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this afternoon" Mrs. Brewster said to Sylvia
that evening. Hes very much puzzled and
hurt by the way you've acted toward him
these past few days, Sylvia. And l don't
wonder. In fact, l myself am hurt and
puzzled. So is your father"
why does it mean so much to you?"
Darling, because it would make us so
happy to see you settled and comfortable with
- with everything nice girl could ask for
And poor Rex He came to me almost as son
comes to a mother so sweet and humble.
II advised him to be firm, Sylvia. Not to
put up with this shilly- y-shallying any more. So
he's coming tonight for a once-and- for all
answer. Now, my dear, be sensible and answer
him as you should"
Sylvia was very white. "All right" she said.
Rex Norwood came promptly at half-past
eight. For man advised to be firm, he looked
singulary uncertain, as he and Sylvia went
out on the terrace.
Il looked at house in Westport today"
Rex began. "It's great bargain. thought it
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

Montana's gold is found in veins
Of white quartz which dip sharply
and deeply into the ground. No
one knows how far down some or
them go-several have been fol
lowed a mile straight down. The
term vein" is misleading: vein
in mining is not a tube, but
flat plane. Tilt a layer cake on an
angle and cut it in half and one
will have a rough diagram OF a
gold mine. The filling is vein
Embedded in the barren waste OF
dough. Once a vein is discovered,
it may be easy to follow. The
bright white quartz stands sharply
out against the darker country rock.
one may or may not see gold in 1t.
Once a vein has been discovered
and its richness, dip and direction
tablished deep gold mining is
more of an Industrial than a spec
ulative enterprise simple engin-
eering problem of how to extract
the gold most cheaply The big
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

Pane: You will note that the avail
able exemption is $4,000 less any
other offering, whether public or
private. made within one year prior
to the offering. For example. II
shares having par value Of $780,
600 were issued for property within
one year prior to the proposed new
offering, the available exemption
would be only to the extent of the
ddfference-$1O.000."
The federal government, in any
case, never approves" an issue. 1t
never passes upon the merits of
security. In larger financing 1t
merely require that the prospectus
issued shall give complete data,
and the investor may rest assured
that the officers of the company
are pledged to stand behind any
representations contained in the
prospectus.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

It is not necessary to file a pros
pectus with the commission nor Is
a prospectus necessary in financing
sums less than $4,000. which Will
cover most "grubstake" capitaliza-
ton in Montana.
For raising sums up to 100000
there is another set of rules, but
in this case they are simple and
every miner can comply with them.
The rules merely state that the
man who raises money through the
mails must tell his stockholders all
the facts regarding the distribution
OF the stock, and the purpose of the
issue. The government does not pre-
tend to pass on its merits. The leg
itimate operator will not object to
this provision.
There is no reason why new min
ing ventures cannot finance. Old
companies may also re-finance with
this limitation. pointed out by Mr..
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

little high-grading. me discovery
OF new high grade streaks has con-
verted the mine from 3 producer
OF Iow-grade 70 q rich mine. Some
Of the picture rock runs from S2.-
600 to $1,000 per ton including
telluride Of gold Ia the rich streaks.
There Is a 10-stamp mill on the
ground. but II Is more profitable
TO ship the high grade.
Development thus Tar has been
above the 70O-foot tunnel in which
operations viii be started this sum
mer. The 300-foot shaft is to be
unwatered also.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

BOILERS up to $50 II. p Gyratorv
Rock crushers McCuIly No. s. BIake
Jaw Crusher 10x20 heavy duty.-sAHf
MARKHAM, Graat Falls. Mont 4-27-a
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

MINING

SHALL SCALE Placer Mining Msth
0dE by Chaa. r.. jackson and jobs
B. Knaebel. q booklet giving placer
mining districts ia Montana aa6
Idaho. minerals associated with plac
er gold. the different metAode Of
mining placer gold and how u
conRtruet the proper equipment
Sc per copy Supply Department
Montana on Journal
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27
sTLVER MINrNG-MILTING

The Silver Mining and Milling
company OF Cascade county, In
.eorporators C. G. Cameron, Thomas
r. Gordon and e. Sandquist. Term
80 years. The corporations capt.
tai was fixed at $50, 600, with 3d.
600 shares Of which three are sub
scribed.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27
ALAMEDA Nine Is
YIELDING SHIPPING
ORE WORTH SCI

D. A. Harris, operating the Ala
media group of claims west Of Vir-
ginia City, is shipping ore running
as high as s91 per ton in gold and
silver. according to the Madisonian.
Harris took over the group last
summer from Mrs. Thomas Thex-
ton OF Varney. The mine had been
idle since 1870, excepting for a
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

MAP Of the City Of Cnt Bank showing
ownarBhip Of town lots aud well Ioca-
tons, scale / In. to 800 feet. 1Sx24
Blue line on paper 500. Supply
Department Montana Oil Journal
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

a
When crezv of myers lost The ore veiu the Fair
a5ezO mine Sheridan Mont F. c. Gilbert mining engi
meer, zUas called in
put in round of shotg here he said, pointing to a
blank auH in the drift adding that Is aOere it ought to be-
The drills quickly revealed rich 0em. This picture
shozVs F. c. Gilbert indicating NTH his pick the distance
from the lime zOaH the the distance from nothing
to gold ore ch averaged $40 per in the first carload
shipped
BeIO7O is snapshot of Byron FELTON, superintendent,
and his cyczO Uich this zOeek opened up $50 ore IN
this same qVere pioneer miners searched 0GHiy for the
highgrade 0ein
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27

Cold claims. placer, quarts, water,
timber roads, no snow. Large low grade.
Sell, lease, exchange claim for car.
Ellsworth Macfadden, Box $50
Auburn, California
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27
Ore VEN Is Like
Filling In a Cake

Montana mines usually have their
work blocked out (Once openings
are actually cut Through to the
vein) three to five years in adj
vance They can actually plan ten
years work ahead and they there
fore can make capital investments
in heavy machinery and permanent
equipment.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27
"Grubstake" Mine Financing
Exempt From Securities Act

Mine financing seriously handicapped By tine
federal security acts make 1t p
~ money without penientary
Baldwin b Ban director the
Excbanpe
mines from the federal
raise $SOOOO Dy use o. Ne
mails by personal solicitation without coming within the provisions
ederase securities
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-27
BUILDING sUB-sTATION

Montana Power will shortly COM
plete installation of its new sub
station at Virginia City to provide
electric power for all mining OPP
erations in the district.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19

Baling Hay From Field
Found to Be Good Plan

Baling clover and alfalfa hay direct
ly from the meadows has been a satis-
factory practice for the last 10 years
on the farm of Charles Alderman Of
Champaign county, Ohio, says the Ohio
Farmer. Last year he handled 160
tons of alfalfa and $50 tons of little
red clover hay in this fashion and
says it has been the choicest grade.
In baling alfalfa from the field d.
rectly he emphasizes curing the hay
more than when it is put in the barn.
Baling hay green will result in heat
ing and spelling in a short time. He
allows the alfalfa to get wilted well,
usually in half day after it is moved,
and then starts the side delivery rake
and allows it to cure in the windows.
This air cures it faster than when it
Is lying in the swath and preserves
the green color and Furthermore saves
the leaves. After the hay is cured to
a point where it would do to put in
the barn, he shocks it and allows it
to stand another day, when it is ready
for the press. Curing in the shock
takes more time but with large acre
age this is necessary in preference to
curing entirely in the windrow and bal
heartily ing from the windrow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19
Best Foaling Time

= Spring is the most suspicious time
for mares, under natural conditions,
to produce their young, say the ami.
NAL husbandry men of the Missouri
College of Agriculture. Weather is ia.
vorable then, the natural feed supply
is plentiful, and foals have time to
grow to good size before winter or the
natural weaving time arrives. Condi-
lions of feed supply and work require
ments frequently make it advisable to
have mares foal some time during the
summer, although summer-born foals
frequently have to contend with ex.
IRENE heat and flies and are younger
than is desirable for weaving if weaned
before cold weather. Fall foaling may
be followed advantageously if stable
facilities and enough feed of the right
kind are available for the care Of the
mother and foal during winter, and If
the work program is favorable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19
Quail and Pheasants

Belief that quail and pheasant can.
not be reared together is erroneous
G. F. Thompson, director Illinois De
partment of Conservation, says. Where
there is sufficient food and cover for
all birds, the two varieties thrive to-
gether. The pheasant does not hunt
out the quail nests to destroy them
except where the tendency is some.
times exhibited under semi-domesticat.
ed conditions. The Illinois Department
of Conservation is making a deter
mined effort to push the restocking OF
the state as rapidly as possible, with
pheasants and quail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19

man. When I've got him, Pm going to
turn and get me the man that killed
Mason. And I don't care who it Is,
or how close to home, or If it splits
the rimrock wide open when he's
caught"
1t had been on his tongue to tell her
that she might shield whom she want
ed to, lie to whom she wanted to, con-
ceal what evidence she wanted to, but
he would see the killer of Mason hung
in the end; but he bit this back. Still
jerky and explosive with his anger, he
vaulted into the saddle.
He did not look back; but as he
slammed out of the Bar Hook layout,
he somehow knew that she was still
standing there in the snow, as she
watched him as far as he could be
seen. And he wondered If it was i'm
possible for this girl to go to pieces,
like other women, and lose herself In
tears.
For four miles he held steadily north
ward, then turned and swung broad
circle, seeking to cut trail which
would verify the supposed direction of
st. Marie. He was far to the east
ward when he at last cut a straight
drawn track made within the hour. He
judged that the bronze rider was push
ing northeast at a cat-trot, trying-as
Jones had guessed-for Hightman's
gap.
The hours passed and the pony tired,
and it seemed to Kentucky Jones that
that ride was perhaps the longest and
loneliest he had ever made In his life.
He could not keep Jean Ragland out of
his mind.
He remembered the strong sharp
pressure of her fingers, and the touch
of her cheek, and the plant, yielded
curve of her body in his arms he could
see the stir and drift of her loose hair
as they had stood in the corral This
girl had become the center of all liv-
ing. as a waterhole is the center of a
range, or a fire the center of camp.
He had never been called upon to ad-
NIT this to himself, until suddenly cir
cumstances had asked him to accept
also the certainty that she had be-
trayed them all.
For he could not avoid recognition
that Jeans concealment of the rifle
had different meaning than had that
extraordinary feat of hers at the in
quest, when she had lifted the bullet
that killed Mason from under the very
nose of the sheriff. Her concern with
the bullet had told him that she was
shielding someone-if not the killer,
then at least someone who might other
wise have been open to an unfair sus-
picion. Although, in the case of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19
WINTER RANGE

bullet, she had availed herself of his
help, he had been able to understand
that he remained an outsider here, who
could not expect to be told In what
sort of thing he had assisted her. But
in spite of Old Man Coffee he had as
sumed that she was at least co-operat-
ing with the interest of her father and
her fathers brand.
But the discovery Of the hidden rifle
told him at once that she was CO.
operating with no one; that, incred-
IDLY, she was playing an utterly lone
hand-at least, he reflected bitterly, as
far as the Bar Hook was concerned.
For certainly no man had had any
thing to do with hiding rifle in a
bed. Only a woman would select q
cache so close under the light.
She was acting, then, without CO.
operation with her father, or any other
of the Bar Hook personnel. The asso-
citation of this fact with the circum-
stances of jeans rendezvous with her
fathers enemy was unavoidable.
To this unhappy situation the revela-
ton of st. Marie's connection added a
sharp immediacy. He believed now
that the materials for solution had been
under their hands; and were now per-
haps lost to them because Jean had
concealed the very signs that would
have shown the trail. Because of her
concealment of evidence, the Bar Hook
had moved uncertainty, helpless in the
dark; and the result was that good
tall boy was dead, and others would
perhaps join him before 1t was through.
In his present state of disillusion-
ment and the dregs Of anger, he was
supported by no particle Of faith. He
could not put her out Of his mind. But
she seemed to him to be like mirage,
which lures all the sanity out of a
Thirsty man, yet contains nothing OF
honesty, nor sincerity, nor faithfulness,
when finally it is reached.
He pushed on steadily, counting upon
the toughness of his pony. His hope
that he would be able to make Hight
mans Gap before st. Marie was very
like prayer. Until now the smash of
six-guns had never been associated In
his mind with anything more desirable
than the raw, sickly smell of blood.
But now, for once in his life, he had
stubborn ugly urge to throw bullets
into something alive, and blow it off
the face of the earth. He hoped fer
vently not only that he would head
Joe st. Marie, but that st. Marie would
fight.
Then, unexpectedly, he found that he
was in country that he knew; and in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19

three hundred yards more he recog-
nized the trail into Hightman's gap
He approached with caution, stopped
his horse and swung deep out Of the
saddle, not daring to set foot to the
ground. Carefully, with ungloved hand.
he explored a section Of the trail inch
by inch, until he was satisfied that no
man had passed this way before him In
the last twenty-four hours.
He proceeded into the gap. Ice crack
ling under foot where the snow had
been crushed by passing hoofs. A little
way above the trail,in twisted bunch
of jumpers, he easily found cover for
man and horse. Kentucky Jones
brushed the snow off a bit Of rock,
rolled himself cigarette, and listened
to the quiet.
He had time for a second cigarette,
and a third, Ieisurely smoked, with
long waits between. He presently be-
gan to think that he had misread Joe
st. Marie's purpose, and that the man
had taken some other way. But there
was nothing to do but wait, his brain
tired out with its own running, like the
horse.
When at last he heard an approach
ing horse it startled him, it had come
so close before he heard 1t at all. He
rose cautiously, freed his gun in its
leather and put his left arm around
! the pony's head to hold down its nose,
preventing its whinny to the stranger.
Around a shoulder of rock seventy
five yards away the rider appeared; and
he recognized the broad-banded black
and white Mackinaw that Joe St.
Marie wore.
Kentucky Jones could see now why
he had been so late in hearing St.
Marie's approach. st. Marie was rid
ing not in the center of the trail but
in the rougher going at the side, avoid
ing the ice formed by the hoof-crushed
snow in the trail itself. Even then,
Kentucky had moment of admiration
for the horsemanship of this man. I'm
der Joe st. Marie's saddle the sleepiest
old plug always looked alertly awake,
and spoiled horses, with mouths tough
er to the bit than the grip OF mans
hand, took on an Unexpectedly decent
sensitivity. 1t was as if something
about st. Marie put into horses the
fear of God.
st. Marie was now within the twen-
ty-five yards; he was leaning a little
sideways in the saddle. peering into the
jumpers so directly that Kentucky
thought the bronze rider was looking
him straight in the face. Yet st. Marie
came on. Kentucky drew his gun, and
waited until St Marie was almost be-,
low bin
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19
BY ALAN LIE MAY
Copyright by Alan LeMay
WNU Service.

"What is it to you where go or
what do? Men put their hands in
the lions mouth for you, and you tell
them nothing-not even enough so that
they can take care Of their own lives u
She stared at him moment in utter
bewilderment, and one hand went to
her throat. "Why, Kentucky-why,
Kentucky-I've told you more-more
than"
He said, "You trust no one, you
work with no one; everyone trusts you,
and you let us all ride blind"
He turned furiously to his horse
and drew the latigo up with snap
that jerked grunt out of the animal.
And he set his teeth in his lip lest he
utter the belief which had overwhelmed
him: that Jim Humphreys had died be-
cause of the reticence of this slim girl,
now standing beside him in the snow.
"But-but-" Jean Ragland's eyes
looked enormous in her white face.
She shivered; the untrampled snow
beyond the corral poles was no whittier
than her blue-veined ankles, or her
knuckles as she held the robe close at
her throat. Kentucky Jones doomed
above her like tree, so that even in
his anger he saw that she was pitt
full and desolated figure. Yet he was
seeing Jim Humphreys face as he
had seen it last, staring with unseeing
eyes at the first stars; and, believing
that Jim Humphreys death could have
been prevented, had Kentucky known
what this girl must know, he could not
forgive her. His low, incorporating
voice cut hers down.
1--WE been taken for fool and used
as a fool" he said. "But I tell you
this: I'm going to ride this thing out.
I'm going to ride this thing clear
through to the end, regardless of what
the end is. You hear me? And when
that's done I'm through"
Jean Ragland's face contorted trag-
ically, exactly as If he had cut her
with his quirt. She managed to say,
what are you going to do?"
SIN going to try to cut off st. Marie
at Hightman's gap. If l don't get him
there, l may or may not go on.
haven't decided yet"
you think-you think he"
"The man who put the gun into
lacks hand is the man responsible for
the death, just as surely as if he shot
lack himself-and that gun was st.
Marie's. I'm going to have me that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19

for the bunk house. A match was al
ready in his hand as he thrust open
the door; he struck it on the logs and
with quick efficient motions lighted one
of the hanging lamps.
"St. Marie" he said aloud.
Joe st. Marie's bunk was empty.
Kentucky swore again, blew out the
light, and left the bunk house on the
dead run. He headed now for the cor
raj nearest the pump house, and sprang
half way up the corral fence.
The half dozen horses in the corral
were huddled together near the empty
feed box. The ponies moved and shift
ed, but by the time he had counted them
Kentucky knew which horse was gone
This information only verified, how
ever, what Kentucky had already
guessed. Joe ST. Marie, leaving stealth
lily, as Kentucky now knew Jean had
seen him leave, was certain to take the
best-conditioned horse upon the place,
In this case raw-boned claybank.
Kentucky leaned against the fence and
pressed the palms of his hands against
his eyes. He was picturing to himself
the lay of the country, and the probable
intricacies of Joe st. Marie's mind
Immediately he came to a conclusion
which he had not reason to be certain
was sound, but which was the best he
could form from what information he
had.
Once more he drove through the clog
ging snow at the run, this time to the
house; here he got his hat and his coat
his gloves and his spurs. After that
he went to the stable, and put loop
upon the pony which he believed would
come the nearest to matching the clay
banks performance tonight-a wiry,
almost understood steel-dust pony,
strong with the markings of Indian
blood. Kentucky had the blanket on
and was swinging his fifty-pound sad
die aboard by the horn as Jean, COM
ing out from the house, reached his
side.
"What-where are you going? What's
happened?"
A sudden crazy anger came into Ken
lucky, like stroke of white lightning.
At its impact all the compassion, all
the tenderness he had felt for this girl
seemed to vanish, as If she had held
him under a hypnosis, the spell of
which had snapped. He turned on her
furiOuslv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-19
CHAPTER VIII-Continued


The murmur Of jeans voice within
the house had ceased; he heard the
faint stir Of the door as she came into
the room. He stood up, overwhelmed
with such pity for this ill-situated girl
that he was the victim of an unac-
customed timidity., She came close to
him and her hand touched his arm.
'That shadow was a misdeal," he
Whispered. "There isn't anybody in
that shadow. 1 don't believe there's
anybody out there any more" She
said, ooh"
He felt infinitely gentle toward her,
and compassionate. Presently he
knew that he would have to ask her
why that gun was concealed in her
mattress. He was unable to ask her
yet. "What was the phone call?" he
asked.
"That was for you," she told him.
1t was Mark Ferris, that gunsmith at
Waterman. He's still trying to trace
lack Sanders gun for you"
"Yes? Quick! What did he say?"
ale said" Jean was shivering so
violently that she could hardly control
the chattering of her teeth.
"Wait a minute" Kentucky picked
her up, sweeping her off her feet with
an arm under her knees, and laid her
on the open bed; then pulled the blan-
kets over her, and pressed the edges
close about her throat. "Now go on"
he said.
HE said that he has a record of
such a gun. He sold it secondhand
about year ago."
"In G-d's name, woman, who did
he sell it to-"
ITO Joe st. Marie"
I For perhaps half a moment Ken
lucky Jones was completely still. Then
ne sucked in a deep breath and began
to swear through his teeth with the
vicious information of a man who puts
his whole heart into it. He had sud
denly become aware that he had per-
haps put Off the formation of one
theory for little bit too long.
Suddenly he whirled to the window,
crouched low to avoid the sash, and
vaulted the sill. He heard Jean speak
his name behind him, but he was racing