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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHL UTAH nMM WDnena WM9IldI CHAPTER VIII Continued 13 "I apeak to 70a tonight, my frlenda, la the first full flush of the knowledge that your sacrifice! and sufferings have not beea In rain. Bansdell hat solved our last technical problem. We have assured ourselves by obserwill vation that life on the planet-to-b- e be possible; man shall lire; we are the forefathers of his new history." The wild applause proclaimed the hopes no one had dared to declare before. "But tonight I do not wish to talk of the future. There la time enough for that I wish to talk or rather to read of the present" He picked up small table the topmost of a from number of ordinary note books. "I have here James' record of the Journey that brought os salvation. I cannot read you all of It This Is the first of the seven notebooks James filed." lie opened the book. He read : "'August 18. Tonight Bansdell, Tsnderbllt and I descended at six o'clock precisely on a small body of water which Is a residue In a bed of We are lying at Lake Michigan. anchor About a mile from Chicago. "'Following south along what was once the coast of Lake Michigan we flew over scenes of desolation and destruction Identical with those described after our first reconnaissance. The world has Indeed been wrecked. "'When we anchored here, sharply outlined against the late afternoon sun stood the memorable skyline of the metropolis relatively undamaged I recognised the Wrlgley building, the Tribune tower, the 333 North Michigan Avenue building and others. " 'We had landed on the water from the north. We anchored near shore and quickly made our way to land. All of us were armed. Lots were drawn to determine whether Rans-deor Vanderbllt would remain on guard beside the ship. I was useless In that capacity, as I would be unable to fly It In case of emergency. It was agreed that the lone guard was to take off Instantly upon the approach of any persons whatever. Our ship was our only refuge. " 'Tanderbllt was elected to remain. Bansdell and I started off at once toward the city. The pool on which we lay was approximately a mile in diameter and some two hundred feet telow the level of the city. We started across the weird water-bottoMud. weeds, wrecks, debris, puddles, cracks, cliffs, and steep ascents Impeded our progress. "'As we scrambled to the top of a l, the streets of the metropolis stretched before us empty. Chicago was a dead city. We strained our ears and eyes. There was nothing. No light In the staring windows. No plume of team on the lofty buildings. Unconsciously, we had both drawn our revolvers. " 'Directly ahead of us were the skyscrapers of the northern business district Large sections of brick and stonework bad been shaken from the Bides of the buildings, leaving yawning holes which looked as If caused by ihell-flrThe great windows had been shaken Into the street and the sidewalks were literally burled In broken glass. A still more amazing phenomenon was noticeable from our position on the lake shore: the skyscrapers were visibly out of plumb, perhaps by as much as fifteen or twenty feet "'We moved forward Into the business district We had crossed the railroad tracks before we found any bodies ; but on the other side they appeared here and there. It was necessary at times to circumvent an enormous pile of debris which had cascaded from the side of a building. It was Immediately manifest that the people who had left Chicago had taken with them every object upon which they could lay their hands. The stores were like open bazaars; their glass windows had been broken In by marauders or burst out by the quakes, and their contents had been ravaged. "We continued to notice that the dead on the street did not represent even a tithe of the metropolitan population, and I expressed the opinion that the passing of the Bronson Bodies must have caused a mighty exodus. "Ransdell's reply was a shrug, and abruptly my mind was discharged npea a new course. "You think they're all upstairs?" I asked. 'He nodded. A block farther along we came to an open fissure. It was hot a large fissure In comparison with the gigantic openings In the earth which we had seen hitherto, but It appeared to go deep into the earth, and a thin veil of steam escaped from It As we approached It the wind blew toward us a wisp cf this exuding gas, and Instantly we were thrown Into fits of coughing. Our lungs burned, our eyes stung and we snatched each other's arms and ran uncertainly from the place. "'Gas,' Ransdell said, gasping. "No other words were necessary to Interpret the frightful fate of Chicago; nothing could better demonstrate how profound was the disturbance under the earth's crust For In this region noted for Its freedom from seismic shocks and remote from the recognized volcanic region. It was evident that deadly, suffocating gases such as previously had. Xound the surface only through volcanoes, here had v Beeped up and blotted out the popula- tlonVThcse gases, largely hydrochloric, " were heavier than air; and apparent-- ' M like a choking "cloud on the eounL When those who escaped the first suffocating currents and apparently they were In the majority 1 ll sea-wal- e. By EDWIN BALMER and PHILIP WYLIE CepyrtCht Vt Edwla Baluiac A FbJII - . SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS David r.nrdU arrives at New Tork from South Africa, with a ease of photographic plates tor Dr. Col Heodroa. Tony Drake calls at the Hendronin apartment. Ransdell arrive and Eve Hendron, with mbom Tony ia deeplyHenlove, introduces Tony to KanadalL Newspaper publish a statement by dron sarin that Professor Bronson has discovered two planets, which have been brought nnder the attraction of the earth' sun. The result of the inevitable collision must b the end of tb world. The approaching; bodies are referred to as Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta. Bronson Beta will pass, but the other will bit tb earth and demolish It To devise means of transferrins to Bronson Beta i occupying the minds of the members of the League of the Last Day. Hendron plan to build a "Space Ship." with the idea of landing on Bronson Beta. He ha not been able to find a metal which will withstand the heat and pressure of atomic energy which must b used in propelling the Space Ship. Earthquakes change the entire surface of the earth, bringing death to half the world's population. Bronson Alpha collides with the uoon and wipe It out. Ransdell. with Peter Vanderbllt, prominent New Yorker, selected by Hendron as a member of the psrty on the Space Ship, and Eliot James, fly over a large section of the devastated country. They are attacked and wounded, but return alive, and Ransdell has found th metal Hendron needs for the Space 8hlp. climbed to upper floors to escape, they were followed by the rising vapors. That frightful theory explained why there were so few dead on the street and why no one bad returned to the silent city. 'Darkness was approaching, and moreover cur single experience with the potency of the gas even In dilution warned us that a deeper penetration of the metropolitan area was more than dangerous. "'We found Vanderbllt sitting upon a stone on the shore beside the plane. We pushed out to It In the collapsible boat and while we ate supper, we told htm what we had seen. "'His comment perhaps Is suitable for closing this record of the great city of Chicago : "Sitting alone, i realized what you were Investigating; and for the first time, gentlemen, 1 understand what the end of the world would mean. I have never come so close to losing my nerve. It was awful."" Hendron turned a few pages. "Iam now skipping a portion of Mr. James' record. It covers their Investigation of the Oreat Lakes and describes with care the geological uplifting of that basin. From Chicago they flew to Detroit In Detroit they found a different form of desolation. The waters of Lake Huron had poured through the city and the surrounding district completely depopulating It and largely destroying It They were able to land their plane on a large boulevard, a section of which was unbroken, and they refueled In the vicinity. They saw no one. Cleveland had suffered a similar fate. They then continued their flight to Pittsburgh. I read from Mr. Jrmes' record : "'Like God leading the children of Israel, Pittsburgh remains in my memory as a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night As we approached the city, we saw smoke arising against the sky. Vanderbllt dampered the motor and we dropped toward the river, which was full to thu brim of the levees and threatened to Inundate the city. Earthquakes had half wrecked its structures. They lay broken and battered on "The rolnt" which lies between the two rivers. Smoke and steam emerged from a rent In Mount Washington. The bridges were all down. "'Our ship came to rest, and we taxied cautiously toward one of the submerged bridges. I threw a rope over one of the girders, and we made fast. We went ashore by way of the taut rope. " 'It was easy to perceive the cause of the smoke. A large area of what remained of Pittsburgh was In flames, and to our ears came clearly the din of battle. Rifles cracked Incessantly; machine-gun- s clattered; and occasionally we heard the cough of a reached the Mississippi before the arrival of the Bodies. were externJ- More than half of thein rusut-w na ed bv the tide wMcn ... Ha and which remained in iuc new sunken of gigantic bay In the lusrct. cow almost area that resembled United States. Hutchinson area bemore than anything else an titanie some in lines hind the front u Saul and had used It for manufacturing during the last days. In many parts of the city area the effect of the earth quakes was rendered doubly more frightful by the collapse of the honey comb of mine galleries underlying the surface. Blocks of buildings literally dropped out of sight In some places " 'After the quake, what was left of the administrative powers Immediately organized the remnant of the police and National Guard. Food ran low; medical supplies gave out; the populace rebelled. Three days before our arrival a mob had armed Itself and attempted to take over the distribution of the remaining food and supplies. I had appeared on the scene apparently after the mob and the forces of law and order had been fighting for three days ; and It was not necessary for Schultz to explain to me that In a very short time the National Guardsmen and police would be routed; their numbers were vastly Inferior; their ammunition was being exhausted, and organized warfare was out of the question In that madman's terrain. "'I abandoned Schultz to his comrades and made my way back to the river. We lost no time In taking off.' " Again Hendron looked up from the notebook. "Mr. James' diary next describes a hazardous flight across the Appalachians and their arrival at Washington, war. -After presentation of our credentials' and a considerable wait, we left a our plane, which was put under in an autodrove and guard, heavy mobile to the new "White House-"ramshackle rehabilitation of a huge metal garage. Here we found the He was president and his cabinet visworn and thin. His hand trembled We learned later smoked. he as ibly that he had been living on a diet of us beans and bacon. He looked at said: and Interest considerable with -I sent for you because I wished to I hear about Cole Hendrons project and to do, Is planning know what he I'm eager to learn if he thinks he will be successful." " 'We explained the situation to the President, and he was delighted to know that we had survived the crises of the Passing. He then continued will gravely : "I believe that Hendron be successful. You alone, perhaps, may carry away the hope of humanity and the records of this life on earth ; I will return to the tasks confronting me here. ""The theory of migration to the western plains was correct In so far as It concerned escape from the tides. It was mistaken only in that It underestimated the fury of the quakes, and particularly the force and velocity of which accompanied the hurricane them. I removed from Washington on I felt the night of tne twenty-fourtreasonably certain that with millions of my countrymen the onslaught might be survived. I doubted, and 1 still profoundly doubt that the earth Itself will be destroyed by a collision. Accurate as the predictions of the scientists may be, I still trust that God nimself will Intervene. If necessary, with some unforeseen derangement and save the planet from total destruction." "The President then described the passing of the Bronson Bodies and their effect on the prodigious plains far- ther. Nevertheless, I Insisted on going forward while my companions returned to guard our precious ship. I had not Invaded the city deeply before bullets buzzed overhead. I took cover. Not far away, In a street that was a shambles, I saw men moving. They carried rifles which they fired frequently ; and they wore the tattered remnants of the uniform of the National Guard. " 'A squad of these men retreated toward me, and as they did so, I perceived their enemy. Far down the street a mass of people surged over ruins of a building. the barricade-lik- e They were terrible to see, even at that distance. Half naked, savage, creaming, armed with every tool that might be used as a weapon a mob of the most desperate sort The retreating squad stopped, took aim and seyeral of the approaching savages felL In their united voices I- detected the tones of women. "'As the guardsmen reached my vicinity, one of them clapped his hand to his arm and staggered away from his fellows to shelter. The squad was at that Instant reinforced by a number of soldiers wh j carried a machine gun. The mob was temporarily checked by Its clatter. "'I made my way to the wounded man, and he gratefully accepted the ministrations I could offer from the small kit I carried In my pocket His right arm had been pierced. It was from him that I was able to learn the story of Pittsburgh."- CHAPTER IX "The man was George SchulU, a National Guardsman,' Hendron continued, reading from Eliot's diary. 'He said the mills at Pittsburgh had been working to the last moment The gov ernment deemed that the great iteel tit? was In no danger from the tides, BV DR. LLOYD Profosor of Bsaeric4or ot Medicine Cairit Collect of TAX RACKET IN n d11Pr'"1, Medici. STREAMLINE HEALTH CHIHA Warlords of th luce or wan. In China, found when tb cussed ways and means fT,, their empty treasure eherjT there waa nothing left on Mr Impose new duties. Then 0 S them had a brainwave h ftve-- u !. fiat . have been ordered to pa, Streamline construction of automo- levy which will guarantee the f!!! trains and biles, railway locomotives ship of the aoldiery. The, b Is becoming so com- - been warned that If the "good t mon now tnat is tax" not lag paid cheerful-- . S streamline seems to promptly, "immunity frnm the ttm word in fixed be a of the army cannot he promise the language. conStreamline Good Deeds struction is associWe ought not to speak of the ba. ated with speed, con- eflts which we have venience and com- mind men of them conferred to Is to ask then fort ; In other words, return them. We should not 1 effiwith Increased trude them or recall the memorj ciency. them ; we should Have you ever of what we have only remind a dim given stopped to consider lng him something else. him, byoajL 4Mtf& 1 in iinnitTffir8 We ef to the that due not even to tell others of our tori officials, you health of forts your public deeds. Seneca, have more efficient health than your grandfathers had. or that your father had In his youth? You really have streamline health. You can work harder for more years of your life than your kidneys function bafflr your forefathers did. asd you have a lame, c1um of dlzzW In 1835 the span of life expectancy back, with, attacks burning, scanty or too frequS was only 30 years; today, 1935, it is apurination, getting up at night proximately increased exactly 100 per swollen feet and ankles, rheumatio cent pains . . . use Doan't Pillt. Doan's are especially for poorly We take It so for granted today that kidneys. Millions ot functioning a large city Is a healthy place In which boxes are used every year. They back think difficult to Is It to live that are recommended the country over, 0 half century when Ask your neighbor! to the London was changing from virtually a village to the first great Industrial center of moderj times. That half century was the beginning of the machine age. And that beginning took a tremenEARN MORE MOXF.V full or spar time; at home or office 0t dous toil of life. The country popula150 practical plans. Ideas, etc. r. M. CmHiL tion flocked Into London to get the pit buso. 3717-- Redwood Ud., Oakland, Uli. tance of the machine, but as soon as they came they died. The crowded MUSIC TEACHEBS. Pl'PILS sit U squalid living conditions and the long music. Catalog tree. alon Musis BcLoeL dark hours were too hard. Though the Piu o. nm, uui miKritv, vain. Influx was constant. It was not enough to balance the rapid death rate. An SPECIAL OFFER Complete garden for tt. packets different kinds Tegt. authority of that time made the state- Fourteenoneto 10c each beans, eon. tables, packet was ment In 1800 that the death rate peas, calendulas, marigold, sweet peat, cis. uo r arro, n. u. uscar u. In proportion to the density of the popKjorue oil, ulation. He said he had observed that the more people were congregated together In cities, the higher was the death toil. If this condition had continued to be true during the one hundred and thirty-five years since that time, I doubt needs mors If we would have any cities of over No want would one than cosmetlci 10,000 population. Beauty of skis coot) to live In such unhealthful places. from within. When coo. But we have made vast progress In stiptticn clogs thepotei with inteninsl wtim, safeguarding health. The health conNAIXY with Garfield made It have possible trolling agencies Tea. Helps relieit tbi to keep healthy as many people as the clocked system promt Iy,mildly,effectilr.U architects and engineers can concenrourdrKStlon2St&lOe trate In any given area. Indeed, the death rate In large cities present-daIs as low If not lower than In sparsely populated rural communities. It Is not only doctors that are In charge of this public health service. There are many other highly educated, ARE YOU THIN? WEAK? men and women responsiMrs. Mary Simpldnf ol ble for a large part of the success of 639 ISo. Water at., ioa said : i wm Falls, Idaho, the work. nftr-- rfiiWhrrth. I nntlttdl fa start Bvrn1 First there are the sanitary engi'weight. I used Dr. Pierce1! neers who are employed In the prac'Golden Medical Discover tical application of the principles of and I .ugained in weight sod s s , si aj mi not sanitary science, such as safeguarding long before I lelt.al our drinking water. This requires a as ever, aii Qnistow. New liie, tablets 50 cts., liquid $1.00. knowledge of the biological life In v size, raus. ui l'ui xrge streams and rivers, and of stream polWrit Dr. Pierce' Clinic, Buffalo, H. lution with humnn and animal excreta and with Industrial wastes. Mosquito control also comes in tills department, DADiriri7'3 and the engineers must know about TJ A II? Ft At SAM Hair FtBbfl s Removes the life and breeding habits of mosquitoes, nnd must be able to Identify the to Gray and Faded rUirl Beauty ana si.w a iniKg tjoc various mosquito races so as to distinIdeal for tw o guish those which carry malaria, yelFLORESTON SHAMPOO connection with Parker's Hair BalsarMakestM low fever and dengue fever. These mat-as bair soft and flatty, ou cents oymi ters are only part of their duties. gists. Hiscox tjnemicai yvorna, If jou could peep Into the department of vital statistics of your state health offices, you might wonder what SALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOSTELRY the Mathematicians you saw there would have to do with health. They Radio tor Every Room seem to be keeping hooks, but the Batha 15? 200 Room-2- 00 books are those nearest to St Peter. You and I are on their books. They make two records for each of us: our entrance Into this world and our exit from it. They calculate death rates and by mathematical deductions they know how many people should die In 193fi from any given disease. They know what the monthly number should be, even the dally number, and they know what the age distribution should be. HOTEL If the number of deaths exceeds the "expectancy" then special attention Is called to this fact, and the reasons why this Is so must be deterftatea S1.5Q to $3.00 mined. For then something unusual Is The Hotel Temple Square bai happening and new control measures desirable, Wend y abac highly must be Instituted. Yon will always find J1 phere. sou The department of communicable ulate, supremely comfortable, diseases Is made up of doctors who per thoroughlyagreeable.You can fore understand why this hotel is have specialized in this field. Then there are laboratories In which there HIGHLY RECOMMENDED are many persons trained in bacteriToo can also appreciate why: ology, serology and chemistry. They ot distinction tfttoP ir matmark make tests and analyses of all sorts. thia baautifnl hostelry In brief, every matter ERNEST C ROSSITfciw connected with public health In any way comes under the supervision of your state department of public health. 1- 4WNU W HELP KIDNEYS IP 17S0-1K1- DOAEJ'S PILLS B . Den :? 1FT W y well-traine- d U- -J 1 Dandraff-Stop- "I Had Appeared on the Scene Apparently After the Mob and the Forces of Law and Order Had Been Fighting for Three Days." hand-grenad- e. "'It was not wise to proceed MV.rto Be GOOD HEALTH ARNOLD X WXT7 WjrU n.ir t or rather the site of Washington: When I say that the ocean covered what had been the Capital of our nation, I mean It precisely. No spire, no pinnacle, no monument, no tower appeared above the' blue water that rippled to the feet of the Appalachian chain. There was no trace of Chesapeake bay, no sign of the Potomac river, no memory of the great works of architecture which had existed at the Capital It was gone, and over it was the sea, stretching to the utmost reaches of the eye. The eastern seaboard has dropped. We turned back after assuring ourselves that this condition obtained along the entire east coast' "Mr. James," Hendron said, "now adds to our geographical knowledge by revealing that the whole Mississippi basin, as well as the east coast and Gulf states, has been submerged. Cincinnati Is under water. The sea swells not only over Memphis but over St Louis, where it becomes a wide estuary stretching in two great arms almost to Chicago and to Davenport "They next Investigated the refuge area In the Middle West Here they found Indescribable chaos. Again I refer to the diary. "'Following the directions we had been given, we flew to Hutchinson, Kansas. For a number of years Hutchinson had been chosen as the temporary capital of the state's refuge area. It Is normally fifteen hundred feet above sea level. It Is In the center of a rich Rraln, farm, poultry, dairy, live stock and lumber region. It has large packing plants, grain elevators, creameries, flour mills. It Is served by three railroads, and hence Is an excellent site for the accumulation of produce. Thither, In the weeks preceding the passage of the Bronson Bodies, the multitudes of the United States flocked. It la estimated that more than eleven million people from the east coast and three million from the west settlement on the night of the twenty-fift- ""Throughout -- the district the earth Lava poured from It On the western boundary of our territory which extended Into eastern Colorado a veritable sea of lava and molten metal poured into the country drained by the Solomon, Saline, Smoky Hill and Arkansas rivers. A huge volcanic range was thrown up along the North Platte. Many If not most of our y constructed buildings were torpled to the ground In utter confusion. However, for the first few hours of this awful disaster most of our people escaped. It was the hurricane which went through our ranks like a scythe. In this flat country the wind blew No one knows what velocity the wind attained, but an Idea of It may be had by the fact that It swept the landscape almost bare, that It moved our stone buildings. ""This scourge which continued for thirty-sihours,' abated on a scene of ruin. When I emerged from the cyclone cellar In which I had remained I did not believe that a single one of my countrymen had survived It until I saw them reappear slowly, painfully, more often wounded than not like soldiers coming out of shell-holeafter an extensive bombardment. Our titanic efforts had been for nothing. With the remnant of our we collected what we could find ranks, It is due to this supervision that we of our provisions and stores. In that hurricane my hopes of a united and no longer fear typhoid fever, cholera ot Dnited States were dashed other epidemic diseases. to the ground. I now am Hut while we have made struggling enormous to preserve, not so much the nation strides in public health, most of them but that fraction of the race which In the last hundred years, we public has been left under my command ; and health officials are far from satisfied I struggle against tremendous odds."' ve want the public health to be much TO BE) CONTINUED. 'otter than it Is. We want, for Instance ' wipe diphtheria off the face of the Few Worker Bees Sting earth. have the knowledge to do It a few of the worker bees In Only ''"."i1 'f, a hive will sting it the hive t -v rarest In the country wour.I fov otherwise the wnnr e,Mrht; ecmk would H. Likewise we be destroyed, as the bee could he fre of fltr I'l'i i.iM'VHitnsis. stinging. opened up. flim-sll- wind-drive- n x s &. Western Newspaper Unloa. Temple Square MjMcdsCuliatra for that Rash PPy Why let him cry when an 10 tion of Cntlenra Ointment quickly aoothe that Cntlenra Ointment iMt2 beiF U friend to million! of bahfc out the world. It i genUe and promote healing. throo in " Sampl Addrassi frse. Cuticura," Dept. MaldMf Man |