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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

she must have caught sight of one or
two OF the policemen wno had incau.
tiously exposed themselves from the
hiding place in which I had disposed
them before we entered. At any rate,
Savetsky did not lose n jot OF her re.
markable composure.
I'm sorry" she remarked merely,
but I'm afraid my control is weak
and cannot work today"
She took "A step toward the door,
motioning us TO leave. Neither Of US
paid any attention to the hint, but re-.
NAMED seated as we had been be.
fore.
Almost before I knew what she was
doing, she made n dash for something
in the corne OF the room. II was
time for open action. and | seized her
quickly.
My detective vas on his feet in an
instant.
IN take care OF her" he ground
out. seized her wrists in his yiselike
grasp. You give the signal
rushed TO the window, threw up
the shade and opened the sash. wav.
ing W ~preconcerted sign and turned
again toward the room.
With a sudden accession OF desper.
ate strength. Savetsky broke away
from the plainclothes mar and again
attempted 10 get at something con.
cealed on the wall. had turned Just
in time 10 fling myself between her
and Whatever object she had In mind
As the detective took her again and
twisted her arm until she cried out
In pain, ! hastily investigated the wall
She had evidently been attempting 10
press a button that rang q concealed
bell.
What did Il mean
Elaine, now completely unconscious
was being held by the Cinnamon.
while her arm wss smeared with
sticky, black material from the caul.
dron OF Long Sin.
Suddenly the aged Chinaman with
the prayer wheel stopped his inces.
ant, impious turning. and, rising. held
up his hand as II 10 command a,ten.
ton.
This Is nonsense" he cried In a
loud voice. Why should our great
Ksiug Chou desire a white devil? I. A
great'grandta,her, demand 10 know {"
Shaking with rage, Long Sin or.
ceret the Intruder on the dais. But
the aged deyotee refused 10 20.
Throw him out. he ordered his at.
tendEntE.
For Ensver as the two Young
Cinnamon approached. the old China.
man threw them down 10 the
tooT With q quick !lu.!!,su movement
Furious nov beyond expression
Long Sin STEPPED forward. He seized
ne beard and queue a the Intruder
= lis utter smazemer, they came
o. ~
J. was Kennedy
Win Rs automatic drawn h,s.,
re t''-llshed deyl dancers ,ryrd
recover taems elves. Craig stood a,
tby "'
Loag Sin lesred sah.pd tho 49,.
gong A. he ~Ch.lamaa rushed tor.
Sa't 70 seize hin, Kennedy sbo, The
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

that Aunt Josephine must so. Your
father oAnnot speak while she Is pres.
emit"
Aunt Josephine, annoyed by what
she had heard, Indignantly refused 10
so and was deaf 10 all ElAine's plead.
inga
Il think Il will be all right" finally
aeauieseed Bennett. seeing how bent
Elaine VAS IN securing the message,
IN stay and protect her"
Aunt Josephine finally agreed Very
well. then" she protested, marching
out Of the room in q high state OF
indignation.
she had scarcely left the house.
however, when she began 10 suspect
that al Was not as IL ought 10 be In
fact, the idea had no sooner occurred
10 her than she decided 70 call on
Kennedy and she ordered the ohauf.
teur to take her as quickly as possible
TO the laboratory.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

Kennedy had not been IN tie lAbo.
ratory all the day after my expeH.
enee with the acid, and ! Vas impa.
tently Awaiting his arrival Al last
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

Elaine Vas standing In the library
gaming sadly al Kennedy's portrait
thinking over recent events and above
an the rebuff over the telephone which
she supposed she had received.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

Al the OF nd 81 the line, Elaine
was iistcn.r. tmratient,y for q re
sponse % her Grsi eager words o. in'
sairy. she was astonished TO nn1,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-17

Jennings entered WITH a card on a
salver. Elaine took II and saw with
surprise the name OF her caller:
4. CAE~aK
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
The Clocks Hands.

Come. hurry upv' said the second hand of clock to the minute hand. You'll never get around fin time if you don't. See how fast I'm going" con- tinued the fussy little monitor as it fretted round on its pivot.
 Come, hurry up." said the minute hand to the hour hand, utterly oblivi- ous of being addressed by the second hand. If you don't be quick you'll never be in at the stroke of 1.''
 Well, that's just what our young friend there has been saying to you"
 At this point the clock pealed forth the hour as the hour hand continued:
 You see, we're in time, not one of us behind. You take my advice. do your own work in your own way and leave others alone"
 Moral.-Mind your own business Philadelphia Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
HE WAS REs0URCEFUL.

But He Probably Didn't Get the Job
 For Which He Applied.
 There is a certain middle aged and old fashioned business man who is a little doubtful whether he or the other carried of the honors of war in an in- terview given to smart young man.
 The smart young man was applying for a berth.
 Let me see," said the merchant; you've called on me before, but not on your present errand. The first time you represented Up to Date Limited and offered to put our concern on mod ern lines. Then you came on behalf of Systems & Files and said you were business doctors. And after that. you came as the publicity expert of the Newest In Ads. company"
 "That is SO. sir"
 And are all these-er-compani dead"
 The young man reluctantly admitted that they were.
 "Yet after coming here three times to offer to teach us our business when your concerns go down you coolfy so- licit berth in this poor, effete old firm. Why, what use are you to us ? Look at your record"
 The optimist countered that easily.
 You never know, sir. l might be very useful. Look what splendid ex- narianco I'vo had ip windinp mn com. panies. s."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
CURIOUS COBRA TRAP.
And Queer Snake Theory Held by the
 Natives of India.

And a Queer Snake Theory Held by the
 Natives of India.
 A naturalist tells us of an odd kind of snake trap that caught it's victim securely. It was a biscuit can, and in the bottom of 1t were some macaroons. was ahead of the cobra. The little thief was having a good time regaling him. self on the macaroOnS. all unconscious that snake was preparing to regale itself on mouse. Into the can went the head of the snake, but the head that went in was destined to come out less easily. The rough edges of the can irritated the cobra, and involun tarlly it dilated its hood. That made it prisoner. With the hood dilated the head could not be withdrawn. and the cobra remained in it's tin prison until morning, when it was easily cap tured and killed.
 Stradling, who knows the natives of India as well as he knows the snakes of that land, tells of an interesting theory held by these people. They are firmly convinced that for every human being a snake bites 1t loses one joint When the number of deaths the snake has caused equals the number of it's joints the venomous head alone re- mains. The snake has now reached the height of it's wicked desires. and at this point it develops wings and tri- umphantly disappears. - Washington Star,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
THE GERRYMANDER.
Gilbert Stuart's Cartoon Made the Pc
 liticaI Trick Notorious.

Gilbert stuart's Cartoon Made the Po-
 liticaI Trick Notorious.
 Gilbert Stuart, who is best remem- bered for his portraits of Washington, was also cartoonist, and 1t was he, according to James Melvin Lee, in Car toons Magazine, who designed the fla nous .Gerrymander cartoon.
 in 1911, writes MT. Lee, the struggle between the Democrats and the Fed erals for the control of Massachusetts was extremely bitter. The Democrats had elected Elbridge Gerry governor and had carried both houses of the legislature. To retain this supremacy they remapped the senatorial districts and divided the power of their political adversaries by paying no attention to county boundaries. In Essex county the relation of the district to the town was most absurd. and map of the county thus laid out hung in the office of the Massachusetts Sentinel.
 One day as Stuart gazed at the map he remarked that the towns as they had been assembled looked like some monstrous animal. A few touches of his pencil added the wings and claws and he christened the creature sala- mander. At the suggestion of Editor Russell. the name was changed to Gerrymander. The cartoon thereafter frequently appeared in a "broadside.' '' while the term became one of reproach.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03

post fifteen miles away charged with the crime.
 The citizens were determined to hang Bird if the marshal didn't show up within two weeks. The appear ance of Deputy Vawter saved Birds life, temporarily at least. Bird es- capped from the St. Michael jail the morning he was to be taken to Sitka for trial. With a pocketknife he carved out a piece of four-inch floor ing and fled toward the mainland.
 Marshal vawter offered reward of $500 for his capture and had the meaning of the proclamation trans lated to the natives. The result was that within three days the Eskimos brought Bird back to St. Michael. He was taken to Sitka, tried, convicted, retried, again convicted and was fin ally hanged in 1901, the second off cial hanging to take place in Alaska.
 In 1901 Marshal Vawter was in Washington when President Mckinley signed an order appointing his Uni ted States marshal at Nome, then in the heyday of opulence. The notori- ous Judge Moves gang was appointed at the same slime, and their failure to influence Marshal Vawter in their favor during the days of thievery, crookedness and scandal at Nome, forms one of the most stirring themes in Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers, 7" which was built up around the incl dents of this period.
 In the novel Marshal Vawter is Vorhees. It was the testimony of Marshal Vawter, offered at the cir cult court of appeals at San Francis co, that convicted Judge Moves, the prosecuting attorney and the special representative of the department of justice, and sent them all to prison.
 In his trips to the outside during the last seventeen years Marshal Vaw- ter has brought out thirty-f1ve insane persons.
 In the spring of 1890, when MT. Vawter was still at St. Michael, over 1,5O0 persons came down the Yukon destitute. They managed to make their way to Nome, where the rich placers had just been discovered, and nearly every one of the 1500 made fortunes within few months.
 MT. Vawter is now deputy marshal at Fort Gibbons, at the confluence of the Panama and Yukon rivers. He has the distinction of having been in the service of the government in Alas ka for a longer period than any other employe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
IT. S. MARSHAL GUARDED
 BEAT 4,OOO MILES LONG.

The following story, taken from the New York Sun, refers to c. l.. Vawter, who is a passenger on the Admiral Evans for Valdez, and who is we'll known to many people in Val dez:
 Seventeen years as guardian of the public peace on the edge of west ern civilization has been a period crammed full of adventure and TO- nance and interest for c. L. Vawter, formerly United States marshal at Nome, who is now in Seattle. Dur ing these seventeen years Mr. Vawter has witnessed every big gold rush in Alaska; he has seen poverty stricken prospectors become flushed with wealth in a fortnight; he has seen others become crazed because of the hardships and privations and he has seen the territory awaken from a sleep of ages to stretch it's arms and rub it's eyes in wonder.
 When the discovery of the Klondike first drew the attention of the world to AlaSka' MT. Vawter left Montana to talk he office of deputy marshal under Jonn M. shoup, marshal for the whole I.--.lct of Alaska. Mar shal Shoup's office was at Sitka; Dep uty Marshal Vawter was stationed at St. Michael Between the two of them the entire territory of Alaska was guarded. Vawter's territory includ- ed the Yukon valley from the Cana dian boundary, including that part of Alaska which drains into Boring sea and the Arctic ocean. He also had supervision over the Aleutian islands. And in all, his domain was 4000 miles long from one end to the other.
 In 1898 many gold seekers attempt ed to reach Dawson by going up the Yukon river from it's mouth. This led them to St. Michael where Marshal Vawter was stationed. Winter over- took many of them on the trial; they camped wherever they happened to be when the river froze up.
 It was there in the fall of 1898 that word came to the St. Michael office that prospector had murdered his two partners. Marshal Vawter took dog team and started out for Anvik, where the murder took place. A man named Homer Bird was held by the citizens of a trading
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Iceland and Ireland,

Iceland was once very near to be coming part of the British empire Uninhabited until the middle of the ninth century, 1t was first discovered by little company of Irish monks, who had fled their own land to escape the ravages of the pagan Norsemen. They built themselves home in the new land, and seemingly intended to stay when, after few years. the Norsemen also discovered Iceland. and the monks fled back to Ireland. Not a few Scotch and Irish emigrants. how ever. found their way to Iceland in later times.-London Express.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Taxes Due.

Taxes for the Town of Valdez for the year 1915 are now due and pay able at my office at the corner of Key stone avenue and Mckinley street. Taxes will be delinquent on Monday, December 9th, 1915, at 6 o'clock p. m., and unless paid prior thereto, . peu( u(alty of 10 per cent will be added to the amount and interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum.
 Warrants issued by the present Council will be accepted in payment of taxes.
 Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m. and p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun days. '.
 Dated this 3d day of November, 1915.
 E. c. AMES, Town Treasurer. Kill Ills
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Deeoy Periscopes.

Such things exist as decoy periscopes short lengths of pipe held upright on a float and looking exactly like the real periscope. The submarine sets them adrift for you to find-sometimes scat ters several of them.
 When one is sighted you cannot stop to consider whether the little object dancing on the sea half mile or so distant does or does not mean 250 pounds of high explosive coming straight at you. Maybe you will see an aeroplane maneuvering over it in a way that carries conviction that 1t does. You don't dare to take any chances, and so you train all the guns at 1t.
 Then the real submarine sinks up on the other side of the ship and with the swift rush of its torpedo another sea tragedy Is enacted-London Tit. Bits.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
PAINTED POST.
Story of the Incident That Gave the
 Place lts Name.

Story of the Incident That Gave the Place lts Name. There's not a drummer between New York and San Francisco who hasn't at some stage of his drumming career
 made game of the name of the town of Painted Post. And after everybody laughs you may hear the query, But l
 wonder where 1t did get its nameT'
 Here is the story:
 In the summer of 1779 the English and Indians under a loyalist, McDon- aid, and Hfakatoo, a renowned Seneca
 war chief, returned north from raid
 by way of Pine creek, the Tioga and the Conhocton. They brought with
 them their own wounded and some prisoners taken at Freely's fort. Under the elms at the confluence of
 the Tioga and Conhocton Captain Mon' tour, a half breed and a noted war chief, died of his wounds. He was the son of Frontenac by the famous Indian Queen Catherine. He was buried by
 the river side, and above his grave was
 placed post on which were painted various symbols and devices. This monument became known as the paint ed post and was a landmark often vis-
 ited by the braves and chieftains of the Six Nations.
 The post stood for many years after the settlement of the country. Finally 1t routed down at the butt and was pre- served in the barroom of tavern until
 1910, when it disappeared. Some say it was swept away during freshet-- New York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Historical Parallels.

"Oh, pop"
 "Well, get rid of it-get rid of 1t"
 "What does this history l have been reading mean by coop detat'?"
 That, my son. in politics or state craft, is the same thing as pinch hitter delivering the goods in the last half of the ninth inning of baseball game. with runners on second and third and the score ? to 1 in favor of the other team."-Richmond Times Dis patch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Fish Day in Germany.

BERLIN, Nov. 3.-In accordance with the recent orders of the govern ment forbidding meat to be served in restaurants or sold to households, Germany Is eating fish today. Fish markets have come into existence over night and are prepared to meet the emergency and keep the nation in sea food for two days each week.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Performina a Duty.


 MT. Choate told this one-not on him. self: An American called at the office of the American ambassador in Lon don. with his wife and baggage. When did you arrive?" was the first question.
 Just arrived" was the answer. Have you been to your hotel?" was another question put.
 "No." came the prompt answer. Then the ordinary question was put to him, as to every visitor of that kind and which we put at the end of an in- terview, Well, what can I do for you?"
 You can do nothing for me-" came the reply. "I merely came here to see whether my ambassador was in his place."-Denver Post.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
A Chilly Spot.

"You'll have to change my place on the bill," declared the lady acrobat q find the audience too cold"
 How will shift help that anyY' demanded the vaudeville manager.
 "Why, I come on just after fellow who is featuring on the arctic."- Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Promoted,

Mrs. Nurich. understand your hus- band is one of the stewards of the racing association"
 "Look here. young man. my husband gave up cookin' years ago and I'd rather you wouldn't refer to it."-Buf- falo Express.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Ronne's Aoueducts,

The eight aqueducts of ancient Rome brought 100000 gallons of water a day into the city. Had the Romans been aware that water always rises to It's own level these huge erections on arches seventy feet high need never have been built.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
A Sneaky Man.

MT. Kay See-Sneaky sort of man What do you mean. sir? Witness
 We'll, sor, he's the sort of man that'll never look ye straight in the face until yer backs turned.-Kansas City Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03

Hugo Tells, who went to Wells Bay to complete building for w.. Glendenning on his property there, returned to town on the launch sham rock.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Approciation,

Has your wife sense of humorF'
 ~Sure. told her all the automobile jokes I could and now she wants one of the automobiles. les.n-Washington Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
Improved by Experience,

'Goodness." she exclaimed sarcasti- cally. "bnt you were born brightr'
 Certainly" he agreed, "and knock ing around has polished me considera bly."-Judge.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03
how I& sounded.

Bacon-What is your daughter doing al the piano9 Egbert-Sounds as if she was setting her class yell to music --Yonkers Statesman.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03

Thare is no solemnity 50 deep. to a rightly thinking creature. as that of dawn -Ruskin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-03

Special Tonight. Four good reels at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-08-26
Notice!

Notice is hereby given that applications for
transporting children over Route No. 2
Route No. 2 being from village school to Joe
Croft's place. will be received by T. I. Carter.
The School Board has fixed the salary at
$1,000 per school month.
The successful applicant must be prepared
and will be required to serve according to
the rules Of the Dept. Of Education, as amen
ded by Chapter 270 and 428, Laws of 1918,
which are in substance as follows:
1.-The driver must be a mature man, sensi-
ble, temperate and a good teamster. Must
have safe team heavy enough for the
work. Drivers shall be put under bonds Of
$500. 90 or more, binding them to fulfill their
as submitted by the principal and approved
by the Board of Ed ucation. Drivers must be
punctual-follow the schedule prepared for
them by the neutrality-suspicious. the time
and place for each group of children to be
picked up on their routes. Their schedules
to be modified with the changing condition of
the roads. but by only giving notice to each
6river and each family affected. Drivers to
de .rigidly accountable for reaching the
building not less than fifteen Q5) minutes be-
fore the hour Of opening. Likewise they shall
be at the building promptly at the closing
hour. Drivers to stand responsible for the
welfare of children committed to them for
safe keeping; they are to report daily all cases
OF misconduct, etc., to the principal. Dri-
Vers shall not use tobacco when driving to
and from school,
The said application will be acted upon by
the School Board on Tuesday Sept. 1st at
o'clock P. NJ.
By order of the School Board. Ind. Dist.
No. Cook County. Mimi.
CLAUS G. MONKER, Clerk.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-08-26
Notice for Sealed Bids.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will
be received by T. l. Carter for transport ting
children over Route No. 3 (Route No. 8 being
from the Good Harbor Hill school to Nels
Dalbec's farn.).
The successful bidder must be prepared
and will be required to serve according to
the rules of the Dept of Education. as amen
are in substance as follows:
temperate and good teamster Must have a
afe team heavy enough for the work. Dri-
yers shall be put under b )n0s of $4,000 or
more, binding them to fulfill their contracts
according to regulations therein, as submit
ted by the principal and approved by the
Board of Education. Drivers must be pune
tual,follow the schedule prepared for them
place for each group Of children to be picked
up on their routes. Their schedules to be
modified with the changing condition of
the roads. but by only giving notice to each
driver and each family affected Drivers to
be rigdly account table for reaching the
building not Less than fifteen 90 minutes be-
fore the hour of opening. Likewise they
shall be at the building promptly at the close
ing hour. Drivers to stand responsible for
the welfare of children committed to them
for safe keeping; they are to report daily all
cases of MISCONDUCT etc. to the principa
Drivers shall not use tobacco when driving
to and from school.
The said bids will be opened and acted
upon by the School Board on Tuesday Sept.
LIST next at o'clock P. NJ.
Board reserves the right TO reject any or all
bids.
BY order of the School Board Independent
District No, Cook County, Mimi.
CLAUS G. MONKER, Clerk