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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
Y.M.C.A. ENTERTAINED
,.gx. THE GRADE PUPILS

Friday afternoon and evening was
made memorable to the more adj
yanced pupils OF the grade schools
OF Canon City. South Canon and Lin
coin Park by their entertainment at
the Y. NJ. c. A. From TO the
NTH and sixth grades were guests of
honor and had everything their own
way. There were 235 Of them pres
ent and they were treated TO an in
teresting program OF fun and amuse
ment, followed by the serving of
light refreshments to all on both oc-
casions. There was music. recita-
tions. etc. in the lobby of the build
ing and games. drills and a good
time generally in the gymnasium. II
was highly enjoyable event for the
little folks and they made the most
of H.
From to 9 O'Clock in the evening
the pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades were guests OF the associa-
ton and large number of them
were in attendance TO enjoy it's hos
pitality. There was music. both in
strumental and vocal. readings and
other entertainment in the lobby and
sports of various kinds in the gym
nasium. all of which were very in
teresting TO the visitors. The games
were under the supervision of Miss
Thomas. physical culture director in
the Canon City schools.
A number OF the grade teachers
were also present
The high school students were en-
tertained at the y. about a week
ago.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
SOCIAL NOTES
ENTERTAINED BY MR.. AND MRS.
NOVELS

The employees of the Novels
Stockton Mercantile company, with
the members Of the immediate
families. were entertained at dinner
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Novels at
their home, 528 Macon avenue,
Thursday evening. Altogether there
was a company of lhirty-eight people
present, in addition to the host and
hostess. twenty-eight OF whom are
on the regular payroll lof the store.
Four members OF the clerical force
OF the company were unable to be in
attendance at the dinner Thursday
evening, three OF them being in Pu-
eblo at the state fair and the other
one having a previous engagement
at home.
Following the dinner there was a
musical program, social games and
good time generally. The affair
was a delightful one in all respects
and was no less pleasing to the en-
tertainers than to the entertined.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s'e~.ss'. ss.s, ss. Of Z1HAZ1N
VISITING PARENTS

VISITING PARENTS
At coALOSLE
Mrs. Raymond Banta left here Wed
nesday afternoon for Coaldale for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Chauncey HAYDEN.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
MADE AN uhLucky PURCHASE

Joseph Cowan. of Brewster. pur-
chased horse at the Stewart sale at
Canon City Tuesday and today he is
not only mourning the loss OF the ami
NAL, but his perfectly good wagon as
well. After purchasing the animal
Mr.. Cowan hitched It up to his wag-
on preparatory to making a trip to
Florence with coop full of young
chickens. He tied the outfit near his
home and while he was eating supper
the animal broke loose and made its
getaway. taking the wagon and chick
ems along. A diligent search reveal.
cd the coop of chickens in the vi.
cinity OF Ocean Wave mine near
Williamsburg and there were none
missing. but 40 far the horse and
wagon have not been located.--Flor.
ence Citizen.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
CHANGING SEASONS BRING COLDS

"Stuhed up head, cIogged-up nose,
tight chest. sore throat are sure signs
of cold. and DIR. Kings New Discovery
is sure relief. A dose OF this combi-
nation OF antiseptic balsams soothcs
the irritated membrane, clears the
head. loosens the phlegm. you breathe
easier and realize your cold is broken
up. Treat cold persistently; half.
way measures leave a lingering cough.
Take DR.. Kings New Discovery un.
til your cold is gone. For A years
the favorite remedy for young and old.
At your druggist, 50c.-adv.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28
QUA JITNEv oFFER-Thi. and Sc.

oOn ~. En-inis ano DC:
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip. enclose with &c and mail II to
Foley q Co. Chicago. H.. writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return n trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. for coughs. colds and Group
Foley's Kidney Pills. for pain In sides
and back: rheumatism. backache. kid
ney and bladder ailments: and Foley
Cathartic Tablets. a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic. for con
stipation. biliousness. headache and
sluggish bowels.--adv.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-28

Mr.. Henry Allison and TomN ALI
son are spending the day In Pueblo
taking In the fair.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

"Will you please read me that mes
sage. And quickly, for this is impor-
tant."
Here 1t is" answered the bewil-
dered voice over the wire. "'You are
keeping Blonde Casey prisoner in
your house. Unless you liberate her
within an hour your house will 60 up
in flames. And after that house, your
next house, and the next 1t is signed
The Cookson Gang But what am l
to believe? What am / to do? And
what is the answer to all these mys-
teries?P
Whatever you do, don't let them
get that young woman away from
you!"
Family the listener could hear the
sound of sudden calls, of quick queS-
lions and answers and counter-ques-
ton. Then the voice of Golden was
once more frantically calling him over
the wire
"Manley, Manley, is that you?
You've spoken too late. Wilson, my
butler, has just hurried in to me here.
Ten minutes ago a stranger claiming
to be meter inspector got entrance
to the house. Do you hear me, they've
taken that girl! She's gone!"
Gomez" echoed Manley. Then |
haven't time to stand here talking"
Yet, Enoch Golden,-even as Manley
himself, had little time for talking
over that strange abduction. For two
minutes later his still fiurried butler
announced the arrival 81 James Girls
void, the president of the Union
Traders bank, on urgent business.
Golden" began that visitor almost
as soon as he had crossed the thresh-
old, Il have counted myself among
your friends. But when l receive a
note like this, threatening me and my
business, l regard 1t as about time to
see you, face to face"
Golden took the sheet OF paper from
the bankers hand. He stood regard.
ing 1t with troubled eyes. For 1t read:
You are friend of Enoch Golden,
the oppressor of the poor, the scaven-
ger Of unclean gold. The blow that is
about to fall on you and your bank
falls because of this alliance with evil
doors. You are warned"
The grim-jawed millionaire turned
on his visitor.
THAT is not ALL" declared the bank
er. Nor is this afternoons paper,
with It's bitter attack on you and
your tenements all. But three hours
later my fellow banfer, Gresham of
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

q Of the largest windows comman.
daered for the installation of a
strangely complex apparatus used in
STEMS electric wave-projector (which
was announced to be the latest inn
Pavement on wireless), but the upper
and lower floors of the suites were
connected by a smooth-walled shaft
which, IL was explained. would make
easier the passage back and forth OF
chemicals and apparatus needed by
the illustrious Doctor Stein in his
carefully guarded experiments.
Equally well prepared was Legar's
second base of activities, the secret
subcellar beneath the Owls Nest. This
second warren, deep as II stood un-
foreground, was also provided with
secret passageway leading into a wa
ter-gate opening on the East river IT.
self
1t was from both these points that
Legar was conducting his campaign
against his old-time enemy Enoch
Golden. And both of these points
might have remained as we'll hidden
as their user still dreamed them to be
had II not been for the casual agency
of pocket camera. For less than an
hours work in the Office of the regis
ter of automobiles had duly shown
Marley that license No. 6249 belonged
to one Prof. Herman Stein Of AZ Maple
avenue. Yet Marley, armed as he was
with the knowledge of this cars iden-
tity, showed no undue haste in inter-
fering with its movements. For still
another hour of cautious shadowing
on the part Of Golden's private secre-
tary provided him with the knowledge
that Doctor Stein was in the habit of
motoring from Maple avenue to the
Central Tower building, and from that
prosperous skyscraper to an humble
point within block of the Owl's,Nest
itself. Thirty minutes later found
Manley in a telephone BOOTH talking
to his employer.
Have you received any message
from that man Legar?" asked the
younger man, after impatiently ex.
planning who he was.
Il have received a message, but
don't know it came from Legar."
Then how did you get it?"
1T was thrown through my house
window folded up in a beer bottle"
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

at the milk-white skin. Then a groan
Of disappointment broke from his
throat
mo the mark is not there!"
What mark" asked the wondering
girl
my daughter carried a scar on her
right arm. My men, when she was a
child on Windward island, caught and
killed a shark. The child, when no one
watched her, thrust hand In between
the brute's jaws. Those dying jaws
closed on the flesh, and an iron bar
had to be used to open them again.
And they said that scar would always
stay with her"
The girl, wide-eyed, dropped back
into the armchair.
why, l seem to remember" she
said staring before her. Il seem to
remember years ago, rows and rows
OF sharp teeth and the sudden pain as
those teeth came together
But the scarf" cried Golden.
There is no scarf"
Il seem to remember about that,
too. 1t was long ago, after Legar had
brought me across water, and then
miles and miles in railway train. l
remember him taking me to a man
who wore round eyeglasses, and show
ing him my arm. This man gave me
something to make me sleep. But
when | wakened my arm was sore
again, for weeks and weeks And
when II healed the scar was gone. |
remember" But she stopped sud-
denly, for the telephone bell close be-
side Golden shrilled out a sudden call.
Mechanically the man at the desk took
up the receiver, his eyes still on the
girl facing him.
This is Eastman of the central of.
fee speaking" said the voice over the
wire. "A short while ago a young
woman was seen entering your
house"
We'll, what of it?" was the impa-
tient inquiry.
Our Office merely wants to warn
you that the girl is Blonde Casey, the
come-on for the Cookson gang. She's
the smoothest swindler in the bust
ness. And as long as that baby-eyed
she-crook is in your house. Golden,
your house will be in danger!"
Golden hung up his receiver and sat
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

command. Get down to Griswold's
bank with these checks, and be quick
about IT,"
Whereupon Manley meekly took his
departure. Two minutes later, how
ever, yet another figure was passing
through the gloomy silences OF Enoch
Golden's home. II was more purpose
full figure than that of the lazy-eyed
young secretary. And over the face
of this intruder as he cautiously made
his way through the great house was
an odd-looking band of yellow cloth,
cut in the form Of mask. The center
of this, dropping apronlike almost to
his upper lip, was marked by an In
verted crescent, which at first glance
lent to the partly-covered face the
faint suggestion of an ironically laugh
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Palidori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidora opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and In
the general rush TO escape the flood kid
maps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New York
one calling himself 1.-The Hammer OF
God" rescues an eighteen-year-o girl
from the cadet Casavant TO whom Jules
Legar had delivered her.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

ment and his own flrearm spoke flrst
The shirt-sleeved figure fell In .
heap. where he had stood In the open
doorway.
At the sound of that shot, from
within could be heard sudden calls
and shouts and hurrying steps.
That's Legar," cried Manley. ~ he
caught sight Of the one-srmed figure
side by side with q bespectacled Ger
man striving and fighting to push
shut the Intervening door. But the
fallen mans body lay In the way, and
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

studying his desktop. Then with his
grim mouth fixed he crossed to the
rear door and opened it, stepping out
into the hall and peremptorily called
for his butler as he did so.
Manley, returning from his errand,
at the same moment stepped into the
room from another door. He stared at
the girl as he stopped to pick up his
pocket camera.
"Who are your" he pertly inquired,
as Golden re-entered the room.
But his eyes, the next moment, were
on neither Golden nor the girl. His
gaze passed beyond those two strange
ly diverse figures to yet a third, the
crouching figure OF an eavesdropper
clinging to the wistaria vines that
framed the huge window on the far
side of the room.
Marley, crossing the room on the
run, took the window, glass and all, in
one leap. He landed on hydrangea
bush even as the burly eavesdropper
dropped to the grass beside him. The
The fight was an uneven one, but
Manley stuck to his man. He stuck
to him until that worthy, with sud
den blow on the jaw, sent the 1.-The
bodied young secretary staggering to
the ground.
Before Manley could recover him,
SELF the mysterious eavesdropper
broke away, vaulted to the street and
signaled to a waiting automobile.
Then Manley's senses came back to
him, and rolling over into the open
roadway, he took the camera from his
pocket and held il between him and
the disappearing touring car He
pressed the spring, knowing that
his telescope lens would carry to the
waiting film the secret Of that mys-
FERROUS cars license number.
The Arrows Of conflaeration.
Jules Legar, in his role as a master
of underworld activities, was both
adroit in his engagement Of the serv-
ices of others and painstaking in the
preparation OF the field wherein they
should labor. Like the humble weasel,
he held that every warren should have
both an exit and an entrance.
So when Legar and his scientific
friend, DR.. Herman Stein, engaged
their triple-floor Office suite at the top
of the Central Tower building, they In
sisted on certain structural altera-
tons in those Offices. Not only was
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29

STobU0os
the door refused to close. Before that
body could be dragged to one side,
the lieutenant and his men we're In
through the door, welding night
sticks and flashing firearms.
1t was Manley himself who caught
up chair and brought 1t crashing
down on strangely complicated mech
anism standing squarely in the light
Of the Tower window.
But Legar himself had not been
idle. At the first wild charge into his
tower room, the master criminal had
dropped crouching behind a work
table, darted across to his parcel
chute and there touched hidden
spring. The next moment the chute
stood open and Legar was descend
ing like a plummet to the floor below.
But not before Manley had caught
sight of his vanishing head and start
ed in pursuit
Manley was joined minute later by
the police. In the meantime Lsgar
had escaped to the street by way OF
the fire escape.
He hailed taxicab and hurried
eastward to the Owls Nest. Two
minutes after Legar went rocking and
swerving eastward he was followed
by stranger in a second cab. This
stranger drove straight to the water
front, two blocks to the north, dis
missed his taxi, and earnestly con-
ferred with a roughly-dressed long
shoreman, who later rounded the slip
In a rowboat and took the stranger
aboard.
Legar, in his quarters beneath the
Owls Nest, was in anything but an
amiable mood. He stared about at
his coterie Of unsavory confederates.
A CLEAN of triumph showed In his
narrowing eyes as he spied a white
faced girl in chair near the fireplace.
80 we've got you back, little one?"
he Knocked.
She WINGED as he wheeled her
roughly about, but remained silent.
A sleepy-eyed parrot, standing on
its perch beside the empty fireplace.
stirred uneasily at Legar's rough
movements. The girl, rising slowly
from her chair, stared into Legar's
evil face.
What are you going to do with
me?" she demanded.
Legar laughed.
YOU won't be asking questions
about 1t, when you find out!"
Courage, little one. courage!" said
q low yet distinct voice.
Legar, at the sound, wheeled sud-
denly about.
Who taught that damned bird to
talk?" he demanded. There was .
stir of uneasiness about the room.
why, cap, that parrot can't talk"
declared the tremulous coke-snuffer
at the end Of the table, 1T never
could talk!"
Then who said 'Courage?" called
out the irate master criminal
Il did" said the same distinct yet
ghostly voice. And had that wide
eyed group stared oser into the fire.
place, instead Of the silent and
motionless pfrd o. IT'S perch, they
might have noticed where q small
stone, little bigger than q mans hand.
had been worked loose and lifted
away from the heavy wall separating
that unseen watcher from the room
into which he had been pesring.
Yet that stone was once more In
place before Legar and his worthless
peered, squinting-eyed. about TN
smoke-stained masonry. Only, the
hands Of the girl, sitting silent and
thoughtful In ner chair, were no long
er trembling. The covering look had
faded from her eyes. For to her that
voice had not seemed an altogethsr
unfamiliar one.
(To BE coNTINuEp)
4
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-12-29
SECOND EPISODE
The House Of unha pplness.


Enoch Golden, with all his millions,
was hard man. Those closest to him
contended that he had experienced
much to make him hard.
The one person who stood in any
way intimately and personally con-
nected with Golden was his young pri-
vate secretary, David NIanley. For
young Marley, often enough known to
his associates as "Davie," was both
incorrigibly youthful and engagingly
irresponsible. Golden, oddly enough,
secretly liked this youth for his fool
ishness.
Golden smiled little as he stepped
into his massively furnished library
and found young Manley curled up
in one of the great leather chairs
iptently working over a pocket
camera and quite oblivious of the tele-
phone bell shrilling from the rosewood
desk beside him. Golden, as he seated
himself at this desk and CURLY an
swered the phone call. blinked with
mock disapproval at the youth bent
over the camera.
1t was not until he heard Golden's
great fist smite the rosewood desktop
hat Manley looked up. The man of
Hlions was frowning over the letter
III his hand.
he condition OF these tenements
ameful Times are hard, and
We find, are out of work If you
IN raising the rents, as you
our settlement workers claim
dreds of the poor will have
their homes. So, for the sake
) others and children alone. ]
IN ou to reconsider your earlier
IS lncerely,
o AMOS SCHOFIELD, d. D."
"TheN, fools!" said Golden aloud.
E"They know as much about business,
Manley, as you know about bond is
suesl Not raise my own rents! |
guess Enoch Golden still knows enough
to run his own business"
He stopped and looked at Manley.
Whats that gim-crack you're vast
ing your time on?" he demanded.
"Gim-crack? laughed Manley. IT'S
the neatest thing in cameras that ever
came into America. That's a new
Swiss telescope lens I've just been ad-
justing to 1t. Take snap of flea
biting your ear eighty PAGES away!
And your income on those tenements,
by the way, amounts to an annual re-
turn of just 43 per cent of the capital
invested"
But Golden's patience was exhaust
ed. "Get out of here!" was his brusque
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-22
MEXICO FOMEN1S
ANT!-U, 5. FEELING.

Bnenos Ayres. June 22.--The Mcxl-
can government today launched an ex-
tensive anti-United States propa.
ganda In South America.
Former Argentine Congressman
Palacio has accepted an oifer to make
u speaking tour against the United
States. He Is working directly under
the auspices OF the Mexican Fedora
tion OF Labor. The information bur-
eau organized by General Carranza
Is circulating matter throughout Ar
gentlna and other South American
states aiming to stir up hostility to-
ward the U. s.
The newspaper La Prenza this
morning prints q declaration from
Carranza's information agency that
the United States regards Mexico as
the first obstacle In her expansion
southwark.
THE fate OF Mexico Is decisive for
all LatIn-America, the statement de-
clares.
Argentine students are organ
izlng mass meeting to be held Mon
day to protest against the United
States Intervention.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-22
WILSON'S NOTE


while full Information IL not at
hand. reports OF antl-American dc.
monstrations In other parts Of Mexico
probably have been greatly exagger-
ated by the American press. There
have been two days OF patriotic mani
festations In Mexico City without the
molestation of any person or build.
ing"
II was expected that special train
carrying Americans to Vera Cruz
would depart some time today. II
was learned. however. that many
Americans are en- route here from
other places and can not arrive In
time. For that reason the train prob
ably will be held another day, on
cials declare positively that there Ia
no reason for the departure OF Amer
leans, They have promised that they
will be protected under the same
guarantees given Americans and all
foreigners Of Tabasco.
There were no further manifesto
tions In the capital last night. The
city Is calm.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-22
d. J. Lawton Passes Away

ID. j. LnwtOn Passes Away
Dwight J. Lawton. aged 40 years
two months and three days. died at
the home OF his brother at 1116 Oak
street at an early hour Thursday
morning. OF Bright's disease. Mr.
Lawton was formerly resident Of
Grants Pass, having been city en-
gineer previous to his departure for
Denver. Colorado. In 1897. He re-
turned to this city about six weeks
ago, hoping that the change OF cllm-
ate would improve his fast falling
condition. The deceased was born
in Vernon county, Wisconsin. April
10, 1867. He Is survived by his wife,
Florence A. Lawton; by three broth
ers, Willis W., Herbert c. and Earl
M. Lawton, and by one sister, Mrs.
Irwin McCurdy. The funeral SER
vices will be held at Halls chapel
at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Douglas to be In charge.
Interment will be in Granite Hill
cemetery.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-22

L. o, Walker left yesterday fol
Gold Hill
A. C. Alexander left for Roseburs
this morning,
Sid Fredregill went to klamath
Falls this morning,
Miss AEnene Munkers left on the
morning train for Medford.
Mrs. Amos Smith went to Merlin
this morning to spend the day.
Mrs. c. II, Woodward left last
night for Portland to spend several
weeks visiting,
/ Miss Florence Plumley left last
night for Phillipsburg. Montana. to
visit.
( J, C. butcher left for Roseburg last
night and will be gone several days,
q Jack Kaukola left for San Fran
cisco this morning to attend to busi-
ness matters,
Elmer Harmon left for Kennett this
morning. to be gone for the summer.
Mrs. Paul Schallhorn and Miss
Josephine Smith left this morning for
Corvallis to visit.
See the new shipment Of ladies'
silk and lingerie waists. Mrs, Reh-
kopf. 775tt
Mrs. Susie Rhodes, OF Selma. left
for Merlin this morning to visit her
daughter.
Attorney w. W. Cardwell, OF Rose
burg. arrived here today on busi-
ness.
Mrs. F. B, Bartlett. OF New York
city. is here visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. W. c. Hale.
Miss Lois Dale returned today
from Merlin. where she has been
visiting the past week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-22
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
appreciation to the many friends who
SO kindly aided us in the recent sick
ness and loss OF wife and mother and
to express our thanks for the many
beautiful flowers, and to those who
SO willingly furnished their automo-
biles. These acts of kindness will
long be remembered.
J. II. WILLIAMS.
ARTHUR H. DENISON.
JOHN II. DENISON.
MISS ABBIE ]. MILLS.