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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1925)
GREAT GAME By AGNES L. PROVOST ( by Short Story Pub. Co. IT WAS a big day at the old Gutten burg track before the anti-gambling amendment had made Gutten burg a stale and profitless thing and as it was also a holiday, there were at least four thousand men crowding and pushing one another in the pool room. There were three men among the four thousand who were vitally inter ested in each other's movements, but It was not until they came In from the second heat that Mr. William Lyman address not found in the directory discovered J. Brownley of the San Francisco detective force standing be fore the boards, well In front of the crowd and apparently studying the odds with thoughtful eye. it oc curred to Sir. Lyman that J. Brown ley's other eye was keeping watch on the rear exits. Mr. Lyman melted away Into the crowd like a fog before the sunshine, being by nature ever modest and re tiring when an official appeared on the landscape. He wriggled his way back until he sighted his friend and co-partner, Mr. Collins, and retired with him from the range of Inquisitive ears. "Mickey," he mumbled cautiously: "We're pinched." "II 1 1" observed Mr. Collins pro fanely, staring around him In an un pleasantly suspicious manner. "Sure thing. Brownley's up in front. He's done up something great, but you can't fool me on Brownley. It's him sure." Mr. Collins expressed a desire that the Immortal part of J. Brownley might be subjected to a roasting process for an Indefinite futurity. Un der stress of emotion. Mr. Collins was apt to be vituperative. "He's fullered us all the way from 'Frisco," he grumbled wrathfully, "an" three times this month we've Just got off with our necks. The only way to get rid of Brownley Is to kill him." "And have the whole United States know we did It? Not on your tintype, Mickey, I don't throw my head away like that. Never kill a man unless you have to. S'pose you sneak around front and see if the road's clear for a break." Mr. Collins worked his way swiftly back to the front entrances and cas ually looked out. One would have said that he was enjoying the beauty of the cloudless sky so Innocently distant and abstracted was his gaze; certainly no one would have suspected that he saw two men look quickly at him and away. Mr. Collins took out a cigar, lit it deliberately, cocked his brown derby at a trifle more pre 1 cipltous angle on the back of his head, and sauntered buck Into the pool room. I The two men outside looked at one nnother, and moved closer. They were in no hurry. J. Brownley's or ders were that unless these two shy birds could be captured together at the track, they were to be quietly and cautiously followed to their lairs, and there Invited to take up their resi dence in the nearest police station. ' The reasons why Messrs. Lyman and Collins were so greatly In demand were numerous and Interesting. These were versatile gentlemen, and If one vocation proved Irksome or unhealth ful from the legal point of view, they could always pass on to nnother. At one time they had been Interested In a quiet little gambling Institution in St. Louis, whose light had gone out suddenly under the police snuffers. After this there had been a period of financial depression, during which they appeared In a new locality with a little scheme for Investigating the contents of safes without disturbing the com bination. The patent Is not known to be filed at Washington, and after one experiment In particular, when they dropped hastily through the back win dow of a banking establishment, leav ing their tools and taking with them a bullet In Mr. Collins' leg, the In ventors retired into oblivion and took up the somewhat hazardous profes sion In which they had dabbled once before that of reproducing United States legal tender. Some of their work was artistic to a degree, but courts and grand Juries have no soul for art, and knowing this, these re sourceful gentlemen stopped after floating a goodly number of their mas terpieces, and tripped away to new .fields of enterprise, with the diligent J. Brownley close upon their heels. They found It convenient to change their occupation frequently, as well as their post office address; it diverted the otfclul mind, and kept It guessing. Mr. Collins found his partner In a marvelously short time; he was used to it. He shook tils head a trifle, which meant that their Immediate fu ture was not of an encouraging na ture. Mr. Lyman thrust out his under Up In token of his displeasure, as they .edged away from their nearest neigh bors. "If we run for It when the crowd (goes out to the track, there'll be a million smart Alecks ready to help 'em catch us." he mused discontentedly. I "I think they mean to catch us here I If they can, or track us down to a good place and nab us. But they don't know that we're onto 'em. We'll fool ,'em. We might raise a big row, I Mickey, and light out In the racket We'll stampede the crowd, that's It!" Mr. Lyman radiated good nature again, as he thought of the mischief at his command. Fire?" queried Mr. Collins du biously. M'm, co, Mickey; that's an old gag. We'll do somethln' original. Brown ley's In front of the whole bunch- awful reckless to stand In front of a crowd the other chaps are back of It, and we'll keep about three-quarters back, and save our shins while we lose the other fellows. Chase, Mickey ; It's 'most time for the start." Mr. Collins was not a man of many words, but his little eyes twinkled as Mr. Lyman hastily told him what to do. He wriggled swiftly away, lost himself in the tldckest of the crowd and managed to get his brown derby knocked off. When he came up from searching for it in the press, several feet from where he had been, he had In his hand a large and rakish light felt, which he tilted well over one eye. He was now ready for business, and If there were any Investigating gentle men craning their necks to see a man in a brown derby, they nilssed him. Then Lyman caught Collins' eye over the heads of a dozen or more men, and pulled out a huge roll of bills which ran Into the thousands, flutter ing them over with the air of a man who has plenty more, and will risk the whole business with all the pleasure In the world. He turned his back de liberately upon Collins, who edged his way toward him, watching him with sharp but furtive eyes. A swift hand shot toward the roll of bills, but Lyman was ready for It His revolver flashed out as he whirled around and faced the dodging Collins; the hand with the bills was crammed safely In his pocket. "Look out In front I" he yelled, lev eling the weapon at Collins' head, and a score of men In the line of his aim melted away with warning shouts and Jammed against those in front. Only twenty, certainly no more, but the mis chief was done. It is marvelous how slight a thing may set a great crowd in motion. Up at the front Brownley turned In surprise as he heard a roar behind him. Four thousand men, not more than twenty of whom knew the cause for their flight, were bearing down on him in a howling, fear-stricken mob, sweeping toward the rear exits. The old Guttenburg pool room was not as lavishly provided with exits as the more modern structures, and a mob there was a thing to flee from. There was but one thing to do, and that was to run for life or death In the same direction. Even as he ran Brownley saw men piling on each oth er In layers In their frantic efforts to Jump from the windows, but he shot past them for the broader exit ahead and felt himself whiz dizzily through the air as he took a flying Jump Into the hack enclosure and landed on all fours on something soft and struggling a man of vast circumference, who swore frightfully at the concussion. A pain shot through Brownley's foot, but he rolled swiftly to one side, Just as the pushing, struggling mass poured out on the ground. It was over In three minutes, and men rushed from all sides to disen tangle the heaped-up muss of human ity. Many picked themselves up and limped off, disheveled and cursing, but some had to be lifted carefully, with broken ribs and legs, and bleeding faces, and above and around there was a babel of excited questions. Bolls of money had disappeared In the rush, watches were lost and hats gone, but no one knew what had happened. Later, some of the few who had seen It told how slight a matter had started a great stampede, and J. Brownley swore to himself as he went through the streets In an ambulance, with a leg and ankle that would lay him up for weeks to come, and ten thousand bruises distributed Impartially over his person, but Messrs. William Lyman and M. Collins were far away, speed ing through the land In a pullman car and drinking cool drinks. Kven J. Brownley and his exasperated aides did not guess that they had done this thing. "It was a great game." sighed Mr. Collins contentedly, tapping his glass with his Angers and noting with dreamy satisfaction that their nearest fellow traveler was three chairs away. "It was the slickest thing I've seen this season, and there was lots of money dropped or pinched In the shuffle. I went In with the crowd, BUly, and I made some fair pickings myself." "So did I," admitted Mr. Lyman with a reminiscent chuckle. "We've made the haul of our lives this day, and if Brownley wasn't killed, It'll take him all summer to piece himself to gether again. It certainly was a great game, Mickey. We'll work it again." I -4 mi rt HOAT m NIGHT VISIBILITY IS OF IMPORTANCE rounding through the night with black darkness at your sides and be hind you, and only a ribbon of light piercing the veil In front of you may bring a thrill, or it may bring disaster. The narrow country road unfolds, to be plunged again behind you. You take the dips and curves, leap over bridges and culverts, flash past sign posts, the thrumming of your motor drowning out all other sounds. That's the thrill of it. But there's others on the road besides yourself, and that may bring disaster. Any motorist w ho has driven nn au tomobile at night has experienced an uneasy feeling when meeting or pass ing nnother car where the road-edge Is blotted out by the darkness, and there Is no wny to tell how far one can turn out In safety. Many a fender has been ripped and bent be cause the driver was afraid of golnc Into the ditch which he couldn't see and more than on" serious acci dent has been due to the inability of the driver to see the road-edge. Even with the advantages of good headlights and the use of dimmers the driver is badly handicapped unless he can clearly distinguish the edge of the road line, and know at a glance Just how far he can turn out. Those drivers who are fortunate enough to have hard paved roads In their com munities are well aware of the advan tages of such roads for night driving. I'aved road edges nre easily seen In the darkness. They net as a guide line for the driver, showing him at n glance Just where the road leaves off and the ditch begins. There Is no straining of the eyes when one Is driving. Dark objects nre easily dis tinguished, nnd a horse-drawn vehicle or any other occupant of the road can be clearly seen from a distance. Out In California, where over 2.500 miles of smooth ronds are In use, their advantage for night driving so ap pealed to the Los Angeles and Snnta Barbara Motor Express company that that a letter was sent t.y the manager of the company to the Los Angeles county hoard of supervisors nsklng thnt hard-surface construction be used In building new roads. This company operates n fleet of trucks over a num ber of routes, many of the trips being made at night. In mountainous sec tions the need for clear vision at night Is even more pronounced than on flat stretches of road, for If a driver should turn out too far to the side of the road a hnd spill might result. The experience of this company and the experiences of all those who drive at night carry a lesson for the motor ing public. The driver has been told time and again to be careful. His motor club Is constantly working on plans to assure the safety of the auto owner. Anything thnt leads to safety on the road should be given particular attention, and when new roads are to be built careful consideration should be given to the feature of vis ibility nt night LIVESTOCK m NEWS PORTI AND OFFERS A MARKET V-rlX 1 t-iTLllJL FOR YOUR ppnnnrr IMPROVE METHODS FOR RANGE SHEEP Portland, Oregon. FOR YOUR PRODUCE VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PLAYS Complete Change Saturday Adults, Week day Matinee 20c; Evenings, 35c. Continous 1 to 11 p. m. Children 10 cents all times Do you remember when the only In vestment a sheep man had was in his camp outfit and in his sheep? Such a business could be managed to yield a profit by methods which would spell ruin If owned by the range sheep man today. The sheep man of todny must own or lease land to stay In the business. This land must be purchased or leased to maintain watering places, to con trol and be assured of sufficient range, or produce feed for feeding. It Is even necessary to own Improved ranch property before a permit will be granted upon the national forests. In vestments have also been made In dip ping vats, warehouses, storehouses, lambing sheds and the like. All of these mean Increased capitalization. A man with 800 to 1,000 breeding ewes can easily have nn Investment In his rnnge business of $12,000 to $14,000. Such an inetuiem requires mann gerial ability Better Franklin Service Storage and General Repairing ANDERSON & RICE, MW&tI?Vth Portland, Ore Vitaminea The word "vltamlne" was first used by Dr. Casmlr Funk, when be fancied he had prepared a pure or nearly pure form from rice polishlngs by extract ing them with alcohol and purifying the extract, which when applied even In very small doses whs capable of cuilng polyneuritis In pigeons In a startling manner. The derivation of the word is obvious, from vita, life, and amine, an ammonia derivative, because It appeared to be a substance necessary for the maintenance of life and health and was thought to contain nlfogen In amine form. Chocolate From the Air Friends and neighbors were making merry at a birthday party at the home of Andrew Lucas. Tarentum. I'a., when a box of chocolates fell to the lawn as the giant dirigible Los Angeles was passing over that district "Have some chocolate and be happy. Re gards to all," read the note which was signed by L. W. Llambley, ship cook. Benefit of Motor Trucks in Transportation Seen "Marked progress In the methods of handling shipments has been made during the last ten years," said George M. Graham, chairman of the trnfflc planning and safety committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Com merce, spenklng before the traffic club of New York. The Traffic club is com posed of railroad men and shippers. "The shift In population In our cities from 40 per cent In 1000 to 51.4 per cent In 1020 bus called for n reorgan ization of shipping facilities, with par ticular need for big local terminal op erations. "The rallmen In the face of great obstacles have been meeting this sit uation effectively. Fortunately the de velopment of the motor vehicle has come about In this period, providing rapid transportation In the short-huul local field. In 1014 the country was absorbing 25,000 motor tracks a year, and today about 400.000 new trucks are being purchased annually. "This new development means better service for the public nnd more profits for the railroads which are engaging in truck operation Prom the public standpoint the carrying of goods promptly from the railroad terminal by motor truck means a great having of time. From the mil standpoint the truck provides an econoinlcul means of carrying goods In less than carload lots over short hnuls." Mr. Graham also emphasized the need on the part of all transportation authorities to safeguard the public. He pointed out thnt the motor world Is demanding the severest punishment for reckless driven" sod Is seeking the best methods of traffic control. Got Idea Worth While. CUT FLOWERS & FLORAL DESIGNS The saw is said to have been in- Clarke Bros., Florists, X87 Morrison St. vented in ancient Rome by a man named Talus. He came upon the jaw bone of a large snake, and employed it to cut through a piece of wood. He then formed an instrument of iron similar to the snake's Jawbone and this was the first metal saw. Sawmills came into existence In central Europo early in tho Fifteenth century. Fish That Climbs. Scientific investigation into the hab its of fishes has shown that many of them are by no means helpless when nut cf wner. There is. for instance, a and the adoption Of .tropical liab known as tho climbing j . j ii a mouern ana uppitneu metm.os ., wh,ch h (n curious ,.,, - ...v - nana of Bcrambllng by means of its fins, up stones, roots, nnd even the not needed In the old days Aside from an lncrense In capitali zation, there has been nn lncrense In the operating expenses. The sheep have been crowded out of the land which formerly afforded rnnge, nnd now they must be fed hny during tho winter. Labor charges have advanced, due to advances In the wage scale nnd nlso hecniise the flocks have de creased In size. In order to realize a profit from the business It Is necessnry to lncrense the per cent of lnmhs dropped. A great loss of lambs Is suffered from dropping to docking time. A range sheep mnn on the Colorado National forest hnd 20 per cent Inmh loss dur ing this time. He plnns n lambing shed to reduce this loss. Many rnnge sheep men have found thnt the saving In lambs soon pays for the cost of the lambing shed. B. W. Fairbanks, ICx tenslon Service, Colorado Agricultural College. trunks of trees, In search of the in sets on which it feeds. Auction Sales "In Reverse" "Dutch" auctions, In which the property is offered at a certain price and lowered by degrees until a hid is forthcoming, were once common, and still are in some countries. A luw of Henry VII's time, afterward confirm ed by Charles I, prohibited the con ducting of auction sales by all per sons except certain licensed officials known as outropers. Hogs Require Shade and Clean Water in Summer Shade nnd clenn wnter during the summer months nre essential to suc cessful pork production. All kinds of hogs must have shade. Too much di rect sunlight and heat Is n frequent cruse of hogs fulling to thrive nnd Is often the cnuse of hogs dying. Dur ing July nnd August smnll pigs often blister on the back! and about the ears which causes. In some cases, se vere Infections nnd bad sores. Expensive shelter Is not necessnry. Shade trees provide nmple protection. Where no trees exist temporary shade mny bo provided by the covering of n frame with canvas, under which the hogs may go for protection. Some pro ducers build Individual hoghouses with sides that may be lifted to pro vide an Increased amount of shade during the summer months. This plan furnishes ahnde for hogs where only a few nre kept. Clean fresh water for drinking and wallow Is equally as Important as, or more Important than, shade. The old time wallow hole covered with scum which was once also the drinking foun tain, Is no longer In favor with the successful hog bn sder. Hogs must have wnter to drink, and If they enn not get fresh, clean water In the trough or fountain, they will drink where they enn find It, regardless of Its condition. This fact has caused some to believe that hogs prefer noth ing better, but they do, nnd will dem onstrate the fact when they are libit to get fresh water from the well. Jade Is Deceptive Gem. Pearls and jnde nre two precious gems widely worn by women today and one cause of their popularity is the difficulty of telling at it glance the eal from the artificial. This is espe- ially true of jade, even when laid side by side. There is no perceptible difference, even to an expert, between one piece that costs a few dollars and one that costs hundreds. Off-Flavors From Turnips Feeding turnips to dm at tne raft of 15 pounds, an hour nefore milking, produces objectionable flavors and odors In the milk i careful Invest! gation recently conUdttnl st the o ernment experimental fi nn found the above true. It wa aiio round that In creasing the allowance i a full feed of TO pounds greatly increased the In tensity of the objectionable odor nnd flavors. Proper aeration greatly re duced flie intensity of strong flavors and odors in the milk. JV.V.XW.V.V.XW.V.V.V.V.V Live Stock Notes VAWAWA'AWAWAWAI Don't feed moldy, or spoiled silage Don't put fresh feed In dirty or sour troughs. Don't forget to salt nil nnlmnls reg- ulnrly. e Don't feed milk from tuberculous cattle to your nnlmals. Keep the brood sows on the farm hogs nre going to be high the coming yenr. Supplement pasture with sumdeot grain to keep the hogs In good thrifty condition. I'rotect cattle, horses, and motet from the torment of the biting fly and the horn fly by using fly repellunts. About 62 per cent of purebred live stock Is marketed directly for meat purposes. . Low ceilings for hoghouses save heat and lumber. Hut don't overlook the necessity of ventilation and sun shine. Two litters of not less than seven pigs each, raised to maturity each year, more than double average profits from hogs. WE BUY Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mohair, Tallow, Cascara Bark Horse Hair. Send us your ihtpOMAtft. W nmil you check tlif UM day we receive khhIh. Portland Hide & Wool Co. 105 UNION HVINUE NORTH, PORTLAND, 0M00N. WHY Experiment! Years in netual practice in Portland an a Spinolonjat speciali.inir In rheu matic' ncuralRia. neuritirt ami all Head wwaknt'HMc. If help you want. Heck the oldoHt in Its nrk. Geo. S. Breitling, D. C. fiUfi llruaihvay Bldff, 1'ortlunil, Oregon Save this Card. Old German Industry. Most (Jermans wear spectacles or eyeglasses and Germany Is the center of the optical Industry, The quality of its crystal lenses is very high. Nurnberg, Augburg and Ratisbdh early had their optical factories. Tho eye glass factory in Halhenau, founded by the Prussian governmenl. bus cele brated Its one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary. Striking Effect of Diet. Our llnclo Abuer says that, as he looks around nmong mankind in gen eral and a few that ho might mention in particular! bo is more than ever convinced that a man is whut he eats and that a largo percentage of them eiil prunes. Liberty (Ohio) Press. Beginning of Printing John Fust established a printing of fice at Menlz or Mainz. In llesse, tier many, and printed a Look with the Latin title "Tractatus P iri Ilispnui." in the year 1112. John Cultenberg in vented cut metal types and used I hem in printing the earliest edition of the Latin Bible between tho years 1450 and 1456. First Playing Cards. Our present-day cards--at least a close resemblance to them- were de signed In 1392 by Jacques (Iringon- neur, court painter to Charles VI of France, who hnd lost his reason. Grlngonneur founded his pack on a regular system. Shades of Mark TwainI A patron ol the Boston public li brary writes this to tho editor of n lloslon newspaper: "The oilier day while n Hi.. Boston library 1 had 0C easiou to ask un attendant thero where on the shelves could be found a copy of "Tom Sawyer." Imagine my surprise when she replied. 'Who Is it by?' And this Is Hoston, too." Salt as a Symbol. From earliest times salt lias stood is a symbol of both In. necessaries and the savor of life, and a present of salt Is to Indicate the kindly wish that life may never lack nnd may never lose its zest. Accomplishments. The fact Is thut to do anythnig in this world that is worth doing we must not stand back shivering and thinking of tin! cold nnd danger, but jump in anil scramble through as well as we can. Sidney Smith. Origin of a Name. Mow many people know thnt serge taki's It name from China, when It was Introduced Into Knglund In 1CG0? The Latin name for China Is Sellcum, which gradually has changed Into the modern word serge. Happiness for All. Happiness Is a wayside flower, free to all who will pluck It not a rare orchard to be purchased by the rich. -M. (!. Wood hull. Strange Death Pact. A strange death pact of lovers was revealed at a corner's inquiry at Jo hannesburg A nurfS was fOttnd stab bed with ii pair of scissors. BtfOfQ she died, tho coroner said, r.he slab bed her lover with n hatpin, which penetrated, his heart. First to Foresee Eclipse. The first man, so far as historical records show, to calculate I he limit of nn eclipse In advance was Tilling- of Miletus, who lived CIO to Hlifi 11. t'. He prophesied an eclipse which, ac cording to modem reckoning, took place March' 28, 685 B, '. First Drilled Needles. The first drilled eye needles wore made In till. It was not until 1S7Q that needles were made entirely by mechanical process and not until 1885 that they were finished by machine. Odd German Custom. On "Polte Abend," or the night be fore the wedding, Hermans break crockery OUtSidS the door of the bride to be, and both she anil the groom must sweep it up. South African Mines. The mining Industry spends $laO, 0(10,000 a year In South Africa and pro vides directly or Indirectly 40 per cent of the union and provincial revenues. Camphor for Stains. Camphor removes many stains. Fruit Juice will often disappear when rubbed with a dampened bit of cam phor; and a few drops of camphor on a soft duster removes somo marks from a mirror. You Want a Good Position Very well Take the Accountancy ana Boiilriree Management, Private leoTatart il. i '.i ! ii la tor. Comptametar, Utanoarra ji,i". I'enmat -Mb. ur oanaaretaJ Teajta ra' Course at Behnke-Walker Patching Wall Paper. When BMMMUng wall paper, never cut regular patch, but tear off a stufl'l cently largo piece and paste It over tho place, carefully matching tho pat tern. This patch will show far less than If the edKcs are cut square. Her Observations. Bystander -"Did you Ret the num ber of the car that knocked you down, madam?" Victim "No, but the hussy that was driving It wore a three pleco tweed suit, lined with canton crepe, and she had on n periwinkle hut, trimmed with artificial cherries." -Kverybody's Magazine. The ewe with twin lambs should produce much more milk and conse quently needs more feed than Is best for the ewe thut Is feeding only one p. n. U. lamb. The foremost Bualneaa Collet; of tha N'orthwent which ha wan mar Accuracy Awarda ami (Jolr) M4al than any ether chool In America. Bene for our Bucaae ("atalcur Fourth Htreet near Morrtaoa. Cortland, fir lic M Walker Prea. No. 35, 1920 Birmingham Weather. Only OOCCi In the history of liirmlng ham, Ala., has tho thermometer fall en below zero. New Fluff Rtigs Made From Old Carpets "Wear Like Iron." I -.! : I ' . r.'i with (lit Mftfiufarturrr. Absolut Ha tia ftc twn (junraf itmi. Kntj In Yuur Mu UiriMl ur Vi nt? for The. WKSTKKN FLUFF UN) COMPANY. it I ill-it. A .'-i.'ii' Nor. I'ortlmuJ, OrevoD
