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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-10-26
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dizziness.
The man was waking now, stirring
In his unconsci ousness, and swiftly the
old woman cut the buckskin thongs
from his tall logging boots. These also
she twisted about the wrists, knotting
them again and again, and pulling them
80 tight they were almost buried in
the lean hesh. Then they turned him
face upward to the moon.
The two women stood an instant,
breathing hard. "What now7r Linda
asked. And a shiver Of awe went over
her at the sight Of the woman's face.
Nothing more, Linda" she ! an
swered, in a distant voice. "Leave
Dave Turner to me-"
It was a strange picture. Woman.
ghood-tbe softness and tenderness
which men have learned to associate
with the name-seemed fallen away
from Linda and Elmira. They were
only avengers-like the she-bear that
fights for her cubs or the she-won that
guards. the lair. There was no more
mercy in them than In the females Of
the lower species.
Dave awakened. They saw him stir.
They watched him try to draw his
arms from behind him. It was just q
faint, misunderstanding pun at first.
Then he wrenched and tugged with all
his strength, Topping strangely In the
dirt. The effort increased until It was
some way suggestive Of an animal in
the death struggle "A fur bearer dying
In the trap.
Terror was upon him. It was In his
wild eyes and his moonlit face; It was
in. the desperation and frenzy Of his
struggles. And the two women saw
It and smiled Into each others eyes.
Slowly his efforts ceased. He lay
still In the pine needles. he. turned
his head. first toward Linda, then to
the inscrutable. dark face Of the old
woman. AS understanding came to
him, the cold drops emerged upon his
swarthy skin.
'.Good Cdr" he asked. "what are
you going to DOR
"Tm going back" Linda answered.
"You had some other purpose in bring
Ing me out here-or you wouldn't have
brought Elmira, too. I'm going beck
to wait for Bruce"
Sand you and viii linger here"
Elmira told him. 1--WE have many
thinRs to say to each other. We have
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A Patisant Sufferer

The Doetor-You are coming along,
finely. Mr.. LongsuRer. In ! couple
q days you can take down thatquar-
antins card.
The Patient better leave it up I
few more weeks. Ny wife's 20 afraM
|pf eontasion, she's sent her dor oft
rs board Until ths danger /. past.
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For the First Time, Dave Began 10
Move Cautiously.
long years seemed to have fallen away
from her; she slipped across the I'M
carpeted floor with the agility and 81.
lence of tiger. She always had given
the impression Of latent power, but
never SO much as now. She took some
little object from the bag and slipped
It next to her withered and scrawny
breast.
"What do you wantr' she called ont
into the gloom.
Dave had been getting little rest.
less In the silence; but the voice reas-
sured him. "I'll tell you when you open
the door. It's something about
Bruce"
Linda remembered him then. She
leaped to the door and flung 1t wide.
She saw the stars without, the dark
fringe Of pines against the sky line be-
hind. But most Of Ill she saw the
cunning, sharp-featured face Of Dave
Turner, with the candIelight upon him.
The yellow beams were In his eyes,
too. They seemed full Of guttering
lights.
The few times that Linda had talked
to Dave she had always felt uneasy
beneath his speculative gaze. The
same sensation swept over her now.
She knew perfectly what she would
have had to expect, long since, from
this man. were 1t not that he had lived
in fear Of his brother Simon. The
mighty leader Of the clan had Get q
barrier around her as far as personal
attentions went-and his reasons were
obvious. The mountain girls do not
usually attain her perfection Of form
and face his desire for her was as
Jealous asst was intense and real. This
dark.hearted man Of great and terrible
emotions did not only know how to
hate. In his own savage way he could
love too. Linda hated and feared him,
but the emotion vas wholly different
from the dread and abhoxrsnee with
which she regarded Dave. "What
about Brueei" she demanded.
Dave lsered. "Dos you want to -
hint He's lyins-up here on the Hill. /"
The tone was moving, edged with
cruelty: and It had tie desired effect.
The color swept from the girls face.
In siAgie fraction Of an instant It
showed stark white ID the candlslight.
There was IN instant,s sensation Of
terrible cold. But her Voice was hard
and lifsaess when she spoke.
'"You mean you've killed himl' shs
asked simply. e
we amt killed him. we've 3ust
been teaching him . lesson" Dave ex-
planned. Simon warned him not ia
come up-and we've. had 70 talk T. him
Q iitus-with hsts and hsels.
Linda cried out then, one acquitted
syllable, She, knew Whist Asts and
hesis could DO II The lights bstwsen
tie mountain men. They ars q much
weapons Of torture q The claws md
fanes q he killer. ehs had a =
| SAINTS dread picture q tAis serenl
man a hsfs lying maimsl end broken
battsrsd. Whispering. ins6sctiv'
,, thiAs = ~ moonlight u some distan,
hiilsldA The vision brought knowledgl
- hse. Dvsn more clearly than In til
sseood q thsir hsA before 10 had
0ons - - Hudson. she realized whai
IN inmutable part Of her he was. sha
aaaAd With arnWfn1 h0srnnp n OavG'a
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Sweden his "a Area Of 17ol7s
square miles.
The 17-year loenst lays from 100
Ito 500 esgs ad iinmsd iately dies. &
Bse -stings. g ! cure for rheuma-
t e ~ having quite : vogue.
IAs fsrsh Nsser spider lives under
~ 9 =. Nster, but doesnt got wet.
n Bronss eastinss xers made 81 ta,s 8
yptians 1000 before Christ.
Tho sieur Dc Brez Of Paris isssatd
e haye invented candle molds
Patagonia produced I, 500 90 ar-
rails Of oil last yssr.
n Java sweat posstsos livs rsashsd&
g Weight II 80 pound
vessel 6r A., ID 1sstt fises ~, s.
inches IN passing ftudns fresh Mlter tos /.
III e
B r has bssn asserted that spiders I
poassss 4 ssnsittveasss 70 nausical
-.
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h MaSa him e ~ w~y-4ths sad q ~1sas-
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Wounds 1aSssdi = Dc. EGs, s.s3kS
s s!s5. tries . . Ta4s,fse2
But it wasn't the Killer. after all. It
was before his time; besides, the
shadow was too slender to be that Of
the huge bear. Dave Turner watched
moment longer. 80 that there could
be no possibility of a mistake. Bruce
was returning; he was little moro
than q half-hours walk from Linda's
home.
Turner swung on his horse, then
dashed the animal into q gallOp. Less
than five minutes later he drew up to
q halt beneath the Sentinel Pine, al
most a mile distant. For the first
time, Dave began to move cautiously.
1t would complicate matters II the
two women had already gone to bed.
The hour was early-not yet nine
but the fall Of darkness b often the
going-to-bed time of the mountain PEG
PIE. 1t II warmer there and safer
and the expense Of candles 10 Les.
sened. But tonight Linda and old
Hmira were sitting up. waiting to-
Bruce's return.
"A candls flame hickered at the win,
dow, Dave went up to the door and
Knocked
.who's thersr. um,ra called u
tas q habit learned IN the dreadful
days Of tvsaty years ego, not to opsu
. door withoae 1t least some m0wl
edge Of who stood without 4 Lighted
doorway soks az q target almost ~
xsA - nsad az white sets OF haca
bsll,ssye. !. -
Dave knew dc truth was tie propaa
course. Dave Turner" 10 replied
A long second q heavy, fstransesss
hence ensued. Then the woman spokl
again. There was . new note IN hsa
voice, q curious hoarseness. but 1t the
same time sense of skultat,eo and
excitement. But Dave didn't nodce
1t. He might. however, have been n
terested In the singular look q Won
der that flashed over Linda's faee q
she stared ut her aged amt. Hnda
was not thinking Of Dave. Har who'll
attention was seized and held By tx
unfamiliar note in her aunts voice
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Ssenatoriai tank broadcasted
fromthesMarion EountySmetropoIis
WAS barely able torecoYerhi
presence ofmindin time to@issne
ias5brief statement beforesfh sunset
guns doomed thatSday to the efs
;fect that he was seriously consid-
5ering the matter OF becoming
candidate and would make known
his decision within the next few
days. Guessing what It will be is
all one sided among the state poll
.ticians in Washington They pre-
dict thatEhe will announce himself
a candidate.
It didn't take Governor Cornwell
quite SO long to announce his de-
cfston. Two days after Nicely en-
tered, the Hampshire County sage
proclaimed himself ont OF the run
ming for any office this year.
The light and airy persif1age of
the situation as It is discussed here
today, aside-the serious phase OF
the. talk is all to the effect that
there will be a contest IL the&Demo-
cratic party for the senatorial nomf-
nation. the contestants being for
mer Senator Chiffon ard former
Congressman Nicely. Nor is any;
body else expected to butt In to
divert either from giving entire at
tention totthe other.
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TRUMP
CARD COMES AS
BOLT FROM SKY
Washington Still Up
insAir Over Local Mans
Action. 4.
ey CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

BY CHARLES&BROOkS SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 81
II the politicians from the West
Virginia sovereignty have their
Idope%on right today, one NJ. Mans
field Nelly pulled a sizzling hot
weather Joke on his fellowS&party
patriots, Monsieurs Chiffon and
|CornweIl, which everybody enjoyed
and is having a good time over ex-
.cept them.
AS the hokum is put out here,
one or both of these distinguished
Democrats failed completely to
."guess Nicely" being so$Geep1y en-
crossed trying to guess out each
other. They had been playing a
species of puss-in-coruer for the
senatorial nomination for weeks
upon weeks, Alphonsing and CASTOR
ing with such ardor and dailySregu-
larity that both were reported to
be losing weight, and laboring I'M
der what proved to be a hallucina-
ton that nobody else would dare
horn in on their polite little game
until they got through playing it
out.
Then the whole world knows
what happened. Nicely bounced out
OF ILL., just dS&y $780,
grabbing off Woodrow Wilson n
his League of Nations as he Jared
forth, and, in a word, declaring by
implications that any Democrat who
dared to oppose him whose record
on Wilson and the League was un-
der suspicion of being 1ukewarm,
had a fat chance, a very fat chance
Gronica1 and sneering stuff of get
ting more votes in a Democratic
primary.than Marion's mellifluent
Mansfield. Right there and then;
according to the days gossip,
thumbs went down on Governor
Cornwell, and his senatorial am
bition was automatically placed in
storage.
1t is the word here. also, that the
Nicely announcement proved the
greatest shock and surprise to Sen
ator Chiffon. He knew that Major
Neely's name was mentioned occa-
siona1ly in a kindly way, but SO
were Herbert Fitzpatrick's and Co.
tTierney's, and other party leaders
whose names are always mentioned
when the open season for mention
ing political notables, and letting
it end at that, is in vogue. 1t is
said here today that Senator Chill
ton. who was playing out the game
along the lines of letting-the-party-
draftSme, a plan he has followed
in previous campaigns, was moth
ing shortsof stunned when the news
of Neely's headlong plunge into the
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AFZ1
with#her parents. Nh Ms g
sL Nardersi "a Merchant street
Miss Grace Poe OF Jacobs strset
has gone to Clarksburg to spend
some me with her grandparents.,
EMr.and Mrs. sMtnnears
Mrsand Mrs. Dale Boggess and
$sonSThomas, who came here for
the funeral Of George Lantz Sun
day. returned to their home at
Pittsburgh today. s
Mrs. Frank TichnelI and Miss
Virginia Malone have returned
from few days stay at Davis
Ridge where they visited the for
mer's brother. Luther Steele, and
family. Miss Dorothy SteeleSac-
companied them home and is 5spend-
ing the week here.
Miss Hazel Thompson of Cam
eron Is here attending the summer
term at the Normal. She is with
Mrs. Cora Morrow in State street
Mrs. Js1B. Crowl remains very i'll
ather home in Auburn street.
An interesting business meeting
of division No. 4 OF the NJ. e. Aid
Society was held at the home of
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EAST SIDE.
-EWS

Chicken SUPPER.

Chicken Supper.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Diamond Street NJ r Church will
serve a chicken supper Thursday
evening from $50 till s o'clock.
The following menu is being pre-
pared by the ladies'. and the tick
.ets are selling rapidly atS75 cents
each: Fricasseed chicken, gravy,
mashed potatoes; green beans, slaw,
rolls, butter, jelly, pineapple sun,
daes and coffee.
All Day Meeting.
There was a large attendance at
the al1-day quilting held at thu
home of Mrs. Cecil Jenkins in Dear.
born street Tuesday The meeting
was held by the Julia Bonifield
Mission Circle and considerable
work was accomplished. The reg.
u1ar business session was held in
~ p LBF
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PROPERTY
SH0NSINGREASE
Of 5PERCENI
County Assessment Figures
for Ie 1922 E1timated at
700.


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for 1922 in
observation-disclosures Marion County viii
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to100#per cent
highers4hanSfora1921 according to
aSsfatementstoda by Glenn Spr1n-
ger.countyEassesso
SIast yearts9assessments were in
fhenefghborhood of S83,O00,0Oo,
stated while this year they
araSexpected to run to%about $3.50
Notwithstanding to this esti-
mata%#propertY inthe county had
previously%been assessed at about
centgofitss"str and actual
value; as defined by the state tax
laws AK
misunderstanding Nearly Finished.
SPracticaIlyaau of the assessments
haEe#aIready$been made, and now
anl recording them lies
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. his men. 1t
is#expected#thatSthe work will be
completed before July i During
fbe month Of July, the board of
rehabilitation composed of r. Il
GAnnfngham W Bunner ana
W4uiama#Martin,w sit to hear
complaints from taxpayers and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in assessments.
inherent days will be appointed
&i0
NarIoussd districts.
#On&JulyI1, and 5, the board
faembers will sit as an examining
boaTdAtosgo5 overSthe books of the
assessor.D Dates for3the various
sdIstricts are as ofllows: Grant,
.JuIYs6 and Lincoln, July 8 and
psPaWPaw July IL and u;
Mannington, JulyE13 to is; Fair
smonts July to 20; Winfield,
and %22; Union, July "a
and
Observation-Disclosures of the boards
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the adjust
n4ent8ofssthe assessors books in
general. Notices Will be posted in
the@%Various districts, informing
theScftiZenssoft days on which
fheSboardgWill meet.
sreasain5the amount of taxes to be
As&considerable decrease in the
tax@aeyyErate S expected. Just
how much this will be is not yet
KnoWn and cannot be worked out
nntifSassessments have been tota1ed
andRtheamountSof assessed proper
yngthe@county*is determined.
should there be no actual in
crease instheamount oftaxes to be
reelected, the levy&rare will have
toabesfeduced sbySaboutS45 to At per
cent. thus, ma whose district
ate for 1921 was $3.50 on
observation-disclosures would have
aneWT levy rate of about S1.4O on
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the afternoon also The picnic
lunch Was an enjoyable feature OF
the days meeting. No placeghassass
Yet baenSdecidedupo text
nesting
Mr.. Leonard Meredith Dead
Mrs.Laura Meredith, wife of
Leonard Meredith, formerly of this
city, died Tuesday atS12 o'clock az
|fherEhome ins BaitimoreSafte aEfexI
days, illness. The body viii be
brought here today, arriving at54:5G
and will be taken to Nj. EMeredith's
old home at Meadowdale. The $fu-
neral will probably be held Thurs
day afternoon and interment made
| in the Meadowdale Cemetery.
Wayne Meredith of East Park ave
nue., this city, who5has benin Bal
timore since learning of his sister
fn-1aw-s critical condition. will &C
company the husband here with the
remains today.
Personals.
Mrs c. L. Warder went to Clarks
burg Tuesday toSyisit relatives.
Mrs II. L.. Winter and little
daughter have returned to- their
homesat Morgantown after a visit
: =EI-
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| SdCAM oV-T5I1h VIooOtAS
rate was So would have anew#1evy
|rate of about $1.10. Any increase
in the amount of taxes would result
in a proportionate increase in the
levy rate.
Law Asks True Value"
Parts of section 70, State Senate
Bill No. 225, passed April /, 1921,
explains the cause of the higher
assessment figures:
"A11 property, both real and per-
sonal, in any county, whether it be
assessed by the assessor, assistant
assessor or by the board of public
works, or any other person5or Off
Ger or tribunal, after July 1; 1921,
shall be. assessed as OF January /
at its true and actual value Chat
is to say, at the price for which
such property would sell if yolun-
tarilys offered for sale by the owner
thereof, upon such terms as such
property, the value of which is
sought to be ascertained, is usually
sold, and not the price which might
be- realized If such property were
sold at a forced sale).
ANY assessor who knowingly
fails, neglects or refuses to assess
all the property of his county, as
herein provided, shall be guilty of
malfeasance in office, and upon
!conviction thereof he shall be fined
not less than 800 nor mor than
$500, or Imprisoned in the county.
jail not less than three nor more
than six months, or both, in the dis
cretion of the court, and upon con-
victfon, his office shall ipso facto,
be vacated"
Puts Teeth in Law.
The passage of this bill had the
effect, as its proponents declared.
of putting teeth" in the assess
ment laws. AT the last state con-
ference of assessors, State Tax
Commissioner Walter S.. Hallanan
Explained to his assistants the ne
cessity of the law and impressed
upon all the advisability Of comply.
ing with its requirements.
Pledges were obtained from the
various county assessors that each
one would, in his own county, as
sess property Eat its true and
actual value" The Increase in
Fairmont averages proportionately
with increases in assessments in
other parts of the state.
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Law Asks "True vaIue.'

Canada has SO officers and SO
men serving on the ships Of the
navy.
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REDUCED RATES GRANTED

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Pro-
posals Of Henry Ford to reduce
coal rates on his railroad. the De-
troit. Toledo, & Ironton Railroad,
which originally were suspended
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission were allowed to go into
effect today under "a final decis-
ion of the commission.
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GEN. WI CHOSEN
M|N|STEROF WAR
Or. w. w. Yen Reappointed
Acting Premier of Chinese
Cabinet.

PEKING June 14-(By The As
ISOLATED Press)-General WI Pei
Flu the outstanding military figure
of China by reason of his recent
defeat of Chang Tso-Lin, the Man
churian leader, has been chosen
minister of war of the Peking
cabinet. DR.. Wang Chung-Hui, a
lawyer of International repute will
be President Lis minister of JUS
tice.
DR.. w. w. Yen, former foreign
minister, has been re-appointed to
that post in the new Central Chin
csc government of President Ii
Yuan-Hung. Doctor Yen also has
beenEnamed as acting premier and
is expected to be made premier in
the event WI Ting-FanG, the
foreign minister of the southern
government at Canton refuses to.
be President Lis prime minister.
"
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each $500. The man whose levy
rate was 81 would have a new levy
rate of about $1.10. ANY increase
|in$the amount of taxes would result
in a proportionate increase in the
levy ate.a
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Mrs. 4. % Harden Il WatersIree
astevenings
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-10-06
FUEL FOR WILLOW CREEK
!. WILL SOON BE CHEAPER

Improvement on the Moose Creek
Willow Creek road, or more proper
n the Palmcr-Wasilla road will en-
kble mine operators in Willow Creek
TO secure coal at a lower rate this
year than for many seasons. Coal
~ now being delivered at Fish Hook
TIL for $50 per ton, With the de-
inand increasing to justify it, tractor
Service may be placed on the run
this winter or next spring and sup
ply depots established in various
portions of Che Willow Creek district
whence prospcctors and mines may
Hocure ample fucd supply.
\. For the most part coal will be used
for heating purposes in winter, the
numerous creeks in the district af-
4ording water power for milling oper.
Atlons. Owing to the value OF any
Kind OF timber, wood is too valuable
40 be- utilized as fuel. In this re-
gard Willow Creek is one of the
rare exceptions in mining. Its south
ern and eastern boundary abuts on
tho coal fields, and topography Of
fers not unusual obstacles for trans
portation. AS the ALASKA Road Com
mission road program proceeds it
Will eventually make it possible to
lay down fuel in Willow Creek at a
rate that will allow Of steam opera
ton Of mills.-{ Anchorag Tines.
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DOMESTIC SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT

Miss ICELAND has on display the
first problems in the domestic art
junior and senior clnsses.- The ap'
plique work was worked out by the
girls. Color combination was stud
led to get the best effect.
The girls of the eighth grade are
studying the cooking Of vegetables
This grade also began their prob
lens on cocoa and sandwiches by
serving them to the members of the
faculty Of the Juneau public schools,
last Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock
The seventh grade has finished its
aprons and are now taking up cook
ing.
To the sewing room there has
been added a new sewing machine
and quite a number of instruments
for each students personal use. TO
the domestic science room there have
been added new electric plates to ac
commodate all the students taking
the course.