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The Holbrook news., 1921-06-17
Reducing U. s. Debt.

Washington.-A reduction of $42,- S23, ,1S4 in the public debt during May has been announced by the treasury. On April 30 the total gross debt stood at $23, ,995, ,564, ,776, as compared with $23, 3,952, 741, 1892 May 31. Redemption of treasury certificates of indebtedness was mainly responsible for the reduc- tion, treasury officials explained
 During the eleven months of the present fiscal year, the treasury said, public debt disbursements aggregated $7,576OOO,OOO, compared with S7,2S4. 100000 during the corresponding months last year, leaving a net reduc- ton in the public debt for the fiscal year to date of $342, 100000.
 The report of the governments fl nances for May showed ordinary re- ceipts aggregating $224.OO0,0OO, which was $145, 100000 less than ordinary disbursements. This compared with ordinary disbursements of S25S. 100000 in May a year ago. For the eleven months ordinary receipts were $4.475.- 100000, which was S220,O0O,O0O in ex- cess of ordinary disbursements. Ordi- nary receipts during the corresponding period last year were $5,339, 100000
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condltion That Invites Plague.

The bubonic plague abounds in places where the sanitary conditions are bad, sometimes in the mountains, wherever the drainage is poor. the air foul. the soil saturated with filth, and the houses mean and overcrowded. Those who use proper hygienic precau- tions are not likely to get the disease. those who live amid good or relatively good sanitary surroundings have sell dom been it's victims. It is a germ disease. Rats and other rodents are one of the chief means of it's communi- cation. Preventive measures consist in destroying rats. and ground squir- rels which also carry the germ-bearing flea, in examining all passengers and baggage from suspected ports. in de stroying or disinfecting with live steam all suspicious clothing, bedding and merchandise. and in applying an emulsion of kerosene oil to all furni- ture which is likely to harbor feas.
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"See; touch me. You thought I was dead?"
(To BE CONTINUED
BEING FAT IS REAL TRAGEDY
To Modern Woman It Is Worry That Frequently Leads to Ruined
 Health and Insanity.

A fat man is usually jolly sort of an individual who accepts the world as the same sort of a joke as the world considers him. Girth, says the New York Sun, may worry man oc- casionally because it is an annoyance, but with the modern woman it verges upon tragedy. As physicians-if they would talk freely-can tell you, 1t is worry to them that frequently leads to ruined health, insanity or the grave.
 It is possible for a man to grow fat gracefully. At least he can sub due his habits, stop running for trains, give up his golf and spend most of his time in ponderous poses. His tailor can easily arrange his clothing into well-known and accept ed lines.
 The case of the woman is different. Fashion, binds her as with chain. There are no stylish frocks for stout women. The fashion of today calls for slim figures and trim ankles. Waists and hips are taboo. There are no sleeves capable of concealing over fieshed arms Man can adapt his clothes to his figure. but woman must adapt her figure to the clothes, or else shamelessly admit that she cannot wear what is fashionable.
 It was not always so. In another generation the stout woman had well defined place-the 'dowager type" 1t was sometimes called. The woman who made the best biscuits and cooked the most savory chicken was always a rotund sort of person who never minded it when people came unexpectedly around dinner time. She was the one children flocked to for sympathy and the one who seemed to make the world brighter wherever she went.
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testing the placing of each foot in fear of some pitfall. He could neither judge time nor distance, yet it was long before light came into the sky, when he finally cIambered over rocK barrier across the path, and came upon a shelf of stone, the left wall of this strange cavern abruptly disap- bearing Fearful of what precipice might yawn there, as soon as he again attained his feet Shelby flattened him. self against the one rock front remain ing, scarcely daring to venture for ward more than an inch or so at a time. A few feet brought him to the caves mouth, a mere hole, scarcely wide or high enough to receive his body. He explored the black interior to the length of his arms. finding it larger within than at the entrance. She insisted there was no danger and the silence seemed to prove the place contained no inhabitant. Doubtless the open shelf of rock would be ex- posed to view from the valley below discovery he must creep in out of sight.
 This was accomplished without diff ficulty, the floor being fairly level, and the roof rising so tEat he could almost stand erect. Shelby explored every inch of the space, knife in hand, and not entirely satisfied until the task was completed. It was only box of place, less than fifteen feet long, and perhaps half as wide, narrowing at the top, as though in some great cataclysm of past ages two masses of rock had been hurled together, leaving this little jog between. It was hot in there, and Shelby, dragging after him the bag of provisions, removed his coat. A few moments later he rolled it into the form of a pillow, and lay down, staring up at the black vault.
 He could think now. recall all that had occurred so swiftly. and weave this and that together. He had acted recklessly; there was no doubt of that. No one but blind fool would have ever ventured alone into this place to free a prisoner. He should have ridden to Ponca, and called upon his friends for help; perhaps he might even have been able to obtain the services of troop of cavalrymen from the fort down below-the major knew him and would believe his story. Why hadn't he done this? Why had he been so rash, and bull-headed2 The an- swer flashed into his mind, as though some voice had spoken-it was love of Olga Carlynl He knew it instant ly; made no further effort to deceive himself Lying there in that black silence. staring blindly upward. he saw the woman again as plainly as though in the f1esh-saw her, and knew that he loved her. Hefeyesy smiled at him.. with such wistfulness in their depths; there was nothing sullen about her ex- pression any longer; she was all wom- an, and-he loved her.
 He covered his eyes with an arm. and rolled over. God! wasn't there anything he could do but wait? He felt wild to act; to accomplish some thing; to strike some definite blow in her behalf. His wifel She was his wife-Olga Carlyn! It meant much to him now. How deathly still 1t was; how terribly dark. He felt hot and stifled there in the cave, yet did not move, or change his position, and so he finally fell asleep.
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Citizens Training Camps.

Two Citizens military training camps will be held in the Eighth corps area during the summer-one at Fort Logan, near Denver, Colo, from Aug ust to 30, of which Col Paul A. Wolf. Ninth infantry, will be the command ant, the other at Camp Travis, near San Antonio, Texas, from July 15 to August IA, of which Brig. Gen. Han sen E. Ely, U. S. A., will be command ant Both these officers had notable service during the World war and both are eminently fitted to conduct a citi- zens' military training camp, and both are heartily with plans and purposes of such camps. Attendance at these camps will be limited to approved ap- plicants between the ages of 16 and 33 years, of average intelligence, of good moral character and in good physical condition. and generally will be limited to candidates living within 200 miles of the camp, although a few residing at greater distance will be authorized to attend. Civilians who are author ized to attend these camps will not re- ceive any pay for attendance thereat, but will receive free all necessary uni form, clothing, food and shelter, med ical attention, arms and ammunition. equipment and railroad transportation from their homes to the camp and re- turn.
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CHAPTER Ix-continued.

''Sl senor; I know the way that oth- CTS do not. I get YOU out, but" pas sionately, ''eet is not to save you. I belong here-see; with Juan, my brother. I am born outlaw, yet she must gol That resolve. If she stay here keel her. But 'tis easier way to have her married to you, an safe p
 You love Macklin?"
 "Si. senor." proudly, 'swhy not? He say he love me; yet she come. Madre de DiosI I hate heri She take my lOvel SheI Eet shall not be. You swear. senor, that she go with you, an never come back any moreT'
 'Yes, Pancha, I swear that. Once we are away she shall never come back" he answered soberly, impressed by the violence of her passion, "yet how is that to be done?"
 She glanced apprehensiveIy behind, still clinging tightly to her perch. low ering her voice again into its former cautious whisper.
 Listen, senor; I tell you. Bet is late now, for wait before come, an think eet all out. so I know what to say. Indian Joe, he bad man, .Terra bad man. an much afraid. But now he sleep in there; creep past while he breathe, an not wake heem. Iris because he drank. Juan, my brother. go up to the cove to find Senor Han ley, an he not be back teel morning. Tonight eet must be done. an so they will not know I helped. Is eet so?"
 "Yes; understand; yer have, op- portunity tonight; but must get away so no one shall suspect yer had any hand in it"
 "That is eet." eagerly. Indian Joe he keel me if he found out; maybe my brother. too. I see heem keel men, quick, like that. Then he laugh. So think; he look in here, but not to search, so he not sure what might be- Perhaps there was knife under the bed he dropped somewhere what you found-see? Maybe you had eet hid in your boot-how he know that?"
 ''Yes, but I haven't, Pancha."
 "So know; but breeng one-see," and she pressed the handle into his hand. "How he know how you get eet? Eet is strong sharp. so you cut
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CHAPTER x.
rhe Darkness of the cabin.

The Darkness of the Cabin.
 It was broad daylight-a dull gray within the small cave, but bright sum- shine without-when Shelby aroused himself, and looked about in an in stant of bewilderment. As the truth of his situation reasserted itself, he sat up, conscious of stiffness in every joint. yet reinvigorated by several hours of rest. He faced day of in- activity, a hard demand upon a man of his temperament, and he was as slow as possible over a meager break fast, his eyes continually wandering toward the narrow opening, as his mind again reviewed the occurrences of the day before.
 Finally, unable to resist the tempta- tion longer, he ventured to thrust his head through the entrance to learn roundings. All he could perceive was the shelf of rock, with considerable coping about its outer edge, together with a few feet of the descending trail. On the other hand new cleft appeared in the front of the cliff over shadowing him, and he suspicioned that the path he had followed the night previous continued upward was. perhaps, that secret passageway which Pancha had said led finally to the top of the gorge. and along which she planned to guide their future es- cape. Beyond the outer edge of the shelf there was nothing but sky visi- ble, and, believing the coping would conceal his movements from observa- ton below, Shelby pushed his way out through the opening. and crept on hands and knees to where he cautious ly could gaze over.
 He was higher up on the cliff than he had previously realized. although its precipitous front yet lowered men, acingly above. The view below was like that of a distant picture. it's de- tails indistinct. He felt no longer any special fear of being observed, how ever, and leaned far enough forward to see clearly up and down the broad valley. His position lay somewhat re- moved. around the angle of a side ravine, so that he could not trace the entire course of the Cottonwood, or even discern the waterfall beneath which he had entered the Hole. Yet he had glimpse of the main stream, could pick out what he believed to be the log house from which he had es- capped. while, within a grove so as to be scarcely distinguishable. appeared the roof of another, smaller building. He would not have noticed this, but for a thin spiral of smoke arising from the chimney. Pancha had said the
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~I HATE HER."

Synopsis.-Tom Shelby. a rancher. rides into the frontier town of Ponca. looking for a good time af- ter a long spell of hard work and loneliness on the ranch. Instead. he runs into a funeral-that of Dad Calkins, a retired army man of whom little is known. A girl, still in her teens, survives Calkins. Nc Carthy. a saloon keeper and Pom ca's leading citizen, decides that the girl, now alone in the world. should marry. She agrees to pick out a husband from the score of men lined up in her home. To his consternation. she selects Shelby. who had gone along merely as a spectator. The wedding takes place and the couple set out for SheIby's ranch. With them is Kid Macklin, whom Shelby has hired as a helper. On the way the girl tells her husband her name Is Olga Carlyn, and also tells him something of the peculiar circum- stances of her life. Upon their ar rival at the ranch Shelby is struck down from behind and left for dead. He recovers consciousness to find that Macklin and his wife have gone. He starts in pursuit. He learns his wife is an heiress. that her abduction has been carefully planned and that she has been taken to Wolves Hole. a strong hold of the bandits and bad Indians Reaching Wolves Hole, he Is dis covered by Indian Joe" and forced to accompany him into the hole Here he claims to be one of the conspirators and is locked up pend- ing developments. He confides in a Mexican girl. Pancna, in love with Macklin. who intends to marry Olga.
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in the water, and she had grasped his

in the water, and she had grasped his hand.
 "Eet is swift, but not deep" she said confidently. q have waded eet many time. We must hurry"
 He took the bag of provisions and swung it across one shoulder and to- gether they began blowing their way through the downward rush of water. It was tiresome, but they plunged steadily forward, finding the bottom firm. Shelby did not know how far they advanced, nor could he tell, in the darkness, the exact nature of their surroundings. His impression was that they were penetrating a narrow side ravine, between great overshad- owing masses of outcrOpping stone. which intensified the gloom. Every step took them higher above the floor of the Hole, and, at times the stream became a veritable torrent, against which they scarcely could make prog resS, The girl kept close to the rocks
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pIace where Olga was confined was visible iron: this spot. Could this be it? He stared down a long while, but without reward.
 Yet there seemed to be much pass ing and repassing along the main val ley; black, iIl-defined figures of men on horseback almost constantly visible. He was surprised at the number, never having supposed that this colony of outlaws was so numerous. An other thing, while he could not clear ly distinguish such small objects at that distance. the majority of these riders had the appearance of being In dians. Could they be Sioux warriors gathered here in preparation for some raid on the exposed settlements? or was it possible that the troops had al- ready struck, and driven the rem nants of scattered war parties into this Hole for refuge? In either case their presence in such numbers ren- dered his own position so much more precarious, and increased the danger surrounding Olga He felt that, in spite of his pledge to the Mexican girl, he could not remain in his hiding place .uietly, without endeavoring to learn more of what had actually oc cured during the night.
 Indeed he could perceive no reason why he should remain entirely inac- tive. At the very best she could ac- complish nothing before night. and had held out very little hope for even then. There were no signs that he was being sought after down below. It might be that i'll the excitement of other happenings, his escape had been considered as of minor importance 1; that Indian Joe, convinced that he could never get out of the Hole unob served, took no immediate interest in trailing him. What was the use, when he must eventually surrender? It would be a simple matter to steal cau- tiously down through that deep cleft in the rocks, as far, at least, as the stream below. He would be concealed all the way, and once there, hidden securely among those thick bushes, he might then learn what was actually occurring. It would be far better fol him to know. Besides, this would be no disloyalty to Pancha; even if she sought him he would still be in the path she must follow, and. so long as he remained undiscovered, just where he was concealed could make no pos sible difference. The argument satis- fled his mind, because he felt he must act; must make some effort of his own.
The Holbrook news., 1921-06-17
S P Lowers Ore Rates.

San Francisco, Calif-A reduction of S3.5O per ton on certain ores from Arizona and New Mexico points to New York and New Jersey centers was announced by the Southern Pacific Company, effective July 15 The order affects copper bullion. copper matte. blister copper, also lead bullion and speiss (carloads), via Southern Pacific to Galveston, thence Southern Pacific Atlantic steamship lines. The new rate is $16.5O ton; the old rate was S2O.
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on the right, and struggled forward bravely; never loosening her grasp on his hand. Meeting as he must the stronger sweep of the current. Shelby felt the strain, and was glad when she finally came to a halt
 l "Eet's here," she said, "a few steps more, and I leave you. The greatest danger is my not getting back in time"
 There was an opening in the solid rock of the wall, mere creTice, so concealed by tangled shrubbery as to be invisible even in daylight. How she had recognized the spot in that dark ness was a mystery through the sense of feeling probably. for her hands in- stantly parted the interlaced branches. and she crept through them with Shel- by, on his hands and knees, close be- hind. They emerged into a guleh, as though some giant ax of the gods had cleaved the very face of the cliff, a gulch dry, scarcely four feet in width. rock walled on either side, and almost a tunnel because of stunted growth, where dwarf oaks had found some Iodgment in cracks and crevices. Pan cha stopped, breathing heavily from the exertion of the climb.
 "You go on alone from here, senor," she instructed. the words panting be tween her lips. "There is nothing to do but follow the gulch. A hundred yards and there is an opening at the right, a small cave. You will feel eet
 
 fear to enter, and no one can ever find you there. That is where you will wait until I come"
 Shelby tried in vain to distinguish he. outlines; he could only be sure of her presence by the voice.
 Do not use any fire" she went on warningly, "or show yourself by day light. They will seek you, and watch these cliffs. Bet may be several days before I will dare act; you must be patient When we come I will bring arms, but I didn't dare touch any to- night"
 "You will not tell me where my wife is being held?"
 'What good. senor! You could aid her not at all There Is no great harm coming to her yet Sacristai why you worry about her? I bring her with me; did I not promise?"
 "Yes, I trust you, Pancha," he said warmly, "and will do just what you say. But-but. don't you understand? i? if knew where she was would feel better"
 She laughed almost scornfully.
 "BahI what the difference, senor? You not know if told you. But 'tis not far away; perhaps by daylight you might see eet from up there log house all alone under the bluff. Yet you lie hid, senor, and trust all to me-"
 q have promised that"
 Good. senor; I will go."
 She drew her hand away, and he knew she was gone, although no move ment of her figure could be distin- guished. Shelby swung the bag of provisions again to his shoulder, and began feeling his way blindly forward. He had retained the knife, with which he had effected escape from the cabin, and, although the point of the blade had been broken, he did not feel entirely unarmed. There was no pos sibility for him to lose the way, the unbroken walls shutting him tightly in. so that even the star-decked sky was invisible, while the path he must follow led almost dizzily upward. It was boulder-strewn, and he fell twice, yet toiled steadily on, never permit ting his hand to leave the guidance of the wall to the right, and carefully
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Save Use of TobaccO Good.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Dr. W. H. Gel ston of Camden told the New Jersey State Dental Society's convention that an "old-fashioned chew of tobacco" Is one of the best disinfectants known to dental science. He declared if reform CTS succeeded in banishing tobacco dis eases Of the teeth and gums are likely to increase, adding: "Tobacco forms a sislagogue around, the teeth thus preventing bacteria from getting a foothold. A cigar performs the same function to less degree, but a cigaret, because of it's paper wrapper. has not the value in this respect"
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Eathera Are Good Risk.

Chicago-The poor old married man. with lots of children, has finally won just tribute. He Is "good risk" in the opinion here of the American Institute of Actuaries- gentlemen who de- eide on insurance risks. The twelfth annual convention voted the total ab- stainer and the married man with a family the two "best risks" Nobody loves fat man, ruled the actuaries. in deciding man 35 per cent over weight at 20 years or 20 per cent over weight at 45 years, were the poorest risks.
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these bars, an when morning come you are not here. Who knows how eet happen, senor? I am also asleep, an you are gone; 'tis the mercy of God"
 Shelby caught his breath to her ex- pressive gestures. his fingers gripping the knife.
 q doubt if I can get through that hole," he said mournfully, "after the bars are cut. Pm pretty big"
 "But you must, senor; there is no other way" she insisted impatiently. '-The blade Is strong, sharp; eet will dig out the log, but do not be long.
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Old Bell spIendidIy Preserved.

In an old graveyard in County An trim. Ireland, farmer, while blowing unearthed a bronze church bell weigh ing more than 160 lbs, and believed to be over 300 years old. The bell is in a splendid state of preservation, with a clear, powerful tone. The old Kirkmoyle parish church. where the find was made, has been in ruins since fR22
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likeness.

I am not the only one that con- demns the idle; for once when was going to give our minister pretty long list of the sins of one of our peo- pie that he was asking after, began with: Hes dreadfully lazy" 'That's enough" said the old gentleman, "all sorts of sins are in that one."-C. H. Sturgeon. -eA<
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HAY AND GRAIN PRICES.
Hay.
Henrv Roger Wolcott. widely knoWn

Henry Roger Wolcott, widely known Colorado pioneer, mining man and cap italist, is dead in Honolulu, according to a cablegram received in Denver. The first intimation had in Denver of his illness was a cablegram received recently stating that he was seriously ill.
 Lon R. Daley, former Bisbee, Ariz., postmaster, held in the Pima county jail for several weeks, has been indict- ed by the grand jury of the United States District Court on ten counts. Each count charges failure to deposit Sums totaling several thousand dollars