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ever since. Collector Mcbride has not yet named successor of MT. Reed at Nome.
 Finding of intoxicating liquor dur ing a raid made on his residence by federal officers resulted in the arrest recently ot George Herington at Me- mana. Upon entering a plea of guilty he was sentenced by Commis- sioner L. C. Held to four months in jail ana fined $20O. He is serving part of the sentence in the Nenana jail and will be taken to Fairbanks iaJer if room is available in the jail there.
 because of the congestion in the federal jail at Fairbanks, Johnnie U.ass, Indian, is being held in the krby jail temporarily. He was sen- fenced to year for violating the Alaska dry law.
 The platinum output of the. Good News district, near the mouth of the kuskokwim river, made a fairly good showing during the last season, ac cording to George B. Smith, mining engineer, who was a recent visitor ln Anchorage.
 There were fourteen men in the Good News district during the sum- nier, and - is reported that they took out something over O,00e in plat mum, tue seasons cleanup ranging in value from $65 to more enan $90 an ounce. Mr. Smith was informed that plans for the coming season contemplated more extensive opera tions, ana it is expected that the out put will be considerably greater than that cl last summer.
 Five thousand tons of coal were purchased by the Alaska Railroad during December. Practically all of this was furnished by the Healy River Coal Corporation and Alaska Matanuska Coal Company.
 Trappers of the upper Panama watershed have learned the literal meaning of the old saw, "the wolf at the door," To the wolves which, it is said, have full claim td the coun- try, the trappers blame the complete disappearance of the fur-Dearer and therefore their means of livelihood, says -.e airbanks .,ews-Mlner.
 ..llla mNorI.4gurft, who arrived in Fairbanks recently, was .rlven out of his trapping district by the pred ators. The howl of the wolf was in- cessant around his home cabin on the Johnson river. As his ammunition supply was becoming low he decided that he would enter into no engage ment wieh them. While taking up his traps he discovered one wolf caught. Eleven others were stand- ing around while he killed and re- moved the animal. Three followed hi mhome. Northgurft 'ares that the wolves are eating everything, in- cluolng lynx and fox.
 Several trappers of the Tanana river dist1 .~. have gone wolf hunting during the last few weeks, among them Al Lien, " 10 recently procured a full supply of ammunition and headed for the Ll.rle Delta. Llna said that on a recent trip out from his trapping grounds his dog lam was followed by two wolves.
 Paul So1xa reported having found the freshly-stripped bones of three moose aong Shaw creek. Others have found similar kills along their trap lines. . 1 The moose are unusually numerous
The Kusko times., 1930-03-08

ever since. Collector Mcbride has not yet named a successor of MT. Reed at Nome.
The Kusko times., 1930-03-08
Alaska Notes GatheccA Prem TerritoviAI
 Exchanges.

Mrs. A. Wernery who-wi her hus- band operates the former Singleton hotel and restaurant at Healy, left few days. ago for Seattle to enter the Virginia Mason Hospital for treat < ment. She expects to return to Alaska in about two months. Mrs. c.
 Hlssong and L. Baker are taking z charge ot the hotel during her ab-
 sence. Mrs. Werner is also postmas- ! ter at healy, and she sha been re- I. heved by Mrs. Green.
 At citizens meeting held at Me-
 mana some days ago the 1880 Nenana 1cest pool took definite form. R. F..
 Lynch was elected manager, and with y him as committeeman Mrs. Fred f@ Clark, Henry Kaiser, Thomas Jones, |. John J. Cooney, William Thomas.
 Ne.. United States cable ship Dell-.
 wood was due back in Seattle early
 this month after making cruise s~ around the world. She sailed from
 that port on August 15 of last year
 and travelled to London via the Pan- anna canal. In Great Britain large y shipment of cable was loaded nthe
 boat and gre sailed for Manila via : Manila via the Suez canal. The cable was laid in the Southern Philippine Islands to lines owned by the Philip e pIne, government.
 George Phelps, for years in busi- } ness at Seward, recently sold his business and went to San Francisco, : where he got the thrill of his life. : He was in a small branch bank one day when two bandits entered and instructed everybody to put 'em up. The bandits scooped up $6,000 and departed, but Phelps writes friends at Seward that he kept his hands up for at least two minutes after they silh4t.t
The Kusko times., 1930-03-08

Captain Richard D. Suryon, who ,. almost went down with his fishing | boat, the Lindbergh, when the boat commenced to founder in Chatham s Strait. last June, was awarded $1,364 judgment in Seattle against the Lake Washington Ship Yards, K builders of the vessel. Superior Judge D. H. Carey, who awarded the judgment, declared evidence had g ahnvn the boat to have been poorly calked and to have been built of green timber. Captain Suryon, who towns g fleet of fishing vessels, testi- fled that he was compelled to jettison 300 barrels of herring when the Lindbergh began to settle during :. rough. weather and that he and his crew were saved from death by drowning when they were rescued by the Stanford, another fishing boat, to the owners of which they were com peiled to pay $l,200 salvage.
 Alaska mining is showing gain, |, 5. D. Stewart, supervising mining :. engineer and federal mine inspector, 1 told the Anchorage Chamber of Com merce at recent meeting. He said s.there were more prospectors in the field during 1929 than for the last 20 x yearssheshas been in the country. MT. Stewart regards both Alaska and Talkeetna mountain ranges as very likely prospecting areas. About the most important thing to encourage prospecting. as he sees it,is the ex- tension of trails, SO that access may be had to new country. Building of trails he believes to be more import ant than custom mill or sampling : works.
The Kusko times., 1930-03-08

Five thousand tons of coal were purchased by the Alaska Railroad during December. Practically all of this was furnished by the Healy River Coal Corporation and Alaska Matanuska Coal Company.
The Washington times., 1930-07-19

} uninterrupted solitude with the
One Man in the World.
Marriage must begin with o
few raptures. at least, and those
raptures demand a time and 9
place.
How in the world can one get
really acquainted with ones new
husband, or new wife, and learn
how to live together happily ana
sensfbly. If neighbors or friends
or mothers-in-law are free to
drop in for visits all day long,
possibly stay to dinner and GER
tainly spend the evening?
Friends and families are well
come later. But this should not
be until the newlyweds have had
their one important romantic
adventure - their honeymoon
journey.
And as for the expense Of it,
even though I have suggested
that this love journey is SO inl-
portant, with reference to future
happiness, that it deserves to
be the solitary extravaganza of
a lifetime, this extraVagance
can be of a very mild sort.
Happiness costs nothing. Love
itself costs not a penny. To
have a successful wedding jour
ney it isn't necessary to go to
Bermuda or Palm Beach. Hotels,
as well as railroads and steam
ships, cost great deal Of
money. Newlyweds may well
forget that these costly things
exist. It's a pleasant thing to
do, to start off in a secondhand
car without definite goal, mere
ly following the rainbow. Or TO
camp in the woods where Jill
can make breakfast coffee over
the fire that Jack himself had
built. Or I know a pair of
hooneymoonerS who reported
that they spent two heavenly
weeks just hitch hiking.
l must confess that II were
young, and in love and just
married and had a capital con-
SiSting of hundred dollars, or
even less, / should not be will.
ing to hand that capital over to
a furniture dealer. I would
have my honeymoon first. After
ward I would use a packing box
for a dining table.
Love is SO much more impor-
tant than furniture. Love is,
in fact, as my distracted friend,
Anxious Mother should have
learned by this time. the most
important thing in the world.
Copyright. 1880. International Fea-
ture Service, 1nc.l
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Call for Dale

with your permission, sir, I
shall remain with one OF your
officers until after I've ar
ranged my affairs at the bank
this afternoon. After that I'll
plan some way to go into hid
ving. Is there no way to place
the demon under arrest?"
!, $ We're fully as anxious as
you are, Mr.. Robertson. Moth
ing will be left undone /" I"
meanwhile Skelly will remain
with YOU"
N He left the note with Cap
tain Blake and went out with
Skelly.
"At every turn it becomes
more bewildering. Now / don't
know how to meet Graham.
ITS just as you've said, Dale,
the things been worked out
perfectly. But, as perfect as
they. try to be there's always
one Sip somewhere.
"If it can't be found"
An attendant looked in
through the door.
mfr. Dale'S here? Oh, yes
call for you, Dale"
= Take it here"
Dale picked UP the receiver.
Hello oh, that you
: Reilly go ahead and
speak, you're among friends
- :" Dale listened for quite
q time in silence. =
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Advice to LOvelOrn
By Beatrice Fairfax.

An Anxious Mother, There
are many mothers, poor dears
who are "anxious"-writes to
tell me that her reckless, ro-
mantle daughter, about to be-
come a bride. and the infat-
uated young man who is to
marry her are casting prudence
to the winds.
Without the least pretense in
the world that they can afford
it, these lovers are determined
r to have a two weeks honey
moon.
"They are very young, very
poor, and their two room flat
isn't furnished yet,' the mother
says. ."And my husband and /
are not able to help them. They
Ought to save every cent. In.
stead Of that, they want to
spend all the precious money
they can get hold Of on this
honeymoon in the country.
Wont you advise them? They
do so need your influence, Miss
Fairfax"
But my dear, worrying wom-
an. in this case I must diSap-
point you. You see, the truth
is that ! am all for honey
moonS!
Thrift is a necessary virture.
Family life goes on the rocks
if economy isn't practiSed.
There, is no folly more criminal
than that of spending money
one hasn't got. Surely we must
all agree about that thing.
And yet my belief is that
even in the most conscientious
and industrious life there are
times when the eternal duty to
save and scrimp has to give way
a little. The beginning Of mar
ried life is one of those times.
If it is ever justifiable to for
get ones job and neglect ones
housekeeping, to-, spend just a
little more than One can well
afford, to be foolish and i'm
petuous and careleSSly happy
in short to be divinely young
it is during those first weeks of
married love.
If I were to worry over a
young bride. it would be in the
case of her being willing to
march straight from the we'd
ding ceremony into her own
neat. new kitchen, and to tackle
a shiny saucepan in the prep
aration of the next days dinner
without single romantic fluS-
ter, without any desire for at
least a brief period of delicious
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stood behind the fOotlights, sis almost
exactly as Alvin Merle played II during his
last performance. After ne HAD finished
the terrible punishment deserved by his
faithless wife, Merle, in fit Of abandon,
drinks from the bottle on the table"
Dale turned to take the bottle to suit the
action to the word. But there was no bot
tie. 'The bottle Is no longer here ] rather
expected that because in that bottle, during
the performance, was deadly poison which
killed Alvin Merle! He met his. death, really,
before the very eyes Of a packed theater.
But It was a slow p0isOn-Dr. Wattles, OF
the police department, has confirmed that.
Alvin Merle went to his dressing room. 1t
took over 10 minutes for the poison to have
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TELL IT TO ELSIE!
By Elsie Robinson

You've heard of hySterica1
mamas who throw fits and sulks
and have nervous breakdownS"
when Ethey May and John Jul
nior grow up and want to step?
Well, today we have a new
angle on the old wrangle. This
time it's Papa who's having
tantrums and acting like a
spoiled brat because the kids
have pals. And motherless
Nance is about ready to go
jump in the lake because she's
so peeved and puzzled.
It's a true story. and an all
too common one.
Dear Elsie:
Wont you help me, please?
I've got a problem that's just
got me so mad and so puzzled
and so helpless that / don't
know what to do. And you
help so many people. Maybe
you can tell me what's wrong.
And what / can do about it.
Its Dad. I'm almost FL, yet
he. throws a fit every time I
want to go anywhere without
him. mean when I want to
go. out with a fellow. or even
another girl. He just wants me
to go out with him all the time,
and he raises Cain and says he
won't play second fiddle to any
one, whenever I want to go out
with anyone else.
MY mother died when was
IL, and I've kept house for Dad
and my brother ever since then.
And I'm still doing it. I don't
mind that, but I do get Just sim
ply wild when he talks the way
he does about my friends. I
don't go out with a wild bunch,
but just with young people in
the neighbOrhOOd, and those
meet at school. And he doesn't
seem to be afraid I'll go wrong
or anything. He seems to be
just jealous.
Neither my brother nor I
can ever invite a friend to our
home, because If we do, Dad
sulkS and sometimes says insult.
ing things to them, and claims
that we don't need any outside
people coming in. That the
home is for him and us, and we
should keep 1t that way.
please print your answer. He
The Washington times., 1930-07-19
By Jane Dixon

Bryce WatrouS thought they
ought to make a day of it.
Dinner after the polo game,
and later dancing and turn
at the tables in the Casino.
Raquel was sure that Gerald
Parker'S assent was more po-
lite than eager.
Sorry" she said, and was
impatient that his lack Of in
tereSt piqued her. Some other
time. perhaps"
Then Wen make it tomor.
row night If you're not en-
gagged" said ,Watrous. I'll do
a little intensive playing to-
night and see if I can't win
back what Greta lost"
IF Miss Rojos will do us
the honor?" Parker seconded.
Her first refusal had sharpened
his ardor.
A perversity in Raquel urged
her to decline. She could not.
With Gerald Parker's misty
gray eyes asking her to say
''yeS."
So it was arranged that they
would meet on the morrow.
What the halleluja did you
toss ice-water on that invite
for?" Greta wanted to know
as soon as she. was alone with
Raquel.
"I thought your friend Mr..
Parker was a bit bored" Raquel
answered.
What did you want him to
do-throw down his coat and
let you walk on it?"
mo, but he seems like a
man who has been pretty much
spoiled by having his own
way-with women
MY mothers apron string!
He don't give a kopeck about
women"
Raquel had a queer feeling
around her heart.
"How do you know?" she
asked.
IT know the breed. AS for
being spoiled, I shouldn't be sur
prised. He's disgustingly rich.
Wouldn't you know it-and
that you'd pick him out for
your life-saver?"
A message awaited them.
Alphonse would not be down
until a week later. He was on
the track of a Corot, a real
Corot. He would know in a
week if it was genuine.
What the deuce is a Corot?"
demanded Greta.
"A painting said Raquel.
"Corot is the name Of an
artist"
"Gosh!'' Greta said. "You
can get a hundred pictures in
the Place du Terte any day
at a dime a throw. And you
can get a hundred artists too
by just whistling."
Rauuel was not listening.
She was taking account of her
self. A little while ago she
had been looking forward i'm
patiently to the arrival Of
AlphonSe. She had even been
considerably disappointed that
she had not received word of
his immediate departure from
Paris.
Why was it that now she
was glad that arrival had been
postponed?
ITO Be Continued
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reads your column, and maybe
you can make him understand.
Honestly, we do love him, and
he's been awfully kind to us, but
if he don't stop the way he's act
ing, / know I'm going to end up
by despising him. He seems 10
me to be acting just like big
baby. What shall 1 do about It?
I've 60 to do something or go
crazy. What ailS him, anyway?
NANCE"
What ails him?
The thing that ailS him,
honey, is both pesty and pitiful.
It's jealousy-and, irritating as
it may seem, there's reason
for it.
You two came to take the
place Of everything else in life.
And, in spite of his grief, he
got a big bang out of your de-
pendence on him. and of his i'm
portance in the home. For q
long time, he was the whole
show to you and the kid. And
now he feels himself taking sec.
ond place. No wonder he is suf-
fering!
Go to him without anger in
your heart. Tell him that you
do love him and do still need
him. But show him how you
also need friends of your own
age, and healthy fun, and how
necessary it is that you should
have them. Make him feel that
he will have a place in that
fun-that you're not pushing
him away just because you're
bringing others into your life.
And then tease and pet him into
being a real pal-instead of a
pouty Papa. VIII it work?
Try it! And if it doesn't, let
me write to him and do a little
high-poweTed coaxing.
The Washington times., 1930-07-19
CHAPTER 81

There's one thing about you,
dearie," Great said, crinkling
the corners of her blue eyes.
"Oen never lacks for excitement
when barging in your company"
1t was the morning following
RaquePS escape from drown
ing, and the two eXponents Of
the art of Alphonse were break
fasting late in their suite over
looking the Normandie garden.
1T don't believe / was too far
out" Raquel insisted.
What difference does that
make" Greta demanded, las
long as you picked yourself a
handsome life-saver?"
Raquel smiled-enigmatically
"He ruined a perfectly good
bathing-Suit, though. Tore the
back right out of it. Had to
wrap you up in his beach-robe
to keep you from looking like a
Follies gal-bare back, and very
little front at that"
Il must return the robe" said
Raquel.
"Uh-huh. And you can thank
him at luncheon. We're lunch
ing with him. you know. I ac-
cepted for you"
But Greta-"
Don't but me. I tell you
he's WOW. You can't wear
the tall hat with a bimbo who's
dragged you out of the ocean"
II suppose not. And I must
thank him-even if he did res
cue me needlessly. I was all
right until he clutched me, in
the back .
"Oh gosh-you would spoil
a perfectly swell romance!'
Greta noticed that, even for
a reigning beauty, Raquel spent
an unusually long time over
! her toilette.
Which would you advise,
Greta," she asked, hesitating
over a mound of pleated silk
and frail chiffon. "the bois de
rose, or this gray?"
"The gray. It'll make you
look pale and interesting. And
that chiffon coat with the gray
fox collar. It'll give you the
right touch of paleness to your
face"
what did you say his name
is?" Raquel knew, but she wish
ed to hear the name again.
Gerald Parker. Nice mon
iker, what? They call him Jerry
for short"
Who's they?" quickly.
"Oh, the mob around here.
My boy friend is a pal Of his
the one from the long Island
set, who staked me at the Ca
sino. He's coming to luncheon
with us. His name is Bryce
Watrous. Can you bear it?"
"Greta -" reprovingly.
"1ey! Do you think I'm go
ing to be a glass of cold water
at a party? Igotta have a man,
don't I?"
The two men were waiting for
them when they went down for
luncheon.
Hes bored" was the thought
that flashed through RaqueIs
mind when she was introduced,
with Greta'S usual informality,
to Gerald Parker. I'm glad he's
fair. like fair men. They
seem easier to read. He's cour-
teous, but his mind is elsewhere.
He doesn't even see me-"
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a p Perfect Crime

1T will be necessary for me to take this
copy Of the play "Paramour," which was
found this morning in the apartment Of
poor girl who was strangled to DEATH"
Robin Dale was addressing rapt audience
from the stage Of the Christine Theater.
In the audience were, beside Captain Blake
Wilfred Sands and Jardin, all those who
had figured in the case-Parmela Gregory,
Murray Clyde, Michael the dOOrman;
EtheIine Wynn and Ralph Byrnes. At the
exits uniformed policemen were stationed.
The stage was still dressed for the last act
of 'Paramour," as it was the night Of Alvin
Merles death.
"The business described in this manu-
script" and Dale was referring to 1t as he
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"MISS HARD BOILED"

) know the answer was a matter
of indifference to him.
Yes" she said. And you?"
''I don't know. One has to
stop some place. I was think
ing of pulling out shortly"
She almost said: Please
don't" She caught herself just
in time.
Watrous suggested going on
to the polo game. The Argen-
tines were playing the Blues,
and the game promised well.
You are SPANISH" Parker
asked Raquel.
NO" she said. and felt her
cheeks must be glowing for no
reason that she could discover.
Il am an American. But there
is quite a bit of Spanish in my
past"
The 'dobe hut on the desert.
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It's fatal effect. Later the murderer re-
turned, having established an aIibi. He
knocked at the dressing room door, knowing
Alvin Merle to be dead. He went into the
room and quickly wound the sash from q
dressing robe about the neck of . man
already poisoned, because he believed It
would never be known that poison and not
strangulation was the cause Of death. The
poison he used was cadien, which effects
only the lungs, causing them TO stop func-
ticning."
tits . He!" Murray Clyde was on his
feet, hurting frenzied oaths at Dale. Jardin
SpFang across the aisle and suddenly Clyde
leapt into the orchestra pit. There was an
exit from that-his one chance. But they
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NoW Continue

think that'll be about all,
Reilly. Darn good work. Tell
Pop to hold the big spot for a
story tonight. Yeah. the Solu-
ton of the Gibbs case. So
long"
Robin Dale settled back in the
chair and lit a cigarette. He al
ways had a flare for the Uheat-
rical. He got a kick out of keep
ing Captain Blake in suspense.
The captain knew what he was
up to and calmly reached for a
cigar. lit it and puffed away In
silence.
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Reporter has Solution

-Four o'clock, captain"
Got everything you wanted?"
Everything"
II hope you're right"
II know I'm right"
Good"
''It'll come to a head when
Mr.. Robertson is at the bank" :"
We'll go there"
Have a couple of men there,
it'll be great shock"
Damn you, Dale, I'd like to
have you on the force"
Damn yourself, I am, in a
way"
They both grinned and Dale
Strolled toward the door.
-Four o'clock"
"It's a date"
$50 long,
$50 long" ~ ~-' .-----%s
Captain Blake puffed with a
great deal of satisfaction.
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YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For those whose Birthday Is
July 20.

THE YEAR AHEAD
For those whose Birthday is
July 20.
If today is your birthday dur
ing the coming year you should
be benefited through an old
friend or acquaintance This
is the year when You should BE
able to gain and put away
some of your earnings for a
rainy day. Some years it is
difficult to save. but if the op.
portunity should come remem.
Der to increase your bank ac-
count.
Important Dates-Avoid ex-
cesseS Of all kinds. take no
risks and maintain routine
from August 26 to 80, Septem-
ber 20, October 2, October z to
10, November IS to 20, Decem-
ber 28 to 81, January 4 to 7,
February az to 25, March 27 to
80, April 3 to z, May "a to q.
Good for general affairs. make
efforts to advance your inter
eStS from October 26 to 80,
February 20 to Is, June % to
July S. Contradictory dates
show two opposing influences.
A child born today should
have a steady quiet and affec-
tionate nature. He should gain
through business ability and in
vest his money to advantage.
Tendencies for Tomorrow
The celestial vibrations indi-
cate a danger of too quick and
irnpulSive action causing dis
puteS > and Arguments. This
would not be the most, advan-
tageous time to make an i'm
portant change or to push af.
fairs to a climax when there is
a noticeable resistance.