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Li «FT TN QQ~~LRNOP'IREE Ts La i PAGE SEVEN [HE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUAK) 17, 1929 Tof the CUANES By ZANE GREY Tlustrated by Verne O. Christy, SECOND INSTALMENT . Story by Cast of Principal Characters in This Thrilling Duane SIAN NRNNRNRE RRR INNO The Last of the Duane. Zane Grey A Texas "Bad Man' An Outlaw Bain Luke Stevens d Bland Leader of an Outlaw Group His Wife A Girl at Bland's Camp Captain of the Rangers Captain, isciialy A Ch e rer A Dangerous Outlaw Bosomer fell with his right arm shattered. He would never be able to draw a gun again, When Duane went out with Euchre the sun was setting behind a blue range of mountains acrose t: @ river in Mexico, The va"ey ap- pe-~- to open to the southwest, "The only faller who's goin' to put a close eye on you ig Beneon," said Euchre. "He runs the place un' sells drinks. . The gang calls him Jack-abbit Berson because he's rlways got his eye peeled an' hire ear ¢'cked. Don't notice him if he looks you over, Buek. "Benson is scared to death of WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE ! Buck Duane, quick on the draw, Mille Cal Bain in self-defence and Andes himself an ontlaw, Fiying from pursuit, he meets Luke Stevens, another outlaw, and the two become pals, Luke narrow- ly escapes capture and Duane is shocked to find his brother out. aw severely wounded. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Feller's name was Brown, Me an' him fell out over a hoss | stole from him over in Huuisville, We bad 'a shootin' scrape then, Wal, as | was straddlin' my hoss back there in Mercer I seen this Brown an' seen aim before he seen me, "Could have killed him, too, But I wasn't breakin' my word to you, 1 kind of hoped he wouldn't spot me.. But he did---an' fust shot he got me here, What do yuu think of this hole?" "It's pretty bad," replied Duane, and He could not look the cheerful outlaw in the eyes. "1 yeckon It 1s, Wal, I've had some bed wounds I lived over, Gucas mebee I can stand this one, Now, Buck, get me some place in the brakes--Ileave me some grub an' water at my hand---an' then : you clear out." *"feeve you here alone?" asked Dusu, sharply. "Bliore, You see, I can't keep up with you. Brown an' his friends will foller: bs acrost the river a wiys, You've got to th.nk of num ber one in this game," ' "What would you do in my case?" asked Duane curiously, "Wal, I reckon I'd clear out an' save my hide," replied Stevens. Duane felt inclined to doubt the outlaw's assertion, For his own pert he decided his conduct with. out further speech. First, he watered the horses, filled canteens and water-bag, and then tied the pack upon his own horse. That done, he lifted Stev- sns upon his horse, and holding him in the saddle, turned into the) brakes, being careful to pick out hard or grassy ground that left little signs of tracks. All that that night gloomy #nd thoughtful, attentive to the wounded outlaw, walked the tral and never baited till day-! break. He was tired taen, and very hungry. Stevens scemed in bad shape, though he was still spirited and cheerful. Duane made camp, The outlaw refused food,' but asked for both whisky and water, Then he stretched out. . "Buck, will you take off boots?" be asked with a smile on his pallid face, Dusne removed them, wondering It tha outlaw had the thought that he did not want to die with his boots on. "Pard, yon---stuck--to me!" the outlaw whispered. Duane caught a hint of gladness | fn the volce--he traced a faint surprise in the haggard face. Btevens seemed like a littl8 child. To Duane the moment was sad, dlemental, big with a burden of mystery he could not understand. Duane buried him in a shallow arroyo and heaped up # pile of stongs to mark the grave. That done he saddled his comrade's horse, hung the weapons over the pommel, and mounting his own steed he rode down the trail In the gathering twilight, Presently the trail widened into | 8 road, and that into 8 kind of square lined by a mumber of gdobe snd log buildings, of rudest strue- tare. Within sight were horses, , a couple of steers, Mexican 'women with children, and white men, all of whom appeared to be doing nothing.. His advent created no interest until he rode up to the white men, Who were lolling in the shade of a house. This place evidently was a store and saloon, and from the in- side came 2 lazy hum of voices, As Du~~~ reined to a halt one of the loungers in the shade rose with a long exclar ition. "Bust me if thet ain't *~ke's Boss!" * "The others accorded their fnter- ect, it mot a= 4t, by rising to ad- vance towari Duane. "How about it, Euchre? Ain't tiiet Luke's Day?" queried the first man. "Plain as your nose," replied the fellow called Euchre. "There ain't no doubt about thet the-* Tsusheq anci"er, "fer Bosomer's moss is shore plain on the landscape." These men lined up before Duane, and as he co *y regardeil them he thought they ¢ uli have been recognized anywhere as des- peradoes. The man called Bosome who struck out in advance of the others, was a hard looking customer, with yellow eyes and an enormous ote. Hc had ~andy hair and a skin eclor of dust. . "Strarger. who are you on' where @#i1 vo gt thet bay hoss?" he Ze ro-ed. 171s yellow eves took in Steven's 1 thay t=» -camoms hrng ca' thn eed, end finty turned their gliating, hard light upward to Duane. Duane, m faint jLumor. "Stranc- , he are you?" asked man, somewhat more clv- ily. "My name's Duane," Dunne curtly, "An' how'd you come by the hess?" Duane answered briefly, and his words were followe? "v a short sil- ence, dv~'~g which the men looked at "'m, Bosomer began to- twist hig bearded tips. \ "Rackon he's dead all right, or nobody"d hv hls hoss an' guns." seid Buchre, "Mr, Duane," began Bosom. In low, stinging tones, "I happen to be Iuke Steven's side pardner.'" Duce loor-d him over, from dusty, worn-out hoots to his slouchy sombrero. That look seemer to in- flame Bosomer. "An' I want the hoss an' guns," he shouted. "You or anybody else can have them for all I care. I just fetched tham in. Bot the pack is mine," venlied Duane, "And say--I be- replied them every mew who rustles inte Bland's amp. "An' the reason, | take it, is because he's done some body dirt. We's hid'n'. Not from a sheriff or ranger! Men who hide from them don't act like Jack rahhit Benson, "F's h"in' from some gus who's huntin® him to ki'l him Wel, I'm alv °s expectin' to see some feller ride in have an' threw a gun on Benson. Can't say I'd be grieved." "Whet have von acainet h'm?" fanvived Duvane, as he sat down be- glde Euchre, "Wal, mebbe I'm cross-grained" relied Euchre apologetically, "Shore an outlaw an' rustler such as me can't be touchy, But I nev- er stols nothin' but eattle from some r "cher who never missed 'em, anyway. Thet sneak Benson --=he w:- the means of nuttin' a litt'a «irl In B'and's way." "Giri?" ¢ aried Duane; now with real attention "Shore. Rland's great on wo- men, I'll tell you about th's gir' arnasrady UunaAW friended your pard. .If you can't use a civil tongue you'd hatter itty | Pd "Civil? Haw! Haw!" rejoined t ovtlaw. "I don't know you, How! do we know you didn't plug Stev-| ens, an' st2'e his hor. an' jest hap- pened to stumble down here?" "You'll 'have to tke my w rd, that's all," replied Duane shirp- 1y. "Stranger, DBosomer {s hot-headed," sald the man Fuchre. He did not appear un- f iendly, nor were the other~ "»s- +44) shore At this juncture several more outlaws crowded cut of the door, 2-1 ths o»» in the 1°21 was a tall man of 'alwart physique, His manncr proclaimed 1 a leader, He had a 'ong face, a fla" = red beard, and clzar cold blue eye that fixed in close scrutin- | Dr-=2. He was a T=} in trr'" Duane did not recognize one of these outlaws as native to his © ha "I'm B 4," sald the tzll mer authoritativ-ly. "W'o're you and what'ra you doing here!" Duane looked ~t Bland as Lie had at the others. This outlaw chief appeared to be reasonable, if he was net courteous. Duane told his story ~ein, this time a little more in detail. "I believe you," rerl'>d Bland at 0: ze, "Think I know when a fel- low's lying." "I reckon you're on the right trail," put in Euchre, "Thet about Luke wantin' his boots took off-- thet satisf'ec me. Luke hed a mor- tal dread of dyin' with his boots on." At this sally the chief sad his men laughed. "You said Duane--Buck Duane!" quer:-* Bland. "Are you a son of '"~t Duane who was a zun-fighter some yerrs back?" "Yes," replied Duane. "Never met him, and glad 1 Ajén't," sald Bland with a grim Bosomer appeared at the door, pr~*inc mem who tried to detain him, ad as he jvmved clear of a last reac ing hard bo uttered a snerl like ar angry dog. Manifestly the short while he bad spent fInsiGe the saloon had heen deve*~1 to dri~king and talk- fog Mim~2'f foto a frerzv Bland ond the other outlaws quickly mov- ed aside, 12ttine Dane alone. When Bosomer saw Duane standing mo- t'-aless and watehful, a strange charge massed quickly in b'm. He baited in his tracks, and as he did that the men who bad fol- lcwed him out piled over each oth- in their hurry to get to one side. Duane s w all the swift action, fot intnitively the meaning in it, 2nd in Rosomer's suiden change of front. The out'aw was keen, and he had expected a shrinking or at least a frightened antagonist. * But Duane did not speak a word. He had rer-~ined r tionzless for a long moment, his eves pale and steadv, his right hand lire a claw. That instant gave birth in D "=> a power to reed in his en- emy's eres thoweht that preced~d action ™ut he did ~t went to kl anoth'® m + he 7id mot inte~4 to. When Bosomer's hand moved when we get out of here. Some of the gang are goin' to be sociable an' [ can't talk atout the chief" Dur!nm the evsuing h-If hour » number p~~zed by Duane and Euchre, h~'*2q for a rr -2tin~ o satdown "*r 3 moment, The: were 21] gruff, Ioud-voiced, merry good-natured, Du-+~ repli-" civilly and ag='eab'v whon he wae personal'y addresfed. but .he re- fr 1 a'l inv!" '* 213 to dirk an? g~mble, EviZontly he had heen a-*»nt~? In a wov, as on2 of their clan, Nb» one r "44 anv '~t of an 2"usior to his 2ff~'r with Posomer, Duan» nw rerAd'ly thot Tuehre was we liked. On» out'aw borre-- ? mone~ from "im; another asked for to } no, Next morning Dusra found th-* a 70?v and de ~~Tent sn2'l he" f-stened on him, Wiching to b» glone, he went out snd walled trail leadin= ar~'n1 the river blu" ¥» thoveht ard + ~ht, Than he rotvu==4A 4 the ghace" E~~hre wos cooking dinner. Peat I've paws for vou. he sald, and his tone conveved eith- er nridg in hi n~~=acgipn of such news. or n~'4e in Npr~ne. "Feller mad Puadley reds in thiz mare. in'. He'd h- -1 something ahovt on. "Told about the are of snade t' >y pvt over the bri'st holes in rownuncher Bain You plneeed Then t ere was a renchar ghnt pt a water-hole twenty miles gonth-of Watiston. Reckon you didn't do it?" "No. I certainly did not," vli~4 Duane. "wal, you get the blame. It a'n't nothin' for a fel'er to be sa'- Aled with gwn-nlay he never made An' Buck, it vou ever rot famous rs se~~g likely, you'll he blame? for many a erim-. 'The border] make outlaw an' murderer out of vou....,.Wal, thet's' encueh of thet. I've mrre news. You're #oin' to he ponular." "Popular? What do vou mean?" "I met Rland's wife this mornin' She seen you the other day wher you rode in. She shore wants to meet you an' so do some of the oth- er women in camp. They alway< want to meet the new fe'lers who've juct cor » in. It's lonesome for women here an' they like to hear rews from the towns." "Weil, Euchre, 1 don't want to be impol'te, hut I'd rather not meet anv women," rejoined Duane. "I was afraid you wouldn't. Con't blame you much. I was honin', though, you might talk a little to thet poor lonesome kid" "What kid?" inquired Duane in surorize, "Didn't I tell you about Jennie-- the girl Bland's holdin' here--the 0 3 Jackr:Pbhit Benson had a hand in stealin'!" "You mentioned a giri. That's all. Tell me now," replied Duane sbruptly. (To be continued tomorrow). ren "Qa " re- A couple of country visitors in the Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons were trying to recog- n'ze the repre-entative of their con- stituency. "I can't d'st'ngrish h'm." sa'd one. "I am not surprised." re. plied his compan'on. "He can't even Duane's gun was spouting fire. and distinguish himself!" '$210.000 DECLARED FAIR PRICE FOR LOCAL GAS PLANT , (Continued from page 1) the conditions as they will exist in the future. We submit the following report based upon this examination and investigation, D tion vaetip Property } The manufacturing plant consists of carburetted water gas generators, with the necessary cooling and puti- fying apparatus, and a station meter for measuring the gas. There are two. gas holders, a 20,000 cu. ft. re- lief holder and a 100,000 cu. ft. ster- age holder, The distribution system consits: of 28.5 miles of mains, ranging in dia- meter from 1 in, to 8 in. with an av- erage of 3.3 in, about 1400 complete services and 100 stub services all taken as having an average diameter of 1 in, and 1476 consumers' meters set in place with 172 meters in stock. The street mains are practically all steel pipe with serew joints, The manufacturing plant is in fair- ly good condition and an examination of the street mains showed them to be in excellent condition. No com- prehensive examination could be made of the condition of the con. sumers' meters, but the amounts spent for meter maintenance during the last three fiscal years have been sufficient to keep the meters in good condition, The main pieces of manufacturing apparatus have a capacity sufficient to care for the business as it exists at present, but it is advisable to install, even in advance of any increase in business, an additional condenser and purifier, As soon as any decided increase in business is secured it will be neces- sary to install a double suner-heater carburetted water gas set to replace the existing single shell set, Value of Property. We estimate the cost of repro- duction of the fixed physical plant, exclusive of land to be, Cost of reproduction new ,..$305480 Depreciation ....0.cvvv00r,.. 34,540 Cost of reproduction less des --e-- preciation ...............:; $270,940 To obtain the total cost of repro- du~tion of tie fixed capital the proper value for the land owned must be ad- ded to the costs given above for re- production and for reproduction less depreciation, To obtain the cost of renroduction of the whole property it is' also necessary to add to the fig- ures including land proner amounts for office equipment, laboratory and meter shop equipment, distribution and other tools, and working capital, including materials and supplies, Value from Earnings Standpoint From the standpoint of maintain- able earnings we consider the proper- ty to be easily worth the price of $210,000, at which we understand it can be purchased. The operating profits available for retirement ex- pense and interest and sinking fund charges as shown in the detailed statement contained .in Exhibit B were, for the fiscal years ending Oc- tober 31st in each case, The revenue and operating ex- penses, from which these profits have been obtained have been checked by us and found to be reasonable, If the existing rates for gas put into ef- fect June 1, 1928, had applied through- out the whole fiscal year of 1928 the operating profit for that year would have been reduced to $27,960. The City Treasurer informed us that the interest and' sinking fund charges on the bonds that would be issued in payment for the gas prop- erty would amount to $16,500 per year, The depreciation charge, or more properly retirement expense, on the total cost of reproduction of de- preciable property, including the ad- ditional condenser and purifier pre- viously mentioned, would be $23,400. Assuming 'the same sales of gas as in 1928 and the continuation of the existing rate schedule, the operations for the fiscal year 1929 should show a surplus of $4,560 ovee the above charges. Should Reduce Rates However, the usc of gas for indus- trial purposes is not economical at the prices now charged, except for a limited number of applications, and unless those prices are reduced it will be difficult to maintain the exist- ing volume of sales for such pur- poses. Under the present schedule this rate averages about $1.66 per 1,000 cu. ft. If it were reduced to an average of $1.25 per 1,000 cu, ft. the profit from operation on the 1928 basis would be reduced to $23,560, or slightly more than the total require- ments for retirement expense, inter- est and sinking fund. With a reduc- tion to that price for gas for indus- trial purposes it should be possible to hold the existing sales of gas even to General Motors. The combination of a sinking fund, by which the purchase price of the property is amortized within 2 given number of years, and a retirement reserve, which provides money for Make Your Own SOAP and Save Money! AL Jouponed ig GILLETTS PURE | FLAKE Full Direchans With Every Can YOUR GROCER SELLS IT! the replacement of the various por- tions of the original property as their renewal becomes necessary, will re- sult in providing the city, at the end of the sinking fund period, with a gas property in good condition, upon which there is no debt and, therefore, no interest nor sinking fund charges. The consumers of gas during that period will thus pay for the whole of the existing property and for a por- tion of any items added during the eriod against which both sinking und and retirement expense charges are made. It can be strongly argued that this is not fair to the present generation of customers and that if the sinking fund provisions are such that the cost of the property is repaid before the end of its expectancy of life all the requirements of correct financing have been fulfilled and new bonds can be issued for renlacing the prop- erty when that becomes necessary. Therefore in including in the fixed charges an item of retirement ex- pense at the rate of 2% of the re- placement cost of the depreciable property we have been very conser- vative and feel that it is not neces- sary to have any surplus of earnings over the charges figured on this basis In fact it would not be alarming if the retirement expense were not fully met during the first two or three years of your operation of the prop- y. Possible Increase in Sales The Appendix contains an analysis of the figures given in the 1928 Edi- tion of Brown's Directory of Gas Companies, for the operations of gas properties in various cities in Ontario where those proverties are owned by the municipalitics and not by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. This sHows that the sales of gas in Oshawa are small, both per capita of the population and per customer supplied, and also that the number of customers is small in proportion to the population. The latter is partly explained by the fact that our exam- ination shows the existence on streets not piped for gas of 721 houses of such a character as to make their occunants good prospects for the sale of gas, which could be reached by less than seven miles of street mains. There are also a number of houses along the lines of existing mains which are not,using gas, and it would seem that if the mains were extend- ed to reach those houses and an en- ergetic canvass made all over the city the number of customers could be increased from the present figure of one to each 122, to. one to each cight of the population, Sale Rate in Other Cities It would also seem as if the sales for domestic purposes could be in- creased from the present rate of 16,- 100 cu, ft to one of 19,000 cu. it. per customer per year. The latter rate of sales is reached in Kingston and exceeded in Brockville, Guelph and Kitchener, On these assumptions as to the possibilities for the sale of gas for domestic purposes and assuming that those for commercial and indus- trial purposes would remain as they are now, the total sales in Oshawa could be increased from. 39,108,000 cu. ft. to 64,870,000 cu, ft, 5 With these sales of gas we esti- mate that, keeping the rates to dom- estic customers as at present but with a reduction of the rates for commer- cial and industrial purposes to an av- erage of $1.25 per 1,000 cu. ft, the income would be $105,960. The cost, including all fixed charges on the ori- ginal purchase price and $96,000 to be spent for additional manufactur- ing apparatus, street mains, services ie pr, would be $101,170. This would leave a surplus of $4,790 which could be applied to a reduction of the price of gas either to domestic con- sumers or to industrial consumers, as seemed wisest at the time. Future Operation We have not thought it advisable to attempt any further detailed es- timates of future operations. Such estimates can carry itself under ex- isting conditions and under those which seem to be probable in the im- mediate future, it can certaintly con- tinue to do so, providsd it is prop- erly managed. An industrial survey to determine the possibilities for the sale of gas for industrial purposes should be made immediately after control of the gas property passés into your hands. is should be followed by an energetic campaign to develop those possibilities. A canvass of existing and possible domestic customers should also be made to uncover and develop the additional business that can be secured for that purpose. To make the operation successful the management must be efficient and anxious to push the gas business, and the man in charge of the gas depart- ment should be enthusiastic as to its future. Purchase of Gas in Bulk of the sibility of the purchase of gas in bulk from an outside comoany and find that at present there is no company which can furnish a supply at the city limits of Oshawa. e Ce s Gas GC pany of T can furnish such a supply at the east- ern line of Sca: , but it would be necessary ot bring into existence some agency to purchase the gas at | constipation, R We have considered the question i that line, transmit it to Oshawa and sell it to the city. ¥ Until such an agency is provided it is impossible to determine definite- ly whether or not gas can be pur- chased more cheaply than it can be manufactured, although as a general | proposition 1t woukl seem that a bulk supply of gas could be obtained at a lower cost than that at which it could be manufactured in Oshawa when it becomes necessary to include in the latter cost the fixed charges on any appreciable amount of money to be spent to increase the capacity of the existing manufacturing plant mm that city, upply to Other Communities. Qur investigation of the possibili- ties of the supply of gas to other communities has shown that there are no such communities that can be supplied at a profit sufficient to make such a supply an appreciable factor in reaching a decision as to the pur- chase of the gas property in Oshawa. That, purchase must i made entirely on the basis of Oshawa conditions and, as we have previously stated, we consider those conditions to be such as to make the purchase advisable, Respectfully submitted, Forstall, Robison & duguect. By Alfred E. Forstall, Western Canada Has | Symphony Orchestra Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 19--The third prairie symphony orchestra got under way this month when the newly formed Calgary orchestra under the direction of Gregori Gar- bovitsky presented its first program in that city, Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony' perhaps the best known in all the range of major program musie, was presented with success, remarks the Manitoba Free Press. 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