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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
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Gabriel Warden, Seattle capital
list, tells his butler he is expecting
@ caller. TO be admitted without
question. He informs his wife OF
danger that threatens him II he
pursues a curse he considers the
only honorable one. Warden leaves
the house in his car and meets a
man whom he takes into the ma
chine. When the car returns home.
Warden is found dea&. murdered,
and alone. The caller. a young
man, has been at Warden's house,
but leaves unobserved. Bob Con-
merry. conductor. receives orders to
hold train for a party. Five men
and a girl board b train, the
eastern express. The father OF the
girl, Mr.. Dorne. is the person for
whom the train was held. Philip
d. Eaton, a young man, also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter and his secretary, Don
Avery, 10 and out what they can
concerning him. The two make
Eaton's acquaintance. Dorne IS
found nearly dead from a murder
Gus assault. A surgeon operates.
Dorne Is Q revealed as Basil San
tome, blind, and a power In the
financial world as the adviser OF
big interests" Eaton is suspected
and questioned. He refuses infor-
nation about himself and admits he
was the caller at Warden's house.
Eaton pleads with Harriet san
tome to withhold judgment, telling
her he is in serious danger. though
innocent OF the crime against her
father. lie feels the girl believes
him.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
CARE FOR FARM IMPLEMENTS
tinuaIly Running Lower and
Need Repairing

Many implements on the farm ART
continually running lower and nees
repairing, Just as sn automobile needs
to be worked On occasionally to keeT
II In running order. There is no bet
ter time than the winter and early
spring months for this work.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

Prepared by the United States Department
OF ARriculture1
The number of sows bred TO farr0w
during the first six months of 1923 will
re I3 per cent more than the number of
sows which actually narrowed In the
spring of 1922, provided farmers carry
out the Nintentions as indicated In the
December 1. 1922, pig survey made by
Che United States Department of Agri-
culture. For the IL corn belt states
the survey shows an intention to breed
1916 per cen more sows than a year
ago. Most of the southern states show
an actual decrease in prospect for
1923.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08
Increase in Corn Belt.

The probable increase in borrowings
In the spring of 1923 over 1922 COM
pares with an increase of OBS per cent
in the spring of 1922 w 1921 in the
IL corn belt states. The spring pig
crop Of 1922 in the southern states was
about the same as in 1921. Compare
sons for other states are not available.
Whether or not the expressed in
tentions Of farmers with regard to the
number of sows to be bred to farrow
next spring viii be carried out will
depend largely on the relative prices
Of hogs and corn. the department
says.
An actual increase of 16 per cent in
the number of spring pigs in 1922 over
1921 is shown in the December survey
as compared with the estimated in
crease of 14.5 per cent shown In the
MAY survey. The number of pigs
saved per litter up TO July l, 1922, in
the corn belt states is placed at 5.S as
compared with 81 saved up to May l.
This increase in number of pigs saved
accounts for the revised estimate liz
the number of spring pigs in 1922, the
department says.
The number of filters narrowed in
the United States in the fall of 1922
shows an Increase of 1876 per cent
over the fall of 1921. An increase of
2T.S per cent is shown for the IL o
belt states as compared with an in
tended increase In these states of 40
per cent in the number Of sows to be
bred for fall narrowing, as reported
last May. The survey shows that In
the corn belt states 6.1 pigs per litter
were saved In the fall of 1922 as com
pared with 90 pigs saved from the
1921 fall filters. For the entire United
States a saving of 81 pigs per filter
In the fall of 1922 as compared with @
pigs per litter In 1921 is shown.
The decrease in actual number of
pigs produced last fall as compared
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Gift of the Nile.

A ERICA is especially dependent
n upon irrigation and 1t has been
pointed out that modern engineers
have not devised any essentially new
method of supplying thirsty lands
with water. Reference may be made
10 the statement of Herodotus that
Egypt is the gift Of the Nile and men
tion may be made OF the latest con
clusion as to the source of the Nile
floods. The observations of Lyons
have finally demonstrated that the
rains falling in the immense basin of
the White Nile are of no Importance
to Egypt.
Prom June to August the Nile rises
and afterward sinks until once more
the foods come down in the Blue Nile
from Abyssinia- Egypt Is simply an
irrigated valley $50 miles long. and
apart from the delta. which is 100
miles long, this valley is nowhere
more than fifteen miles wide and in
some spots is less than a mile.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

opened. and the dark Of that breath
less room was all the deeper for the
dazzle outside OF moonlight on leagues
of snow
A man stood in the opening. ink
black against the silver, his rife
leveled at his side
1--WE come TO get you, Scarsdale."
There was no sound but the
thunder of the Wayamous. The body
under the yellow hands was motion
less; the shapes that squatted be-
side il did not even raise their eyes,
From his immense distance, Scarsdale
watched calmly.
You're here, Scarsdale! I've come
for YOU"
Scarsdale seemed to hear a little
sharp scratch like a match striking.
Rand came one step into the room.
The rifle was leveled. He was within
a yard of the motionless thing under
the guarding hands that was Scars
dales body. He never knew il. For,
in the last room of that hushed house,
the room over the river, some one
lighted a lamp.
COLOR CLEANED suddenly on the
~ face of the sitting dark, like a
flower unfolding. A girl was sit
ting on the floor in front of mirror,
slipping ornaments into her hair.
She was a Chinese girl. and very
young. Sometimes the yellow races
reveal types of grace so strange. a
Evening star., 1923-08-12

harmony so haunting, that even 10
our eyes they are beautiful And this
girl was beautiful. Her face had the
perfect texture and richness of a
tuberose: mystery dwelt in the cor
ners of her long eyes like a diamond
in black water. She was setting balls
of silver-gilt surrounded with king
fisher feathers in her back hair. Be
hind her. on the crazy wall, CLEANED
a strip of profound color. peonies and
pigeons embroidered She shone be-
tween the color and the light, un-
conscious and significant as a godde IS
in a shrine.
Scarsdale, remote and unconcerned
watched curiously.
Melsome Rand stood quite still in
the dark. The two crouched figures
never stirred. He took one step to-
ward the back room. and he took II
unconsciously. He heSitated and
Scarsdale's life hung on his hesita- =
tion.
Scarsdale knew it. A minute and
distant voice ticked in his brain: If
Rand sees that body of yours, that
thing under their yellow hands. he'll
shoot 1t. And then you'll never get
back. The report will never go in,
and Dene's mother will never know
what became OF him. and that scamp
Everald's wife Will maybe never
know if she's free of him or not"
The thoughts chased through
Scarsdale's mind like tiny specks OF
Evening star., 1923-08-12

w Thompson, Charles II. Vaughn,
vlademar Weiergang. John Q. Wilson.
Herbert 2. Yeaton. Publicity-James
F. Duhamel, chairman; Henry Orth,
J. Raymond Forney. Entertainment
a NJ. aIcFadden. chairman: Fred :.
Gichener, W. H. Collins, John T.
Clements. Badges and tiokets-H. F.
Dunkhorst. Registration-H T. Col
man. W. J. Allen, t. r. Hungerford.
Henry Hammelman. Ladies enter
tainment-Mrs. H F. Dunkhorst,
chairman: Mrs. II. c. Beck. Mrs. W. A.
Johnson. Mrs. H. B. Mason. Mrs. J. r.
Forney. Mrs. w l. Glover, Mrs. c. E.
Hartigan and Miss Sara L. Young.
All business sessions will be held in
the ballroom Of the Shorehsm. The
program for Monday is: pm. recep-
tion in ballroom, Shoreham. rendered
by the Washington Philatelic Society
to the officers and members Of the
American Philatelic Society and their
friends; pm, lecture by Howard c.
Beck. on Early American Stamped
Paper" In connection with this lecture
there will be on exhibit during the con-
vention copies OF stamp acts and several
interesting volumes relating thereto
and many specimens of stamped paper
from Mr.. Beck's collection.
On Tuesday at f!3o pm. there viii
be g. visit to the bureau OF engraving
and printing, and at pm. the con
vention stamp auction. conducted by
Harry B. Mason in the ballroom.
On Wednesday at 1.30 pm. there
will be trip to Alexandria and Mount
Vernon. and at $50 stamp bourse in
the Shoreham grill.
On Thursday at 1870 pm. there will
be trip to Annapolis. and at pm.
the convention banquet at Carvel
Hall. Prominent Baltimore pE1ilate-
lists win be the hosts on this occasion
On Friday the members will devote
their time to seeing Washington
Evening star., 1923-08-12

stirred the alien-smelling silk that
muffied his mouth. Rand was walk
ing slowly through the second room
now. And in the last room the girl
had dropped her hands They rested
on her knees. Her head little
thrown back. the golden iamp-light
on her perfect face, she waited for
Rand with faint smile.
Angel or woman" breathed Rand
hoarsely. what and who are your
Rand entered the third room, and
Scarsdale would have cried out, for
he could see that he was walking on
into the last room.
Some one drew UP the elk swifsxy
and covered Scarsdale's eyes.
But he had seen. He had seen the
slip, the stumble. the upthrown arms
the fash of darkness that was a fall
ling body, the flash of white that was
a staring face. He had heard for
one instant through the open trap.
the roar of the running river, louder
and clearer. Then the trap swung
back into place. The. Chinese girl
leaned forward and blew the lamp
out. Grotesque and implacable. Sam
Chong's gratitude was complete.
For Scarsdale that darkness lasted
four days. Then he opened his eyes
on daylight. For q minute or two he
did not remember anything, nor why
he was lying in a heap of fusty.
soiled quilts in a gray, unkempt
room, while an oldish Chinaman
sduatted beside him, feeding him bits
of sour beef with his fingers. But
the room and the Chtnaman were
both vaguely familiar. Then Scars
dale remembered and shuddered.
Sam Chong," he whispered.
The Chinaman smiled. He said
gently, You fitend Of mine"
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Size of Sea Waves.

A GAIN the question of the maxi
mum height that great waves
attain on the storm swept ocean has
been answered in at least a semi
scientific manner The photographic
office here in Washington has been
at the pains TO compare many Of the
most trustworthy observations on
record relating to waves on the At
lantic. The conclusion arrived at is
that, on the average. what are called
great waves" attain a height of
about twenty-nine and one-half feet
In tempests Of extreme fury waves
sometimes attain. a height as great
as forty-seyen and one-half feet.
Such waves can hardly be called
mountainous" but to castaways in
a small boat they would seem to be
prodigiously high. The length OF
great waves, that is, the distance
from one hollow to that before OF
behind it. varies from 500 to $500
feet.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
BY NJ. L.. C. PTCKTHALL,
Who Makes Sam Chons of Lawes
an Unusual Character

Scarsdale whispered: when Rand
came-when he went into that
foom-''
you dleaming. No one come"
But I saw him, when he fell
through the trap I'm the floor"
You dleaming." Sam Chong smiled
You sick and have deans. No one
come. That loom shut up now"
Scarsdale looked. The doorway of
the last room was blocked up with
boards. He looked back at the kindly.
inscrutable, yellow face
Didn't I see%' he whispered.
"Oniy deans"
THAT was all ScarsdaIe ever knew.
"A fortnight later the relief party
came up Fort O. Faith and collected
him and his notebooks. Scarsdale
was still very weak. The big men,
packing him into the dog-sied, ques-
toned him carefully. But Scarsdale's
chief anxiety seemed to be to get out
OF the sound of the wayamous.
THE old Chinaman's been good
friend to you" said some one.
YES asseated Scarsdale with
shiver.
But you weren't too comfortable,
I guess, in a Chinaman's house."
NO" said Scarsdaie. You have
dreams there
He looked back as the sleds turned.
Desolate, furtive, inscrutable he saw
for the last time the gray house with
the unpainted shingle over the door
and the back premises built over the
river. Then the dogs plunged into
the traces and the thunder OF the
wayamous fell away behind.
(copyrieht, 1927
Evening star., 1923-08-12
The Clocks We Wear.

THE three marks on the back of
i a glove and the clocks on a stock
ing are due TO similar circumstances,
The glove mark corresponds to the
fourchetts pieces between the fingers.
and I'm other days these pieces ware
continued along the back OF the
hand, braid being used to conceal the
seams.
A somewhat similar origin is as
signed to the ornamental clock on
the stocking. In the day when stock
ings were made of cloth the seams
occurred where the clocks do now.
the ornamentation then being used
to conceal the seams.
The useless little bow in the
leather band lining a mans hat is
survival of the time when a hat was
made by taking a piece of leather.
boring two holes through 1t and
drawing It I'D with. q piece oe stFsnb
Evening star., 1923-08-12

the darkness surrounding his forsaken
body.
Two men squatted. perfectly still and
noiseless. one on each side Of that body.
Their hands rested on 1t to hold It still
too They had placed piece OF silk, old
blue silk worked with mauve butterflies.
scarsdale thought. over his mouth; but
how could he tell in the dark? He
could not see their faces In the black
ness. although the strip Of silk did not
cover his eyes. In his, drugged. erratic
vision he could see nothing but the bit
of silk and their yellow hands. They
waited ''tf'
Then, in the dark, q silver square
RQARad ~sAddenlx Tha dQoK hAA
Evening star., 1923-08-12

coaor in darkness, and left him quite
unconcerned but interested. He said,
at his immense distance, II wonder IL
old Sam Chong will help. He's CRATE
full. and they say a Chinsman never
forgets Well, we'll see"
Even at his vast remove, his
| drugged distance. q very faint un-
easiness stirred in Scarsdale's mind
safety. 1t was simply wonder at
| what form the Chinaman's gratitude
would take.
| The girl in the back room smiled
at her reflection in the metal mirror
She raised her hands for a last touch
| to her hair, and under them she
sent a look into the dark, look that
seemed directed toward Melsome
Rand's face.
! For a moment Rand forgot why he
was there. Any man would have. He
walked through the room in which
scarsdale's indifferent body lay and
into the room beyond it His figure
showed dark and strong against the
jewel-light at the end. He hesitated
again There was no sound but the
roaring of the Wayamous, but in
| some way Scarsdale was aware of an
eddy, a motion in the impenetrabie
| fusty dark. The two men squatting
beside him turned their heads to
watch Melsome Rand.
| *
D AND gave wondering laugh that
IN was half an oath. And suddenly,
at the sound. homely and almost
friendly in those alien surroundings
though it came from an enemy,
Scarsdale was united with his body
again, and struggling furiously.
| He knew now what form the graf
| itude would take. And the white
blood revolted, even though Rand
| was there to kill him.
He thought he struggled, But his
limbs only twitched little under
| the yellow hands He thought he
cried out, in warning to Melsome
Rand. come to murder him, yet a
I man of his race. But his lips barely
Evening star., 1923-08-12

THE little speck of opium acted in
l. stantly and curiously on Scarsdale's
weakened system.
In a moment he was miles away,
leagues, ages, immeasurable distances
away from the body that lay like a
log in that dark room among the stale
quilts. From the end of these vistas of
Space and Time he watched little pic
lures unfold one by one like flowers In
Evening star., 1923-08-12

TINE third time Scarsdale came into
l. Lawes IL was winter. He came in
from the north, after such suffering
as 1t Is given few men to know. For
he was the last survivor of the Coot
River tragedy. -.
Scarsdale was the only one left out
OF nve who had set out, and he was
almost dying on his feet when he
reached Lawes.
Eor eight or nine days he had. as
1t were, lived on the consciousness
that there were Ave little notebooks
in his pack which must be forwarded
to the right authorities. Those books
held the fruit OF the expedition to
Coot River; without them the work
OF scarsdale and his dead comrades,
FALLEN. all OF them, with their faces
to the foe-that pitiless foe. the win
ter Of the subarctio plains--would be
wasted.
In tho years he had been away
Lawss had all but dwindled and died.
The ere which had been It's blood had
tAileds- Tho bleak -Jittls- sattlsmept
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15

he is labeled a wise guy.
If his pinch hitters or pitchers
fail 10 deliver and the game is lost.
then he IS classed as a dub. 1t is
simply a gamble, which the second
guesser can always pick TO pieces.
have seen many a ball game
broken up through a swat by some
pinch hitter. have seen many a
pinch hitter take up a tense situa-
,, ton and get away with II.
Likewise, I have seen a great
many more pinch hitters and pitch
ers "hivver" than those who come
through.
However, during the first series at
Philadelphia last year between the
Athletics and Detroit, I saw pinch
batters on three successive days
come through and save the day.
When a manager makes substitu-
tions he dopes out what batter or
pitcher has the best chance 20 come
through. and then sits tight on his
judgment.
In one game, with the Athletics
leading 5 to 2 IN the first half OF the
ninth, with two on the bases, Cobb
sent Clarke in 10 pinch hit. He hit
the first ball pitched for home run
tying up the game. II ended IN a
tie
The next day Veach was sent in as
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15
Ruth Will Neuer Again
Pack His OId-time
WalIop, Say Pitchers

BY NEA Service.
NEW YORK-Will Babe Ruth do
comeback in 1923. thrill the fans
With his terrific wallops and win back
his fast-waning prestige?
II you would believe a half dozen
OF the star pitchers who dropped
around az the recent meeting OF the
major leagues. Ruth has seen his
best days as a slugger.
Never again will Ruth be as
Troublesome as In 1921. whom he
made those 50 home runs" remarked
one prominent big lelgue twirler.
In those days. Ruth waA feared
by every pitcher IN the American
League while those In tho National
were thankful he WASH. In that ~
ganization. Ruth was a big threat
in those days. but that big bat OF his
no longer carries the base-hit dyna-
mite with which IL was once loaded.
Ruth has lost confidence in his
ability 20 hit. and without II he IS
only an ordinary batsman."
There you have the opinion OF one
OF the best pitchers IN the American
League.
Ruth lacked coordination In his
hitting last summer" remarked
another pitcher. He was out OF
tune all summer. The eve. the brain
and tho arms were not acting in uni
son. Coordination Is more or less
gift. and they say once lost. Il r.
about tho hardest thing In the world
10 regain.
Truly. Babe Ruth has strenuous
days ahead.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15
ST. MARY KITTENS. Field
TO PLAY-OEE TILE.

Defiance Academy and Brownson
Academy. the "square-apart" Tenth
Ward rivals who finished the first
half in a tie for the championship
OF the Reserve City League, will
meet in a three-game series to de-
eide the winner OF the honors. Ar
rangements for the series were made
at a meeting Of the league yesterday
afternoon in Brownson Hall. Elig-
ible players and officials were de-
cided upon.
The first game will be played to-
morrow night at Brownson Hall and
the second game on Thursday night
at st. Joseph Hall. Should a third
game be necessary it will be played
Saturday night on a neutral floor.
George Boggs will referee and Bill
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15
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Danny Frush. the glass-jawed
I English featherweight. seems 10
have had his heart restored since
he returned home after a long stay
/ in this country.
After his manager Tom McGin-
~ had accused him OF taking a
dive" when he was fighting Johnny
Dundee for the New York cham
pionship and cut loose from him
Frush went back to London.
In his first fight before the home
folks he knocked out Johnny Curley
supposed 20 be a good boy, with one
punch a right hook TO the jaw in
the first round.
Frush urned right around and
challenged Eugene Criqui to meet
him for the featherwelght cham
pionship.
That doesn't speak very well for
Criqui.
Billy Matthews. who lost his
featherwelght championship TO Cri-
qui. was given a medal by the
French Boxing Federation for max
ing a good showing.
II is a bad precedent to decorate
champions for making a good show
ing, although the New York COM
mission might hang one on Joe
Lynch once in a while.
Matthews said after the fight that
Crlqui could never beat Johnny
Dundee or Johnny Kilbane, because
the Frenchman has bad hands.
II Criqui has bad hands, It
hard telling what would have hap
pened TO Matthews II he had good
dukes, for the referee stopped the
fight when the Englishman was in
dire distress"
Joe Beckett, the well-knOwn Brit
ish Count OF Ten" IS squawlxing
about the attempts being made TO
match Sikh and Carpenter again. He
wants the first crack at either one
and It isn't just clear why either
of them should hesitate to accom-
modate him.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-15

star near the extreme northern
boundary OF British Columbia
Nothing Faxed Them.
With a guide. a wrangler 10 care
for their horses and a long pack
train, tho two women went forth.
Nothing was too difficult for them.
once a swarm OF wasps stampeded
their horses another time they had
70 cut their way through miles Of
fallen trees. But the women kept
on. They were bent on coming
home with trophies OF their hunt.
Rigors Of northern winter didn't
chill their enthusiasm.
And now they are back with in
Vulnerable bull moose, mountain
goats and caribou specimenA
They just missed getting a grizzly
bear
But they expect 20 80 back after
him soon.