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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

The Recollection of Quality re-
mains long after price is forgot
ten. Try Heston's, 1OS S. Main
st. ad.x
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Final Publication Of Votes
Before the Judges Count

CONTRARY RUMOR, CANDIDATE HAS THIS CAM
PAIGN "sEWED UP" UNTIL THE JUDGES PASS UPON THE
FINAL TURN-Ns SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL DOUBT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

SPECIAL MONDAY LUNCH,
Soup, choice 2 Meats, Pie, B. &
B., Coffee, at Heston's, 10S South
Main Street. ad.x
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Lake & Ris1ey Co.. supplies.
lumber, hardware, paint and coal.
Phone IL and Is. advt.~
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

LaRue Beauty Parlor, cor. Main
and Washington, over Crawford's
Drug Store. Phone 532-J. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Quality and service guaranteed
Hygienic Ice & Coal Co., Franklin
and Reading Railroad. Advt.s
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

SPECIAL MONDAY LUNCH,
Soup, choice 2 Meats, Pie, B. &
B., Coffee, at Heston's, 108 South
Main Street. ad.x
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Lake & Ris1ey Co., supplies,
lumber, hardware, paint and coal.
Phone IL AID 10. advt.$-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Clark LUMBER Co., lumber, mill
work and builders supplies. Phone
287. Advt.s
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13
PleQsantuille Men
Haze Great Hearts

singing a few songs and listening
TO a poppy talk by one who
knows.
The poet, humorist and philoso-
pher who sends out these weekly
messages to the members of the
Kiwanis Club Of Pleasantville is
Nehemiah Andrews. moe" does
his work with extreme modesty
and with the touch of an artist.
Meetings of the club receive at
tention in these columns, but the
Concluded on Page 81
COAL TO BURN.
Order your winter coal now.
Hygienic Ice e Coal Co., Franklin
& Reading Railroad.-adv..
Lake & Risley Co., supplies.
lumber, hardware, paint and coal.
Phone ~ and 10. advt.s.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

VIM. E. Mathis, Plumbing and
Heating. 43 E. West Jersey Ave.
ADV.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Clark Lumber Co.. lumber. mill
work and builders supplies. Phone
287. Advt.s
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ANNOUNCEMENT,

H. Stokes Doriss, M. D., has
opened Offices at 300 West Wash
ington Ave. Hours 10 to IL a. m.
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SPECIAL MONDAY LUNCH,
Soup, choice 2 Meats, Pie, B. 6
B., Coffee, at Heston's, 10S South
Main Street. adsx
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

THE PRICE OF COAL
advances Sept. LIST. Hygienic lee
e Coal Co., Franklin & Reading
Railroad
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13
Melrose Here
For League Game
Meets Regulars at Floral Az
enue Grounds TOmOr-
row Afternoon.
Play in Resort Sunday

Personalities ball club, lead
ers in the second half standing
of the South Jersey Baseball
League, meets Melrose, of Allan
tic City, in twin games over the
week end. The first game is to
be played tomorrow afternoon at
the Floral avenue park, while the
second will take place Sunday at
the Inlet Fairgrounds in Atlantic
City.
So far the nine has lost but
one game of the six played dur
ing the second half of the sched-
ule. Egg Harbor, one of the
weaker teams in the league, de-
feated the Mainland club at the
Wine City last Saturday.
Minotola and Winslow both
have lost two games each to the
league leaders. The local nine
hopes to take Melrose, which has
done fairly we'll in the games it
has played. into camp tomorrow
and Sunday.
Unless something in the way Of
mighty bad luck comes, it looks
as though the Mainland nine,
which has won the half time
championship, will take the Sec
ond half of the schedule The
team has been playing average
and a little better, ball all sea-
son. Several times accidents
have hurt the nirfe, but it has al
ways pulled together.
Steineder, who has started IN
the box the majority of the SAT-
urday games played. with Fitch TO-
morrow, it is expected. Ambrose
will form the second half Of the
battery.
>Helfrich, Payne. Ellingsworth,
and Schaffer are the expected in
field, while Long, Herr and Kisby
will be the outfield.
SPECIAL MONDAY LUNCH,
Soup, choice 2 Meats, Pie, B. 6
B., Coffee, at Heston's, 10S South
Main Street. adsx
THE PRICE OF COAL
advances Sept. LIST. HYGIENE lee
e Coal Co., Franklin & Reading
Railroad.-adv-X
Clark Lumber Co.. lumber. NH
work and builders supplies. Phone
2S7 Advt.s
The appetizing Store. Clean,
and Cool. Heston's, 1os S. Main
st. !, ad.x
VIM. E. Mathis, Plumbing and
Heating. 43 E. West Jersey Ave.
ADV.
-SS@-
SAVE 1T WITH PAINT.
T. Andrews, painter and deco
rator. 221 Chestnut St Phone
1O99-W. Advt.v
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

The appetizing Store. Clean,
and Cool. Heston's, 10S S. Main
st. /, ad.x
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-13

Clark Lumber Co, lumber. MIL
work and builders supplies. Phone
2S7 Advt.s
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planning the October meeting,
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
PROMINENT cALlFORNlANS

MT. and Mrs. Campbell of Los An geles, were among the prominent ar rivals in Seward the other day on their way to Anchorage where they will visit MT. and Mrs. 4. H. NcDon- aid. MT. Campbell is a brother ro Mrs. Mcdonald, wife Of the vel known business man of this district MT. and Mrs. Campbell will spend g few weeks visiting, planning 10 return south on the s. s. Northwestern. While in Seward they were guests at the Overland hotel.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
Oklahoma Oil Man Planning
 Suend Week Russian River

H. N Foster, Oklahoma oil man, who arrived in the city Sunday from the south. accompanied by Mrs. Foster and daughter, left for Fair banks yesterday. It is MT Fosters intention to return to Seward in a few weeks, outfit and go down to Russian river for weeks fishing trip. T. W. Hawkins, senior mem Der of Brown & Hawkins Corp, is planning to accompany Nr. Foster on the trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
HUNTERS sNARINe FISH

Jack Lean, All Peel and Alex Bo- lem, guides and big game hunters, are down on Russian river snaring baskets full of rainbows. Sunday they caught sight of large black bear feeding in a berry patch on a slope across the river.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
AvIAToRs NOT COMING SEWARD

The latest word from Ketchikan regarding Merrill and Davis, aviators who have been expected in Seward since spring, is that they have given up the idea of coming to Seward this year. This report was brought up on the Admiral Evans but noth- ing definite has been heard from the men directly.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
COTTON GROWER ON TOUR

John Guitar, Of Abilene, Texas, one of the largest cotton growers in the southern State, accompanied by his family, Mrs. Guita$, two daughters and son, are among the prominent tourists in the Reedy party which arrived from the south yesterday and left for Fairbanks this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27
BEAR HUNTERS ATTENTION

am fully equipped to conduct hunt ing parties of all kinds. Three years experience as licensed guide. Fine hunting along the Alaska peninsula
 NICK KRISTENSEN,
 False Pass, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27

Lucky Says: Make the second half of the year the best and biggest half by sav- ing 20 per cent at Luckys.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-07-27

Eastman Kodak Agency-Schzlle- CTS Alaska Shop.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

in, it was found we were short three
head of saddle ponies. AS was
well acquainted with the country,
the foreman directed me to take the
trail back and look for the missing
animals. I was to catch the outfit
on Pumpkin creek, near where the
trail crossed the K over c ranch, and
where he planned to water the herd.
/ started back toward the crossing
of the Mizpah, and, about two miles
from our camp, picked up the trail
of three horses headed toward Pow
der river. AS this trail headed
south, I concluded that these were
the horses 1 was after; for, it was a
curious fact that horses coming from
the Southern country, invariably
headed back in that direction when
they left their bunch.
The tracks kept well together for
about five miles when they left the
trail and turned toward the east.
From here on had difficulty in fol-
lowing them, as the footprints
would separate and then come to-
gether again as though the horses
had grazed awhile together, and then
Travelled on. was forced to give up
trying to follow the trail, and, TAX
ing to the high ground, surveyed the
country for loose stock.
After riding this way for about
five miles, ascended a small di-
vide and saw bunch of about 100
head of horses on the flat about a
mile below, and toward Powder riv-
er. There was a rider with them,
ond I could fxrrn II,
distance farther on. These latter
men were beside a camp fire, appar-
emily preparing breakfast.
1 rode toward the camp to en-
quire if by any chance the horses
sought had joined their herd. AS ]
neared the camp, the man who had
been with the herd, rode in. All of
them were strangers to me. I en-
quired as to the three horses, giving
the brands, and one of the men, who
appeared to be in charge, asked
where our horses had come from. ]
replied that they were saddle horses
that had pulled out from an Nm
trail herd on the Mizpah.
The rider who had just come from
the herd, said: "Your ponies are in
our bunch, partner. Just come il
EabOut an hour ago. If you wait un
til we get bite to eat, we will helI
you get them out. Get down and
join u.s."
l got off my horse, filled a cuI
with coffee and sat down. The mar
in charge questioned me as to ou1
herd and other topics pertaining tt
the range. He said they were trail
ing their bunch to the Little Mis-
souri, where he planned on locating
due to the good range.
While the men were eating, an
other rider appeared from the oppo
site side of the camp to that from
which I had come, and from the di
rection Of POwderville, at. whicl
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
FTN1~ H. Z NE0~ The Ranch Hand of Yesterday Was
! liz I'LL OU IVl0ll Unique Early Day Character

pIishes ten times more than his pro-
totype of a half century ago, and,
with only fraction of the eXpendi-
ture of muscular effort.
The efficient modern farm hand
is far from being null and void be-
tween the ears, but sometimes this
equipment of gray matter carries him
into fields the ola time farm worker
knew nothing of. The dreams of the
IWW and similar uplift movements
to enforce the potential power of
united front of toilers did not mat
erialize to any great extent. but
their methods for a time made it
interesting for the employer, though
the farm laborer who dabbled in
these movements soon convinced him.
self they could not fulfill their prom
! ises. Like the employer himself, the
hired man soon realized the very
! isolation of his life was against a
successful union of ideas. The mat
ter of bargain and sale of the COM
modify of farm labor is a problem be-
tween themselves and it's value main
ly governed by the law of supply and
demand.
According to my recollection of
the relation of the hired man to his
employer OF fifty years ago, it seems
that farmer bewailed the shortcom-
! ings of his hired men with equal
vehemence to that OF the present
day employer. He was found of re-
counting to his help the exploits OF
the hired men of the former genera
tion, much to the disparagement Oi
his listeners, who accepted the crit
icism with becoming meekness
though with reservations. The pres
ent day farm hand has to listen Oc'
casionally to the same comparison
and probably nurses similar menta
reservations. The old time farm hand
knew his stuff and the same may bt
said Of the modern hay shoveler
With both the fob after all, Is buf
temporary. No farm hand exVecti
to labOr all his life for someone elss
and as a matter Of fact, few Of then
do. The job itself perhaps, offer
little in the way of advancement, bu
the very nature of It builds up /
character OF resourcefulness ant
self-reliance almost unconsciousl.
, and when the opportunity arrives
AOAS are 4u4CAc1 " seize tAS4n t4ai
} the efficient farm hand, and we fine
men today in many of the import
at positions of the commercial worll
who have served a apprenticeship a
"a hired man."
+ On the Old-time COW ranch Of Mon
: tana there was nearly always a posi-
: ton open for a general utility man
? The cowpuncher held that his trad
d was separate from the drudgery 0
Q farm tasks. To be sure, he woul
= lcondescend to dismount occasionall
and help to stretch barbed wire an
q in the press Of haying operation
might be persuaded to take sea
q on the mower or horse rake, but
y lbalked at milking cows, nursin
r chickens or cutting firewood. Tn
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
(By r.. H. BEAIIs)

Modern appliances tending to make
life easier on the farm have so far
failed to eliminate the ''hired man.
and probably never will, though a
tendency in that direction was ex-
pressed by farmer friend of mine
recently in the assertion promulgated
after a fruitless attempt to secure a
couple of husky assistants for the
press of harvest work:
Dang these young shieks anyway!
I offered them hOboes four dollars
a day and a ride out to the ranch
and what do you think they told me?
Bring in your wheat and if it looks
good We'll shock it for you.' What
do you think about that? All they
think of is cigarettes, moving pic
lures and automobiles. I've a notion
to sell off all my land except what
I can run myself, and get shut of
these IWW's who seem to want eV-
erything except a job!"
I think my farmer friend stated
the case rather extremely, although
the modern "hired man" appears
somewhat different in his moods
and demands than the old farm Ia
bOrer of my experience and Obser-
vatiOn. I don't believe the good
farm worker is extinct altogether, but
ne has undoubtedly changed in some
ways. He has become more or less
of a mechanic in step with the mod
lern methods Of agriculture which is
now successfully carried on largely
by the aid Of machinery, and natur-
ally he balks at labor separate from
the OdOr of gasoline and oil. He
knows all about internal combustion
lengines and given a machine, makes
it do the work, but with a shovel
or pitchfork he disclaims any affin-
ity, and for one, don't blame him
greatly.
Ny own experience. in agricultur
al labor began on a New England
> farm of small acreage, but the tasks
it could produce for the operating
, force was out of all proportion Il
its size. It seemed that the worl
was never done, although apparent.
every minute, Of daylight, winter o.
ssummer, was employed in the at
, tempt. Mechanical help as known
at the present time, was then un
! thought of. Everything had to, b.
Idone by main strength and skill il
: handicraft. The shovel, hoe anl
pitchfork, supplemented by callousel
muscles, was the force behind al
? hands and well-developed shoulde
> / accomplishment and the very ar
/ Idousness of this incessant toll seem
J ingly Quickened the intellect Of man
who found themselves emeshed i
its chains. and led eventually to tn
emancipation OF, the farmer. The wa
OF escape led toward invention an
a the genius OF New England had
: large share In evolving the myria
: OF labor-saving devices now commo
3 upon every farm. One man toda
with the aid OF machinery. accom-
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

cooked delicacies during GONZALES
cence, and scolded all the time in
pidgin English that none but he and
Mike understood.
When Sam, who was as parsimon-
ious as Mike was prodigal, had saw
ed sufficient for his return to China
and to live in comfort the rest of his
days, the dream of all good Celestials,
none saw the parting between the low
ing enemies, but after his departure
Mike was grouchier than ever, bit
terly resenting the well-meant, but
rather uncOuth expressions of SYM
pathy rendered by the roughnecks
of the bunk house. Good Chinese
cooks were becoming scarce in Mon
tana, and to Mikes CONSERVATION, a
white woman, accompanied by a cat
and a canary, was installed in Sans
place. His disgust was complete.
He lost happy environment and de-
spondently quit the ranch forever.
The last I heard of him directly,
he was occupying a lonely shack at
the end of high wooden trestle car
rying the rails of one of the great
trans-continental roads. This was
AehICA AOBA6CCA W q 0tCCA ia QAO
suppose Mikes humble job OF
watchman ended with the passing OF
the wooden structure.
With hairy arms and breast picked
out in strange and barbaric devices
done in red and blue India ink, the
advent of Lars Aronson among the
crew of haymakers on. the Tom Burns
ranch some forty odd years ago, lent
an air of romantic aud adventurous
lustre to my young eyes. He had trav.
eled-seen the world-in many out.
landish places during a young man,
hood spent in the forecastles. Of sail
ing vessels poking about the seven
seas. But my young thirst for knowl.
edge was doomed to disappointment
Interrogation, regarding stra ngC
ports, dimly recalled from memory
of school Biographies, brought the
invariable reply:
''Ya, Ay ban dare. Malay Bill
he run de fine saloon him call dc
'S0Omp' on water front Az banS
dare two weeks and den he shanghs
me on British bark for Pago-PagO.' ?
Lars had experienced all vicissitudel
Of seafaring life, but was absOlutely
dumb when ii came TO descriptive
narrative concerning sbipwreck
Smuggling, mutiny and even piracy
all of which he had taken q part II
or witnessed'at some time or another
He would under pressure, merel,
mention the bare fact and then prob
ably continue:
"Und ven We got to Singapor,
| sCockney George meet us on shil
-. 4. d.. l.
he call de 'Shellback Palace. He Ia
plainly good vim und half-caste gal
for dance"
Yes Lars had q most retentivl
/ memory. He could give the nam
and location of every foul whiske.
dumD on the coast line OF six con
tinen4s, which appeared about th
limit Of his menfal attachments.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

bunkhouse stove was usually kept
going by the losers in the "coon
can" game, who were extremely care
full to cut only enough for immed-
late use.
The numberless chores about the
home ranch were delegated to the
''swamper," usually an elderly and
homeless derelict, who for his nom
inal wages gave an answering 10y
atty, second only to that of the main
squeeze" as the big boss was termed.
In fact, the chore man of long stand
ing on a big ranch was, thoroughly
convinced of his own Importance to
the general scheme of things, and
accepted orders from the Big Boss
only. The cowpunchers and even
the foreman looked upon his delu-
sion with a gOod-natured tolerance
and often saluted him with mock
Difference with a good-natured toll
erance and often saluted him with
mock Difference and a hilarious eiab-
orateness.
An example OF this type of hired
man was Mike Ffrench (don't over
look the double IL, who found a
haven for his declining years on the
S-bar-S ranch on Swamp creek. In
his younger days Mike had been a
locomotive engineer, but had COM
mitted the objectionable error of
burning out the crown sheet of his
engine, losing both job and reputa-
tiOn, and then drifted to such en-
ployment as was open to one Of BID
iOus tendencies and a rowing dispo-
sition. Mike milked the two or three
COWS kept at the home ranch, fed
the chickens, nursed sick livestock
planted and cultivated a garden
helped irrigate the hay meadows,
chopped firewood for the ranch
house. and Kitchen quarreled inces-
lsantly with the Chinese cook and
slept in the harness room Of the
long horse stable. With the hay
ing crews and cOWpunchers ne main
tanned a dignified alOOfness, but was
not above accepting a drink from
a smuggled bottle in its rare ap-
pearance at the ranch. About twics
a year he would take q week or two
off for the diversions OF town, and
that he was missed BY his chronis
enemy, the cook, was exemplified
by the choice tidbits rendered By
the scowling cook to tempt an in
ternal disarrangement due to the
unwonted indulgence In spiritoul
cheer. The strange, though invisible
bond Of attraction that existed be
tween this incongrous and quarrel
some couple was brought to ligh
when Mike came down with q milo
attack Of pneumonia and lay help
} less in unshaven and frowsy miser.
in his lowly bunk room. Sam Sins
kept up a fire in the unIovely room
Z forced him to take the medicine sen
out from town by an oyerworkes
doctor, would. have none Of the rougl
but kindly assistance offered by th
, sympathetic foreman and cowpunch
3 ers, bat sat up with him himself a
. night during the heiEnth Of the fever
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

poinC these riders hoped to cross
Powder river.
This new arrival rode up, and with
the usual, 'Mornin'I the visitor
was invited to get down and have a
bite. recognized him at once before
he reached the fire, but before could
speak, he flashed me a curious
glance, and I seemed to sense that
something was wrong. merely
answered his, "Mornin'!" He was
Billy Smith, the most noted of all of
Montana's stock detectives. In a
flash, 1 realized he was after some
one, but I noticed he was not wear
ing six-shooter; nor did he have a
rifle on his saddle. He did not wear
his coat, and his vest being unbut-
toned, caused me to marvel as
had never seen the man in his shirt
sleeves, and I was sure that he al
ways carried a gun under his left
arm, in a shoulder holster.
He got off his hrose, and, walking
toward the five, asked: ais Win Ro-
berts in this camp?"
The man in charge of the camp
looked up quickly and said: What
do you want with Roberts?"
1--WE got a letter here" responded
Smith, ''from Ben Mason Ga rancheI
near POwderville) for him" At the
same time, Smith reached with his
left hand to the upper left pocket oi
his vest and pulled out doubled en-
VelOpe.
"Give it to me and I'll see thai
Roberts gets it," said the horseman
''No, I won't" Smith answered
"Ben told me to give it to Roberts
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
Peculiar Gun Play s S T5 77s ' WIZ ae s s148 % %

himself, and if he aint here I won't
give it to anyone"
Neither of the other two men nor
had spoken a word yet. 1 noticed
that Billy held the letter in his left
hand. Knowing positively that he
was right-handed, the conviction
grew upon me that something was
going to pop around there suddenly.
The man who was talking to Smith
and l were the only two of the five
who were visibly armed with re-
volvers.
After a moments silence, the man
said: ''Well, stranger, am Win
Roberts; give me the letter."
Smith hesitated and then said: ''Is
that the straight? 1 don't know Ro-
berts, and 1 don't want to give the
letter to the wrong man.
To this the man replied: Eyes,
am Win"
Smith held out the letter in his
left hand, and, as Roberts took hold
of it, the detective made lightning
like downward, and then upward
move with his right hand. 1 saw to
my astOnishment that he held a self
cooking six-shooter pointed at Rob
erts. He said: Hold them up, Win
1 want you. You other men sit still
Roberts stood with his hands
hanging down. (He had dropped the
letter..
Smith spoke again: "Up with
them" And 1 could see the hammer
of the deadly Al slowly raising as
Billy began pressing the trigger. L
was known that Billy never com
manded a man a third time. The