Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1908 — One Sale Cost Big Money. [ARTICLE]

One Sale Cost Big Money.

It cost the grocery firm of Walton Brothers, of Wash., the little town near the Canadian boundary, S4BB to delver an order of groceries valued at 40 cents. Recently a woman living just over the line sent to Blaine for two cakes of soap and a pound of butter. The American town was but a few miles away, while the nearest grocery store on the Canadian side was 16 miles distant. The Waltons sent their delivery wagon across the line to deliver the goods. Sharp-eyed Canadian customs inspectors; caught them In the act and promptly confiscated the team and wagon, while the driver managed to escape over the fence to Uncle Sam’s domain. The customs authorities tried the case against), the absent defendants, ordered the team, valued at S3OO, and the wagon, and other goods confiscated, and imposed a fine of S9O. The Waltons, rather than lose their team and wagon, paid the whole amount. And the worst of It was the woman who ordered the stuff called up the grocery and made a , kick because she failed to get her goods. She was sent the money value.