I
THE TIMES
“I caught It w itn fath er's old boat
book, and I fished for It from the
butt'ry w indow ," returned M aria defi
antly.
I stared. “From the buttery w in
dow?" I repeated incredulously.
“Yes,” she said crisply and closed
By M. QUAD
the conversation w ith th a t iuonosylla-
—
I C opyright, 1911, by A ssociated Llt-
I hie.
Bv IVAN WIIXOWSKY
J
erary Press.
Bv F. A. MITCHEL
As the m eal progressed I noticed
She Had a Novel Way
th at M aria did not eat any of the fish,
lu fact, she ate very little dinner, but The Countess Melikoft was sitting in Five men sat around a supper table "Jack." said Deacon Henderson to
of Doing It
! she drank several cups of strong green ber boudoir in Moscow, Russia, when in a faw ner's kitchen after a hard his daughter, Jacqueline, "a new min
tea. I could not help associating her the curd of Colonel Micbalovsky was day s work in the cornfield.
ister is comlDg to occupy the pulpit
gloom w ith the ad reu t of the bluefish banded her. She directed the servant There w as Moses Bright, the father, made vacaut by .loruegau. whom you
B y C L A R IS S A M A C K IE
on the table. There w as a m ystery to adm it him.
fifty live years old uud a widower;
oat ot tt."
connected w ith the catching of this "My dear countess. " he said. "I have there was Abraham, aged thirty; drove
"Papa!'
fish
th
at
tantalized
me.
come
to
ask
a
favor.
Knowing
you
to
“ ’T ain t no fishing w eather today,”
there was Leviticus, aged tw enty
"Yon know very well that you flirted
said C aptain B arnabas Fish when I As 1 sauntered around the frostblt- be intim ate with the Imperial fam ily, seven: there w as Philetus. aged tw en with him, then refused him ”
teu
garden
I
became
aw
are
th
at
Lucy
that
the
em
press
esteem
s
you
highly.
1
expressed surprise at bis idleness one
ty live: there was Aaron, ageil twenty-
"But i didn't drive nim aw ay.”
Drake wag moving listlessly am ong should lie
obliged if you
would use your |’wu Not a son had left home yet.
crisp October morning.
her gorgeous chrysanthem um s.
H er ' influence to secure for my nephew a
“A braham .", said the father as the "W hen be handed me Ills resignation
“Too much sea?" I inquired.
meal was finished, "there’s a wldder he told me that It would be im possi
H e nodded and scratched his gray delicate face, w ith its long, thin, pink commission lu the navy
stubbly beard. “W ind’s been east for uose’ w as dolorous enough. I w ent "Colonel, you overrate my Influence j woman nam ed (’arsons bought the ble for him to live near you aud tor
three days now, and th at there oily roll out of tile gate and w alked along the I I am not
Often bidden
to the palace. Taylor place. She brought w ith
get her
you.” a
| Indeed. 1 fancy 1 have been forgotten j span of bosses, four cows, sixty sheep,
would turn my dory bull up’ards in no \ ^ellLe by Lucy s flowers,
Jacqueline hung her head.
tim e. No. m a’am , yon can- tell Miss ; "Your chrysanthem um s are lovely. there.
eight hogs and fifty bens. She's a "This young man who Is com ing in
W eeks’’—
Miss D rake.” 1 ventured sociably.
"H ow can that be when Grand Duke | hustler. Site can mow and plow and Ids place lias Pecii accepted at my in-
“You can tell her yourself, cap’n,” Lucy turned tow ard me. "They are V. is to dine w ith you this evening.” chop wood.”
Kigution because he is painfully Home
"W hat of it?" asked Abraham.
cam e Miss M aria's sharp voice from pretty," she adm itted, her weak eyes “W ho told you that?"
ly.
has fiery red hair and freckles;
filling
w
ith
tears.
"W
hy,
the
duke's
m
ovem
ents
are
nl-
the gate. “ H ere I be!”
“ You wash up. grease your boots and be is He long
boued aud disjointed."
“You
have
a
cold?"
I
asked.
1
ways
known
He
inform
s
the
police
hair anil go down and ask her to m ar
“T here's some roll on today,” he said,
No, oh, no, but I have suffered—a of his engagem ents in order th at they ry you. You are thirty years old. and "W hat has th at got to ijo w ith it?"
looking aw ay over the greenish gray
loss." She cam e close to. the fence \ may provide for his safety."
“A greut deal. It ts Impossible for
it’s tim e you w ere m arried."
w aters of the bay.
“F irst tim e 1 ever suspected you was and leaned over, speaking freely as j "Do the police consider publishing Abraham got ready and departed. you to let a handsome, attractive man
glad of a listener.
j his w hereabouts providing for bis Moses B right was boss around th at nlone. 1 expect Mr. Mulduon to repel
a fair w eather sailor,” sniffed M aria though
"1 um sorry. Miss Drake. May I safety?"
house. T he young man arrived ns tile you by his ugliness. We are getting
scornfully.
j “They have not published his eom- j widow w as straining the last pail of tired of hunting up m inisters for you
“ It ain’t m e; it's the fish,” explained ask w hat it is?”
"My fish," she whispered. "T he love- i ing here. 1 was conversing w ith one I milk. H e sat down on the doorsteps to m ake fools of aud drive aw ay We
Captain B arnabas hastily. “I ain’t liest
bluefish you ever saw. The ca t j of the police officials about securing w ith his back tow ard ber and said
afraid of w eather.”
[ my nephew an appointm ent in the never u word. lie was in greater fear are going to try one of a different
“I shouldn't think the fish would be stole it.’’
“W
hat
cat?”
I
asked
m
echanically.
arm y. This man knows of my ae- tban as if a bull had been chasing him kind."
either, they being m ore used to the
” 1 am not sure w hether it w as my j quaintance with you and said to me: across the meadow. The widow took “Why not get an old m arried man?"
w ater than you ure.”
“They won’t bite,” explained th e cap Snowball or M aria W eeks’ Ginger. | 'G rand Duke V. dines w ith the couut- notice of him at once and then ignored "Y'ou know very well w hat the sal
You see. it w as ail ready to fry for ess today, if you see her and ask her him for a long teu minutes. Then she ary Is. If we should do as you sug
tain w ith dignity.
dinner—setting right on the shelf In j influence in the m atter she will un- stopped singing to say to him:
gest we would have a family to sup
“ Fiddle!" snapped M aria so sharply tbe
window, and the window douhtedl.v secure a promise of the np-
'Get out!"
port besides the m inister, und we nre
th at C aptain B arnabas jum ped in his was butt'ry
wide
open.
W
hen
t
w
ent
to
get
i
poiutm
ent
while
he
is
at
the
ta
b
le
.'”
Those w ere blessed words to A bra too poor for that."
sea boots. “IIow is it I’ve sm elt fish
frying over at Lucy D rake's every it it was gone.” She spoke as tragi- “Well, my dear colonel. I am willing ham. lie got. He fairly flew for the “Well, papa, if Mr. Muldoon is as
as though she had lost a dear | to oblige you if I flail an opportunity, first forty rods. W hen he reached hideous ns you say 1 don't think yon
night this week? Somebody m ust call.v
but you m ust not rely too m uch upon home he found his father sitting in will be put to the trouble of gettiug
catch ’em —I’ll find out who it is." She friend.
me. I wish you were to be a m em ber the door, pipe in mouth, and sat down another man on my account.”
turned aw ay and w ent up the grav •’A bluefish?” I w as thinking guilt- | of
dinner party. I would invite on the nearby wash bench. Ills broth The first Sunday tlie new clergy
eled path to the little w hite house th at ily of the one I had eaten at dinner, you our except
at the grand duke, as ers had gone to bed. It was live m in m an preached Jacqueline w as indis
faced Quince harbor. A fter she had and I had a m ental vision of Miss you know, m th ust
a list before utes before th e father took the pipe posed and should not have gone to
slam m ed the side door I stole a glance M aria leaning from her buttery w in hand of other guests have
w herever he goes, from his m outh to query:
dow and coolly fishing for Lucy
a t C aptain B arnabas Fish.
church, hut she was so curious to know
rake’s fish w ith th e late Mr. W eeks' and now there is not tim e.”
"W hat'd she say?" ‘
Leaning against the picket fence, D boat
bow homely he really was th at she
"I
have
no
especial
desire
to
meet
hook.
I
w
anted
to
laugh,
it
was
“ ‘Get out!’ ’’
his hands in the pockets of his blue all so funny and so unaccountable.
w ent to hear and see him. H e w as
him.
But
since
you
are
to
g
ran
t
me
T hat was all. There was more corn homelier than he bud been painted.
flannel trousers, his blue eyes squint
this
favor
is
there
nothing
I
can
do
“Why
should
M
aria
st—M
aria’s
cat
planting next day, but h alf an hour be Besides Ills natural blemishes there
ing across the bay at the black line
your bluefish?’’ I asked to cover for you?”
fore quitting tim e the father said to w as an artificial one. When a boy be
of breakw ater. C aptain B arnabas seem steal
"N
othing
th
at
I
think
of.”
barrassm ent.
Leviticus, who was w orking next to bad fallen against n buzzsnw. which
ed indifferent to the anger of the my “To em eat.
would not have cared “ 1 have ju st received a box of fruit him:
plump little woman tow ard whom I only”— Lucy I blushed
had left a frightful sear on his left
the south. Would you like some “Abrnbniu don’t know enough to cheek.
w as sure bo nourished n secret attach turned aw ay her head. painfully and from
Then when preaching, having
for your table?”
crawl under a haystack when it's rain m ade a point th at especially pleased
ment.
“
Indeed
I
would.
F
ru
it
a
t
this
sea
“
It
is
too
bad.
I’erhaps
C
aptain
ing
pitchforks.
You
go
over
there
to
“Somebody m ust catch fish for Lucy B arnabas could catch another one.” I son is not to be had."
him. he would smile, and the contor
night and spark th at widder.”
tion his face took on was expressive
D rake." I whispered softly. “I won suggested.
“I
will
bring
it
before
the
dinner
is
A
fter
supper
Leviticus
went.
It
was
der who It is!”
of a pain 111 his stomach.
over."
“H
e
doesn’t
seem
to
have
very
good
either
suicide
or
go.
He
found
the
A red flush crept from th e captain’s
At first it (lid not seem to Jacqueline
“Can you not send it?"
widow m ilking the last of her four that she could endure to look at him.
sun bu rn t neck np to his ears and dis luck fishing.” she said and hurried into "Send
it!
No.
Do
you
suppose
I
th
e
house
w
ithout
ceremony.
cows.
She
looked
up
as
be
entered
the
appeared. “Miss T elham ." he said sol
But he had u rem arkable Intellect and
I walked down to the end of the row would tru st a servant w ith w hat can barnyard, but neither spoke. The the gift of expressing his Ideas In
em nly. “it’s me!"
not
be
bought
for
love
or
money?
He
of
low.
com
fortable
bouses
th
at
strag
young m an stood w ith his back to the
“I thought—you said—th e ilsh would
For aw hile she listened to him
along the beach road, and then would either eat it or sell it and say fence and chewed on n straw , !tud she words.
not bite!” I gasped indignantly. I was gled
w
ith
her
eyes turned aw ay. By de
th
at
he
had
been
robbed.
I
shall
loyal to M aria, for she w as a line soul turning w ent back to my boarding briug it myself. W hat o’clock will hummed the air of a hym n as she m ilk grees she w as enabled to endure the
ed. W hen she had finished she rose up sight of him for a few m inutes nt a
in spite of her affected crustiness. place. D inner would be cleared aw ay your dinner be served?”
and asked:
Lucy I »rake I did not like. I turned to by tills tim e and M arla taking her nf
tim e, and before th e end of his ser-
“At
half
past
8.
We
shall
be
ready
the gate, but the captain lifted a huge ternoon nap. I w anted a nap myself. for fru it by half past 9. The grand “Any m ore idiots in this neighbor- | mou sbe hB(j quite forgotten his ugll-
When I reached the front door the
hood?"
brown hand to check my departure.
gate clanged noisily and I turned to duke does not like to sit long a t table; “Y’es—no—yes!” stam m ered tlie young ness.
"It may seem queer to you, m a'am , see
T he next Sunday she was obliged to
C aptain B arnabas tram ping heav he is a very busy m an."
man ns lie made for the highw ay and begin all over again, but the process
afte r my prom ising M aria I'd bring her
M
icbalovsky
left
her
shortly
before
ily
up
the
graveled
path.
H
e
cam
e
ur
borne
the first ketch of flsh, but I had to th e steps and stood, grim and unsm il th e dinner hour.
of getting used to looking upon him,
It was potato planting next day. At bis fiery red hair, his scarred cheek
take them flsh to Lucy D rake!”
"So
the
police
told
my
cousin
that,
ing,
beside
me.
the supper table the fath er reached for and w orst of all thnt dreadful smile
“W hy?” 1 asked bluntly.
“ Miss W eeks to hom e?” he asked im did they? 1 know; better. T he police a third slice of fried pork null said:
“Becuz.” he said, with discouraging politely.
at clinching an argum ent, required less
do
not
tell
such
secrets.
Alexis
got
It
“Philetus. ile up and grease up. Four tim e than the Sunday before. More
brevity.
elsewhere.
But
w
here?
He
certainly
sixty sheep, eight hogs."
"You could easily have brought some “1 believe so. Come in and sit down,
over. Ills Intellectual part began to In
not have got it from any of the cows,
Philetus turned pale and lost his ap fluence ber. W hat com prehensive ideaal
to Miss M aria as well,” I said disap captain." And I ushered him into Ma could
duke's
household.
T
he
colonel
would
ria's sitting room.
bet be obeyed. He found tile W hat heart! W hat n different way of
provingly.
use It for any other purpose than petite,
widow uprooting burdocks in tlie front looking at things from the cut nnd
"Luck was ag’in It.” he returned To my surprise she w as in there, sit not
the
pretended
one.
But
the
duke's
life
gloomily. “You may not believe it. ting very pale and unhappy looking In Is in danger every m om ent from revo yard, and before be could say anything dried theology th at hnd come down
big rocking chnlr.
she nsked:
Miss Telham. but I tieen out every day a “M
the centuries! How her heart
thundered C aptain B arna lutionists, and If It is known th at he "A in't there another kid named through
for a week past, and I ain 't caught but bas. aria!"
bled for those whom he pictured driv
is
to
dine
w
ith
me
tonight
he
m
ay
be
And
when
I
would
have
fled
M
a
Aaron?”
one flsli each day—and th at there flsh ria beckoned m e to rem ain. T herefore assassinated either com ing or going.
en by their surrounding circum stances
"Y’es."
I had to give to Lucy D rake."
Into crime. “The children of the poor,”
I will send a m essenger suggesting "Then
I
hovered
near
the
door,
feeling
very
run home and send him along be said, "nre sent lo jail, tile children
"Then you have been out fishing this uncom fortable.
th
at
he
stay
aw
ay.”
m orning?"
She w rote a note statin g th at his ex and I'll sta rt an in fant asylum with of the rich to dancing school."
“Do I look like a fair w eather sailor, "D on't you 'M aria' me, B arnabas pected visit was know n and begged him!"
Anil so he accounted for th at grow
Aaron w ent and cam e back to shake ing crim inality am ong the children and
m a'am ?” he asked coldly. “I w ent out Fish,” said M aria coldly.
him
not
to
come.
But
be
replied
in
bis bead and hear bis fattier call him youth of the land, filling more nnd
at daybreak, and I caught one fish, "M iss W eeks, w hat did you do it I person.
sam e as usual, and I suspect th at you for?” he dem anded, fixing his bright "Ah. countess," he said gallantly, “do a dinged idiot. T hat night the four more the columns of the new spapers.
and M aria will soon be ketching the blue eyes on her snapping black ones. you suppose fear would cause m e to sous entered into a conspiracy, aud it Illustrating their Inevitable course by
smell of frying fish from Lucy "D o w hat for?” M aria's tone w as forego the pleasure of dining with was a t th e breakfast table th at A bra j such graphic words ns those quoted.
surprised.
ham said:
D rake's."
| Jacqueline w ent borne from church
you ?"
‘‘Father, th e W ldder Parsons is a hus nnd all the rest of the day was think
I turned my bead tow ard the neat “You see my schooner down there?” "D id nothing happen on the w ay?”
tling
w
idder
woman.
Two
bosses,
four
C
aptain
Fish
pulled
back
the
window
Ing on that fearful procession of little
w hite cottage next door to M aria’s.
“N othing.”
cows, sixty sheep, eight hogs and fifty children with but one path before
Surely I could detect a smell of frying curtain and pointed a horny forefinger “B ut I fear for your return.”
hens."
nt
the
graceful
lines
of
the
Indus,
an
j them , and thnt lending to crime. And
fish!
“B anish it from your mind. I am
The w histle of the flour mill smote chored opposite the W eeks cottage.
j mingled with this picture was tlie face
here to enjoy n pleasant evening w ith "W aal, w hat of it?” w as asked.
"1’es, I see it. I don't see how I can I you. Let us throw fear to the w inds.” "It's your turn to go sparking."
the stillness of the day.
of the m inister, hut one engaging feu
"It's dinner tim e." observed Captain help seeing It, planted right th ere In They dined together, and during the “Boy, don't gim m e any suss!"
ture In It—sym pathy lighted by pro
Fish. and. with the sam e nervous haste front of Lucy D rake s cottage. M aria (jinncr th e countess asked the duke for “No use to bluff, father. You either i test against this hum an Injustice.
exhibited by all Quince H arborltes at was jealous. Now I began to under- t|le appointm ent as sbe bad promised. go sparking or we qul^ tlie farm ."
For a tim e Jacqueline tried to stop
the hour of noon, he nodded briefly and stand.
"A t whose request do you iisk me for The old m an w as given the day to her enty against tills childish wall
plunged down the beach tow ard the “I was sitting out there Just before this favor?" he said lifter prom ising consider the m atter. W hen supper was Any effort to relieve It seemed hope
over and w ithout a word to any one lie less But she was at last won over by
dinner, and I had the glasses. I w as the commission.
dory draw n up on the sand.
H e slept and ate and m ade his home looking at your iiouse. I w as”— Cap “My cousin. Colonel Alexis Miehalov- slicked up a bit and took the highway. the m in isters exhortation to work un
Tlie widow sat on her doorsteps, smok der tlie Inspiration of faith and leave
on board of his schooner, the Indus, tain B arnabas blushed and cast about sky.”
ing her pipe. She bowed aud made the rest to Providence. And so under
nam ed afte r a ship in the Calcutta for an excuse »for his lover’s foolish “Colonel M icbalovsky?"
room beside her. Not a word w as said his direction she becam e the lender of
trad e of which he bad once been m as ness. “I was w ondering if Miss Tel- “Y’es. Do you know him?"
for a long m inute. Then Moses clear an association of women w orkers in
ham had gone for a walk. I w as look “Only ns colonel of n regim ent.”
ter.
A half hour afterw ard 1 w ent up the ing. when I saw you. M aria W eeks, At the m om ent n dish of exquisite ed Ills throat and rem arked:
the field of charity. W hile the hand
path into M aria's house, sniffing ra th steal Lucy's fish off her—w ith a boat cut glass was brought in on which "Them four dough headed sons of some, gentlem anlike pastors ot her
er guiltily at the smell of frying blue- hook!" Did C aptain Fish chuckle?
was mellow fruit, surm ounted by a j mine seem to think I'd better get mar- church had discoursed to her from
fish. which seemed to em anate from M aria blushed and then paled. “It large orange. T he dish was set on I ried ag'in. And being as you appear to the pulpit upon theological princi
Lucy D rake’s little kitchen. To my w as my flsh.” she said obstinately. , the table between the tw o, and the tie nlone In the world and being I ples that had been wrangled over for
surprise I caught a glim pse of Lucy “You had promised it to me.”
ages and nt other times had poured
I countess was taking tlie ornnge from think I'd lie happier"—
D rake's thin nosed face at th e window,
'I promised one to her every day un- the top of the pyram id when th e serv- "Oh. I don’t know." Interrupted the soft nothings Into her willing ear this
; widow, draw ing away a bit. “ I’m "frig h t" by a sym pathy for his fellow
and she was dabbing n handkerchief til—until she colleeted her interest ant said to her:
against her eyes
money. She's been bard up. Fish ain 't "Colonel M iehalovsky begs th a t be alone in the world, but I seem to be beings bad unconsciously walked by a
When I entered M aria's house I was so terrible hurdy. but they’re brain may speak to yon a moment, it Is having a party good tim e"
straight path to her heart. The hair
Instantly hungry. On the oval table food anyw ay, and you know I.ury about the appointm ent. He w ishes to "B ut them fool sons o' mine!"
was still a fiery red; the sear, the ex
"Yes. I know. It's dreadful to have rruclntiiig smile, were as hideous ns be
In the low dining room was a platter. D rake ain't got any too many brains, ¡change his request."
On the platter was still sizzling a de She needs ail th e fish she can eat." 1 But th e countess did not hear On a lot o' Idiots around You don't say fore, but not lo her. for sbe did not see
licious looking bluefish, brown and The captain w as trying to cover liis taking up the orange she noticed a It's love at first sight, do yon?”
tbem They had been obscured by a
crisp from the frying pan. T here were own kindness w ith a clumsy Joke. "I small spot where It had been plucked "N-o-o. not sknssly. but I'm a hus- divine light that em anated from the
a plate of corn bread and a dish of promised her a fish every morning. I from the tree She held the orange | fling man. and you are a bustling wo spiritual part of Ibis repellant Imdy
cream ed potatoes and other good thought It would is- easy to ketcb nnder her nose aDd noticed a pecul man. an d —and”—
line day the deacon, Jacqueline's fa
things
1-plenty of 'em. but. d rat it all. I never iar odor Then suddenly sbe saw a "And yon think we ought to hustle ther. said lo ber:
Miss M aria flew in from th e kitchen, caught but one every day. and she j tiny flash such as m ight come from In tills rase?"
"Jack. I have noticed th at you are
her cheeks a bright crim son and her needed It. M aria!" His tone ended in fhe fuse of a firecracker. T here was "T hat's about It."
taking h great interest In the work In
"Then
you
come
along
three
daya
Alack eyes snapping w ith some inward tin apologetic note.
beside ber a finger bowl th at had lieen
spired by Mr Muldoon I brought him
excitem ent.
M aria Weeks arose, conscience strick placed on the table w ith the fruit from now. afte r I finish planting my here thinking that his ugliness would
"I was Just going to call you to din en. “I took her fish—and she's hun j The countess quick as a flash Im ta le rs"
protect him. I fear th at It bus failed '
ner. Miss Telham ." she said shortly. gry. I m ust go and see her a t once. mersed the orange in the w ater. W hite Anil when the father got botno and "F ath er.” said the girl Impressively,
As we sat -down she bobbed her head She m ust come to supper and”—
as a cloth, she told the duke to run foi found his four sons w aiting and grin •when again you choose for such a pur
ning he said-
and ottered a hasty and rath er un "I will go and ask her. Miss M arla." his life
jioMP a homely man to occupy the pul
i "Two homes, four cows, sixty sheep, pit of our church I would advise yon lo
gracious benediction over the flsh plat I said hastily, and as I went I beard ! "Not w hile yon sit still,” he said
ter.
select one w ithout the gift of Intellec
C aptain Fish’s voice growling out When the bomb was cut open by the eight bogs”—
But w hat of the wldder?" w as ask- tuality snd the divine attributes of a
"H ave som e fish?" she asked shortly. some question and M aria's im othered police It was found to be an orange
“If you please So yon got one, a ft shriek of dismay.
»kin filled with nltroglyceriD The fuse
real C hristian If you Intend to warn
er all?” I rem arked
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every
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inch o t the contents
he who toss won the game not I. Last
"W ith a silver hook. I suppose,” I l knew M aria had caught another Colonel M icbalovsky tried to ewaiw, pare to hustle out o' this aud take care evening while here be asked me to be
of younelvea!”
said, w ith an attem pt a t bnmor.
his wife, and I gladly evoaented .’’
sort of fish this tim e.
bat “ *• caught sod seat to Hlberie
Maria’s
Fishing
An Orange
A HUSTLING
TIME
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East 33
B 7118
201 East Water Street
PORTLAND
EAST
63
COR. EAST YAMHILL
u. s.
Laundry Company
180
G rand A venue
PORTLAND
C. J. W ILSON
Commercial Artist
and
Cartoonist
348 MARKET STREET
I’lionc Main 8645, Res. Phono E018S.
Arthur
D. Monteith
Civil and H ydraulic Engineer
587 E. 15th St. N. Portland, Ore.
General Surveying, Landscape En
gincoring, Construction Superinten
dence, Reports and Estim ates on Proj
ects, W ater Supply, Irrigation, Sewer
age.
Now Lum ber Exchange Itlilg.
\ our business should be repre
sented in THE TIMES. Wo in
terest ninety-two and one-half
per cent. THE TIMES will give
you tlie best run for your money
you ever had. Figure it out with
us.
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You can quench your in
ward fire with just as good
“ hootch” at the following
OPEN SHOP bars, and not
have the enjoyment les
sened by a big union card.
These life-saving stations
are classed as not being fair
by labor publications. Web
ster says fair means ‘ ‘ pleas
ing to the eye—beautiful.”
We claim that these places
qualify according to Web
ster-
Hof brau
128 6th St.
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327 6th St.
Houvre
4th and Alder
Perkins
5th and Washington
Schultz
5th and Washington
Quelle
6th and Stark
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