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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08
SYNOPSIS

owen Lands. young inventor,
has developed an extraordinary
"silencer." which is stolen from a
safe in his laboratory. Lands tells
Wally Markham, his chum, the
ing the combination Of the safe, is
Betty Lawson, with whom the in
ventor Is in love. Markham takes
a plaster cast of a womans foot
print, found beneath the window
of the laboratory, and takes an OPP
portunity to fit it to one of Betty's
shoes. They are Identical. Betty
tells Markham Herbert Candy,
stranger, posing as promoter"
had driven her home the previous
night, and that she had dozed in
the car. Markham does not tell
Lands Of his discovery. The safe in
the bank at Perthdale is blown
open and looted, the noise Of the
explosion being unheard. Satisfied
that his "black box" is in the hands
of crooks, Lands, with Markham,
goes to Perthdale. Three strangers,
claiming to be business men of
Louisville, are the only possible sus-
poets. Markham and Lands decide
to follow them, although advices
from Louisville seems to guaran-
tee the standing Of the three. At
st. Joseph Markham learns Candy
is driving west, with Betty Lawson
and her father as his guests in the
car While he and Lands are sleep
Ing. Markham's car is stolen and
wrecked. He buys another, and they
go on. At hotel in Copah they
meet Betty. She is surprised at
their presence in the West. and ex-
plains the reason for her and her
fathers journey. Markham overhears
conversation between Candy and
the three Louisville men which con-
vinces him he is on the right track.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08

ern hotel. Turning the roadster over
to the uniformed "hostler" they went
in to register.
might driving?" queried the clerk.
eyes; from Copah," Markham an
swered.
"Then you won't want to wait for
the regular breakfast before you turn
in. We can give you quick service in
the grill. Or, If you like, I'll have it
sent up to your suite"
'"That will be better. Have you had
anybody else in from the east this
morning?"
Eyes; a party of three-came in
couple Of hours ago. A Doctor Law
son and his daughter, and Mr.. Canby."
Nobody else?" Markham pressed.
mo. Were you expecting to met
friends here?"
"These three gentlemen from Louis
ville," said Markham, producing his
memorandum Of the three names.
The clerk read the names and
smiled. "You've got your schedules
mixed, some way" he suggested. 1--WE
have reservations made for these gen.
tlemen for the twenty-eighth. You've
beat them to it by week or more"
"So?" said Markham. That's a bit
odd. They've been just ahead Of us
all the way across from Indiana and
they drove out Of Copah last night
very short time before we did"
SWELL" said the clerk, they'll have
to take what they can get, if they turn
up now. Their date is the twenty
eighth. You say they left Copah
ahead Of you? Then you must have
passed them somewhere on the road"
Maybe we did," Markham offered;
and with that they followed the boy
to the elevator. somewhat mystifed.
They were up in Tina to make the
dining room for a late luncheon. At
table opposite sat an elderly man Of
type which is fast disappearing,
even in the farther West; the pioneer
who had made good, and Is at last able
to take his ease in civilization for
which he was once one of the path
finders.
Never hampered by the formalities,
Markham passed his card across the
table and got precisely the reaction
the elderly mans appearance presaged.
"That's neighborly. Glad to know
you, Mr.. Markham. MY name is Star
buck" and he reached across the table
and shook hands.
Thanks" said Wally, with his good
natured grin. Then, mot, by any
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08
"r,1FE" OF DOLLAR BILL

Dollar bills receive harder use
than any other denominations Of
American currency. They are worn
out or disappear at the rate Of about
100000 month. On July 1 last
there were Approximately 100000
900 dollar bills left in Washington
bearing the signature Of Andrew w.
Mellen, former secretary Of the treas
ury. When these are retired new bills
signed by the new secretary Of the
treasury, Ogden L.. Mills, will make
their appearance. OF course, neither
the secretary nor any of his assist
ants actually sign these bills. The
signature is stamped on during the
printing process.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08

seem to be anything down there to
burn"
No; but l haven't curiosity enough
to make me climb down there to find
out what 1t is. don't know how
you feel, but I'm about dead for sleep.
Let's CO."
Due to a blowout which hit them
shortly after passing the gulch Of the
mysterious fire, and which imposed
a rather tedious Job Of casing chang
ing, the early summer dawn was
breaking as they skirted Lake Topaz.
A little later they came to a group of
mine buildings, one of which bore the
legend:
LITTLE ALICE MINING COMPANY
MAXWELL & STARBUCK."
"By George!" Markham exclaimed,
as he read the sign. II never knew be-
fore just where that mine was"
what about it?" Lands asked.
"Why nothing much, except that
own few shares of stock in it; one
of the items in the little legacy my
mother left me. She was distantly re-
lated to Starbuck; or rather to Mrs.
Starbuck's family. I've never taken
the trouble to look up the location of
the mine. l dimly remember the Star
backs. They stopped over in Carthage
with us on their wedding trip when
was kid. If they live in Brewster,
We'll look them up"
A few miles farther they found
themselves looking down on little city
bestriding Timanyoni river. A little
later they stopped in front Of a mod
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08
CHAPTER VII-Continued

After time the sleepy storekeeper
came shuffling down, and search
was made for gas. 1t finally proved
successful to the extent of unearthing
three Of the familiar five gallon cans,
but the storekeeper had only small
funnel and it had been carefully mis-
laid. After it had been found the clock
on the roadsters dash had measured
off the better part of another hour.
"We're out Of the fight, so far as
keeping cases on the Fleetwing is con-
cerned," Markham grumbled, as the
car stormed the grade.
They had surmounted the first long
grade, of possibly five miles, when a
sudden turn in the road brought
group Of mine buildings into view, the
scene partly lighted by the red glow
Of conf1agration at the roadside.
Markham let the car roll slowly up.
When he stopped, Broughton put a
foot on the running board.
"Well, Red got us, after all. Blew
the safe and the commissary all to
HI and set the wreck afire."
Landis saw two blanket-covered fig
ures lying under a tree and said,
"Casualties?'
"Yes; murder. My day foreman and
the Waterman. There was a gun bat
tie; both Of the foremans guns were
empty when we found them. But
what's running us all ragged is the
fact that nobody in the whole camp
heard sound while all this was going
on; wouldn't have known about it till
morning, suppose, If miners girl
in one Of the cabins hadn't happened
to wake up and see the light of the
fire. Isn't it HI"
whats that?' Lands cut in. "You
say nobody heard the explosion? But
perhaps there wasn't any explosion"
ooh, yes there was; safe looks as if
It had been hit by an II. E. shell. Be-
sides, there was gun fire."
Just here one of his men drew
Broughton away.
"Not much doubt as to who has
your black box now, Is there?" Mark
ham asked Lands. mot very much.
The circumstantial evidence is piling
in too thick and fast to leave much
room for doubt"
II don't want to believe that these
men are the criminals" said Lands.
'Why not?"
"Don't you see! If they are, Her
hort Canhv ia tho fourth "
"Well, what If he ISL"
"He is going to marry Betty"
lump! That's up to you, isn't it?"
"Not now. 1t has gone too far"
Markham made no comment upon
this until after they had passed the
point where the shorter road by way
of Red Horse pass came in. Then he
said, "You have only yourself to blame
Owen. It's just as l told you the
night you showed me your invention;
a girl can't wait forever. / don't sup
pose you have ever asked Betty to
marry YOU"
mo, l haven't" was the straight
forward confession. Its this way
Betty has always had small time of
it as her fathers daughter, The "
doesn't pay it's faculty members
enough to warrant any other kind of
time for their families. And she de-
serves something better"
$50 you've been waiting until you
could invent something that you could
sell for enough money to let her wear
diamonds? You don't know Betty
Lawson half as well as do, even if
YOU are her lover! I-hello-whats
that?'
In the bottom of the gulch, some
distance below the road, fire, too
large to figure as campfire, was
burning. Markham stopped the car.
Queer" said Lands. Doesn't
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08
End Serious Coughs
With Creomulsion

Don't let them get srangle hold.
Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion COM
bines the best helps known to modern
science. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant
to take. No narcotics. Your druggist will
refund your money if any cough or cold
no matter how long standing is not re.
ieved by Creomulsion. (ady.y
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-08

Most of us, when we cast our
bread upon the waters, know it won't
come back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

ing depression: than in a whole library
full of charts and tables and books on
political economy.
do not believe it is an imprac-
ticable dream to bring about an era
OF more intelligent saving and spend
ing on the part of our people. It Is
not impossible to change the habits of
the population. 1t has been done in
many lines. The habits of our people
have been improved and the health
Of the nation promoted in many ways
by consistent programs of advertising
and education that have brought
about better hygienic understanding
and practices.
The medical profession has virtual.
ly banished the scourge of some dis
eases by persistent, intelligent cam
paigns of preventive sanitary meas.
ures and NEGOTIATIONS, requiring new
understandings, new habits among
many millions of our people. Also
large part of this evolution of public
health improvement has naturally de-
veloped through the intelligent adver
Using of many products that have to
do with bodily care. refer to the
manufacturers and distributors of such
things as more healthful shoes, more
effective toothbrushes, food products
with more wholesome values of nutri.
ton and countless other practical
ideas that have become commonplace
of our daily business life,-and that
have become part, too, Of the very
texture of the personal habits and
health of great masses of our people
If it has been good advertising and
good business for so many Of our ma,
tional producers to spend millions of
dollars thus to inculcate new habits
of personal hygiene and personal care,
is it not good business and good adver-
Using for our banking interests to lay
similar stress during the next period
IF prosperity upon better financial
habits and customs of'our people?
Bankers above all are interested In
stable, wholesome business. They
have much to gain by state Of sound
financial health among the people. and
most to lose by epidemics Of economic
maladies such as have swept the coun-
try during the past two years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
When Government
Aids Agriculture

Demand for relief, agricultural or 9th.
erwise, comes naturally from those who
feel most keenly the impact of eco
nomic pressure. Those most affected fly
quickly to government for aid. But too
frequently agencies set in operation by
governments simply postpone inevi
table readjustments. The basic laws Of
supply and demand have never been
permanently and successfully set
aside. So in general governmental In
PREVENTION that artifcially stimulates
prices or even maintains them when
the prevailing economic situation OBJ
viously shows that readjustments are
inevitable are expedients that yield
only temporary relief rather than
permanent cure. Porous plasters may
relieve pain for the moment but they
rarely get at the seat of the real trou-
ble.-H. L. Russell.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
Quaint Old Lands End

There is no spot in England more
wrapped in mysterious charm than
Lands End. 1t is the jumping off
place Of million imaginations, and
when the freedom to travel is pos
sible, trip to Lands End will prove
one of life's happiest realizations. If
you would try it, put up a weekend
or more at st. Just, or st. Ives, Pen
deed, or at old familiar Penzance of
Gilbert and Sullivan fame. After a
nights rest, wander forth into the
quaint old streets, visit fisher homes
in sheltered hooks, climb old cliff
paths. pulling and putting out the fin
est Atlantic air and before the train
takes you away you will discover that
the lure Of Lands End was a charm
ing trick to introduce you to several
Of the loveliest villages of old Eng
land.-Boston Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
Salem Made Famous by
Its Ships and Traders

During the Revolution little Salem,
under leadership of Elias Haskell
Derby, furnished and equipped 1853
privateers, carrying 1000 guns and
manned by 5000 men, equal to the en-
tire population Of the city, writes Wal
ter Prichard Eaton In the Washington
Star. At the end Of the war, naturally,
Salem found itself with large feet,
much too large for coastwise trade,
and large staff of<skippers and sea-
men trained to adventure and daring
navigation. Besides the ships and sea-
men, the little town possessed, in Der
by and others, owners and merchants
Of imagination and initiative. She
was all set for great things.
And great things came with rush.
The Derbys, the Crowinshields and the
rest sent their ships around Good
Hope, to the East Indies, and long
before the East Indian Traders knew
the names of Philadelphia. New York,
Baltimore or Boston. they knew well
the name of Salem. Derby's famous
ship, the Grand Turk, in 1884 was
the first American merchantmen to
round the Cape of Good Hope.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
SUNSET

Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Maryland
Watching the sunset at eve
ming,
When the busy day is done,
And God is painting the
picture,
With the setting of the sun.
The golden sea of glory,
AS the sun in the West goes
down;
Gods hand in the wonderful
colors,
Like a diadem and crown.
The sun set and then the sun
rise,
On the shores of the mistic
sea;
To be with our Lord forever,
The glory for you and me.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
Interesting Old Castle

Lumley castle, near Chestsrle- Street,
England, it is thought, can establish
its claim to be the Oldest inhabited
castle in the two counties Of Nor
cumberland and Durham, says an ar
ticle in the Montreal Family Herald.
1t was originally built as a manor
house about eSS, and continued as
such for about four centuries. In the
Fourteenth century Sir Ralph Lumley
had the castle remodeled by building
the four corner towers or keeps and
connecting the buildings on all sides
but the west. The castle has been In
continuous occupation of the Lumley
family ever since its original erec-
ton in the days of the Saxon kings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
Vacation Important

The Public Health service says that
a vacation is one Of the most impor-
tant of our social institutions. In a
world that 10 so arranged that most
people are compelled to work during
the greater portion Of the year,
change. rest, a vacation, If properly
taken makes the work possible. Every
man and woman is entitled to vaca-
ton. Every woman engaged in main
tanning home is entitled to a vaca-
ton. It is not necessary to go long
distances, but it Is necessary to get
out in the open. A vacation should
be time set aside for the building
up of that reserve of health and bodily
vigor necessary to carry people
through the long periods of work
which must follow before the next
vacation season rolls around.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

ments and kindred disasters.
None of these elements of true
financial panic has been present in this
depression of the 1905. At no time
was the banking structure as a whole
shaken, despite the unprecedented rate
of small bank failures that it had to
absorb. At no time was the banking
and credit machinery unable to extend
support to the panic-stricken and
broken stock markets and cooperation
to all kinds Of business and manufac-
turing. Anyone would have been a
wise prophet who could have foretold
that our banking and credit structure
would stand up so well under condi-
lions so bad.
Finance Taking Cuts
And banking and corporate finance In
this period of depression are unfinch.
ingly taking their portions Of short
rations and enforced self-denial that
the nations need for readjustment de-
mands. Interest rates on money, yields
on securities and dividends on corpo-
rate investment have all dropped to
levels that constitute drastic reductions
in the compensation of capital. These
are but part Of the necessary economic
realignments that all phases Of the
country's working life must go through
before a general revival of business
activity can start.
1t is my belief-indeed it Is my hope
that the tempo Of the next cycle of
prosperity will be somewhat more mod.
crate than the mad whirl of jazz that
brought the last one to a close. I
think it will be agreed that the worst
aspect of the collapse Of that period Of
false prosperity is the condition of in
security for employment which 1t
caused. Unemployment is our great
est public problem today.
Unemployment is the worst wage cut
that the worker can suffer. It is the
worst cause of stagnation that business
has to strive against. The sooner we
can get our masses of workers back
into jobs on almost any terms the bet
ter it will be both for capital and labor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

This is to give notice that the
subscriber of Cecil County has
obtained from the Orphans Court or
said County letters testamentary
on the personal estate OF
JAMES H. MAXWELL
late of said County, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated,
on or before June 9th, 1882
otherwise they may, by law. be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said de-
ceased's personal estate. ALI in
debted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to the
subscriber.
Given uunder highland and seal
this End day of December, 1881.
j. HARRY MAXWELL.
EXECUTE. ?
Test: Robert. ]. McCauley. Regist
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

are expected to roll off the assem- bly,
lines during the present month.
price field to offer the combination
of silent Syncro-M Mesh transmission
with selective free wheeling as stand
ard equipment at no extra cost. A
control button on the instrument
panel enables the driver to use the
free wheeling device only when he
desires, and he is thus able to utilize
the full braking power of the engine
when desired.
The front end offers a radically
changed appearance. with a new type
radiator, a radiator grille built integral
on all models, double tie-bar arch
ing gracefully between the tenders, on
which are mounted bullet-shaped
headlamps and trumpet-type horn
just beneath the left headlamp. All
models have adjustable hood ports
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
Faith of Brothah Joe
Surely at Low Point

L. e. Newton of Garden City, Mo-,
put down his magazine and devoted
himself to thoughts of negro handy
man who used to work for him-Old
Joe Black.
Old Joe, writes Mr.. Newton, was
forever getting religion and backslid-
ing. One summer he suffered no few
er than seven of these successful
wrestles with Satan, and particu-
larly powerful preacher was called to
the rescue.
"Have faith, Brothah Joe, have
faith" exhorted the good man. Glitch
you'self to faith and git goin'. Don't
you know faith no biggah than mus
tahd seed'll move a mountain
"Sho' does, sho' does" groaned Old
Joe Black. But jist this minute l
amt got faith enough to move that
mustahd eed."-Collier's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08
German Work in China

Up to the time OF the World war
the Germans had built two railways
in China, the Shantung railway and
the northern section of Tientsin-Pu-
kow railway, both in the province of
Shantung. The first was 2S4 miles
long, built by IA German company with
German capital and opened in 1904.
The second was 390.48 miles long and
built with materials of German manu-
facture. The line. however. was the
property of the Chinese government
and built with Chinese money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

Magnesium metal has been known
to science 100 years. Though known
for 122 years it appeared in its purest
form a century ago and has been avail
able commercially for more than 65
years, says DR.. John A. Gam, metal
lurgist, in report to the American
Chemical society on the development
Of the magnesium industry.
Since the date of it's discovery it has
been found that the metal is about sew
enty times as plentiful as nickel and
200 times as abundant as copper. Mag
nesium salts are also found in mineral
waters and in the ocean. The impor-
tant raw material for magnesium pro-
duction in the United States at the
present time is Michigan salt brines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

Chevrolet's new car for 1882, en-
bodying silent Syncro-Mesh trans
mission in com bination with selective
free wheeling as standard equipment
at no extra cost, and practically every
proven automotive advance of recent
years, is now displayed at dealer show
rooms throughout the country
While remaining in the price class
in which it won world leadership this
year, the new 1882 models offer fea-
lures heretofore considered exclusive
to the high price field, as we'll as new
front end mounting never before
shown on any car.
Called The Great American Value
for 1882" the line offers in support of
this slogan a twenty per cent increase
in power, faster acceleration, top
speeds of 65 to 20 miles an hour, new
Fisher bodies with O. modern stream
counter. balanced crankshaft, finger
touch front seat adjustment and
many other ref1nements over the 1881
models, which, from the standpoint of
public acceptance, were the most sue
cessful in the history of the company.
Twenty standard and de luxe
models are in the new line, of which
tle Special Sedan, pictured above, is
the aristocrat. The lower view shows
the new front end and the massive
powerful appearing hood enclosing
the improved engine.
In addition to interest centering on
the cars themselves, the announce
ment at this time has national sig
nificance in that activity brought on
by production of the new cars is
expected, at conservative estimates,
to add materially to the earnings
of 200, 900 people throughout the
country Just before the holiday season
and before the severe winter season
sets in. I
The company's 81 domestic plants
all are busy producing cars as fast as
precision manufacturing limits will
permit SO that deliveries may be made
with the least possible delay. More
than 80, 900 of the new cars already
have been built for dealers showroom
displays. and more than that quantity
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-08

chrome plated on all the sport and
de luxe models, and all have cowl
ventilators controlled from the dri-
ver's seat.
With the new streamlined bodies,
the external sun visor has been elimi-
mated, and it's purpose is now served by
an internal visor adjustable to any
position in. front of the driver. The
built in so that the driver may adjust
the window with little effort On the
top rail of the instrument panel is a
removable ash tray for the con-
Robe rails, silk assist cords, window
shades, arm rests and ash trays on
both sides of the rear seat, dome light,
foot rests, large door pockets and
many other big car ref1nements are
new line.