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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH THE K1CH COUNTY REAPEB matter Fetv Entered as second-clas- s 8. 1929. at the post office Randolnhi Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879 Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop 11J50 SUBSCRIPTION Per Year in Advance STAR DUST JVlovie Radio $ By SYNOPSIS VIRGINIA VALE HOLLYWOODS champion Fazen- The luck that brought the Boston Lawrences to California at the beginning of the gold rush has deserted the e present generation. From a ranch, their holdings have shrunk to a email farm, and the old family home in has Clippersville. Phil, now twenty-fivgone into .the iron works, Gall to the public library and Edith to the book department of Clippersvillea largest store. Sam is in school, and Ariel is becoming a problem. Phil Is fascinated by that terrible Lily Cass, whose husband has deserted her. Young Van Murchison, scion of a wealthy family, returns from Yale, and Gall has visions, through marriage with him, of the turning of the Lawrence luck. Dick Stebbins, Phils best friend, has the run of the house. Ariel Is sneaking out of the house at night for joy rides. Phil suggests, to his sisters consternation, that they Invite Lily Cass to the house. Gaif with goes with Van for a week-en- d the Chipps, his uncle and aunt. She is 4,000-acr- da. She has joined the movement with a vengeance. She and her husband purchased a apricot grove In the San back-to-ear- th e, 25-ac- re Fernando By KATHLEEN NORRIS Copyright 1y Kathleen Norris valley and cleared away seventeen-- some of the trees to build. Miss Fazenda didnt want the fruit to go to waste, so she attended lectures on agriculture. Then she visited year-old neighboring ranchers and contracted with them to purchase their fruit Miss Fazenda dried the apricots and realized a profit of $1,100. As a result of her farming course she cleared away another two- acres, one of which she planted to a variety of fruit trees so the family table, will have an assortment of fruits In season. - Walter C. Kelly, Internationally known stage star, has completed a 23,000 word autobiography which will be published in New York next spring. He has written his experiences behind the footlights. Kelly became famous for his skits dealing with folklore In the tidewater country of Virginia. Currently he is working In Paramounts The Virginia Judge. received coldly by Mrs. Chipps and her guests. At a roadhouse Gail sees a n-coated man helping Ariel into a roadster. raccoo- CHAPTER V Continued 10 She stopped fiercely, as Gail merely sat, silent. From vague worry and apprehension about Ariel, suddenly the whole fearful danger had sprung upon her. This morning it had been no more than fear; now it was full knowledge. You weren't in San Francisco with Disappearance of Johnny Weismuel-ler- s hair almost proved a serious prob- the Camps, then? Oh, yes, I was I We went down lem to makeup artists at M. G. M. He let It grow long for his new Tarzan from there. Where was Mrs. Camp? role. Suddenly it was noticed the hair She had to go to San RafaeL She on the back of his head commenced to get shorter. The other day some mem- left us at the Fairmont Just you two girls? Did she know bers of the company were sitting in a went out that night?" room you the daily watching projection We didnt tell her no." rushes. It was noticed on the screen There was a jause. Then Gall said, that a small monkey Weismueller carried on his back kept nibbling at his Ariel, I cant believe It I You were there," Ariel offered achair. ,k" cusingly. Oh, I know It! Gail covered her Mugging, in the Hollywood Idiom, refers to making faces. A mugger is face with her hands. one who contorts his features in For the first time the younger sister ous ways largely for getting laughs. seemed a little impressed, and rshe Jack Oakie is a "mugger. So are Joe spoke In a lower tone, a tone that had Tenner, Lynne Overman, and Ned some hint of huskiness or of apology Sparks, although the latter confines in It his to one expression. All four hapIt makes It any better, we all pen to be working In Paramounts thought that was a horrible place and which makes the picture that wed never go there again Collegiate, a worlds champion in a mugging way. You havent been there before?" Oakie Is a 2 to 1 favorite to cop the Ariel could even laugh. mugging championship. Oh, goodness, no I We Just hap. k Here, Ill tell pened, we happened Dudley Digges finished his role In you how it was! She leaned forward, Muntiny On The Bounty and then locking her hands about her knees. left for a hospital for a major operaMrs. Camp and Dorothy were going tion. In to the city on the ten oclock yesterk day morning, to do some shopping and Because of his recent broadcast stay overnight, because Mrs. Camp . ing the police profession Eddie Cantor wanted to hear some one preaching at was named an honorary member of the church this morning. See? So they New York State Police Chiefs' associaasked me to go, and Mrs. Camp was tion at the annual convention. going to see her aunt in San Rafael, so said that Dot and 1 could have Eddie Everett Horton is back from she lunch together, and go see a movie. London town and is brightening the Well, at about five we were back at once comedies of Hollywood prospects the hotel cleaning up, and she teleagain. Horton, who made a picture at phoned and said that her aunt was so was me it Twickenham studios, tells like a delightful vacation instead of sick she was going to stay in San Rafael, and we could get four Orphe-uhard work. seats and ask two boys to go with , He stayed at the Mitre Inn in TwickSo we were sort of telephoning us. enham a hostelry so Intimate that it for boys, and we got Buddy around rooms. As the only boasts five guest find his roadster. Well, that Raisch Horton menage E. E. was accompaall there was to It! Buddy was about nied by his mother and a brother could get a grand shore dinwe said one was other there only occupied four, ner at Mockersons about ten, if we permanent resident of the Mitre. went to the movie first. But 1 didnt on was "The barmaid long history, it was forty miles away, and realize sayS E. E. Each day she would have be so foggy." would It that some little historical anecdote to horror The that had held Gail In a cenAll stories life. her brighten my since vise midnight of the night betered around Henry VIII, who was to loosen and fade; she fore in began to traveled have that way supposed a playful moment and used the Mitre could breathe again. So you went back to the FairBut the atmosphere of for a hide-othe Inn was so Dickensian that 1 sug- mont? , Certainly we did!" gested to the barmaid that the worthy What time did you get there?" author must have had something to do been one of About one. with the inns history . reflected a few minutes, the Gail famous the guests. Lawrence brows drawn todark not at she no heavy sir. all Oh, lsped, Were famous by reason of Henry gether in a frown. Ariel, youre only seventeen. Do VIII, sir! you think men espect a girl who goes Too Many Parents, a story by about with them at all hours of night, George (Dink) Templeton, west coast unchaperoned, to places like that? football coach, has been purchased by Dont you want men to respect you? Paramount. The production is planned she asked. 1 waDt to have a good time," Ariel to feature David Holt, Virginia Weid-lesaid simply. Men arent looking for Baby LeRoy and other child players under contract to the studios in a good, pure, womanly women these sympathetic drama of childhood. days, and dont you fool yourself that they are, Gail Men want girls to run Francis Lederer, actor, won the around with them, and not to be $150100 plagiarism suit brought against afraid of being kissed him by Jack Quartaro for alleged theft Stop, you make me sick 1" the older of Quartaros plot in the picture Ro- sister said sharply. mance in Manhattan." Superior Judge Well, its true. How many men do Smith ordered the jury to return a ver- you know who are going ' after girls dict in Lederers favor. Jury members Ede paying calls, discussing like deluged Quartaro with sympathetic ideals? Not one! comments. And you tblfaX, Gail began, warming, yea tlilnk yec can build s lovely, small-tow- n dignified married life on running around to places like Mockersons? Ariel responded No, I dont, promptly, in the pause. But 1 say its the only way you can have a good time, and I want to live, while Im young ! Just the same, youre not right, Ariel," Gail persisted. Honor Is what well, what it always was and dignity If we turn ourselves and into animals, we only have, to work our way back to decency, sooner or later. Gluttony in food isnt any more expensive than than developing for for other things" I know what you mean," Ariel relieved her briefly. Surely surely no sane girl could think that the sort of marriage that goes on now, with jazzing and fighting Gail began eloquently. and divorce Surely no girl thinks that is worth while I Why, girls like that are burned out at twenty. Their lives are over! Theyre fit for nothing! They go on for a few years . . Ariel, at your age, to go on as you are going on, is simple ruin. And If I sit down at home, then what is It? Why, Gail, Ariel said, In a confident voice, Im no fool! Im not taking any chances. Taking any chances! Gail echoed, rolling up her eyes. There was a pause. Ariel began Now, listen, Gail, again, in deadly earnest. You had to lie, to r- off on this Chipp party, self-contro- l. appe-titie- s . . - didnt you? Gail was checked. Im not proud of It, she said presently, in a shamed oicev Why shouldnt you be proud of it? There was nothing wrong In that party. Only you found out that if it depended .If 1 m , . ut , r, . 1 In the end there were no reproaches, no threats. She slid to her knees beside Ariels bed, and locked Ariels band in her own and, after a long and solemn talk, they promised each other that there should be no more deceiving, no more clandestine parties, everything open and above board, between the two of them at least. Gall felt oddly old exhausted with emotion, tired from the confused impressions of these last brilliant, novel days, weak from the reaction from revelations yet she was Ariels strangely, deeply happy, too. Somehow, in the confession of their mutual adventures, the acknowledgment of their mutual desires, and dreams, she seemed to have come very close to Ariel today. The sense of her responsibility as Ariels sqnior, of her was solemn upon her. She loved its weight Not one of them Edith, Gail, Ariel, is Sam really thought Phil. And Cass sends Lily nothing; she doesn't even know where he Is Lily and the three kids Wuffy and' Allies, and Daniel. If she came here if we were married thatd mean there were- - nine of us here, eating three meals a day. Twenty-sevemeals a day G d! Gail might raise the roof, too. She might get Edith and Ariel to fight But what could they ! n do? Ariel was not thinking. But her mind was washing idly about among the memories of the last 24 hours, and Buddy Raisch and his nerve, and that horrid, hard kiss that had been plastered against her delicate mouth when she had gotten out of the car at the Fairmont in the drifting, silent fogs of one oclock this morning. She determined to have nothing more to do with him, roadster or no roadster. But she could not go on living in Clippersville. She hated this jay town and these jay people and this old house with a bitter hatred. There must be a way out I Edith told herself complacently that all this was very nice. Here was Phil home at a time when he might have been with Lily Cass, which proved that his affair with her was over. Gail was getting on splendidly with her new and wealthy friends, and would undoubtedly marry Van Murchison. Ariel had had a lovely little-gitime with Dorothy. Everything was going beautifully. Ariel Is smart about boys, Gail was thinking. Her cheek flushed as she remembered what Ariel had said. Gail herself had vaguely observed some lack some essential thing missing In her friendship with Van. But it had been left for Ariel to put it Into merciless words. Was It true? Well,' no, not entirely. There was some. truth in it, of course. But if Van Murchison happened to be a unthinking, boy, young for his years, and if Gail Lawrence was developed beyond hers, matured by responsibility and experience, that did not mean that they could not fall in love with each other. How could she demand more of him than he naturally gave? What attitude on her part would create in him a soberer, a more dependable mood, on which a woman might base real hopes and plans? Thinking these thoughts, she did not feel quite the usual thrill when he came into the library a day or two later and stood, as he often did, with an elbow on the high desk, watching her amusedly as she stamped and scribbled In the shabby old books. Have you a good reference book on the diseases of hawk parasites?" the ringing voice said joyfully when she was free. There was no change in Galls manner as she touched his big brown hand, but deep underneath she was conscious of change in herself. This man was far from thoughts of marriage. By what twist, she wondered, jld a girl bring her man from such irresponsible gaiety as this to the definiteness of an engagement? An engagement began to seem to her an achievement, something quite extraordinary a .triumph. What a thing a girl accomplished when she could simply, complacently tell her friends that she and Tom were going, to be married! ' Van wanted GaiJ to' lunch with him today, and she reached for the telephone extension and told Edith that she would not come home as usual It meant a pang to Edith, but it could not be helped. But Immediately after this Van suddenly turned scowling and gloomy and said that, no, hang it, he could not lunch with her after all Ill tell you, he said, with his characteristic chuckle. 1 promised a man rl light-hearte- This Man Was Far From Thoughts of Marriage. upon a formal Invitation from Mrs. Chipp yon simply wouldnt go. Didnt you? Didnt yon? Phil isnt my father, after all, Gail offered hesitatingly, unwillingly. Nor mine I But Gail, Ariel went on, more confidently, aware that she was gaining ground, we cant, get away from it, we. cant have any fun here unless we take chances I Nobody could get away with anything in this townl Just as soon as I can Im going to get out, and I advise you to! Why, what does It matter, she rushed on what does it matter what Van AJurchison wants how much he wants to fool around, how young a kid he is? Hes rich, hes going to take his wife East, and abroad. 'What do yon care about the rest? Yon dont want to change him, you want to marry him. Let him be giddy Phil said he was giddy. Let him be wasteful and frivolous if he wants to be! What Is It to you? He gets you out of Clippersville, and away from these gossiping old busy bodies! The river of words dazed and terrified Gail. This could not be delicate, ethereal Ariel, pouring out this coarse and dangerous philosophy of life or of death I Ariel, whom they had all thought young, innocent, protected, confessing her determination to grab the first man she could, and escape escape from Clippersville. Most terrible of all to Gall was her little sisters easy air of conspiracy, her casual quick assumption that they were both In the same boat Gall was frantic with alarm. If she told Philip there would be domestic pandemonium, and If she did not, she herself must assume a most appalling responsibility. Perhaps if she could get Ariel to promise to swear , . . fun-lovin- g WNU Service O at Beresford that Id go and look at a puppy! Gail did not know quite what to say, feeling as she did a little dashed and perplexed by the sudden change of plan. She tried to feel fondly indul-gent; he was only ai boy, after alL But she had a sense of futility; there seemed no way of catching the slippery substance of him in her fingers. Im sorry, he said. "Oh, thats all right! Say, lets go over and have lunch at Santa Cruz some Sunday, and swim? Can you swim? I love it Yes, we all swim. Mention of Santa Cruz reminded her of Mockersons, and she wondered what Van would do If she told him her anxieties about Ariel. Would it develop anything new in him, responsibility, gravity? She could not do It now, but she liked to think about it He was gone. He was hunting amusement somewhere; that was all he wanted. Van was like a child looking for some one with whom to play. Her thoughts were following him into the sunshiny June day. What fun to be Airs. Alurehison, white and cool and at leisure, there on the tilted leather seat beside him, and go and have lunch at the country club, and watch tennis, or perhaps play golf. Anyway anyway, she reflected, walking home to lunch, she was a good deal nearer to that envied position than any other girl in Clippersville! She had proved herself on that grillvisit to Los Gatos quite ing week-enthe match of the women of Vans set; she had won them, in spite of them- , d selves. Edith was In the kitchen, ecstatic over Ghils unexpected appearance, and the addition of strawberries to her humble little meal They laughed together, gathering the dishes, cups, spoons into the dishpan, brushing crumbs, drawing shades. Did you make any date with him, Gail?" .Nothing definite." But nothing' could be more satisfying outwardly than his pursuit of her, and Gail had to be content with that for awhile. In a highly unsatisfactory sort of way Airs. Chipp had asked Gail to Far Niente again, and this time everything had gone gloriously breathlessly. There had been charades built on the Lawrence formula, th- - 'e had been a hysterical game of Sardines that letr even the grown-up- s spent and agonized with laughter; some of these demigods had gone so far as to remember Vans little Inend from the library In Clippersville, and had been gracious to her. half-hearte- ' A W d, TO BE CONTINUED. Experiment With Camels Did Not Last Long Here In 1855, when Jefferson Davis was secretary of war at Washington later to become president of the Southern Confederacy in the war between the states congress appropriated $30,000 for the purchase of camels to be used In military operations in the dry regions of the Southwest territory. Lieut. David D. Porter, afterward to become famous, as admiral of the lavy, was designated to command a vessel to go t Egypt and buy the camels. The ship returned with thirty-threcamels and several native drivers. The animals cost $250 each. Next year another forty-on- e shipload, camels, arrived. Both lots were concentrated at Camp Verde, Texas, and a permanent camp was established to breed the rnim&ils and experiment in their use. During 1857, according to the Kansas City Times, camels were used occasionally in short scouting expeditions and in building a wagon road from Ft Defiance, N. M., to the eastern frontier of California. Lieutenant Beale, in charge, wac so enthusiastic about their usefulness that Secretary of War John B.' Floyd, who had succeeded Jefferson Davis, recommended the purchase of l.opo camels, but congress took no action o- - this proposal The 'outbreak of the Civil war put an end to the exploring expeditions with the camels. In March, 1SGG, all of them had been sold, mostly to cii e cases. Six Specie of Hickory are native to the woodlands of the eastern states. The wood of all six species possesses a combination of qualities not found la any other hardwood. These are extraordinary hardness, strength, toughness and flexibility. In addition the wood is straight grained and moderately elastic. It is, however, hard to split, difficult to season and work, and does not hold Its shape. Six species of hickory c( i |