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Show t t t PROVO POST, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 19217 uy I B j j f 5 Author of i . Tar z an of the Ape -- Vi 5 I 5 j habitation. Edftr Rice Borronzlis s GENUINE 5 Mars . i It Irwin Mycr s - CImtritiont - CHAPTER X. rvjh Than nd Son are taken before Tal Haju and ha gloat over their plight and the tenable death in (tore for them. Carter. eiceaJed in the throne room, rescue the two women, leaving the ruler unconacloua The three escape and inalte their war in the direction homo. - The of HeMumr Dejah Thori become lost and fall In with a war party of Warhoona. Carter nets the women on their way and remains to obstruct pursuit. He is overpowered and made prie- - DURHAM tobacco makes 50 good cigarettes for from the thadewt (""Hastening ftf the formidable pile I made for the first crossroad. Intending to strike the central turnpike as quickly aa . pos- slble. This I reached about morning end entering the first enclosure I came to I searched for some evidence of a QC' CHAPTER IX. Carter telle" Dejah Thorls of his love for her, which eh Sola they pla rtdprocatee, and with to eecape. On the eva of their attempt the echetne Is revealed to Tal Hajue b the vindictive Parkeja. , There were low rambllog building of concrete barred with heavy Impass- able doors, and no amount of hammering and hnlloolng brought any response. Weary and exhausted from sleeplessness I threw myself upon the ground commanding Woola to stand guard. Some time later I was awakened by hls frightful growling and opened my . eyes to see three red Martian standing a short distance from ua and covering roe with their rifles. I am unarmed tad no enemy," I hastened to explain. I have been a prisoner among the green men and am on my way to Zodanga. All I ask Is food and rest for myself and my calot and the proper directions for reaching my destination." They lowered their rifles end advanced pleasantly toward me, placing their right bands upon my left shoulder, after the manner of their custom of salute, and asking, me many questions shout myself and my wanderings. They then took me to the bouse of one' of them 'which was only a short distance away. v They were the personification of cordiality and hospitality and I spent sevpral days with them, resting and recuperating from my longhand arduous experiences. When I was ready to depart they furnished me with a small domestic bull tboet, such as la used for saddle purposes by all red Martian' The animal Js about the size of a horse and quite gentle, but In color and shape an exact replica of hls huge and fierce cousin of the wilds. - The brothers had supplied me with a reddish oil with which I anointed my entire body and one of them cut my haJr, which had grown quite Jong, U the, prevailing, fashion of the time, square at the back and banged hi front, so that I could have passed any d where upon Baraoom as a red Martian. My metal and ornaments were also renewed In .the style of a Zodanga n gentleman, attached t the bouse of Ptfijr,. whlcfi was thtfTam-H- y natnq of mj brjisftcton.' ' -- . Your CHAPTEk XI. In a dungeon In h capital city of the Warhoon Carter kill hie jailer, but le unable to make his way from the cell. Depends upon your results. Pain and suffering may cause your results' to be poor. The building in which found tny-- I aelf contained the machinery which produces that artificial atmosphere which auntalns life on Mara. The e cret of the entire process hinges on the use of the ninth rdy, one of the beautiful scintillations which I hud noted emanating from the great atone In my boat's diadem. ' ' This ray la separated from the oth-- I er ray of the sue by means of finely adjusted Instruments placed open the roof of the huge building, three-quarter-s of which la used for reservoir In which the nlnth .ray Is stored. This product Is then treated electrically, or' rather certain proportions of reJ - That Headache, NeuSleep- ralgia, Backache or lessness can be relieved h by -- DR. MILES - fined Pills Anti-Pai- n Tkfl Great Fain XeUet No bad remits follow mo. ' Concerning one of tbe Ingredients medical authorities , i. . .. ay: btedicine is more deserving of confidence with the view of combating pain in all its forms." Head off pain and suffering by keeping a box handy. Mbney back if first package faila to relieve. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS -- 1 - I . electric vibrations are Incor- porated with It, and the result Is then PUipjjed to the five principal air centers of tbs planet Whgr&aa It la released, contact with Ibcfthepf apace transforms ll!nto ifmospTiefZr1'---Dicre s ilwaya sufficient reserve of L, -- Ml building to maintain the present -- full-fledge- v CHAPTIR XIII. Mar- tian atmosphere for thousand years, (id the only fear, as my new friend toR me. Wus that some accident jnlght befall the pumping apparatus. Before I retired for the night he promised to give me a letter to a nearby agricultural officer who would help me on my way to Zodanga, which he said waa the nearest Martian city. But be sure that you do not let them know you are bound for Helium, as thev are at war with that country. My IsSlrtant and t ere of no country we belong to all Baraoom and this talisman which we wear protects ns In all lands, even among the green men though we do not true: ourselves to their hands If we can, avoid it, he added. t, lAnd so my friend," he continued, may you have a long and restful sleep yes, a long sleep." .. . And though he smiled pleasantly I saw In hla thoughts Ahe wish that be had never admitted me, and then a picture of him standing over me in the night, and the swift thrust of a long d words. I dagger and the ait. Ft rry, but It la for the best good of KT- "- . - 7 An Air Scout for Zodanga.' As I proceeded on my Journey to- ward Zodanga many strange and Interesting sights arrested my attention, and at the several farmhouses where I stopped learned a number of new and Instructive things conjerninj the 1 ft et hods and manners of Baraoom. lu.. Beauty h a Blessing Alexander, Smith Cochrane,-unti- l rer richest bachelor cently Americas and now the husband of Mme. Ganna half-forme- - e. .... com-mlsacn- er structure la omic and-- it top-heav- y, cannot be cured by. any wild eyed theories of Socialism or Bolshevism. The top must be sliced' off. It must be made to stand the burden of governmental expense. . Colonel House at the peace conference proposed "a capital tax on wealth throughout the world to pay for the war, but hla suggestion never received much publicity. I talked with him about the matter. Something along this line must be done to bring the world situation back t normal. Under the present system Europe cannot pay Its debts. The only remedy 1 see is for the governments, with the United States pouting the way, to limit the amount of private fortunes, taking the excess thus regulating monopolies and fixing the prices of all commodities. All taxes will he reduced. Private initiative will not be crushed by such a program because no one man will be able to become richer than any other. Taxing Mr, Rockefeller's Income, for instance, haa not reduced kis property holdings nor has It repaced hls annual revenue. Aa a matter of fact, despite the income tax, my figures show bis . Income yearly has Jumped from $10,000,000 to $160,-00- hs . -- -- in-cla- . 0, 000 . - -- lot-1- - ! TOM MOORE s r.t s . . Walska, opera singer; - - - Dangerous Concentration of Weahh. Mrr Klein's list,' which Is several " pages long, does not go below the $10,000,000 class. He has compiled these figures and data on those who own America: to point out the of danger df the concentration wealth ln theUnlted States, the evils cf tax exempt securities which are heavUy held by the bTg'esUtea andin advocacy of a constitutional amendment for the limitation of private fortunes. Mr. Klein points out that most of the Rockefeller Institutions Insupported hywealth-taxexAnd he adds,' thev securities. haven't spent what they have saved in taxation. The concentration of wealth in the United States, the deputy declares, has reached the ' last stage. It will be very dangerous to permit It to go further. The econ- ' good-nigh- effect' FIFTY FAMILIES OWN THE STUPENDOUS S UM OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION to a species which Is never domesticated by the red men. Were one to Concentration of Wealth Ha Reached a Dangerous Stage, and Econostroll down Broadway with a Numi-flin- u mist Bounds Note of Warning lionet his heel the effect would Two Hundred Individuals Control le somewjint shnllnr to that which 1 $15,000,000,000. should have produced had 1 entered Zodanga with Woola. Fifty families in thenlted States more than f 100,000,000 As I would w'llllngly have offered eontrol my life In, the service of her In search each. 100 families control more than of whom f was about to challenge the t 150,000,000 each and 500 families unknown dangers of this, to roe, mys- control more than $10,000,000 each. These startling figures on the con terious city. I could not permit even of wealth ln the United IVoolaa life to threaten the success centration States were obtained from, Henery of my venture, much less hls momen- Klein, deputy commissioner of ac tary happiness, 'for 1 doubted not he counts of New York City and a stusoon would forget me. And so I bade dent of economic affairs. He has the poor beast au affectionate fare- spent ten years collecting facts on wealth, well promising him. however, that If the pyramiding John D. Rockeffere estate is now came through my adventure In safe-- , to ty that In some way I should find the up Two $3,000,000,000. hundred persons in the Unitr ' 7. lueaus to search him out ed States control $15,000,000,000. In He seemed to understand me fully, France, the same amount is .controlland when 1 pointed .back In the di- ed by ISO times that number of perrection of Thark he turned sorrow- sons, or 96,000. Sixty per cent of the tobacco trust fully away, nor could I bear to watch him gor but - resolutely set my face wealth is ln tbe hands of 10 families. toward Zodanga and with a touch of -- Twelve families, with the RockeIn the. lead., conheartslckness approached her frown- feller50family away cent of the oil Industry, trol per ing walla The railroads of the country are Tbe letter 1 bore gained me Imme- ctntrolled by 1.3 of the stockholders. diate entrance to the vast, walled city.' of the stockOne and five-tentThe Ptor brothers bad given roe ex- holders ln the steel trust possess 61 plicit directions for reaching the point per cent of the stock. Two families of tbe city where 1 could find living cohtrol 51 per cent of tbe stock ln accommodations and be near the offices the harvester interests. Mr. Klein gives a list of individuof the government agents to whom and estates, together with their als bad me letters. My way vast they given holdings. J. D. and William led to the central square or plaza, Rockefeller are credited with from which Is a characteristic of all Mar- $3,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,000 tian' cities , of the national wealth; the Pratt Aa I was crossing the treat square family and the Harkness family lost In wonder and admiration of the rank next, with $400,000,000 each; magnificent architecture and the gor- there are .four families, including the Asters and the Vanderbilts, who geous scarlet vegetation which carpetthe ed the broad lawns I discovered a red possess $300,000,000 each; two, Mrand the family Payne .Whitney Martian walking briskly toward roe which are credited with gan family, lirom oue of. thq ajennes... He , paid V $200(000,000- - each-- ; one. - the Frick not the slightest attention to me, buy.e8ute, which Is valued at flS0,000r aa be came abreast I recognised him. 1000, and nine families which are ap- and turning I placed mj hand upon praised as being worth $100,000,-00- 0 each. From this the list tapers hia shoulder, calling out. n down to plain millionaires.' ' Kaor. Kantos Kan!", ' " , In the $40,000,000 class Mr. Klein Like Itgbtalng he wheeled and bementions many families and this fore 7 cSuld 3 much as lower my - Mrs. William Leeds now band tbe point of hla longsword waa Princess Christopher, of Greece, and at my breast , . t . Who ary your he growled, 'and a backward leap carried me then fifty feet from bla sword he dropped the point to the ground and exclaimed, laughing, "1 do not need a better reply, there la but one man upon all Baraoom who can bounce about like rubber ball. By the mother of tbe further moon, John Carter, bow came you here, and have you become a Dar- - , seen that you can change your color at will? . Too gave me a bad half minute, my friend," he continued, after I had briefly outlined my adventures alnce parting with him la - the arena at Warhoon. "Were my name and city known to the Zodangana I would shortly be sitting on the banka of the lost sea of Korus with my revered and departed ancestors. I am here ln the Interests of the Tardos Mora, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thorls, our princess. Sab Than, prince of Zodanga, has her bidden lntbe city and has fallen madly In love with her. "I have been here three days, but 1 have not yet found where Dejah Today' I Join Thorls Is Imprisoned.- The water which supplies the farms of Mars Is collected In immense underground reservoirs, nr either pole from the melting , Ice .caps, and , pumped ,a through long condulta to the varloua populated centers. Instead of flooding the surface of - the fields, and thus wasting Immense quantities of water by evaporation, the precious liquid la carried1 underground through a vast network of small pipes directly to the roots of the vegetation. The crops upon Mars are always uniform, for to every woman, but good there are no droughts, no rains, no high jyinds, and no Insects, or destroyhealth is vitally important ing birds. , Attention to liver, kidneys' On this trip I tasted the first meat I had eaten since leaving Earth-lar- ge, and bowels will,, improve Juicy steaks and chops from the beauty and health. weI-fe- d domestic animals of the farms. Also I enjoyed luscious fruits atul vegetahleA.but.i!Qt .asU'U!e0r- lilch exactly simiwas 1 to do? How could 1 es- tlcle of food o Earth. to lar anything walls? cape through these mighty - At a second stop .1 met some highly Easily could 1 kill him now that I was cultlvnti d eoIe of the noble clas could I was dead warned, but once he no more escape, and with the stop and while In conversation we chanced to of Helium, One of the older ptng of the machinery of the great menspeak hud been there ou a diplomatic other all the with I should die. plant years before and spoke Inhabitants of the plnnet all, een mission with regret of the conditions which are a boon to women, be- Dejah Thorls were she not already seemed destined ever to keep these cause they regulate the func- dead. two at war. countries 1 of my opened the door Cautiously he said, "rightly boasts tions of all these organs apartment and, followed by Woola, the Helium." most beautiful women of Baraoom. the Inner of the great doors. without any irritation or dis- sought A wild cheme had come to me; I and of all her treasures the wondrous . s daughter of Mora Kajak, Dejah Thorls. agreeable would attempt to force the gnn Is the most exquisite flower. 1 by the nine thought waves had read Why," he added, the people really1 In my hosts mind. n !lor worship the ground she walks upon Crt-eji- i K stealthily throu;:h after corrhlnr and down winding run- and since her loss on that ways which turned hither and thither expedition all Helium has been draped hall In In mourning. I finally reached the That our ruler should have atI. n 1 which had broken y mg fast that tacked the disabled fleet as It was remorning. ' I was on the point of stepping bold- turning to Helium was but another of hls awful blunders which I fear will ly out into the room when a slight sooner or later compel Zodunga to eleInto me back noise behind me warned vate a wiser man to his place. the shade ws of a recess In the corr"Even now, though our victorious me I idor Draggtng -- Woola after, armies nre surrounding Helium, the cron bed low In the darkr. " are voicing tbelr the old .irn r n? peophof-Zodang- a for the war Ti.soii.lj Is not a popudispleasure, d j1? (? r. 1c c cntt.cd r lie ir by It la not based on right since lar one, 1 Leon which lud lighted chamber w Ihlli be or Justice. Our fflkces took advantage I Bbort pns throuRh 1 Hnrmprci tUU3tJheld ., th!n dBW.er ln hls hand of the absence of the principal fleet of and that iiwv.s thar;.iti!rg It -- non Helium on their search for tb$ jprlo cess, and we have been able easily to a stone It. Lis mlrd was li t ecWim to it. sped the radium pumps, which reduce the city to a sorry plight," And what, think yon, may have As I Rose Above the City I Circled would take about thirty minutes and . been Several Times as I Had Seen Kontee the fate of the princess, Dejah finthen return to my bedchamber and 1 Kan Do. Tborisn.,1 fsk?d a casually. at postBh me." , Aa he passed through the great hall sible. "She Is dead," he Answered. "This the Eodangan navy as an air awm 56-- R and disappeared down the runway and 1 hope In this way to win the uhleh led to the pumproom. 1 stole much was learned from ft green war- confidence of Rah Than, the prince, rior rorras our ln captured by stealthily from my biding place and the recently of this division commander ts who 215 south. She escaped from tne rossed to the greet door, the Inner learn the wherethus and tbe of navy, hordes a of Thark with f the three srhldi stood between me strange crea abouts of Dejah Thorls. 1 am glad tura of another world, only to fall jod IlhertA Into the hands of the Warhoon. Their that you are here, John Carter,- for Concentrating my mind upon the thoats were found I know your loyalty to my princes! and wandering upon'th two of us working together shoum massive lock I hurled the ulne sea bottom and evidences of a be able .to accomplish much." thought waves against 1L In breath-lew- s conflict Were discovered near-by.- " bloody expectancy 1 waited, when finally pLaza waa now commencing While this' Information" was In 'no to Yhe fill with people going and the great door moved softly toward r coming way neither It was at all reassuring, D'c )MI l'd quietly to one side.' One upon the dally activities of th.(r ilu conclusive of the death of proof Dejah e t"nT the remaining mighty aPci Thorls, and so 1 determined to make lies. The shops were opening iMu '' poiii- - l it tny command and every Spinal Therapist and effort possihle to reach Helium the cafes filling with early morning V ' n.fl forth Into the Kantos Kan led me to oik a quickly a I could and carry to patrons. ' Chiropractor little hotter of of these gorgeous eating places where M raVilie s r news hi such of . ofior that we were served entirely by mechaul Rooms to 6. Irvine I lid-'- . divsiMo whereabouts as cal unpav" s . ' -- 1 after leaving the three 1 arrived at Zodanga. Ernra the moment that 1 bad come in contact with the red Inhabitants of Mars I had nolieed that Woola drew a great amount' of unwelcome attention to uie. since the huge brute belonged Teo f'tor brothers florin Coldvotn Pictures- - Tome Moore, who appears -- at the Princess Wednesday and Thursday in Thirty a Week. . C.V,HANSEM Scenic and Pictorial STRAND PAINTING WEDNESDAY -THURSDAY SIGNS Show Cards r-- 1 t Interior Decorating PH0NE i I V i c HEARTS ARE TRUMPS- - W. 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