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SIX R0SE3URG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929. LOCAL KIWIS TO ; Organizations Hold Joint Session at I. O. O. F. Hall Fine Program Presented. commerce, and has been accomp- or four minutes later. . . . And Hulling untold Rood In the develop-1 say, I guess 'at lets Miss Lester ment of the city and Immediate vi-i out, all U. K.! If the kid had found clnlty, taking an aggressive part; his boss dead he wouldn't arode In any movement for the benefit 'back down whlmling, wiuld he Ituth Bniiled gratefully at the boy who was so obviously anxious to lift suspicion from her. 'lf the boy came back for some thing he'd fogotten, it was un doubtedly In the outer office," Mc Mann pointed out. "And the door i was clotted between the two of-at-j flees after Horden whs killed, ac- the cording to Miss Letter's own story Hut of the lower Uinpqua country. ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY IN THE CITY SCHOOLS A group of nearly thirty Hose burg Klwanluns hail a. most c! . llRlitful nieellnj! ttith the Iteedn - port club last nluht. The Joint - meeting at Keedsport was held as a part of the local organization's . Inter-club relations work, and - proved to be a most auccessful and Interesting session. The meeting was held In the I. O. O. F. hall, which provided am , plo accommodations for the large . crowd of lioseburg and Reedsport Klwanlans and their wives. .-H. Gordon McCall, president of the livewire Iteedsport club, pre sided and after a most delicious meal introduced T. II. Ness of noseburg, president of the attend ance committee of the local club ; Mr. Ness told of some of the means used to keep up the club's attendance during the year. This talk 'was followed by a group of songs by the Roseburg Kiwanls trio, after which H. It. Shoemaker of Itoseburg, district trustee, made a brief address. Mrs. Stanley Chapln and Mrs. Frank Taylor then gave a vocal duet, accompan ied at the piano by Mrs. K. K. Ad ams, and this was followed by a violin and saxophone duet by Mrs. N. L. Heyser and Mr. Hernard I Jones with Mrs. Itoyce I.ockhart, accompanist. I.yniiin Spencer, chairman of Inter-club relations, spoke of the activities of his com mittee, outlining the plans for fu ture group gatherings. A banjo and narmolilci duet was then giv en by It, L. Whipple and Charles V. Stanton, wllh Cliff Kles at the piano. The meeting closed with a brief addresB by District Attorney Guy Cordon and another group of Bongs by the Kiwanls trio. Croup singing was Interspersed with the other numbers on the program during the evening. Tlio Iteodspnrt club, while It has only a small membership, has lieen a powerful Influence In the community. II has voluntarily as sumed the dutlcB of a chamber of Arundel, The following report coverirj tendance and punctuality in city schools for the period ending' of her dlHt-overy of the body. .March lf was compiled by city Superintendent W. M. Campbell: Total pupils enrolled to dale. .1251 Av. numlier pupils belong ing 1113.8 Average daily attendance 1075.3 HTHE IVr cent of attendance 96.1 Number tardinesses 6tl Pupils neither absent nor late 719 Number visitB by parents 30 Number visits by parents 30 Combined record of attendance and punctuality by buildings and grades according to rank, Is as follows: Benson, 2A, 9ft.4; Benson, 6B-GA, 99.3; Jr. High, 9, 99.2; Rose, 2A, 99.2; Jr. High, 7-8-9. 98.7: Rose. 1A, 93.7; Rose. fiA, 98.7; Sr. High. 11, 98.6; Jr. High, 7-8, 98.5; Rose. 3A. 98.4; Benson. fiA, 98.3; Sr. High, 12. 98.3; Sr. High, 10, 9S.3; Rose, 6A, 98.1; Rose. 4A. 98.1; Ben son. 4A-fiB, 97.7: Benson, 3A-4B, 97.6; Benson. 1B-2U. 97.5; Rose, 3B-4B. 97.4; Benson, 1A, 97.3; Fill lerton, 3-4, 97.1; Rose, 1B-2B, 96 7: Rose. 5B-6B. 95:7; Fullerton. 1A 2A, 95,4; Fullerton, 5A-6A, 94.". o you Btlck to your own story Moran. and let the office boy tell his when he conies in if he ever gets here," Mc.Munn added curtly. "Who else came to the seventh floor Saturday afternoon ?" "That lady I heard you call Mrs. Borden," Micky answered sullenly. "Gees! f didn't know the sheik was married!" he added, brightening. "Ha sure didn t let It cramp his i grins a little at that an' cracks style none." I right back, 'I'll say she did! And .iic.viaun rrowneo. "Keep your how!'" exactly," Micky admitted, flushing. "It 'at was my girl on the phone, and I made a date with her for Sunday, and and kidded her along awhile, 'neu when I got back In my car the seventh floor red light was on." "Five minutes? Seven minutes? Ten minutes?" McMann suggested impatiently. i "Maybe 10 minutes, maybe j more." Micky admitted, bis (lush deepening- "This Rita dame looks sore because I've kept her waltin', and I jolly her up a bit. I says toi her 'Sorry if I kept you waitln'J Miss. 1 waB mukin' a date wllh my sweetie,' I Lays. 'Nen she says. Well, be sure you don't stand her up. old dear. Nothing makes a glrlt more sore than to be stood up she) The roads from Roseburg to says, tapping her foot again, like i Reedsport are In very excellent she was sore as all get-out. An' I j condition and fast time may be says, 'Gees! Did IJorden stand up! made by auto between the Pacific swell frail like you?' An' sbei highway and the lower Umpqua by either of the two main roads from Elkton. Dodge Canyon Route Over New Smith Bridge Af fords Quickest Way to Reedsport. opinions to yourself until they're called for, Moran! When did you bring Mrs. Horden up? Auto Runs 59 Miles On Gallon of Gas Automobile engineers w'o work ed for years In an effort lo reduce gasoline consumption have found the solution In a marvelous Inven tion that fits all cars. An actual test made by one of the engineers showed r-9 miles on n gallon of gas. Thousands of car owners hiive already installed this new In vent Inn. They not only report amazing gas savings, but are also surprised to find quicker, pick-up, instant starting, smoother running motors and disappearance of car bon. K. Oliver 9991158 E. Third St., Milwaukee, Wise, for a limited time is offering n free device to those who will help Introduce it. They also need men every,whre to make over 5100 weekly in their own territory taking care of local business. Wrl'e him at oncefor tree sample and big money making oner, iuv. piano tuner. Phone 189-L Jtl E BLAGK 13IGEO 0 1929 By NEA Service. Inc y ANNE, AUSTIN THIS HAS HAPPENED When Ruth Lester, secretary. -rinds the dead body or her em ployer, "Handsome Harry" ilorden, sprawled on the floor beneath the window of his private office, she ruih at once to the office of her fiance, Jack Haywurd. Ills office , la Just across the narrow airshaft ' from Borden's. Finding Jack out. Ruth searches for ills pistol, which he hnd pur chased at the flame time he bought an Identical weapon for her to keep In her d-nk. His gun Is gone! ?etrlfled with fear, she recalls Jack's incriminating behavior" of the past Saturday and his nnery threat against Borden. When Jack returns, he accom panies Ruth to Borden's suite and while he phones Tor the police Huth hurries to close the airshaft window In Ihe private office, fear lug Jack shot Borden across Ihe airshart. The window is already closed! Ruth tells Detective Mc Mann of Borden's two Saturday morning visitors: Rita Dubois, night club dancer, ami MiOt. Bor den his wife iohI mother of his two children, who called for her month ly alimony check. Mrs. Ilorden comeB in during the questioning nnd McMann accuses her of ihe murder, but she defies it Ruth tells McMann of Ihe pistol !;i her sk. but when he looks fi.r it, it. too. Is gone! Tiny footprints of a pigeon In dried blood on the win dow ledge and on the floor near the body Indicate the window was open when Borden was shot. Rulh's fear for Jack rown but McMann Insinuates Ruth Is the murderess of Borden! 0iiin, the elevator operator's, testimony makes things look black for Ruth when McMann suddenly asks whose office is that across the air shaft. When he learns it is Jack's, he asks the cle a tor operator what lime on Saturday afternoon Jack returned to his office. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY . CHAPTKIl XV Otto Printer hunched his shoul ders and rammed his hands deeper into the pockets of his uniform. "I dunno abditt two o'clock , I gm'HM. 1 ain't keepin' tabs on them that's got a right to come and no." "(Hii't there a register record for Saturday aftei noon, Coghlmi?" McMann demanded. "You require everyone to sign in nnd out, don't you ?" Couhlan shook his head. "Not until four o'clock Saturdays. Too many tenants coming and going before then." "I can tell you almost to (he minute when I returned and when I left the building." Jack Hayward settled the . question maiter-of- faetly. "Miss Lester and I went to lunch at the Chester Hotel, and just before dessert was served I discovered that I had left the theater tickets on my desk. We were going to a matinee. I looked t my watch, found that It was 10 minutes to two, and walked rapidly from the Chester to the Starbridge Building a distance of only two blocks. I didu't hav to wait for the elevator, so It must have been not later than five or six minutes of two when I got off at the sev enth floor. I went to my office and " "Just a minute!" McMann Inter-, rupted. "I'd Just a little bit rather have Otto's story before you have ti fiance to tell him what he re members. And you might unclench that fist of yours. Haywurd. I'm afraid you 11 snraln your fingers, and that would he too had. . . . Now, Otto, how long was Mr. Hay- ward In his ofrice before he went back down again In your car?" "I ain't saying he was in his o flce at all." Otto denied sullenly. "Oh!" McMann pounced. "So you saw him head toward this wing of tho building vQien he left the ele vator, did you?" Otto Pfluger shrugged, and slouched lower asalnst the wall. "Naw! I alr.'t sayf.n' he was In his ofrice or he wasn't In his office, be cause I didn't follow him see? I 'tended to my business and that was riinnin' my elevator." "And right now, young man, your business Is to answer my questions," McMann retorted. may not give you a tip to keep your mouth shut, as Mr. Hiayward evidently did, but I can give you a free pass lo the jail if you don't open up and spill what you know." "Mr. I lay ward didn't give me no tip Saturday naw, nor this mornln' neither! Ho Hps us boys reg'lar the rirst of the month. Ilk! most of Ihe other tenants do. , . . Aw, all right! I'm lellln' you. If you'll let me! 1l was about 10 min utes after I took him up before look him down again. I guess, he- cause I sent my hid brother, what was ha nc In' around in the lobby, over lo the drug store aioss the street to get me a cup of coffee, right after I'd took Mr. Haywurd up, and I'd drunk it before he rung for me to take him down." Micky stuck out his lower Jaw pugnaciously and seemed about to go Into a stubborn silence. Then. 1 "I dunno! Pretty soon after I took i Benny down, I guess. After half j past one, anyway." ' Did you notice her manner? Anything unusual?" McMann rapped out. "I didn't pay no attention to her. She didn't mean nothing in my young life," Micky retorted. "She just got in the elevator and I took her up that's all." "And when she came down?" McMann was having hard work to i restrain his anger and impatience. "Was she upset? Crying? Pale?" "Gees! I didn't give her a second look, after I seen It was the same lady I'd took up," Micky protest ed disgustedly. "I ain't got no time for dames her age. McMann looked as if he could cneerruuy bave clouted the Impu dent youngster over the head, but he limited the expression of his anger to a black scowl. "Anyone else?" . . "Sure. A frail that wbb here Sat urday morning, and two or three times Vfore then," Micky an swered sulkily. "Looked like a chorus girl." "Rita Dubois!" Ruth cried. "I thought she was to meet Mr. Bor den at the station " "Just a minute," McMann silenced her peremptorily. "De scribe the girl, Moran hair, eyes, clothes, anything you can remem ber." "Black hair, black eyes. Kindn tall and slinky, like a movie vamp," Micky obliged, "t didn't notice her clothes, 'cept she had on n swell rur coat with a real live white or "chid pinned onhe collar." McMann looked at Ruth, who nodded an eager confirmation of the girl's identity. "All right, Mo ran. When did you bring her up and what happened, that you know or? Did oyou talk to her?" "Not when I brought her up Miekg answered the last question ursi. cine was looaing sore, tap ping her ffl)t amr acting so Impa tient, that I kept my month shut." "When was this?" McMann pounced. "(lees, I 6unno! 'Bout half an hour after Mrs. Borden left. I reckon. I ain't got no way of tell ing the time each party come up. I let her off at the seventh floor and then I went back down. While my car was down, the telephone in the booth started ringing and I answered it. The starter goes off at half-past one. and they wasn't anybody else but me down there." Yes?" What of It?" McMann de manded Impatiently. "How ,. long before Miss Dubois, rang for the elevator?" 'At's what I don't know "What else?" McMann demand ed. "Gees, ain't trip?" Micky grinned. "She got off and beat it out of the elevator, ilk1 she was In a hurry. She run Into By way of Dodge canyon over the new Smith bridge, which replac ed the old pioneer ferry, the dlst- at enough for one'aIlce s considerably shorter froir uoseDurg to neeusport. m lie road Is on a good grt.de and In good condition all of the way. The the telephone booth and that's thenL'w W&den are Eomewhat slippery last I seen of her 'cause I had a'1" extremely wet weather, but call from the fourth floor then i tho,re are no dangers to be ex- mavbe if was the fifth. Naw, it 1 i'eriencea u a anver uses due pre s the fourth. Old man Cohen I !uion- T 16 road fro" r'n was the fourth. Old man Cohen- wholesale shoes." "Any other passengers for the seventh floor Saturday after noon?" McMann demanded impa tiently. "Naw, not a soul," Micky an swered promptly. "1 thought Bur den had gone down by the other elevator, foi some reason or oth er. Gees! He musta been dead al toady, and his sweetie thought he'd stood her up! Gees! She musta stood there poundin' on the door " "That'll do, Moran!" the detec tive shut him short. "You and Otto can get back on your jobs, but don't leave the building till I give you permission, understand?" When the door had closed upon the elevator boys, McMann faced Jack Hayward, his eyes narrowed to glinting gray slits. "Well, how about it, Hayward? I suppose you're going to tell me it took you 10 minutes to find those conven iently forgotten theater tickets." Before Jack could answer Pa-i trolman Diggers appeared, with the information that the men from! tho morgue had arrived to remove the body of the murdered man. "Just a minute. Riggers. Hold 'em back until I get Mrs. Borden out of the way. I'll put her In Covey's charge down the hall till I need her.' Some of Ruth's hatred of the de tective evaporated as she wit nessed his gentleness with the widow whom he had, a few min utes before, tried to bully Into con fessing that she had killed her huB- hand. But when the body had been removed on a stretcher, and Mc Mann was free to devote his en tire attention to Jack Hayward. fear for the man she loved fanned her hatred of McMann Into a high, not blaze. (To Be Continued) Can Jack Hayward explain away those 10 minutes? Newspaper re porters appear in the next chap te. We are overstocked on General tires and offering a special disJ count to clean up. If you are look-, Ing for a high grade tire now Is tho time to buy. The Roseburg Garage. A carload of McCormlck-Deerlng farm machinery has arrived at Wharton Bros. It contains binders. mowers, rakes, harrows, discs, cul- tipackers, corn planters, corn shell- ers, cultivators, engines, plows and not many other Implements. Elkton is In very fine condition and may be travelled at a rapid pace without danger. The grade is wide and smooth. Between Elkon and Scottsburg there is some rough road encoun tered, but no dangerous road. The stretch from Scottsburgh to Reeds port is wide, smooth and level. The heavy rain yesterday brought down numerous slides and filled the roads with small boulders at many points, but main tenance crews had the roads cleared this morning without de lay. The completion o; the Smith bridge has niaae a great improve ment In the travel from Roseburg to Elkton by way of Dodge canyon, eliminating the necessity of cross ing the old ferry, which was diffi cult to approach because of the steep river bank. The Dodge can yon route, as a result of the new bridge now provides the quicker route to Reedsport, as the dist ance is considerably shorter and there Is no wait for a ferry. The road, however, in not quite as wide or smooth as the Drain-Elkton section. Work on the new Scottsburg bridge Is moving slowly due to the fact that little can be done until all danger from high water has passed. The concrete work has been finished for the piers and ap proaches, but the steel work can not be done until it Is possible to erect falsework, and this must wait until there is no danger of freshets. since Friday, March !S. police! were Informed today by M. L. Co turri, special agent for the rail re, id. Coturri said Smith was known to have several hundred ; dollars at the time of his disap-1 pea ranee. He Is believed to have no relative here. LINCOLN COUNTY SLAYER ACCUSED BY GRAND JURY TOLEDO, Ore., Mar. 20. A charge of manslaughter was re- j turned today by the coroner's Juryj against Sylvanus Neal who onj Mardh 18 shot and killed his neigh-j bor, Kred Kox, on a highway near; here. ' Neighborhood differences, argu-1 ments over line fences and mixed l bands of sheep are reported tot have led to frequent quarrels be tween the men. j After the shooting Neal tele-; phoned the sherirf and awaited his arrival. He told the sheriff Fox had accosted him as he was riding his horse along the road, that Fox had pulled him from the horse and threatened him. Neal drew his re volver, he said, and shot his at tacker. NEWS AGENT MISSING PORTLAND, Mar. 20. John W. Smith, news agent for the South ern Pacific, has been misBing IT'S NOT HARD TO GROW THIN People all about you can testify to that. Mostpf tlte slender figures seen today have been won in easy ways. Many have been won by Marmola prescription tab lets, based on a modern scientific discov ery. People have used Marmola for 20 years millions of boxes of it. Now slender figures in almost every circle show what Marmola does. A book in each box of Marmola gives the formula and states the scientific rea sons for results. So users realize how and why effects are beneficial. A way which has done so much for so many deserves a test from you. Make it now, watch the results for a little while, then decide. Ask your druggist today for a 91 oox oi marmola. Relief from Curse of Constipation A Battle Creek physician says, "Constipation is responsible for more misery than any other cause." But Immediate relief has been found. A tablet called Rexal Or derlies has been discovered. This tablet attracts water from the system into the lazy, dry, evacuat ing bowel called the colon. The water loosen o the dry food waste and causes a gentle thorough, na tural movement without forming a habit or ever increasing the dose. Stop suffering from constipation. Chew a Rexall Orderlie at night. Next day bright. Get 24 for 25c today at the nearest Rexall Drug Store. A Lower Cost of Production Is as good as a higher price for the product. A John Deere will cut your costs. Pulls 3 14-inch plows, costs $1235. Starts easier, lasts longer and has more power and fewer parts than anything in its class. Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange Roseburg Oakland AGENTS FOR L. & H. Electric Ranges Sean Spray Pump Co. Hood River Spray Co. John Deere Plow Co. Sutherlin Spray Co. Hoosier and Milwaukee Pumps A carload of McCormick-Deering farm machinery has arrived at Wharton Bros. Another car of American fenco will arrive . next week. Broccoli Wanted FOR CANNING We want the following crops to be produced on contract from seed furnished by us: beets, carrots, parsnips, cabbage, brussell sprouts, tomatoes. FRANK J.NORTON CO. Harrjj CStearns' History of Roscburo and C -C f the otatc of Oregon DESPITE the alarming rumors we have recorded, the mat- ter of the boundary was settled without the bloodshed that was feared. The resolution, amended in the i Senate and given a more conciliatory tone, was passed by Congress on April 23rd, 1846, and the United States at once en tered into intimate diplomatic relations with England in an ef fort to straighten out the vexing matter. Gradually the people of Roseburg and vicinity are learning that the best of mortuary service is not necessarily the most expensive. Indeed, our service is for ALL, and meets EVERY need. DOUGLAS FUNERAL HOME tT3Utincii'tcyuneral Jtrfict Corner Pina and Lane. Streets PioneJJ2 R.OSEBURG J , relations with Lngland in an ef- jfW'l ' ti ! I fort tos -j' McMann fir hi nod crookedty as he nuule rapid notes of the boy's story, "You didn't have any othei naMsenuTT mm UK most iu minutes. Otto?" " v." "And when Mr. Hayward left. j did you notice anything peculiar about his behavior?" McMann suk ccHlcd. t H lo glowered. "Naw ! " Ituth rnuld have kissed the sul len younn tow head for his failure to On-iit Ion a fact which might yet Hrtsiiini' vast import ance that Jink llnvfard had returned to his ortlce empty handed and left 11 wUli a heavy brief rune, "Who else rode in your car be tween two and four Vloek Satur day?" McMann prodded the unwill ing wllnesrt. "I sin't been taking no memory ("re." Olio Pfluger shrugged. "Itut fur as I remember 1 didn't tnke down no passengers from the seventh floor after Mr. Havward left." .Ur. mi scowled, then turned upon Mteky Moran, who grinned ! clieerfiilio. "How about you. Mo-1 ran? Who were your passengers j for the seventh floor after Miss Lester's and Mr, I lay ward's sec ond trip?" Micky Hi-iatched his thatch of red hsir. "Vim 1 brought up Denny Smith, the kid that works here." "Denny!" Ruth exclaimed. MVhy, he left for the day at exactly one o'clock!'' "Well, he come hack," Micky grinned. "Said he'd forgot some thing. 1 took him back down thrte , s ' '''"" lover Alejandro, aa told hy Helen Hunt Jtckson, 1 j ' 11 t''-a colorful portrayal of life In the California of mmmmmt;tm)m.m yesterday. Romantic btta awettcm hlstorr 'ft-::-?;-;-:-x:v. : itf 'w:;:::;::;: M,"aaaaa""aaaaWMaMaa aa thla are revealed In the Associated Oil y.W--Cii :.:::rj v WXXXXy " Compauj radio program, "Roads to Romance." 'AT'" v,,,.w.:, 557Vtawj A j . , MMUtM Ll,tenlnch Wednesday evening. 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