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boy seemed unaware Of him, but Blue
Serge, after a sharp look, went back to
the desk, summoned the manager
again, brought him out into the lobby
a little way, and nodded after the boy.
Then he disappeared into an elevator.
Martin sat still, not quite sure wheth-
er he was wasting time or whether
things we're really coming into focus.
It was worth waiting another minute for,
The last scene of the swift little panto-
mine followed Immediately.
The manager, returning to his ohice,
paused for a word to the bell captain.
The bell captain spoke to the boy Blue
Serge had pointed out. The boy, with
look of surprise, went into the man
ayers Office to come out, a minute or
two later, flushed, indignant and,
withal, profoundly puzzled. Something
had happened to him that he seemed
utterly at loss to account for-disci-
pline, evidently that he felt to be I'M
deserved. He was coming along slowly
in Martins direction. That was luck.
There was a service door of some sort
right beside his chair. That was luck,
too, for it wasn't until the boy was in
the act of passing his chair that the
the significance of the little play clicked
into a pattern in Martins mind. That
boy had seen something. He possessed,
probably without suspecting 1t, some
piece Of damaging information, and
they'd taken measures to prevent his
giving that information away. Prob
ably discharged him. Laid him OF on
a fictitious pretense.
If this was a good guess. Martin had
something to tell him. He rose from
his chair just when his doing so inter-
cepted the boys progress toward the
door.
IT guess you're looking for me-" he
said.
BY that time Martin had moved from
his chair to where one of the great
square pillars of the lobby cut off the
view of the desk. The boy followed
him uncertainty and asked, What
made you think was looking for you?"
Martin took the plunge. eff they
just laid you off," he said, IT think I
can tell you why they did. Who's the
hatchet-faced man in the blue serge
suit who works for Forster? He pointed
you out to the manager just now"
do you mean Conley? I haven't
done anything to him. Say, who are
you? How do you know they laid me
off?"
"Conley's expecting reporter around
here in a few minutes reporter
VIII bIy11B W 11lO 'OOL dDOuC GI16 O1S-
appearance of a girl. Conley knows
more about it than he wants to tell,
| and he doesn't want the reporter to
find out anything. He had you laid of
because he thought you knew something
about her"
"I don't know anything about any
girl that's disappeared" protested the
boy. Say, who are your"
I'm the reporter Conley's expecting
in about Is minutes. got here be-
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casual. And, If his question aroused
suspicion, he'd be worse off than if he'd
gone straight to the clerk in the first
place.
His gaze was questing about the lobby,
noting everything that everybody did,
studying faces in the hope of finding
one dull and friendly and unsuspicious
enough to suit his purpose
The man who had Just come down In
one Of the elevators and now stood
talking to the captain hadn't a face
like that; very much the contrary, in
fact. In his uble-breasted blue serge
suit he looked like the house detective.
Martin kept staring at him, regard
less OF the risk Of catching his eye,
until. in his own minds eye, he had
put derby hat on his head and a
brown overcoat on his back and a
little leather notebook in his hand, and
recognized him. He was the man who
had come to Rhoda's apartment last
night, getting names for the new city
directory. And this Identification led
to another. This was the man whose
voice he had just now been trying to
remember. the man on the telephone
who had been pretending he was
Forster.
He hadn't wasted any time getting
downstairs from Forster'S apartment
and the action, following so closely on
their telephone conversation, had to
Martin the look of springing directly
from it. It seemed q reasonable guess
that the instructions Blue Serge was
giving the captain were that any per-
son asking questions about G. J. Forster
or trying to get through to him was to
be dealt with In a special manner.
Satisfied that the captain understood
these. instructions, whatever they were,
Blue Serge crossed the lobby to the
desk. Here his business was not with
the clerk, but with the manager.
Leaving the desk, the man in the
blue serge suit now started across the
lobby in new direction, one that
would bring him, unless he veered OF,
uncomfortably close to Martins chair.
But before this embarrassment became
acute he was diverted by one Of the
bell boys who crossed his path. The
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response to an inquiring, glance from
the elevator boy. He hoped the phrase
would conceal his ignorance Of the
actual number of the top floor, and it
did. He perceived, though, that even
the briefest hesitation on his part when
he stepped out of the elevator at the
top would be fatal to his plan. The
boy would ask him whose room he was
looking for. He must choose in advance
which way to turn. Very well. he'd
turn to the right.
The car stopped, the boy opened the
door, and Martin walked out and made
his precalculated turn.
It seemed at first that he had made
a bad guess, for he found himself walk
ing straight toward partition of glass
and oak with a door in the middle of
1t marked &c. J. Forster These we're
the offices. But the door was Gjar and
there was a light inside. The elevator
hadn't started down. The operator was
certainly watching him. The only
thing he could possibly do was to push
open the door and walk in and see what
happened after that.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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rwENrY-F1RsT INsTALLMENT.

TORBES hung up, too, and left the
L booth. Then he sat down In
one of the big armchairs IN the
i lobby.
The first thing to find out was
the number of Forster's apartment, and
the obvious way would be to ask the
clerk. But Forster was no ordinary
transient guest here. A man as rich
as he was, and permanently domiciled
here, would have special defenSeS. The
better way would be to drift into casual
talk with somebody, bell-hop or the
girl who sold theater tickets, lead up
to his question, and ask it idly.
But 1t wasn't so easy as 1t looked, to
frame that question so 1t would sound
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The prices of raw coffee have tumbled
A&P, with Its foresight into market con-
ditiOns, is able to Immediately take advan.
tage of this. Consequently, down go A&P
coffee prices and these prices are not
sale prices. They are A&P's new, low, reg
ular prices. \
Undoubtedly, you know that AAP buys
only the finest grades of coffee from the
worlds greatest coffee-growing countries
Colombia and Brazil. Therefore. these cOf-
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Pin Taken From Lung.

NEWARK, N. j., December S P).-A
pin has been removed from the right
lung of Gladys Gest, 6, after 1873 days
Of pain to her and an expenditure of
$l,100 by the Presbyterian Hospital 1t
took seven X-ray pictures to locate it.
Then there was i've operations with use
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Rene de Bonand Dead.

BIARRITZ, France, December 5 Up.
of Anne Harrison, the daughter of the
late Learner B. Harrison of Cincinnati.
Ohio, was announced here yesterday.
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mum use of the apparatus was II SEQ.
onds because of the danger Of iniuring
tissue. On the fifth attempt there
proved to be time enough.
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It enjoys the signal honor of being selected by the famous
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of the Horoscope, x-ray apparatus
which permitted doctors to watch
through the wall of the chest instru-
mentS inserted in the throat. The maxi
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Right at a time sOhen saving is uPpernost in the
minds Of millions >. AGP makes deep cuts in the
price Of coffee.
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fees are guaranteed highest quality. "AaP's
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NIGHT O'CI.OCK

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RED CIRCLE

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OUR GUARANTEE -: buy pound today. you de-
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RHODA
A Red-Headed Girl
By Henry Kitchell Webster


Copyright 1872 North Newspaper Alliance and
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. rHuks1lAY Drtlrn1
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YOUR
ruOTCE
O~dar anu &c
these NampoeHS
Soups from xour
Asparagus
Bean
Beet
BouilIon
Celery
Chicken
Chicken. Gumbo
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
Seniors Juniors
Elect Officers

Enrolment of Freshmen in Carbon
County high school numbers 70;
Sophomores 81; Juniors Al and Semi
ors 54. The total registration of 237
is expected to increase by the first
of next week as a number of young
people will be returning from sum-
mer employment in Yellowstone park
and from rural districts.
Upper classes elected officers to
serve for the 1929-1930 term. Robert
Clark was elected Senior class presi-
dent; Edgar johnson, vice president;
Frances ClaHich, secretary; Edna
Pippinger, treasurer and Miss Dagny
Hassell, advisor. The Juniors elected
Marshall Foltz, president; Robert
Woodrow, vice president; G race Dag
get, secretary; Lucille Hicox, treas
urer and Miss Loretta Swift, advisor.
Thirty-five girls have signed up for
the school Glee Club. A school or
under the direction Of Miss
Dorothy Landon, may be organized.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
September 2S Dance
Proceeds To Go For
Holiday Charities

The philanthropic department OF
the Woman's Club of Red Lodge will
give their annaul dance Saturday eve
ming, September %, at the Labor
Temple. Mrs. B. B. Downard is chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments and assisting her are Mrs. NJ.
E. Pippinger, Mrs. NJ. Weber, Mrs.
Fl. V. Cartwright, Mrs. Mary Joki-
johnson and Mrs. F. H. Alden. Pro-
ceeds of the dance will be used for
local Christmas charities which the
philanthropic department undertakes
annually under the leadership of Mrs.
James Brophy.
Preceding the dance the American
Legion drum and bugle corps will
appear on the street in parade. Snec-
ial numbers will feature the dance
program at the Labor Temple.
The approaching event is adver-
tised as the "candy dance" Twenty
one-pound boxes of candy will be
given holders of lucky numbers.
Music will be furnished by an ex-
cellent orchestra and the public is
cordially invited to attend the most
dance of the season in Red
Lodge
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
Church Session
Next Wednesday

Yellowstone association of Congre-
gational churches will hold session
in Red Lodge next Wednesday. The
session schedule will open with organ
ization at one-thirty in the afternoon,
followed by q devotional and inspira-
tional hour, led by Rev, B. T. Schwab;
echoes from national council by Rev.
c. ]. Powell, D. D.; the superinten-
dents outlook on the association by
Rev. O. P. Avery; group meetings of
men and women with Rev. Claton S.
Rice and Lydia Lord Davis; business
session; fellowship dinner, served by
the local church with Rev. H. Miller
Scott toastmaster; worship at seven
thirty; address by Lydia Lord Davis;
musical selection; address by Rev.
Rice; adjournment and benediction.
The general public is cordially in
vited to attend the evening session
in which Rev. Rice, the new state
of Congregational
churches and Mrs. Davis will be the
principal speakers. Mrs. Davis is an
on foreign missionary work.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
DRY CREEK FIELD
OIL DEVEL0PM
PERMITS IN BADGER BASIN TO
DRILLING COMPANIES IN PAST
WEEK.

The past few weeks has seen CON
siderable activity in the Dry Greek oil
field, 10 miles east of Red Lodge,
where the Ohio Northern Pacific No.
2 has reached depth Of 3,845 feet.
For the past six weeks geologists
have been working over the entire
field from the O'Connor hill to the
Golden Dome in south Dry Greek. It
is rumored that geologists Of three
large oil companies have been work.
ing the field over, and information
from a reliable source was given out
that a rig would be put on the Arm
strong place within three weeks, to
drill validation hole to protect the
permit on this land. This location
would be approximately three quar-
ters Of mile east of the Northern
Pacific No. 2. This hole, in all proba-
Continued on page 81
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
Report Shows Local
Grade Schools Get
S85,SS8.77 In Year

A total Of S426, 98S.7o was avail
able for use during the fiscal school
year, ending June 30, 1929, received
from the county and state for opera
tion of the schools of Carbon county,
reveals the annual financial report of
Miss Abigail Doran, county superin-
teildent Of schools. The total includes
amounts apportioned to Carbon coun-
ty high school and accedited high
school fund. OF the total above given
$95,139.20 was balance on hand
from the previous school year.
Of the total amount school district
No. l., comprising grade schools in
Red Lodge, received $50, 8s8.77, the
report showed, the balance of $341,-
100.01 being received for the other
fifty-six school districts, Carbon
county high school and accredited
high school.
Salaries of teachers provided the
largest single item of the years ex-
pense, teachers for the Red Lodge
grade school receiving $40,909.S9,
the report discloses. Salary disburse-
ments for Carbon county high school
teachers figured $17,976.91. The net
amount spent for all county schools
was $343, ,659.92.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
ConUeN Delivers Constitu-
fional Address to Schools

Tuesday was Constitution Day and
the event was observed by the var
ious schools of the city and county
with study of our basic law or with
exercises tending to impress on the
minds of the pupils the Importance
of law observance, and the duties and
responsibilities of American citizen
ship
At the Roosevelt school special ex-
ercises were held at which County
Attorney E. P. Conwell made an ad-
dress dealing with the history and
meaning of the Constitution and COM
mended the spirit that prompted the
movement for its careful study by the
school children of the nation
'The Constitution of the United
States" he declared, "means more to
us Americans that mere declaration
of organic law. 1t is a safeguard of
the institutions we love and the lib
critics we cherish. 1t is not difficult
of understanding, it is couched in
simple Understandable English and
no citizen of this republic should be
unacquainted with the meaning of
each of its provisions Genuine pat
riotism does not consist in flag wav-
ing and loud declarations Of loyalty
to our government. 1t manifests it,
self rather in an unobtrusive and un-
form adherance to the principles of
the American Constitution; in the
quiet observance Of the law and in
lives lived uprightly every day in the
year.
eve need not fear bolshevism as
such; our danger is not SO much from
without as within; our nation is
sound and will remain so just so long
as our people study its constitution
and adhere to its principles. Law en-
forcement is not our great problem
today as much as is law observance.
That is an exercise in which every
one can indulge.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19

THE hope of our country hes not
in vast armies and modern battleships
but in the lives of it's public school
children and their teachers who are
fashioning and fitting the men and
women of tomorrow to attain a status
of loyal and worthy citizenship. So
it is well that they carefully study
and carefully teach the meaning of
that great instrument that made men
of kings and kings of men.
"In it are incorporated the highest
ideals and principles of liberty and
justice. They are the foundations of
our government; the inspiration of
Americans Of all generations. The
American Constitution since its birth
has been the classical model Of hun
dreds Of republics; for more than one
hundred fifty years it has been the
object of the admiring regard of the
whole world. Gladstone, the great
English statesman, declared it to be
the most wonderful work ever struck
off at given time by the brain and
purpose of man and jefferson termed
its trainers, an assembly, of the dem
igods."
AS long as Americans love and
scancct thoee great human truths en-
bodied in our Constitution, not only
in theory but in fact, so long will our
glorious institutions exist The fut-
ure of America is safe so long as
there is love and respect on the part
of all for the Constitution"
In closing, Mr.. Conwell paid high
tribute to city superintendent H. B.
Field, Principal A. T. Jenkins and the
other teachers in the Red Lodge city
schools for their zeal in the cause of
patriotism and right liv-
ing and for their interest in the vel
fare and PR instructions of the
pupils placed in their charge.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
COUNTY FARM IN
MATE KILLS SELF
With DYNAMITE
APPARENTLY LIES DOWN IN
DITCH AND BLOWS HEAD OFF
WITH DYNAMITE. MENTALLY
UNBALANCED.

A coroner's jury last Thursday eve-
ming probed into the gruesome death
of Gilbert Fossom, "A, inmate of the
county poor farm, who had disap-
peared from the farm three days pre-
viously and was found last Thursday
afternoon by Robert Mcdonald with
the head literally torn from the
shoulders. The unfortunate man was
mentally unbalanced and was unsuc-
cessful in twenty year effort TO
build perpetual motion machine.
He disappeared Monday, September
9. Search proved futile until Thurs
day when the remains were found
lying in the second dry irrigation
ditch west of the poor farm. The jury
found Gilbert Fossom came to his
death by his own hand and evidence in
dicated that he had placed stick of
dynamite under his head and set off
the fuse.
Mr.. Fossom had been an inmate Of
the county farm for eight or nine
years. His companions were fond of
him and although not mentally normal
he was harmless and very likable.
The morning of his strange departure
he donned vest, coat and hat that
he seldom Wore. When he failed to
return Monday morning no alarm was
felt because the caretaker of the farm
believed he had gone to neighboring
farms to visit and had worn his best
clothes. However, when he failed to
show up later in the day a searching
party was formed.
The remains We're placed in the Red
Lodge cemetery Friday morning.
Whereabouts of surviving wife and
two daughters are unknown.
The coroner's jury was made up Of
county coroner B. B. Downard, Frank
Friauf, B. D. Whitcomb, R. S. Cole
man, Chester Haggin, J. T. Green
and G. B. Foltz.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
NeWs Editor Visits
Kentucky Birthplace

visited they were the recipients Of
the cordial hospitality for which many
of the southern states are famous,
All through the state they saw
fine fields of tobacco and corn, but
very little grain. The country was
exceedingly dry, especially in the Blue
Grass country.
According to Mr.. Shelley's letter,
they, together with Congressman J.
NJ Robsion had most delightful viss
it in Frankfort as the overnight
guests at the Governors Mansion
They found Governor Sampson gen-
tleman of distinguished personality
and Mrs. Sampson equally as charm
ing. They were eleven days in max
ing the trip, and found Mammoth
Cave and Lincoln's birthplace at
Hodgensville especially interesting
A beautiful memorial has been
built upon the sacred spot upon which
the cabin stood, and within this mem
orial stands the cabin itself. The
corner stone of this building was laid
by President Roosevelt on the 100th
anniversary of the Emancipators
birth. On the walls are carved in
scriptions, eulogies and history of the
beloved Lincoln. Down a hill a short
distance from the cabin is the spring,
which furnished the reason for build
ing the cabin in this spot.
Mammoth Cave, giant hole in
the ground, covering about 15O miles.
contains many tunnels and narrow
passages, strange formations oi std
actite hanging from the ceilings, and
1 river, on which visitors may ride
eor seven miles, flows through the
ave. This is to be one of the Ma
ional Parks, as soon as the state OF
kentucky makes the purchase from
he owners and presents it to the
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-09-19
BRIDGER LAD KILL
ED WHILE PLAYING
WITH LOADED GUN
IN HANDS OF YOUNG
Err BROTHER is DANGEROUS
PLAYTHING. GETS CHARGE IN
MOUTH.

An inquest into the death of Joseph
Kohler, IA, conducted in Bridger
Tuesday morning, disclosed that the
lad came to his death from a gunshot
wound, received at the hands of a
younger brother, Edward, aged 8. The
accidental shotgun charge occurred
about four o'clock Monday afternoon
when the older boy was blowing down
the barrel of hunting gun and the
younger boy pulled the trigger.
The slain boy is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Kohler, residing nine
miles south of Bridger. He and four
other children had been playing to-
gether in an automobile left at the,
ranch by an uncle. The gun was
not thought loaded and the boys had
been doing stunts with it when the
elder Kohler boy placed the muzzle
in his mouth just as the younger boy
reached for the stock and accidentally
pulled the trigger. The wounded boy
lived as minutes but never regained
consciousness,
The Kohler family game to Mon
tana about five years ago from North
Dakota and had lived in the vicinity
of Bridger since their residence in the
state. At present they are living on
the Rudy Shupak place.
Sheriff John Albert and county
coroner B. B. Downward Investigated
the shooting.
Joseph Kohler was born in Glen
Ulm, North Dakota September 6, 1915.
Immediate survivors are his parents;
two sisters, Rose, %, Hildegrade, 5;
four brothers Mike, 20, Tony 1s, Ed
ward, 0 and Raymond
Funeral services were held yester-
day at one-thirty from the Catholic
church in Bridger under the direc-
tion of B. B. Downward with Father
Patrick Joyce officiating. Interment
was made IN the Rs tlzvale cemetery.
The coroner's jury was composed of
Melvin Walker, R. A. Thornton, E. B.
Bunnell, c. z. Fenton, Ed Scoins and
Kenneth Baldwin