T re c k "
he
asked
q u ick ly.
“ who
mated.
f.K
^//ib a n y_ £ 7 )ire cto ry
After the Yean
Edwards smiled
H e took a
I
John Anderson, my foe, John,
,,wns this land around here?"
from his pocket and prepared
When N atn-e first began
•T m ont aure.” Freck said, "but I It to the waiting Scrottles ”1 think
think a man named Ridge In Kansas , fb#t wU, te|| y o u ,
To try her canny hand. John,
City owns IL "
H er master work was man, •
Scrottles looked at the top line aa-J
l b a n y b a k in g co
-W e ll. I don't think be la going to his face went blank.
And you amaog them a*, John,
L
405 West First
" I don't see
.,wn It very long.” M r Brent anxwered
B V T T M K -X U T B R E A D
bow,” he said. "Thle seems to be a
Sae trig frae top to toe —
•By the way. Freck, you’ve got a good warrant for arrest."
She proved herself nae jarney work
Cut
flowers
A lbany Floral Co.
head on you. Now let's see how tight
Edwards laughed. “I gave you the
John Anderson, my Joe.
you can keep it sh u t W e ll save the wrong paper.
You’ll And out about - » sud pianti. Floral art for every
crawdad business until another time
John Anderson, my Joe,^ohn,
that a fte r a while. Tbls Is tbe one I and all occasions.
Flow er phone 458-f.
In tbs meantime I've got several Intended to give you. It comes from j
When we were fiist sequent
things to transact in Kansas City
Mr. Brent " H e handed him a paper. ,
Y o u r locks were lik e tbe raven,
A L .B 4 N Y
STATB B A N K — We
I>et s go down to Aunt M argie’s and “I sm acting as h it representative.
Your home brow was breut.
« » m u te 'your business. Savings and
borrow another horse. I want you to You are discharged
Tut new ye ha, g n wn ai 1 ‘ , Jol n ;
commerciti
aceounta.
Capital,
surplus.
show me the way to the railroad eta
"Discharged T ‘
I undivided profits. flOO.lOo.
Your locks are like the snow,
tlon.'
Five men came to their feet.
Y’et blessings on ycur trosty pow,
“Yes.
W e ll talk about that later
¡1A5I BERN'S GROCERY
John Andersen, my Joe.
on
Right now I have something to J -4
-till and Lyons Street
CHAPTER IX
say affecting this merger. M r. Brady. The place Io huv good groceries at th<
T, . I don't . , right price
On the corner, plenty o
as far as you are concerned.
Outside of the Door.
Yes, now we are aged and gray, Maggie,
to P4' “ A,ban?
Five men were gathered around a care what you do. But for Mr. Tern-
L ike waves by tbe wild breakers firing,
tabic in the directors’ room of tbs pest and his associates I am holding
p ? K D 8ALES AND SERVICE But to me you're as fair as you were
forth
a
proposition
to
you
to
ally
your
Arna'gamated
Foundry
company.
floevnun V « c w t a m
*■
Tires and accessorie»
selves with the American syndicate,
Maggie,
Kepairs
"W ell. I l l show you there la. M> Three of them represented Interests
nnd
thereby
save
yourselves
much
un
W hen you and I were young.
■ C w otiauad i
The two
K ik k -P ollak M oto * C o .
Brent answered.
“I t ’ll he a cinch. In St. Louis and Denver.
desirable competition. The American
• Why. not h alf working ! got way over others were John Brady and Philip
syndicate Is now In a position to do
jrttniller Furniture Co., fum i.
a bushel today. I took em up to the Scrottles
CHAPTER VIII
The General Motors corpora
|
M r. Tempest of St. Louis roee. "1 about as It pleases In tbls field. Inas
ture, rugs, linoleum, stoves ranges.
cave. Come on up
W e’ll get some full to see. Mr. Scrottles,” be aaltl, much as It came Into possession this Funetal directors. 417-433 west First tion has forced Henry Ford out
j te w . without any word from your em morning of the Amalgamated Foundry street, Albany, Oregon,
ami fix' em for supper."
Magnate of Crawdada.
of his shell and he announces a
It was three da*s a fter hl« confer
company.”
He led the way t« the cave and
new type of Ford automobile,
ployer.
you
can
he
»tire
o
f
throwing
There was a moment of alienee. Not
eece with young M r Edward« that started Io enter. He stopped, shoved
^IN T£L WRECKING CO
.
J ,
•" w ™ -
this plant of M r Brent’a Into thia af
prettier and more convenient.
Thomas Krent lay In u «hndy »pot la-
hl« hoi de In his pocaeta and whistled I . . .
, , .
«36 West 1st
one of (he men In the room. I ’hllli
.
... I fa ir.
J tlon t
see why the Kelly
Since the former company began
side Indian creek ronteniplnllng n t fo i e gunnyserk . . had . tipped
over, spill '
Used Farts for all cars
Scrottles and John Brady least o f nil
advertising in country newspa-
large soiled package and a number of • t g the crawfish ncL and they were Griggs company should be given the
could
find
words
to
speak.
Serottlet
balance of power In tbls thing. Of
email atlcks wilh atr.ng« attached
st a toped
goods, pers its output of Chevrolets has
I
J
eiiiHtlching,
busily making their escape ; but In
course. I am only the representative merely stood by the table and gasped * * fancy work of
Freck was In IW a o n ; he was luaklug ■tend of hurrying down the bank
II kinds at the
beaten all records. Eut to beat
He opened Ills mouth ouce or twice
SFEC1AI.T V SUOI
dully trips there now on a flea hit ten toward I he stream, they were going iu o f my plant. but I f this Is to be a
then closed It wordlessly.
Edward- 31 b West second st.
the
Chevrolet Ford will need to
merger,
I
want
them
to
have
as
much
luare Width Mr. Brent bad bought exactly the opposite direction Into tbe
stood by the door, still smiling,
representation as anyone.
do similar advertising. This goes
from Aunt Margie, and waiting at the deepest darkness of the cave Itself.
“You say and M r. Brady says," Mr. ently he stepped to cne side as th< U OEMAN & JACKSON
against his grain.
telegraph office for any message that
"Now what do you think o f those
knob turned and there entered a sun
Tempest
continued, “th a t ihe Kelly
Grocery— Bakery
might come for M r Thomas Brent lie
fool«, anyway?" Mr. Brent asked,
Griggs company Is going to take over browDed man whose eyes bore a E v e ry th in g in the line of eats
did not return Io the csve until eve
turning to Freck. “ What do you sup
It has been shown conclusive
tw inkle and whose hands were rough
Opposite Fostoffice
nlng and M r Brent had the who.-- pose they are going hack In that cave the Amalgamated Foundry company
ly in all cow testing associations
causing them to come Into the merger and darkened from life in the open.
day to himself.
fo rr
"Good morning, gentlemen," he said U U B C u n f s e t i o n e r », Noon that the highest producing cows
with an amount of capital that would
"It's lime I was getting Freck start
Freck scratched hla sandy hair.
* * lunches
Home-made candy and
fa r overbalance what capital
we cheerily.
achieve their records through
ed In some business,'* he mused: “That'« a funny thing to me,” he said
ice cream
Ftrst street next doot ro
ft was M r. Thomas Brent.
smaller fry have, and throw ing tbe
the consumption of grain. Grain
"something wlmre he can live out In
Blain
Clothing
Go.
"They must know where they're going,
Scrottles started fo rw a rd
"M r I
running o f affairs Into the hands of
the conntry.
I don’t believe you M r.' B re n t
feeding pays with good cows. It
You can take crawfish the larger holders of capital. In other Brent," he said, "this young upstart !
IM P E R IA L CAFE, 209 W. First does not pay with poor cows.
eould change that hoy to s city Job" two blocks front w afer and they'll go
this— "
word«,
we
would
simply
be
coniine
*
Harold
G.
M
urphy
Prop.
Suddenly he slapped h it thigh heavily right hgck to It etralght as a bee line
“Hello, Scrottles!" Brent beamed.
Into this affair to be fleeced."
Phone 665
and pawed for the pockage of mesi
There mast be water In thia cave
"By the way, how much was this
W e NEVER CLOSE
"Not at all I Not at all I” M r. Scrot
He undid the wrapper, displaying a somewhere.“
ties said. ‘ O f course, If you don't care young upstart getting when he was
large beef liver, and then began cut I
"W ell, there Is n 't We were all the
head of the checking department?"
|o draw up the agreement for the mer
fe n n in g s A uto T op S h o p — A u to
ting It In amtdl hunks and tying one wny through It the other duy. weren't
"
why— ” Scrottles was starn " trim m in "g.
ger,
we
ran
leave
the
companies
sepa
g , seat covers end w inter in-
Io every hit of string. Then, slicking we?"
j
i
i j
tnerlng
closures. 202 E Second. Phone 418J.
rate, hut I give you my word of honor
the poles In the bank of the stream
"There must be water somewhere.
"Tell the truth," Edwards said.
N. L. Jennings Manager
the
Amalgamated
Is
to
he
bought
bj
about a foot apart, he sank the liver Just the sam e,' Freck answered.
’Yes," broke In M r. Brent, “be a
M r Brady. Before Mr. Brent left h"
and began Io await developments.
"W ell, w e ll soon find out I f there
advised me to make such plans as I good thing for you to tell the truth
Far Into the afternoon bla activities Is
ILfAGNETO ELECTRIC CO.
I don't see how we could have •
»aw fit and then hold them pending once."
rnnllnued and then, staggering up the missed It
Investigate the new Prestolite
I f there had been w ater '
Scrottles went red, then white.
his
return.
I
have
found
a
good
prop
Battery prices before buying.
Idll to the fave, he carried a gunn- ' in here we'd have found It. Come on I
"Sixty dollars a month," he said at
osltton
and
I'm
going
ahead
with
It
sack full to the very brim with live W e'll see."
M r Brent, I believe. Is at present In last.
agel’s Eob and Beauty Shoppe,
crawfish.
They lighted the candles and began ;
“I thought so,” said M r. Brent. “B y !
Flnclnpail. I heard that he was there
Hotel Albany
“I don't see why I couldn't develop ’ In follow the long stream of crawdad»
Albany
Oregon
Manicuring, marcePing, facial
and went attem pting to find him, but the way, Scrottles, step outside the
a money.making proposition for him.” For thirty feet they went atralght
door there.
There's somebody w a it
M its Lamphear, operator
could
not
do
so.
I
feel
sure
that
we
he mused as he weni hack to the buck, following Ihe general line o f the
will hear from him w ithin a week, and ing for you. A large man with g red D i a n a s !
stream again. "Tlint hoy ought to be cave. Then lu a ra llie r large, caver
P ia n o s ! !
Som e
b ig
to Ihe end that everything w ill be all face and big hands and a shining dec
a magnate In leaa than a year."
wens phrl of It Ju«t before Ihe tunnel
* bargain» in second hand pianos, one
right.
Therefore, gentlemen, I feel oration on his coat. He has already $35, o n c il9 5 ; one $250. Call at
Whereupon he dosed Ills eyes for wits rem bed the line of crawling mol
that we can draw up the contract taken the cashier for a little walk, and
Davenport Musie House, Albany
the well-earned nap that had become luaka turned sharply to Ihe left Freck
now."
now he wants you to keep the other
a part of bla afternoon life. When
and M r Brent peered Into the dafk-
company."
“
W
hy
not
w
a
it
until
we
hear
front
awoke II was to Mnd Freck and his neaa
Loans money a t 5% on farms
Scrottles seemed to stagger. "M r. P U L L M A N CAFE
Mr. Brenl? T here’s no special hurry
Ilea bitten more near by.
“I believe there'» a U tile opening
Good food. Popular prices
Brent,” he began. " I— I __"
about this thing," Tempest »aid
227 W . First
“ Any luck. h o y F lie asked.
Baltimore bldg., Albany, Oregon
there that we didn't see." M r. Brent
‘T h a t’ll be all from you. Scrottles,"
"But there Is a hurry," Brady broke
"No. w lr; there wasn't any news for a.ihl.
"Sure enough there Is. and
came
the
voice
of
the
employer,
nud
In
“
I
’ve
been
planning
to
take
my
you atf all. Mr. Itrent," Freck' said
ihev're going right Into I t "
w ife and daughter to Europe for the this time It was stern. "Y cur friend J^OSCOE AMES HARDW ARE I
•M ayb f It'll come tomorrow."
■‘flueas we better go. too, hadn't
Your eyes examined and
fine
Come
last two months, and I don't like to outside Is getting Im patient.
“ M a/b e It will, 1 don't care murh we?” Freck asked.
pair of
He opened the door and gave
wait any longer. Let's get It out of on.”
Tbe
Winchester
Store
"That we had
when /It cornea Just so It gets here
Ihe wny. You fellows are going to the other man a little push. A second
The npeqlng
was barely
large
soine/tlnie. Look here. Freck. do you
Inter and Scrottles was gone. Brent
have your representation In this thing
enough to admit the passage nf their
ever think much shout your own fu
You wouldn’t he coming luto It If you turned to the remaining men.
(to re Inside, pushing craw
lure?
What you are going to be bodies,
in a frame of your own choice
“Gentlemen," he »aid to Tempest
weren't.
It's a good thing for you
when you grow up. and so on?"
Hah out of their way and Incidentally
It's the only way we can gel ahead of and the others, meanwhile watching
Frock's face went blank
“ Why, I g e itln g pinched once or twice by the
Rrady out n f the corner of his eyes
the American syndicate.
thought I was going to be your confl ' angry objectors, they traw led through
W L- W R IG H T
"A» It Is we h ate a monopoly pf " I learned about three week« ago that
dentlal agent.” he said.
i on their hands an J knees and then
the Kelly-Griggs company was trying
prl<
es
now,"
Brady
went
on.
"We
tan
M r Brent lunched
“You were, but ; started down a sharp declivity on the
hold good» on contracts Just as high to make a sort o f tru st out nf this
you gave the Job Io that brother In law i other side
a»
we want to. but this Isn't going to thing Instead of a legitim ate merger.
D. C. R< SS M A N , Local Manager
For ten feel ihe descent was almost
o f yours. I ciin t have a whole flock
continue very long unless we stay They didn't even w ant to do that in
of Ci.nfld.-n tlu I agent», you know Look precipitous, then II smoothed sway to
Lady /Assistant
•in honest way, and so.” he said with
handed
logether
and
keep
the
Anterl
Albany, Oregon
a gentle Incline
Again it started
here, Freck. I’ve got nn Idea for you
a little smile, “I got hull.headed. W ith
cun syudlcate from buying In this ter
I
downward,
again
It
smoothed
down.
All
calh
answered d ay n rn ig h l
Mow'd you like Io he president of the
Mr.
Edward»
to
help
me,
since
I
didn't
rltory.
As long as they feel they
Consolidated Crawdad company? i l l , ■ and continued for iwrhnps s hundred
Phone 25o
would have to »tart shops and plant' -a re about appearing In town Just
feet, while they went farth er and far
fnurse, there wouldn’t he any conroil
Halsey, Oregon
o f their own they are going to stay then, I gold out to the American svn
tlatlon to It. hut we'd Just give II that ! ther down Into the earth, the cave
This, of course, gives them
away from here. But give them an Ilcate.
name for the sake of the sound. Mow'd •till retaining it« tunnel like appear
he power to go ahead anti do Just
opening
and
we'll
have
a
cutthroat
, in 's , the a ir growing damper and
yon like It?"
ihout as they please In this territory
colder as they went along
W ater gang that w ill cut our profits down
"W hat'd I do?" Frock asked
Manufacturers n f
One of the terms of my agreement
io less than nothing.
Now, gentle
"Do?
Why. you'd lie a crawdad I dr pped from the stalactites on the
vas that under no conditions could
m
en
"—he
slammed
hl»
hand
on
tht
magnate. The Ural thing yon know j roof of the tunnel.
The floor wa»
he K elly Griggs company come Into R EFER E E'S SALE O F R E A L ES TA TE
table— "why can't we get together on
you'd be getting your picture In all damp and slippery.
t. As for the rest of you. I under-
this
thing.
Come
on,
let's
sign
u
p
"
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
“ W e re going to come to a lake.''
the papers and he owning motor cars
fand you are Invite.) to do as you pursuant to an order of sale made and
He reached for ».one of the paper»
“ I le-t this was where
and steam yachts, und I don't know Freck anhl.
dense.
As for myself. I'm out of entered in the Circuit Court of the
le»»e James and hl« gang «tnyed, 'way hut stopped at a knock on the door.
what • I I . '
uslness. I like the simple life so well State of Oregon for the County ef
"See who that Is. Sem itic«."
down
here.
I
wonder
If
w
e
ll
And
any
■'I'd like Io have uti automobile.
Cm going to stny with It. I think. I Linn. Dept No. 2, on the 28th Day of
Scrottles opened Ihe thwir to And Mr
hones.”
Freck said uigely.
•ue»s that's uhout all." he »aid
Edward« standing there.
April. 1927. In that certain suit therein
"I.Ik e as not," said Mr. Brent. The
" I ih-n'l see any rt-naon why you
""'
■■ 1
preadlng hl» feet and shoving hl« wherein Jesse B. Schroll, Annie M
“
Well?"
he
asked.
ee rie appearance of things was having
Shouldn't have It.
Why, M-e here
**’U en^ >v a 8<x»l meal
'lands In hl» t.ock«-ts. *1 guess this Schroll his wife, and Clara L. Carlson
“ I came to he present nt the meet
Freck. down In town you cun go along ulmoKt us muuh of an effect on him Ing." the young tnun answered.
ilMiut breaks up the little merger and C. E. Carlson her husband, were A tiu know a good meal when votl get it
xou II be back for you'll not lorget it.
nl night and llnil two or three negroes a» Il was on Ihe hoy.
neetlng."
"In whose Interest?” S cro ltle« bn.
plaintiffs, and Emory Wallace 8chroll,
They went on farther, their cnnilles
on the street «dllng these crawfish
Fifteen
minute»
later
young
Ed
nut seen Edwards since the duy In
Ruby Almon. H L. Almon her hus
carting grotesque detections here and
'I hey ite m to make a pretty good llv
■■
I uewlays
vards nnd Thomas Brent werp In Mr. band. Pearl P. Sturgis. J. H. Sturgis
there before them, and bringing out
Ing nt It Just selling them out of hns
G
E
O
M.
G
IL
C
H R IST
".rent's old office of the Amalgamated her husband, and George w Schroll
q.arkllne colora from the stalactites.
kefa all wrapped up In dirty old new»
ALBANY
Foundry company The older man was and Ruth Schroll his wife, were de
Now
and
then
a
but
flew
past
them
paper» and that sort of thing, »o wh}
cleaning out Ills desk and throwing fendants. and appointing and direct
Ticket office Bell I,io * Stage.
wouldn't It t>e a good Idea to sell them Br--nt «hlvered a bit
iw ay letters, sticking a little keep
____ Albany to San F ran ciifp , $ 15.
ing
the
undersigned
as
sole
referee
to
“ It's ctdd down here, Freck."
the way crawfish ought to he mild1
sake Into Ids pocket now nnd then, sell the real property hereinafter de
" le e II Is—
too k i"
Fix up a crawfish cafe »ell them the»»
in.l laughing to him self with great scribed. I, the undersigned referee will
Before them the tunnel had opened
In aalada. crawfish »andwlrhea. craw
frequency.
on Saturday, the 4th Day of June.
Into
a
greet
ea,ern
and
there
showed
fl»h thia way and crawfish that "
"Well. Edwards, I never thought 1927, at the hour of One o’clock P m
at lowest rate of interest
a glassy surface nf black water.
’Oh, snakes'" Freck w hittled In ad
m u could get thut much for -It." lie of said day. at the front doer of the
Real
Estate
Insurance
' It's sn ntiderground lake," ahouteil
dlfton to the exrlnmnllon
' You sure
«eld.
" I had hop«“d that you might courthouse at Albany in Linn County Iro m p t set-ice. courteous treatm ent.
ain ’t like whnl you was when you Freck. " I knew It ! I knew I I I ”
get an even h alf million, hut seven Oregon, offer and sell at public auc
" st B a in , w ith Lane County Abstract
“l.'ik s nothing It's a river.
The
first come ru t here. M r llre n t.”
hundred thousand was more than I tion to the highest bidder for cash.
company, Albany
w
ater's
m
in
in
g
.
See?"
Brenl
stepped
" I'm not? W h y not?" Brent asked
ever dreamed of.”
In the manner required for sale of
forward to look closer.
• urprltedly.
" I had a little tip," Edward» re real property on execution, subject to
An exclamation came from him. H it
Freck grinned
“ It'd take trm Inns
turned. smiling back. 'T o u see. I've confirmation of said court, all the fol
to tell you." he answered
"But What feet had slipped Scrambling hack, he
been working for the American syndi lowing real property, to-w lt:— All of
LAWYERS
reached out for something to hold »0
would I do? I couldn't run thia bytl
cate branch office he«e— the one they Blocks 22 39 and 40 of the City of
Hilaey aud Brownsville
and grasped at the wall.
Ilia haud
rear "
•nst established, you k n o w - and I Halsey in Linn County. Oregon also
It broke
•‘Certainly not
You couldn't run closed upon s protuberance
O re g o n
handled the stenographic uote« on a beginning 60 Ft, West of the S W
from In fattening and he went down
thia business hut you could hire tome
couple of board meetings.
8 ■> when corner of Block 38 In the City of Hal
body to do that
Your hiislne.s la in lies, llv, carrying the protuberance
I put our proposition up to them, 1 sey in Linn County, Oregon, and run
be the chief rratvfl«h flndsr Anybody w ith him.
knew exactly » Im t they'd p iy . and I ning front thence North 720 Ft to the
tlosl,
'
Thia
rock's
rotten."
he
could run a shop but It taFe» a genlu-
kept at It until they agreed "
county road. Thence West 123 Ft •
gasped " l ot glsd I didn't go into that
to keep It supplied with flrst class fat
I unural Director and Licensed
"W ell. th«ee days to h ndle th» «ale Thence South 720 Ft to a point due
river. Goodness knows how deep It Is
heal thv rrn v d id «
of mors than a h u 'f-n iil!•■'«» hn»ln»sa w of the place of beginning, and
Embalmer
“ Selllna then, at tw en ty.fl-e cent» Freck. give ms a light. My candle's
s a pretty fa ir lit t le Job. K Iwartfs. thence East 123 Ft to beginning as
L A D Y A S S IS T A N T
a down
llrent went on 'that won'.I gone out."
O f course, you'll get your commission
said blocks are numbered, designated
Brownsville, Oregon
be cne thousand two hund-ed and fifty
Freck handed him his candle, and
Ten pe» ernf of seven hundred thou- ami described on the maps a .ld pia„
quarter« Ih it would ho th*ee hurp|-ed Thomas Brent f opped to look at the
«and onght to keep the w olf from your of said etty of record m the oliice
and twelve dollars and fifty cents a bit of it or.» la bla hands before he
door for a while, oughtn't I t 1"
of the County Recorder of said Coun-
threw It sway.
Something shout It
day
Fount out »h ut asventy-flve o-
ty
Edward« smiled almost oheeplshty
Dated and first published May 5
a hundred for expense»— 'hey won't caught his eye
He looked closely
T hat's
m rrs
then
my
w ild -» ’ 1937
FRANK RICHARD
be more than twenty, tboueh. Why
then closer He held It and the candi»
Irearae.” he etiswered.
‘ W hy w ith
Sole Referee
boy. you II be rich In a month '
close to his eyes He gasped a bit anJ
that Jennie and I ccn have a farm <nd T ussing A: T use ing Atty» for Plffs.
•erettlss Opansd the Door to Find Sd
stuck the piece o f atoae to his pc.-kM
Laundry sent Tuesdays
Freck gasped
There ain't tbs'
Hewitt
&
Sox
horses sod cows and an aut-m ohlle
,
wards Standing Thsrs
Then be ro«« hurriedly and pss»c| tife
mneb money |^ the » xrljj,' be sa:4v
Agency Hub Cleaning Works
Attys for Dfts.
idi the
CbckTùiiied Back
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Courtney ffy/ey Cooper
F
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M. & J. CAFE
.
2 5 c M eals
1 1 5 Lyon st.
N
George William Wright
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Toric Reading Glasses
$6 to $7.50
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
F. M. French & Son
Jewelers and Optometrists
Albany
Creamery Association
LINN BUTTER
and Buyers o f Eggs
A Farm ers’ Co-operative
Creamery
PARAGON CAFE Le*?°" 1
.unch
FARM LOANS
TUSS1NG & TL'SSING
DELBERT STA R R
»Modern
BarberShop
c*aiii k.«/« LU» tsdu 4 ¡¿t »Ail-
¡jft the employ of tbs Amalga
(Continued on page 5)
Schroll et aJ.
Emory
Wallace I
A B E S PLACE