RADIO PROGRAM
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Sunday, December 25.
7:0l) Fisher Mill3 Program.
7:15 The Exquisite Hour
7:45 Sunday at Seth Parker’s.
8:15 Andrew Jergens Co.
8:30 People’s Bank Program
9:00 Union Oil Co. Progarm.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Crazy Crystal Quartet.
10:30 Scandinavian Xmas.
11:00 Silent.
Monday, December 2G.
7:00 The Alaskans.
7 :30 Demi Tasse Review,NBC
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Hotel Pennsylvania orch.
8:30 Voice of Firestone, NBC.
9:00 Gold Shield Symphony.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Dollars and Cents.
10:30 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
11:35 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent.
Tuesday, December 27.
7 :00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 News Reel of the Air.
8:45 Adventures in Health.
9:00 Fisher’s Blend Hour.
9:30 Blue Ribbon Orchestra.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ghost Story.
10:30 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
11:30 Organ Concert, NBC.
12 :00 Silent.
Wednesday, December 28
7 :00 Corn Cob Pipe Club.
7:30 Fisher Mills Program.
7:45 Artists Service program.
8:15 Sclnvabacher Bros. Co.
8:30 Wesson Team Mates.
9:00 Arzen Melody Time.
9:15 Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes, NBC.
9:45 Dollars and Cents.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Washington Hour.
11:15 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
11:35 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent
Thursday, December 29.
7:00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
8:00 Amos 'n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Standard Symphony.
9:15 Thurston, the Magician.
9:30 Montag Fireside Hour.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Ghost Story.
10:30 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
11:35 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent
Friday, December 30.
7 :C0 Big Six of the Air, NBC.
7 :30 Elgin Adventure Club.
7:15 Wanda Hawley Chats.
8:00 Amos ’n Andy, NBC.
8:15 Fisher Mills Program.
8:30 Gilmore Circus, NBC.
9:15 Thurston, the Magician.
9:30 Novelettes, NBC.
9:45 Dollars and Cents.
10:00 Richfield News Flashes.
10:15 Mozart Concert Hour.
11:15 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
ii:36 Organ Concert, NBC.
12:00 Silent
Saturday, December 31.
7 :00 Lucky Strike Hour, NBC
8 :00 Caswell Coffee Concert.
8:15 Old World Serenaders.
9:00 Fisher Mills Program.
9:30 Spotlight Review, NBC.
11:00 Tuneful Two.
11 :15 Pacific on Parade, NBC.
12:00 Silent
The
Bridge
By RAYMOND OTIS
© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service
u|S THERE a high bridge on this
1 line—a very high bridge—that
we cross at night?”
She was a pretty woman, about
tidrty. It was surprising that she
should speak to me; she didn’t look
like the aggressive kind. But she had
spoken and I liked her looks, so I
stood up in the aisle of the pullman.
"A bridge?” I said. “There must be
many of them between here and the
coast, especially where we cross the
mountains."
•‘Well, tins must be an unusual
bridge—not over a river—a great span
over an abyss. And deep—deeper
than anything.”
“I don't know of any.”
“Are you going through this time,
all the way?”
“Yes, I am.—What about the bridge?
Why does it bother you?”
“I'll tell you,” she said. “Listen.
Last night I had a dream. I dreamt
that this train came to a great bridge.
And the bridge was broken. The train
ran into the gap, and. . . .” She
paused to shudder . . . “plunged a
thousand feet to the rocks below.”
“Well,” I said, “that was a dream.
Anybody killed?”
"Everybody. My dream was pro
phetic !”
I shifted uneasily.
“What do you mean by prophetic,
exactly?”
“Well—I don't know. I saw the
things so clearly—every detail as if a
great searchlight were playing on the
scene. If there is such a bridge 1
wouldn’t go over it for a fortune.”
“If you’ll excuse me. I’ll go back for
r smoke,” I said. She simply nodded
and 1 went to the smoking room. To
save my life I couldn’t get the pic
ture of a train running off a bridge
out of my mind. Then I spotted a
time-table on the window-sill. I
turned a page and there was a span
exactly as she had described. I read
the legend under the picture. “One
of the highest railroad bridges in the
world," it said, “on the main line to
California. Canyon Fiero.”
I looked up on the map, which was
also in the folder, the town nearest
the bridge and then searched the time
table for the hour at which we were
due at that town. Eight the next eve
ning. So we did go over the bridge
at night. Of course, all the time I
was telling myself not to be a fool.
I slipped the folder into my pocket
and went back into the car.
‘Tardon me,” I said to the dreamer,
“but I’ve looked up your bridge . . .”
and at that I handed her the folder,
opened to the picture. And I watched
her face minutely.
“My Ood.” she said In a throaty
voice, “it’s the bridge—It’s the very
bridge! When do we cross it?"
“Tomorrow night, between eight
and nine.”
“I’m going to get off this train,” she
said, starting to rise.
“Not now,” I objected. “We don’t
get there until tomorrow night.”
She settled back in the sent. Tier
hands twitched nervously. She de
clared that unless the conductor
would consent to stop the train at
tlie bridgehead, she would get off at the
first station before it.
By morning, a strange thing had
happened. The whole train was talk
ing about the Canyon Fiero bridge.
Nobody. I thought, had yet consult
ed the conductor about stopping the
train at the bridgehead, so I accosted
him myself when he came through the
car. Had he heard about the dream?
“Yes, I’ve heard about it. We don’t
make a custom of stopping these
trains becnuse of dreams. But I
wired ahead and got a notification to
proceed. There’s nothing wrong with
tlie bridge.”
Nothing could be more convincing
than that. But the Russian, who had
overheard the talk, suddenly flew out
of her seat and came up to us.
“Don’t you see what it is?” she said.
“Of course they’re not going to break
the bridge until it’s too late for tele
grams. It may be a plot. Sabotage.”
“Very well, madam. I'll stop the
train."
"Thank you,” she said, and turned
away.
JLt dent o’clock we came to the lam
“ MOUNT1ES” TO MOTOR
From Winnipeg comes the
disconcerting news that the
famed Canadian “Mounties,”
officially designated as the
Royal Northwest Mounted Po
lice of Canada, are to bo de
prived of their horses and will
hereafter pursue the elusive
lawbreaker in motor cars.
Thus the glamour and ro
mance of the most efficient and
picturesque body of police in
the world fades away. For a
“Mountie” without his horse
becomes merely another p di ;e
man—still efficient, but en
tirely prosaic—another victim
of the machine age.
The Northwest Mounted Po
lice were organized in IS73 to
cope with lawlessness in the
Canadian Northwest, the orig
inal force of 150 men being
soon increased to 300. They
were the first rural police in
North America. In recent
years their number has been
about 700, carefully selected
for their intelligence, courage,
fine horsemanship and high
character. Enlistments are for
five years, and they may retire
after 20 years of service, or if
incapaciated after 15 years.
No similar force ever per
formed the duties assigned
with greater efficiency and fi
delity. It is a tradition that the
Northwest Mounted “always
get their man.” They have
been the terror of evil-doers in
their nearly 60 years of exist
ence, and many true stories of
their brilliant and daring ex
ploits have been told.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court; Terri
tory of Alaska: Division Number One,
Hyder Precinct. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Daniel
Lindeborg, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the es
tate of Daniel Lindeborg, deceased,
to all persons having claims against
said estate to file the same within
the time required by law, with prop
er vouchers, at my office in the town
of Hyder, Alaska.
Dated at Hyder, Alaska, this Tttl
day of December, 1932.
E. D. Haddon
Administrator.
Publish December 10. 17, 24. 31. 1932.
town before canyon nero.
"No reports on the bridge," said the
conductor and we started on.
The Russian woman nibbled the cor
ner of her handkerchief. All through
the train there was a remarkable at
mosphere of tension. Tiie train slowed
down, came to an effortless stop
silence. I got out and walked up
toward the engine. I thought I saw
the Russian ahead of me. There was
a cluster of people around the engine.
When I reached the coal tender I
noticed that everybody had suddenly
lined up along the wheels and I heard
n voice barking crisp commands. It
was on the moonlit side of the train
and the visibility was good. I felt it
jab in the ribs.
"Get a move on,” somebody said in
my ear. “Line up with the rest.” It
was the Russian woman, with a re
volver.
They ransacked the baggage cars
and relieved the passengers of their
money. Their last act before depart
ing in automobiles waiting with their
motors running was to rob those of ns
who had got out and stood with the
crew. Then they herded us hack on
the train. I saw in the moonlight as
the door slammed an oval face framed
in black hair. She blew me a kiss as
the train pulled away.
But now this faithful steeds
which have shared the glory
and romantic appeal of their
intrepid riders must give place
to the chugging automobile.
Really, it seems too bad that
this is so.
AN OLD FASHIONED GAL
What is declared to be the
oldest known specimen of the
American girl was discovered
recently in Ottertail County,
Minnesota, and scientists have
been studying her ever since.
They have only her skeleton to
aid their investigations, but this
has proved most interesting.
According to Dr. E. A. Jeriks,
anthropologist of the Univers
ity of Minnesota, the skeleton
is that of a prehistoric Indian
girl, who wa3 about 17 years
old at the time of her death,
which occurred some 20,000
years ago as a result of vio
lence, perhaps murder. Evi
dences that an arrow or spear
had pierced her breast were
given by marks on the ribs and
shoulder blade. Her youthful
skeleton, marvelously p r e
erved, was found in a strata
of earth said to have been at
the bottom of a lake which ex
isted during the Ice Age. With
the bones were found shell orn
aments.
It is said that this old-fash
ioned girl “was mongoloid in
her features, and her rounded
nose openings indicate a closer
relationship to the apes than is
the case with modern woman.”
The find is described as one of
the most important ever
brought to light in North
America, from a scientific
standpoint.
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PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
ALASKA NOTES
Culled From the Newspapers
Of the Territory.
Ice delivered at Fairbanks is
$4 a ton; $2.50 a half ton.
John Dubreull, pioneer resi
dent of Seward, died there re
cently. a ml,
Ruth M. Cameron has been
appointed postmaster at Nome,
I a position made vacant by the
j resignation of Postmaster Wil
1 liam Arthurs, who goes to Fair
banks as an airplane company
official.
—
• The Cordova Chamber of
j Commerce is advocating adopt
j ion by Cordova of the standard
I time of the district, which will
j set Cordova clocks back an
i hour. Many storekeepers are
j opposed to any change.
| After having climbed through
j deep snow to within 10 feet of
I the top of Deer Mountain at
: Ketchikan, Vinton Ellis, aged
j 9, refrained from going any
| farther because his mother had
j told him not to go clear to the
I top before he left home. His
j four companions, aged from 11
j to 14, scaled the summit.
i The frozen body of Charles
; Ballard was found recently in
j the bunk of his partially
! wrecked tent home on Ship
, Creek near Anchorage. Deatn
! had resulted several weeks
1 previously from natural causes.
; Nearby was found a still and in
a crude dugout were several
! barrels of mash.
—
Hobart M. Smith, proprietor
of the Smith Sheet Metal
works in Ketchikan, is sup
posed to have met his death
with a hunting companion in
I the swift waters of Salt Chuck
i rapids while on a hunting trip
! to Traitor’s Cove, 35 miles
; from Ketchikan. Their boat
j and Smith’s coat were found
! below the rapids, but no trace
' could be found of the two men.
Hyder
Chamber of Commerce
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Regular Meeting Second
Wednesday of the Month
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