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tense in the beautiful swan dive She felt
her body strike the water as always with
hardly ripple, felt the accustomed sting
ing blow of it upon her face and upon her
eyes. She curved to the surface-heard
the accustomed roar of applause
What was wrong with her? What had
happened? For although she knew her
eyes were open, everywhere was black
ness. Had they turned off the lights of
the Hippodrome? No, that could not be,
for the audience was still roaring its APP
plause and she knew that if the house had
suddenly gone dark there would have
been only silence or cries or fright. Ter
rOr swept over her.
What those on the stage saw was Helen
swimming wildly, frantically. threshing
round and round the tank instead of
climbing calmly out upon the edge and
taking her customary bows. Several of
the girls appearing in the act plunged in
and caught her. In panic she fought them
away. The audience was abruptly silent.
Down came the curtain. And Callahan,
sitting back in the house, knew that some
thing of what he had dreaded had come
about and ran back to the stage
What had happened was that in the
four seconds during which Helen, appar-
entity as healthy and normal girl as
could be, had leaped from the girder
and had struck the water, she had become
hopelessly blind!
Outwardly her eyes appeared the same
as always. But the specialists, peering
into them with their lights and magnify
ing glasses, saw that their retinas were
wrinkled, creased and folded instead of
being smoothly drawn over the back of
the pupils.
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han. United we stand, divided we fall"
The artist took the card to the printer
A day or so later, on December 3Oth,
Helen came as usual and sat beside the
cartoonist's desk. "What are you working
on now" she asked.
The artist unfastened the pile of New
Year cards, passed one to Helen, and told
her what the picture was, and what it
said.
"But we're not married." protested
Helen.
Listen, Dearie," replied the artist
firmly. "You've given me ali my ideas
for two years now, but this idea is going
to be mine. We're going to get married
and start the New Year right"
"But why don't we wait till my eyes
get bctter?"' protested Miss Carr.
Nothing to do with the case" replied
the famous cartOonist. Besides, there's
something else on this card"
"What is it," she asked.
"United we stand, divided we fall"
quoted Jack.
There was long silence.
81 guess you're right, jack" whispered
Helen.
And "Dearie" and Freddie the Sheik"
jumped in a taxi, picked up two friends
as witnesses. and in half an hour they
were married at last.
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Detached retina" was the verdict, and
then the doctors went on to explain what
that meant. 1t is upon the retna that
the images of what we see fall and are
then carried along the optic nerve to the
brain. 1t is to the eye what the film
is to the camera. Without the film in
the camera there would, of course, be
no pictures. And without the retina there
can be no pictures sent along the optic
nerves to our brains. The retina is deli
cate, no thicker than thinncst tissue paper.
1t Us attached to the inner eyeball some
thing like a curtain. As long as the cur
tain is tight. the images fall upon it and
are carried away by the optic nerve. But
il the curtain gets loose, the images cam
not be reflected upon it and the optic
nerve cannot carry any to the brain.
In Hclcn's case, the specialists told her,
it was remarkable that her eyes had not
suffered before they did. The swan dive,
especially when made from great height
into five or six feet of water, forces the
diver to strike the water with her face,
only her hands breaking the surface be-
fore her Sometimes swan divers, no
matter how skilled they are, delay for a
fraction of second in putting their
hands in front. That gives the eyes an
even harder shock.
In exhibition dives, such as Helen made
twice day, it is impossible to lower the
head and take the blow on the scalp. The
dive has to be shallow one, with the
whole body curved back, or else the diver
is liable to crash to the bottom of the
tank. SO day after day Helen, making
perfect dives to the delight of the audi
ence. was subjecting her eyes to one cruel
hammer blow after another.
Probably "a week before Helen's final
dive, they told her, the retinas of both
her eyes had been slightly loosened. The
film did not curve as truly as it did be-
fore. and that was why her vision had
been blurred. When she made her last
swan dive she again hit the water with
her back arched, and her head thrown
back. Her eyes were again given the
blow-and this last blow was enough to
tear the loosened retina completely away.
AS soon as they were loosened they
wrnkled like tissue paper in water.
And unless the retinas could be at
tached again the optic nerve would grad
uaIly die away. There was no known way
by which retinas loosened as were hers,
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Mr.. Callahan and His Blind Bride
on Their Honeymoon.

TACK CALLAHAN, who is one of the
best-known comic artists in America,
~ has at last succeeded in getting Helen
Carr, noted diving girl of the old New
| York Hippodrome, to marry him. The
! other day they went to the Marriage
ELicense Bureau, in Brooklyn, signed the
paper and five minutes later
were man and wife.
When Helen put her name to the IL
Icense, the clerk saw that Jack had to
guide her hand. 1t was only then that he
realized she was totally blind!
Yes, Helen, who six years ago used to
make the hair of the audiences of the old
tHippodrome stand on end by her swan
dive from the 122-foot roof to a small
tank on the stage, has not been able to
Zee for six years. And she will never
see again.
Had it not been for that, Helen and
callahan would have been married six
years ago. The blackness dropped on her
about a week before the date she had set
for their wedding, back in those days.
"Of course / love you, Jack" she told
him after the doctors had given their
verdict. 'If | ever see again and you
. still want me, I'll marry you. But a
blind wife is handicap no man ought to
have put on him. And | love you too
much to put that handicap on you"
Jack didn't think so, kept on not think
ing so and so has made Helen feel about
i as he has for the last six years.
The two had been boy and girl sweet
hearts. They had gone to school together,
had never been far apart. When Helen
suddenly developed into a human swan
who could dart from dizzy heights down
into water only six feet deep, and the
Iippodrome had offered her much money
20 risk her life twice a day to thrill its
patrons, he followed her to New York.
callahan was then in the condition novel
SITS describe as struggling" He was later
o create those comics-"Calamity Jane"
Hon and Dearie" and his latest and most
popular "Freddie the Sheik"-that were
o bring him success and give him a
laughing audience of millions. Helen, in
TACT, was making dollars to his cents.
This was not important; by this time
both were aware that they were thorough
in. love with each other, and had told
zach other so. Yet, it did make a differ
.nce to Callahan. He longed most earnest
" to make as many dollars as she did by
hose perilous flights so she could have no
reason for continuing them. She laughed
It him; told him that it wasn't the money
hat made her hold back. But it was so
+asy and there really was no danger. The
irop looked deadly, of course-that's why
he was being paid so highly for doing it.
But actually it wasn't She had control
4 herself every second. And as for that
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pool so clearly
there was a mist
over everything.
She had b e e n
troubled by this
mist now and
then during the
last week or two.
But it had never
been so thick as
this. What could
it be?
Her little feet
left the perch and
she 5 h OF d wn
and down, arms
out S tire t C h e d,
body curved and
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improve somehow Until they did she
would not burden Jacks life, as she
thought, with her misfortune.
Months went by. Helen and Jack went
swimming together. Helen could still
swim perfectly. All she needed was
partner to direct her course from time to
time. They went to shows, and even to
dances. Hclen's affliction was no handi-
cap here. as she was an expert dancer,
and it was like following her partner with
her eyes shut.
Often Helen would sit beside Jacks
drawing board as he did his cartoons.
Hon and Dearie" was the title of the
series. Hon" was young cake-eater
and "Dearie" his girl friend. The amusing
strip featured the wise-cracks with which
'Dcarie" responded to the love-sick Hon"
One day the cartoOnist looked at his
months work and realized that he had
unconsciously been writing down the flip
pant answers which Helen had given to
his daily proposals. More than that, he
had been using Helen's pretty features as
a model for his flapper character.
Without telling his old sweetheart what
he was doing Callahan sketched on a
peculiar card. There were two figures on
it. One was "Hon" and the other was the
artist himself. They were standing in a
huge wedding ring. And printed on it
was Ringing in the New Year 1925.
Greetings from Mr.. and Mrs Jack Gala
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could be refastened.
For three years
specialists in this
country and Europe
worked on Helen's
eyes. They could
do n o t in g and
Helen at last came
back to New York.
Jack met her at
the pier. While
Helen had been
away Callahan had
worked hard, and
he had met success.
His pictures were
popular over all the
country. And - he
still want e d to
marry the girl he
loved. But Helen
shook her head.
Wait a while. May
be her eyes would
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&C. 1925 Weekly, Inc Great Britain Rights Reserved
, 1926-01-27

init pool or card playing, and is
not caught selling soft drinks. the
afficers can not further disturb him
without some eviden ce of other
law violation. Usually under such
conditions the former pool room
proprietor opens a so-called restau-
rant and his business with his
"chief stock in trade goes on I'M
interrupted.
So, let us be fair in this matter.
If, as Mr.. McElvain seems to
imply, the county. state and federal
authorities are powerless to enforce
prohibition, with the full machinery
of the law and the vast resources
OF the government at their COM
mand, is it fair to attempt to foist
this responsibility upon our local
police who a not get even a
search warrant to aid them?
Yours truly,
D. e. HOLLISTER
Town Attorney.
, 1926-01-27
WAPITI WALLOPS

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Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Noble and
their police dog, Wolf, spent a few
days last week visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Martin at Absaroka
Lodge They rode horseback as far
as the Trail Shop where they were
met by a car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Spencer
spent the week END at the Sylvan
Pass Ranger station visiting with
the VISIONS. They drove their
car to Pahaska, walking the rest Of
the way over two feet of crusted
snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Frost drove
out from town and spent their wed
ding anniversary with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Richard at the Richard ranch.
Charlie McLain and Bill Boron
have a camp up Clock Tower creek
where they are getting out firewood
for the McClain ranch.
Miss Mary Say returned to her
home on Bald Ridge after a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spicer
Mr.. and Mrs. Dode Brundaga, Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Martin with their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Noble
spent Thursday evening visiting
with Ed. Magney at Holm Lodge
and heard a good radio.
Earl Pulley made a trip to town
Saturday, returning to Pahaska on
Monday.
Ted Huntington is visiting at the
Trail Shop helping Mr.. Sherwin
build in some kitchen cabinets and
shelves in preparation for the next
dude season.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Sherwin and
family spent Sunday with the c. J.
Huntington family on Southfork
and report the river in bad shape
owe there. The ice has been jam
ming, forcing the river into barns
and ranch buildings of some of the
places situated on a low level.
Ernest Peterson, who has beer
hauling logs for Nick Rienecker's
new building operations. took his
team to town Saturday.
News has been received from Miss
Betty Rumsey that her mother is
much improved in health and will
probably spend the balance of the
winter in their summer home on
Florida Keys.
Earl Golf spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Golf at Blackwater
, 1926-01-27
POWELL

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Mrs. ]. O.. Roach was a passen.
ger to Billings Tuesday.
William Carpenter is seriously
ill with pneumonia at his home
on Bent street.
The Home Missionary society met
at the home of Mrs. William Mud
gett last Friday a very interesting
meeting was had.
The Hart Mountain Guild gave
a n O'Clock luncheon in the base
ment of the Presbyterian church
last Friday.
Mrs. Harry Fulton who was OPP
Grated on for gall stones at the
Billings hospital last week is re-
covering nicely and hopes to re-
turn to her home in Powell in a
short time.
The Powell community was
shocked when they learned of the
death of Mrs. Edgar Bergman
during the night following the birth
of a baby daughter.
Powell Federated Missionary So
ciety will hold it's next quarterly
meeting January %, at the Meth
odist church. The Methodist ladies
acting as hostesses.
Mrs. Katherine Morton, state SUI
perintendent, was visiting Powell
over the week end.
John Willickie, manager of the
Rocky Mountain Gas Co. has been
chosen president for the Powell
Chamber of commerce.
Rev. E. e. Schult and Rev. ].
R. Walter of Powell attended the
fathers and sons banquet at Beaver
last Friday night where they both
gave fine talks.
The Powell library club met at
the home of Mrs. S. A. Nelson
Tuesday.
Al Carnum left last week for
Salt Lake city where he will find
employment with a big construction
company. Mrs. Carnum and daugh-
ter will join him later.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Kreps return
ed from Billings Saturday where
they had consulted a specialist in
regard to Mrs. Kreps' throat.
Mrs. Alva Ellege returned from
an extended visit with relatives in
Kansas.
l.. E. Peterson and w. w. And
erson were calling in Cody Monday.
, 1926-01-27
MONTANA STOCKMEN
PROTEST CREATION
OF GAME PRESERVE

The stockmen operating in the
Beartooth National forest are pro-
testing the creation of a game pre-
serve in those mountains, and are
being given opportunity this week
to voice their objections before the
Red Lodge Rod and Gun club at
Red Lodge. The stockmen and
farmers about Roberts, Montana,
are fearful least the creation of the
game refugees restrict their use of
the range within the national for
The sportmen's organization
has gone upon record as favoring
the establishment of the preserve.
, 1926-01-27
PAT O'HARA

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Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Brown and son
and Miss Thelma Black visited with
the Davis family last Sunday.
Ed Milbaur hauled a load of
oats from the Nelson home for
Frank Brough last week.
The Sunlight teacher and the
Alexanders came out to take in
the dance at Paint creek last Sat
urday.
Chas. Davis was a caller at the
Marvin home in Sunlight last week.
Ed Brown and John Nielsen were
Cody visitors last Wednesday. They
report the roads in good shape for
car travelling.
A trapper is staying at Thomp-
sons hame running a trap line up
Pat o Hara.
j. N. Mcknight was stuck on the
divide hill bringing out a load of
supplies.
Ida Marsella will be back at the
Big ranch real soon.
, 1926-01-27

Improved Chevrolet gives another
reason for an even wider margin of
observation-disclosures the equal of
which has heretofore been unattain-
able in the low-price field.
Drive where you willard as long as
youlike, through traffic, through sand,
through mud, over hills - and over
mountains, ifyou please. Expect m
thing really new, really worthwhile,
something really unique-and you will
not be disappointed.
, 1926-01-27
GLENDO STATE BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS

The Glendo State bank, of Glen
do, failed to open for business We'd
nesday morning, according to a re-
port received at the state examin-
ner's office. This is the second
state bank to be closed this year,
the Lost Springs State bank having
been taken over by the state ex-
aminer about two weeks ago.
The Glendo institution has a cap
italization of $4,000 and the total
assets, according to the statement
of December 81, 1925, amounted to
$40 1000. Gordon C. Wilson is pres
ident of the bank and James A.
Carney cashier.
The affairs of the bank are now
in charge of Stanley A. Brown,
state examiner.
, 1926-01-27
NO HURRY IN FILING
INCOME TAX RETURNS

Heretofore taxpayers have been
urged to file their income tax re-
turns early. The filing of returns
this year is delayed, pending the
enactment of the new evenu act
now before the Senate, as it pass
ed the House, contains changes
in regard to rates and other fea-
lures. However, there is nothing
to prevent a taxpayer t this time
from closing his books and COM
putting his net income. Such COM
putations will not be affected by
any provisions of the new act. The
actual preparation of the return
itself, after the computation, re-
quires in a majority of cases, but
a few minutes. Therefore, it is
advised that all figures and data be
assembled, pending receipt of blanks
by taxpayers and also may be OBJ
tanned at the office of Collector
Reynolds.
Forms 1899 and 1896 used for
making information returns, are
now available at offices of collec-
tors of internal revenue and branch
offices. Such returns are required
of persons sin whatever capacity
acting who made to a single per-
son during the year 1925 a pay
ment of $1,000 or more, or to a
married person a payment of 49,
500 or more. Such payments in
clude salaries, rent. interest, cor
other fixed or determinable gains,
profits and income"
Collectors of Internal Revenue
are not authorized to receive in
returns, which should be
addressed to Commissioner of In
Revenue, Sorting Section,
Washington, d. C..
, 1926-01-27
CLARK

Mrs. Geo. Dilworth OF Billings,
and her brother, Walter Lamport,
of Bear creek, were Clark visitors
Sunday.
Harold O'Donnel brought his fam
lily home from Billings Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Large, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Vine Mr.. and Mrs,
]. D. Brown spent Sunday together
at the Brown home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K. Large went
to Greybull last Monday to visit
with relatives.
A surprise party was given at
the Chris Weatherman home Tues
day evening for their niece, Miss
Florence Mutt, friends and neigh
bors helped her celebrate her birth
day anniversary.
A. NJ. Hill and Mrs. Geo,
Schnitiker of Paint creek, were
Clark visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stedham. OF
Billings are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bratten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jody Brown and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Vine
went to Billings. Mrs. Brown re
manned in Billings with her baby
daughter who had a slight opera
ton Thursday morning.
Wilbur Bum carried the mai
Wednesday for Jody Brown, the
regular stage driver.
Miss Margaret O'Donnel went tc
Billings Friday evening, her brother
Leon, taking her IS far as East
Bridger.
Orion Shrine is assisting G
o. Forsman with the building Of
the new house on his ranch.
, 1926-01-27
Object to Buck Passing
Prohibition Enforce'nt
Rests With the County
1continnad from pana n.a
Continued from Page One)

shine is the principal stock in
trade" Here not so long ago state
officers acting with our county of
Ulcers secured search warrants. and
made their searches and gathered
in several thousand bottles of beer
as evidence of the proprietors, at
that time, of our two most motor
ious pool rooms Prohibition en-
thusiasts were jubilant and our
ed were highly commended. Then
when the cases come into court
it develops that the searches were
Illegal. Why? Simply because thru
ignorance, careless or intent, the
form of the warrants was defective
in a vital particular, and the court
was forced to hold the evidence so
obtained, lie the 5000 bottles of
beer, illegally secured and there
fore not available for the prosecu-
ton of the offenders, who will
now probably not be prosecuted.
This fiasco can certainly not be
laid at the door of our town offic-
ials, for the sole fault lay with
the officials who were responsible
for the form of the warrant. And
here is another chance for someone
to again pass the buck.
The attitude of the town officials
of the present administration is
this: BY reason of the provisions
of our present laws, the chief re-
sponsibility for the prohibition en-
forcement necessarily rests with the
county, state and federal authorities
1t is the first duty of municipal
police to enforce the ordinances of
the town. That is to say they must
preserve the peace, arrest rioters,
drunks and other disturbers, and
in general look after the peace and
quiet of the community. 1t is also
their duty to arrest all other Of
tenders under the criminal laws of
the state where the crimes are
brought to or come under their no.
tice, whether these crimes be against
prohibition or of any other var
iety. In this we believe they have
honestly tried to do their duty. and
we know that the town is quiet
and orderly and hat our police
<court has almost ceased to func-
ton for want of business. Our
officers are ever ready to aid any
county officer in searches, arrests,
or any other way, and have always
done SO when called upon for assis-
lance.
In the matter of granting pool
room licenses, the council has tried
to be fair, and there has never yet
been placed before them any tangi-
ple evidence of liquor violations in
these resorts. If selling moon
shine is the principal business of
these places, as they claim. a pro-
per search warrant ought to readily
disclose the fact, and l am sure
that upon the conviction OF any
iicensee his license would be i'm
mediately and permanently reyok-
ed.
But there is another and practical
obstacle in the handling of this
situation, for while the council has
discretionary power to revoke POOL
room licenses, yet after this is
done they are practically helpless.
There is no way of closing up the
building, and If, after losing his
license, the operator does not per-
, 1926-01-27

The Chicago University investi-
gator who declares that the Apostle
Paul had a stenographer who took
his epistles in shorthand may dis
cover on further examination that
they were written on a typewriter.
, 1926-01-27
In Dutch

I'm afraid you thing I'm get
ting on in years." said Miss True
to the young man.
mot at ALL" was the excellent
reply. you're not SO old as you
look. / mean" he added, correct
ing himself. you look a great deal
younger than you are" -Tit-Bits.
, 1926-01-27

The Misses Bessie and Hope Ket
chum are visiting with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Charles Taggart at Cody thi:
week.-Cowley Progress.
, 1926-01-27

The only music typically Ameri-
can is that made by the hooking
bird. the saxophone and the cash
register.