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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH. FORK UTAH WALKER The Mystery of the Silver Da GUARANTEED By Randall Parrish Author of "The Strange Care of Cavendish' CoprrlfM, BETTER PACKING FACILITIES Economical Handling of Boxed Fruits Demand Construction ef Wall-Equipp- ed If ImMI FuiU T, is r y v 2 ly t h. - s, 1 'i . e "Y-ye- s; VJ- - . .Y A' (Prepared by the United Bietee Depertmeel at Africaner.) of "The construction well-planne- d parking houses is nd esntial to tha economical handling boxed apples In Ibe northwest The recent building program baa not kept pace with tbe demand of the Industry and aevare losses have been sustained on account of limited facilities for packlug end for storiug unpacked fruit temporarily. The situation haa been aggravated by the enormous increase la production during the peat few years, as well as by the serioua shortage of transportation equipment." Specialists of tho bureea of markets and crop estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, thus sura np the results of their a! q'ty of methods and practices which have gtven the greatest satisfaction In commercial operations. Full details of tho work art contained In Fenners' Bulletin 1294, Northwestern Apple Packing Houses, recently Issued by the deOf partment Apple packing bouses may be classified la two groups. Individual packing HIS POINT QUITE REASONABLE A Uood Logic In Negros Contention a te Lions Probable Chang te a Meat Dial. A negro employed at one of the Hollywood movl studios was drafted by a director to do a novel comedy erne with a lion. "You get Into this bed," ordered the director, "and well bring the lion In and put him In bed wltli you. It wll? be a acres m." "Put a lion In bed with me!" yelled the darky. "No, eahl Not I quits right here and now." "But," protested the director, "thle lion won't hurt yon. This lion was brought up on tnllk. "So waa I brung up on milk, walled the dnrky, "but I eats meat now. Los Angeles Times. Tommy Spilled the Bean. Mrs. Brown (to casual cal!ers Why, bow do you do? What a pity you didn't come a little earlier! we've Just finished luncheon. Tommy Brown Oh,, ma, aren't we gotn to have any more? I hadn't had half enough when the door bell rang and you all jumped up. Boston shirt-sleeve- t W refreshing, ond truly healthful coffee can V'. be, until you tr- y- Haute. ea I 1 !. ludae heli IiiiI, mjr "By blood yea, but born In I j tverlug through rethe narrow crack at what land ; Captuln Alvaa mother waa al 1 stood Irresolute. undectilcd t to vealed olihln. They perceived little, a Pole; this brought us rloaer : lay next novo. I felt convinced I aa merely a small, unoccupied room, evl "And you have no suspicion of any at Inst on tho right trail hut how dently an outer office, containing a V could I verify mjr suspicion? Thoro cheap desk, two chairs and a f)ie one who could havo known, and been : y. Seemed to to but ouo ouro method. writing stand. Ilia inarhlna covered. guilty of thla murder and robbery walla; lo "Why should I? Why you aak mo (Wborr bad actually committed tho Two maps hung upon the ' V- murder and robbery, I still dung to tho one corner was a glass water-holder- , lhatr excitedly. "There were many In know a and tha Waldron other diminutive Iran him, that cloaet, all know theory there; perhaps except mat and would demand his share as the the dour ajar. That waa alt, except You not auppoee I know he he dlef I price of a alien t tongue. Nor would that iBdlatlngulehablt voices were con"Oh, do; I merely thought yog jbe, under preaent circumstances, to vening somewhere beyond the parti- might have eome suspicion, that waa 'content to wait very long for such tion and well out of view. all. It waa a strange weapon he wag a division. He needed the money Encouraged to believe this I thrust killed with." 'more than ever to escape from the my head far enough forward to make "A strange weapon! What yon observation of the police. If Wine sure. A step lo the left would doubt- mean, a strange weapon? Do they bad possession of the valise be would less have revealed Wine, hut from know what It waa that killed klm? 'Certainly be railed upon to deliver a where I atom! the end of tbe partition "Certainly; It waa picked up In tho 'portion of Its contents very shortly, Interfered. Ity slipping to the right It bottom of the auto a dagger hatNeman 0. Walker wee the enly jjdy best course, then, was to keep an woud be ftulte possible for me to en- pin, auch as women wear. Bee, It American member ef the crew ef the eye open for Waldron; If bs came, ter without being seen, and three was Just like thla of mine." XR-who eeceped death In tha dl to would no be cautious se doubt the there steps would bring me to the She must hove plucked the ornaeter that befall the greet airship. 'exact nature of hla errand. security of the cloeet. From there, ment from out her own hat and laid ass The etalrway gave tue ne advan-- i with tbe door Into the corridor closed, It on tbe desk, for I heard tbe faint I might overhear all that passed be- dick ef Its fall. There waa a motags; It waa open and doubtless used. To bo seen loitering tween the two. I had ventured too ment of Intenaa allenca, and I could .there for any length of time would at far now to retreat, and, without a sec- vision tha Intense horror with which 'tract attention. I ventured to try the ond of beeltatlon, 1 pressed through ba was staring at tha Instrument, unprivate door, but, as expected, found the narrow opeolng, and silently able to command words. It securely locked, nor did I dart ex closed tho door behind me. Confident "That thing I" bo burst forth finalert nny force, not knowing who might that I hod not been detectel, I ly. "Killed with that I" bo Inalda. The office remained quiet, crouched Into tho narrow closet, "No, not that; but on exactly Ilka no ona either leaving or entering, scarcely knowing whether to be It" nor did I observe any shadow on tho shamed or proud of my success. "Who soya ao the police? CottI RAILWAYS TO FORM NINETEEN froated glass Indicative of movement I could clearly distinguish tha It could not kill a man. Why you tell GREAT SYSTEMS WHICH WILL within. Itaffied and uncertain, 1 bad words of conversation. At first these me this why?" COVER ENTIRE U. S. conwere hardly understandable, seemingbarely returned to my point of "Oh, only because I thought' you cealment, when an elevator stopped ly having no connection with any mat- might ba Interested. However, let' at this floor level, and three men ter with which I felt concerned. The not talk about It any morw You will Union Pacific Llnea In New Group; stepped aut Into tits coni lor. Two of two were evidently discussing money, settle that account before tbe close Conaolldatlon of Large Roads them attracted no attention, but the to be sure, but In terms Involving the of banking hours tomorrow?" With 8mall Will Assist In s and wort payment of Interest, and the Impossithird was In hla "I? Yea, I will settle." Handling Buslnaae n cap with soma Insignia upon It. bility of extending a loan. I overThere was the sound of a foot on Ho advanced briskly, and flung open heard her aay, quietly but firmly: tha cement floor of tha corridor with"I came to you, Mr. Wine, because out and, almost at tha same Instant tba door leading into what had once Washington The interstate comerce boon tba Railway Exchange," and of our connection In other matters. I the electric light which had ' been commission announced Wednesday motioned tho others to enter. As the overheard thla discussion, and felt turned on, revealed a mans shadow tentative plans for the consolidation three vanished, I heard him explain you ought to ba forewarned." on the glass of the dosed door. We that thla was the only vacant suite on "I appreciate your kindness." be an- seemed to stand there hesitatingly; of all major railroads of the United this floor, and then another volra swered, evidently surprised, "but aim- - then he rapped with hla knucklea on States Into nineteen systems and gave notice that hearings would be called said, dissatisfied, that It waa altogeththe glass. on the project In the near future. The er too small for their purpose. When 1 flattened myself out against tha consolidation was authorized they cam out the agent doted the Inner wall of tha closet aware that proposed the set. door carelessly and pressed the eleby tranaportatlon comthe two In the second office were In the main, tbe plan proposed by vator button, saying he would show Wine forward giving together. ing the commlxslcn Is that drafted tinder them something on the second floor vent to a startled oath In hta exciteabove. ment He strode straight to tha door, Its direction by Professor William Z. Ripley, Harvard University, but Even as they shot up out of sight and opened It with a Jerk. some I was across the corridor with hand were mads. The variation You, hey I What tha devil do yon on tho knob. I feared n springlock, commission said that, while all of the want here?" but waa pleasantly disappointed, tba "A word with you, and d n larger or claes 1 railroads had been door opening Instantly, permitting mo Included In the makeup of Its schedule quick" to slip Inalde. There were two rooms, It was Waldron's voice, but hla a number of class 2 and class 3 lines both small, and littered with the fragThe following consolidated systems speech ended abruptly, as his eyes ments left by the late occupants. Sha are proposed by the commission : of the woman. sight caught 'What struck mo forcibly waa that wasted no time. No. 1, New York Central, Including there was no connection between - Cleveland, was Just gotng," she said calmtha I Cincinnati, Chllcago those rooms and the next suite; they but speaking directly and 8L Louis, Monongahela, Boston & him, ly. Ignoring were separated by thick walk I to Wine. "I will see you tomorrow Maine, Bangor and Arroostoos could hide here securely enough, and. then." No. 2, Pennsylvania, including Toby slightly lifting tha gloss, gain good She passed between the two, with- ledo, Peoria and Western ; Long Island, view of tho corridor, but It would bo out so much as favoring, the Russian Monongahela as an alternative to the Impossible to overhear anything tak with a glance, and he stared after Inclusion of that road In the New York ing place In Wines office. At that, her with open mouth, then atepped Central system, and others. the position was better for my purto watch her progress down tbe back No. 3, Baltimore & Ohio; Reading, pose than tho open stairway, and I Wine drew him hastily New Haven At corridor. Hartford, Lehigh & Unfastened tho window sash, propping aside, closing the door tightly and Hudson and others. It open crack so as to afford me e ; shooting the night-latcNo. 4, Chicago & Erie, Deleware, fair view. If Waldron appeared I n girl never locks this doer Lackawanna k d "The some Western, Bessemer & wonld endeavor to discover when sha goes out," ha muttered Lake Erie, Wabash lines east of the means of learning the object of hie angrily, wheeling about to face tho Missouri, and others. visit Meanwhile I was safe enough, other. "Now, speak up, will you I No. 5, Lehigh Valley, New York, Chi (nd able to observe every movement sends you butting In here?" what & St. Louis; Pittsburg & West cage on the floor. "Falt You Ought to Ba Forewarned." "Well, first you tell me," thundered Virginia, end others. Suddenly, when I least expected It Waldron, gripping the other angrily No. 7, New York, New naveri & the door of the Investment office ply cannot raise tha amount today with one hand, "what business that Boston & Maine, Bangor & Hartford, opened, and ft young woman came out It la too late." has with you? By God, Wine, "It does not have to be raised to- female ore Aroostook, Lehigh & Hudson River, She bad her hat on, and I took note to double-crosIf you'll all of these of a pencil atuck Into her hair, and day, but before the closing of bank- findyoume notrying mark. being alternatively to be Answer, yon taken Into other easy systems. felt no doubt ahe was Wine's stenog- ing hours tomorrow." waa sha here for? No. 8, Chesapeake A Ohio, Hocking "I can have It by then," desperately. cur what rapher, who bad finished her day' business." "Nothing, only private A Virginian. "I was aura you could. If I only exwork and was departing for home, "You promised to see her tomor- Valley No. 9, Norfolk & Western, Toledo k Then the man was probably still there plained the necessity." She arose as though her purpose row? Ohio Cental, and others. done. The girl disappeared down It was to pay a note. Coma No. 10, Southern, New Orleans, the elevator, and could scarcely have had been accomplished, but appar- tn "Yes, I'll explain all. Theres and here, reached the lower floor, when a cage ently the man was uneasy, and deGreat Northern, and Alabama & VicksWaldron." nothing to frighten you, burg. traveling In the opposite direction sired to know more. The two disappeared Into tbe inner But I fall to understand your InNo. 11, Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk stopped and discharged a passenger. room, Waldron's voice still rumbling, trouIt was a woman who atepped out terest; why should you take the Florida East Coast, MisSouthern, with Wine Interjecting a word now glancing quickly about as though un- ble to come here and tell me this?" and then. I ventured to stand erect sissippi Central, Louisville & NashShe laughed lightly. certain where to go, and I recognised end others. again In the confines of the closet, ville, Marie Oessler. "Why? really It is easily enough No. 12, Illinois Central, Seaboard and .irexs my ear to the crack of tha We are together, are we inner door. Both men were confident Airline, Carolina, Cllnchfield & Ohio, She started down the corridor, lookNow that Captain Alva Is dead. not? and on numbers for the the doors, ing of being alone, and so deeply Im- and others. No. 13, Union Pacific lines, Chicago then, discovering herself wrong, re- It Is generally believed you will be mersed In their own affair os to speak traced her' steps and approached selected to lead In thla work. Oh, with little restraint Waldron, really Northwestern, Wabash lines west of InEven then she ap- yes It Is; I have already been so Wine's door. affrlghtened at this discovery of Miss the Missouri and others. peared to doubt her next move, glanc- formed. And In that case it Is ab- Gessler, adopted the method of a bully No. 14, Chicago, Burlington & Quining around as though anxious to re- solutely necessary that your bank to carry his point, more eager than cy; Northern Pacific, Spokane, Portmain unobserved before venturing connections be excellent. There are ever to escape the city. land k Beattie, and others. farther. Then, opening the door other funds already In this country." "Well." he began, thumping tha No. 13, Chicago, Milwaukee & Other funds I I supposed this lust desk with a fist, "now you begin to quickly, she disappeared wlthla. In Paul ; Great Northern, and others. was to be all." that moment, before tbe door closed, payment spill. Don't try to work any game 1 caught the sound of a man's voice, Assuredly not; the cause cannot on me. What do you mean by payDiscuss Mexican Oil Levy startled, uttering a single surprised stop for an Instant merely because of ing a note? You owe her something?" Mexico City Local representatives this loss. Moreover, that will doubtexclamation. "No; now listen, and don't get mad. of various American oil companies "You here! What does thla mean? less be recovered." I tell you Just how It was, and Win "Do you think so? Have tbe po- endeavored to be smooth and plaus- have been summoned to New York to Then a low spoken answer, the participate In a conference of the heads words Inaudible, and ended by a click lice found any clues? ible, his voire pitched so low I had of the companies, at which the agree"The ef tbe latch.. She police Hardly, but there are difficulty In hearing the words. ment relutlve to the export taxes ImThat closed door seemed to urge others searching, not so easily turned said I was to succeed Alva, and be are me to learn what was transpiring be- aside. We believe we know already the revolutionary iuent; partly she posed by the Mexican government discussed, Excelsior. to the be says yond; I .could not fight back the who got the money. came to tell me this, but some way You you think . you you know? temptation. But would It open! had she learning of my Indebtedness, that Hard On Freshmen it been left unlocked? Tbe only way he could not keep the tremble out of I have an overdue note at the bank" In which I could ascertain was to try. his voice. "Was was It one of us? Its a tough life, th Philadelphia I know h that? she did "IIow tlie "It could scarcely be on outsider, There was no one to witness my at"I could not tell," apparently sur- of a freshmen. Sophomores at Penn tempt, and, even If some office door for the secret was guarded well. Only prised himself, never asked, but have decreed that freshles cannot take suddenly opened, 1 could quickly find those of that circle knew tbe money maybe Krantz he told her. When their best girl, or any other girl, to concealment In the nearby stairway. was here even, while not more than they tatked over my being glvea basketball gomes this winter. I crept out through a narrow crack, two or three were aware of Its hav- churge of the fund yes, that must be and approached on tiptoe the entrance ing been passed over to Alva. I can't the way, for she Insisted I must Doorkeeper Diet to Wine's office. No sound reached say any more at present, Mr. Wine. straighten that matter up quick, beWashington Henry Neal, for forty-fivme from within, and my fingers si- You knew Captain Alva very well, did fore other money was given me." years doorkeeper at the office of the knob, which you not? pressed (TO BE CONTINUED.) lently the speaker of the house, Is dead. The that Is, we were good turned without resistance tbe latch son of a Seminole Indian chief, he was A half inch at a tlma I friends. We had much In 00101000. waa off. Druggists would rather sell a pound first appointed In 1870 by Speaker Are you a German?" of cure than an ounce of prevention. opened tna door, listening for any Randall. CHAPTER XIII Continued. No nutter what kind If! of coffee you hxvi been using youll never know how delicious, nourishing, fi Transcript . Important to Mothoro pwn . Tv? -- &&&&' w v Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOItlA. that fnmous old remedy for Infants end children, and see that It Bean the Kit'. Signature of ( In Use for Over 80 Yeara. Children Cry for Fletchera Castoria ssSf&w v. ef Packing House. houses, which are more commonly known as ranch pecking houses, end A Movable Type Commuter's Impression. "Is this ah accommodation train?" asked the traveling man. technical sense," replied "Only In Mr. Crossiota. "As matter of fact it's one of the most disobliging tralne I eMer rode on." community houses, operated either by association or by Individuals. The percentage of tho crop packed In community bouses le Increasing steadily, ond though no definite figures ere available, careful estimates show that the amount Inh creased from about of the total crop In 1918 to approximately one-haof the crop In 1919. The Modern Need. Knlcker The wind Is tempered to the shorn lamb. Booker llow about the bobbed one-fourt- hair? lf PREPARE CUTTINGS Sure IN FALL Relief Those Desiring to Set Out Vineyards Should Mako Naoeaaary Preparation In Autumn. Those wishing to set out vineyards will profit by making grape cuttings and getting them ready for spring planting this fall. A number of cuttings may be made from one vine, and after one year of cultivation in a small nursery lot the young vines ere ready for planting. Cuttings should be taken from new wood, each cutting having two to three buds upon It The cuttings are from eight to twelve Inches long, the bottom being trmmed close to the first bud, while the top t of the cutting has two or three Inches of wood above the top bud. These are tied In bundles and placed In damp sand In tbe cellar or and covered to pre-- 1 burled vent Injury from freezing. In the spring the cuttings are set In rows three feet apart and four Inches apart In the row. Only the upper bud of the cutting Is allowed to extend above the ground, so that the other buds will develop roots. 6 LL-AE 'for Bell-an- s Hot water Sure Relief NS indigestion Vaseline Reg U.S. Pat. Off. Carbolated PETROLEUMJELLY CONDEMN POULTRY MANURE! A convenient, safe Complaint Made That Material Burns Crap Because of Richness Solubts Nitrates, In CUtS Some who have used poultry nure complain that It burns the crop, and on that account condemn its use. Others have obtained marvelous re suits. The burning that results from the use of poultry manure Is due to the manure being so very rich In quickly soluble nitrates, that Its lavish use produces too concentrated a solution of the soluble parts. When the manure Is thinly scattered over the soil. It can be used with perfect safety, and with wonderful results. remedy. BmsS SUBSTITUTES SLOW DEATH Aches, pains, nervousness, diffl culty in urinating, often mean serious disorders. The worlds HOGS WILL HELP IN ORCHARD Animals Will Consume Every Apple Left on Ground and Are Active standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles In Rooting. Turn the hogs Into the orchard as soon ns possible after picking, for they will not only consume every apple that Is loft on the ground and thus prevent multiplication of worms, but the hogs will complete the rooting over of every square foot tn the orchard, unless It freezes up earlier than usual Hogs are always very active In root-In- g for grubs the last fortnight or so hefore the ground freezes. This Is after tree growth has stopped and It Is too late to start new growth. anrf sores. A. time-trie- ma- - COLDMEDAL J WAPSWfcE bring quick relief and often ward off deadly diseases. Known as tha national remedy of Holland for more than 200 years. All druggists, in three sizes. Look for the name Cold Medal on and accept an imitation LADIES ertiNOto oeeoaTUNiTY t mrr bos d ti. ewne |