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Show --j THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH ' ,?ORANVILLE CHURCH (JM t,0n . to FAB: Jeff Curtis and !S at already 00 thelr wy hash t.hB Jeff receives a note Ll rnlnI them BOt to khaki utMrBback'0 ' U Lee. who was op. fornl to to only after Jeff !ans 5er tl the b 01 chlcl Lud 1 , newly organized fruit itartl im chance of a lifetime. I i tlern More to find Zora'. twJ conversation with in a t that Mitch- - 'W J.Ur and that there I. 1 lte going on. Jeff and Stabll "IT for Senor MonUya, go Soldi ""J in spite of the fad I rtitliaUon of the company quatf luaf. Je " ""Pclous- - x0K WITH THE STORT )ert - CHAPTER HI sDoved o.l for Puerto So- - .j,. His launch was built not speed, and bucking Ma M the coast would slow further. Is n ' jock it took the combined sth Lee and Curt to keep ,iof mischief. 1 1 downriver boat snug-- s berth with the ease of nC II gave a pair of toots, , French railway train's, ugplank was wheeled to k ji side and the job of $npeled. .'ataya was unmistakable lnf a of bearing, very clearly If de pelo. the gente prin-- n :ese countries. He wore liites, a crisp panama on i hair. Straight from the little group he came. :cere apologies, Mr. Cur- - Curtis," were his first 3e spoke with very little ioufih the timbre of his rayed his Spanish origin, i deep bow to Lee, held to Curt "I have been busy since ah, Mr. idunfortunate happening, by now the teed a new Chief Engi- - , i the boys in hand, hold-- L Merest with the selection :fic, gaudy straw hat for f am, from stock piled a ion a vendor's head, while :.:aya led Curt on a quick ; the docks and facilities ihcds, two items Instantly i eve two boxes forty feet l ride, and quite thin for 1 tensions. Curt cocked a tan. reel i said briefly, "Spare itJ k have two planes. One oi tas tied up for weeks once B -- aged wing, so now we m :ei on hand." oij i you've had considerable ? I your planes." Djg vas the monosyllabic re-- ryi aake are they?" I i conversational question. 4 have made no difference Senor Montaya preened himself. 8ood site, no? The whole year there are winds that sweep across this face of the mountains in late afternoon and evening, but never does the wind come up from the old swampland. The result? We are happy to have no malaria here where we live. This makes the senora more comfortable, no?" He pointed as the car rounded a curve and the town came into fuller view. "You see that long, low building? Our hospital. Larger than we need, perhaps, but it is more better to be prepared. Across the plaza is our clubhouse. That building of two sto-ries which looks out over the valley from between, it is our administra-tion building. The ground floor is commissary where the senora can get anything she needs. We are very proud of San Alejo." "Reason to be," grunted Curt. "Good layout." "So we think, too. There is noth-ing to break our view. In back of the club we have the swimming pool, the tennis courts, also the schools three of them. For the dif-ferent ages of the children, no?" And now the car took another curve that brought into sight the farther down-slop- e of Mt. San Alejo. Below, about a kilometer from the town, was an exceptionally long, cleared field, with a broad well-wor- n strip down its length. A branch of the railroad led to it around the base of the mountain. "Good sized field," Curt comment-ed. "You've several buildings be-sides hangars." "Yes." Just the one word. "But is that a fence I see around the field?" "Your eyes are sharp, Mr. Curtis. Yes, the field does have a fence. Our chief pilot nearly lost his life during his first month here because of a native's mania for souvenirs. We had not thought to properly pro-tect the planes. It is a serious thing to risk one's life in the air, Mr. Cur-tis, so I felt I should put a fence around the field." Curt saw a flash behind the living-- quarters. "Swimming pool?" "Yes, a small one. I do all I can to keep the men contented. It Is much worth the cost, it pays well." At the far end of the field was a sizeable copse of trees, and Curt wondered that they should be left standing within the field. Before he could see more, however, another switch-bac- k of the climbing railroad lost the field to view. The motorcar, laboring up the grade, came out onto a level stretch, picked up speed, and at once they were in the heart of the small town. "It Is late," Montaya was saying. "You have yet to unpack and get settled. I will take you to your house now. I trust, Senora, that the cook and house servant we furnish you will prove satisfactory." Lee made a vague sound in reply. "In the morning," Montaya turned Senor Montaya eyed Curt a mo-ment. "I am quite sure we shall gel along, Mr. Curtis." They took a rapid look-se- e in the port office, Montaya introducing Curt casually, then returned to Lee and the children, seated on their pile of luggage. The boys' leashes were on them again, much to their audible disgust. A pair of quick toots now came from the river steamer that had been loading all morning, even as the Pisces docked. The baggage was hauled aboard, the little party .followed. As they headed slowly upstream, Senor Montaya made his guests comfortable under a deck awning. Iced coffee was served as the chil-dren, exhausted from heat and ex-citement, slept on a sarape spread on the deck, each jealously clutching his new hat, big as himself. To Montaya Jeff said casually, "I suppose there's no reason why you shouldn't say who recommended me to you?" "No, none," admitted his host. "It was Mr. Mitchell." "Mitchell!" "Yes, himself. Though perhaps unknowingly. I explain. Many times I had to warn him about his attitude toward the men under him. Of course, I what do you say? ah, yes, I hounded him to get the work done, for we have much to do before the rainy season, and it has not gone too l Iff another what Montaya , I yet the question brought I quick glance from eyes jj I beady black here in the lithe big receiving shed I lad vagueness in reply. "I i of the bodega was piled J Ibarrels bearing the stencil 4 pown chemical firm. Curt J rrfore them, looked them J h considerable interest. y I treat the soil before plant- - tasked. "Over-aci- I sup-- ( h centuries of flooding." , h definitely stamped Mon- - lead at this, but was im-- i I chased away by a smile I fti even, white teeth. I Mr. Curtis," the senor re-- " l-- "is a question that punder the head of chem- -' Feb. We have a chemical I p. Toenjes, from Amster--1 1 ke likes you, he may be I P answer your questions. Fto't count on it," he said, tier flash of teeth. "Dr. V quite jealous of his the-T- - I expect will produce I better fruit than Associat- - j f "is river." i F Was turning this over in I f senor Montaya pulled at f Hp a lip unusually red I iis swarthy skin. i f!t you to work along with fashion. You are responsi-s- l engineering work as-'- f you, just as Dr. Toenjes "fable as Agricultural Super- - IJust as Mr. Lannestock is je for aviation and Mr. Nek? Ryden?" rt our contract employees Pcans. These two are Swed-f3ug-them here as pilots. 1 longer need two full-tim- e Mr. Ryden proved him-l3l- e in transportation mat-pgive- n him charge of that N a habit ft with his pipe when mull--f ome point that needed I "e suddenly discovered J stuffing it during this po-Sin-the senor while been leading the way 3Pen, Curt now lit up, ex--' huge cloud of smoke be- - mildly, with a smile: hich is by way of telling jy own business? Well, rtght. You've hired ma fineering end of your ven-,eat- 's where my interest 't to curb my wandering to Curt, "if you wiu come 10 my oi-fi-at eight, I will spend the day with you. We shall how do you say it? ah, yes, buckle down to work." The sidewalks were not wide enough for the group abreast. Mon-taya walked ahead, carrying the two children whose shoes made smudges on his spotless coat. The boys were silent with this stranger. Lee wrin-kled her nose in distaste at the se-no-faultlessly tailored back. "Ha!" she murmured. "Look at him, the dark lily!" "Sh." Curt tightened his hold on her arm. "He may have ears," he whispered. "Well, I don't care," she muttered resentfully. "Look how he carries the kids. He likes children? I laugh, ha-ha- ." Montaya deposited the boys care-fully before a hedge of . hibiscus, opened the wire gate, smiled them through onto the neatly scythed lawn where a mango, a fast-growi- tree, already offered some shade to lawn and house. He was about to turn away with a gallant lift of his hat, when Curt mentioned Mrs. Mitchell for the first time. "We were close friends with the Mitchells a few years ago. It must have been a terrible blow to her, he said. "I think we should express our regrets as soon as possible." "Ah." Senor Montaya; pulled at his lower Up. "It was a most terri-bl- e shock to her, Mr. Curtis." He cast a glance at Lee. "I ah,, had not meant to speak of It before the senora, but to be sure she will have to know. Mrs. MitcheU-- ah, com-mitted suicide only yesterday. From grieL This morning she was buried. A sad affair, yes. That was what delayed me." Cur managed a blank face to hide the disturbing shock, but Lee was frankly astonished. She reached for Curt's hand. Not until Montaya was out of hearing, however, did she exclaim: "She n6ver! Zora Mitchell com-mit suicide? Not Zora! She wasn't the type. Besides, she never cared that much for him." "She never seemed to," admitted Curt slowly. "They were a cool enough couple." He turned to the house. Absently he held Lee's hand as they climbed the steps. But his free hand, in his pocket, was crushing Zora Mitchell's note. Before going to bed that night. Curt held a lighted match to the note. But the words were burned into bit mind. (TO BE CONTINUED) Each jealously clutching his new hat big as himself. well. But certainly I did not want him to antagonize the workers. "One can ah, drive some men, others not. It is a fine point to know how far one can go with work-ers. When I saw the many ene-mies Mr. Mitchell was making, I thought, 'But this is unfortunate.' I feared ah, an 'accident.' So it was happy for me that I led him into talk of competent engineers. You were one he mentioned above oth-ers. You see?" Two hours of fighting the current upriver, and they found at Tempujo another modern dock, with a long floating stage built to allow for the rise of the river in flood-tim- e. Now, the river at low point, the wharf towered high above them. Their baggage was swung upward in a cargo net, a deckhand riding the hook to avoid the stairs, while Curt and the others climbed the long flight of steps from the floating stage to the landing above, Spread before them, on the only rise of land for miles along this side of the river, was a small town built arrowhead-fashio- n around a d railroad terminus of storage tracks. Montaya pointed out a centrally located bungalow. "Your Tempujo office, Mr. Curtis. There is sleeping accommodation there for you. There will be nights when you are unable to get back to San Alejo." Montaya led the party to two mo-torcars, automobiles with flanged wheels to operate on the narrow-gaug-e railroad tracks. Side win-dows of the sedan bodies rolled completely into the framework, making cars for the va-riable climate. Montaya ordered the two motor boys ahead with the baggage, while he drove the Curtises in the second car. Off they sped across the flat, un-interesting country. Far off on Curt's right was what appeared to be a tremendous salt field, but he knew It couldn't be that Lime, went his thoughts, laid by airplane before planting. San Alejo sat prettily on an out-Jutti-hump of the range a full thousand feet above the flats, and the railroad took to sharp curves and steep grades in climbing to the town. Slanting down from a bowl of summits above was a pipe line, indicating a reservoir. In One Operation Walls can now be built in one operation. Colorkute insulating pan-els can be nailed right to studs and joists. No need to lay laths, plas-ter, or calcimine the wall. Kathleen Norris Says: What a Job in Washington Holds for You Bell Syndicate WNU Ftaturai. To abandon a prosperous dairy farm and land herself and her three children in Washington whose every inch of living space is fiercely disputed, would be insanity. By KATHLEEN NORRIS the consolation of FOR of women who desperately to get into some sort of dramatic war work, let me state defi-nitely that most war work in these tremendous days falls very rapidly into the routine, not to say drudgery class, and that Washington itself is far from the exciting center that everyone who isn't there fond-ly imagines it to be. Washington was essentially a small town, with all the delightful features of a small town, until war preparations began. In the last year it has grown spread out wildly In every direction, blossomed with great office buildings and hurriedly constructed apartment houses. Transportation is difficult for the thousands of new workers who crowd into the city; street cars and busses are jammed, restaurants are suffocating, the romance and beauty of the Capitol are dimmed for the time. Girls who get jobs in Washington have their fun and glory before they leave home. The family treats them with new respect; the other girls and boys frankly envy them. Merely One of Many Cogs. But on reaching Washington the lucky er immediately dis-covers that she is merely one of a great number of eager, willing, un-important cogs in a great machine. No, not unimportant, no cog is un-important. But a cog may be use-ful, and still not have a very ex-citing time. She gets to Washington and re-ports somewhere. She is given a desk in an office, and to that office she repairs every day. She walks miles, climbs stairs, lunches in a packed cafeteria, shyly makes friends of her associate workers. To be sure her letters home are dated "Washington," but as far as any sense of being on the battle front, being a witness to great events, hav-ing a share in the destiny of the nation goes, she might as well be anywhere else. The conduct of a war, like genius, depends on an infinite capacity for taking pains. No longer do hand-some captains of cavalry dash up at the critical moments, with flags flying, to report that the reinforce-ments are here, General. No longer do hoop-skirte- d women slip through the lines to kneel beside soldiers on the field. War, as the young clerks in Washington know it, means bookkeeping, filing, typewriting, an-swering telephones, climbing stairs; it means complete subjugation to orders from superiors; it means see-ing others preferred to oneself; it means sacrifice of good times. For there are few dances in Wash-ington this winter, and there are few theaters two or three at most and only a few first-clas- s picture-house- s. Lonely Girl's Problem. Friendships are difficult for the lonely girl who goes on there to live in a boarding house in a small, square, impersonal room, because what our uniformed men want now is home life and simple hospitality. It is no treat to them to take a girl to a second-clas- s restaurant, and afterward to stand in line for an hour to get into a movie. The first-cla- ss hotels are expensive, and often both girl and boy are tired and don't feel up to the exertion of dressing formally for the evening. Motoring is out, of course. Now this is not to say that pleasant things, like evenings in IMPORTANT COGS There's nothing particularly exciting about being a cog, even if you are a cog in an ex-tremely important machine. That, $ay$ Kathleen Norris, is what you would be if you went to Washington to work at one oj the hundreds of nec-essary, but not glamorous, jobs girls and women like yourself think they want. In answering a mother this week she points out the fact that there is still much work to be done in the home and on the farm. Not all this war's battles ivill be fought overseas, you know. There is still the home front remem her ? some friend's home, contact with other working girls, the novelty of a new Job and a new place, don't exist. They do. But they strangely enough have nothing to do with the war; they are Just the diversions that exist everywhere, curtailed, more expensive and much more limited in war times, but inevitable wherever youth meets youth. The point I am trying to make is that Washington will offer you noth-ing just now that any other Job in any other city doesn't offer. You may be boarding in the house next to the secretary of labor or the English ambassador, but you'll know no more of world affairs than your father is reading in the eve-ning paper, or your mother is hear-ing on the radio, at home. And added to all its other dis-advantages is the constant sense of hurry and pressure, the keen com-petition for places, the nagging sense that one has volunteered for the wrong work after all, that per-fectly new, untried recruits are pushing in to far more advantageous positions. Eager to Help. "I am desperately anxious to get into all this," writes Lily Davis from an Ohio town. "I am 34. and have three small children. When we married, Oliver was a lawyer with political ambitions that I shared. But and a series of busi-ness misfortunes sent us out to this rambling dairy farm, 20 miles from the nearest town. I have help in the house, and on the farm he has three men continually, and more in summer. We prosper, but I am feverish to do something to help, and plan this autumn to go on to Washington to see whether the serv-ices of a former school teacher can be put to use. Should I obtain a job I must then make some ar-rangement there for my boys, now aged eight, seven and three. I would not want to live in the city, but near by, where there are good schools and nursery schools. My husband has consented to this plan. Will you advise me as to the first steps toward accomplishing it?" This is typical of the attitude of many women. But surely it is ob-vious to us all and in saner and less restless moments it must be obvious to Lily herself that to abandon a prosperous dairy farm, land herself and her children in a city whose every inch of living space is being fiercely disputed, burden her shoulders with the re-sponsibility of managing a delicate man and three small children, a house, a servant and a new job, would be Insanity. How many tho-usandsmillions of women in the world would thank God on their knees for the security and peace of a farm for the children they love, far away from bombs and battle-fields! Proper Alignment To keep precious rubber from rapidly wearing off the front tires on automobiles and trucks, the wheels must be kept in proper alignment. The wise motorist has the wheel alignment checked twice a year. A tire a half inch out of line will be dragged 87 feet every mile. , Castle in Poem Chillon, castle in Switzerland once used as a prison by the dukes of Savoy, was made famous by By-ron's poem. "The Trisonor of Chil Ion." Ant Slant Ants predominate in number ov-er any other living creatures. Mississippi River Oddity In following its course of nearly 2,500 miles the Mississippi river reaches a point four miles nearer the earth's center than at its source. Home Filtered Air Busy women who are doing volunteer war work do not have time to clean grimy walls and woodwork. New coal flow winter air conditioners filter the air be-fore it is circulated into the rooms. This clean air keeps the house clean. If apple trees are grown in sod they should be mulched and ferti-iase- d. One of the best materials for accomplishing both purposes is baryard manure. It will nay to apply nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia around the trees noon af-ter growth starts or at least two weeks before bloom. Use five pounds of nitrate of soda or four pounds of sulphate of ammonia. Do not apply close to the trunks. The "Cradle of the New World" is beautiful, mysterious Haiti. With its two restless little republics and their contrasting populations, it has had a history as bizarre and topsyturvy as any island in the turbulent West Indies. It was dis-covered by Columbus on his first voyage, and called "Ilispaniola" meaning Little Spain. Attracted by the gold the Indians displayed, he immediately planted colonies. Flavored, Though Edible mushrooms contain about 00 per cent water. OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW AND 11BED ak and chair. Bit. TPwTllfM, adding men', fa, B L. DK8K EX.. Si W. Broadway, H. U C USED CARS TRAILERS USED CARS TRAILER COACHES Liberal Crtdlt Trm JESSE M. CHASE Bur 811 Trad 151 So. Main Strmt Hut Lak Cltj Wholcaal Retail BOISE, rOOATELLO. 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