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Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-06-26
LOW Wash Basins and Little Shower Baths Adapted for the Use Of the Tots.
CHATEAU DIES HALLES
 NOW CHlLDREN'S HOSPITAL
One of the Most Complete Es- tablishments of Its Kind in France, With Jolly Piayrooms and Toys to Amuse Patients.

Up in the mountains, where the snow falls early and lies deep, 30 miles from Lyons, is the little French village of Les Halles--a story book village, with its massive stone church standing sentinel over two long rows of trim, blue-gray plaster cottages. And mile farther on is the Chateau des Halles, where your Red Cross has established E home for 200 sick children.
 Mangini built the chateau. Man. gini was the man who built the rail- road along the Riviera and many oth- sr railroads in France. And thirty udd years ago he built this castle up in tie mountains for his country home. But soon after his two children died. Then he died, and when his widow fol- lowed him she left the chateau to the city of Lyons to be used as a hospital for children.
 The Wars Wreckage.
 Then came the war A little rivulet of the wars wreckage began te trickle in at Evian-'repatries," elderly men and women, children, even babies, who had once lived in the parts of France engulfed by the German tides and whom the Germans. finding them use- less, were beginning to ship back into France by way of Switzerland. Grad ually this riyulet swelled. Soon 1000 of these unfortunates were arriving at Evian daily. AnG fully half of them were children, undernourished, thinly clad, dirty, s.cl;ly and, worse, grim spirifless, with faces that had forgotten how to smile
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27
4Now. Pete. Go to him /" T.. :, :. .,.,

'Now. Pete. Go to himl" ..s -.o's
wildly.
But before Swiftwarer could move,
before the great fist Of Macdonald
could smash down upon the bleeding
face upturned to his, sharp blow
struck the flesh Of the raised forearm
and for the moment stunned the mus
cles. The Scotch Canadian lifted q
countenance drunk with rage, passion
tossed.
Slowly the light of reason came back
into his eyes. Sheba was standing he
fore him, his rife In her hand. She
had struck him with the butt Of 1t.
Don't touch himi Don't you dare
touch him !" she challenged.
He looked at her long, then let his
eyes fall to the battered face Of his
enemy. Drunkenly he got to his feet
and leaned against a willow. His
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27
CHAPTER XXI.
A Message From the Dead.

~ "SoSaS0 FEVSV SSsU 0Sa0s
Macdonald drove his team into the
teeth Of the storm. The wind came in
gusts. Sometimes the gale was SO stiff
that the dogs could scarcely crawl for
ward against It: again there were mo-
ments Of comparative stiffness, fol-
lowed by squalls that slapped the
driver in the face like the whipping Of
a loose sail on q catboat.
High drifts made the trail dificult.
Not once but nifty times Macdonald
left the gee-pole to break q way
through snow-waves for the sled. The
best he could. Get out Of his dogs was
three miles an hour. and he knew that
there was mot another team or driver
In The North could have done 20 well.
It was close to noon when he reached
Q division Of the road known 40 the
Fork. One trail rsu down to the river
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27
Slowly Macdonald Moved. Toward Il

Slowly Macdonald Moved. Toward Il
came from within. he said nothing
more until he was free Of his wet
clothes. Thee he sat down heavily and
passed q hand over his frozen eye
brows.
"Get me something to eat and take
care of my dogs. There is food for
them ON the sled" he said.
While he ate he told them Of the
bank robbery and the murder. Their
resentment against the men who had
done It was quite genuine. There
could be no doubt they told the truth
when they said no sled had preceded
his. They were honest, relieble pros.
pectors. He knsw them both well.
The weary man slept like q LOO. he
opened his eyes next morning to nnd
one Of his hosts shaking him.
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27

forces were spent, his muscles weight
ed as with lead. But it was not this
alone that made his breath come short
and raggedly.
Sheba had flung herself down beside
her lover. She had caught him tightly
In her arms so that his disfigured face
lay against her warm bosom. In the
eyes lifted to those of the mine-owner
was an unconquerable defiance.
"He's mine-mine. you murderer"
she painted fiercely. "If you kill him,
you must kill me first"
The man she had once promised to
marry was looking at different wom-
an from the girl he had known. The
soft, shy youth Of her was gone. She
was forest mother of the wilds ready
to fight for her young, a wife ready to
go to the stake for the husband of her
choice. An emotion primitive and
poignant had transformed her.
His eyes burned at her the question
his parched lips and throat could
scarcely utter. $50 you T.. love
him?"
But though 1t was in form question
he knew already the answer. For the
first time in his life ne began to taste
the bitterness of defeat. Always he
had won what he coveted by brutal
force or his stark will. But 1t was be-
yond him to compel the love of a girl
who had given her heart to another.
"Yes," she answered.
Her hair in two thick braids was
flung across her shoulders. her dark
head thrown back proudly from the
rounded throat.
Macdonald smiled, but there was no
mirth in his savage eyes. 'Do you
know what I want with him-why
have come to get him?"
"No."
"Ive come to take him back to Ku-
siak to be hanged because he mur-
dered Milton, the bank cashier"
The eyes of the woman blazed nt
him. "Are you mad2"
TITS the truth" Macdonald's voice
was curt and harsh. "He and Holt
were robbing the bank when Milton
came back from the dance at the club.
The towards shot down the old man
like a dog. They'll hang for it II It
costs me my last penny, SO help me
God"
"You say it's the truth" she retort-
ed scornfully. "Do you think don't
know you now-how you twist and dis
tort facts to suit your ends? How long
is 1t since your jackal had him arrest
ed for assaulting you-when Wally Sell
fridge knew-and you knew-that he
had risked his life for you and Ind
saved yours by bringing you to DANES
after he had bandaged your wounds?"
"That was different. 1t was part Of
the game Of politics we were playing"
"You admit that you and your
friends lied then. Is 1t like you could
persuade me that you're telling the
truth nowT"
The big Alaskan shrugged. "Be-
lieve 1t or not as you like. Anyhow,
he's going back with me to Kusiak-
and Holt, too, II he's here"
An excited cackle cut into the con.
versation, followed by a drawling nm.
nouncement from the window. "Your
old tillicum is right here. Mac. What's
the use of waitingf Why don't Won
have your hanging-bee now1"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27

OtneT lo0 oCrO9o tno 0lV0e, struck the
Yukon, and pointed \ way to the coast.
White drifts had long since blotted out
the track Of the sled that had pre-
ceded him. Had the fugitives gone up
the river to the creeks With intent to
hole themselves up for the winterf Or
was It their purpose to cross the divide
and 20 out over the ice to the coast7
The pursuer knew that Gid Holt was
wise a. q weasel. He could follow
blindfolded the paths that led to every
creek in the gold-nelds. It might be
taken Al . certainty that he had not
plunged into such q desperate venture
without having plan well worked out
beforehand. Elliot had q high grade
of intelligence. Would they try to
reach the coast and make their get
away to Seattlef Or would they dig
themselves in till the heavy SHOWS
were past and come back to civiliza-
tion with the story Of lucky strike to
account for the gold they brought with
themf Neither gold dust nor nuggets
could be identified. There would be
no way Of proving the story false. The
only evidence against them would be
was merely Of a corroborative kind.
There would be no chance Of convict
ing them upon It.
To strike for Seattle was to throw
away all pretense Of innocence. Fugi-
tives from Justice, they would have to
disappear from sight in order to es-
cape. The hunt for them would con-
tinue until at last they were unearthed.
One fork Of the road led to compare
tive safety; the other went by devious
windings to the penitentiary and per
haps the gallows. The Scotsman put
himself In the place Of the men he was
trailing. Given the same conditions,
he knew which path he would follow.
Macdonald took the trail that led
down to the river, to the distant gold
creeks which offered q refuge from
man-hunters In many q deserted cabin
marooned by the deep SHOWS.
Even the iron frame and steel
muscles Of the Scotch-C Canadian pro-
tested against the task he had set them
that day. It was time to sit snugly
inside by a stove and listen to the
bowling of the wind ns It hurled itself
down from the divide. But from day
light till dark Colby Macdonald fought
with drifts and breasted the storm. He
got into the harness with the dogs. He
broke trail for them, cheered them,
soothed, comforted. punished. Long
after night had fallen he staggered into
the hut of two prospectors, his parka
so stiff with frozen snow that 1t had
to be beaten with hammer before the
coat could be removed.
"How long since dog team passed
seven huskies and two men?" WIS
his first question.
mo dog team has passed for four
days." one Of the men answered.
you mean you haven't seen one"
Macdonald corrected.
II mean none has passed--unless It
went by In the night while we slept.
And even then our dogs would have
warned u.s."
Macdonald flung his ice-coated gloves
to table and stopped to take OF his
mukluks. His face was blue with the
cold. but the bleak look in the eyes
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27
When the Lion Divides.

The capitalist would have you re-
lieve that civilization rests on the &C
emulation Of pounds, shillings and
pence-pounds for the caTitalist. shill-
ings for the middlemen, and pence FOR
the workers. - Sydney Australian
Worker.
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27
AlMays Look Happy.

Why do photographs Of woman air
plane pilots always show them com.
peting for the record in the standing
broad grin7 - Pittsburgh Gasst's
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27

Copyright william Macleod Rains.
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-27


he was by his parka, the Scotsman
struggled slowly to his feet again. He
was much the heavier man, and in
spite of his years the stronger. The
muscles stood out in knots on his
shoulders and across his back, whereas
on the body Of his more slender oppo.
nent they flowed and ripplcd in round.
ed symmetry. Active as q heather cat,
Elliot was far the quicker Of the two.
Half-blinded by the hammering he
had received, Gordon changed his
method Of fighting. He broke away
from the clinch and sidestepped the
bull-like rush Of his foe. covering up
as well as he could from the onset
Macdonald pressed the attack and was
beaten back by hard, straight lefts and
rights to the unprotected face.
The mine-owner shook the matted
hair from his swollen eyes and rushed
again. He caught an uppercut flush on
the end Of the chin. It did not even
stop him. The weight Of his body was
in the blow he lashed up from his
side.
The knees Of Elliot doubled up un'
der him like the blade Of q jack-knife
He sank down slowly, turned, got tc
his hands and knees, and tried te
shake of the tons Of weight that
seemed to be holding him down.
Macdonald seized him about the
waist and flung him to the ground
Upon the inert body the victor dropped
his knees clinching the torso Of tAt
vnconSci0uS man.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
REPORT OF LAND
" COMMISSIONER
BEING Sent OUT
Makes Several Recommends
tions for Coming Legisla-
ture; Wants New State
Historical Building.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2S.-(Special)
The annual report of Land Com
missioner G. L. Shumway, which has
been submitted, recommends num-
Der of improvements among which
is an independent water supply for
the state capitol grounds.
Each year, according to the re-
port, about $4,000 is spen, in furnish
ing water for the state house and
grounds. There is a we'll near the
engine house that would. if fitted
with pump, furnish an abundance
of water for these purposes. 1t is
also recommended that few dol
lars be spent each year to give the
trees. lawns and flowers proper at
tention.
The extraordinary sess on passed
resolutions directing the commits
sioner OF public lands and buildings
to secure data relative to the cost
Of building a state-owned sugar fac
tory, the cost OF raising beets, man
ufacturing sugar, etc.
Near the state house, are some
lots and foundation which was Or
iginally intended for the state his
torical home. .Inasmuch as new
statehouse will undoubtedly beerect-
ed within few years it is recommen-
ded that a permanent building be
built on this foundation, which can
be used to house number of the
state departments until the new cap
itol building is erected, and after
wards devoted to the conservation
of historical records, etc. as we'll as
a museum.
Attention is called to the fact that
the defalcation of Treasure Bart
ley and the failure of the Capital
National bank took from the educa-
tional fund of the state the amount
of $2o3,6S003 which has never been
paid back to that fund. 1t is sug-
gested that interest at the rate of
per cent from 1898 be added, and
the amount paid back by levying a
one-fourth mill tax, until the amount
is made up.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29

en- from a subordinate position of
collector to that Of prominence in
an Omaha bank, lays his success to
close application to work, together
with thrift and investment.
My New Year resolution is that
which | chose when a boy: To take
interest in my work." he said.
The decisive words OF Yes" and
mo" at the right times earned f.
nancial success for Walter w. Head
Omaha tinancier.
Confidence in my fellowmen, to-
gether with a decisiveness to be
able to say Yes or No at the right
times has spelled Success for me, j."
he said.
His life in the business world be-
gan in DeKalb. ILL.,, where he held a
position in bank at $50 a month
after working the first month for
nothing.
Save. save, save" is the lesson
taught by Albert L. Schantz, banker.
mus by accommodating a small cap
lal every young man has good
chances for investment. The New
Year will see labor and capital
brought closer together through bus
mess dealings. Without the mu-
tual cooperation of labor and cap
ital, business enterprises will not
progress"
Byron Hastings, real estate man,
invested a small amount of money
in,Omaha real estate 80 years ago
He has been doing so since on a
larger scale, which has been the
means Of his financial success.
Now comes the New Year with
its many opportunities for success
Just as the generation, emeritus.
gained financial attainment through
hard work. safe investment and
courageous thrift, so will their sons
through present possibilities in the
business world follow their fathers
staunch examples. overcoming OBJ
stacles along the road of life and
finally reaching the pyramid of per
sonal success.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29

passed the Australian had been &C
cepted by Bill and the cowpunchers
as one of them-a man of the out
doors who thrills with the joy of
living that comes only to those who
have gone to the school where ma
ture is the teac her..
Cowboys are suspicious souls
where tenderfeet are concerned.
Therefore, when "the boss" first
presented his visitor to the boys
they viewed him with frank sus-
picion although they had heard tales
of his athletic proves. He had to
prove himself. Not only did the
Australian live up to his advance
notices but he won their unstinted
praise a half hour after he got into
action.
His First Shoes.
1t is not generally, known that
William S. Hart was Is years
old before he wore a pair of shoes
and these he purchased in St. Paul.
Until that turning point in his life
Bill had worn moccasins which
brings about the fact that he did
not gain his knowledge of the west
in motion pictures. 1t also serves
to reveal that Bill knows much of
the actual life of our frontier da S
having been brought up in the Da-
kota territory In fact, most Of
Bills boyhood playmates were
Sioux Indians With them he
learned how to ride, shoot, hunt
and track; how to play the rugged,
body building games of the native
Americans which >called for the
greatest endurance hid best sports
manship. From them he learned to
speak the silent tongue"-tte sign
language of the Sioux which is uni
versally understood by all Indian
tribes.
The aboriginals or blacks of Aus
tralia are not to be compared with
the American Indian" said Snowy
Baker, because they represent
about the lowest order of human
intelligence.
They are extremely ugly people
low foreheads, very beetle
browed, eyes close together, noses
spread fiat on the face, huge mouths,
good teeth, nice physique, marvel
Gus endurance and laziness. They
are gradually dying out, however,
there being only about 100000 left.
Consumption and blood diseases
brought by the Asiatics are the
causes.
Never trust an aboriginal. Never
walk in front of them. In the Aus
tralian bush we never let black
walk behind us. Why? Simply
because you never can tell when
they are going to split your head
with a tomahawk or 'mulla-
mulla.' "
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Dodge County Physicians
Condemn Quarantine Rules

Fremont, Neb.. Dec. 2s-(Spec;al
Telegram -Quarantine measures as
means of combating influenza are
worthless, in the opinion Of mem
bers of the Dodge County Medical
association. who met IN annual SEES
sion here. A resolution that
effect was passed. although the
physicians voted to enforce the
quarantine rules. DR.. L. A Der
mody of Omaha read paper, "Per-
forating Duodenal Ulcers" The ,ol-
lowing officers were elected: Pres;-
dent. A. F. Buchanan, Fremont vice
president, A. E. Hoff, North Bend;
secretary and treasurer. Charlotte ?.
Sewer, Fremont; delegate to state
association meeting. Andrew Har-
vey, Fremont.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Hastings Couple Get
Letter from Son Who
Was Thought Killed

Beatrice, Neb,, Dec. 2S-(Special.)
Paul Holder, formerly a resident
Of Diller. who was given up by his
parents as dead. has written from a
. '"~h port that he is we'll. Holder.
las in the aviation service, was
captured back of the Hun lines and
placed in a prison where he re-
manned for eight months. He writes
his parents, who reside at Hastings,
that the treatment he received was
almost uncomfortable. He is 10 years
Of age and expects soon to arrive
home.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Conductor John Furst
APPOINTED TrainmaSter

Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 2S.-(Special
Telegram. )-Conductor John Furst
has been appointed trainmaster Of
the eastern division of the North
western road, succeeding M. E.
Pangle, who becomes superintend-
ent during the absence in California
of w. D. Beck.
According to officers of the Ne
braska State Volunteer Firemen's
association, who are located here,
indications point to the postpone
ment of the convention of that or
ganization because of Spanish in
fluenza. The meeting is scheduled
to be held in January.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Some New Years Resolutions
Suggested by Frank E. Mayer,
Executive Secretary Omaha Church Federation,

That will keep my good resolutions.
That will pray more, and more definitely,
That will read my Bible more and more Systematically.
That love and old people and little children
That unafrad fighter for right and against wrong
That will live in the affirmative and less in the negative
That will my condolences and discourage my doubts
That will again wrie-and mai--a letter when | am
angry
That habiualy will be graveyard for useless hurtful
gossip.
That try spend less than earn honestly earning all that
l spend.
That will put right and duty above loyalty friend party
or church.
pray and both and for only rghteous
met and
That will work enough and play adequately and will neither
work play helfhearedly.
That will play the of silence ought to speak
the fool by speaking when ought to be still.
That will believe terribly the few vital things of Christianity
allowing myself and my neghbo the liberty regarding non
essentials.
will esange friends will possible win
back Ill worthy lost making host of
is my need of friendship and short life we live
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Spanish Influenza Claims
Two Victims at West Point

West Point, Neb., Dec. 2S.-(Spe-
cial)-The influenza is still claim
ing victims in Cunning county. Sum
day morning Mr.. and Mrs. George
Gerch of the east side died about
three minutes apart, Mrs. Gerch
was daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Buchholz. Both husband and
wife were young people.
Word has reached here OF the
death of Mrs. Frank Givens at Anna
rillo, Tex She is survived by two
children and her husband. They
lad been married about eight years.
Two deaths occurred in the same
family in Monterey on Christmas
day. The two daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Zimmerman died
on that day at the family home.
Anna was aged q years and Rosa
aged 81 years. Both died of in
Auenza. s. 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
Bill Hart Swaps Vernacu-
lar and Customs with
Celebrated Snowy
Baker.
By Paul Hubert Conlon.

Two regular he-men-Bill Hart
and Snowy Baker.
Both are famous the world over,
one as the greatest actor in West
ern drama-screen or stage,-and
the other as Australia's leading
sportsman and all-around athlete.
Bill Hart is the spirit of the west;
Snowy Baker is the prince of
sportsmen. Both are strong char
acter s-virile, outdoor-loving,
square shooting men OF action.
Naturally, each man has long
cherished high admiration for the
other. Their meeting became a
reality when Snowy found time to
make flying visit to the Pacific
coast from the far-off Antipodes.
Whenever Snowy had come a-visit-
ing before, his departure meant an
exodus of American athletes. This
time, however, he had other things
in mind.
Gentleman OF Action.
The sporting activities of the Aus
tralians being confined strictly to
the Europena battlefelds for the
past four years, Snowy turned over
his two huge stadiums to the gov
eminent at the inception of the war
for the storage of wheat and wool,
likewise his own daily life. With
the dawn of peace great develop
ments are stirring in Australia. The
government looks kindly upon the
making of motion pictures. Being a
gentleman Of action-Snowy Baker
is the man of the hour.
Forthwith, he dame to the Pacific
coast to start the ball rolling for
the future production of photoplays
of real Australian life-dramatic and
educational.
And, he achieved another desire.
He met and became the bosom
companion and good friend of Bill
Hart, for whom the Australians
have the greatest admiration be-
cause he represents the spirit of the
American west which compares to
to the life Of the Antipodes. Re-
member, Australia is still in its
frontier days, for there are only
100000 people inhabiting a coun-
try larger in area than the United
States. .
When Snowy first went out on
location in the California noun
tains with Bill Hart he was a ten
derfoot Before the first day had
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
F. c. Ayers Appointed
Deputy Collector Of
Internal Revenues

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28--(Special.)
F. c. Ayers, deputy state auditor,
has been appointed as deputy COL
lector by Internal Revenue Collector
George L. LOOMS of Fremont.
Ayres will accept the appointment
and start working for the govern
ment when the change in state ad-
ministration takes place.
State Actuary Ralph R. Louns-
bury of the insurance department
has been made secretary and gen.
eral manager Of the Union Acct
dent Insurance company Of Lincoln,
at salary of $1,000 per year. This
is a 50 per cent increase over the
salary he received from the state.