The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-11

And. BY the way, i'Re fixed the
clock Of that man Russell. u the
Portland Lumber company. That
fellows n mighty thin Ehlngle Hes
10 sharp he cuts himself Why did
you take over bis agency. Skinner
well. he had little mill cutting
perhaps 10000 feet a day. and be
knows how 20 manufacture. Hes
cutting some very nice white oedsg.
which sells itscif-well. hs had 10
have somebody guarantee hia &C.
counts. and We could do that and
sell his output without interfering
with our own trade. there was 1--WE
per cent commission IN II 40 I
thought We might a. well pick up
few dollars on the side"
Il observed" said Cappy. THAT
every time you wired him a spsci.
fichtlOn and asked for quotation
and approximate date Of delivery.
he replied By wire collect. Why
doesn't he pay for his own tele-
gramE7"
"oh. well. SIR Kicks. he's n gion.
fled lumberlack. born mean and
stingy and evidently doesn't know
much about trade ethics conEid.
cred his telegraph tolls too small
thing 20 quarrel about"
cappy pounded his desk In.
justice and imposition nre never too
small 20 quarrel about. Skinner.
While you were away we sold two
carloads OF lumber for Russell and
collected FOR u. Then ! deducted
from his check i2s In collect tele.
grams he had sent us. RENTED the
balance and told him 10 pay his
own kilograms hereafter or get n
new agent He wired me he would
pay for his own kilograms. sup.
pose you were afraid you'd offend
him. eh1 Well. wasn't. because
I know from experience nobody can
offend a man like that.
speaking OF dirty little tricks IN
trade. ann reminded Of old Bob
Arnold. who used 20 rule an empire
In Tho days before barbed wire
fences and neHters came to the
sovereign state Of Nevada. Bob
was a cattle man. running about
10000 head. In fact. he owned 30
many that COW or 20 or 20 didn't
mean very much 20 him. He had
large way about him. because he'd
been looking al distant horizons all
his life: when he offered you 5000
feeders al SIS head. corral count.
and you accepted. Bob would just
shake hands with you 10 seal the
bargain. No letter.wrlting TO con
firm. no formal contracts or wit.
nessea. for Bob Arnold. Feeders
might be selling freely al SIS next
day. but II old Bob had shaken
hands on his trade. then a trade
IL was II IL ruined him.
Well. one day n man named Joe
Barton drifted mp TO Bob's ranch.
rode around with Bob for n few
days. nie his groceries and drank
his whisky and finally. after bag.
Cling with Bob until he had worn
him out. agreed 10 buy 1000 head
Of feeders NJ a fiat price per crit.
ter. regardless OF condition. They
shook hands on Il and Bob had his
riders round up tho stock and drive
4, down TO the home ranch TO the
branding eorrals.
"weil. when Joe Barton rode in
among those feeders he commenced
10 below louder than any Of them.
He said they wcre under.sixed and
poorer than he'd thought laltho he'd
looked them over on the range for
week) and sort OF limited that
Bob had deliberately run In larger
percentage Of poor stuff than he
had any right 10. Bob swallowed
tho Insult and observing this. Joe
Barton run out on his deal and de-
clared he couldn't accept that lot
except at two dollars a head under
what he had originally agreed 10
pay. Old Bob sighed and said no
reckoned he'd have 10 take II. on
account Of tho market being bit
off and the banks tightening up on
loans. He acted as IL he sort Of ex.
pccted this might happen. Didn't
get bit mad. but asked Joe Bar.
ton IL he didn't think he ought
20 have those feeders branded while
hs had them In the corral. Joe
said he didn't think he'd bother
with that and Bob said: Wei. Joe,
II was you think I'd do 1t. My
boys'll run your iron on these COW
critters for 10 cents head. and
that's cheap. There Amt much
doing on the ranch nowadays and
/ like 10 let my boys pick UP a
few extra dollars when they can
I'm give EN- 10 cents head.