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 8e 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