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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
CHAPTER l.-contsnusd.

This, then, was Miss Violet Higgles-
by-Browne. saw grim, bony,
stocky shape. In a companion cos
tune to my aunt's. Around the edges
of her cork helmet her short iron-gray
hair yisibly bristled. She had a mas
eive head, and a scanned and rugged
countenance which did Its best to live
down the humiliation OF ridiculous
little nose with no bridge.
But what riveted my eyes was the
deadly glare with which hers we're
turned on me. | saw that not only
was she as certain Of my identity as
though she had guided me from my
first tottering steps, but that In a
flash she had grasped my motives.
aims and purposes, and meant once
for all to face, out-general and defeat
me with great slaughter.
So she announced to the company
with elaboration. 1.-THE Young Per-
son Ia madi"
1t nettied ME extremely.
Mad" flung back at her. BE
cause ] wish TO save my poor aunt
from such a situation as this? 1t
would be charitable to infer madness
In those who have led her into it p
When | reviewed this speech after
ward realized that it was not, under
the circumstances. the best calculated
TO win me friends.
"lanep said Miss Higglesby- Browne
In deep and awful tones, ''the time has
come to prove your strength Y
Aunt Jane proved 1t by uttering
shrill yelp, and clutching her hair
with reckless disregard OF Its hav-
Ing originally been that Of total
stranger SO severe were her shrieks
sand struggles that 1t was with diff
Guilty that she was borne below In the
arms Of two strong men.
had seen Aunt Jane In Mysteries
hefore--she had them that time about
the convict. was not frightened, but
hurried after her--neck and neck
with Miss Browne. 1t was fifteen
minutes before Aunt Jane came to.
and then she would only moan. !
hathed her head, and held her hand,
and did all the regulation things I'M
der the baleful eye of Miss Browne,
who steadfastly refused to go away,
but sat glaring like a g0rgon who
sees her prey about to be snatched
from her,
In the midst Of my ministrati0ns
awoke suddenly to rhythmic heave
and thr0b which pervaded the ship.
Dropping Aunt James hand | rushed
on deck. There lay the various pieces
Of my baggage. and In the distance
the boat with the two brown rowers
was skipping shoreward over the rip
pies. As for the Rufus Smith, she
was under way, and heading out of
the r0adstead for the open sea.
! dashed aft to the captain, who
stood Issuing orders In the voice Of an
aggrieved fog-horn.
"Captain" cried, "wait; turn
around You must put my aunt and
me ashorem
He whirled on me, showing Grim
scD angry face. Turn around, Is It,
turn aroundT he shouted "Do you
suppose can loaf about the harbor
here a-wnitin' on your aunt's fitsY
You come aboard without me askin
Now you can go along with the rest.
This here ship has got her course set
J for Frisco, pickin' up Leeward island
on the way. and anybody that amt
goin' In that direction is welcome to
jump overheard"
That IL how happened to go TO
Leeward island.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

expression { h a I
gou will BIZ grief
stricken" is what
they say of Alvin
III. Owsley, Texas,
newly appointed
director of the
American Legion's
national A m e T.
canism com IN | s.
sion. Mr.. Ows-
ley, who left off
being assistant at
torney general of
the largest state In
the Union to Join
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

Liberty" In patnotic exerclsese.recent-
ly. Beauty experts with varied eSpe-
vience In the A. II. f. were called llpoif'
for their opinion and they. held that
Miss Liberty" had even the heart
breakers of the Latin countries laslied
to the mast, not excepting the painted
ones in the Louvre at Paris.
Miss Worthington is home girl and
was not little embarrassed NJ the
honors the Legion showered upon her
as queen OF the festival She WAS I'M
married at tile last report. alfhouRh
her ,afil has greatly increafed IN vol
unis with those who would alter W.T.
singular conrse.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
APOLLO.

Synopsis.--Jane Harding, respect
able and conservative old spinster
but never too old to think Of
ntarriage--with more money than
brains, Is inyeigled by strong
minded splnster, Miss Higglesby-
Browne into financing an expedition
to hunt for buried treasure on Lee
ward island Her niece, Virginia
Harding, learns of 1t by letter,
makes hurry-up trip to the Pana-
ma Canal and catches the steamer.
She demands her aunt. Another
lunaticv' yells the captain.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

re m oy d from
keeping records
a n d accounting
expenditures. But
the American lie,
gion considered
this recommends
ton when 1t chose
William N. Day,
Great Falls, Mont,
as audis)r of ma
tional finance divi-
sion. He Is still
scoring bulls-eyeS.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
!, POS i dreaaa Countries.

Thex rank il ii American Legion
have bSsn exteis3d INTO the Second
enemy country With the recent forina-
ton Of 4 post in Constantinople. Two
posts are going In Germapy. Service
!, men WITH Nhe Near East relief and the
American tsore,gn Tradesscorroration
m orvaulaing M St~.iboui post. A
charter recently iss NJ 40 q new pos
u TeIa. Spanish II \ o1ras, makes =
otai " u posts ID % foreign eoun'
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

and flashing eyes
Of the Italians
and SpaniartiS-
we've got I b g m
beaten to d e a ( h
W ! I h our own
Americans" de-
clared the Amer
lean Legion Of
Seattle, w a S h.,
in selecting Miss
Helen Worthing-
ton of their city
tn rapracopt aMiSc
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
BEAUTY AS "MIsS LIBERTY"
Seattle Legion Selects Charming Miss
to Serve In Recent Patri-
otie Exercises.

"Taik about the beautiful French
girls and rave about the dark tresses
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
THE SOLDIER AND STATESMAN
Texan Is Newly Appointed Director
Of the Legion's National Amer
icanization Commission.

"He can tell you about an ordi-
nary baseball game in such words and
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
FIRED FAST, HIT THE MARK
auditor OF Legion's National Finance
Division Made Record With
Field Artillery.

A record for fast firing and direct
hits with field artillery, may be far
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
O. Tile O!
AMERICAN
LEGI0N
tCopy for This Department Supplied b,
the American Legion News Service,)

tCopy for This Department Supplied b,
the American Legion News Seryice.)
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

AT least II bands from Missouri
will attend the national convention Of
the American Legion at Kansas City,
October 80, 81 and November /. st.
Louis will send band of 100 p'1 aes.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08

More than 100 movie stars, members
of Hollywood, CAL, post of the Ameri-
can Legion, will attend the reunion
of the Ninety-first division at Los An
geles, September "a and 20.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
By Joseph II. Appellate

FULLY to appreciate this story must
derstand the volunteer fireman; one must
bear in mind that the only pay he ever gets is
that of praise, and that laudation is to him what
catnip is to a cat No one seems to understand
what either gets from either habit. But both
fairly roll in it and that's all there is about it
Just like those the world the fremen
and the cats at Columbia, Pa.
No nobler organization exists anywhere in the
world than the "vamps." It's personnel is COM
posed of the most public-spirited men. They risk
their lives for their fellow-ctizens and sometimes
sacrifice them. They are probably the last re-
naming organization in the country which typi-
fes the spirit Of Americansm and neighborly
heIpfuness that cut the clearing, blazed the trail
and set up the standards of the white mans
civilization on the far-Aung frontiers of an
Indian-infested and dangerous country. Justly
proud are the ~vamps' Of their heritage and
their uniform.
1t was q different kind Of vamp at Columbia
which started the trouble The girls of the town,
who had been bitten by the movie bug and had
set their standards of men and things by what
they saw flashed on the screen, determined to
vamp the local fremen into heroic deeds or have
nothing 10 do with them. And as there was
nothing doing as far as fires were concerned, they
ostracized the smoke-esters and hOnized the
World War veterans much to the bitter envy and
disappointment Of the young fremen Of the town.
It was rather rough the boys Of Vigilart COM
pany OF Columbia, Pa
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
Alleged Firebugs

The men arrested were: George ]. MUIR,
Chester L. Bentley, George ]. Grab Charles R
Reamer, William Hassel0ach, Clayton H. Smith,
Albert Lowery, Harold G.. MUIR, Clayton s. Kiss
and William j. Zegler, the latter the fire COM
pany's driver.
According to Inspector Ryan the ''teams" and
their alleged acts of incendiarism were;
Smith Bentley and G. MUIR, small warehouse
H. MUIR and Albert Lowery, two-story brick
house.
Bentley, Reamer and Grab, three-story brick
building.
HasseIbach and G. MUIR, Union Hotel stable
G. MUIR and Bubb, big garage.
G. MUIR and Kise, warehouse.
G.. MUIR, the Hiram Wilson stable
H. MUIR and Lowery, two-story frame house
Small outbuilding fires are charged to H
MUIR Reamer, Smith, Grab and Lowery in
number.
Most of the fires did considerable damage In
most cases the buildings being Quilted before the
fire fighters" got in action or had a chance to
do the hero stuff.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

IT HOSE toho believe IN the PythagoTean thso-
~ might say that the recent arrest Of 10
freu1en on the charge Of incendiarism at
Colombia, Pa, which placed that small city do'0n
stage IN the public spotlight, just matter
of netempsychosis, and that the soul Of the his
tOrie freblrg, Herostratlts, had merely transmit
grated 10 the men accused Of setting fire to struc
tutres IN their tom 10 give Themselves rep"
heroes Readers doubtless UiH recall that HeTos-
tTatus 10Gs t0hat the vulgar today I0ouId call a
nut" t0ho hGving failed to get his in
seribed in the hall Of fame, sought to t0rite it.
and succeeded-il the annals of irfany, By bum
ing to the ground the beautiful temple of Arts-
mis-, the Greek goddess Of the hunt r0hich
landmark IN the architecture Of the ancient city
of Ephesus.
But, on the contrary, those Vho are not inter-
ested IN things ancient ard psychological toiH tell
you that the l0hole sad affair nothing bat the
logical sequence to The psychology of the voIGn-
teer fremen tohose o1gn efficiency had destroyed
a chance Of playing in the lineIight Of public at
teHtioH These toU 90 eUen further They'll
blame the arrest Of the ten camps" on the girl
v0mps Of Columbia, loho eGged the men Of
VigiIant company to perform those sorry deeds
t0hich haze caused their Incarceration
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

ultimatum. 1t startling awakening. e
fairly stunned the young man and started his mind
working And he ruminated something in this
fashion:
What would be the harm: The fremen would
get there soon enough to prevent injury or loss
of life. And for property loss-why, the in
surance companies are protecting all the business
structures. Why not?"
The suggestion was obvious. II the girls
really wanted fres-and the fapper who had
made the remark represented the coterie in the
city, and. therefore, probably was spokeswoman
for them all-why, by heck! fires they would
have!
1t should here be explained that the remark
of the movie-mad girl had been inspired by a
pretty free discussion of the subject among her
friends, and it not to be otherwise expected
than that other girls should say similar things
to other young vamps.
Suddenly the long-silent fire alarm began to
screech its iron-throated summons Not occa-
sonally this month and that. But every night.
Residences, office buildings, manufactures, be-
gan to 60 up in smoke and peaceful sleep became
as scarce IN that community attentive office
boy in the baseball season. Life was one darned
fire after another, and, in the front pages of the
local newspapers, there began to bloom the names
of heroic liremen, that, when ''vamp" walked
through the streets, his admiring neighbors would
point him out to the uniformed and say:
"See that mani Well, that's so and So the
fireman who made that wonderful rescue of the
mother and baby at last nights fire. Oh, we
have some fire department, I'll sayl'
Thus did youth have its way and thus did the
erstwhile Tilted fire ladies win their way into the
graces Of girls whose kisses were grateful and
whose devotion entire that no one not CARRIED
as ''vamp" had chance with the baby vamps
Of Columbia The park benches groaned with
them, the dim Railways filed with them
these spooning fire heroes and their lady loves
1t was rather costly and risky work, but It
worked! Vulcan made corking Cupid.
Then, one day not long ago, a stranger hap
pened in town, out-at-the-e elbows, fringed-
trouser individual, whose beard was unkempt and
whose whole appearance that of the man who
jaZzed through the high wages of war work and
again tumbled to the bottom of the social scale.
He loitered about street corners, where young
men were wont TO congregate TO hurl peasantries
at passing girls. He frequently ordered to
move on" by the policemen. He openly trapped
butts" with the dexterity of the graduate hobo
Slouching near night the ragged
stranger happened within earshot Of a youth
and girl
you amt hero" said the girl "Why
didn't you get in like Jack and climb up that lad
der instead Of tending to the hose. You let Jack
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
A FIapper's Idea of a Hero

Jaw sayl" CALCULATED one OF the girls to one
Of the firemen who accOsted her on the street to
ask if he might call on her. What kind Of
pal would you make for live girl, anyway? You
are a counterfeit. You strut around in uniform
and never co anything. If you want TO get in
with US girls why don't you rescue someone at a
fire or 60 something to show that you've got the
pep of Wallace Reid. There's man for you'll"
Shifting her gum from one TO t'other cheek
she whisked away.
It was resounding slap in the face. II was
q sort Of Glands not a hero's will never win mine
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
The Stranger Gets Busy

Nor was the stranger hobo seen again that
day, but at midnight, when fire suddenly broke
out in dwelling the centre of the city, and
not far from the home of the youth who had been
talking that afternoon with the girl, he re-
appeared He quite a busy person. it was
noted, assisting the iremen to the point Of per-
sonal danger, much so that a rescue party
long in the burning house, in the basement room
where the fire had started They found him. did
these heroic fremen, his hands and knees He
apparently had been overcome by the smoke
Anyway, il was so thick in there that they did
not see the quick motion with which he stuffed
something into his pOcket-somethng that was
charred and gave off the strong odor of kero-
sene oil
After that the hobo was at every fire. The
smoke-eaters got to know him. They really ap-
preciated his help. Once, he too was mentioned
in the account OF local newspaper as an "un-
it noticed. that the tramp, whose converse
ton led some to remark that he had "seen better
days." got speaking terms with the girls, who
made him quite confdant of their love secrets,
he engaging and interesting in his con-
versation, despite his shabbness.
This continued for several weeks until one
afternoon, body Of state troopers logged into
town. They were led by a man in uniform who
strangely resembled the ragged stranger. Be-
fore they left they had served warrants on ten
Of the "vamps," charging them with arson. Two
Of the fremen for whom they had warrants got
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

away. Then, having cleaned up his case, In
spectOr Thomas S. Ryan OF the arson squad Of
the state constabulary, went out on another
case, taking his ragged clothes and his fringed
trousers and his convertible coat and soft hat
with him. But before he went away, he said;
1T was the strangest case l ever worked on
knew it was incendiarism from the very outset,
but the utter lack Of robbery along with 1t puz-
zled me. Then l overheard the conversation be-
tween the girl and the fremen and everything be-
came clear I followed that that day and
later Swallowed him to the house where he started
the fire. l let him go the limit because, in the
eyes Of the law, a conspiracy must go so far IN
order to come within the meaning Of the statutes.
Then got the burned, oil-soaked rag and pro-
ceeded to do the thing in several other cases.
''The fremen worked in twos and threes and
sometimes fOurs. In most instances it the
love Of the girls that inspired them to make the
fires. But in two cases. where older men
were involved, they merely did it TO show Off
the efficiency of the fre-hghting force"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

carry that woman down the ladder MINI "
when you should have done it your EHNMNNN
self You're bunk, you arel" EWMMNNN
"All right, Mollie but you wait kMWNMMT
until the next ire!" replied the NNNNNM&
civilian-dressed fireman. [NNNNNMW
"And when is that2" asked the MNNNN
girl, aippantly nv
The youth whispered to her and
the girl laughed
Presently the man left the girl and the rag
ged one stumbled along behind. The youth turned
the corner. Then, suddenly, the shadow" dis
appeared and instead. a well-dressed man with
soft hat and tightly buttoned coat followed the
fireman. Had the wind been particularly strong
that day it would have revealed that the lining
OF the fine looking coat was quite tatteredI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
Loss IS USUAL in
STATE CONTROL IS
CHARGE in DEBATE
French Parliament RECALLED With
History of Adventures Which
Ended In Loss

Paris, April 29.-Charges that the
French government usually suffers
a loss in its business ventures were
made in recent debates in Parliament
Ii was asserted that the governments
operations of the state railroad, post :
office, telephone and telegraph lines.
the gasoline monopoly and its sale of
American and French supplies left
over from the war, were all unbus~
mess like, and the cause of heavy bal
ances on the wrong side of the ledger
The state railroads estimated def
cit for 1921 is given in the budget as
the equivalent of $59, 100000 Every
time the state railway receives 100
trancs,' says the Senate Public
Works Commission, the taxpayer
must take 81 francs out his pocket
to balance the railroads accounts. a"
Operation of posts, telegraphs and
telephones calls, in the budget, for a
deficit of about $44 ,S02 900.
Government trade in gasoline-a
monopoly held over from the war
was said in the Chamber has been
GlSllHB INC SJdIe pl,lH0,UUU H1OHtHlJ.
The government has on hand eight
months supply, bought on a higher
market and worth now on the worlds
market. according to oil experts.
about $150,O00,OO0 less than it cost.
Twenty thousand employees of the
posts, telegraphs and telephones, ac-
cording to a senate commissions re-
port, were ordered discharged after
the war, at the insistent suggestion
of parliament, in order to give their
old places to war veterans. The gov
eminent, the report continues, gave
them from 400 to 600 francs each,
when discharging them as temporary
employees and then, according to an
imaginative conversation recited in
the senate by Senator Pelissee, the
government said to the employees:
What would you say If l were to
keep you, beginning tomorrow as
substitute workers. You will get the
same wages. Do you accept?'
Yes" replied the discharged en-
ployes, "but must we give back the
bonus?"
'Oh, no. answered the government
That would not be generous. You
have the bonus. Keep it. You are
discharged but remain with u.s.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
CROPS IMPROVED
BY LOCAL RAINS
LAST FEW DAYS

Gainesville, May 17.-1ocal show
ers during the past week improved
the general crop condition of the
state, while some of the paintings
were still badly in need of rain, ac-
cording to the Federal Bureau of Crop
Estimates in its weekly review of crop
conditions in Florida for the week
ending May IA. Rain is badly needed
over the citrus belt, the review says.
The Central Florida tomato crop will
be light because of drouth.
The condition of corn was reported
as fair to good. EARLY paintings are
tasseling.
Harvesting of oats is well advanced
with the yields light
Growth OF cotton is slow Warmer
weather is needed
Harvesting of Irish potatoes is
practically over. The sweet pGtatp
acreage planted today is small on ac-
count of dry weather
Condition of the early hay crops is
below usual over most of the state,
the review reports.
Tobacco is being harvested in Pas
co county. Insect damage to the crop
is increasing in North Florida.
Growers of the citrus belt are pre-
pairing to spray for white fly
Peaches are moving from Central
Florida but the fruit is small because
of dry weather
The stand of sugar cane il good
but the growth has been slow
Watermelon fields were reported
free of disease but the truck is need
ing rain.
ed as somewhat below usual Some
fine stock is going out to Pig Club
boys.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
SENATOR OFFERS TO AID
SERVICE MEN GET MEDAL

Washington, May 16.-If any of the
boys from Florida who served in tho
army, navy or marine corps and who
Pave not received their Victory Medal
will send their discharge certificate,
4 certified copy or a photostatic copy
thereof to Senator Park Trammell he
will see that the medal to which they
are entitled is mailed to them. If
there are any errors in the service
record as shown on the discharge GER
tificate of any of those who apply for
this medal and they will make a note
of such error a correction of same
will be made.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
PRICES In HOLLAND
HIGHER THAN In u. S.

West Palm Beach May 17.-Flori-
dams need to go to Holland to learn
about the high cost of living. accord
ing to q. van Munster a former resi-
dent of West Palm Beach, who has
Just returned after two years resi-
dence in The Netherlands.
In Holland, Mr.. Munster said. one
pays 40 cents pound for sugar $1.70
ii pound Fl butter, $50 for an ordinary
pair of shoes. and rents are proper
tionately high On the other hand
wages and salaries are little better
than they are here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
ST. PETE EXPECTS BIGGER
BUILDING BOOM THAN EVER

st. Petersburg, May 16.-Construc
ton of buildings here this summer
will be on a larger scale than ever
before in the history of the city,
every freight train for weeks having
brought in large quantities of build
ing materials. Two trains over the
Atlantic Coast Line last week brought
eighty-four solid carloads of lumber.
cement, brick and other materials,
enc having 40 cars and the other A.
These shipments ran up building ma
terial receipts here during the week
to more than 100 carloads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-18
BILL OFFERED TO SECURE
FEDERAL DRAINAGE AID

Washington. May 16.-Hon Park
Trammell today introduced in the
senate a bill which provides for fed
eral cooperation and financial assis-
lance in providing for the reclama~
ton of overlooked and arid land. In
brief Senator Trammell's measure
provides a means whereby the United
States can assist in promoting the
Everglades and other drainage pro-
jects in Florida the same as the gov
eminent has heretofore aided the ir-
rigation projects of the west.