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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1920)
, 2 THE OREflON' STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORKINTI. ATTOTTST 22. 1020 0. HENRY m AL. JENNINGS (Continued frouvlant week.) .The living had taken their chance. That was the Oklahoma logic of Helentles as the trorsican ven-ijusiuc m . ran, uihcuct. J"' 'type. .... were these eary reuas in me iaw n nu vuv imhj w mt other. It was a case ol prab the John Doe warrants and go after your man Frank said. "They want blood. Let it be theirs. Change the brand. They've bad enough of ours." I bad not expected Prank to start things. He bad a soft, easy going way that was full of dis dainful contempt for the quick killers of the Houston and Love .'.... were these eary Oklahoma nd Indian Territory in the bad lands of the southwest the roagnest men in the country bad their dugouts. They scattered all over the ranges.' They killed Other kiUr in the Jury freed ihpm The aeaa mu v' Jh bother the living about it? i Brother Increiiuum !Of Train Itobbery. ! "Here's the odus." he explained Woodward cocked against us. "They've gone mad. They've plastered the country with hand hills. They've got you down for the etickup of the Santta Fe. They've got a .posse running up and down th country on the track of Al Jennings, the train robber. They'll soc you off at sight!" He dashed the words out snarp. vicious, i ne money in my lot last "Thev'rn rotnr tn hnnnHinArkt Manlr vclrkut Houston and Love had doped it of r "lhe earth. The damn cow-ithough it were th $600.l)t0 1 had up witn me marsnais. i ney were d haTe born pn the dodge from dreamed of. out to gM us neiore wu nau a ... , . , chance to get them. ; us ever since they finished Ld. We're coine to Kl Reno"! They've got all thto guns in fi . "They're a few days ahead of their guess it was the M. K. T. I stuck." I wanted him to know. I Wanted Everybody To Know That the Capital Junk Company has moved to its new quarters at the old -- Center Street Feed Bam 225 Center Street We will continue to give the people the very best price possible for all kinds of scrap material, such as iron, rubber, metal, rags, sacks, hides, wool, chittem bark, in fact anything to iunk. We are also in market for all kinds of .furniture. Get Our Bid On Your Furniture First CAPITAL JUNK COMPANY 225 Center Street Phone 398 ididn't know how to tell it. I tried io maae my voice inaiiterent ana careless. "Pretty neat, wasn't it?" Ills tone was as casual as mine. "They, in his chair there never left a footprint after them. 'enough of a rncus Must I outlaws, nesters and a sprinkling of respectable citizens got off the train. Honston ana Love were not among them. Two days later I met Tob Oden. sheriff of Woodward county. "They've sneaked In." he said. "They're at the session now." 1 didn't wait to get Frank. Convention Speaker Tell:, Thry'rr Gone." The town hall was crowded. An old friend of mine. Leslie Ross, was acting as chairman. I stood in the doorway waiting my chance to saunter in unobserved. A fel low In the middle of the room in terrupted the 6p'Hler. Somebody else yelled for him to shut up; a man oruinu iritru iu jiii uim uait i was just 3. ff have been old hands at the game." "All but me." I answered. "Andy'a gang are all vets." "Damn humorous you're feel ing; damn funny layout, ain't it?" He gave a whistle of Impatience that acted like a spur to bis horse. What my father had so readily ac cepted as trure Frank would not even consider; Even when I told him the whole affair he could scarcely credit It. "You really had nothing to do with It." he said, "You just went along. It was force of circum stances, just a spectator, inst's alt. You bad no right to take the money." i Horry to tirt Men lief ore They iot Vs. He did not know that less than a fortnight later he would himself jump into the lead of the biggest stickup job that had been palled in the territory for years. His one thought was to get to El Reno for the opening of the Democratic convention, to get Houston and Love before they bad a chanca to railroad ns to the penitentiary or to kill. us. "Once they get us, they'll finish It proper. They'll take a final swipe at the old man and John. We got to El Keno in the after noon; the traiu was to bring tilt delegates In at 10 o'clock that ! night. .We kept under cover until it was ttane to go down to the sta tion. There were small groups standing around. Everybody In the town knew me. I had been rounty attorury thtrj I-r t-j years. As we came along a dozen greet ed ns as friends. Tbey knew why w came.' They had seen the hand bills. No one made any attempt to gather in the reward. The train rolled In. Some one brushed past me. "They've slipped." be said. "Bill Tillman saw you. Tipped them off." The bourbons, old cowboys, ex- nn uwu 0) S fo) JU 1- r f i Increase Your Farm Profits with fast Motor Truck T ra ns portatio n ! Your Farm is a factory. You and your partner, Nature, manufacture food. You can't afford to do your part by hand. Doesn't pay; too slow; men too scarce! So vou use farm machinery. You're driving it by mechanical power more everv year. Engines keep going and do more work without getting tired; they , save endless drudgery. Just supposing you had to go back to old-fashioned ways do everything from drawing water to harvesting wheat by hand! You wouldn't do it! You couldn't do it! You'd go into the manufacture of shoes or something anything in which you could use machinery. ' - The Master Among Motor Trucks Master Trucks are honestly built built to use, not merely to selL They sell on reputation. Ask anv man who owns a Master what he thinks of it! Master owners keen their trucks because they satisfy. Investigate the city markets! Masters command the highest second-hand price there, and are hardest to get, of any trucks! Why?- Because they satisfy their owners. Because they're stronger, built oversized throughout Because they'll stand more hard knocks, rough roads, abuse and overload!, and keep goine. regardless of conditions. Be cause they're built of the finest standard parts that money can buy. We Have Them in H i;, 21 L, 3VL-, 5 and 6 Tons Timkin Worm Drive, Torbenson Internal, and Walker Double Reduction I walked down !! aUle. r.oi missing a face. I was so Intent I djd-not notice the breathless quiet that suddenly held the spectators. I glanced to tne pla fonn. Ross was standing with his band up raised, his eyes rivited on me. his face ashen like a man on the verge or coiiopse. tits look neia tne au dience as a ghost might have. 'Gentlemen, a moment, keep your seats. lie bt.irtea wciking down the steps and toward the aisle. "Just a moment." be repeat ed rushing up to me. "I see a dear friend of mine." They're not here. Al." he whispered to me. "I swear to God. tbey haven t shown a face around. Don't start anything. Calm down." ' He was more excited than I. He seemed to think I was ready to shoot up the place. Houston and Love were not there. They had kipped to Red Fork. Frank and I followed them. Marshal Not if ken Men of Warrants. We had come to the edge of the town. A man on horseback rode up to us. It was Ed Nicks. United states marshal. "Don't go In. boys." be said "They're laying for you. They've got warrants. They'll get you on that frameup. The trap is all set. They know you're coming. Half the men In Red Fork are armed against yon. Tney ll harvest you the moment you set foot Inside the town." I had known Ed Kicks for ten years. He was on the square. We didn't get Houstton and Love. They got ns. They got ns to the tune of a Hie term in prison and ten years in addition. We'd be there yet If President McKlnley had not commuted our sentence. They'd have brought us back on other charges If President Roose velt had not granted ns a full pardon. Nicks rode with us a mile. "They've bought up the county, boys," he said. "You haven't a chance. Take your choice the range or the pen. (Continued Next Week.) Wc unreservedly endorse Republic Grande Cord Tires. They have proven, like their fabric namesake, that they wear down slowly and evenly like finely tempered steel. Our word to you the Re public Grande Cord Tire is supremely worthy of its name, its record and the Republic reputation for longer life and greater value. w SALEM AUTOMOBILE CO. F. D. DELANO A. L EOFT SALEM DALLAS REPUBLIC if 7 ' lie -V: yY L ' : m. t pill: fir J, j j Eg. j f ' i m J ll 3 , 3 t if . ll & ml - CORD TIRES P1AR1 JUiiiilJilL I SI. Distributors for Polk and Marion Counties SALEM, OREGON Phone 362 Tie Snmstm Xlodrl "J trot It is jutt vriat yon reed for 0"" 1 It mil belt-fcmrr vrork. 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