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Show BEAVER PRESS They stood stilt, listening to those sounds grow fainter. Then Steve, reaching into his pocket for a flashlight, turned its beam on his left hand. In his palm was a button, torn threads clinging to it; a plain, brown button. , . . "D n 1" he said. "Come on, let's have look at the trail" The light of the torch showed them the cord and, edging around It, they reached the gun. It was a twelve-gaug- e shotgun, safety off, set for the first unsuspecting traveler on that Sally Sez CODE i of the La-Fan- e, NORTH T T trail T Steve cut the cord, set the safety and ejected the shells. He gave no sign of excitement but when he spoke his voice was somewhat husked. "Buckshot," he said. "It'd have blown my guts out Much obliged, LaFane. . . , And can I get you to keep this to yourself? No use talking until we have somebody to talk to." "That's right" the man said. by HAROLD TITUS Copyright by Harold Titus WNTJ Service SYNOPSIS "Good Stephen Drake, with his son, is rescued from a blizzard by Jim Plynn, big; timber operator, whom Drake has robbed. Flynn forgives the theft, and Drake, until his death. Impresses on the boy. Steve, the debt they owe "Old Jim." Twenty years later. Steve meets "Young Jim" Flynn, his benefactor's son. Sent by Old Jim, Incapacitated through an accident In which Kate, his daughter, is temporarily blinded, to take charge of the opcompany's the Polaris woods erations, the youth la indulging In a drunken epreed. Learning of Polaris' dire straits, and hoping to do something for Old Jim, Steve hastens to the company's headquarters. He finds Franz, a scoundrel, plotting against the Flynn Interests. Worsting Frans In a fist flght, the Polaris crew, by lucky chance, assumes that he Is Flynn's son, and he does not disillusion them, taking charge, as "Young Jim." A photograph of Kate Flynn, which Steve finds, intrigues him Immensely. eccentric old Scotsman, MacDonald, holds timber vital to the Polaris interests. Steve gains the warm friendship of La Fane, queer wqods scout. He adds to Franz's hate by driving him away from Mary Wolf, young Indian girl whom he has been abusing. four-year-o- ld Whan price all so up they make. Oar bills and coins Mem miller, Let's spend oar cash at home, omi friend may need oar bard earned dollar. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY THIS WEEK'S PRIZE STORY day for resolutions Is Ions since passed and gone; Bat every day's a time to boost, To build, to carry on The thrifty enterprises Of the Intermoantain West By bnyinr thinrs for tast and wear That stand a nation's test I Hit MRS. LAURA. PARKINSON, St. Anthony, Idaho. CHAPTER IV At Utah Oil 400 Refining Service Stations In Utah and Idaho Hypatia Hypatia lived in the latter part of the Fourth century in AlexShe was the andria, Egypt. daughter of Theon, an astronomer and mathematician. Her learning made her the most influential teacher in Alexandria. Get Free Garden Guide Book Salt Lake City, Utah Presidents and Churches Herbert Hoover wa3 the only President belonging to the Friemi3 or Quakers; Warren Harding was a Baptist; Calvin Coolidge, a James A. Garfield, Disciple. SALESMENS' SAMPLES Ladies Knit Suits and Dresses Off Now One-ha- lf UTAH WOOLEN MILLS Salt Lake City. Utah Russians' Loss in Wars About 15,000,000 Russians lost their lives in the World war, the subsequent Cival war and famine which followed it. ASK TOUR DRUGGIST FOB . APE MAGNESIA MILK 3s. oS AN 1NTERMOUNTAIN PRODUCT That Question of Eating "When I goes to a lunch," said Uncle Eben, "I don't ax no questions 'bout whur I's gineter sit. All I want to know is how long 111 be privileged to stay." Pf7 Place Your Order Now For White Leghorns, Reds. Rocks and olher Popnlar Breeds. Production Bred Mountain Bred and Acclimated only a short distance from our warm Hatcheries to year warm Brooder. Wa aro Broodi-r" distributors for and Lincoln chick feeders. Write for special prices and cash discoanta on a "Sol-Hot- orders placed now. "All Brredinc Stork Blood Tested for Pallontm Disease. (BWD), by the Bspld Method, Whole Blood At glntlnation since October 1st, 133, and all indicated reactors remored." RAMSHAW HATCHERIES 387 Bo. State, Sait Lake City. Uteh TIMPANOGOS JIATCHERIES PrOTO, Utah Patience and Hope "Patience," said Uncle Eben, ain' g'inter bring much luck to folks dat hears bad news and is satisfied to sit down an' hope it ain't true.' The world market so far has not proved equal to abaorb both the synthetic and natural nitrate. per week will he paid for the best article an "Why yoa should aso Intermoantain made Goods'' Similar to stxire. Brnd yoar story In prose or eeraa to Products Column. P. O. Box 1SSS. Salt Lake City. If yoar story appears In this column yoa will re ceive check for $3.00 $3.00 Week No. 10S W.N.U.-- Slt Lake City Continued This all required time and It took more time to set the gun with proper firmness, stock held fast by those d rocks. Nert, he stripped branches from a young birch, carried the cord back from the gun around that, on down and parallel to the trail for a dozen feet, around another tree and finally across the trail Itself. He took In the slack with precise caution and made the end fast to a stump. He had worked in darkness ; he had moved slowly, he had listened, always listened. And the time which elapsed gave two men, walking the beach so quietly that they disturbed no pebble, an opportunity to travel from headquarters to the foot of the trail where the canoe lay in the reeds before he was finished. LaFane had glided into the light that fell through the store doorway, a tall, statuesque figure. He stood a moment, at some little distance, before he spoke. "Jim," he said in his deep voice, "will you come here?" Impressed Steve had risen, left Tom Todd and followed as LaFane turned back Into the shadows. They walked to the water's edge and halted. "Don't go to your camp tonight," LaFane said. "No? Why not? What's up?" The man shrugged. "Don't know. But a man does not paddle his canoe so quietly that even a dog Is not sure he hears, twenty rods away. A man does not walk up the trail to another man's camp with a gun In his hands for any good purpose." "What are you getting at? Some body gone to my shanty?" LaFane nodded. "Wi.o?" "That would only be a guess. I could almost touch him as he passed but I could only guess." "Well, seems to me that's the time a man should go." "That Is for you to decide." "Come along, then, or" hesitating "I don't want to drag you Into any Jam." LaFane laughed softly. "Hurry," he said, "or you may only guess, too." The sand deadened their footfalls and they went with utmost care. At the cabin trail they halted, Steve laying a hand on LaFane's arm. Just the breath of a sound, the merest suggestion of approach, reached them and they sank together In the high reeds. Some one was coming, surely, approaching with stealth. ne loomed above them so closely that they cojild hear his breathing, so near that both could have touched him. He stooped for his canoe with a light whiff of breath, as In relief. "Looking for somebody?" Steve's words, so sharp, so unexpected, caused the man to gnsp. But he did not turn, did not hesitate. He pitched forward In a lunge for his canoe. Drake flung out a hand to grapple with the figure before him but he was too late. The canoe rasped bottom, water splashed. Steve floundered, behind him. His fingers tore at the figure there, clutching the heavy shirt The move caused an Inarticulate syllable to burnt from the man's Hps, all but dragged him from his balance, but be tore free. Drake, his hold gone, was falling prone In Inches of water while I .a Fane stumbled over him. But a foot had found purchase, a log had straightened; under that drive the canoe shot outward and although hurled himself forward and LaFan swam stoutly he could not overtake It and as he gave up the sound of swift paddle strokes reached them mock lngl e ne night went quickly down the trail Three days later Steve paddled up the lake bound for the wood camp. He was frowning, filled with misgiving. That noon LaFane had brought a letter from Kate, written after receiving word that the railroad conHer despair struction was blocked. had touched him profoundly, goaded him to fresh effort. And yet, what to do? No new capital was forthcoming, no extension of time could be anticipated from Impatient creditors. He was keeping the Job alive for a few weeks and that was all, so far. Another canoe rounded a long point and came toward him and as the distance narrowed Steve's Up quirked. It was Franz, whom he had not seen or heard of since their encounter on the upper river. He pointed his canoe to Drake's. "Howdy," he said in an odd tone, trailing his paddle. "How's Young Jim Flynn today?" A peculiar Inference was In the words and he grinned with something like Insolence. Steve's eyes dropped to the man's clothing and his outfit The bottom of his canoe was smeared with red clay. "Don't you figure you've crawled about far enough out on this particular limb?" Franz asked. A sharp thrill of apprehension ran Drake's body. "Meaning just what?" he countered. "Principally, that the original Young Jim Flynn Is on his way In; or will The man be when he sobers up." "Not a grat deal, that's trm But a man who's careless about where he leaves buttons from his clothing Is likely to stir up interest In other "Buttons I" Steve opened "Yes. Like this one his hand, displaying a smooth, brown button. "You see, this one happens to belong under the flap of your right-han- d shirt pocket No button there; this one's mate In on the other pocket "And even If It weren't for this button," Drake went on, "I have plenty on you. I took a lot of pains in handling that shotgun." "Shotgun? I don't know what you're talking about!" "You'd naturally say that But It's a good gun. It had been well cared for. There's plenty of gun oil on It to keep the rust off and to take the print of a man's fingers I" "I don't know what you're talking about I tell you I" "Then you're a lot dumber than Pd figured on I You see, Franz. It's one cases. You've a of these double motive to raise the devil with me. Twenty men saw me knock you for a row of something on my first night here at headquarters. It spilled a lot of beans you'd taken a lot of pains to gather. Old man Wolf and Mary would be believed in court if they told what happened up above the other day. When one man Interferes between another man and his motive, girl that also establishes doesn't It? "So much for reasons. Added to that I've a witness who heard a man land at the foot of my trail the other night and warned me to be cagey and was with me when this skulker was interrupted slightly In his I made a grab for him. The witness saw it All I got was a button, but It's this particular button. No good in court, likely but It convinces me, you see. "Right after we tried to get more than a buttonhold on this bird, this witness and I found a gun set In my trail, loaded and ready to blow me to kingdom come. That gun Is covered " with The other's face paled. 'Talk !" he snarled. "Bunk! If you think you can tie me up to something I don't know about you've got a flock of guesses coming!" But the paddle, held lightly In one of his hands, rattled against the gunwale. Oh that Steve grinned easily. "I'll make you this promise, Franz: one word from you about the game I'm playing which I admit to you freely, nowor about another man said to be Young Jim Flynn in this country, and I'll have the sheriff on you and an attempted murder charge against you. "Don't think I'm stalling because I don't go through with this thing now. A whole lot depends on keeping what you and I know to ourselves. n "I'm not promising to let this case drop. Nothing like that. But I'll make no move in it so long as I'm convinced it's advisable to keep on playing the game I've been playing since the start . . . that is, unless you start folks guessing. So If you want to find out Just how quick and how hard I'll bear down. Just let your tongue run. I don't care where the story comes from; if It so much as starts I'll put the clamps on you. Get air-tig- get-awa- finger-prints.- that?" laughed. "Won't It be Interesting to watch McNally and the rest of these dubs? And to see the real boss, well pjckled, a shaking, miserable spectacle, come to take charge of a sinking ship? "And won't It also be Interesting for you to explain to somebody how you came to be spending Polaris money so free and easy? Why, you d d pretender, he'll have licked up what booze he's got in a few hours; he's out of money ; he'll come to try to do what he was supposed to try to do a month ago! And when he finds you here, playing his part, even he'll run you off so fast It'll make your head swim 1" Steve's head did swim then, for an Instant It was not thought of what loung Jim Flynn might do that caused confusion. The factor In the situation which loomed high In his consciousness was the effect on a blinded girl, hundreds of miles away, that the arrival of the one with true authority might have. His feeling of obligation to the family had oddly shifted from father to daughter. Steve had kept the Job alive by his ability to give men confidence In his leadership. This was no feeling of of conceit; It was simply the fact But Young Jim's advent would send the fragile structure of Polaris hopes crumbling. The Important matter before Drake now was to seal Franz's lips, to prevent spread of the news the man bore because, should the rumor that he was only a pretender spread and should be be questioned, he would be forced to admit the truth. That would he enough to put everything In a sorry tangle. He studied the other closely, noting the deep pockets In the breast of his shirt He raised a hand to fumble In one of his own pockets, fingers closing on that which reposed there. "Franz, you're untidy," he said. The man looked bard at him and laughed. "What're you driving at, now?" he asked. "A lot of Interest you're got in how I look." mis folks' minds. The other sneered. set-gu- "Great Hatl" Declared Drake."How'd You Do It, LaFaner POULTRY Franz caught his breath to reply. "Hold It! I don't want to bear another d d word from you ! We seem to understand each other plenty and . Just using up more words now Is . using up more words !" He resumed his way, leaving Franz with a baffled look on his face in which a helpless rage and great relief mingled. Drake went on to the wood camp, this new complication. pondering Young Jim's coming would mean more than disaster for the operation of the property; Just as surely as it would trouble here, it would precipitate eventually mean heartbreak for Kate Flynn and this, oddly, seemed to him to be of greater Importance than the effect on such Items as production and credit As Steve came abreast of LaFane's cabin on his return he saw the man and his children In the dooryard. More, the great dog, Duke, was with them, walking slowly about and on his either side walked a child. "Evening I" Steve hailed ashore and LaFane saluted gravely. As Drake stepped ashore he saw the dog's lips draw back, exposing the long, white fangs and then the animal, as If reminded of some important matter that had been temporarily forgotten, looked up Into LaLaFane was looking Fane's face. toward Rteve but the dog's threatened snarl did Dot materialize, he licked his chops as If In chagrin and the tip of his tail waggled ever so slightly. "Walk np and touch him," LaFane said, amusement In his face, Duke," Steve muttered, "Hullo, stepping forward, hand extended. The dog lowered his head, stopped his leisurely panting and stiffened. But when the band touched him In light caress he flopped his bushy tall and let his tongue loll again. Drake. "Great hat!" declared "How'd you do It, LaFane?" The other chuckled, then, as one will whose pride has been fed. "There are ways," he said. 'Take hlra down the beach, children." The three little girls scampered along the sand, the eldest calling to the dog to follow. Duke still sat there but he stared eagerly at bis master, ears cocked expectantly. "Go on!" the man said. "Go onl Take care of 'era, Duke !" (TO BE CONTINUED.) CONTROL DISEASE OF YOUNG CHICKS Proper Handling Important in Fighting Diarrhea. The exercise of strict care In handling young chicks is highly Important tn eradicating baclllary white diarrhea, states H. C T. Gauger of the North Carolina State College poultry depart- ment Persons walking Into brooder houses, rodents and other wild creatures, contaminated food, manure from diseased birds, and unsanitary houses all are responsible for spreading the disease germs. Another source of Infection Is In diseased eggs, which always hatch out diseased chicks. "To wipe out the diarrhea, all diseased chicks should be killed and burned or buried," says Gauger. "AH brooder houses should be cleaned every day until the chicks are seven days old and then once every four days thereafter. All birds and animals which might spread the germs should be kept away from the chicks." At least one square foot of floor space should be provided for each chick. A good disinfectant should be placed In their drinking water, and a masb should be Included In their diet so as to build up their resistance to disease. To prevent the chicks from eating food that has fallen to the floor where germs may be lurking, the feeding pans should be placed upon wire feet frames at least one and one-haabove square and an inch and one-hal- f the floor. The wire should be small mesh. Or size U hardware cloth will also serve satisfactorily. The frames should be cleaned dally. Gauger states that a most Important step Is to secure eggs or chicks from hatcheries whose flocks have been found free of the diarrhea after being given the blood tests, or at least make sure that the eggs came from blood-teste- d birds. well-balanc- lf Federal Assay Office Employs No Salesmen Our government's head gold buyer Is the federal assay office, on tha lower end of Manhattan Island, New York. It takes the crude wealth of gold mines and the gold that other lands send us, assays, refines It, and pays the sender Its value In dollars; also by check drawn on the federal treasury. This office does a "cash and carry and seeks no customers. Those who would buy or sell gold must come to It. Bars, nuggets, dust and amalgam, old jewelry, or coins from abroad find a market at all federal assay offices and mints. "Some odd and Interesting treasures have been packed up and tossed Into our melting pots," said the superintendent of the New York office. "From a complete dinner set of gold, Including every dish used at a formal dinner, we got $28,000 worth of gold. "But all Is not gold that glitters, even here. To our testing laboratory came one day two bright yellow bricks for which a Harlem doctor paid $23,000. When our assay showed they contained not one ounce of gold, Frederick the doctor collapsed." National Geographic in the Slmpich Magazine. trade" Auto Royal Privilege In Nepal, the country extending for 520 miles along the southern slope of the Himalayas, in northern India, the sanctity attached to kingship Is still so strong that only members of the royal family are permitted to own automobiles. By special concession, certain high officials of Nepal are permitted to own cars, but other than these officials and the family of the king, no one, no matter how wealthy, may own a car. Because of thl3 restriction, the country, with a population of more than 5,000,000, had only 150 automobiles when the last figures were obtained. Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative Vitamins Destroyed by Cooking Poultry Rations Cooking poultry rations destroys vitamins B and G and may result In Illness or death of many young chicks, advises a writer In Successful Farming. This Is the conclusion reached by nutrition specialists at the University of Wisconsin after careful tests with cooked and raw feeds. A ration made up of natural feeds and fed raw resulted In excellent growth of the chicks. But when a similar group of chicks was fed the same ration after It had been heated for hours at 239 degrees Fahrenheit, This IndiIt developed polyneuritis. cated that vitamin B had been destroyed. Other tests showed that chicks developed pellagra when fed the same ration after It had been heated to 212 degrees Fahhrenhelt for 144 hours. Then this group of chicks was fed yeast which had been heated enough to destroy vitamin B but not enough to injure vitamin G. They recovered. This Indicated that cooking the ration had destroyed vitamin G as well 'as B. It is thought that only the vitamins were Injured by the cooking. per- All grit or shell hoppers should be about one foot from the floor. It Is an old trios. well known that geese live to age, especially in pairs and " Merely a maintenance sufficient to obtain a basket. ration Is well-fllle- d In- egg The turkey, an American bird, was carried to Europe In 1519 by a Spanish explorer. Ducks, chickens and other poultry preserved by quick freezing and held In cold storage six months or more are scarcely to be distinguished from fresh killed birds In both appearance nd taste. The total annual value of the products of po"ltry !n the United States Is about $348,000,000. Nearly 2.000,000.000 dozen eggs are sold In a year, with a value of Exclusive of ' baby chicks, 284.000,000 birds are sold, with a value of J2fi2,O0O,OOO. Fowl paralysis did not respond te feeding treatment at the Iowa State atrrlcnltnral experiment station. Neither the cause nor the cure for this chicken disease Is known, Out of a million egtrs handled last year by dork workers at Brisbane, Australia, omly one was broken. African eeese are popnlar becans thny yrnw laree In two months' time. They are feathered In dark and tight troy. a honr day of davlleht and art! flHnt IteM combined will keen the pullet thri't? h? lencthpnlng the dnllt fppfltne period.' Mnrntne or evening. t llpM. or I'ghts are satisfactory. A 14 more harm than good. Harsh laxatives often drain the system, weaken the bowel muscles, and even affect the liver and kidneys. Fortunately, the public is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. The dose of a liquid laxative can be measured. The action can thus be regulated to suit individual need. It forms no habit; you needn't take a "double dose" a day or two later. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gently helps the average person's bowela back to regularity. Why not try it? Some pill or tablet may be more convenient to carry. But there is little "convenience" in any catharticwhich is taken so frequently; you must carry it with you, wherever you go! Its very taste tells you Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is wholesome. A delightful taste, and delightful action. Safe for expectant mothers, and children. All druggists, ready for use, in big bottles. Member N. R. A. Is This Too Good In the Poultry Yard Food hoppers should be kept fectly dry at all tlmesJ A doctor will tell you that the careless use of strong laxatives may do for Your Cough? Creomulslon be a better may help than you need. It combines seven major helps to one tue best helps known to science. It is made for quick relief, for safety. . Mild cough3 often yield to lesrer helps. No one can tell No onu knows which factor will do mat for any certain cough. 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