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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06
HEAR LAYS DAVID MoRELAND
THE BEST MAN GOD
EVER MAID
KILLED
Nv JOHN X cARLlLE
MAY GOD
DAM HIS &
SOLE

It was living curse, breathing
curse-a terrible anathema. If dead
David Moreland himself had arisen
from the tomb and uttered II, 1t would
not have struck John *. Dale with
greater force. He grew weak, as
though with a fatal sickness. He sank
to his knees in the snow, and his iron
gray head fell forward to his breast.
Elizabeth Littleford knelt In the snow
beside him. She tried to find comfort
ing words, for she loved him and was
sorry for him, but no words would
come.
There was slight sound, the muf-
fed breaking Of dry twig In the
snow just beyond the palings in trent
of them. Elizabeth Littlef0rd looked
up to see the giant figure of John
Moreland, whose face was white and
whose eyes were filed with the fire of
hate and anger who held rifle In his
cold, bare hands. The rifles hammer
came back. and the fine trigger caught
1t with a faint click.
Moreland took another step forward
and leveled the weapon across the
palings.
EFF it was any use fo' We to pray,
Carlyle" he said, and his voice was
shaking and hoarse and choked, I'D
give We time. But 1t amt no use at all.
Look up. Face 1t. Try to be man TO-
one second in yore low-down life."
Old Dale raised his head, saw David
Moreland's brother, and realized all
there was to realize. His eyes widened
little; then look Of relief fitted
across his heavy countenance.
"Shoot and even up the score" he
said bravely, and his head was high.
According to your code, it is just. And
I'll be able to forget at last, at last. SO
shoot and settle the account"
cTo BE coNTINUED)
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06
Concerning Wood Dreans

To dream you are In the woods Sig
miles wealth. To dream OF wood
cutter denotes good luck. To dream
Of a woodman signifies embarrass-
ments. To dream of wooden shoes sig
niles hasty journey. TO dream of a
wood snake denotes SANDER. To dream
OF wooden spoons shows an avaricious
and hard-hearted neighbor. To dream
of woodpile shows man In love
with some ill-natured woman. To
dream you are In a woodward denotes
happy change Of fortune.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06
CHAPTER XIX.
A Perfect Gross.

On the floor Of the richly-furnished
library of the Dale home, near west
window. Miss Elizabeth Littleford sat
reading by the fast fading light of an
early March afternoon. Somehow she
liked to sit on the floor, and alwaysshe
liked to read; for one thing. books
helped her to forget that she was
lonely.
There were footsteps behind her,
soft footsteps because of the thick vel
vet carpet; then low voice inquired:
Aren't you afraid you will injure
your eyes. Elizabeth? Better have a
light, hadn't you, dear?" The old coal
king turned toward the switch on the
wall.
"Nor she answered quickly. "Pm
through reading for today, and ! like
this twilight"
Her improvement In speech and In
manners had gone on at surprisingly
rapid rate. She rarely spoke with any
but the simplest words, but she never
fell into anything more than bare SEM
blance of the old drawing hill dialect
unless it was while she was under the
stress Of some strong emotion.
She closed the book and looked up
with eyes that were like the first stars
in a summer sky. Her beauty was
wonderful; 1t was finer and sweeter
than 1t had ever been before.
Old Dale stood looking thoughtfully
into her upturned face. He was lit.
tie pale, and he seemed troubled and
] npeasv.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06

of anger In his voice, what do you
think he'd do about It? It's Christ
mas day, isn't It'll"
The old Moreland chiefs counte-
nance softened: his grey eyes bright
ened. "Yes,. he said. Its Christmas
day, BILL" He looked toward the Balls
and Turner'S.
Merry Christmas. gen'lemen| ne
said.
Adam Balls father Immediately
asked him for a chew of tobacco.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06

s4They buried him out the crest O
the mountain little ways, on the
highest place, by the side Of his
wife. That was always touchin'
thing to me, that he buried his wife on
the very highest point Of his own
mountain. You know why, don't you?
David Moreiand believed In God and
hereafter, and he believed that heaven
was up. He wanted to get even his
wife's ashes as close to heaven as he
could"
"I-Td like to go out there" John
Dale said. his voice almost whisper.
'I'd like to see the place."
II wouldn't" replied Ben Little
ford's daughter. For she knew--oh,
she knew.
YES: yes. my dear--I must see the
place.. declared John X. Dale, hoarse-
ly whispering"let's 60 out there"
There was never any dlsobeying him
when he was determined, and he was
determined now. 1t is strange, that
dread human thing that drew him
Elizabeth turned and started out
the snowy crest Of the mountain, wend-
ing her way here and there between
clumps Of snow-heavy laurel and ivy
and under snow-heavy pines. After a
quarter Of an hour Of this somewhat
difficult travelling, the two drew up be-
fore small Enclosure made of round
oaken posts and round open ratings
and hand-split and pointed oaken pal
ings as high as mans shoulders. all
Of which were gray and weatherbeat-
en-. Elizabeth knew the spot well. She
swung the gate stiffiy open on its wood
en- hinges and stepped inside. Old Dale.
trembling in every fiber, followed her.
His face was very, very pale.
Before them were two snow-covered
mounds bordered with the dead stalks
Of flowers Of another year-marigolds,
pretty-by-nights, zinnias. Near the
two graves there grew bare-branched
wild honeysuckle and redbud, and
green-leaved laurel, which in the sum-
mer time were covered with beautiful
and fragrant blossoms Of golden yell
low, royal purple, and waxen white. At
the head of one mound great, rough
ly-shaped slab Of brown sandstone
marked the last resting place Of David
Moreland's young wife; 1t had been
lettered by David Moreland himself,
and 1t was crude but sincere tribute
to womankind.. ~.
On the face Of the other great slab
Of brown sandstone were chiseled other
ill-shaped letters and misspelled
words. The hands Of John Moreland
had done this. Old John Dale stepped
unsteadily closer and read:
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-06

or them. lie put Iatner arm lightly
around her shoulders. She tried to
speak, choked, and couldn't utter a
word. But 1t didn't matter. John X.
Dale understood perfectly.
Then he took his arm away, faced to
the right. and drew his hat rim low
over his eyes. For two minutes he
stood there and looked for the little old
cabin down near the foot Of the north
end Of the mountain, and he failed to
find 1t. His mind had gone back once
more to that woeful night that had cut
his life In twain. He remembered
plainly waking in the early morning
with an aching head and with the
ranking taste of much dead whisky
in his mouth. Remembered seeing Da-
vid Moreland. with a bullet hole
through and through him, lying on the
floor beside him. Remembered his
horror, his smothered cries of anguish,
and his hurried flight.
He had wondered, he remembered
why the law made no attempt to track
him down. He had not known that the
mountaineer's code of honor demands
that the mountaineer himself collect
| that which is due him.
"Tell me-" he said in tones so low
that Elizabeth barely heard. "where Il
David Moreland buried?"
He had turned, and stood facing her
She pointed to the southwark.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-07-02

claim for each year during which the same was expended.
 You are therefore indebted to the undersigned in the sum of $12.5O for each vf said calendar years. a total of Seventy five Dollars, and you are notified that unless you contribute and pay the undersigned your portion of such expenditure as a co-oWner, O-Wit:
 the sum of Seventy -five Dollars within ninety days after the personal service of this notice upon you. or within ninety days after the publication of this no tice. which ninety days shall be computed from the date of the last public ttion aS below Sttted, AOur interest in the claim will be forfeited to the undersigned who has made such expenditure and will become his property in ne manner provided by law.
 Payment of such amount may be mace to the undersigned, through his Attorney, Maur- ice D Leehey, 62O Alaska Build ing, Seattle. Washir gtcn, or by deposit to the credit of the un- dersigned with the Mccarthy Merca, tile Company atMcCarthy Alaska.
 Dated This 4th day of May AID. 1921.
 JOHN E. ANDRUS. First Publication May 26th 1921. Last Publication August27th 1921
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-07-02
NOTICE to DELINQUENT
 COOWNER To JOHN ORCHARD His Heirs and assigus:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED That during the calendar year 1920 The undersigned expended more than One Hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the JOLLY GULCH ASSOCIAT ION PLACER, situated along Jolly Gulch,a tributary of White Cullen, which latter Is a tributary of Chititu Creek, in the Nizina lunorganized) Mining District within the Mccarthy Recording Precinct, iD the Territory Of Alaska, in which placer mining locavion you claim ai undivided one-ei ghth interest. as shown by the notice of location thereof on record in Said recording precinct
 You are further notified that the undersigned, and lis predp- ceSSOrS in interest, expended more than One Hundred dollars m labor anu inn mprOVementS upon the sad Jolly GuIch Association Placer during each of the cal endar years 1915. 1916. 4917. 1913, and 1919.
 The tid labor was performed and the expenditure andim mDrOVemntS made as and for the annual labOl required for the respective cal endar years by the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Stat uteS of the Unite d States. ard amendments thereto, concerning annual labor and improvements upon mining claims, and the am ount so expended Was the amount required by law to hold saiC
Evening star., 1921-04-03
DANCE

For the heneat Of 81. Johns Choir. surrat
Vile. Nd, Saturday. April Q, 1921. Hall
IT.. b. 70 tt: elec lights: admission. Soc. n
etAsn hsHsic. Conforable buses VIII lee
6a3 q tt Await f.SO pm. s.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
WORD FROM WASHINGTON
ID. ]. on Job.

Washington, May 1O.-(Special cor
respondenee) - The Department of
justice is very much ION the job"
What is described as the most i'm
Nortant seizure in counter-anarchy
moves in the history of the depart
ment" has been successfully carried
cut in New York. The documents TAX
en- included a complete list Of COM
mune officials in the United States,
maps of every coal mine in the coun-
try, and plans for an uprising of rad
Gals on May 1st. The evidence gath
cred will be used in putting behind
the bars or deporting the leaders in
the anti-Americanism with which the
country has been infested. The new
life in the Department of Justice is
in striking contrast with the comatose
condition of that branch of the Gov
ernment prior to March 4th.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

the six per cent guarantee provisions
of the transportation act. Mr.. Cap
per says his measure has received the
endorsement of practically all farm
ers' organizations as practical means
of reducing freight rates. "The most
pressing question in the United States
at this moment" declares Senator
Capper, "and the greatest obstacle in
the way of return to normal condi-
tions and the restoration of business,
is the high transportation rates. We
have placed an embargo on ourselves
and must find a speedy means of re-
moving it if we are going to get bust
ness out of its dead center and save
the railroads from receiverships and
bankruptcy" The resolution has been
referred to the Interstate Commerce
Committee for consideration.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Real Estate Bargains.

We own the following properties
and will exchange any or all for land
in Prowers or Kiown Counties or the
eastern end of Bent County:
1st.-1O0 acre improved farm near
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
2nd-360 acre improved farm near
Atlantic, Iowa.
Srd.-lG0 acre improved farm in
Boone County, Nebraska.
4th.-lGO acre improved farm in
Greeley County. Nebraska.
5th.-4OO acre improved farm in
Frontier County, Nebraska.
6th.-Small house in Grand Island.
Nebraska. which rents for SIS per
month.
7th.-A $4,000 mortgage on an inn
proved Nebraska farm.
Sth.-A $4,000 mortgage on an i'm
proved Nebraska farm.
The above properties will all bear
the closest investigation.
DOLL-LAMB LAND COMPANY.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Building Resumption.

The building situation in the big
cities is clearing as a result of the
decline in the price of materials and,
to less extent, of labor. A resump-
tion of building more than most other
things, is an indication of return
to normally and of an end to unem-
ployment. Materials entering into
construction of the buildings must be
manufactured, as well as the articles
that go into their furnishing. That
means increased activity in many lines
of industry. Furthermore, in the case
of new manufacturing establishments
that are being erected, more oppor-
tunity for employment is presented af-
ter the structure is completed and out
put begins.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Another Instance.

Postmaster General Hays has issu-
ed an order directing that discrimina-
ton against the employment of form
er service men in his department shall
cease, and he has signified his inten-
ton of investigating some specific in
stances of such discrimination. The
wonder is how such treatment Of our
returned soldiers was ever begun. The
facts that have come to light con-
cerning the inhuman treatment of dis
abled veterans by the former admin
istration is bad enough, but that men
who fought in France should have had
that fact held against them when seek
ing employment in the postal service
is something that the average citizen
cannot comprehend.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
WHY
The Rummage Sale Is a Worthy
Institution

Did you ever attend one2 Here on
Z table IL old Browns silk hat that
he wore TO church many years, and
now thai he's gone 1t has been sent
by his family TO the rummage sale to
be disposed of for the benefit of the
church
And there on the counter Is an
old china pug dog that used 10 guard
the mantelplece in somebody's house.
And on a rack hangs the Prince Al
bert coat that some fellow wore when
he was married and which his wife
kept AS a treasured thing through the
years; now she has given 1t away be-
cause the sentiment attached to it
finally Is dead like last years leaf.
They are handy institutions, these
rummage sales. enabling one, as they
do, to give away for good purposes
what he no longer needs, or wants or
cares for. He holds on to such things
long time and then one day he gets
tired Of seeing them around and away
they 90 TO the ruInamge sale, the sec
ond-hand store and the rag shop.
But the rummage of minds and char
acters most people hold on to and cher
lsh forever, observes the Haverhlll
tMass.) Gazette. To their dying day
they keep old and worn.out preJudices
and fight hard for them. They keep
fast TO habits, knowing they are bad,
but lacking the viii or the courage to
throw them on.
The next time YOU gather together
your old clothes for the rummage sale
and have packed them all In one bun
die, suppose you say to yourself
Lets see, what have left outf What
passions. prejudices and habits are lit
tering up my mind and characterf
You will not he able TO get rid Of
this rummage as easily as you can dis
pose of your old clothes, but once hay
ing taken stock of 1t you will know
yourself better The first step 10 self
improvement is to become acquainted
with your defects
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Poland. LONGEST Pine Line.

The longest pipe line in Poland for
the transmission Of oil was opened on
September 8, 1920. This duct. which
runs from Jaslo to Gorlitz. Is con
struct.d Of IO-inch piping and Is %
kilom-ters u7.3s miles) in length. II
is connected with another line that
runs from Jsslo 10 Mezinek. Both
these lines were constructed by the
Polish government and are used for
the transmission Of oil from the wells
In Mezinek TO numerous refneries and
factories since the construction Of
the new pipe Tine sufficient number
OF factories have begun to use oil as
fuel instead Of coal to result In the
saving Of GOC0 carloads Of coal per
year.-Scieniidc American.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
How Was 1t Handled?

Congressman Edward j. King, of
Illinois has reintroduced his bill call
ing for an investigation of the ad-
ministration of the Federal Reserve
Act since its passage. The same meas
ure was presented at the last session.
but the press OF other business pre-
vented its consideration. Mr.. King is
u member of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee to which the measure
has been referred, and will endeavor
to secure an early and favorable re-
port.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

The foreign department of the 7. W.
G. A. is sending n cafeteria director to
Beirut at the request Of people there.
to open II cafeteria. She will sail
from New York soon with other secre-
taries. who are to carry on girls work
in the Near East Constsntinople and
Smyrna also have asked for assistance
in opening cafeterias. Countries In
which such eating places have been
started by the American Y. w. @. A.
include Brazil. Argentina. Italy. Bel
gium. France, Czecho Siovakia. Rouma-
mia and the Near East.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
HOW
ONES EVERYDAY LIFE IS
MARKED BY DANGER

MARKED BY DANGER
The hazards we face in the
course of an ordinary day in
the peaceful pursuit Of business
and recreation are seldom
thought of by most men, Ac-
cording to an accident Insurance
official, with whoIa l talked not
long ago and who, by the way.
was not trying TO sell me an &C
cident policy.
Without taking into consider
alton vocational risks" he said,
at is amazing how many chances
we run Just leading a normal
life. Every day man faces loss
OF life, physical impairment or
Inability to earn livelihood.
Even In the act of arising In
the morning and In getting into
bed at night serious injuries
have been received by many
through falls on the floor. The
apparently safe operation OF tax
Ing a bath has proved to be one
of the prolific sources OF Injuries.
Shaving is another dangerous op-
Grafton. The number OF serious
cuts has reached great proper
tions. The simple operation of
cutting corns has proved to be
dangerous and lnnumerable in
juries have been due to accidents
while lighting cigars, cigarettes
and pipes.
Chores about the house, both
for men and women, furnish all
kinds of hazards, the statistics
show. Falls from ladders. both
inside and outside the house,
have been numerous, to say moth
ing Of apparatus, cuts from lawn
mowers. butcher knives and sells
sors. burns while cooking and
falls over furniture.
''In the streets the dangers are
even greater. Many are killed
crossing the streets at undesig-
mated points. Falling signs and
snow endanger the lives Of pc
destrians."
The number Of accidents and
consequent injuries might be
greatly decreased, my informant
said, II people would only exer-
cise q little care In the ordinary
routine Of the days work. And
the force Of what he said was
brought home to me when I saw
a pedestrian deliberately throw
4 banana peel on the sidewalk
As I kicked It into the gutter l
could not help wondering II l
might not BY this little act have
saved some one from q fall and
perhaps serious in1ury.-Port-
land Evening Express
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
HEALTH FIRST

"A Fool and his tooth brush are
soon parted"
Report of Prowers County Nurse for
April.
Number of visits to schools ............lS
Room inspection of pupils ....-....... 112
Number pupils examined ................ 156
Number pupils referred to doctor AZ
Number pupils referred to dentist 26
Number pupils referred to occulist 80
Number pupils weighed and
measured ....-........--.........-..-....... 113
Number of pupils malnurished 81
Cases of infectious diseases ............ 8
Cases of physical defects found. 3s1
Number calls made........-..-............. 80
Number health talks given................ SO
Number miles Travelled ............. 5S7
Daisy Dee Furrow, Co. Nurse.
"A man is known by the teeth he
keeps'-A Toothbrush.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Where's The League?

The British War Office estimates
that there are 3,32s,00o men under
arms in Europe, exclusive of Great
Britain, Russia, Turkey, Latvia, Es-
thonia, and Lithuania. Plenty of op-
portunity for the league Of nations
to do some good work in smoothing
out the difficulties responsible for that
condition.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Electric Sterilization.

Farmers In increasing number are
canning their surplus food and fruit
products by the aid Of the electric nre-
less cooker. The jars of food to be
preserved are placed inside the cooker
in deep kettle containing four inches
Of water, and In thirty minutes the
water Is boiling. giving the Jars . per
feet sterllIzing treatment.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Bring Your School Children

To the Ben-Mar Hotel where DIR. X.
C. Sapero, the well known Eye. Ear,
Nose and Throat specialist, will ex-
anime their eyes and yours, Saturday,
May 21st.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
FIRE.ESCAPE ALWAYS HANDY
Device Of kansas Man 80 Compact II
Can BE Carried In the Ordinary
Travellers Trunk.

Pietro v. vescovi of Ottawa, Kan,
has invented a portable fre-escspe 70
compact and readily utifizabie that
any traveller may carry ono In his
trunk as a precaution against emer'
gencies.
Or 1t would easily be practicable for
a hotel to provide such d fire-escape
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

Makes Il Easy to Flee Fire.
In every room, with a strong hook on a
convenient window ledge for its at
tachment.
Having secured the affair to the
hook, or any other available means Of
attachment, the person seeking escape
from fire has only to seat himself on
q httle board. WHICH (as shown In the
drawing) is suspended from q drum
containing coiled rope.
The drum is operated by a crank
handle, and the occupant Of the swing
Ing board lowers himself to the ground
by turning this handle-a brake serv-
ing to retard the running out of the
rope, so that there Is NO undue swift
ness In his descent,
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

Would Keep Human PsdIersss.
pedigree register Is proposed for
men and women by the National A.
ISOLATION of doctors In the Uaitsd
states on the lines of the hand AAak
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Federal Aeronautics.

The National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics has drawn up a re-
port on the Government air service in
general, and, with the approval of
President Harding, has submitted it
to the Senate and House. 1t recon-
mends that the Army and Navy con-
tinue the control Of their own air
forces, that the Post Office Depart
ment be authorized to establish new
air routes, and that bureau of aero
nautics be organized in the Depart
ment Of Commerce to foster CONNER
cial aviation. The report asks an ap-
preparation from Congress of s2,000,-
600 for the use of the War Depart
ment in the next two years in the es-
tablishment of new air routes.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.

DR.. Sapero, the Denver specialist,
will again be in Lamar, at the Ben-Mar
Hotel, Saturday, May 21st.
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

The Per Cent r. r. Guarantee.
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas
has introduced a resolution to repeal
The Lamar register., 1921-05-11

Auto collision insurance at lowest
price. Call C. A. Hansen, Phone La
mar 25.