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out Of the room before. Mr.. Under
wood could utter another question.
Down near the shed he paused Tor
thought There was no need to go
and look at the Wrecks fiivver; he
knew all about II. What he wanted
was little time.
Twice within the space Of a min
ute he had been surprised. and he
proposed to got himself in order be-
fore they did Il again. It had never
occurred to him that any member OF
the Underwood family would take
the trouble to discover the fivver.
That was the first surprise. It was
entirely unnecessary, too. he reflect
ed he might as well have LETT the
thing In the open. Nobody could use
Il. anyhow But the other surprise
the suspicion that this was the
6ivver'
1.-THE sons Of guns" he muttered'
1.-THE sons of guns! Stickin' up the
boss and then buttin' into his own
ranch and askin' for breakfast! 1
amt sayin' they did! I amt con-
yinced. I'm always in favor OF pre-
servin' a judicial mind and bein' fair
to all concerned. But when you come
to think Of thin! There's Henry
Williams now. It's always been
puzzlin' me to figure him. Accordin'
to his wife he's kind Of invalid. But
accordin' to Mort, and things which
I've seen with my own eyes. he's a
rampagin' rhinoceros ] wouldn'
pick him to be in the stfck.up pusi'
ness. and yet ] wouldn't say he don't
possess qualificati, IS. The mar
thing is, he's got ali the required
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Copyright. 1924. by @. Howard Watt
Kind It amt any wonder they kesp
takin' chunks of the price,"
Mr. Underwood stared at bis fore
man
"Mean to say you didn't know
there was q fiivver in the tool shedT
he demanded
First I ever heard Of It." said
Charley promptly.
Having inadvertently set q course
for himself he proposed to sail It. He
had a superstition about turning
hack And what was all the fuss
about anyhow?
"Well we found one there. My
son and have been taking q look at
IT. Do you know what we thinkT
"U'm! No. 1 can't say as ! do, Mr..
Underwood" -.
Charley was becoming cautious and
curious. He scratched his chin and
resolved to be deliberate.
I'VE think It's the same car that
was used by the gang that held us
up" .
"well, I'll be dog-goned! And
standin' down there in the tool shed?
Why. I'll just be damned. that's ALI!
"And you mean to say you don't
know anything about tt?"
"But I'm a.goin' to-" said Charley.
I'm a.goin' to have a look"
He seized the lantern snd hastenep
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neunl.
5y@O-o8l !.
Uncle .lohn1 - !

Jim Duff was a Teller we all
admired-was a regular glutton
fer speed; the pace weren't in
vented that made Jim tired
on that we was all agreed. He
never foresaw no accident-nor
reckoned one might occur, but
he suddenly learnt what his fin
ish meant when he travelled one
step too fur.
A man goes fast these mir.
acklous days, without spreadin'
dire alarmSbut the one wrong
step at the partin'. Of ways,
is the item that brings the
harm. We all jigger on at a live
ly clip, II Q race where the
swiftest wins, but q step too fur
at the end Of the trip Is when
the disaster begins.
We hardly can say IT, the
pace that HILLS, ssnfs humani-
" learnt to fly. 1t Amt fhe
naiiss-ner The die Of ths hills
that frown Is we're YNysin' by.
But, De warmth truth that con,
treats our case, 10 spark!in'
witA~St q. huaC"TAe error hat
go{n' : stsp too furl"
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; CHnDii1a6s MARRIAGES
EXPLAINED.

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and in his book tells why % many married
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why they are broken down physically in early
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This book is written in plain Language and
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Every woman owes it to herself and family
to have good health. and this book may be the
guide to show you how.
rite today for your copy-its free and places
you under no obligations
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961 Kemper Bldg. Kansas City, MO.
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was aIways another one ahead. Now
II seemed that his diffused hatred
came to q focus on one solitary speci'
nen out of all the millions
He led the way back to the mouse.
swinging the lantern and trymsato
make something out Of Chester's DIS
covery When they entered the living
room he did the obvious thing.
"oo get McSween. he said And
le, me do the talking"
Chester found the foreman in the
DUNK house getting ready to pull on
his bootA Charley was believer in
going early to bed when there was
nothing else to do He went up to
the ranch house wondering what
the boss wanted
Mr. Underwood always tried to
make 4, q practice Of getting imme.
aiately 10 the point particularly with
subordinates
WHO owns the car that stands In
the tool shed7" he asked
What carr" asked Charley
Then and there he passed Rub
con, and realized 1t. Probably he
had passed It foolishly. too. But the
question had taken him by surprise,
and his own question in return had
mapped itself out automatically.
That was the worst Of speaking with
out due reflection. Why hadn't ne
said that the car belonged to Mr.
I'd Mrs. Henry Williams and lei
re truth have It's way?
There's a car down there. a three
r..Aeeled, flivver," said Underwood
z ;;ho does It belong tor
'. three.wheeled flivver7" repeat
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

The Nervous Wreck. an eccen.
riS young re herr fathers ranch 70
the station when they run out or
Gasoline At the point of gun the
Wreck takes FIVE gallons from
Pa Later Charlie Mcsween foreman
of ranch along the way IN, nloe 80 s sni
AZ COOK Then they discover that
Mr. Underwood the owner Of the
ranch was In the car which they
held up Sheriff Rob Wells. who Is
sallys fiance Is un%it TN k se sban.
dts" who held UP Underwood Young
Chester Underwood son OF the
owner chances upon the. shed IN
which McSween has hidden the
Wrecks car and tells his father
NOW. GO ON WITH THE STORY
Excelen, advice but Underwood
himself had omitted to follow it. and
he actually had his hands on the
bandit car
Get a lantern he said Lets
20 down and have look at It
Chester fetched q lantern from the
Kitchen and they went down to the
tool shed Jerome Underwood ex'
am1ned the mysterious flivver with
more attention than he had ever
given to his own imported car He
studied the license plate with a
searching eye trying to make him
self believe that II awakened recol'
lection He could not be sure. but
the more he looked al II the more
familiar Il seemed to be. Unconscious.
" he YVES creating memory OF 1t.
which might after all serve jest az
we'll
The missing wheel baffled him He
could not invent . reasop for It. Had
there been smash.up which
..rumpled o wheel there would al.
nos, certainly a., other marks on
he car But all II showed were q
..w ordinary dents and myriad OF
s,ra,ches common TO hundreds OF
thousands OF other fiivvers all over
lie world Standing there on it,
;nrce wheels with soap-box serving
,,s a crutch in place OF the fourth.
ne dusty thing possessed an un'
amy faculty of annoying him. He
wac aware of feeling Of resentment
toward u lie had hated fiivvers al
wayst the people who drove them,
~ he saw them. never had any road
,arners II was useless to pass them
10 highway and leave them sput'
vn,,r wake because there
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OUR GIFTS TO JUSTICE.
DEFECTIVE TEETH AND HANDS.
OUR FEEBLE IMAGINATION.
NEIGHDOaLY NATIONS.

A man in the Sing Sing death
house, sentenced to die next
month, hangs himself. Doctors
work oyer him for hours, trying
80 bring him back to life. The
interesting feature Of this death
In the death house is the violent
effort to rssuscitase the man after
he had strsnglsd himself. The law
said he must die, why net let hsm
die?
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q poorly made instrument. OQf
teeth cause suffering and death.
Teeth better planned would not 90
that. Even our five-fingered
hands, would have been much inn
proved by adding one finger. With
that extra finger we should use In
arithmetic the superior duodecimal
system, ina.ead of the inferior
decimal system, and we could play
stringed instruments Of a higher,
more complicated kind.
Floyd Collins suffering is over.
This mans death illustrates the
power and the weakness of human
imagination. A hundred men risk
ed their lives to save his. Doctors
went to his rescue by flying
machine, but could do nothing.
The entire nation followed closely
the tragic story.
Imagination showed the man ly-
ing in the low cave, his leg crushed
by the 14,Oo0-pound rock, existing
day after day for nearly two weeks
IN horrible agony and discomfort.
It was possible to imagine clear.
lY that dreadful situation. Ard
the nation sympathissd. Any lexis-
lature would gladly have voted
100000 70 save ColAnA
The Same nation, through is
ls9islstures, refuses 70 pess tht
CEild Labor amendment thAt would
free tens Of thousands ID children
from years Of slow torment
The feeble public Imagination
cannot 80 clearly those children
Ths Prince se Wakes, whom
Americana recently made very
wVleoms, Is Interested In Q plan, 70
send British students to this
country. That Il common sense, -
well % q pleasant compliment.
The Rhodes scholarship systep,
that now sends American boys 70
British universities, viii b ~
versed In the new plan. The way
10 establish peace Is to increase
intelligence. When nations know
each other, thsy Will eompsts In
stead Of fighting.
There IL disappointment because
the British Church can't find a
way to make . saint OF f1ofepes
Nightingale, and supply her WITH 2
halo. The answer to that Is that
Florence Nightingale Is a saint
already, and needs no halo.
When she went to Scutari, with
her group Of devoted nurses, to
save from needless death the
wounded men in the Crlmea, stick
ine at her work, although pros
trated with fever, she made her
self a saint. Nothing that thu
l~.Hh;sh1D . C2rtcr'""v r1'T
-.
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What do The higher poyerY
above think Of the eogpses that
we send up from our gallows, cleo.
tric chairs and lethal chambe!s1
How snusKbetter does our ctviita.
alton SEEM UP there than that Of
the anedest Mexiekns that ripped
,ous the heart Of . living human
ysacrifce, Offering that as q wed
come gife to their sodst
How, do our gitss to the goo
dess Of justice impress real jus
tSce9
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AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-03-07

The French army has tested and
znnroyed . new establishing device
for airplahss, without the use Of .
:gyroscope. That means one sssp
nearer 10 absolutely safe nyinS,
safer than any mode OF travei on
hand. :,
Ten to twenty years should see
the end Of. long distance raul ira
we, and of ocean surface travel;
Wise real estate investors wlu
make their plans with the flying
machine In mind.
The British worry because the
national eyesight grows weaker
One hunafed and Atty in every
1000. lack good sight at the age OF
o,,.l -, al the ace OF iUU:
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George C. Carson, miner, roust-
about and general workingman OF
Butte Mont, nineteen years hgo
patented device which big copper
interests have since adopted---but
failed to pay him. A court verdict
In his favor last week awards
ROYALTIES and damages estimated at
$40, 100000.
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have given great soldiers, statesmen,
scientists, educators and men Of
business to the upbuilding of their
adopted country. They have been
rapidly amalgamated into the body
of citizenship, contributing to it
many of its best and most charac-
teristic elements. To their adapta-
bility the Nation owes much for It's
success in the enormous process of
assimilation and spiritual unification
that has made our Nation what it Is
and our people what they are.
Although this movement of people
originated in Norway, in it's essence
and its meaning it is peculiarly AM
erlcan. 1t has nothing about it of
class or caste: 1t has no tingc of
aristocracy. 1t was not produced
through the leadership of some great
figure. 1t is represented almost en-
trely by that stalwart strain who
make the final decisions in this
world, which we designate the COM
mon people. 1t has about it the
strength of the home and the fire
side; the family ties of the father
and the mother. the children and
the kindred. 1t has all been carried
on very close to the soil. it has all
been extremely human. When | con-
slider the marvellous results it has
accomplished | can not but believe
that it was inspired by Higher
Power Here is something vital,
firm, and abiding, which l can only
describe as great reality.
An enormous power has come to
you, but you are charged with equal
iy responsibilities. Those response
bllltles you have never failed to
meet. that power you have never
failed to sanctify. Therein lies the
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DO NOT FEAR
ARCTIC DASH
Make Light of Perils in
Far North; Declare
Hardships Few
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
NEA Service Wrifer


washington, June S.--The snappy
style in which explorers make arctic
and antarctic dashes today compares
oddly with the righteousness of such
expeditions not SO many years ago.
me up-to-date venturcr into high
ATTITUDES tells of his exploits as he ID
"rsrr'he a walk down the street. For
instance, Captain Robert Bartlett, a
veteran of several of Admiral Peary's
trips, describes his experiences with
less stress on their hardships and
dangers than the average pedestrian
pIaccs on an account of a difficult
crossing Of busy street.
"But, cap" l reasoned with him
one day, easy as it sounds, accord
ing to your story, nevertheless it's
a fact that lots of explorers have lost
their lives at the north and south
|. poles or whereabouts. How do you
! explain that?'
"Those old-timers," replied the
captain, didn't know their business.
They loaded themselves down with
supplies and equipment until they
wore themselves out Juggling their
own outfits with them. An arctic
expedition needs to keep moving.
"Those chaps used to spend as
much time nitching camp and pull
ing. up stall es again, and cooking
and fussing, as they did on their
travels. Finally. too played out to
tote their junk any further and
afraid to abandon anything, they
just sat down in the midst of it
and irozc or starved to death"
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka.
well known in his day. spoke in much
the casual tone of Captain Bartlett
OF the periIs of the north. As very
young reporter interviewed him
Tory work in interior Alaska, then
little known.
Emerging from the wilderness on
his way to the sea he had crossed
the Coast Range by way of Chikoot
Pass, later famed as the principal
highway of the Klondike goldscekers
entering the country. At this latter
period the pass's horrors were de-
scribed in a way to daunt the BRAY
est.
Schwatka told about it like this:
pass at dusk and camped. Next
morning we crossed, finding it rath-
er dangerous, for fog prevented us
from seeing plainly and misstep
might have meant bad fall"
Attorney General Sargent has
grown accustomed to having men in
sist on long penitentiary terms for
themselves and kick because they
haven't been hanged.
Gerald Chapman, given 20 years
at Atlanta for robbery and death
for murder, recently demanded of
Sargent the privilege of serving
his prison term first Vuco Pero-
vich, doomed, to death for murder,
had his sentence committed to life
at Leavenworth. Now he tells Sar-
gent he never asked, wanted or ac-
copied his commutation. Having
been cheated of his right to die by
the rope, he demands freedom.
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NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST

New England, June 8.-Last week
work was started on the building of
the big arena which will enclose the
half mile track where the big events
OF the New England Frontier Days
celebration will take place on June
Is. 10 and 20.
The arena will be located on the
golf course just east of the city
where an excellent spot has been
picked out where all the big events
can be staged in full view of the
thousands who are expected to come
here daily to witness one of the big
gest and best wild west shows ever
staged.
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sole title to all the glory you have
achieved in the past and therein will
lie the sole title to all the glory that
YOU will achieve in the future. Be-
llevlng that there resides in an en-
llghtened people an all-compelling
force TOR righteousness, | have every
faith that through the vigorous per-
Torrance of your duties you will
add new luster to your glory in the
days to come.
Our America with all that it rep
resents OF hope in the world is now
and Will be what you make it. It's
institutions of religious liberty. of
educational and economic opportun-
lty, of constitutional rights, of the
integrity of the law, are the most
precious possessions of the human
race. These do not emanate from
the Government. Their abiding
place is with the people. They come
from the conservation of the father,
the love of the mother, and the de-
votion of the children. They are the
product of that honest, earnest, and
tireless effort that goes into the
rearing of the family altar ana the
making of the home of our country.
They can have no stronger support
ers, no more loyal defenders, than
that great body of our citizenship
which you represent. When | look
upon you and realize what you are
and what YOU have done. | know
that in your hands our country is
secure. You have laid up your trea-
sure in what America represents,
and there will your heart be also.
You have given your pledge to the
Land of the Free. The pledge of
the Norwegian people has never yet
gone unredeemed.
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TO REBUILD ELEVATOR

Spring Brook. N. D., June s.
Stockholders of the Farmers Coop
crative Elevator company have de-
cided to erect a $4,000 bushel capac-
ity steel-clad modern elevator here,
to replace the structure burned April
25. The company is arranging to in
crease its capital stock from $4,000
to $4,000.
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GILBY WINS TRACK MEET

Larimore, N. d., June 8.-Gilby
high school won 40 points and high
est honors in the field meet held
here in connection with the annual
Grand Forks county play day. Ink
ster high schools girls won the an
nual county volley ball championship.
Northwood schools won honors in the
group drills. Northwood took first
and second in flag drills; and North
wood was first in folk dancing. and
Arvilla vas second. Orr was award
ed first in the May pole dance, with
MekinocE, second.
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VAN HOOK ELECTION

Van Hook, June 8.-SiXty-siX votes
were cast at the school election held
in Van Hook, the former school di-
rectors going back to their jobs, and
the tax levy receiving safe ma
jority.
No candidates had applied for po-
sitions on the school board and the
ballots were blank, save for trca-
surer, in which column the name of
A. 7. Olson, the former incumbent
appeared. A mass of scattering
votes was the result. Out of the sc
votes f.. G. Ranum received 45 votes,
and J. F.. Schultz 43, for director,
and A. r. Olson 81 for treasurer. The
tax levy vote resulted 40 for, and 16
against.
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MOSCOW SEEKS FOREIGNERS
TO REBUILD ITS DWELLINGS

Moscow, June S.-American con-
tractors are invited by the Bolshe-
vik government to rebuild ruined or
dilapidated buildings in Moscow. In
return for this work the government
offers the Americans possession of
the restored buildings for rental
purposes for period ranging from
ten to 40 years. At the end Of that
term the buildings automatically be-
come the property of the government
AS the Soviet government has no
immediate means Of it's own to build
new dwelling houses, office build
ings Or other structures it has adopt
ed the expedient of having foreigners
or Russians who possess the ncces-
sary means take over ruined or par
TALLY damaged buildings for recon-
struction purposes. These are re-
novated entirely at the expense of
the contractor, his only compensation
being the privilege of renting.
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DISTRICT w. G = II rIrC.rs

Linton, N. D.. June S.-Thc Ninth
district W. c. T. q, meeting here in
annual convention elected the fol-
lowing officers: Mrs. r. p. Buck OF
Temvik, president; Miss Laura Buck
of Temvik, vice president; Mrs.
Stella Johnson of Linton, secretary;
and Mrs. L. 7. Briggs of Linton,
treasurer.
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WIDOW GIVEN AWARD

Wahpeton. Nd, June 8.--Judge
George M. McKenna has handed down
a decision ordering the workmen's
Mrs. Ekaterinen Androutsis. widow
of a laborer who was accidentally
electrocuted in 1922 in the Wahpe-
ton plant of the Ottertail Power
company. -
hrs. Androutsis lives in Greece.
The state bureau fought the claim
on the ground that Androutsis was
not eletrocuted, but died of heart.
disease. The court rejects the bur-
eau's contention. Androutsis was
found overcome in boiler where he
had been working.
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WENDLAND NAMED DIRECTOR

Marion, N. D.June S-Maron Wend-'
land was reelected school director
for three years at the school cleo
ton here. About half the electors
voting gave Wendland 60, and j. M.
Wheeler, AZ.
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FARM BARN Is RIJRNED

Marion, N. d., June 8.-Fire, caus-
ed by the explosion of lantern, de-
stroyed the barn on the Max Henker
farm, causing loss of about $1,000,
covered by insurance. Some
feed and tools were destroyed.
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Anna Ellis. Tohn Premier, Della Gla-
due, Lila Hallctt, Lena Jcnnen, Lena
Kennedy, Emma Lafromboise, Lii
liam Lafournaise, Lillian Little Sol
der, Adele Marion, Rachael Mcdonald
Jennie, Mcdonald. Martin Old Dog
Jane Ortley, Martha Packineau, Mary
Parker, Francis Poitra, Regina Re-
nault,, Roy Robertson, Theodore Ro-
bertson, Viola Tanner and Sophia
White.
Sawyer, June S.-The 10th annual
five day assembly of the North Da-
kota- Minnesota district, Church of
the Nazarene. closed here Sunday
night. Rev. j. w. Goodwin, D.. d.,
general superintendent, of Pasadena,
Calf, presided.
The assembly was occupied with
routine :usincss discussion of church
problems. and listened to several in
spirational addresses by prominent
speakers and church workers. A
strong address was delivered by Rev.
Mr.. Goodwin.
The conference received transfers
of Revs. L. f. Swaney, A. McNaugh-
ton, II. F. Vogt, andsS. M. and Mrs.
Dixon from other districts.
G. l.. Mowry Of Larimore was
licensed as minister.
Rev. H. F. Vogt, of Mohall is the
secretary of the district organiza-
ton; Rev. Mr.. Mowry, assistant Sc
cretary, and Rev. H. G.. Cowan of
Montana, is treasurer.
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NEW ENGLAND ELECTION

New England, June 8.-The annual
school election passed off very quiet
ly and resulted satisfactorily. There
were ISL votes cast and Of this num-
Der SO voted in favor of allowing the
board of education to increase the
school levy for the district SO per
cent and 35 registered as being OPP
posed to this proposition. Ivar
Larson. was reelected a member of
the board, getting ia of the votes
out Of the 1877 cast for this office.
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In proportion to it's population,
Ireland has sent more immigrants
here than any other country. Nor
way is second.