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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
Termites Have Been Present in This
Country for Centuries; Not Imported

Contrary to popular opinion ter
mites are not new insects import
ed from the tropics. They have
been present in this country for
centuries. But it is only lately that
the general public has become
aware of them as destructive in
sects. AS the forests are becoming
depleted and they are deprived of
their natural habitats, they seek
other sources of wood-houses
among then-for food and shelter.
writes DR.. Michael Ference in the
Chicago Tribune.
Several types of destructive ter
mites exist in this country. The
subterranean or ground-burrowing
type is most widespread and devas-
tating.
Because cheese subterranean ter
mites shun light and remain hidden
from view, the damage which they
accomplish often reaches an adj
vanced stage, with the infested lum-
Der becoming structurally weak and
unsafe, before the termites are so
much as discovered.
Even more destructive to wood
and homes-in this country are
the low parasitic forms of plant life
known as reproducing fungi, caus-
ing damage that runs into millions
of dollars a year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
SYNOPSIS

Richard Exon, poor young Engishmar
befriends elderly Matthew Gering. who a
his death, gives him statement claimin
he, Gering, Is Rudolph Elbert Virgil, Coun
of Brief, Of ancient Austrian nobility VIII
was betrayed 20 years before by his tWt
brother, Ferdinand, whose sentence for fol
gerry he himself served. Ferdinand apprc
priated his title, property and daughter. Be
fore he dies, Gering tells Exon there is
family secret. known only to the head, 9
the house, to be found In the great tower q
Brief, by doorway none can ever fine
Exon inherits his uncle's fortune and set
out to right Gering's wrongs. En- route h
encounters Percy Ebert Virgil, son of I
villainous Ferdinand and sees him In cd
ference with Inskip, diamond merchal
He engages a valet, Winter, who hat
Percy and meets by chance at garaa
as youth served as page at Gerind
wedding, and had visited Brief. HerriG
due eventually to fall into an inheritand
is at present unemployed and seeking plea
ant work to while away few month
Exon and Herrick establish headquarters
Brenda Revoke's farm at Raven, a fl
miles from Brief and make their plar1
They find the castle almost inaccessible
first but at the mouth of the entrance dri
several days later, they see a closed c
occupied by Percy Virgil, chauffeur and
woman and hear talk of a wire and
change of clothes. Percy returns to t
house. Hearing dog scream, they S
the chauffeur fogging it, just as hor
with girl astride bounds along the pa
and is felled by the strung wire. The gi
unconscious, is picked up carelessly by t
chauffeur and woman.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
CHAPTER III

I afterwards found I had run a
quarter of mile, which shows,
think, that fear can lend a man
strength which he does not possess.
Be that as it may, I laid the girl
down as gently as knew how-and
then lay down beside her to get my
breath.
Of course I knew who she was
and I knew I had seen an attempt
to carry her off. And knew that
I had been sent to bring that at
tempt to naught. I prayed that I
had succeeded-with all my heart.
From the way she had lain in my
arms I was sure that she was not
dead, but felt that she ought to
have water, to bring her to life. And
then I heard the speech of rill :.
Two minutes later, perhaps, a
hand went up to her head.
cts all right" said I, ellie still.
You took the deuce of toss.''
Lady Elizabeth Virgil opened two
large, gray eyes.
''The dog" she said. "Who was
it beating that dog in that merci-
less way?"
cts all right" said l.. "He
stopped when he saw you come
down."
"And Caesar?" she cried, sitting
up. Where's Caesar-the horse /
was riding?"
"Unhurt," said I. "He may be
going spare, but he's not going
short. And now will you please lie
down and let me look round?"
After a steady stare, she did as
I said.
I got to my knees and peered
through the tops of the bracken, but
all was still.
AS I sat back on my heels
''Why did you want to look
round?"
Because you are still in danger.
You were brought down on pur-
pose. A wire was across the ride. "
Lady Elizabeth looked at me very
hard.
Elbow do you know"
II saw it taken away. I saw the
whole thing. The fellow was thrash
ing the dog to draw you that way"
There was little silence.
Then
''Who arranged this melo-
drama?"
"Your cousin, Percy" said I. II
saw him at work"
After a long silence she let out
a little laugh.
"That rings true" she said short
ly. And then, "Who are your"
"My names Richard Exon I
said. ga friend of yours told me
about you"
II didn't know had any friends"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
CHAPTER n-Continued

I looked over my shoulder, sti
IL feet up, to see the man and til
woman lay the girl down in til
track which led to the car. The
paid her no sort of attention, but af
er hurried word, the man turne
back to the ride and the woma
ran down the track and out of m
sight.
think it was then that thong AT
that they meant her i'll, for both of
them need not have left her in any
case. Be that as it may, I hung
where I was for an instant, to let
the fellow 60 by. Had he looked,
he must have seen me, for I was
fully exposed, but his eyes we're
fixed on something I could not see.
leaped the last six feet, and be-
fore I turned to the girl, I looked
after the man. In so doing I saw
the chauffeur, walking across the
ride-at the spot where the bay
took his fall-hastily coiling the
wire which had brought him down.
For moment I stared, unable to
credit my eyes.
Then I whipped to the girl, who
was yet lying still as death, and,
picking her up in my arms, ran out
of the track and into the thick of
the bracken until I could run no
more.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
Uncle Mls@A
&y: -
Stumps the Best of En-

0IuIHPS Tic D0ST OF En-
There are enough unanswerable
queries in any intelligence test to
induce man to say all intelli-
gence tests are silly.
Most Of the wild daring things
are done by humanity distract
from ennui.
Why the classics are famous,
and deservedly so, is because the
chaps who wrote them said the
smart things first.
Have opinions, but don't neces-
sarily make propaganda of them.
Woman haters, cornered, always
admit there are two or three wona-
en- who are excepted.
Except ConditionaIIy
Free and democratic people
cannot be forced to obey. There's
too much wildcat in them.
Get a scientific or art hobby and
pursue it. 1t will keep you from
eternally chasing ga good time"
that you never come up with.
There is no self-confdence like
that of the man who thinks he
can tell toadstool in the woods
from mushroom.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
(TO BE CONTINUED)

They thrive under wide range
OF moisture, temperature, and food
conditions. The particular variety
with which we are concerned feed
on the cellulose found in wood.
The spores of these fungi lodge
in the crevices of wood. If condi-
tons are favorable (moisture, tenn
perature, food) they terminate
rapidly, emitting a labyrinth-like
framework of destructive filaments
which finally permeate the MEM
branes of the affected wood.
This condition is known as dry
rot or decay.
Some types of wood are less SUBJ
ject than others to fungus attack.
but unfortunately the resistant
woods are, very expensive and are
seldom used for construction pur.
poses.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18

, ~ SlSOlISO Will O6-
veloping such stars as Ethel Mer-
man, Dorothy Lamour and Shirley
Ross, and among his pupils at pres
ent are Marsha Hunt, Andrea Martin
and Patricia Ellis. Much of his
work is with people who have made
hit in radio, been signed up for
pictures, and don't know the tricks
of the trade.
Odds and ,Ends-Too bad that Don
Ameche had to spoil the first part of that
long European uacation by COM
ing dO,on ,uith appendicitis And may
be 10th Century.Fo1 wasn't Wild when
they heard of his illness! The nev
house ,ohich Lupe Velez and Johnnie Weis.
muller ,oere building will be finished and
rented, unless Lupe changes her mind
again about getting divorce 4. There's
radio in every room, of Jack Benny's
ne,o house /. The Piclsens sisters, Who
climbed so rapidly to success in radio,
are no,o ,oorking hard to achieve it on the
stage; they're at the little theater in
PrOuincetotOn, and experts say they're
good Douglas Corrigan has agreed
to signing film contract, if the story is
to his iking-and it should be, for it will
be the story OF his DUN life +. Martha
Kaye set September 18th for the date of her
wedding to Dauid Rose, and then ,Uas in.
formed that she'd haze to call off her
plans, as she tUould be working that day
The picture t0ilI be "Neuer Say Die"
with Bob Hope; Mr.. Zukor expects to
make the Raye-Hope team, comedy-star.
ring one But Martha wishes that he
icOuld postpone his plans for month
Q Western Newspaper Union
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
Q Dornford Votes

you've Herrick and me-" said
quickly. ellis mother was friend
of your mothers, and was friend
of-of the friend I mentioned just
now"
The girl regarded me straightly.
81 can't remember my mother"
81 know" said I. "The Countess
Rudolph was killed before you were
two years DID,"
With that. I got again to my knees,
to throw a look round.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from SO to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and if you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for tDonen. 1t helps Nature build
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18

Hardy family. The latest one, Glove
Finds Andy Hardy" is making plen-
ty of friends for the series, and may
lead to demands that earlier Judge
Hardy and Family pictures be re-
yived.
The cast is good; Lewis Stone,
Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker,
Anne Rutherford, Lana Turner, Ross
Clark, Raymond Hatton. You'll feel
that you know them as well as you
know your neighbors.
Mickey Rooney is superb. His per-
Torrance might we'll be listed as
among the best of the year. Don't
miss Love Finds Andy Hardy"
Gary Cooper is perfectly happy,
now that he is making "The Cowboy
and the Lady" and wearing the kind
Of clothes he wanted to for his role;
not the expensive toys that the stu
dos wardrobe department picked
out for him, but the kind that a
cowboy really would wear.
They are telling, an amusing story
around New York about Jon Hall.
It happened when he and Frances
Langford were honeymooning there,
and were guests at a lake not far
from the city. Hall took a canoe
out one day, and the attendant
stopped him, saying that he couldn't
do that until he'd taken the canoe
test. So Hall, who grew up in Ia
hiti and of whose skill in the water
you know if you saw Hurricane"
took the canoe test as obediently as
if he hadn't practically lived in one
from the time he was born.
= The new Boyer picture, "Algiers,"
has been the inspiration for a new
dance, a slow fox-trot very much
like the tango. Kay Kayser, whose
radio popularity is spreading rapid
ly, played with his orchestra when
it was introduced in New York.
h, '--- *
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
Pattern 1888

Brighten your kitchen and light
en- your tasks with decorative tow
els. Use up scraps for the ap-
plique flower pots or do the en-
tire motifs in plain embroidery.
Pattern 1888 contains a transfer
pattern of 6 motifs averaging 5A
oy 9A inches and pattern piece
for applique; illustrations of
stitches; materials required.
Send Is cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept, 81 Eighth Ave-, New York
City.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18

pens to be in Hol-
lywood. There's a
man named AL
Siegel who has
made a business
of it; teaches his
pupils how to
walk, how to use
makeup, how to
put a song over
how to do prac-
tically everything
that most of the
6 i r ! S on t h e
screen and in ra-
dio have to do
these days. He is
III =
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
Star Dust
X Judge Hardy Craze
X Gary's a Wrangler
X Glamour to Order
BY Virginia Vale

WEARS ago, when the "Amos
L and Andy" craze started,
enthusiasts used to defend
themselves against skeptics by
saying that they liked the radio
program because it was so
human.
Now the movie-goers, in droves,
are saying the same thing about the
pictures based on the lives of the
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18
The Mata-Mata Turtle

The Mata-Mata turtle, native of
South American lakes and rivers,
resembles floating log, to which
an enormous leaf has been attached
as head. A fisherman for his iveli-
hood, the Mata-Mata seldom leaves
the water in his native haunts.
From his snout extends small
periscope, through which he
breathes on land.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18

Glamour can be cultivated, these
laysI if the girl who wants it hap
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-18

.1831?5lE!1
Don't Neglect Them I

Don't Neglect Themi
Nature designed the kidneys to do a
marvellous job. Their task is to keen the
flowing blood stream free Of an excess of
toxic impurities. The act Of liyinp--life
itsey-is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
the blood II good health is to endure.
:. When the Kidneys fail to function AZ
Nature intended, there is retention Of
waste that may cause body-wide dis
tress. One may suffer naggng backache.
persistent headache, attacks Of dizziness'
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes-feel tired, nervous. ali
worn out. -
Frequent. scanty or burning passages
may be further evidence Of kidney or
bladder disturbance.
The recognized and proper treatment
is q diuretic medicine to help the kidneys
get rid OF excess poisonous body waste.
Use Doan's Pills. They have had more
than forty years Of public approval. Are
endorsed the country over. Insist on
Loans. Sold at all drug stores.
[O!Zy'E12I1I3
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
M MORE IIrTGATToN

Gold Greek Mining Co. which has
had a record amount of litigation
is now involved in another lawsuit
as the corporation sues five former
directors Of milwaukee for s99sS4S.
1t is charged that the former di-
rectors leased out 3,400 acres Of
placer mining claims and through
fraudulent conspiracy" lost ena&
amount for the corporation. Direc-
tors named are E. G. Mockley and
wife, John A. Gebhardt, A. c. Reed
iger and A. H. Bitter, all Of Mil
waukee. A big Yuba dredge Is OPP
Grating this property.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
OPPORTU
arr GREATEST
In MOL YBDEN UM

In Nehart mining camp, there are
several properties which have a con-
siderable amount Of mplybdenum,
some of the ore carrying greater
percentage than the ore OF the
famous Climax mine in Colorado.
Molybdenum mining has been the
most profitable of modern mining
operations in the United States in
the past decade. It is doubtful
whether the record of profits set
by m,olybdenum has been equaled
e,y any other rare metal. 1t Is the
only rare metal that is being mined.
miIled and marketed at a profit
of SO per cent on the operation.
Also. it is probably the only metal
ON which a stock investor could
have made more than a million
dollars on a 81. 200 investment, in
the short space of 10 years.
This is the astounding financial
achievement of molybdenum as ex-
emplified in the history of one
company in the United States
Climax Molybdenum, of Colorado,
whose huge profits from what may
be termed low grade ores (0-63
per cent molybdenite per tom have
astounded the mining world. OF
course not every molybdenum
mining venture is or can be expected
to be as sensationally profitable as
Climax, but it Is a sample of what
can be done in the mining of this
metal
Published figures indicate that
Climax has paid off something like
81, 100000 in funded debt and has
distributed to its stockholders more
than $4,000, 600 in dividends These
published reports also show that it
is mining and marketing its pro-
ducts at a profit Of a little more
than SO per cent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
PREPARE TO REOPEN
SILVER DYKE MINE

It has become known Falls that preparations
being made to reopen Silver Dyke mine at Nehar
under lease by John Farrell of Nehart and repeatedly
taken over by group composed of Twin City and Butte CAPT
talists. ~,
superintendent and five employed at the
mine it is reported doing work preparatory to starting new
tunnel 500 feet than the previous workings 1t is under
stood that large mill to be built and the operation VIII give
employment to 200 49,
This mine produced between five and SIX million qoars
d IN one wear is said to produced $OOOOOO 1t pro
% an ore containing silver lead "copper" zinc and gold Mod
@ seecve oation will be used in handling the ORE IN the
en- I'LL The old mill was built high above the creek that
bod +onbe in getting the mill to be built at
creek level of rich at level now to be developed
which is subsidiary of American Lead Zinc company
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
BURGLERS
STEAL Ten
TON MILL

VIRGINIA CITY-Discovery OF q
theft of mining equipment at the
Ham and Egg mine at the upper
end of Browns gulch was made and
reported to county officers this
week. All machinery at the mine,
with the excetion of a few rails,
was taken. Included among the
missing articles was of all things, a
lotion ball mill The theft occur
red Within the last few weeks, ac-
cordang to information obtained by
the officers, the equipment being
intact when last visited the middle
of the month.
Apparently car and truck had
been to the mine recently, although
the tracks were nsore or less indis-
tinct because of recent heavy rains.
With no one having seen anything
suspicious going on during the time
the theft may have occurred, the of
Ulcers are without clues, 1t being
possible that the machinery could
have been taken to some other
county, thus making apprehension
of those responsible quite difficult.
The property at the mine was
under attachment made by the
sheriff earlier this month as a
result of a debt action started
against the owners, the Ham and
Egg Mine, Inc. by George Bigelow
Of Virginia City.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
MINING men
MAY DISCUSS
SHELTER CASE

Montana mining men will next
week move on to Dillon where the
annual convention of the Mining
association of Montana will be held,
on August 5 and 6. In all proba-
biHty there will be a large atten-
dance as a result of the enforced
of many independent miners
who have been unable to ship ore
since the East Helena smelter shut
down Many miners will attend
with the purpose of enlisting min
ing men of the entire state in the
movement to hasten a settlement
Of labor troubles at the smelter.
The association has thus far had
no participation in the matter,
which has been pretty thoroughly
aired in the newspapers at Helena,
the smelter management and the
unions airing their differences in
the public print to a point where
1t is believed that an early settle
ment can be worked out. The
smelter shut down when employees
refused to accept pay cut Of so
cents per day. A new wage scale
Is expected, to be based on the
market price of base metals.
William Logan of Dillon is in
charge Of the program and he is
expected to announce the list of
speakers during the coming week.
While the convention is expected to
tax the housing capacity of the
town. the committee is urging that
miners write to MT Logan for de-
finite reservations so that necessary
can be made.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
MAXWELL NINE
REBUILDS NIL
SINKS SHAFTS

Forty men are now working at
the Maxwell Gold and Silver mine
in Granite county, operated by Col
donna Mining Co. The company is
composed of Toston brothers high
way contractors of Kalispell, and
Percy Goodwin of Troy who puT-
chased the property for $500, 900
payable from a 10 per cent royalty.
Former owner spent $500, 600 in
running q 2,O00-foot tunnel which
developed zoo, 900 tons of ore, accor-
ding to DIR. Charles II. Clapp, who
was geologist for the Miissoula
group which financed the mine. It
is a gold-silver property, producing
mostly silver. The new owners are
sinking three shafts and reconstruct
ing the mill.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
Cameron TwO-Stage
Centrifugal Pumps
Cameron Two-stage Centrifugal
Pump

Cameron 1Wo-Spage GentTfAusai
Pump
Glass ct" direct connected to
electric motor
A new bulletin giving complete
specifications and operating charac-
teristfcs OF the Canaeron Glass CT
two-stage centrifugal pump has re-
Gently been issued by the IngersoIl-
Rand company.
These pumps are two-stage ball
bearing units designed to operate at
modern motor, turbine and engine
speeds. They are available In capa-
cities from 100 to 1890 gallons per
minute for discharged heads up to
$500 feet (350 lbs. per square
inch.)
Two pages Of typical Installations
OF these jumps are pictured in the
bulletin, number TOTS copies of
which may be Obained from the IN
gersoll-Rand Company, IL Broad
way. New York city or any of their
branch offices.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-23
USE COPPER WIRE

Use of copper wire on the 209-
mile rural REA identification pro-
tect of the Kootenai country, Idaho,
was urged upon the Kootenai county
REA board and upon union workers
of Spokane recently by John Clark,
financial secretary of the smelter-
mems union of Great Falls. Smell
termen and miners are trying to
displace aluminium with copper on
western projects.