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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-09

1907; Migaki, Troy, 3rd, 97ga.
Eighth Grade Spelling-Quene-
moen, Libby. Benson, Eureka, era
ter, Troy, tied for LIST, 1907.
Totals for spelling, Libby, is; Eu-
reka. l3. Troy. Z.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-09

The foolish and the dead alone
never change their opinion-Dow-
II.
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Hospital Notes.

Hospital Notes.
Surgical patients: Miss Leota Van
Horn and Mrs. Max Campbell.
Medical patients: Thos. White,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-05-09

Births: Mrs. Tom Nelson. Fortine
son, May /; Mrs. Holbert Taylor,
son, May l; Mrs Louis Holcomb,
son, May 7.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19
CHAPTER XIV

Norwood sat in his tent and
checked Stoddart's survey figures,
found a couple of mistakes, correct
ed them, admonished Stoddart and
gave the sergeant instructions for
the following day. Nervously he
walked the distance between the
horse line and his tent.
After the third of his pacings to
and fro, he sat at the table in his
tent and wrote a letter to Lynn
Harding, tore it up, and made sew
eral more attempts. He tore up
the last one, gathered all the scraps
of paper into one heap, carried
them to cook-fire and burned the
lot.
He returned to his tent, scraped
out pipe, wrote another letter to
Lynn Harding and tore up that one.
It was getting on toward dark. The
Kadur River was a splurge of GRIM
son. He heard the hoof-beats of
O'Leary's horse at about the hour
when he had first seen Lynn Hard
ing in the Maharanee's carriage.
Norwood's servant came and light
ed the lamp in the tent.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XIl-Continued

*
Lynn stared: "Do you think I
could persuade Rundhia to try to
prove Captain Norwood's inno-
cence?"
"But Lynn dear, if Captain Nor
wood has been guilty Of taking a
bribe-"
Lynn interrupted: 81 don't believe
Captain Norwood is guilty."
"But what do you know about
him?"
"Maharanee dear, what do you
know about me? How do you know
I'm not criminal?"
Lynn"
"Maharanee dear, even if Captain
Norwood could be guilty of an I'M
gentlemanly, mean thing like taking
a bride, it was I who betrayed him
and I want him to know it. If he
isn't guilty"
The door opened suddenly. Run
dhia entered, followed by an attend
ant in the Maharajah's livery.
eyes," said the Maharanee, shat
man can be trusted. Lynn dear, I
will give him both your letters. He
will find Captain Norwood, even if
he has to hunt all over Kadur.''
She gave the man emphatic orders
in his own language, told him to go
at once, watched him along the cor
ridor and led Lynn through the brass
gate to the women's quarters.
Rundhia waited, standing. When
he heard the messengers football
returning along the corridor, he
opened the door, admitted him,
closed the door, held out his hand,
received both letters, glanced at
them and returned to the messen-
ger the one that was addressed to
Mrs. Harding.
Deliver that one. After that,
keep out of sight for an hour. Then
return and say that you have de-
livered the other letter to Captain
Norwood. Co."
Rundhia opened the letter that
was addressed to Norwood. He
smiled. There was no heading:
''Your unkindness about what you
saw this morning does not make me
wish to hurt you in return. There
is something I wish to tell you. 1t
is important. I hate myself for
something that I said unintentional-
ly, under great strain. ! can ex-
plain it. Won't you see me?
"Lynn."
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If we can blame his death on the
priests, that could be made to hold
water. The priests bribed him. BY
this time, they probably know that
the news Of the bride is out. It
would be natural for them to murder
Norwood, to stop his mouth"
''Well, why not let them! Why not
leave it to them?" the Bengal re-
torted.
Because they won't do it, you
fool! Did you ever know a priest to
do a thing at the right time to suit
someone else? It will have to be
done for them. Now here's the idea:
they keep a hospice where mendi-
cants may live as long as they
please, for no payment. There are
three men in that hospice, who
would kill their mothers and any,
one else for an ounce of opium. For
two ounces, they would murder ten
children apiece. You know my man
Gulbaz?"
"Too well. Some day that bad
mash will turn on you"
Rundhia smiled: "Long before
that, dear doctor, he shall swallow
one of your prescriptions! Summon
Gulbaz. Give him money. will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19

So popular has bicycling become
in France that the French railways
make up entire trains of bicycle
cars, the same as mail trains, to
handle the more than 100000 BIZ
cycles now running rampant over
the hills and dales, towns and coun-
tryside of that nation, where one
out of every six of the population
owns bicycle and stays on it most
of the time from the cradle to the
grave.
Increased production of low
priced cars, the vast network of
motor buses, reduced rates on rail-
ways, have all failed to lure the
French, men, women and children,
from their favorite sport, bicycling.
And, where they go, near or far,
with them goes their bicycle, until,
literally, they crowded the passen-
gers right off the trains during week
ends and vacation seasons.
Bicycle vacationists go directly by
train to the center. of the. distant
region chosen for the tour and their
bicycles will follow by special train
within "a hours. Or, by shipping
one day ahead, will be awaiting the
owner. After the holiday is over,
the bicycle can be sent back the
same way. s-'F. ~s,.
In Paris the visitor cannot help
but be amazed at the thousands of
bicyclists who weave their blissful
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81 can believe that" Lynn an
swered. 'sWhy else should you be
so kind? I haven't influence or mon
ey."
"You have personality" the Ma
haranee answered. "You have i'm
agination and spirit. You can re-
deem Rundhia. So that when the
day comes that he shall be Maha-
rajah of Kadur, he will be great
man. Rundhia will do anything for
you-anything. Your influence will
persuade him to do good things, Of
that am sure. Even now, having
known you only one day, for your
sake he is willing to save Captain
Norwood. But he makes conditions"
Cant he tell them to me?" 5
'He has gone in search of that
creature Gulbaz. Rundhia has TAX
en- it for granted that you will ac-
cept the conditions, since he has ac-
cepted, as a command your wish
that he should help Captain Nor
wood" ell s4@ Gd l+}4
Lynn almost lost her temper. She
retorted: 81 was treacherous. So
was Rundhia. / don't believe Cap
tain Norwood has been! I won't
believe it until they prove it,"
The Maharanee returned to her
subject: "Rundhia insists that you
mustn't tell Captain Norwood whose
influence, it was that saved him. He
demands-and think that is fair,
isn't t?-Rundhia can't afford to be
compromised-he demands that if
Captain Norwood should character
istically force his way into your
presence, you will not answer Nor
woods questions. y ~ >'''
"But I have asked Captain Nor
wood to come and see me-"
The Maharanee's sympathy looked
genuine. Lynn didn't doubt it:
Lynn dear, Rundhia thinks that
Captain Norwood probably believes
you told about the diamonds be-
cause you knew that Captain Nor
wood was embarrassed by your hav-
ing seen them, and you wished to
punish him for remarks he had
made, in the garden, last night. Run
dhia thinks that perhaps Captain
Norwood won't answer your letter. "
Lynn was silent for long time,
thinking. The Maharanee watched
her, reading, on Lynn's face, the
course of the struggle between
pride, humiliation, anger-and some
other, western emotion that not even
Lynn could have put into words. 1t
was too simple. Too elementary.
It escaped. analysis. At last Lynn
spoke:
81 promise. l won't tell Captain
Norwood that Rundhia is helping
him. But will Rundhia do it,"
"For you he will do anything"
the Maharanee answered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19
Lumber Supply Saved

The successful elimination of the
long fight to acquire the Carl Inn
tract of giant sugar pines for addi-
ton to Yosemite National park
saves thousands of acres of the
dwindling supply of this rare tree
from the lumberman's ak.
The purchase assures perpetual
preservation for all the nation of
stand of trees many of which are
over 200 feet high and which are ir-
replaceable.
The Carl Inn tract borders the
western boundary of the park and
is one of the finest sugar pine stands
in the world. The sugar pine is a
giant among trees, growing to a
height of 240 feet and measuring five
to eight feet IN diameter. It is
found only in California and Oregon,
and provides majestic trees and
beautiful forests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Creamy Fudge.-For smooth
er and creamier fudge, add a tea
spoon of cornstarch to each cup OF
sugar used in making it.
To prevent gowns slipping from
wooden coathangers, cover the
hangers with velvet.
When straining the pulp from
liquid such as orange juice, if
piece of cheesecloth is placed in
side strainer none of the pulp
can 60 through.
Give house plants an occasional
feeding of a teaspoonful of bone
meal dug into the earth in flower
pots. 'l"
To remove feathers from ducks,
first pick them dry. This leaves a
down all over the skin. To re-
move the down, wiring out large
cloth in boiling water and wrap
it around the duck for five min.
utes. Remove the cloth and the
down can be wiped off easily with
a dry cloth.
Crusty french rolls, cut dag
onally into slices fourth of an
inch thick, buttered and toasted,
make a good salad acconlpani-
ment.
Grape Juice With Grapefruit
Two tablespoons of grape juice
added to a grapefruit after it
has been cut gives a delicious fla
vor and a pretty color.
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En5TnnD WE5T
BY TALBOT MuNDY
. TALBOT MUNDY-WNU SERVICE

mean to do it. If / could cut out my
tongue! But said it. can't un-
say it."
"Lynn darling, did you promise
Captain Norwood not to speak about
those diamonds?"
mo. He didn't ask me to prom
Use. He took it for granted that I
wouldn't mention what any idiot
could guess he hadn't wanted me to
see. Captain Norwood saw me kiss
ing Rundhia. / know he did,"
'Did he say so?"
"Of course he didn't. And of
course he won't mention it, ever, to
anyone else. The man is a gentle
man. don't want him to despise
me, yet it wouldn't bother me if
Rundhia did,"
Perhaps you don't yet under
stand Rundhia." )" &ao4
"Oh, yes do. Rundhia is beau
tiful savage"
Darling, did you ask him not to
tell?"
81 made it quite clear was sorry
I had told him."
''Well, you must remember that
you told him something that con-
Germs the State of Kadur. You un-
covered to him the existence of a
bride that might have changed the
destiny of Kadur by legalizing the
priests possession of the diamond
mine. / haven't told you much about
the diamond mine. 1t is supposed to
be secret. Do you call it betray-
al that have mentioned it to your"
Don't worry. I won't tell" Lynn
answered. 81 never want to hear
diamonds mentioned again. How
long will it take that messenger to
reach Captain Norwood?"
''That depends on where Captain
Norwood is. The messenger will
have to look for him. He has gone
on horseback. I ordered him moi
to spare the horse. It might take
him half an hour-an hour"
81 can't wait for an answer!
wish I had gone in search of him,
myself. I haven't any pride left.
His career will be ruined, won't it?''
'But darling, he deserves to be
ruined if he accepts brides. And il
he is innocent he can prove it."
''Do you believe that? can easily
doubt it," Lynn answered. 81 have
never once been able to prove my
innocence, against Aunty's accuse.
tons. Not one single once! Not
/ one time-ever. To this minute, she
believes everything she has ever
said. against me-" Then, suddenly:
'What is Rundhia doing?"
81 don't know"
"Does he like to be despised?"
Flynn dear, if you should despise
him, I don't know what might hap
pen. Rundhia loves you"
''Does he? You think so? Tell him
I despise him! And I will, until he
proves to me that he has done his
absolute, utmost best to undo the
cowardly wrong he has done to Cap.
tain Norwood"
Lynn"
'Maharanee dear, won't you
please tell him? l mean it. He
might believe you."
The Maharanee sighed. She left
Lynn and walked out of the room
to find Rundhia.
Lynn was seated in the armchair
by the window, staring at an illus
trated magazine, when the Maha.
rance came beck.
Darling, Rundhia has promised
''What did he promise to do? What
can he do?"
81 mean that Captain Norwood
can be cleared of the charge of brib.
cry" the Maharanee answered
However, Rundhia made condi.
ton"
t'Maharanee dear! Tell me. DOM
prepare me for it. I can take il
without our pretending it's some.
thing else"
every WE'LL" said the Maharanee
+! "Let us be quite frank with each
other. Rundhia loves you."
$50 says Rundhia."
OAnd 7 love vo,1 -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19
CHAPTER XIII

The Bengal doctor entered Run
dhia's suite at the palace with the
air of a crook who is afraid of a
master-crook. He assumed an air
of self-importance that he didn't
feel; of confidence that didn't exist.
He didn't wait for Rundhia to tell
him to be seated, and he began to
speak in Bengali.
Rundhia interrupted him: "You
may discontinue dosing Mrs. Hard
ing. Miss Lynn Harding has ac-
cepted an invitation to remain here
at the palace, so the sooner the
aunt clears out of Kadur the better.
Let her get WE'LL
''She has refused medicine. I had
to put it on her breakfast food.
And now she won't eat. She will
recover quickly enough! There is
nothing much the matter with her.
am relieved. I do not like to do
such things to western people,"
Gould you get at Captain Nor
wood?"
'tNo."
'.I think you'd better. Last night
at supper, Norwood watched your
clumsy by-play when you gave that
pellet to Mrs. Harding. The way
you switched the pellets wasn't clev-
er. Norwood suspects you.'
Captain Norwood is himself I'M
der suspicion" the Bengal an
swered. "He stands accused, does
he not, of having accepted a bribe?
You told me to say so to Mrs. Hard
ing. And l did,"
Eyes. I was coming to that"
Rundhia interrupted. 81 thought the
news might influence her to keep
Norwood away. Now, look here:
officers caught taking brides, espe-
cially if they're popular and well
connected, very often commit sui
eide. Norwood's suicide would be
appropriate, convenient and, in the
circumstances, not suspicious. How
do we go about it?"
1--WE don't!" the Bengali an
swered, without seconds hesita-
ton.
Rundhla stared at him Scornfully:
''Well," he remarked at last, sit
might be dangerous to do. You and
! must be careful"
The Bengal folded his hands
across his stomach: very careful. !"
Things mustn't be traced back to
US" said Rundhia. "There is moth
ing, so far, that can be traced back
to me. But / have the goods on
you; and by God, if you don't do
what ! tell you, you're in trouble. :"
Fear looked forth from the Ben
gals eyes, but he said nothing. He
crossed his knees and waited.
Norwood has got to be killed, :"
said Rundhia. 'TIe is in love with
Miss Lynn Harding. He hates me.
He is suspicious by nature. He is
on the defensive. And he is the
type of person whose idea Of self
defense is to attack with every scrap
of energy, he has. That kind of per-
son Is much too dangerous. You
and ! can't afford to let him live.
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Bicycling Rapidly Becoming Popular French Pastime

way through traffic, single or tan
dem, in groups of 10 or 20, ap-
parently with no thought of all the
motor traffic around them. In the
Seine department in the Paris area
alone, there are more than 100000
bicycle owners, but the north
of France has even more, 100000.
The revenue from the bicycle own
ers in France is nearly 100000, 900
francs in taxes.
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give you three hundred rupees, and
you may keep the change. Tell
Gulbaz he is to hire those three
men to assassinate Norwood tonight.
I don't care how they do, it, and I
hope they get caught. They have
been living for months in the temple
hospice. Everyone will believe they
are in the pay of the priests. Do
you understand"
81 understand you. I won't do it.
I have done what I have done, be-
cause you knew of former indiscre-
tons, for which you could have be-
trayed me to the law. And I will
do what will do, because I need
the money. There it ends. wish
you wouldn't keep me waiting. I
am becoming nervous. have
drugged his medicine until he needs
it five times daily. Now he is de-
manding one at bedtime. Why
waltz"
.'Are you sure of the poison?"
"Quite sure. It is the same that
/ gave you to test on the monkey
that you packed in ice and sent to
Delhi to be autopsied. It is a vege-
table poison. 1t escapes analysis
by all known methods. It is one
of five poisons that battle analysis,
once it has become absorbed by the
blood. They will find in your uncle'S
stomach, if they look, some traces
of marijuana, which it can be proved
that he himself bought, and which
I added to his tonic at his own writ
ten request. I advise you to act
quickly"
Rundhia nodded: eff you will at
tend to the killing of Norwood,
will let you do the other job tonight.
But I want Norwood out of the way"
There was chill at Lynn's heart.
As she walked beside the Mahara-
nee into the room, that was called
the boudoir but retained the sump-
tuous, old-fashioned splendors of a
royal bibi-kana, she felt more self
critical than ever before in her life.
Not even Aunty Harding's cruelest
accusations had made her feel as
guilty, and as impotent to undo
wrong.
Lynn darling, why are you si-
lent? ! can almost always count on
you for chatter when l feel despond-
ent."
"Maharanee, did you ever betray
anyone?"
''Let us sit here by the window"
said the Maharanee. "Tell me how
it feels. Perhaps I can help you to
feel differently. You have helped
me in so many ways. There is a
law of compensation. Perhaps
comes now my opportunity to do for
you what you have done for me-"
81 hate myself" Lynn answered.
"You can't change that. don't
want it changed. If didn't hate
myself for what I've done,
shouldn't be fit to ive.. The dread
full part is, that ! can't undo what
did. Oh, my Cod" she put her
head between her hands 81 didn't
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19
REAL ESTATE

Beautiful navel orange grove. 81 ,Ac.s
highly developed. full grown, fully pro
ductive trees with February crop With
side in the heart of Southern Calif6r.
MAS finest natural citrus belt. Situated
in magnificent scenic setting of noun.
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Of all-purpose water. Adjacent to met
ropolitan, recreatienal, market centerss
With many choice. building sites for a
palatial home. This is truly a country-
tious setting plus high potential posi-
bilities. $40, 800. Details-photos on re-
quest. Box IL, San Bernardino, Calf.
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WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON


NJ EW YORK.-If death is taking
~ only brief holiday on the west
wall, the opposition is making the
most of it. The life brigades press
Science, Unlike roe d re-
Death, Pauses search sci
Not for Holiday ence, phllan,
thropy, social
inquiries and studies, and all that
has to do with the two healing vir-
tues of compassion and understand
ing.
Even the sedate American Philo-
sophical association feels touch of
the new elan vital and is moved
thereby to spirited theological
free-for-all as it tries to understand
John Dewey. The occasion was a
special meeting to honor Professor
Dewey on having become 80 years
old last October. Never before has
this courier seen a year wind up
with less arthritis and more punch
in the field of science.
Young blood is helping lot.
DR.. Albert b. Sabin, of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati college of
medicine, who scores against in
! fantile paralysis and viruses at
lacking the nervous system, is
80 years old. His paper, read
before the annual meeting of the
American Association for the
!. Advancement of Science at Ohio
university, reveals unsupported
tissue defenses against the en-
trance of the viruses into the
nervous system. 1t is regarded
as an ep0chal advance toward
understanding Of the disease and
later conquest.
DR.. Sabin was born in Poland, and
acquired his academic and medical
education at New York university,
from 1928 to 1881, later studying at
Lister institute, London. In 1882, he
became associate research scientist
at Rockefeller institute, New York
city. During his tenure with this
institution he discovered a new dis
ease, caused by an agent which he
calls the B virus.
His new discovery of the anti
virus goalkeepers in human tissue
was announced in connection with
his receipt of the Theobald Smith
award in medical sciences.
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STAMPS

WE WILL BUY ALL UNUSED U. s.
POSTAGE STAMPS, W cent, to soc value
including &c Air Mail and Zoe Special De-
livery at soc on the dollar. Any amount
prompt remittance.
MANNING LANCER ts
Dept. M, 761 Sixth Avenue, New York.
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nR. ALEXANDER LESSER Of
~ Brooklyn college finds there
isn't any such thing as social evo-
lution-at least not in the old sense.
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Origins anu Inducements Oh what lS
m. .. loosely called
Man Possessed off for the
Yen for n. Ts Maya country
of Mexico,
leading an expedition which will
hunt new clues to early Indian cul-
lures. It is renewal of Mr.. Stir
1ing's explorations of last January,
in which he found a stone bearing
the earliest recorded date of the
Americas-equivalent to November
4, 291 B. c.
A Princeton scientist traced
the honey highball back 5000
years and thereby gained kn0wl-
edge of great historic Indo-Eu-
ropean shifts in population. MIR.
Stirling also has found mans
early day elbow-bending light
source. He discovered that the e
drinking of primitive man was
premeditated and INDUCED ip to
induce visions. At Ostia, Mr..
Stirling found a bar, several e
thousands of years old, lacking
only the brass rail and the free
lunch to match ours.
In British Guiana, in 1927, he
found pygmies who, for full dress,
wore artificial tails; whose babies
in arms smoked big cigars and
whose dogs were barkless. In Flor
ida, he found the lost Calooshas, the
earliest Americans. In the Jivaro,
he was chubby with head-hunters
and learned much, not only of their
recipe for shrinking heads, but of
their visions, legends and customs.
He was reared in the Salinas COW
country of California and attended
the University of California. His
explorations have been in North,
Central and South America, Europe
and the East Indies. He is 40 years
old, and, as usual, having the time
If his life. '' ~
consolidated Features-wNU serviceJ
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Sees Our Hope
In Understanding
Human Behavior

a door-nail," says DR.. Lesser. But,
tossing aside subjective judgment,
he finds ample hope of new under
standing as he assails the old ration
alization of haunch, paunch and jowl
darwinism, as rationalizations of
force. 49, 1se 81.
DIR. Wesley G. Mitchell, as
above, sees our ultimate hope
in understanding human beha-
vior," and urges the scientists to
keep on swinging. DR.. Mitchell,
it will be recalled, is the widely i
known Columbia university econ
0mist who headed President
Hoover's research committee on
social trends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19

Gin the form
given it by
the classical
evolutionists,'
it is dead as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-19

M ATTHEW w. STIRLING, an
AvA thropologist of the Smithsonian
institution, who delves into exciting
origins and inducements of what is
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loosely called
civilization, is
off for the
Maya country
of M xico.