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01APTER XIII.
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A 1 1 Ing bands to do their bidding
I I than did Boyd and George, and
1 when a week later the Juliet.
vltb Willis Marsh oo board, came to
anchor the bunk bouses were up and
peopled, while the new site bad be
come a beehive of activity.
The mouth of the Kalvlk river Is
several miles wide, yet It contains but
a smalt anchorage suitable for deep
draft ships, the rest of the harbor be
ing underlaid with mud bars and tide
tiats over which none but small boats
may pass, and as the canneries are
distributed up and down the stream
for a considerable distance It Is neces
sary to transport all supplies to and
from the ships by means of tugs and
lighters. Owing to the narrowness of
the channel the Juliet came to her
moorings not far from the Bedford
Castle.
To Marsh, already furious at the
trick the ice bad played him, this forc
ed proximity to his rival brought home
with added Irony the fact that he bad
been forestalled, while It emphaslz.ed
his knowledge that henceforth the con
flict would be carried on at closer
quarters. It would be a contest be
tween two men. both determined to
win by fair means or foul.
It was on tbe afternoon following
bis arrival that Marsh after a tour of
inspection landed from his lauuch and
strolled up to where Boyd Emerson
was at work. lie was greeted cour
teously, If a bit coolly, and found, as
on their last meeting, that his own
bearing was reflected exactly In that
of Boyd.
"I see you have a number of my old
fishermen," Marsh observed.
"Yes; we were fortunate."
"You are very lucky."
"Indeed! HowT
-Well, don't you think you were
lucky to beat that strike?"
It wasn't altogether luck. However.
I do consider myself fortunate In es
caping at the last moment," Boyd
laughed easily. "By the way, what
happened to the man they mistook for
me?"
"Let him go, I believe. I didn't pay
much attention to the matter. I rather
think you will have a lot to explain
one of these days," he said, with de
liberate menace.
"With 50,000 cases of salmon aboard
tbe Bedford Castle I will explain any
thing. Meanwhile the police may go
to tbe devil!"
"You got away from Seattle, but
there Is a commissioner at Dutch liar
bor, also a deputy marshal, who may
have better success with a warrant
than those policemen bad." Tbe
trust's manager could not keep down
tbe angry tremor in bis voice, and tbe
other, perceiving It, replied In a man
ner designed to Inflame him still more:
"Yes, I have beard of those oflkers.
I understand they are both In your
employ."
"What!"
"I bear you have bought them."
"Do you mean to Insinuate"
"I don't mean to Insinuate anything
Listen! We are where we can talk
plainly. Marsh, and I am tired of alii
this subterfuge. You did what you
could to stop me, you even tried to
Lave me killed"
"You dare to"-
"But I guess It never occurred to
you that I may be Just as desperate
as you are. I broke through In spite
of you. and I'm on the Job If you
want to cry quits. I'm willing, but I
won't be balked, and If any of your
hired marshals try to take we before I
put up my catcb I'll put you away
Understand?"
Willis Marsh recoiled Involuntarily.
"You are Insane!" he cried.
"Am I?" Emerson laughed harshly.
"Well. I'tii Just crazy enough to do
what 1 say. Don't come bark here
until 1 send for you. Something might
fall ou you "
"Then it Is to be war. eh?"
."Suit yourself." Boyd pointed to the
bore.
As Marsh made his way to the wa
fer's edge he stumbled like a blind
man; his lips were bleeding where bis
small, sharp teetb had bltteu them,
and be panted like an hysterical wo
man. During the uext fortnight the salllug
ships began to assemble, standing In
under a great spread of canvas to
' berth close alongside the two steam
ships On the tnorulng after the arrival of
the last ship Emerson aud his com
panions were treated to a genuine sur
prise. Cherry bad come down to the
site as usual-she could not let a day
go by without visiting the place aud
Clyde after a tardy breakfast had Just
come ashore. They were watching Big
George direct the launching of a scow
when ull of a sudden they henrd a fa
miliar voice behind them cry cheer
fully: "Hello, white folks! Here we are
all blether again."
They turned to behold a villainous
looklug man beaming benignly upon
thpm. lie was dirty, his clothes were
In rags, and through a riotous bristle
of beard that hid his thin, features a
MM
orde!
Author of "The Spoilers" and
'The Barrier"
HARPER V BROTHERS
mangy patch showed on either cheek
It was undeulably "Flngerless" Eraser,
but bow changed, how altered, from
that radiant flower of ludolence they
had known! He was pallid, emaciat
ed and bedraggled.
"Fraser!" they cried In chorus, then
fell upon him noisily.
Fraser drew himself up with lnjurt'd
dignity, thou spoke In dramatic uc
cents. "I worked tuy way!"
"How? Where?"
"On that bloinly wind Jammer."
"But the police?" queried Boyd.
"Oh, I squared them easy. It's you
they want. Yes. sir, I worked. I'm a
scullery maid."
"Tell us about It." urged Cherry.
"What's the use?" he demanded,
with a glare at Clyde. "That boite
bead wouldn't understand."
Go ahead." Boyd seconded, with
twitching lips. "You look as If you
had worked, and worked bard."
"Well, there ain't any Pullmans run
ning to this resort, so I stow away on
a coal burner, but somebody flags me.
Then 1 try to hire out as a fisher niHii.
but I ain't there with tbe gang talk
and my stufT drags, so l tlx It foi
a hide-away on the Blessed Isle-
that's her name. Can you bent that
for a mnnaker? This sailor of mine
"PRASEUt" THET CB1BD IN CHORUS.
goes good to grub me. but he never
shows for forty -eight hours or years
I forget which. Anyhow. I stand it a
long as I cau. then I dig my way up
to a hatch and mew like a. house cat
It seems thny were hep from the start,
and battened me down on purpose,
then made book ou ihow long I'd stay
hid. Oh. It's a funny Joke, and tbey
all get a stomach laugh when I show
When I offer to pay my way they're
Insulted. Nix! that ain't their graft.
They wouldn't take money from n
stranger. Oh. no! They permit me to
work my way The scullion has quit,
see? So they promote me to his Job."
"You deserted this morning, eh?"
"I did. I want a bath and some
clean clothes und a whole lot of sleep."
He was granted his desires.
The Bedford Castle having dlscbarg
ed her cargo steamed away to returv
In August.
The middle of June brought the brst
king salmon, scouts sent on nhend of
the "sockeyes;" but Boyd made no ef
fort to take advantage of this run. la
boring manfully to prepare for the ad
vance of the main urmy, that terrific
horde that was soon to come from the
mysterious depths either to make ot
ruin him. Once the run proper started
there would be no more opportunity
for building or for setting up innchln
ery. He must be ready and waiting
by the first of July.
For some time his fin machines had
been busy night und day turning out
great heaps of gleaming caus. while
the carpenters and machinists com
pleted their tasks. The gill netters
were overhauling their gear, the beach
was lined with fishing boats. On
their dock great plies of seines and
drift nets were being Inspected. Three
miles below Big George with a picked
crew nnd a plledrlver was building the
flshtrap. It consisted of half mile
"leads." or rows of piling, capped with
stringers upon w hlcb netting was hung
and terminated In "hearts." "corrals"
and "splllers." the Intricate arrange
ments of webbing and timbers out of
which the fish were to be taken.
As for Boyd the fever in ids veins
mounted dally as he saw his dream
assuming couerete form. Always he
found Cherry at his shoulder, unob
trusive and silent for the most part,
yet Intensely observant and keenly
alive to every action. She seemed to
have the faculty of divination, know
Ing wheu to be silent and w lieu to Join
I tier mood with tils, and she gave him
valuable help, for she possessed a
practical mind. One day when their
preparations were nearly completed a
foreman came to Boyd and said ex
citedly: "Boss. I'd like you to look nt the
Iron Chinks right nwny."
"What's up V"
"I don't know, but something Is
wrong" A hurried examination show
ed the tniicliiiies to be cunningly crlp
;'cd; certain ;:irts were cutlrely miss-
H
ins while other were broken.
The iron Chink. r mechanical
c'.otiucr. Is perhaps the most ingenious
f i!ie i.iauy labor savins devices u-ed
hi the h:iI:iiiiii fisheries It Is an awk
ward looking, jet very elTecilve con
trivance of revolving knives and cou
veyc.r which seizes the tis whole and
delivers It cleaned, clipped, tut and
ready to be washed. With Sllperhll
man dexterity It does the work of
twenty lUhtniug like butchers With
out the aid of these liou Chinks Boyd
kuew that his tish would spoil before
thev could be handled. He hasten h!
straightway to George Bait. A half
tour's ruu down the bay and he clam
bered from his launch lo the pile
driver, where, amid the confusion and
noise, he made known bis tidings The
big fellow's calniues amazed hl'.u.
"What are you going to do now;
"Butcher by hand." said the fisher
man.
But how? That takes skilled l.h?r
-lots of It"
George grinned. "I'm too old a bird
to be caught like this. I figured on ac
cidents from the start, aud when I
hired my Chinamen I included a crew
of cutters. Willis Marsh will have tu
try again."
CHAPTER XIV.
niLE they were talking a tug
boat towing a pile driver came
Into view. Boyd asked the
meaning of Its preseuce In this
W
part of the river.
"I dou't know." answered Big
George, staring Inteutly. "louder
looks like another one behind it. with
a raft of piles."
"I thought all the company traps
were up stream.
"So they are. I can't tell what
they're up to."
A half hour later, when the new
flotilla bad come to anchor a short
distance below, Emerson's companion
began to swear.
"I might have known It."
"What?"
"Marsh alms to "cork' us."
"What Is that?"
"He's going to build a trap on each
side of this one nnd cut off our fish
"Good Lord! Can he do that?"
"Sure! Why not? The law gives us
000 yards both ways. As long as he
stays outside of that limit he can do
anything he wauts to."
"Then of what use Is our trap? Tbe
salmon follow definite courses close to
the shore, and If he Intercepts them
before they reach us why. then we'll
get only what he lets through."
"That's his plan." said Big George
sourly. "It's an old game, but It don't
always work. You can't tell what
salmon will do till they do It. I've
studied this point of land for five
years, and I know more about It than
anybody else except the Creator. If
the fish hug the shore, then we're up
against It. but I think they strike In
about here: that's why I chose this
site. We can't tell, though, till the run
starts. All we can do now Is see that
them people keep their distance "
The "lead" of n salmon trap con
sists of n row of web hung piling that
runs out from the shore for many hun
dred feet, forming a high, stout fence
that turns the schools of tish and leads
them Into cunningly contrived Inclo
sures. or "pounds." at the outer ex
tremlty, from which they are
"bralled" ns needed. These corrals are
so built that once the fish are Inside
they cannot escape The entire struc
ture Is devised upon the principle tlial
the salmon will uot make a slion turn
but will swim as nearly as posdliie In
a straight line. It looked to Boyd as
If Marsh, by blocking the line of prog,
ress above nnd below, had virtually
destroyed the efficiency of the new
trap, rendering the cost of Its construc
tion a total loss.
That evening when be bad seen the
night shift started Emerson decided
to walk up to Cherry's house, for he
was worried over the day's develop
ments and felt that an hour of the
girl's society might serve to clear his
thoughts.
Cherry's house was situated a short
distance above the cannery which serv
ed as Willis Marsh's headquarters, and
'Boyd's path necessarily took him past
his enemy's very stronghold. Finding
the tide too high to permit of passing
beneath the dock, he turned up among
the buildings, where, to his surprise, bo
encountered bis own day foreman talk
ing earnestly with a stranger.
The fisherman started guiltily.
"What are you doing here, Larsen?"
asked Boyd.
"I Just walked up after supper to
have a talk with an old mate "
"Who is he?"
"He's Mr. Marsh's foreman."
Emerson spoke out bluntly: "See
here. I don't like this. These people
have caused me a lot of troublo al
ready, and I don't want my men bang
ing around here."
"Oh. that's all right." said Larson
carelessly. "Him and me used to fish
together." And as If this were a suffi
cient explanation be turned back to bis
conversation, leaving Emerson to pro
ceed on his way.
He found Cherry at home aud, fling
Ing himself into one of her easy chairs,
relieved his mind of the day's occur
rences. "Marsh Is building those traps pure
'y out of splto. she declared Indig
nantly when he had finished. "He
doesu't need any more fish-he has
plenty of traps farther up the river."
"To be sure! It looks as If we might
have to depend upon the gill netters."
"We will know before long. If the
fish strike In where George expects
Marsh will be out a pretty penny."
"And If they don't strike In where
George expects we will be out all the
expense of building that trap."
"Exactly! I.'s a fascinating hnsl-
ness. Isn't It? It's a business In which
the unexpected Is forever happening, j
But the stakes are high, and I kuow j
you will succeed. By the way." she I
continued, "have you beard the his
toric story about the pink salmon?"
lie shook his head.
"Well, there was a certain shrewd
old cannery man lu Washington state
whjse catch eensisted almost wholly
of pink fish. As you know, that varie
ty does uot bring as high a price as
red salmon, like these. Well. Hading
that he could not sell his catch, owing
to tbe popular prejudice about color.
this mai glutei! ' i'r s sj.rikjnir can
labels, which read. 'Best Grade Pink
Salmon. Warranted Not to Turn Bed
In the Cau.' They tell me It worked
like a charm."
"No wonder!" Boyd laughed.
"I wish l were a man." she went on.
I'd like to engage In a business of this
sort, something that would require in
genuity and daring. I'd like to handle
big affairs."
"There Is your copper mine. You
surely handled that very cleverly."
Cherry's expression altered, and sbo
sbot a quick (clauce at blm as be went
on.
,"IIow Is It cotufcig along, by tha
way? I onvwu't heard you mention It
lately."
"Very well, I believe. The men were
down the other day and told me It
was a big thing."
"I'm delighted. How does It seen
to be rich?"
"1-1 hardly know. Rich! That has
always been my dream, and yet"
"The wonderful feature about
dreams," he took advantage of her
pause to say, "Is that they come true."
"Not all of them not the real, won
derful dreams," she returned.
"Oh, yes! My dream Is coming tme.
and so Is yours "
"I have given up hoping for that."
she said, without turning.
"But yon shouldn't give up. Remem
ber that sll the great things ever ac
complished were only dreams at first.
and the greater the accomplishments
the more Impossible they seemed to
begin with"
Something In the girl's attitude and
In her silence made him feel that his
words rang hollow and commonplace.
While they had talked an unaccus
touted excitement bad beeu mounting
In his brain, and It held him now In a
kind of delicious embarrassment. It
was as If both had been suddenly en
folded In a new nnd mysterious uu
derstaudlng without the need of
speech. He did not tell himself that
Cherry loved hi in, but be roused to a
fresh perception of her beauty and felt
himself privileged In her nearness.
It may have been tbe unusual ardor
of bis gaze that warmed ber cheeks
and brought her eyes back from the
world outside. At any rate, she turned
flashing blm a startled glance that
caused bis pulse to leap anew. Rising
silently, she went past him to the
piano. Never before had she surprised
that look In his eyes and at the real I
zatlon a wave of confusion surged over
her She strove to culm herself
through her music, which shielded
while It gave expression to her mood
and neither spoke as the evening
shadows crept In upon them. But the
girl's exaltation was short lived: tbe
thought came that Boyd's feeling was
but transitory: he was not the sort to
burn lasting Incense before more than
one shrine Nevertheless, at this mo
ment he was hers, and In the Joy of
that certainty she let the moments slip,
They heard a child crying some
where In the rear of the house and
Chakawaua's voice soothing; then In a
moment the Indian girl appeared In
the doorway, saying something about
going out with Constantlne. Cherry
acquiesced half consciously. Impatient
of the Intrusion. Boyd finally rose aud,
going to the door, saw that the sky was
deeply overcast, rendering the night as
dark as lu a far lower latitude.
"I've overstayed my welcome." he
ventured and smiled at ber answering
laugh.
With a ti'ace of solicitude she said:
"Walt! I'll get you a raincoat," But
he reached out a detaining hand. Id
the darkness It encountered the bare
flesh of her arm.
'Tlease don't! You'd have to strike
a light to find It. and I don't want a
light now."
"It has been a pleasant evening," she
said luanely.
"I saw you for the first time tonight,
Cherry. I think I have begun to know
you."
Agalu she felt ber heart leap. Reach
ing out to say goodby, his band slipped
down over ber arm like a caress until
her palm lay In his.
With trembling, gentle hands she
pushed him from ber.
When the black bulk of Marsh's can
nery loomed uhead of Emerson he left
the gravel beach nnd turned up among
the buildings, seeking to retrace bis
former course. As he turned the cor
ner of the first building ho nearly ran
against a man who wus standing mo
tionless against the wall. The fellow,
with a sharp exclamation, vanished
luto the gloom. Boyd lost no time In
gaining the plauk runway that led to
the dock und, finding an unglo In the
building, backed Into It und waited.
From his momentary glimpse of the
man as he made oil' lie knew that he
was tall and active-Just the sort of
persou to prove dangerous lu an en
counter. But If his suspicions were
correct there must be others close by.
nnd Boyd wondered why he had heard
lio signal. After a breathless wait of
a moment or two lie stole cautiously
out. and, selecting the darkest shad
ows, slipped from one to another till
ho was caught by the sound of voices
Issuing from the yawning entrance of
the main building ou his light. The
next moment Ids tension relaxed; one
of the speakers was a woman. F.vl-
uetltTy" aT.u'nf luiJ lieeiT" needless,
for these people, whoever Ihey were
made uo eli'ort to conceal their lv
erne. Ou the contrary, the woman had
raised her tone to a louder pitch, al
though her words were si 111 nudist lu
gulshable Greatly relieved. Boyd was about to
go on. when a sharp cry. like a signal,
came In the woman's voice, a cry
which turned to a genulue wail of dis
tress. The listener heard a mau's voice
cursing In answer, aud then the sound
of a scullle, followed at length by a
choking cry. that broucht him bound
ing luto the building. lie ran forwrrd.
recklessly, but before he had covered
half the distance her collided violently
with a piece of machinery and went
sprawling to the floor A glance up
ward revealed the dim outlines of u
topper." and showed him farther
down the building, silhouetted briefly
against the lesser darkness of the win
dows, two struggling figures. As he
regained his footing, something rushed
past him man or animal he could not
tell which, for Its feet made no more
sound upon the floor than those of a
wolf dog. Then, as he liolted forward,
he heard a man cry out. nnd found
himself In tbe midst of turmoil. Ills
bands encountered a human body, and
be seized It, only to be hurled aside us
If with a giant's streugtb. Again be
clinched with a man's form, and bore
It to tbe floor, cursing at tbe darkness
and reaching for tts throat Ills an
tagonist raised his voice in wild
clamor, while Boyd braced himself for
another assault from those huge hands
be had met a moment before. But It
did not come. Instead ho heard a cry
from the woman, an answer In a deep
er voice and then swift, pottering
footsteps growing fainter. Mennwhlle
the man with whom he wns locked
was fighting desperutely, with hands
and feet and teeth, shouting hoarsely.
Other footsteps sounded now, this
time nnnroaehlmr. then at tho door a
lantern flared. A watchman came run
nlng down between the lines of ma-
chlnery, followed by other figures half
revealed.
Boyd bnd pinned his antagonist
against tbe com smes oi a renin a
last ana w.iu Jlu
bis throat was beating his head vlo-
leutly against the Iron when by the
lantern's gleam he caught one glimpse
of the fat, purple face ln front of him
nnd loosed his hold with a startled ex-
clamatlon. Released from the grip
that had nearly mndo an end of him.
WII1I8 Marsn Siaggereo jo urn iwtru
Tlie man was wouuueu,
I ,1 tA,11r I
..-....,,1.11 om Ua rn nr liv thn roil fltronm I
which gushed down over his breast,
Marsh leveled a trembling finger at
rtnni nnd cried hvsterlcallv:
"There he Is, men. He tried to mur-
dor mo. I-rm hurt ill nave mm
arrested."
The seriousness or me accuuiu
tha InstnnL
uu" l"
lie lurnea upon iu Biuui,.
i iiiiin'r do thnt. I beard a ngntr,u -vrw
Mine on nnd ran In here"-
M
"He's a liar, tbe wounded man in-
terruDted shrilly. "lies stabbed me!
BeeY" Ho tried to strip the shirt from
his wounds, then fell to chattering anu
shaklng. "0 God, I'm hurt!" He
staggered to a packing case and sank
1& ..).! ,,h,kllnM At 1,1a MWl . I
Upon 11, WCUHIJf 1UUIUIIUI fc
den shoulder.
1 didn't do that," repeated Boyd.
"1 don't know who stabbed blm. I
didn't"
Then who did'" some one de
manded.
What are you doing ln here? You'd
a klllea blm tn a minute, saiu iue
man with the lantern.
"Weil fix you for this." a third voice
threutenea
Llsten." Boyd said In a 'tono to
a mistake hero. 1 was passing the
building when 1 heard a woman
scream, nnd 1 rusnea lu to prevent
Marsh from choking her to death."
"A woman!" chorused the group.
"Thnt's what I said."
"Where Is she now?"
"I don't know. I didn't see her nt nil
1 grappled with the llrst person I ran
luto. She miisi have gono out as you
came In." Boyd indicated the side
door, which was still ajar.
"It's a lie," screamed Marsh.
"It's the truth." stonily maintained
Emerson, "anil there was a man with
her too. Who was she. Marsh Who
was the man?"
"She she-I don't know."
"Don't lie."
"I'm hurt," reiterated tho stricken
man feeb v. Then, seeing me tiewu-
derment In the faces about him, ho
"TtiKitR iik is men. he tiiii.h to MfnnrB
burst out anew: "ixitii stauu meiw
you get
like n lot of foo
him?"
Why don't
"If I stabbed him I must have had n
knife," Emerson said, ngalu chocking
the forward movement. "You may
senrch tne If you like. Sec?" lie
I I.: ;:. " . . . i;c THs b-,l
ues L.- ii a . . :er. some one
aid
'Yes. an I I may use It." s;;U Emer-
sou quietly.
if lie hasn't n knife then he must
have had a friend with him."
"Theii tell vot:r men what we were
doing l:i here a:ii lrw you came to be
alone with us la the dark." Emerson
stared at tils mviwcr curiously, but the
trust's manager -eeinrd at a liss.
"See here. Marsh. If yon will tell us
whom you were choking maybe we
can gel nt the truth of this affair."
Without answering Marsh rose und.
leaning dmii the watchman's arm.
said:
"Helo me up to the house I'm hurt.
Send the launch to the upper plant for
John. He knows something about
medicine." With no further word he
made his way out of the building, fol
lowed by the mystified fishermen.
No one undertook to detain Emer
son, and he went his way. wondering
what lay back of the night's adven
ture. He racked his brain for a hint
as to the Identity of the woman and
the reason of her presence alone wlttt
Marsh In such a pines.
To Be Continued
fllf! CIIIZEII
Anton Choloupka, an Old Reti
dent Passes Away.
From Wednesday's Dally.
Monday night after an Illness ot
several months, Anton Choloupka,
residing In the northwest part of the
city, passed away.
Mr. Choloupka was born In Rosed,
Moravia, about 1850, and was the
son of Joseph and Anna Choloupka.
an . TesAeA ln the 0ij country until
about tne vear 18S2 when he came
to America and to Plattsn.outh. The
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deceased was for the past twenty-five
years an employee of the Burlington
here.
in June, 18S6, he was married to
Mrs. Pet Nowacek. To this union
four children were born, three ot
uhrmi mirvlvA thn decerned. Aimns
' ' a
Tk .,
.
vlvlng children are Frank, Hermla
and Sophia, who with the widow re-
main to mourn the loss of the de-
parted father and husband. Two step
children, James Nowacek and Mary
Vltousek. also survive,
Thn AM,Mfu,A w- - kinj hiiHhinrt
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and father, a good neighbor and a
,iotlj ,, win i, .m.
I . t i . i . - m a a r .
mournea Dy nis circle oi menus. n
was a memoer oi wie i.ainoiic insur-
ance Society, The Catholic workman,
ani tne m. W. A.
Tne fUneral services will be coa-
,.lirtoj . n,v. tr.th.r Volrpk of St.
cession will leave the residence at
9:30 Thursday morning and the
funeral will take place at the church
at 10 o clock.
To Make Travel Easier.
in an euort to inane traveling
easier for the pcbllc the railroad
commission of Oklahoma has Issued
ftn order which has caused conster-
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InHmnlna ttiat uti Inou tha A a
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'ung to sou imeruue ucHeis mai
n" c"a",u i'aooc,,ft'a iu Di"'
point In the state and reach any
other railroad point without buying
a second ticket the commission wlH
try to force thera to do so.
Several citizens of Oklahoma ad
vised the commission that the bus'
iichb of that city would be greatl '
enhanced provided people from every
section of the state could get there
without buying several tickets, an
the new order was the result.
The railroad officials declare thot
they will not comply with the order.
but will appeal to the courts. T1.j
railroad men say they are willing to
do anything within reason that wl"!
make travel more comfortable, bi t
are not ready to Issue interline tick
ets on such wholesale basis. Ti.
railroads are putting the order up I
their legal men to see If there Is anr-
thlng ln the law that would enabl-
the commission to enforce such ai
order.
Bedims to Pckln, Illinois.
Peter Melslnger and wife and Ren
Walter, who have been visiting Jo' t
Lutz and J. P. Sattler and families
and other relatives for two week, de
parted for their home Inst evenlu?-
Mr. Melslnger has been away frovn
homo Just a month today when he
will arrive at Pekln, lllnols. He re
sides on and owns .the farm that 11'
grandfather and his father ownt'l,
this being the first trip from the c' 1
home.
Biliousness Is due to a disordc
condition of the stomach. Chamb
1'ilii'u Tnhlotu nro ncannl lull V A ntonv
U( ll n,c,,lclll' Intended especially t
act on that organ; to cleanse it,
strengthen it, tono nnd invigorate 11
to regulate tho liver and to ban! A
biliousness positively and effectual!.
yor gnie fy p. o. Fticke & Co.
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