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Show Labor unions wero strong ln his city. On Halloween tho boys pulled pull-ed n lot of pickets off tho fence ot tho union barber and mado a bonfire bon-fire of them. Tho barber bought Bomo new plckots and nailed them on h)j fence himself. Tho barber, was promptly fined $50 by tho coun ell for doing carpenter work which should have been done by a union carpenter. Tho bnrber thought this over for somo time. Then ho presented pre-sented tho carpenter's union with a bill for $1,375. "What's this for?" asked tho chief ot tho carpenter's union. "Why," the barber replied, "that's what's duo tho barbers be causo tho carpenters shavp themselves." them-selves." His fino was remitted. San Francisco Argonaut. |