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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
CHAPTER x

Mark Trent finched as he APP
preached the white cottage. 1t
seemed days since he had driven
away from this very house in the
limousine filed with his aunt's sill
YER; days since the message had
come to Cassidy's garage from the
police that Mrs. Hunt was dead and
he had left there in a fivver with
Mike at the wheel. They had
stopped at Lookout House to make
sure that the Reyburns were safe
before they had burned upsthe road
to get here. But it hadn't been
days, not much more than an hour
had passed. No use waiting, he
must go in.
AS he entered small living
room, Inspector Harrison was
kneeling by the fireplace. His pierre
ing eyes glittered as he looked up
and nodded to Mark.
''They got her all right"
Mark Trent stepped forward,
blindly for an instant. He sunk his
teeth deep in his lips to steady
them before he looked down.
Lola, the woman who had been his
wife, lay on the floor. She was
dressed for the street-had she been
about to drive away the limousine
full of silver? The question flashed
through his mind only to be instant
ly submerged in flood Of pity. She
looked so young, so shabby, so hap
less. Her shabbiness hurt him
most. she had been so exquisite.
He was glad that he had made her
that allowance. Her hat had fallen
off. A current Of air stirred a lock
of her dark hair. Her hands were
still now. One gripped an open
bag, the fingers of the other were
bruised. He dropped to his knee
beside the Inspector.
Cant something be done? Can't
we move her to couch?"
emo! No, not until the coroner
comes"
What happened?"
''They got her rings. She had
rings, hadn't she?"
"She had when I saw her-a few
days ago. Valuable rings. Other
Jewels too"
"Then / guess we got the motive.
Better come away, boy, you can't
do anything" Inspector Harrison
suggested in his persuasive voice.
Life hasn't seemed as smooth as
trotting park to me to date, Bill,
but tonight it seems a terrifying,
horrible thing"
81 know, boy, / know. Bring her
in, Tim" The inspector spoke to the
policeman with ears like clinging
bats, who appeared at the door.
cts the Cassidy girl" he ex-
planned to Mark. Kinder tough to
bring her into this room, but there
don't seem to be any other place.
We've waited till her father got
here before questioning her. Mixes
a grand fella and me friend since
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for speeding? I'll go with you, but
you won't leave" he glanced at
the still figure on the floor.
''Tin will stay. The coroner
ought to be here any minute now.
Come on. I'd like to have you hear
what Hunt has to say"
The garage was lighted by one
glaring bulb, Uttered with tools and
cans; the floor was patched with
oil stains, and the air was strong Of
gas. On pile Of old tires, man
was braced upright against the
rough cement wall, He was blond
and must have been fine looking be-
fore life and dissipation had done
cruel things to his face. He opened
his eyes as the inspector spoke to
him. He tried to smile.
Another dick? Maggie sure
called out the whole police force.
'Twasn't necessary. I'll be all right
in minute"
Didn't the man know@what had,
happened in the house, or was he
acting, Mark asked himself. The
Inspector rolled an empty gas can
on it's side and sat down.
Course you'll be all right. AS
for Maggie calling out the force, she
got an awful jolt coming out here
an finding you all tied up like a
L,,r, d1o ~ old o1Of1ocs -
Hunt put an unsteady hand to his
head.
"Why did the girl come out here
at this time of night? She's never
done it before" His eyes narrowed.
He clenched his hand. What are
you doing here, Trent? You can't
get Lola back!"
'"Take it easy, Hunt, take it easy.
Mr.. Trent was with me in CASH
dy's garage-Tm Inspector Harri-
son, in case you don't know-when
his daughter phoned that you were
hurt. He came along to help. What
happened to you, Hunt?"
Someone beat me up, you can
see that, can't you? was working
late. IL hadn't been feeling well
all day and was making up time,
when man drove up in roadster
and said he had punctured tire
and could put on a spare. said,
Sure, guess there's no law against
my doing that if the old Tables
here won't let me sell gas turned
to get my tools, and that's the last
I knew until looked up to see an
officer bending over me-"
'Who was the MANI"
II don't know, Inspector"
ever see him before?"
"No."
"Sure?"
''Sure.'
"Go on" prodded the inspector.
Nothing to 60 on about. I was
blackjacked. I thought the man
took crack at my head, but my
feet feel as If they were in iron
casts"
Probably those ropes stopped
the circulation. Were you"
Mark didn't hear the rest of the
inspectors question. His eyes were
on Hunts right foot. Between the
upper and sole Of the unlaced shoe
was faint line Of red.
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are, Maggie!"
The hint Of joviality in his soft
voice missed its mark, for the six
teen-year-old girl, who entered the
room as if dragged by unseen
hands, regarded him with terrified
Irish blue eyes.
The inspector placed chair with
Its back to the still figure on the
floor.
''Sit here, Maggie"
AS she sat down, Mike Cassidy
laid his heavy ham-bone hand on
her shoulder. The inspector cleared
his throat.
"Now, don't be frightened, Mag
gle. Amt I just the same Bill Har-
rison who's been cumming round
with your dad ever since you was
little girl, and amt / got kids of
my own? All you got to do is to tell
me what happened in this house to-
night
Course, amt afraid Of you,
Inspector" the girl replied, more at
ease. "I'll tell what know. I
sleep in the attic, it's got a dormer
back and front. I was dead beat
when I went to bed, what with the
homework an havin' to run out to
fill tanks. The boss was sick till
afternoon an"
Drunk, wasn't he? Tell it
straight, Maggie"
"An right, Inspector, he was. /
don't know what time it was when
I was woke up by car stopping at
the garage; sounded like a classy
car. We don't have much late trade
an the boss told me today that
the crowned heads here, that's what
he said, crowned heads had put
him out of business-so got up
and looked out to see what twas all
about. can see into the garage
from my back window"
Check up on that, Tim"
eyes, Inspector" The policeman
with the ears vanished into the hall.
"Go on, Maggie. You looked down
and then WHAT"
IT see swell dressed fella talk
ing to the boss. I couldn't see his
face cause his hat was pulled low;
you know, the kind you see in the
classy ads"
Gould you hear what they were
ssaying?"
mo. That window was closed. ]
open the front one in cold weather,
an, gee, has it been cold in that
attic!'
.What did you do next?"
"Went back to bed, Inspector"
The girls voice had cleared. Ris-
ing excitement was driving out fear.
II must have gone to sleep again
for the next thing / knew / was sit
tin up straight in bed calling out:
Who's shootin'?''
81 switched on the light and ran to
the front window, and saw big
car going lckety-split down the
road"
The policeman appeared at the
door.
"Okay bout the back window and
garage, Inspector"
"All right, Tim. Stay where you
are. What next, Maggie?"
II stood looking out a minute,
thinking that the big car must have
back-fred an what a hick I was to
think the sound was shootin' when
I'd grown up in garage, an then
I had kinder creepy feeling; you
know, the kind when they say
rabbits walkin' over your grave"
Don't shiver, Maggie. there
won't be nothing walking over your
grave for years yet; don't the pa
pers say we're all going to live to
be Misunderstanding accidents?
Then what?"
"Then i began to wonder what
that big car was doing out here in
the middle Of the night. and then I
began to think of hi-iackers an
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y, grot making queer noises under
1s arm, or was this more night
Ware? She was awake. Sam was
real, as he stood with his finger on
the switch. Jed Stewart was real,
as he pulled his lips in time to the
swing of the chair he clutched Hen
ri's CHASTITY face, distended eyes,
and the savage invectives which
gritted through his chattering
teeth, were real.
"Cut that line!' Sam took step
toward the butler. ''You should APP
preciate this little surprise party in
stead of acting as if you'd stepped
into a nest of scorpions. It wasn't
but a couple of hours ago saw you
in this very kitchen dressed-or I'M
dressed-for bed. Why did you 60
out?"
Henri made desperate attempt
to steady his quivering mouth. He
looked like an innocent pris-
oner hailed before an accusing
judge; his expression was incredibly
grieved as he huddled the parrot
under his arm and twisted his soft
hat in one hand. He appealed to
Brooke.
II don't know why your brother
should speak to me as if I was a
criminal, Miss. Haven't I the right
to 60 out at night, even if had
started for bed?" He attempted to
inject the virus of defiance into his
uneven voice
"Of course you have, Henri, but
the papers are so full of burglaries
and hold-ups that when we heard
you stealing in we didn't know but
.whateit was our turn. Where. did
you find Mr.. Micawber?"
''That's why I went out, Miss.
Couldn't go to sleep, had him on
my mind. Queer where / found
him. Everything's queer tonight"
Henri shuddered. Nothing strange
has been happening in this house,
has it?"
Nothing at all, Henri, nothing at
ALL" Sam assured quickly. 1--WE sat
ut talking and got hungry again."
"I'm glad Of that, Mr.. Sam, that
nothing strange happened, I mean,
because II found things terrible
wrong outside"
"Wrong!" Not until she felt Sans
foot on hers was Brooke conscious
of her explosive exclamation. She
noticed that the buffers long cruel
fingers shook as he passed them
over his slack mouth.
II don't wonder you're upset,
Miss; you'll be more so when you
hear that the old madame's limou-
sine is gone"
Gone whereof" Sam demanded.
Henri shrugged thin sloping Shout
ders. That's what I asked myself
when opened the garage door and
the big car wasn't there"
''What did you do after you dis
covered that Mrs. Danes car was
n1issing?" asked Brooke.
II ran to the Other House you'll
excuse me, Miss, for going to Mr..
Mark first; I've always thought
of him as being the heir, you see."
Don't stop even to explain, Hen
ri. Can't you see that we are fright
fully excited? Perhaps something
more than the car has been stolen.
Did you find Mr.. Trent?"
"No, Miss, and there's something
queer there too. That Jap, Kowa,
came rushing to the door when I
kept my finger on the bell, and he
shouts:
" Where's my boss? I been over
house, one, two, tree time. Boss
gone! He been kidnapped, t'ink!
Loud noise, Mr.. Jed's room. I run
there quick. Green parrot in bath
tub, swearing fine
'1 ran upstairs for the parrot,
thinking the Jap had a bad scare
ON and I'd see Mr.. Mark some
where. But didn't. The Jap and
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BIRDS ATTACK DOMESTIC
 SHEEP IN ALEUTIANS

SEWARD - Westward sheepmen lind chat ravens and gulls are serious menace to their floeks Herders are kept constantly on the alert to frighten away pests which swarm upon the wooI=laden animals. picking at their flesh and plucking out their eyes.
 This is the information brought To Seward by R. B. Patterson. of Unalaska. who stated that the sheep so heavily burdeued with wool that are unable to rise unaided when once down. not infreQuently perish from the onslaught of the marauding birds.
 The sheep furnish an average of IA pounds of wool at sheariug and the fine stlken quality brings tbe highest price in the market. Tn ad- ditiou to straight commercial wool sheep. caraoul breeding has been in- troduced eoal-blaek wool lamb hides being in great demand for coats and rich trimmings.
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MAN AND TRUCK
 PLUNGE OFT EAGLE SUMMIT

FAIRBANKS - Maurice 0'Leary, 30 years old. was seriously injured last week when the auto he was driving slipped off Eagle Summit, log miles from Fairbanks on the Steese Highway.
 As the machine rolled down the precipitous mountain side Mir. o. Leary was thrown clear of the wreck. but he sustained severe bruis- es. fractured ribs, and internal in juries in the chest.
 Accompanied by Nick Knudson and Jack Steele, MT. OLeary left Chatanika bound for the Circle dis trict. The snow almost blocked the Summit, and the drifts lay deep on the partly glaciered road.
 The men were travelling in Mir. Knudson's pickup truck. which was loaded with lumber The truck stall ed at the Summit and Knudson and Steele got out to shovel snow. Mir. OLeary was backing up and look ing to the rear. with the door open, when the machine went off the road backward
 The load of lumber rolled off the truck bed, and the ear tumbled downward. end over end breaking Up as it went. About half way down, Mir. OLeary was thrown out
 The remains of the truck stopped near two gasoline drums which are markers easily visible from the sum nit Estimates on the vertical dis tance between the summit and the foot of the mountain range from 1000 to 1.2O0 feet. the incline dis tanee is approximately one mile.
 Expecting to find Mir O'Leary dead, his companions went down to him. He was unconscious, but came to when they tried to move him. He
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The youngsters of Valdez witnes- sed an unusual treat on Armstice Day night when the American Le- zion, Valdez Post No. ? put on a beautiful display of fireworks. An exhibit of many bombs and sky rockets kept the sky ablaze with a colorful spectacle which delighted the eye and brought startled "ohs' and ''ahs" from the kids, both young and old. The display was made pos sible through the local Legion Post and was brought up from Seattle recently by Stanley Nichols, Legion Commander for Alaska.
 The Armistice celebration started early in the day with the stores, bank and post office remaining closed all through the day. In the
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ALL-ALASKA REVIEW

Radio balloons, once released, are seldom recovered, but two have been found in Fairbanks, and each find CT is to receive a S1 reward from the weather bureau. The first one coyered-probably the first radio robot ever found adrift in Alaska was at Third and Barnett when picked up by John White. 16-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Dennis White. Lou Joy. Northern Commercial Com pany, electrician, became the second claimant for a S1 reward when he noticed a bobbing balloon with ra- dio meteorgraph attached, within 100 yards of Pam J. Rickert's greenhouse.
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You can buy more beer at less price in Paul's Place in Kotzebue than at any other roadhouse north of the Arctic Circle. And while you drink your beer listen to the yarns of Paul Davidovich, proprietor. He arrived in Juneau recently by plane sone of them bus cars" l got the biggest roadhouse north of the Circle am married and got a lot of kids. I haven't been Outside since 1S99,' he said "I used to know that feller Curwood when I carried mail be- tween Kotzebue and Nome. But he wrote a book and called me a Rus sian, and I wrote a letter asking him what he meant by calling me a Rus sian. I'm an Alaskan, I am" So Cur wood wrote and apologized for his mistake Seattle should not bother a Kotzebue cosmopolite who is used to taking care of himself on the trail.
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climbed up to the summit and was taken in another ear to Circle Springs.
 En route they stopped at Miller House to phone Circle Springs. George Taylor. radio operator at the Springs, sent out an emergency call.
 The message. in code, was picked Up at the Anchorage. and the All aska Communications System station in Fairbanks was notified.
 Pilot Frank Pollack, accompanied by pr. Rex F. swartz, landed at Circle Springs just as the injured man reached the Springs. The land ing was made with the aid of flares which had been put out to mark the corners of the field.
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MANY WHALES AND WALRUsEs
 KILLED BY ARCTIC ESKIMOs

Whale and walrus aplenty have been killed by Eskimo fathers to keep all the little Eskimo boys and girls roly poly fat this winter
 King islanders took 500 walrus, the Diomede hunters TOO, and st. Lawrence islanders. 400, it was re- ported in Fairbanks by Gren Collins wandering warden of the Alaska game commission.
 An abundance of Arctic right whales were taken on the northwes- tern coast. Point Hope Eskimos got seven. Point Lay, two; Icy Cape, two and Wainwright, four. Other com munities also stocked their under ground caches with whale meat. Most of the kills were 70-footers The bowheads were slain with shoul- der-guns and harpoons.
 Considerate parents who have children in the native vocational school. sent bundles Of muk-tuk lwhale skim ito keep the young sters at Eklutna from feeling home sick" Collins said.
 The warden reported the seizure last month of los un-prime beaver furs that had been poached by sel- awik Eskimos on the Koyukuk slope
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The annual Father and Son ban quet was held in Cordoya on Nov ember 16 with 200 present. The affair for many years has been spon- sored by the Parent-Teachers Asso- citation. The women members who prepared the banquet were given an enthusiastic vote of thanks by the banqueters.
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Two thousand census report cards were available in central places about Juneau and at the post office where they were translated into Norwegian, German Spanish, French and Ttal- ian.
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Wilbur Storey, 50, of skagway- former employe of the White Pass Yukon route, tied one end of his trouser belt around his neck, and the other end to a bar in his cell in the Juneau city jail shortly after midnight November 20, then leaped in an effort to hang himself. His neck was broken and he died in- stantly. He had voluntarily gone to police three days before and asked that he be locked up so he could so- Der up.
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An old timer from -Graehl, Louis Smith, TT years old, died recently at Fairbanks in St. Joseph's hospital. Death was due to general debil- ity." MT. Smith entered the hospit- al September 19, 1886. When asked
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A proposal by the Park Board to donate $50 monthly for the next four months towards the mainten- ance of an ice skating rink on the site of the ball park was voted down f to by the Anchorage city coun- cil. The ice rink managers explained that there was insufficient revenue from the rink to operate it without help. They pointed out that free instruction in hockey would be giv- en and school children would be all lowed to skate free three nights a week Councilmen objected to subsi- dizing the enterprise. The mayor said. however, that the city would continue to furnish lights and wa ter free and do work similar to last winter without charge.
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Capital stock of the Northland Transportation company has been increased from S65657OUEm -1aot. increased from S6O.O0O to $1,128,- 100, according to articles filed with the territorial auditor at Juneau. Of ths amount, $5OO.OOO is preferred stock.
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Improvements in the government hospital in Juneau designed to bring the institution to the level of latest hospital standards is now underway with the installation Of a new re- frigeration unit.
 Approximately S6O00 worth of equipment will be installed, includ- ing electrical steriIizers and appar- atus for the kitchen which is to be remodeled.
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An attempt to prove that faul- ty ships compass was to blame for the wreck of the Denaf in South eastern Alaskan waters, May 19, 1885. was indicated recently in the Alaska Steamship Company's suit in Federal court to limit the liability for the vessels loss. The Government $ seeking to recover from the com pany the sum of S49,O00, the value of Federal road supplies lost in the wreck. Shippers representatives seek recompense for $325,O00 worth of cannery supplies and general mer- chandise The Alaska Steamship Company is seeking to limit it's liability to freight prepaid on the cargo amounting to about S1200.
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John McLeish, dentist at Nome for the past three years, died No vember 20. His body will be taken Do Seattle, his former home, for bur ial
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Cordova chamber of commerce at a recent weekly luncheon meeting Yo- ted to purchase an additional 1000 Alaska commemorative stamps, in view of the fact that the supply is getting short and it is not known whether or not there will be more available.
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afternoon a patriotic program was given by the students or the local school. after which the youngsters were given free firecraekers. At 2 o'clock that night the fireworks dis play was held. followed later by a dance at Eagles Hall under the aus pices of the American Legion.
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Corporal R. H Reid of ChiIkoot Barracks made what is believed 70 be the first perfect 300 score ever made in a bowling alley in Alaska. when he scored twelve strikes in succession at the garrison alleys at Haiues.
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More than HOO hunting and trap ping licenses were issued at Ketch- ikan this year compared with ap- proximately 750 a year ago.
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Stanley Bishop, of the Unuk river region was a guest at a recent meet ing of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce. Further discussion of the proposed Unuk river road, inspired by MT. Bishops presence and by let ters from outside chambers regard ing the good will trip by the Dodge truck from Ketchikan to New York featured the meeting.
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Having virtually completed work on the approach to the Hyder dock, R. J. Sommers, Juneau contractor, went home for Thanksgiving. The Hyder project, built with $84,00O made available to the bureau of pub lie roads. involved erection of 1900 feet of dock approach and a fill of 26,0O0 yards of rock and dirt. Thirty men were employed on the project.
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Ptarmigan are coming down off the hills at Valdez and the local youngsters are making some good bags. It is believed they will be plentiful this winter.
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The last resting place Of Kola Kow-ee, sage of the Auke Indian tribe in the days when Juneau was two shacks and rowboat," has been honored with a fine monument. 4 crew of CCC workers erected a four-foot cedar marker of yellow ce- dar on a concrete base and placed 1t in a plaque denoting the spot where Chief Kowee lies in the native burial ground at Juneau. What little is known of. Kow-ee's active life, and his demise was preserved for post erity by E. o. Sylvester. editor of Juneau's only newspaper at that time. The Alaska Journal. The ar ticle tells of the last rites, the flu neral procession and events leading up to the death. Kow-ee was greatly respected by native and white men alike. He died June 1. 1898 His grave is one Of several former chiefs who will be honored by monuments
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An informal and unofficial board of directors meets in Anchorage each week to express themselves on all subjects Of civic importance humor- ous and otherwise, W. L. Ginsel told the Cordova chamber of commerce. He stated that recently the organi- zation held a Ladies Night at which all the meats. consisting of bear, moose. duck and mountain sheep, had been supplied by the members.
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The Anchorage city council voted $50 from city relief funds to em- ploy two men to conduct the un- employment census in that city
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The section brought to Anchorage weighed about 40 pounds. It came from a tusk weighing 300 pounds, found loo feet below the surface. At Fairbanks it was estimated that the tusk was perhaps 50,O00 years old.
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the name of his nearest relative or relatives, he replied, Nobody" " 4 lonely old fellow, he had lived and worked in Alaska 39 years. He was born in Pennsylvania, of Ger man parentage, and had been a member of the Lutheran church. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge.