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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1928.. SEVEN BROOM We have a special lot that will sweep clean and give satisfaction. You can get them this week at only 49c EACH Be on hand early and get yours, as the quantity is limited. Chiirchill Hardware Co. THE WINCHESTER STORE V S. S.VAN CINE AUTHOR THi BtfiSON MURDER CASK CHARACTERS PhUo Vance. Jobn F.-X. Markham, district at torney of New York. Mwguret Odell (ibe "Canary.") Charles Clt-aver, a man-about- town. Kenneth Spots wood e, a manufac turer. Louis Mannix, an Importer. Dr. Ambrotae Lludquist, a fa ohlonable neurologist. Tony Skeel, a professional bur glar. William Elmer Jesaup, telephone operator. Harry Splvely, telephone opera tor. Ernest Heath, Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau. OLAiiFiEOaGTlII ALL NEW ADS WILL BE FOUND ON BACK PAGE FOR SALE FOR SALE Kune St. -Now trailer. 123 S. SMALL Delicious .apples, 60c box. Crippa ranch. Riddle, Ore. HAY FOR SALET fedenbower Orchard Tracts. Phone 26 F3. FOR SALE Naraguusett gobblers and hens. Uoyer Bios. Phone 1 1F14. 1 KOHLER lighting plant Tor sale. Practically good us new. S. C. Miller, DiUard. Phoue46FH. "WHERE is my "boy tonight?" "Next door whore they have a firo of Page's coal." : . . :THE STORY THUS FAR Margaret Odell Is found stran gled. S keel's finger prints are found In the apartment, but Vance bolleves Skeel hnd beeiv hiding in a closet while the strungler did his work. The thine that baffles I police is the side door to the al ley, which had been. bolted on the inside the night before and was .found the same way in the morn ;ine. Mannix, Dr. Lltidquist anil ; Cleaver all lie about their where jnboulH the nis'it of the murder. Spotswoode, who hud called on ithe girl, bad rushed back to her door at the souud of a scream, but had been reassured that every thing was all right. Then Skeel is found strangled, after he had three of us sprang up sfmultan- j pousiy and hurried round the cor ner of the main hall. The rear j passageway was empty. There was j no door or aperture of any kind j on either side of it. It consist e- of two blank walls; and end, occupying almost its enthe width, was the oak door which led to the court. - Vance could have disappeared only through that oak door. And the thing we all noticed at once He took from his pocket a tluy pluck his eyebrows and even if he pair of tweezers to the end of 'had been addicted to the practice, w hich was tied a idece of purple j why the twine? The tw eezers ar twine about four feet long, l'luc-'a delicate little gold affair just ing the tweezers over the vertical (what the ravish in' Margaret might bm bundle; he turned them at a have used; and la?t Tuesday morn very slight angle to tho left and ing I noticed a small lacquer tray then ran the twine under the door j containing similar toilet accessor-1 so that about a foot of it projected 'ies on her dresslng-ti ble near the over the sill. Stepping into tho! jewel case. But that wasn't all." court, he closed the door, t I He pointed to the little vellum The tweezers still held the bolt- waste-basket beside the escritoire, handles as in a vise, and the suing lu which lay a large crumpled extended straight to the floor anu mass of heavy paper. at the dlsalleared under the door Into j "1" also noticed that piece of dls- watching the boll with fascinated iwlih the name of a well-known; attention. Slowly the string be-Filth Avenue novelty shop; and came taut, as Vance, gently pulled this morning, on my way down- jupon tho loose end outside, und jtown, I dropped in at the shop and : 'then the downward tug began learned that they make a practice; tor our sought it- eyes had immediately!" - , ' . . " . . . i , v T .wwi handle. When the bolt had been pie twine. tiou ot the boll-handle. This meant j""owtt a,Dd "J "audio " in a "Thereore I concluded tlut ihf tho Hnnr u hnit..i horizontal position, there came a Skeel had taken the iweezers and Heafh was not mereTy aaton- f"-'"1 J -,.'! V The Jh. twine Cron, thls apartment dur-Ished-he was dumbfounded. Mark- tweezew were diaeuSKed from the !liB his visit here that even (u ,. ..... , i bult-haudle. and full miltielesiilY to intent. . . . Now. tho Question wa: ".' "k.'uJ1"': the carpeted floor. Then a tho i Why should he have spent hU the crack between tne bottom of the door and the, sill. "Childish. what?" 'commented Vance, when lien 111 had U'l him sageway as If he saw a ghost. Aft er a momentary hesitation Heath walked rapidly to the door. Hut he did not open it nt once. Me lock and scrutinized the bolt," " u , . , , carefully Then he look nut hi8 ; Sergeaiu, dear, thnfs huw the do- sized tho reboltlng of the side iZl.l,.7i.l m. . cead Tony left these premises ! door after Skeel a departure, the llut let's fog lifted, the sun shone, the time tying strings, to eyebrow- j pluckors? I confess, with maid-' enly modesty, that I couldn't find j mi answer. , "llut this morning when you told A Healthy Bird ;- Needs Beefsteak Regular, But even a sick one dossn't need pills every day. Buy healthy chix, give them clean room and water, - Feed Them Crown Feeds - and you won't need many drugs. Special 2 used Brooders $10.00 and $12.00 See Us First We Can Save You Money. Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange ROSRBURO r- AGENTS FOR , - OAKLAND Bean Spray Pump Co. Fairbanks Morse & Co. John Deere Plow Co. Sherwin-Williams Co, v ,) Washington St and 8. P. Tracks. into the erack between tlm door ,,,aL -"""""X niuiu. and the casing. The point halted against the Inner molding, and the edge of the blade scraped upon the circular bolt. no Into the lady's apartment, and I'll tell you a story, l see that Mr. Splvely has relumed from his promt-mule; so he can resume his tolf1tlilli, illllfu n.., l.nn. o rnwi ! There was no question that the tf(jr a c,lusorj0 heavy oak casings and molding j ..Wh(Ml m " thnk u t,mt of the door were solid ami well jhocus-poeus with the tweezers and fitted and that the bolt had been slringr dL1uimU.d Alurkham irri- ; securely thrown from the inside. tab, w, w d , u I IIL'IUU, UUHCYL-1, U3 Bill. BUt"' WANTED promised to tell who-murdered lhe'"u', " "' '''',,,f "I "1 didn't thing it up nt ,. ..on , v- Know." v anen n in I lirl. Healh arrests Jessup, hut iVntirf nrnmlHew tn ftpmnnslmrr WANTED Jersey Giant cockerel. !now Skoel couM havo enlercil 11. F. Sands. Phone 12F2. UQft throuKh the side door and left COTV 1128 spring special race pow der and trial size perfume for Use. Haynes Drug Store. F01lSALE Red cedar posts, $19 per hundred. See or write M. G. Heath, Myrtle Creek, OrotJou.. FOR SALE Dry fir block wood . from shed. Prompt delivery of small or large lots. Prices right. Phone 403-J. WANTUD men, to lake dinner lit bolted on the Inside. at RoBeburg Cafeteria. CHAPTER XUV WANTEDManto"do ditching Vance shepherded us ceremoni- elther by contract or by day. .ously to chairs, and cocked his eye Hoseburg Rose Co. sergeant. WANTED 2 buckers-Tt once. Ap- "You "1 be s eood as to rest ply at Springer & Wilson's mill. 'ere ,Vntl you ar me knoch n Cow Creek road. Morgan Phil i lips. knob, he tugged at it Hut the door held firm . At length he threw the bolt-handle to a vertical position and opened the door. Vance was stand ing in the court, phtcituy smoking and .inspecting the brickwork of the- alley wah. "I say, Markham' ne remarked, 'here's a curious thing. This .out?" Odell living-room. nil, him jannoying deliberation. "It was jMr. S keel's idea. Ingenious laxl oh, what?" . "Come, come-" Mark ham's equa iiiinilty was at last shaken. "How can you possibly know that Skeel used this means of locking himself birds began to sing, denly mediumistic: chic Beizure. The operandi came to any in n flash. . . Markham, old thing, I became sud I had a pay-1 whole modus me as they I- told you, It would take spiritualism to solve this case." (TO BE CONTINUED) wall, d' y''know, must be very old. the side door. Then come and open It for me." He went toward WANTED Stock cattle, any "J""-j80Imte the departed Mr. Skeel so! laid the bricks in Flemish bond ber, age and kind. J. H. Hawley, , , !iu.u,,,i f ,t, i, ,. u,i, Oregon. WANTED- The cur- take lunch at teria. Ladies not to forgot to sartorlally radiant. tain ascends. He bowed and, stepping from into the -main round the cor- Roseburg Cufe- tne recptlon-room hall, disappeared SEWING WANTED Kohlhagen ;ner into the rear passageway. Apt. 308. Phone 496-J. Mrs. M. E. Heath shifted his position rest- Pearce. : lessly and gave Markham a ques- WANTED A young, single man Honing, troubled look, to learn tho florist business. An I "Will he pull It off, sir, do you opportunity to learn a first class (think?" All jocularity had gone trade. Must be industrious, good .out of his tone. "1 found the little apparatus in It wasn't built in these latter days .his evening clothes yesterday of breathless efficiency. The beuu- ' morning." "What!" cried Heath belliger ently. "You took that outa Skeel's room yesterday during the search, FOR SALE OR TRADE Bay mare, eight years old, weight 1300 lb3. Gentle and good puller. Herbert Chamberliu, t miles north Oak laud. 200 TIERS maple biockwoodat $3 tier, and 20 tiers split maple! i cook wood at $3.50, delivered. .FOR SALE-r-Duroc sow with seven . young pigs. Uoth sow and pigs are in fat condition. .Reasonable price. Write Forrest Edwards, . Elklon, Ore. habits, willing to improve him self. Some wages, given. burg Rose Co., Inc. I MISCELLANEOUS FOlt SALE Progressive Everbear ing strawberry runners, $8 per 1000, $1 per 100. Also other stan- f dard varieties. P. O. Strom oulst, Looking Glass. FOR SALE A 1 matched "black work team, 2X00 lbs. Also O. I. C. hogs 6 shoalR, B0 lbs.; boar; 2 sows, Willi 13 nigs. M. L. Kim moll, Hoaglin. Ore., N. Umpqua road at Idleyld Park. FOH SALE, IDEAL LOCATION Store, service station and house; combined on main highway in llandon, $3000 camp ground it wanted joining. SO a. dairy ranch, $1600; 300 a. dairy or stock ' ranch close in, $(1000. Terms. J. M. Long, owner, llandon, Ore. I FOR RENT 4 FOR RENT Desirable 6-room house, closo in. Phone 475. FOR JfjflNT Good 6-room bouse, , garage, ?10 per mo. BIS S. Main. J Phone 19F12. FOR RENT 5-room "furtilshed Vun galow, with garage. Inquire 604 W. Lanq St. FOR RENT io-room muuei u, partly furnished house on Win chester St., North Roseburg. S. W. S tanner, Soldiers' Home. CAR OWNER Don't . forget to j 10 call b&a when in need of auto parts. Sarff's Auto Wrecking Rose-, scowling. "If he goes, though, it will knock' the chief underpinning from your theoiy of Jesaup's guilt." "I'm not worrying," declnrod Heath. "Mr. Vance knows a lot bond of our own restless ago. "And up there a bit" he point ed toward the . rem yard "is a Rowlock and Checkerboard Pat tern. Very neat and very pretty more pleasing even than tho popular English Cross bond. And the mortar joints are all V-tooled. . . . Fancy!" Markham was fuming. "Damn it, Vance! l in net build ing brick walls. and left tho door bolted on the ln-it y' know, on the night tho lady side." j departed this life, and I hoped 10 "Oh, that!" Vance crushed out And some slight indication of his his clgaret and re-entered thfe 'collaboration in the event. When building. "1 merely made use of a I found this little eyebrow-pluck- ibit of clever criminal mechanism. r, I hadn't . the slightest Inkling without saying anything'about it "Oh, only ufter your ferrets had passed It by. In fact, I didn't even look at the gentleman's clothes un til your experienced searchers had Inspected them and relockcd liiu wardrobe door. Y, see, Sergeajit, this little thingumbob was stuffed away in one of the pockets of Skeel's dress waistcoat, under tho silver clgaret case, What i want to "I'll admit I went-over ids eve- I can't see how." Markham was know is how you got out hero 'nlng suit rather lovin'ly. lie wore Mora than 30 good used Chevro lets mid Fords offered for sale at very easy terms. Your old car, if you have one, can be taken aB first paymont. Hansen Chevrolet Co. PADELFORD MARRIED MEDFOnn, March 6. Kenneth Padelford and Vivian Rldgeway. Mod ford residents, wero married this afternoon by Rev. E. P. Law rence nt his home e.t 513 South Newtown street In the presence of V. 1. Beetle. Mildrod La Port, Ted GeHauer and Al CJ. Couch. t MARKET NEWS ttATTFNTION IFrinNNimF J . , t BROCCOLI !ATTENTIONLEG.ONNA.RESJ Regular meeting ot Umpqua The following information onj Post No. Hi, the American Le- the broccoli market is furnished, glon, at post club rooms by the Portland bureau of the de-! Tuesday evening nt 8 o'clock, partment of agriculture: March 6th. Large attendance Carlot shipments reported Satur-.v uesireu. wow members re- v questeu to come and meet with us. Our contest for mem- bership with Medford Post 4 closes March 31st. Bring In a new member. ADJUTANT ' ' T STAY FAT IN THESE DAYS You sco countless people who have fjaincd new beauty, new health and vim, iy fichiing excess fat. Some have done this by abnormal exercise and diet, some in a modern, scientific way. Why not follow their example? There is a way based on scientific re search. It combats a cause of excess fat which starvation cannot fight. That method is embodied in Marmola pre scription tnblets, now used for 20 ytars. Millions of boxes of them. The results you see wherever you look should in duce you to accept them. Each box of Marmola contains the formula, also the reasons for results. So tifere js no secret, no reason to fear day: V. Cam. 34, S. taiif. 13, Ore. 7; total 54. Carlot shipments reported Sun day: C. Callt. 22, S. Calif. 8, Ore. 5; total 35. Chicago market today: It clear. 1 Ariz., 8 Calif, arrived. 2U cars 011 .track Including broken. Supplies IIKfl.nl I ...n.l,.,.,.ti. .1,,,.. lf.it Hlt'-liMv tttrmiiriir r-.tllfnrnl,. n.mv $2.15-2.25. ordinary $1.75. : ! t ?ef ?U,r "T"?,? C A!"Sf'l? J WELL DRILLING J JU,e"duy' .M.artch at Bnat eel caslnir S1.00 a foot, f 8 .clck. Jam and jelly show- write W. F. Kornln, Roseburg. Eat barbucue sanawiclies and live forever. Brand's Road Stand. MOlIES LIBERTY John Gilbert and Greta Garbo In "Love" Now Playing at Liberty House. HOW TO PRAY And help with your personal problems for one dollar P. O. money order. Money back if you are not satisfied. Joseph Robert Caldwoll, M. S. I)., 1602 N. Van Ness Avenue, Los Angeles, California. LOCAL GUN CLUB HOLD. HAM SHOOT SUNDAY, MARCH 11 In connection with Us regular Sunday shoot. the Douglas County Sportsmen's and Came Protective Association will hold a prize shool next Sunday, starting at 10 a. in. Prizes will be in the form of hams and as handicaps will he imposed on the crack shots, so that ail will have an equal advantago, every marksman present will havo an op portunity to win one of tho many prizes to he given nway. The shoot will be held at the club grounds on the John Marks ranch b miles west of Roseburg. Lunch and am munition will be provided at the grounds. NATIONAL BANKS TO MAKE REPORTS WASHINGTON, Mtir. C The comptroller of Hip rnrrenny todny Issued a cull for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Tuesday, February 25. Ford coupe, 1925 model, In first class condition. Hansen Chevrolet Co. John Gilbert mill Orola Clnrho, who ns a team scored ono of tha sensational successes of tho year In "Flesh aril tho Devil. " and whose real lire romance linmedla ntely following furnished Rossip for film fans tho world i ovei ap pear aualn before the camera, fut: tho first time since,1 In "Lovtv er for veterans of Hospital All Interested in oruaniz- lug glee club be present. , s got Ideas. But how In hell It's very simple, like all truly ef-Ot its significance. And the pur- harm, You will know that all the Rood .' ' . iecuve appliances on, simple no- pie twine aiiacueu 10 it uouicreu . ivsuus come in a natural way. oo learn which ODens at the I.lhorrv tnrlnv. interrupted, by-m; loud fyortd words. I blush nt its Blmpll- m frightfully, don't y' know, , , Jhtm now, by -.asking your druggist lor . -The new picture, one of the most i the side door. The city..'.-. Observe! 1 ' "I could see that Sir. Skeel didn't I 1 box ol Mormolu. .1 gorgeous- and spectacular I'llin'ro- mitnecs of tho . season, ' present's both in roles that perhaps fit them better than any others that could be Imagined. Gilbert, splendidly uniformed, is scon ns tho debonair and romantic Count Vronskv, a rule Hint recalls hla great lilt in ' "The .Merry Widow," with Miss Garbo In tho role of tho tragic Anna, who sacrulces. ah lor iuyu, oilly to be do!!ged by a strange and sinister doom. " .Edmund Goulillng directed the new picture, which was staged on a lavish scnlo. Tho cast Is notable, including George Fnwcett, who played tho king : In - "The Merry Widow," ns the Grnnd Duke; Tfren don Hurst ns the husband, Count K ironlu; I'hillppo Do Lacy, Emily Fttzroy, and others of note, . Hewn k nock ing rumlei, uiuno tuner. Ptiontj 189-I BOOTS AND HER CUDDIES i Vida Knows Something By Marbn " WHATS THE MATTER .BOOTS ? TOO IjOOK ALV FUSSED UP- OH .rJO - BUT JUST PET THAT MIDA PERSON) DOWM THE STRE.ET W WHCT WDMT TE.. HER SCORES KILLED IN FACTORY EXPLOSION B "TO KEEP HtS HEALTH BIS tCH MftN'S AIM TaCT SANTAT!ON BftlNC-S OS FAME ( K4iriat.il Ti.-m l-a.l in ) SMAKAMI, Java. .Mar. 6 At least a score of persons Wf-re killed ami more than mo houses destroy ed by the explosion of a firework factory nt ICodoes, near here ! day. Twenty bodies have been tr.ken from the debris. Fifty persons are known to -have been injured. The extension caused damage iover a wide area. ' You'believe In sanitation in your! nn-n Vinmn - or. vnti (.....1.1 ..i I . 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