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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Blood of Many Races
on Island of Corsica

A corkless perfume bottle where
the sweet scent of the maquis shrub
permeates the atmosphere where
men are lazy and women's heads vie
with donkey carts as transports {;
where modern customs have only
trickled a short distance beyond the
quays of the larger ports and left
the pancake hats, and the stone and
mud huts of the natives as they were
centuries ago.
Such is Corsica, Frances largest
Mediterranean island possession,
which the French government is for
tifying, says bulletin of the Ma
tional Geographic society.
Corsica is about one-half the size
Of Massachusetts-an area of rugged
mountains and verdant valleys PEG.
pied by slightly more than 100000
inhabitans-human remnants OF
Phoenician, Etruscan, Carthaginian
Roman, Vandal, Goth, Pisan, Gen.
oese and Moorish invaders.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
MODERN cow Thief
USES MOTOR TRUCK
South Dakota Ranchers Re-
port Heavy Losses.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Western films
which depict cattle rustlers riding at
breakneck speed on feet-footed ponies
as they round up the herds which
they plan driving off will have to be
revised to meet modern conditions.
The modern cattle thief does not ride
a horse. The modern truck has been
substituted for the broncho in cattle
rustling operations Of the present day.
Some of the cattle thieves who op-
crate in thinly settled districts in
northwestern South Dakota, near the
Wyoming and Montana boundary.
lines, are said to have fleets of trucks,
which they operate at night, and
which have sufficient capacity to en-
able them to transport from 20 to 40
or so cattle or calves at a single trip.
Best Animals Taken.
1t was such rustlers who raided the
herds Of r. G. Morsman, rancher liv-
ing northeast Of Eagle Butte. he had
IS calves taken from feed lot in one
night. The same rustlers, with their
fleet Of trucks, may have been re-
sponsfble for a raid on the cattle
range Of Hansley & Star, south Of
Lantry, for between dark and day.
light 25 head of steers disappeared
from their herds.
The animals had evidently been
carefully "cut" from the herd, as
only choice animals in good flesh were
taken, scrubs and lean cattle not be-
ing molested. It is believed the cat
tie are taken by truck to some distant
market and sold by the thieves to
persons who have no suspicion that
they have been stolen.
Matthew Tiernan. rancher in the
Cheyenne river district, had 20 head
of his cattle carried away by the
truck equipped rustlers. Dick Rich
ardson, another rancher, lost 16 head
Of cattle, while w. II. Crowley had
Is head taken.
Losses Are Heavy.
1t is agreed by ranchers that op-
Grating as they do under modern con-
ditions, and with swift trucks In
which to carry away the stolen ami
mails, the rustlers are causing cattle
owners heavier losses than were
caused big cattle men during the days
of the great cattle ranges Of western
South Dakota. In those days, with
rustlers operating with bronchos, they
were satisfied in most instances with
'kill" Of II or Is cattle at single
raid.
"The losses sustained in the aggre-
gate" said e. G.. Wilkinson, promi-
nent rancher of northwestern South
Dakota and president Of the Western
South Dakota Stockmen's Protective
association, constitute the heaviest
tax that the individual sufferers pay
but 1t is crime tax which only Grim
mails collect and profit by.
"a specialized police force constabu'
larry, trained in detection Of cattle
thieves, as we'll as horses, poultry and
other farm produce thieves, is needed
in this sparsely settled west-river ter.
ritory, where distance from point to
point handicaps local peace officers in
their work"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

breaker. And then II was an assign.
ment sure to carry publicity and front
page pictures. and policeman likes
publicity as well as any man. But
now he wasn't proud. He wanted to
find way out for her and she claimed
there wasn't any.
But she had said something that
gave him chance to speak to her
again without sacrificing his dignity.
"a man has to do lot OF things for
duty when maybe he wouldn't
wouldn't" He stammered to a full
stop.
But she was the kind that under
stood.
"That is true" she said sweetly.
She seemed to have no hard feelings
against him at all. Then she added
thoughtfully: "And If you haven't
been exactly honest with yourself. duty
is all the harder when it does come.
If you've lied and pretended, it's ter
ribly hard to tear it down."
He nodded. Anybody knew that 1t
was harder to take back lie than to
tell one.
Linda was not suffering any more.
All the pain that had wrapped her like
a dull flame had somehow settled to
inertia that mercifully stilled active
thought. 1t did not matter what hap
pened now. The scene with Brian
ended everything as If sharp knife
had severed a cord that bound her to
all those people and made her one OF
them.
There would be q tremendous scan
dial and the family would want to pay
up, but she could not see what differ
ence that would make now. They
would talk about 1t forever and the
disgrace she had brought upon them
all. And how foolish 1t would be, for,
of course, everything was over for her
now. And then she saw herself, Linda
Roth, as she must have seemed to
others-the parader, with her head
high and her skirts trailing in the
gutter mud. The despised woman who
hid her eyes like an ostrich and took
with both hands held behind her!
Hands! Suddenly she held them out.
shuddering.
what will they doY' she whis-
pered.
He was slow about answering. He
knew at once what she was thinking
of, but it was not easy to answer her.
"Do? I'm afraid it's jail ma'am.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
CHAPTER XII
Wind-Driven Moth

And what Is Jail? What happens In
Jail? What happens to delicate
woman with silken wrists and ankles
who has only known the soft
est sheets; the whitest bread? What
happens to her-in Jail?
The detective told Linda while the
cab ratified and clashed over the slip
perry streets. While he talked his
eyes were fascinated by the scrap Of
white wrist that caught the light from
the window. The woman prisoners
had to earn their keep; there were
dishes to wash and floors to scrub
and beds to make. Just ordinary work.
A million women doing as much, and
far more, all over the country every
day.
Yes but there must be something
more. There was. 1t was q serious
charge. O'Hara knew the law. The
law could send an embezzler to Sing
Sing easy enough; or maybe to the
Island, which was worse.
"Sing Sing" she repeated this
vaguely. It sounded heathenish and a
little silly, but oddly familiar. AND
what then?
Oh, three or four years! OF what3
Prison.
Detective Jimmy drew long breath.
| He had tried to make her understand
as we'll as he could, but he had not
told her the half. Of course, it could
never happen to her. A woman like
that would have dozens of friends
but in spite of this assumption he
moved uneasily. He had seen 1T hap
pen. He had seen them, young and
pretty, with the innocence hardly
brushed from their eyes, and no
| friends! Nothing to be called friend.
| There were so many women. They
sprang up like daisies everywhere and
if one was trampl,d there was always
another for it's place Detec-
tive Jimmy was no poet and he was
little ashamed of these fancies that
came now and then and which ne
never recounted to anyone.
To BE CONTINUED)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Worry Is Worst Enemy
of Health, Doctor Says

Vienna.-If you have high blood
pressure, if you have nervous heart,
are troubled with insomnia or some
other chronic illness, don't worry.
That's the advice Of DR.. Joseph Lo-
bel, famous Austrian physician, who
says that most Of the fears Of illness
are unfounded.
everyone will quite readily aban-
don fear if he gets something else in
exchange for it," the doctor says.
"This should be confidence. The best
means to prolong ones life is not to
shorten it by melancholy.
"Man only breads mystery. Any
thing that we understand thoroughly
and realize cannot cause fear.
$50, above all, don't worry about
your blood pressure. If you do you
will drive it up"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Lovers Fatal Error in
Forgetting Leap Year

Clifford Parleman, the aviator who
was married to Gladys Walton in an
airplane above Roosevelt field, said
to reporter:
II believe in love, old-fashioned
love. / can even sympathize with
a love like Pete Hoskin's.
81 like you, Mr.. Hoskin,' pretty
girl said to Pete, but like Mr.. Mer.
riweather, too. Mr.. Merriweather.'
she added, says he thinks about me
365 days in the year.
$50 he wants one day of every
four years, does hep snorted Pete
Hoskin. "Surely, Miss Featherston.
Ethel surely you don't com.
pare lukewarm feeling like that to
a burning passion such as mine?' :"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Judge Rules Bookworms
Must Not Battle in Library

Buffalo, N. Y.-Henry vanek has
learned that bathrooms are not for
book lovers when located in public
library. He was locked accidentally
in the public library for the night and
wandered into the engineers bath
room. Resigned to his fate, Vanek
disrobed and was taking bath when
the engineer interrupted him. In City
court Vanek was released with the
advice to patronize public bath houses
in the future.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
WIZ WIZ,
Huni9F}1
JUST THE MAN

The man was in the hospital after
his first serious attempt to knock q
train off the tracks.
II fear I can be of very little as
sistance to you" he was comfortably
assured by the doctor. I'm veteri-
nary surgeon"
"Ahp exclaimed the victim, you're
Just the man for my case. was
1ackass for ever attempting to cross
the track ahead Of that train"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Triumph of Engineering

A triumph of engineering and con-
struction has just been completed in
the Federated Malay states for the
Perak River Hydroelectric Co. The
work, which was started in 1928, re-
CURED the expenditure Of $725,000
and many and great difficulties had
to be overcome, such as the clearing
Of the Jungle before erecting the
transmission towers. The project in
cludes the installation of more than
700 miles Of copper wire, complete
telephone system and 600 steel tow
ers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Ancient Gravestnne

A pecular-looking stone discovered
in a field near Schwadorf, Austria, by
Johann Firth, peasant, and delivered
by him to Professor Langhauser, the
local school principal. was found to
he a part of Roman gravestone with
much of the inscription stnl clearly
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Population Reducers

GLOW did China come to be so
densely populated2" asked the inquisi-
tive person.
Because" answered the man whe
always knows the answer, lit started
its civilization so long before the in.
vention Of automobiles and street
cars"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Slightly sardonic

Your audience cheered you for
nearly half an hour" remarked the
admiring friend.
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum.
Audiences are getting pretty wise.
They'd rather listen to themselves
cheer than to the average speech"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Nothing New

Salesman-Have you seen the latest
fountain pen, sir? Absolutely impos-
sible for ink to escape from it any
where.
Customer-Yeah! I've tried to write
with that sort for years
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Daughter Finds Mothers
Ring Lost 30 Years Ago

Wausau, Wis.-Forty years ago Mrs.
John Gross and Mrs. William Hart
kopf helped search for their mothers
wedding ring lost in the flower garden
of the family home. While working
in the garden recently Mrs. Hartkopf
found the lost ring.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Music in the Making

A schoolmaster caught small boy
scribbling on slip Of paper. It con-
tanned the words: "Blow, blow, draw,
blow, draw, blow, blow"
whats the meaning Of all this?"
the schoolmaster asked.
please, sir" the youngster replied,
''it's the music for my mouf organ"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Beginning and End
II heard you were a dramatist.
When was the last performance Of
your work."
"The first night !"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
KILLS 1903 RATS
ON NEBRASKA farm

A Nebraska farmer killed 1O3 rats
in IL hours with K-R-O (Kills Rats
Only, the product made by a special
process of squill, an Ingredient highly
recommended by the u. S. Govern
ment. It is sure death to rats and
mice but harmless to dogs, cats.
poultry or even baby chicks. K-R-O
Is today Americas most widely used
rat and mouse exterminator. Sold by
druggists on money back guarantee.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
OF Course Not

'Tm going to make a parachute jump
from 10000 feet tomorrow"
what II the parachute doesn't
openT
ooh, that won't stop me-"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
ImpossibIe

Teacher Ito young Jim)-How is It
that you haven't made more progress?
At your age 1 cou'd read fuently.
Jim-Probably you had better
teacher than I, sir.-Moustique
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Force of Habit

Moll-And what did your poet do
when you turned him down?
Doll-Ah, the poor dear threw him.
self into the waste paper basket.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Going

Crabbe-Today, for the first time, l
really was delighted to hear my neigh
boris piano going.
Friend-Something worth listening
to, suppose.
Crabbe-I should say so. I heard
the installment men taking it away.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
w. N. w., Portland, No. 4e--1eso.
IncoR.

Incog.
One Girl-Who's that couple you
so carefully didn't recognize Just
now?
Another-Oh, that's the boy friend
and his wife.-Life.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
1t Seems. So

Parson Tenthly-And there are
times when we have heaven right here
on this earth, my dear brother.
Deacon Duttons-Yes; but most Of
the time it's the other place, parson.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

All men are born equal, but the
equality doesn't hold out.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Two Silver Dollars
Over 100 Years Old

Riverside, Mich.-Two silver
dollars, more than one hundred
and thirty years old, and news
paper printed at the close Of the
Civil war are in the possession
Of DIR. II. B. Mix Of Riverside.
The newspaper he has &C.
quired was printed In Vicksburg,
Miss, on wall paper.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Confirmed golfers can exhibit sum
burn, but seldom calloused palms
Plow handles surpass all else.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Mrs. Newlywed-What are poached
eggs2
Mr.. Newlywed-Ones that are stol-
en-, guess.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Diplomacy

Baffled Golfer-Does anyone ever
get out Of this bunker?
Caddie-Yes, sir. They usually
just send the caddie somewhere for
something.-London Opinion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Necessity knows no law, but many
/ young lawyer knows necessity.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

1t is almost as easy to lie as 1t n
to lose money.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
LIFE AND DEATH

these new facts of life that will never
know successful contradiction. It describes
death from experience. and gives an exact
description OF the human soul. An ideal
Christmas gift. BY mail only. 800.
cloth bound
9Th q e, San Diego. Calf. Dept. b.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Tell-TaIe
Mary-Bess never tells anyone her
age.
Marjorie-Yes I've noticed that. But
her age is beginning to tell on her
Answers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Improvement Suggested

Improvement SUBBesIc0
Sonny had played his first game Of
miniature golf, not too well. His
mother asked him how he liked 1t,
and he replied: cit would be just
fine If they would only make the
holes little larger!"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
Historic Ships

The ships Sarah Constant, the
Goodspeed and the Discovery brought
the first settlers to Jamestown.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

The chesty man always wears q
small hat.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05

Wisdom adorns riches, and shad-
ows poverty.-Socrates.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
On Exhibition

A horse shows what they call 1t.
Observant people know
That in reality it is
A human being show.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-05
HOW SHE WOULD DRESS

Wifie-1 ought to dress according to
the fashion book, think.
Hubby (stern1y)-You'l dress ac-
cording to my check book, my dear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06
REALTORS CITE GAIN
IN PROPERTY DEALS
RomanceS of Small Fortunes
Related to Stimulate
Interest in Land.
A school teacher in New Orleans, the

A school teacher in New Orleans, the
postmaster of Toms River, N. j.; a
cabinetmaker in Chicago and tailor
in White Plains have made profits run
ming as high as SO per cent on the
money they invested in the land. says
the National Association of Real Estate
Boards in the ninety-fourth of its Sc
ries of articles for the public.
These little romances of tiny for
tunes may encourage others to invest
in the land, the realty association says
I'm the year 1908 Miss Nellie Weans,
school teacher; dismissed her class one
day, went to realty Office and pur-
chased a vacant lot in New Orleans.
For this parcel Miss Weams paid $500
OF course, Miss Weams waited a long
time. Possibly she could have sold the
property earlier for less than the final
figure, but in 1926 Randall Legal paid
Miss Weams $500 for her lot.
"A Chicago cabinetmaker made
80 1-3 per cent on his investment in
a period of three months. Buying a lot
in Chicago for 1900, Alfred Johnson
sold it to G. Sandquist 80 days later
for $4,000. The cabinetmaker put up
only $1,000 in this deal, intending to
pay the balance later, but he sold in
the meantime.
"A tailor in White Plains, N. Y,
bought a corner lot in 1925, for COM
bined business and residence purposes,
for $4,000. The section developed as
the chief retail business street of White
Plains. Less than five years after the
purchase the tailor leased this property
for 81 years, with an option of two 81
year renewals. at a rental for the first
81 years of $138,000, or $6,752 a year.
Six per cent interest on the original
$28, 000-supposing it had been invested
in some other way--would be 1880
per year, but Mr.. Projansky receives
nearly four times the 6 per cent inter-
est.
"B. w. Ravens, postmaster of Toms
River. N. j., purchased a corner in his
town for $4,000 in 1924. In 1928 he sold
the property for S2l 900, store rentals
having carried the structure during the
entire period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06
STRUCTURE IN GOTHAM
WILL HELP BUSINESS
Employment of 1000 Workmen at
Wages 'Totaling Over $6,5OO,OoO
Expected in New York.

Evidence Of how a large building
construction project aids general bust
ness conditions, through use of mate
rails and employment of labor, is seen
in data made public today concerning
the City Bank-Farmers' Trust Building
being erected in New York City.
This structure, the tallest stone
faced building in the world, rising 1,24s
feet above the financial center of
Gotham, will be completed early next
year at a cost of $18,000,oOO.
A total of 100000 pounds of stone
was needed for the building, this
amount being equal to 385 separate car
loads. George A. Fuller Co., builders
announce the stone work and carving
cost $1,500,000.
Construction of the building will in
volve, up to January /, employment OF
1000 workmen at wages aggregating
more than $6,50O,OOO, and the pay
roll at the time of completion is esti-
mated at $500 900, providing employ
ment for total of 5000 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06
BOLIVIAN FINANCIER
BUYS MODEL HOME
Senior AbeIIi Obtains Fifth and
Last of The Stars 1880
District Exhibits.

Senior Luis o. Abelli, Bolivian states
man, author and owner of mines, is the
purchaser Of the 1880 Wesley Heights
model home, sponsored by The Evening
Star in cooperation with the Opera
tive Builders Association of the District,
1t was announced today by w. c. &
A. N. Miller, builders.
Public display of this pretentious
home, the fifth and last of The Stars
1880 series, was concluded late last
month.
The new owner of the model home, a
structure of sturdy English design,
characteristic of the Elizabethan pc
ROD, is at present engaged in work for
the Bolivian government at Lima,
Peru. Sonora de Abelli and their two
children, Luis, jr., and Crystal Eloisa
Abelli, will occupy the home imme-
diately.
Home Is Comprehensive.
The dwelling, located at 1880 Forty
fourth street, on the southwest corner
OF Forty-fourth and Garfield streets, is
constructed of local granite with half
timbered effect in the second story. The
roof is of old English tile shingles in
the darker shades of red, while the
chlmneyS are topped with brick of a
character blending with the roof.
Garage facilities are provided in a
built-in porte cochere type structure,
through which the driveway passes,
making It possible to enter the main
hall of the house from the garage.
Carrying out the Tudor Gothic ira
ditionS, the influence of the period has
been expressed throughout the interior
of the dwelling, especially in the living
room, hall, dining room and master bed
room, while the library, located over
the garage, has been done in early
American cherry and maple. A Georgian
style has been developed in the guest
room, while the boys room has been
done in provincial and the girls room
in Late Geolg ian.
Recreation Room Is Unusual.
An interesting feature of the house
is the recreation room, in the basement,
reached by a doorway at the side of a
gigantic fireplace in the living room.
A winding staircase leads to this room,
which carries out the idea of an old
English inn, with a rugged fireplace
and a floor of terrazzo.
The first-f1oor plan includes in addi-
ton to the living and dining rooms a
ST .aller room intended for the use of
the family as breakfast room. There
also is a serving pantry located between
this room and the kitchen. A powder
room and lavatory also are located on
the first floor. The library Is reached
from a landing midway between the
first and second floors.
A vaulted beam ceiling and open fire.
place serve to express the English
Gothic feeling in the masters bed room,
on the second fec. Two baths, three
bed rooms, one dressing room, in addi-
ton to the masters suite of bed room
and bath, are provided on this floor,
while on the third floor are two maids
rooms and bath. Accommodations for
a chauffeur are provided in the base
ment.