS.
Gifted Pianist to Appear Here on
Opening Day.

Lowell Patton, Manager and Direct
or of The PaNon Brothers, is a we'll
known pianist. With the famous Fly
ing Squadron a few years ago, he
played in every principal city in the
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24
THE HEADACHE

In the back of the neck or base of the
brain is usually a direct indication on
eyestrain, showing a weakness Of some
one or more of the twelve little mus
Idaho County free press., 1923-05-24

United States. AS "gob" during the
war, ne was chosen song leader at
Bremerton Navy Yard, where his
work was phenomenally successful. He
has appeared as pianist with many
organizations, and as accompanist for
such well-known Chautauqua favorites
as Frances Soule and Frances Ingram.
part of this last winter was spent
in London and Paris, for additional
study and new material for his trio.
Two programs will be given by The
Patton Brothers on the opening day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-11
Johnny GOllan
Shot 318 Goals
During Season

The Western A. G.. quint, Of
Georgetown, closed a successful
basketball season. Although not in
possession of the title the lads
from across the creek" point with
just pride to their season record of
twenty-nine victories and but five
defeats.
Only two teams of their class
have been able to make them take
the short end of the count. The
Anacostia Eagles, 1923 champs, turn
ing the trick twice, and the
Yosemites once. The Westerners
got revenge over the Yosemites Fri
day night, putting them out of. the
tournament by defeating them in
the semi-final round.
Johnny" Gellan. star of the
peck Gym rulers" and a natural
court player. leads the team in
scoring, with 31S field baskets, and
SO goals from the foul line. willie
Gollan, brother Of Johnny" is
second. Here's the individual scor-
ing record: