The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1932, Page 6

SUNSET PASS by Zane Grey preakfast hour, ‘@ group of riders, Trueman Rock is | five in number, rode down upon caught buiw his love for Thiry Praton and his knowledge that the camp. hes father, Gage, and herbroth- | “Boys, reckon I don’t like mss_"‘ 5 Ach, arc catth rustlers. The | said Rock; gruffly. “But you take it | caftlemen’s suspicions « of the | natural-like,and I'll do the talkin.” Prestons are clcsing down, and threaten Rock, also, sihce he weirka for. Gage. Thiry is ter- fire to.greet the visitors, They were rifled at the cituation. | scasoned ramge-riders, a hard-look- Rl | ing quintet, not one. of whom Rock Chapter |had ever seen. “GO FOR YOUR GUN” | “Howdy! Jus tin time for grub” morning Rock watched [he said ‘heartily. o i Window. until Ash left,| “Much obliged, but we had ourn,” then wont out to breakfast. Thiry |replied the: leader, s rugged cow- did not appear. Preston came -out man, while Rock was ng and said:| “Get down and stay awhile,” said “Rock, T've got a-job'for you. The |Rock. His invitation was mot accepted nor acknowledged. “Gage Preston. outfit?” inquired Bays are getin’ a pack outfit ready. Théy know where to go. I want five hundred head of ‘two-year-old ‘ teers in the flat down there by |the leader, Slagel's ranch. By August.” “Part .of it,” replied Rock, not so ' “t can't be done” protested | cordially. i Rock. “Round-up or drivin’ a herd?” k wWal, you've Teen ‘helierin’ for | Went ‘o ithe interlooutar, visibly | 4 cooler. Pack an' rustle. But some real work. 1 “You're the boss, “We're drivin’ five hundred head Preston. re, you € ou_won's need me |[Of twosyear-olds down the Pass. ;:pw:,fl.”;e:cm- i |Reckon another day or so will pston | hent ~oward (Bock -and | ke iy . full., oount,” . twjoiged lowerad ‘his voice. “Kt ain’t what 1d like or meed. Thiry asked me to. Ash is wuss than ever befare.” “Suits me fin. Don't mind tellin’ you, boss, that Ash is gettin almost on my nerves.” The leader was. evidently finding Rock a man about whom he had begun to have uneasy conceptions. “Donl’t know the lay of the land,” went .on, the leader. “Haven't rid long on. this range.” “Haw! Haw! = Almost gettin’, |%00 e hey? My nerves are shot to pieces.” ‘Shore (you didn't have to tell me it that.” - replied Rock, bluntly. “You're i D i s lfrem. Wyomin', and ridin’ for Hes- would do well to hawg-tie Ash an hang around thePass for & month.” Tt did not suit Rock just thento! “upaspon nobody: else would brace gnv:o;l1e Pass without a Rint. to| T, way.” resLon. “¥ou? Which one of the Pres- Rock repaired Yo the cabin 'and | ions might you be?” pagked the ‘things he would nzed.i “Hadn't. you better hand over Rock wavered between twosbwng your callin’ card. before -askin’ me des to see Thiry before he leh‘m introduce myself?” and write to her. The ‘bebter course| “pm -Jim ‘Dunne, foreman fo? would be to write, becausehe could ' peshitt,” replied the rider, put. on paper what there would be| .aj right. How do, Mr. Dunne? 7o chance to speak. He sat' dOWn 4 pind cowboy could see your call io nis little table and began, With jont friendly. Now, what do you hand that he could not keep steady want?” 'Ib“"“ “How'd: you know that?” Sy AT D As the riders, entered camp Rockwl [ rose from his seat beside the camp | Presic NEARING THE. TUNNEL SOON, PA/ Jont’s Alntes Mater Now Offers Fishing Course SENATOR LONG BATTLES WITH SENATOR KING ncirs Weath of One. ‘of His Colleagues Early in Game By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—| iidn’t take the gentleman in. the; senate who likes to refer to himself Louisiana’s{s Kingfish” but hree days to in-7 ir the wrath of i} me of his col- agues during de- e on the floor. t has been evi- was sworn in that, restlessness of Huey P. Longj would find ex-me———0—nJ | ression in some HUEY PLONG nanner at the earliest moment. He seems unable to keep while he is on the floor. He bounces in and out of tha Chamber, hitting | still | | D L LL ;wns taken in on the play present-' i jed last month. |Orinscd Passed by City]| Ordinance No. 69, passed its third lelection whith falls on RRETT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS : i N was not a rich man’s son, but ac- S cumulated his fortune by his own DO{]GL 4S efforts to the extent that he was|; The registration book for the the richest man in the colonies at|registration of voters of the City the time of the Revolution. |of Douglas and for the general Award Is Made | municipal election to be held Tues= Miss Fraser's room received the day, April 5, 1932, will be opened award for the best Parent a.isfid- &t the home of the City Clerk on ance at the Febtuary mesting. Tne Tuesday, March 1, 1832, and re- treasurer announced that $3545 main open until Saturday evening, IMarch 26, 1932. FELIX GRAY, At the next meeting there will City Olerk. |be election of officers. On the, —_————— | nominating committee will serve] JUNIOR PROM, Friday. night. |Mr. Bowman, Mrs. R. F. Brown, Music by the Serenaders. —adv. |and Mrs. Jack Sey. The same pro- - gram committee was appointed for the March meeting, namely Miss! Thoma, Mrs. Tom Cashen and Mrs. | Bowman, who will prepare the fire{ program. Council g Primary ' The first number on the pro- o lgram was a minuet by eight chil- th(;lals Named dren in the Primary room. Cash The new rules governing all ve- Cole, of Juneau, sang ‘two vocal solections, “Lonesome Road” from hicular traffic within'the corporate ( limits of Douglas, known as City | —adv. RULE TRAFFIC, CITY STREETS The Show Boat, and “American Beauty Rose” from Firefly, accom- panied by Mrs. Hazel Petrich. The | concluding numbers were two vocal selections, “Come Back to Erm‘ and “My Wild Irish Rose,” by Mrs. | {Glen Kirkham, accompanied by | Mrs. R. F. Brown. [ and last reading at the regular Council meeting last night and was unanimously approved by the mem- bers. The ordinance will first have to be printed and posted for thirty days before going into effect. Attention of the City Fathers was given to the approaching primary April 26, by naming the judges and clerks, who will have charge of the voting L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS | J. B. Burford & Co. “Our doorstep worn by satisfied | | Increase and heart which accelerated a beat, ~.waj, we've come over to have a for' every word. |look at your Hherd,” answered Dunne. the swinging doors to the cloak-| room like @ football player making | a line plunge. ‘When he sits down, ] precints, ‘as follows: No. 1, Judges —W. A. Shafer, Jerry Cashen, John | | customers” . | Your Thiry, darling, Your dad has ordered me away “Ahuh!” Rock, with suddenness, for several weeks, maybe more. 1 stood erect. . He, Strode halfway ad to go, though not to see across the tamp space to confront s am gl ¥ your sweet face for so long willbe Dunne. “Just to see if by accident A berrible. My conscience flays me we didn't round up a couple of i still for what I brought upon you Half Moon steers?” b at the dance. But I don’t ask for-| <«Wal,'T ain’t sayin’ nothin’ about ] ness for that so much as for accidents” returned the other. 12t happened on Winter's porch.| “Dunne, you bet your life you'ré . if T had no more to sustaln goin’ to look over ~our herd,? Thiry, through what seems 10 snapped Rock. “Then Tl call you | trial of my life, that plumb straight.” ve me would be eénough. “Say, are you this fellar Rock?" y, Thiry, dear, about he asked, suddenly sh, ¢ , or Wha! 1t 1s that| wyes Tm Rook 4 s wrong. And it will not turn Out. go.cn mean anythin' 50 had as you think. T believe that g4 maybe it will later.” if you were to fall into some really | .1 pan't see there's any reason dreadful trouble I could ‘save YOU.'r, ‘1o riled’ returned Dunne. i Now what do you think of thal “pyaps bhacause you dom't know 9 for.a fellow's faith in himself? Of 4.0 ronoe» said Rock, curtly, and gourse, by trouble, I mean SOME- yheon tyrned to thePreston brothers 4hing concerning Ash. ‘I must “Boys, we'll drive the steers out } deoeive you, dearest; your bnmwr‘or the canyon for inspection.” i {5 the kind of range man that | o ook relentlessly held the Half tomas to a bad énd. You must TeA- {nsaon ‘outfit on ‘both sides of the lize that he might involve YOUT o) gate while the cowboys father, you, and ‘all your DEOPIe irue the steers out in single file in something through wWhich you‘and in twos and threes. gould suffer. i & shall think of you. every sun-; D““"ewm;d‘f o:f,"’*;;: ‘;"’“'k &?7:1, set And sec you come oul t0 WRCD .y pon rigorously held him and §89 Fass. Ihis men to & count of every steer ) Byer Tyienian, |ak passed the gateway. e “Dunne, between you all you've Slipping the note under the dnor‘seen every head of stock we've of Thiry's cabin, he beat & TADSY| 4oy gaiq Rock when he had piesipitate retreat. Neverheless,| 4oy pinoq 1o face the men. Reckon that to you he beard the door open, and WM~ | TLp o on we have” rejoined &4 Ing ‘saw Th‘rywz‘ckm“';w"’;’e ;"s}s;;:"mnne, and made as if to mount i il St ;o < B his ‘horse. Finally she waved. . dn half an hour FEgypt, bound down the Pass. Late that afternoon he halted with l}'". boys in a wild spot to make a per-l Fgpnent camp. et Rock Dunné. ’fl!_lote 4 vl fiwme-‘ “Bah!—Out with the truth! You f;:;fl:e%&h g .3 (;"d:’, e, dian't see one Half Moon Drand?” Next morning they were up in the ;d‘f‘“oz':?:dum{dm £ s ;:{e DaT, IR 2k ‘;fl:l “All rlglrc. +. . Dunne, bregkfast ore sunrise, end ou! 3 i the drive when the first tinge of i Yose colored rims of the Pass. ’ 1t rained every day, mostly sum- showers, With rainbows bent from cloud to forest. One night Algot in latest of al, woary and sullen. F “] was up under the Notch,” Al said, “an’ first thing 1 seen a couple of riders high up, watchin’ me. ‘Reckon they never lost sight of § me all day. ! 3 ““Phe twins were silent, which fact | @id not argue for a favorable re- geption to this news. “gee any brands except ours? wsked Rock, pertinently. < il did. ©Lot of Half stogk scattered all over” ; devil you say. I thought] Hewbitt ran the Hall Moon outfit " ““Yye heard in town he was goin’ ; ” replied AL | days later, miles east of he Notch, Rock's alert eye caught of riders above him on a slope, € behind the trees, nad no upon him with a glass. ough boiling with rage, be went “Stay on the ground’ ordered Rock. “You didn't see one Hall Moon brand, did you?” “Who said we was lookjn’ for Half Moon brands?” blustered \ he sat astride’' go for your gun!” commanded Rock Rock is poised, ready to fight. tomorrow, Dunne’s move, sur- | -prises ‘him. BERG HATS | i | | Moon | A QUALITY $5.00 & i b Fe o ! H. S. Graves The Clothing Man i3 University (left), ins%uctor in the ue of Stanford fi¥st fishing course in an American umiversity, is shown above letting ! a ‘Stildent in on the secret of keeping a foot out of the line when nandling a reel. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal, | | may not appear difficult but a f large part of the public—all poli- | ia b e | tics aside—subseribe to the semi-i | | | ment expressed by President Hoo- | ver ‘when he said, “Trouble with | | fishing is it's too long between | p— | it Prize Fighter Now Sought| So the university of which Presi- | D . R { | dent Hoover Is a trustee and | as Urawmg ‘Room§ alumnus has established the first | Attraction class in an American university for | instruction in fly casting and other | npw VORK, March 2.—Broad- phases of the gentle art, in the way's newest éxcl nt is Steve hopes ‘that an educated hook may | yamas who knocked out Tommy help. solve the problem. Half of & Loughran. But here’s the interest- quarter's physical education credit ing thing: will be allowed for the course. | The Pei)nsyl vapia State graduste Fan. Mall . |nas attached the “high hat" ring fol- Anyone who thinks the public IS 14wins once held by Gene Tunney. apathetic ‘about 'its troublés in| Fine gentlemen and their ladies landing the finny denizens of lakclwhu Tiave & edikcrings for SstHale and stream should read the !"m‘thrm.s are eyeing Hamas asa possi- mail of Charles M. Sprague, In-|y1e qrawing room attraction. They structor of the class. ave the ones who not only delighted From every part of the United in Tunney, but gave Georges Car- Blates ha,ve come letters, Some ask pentier a big play when the orchida- if he won’t add a correspondence’ ... mrenchman’s star was in the course, and scores have questions|. .., qa ney. they va.ntbehtm m, answ;r. it 1 They can understand Hamas Ong writer wants to Know WhY'epe he speaks the polite language fish in a certaln stream won't take of a college football hero and @ his hook, but seem eager 0 SWal-|young man ambitious to become & low the very same fly on the hmigreac surgeon—as worthy, if not s oon;:)'amon“. B |quite so glamorous an ambition as be‘; i ] i | to become @ Shakespearean schok Long before class was eslah| And the atavistic fondness of pal- lished, Sprague had been function-|y4 men (and some frail women) for ing as an_ unofficial mformanonm rute force is satistied by Hames bureau for the fishing fraternity in{ i h pig polish is rubbed off in the the vicinity of Palo Alto due to his ring, He's the killer typein action, success as a fisherman and ama-|y g gnockouts to his credit in teur maker of flies. He learned g gionig fas. areitn Baine. Hamas' battles But to forestall false hopes, he| of the future __ibit more eager and restl {for he s fingers beat a steady tattoo on| desk as he watches the face of e Senator on his feet at the time. He will jump up when a colleague eagerly shake his hand as » shifts his cigar, | Breaks a Precedent King of Utah was talking about the alien ' seamen bill Senator Huey's” third day in the Senate. The self-styled “Kingfish” was a an usual At any rate, breaking some sort of a preosdent for freshmen Sen- ators, he jumped to his feet and interrupted King. Now the Utah Senator is a rath-| er tolerant sort of a fellow—has usually a genial smile and a benign| attitude. But it looked as if he was| a bit surprised if not a little im-| patient with Long interrupting him h Ffebstor ot e in such fashion. Nevertheless, he wl.p‘(‘hn,, the business of the meeting. R A e o C i g Apig f e ‘elepho! :)f c le: e o R L 0P pani MRS. FOHN-HANSEN TO ompan sort of way and gave a polite an- swer to his question. King probably thought the Hon. “Huey” was through, but he reck- onsd not with the Long manner, was interrupted again. Joe| Robinson asked a question about| the same time, however, and King ignored Long. But as soon as Robinson was through, “Huey” broke through with another quéstion. It was easy to see that King's patienc> was being tried. Yet he heard and - answered Long again, But the “Kingfish” was mnot yet through— Irked, Maybe? He kept boring in on Senator King— Finally, the tall; lanky Utah Sen- ator got enough. He turned on “Huey” with something resembling a sharl. “I have stated repeatedly, etc. ess perhaps| McWilllams; Clerks—Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin and Mrs. A. R. Edwards, No. 2—Judges—Fred Kronquist, C. O. Anderson and J. R. Guerin; Clerks—Mrs. Robert Fraser and Mrs. Charles Schram. In the report on streets and pub- c properties, the excellent work which has been accomplished with the aid of Federal prisoners was highly recommended. Mrs. Frank) who was present at the ng, expre: A the appreciation of the resideni the upper end Sales! You do not have to in- crease your sales force, but merely supplement it with good printing for which there is no substitute. Our printers and pressmen are artists at their trade, they know how to put -punch in your printed sales SAVE HALF wWO0D CLEAN HEMLOCK 14 in., 16 in., 24 in. of St. Ann's Avenue for the work R 2 force. Prices are al- dche in opening the roads to travel Single Load, $4.25 ways in keeping with gt value. there. E. B. Dudden, of the Douglas| Island Packing Company, was 4 visitor before the Council and di cu conditions in connection with the salmon canning business here. hirteen bills amounting to $1 17168 were authorized paid com- Double Load, $8.00 A discount of 50 cents per load is made for CASH LEAVE ORDERS WITH Empire Printing GEORGE BROTHERS SPEAK AT HIGH SCHOOL Phone 374 CHESTER BARNESSON Telephone 039, 1 long, 1 shoré Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen will speak before the students of the Douglas High School at 2:45 pm. Thursday. The women of Douglas are invited and especially urged to attend as Mrs. Fohn-Hansen will speak on a subject of great interest to them. e TYPING HONORS AWARDED ¢ Hilja Reinikka 'was awarded a) silver typing pin for attaining a |speed of fifty words a minute in a recent test. The students of the Douglas High School typing class receive @ bronze pin for forty words per minute, a silver pin for FOUR SQUARE FIRST CLASS fifty and a gold pin for sixty words per minute. : e L. M. VINCENT GIVES INTERESTING TALK ON GEO. WASHINGTON ete.,” he shouted. Still “Huey” didn’t sit down. When King was through sfating what he had “stated repeatedly” Long shot another question at him. By this time, King was really aroused. He fairly shouted at Long: “George ‘Washington” was the subject of Mr. L. M. Vincent's talk | before the P.-T. A last night. Mr. Vincent said that there are three written types of courses: 1.—The| National hero type in which “the King can do no wrong”; 2.—Dry announced at the opening of the course that neither he nor the uni- versity ‘will guarantee the person completing the course will be able to catch fish. Proper form for castng, the care and preservation of apparatus and promise to fill plenty of ringside seats with tall topper and ermine jcoat wearers and topack the open “You've made the same state- ment before, and I stated then, I repeat 3 R Y air avenas of he survives the indoor Mmflbly?e :.an:ug::t i;ce igea than season. i i that King was irked. At least he But 20-year-old Mrs. Hamas, musi- {gat down and didn't ask any more \clan and golfer, offers Mr. Hamas questions. But it wasn't for long. fact type with no im/ermmbn'{ at all and, 3—Red letter typs| which indulges in ~mud-slinging Some years ago, according to Mr. Vincent, Congress ordered the ool- ! lection of all writings, correspond- ence and diaries of . Washington. Now you may make your home, garages and other the handlifig of it so the tyro won't e protect him from the onslaughts get tangled up in his own line androinine gdmirers whilehe is tryj 'wind up by falling upon and break- | ing to put the i Fievinskys an 4 ing his own pole are some of the Sharkeys on m""‘gkm_ things he hopes to be able to teach | 4 \ | his proteges. S Knowledge of flies; the differ- 'gnne between fly and bait casting Bar Henley the right grip and swing for diss |, . . . ‘ance, and something of the peculs |} ln Glfvl'lg i 4l § Testimony Jarities of fish also will be taught, ’ ————l . Denied Right o Testify to Values of Foshay of NOTICE { : The First Spiritual Society of| Juneau has disbanded and no more meetings under that name will bé} as i i ! y held. SAM SIMONARSON, . March 2, 1952 Chairman., Properties —adv; | GRE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, March 2 _H. H. Henley was denied yesters day the right to testify as to thé values of the properties of theé |Public Utilities Consolidated Cor= |poration, Foshay enterprise, HOLLYWOOD STYLE SHOP mail fraud charge trial. The court ruled “Henley might an Arizona subsidiary, in the second | ed, he arose and made his maiden speech in the Senate, her charm and athletic poweress t0( Eater in the afternoon, undaunt- give his opinion as to certain vali- {|es but this would not be considered evidence of values. Henley was also barred in giving | | summaries . from the books of the Foshay Company to show the com- pany could have met all its obliga- tions at the time of the receiver- ship. He admitted on the stand that the. conclusion to be drawn from the summary was based on his own valuation of the securities ‘land mot carried on the books. SR REGISTERED AT ALASKAN ‘George 'Clémens of Juneau is among ‘the guests: at ‘the Alaskan ‘otel. STAYING AT GASTINEAU John Verwalis and F. Hughson of lat the Gastineau hotel. !|the story is half complete and bujldipgs atlow cost. Dried lum- The committee cut out everything . derogatory to Washington's life, so ker, two by fours, planks, etc., ‘Washington remains a great Na- tional hero. The greatest compli- ment that can be paid to Washing- ton is that the sensation writers cannot say things unpleasant about | him and make their statements stick. ¢ cut to any desired size and guar- anteed to give vears of service and satisfaction. Ask for prices Facts On Life v In the course of his talk, Mr. Vincent gave an account of the | outstanding facts in the life of | ‘Washington. Very little is known of his boyhood although it is be- lieved that he was very athletic | and a leader in boyhood sports. Contrary to popular belief Wash- | ington did not inherit his money, P S S R I by phoning 358 :or writing to Store That Pleases” OCERY “The 1