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Il was wedged in tight"

down the ladder: It was dark a $ a tomb down there: and the only
spread, Frank started for the boiler until he met an obstruction.
,,, Feeling Of i it; Frank realized re ,s twas was m iron floor grating that
too heavy to lift, but it lay at a n angle leaving n opening at
he could crawl through it.
T. i. Frank INK started snees through aa,, but hi his lifeline lifeline held him. back: He pulled it
Says Frank: Il was wedged in tight Using my hands and knees as
foot. In desperation / used up nearly all my strengthNfought that graf.
ING until I ,E was almost so exhausted Mss1 Then panic seized me: What if
down? What if a storm arose and cut us adrift, breaking the air line
menace w that the tender, getting no response to his h Signals ism might might
try to pull me me up by main force breaking both life and air lines and
Beads Of perspraaon rolled off my forehead into my eyes
and there was no way to wipe them away. l was nearly blind,
hut n. I 1 Tsw; , that aisn \ " Rss~ .e" : es ss'%; % sasSs; t help .s wsss sssss
were too many angles in the line that led to the surface"
He Began Shifting His Position.
oil ! About IT that t11 time y, Frank nx; began thinking lin lin 10Th of th 1sgs.. .ht n.o Of
nearest to his heart. He wanted to nve-and he wasn't going to
far he could move. Turning to the right, he could kick n side Of
The tug with mn his ire shoes shoes; 1 Moving ;s to the left he found that only
Then" he says II thought Of trying to roll, and that move nearly
thenNHorror! The helmet was not turning with me. I was unserewins
it a IS I moved. Had I continued, it would have come off and would
Frank rolled back again with every ounce of $, strength in his body
Then, ali at once. he lost consciousness. The ordeal of mental torture,
Franks mate, Jack Gardiner, finished the story for him. The next
thing hing Frank Frank t knew, he was coming nn,1 to III in al a bunk NIX on I'll, the Reso}ute' with
No Response to Tender Signal.
.oI Thirty mir minutes ties aft r Frank lsau' gone nGe, down Tns the =, men S on the
to him on the line. but got no response. Jack Gardiner tried
to draw Frank up. but the line held tight. They couldn't even
get a foot of slack on it.
Then they knew something was wrong. Jack Gardiner began
putting on his diving toys. He screwed Of his helmet and went
down to the deck of the tug. Following Franks line and air
hose he made his way down into the tugs fire room and, feeling
his way around, he found the grating with Franks line disappear
ing behind it..
Jack had found a fremans slice bar, and. using that as a lever, he
pried Frank loose. After that it was only a matter of minutes to boost
him up the ladder and give the signal % the tender to haul away.
When it was all over, Jack said: THAT was a close call, but
better luck next time"
And Frank answered.: "There isn't going to be any next time.
I'm going to look for a better way to make a living than diving"
But the last I heard of Frank he was diving for a boat that had
sunk in New York harbOr. ! gueSS diving must re in his blood.
Copyright-WNU Service.
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Senators Tierney of Lake and
Pauline of Flathead are sponsors of
a bill which prohibits the employ
ment of any married person by the
state or a subdivision of the state if
that person has a husband or wife
engaged in gainful occupation.
Representative G. II. Moss Of
Whitefish, one of the few newspaper
M. in the legislature, has Submit
ted a bill to enact the standard
drivers license law wh:ch is il cf..2ct
in 81 states of TIE nation. The b.A
is known as H. B. No. lGo.
The senate has before It t:n en-
bling measures - Il ~ E.~~to-
Hammond of Wibaux to l'2c:,e~ S!ot
machines and other mechanical
gambling devices ard anc::~r ty
Plank Of Liberty to rape! - 1877
Hickey law. Money coi!cttcd from
tie slot machine l:csc3.ng law woulH
be used by the cour..cs w:.c1e it
originated, the returns Icing e.: t.
TIE county poor funds. TIC ~"n:H0y"
bill has permitted the licc~s.:tg O.
card games and the Use Of trade
checks as business stirul;ic.s.
About half a dozen charges II Tie
state Unemployment ccn2c2~cu~n
law are proposed in a bill in!rcuHcca
in the senate by that boGs's ccn-
mittee on relief and scc;cl wcl.arc.
For enc, the now bill would cxenrt
businesses with less than 500 an
nual pay roll from paying taxes to
the setup.
The three women members of the
house. Mrs. M. K. Beadle, Butte:
Mrs. r. T. Martin, Lewistown and
Mrs. Marion Melin, Livingston, are
authors of a bill to pelr:t jury
service for women. The bill has been
before the legislature almost ever
since the woman suffrage amend
ment was adopted.
The deadline for the introduction
of bills in the house was reached
last Sunday midnight while in the
senate the time extended to the Sth,
the 35th legislative day. In the house
the time was shortened five days
compared with other sessions.
Immediately after the house voted
to kill the ~wage-hour bill known as
H. B. No. %, the labor committee
reported out a substitute bill for the
original but without recommending
its passage. The committee, how
ever, asked that the substitute bill
be printed.
The house has before it proposed
legislation which would put teeth
into the Montana unfair trade prac-
tice act by giving more power to
the state trade commission, and by
imposing a license on food stores
and putting them under the super
vision of a commission which would
have to enforce regulations of the
trade commission.
A bill which will remove many of
the teeth in the present state corrupt
practices act which governs elections
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F@yd &6eosssz:
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM Fl LIVES TgNM@gs4
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF WZMw.r
Divers Doom,

l. EVERYBODY:
L L You know, there's been a lot said about the heroism
of the lads who go down to the sea in ships, and-well-we
all know that those lads deserve all the credit we can give
them. But it's the lad who goes down under the sea into
ships who catches my fancy. Sooner or later there comes a
time in any sailors life when he runs up against a tough
combination OF circumstances. That, We'll agree to. AS a
matter of fact, it's a lucky sailor whose life hasn't been in
danger at least three or four times in his career on the sea.
But a divers life is in danger almost every time he screws
on his helmet and goes under the water. Facing danger is
his trade. And today one of those deep-diving professional
dangerfacers is going to tell us the story of the biggest thrill
OF his career. So stand by the pumps, boys and girls. He's
ready to go.
Frank Grissinger is his name, and he lives in Brooklyn. N. Y.
And the worst jam Frank was ever in iii his life. he says, was when he
went down into the sea off The lighthouse at New Bedford, Mass, to
Down in IA Fathoms of Water.
Jack Gardner, another veteran diver, a Franks partner m
that job. On October 16, 1918, they got the call, and we're off
on the wrecking tug Resolute, to raise the Albert Stone, which
had gone down in IA fathoms of water.
The Resolute was only doing the preliminary work. The huge
out of the water, but first the divers had to get sHngs under her
air, making the tug rise more easily.
The Resolute located the tug. Sings we're hauled under its hull and
they were all ready to tackle the boiler. That wa Franks job, and he
went down until his heavy iron shoes hit the hull of the tug. Cropping
way along the deck, Frank found the door of the fire room and went
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News From The
Montana State Legislature

in the state and its subdivisions, was
proposed to the house by Horrigan
of Granite, Woods of Phillips and
Stevens of Cascade. The amount Of
money which a candidate may spend
in his campaign, both before the
primary and before the general cleo
ton is increased materially in the
proposed bill.
The senate killed ty a vote of Al
20 IA S. B. 81, by Senator Mulhol-
land of Silver Bow, a wage-hour
bill identical with one killed in the
house of representatives, when it
rejected a favorable report of a
minority committee on labor and
capital.
The senate, after a furry of de-
bate, killed a measure which would
have reduced the maximum rate of
interest en- debts in this state from
10 to 8 per cent.
The house killed the Rogers pass
bill, which would prevent construc-
ton OF any new highways across the
continental divide until all other
highways in the state are built to
new standards.
Committee "kilI' reports were
adopted on S. B. &C, relating to
rewards by county commissioners
for the apprehension of criminals,
and H. B. 20 prohibiting the killing
of deer within the limits of a city.
No beer or liquor could be sold
on licensed premises from Saturday
night at midnight until 6 o'clock the
following Monday morning, under
provisions of a bill which has been
introduced in the senate by Pauline
of Flathead county.
The house approved by a vote of
Sd to 50 a quick divorce" bill in
troduced by Representative Sher-
man Smith of Lewis and Clark. The
bill cuts from a year to 80 days the
residence period before suit for di-
vorce car be started.
Senate Bill No. SO, introduced by
Senator Simmons of Carbon, would
give old age pensioners $50 per
month.
Under the provisions of H. B. 6
the legislature will make direct APP
preparations from the general fund
for operation of all functions of the
state. Under the old system revenue
measures such as the liquor act and
others carried provisions designating
that a certain percentage of the in
come should 60 into certain funds
such as public welfare, common
school equalization. Gov. Roy E.
Ayers made the recommendation for
passage of the new act one of the
provisions of his message to the leg
islature.
Proposed legislation before the
assembly will allow Montana to par
ticipate in a nationwide dairy cam
paign, increase the wholesale license
for oleomargarine dealers from $500
a year to $1,000, requiring a state
egg seal on every egg container, and
allow the state secretary of agricul-
ture to establish milk and cream
standards.
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TO SPREAD WORK

Senator Tierney Of Lake coun-
ty is sponsoring a bill he says
would spread Employment
around. It would prohibit 4
man or woman from working
for the state. a county or city,
if the married partner was en-
ployed at a gainful occupation.
A man and wife could work
if they made less than 1928
monthly each or if their COM
bined salaries were less than
SITS. The proposed Law would
apply to employment with the
state, counties and cities.
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brought cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Phelps
were callers at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Percy
Glenn, Friday.
Bill Cosgrove was a business
caller in Hardin Thursday.
SCHOOL NEWS
School opened again Monday,
but the attendance is still very
irregular.
Only nine were present at the
All meeting Friday to finish
their darning. The next project
will be aprons.
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About the Manx Cats

The Manx is the only breed hav.
ing no tail. OF course there are
lots Of neutrality-suspicious. try
to explain why they have no tails.
One ancient tale is that a pair Of
cats were last to enter Noah's Ark.
and that the skipper slammed the
door of the boat shut on their tails.
Later. the pair were left on the
Isle of Man, according to the story.
biologists say, however. that Manx
cats have no tails because Of Sc.
lective breeding.
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SIX-YEAR TERMS

A constitutional amendment
proposed by Senator Burke of
Yellowstone county would
lengthen district judge terms
from four to six years, and
would increase their pay from
81 800 to $4,000 annually. The
measure will have to be passed
by tWo-thirds of the house and
senate and then approved by a
majority of the people at the
next general election before be-
coming a law.
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Many Hidden Taxes

In King Arthur's day. a knight
slew a man-eating boar in Chef
wode. England. AS a perpetual re
ward, to this day, his heirs collect
a tax on all cattle passing through
the town from October 80 to Novem.
Der Z. Americas meat taxes. &C.
cording to the National Consumers
Tax commission, equal this in alb
surdity. One hundred and twenty.
seven hidden levies compel the
housewife to pay for five chops to
get four.
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RAWLEIGH'S now have OPEN
ingS for ambitious men in Bill
lings, South Saltwater and
Northeast Carbon Counties.
Own and operate your own
profitable and permanent bust
ness. For full particulars, see
or write J. E. Weinberg, Box
No. 585, Hardin, Montana, or
write direct to Rawleigh's, Dept.
No. 139, Denver, Colorado. ga"
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WANTED-House work or any
kind of work. Can type. Good
references. Inquire Tribune-Her-
aid. 6-1*
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WANT WORK on farm. Have
had all kinds of experience. Age
20, married. No children. Will
liam Slabaugh, st. Xavier, Mon
tana.
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ROOM and BOARD-in mod
ern home. Inquire at Tribune
Herald. Soft.
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WANTED

STARK NURSERY has 5000
fruit trees 4 to 7 feet tall to
give away this season. See Stark
agent soon. 724 So. Saith St.
Billings, Montana. AZ
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FOR SALE-Milk cows. Har-
din Dairy. 6-2s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
BY JIMMY DONAHUE NEA Service Outdoor Writer

r NEfA 0CLVIGS O0sAUOA
 Come on folks, we'll put your angling knowledge to the 'test-and you won't have to move from your easy chairl
 Tn this game, let's suppose each one of our questions is a fish, swimming about in pool. These fish are of various weights and sizes, depending on how difficult they are to hook.
 It's possible to end the expedi- ton with IS pounds of fish - if you answer all questions correct ly. But, if you total 10 pounds or better, you're doing O. K.
 Let's go after that first one-a little fellow, worth pounds:
 1. From what nation did the brown trout come?
 Now for big baby = a four pounder.
 3. What fly is most often asso- ciated with salmon fishing?
 Well. if you missed him, you missed him. How about casting for this three-pound fish?
 8. To what "pan-fish' family does the black bass belong?
 Now to two small ones, each one worth half-pound:
 {. Who is the Patron Saint" of anglers7 What great book did he write?
 Just one left. But it's the one that can make your fishing trip q success. What 8 prizel He's valued at five poundsl
 5. What is the true name of the fish variously known as wall- eyed pike. dore, jack salmon, blue pike, and, enormously. pick erel7
 Let's look af fhe Back Page to see hew your catch stacks up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14

in 1t.
 "YouTl WOW 'em, honey he ended up enthusiastically.
 Definitely, the $5 down had been worth it. And, but definitely, the weekly payments completing the price would be nothing. Bart's enthusiastic approval of the dress more than proved how accurate her judgment had been in buying it. You had to buy new dress now and then, to keep a man noticing you. And it didn't mat ter if he did think it was last years dress. If a man was going to be so unreasonable about buy ing new clothes girl had to use strategy, didn't she?
 At the dance. Bart got quite a kick out of the others thinking Iris dress was new, too. He beamed with pride, he even bragged little.
 Not new at all,' he admon- ished Monica Bradon from the science department at the univer- sity, "just something Iris put away in box last year and kept over. I'll bet she does the same thing again this year with it, too, A dress doesn't wear out in Sev- eral years
 Iris avoided Monica's clear, direct glance. She avoided Ellen's mirthful brown eyes, and the hilarious grin on Johns face that Bart mistook for appreciation.
 Let them, she thought muti- nously. They didn't have to scheme and figure 40 ways to have so much as a decent dress to wear to 8 dance, where there were smart summer people from New York and Boston and every where. They didn't have a hus- band who lived by silly old budget book, and raved hours on saving two dimes a day so he'd have $2000 in IS years. They didn't have the present and the immediate future hamstrung and made ugly and barren, just so the far future might be gilded.
 After all,' Iris told herself sulkily, "who knows if we'll live that long? In this day and age you have to get what you can, while there's the chance, and never mind the far future.'
 And the linen gown was doubly, trebly precious now.
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Shot at Twice, Jackson Escaped Assassination

DROBABLY no American Pres-
 ident ever saw death closer and escaped it more miraculously than did Andrew Jackson. He escaped 1t as a matter of fact twice in as many minutes, and the gunsmiths of the country never have been able to clear up the mystery.
 The attempted assassination oc- cured just l04 years ago in the Capitol as the President was re- turning with cabinet members from the funeral of Honorable William R. Davis of South Caro- lima. It was planned by one Richard Lawrence, Washington printer. afterward adjudged in- sane.
 As the President left the House of Representatives with the sec- retary of treasury on his left arm. Lawrence, with pistols concealed beneath his coat, stepped out from behind marble column and raised his arm to fire. There was an explosion but the gun did not go off. merely the percussion cap! Almost instantly then aides rushed to attack the assassin. but before they could reach him he calmly raised his left arm and aimed second pistol. But it too failed to fire!
 By this time. of course, presi-, dential aides and even Jacksont himself were upon the assassin. He was easily overpowered. car- ried away by policemen.
 So was "Old Hickory" saved for his country. He is shown above on U. s. stamp of the series of 1894, Scent purple, enlarged.
 Copyright. 1889. NEA Service. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
CHAPTER VI

Contrary to Bart's belief that she was unreasonable, Iris knew only too well that her precarious position depended solely upon cool, clear reasoning. She would crash, with the deadliest certainty, into the yawning pit before her, if she yield ed by so much as fraction to the clamoring urge her emotions were melting within her.
 Loving Bart, knowing full well that he had married her with the budget idea fixed firmly in his methodical mind, she knew she was breaking faith with him. But she knew, with greater certainty, that she owed $21 each and every week of her life for the coming seven months and it was no time to look back at the earlier bargains.
 Bart would have to make the most of it. He'd have to get used to things as they were. Because if she didn't make the payments each week, he would learn about her debts. And if he learned about the debts there'd be a riot
 Bart loathed installment buying almost as much as he loathed the peculiar system set up and made legal by the budget plan sellers. The fines" inflicted on the account that was delinquent, the carry ing charges - ten times more than any bookkeeping and financing through legal channels required. The crafty method of withholding ultimatums until cost of merchant disc was completed, then cracking down and taking the stuff back to resell at almost the same price over again.
 T remember, once, when was ten, they took the piano away from us," Bart told Iris, during the first weeks of their marriage when he discovered slip she had run at the corner grocery for groceries for the week, and had argued vigorously against it, insisting that she promise never to do it again.
 "I'll never forget how my mother cried. And how mad was. I made up my mind then I'd never buy anything on time. Not if l went without 1t forever"
 "But Bart, everyone runs a gro- cery slip when they're short. And II hated to ask you for the money"
 "What are you married to me for then, honey? If I can't share your responsibilities? Besides, that stuff was for the house, and I pay for the food and mainte- nance of this place"
 There was more about the piano later on. There was the slow, halting story of his mothers gen. teel upbringing, She had been a music teacher in the four or five years preceding her marriage to his father, but it was only to help out with her clothes and spending money. The old homestead on the corner of Crandall and Burke streets was free of encumbrances, even to the time of her fathers death. But his own fathers long illness, after tragic accident that left him a helpless invalid. wiped out the little family's savings, and left everything heavily mortgaged.
 T got my first job because of that piano." Bart explained sober ly, "I'd been selling papers and magazines, and working after moons down at Hogan's Stationers. and Mom was set on my going to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
HARD ON BooKIEs

After the first 2a days of New York racing. the betting ring was reported to he 91.o00. 900 in the red. with thirty bookmakers forced to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
OLD TURF TROPHY

The Weodlawn vase. possession of which Is held for S year by the uln- rer 6f fiIe rrtakuezs Derby, was wrought ln i6A0 Iaf Colonel K. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
CR ANllJM CRACKERS
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
 FISHING?

This Is the ninth in a series of 12 quixzes prepared by NEA Serv- ice writers and columnists who are regular contributors to this newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-14
CAST OF CHARACTERS

IRIS IVES - a radiant bride who thought love came first and money could take care of itself. BART WHITAKER - a right e0us bridegroom who looked at the handbook first and his wife afterward.
 Yesterday: Bart's troubles with Iris begin as she balks at cook ing and saving. He realizes now that those old jokes about the '1ittle woman" are all too true, too real!
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Answering
Readers
Queries
Women Sit Down as
Soon as They Find
Place at Table
BY EMILY POST.

Dear Mrs. Post: I went to a din
ner some time ago where there was
a guest of honor After had found
my place at table I sat down, as I
always have done. But much to
my embarrassment the other ladies
stood at their places and waited
until the hostess asked them to be
seated I must admit that it took
me several courses to regain my
composure. The ancient advice of
when in Rome - did not help in
this situation. as I had never dined
with this particular group of peo-
pie. They must have thought me
extremely rude. and perhaps I was,
but I had never run into this dis
play of politeness to the guest of
honor. Will you write something
about 1t?
Answer-As you have said, many
communities have customs of their
own. Personally have never heard
of this procedure except in boarding
schools. According to conventional
usage every lady sits down as soon
as she is told where to sit, or as
soon as she finds her place card
The gentlemen stand at their places
until the ladies are seated. In other
words. what you did was according
to etiquette) entirely right.
X X
Dear Mrs. Post: What would be
your suggestion for clothes to wear
at a club breakfast which begins
at noon and continues with an all
afternoon program?
Answer-Street length afternoon
dresses would be proper, and hats.
Dear Mrs. Post: May q young
woman who is going out with
young man for the evening wear a
corsage sent to her by some one
else?
Answer-I think q man who has
very little money and who had
wanted to send her flowers and was
not able to afford it might feel not
only embarrassed but distressed. A
so-called "gilded youth" meaning
one whose purse is more than
usually deep, would not be likely
to notice the flowers If he does.
he'll probably say, "Oh. am sorry
and remember to send her some at
another time.