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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

tally his battle they were fighting
out there. He fumbled aimlessly
in his pockets for his gloves. Some
thing tinkled on the floor and he
bent to pick up the little crucifix
with Its twisted. tangled chain. for
gotten at Tollifer. Duly, hazily. he
stared at it with his red eyes, with
the faint feeling of q duty neglect
ed. Then:
"She only said they might want
it, he mumbled. I'm sorry
should have remembered. I'm al
, ways failing-at something"
| Then. anxious to take his place
in the fighting line, he replaced the
tiny bit OF gold in his pocket and
threaded his way through the cir
, cuitous tunnel Of snow.
Even from the distance, Barry
could hear the surge OF the terrific
| impact, as the rotary smashed
1 against the tight-jammed contents
of the shed. snaried and tore at its
enemy. then, beaten at last by the
| erusted ice OF the rails, came
: grudgingly back so that the crews
might break the ice from the rails
! and give traction for another as
sault. Houston started forward.
only to stop. A figure in the dim
light OF the cook car had caught his
eye. Medaine Robinette.
II the woman back there in the
west country only would tell II
she would only keep the promise
which she had given him in her
half-deliriumi
Ten minutes later Barry stood
beside great Mallet engine, a
sleek. greyhound of the mountains,
taking instructions from the super
intendent.
Know anything about firm IN
engine?'
II know enough to shovel coal
and I've got strong pair of shout
( ders"
When you get in them gas
pockets, stick your nose in the he'll
low of your elbow. There amt no
fresh air in that there shed; the
minute these engines get inside and
start THROWN on the juice, it hlls
up with smoke. That's what gets
you
Barry climbed to his place on the
engine. A whistle sounded, to lie
echoed and reechoed by the answer
ing blasts OF the snowplow train
four engines and the big anger it
self-ready now for a fresh sally
into the shed. Throttles open, fire
boxes throwing their red, 'splutter-
ing glare against the black sky as
firemen leaped to their task. the
great mass of machinery moved for
ward.
Faster-faster-then the impact
like crashing into a stone wall
They were within the spowshed
now, the auger- boring and tearing
and snarling like some savage,
vengeful thing against the solid
mass which faced it. Inch by inch
! for eight feet it progressed; then
progress ceased, while the pillow
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

-on the Death Trail. I expect
to-"
They talk OF it as something
terrible Why
Houston pointed to the forbid
ding wall OF snow. His thick.
broken lips mumbled in the longest
speech he had known in days.
ITS all granite up there. TIE
cut of the roadbed forms a base for
the remainder OF the snow When
we cut out the foundation-they're
afraid that the vibration will loosen
the rest and start an avalanche. II
all depends whether it comes before
or after we've passed through :
She straightened and looked at
him with clear, frank eyes. Mr.
Houston" came quietly, I've been
thinking about something all day.
have felt that l haven't been quite
fair-that man who has acted as
you have acted since-since I met
you thiSlast time-that he deserves
more of a chance than l have given
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

shrilIed the triple signal to BACK
up. The engineer opened the can
window and gratefully sucked ID
the fresh. clean air
Eight feet-that's all ne museo-
Eight feet at a time
Back and forth-back and forth
fresh air and foul air-gleamins
lights, then dense biackness-so the
hours passed. Sally after sally the
snowplow made. Men fell grovei-
ing, only to be dragged into the
open air resuscitated. then sen.
down once more into the cruelty OF
the fight The hours dragged oy
like stricken things. Tnen-w1tn
davn-the plow chrurned with
Lesser impact 1t surged forward
Gray light broke through at Inc
end Of the tunnel. The grip OF al
least one enowshed was broken
but there remained 20 more-and
the Death Traii-beyond,
The day crew carried the fgnt on
upward, through three OF the small
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04
BIG SIGNBOARD
MAY STIMULATE
STATION PLANS
Special Moline Service

{ Moline will attempt to have Of
Ulcers of the Rock Island Lines full
I'LL their promise. made a year ago.
Ito erect q new passenger station in
moline in the summer OF 1922
y Summer is near at hand and 1t
Els reported that the building will
sagain be postponed. W. S. Wake.
ssecretary of the Chamber of Com
smerce, has directed a letter to the
sehicago office OF the road. remind
ing officers there that the improve
sment has been postponed for Is
years.
! Unless the station is built this
summer there is a possibility that
steps will be taken by certain Mo-
sllne citizens to make the railroad
srnmpanv the object of pitiless pub
sslicity. To this end it has been pro-
sposed that a large sign be erected
near the present Rock Island de-
mot with some such inscription as
s'sDo Not Judge Our Town by Our
Rock Island Depot. No one claims
authorship of this plan. hut it is
sheing freely discussed. A Moline
Electrician. it is said. has volur
teered to wire the sign SO that it
may he read from passing trains
"a night
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04
MUST NOT TAKE
!. AWAY MARKERS
tolice Warn Against Tampering
J with Safety Zone Signs; Ask
8 Cooperation.

| Newly placed safety zone mark
n proved too great a temptation
n souvenir hunters and in few
ases the signs were moved, bro
fen or stolen.
3 police today began search for
anyone tampering with either the
I immature traffic cops" which mark
"a safety zones proper or the up
Hght signs which indicate the
L sroper parking or ranking areas
aear the zones
Morotists for the most part, said
&rhief Tom Cox of the police de-
4 nartment this morning. are getting
suto the spirit of cooperation with
4 he city administration in regard
Is the safety zones.
"They are the ones most bene-
Atsd by the terms Of the new ord
nance. now in effect. which estab-
Ifshsd street car stop safety zones,
William F1tzsim-
+ mons. who introduced the safety
rnna ordinance. said. 1T is to
their advantage to cooperate with
the police :.
The cooperation thus urged Is
applicable in three forms. Auto
Ists should refrain from hating
sfbeir cars nearer to corners in the
downtewn business section than &C
feet They should drive. slowly and
Cautiously when passing halted
street cars. They should aid In
snreserving the traffic zone markers
that drivers who are strangers in
the CITY may be shown the Rock Is
land taffic rules.
The system of white division
Zines and standing markers to in
z6icate precautions to be taken by
ssdriye-s at corners is claimed to be
.the best and most practical method
IA traffic control, outside OF the
ssvstem OF having a traffic officer
constantly on duty at every corner
1.-THE police are as embarrassed
at arresting violators of this and
other traffic ordinances as are the
sDrisone-s themselves, Chief Coz
remarked today. We have no wish
TO enforce the laws that way un'
L less II is necessary. But inasmuch
as It is obviously to the interest
Of motorists to follow the rule:
which must regulate traffic undel
the new safety zone system, CO
operation must be urged, and if no
given, enforced"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

er snowsheds. at last to halt at the
long. curved affair which shielded
the jutting edge of Mount Taluchen.
The second and third nights were
q repetition of the first.
Tonight was the last night, the
last either in the struggle or in the
lives of those who had fought their
way upward TO the final baricade
which yet separated them from the
top OF the world-the Death Trail.
Smooth and sleek it showed be-
fore Houston in the early moon
light, an icy Niagara, the snow
piled high above the railroad tracks.
Already the plows were assembled.
This was to be the fight of fights,
there in the moonlight A quick
shoot and a lucky one. Otherwise
the men who went forward to their
engines would not speak of it But
there was one who did
She was standing beside the cook
car as Houston passed.
You'll be with them ?'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

him That"
I'm asking nothing Of you. Miss
Roeinette.s
II know. am asking something
OF you. I want TO tell you that
have been hoping that you can some
day furnish me the proof-that you
spoke of once that's what
wanted to tell you." she ended
quickly and extended her hand
-Goodby. I'll be praying for all OF
you up there"
Houston answered only with a
pressure OF his hand He locked al
her with eyes that spoke what mis-
tongue could not say, then he went
on-a stumbling, dead -tired man
even on awaking from sleep, but q
man whose heart was beating with
new fervor She would be pray
ing for all of them up there at the
Trail And all of them included him
At the cab of the engine, he lis
tened to the final instructions of the
cursing. anxious superintendent
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Continued from our last ixsue)
Il must 20 on i gave my prom
ise.n
She nodded.
1T means Tollifer now. The de-
scent is more dangerous"
Suddenly the storm lifted for a
moment. Far below. miles in real
ity. straight jets OF steam rose high
above black, curling smoke;- family,
distantly, whistles sounded. The
snowpiowsi
He gripped her arm with the
sight of it, nor did she resist
Thrilled. enthrailed, they watched
it; the whirling smoke. the shoot
ing stream, the white spray which
indicated the grinding. churning
progress of the plows, propelled by
the heavy engines behind. From the
swollen lips of Houston:
They've started the fight, I'm
going to work with them"
| But"
He knew what she meant and
( shook mis- head.
/ -No-she does not need me My
/ presence would mean nothing tc
j her. l can't tell you why. My
] place-is down there"
! For an instant Medaine Robin
/ cite looked at him with frankly
questioning eyes, eyes which told
! that a question was arising as to his
guilt in at least one of the things
| which circumstances had arrayed
against him. But suddenly she was
I speaking, as though to divert heI
! thoughts.
/ We'll have about three hours
. It's our chance. We'd better cut
this cord-the one in the lead may
fall and pull the other one over
i We'd better make haste"
! Houston stepped before her. A
, moment later they we're edgine
their way down the declivity 81
/ what once had been a railroad
! track.
/ Black dots they became-dots
| which appeared late in the after
noon to the laboring crews Of the
snow-fghters far below; dots edg.
/ ing their way about beetling preci-
pieces, plunging forward, then stop
ping; pulling themselves out OF the
| heavier drifts, where drops of II
/ and even 90 feet had thrown them
f! Once, at the edge of an overhang
/ ing ledge, he scrambled furiously
! failed and fel1-to drop in a drift
! far below, to crawl painfully bacl
to the waiting dot above. Hours!
! The dots grew larger. On they
came, stumbling, Keeling. The
woman wavered and fell; he caugh
her. Then double-weighted, a pacl
on his back, form in his arms, Id
came on, his blood-red eyes search
ing almost sightlessly the faces q
the waiting. stolid, grease-smearet
i men, his thick voice dro.ling ovel
bloody lips:
Somebody take her-get her intc
| the bunk cars. She's given out
I'm I'm all right. Take care o.
her. I've got to go Onto Tollifer!
| CHAPTER XIX.
= II was night when Barry Houston
limped. muscles cramped and frost
numbed, into the little undertaking
/, shop at Tollifer and deposited hi:
tiny burden. Medaine Robinettt
had remained behind in the care o.
/ the snow crews.
''NameIess," he said with an ef
fort. when the lengthy details o.
certifcation were asked THE
! mother" and a necessary lie came
to his ips-"became unconsciou:
before she could tell me anything
+ except that the baby had been bap
tized. She wanted a priest
! From far away came the whistles
of locomotives, answering the sig
81 al i
remembered the bulky cars of ma
! chinery at Toliifer 1t was par
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

Men and women who can "get close
to the ground" and rornp with the
youngsters; who can hike, vault
fences, make long swius-nen and
women who stand out physically and
mentally prove the result OF proper
balanced nourishment! They are
equipped to enjoy life to the limit!
Give children Kellogg's delicious
whole-wheat KRUMBLES-witn the
full, enticing whole-wheat favor for
the FIRST tine-and make them thrive
and grow big and robust and red
bloodedi Whole-wheat KRUMBLES
contain in correct proportion every
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04
Gettine Real Joy Out of Life!

vital food element needed to sustain
human life!
Whole-wheat KRUMBLES are
necessity to Offset the denatured,
bleached-out foods that flood our
tables in the guise of "palate-ticklers-"
KRUMBLES make bone and muscle
and red blood! KRUMBLES rebuild
puny, understood, underfed striplings
and send them into the world as
rugged men and women!
Fathers-mothers, realize what
KRUMBLES will mean to your chill
dren, to yourself. Buy KRUMBLES
at your grocer'sl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

Continued In cur next issuel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

efficiently Buying for five this
We value above everything house
We shall jeopardse high standing by selling unworthy
goods Our policy shall always be sell quality instruments which
fully offer the obanabe
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04

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exchange.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
ANDRETTAFILES
FOR COMMISSIONER
Completes His Second Term as
County Treasurer at End
of This Year.

County Treasurer Fred c. Andretta
Tuesday filed his nominating petition
in accordance with his recent an
nouncement that he would be a candi-
date in the republican primaries for
the nomination of county commits
sioner. Mr. Andretta's present term
as treasurer, his second one. will ex-
pire this year.
Mr.. Andretta sets forth in his nomi-
nation petition that "if nominated and
elected l will. during my term of Of
flee, discharge my duties honestly.
faithfully and in a business-ike man
ner. / believe in honesty, courtesy
and business methods in public office. "
Mr.. Andretta has been resident of
Great Falls since 1891, coming here
from Butte when boy. Prior to his
election to the county treasurer's Of
flee for the first term, he served as
chief deputy under Lee Dennis when
ha was county treasurer, and also
when Dennis was clerk and recorder.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
DAVIS THREAT
TO Be GHOST,
CITED BY WIFE
Would Kill Himself and Re-
appear Every Night, Charge
Made in Divorce Suit.

Vile and ungovernerable. and some
times bordering on insanity. is the
way Alyina Davis describes the temper
of her husband, William Davis. whom
she is suing for divorce on grounds of
extreme cruelty. In a reply to
counter charges made by Davis, who
is Neihart miner. Mrs. Davis says
that her husband often. during fits of
anger, made threats to kill her and
their children, and that recently he
has made statements that after kill
ing himself, he would appear on earth
each night after IL o'clock.
HumiIiating Charges, Claimed
Davis accused his wife of adultery
and repeatedly told her that he was
not the father of their oldest boy
Mrs. Davis says in her reply that he
made these statements purely for the
purpose of humiliating her and degrad-
ing her character. She also denied
the charge of her husband that she
attempted to poison him.
When Mrs. Davis declared her in
tention to sue her husband for divorce,
the reply reads. Davis is alleged to
have told her that his statements in
court would prevent the awarding of
deere eand also that he could control
the courts. =. =...
Case To Be Tried This Term
Mrs Davis alleges that her hus-
band has not paid the ahmony and
counsel fees ordered recently by the
court pending the trial. and she asks
that he be cited to appear in court
and tell why he has disobeyed instruc-
tions.
Th case is to be tried before jury
during the present term Of district
court
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
Threatened Forest
Guards; Fined $500
in Federal Court

A new type of trial in federal
court was introduced last week in
Missoula when three men were
convicted for conspiring to in
timidate by threats and violence
q guard in the Nlissoufa national
forest
1t is alleged that the men, 8. D.
Hastings. Gilbert Lewis and s. L.
Evans, threatened to get" forest
guard if he didn't resign his posi-
ton with the government and later
they were said to have attacked
another guard and beaten him
severely because he refused to
quit his job at their request. The
men were fined $500 by the court.
This is the first instance of the
trial and conviction Of men in fed
eral court for such an offense,
federal officials say. The con-
spiracy was said to have been the
outcome of interference by for
estry officials in the operation Of
a moOnshine still in the vicinity
of the national forest.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
DISPLAY METAL,
WARES TUESDAY
IS CLUBS PLAN
Products of American Brass
and Anaconda to Be Shown
at Rainbow.

The brass and copper exposition,
based on the products of the copper
| mines of Montana as shown in displays
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany and its new subsidiary, the Amer
lean Brass company, will be opened in
| Great Falls next Tuesday in the Palm
room Of the Rainbow, according to a
decision reached at a session Tuesday
of a special committee of the CONNER
cial club.
Members of the club committee were
j. c. Dow, Frank Farwen and H. A.
Templeton meeting with A. E. Wiggin.
general superintendent Of the A. G. NJ
smelter and S. B. Chase of the COM
pany.
Exhibit at Helena
The display Of brass works that has
been shown in the Butte display and
is now on exhibition in Helena will
arrive in Great Falls Sunday. The
display will be formally opened at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon and may be
seen by the public from then until the
end of the week. The display will be
accompanied from Helena by Alex
Macdonald and Ellis Frenk Of Butte,
who will superintend the installation
and will be present throughout the
show to explain it to visitors.
From the A. c. NJ. smelter Of Great
Falls will come the copper exhibit to
include work from all departments of
the plant showing the many uses of
the metal. There will be full spools
Of copper wire, of cables and of zinc
pieces.
Firms to Aid Show
To make it complete. a committee
of the Commercial club will visit the
stores of the city and there will be
samples of the use of copper. brass
and zinc in their many forms, ranging
through things Of utility to art work
Hardware stores will be largely called
upon but there will be hardly an insti-
tuition Of the city that will not show
the contribution OF the metals to it's
business Mr. Chase of the company
will have charge of the arrangement
of the huge exhibit.
The exhibit, when collected. will
weigh several tons, but by arrangement
on the walls of the room and on small
tables, space will be left for the tables
for the usual luncheon meetings. 1t !.
has been suggested that the luncheon
clubs take advantage of the display to |
special talks on the copper industry
of the state.
Exposition Attracts Many
Throughout the exhibition. there will
be corps of men in charge of the
display room to explain the processes
of manufacture and other details to
visitors. Formal talks are not now
on the program.
The exhibit has attracted thousands |
of persons in its visit to Butte and
Helena and has taken on special signifi- |
canoe in view Of the recent purchase |
Of the brass plant by the Anaconda
company and the Increased use for
Montana's output Of copper.
The Commercial club committee is
preparing a booklet of the industry
based upon and the process of manu-
facture of the metals. 1t will sketch |
the uses of the metals and list articles
in numerous businesses to which they |
are put. A section of the booklet will |
be devoted to the brass industry and
manufacture, alone, as of special in
terest to Great Falls.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
KONNERS FAILS IN ATTEMPT
TO DNSfAT BOARD CHAIRMAN
ems and Effort l. Made to Even Up Old Score
When New Member Is Seated.

other members of the board and Mr..
Moran that he was thoroughly familiar
with the law governing his motion,
County Clerk Moran said it would first
be necessary to declare the office Of
chairman vacant before a new chair
man could be elected. Mr.. Kommers
conceded that Mr.. Moran. was right
and he imm mediately moved that the
office be declared vacant. Mr.. Boyd
seconded the motion for the purpose of
bringing the legal issue to decision. as
he again made 1t plain that it was not
his desire to succeed Mr.. Johnston.
Mr.. Kommers repeated his motion
that Mr. Boyd be elected chairman, but
Mr.. Boyd offered no encouragement.
The unwillingness of the county at
torney to render an immediate decision
left the matter in the air and finally
Mr.. Kommers moved for reconsidera-
ton of his previous motion and it car
ried with the second of Mr.. Boyd.
Later, to county officials, Mr.. Boyd
would not take the charm anship under
any consideration.
Feud Started Last Summer
County officials who are familiar
with the affairs Of the commissioners
office say that the action pursued by
Mr.. Kommers was largely due to the
i'll feeling that he has had toward Mr.
Johnston since last summer, when Mr..
Bennett was elected temporary chair
man of the board while the permanent
chairman was away on leave of ab-
sence.
When Mr.. Bennett was named to the
position. according to officials, Mr..
Kommers slapped his hat on his head
and walked from the office in rage.
Since that time, it is said. he and Mr..
Johnston have been at loggerheads on
virtually every matter that has come to
the attention of the board, Mr.. Kom-
mers being particularly active in re-
fusing to allow bills which Mr.. John
ston had passed as legitimate claims
against the county.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-26
Mortgage Company
Seeks Foreclosure
Against Manns

A decree ordering the foreclosure of
a mortgage on 100 acres in section =
township % north, of range west, is
asked in an action filed Tuesday in
district court by the Hennepin Mort
gage company against George A. Mann
and Josephine Mann.
1t is alleged in the complaint that
the defendants mortgaged the land as
security for the payment Of four prom
issory notes for $45 each. dated Aug
ust /. 1919 and that the notes are
long past due.
Action to enforce the payment of o
promissory note for S223.31. executed
at billings, September l, 1920, was fill
ed in district court Tuesday by the
Mutual Oil company against Sam Can
field. 1t is alleged that no part of the
note has been paid.