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$300 FOR A MAN'S DRINK j IS RECORD FOR OLD CORN . of the nog shaker ceased and the eagle on the dollar stopped flutter ing on the bar in the Belmont. The bar man looked up. He was used to money talk when the juice start ed to take effect, but here was something unusual. "I'll make your salary $4. r >oo II you'll take a man's drink, and Nick, you're witness to the transac tion." The speaker was John I. Taylor, Jr., owner of the Boston club, and he was in that happy-go lucky state which has caused fre quent doings along the gay path way, He was speaking to Hugh Mcßreen, his secretary. Hugh did some thinking. His boss was making good talk .and he i spouted: "You're on, John; I'll take bourbon." The bar man set ar. "xtra glass on the mahogany, Mcßreen poured out a portion and downed it, fol lowing with a liberal chaser of | H-2-O. Thus Hugh Mcßreen be came the highest priced secretary in the American league. Back of this Is the story. The night previous Taylor was in one of his "happy" moods and an-: nounoed there was nothing to it, I he mutt boost Hugh's salary $500. Later ho declared $r>oo not enough I and tacked on $300 more, which made everyone feel good. In the morning Taylor had some of the good feeling left, and when! Where hundreds of thousands will be spent building railroads, docks, canals, sawmills and factories. Where hundreds of homes and business houses will be built. Lots $35.00 Today :: Grand Free Steroptican Entertainment Tonight and Every Night This Week Showing One Hundred and Sixty-Six Views of Pacific City and the Country Tributary to It. Come and Bring Your Friends No Doubt You Are Beginning to Realize What Pacific City Means to the Coast of Oregon with its great fresh water harbor, its surrounding country with its Mllions of feet of virgin timber, not Baying any thing about its great coal mines and large dairy ranches. It is also noted for its great fruit productions. Why don't you come and look into this before it is too latet Think what a fresh water harbor means to the Pacific coast. Do you ever stop to consider that boats have to go in a dry dock once or twice a year and have the barnacles removed, but if boats can go into fresh water the barnacles will fall off after a few days.' Again, consider that Pacific City will be a terminal for railroads. It is only a matter of a short time before Pacific City will lie the talk of the whole Pacific coast. Ask your friends what they think about it, and then come and see US. Remember, large cities are built on good harbors. Pacific City will have the finest fresh water harbor on the Pacific coast. Do you realize the possibilities? Wake up and buy now before prices advance. You can get choice locations if you come early. The only mistake you can make is to pass this opportunity up and then tell you friend next year this time that you remember only a year ago that you could have bought lots in Pacific City for $35 apiece that are selling now at from $100 to $1000 each. BUY TODAY. j j ~* j «6 «wno Spokane Agency, Pacific City Improvement Company :: Mcßreen greeted him with, "John, do you know you boosted my salary $800 last night?" Taylor shouted: "Did I? Well, what I say goes. I/et's have a drink." Mcllreeu and Nickerson, a Bos ton scribe, ordered water. John L, Jr., don't drink water. With the suddenness of a popugun he swung upon Mcßreen and announced, "I'll c-w —* —.... --w r'«w firvt vi ....... itsUKr tributary <.'o> ! IV tit ttw fim ii il.-jr my: ,|-, Mvs ?)v Stair i'(«!«•.,imi% «f *£r*| of tka Nik y i soil on Coast I .\i .j. igidrvutoprd «:t»*Ni JOHN I. TAYLOR, JR. Study the may and location. If you can't see an investment in th ese lots at $35 each, what's the use of our telling you any more about it? OFFICE OPEN SUNDAYS AND EVENINGS. PRICE POSITIVELY ADVANCES $5.00 THE IST AND 15TH OF EACH MONTH. make your salary an even $4500. Hugh; that's another $300 raise, if you'll take a man's drink.'" It was then the barman looked up and the eagle winked, as Mc- Breen ordered his corn. "Three hundred for a hooker. That's the best I've heard, and all he had was a Swiss S. and a beer," murmured the dispenser of liquid things. MILLIONAIRE'S HEIR ELOPES WITH RICH WIDOW Mrs. Bailey Howard of New York and Los Angeles the Bride of J. B. Van Nuys. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 30.—1 James Benton Van Nuys, only son jof millionaire Isaac Van Nuys of Ixjs Angeles, and Mrs. Emily How ard of New York and Los Angeles : were secretly married today in San 1 Rafael. It was an elopement. Mrs. j :I. N. Van Nuys, mother of the j I bridegroom, treated the story as a Jolts when told tonight in Loa An geles that her son was married. I Mrs. Emily Pond Howard was i the widow- of George Howard. Soon , after her marriage to Howard the I [couple went to New York, where! Howard died after three months' illness. Mrs. Howard was ill at the time, and tho funeral services were held in her bedroom in order that she might be present. On account of some trouble with members of the Howard family they refused to settle anything on Climate the best on the Oregon coast. Resources varied and unlimited. Railroad under actual construction. New Harbor for Pacific Coast Pacific City Canal Co. Also Planning to Build City in Southern Oregon Announcing that the money has been secured to carry its plans to completion, the Pacific City Canal Co. filed articles of incorporation today. It has a capital stock of $1,000,000 and will construct a deep water canal from Lake Flores. in Curry county, to the Pacific ocean. The canal and the construction of a deep water harbor on Lake Klores at Pacific City is the clref project the company has in hand, it hopes, thereby, to build up a new city of importance and add another valu able harbor to the Pacific coast by j ■ private capital. Engineers have in-1 1 THE SPOKANE PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25 Judge Rentoul of Ixmdon. England, is a philosopher much ad- < mired in that metropolis, tjfjtoeaking at a banquet recently, he 4 gained much applause by aScfibing the following as the 14 1m- « portant mistakes people" ufwWhi this life: 4 To attempt to set up ctUjf.jSwn standard of right and wrong 4 and expect everybody to 6onj%m to it. 4 To try to measure, the *htoynient of others by our own. < To expect uniformity of ojltnion in this world. « To look for judgment anilexperience in youth. < To endeavor to mold alb nlspositions alike. < Not to yield in flftimpofufit trifles. < To look for perfection in J*r\\r own actions. < To worry ourselves and olW* about what cannot be remedied. < Not to alleviate, if wejcp*. all that needs alleviation. < Not to make allowances £jjf the weaknesses of others. •< To consider anything uufrt&ssible that wo cannot ourselves < perform. . ... < To' believe only What our finite minds can grasp. 1 To live as If th* moment, the time, the day, were so impor- < tant that it would Tito forever. « To estimate people by some outside quality, for. it is that « within which makes* the mp.ii. < In the course'of'his speech Judge- Rentoul told a number of < amusing anecdotes. .One was ot the clergyman who told the < bride-to-be that it wao-jiivery se-Hcais thing to get married. "Yes," 1 was the answer, : "btrt ft%.mpfe "serious not to get. married." - 4 Among thei Aphoflftlns isjmigjeaV by the judge were: . 4 "Stubbornness pver friflejs biqeks the business of Jil'o, though 4 it does mbre for the biWyesj.than, all the other phases of human < life.*' < "A young lady's nose is undoubtedly prettier than a bulldog's 4 nose, but we find that the bulldog's nose is about live times as 4 good at smelling." i the young widow in the way of property, but allowed her an in come of $."><) a month. She con trolled property in the southwest part of Los Angeles, and through speculation grew wealthy. i Terms Cash; $10 Deposit Upon Each Lot; Balance Paid to Your Local Bank With Draft Attached to Warranty Deed FOURTEEN MISTAKES OF LIFE vestigated tne project and declared it feasible. ' George Stevenson, \V. H. Lang and VV. VV. Purdy are the incorpora tors. L. B, Reeder tiling the incor poration papers as attorney. Mr. Stevenson is a local business man. Mr. Lang is a real estate dealer and Mr. Purdy Is a civil engineer, con nected with the Great Northern railroad. Included in the plans of the com pany is the laying out of townsites, the sale of lands, construction of >ower lines for all purposes and the :>ui!ding of a railroad from Pacific 3tty, about 50 miles In length.— from Portland Journal, Dec. 24. With every gambler "On the square," There's surely a "Gamblers' Square" somewhere, And all their mail may be Forwarded there. Where dimes will grow into dollars in less time than it will take to mature another wheat crop Location about midway between Portland and San Francisco. Find Pacific City Much Better Than Represented This is the report made by Mr. Severson and Mr. Anderson on tttelr return to Spokane, two well known residents here. They returned yesterday, where they had been to make a thorough investigation of Pacific City, not only for themselves, but for their friends in Spokane as well. "We must say that we found things much bettor than either one of us expected. This is ouce where a real estate man told the truth. It would be impos sible to misrepresent it, as the possibilities are far too great. We took the boat from Portland to Marshfield and from there we took the train to Coquille, and from Coquille to BandOn by river boat, and from there to Pacific City by stage, a distance of 16 1-2 miles. The weather was warm and we "had no need for overcoats. We arrived at Pacific City Sunday evening. The evening was certamly beautiful. The next morning tho sun was shining bright. Talk alunit a pretty place. I don't believe I ever faw a prettier location for a city. We then walked through the park, where there is a making of a pretty place, overlooking the harbor and the Pacific ocean. We hired a gasoline launch and took a spin around the harbor. The only thing we regret Is that we did not fake nur guns with us. as the lake was covered with ducks. 1 must say We enjoyed ourselves very much. We were then shown some huckleborrry trees, which were about 12 feet in height, and not only that, but the trees were bearing. We brought back with us several branches, which you will find displayed in the window of the Pacific- City Improvement company. There is no doubt, in our minds that Pacific City, with its great fresh water harbor, its surrounding country and its railroads, will make one of the largest cities on the Coast. I would like to see all )f my friends invest in Pacific City, because you will realize $10 for every $1 you put In it. We intend to return ibout the middle of next month and erect a large hotel there. THIS CHICKEN HAS A HUMAN FACE; GETS VERY DRUNK ON HUMAN BEER NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—"Anna ' is perhaps the strangest hen in the United states. :: Lots $40.00 Saturday She belongs to William Kroeh ler, an eastslde saloonkeeper, and he has refused offers of $ir> a O. SEVERSON, 02<0.T Perry St C. J. ANDERSON'. 2029 Gardner Aye. 422 FIRST AVENUE SPOKANE, WASa week to put "Anna" om the ***** ville stage. 1 "Anna - 'Is worth more than tk#t to Kroehler because draws many curiosity seekers to tt*,«s> loon. "Anna" hasn't any bill, but »• boasts a mouth with tips, and a nose with nostrils. Nothing ejaa on the face of the earth, that any one knows of, looks like "Anna." The hen likes grain, but she can not pick it up, so that it Is neces sary for Kroehler to feed her py placing the grain In her mouth- There Is nothing domestic aboat "Anna," either. She is an east side drunkard. Roosters and roost ing places don't interest her, and she has never laid an egg. VERY ANNOYING. "This polar controversy has star red up a lot of trouble." "That's what It has," assented T T ncle Goshall Hemlock. "Why. some of these Plunkvllle people are now demanding affidavits on* a story that I have been telling for the past thirty years."—Kansas City Journal. < ■i ONE REASON OR THE OTHCR. mow long nave you wumvu here?" "Ten years." "I suppose you started in as Of fice boy?" "Xo, I started in right whore I am now." v. I "What's the matter? Aren't you my good or are the Jobs above you all held by relatives of the president of the concern?" —Chl- ■ago Record-Herald,