The Willamina times., May 13, 1937, Page 4, Image 4

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Thursday, May 13, 1937
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P o o r M an’s Gold S miles
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C o n rtn ry Ryi»? Cooper.
SYNOPSIS
Jack Hammond, sold prospector, return»
to Prince Rupert after a spree In Seattle
and learns that a gold rush is starting as
a result of some careless rem arks he had
dropped at a party concerning a gold dis­
covery. He finds that his partner, M cKen­
zie Joe Britten, has gone on north to protect
their claims. Besieged. Hammond decides
to tell the would-be prospectors how to
reach the new gold fields. Around the World
Annie, a frontier dance hall proprietor, has
assembled a troupe of girls and is bent on
starting a dance hall at the new camp. Jack
muses about Kay Joyce, the girl in Seattle
whom he loves and to whom he confided the
secret of his gold strike. Going to his law-
yer s office, he passes a young girl on the
stairs. Jack asks Barstow the lawyer about
the girl and learns that she is a volunteer
client. Jack tells him about Kay. Tim m y
Moon, a mutual acquaintance, had brought
them together. Kay was chilly at first, but
when she saw some of his gold nuggets
they got along beaut.fully He had met har
mother and a friend of the fam ily. Bruce
Kenning, a geologist. Sergeant Terry of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police joins the
gold-seekers on their trip north. Jack en­
counters the girl. Jeanne Towers, and she
asks him to lend her a team of dogs and
supplies. He consents. The next day the
trek to the new bonanza begins. Later,
on the trail. Jeanne is lost and Hammond
saves her. The gold seekers arrive and the
new camp is soon in full swing. H am -
mond and Joe have a secret theory that
tha real gold find will not be on the present
site of the Big Moose river but, on its
prehistoric bed. which they are seeking.
Kenning turns up with messages from
Seattle. Springtime comes. Then an a ir­
plane arrives bearing Kay. her mother and
Tim m y Moon, the aviator. McKenzie Joe
is moody. While they are eating at the
"Slumgullion” Jeanne Towers appears. She
and Kay dislike each other at first sight
and she sits by herself. Kay urges Jack
to take Kenning into his confidence about
his operations.
C H A P T E R IV —Continued
Court iie y Ky le y C ooper
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“ T h a t’s o k a y ,” said T im m y . “ F if-
| ty cents a m ile ; a hundred bucks
fo r the round tr ip . S ay,” he que-
i rie d, “ th e re ’s a p a rt o f th is lake
th a t dips o ver on the A laskan side
o f the line, isn’t th ere? ”
“ Yes.”
"M in d pointin g it out to m e?”
"N o w ? ” asked H am m ond.
"S ure. I ’l l be m a k in g an e a rly
get-away in the m ornin g. L e t’s go
outside.”
1 “ W e ll,” said K a y, w ith another
I yaw n, “ if th e re ’s a nyth in g to see,
le t’s take a look a t it. Come on,
M o th e r.”
M rs. Joyce laid aside her green
c ig a re tte holder and w ith th a t
queer, c o ld ly acquiescent mood
w hich seemed a p a rt o f her, join ed
! the rest of the group on the tin y
. veranda.
The moon had risen,
I s h im m e rin g the g re at expanse of
Sapphire lake, ly in g now lik e an
irre g u la r p late o f s ilv e r between
rugged mounds o f b la ck velvet.
“ I t ’s an in le t, o ver th ere to the
r ig h t," H am m ond said. “ Land on
th a t and yo u ’ll be safe.”
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“ Safe?” broke in K a y , w ith a li t ­
'
tle laugh. " F r o m w hom ?”
"T h e M ounties. T his is a booze
trip , isn ’t it? ”
K a y faced the a v ia to r. “ T im m y !
You h ave n't gone in fo r bootlegging
! a lre a d y? ”
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The tone was je stin g , but T im m y
was tire d .
" I t isn ’t against the law to b rin g
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liq u o r fro m A m e ric a n te r r ito r y to
A m e rica n te rrito ry . I'm not sneak­
ing a nyth ing into C anada.”
“ Who's th is fe llo w who hired
you?” H am m ond asked. C u rio s ity
pulled hard a t h im ; he was sure
"W om en are rig h t som etim es,”
M rs. Joyce added. T im m y fussed
w ith his kn ife and fo rk.
"W is h th a t Y ellow P e ril would
b rin g on the steak. I'm going to
eat the ta b le clo th in a m in u te .”
" I t ’ ll be along,” H am m ond an­
swered, glad o f the change of con­
versation. " I ’ ll tr y to get hold of
th a t C hinam an—”
He raised h is head, looking about
the shoddy resta u ra n t, o nly to pause
as the door opened and a young
m an entered, paused a m om ent,
then started fo rw a rd at the sight
o f H am m on d's p a rty .
He was a
m an Jack had not seen before, once
w e ll b u ilt, but now som ew hat fa lle n
aw ay, as though his c lo th in g did not
fit, o r an in a c tiv e life had robbed
a fra m e once w e ll fille d by the
outdoors. The sagginess extended !
to his features, deep lines about his
m outh, a thickness of the cheeks
a t each side of his nose. He raised
a cig a re tte to his lips w ith a je rk y '
m ovem ent, then snapped- the a rm
q u ic k ly down at his side. Now he
hesitated, as i f w'ondering w hether
o r not to in te rru p t. A t la s t he de­
cided against fu rth e r approach and
tu rn ed again to the door.
H am m ond saw h im glance tow ard
the co rn er w here Jeanne Tow ers sat
and stiffe n as though w ith surprise, j
Then he heard a sound fro m the
“ I ’m M aking an E a rly G et-Away
corner, h a lf gasp, h a lf scream , th a t
in the M o rn in g .”
was sm othered a lm ost before it be­
gan. F o r an in sta n t the tw o stared, it was the m an who had frigh ten e d
as i f each w ere p e trifie d by the Jeanne Towers. T im m y rubbed his
o th e r’s presence. Then the young round face.
“ Dam ned if I know. He said his
m an swung out the door, and
Jeanne Tow ers, fig h tin g m ig h tily to name was Lew Snade. I th in k he
pretend unconcern, re tu rn e d to her w orks fo r A round the W orld A n n ie .”
K a y laughed, som ewhat h arsh ly.
m eager m eal.
"S o th a t’s w ha t becomes o f our
d a rlin g T im m y . He comes into the
CHAPTER V
new, unfettered N o rth and im m e d i­
An hour la te r, H am m ond saw the a te ly becomes a bootlegger.”
T im m y
m an again. The m eal was finished j I t was b ad ly tim e d .
and Ja ck was s tro llin g th rough the M oon’s nerves w ere ra w , fro m a
ca m p w ith his guests; K a y had an- i long session a t the s tic k .
“ W ell, a t least I ’m honest about
nounced a trem endous in te re st in
e ve ryth in g about h e r; she could not it. I ’m not being a dam ned pre­
te n d e r!”
w a it u n til m o rn in g , she said.
“ W hy, T im m y ,” asked K ay, w ith
So now, p ickin g th e ir w ay along
the d a rk passageways and tra ils an a ir of am azem ent. “ Who’s pre­
w h ich passed as streets, H am m ond tend ing ? ”
had done h is best to give a p ic tu re 1 “ We’ve a ll been p re te n d in g ,” said
J a ck caught the
o f the place, its beginnings, its i T im m y M oon.
hopes.
A t last, tire d , th ey had ] scent of liq u o r on his b re a th ; and
tu rn ed hom ew ard, T im m y Moon e v id e n tly Lew Snade, w hoever he
la g g in g som ew hat in the re a r. was, had been generous. “ And I ’m
G lancing back, H am m ond saw the sick o f it. We’re up here and le t’s
d im fo rm o f a m an fo llo w the a v i­ be honest as to w h y w e’ re h ere.”
“ T im m y !” in the reflected lig h t
a to r fo r a few m om ents— a t last
h a ltin g h im .
T im m y
was la te o f the doorw ay, H am m ond saw th a t
the g ir l’s face had gone w h ite ; there
reaching the cottage.
"W h e re ’ve you been?”
asked was rage in her eyes. The a v ia to r
did not notice.
K a y. The p ilo t g rinned.
“ D on’t T im m y m e !”
he ex­
" A fe llo w w anted me to m ake a
claim ed . “ W e’re a ll broke and we
t r ip fo r h im .”
“ T ha t m an who cam e into the m ig h t as w e ll say w e’re broke and
S lu m g u llio n ? ”
H am m on d
asked. be done w ith i t ! ”
“ Perhaps you’d b e tte r go to bed,”
T im m y
nodded.
Kay
Joyce
said M rs. Joyce ic ily .
shrugged her shoulders.
“ I th in k th a t’s a good id e a .” H a m ­
"H o w fa r is it fro m here to W ran­
mond took h im by the a rm . “ T im e
g e ll? ” asked T im m y .
"T o w here?” K a y was ya w n ing . fo r us to go, T im m y — ”
"O h , a ll r ig h t.” The round little
“ W ra ng ell, A la ska ,”
la c k sup­
p lie d ’ ‘I t ’s about a hundred m ile s, p ilo t was g rin n in g again. “ I d id n ’t
m ean to s ta rt any fire w o rk s .”
a ir lin e .”
"Does your husband talk in his
sleep?'’
WNU Service
"N o , and it's te r r ib ly exasper­
a tin g . He ju s t g rin s .” —Om aha
W o rld -H e ra ld.
Hardening Him
She shrugged her shoulders.
H am m ond pulled h im o ff the ve­
"W h a t’s the idea o f poking the
“ Oh, I don’ t know —the e xcite ­
randa and w ith an e ffo rt at a jo k ­
broom in the bab y's face th is
ing (rood-night to the tw o w om en, m ent, I guess, the t h r ill o f going
m o rn in g ? ”
som ew here.”
Then, “ I ’ m so rry.
led h im down the tra il.
" I ju s t w anted h im to get used
“ S o rry I can’t put you up in m y T ha t doesn’ t sound g ra te fu l.”
to k issin g his g ra n d fa th e r.” —The
c a b in .” he apologized, when they
“ B ut th is cam p h a sn 't re a lly got­ K a b le g ra m .
w ere w e ll along to w ard town. “ B ut ten s ta rte d .”
Q u ickly he asked,
w e've o nly got tw o bunks th e re .”
“ Jeanne, w h a t’s bothering you?”
“ Oh, I couldn’ t go, anyw ay. I ’ ve
“ S pring, m aybe.”
got to get out too e a rly .” T im m y
"S u re ? ”
rubbed his hands over his face.
She fenced. "W h a t else?”
“ Wow. how a couple o f shots can
"W ho was th a t m an in the restau­
h it a fellow when he's tire d .”
ra n t last n ig h t? ”
"Y o u ra th e r spoke out of tu rn
"O h, th a t!” fhe excla im e d, w ith
up there at the house,” the m in e r a s m ile th a t fo r the m om ent d is ­
suggested.
arm ed h im . " I t wus a ll too s illy .
T im m y raised his head, p u llin g I could have sworn I knew h im —a
hard fo r a ir.
boy I'd gone to school w ith up in—
"Y e h . I guess I d id ,” he con­ back h o m e !”
fessed. " K a y w ill hate me fo r that.
" I t was a m istake then?”
T h e y’ve been try in g to keep it d a rk
B ra g g a — Does youi w ife use
"O h , yes. I ’d looked up h u rrie d ­
th a t they h a ve n 't got a cent. B ut ly — it was ju s t lik e seeing a ghost. y o u r ru z o r to open cuns?
everybody in Seattle knows it. I f D id you hear me?
Doc io—Oh, yes, o f course, but I
I a lm ost
it w asn’t fo r the money th a t Bruce shrieked. The poor fe llo w m ust use h e r best pow der p u ff fo r a shoe
Kenning slips them , they w o u ld n 't have thought I'd gone crazy. I did polisher.
have a th in d im e .”
feel lik e an id io t.”
H am m ond gasped.
Soldiers make good husbands,
H am m ond agreed th a t it was in ­
"B u t th e y 'v e alw ays been the ric h deed a s illy feeling. Soon he w ent says Sergeant-M ajor Sam; they’re
people of S e a ttle !”
onw ard, again to take the tr a il up trained to be tidy. Then why is
"Y e h , w ith th e ir heads in the a ir. to the cottage. But he c a rrie d w ith their dining room always a mess?
But they can’t hold ’em up any h im an uneasy pre sen tim e nt th a t
longer down there— th a t’s w hy they Jeanne Tow ers had not told the
Subtlety
were so glad to get o u t.”
A cu stom er sat down at a table
I tru th .
A c e rta in grim ness cam e into
K a y was w a itin g fo r h im , as w ell in a s m a rt re s ta u ra n t and tied a
H am m ond’s features.
groom ed as if she had com e fro m nap kin around his neck. The scan­
“ K a y doesn't need io w o r r y ."
a beauty p a rlo r. H am m ond watched dalized m an ag er called a w a ite r
"S ure, not w ith yo u.”
the sun p la y on her hatless head, and in s tru c te d h im : " T r y to m ake
"T h e n le t's drop the s u b je c t,” the as w ith her m other, they w ent down h im understand, as ta c tfu lly as
m in e r said q u ie tly . “ Besides, h e re ’s , the tr a il. Then at last, on the banks possible, th a t th a t's not done.”
yo u r flop jo in t.”
Said the th o u g h tfu l w a ite r to the
o f Loon creek, the m an pointed out
T im m y Moon hiccoughed.
' the c la im w hich he had saved fo r cu sto m e r; "P a rd o n m e, s ir. Shave
" G o d !” he excla im e d, looking at her, a s tre tch of g ra v e l extending o r h a irc u t, s ir? ” —The K n b ie g ra m .
the outlines o f the log-cabin bed- along the stream near w here up­
house, w ith its b e a r-ta llo w candle tu rn ed stones and e a rth told o f the
That Depends
flic k e rin g behind a m osquito-net w o rk in g s held by M cKenzie Joe and
"S o you i ia :i io n e a little
window.
: h im se lf.
change next sum m er'.’ ' ’
H am m ond slapped h im on the
“ I got them as near m ine ns I
" I f I have a little change next
shoulder.
! co uld,” he announced.
s u m m e r.”
“ Get to bed, T im m y !” he com ­
“ And is th is a c la im ? ” asked
manded. “ You’ ve had a long d a y .”
K a y. "W h y , i t ’s ju s t the bank of
Then lonely, puzzled, a b it de­
the s tre a m !”
pressed, he w ent onw ard to w ard his
“ fz io k ,” H am m ond answered. A ll
d a rk cabin, w here snored M cK en­
A fter Her '
along the creek were evidences of
zie Joe. T his n ig ht of nights had
labor. H ere and there, d is re g a rd - !
First Baby
not turned out at a ll the w ay he
i ing the high w ater, m en labored
had hoped fo r it.
| at the shoveling of e arth in to long,
Finds Relief
M ornin g, however, brought a i wooden sluice boxes w hich, p ickin g
Safe, All-
s p irit o f g a y e ty ; everybody had up the w a te r fro m a flum e run nin g
been tire d and excited the n ig h t be­ fro m a h ig he r point in the s tre a m ,
fore, H am m ond told him self. N ev­ c a rrie d it dow nw ard on a slow de­
She »wl given up lx>(»-
of anything Imt partial
ertheless. on his way fro m b re a k ­ cline.
rrlu-t until the Irarimt
fast. he could not help tu rn in g to­
of famous sU-vrgi-tahlc
“ You ju s t wash it through and it
N R T aU rts (Naturr'a
w ard the cabin-store of Jeanne T ow ­ becomes gold?” K a y said curious­
Remedy) But now niter years of ctirorue conati-
e rs: nor could he conceal a c e rta in ly . “ Is n ’t th a t cute?”
paliun and bil.iuauna -w liatathangr! Newprp
■—new color and \
express.on of concern as she be­
sfuggiihiawa and Intmtinal poiwmn. Tina fttl-
“ I t looks like a day la b o re r’s job
gan w ha t was m eant to be a
vcgelable laxative gently stimulates tl»e enttra
to m e ,” her m other reflected.
bowel, giveacom-
s p rig h tly conversation about H a m ­
A
shout
answered
her,
fro
m
up­
m ond’s guests. Then she tu rn ed to
the subject of T im m y Moon’s a ir ­ strea m , w here the raw-boned O l­ druggists.
—' I S O I / U M S S
son and tw o p artne rs were w o rk ­
plane.
ing.
In
s
ta
n
tly
labor
stopped
else­
“ I t ’s changed the whole c a m p !”
Beginning of Science
she e xclaim ed, re a rra n g in g a few w here. Necks craned. Heads ap­
M en love to w onder and th a t is
containers of d ried food on the a l­ peared above the higher portions of
the seat of o u r science.— Em erson.
m ost e m pty shelves. “ E v e ry b o d y ’s e arth, w here the strea m te m p o ra rily
been asking me when I intended to ran between c u t banks. Then men
began to converge upon the sluice
la y in new sto ck.”
box.
“ Buy me some tobacco th a t isn ’t
“ L e t’s go up,” H am m ond ex­
h a lf hay when you d o,” H am m ond
claim ed . “ Olson’s found som ething
ordered, w ith a g rin . “ T h a t’s M c­
ir. the clean-up.”
Kenzie’s I ’ve been u sing—he could
“ The clean-up?” K a y asked, h u r­
smoke moose h id e.”
Jeanne got out a pencil and a ry in g beside h im . M rs. Joyce fo l­
sheet of p ap e r; a lre a d y there was lowed som ewhat in th e ir wake, |
glancing a c rid ly about her, a w om ­
the beginning of q uite a lis t.
“ I can’t get it fo r a week or so,” an who seldom sm iled, who seldom 1
she said. “ M r. Moon is booked up gave interest, yet who seemed a l­
u n til then. I was up e a rly —b ut the w ays to be w eighing e v e ry th in g j
ON FLOWERS • FRUITS
S lum g ullion people and the flop- w ith in her range. H am m ond turned
VEGETABLES & SHRUBS
to
e
xplain.
house and the hotel w ere alrea d y
D e m a n d o r ig in a l l e a l e d
“ Yes, the clean - up. You see, !
ahead o f m e.”
b o llle i, fro m y o u r d e a le r
“ W hat’s a w eek?” asked H a m ­ those long wooden chutes are called
T hey’ ve got cleats
mond.
“ Y ou’l l be the m e rch a n t sluice boxes.
queen of Sapphire lake firs t th in g across the bottom , ca lle d riffle s .
The d ir t is shoveled in a t the top W N U — 13_________________ 19—37
we kn ow .”
“ I ’m a fra id I ’ m g ettin g as bad as and is c a rrie d along by the w ater.
O ur D ay
you prospectors,” came w ith an un­ The d ir t and lig h t g ra v e l flow on
One today is w o rth tw o to m o r­
easy laugh. “ I ’ ve been w ishing fo r out. A n y th in g heavier settles be­ row s.— B e n ja m in F ra n k lin .
hind those riffle s .”
another m in in g ru sh .”
(KJ HE CONTINUED)
“ W hy?”
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C O N S T IP A T E D
KILLS INSECTS
D etectio n o f V irus Is an A id in F ight
on C old s; C olorin g M ak es G erm s V isib le
An im p o rta n t step to w ard con­
quering the com m on cold is re ­
ported to have been m ade by D r.
K u rt H erzberg, of D usseldorf, w rite s
a B e rlin U nited Press correspond­
ent in the P h ila d elph ia In q u ire r.
F o r the firs t tim e , it is said, the
in fin ite s im a l v iru s bodies causing
colds, influenza, sm a llp o x and o th e r
diseases have been photographed,
a fte r D r. H erzberg succeeded in
m aking them visib le by colo rin g
them w ith blue. Thus it has been
m ade possible to study the a c tiv i­
ties of the v iru s bodies.
B y his coloration m ethod, D r. H erz­
berg has discovered th a t the v iru s
bodies are so s m a ll th a t they can
s lip through » “ *11 w a ll, a fte r w hich
they m u ltip ly ra p id ly into thousands.
E v e n tu a lly the c e ll becomes o ve r­
loaded and bursts, the bodies
spreading into other ce lls o f the
body and co ntinuing th e ir unhealthy
w ork.
I t fu rth e r was discovered th a t in ­
fluenza was caused by the presence
of both v iru s bodies and a c e rta in
bacillus. The bacillu s m u st be s u r­
rounded by v iru s bodies before it is
e ffe ctive in causing disease.
S cientists had isolated th is b a c il­
lus found in influenza p atients, but
w ere baffled by the fa c t th a t the
tran sm issio n o f these b a c illi to o th­
er people did not convey the sic k ­
ness.
Sentinels
. o f Health
D on’t N eglect T h e m !
Nature designed the kidneys to do S
marvelous Job. Their task is to keep the
flowing blood stream free of an excess of
toxle impurities. The act of living— lift
constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
the blood if good health la to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function as
Nature intended, there la retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dis­
tress. One may aufTer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes— feel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passages
»nay be further evidence of Kidney or
bladder disturbance.
The recognized and proper treatment
la a diuretic medicine to help the kidneys
et rid of excess poisonous body waste.
fse Doan'» Pill». They have had mors
than forty years of public approval. Ars
endorsed the country over. Insist oft
I loan’i. Sold at all drug etoros.
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D oans P ills
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