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Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
Mexico Reveals Many Interesting Varieties of Cactus

From Mexico come many interest
ing species of the Cactaceae. Many
of these have been discovered only
recently, writes E. c. Hummel in
Nature Magazine One of the COM
paratively new discoveries is the
Mamillaria hahniana, known as the
Old Lady Of Mexico. This was dis
covered in 1929 in Central Mexico.
where it grows in large clusters,
completely cloaked in long, fine hair.
During the blooming season it wears
a crown of pink or rose flowers.
Little less conspicuous is the crown
Of red berries that is later pushed
from between the Towering tuber-
cles, to remain for weeks like a
crown of rubies on a white-haired
lady.
One of the most difficult plans to
locate is Roseocactus kotschubey-
anus, which belongs to the living
rock group of the Cactaceae. On
account Of the shape Of its tubercles,
it carries the common name Of deer
foot cactus. It has q large tuberous
root and the entire plant is sunlken
entirely in the ground. Here it il
safe from the eyes Of the collector
until blooming time, when the large
pink 1owers that arise from The cen
ter disclose it, presence.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

think the priests intend to murder
mel"
''No."
Neither do l."
'.If they did intend to-" said
O'Leary, shat Bengal doctor
wouldn't know about it."
WELL" said Norwood, you've
done nicely. You have a hundred
and ten rupees for an hours work. 7"
Mot me. I'm proud. l gave him
back his ten rupees. He's nothing
but babu doctor"
Norwood found the whiskey bottle
in the dark. He poured stiff drink
and locked up the bottle, gave the
drink to O'Leary, and walked off on
his rounds to instruct the sentries.
O'Leary waited for him outside
the tent. He looked as nervous as
the shadow of a tree that quivers
in the evening wind. Twice he start
ed to overtake Norwood, but thought
better of it. At last when Norwood
returned, he hesitated, and if Nor
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
HIDES
ACME TRADING CO.
HIDES, PELTS, FURS and METALS
zo13 assstsss Ave-
Ship to Os for Best R0suIfs
Beekeepers' Chairman
Finally Got In His Sting

The excited man mounted the
platform and began his speech.
The chairman made repeated ef-
forts to stop him, but to no pur-
pose. In the end he had to let
him carry on.
And carry on he did, fiery and
pungent, for an hour, then stopped.
'tHave you quite finished?"
asked the chairman.
EYES," said the orator, "and I
defy you to contradict a single
word ! said"
81 don't wish to-" said the chair
man. "The Brewery company, of
whose management you complain,
is holding its general meeting on
the floor above. This is a reunion of
the Beekeepers' society,""
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
The Ansoers

I. Record, produce, minute.
z. The cheetah, the gazelle
ana the race horse are the three
fastest animals on foot.
8. Part of a horses harness.
4. Identical, unlike, and Siamese.
5. Male figures, used as supports
IN architecture, are called carya-
tics, female figures are called at
lantes.
8. The passenger pigeon became
extinct in the 1906, the Labrador
duck in the 1a40s, and the great
aux in the l840s.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
CHAPTER XIV

1t had been an army lorry once,
but it had fallen on evil days and
was now contractors truck, so it
looked suitably unofficial. The Indi-
an driver had been commandeered
by Moses and for one rupee eight an
mas in lawful money had agreed to
go anywhere, lawful or not. Inside,
beneath the rotting and ragged can.
vas cover, Moses sat on the floor
facing Sergeant Stoddart.
81 thought this was all about a
diamond mine." said Stoddart.
'You keep your fat head out O.
mischief and let problems Alone"
said Moses. ''Tonight's no problem.
It's easy excep' the consequences.
We're going to lose good officer,
one way or the other. and the ques-
ton is which"
"You half breeds are all alike, :"
said Stoddart. "You daren't say
what you think" He stuck his thumb
in the bowl of his pipe and struck
another match. His eyes were in.
quisitive. "You don't mean"
II mean you're fathead. That's
plain talk, isn't it? Now it's your
turn. You tell me what you're think
ing about. plain words and no this,
that, and the other. Come clean"
Everyone in camp has heard it,"
said Stoddart. First l heard of it
was from a coolie down by the riv-
err"
Heard what?"
Someone's been bribed."
"And you believe it,"
Long ago." said Stoddart, 81
gave up believing anything in India
except payday and where there's
smoke there's fire. I've known of
officers burning their fingers. II the
officer we're thinking about took a
bride, he'll be broke for it as sure
as you and | sit in this truck. That's
one way we can lose him. What's
the other?"
He didn't take no bribe," said
Moses. "Me or you might take one
you special. But not him."
They may have framed him, :"
said Stoddart.
They'll frame your picture in a
museum one O. these days as the
champion fathead that ever came
even from England to look popeyed
at puzzle. There's three men in
India who can't be framed success
full, that's to say unless they frame
each other. Ones me. Another's
Captain High-Cockalorum Norwood
And the third is Gulbaz.'
Who'd want to frame your"
asked Stoddart You're not worth
it. What's the other way we can
lose the Captain"
Woman"
Hes no womanizer," said Stod-
dart.
You ought to be a reporter for
the papers. You get all your facts
right. said woman. A woman,
you fathead. One woman-half O.
two women. Can you figure that
one?"
We'll then, what woman are you
talking about?"
Naming no names. she's at the
palace"
"You mean Miss Lynn Harding?
It's all over the camp that Prince
Rundhia has her number"
You seen herr" asked Moses.
Yes" said Stoddart, II saw her
on horseback riding with the Prince.
She's good locker"
How close did you look?"
"Oh, couple of hundred yards"
Are you blind?"
1--WE better sight than you vo,
drunkard''
"And you couldn't tell, from two
hundred yards away, that that girls
good 'un? You want to bet? D'you
want to bet your months paw
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

wood hadn't faced him he might not
have spoken.
"Still here?" said Norwood.
whats on your mind?"
There's man I'm scared Of"
"Oh? Who is hep" .
Hes an old acquaintance o.
yours"
II asked: who is he?"
"A man name O. Gulbaz."
"Oh. is that devil in Kadur? Why
didn't you tell me sooner?"
Because I was afraid you'd 60
after him.
Norwood smiled. O'Leary grinned.
What do" said Norwood, land
what don't do are none of your
business.
Eyes, they arel Gulbaz 'ud kill
you. Then what? He swore to get
you. on account O. that Poona bust
ness, when you caught him stealing
from the secret files"
Eyes. remember he was angry"
"You shouldn't have let him off.
l warned you then. You said you'd
good reason"
1T was crazy reason"
Remember your manners"
Il haven't any-not when you go
CHANGING getting bumped off by
badmash that 'ud skin his mother
for the price O. leather. You said
you'd catch him later doing some
thing important.
You're not to touch him. Gul.
baz is mine, saith the rule of the
game. l need him. AS soon as this
little business in Kadur is finished,
we've survey to run, eight hun.
dred miles from here. where there's
dark little game going on. And
your friend Gulbaz is the bell-weth-
err"
Hes a pig and snake and a
son of "a"
Never mind what he is. It's
what he shall do that matters. He
shall decoy his friends"
Moses laughed: THAT swine
hasn't any friends"
He has three bosom friends and
gang of eleven all told. He shall
decoy them all into one net"
Says you." observed Moses.
Don't be theatrical. You NAV
go and talk to Gulbaz if you want
to, but you're not to touch him. If
you get yourself killed, I'll pay that
priest of yours to say no masses
for you. You shall stay in hell for
ever"
"Mayn't have just one crack at
him? could make him a hospital
job, where you'd know where he is
and"
Il have given you a definite or.
der that you're not to touch him."
Eyes. but suppose he takes a
crack at me?"
in that case. you're to run
away"
''Stoddart can't run. He's too fat.
I'd like to borrow Stoddart."
what fort"
''I'll need him."
II said: what for?"
For . witness. II don't have
. witness. there'D be nothing Cul-
bax won't do or won't swear TO-"
How long do you expect to b
Abort twenty minutes. naaybs
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
.4sk Me .Hnother
. A General Quiz
The Questions

!. Can you give three words,
having two pronunciations each,
the meanings of which change with
the recommendations?
2. Which are. the three fastest
animals on foot7
3. What is a martingale-a song
bird, part Of a horses harness,
or a Towering shrub?
4. What kinds Of twins are
there?
5. What are the male and fe-
male figures used in architec.1re
called?
8. What three birds have be-
come extinct in the United States
in the last 100 years?
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

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Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

against mine that Norwood hasn't
made up his mind that he wants
herr"
Stoddart refilled his pipe with al
most supernatural patience. "What
are we up to tonight?" he demand
ed. why are we here in this bloody
truck? Where are we going?"
Didn't he tell your"
mo, he told me to look after you"
That's what told him to tell
you"
IAN right, General Moses, where
are we going? To the Promised
Land?"
We're going hunting a bribe."
''Who from?"
"Gulbaz."
''How much?"
"You may keep all you get"
How much do you reckon well
get?"
Twice half o. what he thinks it's
worth. We split it fifty-fifty, on ac-
count O. your puritan nature and
your good looks and your gift for
not letting your head know what
your brains are doing"
What are we going to be bribed
for?"
For our virtue. What else could
he buy? Mine amt for sale, but
yours is. He wants it for the travel
ling wax-works O. curiosities he's
taking along to tour India"
"All right then, put it this way:
why are we worth bribing?"
''We ain't," said Moses.
Speak for yourself. Whose money
is he chucking away?"
"You may bet your boots it isn't
his money. Considering the kind O.
badmash crook he is, that has to
pay out money by the bucketful to
keep his skin on his back and his
line O. retreat open. Gulbaz is close.
He's so mean that a Scotch flea
couldn't get living off him."
Moses raised the cover of the
truck and took a quick glance at
the narrow street. Then he low
cred the cover and spoke:
We'll be there in a minute.
want you to get this, Stoddart. Try
to understand it. It's important.
Gulbaz has it in for Captain Nor.
wood. That's how big a sucker he
is. He's crafty. But he hasn't sense
enough to know that there's two men
in India can beat him Ones me.
The others Cockalorum Norwood.
Catch-'em-alive-o Norwood. One O.
these days Gulbaz is going to sit
in Norwood's net, alive and nasty.
But not yet"
why not?"
None O. your business. You're
only fathead sergeant. You know
nothing O. the inside workings O.
things. But Gulbaz isn't here in
Kadur for his health, or for yours
and mine either. He's here to get
Captain Norwood and make a profit
at the same time. He's got a game
on, and he's got it all timed to
minute. That's why you're here"
There you go again." said Stod.
dart. "Blowed if l understand you.
Speak plain"
"Tn say it SLOW" said Moses.
Words O. one syllable. If was
alone, and if Gulbaz was ready, he'd
stick a knife into me. But seeing
that you're along, and you a sol.
der that has cost the taxpayer a
heap O money for unfolding the
blooming dignity of His Majesty the
King, he'll think twice about it. If
l was stuck in the back it 'ud be
loss to the human race and a
bulls eye for Gulbaz. But they
wouldn't even write it up in the pa.
per-"
mot in the society column"
asked Stoddart.
"But if it happened to you, half
the sweating countryside 'ud have
to turn out for your funeral, march.
ing slow. arms reversed, Dead
March in Saul. And after that.
there'd be an investigation, two
courts of enquiry. military and civil.
plus headache for the Maharajah
and at least a column in the Bombay
Times embellishine the record of a
faithful Tommy Atkins"
fTn DE- CnhTIAGIrn.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
erAlsor MuhDY-whu SERVICE

less. It don't take long to get Gull
baz' goat"
81 can't afford to lose Stoddart."
"I'l bring that big baby back as
safe as if he rode a bathchair."
Every well, l will tell Stoddart to
60 with you"
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

T you suffer one cold
l right after another,
here'ssensafio
Mn. Elizabeth vickery
writes: II used 10 eoteh
colds ssry easily. Dr..
Pieres's Colder Medical
Diseogsry helped TO
strengthen me jxsf splsn-
didly. Tafsbaffev. had more
stamina. and s0asfroubled
aerH liffLe frffk cofds |"
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
BABY CHICKS

EARLY CHICKS Prslses BIG PReFrrs.
Nov hatchins for prompt deliveIy whits
pinFtons. White wyandottes. White and
eu6 ninorcas, .Anconas and New Hamp--
BY exhibition and b, o. p. males. An cur
Socks range raised, vigorous. northern
steck. Write for catalog and prices
0lUo 8ibbon Hatchery ana Supply C.
Manasn. Nerth Daksta.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09
OPPORTUNITY

Novelty GIFT shep. New bldg. Low rent.
Stocked ready 70 step In: Near Los An.
Day. ee13 Csmneres. Tujungs, Cali. a
bargain.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

aeAAAR 1LOcATED IN the Heart q
be Butte's Business District. -.
1oTEL si IS: Z. e-ss:::::::::..;
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-09

Dress Shop. Fix. and stock. Exclusive I'm
town. Low rent. Good business. Only enc
between Phoenix and Yuma. Leaving city.
Sac: $500. Comp. Inf. Edith Campbell,
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Gas meCerS are reported BY the
Washington Gas Light Co. and
affiliated companies, electric Gus
toners are reported by the Potomac
Electric Power Co. for the District
of Columbia and the Maryland
metropolitan sections and by the
Virginia Public Service Corp. for
the Virginia metropolitan sections.
The telephone totals include the
District Of Columbia stations at the
end OF February with those for the
adjoining Maryland and Virginia
sections at the end of January.
which are too conservative, but are
the latest available.
Store Sales Set Record.
The utility figures are in line with
a report from the Federal Reserve
Bank Of Richmond, which shows
Washington department store sales
In February and the first two
months Of the year reached new
records for those periods.
February store s1les vert Ill per
cent ahead Of q year 1go, 11.1 per
cent ahead Of the 1885 month, liz
per cent ahead Of the 1857 month,
77.2 per cent ahead Of tho 1898
month and ga per cent ahead Of
the same month In prosperous 1929.
The two months sales were 81
per cent above the 1880 months, 10.4
per cent above the 1898 period. "a
per cent ahead Of the 1887 period.
ITO per cent ahead OF the 1898
period and 1914 per cent ahead Of
the same 1929 period.
Growth Greatest Since 1885.
Judging by a record Of utility
connections covering the last 10
years, by far the greatest growth
has come to the National Capital
since 1885. Roughly two-thirds of
the expansion since 1890 has come
in the last half of the decade.
The metropolitan area record be-
yond 1885 is not complete except
for gas meters. The electric Gus
toner figures going back to 1881
include only those for the District
and Maryland sections of the area.
The telephone totals back to 1880
are for the District of Columbia
only.
These three barometers Of growth
at the end of February in various
years follow:
Evening star., 1940-03-17

mar schools, high Richard A. Norris.
schools and colleges. Mr.. Norris is
. past president of the chapter, has
served as chairman of many COM
mittees, and frequently speaks to
large groups on banking subjects.
Last year the talks given to
schools in and around Washington
were received with great enthusiasm
and q longer and more compre-
hensive schedule has been outlined
tor presentation this year.
Loan Council Meets Tuesday.
Members of the Executive Coun-
Gil, District of Columbia Building
and Loan League, will hold their
monthly meeting Tuesday noon at
the Raleigh Hotel. F. Wilson Camp,
secretary, stated that plans would
be completed for the journey Of
building and loan ofdcials to the
annual meeting of the Federal Home
Loan Bank meeting at Winston -Sa-
lem, N. c., the last few days In
March. It is expected that Is dele
gates will make the trip.
Heard In Financial District.
e. A. Pierce & Co. will admit 81
new partners to the brokerage firm
on March 80 when the merger takes
place with Merrill Lynch & Co. and
Cassatt & Co.
Potomac Electric Power 51k per
cent preferred stock at lis on the
Washington Exchange yesterday,
unchanged.
Woodward & Lothrop common
and preferred stocks are being quot
ed ex-dividend on the exchange, the
usual quarterly payments being due
shortly.
Fred A. Smith will be toastmaster
at the first annual banquet of the
District Building and Loan Bowling
League ut the Kenwood Country
Club tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Cotton Futures Saq
10 10 IS Points
Al New York
Shorp Market Breok
At Bomboy Storts
Liquidation
b the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March ia gen.
eral liquidAting movement Knocked
cotton futures 10 to Is points lower
today.
The market missed the steadyins
influence Of the March contract,
which expired Friday, and raft
Of unfAvorable news kept selling
orders streaming in from an sidAs.
A sharp break In the Bombay
market started the slide and the
downward trend to most other COM
modities did little to tempt buying.
In the background, and possibly
the main reason for the declines,
brokers said, was news from abroad
that Europe was once more weigh
ing peaceful solutions to the present
imbroglio.
Still another deterrent to buyers
was the undeveloped stage reached
IN the farm appropriation bill at
Washington. Many are hopeful
the bill will end up with provisions
for parity and subsidy payments but
final action is yet to come.
Worth Street was comparatively
cheerful on looking over the weeks
total cloth sales although much of
the turnover was to the tune Of
lower prices. Most business was
written in print cloths and carded
broadcloths.
Exports Friday, 6,4l3 bales; sea-
son so far, 5,240,1 los. Port receipts,
9,276: port stocks (excluding GAL
veston), 2,164 1856.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
e two months Of various years:
Pepco Gains Shown.

Pepco Gains Shown.
Potomac Electric Power Co. re-
ported kilowatt hour sales in the
District Of Columbia and Maryland
sections Of the metropolitan area in
February and the first two months
Of the year stood at new high marks
for those periods.
February sales totaled 66,060, ,668
kilowatt hours. down seasonally from
81, 1872 .282 in the preceding month
but far above 81 ,497 1856 in February,
1889. February sales were more than
double those for the same 1894
month.
The two-month sales totaled l33,-
182,950 kilowatt hours, against Ill.,
20o,683 In the same 1899 period.
They were practically double those
for the 1894 period.
Potomac Electric Power sales for
February and the two months Of
various wears follow:
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Stocks Register
Further Drop
AT Week End
Some Declines of 81
To More Than 81 Cut
In Late Trading
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,

Oy oAASDANAASS
Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, March 16.-With So
called war babies" again under
pressure the stock market today
ended a generally unsatisfactory
week on the downside.
Aircrafts and steels were under
pressure from the start of the brief
session losses ranged from l to
more than 2 points, although a lit
tie buying in the final hour enabled
a number Of issues to reduce ex-
treme losses at the close.
AS in Fridays relapse, the days
setback was attributed mainly to
persistent peace fears" in Wall
Street, many traders shelving COM
mitments on the thought that a sud-
den cessation of the major overseas
conflict would halt purchases of war
materials In this country and hit
profits of numerous corporations.
Opening Prices Down.
The list was on the skids at the
opening. Dealings, fast for while,
slowed on recovery attempts, but the
turnover was the largest for any Sat-
urday this year. An assortment of
new years lows were in evidence.
The Associated Press average of
60 stocks was of 2 of a point at 49.3,
making a net recession for the week
Of 8. A month ago the composite
stood at 50.4 and q year ago at 49.2.
It was the second severest weekly
setback in the past two months.
Transfers totalled 478,970 shares
against 331 ,080 last Saturday.
Short selling was said to have
broadened bit and the touching of
OF an assortment of stop-loss orders
served to accentuate early price
softness. Chartists inclined to turn
beariSh because of the breaking of
what they termed support levels"
Little foreign selling was reported
by houses with transatlantic con-
nections.
Exceptionally bright 1889 earn
ings statements, an upturn in de-
partment store sales and late FORE
casts next weeks steel mill opera
tions would hold about steady, failed
to inspire stock buyers.
Shares touching new 1910 lows
included Sperry, United States
Steel, Western Union, New York
Central, Southern Pacific. Southern
Railway and United States Rubber.
Prominent on the downside were
Douglas Aircraft, United Aircraft,
Glenn Martin. Chrysler, Montgom-
cry Ward, Dow Chemical, Loft,
American Tobacco "B" and Johns
Manville. Among the few issues
managing to come back for gains
were Westinghouse and Du Pont.
Retreat on Curb.
Among losers in the curb of as
much as a point or more were Jones
g. Laughlin, Brewster Aero, Ameri-
can Cyanamid "B" and Electric
Bond & Share. Volume here was
around 100000 shares compared
with 89, 900 week ago.
The rising stock market tide was
effectually stemmed in the first part
Of the week. The Russian Finnish
settlement shifted 'throughts to
peace and speculative forces began
to trim sales, especially in aviations
and other groups that have been
buoyed either by actual or potential
war orders. The Associated Press
average was unchanged Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. There
was a slight dip Thursday and FRI
day witnessed the biggest break
since January IL.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
the preceding month and LOST sol
In February, 1899.
February call averages in various
years follow:

Can a. Is for the adjoining
sections lot available, but they
undoubtedly would show even sharp
er increases.
Transit Traffic Expands.
Revenue passengers OF Capital
Transit Co. in'February and the first
two months Of the year Hached the
hitheet InAfh9 for those periods In
history, although the latest month
showed 4 seasonal decline from
lsveh for January this year.
February passengers totaled a.
162,Nl, against l4,947,732 in the
preceding month and 12,605,731 In
January, 1880. They were more than
double the 1888 month.
StreetcArs and buses of the COM
pany carried %, ,109, ,773 revenue pas
sengers in the initial two months Of
1910 compared with 81, 1862 ,004 in the
same 1899 period. The total was
more than double the 1888 period.
Capital Transit passengers in Feb
ruary and the two months Of various
xao re fo1loxxt.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
sales in the metropolitan area for
VNABA 4 kak 4 H0A AAf 80

sales in the metropolitan area for
February totaled 1,734 ,95l m. c. t. or
thousand cubic feet. compared with
1,745 ,314 In the previous month and
1854 in February. 1889. Sales
were more than double the same
1888 month.
Gas sales In the first two months
Of this year reached 3,480 ,295 m. c. t.,
compared with 2,742,773 in the same
1850 period. Here again sales were
more than double the same 1888
period.
Metropolitan area gas sales for
February and the two months u
various years follow (n m. c. +. or
th0uhAl1d cubic foetl: