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! him the work wouldn't suffer" She
said, low, 1T won't. As long rs we
can be together at the end Of the
day, ! can do Anything!"
MY darling" Peter reached for
her hand across the table, and
smiled. After all, there are other
jobs"
Not as easy TO come by she
answered, "and ! wouldn't want to
go back 10 the hospital or private
duty; 1t takes too much out Of me.
Besides, ! like the Office, like the
other men and the girls and the
work. Matthews fine to work with,
once you learn his ways"
He said, 81 hope you won't have
to keep on too long. It's such q
sacrifice for you, Betty"
Nonsense" she said, smiling.
She added, Were even 10 have q
honeymoon II you can spare the
time. We can go away somewhere
in the car, and just drive around
New England, perhaps, and
stay at inexpensive little inns?"
Peter caught his breath, then
said, Wen take the time, all
right"
Matthew, reporting TO his
mother, was n little gloomy. "I
don't know how IL will work out"
he said. Good Lord, just get the
girl so she knows what it's all about
and this has to happen!"
Mary observed consolingly.
Shes q hard worker, Matthew,
she won't let you down." She
added, Irene was fond of her, she
selected her for you. And, my dear,
Irene worked in your Office when
you were first married"
They were silent for little, over
their dinner. Matthew had sons
house calls to make a little later,
but for the moment he relaxed in a
big chair. his coffee and pipe beside
him. He suggested, after a while,
Let's ask someone for dinner in a
night or two, shall wef could do
with some contract"
Mary nodded. She had made q
point Of having callers TO distract
Matthew. Old friends, who would
mt mind coming and spending a
few unexciting hours. He needed
people about him, he needed laugh
ter. Mary, speaking privately TO
Lynn Mortimer, said, at isn't that
he loves her or misses her less, but
he's young, and he works so dread
fully hard"
Now she answered her son, "Of
course Sam and Hilda-Bill
and Barbara"
Judy in town." Matthew asked.
AS far as know she is"
Couldn't you get Lynn and
Judy?" he wanted to know. "Hilda
plays a rotten game, Barbara does
MT keep her mind on the cards II
Bits around, and, besides, we're
apt TO talk shop"
So, q day or so later, Judith LAM
bert and Lynn Mortimer came TO
Msry's for dinner and cards. And
Matthew said, stretching his long
legs under the table, 81 hope TO high
heaven I'm not called out tonight"
He wasn't.
(To be continued)
Copyright. lstl. By Faith Baldwin cushrsnf
DiIuioutsd bJ KiAs Pastures syndieats. la
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CHAPTER TwENTY-oNE

Mary heard Matthews step and
looked up. as did Lynn. Their faces
were frozen into an agony Of sus-
pense. But only briefly, because
Matthews face was not frozen 1t
was lax with shock.
He said, "They couldn't save her. {"
Mary rose and put her arms
around him. Her son said, after a
moment, "She wasn't conscious :. e..
she hasn't BEEN" He added, "She
couldn't know didn't suffer"
Irene had been his wife and she
was dead his child was dead
too, never having lived. Small and
mute and mangled he had found her,
here in the hospital where she had
trained and where he had lived and
worked.
After a while Matthew let them
take him away, not to his empty
house, not to the room he had
. shared with Irene, the room which
opened on another room, a small
room, bright and gay and waiting.
He went to his mothers, and
Lynn Mortimer took over the ar
rangements, the sending of mes
sages. With infinite patience he
found the name and address of
Irene's sole relative in the North
west. He did everything, he was a
tower of strength. And old DR..
Timmons came in and sat with Mat
thew and Mary.
Toward morning, Hes asleep"
he told Mary. "You go to bed. I'll
give you something to take"
She said. please don't I'm all
right"
She was, she was needed. She was
helping, she was submerging her
self in her son.
The services were very quiet.
Judith Lambert was there, with her
mother and aunt. Matthew saw her,
when he and his mother left the
church.
judith came" he said, with an
effort.
"She few back from Palm Beach"
He said, "That was nice of her."
Back in his mothers apartment,
after the burial service, he sat look
ing at his hands. He said, There's
work."
"Of course" .
Matthew was desperately bewil-
dered. He had loved Irene and she
had loved him. They had had such
a short space Of time together. He
thought, l will miss her so much.
Aloud he said, II don't think can
go back"
His mother urged, "You needn't.
You can come here. It's almost
as close to the Office. 1t isn't as big
as our other apartment, but there's
the guest room. hoped you'd want
TO come, Matthew"
He said, 81 intended to -. IL
can't be alone"
Winter ended and spring came 10
Manhattan, on the wings Of a rainy
wind, warm and full of promise.
Matthew had settled back into
his routine. He was working hard;
too hard, Mary thought. He did not
often speak of Irene, but twice he
said, II miss her, it's hard to get
used to missing someone" His
practiee held him and Elizabeth |
Nelson ran his Office with great ef- !
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Gray Ladies Come
To Soldier s Aid

NEW YoRK-INS-Using fem.
mime understanding and sympathy,
the Gray Ladies' OF the North
Shore IL. ~ chapter OF the Red
Cross aroused Corp. Joseph S.
Sturgeon from depression OF
spirit that threatened his recovery
from a serious operation, accord.
ing to authorities OF the Fl. Tot.
ten Hospital. Bayslde. Queens.
The corporal underwent an OPP
Grafton a day before his wife gave
birth to a son in Paterson. n. j.
He was plunged into melancholy
because he knew it would be a
long time before he could see his
wife and infant. Unable to eat.
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srumbled. Campbell complained

srumbled. Campbell complained.
Thompson showed us his head.
quarters. what the Japanese had
left OF an old wooden house built
on stilts near kamAing's main
thoroughfare KamAing had
had a population OF about 1000
he said. before the japanese burst
In, and the towns most prosperous
citizens. the jade merchants. have
not come back from the hills yet.
To the left OF Thompson's house
Is the "officerss club" with a tar.
paulin roof and netting walls. II
contained long bamboo table with
parachute tablseloth.
Beyond are the remains OF n
Burmese table. with only the idol OF
Buddhs left intact
The natives explained, Thomp.
son said. that many Japs are Bud.
dhists. so they do not modest the
idols. although they shoot up the
rest OF the temples.
Behind headquarters on a hill, IL
4 finer structure which before the
war was the home OF the British
magistrate, but during japanese
occupation was q geisha house.
Cooks All Day
BY the time We had toured the
post, We were ready for the pea.
cock feast. but we need not have
hurried.
Without feathers, a peacock Il
just another chicken, except that
he has a green comb on top OF his
head. His skin Is tan and the dark
meat is darker little like turkey,
but dry and with some white meat.
1t took all day 10 cook the peacock.
Thompson said. and we all agreed
II was a shame 70 waste so much
time.
The dressing, though, was good.
II unusual. 1t was made OF canned
pork sausage, dehydratAd onions,
British bareback and water.
The rest OF the dinner was
equally strange. including Mo.
gaung River soup. containing six
peas per portion, and some peacock
broth.
Thompson furnished all OF uA
with bicarbonate OF soda, TOO.
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The peacock was shot by Maj.
George Campbell. as Ellis ST.. Pas
adsna, Cal, with a CT shotgun.
Thompson said. The shotgun is
used often 70 supplement rations
AZ the kSmAing officers club, he
said
Campbell said. he often leshes
two japanese assault boats toEeth.
er and, using a japanese cupboard
motor. goes up the river hunting
wild chickens. barking deer and a
bird resembling a dove. which Sgt
Edwin Perne, Albany. MINI, de.
clares sometimes is edible"
Ate, But Grumblsd
Major Paul Boyer. Ashland. o.:
Capt. Franklin Holmes. Rockville,
Cal, and LIST It. Robert Hartman.
San Diego, Cal. ate the birds. but
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BY Faith Baldwin

! heisney and he grew to depend upon
her. She came and stood by his
desk during q free moment one
May afternoon and looked At him
with her steady blue eyes. She
asked, Matthew, may speak 70
you for q minute?"
She had been Irene's friend and
was his. They were alone, so the
Office formality could be dropped.
He pushed back his appointment
pad and smiled at her. "Sit down,
Elizabeth" he said; -what's on
your mind?"
She hesitated, sitting straight on
the edge of the comfortable chair,
her cap a little awry on her smooth
blond hair.
ats matrimony, I'm afraid"
"0h." Matthew raised his eye
brows and for a moment his face
grew somber. She thought: That's
funny, he's angry -. or isn't it
angerf
Spring and all that!" he in
quired with an effort at lightness.
Elizabeth said, "No it's just
that Peter has had a raise and il
you wouldn't that Is, II you
would let me 60 on working. we
could manage. We've been en.n xed
for long time" She steadied her
voice. ave are very much in love. +"
She thought: You were in love,
you had such little while together,
can't you understand how much that
frightened me? Peter and I must
have each other, we must belong
then, if anything happens to one
Of US, we will have had that much.
Matthew said slowly, "You know
how / feel about married women in
an Office, especially those newly
married. They're apt to be pretty
disintegrated. Then there's always
the possibility Of a baby, Elizabeth"
She said, flushing slightly, THAT
needn't be, not for long time. We
couldn't afford it."
He drew circles on a prescription
blank, added a mustache and tilted
eyes, pushed it away. Irene's pic
ture looked at him from his desk,
serenely. 1t wasn't a very good pic
ture and did not do her gentle color
ing justice. But he could supply the
lack. Irene had stood at this desk a
thousand times, in cap and uniform.
He shook his head, and swal-
lowed hard. He didn't approve, but,
for Irene's sake
So Matthew said, "Okay, Eliza
beth, suppose we try it? And If you
want a few days off for the honey
moon, that's all right too, we'll man
age here"
She said, "Thank you, Matthew"
She rose and looked at him directly.
"The Office won't suffer because Of
this" she promised.
am sure of that. Peters lucky
man. BY the way, have ever told
you how much / like him?"
"No, but I'm glad you do" she
said soberly. Explaining DR.. Nor
man to Peter that evening Eliza
beth said, ut isn't that he doesn't
miss poor Irene or doesn't think Of
her, it's just--well, you've met him,
you know his vitality"
How'd he take the great an
asked Peter.
"He took it all right, though at
first l thought he wouldn't ! told
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DOING THEIR BIT

EAST CANTERBURY. n. H
UP-Although their order does
not believe in war. a group OF
Shaker sisters have cultivated q
victory garden at their colony
here. The women, who refuse to
allow their names to be used, are
members OF the United Society Of
Believers. The groups motto Is.
the greatest good to the great
est number. They say they hope
by their victory garden work. TO
help our brave boys in the ser.
vice TO restore the world to san
ity again"
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he became weaker and weaker
until the day the Gray Ladies'
dumped a bundle OF baby clothes
on his bed.
The soldier wept-then grinned
and suddenly remembered be was
hungry. He's we'll on the way to
recovery now.
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GENERALS HORNS

Jackson. Aug. SO--AP-Two auto
mobile horns. each bearing four
stars as decorations. have been
turned out by the Sparks Withing.
ton Co. OF Jackson, on a rush order
for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
They are the same type horns used
on tanks and will be placed on the
generals new Cadillac car.
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Peacock Dinner at Burma
Surprises Correspondent

something from the WAldSri.Asto-
ria, to be served by oscar.
almost fell into the river when
! heard that voice after four hAr.
rowing hours lodging wrecked
boats and floating bamboo RATS
on which Japs had attempted to
escape.
We had reached the headquarters
OF 1t, Col. W. V. Thompson, Paris
burg. W Va. who invited the cor.
respondents TO stick around for
dinner"
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others on the William Palmer farm
near Manchester. A flock OF tur-
key vultures followed the eagle
Dsrrill X. KniSs. predatory animal
control officer, reported.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev.-AP- The
tinkle OF glasses in liquor-dispens.
ing clubs and cafes halts nightly
now at midnight. The city commits.
sion ordered the drink curiew in
reply 10 q request from Las Vegas
Army Air Field authorities In be.
half OF the war effort. Gambling
places are permitted to remain open
IL their bars close at midnight,
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ADDING INJURY TO INSULT

WOoNSoCKET. r. I.-UP-Re-
turning to their station after re-
spending to a false alarm, 10 fire
men discovered that in their alb
sence someone had rifled their
clothing OF all available cash.
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Jackson, Aug. 30-AP 49, State
conservation officers warned far.
mers 10 be on the lookout for a
bald eagle which recently killed
four sheep and wounded three
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y YEARS IN GRANGE

DALTON. Mass.-UP- George
". Brown, 80, a charter member
of the Dalton Grange. is complet-
ing his list year as a Grange mem
Der.
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PEACOCK DINNER AT BURMA ?
By JACK GUM

BY JACK QUINN
Omitted Press War Corresponding
KAMAING, Burma-UP- When
you sweat your way down shallow.
steamy Mogsung River in an Army
pontoon and hear a drawing South
ern voice welcome you al the end
OF the journey with. I'VE have pea
cock for dinner tonight" you think
General Sherman fought the wrong
war.
Then that peacock sounds like
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-01-22

dredges and IA dragline dredges re-
covered $3.50 fine ounces of gold.
About "a percent OF the output of
gold from lode mines In 1943 was
produced from the copper mines of
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at
Butte; the rest came largely from
the Boaz Lease at Norris. Golden
Sunlight mine at Radersburg, and
Drumlummon mine near Marys-
vile. Production of gold in the
Butte district was about 1890
ounces compared with 81 ,651 ounces
in 1912.
Silver Down
The output of recoverable silver
in Montana in 1943 was approx
mately % percent less than that in
1912. Most of the decrease resulted
from the closing in May, 1912, of
nearly all the zinc mines of the An
aconda Copper Mining Co. at Butte,
and the decrease In output of silver
ore from Flathead mine near Kila.
About n percent of the state
output of silver in 1943 was
produced from mines at Butte,
but the output of the district de-
clined from s, 123, 334 ounces in 1912
to about 6,675, 900 ounces in 1913. A
large output of silver was recorded
also from the Flathead (Anaconda
Copper Mining Coz mine in the
Hog Heaven district; Emma imam
ganese ore) mine at Butte, Granite
Bimetallic (old tailings) near Phil
ipsburg, Block P (St. Joseph Lead
Coz mine near Hughesville, Mike
Horse mine near Flesher, North
Butte mine at Butte, and Elkhorn
dump at Elkhorn. About " per-
cent of the state silver output was
recovered from copper ore and old
tailings concentrated and IL per-
cent from zinc-lead ore concentrate
ed; the remainder was recovered
largely from crude siliceous silver
ore and old tailings sent to smelters.
Copper Down
The output of recoverable copper
in Montana in 1943 was 5 percent
less than that in 1912 and s percent
less than the yearly average Of
290,205, 290 pounds during the wal
period 191418 The mines at Butte
and the reduction plant at Amazon
ITO Be Concluded Next Week.
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year. The combined capacity of the
electrolytic zinc smelters at Ana
conda and Great Falls was in
creased from 100000 tons of slab
zinc year in 1912 to about 245,OOO
tons year in 1913, and the output
of zinc in 1913 reached an all-time
peak During 1913 the plants treated
a total of about 492 900 tons of zinc
concentrates containing $4,000
900 pounds of zinc) shipped from
mills in Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah, and Washing
ton, and from foreign sources The
copper concentration has rated
daily capacity of about 1920 tons
of ore and the zinc concentrator
about 1000 tons of ore.
The lead smelter at East Helena
was operated throughout the year,
except for short shutdown in Oc-
tober, by the American Smelling &
Refining Co., chiefly on lead-silver
concentrates from the Occur d.
Alene region in Idaho, residues
from the electrolytic zinc plants at
Great Falls and Anaconda, Mont,
and crude ores, old tailings, and
concentrates from various districts
in Montana.
The zinc-fuming plant at East
Helena was operated at capacity
ian average of 1866 tons of Stag
a monthly continuously in 1943 by
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
mostly on hot Stag shipped from the
East Helena lead furnaces.
Production Figures
Production in 1913 lin terms of
recoverable metals) was $500 fine
ounces of gold, 100000 fine ounces
of silver, 267, SOC, 600 pounds of cop
per, 81 100000 pounds of lead, and
73,600,000 pounds of zinc. These fig
ures compare with an output in
1912 of lac, 1892 ounces of gold, IL
1878 ounces of silver, 282, 1886, 900
pounds of copper, 100000 pounds
of lead, and 109, 10000 pounds of
zinc, indicating decreases in 1913 of
1892 ounces in gold (59 percent)
2,54S, 118 ounces in silver (23 per.
cent?, 14,888,0O0, pounds in copper
(5 percent), $500, 900 pounds in lead
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-01-22

III percentl, and 1880, 900 pounds
in zinc (33 percentl The preIimi-
nary figures for 1913 are based on
actual mine production reported by
operators and receipts at smelters
and the United States minis cover
ing 10 months, with November and
December production calculated
from other sources of information.
At the average prices used by the
Bureau of Mines, the gross calcu-
lated value of the output of these
metals in Montana in 1913, with :
comparative figures for 1912 in par
entheses, was: Gold, $2,O82, 500 (S5,-
I41, 200; silver S6,144,000 ($7
1851; copper $34,775.O00 1884, 1885,
948l; lead, $2,353. 200 ($2,686, 700)
and zinc 1876, 800 $50. lite. 990)-a
total of SIS, ST. 500 in 1913, COM
pared with $50, 129 1853 in 1912.
Prices Unchanged
The price of gold $35 per ounce)
and silver tSO.711-plus per ounce),
fixed by the United States govern
ment, remained the same through
out 1913. The average weighted
yearly price of copper was $0.13 in
1913, compared with $0.121 in 1912,
lead $O.074, compared with $0.067,
and zinc $0.113, compared with
$OO93. The average weighted price
in 1943 of copper, lead, and zinc
includes that portion of total sales
paid for at premium rates.
The output (59,500 fine ounces)
of gold in Montana in 1913 was 90
percent less than in 1912. This large
loss resulted chiefly from an order
effective in October, 1912, issued by
the government. through its war
agencies, to close for the duration
nearly all gold mines and gold
dredging. The output of gold from
lode mines in 1913 was about 45,400
ounces compared with 105,650
ounces in 1912, and that from plac-
ers was about 14,100 ounces com
pared with Al PAP ounces.
Dredges Active
Three floating connected-bucket
dredges operated in Montana in
1o43. Porter Brothers operated It's
6-cubic foot floating connected
bucket dredges at Helena until Aug.
20, when it shut down for the dura-
ton; Perry-Schroeder Mining Co.
has operated its 6-cubic foot bucket
dredge on the Missouri river Is
miles from Helena nearly all year
recovering gold and industrial sap
phires; H. & Fl. Mines dismantled
in June, 1912, its 3-cubic foot bucket
dredge on the Crooked river near
Elk City, Idaho, and moved it to Z
property on Henderson creek neal
Maxville, Mont. This dredge oper
ated from May, 1943, to the end o
the year, recovering gold and tung
stem The total output of gold recov
cred by the three dredges in 1914
was about 1890 fine ounces; il
1912 seven connected buck e
/
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Output of Montana Mines Drops
To $3.50 500 in 1913, Report

Montana and gaye in 1884 yielded gold silver copper
lead and zinc valued at $536500 decrease of IL from
1912 according the Salt Lake City office of the Bureau snes
Department the Interior The output of
than that in 1912 however the value of the copper
greater owing the higher average price the metal
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output was greater, owing 10 the
The outstanding features of the
year in metal mining in Montana
were the notable decrease in out
put of zinc-lead ore from mines at
Butte operated by the Anaconda
Copper Mining Co.; the marked de-
crease in output of gold from
dredges and from gold lode mines;
the record output of zinc from the
slag-fuming plant at East Helena,
and from the electrolytic zinc plants
at Anaconda and Great Falls, the
shortage of labor, especially during
the summer months, at the mines in
the Butte district; and the closing,
during the year, of two of the major
zinc and lead-producing properties
the property of the St Joseph
Lead Co. in the Backer district, Jul
dith Basin county, and the property
of the Klies Mining Co. in the Mon
tana district, Cascade county Labor
shortages prevailed throughout the
year, becoming particularly acute
during the summer months To al
leviate the shortage the Army again
released soldiers to the base metal
mines, principally in the western
states. Of the total soldiers released,
the mines at Butte received about
500; all were employed in the cop
per mines operated by the Ana
conda Copper Mining Co.
Premiums Paid
The government policy of prem
ium payments for over-quota pro-
duction was in force throughout
1913; however, on October 81 the
War Production Board issued a
statement reviewing the boards ac-
ton on restricting marginal min
eral production. The board acted be-
cause of three changed factors in
the mineral production program,
these being increased mineral pro-
duction, revised military require
.ments and greater need for mar
ginal manpower than marginal min.
erals. Accordingly the following &C.
tons have been taken: l. Premium
prices in the B range have been
denied to lead mines not already
operating and to lead mines having
a low labor productivity and located
in areas In which there is a serious
shortage of labor; q premium prices
in the B and c ranges have beer
denied to zinc mines not already
operating and to zinc mines having
a low labor productivity and 10
Gated in areas in which there is {
serious shortage of labor; g. th'
government is not now financing
new zinc projects. On November
1913, the War Production Board an
nounced that after December 81
1913, no applications for specia
copper prices under the plan effeC
tive since May /, 1913, would be cor
sidered This limitation on the cor
sideration of applications for spe
cial copper premium prices is du
TO the success of efforts toward
balancing the copper supply wit
the requirements of the armed SCI
vices and the most essential civilia
uses.
Company Active
The Anaconda Copper Mining G.
operated its copper smelter, Yin
Smelters, and concentration mil
continuously in 1943. The cope
smelter is equipped with six reve
beratory furnaces and has tot;
capacity of 300, 900 tons of feed ps