"Number six for the gentleman,", Dan?” Evening, Charley,” and so on. have stores enough to last until maple
Occasionally the Colonel swept off honey flow in April, and to determine
announced the clerk, returning to me
my change from the bill. I stuffed , his hat, with elaborate deference, to whether brood is present and the
it Into my pocket—the Colonel’s sing- j a woman, but I looked in vain for My queen laying. Care is taken that the
ular eyes followed it with uncomfort- ; Lady of the Blue Eyes. I did not brood is not chilled by exposure to
able interest. The runner picked up see her—nor did I see her peer, de cold air. Weak colonies require spec
my bag, but was interupted by my spite the fact that now and then 1 ial attention if disease is present and
observed a face and figure of apparent to prevent robbing. Colonies packed
new friend.
for the winetr are not disturbed at
“The priveledge of showing the attractiveness.
this time unless something seems to
gentleman to his quarters shall be
Does our hero find the lady of the be wrong with them.
mine.’’
"Allright, Colonel," the clerk care Blue Eyes? Don’t miss next week’s
installment.
lessly consented. “Number Six.”
Spring oatew ill do better than bar
"And my bath?" i pursued.
ley on poorly drained soils, says the
“You will be notified, sir. There
When the bees are flying freely Oregon experiment station. In west
are only five ahead of you, and one in the first warm days of March in ern Oregon the varieties, Three Grain
gentleman now in. Yuur turn will Oregon, the first inspection of the and Victory, give good results. Spring
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come in about two hours."
colonies may be made. The purpose . oats should be seeded at the rate of
In No. 6, there were three double of inspection is to see that the bees | 3 bushels to the acre.
beds: one well rumpled as if just vaca-
tie, and trousers tucked into cowhide t«d; one (the middle) tenanted by a
boots.
frowsy headed, whiskered man asleep
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It enclosed mine with a soft pulpy the third, at the other end, recently X
squeeze; and lingered.
made up by having its blanket cover
“As usual, when 1 last saw it, sir,” ing hastily thrown against a distinct
But 1 am from Al- ly dirty pillow.
I responded,
bany.”
“Your bed yonduh, suh, I reckon,”
“Of course. Albany, the capital, prompted the Colonel (whose accents
a city U> be proud of, suh. I welcome did not smack of New York at all.)
you, suh, to our West, as a fellow-
I gazed about, sickened.
citizen."
“Tehre are no private rooms?” I
“You are from Albany?" I «x- asked.
elaimed.
“Qou are perfectly private right
"Bohn and raise right near there; here, suh,” assured the Colonel. !
been there many a time. Yes, suh. “You may strip to the hide or you
From the grand old Empire State, may sleep with your boots on, and no
like yourself, suh, and without apolo questions asked. Gener’ly speaking,
gies. Whenever I meet with a New gentlemen prefer to retain a lawyer
York State man I cotton to him.”
of artifical covering—but you ain’t
“Have I your name, sir?” I in troubled much with the bugs, are you,
Makes Delicious Soup!
quired. "You know of my family, Bill?”
perhaps.”
You
would
hardly
believe that so much goodness, so much nour
He leveled his query at the frowsy,
"Colonel Jacob B. Sunderson, suh, whiskered man, who had awakened.
ishment coul dcost so little. Bdt the same is true of all odr meats,
at your service. Your family name
they are rich in food qdalities and delicious in flavor—yet our steady
"I’m too alkalied, I recon,” Bill re-
patrons save money by trading here. So can you.
sponded. "Varmints will leave me
any time when there's fresh bait han- I
FRESH, SMOKED
' dy. That’s why I likes to double up.” _
AND SALTED MEATS
The Colonel turned to me. “Shake | *
hands with my friend Mr. Bill Brady.” m
The frowsy man extended his hand.
“Proud to make yore acquiantance,
sir.”
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“I wish a room and
the hall. It is the custom, however, J
bath," I said, as I sign
foh gentlemen at tub to keep the *
ed.
bath-room door closed, in case the J
“Bath is occupied. Show
ladies promenading. I ' judge, with X
the gentlemen to Number
five ahead of you and one in, the
Six, Shorty.”
clerk was mighty near right when
“Your runner distinctly
he said about two hours, That allows
said ‘A bath for every
twenty minutes to eac hgentleman,
room,' ”
which is the limit.”
Bystanders laughed —
“What is your line of business?”
nudged one another.
i Bill invited.
"I am out here for my health, at
present,” said I. “I have been advised
PHONE RED 64
by my physician to seek a place in
the far W’est that is high and dry,
: Benton”—I laughed miserably, “cer
tainly dry. And high, judging from 3
the rates.”
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of water,” the Colonel approved. “We X
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to it and the grand old State with there is the Platte only three miles
pleasure. Doubtless I have seen you distant. The nearer proximity of
befoh, suh. Doubtless in the City—at water we consider a detriment to
Johnny Chamberlain’s? Yes?” His the robustness of a community.”
I made a meager toilet.
fishy eyes beamed upon me, and his
HORSESHOEING AND GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
“Now I am at your service during
breath smelled strongly of liquor.
“Or the Astor? I shall remember. a short period, gentlemen,” I announ-
Later I have an engagement,
Meanwhile, suh. permit me to do the ; ced.
Machine Work, Plow Share and Disc Grinding, Acetylene Welding,
honors. First, you will have a drink? and I shall ask to be excused.”
This way, suh. I am partial to a
“A litlte liquid refreshment is in
Wagon and General Wood Work. Horseshoeing A Specialty.
brand particularly to be recommend- 1 order fust, I reckon,” quoted the Colo-
“ ‘ ,
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,. , . t nel. And after that—you have sport
ed for clearing this dammable dust
guh, You wjn desire to
Heavy, well built, home made Trailers and
from one’s throat.”
take a turn or two foh the honor of
"Thank you, sir, but I prefer to tidy i the Empire State?”
Wheelbarrows. Every one fully guaranteed.
mj person, first,” I suggested.
| “If you are referring to card gam
bling. sir.” I answered, “you have
। chosen a poor companion. But I do
drand sabin
r/XUL KUDinOVIN
WHAT HAH GONE BEFORE:
It is 1 KOH and the Pacific Railroad
has reached Its newest "farthest West"
—Benton, Wyoming, a town described
as “roaring”, as each new terminus,
temporarily was.
Frank Beeson, a young man from
Albany, Now York, comes here be
cause he is in search of health and
Benton Is considered "high and dry.”
Edna Mimtoyo, u fellow passenger
on the train from Omaha, impresses
Beeson With the beauty of her eyes
and the style of her apparel. Equally
she astonishes him by taking u
"smile” of brandy before breakfurt.
A brakeman tells him she has follow
ed her man to Benton.
Jim, a typical western ruffian whom
sh «knows apparently well insults
and is floored by Frank whose prow-
ess impresses the passengers.
the natives I stumbled across a single
large room bordered at one side by
a bar and a number of small tables
(oil well patronized), and was brought
up nt the counter under the alert eyes
of a clerk coatless, silk shirted, dia-
mond-scarfed, *pomaded and slick
haired wafting with register turned
und pen extended.
"Quite right, sir,” the elerk assent
ed. “So there is. A bath for every
room and the la st bath in town. En
tirely private; fresh towel supplied.
Only one dollar und four bits. That
wjth lodging, makes four dollars and
u half. If you please, sir.”
A bitter wave of homesickness well
ed up in my throat us, conscious of
the enveloping dust, the utter shams,
the alien unsympathetic onlookers,
the sense of having been “done” and
through my own fault, I peeled a
greenback from the folded packet in
my purse and handed it over. Rather
DESERT DUST
What shall I say to a young man foolishly I intend <1 that this display
like myself, fresh from the green East
of New York and the Hudson River,
landed expectant as just aroused from
a dream of rare beauty, at this Ben
ton city, Wyoming Territory? The
dust, as fine ax powder and as white,
but shot through with the crimson of
sunset, hung like a fog, amidxt which
swelled a deafening clamor from fig
ures rushing hither and thither a-
bout the platform like half-world
shades. Two score hands grabbed at
my valise and shoved me and dragged
me.
“The Desert Hotel. Best in the
West. This way, sir.”
Free
“Buffalo Hump <
drinks at the Buffalo Hump.”
A deep voice boomed, stunning me
“The Queen, the Queen! Bath for
every room, individual towels. The
Queen, the Queen, she’s clean, she’s
clean.”
The promise of "individual towels,”
won me over.
We left the station platform and
went ploughing up a street over shoe
tops with the impalpable dust. The
noises as from a great city swelled
strident. But although pedestrians
streamed to ami fro, the men In mot
ley complexions and costumes, the
women, some of them fashionably
dressed, with skirts eddying furiously,
and wagons rolled, horses cantered,
fund« should rebuke this finicky
and from right to left merchants clerk; but he acceptd without comment
and hwakers seemed to be calling and sought for the change from the
their wares, of city itself I could see twenty.
only the veriest husk.
“And how is old New York, suit?”
The majority of the building were
A hearty, florid, heavy-faced man
mere canvass- faced up for a few
with
singularly protruding flshy eyet
feet, perhaps, with sheet iron or
flimsy boards; mterperxed there were and a tobncco-stained yellowish goate<
a few wooden structures, rough und underneath n loosely dropping lowei
lip, had stepped forward, his pudgy
unpainted.
hand outstretched to me: a man in
I was ushered into a widely-open wide-brimmed dusty black hat, frayed
tent-building whose canvass sign de and dusty but, in spots, shiny black
pending above a narrow veranda de
clared: “The Queen Hotel. Bebs broadcloth frock coat spattered down
the lapels, exceedingly soiled collar
$3. Meals $1 each.”
Now as whitely powered ns nny of and shirt front and greasy flowing
Dayton Meat Co.
Baby Gifts
Everything for the Baby
Dayton Pharmacy
Bargains In
REAL ESTATE
Read The Following BARGAINS Over Very Carefully
151 acres wjth 40 acres in cultivation. Good sandy loam. There is about 50 acres of
good miked timber on this place. 20 acres in hops. Good 4 roomed house. Hop
house with 2 30-foot kilns and store room. This is a good buy and worth your while
to go into details.
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67 acres, nil in cultivation All level. Good blnck loam. No Timber nnd all fenced
with good woven wire, t miles from R. R. station. Good well. Good house, Barn
32x2G with shed on side 18 foot wide. Might consider trade for chicken ranch. This:
is only priced at $5250, with $2000 cash and the balance on reasonable terms.
HERE IS A DANDY, 5 miles from town and on first class gravel road. 1% miles
from school and l'i miles from church. Good black loam soil with ciay sub-soil.
HO acres in cultivation. There is 37 acre* which can be cultivated and there is no
waste land. Has phone, R. F. D. and milk route. There is a good well. 35 feet,
which supplies ample water the year around. Good 6 roomed house. Barn36x20
with sheds ang garage 16x10. LOOK INTO THIS.
151 Acres. 4'room house, good hop house, other out buildings, 20 acres hops in hearing
nnd in good condition, 15 acres more cleared land, 50 acres timber, balance brush, on
good gravel road nnd all good land, this is a real bargain at the price asked.
120 nrces hill land, 8 miles front town, 3 room house, burn for 10 cattle and I horses,
wagon shed, hog house, chicken house, some fruit, 40 arces in cultivation, 30 acres in
timber, balance stump pasture. PRICE $1,000.00. Will accept trade on this—what
have your to offer—there is about $800.00 ngainst this place (Federal Loan)
20 acres, adjoining town, fine large house, everything just the way you want it with
plenty of buildings, plenty of fruit, about 5 acres in pasture. If you have $6,000.00 to
invest you surely would have to look a long time to equal this tract.
J. E. PROFFITT
Phone Red 31
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THE DAYTON TRIBUNE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, lf»27
REAL ESTATE
P. 0. Box 1S8
Dayton, Oregon
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shall be glad to have you show me
whatever you think worth while in
the city, so far as I have the leisure.”
“That’s it, that’s it, suh,” The
Colonel appeared delighted. “Let us
libate to the gods of chance, gentle
men: and then take a stroll.”
After a round of drinks—I took
lemonade—we issued into the street.
Surely such a hotch-potch never
before populated an American town:
Men flannel shirted, high booted,
bearded, with formidable revovlers,
| balanced, not infrequently, by sheath-
ed butcher-knives—men whom I took
to be teamsters, miners, railroad grad-
ers and the like.
Of the women I saw several in
amazing costumes of tightly fitting
black like ballet girls, low necked,
short skirted, around the smooth
waists snake-skin belts supporting
handsome little pistols and dainty
poignards. Contrasted, there were
women in gowns and bonnets that
would do them credit anywhere in
New York, and some, of course, more
commonly attired in calico and ging
ham as proper to the humbler sta
tion of laundressess, cooks, and so
forth.
“How are you on the goose, sir?”
Bill demanded of me.
“The goose?” I uttered.
“Yes. Keno.”
“I am a stranger to the goose,”
said I.
He grunted.
“It give a quick turn for a small
stake. So do the three card and
rondo.”
Of passageway there was not much
choice between the middle of the
street and the borders.
Seemed to me as we weaved along
through groups of idlers and among
busily stepping people that every
other shop was a saloon with door
widely open and bar and gambling
tables well attended.
My guides nodded right and left
with “Hello, Frank,” “Howare you
Fred Anderson
-OREGON
DAYTON,
QUALITY
SERVICE
ECONOMY
HIBBERT’S GROCERY
Always a complete line of Fancy and Staple Groceries, Fruits
and Vegetables in Season.
Get Our Prices. They Are Right
“Picket Flour” (An IdahoHard Wheat Blend) at $2.05 per sack.
$8.00 per barrel. Our trade has give this flour a thorough test
and pronounce it excellent.
Corn “Pride of the Valley” (A Maryland Standerd Corn) No. 2
tins 3 for 35c.
A. & L. Brand Green Stringless Cut Refugee Beans.
2 for 35c.
Stag Brand Oysters. 4 oz tin 15c.
ripe tomatoes, large size bottle 20c
No. 2 tin
Sonoma Catsup, from choice
"
“Pono Brand” Pineapple (In sliced or grated) No. 1 flat tin 15c
Complete line of Men’s and Boy’s Work Cloths. ..W'eyenbergs
Shoes for Men.
Complete line of Men’s and Boy’s work cloths. Weyenberg Shoes
for Men.
HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL BOOKS AAND SUPPLIES
Phone RED 28
Dayton, Oregon