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The weekly echo., 1933-03-17

Rev. J. T. Flynn is sick and confined
0 his bed. His many friends wish for
in a speedy recovery.
The weekly echo., 1933-03-17
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night, March 22nd, at 500 o'clock. The
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-06-22
CHAPTER VIII

GUNNER had settled down upon
y the MARYLAND campus. While
every man and woman connected
with the college was vitality inter
ested In the Thayer killing, their
interest could not very well be
termed excitement.
The students, as a whole, could
not believe any Of the three sus
poets guilty. It was nasty mess
all around-the college agreed or
that.
A half dozen undergrads who
were lounging on the lawn In front
of the Lambda Theta ri house saw
John Reagan drive up In his shiny
little car. They saw someone else
too-an astounding fat man who
lay back In the seat next to the
driver and complained bitterly
about the heat. Later someone
passed the word that the TAT man
was a famous detective and was
greeted with an outburst Of derisive
laughter. T at bird a detective I
Ha-hal
Hanvey's fishlike little eyes looked
everywhere and appeared to see
nothing. Reagan waited for him
to do something-and was disap
pointed. Jim merely stood In one
spot, breathing audibly and mop
ming fho hack of HE nock Ho
finally turned. and Reagan prepared
for pronouncement of Importance
"One thing I'm sure Of" said Han
vey.
"Wllat? ?"
81 or have felt no hotter
weat
1t ~. Reagan who was forced
to remind Harvey that they were
supposed to be working on a muir
der case. He directed Jim's at.
tention to certain chalk marks on
the floor.
aWho made those, Reagan2"
81 did"
"What forY
"They outline the position of
Thayer's body as 1t was when got
here. That straight line where
you're standing is the mark to show
how far open Carmicino says the
door was when he spotted the fe~
of the body from the hall"
ITO BIZ coNTrNuEDp
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How | Broke Into
The Movies e, s.;s d
Herman
By TOM MIX
Hal C..
Herman

T BROKE into the movies AZ q
i safety mana man hired to
stand alongside the camera with a
rife and kill any wild animals
working In the scene II they showed
signs Of desire to chew up tho
actors. That was with the old Selig
company In the days when wild AMI
NAL thrillers were at their height
Of popularity. / won my Job be-
cause Of my earlier experiences as
Texas Ranger, Rough Rider under
our beloved Teddy and volunteer In
the Philippine uprisings. I also saw
military service In the Orient dur
ing the Boxer rebellion and had
been a range rider since my early
youth near my birthplace, which II
FL Paso.
So I was considered a pretty good
shot with either pistol or rifle after
all these experiences. and Colonel
Selig hired me.
My reason for trying to get into
the movies came about through q
series Of events. First ! had leased
my ranch to a producer who was
making westerns / noticed how
unwestern the cowboys looked and
acted and this aroused something
akin to resentment lot Of tender
feet practically making fun OF the
West. Then went to see some Of
sthese here" movies and was all
fred certain the cowboys. stories
and directors were all wrong.
And / made up my mind was
going to California and tell them
what was what.
Finances were pretty low. As a
matter Of fact I was nearly broke
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Knitted Things Demand
Extra Care in Washing

Have you succumbed to the knit
ting or crocheting feveri Whelha
or not, you certainly have sweater
knitted suits. etc., for who can b
without Them these daysf They'n
so attractive. and almost indIspens
able for sport and everyday wear'
and IL washable, as many Of then
are. it's so easy to keep them clean
Before washing a new sweater
test 1t to be sure the col0rs are taSt
by squeezing an inconsplcuous por
ton In clear. lukewarm water to-
Eve minutes or so.
Knitted things often get out o.
shape when wet. SO to insure restor
Ing them TO the correct proportions
Just draw an outline on clean. wrap
ping paper before wettlng. Incl
dentally, the ideal time to draw TINS
outline is when the sweater Is new
before you have stretched the e.
bows, etc. Then this outline may
be used each time yon WASH n'
sweater.
Remove unwashable buttons, BUCK
les, etc., and turn the sweater
w-rong-side out. Make rich suds WIN
mild, neutral soap flakes; alwaN
have the suds and rinse waters luxe
warm or cool. Put in the sweater
and wash by squeezing the suul
through and through the material
Never rub. Wash quickly. 10 ."
soak colored garments.
Thoroughly rinse In plenty OF luxe 3,
warm or cool water. Squeeze ou.
the WATERFRONT twist. Then sOa
the sweater in a dry turkish towe.
knead for a moment and unIos
Don't leave col0red garments roleu
up while wet. Ease the sweater lnu
shape on the outline. n the swen1a
tends TO shrink. pin 1t In place {,
a firm surface as on corrusA.~
pasteboard. or an old rug. Use pun
which will not rust.
When the sweater Is dry felnv..
Il from the outline, turn lt rsns
side ont and press II lightly us,%
a damp cloth to remove wrinA'
and pin marks.
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Il Was Reagan Who Was Forced TO
Remind Harvey That They Were
Supposed to Be Working on .
Murder Case.
coming to the verge Of vital dis
closures and then going OF on an
other tack.
"Were Thayer and Miss Peyton
very friendlyY'
II don't think So"
you're not sure?"
"No."
"She hadn't ever mentioned him
to you? You haven't any idea why
she went to visit Thayer at the fra
ternity house, have you?"
Larry seemed troubled. He raised
his voice and spoke vehemently.
"You seem more Interested In
Miss Peyton than In me-" he ac-
cused. "It's perfectly ridiculous to
think that she had anything to do
with Thayer's death. She left that
fraternity house before got there.
When I arrived Thayer was still
alive. Therefore she couldn't have
killed him !"
'sDog-gone II that amt right, Son.
1 just plumb forgot that. l sure
did Well, good-by, Son-and much
obliged"
.sYou-you don't wish to ask me
anything else7"
"N0pe. reckon you've told me
about everything there Il to tell,
haven't your"
"Why-why. yes I guess So"
sWell. by-by. and good luck"
The door closed behind them, and
Larry WEIGH, thoroughly bewildered
and not q little Ill at ease, stared
at the mute panels.
In the corridor John Reagan
faced his companion. He could
contain himself no longer.
.Welch was lying| he an
nounced."
Jim Harvey smiled.
"Sure he was. John; sure he was.
But that amt what interests me.
What l crave to know is-how
much? And why?'
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the door, and Reags performed the
introductions.

the door, and Reage performed the
introductions.
"Mr. Week.-Mrs. Is Mr.. Harvey !;
Jim Harvey. He's In charge Of this
case.n
The youth hesitated, but Han
vey's feshy paw came Out and Larry
met it with a firm grip and quick.
friendly smile. Harvey blinked, nod
ded and seated himself.
Shutdown. WEIGH. I'd like to talk
with you a few minutes"
whatever you say, SIR"
"You understand. WEIGH, that you
Cont have to talk at all IL you don't
want to. I'm just tellin' you that
SO you won't think I'm tryin' to put
anything over"
81 understand, SIR"
Il could say that anything you
mentioned could be used against
you. Instead I'll just say that If
you're innocent. the more you talk,
the more chance there Is of me
helpin you. If you're guilty-well.
that's a gray horse of another color.
And my name amt Sir. either"
Larry grinned II understand"
"Fll spout one thing more. Me
and Reagan are out to find out who
killed Pat Thayer and we amt got
! the slightest ambition to hang an
innocent man. Now-shall go on
and talk to you or let you alone?
I mean that If you want tt help
us. maybe we can help you. If you
don't-then there amt bit Of use
wasting everybody's time"
Hanvey's tone was gentle, his
manner disarming. He seemed so
guileless, so transparent. Larry
paced slowly up and down the
room. Reagan followed him with
his eyes. Finally. the young man
turned and spoke to Harvey"
MAY I ask one question:
"Sure, Son-sure."
slave you spoken to Miss Peyton
YETI"
aNo."
"Can believe that?''
Hanvey's eyes opened slowly.
Gosh. Son-I dunno whether you
can believe It G not. We don't
neither of US have to believe
nothin'. But haven't seen Miss
Peyton. and that's a fact"
/ Larry hesitated-b but only for 9
moment 81 believe you." he said
and then added: ''I'n talk"
| Jim yawned. "All right. WEIGH
Go ahead and talk"
| It'd rather that you questioned
me-"
"About what?n
"Whatever you want to know
| Harvey lighted one of his OBJ
noxious cigars and grinned at Rea
gan. "Maybe that amt such a ba6
idea, John. What do you think 2
d 81 guess so. JIM"
@You did go to see PAT Thayel
at the fraternity house day befor,
J. Yesterday. didn't you. Welch?"
@Yes." Larry's voice was low. I
. was plain that he was weighing
words. = e.
.What about2"
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On Approval
By ROSA z. MARIONONI

G. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
y. ..rr wNu Service
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SALTS HIGH PLACI
I'm WORLD TRADp

Less than a century aco
buxom wife In the East India goo
be purchased for a handful J, .Ouh
many slaves which were bron.,sati
the United States from Afr,cs o
bought and paid for, not WITH ven ven
but salt, reports the Worcesta. eOla
Institute in outlining the msDv ,. ssR
esting activities carried on 4, N
In seeking to satisfy his nass I
SALT remarking that the salt S,.' ~
ard In the history of commeros as
tedated the gold standard.
As a medium Of exchange cal,
widely used In many ancient ~. W
tries. The Mogul conQuerors ~ y
dia made DEGREES thousands az ~.
ago regulating the standard ~ 49,
that was used for money. n A.
and Africa cakes Of salt were -
quently employed as money =.
until comparatively recent timev AN
was used as q medium OF exchsn.'
In the Shan markets In Indo-cblp.
Besides being used as monev sss
In days gone by was a powerful A.
veloper of commerce. Being eussa
tial to life, and unavailable to trIhs
remote from the sea, from which n,
substance was obtained by eyapor.
ton, trade routes were early devs.
oped to provide the transportatlo,
Of salt. For hundreds Of years /,
caravan route was maintained be
tween Palmyra and Syrian pOrh
Even today much Of the caravan
traffic in the Sahara Is largely n
this precious commodity. The Old
est road in italy is not the AppIsr
way, but the "via Salarla," the Sail
road along which salt was ancient,
carried from the evaporatlng pits a
Ostia to the Sabine territory.
Indeed, according to historians. N,
largest city In the world, London
was first founded because Of the Sal
trade, continues the Worcester Sail
institute. During the earliest dau
of European history salt was sent
from England to the continent
Cheshire and Worcestershire pro
vided salt for Britain and Gaul, and
the route for It's Transportation
crossed the country In q southealt
ernly direction, crossing the Thames
then very shallow, at ford wheN
Westminster now stands. An inn Bai
built to accommodate salt haulen
when the river was too swollen Ia
ford. From this humble beginning a
q resting place for salt traders the
great city OF London resulted.
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my sister,
"Miss Ivy Welch1s

= 81 .
"Miss Ivy Welch1s
EYES,"
"What was wrong theref"
"Nothing that is, didn't
want anythin. to be wrong. told
Thayer that preferred that he
see less of Ivy"
"Did you tell him whyf'
Il told him that there was too
much difference In their ages. He
was twenty-three and Ivy just q
seventeen-year-old kid. I didn't think
It was a very good idea to let the
friendship continue"
GLOW long had Thayer been go
ing with your sister,"
II don't know exactly. Several
months, guess"
Anything special happen re-
cently?"
Larry's eyes were focused on the
floor. "Nothing."
.You just made up your mind to
see Thayer without anything spe-
cial happening, ehf"
Eyes. When ! say nothing spe-
cial-I mean. He rose,
walked across the room, and then
returned to stand In front Of the
huge detective. II spoke to my sis
ter first. I told her to lay of Pat
Thayer and she said she wouldn't.
I said that forced me to see him.
And SO went to his fraternity
house."
"You saw him?"
eyes,"
.Alive or dead?"
Larry's eyes widened, and instinc-
lively he drew back as though to
ward off a blow.
''What do you meant" he asked
and his voice trembled.
"Gosh! Son-I don't mean nothin'.
You told me to ask questions, and
I'm just doin' what you asked"
.'It was such a queer question"
"Maybe so. l dunno. OF course
you know he's dead now, don't
your"
aYes," bitterly; II understand
they're holding me for his murder"
"Well, then-what would be more
natural than what / asked your It
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but I had enough money to ship my
saddle horse to San Bernardino.
From 'San Berdue" the horse and
"hoofed 1t" into Hollywood with
nary a brass band or reception COM
mittee to welcome US.
As matter Of fact, nobody even
paid the slightest bit Of attention
to us. To this day a cow hand can
walk through the streets Of Holly
wood and attract less attention than
fat man In golf Knockers.
Well, then came the job told you
about-the safety man.
Soon after I worked myself into
bits and small parts and doubled
for the leading men on all the dam
gerOus stunt riding.
All this time / was still nursing
the urge to tell the whole world
how awful the western pictures
were and my opportunity came with
q bang when william Fox signed me
to a long term contract.
After much discussion pro and
con. / finally persuaded Mr.. Fox to
let me try one picture of my '4four-
teen-karat genuine" brand Of West
ern.
To make sure In case anything
went wrong, was certain to get the
blame, Mr.. Fox made me write the
stories, direct them and play the
leads. The results. I say with all
due modesty, were far beyond my
own expectations.
Their immediate success con-
vinced many producers that West
ern stories written by Eastern ten
derfeet and portrayed by the same
breed of actors didn't have the same
ring of realism In them, so my two
reelers soon grew up into feature
length plays.
Although what have to say now
has no bearing on crashing the
MOVIES" I think 1t important to
those who may be curious. I make
It q business never to drink, smoke
or play cards In any Of the scenes
Of my pictures.
I realize that primarily, the story
Of the West is Of supreme interest
to thousands Of young boys through
out the country and perhaps the
world. I also realize that boys are
prone to initiate in their play many
Of the things they see In pictures
or read about.
And with no consideration of my
self except as a probable example,
/ realize that boys set some figures,
like Babe Ruth or Lindbergh, as
their ideal Of manhood.
I, therefore, believe that In some
little way I can convince the boy
hood Of America that neither smok-
ing, drinking nor gambling are e..
sential and that physical fitness al
ways wins out over dissipation. That
IL why try to make my characters
those Of men of high ideals.
Because. after all. the boys of to
day are the men Of tomorrow.
wNU Service
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shapes up kind OF queer, Son. II
Thayer was dead when you got to
his room, why It's a cinch you
couldn't have killed him, amt it?''
"Yes. -
"But IL he was alive when you
got there, it don't look very nice
because everybody knows that you
were the last person In that room
before the body was found So ]
ask you again: When you got to
his room, was he alive or dead?"
The boys face was white, but he
answered in q level voice.
HE was alive"
you're sure you didn't quarrel?'
Positive"
'Thayer didn't get sore?"
Again that strained, haggard
light flashed In Larry's eyes.
Moo he didn't get sore"
"Not at all?"
Il don't know. l was only there
for f;w minutes"
And there wasn't any quarrel2 r
Larry whirled on his inquisitor
How many times do I have to tell
you that we didn't quarrel"
"None," murmured Harvey gen.
tly. "Goshl Son-you don't have
to tell me thing. Any minute you
get tired Of my questions. I'll quit
amt aiming to get you peeved up
Now. II you'd rather ! wouldn't ask
you no more questions"
SIN sorry. Mr.. Harvey. Please
60 on"
Thanks, Son. And any time
step on your pet bunion don't hest.
tate to say SO. Il amt my idea t.
get any man riled at me-"
81 understand. What else do you
wish to know about that interview
Nothing"
The boy was surprised. -Noth-
ing"
"Not thing. You've told me all
| need to know. According to the
way I understand it: Thayer was
alive when you got there and yOr
and he had a nice friendly chat
that is, 1t wasn't exactl. friendly
but you didn't quarrel. Then yor
left. Amt that the way 1t WASP
| eyes. :" Larry was non
| pIussed. "Yes-it happened Just
that way"
"Good. That clears things up II
my mind. Now can l ask you some
thing else?"
Surely"
do you know Miss Antoinett,
Peyton?''
| Reagan saw Larry's figure sitter
defensively. and there was the brief
est hesitation before he answered
yes"
do you know Max Vermont"
i EYES,"
Like him?"
"He's nice chap"
"When you were at the fraternit,
house to see Thayer-did you hap
pen to see Max Vernon anywhere
about?''
/ mo"
"Or Miss Peyton" ~-za
| mo- -
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THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING


by
only Larry to end rhayss .a0n with t sS
visiting him at leaves the house s
ccino dead stabbed
as 1es
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Ue MAY DAY
MYSIE ERR
b. Ocfovus' Rou Cohen
A.-A-,c.x..,. ~ ~, ssav
{. xN.u:4sax,sak,-

aHmphl + think you're foolish
and generous"
Jim Harvey spoke, but without
turning.
'Thayer was stabbed7" he asked
over his shoulder.
"YeS."
"What sort Of knifei"
Reagan shook his head.
aThat's one Of the Queerest
things In the whole case, Jim.
We've looked high and low for that
knife and we can't find It any
where"
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CHAPTER vI-contlnusd

-
sAnd this amt less, Jim. There's
still more. I arrested WEIGH the
minute could get my hands on
him, and had q long heart-to-heart
talk with him, and all / can tell
you, Jim, Is that that Teller lied to
me like a sonovagun."
"No?"
sYes. Absolutely. It was POSI-
lively shameful the way he lied !. !.
and you know as well as me, Jim,
that when a suspect lies all the way
through he's either pretty deep or
knows who Is. Am I right?"
4Right."
"When / first arrested WEIGH"
Reagan continued, ''he blanketed
everything with lies. He started
Off by denying that he had been to
see Thayer. / proved that up on
him In less time than 1t takes
goat to eat shirt. After admit
ting that, he said that he'd never
been anything but the best Of
friends with Thayer. Then told
him there was a chance for him
II he was innocent because we al
ready had two other people under
arrest. He asked who they were
and told him. The minute / men
Toned Miss Peyton's name his
whole attitude changed" Reagan
paused and chuckled. "And howp
"Well-how7"
HE wanted to know right away
Why we should think anything so
ridiculous as that Tony Peyton
Killed Thayer. l told him 1t was be-
cause she had visited Thayer's
room Just before he-Welch-got
there. I could see he was doing
some fast thinking. He finally called
me a DIN fool, which wasn't very
nice, and wanted to know how Miss
Peyton could have killed Thayer
when he had been there after she
had gone and Thayer was alive. I
put It up to him that that wasn't
q very healthy stand for him to
take because II Thayer was alive
when he visited the fraternity
house, then It certainly put Miss
Peyton In the clear but made It
rotten for him. also was think
ing-though I didn't discuss it with
him-that It cleared Max Vernon.
too; because Max left the frater-
nifty house before Larry got there"
sBut surely" snapped Fiske, "a
man isn't going to put his own
neck In a moose, unnecessarily, is
he?"
Maybe" answered Reagan calm
ly. Especially If he's young fool
like WEIGH and Is crazy about
girl and thinks that she did the
murder"
Hanvey's sof4 drawl broke In.
"How about Max Vernon?''
flushed
"Oh, Vermont The darn thing has
got me goofy. AS soon as / get one
of those three crazy kids tied up
with this, l remember something
about one of the others and start
all over again. The more |. think
the less know and the less know
the nuttier get"
you've done marvelously," In
sisted Randolph Fiske with consid-
orable yehemence. .It seems to
me you've discovered everything
you need know"
Except the identity OF the MUIR
derer." finished Reagan dryly. up
to that point I've done SWELL"
Harvey rose and waddled to the
window, where his tremendous
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Harvey folded his hands On his
huge stomach. aY0u object II 1 ask
yea q personal question, Welchf"
"G0 ahead"
"You're pretty keen for Miss Pey-
ton, aren't you?"
Larry flushed. II admire her
very much"
"Nothing more2"
II don't see No. It's no
more than hat"
Amazingly enough, Harvey did
not pursue that topic. It seemed
to Reagan that Jim was constantly
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CHAPTER VII

r AIRY WEIGH was lying full
- length on the bed when the
door opened. He stared with amaze
ment at Reagan's companion. Harvey
was hopping at his forehead with
purple and white handkerchief
and spuffing like porpoise. His
little, fishy eyes turned protesting
" toward Reagan.
"You shouldn't have done 1t,
john"
"What?''
walked me all the way down
here. I'm all In"
The turnkey In the corridor closed
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passed and signed than in the whole
previous history Of the state, Nc
Mutt entrained for the national
capital Thursday night.
Previous to departure, he held a
conference with Speaker Earl
Crawford of the house, and Lieu
tenant Governor M. Clifford Town
send. senate presiding officer, to
arrange details of procedure dur
ing his absence.
Only minor details of the i'm
mense administration legislative
program remain dangling and
these are expected to be disposed
of quickly today or Saturday.
Adjournment Saturday night is
being considered, but it appeared
likely that the regular date, Mon
day, will mark the sine die finish.
The Governor party en- route to
Washington included Mrs. McNutt,
Thomas D. Taggart, Indiana Demo-
cratic national committeeman, and
Miss Lucy Taggart, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Richardson Sinclair, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank McHale.