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With • tint to color already appearing oa the leaves and barberry. nature U getting ready for ♦ha big nf aaraaAf There is no doubt that even la the Btooe Aga Man had to straggle to survive In a hostile world, U> teed hluiselt and hu offspring, and to win the privilege to barinc bis ewa eave to himself. At any period, to live and advance to to straggle. Indiana Senator Jenner turned bin sarcastic tongue on General Marshall and called him a “front man tor traitors.** The insult did not stop the senate Irons voting approval of the able statesman who will become head of the nation's defense department. Along , with Jenner, Commaniat newspapers also heaped insult on Mar shaH. George N. Craig, national commander of the American Legion, says there is no room ia the Unitad Stales for the American Legion !M*t. »*• Communist yarty-sad the Legion is-herp to stay Craig said the Legion attempts to preserve human dignity sod help this country retain its ''living example" at proof that men can be free. This goal, he said, is what ' potential anemias" are naw attempting to destroy. Craig has given us an American creed. 0“ —-o Nearly alt the strikes seem to be settled aad American industry is goiag Into high gear in the production Os materials needed by the armed forces. In addition to civilian goods. We fool around in this country aad get things aflutter'. but can kunckle down whoa an emergency arises That is what we are doing now aad the might of the' great industrial output will be felt throughout the world. Even though 'employment is at an all-time high, a few million more workers are expected to be absorbed in the factories. '“As Maine goers, so goes the nation" is an old slogan which, if it ever wastrue, long ago ceased to be so. Nearer the present case is the quip accredited to James A. Wrley, “As goes Maine, so goes Vermont.** Inspired by the 1938 election when these two states were the onl> ones to vote for the Republicans Maine was then no barometer and has not been since la 111*. Senator .Mar-

High Blood Pressure and Diet

By Herman N. Bunde»«n, M.D. I FOR almost half a century. I doctor* hare been trying to de-■ termlne whether or not high blood ' pressure can he regulated by 4b-t Despite all of thia research, the questlon attll remain* unanswerad. I or the answers given are only partial. We can definitely say that 1 where high blood pressure is due. i in part, to kidney disease. dietary | treatment wUI I* benefii laiJiu'±! tar a* the kidney condition is < oncerned. but will not necessarily lower the blood pressure. The same thins i» tn» where high blood pressure Is accompanied by heart failure The latter < ondltlon can he successfully treat rd by a low; salt diet, but thia 'does not tiu-an It Will have say effect on the high blood pressure Dietary treatment of high bl<»>d pressure has been along the lines nt diets low In salt or low la proteins, such' »« meat milk One of the difficulties attached to diets very low in salt Is that In l.lgh blood pressure especially with kidney disease, s reduction of salt may lead to kidney failure 1 Mvtdence that protein may have < some effect on high blood presure la contradictory For example. | when healthy young men lived for sis months oa a diet low In I protein, all eshibltad a drop in ' tht blood pr*s»ure. On tbs other, hand other Investigators found no* change in the blood pressure ot pa

garet Chase Smith. Republican, got seventy per ceat of the vole, but that did not hamper President Truman from winning ia November. ■O" o — This country does not want thirty years of war. although some authorities believe that Russia will keep conditions stirred up so that nations cannot enjoy peace In a generation The victory over Communist forces in Korea will show the world that tree men can fight and win. The Russians will have their troubles eventually and with most of the nations of the earth united against the Reds the forces of freedom will take the leadership necessary to maintain peace. . s Tyranny does not reign forever. o o Railroad Signals: Two general conclusions about railroad signaling and train safety are possible from the Investigation of the troop train disaster in Ohio. The best of signal systenjs to ineffective unless the engine drivers obey the signals they receive. Secondly, railroad signal systems apparently are not as good as they could be In this day as highly advanced communication techniques. The track bn which the accident occurred was equipped with a device that permitted the train to travel at high speed, with a Warning only equivalent of a "boulevard stop” sign on the highways. This does not appear to be either modern or protective. As a matter of fact more effective devices are available and in limited use on some lines. This Is automatic train control equipment. which can take control of a train and reduce Its speed or stop it. as indicated, if the engineer disregards a signal. Also available to railroads Is radio communication such as controls the movements of airplanes, ships and police cars, and dispatches taxi cabs to their destinations. With radio, the engineer of the stalled train could have advised the nearest tower operator, who could have immediately given the exact location of the stalled train The wayside light and the signal flare belong to an era long past. Thia is the era of radio, and of protective devices which are capable of eliminating the interference of human error.

1 tlents with high blood pressure as ' »er ten months of rigorous restric- , tlon ot protein In the diet. The so-called rice diet Is low In both protein ami salt. Some pa tjents have been benefited by such l a diet However, it must Im used with great card? since kidney tail , ure may occur when it t« used The one definite reason for dietary restriction In patients' with 1 high blood pressure is obesity or [overweight There, cqnjiejnii doubt that a reduction in weight is of definite benefit to the high blood pressure patient. According tn some physicians, every by perJenrive patient should hate a .moderate reducing diet, which wiU'grwdtually bring down the weight. If the patiest Is a. heavy salt edtyr - salt ..alau sio-uHi be it-alrittod There -is also some advantage tn planning the diet so as to help avoid digestive upsets, because high Mood preeaur*. pallent* are more likely to have ordinary artery disease The coronary artery supplies the heart muscle with hiood. There Is evidence that disturbed action of the stomach mav ! aiso interfere with the clrcilia I f irm of blood through the coron ary artery; hence a bland diet | that is. one containing no rough ■ “t. Irritating food*, is useful QUESTION* ANO ANSWER* \ Header What Is the ,>use ,of a brain tumor? * in-.rr The retire of .1 brain tiui'-t is not known. I

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o —.... —g ! Household Scrapbook | By ROBSRTA LBB | Renovating Velvet fuse the following method for renovating velvet. Put a little uat er Into a tea kettle, tie a piece of cheesecloth over the spout and let it boH vigorously. Hold the velvet ia the steam shaking it gently, until the pile stands up. He eatwful to keep the velvet from tile flame. Shoe Hom Substitute Wh<n putting on a close-fitting slipper and no shoe horn hr available. ley a corner of a kandkerchief into the shoe, ahd'graspmtt the rt hiaitrlng -porttow Gruviy/ use. in the same manner as a eh«e horn. Cracked Eggs An egg that is cracked at oneend cannot be boiled succeasfullv. However. if it is cracked at both ends it edtl prevent waste-and toeegg will boil as well as if it had been whole. g g I Modern Etiquette | . By ROBERTA LBB 0 —0 Q Is it really Incorrect for a married woman to use her given name in her title, as “Mrs. Martha Gordon"? I see thia quits often these days. A. The increasing number of

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CHAPTER TWENTY IVES NEVER thought about whom Tana might have turned to other than himself; there were many things he’d never thought about. Ha looked at Tana, seeing a woman. The two years' difference m their ages counted no longer; once those years had been a great gap. The pair of them had grown up on this ranch together, but abe d never been A younger mater to him. She bad been a grave, aloof girl who bad shown him little Kindnesses In her own quiet fashion, and those had been the bright spots ot the buried years. Quite often she'd been gone from the ranch—to schools in the East. He'd always been glad to sce ner return, but he’d never so much as touched her hand. Now he looked at her and knew their real kinship; she had grown up under the shadow ot the colonel. too. And she had remembered a certain Brian Ives and turned to him In her desperate hour. He came to the divan and 1 sat down beside her and took her I hand in hta and said, "Let's hope everything isn't lost yet" She turned and looked at him and she was trembling and then suddenly she slid against him. not aa though this were a conscious move but as though strength had IcU her . Their shoulder* touched; he put' his arms around her and drew her close; without meaning to, he kissed her. Her mouth clung to bia, and he knew her then for the first time; he knew that serenity had been her only armor and it was stripped from her now-and She all woman with a woman s *Jh linger and a woman's need. The kina was tier surrender, and it was complete, and -they were alone in this great nouse. end the nware- . ness of this throbbed in Ives' temples. Then she was pushing him away from her, her hands beating at his chest, her breath coming in sobs; and he drew back from her and stood up. Shame came upon him, and he said. "I'm sorry. 1 know how It is. There a Benedict." •■Rod—?" she said startle.! "He's in love with you." She said, "I wasn't thinking of him. 1 was thinking ot us. We must never let this happen again." He said, “I think wii've both been too lonely fop* too long." “It was only aalf your fault, i Brian. Forgive mt. W. ve both i got to remember that it mat i

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I women in business undoubtedly acI counts for the increasing use of Mrs. Martha. But It la still, best I social usage for a married woman or widow to eaU herself Mrs. Robert Gordon and for a divorcee r to substitute her maiden name in place of her ex husband s given ( name, calling herself, for example, t Mrs Smith Gordon. t Q. is it ever permissible to leave - the spoon In the cup while drinkI 'us coffee or tea? A. Never As soon Ba the coffee or ton la stirred, the spoon should : be placed in the saucer and remain there y, to it neeeaeary to acknowledge : rifts aad cards received during an cj.-ilhkfcsa.?.- .. .- ...... i A,-Yea. If one is too ill to writ* the notes personally, some member of the family can do sb. > ———■ . —. ! iWS A&> I TODAY | g— 1 I Sept. 11l Announcement U I made that the First National Hank | of Ih-catiir will change to the First ■ State Bank of Decatur November • 20. t The eity building Utobe re l modelled. Offices of-city c lerk and I treasurer will be moved to the firs? I floor formerly occupied a« fire i btarhm.— ~ C. E Bell is lUHued on the re-

couldn't be." t Only then itid he sense the real > truth, and it was haU-glimpecd. it - was like seeing a vista of prairie : lighted up by a sudden lightning ; Basil, then plunged into darkness again. He stepped closer to her; > he stood towering over her, looking i down. He said. 'Two things I brought me Home, and your send- . ing tor me was one ot them. The - other was something that 1 thought i didn't really, matter, but it always i has.-. You know, don't you?" i "Know what. Hit tn — i "Who 1 am. Who my folks I were." ■ She bowed her head; she kept It i bowed and thus there was nfo mect- > ingot their eyes. She said nothing, i "Tom Feather Knows, too." he insisted. Tom might tell me, but ’ he's addled and the years are all i muted up for him. But you could tell me. You know, don't you?” She nodded. I He stood waiting; somewhere In i the house a clock ticked; he reI membered the clock, a banjo clock on the wall of the colonel's bedroom. It had measured out many years. ' - . . . "When you left," she said, “when you went to Wyoming and read medicine, 1 cried." "Tou cried for me?" He was astounded. ~ "I cried," she said, "and the colonel took me to his study and told me allot it That was ten years ago." He remembered the lowing of cattle beneath a darkling sky; be remembered his recurring fear forever tied to that sound: and he remembered, too, thq teacher and her jingle: "As I waa going to St Ives..." He tried to still the trembling within him. He said, ''l’m waiting, Tana" Her voice was so low he could scarcely hoar It She said, "Will you believe it's better that you don't know ? Will you believe that the only reason I can't tell you is because you mean a very great deal to me?" He thought of Tom Feather "The roots ot this thing were in Texas," he guessed. “Yes," she said. He said, “la that all you can tell me?" She said. TU have to ask you for faith." He stood looking down upon her foi a long moment a tumult of emotions in him. and then he reached tor her. He got his hands under her anus. He brought her to -*

solution couswtotoo to the Sato- | monie Baptist caavsitios at BluffIM. The Reformed churches to the Fort district wUI hold a men's congress here Sept. IS. Prims Carnsro knocks Jack Cross out in the fourth round at ' Chicago. deaawmiMW RoUttoß Filed Petition for partition filed to the divorce action of Fraaeee Schamerlolr vs Arthur Schamerloh, a summons issued for the defendant returnable Sept. 17. Marriage Licensee Rex Roop. Decatur, and Louise RcKip. St. Louis Mo. Vernon Bultemeler. Preble, and Jlaxlne Fuhrman, route 1. Donald Llec-hty. of Decatur, aad Deris Bell. Convoy. O. Noble Nicodemus and Ruth (Cnittle. both bf Decatur. lames McDonald. Harvester. 0.. ami Margaret Gregory of Marion. Jlhto. Merle Follansbee and Betty Loope. both of Cleveland. Cljrde Sthallengerg and Mriam Kipp. Ijoto of St. Mary's, O. . Wildcot Strike At Studebaker Ended South Bend. Ind., Sept. 18 - ( <l'l*l— Ono hundred members of I the VK> united auto workers union , i ended a one-day wildcat walkout ( at Siudelmker Corp, today and 11,- , eoo production workers returned io their jobs The big apto plant was shut . down Friday when the workers, , employed ia the transportallon partni'-nt. left their jobs In an , lutra-union dispute over a reyentlyI ' ratified i-onlract which gave tbe CAW-CIO members a uine-cent hourly pay luroat. > 7“ 1 District GOP Pions »<x' Roost Thursday if Fourth district Republicans.have S • n united to attend on ox roast ( at Fort Wayne Bpaedway Thurs- | day, it wag announced today. The ' AHeu county Republican central | committee will act as host to the I party. The barbecue will start Thursday * Mternoon at 1 o'clock and will be l: b«-Id regardless of weafhsr con--1 clitions. The grandstand at the r speedway will accomodate several tnousand people and it is covered. - Aicout lou Adams county ReI publicans are planning to attend. ! i according to Harry Essex, district L chairman. All county candidates . and the entire Adams county com•ulttee have made reservations.

her feet, and he raised her chin i with the knuckle of his right in<lex Unger and kissed her again, nut : outti his arms around her- It ; was ntle kiss that erased the i first ouc. He stepped back from Her. T need some things," he said i brls'ly. "Food. Some cloth for bai rages. A couple of elean sheets ' will do. 1 can tear them to sixe." •Til get-them for you, Brian." i "Young Lund may have to stay Where he la tor a few days There t nothing much up at the shack." i She walked from the room; he crossed to a window and shot up 'he blind: the east was showing its first faint light. He could hear her moving about in a distant part 1 at the house. Ha waited; she 4"> e . lock tugging a gunny-sack that bulged with canned goods T put the sheet* inside the sack,' she said. He look the sack from her and walked toward the door. "I’ve got to get back at once. If you want, you can make a ride for me today. Go to Tamerlane and Bad your Rod Benedict. Tell him about Cory Lund; tell him everything. If the neater* aren't up In arms yet, maybe that will stop them. Our only chance la that the colonel hasn’t yet bought a full-sized war." ■ha said. TU do that, Brian. There was aa aliveness to her: he had done that much by this brief visit. He smiled at her, knowing then how dear she was to him, feeling a closeness he had never known before. He said, “Well make out, you and L" She aaid. "Good luek. Brian." TU be back at Hammer as soon as my patient is able to ait a saddle and get to his own home." ■he lifted the bar for him and cloned the dsor behind him. Faint gray light washed the yard now, and the silent ranch had lost Its dread. He fastened the sack to the saddle and stepped up and turned his face to the north. He rode along with the light growing stronger and the graao glistening with dew and the meadow larks caroling the dawn. He rode with a deep inner satiafaction that was at first nameless until he traced It to Its roots, and its roots were Tana He had known no family, nqt really, and he had found a sister. That was good. Yet the memory ot that : first kiss was still with him, and ' his thought was that it would tai o I some living to bury that memory, i fJU> Be Continued; *

Recruit Doctors In Event Os A-Bombing Indianapolis, Sept 18 -(UP)— Physicians In each of Indiana's 92 counties are being “recruited" •for duty in the event ot an atomic bomb attack ia lad ton a. the state medical aasociatloa said today. Dr. (ileu Ward Les. Richmond, heads a committee mobilising per sonnel and resources for immediate relief of clrttlaa casualties, the association said. Tbe preparedness program includes storing blood plasma and medical supplies, blood typing of individuals as a source of fresh blood, rushing doctors Into a stricken community for first aid. and moving victims to emergency hospitals outside bombed areas. Registration Today At I. U/s Center New credit courses in accounting, education, physical education, music, business law public speaking. English and jmirnallsm have been added to the fall semester curriculum of the Indiana University Fort Wayne center. In announcing the enlarged curric-ufam. F. R. Neff, director of the center, said that five of the new courses will lie for graduate students. Registration for the fall semeet- < r opened today and classes will start Monday. Sept. 25. Nomemkiif Tips Pickle Succaes There's still time before early frosts to make pickles from summer and fall crops of cucumbers, green tomaloes, and other vegetables well suited to pickling If the reguUa are to be plump, tart, and spicy successes, there are tine points In pickling to master. Failures to avoid tn bome 'pickling are pickles that, are too sour, aofi or slippery, hollow, and shrtveF <4. Fortonateto alWalUm tep do's and don't can prevent these failures: DO use modern-day .plc k I e recipes Old-fashioned recipes may call, for too tnucji vinegar because the vinegar of 20 to 25 years ago bad less acetic acid than today's vinegar Standard vinegar should be good and clear with four to six percent acetic acid. DO use pure granulated salt in brining, although common table salt may be satisfactory Pickling results with table salt arc not so certain because ot the ingredients it contains to preren*t lumping I>ON'T let cucumbers stand tore long before brining to avoid hollow pickles. It's best to phkle within 24 hours after gathering. Remember that hollow pickles are not a total loss but may be .used in making mixed pirkle or relish ' Dey uev- soli walyr in maktoc a brine it possible If you must use. hard water, add a little vinegar unless the recipe calls for vinegar anyway. The calcium and other

CHATTER TWENTY-ONB IVES WAS able to make better time than on his trip down from the hills, but soon he was climbing and he had to go easy on the horse. Stunted trees stud-led the buttes, and from a high lift ot ground be could look tack lowajM Hamrmc and see smoke lifting from the ranvh-hous* That would ba Tana preparing breakfast before the ride to town. He looked to where the willows marched along Sombra , River; he thought of the colonel - and frowned, wondering U Tana'a ride might be In vain. Then the airlash of the bullet came, and the echoing bark at the gun. He fell out of the saddle; that was pure instinct. Hitting the ground, he rolled, came up en his hands and knees and scuttled crabfashion for a nest of rocks nearby. Ho got into these rocks; they wore slippery with dew and none of them was high enough, and he had • naked feeling. He lifted his eyes and peered; yonder, within Siltshooter range, was a clump ot gnarled cedars, and from that chimp the shot had come. He expected a second shot, and he wished mightily for his gun. He was going to have to get it out of his carpetbag and keep it handy on this-range, but the carpetbag waa at Feather's place. Ha looked toward his horse. As he'd dropped from the saddle, he’d flung the reins out and they had fallen to th* ground, anchoring the horse. That mount was range-trained, howovor Marybellc had come by IL He was glad of that But he couldn't He hero, waiting for the bidden bushwhacker to show himself. to come closer foe the coup da graao. He'd have to risk a run for the horse and a hard gallop afterwards; therein lay his only chßficg. Ha came to a sinlden stand and headed for the horse and flung himself into the saddle; be snatched up the reins and wheeled the horse about, expecting the bark of a gun. Then he saw movement over yonder by the ecdars; a man spurred from that ambush, riding away, a man bent low over his saddle and quirting his horse. He was visible for a moment but : there was no Identifying him, not I in the early light The bushwhackI er topped a rise and was briefly ; nkylined and then dropped from 1 ukUU I

salts in hard water may keep acid from forming, w stop Ute ptokliac process. DO use enough salt In the brine. When tbe salt solution Is too weak, spoilage bacteria can get a start, causing soft or slippery pickles. DON'T Place pickles In sxtrsmely strong salt, sugar, or vinegar solutloas witbout.a preliminary treat, ment in a weaker solution. Otherwise, you may have troakfo with shriveling. Shriveling is especially likely to occur in quite strong sugar solutions when making sweet pickles. DO keep plcxits well below the brine. When plckles are exposed to tbe air. the bacteria that makes pickles soft or slippery get a chance to act DO take the scum off tbe top of the brine every day to keep top layers of the pickles from spoiling. But if spoilage gets under way on top, lower layers ean often be saved. Here-s bow: Remove the spoiled part and add enough fresh brine ot the same strength to cover. DO use whole spices for coccked pickles because they keep their flavor longer. Ground spices should

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Ives watched him go. a great wonderment in him. and then he understood. The bushwhacker had supposed that he, Ives, carried a gun, and the bushwhacker had thought that Ives' rush to the horse signaled an attack. Slowly Ives rode toward the cedar thicket and in the midst of it be came down from his saddle and looked around. There waa sign that a man had stood waiting and that nervousness had had a hold on thia mast and he had eased Ma teaslou by walking to and fro. And, walking, the maa had tavond aS* leg; the sign was mighty plain. Ives said softly, “Brule . . .** His thought was: Twtos, aowf He guessed that Brule had sighted him across the diet sane and waited here for Ma quarry to come withal six-shooter rang* Ha stood listening; far away ha heard the ring of shod hoofs upon rock; the sound diminished and waa lost He climbed into the saddle again and rode onward; coon he waa ca «n-, other promontory that gave him command of a sweep of eouatry. He could see all ot Sombra Raage, the winding river, the buildings of Hammer, the acster settlement, and, far to the south, the baay outlines of Tamerlan* He thought he made out a minute speck to the distance, a ridbr spurring to the southwest He eouldnt be sur* And so he sat Isoking upoa the Sombra, and ths name and its meaning rang la Ma mind; and he laughed, for there waa a shadow on the Sombra. a shadow on the shadow, and he knew sow that it was made ot more than Colonel Carradine's tolly and Elisha Lund’s obstinacy and the inevitable sparks that name from one faction pitted againnt another.- He knew that someone was deliberately laying a shadow across thia range, and that was why Cory Lund had stopped a bullet end Brian Ives had stopped a bullet and had almost stopped another this morning, They didn't count, he and Cory; they were puppet* on airings, end some unseen hand waa manipulating them. No, they were pawn* in a game—that analogy suited him better—they were ohaaamm moved to bring about some far-reaching effect that was beyond guessing. Oddly then he remembered Marco Stoll's chessboard, and only then was hl* suspicion bom; but it use a ridiculous suspicion and he banished it as such, exiling the iiolUua to a ter nowwv a! tel* wilnA.

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He faced north again, toward Tien i Feather’s shack, remembering the I food he carried, remembering that . there would be no breakfast for I MarybeUe until he arrived. Ives came toward Feather's shack cautiously; he’d learned a - few things about caution lately. 1 Once he'd done hia riding without 1 fear; be remembered Oregon and ' how a doctor bad been safe there. The only trouble had been the 1 dogs; the dogs hadn’t always understood; a stranger wne a stranger to them. But with man it had been different." There waaht T ’ farmer who wouldn’t leave his plow to help get a doctor's buggy out of the mud. There wasn’t a cowboy who'd refuse to ride fifty 1 mile* tor medicine It the doctor found he'd forgot to fetch a eerI tain Mad along. He bad moved across the land with an armor 1 about him, and that armor waa the respect ot men. But thia was I the Sombra. He dismounted before the shack waa la view and led hi* horse ' through the thicket* approaching - th* shack so that ba didn't have to ' cross the clearing. When he came - around * corner of the building. Mary belle appeared at the door. She looked frightened; be Judged that his surreptitious movement* ' had carried to her ears, and he was sorry. He amtled end gaief, “It’s only me." He unsaddled; she came and stood watching. He handed the gunny-sack to her. "Brcakfaat," he said. "I was beginning to worry about you,’ she said. She went into the shack: when he followed after her, she hail v baeon xixxltng tn a frying pah. He crossed over to the bunk and looked at Cory; Cory was »till Bleeping. He found" his «»rpetb*g and fumbled at the catch and dug into the depths of the bag and hauled out a gun and belt and hoMer. He buckled the belt around hi* waist Maiqrbellc'a eyebrows arched. "Has it come to that?" Ives nodded. “Somebody started shooting again. Next time I'U be able to shoot back." She put dishes on the table; and aa she did so, she glanced toward the bunk. Ives shook his head. “Fix him something you can feed to him," he aakl. "He’s not getting up. Not yet" "Ln let him sleep aa long a* he can," she said. tTn R*