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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-15
TITS his partner.

TITS his partner"
She moved forward then ard Fair
child went to meet her.
''Im sorry" she said. and extended
her hand. Fairchild gripped 1t ca.
gerly.
"Thank you. But It may not be as
bad as the rumors"
81 hope not" Then quickly she
Withdrew her hand. and somewhat
fiustered. turned as her companion
edged closer. Maurice, this is Mr..
Fairchild," she announced, and Fair
child could do nothing but stare. She
knew his name A second more and
1t was explained: MY father knew his
father very WELL"
II think my own father was ac-
quainted too" was the rejoInder, and
the eyes of the two men met for an
instant in conflict. The girl did not
seem TO notice.
81 sold him a ticket this morning to
the dance, not knowing who he was.
Then father happened to see him pass
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-15

and inconsequentidi as the mastodonic
thing before him swooped forward,
spread wide the big arms and then
caught him tight In them, causing the
breath to puff over his lips like the
exhaust OF bellows.
A release, then Fairchlld felt aim
self lifted and set down again. He
pulled hard at his breath.
whats the matter with your he
exclaimed testify. you've made a
mistaken"
"Pm blimed If aver beloved a
rnado-like voice. "Blimel You look
st like inn"
"But you're mistaken, old manlr
"Blimed If l am" came again.
-fou're your dads own boy You look
just like i'm Don't you know me?"
He stepped back then and stood
grinning, his long, heavily muscled
arms hanging low at his sides, his
mustache trying vainly to stick out in
more directions than ever. Tairchild
rubbed a hand across his eyes.
you've got mel" came at last.
sT-"
"You don't know me? 'Onest now,
DON'T you? Pm AIRY Don't you
know now? 'Arrv from Cornwall!"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-15

'oward. Won't l knock er eyes out,
now2r
And he doomed forward toward the
dining room. 20 find there men he had
known in other days. to shake hands
with item and to bang them on the
back. 10 sight Blindeye Bozeman and
Taylor Bill sitting hunched over their
meal In the corner and to go effusively
toward them. AIRY" was playing
no favorites in his 'ome-coming"
Jovially he leaned over the table of
Bozeman and Bill, after he had dis
played himself before Mother Howard
and received her sanction of his selec-
tions in dress. Happily he doomed
forth the information that Falrchild
and he were back to work the Blue
Poppy mine and that they already
had made trip of inspection.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-15
SHORT BULL, THE SIOUX CHIEF
WHO SAW GOD"

n UT on the Pine Ridge reservation
~ In South Dakota there lives a
tragic figure Once he had been a
great chief, the herald of millennium.
Now he is a prophet discrediteG, I'M
honored and blamed for the deaths Of
many Of his people. This man Is Short
| Bull (Tatanka Ptecila), chief of ths
| Brule Sioux, the Aman who saw God"
Late in 1889 thrill ran through all
the western tribes. Far out In Nevada
man had arisen and proclaimed him
self the Indian messiah. Delegations
from many tribes visited him. He
told them that great day was COM
ing when the whites would be buried
under new layer of earth which
would spread over the whole country.
The buffalo would be restored and all
their dead friends and relatives would
be brought back TO life.
Short Bull visited this messiah and
was deeply impressed. In his super
stitious nature there was no room for
doubt. He had seen the vision splen-
did-he had seen God. He could not
iidNN hhONh lHdl lhio uuCooA0A " as OhAy
a fanatical Piute named Wovoka or
Jack Wilson, faker, whose miracu-
lous appearance before the delegation
las though floating on air." was only
a cheap magician's trick. Exalted al
most TO a frenzy and believing himself
the personal representative Of this holy
man Short Bull returned to his peo-
pie, gave them ghost shirts and taught
them the Ghost Dance.
The madness swept the Sioux. And
then-years afterward Short Bull
told his story. Some of the chiefs
saw in the craze the chance to sweep
the Sioux into a final desperate at
tempt against the white domination.
They distorted its meaning, according
10 Short Bull. They whispered that
no white mans bullet could penetrate
the ghost shirts. They forced him into
war.
Soldiers arrived to put down the up
rising. Then some one Numbered and
the Battle Of Wounded Knee reaped its
red harvest of Sioux lives. When the
Ghost Dance madness ended, Short
Bull was taken to Fort Sheridan, near
Chicago. as a prisoner Of war. But
after some time he was allowed to re-
turn to his people. He found himself
almost an Outcast.
They blame me for a war-my own
people, my people who had sent me
to the sunset that might talk to Him,
the Holy Man" was the heartbroken
cry of Short Bull. Il saw Him and
brought them His message. a message
of peace. But they would not hear it.
They changed it. They made II war.
And they blame meme. who saw
God
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CHAPTER vI-cOntinued.

Quickly he made the return trip.
crossing the little bridge over the tur-
bulent Clear creek and heading
toward the boarding house. Half a
block away he halted, as a woman on
the veranda of the big, squarely built
hotel" pointed him out, and the great
figure of man shot through the gate,
shouting, and hurried toward him.
A tremendous creature he was, with
red face and black hair which seemed
to scramble in all directions at once,
and with mustache which appeared
to scamper in even more directions
than his hair. Falrchild was a large
man; suddenly he felt himself puny
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-15
CHAPTER VIII

The news caused Fairchild to recoil
and stand gasping. And before he
could speak, a new voice had cut in,
one full of excitement, tremulous,
anxious.
Drowned? Where's his body?"
How do l known" Squint Rodane
turned upon his questioner Guess
It's at the foot of the shaft All l
saw was his hat. Whatre you so In
terested for?"
The questioner, small, goggle-eyed
and given to rubbing his hands, stared
moment speechlessly.
"He-he bought a diamond from
me this morning-on the installment
plan !"
Rodaine smiled again In his crooked
fashion.
That's your own fault, SAM" he
announced curtly IF he's at the bot
tom Of the shaft, your diamonds there
too. All I know about it is that l
was coming down from the Silver
Queen when saw this fellow go into
the tunnel of the Blue Poppy. He was
all dressed up, else / don't guess I
would have paid much attention TO
him. But as 1t was, kind of stopped
to look, and seen 1t was Harry Har-
kins, who used to work the mine with
this"-he pointed to Falrchild-" this
fellows father. About a minute later
l heard yell. like somebody was in
trouble, then a big splash. Naturally
ran In the tunnel and struck a
match. About twenty feet down.
could see the water was all riled up,
and a new hat was floating around on
top of It, That's all | know. You can
do as you please about your diamond.
I'm just giving you the information"
(. He turned sharply and went on
then. while Sam the jeweler, the rest
of the loiterers clustered around him.
looked appeallngly toward Fairehild.
"Whatll we do?" he walled.
Fairchild turned. 81 don't know
about you-but I'm going to the mine"
at won't do any good-bodies don't
float. It may never float--if it gets
caught down in the timbers some
where's"
"Have to organize bucket bril-
gade." 1t was a suggestion from one
of the crowd
"Why not horny the Argonaut
pump? They amt using IT,"
Go get it, Go get itw This time
It was the wall of the little jeweler.
TELL 'em Sam Herbenfelder sent you.
They'll LET you have IT,"
Another suggestion. still another. |
Soon men began TO radiate each on |
The word passed down the
street. More ioiterers-a silver miner
spends a great part Of his leisure time
in simply watching the crowd 90 by
hurried to join the excited throng.
Groups en- route 10 the picture show.
decided otherwise and stopped to
learn of the excitement. The crowd
'hickened. Suddenly Fairchild looked
up sharply AT the sound of feminine
'olce.
whats the matter?"
Harry Harkins got drowned" All
ID willingly the news was dispersed.
Fairchild's eyes were searching now in
he 'alf-llght from the faint street
,ulbs. Then they conferred II was
Anita Richmond, standing at the edge
II the crowd, questioning miner
While beside her was a shin. youthful
of a hard-faced father
Maurice Rodaine Just a moment OF
queries. then the miners hand pointed
o Fairchlld as he turned toward her.
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Ba Courtney Ryley Cooper
Copyright by Little. Brown a Co.
ARRYl


SYNOPSIS.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been a dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret is limited at in a
document left by the elder Fair
child, which also informs Robert
he is now owner of a mining claim
in Colorado, and advising him to
see Henry Beamish, a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim. a
silver mine. is at Ohadi, thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against certain man.
''Squint" Rodaine, his fathers en-
amy. Robert decides 10 go to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
Fairchild assists a girl. apparently
In frenzy OF haste. TO change tire
on her auto. When she has left.
the sheriff and a posse appear. In
pursuit of bandit. Fairchild, be-
wildered, misleads them as to the
direction the girl had taken. At
Ohadi Fairchild is warmly greeted
by Mother Howard. boarding
house keeper. for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild
learns something OF the mystery
connected with the disappearance
OF 'tSissie" Larsen, his fathers CO.
worker in the mine He meets the
girl he had assisted, but she denies
her identity. She is Anita Rich
mond. Judge Richmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim. Fairchild is
Swallowed by a man he recognizes
from descriptions as "Squint" Ro-
dame.
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! rouTc Trying 10 Insult MY = dtneTi
the house and pointed him out to me
as the son of a former friend of his.
Funny how those things happen, isn't
it?"
Decidedly funnyl" was the caustic
rejoinder of the younger Rodaine.
Fairchild laughed, to cover the air of
intensity. He knew instinctively that
Anita Richmond was not talking to
him simply because she had sold him
a ticket to a dance and because her
! father might have pointed him out
| He felt sure that there was something
else behind 1.-THE feeling of debt
which she owed him, feeling of COM
panionship engendered upon sunlit
road, during the moments of stress,
and the continuance Of that meeting
in those few moments in the drug
store, when he had handed her back
her ten-dollar bill She had called
herself a cad then, and the feeling
that she perhaps had been abrupt
toward a man who had helped her out
of a disagreeable predlcament was
prompting her action now; Fairchild
felt sure of that. And he was glad of
the fact, very glad Again he laughed,
while Rodaine eyed him narrowly.
Fairchild shrugged his shoulders.
'I'm not going to believe this story
until It's proven to me-" came calmly.
"Who brought the neWs?"
Fairchild deliberately chose his
words:
"A tall, thin, ugly old man, with
mean squint eyes and a scar straight
up his forehead"
A flush appeared on the other mans
face. Fairchild saw his hands con-
tract, then loosen.
you're trying to insult my fatherl"
"Your father?" Fairchild looked at
him bIankIy. wouldn't that be a
rather difficult job-especially when /
don't know himT"
"You described him."
"And you recognized the descrlp-
ton"
"Maurice Stop It'll" The girl was
Juggling at Rodaine's sleeve Don't
say anything more. I'm sorry" and
she looked at Fairchild with a glance
ne could not lnterpret-"that anything
like this could have come up"
81 am equally Soft It has caused
you embarrassment"
you'll get a little embarrassment
out of 1t yourself-before you get
I" Rodaine was scowling at
him. Again Anita Richmond caught
his arm.
Maurice Stop it, How could the
thing have been premeditated when he
didn't even know your father? Come
LET'S go on. The crowds getting
thicker"
The narrow-faced man obeyed her
and together they turned |
out into the street to avoid the con-
stantIy growing throng. and to veer
toward the picture show
Carbide lights had begun to appear
along the street as miners summoned
~ hurrying gossip mongers. came for
ward TO assist in the search for the
missing man. High above the gen.
eral cnnglomeration of voice could be
ieard the cries Of the instigator Of
activities Sam Herhenfelder, bemoan-
ng the loss of his diamond, ninety per
'enf Of the cost of which remained
o be paid. Hastily he shot through
he crowd, organizing the bucket bri-
.ade and searching for news of the
Irgonaut pump which had not yet
rrived. f. if-disgusted. Fairchid
urned and starved up the hill. a few
miners. their carbide lamps swinging
eside them, following him.
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AT least Pm thankful to you
for being the man you arel"

GRO BE CONTINUED
Silence is golden-also scs4e
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Am,mory.

You talk about the good ola days
md the fun you used to have. Why,
GU didn't have moving pictures; hut
70 had living fixtures. Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-19
THREE LOCAL OFFICERS AT
POL|CEMEN'S CONVENTION

officers John Durham, Micheal
Fitzpatrick and James Egan of the
local police department are in atten-
dance at tho annual police conVen--
ton which opened in aPterson at lo
o'clock this morning.
Tomorrow morning a big delega-
ton Of the Amboy department and
their friends will leave the City Han
at $3.50 o'clock for Paterson to par
tic;pate in the parade. one of the
biggest events of the annual under
taking. The committee reports that
there will he plenty of cars for
everyone desiring to go.
Each year the outing for partici-
potion in the parade is one of the
biggest events on the yearly pro-
gram of the local police departm
and the committee is desirous of hav-
ing a bigger turnout tomorrow than
IN any previous year.
Banners to be placed at the head
OF the local cars will denote the con-
tirgent representing the Perth Ann
boy lodge of the Patrolmen's Benevo-
lent Association.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-19
HOUSE WILL RECEIVE
PRESIDENTS VETO
OF BONUS MEASURE
House May Pass Bill Over
Veto, But Outlook in Sem
ate is the Reverse

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Presi-
dent Harding's message vetoing the
soldiers bonus bill was completed
this forenoon and it was indicated
at the White House that it would be
sent to the House probably before l
p. m. The President discussed the
message with his cabinet which as
sembled at II a. m.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-The
House was prepared today to re-
ceive from the President a message
vetoing the soldiers bonus bill. 1t
was indicated at the White House
that a message practically had been
completed and some Of the execu-
tive advisors expected it would be
transmitted to congress after he
had discussed it with his cabinet
In the forenoon meeting.
House leaders had arranged in
the event of a veto to defer until to-
morrow the move to re-pass the
bill.
Friends of the bonus appeared
confident that more than the nee
essary two-thirds majority would be
obtained in the House but they did
not seem to be any too hopeful
about the situation in the senate.
Opponents of the bonus claimed to
have in that body at least two more
than the necessary onethird to sus-
tain a veto and expressed belief
that before the roll call there would
be at least two more additions to
their ranks.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-19
ALDERMEN ACT
ON NEW SCHOOL
Matter of Financing Project
Placed SquareIy Before
That Board
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
To Act First, Then Finance
Committee New Demand
Made for Building

The Board of School Estimate
adopted a resolution fixing $450,000
as the amount needed to erect the
new Hall avenue school, this certia-
cate being presented to the alder
fathers might endeavor to find some
way in which the necessary funds
might be secured. When the certi-
ficate was received by the aldermen
1t was referred to the city attorney
and judiciary committee for investi-
cation with instructions to report
back at the next meeting as to
whether or not ways and means had
been discovered whereby the money
needed for the construction work
might be secured.
AS matters now stand it Is the
task of the Board of Aldermen TO
find ways and means of raising the
$450,000 necessary for the new
school, although Alderman John J.
Clark explained last night that the
board must be governed by law IN
securing finances the city now be-
ing within ten points of the debt
limit, which margin makes it look
doubtful that the money can be Sc
cured this year.
All five members Of the Board of
School Estimate were present at the
meeting yesterday afternoon they
being Mayor William C. Wilson, AL
derman-at- Large Richard j. Calvin.
Alderman Robert A. Mcclure, School
Commissioners A. Clayton Clark and
William w. Sellers. All agreed that
new school is needed to remedy
existing crowded conditions and the
following certificate was unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas, the Board of Education
at a meeting held September Is.
1922, did adopt the following reso-
luton:
Whereas, in the judgment of
this board the school accommodation
now provided in the district of the
city of Perth Amboy is inadequate
and unsuited to the number of pu-
pills attending, or desiring to attend
school, it is therefore deemed i'm
peratively necessary to provide fur
ther school facilities, be it
Resolved, that for the purpose
of erecting and furnishing a school
building on the block bounded by
Hall avenue, Alta Vista Place, Ar
mold avenue and Jacques street, 1t
is necessary to raise the sum OF
$3.50. 0.000.'
CONTINUED on page 5.)
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-19
Pacific Policy

PARIS. Sept. 19.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press)-The French cabinet
today unanimously approved what
it characterized as the pacific"
policy of Premier Poincare and the
withdrawal of all French troops of
Asia Minor to the French side of
the Straits of the Dardanelles.
The cabinet went on record as be-
ing opposed to any form of military
action as a means of settlement In
the Turko-Greek situation. 1t en-
phasized the necessity of reaching
an agreement through diplomatic
channels and eventually by the peace
conference.
The order for the withdrawal of
French forces from Chanak in the
Dardanelles area, was sent by Pre-
ME, Poincare last night and will he
carried out tonight or tomorrow.
Under these terms, the French high
commissioner, General Pelle, has
been sent to Smyrna to confer with
MUstapha kemal Pasha, and inform
him that France does not approve
the belligerant attitude of the Brit
ISL government and that she intends
to confine efforts to the diplomatic
field, it is stated.
Premier Poincare probably will in
sist upon the need of calling a peace
conference as soon as possible whe:.
he meets Lord Curzon. the British
foreign minister. tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-09-19

morgue for Mrs. Mills, after which
interment was made in Van Licw
cemetery, Bodine's Corners.
Less than a dozen mourners gath
cred in the undertaking parlor for
the funeral service. In one corner
sat Charlotte, weeping beside her
father, whose eyes were dry. Her
little brother Dan was not present
nor was anyone there from the
household of Rev. Hall in whose
church both Mr.. and Mrs. Mills had
for years been workers. A wreath
sent by Mrs. Hall lay upon the
casket.
The service was conducted by
Cannon Wells. The pail bearers
consisted OF relatives of the deceas-
ed woman and her husband.
County authorities declared they
now know who did the shooting and
where 1t occurred.
The bodies were found Saturday
morning side by side under an ap-
pie tree in an orchard in Somerset
county. Some of the authorities
have expressed belief that the
shooting, however. occurred over
the line in Middlesex county, and
that the bodies were then removed
to the spot where they were discov-
cred.
It was disclosed that while the
face of Mrs. Mills bore marks OF
Powder burns, no such marks We're
found on the body of Mr.. Hail.
This was thought to indicate thar
the rector was slain as ne attempt
ed to escape and that the person
who shot the couple was close al
hand when he single shot wnlch
killed Mrs. Mills was fired. -Four
bullet wounds We're found IN Mr..
Halls body.
that another woman was in the party
when the shooting occurred when
II was learned that Mrs. Mills face
and arms bore signs of deep naii
scratches.
one of four witnesses who think
they heard either a woman's screams
or the sound of shooting or both on
the night of the killing told County
Detective George Totten of Somer-
set. she is certain she heard two
women's voices.
During the search made yesterday
OF the Phillips farm, on which the
bodies were discovered, the prosec1-
tors and detectives OF Middlesex and
Somerset county laid particular sig
nificance to marks made in the road
about 300 feet from the spot where
the bodies were found. These marks
would indicate that an autom obile.
travelling at great speed, has sud
denly been stopped, the marks inf
the road showing plainly where the \
back wheels had skidded a consid-
erabie distance. The authorities\
however, were backward about max
ing any comment upon their findv
ings Nothing else of importance
to them in the way of clues was
found by the searching party during
the course of the inspection, as far
as could be learned fres he men,
berS.
Continued on page .wo)