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Hyder weekly herald., 1926-02-24
CIVIC BODIES CONDEMN
 LAWLESSNESS CHARGES

Vigorous protests by city councils, Chambers of Com mcrce, ministers and private citizens in all parts of South Alaska are appearing as an aftermath of the charges of Alaskan lawlessness made re- gently before a sub committee of the Senate Judiciary com mittee by Alaska Delegate Sutherland and others.
 Leading the van in protesting against the charges of lawless- ness and immortality made against Alaska, and also against charges involving the integrity of Federal officials in this division,, the Wrangell city council has entered pro- tests with the Senate Judiciary Committee, which not only ex- press the resentment of that body but also urges that the Senate confirm the nominat- ions of Judge T. M. Reed and U. S. Attorney A. G. Shoup.
 The city council of Juneau has also officially protested against Juneau and Alaska generally being branded as vice-ridden and immoral, in a resolution passed by the coun- cil and also in a telegram ad- dressed to Chairman Cummins, of the Senate Judiciary com mittee. The councl also object ed to Judge Reed and At torney Shoup being branded as in league with law violators and urged the confirmation of both as ''honest, capable and fearless officials.
 Denouncing as reckless and false" the charges anent moral conditions in Alaska and re- buking as deliberate false hoods" the charges against Judge Ritchie and Marshal Sullivan of the Third Division, the Cordova Chamber of Com merce has wired to Senator Cummins strongly commenting Ritchie and Sullivan and re- questing their confirmation. It is also reported that the Jun eau Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, of southern Alaska towns, as well as many leading citizens are adding further protests to what appears to be a general wave of resentment embracing practically every important community in Southeastern
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-02-24
WILL AUCTION UNSOLD
 TOWNSHIP LOTS-APRlL

J. A. Ramsey, trustee for the Hyder townsite, paid the camp 9 brief visit during the stay of The motorship Wales last week. The primary object of MT. Ramsey's visit was to ar- range for the final disposal of unclaimed. lots in the town site area and to prepare for the taking of testimony of putes over the ownership of lots have developed.
 Outlining the procedure to be followed respecting the dis posal of the remainder of the land within the townsite area, MT. Ramsey stated that all lots and tracts of land remaining unoccupied and unclaimed at the time of the approval of the final sub-divisional survey, and also all lots and tracts which have been claim ed but upon which the assess ments have not been fully paid, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, !. although none will be disposed of for less than a minimum ap- praised price and the right is also reserved to reject any and all bids. The sale is scheduled to take place at the U. s. Mar shal's office at 10 a. m. April 26th next.
 MT. Ramsay stated that there were about 40 unoccupied and unclaimed lots remaining in the townsite, in addition to two large tracts known as Tracts B and 6, 6 constituting 17.817 acres and 75.475 acres respectively. In addition to these unclaimed areas there are 13 lots at various points in the townsite which have been claimed and awarded but up- on which the assessments have not been paid. These will be 1old upon the same basis as unclaimed lots in the event that the assessments>have not been paid by the time of the sale.
 MT. Ramsay. who succeeded Geo. A. Parks as townsite trustee when the latter became Governor of Alaska, will re- turn to Hyder. in time to per- sonally conduct the sales.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-02-24
THREE IN RACE
 FOR DELEGATESHIP

|
 publican nomination for Dele
 gate to Congress have entered
 the lists for the April pri-
 maries, according to primary filing returns given by the Juneau Empire.
 Preparng to contest with Del egate Sutherland for the nom- ination for the chief elective office of the Territory are Frank A. Aldrich, four times a member of the Alaska legis- lature and prominent in Alas kan politics since the earliest
 days of organized territorial
 government, and H. c. Me Cain, former Assistant U. s. Attorney in the Third Division and an aspirant for the district attorneyship of that district following the resignation of Sherman Duggan some time ago.
 Mccain and Duggan recently opened a law office at Ketch- ikan.
 The Empire says these filings are generally accepted as indi- eating a split in the ranks of the Sutherland forces, both Aldrich and Mccain having been among the warmest SUD- porters the delegate has had in recent years.
 While this alleged unfriendli- ness for Sutherland may be true, a study of the Suther- land lineup at the last election, nevertheless suggests that the supposed defections are really more to Sutherland's advant- age than otherwise, as they will tend to split up the anti Sutherland vote Thus the entry of Mccain and Aldrich will really become friendly rather than unfriendly acts.
 It is indicated, however, that whoever gains the regular re- publican nomination, may en- counter an obstacle in the shape of an independent re- publican candidate at the Nov ember elections. This at least is the view among some of the political wise birds, who af- feet to seen in Sutherland's recent charges before the Sen ate Judiciary Committee a suf- ficient reason for the entry in- to the delegate race of strong CT opposition to the delegate than either Aldrich or Me Cain is likely to offer Just who the mysterious candidate is likely to be is not revealed.
 Frank A. Boyle will be the sole candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for delegate. MT Boyle, it will be recalled, was a candidate for that of flee in 1924 but was defeated by delegate Sutherland.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-02-24

A large number of officers of the Masonic Grand lodge of British Columbia were visitors in Hyder during the stay of the Grand Trunk steamer Thurs day. The visitors were enroute to Anyox to install a new lodge spent several hours visiting.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-02-24
SAYS PLANS DRAWN FOR
 BIG MISSOURI MILL

That plans and specifications for the proposed 200-ton Big Missouri mill have been pre- pared and that the mill con- struction proposal has been approved by the board of di- rectors of the Big Missouri Mining company, is the out standing feature of a state rcnt to the Herald by J. A. Hall, president of the Bank of Hyder, who returned last week from an extended visit in the south.
 The plans having progressed to this stage, there is every as- surance, MT. Hall says, that the company will go ahead with construction as rapidly as possible, which means that the work will in all probability be started during the coming summer. From the information obtained by MT. Hall, it ap- pears that the decision to con- struct the big concentrating plant was made following the return of Harry Townsend, consulting engineer of the company, who spent consider able time on the property last month and personally investi- gated the results of the win ter's development work. As 6 result of his observations MT. Townsend immediately sub- mitted to the company offici- als a recommendation for the installation of a mill. Follow ing a conference with Capt. Duncan Mcvetcnie, I1Uteu Salt Lake mining engineer, who is heavily interested in the com pany, and visited the Big Mis- souri properties last fall, plans and specifications for the mill were at once prepared and submitted to the board of directors, with Capt. Nc Veichie's endorsement of the proposal, and were immediate ly adopted by that body.
 MT. Hall said that he was not definitely informed as to how soon work would start on the mill but added that he was satisfied that the project will be under way at an early date.
 In response to query regard ing the reported merger of the Daily Alaska and Alaska Pre- mier, MT. Hall said that al- though no conclusive agree ments had been reached at the conferences heldin Seattle by the various parties interest ed, negotiations are continu- ing, with good prospects of an eventual agreement.
 MT. Hall said that he was much pleased to find that Se- attle residents are commencing to manifest considerable inter- in Hyder.. A surprisingly large number of people he encount- cred betrayed every indication of cagernesss to learn about the camp and made numerous inquiries regarding the prog ress of mineral development.
The Washington times., 1926-05-17
NOW Continue

with Tetrazzini. the new canary.
in It.
And Peggy, herself, very pink
and starry-eyed, was in the
kitchen at 5 o'clock, cooking her
first home dinner for her lord
and master.
It is true that Aunt Agony had
helped her with it. She had
shelled the peas and seasoned
the lamb chops and made the
salad dressing and the pie crust.
I'm going now" she had said
at half past four, and let you get
the rest Of it by your lonesome.
Too many cooks spoil the BROTH
you know. Wen, good-by, my
dear. i hope your be happy in
your little dolls house"
At o'clock the little dinner
was all ready. The table was
really beautiful with its en-
broidered cloth, its sparkling new
silver and glass, and it's roses
and candles.
Lolly bad brought the roses
from her own garden, at home.
BE sure to put one or two on
the front of your dress,' she
said to Peggy as she arranged
them in a low glass bowl on the
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would not mar his countenance
50 he ead left Hazel at her own door.
sol. He. hadn't even the heart 70
ten her to try and get some
sleep. He knew she couldn't any
more than he under the pressure
of All these terrible events and
while her sisters fate remained
unknown. What remained or the
night passed restlessly for DR..
Cressy. He did not even un.
dress. but lay down full clothed,
ready to leap to the telephone.
He had a half hope that IN some
wav Kathleen might manage 60
communicate with him. But the
only times his telephone rang "
was Hazel calling, asking him II
he had heard anything. The
niphf masses somehow. Through
its dark hours he fought Off ter.
rors and tried to plan, although
ali seemed nebulous around mn
He must have fallen into q doze
in the morning, for he aWakeneo
with a. guilty start to the tele-
phones ringing.
1t was the desk clerk GOWN
stairs:
There's a man down here, Doc
tor, with a badly hurt arm VINO
wants to come up to you. toiu
him you were Ill ana Werent
taking new cases. oIIereo 70
call DR.. Macy, but he insists on
you. What shall | do about II !N
''Send him up to the LABORATORY
and I'll attend to him.
DR.. Cressy's laboratory was a
floor that had been Invested OF
their usual furniture and fitted
I'M for his work. Here he had
made his test Of the shirt stud
taken from the clasped hand or
Suke the night he had come 70
the room of the dead man; here
he had tested the warmth or the
Blue Scarab and found it to be
infinitesin1al, but real. He hur-
ried down hastily now, tlelng a
clean, white surgeons apron
around him.
The Patient
The water was bubbing in his
sterilizer when the patient ap-
peared. He was a young fellow
of about %, wearing tortoise
shelled trimmed glasses. His cap
was pulled down over his eyes; a
knitted muffler concealed the
lower part of his face. His right
arm was done up in a rough
sling made of black silk hand
kerchief.
DIR. Cressy approached him to
undo the sling but, to his pro-
found surprise, the young man
himself jerked his injured arm
free, thrust it inside his coat
pocket, drew out something
wrapped in tissue paper and
handed it to the physician.
DIR. Grassy undid the wrap
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Cressy. 1--WE must tell what we
saw tonight, even il 1t wrecks
Marie utterly and Loren is : :"
She shuddered violently.
What we saw tonight would
never be admitted as evidence
in any court" said DR.. Cressy.
What a, man does in sleep
waking state, unconscious of his
actions, cannot be taken as fact.
He could never be proven guilty
of murder because of what we
saw even if he were guilty"
Even If he were guilty." re-
peated the girl. Can you have
any doubt of his guilt after what
you've seem"
yes. l don't believe he COM
mitted the murder"
Hazel stared up into his face,
silenced by utter amazement.
Come" he said, taking her
hand, ''let us not stay in this
horrible room any longer"
He led her to the door and out
into the hall. There he looked up
and down the short distance from
end to end of it, but saw nothing.
But they were not to escape OBJ
servation. AS they passed the
room of Jonathan Emmons, the
nervous old gentleman. /. sos. -.
his door opened and he stood in
it, arrayed in his green dressing
gown with the voluminous sleeves,
evidently considering faring forth
on an nocturnal promenade in his
effort to foil the demon insomnia.
It seemed to DIR. Cressy that he
was forever fated to run into him
The Washington times., 1926-05-17
HERES FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

Doesn't the father help her,
them" asked Bobby.
mot until our eyes are opened, ;"
said Bunny. 81 reaHy think a
father rabbit would be in the
way before that time"
! ct suppose So" said. DO
you remember your father well,
Bunny?"
Perfectly" he sighed. after
the time when my brothers and
sisters and l had our eyes opened
he used to watch us out in.
front of our front door, and
remember how he used to take
us between his paws and caress
US. We loved our father very
dearly. And the tasty herbs he
used to bring us! can see
him now coming across the field
with dainty bit in his mouth
for u.s.
Then Bunny became very quiet.
cts nice to have such sweet
memories of your father, isn't it,
Bunny?" I asked, patting the
little rabbit on his soft, white
head.
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in the middle of the night with
one of the Crittenden girls
but now he was too preoccupied
to even care.
"Good evening, miss" said the
old man in what seemed to be
trying to make humanity pleas
ant tone. Good evening, doctor.
Glad to see you better. I heard
you were sick abed. Hadn't been
trying your own medicine, had
your"
Merely a little spell of over
fatigue from trying it on my de-,
fenseless patients. But you, too,
seem to have had 80 DIR,
Cressy hesitated just what phrase
to use.
Liberal strips of white court
plaster criss-crossed the nervous
gentleman's forehead and ex-
tended down in queer looking
festoons, for the ends. had loosened
up somewhat. One extended down
over his left eyebrow, along the
side of his eye, and across his
cheek to his chin. He put up his
hand to them.
At the Door
'oh, a little device of my own
for fighting this neuralgia that
comes from not sleeping. Court
plaster along the nerve lines.
DR.. Cressy thought to himself
as they passed on that he could
give him a more scientific treat
ment for neuralgia, and one that
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THE BLUE BEETLE

woman. She swore she wouldnt
give him up no matter what hap
pened. And then Kathleen prom.
Used to let her engagement with
Kent go on as far as the people
on the Sumatra knew anything,
in order to protect Marie, for we
all knew something terrible would
happen If Loren found out.
Kathleen hoped that II Marie
were given time she would come
to herself; would find out for
herself what Kent was. So there
we were, cooped up on that boat,
with that. Kathleen made me
promise not to ever say anything
of what L knew. But just the
night before we landed in San
Francisco, was furious about
an insult that Kent had offered
Kathleen and, well l
dropped something that made
Loren suspect. think he watched
and found out"
HazeIs words stopped, but she
finished her story by making a
gesture toward the spot where
Kent Glendenning had laid dead
and where Loren Echard
had enacted his terrible, uncon-
scious pantomine.
Their Decision
eve . we must save
Kathleen at all COSTS" whispered
Hazel finally, turning her childish
face. strangely worn and sharp
ened into a formed maturity in
these last few days, up to DR..
The Washington times., 1926-05-17
You Will Want to Know Beautiful Peggy Starr Heroine OF
the Most Interesting Story OF Young Love Ever
Penned By Beatrice Burton.

table. "a girl can be the best
cook in the world and the
spuzziest housekeeper, but If she
doesn't look pretty, herself, she's
absolutely blah as a wife-do
you know that?v
Clever Advice
Peggy pinned the, roses on her
breast, thoughtfully. II suppose
you're right. Lolly.', she said,
"but isn't it funny, I'd love Ran
ny just the way I do IL he We're
lame and halt and blind. see
him with my heart, / guess
well, he won't see you that
way!" said Lollys with the wis
dom of the serpent. He'll give.
you the once-over and compare
you with other girls, and 4
you're not as pretty and poppy
as they are, you're sunk
She stopped, and gave Peggy q
look that swept her from head to
foot. "Oh, but won are! You're
the prettiest and sweetest thing
that ever happened she said.
II love you to pieces, and I'm
glad you're my sister,
When she had gone Peggy sat
down to wait for Ranny. He had
promised to be home at $50, and
here it was 6:15s-what could have
happened to him2
Peggy turned over the pages OF
q new magazine idly. All her.
brain was centered, not on the.
book in her hands, but on the
sounds in the street below.
A . la 90 Cla ~ n ia
OF car turning into the drive
way. Then came the banging OF
the vestibuIe door downstairs.
She ran into the tiny hall of
the flat footsteps on the stairs!
was not Ranny who had come
in the suite above them-a mid
dIe-aged man who had lent her a
tack hammer the other day.
How do you do2" she said to
him. II thought you were my
husband" and closed the door.
On the rack beside her hung
Ranny,s raincoat and his old gray
felt hat. Only this morning he
had changed to a stiff straw one.
She picked up the old felt hat,
crushed 1t in her hands, and
kissed it, loving it because 1t was
his-as she loved everything that
was his.
What a silly am about hin"
she thought, an hour later as she
stood at the window alone and
looked out into the darkness,
watching for the flash Of his au-
tomobile lights-"and he doesn't
5 care enough about me to come
home to me on time, the very
first night we have together
herew
She looked around her at the
shadowy walls of the little nest.
There was no bitterness In her
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The Story Thus Far

PEGGY STARR has RANDALL PHELPS
for nearly suddenly asks her to free him from nelr
brutal frankns mas Ial4
IN love with her SHIRLEY
Peggy that these two happy
stunned. But she gives Ranny
her AUNT AGONY shrewd spnster
who calls Phelps lazy
lng beautiful niece to PETER WIk sober
bachelor who's love with her. &A@5
and Ranny to Fay tells
Peggy that they don't for each much as they
thought discovers that she secretly
seeing great deal of her old beau. EDDIE CARTER
in Peggy's
birthday Ranny feeling hilarious arrive late and
Peggy Fay have been having few drinks
along the road to celebrate the end Of their engagement The
children,
woods and Ranny find themselves paired off Ranny
tells Peggy that after ALL she's the only girl for him. and she
suggests then
So they do
She finds letter from Fay Shirley in his clothes but
without reading i'll She makes mind
jealous But few nights later when she and Rnny having
after
him flirting in mirror the wall of the with
sitting at the next table, Disguised and the
tears Peggy sarcastcaly asks him
he wouldn't like to name and address
and become
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Ranny and Eddie have been
tellin' me all evening how pretty
an1-and I JUS love til jus
love anyone to tell me how
pretty / ami
She sat down before Peggy's
dressing table and began to rub
Peggy's toilet water all over her
face and neck.
II know it's not truel : know
I'm as homely as a mud fence,
but just the same ] love people
to tell me I'm pretty, she went
on thick1y, as she held the bottle
OF scent up to her nostrils.
violet, she said. Il used to
use violet while ago when I
was going around with Ranny
she broke Off and set the bottle
down on the dressing table with
a bang.
Il don't use violet any more, z
she added, and swayed uncer-
tafrlIy 70 her feet. Come on out
in the other room and let's see
what the boys are doing.
Ranny and Eddie Carter were
sitting side by side on the daven-
mort against the background OF
CAV silk cushions Peggy had
made, all by hand, and Eddie had
one Of them "a yellow one. on the
floor under his feet. He had one
hand full of slated peanuts and
with the other he was throwing
them into his mouth, one by one.
say, got anything to eat2 he
asked Peggy, I'm starving \
Eddie was always starving.
Peggy had never seen him in
her life when he WASH t Just
dying for food. He always nad
something to nibble on, in his
pockets popcorn or peanuts. or
licorice drops.
Entirely Fay's Idea
He followed Peggy out into the
little kitchen Of The Nest and
went around. opening cupboards.
peeping into the breadbox and
the oven.
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the trip overland through North
Africa and join the Sumatra
again at Gibraltar. During those
weeks Marie wrote him every
day, sending letters ahead to sta
tons where he would pick them
up" She became silent, her
face clouded, lost in thoughts OF
this time. Her words filled DIR.
Cressy with strange, tremulous,
conflicting emotions.
know of his unfaithfulness?"
II told her but she al
ready suspected. And do you
know what my sister Kathleen
did,"
mo"
"WeIl, first she pleaded with
Marie to give him up
not because she wanted him back
again, but because she had be-
come convinced she'd made a ter
rible mistake in the first place;
that he was no good, and that
Marie was in deadly danger In
So that the thought
flashed through the young doc.
tors mind was the thing
he had seen in the handsome,
dead face that night; the weak
ness, the , lack Of something.
Hazel's words settled forever
something which, in spite of him
self, stuck like a thorn in his
subconscious; that was the ques-
ton, How could Kathleen fall in
love with me a few days after
her fiance had died? Hazel was.
going on:
but Marie acted like mad
The Washington times., 1926-05-17
Tense Situations Thrilling Cmaxes and the AmOurs q
Hot-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOsslng
and Exciting Serial Novel

tI,lI lust have one OF these.
guess ne said, when ne found
the lanais chops. He ake them y NV
resting his great bulk against tile
cold stove.
Food never makes me s0peNf
like it does some people when
they've been drinking, he told
Peggy. with his mouth full q
meat. Fay and Ranny and
have been together since s o'clock
and,
How did you happen 20 meet
him.? Peggy asked.
We didn't meet him, Eddie
answered. we went up 70 bis
office to have q drink With hin1z.
celebrate his marriage yknoW
II was Fay's idea. She sal4:
Wen Jus go MP and have q III
drink with Ranny 10 celebrate -
marriage. An then We ell pile0
into his car and came out heFe.
He stopped and looked sleeplAys'
around the kitchen. Got any
thing else to- eat ~
Peggy suddenly remen1bere4
the pie that she and Aunt Ag01N
had made. deep dish ample ple
that even now was scentinE tnes
Air of the kitchen with its sweet
spicy smell.
As she watched Eddie take ~
xuosgra ~ IL into his fat, pink
hand and bite into Il: Pegsy ne1s
4 VViIa desire to laugh ana 70 err
at the same time.
a Good Appetite
Her first dinner n the lttls
Nestl Her first dinner, planned
with such loving care and cooked
with her own hands. tor Ranny
ana here was tat Eddie Carter
eating II with such gusto.
If it hadn't been sad It w0llla
have been awfully funny
From behind the closed doors
of the living room came the SOFT
strains of Irving Berllns
member. 4 and Fayss high ~
Draro voice singing along with ~.
Remember, remember
Then. presently, Ranny,s deep
voice Joined In. Then there Was
silence.
sssuess you'd better chop some
lee and take some ginger ale n
there before we an 20 sleep,
Eddie advised her. drowsily cut.
ting himself another silver e.
apple pie.
re looked very heavy and
sIeepv His eyes were half shut
and he talked slowly as e he
were partly asleep already.
But Peggy had never been
more wide awake in her life.
EVERY nerve III her body was
alert, listening for some s0una
from the living room. But there
was none.
no BE continued T0n0EFoW1