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Evening journal., 1920-08-02
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tion, such safety Il regarded al
highly important.
Whether the mayor will acquicsce
In the desire that he again make his
appointments on his return or stand
by the appointments he already has
made and sent to Council remains 20
be seen.
Evening journal., 1920-08-02
FTRF COMPANY no MEET

The monthly meeting OF the Wash
ineton Fire Company xill be held this
evening in the compAy haA. French
slcect aear Third
Evening journal., 1920-08-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONALS

Mr and Mrs, S. Conger McIntlre Of
newport News, are visiting relatives
sided.
Miss Edna n. Ellison, chief clerk in
the B0ard OF Health Offices has re-
turned from a visit 10 her brothers
Lewis j. Ellison and Richard l.. Ell
llson, who are In Flint and Detroit
Mich. While away Miss Ellison Wis
ited many cities in the Middle West
Mrs. George Black and daughter
Madeline, and Mrs. Emily Dickinson,
are the guests OF Mrs. Ellen Hutton
al Gharlesiown, Md
Mr. and Mns Neal Drury. l.. Drury.
Mrs. J.. Regas and Miss Helen Regss
were guests last week at the Hotel
Elheron, Atlantic City.
William Duffy was visitor in
salisbury. Md last week.
Misses Mildred and Elizabeth Good
ing are the guests of Mrs Austin
Porter, at Salisbury, Md.
Miss Alice saiher,yalte is spending
Il Wtth AZ htnupoin.
NIr. and Mrs Charles Latrobe. OF
This city. will spend several weeks at
Cape May, N. J.
City Solicitor John w Huxley
spent the weekend with his family
at Cape May n. ].
Miss Mabel Caufman. Of Ridley
Park. Pa, who has been visiting
friends at Ashley returned 10 her
home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ware Alrioh,
OF New York, are visiting the Misses
/ Elizabeth and Helen Alrich OF 7iS
West Tenth street.
Mrs. Anna Gorhauser has returned
10 Wilmington after delightful visit
in the Berkshire Hills, as the guest
OF Mrs. Mordccai, wife OF the Rev
r. p. Mordecal, Of Easllake presby-
terlan Church.
The Rev. T. p. Mordecai. OF EastlakC
presbyterian Church. has Joined his
wife in Massachusetts,. They will
spend the month OF August In Massa-
chusetts and Maine.
-O-0-
BAKE AND FESTIVAL.
A bake and festival will be given
nv the pride OF Delaware. Ladies'
Evening journal., 1920-08-02
THAT NEEDKD zEsr

Horsford'a Acid Phosphate
gives that needed punch 10 all home
drinks. Try a spoonful 70 a rlass.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1920-08-02
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company. dupont Build
ing, furnish the following quotations
OF local securities:
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nANr nm EEsrINAI.

A bake and festival will be given
by the Pride OF Delaware, Ladies'
ioyal Orange Association No 2O2. on
Friday afternoon and evening at Rock
ford Park. lce cream, cake, candy
md iannv arllcles Will be on sale.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23

found the marks of n boot. The heel
had only touched the ground once or
twice. He was struck by its small
size. II was said by some that the
Red Mask had been a gentleman and
nm artist before he took to the road
The P~earlhunter could well believe IT,.
for certainly no other boot In the Flat
woods could leave a print s, small.
The heel had been somewhat worn.
so that The nails protruded slightly.
They had left a very distinct row Of
prints around the edge of the mark.
The track was made by the right boot.
He hurried one of the left. No nails
showed. From the circumstances he
concluded that the outer heei-cap Of
the right boot had come of. allowing
the nails TO protrude.
II would he hard to say what train
Of thought the finding OF the hees print
plunged the man hack into as he
Strengthened and stood crumpllng the
TWO patches of stiff cloth In his hand.
His gray eyes and passive face were
hard to read. An old broken crock
lay against the cabin nea the step.
lie picked 1t up, turned 1t upside
down over the heel print and went
hack into the cabin.
He kindled a fire In the cook tove.
and when he had u going goou.
dropped both masks In and watched
them burn 10 cinders-and afterward
rnked the ashes.
The rearshuntcr. with the horse
sense 20 years Of hard knocks had
beaten Into him. knew that this was
his day-his one first day-his to
seize /: 70 have; to hold.
FIVE thousand dollars; q gray ghost
IN the easy chair In the cabin OF the
three sahles: q girl that "busted'' him
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23

the Red Musk. w.s ven known. Ana
a horse can moi be easily disguised.
But always. no matter where bis
thought strayed like q man lost In
the woods aud travelling in a circle. he
invariably came back Il the starting
point-the question: Why did he hide
the mask IN the cabin? One thing was
certain. He didn't hide II without a
purpose.
lie seemed 10 feel some intangible.
lndefinahle force for evil forming
about him-like spider webs across the
icient. A kind of dread crept out Of
the silence AMI the solitude and
gripped his spirit. Danger; death
the Red Mask juggled with them MS a
king juggles empires. Why didn't he
draw there In the saloon; why didn't
he draw M the fence? There was
death In his eyes.
The scene In the cabin that first
evening crossed his mind, when by
chance he had learned The secret OF
the mans identity: a secret shared
by no one else In the FlatwOods; a
secret he dared not reveal for want
OF proof. He had often thought OF IL.
Tonight freShened Ii In his mind rom
pellingly; the strange actions OF his
mother: her laring scorn how she
nad sprung from her chair and beat
the intruder off with the imperious dig
nifty of her eyes. Her story, the one
all too brief word that had reached
him out Of the sealed past. anne To-
him again. Long and long he sat with
his head bowed over the table.
Dawn al the east window surprised
him. He stepped TO the Calm door.
The square of moonlight upon the ioOr
was pale and sickly. Great shafts Of
bronze thrust up out of the east ana
dimmed the stars. A mist lay along
the river like q cloud that had fallen
from the sky and loved the warm
earth so well that il refused to return.
He stood In the door and watched
the world wake up-his world; the
only world he knew. A half sleepy
lWll;eT mere ana there among the
trees; a croak down by the waters
edge; q squawk over in the bayou and
on the higher ground a trill now and
then of distilled witchery-he knew
them all. every voice. A crow wal
lowed along in the purple light and
rasped the silence with his raucous
call. He was answered by another
from somewhere across in the bot
toms. The woods lifted its thousand
voices; a multitude shouting, as at the
coming of n hero. And the hero was
at hand. The gates Of dawn opened
and he drove IN. Bronze turned TO
gold the hills away In the south barred
their heads; a soft breeze crooned
along ove the trees and blew out the
morning star.
In the early Hight the P~car!hunter
searched the ground about the door
step for any tracks that might have
been left by the night prowler. In
the hard and moldy open ground he
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23
Five THOUSAND"

Synopsis.-Never having known
his father, and living with his
mother on a houseboat on the Wa
bash river. Pearlhunter-the only
name he has--learns from her q
part of the story of her sad life
The recital Is interrupted by a
fearful III OF co ling and he hur-
ries ashore to see a root that at
fords relief. He meets a young
girl whom he mentally christens
the Wild Rose. She eludes him be-
fore he can make her aCquaint-
ance. A vacant cabin on the shore
has attracted the attention Of the
alling woman. and they move into
Il. Their first meal Is interrupted
by the Man-in-the- Fancy-Vest
Pearlhunter strikes him Gunplay
threatens. The mother dramati-
cally drives the intruder away
She says he Ia the ''Other Man."
whom she has not seen for %
years. They find a red mask
dropped by the other Man. That
night P~earlhunter finds the Blue
Moon. a great freshwater pearl
His mother dies without revealing
his fathers name. ~PearIhunter
and the Other Man meet in the
village, a pistol fight Is narrowly
averted Pe%arlhunter believes him
70 be the Red Mask criminal. Pearl
hunter rescues Wild Rose from the
Other Man and meets Wild Man.
her father. He is a mar OF cul-
ture. crazed from conclusion OF the
brain. the result OF an attack by
someone wearing a red mask. No.
bouy knows his identity. he is
Known al the post office simply as
Box q Pearlhunter proposed that
he sell the Blue Moon and send
for a surgeon to operate. Wild
Rose agrees.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23
CHAPTER VIC Continued.

A form blotted the moonlight upon
the floor with a living sll"tch of shad-
ow. An arm came In at tn door; n
hand fumbled behind the easement.
That was all. No face appeared. A
moment or two. and the arm dlsap-
peared the splotch of shadow slid Off
the square of moonlight: the soft foot
falls slipped away around the east end
OF the cabin and muffled into silence.
Very softly the Pearlhunter rose to
his feet. The light outside was far
too bright TO risk v%enturIng forth. II
would have betrayed him instantly.
He glanced around the cabin. The
moon had passed by the east window.
70 that 1t was In the shadow. He
stole across the floor and peeped out
through a broken pane.
A man was picking his way up the
bluff. He seemed in no great hurry.
nor In the least disturbed. At the top
OF the bluf he stopped and looked
back. In his brief instant of pause be-
fore stridlng away into the woods the
moor picked him out clear as day. II
was the Man-in-the- Fancy-yest.
There was no more sleep for the
Pearlhunter. He left the window.
went to the cabin door and felt behind
the easement where the hand had
CROPPED. Tr fingers came In contact
with a tiny bnijiS wecged between.
the logs and the door frame. He drew
Il forth and unrolled Il In the moon
light. deeming T. imprudent 10 light
the candle. Even before the moon
beams fell upon-the thing ne 'Snew by
a certain disquies.ng prelnoaition what
n would prove to be-a red mask.
He felt along the wall TO the chink
above the table and poked his fingers
between 1t and the logs, where he had
concealed the packet the evening they
moved into the cabin. II was still
there. He drew II forth and compared
II with the other. They were almost
identical. and OF a pattern WIN the
one he had seen that afternoon at the
three-gabled cabin.
He sat down by the table and
dropped his chin In his palm. What
did II meant What must II mean
this last one7 He knew the meaning
of the first-dropped by chance. He
had a very plausible surmise as to the
story of the other. the one with the
knife thrust through II ut the three
gabled cabin. But this one-thls last
one7
The man wanted to hide that bl, Of
cloth right there. But why? The Pearl
hunter raked his brain for the answer
Why? He IN have been ignorant
that the other was hidden behind the
chink. or why should he have taken
such pains to hide this onei He was
probably ignorant OF the fact that he
had dropped the other one In the cab
In that night; possibly did not know
where he had lost II. II was even cor
ceivable that the loss OF Il may have
occasIoned him no small anxiety. If
he did not know that he had dropped
the other mask In the cnhin. he prob
ably was that the Pearlhunt.
Or knew him. The young man sat still
, long time over that thought.
That he could with such apparent
readiness slnpIy himself with another
mask after the first was lost suggested
nearby rendezvous. undoubtedly
somewhere In sise Flntwoods--a III
dezvous. or a confederate. But that
was unlike hIm--f0 have q confedE
-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23
'He choke me- tear of do
mask--he shtick me-. Himmell
De Blue Moonr'
CTO BE ~coNTINUED.)
Economy and Empire.

AS much wisdom may be expended
on a private economy as or an empire,
and as much wisdom may be drawn
from it-EmersOn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23

However. very few ws- ~. sriss
enough 70 render enc w.. ~,.t-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

Published by the authority of the Common
Council OF the City of Wauwatosas Wis,
NOTICE is hereby given in accordance
with the provisions of Section e25 Sub-sec-
ton 100, laws of Wisconsin. 1915, to all per-
sons whom il may concern and TO the own
ers of all lots, parts of lots PARCELS of
land which may front or abut a proposed
line of water pipe or which may be con-
tguDus to and used in connection with such
lot or parcel of land on
EIGHTH AVENUE from Vista Avenue
70 State Street.
in the Fourth Ward of the City OF WANNA
tosa. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. on
which water pipe line Is proposed TO be
laid and that the Board of Public Works In
and for the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,
will be In session at the City Han, 2t2 North
Main Street in said City on this 26tIt day
o. june 1890. at the hour of 1000 o'Stoclc
in .ne FORENOON OF said day to hear any and
Ell objections to the proposci assessm1nt to
be Auade by ssch csncers for the proposed
water pipe line as provided and required by
the prNvisions of Section 925. Subsection
100. io1. i02. and 1o3, laws of Wisconsin.
Statutes SIS.
Dated t4is 4th day OF June, 1920
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
BY A. v. BRIGHAM,
tTw7 Secretary.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
01eel aG.ae 1s,st al 11 z7a
for Highest Possible Quality at
Lowest Possible Pnce

StateAof Wisconsin, County Court, Mil
waukee County-In Probate-Tn Re
Estate of Sylvester S. Leonard, de-
ceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, That up to
and including the first Tuesday Of No
vember, 1920. is fixed as the time with
in which all creditors CT said Sylves-
ter S. Leonard, deceased, shall present
their claims for examination and al
lowance;
And Notice Is Hereby Further
Given, That all such claims for exam
nation and allowance win be exam
ined and adjusted in said County Court
at the Court House in the CITY of Mil
waukee in said county and state, on
the first Tuesday of January, 1921.
Dated June 22nd, 1920
BY the Court,
NJ S. SHERIDAN,
County Judge.
Henry J. Wagner. attorney for es-
tate. BOWS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
kingtehehen an Ancient city.

Eingtehchen is one of the four larg-
est towns of China. Technically itss
not city. II is a town. because 1t
has no wall. In reality II Is a busy
Industrial city. with a population OF
s0O.0s0. Two-thirds of the people are
directly engaged in the manufacture
and sale of porcelain and pottery.
Historically 1t dates back to the Han
dynasty, 200 A. D. II is during this
period that we find the first records
Of the production or porcelain in
China though earthenware vessels
we're probably produced some cen
turtles earlier.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
Jaes ~ Garden.

Jack-in- the.pulpit by nature bog
lover. is by no means as fastidious as
the most OF IT'S clan. and a moist
slightly shaded spot m one corner Of
the yard will amply supply its de-
mands, says the American Forestry as
ISOLATION Of Washington. This plant
is near relative = the cultivated
Gala, with purple ana white or green
and White striped bloSsoms-usually
called flowers. The real flowers,
though, are deep Ia the center Of this
snowy dress at the base Of the central
spadix. and may be either fertile sr
sterile.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
CITY OF wAuwATosA.

CITY OF wAUwATosA.
Public Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Review In and for said City of
wauwatosa for the year 1890 viii meet at
the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall
at No. 2IS North Main Street on Tuesday.
July 9Th. 1890. at nine 5000 o'clock in the
forenoon OF said day for the purpose OF re-
viewing and examining the assessment roll
of real and personal property in said City.
aud all sworn statements and valuations of
real and personal property and OF bank
stock and OF correcting all errors in said
ron whether in description Of property or
otherwise.
Dated this End day of July. 1870
A v. BRIGHAM,
City Clerk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
SALES OFFICES:

Milwaukee; Securities Department, Public Service
Building, Third and Sycamore streets
Racine: Main office of the company, 305 Sixth st.
Kenosha: Public Service Building.
WATERFOWL: POS Main street
Whitewater: 79 Main street
Burlington: 7l5 Pine street.
Cudahy: zoos Packard avenue.
South Milwaukee: 2ll1 Tenth avenue.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
EACH $500 SHARE
of Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Preferred Stock

pays a regular dependable yearly income Of 81 in
cash, in quarterly installments of $1.75-July 49,
October 15 January Is, April 10.
Sharing equally with the common stock all divi
dend payments over 10 per cent in any year. this
preferred stock has excellent prospect of paying
SIS or So share in extra good years.
Its 81 share of PREFERRED dividends MUST
be paid each year out of that years dividend earn
sings, before ANY dividend be paid on the COM
stock.
In any distribution of the Company's assets, pre-
ferred stockholders must be paid the full face value
of their shares before anything be paid to the
holders of the common stock
Each S100 snare is backed by MORE than 500
worth of State regulated, income producing public
service property kept always in good condition
We are row selling the last 100000 of a $780,
600 issue Of this preferred stock at par for cash.
Issuance and sale of this stock was authorized by the
State to finance the growth of the business:
Over 400 Wisconsin and women have
bought shares of this stock since it was placed on
sale March Is Considering its safety and its chance
to more than per cent it is, in our Judgment
an uncommonly good income investment We recon-
mend it especially to small investors who want
high income rate their savings, with safety for
their principal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
NOTICE TO PROVE WILL. AND N
TO CREDITORS.
wsu~sto.a. via

TO CREDITORS.
state Of Wisconsin. County Court hH''
kee Countv--In Probate.
In Re Estate OF Christoph RicKeIe
ceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given. That up
including the first Tuesday Of No'S
1920. Is fixed as the time within
creditors OF said Christoph aeSess y,
ceased. shall present their claims
animation and allowance. 4
And Notice is Hereby Further GitsN y
all such claims for examination ana y
ance viii be examined and adjust
County Court at the Court Bou7- y
city Of Milwaukee, IN said county al w,
on the first Tuesday Of Januafy ls--
Dated June Is. 1870.
BY the Court
NJ 81 sHERrl ,ss
PERRY 8 PERRY. 81
Attorneys.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-02
MAIL, ORDERS:

certified check p6st-office or express money order
should be sent with mail orders. Address WIS.
CoNsN GAS 8 ELECTRIC COMPANY, Public
Service Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Promnt
delivery of notes Or shares viii be made by registered
letter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26
iS0UITH T0GET RANGERS ASKED
GREAT OHATI0N.AS INSTRUCTORS

Austin, Texas, Feb. 26.-The execu-
tive committee Of the Texas Law En-
forcement association Wednesday rec
commended that the governor appoint
a special company Of rangers TO con-
duet a so day educational campaign
among county tax collectors to the
end that they keep uniform records OF
automobile registrations and meet ali
requirements of the highway laws
concerning registration Of motor
vehicles.
The committee also recommended
the creation OF a department in the
highway commission TO keep special
records OF stolen autos. and 10 work
in cooperation with the special
rangers in tracing ownership Of cars.
The governor requested that the
committee submit its recommendation
through him TO the attorney general
for an opinion as TO whether or not
the law authorizes the creation Of a
ranger company Tor this purpose The
governor said that he would organize
the company. If the attorney general
holds that il can be done, and agreed
upon recommendation the committee
70 appointment c. p Hunton, traffic
officer of Bell county, captain Rep
resentatives Of automobile insurance
companies agreed 10 bear part Of the
expense of the company, which viii
be about $3.50 a month.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26

london. Eng Feb. 26.-Aif political
questions are for the moment com
ploteIy eoHpsed by former premier
Asquith's triumphant return TO parlia-
ment by q majority which astonished
everybody. The result is recognized
as notable personal achievement
even for a Statesman with ar.
Asquith's long record. while the res
toration o. his presence in parliament
g. expected 10 have important conse-
uuences in the politics OF Great
Britain and probably the world.
1t IS understood Mr. Asquith viii
take his seat IN the house next Non
day and he is assured a hearty ova-
ZION. III only on personal grounds. and
viii probably make his first speech
next week during the debate on the
second reading Of the Irish bill
Most newspapers heartily Welcome
the returu Of the Liberal leader, even
those which opposed him politically
having good words Tor him Their
views as Ia the significance OF his
election however differ widely. il be-
ing rariOusly declared to be due.
among other things TO growing popu-
lar disgust with the coalition govern
mant, popular hostility TO the labor
program Of naturalization which Mr.
Asuuith emphaticaliy condemns, and
reawslkeuing liberalism.
The energies Of lady Bouham Car
ter, Lr. Asquith,s daughter. substan-
tally helped in gaining victory for
her father. and it is announced that
she has received seven separate iuvi-
taticns 10 become a candidate for
parliament. Enough she has accepted
none Of them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26
MAN PROBABLY FATALLY HURT
BY FALL FROM SECOND STORY

Ignacio Sanchez, a laborer who
lives in Juarez. is in Hotel Dieu in
d critical condition from injuries he
received at $3.50 o'clock Thursday
morning when he fell from the sec
ond story Of the new federal reserve
bank building, now being construct
ed on Myrtle avenue. Attendants at
the hospital say Sanchez probably
viii die.
The man was employed with other
laborers at the building and was
standing on a trestle he had con-
structed about so feet from the
ground Persons who witnessed the
accident say he apparently lost his
balance on narrow board and fell
head first The mans head and
shoulders struck the pavement and
his skull was badly fractured
Or. +. D. Strong operated on the
man at Hotel Dieu, where he was
rushed Immediately after the acct
dent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26
]. s. DISEISSES
CRAFT CHARGES

Detroit. Mich. Feb. 26- - Charges
Of bribery against the six men be-
ing tried in federal court here on in
dictments alleging a conspiracy 10
defraud the government of millions
Of dollars worth Of army ordnance
material were dismissed by United
states district judge futile today
The trial began last December, and
presentation Of evidence was com
pleted yesterday. Summing up argu-
ments were expected to be COM
pleted today. Capt Soterios Nichol-
son, with Grant Hugh brown, mill
uonaire sportsman and four others
were accused Of conspiring through
I pre-arranged bids to purchase at
their own price ordnance material
which the government planned 70 dis
J pose Of.