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Show A BAKBKIt OF SALT LAKE. lie Goes Against Some Bad Printing ml Js Sued. A cullud genncrman named W. L. Stratford was this morning undergoing the throes of inquisition before Commissioner Com-missioner .Norrell. Stratford manufactures manufac-tures shaves and hair cuts, and a few days ago ho engaged W. II. Chapman to print, him a "lot of checks of various va-rious colors, red for a shave, white for a haircut, and blue as the financial signal sig-nal of distress incident to a sojourn so-journ with shampoo, bay rum, bath, and waxing the moustache. mous-tache. When Chapman delivered the tickets it was found that ho had placed 35 cent work on 15 cent color aud Stratford Strat-ford was rapidly becoming bankrupt, as he gave out change on the strength of the color without looking at the face of the card. When the hundredth man had had 85 cents worth of work dono and had flashed a !J5 cent check Stratford set on foot an inquiry which disclosed Urn horrible stale of facts. He therefore declined to acceptlhe remaining remain-ing tickets coming to him and also refused re-fused to pay for the work. Chapman sued for the amount, $5, and there was a picnic iu tho commissioner's commis-sioner's ollice when the printer's attorney attor-ney and the gentleman of color got to rubbing up against one another. The case occupieilmost of tho day. |