Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE THURSDAY MORNING 18 BELIEVE IT OR By Robert NOT L Ripley JULY 28 1838 Jl Little Orphan Annie A Fooler anoTIis Money TH- I HEARD WHOLE THING- JACKS GOIN’ TPUT THAT GUY ACE IN CHARGE O HIS OFFICE -- BOOKS MONEY EVERTHING-I- S HE BUT LEAPtV UZARDSf HE'S A GAMBLER-AN- D YOU HAVEHT FORGOTTEN “BOUT HIS STEAUN OUR DOUGHNUT MONEY HAVE YOU? CRAZY? ‘ONCE ALWAYS THIEF? A THIEF A THIEF -- WHY THERE'S THOUSANDS IN CASH IN JACK’S OFFICE SOME TIMES r IS MOf weakling THAN A THIEF - BUT THINK O' THE TEMPTATION ALL THAT MONEY THERE RIGHT IN HIS HANDS - ha! ha! ha! FIRST HE WONT DARE AT TOUCH ER HELL BE ASHAMED JACKS CRAZY— LIKE - A FO- Gasoline Alley DIED - HAD 2 2 SONS TO-SU- RE X- The Answer Is Just Because 1052 HUSBANDS AND 2 STEPSONS AND EACH BECAME KINS OF ENGLAND The Gein of Normandy— Queentin 1052) had two sons (Eadwardtsons Eadmund (by Ethelred) and two husbands 'Harold (by Canute) and every one Emma the Gem of Normandy who and Harthacnut) the six became king of England assumed the name of Aelfgifu (died (Ethclred and Canute) two step-io- f Love in Danger By Kathrn Bemis 17 whoever happened to be near them Frank Armstrong was the onlyl in leave her Oh why must he male passenger to keep his head doubt about so much? Why didn’teft jn the cabins will have to go! he speak out plainly about what- Don't try to go down there! The ever it was that stood between fire’s got too much of a start” The fat cook poked his head from them? Afid she felt that so much the galley into the narrow smoke-fille- d was standing between them now passage yelling “Get me out! Get me out! I’m burning to death!” He was maddeningly silent Men In the boiler-roomanaged “Still— if you were innocent" she to reach the other stairs leading to innocent °f the main deck and Went on insistently dragged the cook with them The old anything in particular— I don’t timbers of the Lily Bell were burnsee—" ing now with crackling glee as if “Wait!" in challenge to all river water beJBe threw up his head his tlostrils neath them and the bucketfuls dilated in alarm "Ray! Do you smell being splashed down the hatches and compamonway anything?" Fortunately all the passengers She sniffed quickly and sprang had left the saloon some minutes tip beside him "It— it’s something's earlier and were up on deck when burning!” the fire was discovered the ‘ihen He grabbed her hand and they having paired off with the girl of ran to the companionway where a the moment or with second choice thin ribbon of black bmoke was if their luck hadn't held to the deck curling up were Two Frank “Hoy lowered ojd and filled withpromptlyn “Hey!” shouted down there!” and started down the passengers Ray cowered steps but was forced back by a in one with Frank Armstrong's arm sudden sheet of flame shooting from encircling her protectingiy Stella the captain's cabin Hal had already gone on in the and Members of the crew and frantic boat ahead supposed that Hal excursionists now came rushing had been tooRay dazed byTright and fro'hr'alt directions Kitty Becham to search for her It fainted' Maude Welch shrieked champagne would have been a distinct relief “The boat’s on fire— we’ll all be on any other occasion drowned!” The men guests quite By the eerie light from the ss excited as the girls began to heavens she watched with fascisnatch from hooks along nation the two men from the Lily the deck buckling them around Bell’s crew rhythmically moving their bare sinewy arms' back and NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS forth with the heavy-- oars She ot Utah of Office State State looked with shuddering fear into Road Commission Lake Cttv the unknown shadows cast bat by the Utah July 21 1938 -Sealed bids will be received by dense wood they were slowly apIt crossed her mind the State Road Commission of Utah proaching State Capltoli-Sa- lt Lake City Utah that murderers and thieves work 2 at o'clock p m Friday August 5 best in the inky blackness of spooky 1938 and at that time publicly She shivered apprehensiveopened for construction of a gravel- places surfaced road In Utah County the ly and was brought back to the same being Federal Aid Secondary presently jhe voice of one of the Nos (1) and (1) seamen ' Projects between Spanish Fork and lake “Maybe you folks can sight a 6hore The length of road to be con- farmhouse down the road a piece structed or Improved is 5 608 miles Phone to Milltown and git the bus and the principal Items ot work are He cried: “What wraps you people approximately as follows: to fetch you back to Mumford” he 49 000 Tons Gravel Surface and INSTALLMENT ' m life-boa- ts panic-stricke- life-bel- ts 17-- A 25-- Subbase 40000 Cu Yds Unclassified Exca- vation The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract The minimum wage paid too all skilled labor employed on this contract shall be 80 cents per hour The minimum wage paid to all Intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be 60 cents per hour The minimum wage paid to all unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be 50 cents per hour Plans and specifications are on file In the office of the State Road Commission Salt Lake City where they may be reviewed by prospective bidders Specifications proposals bidding blanks and plans will be furnished at Salt Lake City on depositing $2 00 which will be returned providing contractor submits an acceptable bid and returns the plans within seven davs after bids are received Any additional Information mav be secured at the office of the SUte Road Commission Each bidder must submit p letter from an approved suretv company guaranteeing to furnish said bidder with required bond The right to reject any or all bids Is reserved Cash certified check or cashlerV check for five per cent of total amount of bid made payable to the State Road Commission must ac eompenying each bid as evidence of good faith and a guarantee that If awarded the contract the bidder will execute the contract and give bond as required ' STATE ROAD COMMISSION By W D HAMMOND Chairman EZRA C KNOWLTON Chief Engineer TRIBUNE-TELEGRA- Classified Want Ads INFORMATION DOUBLE SERVICE— All week-da- y want ada are published In both the morning Tribune and tvening Telegram the same day tor on day’s cost LOCAI Al RATES— Jrom anywhere In the states of Utah Idaho Nevada Wyoming this chart will assist you OTHER STATES— A flat rata of 5c per word for Sunday any week day Re- 4c per word for both papers after the first day only Seat issues word Thus 3 davs includcost 11c per word ing Sunday 7 days 8undav cost 23c Mali cash or - pei1 wordincluding complete suitable credit references to insure immediate Count 3 publication words for the Tribune-TelegraBox Number Ads Answers to Box ads are mailed without cost WANT ADA CLOSE —at 6 p m fiatur-day- s The Sundays and Holidays Business Office wiU close other days at 0 p m but remember to get best results always place your ad early to insure full run in all of the early edltiona WE WILL gladly help you write your ad — if you wtll tell us ths details Address P O Box 867 or 143 South Main Salt Lake City Utah- WASATCH 590 —Just Ask for Want Ads said In a husky drawl “You head through the woods 'bout half a mile 'fore you come on the main road Too bad one of us men can’t go 'long with you— but we'll have to fight to keep the Lily Bell afloat “We'll stick 'by ’er till the end Maybe we can save ’er at that” Ray glanced apprehensively back at the dense smoke pouring from the Lily Bell's stern at the- - black depth of water surrounding the at the life-bo- haunted-lookin- g pitch blackness of the wood beyond and wondered which she preferred But apparently it was not to be a question of preference “Cold darling?” whispered Frank Before she could reply he began removing his coat ’‘I really don’t — ” she protested But he pulled her arms into the sleeves and buttoned the warm tweed aerbss her chest She was not thinking of the balloon-lik- e fit of the coat— only of what might be in one of its pockets If she were again the unwilling custodian of Stella's most valuable jewelry it was just too bad Big murky clouds now slid over the moon and hung there like specters of fate shrouding the earth in a vast curtain of blankness The foggy air was suddenly raw cold clammy filled 'with a warning of impending danger Ray was shaking with dread with gloomy foreboding her hands Surreptitiously felt the sides of the coat she was wearing In the right-han- d outside pocket was a hard lump which must be the pearls She attempted a questioning glance at Frank but all faces were sketchy outlines in the ghostly light of the shrouded moon The boat was edging nqW into a darkly sheltered inlet It bumped easily into the bank and passengers began climbing out aided by Roger Paine the first to leap to shore One of the oarsmen lighted a lantern making surrounding objects even more uncanny thah "Good grief! I hope we don’t have to go through a swamp!” exclaimed Edna James petulantly when her shoes sank Into wet sand "It won’t do any good to worry about that now" Howard Booker said philosophically climbing out after her Kitty Beacham stumbled over an oar-loc- and k cried "Ou-ch- ! an idea “Stick together crowd!" he called out as the other boatload of young folks who waited for them in grim silence The gayety of this company which had only a few short hours before started out for a big evening was now decidedly forced Heddie White sang out “Please don’t take R so hard fellow sufferers If I’d had the least suspicion the Lily Bell would gang up on us like this I wouldn't have asked you out tonight But if we all stick together as Frank Armwe’ll thrash strong suggests through this wilderness okay" CIV be Continued) Copyright By Ilam Fisher IKH Roy Powers Eagle Scout — Converging on Cape Cruz ESN ALL CVBi THIS SHPBCTCANDTHBRE JU5T ISNT A BASKET THAT WE CAN USE TO HAUL UP THETREASU By ON THE DINGHT7M) GOING OvER 10 CAPE CRUZ FCEi A BASKET ' : MUST FIND SOME THING EP! By Walt Disney Donakl Duck d 1938 Paul Powell HEY FELLAS! HCV'BCXJT PUTTING THECUtEOaRD I’ve barked my shin! I’ll have plenty to remember this night by!” "On the whole your crowd doesn’t take naturally to this Robinson Crusoe stuff” laughed Frank helping Ray out of the boat “They could hardly be expected to could they — after what’s been going on in Mumford?" retorted Ray with spirit “That’s half rtule through the wood ahead is enough to give any one the jitters" Her remark seemed to give Frank they-joine- Joe Palooka — Home’s Best for Thp Tribune I i |