La Grande evening observer., September 15, 1925, Image 6

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TKE LA-GHANDE EVENING OBSERVER
... .Tuesday, Scmtenriior 15,' i925.; '
Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Frank
Lloyd Productions, Inc.
THE KTOItY TIHK IWIl Mniliknatlon. Jiff flt inip;tl! to
A, ton of prov.'sliMis mid a limn- J tell tho victim how h hud lnn
Rami dollar-.! Tin roiKcl of robbml. but thought better of tlm
llnii I'hMlfps ever wttln; hciiimm
thilkcot i'as tit tin Ko'tl or Hi
Yukon was indeed dismaying,
Alot frjlmvj will (jnlt and ko
honif, vli (hoii'ht. And yt-i Mill
lips Is not tliscoiintKrd. lie Is
ratlMT woprlsi'd nt Ids own rr
1)otinil aft r tin first kIhk-U,
At Iyca. In AhivUu, Phillips
Joins the rirst vnv( of gold wi-k-pi-h,
liaviny (liat day landed fi-oin
the rirst boat coming north. He
bicntwH liitf-rtMird in the flourish
lux 'Sliel tanic" which "l.wky"
ltmatl unit Kid lr!dj;cs are opemt
1 111; on (he .street.
SUM morlitnttnff Ids plight, Plorre
Phillips filled out of the erowd
nnrl wulkfil nlowly down tho street.
It was nut a at rent nt all, exeept
by FOiirtcny,, for It wbb no more
. than an open waterfront faced by
a fnw log buildings and a nienn
derlntf line of new white tents,
were Kolnir lip everywhere ami all
of tli'in bore painful evidence of
their new mm Ho did tlm clothen
of their owners for that matter
men's garments still, bora their
prlce-tnifs. Thn beueh wan crowd
ed with pIIpm of merchandise over
which lliern was much wnuiKlinjr,
barffes plying n-ffiilnrly bnek and
rorth froin tho michored ahips ad
ami Hourly to tho cmfuHl.jn,
outritu -wnre dumped unon
sand their owners num-mbled them
and born them away to their tem
porary ramp sit oh. In this oc
cupation every man faced lih own
responsibilities nlnKlo-handed. for
there were neither drayi nor carta
nor vehicles of any sort.
As Phillips looked on nt tho dis
order along tho water's edge, as he
etarcd up tho fir-Hanked Dyen
valley, whither a, steady stream
of traffic flowed he botin to feel
a fretful eaicrncss to Join In it.
to bo up nnd going. 'Way yonder
through those hills towered tho
ChllKoot, and beyond that was tho
impulse, and assured himself that
this was none of his affair, l-'or
perhaps ten minutes he looked on
while the sheep-shearing proceed
ed.. After n time there came a lull
nnd the dealer raised his volee to
ifntlcf new pat runs. .Meanwhile, he
paused to roll a cigarette the. size
of a wheat straw. While thus en
gugert there sounded the hoarse
blast of a steamer's whittle in the
offing ami he turned bin head.
Profiling by this instant tf Inat
tention a hand reached across the
table arid lifted one of (he walnut
shells. Thcro was nothing under
it.
"Five bucks on this on !" A
soiled bill wan placed beside One oF
the two remaining shells, tlm
empty one.
I'd us far I'hllllpK bnd followed
tho pea unerringly, therefore he
was amazed at tho new beteoi'n
mistake.
'I'lie dealer turned bark to Ma
layout. nud winked at the bystand
ers, saying. "I J rot her, J 1 1 bet you
ten more that you've made a bad
bet," His offer waa accepted.
lmuHancou.sly Phillips was seized
with an intense desire to beat this
sharper at Ids own game; Impul-
Ik. If.i.l lwv.!.,.i., t.-.li.i
As over the shell beneath which ho
the ' anew the Utile sphere, to lie. .
free arm, Phillips sent the fellow
staggering back and then placed
his entire roll of bills on the table
In front of the dealer.
"There's mine," he said, shortly.
"One hundred and thirty-five dol
lars. I don't have to count It. for
I know It by heart."
"Itusiness appears to be picking
up," murmured the proprietor of
UK! game.
lost their rooting on the steep hills slowly, they flowed up- Its almost
forming the sides of tho cup. lie-1 perpendicular wull. Now they
tween theso. boulders u thin carpet were lost to sight: again they ro
of moss is fipread. but the bio pes i appeared clambering over glacier
themselves ht3 quite naked; they I scars or toiling up steep, rocky
are seamed nnd clacked nnd I c!iuVg; finally they eimng.-d away
weather beaten, their surface iuv u under the arch of the sky.
split and shattered from the p!ay ; booking down from the roof of
of the clement. High up toward
the crest of one of thr-m rides a
glaciera (pulim, 'weeping c.entlnel
which stands guard for u rr; at
Ice-caps beyond. Winter snows,
summer fogs nd rains have wash
ed tho hillsides Chan; tiny are
teaehed out ami they present a
lifeless, forbidding front to. Irav
eleia. Jn many pluces the granite
fragments which still encumber
them He piled ono above nnoto'r
In such tltuntlc chaos as to dis
courage man's puny efforts to
climb over thein, -Nevertheless,
nun have done so, and by the
thdusaudH, by the tens of thou
sands. On this particular morning
an unending procession of human
Phillip m-l.rt.bor con.lnuo,! ,o((1 ,lro,,Kh UlZl
lifted themselves by fuor and by
hand; when; tht slope tns Hl"cp
et they crept on all-fju(V.s. .They
formed un unij-roken, threadlike
stream extending from tintb rllne
to creek, each Individual h-dng
dwarfed to microscopic propor
tions by (lie i.l.e of his surround
ings. They flowed acrosi the floor!
of tho valley,' then slowly, very
pick this one," he heard
himself say.
"Hetter e( me deal you a now
hund," tho gambler suggested,
"Nothing of the sort," u man at
Phillips shoulder broke In. "Hang
on to that shell, kid. You're right
and I'm going down for the size
of his bankroll." Tho speaker was
ovldently a miner, for he carried
a bulky pack upon ills shoulders.
He placed a heavy palm over the
back of Phillips' band, then ex
tracted from the depths or his
overalls a fat roll of paper money.
I he size of this wager, together
mlgnty river rushing toward law- wl,M lho determination of Its
hold tho boy's hand In u vise-llki
grip. Now ho leaned forward,
paying:
"look here! Are you going to
cover our coin or am 1 to smoke
you up?"
"The groans of tho gambler is
sweet music in their ears!" The
dealer shrugged reluctantly and
counted out four hundred nnd
thirty-five dollars, whleh ho separ
ated into two piles. . .
A certain hhame at his net ton
swept over Phillips when he fell
his com pa nion's grasp relax and
hoard him suy, "Turn her over,
kid."
This was diamond cut diamond,
of coume; ncvcrthch-s.-i, It was a
low down trick nnd
Pierce Phillips started, he exam
ined the interior of tho walnut
nbell In bewilderment, for he had
lifted It only !o find it iu!le empty.
"K very now and then 1 win a
little one," the dealer intoned,
gravely pocketing his winnings. "It
only goes to show yon that the
hand " ' ,
- "J)amnallon!" exploded tho man
at Phillips', side. "Trimmed for
three hundred, or I'm a goat!"
As Pierce walked away some
one fell Into step with him; It waa
the sullen, bluck-twowed indivi
dual he had seen at the trading
post. "Ho they took you for ft hundred
and thirty-five, eh? you must be
rolling In coin," tho man observed.
Kven yet Pierce was more than
a llttlu dazed. "Jo yon know,"
said he, "I was sure I had the
right shell."
"Why, of. course you had the
the pass itself, the scene was doub
ly Impressive, for the wooded vul
iey lay outstretched clear to tho
yea, and out of it came that long,
wavering line of nuts. They did,
indeed, appear to be ants, these
men, as they druggt d thems-jlves
across the tneadow and up the
ascent: they resembled nothing
moro than a file of those Industri
ous insects creeping ucro&j the bot
tom and up the sides of a bath
ti:!. and tho liken-.iis was borne
out by the fact that ull carried
burdens. ' :
(To be Continued.)
Bis Money Prize Set
Up for Atlantic Flyer
WASHINGTON- (AP). While
there, arc several trophies in
America -offered tfor outstanding
evt-utfi In aircraft performance,
officials of the National Aeronau
tic association here know of only
one eaali prfae now open to com
petition. This Is the $r..lHMj pri:;e
offered by Jtayniond Orleipr of
New York, and open to aviators
crossing the Atlantic between
Paris or the shores of 4 Krunce
and New York on a non-stop
flight,. In either-direction.
The money is now on deposit
In an American bank and has
been available since , 1 a 1-U. He
cuntiy two groups of avKitors,
one in Kiance unt' one in the
L'nitcd- Htatef, have started plans
to capture It. Mr. Ortclg' for
mally extended the time for the
prise award 'until June 1, 13'b,
Should "a intfri-stop tr..ns-Atian-.
tic flight begin In New yort;,,of
flcials of the National Acrcnuutit
association would have charge, of
the official inspection. vfhe Aero
club of France- would handfe the
inspection at Paris.
Carl V. Rchory," official timer
of the National Aeronautic asso
ciation, explains that in non-sup
llights, such as the Orteig pru
of lii'c alrtraVt ui sealed to pre
vent refilling Officiul -ftrftl ul'.p 4.
hi l k.eo tab .on -tho movv
ment of I nonstop lrcru.ft
turor.gh use of a seal bar6grapli
This Instrument. which looks
like a email box. contains a re
cording pen which works In har
mony with t'ie press-m- of frho
barometer "nl registers on u re
volving cylinder the helgjit r-t-whjch
o plane flies and'tho time
contemplates. tliaojanUlt remains in thejijr
it . via in m in s i i
Jdoney
saving c
Miscellaneous
Cl.y.. toward iPfo a udvonl n. r. upp-.r,,! i,rl..f.y .0 nonpl... ( ' The lruB;;r uBh.d
tlm (U-iiU-r. He votrrd a prutist,
but the uilluT ' forcilily overboru
It:
turn, for that u-iia what tllo golil-
rioia. siKniru.il to I'hllllps. l'ca,
1 1 ft ! Advnturr! tin Iiiih nnt
tb ieuk thi rn, (o tusio tlio fluvor' "Buy. I wit up' this shell 'stuff !"
of, thu world, and ihorn It y ; ' .dnolared. "Jl's my nirnit, and
world, at least Just out o 1,vo trlmmol nvury tinhorn thai,
reach. A fierce Impatience, a hot c'vl'r cumu to '"V town. There's
reBonlment nt the senseless ro- th'1 hundred dullurs; you cover
Strlctlon which clahned I1I111 in his ou cover this liuy's liet.
tracks, ran throuKh the boy. What l"0 "' 'llu' fellow wlnlicil reassur
rluht mid any one. to stop here '"Kly nt I'lillllpit. "Vou heard him
nt the very door, when Just IiimUIu K,y "'" '-y w,m 1,18 didn't
shortly. "They laid it up for you
on purpose, the Kid UrldKcS work
ed u shift when lie held your
hand. Yon can't heat 'em."
I l'lercu hultcd. "Was he wns
that fellow .Willi tho puck a boost
er?'! .
"Certainly. They're nil boosters.-
.The Kid carries enough hay
on his back to feed a team. It's
his bed. . I've been here n week
and I Know cm." The speaker
Bruit thin,;., were hnpw-nln,T l rt Well, let', see how hlKh ."1
that wlilto and purple barrier "kY ln "u'se purls!
n-hlcllnoK..urBW1H.'f1 kyh T1'V?.'W. W'Wk la"ll,eWl ., , ,,,1 ,. "L . r' .,'
a Hew land lay. n raillaat land of."""1''1' whereupon Hie Sieaker
promise, of mvslerv. and or fan-1 Cl" " warnlnRly: "lloosti'rs, stand
clniillon; I'ierco vowed that he
woMld not, could not wall. I.'or
tlines would reward the first ar
rivals; how, then, could .he permit
theso 01 her men to precede hlin?
The world was a Kood placid It
would not let n person starve.
31o noted a rrt)U)i of people
Ritthereil about some center of at
traction whence Issued a hlKh
pitched intonation.
"Oh, look at the cute Utile pea!
Klondike croquet, tho pucker's
piistline. Who'll risk a dollar to
win a dollar? Il's a henllhy sport.
It's imoil ' for youiiK ami old a
cheellil can unilerstiind it. Tlirm'
Ksklmo IkIuos and an edueated
Pl;i!"
"A shell-pnme!" l'lerro Phillips
I'nltcd In his tracks ami slared In
CiPduloualy, then ho smiled. "A
shell-Kninc, runnlnR wldo open on
the main street of tho town!"
This was tho frontier, tho very
ertgo dl'(MnH., With an odd sense
qf .liniYiiUtT lie felt the world lllrn
back leu years. He hud seen shell
liames si circus.. h and fair Kiouuds
when he was much ynuiiKcr, t,ui
ho supposed Ihey hail lomr since
been abandoned in lavor of more
back! Don't Iry to Klve us the el
bow, or I'll close up this Kanie!"
To Hcree ho murmured, confiden
tially: "We've Rot him rlithl. Don't
let anybody rde you out." He
Iut more wcIkIiI upon riillliiis'
hand and forced thu youuK man
closer to the lablc.
i'ierco had no Intention of sur
reuderlUK Ills liluee, and now the
satisfaction of ti-rumphinir over
theso crooks excited him. He con
tinued to cover the walnut shell
while with his free hand he drew
his own money from his pocket,
lie saw that the owner of the Kiime
was suff' rluu extreme discomfort
tit this checkmate, ami lie enjoyed
tllo situation.
. "I watched you trim that farmer
11 few mlniiles aiio," Phillips' com
panion chuckled. "Now I'm koIim;
lo llllike you put up or shut up
There's my three hundred. I can
use It when It grows to six."
"How much are you lictllnir?"
the denier Inquired of I'hllllps.
I'ierco hnd intended merely to
risk a dollar or two. but now there
came lo hliu n Ihrilllnt; thought.
That notice nt llenly ,t Wilson's
store flushed Inlo his mind. "One
thousand dollars and u ton of
Ingenious and less discreditable food." the sign hnd read. Well
methods of robbery
Tlio operulor maintained nil n
ccesuut monologue. At the mo
ment of Pierce's nrrlval he was ill
roctlnK It at na ox-eyed Individual,
evidently selected to be the next
victim. The fellow was slupld.
nevertheless he everrls, d some
eautlon ut rirst. lie won a few
dollars, then he lost n lew, hut,
nlas! the gambling fever mounted
In him and greed dually over
ciuno his heaiiatlen. Willi an
eager gesture he chose a shell and
I'hllllps felt a glow or satisfaction
lit the trculizntlun thai the mail
bad once more gu. ss. ,1 ailclit.
Drawing forth a wall, t, t,,. fellow
laid 11 one tile titlile.
"I'll bet the lllli.p," he cried.
The dealer h.Mltiled. "How
much you cut In th.it alligator
valise?"
"Two hundred dollars."
"Two hundred ben li s on one
push!" The proprietor of I tie game
was incredulous. "Mojs. he aleis
to leave me cleaner than a snow
bird." Helsing the walnut mu ll I., -tween
his thumb ami rorcflng..r.
he turned it over, hut Instead or
exposing the ellmlve pc, lei. he
msnagi d, by an allnevt Imp, velpil.
ble forward litovenu ut, t, toll it
out from under Its hldiiig-plaee
and to conceal It between he. third
nnd fourlli lingers. 'Hie stranger
was siirptlK.-d, 'tntutiMindetl, m
Sight of tin empty shell. He look
ed open-month,,) while his v-all.t
wns loot"d of ils contents.
"Kvery now and thin I win 11
little one," the gambler announe.
ed lis he politely returned Hie blll-
raso to ils 1 w ner. He lifted an
other shell, end by mine slelghl-01-luind
tm-tMe,,f (l replace the
P' llel upon the uile,, 11,,.,, gravely
filliped a flve.doll.ir gold il. ce lo
('lie of his hoi,!, rs.
Phillips's ivn mre nnlek: from
where h" stool he hnd detected the
nmmmer and It left Mm hot with
why not bet and bet heavy? Ii
asked himself. Here was a chance
to xlouhlc Ills seanty cari'da! at
the expense of a rogue. To beat
a barefaced chealer nt Mm own ,nl 11
Hllllie surely could not he consid
ered cheating: In this Instance II
was nier- retribution.
He had no tlma to nimlyzo the
right, or the wrong of his reason
ing nt lust the intention would
hear debate. draining that II
wasn t exactly honest, what did
such nice considerations weigh
when balanced agaliiHl Ihe stern
neee.ssllliH of (Tils hour? strang
er 1 iiilea nre.l to shove hlm away
from Hie table and this clinched
Ills derision. He'd make them
play fair. With a sweep nf 1,1
to you. If you've got any moro to
loss awuy, toss it In my direction."
"That's what makes It so funny.
You see, I haven't uny more. That
wns my last dollar. Well, It serves
me right. Now I can start from
siinleli nnd win on" my own
Sliced."
The dnrk-hrowed man studied
Phillips curiously. "You're cer
tainly game," he announced. "I
s'posu now you'll be wanting lo sell
some "of your out fit. That's why
I've been hanging around that
game. I've picked up iiulto a hit
of stuff that way. but I'm still
short n few things and I'll buy-"
"I haven't a pound of grub. I
came up second-cUss."
"Huh! Then you'll go back
Hteerage."
"(Hi no. I won't! I'm nolng on
to Dawson." Then? was a mo
mentary Bllence. "You sav vnn've
Hieen hero a week? Put 1110 up for
the night until I get a job. Will
you?" ; , ...
The black-eyed jitim !hfsltntiid.
then he grinned. "Vou've got your
nerve, but I'm blamed I r I 'don't
like It," said he. "My brother Jim
Is cooking supper now. rluppnsc
we ico over lo the tent nnd ask
hlm.
, rilAPTKR II
The headwaters of tho Pyea
river spring from a giant's punch
bowl. Three miles above timber-
line tho valley bottom widens out
'ilwiiT(SiVM&- - ' S.
10 Bars Crystal White Soap....47c
6 Bars Palm Olive Soap 49c
10 Bars Creme Oil Soap... 09c
5 Lbs. Cut Macaroni : 49c
5-Lh. Car Calumet Baking
Powder : $1.19
21.-L1). Can Calumet Baking
Powder G9c
1-Lb. Can :...29c
12-Oz. Can Fvoyal B. Powder....43c
2i.-Lb. Can Roval II. Powd...$1.3 i
5-Lb. Can Roval B. Powder'.:?2.59
2.-Lb. Can Schilling Bak-, - '
ins Powder $1.19'
1-Lb. Can Schilling Baking, '.
Powder i........... 49c
rCcU'tonT C) boxes, Matches......25Ci
Federal Milk, Per use io
tall cans -.--14.59. .
10 Cans Campbell's Soup. ---99c
12 Cans Van Camp's Tomato
Soup -"99c
No. "5 Box Perfection Soda
Crackers -54c
2 Cans, Broken Sliced Pine
apple
2 Cans, No. 2!4 Libby Sliced
. Pineapple .......,..65c
JO-Lb. Can Extracted Honey $1.49
r-lb.Can Extracted Honey 75c
55C
Flours and Cereals
RAMONIA FLOUR, PER SACK --$2.29
RAMONIA FLOUR, PER BBL. $9.09
OREGON BEAUTY FLOUR, PER SACK $2.19
OREGON BEAUTY FLOUR, PER BBL $8.69
NONE TO EQUAL FLOUR, PER SACK $2.09
NONE TO EQUAL FLOUR, PER BBL : $8.29
FINE OR COARSE GRAHAM FLOUR, PER SACK 49c
MOTHER'S OATS, PER PKG...: 35c
POST TOASTIES OR CORN FLAKES, PER PKG 10c
2 PKGS. SHREDDED WHEAT -...25c
.''CARNATION PREMIUM OATS, PER PKG.L 39c
. CARNATION PREMIUM WHEAT-FLAKES, PER PKG.....39c
2 lb. Roll Creamery Butter
1 lb. Roll Creamery Butter
Cane Sugar, per cwt.
50 lbs. Cane Sugar
25 lbs. Cane Sugar
12 y2 lbs. Cane Sugar
4 cans Delicia Sandwich Spread
$1.05
53c
$6.84
$3.54
$1.84
$1.00
49c
Cash
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