The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1930, Page 6

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.6‘ 7 BIG SHOT by FRANK L. PACKARD ~ | SYNOPSIS: A frumpy old woman, whe 19 Enid Howard in |she was not disn'es, gatas the inner por- | “Well, ta% of a house where Phil |[wife came to see Martin, her sweetheart, is im- |lot Shive F prisaned by the Big Shot's ganz, She attempts to force Batty Roce to lead her to him, | that sure. : thought she said - “No"—b but Reoe eludes her. A frantic |even 83atch of all the rooms in the |cunningly ave his full) dn:k untenanted house finally (revenge—even if until revealt Martin, bound and gag- [afier he He put down gel. They ng an exit f the major| when Bat 23 them | from a hiding placs. Thelr es- cane a plan cut off! Phil conce Enid faunts Batty w Phil sneaks up and knocks him cut. Two gangsters summoned by Batty arrive and Enid and “You prol hear about Martin flee in the gangsters’ (it up in Wi wmber of Ever since it has b f S o car amid o bail of bullels | ¢ DOUGLAS led down from ono generation COUPLES TO MARRYIN’ SQUIRES TUESDAY EVENING | untii m . pes another. o - = 3 presented by the art Legidn Chapter 22 \101,\-”\ a bootleggl Besides meeting for a week of | CROWN POINT, Ind., Feb. 27.— [ ] | One of the snappiest three-act|Of the World <Jmmi"£e A NAME DEFILED on Long Island, that is a m B NEWS lebration joyfully, the m - emen to direct the matrin ATTBHNEY bH T comedies seen in Juneau for some [in charge has annou that ah- Enid never knew how they suc-|to this day. H of these dances was to license time was staged at the Moose hall | ceosfully eluded their pursuer: ) | hich tribe could dance the b justic Tuesday e€vening by the Moose |* Seated in a taxi on Third ave-| > losing tribesmen not only lost e peace figure nently in WH"-E RIDIN[; members and their famil nue a block from where they had | MARY HURLBUT IS tige, ch they had to accep! th atest plar Mayor b Characters in the play, “Madam | S NOTICE N abandoned the gangsters' car she | AN HONOR STUDENT zood naturedly, but had to pay the y to di n X-ray’s Husband,” were enacted by | Roller Skating will be discoh= contemplated her present predica- B oppesing tribe a prize in blankets, marrying N A TOMUB"—E S. Christianson, Niel Ramsey, Mrs. |tinued snturdgyu night at 8 p. m. ment. It seemed almost as diffi- | Mary Hurlbut, 13-year-old grand- furs, highly treasured dancing cos- Mayor Youkey, Radalet, James Carlson and Henry on acccunt of THE AMERICAN cult as if she had been captured. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard tumes, etc, the value of which ran his opinion that ia > Gorham. LEGION SMOKER. Phil had been surprised at her McCormick, 18 demonstrating sl ally into several thousands cf ciown Polnt’s “greatest indu 3 s Some excellent music was en-|—adv. Juneau Amusement Co. ridiculous but perfect disguise, He ght student and onc to a ars, cr more, according to how said he would station one of - Mysterious Shooting of - — - — SO had asked questions but she had temporarily evaded satisfying them Because of the more pressing prob- lems of the moment. He had been intent on giving the story to his paper and she presumed some man in the Herald-Star was nc taking notes as Phil phoned from the nearby store He had suggested driving to the |nia, | Hurput | dents. high school. WHEN A MAN IMAG BEIN’ 7SHADOWE HIS NERVES 1S5 JUMPY. WHAT YU NEED, FAW PERKINS, 15 A GOOD BI& DoSE OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES! POLLY AND HER PALS NES HES I ) IT5 A SIGN 74 PST/ HARK! 4OMEBLUDDY'S AT THE DOOR! ow the little mis {to be proud of. |with her pagents Mr. and Mrs. Ed| Many athletfe events in Pacific Grove i ntly finished the leader president on high average among t She has are Mary, who 1 to be cd during these fe a prize. In fact, Califor- the of th account o amed of it. taged between Sitka police station but Enid’s” dism SR newhere around 1898 guch notoriety would spoil her INDIAN TRIBAL DANCES BQ ich Taku copped all plans—had caused him to change | PRESENTED HERE TONIGIT few members of th his mind He woull phone them who will instead. There had been the proble: Eeeping Enid out of the ne story—Phil had confidently her to “leave that to me.” urged | rtunity Tonight the public wil to tumes worn 1 iors of the , at the Liberty see some of The prog! daneors |be as foll tripes | Dances—Simsian Sclection—By A. N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1930. DAWGONE: IT/ WHOEVER THEY 1S, FLEwW THE ess was a famous general of (’\' > @y SPRING 1S IN TH AR, IDIOT! YOURE JESS SUFFERING FROM A LONG HARD WINTER! LOOK KEY, THEYVE ¥ SPRING ME EYE! OUTSIDE OF 4 THE DOOR ! 5 TRAFFIC POLICEMEN TO GUIDE ETTIN T PR . 1#E By CLIFF STERRETT SHUX ! 1IN A FAMILY. OUR SIZE, SOME-- ONE'S ALLUS LEAVIN' THEIR KEY IN AT THIS IN THE { N/ S Sl PLA | joyea, | banguet 7 ) A an S ORI W g e =3 THIS DONT BELONG TO NONE OF OLIR FAMILY SUSIE! THIS HEZRE | S thy the losing tribe happened ¢ eigh celelrating the Fourth of July before Uncle Sam he last real tribal dances were g were stivities, the Indian ev the original and Taku at Sitka, at the prizes. | is last dance off take part in its a e for ples that pu She had conceived a play and the also some of them are trop Recitation—Govern It wasn't only that she could ex-| (= 0 @ was unsoived, 1[,,_1;,_,“ as tokens of old memories,| Highland Fling— Gover Mr. and Mrs plain nothing—it was to be al and are kept with the utmost care | School returr to confess, that he, too, cared. She |Snive had recorc getall, Hel S EC R A drSs 300 5 "A. N. B. Orchél : . Rekild 1ot be blind to that, He had (700K Part in the crime himgelf, and B0 KOS W08 \‘;,m‘ 24 iliclee Welcome, Spirit S d shown it many times tonight—in 25 Cqually ¢ Al ek i e B fii ” bis words, his voice, in his man- S3M¢ Hal varnc yag R G e Selectio G BOWLERS per and the way he touched her "‘"‘;‘l‘\!‘]\"" s g s l{‘nu Sine a « : v‘lym,, n,rf“”;“ # s won x to} oet " . e ose h“]"‘r‘i‘"'n:ly Phil Martin emerged ‘:“I x:lb‘n}-' :"? %t M“hg:;uj\ 2% ‘i\“_.“."__ ) P““xlmn~ Ehtins of shvne 4 ons to the found out St 1 done | * ‘I’;‘ ’”31,' .nu \ 8 ® |Expert Plano iing or phonc- Qe was sbady ‘alinibst cdéiial, Bd'Degied the pa- ;‘;'V‘”lmhllv‘fl’)"{* fl}“' the present { oraph repair w all George An- & e tarestalled Him |pers. He wouldn't B 4 I’fi;;"“f"t‘-*‘ & war were Inderson at Ander Shoppe “Tye told him where ghe| “Finally they compromi g e e A g {was to seal up the paper > = e “Oh, all right!” he sa . [them into safe keeping somewhere, (8 5 v | |This he did. He B N fhe diive, AR Be SARD Schnaffner, a pawnbroker | into the cab: “Let’er go, son!” g The taxi started forward. “Well, |O% the lower East Side I've got that fixed up!” he an-| He got Schnaffner to nounced buoyantly. “And now tell packst in fe ‘“:d us all about it. Enid. There is no |telling his pa o place like a taxicab for confidences. | € Packet cd 1 an old crony | put the! without | d what | his nbr taine got Schnaff- That's why they all rattle—so’s the |Der to promise that it wouldn’t be drivers can't hear!” |opened while he, Shive, was alive o : “Recently, after he found out “No,” she said, “I'd rather hear| your story first. Tell me how they 4 Z e got you into that house.” |He told both his wife and He smiled a little ruefully. {ner that if anything hapy “It was an old gag," he sald. “The m the packet was to'be dell oOldest there is. Matches! I told ;_‘I’ e, ‘;‘1’“ dan, OSdLL Ol ol e you that in the house. T'd just had |1i¢ “0‘{]< “21“"0 flhn fexechm.l-flt 1 a snack with a police liculenum'w“:(" why WRoURR IoL kVUY " (‘-;1 friend of mine, who's just about as °® mafl‘zm; owzsr BSB‘ eczl a8 }= keen on getting his hands on lhr-::‘::v”n seeing the Blg Shol pu Big Shot as I am—in fact, that's|{""°2 2l y i what we'd been talking about while m(";g‘i“ S "h“kmzt)orf vl;;s“:l‘h u(v‘\'\}l‘ we were there.” 4 s afternoon. ent d ! “When T left him I started acra:s“sollsztl}”“{“ 'lllafc t(:zlfll)‘llm“ ':)'"l'lly town along Sixty-eighth street. Aio; lé‘):flh:v;“‘:i “‘\:da)o[unc,;m;;; 1‘1{;‘\| man, coming up from behind, i g o8 . they Al asked me pleasantly enough for “!\\?uldllt han}d over Q’Ac packet pflu‘1 match. I handed him my bux»——and‘\t““?w';:almc’:‘\‘m.‘hk ‘?‘f‘n‘z’im‘):’“‘;‘&‘ | anded e 7 the head ts is tha e've Efithh:n::;:ckrjr:ckom \::\:1 1 ZO, i:‘, {got him behind the bars we'll have | SEhses bank T wes lying up there |the goods on him for jobs we didn't | o the floor of that room nicely |Know about before, and for one of | roped and gagged.” ’them at least, that Jonvers killing, | He paused for an instant and|that will send him to. the chair. laughed grimly. “They thought I|YOU Exndr'rs.lfl?”d what all this | was still unconscious—and I 1cai1n;;\clb~“;iont;i\(::; Rl them think so. That's how I found (88 tal t . | out that the fellow who black-| ;:nin‘ sh;:ll::;"n; bél:; ;e;;-conf;;&! Was lled Batty—you was 2 A ] i:;l;(;idmtehev :l:rnc:me. There werehhzur! He had said that from what only two of them at this time. The |he had learned and heard tonight cther fellow answered to t.he1 name | he p;::ld ?fi:;fif‘;«f s;hkee 1531:5 iklx:;: of Skinny. He coughed a lot. 1'% : y “I didn't see either of them. They )fj‘;‘d out exactly what he meant to stood in the dark outside the room 4o in the hall and yapped—but !h(-y! (Copyright, Frank L. Packard) yapped too much for their own | i o ” good. I heard one or two (hmxs!‘ ml‘;ni:sux;lrprzlll;:m(;r: :::‘nes or;: | 1 guess I came nearer meeting the' . sig! e 10170 Big Shot tonight than I have yet!”| nstallment. “yes?” she said a little faintly. “Oh, yes!"” he said, laughing| grimly again. “That’s what it was| all about. In some way or other the Big Shot had got ‘wind of what | | was going on between Shive Frank | and me. One of the things I heard | Batty say was that the Big Shot | 11— was coming down there to have alj little seance with me—and bump me off. Pleasant! Not exactly the way I'd figured I'd end up with the Big Shot! ! “But never mind about that; I! didn't end up that way, thnnbvta, you—and I won't ever now. With/ e leads I've got tonight, thnt! kouse, Skinny, Batty Rose, and] things they said, I'll have Big Shot trapped in short or-I der; and when I do—say, do youl, know what bappened today? ',l . Was it the jolting of the taxi?, head seemed suddenly to be that I was after those instruc | H. R. SHEPARD | & SON, Inc. GENERAL INSURANCE “Absolute Security” Valentine Building - Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil | and a tank for crude oil save { burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 5103 RELIABLE TRANSFER CARBAGE || HAULED AND LOT CLEANING Her % s Ghmar E. O. DAVIS spinning around, g Phone 584 - mess to be stiling upon her. She ] 5K Watch this paper for prices effective March 1st — We will put S <N The Hub Market men outside the Couples cn 1 the office of the c with their licenses to m teously addre ected to a “m: “squire,” mp, has had a mono) Crown Point marri He contends that K ngement with the county i1 abl VE n Junecau for X opening ! TheEJG WA Washington Co-()fiemtz've 25 MAar] . Lawyer Whose Client was convieted 2 Thompson, aged angerously wound- A hospital today, the vietim would-be assa whom he he reco d C hot, Howard H mp h clerk’s | ¢, ¢ 1 sending him| g last i-fone of two men who drove along- night by omeoile, in a small T be- that thers ar in town.| D TOMORROW brc t of his hea Mcoseheart Legion will hold a rd party Thursday night, Febru- v in Moose Hall at 8 o'clock sion 50 cents. adv. - R - announce- B. P. 0. ELKS Regular ieeting Wec 26th. clos M. H. SIDES, adv. Secretary. Sl P per " MONEY and Grocery MIKE PUSICH, Prop. TELEPHONE 602 Douglas, /laska R Is On! dozen Starting tomorrow our entire line of High Grade GROCERIES will be REDUCED to prices never equdlled in DOUGLAS. A SELECTED ; SHIPMENT OF : DRESSES DIRECT FROM NEW YORK JUST ARRIVED 2C

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