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Suppose Sperry came Gown am
said Arthur Wells had been shot
ABOVE the ear, ami that there was a
second bullet Eoie III the ceiling !?
! AIDED to the key on tne nail, care
less cus.on and surely not co1nnlon,
we would have conclusive, proof that
| our medium had been correct. There
was another po.nt, too. Miss jeremy
had said, Get til. lather off his face. "
That brought me UP with a turn.
Would a man stop shaving to kill
| himself? II he did, why a revolver ?
Why not the razor in his hand
! knew from nv law experience
that suicide is either desperate inn
pulse or a cold-blooded and calculated
hnaiity. A man who kills himself
while dressing comes under the former
classification, and will usually seize
the first method at hand. But there
was something else, too. Shaving is
an automatic process. 1t completes It
self. Ny wife has an irritated con
| viction that if the house caught fire
while | was in the midst Of the pro-
cess, 1 would complete it and rinse
the soap from my face before |
caught up the tire-extinguisher.
Had he killed himself, or had III
nor killed him? Was shea the sort to
sacrifice herself to violent impulse :
| Would she choose the hard way, when
there was the easy one Of the divorce
court7 | thought not. And the same
was true Of Eliinohanl. Here. were
two people, both of them careful Of
appearance, ii not of fact. There was
another possibility, too. That he had
learned something while has was
dressing, had attacked or threatened
her with a razor, and she had killed
him in self-defence.
| | had reached that point when
Sperry came down the staircase, uSh-
ering out the detective and the medical
man. He came to the library door
and stood looking at me, with his
face rather paler than usual.
'I'll take you up now" he said
"She's in her room, in bed, and she
has had an opiate."
"Was he shot above the carr"
eyes"
1 did not look at him, nor he al
me. We climbed the stairs and en-
tered the room, where, according tc
Elinor's story, Arthur Wells had
killed himself. It was a dressing
room, as Miss Jeremy had described
| A wardrobe, table with books anc
magazines in disorder, two chairs
and couch. constituted the furnish
ings. Beyond was bathroom. On :
chair by a window the dead mans
evening clothes were neatly laid out
his shoes beneath. His top hat ane
folded gloves were on the table.
! Wells lay on the couch.
| The house was absolutely still.
When I glanced at Sperry he wa:
staring at the ceiling, and followed
his eyes, but there was no mark or
. it. Sperry made a little gesture.
"The detective and I put him there
He was here" He showed place OF
the floor midway of the roor.
"Where was his head lyin2?
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EfSsS2 AAARY ROBERTS RaNEEfASRE
ESSA u q mrsey e2ss1rS SaaGa
asked, cautiously.

asked, cautiously.
Here,
| stopped and examined the carpet.
1t was a dark Oriental, with much
red in It. touched the place, ard
then ran my folded handkerchief over
it. 1t came up stained with blood.
There would be no object in using
cold water there, SO as not to set the
STAIN" Sperry said thoughtfully.
Whether he fell there or not, that
is where she allowed him to be
found"
'You don't think he fell there?"
"Shc dragged him. didn't she?" he
demanded. Then the strangeness. Of
what he was saying struck him, and he
smiled foolishlY. ''What I mean is,
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the medium said she did. l don't sup
pose any jury would pass rs tonight
as entirely sane, Horace" he said.
He walked across to the bathroom
and surveyed ii from the doorway. /
followed him. 1t was as orderly as
the other room. On glass shelf over
the wash-stand were his razors. a
safety and, beside it, in black case,
an assortment of the long-bladed var
iety, one for each day of the week,
and so marked.
Sperry stood thoughtfully IN the
doorway.
"The servants are out" he said.
According to Elinor's statement he
was dressing when be did it.
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ANA yet some one mas had W i
impulse Tor tidlness nere, since Ii hap
pended. Not towel OFT u place.
1t was in the bathroom that ne tpld
me Elinor's story. According to hs-,
i It was a simple case OF suicide. l1nd
sac was honest ABOUT II, III her own
way. Sine was shocked, but she was
not pretending any wild grief. she
hadn't wanted him to die, bat she had
not felt that they could go on mucn
longer together. There had been no
quarrel other than their usua. bick-
ering They had been going to a
dance that night. The servants had
| all gone out Immediately after dinner
| 10 a servants' ball and the governesS
had gone for a walk. She was to re-
turn at nine-thirty to fasten Elinor S
gown and to be with the children.
Arthur, she said, had been depressed
| for several days, and at dinner had
hardly spoken at all. He had no.,
however, objected to the dance. He
had, indeed, seemed strangely deter
minet! to go, although she had pleaded
headache. At nine o'clock he went
upstairs, apparently to dress.
She was in her room, with the door
shut, when she heard shot. She ran
in and found him lying or the floor
of his dressing-room with his revol-
yer behind. him. The governess was
still out. The shot had reused the
children, ard they had come down
from the nursery above. She was
frantic, but she had to soothe them.
The governess, however, came in al
most Immediately, and she had sent
her to the telephone to summon help,
calling Sperry first of all, and then
the police.
"Have you seen the revolver" 1
asked.
"Yet. It's all right, apparently. Only
one shot had been fired"
"How soon did they get doctor 2"
1T must have been some time. They
gave up telepf1oning, and the govern.
ess went out, finally, and found one"
Then, while she was out-
possibly" Sperry said. IF we start
with the hypothesis that she was ly-
ing."
''If she cleaned up here for any
reason" l began, and commenced a
desultory examination of the room.
Just why I looked behind the bathtub
| forces me to an explanation | am
somewhat loath to make, but which
will explain a rather unusual pro-
ceeding. For some time my wife has
felt that I smoked heavily, and out
of her solicitude for me has limited
me to one cigar after dinner. But
as I have been heavy smoker for
years I have found this great hard
ship, and have therefore kept a re-
serve store, by arrangement with the
housemaid, behind my tub. In self-de-
fence I must also state that seldom
have recourse to such stealthy meas
ures.
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later that all the servants we're out
except the nursery governess. There
were two small children. There was
a servants ball somewhere, ards with
the exception Of the butler, it was
after two before they commenced TO
straggIe in Except two plain-clothes
men from the central Office, physi-
clan who was with Elinor in her
room, and the governess. there was
nc che else III the house but the
children. asleep in the nursery.
As ] sat alone in the library, the
house was perfectly silent. But in
some strange fashion it had apparently
taken on the attributes of the deed
that had preceded the silence. 1t was
sinister. mysterious. dark,
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Overwrought as l was, was forced
to bring my common sense to bear on
the situation. Here was tragedy. a
real and terrible one. Suppose we had
in some queer fashion, touched its
outer edges that night? Then how
was it that there had come, mixed up
with 50 much that might be pertinent,
such extraneous and grotesque things
as hurt knee, and throwing watches
and pens about.
remember moving irnpatiently, and
trying to argue myself into my or
binary logical state of mind, but /
know now that even then I was won
dering whether Sperry had found a
hole in the ceiling upstairs.
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THIRD ENSTALMENT
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
Six people, Horace Johnson (who tells
the story) his wife. old Mrs, Dane, Herbert
Robinson and his sister. Alice. and DR.,
Sperry, friends and neighbors are IN the
habit of holding weekly meetings At one OF
them. Mrs, Dane, who is hostess, varies the
program by unexpectedly arranging a spirit,
uaistic seance with Miss Jeremy. friend OF
DR.. Sperry and net professional as tne
medium.
ranning and other inconsequential and
humorous happenings. Then the medium goes
into a trance and gives. iisjointed details OF
murder After the sitting breaks up ane
the members go hons Sp 3S WIS sTsIJ had
Johnson and tells INN arthur WeHS- A0e
killed himself.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
l told him he was right.
"Then that fixes. the time at which
Miss Jeremy told us of the murder,
he came back over the phone.
There was silence at. Sperrys enc
of the wire. Then;
wells was shot about 1884, n
said, and rang off.
am not ashamed to confess thai
nv hands shook as / hung up the
receiver. AS | stood there, l won
dered for the first time whether there
might not be, after all, spirit-worl(
surrounding us, cognizant OF all thai
we did. touching but intangible, SEN
tient but tuned, above our common
senses?
I was shocked by the news, but no
greatly grieved. The Wellses had beer
among US but not of us, as / siav'
said. OF the two, ! myself had Pre-
ferred Arthur. His faults we're o.
the surface. He drank hard, gambled
and could not always pay his gam
bling debts But underneath it all there
had always been something boyishl!
honest about him. He had played. i
is true. through most of the thirt,
wears that. now marked his whole
life. but he could have been made
man by the right woman. And ne hae
married the wrong one.
OF E1inor Wells I have only my
wife's verdict, and / have found that
as is the way with many good women
her Judgment of her own sex i
rather rnerciless. A tall, handsome girl
very dark, my wife has characterized
her as cold, calculating and ambition:
She has said frequently, too, that Eli
nor Wells was disappointed woman
that her marriage, while giving hel
social identity. had disappointed her il
a monetary way.
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Skull Valley j. o. Eddy purch-
ased Diamond and a Half Ranch
west of here, for consideration of
about $4,000.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

Attention Club Women! You a8
members of the Woman's Club, if you
want seat for the February meeting,
next Tuesday afternoon, the 10th, get
to the club house early.
Libby friends will be interested in
the news that Mr.. and Mrs. Ray VOL
laston recently had part in a radio
program broadcasted from Seattle, Mrs.
Woilaston playing the piano and Mr..
Wollaston the violin.
Wolf Point-The Rev. O. r. A. Toll
lefson was called to Watford City to
attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs
Marie Wick, who died at the age of
rs. The Rev E. c. Tollefson of Wat
ford City, brother of Mrs. Wick, con-
Quoted services. Five sons and a
nephew were pallbearers. Three
nephews, the Rev. Mr.. Tollefson, the
Rev E. E. Tollefson of Fold and the
Rev Mr.. Tollefson of Hazen, N. D.,
sang. The Rev. R. F. Wick of Libby a
son, acknowledgement Falls Tribune,
Jan. 80. Rev. Wick returned to Libby
Saturday last.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

Mrs. Ethel Dunn left Tuesday morn
ing for Great Falls to visit a few days
with sister.
The Libby town team will play the
Boomers Ferry basket ball club at the
high school gym Friday evening of
this week.
J.(K. Dwinelle and c. R. Byers of
the forest service left during the week
for Missoula on detail Of several weeks
at the regional office.
The '06 Club will meet with Mrs. E.
/. Racicot on Thursday evening of
next week instead of the afternoon, as
is the usual practice.
Mrs. Fred McCrory came in from
Kellogg, Ida, Friday and visited until
Saturday with her mother, Mrs. j. S.
Reedy. and her sister and brother,
Mrs. E. ]. Hughes, and John Reedy.
KHQ will have an announcement Of
interest to Libby people Sunday, Feb.
8, at Ills a. m. and Tuesday, Feb. 10,
at D. nj. Tune in and hear what they
have to say. 1t
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

Mrs. Chas. Breeder left for Portland
during the week to attend the grad
uating exercises of the Commercial
high school, where Miss Catherine
Foster, her niece, is to be graduated.
Miss Foster was a former student at
Libby high school
The Order of the Eastern Star spon-
sored card party Tuesday evening
after the regular business meeting at
which time seven tables were in play
at bridge. The head prize was won by
Mrs. Chas. Young and the BOBBY prize
went to Mrs. r. ]. Piedalue. A splen-
did lunch was served at the close of
the evening in the main dining room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Gompf, accom-
panied by friends, Mr.. and Mrs Mich
olson, motored to Libby Sunday from
their homes at lone, Wash. They
found the roads rather badly cut up
and the going hard. The two couples
visited few hours with Mr. Gompfs
mother, Mrs. Lura Dell Gompf and
family, and started back to lone in the
early evening.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Mountain States Power Company
-Yeln rAnnGRs Wy noCIss-

neutrality-suspicious. for building
and maintenance of roads and trailssin
Blackfeet forest last year amounted to
$4,000.
Elliott 8 Nesbitt Of Standpoint, ida,
received s12,254 contract for construc-
ton of seven bridges on Bridger-Wy
oming line road in Carbon County.
Baker About seven new wells will
be drilled by Northwestern Oil and
Natural Gas Co in Little Beaver dis
trict southwest Of this place.
Great Falls-E. B. Coolidge seeks
franchise to serve this city with nat
ural gas.
Piniele--Large flow of gas struck on
James J. Kuester ranch in Crow Creek
in Carter County.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Ma den's Revenge

{ 4 mnlarist tried to heat il red light
In West End avenue. The policeman
senaled to him to draw up TO tile
curb. aud then stared 1T tile drivers
face
II seen IN before, some place the
cop declared. IL | ever give ya a
ticket, maybe? No" he ruminated fur
ther, and suddenly his face cleared
You went to Washington Diving High,
din ya? An acted In the Thanksgiv-
Ing day play. You was Miles Stan
DISH
The motorist rather shyly admitted
all this, and the cops smile grew
broader.
i knew it, he roared gleefully.
Don't va know who was In that
play? was Priscilla. The New
Yorker
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Prominent Men Prefer
High Class of Reading

That sound reading habits are the
rule among business and professional
men, as well as among academic edu-
Gators, has been established by re-
search experts employed recently by
American book publishers. survey
among more than two score of the
prominent professional and business
leaders OF the country showed each
to be interested In good books. and
little inclined to the ephemeral pub
locations that litter the book stores.
Autobiographies. biographies. his
tory, economics. political science, poet
~ and the best novels have been and
are the favorites with the men Of
business affairs. A lawyer OF nation
al reputation chooses the great all
thors OF the past as his companions,
and thinks the English classics, print
ed IN good type and compact volumes.
would find ready sale. He urged the
publishers to exercise great care in
selecting biographies for publication,
because his experience has been that
such books are widely read and e1-
ercise tremendous public influence
The important point In the reseren-
DUN WAS the evidence that busy men
nave regular reading habits, one or
more hours OF each day. and they pre-
Ter the serious reading. Such a prac-
tice is helpful to anybody. high or
low, regardless OF vocation. and con
duclye to the perpetuIty OF orderly
society.-ObIo State Journal.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

state In carrying out program in
volving expenditure of money received
from the various sources, there is need
for thorough correlation in order that
the program may progress in the most
systematic and intelligent course, with
the best results to the State Meetings
are held with the Commission by rep
resentatives Of the Forest Service and
the Bureau of Public Roads for the
purpose of allocatinp Federal funds to
the various projects. Usually each Of
the three have some favored projects,
however | believe the States selections
are usually highly respected without
too strong opposition from either Fed
eral agency The latter place all the
merits of their project before the Com
mission, try to avoid being arbitrary.
and of course in some cases it proves
to be the best two out OF three. In
cases where the Commission and
Bureau are against the Forest Service.
the latter can dc little else but grace
fully yield The Forest Service has
had to yield in many instances where
it was felt project was of high i'm
portance to the welfare of our National
Forests. In SO doing it acknowledged
the many various factors such as
ranching. industries, community build
ing, tourist traffic, ETC. the relative
Importance Of which must be recog-.
nized and their needs considered. The
State Highway Commission is guided
to some extent by volume OF travel
average number of vehicles over the
road per day, etc. This is factor to
consider. but safety for human life
is greater factor Admittedly the yell
lowstone Trail and perhaps the Clarks-
fork highway carry much more traffic
than highway No. e. II we could get
the Libby-Troy section and Yak hill
fixed up. wonder how they might
compare?
| have gone to considerable length,
but will add that the Forest Service is
in favor of early completion of the
Libby Troy project. 1t was thoroughly
hoped we might get some of it from
this emergency appropriation as a
measure of unemployment relief and
because we need the road We did
not get anything for 1891 and hope
for something in 1892 Our purpose is
to urge completion Of this project by
1885, at least. 1t is hoped that through
united and orderly effort, the Com
mission may be brought to look upon
our project with favor and | feel such
articles as your editorial will prove
very beneficial toward gaining the Co
operation Of all parties concerned.
Very truly yours,
c. A. WEBB,
Forest Supervisor. |
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Cure for the Blues"

Ii an attack OF the blues has come
upon you, try Emerson for good
niRhtcnp. He Will lead you into
thoughts SO far beyond your petty
self that you Will forget that such 1
malady ever existed. II he grows too
ethereal, the book will drop OF it's
own weight and sleep Will seize you
wholly II may not be complimentary
to an author to list his hooks as sleep
producing Emerson VIII not care).
and perhaps II would be as nnwise to
do so as to suggest the best ten books
to those whose tastes are as far apart
as the poles. But one could mention
many delightful bedside books.--In-
danapolis News.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Observation-Disclosures

Miss Agness Lee was visitor at
Kalispell over the weekend.
Mulligan by tire men Of the Method
ist church Wednesday, February H. It
Woodmen Dance, Saturday night,
Feb 7, Woodmen Hall. Admission Soc.
1t
r. r. Veldrnan returned Saturday
from Helena where he had been on
business.
A. L. Thompson was at Boomers Fer
ry last week because of the illness
OF his mother. states the Bonners Fer
ny Herald.
r w Hughes is here from Port
land for visit of several weeks with
his nephew, r. J. Williams of the
Western News force.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
More History Of
Libby Newspapers
Pioneer Resident Says First Newspaper
Was Published in Libby About
1893.

The article written by John Curtis
and published in the last two issues of
the Western News, recounting the
early history of this newspaper and
some of its predecessors, aroused much
interest among the early residents of
this community, and number of them
have commented upon the interes!
they had in the article Curtis, Jour-
nalism student at the State University,
gathered his data from the files to be
found in this office, and because of
that it appears he did not have in
formation of absolutely the first paper
to be published here
Dave Boyle, who is an authority on
the early history of this section, says
that about 1898 newspaper was estab-
hshed in Libby by John W. Pace, who
at that time was publishing paper at
Columbia Falls called The Columbian.
Pace employed Edwin S Doyle to edit
the Libby paper, who acted in the
capacity of editor, compositor and
printer. The paper was published about
two years and was printed on an old
Franklin hand press. The office was
equipped with small foot power job
press
In giving this information Mr.. Boyle
has nothing but his memory to guide
him and is not sure of the absolute
exactness Of his dates, but he also
states that about 1897 D. A. Hendricks
brought an outfit from Thompson
Falls and started and ran paper until
about 1903 A paper was started at
Cabinet in the West Fisher district by
George Shawler, who afterwards
moved to Libby, where he became as
ISOLATED with J. W. Barrett, and the
paper was finally consolidated with the
Western News
From perusing this history, so in
terestingly prepared by Mr.. Curtis and
augmented by Mr. Boyle, it appears
that the Western News is the survivor,
through consolidation and otherwise
Of a number Of early day papers, which
is one more example of the marked
tendency everywhere for consolidation
of newspapers in the smaller con1mu-
mites.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
Interested in Religious Studies.

State University, Missoula--F q
According to Rev. Jesse Bunch, in
terchurch student pastor, interest in
books dealing with religious questions
has increased Is to 20 per cent over
that Of last year on the Montana cam
pus.
Mr. Bunch stated that he now has
more than 80 books loaned out to stu
dents and instructors and that there
seems to be consistent demand for
books Of religious nature indicated On
his records. M
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
"Messaxe to Garcia

At the time that Hubbard wrote a
foreword for an edition to 1.-THE Meg
sage to Garcia" he said that 100000
copies had been distributed and that
II had been translated into Russian,
German, Spanish, Turkish. Chinese,
Japanese and Hindu.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
REWARD.

will pay $50 reward to anyone who
will furnish evidence that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the parties
that burglarized my basement on the
night OF Feb. ], 1891.
1886 ]. W. HAIGLER