The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1930, Page 6

« SYNOPSIS: At hic niodhtain lodge, tatlrcad finape Asirfé Wiimot, New beanty Bis million > Emlly Win | moct ¢ ahd Ann: has Morse’s pet ccheme for a ¢ B2d through the mountains Blocked by a2 lrrigation da I an cifort to of 6bstacle, Moreo fetin, young engine of the project and atte buy him. He tells Glenn he ir tends the dam shall not be built. Sierra through,” the and directorate e self with he said nizing tone controlled Come 1 Morse in an uncon. which he he usly allowed to u: ‘don’t be a fool. You de a sufficient gr nimpeachable in at sort of rot. N wn to business to have the right-of-way ~we've got to have it—and i- jcase. You are too shrewd a ¥ [ness man not to company will only |vou refuse to cooperate with us.” “That is as may be" Glenn re-| plied briefly, again indicating Chapter 7 A CHALLENGE b Morse +had expected to startle | with his ultimatum, he was disap- poifitéd for Glenn eyed him stead- flyl'for a moment then said in » |door. “I have spme drawings tha must be finished before one o'clock. | mild tone. “Yes? Well that is very interesting. | Good day.” | Marse turned on his hecl. “Your @ensing though -incorrectly, thal o decision is—fin: e had scored, Morse was quick to| “Definitely so.” take advantage of Glenn’s silence. “If you change your mind—as "“I am sure you can Arl 0|y undoubtedly will on calmer re- | Sever your co 5 h your |f ion—1I shall of course not Present employers. If you explain |fuse to discuss the matter with you, to‘them that some unforseen cleav- but—my terms may not be so fav- agd or outcropping u know the |orable.” technical lingo—makes the prese “I shall not change my mind.” BIt$ of the dam impracticable, “We shall see about that—" the rest can easily be arranged. As a words cairied a threat matter of fact, you'll never be able Perhaps I'd better tell you, if to. operate the thing succcss[ully}yc don't know,” Glenn observed inyfmw with the feeling around|qu “that one man can fight| here as high as it is—" las well as another out here in the | iGlenn smiled. “Well, T guess we mountains—' aré not exactly what you'd call, “Ycu mean that for a challenge| popular with the natives—" | “Hardly. Now, sce here, the very, “If you care to take it that way o best thing for everybody concerned| With a short, angry exclamation “your company included—is to|ripped off between his teeth, Morse | sell "out the whole project to me, wheeled about and started down| tunhel and all. I'n willing to take Ithe rickety steps. On the bottom | it over at a reasonable percentage |cne he stumbled a little and ripped | of the cost of construction to date.” [out another oath. “And it would save you a half/ Morse had not regained control re- | s { | W«»Mw«wwnmwwm—j “Fill in the amount yoursel said Morse, extending a check to Glenn. detour of thres hours” the engi-|the tonneau of the automobile and negr reminded him itcck his place at the side of Anne Morse bent his head. “I'm glad | Wilmot. o that you get my point 80 |. In the machine, Douglas looked We're going | anyhow | |cagers - =1 million dollar bridge and a us2less |of himself when he stepped into| POLLY AND HER PALS PUTTY SOFT FER ME. evm\fl\ MAGGIE'S ROOM. I SHOULD WORRY, IF THE OLD GAL NEVER COMES BACK: | | €192, N DOUGLAS | NEWS kR —_— ISLANDER FIREMEN LOSE TO JUNEAU HIGH Inaf snappy game Saturday night the Douglas Fire Department lost to Coach Dunham’s Juneau high #ehool quintet by a score of 18-10: In the cpening frame the Juneau- ites gave the Islanders the rush act {and, although their offensive was not working smoothly, they ran up a 7-2 score in their favor at the half. The PFiremen played a con- sistent game although lack of prac- tice was evident. The Fire Squad gave the high school boys a good score in the last canto. Manning and Bonner car- ried the brunt of the offensive for the Islanders, running up their score to 10 to Juneau’s 11. With thres minutes to play, the Hilltop- pers scored 7 points.and the game ended 18-10 in their favor. Line-up f Manning Gray Bonner Nelson Brandt Bergren Hurley Kronquist Messer g Niemi Substitutions—Rodenberg for Hur- ley; Cashen for Kronquist. - f c g DOUGLAS HI TO PLAY KETCHIKAN THIS W the a bigg! The Ketchikan town basketball con team is scheduled to arrive here during the coming week-end for a series of games on the Channel the first of which has been been ar- ranged with the Douglas high school cn Jan. 12. Abby Garn, rated as one of the best players ever turned out by the local high school athletic association, is a member of the visiting team. - LIQUOR RACKET IS BLAMED FOR BURNING YOUTH Body Is Found by Police! in Flaming Automobile | On Cans of Alcohol , CORTEZ'S HAVE BABY BOY born here Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Geor Cortez. The little fellow tipped the scales at 8 pounds. A son was IN HOSPITAL STEC racket is youth wh 18 of 6—A liquor | the death of body was Kirkham entered 35t on Saturday for an n she expected o Mrs. Glen | hospits cration hig} ne highw the road ne: b, early this policemen patro | | Steger, Chicago su HEY, Paw! LISTEN T0 THIS TELEGRAM COUSIN CARRIE AN’ HER BRAT IS COMIN' TO vISIT US! , Mr.—er—" | inquiringly at his employer. Morse | #Et's still Glenn,” the other man ghook his head and frowned with a | intérpolated rather amusedly. significant glance at Anne, who was “¥es, Glenn, of course—I'm ab- 4 8 | too absorbed for the moment in the sent minded about names. Well, | geenery | s Pm glad we understand one Bn-‘ “I told you you might as well “Mnd‘ Mnl;le ;ofe»lnnd put out hfs !Tun your head against a stone wall . “The details of course, We | _so did Bretton,” the attorney ob- “:’e",“:h::’:;:trgs“; ;les‘i“::-d Ly er !served, not without a certain satis- 0 ol Hb ald: not &l |faction. “By the way, I ran across m‘"d&w Gl 2hs I teten han‘i} | Burkhalter out there,” he motioned St " the ~ figure you mennun"m the general direction of the con- Mch." W aaid duhi}:usl;- * | struction ope_ratlou “There's to be e atdd 5 magniriceixLl\' k. a dance at his place tonight. The ligeht. hang. “Name your iy . \wpok countryside will be there— g afraid we xhily oAit 'mmn |it’s our big chance to pul'l‘ off some- 0 B e A said |thing really spectacular. ,.‘“,4 mm"w ABR! the ‘dcor a;vi' Morse frowned again; he h_ad R RNl sgresiively for hi: conceived a sudden and rather vio- 15 Hies. o, lent dislike to that word, ‘“spec- Aiatter haitcd bty m‘"I,mcular," 3 ';l-!ave you made all ar- e < | rangements?” /l;::nfo‘; ‘:fl';m’;:;‘; th:lr;! Practically so. Bretton's first as- 8 7 crbok b06k P “'] fln_lsismnt*}arettonb himself, 91 course, '»n for “his Xt;untnill S is to know nothing about it.” R i smhing nkQ: (Copyright, Ruth, Cross) i, who' has discovered a kindred .4you expect some evidence | é »good faith. I see that you are a business man—just the kind ! We want in our employ! There! ~ he signed the check with a) $weeping stroke of the pen and, Harded it over, you can fill in the | amount for yourself.” | !@Glenn took the check, examined it carefully, then as carefully fold- i1t and—tore it deliberately twice | What is the spectacular coup Morse and Douglas plan? Con- tinue the story tomorrow. e e Dell E. Sherin, Juneau's uner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv Responsible Men Wanted to represent the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance As- sociation of Omaha, Nebraska. All forms of life insurance written by our company, which has assets of more than $135,000,000 60. If you are interested, please write to W. A. FRASER, Presicent Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Assn. Omaha, Neb. 4 The other man stared at him for | “moment as if unable to credit his' senses. Slowly, his face whit-! with rage; he began for the time to suspect that he had Been made sport of. “You mean— #o refuse my offer?” he stam- mered, still a little incredulous. : n like that.” | UK dark, purplish flush crept over| white fury of Morse's face. are insane—" ly—" Glenn tossed the two of the check carelessly | door. “But—you see the k?um project is a pet| mine!” ow'll never be able to put it morning. The policemen ! rd an explo- plano I Mrs. Elsie Waldal, yesterday moved from the Shudshift cottage to the Davis house. e —— \CHINESE WILL NEED 100,000 TEACHERS PEIPING, Jan. 6.—One hundred thousand schoBl teachers will be needed in Hopei Province (formerly Chihli) for the enforcement of the compulsory education laws, says a report of the Education Depart- ment. The report estimates there are +3,000,000 illiterate children in this area. § o L s lotal population bt ke s mocriem disclosed. PR 3 wound in the back of th: burned Province is calculated to range from .. 28,000,000 to 32,000,000, Hopei be-; ing the third largest Province in China. At present there are but 700,000 children in school, says the report.| The committee reskons that ap-| proximately $25,000,000 will be re-; quired to carry out the vducatlonul; WASHINGTON program. | Bureau of Min It is planned to start schools periments in first in the cities and gradually products of extend the teaching system to the substitutes for butter, 1 villages. In the beginning the chil- and rubber. | dren ‘of the well-to-do and the! Fatty acids in the oil the bureau' middle-classes will be considered believes, will be the sou of but- for the varfous classes, and as more ter and lard substitutes, while aro funds become available the scheme matic hydrocarbons may will be carried into the country artificial leather districts and in the end the chil-| Those are only ¢ dren of the poor will be given an finite variely everyday education. |sities that bureau The report has been submitted a part of crude oil to officials of the Provincial Gov-|acids here may be ernment. ible fats while the A LR PG lcarbons may produce in the future ANCHORAGE WOMAN DIES | picrie acid, dyestuffs, dr motor | fuels, explosives, perfu anti- Mrs. Jason Carey, aged 56, a septics, saccharin and x resident of Anchorage for the last| Eventuall the scientists half dozen vears, died at that place may develop ar al rubber tires, recently after being bed-ridden for druggists’ supplies, waterproof cloth- three years, the result of a stroke ing, electrical insulation, and ce- of paralysis. She was a native of ments, no to mention the possi- Urbana, Ohio, where her mother bility that substitutes for varnish' and other relatives resides. Jason and linseed oils may be hidden in Carey, the widower, is employed by the elements that make up crude the Alaska Railroad. petroleum. | sicn then saw the half a mile acr side. They hastened found the bod piled on 8 fi lets of flaming the cans across E Identification of th is im- possible. | The head and shoulders are burn- | ed to a crisp The police believe the youth was dead before he was burned and! pointed to his cremation as an in- tended warning to others who might encroach on gangland preserves. of the pyre country- cene and the sedan |CRUDE 0IL MAY YIELD | TIRES, LARD, LEATHER | | 2 Gl — The by- Y yield , leather | of the in-| neces- | s to be} he fatty| and edi- o h 128 @8 00C0000060G00060@@0CE furnish . | Manager VEH? 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