American Agriculturist, March 3,1923 
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“You Always Get It” 
Service Bureau Helps Readers Recover Claims 
“I 
RECEIVED the check all right. 
Thanks very much for your prompt¬ 
ness in taking up our claim. You always 
get it. Respectfully yours, 
“R. H. Morris, Rimmerfield, Pa." 
It was thus that Mr. Morris ac¬ 
knowledged the receipt for a check for 
$15.90 forwarded to him on December 
19 by the Service Bureau. This termi¬ 
nated a case which we had pressed for 
Mr. Morris against the American Rail¬ 
way Express Company. There had been 
some difference of opinion as to the 
value of the case, which Mr. Morris 
had consigned to a New York City firm, 
but a little patience straightened^ the 
matter out and the result was entirely 
satisfactory to our subscriber. 
A New Cherry Tree Sent 
A cherry tree that didn’t grow cost 
Mrs. A. W. D. of Pa., $3, and the com¬ 
pany from which it came reported, when 
she asked an adjustment, that they 
found no trace of the order. 
However, the Service Bureau took a 
hand, with the result that the tree is to 
be replaced by one guaranteed to grow. 
Express Company Makes Good 
A claim against the express v com¬ 
pany for $8.37 was rapidly settled when 
the American Agriculturist took it up. 
It was due the subscriber, Mr. D. I. P. 
of New York, because many of the eggs 
sent a New York commission house 
were mashed in transit. 
The express company not only settled 
for the mashed eggs, but made good the 
’difference between the standard price 
and the much lower rate paid by the 
commission house for a part of the eggs 
which were cracked. Mr. P. therefore, 
got the full rate for his entire ship¬ 
ment and gave the Service Bureau 
credit for saving his money. 
THROWING SOME BOUQUETS 
“I receivedl a check for the full 
amount from the express company last 
Saturday. I surely do appreciate your 
interest and heartily thank you for 
your good work. I know that, but for 
you, I would never have gotten it. Any¬ 
one who takes such an interest in their 
subscribers and works so hard in their 
behalf, without compensation, will 
surely meet with nothing but success 
I know. Any way, here’s hoping for 
the very best for you and your paper.” 
—Leon A. Talbot, Edmeston, N. Y. 
We didn’t mean to quote all that let¬ 
ter, but once we got started it was 
hard to stop. Mr. Talbot’s appreciation 
made us feel so good that we just kept 
on to the very end! 
At any rate, 'le seems glad he got 
the $8.98, and on looking up our records 
we found that there was no wonder he 
had despaired of ever seeing it. The 
correspondence with the express com¬ 
pany, the commission house and the 
subscriber went back to last August, 
and we had been tempted once or twice 
to believe that there was no hope of 
pinning the responsibility on the right 
firm. 
However if there’s one virtue we pos¬ 
sess, it is patience and we exercised 
that. Result—a check and better yet, 
Mr. Talbot’s letter. Thanks are due all 
around. _ 
ESPECIALLY SPECULATIVE 
Financial Department:—Do you consider 
Hudson Tire and Rubber Corporation, 
Yonkers, N. Y., worth investing? They are 
about to start operations.— (K. H., New York. 
Stock of any company which is about 
to start in operations is not an invest- 
inent in any sense but only a specula¬ 
tion. When the company is a tire and 
rubber company it is a dangerous spec¬ 
ulation, in our opinion. We advise you 
to leave it alone. The automcoile and 
tire industry is heavily saturated and 
there are many “plunges” made that 
end seriously for investors. The besL 
of them find times when “sledding” 
hard. 
BOOTIES PAID POa 
Last March, Mrs. W. A. S. of New 
York sent a shipment of booties to a 
New York firm. She waited some time; 
but received no acknowledgment or 
payment. In December, she turned the 
case over to the Service Bureau of 
American Agriculturist. 
A representative of the company im¬ 
mediately called on us and showed us 
the record, which they had investigated 
at our request. As a result, they imme¬ 
diately sent a check to Mrs. S., who 
wrote us that it had been received and 
that she was very glad to have the 
matter closed. 
When Drying Wet Shoes—When 
your boots and shoes get soaked, be 
careful how you dry them. Dry them 
slowly; never let them get hotter than 
your hand can stand; wet leather burns 
before you know it. 
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QUICKSHOT OF THE RIO GRANDE STEPHEN CHALMERS 
•‘Lookin’ for Trouble is ray middle name," .said Impulsive 
I’ei), adventuring eowpunclier. And there on the border, 
among raiding Mexican bandits, train robbers, Texas 
rangers, a prairie fire — not to mention a pair of blue 
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LOADED DICE EDWIN L. SABIN 
A romance of Texas of tlie early days, when lives depended 
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SONTAG OF SUNDOWN W. C. TUTTLE 
The story of the question of ownership of the TJ ranch— 
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SPAWN OF THE DESERT W. C. TUTTLE 
A tale of Calico Town: 
Where men lived raw In the desert's maw, and Hell was 
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Three adventurers whoso fortune In the Arizona desert 
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THE LURE OF PIPER’S GLEN THEODORE G. ROBEfITS 
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A story of a cattle war In the southwest, with all It means 
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Peril and mutiny on the China Seas. When every scupper 
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THE DEVIL’S PAY DAY W. C. TUTTLE 
A sky of brass, the sun a flame. 
And the land no place to dwell; 
A hunk of earth so doggone hot 
Tliat it still belongs to Hell. 
THE CANYON OF THE GREEN DEATH F. R. BUCKLEY 
Wlio were tlie devils In human form whose haunt was the 
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