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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-12-21
Ninth Instalment
What Happsnsd bsfors

f1aRpSn<o os<oss
AZ party In Palm Beach given By NJ, Ssses
C,la-,. Lesson, attorney. mssss Lucy HSuasss,
k,,vn =, Dsyll-hay -car bssssss Of bar sasen-
,atou,, srenttsl hhL In q Ssns In vheh psreesn
e., IA, eve~as ehosso. Lay 10 voa By 1fn
,,n> who hes q yrsa: reputation ~ . Ssssssfd
-brvake.. l,csoc Is bt isslssa TN
s. ell, Lacy rkey ere going sbosrd do ssss,
ths .dinsr~s. and shs seeedss liz o<Ss1 sss 70 b
"a quiter.'' Aiksd n shs Il sorry thss b vea
b.. eonesa,, Lacy ays shs Ia not and tAss
s,ideo,h rs~ la snsnSsd is. Tin thlssvsa
tel, her &c stop looking rss~sfuily afpa Lss.a-
aboard Stevens boat, the Hlrcrva, SIZE
vens tells Lucy of his love. WheA sAa re-
thes with contempt for him. hs grows ydo-
lrntly angry and she becomes afraid OF Air.
he .ays be wi. never let her 60 Iron u
Minerva until abe accepts hLn- 10 see
him. she lears into the water from hsf oaean
window, swimming q abort distance undsr
wafer.
lucy reacnes land and meets DIR. Fergus
Faauce on an island. He lakes osis OF hsS
and takes her home. Everyone wofnSS
about her. and when abe nssts Stsysns b
Is frantic. regretful and stir srdeuf IN prs-
teSt*uons of love.
Lerson informs Lscy thst Sssysns nust
Ia,se quarter Of z million Dollars OF 60
10 jail-"at Eve O'clock Lucy goes -
her h;nk and raises the sum,
lucy goes 10 StgvIas 20 help him, bcs
hc irsn>,:s to cake mpuey from Z vonan
a. whom he is not married. So Lucy
ma, les this msa that she hatsA uad
pro,~pr- RUS away iron him, yoing 70
ief stanneh iriead DR.. Fergus fauncs 10
til What she has dona
%te.ens sets out in search Of Lncy.
N,anwhile, Dr. Faures and Lury hunoh
new boz: A hurricane wrssh sAs@ %
thsi, FIRST trip Lucy p ssysd. ed n1os
what happened 10 Dr.. fayne%
Stevens threatens % hn Fssoe $3.50 IfV
sticks 70 Rim. To cave fsunes 60 ssr1fs,
bul expresses hass fer Stsvene
NE, later - ssArtSss hU BY sayhg -
&,esnt waaA Atr, and never VIII
adeaee tsais pr Of plot AGAINST -
6sDd. ,CssSsia htssss,s a., "a bred tswE
Shs bISAgss g HE pror" tnd neS =
UAsr< Ssr kpsbsnd ~. ce arc -
ussSer, go tssts OF che repArassoos
see nab ~ . tSht.
ROW CO on WITH lAE STORY
Famce Owed into his cabin; he re-
turned carrying ubls-barreled shce-
gun. And nov Lucy noted eua0s =
Fer husbands hip pocket; dsliGSks0
antieipatory shuddey ran up and down
her spine. This prom3sod errteasA
Well, she'd always thrivsd 0 l.
Over his shoulder, doS-trosthg
toward the waterway, Stevens called
back 10 his two followers:
I They've probably blocked the roads
Heading duwn< to- Sie development, and
Ye'd newer sci ,hsosgh h guard
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fully" laughed Stevens. Getting q
nice fat bribe, sheriff."
'By Godl don't you hint at No %
Ing anything crookedl" cried tho
shGif.
WAS hinting7 Didn't mean to.
Let me state it again. ! accuse you
OF being bribed. You're a nasty tat
crook, and II you don't take your men
to bell off my property III hll q few
Of you. Do you get me%
The humor had died from his voice J
Il was menacing, ugly, frausht with
deadly intent.
~ ook here, Stevens. This & Glenn
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rs FFFE FAMILY
e. DOC TOR
~ JOHN JU>J-f'r1 GAINES, MD.
a SNAPSHOT

The practice of medicine is business in the strict
of the word it is profession, based zeal
humanity prevent sickness and suffering minister to
mankind and to postpone death long humanity possible
Your family doctor does claim do miracles he makes
none of the pretensons of the ouack He does advertise
for good First he does need his work
speaks for itself Second all quacks advertise; having little
actual SKILL they must make people think they have by
Boosting of talent which they do not Third the doc
loathes humbuggery and does not mask Fourth
he is profession, not business; his work largely
humanitarian; great per cent of it is for charity
Sometimes the editor gets mad because the doctor does
advertise fake heaers do that's because the editor does
Understandable the doctor does blame him for what
he does know In fact the doctor is the EDITORS good
friend though often unapprecated
knew good family doctor who didn't stand for
everything calculated upt his communtyespec:ally
churches schools good roads, every civic enterprise in fact
That fact other existed should make community re-
spec the silent who goes about doing good
The family doctor perhaps the most meagerly paid in
proportion his days and nights of toll of any of the pro-
fessons very few family doctors wealthy indeed many
go quite plainly clad and enjoy few of fes uxuries
The doctors bill is usually the last padthough believe our
people slowly growing apprecatve OF The good and
faithful servant
The doctor is always subscriber for his hon >per and
reads the sheet doesn't up his expectations IN
wisdom ,cy he says nothing. because he dO.s not
NOsry over .nilcions that cannot Lc cured
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! sRep ~ - -. No -
NO 70 hAnGs - ! &ey decide y
Try asan. \ ~ S.oa - courage
snesOA,' sSgeesas6 LeaE 4
SAsvens crowned. '
Thy wont rush n, bsA ~ naSeht
| ny Q sssprise-beosk 10 wy for .
ear, and when you stqepsd jsnp you.
] dout HE ia Nsa q ~ VIZ Ia ths
hands Of that gang
Mr.. CARY wo1drt II Asu asts-
ely harm NJ" ed lVg. Hes 4
isisnS d Sis VIZ
"ShSs right, TIA I'd Fsess. Il
ought 10 stay hare Win yoa
aHow in blazes b ~ e1teG % hsA
her way back to Mage xgr o.
jected Stevens.
II can row a boat ssjd Lucy, "aaa
when ! reach the gsouth % the creek
! slmpb turn north, 10 the left, and
when The waterway garrows I'm OPP
positc Mango KY. The moons gone,
but the stars give enough light. OF
course can DO Il, Il you'll get the
boat for me. I hate 10 Be all muddy"
"She's right TIM" said Faunce,
again.
Stevens shrugged, then yielded. He
fetched the boat, placing the oars care
fully IN Lucy's hands, and showed her
of.
II think owe you lot Of thanks"
he whispered. you certainly saved
my bacon"
"You owe me nothing" she replied.
II owed whatever did to you"
How do you figure that" he IN
SBseeuse ] believed you were CO.
osssd b q swinAs. II seems that yoV
VIZ MT. One shouid maize payment
for unssst thosshts. I've tried 70
TSt tina thsa I'm not ta.il'
I'M tsa yo9rs sots d. said |
nch cb6ged" he ~ dry1y.
III bo6y Bent and ths sdf wsat
w0faSg OF into BE uSd@e d -
nasrow strsaan, he benl b he eaes.
JyAs. kPrins dss.e,dA p q
|eS6g 81 u Verando and heard Lseys
Inpses3oeed statement q the case.
Ia tud1a, 10 cracker, bot Southern
saai,sd s,sspay ct the psstty
IL.
~Asv spaa a,afs w sneyuh y
,;ek yoa jor q VIA Mrs. Stevens, .
,ound - ct sn even break IN any
Ikfng, bsessss ~ no fsoi. Ard hen
,st Z ~ NOD VIII tfls court. Yea
% hoae sd 81 sos,e slesp and III
istsad 70 u fe1t d he natser.'
kss ecsN trBt him. md 70 10
rsne hoGne, Wild though she wss 70
siufn - Semiaole Greek and learn
w ncapd Fergus; Fergus wss
4 sle~thpsghs-wsss sssAiag On.
1
r..,:r.nI Nav& w..
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eff we snesk - y yoar rowboat
F--Rus, old I'D. wsT beat EN- to tn
pu'ith."
1'nat, thought Luey, had inspired
or caused, or aroused this apparen
inti;:,acy between Tim and Fergus
Was it money, the surest bond of all
Did Fergus accept Tim because b,
hoped to be made wealthy But thai
didn't seem ike Fergus. =.
TIM ceased rowing. Ahead coult
be heard ths confused rnurmur o,
many voices.
They're on the FIRST bridge" whis-
pered Tim. j..
"TheA we're too late" she groaned
She heard al inarticulste ejacula-
don from her husband Then:
Thought you wanted to zee a fair
fight, Lucy. Well, be patient" He
lcane,l toward Fanisee, yet IN the calm
nigh, she hea. 4 ais words.
"It 7 can keep ore bridge standing,
I'ra al, right" he said. $50 we'll
throw EN- off this FIRST ono. An set ,
AS-rightp
I5e dug his oars into the water, and
ms skiff shot around q bend; It was
beneath q bridge before the men on Il
re4Ezed what was IN their midst.
Stevens stood up; his big hands
gripped a bridge timber and be had
Climbed. like any huge cat, upon the
bridge itseh. She heard his great
booming voice;
Welcome, friends! Didn't expect
you or ycu'G have had better recep-
ton. But, surprised as we are, we'll
do the best we can. Do you prefer
to 4 pushed of this bridge or thrown
Off We aim to please"
The sliff had drifted under the
bridge, ard now Faunce was standing
up, gripping at the tnbers above.
She would not be Left alone; rising,
The stepped the length Of the boat, and
placed her fingers upon the planiipg
M the bridge. She was standing hyI
her husband Just a. q voice cried:
knock him overj his Ill alone
"Oh, ! wouldn't ~ tAt" coon
pnted Faunce. Hb ast-Sn wal
bsung across ono arm.
From tie sAsss q ~ sesean sa-]
beker voice cailof;
Three Of tken. Va, thscs srsl
twenty a rs0
TigH-iiks, h@ hssbsPd moved
There was stifled CRY, q choking pro
est, something whiried tArosdh daal
az, and a splash from Ae Hr6a.
"Ony nineteen now" M srse4I
voice doomed. WHO'S nsx4 1T Sst
heshr
There were fou man ueca tss{
bridge, bat - be moved closer, AvI
shrank back.
walt a minute" cried q thlSd vcaes. |
"I'm the sheriff Of this county, and !
came here to zee that law and order kI
observed. These people expeesed1
Re and called ON ms for "a
men are all my dep'ties and
I'M TO cease resist;ag their law
il ccapatiou and consider yourseif
under arrest"
mo Ons could put 4 mere beauti- !
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'sSs6 fs1sSe76 eszuing them =
sspssh 49, AsS41s these bridgsA
WV ssys4 - SGkssS, yo11l aotSeA
TSU'n S1hnh ~ nasea bsstness an
VI ~ SkesGu1. Csas bach lerA
snn1 q . IN Isses 70 naake Il loch
ss.ss. Hg 4A hssa ~ isja.s-
N Is !. y.xu I'm. "
~ q swiua fos \ - Il down
tAsss aGaissi ~ hask1 Row back
10 Mango Key, hop INTO yosr car and
make your getaway Oh course thy
may b. laying for. you on the war
~ SAaX tkeA - "a AhqtSna !,
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the twelve months is steady. .!ie FIRST
and last three months OF each year
show about twenty per cert In
crrase in consumption over the resi-
OF the year.
THE peak Of the candy business
comes at Christmas and New Years
Gay Ecason for this Is age-old. Ever
since there have been Christmae trees
and ever since Santa Claus has been
visiting good little boys and girls,
rweats have reen prominent among
the Gifts to children.
.".Bcaidcs Christmas spccialtics there
ore hundreds of tons Of hard candies
made ~ contcctioners at this time. It
! "A to that the Christmas trade
puliee. TIE american confectioner out
OF til nd ,nto the BLACK on hts
ledg' however. docs not hold
true iii re is steady con-
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CH1GAao.-Thirty mil
lion dollars worth OF
candy win be included In
Santa Claus yuletide
pack this year. It lie dis
closed by Ferdinand A.
Bunte, Of Bunte Broth
ers. Chicago candy man.
uiacturers. In an address
hlr1.
3 "St. Nick will load up
witt. more confectionery
shis Christmas than ever
before" declared Mr..
Bunte while consump.
a.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
ADVERTISEMENT
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Peoples Drug Stores always guar.
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The Washington times., 1929-12-11
FRAUD CHARGES
JAIL BROKER

On . fourth charge Of alleged
embezzlement, william Z. Moffatt.
local investment broker. yester-
day was committed to jail in lieu
Of additional bond, which he
, failed to raise, Of $1,000. He was
arrested on . warrant issued by
. Federal Commissioner.
Moffatt. who was III. was ar
rested at his home by Deputy
United States Marshal John j..
Clarkson. Moffatt was supposed
70 have been tried last Monday
on two counts Of long standing,
but Justice William Hitz granted
2 continuance until next Mon.
Gay because of his illness.
United States Attorney Leo Al.
Rover swore out the additional
warrant, charging that Moffatt
efnbezzled funds he had received
from the sale of 400 shares OF
Cities Service stock intrusted to
MN BY Jonas A. Rudolph.
Rudolph alleges he gave the
stock to Moffatt to sell with the
understanding that he was to
invest the money in the Chase
National Bank. and that he did
not do so, but converted the
money TO his own use.
J This makes the fourth charge
Moffatt is facing, the other three
being larceny after trust. It
was Moffatt's arrest that caused
P0liceman Robert j. Aliens
suspension. Allen said at that
Iinle, he was going to investigate
the United States Attorneys
office to see why Moffatt had
not been tried on the two in.
dictments that originated In 1927.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
TIMELY TIPS
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eEATON PL., n. W.-Three d.
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strictly modern; adults; new build
Ings Frigidaire; fw0 rooms Kitchen.
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Rooms for Rent
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Automobiles for Sale
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BungaIoSO fer Sale
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Guiding principal and all interest.
The above tUants and offers
are only fen of many inter.
eating advertisement you WiH
find IN today's Times and Herald
sfsssifis& sSVsrfisias ssstieH.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
Air, Rail Line to Coast
Will Start Tomorrow

NEW YORK, Dec. IL dNs9.
a 4S-hour air and rail service
between New York and San Fran.
cisco, to become effective Thurs.
day over the Transcontinental
Air route and the Pennsylvania.
Sante Fe railroad systems, was
announced tonight by r. B. Glenn.
emit, general traffic manager.
The new service is in addition
TO the present one between New
York and Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-27
N|IIIlHIIIIAIIIHINlHHiINIHIIIHHII

(Continued on Page Eight)
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nation by an engineer or geologist, the Governor said. With this il mind, the Alaska Legislature put up e fund of $2o,oOO in the expec- tation that the Federal government would cooperate in the work. I was expected the latter would eln- ploy geologists and engineers anc that their expenses of travel and subsistence would be paid by the Territory. In fact, this scheme WIS carried out for two years with satisfaction to all concerned, and then the Federal Government left the Territory holding the sack.
 But enough was done to prove the worth of the idea. "It is the opinion of many of those inter ested," wrote the Governor, that better results can be obtained un- der this arrangement than under any other plan that has been sug- gested so far
 Sh0uld Be On Ground
 These geologists and engineers should be stationed in Alaska dur ing the entire year. Geological re- ports covering the principal known mineralized areas are available but do not give the necessary detailed information about the small pros poets and usually they are not pub lished for year or more after thcv are prepared It will be of inesti- mable value in stimulating develop ment if a geologist can be sent tc the scene of a new mineral discoV- cry as soon as it is reported. Hi report should be printed and dis tributed immediately. This cannoi be done unless he is stationed ir the Territory"
 Rail Revenues Smaller
 Owing to the transition of tn Fairbanks Exploration Company from construction to an opera tion basis, the freight revenues 0 the Alaska Railroad experienced 2 sharp decline during the last fisca year, said the report. The reve. nue from all sources was s1,26o,- 23407 and the deficit was $950,- T11.74. Shipments of coal increased
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to the decrease in the quantity anc value of copper that was mined Although the total mineral produc- tion is less than that for 1927, it is significant that the gold produc- tion increased very materially. The mining industry has been stimulat- ed during the past year by new de- veiopments and by assistance given to prospectors, hence it is almost certain that the production from the mines will show an increase next year"
 Changed In Form as
 The Governor noted that the character of the gold mining indus try has changed. From one that l was very largely based on the workings of rich placer grounds, it i has shifted to the lodes and low grade placer areas on which ma chimes have largely replaced the man power.
 Last year for the first time in the Territory's history the lode pro- duction exceeded that derived from, placers. The total of both aggre- gated $6,755,0o0 as compared with s5 5927000 in 1927.
 The increase in the production of gold from lodes is accounted for by the greater output of the Alaska Juneau Gold. Mining Company in Southeast Alaska the report said. Recently some new discoveries on the Taku River near Juneau, but on the Canadian side of the boun- diary, have attracted wide atten- tion and have stimulated prospect ing in Alaska in that district
 Other lode mining areas. Willow Greek tributary to the Alaska Rail- road, Fairbanks. Nuka Bay, Crow Creek. Nixon Fork, and Valdez ire port developments which indicate that throughout the Territory lode mining is receiving more attention tlieNAi III 1Oi 4ilCi JCdlo
 Copper Mining Declines
 Copper mining operations contin- ued to decline, Gov. Parks reported. Kennecott and Latouche continued to be the only producing copper properties. The downward slant began in 1923 and there has been a steady decline in the production since 1923, and further decrease is inevitable unless new ore deposits are discovered
 However, the situation is not without some promise. "Extensive prospecting on some of the more promising deposits in the Copper i River district has yielded most sat- 1 isfactory results and there is pos- sibility that new mines will be de-
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16 per cent but this was insufficient to overcome the decline of ship ments of machinery and equipment to the Fairbanks company.
 There was gratifying increase in tourist travel and it is expected with the completion of the wagon read through Mt. Mckinley Nation al Park there will be marked ad- vance in the number of visitors each year
 Efforts are now being directed to- ward colonizing the areas adjacent to the railroad. A travelling repre- sentative is now. in the States work ing on this plan. Tt is expected through his efforts the population along the railroad will be increas- ed" the report said.
 Progress was made in the pro-
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veloped before the known ore bodies are exhausted. However, an in- creased production in this metal is not likely in the near future"
 A drop in silver production was experienced along with copper. This was natural as 75 per cent of that mineral recovered in the Territory had it's origin in the copper ores.
 Other Mining Activities 1 The report dealt briefly with other forms of mining Coal min ing increased 20 per cent, the total production being 125,289 tons val ued at $624,0oo, all coming from the Matanuska and Healy River districts.
 1 oil continued to be produced in the Katalla district alone, but the Governor said; Tt is known that several wells will be drilled during the next year and an increased production is anticipated"
 An increase was noted in lead, marble, limestone, tin and plati- mum. The inception of new in- dustry, limestone quarrying. on Dall Island, was noted. This was open ed by the Pacific Coast Cement Company and has a capacity, Of several thousand tons per day and mo doubt will continue in operation many years"
 DiScussce ProblcE,s
 At some length the Governor dis cussed problems connected with the mining industry and how aid could be extended to prospectors and in- dividual miners. He pointed out the means adopted by the Territory to encourage prospecting by ex- tending financial assistance to them and by giving technical advice to them in the development of min eral discoveries. The Prospectors' Aid has worked well and will be continued during the next two years the report said. In the first two years 200 .prospectors availed themselves of the Territorial law and 110 of them submitted good reports on the work they had done.
 The Territory's effort to provide miners with expert technical ad- vice has not worked out equally as well. Not from any inherent de- fleets in the plan, but because the Federal Government withdrew the services of it's field men"
 ;fa Idea Was Sound
 The, discovery of valuable min erals by the prospector must be | by intelligent development work and seldom can the discov- | ,rer afford to pay for an exan1i-
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2S3 pounds valued at s3,so5,oaa In 1927.
 Commenting on the status Of this industry, Gov. Parks said:
 The problem of preserving the halibut fisheries has occupied tha attention cf the International Hali- bu. Commission for several years and as result of their inyestiga- tons, 1t is apparent that the fish, ing grounds bordering Canada and Alaska have been seriously de- pleted. If these fisheries are to be rehabiiitated it is probable that fishing will have to be restricted for number of years. The pro- visions Of the present treaty do not give the Commission authority to do this, Exhaustive reports and recommendations have been pre- pared for submission to Congress and the Canadian Government which, if adopted, will permit ade- quate control of the situation. Au thcrity has been requested which will permit the Bureau Of Fisheries to survey the waters of Berinp Sea and those adjacent to the Aleutlan Islands for the purpose of determ- ming whether or not commercial halibut banks exist in these dis tricts. This industry is of great importance to Alaska and the re- commentators should receive early consideration by Congress-
 Declines were noted by the Gov ernor in both the cod fishing and whaling industries. The output of shrimp and crabs was larger but the crab fishery production suffer ed sharp decline.
 Seal Herd Grows
 Estimates of the Bureau of Fish cries showed the seal herds to num- Der 87l,513 as of August 19, 1928 The increase for the year was placed at 62,643 or TT per cent. When the Federal Government as- stunned control of the herds in 1911 and put an end to pelagic sealing there was estimated to have been 132,000 seals in them. Thus, the Governor points out, there has been skiold increase in IS years. which affords striking example of what may be accomplished by proper methods of control and wise utiliza- tion of the surplus
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Greetings for Thanksgi~ lng

Tomorrow brings the day of the year set aside for the many blessings of the past twelve months as with most every one, they cannot in any measure compare with the good things we have and fer which we give thanks. Thanksgiving again our ads and patronize our business. We join with you all Thanksgiving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-27
Mining Total s6OO. 900. GOO

Turning to tie mining industry Gov. Parks said:
 4Approx----a:--y r600,00o,oOO have been produced from the mines in Alaska since 1880, according to sta- tistics compiled by the Geological Survey. Geld and copper are the chief resources of mineral wealth. The mineral output reached it's highest point in 1916 when it was reported to be valued at $48, 1886, ,503.
 Since that time there has been gradual decline. In 1923 the total value of all mineral products is reported to be $14,123 900. This is Sl76,00o under the 1927 produc- ten. The decline is due wholly