The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1931, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1931. GAME, IN HIS OWN WAY. ™ THE ESSENTIALS, HE SHOULD DEVELOP HIS OWN I WOT'S THE IDEA OF THAT OUT- A FELLER HAS A RIGHT TO DEVELOP By CLIFF STERRETT = - — (—lN HIS OWN SYNOPS! findirg Bruce forc ¢ {he desort to Mother Mountain The hope of Pierre cver nd, Harrigan are two Plerre’s sec- love for where his new fri had told him th gold prospectors. rct but honorable Brucc’s wife, Ann, is the kind that wculd protect her from the chamc of the possible dis- clccure that her husband had left home, charging that Ann and Picrre were in love. Pierre wants Bruce to return home before his cxpected arrest for a murder that already has landed Ann's father in jail, ex- cocs the reatson for his flight from the Ohic village. Of lesser concern is the loss of Pierre's money, given to Bruce for th: mining . venture. Pierre does nct know that his own father is the mine promoter. Chapter 29 THE LAST CANTEEN panion. sonsidered. _ 5 |As Jimmie Harrigan has ex-| “Look here, son,” he said at last,!it's—it's gone!” Stownst Bavaid Wil au.| the Atlantic Ocean, having taken the air yesterday morning at plained to Plerre, the Blackwater | “there’s something the matter with| “Gone?” lithor, Wil sdbarit-tis on t New York for their geal in Turkey, having in mind nothing except Tanks were small natural hollows | jou. What is it” | “Yes, there’s hardly a spoonful|p,iont aecompanied by C to break the ncnstop distance record of 4,900 miles. Russel Board- or basins in the rocks at the foot Bruce stirred uneasily, but didjleft in the last big basin!” ‘C, Devighne. | man (right) and his companion flier John Polando. of Mother Mountain - where, for not look up. “Hell!” said Donovan. “I thought i uncertain periods of time follow-| “I couldn't help it because Paint- it would surely last through to-| pp SOUTHWELL IS BACK T8 S % T ing the infrequent desert rains,/ed Mountain prespect of mine|morrow.” After an absence of some two retary, Board of U. S Civil 8 water might be found. | pinched out, could I?" said the| “But what will we, do? weeks, Dr. R E. Southwell. Jocal JUNIGR MECHANIC Exam 311 Federal Building There Were no ‘signs of living older man. “You ought to be| “Do? Why, we'll head for Drip-| oionlctct “returned here yester- WANTED FOR B.P.R. suncau Alaska, or to the Man springs or underground moisture!damned glad that I found out it{ping Spring right now. I'll makn\dav morning sboard the steame i e 11th U. S. Civil Service District anywhere in the vicinity—no trees|was no good before we sank all up a couple of packs of grub to | Aleutian from a professional trin The U. S. Civil Service Com- |205 Post Office Building ‘~‘mt”=' or bushes or grass other than the|your money in it {last us back to Red Butte.” s S wibatorigaias Hifalon. EOROINAS G dbeh S| Wasltington, < ! ert vegetation. “This Mother Mountain lode is! As he spoke he went back to the Sy AR b pétitive General Automobie - Ma: i =R The country round about, includ- | certain to pay big when we find stores. GODDIE b R b i g . ' i 2 - . A G jon, for filling ADGE! R GE ; 2 ing the long sloping rise of Moth-|it. I tell you, I've seen those sam-| The older man's coolness served VI kb e o s Y y BADGER CREW. GET AWARDS| er Mountain, was cut by gulches, |ples that were found with that old to steady his less experienced com-| , GOODTE AND FOOD SALE Mechanic T Tl b s Mt g - : ' & fechanic in tk MADISON, Wis. July 29—Ten| e e With . dykes .and 1adges— | prospectay’s, bones—white, quartz panion and while Donovan Was|yu pe held Saturday by, .phe! Roads, Juneau, Alaska men who represented the University 4" jumble of various colored rocks|with big chunks and gobs of gold /busy with the provisions Bruce Went| o o™ 3 A oe A1 inthe Sl vl e B prese ¥ spotted here and there with patehes|all through it. Boy t to th t B tor BRI g v o5 Wispanain An. rowine ducing dhe ere 2 e o y, Just think what vo_the canteen. storeroom formerly occupied by cations to close August 31 season r t vl ) It Wi o r Sgetieni s g had ved ‘the ‘cup and | 0TS e AL Y| ¢ o close August 1931 season have been voted majo of thin gravelly soil it will mean when we strike it!” | He had unscrewes D VALENTINE'S. Sale starts at further information i 4 5 5 ) idday wt e ms ioe leabe: t W s raisi " to his lips e ale starts vy urther information and ap- awards. Seven got junior “W” It was midday when the man Bruce leaped to his feet. “Will| was raising the canteen to hi D3 19.30 am —aav. ' on blank apply ‘o the Sec rd called Colorado Bill and Bruce|you shut up!” he shouted. “You|when Donovan saw him. i ! i ; st A N A , Carey returned from their morn ing’s work at prospecting to their camp at the foot of a high, over- hanging cliff near the Tanks. | It was frightfully hot. Not a breath of air stirred over the vast expanse of desert and the two men showed the effects of their| long hours of tramping over the| burning slopes of the mountain. In the thin strip of shade afford- ed by the cliff they dropped cheir| picks and in turn ‘drank long and’ deep from a large cloth-covered | canteen which hung from a small! scrubby bush in a crevice in the wall. Then removing their hats and throwing aside the smaller empty canteens which they carried they seated themselves wearily up- on convenient rocks. “Dad,” said Bruce, thinking.” “You'd better not,” returned Cal-| orado. You're liable to overheat| yourself.” Disregarding the pleasantry, Bruce continued: “If that old boy | who left his bones and a bag of gold in Skeleton Sink really made his rich strike in this neighbor- hood, why didn’'t he mark out his claim with monuments of piled up rocks and a location notice as pros- pectors always do?” “Prospectors don't always stake out their claims when they make @ rich strike in some wild country like this,” Colorado answered. “Sometimes a man will hide his find and hotfoot it to the settle- ment to tip off a few of his close friends before he makes his dis- covery known generally. “Then this bunch of insiders will stake out their claims together and | help protect each other's interests| when the big rush comes. In thns case, it is generally believed that | the fellow who made the strike| didn't have time enough to do his | locating on account of the water‘ in the Tanks givin' out. He simply had to leave in a hurry.” I “As we'll have to do in the next day or two, I suppose,” sald Bruce ‘moodily. “I figure we can stay tOmOrrow, "1 returned Colorado. “If we hadn't | turned the burros adrift we could | mot have held out this lonz. About day after tomorrow morning we'll cache our outfit here and hit the; trail for Drippin Spring. At the| Spring we’ll find our burros and make it back to Red Butte, where “I've been| by Hanold Rell CW/uqht i, e bein’ somewhere in this vicinity.| All we've got to do is to keep on| covering the ground systematically, like w doir and we're sure to find it.” - “Oh, shut growled Bruce.| up!” ‘I've listened to your pipe dreams unti! I'm sick.” Colorado Bill rose slowly to his feet. For a long minute he stood looking thoughtfully down at his companion, who sat hunched in a jejected posture, holding his head n his hands. Then, moving with shoughtful deliberation, man went again. Standing with the canteen in ails hands he again studied Bruce with speculative interest. “Have a drink?” he said sud-| enly “Bruce did not even raise his aead. “No.” Hanging the canteen on the bush | Colorado walked slowly back to stand over his disheartened com- ave raved about the millions we're going to have until T'm damned near crazy! When we strike it rich—when we strike it rich! your life you have been goinz to strike it rich! The first thing I can remember as a kid was you just about to make a fortune! ry theatrical company you had anything to do with tarted cut to be the biggest box office ‘success that was ever known But did u, Roy Donovan, o ey? No. We stuck with each show just long enough to get the wrin- kles out of our bellies and you were off after another sure-fire winner. “For months you've been nagging me to raise money enough to de- velop a mine that you knew posi- tively was a bonanza, and when I land in Red Butte with the neces- sary cash you inform me that your bonanza has pinched out, and then iyou drag me out here on this lost Mother Mountain lode proposition. “We have about as muoh chance | of fl‘)dmg this lost go]d mine—if | HILLS BROS’ METHOD OF ROASTING. COFFEE ', ALWAYS ACCURATE | Patented, Exclusive Process— !Controlled Roasting—Creates Marvelous, Unvarying Flavor Just as the accuracy of bewhisk- ered Father Time’s hour-glass de- gends upon an even, continuous | ow . . . & little at a time . .. 80 the matchless, unvarying flavor of Hills Bros. Coffee is produced by Controlled Roasting — Hills Bros.” patented process that roasts evenly, continuously . . . a little at a time. This continuous process has a vanta; g:s over ordinary roastin ‘metho It guarantees a perfec! roast for every berry in the blend. ulk-roasting doesn’t insure suc'h a thing. Somenmcs the coffee is t. But frequently, it may be un lerdone or overdone, with | an unplelnnt flavor resulting. That can’t happen to Hl“s ‘Bros. Coffee! Every pound is developed the older; to the canteen and drank Al { ever | get within sight even of big mon- sthere ever was such a mine—as I‘ had of finding a diamond mine in my back dooryard. “I'd give all the gold you'll ever |get out of this damned desert if I |'was back in Crchard Hill right now with Ann and my job in the bank. T've made seventeen kinds of a fool | out of myself following your bil- hon dollar. leads—that's what I've ‘d(mfl" t ‘With the last word he turned }m back on his companion and |strode angrily away. | Donovan (to call the man by his right name) went to their sup- ply of provisions and began select- ing cans of food for their midday meal. Suddenly Bruce returned, half running, stumbling, staggering, h;s,’ face haggard, his oyes wild with | terror. | With an inarticulate cry he sank down in a cowering heap on | Lhc rock where he had been su.-. tmg a few minutes before. \' Donovan sprang to his side. | | “Bruce” he cried sharply, “what jin hell is the matter with you?” Bruce pointed a shaking hand | in the direction from which he| ’had come. | “The water!” he cried horasely,| ‘With a yell, Donovan leaped for- ward and literally tore the canteen from Bruce's grasp. “What in God's name do you think you're doing?” demanded Donovan. “Are you stark mad?” | “I was only having a drink,” re- {turned Bruce angrily. “Only having a drink? You poor, crazy fool!” (Copyright, 1930, by | and Co.) D. Appleton “Never meant to kill . . . How important those overheard words are ta Pierre. tomorrow! 00060 0N - STRIKE TODAY | NEW YORK, July 29.—Thirty- five thousand Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America, went on a | strike in 300 shops today against sweat shop conditions and “terror- lism by gangsters od RASMUSON GOES TO CORDOVA TO ASSUME DIRECTION OF BANK To take over personally the ac- |tive management at least tempor- arily of the Cordova branch of the |Bank of Alaska, E. A. Rasmuson, President of that institution, is {enroute to the Prince William | Sound metropolis on the steamer Aleutian and visited local friends yesterday while that steamer was in port. He probably will spend {most of his time there until next "Spring. Mr. Rasmuson will return here in two weeks and go to Skagway for & brief stay. He will then re- !turn with Mrs. Rasmuson to es- tablish temporary headquarters in Cordova. Thomas Scott, former head of the Cordova bank who recently ‘committed suicide in Ontario, Cal., {had been advised just before his ‘mt that he had cancer of the |stomach in incurable form, Mr. Rasmuson said. That, combined | {with his nervous condition, is be-| lieved to have brought about a mental derangement which led to | self destruction. | { | VETS T0 MEET THIS EVENING (3% : Special Mieeting Called to Elect Department Con- vention Delegates To elect delegates and alter- nates to the American ILegion's Department of Alaska Convention at Petersburg next month, the,lo- cal post of that organization will hold a special meeting at the Dug- out this evening, it was announced by Post Commander J. T. Pst- rich. Owing to the ball game at City Park tonight, the hour for the| meeting has been fixed for 8:30 o'clock, so that members who de- sire to can attend both the m'rr |and the meeting. Mr. P urged every member of the post who can do so to be on hand th evening. 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FRIGIDAIRE IS5 ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE During the Jubilee we will in- stall Frigidaire in your bome for ONLY $]0 DOWN —the balance arranged 1o suit your convenience FRIGIDAIRE GENERAL MOTORS VALUE Here's the Boston pair of fliers who are trying their luck across § e | to perfection —to the fullest and | ——te——— we gan- lay up um‘;‘l;‘:?fis T::";i | finest flavor. It is a flavor no other | o e s e T with apother load d bz 'd 1 | eoffee has, because no other is| | AT THE HOTELS ] come back here an $o0l: Tor \ roasted the sameé way. le S two or three months. While we| Vacuyum cans keep Hills Bros. Alaskan Coffee ever-fresh. Air, which de- stroys the flavor of coffee, is re- |H. movcd and kept out of these cans. vex:' korflmaf;y "’n\;-fi hrtl finfis » won't keep coffee fresh. Order Hills “Yeah, we might,” drawled Bruoe} Ay C:delf)otko‘}'y'm:'k t%rt‘ X )ge?:s. hopelessly. name, a or rab trade- “Might!” retorted the other; “we, mark on the can. H e #M! There's not a doubt in the| Hills Bros. 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