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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30
@ORIENTAl GOODS"

Synopsis. - Captain Phineas p.
ecraggs has grown up around the
docks Of San Francisco. and from
mess boy on a river steamer. risen
10 the ownership OF the steamer
Maggie. Since each annual in
spection promised to be the last of
the old weatherbeaten vessel,
6craggs naturally has some DIM
Guilty In securing a crew. When
the story opens. Adelbert p. Glib
ney. likable, but erratic. a man
whom nobody but Scraggs would
hire. Is the skipper. Neils Halvor-
sen. a solemn Swede, constitutes
the forecastle hands. and Bart Nc
Guffey, a wastrel OF the Gibney
type, reigns In the engine room.
With this motley crew and his an
cient vessel. Captain Scraggs is
engaged in freighting garden
truck from Halfmoon bay to San
Francisco. The inevitable happens:
the Maggie goes ashore In a fog.
A passing vessel halling the wreck,
Mr.. Gibney gets word to towing
company In San Francisco that the
ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince,
with promise of a rich salvage.
Two tugs succeed In pulling the
Maggie into deep water. and she
slips her tow lines and gets away
In the fog. Furious at the decep-
ton practiced on them, Captains
Hicks and F1aherty, commanding
the two tugboats. ascertain the
identity of the Yankee Prince"
al "a - IL
facts become known along the wa
ter front. determine on personal
vengeance. Their hostile visit to
the Maggie results in Captain
6craggs promising to get a new
boiler and make needed repairs to
the steamer. Scraggs refuses to
fulfill his promises and Gibney and
McGuffey strike" With marvel
Gus luck. Scraggs ships a fresh
crew. At the end of few days
of wild conviviality Gibney and
McGuffey are stranded and seek
their old positions on the Maggie.
They are hostilely received. but re-
main. On their way to San Fran
cisco they sight a derelict and Glib
ney and McGuffey swim to II. The
derelict proves to be the Chesa-
peake. richly laden. its entire crew
stricken with scurvy. Scraggs at
tempts to tow her in, but the Mag
gle Is unequal to the task and Glib
ney and McGuffey. alone. sail the
ship to San Francisco. their sal
wage money amounting to 1900
apiece. His crew having deserted
him. Captain Scraggs induces them
to return. At an 'old horse" sale
the three purchase two mysterious
boxes which they believe to con-
tain Nsmuggled Oriental goods"
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an upturned fire bucket, smoking PEN
sively and gazing across the bay with
an assumption Of lamblike innocence
on his fox face.
He soon departed. but Mr.. Gibney
was suspicious. Hes got his lines
fast somewhere-you can bank on
that" was his comment. while we
was away he rugged up some kind Of
deal, Bart. II stands to reason 1t
was mighty profitable deal. too.
My Imagination may be q bit of the
course at times, Bart, but In general.
II there's a dead whale hoatin' around
the ship l can smell It."
what do you make out o that fat
Chinaman cruisin' down the bulkhead
In an express wagon an another China
man settin' up on the bridge with
himf" McGuffey demanded. Seems
to me they're comm, bows on, for the
Maggie"
They tell me to deduct somethin'.
Bart. Wait q minute TIL we see II
they're comm aboard. II they are"
They're gcin' to make q landin',
Glib"
then l deduct that this body
snatchin' Scraggs-"
They're boardin' as, Glib"
"-has arranged with yon fat China
man to relieve us O the unwelcome
presence Of his defunct friends. He's
gone an hunted up the relatives an
made 'em come across-that's wha
he's done. The dirty, low, schemn
granddaddy Of all the foxes In Chris
tendon! I'll fish around an see wha
figger Scraggs charged him." and Mr.
Gibney stepped to the rail to NEE
Gin Seng, for 1t was indeed he.
"Sow-see, sow-see, hun-gay," MI
Gibney saluted the Chinaman In
facetious ettempt to talk the latter
, language. "Hello. there. John China
I man. How's your liverf Captain h
E allie same get tired; he no waite'
3 wha's mallah, John. Too long tim
, you no come. You heap lazy all time.
Gin Seng smiled his bland, inscrut,
q BILE Chinese smile. "You ketchum NV
China boy in boxY' he queried.
4 eve have" doomed McGuffey, "al
beautiful specimens they be-"
"No money, no China boy" Chine
q added firmly
"Money have got. Too muchee mo-
Il ey you wantee. No can do. Me pa
n two hundred dollah. Five hundred dc
W lab heap muchee. No have got"
y "Nothin' doin', John. Five hundr'
" dollars an not q penny less. Put ,
m the dough or beat It."
m Gin Seng sxpostulated. lied, evade
. and al but wspt but Mr.. 0ibney "
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"The job that confronts Ne
10 to get these munitions down
to our friends in Mexico"
ro BE CoNTINuED)
MIND HYPNoTlzED BY SIGNS
One Rsassn Why City Man Faiis 70
Familiarixs Himself With the
TeWn's landmarks.

"Do you know why II 10 - hard to
keep landmarks In your head In the
city these daysr' asked the old
timer.
ut Is something that has bothered
me a great deal. can remember that
up TO ten or twenty years ago never
had any trouble remembering that on
such and such a corner was . three
story building with . wabbly tin
cornice. On another corner was Q
yellow warehouse, etc.
"But a fellow doesn't remember
these things any more unless he makes
II a duty. ! mean that the mind 10
no lenger impressed geographically
with the appearance Of buildings-or
vacant lots.
1.-The reason Is the advertising signs
that assault the eye wherever one
looks. Tho letters of the alphabet are
10 familiar 10 the eye that when we
see a sign the eye at once begins trac.
ing the letters. This doesn't mean
that we read all these signs. Our eye
Is Just unconsciously attracted to the
familiar type-and this type Is ab0u,
all II sees on building or a vacan,
lot.
81 don't refer only to sign boards
The merchants nowadays, particular,
the smaller merchants, fll their win
dOws with signs OF all descriptions
The names Of the stores are lettere,
all across buildings. The result 4
we remember neither building no
sign"
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CHAPTER vIi-continued.

For an hour Mr.. Gibney sat on the
Stern bits and ruminated over few
advantageous plans that had occurred
60 him for the investment of his share
u the deal should Scraggs and Nc
GufEey succeed in landing what Mr..
0ibney termed "the loot" About eleven
o'clock an express wagon drove in on
ne dock, and the mates dreams were
uaeasantly interrupted by a gleeful
mont from Captain Scraggs, on the
lookout forward with the driver. Nc
0uffey sat on top Of the two cases
With his legs dangling over the end
- the wagon. He was the picture Of
e0ntentment.
Mr. Gibaey hurried forward, threw
sut the gangplank, and assisted Nc
0ufrey In carrying both crates aboard
ne Maggie and into her little cabin.
Captain Seraggs thereupon dismissed
ne expressman, and all three part.
ners gathered around the dining room
nble, upon which the boxes rested.
well. Scraggsy, old pal. old scout
ed socks, see you've delivered the
goods" said Mr.. Gibney, batting thu
skipper across the cabin with an affec
senate slap on the shoulder.
Il did," said Scraggs curset
ur. Gibney's demonstrativeness
Here's the bill O sale all regular
McGuffey has the change. That buncl
= isrselites run tn price up to 500
zach OF these two crates O ginseng
but when they see we're determine
% have 'em an amt interested
nothin' else. they let's 'e,n go to u
McGuffey, my dear boy. whatever al
yOu a-dOin' there-standin' arOur
with your teeth In your MOUTH SIX
SOwn into tn engine room and bril-
% BANNER an col chisel. We
open her up an inspect tn swag-"
Upon McGuffey's return, Mr.. Gibn
uOok charge. He drove the chisel u
der the lid of the nearest crate. a.
prepared to pry II loose. Sudden
be paused. A thought had occurr
30 him.
Gentlemen" he said tMcGuff
nodded his head approvlngly). I'll
world Ii full O. sOrrers an disappOil
nents, an II may well be that the
two cases don't contain even so mu
o. q smell o. ginseng after all.
may be that they are really Oyien
goods What want distinctly und
stood Is this: no matter what's insi
We share equally In the profits. ey
\ they turn out to he losses. Tha
understood 90 agreed to, ant lit"
Captain Scraggs and Mctiuffey in
eated that It was.
~There's q element o. mystery abb
tAsse two boxes" continued Mr..
~, .that fascinntes me. They .
~ imagination a-workin' an jogl
- III NY sportin' instincts. N
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oocurzfe ana e-eetnzRy me Cnins
nan paid over the money and departed
with the remains Of his countrJDsa-
I knew he'd come through. Bart
Mr.. Gibney declared. They got to
ship them stifs 10 China TO rest along
side their ancestors or be 10 Dutch
with the sperrits O. the departed for
ever after"
DO We have 70 split this svag with
that dirty seraggsr McGuney wanted
to know. -Seein' as how he tried to
give rs the double cross"
-we1i fx Scraggsy-all ship-shaps
an legal SOS he won't have no come
back"
They had not long to wait. Upon
his arrival al Gin Songs place Of busi-
ness Captain scraggs had been In
formed that Gin seng had gone out
twenty minutes before, and further In
quiry revealed that he had departed
In an express wagon. Consumed with
misgfvings Of disaster, Scraggs re-
turned to the Maggie as fast as the
cable car and his legs could carry him.
In the cabin he found Mr.. Gibney and
McGuffey playing cribbage. They laid
down their hands as Scraggs entered.
Mr. Gibney began at once: ITO
show you what a funny world this Is.
while me an Bart's settin' on deck
a-waitin' for you to come back, along
breezes q fat old Chinaman In an ex-
press wagon an offers to buy them two
cases of Oriental goods. He makes me
an Mac what we considers 4 fair
offer. Lemme see, now" he continued,
and got out a stub Of lead pencil with
which he commenced figuring on the
white oilcloth table cover. 1--WE paid
twenty dollars for them two derelicts
an dollar towage. That's twenty
one dollars, an third o. twenty-one
Is seven, an seven dollars from twen-
ty-fve leaves eighteen dollars comm
to you. Here's your eighteen dollars,
Scraggsy. you lucky old vagabond-all
clear profit on neat days work, no
expense, no investment, no back break
in interest charges or overhead, an
sold out al your own fgger"
Captain Scraggs' face was a study
In conflicting emotions as he raked In
the eighteen dollars. Thanks, Glib"
he said frigidly.
ME an GIBBS goin' ashore for lunch
at the Marigold cafe," McGuffey an
nounced presently, in order to break
the horrible silence that followed
Scraggsy's crushing defeat "Pm will.
In to spend some O. my profits on the
deal an blow you to lunch with q
small bottle O Dago Red thrown In
How about 1t, Scraggs?"
I'm on" Scraggs sought to throw
of his gloom and appear sprightly
"What'd you peddle them two cadavers
for, Gib?"
Mr.. Gibney grinned broadly, but did
not answer. In effect, his grin in
formed Scraggs that that was none OF
the latter's business-and Scraggs as
simulated the hint. well, at any rate
Glib, whatever you soaked him, 1t wal
a mighty good sale an l congratulate
you. tHinh IueDUe L mlSul Hd uOHt
little better myself, but then 4
amt every day a Teller can turn ar
eighteen-doflar trick on corpse"
Comm to lunch with us? McGuf
fey demanded.
"Sure. Wait a minute till rur
forward an see II the lines Is all fast.
He stepped out of the cabin ant
/ presently Gibney and McGuffey wer'
conscious Of a rapid succession o
thuds on the deck. Gibney winked q
McGuffey.
Mother new hat gone to HI" muir
INJURED McGuffey.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30

Patrolmen of Salt Lake were asked
to cooperate with the city board OF
education in it's endeavors to enforce
the alien education law. Any aliens
who have failed to register for Ameri-
canization classes will be instructed to
do 81 Mr.. Gillian estimated that the
500 Aliens who have registered repre-
sent from one-half to two-thirds of the
total number in Salt Lake who come
under the now law.
James Nikopolous, who has been in
the county Jail at Salt Lake awaiting
trial for the murder of George Kallas,
has been released under $500 bond. The
bail was secured from his relatives, and
Nikopoius went to live at the home of
que of his brothers in Salt Lake.
The new federal highway act is vast
~ more Of an innovation in the western
or public kss.d states THAN it is in states
mage.
AT meeting of the board of eduea-
ton Of the South Sanpete school dis
trict arrangements were completed for
the building Of four new school build
iHgs in the district, and an architect
was instructed to prepare the plans
DO erected at Ephraim, two at Manu-
and one at Mayfield. The totsi cos
Will be approximately 100000.
The speedy return Of prosperity to
the United States In geaerai and 10
each state as unit depends In large
measure upon the success Of the arms
limitation conference, for a successful
oatcome Of The arms conference means
restoration OF the business Of the
world. Is Governor Mabeys impression
after returning from the governors
conference IA Charleston, 5. G.
delegation Of Ephraim citizens met
b the stnte road c0ImlisSiOR In the
|
designated by way Of Nepki canyon,
Sanpete and Sewer counties, and Clear
Creek canyon. by this route tourists
come in contact with approximately
$500 people. whereas, II designated by
way OF Holden and Scipio. only 1900
people would receive benefit.
80
The state road commission office
Nsce has completed plans Oh the fe'l'
eral aid project from Leyan to Chicken
Creek dam, In Millard county. This IS
for a grave, surfacing on this road,
DO. miles long and IS feet wide. The
contract, 1t is expected. will be ready
for advertising within the near future
~ estimated that the work will e0s'
In the nsighbghood OF $4,000.
? An Interesting thing to make note o'
IN that statistics tell rs that the "droT
outs" from the schools furnish most OF
the criminals. 40 1t would seem tina
: the most expensive Things in the worl'
, are Ignorance and lack OF ideals.
Corporations traHsacting business u
the state OF Utah are now renistt'n'
% II. ~ Crockett, secretary OF stat
an average of 5000 to $1,000 per ca
: us the l,canse which they must pay IN
state Il hoy desare TO continue p'~
:. mesa,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30
Inuratitude Always Monstrous.

Ingratitude is monstrous; and for
the multitude to be ungrateful were to
make monster Of the multitude
Shakespeare.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-30
BRIDGE Cable Woven In Place.

The eighteer-inch cable Of the
Brooklyn bridge was woven In place
II would have been practically i'm,
possible to MOIST II - its pcspeaA
position vAAM eompleeA
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26

DeBeque and warked as a section hand.
He was laid off with another man,
William @. Ross, who had been his
''buddie" on the gang.
Beaton borrowed SIS from Thompson
on the night of January s, he said, and
both he and Ross saw big roll Of
greenbacks when Thompson granted
the loan.
Ross, Beaton declared, suggested that
they lay for Thompson and rob him.
They made their plans, and the next
morning Beaton and Ross followed
Thompson down the track.
Beaton struck him heavy sandbag
he had made and Thompson fell in the
snow unconscious.
Beaton took Thompson's money, and
then Ross stepped up with club and
struck the unconscious man several
blows on the head, Beaton said. Both
men then oiled the body over a cliff to
the ice on the river below.
Beaton said he gave Ross $50 with
which to buy ticket. They planned
to meet in Glenwood Springs the next
day, and Beaton started out on foot,
but was overtaken by a posse.
Ross, trying to throw of suspicion,
went to the scene of the murder when
Thompson was found by friends, help
ed bring the body to town, and helped
to hunt for Beaton.
Then he was arrested.
As the prisoner told his story he
sobbed aloud. He said his mother died
when he was fourteen years old and
his father little later. He went to
war when seventeen. His only relative
is sister, 1s years old. The district
attorney, in his plea to the jury, asked
that the defendants life might be
spared, so Beaton "would have time to
make peace with God,' and that his
service in France should not be forgot
ten. He recommended life .imprison-
ment at hard labor. A few minutes
later Foreman Harry Kissinger of the
jury reported the verdict.
William Ross is held in Jail here,
charged as an accomplice in the crime.
He will be tried here at the next term
Of court, when Beaton will be brought
from the penitentiary to testify. He
is about 40 years old and has served a
ten-year term in the Arizona peniten-
tiary.
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR
FOR "CLEAN-UP" WEEK
To the Citizens of Glenwood Springs,
Colorado:

To the Citizens of Glenwood Springs,
Colorado:
The civic body of Glenwood Springs
has determined upon "clean up and
paint up" week, beginning April 18th,
during which time it is expected that
the good people of this city will zee
to it that all rubbish, trash and un-
slightly material will be cleaned up and
piled in the streets and alleys, so that
the city scavenger may remove the same
to the dump ground; and that the res
licences and outbuildings to be painted
this spring will receive their coatings
during the week mentioned.
Acting under direction Of the City
Council, I, @. W. Darrow, Mayor Of the
City of Glenwood Springs, do hereby
declare the week beginning April 18th,
1921, to "clean up and paint up week"
and call upon the good citizens of this
city to put forth their best efforts to
bring about the result desired by clean
ing up their own premises and adjoin-
ing lots and to paint their improve
ments as above suggested.
G. W. DARROw,
Mayor.
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26

been visiting Mrs. Hollingsworth q
daughte, Mrs. Walter Bruce, Of New
Castle.
Mrs. John Collins Of Raven was in
town last Saturday and visited over
night with Miss Anna Holley.
Miss Lula Williams, teacher in the
Divide Creek school, spent last Satuf-
day in Glenwood.
Get the spirit, neighbor. Be ready 10
do your part in the big "clean up and
paint up" campaign which Glenwooi
will soon put on. It is work that il
much needed, and in which you should
not hesitate to do your part.
y y y
A very interesting case was heard in
the district court this week entitled
W. s. Ellison VS.. W. P. Young, involv-
ing lease and contracted sale from E-
lison TO Young of tract of land in
the Roam creek country. Ellison appa-
rently tired Of the bargain and he re-
plevined the cows and some other prop
erty covered in the contract, and the
case is now on to determine the rights
of property and the legal rights of the
litigants. The case has not yet been
argued by the attorneys.
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
RIFLE NEWS.

P. J. sinele was called to Grand
Junction Tuesday night as witness on
a water case at that place.
80
Mrs. James Ewers, who has been quite
sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Brown, Of Rifle Creek, is very
much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ewers moved in
the latter part Of last week from Di-
vide Creek and have taken light house.
hoping rooms at the J. r. Milne homo.
Mrs. John Stauffer and baby arrived
1A1Rsday night from Idaho and expect
to make an extended visit with Mrs.
Stanffer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M.
Jennings.
in Tuesday night from Fort Collins,
where John has been attending school.
Mrs. Emma Heaton is expected homo
from Watson, Utah, about April l.
E. Prefontaine' was able to return to
Rifle Sunday night on No. from
Grand Junction, where he has been re-
eeiving medical treatment.
~
Mrs. Carl Wood and baby came in
Tuesday night from Loveland and are
visiting at the home Of Mrs. Woods
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Green.
Elsie Peck has been on the sick list
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Wittwer are
proud of a new boy which arrived at
their home Sunday night. DR.. LeRos-
rignol reports everyone doing nicely.
The Circle ladies gave the w. o. W.
quite a surprise Tuesday night at the
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
GRAND JUNCTION Ex.soLpIER
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE

GRAND JUNCTION, March 21.-
Clifford o. Beaton, 81 years old, for
mer soldier, with an eighteen months
record on the firing line in France un-
der the American flag, must serve a
life sentence in the penitentiary ut
Canon City for the murder Of Samuel
Thompson, railroad man, at Dialogue
the morning Of January 8.
Beaton took the stand in his own
defense this morning. After q few
questions by District Attorney Lee W.
Burgess, the defendant broke down and
wept bitterly.
He sobbed out his story, telling how
he deserted at Camp Pike after having
quarrel with an officer. He came to
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
CORRESPONDENCE;

l. o. o. F. hall, marching in ON them
at the close of their lodge. Dainty re-
freshments were served by the ladies
and a social time enjoyed until about
midnight.
G. B. Coffin left Monday for Denver,
where he attended Mr.. Callicott's fu-
neral on Tuesday. He expected 10 be
gone about . week or ten days.
Miss Josephine Cook was given .
surprise party by her friends Saturday
night, the occasion being her seven
teenth birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cook and children
came in Saturday from their ranch at
Rio Blanco. Mr.. Cook went on to VOL
colt Saturday afternoon ON No. 16,
while Mrs. Cook and the children re-
turned to the ranch Monday.
The G. A. R. ladies had quite good
attendance at the lunch they served At
the Odd Fellows hall from 4 until 4,
last Saturday afternoon.
80
Miss Garston, Miss Harvey, Irene
Stauffer and Alma Boor were among
those who attended the Y. W. @. A.
convention at Grand junction last Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday.
James MeLearn, Jr., was able to re-
turn home from Glenwood last Saturday
on No. is.
Mrs. Herman Eiche and two children
were Grand Valley visitors a couple of
days the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cayton left on
Wednesday Tor their home at Mesa.
The Rife Reading Club met with
Mrs. Herbert Starker Wednesday after
noon. This was the clubs "guest"
day, so each member had the privilege
of inviting guest.
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
Personals

Mrs. B. H. Spence and two children
returned to their home at Divide creek
Tuesday, after spending several weeks
in Glenwood at the j. S. Woody home,
little Freddie Spence being confined here
with broken leg. The little patient
is now very much improved.
y X y
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. Woody motored
to Silt Tuesday and spent several hours.
y y y
The members of the Sunshine Club
were delightfully."- entertained Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry
Mcmillan on Blake avenue.
y - -
Mrs. Ed Claussen was in town Tues
day night from her home in New Cas-
tie en- route to her former home in
Carbondale for . short stay.
y = y
Mrs. George J. Mayer and Miss Jane
Darrow spent last Saturday and Sun
day in Grand Junction attending the
Y. W. @. A. conference held at that
place. They report . most interesting
and enjoyable meeting.
y = -
George J. Mayer, principal Of the
high school, went to Basalt last satur.
day, giving another evenings enter
tainment Of chalk talks and imperson.
ations.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Crane, who have
had charge Of the rooming house over
the Mccoy Holland garage, left Tuesday
morning for Grand Junction, whore
they will make their home. Mrs. j.
H. Campbell has taken over the room.
ing house.
Mrs. Ida Hollingsworth and son, who
have made their home in Glenwood for
the past several years, passed through
here Monday evening On route to Cal
ifornia, where they will make their
home with Mrs. Hollingsworth's two
sons Warren and Irwin. They had
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
Settled at Last.

Following the performance of Hamlet
by an old transforming actor in a
small western city, the local paper car
ried the following criticism:
"The performance Of Hamlet last
night by the distinguished tragedian,
-- settles for all time the
vexatious controversy as to Whether
Shakespeare or Bacon wrote the plays
generally accredited to the former.
Let the graves of both be opened at
once. The one that turned over last
night is the real author. Farm and
Parnch.
The Glenwood post., 1921-03-26
Starting Right.

Willis told my wife we must be-
gin to economize, and that she must
Keep account of the household expen-
sss.''
Gillis-"ls she doing iti"
Wlllis0'She has made a start. She
has bought two hundred and -ffty-dol-
lar desk, = Observation-Disclosures fling
cabinet, and has ordered seven hun
dred-and -ffty-d dollar adding machine. {"
Life.