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l SATURDAY SEPTEMBER THELOOANREPUBLKMB 'J? . PAGE THREE H 1 I Kleptomania I fl M L L ' fcr A M AIUwv 1 1 jj ' (Copyright, ltll, by AtaooUUd Literary Mp Pnn.) S An stent to bs much talked about H In society and another to cause ctuat 191 tar from tho seventh floor to the 19 basement at Maxim ft Co.'a depart- IS ment itore, occurred the aame week. && TIi Dr,t wta tb announcement of fijE the engagement ot Miss Edith, Mile, wQj. to Mr. Eugene Kevins, who waa one flBrv oMhe partner? ot the Btore, and so- Mj& clety agreed that It was a fin match. wm Society refers to those things the uB same way men refer to horses In a yM rsce, SB The second event was the general Iff overhauling of tho storo detectives Hi and many ot the sales girls, on ac- Wm count of the sudden Increaso In shop- KB lifting. Laces and other vnluablo fiK goods not the UBual prey of the shop- UH lifter were being taken In a way to EH make tho loss n serious one and to J call for Increased vigilance H Maxim & Co. hnd tho reputation of ml carrying tho finest lino of laces In w the city. Thero were four salesgirls 9 In this department, and tho one In A chnrge was Miss Orattan. She had M held her place for nearly a year when tS the first theft was reported. Tho rl first and second cases were pasted jS over, but when the third wan re- HB ported Miss Qrattnn .was placed tin fj der suspicion. It was Mr. Novlns E who set the natch on her, and It was J to Mr. Novlns that the report waa Sal made later on. mi "Lives with her widowed mother; if goes out very Uttlo and thon with tm Mr. Traver, of the furniture depart- A ment. It Is said that they are en- M gaged. If she takes the lace, she vjtj sells It somewhere. Cannot say that IS suspicion should attach to any one H of the four at the lace counter." IV In the line of business Mr. Novlns wM bad once called Miss Orattan to the IBB office. Sho had not trembled and BH cowered In his presence. On tho con- jfn trary, she had seemed too assured WK and snippy to please him. There wl must be discipline In department WS stores, and when an employe la Ml before the powers that be, he or she H Is expected to act as If life was at SB stake. As Miss Orattan didn't, Mr. KU Nevlns was displeased with her. S In the general overhauling Mtas JH Orattan came first. Lace to the U "There Is Slackness Thtrs" Bf value ot 200 had been taken from Rff her department two days bofore. tEB There had beon a rush at her counter jH all day, mostly of well-dressed worn- y n. There had been scores and aoorei ttjm of sales. There had beon scores who MB did not buy. The salesgirls must IB not only handle the stock, but an- MB ewer questions, record sales, keep JH their oyes open and look upon every J customer with suspicion, nnd feel jtjD that some ono of thoso customers H might bo a shoplifter, nnd there to W Put tho four In porll ot losing their H places. Mr Novlns realized nil this, Mj but ho made no oxen bus for Mlus KH Ornttnn, nor permitted hor to make 3! any for hcrseir. J "There Is slacknes tlioro or these H things could not happen," ho said Kg "A smort Blrl can tell n shoplifter Q half way across tho Btoro. If there J Is any more stealing from your coun- J tor I shall bo obliged to transfor you V to tho crockery department." jD Thero woro thrco storo detoctlves, (J all noted for their smartness, nnd J yet thoy could not "toll a shoplifter J half way across tho storo," nor yet Kg ton feet nwny. Miss Orattnn took II IB rightly that she "was marked down," j hut Bho roturned to her counter ro J solved to watch with moro vigilance J than over. In tho big stores thoy do JEW not make tho mlstnko of watching MS wllat mny bo called tlio common folks H to tho oxcluslon of nil others. What i. tho common folks tako Is cnllod 3PP stealing; rhnt tho wealthy toko goes Ml und"' tho head of kleptomania. Both aro watched nllko. H Four days after tho talk In tho of- J Jlce, MIsb Orattan had n customer for Vm hlgh-prlcod lace Sho was a young jm woman of auout twenty-two, who hjB had come In her auto, and she hnd a Jj rull purso and bought liberally and R took away her package. she wai !m watched, and yet ton minutes aftot SB n na,l Bono a valuablo ploco of lace J was missing, Tho most that could be found out ubout her was that she 0 H fr,0luontl' bn In tho storo and B ZV P1"1 C08h ond never had her WM " sent. Th loss had to bi KM reports to Mr. Nsvins. He did M lrMfr Miss OrntUa to U eraekan department, aa. he had tnrssttnsd He' was evidently about to do so.whas mi Ihlm sho satd In describing tbt ffiiifimsr she suspected made htm hsstUts and take on a punted look, and after a time to remark: "After you have taken stoci tonight .you may find the missing lace. At any rate, let It go for a day or two." Why th change In him? Did ha . suspect her, and waa he going to hare her watched T Waa he going to have her mother! house searched T Yes, MIsa Orattan was engaged to Mr. Traver, the head ot the furniture department; but the fact had not been publicly announced. These en gagements 'seldom appear In tho so ciety Journals. It's two or three days off under protest a marriage, a flat nnd then one heara no more. It may be spoken of In the storo for a day, but only by employes. On the ovenlng of tho last theft mentioned tho matter wns talked over between tho lovers. Mr. Traver was n man of action. Ho had a sister who was not known at the store, and 1 next day sho was a customer at the lace counter. Sho didn't make a pur chase, but sho kept her eyes open. Tho next day sho wob at tho glove counter, On the next sho wns back at tho laca counter. 1 PcrhapB one of the Btcro detoo'hes became suspicious niul followed her about for a time; pcrhapo or.o of the four girls nt tho laco counter hoped to find her shoplifting and aeo her punished. Sho was thero, undeter mined whether to buy or not when tho young lady of tho auto swept Into the store nnd up to tho counter I She was gracious and patronizing. Sho wnntcd expensive laco to send I to a girl friend In tho coun'ry Miss , Orattnn waited on her and watched her. Nevor had sho watched a cus tomer so closely. Miss Traver sus pended her buying to leave the storo and order a public auto to wait In front of It. At the end of half an hour her quarry camo out and entered her own auto and speeded away. She was fol lowed and her residence located. She had not left the store above a quarter of an hour when the white faced and shaking Mies Orattan was up In the office reporting to Mr. Nevlns: "Tho young lady whom I suspected n few days ago camo for more lace I today and bought $50 worth. She had hardly gone when I missed five yards valuod at more than that." "H'ml You will apply for your sal ary this evonlng. We enn no longer nfford to keep you here, Tho other day, when I told you to wnlt n bit, 1 thought I had a clue to solve tl-e problem; but It seems that I vn--mlstnken. I shall transfer the other girls to tho crockery department. The four of you aro a careless lot, but you aro the worst." An hour later Mr. Traver asked for a word with Mr. Novlns. "If It's about Miss Orattan, I don't wish to hoar It," wns tho nnswer. "Rut It Isn't. It's nbout the shop lifter at tho lace counter. I know her and know her plaoe of resi dence." "You you do!" "And If you gel out a search war rnnt before sho can mall away the lace sho lifted this afternoon It will bo found In her house. My sister fol lowed her today." Mr. Nevlns bent forward on his desk nnd hid his face In his hands, and It was threo long minutes bofore he raised It to E-y: "I I suspected I knew, but 1 didn't want any one else to know. You and Miss Orattan aro engaged Please go, both of you. Your wed ding gift from the firm will be enough to sot you up In business You see, Miss Miss Lisle Is n klepto maniac, nnd I can't can't " And his face was in his hands again when Mr. Traver softly with drew. Society wondered and by and by forgot. .Why Feminine Angela? Tho "femlnlno nngol" nppears to be the Invention of Christmas card pro ber? and, "mpiiumontal masons." as tlio makers of tomWonos coll them selves. In Milton's heavon thero Is no equality of sex, for thero is novor n mention of a fomnn, even as a celes tial camp follower Ouerclno's nngol at Fano, which Inspired Hrownlng's hoautlful "Guardian Angel," Is n man. Tho feminist, howover, will hardly cite this as another example of tho unfair predominance of man, slnco even man, as-nn nngol, has no concern with gov ernment or tho voto. A New Leap. A newly qualified Judgo In ono of the small towns of tho nouth wna try ing ono of his first criminal cases. Tho accused was an old colored man, who was charged with robbing a hencoop. Ho had been in court beforo on a sim ilar chargo, nnd was then acquitted. "Well, Tom," began tho Judgo, "I seo you'ro In trouble again " "Yes, sah," ropllod tbo prisoner "Tho last tlmo, Jedge, you was ma lawyer." "Whoro la your Iawyor this tlmo?" asked tho Judge. "I ain't got no lawyer this tlmo," answored Tom, "I'm gwlno to toll the truth!" A Difference. "Men In tho olden times wero de lighted It they got a lady's glovo." "Well." "Now they're aa glum as can be If thoy got tho mitten." Indifferent aa to the Present One. "Dora, you aro Blxteen and can't spell your name correctly!" "Oh, that's all right, mother, I ex pect to changs It In a ytar or so." Judf. j PLENTY 0 ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE ON FARM8 Herbert Quick, editor of Farm and Fireside, writes an Interesting arti cle '.n tho current Issue of his period ' leal on tho causes that aro back ot 1 tho high cost of living. Following Is an extract: "What wo want to know Is why thero aro not moro people on tho farms. I have Just read In a maga zine the explanation: they aro nil stirred up about It, that all tho avail able land Is taken up. That Is true If fencing and owning, and cut-and-covering Is taking up. But any far-mo- knows that there Is room for twice, three times, as many people on the, farms as are there now. I heard Mr. John W. Ilookwalter of Spn'ngfield and the rest of the world read n paper on th's subject last winter. He called the attent on of his hearers to the rush of people to the c ties ns a groat danger to the world to civilization. "He seemed to miss the effect he himself has had on this matter of tho rush of people to the c't es. Mr Dookwalter possesses from C0.000 to 70.000 ncres of farm land On th s immense doma'n there 1 ve probabl from a thousand to fifteen huiil-od people. This Is In Nebraska. In N'e binska, tco l'M'S Arnold Mnrtln,. who on twenty-one acres makes mone, besides suppoit ng h s fam 1. If the 'and owned by Mr Uookw alter wort owned by the men who work It, there would be 1 v'np on It three thousand o (Unary Nebraska farm folk, Instead of fifteen hundred people. If It were owned by men like Arnold Martin, there would bo room for three thou sand five hundred fnmll 03, or say a population of fifteen thousand peo ple on this same estate, wh'ch now supports perhaps fifteen hundred peo ple on one half the crops and Mr Hookwalter on the other half! "What would be the effect on the cost of living If every tenant farm er In these United States wero all at once changed Into an owner of his farm? Would It not change most of them 'nto better farmers? It sure ly would. They would manuro more heavily, establish better rotations, buy fertH'7ers, cease skinning the land, begin trying to make the place ndequate to the support not only ot tho old folks, but of tho children." LEGALN0TICES PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP NOTICE. Consult County Clerk or the Re spec tlve Signers for further information In the District Court Probate Divi sion, In and for Cache County, State of Utah. In tho District Court ot tho First Ju dicial District of the State ot Utah, In and for the County of Cache. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF UTAH, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CACHE. NOTICE TO CREDITORS s Estate of Derdlnes Larsen, Deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchors to tho undersigned at her residence at Logan City, Cache coun ty, Utah, on or beforo the 31st day ot December, 1912. Date of first publication, August 27, 1912. FRED W. CROCKETT, Attornoy JNSINE LARSEN, Administratrix SUMMONS In tho District Court of the First Judicial District of tho State of Utah In and for tho County of Cache, Hen ry Urady, Plaintiff, s. John Watson, Kntherlno Mnlnwnrlug, Jano Hen dricks, Mary Cox, Susa Brady, Al'co Smith, Sarah Knudson ami Knther lno Koppner, solo nnd only holrs nt Inw of Georgo Watson and Jano Wat son, Deceased Defendants, Summons. Tho Slato of Utah to the said De fendants: You aro hereby summoned to appear within twenty days after tho service of this summons upon you, If served wlth'n the county In which this nctlon is brought, other wlso within thirty days after service and dofend tho abovo ent'tled action, nnd In case of your fnlluro so to do Judgment will bo rendered against you according to the demand of tho complaint, which haa beon filed with tho clerk of said court. This action Jb brought against you to obtain n de cree of tho court roformlng a docroo of distribution pertaining to tho renl estato described In th) complaint. FRED W. CROCKETT, Attornoy for Plaintiff. Postofflco address, Logan, Utah. o2C CONSTRUCTING 6x8 FOOT CONCRETE CULVERT Notice Is hereby given that sealod proposals will bo received by tho Stato Road Comm sslon, 321 Folt building, Salt Lako City, Utah, up to 11 o'clock a m. September 13, for tho furnishing of all labor, tools, ma ter at, etc. necessary for tho complete construction of n rolntorccd concrete, box type, culvert as per plan E-15-142. Sa'd culvert to bo constructed ovor Hyrum Slough on Stato Road between Logan and Wellsvllle, Cache county, Utah. All proposals must bo submitted on the blank form furnished by the state Road Commission, and when submit ted, mUBt bo enclosed In a sealed on velopo marked "Proposal for Con structing Conereto Culvort." This on tolope shall then be enclosed In an othor envelope and addressed to tho Secretary ot the Stato Road Com m ss'on at Salt Lake C'ty, Utah. All proposals submitted on othor forms will not be considered. Each proposal must he accoiii ;pauled by a cashier's check for flvo per cent of the amount of tho bid, payable to Caleb Tannor, secretary of the state road commlslon, as a guar antee that the bidder will enter Into n contract for the work, should It be awarded to him, and which will bo forfeited as liquidated damages should tho bidder default. The rtate road commission will ro qulro t'o successful bidder to exe cute a sat'sfactory bond of 20 per cent of the contract price Bond must be given within ten days after i ward of the contract. Plana and specification! may be seoT at the office of tho stato road commission and at tho office of tho county surveyor of Cache ccunty, Lo ran, Utah. Tho state road commission reserves the right to reject any and all pro I osala recolved, or accept any propos al that appears advantageous to them. Theso Instructions are to be con strued with and made part of tho con tract. By order of tho stato road commiB u'rn. 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