Show THE KATOKAL GAS KING Major Doxey Trying to Dicker with tho Ben eon fcople Aft reading yesterdays HERALD Major Doxey made a bee line for Wendell Benson and wanted to know if his company were disposed to name a figure at which they would sell their gas territory to him Mr Benson first smiled audibly tbon looked very bland ana replied be couldnt tell as be bad no knowledge or what hIs partners had to say in the matter Tile thing was so new to him that bo hardly knew how he felt about tile matter himself him-self but bo would see what the others had to say I Last evening BonBon called his partners into his private office and alter fifteen minutes consultation be wrote out on a Knutsford card his ultimatum sealed it in an envelope and requested the night clerk to put it in Doxeys box H I What consideration the BensonKar rlckWhitteman company demanded was not learned Major Doxey will no doubt spend part of Sunday in digesting tho Benson proposition proposi-tion |