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, 1926-09-29
THE REGULAR TOLL

Another terrible accident has taken its toll of human life
o one OF the wickedest turns on the road through Shoshone pro-
Ject. More monuments may be erected to the ridiculous work
OIL the reclamation service in placing it's bridges at the most
impractical angles across the irrigation bitches. Last spring eff
forts were made to have these bad turns improved. What was
done? Merely some fences built, which are of little value. How
conditions?
-Four OF these places exist on the road from Cody to Powell
One at the first crossing of the Ralston ditch where the bridge
IS placed at the side of the road; another such turn beyond Rails
ton where the lateral is spanned by a steel bridge and two more
joys In the road from there to Powell, each of which has already
claimed a human life. Beyond Powell and this side of Garland.
where the accident occurred last week, is located the most vi
cious crossing of the lot.
1t is true that many accidents occur on well improved high
ways, but it is very evident, with serious and fatal accidents
already charged to each of these vicious turns on the highway.
that these of all places on the road should be fixed. When the
stage is set just right, an accident is almost inevitable at any
OF these places. Just as it was on last Wednesday night. A
motorlst on the road at the time testifes that the dust was
blowing so badly that he was compelled to bring his car to a
standstil several times to better make out the road. There is
little doubt but this condition was the thing which caused the
driver OF the Inflated car to drive into the ditch. For a moment
he could not see the road, and that moment was Just as he an
preached a break in the road which makes an intolerable hazard
on the otherwise safe highway.
Something should be done by the state department No
wpense should be spared to alleviate hazards of this character
N, halfway measures should be taken. The road should never
have been planned as it is, but at the present time, after sew
eal PEOPLE have paid the supreme sacrifice, the least that can
be doe is to fix it at once.
, 1926-09-29
CHASING LIQUID GOLD

Particularly valuable to those who are tempted to sink their
savings in wildcat" oil ventures in the hope of garnering vast
riches is a bulletin issued by the United States Bureau of Mines,
which estimates that 100000 is spent annually in drilling
HOLES that yield no oil. In the last two years 5, 914 dry holes,
representing an average cost of $4,000, have been reported.
OF course anyone at all acquainted with the oil producing
industry knows that failures are frequent and that the business
is attended with hazard, but since the successes are widely pro-
claimed, and the dry holes get little advertising, it is likely to
be assumed by the uninitiated that the rewards are more GER
tain than works out in practice.
The findings of the Bureau of Mines may constitute warn
ing against undue hope in validating but is not likely to affect
1T greatly. The possibility of great gain, even though remote,
is a lure that appeals to men and it is probable that there will
be future losses in dry holes much as in the past. Those who do
invest in such enterprises have the joys of pursuit for a time,
even if they realize no other reward.
, 1926-09-29
THE WORLD SERIES

People who never attended a world series ball game have
little idea of the thrill of suspense that sways the vast assem-
blage as those decisive innings slip away. The low scores sug-
the intense concentration with which every man is playing.
1t is not merely a beautiful demonstration of athletic skill,
but a wonderful display of discipline. If the instant obedience
given to the leaders of the team and the absolute submission to
the laws of the game could be transplanted to the industrial and
social world, this would be a different country.
, 1926-09-29

his 'wheelbarrow, to stay chained
night and day until death released
him; better than the ancient gal
ley, where the man chained to the
oar was released when he tainted
or died, his hand cut off to save
time, body thrown overheard and
another slave chained in his place.
We are sentimental fools in our
prisons, but we have improved.
, 1926-09-29

You read that an automobile en-
CINE has been made to run with
the explosive power of dust from a
grain elevator instead of gasoline.
Messrs. Noel and Heilbach, Depart
ment of Agriculture engineers,
showed that ordinary dust might be
used to create an explosive force
greater than that of gasoline.
, 1926-09-29

When men talk of Harvesting the
electron it should be remembered
that Providence does not allow trees
to grow into the heavens. or per-
NIT ~conquering man to move up too
rapidly. Air, water, the earth, ma
ture gives to us free, and the suns
light and heat. We must work for
everything else.
, 1926-09-29
NO ~"MELANCHOLY" DAYS

The melancholy days" are here. Don't believe it. 1t was a
mournful moment that inspired genius to paint a somber canvas
of natures most glorious garb. Frost is on the pumpkin and
the folders in the shock" The arbors hang heavy with grapes
and the apple trees glow at shutdown dull red with fruit. Every
hill is radiant with flaming reds and yelows and subtler tones
that reveal the frostkings art.
Such days as these we are glad to be alive in Wyoming.
This is autumn's gilded temple, every hill a golden staircase
mounting to the mellowed sun.
To every season ascribe it's own delights. But in autumn
any man may be king of all the great outdoors.
Europe seems to enjoy harmony in one respect, if we are
to believe reports that the entire continent hates us.
Money is easy" says the market report, but it is hard for
some kind of borrowers.
, 1926-09-29
Playing Safe

Farmer: Now be sure and write
plain on them bottles-which is fer
my wife and which be fer that
Jersey COW. l wouldn't have moth
in happen to that Jersey for any
thing"
, 1926-09-29
We Believe It

Father: Here, here! Don't use
that language Don't you know
what becomes of little boys who
use bad language when playing
m~arbles?"
Eyes sir! They grow up and play
golf" II
, 1926-09-29

The fighting fans of the United
States paid more than two million
dollars to sit in the rain and wit
ness Gene Tunney take the measure
of Jack Dempsey. Dempsey had
been proclaimed the greatest boxer
of all time, yet he proved to be a
poor second to the dashing young
Irishman of the Marines.
, 1926-09-29

Gas makes the world go round

America has crowned another
champion of the fight ring. Gene
Tunney, who brings to this exalted
throne both education and culture.
We prophecy that he will be the
most popular fistic champion Amer
lea has known since the days of
ICorbett.
, 1926-09-29

Diner: I'll have some pork chops
with fried potatoes and I'll have
my pork lean"
Waiter: yes, sir. Which way?"
, 1926-09-29

Not in many years have the
streets of Cody been in the excel
lent condition which they are today.
So much for the work of the new
road machine which was purchased
last summer.
, 1926-09-29

Reflections by Panne
Smoke.
No. I am not the fire, the flame.
the spark,
I am but the smoke
Which fingers in the atmosphere
And slowly disappears.
l am not that substantial part
Which is food for fire,
And neither am I
The ashes which remain.
l am that bit of gray nothingness
Which slowly passes on. \
My inheritance is a fire which
burned too fiercely
My legacy is but perhaps a fleet
ing thought
Which is at best non-consequential.
My purpose-to teach that even
Smoke ascends.
, 1926-09-29

Jack Frost was very much in ev-
idence in northern Wyoming last
week. Not only did he nip the gar
dens, trees and shrubbery, but
many an auto went into the garage
for repairs. when the temperature
proved too low for the water in the
radiators. Fall is here with the
most wonderful season of the year.
, 1926-09-29

The government compelling the
public to pay more for railroad
service, without giving the public
anything to say about it, should
also compel railroads to pay more
to working people without giving
railroads anything to say about it.
But the government and it's work
ings are arranged by those who
own the railroads, not by those that
work on the railroads.
, 1926-09-29

Fifty years ago, fewer than two
million m worked for pay in
the United States.
Half of them were in domestic
service. Now, 100000 women are
engaged in "gainful occupations"
That pleases the practical mind.
Farmers like to see the horse and
mare working. German farmers
harness the COW.
Our boosted "gainful occupation
for women takes women out of
their only occupation really gainful
to civilization, the production of
good children.
, 1926-09-29
Across with a Bans

Across with a Bang
Here lies what's left
OF Good oil Bill.
He slept too near
A steaming still.
, 1926-09-29
~PIE-EATING PRISONERS
MORE PAY? TERRIBLE!
RELIGIONS POWER
DUST AS AUTO FUEL

Men that own railroad stocks,
and eve do, never did, never will
do any hard work, think it sad that
the men working on the railroads
should get one hundred million
dollars more a year. That would
be a great deal less than thirty
cents q day average for each man,
while the railroads get the hun
dreds of millions more and have
the government and its interstate
commerce commission always ready
to force the public to pay higher
rates if railroads need them.
, 1926-09-29

No youth gets very far who burns
the midnight oil in an automobile
, 1926-09-29

Clothing men report that half o
male America is CARRIED in onl.
rags. That is bad. Used to hav'
some tatters, too.
, 1926-09-29

Pardon the washwoman's della,
She had to change a tire.
, 1926-09-29

A young man arrested for rob
bling the house of Cardinal Dough
erty of cash and bonds told the po-
lice, Il didn't dare to take the Car
dinal's diamond studded gold cross,
worth $4,000. l was afraid it
might jinx me. 1 also left a gold
cup. Something told me they used
it in church. 1 wasn't looking for
any trouble like that"
The modernist will call that
Superstition" others will e in
it proof that religion has power
even in the case of a young Grim
nal who tells the police. 81 have no
religion
, 1926-09-29

To treat prisoners cruel is vile.
To make a joke of their crimes
is stupid.
The governor of New York should
tell officials of Sing Sing what he
thinks of their Labor Day pie-eat-
ing contest, twelve convicts with
their hands tied behind their backs
eating pies, like a swine, for a SIS
prize.
How does that impress men and
women, out of prison, working to
buy food for their children?
However, stupid as it is, a prison
with pie-eating contests is not as
bad as the prison of that good
bishop. in which prisoners wore
iron collars, with sharp spikes
turned inwardly so they could not
lie down to sleep, or the Spanish
prison, in which the no~ble-hearted
English prison reformer found a
man fastened to the wall, his feet
above ground, starving, Ibis face
clotted with blood and tears" or
the prison mine. in which Peter
the Great chained each prisoner to
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ment. The almost impenetrable
darkness heightened her feeling Of
exultant terror.
Ramon thought: "She came for
the romance of it, She's that
young" He stopped down, trying to
make out her features.
She whispered: isn't it mysteri-
Gus and thrilling!"
He wniced and for a long while
remained silent. They were parked
under a great pepper that now muir
INJURED with gentle monotony to the
breeze Suddenly Ramon said: And
Gid you mean it when you said you
might come to the city?"
Yes. I'm thinking of it. When
my mother gets better and I'm not
needed here"
You're going to work" -
Sandy drew q quick. impatient
breath. Yes. Oh, why did you need
to speak of this. Ramon? I've been
forgetting who 1 was and what for
the whole of the last hour"
Il haven't forgotten"
Are you glad l may, come to the
city?"
II should be since I had to drive
nearly 500 miles for an hour with
you, but l don't know that 1 am"
"Why?"
I'm thinking how things may
be-
What things?"
Between you and me-"
She flushed: That sounds intrigu-
ing"
He scowied. saying almost harsh
ly: "No-it's not that. I wish l could
see your face, Sandy. Did you come
down there all alone in the dark
ness just for the adventure Of 1t?
Did you come because Of a wish to
see me?"
She laughed and shrugged: ooh,
both! But you were the adventure
of it, 1 suppose"
do you remember what I told
you on the boat just before we left?"
II think So"
Il told you that I loved you.
mean it. That's why I'm wonder
ing how things may be between u.s."
Don't love me in. that kind Of
way, Ramon. 1t will be over be-
tween us if you do"
do you mean you don't care for
me, Sandy? Or that you're never
going to be free?"
II don't know! I don't know"
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WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LEssoN-
Christ's Last Words Bring Comfort to All Hearts

ones outlook over the troubled
world! But on the other hand see
the world through Christ. through
the purity and beauty Of his life,
through the sweetness and richness
OF his words, through the conquer
Ing power OF his cross, and how soon
we see in this world what Jesus him
self saw.
The Essentials
Is this n myth? Nay. Can one
ask II? DO we not come back 10
simple confidence In the ultimate
essential instincts OF man that ore
ate in him the conviction OF the
reality Of the immortal life.
How beautiful are the words OF
Jesus, "If it were not so. l would
have told you" There are certain
things that can never DO proven 10
the minds Of men that the souls Of
men may take for granted.
II Is in the practice Of Immortality
that we find its reality. II you doubt
the eternal. II you question whether
there can be in this world a heaven.
ly Father and an ultimate home o
the soul. why not test the wordSs
of Jesus by living in simplicity and
in trust the life that he revealed az
eternal?
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She lay quiet a moment, listening.
Her heart flew to her throat. Now
she could swear that feet--unshod,
light feet moved toward the door
were in the hall
I'm crazy" she whispered. But
she sat up. switched on the light. No
one was there. 1t was o'clock.
She dismissed the alarm, sinking
back rowsily-smilingly In the
morning she had forgotten it.
AS she came into her mothers
kitchen Alice greeted her with
Sinking glibness Good morning!
All dolled up, l see"
"Oh, all the time, Ally. That's a
trick of mine"
Have a nice time last night?''
YES. Jude says she wishes you'd
try to get a week off. She thinks a
trip to the city would be great for
you"
"Humph. 1 can think of lots of
things that would be great for me.
I'm not talking about Jude. Did
you have a nice time from II p. IN.
on?"
Sandy blanched: What do you
mean?"
Alice's disdainful smile: 81 sup
pose you haven't the faintest idea,
have you? Did you see your fond
husband last EVENING""
mo. He wasn't home"
"Oh, wasn't he, Well, he was
there between II and II, kid"
II became almost impossible for
Sandy to breathe. She said family:
We'll, 1 didn't so home after the
train left. I met May and Bernice
Arliss. You know it's nearly a year
since I've seen any one I care about.
We got to talking. Did Ben phone
here?"
Yes. dear! He phoned at 1870
and asked If he should call for you.
Your father answered and told him
that you left hours ago. The sly
fellow covered up neatly. He said
he hadn't looked in your room.
Humph! So you met May and Ber-
nice, did your"
Sandy took up a battered old cup
with a trembling: ANY coffee left?"
"No-have a little tea"
Flows ma today?" Sandy asked.
She felt ill-suffocated-wild with
resentment that Alice, eaten with
curiosity, was making her beg for
the facts. She thought in fright;
THAT was he in the room! He
knows It was nearly l when I got
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BY VIM. Il. GILROY, ID. D.,
Editor Of The COngregatiOnaist.

Probably fewer words ever spoken
or written have brought more com
fort to troubled hearts than the
words OF Jesus that are recorded in
this fourteenth chapter OF John:
Let not your heart be troubled"
What an appeal that exhortation In
Itself make 20 troubled humanity!
Jesus not only says: Let not
your heart be troubled" but He
justifies this exhortation. He bases
the hope Of comfort in Himself. Eye
believe in God. believe also in Me-"
He is the way and the truth and the
life; the way to lead US to God the
Father. He Is as sure that there is
heavenly Father and a heavenly
home as that He himself constitutes
the way.
What did Jesus mean by these
words? He was a man born within
the knowledge OF some of those who
listened to Him, who had lived His
earthly life in their environment
from babyhood to manhood. Is It
not striking that we are not in any
way repealed by the greatness Of
such claims?
These Words Accepted
Where some others might rouse
our disguest or resentment by ma
king great pretensions OF authority
and knowledge, we feel instinctively
that there is something really hum.
BILE and quiet about this claim OF
Jesus to be the way by which men
come to God.
Was Jesus speaking Of himself
mystically. in some such way. to use
a very inadequate illustration. as a
poet like Walt Whitman might in.
carnate in himself the spirit OF de-
mocracy and the age in which he
lived? We cannot say. But the les
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THAT is the way love you, how
ever it Is with you"
She said disturbed and now un'
happy: I'll have to go home now
Drive me there" Seeing that he
was gloomily silent she reached up
her hand, touched his cheek: You're
so much nicer when you are laugh
| ing, Ramon. Have a kiss before we
| part!''
He kissed her with a long fervant
solemnity that sent an uneasy pang
through her thoughts.
The house was in darkness. Sun
day night. Murillo wouldn't be
home. OF late he never came from
Friday to Monday.
Sandy let herself in stealthily. AS
of old, she slipped off her pumps
fand went padding up the stairs. She
undressed quickly in the darkness.
She felt a brightness and glitter
in her mind. She saw herself stand
ing in those wavering shadows, lean
ing on the pier. Saw Ramon spring
toward her, arms flung out; heard
the gladness Of his voice. She shut
her eyes, smiling with the feverish
sweetness Of her thoughts.
She couldn't sleep. She won.
dered what Alice would think if she
knew; what Judith would say. A
heat like guilt spread over her, but
it was q pleasant sensation. 1t sent
tingling flush through all her
nerves; made her feel daring, cour-
ageous; filled her with a glad,
stealthy Joy.
She didn't regret going. She was
glad-boundlessly glad to nave run
back into the shadows. She would
go again. She had a right to this.
Yes-and if Alice had been drawer.
she, too, would have detied them one
way or another II she had, In her
secret heart she could look back and
cxult. But Alice hung a wet dish
towel on the rack. pressed her face
against It, weeping in that forlorn,
rejected way.
Suddenly Sandy heard herself say
ing In that light tone: Have a kiss
before we part" Suddenly she felt
Ramons arms tightening-the long.
fervent solemnity Of his lips pressed
on hers.
T. T. T.
She turned her face uneasily
against the pillows. closing her eyes.
She opened them almost Immediate
y, x~-,+b Tho s1yif@ consciousness tina =
someone had entered the room.
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GEAR SHIFT INVENTED

BIZ Tfrifcf Prose
GoTHENBURG. Sweden, March
lS'-An automatic gear box for auto.
mobiles, which entirely eliminates
the shifting Of gear by hand has
been perfected after three years. OK.
periments by n Swedish engineer.
Sven G. Wingqulst.
Installed In an ordinary closed car
the new device which is described as
partly mechanical. partly hydraulic,
has been tested out first here and 70.
Gently In London during the heaviest
Christmas traffic. and Will soon be
shown TO American automotive ex.
pertS,
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bv ElemOre nj G IN G rim.
AUTHOR OF ''CHICKIE''

king a short cut through n lot. Sh5V
ran a little. A step behind her. Her
arm caught: Where are you going.
my pretty maid?"
1t was Ben Murillo. lie had never
overtaken her before.
ITO BE Continued
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ECZEMA LASTED
FIVE YEARS
In Small BIiSters on
Face. Cuticura Healed.

Eczema broke out in small bis
tiers and red spots on my face. 1t
itched and burned a great deal,
causing me to scratch, and later
scaled over and then peeled. The
trouble lasted about five years.
~ read an advertisement for
Cutieura Soap and Ointment and
sent for free sample. 1t helped me
so purchased more and after using
a couple of cakes of Cuticura Soap
and five boxes of Cuticura ONT
ment was completely healed"
(Signed) Miss Nellie Stats, Ills
e. Miller ST., Springfield, Ill.
Prevent pimples by daily use Of
Cuticura Soap, assisted by touches
Of Cuticura Ointment as needed to
soothe and heal.
Soap 2Sc. Ointment 25 and Zoe. Taicurn 25e. Sold
everywhere. Sample each free. Address :
-outtoura Laboratories Dept q, Maiden, Mass"
@E- Cuticura Shaving Stick Csc.
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Cargle Aspirin
for TonsiIitis
or Sore Throat

A harmless and effective gargle is
to dissolve two "Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin" in four tablespoonfuls of
water and gargle throat thoroughly.
Repeat in two hours If necessary.
Be sure you use only the genuine
Bayer Aspirin, marked with the
Bayer Cross, which can be had in
tin boxes of twelve tablets for a few
cents.-Advertiseme
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"Please-walk down the hill-go
into that dry goods store. I'll be
there. No one will dream that we
knew each other. l want a moment
just a moment"
And finally she said; "All right.
And she was walking rapidly, ta-
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son speaks forth with the utmost
clearncss the conviction Ct Jesus
concerning the eternal things Of God.
Take Christ and all that he repre-.
scented out Of the page of human his
tory and how hopeless would be
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in. o, Lord"
She was almost in tears.
Ramon phoned at noon. He was
waiting over. He wanted to see her
ir the evening--just for an hour.
She said: L can't"
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So. Picture.
So. Proposition of place.
SO. To bow.
81. To regret exceedingly.
81. Limb.
IS. Cuckoo.
81. Female sheep (pl).
Sc. Finished.
IS. Contralto.
60. Wiser.
II. Drone bee.
70. To primp.
IS. Regular methods.
"A. Flower heads used to raise nap
on wooden cloth.
VERTICAL
/. Heedlessness.
2. Wands.
8. To mimic.
4. Exists.
5. Thin biscuit.
6. Placed in line.
7. Prepared lettuce.
8. You and I.
10 To make a mistake.
II. Renovations.
IA Joined.
Is. To soak flax.
IS. Reckoned chronologically.
10. Drain.
%. Bed.
20. Obstruction in a stream.
20. Metal in rock.
81. Hard fruit Of tree
80. Headgear.
33. Electrified particle.
50. Twelve months.
81. To secure.
3S. To marry.
SO. To dangle
Al. To slide.
. TO approach.
A. TO labor.
46. Acidity Of the stomach.
48. Protuberance.
so. Designating a type Of electrical
socket connection.
ST.. Genuine.
81 Looked
SO. Fireplace ledge.
Sc. Takes care Of.
81. Vigilant.
60. LARS.
&c. Opposite of aweather.
65. To place.
67. To accomplish.
g. Measures of area.
70. Second note in sc ale.
70. Dad.
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Sandy Mcneil. forced by her impov-
erished family into loveIess marriage
ees her ove or Tim nfh
sweetheart Frequent quarrels follow.
4 son is born, diving almost immediate
peals to her Uncle Bob. who enables
her to take a Honolulu trip with her
mother. There she meets Ramon Worth,
boards the same steamer home and dur
ing the voyage declares his love. At
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NO SOLDIER FREE LIST
Pekin Theater Manager Tired of
Chinese Uniforms.

PEKIN, March 13.-Pekin theater
managers, tired Of the intursions Of
Chinese soldiers, have cancelled the
informal free list" which formerly
meant that a uniform gave admis-
sion to a Chinese theater. Now the
soldiers have to pay full price.