HOOD HIVKR GLACIER, TIHIRSDAY. AVCiV&V X 1011
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Before you buy. We ask you to call and inspect our
complete line of New and Second Hand Furniture,
Stoves and Ranges. Everything in house furnishings
We will take your old furniture or stoves
in exchange for NEW GOODS.
O. P. DABNEY & SONS
Guaranteed Cheapest Outfitter
Agents for
Charter Oak Stoves
and Ranges
I.KSI IK.IUI I I.FU, i,ts. . TIU MAN IW I I I K, Cashier
Fstuhlisheil 1'HIO
Butler Banking Company
Hood River,
Capital and Surplus $100,000.00
Savings Department
HOOD RIVER
J. M Sciimki.tki:
ABSTRACTS
Insurance' Conveyancing
SURETY BONDS
'Accuracy" is
Office in New Ifeilbronner Building
Phone 23 x HOOD RIVER, ORE.
Progressive Fruit
Growers
WANTING
Better Fruit
Ought to investigate the merits and results
of spraying with
Wm. Cooper and Nephews
TREE SPRAY FLUIDS
The only scientific Sprays produced. Desrip
tive Pamphlets and Sprays at
D. McDONALD, Local Agt.
CHAKLES G. ROBERTS, General Agent
247 Ash St., Portland, Ore.
"LOTciCiO
We have storage space for all kinds
of goods in a concrete building
Our Tranfer Wagons Will Move
Anything
Complete Livery Service
Transfer & Livery Co.
Phone 5
H. T. KAWSON
HOOD RIVER NURSERY
Stock Grown on Full Root. .
Wf ilenire t let our friends anil patrons know that lor the full .lanl ing e will
have and ran snly in any number
Cherry, Pear, Apricot, Peach and Plum Trees
Grape, Currant and Berry Plants
Shade and Ornamental Trees
Also, all the standard varieties of Aile Trees. Can supply the trade with
plenty of Newtown, Spitxenlierg anil Jonaehan apple trees
Rawson & Stanton, Hood River, Ore
PiiONK 2-1 8-K
Cult. Forum ami Ki m. Sis.
Oregon
Safe Deposit Boxes
ABSTRACT CO.
K. A. I'.ishui'
Our Motto
K. II, STANTON
She .
Thirteenth
Floor
A Cat Whr lb Number Thirtttn
Mklr Good III Reputation
By CLARISSA MACK1E
'Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 1S1L
As the otilce door closed behind the
retreating form of Homer Pick ou the
stout stenographer sighed reUeveilly
tud drew a iuuKa.ine froiu her desk.
"I thought he'd never go," she said.
The daper bookkeeper took a silver
quarter from his pocket and flipped It
toward the olllee boy. "Peanuts." he
said succinctly as he spread the morn
ing paper over his ledger and turned
Co the market report.
"I saw llomcr beatin' It for the fer
ry," remarked Jimmy when he return
ed with the peunuta and they had
been divided Into three- portions. "I
guess he's good for the day."
"So he said," agreed the bookkeeper,
cracking shells and tossing them over
his shoulder Into the waste paper 1 ns
tet with admirable dexterity. "If you
want the afternoon off. Miss Porter,
you can have It," he said, with a
smile.
The stenographer smiled lazily as
she reached for another peanut "This
suits me," she murmured, turning the
pages of her magnziue.
Suddenly the outer door opened and
precipitated confusion upon the trio.
A tali man, middle aged, with a
strou.'. clean cut face and piercing
dark eyes glanced from one to the
other.
"Mr. Dickson in?" he asked sharply.
"Out." said the bookkeeper curtly,
thrusting the newspaper Into a draw
er and dipping pen Into the Ink well.
"When will he return?" asked the
stranger quietly.
"He didn't say. I think he's gone
for the day," replied the clerk ungra
ciously as he bent above his ledger.
"I'll wait awhile," remarked the ris
Itor, seating himself In a chair and
opening a notebook.
Pray, the bookkeeper, shrugged his
narrow shoulders and applied himself
to his neglected work. Miss Porter
laid aside her magazine and thumped
noisily upon the typewriter, while
Jimmy swept up the accumulation of
peanut shells and filed letters with
brisk attention.
The stranger sat absorbed in bis note
book, making calculations with a stub
by lead pencil.
'"Nice weather for crops," remarked
Bray, with a slight wink toward the
stenographer.
Miss Porter ruffled her flaxen pompa
dour and giggled.
"We got our hay all in," said Jimmy
nasally, as ho scuttled past the stran
ger on business Intent.
"You re'cllect our old black hen?"
went on Bray facetiously. "Waal, by
gum, she laid n egg yesterday most as
big as a grapefruit. I reckon on send
ing It to the county fair."
"Did Mr. Dickson mention having
an appointment with Mr. Tenworth
this morning?" asked the rustic.
A leaden silence settled on the office.
Bray broke it at last.
"Pen worth!" he gasped, with a sick
ly smile. "J. Augustus Penworth?"
The stranger nodded impatiently and
glanced at his watch. "Did Mr. Dick
son mention having an engagement
with me?"
"No, sir," returned the bookkeeper
respectfully. "I thiuk he must be de
tained somewhere. I'll try to trace
him by phone. Jimmy, give Mr. Pen
worth a seat In Mr. Dickson's ofiice."
Bray disappeared within the telephone
booth, with agitated countenance.
"Tell that Idiot to keep away from
the telephone. I'll wait till Mr. Dick
son comes in," growled the visitor so
savagely that Jimmy skipped to obey.
The brutal message, conveyed verba
tim, Mr. Bray emerged from the booth
with u very red face and returned to
his ledger, while Mr. Penworth ac
cepted a comfortable Turkish rocker
In the private otilce and lighted a long
black cigar.
"J. Augustus Penworth, Multimil
lionaire and King of Finance." So the
special article in Bray's Sunday news
paper had capitalized him. His name
was as well known its that of the pres
ident of the republic, and the entire
otilce force had laughed openly at him.
Bray writhed on his high stool as he
looked at the back of the millionaire's
gray head, and be cursed his own bad
manners In ridiculing the stranger.
Bray was ambitious, and Penworth
was known to be especially Interested
in young men and if he knew them to
be capable and willing to work could
always And places for them In his nu
merous Industrial plants. The book
keeper had read the article In the Sun
day paper, and his Imagination had
been fired with the possibilities that
would open out if he should ever cross
the path of the great man.
Here he was J. Augustus Penworth,
Hd Bray had ridiculed him! It was
too much, to bear Almiy, yet the book
keeper solaced himself with the
thought that perhaps the millionaire
had been too much absorbed In his
notebook to heed the Idle chattering
of the office force. Bray's usual alert
manner and his courteous, almost
servile demeanor toward his employ
er's customers would ordinarily at
tract the attention of a business man.
ITe welcomed a sudden acceleration
of business now. ITe transacted trivial
matters with a crlspness and courtesy
that made Miss Porter and Jimmy
open their Innocent eyes. He darted
from telephone to ledger and from
Do not forget that Sheiwin-Williama
Arsenate of f.ead will not creiitelil:ick
spots on your apples. For Fale by Mc
Donald. Sewing Machines.
Singer and Wheeler A Wilson styles
Prices and terms to suit everyone. Ke
pairingand attachments for all kinds of
machines. Ofiice with Onthank & Of
ten. A. II. Stone, agent Singer Co., J
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ledger to ranlt and spoke with an air
of authority. Altogether he showed
himself to be a man of considerable
affairs. All the time he was pleasant
ly aware that the great financier had
wheeled his chair about and was
watching with curious lutentuess.
After awhile when business had
quieted down the financier beckoned
the bookkeeper into the private otilce.
and as the gratitled Bray paused be
fore hlui Penworth usked:
"How long have you been wilh Mr
Dickson r
"Ten years," stammered Bray ex
citedly. "And I suppose you are satisfied
with your position?"
"Well not exactly, sir. Vou see,
there Is no chance fur advancement."
"H'm I can Imagine not here!"
"How much is Di.-ksou paying you
now?" demanded J. Augustus Pen
worth. "Fifteen hundred, sir."
"I'll give you three thousand," sunu
ped out Penworth. "I like your looks,
and you're just the sort of chap I'd
like to have around yoiinc. active and
businesslike. What do you siy?"
Bray gasped. "Why, yes, sir-thaak
you, sir! I shall bo delighted"- he
stuttered.
"Can you come to mo tomorrow?'
asked Penworth.
The bookkeeper hesitated a brief In
stant, then: "Yes. sir, I will come to
morrow Of course Mr. Dickson could
uot expect me to refuse such an ex
cellent offer," he said reflectively.
"Of course not even if you have
been with him ten years," rejoined
Penworth grimly. "Now, Mr. er"-
"Bray Harry Bray, sir."
"Mr. Bray suppose you sit right
down and pen a letter of resignation
to Mr. Dickson. 1 like to have these
matters cleared up as I go along, other
wise I'm apt to forget them If you
resign now I enn put you right into
our main office here to till an Impor
tant vacancy. There are writing ma
terials here on this small table."
The bookkeeper sat down and nerv
ously Indited a brief epistle to his em
ployer, In which he formally resigned
his position, stating his reasons for
doing so and generously waiving all
salary due him in lieu of longer notice.
This he closed in an envelope which ho
sealed and addressed. Mr. Penworth
held out his hand for it and regarded
the envelope with n thoughtful smile.
"Now that's settled," ho said, "I
suppose you'll want to settle up your
books, Mr. Bray. I'm rather impressed
with the rapidity with which that
young woman out there operates her
machine. Now, I'm in need of Just
such nu expert stenographer, and while
I suppose it doesn't look exactly
square to take Dickson's help away
from him it's all in the business and
I pay my people well. Send her to mo,
will you?"
Miss Porter was flattered and charm
ed to accept a position lu the luxuri
ously appointed otlices of Fenwortu &
Co. at double her present salary. Soon
er or later ability will meet with its
proper reward, she told herself, whlU
she Whs writing her letter of Instant
resignation at Penworth's dictation.
He held the two letters lu his hand
and regarded them thoughtfully.
Jimmy . drooped forlornly when he
heard the whispered confidences of the
other. He had not read "From Olllee
Boy to Millionaire" for nothing, and
here was his chance to rise. J. Augus
tus Penworth was pushing people
along ou the upward path. Why could
not honest Jimmy Lee be among the
risers?
That was how it happened that he
approached the great man aud respect
fully asked for a job as office boy, aud
he got It. Twice the sulary he had
been receiving caused his eyes to spar
kle Joyously. Mr. Penworth had Just
told him that he could write a letter
of resignation when there was the
sound of rapid footsteps in the corri
dor outside.
Instantly t ho millionaire leaped to
his feet, and Bray and Miss Porter,
who were in the Hue of vision, buw
him drop their letters of resignation
through the letter slot Into Dicksou's
closed and locked desk, and they ex
changed glances of satisfaction.
The outer door opened, and there
was the sound of footfalls. J. Augus
tus Penworth thrust aside the startled
Jimmy and darted behind the tall
desk, where he crouched n if In fear.
"J. Augustus Penworth? Let's have
a look at hlni." said a gruff voice, and
two dark forms filled the doorway of
the private olllee before they discov
ered the millionaire and pounced upou
him Just in time to wrest a revolver
from his hand.
"No, you don't, Mr. Mike Hennes
sey, alias The Farmer, wanted for
forgery and so forth! We tracked you
to this building, and we've raked ev
ery office with a fine toothed comb till
we come to the thirteenth floor. Say,
Mike, this number thirteen 's an un
lucky number for you all right."
The detectives laughed as they hand
cuffed their prisoner, and the other
asked, with a humorous wink: "J. Au
gustus Penworth, are you moving in
high financial circles, eh? What kind
of business you been transacting
here?"
The prisoner stared impudently at
fhe horrified faces of the bookkeeper
and the stenographer and winked to
ward the loc ked desk where their res
ignations waited nomer Dickson's re
turn. "I been studying human nature
some and playing schoolteacher by
learning these folks some lessons," he
said, with an affected nasal drawl.
Then they led him away.
It was Jimmy, the office boy, who
broke the ghastly silence that fol
lowed his withdrawal.
"I guess I b-tter dust up Mr. Dick
son's office." he said virtuously. "He'll
be pretty busy the next few days, and
somebody's got to be on tc the JoU."
Blankets and Quilts
Laundered
in fi thoroughly nanitary
manner by the
Hood River Laundry Co.
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Hood River
Sunday
August 6th
One
Jolly Nijrht
Under
A Biff
Tent
Lewis & Clark's
Great
Western
Show
SO People
Presenting
The
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King
The Very
Best Traveling"
Band
in America
Majestic 10 Piece
Orchestra
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For Sale
Ten acres near town,
some bearing or
chard, or will trade
for Hood River city
property or Portland
property..
Address
C. S. TRUE
Hood Ktvar. Oregon
NORTH BEACH
in the pleasure lmunt in thin pin t of the
country tiiis Hummer. Its devotees re
joice to learn that t hey run now 120 ami
mine on a regular schedule, independent
(it tides. J he popular excursion Hteiimer,
"T. J. POTTER"
leaven I'mi hind, Anil Street dock,
DAILY. FACFI'T SATIUDAY
AND SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M.
SATURDAYS ONLY, 1:00 1 M.
AIho the nhamcr "1IASSALO" leavim;
1'ortlainl daily, except Sunday, at H:lM)
p. 111. (Saturday at 10:00 p.m.)
REDUCED FARES
PREVAIL
From All Points in the Northwest
via tint
Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Co.
Meal cottage ami camp life, a magnifi
cent bench that is not surpassed uny
where, genial and benelicial climate,
aud all the comforts of home without
coating any more than if you remained
at home.
Call on or write to anv ().-W. it. it N.
agent for complete informal ion ; also for
copy of our summer hook, OnlingH in
Oregon."
WM. McMUKKAY,
(ienerul 1'asscnger A Kent, O.-W. It. &
X. Co., 1'ortland. Ore.
Nursery Stock
Hood River Grown
First Class
THE KIND THAT GROWS
A Few Dwarf Apple,
Pear and Peach
C. D. Thompson
HOOD RIVF.K, OREGON
Money to Loan on Farm
Land
In Quantities from $1,000 to
$20,000. with Interest at 1
W. S. NICIIOL, THE MAN WHO SELLS ORCHARD LAND
OperatorsWanted
Home Telephone Co.
efzy?
&
7 wmm
he has to invent a reason for doing so. They have
an excellent flavor, are rich in juices and eat as well
as they look. Can't single out anything as being
worthy of special praise.
HOOD RIVER MARKET
Hi A N K CIIANIH.F.K W.
The Columbia Garage
Cor. Sixth and
Automobiles
Automobile Supplies, (iasoline and LiibrieanlH, Automobile He
puirini! a f-'peciulty. tiaa ami Steam Kidmen Overhauled,
liicjctiM 1,'i piiired, (ieueral Machine Work of
All licHCriptioiiH
Phone IOO. M
Round Trips East
M I'uiil, Minneapolis, lannan Oil v, Omaha, Diiluth,
Winnipeg (iO.OO
Chicago Milwaukee JS.iiO
St. JjiuiH 70.00
Ienver and Colorado KpringM 55.110
New York, Philadelphia 10H.60
WiiHliiliHton, llalliinore 107.50
ItoHton II 11.110
Many oilier poiuU in proportion.
Dales of
.1 nlv 1 to 11.
'X 17. 21 lo 2.'1.
1 ;i l:M : 1
IM I jri variety
VSSG
each direction.
CLATSOP BEACH ON THE PACIFIC
K7.00 round trip daily. Uoo.l all Hummer with Hlop-over at Axloria.
ASTORIA CENTENNIAL
Astoria, Oregon, Augimt 10 to September .
Low Round Trips From the East
All Hummer to lWtlur! and AHtoria, with stop-overs. Schedules ami lie
taila c n application. Oirect train service.
W. E. COM AN E. A. GIBEKT, Arfnt
(ien. Freight and Tana. Agt. White Salmon, Vanh.
Just What You Need
AN EVER-READY PHONE PAD
.1
FOR SALE AT
OUR TENDER
STEAKS
are excellent soot here
for the man that grum-
Mj bles about his food. If
he finds fault with our
MEATS
I). CMANDLKK L. K. FOUST
Columbia Streets
Hood River. Ore.
Sale: June 111, 17, 21, 2H, 2!i, :!0,
l!. ''0. '-'!. 27. 2S. Aili'UHt 8. 4. 5. II to
2S to III). Sei.teinl.er I. 2. 4 to 7.
of routeg going uud returning. Ue-
f 111m niiiiiuruiiipi .il. mop-ovem are uuoweii 111
Did Vou F.ver Forget and leave a mes
migtt your mind be
fore you conid f'.nd pa.er
to wute it on?
Did You F.ver Have to look around for
a memorandum paper
when taking a mestmc
. over the phone?
Did You Fver w rite a message on a
blotter, the wall or the
furniture and fail to take
it off
DiJ You F.ver Mislay a tnessage after
you have taken it, when
someone steps in and
interrupts yon?
Did You F-ver Think how easy to have
the memorandum paper
attached to your phone,
aud you keep the whole
day'B record in front of
vou and check up at your
leisure?
I'rice Holder Complete
with Roll of Paper
OOc
Addiiionul Rolls of Paper Trn Cents.
GLACIER OFFICE