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that's goin' on over at the head
quarters, l didn't want to bother Mr..
Van Britt. and haven't been ad-
vertisin' in the newspapers. But it's
holy fact. Jimmie. The 'Sixteen's
gomez" =.
was trying to pry myself loose
from the notion that the loss Of the
engine and the boss disappearance
at about the same time were In some
way connected with each other. It
was no use; the idea refused to let go.
Look here. Kirgan," / showed in;
''can you think Of any possible reason
why Mr.. Norcr0ss should write Mr..
Van Britt a letter saying that he had
quit and was going east on the mid
night train and then should change
his mind and come down here and go
somewhere on that engineer"
After had said 1t. 1t sounded so
foolish that wanted to take 1t back.
But Kirgan didn't seem to look at 1t
that way.
swell, I'll be shot! I" he exclaimed.
II never once thought of that! But
where the devil would he gof And
how wound he get there without some
body finding out7 And why In Sam
Hill would he do a thing like that.
anyway? Why. sufferin' Moses If
he wanted to go anywhere, all he had
to do was to order out his car and
tell the dispatcher, and go.
Il can't figure 1t out any better than
you can," confessed. "Mr. Norcross
Is gone, and the Ten-Sixteen is gone,
and they both dropped out between
ten and twelve o'clock on the same
night Mart, I don't believe Mr.. Nor
cross went east at all believe.
when we find that engine, wen find
hint"
Kirgan got out of his chair and be
gan to walk up and down in the little
space between his desk and the draw.
ing-poard. Besides being the best boss
mechanic In the West, he was a first
class fighting man, with clear head
and nerve to burn. When he had got
as far as he could go alone he turned
on me.
Tower outfit was far enough along in
its scrap with the boss to put up a job
to pass him out of the gamer" he de-
manded.
told him 1t didn't seem to At into
any twentieth-century scheme Of
things. and past that I mentioned the
fact that the Hatch people had taken
the back track and were now Offering
to sell out and stop checking the
wheels OF reform.
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and thresh 1t out with Juneman, or
Billoughby. or Mr.. Ripley. From these
private talks found out that there
was still some doubt In the minds Of
all four Of them about the boss drop
out-as to whether 1t was voluntary
or not.
Also, 1 found out what had been
done during the four days. We had
no company detective" at that time,
and Mr.. Hornack had borrowed a man
named Grimmer from his old COM
pany. the Overland Central. wiring for
him and getting him on the ground
within twenty-four hours of the time
Of Mr.. Norcross' disappearance.
Grimmer had gone to work at once,
but everything he had turned up, SO
far. favored the voluntary runaway
theory. Mr.. Norcross' trunks were
still in his rooms at the Bullard; but
his two grips were gone. And the
night clerk at the hotel. when he was
pushed to. 1t. remembered that the
boss had paid his bill up to date that
night. before going up to his rooms.
Past that. the trace was completely
lost. The conductor on the Fast Mail,
eastbound, on the night In question,
swore by all that was good and great
that Mr.. N0rcross hadn't been
passenger on his train. And he would
certainly have known 1t II he had been
carrying his general manager.
Over in the other field there was
absolutely nothing to incriminate the
Hatch people. So far from 1t, Hatch
had turned up at the railroad Office,
bright and early the morning after
Mr.. Norcross had gone. He had asked
for tile boss. and f,iiling to find him.
he had hunted up. Mr.. Van Britt. What
he wanted, 1t seemed. was a chance
to reopen the proposition that had
been made to him the day before
the offer of the new Citizens Storage
& Warehouse company to purchase the
various Red Tower equipments and
plants.
Mr. Van Britt had referred him to
Mr.. Ripley, and to our lawyer Hatch
had made what purported to be an
open confession. admitting that he had
gone to Mr.. Norcross the night be-
fore, determined to fight the new COM
pany to finish. and that there had
been good many things said that
would better be forgotten. Now, how
ever. he was willing to talk straight
business and compromise. He had
called his board Of directors together.
and they had voted to sell their track
bordering plants to Citizens Storage
4 Warehouse IL price could be ami
cably agreed upon.
With Mr.. Norcross gone and a new
general manager coming. Mr.. Ripley
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CHAPTER VII
The Lost 1915

ne loet 1U1o
When Kirgan told me he was
shy whole locomotive. I began to
see all sorts of fireworks OF course.
there was nothing on earth to connect
the boss disappearance with thar OF
the engine which had been left stnnd-
ing below the coal chutes, but the two
things snapped themselves together
for me like the halves of an auto
matte coupling, and I couldn't wedge
them apart.
IAN engine-even- little old Altar
tic-type-is a pretty big thing to lose,
isn't 1t, Kirgan" l asked.
Kirgan righted his chair with a
crash.
Jimmie. I've sifted this blamed out
fit through an eighty-mesh screen !"
he growled. with all the devil-to-pay
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Dlu NOrCTOSS say dHyiillnS 10 make
you think there had been fight?"
He told me that Hatch was abusive
and had made threats-in a business
way"
"In business way? What do you
mean by that?'
quoted the boss own words, as
nearly as 1 could recall them.
$50 Hatch did make a threat, then7
Can you add anything more"
could, but l didn't want to. Mr..
Van Britt didn't know anything about
the Sand Creek siding hold-up, or
supposed he didn't, and l didn't want
to be the first one to tell him. Besides,
the whole business was beside the
mark. Maisie Ann knew, and 1 knew.
that the boss, strong and unbreakable
as he was in other ways, had simply
thrown up his hands and quit because
somebody had told him that Mrs.
Sheila had a husband living. So !
just said
Nothing that would help out" and
after he had talked little while
longer our only millionaire went down
stairs again.
It's SO funny how things change
around for a person just by giving
them time to sort of shake down Into
place and ht themselves together.
After a while the chin edge Of the
wedge that Mrs. Sheila had been try
ing to drive into me began to take
hold, just a little, in spite of what
knew-or thought knew. Was 1t
barely possible, after all, that there
had been foul play Of some sort7
In the first place. something had
been done to me by somebody: It was
a sure thing that hadn't crippled and
half-killed myself all by my lonesome.
Then they had said that the boss
stayed up with Mr.. Ripley that night
until after ten o'clock. and had then
gone up to 90 to bed. That being the
case how could anybody have got to
him between that time and the leav-
ing time Of the midnight Fast Mail to
tell him about Mrs. SheIla7
Anyway It was stacked up, 1t made
a three-cornered puzzle, needing some
body to tackle it right away; and
when / finally went to sleep 1t WAS
with the notion that, sick or no sick,
1 was going to turn out early In the
morning and get busy.
was well enough to get up the next
morning, and when / phoned to Mr..
Van Britt he sent his car out to the
majors to take me down to the office.
Just before l left the house, Mrs.
Sheila waylaid me. and after telling
me that l must be careful and not
take cold In the burnt hand, she put
in another word about the boss dis
appearance.
II want you to remember. what !
said last night, Jimmie, and not let
the others talk you over into the be-
lief that Mr.. Norcross has gone away
because he was either discouraged or
afraid. He wouldn't do that: you
know it, and l know 1t. We are his
friends, you and l, and we must stand
by him and defend him when he isn't
here to defend himself"
1t did me good to hear her talk
that way. had been sort Of getting
ready to dislike her for letting the
boss get In so deep and not telling
him straight out that she was mar
ried woman and he mustn't; but
when l saw that she was trying to be
Just as loyal to him as i was, 1t pulled
me over to her side again.
Though the bosg disappearance was
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Graham Norcross, rail
road manager. and his secretary. Jimmie
iDodds, are marooned at Sand Greek sd
and her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness peculiar train holdup, in which
. special car Is carried OF.
CHAPTER H.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's. financial
maSnate. whom he was to meet at-Portal
Ths later osrs one Sorcross sscIe ts.
in the hands Of eastern speculAtors.
a:ns q &. ns sSat
6heila Macrae is stopping At Portal City.
accepts.
vsrsation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
tAve Henckel, Portal City fnanciern, In
which they admit completely In Chadwick
Chadwick from attending q meeting Of
Line. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
Tswer corporation. Norcross forms the
pany. He begins to manifest . deep IN
terest in 6heila Macras. Dodds learns
that shella is married, but living apart
Know this.
CHAPTER ". : Hatch. aware that
Dodds has knowledge of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
naping, offers him Inducements to leave
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
ONCE, he IL knocked senseless. Recov-
ering CONSEQUENCES. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and il believed to
have resigned and gone east
CHAPTER VI.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
pf Hatch and Henckel, and on recover
terry.
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Wind and Sound.

A government scientist gives an in
teresting explanation of the action of
the wind in preventing the spread of
sound. g."
1t Is, he claims, not the wind, as
such, that prevents sound from tray
cling against It,, but difference in the
strength of the wind. If. for instance,
the wind, is stronger above than be-
low, or stronger, at one side, its eff
feet will be to tilt the sound waves
in one, direction or another. Differ
ences of temperature in the air also
cause DETECTION Of the waves of sound.
Other atmospheric causes exist which
defect sound from straight course
and prevent It from going as far In
a certain direction as it may have
been expected to go. M %
Some of the sirens in this country,
IT appears, produce sounds which
ought theoretically to be audible at a
distance of 1000 miles, but, in fact,
the authorities are satisfied if they
are heard only two miles away. The
reason for the discrepancy between
calculation and experiment was prob
ably atmospheric DETECTION of the
sound.
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Miss Florence Hall of Wilton is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Paul England
John Whelan returned from Dako'
ia Thursday. %,s# ~ SID
Edward Beaulieu called on Verns
MacRae Friday evening. ~
Miss Verna MacRae left Saturday
morning to- visit Rosetta Rasmussen
at the. home of Billeveaus. She viii
attend the teachers convention at
Bemidji this week. - 70 'a't..'aos'l 8,
Walter Il Whelan drove in from
Dakota, Saturday evening. .. d.
Harvey Rustvold and William
O'Leary were dinner guests Saturday
evening at the Roy home. u, .r.a.t
The Misses Dorothy Porter and
Olivia Roy, and Harvey Rustvold and
William O'Leary attended the dance
at Puposky and had a most enjoy
able time. Frank Campbell was kind
enough to come after. them for, the
dance. and leave it to them to show
you good time. = u. ...r
Miss Florence Hall was escorted
to the dance by Clarence Allandslee.
John and Wallace Whelan, Ira
Stout and Alferd Allandslee motored
to Puposky to attend the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Englund visited Mr..
and Mrs. August Anderson Sunday.
A big entertainment and dance will
ge given at Island Lake October 20.
Everybody welcome for a good time.
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to be the truth. We all wish to apollo
gize to Mr.. johnson and Miss Olson
for the error. -.
A shower was given in honor OF
Mrs. Art May week ago Tuesday.
A large crowd attended the shower
and Mrs. May received many useful
gifts. Mrs. May wishes to thank her
,many friends for the many gifts
she received. H
~. A shower was given in honor of
Mrs. Bert Landlord Tuesday. A large
crowd was there and Mrs. Landlord
received many beautiful gifts. Mrs.
Landlord wishes to thank her friends
for the many gifts she received.
A rag ball social was given in the
Parks school house last Saturday
evening. Quite a large crowd attend
ed the social and all reported a good
time.
Several of the young men of this
vicinity attended the dance at Leon
ard last Saturday evening.
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
PEOPLES STATE BANK, PINE
WOOD, MIMI, AT CLOSE OF Bust
NESS ON OCTOBER 9TH, 1921 49,.

~ ri Et& RESOURCES .'.r. ...,-g.1
Loans and Discounts ...... :. .ss1 ,os4so
Overdrafts "S.91
FIXTURES :. !I!U 1,91o14
Cash on Hand. - /
Currency 100000
Silver 49,. 252.95
othef" $500. l'Vo s.
Total Cash Assets .....:.. '2,5se77
Checks and Cash Items ..... 667l
Paid out for Expenses etc, in
Excess of Earnings ....... 1,4413I
Total. s37,oss7o
LIABILITIES
Surplus Fund 49,. T. ....... 100000
Deposits Subject to .'
Check ............$ ?,56ll3 3
Cashiers Checks .... 703.24 s."
Total Immediate - r.
Liabilities -. -. s1o!2S4.9a $50
Time Certificates j.. 14,s03.73 #%&
'''''' ep''i'' -y-o.o-o ,oss.7o
-. Total. .......... - s37 ,oss:7o
Amount Of Reserve on Hand ::$2'666'H
amount of Reserve required by a. -, = %
sr an or; 'Mi:l;NNEsoTA 1l
co We 1o os heFf rAGLEY s. President and
Carl. CLAUSON, Cashier. Of the above
named Bank do Solemnly swear, that the
above statement is true to the best or
our knowledge and belief. 49,.
~ ttC*#T JOSEPH TAGLEY, r'
Al, r.. +, ..,f President 4
~ .'' - d. $50, ~. Cashier.
Correct Attest: -:s'o i
A. y. STEVENS, !
JOSEPH TAGLIY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of Oct. 1921:
O. NJ. GROVEN,
Notary Public,
Polk County, Mimi.
(SealD
My commission expires April 18th, 1928
1t10-19
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Crude Methods of Defense.

Pueblo Indians were never warriors,
but in the old days they We're subject
to frequent attacks by the wandering
tribes, such as the Apaches and the
Navajos. Therefore many of the crude
adobe houses were built with port
holes up near the roof, which the oc-
cupants used to defend themselves
from the attackers. Many of these
old houses are still standing, and port
holes are still there, just as they were
years and wears ago. OF course, they
are all occupied, for no new houses
are built unless there is an absolute
necessity forfthem. M. -
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- - - y p - = r - - ~ - - y
There will be no school this week
as the teacher, Miss Florence Annon-
son will attend teachers institute IN
Bemidji. a. ..,,
A. A. Lawson sold very .flne car
of birch wood to wood dealer IN
Bemidji last week, and Andrew Dam
hauled and loaded the wood for Mr..
Lawson at Spur ID. = y !
Mrs. Florence Annonson spent
Wednesday evening with Mrs. Champ
Petri.
August Becker transacted business
in Bemidji Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Champ Petri and chill
dren were. Puposky callers on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sundh were
callers Sunday on Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
man Klasen.
T., Mr.. and Mrs. Champ Petri enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Richard keln7
and infant son, Jack Curtis. 49,,
Victor Petri spent Sunday with
his brother Champy and family. 4
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Mrs. P. J. Rock was a Bemidji call
era Monday $50 i,
Mr.. Rock was Bemidji visitor
last Friday. His granddaughter, Miss
Luce from Bemidji returned !. with
him to Solway to visit over Satur-
day and Sunday. s.,s ~
= Misses Elva and Ovina Peterson.
Doris Slime, Clara Larson and sBina
Gustafson returned home from Be-
midi Saturday to visit with their
parents. Ovina Peterson and Miss
Gustafson left again Sunday for Be-
midi. Miss 5Lomen, Elva Peterson
and Miss Slime returned to Bemidji
on Monday. -
KS Miss Lucy Heminger is now work
ing in the C. F. Rogers store.
An opening dance is to be given
in the I. O. O. F. hall next Saturday,
October %. Every one is welcome to
come and have a good time!
It was reported in last weeks Pho
neer that Stone Johnson was mar
ried. It was told to the neighbors for
joke by Mr.. Johnson's little brother
but when the neighbors reported it
it was supposed to have been believed
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RuIIoNs IN UNPRODUcTlvE LABOR

Tho San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has
4ba convictions of its membership the question OF
If ornaments in resolution which has come to our desk
orr convictions admirably that reproduce
IN 1895 at the First Hague Conference an
++emnt was made to stop the growth of ornaments me
nv continued military and naval grew year D year
ore and more taxes imposed to provide Tor
tive expenditure Fears and mutual suspicious kept pace WIN
these war preparaons and finally in 1914, the great expo
sion e.. ~, luao, of orna .
en+ staggering In countries the paper
has become worthless; investments have been
cated credit has disappeared; trade at sandstl Even
IN the United States the heavy taxation tor
has begun to restrict consumption The people are
mo less because the taxgaherer taking more NOR can ne
American business men afford neglect their foreign
mr exports were valued nearly eight thousand million oo
ar in 1920 and more half went to Europe Ihey are no"
shrinking rapidly o+a ~ die. nnear1
nles the burden of ornaments substantially
;lstration reduction Of military and naval ny
would set probably not less than four ho
sand million dollars annually for trade and creot "ou' s
ilv revive with an increasing sense OF security ~ &C.,
sf the armament rivalry among the allles conhues
thor conscation of wealth nevtabe the vlctors Will
The financial ruin of vanqushed The business men OF
and of Great already taken action showing
their Governments need for public retrenchment
can business should move to assure Preloeht
ding of their support his great effort to reeve tne
its staggering burdens and to enforce sanitary "
benefit of the people, -
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HOW AUTO LICENSE MONEY is USED
IEror, The St. Cloud Daily Journal Press)

The repor Of Rnes the money pald o
in the month September in the Trunk Highway tuha
correct for the other months the year.
Administration $4,7ss45 cons tr ne1
,naintenance S287 $685. equipment SOL $685. -:
The total is near million and quarter dollars and OF TINS
amount than $4,000 to the administrative oHcel f
which included commissioners engineers and clerks o.
the million dollars labor in building permanent hlgh
wavs building and of other trunk highway roads
There seems impression that only small par OF
rho goes into road work. and the stationery
been made and repeated that only rs cents of every dollar IS
sed for road building The absurty of this is shown
nv the above figures than 1000 in expenditure OF
Chiffon and quarter for overhead better showing than
ada hv any business manufacturing in the coun-
The highway commission branch of public service
that Is conducted on strictly business principles
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Name of Labrador.

1t is believed that Labrador was 50
named because Portuguese explorers
thought the natives would make good
laborers,. or because of the labor re,
quired to make Il living there. The
name is connected with, the old Span
ish name for labor. The Labrador
coast was discovered in the Tenth cen
fury by Left, the Norseman, but no eX
plorations were made. 1t was. agaiI
discovered in 1897 by. John Cabot. EN-
plorations and settlements were made
and the peninsula was named.
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New-York tribune., 1921-04-11
Facts to Force
Hylan Inquiry,
Advocates Say
Legislative Leaders Promise
Revelations Which Will
Rout Opposition if Sen
ate Hesitates at Probe
Report on Measure Near
Demand Of New York City
Legislators To Be Laid
Before Governor To-day
From u .stof Correspondent

ALBANY, April 10.-Signatures of a
majority of the Republican legislators
from New York City attached to q petit
ton demanding that there be thor
ough investigation of the graft and
corruption in the Hearst Hylan-Tar,-
many administration will be presented
to Governor Miller at conference in
the Executive Chamber tomorrow
morning at $3.50.
The list, which is in the possession
of Senator Schuyler NJ. Meyer, Of New
York, includes the names of some of
the legislators from Kings County and
Richmond, where the county leaders,
Jacob A Livingston and James p.
Thompson, have been more powerful in
blocking an investigation than the fol-
lowers Of Messrs. Murphy, Hylan and
Hearst.
This list, together with the action
yesterday of the entire delegation of
the Republican legislators from New
York County in going On record as
unanimously favoring a thorough in
vestigation, will, 1t is believed. put an
end to the power of the opposition.
If this fails and the legislative lead
ers still listen to the advice Of Mr.. Liv-
ingston or are swayed by the whispered
pleas of certain Republican leaders who
are not working in the open, facts will
be laid before the Senate which will
drive the opposition not only to cover
but some of its leaders from public
life. according to two influential mem
bers OF the Legislature.
Those who are lighting the efforts of
the New York City bipartisan combine
to prevent a graft Investigation ex-
pressed the opinion tonight that the
amended Meyer resolution providing
for such an inquiry will be reported
out by the Senate Finance Committee
either tomorrow night or Tuesday,
The resolution as amended calls FOR
a specific investigation Of the Police
Department and District Attorney
Swann's Office, AS we'll as other city de-
partments against which charges OF
graft or corruption have been made.
1t is expected that when Mr.. Living
ston and his Tammany allies reach the
conclusion that they cannot prevent the
seek to amend it SO as to prevent any
graft investigation and contne it to a
constructive investigation Of the char
ter, with graft taboo.
This will not be tolerated for a mo-
ment by the three legislators, whose
constant fight has swung the entire up
state delegation, with few notable ex-
ceptions, to advocacy of graft inves-
tigation