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Show mn half n iIoztj time and warning him ot th eon.eqnenc. Mr. porter found It nfcossary to dlHrharRO lilm a few days jiro "out of consideration for tho roptitntlon of other employes in the department." Tho fallow spends hi money In na-loons. na-loons. the proprietors of which do not rater to this cl.i- of trade where a wife's happiness nnd chIUIrn' mnlnten-nnco mnlnten-nnco nro saerlrtced. nnd odded to his other dr-llnnuencles Is a crooked transaction trans-action In which a borrowed diamond 11k-ures 11k-ures conspicuously- It Is a sad ease and the man's conduct Is the subject of deep censure among those who have aided th man-and lost In every case In doing 80 What will be the outcome Is the question now being be-ing nsked by those familiar with tho circumstances. DISSIPATION CAUSES YOUNC MAN'S DOWNFALL The peculiar conduct of a young man formerly connected with a local express office and later Identified with tho clerical cler-ical forco of a Southern Pacific department depart-ment Is at present tho topic of fcencral comment at local railroad headauartors. The younff man, whotie namo Ih withheld on account of his wife and children, arrived ar-rived at Offden some tlmo since to accept a repponHlblo position with an express company. His work was satisfactory, but about three months lnce ho was checked check-ed up and his accounts found short, In a sum sufllclent to merit punishment from a 8Tand larceny charge. He was promptly prompt-ly discharged, and out of consideration for his family prosecution was deferred on tho promlno to make pood the short-ope short-ope In Installments. The man. although suspected of dissipation, maintained that Illness in his family was the cause of his peculations. On clerk In the express office. of-fice. In sympathy with the man, advanced him Jo0 In cash to be repaid In smalt sums at convenient times and Is out that amount. Sympathetic friends used their Influence to secure the. man a position po-sition with R. B. Porter, K--nral storekeeper store-keeper for the Southern Pacific at Ogdon, and hero was another chanee to redeem re-deem himself and make good to thoso who had assisted him financially. But dissipation kept tho fellow - enthralled again, and after remonstrating with tho |