The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1932, Page 6

SYNOPSIS: The secret of the Prestons — cattle. rustling — has been discovered by Trueman Rock, and is becoming known to a few ranchers. Rock intends to Prevent the open disgrace of Gage Presten and his son, Ash, be eave: he is in love with Gage's | daughter, Thiry. Thiry keeps a shamed silence. Chapter 43 BUYING SILENCE “Fresh Half Mood hides hidden close to where Preston last butch- ered. He can show these any umovl f greeting. T called Lincoln in to talk it over.| “Dabb told me you'd come to him |, ) o We advised Slagle to keep mum |with proof of Preston’s guilt.” ;h’m,,'““"‘d from where T found an’ wait.” | “The devil he did,” ejaculated| ™ v “Dabb, here” what Il do, and |Slagle. | “well, no matter, You,did. find uly foea. T'm sure thankin’ you for the| *“Yes, and my business with you | them, and your word would con-< { hunch,” returned Rock, passionate- iy. 'l buy Slagel's silence. T've five thousand dollars in the bank. Tl stop Gage reston’s stealin’ be- fore it's too late. . . . ‘And if T have to. Il call Ash Preston out.”” SUNSET PASS by Zane Grey | THE DAILY ALASKA e POLLY AND HER PALS “An’ what's that?” | “I can manage Preston. But| when Ash finds put, hel fight. He| can't be persuaded or frightened.” | “Shore. An’ reservation is| you'll have to kill him,' "interposed | the imperturbaple Texan. | Rock did not make any reply. | Before sundown of another day | Rock reinéd his sweating horse in| | front of Slagel's cabin, and dis-/ {mounted to approach that individ- | ual who had come to the door. | | Slagle, T want to talk Dutch to! | you,” said Rock, without any sort | |is to buy your silence.” | Slagle showed further amaze- ment and interest. He listened in- |tensely to Rock's story. “Rock, this hyar don't set right on me. What's your idee? iYoul vince ranche: rs, if ‘not a court. My | offer stands, ‘What'll you tak “Rock, hev you got' backin'?” “No, O've my own money. Cash!” “How much you got? ’ “Pive thousand.” “Whar'd you ever get thet much? | wal, T hate to take you up, Rock, jan’ I wouldn't if 1 didn’t feel shore you'll get it back, or some, any- |how. Say I take half of what you Tl pack an' hustle. out of hyar pronto. “Youwll leave the range?” GREAT GUNS! IS THAT - AMOROUS IDIOT STILL HANGIN' AROUND YOU, |ton, as Rock entered. v >~ me to-hurry, after I start, got—twenty-five hundred. Preston ‘o .. oging the door and facing o Vi A k, % will have to pay you. An', ROk, 4 "ropoher with intent unmasked | proached. The doorway framed his |Preston. DON'T YOU WORRY YER PUTTY LYL Preston’s dragging steps ap- “Howdy, boss!” “Back soon as you greeted Rock. Wal, “eome in, to,” concluded 80 soon? want Alice and her mother sef before Rock a bounteous meal. Soon after ward - Roek strode out to seek age quantity of halibut frozen and DR. KIRBY LEAVING PW;‘OH» b b placed in cold storage is approxi-| Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Kirby are “Rock, you didn reak -any |1/ 4 mately 10,000,000 pounds each year.|making preparations to leave on |} laigs gettin’ hyar,” growled Pres- Ketchikan Chamber of If some provision can bé made by |the ~Admiral - Bvans the ' coming |3 “Reckon you ‘won't be rarin’ for | replied gaze. “Preston, not what I say must be heard by any- one but you.” & whisper of |for CHEER UP DEL. DARLIN/ APPROVAL FOR 51000110 LOAN IF EVER HE SETS, FOOT IN HERE, I'LL 3 THROW Him OH, THAT under “conditions heretofore and now existing . . the tcost of “de- livering to the nearest port of a pound’ of halibut is 6 ‘cents.” ! Reculted In Actual Loss | It points out that an average| price of 5 cemts paid last year re- sulted in actual loss. Then it is shown that “the aver- AIN'T WOT'S WORRYIN' ME, UNCLE SAML! I'D SOONER SOMEBUDDY WENT OUT THERE AN’ THREW HIM 1IN/ £ s e ) > r B || TUNEAU FROCK 1 SHOPPE i1 “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie Hosiery and Hats DOUGLAS Commerce Urged to Indorse Proposal KETOHIKAN—On the a federal government loan of $100,000,000 to halibut fishermen, a vorable report was submitted by which the fishermen could be fin- anced to freeze and store this fish in their own account it would result in the stabilization of prices and put the industry on a sound basis and in a condition where those engaged therein could make | proposal | I'm gamblin’ | money, Jess.” | “You bet, an’ darn glad to.” “That's fine, and better. It may be ‘& long -time i1l somebody else gets proof on Preston. It's time .. Here’s your ~ on. “Come close then, an’ talk low.” Whereupon Rock drew a chair up to [Preston’s and eyeing him Handling of Fund The authors of the letter dis- close that an ‘organization to han- e executive committee of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce o that body at its meeting last week-end for Kodiak where he;} will perhaps locate for the summer. | DONALDINE P —— “DOCTOR’S WIVES” IS AT DOUGLAS COLISEUM Episodes connected with experi-! a living wage.” jences. of a doctor, his patients make up the story of the play “Doctor’ to the Douglas Col his wife and 's. Wives” coming seum theatre for Telephone 496 BEAUTY PARLORS RUTH HAYES « “Preston, the jig's up!” whispered Rock. “No! No!” exclaimed Dabb, vi olently. “Not that last, anyway. . . Rock, will you never seftle down to peaceful .ranchin’. Suppose you come to my house for dinner to- night, I'll ‘have Tom Lincoln. We will talk it over; * It was an interminably long day for Rock. It was dusk when he walked out to the mansion that ‘was John Dabb’s home. Rock was admitted to a cheerful| library, in the presence of Dabb | and Lincoln, | “Howdy, Rock! Get down an’| come in,” ‘wds Dabb'd greeéting | b “Glad you came early. ... Tom,| you remember True Rock, don'L/ you?” | “T shore do,” replied Lincoln, ex- | tending a lean hand. “Sit down, friends,” “I've got two or more fellows comin’ after dinner, and we'll have a little - E e of draw, after. . . Now, Rock, 5 *T'e talke dover your trouble with r Tom, an' heré’s his angle. I'm| ‘ bound to say I think it a solution \ %0 a nasty problem. At that it Minges most on you...Go back o ‘Preston an’ tell+him the truth That he's found out by some cattle- men, an’ he must quit. his butch~ erin’' stolen cattle before Hesbitt getsonhim. Tell him he's to come fbefore the Cattle Association. That mean Tom an’ me, an' Hesbitt. Bire, but we can handle him, We'll keep the deal out of court, an’ Preston out of jail, provided he comes to us, pays Slagle off, an’ squares Hesbitt for the stock he has lost. Then Preston, an' ‘his four sons, especially this Ash Pres- ton, who'se the ringleader, no douht must leave the country.” “Wonderful fair an’ fine of you gentlemen,” returned Rock, in- stantly, his set face breaking. “['Wal, Rock, it's aboot this heah said Dabb; ; Southern accent. “We shore can afford to be generous because Pres- ton hasnt’ stole from us. Then we don’'t want the range slandered by such a raw case. “All right, Rock. What do you say?” -queried -Dabb, -as if in-a Ty Yo get it over. “Will you set- tle it?” “Yes, with one reservation,” re- %Lb:lkock. grimly. R s coughs and colds lead to ‘ou can stop them now with and heals the inflam inhibits germ growth. ywn drugs, creosote is recog- seat of the trouble of the germs. guaranteed satisfac- nt of ot shore can't care thet much Preston?” fer Though Rock put the white horse | %o a finish that concluded a won- | derful days' travel. It was well |after dark when they reached the |Pass. Peering: into the kitchen door he espied Mrs. Preston and Alice and Lucy at their evening | chores, |~ “Howdy, folks! Is it too late for | a bite and a cup of coffee?” “Cowboy, this chuck-house,” | Preston. | men. Rock certainly did not keep | his back to the door. { it's never too late in nasium, returned - Mrs. Sophomores by a score of 37 to0-13 | " Heavcy boot thuds out on the interest among members of the two ‘])orch attested to the approach of classes. | “Jess, you're wastin’ my time" | Preston, outside. |repnea Jock, impatiently, “I lov IThiry Preston and I'm goin' t |dave her dad because of that” | is wife. | you. Makes me want to act-square | with yiu. |couldn’t prove anythin’ on Preston 1 “Thet now. The Half Moon hides have from Thiry | “Who come in, Ma?” “A starved cowpuncher,” “Dad, it's only Mr. “T savvy. Shore call it decent of | Alice, quickly. “Pa, dido’t T An’ the fact is, Rock, I |Ash Preston's unmistakable Vol hombre ‘can't’ keep aw: queried Wiy, ‘put in Lincoln, with his slow | tell ye?” growlea eross section'with the width ‘great- | s ce. er than the depth so ‘s to Ghable |the industry will be lost to the; 2y the player to give a greater +oft | Pacific coast and Alaska.” The communication states that onicle. squarely, whispered Preston, the jigs up!” Does Preston break under final action on the committee's| Those at the Chamber's meeting Rock’s charge, tomorrow? report ‘was postponed until this|who opposed the measure expressed "l-(‘k a belief that if, as the fishermen 0 According to wdrd received ir|state, the industry actually faces FRESH"“EN DEFEAT | ruin, then the loan would serve K SOPHOMORES, 37-13, basketball yesterday afternoon | p: in the Juneau High School gym-| the Freshmen defeated the | he The game created a great deal o Henry Behrends was the |« star of the contest. { ————————— INVENTS POLO STICK oposal. LONDON, March 8—Lord Louis| ernmental aid or relief under the repliel Mountbatten has invented & fiew{farm loan law in order to assist | polo mallet. Patent rights ‘have|the halibut. industry of the Pacific | Rock,’ 'added been granted him for a stick, the|Coast.” It points out that “if the| nditions prevailing during soon continue, it wili mean Lhat'R(,al Comlll(lilll i head of which is made oval in{ to the ball. Read for Profit — Use for Results Daily Empire ant Ads xperience Has Proved Their Efficiency Daily Alaska Empire Telephone 374 according to the Ketchikan ‘The matter dle the million dollar fund can be perfected that will be agreeable to the govérnment. was de- tonight and Wednesday. Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett take the leading parts -in -the play. ed by members of the Chamber chikan the Seattle branch of 1e Fishing Vessel Owners Associa- on has.approved the letter pre- ed by the Ketchikan branch of association, n be made in order to stimu- e the halibut industry. The Fishitig Vessel Owners Asso- | tion asked the Ketchlkan Cham- | of Commerce to indorse Specifically, the letter asks only to stave off that ruin for a few months. The opponénts state as well that under any circumst- asking that the the fishermen would be able to re-| in the halibut industry, and O. M. I SRR S I want to live and let live. My! price for first class haircut is 50c. Old-time Barber Henry Kufer. adv.{ ——— ATTENTION EASTERN STARS ‘ | 4 Juneau Chapter No. 7, O. E. 3 naces it is not clear to them how | ooy nold ‘a bupsincss meeting ?-uess_" day, March 8, at 8 P. M. Visiting Secretary. “gov- pay the loan or how they would . enperswelcome | Ask For Indorsement | be able to stabilize the price sim- EDITH HOWAR] | I ply by handling their own frozen A aihy I;v'm‘_on ncrease : product. FANNY L. ROBINSON, the| J. E. Berg, banker and interested| gy sl YOlU‘ dorse the proposal. Carter urged the Chamber to in-‘ -— Prisoners in Sing Sing Have last OSSINING, N. 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