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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07
MORE 'QUAKEs IN THE PARK
The Strange Openings in the Earth
Clearly Indicative of Earth
quake Origin

A letter received from a party of
tourists who have a winter camp in
the National park, gives particulars
Of the earthquakes which were re-
ported recently.
The letter is by way Of Beaver AN
yOn, Idaho, and says that for the
last two weeks the subterannean
noises have been distinct and nearly
every day there have been eruptions
in different parts of the park near
the Giant and Giantess geysers, also
near the Great Castle geyser. There
have been openings in the earth
through which came clouds of steam
or smoke, it was hard to tell which.
When these eruptions commenced,
cattle and horses in the vicinity
showed great uneasiness and would
go wandering about with the evident
idea Of escaping from the neighbOr-
hood.
The few people who were there
were at first badly scared, but finally
made up their minds that it was moth
ing more than an aggravated explo-
sion from the shooting geyser. How
ever, the openings in the earth were
something entirely new snd indicated
that the shock experienced was of
earthquake origin. Sometimes there
would be rumbling sounds and jar
ring of the earth for fully 10 seconds
before the explosion came, and the
explosions were sufficiently strong
perceptibly to jar the cooking utensils
about the camp.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

q W. Johnston Of Homestead
R5 miles South of Miami. Fla e.
prominent grapefruit grower,
shows visitors bis %HOurishinR
Mocha coffee tree Gin lOregrOuDdl.
Il is six years old and was grown
from seed imported from Yemen,
Arabia. The tree has huited
heavily for the past two years and
last season there we're picked from
the tree one and one-half gallons
Of coffee berries The coffee Is
contained 10 Q ~cherrY-like berry
each Of which contains two berries
Or grains Of coffee The blooms
are snow white and cover the tree.
giving forth q strong orange bios
SON scent The tree 90 said 70 be
the only specimen of its kind Ia
Che United States. There are
large areas said &c be suitable fOI
s0Eee culture 10 the area about
Homestead.
Mr. JohnBtOu's hobby Is natural.
WGnR strange tropical fruits anC
Or0rOYHic plants and IKE the .hOr
0aRa b~OntaniaS end ecieuH4si thu
Rs b. be has 3Ot N0mmsHeialiEeC
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Attorney Caldwell was arrested last
week for n~eglecting or refusing to
pay the city license required of prac-
ticing attorneys. Fer ~disregarding
the ordinance on the subject Mr.. Cald-
well was fined $40 and costs by Pc
lice Magistrate Cook, before whom
the case was tried. Judge Caldwell
took an appeal to the district court
where the validity of the city Ordi-
nance will be more fully tested, and
Mr.. Caldwell says it is his intention
to test net only the validity Of the
ordinance, but the power Of the pres
, ent city organization not only to try
this but any violation Of the late city
ordinances.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07
A New, Incorporated Mercantile Co.

Mrs. J. Sporting has sold cut her
stock of groceries, etc, to Ernest
Schumacher, who has been in charge
of the business since the death Of
Lewis Sporting. Mich. LangOhr has
gone into partnership with Schu-
macher. In other words, they have
consolidated and the new firm will
enlarge and continue the business at
Mrs. Sperling's old stand.
They have also taken D. F. john
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

son into the deal, and incorporated
under the name of Schumacher-Lang-
Ohr company, capitalized at $4,000.
All of the young lei are quite enter
prising and decidedly popular with a
large number Of people in the city
and surrounding country, and will
doubtless command a liberal share Of
public patronage.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Work on the electric light building
was begun this week. The side track
is not yet in, but cars r left on the
main track near the building and un-
loaded there.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

"Twenty-one years ago Thursday
of last week. says John Silverthorn,
81 had oats and wheat up on my place
on West Gallatin and had radishes
six inches long for the table"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07
NIINNIIHNHNNNIHNTNIAIINIIII Observation-Disclosures

Ed Proffitt has disposed of his
ranch on Bridger and will re-engage
in the sheep business on Bracket
creek.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

SheIby-OhiO Oil company instalIs
powerful radio b~rOadcaster to CON-
municate with office at Findlay.
O., and other company enterprises.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Chinook-Utah-Idaho sugar factory
will run this year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Ben Bisel says the spring of 1876
was quite similar to this; that many
persons did not get their crops in IN
til nearly June 1, but they grew rap
idly and the harvest that year was
the best Gallatin valley has ever SEEN
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Among the MOntanans present at
the opening of the Columbian expOsi-
ton at Chicago Monday last, we no
tice Colonel o. P. Chisholm and fam
lily, the Hon. Walter Cooper and fam
lily, and Mrs. E. Lima Houston, all of
BCzeman.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

S. w. SHETLAND of Manhattan is in
high glee over the Whitehall mine, in
which w. D. Flowers of Bozeman is
also interested. The ore is being
shipped to Kansas City and is in
great demand. It assays 76 per cent
galena.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-07

Yankee jim" will now have to take
a back seat for a while, especially on
his champion fish stories. That 81
pound trout caught by Specimen"
Schmidt, almost within sight of the
toll gate, is liable to take Jim's
breath, and there will be no way Of
recovering it or ~redeeming his reputa-
tion-as the champion l. er, fish
erman We mean-until after the
closed season, or, say, the next
Fourth of July.
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

? felt more and more the need of
bread. and, in fact, the great
banquet was really spoiled for
the lack of it.
"Then the king entered the
chamber and said:
"'Have you good fare, my
lord?'
"'Your Majesty, the feast has
been magnificent. A feast tit for
a king, but l miss something
very much. l regret to tell Your
Majesty that there was no bread
on the table and bread is neces-
sary to live ,
1.-THE king looked very cross
and severely said:
"'Go! Perhaps now you will
understand the lesson this will
teach you. Since you need bread
Yourself, now perhaps you will
learn to treat kindly those whose
work it is to make it grow, in
order that you may have it, "
Just served him right didn't
it, Foxy Grandpa said Bobby
Indignantly.
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fellow who carried a girl from
Ramon's office?
He tried to restrain the instinct
to swallow-relieve his parched,
sitting throat. He was suddenly
conscious Of a false, high note in
his voice.
What reason have you that
can alter facts? don't know
him. and that's all there is to it,"
"Yes-the odd thing is that he
knew YOU In the last hour or
two of his life you We're in his
thoughts. He scribbled your lame
hundreds of times. The tracing of
it is in the blotIer found in his
desk. OF course. no suspicion at
taches to this. We thought you
probably knew him and would
shed light on a battling case. Can
you account for his frenzied writ
ing Of your name?"
'.No-I cannot, He may have
seen it under drawing and
picked 1t out idly. He never met
me so far as l knew. 1 never
met him."
The detective nodded slowly, all
the while rubbing his knuckles:
II see. OF course you understand
we wanted to clear up this angle.
Sorry to trouble you, Mr.. Keith"
In sudden rush of his over
charged emotion. Douglas put out
his hand, gave a deep, uncertain
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it got too late to come home.
mo. Say / was home and
stick to it. Not scared, EN-?
I'll tell you later why you're to
say this"
The two detectives were ex-
tremely pleasant. I'VE knew you
wouldn't mind coming down,
Understand you have some in
formation
They led Douglas into a big
square room with a long table
in the center and roller top
desks in each of the four cor
ners. A thin, bleak looking fel-
low whom he knew by sight mo-
toned him to chair at the big
table.
Douglas sat down. He wished
he had stopped to get a drink.
His throat burned.
The thin man, whose name.
oddly enough, was Meager, be-
gan affably:. I'VE thought you
could help us out. Mr.. Keith.
on his Worth case. I'm told you
were acquainted with him."
That's mistake" said Doug
las, overhastily. II never met
him.
-"oh, had you never visited his
flat or his office"
NO, / never had
But you'd heard of him,
hadn't you? You had some mu-
tual friends?"
mo. / don't remember hear
ing of him.
Didn't you know he belonged
to firm of accountants and that
he had a private office in this
Market Street building?"
mo: didn't know it,"
You never had occasion to
meet him either in a business or
a personal way?"
II never met him in any way
whatsoever.
''Is 1t possible that you might
him, directly or indirectly, that
has slipped your mind?"
II greatly doubt it,"
Il see You're positive
you never met Ramon Worth and
you never heard of him? Well,
VIII you look at these pictures?
Do you recognize any OF them?
They We're pictures Of Ramon
on a surf board; in tennis flannels;
In swimming suit Douglas recog.
hlzed them only because he had
seen thm In an album of Sandy's.
LOOK at them carefully, if you
| please
He went through them again,
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DOBBY was sitting by the WIN
ID dow of the train in which
we were speeding by some great
fields In southern Canada. Then
looked out and said:
Just look, Foxy Grandpa! Look
ut all that wheat"
Yes" / said. Think OF all
the loaves Of bread that will
make"
Must be an awful job to cut
that all down." said Bobby. {.
"They have great machines for
it now commented, "but think
when men had to 90 it by hand
with a sickle"
THAT must have been awfully
hard work" declared Bobby.
THAT reminds me of a story,
was all had ID say for Bobby
to settle back comfortably and
look up into my eyes waiting for
me to start.
Hundreds of years ago in
France there was a very good
king who was much beloved by
his people because he was a very
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laugh: TOO bad I couldn't help
you-better luck next time"
He rose unsteadily He went
out quickly-blinking rubbing his
teeth over his lower lip. Out of
it! Ye gods, out of it! He went,
half running down the steps. He
wanted to grab someone by the
hand, laugh uproariously.
The sun swept the old plaza;
made the grass seem. new and
clean. lie cut across the park.
hands dug in his pockets. The
luck. Wild. unheard- luck
Saturday mOrning-he' drive
down and tell Judith-tell Sandy
make them riotously happy.
He got in his car-swinging
down the highway-road clear
no one in sight. Gradually he
became aware of a machine be-
hind him-close behind.
He was nervous and slowed
down. Let it pass him.
AS soon as it was ahead of
him he began creeping. He dis.
tinctly noticed the other machine
slowing. He put on all speed
and went dashing furiously-kept
this up for Is minutes.
He turned. The machine was
within 200 feet of him. Shadowed
they were shadowing him.
He wondered with sickened
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BU EIenOre MeheTin

little guessing the trap they were
springing. Mo- don't recog
niZe them"
Meager massaged the red joints
of his long, bony fingers. well.
1 guess you never saw him, then.
I wonder, Mr.. Keith, if you may
have chanced, to met the woman
who was Worth's friend? Do you
recall having been out with q girl
who may have mentioned his
name, or who may have bowed to
him while in your company and
mentioned her intimacy with
him."
why should you persist in
these questions. Mr.. Meager? I've
told you as ~emphatically as |
know how that / never net
Worth. I'm not aware Of having
the remotest acquaintance with
him in any conceivable way"
I'VE have. OF course, adequate
reason, Mr.. Keith. The coincidence
is odd, extremity odd"
Perturbed
Douglas flushed. He noticed his
hands shaking and folded them
rugnaciously under his arms.
What adequate reasons could they
have? What odd coincidence?
Were there letters giving Sandy's
name and his name? Had he
been traced and identified as the
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pang what they knew; what they
suspected He turned off at
Daily City, retracing his way.
He thought, his hands shaking
on the wheel: "God-this takes
it out of a fellow! God-I'l be
glad to get out of this!"
The evening papers and the
Sunday morning papers had moth.
ing additional. No mention Of
his name.
All Over!
With a tingling resurge Of con.
fidence he took En- out for
drive. It's over" he told him.
self. They've nothing they can
possibly pin on me-"
Monday morning they came for
him. They brought him to the
room where he had been the
first time. There were half a
dozen people here. The tall of
ficer said politely: wait here
a moment, Mr.. Keith. I'll find a
quieter place"
He stood there some 10 min
utes. Then Meager stepped noise
lessly to his side: "Will you
come with me, Mr.. Keith?"
He didn't ask Douglas to be
seated. He led him into this
small room. He turned on him
abruptly: did I understand you
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good king and had their interests
so at heart that he was called
The Father Of his TPeople. This
king was Louis the Twelfth.
One day it came to his ears
Of the good King Louis that
certain nObleman, whom he knew
very we'll, had been cruel and
brutal to one of the peasants
who worked for him on his coun-
try estate.
THE king was furious and
very indignant that one of his
subjects should b. so chastised>
So he determined to teach this
cruel man n lesson. But he
didn't tell anyone about it.
'"The king thought this matter
over very seriously for several
weeks, and then decided how he
was going to teach the nObleman
the lesson which ke deserved.
1.-THE king sent the nobleman
a royal invitation with a wide
ribbon and the royal seal on 1t,
inviting him to dinner.
Now the nobIeman was very
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to say you had never been in
Ramon Worth's Officer
"You did"
do you know. where this Of
flee was?"
"I read of it in the newspaper"
ut was in the third floor of
the building. You know
this building?"
Yes"
II want to make sure you
know this office. Let's go over
now and have look at it.
He was trapped. He knew it.
He said angrily. Aren't you
rather high handed, Mr.. Meager?'
Probably not! l hope you
won't object to coming, Mr..
Keith"
why should II"
But he clenched his teeth 20
keep from chattering. He got
into the officers machine, sitting
furiously upright. He pulled his
hat fightingly over his eyes.
They went up in the elevator.
He could scarcely keep his feet
from shuffling.
Meager stood a moment out
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Follow the Mystery Of the Blue Scarab
and the Love Affair Of the
Beautiful Heroine

"Kathleeng' he called again.
Good God, she must. be here! he
found the electric button ana
flooded the room with light. It
was enr,ty. q bedroom. The bed
was slightly mussed the white
spread was pulled down carefully
oyer one end. the pillow was
moved and had head indenta
fion IN. ii as IL some one had
rested on 1t. Yet the rest Of the
hedclothes. were not disturbed.
he opened the closet Again the
ceilinrward array of booze cases.
This time. II their labels were
to be believed. they were realiy
the good old scotch.
He sank into q chair. He a..
ulifted himself baffled he hau
entered the n1Oated castle of tbs.
enemy. but where was the CAP
tive princess whose voice had
called to him for rescue through
the night? His wandering eye
caught the glearn Of sonnet htng
tust at the edge OF the bed pill
low. He went over and drew ouE
Kathleen's heavy silver Dfaceiel
set with eTneralds and edEed
with sphinx head bangles. tds
was not mistaken then~slle at
least had been herein this fa0nis
Where was she noW2
In the Kitchen Lecay alone
awaited him. He was loosely ard
nonchalantIy sIun1ped In q chair
cigaret in q, rock amber holder
dropping negIigently from his fins
gers He looked up lazily "a nN..
Cressy entered:
Well, satisfied
That I'm going TO find out
what's happened TO her. Dr.
Cressy said 1t grimly and shortly
..But. my dear fellow, nothing
has, happened. / admit the young
LADY came here. She has left.
she has the right to- come here,
hasn't she? She's Of age. You're
not her guardian. are you, other
than seh-appointed? q?
The rage which was burning
low in. DR.. Cressy S1lddenly flared
into flame at the others sarcastic
and insinuating tone. It aeened
to him he cleared the distance be-
tween himself and Lecay at ore
bound. He gripped his shoulders.
powerful under their correctly
fitting coat. and began to shake
]. him.
''You tell me where she Isl H0u
tell me where she isy' he cried.
Lecay got up on his feet and IN
turn gripped DR.. Grassy. The
feel of the hands Of each on the
other added fuel to their mutual
antagonism. There was q mo-
ments hiatus while they stood
facing each other, looking into
each others eyes. glittering with
anger like theI eyes OF enraged
animals. Then they clinched and
in a moment were fighting des-
perately in the kitchen Of the
bootlegging fiat They careened
from wall to wall, upsetting
chairs, cracking the glass front
of the dish closet. Lecay slipped
and the two fell to the floor.
straining, pulling. pounding, roll
ing over and over each other,
humping back and forth between
the table legs and the stove legs.
TO Be Continued TomoErOW.l
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much flattered and delighted to
think that he had been summoned
to dine with the king. So he
dressed himself in his finest
clothes and drove in his coach
In great pomp to the kings
palace.
when the nobleman arrived at
the palace, he was very much
surprised to find that the king
was not to dine with him. but
that he was to dine by himself.
There was the magnificent
table spread with everything in
the world good to eat and the
nobleman sat down to this .gor-
geOus table all by himself.
He started to eat this grand
dinner and found, much to his
surprise, that there was no bread
on the table. 1t seemed strange
to him that this should be the
case, but. Of course, he did not
care to ask for it.
LAS the meal progressed he
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moments later: THAT you. Dan?
Call DIR. Stefitt in booth eleven. -
Another walt of few moments,
then:
"That you, doctor 1 had to
run downtown. Yes. I'm phOninS
from the Fairview now. I'm
sorry. but don't believe I'll be
able to join you again tonight.
Get everything YOU want-the bill
is paid. / want you to take home
a bottle of good old Scotch with
my compliments. TIL phone for
them to give it to you, BY the
way. it's too late for you to get
Amon-Ka tonight. I'll get a car
and bring the lady back to you
first thing In the morning. I'll
take the best OF care OF her. All
right. Goodnight. doctor" There
was the faint click OF telephone
hung up.
"A genial host though DIR,
Cressy, but why did he want to
hide the fact that he was down.
stairs within a few feet OF his
gueSts?"
The voice suddenly broke ou.
again:
Take couple OF bottles OF
Scotch from stEe good stock in
the little room and rush them up
stairs-Dr. Steritt in booth
efeven.'I -
''oh. all right. sir.
The Intruder
The voice Of the second man
made DR.. Cressy jump. 1t was
just on the other side OF the
kitchen swinging door. Before he
could hide the door swung. open.
q light was switched on and the
huge form of Mallory stood in
the kitchen. He was in the act
OF thrusting ont his hand to-
ward bunch OF keys he had
evidently left on the kitchen table
when he came in when he
jumped back, amazed at the sight
OF DR.. Cressy. He stood stock
still. furious. like a bull about
to charge.
SO that's what yer are he
missed. "a damned prohibition
officer. Well, IL Kid Mallory has
to pay a fine or go to jail he's
goin' to take the price out of
your hide first, my fine lad
DR.. Cressy, hardly knowing
what to do in this emergency.
thrust nervous hand entirely
unconscious of what he was
doing, into. his coat and under
his shirt, and moved the blue
scarab from its position. But the
unconscious gesture had a magic
effect upon Mallory. He thrust
his hands into the air and ex-
claimed!
''All right. bo. You got the
drop on me-: Seems as IL I never
can figure these toffs with
shoulder holsters"
DR.. Cressy instantly realized
that the ex-pug thought he car,
ried a revolver under his arm
and was at that moment covering
him. So he continued to stand.
one hand in his coat front, in
the attitude Of Napoleon Bon
aparte. feeling himself a con-
queror, yet not knowing what to
do with the conquered. Why
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NOW CONTINUE.

a word of explanation and al
was we'll.
The physician had now been en-
tirely over the large fiat, which
originally. must have had eight
or nine rooms, and there was
nothing that would give him a
clue to Kathleen's whereabouts.
He remembered seeing a door
leading out Of the little kitchen
there might be something still
unexplored beyond that.
Out the Door
Bv good luck at this moment
the white-capped preparer of cold
dishes stepped out of the kitchen
and into the bar on son1e errand.
DIR. Cressy quickly slid through
the kitchen and out the door at
the back. 1t led on to a small
closed porch. with wash trays
and a coal bin. This led in turn
down a back stairs. DIR. Cressy
went noiseIessly down these stairs
in the dark until he came TO q
small, square landing which
in turn led into a porch identical
with the one above Of the second
6tory flat. The door leading from
it to the kitchen was locked, but
as he was now equipped with his
fIashlight he threw a cone Of
light through the glass pane Of
the door, lighting up the interior
Of the kitchen within. 1t was
furnished with a table; chairs.
stove and dish closet. He re-
membered distinctly seeing ITO
Let signs on both Of the lower
flats. Perhaps this was a fur
nished flat to let. A single
kitchen window opened on the
porch. This was slnut but not
locked. DIR. Cressy inserted his
penknife blade under its lower
sill, raised it, switched off his
Mazda and jumped through into
the dark kitchen.
He felt along the wall and was
about to switch on the light when
he suddenly heard a voice. It
was in some part of the house
back Of the kitchen. It said:
.Iaguna 1884, And a few