Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 10, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 November 1921 — Page 2

A Man To His Mate By J. ALLEN DUNN COPYRIGHT BOBBS MERRILL CO.

THE DEAD ALIVE "Karluk ahoy!” The face of Captain Simms paled, the tan turned to a sickly gray, and his jaw dropped. Rainey saw fear come into his eyes. His companion 1 did not stir a muscle except for the quick shift of his glance, hut went on sitting at the table, the gold in one palm, the fingers of his other hand resting on the grains. “Jim Lund!” gasped the captain hoarsely. “That's me, you skulking sculpin! Thought I was bear meat by this, didn't you, blast yore rotten soul to h — l! But I'm back, Bill Simms. Back, an' this time you don't slip me!... . ...*■• “You left me blind on the floe, Bill Simms!” he roared “Blind, in a drivin blizzard with the ice breakin* up! If I didn't have use for yore carcass I'd twist yore head from yore scaly body like I'd pull up a cdrrot.” Well, here they ere—the main characters in the best sea tale that J. Allen Dunn ever wrote —-all except Peijgy, the captain’s handsome daughter. The scene is the main cabin of the Karluk, about to sail from San Francisco to the mysterious islands of the North Pacific for gold—a sample of which lies on the table. Lund, returned from the dead, and snow-blind, breaks in upon the “Syndicate.” The man handling the gold is Carlsen, physician and mate, who is planning to kill the captain with drugs, seize his daughter and make dff with the gold. Rainey, a papier man there Ty chance, is shanghaied when the Karluk sails. Os course the handsome Peggy is the “mate.” But who is the “man” Lund? Carlsen? Rainey? born in England, is an Oxford who has traveled the world and settled down here fifteen years ago to wyite short stories and a dozen or so thrilling “best sellers,” This story is as fascinating as Jack London’s “Sea Wolf”— and less brutal.

CHAPTER t. Blind Samson. It was perfect weather along the Ban Francisco waterfront, and Rainey reacted to the brisk touch of the trade-wind- upon his cheek, the breeze tempering the sun, bringing with It a tang of the open sea and a hint of oriental spices from the wharves. The dull thump of a heavy cane upon the timbered walk and the shuffle of uncertain feet -warned him from blundering into a man tapping his way along the Embarcadero, a giant who halted abruptly and faced him, leaning on the heavy stick. *a£Matey," asked the giant, "could you put a blind man In the way of finding the sealin’ schooner Karluk?” The voice fitted Its owner, Rainey thought—a basso voice tempered to the occasion, a (leep-sen voice .that could bellow- above the roar of a gale if needed. For all his shoregoing clothes and shuffle, the man was certainly a sailor, or had been. He wore dark glasses with side lenses, oyer which heavy brows projected In shaggy wisps of red hair. Elin|l as the m&n proclaimed himself w-ith voice and action! Rainey sensed something back of those colored glasses that seemed to be appraising him, almost as if the will of the man was peering, or listening, focused through those listless sockets. “You’re not fifty yards from the Karluk,” Rainey replied. "But you’re bound in the wrong direction. Let me' pet you right. Frit-going that' way myself." - “That’s kind of ye, matey," said the, other. “But I picked ye for that sort, harliil_3iu. whistlin’ as you came swingin’ along. Give, me the touch of yore arm, matey.” Rainey wonderingly sized up his consort. The stranger’s bulk was enormous. Rainey was well over the average himself, but he was only a strip ling beside this hulk, this stranded hulk, of manhood. And, for all the spectacled eyes and shuffling feet, there was a stamp -of co-ordinnted •trengt* .shout the giant that bespoke the bUnd Sarason. Given eyes, Rainey could imagine him agile as a panther, strong as a bear. - ‘

His weight was made up of thews and sinews, spare and solid flesh without an ounce of waste, upon a mighty skeleton. Hht face was heavy-bearded la hair of flaming, curling red, front high cheekbones down out of sight below the soft loose collar of his shirt. About thirty, Rflluey judged him. Buffeted by time and weather, but In the prime of his strength. . v riV ■‘Snow-blinded, matey,” said the •nan. “North o’ Point Barrow, a year an’ mors ago. Brought me up all standln’. What are you? Steamer man? Purser, maybe?” “Newspaper man,” answered Ratoey. “Waterfront detail. For the Times.” “You don’t sax ao. matey? A writer, eh r Again Rainey felt the tug of that something back of the dark lenses, some speculation going on In the ]

] man’s mind concerning him. And he ■ felt the firm fingers contract ever so j slightly, sinking Into the muscles of ; Ills forearm for a second with a hint i of how they could bruise and pnrnlyze at will. A faint sense of revulsion fought with his natural dncllnatlon to aid the handicapped mariner, and he shook It off. “The Karluk sails tomorrow,'" he ! said. "I had a short talk with Captain j Simms when she docked. Not much | of a ynrn. She didn’t have a good trip, ! you know.” “Why, I didn’t know. But—hold a ; inlnnit, will ye? You see, Simms Is |an old sbtpmnte of mine. He don’t | dream I’m within a hundred miles o’ j here. Aye, or a thousand.” He gave j a deep-chested chuckle. "Now, then, matey, look here.” Rainey was anchored by the compelling grip. They stood next to the j slip in which the sealer lay. The i Karluk’s decks were deserted, though • there was smoke coming from the galI ley stovepipe. j “Simms, Is likely to be aboard.” | went on the other. “Ye see, I know j his ways. An’ I’ve come a long trip to see him. Nigh missed him. Only got in from Seattle this mornln’. He ain’t expectin’ me, an’ it’s in my mind to surprise him. By way of a joke. How’s,the deck? Clear?" “No one in sight,” said Rainey. "Fine. Do me a favor, matey, an’ pilot me down Into the cabin, if so be The skipper’s there. If he ain’t, I’ll wait for him. I’ve got the right an’ run o’ the Karluk’s cabin. ' I know I ev’ry inch of her. You’ll see whqn we go aboard. Let’s go.” Rainey led him down the gangway to the deck of the senler, still clut- ; tered a bit with unstowed gear. Once aboard, the blind man seemed to walk with assurance, guiding himself with touches here and there that showed his familiarity with the vessel’s rig. He approached the cabin skylight, lift--led it on the port side. Through it came the murmur of voices. The blind man nodded in satisfaction and i widened his grin with a warning ! “hush-sh” to his guide. W e !ll fool ’em proper,”" he lipped rather than uttered. The Companion doors were closed, but they opened noiselessly. The ] stairs were carpeted with corrugated if n!hber that muffled all sound. Two men sat nt the cabin table, leaning forward, hands and forearms outstretched; fingering something. - ' One I Rainey recognized as the eaptaln, Simms-r-a heavy, square-built man, I gray-haired, clean-shaven, Ids flesh ; tabbed, yet somehow unhealthy, as If thes bronze was close to tarnishing. The other was younger, tall, nervous] y active, with dark eyes and a dark mustache and beard, the latter trimmed to a Vandyke. Between them was a long, slim sack or leather, a miner’s poke. _lt was half full* of ,something that stuffed its lower exjtremlty solid, without doubt the same suhstanee that glistened in the mouth of the sack aud the palms of the two men—gold—coarse dust of gold 1 Rainey felt himself thrust to one side as the blind mnn straddled across the bottom of the companionway, towering In the cabin while he ,thrust his stick with a thump oh the floor and thundered, in a bellow that seemed to flu the place and come tum•bling back'in deafening echo; —“Karluk ahoy!” . The face of Captain Simms paled, the tan turned to a sickly gray, and his Jaw dropped. Rainey saw fear come Into his eyes. Ills companion did (lot stir a muscle except for the quick shift-of his glance, but went on sitting at the table,’the gold in one palm, the fingers of his other hand resting on the grains. “Jim Lund!" gasped the captain hoarsely. “That’s me, you 'skulking sculpin! Thotjgbt I was hear meat by this didn’t you, blast yore rotten soul to h-^-1!. But I’m bnck. Bill Simms. Back, an’ this time you don’t slip me!” Jim Lund’s face was purple-red with rage, great veins standing out . 'upon It so swollen that It seemed they must surely burst and discharge their congested contents. He looked. Rainey thought, like a blind Berserker, restrained only by his affliction. "You left me blind on the floe. Bill SlmmSd" he roared. “BflncT, In arrivin’ blizzard with the Ice breakin’ up! if I didn’t have use for yore carcass I’d twist yore head from yore scaly body like I’d pull up a carrot.” Lund’s fingers opened and closed convulsively. , “I looked, for you, Jim," pleaded the captain, and to Rainey his words lacked copvlctlon. “I didn’t know you were blind. I heard you shout Just before the .blizzard broke loose. There’s others present, Jim; I can explain it -to you when we’re by ourselves, When you're a mite calmer, Jim.”

Lund bangfid his stick down on the table with a stnashng blow that made tlje mun With Vandyke beard, still silent, keenly observant, draw, back his arm with a catlike swiftness that only Jest evaded the stroke. The heavy, wood landed-fairly on the filled half of the' poke and caused some of the gold to-leap out of the mouth. '“What’s that I hit?" asked Lund. . “Soft, like st rat.” He lunged forward, felt for the poke, and found It, lifted It, hefted it, his forehead puckered with deep seams, discovered the open end, poured out some of the colors on one palm, and used that for a mortar, grinding at the grains with his finger for a pestle, still weighing the stuff with a slight up-an-down movement of bis hand. ’He nodded as he slipped the poke Into a side pocket, and the cabin grew | very silent. Lund’s face was grimly

terrible. He stepped back across the compnnlonway. "So.” he said, his deep voice muffled by some swift restraint, “you found It. And yo’re going back after more?” His forehead was still creased with puzzlement. “Wal, I’m golDg with ye. eyes or ho eyes, an’ I’ll keep tabs on ye. Bill Simms, by day and night. Y’ou can lay to that, you slimy-hearted swab!” His voice had risen ngnln. Rainey saw the sweat standing out on the captain’s forehead as he answered: “Os course you'll come, Jim. No need for you to talk this way.” “No need to. talk I- By the eternal, what I’ve got to soy’s bln steamin’ In me for fourteen months o’ blackness, an’ it’s cornin' out, now It’s started 1 Who's this man, who was talkin’ with ye when I come aboard?" “That’s Doctor Carlsen. He's to be surgeon this trip, Jim,” said Simms deprecatlngly, though he darted a look at Rainey half suspicious, half resentful. Rainey, on the hint, turned toward the ladder quietly enough, but Lund had nipped him by the biceps before Rainey had taken a step. “You’ll stay right here," said Lund, “while I tell you an’ this Doc CarlseU what kind of a man Sinmis is, with his poke full of gold and me with the price of my last meal spent two hours ago. I won’t spin out the yarn. "I rescued an Aleut off a bit of a berg one time. There warn’t touch of him left to rescue. Hands an’ feet au' nose wns frozen so he lost ’em, but the pore devil was grateful, an’ he told me something. Told about an Island north of Bering strait, west of Kotzebue sound, where there wns gold on” the beach richer and thicker than it ever lay at Nome. I makes for It, gits close enough for my Aleut to recognize It—lt ain’t an easy place to forget for one who has eyes—an' then we're blown south, an’ we git Into Ice an' trouble. The Aleut dies, an’ I lose my ship. But I was close enough to get the reckonin' of that Island. "Finally I land at Seattle, broke. I meet up with the. man they call Hardluck Simms. Also they called him Honest Simms those days. I like him, an’ I finally tell him about my island. I put up the reckonin’, an' he supplies the Karluk. grub,‘an’ crew. “Simms’ luck Is still ag’in’ him. The Karluk gits into Ice, gits nipped an’ carried north, 'way north, with wind an’ current, frozen tight in a floe. If looks like we’ve got to winter there^

“What’s That I Hltr Asked Lund.

Mind ye. I’ve given Honest Simms the reckonin’ of the island. We go’’ 5 ’ out on the Ice after bear an’ we kill a Kadiak bear. Me—l’ll never stand for. the shootln’ of another bear If I can stop It. “I've bln havin’ trouble with my eyes right along. I’m on the floe not "eighty yards from Simms. No, not sixty ! It was me klHed the bear, an' we’re goln’ back to the schooner for a Sled. I stayed behind to bleed the brute. All of a sudden, like It always hits you, snow-blindness gits me,-an’ I shouts to Honest Simms.

“Along comes a Point Arrow blister. That’s a gale that an’ bursts of a second out of nowhere. It gathers up all the loose snow an’ ice crystals an’ drives a whirlwind. You lose yore direction even when you cot eyes. I’m left In It by that bilgeblooded skunk, blind on the. rockin’, breakin' floe, while he scuds back to the hebnoner with his - men. That’s Honest Simms! Jim Lund's left behindiimt Honest Simms hns the position oft the island.”

“I didn't hear you call out you were blind, Lund. The wind l*ew your words away. I didn’t know but what you were ns right as the rest of us. We found the schooner by Rheer luck before we perished. Wo looked for you—but the floe was broken up. We looked—”

“Shut" up !"**bellowed Lund. “You sailed Inside of twenty-four hours. Honest Simms. The natives told me so later, when I could understand talk ag’ln. D’ye know what saved me? The bear! T stumbled ovdr the carcass when I was nigh spent. I ripped It up and clawed ’some of the warm guts, an’ climbed Inside the bloody body an’ .stftyed there till It got cold an’ clamped down over me. Waitin’ fqy you to come an’ git me. Honest film ms! - _

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“ “Tbnt beur was bed and board to me until the natives found It, an' me In It, more dead than alive. Never mind the rest. I get here the day before you start’back for more gold. "An' I’in goln’ with you. But first I’m goln’ to ha> “ a full an' fair accountin' o’ what you got already. I’ve got this young clmp with me, an’ he’ll give me a hand to’ard a square deal.” Lund propelled Itatney forward a few steps nud then loosened his grip. The eaptaln of the Karluk appealed to him directly. “Mr. Lund Is unstrung," said the captain. "He Is under the delusion that we. deliberately deserted him and, later, found the gold he speaks of. The first charge la nonsense. We did all that was possible In the frightful weather. We barely saved the ship “As for the gold, we touched on the island, and we did some prospecting, a very little, before we were driven offshore. The dust In the poke Is all we secured. We are going hack for more, quite naturally. I can prove all this to you by the log." Lund had been standing with his great head thrust forward as if Concentrating all his remaining senses in an attempt to judge the captain's talk. The doctor sat with one leg crossed, smoking a cigarette, his expression sardonic, sphinxllke. To Rainey, a little bewildered at being dragged into the affair, and annoyed at it. Captain Simms' words rang true enough. He did not know what to say, whether to speak at all. Lund supplied the gap. “If that ain’t the truth, you lie well, Simms,” he said. “But I don’t trust ye. You lie when you say you didn’t hear me call out I was blind. Sixty yards away,-1 was, an’ the wind hadn’t started. You deserted me —left me blind, tucked in the bloody, freezin’ carcass of a bear. . Left me like the cur you are. Why, you—” The rising frenzy of Lund’s voice was suddenly broken by the clear note of a girl’s voice. One of two doors In the after-end of the main cabin hud opened, and she gtood in the gap, slim, yellow-haired, with gray eyes that blazed, as they looked on the little tableau. ... “Who says my father is a cur?” eap -demanded. “You?” And she. fm?ed Lund with such intrepid challenge la her voice, such stinging contempt, that the giant was silenced. “I was dressing,” she said, “or l would have come out before. If you say my father deserted you, you lie 1” Captain Simms turned to. her. Doctor Carlsen had risen and moved toward her. Rainey wished he was on the dock. r. ' .*• - “Go Into your cabin, Peggy,” said the -captain. “This Is no place for you. I can handle the matter. Lund has cause for excitement; but I can satisfy him.”

■’ ■ “Knockout drop* 7 1 guessed it. That doctor’s slick.”

(TO BE CONTINUED.) HAD IDEA OF STEAM POWER Ancients Believed to Have Thought of Its Possibilities—Unfortunate French Inventor. It Is written that the elder Hero of Alexandria. Egypt, recognized steam to be kneaded by the fingers Into devices to illustrate its action as early ns ISO B. C. Jt also was believed by 1 some of the engineering experts'! of the Nile valley that the vocal MCmnon, famous throughout the Mediterranean countries, really had Its marvel from a simple steam arrangement, by which It fairly whistled Its way to fame. Numerous Indications that steam had begun to engage the vagrant thoughts of inventive brains before the Christian era are to be found, but it appears (hatAio one a model of a steam-driven machine,, to run on wheels,- until i763, when a Frenchman ngmed Cugnot. made such a model.. His little engine, with a vertical shaft forward for guiding, looked oddly prophetic of the chassis of a modern automobile. Cugnot’s engine was put in motion by the Impulsion of two single-acting cylinders, the pistons of which alternately acted on the front wheels.’ Tne thing had one virtue outstripping beauty, with which Is was. not endowed —It ran. It made four or five miles an hour, sometimes. It probably was making five, on a certain day, when It tumeef a sharp corner In Paris, upset npd Injured a few of the many who had poured out to see the inlraele. •* * At once the Paris authorities became sure of what they had suspected for weeks, that the devil was In It, and they locked It up In the arsenal, and Its history was at an end. No True Century Plant. — — - There are no true century plants In the sense- that it takes them a hundred years to ‘bloom. A number of plants, however, do not bloom until they have lived for a long term of years. The classic example of such plants Is the talipot palm of India which lives for 50 years or more and becomes a tall tree before It blooms. After It has sent up Its Immense flower-stalk the whole plant dies. Our American "century often fruit at the end of eight or ten years under natural conditions, but In the house they may refuse to bloom at all Many of the bamboos act like the century plants and bloom but ohee after, a long period of vegetation. Such species rirfe known as monocarplo plants, 9 Might Change the Magazines. The waiting patient Is not always a nutrient waiter.—Boston Transcript,

INDIANA NEWS

Governor McCrny has telegraphed Secretary Hoover, regarding the possibilities of meeting In part the unemployment situation In Indiana by state road work, that Indiana "could start $0,006,000 worth of work within 00 duys, providing federal ftmds could be made available for Its part of the contracts at the time the contracts were made." The governor said; “We have only SOOO,OOO of unhnished federal-aid contracts. If other money were available, It would be used for preparing roadbeds, building grades and resurfacing with macadam or gravel. Concrete construction cannot successfully be done In Indiana In winter season. lavish to eo-operate with you In every way In the unemployment problem.” Arson on Indiana farms has been reduced more than 00 per cent during the last five years, It Is revealed by records of Newman T. Miller, stnte fire marshal. In 1915 the number of incendiary fires on Hoosler farms was 59, while Inst year only 23 Incendiary fires occurred on farms In the state. This marked reduction In farm arson places Indiana high In the list of stfttes and adds laurels, for already Indiana has a record of nine out of every ten persons tried for arson being convicted. Losses by Incendiary fires In 1915 totale<rs7£>.4o4, while last year, with valuations muclf higher, correspondingly, the losses were only 330.570. „ With the revival of building in South Bend, dll architects’ offices and all construction company headquarters are active. It is estimated that the increase of building in October will be more than 300 per-cent above the same month of 1920. The gain of-Sep-tember over the same four weeks of fast year was 66 per cent. While the majority of buildings being erected "are private residences, there are now under construction In the. city a sl,000.000 theater, a $750,000 hotel,, three factory buildings _and many factory extensions or Improvements, Mrs. E. C. Rumpler of Indianapolis ■ was unanimously elected president of the Legislative Council Women for the next two years, at a meeting in Indianapolis. Other officers elected are: Mrs. Ida Mix. Kokomo, first vice president; Mrs, White, second vice president; Mrs. 11, C. Sheridan, Frankfort, third vice-president; Mrs. lona Jay Foreman, Indianapolis, secretary Mrs. Edna'E. I’auley, Indianapolis, treasurer;Mrs. Stella C. King, Indianapolis, assistant secretary. Phil 11. Penna, secretary of the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ association* made the*first- authoritative *stntement.at Terre Haute, to the effect that mine operators will ask for a reduction In pay for mining coal with - the negotiating Os S new scale in 1922. In, making his statement, Mr, Penna said the present scale Is the highest ever paid, but that it would be mainlained by the operators until expiration of the contract, because they felt in honor bound to respect it. fEe legal age limit for automobile driver? raised from sixteen to seventeen years by the Indianapolis city council. An ordinance submitted by the board of public safety sought to raise tpe ate Jtfnit from sixteen to eighteen yearVv The ordinance as introduced would also have raised the age limit for drivers of horse-drawn vehicles from fourteen to sixteen years, but by amendment the fourteen-year limit was retained. Proceeds from the sale of Ayrshire cattle, Percheron horses and Berkshire hogs at the Rnvlnla farm, on the Gossnrd breeding estate, west of Martinsville; nmounted to more than $50,000. Nearly sixty head of Ayrshire cuttle brought more than $25,000. Forty registered Berkshire hogs averaged $331 each, which is said to be the highest average- price paid at any sale in America this jour. River men at Jeffersonville assert a revival of Ohio river traffic would be one of the results of the strike of railroad workers. They say that not enough boats are on this part of the river to meet the demands imposed by ajjrolonged railroad strike. Many of th<%argest and best boats were destroyed'in the, winter of 191718, when heavy ice floes swept the river. * The Lynn post offlee was entered by yeggmeu and approximately SI,OOO worth of stamps, Including postage, War Savings and revenue stamps, were taken from the safe, which was blown by a charge of nitroglycerin. A small amount of money also was taken. Despite”protests that have been made by automobile drivers, the police department of Richmond will continue Its campaign against speeding. The Itlnde-Dauch paper mill at Muncle, shut down for several months, resumed part operation wttfv a-force of GO men, which Is one-fourth of the normal number of workmen. Others will be added to the pay roll gradually. Old employees are receiving the first opportunity for. employment*- - -V— I™™.— — l —.- Receiving a majority of the v<stes on the first bp Hut, Jesse Newsom, master of the Columbus Grange, was elected to the office of master of the dndlana State Grange at the annual convention of that body In Columbus. A $50,000 damage suit, based on the" mob action against for-eign-born residents, of Francisco, Gibson county, In June, which resulted In foreign-born residents of the mining town being forcibly driven from their homes, was filed In Federal court at Indianapolis by, Pete Krechak, one of the forelgu-bom victims of the mob. Tendencies In women’s dress, woman's; conduct, American literature and music were criticized by speakers who iddressed -visitors at the. thirty-second lnnual convention of the Indiana Fed‘ratlon of Clube, held at Muncle.

tylany lurmers of MaUisou county who have suffered heavy losses by tbs death of hogs from cholera are complaining of Jhe Ineffectiveness of serum treatment as a preventative for cholera, and an investigation us to the quality of serum used when hogs are vaccinated has been suggested. Several farmers liave reported that thelt hogs sickened and died rapidly of cholera though presdmubly Immunized by vaccination. Veterinarians have explained that the makers of serum do not guarantee the quality, though they are supposed to be regulated as to ths strength or age of the solution they sell. It Is also said by the veterinarians that frequently- owners of hogs wait too long and hope to check the ravage of cholera by serum treatment A marked Improvement In ths conditions of the -Jails of the stnte was reported by representatives of the board of state charities at the quarterly meeting of the board. The board discussed the work of ths department In regard to the conditions In the poor asylums and care of dependent children. Every Jail In the state has been visited by representatives of the board and the opinion was expressed that the marked improvement in condemns Is due to the fact that there Is a very small Jail population. The situation In the poor asylums, It was disclosed, has been benefited by the work of the county boards of charity. The annual grind of the Decatur plant of the Holland-SL Louis Sugar company has started, giving employment to 350 men on two 12-hour shifts. It Is expected that the run this year will require 100 days. Beets have been planted In 10,000 acres In northern Indiana and northeastern Ohio, and from these beets it Is expected that at least 20,000,000 pounds of sugar will be manufactured. Anew filtration plant was constructed last summer, which Is expected to stop the pollution of the St. Mury’s river, said to have been caused by the plant each fall. It cost $250,000. The grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons In convention at Fort Wayne elected the following officers: Edward B. Itoub, Indianapolis, most excellent grand high priest; John H Wineland, Elkhart, 11. E. grand kngi Vestal W. Woodward, Indianapolis, It. R. grand treasurer; Robert A Woods, Princeton, It. E. grand secretary ; Jacob Rubin, Indianapolis, grand guard, and Herbert A. Graham, Elkhart, If. E. grand inspector. The secretary’s report showed 127 chapters Ir the state, with a total membership of 30,078, a gain of 4,232 over last year The War department at Washington, D. C., has extended federal recog nition to the following units of th One Hundred Fifty-second Indiana infantry : Headquarters companies, Firs) battalion, Evansville; Second battal lon, Tipton, and Third battalion, In dianapolls; Company A, Eynnsville; Company B, New Albany; Companj C, Salem; Company E, Lafayette: Company F, Delphi; Company G Rushville; Company K, Darlington, and Service company, Colfax. Wardens of the state conservation department arrested 130 per sons, charged with violating state fish and. game laws during September George N. Mannfcld, superintendent of the divlsipn of fish nud game, announced. Conviction of 123 of the 13C persons wns obtained. Convicted persons paid Erics and costs amounting t< $2,044.0,5. In September, 1920, 80 arrests were made, with the conviction of 80, who paid fines and costs amounting to $1,837.60. Roasting ears are still belnj sold by truck growers near - Petersburg, retailing at 40 cents a dozen Although there hnve been a numbei of light frosts in the locality, little damage has been done to vegetation, and tomatoes on high ground have es caped. Sweet potatoes have not been damaged and are still growing. Tht crop Is the largest in years, some growers having more sweet potatoes tlmn they can market. : , - Dr. T. C. Howard of Indianapolis, who recently visited Porter county and examined herds for tuberculosis, has made a report In which he says that 740 cattle have been examined, and 50 reactors found among' them- Twen-ty-six herds were found to be free of the disease, whHe 16 herds showed 50 reactors. Among the 50 reactors, 17 were in one herd. Paving prices In South Bend suffered the greatest, decline in the last seven years when a South Bend con, struction company reduced the quotation for asphalt from $3.50 a square yard to $2.80. The company announced the reduction was made to encourage city Improvements and thus provide work for many men who are i<jle. Coal mines in Pike county are operating almost every day, and much coal is moving north. "The mines hnve contracts enough to run to November J,; The big cities are preparing, for a possible railroad strike, and everywhere there ate urgent appeals for coal. The Adams county jail at Decatui does not hold a single prisoner. It Is the third Jlme In the last three years that the Jail has been empty. The Vincennes Traction Company . was bought at receiver’s sale for $160,000 by George M. Armstrong, of St Louis. The transaction Is regarded as a bondholders’ purchase and Armstrong wns the only bidder. The sale was ordered by Judge Anderson of Indianapolis In federal eourt. ■Governor- McCray has- announced that he Is considering a plan to hold ’a conference each month at which he and stnte department heads shall discuss state problems. The conference, he said, would be a kind of a “cabinet meeting.” * ■ * Forty-three thousand dollars In Liberty bonds have disappeared from the Farmers’ bank of Newburg, Charles W. Comp, state bank commissioner, said. A, H. Ilulverson, cashier of the bank,, also has disappeared, Mr*. Camp said. A receiver is to be appointed for the bank on petition of Commissioner Camp, who closed the Institution. 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