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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928 fHE SEATTLE STAR CHEROKEE KID PAGE 7 FRRASIER- PATERSON CO, Another Good Man Gone —in the SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET An Extraordinary Offer in eps Better Grade Coats Capes Dresses Suits Wraps Special Price Basement BY DON RYAN OS ANGELES, May 18.—The Cherokee Kid gave me a + long, honest look out of his rather prominent light-blue eyes. We were in the living room of his bungalow and I had asked a question of this eminent authority. A straight gesture of his left hand made the g | finger kindie briefly as he spoke “There's more high gambling in the elty of Lo» than there was in Alaska all the time she was open The Kid had punctured one bubble If you shop Saturday for Apparel, Millinery and Under- wear—do not miss the money- saving values in this Bargain Center. New Sports Coats $15.00 $17.50 $19.75 Attractive sports models, nov- elty velours, capes and gen- eral utility coats. All well tailored. Remarkable values. Sizes for women, misses and juniors, Khaki Togs for Sports and Outing Wear Of exceptional quality! Moderately priced. Khaki | Knickers Breeches Middies Skirts Angeles in a week the movi Before our chat was over*this rew day» had punctured many another—the tinted bubbles ors blow for the eyes of a new generation. The Kid knows. He by a holdover from the past, Once the most noted of gambling house lecepers, He wi # Alaska for the gol ush in Kansas when the cattleherders spilled blood and money freely over the gaming tables—in the Indian territory when the James brothers were at the height of their hectic careers—in Dick Canfield’s fashionable New York club of racing days—wherever there been quick asy money the Cherokee Kid has been to levy the gamb! heel or ds. He was one of the wt gunmen in the the world’s champio r player Like othe ‘¢ become famous in one way nother, the Cherokee Kid has gobbled up by the movie chine—that im. meio mechanical contri ¢ which feeds itself on raw material brought from the four corners of the earth. The Kid is now a techni cal director—expert on gambling scenes. His plaint is tho same as that of the othe movies pay him a to tell ‘them then make it look like * “ nay sound silly to youmyou may think I’nt just a sentimental old man—but it really hurt’ me when a director insists on having a croupler with a rake, raking in the dough at some mining camp gam bling house. Therw's only one place on God's earth where they use a rake—Monte Carlo!” which m © toll with Weat. And he hniclang of the films: the Ww a sc@fle whould look and Remarkable Values Girls’ Coats $4.75 $7.50 $9.75 Mostly manufactur- ers’ samples, only one of a kind. Tan, rein- deer, brown, red and blue, with novelty trimming effects, a Se S the Kid explained to me in detail why the croupiers at Monte Carlo employ rakes and why the American rou- lette dealer—he is never called a croupier—doesn’t. I began to realize what this honest gambler of the past is up against today. ken gamblers of the gold camps will not register on directors demand. The “al underworld leader, who ss man —and is a good one—would never do for the “Look here,” went on the Kid, warming up {o his theme. “Suppose I'm a cross-roader—gambler who travels around, you know—suppose 1m a cross-roader coming into a gambling place in the old days. I drift around looking at the games. I see some gamblers there I know. I nod to them.” : The Kid has Jost himselfin the past. in-pantomime—ailent, alert, his poker face composed, his blue eyes watch-| 1) ful. Before my vision the walls of the bungalow faded out and the boarded aiden of the “White Elephant” gambling hall took their place. “If 1 see a man doing something in a game that I know would mean trouble if 1 was setting in—why when I go into that game, I'm ready —see? All open and free,” He snapped open the front of his checked vest. watch chain so that it dangled tts length “All loose and free. I've got no necktio here to stop it.” His watered silk scarf uncolled at a touch. The karat diamond that had reposed therein he stuck in his shirt. Slowly the chair slid out, Deliberately the Kid sat down. | “Now!” he exclaimed, “Now—If I need anything—” | Like the dart of der's tongue his brownright hand slld under the left arm and out to rest on the table, thumb up, I was glad not to be sitting opposite the Cherokee Kid when that brown hand held a derringer and its owner caught me cheating at poker. see HE Cherokee Kid was christened Scott Turner. His father was Gen. G. P, M. Turner, Confederate leader in} the civil war, owner of the Memphis Scimitar. | ‘Tho astonishing thing about the Kid is his age. He is 66 and looks ||) | | Coats { Children’s |$1.75 Knickers Every model in this group is strikingly different, developed in all the new popular fabrics; some are very A number of 3-piece suits included. Visit Our New Popular Priced Department | In this new department, you will find the latest Tomorrow we place on special sale, several hundred new, beautiful garments of the season's smartest styles at a remarkable price reduction. He was moving about the room exclusive models, Sale Trimmed Hats’ He let fall his gold Featuring Coats, Suits $ 16. 7 5 €& Dresses at Style Without Extravagance styles, suitable for all occasions. Coats for sport and general utility wear; Dresses for street and sport wear; Capes and Wraps of the latest—at $16.75. Balcony-Salesroom 4. models, © and irregular brims. _ Trimmings include fruit and flower wreaths and ribbons. Every hat in this sale made to sell at higher prices. <a _ Ask Limit Be Put on Jew Students VIENNA, May 18.—A group of Gentile students of Vienna Univer: sity has petitioned the faculty to limit the Jewish students to 10 per con of the totalgnrollment. anything you choose—from 36 to 46—not m day over the latter age. His straight black hair is streaked with gray. His high, narrow fore. head towers above bushy brows. His narrow face is deeply lined beside the mouth. And his widely-spaced, prominent blue eyes gaze out from this composed mask with the glint of glacial ice within, The Cherokes Kid boasts the blood of Indian chieftains. But be was not called by the Indjan name til he had drifted West. It was in the Indian territory that he earned the sobriquet, bestowed by Belle Star, the woman outlaw, With a grin the Kid related bow the redoubtable Belle ran Jesse James and Frank James out of the territory because they were poaching on her preserves, “Ficlle was hopping mad when the James boys held up a train at Wayne. She followed them to Fort Smith, Ark., and there she kicked Jesse dames all over Ben McDaniels’ saloon, “That's one of the incidents that don’t appear in thy history books,” 1207 Second Ave. Opposite Savoy Hotel Readings from audience are Int esting. Free at Sanipractic Ha Pine and Broadway, 8 p, m. day. OUT COBWEBS Finds Patents to Millions of WORK SWEEPS (chicses*World's Pair CHICAGO, May 18-—The Fino Arts building, pride of the Chicago world fair in 1893, now crumbling in ruins in Jackson park, will be ro- stored to ite natural beauty, Work of restoration has already the Kid added with tinge of sarcasm in his voice. “As a matter of fact, a lot of things happened in the West In those days that would look funny in the books, So you don't read about ‘em.” oe HE Kid, slim and erect in his checked suit, with his straw sailor at a jaunty angle on his head, paced back and forth between pieces of the fat, upholstered furniture. On a machine-turned period table stood a pale blue vase, an orange scarf draped about its base in the approved style of “Homes Beautiful.” Mrs. Turner was bustling in and out of the open door, which showed a strip of lawn quiet and cool in started and one end has now re- sumed {ts original form. No work “y has been done for many years on WASHINGTON, Dr./ the building, regarded as one of the [Hubert Work is smashing a few! most beautiful samples of Spanish Precedents in the interfor depart- Acres in Files May 18. — At Sixth and Robert Streets St. Paul Every city which has ever had a Browning King Store, has a Browning King Store today. 20 Browning King Stores in 18 Cities Sticking to the Policy Of Giving Customers Quality, Style and Value —has perpetuated the Browning King store in every city where Browning King stores have started. Thou- sands of men who came to Seattle from the twenty other cities where Browning King have stores have already purchased our clothing and expressed their delight of the opportunity of wearing Browning King Clothes—The Quality, the Style and the Values of these— Men’s and Young Men’s Suits at $30 $35 $40 —are without equal elsewhere. $7.25 Men’s Furnishings and Straw Hats at reasonable prices, White Flannel Trousers, very fine quality of Flannel—Exceptional Value Second Ave. and University—Arcade Square ment. While sweeping cobwebs in the “undelivered patent office” he discov- ered 117,000 undelivered patents to land, hoary with age—the patents, not the Jand—scattered through | Southern land offices and embracing titles to. more , than+ 17,000,000 acres in Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, | and other Southern states, running back more than a hundred years! ‘The whole land office department has been overhauled now and patents on government farms today are de- livered to homesteaders within thirty days of the date on which they are entitled to possession of their prop- erty, architecture in this country. Engi- neers stated that it would be past restoration within five more years, To Connect Russia and U. S. by Radio MOSCOW, May 18.—-Russia ex. pects to be soon able to communi- cate with America directly by means of radio waves, The new Radio Station Khodinsky—outside of Mon: cow—in being fitted with two gen- erators the combined work of which will accomplish the above deed and it will not take long before Moscow will be able to send the first mes- sago to America direct. A small dose at bedtime brings relief and laughter by morning Hoa and doctor's rec- ords prove that 75 per cent of human illness has its origin in the intestinal canal, complicated with what is commonly called constipation. Re- alizing what that figure means, mothers should contrive methods of handling their children while they still control them that will prevent these future dan- ers. ‘Teach chil- ren regularity of bowel movement, and be especially watchful of young girls, Insist on two toe a until tho age of 18, when ono is usually sufficient. Give plenty of oranges and apples, plenty of butter because it lubricates the intes- tines, and encourage the drinking of water. Tf you detect restlessness, belch- ing, gas or wind on tl.e stomach, sleeplessness, or lack of appetite, examine the tongue and you will find it coated, accompanied by lrg breath, The child billous, constipated. According to age, give rom one-half to a teaspoonful of Dr. Caldwell's TAKE DR. CALDWELLS ~@ Jhe famil Ailing Children Get Well on Syrup Pepsin ANY FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE Thousands themselees, Wi worthy laxative font can ons "a eens i A ‘Syrup. Pepain. 1 wilt sladly ‘provlde mliveral’ free sample bolle, eaficent for an adequate where to it, A » W. B. Caldwell, 515 Washington St, Monticello, Illinois. Do it now! Syrup Pepsin, which children never object to taking as they like the taste. By morning the ‘oungster will be well again, Likewise if the nostrils are stuffed up or there is persistent. snoezing, a dose of Syrup Pepsin will bi up the fever and cold, Mrs. Geo, N. Colson of Ber- nard, Me., keeps her family well in that way, and Mrs. Ida A. Burkett of Carroll, La., who has been using Syrup. Pepsin for a dozen years, haa ral her threo Cnet Ue Dr. Meter in is a vegetable com- roan Egyptian senna and pepsin with agreeable aromatics. Tho el Menuet i on ev ckage. ruggists have sold ie with satisfaction to their customers for over $0 years, and it is now the largest selling family laxative in the world. Buy a bottle today. It will last you for months, and the cost is only about a cent a dose, ' parents are atki ean I find a trust anyone in the constipated?” sSYRUP PEPSIN ce laxative a shroud of shrubbery, where happy birds sang loudly, M was altogether a home-like scene, A scene about as much {n contrast to past backgrounds of the Cherokee Kid as could be Imagined. “I don't care how strong you make it,” quoth the Kid, “about the movies. Honestly I don’t know why tley want to hire a feller like me, They had me for a picture with Herb Rawlinson—yeggs' rendezvous, Over the rendezvous was a honky-tonk. But the set they had rigged up wasn't a honky-tonk at all, It was just a barrel house saloon! “They'll call me for a gambling scene. I'll try to give them the right kind of a lay-out. They'll say that the censors won't stand for it. Now what I can’t understand is why the censor board would cut out a gam. was not right. ‘for the movies!” A GOOD BUYER U. S. Products Sell Well South of Rio Grande DETROIT, May 18.—Mexico is proving herself a most desirable cus- tomer and patron of Michigan manu- facturing firms, it was pointed out here today. Mexican commercial interests aro spending approximately $400,000 a month in orders for manufactured products placed with producers of Michigan and a part of Ohio, the area contained in the consular dis- triet presided over by Alfredo Serra- tos, whose headquarters are in this clty. Michigan furniture is one of tho big items that goes into shipments to the Latin republic, Detroit automo- bile firms are large participants in the export business, while pharma- coutical supplies, paint, varnish, dyes and electri¢nl apparatus also aro among the finished products in great demand thore, Ohio manufacturers probably sur- pass in volume thé amount of goods sold by Michigan firms to Mexico, duo to steel mills' pipe shipments into the oll fields. The use of the automobile in Mox- |1eo 18 rapidly*becoming general. Ser- |ratos said, There are 16,000 Ford cars traversing the streéts of Mexico ‘City this year, Cars of many other makes are in popular demand. Consul Serratos says that Mexicans rapidly are turning to American-made ‘goods, despite the competition from |Hurepean manufacturers, Ohio man. /Ufacturers are sending crayons, iron pipes for the oll fields, w: barrows, toys, rubber hose, rubber heels, ma- chinery, tools, farm implementa, stoves, nails, glassware and dump cars for use in the mines, Serratos id. MEXICO RATED bling scene that was authentic any quicker than they would one that No, sir! The truth is that the real stuff isn’t sensational enough Adventists to Hold _ Convention in June COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., May 18.—Every state in the Union and every province of Canada will be represented at the educational con- vention to be conducted by the Seventh Day Adventist denomina- tion here, June & to 19, Not only will the leading educators of the church attend, but union and local conference presidents from all parts. of North America are expected to come here for the meeting. Questions Affecting the funda- mental teachings of the denomina- tion in. all its colleges and acade- mies will be discussed. The aim of the educational program is to keep the 30,000 students in the educa- tional institutions in the teachings of their interpretations of the Bible, Fear Drives Man to Kill Himself NEW ORLEANS, La, May 18,—~ Fearing he would die of cancer, as his father and brother had done, F. G. Curtis killed himself, “HERMANCRAFT" SUITS AND COATS neh ‘Twill re i atoms e and of mon Specializes tn ach troubl other allment, i a Ginghams and Percale, fast colors, neatly trimmed. | See these 85¢ specials and you will | know why the House of Bar- gains is growing so fast. BLOOMERS 50c — Crepe Bloomers, butterfly de- sign for women and misses. Very — special bargains. ; POLO COATS $9.95 Decidedly mart effects in tan, blue and brown coats and sitlelined tweed suits closed out at $9.95, Girls’ Jean White Middies, Boy's Balbriggan Union sailor style, | 50c phan vate 50c ‘i special at . on sale for ..... " Merceriz ite light weight Ecru Men's ed Whit Union Suits, Hose, 350 values, on alo at veseeeeees 75¢ two pairs for . Misses’ and woinen’s smoked 200 pairs Children’ Shoes, Oxfords, One-strap and. | elk and tan Oxfords and two- tone slippers; regular $3.50 val- Mary Janes in blacks and ues; while they $2 25 ry browns, on sale at less than | wholesale, no — $1.75 ° Bargain Basement LATEST DESIGNS IN CRE: TONNE, per yard ......- eae DEVONSHIRE CLOTH in easorted checks and stripes, per yard Cc. GINGHAMS AND EDEN CLOTH, 97 inches wide, in smart checks and stripes, Men's 600 YARDS FINE RIBBONS, some 6 inches wide, while they last per yard ... Regular 15¢ Mercerized Crochet Cotton, on sale. i Women's Khaki Skirts, divided and plain Khaki Coats and Mid. i dies ....5 “ all colors, Boston Bags _ Geniune split Cowhide Bos ton bags, very special priced .. $1 8 TOUSEYBA CAIN

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