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OFFICIAL HOTELS
NAMED FOR ROAD

As a result of the recent trip OF
Ben Blow, manager of the Victory
highway association over the west
ern portion of the highway, sew.
eral new official hotels and garages
have been designated along the
route.
Fifty official hotels and garages
have been designated along tht
route. 1t is the policy of the mana
ger of the association to carefully
investigat the standing and prac
tees of the concerns which receive
the official signs.
Hostelries and garages of the
Victory highway now stretch at in
, tervals of about 40 miles along The
route between Kansas City and Sar
Francisco.
Those which have been addet
during the recent trip of Blow are
in Utah and Nevada. They include
Simcox and LAM garage and thu
Mayer hotel, Elko, Nevada; Battle
Mountain garage, Battle Mountain
Nevada; Winnemucca garage, Win
nemucca, Nevada; Pershing Hote
and Overland Trail garage, Love
lock, Nevada.
Strip maps of the Victory high
way issued to transcontinenta
tourists who apply for trail infor
nation at the bureau of the associ
alton and to the members of thu
association, carry the name of thu
official hotel and garages printed
on the backs Of the strips covering
the territory in which the officia
stations are located and the map
also carry the guarantee of the as
ISOLATION that the hotels and garage
thus mentioned are the best avail
able in the towns thru which thu
highway passes, and that tourist
are guaranteed against overcharge
or any mistreatment at the place
which have been designated as "of
fetal"
In this the first touring season
for the Victory highway, hotel ant
garage men who have been desig
mated, have reported a very con
siderable increase in their business
thru the signs.
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NEvADAN FET[D
IN WASHINGTON
Winner of Reno Rodeo Queen Con-
test Entertained by President
at White House and Gets
Thrills of Her Life
rsrpc1AL co.s.sroNDnNoHI

Can you imagine being a charm
ing young school teacher, just start
ing on a summer vacation in Cali
fornia and with all kinds of en-
gagements and plans for a real
rest? If SO do you thinks you
would give a second thought to a
letter from DIR. Charles Raseman,
manager of of the Reno Rodeo,
telling that he had received your
name from four sources for en-
rollment in the popularity contest
and asking you to come home inn
mediately and accept the honors
that were being thrust upon you?
What a joke! To think that any
girl would consider such a thing.
That is, any but Nevada girl who
has enough spirit in her to take a
chance and who would enjoy moth
ing better than tackling what
seemed like a hard proposition.
That is exactly what happened to
Miss Mary Harrington, teacher in
the South Side school in Reno. At
first she did not consider the matter
seriously; but at the end of two
weeks of incessant urging from the
folks back home" the future queen
cancelled her engagements and
reached home nearly three weeks
and $4,000 votes behind other con-
testants.
At the head of the society column
in the Washington Post, in the space
always filled by news given out
from the White House, appeared
the following last Thursday morning
President Harding received Miss
Mary Harrington of Reno, yesterday
at the White House. Miss Har-
rington, who was accompanied to
the White House by Senator Tasker
Oddie, of Nevada, and Mrs. Oddie
extended to President Harding an
invitation to take part in the Ne
vada rodeo to be held in Reno"
Miss Harrington, who won the
popularity contest in Reno, made a
| fine impression on President Hard.
ing and everyone else who has
greeted the Rodeo queen since she
arrived in Washington. Senator and
Mrs. Oddie met her at the depot and
took her to the White House. AL
though the President had just
FINISHED with the Cabinet meeting
he took time to be photographed
with the Nevada group. Nine mo.
tion-picture cameras were used anc
undoubtedly these pictures will have
been shown in Reno ere this letter
is received.
The first interview given out BY
the young lady was while returning
from Mt. Vernon in a car driver
by the ever gracious wife of Sen
ator Oddie. The modest queen die
not know that she was being inter
viewed till after a member of the
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Third House had heard her story
and asked permission to use it in a
letter.
1.-THE morning l reached home
from San Francisco" said Miss Har-
rington, 81 started down town inn
mediately after breakfast and went
to work. I called on many friends
and informed them that I was in the
race. When l went home at night
l made list of my acquaintance
and wrote letters to some of my
out-of-town friends. Next morning
I sat down at the phone and used
that method of communication till
noon without stopping. From that
time on when I was not at home
my mother was kept busy answering
phone calls. Most of them were
like this: Il have 600 votes Oh
send your brother around for 200t
votes; and so it went"
Her gratitude and happiness wer,
so expressed in her face when shs
spoke of her pupils in the fifth
grade and told how they had worked
for her success that it was easy
to see why they did it. Miss Har
rington has taught for three year.
and her students-past and present
worked with unremitting zeal tt
have their teacher win the title Of
queen.
1t was perfectly thrilling to heal
her tell of the exciting experiences
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the night the contest closed. She
went to rodeo headquarters at nine
o'clock and was told that Virginia
City girl had come in with tear
load of votes"
"That was the only time that I
felt discouraged. Miss Harrington
said. "You see, / had never been In
the lead. At first I was in sixth place
and then crept up to second. How
ever, I did not show that was
fearful but answered 4, too, have
carload being counted at home,'
which was nearly the truth as nine
people where counting and checking
for me. At IL o'clock / took the
last five bundles down and they con-
tanned 10000 votes. Then ! went
home and went to bed, utterly worn
out. had eaten and slept very
little during those two weeks and
had lost five pounds. Knowing that
the contest was closed ct twelve /
did not go to sleep, and at one
o'clock the suspense ended when q
voice over the phone said: You are
100000 votes ahead Then cars
stopped in front of the house and
friends who had remained down
town to hear the result began an
auto horn serenade."
Next week another letter win tell
of the many insights into Washing-
ton life arranged for her by Senator
and Mrs. Oddie.
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gorge-wall and ice-sheet to check
our speed, that we were able to save
ourselves from certain destruction.
We were one full hour in making
the descent of the glacier, and not
a member of the party but was we'll
night exhausted from the extreme
physical and nerve strain"
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SCALING A GLACIER
GIVES PARTY
A THRILL

TONOPAH.-Knowledge of the
existence of perpetual glacier in
the tropical section of southeastern
Nevada will strike the average
reader as a parallel to the jumping
bullfrogs of Calaveras were it not
fact that can be attested by the
United State Geodetic Survey.
The glacier is very much of a
reality, presenting as formidable
adventures in scaling as ever were
found in the Wattehorn, not to men.
ton the Himalayes. The formation
is near the summit of Mount
Wheeler which rears its crest ID
300 feet above sea level and ranks
as the loftiest peak in Nevada.
A parry of forest officials and
guests from this city had a thrill
ing experience fighting for theil
lives on this glacier which ranks as
one of the strangest anomalies Of
section where the rivers are upside
down to prevent loss of their flow
through rapid evaporation.
The story is told by C. C. Boak
sponsor for the Lehman caves ma.
tional monument, who, with his wife
was one of the party to ascend
Mount Wheeler after the adjourn.
ment of the dedication ceremonies
No trouble was experienced ir
making the climb but the part,
found itself in difficulties wher
the members started back to camp
by taking a short cut down an al
most precipitous gulch which, they
found, led to the top of a glacier
$500 feet in length. The trip wa,
hazardous in the extreme, especial,
when it is considered that the mer
were accompanied by women ant
without any Alpine equipment with
them to negotiate the ice foes.
"a rock-slide down a narrow
lateral canyon suggested a shortcut
down to camp" explained Mr.. Boak
"A thread Of white snow further
down was visible, but we thought
nothing of it. The first 500 fee
of the descent was made over fine
loose slide rock which carried u,
from five to twenty-five feet a
every step. Once started down thi,
rock slide there was no retracint
our steps. We were simply in fol
it, come what might.
ITO our dismay this rock-slid,
landed us on the upper end of /,
perpetual glacier, $500 feet il
length; it filled the gorge wall t,
wall, and, as the walls were per
pendicular on either side, there wa
nothing to do but jab our heels il
as best We could and trust to luck
Providence, or anything else, tina
we would be alive when we reached
the bottom.
"All humor ended very abrupt,
when we came to a point where tn,
gorge narrowed to about thirty fee
and the glacier for about 500 fee
became so steep that it was impos
sible to stand on it. Heel-hold
and hand-holds awaited nothing.
was only to follow, feet foremost
down the six-inch to two foot wild
crack between the side of tn
glacier and the perpendicular wal
of the gorge and trust to the oc
casional small irregularity in tn
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woolgrowers to appear at the cloth
ers' annual national convention,
soon to be held at Philadelphia.
S. w. Mcclure, former secretary
of the National Woolgrowers' AS
ISOLATION and now engaged in rails
ing sheep in Idaho, and Fred Ellen
wood of California were selected to
speak to the clothiers as represen-
tatives of western woolgrowers in
this connection.
Mr.. Metcalf said that the stock
growers, both cattle and sheep men,
with whom he came in contact are
looking to the future with a con-
siderable degree of increased opti-
mism, conditions generally being
regarded as favorable to a fairly
rapid return to normal conditions.
A good indication in this regard
was the national ram sale just COM
pleted at Salt Lake City. Bidding
was brisk and prices offered and
paid showed a material increase
over those obtaing at last years
sale. Prominent among buyers at
the Salt Lake sale, from Nevada
were John G. Taylor of Lovelock
H. F. Dangberg of Minden, w. Y
McGill of Ely, Angelo Florio and
Isadore Sara of Eureka, Lawrence
Anderson of Deeth, Guy Waits OF
Reno, and A. j. Mackie of Hyko.
Interesting purchases for Nevada
included buy of ten fine Rambouil.
let rams produced at the United
States sheep experiment station al
Dubois, Idaho, by w. Y. McGill fol-
the Adams McGill Company of Ely
These rams have been developed
primarily for their quality Of fine
wool, it being claimed that then
fieeces closely approach Australian
standards which, gerenrally are
looked upon as at the top in fine
wool production.
Twenty-six of these rams were
sold by the government, McGill get
ting the first choice pen for Nevada
at $l55 per head and Frank Hagen
barth of the Woods Live Stock Com
pany, of Idaho, also president of the
National Woolgrowers' Association
taking the second pen at $3.50 pei
head.
The Dangberg Company brought
home one of the prize Hampshire
stud rams of the sale, which they
bid in at 1926.
The top prices paid for pens Of
Rambouillet range rams to private
breeders went up to $105 per head
Fine black face Hampshire rams
/ in pens brought $50 and slightly
better. The top price of the sale
was 1915 for a Rambouillet stut
ram bred and raised by King Broth
ers of Laramie, Wyoming.-Rent
! Gazette.
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The End.

"I1l never ask another girl TO marry
me as long as live" groaned the I'M
happy fellow. "What Refused again? ?"
asked his sympathetic friend. mo. ac-
cepted. you fool"
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Phx.leIans SMELLING saIt..

Collections of OLE English prints
made a century or more age will In.
variably show the physician with a
cane. 1t is an elaborate cane, and he
seems to be rubbing his nose with the
head Of 1t. The reason for this pro
fessional gesture was in the cane It.
self. 1t was trick cane, built to carry
a flask of liquor In the top. There
was nothing modern about Its capacity,
since explanations of the prints state
that aromatic vinegar or some other
concoction believed to have value In
warding Off illness was contained In
the gold cane top. So that 1t amounted
to nothing more than gentleman's
bottle of smelling Salts"
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81 was a-Trytn' to Skeer Him OUT o
Fiohtln' Any More" She Inter-
rupted.
"And l believe 1 bout done it, don:
you?"
Dale was relieved. II do. Is there
anything you want, Babe? Ii there is,
III get it for you if it's in the uni
verse"
1.-THE universe?" she repeated inquir-
ingly. whats the universe, Bill Dale?
Somethin' to eat?"
:. 1.-THE world, the sun, the moon, and
the stars"
She smiled at him again. NO" she
said. the amt nothin' l want, and
amt nothin' ye can do TO me,
reckon"
but 1 thought, as they sent for
me-"
Babe LittleforGs fingers held tightly
to his. 1T was me that sent TO- YOU"
She turned her face the other way.
II was so lonesome, Bill Dale!'
Robert McLaurin's wife, Patricia,
visited Babe twice daily, and a friend
ship that was none the less warm for
being unique sprang up quickly be-
tween them. Patricia declared to her
husband that she was going to keep
Babe-whom she was already calling
by her proper name, tile same being
EiizGbeth-and educate her. There
was room III the bungalow, Patricia
said; and she really needed company,
because Bobby was away so much.
Babe accepted little Mrs. 'McLaurin's
offer as soon as Bill Dale convinced
her that she wouldn't be merely an OBJ
ject Of charity. The hill pride's first
law is that one must pay for what
he getS-and it's probably the first
law God laid down for old Adam in
Eden. Ben Littlef0rd seemed bewil-
dered and blue when they told him Of
the arrangement, but he voiced no OBJ
lection. Dale pressed upon him q
loan Of hundred dollars, and Or
dercd him to give it to his daughter,
which he did. Elizabeth Littleford, Of
course. would need new clothing.
II amt even got any dresses at
home," she whispered to Patricia, but
two"
Bill Dale was sure now that lie
loved Babe, and lie was almost sure
that she cared for him. But he was
quite properly in no haste to come to
an understanding. He had known all
alOn. that Babe would have to be
educated! and wonlan's tastes, he
reasoned. might change with educa-
ton. And he wanted her to have the
opportunity Of knowing other men Of
his class. If she couldn't love him
with lasting love, he didn't want
her to love him at all.
Oddly or not, he never thought Of
Jimmy Fayne.
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by giving them dollar or two day
for digging coal; perhaps he would
put them off until the mine was
worked out for half of that, and then
skip. Anyway, Golf would come out
at the big end"
IL see," said Dale.
IF there's anything that can do.
at any time, you won't hesitate to let
me know" said the major.
"You may consider yourself attorney
and legal adviser for the Moreland
Coal company. Of which l have the
honor to.>be general manager" smiled
Dale, III: you. will. r.,o ST.. ~nE =,
Major Bradley's voice came happily,
MY dear boy. I am glad to accept
And there shall be no charge for any
service that I may render" Zss::'s':i
They were not long In reaching the
green valley. which lay very beauli-
full and very pSaeefni in the EMarn,
light Of the eafitsJ uty sun. The kpft
!, fnurmurins Of TIE crystal river aud
the low. slow tlrfklipg Of the cowbells
made music that was sweet and pleas
ing * ysfs T. r. = g. II
Suddenly John Moreland stopped,
uttered a swearword under his breath.
turned and went back to Dale.
'srhes man a-waitln' on us ahead
thar. Bill" he drawIed. cat ye shore
want to watch like a hawk to keep
him from a.stealin' the eyeteeth out
o yore head. His name is Hender-
son Cot, and he wants coal"
They wenss on. Soon they met a
man who. in clothing and manner,
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II say that TIL beat you at any
game sou put up against me-" very
quietly. Furthermore, say that you
are a coward and scoundrel, and
that you, haven't got the insides in you
to fight me fair mans fight. IfiyouM
only pocket that thing you've got in
your hand, IN NOW down half an acre
Of meadow bush with your body"
The other turned red, then white,
then red again. Bill Daies words had
lashed him keenly. His eyes became
like hard blscI beads, and he began
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running down bootleggers, bandits
and second-story workers, are a
badge and a smile. But these wea-
pons are sufficient. 21.S :,
For six months, Justice Edward NJ
Leary has been trying to get service
on a farmers auto truck. Each time
the farmer hid in the hayloft. in tho
cellar. :.
Miss Buckley's first commission was
TO serve the attachment papers. When
the farmer saw Constable Buckley, ne
ran out and greeted her with a smile:
She served the papers on the startled
farmer, who noticed only tie .galoshes
and the bobbed hair.
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to raise the wicked-looking pistol as
though he meant to. fire.
Then there was the sound of a
breaking twig behind him, and voice
drawled out:
"Drap it, Mister-drap the funny
little gun, or the middle o'-.Tarinent
is yore potion right now!"
1t was the moonshincr, BY Heck.
and his rife was leveled. Golf dropped
the pistol. Heck grinned, advanced
slowly, took up the weapon that the
hillfolk call towards gum and
tossed it into the river.
'"Now git-cut the mustaru-lisht a
rag away from here" he ordered,
"afore l let Bill Dale loose on yet"
Golf went away rapidly.
II wonder if you heard him say
anything that would make you valu-
able as Witness" muttered Dale,
lin the event we want, to have him ar
rested?" -,
II heerd- you tell him at he was
afsard to fight We fair mans fight,
and Fat eff he'd pocket that thing, lie
held in his hand ye'd NOW down twen-
ty. acres O. meadow bush with his low
down body-that'd be vallyable in cote
wouldn't it," .,.-
Dale smiled. Then he frowned.
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CONTINUED from last issue)
CHAPTER VII.

When John bloreIand and Ben Lit
tlefprd had finished their breakfast
there in, the dining room of the BIais-
dell, they drank the water from their
ttngerbOwls, threatened with sudden
death the wn1ter who snickered, and
found the way to the lobby.
10 Iitt1eford the minutes dragged
soddeniy. ; Finally he told Morc!and,
ina sentence filled with double mega
tives, that he could bear the suspense
no longer, and proposed that they set
out0nt once for Doctor Braemers hos
pital. The hotel manager overheard
some OF the Onesided conversation;
nc ,phOned the surgeon and learned
that the young woman WAS resting
easily, which information he passed
on to the mountain men.
Ben LittiefOrd was quiet for five
minutes, more or less. Then he again
proposed to John Ai0reiand that they
80 to the hospital to see Babe. More
land refused fatty, and accompanied
his refusal with an unmistakable look
Of contempt.
You're as restless as a dawg In u
nea town." he told his old enemy, and
with that he walked away.
: A few minutes later Ben Littlefnru
stole out unnouced, by. his neighhnr
from the Big Pine, and went at hr:sls
gait up the street. Morelanh, found 1t
out shortly afterward; he Followed the
LittIeford chief hotfoot, aud overlook
him. Trust your hill dweller to note
landmarks when he goes into unknown
territory -. ldttleford was headed
straight for the hospital.
They walked for two blocks in ST.
lence. Moreiand had assumed the at
titude OF one who has had the guard
ianshlp OF an irresponsible person
thrust upon him. But soon he soft
ened somewhat.
II shore CANT understand, Ben" he
drawled, 'how Bill Dale ever could
bear It to live here"
: IL WONDER" Littlcford said absent
mindedly. as though he had not heard,
''whar Bill Dale is att It's mighty
burned lonesome without him, amt 1t
That was good ham We had for break
fus'. john"
sit wasn't ham. 1t was beef"
Hlt was ham, -
fEit was beet 20 -. 80; =.
Fit was ha--" -. $50. ESQ., -:
s'.Don't ye reckon" shared John More
land, that know q dang cows meat
when see II? 1t was beefl"
l,hey had halted in the middle OF
stream OF pedestrians. 4 policeman
crowded his way to them. ri
Move on!' he srowled.
~. !. !s"*sI+ -'sNs'
Bil, Dale was 1t that moment enter
ing the lobby OF the Blaisdell with
Robert NlcLaurin at his side. Dale
had just told McLaurin that he meant
to 70 to Cincinnati to borrow money
from his wealthy friend Harris. Then
McLaurin told Dale something that
saved him the journey to CINCINNATI
q "You haven't heard about HARRIS
Blll7 I'm sorry, because he would
have accommodated you. He went
broke a few days ago in the cotton
smash. He. was here yesterday, and
left last night for Cincy."
Dale did not try to conceal his sur
prise and disappointment. Harris, for
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"Glad to See you, Babe" he told her
softly. why do you think you're 60
ing to die. Babe?" r. - ~
'E% She. smiled ut him. "Why, Irdon't
think I'm a-goin' to die" she said. Il
know Pm ya-goin' to live, Bill Dale.
4 feel like ! could walk fifty miles
right nows 49,. ~ !,
But l heard you tell your father"
- was a-tryin' to skeer him out O.
fyhtin's any more" she interrupted.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Yeuns Carlyle Wllburt9 on
Known, son Of q wealthy coal operator,
John K. Dale, arrives At the Halfway
switch, in eastern Tennessee, abandon
ing ite Of iale ssss.snd incidentally ts a'Igr a
1etsrminsd to make his own way In life
e mss.s II; s.bs t HsaS c fyP.ss'
isnd' Il ' home n' 'aoreiand i. CHIEF q his
Clan" which has an old fs.ld with the
Littlefords. He tells Dale OF the killing
Of his brother, David Moreland, years
ago, owner OF rtch coal deposits; by =
man named Carlyle Moreiands deserip-
ton of .Carlyle" causes Dale to believe
the man was hts father:
CHAPTER II.-Dale arranges to mako
his home with tho Moreland family. for
whom hs entertains- deep respect.
1lttieford next day. Dale q. ordered by
"plack Adam Bali. bully Of the district.
Is leave This girl" alone. Dale replies
spiritedly. and they fight. Dale whips
ranges With Joh,is SSIoselasld to develop
Dav1d's coal deposits, Ben Lttleford
sends a challenge to John Morsland to
meet him with his followers next day. in
battle. Moreland agrees.
CHAPTER IV.-During the night all
the guns belonging to the Iittlefords and
the Morelands nlysteriously disappear.
CHAPTER v.-Dale arranges to 90 to
Cincinnati to secure money for the min
Ing Of the coal. The two clans find their
weapons, which the women had hidden.
and line up for battle. "Babe." in an
effort to stop the fighting, crosses to tho
Moreland side, OF the river and is acci-
teptally shot by her father and seriously
wounded.
CHAPTER VITO get proper surgical
cid. John Moreland. Ben LittlefoTd ana
city. Doctors assure them she is not
seriously hurt. Dale meets an old friend,
Bobby McIaurin, who had married
Patricia Clavering. Telling his father OF
David Moreland's coal, the old gentle
mans actions convince his son OF his
fathers guilt in tho killing of Moreland.