| Show FINDS WATCHES W IN AN ANOLD OLD SOCH SOCK Buyer of Unclaimed Baggage Encounters a Pleasant Su Surprise prise WRAPPED IN DIRTY QUILT I Croud With Gambling In- In lct i Pup Good Prices Price o for fl Gratification Gmt Grat of ur Curiosity If the tho traveling tra man Inan man who forgot to claim a n 1 black 1 11 cl leather case contaInIng containing contaIn contaIn- Ing ng about little patches of or woolen cloth pasted on oti neat cards should happen hap- hap pen lien en to remember that the case casc was left eft In the Oregon Short Line station about six months a ago o he will have ha havea haea a lot lol of trouble ti finding the tho case The Thc baggage agent will refer him to the time g baggage e agent who in turn will vill Inform the traveling tra man that the lie railroad is not responsible for lost stolen or unclaimed baggage after fter a certain time and his sample ample cam aso has been sold at auction Should he time knight of the grip rl still hall hail from Missouri George L. L Alley general baggage agent will be able to show I Ithe the he record where sample case caso bearing bearing bear bear- I ing ng check was vas sold fold at auction I Oct 8 for COI name name of or buyer unknown un- un known 31 J null Like a I I Any Anyone one of a thousand other came caie- less ones who left lert baggage with the Oregon Short Line or the thc Union Pa- Pa Inc or Southern Pacific between Green River and Sparks will lind that the he railroad has kept his property for tor fora forI a I reasonable length of time and then an that thal comes conies about as near neur being a a. lottery as ag the laws of or the I will permit The Ion lon of months was taken taleen to a large huge storeroom In First South street and here herc a crowd of or most of or them wIth money to pay ia for their curIosity while the auctioneer called for Cor or bids There were baby carriages umbrellas rubber shoes and anel cots beIdes besides heIde be- be sides Ides hundreds of trunks sample ases ase grips and t telescopes Probably the lie commonest articles s put up were the lie rolls roBs of or bedding carried b by labor- labor rs and workmen on railroad con- con work It was often in these bundles that the best prizes were won von md nd the popular price for them yesterday yesterday yes yes- 08 I was Everything was vas sold In n ori original packages es ana aim onI only on rare would the auctioneer allow aBow hoso n nearest arest the stand to take even evena a peep at the contents of the tho bundles suit cases arid and telescopes Contents lt of One of the richest prizes drawn emIn dur- dur In lug ng the afternoon came In the form I J i f a roll 1011 of dirt dirty quills that went for fOI The buyer did not open it mill mi un- un- un unI I Ill ll he thought he hc had e escaped from he the curious crowd for ho had teen seen the he Jen general laugh laush that went vent up UI when th he bundles were opened showing 10 cents cents' worth of or dirty clothes that some excited bidder had po paid ILl a dollar to see This prize package was an an cx- cx to the time rule and Its contents did ld not speak well for the ch character of or the former owner although al- al though hough he tic might have been known as John Somebody or other First there was a patchwork quilt like e moth mother r u used cd to make and then there was was a store quilt and a pair pall of or cotton blankets ls that hat might have hac been red at one time Wrapped in these was a miscellaneous array allay of or underwear under under- wear cal and shirts and a n pair pall o of old oldo shoes o What luat the time Sock Held Nothing ver very promising so 10 far fat said the buyer buer u us as he picked up one of the shoes from which an un old sock was protruding ling The sock bock did not come from the shoe at the first pull but a vigorous yank ank brought It out filled with wilh old paper and gold watches There were three timepieces In the tho sock two of or them apparently valuable valuable valuable able and of standard mal make e. e On the tho face of ot one a monogram apparently had been scratched ore oft with a knife or ora ora ora a stone IStone and ancI even cen where the cuts cul were cle deepest Ie t no brass ra filling was wa e exposed rho The other watch was wa an old fashioned silver turnip of tho tIme vintage of 17 Said the Woman Ono bidder bought a folding cot for tor forso on so fI cents and then wanted to lo back down own from hl his purchase when he ho discovered dis covered it was not nol a un and antl a woman made mado a few forcible remarks about swindlers and cheap skates when she paid 30 cents for rOI a small bundle containing a n pair of corduroy corduroy corduroy roy trousers The Tho auctioneer made a good Inroad on a stack of ot more Ulan than 1000 packages packages packages pack pack- ages of or various kinds yesterday and at times the crowd would loosen cn up UJ enough to pay a u dollar or ur more mOl for torn umbrellas that co cost t about that price when whon new new- |
