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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15
FOURTH INITIATED LAW
Petition for Initiation Of Law Pro-
viding for Separate Party Ballots
for Primary Election, and for One
Column Ballot for General Election

The undersigned electors Of the
State Of North Dakota hereby pro-
pose for submission to the qualified
electors Of the State Of North Dakota
for their approval or rejection, inthe
manner prescribed by the Constitution
Of the State Of North Dakota, the fol-
lowing law, being an act to provide
for the nomination Of candidates 70,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
Land Department

A0uu oCpd1 CIlcuL
Bismarck, September 6, 1921.
Mr.. Charles Coventry, Clerk,
Linton, N. Oak.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of September 3rd
asking for blanks for use in calling
bond election received. The Board
of University and School Lands has
now on hand about $2,O0O,OO0.00 of
school district and municipal bonds
purchased about year ago which
are not yet paid for. 1t will be over
year before we can finish paying
for these bonds. If after taking the
above stated fact into consideration,
you still desire to place your bonds
with the Board Of University and
School Lands, we will he pleased to
forward you the necessary blanks.
Very truly yours, IS
w. J. PRATER
z. Commissioner
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Sunday, September 18th.
Services will be held in st.
Matthew's Episcopal church on Sum-
day next, Sept. 18th, as follows:
Sunday School ...... ..11:O0 a. m.
Evening Service ........ 7:45 p. m.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU

Linton Substation
Weather report for the week end
ing at noon Wednesday, September
IL 1901.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15

The above rain record is the great
est amount which has been registered
at this station during teh present sea-
son, and equals any quantity in any
single week for the past year. H.
VIM. MALPASS.
Cooperative Observer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15
ANOTHER PRIMARY TEACHER
School Board Has Secured Extra He!p
To Handle Large Class. State
Cannot Buy School Bonds For More
Than A Year.

The local school board has finally
been successful in locating an addi-
tional primary teacher, and the pri-
mary grade will be divided next week.
One of the other grades will be hous-
ed in the class room of the M. E.
ehurch, and the room thus vacated
used for the primary class now con-
sisting of more than sixty little tots.
The school board has also been
busy on preliminary work towards
selling bonds with which to raise
money to build new school here.
The clerk Of the school board took
the matter up with the state land
commissioner, and received very little
encouragement. It is very evident
that the state will be of little benefit
to US in the near future, and the
board will at once endeavor to find
other market for the necessary bond.
The letter from w. ]. Prater, state
commissioner of school lands, follows:
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-09-15

Subscribe. for the Record-$2. 90
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In the above statement A signifies
the highest temperature, B the low
est tempe ature in "a hours. C the
amount of precipitation.
Mean temperature by day.. $50
Mean temperature by night. 46.0
Mean daily temperature 80. $40
Total precipitation, inches. !. 1.56
Mean Barometric pressure =. 80. .O1
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26
Ar and recognize the absolute

hear and recognize the absolute
truth
Lestrade looked at his watch. "I1i
give you half an hour" said he
Il must explain first" said McNar-
lane, that | knew nothing of Mr..
Jonas Oldacre. His name was familiar
TO me. for many years ago my parents
were acquainted with him, but they
drifted apart. 1 was very much sur.
prised. therefore, when yesterday,
about three o'clock in the afternoon,
he walked into my office in the city.
But I was still more astonished when
he told me the object of his visit. He
had in his hand several sheets of a
notebook, covered with scribble writ
ing--here they are-and he laid them
on my table
Here is my will said he,-T want
you, Mr.. McFarlane, to cast it into
proper legal shape. l will sit here
while you do So
II set myself TO copy it, and you can
imagine my astonishment, when
found that, with some reservations, he
had left all his property to me. He
was strange little ferret-like man
with white eyeIashes, and when
locked up at him l found his keen
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26

gray eyes fixed UPON me with an
amused expression 1 could hardly be-
lieve my own senses as / read the
terms of the will; but he explained
that he was a bachelor with hardly
any living relation, that he had known
my parents in his youth, and that he
had always heard Of me as very de-
serving young man. and was assured
that his money would be in worthy
hands. OF course. could only STAN
ner out my thanks. The will was
duly finished, signed, and Witnessed
by my clerk. This is it on the blue
paper, and these slips, as have ex-
planned are the rough draft. Mr.. Jo-
mas Oldacre then informed me that
there were number of documents
| building leases, title-deeds. mortgages
| scrip, and so forth-which it was ne
cessary that I should see and under
stand He said that his mind would
lot be easy until the whole thing was
settled, and he begged me to come
out tc his house at Norwood tina;
night. bringing the will with me, and
to arrange matters. Remember. my
/ boy, not one word to your parents
about the affair until everything Is set
tied. We will keep 1t as little sur
prise for them. He WAS very insistcnt
upon this point, and made me promise
: it faithfully.
You can imagine, Mr.. Holmes, thai
! was not in a hun,or to refuse hin
anything that he might ask. He was
my benefactor, and all my desire was
to carry out his wishes in every par
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26
PART TWO.

Sherlock Holmes listened with
closed eyes and finger-tips together to
this remarkable account.
"The case has certainly some points
uf interest" said he, in his languid
fashion. May ask, in the first place.
Mr.. McFarlane, how it is that yau are
still at liberty, since there appears to
be enough evidence to justify your
arrest?"
81 live at Torrington Lodge. Black
heath, with my parents, Mr.. Holmes,
but last night. having to do business
very late with Mr.. Jonas Oldacre, l
stayed at a hotel in Norwood. and
came to my business from there. J
knew nothing of this affair until l was
in the train, when I read what you
have just heard. / at once saw the
horrible danger of my position. and
hurried to put the case into your
hands. I have no doubt that l should
have been arrested either at my ely
office or at my home. A man followed
me from London Bridge station, and
l have no doubt-Great Heaven! what
is that"
1t was a clang of the bell followe ed
instantly by heavy steps upon the
stair. A moment later, our old friend
Lestrade appeared in the doorway.
Over his shoulder I caught a glimpse
of one or two uniformed policemen
outside.
"Mr. Jonas Hector McFarlane?" said
Lestrade
Our unfortunate client rose with a
ghastly face.
II arrest you for the wilful murder
of Mr.. Jonas Oldacre, of Lower Nor
wood
McFariane turned to us with ges
| ture of despair, and sank into his chair
once more like one who is crushed.
"One moment, Lestrade," said
Holmes Half an, hour more or less
can make no difference to you, and the
gentleman was about to give US an ac
count of this very interesting affair
| which might aid Us IN clearing 1T up.
81 think there will be no difficulty ir
clearing it up" said Lestrade, grimly
None the less, with your permis
| sion, should be much interested tc
hear his account,
We'll, Mr.. Holmes, it is difficult fol
NE to refuse you anything, for yol
have been of use to the force once o,
twice in the past, and we owe you {
good turn at Scotland Yard" said Les
trade. "At the same time l must re
main with my prisoner, and | an
bound to warn him that anything h,
may say will appear in evidence
against him"
Il wish nothing better" said ou
client. "All l ask is that you shoult
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26
DlS0bEYING ORDERS,
TURKISH WOMEN NOW
ENJOY new FREEDOM
CoNsTANTINoPLE. April

CoNsTANTINoPLls. April 2s.-
The comma nd of the Sheik-ul-Islam,
vicar Of the sultan, ordering Turkish
women not to appear on the stage, is
being ignored by them. The German
Austrian and allied occupations of the
city. together with the loss of hus-
bands, fathers and brothers, and the
press of poverty, has brought new
freedom to Turkish women. This is
daily seen by their clothing
Theywear their wells still. instead
Of hat, but turned back and tied
Of their Russian refugee sisters.
ss-,ft Changes In Dress
Because OF the high price Of cloth,
titude OF garments, designed In old
time to hide the outlines of their fig
ures. Both veil and dresses are a
deep sea blue, instead Of the dull con-
ventional black. once the custom.
Some affect the homespun brown
dress, the becoming garment designed
by sHalide Hanum. the Nationalist woN
man leader.
Il These changes have dissipated the
mystery which once enveloped the
Turkish woman and Americans here
find that she does not differ in looks
very much from others. On an aver
age, they are not SO good looking as
the American woman. The difference
. may be said to lie in their timidity.
Even this quality is dissipated quick
ly when they come In contact with
foreigners, as is the case in the mixed
receptions given at the Constantinople
College for Girls, maintained here by
Americans At such receptions the
Turkish girls and women talk bright
sly and cleverly with American naval
Officers and other guests, and some
times take part in the dancing and
yflirtations.
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to ask, Mr.. Holiness" said Lestradc
whose eyebrows had gone up once or
twice during this remarkable explana-
ton.
mot until have been to Black.
heath"
You mean to Norwood" said Les
trade.
oh, yes, no doubt that is what
must have meant" said Holmes. with
his enigmatical smile. Lestrade had
learned by more experiences than he
would care to acknowledge that tina,
razor-like brain could not cut through
that which was impenetrable to him
saw him look curiously at my com
panion.
Il think should like to have a WORD
with you presently. Mr.. Sherlocl
Holmes" said he. Now, Mr.. McFar
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LEGRAM RICHMOND, IND, TUESDAY, APRIL e. 49,

ticular. sent a telegram home, there
fore. to say that had important bust.
ness on hand, and that it was impossi-
Bile for me to say how late might be-
Mr.. Oidacre had told me that he would
like me to have supper with him at
nine, as he might not be home before
that hour. I had some dificulty in
finding his house, however, and It was
nearly half-past before I reached it.
I found him" ....
"One moment" said Holmes. "Who
opened the door,"
"A middleaged woman, who WAS, ]
suppose, his housekeeper."
And It was she, I presume, who
mentioned your name
Exactly" said McFarlane.
Pray proceed" a... ...-.
McFarlane wiped his damp brow,
and then continued his narrative:
II was shown by this woman into
a sitting-room, where frugal supper
was laid out. Afterwards, Mr.. Jonas
Oldacre led me in to his bedroom, in
which there stood heavy safe. This
he opened and took out mass OF
documents. which we went over to-
sether. 1t was between eleven and
twelve when We finished. He re-
IudI he'Q ludt VIC unQSt mol tIlE
housekeeper. He showed me out
through his own French window
which had been open all this time"
WAS the blind DOWN." asked
Holmes.
Il will not be sure. but believe
that it was only half down. Yes,
remember how he pulled it up in order
to swing open the window. I could mo-
find my stick, and he said: "Nevel
! mind, my boy, I shall see a good dea
of you now, l hope, and l will keeI
your stick until you come back t.
claim it, I left him there, the safe
open. and the papers made up in pack
| cts upon the table. 1t was so late tina
II could not get back to Blackheath
20 l spent the night at the Anerle!
Arms, ard I knew nothing more unit
! read of this horrible affair in th'
morning.
Anything more that you would like
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lane. two of my constables are at the
door. and there is tour-wheeler wait.
ing" The wretched young man arose.
and with last beseeching glance at
US walked from the room The onicers
conducted him to the cab, but Les
trade remained
Holmes had picked up the pages
which formed the rough draft Of the
will, and was docking at them with the
keenest interest upon his face.
Tomorrow-The Adventure Of the
Norwood Builder, continued
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26

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secret military alliance between
the two nations until German
correspondents learned that it
was being built in accordance
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The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
with The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-04-26

Rieh Milk, Matted Grair. Extract In Powder
No Cooking-Nourishing- -Digestiblo
Evening star., 1921-09-24

il there had been any really definite
charge that could be brought against
them. They hadn't stolen the money.
The story rang true because it was
almost true-only they had left Bookie
Skarvan out of it.
Runty Mott, according to the news
papers, had been the spokesman.
Runty said he had overheard Bookie
Skarvan and Dave Henderson at the
race course, when they We're making
arrangements to get the money from
Tydeman. He. Runty Mott, had taken
the train for Frisco, and had put it
up to Badly Vickers. Then they had
followed Dave Henderson, meaning
to take the money from him the first
chance they got. But Dave Hender-
son had handed them a jolt by crawl
ing in through Tydeman's library
window and stealing it himself After
that they had figured the easiest place
to grab the coin was in Dave Hen
derson's room. when he sneaked back
there with the black handbag. And
Dave Henderson had walked right
| into their trap. only they hadn't heard
him coming any ..lore than he. in
turn, had been wise to the fact that
they were there, and in the show
down he had managed to jump
through the front door and reach his
car. He had the money in the black
handbag with him. They had chased
him in the other car that the police
had found smashed up, and had nearly
got him, when he threw the black
handbag out of the car. They stopped
to pick it up. and found out the trick
he had played on them. The hand
bag was empty; he still had the
money in his car. They took up the
chase again-and crashed into the
other machine where Dave Hender-
Evening star., 1921-09-24
fcontinueffrom Yesterdays star3

1t didn't run everywhere. There
weren't ponds and lakes and rivers
everywhere. He couldn't ask any
body for a glass of water IheTe
had been u ditch that afternoon; II
had been muddy and Shiny. Since
then there had been nothing. lie
would have sold his soul for rev
of those drops that had spiashed III
lavish abundance from the spout ~
the water tank at the station earlier
that night when he had crawled INFO
the car here-he had seen the fire
man on the back of the tender ma MP,
ulating the spout, and he had heard
the water splash.
He spoke hoarsely again.
"I'm shot full of fever. that's what
I am" he said I'm shot full of it."
Sprawled out on the floor of the
car, he shifted his position a little;
and. tight-locked though his lips
were. there came an m irrepfessiDas pre- ards
burned; how hot his head was, and
how it throbbed and ached! The
throbs kept ~devilish time, marching
time, like the tramp of feet to the
beat of the drum, to that ceaseless
brutal throbbing in his leg. He hadn't
looked at his leg today-it had been
bad enough yesterday. What was the
use! He couldn't do ANYTHING. He
hadn't even any water-tnere WASH
any use dressing it with that Shiny.
muuuy SCulI lie lldu ~ "ooiS
have to get better-or worse.
He touched his lips with his tongue
! again. There didn't seem to be any
moisture on his tongue; it was thick
and big in his mouth. 80 it couldn't
moisture on it. Would the car never
| stop its jolting. and that Internal
ciack-clack, clackety-clack! There
| was abominable pain in every jolt, it
seemed to shake his leg the way a
soll oh To n
(! to shake and vibrate to the bone it
self Sometimes it brought nausea
and faintness.
Perhaps there was limit. He had
! lain exhausted for long time, bathed
i in sweat from his exertions when
| he had climbed and clawed his way
! into the car. He remembered now
| that was why he hadn't shut the door
tightly. He must be getting pretty
| near his limit to go down like lump
! the track into boxcar. He clenched
! his hands in fierce denial. No. Nc
! limit-it was win or lose-no hedging
it was all the. way-even against
! stacked cards.
I! Stacked cards! The pain was gone
| momsntarily in a sweep of fury that
| brought him up from his back to
sway like a pendulum upon his ell
bows with the swaying of the car.
He owed Bookie Skarvan for this. He
| owed it to Bookie Skarvan that he
was a hunted. wounded thing. He
| owed every thrust of pain that caught
at and robbed him of his breath to
| Bookie Skarvan. He owed it to Boolkie
! Skarvan that he was an outcast for
| the rest of his life. He owed Bookie
j Skarvan for as damnab1e and callous
an attempt to murder him as was
ever Matched in a human brain. And
! they had left Bookie Skarvan to him
His laugh rang loud and hollow, a
| bitter. sinister sound, unbridled in its
deadly passion, through the car. They
had left Bookie Skarvan to him! 1t
was good to think of that-very
good, like drink Of water, icy water
with the beads frosting on the long
! glass. They had left Bookie Skarvan
to him. Well, he would not change
! the story they had told! He would
Evening star., 1921-09-24

close it when he was lying fiat down
like this. He would have to get up
on his knees at least.
His hand swept across his eyes. and
pressed fiercely upon his forehead
The moon-ray wavered in through
the door in Jagged, glancing streaks
he had to shut that moon-ray out
to make it black here in the car
Strange! 1T was growing black now,
even though he had not shut the door
perhaps it was cloud--thc moon
passing behind cloud. His body
seemed to sway, to be out OF control
and his knees, instead of balancing
him, crumpled beneath him, pitching
him forward, face downward, on the
floor of the car-and something
seemed to snap inside his head, and
it was black, all biackness.
Repose. comfort. incffable iuNuri-
BUSINESS. something soft and soothing
supporting his body, and Il freedom
from the excruciating. unbearable. in
tolerable pain that he had been en-
during. He was dreaming. He dared
not open his eyes. 1t was "a dream.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

son had left it blocking the road just
around sharp turn.
Dave Henderson's laugh rang with
devils mirth through the boxcar
again. That was all. They hadn't I
split on a pal. They had left the pal
to him. Runty Mott had told the
story-and Runty Motifs story went!
He, Dave Henderson, wouldn't change
it! They didn't know. and Bookie
Skarvan didn't know, that he knew.
They had left Bookie Skarvan to him
and they had made Mrs. Tooler's
Mgoon cote as safe as a vault.
The slue of the car on a curve
flung him with a savage wrench from
he groaned in agony. Red flashes
danced before his eyes, and nausea
came once more, and faintness-and
he lay for long time. still. 1t
seemed as though he no longer mad
any power to move: even the pain
seemed to have become subordinate
to physical sense of weakness and
impotence that had settled upon him.
His head grew dizzy and most
strangely light.
There came the blast of the engine
whistle. the grind and thump of buf-
fer beams, the shrek of the brake
shoes biting at the wheel tires, the
sickening sensation of motion being
unsmoothly checked. His mind did
not grasp the significance of this for
effort he struggled 10 his feet.
The door! The car door! He must
close it--he must close the door. The
train was stopping. If any one passed
by outside and saw the door open,
and looked in. he was caught. He
was too weak to fight any more; too
weak to run any more. He must
close the door.
He could not stand. The car swayed,
and bumped. and lurched too much.
No one could stand with the car JOLT
ing around in circles like that! He
dropped to his knees. He could crawl
then. The door. The car door! 1t
! must be closed-even if he had to
drag himself to it.
1t wasn't far to the door-just a
few feet. 1t was the pain in his leg
that made him faint but he could get
that far-just to the door. He touched
his lips with his tongue again. They
weren't dry now. his lips. and there
was a curious taste upon them, and
they hurt. They tasted of blood. Tha.
| was funny. His teeth must have
sunk into his lips somehow. But he
was almost at the door now-yes. he
| could reach it now. Only he couldn't
Evening star., 1921-09-24

promise them that. Not by word!
They had left Bookie Skarvan to him!
He knew the story. Last night in a
switchman's shanty in a railroad yard
he had found newspaper-the story
was there. Badly Vickers and Runty
Mott, who had been sitting in the
front seat of the big gray car. We're
in the hospital from the smash: the
others had not been much hurt
Bookic Skarvan's car had been identi-
fed. what there was left of it. and
that formed an duplicating link be-
tween him. Dave Henderson aud Baldy
Nickers' crowd. Runty Mott and
Vickers, being forced therefore to ex-
plain, had told story that was al
most true-but they hadn't split on
Bookie Skarvan-they had left Bookie
Skarvan out of it. The story was
enough of confession, smacked
enough of states evidence to let them
out of any criminal proceedings, even
Evening star., 1921-09-24

If he opened his eyes he would dis
pei the illusion, and the pain wouii
come again.
1t seemed as though he had brcI
upon a great journey that was crowd
ed with a multitude of strange, fai:
tastic scenes and happenings. 81"
could not remember them all distinct
ly; they jumbled together in his rn"l..-
ory-the orphan school, the T."..
track. Square John Kelly and tlIr,' d.
thousand dollars in the Pacific Coral
Saloon on the Barbary Coast, all COS:
glomerated into one.
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's STAR
Evening star., 1921-09-24

A contrivance to pump fish from !.
purse net into the hold of hshih
vessel has been invented. The fish %r
pumped through Il large rubber tub
to the deck of the vessel and 'is
charged upon an inclined plane {"
wire mesh from which they slide mt
the hold. the water running throusI
the mesh and into the sea.