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Show t SHORT STORIES J) OF STREET . AND TOWN j who pays the $168 per annum, says invariably in-variably that no landlord ever had- better tenant; that the children never put their greasy hands on the walls nor do they mark up the premises with pencils; pen-cils; that the tenants do not use the sidewalks for firewood.. The. landlord usually" capituates and the corps of cleaners', paper-hangers and painters swoop down upon the place and it undergoes a metamorphosis. But it is not always as the tenant anticipates. A 'cheaper paper Is put on the walls than the tenant had desired and the paint is not of the right color. Thus the war continues. Occasionally the tenant moves Into a house that he thinks- is cleaner and better suited to his purposes and wants. Then the tenant findB afterward that he has made a mistake. The new house Is not what he thought it was. The window frames do not fit; there are cracks under the doors; the sanitation if not good, or other defects are31 covered. i: 13x11 I nt landlord has nothing to do but to relet the house to some other tenant, who is even more restive and complaining complain-ing than was the last one. Then his troubles begin again. Thus the war continues. In this connection a good story is told of a certain Salt Lake landlord and his tenant. : The tenant had) lived in the house for two seasons and no repairs had been made since 'his period of residence. The tenant had for months importuned impor-tuned the landlord to make the repairs actually necessary. The landlord got his rent in advance on the first day of each month, and the tenant became discouraged.. discour-aged.. He could no longer endure the condition condi-tion of the place and in desperation had it papered and painted throughout. Then with a beaming countenance he called the landlord in on his next regular regu-lar visit, and with pride showed him what had been done. 1 "Well, well! That looks a whole lot better," said the landlord. His hands were deep in his pockets and with a self-satisfied smile continued: "Yes, it looks a whole lot better. This house is worth $2 a month more than it was before be-fore you fixed it up. Your rent is now $14 a month Instead of 112." The tenant protested. The landlord was obdurate. The tenant moved the next day. The new books that are being given to the public at the postofflce, containing contain-ing a great deal of valuable information informa-tion as to postal laws, are of real use. There is but little pertaining to the-post-offlce that this book does not contain. That thereare many persons ignorant of common things was shown by an in-. in-. cident that occurred at the stamp window win-dow of one of the sub-stations of the postofflce Sunday. A well dressed man had & Sunday pa-" pa-" per which he wanted to send to a friend. The paper was ready for mailing and ' weighed eight ounces. He was told It . ' would coBt 2 cents. "I think it is an outrage to make me pay postage on to much advertising," " ; the man said. "I'll take the advertising sheets out and that will reduce the weight so it will go for 1 cent." Then her got some brown wrapping ?aper into which he wrapped the read-ng read-ng matter. This made it third cIcfk matter, but he didn't know it It weighed six ounces and as miscellaneous printed matter It would cost him 3 cents, or 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. . This nonplussed the man, who then said with a trace of anger in his voice: 'All I want to send Is a paragraph so' far as that Is concerned. I'll cut It out and send it in a 1 cent unsealed envelope. en-velope. Give me one." It was given to him. He laid down a copper. Then tBe clerk said: "That will cost you 2 oents, on for the stamp and one for the envelope." The man was disgusted. "Well. I'm done for," he said as he laid down the other cent. "Here I've loft a half-dollar' worth of time trying to beat the postofflce system, and I am Just where I began." ' Thenone of the information books was handed to him by the clerk, who said: ' VWhen you want to be sure beforehand before-hand and don't want to waste the time of the stamp clerk, read this." A well-known National Guard officer weTt bear hunting Sunday. He chose on 4 of our nearby canyons to siioot In artt what he did is almost too sad to tell. vArrlvlng at the scene of his conquests, he removed his hunting coat and pat at the side of the creek to take a wash before be-fore dinner. While his person was sub- Jected to this procedure he heard a rustle rus-tle in the bushes nearby. He was startled. He looked in the direction of the sound and what he saw sent the chilte running up and down his spinal cord. It was large. It was brown. It was alive and moving.- " He bolted. I The rest of the party seeing his white I face afked what was doing. He eaid, V "I paw a b-b-bear." Pic king up their guns the whole party hurried to the point Indicated by the brave Xlir.rod. What they did find was a l.ifer calf tied to a tree, solemnly eating some berries from the bushea When a well-known American actress .! eg-if ter d at a local hotel she wore a be-iutlful red carnation at her belt. , When the "hop" placed her baggage - in her room she handed him a $5 green-bark. green-bark. The boy .was amazed and could say nothing. She smiled and asked for a pitcher of lc water. " Each morning when she returned from breakfart Fhe Faw on her table a. bunch of fragrant red carnations. She knew where they came from and the "bellhop" "bell-hop" was happy. When she went, her smile to him as he placed her grip beside be-side her in the 'bus was ample reward for his- little sacrifices for her flowers. This i9 the season when landlords wear glum looks1 and where renting tenants, ten-ants, professional paper-hangers and painters are cheerful and optimistic on account of the repairs needed- for winter. win-ter. All of these require money. The landlord Is wont to demur. He declares that this work of renovation eats up the profits on his investment. A well built cottage of four rooms with cellar will cost to build, approximately approxi-mately $1000. For this the landlord receives re-ceives an annual rental of perhaps $168 per year. The improvements that might he jade on a home of this kind would avef?e, perhaps, $40 per year, leaving an income of about $128 on an investment invest-ment of $1000. .This, he says, is not a . good investment. The tenant, on the other hand, the one |