Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1912 — The Folly of Betting. [ARTICLE]

The Folly of Betting.

William B. Trembley, the swimming hero of' Funston’s regiment in the Philippines, Visited New Orleans with a friend while city clerk of Kansas City, Kan. Walking down Dauphine street morning' the friend was boasting how he would bankrupt the bookmakers. Looking up from the paper he was reading Trembley saw; a boulevard ahead marked Way." “You bet the races," be exclaimed. “Why, I’ll bet you flO you can’t guess the name of that street yonder." Tlie friend looked ahead and saw the sign. "I’ll take you, even money," be said. "It’s Oleander way, you rummy, there’s the sign.” “So It is,” said Trembley, “but you oughtn’t to believe In signs. Look, here.” . ' Y. ~ Trembley, being a city clerk, naturally was attracted by a column story of the proceedings'of the New Orleans council on the night before. Right in the lead paragraph he showed his friend the tragic evidence —the passage of an ordinance changing the name of Oleander f way to Jackson boulevard.—Kansas' City Star.