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was a smart. streamlined four
scatter. brand new, from a Middle
West factory. Il promised to re-
turn this bus to its owner at Nome.
Jack" explained Bert. "He's a big
reindeer man, who has taken up
flying. What are We going to do for
q plane for the polar jaunt?"
scratched my head in perplexity.
I'VE are going to need special equip
ment for that flight" I agreed.
Something with three or four
Were biting off . big job.
especially with a wife among us"
said Bert in his candid way, adding,
quickly, "Not that we haven't the
nerve. you know, old top"
Seems to me Dare'S bitten with
the Zeppelin fever awfully hard
since he joined us at Toxic. He's
q better sport that way than almost
any other of the big business men
back home"
what do you mean7 Sending
you that challenge to try to follow
him across the Pole and be damned,
or words to that effect?"
laughed. THAT was rather
. sporting"
IF you want to take 1t that way.
To my mind of thinking, he never
does . sporting thing. Can't you
read between his lines? He thinks
you'll never make 1t and q good
radiance you'll be-out Of Pearls
life and his way-forever. That's
the whole secret of this Zeppelin
sail across the top Of the world and
back"
laughed again. Hell be shocked
with lockjaw when we fly all around
his gas bag right there ct the old
Pole, and Pearl flashes her diamond
ring and the little wedding band"
It Was Bert's turn 10 laugh. Talk
ing about wedding rings, you haven't
got enough money in the world to
buy . license. And 1 haven't Il,
either"
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I'VE haven't been stuck ~,
Bert" ! fe0tn6ed him.
we hsyea't reached The Hs3e yet,
and for that matter, NJ denT knew
about the marrisge license"
you're the most jeyful bet nan
for . bridegroom I could have picked
1t job lots" I growled, ana lie Zen
silent and began to tinker around
his motor.
stopped talking, too. A strange
uneaSiness had taken hold Of me.
Was It the weird country we were
in?. All the members Of the Wan.
dering Tribe were now our friends.
They were staying 1T q respectful
distance, ready to leap to our bid
ding. Still, I could not feel at
peace among them. ! felt all sorts
Of nameless forebodingS.
I should have been. wildly elated
at the outlook Of our early mar
riage. And I was dizzy with the
Joy Of anticipation! AT the same
time ! wondered, now that the first
flush OF this unexpected Joy was
over, whether I was doing the right
thing to contemplate dragging
Pearl along to the pole. It had been
done by wilkins and by Amundsen. It
had been done by Nobile-almost
m~iraculously. But was It fair to
sweetheart or wife to let her assume
that risk? For myself and Bert it
did not matter. Flying men were
different. They thought only OF
the job. But ones treasured bride3
Or bride -to-be?
] was almost ready to suggest to
Pearl that she make the polar trip
in the Yep while Bert and I tackled
it In a plane. Naturally. ! wanted
her to be the first female passenger
on such q voyage. provided she got
across and back safely.
The question was as to which was
the safer way, by Yep or by . plane.
It an had to be answered by the
proof Of the pudding. And, as Bert
had said. we didn't yet have our
polar plane!
I was leaning against the fuselage,
thinking everything out In q matter
of-fact manner, for q filler has no
business letting his Imagination
catch fire, when, at the entrance to
the gorge below the Hidden Village,
I saw the Wstrus.
So the old Walrus had reap
peared!
Hofn.Faced Harry
Has . Message!
"Bert!" I called. take q good
look at that old what-you-may-call-
It'll He's got something heavy on
his mind. He sure did me q good
turn when Horn-Faced Harry's band
were about to wind up my mortal
affairs. Yet, I don't yet trust him.
Is he motioning to us?"
"Yes," said Bert,. curiously, after
q moment. Hes reckoning. Say,
Jack, the way he Hips his nippers
about certainly reminds . fellow Of
q real walrus, doesn't IT."
1T gives me the creepe," I stated.
frankly, as we hurried forward. II
have never yet heard him utter an
Ineligible word"
At our approach, the Walrus, with
his peculiar, shambling gait, ex-
citedly leaped into the gorge. We
followed. He stopped behind . huge
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boulder. gesticulating, his eyes
rolling, his JAWS crtnchinG.
, We gave . Start q leathing ~,
looking down, Ne saw he had
dragged the corpse Of Horn-Faced
Harry 70 this place.
: Il was plain that he was trying
to communicate some important i'm
formation. Finally, We caught on.
HE wants u to 90 through Horn-
Faced Harry's clothes" I'said. stoop-
ing 1t once.
In = trice I was on nay feet my
fingers nervously poking Through .
sealsktn, waterproof wallet.
The first object they touched was
the Golden Key!
II thought Thornton had I'll" I
said In q dane. !
The next object was the leg-band
Of the carrier pigeon.
"This, positively. identifies him
with the Silent Menace!" I shouted.
"And with Homer T. Dare" put
In Bert. significantly. "Maybe he Was
the Silent Menace" Bert. added.
mo, he wasn't. Listen to- thiS!".
I had opened q crumbled note
written on the stationery Of the
Queen Of the Skies. It read
DELIVER THE DARE GIRL TO
THE FROZEN SHIP IN THE
GREAT ICE PACK ON THE
COAST OF THE LOST CONT
NENT AND BEWARE OF THE
WALRuS NOW THAT THE YAM
KEE SKIPPER Is DROWNED.
d O1s> 49, crr u>,m .s~>,A~w
"The frozen ship In the great
continent" I repeated blankly.
"Good heavens, Bertl Do you see
this !. 'sn st At 2sCy!. The Silent Menace
Nothing could stop US from
making the polar flight. now" ex-
claimed Bert. II wonder what was
between the Walrus and that Yam
kee skipper? You suspected the
skipper OF being the father OF Mrs.
Richards, didn't your"
I nodded and turned to the Wal
rus, determined, IL possible to
wrench the truth from his Singh
larry sealed lips.
To our great surprise, the Walrus
had disappeared.
IN QUIZ epSotpt10L, No n&0 van"
ished.
we searched in al directions. but
could not find him.
surely. Homer Dale could not be
the Silent Menace. He wouldn't is
sue an order like that" I CON-
mented, Is We turned TO retrace our
steps.
Bert did not answer. He had sud
denly stiffened and was standing
stock still. I, also. stopped dead In
my tracks. Distinctly we heard the
whirring Of metal propellers followed
by the crashing room Of an engine
with its throttle wide open.
We started to run. Before Ne
emerged from the gorge, We saw
Fawn flying In our direction.
whats happened" We yelled In
shes gone. Fawn painted.
"Gone? When did che learn to
fly7" cried Bert. unbelievtngiy.
mo. mol They came Tor hen. They
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took her away" And Eawn 1uttsred
Z hurried scrawl into my hand.
JACK (wrote PearD MRS. RICH
ARDS AND FRANK THORNTON
HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN "A
BORROWED PLANE. 4 MUST
RETURN 10 TIE QUEEN or
THE SKIES. M FATHER LIIx
CRITICALLY ILL.,. on, jack
WILL OUR MARRIAGE EVER
TAKE PLACE?
1grew pale and dizzy and without
. word handed the note to Bert
HIS eyes swept It In . single glance,
His lips curled. How did they find
herr Did the Little Father. get cold
feet and notify the Zeppelin2"
Critically il?" I groaned. "You
know that's all tomfnyrot. Hes no
mOre Ill than I am. Not as much,
damn hin1l"
Then Fawn delivered another
stunning blow.
"And the Walrus went with them,
and they went In your plane"
1.-THE Wslrus?" / echoed.
"Nc wonder he gave rs the slip.
We dashed back to the Hidden
Village. There We found IN old
two-seater with open cockplts and
crotchety c~arburetors, . fabric winged
old lady Of pre-war vintage, which
had all the appearance Of . lame
duck.
In We crawled. Up we started
Off we burnped!
"Give her the gun. Jack. for all
she's WORTH" roared Bert, recklessly.
for I was at the sticks.
Hang these controls: they're
single!" I called back.
Unexpected Help
For q New Start
Every strut ratified. We'll fly
the bolts out Of this boat, but well
fly!" I yelled.
Far In. the distance we saw our
own plane speeding into inviSibility.
In q little while 1t was gone.
We had no wireless. We could
not get up any speed. It was rock
and bump, bump and buck. buck
and trenlble from nose to tail.
There was gas in the tank, and how
We burned It'll Still, no speed. Just
q cruel, numbering gait out Of the
wheeziest, chokingest made-over,
worn-out Liberty I ever poured the
juice into.
Eventually We reached Nome.
We took the turf with q Jolt and
. ripping. A wing washed out. We
crashed in q heap. Bert got .
splinter In q forearm and I thought
my shoulder blade was being
gnawed by forceps.
When we crawled to our feet, ~.
sisted by half a dozen well-meaning
field men. there. not ten feet away
stood our ex-plAne-aS Bert after.
wards ironically dubbed 1t.
where did they go7" I asked the
field superintendent. Q man called
Durgin.
ITO the Zep."
"Where b the Zep?" I gasped. in
stinctively searching the nh.
ION its way"
sHow did they tst to the Zep?"
In the Zep'S nsw tri-mOtef Job"
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s. B. l54-Fine of Benson: Requires
surplus of 500, 1000 as condition to adj
mission Of foreign mutual companies
to do business in state.
S. B. 155-Appropriations commit
tee: Appropriates $2.321 to pay de-
ficit in premiums for insurance on
state capitol due to state fire and
tornado fund.
S. B. 156-Sperry of Burleigh: Re-
quires firms writing burial insurance
to comply with laws governing legal
reserve life insurance companies, re-
curing payment of policies or Ger
tificates in money.
S. B. 157-Bonzer of Richland:
Provides for appointment of chief
highway commissioner and reorgan-
ization of present commission.
s. B. 158-Murphy of Walsh:
Provides for duplication of notice of
expiration of period of redemption
relating to certificate holders and
mortgages.
S. B. 159-Patterson of Renville:
Provides revenue by taxation of con-
tracts for sale OF personal property
On lnSCallment plan.
s. B. 16OEPloyhar of Barnes and
Cain of Stark: Provides for capital
punishment If recommended by jury,
mode of death to be by electrocution
by warden of prison.
s. B. 161-Cain Of Stark: Legalizes
and validates judgments and sales in
foreclosure of mortgages . on real
estate by action prior to take effect
of bill where assignment of mortgage
were not recorded before institutine
of action to foreclose such mortgage
by assignee.
s. b. 162-Crocker Of Ransom
Provides for filing by ministers o.
their credentials before performing
marriage ceremony.
s. B. l63-Renauld of Rollette: Re
quires gas companies operating pip'
lines between stated terminals tx
establish and maintain reserve ga!
tanks connected with their pipe lines
s. B. 164-Renauld Of Rolette: Re
quireS power companies to rebate Il
CONSUMERS for failure to furnish con
tinuous service.
Bills Killed by Senate Committees
s. b. 53-Repeals law prohibttin,
smoking in public dining rooms.
Bills Passed BY Senate
g. B. 54-Whitman Of Grand Forks
Defines intoxicating liquors to provid
for pasteurtzation Of malt sold II
Theoretically sealed and labele'
bottles.
s. B. 129-Requires school censu
to be taken each odd-numbered veal
instead Of each year.
8. B. 105-Provides for commissiol
to ascertain condition OF teachers IN
surance and retirement fund.
!: House Bills Intr0duced
H. b. 173-Wilson Of Slope: Author
! lies municipalities to issue bonds 70
funding outstanding indebtedness In
! cured prior to January !, 1881, Il
certain cases.
II. q. 174-Erickson Of Kidder: De
clares partial moratorium for thre
years on existing Indebtedness.
II. b. 175-Fitch Of Cass, by re
quest: Regulates collection agencies
: H. B. 176-Fttch of Cas-. by n
: quest: Permits foreign executors an
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Copyright 1929. BY New FORK Graphc)
GIVES! l will marry you here and now, Jack!' cried
Pearl, gently releasing herself, her beautiful blue
eyes swapping with the spirit of the moment.
She spun around to Fawn. "You will be my brides
maid!'
clapped my hand on Bert Hills shoulder. "You
always We're my best pal, Bert"
am ready to be your best man, old timer said Bert.
enthusiastically "And, hereafter, we'll be known as The
Flyinp Three instead of the Flying Pair"
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Frahm and Chestnut
To Go to Washington

Fargo. N. D., Feb. z-H-To speed
Improvement Of q. 8. highway NO is.
south route. from Fargo wet. 81. 81
rranm. state highway engineer. ma
WI. Chestnut. secretary Of thu rarro
chamber q commerce, VIII % %
washington, probably Sunday, % con-
Ter WITH Officials Of tho q. 6. high.
way department. regarding chanrI IS
tne OFFICIAL route Of the highway nom
tne present north road to tn neW
Out road, at the request az 0oyernor
George +. Shafer.
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sYNoPsIss--Jaek. stone. an air mai! ptIst whe m.de GOOD ia he
match; and send. Pear, around the s xo.id IA, n . Zeppelin s,, Jack foio r.
forces with him Together they make many plans to rescue Pear;
Menace: They suspect at first that this may ee Thornton. whom
H Honr Dare iMns The cruise in ianan. and he Zcpneiin conHnnes to
Alaska. There Jack and Pearl arc captured BY . barbarian tribe. The
chief Of the tribe, Mad Dog, and his daughter, FAwn, are fooled into
thinking Bert HnIs radio loud speaker Is the voice Of the gods.
They release the lovers who decide they had better get married at
once, since = mission priest Is also in the village.
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We were so eXclteQ Lnat we lOI-
got the presence Of the Little
Father from Voice OF the Angels
without whom We could not very
well have considered the project
for. Of course, we were depending on
him to officiate. ~
II am sorry" said the Little
Father, and his regret was mani
fest In voice and manner. II cannot
marry you without a civil license.
Such an act would be Illegal"
It was 4 bOmbshell.
All Of the life went out Of rs In a
flash.
But Bert revived a ray Of hope.
Cant we get . license ct Norne?"
Eyes, but only by fulfilh:ss all
requirements of non-residents." HIS
eyes twinkled gravely. isn't Nome
getting rather close to home with the
Queen Of the Skies moored there?"
Pearls face fell again, and I was
again cast in the dumps.
lone whisper Of u plan and
father would hear all about 1t.
Jack" she said %anxiously.
Walrus Appears
Again on Scene
Fawn offered a clever suggestion.
Let the Jewel 60 as m Indian girl.
dressed in my clothes. I will go as
her. sister"
I'll try anything, DEAR" I said to
Pearl, desperately. , We may not
have a chance like this again."
II will wait for your return at the
Mission" the Little Father assured
us, falling in. with this scheme
Fundamentally.
And so it was agreed. Pearl,
Fawn. Bert and I were to fly to
Nome and try to obtain q marriage
license: thence to the Voice Of the
Angels. the wedding knot and off on
the trail of the Queen Of the Skies
on her trip across the North Pole.
While Pearl went with Fawn to
dress In disguise as an Indian girl.
Bert and I stvqlled to our plane. It
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cident to an employe, never had i
strike. and never saw ar employr
quit his job because OF dissatisfaction
over his treatment.
While his oil business Was growing
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certain members of this House, par

certain members of this House. par
ticularly my colleague from Suits
man county, Mr.. Rulon, and myself.
The statment as made in this article
referring to the discussion and the
votes had in this House and in the
Committee of the Whole when the
Capitol Building Bill was under con-
s%ideration, that rumors had been
heard to the effect that the Indepen-
dent members of this House from
Stutsman county have been engaged
in trading with the Non-Partisan
members of this House to obtain their
support on the motion to elimi-
nate the emergency clause from the
bill in consideration Of u vote on
some measure which the Non-Parti-
sans may be interested in later on.
And the article further adds an al
legged reason giving added weight to
the reports.
In order that I may make clear the
scurrilouS and libellous character Of
such allegation, I wish to read q por-
ton of Section 40 of the Constitution
Of the State of North Dakota:
IF any member of the legislative
assembly shall give his vote or his
influence for or against any meas
ure, or proposition, pending or pro-
posed to be introduced into such leg
islative assembly, so to do upon con-
dition that any other member will
give, promise Of assent to give, prom
Use or assent or offe--, promise or as
sent to give his vote or influ-
ence In favor Of or against any other
such measure or proposition pending
or proposed to be introduced into such
legislative assembly, or in considera-
ton that any other member hath
given his vote or influence, for OF
against any other measure or propo-
sition in such legislative assembly, he
shall be deemed guilty Of bribery. And
any person, member of the Legislative
assembly or person elected thereto
who shall be guilty Of either such of.
lenses, shall be expelled, and shall
not thereafter be eligible to the legis-
lative assembly, and. on the convic-
ton thereof in the civil courts, shall
be liable to such further penalty a
may be prescribed by law"
Laws and Morals
In laws and morals, Mr.. Speaker
q newspaper has no more justification
In publishing statements to the eff.
feet that ibellous reports are beine
circulated than it has to publish sucf
statements as a matter Of fact, ant
the only defense that d newspaper car
furnish to any such publication is thu
truth Of the allegation or the truth o.
such matter set forth.
I realize that as far as Mr.. RuloY
and myself are concerned, this state,
ment IS definite enough or, at least, 1
seems to me that it Is SO, that v,
might have our redress in the court,
Of law, but this article Is q libel ant
q Islander not only upon us but upol
the House of Representatives Of Nortl
Dakota. I am not q member Of til,
minority faction Of this House. AM
I am not called upon to defend them
but I DO say that 1t Is proper an.
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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR

administrators to sue in North Da-
kota.
H. B. l77-Mau of Ransom and
Schall of Mclean: Prohibits any gas
cline, other than anti-knock gasoline,
from containing any foreign ~coloring
matter.
II. B. 178-Johnson of Trail. Fitch
of Cass and Indergaard Of Foster:
Designates Carl Ben EielSon as
worthy of national commemoration
by having statue placed in ~statuary
hall at Washington.
H. B. 179-Cox of Burleigh: Pro-
vides for a lien for garage keepers
for storage of motor vehicles.
H. B. l80-Cox of Burleigh: Vail
dates foreign receivers deeds.
H. B. 181-Holthusen of Richland:
Repeats act requiring assessors to Sc
cure agriculture, horticulture and
livestock statistics.
H. B. 182-State affairs commit
tee: Creates fund designated as
capitol fire replacement fund.-" and
authorizes emergency commission to
transfer from that fund.
H. B. 183-Appropriations commit
tee: Apprcpriates 5 5000 for printing
funds for department of public in
struction.
H. B. 184-Traynor of Ramsey:
Creates state governmental survey
commission.
H.. B. 185-Johnson Of Traill and
Northridgc of Barnes: Repeats pro-
vision for insurance of grains stored
under farm storage act and makes
minor amendments.
H. B. 186-Timm Of Mcintosh: Ap-
propriates $29 ,815.95 from state hal
insurance fund to reimburse school
and institutional funds for hail In
oemnity taxes paid on lands acquired
by state through foreclosure proceed.
ings.
Bills Passed BY House
n. B. W-State affairs committee
Provides for capitol commission X
build state capitol building. Elmer.
gency clause lost. For 81; agains'
So.
H. b. 37-Appropriations commit
tee: Appropriates $4,000 for voca-
tional education and rehabilitation.
H. B. 36-Cox Of Burieigh: Extend
time within which additional take
may be assessed upon certain incom'
returns.
H. B. s1-Halvbrson Of Ward: Pro
vides for disposition Of interest on al
monies in custody Of commission O
university and school lands.
II. B. 140-State affairs commit
tee: Requires all investment com
panies to forward to securities com
mission necessary documents to Is
sue 9 lieu certificate" Emergenc
MEASURE result OF capitol fire.
H. q. GLITCH Of Cass: Provide
for appointment Of guardian Of In
competent war Veterans and mtno
children Of disabled Or deceased wa
veterans and commitment OF veter
ans.
Bills Killed By House
H. B. 139-Required mother to b
resident Of county three years, instea
CT one. to be eligible for mother
pension.
; Bills Killed Bv House Committees
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Stocks Of grain in terminal eleva.
tors at Duluth, Mimi. on January ]
were 81, n 900 bushels.
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to z huge size, Sterling became inter-
ested In opportunities at Houston. He
Invested heavily there, snd wss cne
of the first citizens to become inter
csted IN the great Port Of Houston
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GETS so.YEAR TERM
Duluth. MINI, Feh. I-lA-Al1x
Nleml, -. convicted of thitl-deare4
murder. wAb sentenced % nj ,nsere
tnan % years In prison.