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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
4 Careful Plot
Goes AaUrv

Bartle stalked to the door. you're
the law" he snapped "What you dc
and what happens next is your lookout.
1t was my duty to give you this paper
and tell you what l saw. l can't do
anything more about it. Good night"
He stamped out angrily, but inward
ly he was elated. Lande would get men
together all right. They would ride to
the valley.
Landell post men when be gets to
the fire at the Pringle place." be unused.
And since Ell Caballero Rojo will be
interested in the fire he'll probably
come there too. And he'll find himself
under the guns of the law!"
AS well as his plans seemed to be
working, however, now that he had
successfully set them in motion, Bartle
was uneasy when he got back to the
bank, prepared to spend the night there.
For he knew that until he looked unon
FL Caballero Rojo's dead body he would
not feel safe again.
When ne did know the outlaw was
dead, then he could continue operations
lie would bring settlers in at ton
prices; drive them out at bottc m prices.
hide behind curtain of wrath. and
keep suspicion pointing at cattlemen.
1T can't fall" he thought. "rbat
outlaw now is the only stumbling block.
But now everybody is helping me to
get rid of him. Clark Weber is hunt.
ing him. Lande will have men watch
ing for him. Haskell has sworn he will
drill him on sight. And I'll see to if
myself that every tobacco farmer in
the valley is posted to watch for him.
He can't escape for long"
lie sat down at his desk and began
to thumb the pages of his ledger.
Lets see" he mumbled "Pringle
owes me a thousand dollars, due next
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
PringIe Signs His
Death Warrant

Bartle's disappointment was too
great for him to think of anything
except the risk he had run-for moth
ing.
did the fire do much damage?" he
asked. m
'No. 1t didn't. We caught it in time "
He did not see the bankers blank ex-
preston as he turned. "Well, guess
I'll get on and try again to locate that
gallivanting sheriff"
''Lande surely must be at your place
by now," Bartle said hurrledly. "T'H
ride home with you and I'll talk turkey
to him. I'm going to take action more
than ever from now on to protect you
men l brought out here. l promise you
that, and I'm sure going to do it,
AS he shrugged into his coat his
fingers touched the butt of his gun. 1t
was as if some strange drug had fred
his Imagination. Dark night. Lonely
trail. Dead mems tongues cannot wag.
Dead men cannot hold on to property,
and their women folks and children can
be dealt with easily.
On the valley trail Bartle rode beside
Chris Pringle, watching him as if
fearing that by some miracle the farmer
might be warned of what was in Bar
ties brain. They covered a mile in
gloomy silence, then Pringle asked
jerkily:
you think there'll ever be real JUS
tice here for tobacco menu"
"There certainly will be-" Bartle
soothed "Some day one of these cattle
men will show his guilt so plain that
even Sheriff Lande will have to do
about it,"
did you ever think it might not be
beafmen who are trying to ruin US, to
run us out?"
lord, no! Who else"
Il don't know. The idea just kind
Of hit me now. Before Steve Ransom
died he said he saw just one man run
away from his shed. Mike Chapman
saw just one. Burr Aldman saw one.
Seems like cattlemen, from all I've
earned about 'em since l come West,
most always ride in punches, and when
hey make up their minds to do some |
hing they go ahead with whoop and |
holler."
No man ever signed his death war
ant with greater certainty than Chris
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
CHAPTER XVI

At galloping speed Russ Bartle r.
turned to town and to his office, br
he did not long remain there. Takin
only long enough to force himself t
his habitual calm and dignity, he LET
the bank, slammed his outer door an
angrily headed up the street. He wa
watchful when he reached the Jail
Storming in, he found Sheriff Lande
fully clothed, snoring on the bed.
Lande opened his eyes at the frs
| rough clutch on his shoulder. He go
up with a yawn and an apology fol
not being able to fork horse fol
eighteen hours steady without going all
to pieces.
"And what did you accomplish with
all that riding" Bartle demanded
savagely.
Nothing much. This fellow Weber
that / had locked up swears he saw Ell
Caballero Rojo in the valley. Pete
Haskell swears the same outlaw popped
into a cattlemen's meeting, and got
away with bullet wound"
"And while you're wasting time on
the hunt, this outlaw pins this to my
door with dagger
Sheriff Lande snatched a scrap of
paper from the bankers hand. He read
crudely printed words;
PRINGLE IS NEXT
"Well?" Bartle demanded. what
you going to do about it?"
Il don't believe Ell Caballero Rojo
wrote it." said the sheriff fatty.
Il was on the landing at the head
of the stairs above the bank when the
door below ratified" Bartle snapped.
THAT was the dagger being driven in.
And l got downstairs in time to fling
open the door and see who had done it
myself! 1t was your Ell Caballero Rojo
doodads, fooled gauntlets, scar
let neckerchief and ALL"
But still not him." the sheriff said
positively. mo man can make me
believe that he's suddenly gone loco
enough to gallivant around posting
notices of what he intends to do. That
would be plumb fool thing for him
to do-knowing the whole valley is
after him.
Bartle's wrath grew. Seems to me
you're always anxious to find an excuse
to hedge away from anything that
might help the farmers in the valley"
Cant you see you're not talking
sense, Bartle?" Lande blasted. IF
beefmen meant to land on the Pringle
place, why in all tarnation would they
warn you about it, knowing you've got
such a rep for taking sides with the
obacco men?"
II don't know" snapped Bartle.
But there it is. They did. I'm letting
he law handle the riddles-if they
ant handle anything else"
What would you do if you were |
wearing this badge right now?" Lande
4sked bleakly.
I'D get out to the Pringle place |
'lumb pronto! This warning came from
omebody who knows the plans of some
ody else-that's sure. This is a good
nance to learn just who has been rails
ng all the ructions in the valley, be-
ause sooner or later whoever it is
1ill sure attack the Pringle place."
Unless" Lande drawled dryly, this
is only to draw me to the
'ringle place while the devil and all is
eing raised somewheres else."
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13

Michael Valdez, or GEL Caballero Rojo''
~ poor westerners know him, kills
three men responsible for the murders
of his mother, the parents Of Juanita,
Spanish girl disguised as boy, and the
father and brother of Straw Aldman
Straw dresses up as "the red cavalier"
in an effort to frighten the cattlemen
at their meeting but is wounded when
the men open fire. He is visited by
Valdez. Meanwhile, Clark Weber, real
tzing he can collect reward for the
capture Of Valdez. captures Juanita and
hides her In Ellen Maxon's barn intend
ing to use her as bait in Turing Valdez.
While he sleeps, however, Ellen sets
Juanita free. Russ Bartle, crooked bank
er, plans to burn another tobacco shed.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
Smart With Slanted Closing

smart WITH SIanted CLOSING
A S SMART as can be is this
"a youthful daytime dress - de-
signed to see you handsomely
through the summer. The slant
ed closing is popular, and note
how the half peplum in front flares
and buttons.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
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The proper way to use a ham,
mer is to grip the handle close to
the end.
If you have a job that keeps you
on your feet all day, try placing
a powder puff in the heel of your
shoes.
When ripping snap fasteners
from discarded clothing, keep the
pairs together by punching small
hole in a card and swapping the
fasteners in this.
To clean black or dark blue felt.
use a teaspoonful of ammonia
mixed with half cup of cold tea.
Pin hankies on the line along the
top of the sheets. They will dry
faster, and the extra pins will help
keep the sheet from blowing away.
This also saves line room for 9TH
er pieces of clothing.
In working with plywood it is
well to remember that even the
very best grades have defects on
one side while the other side is
nearly perfect.
Cook meat longer at a low. con-
slant temperature if you want to
avoid shrinkage. You'll get a
golden brown surface on your
roasts this way too.
Keep tablecloths from wrinkIine
by folding them once and wind,
ing them on large roll of news
paper.
When sending things to the
cleaner, If possible tell him the
history of spots on the garments
to be cleaned.
Try waxing your bureau draw.
ers. Scrub the drawers with scan
and water first, however, to be
sure no musty odors are left in
hem. When applying the wax. use
clean cloth, and apply as much
as the wood will take without be-
coming sticky. The application
II wax to bureau drawers will
lose the wood pores and give .
hardwood finish to soft woods.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13
ScallOped Fr0ck

T OOKING for a simple, pretty
II yet easy to make dress for
your tiny daughter? Here's the
answer-a dainty scalloped frock
cut all in one piece with draw
strings at neck and waistline.
She'll adore the colorful ribbon
bows.
Pattern No. 8125 comes in sizes 1, 2, 8,
4, and years. Size 2, 13s yards of
IS or 39-inch; 2s4 yards ribbon.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-13

Course him !" Bartle growled. 81
had warning that the next trouble in
this valley would be at your place. A
message was stuck on my door. I gave
it to Lande and told him to get out
there pronto to protect you"
The old farmer cursed a blue streak.
"Ain't seen him or any of his men,"
he snapped. "And a fire out to the
farm, too. You should have known Bill
Lande wouldn't lift a finger to help
tobacco men-fearing he'd catch cow
men, him once being one himself. Why
in all get-out didn't you warn met"
Evening star., 1947-10-28

Today,s man with a problem Is
Ted Lewis. Mr.. Lewis, who ends a
two-week engagement at the Club
Cairo tonight, has been identified
for years with the song, when My
Baby Smiles at Me-" Far back in
the dim corners of almost anyone's
memory must lurk a recollection of
the familiar words, half-sung and
half-talked, and the familiar trom-
bone vail as the hand-cranked
Aeolian- Vocation ground out an
early Lewis recording.
After so many years, a man can
grow a bit tired of a song. even if
it is the theme song for which he
has great affection. An entertainer
likes to put something new into the
act. Mr.. Lewis has gone so far as to
have song written, which he hoped
to use as a replacement for When
My Baby Smiles at Me-" He sang
1t the other night while waiting for
cab in front of Roccos and 1t is a
catchy thing. well fitted to the
Lewis style of delivery.
He gets nowhere with his cam
paign to replace when My Baby
Evening star., 1947-10-28
After Dark
Everybody Wants That Theme
Song Kept in Ted Lewis Act
Rx HARRY MACARTHUR

| Smiles at Me-" though. He puts the
new number in its place in the show
the customers applaud it-and then
call for Baby" 1t wouldn't be sur
prising If Mr.. Lewis just had to GO
on singing 1t for another 50 years
in show business.
Mr.. Lewis, incidentally, is the man
who became irked with New York
disc jockey not long ago. The jock
broadcasting from night club, an
nounced that the first listener who
called to tell him whose picture dec
crates the $1,000 bill could come
down and have dinner on the house.
Mr.. Lewis thought that over only
briefly and reached for his telephone
Listen, you yahoo." he said to the
announcer, anyone who knows what
a 81 900 bill looks like does not have
to depend on you for a free meal. "
The Showbill:
Tonight: Jerry Carter. the voice Of
WTOP's Date with Jerry" show,
starts a two-week engagement at
the Sazerac Room of the Old New
Orleans. He'll make four appear
ances nightly, between dance ses-
sions of Bob Simpsons orchestra.
Tomorrow night: Eleanor Powell,
the lissome screen dancer, arrives
at the Club Cairo for two weeks OF
the limited period she has set aside
out of her life for a personal appear
ance tour. Miss Powell has bright
ened many movie musical and 1t
Is easy to agree with the Dancing
Masters of America, who recently
announced that she is The Worlds
Greatest Feminine Tap Dancer"
When she came out of retirement
last season to help finance the home
she and Husband Glenn Ford were
building. Miss Powell suddenly
turned out to be one OF the leading
cabaret attractions of the year. Her
Cairo appearance should keep Sam
Schanker as happy as the Ted Lewis
fortnight has.
Tomorrow night: Mynell Allen,
Evening star., 1947-10-28

comedienne, arrives to headline the
Fame Room entertainment. Among
other places, she Is reported to have
starred at the Ruban Bleu in New
York. Whether or not Norman
Lawrence will be able to arrange to
stay for another week is not yet set
tied. But 1t is definite that tonight
is your last chance to see Imogene
Coca.
Joyce Aimee, the pretty and tai.
ented singing accordionist at the
Quonset Inn. has been held over fol
second week. A Paramount screer
test and a Broadway musical are
still pending in Miss Aimee's youne
life, according to report.
X
All of the shouting and festivity
at the Shoreham Blue Room FRIDAY
night will not be in honor of Hal.
loween. Much of it will be In honor
of the hotels seventeenth birthday
and the start of its eighteenth year
The birthday also is an anniver.
sary of type not often celebrated
in an after dark rendezvous. even SC
decorous one as the Blue Room
It will mark II years of association
between the Shoreham. Maxim
Lowe, who books the Blue Room en-
tertainment and orchestra. and
Barnee, who leads the orchestra
Maybe there is some truth to that
legend that Barnee was standing
out on Calvert street waving a stick
years ago when some people came
along, built hotel around him and
put a band in front of him.
X X X
Like the country. you can take a
man out of the night club business,
but you can't take the night club
business out of the man. Al Sim
Evening star., 1947-10-28

monds Is the latest to come along
and prove 1t. Al. whose name was
linked for 50 many years with the
Brown Derby. a name he made we'll
known hereabouts, is about to be
operating as q night club proprietor
again. He also vii be operating as a
master of ceremonies, presiding over
a recording machine while the Gus
toners entertain themselves. in the
manner that affairs used to be con-
Quoted at his old stand.
Evening star., 1947-10-28

The new stand will be called the
Club Fifth-and-K, according to
present plans, because of the simple
fact, Mr.. Simmonds says. that it is
at Fifth and K streets NV. AL has
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07

Erross-none. Runs .bat,ed ind
wards, %Jorgensen, Rizzuto, Brown, Hen
rich, Clark, A. Robinson. Two base hits
~-Jorgensen, Brown. Three base hits
H~ermanski, johnson. Stolen base-Riz-
zuto. Sacrifice-McQuinn. Double plays
-Rizzuto, Stirnweiss and McQuinn.
Earned runs-Brooklyn (NL) 2; New
York (AL) 5. Left on bases-Brooklyn
(NL) 4: New York (AL) 9. Bases on
bals-off Shea (Reese). off Gregg 4
(McQuinn. A. Robinson, stirnweiss.
Johnson; off Bevens walker; off
Behrman } (Stirnweiss z, DiMaggio).
Strikeouts-by Gregg 3 (Bevens, Nc
Quinn, A. Robinson. by Bevens
Reese, ]. Robinson); by Behrman
page; by Hatten (Henrich); by Page
(Hodgesl. Pitching summary: Shea 2
runs, 4 hits in l 1-3 innings; Bevens
0 runs, 2 hits in 2 % innings; Page
Q runs, l hit in 5 innings; Gregg 3 runs,
3 hits in ) % innings: Behrman l
run, 2 hits in l "a innings; Hatten
0 runs, l hit in 1-3 inning; Barney Q
runs, 0 hits in 1-3 inning; Casey / run
l hit in 2 innings. Winning pitcher
Page. Losing pitcher-Gregg. Umpires
-Ronmel (ALN plate; Goetz (NL) 1b;
MCGOWAN (AL) 2b; PineIli (NLy 3b;
Magersurth tNL) If; Boyer CAL) ri.
Attendance-71,5 48 paid. T%ime-2:15.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07
CYCLE EVENTS
SET OCTOBER II

The first sanctioned motorcycle
race in the history of Wilmington
will be held at the American
Legion Stadium Saturday after
noon, October II, it was announc-
ed last night by officials of the
Wilmington Motorcycle club,
sponsors of the event.
More than so entries are ex-
pected to take part in the nine
events, slated to get underway
at 2:30 o'clock. The trial runs
will begin about one o'clock on
the dirt track inside the concrete
stadium.
Over IS famous drivers in the
Carolinas, Virginia and other
states have been invited to partic-
ipate in the events, which has
been classified by the American
Motorcycle Association as a three
star event.
The races and trials will be
run under the supervision Of q
representative of the ANA, local
officials pointed out. The races
have been divided into two class
es, novice and expert. The novice
class is for drivers with less than
one years racing experience and
the experts r classified as driv-
ers with more than one years
racing experience.
Included in the entries re-
ceived to date are Scookie
Shoffner of Graham; Ray Nc
Masters of Greensboro; l.. Ray
Putnam of Belmont and June M.
Pendergrass of Greensboro.
Benjamin +. Dillon, 261e
Adams street, is the only local
driver entered in the novice divi-
sion to date. Dillon has been as
signed number bod by the
ANA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07

be one of the worst world series
on record and wound up as one
Of the best and the boys did
quite a job rewriting the rec
ord book.
These included a record one
game crowd in the sixth game;
the seven game total of 389, 1853
fans, and the total receiprs of
So, 021 ,348.9 90.
In addition to Browns an d
Johnson's hitting records, there
were two others set today
which pointed up the poor quail
ity of the pitching one was the
total of 80 walks off Dodger
pitchers, breaking the record 80
given up by the Detroit Tigers
of 1915, and the total of 68 bases
on balls broke the Senator
Giant total of 1924. The Yam
KEGS also left So men on base
during the seven games to sur
pass the 50 stranded by the
Giants.
But when the chips were
down in the windup. Heinrich
brought home the one which
was the most important - and
Page made it stand up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07

from the Woodrow Wilson
hut, 4th and Princess strest
until Wednesday a%fternoon
After that time they NAV no
purchased from the ticko,
office at the ACL railroad
The train will leave vii.
mington at $40 pm. Friday
and return about GAS any,
Saturday morning. Sand
Wiches and drinks will n.
sold on the train, Jaycee Of.
ficials said.
1t was also learned that
the New Hanover High school
band will journey to the Ra.
leigh-New Hanover game On
the special train.
The Jaycee committee Maid
arrangements were pnder.
way to provide TRANSPORT
ton from the railroad STA.
ton to the football stadium
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07
BROOKLYN TAKES
DEFEAT QUIETLY

NEW YORK, Oct. g. up -
Brooklyn took it on the cillr
quietly tonight.
No one dived in front OF sub
way trains, no one tainted in the
streets. no one tore his clothes
lin mourning-at least not right
after the New York Yankees de-
feated the Dodgers, SO, in the
final game of the World Series.
Around Borough Hall, in the
heart of Brooklyn, the people
titled the square, talking about
the high cost of living, idly
watching a sky-writing airplane,
gawking at a window cleaner
perched fly-like high OH a build
ling, and waiting for trolley cars
to take them home.
Only a suspended question
here and there about the game.
Said a man to q newspaper
vendor as he eane out of the
subway:
"What was the final?"
Give, three; five, two, some
thing like that"
Tough" said the man, de-
posting a coin for his paper,
glancing at the headlines and
then walking away,
A man wearing q blue base
oall cap with the white B" in
front yelled across the street to
a friend:
what happened to the Bums?'
The man shrugged and said
nothing.
Even the bars were quiet as
the men quaffed a beer before
going home. They talked very
little, and then about private
things that had nothing to do
with the events in the Bronx,
a far-off place where their base
bail team happened to have play
ed.
~ a radio blared q half-hour
aIler the game, and only an inn
ing-by-inning score pasted on the
mirror behind a bar gave evil
dence that anyone had paid at
tention to this historic event in
Brooklyn's baseball fortunes.
A belligerent little guy in one
of the taverns lifted his beer
glass, looked around challenging
ly and said;
"Worl' champeens, brother.
Champions of the Bronx you
mean"
1T was q good series" said
the barkeep, and went back tc
clean the bar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07
RAIN P0STP0NES
S0FTBALL SERIES

The fifth game of the Senior
Glass A softball league cham
pionship series was postponed last
night on account of rain, Bert
Hawley, city athletic director
said.
According to present plans the
game will get underway between
the Spofford Millers and the City
Opticians tonight at 7:30 o'clock
under the lights at Robert Strange
Park.
The series is knotted with two
victories each. The Millers will
probably send Lawrence Cook to
the mound to face A. L. King
of the Eyemen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-07
Joe Page Stars In Relief
Role And Heinrich At Bat

three and two pitch but held
first as Johnson popped to
Stanky. Catcher Aaron Robin
son followed by walking on four
pitches, moving McQuinn to
second. The underslung little
Rizzuto then touched Gregg for
a single which scored McQuinn.
But Gregg still looked good
as the Yankees came up for the
fourth and what proved to be
the championship Of the base
ball world.
He started off by bending a
big curve over the plate for a
called strike out of McQuinn.
But lost his control briefly to
walk johnson. Getting back the
touch IN his jug-handle pitch,
he curved a called third strike
which Robinson protested We
hemently.
The pesky Rizzuto dropped
his second straight single into
left then. Putting Johnson on
second, and up walked young
Bobby Brown, one of the future
Yankees hopes. In three pre-
vious pinch-hit appearances he
had come up with two hits and
a walk. He stayed perfect, for
a series record of three pinch
hits in one series. BY sending
a double to left which scored
johnson to tie the score and
sent Rizzuto to third.
Behrman came in when
Gregg followed Shea to the
showers, but he promptly put
Stirnweiss on first with four
pitches.
That's when Heinrich, one OF
the Yankee standouts through
thick and thin, went up there
swinging three big bats and
pick out the one that was to
win the series. He planted him
self solidly in the batter's box
and dashed into a fast ball
(which skidded into right field
as Rizzuto flashed across the
plate with the run which put
the Yankees out in front, 3 to
y.
When the side was retired,
manager Bucky Harris waved
to the bull pen for the man who
81 times came in when the
chips were down this season.
They were piled much higher
this time and the pressure new
er had been as great. But Lefty
Joe strolled in as if he was all
alone in the vast, bowling
reaches of Yankee Stadium.
He took it from there and
two more Yankee runs were
strictly anti-climatic.
The Yanks picked up one OF
them in the sixth as they knock
ed out Behrman. Rizzuto beat
out a bunt and stole second
Page famed but Stirnweiss
drew his third walk of the
game. Joe Hatten relieved
Behrman at that point to strike
out Heinrich but pinch hitter Al
Clark sent a single screaming
into center to score Rizzuto be-
fore Rex Barney came in TO put
out the fire.
Those Dodgers were still in
there battling in the seventh as
they came up with Furillo and
two pinch hitters, Lavagetto
and Gil Hodges. But they
couldn't touch Lefty Joe.
Hugh Casey, who twice had
won in relief for the Dodgers,
took up the chucking chores for
the Buns in the seventh and
Dodger hopes began to die as
the Yanks scored another run
for padding. With one away.
Johnson walloped his third
triple of the series - and the
record - and Robinson drove
him in with q long fly to LETT:
From there Page took it and
il was the series.
So ended what started out to