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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-09-07

William Hunter of Moscow, accompanied by Chester Thomas
banker from Waeye Kan has leen the Aenes for the
past few days Both interested in mining properties here are
visiting these and the mines of the camp general For years past
Mr. Hunter has been interested the acede Snowsorm
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-03-10
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

| Warden Handler of Sing Sing prison
and Detective George Doyle endeavor to
prevail on Bill Avery. a released prisoner.
| to search out information against tor
mer pal" a young convict known as
Jimmy Valentine. Avery refuses. and
| Doyle and Handler threaten to attack
him. Valentine had trick OF opening
safes solely by the sense OF touch.
Avery goes. Lieutenant Governor Fay.
| his beautiful niece, Rose Lane. and two
women workers in a rescue mission visit
the prison.
Warden Handler hears Rose Lane tell
how she was rescued from q thief on a
| train, and he Is amazed at q coincidence.
| Convict Jimmy Valentine. No. 1888. IS
brought into the wardens office to open
Q safe as an object lesson to the visitors.
and Rose recognizes him as the man VINO
saved her from the thief Cotton.
Valentine says he can't open the safe.
engaging Handler. The lieutenant COVER
nor and Rose talk with Valentine. Rose
pleads with Fay to aid the young prison.
| er. who is handsome even in Sing Sing
garb.
| Fay promises for Roses sake to ask the
governor to pardon Valentine. stormy
interview occurs between Handler and
Valentine.
f! Valentine refuses POSITIONS offered by
the rescue mission workers. To his amaze
uucIlt, lS iIlcclS Dill ANSiy d lol Incl
coworker, Red Flanagan.
| Red and Avery try to dissuade Jimmy
from ''going square," Detective Doyle ap-
pears. and Red and Avery hide. Doyle
wants Valentine to tell him where Avery
Is. for he wants to rearrest him. Valen-
tine refuses.
Rose arose With her father and
stepped close to Valentine, extending
dainty gloved hand.
Il shall look forward to seeing YOU"
she said in a low voice
The ex-prisoner gazed steadily into
her eyes.
Il can only thank you" he MUIR
INJURED.
"Goodby. sir. until next week."
spoke the banker
81 shall try my best to make you
glad of this" responded Valentine, his
manner evidencing the gratefulness
that welled within him as we'll as the
earnestness of his desire to build anew
the life that he had so nearly wrecked.
Father and daughter stepped to the
entrance. leaving Jimmy Valentine
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CHAPTER HI.

JIMMY VALENTINE entered his
private office from the room
.C where the new vault had been
~ erected. He saw Rose Lane
standing close to his desk. where Bob
by was presiding with all the dignity
that went with his age. The girls
eyes met his, but only for an instant.
Valentine lowered his gaze to the floor.
his thoughts whirling rapidly through
his brain.
True. at one time he had had serious
thought concerning the beautiful
young woman who had saved him
from Sing Sing, from Warden Handler
and the warden's favorite pastims of
SOLITAIRE"
But of late he had come 10 realize
that he would be doing her a lasting
wrong, vital injustice. to permit him
self to make any serious advances to-
ward her. She had been attracted by
ested in him. He was observing
enough to learn this. AS for his own
emotions toward her? He loved her
That no one would deny who sa s. him
| in her company. He could Lat con-
ceal it, Even the infantile Bobby had
guessed what he had endeavoretl to
make his secret. Yet he had realized
| plainly the uncertainty of his position.
/ At any moment the unexpected might
happen. or. rather. the expected might
happen. and some one would possibly
uncover and reveal phases Of his past
that he would be unable to explain.
Such had been the guiding thought Of
Jimmy Valentine in his social inter.
course with the bankers daughter
during his tenure as assistant cashier
In the bank in Springfield. and now he
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Il SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
standing in the middle of the hotel
parlor. Half daZed by his good for
tune. he gaZed after them
The banker heSitated moment.
81 believe you, SIR" turning toward
Valentine. Il believe we shall never
regret what we have done"
Rose also had a last word for her
hero. She graspcd her fathers arm
and said enthusiastically: THAT Is
just how feel, too, and-er"-she
was becoming embarrassed-"Sp Spring
field is beautiful city, Mr.. Randall,
she managed to end.
They were gone. Valentine sprang
to the entrance and peered after them
from between the portieres. A feet
ing vision Of sweet young girls face,
smiling and confident. was his reward
as Rose Lane walked out futo the cor
ridor. He stood and stared even when
father and daughter had gone from
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/ boy. attired in black velvet knicker-
bockerS, turned the knob of the door
of the private office of the assistant
cashier of the Fourth National bank
of Springfield. Ill. Barely eleven years
old. Bobby Lane considered it the
rarest treat of his life to be allowed
a chance to invade this usually busy
Office and to play at being banker
The large office had two entrances.
one leading into the hall of the large
building and another leading into the
tiled Enclosure in which was being
built spacious new vault. In the
middle of the room was a large ma
hogany desk. Near the hall door and
close to the wall was small mahoga-
ny writing table. Three or four COM
Portable chairs were scattered about
the room.
On the glass of the hall door, glazed
halfway to the top. was the inscrip-
ton in trim black letters. Lee Ran
dali. Assistant Cashier"
And so it was with Lee Randall,
alias Jimmy Valentine. that Bobby
Lane. the bankers little son. was fond
of romping away his OBobby's, idle
hours and with whom he frequently
enacted the role of an austere. uncom-
promising banker.
Very much the same Jimmy Valen-
tine in appearance aud manner, Mr..
Randall had scored signal success
as assistant cashier. and neither Mr..
Lane nor any other official or director
had found in the three years occasion
for the slightest adverse criticism Of
the new employee. In fact. he was
deemed to be most valuable acquisi-
ton to the executive staff of the bank
and had evidenced unusual capacity as
a detector of counterfeit notes and of
forged signatures on negotiable instru
mentS. Yes. the assistant cashier was
man with future of promise in
store for him, and the Fourth National
of Springfield had but month before
offered him the position of cashier.
with a thousand dollars a year in
crease over his present salary. Not
give satisfactory reason for his re-
fusal Of the offer. Very remarkable
young man, very" was the comment
Of the president of the Fourth National
when notified of the episode.
"Hurrah! Nobody in the office" ex-
claimed Bobby to his sister Kitty, who
followed him into the room.
! The children, prime favorites with
the assistant cashier. were accustomed
| to do very much as they pleased with
him or with his Office at this late hour
| in the day, when business with the
public had practically concluded. Al
most the only remaining thing for him
to do was to attend to certain routine
matters connected with the closing Of
the banks business for the day.
"Come on; let us play something"
challenged the sprightly Kitty, who,
in her short skirted white linen dress
and with her delicate features, much
like those Of her sister Rose. appear
ed more like n Christmas doll than a
future inheritor Of fortune and Of an
imposing, dictatorial social position.
At Bobby's suggestion the children
decided to play at being a banker"
and after a lengthy. spirited dispute
Bobby impersonated the role Of Mr.
Randall, while Kitty was forced to be
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sight, his eyes fixed on the point where
the girl had disappeared.

sight, his eyes fixed on the point where
the girl had disappeared.
And he was still standing in the
same position when Red Flanagan,
who had noticed the cessation of the
conversation. stole quietly back into
the room. He saw and understood.
His plunge into the ahysmal under
world. where might makes right and
where might makes wrong. had not
yet dulled entirely his knowledge OF
some of the finer emotions that i'm
pei mankind to various courses of &C
ton. He smiled He's hopeless.
He's goin' square for keeps" he muir
INJURED. He automatically coughed.
Valentine wheeled about
Here. Red he cried. from now
on we go straight. I've got my
chance" He caught Red by both
shoulders and shook him violently in
his overwhelming joy.
by right But what do l do?' was
the gasping response of Red, almost
carried off his feet by the enthusiast
tic nature of Valentines greeting.
you trail along. Red, with me. Get
job in my town for year, and
by that time III have one for you
Doing what?"
Valentine hurled at his brother safe
breaking expert a reply that caused
him to stand speeches. in amazement
Jaws distended almost to the point OF
dislocation and with eyes that threat
ened momentarily to bulge entirely
out of their sockets.
I'm going TO make you Waterman
in a national bank" was the cool re-
Spouse of Jimmy Valentine.
One bright winter afternoon. three
years after the day Jimmy Valentine
began to go it straight" young
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-03-10
Irrigated Lands
On Easy Terms

You can buy a ready
made farm-hcuse, land
and all, in Victoria. Aus
tralia, on the installment
plan. 81 IL years to
pay for it.
Land is suitable for
general farming. fruit
growing, stock raising
and dairying.
Climate is one of the
finest in the world. Is
much like that of Cali
fornia.
Special rates to Victor
| la are now announced.
For free booklets, giving de-
tails of this great opportunity,
address Major S. Harris,
Dominion Stock & Bond Corp,
| Ltd, Winch Bldg. Vancouver,
| B. c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

the door locked aid she key hidden.
Never ! little HoIlander but has
faith that ST. Nick will find it no
matter where concealed.
Up EARLY Next MORNING
Bright and early next morning the
children fly downstairs to see what
st. Nick has left in their shoes.
They find them filled with myster-
ious things, and. BY the side Of each,
a bunny knobby pile Of packages
which set the demure little Holland
ers wild with excitement.
Dinner For the Birds
Norway originated the charming
custom of the birds Christmas.
Every year the inhabitants Of the
villages give dinner to the birds.
The top of every gable, gateway or
barn door, is decorated with sheaf
Of corn fixed on the top Of tall
pole. around which thousands Of
birds flutter as happily as if they
were aware of the sentiment pro-
viding their generous feast.
!, Saddest Christmas In the World
The saddest Christmas celebration
in the world takes place in tiny,
snow covered church away off in the
frozen steppes of Siberia. A hand
full OF Russian convlcts gather in this
church on Christmas eve, and listen
to a brief service read by an officer
in charge. Every head is bowed
and the great. prison bell tolls out
its IL sonorous strokes, and perhaps
some echoes of other Christmases
sound in their hearts.
But in this lonely. frozen church,
the work of a few prisoners. is held
each year brief commemorative Of
the birth of the Christ Child.
1t must be true that the saddest
Christmas in the world is known
in this little church.
But all over the world on Christ
mas eve the bells ring in the birth
of the Christ Child and all over the
civilized world the voices of millions
of little ones are raised to praise
Him.
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Redwood Falls Auto Co.
Redwood Falls, Mimi.

or ureSSerS to remove me man 10
side room and detain him till | came.
l next had him stripped. and under the
left breast instantly detected little
blue d. branded on his skin. He was
deserter. That was the way they
used to mark them in the Crimean
days and later, although it is not per-
mitted now. The reason OF his eva
sion was at once clear.
Doyle q Good Student.
Conan Doyle" DIR. Bell continued
''was one Of the best students l ever
had. He was exceedingly interested al
ways in everything connected with
diagnosis anu was never tired of try
ing to discover all these little details
one looks for. recollect that he was
once much amused when patient
walked In and sat down. Good morn
ing. Pat said. for it was impossible
not to see that the patient was an
Irishman. Good morning. your honor
he answered. Did You like your walk
over the links today as you came in
from the south side Of the town. /
asked. Yes. said Pat. Did your honor
see mey Well. Conan Doyle could not
see how knew that. absurdly simple
as it was On showery day. such as
1t had been. the reddish clay at the
bare parts Of the links adheres to the
boot. and tiny part is bound to re-
main. There Is no such clay anywhere
else around the town for miles. This
and one or two similar instances ex-
cited Doyle's keenest interest and set
him experimenting himself. with very
brilliant results. as you know"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

Joseph R. Keefe went into st.
Paul Thursday morning to attend
the Northwest land show. He re-
turned early Saturday.
w. M. Smith of the Barnes-Smith
company went to st. Paul Friday
noon on business and incidentally to
visit the Northwest land show. He
returned Sunday.
Senator Frank Clague went to
New Ulm Thursday to be present at
the Brown County term Of court.
He has several cases on the docket
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

DIR. w. A. Brand accompanied a
patient to Minneapolis Thursday the
sufferer going down to receive treat
ment at a hospital.
The Knights Of Pythias will give a
public ball at the opera house on the
evening Of January ! The last
dance given by this order proved so
successful that another function has
been arranged. 1t is expected that
a large crowd will be in attendance
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

u,ne day. in the presence OF his class.
DR.. Bell said to patient who had
come to the Edinburgh Royal infirmary
for treatment.
Gentlemen. we have here man
who is either cork cutter or a slater.
II you will only use your eyes for a
moment you will be able TO define a
slight hardening regular callous.
gentlemen-on one side of his forefin-
ger and thickening on the outside of
his thumb. sure sign that he follow
the one occupation or the other.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

Uncle Sam is the greatest gold miser
Ia the country. There is enough gold
In the treasury department vaults and
mints to make walk Of 50 gold pieces
from New York to San Francisco. Al
lowing fifteen Of the coins to foot
and $500 miles for the distance. II
would take 26J.7OO,00O, or $1,34S,5OO.-
900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19
HOLMES, The
ORIGINAL, DEAD
Or. Bell Was Prototype Of Co.
nan DOyIe's Detective.
NOTED SCOTTISH SURGEON.

Also Instructor of the Author, Who
Was Greatly Impressed by Tutors
Clear Scientific Neutrality-suspicious.
Deductive Methods.
DR. Joseph Bell. the distinguished
Scottish surgeon who died recently.
was reputed to be the original Of
the detective character of Sherlock
Holmes. He was seventy-four years
old. and his life hobby was the study
of mysterious crimes.
Dr. Bell was one Of Sir a. Conan
Doyle's instructors at the University
of Edinburgh. where the novelist was
educated in the early eighties. He
had a singular genius for noting de-
tails and of forming a chain of circum-
stantiai evidence from them. which
gave Conan Doyle his first suggestion
of his now famous character.
A theory which DR.. Bell constantly
advanced was that any really good
doctor ought to be able to tell before
4 patient fairly sat down just about
what was the matter with him or her.
With women especially he could fire.
quently tell what they were going to
complain about before they had ut
tered sound He constantly impress
ed on his students-Conan Doyle
among them-the vast Importance of
seeming trifes.
THE great ma ;ority of people of in
cidents and of cases. he once told his
class. resemble each other in the
main and larger features. Most men
have apiece a head two arms. a
mouth. il nose and i certain number Of
teeth But it is the droop of an eye
lid or what not which differentiates
men,
Or. Cells Reasonsing.
DR. Reil would illustrate to his class
his mode of procedure by giving one
or two instances to prove the success
full application of his theory. These
instances were strongly suggestive Of
the methods which Sherlock Holmes
was later described as employing.
"Once." he said. "a man walked into
the room where | was instructing stu
dents. and his case seemed to be a very
simple one. was talking about what
was wrong with him. OF course. gen
tlemen.' l happened to say. he has
been soldier in a highland regiment
and probably a bandsman ! pointed
out the swagger in his walk suggestive
Of the piper. while his shortness told
me that If he had been a soldier be
had probably been bandsman. In
fact. he had the whole appearance of
man in one Of the highland regi-
ments The man turned out to be
nothing but shoemaker and had new
er been in the army In his life. This
was rather foorer; but, being abso-
lutely certain was right and seeing
something was up, ! did pretty cool
thing.
r told two o. the strongest clerks
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-19

for this term and is particularly in
terested in the Golden bank failure
case.
Frank r. Lobdell. accompanied by
Mrs. Lobdell and son and daughter.
went to Mankato Friday evening and
will be away until January ! spend
ing the holidays at the home of Mr..
Lobdells parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Abel returned to
their home at Wasioga. Mimi. late
Friday after few weeks visit with
relatives here.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11
FRANCIS ". sEELEv is cALL.L.
Former Adjutant General Of Minnesota
Passes Away Ia California.

Los Angeles.-Francis w. Seeley.
former adjutant general Of Minnesota.
captain in the regular army and vet
eran Of the Civil war, died suddenly
at his home In Sawtelle.
He participated in all the battles of
the Army Of the Potomac from the
siege Of Yorktown to and including
the battle Of Gettysburg.
He was born at Ashtabula, Ohio,
April IL. 1897. After engaging in
business at Lake City, Mimi, he was
appointed postmaster and held that
Office IL years. He served one term
in the legislature. In 1887 he was
made adjutant general Of the state
with the rank of brigadier general. fill.
ing the place for one term. A widow
and one daughter, Mrs. George J. AL
len, st. Paul, survive. For two years
he had suffered from heart trouble,
which caused his death.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11
STEVENS PUSHES DAM PROJECT.
Question Of Rates to be Charged for
Power Now Being Considered.

Washington. - Representative Ste
vens of St. Paul who has returned here
to attend the session of congress which
opens on Thursday, is taking a lively
interest in the high dam project at
the Twin Cities. Mr.. Stevens called
at the war department to ascertain
what progress had been made upon
the report upon the amendments to
the river and harbor bill which were
introduced by Senator Nelson before
the holiday adjournment.
Mr.. Stevens was advised that the
amendments have been sent to Major
Skunk in charge of international i'm
provements projects at Minneapolis
and st. Paul. The report by Major
Skunk has not yet been received at
the department. It is said that when
the report of the local engineers has
been received it will be examined and
passed upon by the chief of engineers
and the secretary of war and will
then be transmitted to the commerce
committee of the senate Of which
senator Nelson is chairman.
It was ascertained by Mr.. Stevens
that while the people of the Two Cities
are making some complaints about the
high rate proposed to be enacted for
power on the four per cent basis of
the cost, the officials of the depart
ment are just now considering the
question whether the rate IS not too
low. All the questions will be
threshed out by the senate committee
when the department report is made.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11
LOTS OF ROOM IN MINNESOTA,
25.7 People to the Mile Here-It's 503.5
in Rhode Island.

Washington, D. G. - Rhode Island
has 50S.5 persons to the square mile,
thus, according to census bureau fig.
ures, leading the list of states in the
matter of density of population. Ne
vada with only seven-tenths of a per
son to the mile is the lowest.
Second in the density list, Missa
chusetts supports 41S.8 people, to the
square mile; New Jersey, 1877; Con
necticut, 231.3; and New York, 1912;
Pennsylvania, III; Maryland, 1903;
Ohio, III; Delaware, 103, and Illinois
1Oe.7. .
Montana, South Dakota and North
Dakota all have fewer persons than
ten to the mile.
in the following states figures are:
Michigan, 45.9; Wisconsin, 4H.2, and
Iowa, 40; Minnesota, 25.7.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11
OASIS SEEN IN DRY DISTRICT.
Alleged Clause in Treaty May Tilt the
Lid.

+ Brainerd.-1n making the Indian
treaty of 1855 certain land near Gull
Lake and Brainerd was excepted from
the terms of the treaty for the benefit
of an old Indian chief and his family.
Later this strip was ceded under the
treaty of 1861 to the United States.
1t now forms, it is alleged, small wet
strip in the dry territory Of 1856, SINH
lar to the wet strip said to exist near
Bemidji. This little horseshoe of land
occupies about five townships and ex-
tends from Gull Lake to the mouth of
the Crow Wing river and from and
including West Brainerd to the Grow
Wing river. It takes in the village of
Baxter. On this little oasis in the
desert of 1855 three brewing COM
panies have taken options on land
and may in the future erect breweries
and operate, as this wet strip will by
it's location render them immune from
the prevailing dry order.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11
TWIN CITY RATE RAISED.
Commission Decides in Favor Of 20
Cent Tariff on Hogs to CHICAGO.

Washington.-A rate of 20 cents q
hundred pounds on hogs now applies
on all railroad lines between Mime
apolis and st. Paul and Chicago &C.
cording to an order by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Several
months ago the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad increased the freight
rate on hogs between the Twin Cities
and Chicago from 171a cents hum
dred to twenty cents hundred.
The advance Was suspended by
the Commission until Dec. 10, 1910,
and subsequently until June 10, 1911.
The order promulgated today vacates
the order made previously and makes
effective the 2O-cent rate on the 9th
inst, the official date Of the order.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11

Concrete Bridges Replace Steel Ones.
Mankato.-The county board has
ewarded to the Marsh Egineering
Company, Of Des Moines, Iowa, the
contract for constructing reinforced
concrete wagon bridge over the Lee
Sueur river at Red Jacket, for 49,.
$50. This marks an epoch in bridge
building in this county, for it has al.
ways been the policy of the board to
build steel bridges. It is believed that
the board will save great deal in the
cost OF repairing and maintenance.
The Red Jacket bridge is to be 275
eeet long and will have three arches.