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That evening Tommy sat on tn
bed and cogitated deeply. Woul'
Conrad again accompany the girl? I
he did not, should he risk trying t
make an ally of her? He decided tina
he must leave no stone unturned. Hi
position was desperate.
At eight O'clock the familiar sounC
Of the key turning made him spring
to his feet. The girl was alone.
"Shut the door," he commanded. 20
want TO speak to you"
She obeyed.
Look here, Annette, want you tc
help me get out of this"
She shook her head.
Impossible. There are three OF
them on the floor below"
"Ohl" Tommy was secretly CRATE
full for the information. but you
would help me if you could?"
mo, monsieur"
"Why not?"
The girl hesitated.
81 dare not, monsieur; I am afraid
of them"
She turned away.
Wouldn't you do anything to help
another grip" cried Tommy. "She's
about your age, too. Won't you save
her from their clutches?'
you mean Jane Finn?'
Eyes"
at is her you came here to look
for? Yes?"
"That's It."
The girl looked at him. then passed
her hand across her forehead.
"Jane Finn. Always l hear that
name. 1t is familiar"
Tommy came forward eagerly.
'You must know something about
her?"
But the girl turned away abruptly.
81 know nothing-only the name"
She walked towards the door, Sud
denly she uttered a cry. Tommy
stared. She had caught sight Of the
picture he had laid against the wall
the night before. For a moment he
caught a look of terror in her eyes
AS inexplicably 1t changed to relief
Then abruptly she went out of the
room. Tommy could make nothing of
II. Did she fancy that he had meant
to attack her with 1t? Surely not
He rehung the picture on the wall
Three more days went by in dreary
nactlon. Tommy felt the strain tell
ng on his nerves. He saw no one but
Conrad and Annette, and the girl had
become dumb. He gathered from Con-
-ad that they were waiting for orders
rom "Mr. Brown" Perhaps, thought |
Tommy, he was abroad or away, and |
hey were obliged to wait for his |
eturn
But the evening of the third day
rought a rude awakening.
1t was barely seven o'clock when he
card the tramp of footsteps outside
n the passage. In another minute
he door was flung open. Conrad en-
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tered With MIN was the evil-looking
Number IA. Tommy's heart sank at
the sight of them.
"Evenin', guv'nor" said the man.
with a leer. SCOT those ropes, mate?'
The silent Conrad produced a
length of fire cord. The next minute
Number las hands. horribly dexterous,
were winding the cord round his
limbs, while Conrad held him down.
what the deyil-?" began Tommy.
But the slow, speechless grin of the
silent Conrad froze the words on his
lips.
Number IA proceeded deftly with
his task. In another minute Tommy
was a mere helpless bundle. Then at
last Conrad spoke:
Thought you'd bluffed US. did you?
With what you knew, and what you
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To Have a Clear. Sweet Skin

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching. If any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin
Everywhere 25c each.-Advertlseme
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Discouragement to Joy Riding.
Gasoline sells at $1.20 a gallon In
Nairobi and is even more expensive
In the large regions of Konga and Tan
ganyika and throughout Uganda.-De-
partment of Commerce Report.
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CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CAST0RIA"
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Motheri Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diarrhea;
allaying Feverishness arising there
from, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of
Food; giving natural sleep without
opiates. The genuine bears signature
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Why Not2

Willie-Pa, you build a house on
ground, don't you?
Dad Immersed in the evening pa
per)-Of course, you don't build II
on air.
well, when wheat is ground. could
you build a house on it?"
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had TO TAKE FOOD
LYING ON HIS BACK

"Tanlac made new man of me four
years ago and l haven't had trouble
rnce," said Simeon Ogden. sos Sher-
man Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah.
rheumatism had me crippled up
so bad l could hardly get around and
I honestly believe that II It hadn't
been for Tanlac l wouldn't be here
today. / couldn't bend my knee
enough to sit In a chair and even had
to eat lying down. / gave up hope of
ever getting well.
"One day l read In the paper what
Fred Timmlns Of this city said about
Tanlac, and knowing that anything
Fred said was true, l started taking
the medicine. Soon every trouble dis
appeared and / gained ten pounds In
weight, and to this day eat and sleep
nne and can run and skip and not
feel a pain. Tanlac is worth its
weight In gold and I'll praise 1t to
my dying day."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accen no substitute. over 81
million bottles sold.
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The Millionaire.

They are telling III Moscow a good
story Of profiteer who sat In the best
restaurant guzzling away regardless of
expense. "How can you gorge your
self like that" asked a friend, when
so many millions are starving on the
Volga?"
The profiteer took his knife from
his mouth. STUDY on" he protested,
"you know what soviet millions are"
London Daily Express.
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A Deceiver.

"How intellectual that gentleman
iooks" Doesn't he? But he isn't
he writes poetry"
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nay Dreams.

Some PEOPLE sleep WITH one eye
open; others prefer to wake with both
eyes shut.-I.Ee
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When greatness puts on airs 1t has
begun being little.
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To Be Exact

Some men are born great and then
begin TO shrink.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-03

Tanlac Vegetable Pills are Natures
own remedy for constipation. For sale
everywhere- Advertisement.
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1t is likely that people who conquer
and dominate don't worry much. It's
a gift.
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Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is so
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applications
are declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease. DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root is on sale at all drug stores in bottles
of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertisemen
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piece of string to the handle of big
cracked jug. She arranged 1t care
fully, then turned to Tommy.
Have you the key of the doorT
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The Referee
HIDDEN.

A lot of the German chemical pat
ents, seized during the war, proved
unavoidable" So testifes a chemist
in the lawsuit resulting from the seiz-
ure and sale of these patents.
This has been common knowledge
in the chemical industry. The Ger
mans patented just enough to protect
their processes, and left unmentioned
enough details to keep their secrets
hidden. For instance, in the case OF
a dye involving is steps in the manu-
facture, they'd patent only three steps
and any one using the patent would
have to work out the other 10.
1t is whispered among chemists
some of these patented formulas were
misleading to the extent of being more
apt to produce an explosion than the
desired results, when compounded by
outsiders.
We note that one chemical patent
deals with paranitrobenzoylchlore-
thanol, so we won't go into technical
tiles.
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A HUMBER AND ONE THOUSAND
REASONS.

We were in Minneapolis the other day when
Magnus Johnson made his 4triumphaP' en-
trance into the United States senate It was
great day for Magnus but it did not appear to
be so great for hard-headed business men in
Minneapolis. Condolences seem to take the
place of congratulations in lot of places Most
people seemed to be writing it, eve regret to
announce" and this feeling prompted us to ask
the editor of one great Minneapolis paper the
reasons why Johnson had been swept into Of
fee This man had detailed the ignorance of
Johnson and his lack of fitness to wear the
toga. His answer to our questions was rather
interesting.
"There are hundred and one thousand rea-
ysons for the election of Magnus Johnson and
all. Of them are right here in st. Paul and Min
Ineapolis" was the comment Of this editor.
"This number of people in the two cities failed
to vote at the special election which put John
son into the senate There were two hundred
thousand similar reasons in other parts Of Min
nesota A lot of the people who walk about
kicking on the election of Johnson were among
the one hundred and one thousand reasons for
his election"
The election of johnson shows the rest of the
country that the people who believe in agita-
ton rather than craftsmanship are organized
10 Cne 0ACeIIt CdC Cey ~ W CllS pol4o anu VoCe'
It also showed that the other portion Of the
population feel that they are too busy making
money, playing golf, going to the summer re-
sort or doing dozen other unimportant things
to give any attention to elections.
The majority Of the people of the United
States, in our opinion do not want to convert
the United States senate into a haven of agita-
tors but if they want to realize on their opin-
lions they will have to learn that the important
thing to do on election day is to vote.
The only way to get the soap-box agitators
into congress is to elect them at the polls and
the only way to defeat soviet government in
the country is to beat it at the polls. 1t will
come as certain as night comes after day If the
people continue to forget that they have the
right of franchise, or fail to recognize the i'm
portance of this right.
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country are printed below:
(By NEA Service. )

Washington - Despite the decline
in the cost of wheat, no proportionate
reduction, government figures show,
has been made in flour OF bread.
The index figure, or cost, of bread
as compared with the average pre-war
cost in 1918, is exactly the same to-
day as it was on Jan. 1, 1922-155. Ex-
cept for three months in 1922, the in
dex for bread has remained fixed at
155, and no change whatever has been
recorded in the general average of
prices since December, 1922.
In few cities, there has been price
cutting, but these are the exception,
not the rule. One chain store firm in
Washington sells one-pound loaf of
bread at cents. But the prevailing
price is 8.
Reduced prices to farmers for things
they produce have not been reflected
in the selling prices in eastern con-
Stunning centers, one member of the
senate farm-bloc explains.
Therein lies the explanation, he
says, of the casts inability to under
stand the political and economic re-
volt that is brewing throughout the
agricultural belt.
"The east thinks that with factories
running full time and prices high ev-
erything is all right" this member
said. HE doesn't understand that de-
spite the high prices it is still paying
for foodstuffs, the price to the grower
has been cut to below the cost of pro-
duction, while the farmer is still hav-
ing to pay top notch prices for every
manufactured article he must buy. The
situation is one that simply cannot
continue.
"There has got to be regulation of
marketing, proper financing and stor-
age of crops to regulate mad stabilize
prices at level where the farmer can
live. Today, too often-as in this
years wheat crop-he is producing at
a loss, while the increase in value
piled on between grower and consum-
err amounts to more than the producer
got for ali his labor and expense"
(By NEA Service.)
New York - Lower wheat prices
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HIS ENFORCEMENT MAY BE GOOD.

People who believe in prohibition and the en-
forcement of the prohibition amendment are
not gathering a great deal of comfort out of
the action of the governor in naming Herman
Sachtjen acknowledged leader of the wet
forces as enforcement officer The appoint
ment can, however, be said to be in keeping
with the policy of the governor in paying his
debt to booze for the help booze gave him in
the last campaign 1t should be big item on
the credit side of the governors account with
the men who would break down the law and put
Wisconsin in the list of the states which seek
TO nullify the constitution.
Sachtjen as an enforcement officer is of
course unbelievable. Just how a man who has
expressed his ideas can be a real leader in enz
forcing the law will be beyond the ken Of the
average individual.
This appointment recalls story, we believe
it was from the autobiography of Bill Pinker-
ton, the worlds most famous detective.
Out in Kansas the government officials had
been bothered by persistent counterfeiter. In
one of the cities of Kansas there had been a
most successful evangelist. His evangehstic
work had been of such a>character that it had
reformed the town and his influence had reach
ed out for the betterment of the surrounding
country. Finally the detectives reached the
town where the evangelist was working and
the story was that they found the counterfeit
ing plant in the basement of his church. The
evangelist confessed and as they led him away
to prison he soliloquized, 'Well, anyway, I
gave them an excellent brand of religion and
you can't deny that"
4 Possibly Sachtjen will give US an excellent
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brand of enforcement We hope that he will
and the hope is expressed that no stones will
be put in the way of his going the full limit to
make Wisconsin state in which the constitu-
tion is regarded as more than a mere scrap of
paper.
Sachtjen should find it easier to enforce the
law than lot Of other people His connections
with these fellows who would weaken the law
should have been sufficiently close to give him
an excellent line on just what they plan to do
and how they plan to do it,
1t is just possible that he will have as much
or more regard for his oath of Office as he has
for his friendship with the rum runners and
the constitution nullifiers.
We are inclined to think that the appoint
ment has put Sachtjen into bad position. Pos
sibly he has enough stamina to stand between
the law and his friends and be loyal to the law
The future will show.
The thing now is that we have every possible
aid in his work. If he fails as prohibition en-
forcement officer it should not be the fault of
the friends of prohibition. If he succeeds
these same people should be the first one to
give him credit for his success.
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DANGER.

While fishing, Fred Peterson, farm
hand, is drowned in one foot of water
near New Milford, Conn. 1t may not
have occurred to most Of us, but 1t is
entirely possible to drown in bath
tub. We associate the drowning dam
ger with deep water.
Hazard has to exist in an extreme
degree before we pay much attention
to It. That's why so many are injured
in auto accidents while flirting only
family with danger. Of course, there
are more smash-ups at high speed, the
same as more drownings in deep wa
ter
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PARTING
BY BERTON BRALEY

WE two have been comrades together
w In seasons Of stress and of strain,
We've wandered in all kinds of weather,
The sun and the wind and the rain;
But now-well, old pal you must leave me
The time of our parting is here,
And though it should properly grieve me,
find I'm not shedding tear.
I STILL look at you with affection,
Remembering gratefully how
You've given me comfort, protection,
But still, am ditching you now
For daily the sky's growing brighter
And though you've been sturdy and true,
l want a companion who's lighter,
And gayer and smarter than you.
0LD pals, though all right in measure,
" Grow wearisome after awhile,
And l find a good deal of pleasure
In those of different style.
A straw, at this season, is more 8.
propriate style in a hat;
Goodby to you, battered Fedora,
I'm leaving you perfectly fiat!
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
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SING SING.

The most famous prison, Sing Sing
received 51O fewer prisoners in the
last IL months than in the year be-
fore. Warden Lawes thinks this shows
that crime is decreasing. Not neces-
sarily. 1t is just as apt to show that
justice is more laggard or that Grim
inals are being more careful and clev-
er at avoiding detection.
One must also be cautious in form
ing opinions about prohibition by
comparing arrests for drunkenness
The average drunk, arrested for in
toxication these days, would have been
allowed OF go his way in peace few
years ago. The old-time mild jag
looks like very "heavy load that the
horses aren't hauling" in year 1923
for drunkenness attracts more atten-
ton and seems more extreme in g
semi-dry environment.
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KNOW YOUR OWN CTTY.

If you would want to speak intelligently of
the success or failure of Kenosha under city
manager government you should secure and
read the first report that the city has issued
since adopteding the new form of government.
1t can be obtained at the city hall and it makes
interesting reading It covers the first six
months period of work under the new form.
1t is not Little Jack Horner document in
Wholesome one puts in a thumb and pulls out a
plumb and says, what great boy am !" but
on the other hand it is rather unvarnished
statement of facts and figures
Unvarnished statements of facts and figures
sometimes read like romances if you know how
to read them and this statement is a mighty
interesting document.
There has been no effort to overly exalt sue
cess or to minimize failure. The report does
not seek to give individual praise or criticism.
1t gives the figures and permits the man or
woman who reads to draw his own conclusions.
1t can be said that it is the most pertient
public document ever issued in Kenosha and it
offers a chance for men and women who would
know their own city to know it from official
sources.
It will probably be more interesting to the
people of other cities than it is to the people of
Kenosha. Kenosha people are accustomed to
take the good without comment and to criticise
the bad In other places the officials will be
able to better mark the long step forward that
Kenosha has taken.
The most pertinent thing in the report is the
fact that Kenosha has done things and done
them without fuss and feathers. The accom-
plishments of the first six months of the city
manager form make the period the most for
ward looking in the history of Kenosha as a
municipality. It shows vast Improvement of
streets, many additions to water and sewage
plants, constructive legislation to provide for
a proper building of the city of the future big
accomplishments along the line of permanent
rebuilding Of the city to make it more beauti-
full and at the same time more useful to the
people
The report indicates a strong financial con-
dition, with money in bank to meet all the calls
which were made on the city 1t shows little
increase in the bonded Indebtedness of the city
and although there has been an unusual num-
Der of public improvements provided for there
has been no increase in the levy of mill taxes
1t shows an awakened public conscience to
provide better protection for the health of the
people an interest in better schools and a
movement to extend parks and Fairgrounds 1t
shows reduced expenditures for many lines of
the city's work without the loss of inefficiency.
In all it shows business administration of the
affairs Of the city.
We have no desire to form an opinion for
you in regard to the value of this report. What
we suggest is that you get one and form your
own opinion for yourself. Such an opinion will
be lot more helpful than one gathers from the
secondhand thinking of someone else.
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The Racine city council has voted to ask the
RAILROAD commission to reduce gas and electric
rates in that city The officials of Kenosha
should keep it in mind that service to Kenosha
is coming off the same generator and from the
same gas tank. It should be joint demand
of the two cities on the commission. There is
no economy in having two fights for the same
result
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CBMNEA Service).

Los Angeles 1t will be 80 or .
days before Los Angeles and Ii
southwest may feel the reaction
restaurants and households from Il
new drop in the price of wheat. tt
supply of old wheat bought at oC
figures is expected to last that lon
Meantime reduction of bread pric'
from 10 and IL cents to possible Gig
cents, and the removal of extra char
es for bread in restaurants still mai
tanning that practice, is good pro
pect, although wholesalers hesita
about making predictions.
Wheat prices here is based on o.
entail export demand, and not nece
sarily rejecting Chicago quotations.
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MONEY.

Did you spend 1928 in the form of
bank checks in June? That was the
average for every man, woman and
child. The nations bank clearings
(total of checks issued and sent
through clearing houses) amounted to
34,792 million dollars during the
month.
Comparison shows that the average
American apparently spent Sc more in
June, 1928, than in June, 1922. But
he got less for his money, on account
of higher prices.
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don't mean a thing to New York cor
sumers, yet. But in 80 days chat
stores expect to cut cent loaf
the retail price, representative
one Of the chain stores said.
Those restaurants which have not
yet eliminated the extra charge f,
bread plan doing so soon, it was sal
by restaurateurs.
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The people of the south side are still engag-
ed in the summer occupation of watchful wait
ing for the city to provide south side bathing
beach, It's something that at least thirty
thousand of the people of the city want There
should be some way to get it for them.
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John M. Whitehead proposes a Palmyra
banker for governor. We would suggest that
the thing to dois to start out and have cam
paign of education. The fellow who is elected
governor of Wisconsin next year will have to
do lot of educating.
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Pancho Villa may nave defed great nation
but he learned that "house divided was very
liable to result in the head of the house biting
the dust His own iFate followers found the
way to do what punitive" expedition of Am
erican soldiers found impossible