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Wide Enough
For Two
Honorable
Senator
Sagebrush
A Farce to be played on Saturday
Evening, June 3
AT THE SCHOOL. HOUSE
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Music bij Scio Bund
I RANCIS LYNDE
CAST OE CHAR ACIERS
Mr. Wickerwork, a male crank
Hiram Brush, his level-headed partner
Ferdinand Cowley ..............
Fritz Kellar, a funny Dutchman
Pump, an American citizen of African decent
.Miss Prune, a female literary crank
Satira Brush, Hiram's daughter
Copyright. 1910. by Str^t ®
R. M. Cam
Joe Wesely
Roy Shelton
Andy H igey
Fred West
rt W
Jennie White
SYNOPSIS
This farce is one scene of ludicrous fun from bejrinninK to
end. This farce opens with a very amusinir dialogue between
Wickerwork, the social-political crank, ant! .Mus Prune, the
literary crank. She is intent on reading him one of her
“efforts,” wnile he is eo’ially anxious to show that every
platform should be "wide enough for two." Explains his
great scheme for hatching chickens by the million and in-
staneous hatching by electricity. Fritz and Pump discuss
American society. F. explains how to dress turkevs for the
Bold British Club. W. explains he has secured (for SomCthe
patent right for fattening elixir which will enable jwultry to
live on gravel and water. Enter Pump, who says Fritz has
baked the eggs in the hatching machine. Ferd, who calls on
delicate business, gets the bounce. B. puts Fritz on guard
to keep Ferd away. Pump in league with Ferd drafts into
the "chain service.” Ferd reenters and mistakes M -s P.
for Satira. She thinks he is W. A horrid mistake. \V
makes another mistake. Re-enters Fritz, who drags out U'.;
business. Denouement.
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Al! parties holding season tickets for the Lyceum course,
present them at the door and receive 50 cut - for same
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The net .proceeds are for the benefit of the Scio School
Play sturts ut 8
Doors open at 7130.
Ad mission; Rcserced Seats, 35 cents
General Admission 25c. Children, 15c
Rlount took tbe paper mechanically
and unite h < mechanically rati bla ey»
down tbe list of names
At the but
tom of it. written tn with a pen. waa
ihe name of Patricia's father, with hla
n*»lil**Uce am! «»'• upatlon QU.il out lu
full
While Evan wan «taring at tbe |>»n
written name Hathaway went on »lie
queutl.v empbantelug the disastrous re
suits that Would fall mot) the people
for whom he waa In tbe largest aens»
the trustee, the disaster banging u|>on
the wtttulrawal of the prvfrrcDtial
rate
Blount br<>ke him
the *p««lal pleading»
r»i ently added on«- new name to thia
list, that of I’nifermor Aunern ”
"Ye»." Interrupted the Twin Buttes
prvwldeuL "and he la a good example
of • ur atrs kholder»
Tbuae like An
net» college profesaorn. preachers and
the like buy »lock» when they buy
'em at all for an Investment and pay
for 'em out of their hard earned aav-
lug» "
"1 know." • aid Blount, frowning
The fget that Patricia'* father waa In
rolled added a i frvwh and rxaaprratiug
complication. but ho mual com» to
Millie decision i
"Let ua get duwu to
the present fact," he went on brusque
ly "What is It that you want me to
d<>, Mr Hathaway?''
“I want you to «et thy machinery lu
motlou so that «<■ can have our rate
continued for another two year» on
I be sume terri» a« liefore
You are
going to need every vote you can get
this year. Mr Blount, and you can’t
afford to turn us down "
Blount returned the printed list of
»t<» kholders and fell Isi. k upon the
|>encll sharpening "la It pogatble that
you don t reengntee the bald criminal
Ity of such a transaction. Mr Hath
awgyF' be ask.«! quietly
■ <>f course I don't." was the ready
reply
"It 1« the universal rule of the
buslti.i« world everywhere
You do
something for me and I do something
for you
You make It ]-o»«ll,l«* for us
to live and do business In lumber, and
we will do what we can to make It
(Mmsllile for you to get your square
deal from the |>eople of tills alate
That's the whole thing In a nutshell.
Mr Blount "
“One question." aua|q*e,t Blotlnl.
trying to fix the roving gate of the
hawklike eye»
"With whom dl.l you
make this irrangement two years
ng. F'
The Imported German Cca:P Stallion
Smith
But why?" |H-rslslrd Gantry
' ll.miur | am not golug to tie an
accessory either Iwfore or after the
foot not if | know It." » a» the
prompt rejoinder
"All ac«-r»aory to wbatP*
"To a criminal disregard for fb«
law« of thia state and of the nation
Gantry If «ou «lid some oilier» had
voqr Just des.-rts you would lie break
ing stone In the penitentiary thia
■si minute "
Suft.-ring Jehu." laughed the traf
fl. malinger. "nometsidy mint ha« a
been hitting you pretty hard’ Who
wan it. KvanF*
At another time Blount might ha«»
been less angry and more dl«-reet
"It waa Mr Hlmon I* Hathaway,
president of the Twlu Butte» Lumber
company.” he said
Gantry drew a long breath. wbk'b
ended lu a low w hlstle
' p. • that ■ what you were let In for.
waa ItF' lie exclaimed
And then be
■ L.i ked bln.seif abruptly aud weut
l>a< k to the principal I'ontentlou "But
you re not going to quit, Evau
Yog
can't afford to do that "
"Why can't IF’
' II. in-.- you have committed your-
•elf right and left No man cau walk
out ..f the rank» on the eve of a bat-
tic
Y -.I >1 '0 t stop to consider th»
' "imtru. tlon that will b» put upon
auch hasty action <>u your part"
I don t atop to < . ushler anything.
I Will ev I•
d.-ntly . «iHi't.si to connive at a crim
inal .■ ntiuipt for the law of the laud,
the taw w til. h as a member of th»
bar, I hnie »worn to uphold
That
was enough for uie”
But It w :i't l e enough for Mr Me.
VI. kar." Gantry Interposed
"If you
.in aff' rd to drop out he can't afford
to let you ' I'hen with su.l.len grav
ity. "Hadn't you t>etter let me bold up
that telegram of yours for a few
“
with Mr M<- VI« kur
Ami y«m thihk you can <lo It
again?*
"I know I cau. hilt I «lout want to
go uver your head They all tell me
that you ar«- bnmillng th!« i-ml of It
for the rallr<>nd • '>m|Mii>y amt I'm pot
going around hunting a • tinm-v to
make em-ml«-a
inert*'« no uurry.
Take your o« u time to think It over
and to lomiuunli at.* with Mr Me-
Vliiiar If you want to When you g.-t
thing» flml you nu wlr> me Ju«t one
wor,i to \t'.-ia«
i ii< any Yw
i
• Igu your name to It. and that will bt*
enough.''
Fur a full half hour after the pr«*«l
dent of tbe lumls-r truat had clou.il
ttie diaif of the private office In the
Temple court bnlldlug twblnd him
Blouut aat rurkiug gently In lilt plrot
I chair, tight lug ouce more with the
■util tiauten which waa thrvateulng to
! uverwhelm him
bouts, Evan, until you've had time to
think It over?"
Mo Vic,- l*r«*«ld.-nt McVb’kar had dr
Illoi nt »prang from bla chair In a
eelvrd him after »11. aud be wa» mere
w Idle beat.
' ly u fence put Up tn »<-r«*ru the clllcnn
IK> you mean tn tell me that you
t-ry and trickery which were going on
i Jp»t the »nmr an before
More, the are already holding It upF' be de
uuiuded.
«l<i- president had let him »tultlfy
"I t.s.k the liberty temporarily.” aald
hlmnelf In a thousand way«
ah bl»
. .
I le n- 1» uo
brave talk nlaiut iqa-nne«« mid fuir
Mr McVl.kar 1» "U hla
dealing would lie «et down h » mere I.,! ii. .1. ..<•
Will w.-vt |1"1 Illi.I tie will I-.- here In
du»t throwing to conceal the working*
Why not kill the mea
of a corrupt and criminal ma<-bini’. a day or two
nage uml have It out with him In per-
grinding away In the background
And III» fattier how did lie figure M>n when he comesF‘
But Blouut wus not to tie appeased
In till« drn|>l<ablr tiuvlnr««1 Had lie
I won't have my commuuh atlona
l>lottrd with .Mi-Vl- kar to bring hl«
tampered with." hr raged
"If you
own mui to abame merely because that
«>n had refu«<*d to tie a tool lu the have given an order to have that tola-
tiund« of the gr.-at machine? It w «< gram held out you cau give another (o
have it m - ui immediately "
groaaly incredible, and yet
Evan
"All right." »»Id Gantry. "Just aa
Blouut remembered that tliua fur h!«
father had aald no word iqqioaliig the yen nay " And hr made no effort lo
detain the enrag.-d one when Blount
cour»e he bad taken t'oulil It In* [ hx
»Iblr that » father could Im-omv <o turn.*«! Ids buck and strode awuy But
after the self ills, harg.-d polltl. al man
much th» law» a« to forget the tom
nger was gone the traffic man ■ buc
mon tic« of kindred?
Blouut'» mind but more than hl« kled quietly and turned up a faced
mind, hl» heart went groping out In down |*afs*r which lin.l lawn lying ou
his deak during the short ami belllg
vain reaching» for a «oufldnnt and an
adv Iner Th«*fe wnn no on«* to wtnnn •rent Interview.
"Humph"' lie mused, reading the
he could turn. m. one a tio«e con«* b-ner
'The
wa» not neared and dlatorfed In the typewritten line« over again
Qre« of |H>l|tieal partl»an«lilp No one. little lady was too fly for you thin
time. Evan, my boy. Hhe wan just
dl<1 ho oay? Yes, there wan one Pa
prophetess enough to guess where and
trlete would know and underatnnd
He mu»t flml her and t 11 her But lu how you would go off Hie handle
Great little woman that
I l>rlleve
the Interval
•tie figures out more than half of tbe
lie got up and ntitit bl« denk with a
•lam
Th«* atenograpber heard mid fine moves In the honorable senator n
ram«* to the door of tbe anteroom, game."
Lvnn Bl.uint walked a half dozen
notelxank and |>encll In hand
"Any
thing to give mo before you g<> away. blocks l.eyond the Inter Mountnlu lio
tel before he lind cooled down sutfl
Mr Blount F* be anked
cl.-ntly to determine wliat to do next.
"No"' «aid Blouut almoat aavage
ly Then he reconvldered "Yea, there As It chanced, tin- cooling down mo
ment found him nt the eutrun.r of th»
1»
You may take a m«*««nge to Mr.
MeVIcknr Are you ready?"
The
ntenogrnpher
"All right
nixbled
take till»
"Pending another Interview with you. t
•hall do«» my oflleaa In Temple court and
confine rnvaelf «titctly to the routine legal
bualne»» of the company
In the mean
lime m> realgnatlon !■ In your hand« If
you wlah to appoint a new division coun
•el
"Write that out and «end it nt once."
he »«Id to the ' lerk
"I »hall tie at
the hotel if you want to rrnch
between now and cloning time.
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CHAPTER XII
writju-aisu is th » t-r«rnr
N tbe telephone atatlon nt the
tel Blount tried several time«,
and alway» Ineffectually. to get a
long distance connection with
YVartrace Hall
Falling In thia, be
called up Gantry to aak If the traffic
manager knew anything alaiut the pur-
po»en and movement» of bln father
EXCEL! ENZ
Gantry did not know, but lie knew
something elae a thing which proved
(wo. 1 i 19)
the leaktneaa of the telrgrnph depart
meat.
Albany.............................................Monday
"Come down here and tell me what
l^-banon..................Tuenday, Wednesday you mean by «‘tiding Incendiary tele-
Scio ............................................. Thurnda« grama to the vice president." lie com
Jefferson .............
Saturday manded. with jesting aeverlty. over
the phone
Gantry wan bony with the ntenogrn
pher when Evan enter»«!, but the tmf
Due when mare la known tn be in foal lie manager Immediately piwtponed
Care will be taken to prevent accident/ the bualne«« of the moment aud dte-
but will not be veaponatble if any occur» rnlsaed tbe clerk
‘There la nothing to tell—more than
you aeem already to know," »aid
Blount morosely in anaw-er to Gantry'«
Albany
Orpjron queet "I have wired my resignation.
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The Beat Piarsi
Large Sample Poems far ConuarnUl Trarelen
I'MDEJf REW
R a R a GEMEXT
Portland to Eat
le at
Pap’s Coffee House 'frrmit llfi.OO to Insure
at Went end of the Mortiaon Street
bridge.
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CHARLES J. MAHER
GRANT PIRTLE Pre».
ALBANY
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OREGON)
( buceeano r b* Riner Broa.)
PROPRIETOR.
C. CRANDALL
"l won't ervr mt coMMcatcaTtnaa tam -
panaii WITH.*’
public garage paironteed by bla father
Ai ling UJion the Impiline of the mo
inent. tie went lu and naked If any of
Senator llkiunt'« car» were In the city.
The garage manager replied that the
big ruadater wan In. and Blount'« de
Halon wan taken upon the apur of th»
moment
A few minuten later he wan Iwhltid
the »leering wheel of the fa at ma< bine,
picking bln way out of town.
Blount reached tbe entrane» to th»
cottonwood »badisi avenue at War
trace juat before tlie dinner hour, and
he was »<> far recovered from the at
tack of righinone Indignation that be
waa able to meet bin father and tbe
other» with a fair degree of equanlm
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(Continued next week)