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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

once their heavy blows crashed on
his face. His eyes dared not wander
from them for an instant, but he was
working toward definite plan. AS he
moved his feet were searching for the
automatic he had dropped.
One of his feet, dragging over the
ground, came into contact with the
steel. With swift side kick Gordon
flung the weapon dozen feet to the
left. Presently, watching his chance,
he made dive for 1t.
Trelawney, followed by Northrup,
turned and ran. One Of them caught
Macdonald's horse by the bride. He
swung to the saddle and the other man
clambered on behind. There was
clatter of hoofs and they were gone.
Elliot stopped over the battered body
that lay huddled at the edge of the
water. So badly had the face been
beaten and hammered that it was not
until he had washed the blood from
the wounds that Gordon recognized
Macdonald.
Opening the coat of the insensible
man, Gordon put his hand against the
heart. He could not be sure whether
he felt it beating or whether the thrOb-
bling came from the pulses in his finger
tips. AS we'll as he could he bound up
the wounds with handkerchiefs and
stanched the bleeding. With ice-coid
water from the stream he drenched
the bruised face. A faint sigh Quiv-
cred through the slack, inert body.
Gordon hoisted Macdonald across
the saddle and led the horse through
the ford. He walked beside the animal
to town. and never had two miles
seemed to him so far. With one hand
he steadied the helpless body that lay
like a sack of flour balanced in the
trough of the saddle.
Kusiak at last lay below him, and
when he descended the hill to the sub
urbs almost the first house was the one
where the Pagets lived.
Elliot threw the body across his
shoulder and walked up the walk to
the porch. He kicked upon the door
with his foot. Sheba answered the
knock, and at sight of what he car
ried the color faded from her face.
Macdonald has been hurt-badly,
he explained quickly.
This way" the girl cried, and LEI
him to her own room.
, sect Diane-and a DOCTOR" ordered
| Gordon after he had laid the uncon
: scious man on the white sheet.
t While he and Diane undressed tn
mine owner Sheba got a doctor on tn
4 telephone. The wounded man opene,
f his eyes after long time, but Their
: was in them the glaze of delirium. III
q recognized none of them. All aigh
s he raved, and his delirious talk wen
e back to the wild scenes of his earle
d life. Sometimes he swOre savagely
G again he made quiet, deadly threats
" but always his talk was crisp an
d clean and vigorous. Nothing foul Q
e Shiny came to the surface in thOs
hours of unconscious babbling.
IS The doctor would make no promise
l. Hes mighty sick man. The cut
is are deep, and the hammering mu.
d. have Jared his brain terribly If
IF was anybody but MacdonaldsI wouidn
le give him chance" he told DiaI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Out of His Rande.

A young man stepped into a sporting
goods store recently, relates the Indian
apolis News, and asked to see some
guns. His remarks indicated that he
was a sportsman of decidedly anna
flourish sort. The obliging salesman
brought forth all manner and varieties
of weapons, from a .22-caliber rifle to
latest model pump" gun. but nothing
brought any response of satisfaction
into the young fellows face. Finally
the salesman handed him high-power
rifle, used for big game, with the re
mark, ''This beautiful little gun, sir, Is
Just what you want, believe. 1t kills
at 5000 yards" The young man shook
his head, more In doubt than ever.
"No," he said, II am afraid I couldn't
use It at all. You see, I have to get
much closer than that"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
CHAPTER XIV.
Ambushed.

AmDuShed.
Colby Macdonald, in miners boots
and corduroy working suit, stood be-
side his horse with one arm thrown
carelessly across it's rump. He was
about to start for Seven Mile Creek
camp with $2,7O0 in the saddlebags to
pay the men there
Diane was talking with him. "She's
Young and fine and spirited. Of course
it was great shock to her. She had
been idealizing you. But I think she
is beginning to understand things bet
ter. At any rate, she does not hate
you any more. Give the girl time"
"You think she WILDE reasonable?"
81 don't know. But I'm sure of one
thing, She'll not be reasonable, as you
call it, unless you are reasonable"
/ "You mean-Elliot?"
eyes. She likes him very much. Do
you know that when the Indian woman
came he urSed Sheba not to listen to
| her story?"
| Sounds likely-after he had spent
his good money bringing her here"
i sneered the mine owner.
| "Ele didn't. Gordon is splendid fell
/ low. He wouldn't lie," answered Di-
ane holly. "And one thing Is sure-if
you lay a finger on him for this, it will
be fatal with Sheba. She will be
through with you"
Macdonald had thought of this be-
fore. 1t had been coming to him from
several different angles that he could
not afford to crafty his desire to wipe
this meddlesome young official from
his path. He made a slow, sulky
promise.
"All right. I'll let him alone. Peter
can tell him. aE
Swinging to the saddle, he spurred
his horse anG aantered away. His
mind was full of the problem that had
come into his life. He rode abstract
edly, so that he was at the lower fore
of the creek almost before he knew it
A bilberry thicket struggled down t.
the opposite bank of the stream or
both sides of the road.
The horse splashed through the fore
and took the little rise beyond with
rush. Just before reaching the brow
of the hill. the animal stumbled an,
, fell. AS its rider went headlong, h
, caught glimpse of cord drawn tau
! across the path.
Macdonald. shaken by the fall, bega
: slowly to rise. From the shadows o
, the bilberry bushes two STOPPING fig
ures, rushed at him. He threw up a
!, arm to ward off the club aimed at hi
/ head, but succeeded only in breakin
$ the force of the blow. AS he staggere
back stunned. a bullet glanced alon
his forehead and ridged a furro'
{ through the thick hair. A secon
stroke of the club Jared him to til
heels.
a Though his mind was not clear, h
n body answered automatically the II
.stinct that told him to close with h
!" assailants. He lurched forward ar
J. gripped one. wrestling with him Il
the revolver. Vaguely he knew by Il
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CHAPTER xIII.-continued.

His COMPANION flashed a look or
warning at him and explained that
they were going down the river to look
for work outside of the district.
Suddenly Trelawney broke loose
and began to curse Macdonald with
bitterness that surprised the govern
ment agent. What struck him most
though. was the obvious anxiety of
Northrup to quiet his partner and TO
gloss over what he had said.
Elliot bought an automatic revolver
next morning and box of cartridges.
He was not looking for trouble, but he
intended to be prepared for 1t when
trouble came looking for him. In the
afternoon he walked out OF town ana
practiced shooting at tin cans for
half an hour. On his way back ne
met Peter Paget.
The engineer came straight to the
subject in his mind.
"Selfridge came to see me last night
He told me about the trouble between
you and Macdonald, Gordon. You must
leave town till he cOols down. Mac
donald is a bad man with gat."
.Ts he? There'n be no trouble OF
my making. But if he starts any III
be there. Macdonald doesn't own TIT
earth, you know. I've been sent VI
here by Uncle Sam on business, ant
you can bet your last dollar I'll sta!
on the Job till I'm through"
"Of course you've got to finish you
lob. But it doesn't all have to be done
right here. Just for week or two
"Teil your friend something els
while you're on the subject. If l drOl
him. go scot free because he is inter
fering with me on duty. I'll put Self
ridge on the stand to prove it. Blu
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

sharp, jagged shoots of pain that the
second man was beating his head with
club. The warm blood dripped
through his hair and blinded his eyes.
Dazed and shaken, he yet managed to
get the revolver from the man who had
it. But it was his last effort. He was
too far gone to use it. A blow on the
forehead brought him unconscious to
the ground bleeding from a dozen
wounds.
On his way back to Seven Mile Creek
camp Gordon Elliot rode down to the
| ford. In the dusk he was almost upon
them before the robbers heard him.
For q moment the two men stood gaz-
ing at him and he at the tragedy be-
fore him. One of the men moved
toward his horse.
"Stop there!" ordered Gordon sharp
ly, and reached for his revolver.
The man--it was the miner North
rup-jumped for Elliot and the field
agent fired. Another moment and he
was being dragged from the saddle.
What happened next was never clear
to him. He knew that both of the
bandits closed in on him and that he
was fighting desperately against odds
The revolver had been knocked from
his hand and he fought with bare fists
just as they did.
They quartered over the ground, fol
Gordon would not let either of them
get behind him. They were larger
than he, heavy, muscle-bound giants
of great strength, but he was far more
| active on his feet. He jabbed and
| sidestepped and retreated. More thar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
never FAILS TO END
MISERY OF PILES
Stops Itching at Once.

Hundreds of people in this vicinity"
saws Peterson, '.know of the mighty heal.
ing power of PETERSON'S OINTMENT
in eczema, salt rheum, old sores, itching
skin, ulcers, pimples and all diseases of the
skin. They know it cures these ailments
that it is guaranteed to cure them"
Now I want to say to every sufferer from
piles, either blind, bleeding or itching, that
I will guarantee that 80 cent box OF
PETERSON'S OINTMENT will rid you
of piles or your druggist will return your
money.
"For years suffered terribly with itch
ing and bleeding piles. 1 tried everything
and despaired Of ever getting rid of them.
It gives me great pleasure to state that
Peterson's Ointment entirely cured me,
and l sincerely recommend it to all suf-
ferers."-Yours truly David A. Seymour,
Supt. of Parks, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

his rival would have been fatal to the
Kamatlah coal claims, would have
alienated his best friends, and would
have prejudiced hopelessly his chances
with Sheba. Fate had been kind to
him. He had been in the wrong and 1t
had put him in the right. By the same
cut of the cards young Elliot had been
thrust down from an impregnable po-
sition to one in which he was dis
credited suspect. With all this evil
dence to show that he had conspired
against Macdonald, his report to the
department would be labor lost.
Diane came into the sickrOOm strip
ming her gloves after the walk. Mac
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

Posses are cOmbing the hills for
them. They stole a packhorse from
a truck gardener up the valley. 1t
seems they bought an outfit for
month yesterday-said they were go
ing prospecting"
They talked for few minutes long
err, mainly on the question of lawyer
and the chances of getting out on bond.
Peter left the prisoner in very much
better spirits than he had found him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
ELLIOT FINDS HIMSELF IN A SERIOUS PREDcAMENT AS
RESULT OF A REMARKABLE CHAIN
OF CIRCUMST

of government Gordon Elot
investigate coal claims On the boat he meets
whom he learns IS SheDa
Macdonald, active head OF the land
investigation aboard Elot anu MAJ
in Landing at kusak
that old Mrs Page the people whom SheDa
Shebas cousin At dinner Elnot
his coming to Alaska Inc
mana OF
his financial plans
righhand kamatah TO arrange mat
will be deceived as to the true SITUATION ho o
his arrival at kamatla mas ms agents ao
MINER who knows too much ABOUT Mac
the camp where Holt Is hed
overpoweripg the kdnaers return 10 ha
Elliot the coal land DEALS On
Elliott meets squaw Meteetse with he cn
Soon after his return Elliot
become engaged Geneveve
who is determined to win Macdonad
couses Sheba and tell
She dsmisses bame Elliot for Meteetses visit
Macdonald Elliot that he will kill him he does not
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tAS0DASS
so can do my house work without any
difficulty. advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 1421 9th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
tons where q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
so many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give it a
fair trial before submitting to such q
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. ~The result of many years
experience is at your service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Heal Baby Rashes

That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant re-
lief when followed by gentle appli-
cation of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston" sAt druggists and by mail
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Reduces Golf stick Supply.

The invention of a golf club with In
Interchangeable heads permits all the
strokes to be made with one stick with
out the necessity for carrying several.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

Potato bread is much used In Ire
land, while in Iceland a favorite bread
of the people is made from Goldfish.
beaten into a powder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

o0llSAA1iSs es1AN wv
doctors decided
that I would have
to 60 through an
operation before !
could get well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
LydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
hitting to an opera
ton. Itrelieved me
fp1vn MN Troubles
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Executions.

''Do you believe beauty is in the eye
Of the holder?"
"Not if the holder squints."
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He'd Paid the Bills,

GLOW did WEEDS happen to marry
dressmaker?" "For her money. She
made all of his first wife's clothes"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
The Exclamation.

"Pop, what does it mean when they
say bills are laid on the tablet"
SIT means, son, that they are dished."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

Minnesota's 1917 lumber output was
3OOO,OOO,OOO feet.
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HOW MRS, BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from q
female trouble which caused me much
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Elliot breaks out of Jail long
enough to Illustrate plot ensi-
neered by WaIIy Selfridge.
Then he gets in Jail again. The
story of this exciting episode is
told in the next instalIment.

CTO BE CONTINUED9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
tax; no tax, q halted and embarrassed


tar; no tax, halted and embarrassed
administration.
There need not he-fes, truthfully,
there could not be-any denial Of the
fact that in recent years big business
has suffered in public estimation. Not
all, but portion Of it, had deserved
the distrust felt and the censure &C.
corded. Laws have been defed, and
expressions practieed. There have
been @maIefactors Of great wealth" and
they have escaped punishment.
That chapter, however, is pretty we'll
closed. Under pressure, business has
corrected many of it's own abuses.
Upon the whole, it stands upon a
higher plane today than hitherto. 1t
has responded well to the govern
ment's needs in the matter Of the war,
and in some particulars at heavy cost
to itself
Let business, then-all branches Of
legitimate business, big and little
have, not only chance, but encourage
ment. The government needs business
in its business; and if the country is to
carry out its plans and realize its hopes
respecting world trade as a fruit of
the war, American captains of indus
try must be among the foremost fig
ures on the stage for years TO come
As respects the revenue measure now
in hand, Congress is iaboring at dis
advantage. Begun months ago. when
there was no thought OF prospect Of
an early end of hostilities and war out
lays monopolized attention, the meas
ure is now in an unfinished state with
an armistice in operation and no
thought existing as to resumption
of fighting. If time allowed, it would
be advisable to scrap all that has been
done and begin anew. But as time
does not allow, the best thing possible
is to build as well as possible on
foundation confessedly defective. The
task is difficult in the extreme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15

developing features Of it. A decade
may be necessary to get the country
Strengthened out on the new course
and well into its stride.
The next Congress will mako the
start, il it does not set the pace. And
the right sort Of start is most imper-
tant. We should not get off on the
wrong foot, or in the wrong direction.
So much depends on the right foot and
the right direction, the start should be
made under safe and competent guild
ancs.
A large and heavy task, therefore,
viii be set for the si1ty-sixth Con-
gress; and that its membership shows
SO many lawmakers who know their
trade and have for years been busy at
it is caase for comfort in both parties
and in all sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
Breaking the Armistice.

Il was to be expected that there
would be some degree of failure on
the part of the enemy to live up fully
to the forms of the armistice, especial
~ in the FIRST days Of its execution.
Hence the reports that German SOL
diers. in violation of the stipulations,
are committing acts of violence against
Inhabitants and destroying and piHag-
ing as they evacuate the occupied areas
are not surprising, nor should they be
discouraging. The German army is
at this moment in a low state Of dis
cipline. The revolutionary spirit has
affected them and they are inclined to
disregard authority Not even Hin
denburg is able to hold them in order.
Probably the breaches of the ar
mistice complained of by the allied
high command have been committed by
comparat veay few troops But not
oven they can be tolerated. If the
German high command cannot main
tain order and execute the evacuation
In compliance with the terms of the
armistice the allied troops must be
used to enforce q strict Observance.
Hostilities n,,st be removed II these
violations continue.
This Is the dangerous period Of the
srmistice. and # II can be passed
eafely peace will he insured. If the
German army. however, gets out of
hand and lnots and outrages in the
area Of evacuation the war win have
to he renewed ard no one can foretell
the end save that in the reergapiza-
ton Of Germany the allied nations wiil
have direc: hand.
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Hold the Peace Congress Here!

Certain obvious difficulties stand in
the way of the personal attendance CT
the President Of the United States at
the peace conference which is to settle
the issues of the war and. it is hoped,
restore the world to stable basis Of
enduring tranquility. Primarily there
is the unwritten law of this country
that the President shall never leave its
soil. Even though there is far less
risk in sea travel now than for four
years past, the danger Of crossing the
ocean remains great.
In these circumstances If the gov
ernments of the allied countries de-
sire the presence Of the President of
the United States at the peace con-
ference the evident way to accomplish
that end is to hold the peace confer
ence here in Washington. It would
be most appropriate for many reasons
to hold it here. The part played by
the United States in the winning Of
victory has been acknowledged by all
the allied nations. The commander-in-
chief has personally paid tribute to the
American forces as the deciding ele-
ment in the war. The United States
has largely financed the war of the
allies. This country has fed the peo-
pies Of the allied lands. The President
of the United States served as me-
dunn Of the negotiations which led to
the suspension of hostilites and the
exponent of the principles adopted as
the basis for the peace adjustment.
Recognition Of these facts might
most properly take the form of de-
cision to hold the peace conference
here, the capital of the nation which
has SO distinctly been the determining
factor for victory.
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Reciprocal Transfers.

It is well that an agreement was
reached yesterday at conference be.
tween the street railway corporation
officials and the Public Utilities Cora
mission on the score of reciprocal trans
fers for this benefit Of navy yard work
ers, and that further arrangements will
be made elsewhere in the District of
the same character. For otherwise the
whole question of fare increase would
necessarily be reopened. inasnuch as
the increase of fare recently granted
the railroad companies was predicated
upon, though not Immediately accom-
panied by, transfer extension. The
three transfer points now established
are not to be regarded as concessions
| to the public. but rather as eompensa-
lions for the higher fare, and they
should be followed as promptly as pos
sihle by the designation of other
points of transfer In the determi-
nation of these transfer points the
Public Utilities Commission should
move quickly. The higher fares are
now in operation, were put into eff
feet, in fact, in what the public was
inclined to regard as undue haste and
with inadequate warning, and delay in
the selection of points Of transfer in
creases the advantage which the rail
way companies gain from the failure
to accompany the fare decision with
the transfer arrangement upon which
it was based. With the knowledge of
the situation which the commission
should have, through the services of
traffic experts for year past, there
should be no difficulty in deciding upon
the places where the public conven-
fence demands an exchange of trans
fers between the two systems.