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A Quick Sqle
It was in one of the national parks. There was a toll gate at the entrance to a road, and there the toll-gatekeeper coIlected a dollar from every auto that entered.
He was standing there one day when he heard a rattle and roar and, stepping out of the little toll-gatehouse at the
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AT c tEN DAIE, OREGON side of the road, he saw an old Model "T" Ford coming. It was rattling and roaring, but coming at a good rate of speed. There was a man all alone in the old car, and when he got within fifty feet of the to11 gate, the keeper realized that the fellow was paying him no mind at all, and evidently had no notion of stopping.
So the toll man stepped as far into the highway as he dared, and sticking out his arm as a stop signal, he shouted -"ONE DOLLAR." The driver slammed on the brakes. The old car went into convulsions as the brakes grabbed and slipped, and then, with a shrieking of rubber and old iron, the car came to a sudden stop. The driver hopped out and walked back to the toll-gatekeeper, and said:
"Mister, I don't know who you are or where yoll came from, but you have done bought yourself a car."
Adminisfrotion Officiql Spells Out Government Policy on Timber Sqles
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"It is our objective to make our timber sales contract as specific, precise and understandable as is required for the conduct of the timber sales business."
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