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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION quaint calico or checked gingham trimmed with ric rac braid can you imagine a more charming wardrobe? Useful for play hours and dress-u- p times both, this set is a welcome aid for the clothes prob-lem for small Pattern No. 8925 Is in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. Size 2 set requires 3 yards material, 3 yards ric rac braid. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address Buy more oranges at I a time they keep j j You don't have to cut , A down on fresh foods just because you shop less J often these days. Simply buy oranges in larger f amounts. They're natur-all- y good keepers! They give you protec- - p$!S:5S tive vitamins and mineral s you need, especially vita-min C. They satisfy your sweet tooth save sugar. Those stamped Sunkist are the finest from 14,500 p8S! cooperating growers. jNi&isI? ry item Copr.. 1942. alUomU Fruit Growtn Exchann vv f 8925 VP Four-in-On- e THIS one helpful pattern shows you how to make four garments for your little girl! A button-fro-frock, overalls, rompers, and a bonnet. Each one of them cute and original in design and as easy as pie to make. Can't you see them all in a dotted Swiss, a Do You Bake at Home? If you do, send for a grand cook book crammed with recipes for all kinds of yeast-raise- d breads and cakes. It's absolutely free. Just drop a postcard with your name and address to Standard Brands Inc., 691 Washington St., New York City. Adv. HOTEL BEN LOMOND ijy ;:; 3jv - J 33i" - V r K"yi- 159 Booms 350 Baths - $2.00 to $4.01 Family Booms for 4 persons - 94.M Air Cooled Loans and Lobby Dining- - Room Coffee Shop Tap Room Homo at Rotary Kiwmnis Executives Exchante Opti mists '1 3 (T Chamber sf Commerc and Ad Club Hotel Ben Lomond OGDEN. UTAH Hubart E. Vlilck, Mir. ' READ THE ADS J.,.n1t ...j I... ' - WrffCS "iPff Copr. 1941 hy Krllort Co moinf t$vB-- '&r; I y'" YOUR DEALER -- . - 'L- -! j" ABOUT ' Gt "!1 1 he favorite cigarette with men SPECIAL rf!" 'n e Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast mailing .L'' Guard is Camel. (Based on actual sales records Wrapper """""" 'n Pst Exchanges, Sales Commissaries, Ship's 1 Service Stores, Ship's Stores, and Cantep'l.) FIRST-AI- D AILING HOUSE by Roger B: Whitman s"'"" Roger B. Whitman WNU Features. CSING CARBIDE RESIDUE FROM ACETYLENE BURNERS "I HAVE a quantity of carbide residue from an acetylene weld-ing outfit." writes a correspondent, "and have heard that I can make whitewash with it. . How should I mix it?" Carbide residue is pure lime in a finely divided form, and can be used as a substitute for lime for many uses. As a whitewash it is excellent and can be substituted for hydrated lime in practically all of the formulas, using perhaps 50 per cent more. One excellent for-mula for weatherproof whitewash is made by mixing 60 pounds of car-bide residue with water to form a cream. To this is added a solution of 1 pound of common salt and pound of zinc sulphate in 1 gallon of boiling water, to which is added 1 gallon of skimmed milk. .This so-lution is added to the carbide resi-due cream and stirred well. Cracking Plaster Question: In several houses that I have inspected lately, there are large cracks in the plaster walls or ceilings. How can I prevent this in building a new house with a cement block basement? Answer: The usual cause of plas-ter cracking is settlement, which may be from the sinking of the foun-dations into the ground, or the shrinkage of the wood frame. Sink-ing of the foundation can be pre-- . vented by providing footings of a sufficient size to carry the weight Settlement from the shrinkage of the timbers that might cause plas-ter cracking can be guarded against by the design of the framework. You can get information on this from the National Lumber Manufacturers as-sociation, Washington. D. C. Smelly Containers Question: I have received a very handsome kitchen utensil set, but cannot use the containers because of the odor picked up by sugar, cof-fee, etc. Washing does no good, nor baking soda in warm water, or airing. Whpt can you suggest? Answer: Try the effect of enclos-ing in each container a can of char-coal, such as is made for deodoriz-ing refrigerators. These can be had at dime and hardware stores. Char-coal is an excellent absorber of odors,, and should work well. Burning Wood. Question: We have steam heat. During the cool fall days, before the fire is started for the winter, will it be all right to burn wood in the fur-nace when heat is needed? Answer: I do not advise it; for soot and other products of combus-tion might cause a serious clogging of the flues in the boiler and the chimney also. You would have to burn a great deal of wood to bring the water up to the boiling point. You will do much better to run a low coal fire. Cleaning Drainboard Question: How can I clean the drainboard of my kitchen sink? The dirt seems to stick in the grooves. Answer: It may be that your drainboard is not acid-pro- and that the enamel has been damaged by acidity or the incorrect use of a strong drain cleaner. Try bleach-ing with a mild solution of Javelle water or something similar, or ap-ply a paste made of household am-monia and a scratchless cleaning powder, allowing it to stand for sev-eral hours. Refinishing a Floor Question: I have removed the var-nish from my floor, but find that aft-er using a bleach it remains spotted. What should I do now? Answer: Your best move will be to have the floor gone over with an electric floor machine which will re-move all the spotted wood and will expose new wood, which will be easy to refinish. The floor can then be refinished with any one of the new and effective floor seals, fin-ished, if you desire, by waxing.' Leaded Glass Question: Can you give me the name of anything better than putty for leaded glass? The putty falls out so frequently. Answer: Plastic roofing cement stiffened with dry Portland cement can be used. This is black. For a white cement, use a mixture of linseed oil and spar var-nish, with a little japan drier, made into a stiff paste by the addition of powdered whiting. Or use white lead. Storing Books Question: Is it safe to store books in an attic that is hot in the summer-time? Is it safe to store books in a basement flat? Answer: Summer heat will not do any great harm to books, but mois-ture will be most injurious. Storage of anything in a basement is never safe because the atmosphere is like-ly to be damp. Thermostat Night Setting Question: You have said that the night setting of a thermostat should not be lower than 65 degrees. Why is this? We have been in the habit of setting ours back to 55. Would our method cause the wood mould-ing to separate? Answer: The reason for not g the thermostat back below 65 degrees is for the purpose of saving fuel. It takes more fuel to raise the temperature from 55 to 70, (the morning setting) than .from 65 to 70 degrees. The wood moulding would not be affected in either case. ?Bg By EUGENE CUNNINGHAM WM& SS" ll EUGENE CUNNINGHAM W.N.U. RELEASE THE STORY SO FAR: Much as be dislikes the Idea, Con Cameron, a cow-boy with do desire to kill anybody, la forced to turn outlaw to save his life. Because be was seen with the Raniers, who are wanted for robbery and murder, be is suspected of being Comanche Linn, one of their gang. Arrested when he rides into Tlvan, he Is in danger of being banged, In spite ot the fact that he had saved the life of the marshal, Nevil Lowe, only a few days before. Lowe seenu to have forgotten that, so Con escapes from jail with an outlaw named jelf Alimon and goes with him to join a gang headed by Dud Paramore. Con Is forced to kill one of Paramore's men, Gonzales, in self defense. Shortly after tbat, Lowe and a posse surprise them and kill some of the Paramore crowd. Dud swears vengeance. They all go to Lowe's ranch while he is out. Con dis-covers that Dud plans to kidnap Lowe's sister, Janet. He helps her to escape, bat has to ride for bis own life when Jeff Alimon warns him that Dud will kill him when he finds out that Janet Is gone. Now continue with the story. CHAPTER IX Con rode at the easy lope back to the cottonwoods. Catfish went very willingly. The moment he was out of sight, Con ventured to start the horses back on the trail over which they had been driven. If there was pursuit, it missed him that day. He slept on a hill that night, ate breakfast the next day near four of the afternoon, at a Mexican house forty miles from the NL. His Spanish helped; and he took a great deal of pains to make himself simpatico with the women and children encountered. "I am glad that you thought to tell me." chambers. With the carbine he went outside through a back door and to the corner of the house. He sent a half-doze- n shots into the mes-quit- e roots and stopped Saint's fire. Then he ran to another position where he could see a little of the blue shirt. He drove Saint around the root-pil- dodged back himself when the tall cowboy loosed a des-perate burst of shots, then caught Saint when he was running for cov-er of a house. He saw dust puff from the blue shirt and Saint stag-gered, but caught himself and jumped around a corner. "He will carry my brand," he told Garcia as he bought the town's drinks and traded rough jokes with the men. "I see that when yqu of San Marcos say that you are my friends, it is more than words. I would have been killed without knowing whose lead struck me, I think, but Amelia called. Then Mar-garita let me into her house and the boy came with my long gun. I thank you all." "Those words did not come from the mouth only," Garcia said ear-nestly. "They came from here, also!" He pounded his thick chest and others of the men nodded. Con went to find Amelia and Margarita, carry-ing bottles of the most crimson per-fume on Garcia' s shelves. He was in Amelia's house, surrounded by her small brothers and sisters, when that woodcutter who had warned him against Gonzales appeared at the door. His dark face was ex-cited. He motioned to Con. "El Comanche! You remember me Antonio Salazar? I have that to tell you which will not wait; which is for you only." "Of course!" Con cried. "I owe you for that other time, when you kept me from walking out upon Gonzales' pistol!" . He went through the children and trailed the woodcutter to the corral behind Amelia's. "I was not here when you drove Saint from San Marcos," Antonio said quickly. "I did not know that you were here. But he met me on the road today and I had a bottle of tequila. He took it from me and when he had drunk the most of it, he talked. He boasts always, but more when he has been drinking. He came to San Marcos for cartridges. El Comanche. And for why? For robbery of the bank at Tivan, to- - He moved up the side of the build ing, along the yard-wid- e space be-tween it and the store adjoining, to squat in the gloom with Winches-ter across his knees. It was still early, something after ten. As the minutes dragged toward midnight and the passers-b- y were fewer, he watched the bank impa-tiently. He had no plan, except to startle the gang with his fire, stop the robbery attempt, bring the town swarming out and force the Para-more-to run. "Then I'll send word to dear ola Dud," he thought, grinning tightly. "Let him know who put the cockle burr under his saddle; and how Saint talked too much and let out the scheme." Past midnight, when only a few lights were shining on the street and the saloon he watched beside was quiet, a shadowy figure ap-peared at the corner of the bank. Con stood, carbine ready, watching strainedly. Another- vague shape joined the first. Hardly visible, they seemed to wait aS he was waiting. One by one, the lights of Tivan were blinking out. Then a dull explosion sounded. Con swore softly, shortly. They had moved faster than he had expected, at the bank. He shoved the carbine out and fired three shots at the lurk-ing men and - they disappeared. From the saloon came yells. Con ran straight across the street as men appeared in the doors of the town's buildings. From that corner where the men had stood, be could see in the moonlight a flurry of fig-ures at the rear 'of the bank. They were busy with horses. He won-dered if they had got the money from the vault, or if his shooting had startled them before they had fin-ished. Between bank and horses a tall man appeared, running. Con placed him as Dandy. He was carrying a sack and Con began to fire at his legs; saw him pitch forward and drop the sack. The high, singsong voice of Dud lifted shrilly: "Hightail! They're onto us! High-tail!" He appeared out of the milling group, mounted. Con leaned against the bank wall and fired at him steadily. The horse went down and took Dud out of sight. Now. from right and left of the harried rob-bers, Tivan men opened ragged fire. From the difference of reports. Con Ragged, unshaven, he felt safe in riding into Gurney and having a few drinks at the Palace. There were enough rough customers in the county seat to cover him. Talk at the bar and around the gaming tables informed him that, since their failure at the NL, the Paramores had been very quiet. When he rode away from Gurney, he was barbered, wearing new shirt and overalls, well-fe- Los Alamos bunkhouse held him for nearly a week. Lit Taylor was selling some LA horses and Con rode in place of an injured peeler. He could have had a job, but even as "Twenty Johnson" he felt nervous. Lit paid him off with faint grin, if grave voice. Nearing Tivan Con went more cautiously, watching from the high Ikies like any lobo wolf, keeping out of sight when a rider showed. So he came back to the Lobos and to San Marcos. It seemed at least a year since he had last been here. Only the drowsing population of the plazita was there, so he rode boldly up to the store-saloo- n cf old Garcia and left Pancho behind the big adobe. Garcia greeted him like an old friend and set out the drinks. When they stood somewhat to thems-elves, he leaned confidentially. "You have sufficient Spanish, now. to understand me? Bueno! Then I will talk with plainness. 1 am a friend to him. So are others here. We cannot be enemies and live! But I tell you, Con, the good men here are like trie: we do ot like his try-to- g to take that pretty sister of Nevil Lowe! That was bad and it was also foolish. Now. ranchers who live in lonely places, they are looking at their wives, their daught-ers, their sisters, thinking that they are not safe. So he has hands turned against him which before would help at least, not hurt It may be that he has shortened his life by that business which you stopped like the good man you are." Con thanked him. There was more In what the cantinero implied than appeared in the words he had used. When presently he drifted outside, he was thinking of that. So when a woman's shrill cry of warning sound-ed, he stopped short, not unders-tanding instantly. Then a Winches-ter s flat, metallic report down the toe of houses was followed instantly by the rap of a slug into the wall behind him. morrow night! He did not say to-morrow night, but I am sure." . He had gathered from Saint's bragging talk that the Paramores were already on the move. He was to join them outside of Tivan with the shells. They were taking ad-vantage of Nevil Lowe's absence from town to make Dud's biggest blow to date. "It seemed to me that you would wish to know," Antonio jogged him, when he was quiet for a long time, thinking. "I know that it is war be-tween ' you and them, now. "I am glad that you thought to tell me Say nothing to anyone, as you thought, there is war between me and Dud Paramore. So I have interest in anything he plans. Here! Buy drinks for yourseU. some-thing for the woman and the chil-dren I am riding!" As' he rode across the hills, he considered what lay ahead of him It seemed to him that he could do more than ruin Dud's raid, but n0 that effectively and with he could do "He" was early on the road next was only habit. The rinv but that whole and part of the night lay before bin, for covering an easy intend to show him-sel- f ride Con did not in Tivan while there was light Bain or Chunky or or movement; townsman of sharp eyes and dTrrb7waremnes Wlth i mounted, to look grimly me road untD almost at the edge of come to the rear u when Pancho behind a saloon. guessed that snatched-u- p guns of all kinds were being brought into play. Three riders whirled clear of the confusion, and fairly hurled their horses forward. Low over the horns. they, disappeared at the racing gal-lop. One horse was down, another began to trot off, riderless. A man lifted himself from the ground on one knee and, as firing continued, dropped again. "I, think," Con told himself, "that this is where I roll!" He edged into the gloom under a wooden awning and kept close to the front wall as he worked toward a corner. Down the side wall of a store; to the rear where he could look toward Pancho; then quickly across the litter of bottles and cans and trash to the dozing sorrel, he moved with an amused grin lifting mouth-corner- Dud had got away, he was fairly certain. Out of the darkness of some door-way or passage opposite Pancho, a man stepped suddenly. He was with-in a yard of Con when he said. .Vell" and automatically Con, seeing the carbine he carried, piv-oted and struck him in the face. The long swing carried all bis weight and the fist connected square-ly. Back into the shadows the man fell with no more than a short grunt. He sprawled there and Con, after a d of staring, ran across to Pancho and mounted. He rode at the walk to a safe dis-tance, then skirted Tivan at the trot and came at the lope to pick up the trail of the three survivors of Dud's raid. He made no effort to actually trail them. But the general direction they would take was easy to decide, with the Lobos rising to the northeast (TO COVTIVVFrv There was a doorway just ahead and he plunged into it and flattened himself out of sight. The shot had come from a pile of mesquite roots thirty or forty yards ahead. It was Amelia, with whom he had danced t the baile, who had screamed a warning. She was in a window op-posite him, calling to him to go nside, calling to someone named Margarita to open the door. The Winchester was drumming steadily. Bullets chipped the edges of the thick adobe embrasure and dust Powdered Con's shirt Then the door opened behind him. A woman was there, fat, middle-age- calm. "Pas!" she invited Con. "I think from one of my windows you can Safely km him." He nodded and followed her through two rooms of her house un- - she indicated a window. Now he could see a patch of blue shirt be-- d the great heap of mesquite. wimly, Con aimed his pistol and ' the hammer drop, thumbed it ack aid fired a second shot A tall cwboy jumped to his feet and .hrank back into shelter. Con wished ervuy for the carbine that hung his saddle wished for it even we strongly when from a new position his attacker opened fire on "le window. J?e "epped back and the woman ed to him. When he turned, she wod beside a grinning, wide-eye- d J of ten or eleven, holding out the "Chester from his scabbard. th thouSht you would wish it" boy said. "He told me to bring itu,u0u' Now yu can kiu him- - J! toat one ' yellow hair and blue Comancher E' had0" r.eholstered his Colt when he "loaded swiftly the empty BUOUSEHOLD iMIPITSfe Chromium plate is a soft metal. To clean simply wipe with a damp cloth. Empty fruit jars should be per-fectly dry inside and out before storing. Mold may grow in a jar with moisture inside. - Copper and brass utensils are dangerous to use if not kept per-fectly clean. Rub spot with hot vinegar and salt, lemon rind and salt, tomato juice, rhubarb juice or hot sour milk. To wash rayons use mild, luke-warm suds, squeezing them through the material. Don't rub or wring the garment. Iron it slightly damp on the wrong side. fv. p.. fv. (v. (V. (Y. f . f. fv. fv. (v. f. (v. iy. ft. fv. fv. (V. fv. (v. f. v. (v. fv. v. V. fv. fv. fv. v. fv. fv. (v. fV. V. V. ? I ASK MS 7A quiz with answers offering ? ? lf$TI&fl informa,iononvarioussubLects ? ? ? 3. Rome and Carthage. 4. Continual implies frequent repetition. Continuous means un-interrupted. 5. Lincoln. 6. He pushes. 7. Circles that have a common center. 8. Two: Theodore Roosevelt (1916) and Woodrow Wilson (1919). 9. The senate. , 10. The meanings of words. The Questions 1. What does a Scotsman mean by mickle? 2. What ranch is the largest one in the world? 3. What countries fought the Punic wars? 4. What is the difference be-tween continual and continuous? 5. Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!" refers to whom? 6. Does a horse push or pull in his harness? 7. What are concentric circles? 8. How many United States Presidents received the Nobel peace prize? 9. What government body of the United States has the sole power to try all impeachments? 10. The science of semantics is concerned with what? The Answers 1. Much. 2. The Victoria River Downs ranch in northwestern Australia. It is 10,800 square miles in area. Matter of Habit The man who makes it the habit of his life to go to bed at nine o'clock, usually gets rich and is always reliable. Of course, go-ing to bed does not make him rich I merely mean that such a man will in all probability be up early in the morning and do a big day's, work, so his weary bones put him to bed early. Rogues do their work at night. Honest men work by day. It's all a matter of habit, and good hab-its in America make any man rich. Wealth is largely a result of habit. John Jacob Astor. |