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The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
By Courtney Ryley Cooper

me from the ground up. Worst we
can hope for is conviction and then
a Supreme court reversal. I'll get him
so mad he'll fill the case with errors.
He used to be an Instructor down at
Boulder, and I stuck the pages OF u
lecture together on him one day. That's
why asked for an early trial. Knew
he'd give me late one. That'll let US
have time to stir up little favorable
evidence, which right now we don't
possess. UNDERSTANDABLE money that
comes from the mine Is held in escrow
until this case is decided. But I'll ex-
plain that. Going to stick around here
and bask in the effulgence of really
possessing a case. S'longw
And he turned back into the court
room, while Fairchild, the dazed Har-
ry stalking beside him. started down
the street.
"'Ow do you figure it?" asked the
Cornishman at last.
"What?"
"Rodaine. e 'elped US out!"
Fairchild stopped. 1t had not oc-
Cured to him before. But now he
saw it: that If Rodaine, as an expert
on mining, had condemned the Blue
Poppy, it could have meant only one
thing, the denial Of bond by the judge
and the lack Of freedom for Harry.
Fairchild rubbed a hand across his
brow.
II can't figure it." came at last.
"And especially since his son is the
accuser and since got the best of
them both last night"
''Got the best Of 'em7 Your
The story was brief in its telling.
And it brought no explanation of the
sudden amiability displayed by the
crooked-faced Rodaine. They went on,
striving vainly for a reason, at last to
stop in front of the post Office, as the
postmaster leaned out of the door.
"Your names Fairchild, isn't itT
asked the person Of letters.
"Yes."
Thought so. Some of the fellows
said you was. There's been letter
for you here for two days"
"For meY Vaguely Fairchild went
within and received the missive, a
plain, bond envelope without a re-
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
FARRELL

SYNOPSIS.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been a dark period in
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret is limited at In q
document left by the elder Fair
child, which also informs Robert
he IL now owner OF q 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 a certain man,
'.Squint" Rodaine, his fathers en-
emy. Robert decides to go to Ohadt
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
Fairchild assists girl apparently
In q frenzy Of haste, to change
tire on her auto. When she has
left, the sheriff and a posse appear,
in pursuit of a bandit. Fairchild.
bewildered. 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 ''Sissie' 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 10
shadowed by a man he recognizes
from descriptions as 'Squint" Ro-
daine. Back In Ohadi, his fathers
old friend. Harry Harkins, Cor
nishman, summoned from England
by Beamish to help Fairchild,
halls him with joy. The pair find
the mine flooded and have not sum-
cient funds to have 1t pumped dry.
Later In the day 'Squint" Rodaine
announces that he practically saw
Harkins fall into the flooded mine.
and evidently is drowned. Harkins
being a general favorite. the entire
population turns out to clear the
Hooded mine. When the work is
practically done, Harry appears.
It had been q shrewd trick, and
the men take 1t as good joke.
Fairchild learns that Judge Rich
mond IL dying. and that he and
Anita are IN the power of the Ro-
DANES. They begin, as partners.
to work the mine. In their hearts
both fear Larsen was killed by
Thornton Fairchild and his body
buried by cave-in which destroyed
the mine. At the "Old Times Ball"
Fairchild dances with Anita, to the
discontinue of Maurice Rodaine,
son Of "Squint." supposed to be
engaged to the girl. A bandit holds
mp the dance and shoots merry
maker. Maurice Rodaine claims he
recognized the bandit as Harkins.
The latter is arrested. Fairchild
lnterferes to save Anita from the
bullying Of the two Rodaines. and
b mystifled ut Anita's apparent
ingrAtitude.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
POSES AS BOY
EIGHT YEARS
Florence Gray Of Philadelphia
Fought, staggered and Made
Love to Girls.
LED GANG OF TOUGHS
Divided Her Time Between DRIVING
Truck, Fighting and Jail Sentences
Sex Revealed by Fight
With Ganoster.

observation-disclosures Gray, known
for the last eight years as Batting
Kid" Mcconnell, and "Whistling jack
in an out-and-out, self-c0nfessed seeker
Of publicity in order that she may
enter the movies" and thus grati1y
q lifelong ambition. For eight years
she masqueraded In mans clothing and
was "as tough as they make them.
When Charlie Weaver, member OF
her gang" broke her nose during q
fight. he didn't dream that he was
"spilling the beans" for Florence. But
when, on her complaint. Weaver was
arrested. Florence was taken to the
police station also and there her sex
was discovered, although 1t had been
known to some police officials and JUS
tice Brown for the last two years.
"Skirts for Life"
Left motherless soon after her birth,
Florence went to live with her grand
father, James Gray, who, she claims,
is a retired lawyer. Because he found
It hard to travel around with little
girl he dressed her in boys clothing.
She liked them so well she has worn
them ever since, until Judge Brown
sentenced her to skirts for life" Sne
is now twenty-One years old.
AS John Mcconnell she was the
leader of the Iron gang" and spent
her spare time in pool rooms. or In
Jail, as she was sent there frequently
for fighting. In fact, she gained q
reputation as a boxer, gave exhibition
bouts, and enjoyed many fistic battles
In which she vas usually victorious.
John Mcconnell could break hearts
as we'll as jaws. Three times she
wooed and won the flowers Of the ten
derlOin district, each time to break the
engagement. She was engaged FOR
keeps" to twenty-one-year-Old Lettie
Harrison when the denouement came
and shattered her last romance. Let
tie bemOans the loss of her lover, but
has been consoled by the sale Of her
photographs to various papers, prac-
tice which has also netted "Jack" con-
siderable money.
Judge Kept Secret.
Judge Brown was holding court two
years ago. when woman appeared
and charged John MCCONNELL with
being the father of a child recently
born to her young daughter. She said
the girl and John" had been keeping
company and that the pair had been
away on several overnight trips.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14

turn address. He turned it over and
over in his hand before he opened it
then looked at The postmark-Den-
yer. At last:
"Open it, why don't your"
Harry's mustache was tickling his
ear, as the big miner stared over his
shoulder. Before them were figures
and sentences which blurred for mo-
ment, finally to resolve into:
'Mr. Robert Fairchild,
"Ohadi. Colorado.
~Dear. Sir: 80
II am empowered by client whose
name l am not at liberty to state, to
make you an offer of $4,000 for your
property in Clear Creek county, known
as the Blue Poppy mine. In replying,
kindly address your letter to-
"Box 1sO. Denver. Colo"
Harry whistled long and thoughtful
ly.
THAT'S a 'ole lot of money"
IAN awful lot, Harry. But why was
the offer made? There's nothing to
base it on. There's"
Then for moment, as they stepped
ont Of the post Office, he gave up the
thought, even of comparative riches.
Twenty feet away, a man and a girl
were approaching, talking as thpugh
there never had been. the slightest
trouble between them. 1t was Mfurice'
Rodaine and Anita Richnondj they:
came closer, her eyes turned toward
Fairchildt and then
She went on, without speaking, with
out taking the trouble to nqtice, ap-
parently, that he had BEEN istanding
there.
After this, there was little CONVERSE
tion until Harry and Fairchild had
reached the boarding house. Then.
with Mother Howard for an adviser.
the three gathered in the old parlor.
and Fairchild related the events OF
the night hefore, adding what had
happened at the post Office, when AMI
II had passed him without speaking
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
CHATTER x
-

The Rodaines were on the sidewalk
when Fairchild came forth from the
Richmond home, and true to his in
structfons from the frightened girl, he
brushed past them swiftly and went
sn down the street, not turning at the
muttered invectives which came from
the crooked lips Of the older man, not
seeming even to notice their presence
n he hurried on toward Mother How
ards boarding house. In his creaky
bed he sought to think, but in vain.
After hours, daylight began to streak
the sky. Fairchild. dull. worn by ex-
citement and fatigue. strove to rise,
then laid his head on the pillow for
5ust = moment of rest. And with that
perversity which extreme weariness
% often exerts, his eyes closed. and
he slept-to wake at last with the
realization that 1t was late morning,
and that some one was pounding on
fAe door. Fairchild raised his head.
~Who II. itT'
NO one you kn0w-yet. I've come
10 talk to you about your partner.
Hay come in?''
sYes." Fairchild was fully alive
now to the activities that the day held
before him. The door opened, and a
yeung man, alert, almost cocky In man.
ner. with black, snappy eyes showing
behind horn-rimmed glasses, entered
and reached for the sole chair that the
room contained.
MY names Farrell" he announced.
randolph p. Farrell. And to make
= long story short, I'm your lawyer. :
my lawyerr Fairchild stared. II
haven't any lawyer IN Ohadi. The
an1y-
THAT doesn't alter the fact. Tln
yoar lawyer, and TIM at your service.
Aad don't mind telling you that It's
3ust shout my first case. Otherwise
I don't guess I'd have gotten It"
~Why nOtr' The frankless had driv-
- other queries from FairchiId's
anind. Farrell. the attorney. gfinned
<heerily.
because / understand It concerns
- Rodaines. Nearly everybody has
= liktle money stuck into their enter
uElees. And seeing have no money
II all. I'm NOT financially Interested.
AID pot being Interested. I'm wholly
ST. fair and willing to fight serh to-
= stapdstill. Your partners In jan.
= undelstand II. Guilty or mot gull
0Y
~wa-wait !. minutel Who hired
uUur Then with i sudden inspira-
go: Mother Howard didn't 80 and
- thier
s1Rother Howard? You mean the
eonan who runs the boarding housel
1got It u"
But
sTm not exactly 1t liberty to state."
3 8usp1cion bsgnn to assert itself.
Undes those eonditions, ! don't BE-
ueto
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
Stuck In Laundry Chute.

Chicago.-Nine-year-old Ruth Wicker
tried to shoot the chutes In her home,
and it took Capt. George Carlson and
his men Of engine company No. 8 to
rescue her. The little girl fell through
a clothes chute, logging, midway be.
tween floors. She was pulled out. un-
harmed. by the fire captain.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
"Yes, know who did It, and
know who got killed. II was
'Sissie' Larsen-and he was
murdered"
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
worlds Finest Diamonds.

World's Finest Diamonds.
The following is list Of the mosi
famous diamonds in the world: (1)
the Braganza, (2) the Dudley, (3) the
Florentine, az the Great Mogal. (5)
the Hope, (0) the Koh-i-nor, Ct, the
Nassac. (S) the Orion, (9) the Pigott
(1O) tire Pitt or Regent, (11) TIE
Sancy, (12) the Shah. (l3) the Star Of
the South.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14

John" was about to be sentenced on
circumstantial evidence when the
grandfather told the Judge Of the pris-
Oner's sex.
Judge Brown had the girl examined
by physicians, who found that she was
not feeble-minded, but Of subnormal
mind. The judge took pity on her and
sent her to her father and step-mother
in Baltimore, n. c., hoping that. away
from Philadelphia's tenderloin, she
would regain her womanhood. 1t was
but few weeks. however, until she
was back In Philadelphia working as a
teamster, and soon arrested for fight
ing.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-14
Alrman DARED by Lightning in Air.

AIrman DARED by Lightning In Air.
Montreal. Can.-While flying 1000
feet above mountains near here, Capt.
u. H. Tudhope. of the Canadian. air
force, was struck by lightning and
knocked unconscious. The plane, glided
swiftly down to earth while the airman
was unconscious. Tudhope awoke
when the machine was 300 feet from
the ground and alighted safely.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08
The Egotist Column

WE KNOW man who sleeps in
a public place and it happened re-
Gently that a transient mother and
little children took a room along
side and that mouth full of bulg-
ing gums, caused by little teeth
that were trying to break through
made one little child very fretful
indeed, and;
WE KNOW that she cried in pro-
test against the pain, and that the
mother tried to comfort her and
distract her mind from the af-
flictions of the moment by Groom
ing after the fashion of mothers
generally, and;
WE KNOW that the human crab
in the nearby room exclaimed loud.
ly and brutally in protest, seeming
to think that his sleep moments
were sacred and should not be
disturbed, not even by so necessary
a thing as childhood, and;
WE KNOW that the mother
seemed to show great alarm as
she spoke to the little one, and
we were glad that the little chile
seemed not to care for the yer.
bose man in the other room
but kept right on with her noise
until consciousness gave way te
gracious sleep.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

WE KNOW a man who has lived
alone throughout all of the years
of a misspent life and that the
forty rod he drank in the pre-Vol-
stead days left his nerves frayed
and his brain dulled and his sense
of fairness destroyed, and;
WE KNOW that he now drinks
moonshiner's moonshine, and has
come to be an inebriate, suffering
from that sinister disease called
alcoholic phychosis, and that some
would call him a child in mind,
although a grownup in body, and;
WE KNOW that it is a Islander on
the children to give the name Of
their class to an irresponsible and
vindictive grownup and the time
must come when people no longer
refer to grownups as having chill
dren's minds, because child's
mind is pure and undefiled and
spongelike and absorbs the good
and the bad in the exact measure
in which they are presented, and
gives much hope for the future.
while the stunted, alcohol soaked
brain of the profligate only awaits
the time when dissolution must oc-
eur and it is returned back to the
dustbed.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

The lesson Of lessons is: First of
all, how to make a living. 1t is
taught by the prudent and honest
business man, not by the clergy, or
the press, and it includes the i'm
portance of temperance, honesty,
industry, policeness. The sentiment
al things: patriotism, religion, liter
allure, gallantry, etc., take care of
themselves. The best traditions in
these endure naturally. Business
teaches young the Importance of
doing everyday things right and
hands down practical experience
and illustrates results which the
young man just coming into active
usefulness should know. A fair and
reasonable tax rate, the ultimate
effect of public affairs on private
affairs does not greatly appeal to
him, yet these are the important
lessons of today and they are taught
by the business man.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08
THE BARRIERS
EXAMPLE

Barber chairs have ever been an
aid to somnolence. Sitting back
in one of these easy receptacles of
humanity, the million dollar feeling
steals over one as he submits to the
tender ministrations of a fellow
male. The skilled hands steal about
your facial area, they rub your
scalp in a sinister and seductive
manner and gradually sleep takes
firm hold of you.
A Winnemucca man, minded OF
the facts recited, recently suffered
a long spell of insomnia. Having
slept for a full half hour as his
barber piled his trade, he sought
relief through the purchase of q
Koken. He took it home and set
it up in his bedroom, although with
doubts and misgivings as to the
efficacy of the expedient The
first trial allayed his mind. That
night he went to bed" in the
barber chair and pounded his ear
through the long, drear night, awak.
ening to the song of lark with
the first sunbeams of the radiant
desert morning. Now he goes te
"bed" alsoon each night.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

WE KNOW little boy to whom
sophistry is oriental nomenclature
and his CHEEKY little laugh arises
from perfect health and he stood in
the post office lobby on a recent
bright sunny morning, holding his
aunt's hand, and as people came
in for their morning mail he greeted
them all with a winsome smile,
and;
WE KNOW that somehow that
two-year old tot started the day
Alright for number of folks who
might have let annoyance set them
off in wrong direction, and;
WE KNOW that his example was
contagious, and others smiled be-
cause he furnished the impulse
and they looked about and offered
pleasant greetings to neighbors as
they came in and caught the pleas
ant contagion from the little man,
and;
WE KNOW that here we found
an instance of how much good can
have its source from ''little
thing" and the thought came to
mind that if men and women will
look on others like this cheerful
child and smile sincerely and speak
cordially that all days will be made
bright.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08
Senator Kew Pittman has faller

Senator Key Pittman has fallen
back on the platitudinous admoni-
ton, don't worry" to allay the
apprehensive minds of his Nevada
constituents relative to the Denison
bill. That brings Key into an en-
tirely new role, which republicans
hope he will maintain throughout
the present election year. Former
ly harbinger of discomfort it is
good to know that the senior sena-
tor from Nevada has Joined the
don't worry club. OF course, folks,
you need not worry; everything is
going all right back in Washington,
including even the Denison proposal.
Key knows it; other democrats
know it, the public generally knows
it. So don't worry but just go
along and support the constructive
Harding administration making this
states congressional delegation SOL
idly republican this fall. Then in
deed, Nevadans will have no cause
for worry.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08
WE KNOW that we read with

WE KNOW that we read with
interest Nevada exchange which
reaches this office, upon which we
gave a good part of our life's
energies and that we lately noted
with wonderment the statement, ito
borrow an expression from our erst-
while friend, the Egotist, WE
KNOW that our town is right now
the Invest and most prosperous city
in the state" and;
WE KNOW that erstwhile means
whilom, or formerly, or heretofore,
and the wonderment in our mind
deals with the interrogatory, why
should friendship be of the past
when it can be made to last out
lifetime?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

Eastern statesmen who are fight
ing the bonus measure now before
congress may be reminded that the
boys of the American Legion form
the greatest single national bull
wark against bolshevik and I. w.
w. doctrines, and that it is this
class of young manhood that inter-
posed to restore peace and quietude
throughout the land at a time in
the country's history when outlawry
and disrespect for the flag threat
ened.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

Mary Garden, the great singer,
declares she loves only black eyes
and that when she falls in love it
will be with man who has dark
hued optics. Of course, Mary des-
cants on the eyes proper and not
the surrounding areas, else she
would find an excellent field for
research in Winnemucca.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

If there is a state in the Union
where towns should provide SWIM
ming pools, it is Nevada, yet para
doxically, Nevada has none in the
strict sense of the term outside of
west state towns. Out in the great
desert area, where swimming would
be refreshing sport, towns debate
the worrisome subject with results
that are next to nothing.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

Fatty Arbuckle is one of the
choicest morsels to fall into the
clutches of San Francisco's legal
fraternity for a long time. It is
significant that the obese film CO.
rnedian fell, like Adam in the Garden
of Eden, and that his tumble came
about on last Labor Day. Since
that date Arbuckle has rested while
his attorneys worked.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08

One Abe Mollowitz, member of
the Reno divorce colony, is having
his petition for a divorce opposed
by Mrs. Mollowitz who crossed the
continent from Newark, N. j., to
make Abe come across. Now the
judge of the court has the job in
hand of trying to mollify the Mol
iowitZs.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-08
WHAT DOES 1.-THE GREAT
WEST" MEAN TO YOU?

Does the term, "The Great West, "
mean anything to you? Did you ever
stop to think what it implies? Does
it's areas of standing timber,
its matchless waterways an
their navigation and power de-
velopment offerings, its great desert
empire, so-called, its fertile valleys
and its nearly three thousand miles
of Pacific ocean shoreline carry
any significance to your mind? It's
undeveloped agriculture, mineral,
timber and other natural wealth
will some day support a population
greater than that of the entire
United States at the present time.
Yet people say that opportunity
passed in the western states with
the passing of the public domain,
statement utterly false on its
face.
The young man of today may not
have within their grasp the easy
means of BODYBUILDING available
to the people of two generations
ago, yet they are compensated in
other ways. Homes may still be had
through the expenditure of energy
and a fair amount of ability and
the BODYBUILDING process is car
ried on today under conditions
lacking the hardships of yesterday.
AS single instance of what may
be expected by the young man and
women of the present, the Smith
McNary reclamation bill, now
squarely before the United States
senate, may be accepted and an
alyzed with considerable profit. 1t
is substantially the same as the
bill that was introduced at the last
congressional session except that
its scope has been extended to
cover swamp and overlooked land
as well as arid land and that the
amount of the revolving fund pro-
posed has been increased from $780,
100000 to $35O,0O0,O0O.
In the report presented by its
senatorial author from the commit
tee on irrigation the argument for
the bill has been most forcibly put.
The increase of the value of arid
land by putting water on it, or
swamp land by draining water from
it, is shown to be ample security
for the bonds which the government
is to buy from irrigation districts
to sell to the public after the land
has became worth many times the
amount of the bond issue. The
results of reclamation in the west,
including the Fallon district in Ne
vada are that in most instances the
annual production exceeds the total
cost of reclamation. Thus crops
can easily bear the annual cost of
maintenance.
After all our talk about unem-
ployment, the thought comes to
mind that there is no more per-
manent cure for the situation of
today than by setting about under
the great national auspice and
bringing idle men and idle land
together, process that would en-
ploy great bodies at useful, con-
structive tasks, and thus help to
make "The Great West" a truism
indeed. Idle men and idle land are
worthless apart. Increased pro-
duction is needed, even though the
state of the farming markets of
today tends to disprove the state
ment. Not only are men made into
producers by making land produc-
tive, but they make markets for
manufactured goods and thus pro-
vide employment for city dwellers
who then become more liberal Gus
toners of the farmer.