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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
COLUMBIA'S BILL
INCLUDES COMEDY
PLUS A MYSTERY

The most severe audience can be
thoroughly suited with the Column
bia bill of the first half of the
week, with two acts which stopped
the show and another which proved
mysterious and yet at the same
time highly interesting.
Byron Brothers Moanalua sex
tet halted the performance with a
variety of jazz numbers There are
five men and woman, the latter a
comedienne who brought the house
down with her dance numbers. The
men use both string and reed in
struments and their program is
spiced up with the latest of popular
numbers. ......-
Shelton Brooks, who has written
a number of popular songs, such as
"All Night Long" Some of These
Days" and "Walkin' the Dog" ap-
pears in blackface and rips off a
monologue which holds the house
in laughter. His songs went over
big and he was called back several
times.
Saving a Woman in HALF" an
illusian invented by Horace Gold
en- and presented By Henry Marcus,
is a puzzler. A woman is placed
in a box, her head and hands pro-
jecting from a hole in one end, and
her feet projecting from the other.
The box is sawed in half. the two
sections being pulled apart, with
what appears to be her feet in the
one half, and her head in the other.
The two parts are placed together
again and the woman is removed.
Welsh & Hazelton have a rapid
line of chatter and some good par
odies. Gibson and Betty do lot OF
talking in light vein and put over
songs and dances in finished fash
1 ion. Jack & Jessie Gibson heep a
rapid fire of comedy going while
1 they do stunts on cycles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
Commodity News

Chicago, Feb. 20.-Millinery MAX
ers have been forced to construct
new head sizes to care for bobbed
hair and one Chicago firm is offer
ing untrimmed pressed shapes in
two-color effects, in poke styles and
a variety of short-backed shapes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
HOLDS FULTON NOT
IOWA RESIDENT AND
THROWS OUT CASE

Default judgment obtained by r.
C.. Smith. attorney for DR., NJ IT..
Fulton. who filed suit against his
wife, Emeline Fulton, for divorce an
the district court in Davenport was
set aside by Judge r D. Let's. when
it was discovered that Fulton is q
resident Of Rock Island.
DR.. Fulton is a Chiropraetic with
Offices in Rock Island and Daveu-
port. and he filed a plea that 8i-
though he maintained Offices and
homes in both communities. his
legal residence was in Rock Island
and that therefore the court had No
jurisdiction.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
DAVENPORT GIRL
IN 'PENROD' WITH
'FRECKLES' BARRY

Hazel Keener. a Bettendorf girl,
Is being seen on the screen with
"Freckles" Barry in "Penrod," the
boy character immortakzed in the
Booth Harrington stories. The film
is now being shown at the Garden
theatre, Davenport. Miss Keener
last year was declared Iowa's most
beautiful girl as result of a con-
test conducted by the Chicago Trib-
mo
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
ROBSON ATTENDS
uLITERACY MEET

Charles E. Robson, Davenport,
has been appointed by Governor n.
E. Kendall of Iowa as one of a del
egation of 20 to represent Iowa at
the illiteracy conference for the
northern and middle western states
IN Chicago Friday and Saturday
The conference will be held I'M
der the direction of the illiteracy
commission of the national educa-
tonal association of the United
States.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
WESTERN ADMITS
DEBT FOR BOOKS

R. Y. Western, held in the Scott
county jail in default of $4,000 bail
bond on a series Of forgery charges,
has admitted owing William II.
Wise company OF New York, a
Wholesale book concern. the sum OF
SL57, including interest, on a con
tract for Little Journeys to the
Homes of the Great" by Ebert
hubbard. A confession of judg-
nent has been entered. The books
we're purchased Dec. s, 1919.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

cabinet as well as a representative
of the senate and house.
Certainly it looks now as If the
working of this funding commits
sion will be subjected to more scru-
tiny than anybody imagined when it
was first proposed. The chances
are its work will be as carefully
and closely watched as if it were a
commission negotiating a vital
treaty. While it is true that the
White house had declined to prom
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

sicians near here include ~
Frank ". Frederick. Sterungf DE
Gilbert D. brennan. NOciholl, Dr
Edmund B. Owens. Dixon. and DT
Edward w. Wahl, Sterling AIT ar
given rank as major except DIT
Broderick. who ranks colonel
DR.. Ostrom is also special exam
liner in this district for the Unite,
States Veterans bureau.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
David
Lawrence
Says:

Democrats Tell Legion Men
That Republicans Could
Pass and Pay Bonus If They
Wanted To; One Senator
Says England Is Ready and
Able to Pay Part OF Its
Debt to L. s.; Hardings
New Funding Commission
VIII Be Closely Watched.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24

their cooking fire was now burning
briskly and they were apparently max
Ing leisurely preparations to emf, II
fairly made me schoOlboy furious to
see those fellows calmly getting their
noon meal ready and ignoring my
warning.
"I1and me up one Of those dynamite
cartridges!" / barked at Daddy HI
ram and when he complied, / lighted
q match and stuck It to the split end
Of the fuse. There was a fizz, q cloud
Of acrld smoke to make me turn my
face away and cough, and then q
frenZied yell from the old man.
Throw it-good-g osh-to-Friday -
throw it,"
| contrived to get 1t out through the
window opening in some way, and lost
my balance on the earth bags doing it,
tumbling ~awkwardly into Daddy's
arms as l fell. Coincident with the
tumble, the stout old shaft-hOuse
rocked TO the crash Of an explosion
that was still echOing from the cliffs
Of the mountain above when the sour
fumes Of the dynamite rose to float In
at the window holes.
"G-good gizZards! suffered Daddy
Hiram, "did you reckon | cut them
fuses long enough SO I you could hold
'em in your hands and watch 'em
burn"
What do l know about fuses?" I
asked, grinning at him. Then | mount
ed the breastwork again and looked
out, prepared to see the entire land
scape blown into shreds.
Aside from q few sheets Of CORFU
gated iron torn from the roof Of the
adjacent ore shed, the landscape ap-
peared to be fairly intact and still
with us. But down on the bench be-
low, the lately kindled cooking fire
was burning in solitary confinement.
The raiders, to a man, had dlsap-
peareh
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24
CHAPTER XIV.
Applied Hydraulics.

They've skipped" | reported to
Daddy, as l climbed down from the
earth sacks. land that shows us the
quality Of the humanity stuff we have
to deal with. Fullerton will never get
that bunch to rush us in the open"
That's something gained, anyway"
said the old Il land ever liz bit
helps. But If they amt goin' to take
it standin' UP, we got to look out for
min doin's; the snake-in-the-grass
kind. Charley Fullerton amt goin' to
quit none so easy"
Nevertheless, for an hour or more,
it looked rs If the jumpers had quit.
In due time the cooking fire in the lit
tie glade burned out, and no one
came to rekindle Ii. Around and about
the solemn silence of the mountain
wilderness ringed us In. and 1t was
hard to realize that the siege had not
been abandoned-thOugh we knew well
enough it hadn't.
We put in the time as best we could,
tinkering up our defenses and trying
TO provide for all the contingencies.
For one thing, Daddy found a big
auger and used It to bore looploles at
various places through the wall, by
means Of which we could command the
approaches to the hG.ft'house on two
of the three exposed sides Eastward
ly. the blacksmith shop interviewed be-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24
OPT GET YoU!"

Synonsis. -. Under his grand
fathers will, Stanford Broughton
society idier. finds his share Of The
estate, valued at something like
$4,000, lies In q safe repository"
latitude and longitude described.
ard that is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby of a
broWn-haired, bluc-eyed girl, a pie
hai.l horse, and a dog with a split
race, half black n half white.
Stanford at first regards the be-
quest as a joke, but after consider
alton sets out TO find his legacy.
On his way TO Denver Stanford
hears from a fellow traveller.
Charles Fullerton, a mining engi-
neer, a story having TO 90 with a
flooded mine. He has a "hunch'
this mine is the safe repository
OF the will. Bullerton refuses him
Information. On the station plat
form at Atropis. just as the train
pulls out, Stanford gees what az
pear to be the identical horse and
dog described in his prandfather's
wsl!. Impressed, he leaves the train
at the next stop, Angels. Unable
10 secure q conveyance. Broughton
scizes Il track-inspection car and
escapes, leaving the impression on
The town marshal, Beasley, that he
Is drnented. Pursued, he aban-
GOns the car. which Is wrecked,
and escapes on foot. In the dark
ness he is overtaken by the girl.
the horse and the dog. After he
explains his presence, she invites
liEl TO her home. at the old CHINA
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram TWombly, Caretaker Of the
:aine, ana his daughter jeanne.
stanford does rot reveal his iacn-
tty. Hiram and Stanford 70 put
tong about the mine. Stanford
gets Interested in the work and
tails in love with Jeanne. who saves
lis lie. Bu'!erton shows up at tie
mine. lie offers $4,000 for the Gin
r2y3r. Stanford says NO" Bull
la:ton makes threats. Somebody
throws a ro1key-wrench into the
pumping machinery. jeanne disap-
peEra. SO does the deed Of the
CinnGbar. Stanford does up Bull
lcrton in a go-as-you-rlease scrap.
Erllcrton says lie and Jeanne went
away to get married and she dis
appeared.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24

fat this mornin', and he's got that to
make him spitey. Wen be hearin'
from him as sOon as he gets things
yanked round into shape 10 suit him."
Still, as time passed and nothing
happened, it looked less and less like
~ that we were going to have TO fight
for our holding ground. ] don't know
10 this good day what made Fullerton
so slow in bringing up his army, bat
1t was high noon, and Daddy anu ]
were eating a cold luncheon, with the
shaft-housc door-sill for q seat. when
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24

until you get back to your army. If
you or any Of your men are in sight of
Cinnabar property ten minutes after
you reach your camp, we open fire."
Since the truce was thus definitely
ended, We retired into our fortress and
put up the bars. AS we were closing
the doors and making everything snug
| asAed Daddy what kind of human
timber Fullerton was likely to have
in his army, and II there were any
chance that his boast about having
deputy sheriffs in the crowd was TO be
taken at its face value.
There's nothin' to the deputy brag.
Ike Beasley Is the chief deputy for
this end o the county, and he'd be
here himself If that was a posse COM
mytaters down yonder. AS for what he
has got, there's no tellin'. Most likely
he's picked up a fistful o toughs and
out-o-works down in Angels. There's
always plenty o. drift o that kind
hangin' round a mimi camp"
"Fighters?" / Queried.
ION, yes; l reckon soft fightin'
easier than workin'."
With the doors shut and barred |
climbed up on our brcastwork To bring
my eyes on a level with one Of the high
window holes. The ten-minute ultima
tum interval had come TO an end, but
the raiders were making no move TO
vacate the premises. On the contrary,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24
CHAPTER XHI.--Ccntinued.

passed through the cabin to the
nut-kitchon and while I was kindlinp
n fire in the stove | saw Daddy with
an arnful OF hay and q peck measure
Of oats, tolling the little horse down
The path back to the cabin to disap-
pear with it in the direction Of the
gu!ch where the abandoned Little
Jeanie" claim lay. | had the coffee
made and the bacon fried by the time
he got back, and after we had eaten
he blOssomed out in an entirely new
rolc-that Of commander In chief.
This is movin' day, Stannie." he
announced briefly. "If you'll dig up
al the chuck and canned stuff you
can find and tote 1t over to the shaft
house, I'll fetch the blankets and the
Cookin' tins"
] obeyed blindly, and entirely with
out prejudice to a lively curiosity rs
TO what this new move might mean.
While | was emptying the kitchen and
pantry the Old man unearthed another
rifle from the closet under the loft lad
der, and with It a box of ammunition;
and | observed that this second gun,
like the one he had carried on our
pilgrimage Of the night, looked as If
1T had been freshly oiled and rubbed
UP every day since 1t had left the fac
tory.
You'll have a lot Of talking to do
presently" l warned him. You seem
fn fnTUnt thof x.n,, knvnn't mt fold mn
what's biting you"
maybe there amt nOthin' bitin' me-;
maybe I'm just gettin' sort o old and
skeery. But it's this-away. Stannie,
son: Ever since your gran'paw gave
me this here watchin' job, and since |
heard tell how them Cripple Greek
short-card artists socked it to him on
this Cinnabar deal, / been iookin' for
trouble / hain't been easy about them
Cripple Creek holdups nary a day
since your gran'paw told me to stay
here and hold the fort for him.
"You thought perhaps the original
owners might try to grab the property
by force?"
Daddy looked up at me from under
his bushy eyebrows.
Pears to me like you've got a
mighty short memory. SEINE way, Stan
ME. Have you done forgot that bunch
% huskics we saw campin' u in Ante
ioDc gulch as We come along by there
mt G%aybreak this uOrnin'? | didn't like
the looks O. that camp much at the
time; and / liked 1t q whole lot less
after we got here and found Charley
Fullerton sunnin' himself on the door
stcr. Made me sort o. perk up my
cars"
"Eut, see here, Daddy" l thrust in,
''if he's got my deed, or has destroyed
lt, why"
"VVhy, he has rs good a right to the
Cinnabar as the next one that comes
along, is what you're goin' to say. I
amt Iisputin' you for a minute. But
afore he can have it, he's got to take
1t, hain't he? And we've got two Nigh
W good liz pieces of artillery that says
he's goin' to have one joyful old tint.
a-takin' Il; that is, IL you're of tie
same mind that l am"
BY Joye! l wanted to put my arms
around the old Spartan and hug him
AS I've said, there were ten or q dozen
Inen in that bunch we'd seen In the
gulch, and he was calmly proposing to
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By
FRANCIS LYNDE

stand up to them, as confidently as If
it were I'll In the days work.
Il get yon now, Daddy" | said, "and
If there's II fight coming to us, your
mind is mine. Wen give them the best
M.'te got
| thought the two old-faShioned guns
and Jcanie's pistol promised a poor
chance for an effective defense; but
Daddy Hiram proceeded to show me
that we had at least one other re-
source. In the mine stores left behind
by the former operating company were
two boxes OF sixty per cent dynamite.
with fuse and caps. and Daddy pointed
out that there were good possibilities
wrapped up in the greasy brown-paper
cartridges II the enemy should come
close enough TO let US use them.
Il believe YOU had this all doped out
in advance, Daddy" | said, when he
had a ncat little row Of the cartridges
laid out on the floor. But surely you
didn't expect to hold ont alone if those
sharks sent q crowd of jumpers in to
run you OFF,"
ME ana Jeanne ne 'ald SIMPLY.
Neu Il cone our 'eNo' oest' ana the
angels couldn't 90 10 more than that"
Here, unless the old man was sadly
hiS'aheii III DIS o'"E"'or' was announcer
ahd "'ol'E "~hNl"'pe'''t sac OIL tiie blue-
eled iAalueh C!Slialci Tor me- trl"d
10 imagine LlSette helpihg her latler,
or me, or any zone man 10 delehd Il ne-
lCaSueIeu NINE against an armed at
l"CN' IL was 50 IuH''N Ni"' Siioul''''
=" YOU mean 10 say o. Jeanne No'iu
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say linen piui'eu oul INC 'ihnS .""'
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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24

Gazing In.
smith shop side, and Indications that
the jumpers were at work on some
thing In the boiler shed. Since this
lay beyond our field Of vision, we
couldn't see what was going on, nor
could we apply the dynamite remedy.
Shortly after we had finished break
fast the work noises began again, but
with the b~lanketing blacksmith shop in
the way we couldn't see o thing and
could only make wild guesses at what
the raiders were up to. Along about
the middle Of the forenoon they fired
up n or more of the boilers a Whit
of wind coming along the side of the
mountain blew the smoke over SO that
some Of 1t drifted into the shaft-house
through the high windows. Still we
were completely lost in the guessing
wilderness.
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18

In this afternoon frock OF black
chiffon velvet we see once again the
French custom of layishing all their
attention ane infinite detail upon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18

the girdlc. In this case it is made
of small circles of royal blue cloth
and OF buttons covered with the
same material.
In the center of each button is a
tiny crystal bead, while %radiatins
from it are black. white and silver
threads. The new gauntlet cuffs are
edged with the buttons and loops
which also form the trimming
around the neck. The standing col
lar is of white %Crgandie.
TO accompany this frock the de-
signer made me "a wide-brimmed
hat of black crepe de chine. Royal
blue velvet ribbon ties around the
crown and forms a pleatinS around
the brim.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18
(By NEA Service)

SAVANNAH. Ga.-Mrs. Zary
Stokes, ST.. seventy-five, II of the
oldest twins in this state, is being
sued by her husband for divorce.
He's eighty!
Stokes charges his wife desertc
him. She denies that.
When the aged man failed to pay
s. IA week alimony, as directed by
the Judge, Mrs. Stokes called on the
sheriff to Jail him. The sheriff did.
I'm die in jail before I'll spend
a cent the aged man is alleged 10
have declared. "There's no aC-
countin' for women's doin's.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18

cessful and will result in opening
mountain climbing as n new mid
winter sport in theworthwcst.
A special detachment of army sig
raj corps men will accompany the
party as far up the mountain as pos
sible and from this point will keep
up communication by wireless tele-
phone between the climbing trio and
the outside world.
More than two weeks will be con-
sumed in the ascent and descent, it
is estimated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18

DO you recall the times you didn't
now lust what to gel for
There are many tempting menus 1
Kitchen Hints and Tempting Menus
which appears daily on the Woman's
rage in the Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-18
SUiiss

SEATTLE, - Despite predictions
of seasoned mountaineers that GER
tain death awaits them, three daring
Swiss climbers are out to set a new
record by making a midwinter as
cent of Mt. Rainier. 14,444 feet high,
the highest snow-clad peak in the
United States.
Scaling Mt. Rainier is no easy task
in the summer. And in midwinter
with many feet of snow obliterating
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
FAMOUS HORSES OF OLD.

Long ages before the dawn of history, the horse
abounded upon the earth and was mans best ally.
In the paleolithic age when cave-men ancestors
roamed Wild almost like the animals, the horse lived
But this ancestor Of the wonderful speed ma
chimes to be seen at the Ak-Sar-Ben race track
and Of all horses of today, was small animal, less
than four feet high with large head and rough,
shaggy name aud TAIL He too small to be ridden
and was used by man for food.
The horses place in human history is right next
to mans. Bucephalys was the famed charger Of
Alexander the Great. Roam Barbary the favorite
horse Of Richard H. and White Surrey of Richard
III. Incitatus, the horse of the Roman emperor
Caligula, made priest and consul. 1t ate from
an ivory manger and drank from pail of gold.
Legend is full Of the horse. Borak, which con-
veyed Mahomet to the seventh heaven, had such
speed that each pace equal to the farthest range
of human sight. uM
The stud books of today 60 back hundreds Of
years. The histories of such horses Roxana, born
in 1718; Of Godolphn, Of Cade and host of others
kept carefully the histories Of human celeb
rites.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
IN THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE.

There are not so many standard topics Of con-
versaticn that serious takers afford to ignore
the condition Of the crops. From one end of the
country to the other men who do not know beans
from barley now assume thoughtful air, impale a
victim on piercing glance, and remark that. the
government forecast is for an increased harvest If
they are fortunate enough to fall in with someone
from country town or farm they can talk of
nothing else. ~
Charles Lamb, while riding in coach through the
English countryside, was harassed by just such a
character. After number of remarks had failed to
draw out the essayst his fellow traveller pointed to
field and inquired what sort of turnip crop was
to be expected.
81 believe it depends largely on the boiled legs
Of mutton" Lamb answered.
There is, of course, nothing more important to
Nebraska or to the remainder Of the states than the
harvest. The Department Of Agriculture may make
its estimates, and the volunteer prophets may con-
slider that it is all settled, until the time comes for
them to worry over whether the corn has enough
moisture and if it will mature before frost catches it.
Before the contingencies Of nature mankind is help
less There isn't much more use talking about the
crops than there is in discussing the weather-fate
will decide.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-14
WOOL GATHERING.

The tariff question is not as simple as its op-
ponents would make it appear. Thus in condemning
the imposition of higher duties on imported woolen
goods the critics of a protective policy forget or
neglect to mention that higher tariff also is to be
placed on the raw material. The wool growers Of
the west to receive protection we'll the mill
owners and workers of the east.
Although the topic might be avoided, still if the
critic is pinned down he must admit that wool
brought in from abroad would tend to lower the
price received for American WOOL In April 22 800,-
900 pounds of combing woods, valued at s5,S27 900,
were imported into the United States. This exceeds
the record for any complete years since 1910 except
1917 according to the textile division of the Depart
ment Of Commerce. The quantity Of all classes Of
wool imported in April was 3s,555,000 pounds.
According to the argument of the tariff foes, the
wool growers are suffering from an oversupply Of
their product. It just possible that properly
balanced import tax would bar out of the for
egn competition and encourage the sheep industry.
But little things like this seldom discussed by
the democratic spellbinders and organs.