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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-16
CHAPTER III
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Through the open transom above
the office door came the hum of
typewriters. Mark Trent, behind
his desk, scowled in the direction of
the sound. He had paid good money
for those machines on the under
standing that they were noiseless.
Curious that he never had been an
noyed by them before. Must be
this COMPOUNDED note in his hands.
He read again:
Dear Mr.. Trent
Many times your aunt has told me Of
the Thanksgiving you spent with her at
Lookout House. Won't you dine here on
the coming holiday? My mother. sister
and brother will be with me. There
are many family treasures which you
should have. I would like to 60 over
them with you. and more than all,
want to thank you for pulling me out
from under that car. I really wasn't
so ungrateful as sounded. This Is a
late invitation because have been boil
STEERING up my courage to ask you.
Please come. Bury the Ratchet. or ac-
cept the olive branch, or however peace
between enemies-though am not for
moment your enemy-is being accom-
plished now.
Sincerely yours,
Brooke Reyburn
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BANNERS
SYNOPSIS

Brooke Reyburn visits the Office Of Jed
Stewart, lawyer, to discuss the terms OF
an estate she has inherited from Mrs. Mary
Amanda Dane. Unwittingly she overhears
Jed talking to Mark Trent, a nephew OF
Mrs Dane who has been disinherited. Mrs.
Dane had lived at Lookout House, huge
structure on the sea. built by her father
and divided into two, for her and Marks
father. Brooke had been a fashion expert.
and Mrs. Dane. "shut-in." hearing her on
the radio, had invited her to call and de-
veloped deep affection for her. Mark dis.
closes that Mrs. Dane had threatened to
disinherit him If he married Lola, from
whom he is now divorced. He says he does
not trust Henri and Clotilde Jacques. Mrs
Danes servants. He says he is not inter.
ested in an offer of Brooke's to share the
estate with him. Leaving her department
store job, Brooke refuses an offer to "go
stepping with Jerry Field. carefree
young man who wants to marry her. At
family conference she learns she must live
at Lookout House alone, since Lucette, her
younger sister who is taking her job, her
brother. Sam, young playwright. and her
mother plan to stay In the city
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through her lorgnette as Jed Stew
art took the hand she extended with
the air of a sovereign.
Stewart and Stewart! You were
Mary Amanda Danes lawyer,
weren't your"
The contempt in her voice deep
ened the color of Jed Stewards al
ready sufficiently ruddy face.
81 had that honor"
"Honor! Do you call it an honor
to help cheat her nephew out of
his inheritance?"
Really, Mrs. Gregory, Jed can't
be held responsible"
''Hold your tongue, Mark. I've
started, and now intend to get rid
of few things that have been boil
ing and sizzling inside me since the
day I heard that Mary Amanda had
cut you out in favor of that fashion
adviser she'd gone crazy about"
'Forget it, Mrs. Gregory. I don't
need the money"
''Of course you need it. No one
has money enough now because no
one has a sense of financial security.
Didn't you take over all the lame
ducks as your share of your grand
fathers property so that your aunt
wouldn't be worried by them?
Aren't you making that ex-wife of
yours an allowance? Mary Amanda
told me. What's she been doing
since she left you for that French
count? 1t was French count year,
wasn't it? They were buzzing round
rich girls thick as wasps about a
broiled live lobster"
"She has married, l understand.
"Married! After she divorced the
count! The third time! Getting to be
a habit, isn't it? She isn't entitled to
penny. I don't wonder your aunt
was furious when she found out that
you were giving her money. Per-
haps that's the real reason she cut
you off, though I thought it was be-
cause she didn't believe in divorce;
on that subject she was stuck back
in the eighties. However, that
wasn't what I came here to- talk
about. just wanted to tell you that
if I had known what was in that
will I witnessed two days before I
sailed for Europe-it was just a
week before she died-now Stew
art, don't look at me with your
jaw dropped as if 1 were a moron
with Medusa complex-of course,
l know that person isn't supposed
to know the contents of the will she
witnesses, but I still say that had l
known that your aunt was leaving
her money away from you, Mark,
would have cut off my hand before
l signed"
Mark Trent's heart stopped and
galloped furiously on. A will wit
messed a week before Mary Aman-
da's DEATH The will which had
been probated was of date two
months prior, AS he opened sud-
denly stiffened lips to reply, he met
Jed Stewards warning eyes, eyes
which seemed like flames in a
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yards contrasting.
Pattern 1862 is designed for
sizes IL to 20 go to 38 bust). Size
IA requires Az yards of 39-inch
material-with short sleeves 4as
yards.
Pattern 1918 is designed for
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Size 10 requires 21s yards of IS or
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trasting with III yards of 11s-inch
bias binding.
Send your order to The Sewing
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each.
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"Mermaids" Vanishing

The "mermaids' will soon be
extinct. These curious sea crea-
lures, resembling human beings
and which were mistaken for
them by old-time sailors, are
dugongs, a species of sea-cow,
which were exceedingly common
in the Indian and South Atlantic
oceans years ago. Now, due to
the constant commercial hunting
for their meat and oil and the
sharks ravaging their young, they
are among the rarest of all living
creatures.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
REMEDIES

Clear your skin Of pimples and blemishes
with Albolo-LOtiOn. ST. for OF. Dykman
Laboratories, Sta. D., Box 162, N. Y. C.
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Rush to the Klondike

About twenty-eight thousand per-
sons rushed to Alaska when the
news of gold in the Klondike region
reached the outside world.
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Lookout House


at the red carnations in crystal
vase on his desk. He lived over the
instant he had seen a girl 60 down
in the street, had seen a speeding
car almost upon her. How had he
managed to save her? Colorless
and dazed as she was, he had
thought her the loveliest thing he
ever had seen as she looked up at
him. AS for a second he had stead
led her in his arms, his brain had
fought against her attraction and
the live warmth of her body had
prompted him to growl at her. No
wonder she had been angry, and no
wonder - he admitted honestly -
Mary Amanda Dane had been taken
in by her. Well, one victim in the
family was enough. She shouldn't
hypnotic him.
He drew letter paper toward him
and picked up pen. He'd set
tie this question of friendship be-
tween them for good and all. Little
schemer!
Dear Miss Reyburn, he wrote.
AS he hesitated as to how to word
his regrets, another picture of the
girl as she had appeared between
the hangings in Stewards office
flashed in his mind with startling
clarity.
He must get along with that note.
His frowning regard of the opening
door changed to welcoming smile
as head mixed in
''Come in, Jed. What's on the lit
tie mind now?"
Jed Stewart perched on a corner
of the flat desk. He pulled one of
the red carnations from the vase
and drew the stem through the but
tonhole of the lapel of his checked
coat.
''I'm taking lady to tea, need a
posey to make me look like a mil
lion, so combined utility with bust
ness and came here. Knew you al
ways had them
''What's the business? If you've
been sent again to ask me to take
half of that"
"Hold everything; that's all
washed up. The matter has not been
mentioned to me since the day you
and Brooke Reyburn met in my Of
fee. guess you killed her in
terest in. you by your Internal sar-
casm:
Hope you'll enjoy the house and
fortune, Miss Reyburn. Happy land
ings! Perhaps I'd better say, safe
landings sez you"
"Oh, you think so? Read that"
Jed Stewart frowned over the note
Mark Trent tossed to him. He read
it through, reread it. Looked at
his friend.
"Going?"
Going! What do you Think"
Mark answered a buzzer. "Who?
Mrs. Gregory. Of course I'll see
her"
He explained hurriedly to Stew
art. cts an old friend of Aunt
Mary Amanda's. She sailed for
France week before my aunt died.
She's martinez, one of those terri
BILE women who don't care where the
lash of their tongue falls, and a
confirmed matchmaker
This is mighty good of you, Mrs.
Gregory, and it's a clear case of
thought transference; not ten min
utes ago / was thinking of YOU
A wave of feeling menaced the
clarity of Marks voice as he bent
over the white-gloved hand of the
woman who had entered the office.
She had been vital part of the life
at Lookout House which now
seemed so irretrievably far behind
him. A smile tugged at his lips
as he observed that the floppy wide
brinmed picture hat was the model
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OPPORTUNITY

$4,000 CASH, genI mdse, post office, lodg-
ing, meals, gas, small town; money maker,
but owner ill, must sell. i. G. Mccormick,
All HYDE, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
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Help Kidneys-Use URoCLEAR, the mod
Laboratories, Sta. D., Box 1872, N. Y. C.
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Rheumatic = Relieves Neuritis, Sciatica,
rheumatism and Lumbago ST. Dykman
Laboratories, Sta. D., Box 1872, N. Y. C.
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Piles-Suffering ended by using UNGEN-
Laboratories, Sta. D.. Box 1852, N. Y. c.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

The fifth and sixth graders made charcoal and chalk drawings this week. It was their first work in these mediums, and some of the results were very creditable.
 The sixth grade have finished their arithmetic for the year; the fifth grade are beginning the study of decimals.
 The second graders are very proud of their spelling and num- Der charts which were begun this week, and are working hard on their reading and numbers.
 Drawings of the Little Rabbit that Wanted Red Wings, and torn paper posters decorate the bulle- tin board.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24
---NOME HI NEWS (Oncial News Organ Of Nome High SchooD
 EDITOR MARY HOOD CHAPMAN

Last Saturday night the Junior Prom fittingly capped the winter social season. A golden harvest moon smiled down from a starry ceiling, and melow music tickled the toes of young and old alike. The Juniors proved their skill at effective decorating, and the charming appearance of the hall called forth many compliments. All those who attended this tra- ditional school function enjoyed it to the full, and we look for ward to many such delightful af- fairs.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24
GRADE NEWS

The seventh and eighth grade boys lost to the High School Girls in two basketball games played during the week. The game play ed Thursday afternoon was a tie when time was called but two extra minutes were given and the High School managed to squeeze in two baskets, making them the victors.
 The seventh and eighth grades have just completed their model houses to be used in the Health
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

Continuing the work on their Spring unit, the first graders took walks, looking for birds, green plants, and other harbingers of Spring. They have transplanted some moss to their room garden, and are watching its growth with much interest. For art projects, they make drawings of the thing that impressed or interested them most during the trip.
 Some large paper butterflies give the room Spring-like ap-
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

Off with the old and on with the new was once again carried out as the newly elected officers took over their posts at the Stu dent Body meeting Friday after noon. Much pomp and ceremony marked the occasion, with fare well speeches from the outgoing officials, and touching inaugural addresses from the incoming.
 Matters pertaining to the cus- tomary school picnic, and plans for next year were discussed, and the meeting was adjourned.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

The Manual Training boys are making numerals for the doors, using the sulphuric acid process to cut them from German tin.
 A set of drawers to hold screws, nails, and small pieces of equip ment is being made for the shop.
 Eddie Shedley is building a breakfast nook of table and bench. Most of the boys have finished their last project of the year, and are studying for final tests on woods, tools, etc.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

The unbeatable Huskiettes met their Waterloo on Tuesday after noon, when the Scrub Team threw them for the overwhelming loss of 36 to l2. The boys were re- solved to trim the cockiness out of the girls, and they certainly did an efficient job. The enorm-
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

ous lead they built up at the be- ginning of the game effectively quenched the Huskiettes' hopes for victory. In the last quarter a desperate rally on the part of the girls served to raise the score somewhat, but the defeat was still over-powering and the girls feel suitably meek.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24
pearance.

pearance.
 The children are delighted with their new creative dramatic pro- ject-the acting of the poem "Un- der a Toadstool Crept a Wee Elf, which they learned last week.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24
Week exhibit.

The seventh grade class is com pleting the health banner 10 De used in the Health Week parade.
 Roger Bockman.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24
A PERMANENT CCC

The Civilian Conservation Corps has been the least criticized and perhaps the most popular of all the New Deal measures The Presidents proposal that it be made into permanent agency received very fav- orable reception in Congress.
 The CCC was established by Congress at the Pres- dents request in March, 1883. He urged that it be used in simple work, not interfering with normal poyment, and confnng itself to forestry the proven tion of soil eroson flood control and similar projects The original measure provided for life for the agency of two years In 1885 Congress renewed the measure for another two years which expires June 3O of this year.
 There have been really three separate aims in the CCC: CD Relief, CD body and character buding and (3) conservation. In the beginning relief the most important consideration, and conservatin was rather incidental But this army enlisted against nature, William James would have called it. has done its work we'll its forestry and flood control work have been of the highest value and the young listed have not only been put to useful work but have received educational opportunities that would other wise never have been available to them
 The results achieved certainly warrant the exten- sion of the CCC by Congress for several years to come The CCC part of relief program and the program in its totay is of huge dimensions. To declare the CCC permanent now might encourage WPA and other emergency organizations to argue that their organza- tions also shod be made permanent The cost of the CCC has not been negligible. In the the fiscal year ended June 30 last, it $486, ,O00 900, which was greater than that of either the army the navy The President recommends it's reduction as permanent
 
 one of about 300 900, which, it has been estimated would cost about 0,0OO 900 annually.
 Two years from now, when have acquired more experience and when general relief program s let us hope, considerably smaller should be possible to separate more clearly the need of the CCC as relief agency and the question of whether is the eco- nomcal and efficient of carrying on conserva- tion work. 1f however the CCC is made permanent in years to it should at least be made clear that what being established permanently is administra- tive framework and not any fixed personnel The or ganization should be able to release men in periods of growing employment and to take them on again when employment laggs. The permanent agency shopld as Robert Fechner the present director has suggested be placed under the merit system.
 Current Smile As quiet the recent "celebra- ton of his seVentyfifth birthday by Supreme Court Justice.--Detroit News
 The Kansas City Star tends to the belief that Amelia combs her hair with egg beater Another school of I Ic nIyctn for> Do4r o;+
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

The Kansas City Star tends to the belief that Amelia combs her hair with egg beater Another school of opinion contends it is an oyster fork-Detroit News
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-05-24

Current Smile: As quiet as the recent "celeb tlon, of his seventy-fifth birthday by Supreme Co Justice.-Detroit News.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28

A Virgin Islands corporation, back ed by U. s. Government funds, man. ufacturers rum, bay rum and sugar.
 The average automobile consumes approximately 691 gallons of gaso- line year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28
AUTHORIZATIONS;
 NEW ELKS' PIN
 LOOPS TONIGHT
Revisions Proclaimed in Trio of Team Lineups
 for Coming Tourney

The Elks' triple threat bowling tournament gets under way tonight when the ice will be broken for all three new circuits, one match from each league taking over the alleys for an hour.
 The matches scheduled to raise the second half curtain tonight are.
 Orioles
 Robins (Mrs Lavenik, Miss Big gins, Mrs. Waugh) vs. Bluebirds (Mrs. White, Mary Kolasa, Mrs. Bringdale), 7:30
 Rockies
 Kingfishers tIverson, Reynolds, Redling) vs Seagulls (Hagerup, Hol- land, CarmichaeD, 8:30.
 Ringers
 Treetoads 1F. fleming, Elliott, xegoD vs. Prairie Dogs Radde. 4Iingdale, A. Henning). 9::30.
 Careful post-press scrutiny has identified a nominal number of light errors in the team lineups as BASA4oAASh JSctNiO iOdys do 1O4lOWS. :. Lead-off man for the Treetoads team in the Ringers Circuit should be Fred Henning, with an average of 188, rather than R. R. Hermann who finds his proper niche on the Pjntails team of the Rockies Cir cuit in place of Henry Harmon, with an average of 150.
 Francis, not Arthur, is the name of Riendeau, member of the He'll Divers trio of the Rookie Merry Go-Round
 With all errors properly rectified, the teams under discussion are cor rectly lined up as: Ringers Cir cult; Treetoads-F. Henning, 188, J. R. Elliott, 167; Paul Kegel, 169. Rockies Circuit; Hell-Divers - c. M. MacSpadden. 151; K. K. Kyler, 150; Francis Riendeau, 1858.
 Pintails-Dr. William P. Blanton, 158; Rodney G. Darnell, 150; R. R. Hermann, 150.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28
WpA WORKERS
 ARE ON STRIKE
 INWASHINGTON
Are Ordered to Return to Their Jobs or Be Drop
 ped from Rolls

SEATTLE, Jan. 28.-State WPA Administrator Don Abel ordered 1000 striking WPA workers to re- turn to their jobs today or they will be dropped from rolls.
 Harold Broadway, Executive Sec retary of the Workers Alliance of Washington, which called the strike is seeking union recognition and in creased wages, said he would ignore the order and persuade others to join them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28
TACOMA 6. c.
 URGING SHIPS
 FOR AL ASKA
Point Out to Ic kes that Emergency Still Exists
 IT Territory

Support that the Tacoma Cham Der of Commerce has given in ob- tain.ng emergency ships to Alaska Is revealed in . communication tc The Empire from c, c. Garland Chairman of the alaska Develop men5 Committee of the Tacoma Chamber. MT. Garland reports that the Tacoma group has consistently urged Alaska service as the follow ing exchanges of telegrams between Harold A. Allen, President of the Tacoma chamber, and Interior Sec retary Harold L. Ickes reveal: Harold Ickes, Secretary
 Department of Interior,
 Washington, D. c.
 Understand some inclination can eel sailing Gorgas for Alaska thir- teenth. Every community through cut Alaska from Ketchikan to Fair banks has ordered meat, packing house products, groceries and al kiiluS IltCtSSltltS HUH Uul ultlCll- ants showing service still essential We urgently request government service as emergency not eliminated and settlement marine situation de- cidedly uncertain. Advise immed- lately.
 Tacoma Chamber of Commerce.
 HAROLD A. ALLEN, President Harold A. Allen, President, Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, Tacoma. Washington.
 Your telegram seventh. Steamer General Gorgas will leave Seattle January thirteenth for Seward anc Motorship North Star serving Southeastern smelterbut- mfwypr Southeastern Alaska including Skagway, will leave Seattle four teenth. Should unforeseen condi- tions arise service to Alaska, if nec- essary will be maintained
 HAROLD l.. ICKES,
 Secretary of the Interior
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28

The forestry department at Mont gomery, Ala, is growing over a mil- lion tree seedlings for distribution this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28
.SKACWAY RIVER
 !. TO BE SURVEYED
Flood Control Measure Is Introduced by Dele
 gate Dimond

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has introduced a bill authorizing a pre- liminary examination and survey by Army Engineers Of Skagway River which flows through Skagway, AL aska.
 A recent flood raised havoc and it is proposed to give control fol- lowing survey and recommenda- tions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28

thing they ask in Congress, he ex- plained, is what are you doing about it in the Territory?" and, of course, he said, the answer that Delegate Dimond has to give is nothing"
 Take But No Give
 We ask the Delegate to get this, that and the other from the Fed eral government" MT. Connors said, but offer nc incentive to the gov 'ernment to help our projects be- cause we offer no assistance our selves. This isn't a matter of going into debt. It is a matter of devel- oping Alaska When business man finds his business has increased to the point where he has to expand, he goes to the bank and gets the money to expand that he might profit more. The same situation holds true in this instance. If we de- velop our natural resources we will get fifty million and more back for the small amount we are spend- ing
 Frank Foster and R. E. Robertson spoke briefly against the bill, the former arguing the measure was not sufficiently specific and the lat ter contending it was not good pre- IcedenS to acquire Territorial debt. The action adopted by the Cham Der also carries the proviso that the Territorial Chamber of Com nlerce be asked to take a referen- dunn on the matter from its mem Der chambers.
 Kill Jones Act Scheme Mir. Mcdonald, speaking briefly on the motion to ask suspension of the Alaska exclusion clause from the Merchant Marine Act during strikes, stated such action might jeopardize the present labor negotia- tions and might have tendency to curtail service on the part of the Alaska Steamship Company if the Canadian lines were permitted to serve the Territory.
 The Chamber promptly voted down the motion to ask suspension.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-28

the Third. It would rc-establisn rural schol boards.
 The committee. headed by George Laiblin, which visited the Pioneers Home turned in it's report today stating that it found conditions sat- isfactcry at the institution.
 The House meets in the morning at II o'clock.