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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

ford either, but Malapi don't know
it-yet."
"Tn show emf" cried the enraged
buily.
"Pll bet yor wiz. No man Twin
a max "a fooi outa Dug Doble,
ru.5tle the evidence to send him TO
the zen, slap his fingers at him,
and son top O. that steal his girl.
That's what l told"
Dnble leaned across the table and
caught in lis great fist the wrist of
| Steelman. His bloodshot eyes glared
into those OF the man opposite.
what giii:" he demanded hoarsely.
Steelma, looked blandly innocent.
Didn't yfu know, Dug? Maybe j
oughtn't to "a mentioned it,"
Fingers Ike ropes of steel tight
ened on the wrist.
Don't do that, Dug! En- Craw-
I ford's girl
what abtut her and Sanders?"
"Why he's courtin' her-didn't
| You know"
"When die he Begin" Doble
slammed a hamlike fist on the table.
spit it out. or Ih tear yore arm
Off"
CHAPTER XXI
a carpenter working on the roof
of a derrick for Jackpot Number Six
called down to his mates:
Fire in the hills, Jocks like. / see
smoke"
The contractor was IN old-timer.
He knew the danger of fire in the
| chaparral at this season of the year.
, Crawford borrowed without per-
mission of the wne the nearest
saddle horse put it tC a lope.
From tie tower Hart descended
swiftly. He gathered together all
workers ana equipped them with
shoVels, picks, brush hooks, saws,
and axes. To each one he gave also
a gunnysack.
The foot party followed Crawford
into the cliaparraI. making for the
hills that led to Bear Canon. A wind
was still ring. ana as they topped a
rise it struck hot on their cheeks. A
flake of ash fell on Bbb's hand.
Crawford met them at the mouth
| of the canon.
"She s rip-r'arin'. Bob. i Got too
big a start 20 beat out. Well clear
a fre-break where the gulch mar
rows just above here and do our
fightin' there"
The wind was sitter now and the
fury of the fire closer. The flames
roared down the canon like a blast
furnace. Driven back by the intense
heat, the mer reiterated across the
break and chung to their line. AL
ready their lungs were sore from in
haling smoke and their threats were
infaTed. A pine it's pitchy trunk
ablaze, crashed down across the fire
trail and caught in the fork of a
tree beyond. Instantly the foliage
feared 20 red flame.
Bob galicred int the canon and
flung himcelf from the horse.
She's jumpin' outa the gulch
above. Too late to head her off. We
better run q trail along the top o
the ridge, don't you reckon?" he
| said.
Eyes, sor," agreed Crawford. I'VE
can just about hole her here. It'll
be hours before / can spare a mar
for the ridge. W. got to get help in
q hurry. You ride to town and
rustic men,
The canon above them was by this
time a sea of fire, the most terrifying
| sight Bob had ever looked upon.
| Monster flames leaped at the walls
of the guich, swept in an eyebeat
over draws, attacked with a savage
roar the dry vegetation. The noise
was like the crash of mountains
meeting. Thunder could scarce
| have made itself heard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

He walked back toward the camp.
Frotn out of the cEaparral a thin
column of pale gray smoke was ris-
ing.
READY, Shorty?" he asked.
The squat man nodded an assent
and followed him owe the summit
into the valley beyond.
$40
Brad Steelman sat hunched be-
fore a fire, mead drocped low between
his high, narrow shoulders. The rest
less black eyes in the dark Ratchet
face were sunk deeper now than in
the old days. In them was begin
ming to cone the hunted look of the
gray wjlf he resembled.
Staelman sidle0 to the door and
opened it cautiously. A man pushed
in and closed the door.
Ibid you come here to make
trouble DUG?"
mo, 1 came to collect a bill"
sc? Didn't know l owed you
any money right now. How much
is it?"
"a thousand dollars"
Brad shot a quick, sidelong look
at him. whats wrong now, Dug?'
The ex-foreman Of the ID Bar Lazy
r took his time to answer. He
enjoyed tie suspense under which
his ally was held. "Why. | reckon
notlin' a-tall. Only that this mo'nin'
/ put a match to about a coupla
hundred thousand dollars belongin'
to Crawford, Sanders and Hart"
Eagerly SteelmaE clutched his
arm you did it. then?"
didn't + say I'd do it?" snapped
Doble. irritably. "D'ya yer know
me rue back on p targain?"
SHORTY with you?'
"IIe was, an he wasn't. I did it
While he wasn't lookin'. Shorty's
got a soft spot in him Game enough
but with queer notions. Some time
I'm liabl4 to have to Doble left
: his sentence suspended in air.
whats wrong with him now
DUE"
.'Well, he's been wrong ever since
+ had to bump off Tim Harrigan'
Talks about a fair break"
"yVhat about thai fire? Sure it
got q good start?"
"I looked back from across the
valley. l. was travelin' good"
"Iil get y.u the money first thlna
in the mornin'.'' promised Steelman.
! Doble poured himself a large drink
and took il a. a swallow. II would,
Brad"
Doble drank steadily throughout
the night. He remained steady or
his feet, growing Uslier and more
reckless every hour.
Tied to Doble because he dared
not break away from him. Steel
mans busy brain began to plot a
way to take advantage of this mans
weakness fc" liquor.
40 course I know, Dug, you're a
better man than Sanders or Craw-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

men %galloping at LIS heels. Through
the smoke the sun was plood-red
The air was heavy and heated.
From the fire line Crawford came
to meet these new allies. Were
holdin' her here. It's been nip an
tuck"
Emerson Crawford was holding
his ground. though barely holding it
How are things up abCve?" he
asked in a hoarse whisper.
Good. We held the check-line.'
See it through. Say, son, loo!
who's here!" His thumb hitched to
ward his right shoulder.
Dave looked down the line o
blackened, grimy tire-fighters an
his eye fell on Shorty. He was sti!
wearing chaps, but his chihuahua
hat had succumbed long ago. Mani
testify the man had been on the
fighting line for some hours.
Doesn't he know about the re-
ward?"
Yes. He was hidin' in Malapi
when the call came for men. Says
he's no gutter. whatever else he is
You bet he amt. He's worth two OF
most men at this work. Soon as We
get through he'll be on the dodge
again. He's a good sport, anyhow
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09
I'll say that for him"
X

CHAPTER XXI
When Shorty separated from Do
BILE in Frio Canon he rode inco1-
spicuously tc a tendejon where he
could be snugly hidden from the
public gaze and yet meet a few
pals whom he could trust at least
as long as he could keep his eyes on
them.
Shorty was an outlaw End a bad
man. He had killed, and might at
any time kill again. To say the
Jackpot from destruction he would
not have made a turn of the hand.
But Shorty was q cattleman. He
was loyal to the hand that paid him.
He stood by his pals and he believed
in and after his own fashion loved
cattle and the life of which they
were the central fact. To destroy
the range feed wantonly was q crime
so nefarious that he could not be-
lieve Doble guilty of it.. And yet
He could not let the matter lie in
doubt. He left tibet tendejon AMI
rode to Steelman's house.
where's Dug?' Shorty demanded
of Steelman.
Continued in Our Next Issue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09
RADIO PROGRAMS;
NEWS

7:00-Chil lren's half hour enter
taInment with music. and
fairy stories told by the Man
in the Moon. Copyright,
Sunday Cali
7:o5-Tuuing tes.. (a) Hawaiian
airs (b) violin solo.
S:)5-RaG:u comment on current
events of national and inter-
nati1nal inheritance.
S:15-'Party Night" when several
welLknown Broadway artists
OF vaudeville and musical
comedy STAGE will entertain
with songs and monologues.
EDDIE Cartor, well known
COMPOSER and theatrical star.
Will be the guest OF honor
9:55-A~lington time signals.
1O:O1-Governmen+ weather forecast
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

Considerable interest is being
shown in tne radtJ program and
wireless news now appearing in this
newspaper daily. That the daily ra-
dio news, although only recently
started is o. great interest to per-
son in this vicinity is clearly shown
by the following communication:
Perth Amboy, Feb. Z, 1922.
Editor Evening News:
May | take the liberty to thank
you :or your kindLcss in publishing
the program for local Wireless Tele-
phone n Telegraph Operators in
your today's Evening News.
l Le4ievr / am expressing thanks
of all those who are at this time
so greatly interested in the splendid
concerts ana entertainments which
are being presented to the public
through the courtesy of sending sta
tions in New jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania.
l would be greatly pleased to see
your paper publish & daily program
and l assure you that by so doing
you VIII receive the undivided thanks
Of so many parties now interested
in the wonderful invention of the
wireless telephone.
Believing my interest to be that
of many others, l remain,
Very truly yours,
VIM. CLYDE BERRY.
p. S.--The following also send
their thanks and assure you that they
are greatly interested.
GEORGE MATEY.
O. j. KEEFE,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

The program for tomorrow fol-
lows:
11:00--Current events, comment.
music.
11:05-G0vGrnment weather forecast
11:55-Ar;ington time signals.
12:03-Government weather forecast
12:05-Agricultural reports.
12:03-Current events, comment
music.
1:00--Current events, comment
music.
2:05-ATarine news
3:00-Current events, comment
music.
A: 00-Current events, comment
music.
:05-Gov "nment weather forecast
6:05--Agricultural reports.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-09

He walked back toward the camp.
Frotn out of the cEaparral a thin
column of pale gray smoke was ris-
ing.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25


Hou arrests wofo made IN mine
N q soft drink parIofs In Mo-
9ilyis and East Moline, Satur-
Ia Night, when Sheriff Clarence
3 ewards and Joseph Prendergast.
ri prohibition agents. direct
e. tnAtr forces against the places.
1041t was found 1T I'VE Of the sa-
ecn4g Others. officers claim. were
5DDed .cff and dumped their wet
Il ecds before raiders arrived. Those
ffs4tsd are:
1 y0uis Persyn, saloon proprietor.
~ Railroad avenue, Moline.
red Meersman, Persyn's barten-
Telix Wiadja, Garden street. Sill
Il Mary Riehl and Martha George,
111S Nineteenth street, East Moline.
August Staes. 405 Thirty-seventh
street. Moline.
NJ EN-. Temple, Staes' bartender.
Wiadja's place was distillery.
Z Two 36-gallon stills were found in
operation, feeding from 25 barrels
~ mash. The stills were confisca-
ted and the mash was destroyed,
some being taken for evidence. A
lerge quantity Of hooch was also
taken.
At the Riehl place a gallon Of
hooch and quantity of home brew,
the smallest haul OF the raids, was
taken. The George woman, taken
IT this address. is wanted on anoth-
or charge, the Riehl woman being
apparently in charge OF the bar.
The big haul of the night was
made at the Staes place, where
1000 pint bottles Of home brew and
more than five gallons of hooch
were seized.
KOlls Is Sleuth.
9 Louis Kolls took the credit for
sleuthing out the most cleverly
! hidden cache of bottled whisky vet
found around here It was at the
Persyn place. The deputies had
gone through the building. as they
thought, carefully. but Kolls, still
unpersuaded," followed a bunch
which led him to the second floor.
He noticed a loose board in the
moor and traced it into the next
room, where he found a hidden
trap door. Fifty pint bottles and
10 quart bottles Of what purported
to be real bonded whisky lay in the !
aperture between the floor and the |
ceiling OF the room below.
Moline police assisted in the
raids. Police Sergeant Sam Stewart
and Officer Pleasant Negley accom-
panying. Prendergast and Edwards |
were also assisted by Deputies
Louis kolls, Howard Gregg, How
ard Morrison, Charles Willis and |
Charles Youngren.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25
FRIENDS REMEMBER
POLICE WITH MANY
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Their many friends helped men,
bers of the Rock Island police force
to have a really merry Christmas
today by several gifts which were
and will be enjoyed by the entire
force. Cigars from numerous
friends. appreciative of the splen-
did work of the department during
the year, constituted part of the
gifts.
Headquarters men were given a
gift of lasting value in the shape of
9 big radio set by the Beardsley
Specially company. The Christmas
eve concert and entertainment by
Voc station was enjoyed by
the police who remain in the sta
ton and the others who visit the
place during the night, and quiet
evenings for the force in the COM
ing years may be pleasantly whiled
away with the instrument,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
General No GAO

Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the council OF
the city OF Rock Island, ILL.,, hay
Ing ordered the resurfacing of
Fourth avenue from a point 100 feet
west OF the west line of Second
street to the east line OF Fifteenth
street Excepting the right of way
Of the Tri-City Railway company1
and the ordinance for the same be-
Ing on file in the office of the CITY
clerk OF said city. and said city
having applied to the county court
q Rock Island county, Illinois. for
an assessment Of the cost of said
provement according to 'front.'
age, said assessment being pavahla
u 10 tnstallmsnts, each bearing in
terest at the rate Of 6 per cent per
annum. and an assessment therefor
having been made and returned to
said court. the hearing thereon win
g mad on the 9th day of January
a. p. 1872. ut the hour Of 8 O'clock
Z. NJ, or as soon thereafter "a the
business of the court will permit.
AL persons desiring may file OBJ
!ecki0as In said court before said
day. and may appear on the hear
Ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island III Dac
~ A. %. 1879.
c. c. CUsHMAN,
Omcer Appointedsto Make Assess
ment-t ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25
TuLIE MITCHELL
SPENDS NIGHT IN
JAIL WHILE DRUNK

Celebrating her Christmas in ad-
vance, Tillie Mitchell, negress. re-
puted to be a former underworld
character, was arrested on the
street Saturday evening. She spent
q turbulent night in the women's
quarters in the city jail, sleeping
OH the potent draughts of liquor
she had evidently taken, and when
released yesterday left the station
with much less staggering than
had been the case when she was
arrested.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25
NOTICE.

Payment Of U. s. Victory Bonds.
- Dec -. and War Savings Ger
1ncates due Jan. l. 1898, can be
@a9e through this bank without
charge for our services.
& ROCK ISLAND SAVINGS BANK.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25

christmas Savings club now
! IN Rock Island Savings Bank
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25

There are foc for afternoon party evening dance Models
whose beauty enhanced further by brightly coored embroidees
beads or novel lace The predominant The group So
pnenomenaly low priced that there undoubtedly quick
from women who know what they are saving in this Come
early and select the dress you like! ..... 60
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25

The unusual values Of these garments are 50 e
that it is unnecessary for us to quote former
They are especially apparent to women who hay
slstently "shopped around" this season. There
tain to be tremendous response beginning Tues
we urge that you make your selection early
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-25
For Your Convenience

Shop in the morning If at all
possible, as then we can assure you
Of more individual attention than
later in the day.
The New York herald., 1922-01-29
How the Empress Pearls Came to the Wealthy Mrs. Dodge

knows. 1t was last seen, before the re-
cent auction, fifteen years ago. when Eu-
genie wore 1t at a formal function. II
was whispered then that the famous or
nament was losing its color, and the ap-
proach of "old age" was plainly seen by
the experts at the auction. Perhaps this
fact has caused the spread OF the belief
that pearls show their grief at the pass
ing OF favorite mistress.
The highest price paid for a collection
of strung pearls before the Dodge pur-
chase OF GATHERINGS necklace was S675, ,00O
paid by diamond merchant OF London,
Maxfeld Mayer, who in 1913 bought at
that price strand of beautiful pearls
from a firm of French dealers. Unfor-
tunately this necklace was stolen on its
way to be delivered. IL was sent by post
from Paris to agents of the Paris house
In London, and when the package arrived
1t was found to contain nothing but sugar.
How the theft was managed was never
discovered and there is no trace to-day
of the missing gems
America is the home of at least four
other famous pearl necklaces, each with
a history romantic and dramatic. George
Gould and Ebert Gary the steel magnate.
both gave their wives strands of pearls
each valued at half a million dollars.
When these were purchased considerable
interest was aroused, as they were, UP to
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

and loyalty counts, particularly on the
stage. where it isn't so common.
This is true Of her dominion of the
Casino stage and equally true when she
came out of the triumvirate of Weber.
Fields and Lillian Russell Her relations
with fellow players brought out the salient
traits of fine character and easily led to
new life-her present one-in which
patriotism and beneyolence are marked fea-
lures. The kindly thought and the friendly
act elways seemed to come naturally
1t is not strange then that existing still
they are going back to the source to the
very people who taught her when she was
a mere girl that there was a terrible lot of
unhappiness in this world and that it was
pretty good thing to do to try to cure
some of 1t.
But that, somebody says, is character
So 1t is At least it is the spring that
causes character to display ITSELF Well, If
you trust to what stage people say, this
woman has that kind Of character big"
The possession of it is not quite all that
is necessary to make a former actress sue
cessful as an immigration inspector A
kind heart cheers many mile o." but IL
doesn't lessen the miles until keen intel
ligence collaborates with IL. Then there
may be invented sort OF mental motor
that will devour them.
Nobody can deny Lillian Russell the pos.
session of real intelligence. She showed ii
lately when during the war she capitalized
her popularity when i'm uniform as Capt
RUSSELL she recruited for the United
States Army Nobody won more recruits
than she did. and It was by her wit. her
mind; not by her beauty. That is still
present in a degree, but II isn't as avail
able an asset nowadays as it was in Tony
Pastors day.
It's the sympathy and knowledge win
ming a way into the heart Of an immigrant
child that does not fade with the years.
This is doubtless what governmental au-
thority rightly counted on when her ap-
pointment was made.
And the first thing she means to do with
her children" she says after. seeing that
they are placed I'm decent environment is
to teach them the language and start max
ing American citizens out of them
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

that time, the most valuable necklaces in
this country.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, possesses
one of the famous necklaces of the world.
Its origin was one of the strong boxes of
an Indian Maharajah. from which many
other rare jewels might come IL he would
only open IL to the world.
The late William b. Leeds imported from
abroad magnificent string of pearls for
Mrs. Leeds, now the Princess Anastasia.
This necklace was made Of pearls gathered
from almost every capital in Europe by
the French expert Citroen, who spent many
years searching for gems that would per-
fectly match in size and sheen. Citroen
asked s35O00O for this necklace-almost
record price then.
or the many collections of pearls in In
dia no one can say more than that they
make up fortunes that hardly can be even
estimated. One Indian ruler, the Maharaja
OF Petiola. is sometimes called The Prince
Of Pearls" When he attends the meeting
of the Chamber of Princes in Delhi or
when he dons ceremonial garb in honor of
a new viceroy he wears breast ornament
OF thousand pearls, valued at 100000
II Is the most gorgeous necklace the mod
ern world ever has seen. guard of
1900 soldiers surround him when he
travels with this great collection of jewels
on his breast.
The New York herald., 1922-01-29
Continued from First Page.


to those who have traced 1t through vari-
Gus civilizations. that pearls, when they
are parted from mistress who loves them,
"sicken and die" that is to say they lose
their color and sheen and seem to be life
less
Just before the war II was reported
from Russia that the Czarina had sent to
the interior of Russia for a peasant girl
Of particularly rosy complexion and Of
high vitality to come to St Petersburg and
wear one of her favorite strands of pearls
which. the Czarina believed, had become
deceased and was losing its luster The
superstitious Czarina believed thoroughly
that pearls were susceptible to sickness
and that the only way to "cure" them and
restore their health was to have them worn
by some sympathetic" person whose
robust good health could be absorbed.
And many will remember that when
Nine. Thiers, widow of the French Presi-
dent, died, 1t was quite generally rumored
that the magnificent pearls which had
been presented her by her husband lost
their color and became deathly white in
The New York herald., 1922-01-29
Always Had Sympathy
With Audience of East Side

mourning for their beloved owner" This
persistent rumor caused considerable ex-
citement In France, not only because of
the fame of the necklace, which was very
valuable, but because Nine. Theirs had
bequeathed It to the Government and thus
whatever happened to the jewels was of
grave concern to the citizens of the re-
public.
SO persistent was this talk that the di-
rector of the Louvre Museum found It adj
visable to write letter denying the re-
port and stating most vehemently that
Nine. Thierss pearls had not sickened
and died but were, instead, as healthy as
any pearls could be.
Experts place little credence in the the
ory that pearls mourn" the death of their
owners. Still, IL is true that pearls do
not. like other gems, last forever. They
are of animal origin and are not min
eral elements, like the diamond and the
sapphire. The splendid necklace of the
late Empress Eugenie, which recently was
sold at auction, showed distinct signs of
age. II was popularity believed to be one
of the oldest necklaces known, having
been assembled in the twelfth century.
How old each pearl was then no one
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

hausted they are finally refused admission
and sent back to their old time European
squalor, these are things she knows and
these are the things that within the limi-
tations of her Office she will try to i'm
prove.
In the bygone days her heart went out to
the poor immigrants and their children.
In the present days she intends to help
them, and that Is what this wide adoption
means to the former idol of the stage. Thus
in appointing to this Office woman who
both knows and feels there was displayed
was there not?-a certain cleverness.
Everybody from the stage hand to the
lead" was fond of Lillian Russell when
she was on the boards. What happened in
the early days at Pastors went on happen
ing as she passed the different hurdles that
led to her enduring fame. Her personal
magnetism conquered. 1t is perhaps truer
to say that her character did, for she
proved loyal to manager and fellow player,