The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1933, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933 The Bismarck Tribune)" time which the shorter working Independent Newspa week has brought them. Tus erates OLcEeE” She found one working woman sit- ting on @ porch and shot the question ‘I just set,” said the woman. “When and set.” And that seems to say it very well. Probably it would be a fine thing if ordinary folk flocked to symphony concerts and art museums en masse, or took up painting as « hobby, or at- tended all available lectures, or de- 20] Voted themselves to good works. But they won't. They'll patronize amusement parks and ball games and Advance by carrier, per year ......97.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- Daily by mail, per year (in | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions, Address Dr, William Brady, in care of this newspaper. FEAR, HEALTH, CHARACTER AND'needs the assurance which only a HABIT \ wane oh of ha Leben tf of the sul ves. ave struggled long neAt frat Blush it might geem thet ® with the problem of how to teach this province talking about character, but Physiology to the wiseacre popula- after all character is determined tion and like the mountain that la- largely by health; all the teachings bored I have brought forth a wee little ||FARM LEADERS MAY M. Robidou, 328 Seventh St. Ger- aldine Wyciskala took the part of Santa Claus and distributed the gifts which were placed under a lighted Christmas tree. Seasonal decorations were used throughout the room and giso in the luncheon appointments. The first meeting of the new year will be with rte ae on Jan, 4, * Mrs. Mell Pollard leaves Friday evening for Spokane, Wash., to visit during the holidays with her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, John Caplice. ek & Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Deragisch, 225 Rosser Avenue, West, and their baby Gaughter, Mary Ellen, left Friday for @ visit with Mr, Deragisch’s parents, ASK HUGE SUM FOR LIVESTOCK GROWERS Propose $200,000,000 Fund to Finance Production Con- trol for Industry Washington, Dec. 23.—(7)—Farm outaide of Bismarck) ......... 5.00 forth Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation —— Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to.the use for Se ik movies, they'll use their autos more, Of hygiene or rules of health are con- booklet which, I think, contains all ‘sistent with and the study of and the assurance the victim requires to} they'll stay home and putter around the house; and many of them will be content to “just set.” And most of them, “just setting,” will contrive to be happy, which is after all the important thing. Farthest South Add to the other records which being rolled up for the edification of so-called modern civilization, that of Old Sol who has been swinging jobedience to them is conducive to good morals as well as good health. It is a well recognized fact that the \cultivation of bad habits is not only due to weak will, lack of character, ;but also tends to weaken the will and jcharacter. It is a vicious circle. This \is the reason why all teachers, wheth- er their concern is the mind, the body Pledging the boy or girl against the first cigarette or the first drink. There has never been a time when parents, teachers or others who have overcome his habit. Send a dime (not stamps) and a stamped envelope aring your address, and ask for the booklet “The Constipation Habit.” ‘When you receive the booklet, read it over not just hurriedly, but leisure- ly and thoughtfully. If you come up- on anything you don’t quite savvy, take it up with me by letter and we'll are'or the soul, make such a point of tty to smooth out the path for you— that is, if you are sincere about it. Don’t start any strikes or anything like that until you are sure you're right. Then go ahead, and le’me giving light and warmth to the earth. | At this season, when many turn! homeward for the holiday season, the | sun also comes to journey’s end,| reaching the point farthest south in| his orbit, known as the Winter sol- | ‘stice, Modern human beings have no fear as the days grow shorter daily. Science and the experience of time have shown them that the sun fol- lows a well-ordered plan and swings just so far and no farther. One can imagine that it was not always thus and that, in the dark Uncle Sam’s Business Policies on Trial ‘When the administration turned its fttention recently to the nation’s communications systems—its tcle- phones, wireless, telegraph and radio networks — Washington dispate hes pointed out that three courses were open to it. It could leave everything just as it is. through the akles for untold ages. 21. influence over children could do|have the good word when you've won more good than they can right now | Your victory. by exacting such pledges from every | child. By child I mean any individual who has not yet attained full adult development and presumably adult in-| Please tell me how to exterminate dependence. Many children do not the pest called “silverfish.” ‘They attain such independence much be- | seem to eat paper, curtains, ete. (V. A.,/ fore the age of 25 years. » QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Silverfish One of the D. D. 8.) saddest spectacles in life is the youth Answer—Boll a pint of flour in wa- who smokes, drinks, gambles and en- ter, with one-half ounce of white tertains wild women at the expense arsenic, into a thin paste. Dip pieces; of the fools who support him. of cardboard in the poison paste, and | Every one knows that the breaking insert them in crevices or cracks about | of a habit which proves injurious or the mantel, behind washboard, round | which handicaps the individual in any bookshelves, in bottoms of drawers, | way requires an effort of will, and of- wherever the silverfish hide. But be ten the victim needs the help of oth- careful not to leave the poison where| purchasing power or from restriction ers in his fight against the habit; es- children or pets can get hold of it, leaders meeting Friday with Secre- tary Wallace considered asking gress for ® $200,000,000 fund to fi- nance production control for the dairy and beef cattle industries. Wallace Friday telegraphed mem- bers of the senate and house agri- cultural commit governors of leading dairy and beef cattle produc- ing states and other members of con- ea ee ee posal, He declared an acute dairy and ** * beef price situation requires immedi-|_ Holiday guests at the home of R. ate action and said the farm leaders B. Murphy, 312 Avenue A. West, are Proposed the $200,000,000 fund to sup-; his sons, Lloyd who is 8 student at plement rectipts from the University of North Dakota taxes to finance the production ad-|Bruce who is stationed at Atlanta, justment plan. Ga., with tre Reconstruction Finance ‘This proposal would require amend-/corporation. Both arrived Thursday ing the farm act to make beef a basic/evening. Bruce will remain in Bis- commodity. marck until after the first of the As in the case of cotton, wheat,/year. corn, hogs and tobacco, Wallace said, the dairy and beef plan would call for benefit payments to farmers in return for their cooperation in re- ducing production to eliminate sure pluses which have been burdening the market and causing chaotic con- ditions. Wallace and Chester C. administrator, em} lution of the dairy problems can come only from an increase in consumer Mr. and Mrs, Edward Deragisch, at Stillwater, Minn. They will return after New Year's day. * ek * Mr, and Mrs. L. W. McLean, 212% Main avenue, have as their guest their son, Lester 8. McLean, who ar- rived Thursday evening from the University of North Dakota, where Lay enrolled in the School of Medi- e, * kK William 8. Moeller and A. A, Mayer will leave Saturday afternoon for Devils Lake, where Mr. Moeller is to spend Christmas with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Moeller, Mr. ‘Meyer will go on to Grand Forks to visit his brother-in-law and sister, Mr, end Mrs. W. C. Todd, and later will join Mr. Moeller at Devils Lake to return to Bismarck late Christmas day. Davis, farm that so- nd| they can continue to lay during the of production, ae It could set up an inclusive mono- poly under fairly strict government supervision. Seen Shek Sw orsia eine wes oe pecially the moral support and en-| Proper Food mon, the inhabitants were constant- ly in fear and trembling lest Old Sol continue his southward journey and couragement other persons may give him. ‘Were it not for physics no one has @ chronic coltis of long standing | Products lags behind prices of things Can you give a general idea what would be proper food for a person who It could take the whole business over under a atraight-out government ownership and operation scheme. Significantly, it was reported that the preponderating sentiment in the administration leaned toward the sec- ond of these three courses. All this is interesting, not only be- cause the fate of @ very large indus- try is involved, but because this par- ticular case is a pretty good sample of the choices open to us in connec- tion with all industry. No matter what we choose to call leave the world in cold and darkness. Science tells us that the sun is losing weight at some 250,000,000 tons & day and someday may become one! of those dark stars about which we, occasionally read. But that time is far in the distance and need not take | place with the immediate worries of | human kind. | The solstice technically marks the begirming of winter, which brings | us no joy, but all are glad that the) days soon will be longer again. One | never thinks to be grateful for the would have the constipation habit... . . (W. H.C) Were it not for physics there would| Answer—Some general information be no such difficulty to contend with. is given in the booklet “Guide to Were it not for physics, an occasional Right Eating.” Ask for a copy and delay of a day or a week in the func- inclose a dime (not stamps) and a tion would cause no trouble whatever. stamped envelop bearing your address. It is the interference that does all Hypo Antidote for Monoxide the harm—that, and the false notion! Employed in garage and inhale a that by resorting to salts, laxative good deal of monoxide gas each day. drugs, enemas and the like, one can Is there anything I can take or do to |readjust or regulate a mechanism counteract the effects on the body? that has been deranged by wrong liv- (L. F. G.) jing. Man is the prize fool of the uni-| Answer—Yes, each evening or each verse about this. Other animals, even alternate evening take half a tea- | in captivity or in service to man, nev- spoonful of photographer’s hypo (so- er have such troubles unless their dium hyposulphite, also called thio- idiotic masters choose to impose the sulphate) dissolved in half a glassful Eleven members of Troop 3, Junior Catholic Daughters of America, had a Christmas party Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Lee, 514 First St., with Miss Margaret Lee as hostess, Rev. Father A. Fee- han was a special guest. The Christ- mas theme predominated in the party which was closed with an ex- change of gifts and serving of re- freshments. Miss Odele Venne, 600 Main avenue, - leader of the troop. * * The proposed plan, they said, would help to carry dairy producers over the period when demand for their they buy. Sathre and Heder to Defend Court Action Attorney General P, O. Sathre and Assistant Attorney General J. H. Heder, commerce counsel for the North Dakota railroad commission, will defend the state embargo law at a hearing to be held next Thursday before one circuit and two district court judges of the federaj court in St. Paul. The action has been filed in federal court at Fargo in behalf of a group of The choir and Evening Guild of St. George's Episcopal church honored Miss Harriet Lane, 504 Broadway Avenue, West, who is to be married Dec, 30, at a bridge party given after choir practice Thursday evening at the parish house. There were players for four tables and honors went to 6 * Bome scientists still believe that Perpetual motion is possible. The perpetual attempt at it is proof enough, ze * I owe my long life to exercise and shower baths—August Hecksher, New York realtor. xk * The United States is a natural sur- plus-producing country. No govern- ment can deny or defy the laws of nature. We can’t compel our people to cease producing, nor can we deny the fertility of the soil.—Representa- se W. Wadsworth of New ‘or Feed Poultry Grain, N.D.A.C. Recommends “Heavy grain feeding for poultry at correct this season is essential in try management in order that the birds maintain body weight so that cold weather,” says George P, Good- FORBI ty P Benya the must ponctrate the lane of the hostile, Rlosohee Indiane,> Gur SYNO! will not protect her. with Paul Clair, te on the tratt of Igor Kara- khan, international crook, At a pass, the Uttle party te attacked by the Elogohece. but esoapes, Now Curt ta standing unprotect od af the edge of the water. trying io about @ truce with the Indians, hid- on @ narrow stretch of the river, Chapter 28 COWARD'S SHOT 'URT saw & move or two yonder in the drift, but not an arrow came at him, Calling across to them im the Chinook jargon, he tried to work up @ palaver. ... His party came as friends. He was not after furs or the yellow gold of the creek beds. He intended to stay only a short moon in the Lilluar ranges. He had ordered his men not to lift the shoot- stick against the Klosohees. Why earl of the North Dakota Agricultural College poultry department. Poultry depend upon their feed as @ source of heat and it is the grain portion of the ration that supplies the carbohydrates and fats and are turned into body heat, Goodearl explains, Nearly all farm-raised grains can be used in feeding the hens, but corn is the most efficient in supplying heat. The amount of grain that a group of hens will consume varies, but where the grain is fed in the litter it is gen- erally recommended that 12 to 14 pounds of scratch grain per 100 hens be fed daily. It is essential that ts birds go to roost with full crops. Therefore, usually two-thirds of the daily ration of scratch grain is fed late in the afternoon; the other one- third can be thrown into the litter in the morning. During recent years some jo men have followed the practice of hopper feeding grain as well as mash to pullets. Grain is then available at all times and each bird is its own judge of the amount it can consume. As & result of careless harvesting and handling of potatoes».North Dae kota potato growers suffer an annual loss of one quarter million dollars, Improved handling and harvesting methods would eliminate most of this loss. DDEN VALLEY. ittiom Bynon Mowers H Bases hours north of the pass they, came to a place where the Lik luar spread out into a big lakelik widening. Though the day was still! young, Curt decided to camp at once. He stood up and looked the lake: over. It was dotted with little} islands, some wooded, come With his glasses he studied t small ones that lay isolated out be the middle. One was a etrip of mud) covered with red willows. The other, fifty yards to the east, was a mere, half-acre of pea-gravel and boulders. It was free of timber, the Indian's own element; he could build a bar ricade of those rocks; and the thousand yards of open water all around made a surprise attack im- possible. . He led the way over, landed, and set his party to work. They cooked a meal, repaired the canoes, brought @ small raft of fuel logs from a wooded island, pitched the tents, built a tiny fort of the boulders, and made sentry boxes on the north and west beaches. Mrs. Paul Homan, 302 Fourteenth the policies which go to make up the 8t. The combined groups presented New Deal, it is pretty clear that even: {elevators operating in the state. Gov. lew ; pre! ar even- natural phenomena which determine evils of physics upon them. of water, sweetened and flavored as William Langer and members of the then should the Klosohees try to his existence until he thinks what| Any victim of the constipation ha- you like. N the east shore of the lake a tually the government's attitude to- ‘ward industry in general will have to follow one of these three lines. The choice will depend less on the ideas of the officials at Washington than on the sentiment of the coun- try as a whole. In the last analysis, the administration can do only what the mass of Americans want it to do; and the question now is, What do the American people want? There are grounds for suspecting that the ordinary citizen has his doubts about the wisdom of going ahead with the old system of every man for himself. On the other hand, there is very little reason to believe that there is any widespread demand for government ownership. But the remaining choice — mono- poly under government control—is something so new, and contains 60 many chances to make mistakes, that Plenty of people have their doubts about it, also. The truth of the matter probably is that the ordinary citizen hasn't made would happen if they failed to per- bit who hopes to break the habit) (Copyright 1933, John F. Dille Co.) sist. Showdown Wanted It might be a good thing for every- body concerned if the courts finally should have to pass on the argument between the National Recovery Ad- ministration and the Weirton Steel Co. over election of the steel com- Pany's employe representatives. As General Johnson said, when steel company officials refused to let NRA men supervise the election, “If we haven't authority, the sooner we find it out, the better.” This is perfectly true. Sooner or later, in the working out of the recov- ery program, the exact extent of the NRA’s powers must be settled by the courts, once and for all. The settlement might just as well come now. Then, whichever way it is decided, the NRA authorities at least will know just where they stand legally. And so will the rest of us. SAYS OUWA BOARD | ORDERED EFFORT | TOMURDER FATHER ‘Arizona Girl Held as Sequel to Strange Sheoting of Parent on Ranch St. Johns, Ariz., Dec. 22.—(?)—Pun- ishment for a 15-year-old girl who admitted shooting her father at the instigation of her mother’s Ouija board was considered by authorities here Friday. After the girl, Mattie Turley, plead- ed guilty to a charge of attempted murder, County Attorney J. Smith Gibbons recommended she be sent to the state industrial school for six years, ‘The mother, Mrs. Dorothea Irene [SILVER PURCHASES | SEEN AS MEANS 10 COMMODITY DOLLAR Experts, However, Are in Sharp Disagreement on Details of Proposal Washington, Dec. 22.—()—Addition of silver to the money base, a primary result of the president’s project to buy the nation’s silver production, is seen by experts who have advised on the current gold policy, as a means of attaining the dollar of constant pur- shoeing Power advocated by the presi- nt The more immediate and obvious effects of silver purchases will be to add some $15,000,000 in silver to the up his mind yet. Fortunately, he still Encouraging Barometer das plenty of time to decide. Figures on shipping through the For the program now being follow-| Sault Ste. Marie canal during the last ed is in the nature of a proving|year provide new evidence that busi- ground. We are going to see how/ness is recovering. these things work out in actual prac-| This canal, connecting Lake Su- tice. perior with the lower lakes, is closed Certain parts of the NRA will let|for the season now. And it is reveal- ‘us see how monopoly under federal/ed that during 1933 more traffic pass- supervision works; such things as the|ed through it than in any of the last. ‘Muscle Shoals experiment will give|three years—a total, to be exact, of us a look at government operation; |slightly more than 40,000,000 tons of our own memories will tell us about) freight. the let-things-alone plan. An interesting angle to this is the By the time the present adminis-|fact that nearly all this freight con- tration is due to go before the elec-| sisted of bulk commodities—iron, ore, torate for a verdict, we ought to be|coal and grain. ready to decide which scheme we| The business done at the “Soo” wish to adopt as a settled long-range|canal is a pretty fair barometer of policy. general business conditions. On the basis of 1933 figures, we are justified Uplifters Now Worry in believing that the long-awaited up- About Our Leisure turn is under way, Just as if we didn’t have plenty of Other things to think about, some of i 4 a ees fo t, some of! Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. ‘They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policie: Many States Will Share (Duluth Herald) Wisconsin and Michigan —should gery United States gov- ‘The five-day week already is be-|¢rnment to help bear the burden of coming fairly common; glimmering | "ebullding the forests? the horizon is that dream of the Certainly it is. The forests of these - states were cut off to build the houses technocrats of @ society in which two/ and barns not only of these states but or three hours’ work a day will be all Missouri i ; PEEELES tH it ant He f t | : g 2 : i oH ty FR i $29,000,000 now in circulation and, many economists agree, to stimulate temporarily, at least, commodity and security prices. Beyond these two consequences ex- perts find themselves in conflict on almost every point. The argument ranges from abso- lute denial that silver remonetization will affect prices for more than a few days to the statements of men such as Prof. G. F. Warren, one of the ma- Jor influences back of present money Policies, that by altering silver along with gold prices any desired commodi- ty price level may be attained. Book Tells About It Warren's ideas, as stated in his book “Prices,” envisage the use of silver as money with gold, and the varying of the relations between them so as to provide a more stable money based on two precious metals instead of one. Whether or not the president has such @ plan in view, it was pointed out that his proclamation carefully preserves the right to modify the present legal ratio between gold and silver. By law, it takes about 16 silver dol- lars to buy one gold dollar. In fact, however, it would take about 50 ounces of silver to buy one ounce of gold. The price of silver on the new government, market at 64.5 cents an ounce is but one-fiftieth of the government's $34 gold price. That the direct addition of $15,- 000,000 to the circulating medium in one year, which would result from the present plan, would have a negligible effect on prices is generally agreed. Further general acceptance is found Turley, held as an accomplice, denied the Ouija board seance in which the shooting was allegedly ordered so that she would be free to marry “a young cowboy.” Her petition for freedom on & writ of habeas corpus was set for hearing Tuesday. The victim of the shooting, E. J. Turley, chief gunner’s mate of the naval reserve, was in the navy hos- pital at San Diego, Cal., to which he was taken by airplane. Physicians said the wound in his hip still was under examination. Miss Turley testified at her mother’s hearing in justice court that she followed her father to the corral of their ranch home and took careful aim at his back with a shotgun. She said she lost her nerve but, after thinking “how much it would mean” to her mother, raised the gun again and fired, “Mother told me that the Ouija board could not be denied,” she tes- tified, “and that I would not even be arrested for doing it.” Industries Loan to State Bank Is Asked Dec, 22.—(7)—North to finance a state-owned industrial program will take the form of a request for a loan to the Bank ef North Dakota with the proposed in- dustries pledged as securities, it was said Friday by A. C. Townley, author of the plan. Townley made the announcement Miss Lane with an electric toaster be- fore refreshments were served. Mrs. Anne Orchard, Tribune apartments; Mrs. J. L. Vrzal, 1004 Seventh 8t., and Miss Gwendolyn Pilmoor, 821 Sixth S.., arranged the party. f Barbs +o The only sound money that in- terests all of us is the kind that rings true when you plunk it down on the ‘counter. A 15-mile railroad in Ohio is be- Meved to be the shortest in the coun- try. Humph. There are other rail- roads so short they can’t pay the in- terest on their bonds. railroad commission are named de- fendants. The defendants have been ordered to show cause why a temporary in- junction should not be issued re- straining them from enforcing the embargo declared by Gov. Langer on wheat under a 1933 law giving the governor authority to order an em- bargo on farm products when the price of such commodities fall below the cost of production. ‘Additional Society j ‘Miss Lucille Coghlan, student at the University of North Dakota, has re- turned to spend her Christmas vaca- tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coghlan, 622 Third St. Dancing masters of the country call eee for a “champagne waltz,” in honor Mrs. F. B. Strauss and daughter,/of the new freedom. It should be Miss Cora Marie Strauss, 223 First|something like the old-time “Hesi- St., left Wednesday for St. Paul and/tation.” Minneapolis. Dr. Strauss will join them later for a Christmas visit with} Two Russian balloonists report Ernest and Frederck Strauss. oxygen in the stratosphere almost as x * * plentiful as on earth. That's a re- Mrs, John Wyciskala, 610 Tenth St.,|serve supply for our lecturers and was hostess when the Holy Rosary |politicians. missionary group held its annual/ (Copyright, 1933, NEA Service, Inc.) Christmas party Thursday evening. ane Sete Members came in costume and Mrs.| ‘The highest and lowest points in Harold Kenney was awarded the gift|the United States are in the same for the best outfit. In the bridge|county, Inyo county, Calif.; they are games played at two tables, honors) Mount Whitney, 14,501 feet above sea were won by Mrs. John A. Roehrich,|level, and Death Valley, 276 feet below 218 Eleventh 8t., and Mrs, Stanley 'sea level. She’s From Canada HORIZONTAL 1,8 Who is the ‘woman in the Picture? 13 To renew the outline. 14 Fodder vat. 15 Mister. 16 Herb. 17 To seal up. 19 Striped fabric. 20 Door rug. 22 She is one of 12 Pencil end, 14 To harden. 18 South Caro- ic] Mina. Mia 19 Want of ap- on fl Fie petite. \ OMS 21 Also. Bo w 29 Clan symbols. 32 Net weight of container. i 34 Tree. 35 Baby carriage. 37 Stuffed. 38 Habitual VERTICAL A Davee for yo leary gud stopping autos. 42 puzzier. 2 Snaky fish. 44 Lively dance. 3 Tiny particle. 47 Electrified 4%o care for particles, medically. 48 Social insect, 5 Sun god. 49 Northeast. 6 Frozen water. 50 Caterpillar 7 Midday meal. hair. - 8 Falsifier. 52 Low sand hill, 9 Dragonet fish, 55 Turf. @ OIOMIS} RINIC IE} AILIS SI AE TTI) () 24 Type standard. effective as a 26 Toward. —— (pl). 27To scold. 51 Street boy. 28 Perched. 53 Onager. 30 Plumber's 54 Recipients. tool bag. 3D Form of no. 33 Pastry. 36 Spigot. 39 High moun- tain. 41 Music drama. 43 Giant king of after he and U. 8. Senator L. J. Fraz- ier of North Dakota conferred with Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary of the interior. . Townley said the application would be drawn soon, but probably not until] ,, after he returned to North Dakota. ‘The interest rate on the public works loans is generally four per cent but the North Dakota loan would be obtained for less. ‘tion for loans ordinarily are submitted first to the state public for the idea that silver and other ll benefit considerably; mak- of about $5,000,000 »| works boards, but Townley said this We're entering the great tion-shop| area of the world, and whatever is wasted or lost can’t be replaced. Down here waste is a felony —Admiral Rich- ard E. Byrd, on entering the Ant- arctic. What agriculture needs is not more government help, but more self-help. L, J, Taber, national master of the “THIS 1S THE NAME OF A. VILLAGE IN WHAT STATE ? Bashan. 46 Mother. 46 She is most 10 Behold. 57 Dined. 11To sink in a 5&9 Father. kill them? Would they send a man across to talk with him and learn that the strangers brought 20 harm? ... The only answer he got was his targe tributary river came wind- ing in from the mountains. Curt climbed on top of the barricade, got out old John’s chart, and identified the river as the Iskitimwah. Ruefully his eyes followed the Curt looked over the lake. ‘ own echo flouncing back from the wall of spruces. “Maybe they don’t understand the Jargon,” he thought; and he called across again, using sign language and the few Dinneh words he knew. Still no answer. Not a syllable, Piling up several flat rocks, he laid out an array of presents—to- bacco, six fine hunting knives which he had brought along for that pur pose, and a big carton of sugar cubes, the best present of all, for most of the northern tribes he had known were badly sugar-starved. As he turned away, a little wisp of cloud-white puffed out from the drift; the sharp kriting of a rifle smacked across the water; s mur derous bullet burned through the leather of his jacket, not three inches from his heart. He whirled around to run. the whole beach there was single boulder or drift-pile enough to hide behind, and the near- est snag was more than two hun- dred yards away. He made a dash for it, weaving as he ran. . He realized it was LeNoir, who stream back into the ranges. At old John’s trapping lake, twenty-five miles east, he had a rendezvous to keep. On the chance that a plane in the Lilluar country might come: in handy, he had instructed Smash! to meet him there with the amphib- ian, The rendezvous was two days past already, “One devil of a chance I've got of ever meeting Smash,” he swore, “tied up as lam. Ican’t stir an inch away from this outfit.” The afternoon passed, twilight crept into the mountain valley. After supper he shoveled sand over the cofils and gave his instructions: “No fires tonight, no matches struck, no talking above a low tone. Nobody is to go into those tents or anywhere near thom. The farther away you stay, the better. If there's any shooting done, Paul and I'll do it. “Francois, if you and Jocku get us into trouble with those itchy trigger fingers, I'll set you off on & mosquito island in your bare skin. I want you to keep strictly out of this. Now understand me.” He let Paul have the west side, which faced the little willow island. - | Taking rifle and automatic, he him- . single shot; and had whipped up bis gun and fired. But his bullet missel its bectemted could shoot again the Indians geized his rifle In spite of that his sleeve, the good omen to Curt, and for the first time he really believed he going to win the Klosohees self went up to the tip to watch the north and east, The peaks of the western range were still tinged with an orange glow, but the mountain valley was filled with black shadow up to tim- berline, It was like a basin full of blackness, with a faint light around the tim. A bright moon overhead turned the waters to wavy silver. He was thankful for that friendly moon; sentry-go was infinitely easier than in darkness. Five hundred yards north two merganser ducks started calling back and forth, Fora time he paid Bo attention but when they kept it | up longer than ducks should have done, be began listening closely. The calls sounded all right, he could detect nothing wrong about them; but he had his suspicions, Maybe it was a pair of ducks out there, And maybe a pair of canoes signaling to each other. (Copyright. 1983, William B. Mowery) ‘Tomorrow, a spy slips ” In the