The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, June 08, 1908, Image 2

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(HE EVENING HERALD
lamnd dallr. stem SumUr. 1t Iht
Herald1 Publishing Company
W. O. SMITH, toVtor
suiocRirnoN nATra
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Uallr, br malt a month, . . , .M
Jullr. dallwnl by cartW, a wk. . .14
How To Rkhit.-Imm 1'o.loflw. moBy oNt,
eoM. ontr, mtccuiI cnack on rour Iml bank,
lamp, coin, or oirnarr.
Nswirarss Law or OssMari.-Swtlwi MM of
lh law of Orewvn proYU. (Ml winmi any
prtmcontrolUns a nawtpapw .hall mall .uch
ncwaeat. to wir t"rw tn thU Stat, without
lirnt rtfaeina- an enlr tnvrvfor. .ufh Mtrtpaprr
nail hr daamoa total lift, and no dM orobllca'
MARSH LANDS
50 per cent, vegetable matter. Klamath's greatest
Preston's richest soil. Awir 7
bargains at $20 per acre ami upward!. Eaiy Tern JJ&i lJJ
THE KLAMATH COUNTRY
Imn .hall arcru. acalnit urh pwmw. wlwthx
iU Mwanapar I. trwlml nr uw wwi to waom
It UaantornM.
MONDAY. JUNK 8, HUM.
THE JUNIOR
PARTNER.
By Madeline Lewis.
CupyrUlit, Ifc. by A.auclalrd Lit
erary rrta.
It aa just one of those udtcrtlie
acuta which hundreds who lute nu
awered them In vnin tinu heartless.
"Touiir lady stenographer ami typist
wanted In business office. Mini he
quick ami accunttr. State salary want-,
tli thousands who read It iiiid
tot scores. If not bund ml, who uu
awered by letter was Kilty lliiruu.uu.
.daughter of n widow living In "ue "f
I be suburbs of tbe city. Slit had seou
and answered many such before
There was grate need ttial tin- Utile
iconic left by the father should be
eked out tu souio way.
She had Utile hope when the mutter
was sent off In Its blue eiiiehH that
It would lie heard of again, but tu her
great surprlMt and almost to her nm
sterualluii slie.rcc?ltcJ u curt message
asking her tn mil. Tu male lu-r way
to a business office, tu I nuettloncd by
tbe abrupt ir.an.iRcr. to be tested as tu
her qualifications uml perhaps told tlut
sho wouldn't tlo at all all this tt.in a
nightmare to hvr. Then she unlit date
tbe salary wanted. That In Itself
showed a want of fairness on the part
of the firm It was taking advantage
of tbe applicants.
Kitty speut nn hour flgurlug. so
much for street car fare dally, so lunch
for lunches, so much left at tbe end of
tbe week out of the sum she bad made
up tier mind to ast. It would 1 only
a pittance, nud yet ,h must lake It
and boe for advancement. No mm.
old or youns. could put hluisvlf In the
place of a girl of nineteen applyliic for
a situation for tbe first time In her life
and being- ushered through an office
where a dozen men were at work Into
tbe sanctum of tbe manager. She ex
pected to meet an ogre and to be shout
ed at Sbe had only entered the door
when she woul I almost hare rlren
bcr life to bo dying down tin? street.
Next moment tbe feeling dlsnpieared.
There wa no ogre. There was no
shouting. A kindly faced man of forty-Ore
looked up from n li-iter be was
writing and greeted bcr thus:
"An. Miss Durnbam.
Ing you. Please sit down,
through tn a moment'
Tbe kind words rallied her. nnd three
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cannot fih.ct Ihe salary of an -x-rl
eticed girl. What II cure do you think
will be rlahtl"
"I-l bad thought of S9 n week." !
replletl. but If you-you think that Is
too much I'll take M" Slio didn't
want to run away now. She wanted
tbe place, and sbe didn't want the firm
to think her tou graspliiK.
"It me see as to your stenography,"
said Sir. Cray, with n smile. "No need
Hint
yoo
lie was tint a lightning dictator, lie
1 ttns expect-. to be a bit nervous. Just Imagine
i. and I will be . rem have leeti here for weoks."
did not trainu un and down the room
minutes later sbe was answering que- and Interrupt himself ctery moment to
tlosa and saying to berseir mat tne substitute words. In n quiet, easy way
man probably had a daughter pf his j10 dictated n letter, and ttheu It was
awn and was sparing ber as much as finished be nodded toward the t)w
possible. Sbe bad beard orer and over , writer In tbe comer, nnd the girl snt
again that there was no sentiment In down and transcribed her notes,
business and that tbe woman who took' -t couldn't It better." lie said as sbv
a man's place In an office must expect handed blut the sheet "Today h
to be treated like a man. but here teem. . Wednesday, but as I urn a bit hurried
ed to be-' proof to tbe contrary. I you might come tomorrow Instead of
"My name Is Mr. Gray, and I am tbe walling till Monday. As to tbe aalary.
Junior partner In tbe Arm." said tbe you will bo worth f 10 a week to start
man when he had finished bis letter, j on. Good morning. Miss Iturnbam.
"Aa thU will bo your first j)lace you About 8:43 In the inornlng. please!"
IN THE LITTLE PRINCE JS
yaaiaillas-MMMIIItka
SBBBBaV"1 SatntaHSBarSL SBBBBaV BaSBataSaB.
You get more room, more cooking surface
ad convenience than from any stove ever sold
in Klamath Falls.
E. VIRGIL & SON
Dealers in Furniture and House Furnishings.
Bridge on Main street
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At tho
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I'lve liitiiuteM later she was on her
wuy houi tu tell her moiher Ihu gfl
netts, nml the mtnutet later Mr. t:ra
ui sa)lng to (he bend clerk In thu
outer ollke.
".Mr. ISenioii, I hate u new stenogra
pher eomlng In the illuming Mln
lliirnham."
"Xet. sir."
"It Is her llrsl place."
Yes. sir."
"She Is In U- treated ns n lady. I'leane
mi- to It that there Is no flililng for In-
troducllotH by the young men. If she
iliH-t not bring her Iniuli ttllh her she
, tt til go out alone. Should I encounter
her In the eletntor or un the rtreet I
I shall lift m lut to her."
"I iii.ilerstnml, ulr."
Mr. Itin(,n reluruel to thu outer
Iolllce nnd rommiinlcated the news.
The young men of Ihe liookkeeplllg
stalT wluLtd tit e-.nh other uml smiled
mey ttere minle up or the ntenigu
joiiug man, no Udkr or no tior--. One
of I lii-iii ttent U-yoiid tilnklng ami
smiling, lie snld In lh mat lit his
ellmw:
"I.lnleli lo thul, will you! The old
lunn'o got n prlralu stenog nnd a
good looker, nnd ttu must not even
nlsh her goixl morning Cot to Junt
rulsu our lints nnd look down ut our
Imw."
The "old man" had como Into Ihu
Moune yearn nnd years In-fore as n hum
hie employee nnd ttorked his way up
lo n Junior partnership, lie had m-wr
runrrleiJ, nml mi fur lis nny ouu nt thu
lnre knew he had no near relalltes.
Ills Inline had nlttnys U-eni Imardlng
louse or n Imiel When he had come
lito Ihu drill It wns piedli'lt'd tlmt he
would marry within ft year, but be hat"
Hindu no chaugu whaleter, Thu Imys
had winked and mulled titer Ihu me
eage from thu Inner olllce. but nil of
IIii-iii knew that Mm Junior partiiei'had
a deep Healed ri-spect for womanhood,
nml In turn tliey reelected lilm for 11.
Tor weeks nnd vteeks nfler Kllly
Iliirnhnm had tnUen her pliue II might
hum been wild of thu "old iiuiu" thai
he hardly knuw thai shu ttns In tho
olllce. The ttork wan done qulvlly mid
tllhout iiiltiilii-i. Thero ttiis hardly
any conversation nulsldc of IiiihIiicms
mutters. When tho (lrst iiioulli win up
he quietly Informed her thul her snlaiy
was raised to fl'J per week, nml her
simple "Tbunlt you, ilr." iieemed lo
cover Ihe occasion. 'I heie were no In
traductions to thu clerks and no liull.i
lions to lunch. In one cuu out of u
hundred the girl was being glten ii
fulr show, Hliu Instluctlvoly recognis
ed the fact and was grateful for It,
One night after h hmd iluy's ttoik
tho "old mdn" sat nlouo In his room
In n family hotel and Indulged in it
ruverle for tho II rat llmo In years. Ho
found himself thinking of n home, or
wlfo nnd children, of some one to klsi
him good by in tho morning and wel
come him homo at night. And present
ly there came creeping Into that reverie
4 facujlint startled hjin. It vvns tba
fare of hU stenographer. ,
lie roe like n guilty man and wated
Ihe tl-loii nttiiy. nllh n laugh, Hut It
ttoiild iml depatt for giaxl lie tteiil
out oh Ihe altivt Olnl tiled nlailll,
hill lie-seemed tu snt that fore, lie
foiighl lo put nnny the Idei of wife
I and home, bill ttheu II still llllllg he
1 said lu hlniM-lf thai he ttas Killing
' iiertous from merit or k nnd ouglii tn
I lake a tteek off. Next day it hen ho
i illrlatnl his letter Kllly nnllced n
hniige in hU tohe. ami she ni.-irk.iil
I lh.1t he ntolded looking her III Ihe fare
I There tins Mlie nubile thniige III him.
and II worried her u Utile
That reterle iniiie hack to Ihu Junior
partner nml that face came back In
cniitiecllou ttllh ttlfu mid home, nud
dually he tteleoiiKil them, Why
shoiildu'l he hate n wife ami home
lie was rkh enough now, and he ttas
lunging for a hinge Hum his lonely
exltleure A I Ihe olllce be Will Ihe
man of hindm-i. ut hi ottn room he
was Ihu man of reterle,
11 mid by Iheru came a legal hotl
du), nud the ollke ttus cloned. At
such limes tho "old man" uiually hung i
aUiut for half n day nnjhow, but on'
IbU occasion be did not gu nrar Ihu
store. Instead, hu look u train for Ihu
liench mid aw Ihe sea for the llrst
lime III years. Without i rally pluu.
Illllg II I.U SlMill fiillllil l,tni,.ir lii ,1...
suburb n here ll Itiiriiham lit til.
Uu had tiinled her ndilress lu his
lie.m ror days .mil days Uu walk til
by tint house, lie ttinild have laughed
ut Ihe lih-.i Dial he Impel in co her.
At the gate hu iiliuoit halliil, as If ho
woiibl enter iii.d pay n nill, hut hu
caught himself Jum lt n,,,,.
An hour Inter, lu n m-islde p.i 1. half
o inllo nttuy, n he mi! nlmio on a
bench with his lew-lie Hlong iimii
him. n young nmn mid n girl look u
seat back of him. A bimb hid I hem
from sight, hut his heart gate u leap
ns hu heard n well known tolce. it
wuh sayiugi
"No, Waller, there I no occasion for
jealousy on your part. Mr. Gray Is
nnu of the nicest men I iter met, hut
uu ii uu ihu uacueiiir mm lias never
uiougni or lote. itcjelcii, hu h nt least
forly-litc, wlillu I nm only uliatueii,
Thu Idea of my luurrylnf a man old
enough to bo my father! Why, It's
perfectly ridiculous"'
There was moie lunverK-iili.o. but
Iho Junior piirlner heard nothing fur
ther. Uu rou fofily uml tiptoed riwiiy
some distance. Then he cat dotvil on
another U-uch uml held ,H faco lu his
bunds until (he ncho (i-.'n.eil, Uu forlyt
live, shu nineteen! Old enough lo be
her father! Old bachelor nud nover
thought of love! A lldlcilloiu Ideal
alter wuu young. Youth nmled with
youili.
And Ihu leteiles and (he dreams and
tho fiice passed uwoy lo return no
more, and the boys at Iho ofllce said
that ihu "old man" was pitching Into
woik us If he wanted to get something
off bin mind.
Incorporated November
1 i 1 t
2, 1900 i
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Slstemenl of Condition
of the.
Klamath County Bank
Klamath rails, Oregon
D1C1MBIR 31, 1007
IUUOURCES
Ina ami Discounts . $340,cao.uo
Honda ami SccuriticH . Jn,52ri'.B4
Itvftt Eatatc, BulldltiRH and
Fixtures I4.74n.ln
Cnsh anil Siht Kxchunuo IG(J,247,ou
$885,010.51
LIABIUTIES
Capital Stock, fully paid $100,000.00
Surplua and Proflts 2 1, 753. U
Duo Other Banka . . 32,000.04
DiKslta ... 431.205.40
$505,010.51
I, Alex Martin, Jr., Cashier of the a . '..mrd
hank, du solnnnly swear that tint nl ' ute.
unlit Is tnie tu the best of my know, l.ili;. !, ., Irt
AI.KX MAltTIN, Jit i. ,r.
.SuhacrllMil and morn to lieforr nu n.
of Jsnusry, Ivus,
ISralf f II. in,i
Notary Public f. t n
orncEKs
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AUtX MARTIN
K. R. RKAMXS
ALEX MARTIN. JR.
LULU ROGIRS
Vice
President
President
Cashier
Aus't Cashier
Pioneer Bank of Klamath Basin
THE OFFICE
E. H. DuFAULT. Proprietor
Choicest of Wiles. Liquors nnd Cigars
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Caters tu tho better class of trade, ! nothing to ojtnd
Uki most critical. You'll notice the iT-rrr.c tihrarM
try It. Just the place to drop In for a rrffcihirf bait
age when you ncr! a atlmulsnt I ure liqunn cf til
kliuls fur family trade a specially
Ready for Inspection
Our line of Garpeta. Matting, Tapestry,
Linoleum, Art Squares, Tabic, Lounge
and Stand Covert, is ready for inspec
tion. Something entirely new
Also Silk Float and Feltolenc IVoltresset
Brast and Iron Beds-Adjustable pel
cil woven wire Springs, the only into;
for hot weather.
Polahed Oak Dining Sets and all oak
Rockers.
W. H. DOLBEER
Successor to B. St. George Bishop
Phone-Store, 61 Residence, 155
CIJAH. K. WOKUKN
President
A. M. WOKDKN
Cashier
I'ltKIl MEtHA
Vlce-Prf"1
The American Bank and Trust Go:
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i si ig'' iaaRaal BT5rtr KSs? 'tSBaT " jB B9fl Issal 9,
CAPITAL. $100,000.00
cor. Sihaai Mala Street
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