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and cl1ng1ng specks or earth and ali.
was the thousand dollar potato-a thick
fluid that they fed, several drops at d
time. into the frightful orifces that
had once been mouths. Shift by shift
through the long night Smoke and
Shorty relieved each other at admins
tering the potato juice. rubbing it into
the poor swollen gums where loose
teeth ratified together and compelling
the swallowing of every drop of the
precious elixir.
BY evening Of the next day the
change for the better in the two pa
tientS was miraculous and almost un-
believable They were no longer the
worst cases. In fOrty-eight hours, with
the exhaustion Of the potato they
were temporarily out of danger. though
far from being cured.
'Ill tell you what I'll do" Smoke
said 10 Wentworth. I've got holdings
in this country, and my paper is good
anywhere. I'll give you $500 q potato
up to $4,000 worth. That's 100 pota-
toes"
"Was that all the dust you had?"
Wentworth queried.
"Shorty and ] scraped up ali we had
But, straight, he and l are worth sew
eral millions between u.s."
Il haven't any potatoes" Wentworth
said finally. Wish | had. That po-
tato l gave you was the only one. I'd
been saving it all the winter for fear
I'd get this scurvy. / only sold it so
as to be able to buy a passage out of
the country when the river opens
Despite the cessation of potato juice.
the two treated cases continued to i'm
prove through the third day. The IN
treated cases went from bad to worse.
On the fourth morning three corpses
were buried.
Then Smoke and Shorty together in
vaded Wentworth's cabin, throwing
him out in the snow, while they turn
ed the interior upside down. Laura
Sibley hobbled in and frantically join
ed them in the search.
Though the very floor was dug up,
they discovered nothing.
Another day passed. during which
they kept a steady watch on Went
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naIf a dozen!'
where's the other sack?" Smoke
blufed.
Il ate it up was the reply, uninl-
peachably honest. THAT sacks all
that's left. Give me a few. You can
have the rest"
ATE 'em up"' Shorty screamed. "A
whole sack! An them geezers dyin
for want OF EN-. This for you: An
this. An this. An this! You swine.
You hog"
There was no sleep in camp that
night. Hour after hour Smoke and
Shorty went the rounds, doing the
life renewing potato juice. a quarter
of a spoonful at a dose, into the poor
ruined mouths of the population. And
through the following day while one
slept the other kept up the work.
There were no more deaths. The
most awful cases began to mend with
an immediacy that was startling.
mary a potato" Shorty told the
whining. begging Wentworth. You
amt even touched with scurvy. You
cot outside a whole sack, an you're
loaded against scurvy for twenty years.
KNOWN you, I've come to understand
God. / always wondered why he let
Satan live. Now l know. He let him
live just rs l let you live. But it's
cryin' shame. just the same"
"A word of advice" Smoke told
Wentworth. These men are getting
well fast. Shorty and l are leaving in
a week, and there will be nobody to
protect you when these men go after
you. There's the trail. Dawson's eight
cen days travel
Gentlemen. I beg of you, listen to
me- Wentworth whined. I'm a stran-
ger in this country. | don't know the
trail. Let me travel with you. I'll give
you $1,000 if you'll let me travel with
you"
Sure" Smoke grinned maliciously,
IF Shorty agrees"
"Who? Me?" Shorty stiffened for a
supreme effort Il amt nobody. Wood
ticks amt got nothin' on me when it
comes to humility. I'm a worm, q
maggot, brother to the pollywog an
child Of the blowfiy. I amt afraid
or ashamed Of nothin' that creeps or
crawls But travel with that mistake
of creation-go way, man! | amt
proud. but you turn my stomach"
And Amos Wentworth went away.
alone, dragging a sled loaded with pro-
visions sufficient to last him to Daw-
son. A mile down the trail Shorty
overhauled him.
Come here to me-" was Shortys
greeting ''Come across. Fork over.
Cough up"
Il don't understand" Wentworth
quavered. shivering from recollection
Of the two beatings, hand and foot, he
had already received from Shorty.
THAT thousand dollars, dye under
stand that? That thousand dollars
gold Smoke bought that measly potato
with. Come through"
And Amos Wentworth passed the
gold sack over.
Hope a skunk bites you an you get
howlin' hydrophoby," were the terms
of Shorty's farewell.
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Wa i WAS III Tie "a. ~. COnpduy - U1S
H store at Dawson that Lucille Ar
raj beckoned Smoke Bellew over
to the dry goods counter.
Smoke obeyed her call with alacr1ty.
The man did not exist in Dawson who
would not have been fattered by the
notice Of Lucille Arral. the singing
soubrette Of the tiny stock company
that performed nightly at the Palace
Opera House.
Things are dead" she complained,
with pretty petulance. There hasn't
been a stampede for week. There's
no dust in circulation. There's always
standing room now at the opera house.
And there hasn't been q mail from
the outside for two whole weeks. In
short. this burg has crawled into its
cave and gone to sleep. We've got to
do something. It needs livening. and
you and can do it I've broken with
Wild Water, you know"
Smoke caught two almost sinulta-
neous visions. One was Of Joy Gas
tell, the other was Of himself, In the
midst of a bleak snow stretch under
a cold arctic moon, being pot shotted
with accurateness and dispatch by the
aforesaid Wild Water. Smokes re-
luctance at raising excitement with the
aid Of Lucille Arral was too patent for
her to miss.
I'm not thinking what you are
thinking at all, thank you." she chided,
with a laugh and a pout. 'Take 1t
from me, Mr.. Smoke Bellew, I'm not
going to make love to you, and If you
dare to make love to me Wild Water
will take care of your case. You know
him. Besides, II haven't really bro
ken with him. Wild Water thinks I've
broken with him, don't you seer
"Well, have you, or haven't your"
"I haven't-there! But it's between
you and me in confidence"
Where do come in, stalking horse
or fall guy?"
Neither. You make a pot Of money,
we put across the laugh on Wild Wa
ter and cheer Dawson up, and, best Of
all and the reason for it all, he gets
disciplined He needs it. He's-well,
the best way to put it IS he's too turbu-
lent He broke out last night again.
Sowed the floor of the M. & M. with
gold dust-all Of a thousand dollars.
You've heard of it, of course"
Yes; this morning. But still don't
get you"
Listen. He was too turbulent.
broke our engagement, and he's going
around making a noise like a broken
heart Now we come to 1t. like
eggs"
But what have eggs and appetite
got to do with it," Smoke demanded.
Everything. / like eggs. There's
only limited supply Of eggs in Daw-
SON."
"Sure. Slavovitch's restaurant has
most of them. Ham and one egg, So;
ham and two eggs, S.. That means 50
an egg, retail"
.He likes eggs too" she continued
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worth's movements. Several times
when he started out, water bucket in
hand, for the creek they casually ap-
preached the cabin, and each time he
hurried back without the water.
They're cached right here in his
cabin" Shorty said. "But where?
We sure overhauled it plenty" He
stood up and pulled on his mittens.
I'm goin' to find 'em If have to pull
the blame shack down log at a time"
He glanced at Smoke, who, with an
intent, absent face, had not heard him.
whats eatin' you?" Shorty demand
ed wrathfully.
Just trying to remember something.
Shorty"
"What's the gamer
watch me, that's ALL" Smoke baf-
fed. II always told you, Shorty, that
deficient acquaintance with litera-
ture was handicap, even in the Klon-
dixie Now, what we're going to do
came out of book. read it when
was a kid, and it will work. Come ont
Several minutes later, under a pale
cleaning, greeniSh aurora borealis, the
two men crept up to Amos Went
worth's cabin. Carefully and noise
lessly they poured kerosene over the
logs, extra drenching the door frame
and window sash. Then the match
was applied, and they watched the
flaming oil gather Roadway. They
drew back beyond the growing light
and waited.
They saw Wentworth rush out, stare
wildly at the confagration and plunge
back into the cabin. Scarcely a minute
elapsed when he emerged, this time
slowly, half doubled over, his Shout
ders burdened by a sack, heavy and
unmistakable.
Smoke and Shorty sprang at him like
a pair of famished wolves. They hit
him right and left at the same instant
He crumpled down under the weight
of the sack, which Smoke pressed over
with his hands to make sure. Then
he felt his knees clasped by Went
worth's arms as the man turned a
CHASTITY face upward.
"Give me a dozen, only a dozen
half a doZen-and you can have the
rest" he squalled. "Just half a Dozen"
he walled. "Just half dozen. l was
going to turn them over to you-to-
morrow. Yes. tomorrow. That was my
idea. They're life. They're life! just
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SMOKE
BELLEW
SYNOPSIS.
By
JACK
LONDON
Copyright, 1914, by the Wheeler
Syndicate

Christopher BeIlew. a tenderfoot starts
for the Klondike in gold rush and pluck
fly. works at the back breaking toll OF
packing freight
He meets a beautiful girl Joy Gasten
deserts his own party. and he and Shorty
a new acquaintance, hire out to two
wealthy prospectors. Joy has nicknamed
him Smoke"
Smoke and Shorty befriend a man nam
ed Brock and nearly perish in attempting
20 cross Lake Lebarge because OF the
uselessness of their employers.
Smoke and Shorty take command by
force and get through 20 Dawson City.
where they are discharged. On Breck's
tip they stampede for Squaw creek.
They overtake Joy Gasten and her IA
Their To help the Sea Lion crowd Joy
treacherously leads them away from
6quaw creek
Smoke saves the girls feet from freez-
ing. He and Shorty by mistake Jump a
miners claim and lose it. Then Smoke
finds Surprise lake. the bottom Of which
is covered with gold.
Smoke is shot at, witnesses the murder
Of a miner by the unknown marksman
and is arrested for murder himself.
Breck shows a Surprise lake nugget.
the impromptu court is stampeded. and
Smokes life is saved. Smoke wins money
at roulette.
He continues to win. and the gamblers
buy him off. His system was based on
the discovery that the roulette wheel was
warped
Prompted by Joy Gastell Smoke enters
2. race for a million dollar claim against
some Of the best dog mushers.
At a critical moment Joy supplies Smoke
with q fresh dog team, and he runs
dead heat with Big Olaf for the claim
Smoke goes to Surprise lake. He falls
into q crevasse in ? glacier, and miner,
Carson. makes heroic efforts to rescue
him.
Smoke cuts a rope to save Carson, falls
himself and is caught in a pocket below,
from which he is rescued by Carson and
Joy.
Smoke and Shorty find a tribe of starv-
3ng Indians, and Smoke goes to Mucluc
to secure food and help.
Smoke forces CuItus George, an Indian,
to assist by stringing him up with a rope.
Smoke and Shorty find several dead men
in the snow.
They discover Laura Sibley's party dy-
ing Of scurvy and start heroic nursing
measures. One man, Wentworth, is mys-
teriously free from the trouble,
They discover Wentworth's secret hoard
of potatoes and save many lives. Luz
ellie Arral wants Smoke to corner the egg
market and discipline her lover, Wild
Water.
Wild Water wants eggs for Miss Arral.
He agrees to pay SO per egg If two dozen
sold him win her SMILE
BY a clever ruse Wild Water unloads
bad eggs on Smoke and Shorty and they
lose $4,000 They are captured by In
dams.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Rive Hundred Dollars a POTATO"

ERSUADING. bullying, and, at
times, by main strength, men
were dragged from their hunks
and forced to dress. Smoke
selected the mildeSt cases for the bur-
ial squad. Another squad was told
off to supply the wood by which the
graves were burned down into the fro
zen muck and gravel. Still another
squad had to chop firewood and i'm
partially supply every cabin. Those
who were too weak for outdoor work
were put to cleaning and scrubbing
the cabins and washing clothes. One
squad brought in many loads Of spruce
boughS and every stove was used for
the brewing of spruce tea.
But, no matter what face Smoke and
Shorty put on it. the situation was
grim and serious. At least thirty fear
full and impossible cases could not be
taken from the beds. as the two men,
with nausea and horror, learned, while
one, a woman. died in Laura Sibley's
cabin. Yet strong measures were nee
eSSary.
When the working gangs came in at
noon they found decently cooked din
ners awaiting them, prepared by the
weaker members of their cabins under
the tutelage and drive of Smoke and
Shorty.
''That'll do" Smoke said at in the
afternoon. KNOCK off, Go to your
hunks. You may be feeling rotten
now, but you'll be the better for it
tomorrow. OF course it hurts to get
well. but I'm going to get you WE'LL
TOO late" Amos Wentworth sheer
ed pallidly at Smokes efforts. "They
ought to have started in that way last
fall"
Come along with me-" Smoke an
swered. Pick up those two pals.
You're not ailing."
From cabin to cabin the three men
went, dosing every man and woman
with full pint of spruce tea. Nor
was it easy.
You might as we'll learn at the start
that we mean business" Smoke stated
to the first obdurate, who lay on his
back grooming through set teeth.
Stand by, Shorty" Smoke caught
the patient by the nose and tapped the
solar plexus section so as to make the
mouth gasp open. Now, Shorty! Down
she goes!'
Ano down she went. accompanied
with unavoidable splutterings and
Stranglings.
We're covering this spruce tea route
four times day, and there are eighty
of you to be dosed each time" Smoke
Informed Laura Sibley. $50 we've no
time to fool. VIII you take it, or must
] hold your nose?" His thumb and
forefnger lowered eloquently above
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Is; !: &: :: :: Il: E:
and forced to dress. Smoke
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CHAPTER XIX.
A FIutter In Eggs.

vt was in the A. G.. company's big
store at Dawson that Lucille Ar
M raj beckoned Smoke Bellew over
= To tho dru Goods oO11nfnr
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FRANK LFYNAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
MAN BROUGHT FROM COURTE-
NAY CHARGED WITH THEFT OF
AUTO, DRANK GERMICIDE AT
JAMESTOWN JAIL AND NEAR
LY DIED.

Frank Leyman, the Courtenay, N.
D., garage man, who was brought here
last week to face charge of stealing
a Buick car from Berthold, was claim
ed by the sheriff Of Webster, S. D.,
who wanted him for stealing a car
from that city. The sheriff and his
man stopped over night at jamestown,
Leyman being placed in the city Jail.
In his cell there happened to be bot
tie of deadly germicide and this Ley
man drank during the night, with sui
cidal intent. In the morning he was
found in an unconscious condition, but
a doctor worked over him, saving his
life. He was taken on to Webster.
Leyman is considered bad man
When arrested at Courtenay he threat
ened the life of the marshal and was
handcuffed.
. 1t is believed that Leyman is the
head of band of bold auto thieves
who have been stealing autos in South
Dakota and selling them in this state
and taking stolen machines from
North Dakota and disposing of them
in Montana and South Dakota. When
arrested, Leyman had three stolen
machines in his possession. He was
raised near Hecla, S. D., where his
parents live on farm.
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N'C0Y Announces
CLEARANCE SALE
ALL LINES OF SUMMER MER-
CHANDISE WILL BE CLOSED
OUT AT BIG REDUCTIONS TO
MAKE ROOM.

The last big sale on summer mer-
chandise at McCoy's department store
begins Saturday, lasting two weeks.
The big display advertisement in this
issue will tell you all about it. Many
lines of merchandise are being closed
out at one-half off and others at one
fourth off. The buyers are assured
some excellent bargains. This sale
is put on in order to clear out the sum-
mer stocks to make room for the fall
and winter goods, much of which has
arrived.
The July business at the Mccoy
store was SO per cent greater than a
year ago. Mr.. Mccoy is now in New
York city selecting merchandise: Miss
C. E. Smith, in charge Of the millinery
department, who has been in that city
buying stock and studying the fash
ions, will return Aug. Fl.
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TREASURER'S REPORT

For Norway School District No 4. County OF
Ward State Of North Dakota. for the year
l9l419I5:
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BRIEF STATE NEWS
Mrs. E. A. Perry of Bedford Hills,
N. Y, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
w. H. Parker of the Leland hotel.

Mrs. E. A. Perry of Bedford Hills,
N. Y, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
w. H. Parker of the Leland hotel.
The nude body of Percy Palmer,
aged 81 years, was found hanging sus-
pended from a rafter in the barn by
his parents upon returning home at
Bantry Saturday evening. No motive
can be assigned for the act but 1T IS
supposed to be case of suicide.
A. J. F. Voight, until recently pub
Usher of the Lidgerwood Broadax, is
now in control of the Progressive OBJ
server at Grand Forks, and is making
arrangements to go after business
with a vim. He is successful news
paperman and ought to do nice bust
ness.
The Mountrail County Fair will be
held at Palermo August 1914. A fine
program has been prepared and liberal
prizes are offered on exhibits, and with
everybody in the county boosting the
fair this year, it is bound to be the
best ever held in Mountrail.
In drunken row at Glen Ullin last
week, Herman Nickel stabbed Karl
Dessinger, of Hebron, and Nickel is
now being held at the Mandan Jail
pending the outcome, as Dessinger's
wound is considered serious, being
Just below the heart. The row arose
over the fact of Dessinger's having
insulted Nickel's wife.
George T. Wright, an aeronaut per-
forming at the Wells County fair at
Fessenden, fell from height of $500
feet when the ropes attached to his
parachute broke, dropping him in
wheat field, breaking rib which was
the only injury sustained.
The states attorney made a big
cleanup at Kenmare last week. War
rants were issued for Jennie Ogg and
Ed Boyd, charged with the sale of in
toxicating liquors, and for Francis
Clemson and G. P. Makee charged
with the maintenance of a common
nuisance.
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Van Hook Plans Great Celebration

Van Hook is preparing for great
celebration Aug. 10 and II, to COM
memorate the birth of that city. Where
a thriving little city now stand, less
than year ago the spot was raw prai-
RE. Now there are three banks, two
good hotels, four hardware stores, four
general stores, three lumber yards
several restaurants and two newspa-
pers, the Tribune and Journal, besides
many other lines of business. Van
Hook is a live town and the celebra-
ton will be great. There will be two
aeroplane flights, several ball games
a tennis tournament, broncho busting
athletic contests and music by the Mi
not band. No less than 500 Indians
are expected to take part in the cele-
bration. There will be an immense
crowd but they will be we'll taken care
of. .~
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new Corporations
THE FOLLOWING CORPORATIONS
WE'RE RECENTLY GRANTED
CHARTERS BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.

% Western Elevator company, Minot,
Ward county. Capital stock, $50, 900;
incorporators, Frank c. Laird, Walter
H. Nichlo, both of Minneapolis, and
VIM. Dunnell, Minot.
The Farmers Equity Elevator com
pany, Ryder, Ward countw. Capital,
stock, S15,000; incorporators, F. j.
Schilling, Peter Romsaas, both OF KY
der, and John T. Grimes, Roseglen.
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co.,
Parshall, Mountrail county. Capital
stock, $4,000; incorporators, W. C.
McFall, Parshall, Hans Lorsch, Ep-
worth, and David Bartleson, Plaza.
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accompany him to their new home.

accompany him to their new home.
Paul Hupski of Max, employed on
the farm of Andrew Robson, was
struck and instantly killed by light
ming during the electrical storm this
morning. Coroner Doe decided that
an inquest was unnecessary.
Louis Goldberg drove over from
Glenburn today to take charge of the
Minot Department Store for several
days, while his brother, Jacob, is out
of the city. Mr.. Goldberg says the
crops about Glenburn are fine, but
north, near Maxbass and throughout
Bottineau county they are not as gooo
owing to the lack Of rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Californian brot
Mrs. N. Californian, the formers moth
er to the city today. She returned t.
her home at Brooklyn, la, after spend
ing three weeks visiting them. She
was called home sooner than she ex
pected to go owing to her husbands
serious illness.
Mrs. Fred Calkins, taken in charge
by the local police because of conduct
which indicated a demented condition
and held pending the arrival of tn
sheriff of Mountrail county, is still
under detention at the county Jail, thu
Mountrail authorities refusing to &C
cept her as charge, claiming that sht
is not a resident of that county. i
seems Mrs. Calkins has husband II
Grand Rapids, Mich, and mother q
Deerfeld, Mimi, who have been mott
fed and will in all probability take
care of the poor woman as soon a:
they hear the particulars.
S. R. Bond, who has been in Califor
mia, seeing the big expositions, is ex
pected home soon.
The Bond Lumber Co. is building
two fine bungalows on the south nil
and will erect another. The compan!
owns some valuable lots, for which
there is little sale, but will have M
trouble in disposing of the residences
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Sadie Densmore, owned by D. A
Dinnie of this city, won her maiden
race on the Davenport track last Fri
day, gaining mark of 2:O5 3-4, tying
the worlds pacing record for four
year old mares. It was wonderful
performance and elected unbounded
applause from the spectators. Dave
Dinnie has the fastest stable of racing
horses in the Northwest, and through
them Minot is gaining large amount
of publicity.
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5000 ATTEND new
ROCKFORD MEETING
EQUITY MEETING WEDNESDAY
WAS A BIG AFFAIR - ADJ
DRESSES BY LaFOLLETTE AND
LOFTUS-BOTH PAPERS EN-
DORSED.

George S. LOTUS and Senator Rob-
ert M. LaFollette addressed meeting
of 5000 farmers at New Rockford
Wednesday. There was the greatest
of enthusiasm and at the end of the
meeting, motion was made that both
Of the New Rockford newspapers be
heartily endorsed for the stand that
they have taken for the Equity.
The speakers undoubtedly made
many converts.
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DINNIE LOW BIDDER ON THE
LELAND HOTEL JOB

D. A. Dinnie was the low bidder this
afternoon on the contract for the Le-
land hotels 4-story block, his bid being
approximately $4,000. There were
bidders from Minneapolis, Great Falls,
Mont, and other points. The bids ran
all the way from $4,000 to $33,O0O
The building will be 50x1OO, four stor-
les and basement
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CHAS. VEACH DIED AT DES Laos

Chas. Veach, prominent Des Laos
business man, passed away after a
short illness from typhoid fever Fri
day, the funeral being held from Des
Laos Monday. The funeral was in
charge of J. D. Van Fleet, the Minot
undertaken. Mr. Veach was one OF the
highly respected and old time Des
Laos business men. He conducted a
restaurant there for eleven years and
was recently engaged in the meat mar
ket business. Mr.. Veach owned 800
acre farm in Rolling Green township.
He was 40 years of age and leaves his
parents, who reside at Des Laos, a
brother, Austin, a prominent Rolling
Green farmer, and sister, Mrs. John
p. Breslin of Sanish.