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Nothing Ever Happens in Town
Taxcabs, Trousers, Traffic Officers and Burglar.

gan making notes with the stub of
pencil. Jerry pictured the Gordons
! bending to work on their soup in
Eleventh street.
- X X
TT became 7:21 by Jerry Tinkers
watch. The soup plates were being
| tipped by this time, il the Gordons
went in for that sort of thing. Mr.
| and Mrs. Gordon were undoubtedly
directing dirty looks at Phyllis. They
would soon be making comments
about unpuncruality. This was no
time for halfway measures. The po-
liceman's back was turned. He was
giving the taxi driver a few helpful
hints.
g. why they let you guys loose
on the streets don't" Jerry over
heard.
Jerry considered only an instant.
He sauntered to the taxi at the curb,
put his foot on the running board
and leaned in, as if making casual
inspection of the equipment on the
dash. He glanced over his shoulder
and found the officer still engaged in
talk. Very quietly he slipped into the
drivers seat.
He stepped on the right things and
threw the gear-shift lever the right
way. With Jerk and rush and
roar, the taxi was off, hurting down
the avenue. In three screams and a
jump it was at Fortieth street.
And something had to be done. The
north-and.south traffic was held up
again. The policeman in front of the
library had recovered his senses and
was blowing his whistle into a howl
of outraged authority. His colleague
at Fortieth was trying 10 discover
what all the row was about. He was
still unable to understand when
Jerry's cab turned east into Fortieth
street on one front wheel
At the corner of Park avenue he
turned south and sped on by the
CROPPED for a plan of action, but none
came. All his mind would tell him
was: You fool. You fool! Why did
you do it?''
AS he came to Thirty-eighth. the
tumult in the rear grew audible again.
He tried for better speed, but the
taxi failed to respond. He must do
something else. And do it quick
~.
He had just passed Thirty-seventh
street. He yanked the car to the
sidewalk and damned on the brakes.
Here was a bold stroke, worthy of
the favor of the gods. He set his hat
iauntily, Strengthened his tie and
brushed off his trousers. He stepped
to the sidewalk and walked uptown.
His gait was that Of a young gentle
man on his way to dinner in the
neighborhood-an athletic young man
who scornsd the use of motor vehicles.
He turned his head and looked back,
indicating mild interest in the taxi
which had drawn up at the curb so
suddenly.
The pursuit was half block north,
coming like the fire department, only
more so. Jerry swung left into
Thirty-seventh street. His manner
was still jaunty, leisurety.
x j; X *
4 YOUNG woman burst from the
4 = front door of a house not so feet
ahead of him. She reached the mid
die of the sidewalk. stopped there,
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compartment, with the skull brutally
fractured. The description of the
man, vague though it was, tailed
fairly we'll with me, and there was
the additional fact that he wore a con-
spicuous brown greatcoat. And my
own Sreatcoat was of a very decided
shade of bright brown.
When l heard this charge I was
numbed. ] must have looked and
acted like the guiltiest murderer I'M
hung. Dimly l heard one of the de-
tectives ask. where were YOU Mon
day afternoon" And for the life of
me | couldn't remember. | proved by
Sir Robert Balfour's check where /
had been on the previous Saturday
but where on Monday? For four
hours l was mercilessly grilled, and
still my blank memory refused TO fill
the gap that would save me from the
hangman's moose. The detectives
looked at one another Significantly
The murderer was caught
That night l spent in cell. in the
blackness of despair. If, l could only
remember. Sleep came to me at last,
the sleep of utter exhaustion
But in the morning recollection
came like a flood, and / called to a
guard, Send the inspector here, Send
the inspector here. l have something
to tell him.
The inspector came Immediately,
with witnesses. l suppose he thought
he was going to hear a confession
But ] surprised him.
when your men took my effects
last night / said, they found ia one
of my pockets a blue slip of paper
That is the proof of where l was all
day yesterday. I was in the reading
room Of the British Museum
Visitors to the museum are required
to sign a permit. This permit is in
two parts, like a check and it's stub
The permit and stub are me-stamped
when you go in, and the attendant
keeps the permit, giving you the stub.
Both are also tiine-stamped when you
go out. Even should you leave the
room temporarily you must have the
time-stamp. 1 had often chafed at
this ponderous red tape. but now I
blessed it. 1 could account for every
minute of the time on Monday now.
Once again death had clutched at me
and missed.
/ was set free at once, of course,
with apologies from the police. The
murderer Of Nurse SOore, by the way,
was never, to my knowledge captured.
Again two years passed, and l came
to January, 1922. At that time was
in Constantinople. / had gone there
in 1921, just before the Mudania con-
ference about the Mesopotamian boun.
Diary. ] had been attached to the Allied
Commission as civilian staff photoG
lapher. and had gone into Thrace to
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BY CAPT. ERNEST c. BROWN,
As Told To Z Grarnru Hart icl-

JANUARY is a bad month for me.
Every time the first of the year
comes along / get the shivers,
~ particularly if the date of the
year Is an even number. For
in the Januaries of 1918, 1920 and 1922
l came SO near to death that l could
almost feel the rope about my neck
or the bullets in my heart.
In 1918 I was with the Royal Flying
Corps as an aerial photographer. l
used to earn a little extra money by
writing war articles, illustrated with
photographs, for papers in England.
These I mailed to the papers, subject,
of course, to the censor's approval.
The Labor Herald, journal devoted
to the interests of the Labor party,
was my best customer
In the latter part of January, 1918,
I happened TO be near Greenock, in
Scotland, where there was a submarine
base. Among the boats there was one
of the so-calld C-type, the CO. which
was used to train merchant shippers
in torpedo defense. The merchantmen
would go out in lighter or tender,
and the sub would fire dummy tor
pedoes at it, so that the men could
get notion of how a. torpedo looked
and moved in the water, and how to
dodge it if possible. A friend of mine.
Lieut.. Comdr. Rowe, r. N, was in
charge of the boat at the time. He
asked me If 1 would like to go down,
and / jumped at the chance. | knew
the air and the land, but 1 had never
been under the sea. / was with the
submarine most of the day. and in the
evening left for Edinburgh, much
pleased with my experience.
Shortly afterward I was arrested,
charged with having taken and pub
lished photographs of forbidden mat
tiers. The charge was under the de-
Tense of the real act-the famous
Dora Of war times. l need not say
that conviction of espionage meant a
firing squad, no less. 1 denied the
charge, Of course, but the evidence
was black. Photographs Of the in
terror Of a C-type submarine, showing
many secret devices, had been pub
lished in the Labor Herald; the paper
had testified that they had been sent
by Capt Brown and that it had pub
lished them, thinking, of course, that
the pictures had been passed by the
censor.
was taken before a general court
martial. Things looked dark. I called
on Lieut.. Comdr. Rowe, who testified
that I had indeed been with him on
C-type boat, but that had taken no
pictures had not even had camera
with me. The authorities were puz-
zled The Labor Herald insisted that
the photos had been sent ~ by Capt.
B.oWn. ami that they hdf previously
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| chief and patted his forehead. He
treated himself to several good, deep
breathS.
The girl was standing against the
wall staring at him. Her lips were
trembling. Her hands were knotted
into little fists with frightened white
knuckles. Jerry noted that her hair
was blonde and curly. He would have
preferred 1t dark, but he admitted 1t
was attractive as it was. Her nose
might have been just a shade smaller,
he thought, but there again he was
willing to yield point. She was
pretty. She took step toward him.
Her hands opened in suppliance. AT
last she became articulate.
"The-the burglar" she sug-
gested.
Jerry Tinker jumped. He nearly
dropped his hat. He caught his under
lip between his thumb and forefinger
in an attitude of thought.
"Oh, yes" he said; 1.-The burglar.
There is burglar, isn't there?"
The girl came step closer.
"You-you said that you'd handle
him.
Yves. Yes. so 1 did. Well. we'll
burglar" Jerry scratched the back
of his neck with one finger. YOU
ah--you didn't happen to noticd-ah--
you didn't notice his size? l mean,
that is, is he a large burglar? Say
Jerry held out a hand about seven
feet from the floors ay-that high.
Or perhaps a little smaller?'
II didn't see him." she said 81
only heard him. He ratified the silver
in my boudoir-'
Jerry rubbed his hands.
!, doctor. OF
ing to symptoms. I'm your boudoir,
eh? No place for HMM your bou-
doir! The idea"'
He looked indignant But the girl
was not to be put off.
Hadn't you better-handle him.
she inquired. Her voice was soft and
trusting. Jerry felt taller and bet
ter looking.
"Of course" he said.
II was thinking he might get
away" said the girl.
$50 was l." said Jerry. II mean
that is--it would be rotten to let him
get away, wouldn't it? After his rat
Ting the silver in your boudoir, /
mean, and everything"
He gave her what he considered a
strong, comforting smile.
It's up two flights"
The girl chung to her idea. Jerry
took his hat and laid it carefully on a
chair. He removed his light outer
coat and busted his hands.
Would you care to come with me?"
he asked.
''Up-up to the boudoir?"
She seemed to lack enthusiasm.
II mean" said Jerry, lit would be
a shame for me to-ah-blunder into
the wrong room and miss him.
He tapped the tips of his fingers to-
gether. The girl contracted her fists
again.
I'm go up to the drawing room with
YOU" she said. The boudoir is at
the top of the stairs on the third
floor. We'd better go quietly
She led the way up the first fight.
tiptoeing. Jerry walked close behind
her, not tiptoeing at all. He kicked
the back of the stairs. He coughed
convlsively.
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Officer Was Thrice Accused of Crimes
And Proved Innocence Only by Chance

published photographs taken by him.
Then a happy thought came to me.
Get the Cancelled check by which
you paid for those C-type photos"
said. You'll find that the indorse-
ment is not in my handwriting.
The check was brought and it con.
firmed my statement. 1t was made
out to and Endorsed by Capt. +. c.
Brown" but the Endorsement was in a
hand totally different from mine. On
this evidence and that of Lieut..
Comdr. Rowe l was freed.
1t was later discovered that a ser
geant in the Air Force had taken the
pictures and used my name, knowing
that / was frequent contributor to
the paper and so assuring more GER
tain acceptance
Two years later. in January, 1920,
L came to London as divisional secre-
tary of the Comrades of the Great
War, an organization like your Amer
lean Legion. / was to inspect the
London posts and clubhouses and
start drive for funds.
/ called on Sir Robert Balfour. the
NJ. P. for Patrick Division of Glasgow,
on Saturday and received a check
for five guineas from him. This check
| did not deposit, but put into nv
pocket. On the following Thursday /
went to one of the clubs 1 arrived
at about Z in the evening. AS 1 went
into the office of the secretary to pre-.
sent my credentials / noticed that he
looked at me in peculiar way and
Immediately excused himself. He
came back In moment with two men.
One of the men closed the door and
put his back against it. The other
looked at me for moment. and then
said: Now then, Brown, who are you
ana What are you? Suppose we step
over to police headquarters and talk
it over.
| went with him, of course. utterly
mystified. AT headquarters / was put
through a searching examination. l
had a perfectly straight story to tell,
naturally, and answered everything
they asked me. But l insisted on
knowing with what 1 was charged.
Imagine my stupefaction when 1 was
told that was held on a charge of
murder!
On the afternoon of the Monday
before a nurse, Miss Shore, niece of
the famous Florence Nightingale, had
been assaulted and left for dead in q
compartment of a car on the train
going from London to Brighton. Eng.
lish railway carriages, as you know,
are arranged with crosswise compart-
ments holding several people, but cut
off from the rest of the car. Miss
Shore had been seen entering the
train, and at London Bridge Station a
man had entered the compartment
with her. Later guard had found
her body huddled ON The Aour Of The
, 1926-04-14
CLEAN UP

Now is the season of the year when Mother Nature gets busy
and cleans her world by sweeping winds, gentle rains. and then beau
tihes it with green grass, flowers, and trims the trees and shrubs
with leaves. 1t would be well for us to follow such an excellent ex-
ample, and clean up our small world. Now is the time to rake up
all the rubbish, burn it. bury it, or dispose of it in some way that it
won't be an eyeSore in our community. Now is the time to paint
everything paintable so the building can present a shining counter
ance to the sprngtime world. Now is the time to plant flowers,
shrubs, gardens, vines, trees, to assist nature in beautifying the
world. We are endowed with fine homes, surrounded with lovely
old trees, and it is our inheritance, and our duty to care for them;
Man yt the trees are dying, or are being cut down along the old
trails. + we would make our community more beautiful, and a
better place in which to live, we should aim to replace them.
Cody is known as one of the cleanest and prettiest towns in
this section. This cleanliness and beauty is not automatic. 1t
springs only from long hours of sometimes grubby toll on the part
OF the average citizen. 1t is up to every housewife and yard hus-
band to do their part in keeping the town up to the high standard
set TOR it in years passed; Spring is natures refurbishing period.
and 1t should be mans. The hoe, the rake, the shovel and the broom
are the implements OF CITY Beautiful" cultivation. Let's all help.
1t will help Codys reputation for beauty; and most of us need the
exercise anyway.
, 1926-04-14
Citizens Training Camp
to be Held June 18th

The Citizens military training
camp will be held at Fort Douglas,
Utah, and Fort Russell, Wyoming,
from June 10 to July 1S. Courses of
instruction include basic cavalry and
field artillery, and red, white and b'ue
courses.
An excellent athletic program will
be carried out, featuring an inter
company baseball league and track
meet. Athletics representing all the
important schools Of Utah, Wyoming,
Nevada and Idaho will be present and
compete. Among the recreational at
fractions will be C. M. T. C. days at
Salt Air and Lagoon. Moving pic
ture shows, boxing and wrestling, and
dancing will be almost nightly fea-
lures. Instructions will be given with
all infantry weapons, the rifle, pistol,
machine gun and trench mortar, and
81 nm. gun. Instruction in radio,
telephone and other "a of COM
munication will also be given.
Paul r. Greever is your local re-
cruiting agent and will supply appli-
cation blanks and information.
, 1926-04-14
LOST-A BOY

Not kidnapped by bandits and hid
den in a cave to weep and starve and
raise a nation to frenzied searching.
Were that the case. one hundred thou
sand men would rise to the rescue if
need be. Unfortunately the losing of
the lad is without dramatic excite
ment tho very sad and very real.
The fact is his father lost him. Be
ing too busy to sit with him at the
fireside and answer his trivial ques-
tons during the years when fathers
are the only great heroes of the boys,
he let &c his hold upon him.
Yes, his mother lost him. Being
much engrossed in her teas, dinners
and club programs, she let the maid
hear the boy say his prayers and thus
her grip slipped and the boy was lost
to his home.
Aye, the church lost him, being so
much occupied with sermons for the
wise and elderly who pay the bills,
and having good care for dignity, the
minister and elders were unmindful of
the human feelings Of the boy in the
pew, and made no provision in SER
mon or song or manly sport for his
boyishness, and so the church and
many sad hearted parents are now
looking earnestly for the lost boy
Author Unknown.
, 1926-04-14
Enlargement
is Under Discussion

The changing of the boundaries of
the Yellowstone National park was
up before the house public lands COM
mittee last week and some warm dis
cussion took place. Congressman Ad-
olson 7. Smith of Idaho opposed the
inclusion of the disputed territory as
a part of the park, claiming it would
interfere with certain plans of the
people of Idaho who are planning
reservoir sites in that district.
This is one of the strong points
raised in Wyoming which has caused
u people to favor the extension of
the park, for they have a sorrowful
example of what Idaho has done in
dispoiling the sanitary conditions of
that great resort country through the
damming of the outlet of jackson
lake.
, 1926-04-14
Off Bald Ridge
:. :. {. !. !. . J. !. !. !.

Things are rather slow over on
Bald Ridge the last week or so. Too
much snow to do very much travelling
around these days.
Jim Windsor and son Mark came
out Of Sunlight last Thursday, going
to Cody for n few days. They had a
time over on eDad Indian getting
through the snow.
Frank Brough and Jim Davis came
over II with n bob sled made farely
good time with the mail.
John Reigle came out last Tuesday
as far as Nelson's getting John to
feed some of his horses.
Mary Say and Harry Johnson made
n call on the Martins had dinner with
them last Thursday where over there
n horse back johnson meet n car from
there where he will go Gather 10 Bill
lings or Denver for n while.
Last Easter Sunday the Ed Browns
and Mrs. Black gave n duck dinner to
a few friends but the snow was too
bad for some 10 make II so they had
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson and Mary
Say and Mary spent n few days with
the Browns and Nelson's.
Lamen Is in full swing down at the
Two Dott and all are very busy now.
, 1926-04-14
Chevrolet Makes New
Production Record

With a total of 65,041 automobiles
produced during March, the Chevrolet
Motor company smashed all previous
monthly records for a single months
production of modern 3-speed trans
mission motor ears by any automobile
manufacturer.
A new manufacturing record is
practically assured for April produc-
ton.
Originally the March schedule was
set for $500 cars. 1t was increased
when demands from dealers indicated
sales would be far ahead of the pro-
posed schedule.
The total March production, with
% working days in the month, v
aged over 2,601 cars daily, and repre-
sents a total increase in production
over March. 1925. of 23.65S, when
1883 cars were manufactured.
The two preceding months of JAN
uary and February, also set records.
An unprecedented and steady de-
mand during the winter months for
the new improved Chevrolet models
is responsible for the setting of new
production figures, which have kept
night and day shifts at the factory
working at high pressure.
, 1926-04-14
is JOB PRINTING A GoNERNMENT FUNcrIoN2

The small newspaper publisher with his Job printing office has
leen harder hit by government ownership and competition in the
printing industry than have the operators of any other line OF bus
mess. The little printer in direct competition with the great tax
free government printing office with its tremendous buying power
backed by the credit OF the United States treasury itself.
The National Editorial association is at the present time lead
ing in the campaign to get the government out of the commercial
printing business. If it can print and sell envelopes. why not print
and sell the letterhead paper to go with the envelopes; or sell letter
paper imprinted ii the customer so desires1 If the quantity buying
power of the government is to be used for the benefit of the pur-
chaser OF one commodity, why not extend it to all commodities
The principle involved in this fight is whether or not it is a
legitimate function Of government. local, state or national. to go
into competition with private citizens who must furnish the taxes
and the brains to maintain government isef. The National Editorial
association is doing a public service in bringing this question to a
head.
, 1926-04-14
WELCOMING SPRING

We have had the vernal equinox. The sun has crossed the
EQUATOR and is on its way north with lengthening days. Migration
Is following the Il up from the tropics. The clear pipe of the mea-
dow lark comes from the field. the bluebird is home again and the
robins are back on the lawn and sing their vesper song from the tree
tops. Our pessimism and gloom have vanished and we are eager to
catch and reflect the song of spring.
Park county is emerging from a pleasant winter into a more
pleasant spring Hard winter reports have come in from all sections
of the country, while Park county has been enjoying a most pleasant
winter, topped off with a milion-donar snow last week that is an
indication of a prosperous year for the farmer and stockman.
The Denver Post says IT'S a privilege to live in Colorado" OF
course it is. 1t is a privilege to live anywhere you darn please. But
1t is indeed a real pleasure to live in Wyoming.
, 1926-04-14
NOTICE OF SUIT. SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION
In the District Court of Park County
Wyoming.
j. M. MEIER, Plaintiff.

In the District Court of Park County
Wyoming.
j. NJ. MEIER, Plaintiff.
VS..
ANNA MEIER, DEPENDENT.
TO ANNA MEIER, whose last
known p~ostoffice address was Ketch-
kan, Alaska:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that the plaintiff in the above entitled
action filed in the above entitled court
on the 9Th day of March, 1926, his pc
tition against you praying for an alb
solute divorce Upon the grounds of
desertion, as defined by the statutes
of the state of Wyoming, and you are
hereby notified that unless you answer
said petition on or before the first day
of May, 1926, said petition and all
matters and things therein contained
will be taken as true and judgment
rendered accordingly.
WITNESS Orilla Downing, Clerk
of the District Court and the seal of
said court at Cody, Wyoming this
9th day of March. A. D. 1926.
(Seal) ORILLA DOWNING
Clerk of the District Court.
Joseph E. McElvain.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication March 10, 1926.
Last publication April Ia, 1926.
, 1926-04-14
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF
CENTRAL GARAGE AND
FILLING STATION

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given
that on the Sth day of April, 1926, at
nine o'clock A. NJ. the Undersigned
corporation filed in the office of the
Secretary of State of Wyoming, its
certificate of incorporation, the name
of said corporation being CENTRAL
GARAGE AND FILLING STA
TON, its object being to conduct a
general automobile garage business
in the town of Cody, Wyoming, and
to do all business incident thereto, in
Guiding the purchase and sale of the
necessary real and personal property
for the conducting of said business.
The amount of capital stock of said
corporation is s25, 100000, divided into
two hundred fifty shares of the par
value of $4,000 each. The term of
existence of said corporation shall be
fifty years. The number of directors
shall be three. and those who shall
manage the affairs of said corporation
for the first year are Jacob M.
Schwoob and Thornton w. Schwoob,
of Cody, Wyoming, and Henry Sayles,
of M~eeteetse, Wyoming. The opera
tons of said corporation shall be ear
ried on in the town of Cody. Park
County, Wyoming, and the principal
office of said corporation in this state
shall be in Cody, Wyoming, and
Thornton w. Schwoob shall be the
agent in charge thereof.
Dated April 18th, 1926.
CENTRAL GARAGE AND
FILLING STATION.
By Paul r. Greever,
Attorney.
First publication April ID, 1926.
Last publication April %, 1926.