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Figure it out for yourself.
Multiply your total 1882 valuation
for taxation purposes by $2.79.
Then reduce that same valuation
by 20 per cent and multiply what
remains by $685.
Now, do you see the saving?
Here is a case in point:
Last year a certain woman living
on North Riley avenue paid on an
assessed valuation of $4,000. At the
$279 rate, her total levy was $113.83.
This year, as result of the re-
duction ordered by McCloskey, the
property is valued at &, 300 and at
the 1922 rate the taxes which she
must pay total $9193.
Thus her taxes have been reduced
$21.9O.
Yet this same woman, hearing all
the campaign hooey, believed her
taxes to be doubled when, in truth,
they have been reduced approx
mately one-fifth.
mat is the true situation, instead
of the hooey that is being put out.
Sorry-this is the last time for
several days that the column will
fool with figures of this sort.
But They Tell Me received several
letters inquiring about the situation
and, to clear up some misunder-
standings, we had to get out the old
arithemetic book.
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Stan had hoped that swergin
would decide to ride the mare. This
would have been a break. for the
black knew no master except Stan
Ball.
Dona looked at Stan instinctivelv
He nodded and whiStled. The mare
trotted to him and nuzzled at his
bound arms.
The lady wants to ride" Stan
spoke softly.
Dona mounted and sat waiting
for the mare to make a move. The
horse looked at Stan in surprise
and he spoke reassuringly to her.
Swergin climbed upon his horse
and fastened the loose end Of STAINS
bonds to his saddle horn. "Step
outl" he ordered.
Stan led the way down through
the cleft of rock with Swergin riding
at his back. The big timber boss
kept his gun ready all the while.
Undoubtedly he was enjoing the
capture.
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Williams

Ito BE Continued
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his wide hat was darkening the cave
entrance.
He had no bundles or pack with
him and his face showed surprise
when he saw Dona.
so you kept your promised" he
greeted her briefly.
Dona's tongue was dry, but she
managed to put a question without
betraying her emotion. Where is
the food?"
Some one beat me to it and
cleaned my cache" Stan lied with
out expression. He had intended to
allow her time to get away. He had
no cache Of food.
Dona opened her mouth to an
swer when suddenly bulky form
pushed out from the blackness of
the pocket. Two big guns bore down
upon the back of the unsuspecting
Ball.
Dona could see that both black
hammers lay back against the grip
of each gun. Swergin meant to
make no slip this time.
Stick EN- up!" he roared.
Slowly STAINS hands rose above
his head. A twisted smile curved
his lips and his eyes held those of
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CHAPTER TWFNTY-NINE


CWERGIN crowded into the cave
~ and looked around. He clicked
his tongue suggestiyely and an ugly
grin spread over his features.
You don't act very happy over
this rescue he crowded.
oh, am, but you startled mel"
Dona found her tongue.
Where's Ball?" he demanded al
most savagely.
He left. Didn't you meet him
on the trail?"
rs he coming back?' swergin
snapped.
He made me promise to stay
here" The words sounded odd and
unconvincing under the glare Of
the timber boss.
And you stayed?" Swergin's
grin was replaced by leer. That's
finel Well talk about that later.
Now I'm going to get this Ball, get
him right, and you've got to help
me"
I'll certainly help you to capture
him." Dona FASTENED to assure him.
That's the reason why l stayed"
Swergin brushed aside this ex-
PLANTATION. It was plain he was plac-
ing his own meaning on the whole
affair.
I'm going to hide back in that
dark pocket and you get Ball facing
you Then I'll step out on him"
We're to take him IMP" Dona's
eyes were wide. She did not like
Swergin's manner and she did not
want to stand and see any man,
even Ball, shot in the back
mo gunplay unless 1 have to"
Swergin grunted. Il got other plans
for Mr.. Ball"
He walked back into the dark
corner and sat down. The black
ness of the pocket enveloped him
like blanket; he had vanished
completely.
Dona finished drying the dishes
and sat down on the stone cot. Her
heart was pounding like a trip
hammer and the blood was beating
jim her ears.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

STAN BALL accuses hsprp nFTo
tlmher KING, OF crooked pfactIen and III
ordering men shot who nv 10 check no
or his activities. Ball savs 10 is nal
ing cneck ana Dclo tells him ne per-
sonailY VIII prevent Ill
UPON leaving Deios office Pail saves
@ONA, Delos daughter. from kidnapers
n CUPS aNaN wnen he finds who she
a. teAinE ner he IA STANLEY BLACK
DUDLEY WINTERS IN love with bona
GOES with her 10 Three Rivers 10 get
Bei0 to give w his mad hsht with
hsl. lney md Ball accused Of killing
Dudley has secured license and has
nao marriage certificate filled out 70
ICY Dona. She uses the certificate
AFTER Delo Is ambushed and wounded 10
heep MIN from taking any more part
IT ne hunt. Ball is caught b. SWER-
. t1AN. Deios timber boss while listening
70 Dona tell of her marriage.
- ne escapes. but believes her married.
IONA rides out ~ frd Stanley Black Who
sue believes IS In the country. She
meets Ban and thinks him Stanley Black.
He promises To ria the range OF Ball.
Valuable records are stolen from the
once and 5wereins man insists Ball
wounded him and took them. A posse
Oona. goes out and sscs Bail escaping.
She shoots ar MIN and ne fakes
wound. capturing her and taking her 70
q cave
Asher learns of her capture end heads
posse out fails TO ind her Ball
makes Dona promise not to leave and
goes for water and food. Swergin nnds
the cave ana Doas He waits for Ball
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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AR!!!!''I1K
"A DAY
By BRUCE cATTQN

NEGRO slavery, apparently,
L ' didn't end with the Civil war.
Instead, 1t still is in existence to-
day, in our own United States, and
about the only difference between it
and the pre-war variety is that
the modern slave costs less and is
more likely to be mistreated.
So says John L. Spivak in "Geor-
gia Niger" a white-hot, bitterly
imprisoned assault on what Mr..
Spivak declares are widespread
abuses of the prison camp system
and the debtors laws in certain
states.
Mr.. Spivak opens his book with
an attack on the chain gang, and
returns to that topic again at the
end-and, although he tells his story
as a novel, he includes photographs
and copies of official documents to
support his criticisms of the chain
gang.
Most of his book, however, is an
attack on the system whereby, he
says, Negroes can be and are forced
into actual slavery by INSCRIPTIONS
plantation owners.
1t works, says Mr.. Spivak, like
this: A complaisant sheriff will
arrest half a dozen Negroes for va
grancy, say, or for disorderly con-
duct.
Court will not convene for three
or four months, and they face long
stay in Jail before trial. So the
plantation owner pays their fines
and takes them to his fields to work
off the debt.
Somehow they never get out of
debt. They are kept prisoners, and
if they run away, the law will bring
them back.
Georgia Niger" is, a shocking
and profoundly moving book. Pub
lished by Brewer, Warren & Put
nam, Inc; it sells for $3.50.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT CCon,

blIlubOsj
Dona walked slowly out into the
sunshine. She sat down and thought
long time Finally smile curved
her lips. She got up and returned
to the cave.
Showing the pail containing the
remaining water over the still hot
Goals, she prepared to wash the
dishes.
She was busy drying them on a
torn cloth when a step warned her
that Ball was returning. She faced
about and her fingers went limp
The burly form Of Swergin tow
cred against the light from the
opening. He held two guns ready.
Sol" he snarled between
clenched teeth.
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Already her triumph over Stan
Ball had lost its flavor for Dona.
She was western bred and could not
help but admire brave man. Ball
certainly was proving his courage.
They wound down through the
timber Of mile, then Swergin
changed their direction. He made
Ball tear off TO the right in the
general direction OF Pass Greek.
They did not halt. though the sun
had become hot and STAINS face was
streaked with perspiration and dust.
Finally, Dona rode up beside Swer-
gin and demanded that they stop.
y
CWERGIN pulled up, jerking saw
~ agely on the lead rope. Stan
did not give sign of the pain that
the sudden jerk caused his burning
wrists.
What's up?" swergin demanded
roughly.
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Now she must be able to smile through
the snow and sieet- What she Is up
there doing or what she is to represent
must never enter her head any more
than it does the man who arranges it.
She liz just up there to act naked. and
hope that she IL not frostbitten by
the end OF the journey. They are not
really ~"Pageanfs." They are early
stages OF Pneumonia They are en-
dnrance contests. 10 see how much a
girl can stand and shiver herself Off
the pedestal they have her on You
see a thing like that Is just right mp
these old fat Shriners' alley. They
sit there In their warm o%vercoats and
delight ON betting when the girl will
turn to an icicIe- A Pageant" Is a
collection OF bare skin. surrounded by
plenty of electric light bulbs.
Oh. yes. there is a r. S. A guy tried
to jump a horse through a hoop of fire.
The horse wouident jump. and the man
was without a shadow oil a doubt the
worst jumping horse rider In the world.
He finally walked the horse up to and
forced him into IT, The | orse knocked
the whole c~ontraption and fell In the
FIRE The man got no burns+ much to
the disgust OF so thousand people.
@ f252. AeA4@xkf Sys<x@as. i~x~
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By Jackson Gregory
Copyright by Charles scribners Sons
lWNu H4rvicel
FROM THE

In the California sierra Mark
King. prospector. seos Andy Park
or killed by Sven Brodie. Park
erE outlaw companion. King il on
his way to the home Of his friend,
Ben Gaynor. King and Gaynor
share with Brodie knowledge of 4
vast store OF hidden gold. King
meets Mrs. Gaynor and is i'm
pressed by her daughter Gloria's
youthful beauty. He dislikes a
house visitor named Grafton. With
Gloria, King rides to Coloma. in
tending to sound" Honeycutt. He
hnds Brodie with the old pros
Pector. and animosity flares. Their
companionship for a day draws
King closer to Gloria. Gloria and
her mother return to San Fran
cisco. In a spirit of adventure
Gloria accompanies Grafton on a
business" trip. At Coloma she
finds her father badly hurt. He
gives her q message and a pack
age tor King. urging her to get
them to him at once. Gloria real
lees how she has compromised her
self by her journey with Grafton.
Ho proposes marriage. and Gloria
apparently accepts him. Grafton
Arranges for the marriage by a
country Judge" King comes to
a house. unseen by Gloria. IN
formed of the coming
ho watches 1t from a window. All
the last moment Gloria refuses to
ritter the requisite yes" In the
resultant confusion King enters
tho room and Gloria appeals TO
him for protection. Grafton, dis
missed, reveals his knowledge OF
the hidden gold and makes threats.
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Her.
eagerly took up the old Bible. There
Wal the secret" at Iast-Gus Insle's
message come to him across the dead
years.
Good god / never see such gold nor
no man neither and when he come
into camp You could reed In his look
he had found it because no man could
have looked ut hat Mother load and
not look Hke Jimmy And big Brodie
rabhe him by the throat and shook
him and nearly killed him until Jim
my told We went down the gorge
to the narrow place over on the big
seedar that had broke on and that
wAs how VIC come to the First Cave.
and then we come to Cafve number
thre and two And for two weeks may
be fhrc we lost track OF time until
this CRATE big pile of gold was dug
thai / am setting right ON Top OF right
now how can a man eat gold when he
is dying of hunger and burn 1t when
he is freezing And it was big Brodie
killed pore Nanny \ seen him and the
next day 81 maybe 1T was two days
ago was gone and never come back
was III Manny's COAST got him and drug
him dow the cliffs screaming horrible
and In the g0rge-anyway that was
Two and i ann all that lis left and
am going-I tride to get out and the
Big storm drov me back and all /
can see fs Jimmy Kelp and the par
son Ii l had not OF killed them they
would killed me sure and big Brodie-s
gone he liz crazy and can never make
IL back across the mountains in this
afrTrI n nh Ru1TN YU1ngI Na 4laax
big nugget and went ON. and he sfoIed
handf of grub there was. If j
write all this In the Bible that was
preacher Eisons and tie lit up safe i'm
oilclofh n canvas and make a bofe
out or a chunk of wood and throw it
In the river maybe lit will get to one
of The camps down there and a good
man Will find 1t and lie give him half.
You come up the old trail past where
the thre Eytaiians had their camp last
year and over the big mountain strate
ahead and about another seven miles
STRAIT on and then there is the pass
with the big black rocks on one side
and sfreaks of white granite ON the
other and down into the gorge and
strate up four or five miles where the
old seedar broke off and fell acrostz
My god here goes.
a GUS INGLE-
To any man who knew the Sierra
hereabonts less intimately than did
Mark King, Gus Ingie's message would
have brought only stupefaction. But
to King now, as to Ben Gaynor before
him. the secret" lay bare Old names
held OF the three Italians had given
a name to what was now known as
Italy Gulch- The caves were on a GER
tain fork of the American river then.
and King had approximately the dis
tances and direction.
He thrust the old Bible into his
shirt There were steps on the porch.
Jim and the Judge were coming
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Population Movement

The United States Department of
Agriculture estimates TINT 1,472,000
persons left. farms for towns and
cities in 1881, and that 100000 per-
sons moved farmward. The gain in
number of persons living ON farms
was 64S,000. For the year 1890 II
was estimated that 1,766,OO0 persons
moved from cities to farms and 1,72T,-
coo persons moved from farms to-
~cities-these two movements almost
balancing each other. There was d
slight decrease In the number of per
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Hunt for Water in Africa

Able Gabriel Lambert, a Euro
pean, possesses extraordinary gifts
as a water diviner. He sometimes
uses d pendulum which, when over
water, swings to and fro at a great
rate, but he uses also the ofd.fasf-
toned hazel twig. He is shortly be-
Ing sent to Algiers on IN official wa
ter-1nding mission.
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Because of Quick Dissolping Property BAYER ASPIRIN Starts
Ticking Hold 3 or 4 Minutes After Taking

Remember. it is Genuine Bayer
Aspirin which provides this unique,
quick-acting property. So be sure
you get the Real Article-GEN-
UINE BAYER Aspirin when you
buy. Naturally you want the fast
est, possible relief-and that's the
way to get it.
To identify the genuine, see that
any box or bottle Of aspirin you buy
is clearly marked Genuine Bayer
Aspirin And that any tablet you
take is stamped clearly with the
name "Bayer'' in the form of a
cross. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bayer
Aspirin cannot harm the heart.
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an awful lot to see
this year. IL you
just sit on the side
lines and look on.
The Politicians
never were in a
bigger huddle.
A few weeFr ago
hen candidate
Roosevelt was out
mere you never saw
such & bunch of
Democratic ontrid-
ers. You see out
here I'm EaIffornia
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Due to important, scientific de-
velopments in the world-famous
Bayer laboratories. almost IN
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Because Of a unique process in
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OF the average pain or headache in
as little as three or four minutes
after taking. The fastest, safe relief,
it is said, ever known for pain.
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CHAPTER WI

1T strikes me- said Summarizing
sa~rcasticaiIy, that there's mighty
funny goings-on here tonight. / show
up to marry one man to a girl and
mex thing / know"
Never mind fhat," Gun I'm King
hastily. -Yon are going to marry her
after all. Only 10 another man.
"Meanin' you. Mark demanded
Jim. For the life OF him he couldn't
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with amy clothes
ON. I'm fact, here Is
the ingredients OF
a Pageant You
first pick a cold
night, then have
plenty of places all
over the Float
for girls to stand
But don't let EN-
have anything on
That's the first in
gredient OF a
Float Rider is to
gass tnfalIv naked
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here In California
IL used to be hard to scare up a Demo
cratr and when you did he was scared
sure enough. But now they are show
Ing their heads snameIessly. Why you
would think the rascals were the salt
OF the earth the way they acting up.
But 1t was a big time Tor EN-. FOLK
Old give Mr.. Roosevelt a fine recep-
fion. and a mighty good time was in
dulged in by practically all. The
Movies turned out and gave a big
night for him. moi because they was
going democratic They are a little of
everything. and most OF us not much
OF anything We are all 100 interested
In our Art TO give much thought to
material things. Don't that sound like
a real artistry Most Of us don't exen
know who is running.
In TACT who is running7 Well. Mr..
Roosevelt said he was, and the way
they cheered / think he was. Vel
don't really mean we" had nothing
10 do with it-bHt they did put on a
fine show for him. They had what
they call an electric pageant. That
seems to be the Co nov is a pageant.
1t used to be called just a parade,
but now its a pageant
Now here Is a kind OF a Joke on us
that | don't know IL Its ever leaked
out or not We had about lis beautiful
floats with girls just -Strewn. all over
en- You would naturally say why
those floats cos a lot OF dough" And
they did That is they did when they
we're first used They were built by
somebody. | don't know wno, but they
were built for the Shrinera Convention
and parade In Frisco. which was held
q short time before. and we Just hired
en- IL there had Deen any Frisco
folks In the audience 1t would have
looked like old home week to EN-. but
that's one thing there IL never any
Frisco folks down this way. Here and
Death Valley Is two places Frisco
folks seldom ever go. To them n
II just about as desoIated AS the other.
Course we took the old floats and
changed the name ON EN-. Where one
mp there might have been christened
The Progress OF Beauty" or some
thing. why we had Laurel and Hardy
on 1T and called 1t Laughter win
Pay"
Then they had some polo M
They weren't so hot. on ccou of the
size of the field, and they should have
Used an indnnr ball which liz bigger
III the people could have seen, and
also that the players. could have too.
Then 3 few stunts OF q rodeo that was
put ON by Tom Nix. Hoos Gibson, and
all our wild west boys. 1t was very
good The speaking was short and
not $50 not" either. But We ali did
the best we could lit was for a good
charity cause. and the audience was
liberal and lenienL
1t was kind OF a chilly night. and
1t seems that it's an unWritfen law
that you cant put a girl on a float
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Lady-If you were a naval officer,
what rank did you hold?
Tramp-Ship's optician, lady.
Lady-Never heard of IT. What
were your duties? -
Tramp-Seraping the eyes of po-
tatoes, lady.
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The Everlasting Whisper

had been seeking. working, for years,
remembered now only because Gloria
had made the request that they be not
forgotten.
But Ben's words caught him when
he had read the first line. He had
opened the packet, ripping on the old
encasement of cloth. There was a
book, q Bible that looked to be CEN
turtles old. battered, the covers gone /;
Gaynor's letter was slipped into it:
DEAR MARK.
Honeycutt's dead. I've got his secret.
But Brodie came near doing me in.
H~oneycutt. dying. sent for me I got
there just In time. He gave me the
Bib1es 1t was the parsons and then
Gus Ingle's- As / was going out of the
cabin Rrodfe and two of his gang
Ewooped down on me. In the dark L
pitched the Bible clear and they did
not sec. 1t was just tina nears They
came close to killing me: when / came
to I oun they'd been through my
pockets / dom know how much Brodie
Knows / do know he is working with
Grafton. the dirty crook. I think you
can beat them to IL. hands down. And,
for Gods sake. Mark, and for my sake
II not for your own don't LET the grass
grow. i am on the edge OF absolute
bankruptcy. laid up this way l don't
SEQ chance unless you find what
we've been after SO long and ind 1t
quick VIII you start without any de-
iay7 Al soon ns you get this phone to
Charlie Marsh ut CoIoma- Leave word
for me- And let that word be that
nothing on earth will stop yous Then
i won't 60 crazy here with worry.
@ BEN.
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Says I'll
WILLIE
ROGERS

BEVERLY HELLS-Well all | know
Is Just what | read In the papers. or
what | see here and there. There Is
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NO TABLETS ARE GENUINE |

Might Be Superstitious
Walter, I ordered a dozen oysters
and you brought only eleven
Il thought You didn't want to sit
thirteen at table, sir"
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sons going to farms in 1881, and a
considerable decrease In the number
going to cities.
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AlsASev AiaEh 4 Hit EFTTEURF tired
out. and-and I'm afraid I've mfslaid
the key, and
That hurt him. his eyes darkened
with a quick pain that came to him
from her words He had hoped thar
Gloria had known him better than
that.
You need never lock your door
against me, my dear he told her
gently Il don't want you TO be afraid
OF me | am going to sit by the fire
and think Just to soak myself In the
realization" he added with a happy
laugh. that you are mime
Before o go I'm the morning you
will conne TO my door,
III You want me To-
'0f course, Mark"
"Then-gcod night, dear
-Eood night. Mark"
King was asfir long before dawn
While water heated and bacon sizxIed.
he rummaged through the sf0rercom nj
the rear OF the house. gathering xnaf
he meant to put into his pack for the
four or five days trip As be returned
from the last Journey to the store
room he confronted Gloria. fully
dressed. He dropped his arnl-Ioad and
filed his eyes with her. Gloria had
come down.
Gloria r. he cried.
fTo RE cpkrTEuxn-a