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Gan intimate story Of inncrmOst
emotions revealed in private, lctcrs.)
LETTER FROM PAULA PERRlER
TO SYDNEY CARLETON
-(ANTlNl1En

Don't look at me with rcproacnful
eyes, sgd, for ! shall never tell any
one but you. But the day Of the ac
cidcnt, at his touch, I trcmblcd with
ccstacy and the glance from his dear
eyes made my breath come faster.
Sgd, found | was just girl again
the girl who had given her soul
into John Alden Prescott's keeping.
1t was Il terrible thing discov-
cred that day when in an instant
pulled him back from certain and
horrible death. knew that, right
or wrong, as long as lived, was
Jack PrcScOtt's woman.
You do not know how terrorizcd l
was by that knowledge. Not because
Of Leslie. for | was not wronging
her. Sgd, have never let word
or look betray me to Jack. would
not do SO to save my soul from hell.
But, oh, Sgd. don't you know that
Leslie is too good for Jack? He can
not appreciate her wonderful char
actcr, which is one that can never
respond to his little foibles as mine
has done. Leslie is an angel-Jack
and l are decidedly human.
l haven't seen him since the acct
dent, but, Sydney, for moment after
we knew we were safe, something
must have told him exactly the same
thing that was told to me. Don't
misunderstood me. Nothing was said.
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Immigrant Examinations
(New Orleans Tribun,

The state department reports that the cxamina-
ton of immigrants the other side of the ocean
test for their fitness for admission has been
successful in England and ireland THAT it will
te extended. OF course. We wait to find it out
until arbitrary legal restrictions leave but few
immigrants to examine anywhere. For generations
have let them in countless streams, VERT
able hordes Of them. without examination, and
erded them at Ellis Island and other stations, al
prodgious pother, and enormous expense to- our
Selves and at needless discomfort and degradation
to ali of them, and at unspeakaDle cost and cruelty
to the thousands of them we sent back. Our best
CT all governments could not be prevailed upon tu
do what it does, when economics and com
merce have largely swept away the plantvc need
for doing it,
That was far too high price to pay for the pleas
ure OF assisting the trans Atlantic steamship lines
with their steerage business They would have had
business enough without carrying many poor
devils both ways.
Better late than never. The world do move. But
it do sometimes move frightfully slow.
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His ONLY Move

1t was generally expected that Col. MITCHELL would
resign if President Coolidge affirmed the sentence
passed upon him by the military court. For a man
OF his spirit there was nothing else to do He can
now train his vocal powers upon the army organ
ization over radio, through the press the more
lucrative method Of the lecture route
III a year or SO he be enjoying the afuenca
OF movie star. Probably Hollywood will draft him
1or film depicting the decadence Of the air force
There many ways in which the yolube Colonel
can capitalize his plight--if such it can he called
The action OF President Coolidge will be upheld
by those who believe that army discipline is still
paramount. There were means other than those
Col Mitchell selected TO get his criticisms before
the proper authorities.
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A New Angle of River Promotion
(Wichita Bacon }


Without disputing the cminently obvious right of
Kansas City to contend for improvement of the
Missouri river and without raising even a murmur
against any form Of practicable inland waterway,
it is possible nevertheless for Wichita citizen to
raise interesting question in connection with the
proposed Improvement OF the Missouri river.
1t is conceded by every friend of the Missouri
river project that lot of money must be spent in
deepening and rectifyng the chanel before it is
made into waterway fit for barge line And
barge channels are not equivalent to deep water
ways that float large steamers. They are very slow
and practicable only for the hauling of freight
that does not have to be rushed to- its destination
The old government surveys show the Arkansas
river to be naygabe at least far as Wichita. The
government map makers may have stretched point,
but in the days before SO much water was taken
from the upper valley for irrigation, there was
usually pretty good head of water in the river
1t is conceivable that the government might, by
the use of dams and locks and by deepening the
channel, make the Arkansas river susceptible t.,
barge traffic.
Immediately the railroads carrying wheat south
erly and southeaster:y from Wichita would have to
reduce their rates in proportion. That would give
Wichita river base rate"
Kansas City has had this river base rate" for
many years, due to largely fictitious method or
transportation from Kansas City to the Gulf.
Wichita traffic expert shrewdly suspects that
the principal object OF promoting a barge line Is
not the carrying of freight 10y water 50 much "A the
maintenance of low railroad rates which will give
Kansas City an advantage over Kansas, Nebraska
and Oklahoma shipping points.
IN other words. 1t pays to have q river, even II
you don't nse r. i
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That Cough

London theatrical managers are said to be rack
ing their brains to find some means Of combating
the ''theater cough
London isn't the only place where the "theater
cough is a nuisance. We have it in every Amer
lean city Time and again misses what Is being
said on the stage because Of the persistent cough
ing of those around one.
And there's no excuse for it. If one has cold
has business going to the theater If one
hasn't cold, one has no business coughing.
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Editorial Comment
Insuring Hotel Guests
(Nation's Business MagaZine)

That group insurance pC.icy Of $1OOO,OOO,O0o
taken by a Detroit hotel to protect its guests for
forty-eght hours after checking out should
sharpen thought the perils of travelling: 1t may
invite man to ponder the comfortable security OF
the hotel. and the "sngs and arrows OF outrageous
fortune outside it may be food for vanity, for
many a man with a price his head becomes Il
fascinating figure for the worlds wonder-an inn
portant fellow likely to crash into the headlines at
any moment-and who of the great earth can forego
the morbid pleasure of focusing his minds eye Oh
post-mortem appraisals of his worth.
Even so, the keepers of the great inn have given
reason enough to revise the old judgment on the
sleep OF kings with saying that Easy lies the head
that knows our policy and perhaps, in the
heaven OF good hotel men, the guests will all turn
out to be good risks
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@MeALAhIGIEz

Not the slightest action betrayed it..
But we both knew.
l know VIC are both dreading the
few days we will be more or less to-
Eether while "Hot Steel" is being
shot ut the mill. I would give any
thing in the world if it were possible
not to 90 through with that sequence
before the camera. However, | have
determined upon one thing. will
never. If it's humanity possible, look
upon the face of John Alden Pres
colt again after the last shot is TAX
en- at the mill.
This is a queer farewell letter. sgd,
but I've always been honest with you.
More honest by far than have ever
been with myself. For when | have
started to write you letter, l have
determined not to tell you these
things. But, always do, my friend.
always do. And, / want you to
know this that have just told you
want you to know it as no one else
will know it if l can help it,
Some way, my friend, want to
keep on writing to you. Some way
it seems as though I'm letting go the
last cord which binds me to the life
that ] have known. Some way ]
can't help feeling, Sgd, that have
babe you goodbye forever.
here, l did not mean to say that
to you. / only meant to say II shall
keep you in my heart always, as
something greater than lover, a
true and loyal friend"
PAULA.
TOMORROW-Clipping frcm the
Pittsburgh Sun.
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eoPyVvoesT ,ooo d MA 0UsvcG }

| anything that might possibly explain
his presence here :" he asked the
sergeant.
was, with his overcoat on and his
hat on that chair and the gas turn.
ed on. Nothing in his pockets but
keys and his wallet with his money
and cards in it."
"Why should he keep his overcoat
Vn?" Jimmy was fighting, Selling
at every possible flaw. in the SER
gcant's theory Of suicide.
"Don't know"
Another policeman broke in.
"Looks as If he wanted to get it
over with and came right in and
locked the door and turned ON the
gas. Looks
"Wait a minute" the sergeant i'm
tcrrupted. where's the key? The
clerk said he unlocked the door from
the outside. There weren't any loose
keys on him-only those on his ring.
Go down and bring him up, Polk"
A policeman turned to do his bid
ding. "Of course" the sergeant went
on to Jimmy, "he may have thrown
the key outdoors and then closed
the window. We might look out in
the street,.
He was trying the keys on Henry
Rand's key ring in the lock in the
door. None Of them fitted.
The night clerk arrived. The SER
geant spoke to him brusqucly. "Sec
anything Of key in this room?"
mo. sir. called you up Is soon
as found him."
by the way, who registered for
this room?" put in Jimmy. "Did you
ask him that. scrgeant?"
eyes. he says the register is signed
by II. A. Jones of New York. OF
NAME"
"Whcn did he rcgister!" Jimmy
addressed the clerk and waited al
most brcathlcssly for his reply.
Last night some time"
"Whst timer
II don't know. go off duty at
scven-thirty and the night clerk
comes on. 1t must have been some
time after scven-thirty."
"And you don't know what this
II. A. Jones looked likc?'
"Why, thought it was this man
here" indicating the body.
"YOu mean you never saw the oc-
cupant Of this room until you open
ed the door and found my father
dcad?"
eyes. sir"
"Wait q minute" The police ser
gcant broke in to address the clerk.
This looks like something to go on.
When will the night clerk come on 2"
ANY minute now" replied the
shabby little bald-headed man.
"Tm damned" continued the SER
gcant somewhat rucfully, "if l didn't
take it for granted that the clerk
saw your father register"
"He couldn't have registered at
ALL" Jimmy had regained his steadi-
ness. The excitement was gone from
his voice. my father came home
last night at quarter to six. as he
had always done. and didn't leave
the house. You find the man who
registered as H. A. Jones and you'll
find the murderer of my father"
"I'm not sure of that. Mr.. Rand"
There was q peculiar expression in
tho scrgcant's face as he spoke. 1T
still looks like suicide to me. Be-
sides, if it was murder, I'm not so
SURG that it's . pan we'll have to
look for"
"What do you mean!" Jimmy
doubled his fists and took step
toward the sergeant. His gray eyes
blazcd. "If you're irving to mix my
father up with any"
-"I'n, not tryin' anything. lad But
We found woman's handkerchief
on the bed and Detective MONEYS
got it in his pocket now. Show it to
him, Mooney"
ITO Be Contiaaed)
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ADVENTURES
o. the TWINS
T OLIVE pOBRpTs BAl2lt

At last the Hidy Go Land Express
reached Tin Can Town and everybody
got out.
Poor Mister Havalook looked more
worried than ever, for, he said, the
rats always made him nervous. "One
never can tell what they arc going to
do" he said to the Twins. "Rats
are SO independable."
Al that very minute a LARGE gray
rat in tomato colorcd velvet came up
and bowed.
II arh Sniff Whskcr. the mayor Of
Tin Can Town." he introduced him
self. "Is this an cxcursion?"
'Oh, no! No indeed" said Mister
Havalook. "We'rc after thief. Did
you see anybody acting suspicious?
At this Mister Sniff Whisker blew
a whistle and twenty policemen rats
came rushing up.
Take the testimony" said Sniff
Whiskers. There has been a rob-
berry committed"
"I'll say there was" squeaked the
police captain, all done up in brass
buttons and cap. Someone stole
my cheese out of the toe of an old
boot where l had it hidden. 1t was
fine cheese all green and crusty and
"Hold on therc!" said Sniff Whisk-
or. "This isn't your party. Describe
the thief" he said to Mister Hava-
look. "Namc, age, weight. complex
ion, occupation, nationality, and all
the rest of his history"
ooh, do have to do that?" begged
poor Mister HavalOok. IF ] do I'll
just turn her against me, too, and
have enough enemies as it is.''
...It's a her-take that down." com
manded Sniff Whisker to the others.
So all the rat policemen took out
little note books and wrote down
"it's a her"
'1And her name isis" went on
poor Mister Havalook.
But here the Crinoline Doll inter
rupted, 9Th tell you all about it.
Her name is Rags and she's six
months old if she's day, and her
complexion is muslin and she's
American and her occuVation is steal
ing other peoples clothes off the
wash line"
IF you gould run as fast as you
can talk. young lady" said Sniff
Whisker, "you certainly would win
all the races. But fortunately all
my people write shorthand SO they
can keep up with YOU"
Right here there was q loud shrek
for help and everybody turned to sec
what was happening. Whist they
saw was enough to make your hail
stand on end. It was the Turkey
Gobbler, and down his red throat the
Gingerbread Man was about to dis.
appear. Indeed nothing but his one
foot was. to be seen right then"
Nancy stamped her foot-it wat
all she could think Of to doa but il
had the desired effect, for the COB;
80 = -sesFsdgAep Up into the
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Take No Chances

Epidemics of measles are reported in NUMBER
Of cities. Which calls to mind timely warming
II your child is aiiing, don't depend on home rem
edes' follow the advice of grandmother or the
nextdoor neighbor Get doctor, promptly.
Your child may not need doctor. On tie other
hand, he may need very badly And you have
no right to gamble with his life
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Temperatures and
Road Conditions
mercury readings as Z 4. N.Y.

\Ae~SSOAv AS0Ns06O - - SAAsI
Bismarck-Clcar; II below; roads
fair.
St. Cloud-Clcar; 81 below; roads
good.
Mankato---Clcar; 10 below; roads
driftCJ.
Fsrgo-Clcar; 20 below: roads good.
Jamcstown-Clear; IL below; roads
good.
Hibbing- Clear; 81 below; roads
drifted some.
Grand Forks Clear; - below:
roads good.
Minot-7Part cloudy; 3 below; roads
good.
Mandan--part cloudy; 3 below;
roads good.
Winona-Clcar; 18 below; roads
fair; rough.
Rochcstcr-Clear; II below; roads
driftcd and blocked.
Duluth Clcar;28 below; roads
good.
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to keep at homc," he said. "They
love to go off and hide. I'm no diff
fercnt from the others. Besides when
! come here by the back way, l often
find tid-bits."
ibid you see anything of the Rag
Doll?" asked Miss Crinoline.
Eyes, passed her just going into.
the drain"
"My skirt will be ruined!" shrieked
the Crinoline Doll wildly.
Ito Be COntinucdO
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air and forgot to swallow. When he
got his breath, the Gingerbread
Mans currant eye got into MS wind
pipe and made him cough.
Out flew the engineer Of the Hidy
co Land Express and the day was
:avcd.
what are you doing in Hidv Go
Land, sir?" demanded Mister Hava-
look. eve are having trouble
ernugh without YOU"
Eyes, and Thanksgiving ana Christ
lpas are over" said Nick. you are
safe enough now"
The gobbler gobbled. Turkeys
are the hardest people in the world
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By Ernest Lynn
BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
HENRY RAND, middle.agcd
credit manager Of q department
store, at dinner with his family,
is reminded that IN" following
day is his son. JAMES RANDS
9th birthday. Jimmy, ~ he Is
called, announces he has planned
a theatcr party for the family.
which includes his mother and
sister, JANET. He intends. alao,
to include BARRY COLvIN,
Janet's fiance.
Henry Rand Is q staunch up.
holder Of all the homely virtues,
including that of punctuality.
which il almost a religion with
him. When, on the night Of the
party, he fails to put in hts &C.
customed appearance at quarter
to six. the family becomes
alarmed.
While they are wondering, the
phone rings. Jimmy answers il.
1t is the police. Henry Rand's
body has been found in room
ut the Garfield Hotel.
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Some people wonder why they
don't get on when they are merely
trying to get by.
We don't know why girls leave
home, but sometimes men leave
home, because they can't pay the
taxes.
You will make poor job Of grow
ing old unless you take your time
about it.
When love makes the world go
round, it isn't always 4 merry-go-
around. 4F
Longer winter lasts the longer it
will be before we have to cut the
weeds again.
Winter teaches US ono thing. Side
walks may be easy on the feet but
they arc hard on the head.
If you don't like the present just
wait little while and it will be the
past.
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ELkS BAND

No rehearsal tonite. Re-
hearsal next Monday if notice
is not posted in Mondays
Tribune.
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GOITRE REDUCED
FIVE INCHES
And Health Improved for Spokane
Lady.

Mrs. Bertha Landbcrg, e. 2607 7th
Ave., Spokane, Wash, says, "Since us
ing Sorbol. Quadruple acolorless lini-
ment, short time. my Goitre is gone.
NY eyesight is good. | sleep nights.
and feel like L did before. Will tell
or write my full experience" Write
Sorbol Company, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
Sold at al drug stores. Locally at
Finney Drug Store. ADV.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-18
PA FERGUSON
AND LABOR AIDE
in FIST FIGHT

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. II (AP)-
James e. Ferguson, husband of
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, will
enter plea of guilty in the court
Of Justice of Peace, Frank Tame
hill, Saturday on charge of af-
fray in connection with the resig
nation of E. j. Crocker, state la
Dor commissioner. who resigned
Friday at the demand of the .wO-
man governor.
Justice Tannehill said Mr.. Fer
guson told him over the telephone
that he would send the money for
the fine, $14.95, down Saturday
morning.
The complaint grew out of an af-
fair in the labor commissioners Of
flee Friday morning, when Governor
Ferguson sent her husband to the
office to demand that Crocker re-
sign Later in the day, Crocker,
who was charged with affray,
pleaded guilty to a charge of in
tention and paid fine of $1495 in
Justice Tannehills court.
When asked why she demanded
Commissioner Crocker's resigna-
tion, Governor Ferguson said this
is the elimination of many warm
ings given by me to Mr.. Crocker.
He continued to disregard my adj
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-18
John A. Stewart,
Financier, Aged lO4,
Dies In New York

NEW YORK, Dec. II (AP)-The
oldest of Wall streets financiers,
John Aikman Stewart, friend of
presidents, a former assistant sec
retary of the treasury, died at his
New York home today at the age
of 104. Ja-tt .f
Mr. Stewart, who until the time
Of his death, was chairman of the
board OF the United States Trust
company, suceumbed to a sudden
attack of pneumonia, which follow
ed upon several weeks of failing
health. D, t.',r a3l ~
Five years ago the aged finan7
cier ceased his hitherto regular at
tendance, at his office but at that
time insisted that he was not. re-
firing and would remain actively
in touch with his business connecr
tions. 5a ~,
Since that time he has spent his
summers; at his 9home in Morris
towns Nj, sand his winters in
town. t
Born during the administration
OF president Monroe, Mr.. Stewart
had seen nearly all of the presi-
dents to follow and had been init
mately acquainted with several of
them.
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-18

Los Angeles, and the dam is to be
finished within thirty months. Only
few days ago announcement was
made of the purchase of the Giles
pie dam and the S5,000-acre prof.
ect of the Gila Water company
near ella Bend by an eastern syn
dicate which plans immediate de-
yelopment and colonization. Sale
and development contracts are re-
ported to amount to $5,000,000.
Rapid progress has been made on
the Lake Pleasant dam which will
irrigate $4,000 acres in the Boards
Phoenix, and the Roosevelt Irri-
cation district has voted a $3,-
100000 bond issue to develop 49,
900 acres south of the Beardsley
project. There also are indications
of early development of the So,
000-acre Paradise-V district in
Maricopa county, and of the 100000
acre Charleston dam project in Co
chise county.
Railroad service has continued
adequate for all needs. The new
main line Of the Southern Pacific
railroad, through the Florence
Casa Grande, Salt River and Low
er ella valleys was completed in
October, and is now in service, and
the Santa Fe railroad has an
nounced additional new construc-
ton and improvements on its Ash
fofk-PhoeniX line for next year,
aggregating $3,50O,O00, and includ
ing new line to tap the Beardsley
Aqua Fria land project.
Building construction has been
brisk Building permits in Phoe
nix for the first II months of the
year totaled $2,505,000, compared
to $2,966 900 for the first II months
of 1925, and in Tucson amounted
to $1,537 900 against $1,192,0 900.
| New tourist hotels are being fin
ished in Tucson and Flagstaff.
Others are now operating in No
gales and Yuma, and others are
planned at Phoenix, Prescott, Mesa
and Stafford Much new construc-
! tion in the way of public improve
ments has been done in a number
of cities, and the. Mountain States
Telephone company plans expen-
ditures of over $4.000,000 in new
work in the state in the next two
years.
THE large lumber companies in
the northern part of the state are
maintaining regular production,
and expansion has been made in a
number Of manufacturing indus
tries. Employment conditions have
been generally good, though some
surplus is usual in cities in the
southern section during the Win
ter Winter tourist travel is al
ready heavy"
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-18
Flagstaff K Of P
Lodge Treated to
Big Rabbit Feed

FLAGSTAFF, Dec. 1.-THE X. of
p. local Knights of Pythias We're
treated to delightful rabbit sup
per here by deputy sherifs r. l..
Mckinney and George F. A. After
bury, who had the good luck to
shoot a big bunch of the bunnies
while on a trip into the country
on official business recently. Ev-
erybody present had the jolliest
sort of an evening. Charles PhilHp
came up from Prescott especially
for the occasion.
Mr.. C. B. Wilson is visiting his
brother in Rochester, Mimi. He
expects to be back in Flagstaff for
Christmas.
County Attorney Frank Harrison
is Phoenix visitor today.
The fire alarm Thursday morn
ing was occasioned by slight
blaze in the home of Judge ]. e..
Jones. The fire company arrived
promptly and practically no dam
age was done. A slight and un-
suspected leak in the flue was res
ponSible for the excitement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves higgins
and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Wright
of Parkes were shopping in Flag
staff Thursday.
Johnson Curry and Boyetts of
Spring Valley and w. E. DAILY of
Oak Greek were greeting: friends
in Flagstaff this afternoon.
According to Dr.. Manning, the
health situation in Flagstaff is
remarkably good for this season of
the year. A single case of measles
represents the contagious disease
record for the month.
Five hurry calls came into the
White Garage Tuesday afternoon
from people whose autos had froz-
en- while away from home, and had
to be towed back to their own gar
ages.