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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

My guess was right In ioan Chan
minute We saw the lights of the
car. which was turning In = wide
line track 10 u would head back 10
Tho east II stopped little way be-
iow the water tank and about
Kindred yards north OF the track. or
maybe less. anyway. Nc could see II
quite wen even wh~r the lamps
were switched off and four men
came tufnbllur out OF ~ II had
been alone on the sob ! should proba-
bly, have called 10 the men Rs they
came trampinR OVER 10 the pidatrack
but SIR. Norcross had a different
think coming.
''out OF aight--duick. rrnmier- he
Whispered and In another second he
had whipped the young woman over
the big footing timber 20 a standing
place under the tank among the
braces. aud had done The same for
the girl
What followed was NJ mysterious
" 4 chapter out Of an Anna knth.
crime Green detective story. After
doing something 20 the switch Of
the unused spur track. the four men
separated. One Of them went back
TO the auto. and the othrr three
walked. down the main track 10 the
lower switch Of the short siding
which waa on tho same SIDE OF The
main line a. the spur Here the
fourth man rcjoincd them. and the
xiri at my elbow told us what he
had gone back 10 the car for.
''IIe has lighted a rcd lantern"
sle whispered II Ew II when Ne
took It out Of tho auto"
! guess II was pretty plain 70 all
Of us by this time that there was
something decidedly crooked on the
cards. but N We had known what II
was, we couldn't very well have done
anything 20 prevent H. There were
only two OF ua men TO their four
and. besides. there wasn't any time
The laptsrn-carrying man had bare
~ reached the lower switch when
We heard tho whistle Of n locomo.
tive. There was a train coming
from the west. and a few seconds
later an electric headlight showed up
On me ong tangent beyond the SD
ing.
IL was bandr holdup, an right
We saw the -FOUR men NJ the switch
stop the train, which seemed 20 be.
special. since II had only the en-.
gine and one passenger car one
"f the men S'ood on the track waV
ing the red lantern we could sec him
plainly IN tne glare OF the headnsht
Ihere WASH t'neh oi scrap. ihere
were TWO or ,hree plstoi shots. ana
men, as near as we could MAKE out
me holanp men or some OF hem'
climbed INTO the engine
what they did next was M oind
ms chinese puzzle betore you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

cause Wasp was a general nuisance
and she didn't like him at ALI He
had always worried the life out OF
Wobbly. her own dear boy. and
waiiy. her husband. had just said
the other day that--But therpi That's
not the story.
suddsnly Nancy grabbed two cor.
nsrs Othe blankets between which
Wasp was crouchinx. and at the
same time Nick grabbed the other
two. Tffn they pulled the covers
clear off the bod. never letting 60
their hold
"Give us our charm. wa&p.- said
Nick severely. "or wen shake you
up.- Wasp lay very SIN and never
let on he heard That settled II,
Such blanket tossing az the rascal
got. hen never forget. I'm sure. nor
the lesson either.
And the charm Jumped right out
OF his mouth with the joltinr
Nancy grabbed IL and tucked II
away safely. and the twins departed.
Copyright, 1920. y. E.al
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I2far Seattle !.
|TStqgry,R6,qK'
- 81 By MNbcl CleIAnd) 4
Page 239
THE WAfI.A WAIIA MAN

~ the Whitman massacre. I reek.
on. when all those folks were
killed. and the ones who were left
alive were brought to Fort wallaf
Wen. this story Is about some Of
those folks-the ones who were
not killed In the massacre Re
member tho, Sager chndren-the
ones Or, and Mira whitman
adoptodr Well. IL was the little
sager giri who told the story.
got n from her.
The massacre occurred on the
sJth OF November. and you re-
member Il was weeks before the
soldiers got To tho prisoners and
paid tho ransom and rescued the
women and children.
christmas was coming. and
noe only did they have nothing
for gifts or merry making. but
they mover knew from hour TO
hour whether the Indians would
decide 10 scalp. torture murder,
eurn-enythins cruel and devilish
happen any minu,a
They were taken 20 an Indian
village and put under a guard u
savagcs, most OF these were cross
ana mean. but one old Indian
seemed almost friendly ana Kind
his name was neardy. and he
was their only hope
He ordered them around IKE
slaves. and ate what they cooked
for themselvc@--but never would
touch a bite until they would taste
the food. he didn't trust them.
60 BE Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

Next story: Bobby Robin leases
Glider the Blacllsnallo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

gently and let the boiler cool off by
degrees. Luckily for us. the boss
was an expert on engines. just as he
Is on everything else belonging 10 a
railroad, and he struck matches and
looked our find over carefully before
he tried to move H. As we had
feared II might be, the big machine
was crippled. There wis key gone
out OF one OF the connecting rod
crank-pin straps; one miserable little
piece of steel. maybe eight inches
long and tapering one way. and half
an inch or 80 thick the other; but
that was a-plenty. We couldn't
make a move without n.
Continued Tomosrvwt
The demand for baby carriages
has fallen off about 50 per cent this
year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21
How Noble Rabbit Fooled Glider the
Blocksnoke

Copyright. 1881. BY Tn
xJHES ribble Rabbit said he waa
going 10 hunt for his lost
1,her, instead Of sitting In a sad
NJ lump and calling for her. Bobby
A1n was pleased But when he
II 4 he was going to begin by seeing
4 Hooter the owl had dropped any
81 her fur beneath his tree. Bobby was
kindly upset. He came tumbiing
lawn 20 the ground where he could
bake Nlbble look him straight In the
We and listen TO an awful lecture.
you'll do nothing OF the sort" he
-Soe that you have TO see and
and smell and feel for yourself.
viii have TO be twice as careful
IN ever were before. You may
E~ber all the things your mother
IN you--now youTl have to do
I'm And she took-sssi that trouble
Eith you 70 you could be- a sensible,
Hxkr rabbit and keep out OF danger.
40 YOU'D run right off the minute
left you and offer Hooter a free
ai.". Bobby was 30 worried about
bile. he forgot that the ground was
place for a sensible bird.
but I must know II Hooter caught
!" pleaded Nibble. "and VIII be
reful.~ He sat up and shifted ali
ound with his nice. clean nose that
d been all swollen from crying
a en- Bobby Robin found him. And
d ked up his tidy ears. just 10 show
III careful he meant to be. And he
n 4 a soft little noise behind him.
4 @vasn't two grass stalks rubbing
i tether, tho II was az tiny az that.
L<lyas the scraping Glider the Black.
make makes when he slips across a
Zone,
n EIbble's feet Just bounced Of them
b<t~s. and Bobby's wings beat and
~ "a ugly head landed right be.
.N bem. For Glider hears every
n Vat goes on along the ground.
4. heard Nibblc stamping TO call
m Mother. II Nanny Rabbit had
.n~gered, Glider never would have
gmne. But she didn't~--so Glider did.
nd now lonely little Nibble Rabbit
~ racing off and Glider was after
kn. simply boiling over with rage,
= fast as he could put his tail TO the
reoupd- lie didn't think Nibble could
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b~~ ara Wasp Weasel gor-
y Nic>. a. he and Nancy rushed
|khlcrsfy into Mrs. woodchuck' 3
bonn where she had been getting
- bed< ready for the faniiy's
y sleep.
Woodchuck didn't say q word
bodded toward q hump under
- the blankets OF course II she
aid two words or ten. Nancy
Nick would not have under
II for that scamp Wasp had
npwed their charm and then run
p That rs why they were after
enly an ifca occurred 20 Nick
whispered II TO his sister.
" laughed softly and nodded
do II RICH, away" she whis
and ,iptoed quietly to the top
bed At the same time Nick
bis place at the foot Mrs
Schuclx wondered what IL was
bout but said nothing. II any
4 was about 10 happen to Wasp,
wasn't going to interfere. be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

tSvIELLi Wen weni A Pioneer
w hunter, That's a new onel
I've heard Of duck hunters. and
ocer hunters. and bear hunters.
and even lion hunters and Gle
plant hunters. but never met a
rioncr hunter before, DO you
kni 'cm. or merely use the
scaips.-
Ssid was used 60 that sort Of
50 he only grinned. and said.
guess you're a teaser like Dad.
~. but rm swfuny glad to meet
ycu." and he put GU, his hand to
shake hands In such a nice manly
way that the Pioneer liked him
rEht away, and Is wasn't long
uu they were talking like old
friendx
Yes he sa,a. ''they told you
right I was only 9 years Old
when ! came 10 Walla walls. and
Il ] live TO be a hundred. nothing
win ever BE- quite 20 grand as that
"Trip on the numbering old stage
coach I was little and they let
me sit high up by the driver. the
four horses seemed 10 me 20 be
fairly ffyfnE over the road dust
Jose about US In clouds. and you
would call the road rough now.
but II didn't seem rough to me-
u was all just wonderful; wonder.
fui past all describing. and was
hcru. knight. riding in state
Xo tpe city which was going TO be
wv horne. Some thrinl
7fell you Christmas story.
probably one of the oldest
- about here. You've heard
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stopped To fan himself with his
wings.
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fsfnrts ON Psrr OnrS
Mr. Horcrosa. IL has born my mis-
fortune 10 have 20 aarociats chiefly
with men who only play al doing
ihInEs.-
lie switched Off NJ that and asked
her II abe wcr. warm enough. say
ting that II she were not. he and
would scraps up some sage brush or
something and make a fire She re.
piled that she didn't care for n FIRE
that tho night wasn't at all cold
which Il wasn't Then she showed
that she was human. clear down TO
the tips Of her pretty fingers
You may smoke N you want 10. .
she told the boss. Il sha'n't mind
II in the least
At that. my little rif turned on
me and aald. In exactly the same
tone: You may smoke II you want
10. SIR. Dodds. | sha'u't mind Il In
tho least I heard a sort OF amoth
cred chuckle from tho other end Of
the timber seat. and the boss lighted
his cigar. Then there was uorvi
talk, In which II turned out that the
young woman and her cousin were
20 have been met a, Portal City b.
somebody she called Cousin Basil. q
but there wouldn't be any scare. be
cause she had written ahead 70 say
that possibly they might stop over
with some friends In one OF the
apple towns.
Then Mr. rorcroas said he
wouldn't miss anything by the drop
out but an appointment he Ind with
an old friend. and he guessed that
could walt / listened. thinking may.
be he would mention the name Of
tho friend, and after a while he did
The forwarded Portal City telegram
the boss had gotten aust before We
vent TO dinner In tho dining ear was
from Uncle John" Chadwick, the
Chicago wheat king. and that left
mo wondering what The mischief SIR.
Chadwick was doing away out in the
wild and wooily western country
where they raise more apples than
they do wheat. and more mining
stock schemes than they do either.
There was another thing that I
listened for. too. but u didn't come
That was some little side mention
Of the young wOman's husband. 50
far as that under the-tank talk
went. there needn't, have been any
"Mr.. Macrne" at all. and I was puz
zled. II she'd been wearing mourn.
ing-but she wasn't, 40 told myself
that she simply couldn't be a widow
Anyway. she was lot too light.
hearted for that
We had been maroonef for nearly
an hour when I struck a match and
looked at my watch. Mr.. Norcross
was stlll doing his best 10 KIN time
for the young woman. and he WIS
just in the exciting part OF another
railroad story, telling about a right
of-way fight on tho Midland, where
We had 20 smugRie In n few cases OF
Wholesalers and arm the track.
layers TO keep from being shut out
OF the only canyon there was by the
r. A y. r., when the little girl
grabbed my arm and said; "Listenr'
I did, and broke In promptly. lex.
cuse me-" called To the other two.
but think there's a train com.
ing"
The boss cut his story short and
we all listened. n seemed that was
wrong. The noise we heard was
more like an auto running with the
cut-out open than train rumbllng.
what do you make II. Jlmmle7"
came from the r'osS end OF tho
timber.
Motor car. n out that way /
said, pointing in the darkness to
ward the east.
~~~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~>~
stopped 10 fan himself with his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21
All Run Down
Now Feels Fine


"EA>onic b he only thing I hsvs
found to stop my heartburn and !
think IL has been . great help IN
nervous spells, writes @. O. johnson.
An upset stomach may cause lots
Of suffering all over the body. Eatonio
helps In such cases BY removing the
cause OF the misery, because II takes
up and carries out the excess add
and gases and keeps the digestive
organs In natural working order. 4
tablet after meals u all you need
Big box costs only . trids viAh
druggist's guarantee.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
IMPROVING THE TOWN

The activities of the Mcguire Con
struction company in removing the
layer of dirt from the streets to MAZE
room for the paving results in fiji
ling in large block of ground alon.
the railroad right of way on cas-.
Main street, south of Bridge.
The building operations Of tht
town have filled in from time to time
several blocks very much to the i'm.
provement of the town. In tie pres
ent operations they started to haul
the dirt away with wagons but the
difficulties of loading the wagons
were considerable and they change
their plan using Fresno scrapers to
haul the dirt a block or two to fill
in along the railroad. This brings
the railroad right of way nearer to
a condition where the company might
make it into park if it would only
need covering over with some good
soil and fertilizer to get it ready to
grow trees, shrubs and grass.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
CAR SHORTAGE EASIER
ON OREGON SHORT LINE

Observation-Disclosures cars for the
farmers in the Idaho Falls district
and in the Twin Falls-Burley dis,
trict, for the shipment of their po-
tato crops, have arrived in sufficient
numbers to save the farmers from
suffering any severe loss, it is said
Everett M. Sweeley of the public
utilities commission was in that reg
ion, gathering data to relieve the
situation, and through the co-opera-
tion of the interstate commerce COM
mission at Washington he succeeded
in getting enough cars rolling to the
farmers to ship the potatoes as fast
as possible. 1t is thought that if &C
tion had not been taken at the time
that the farmers would have suffered
a loss of from 1900 to 1000 car
loads of potatoes, due to freezing.
Business men of Burley and vicin-
ity held a mass meeting and decided
that they would close their stores and
go into the fields and aid in digging
the crop if the farmers needed the
help to prevent their crops from
freezing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
BOISE WANTS CHANGE
IN CITY GOVERNMENT

BOISE.-Boise expects to present
to the next legislature plan by
which it's form of government will be
changed, resulting in a combination
of the Black commission form of gov
eminent law, under which the city Is
now operating and the old special
character set aside when the Black
law was adopted. Boise was the first
city in the state to go under the
Black law, the author of which Is
Attorney General Roy L. Black. 1t
has been found that this law handi-
caps the city in the matter of Inn
provements, especially in paving.
Boise desires to go ahead with the
improvements, but cannot raise the
funds, necessary. When the law was
adopted, there were objections to the
manner in which operations were car
ried on under the charter. 1t is re-
cognized, however that the charter
has some strong provisions. These
the city now desires to take advan-
tage Of. For the purpose of deciding
on the character of an act that will
be satisfactory to all factions of the
city and at the same time give room
for Boise to move ahead in keeping
with the splendid growth it is max
ing, the present council has APP
pointed committee Of 81 prominent
business and professional men and
clothed them with power to revise the
government and submit plan that
can be considered and agreed upon.
The committee is now at work.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
Water Telescope Finds Messing Bod

Water Telescope Finds Messing Body.
Miss Emily Mccarthy, a nurse Of
Meriden, Conn.,, disappeared and her
hat was found in Black pond, indicat-
ing that she had drowned, probably by
wading into the water In the dark and
becoming confused.
Every effort to find the body by drag.
ging failed, SO Scout Executive John d.
Roberts made a water telescope from
key, with a glass bottom. Holding
this over the side Of boat and peer.
ing into the depths of the pond, the
body Of the missing nurse was finally
seen and brought ashore.-Boy Scout
Bulletin.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
WHEAT GROWERS DISPOSE
OF 10000 BUSHEL SHIPMENT

BOISE.--Idaho and Washington
Wheat Growers association recently
disposed Of the last of a 10000
bushel shipment directly to the mil
lers and exporters of wheat and they
received net price of $2.42 bushel.
All this wheat is said to have been
contracted for in July. Large dealers
in the eastern markets are said to
have promised the association that
they will do business directly with
the company thereby cutting out the
middleman's profit and &c is thought
that If this system can be worked
out on large scale that it will be
both profit to the growers and to
the consumers.
The wheat was both red and white
of the hard variety and the 100000
bushel shipment was said to be all
from the American Falls section.
Failure of eastern. farmers to- hold
for SO wheat is said to be the rea-
son that agreements between asso-
Citations Of this kind formed in the
east have not received the prices
that they expected.
The present movement it is said
will aid the farmers in the disposal
of their wheat at better prices if the
prices received for this shipment tend
to make the farmers hold their
wheat. If this is done it is thought
that the temporary decrease in the
grain marketed will bring the price
of wheat to a HIGHER level
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
TRIPS FOR BLACKFOOT MEN

Blackfoot business men are slated
to pay visit to American Falls and
the towns and villages between here
and that town, in the near future. It
is to be get-acquainted excursion
occupying day, going down on the
west side of the river and coming
back on the east or reservation side.
Another trip for some of the Black
foot men to be taken soon is a sur
vey of the desert road to Arco, max
ing arrangements for covering the
rocky spots with moist earth so it
will pack down and enable people
to go over on high gear without in
juring their tires. Editor Trego of
Blackfoot and w. w. Brown, chair
man of the Commercial club of Arco,
are engineering the matter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
PERSONAL ITEMS

Fire insurance. J. H. EARLY.
adv26tf
Mrs. Grace Faulconer visited the
Wilson school Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Firkins of Glib
son, were transacting business in
Blackfoot, Tuesday.
Miss Alma Marshall returned to
her school duties at Riverton Mon
day morning, after spending the
week end with relatives in Black
foot.
s. J. Faulconer is spending few
days as the guest of his brother, Lee
Faulconer..
Mrs. Floyd Porter and little son
of Bull, arrived in Blackfoot Mon
day and will spend several days Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Gussie Dem
finger, of Blackfoot, and her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cleary of Thomas.
Miss Mae Roberts of Kimball spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting friends
in Blackfoot.
Don't forget hot chicken pies and
plum pudding at Blackfoot Mercall-
tile, Saturday, November 6, commenc-
ing at 1880 and continuing thru
the Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Lizzie Williams, principal of
Kimball school, spent the weekend
as the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. N. Meyer of Black
foot, motored to Grandview Tuesday
morning.
Golden jerks of Fort Hall was
Blackfoot visitor Monday, returning
to his home Monday evening,
r. N. Pitt, the potato inspector of
Salt Lake, will remain in Blackfoot
during the potato season.
Mrs. A. ]. Satterfield returned from
Idaho Falls, where she has been
nursing her daughter, Mrs. Marvin
Thompson, who has been i'll.
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sired Louis to follow his profession,
hut after more than three years' study
he abandoned 1t. He next read law to
please his father, but he genuinely
cared only for writing.
Perhaps NO figure In literature Is
more loved for sheer valance of spirit
than Robert Louis Stevenson. He con-
tended all his life against disease with
high courage and dauntless gayety. In
France and California, in the Adircn-
dacks and the South Sea Islands, he
pursued the will o. the wisp, health.
which always eIuded him. From 1880
to his death in 1884, his wife was a
source of strength and inspiration; yet
exiled from friends he suffered physical
pain and weary disappointment. Much
of his best work was written In bed.
Nevertheless in II years he produced
four volumes of essays, seven rOmances,
Eve collections of fantastic tales, two
of South Sea yarns, three of poetry.
Ave volumes of travel and topography,
one of political history, and left ma
terfal for several posthumous works.
s"Treasure island" IL perhaps the best
loved Of his rOmances. Stevenson, safd'
off this don't fetch the kids, why, they
have gone rotten since my time" And
again, as he wrote 1t: dts awful fun,
boys stories, you just indulge the
pleasure of your heart, that's ALL"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-03
SNOW SLIDE KILLS FOUR

TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. Four
men are dead and one seriously in
jured as result of a snowslide at
the Pete and Joe mine, Is miles
northwest of this city, Saturday. The
men, who were in the sorting shed
of the mine, are believed to have
been instantly killed when the build
ing was demolished by an avalanche
of snow, which crashed down upon
the cabin from the mountain above.
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assIion b. Jams.lR Connolly

r. 0 bert Louis
stew nsOn 'waa
born Of cultured
parents, Nov. ID,
1850, In Edin-
burgh. From In
fancy his health
was delicate. His
sch 0linE was
therefore desul-
tory, but he early
ad0Fed the tales
and poems read to
him by his de.
voted nurse, ALI
SON Cunningham,
and 20 began the
passion for litera-
ture which dOmi-
mated his ] e. His
faith e r, Thomas
Stevenson, an able
civil engineer. de.