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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-26

SALE-One dining room table
kitchen table, one range, 2
ters, 2 oil stoves, one iron
XII. Call on Allen Koford, one
Dck south Of the Methodist
Church.. n26-d3
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-26

MED. "A representative in
Montpelier. An independent BUSH
s with a big future. Myron
5fges, Dist. Supt., Tho Mutual
e ms. Co. of N. Y, P. o. Box
A5, Pocatello, Ida. N526p
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-26

0R Modern five room
xno with complete furnishings.
INQUIRE of Paris Millinery. nl9-26
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-11-26

WAETED-TO assist with
ousework. Phone 800. n26-tf
NTH. James Long and daughter,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

Luck had liquldated his poker debt
talked so casually that his visitor had
no suspicion of what he'was driving
at.
Mackenzie attempted little sleuth-
ing of his own. This holdup fellow
kind OF slipped one over on you last
night, Bolt"
maybe so, and maybe not"
"Got n clue. have your"
"Oh, yes-yes." The sheriff looked
straight at him. I've notion his
initials are l.. O."
Billie felt himself flushing. "What
makes you think that. Nlck?"
Bolt walked to a cupboard and I'M
locked II. His back was toward the
cattleman, but the latter could see him
take something from shelf. Turning
quickly. the sheriff tossed a hat upon
the table.
Ever see this beforeT"
Mac picked II up. His fingers were
not quite steady. for a great dread
drenched his heart like a rush OF icy
water. Upon that gray felt hat with
the pinched crown was stamped the In.
dividuality-and the initials-of Luck
Culllson.
Don't know as | recognize IT," he
lied, not very readily. "Not TO know
II. Why?"
Thought perhaps you might know
IT, The holdup dropped It while get
ting away"
Mackenzie's eyes fiinched. dropped
It, How was that?"
"A man happened to come along san
Miguel street just as the robber swung
to his horse. He heard the cries Of
the men inside, guessed what was do
ing, and exchanged shots with the mis-
creant. He shot this hat Off the fel.
lows head"
"Who was the man that shot the
robber?"
"Cass Fendrick."
"But he didn't claim to recognize the
holdup2"
mot for certain. He guessed a man
whose initials are the same as those IN
that hat"
IF you mean Luck Culllson. It's a
ID lie," exploded the cattleman.
He was furious with himself, for he
felt now that he had been unsuspect.
ingly helping to certify the suspicious
OF the sheriff. Like an idiot, he had
let out much that told heavily against
his friend.
81 hope so. What about this hat,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06
CHAPTER u.
An initiated Hat.

Mackenzie was reading the Sentinel
while he ate late breakfast. He had
II propped against the water bottle, so
that 1t need not interfere with the
transportation of sausages, fried po-
tatoes, hot cakes and coffee to their
common destination.
Trying TO do two things ut once has
Its disadvantages. startling head
line caught his eyes just as the cup
was at his lips. Hot coffee, precipi-
lately swallowed, scalded his tongue
and throat. He set down the cup,
swore mildly, and gave his attention
to the news that had excited him.
"While the citizens of Saguache
were peacefully sleeping last night. a
lone bandit held up the messengers Of
the Western & Southern Express COM
pany, and relieved them of twenty
thousand dollars just received from El
Paso on the Flyer.
"Perry Hawley. the local manager
OF the company. together with Len
Rogers, the armed guard. had just re-
turned from the depot, where the
money had been turned over 10 them
and recelpted for. Hawley had I'M
locked the door of the Office and had
stepped In, followed by Rogers, when
a masked desperate appeared sudden
ly out of the darkness, disarmed the
guard and manager, took the money,
passed through the door and locked II
after him, and vanished as silently as
he had come. Before leaving. he
warned his victims that the place
would be covered for ten minutes and
at any attempt to call for help they
would be shot. Notwithstanding this.
the imprisoned men rlsked their lives
by raising the alarm"
Further down the page Mackenzie
discovered that the desperate was still
at large, but that Sheriff Bolt expect
ed shortly to lay hands on him.
He folded the paper and returned to
his room to make preparation to re-
turn to his ranch. The buzz of the
telephone called him to the receiver,
The voice of Cullison reached him.
"That you. Mac1 I'll be right up.
No, don't come down. I'd rather see
you alone"
The owner of the Circle @ came
right to business. i've made a raise.
Mac, and while I've got 1t I'm going to
skin Off what's coming to you"
He had taken a big roll of bills from
his pocket, and was counting Off what
he had lost to his friend. The latter
noticed that II all seemed to be In
twentles.
Twelve hundred. That squares us,
Mac"
The Scotsman was vaguely uneasy
without definite reason for his anx-
iety. Only last night Cullison had told
him not single bank In town would
advance him a dollar. Now he had
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

money In plenty. Where had he got
Il?
Mackenzie's eye fell on copy OF
the Sentinel protrudlng from the 9TH
er's pocket. "Read about tho holdup
Of the w. 4 s. express? That fellow
had his nerve with him"
"Sho This holdup games the
easiest yet lie got the drop on them.
and there was nothing TO IT,"
How did he know there was money
coming In last night1"
There's always leak about things
OF that sort. Somebody talks. knew
II myself. for that matter"
"You knewl Who told your"
That's u secret. Mac. Come to
think of It, l wish you wouldn't tell
anybody that knew. | don't want to
get the man who told me In trouble"
Sure won't" He passed to an
other phase of the subject. "rhe Sen
tinel says Bolt expects to catch the
robber. Think he WIFI"
"Not II the fellow knows his busi.
ness. Bolt has nothing to go on. He
has the whole Southwest to pick from.
For all he knows, II was you"
Eyes, but"
"Or more likely me-" The gray eyes
of the former sheriff held frosty
smile.
In spite of that smile, or perhaps
because of II, Mackenzie felt again
that flash of doubt. whats the use
of talking foolishness, Luck? Course
you didn't do II. know you too well. "
But the trouble was Mackenzie did
not know him well enough. Cullison
was hard up. close to the wall. How
far would he go to save himself? In
his slow, troubled fashion. Mac won.
dered If his old side partners streak
of lawlessness would take him as far
as a holdup OF course 1t would not,
he assured himself; but he could not
get the ridiculous notion out of his
head.
Mackenzie drifted to the courthouse.
He found Sheriff Bolt in his Office. The
Scotsman wanted to discuss the rob-
berry. but was shy about attacking the
subject. While he boggled at 1t. Bolt
was off on another tack.
Inside of quarter of an hour the
sheriff had found out all he wanted to
know about the poker game. Collisions
financial difficulties, and the news that
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06
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going to tuck away about three hours
of sleep. SO long" And with nod
he was gone to his room.
"All the same Luck's. too derned
rash," Flandrau commented. "And he
hadn't ought to be sitting in these big
games. He's hard up. Owes good
bit here and there. Always was a
spender. First thing he'll have to sell
the Circle c to square things. He'll
pay us this week like he said he would.
That's dead sure. But ! swear don't
know where he'll raise the price.
Money is so tight right now"
That afternoon Luck called at every
bank In Saguache. All of the bankers
knew him and were friendly to him,
but In spite of their personal regard
they could do nothing for him.
IT'S this strlngepcy, Luck" Jordan
OF the Cattlemen's National explained
to him. I'D let you have ii II | dared.
Why, we're running close to the wind
Public confidence is mighty ticklish
thing. II | didn't have twenty thou
sand coming from El Paso on the Flyer
tonight I'd be uneasy for the bank"
"Twenty thousand on the Flyer.
reckon you ship by express, don't
your"
Yes. Don't mention II to anyone.
That twenty thousand would come
handy to good many people in this
country these times"
ut would come right handy to me-"
Luck laughed ruefully. 81 need every
cent of It. After the beef roundup I'll
be on Easy street, but It's going to be
hard shedding to keep going till then"
you'll make turn somehow. II
will work out. Maybe when money
isn't so tight I'll be able to do some
thing for you"
Luck returned to the hotel morosely
and tried to figure way out of his
difficulties. He was not going to be
beaten. He never had accepted defeat
He would not lose out after all these
years Of fighting. 1t had been his des-
perate need Of money that had made
him sit in last nights poker game But
he had succeeded only I'm making a
bad situation worse. He knew his
debts by heart, but he jotted them
down on the back Of an envelope and
added them again.
Mortgage on ranch (due Oct D.. 81, 900
Note to First National. ............... $500
Note to Reynolds. ...................... ] 750
u to kenzie.................... 100
Same to Flandrau ..................... 400
same to Yesler ........................ 800
Total ~. 150
Twenty thousand was the sum he
needed, and mighty badly. too. Absent
mindedly he turned the envelope over
and jotted down one or two other
things. Twenty thousand dollarsl Just
the sum Jordan had coming to the
bank on the Flyer. Subconsciously,
Luck's fingers gave expression to his
thoughts. Twenty thousand dollars.
Half dozen times they penciled It,
and just below the figures. "W. & s.
Elk. Co." Finally they wrote auto.
matically the one word, Tonight"
Luck looked at what he had written,
laughed grlmly, and tore the envelope
In two. He threw the pieces in the
waste paper basket.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

could ruth nim IL he please. Luck
would be In a position to dictate terms
absolutely
Fendrick felt that there must be
some way out Of the trap II he could
only find IL. Whenever the thought of
eating humble pie to Luck came into
his mind the rage boiled In him. He
swore he would not do 1t. Better a
hundred times to see the thing out
to a fighting finish.
Taking the PREDETERMINED gray bat
he found on the rack Cass passed out
of the clubhouse and into the sun
bathed street.
Cullison and his friends proceeded
down Papago street to the old plaza
where their hotel was located. All
along the route they scattered mods of
recognition, friendly greetings and
genial banter. One of them-the man
who had formerly been the hard-rid-
ing, quick shooting sheriff of the coun-
ty-met also scowls once or twice, to
which he was entirely Indifferent. He
had made enemies, desperate and I'M
scrupulous ones, who had sworn to
wipe him from among the living, and
one of these he was now to meet for
the first time since the man had stood
handcuffed before him, livid with fury,
and had sworn to cut his heart out at
the earliest chance.
1t was In the lobby Of the hotel that
Cullison came plump against Lutte
Blackwell. For just a moment they
stared at each other before the former
sheriff spoke.
"Out again, eh, Blackwelf?" he said
easily.
From the bloodshot eyes one could
have told at glance the man had
been drinking heavily. From whisky
he had imbibed Dutch courage just
bold enough to be dangerous.
Eyes, I'm out-and back again. just
as / promised, Mr.. Sheriff." he threat
ened.
The cattleman ignored his manner.
'"Then I'll give you a piece OF advice
gratis. Papago county has grown
away from the old days. 1t has got
past the two-gun man. He's gone to
Join the antelope and the painted In
dian"
The fellow leaned forward, sneering
SO that his ugly mouth looked like a
crooked cash. "How about the one
gun man, Mr.. Sheriff.
"He doesn't last long now"
Doesn't he?"
The mans rage boiled over. But
Luck was far and away the quicker
of the two. His left hand shot for
ward and gripped the rising wrist, his
right caught the hairy throat and
frightened on It. He shook the con-
vict as IL he had been a child, and
flung him, black In the face, against
the wall, where he hung, strangling
and sputtering.
"I-Tll get you yet" the rufiian
painted. But he did not again attempt
to reach for the weapon in his hip
pocket.
"You talk too much with your
mouth"
With superb contempt Luck slapped
him, turned on his heel, and moved
away, regardless Of the raw, stark
lust to kill that was soaring this mans
elemental brain.
The paroled convict recovered his
breath and skunk out of the hotel.
Billie Mackenzie, owner of the Fid.
dleback ranch, laughed even while
he dlsapproved. "Some day, Luck,
you'll get yours when you are throw
Ing chances at coyote like this
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

stumbled back. half blind with the
pain. Before he could realize what
had happened the spur on her little
boot touched the side of the pony and
II was Off with bound. She was gal
Looping wildly down the trail toward
home.
He looked after her, fingers caress-
ing the welt that burned his cheek.
you'll pay for that, Kate Cullison,"
he said aloud to himself.
(This thrilling story will be con-
tinued in the next issue Of The Rec
ord. A good serial story, selected
from the works Of the best contem-
porary authors, will henceforth be a
regular feature of The Record, and
will alone be worth the subscription
price Of the paper. See that your
subscription is kept paid in advance,
and do not miss a single number.)
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

II Is there something you
need In fbe follow
A ing HSI5
Birth Announcements
WeddinL Stationery
Envelope Enclosures
Sale Bills
Hand Bills
n Price Lists
II Admission Tickets
II business Cards
II Window Cards
II Time Cards
3 Letter HsAds
n Note Heads
Bill Heads Envelopes
Callind Cards Leaflets
Stafements
Min Tickets
4 Meal Tickets
Shipping Tsds
n Announcements
\ brisfS
A Notes
y Coupons
Pamphlsts
Catalogues
n blOtters Circulars
N Invitations Posters
h Folders
n Chscks
Z Blanks
q Notices
4 Labels
II Leaal blanks
\ Menu Cards
n Placsrds
n DODGERS
n Post Cards
a Programs
n Receipts
ProHIpr, careful and e67-
Client attention given
30 eUeSy detail
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close to her, and was standing beside
the stlrrup, pne bold hand upon the
rein. Her qulrt went swiftly up and
down, cut like thin bar of red.hot
iron across his upllfted face. He
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-06

fou'll guess your man wrong, or he'll
be one glass drunken than you figure
on, and then he'll plug you through
and through"
"The man that takes chances lives
longest, Mac" his friend replied, dis
missing the subject carelessly. "Pm
Evening journal., 1920-01-26
URGES BUSINESS
MAN FOR SCHOOLS
Would Solve Much of Pres
ent Troubles, Says Finance
Committee Head
SAYS PRESENT SYSTEM
is INACCURATE

A capable business manager and a
modern business system would so far
toward relieving the Board Of Educa-
ton Of It's difficulties, save The city
considerable money and elevate the
standard Of schools in Wilmington. ac-
cording 90 Shermer II. Stradley, chair
man Of The finance committee Of the
board
Mr. stradley suggests that a COM
peteni accountant be employed by the
board. and a system installed, with the
responsibility resting on the business
manager 10 see that the system IS prop
orly carried out
III the system were proper" he
says. mo cmploye or committeeman
would be permitted to buy materials or
supplies without tho knowledge Of
business manager. under whose direc-
tion the affairs Of lhe board should he,
and the board would always know the
amount Of their liabilities. 10 has been
proven that bills have been contracted
without the knowledre Of The secretary
Of the board. and that no appropriation
had been set aside fo their payment.
bills should be ndcred on the date
set by the board, approved by the city
auditor, and then delivered TO the board
to be passed and paid promptly.
There is no doubt IN Board Of Edu-
cation needs more funds for the main
tenance OF the schools If The board
has the proper information TO present
TO City Council so an probability Conn
ell viii r.alize that the members Of the
Board OF Education are taking a busi-
nes-like attitude toward the manage
ment OF the schools
Evening journal., 1920-01-26
C0hlMFRCE CIT AMBER
ELECTS THIS WEEK

The annual meet'ng Of the Chamb r
Of Commerce VIII BIZ he'll on Thursday
cve7inc IN ihc Hotel dupont
The election Of nine directors 10 sue
cccd those whose terms oNr'ro st This
time VII ta'e place ai h', m ing
Annual reports of the uiI and
committees VIII % sIam ted Mem.
hers are invited 90 present nl7tters OF
new Business for cons d'~aton
Tho Honorable Oscar r Crosby q
form'r presid % Of he Whining on and
phllade'-h'a Traction Company viii be
the speaker.
At the outbreak Of the hie war Mr..
Crosby reentcred The army and was
comm 'ssioned as colonel Of engineers
lie later was appointed TO the very i'm
portant position Of assistant secretary
Of the Treasury. and was the financial
adviser to the American Peace Commls-
sioners and preside Of the "Inter-A-
lied Council on War Purchase and FL
nance in Paris.
Light refreshments Will be served at
the close Of The meeting.
Evening journal., 1920-01-26

Uncle Harry, what causes earth.
quakes, like they have been having
down In Nlexico? asked Jimmy.
"Ihe contraction and cracking OF tn;
earth's surface due to the cooling OF
The earth. Is that clear 10 your" re-
piled llclc Harry.
II think l understand" said Helen
but wish you would explain a LITTLE
more fully
Well, to give you a more complete
ans~er, we must go back many. many
years-sci6nls say millions Of years,
said Uncle Harry. According 10 the
scientists, The earth and many Of the
other planets were formed from masses
of material Of some sort thrown of
by thai great body that ,ye row know
as tho sun. During all the time that
has passed since ihen, the earth. which
was origin lly in a fiery and gaseous
state has been slowly but gradually
cooling. Man came 10 !nhabit the earth
when the surface became sufficiently
cool for him TO live on. Since then
this cooling process has been WORKING
slowly towards the center. Now
scientists tell us that as the oai IN
cools, the surface contracts, and, as
the surface contracts It also cracks
and, when The earih cracks, then we
have earthquakes"
When Volcanoes Erupt
But haven't volcanoes something TO
do with earthquakes? asked Joe.
Very often. but not necessarily so,"
explained tncle Harry. when a vol
cano e"upts there is, l think I am safe
In saying, always more or less Of an
earthquake connected with the orup-
ton, but earthquakes are not always
accomp MED by volcanic disturbances.
There was no volcanic eruption at the
time OF the san Francisco earthquake,
nor back IN 1886 when the city Of Char
lesion In SOu.h Carol ma, was bad''
d9mogod by an earthru-ke Many o.
The most disastrous earthquakes in his
Tory, however have been accompanied
by volcanic disturbances. one Of The
wors' Of these being the eruusion or
Mont Pelee on the Island OF Martinique
IN the West indies, in 1892. when 900OF
lives were lost"
But Uncle Harry, haven't the?s
BEEN grc9t mny earthquakes and
volcanic orupfons In Mexico and down
through Central Americl?" asked
Helen.
The rcccn, earthquakes in Mexico
which, accord ns to reports. have
broken open the crater, or chimney
Evening journal., 1920-01-26
Un~Ie Harry Tilks Atot
Cart, quakes AMI Volcanoes

I Of Orizaba Volcano. near the city OF
Vera Cruz, is but The latest Of iOng
series Of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions that have destroyed innum-
cradle cities and Will ges, and taken
thousands and thousands OF lives, IN
! Mexico and Central America. one Of
/ the flrst things that the Spanish adj
/ veniure:s discovered when they reach
1 Ell Central America, several hundred
I years ago, was the volcanic condition
/ Of the earth's surface. From that date
10 this Central America has been Wis
! tied almost every yea. By an earth
quake. o. the eruption Of ono Of the
many volcanoes that stretch down
through the n rrow PECK Of land thai
reaches from the Mo Granhs 10 the
lsthmus OF Panama. In ths summer
OF 1917. the city OF sal salvador, the
capital OF the Republic Of san Salvador,
was destroyed by an earthquake: i'm
medidtely renuilt, and ayiin destroyed.
In the spring Of i9i9-lust about a
year ago, by another ar hGuake which
was attended by an eruption Of Lava
from one OF the nearby volcanoes. In
december, 1917, and in January. 1918,
there were series or earthquakes in
the Republic Of Guatemala, which
totally destroyed the l2,'al. Ctr le-
maia City; but this earthquake was not
a.'e 'mpsnied by v1lc1nl, erup.ions Of
any sort
But this supject is so big that I
cannot hope to cover it in a short talk.
So would suggest That II you are in
terested, you go 10 The public library
and ask the librarian TO lend YOU
some Of his booklets and pamphlets
telling about earthquakes and vol
canoes that have been issued by the
National Geographic Society. or some
eood book on the subject. After every
Evening journal., 1920-01-26
.IN1DIA'S TARIFF ON
HIDES A MENACE

United States Senator's Ball and Vol
colt, Representative Layton. Governor
! Townsend and other influential people
have begun fight aga INST the discrim-
lnatory duty which India Is placing on
hidos exported to points outside the
British Empire. II 10 claimed that un
less some changes can be made tn
American mo COCO plants must either
find new source for des or go out OF
business. As other places as well as
Wilmington are affected II is expecte
that the Senators and Represented tlvss
from other States will Join the night
The morocco manufacturers In IN
city are considerably ag tated over tn
me tier. There are about 10 600 people
employed In the industry here. one OF
ihe largest producers Of morocco In the
country.
Evening journal., 1920-01-26

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r5saus-y 5ra. 1913.
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at last I tcdys. You ana
T. aosr brother. ar. .A. sn,, oa.. ,,h Of cur fan
tly-you cras. IN ssvryh--yoa
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the ry6ts fron bsa tili
in corning.
'HousVsr. info5h you With tss. L
en- v.il rs,oios OFF ssos 4. uusu.i.
After all the dear ola u 3. suite OF oouos
railroads boat a oil.
aass. urs'H% required st. But quite veil
ana health rirs' usrsis Praasnas Eo-'r~.nI@
III at iyssans. grida. ali
rsagfos eoasss rssuaasisz.
"5fn ! esd.
60 90 nSfO than loft But the
doctors s7s confident the.
going tY return Il Sc doso shresssn TO return
shan eydi
sfSs % xiaai.
sGn Sre unsil ssiay
nsZ ssriHs has insssa os least
yeex. affaosionasoiy sOur brother.
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Evening journal., 1920-01-26
n,n,R rr,rrr-E rn INITIArE.

Fifty new candidates Will be initiated
into the high degree rank Of the
knights Of Pyihlas by Hah'b TEMPLE,
40 POS, p o o X, Thursday evening
al Pyth'an Castle dinner viii be
served and a number Of visitors are
exneoted from Reading, PHILADELPHIA,
Altoona, Lancaster ard Baltimore. Hablb
Temple was instituted in November
1918. and numbers 2J0 members Ar
rongements are now being made 10 at
tend the Imperial Palace at Cha'ta-
nooga in 1921.
Evening journal., 1920-01-26

Copyright, 1920, by The NJ. C. Syndicate
Evening journal., 1920-01-26
DISCUSS DEMOCRATIC DOGMA

Degradation OF the Democratic
Dogma" a recent publication, was In
terestingly reviewed this morning by
The Rev. Howard T. ouigg, Of Newport,
before the Wilmington Methodist
Preachers Association. The abuse Of
the term democratic" by It's appilca-
ton to everything and anything, was
considered
Walter S. Watson. boys secretary OF
the Y. NJ G. A.. asked the cooperation
OF The association in the campaign
among the younger boys. The Rev. w.
G.. Harris, the Rev. Walter A. Hearn,
and the Rev. Raymond w. Cooke. were
appointed as a committee 10 NEE. with
Mr.. Watson.