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From First Statesman. March 28. 18S1
' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Spkacc Editor-Uanagtr
HIXDOX F. Sackett - Managing-Editor
Member of the Anortated Press
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Adjourned Jamboree
THE adjournment of the national boy scout Jamboree at
Washington will come as a keen disappointment to the
S5,000 boys who have had their faces set toward the capital
city for weeks. Many from this part of the country were
going. The boys had worked and saved and their parents and
friends in many cases had sacrificed to make it possible for
them to attend. A big program had been arranged so the
boys would be educated in scouting and would be educated
in good citizenship also through their visit at the seat of
government '
The adjournment was ordered by President Roosevelt,
who is honorary national president of the organization, be
cause of fears of infantile paralysis. There have been a
good many cases reported in that section, and this is the sea
son of the year when the danger is greatest The decision
was made after consultation with health authorities in the
District of Columbia, and the states adjoining.
While the disappointment will be keen, boy scouts have
learned to "take it on the chin". They will understand the
president's solicitude in their behalf, because he himself suf
fered severely from this terrible disease. His sufferings have
made him a leader in the effort to stamp out the disease and
to provide-proper treatment for those afflicted with it. Par
ents, too, will appreciate the wisdom of the president's ac
tion, though they will suffer disappointment with their sons,
for they know how much the boys have counted on this big
trip to Washington.
Another year, undoubtedly, the Jamboree will be held
at the capital. For many who planned the trip this season
the president's order will mean merely a postponement of
their ambition. For others, of the older group, this year
was their last opportunity as scouts to join the party. But
if not as scouts then as simple citizens they should visit
Washington and Mt. Vernon at their first opportunity.
. Checking Meters
SUPT. Cuyler Van Patten says his crew will check all the
water meters in the city, the job to start within the next
two months. It will never end. Meters are just as can
tankerous under public ownership as under private owner
ship. There will be just as many irate consumers to berate
the money-taker at the water office as in days past when we
were minions of "Wall street". There will be the individual
who kicks when his water bill is over the minimum ; and the
one who roars when his bill goes to four or five dollars in
the irrigating season. There will be just as many who forget
the leaky toilet Or the dripping faucet as there were before.
Supt. Van Patten will soon learn he must soothe the ruffled
feathers of the consumers as well as figure out budgets and
gadgets for his plant.
It is not that people are dishonest, but they are forget
ful, short-tempered, and prone to grouch. Nothing gives
them quite the satisfaction as protesting a water bill or a
light bill. The irrigation may be over only a dollar or two
but the noise evoked is out of all proportion to the amount.
; Checking the meters may be advisable both to satisfy
the new owners and to correct any faulty metering. A much
more practical venture for the householder would be to check
his own plumbing.
The Court House and Planning
IF the purpose of the planning board is to plan, and specifi
cally to aid in the spending of the five billion dollar fund,
it is hard to see why it turned down the remodelling of the
county court house, unless it has in mind condemning the
structure and building a brand new one. A tramp through
its cramped and dingy quarters, an effort to unwind in the
tortuous alleys of the clerk's office for instance, a glance at
the valuable records for which vault protection is not pro
vided should convince the planning board and the general
public that the Marion county court house is antiquated and
a dangerous firetrap.
It may be better to wait a few years and build a new
court house. Hut the planning board, if it is to function
at all, should express its definite opinion on a course of ac
tion. Or shall we just let the matter drift along until some
one drops a lighted cigarette in a waste basket?
i
LL
WOODBURX, Aug. 9. The
Woodburn city council met Tues
day night in the council rooms of
the city hall. A bill of $225 for
-the repairing of the city hall roof
was ordered paid to George Boyd
ef Salem. :
JLb offer was made by t Canity
man for COO feet of old wooden
pipe which baa recently been re
moved from the city mains, but
it was voted to keep It for fu
ture use here. A rote of thanks
waa ordered written to Ray-Mal-tng
Cannery company who fur
nished the dty water free while
the city tank waa being cleaned.
A letter from the state accident
commission requesting the city to
pay compensation on the firemen
at the rate of $20 per month sal
ary for each man waa left in the
hands of City Attorney McCord.
The street commissioner was or
dered to cut the dry grass and
weeds on the parkings in Tarious
parts of town.
Bills for the month were read
and approved.
Father Alcuin is
On Vacation Trip
East to Minnesota
MT. ANGEL, Aug. .' Rev.
Alcuin Heibel, O.S.B.. pastor of
St. Mary's church, left Thursday
for Minneapolis, Minn. He will at
tend a family reunion and Tisit
with relatives and friends for a
few weeks, returning; to Mt. An
gel about the end of August. His
assistants, Rer. Fathers Ilde
phonse and Bonaventure, will
have eharge of the parish la his
absence, .
Th Mt. Angel Softball team
'received their new 'nlts, donat
ed by the Mt. Angel - Business
Men's club, Friday evening after
the gam between, the two local
teams. Wolf's - Americans and
Wacbter's Nationals. Fortified
with these, they will meet Wait's
team at Salem Monday night In
preliminary to the Salem city
playoff, Tuesday evening the;
play -a return game with Silver
tea her. .
OOF WORK
DONE OH CIIY H
is
Carryover of hops In growers'
hands or ail growths in the coast
states on August 1, was 80,772
bales, as compared with 46,094
bales in growers' hands 'a year
ago. Of the carryover, 41,615
bales are from the 1934 crop, com
pared with 37.52$ bales of the
193? crop at the same time last
year. Of these stocks, Oregon
growers hold 27,101 bales and
are in a relatively finer position
than the other two growing states.
California has a 39,237 bale car
ryover and Washington, 14,434
bales on hand.
Hop sales in the three states
during July totaled only 378 bales
as compared to 1,177 bales sold
during: July, 1924.
Trade estimates, says Market
News Service, indicates that the
1935 Oregon hop crop will exceed
last year's production should
weather conditions remain favor
able during the next few weeks.
Excellent quality U in prospect at
this period on the new crop.
Shower is Given
To Newlyweds at
G. Welty's Home
SWEGLE, Aug. 9. A post
nuptial shower honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Welty was held Wed
nesday night at the Gideon Welty
home. The honor guests were the
recipients of many appropriate
gifts. Refreshments were served
at the supper hour.
Others present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Gideon Welty, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bartell, Mr. and Mrs. Ra
leigh Welty, Inez Welty, Mrs. Otis
Dawes, Mrs. Duncan, Mr. and
Mrt. Charles Soos, Ray Duncan,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoffman, Emil
Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
West, Ruth Ruby and Marion
West, Mrs.' H. A. Verdleck, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Thoma, Mrs. Mabel
Churchill, Mrs. Pete Kufner, Ada
line Kaffnn, Bill Bedient and Mr.
and Mrs, Rue! Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. 3. W. Miller of
Bakersfield, Calif., have arrived
here to spend a months' vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Hoffman.
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Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
CAPITOL SITES
The state board of control Is
wise to explore every possible site
for the new- eapitol building but
our guess is that the state will
eventually build on the site of the
old one.
Right now state officials are
conferring with Willamette uni
versity relative to purchase of the
land south of the old eapitol site.
This includes 14 acres. But it in
volves wrecking several very good
buildings, worth perhaps a mil
lion dollars. And It necessarily in
volves buying the university a new
site. It is a costly plan, and may
be defeated by opposition, on sen
timental grounds, from friends of
the university even if it proves
financially feasible.
Another scheme is to go clear
out to the edge of Salem and build
on a commanding site on high
ground. Assuming that suitable
land can be secured this is sub
ject to the objection that It places
the eapitol a long distance from
the other state buildings and from
downtown Salem.
It is of course a question for
the legislature to decide, upon
facts to be furnished them by the
planning commission, the board of
eontrol and others. A few hundred
thousand dollars in cost should
not be allowed to interfere if an
other site Is really desirable, but
the present ground would seem to
be large enough if an oblong
building is constructed. Baker
Democrat-Herald.
BID CUT IS
IIIGflllBBiD
Fish Races at Coast Attract
Boj'e and Family;
Lad Honored
HUBBARD. Aug. 9. The
community band will present the
second in a series of five con
certs .on Saturday night. The wo
men of the Federated church
guild will serve Ice cream and
cake, the proceeds of which will
be used for repairs on the par
sonage.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Carl of
Formosa Beach, Calif., are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. "H. L.
Carl, owner and manager of Carl's
Guernsey dairy in East Hubbard.
Additional guests at the Carl
home were Mrs. Marshall Dana
and children Mary Lois and Mar
shall of Portland, and Miss Jean
Beckner, of Fresno, Calif., who
motore from Portland, Wednes
day.
View Fish Races
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Boje and
daughter, Marie, left Thursday for
Depoe bay where they will attend
the fish races. The races, in
which fish are tagged with col
ored balloons to mark their pro
gress are an interesting and novel
sight and are attracting large
crowds it is said.
Mrs. Charles Vredenburg en
tertained for her son Leroy on his
11th birthday Tuesday afternoon.
Those present were Wayne Love.
Junior Grimps, Verl Bershberger,
Stanley Loney, Frank Eflffner,
Verne Loftis and Layern, Francis
and Leroy Vredenberg.
Bread Box
No Longer
Lures Boy
MEHAMA, Aug. 9. There's
one boy in Mehama who wont hide
from his mother again, or at least
not in a bread box.
Dickie Wagner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Giles Wagner, decided to
crawl into one of the large bread
boxes left on the Phillips store
porch to hide from his mother,
and found the lid had locked on
him when he went to get out. He
escaped possible suffocation when
Mrs. Bert Fitzgerald heard his
cries for help and came to let
him out. His clothes were ringing
wet with perspiration and he waa
in a weakened condition. As near
as could be learned the child must
have been in the box at least an
hour.
When asked about how he felt,
he replied, "All right, bat Gee!
I'd hate to be a loaf of bread and
stay in a hot place like that."
Thomas Clansmen
Elect Silverton
Woman President
SCOTTS MILLS, Aug. 9. The
fifth annual reunion of the Loren
Thomas clan was held Sunday at
the Orville Thomas place. These
officers were re-elected: PresL
dent, Mabel Thomas, Silverton:
vice-president, Marie Thomas, Sil
verton; secretary-treasurer, Reva
Moberg, Scotts Mills; permanent
historian, Mrs. Lixa Darling, Sa
lem. An event of the day waa the
75th birthday of C. P. Thomas
of Marquam. C. W. Bagby, 83,
Oregon City, was the oldest mem
ber present, and Delores Nichol
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Nicholson, the youngest.
Oldest married couple were Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Bagby, 6 7 years,
and youngest married couple were
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nicholson.
NEEDLE CLTJB MEETS
UNIONVALE, Aug. 9. Mrs.
Ivan Gubser delightfully - enter
tained the .Arrawannah Needle
club at her home Wednesday af
ternoon with 11 members and
two- guests, Mrs. Lynn Gubser of
McMinnvflle, and Mrs. E. M. Al
derman present. The group held
a wiener roast last Friday at Dor
sey's bar on the banks- of the
Willamette river, . ,
Bits for Breakfast
Br R. J. HENDRICKS
Al Croasman win
be yet young; t 100:
V -
On day last month Fred Lock
ley Interviewed A. B. (Al) Croas
man for his column In the Port
land Journal, with this result in
the Issue of that newspaper for
July 8:
V V
"When I waa a young chap, at
Salem," said A. B. Croasman, bail
iff of the federal court, Portland,
"we didn't have movies, radios,
automobiles and other things to
keep us out of mischief, so we
used to hold mock trials. I could
tell you about a lot of these trials,
but will Just give you the high
lights of two.
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"A lot of ambitious young at
torneys and law students used to
enjoy these trials. One night a
crowd of us got together. We
couldn't decide on who should
serve as culprit Cjse of our num
ber said, 'Why not see Coffey, the
night watchman? He may be abe
to herp us.' Several of us went
down to see Coffey. He said, 'I
have Just put a stranger in the
calaboose. He is drunk and doesn't
know whether he Is afoot or on
horseback. I had a hard time to
get his boots off.' I said to Coffey,
'Can we borrow your prisoner for
a little while? We want to hold a
mock trial, and we'll see that he
gets back.' Coffey Baid, 'Go ahead.
Try him on any charge you want,
so long as you return -him when
you are through.
V .
"W3 were meeting in the room
of A. L. Francis, a music teacher.
We finally got the drunk man up
stairs and searched him. He had a
bowie knife about a foot long,
which we placed on the table in
front of Francis, whom we had se
lected as judge. The man chosen
for prosecuting attorney made an
eloquent speech and demanded
that the prisoner be sent to the
penitentiary for life, as the very
fact that he was carrying a knife
of this kind was conclusive proof
that he intended murder and it
was much better to convict him
before he had committed a crime
than wait until he committed it.
The stranger was tall and slender
A machine for topping onions
has been invented and is now be
ing manufactured by Stephen P.
Pesznecker, 8027 S. E. Ogden
street, Portland. The onions are
fed into a hopper and as they trav
el downward over a revolving rol
ler and especially designed cutter
for cutting off the tops, the tops
are removed. They are then tak
en by an elevated means to a de
livery point or on to an especially
designed sorting table which
Pesznecker manufactures.
This machine requires a one
horsepower motor for operation;
it is practically noiseless in op
eration; the cutter blade never
ha3 to be sharpened; the roller
against which it works is auto
matically tensioned against the
cutter blade so that no adjust
ments have to be made; roller
bearings are employed throughout
its construction, requiring oiling
but about once a year; there are
no gears employed In this ma
chine, and from an operating
standpoint It is practically fool
proof. Pesznecker expects to have this
machine on display at the state
fair at Salem, and also at the in
ventors and manufacturers show
at the grand central public mar
ket, Portland, in October. John
T. Anderson, patent co-ordlnator,
is assisting Pesznecker in his pat
ent development.
CITIES TO RECEIVE
Thirty per cent of Oregon's 11
qnor profits shall be distributed
among the incorporated towns and
cities of the state on the basis of
population, at the last census, Attorney-General
VanWinkle held
Thursday.
Pities and towns-incorporated
after 1930 and those incorporated
before that year which have since
ceased to function, shall not par
ticipate in the distribution.
The attorney-general also held
that it was not necessary to con
fine the distribution to cities and
towns which have filed their in
corporation certificates.
The funds are distributed by
the secretary of state. One beach
resort town had written the sec
retary of state that it had a popu
lation of 15,000.
TO REFURBISH SCHOOL
DAYTON, Aug. 9. At the Day
ton union high and Dayton grades
school boards meeting Tuesday
evening besides the regular rou
tine business, plans were made to
make the annual interior re-decoration
and clean-up before the
opening of the 1935-36 school
year...
APOSTOIS MOVE
LIBERTY, Aug. 9. -The John
Apostols family, who hare been
occupying the Walter Wlederkehr
property, have moved back to Sa
lem. James Cogswell is confined
to bed with a .severe case of in
testinal flu. Miss Christine
Schmidt la spending a two weeks
vcaation at Breltenbush- Springs.
COMING FOR PICNIC
SCOTTS MILLS, Aug. 9. Mr.
and Mrs. J. Pnrnell of Beaumont.
Calif., and Lawrence Pnrnell of
Porterrille, Calif., are planning on
attending the old-timen and old
school mates' picnic in the park
INK Mil
FOR ONION
LIQUOR FUND, HELD
here Sunday, August 11.
and.had been very drunk, when we
started the trial.
He took the whole matter In
earnest, and when he found he
was about to be sentenced to the
penitentiary for life Tie was thor
oughly sober. Judge Francis said,
'Have you anything to say before
sentence Is passed upon you and
before you are taken to the peni
tentiary? He said. 'Judge, I don't
know what this is all about. I got
drunk, all right, but I didn't mur
der anybody and I didn't have
any Intention of doing so. We Just
came to Salem and my family- Is
camped on Mill creek. I came
down to get some yeast so taey
could make bread. I had to go to a
saloon to get the yeast, and when
I produced my money the barkeep
er gave me a drink of whiskey.
That's all I remember. My money's
gone, and I swear I'm innocent of
any crime."
"We took the chap back to the
calaboose and told Coffey maybe
our having sentenced him for life
would prove a lesson to him. Cof
fey issued a pardon, and you never
saw anyone more grateful. It was
a wet, stormy night. We took the
fellow back to where his folks
were camped, and they were as
grateful as he for our letting him
off.
V
"During the state fair a bunch
of us decided to hold court in the
office of J. J. Murphy, whose of
fice was in the Griswold building.
We went to Booth by & Stapleton's
carpenter shop and got 10 sacks
of shavings, returned to Murphy's
office, and scattered them over
the floor. Several of us went out
on the streets to find a subject for
a trial. We found several men who
had been drinking but were not
drunk enough for our purpose. We
finally found a well dressed man
who was reeling along, taking up
most of the sidewalk. We pushed
and pulled and escorted him up to
Judge Murphy's office. We sum
moned him before the bar and in
our search of the prisoner discov
ered he had J 500 in gold. We put
this on the table in front of him
and tried him for absconding with
funds. He was convicted, after
which we, took him to a room, put
him to bed, and locked him up."
(Concluded tomorrow)
FRIENDS T
S
A vacation bible school began
Wednesday at the Rosedale
Friends church, will continue un
til Sunday, August 18, with class
es from 8 a. m. to the noon hour.
Miss Ava Brown, Miss Jean Gard
ner, Mrs. Loyd E. Bates, Mrs.
Mary Cammack, Miss Esther
Cammack, and the pastor, Milo
Ross, are members of the teach
ing taff. All boys and girls up to
20 years of age are welcome.
Junior department Beginners,
primaries, juniors, intermediates:
9-9:15, opening exercises; 9:15
9:45, Missions, Children Around
the World, Mary Cammack and
Ava Brown; 9:45-10:15, Memory
work, Catechism, Ava Brown and
Jean Gardner; 10:15-10:30, re
cess, Esther Cammack; 10:30-11,
handcrafts, Jean Gardner and
Ava Brown; 11-11:30, chapel
hour.
Senior department 9-9:30,
Bird's Eye View of the Bible,
Lesta Bates; 9:30-10, missions,
Jean Gardner; 10-11, play prac
tice. Milo Ross; 11-11:30, chapel
hour.
Slate Conference
For Young People
In Woodburn Area
WOODBURN, Aug. 9. Miss
Mona Thomas will conduct a
young people's conference, open
to all, In the Free Methodist
church beginning Sunday, August
11, and continuing for two weeks.
The Home Rebekah lodge No.
M Tuesday night installed the
following officers who were not
present at the regular installation,
with Gladys McClure. district dep
uty president, in charge: Ben lab.
Lessard, vice-grand; Ethel Tres
sider, warden; Edith Frentz,
chaplain: Gladys McClure, R. S.
V. G.; Pearl Hopkins, L.S.V.G.;
Edith Frentz waa re-elected cap
tain of the degree team. Three
new members were welcomed:
Mrs. Mary Whitman, Maude Scott
and Lela Hughes. Mrs. Stanley
Woodward presented each of the
officers with a corsage of flowers
and a basket of flowers to the
past noble grand. Miss Nona Ot
jen. Plans were made for a social
at the next meeting.
Twenty Years Ago
August 10, 1915
Ford cars numbering 664 have
been contracted for by the Salem
agency next season.
The city of Newport will ex
pend $24,000 in piping water
from Spencer creek for the muni
cipal supply.
The Commercial club will fight
for a slash in freight rates on
the Southern Pacific.
Ten Years Ago
August 10. 1923
Bakersfield, Calif. A freak
lightning storm gave back to
Noah W. MIers, 67, the use of
his paralysed left arm today. The
bolt burned a spot six inches in
diameter on the helpless limb but
restored its use.
Rockwood, Calif. - A tornado
ripped through this . little town
today doing $125,000 damage. -
J. B. Strauss of Chicago, noted
engineer, declared today that a
bridge over the Golden Gate at
San Francisco was feasible.
"THE SNOW LEOPARD"
CHAPTER XXVII
Karen began to feel a creeping
horror of Whipple. He told her
that he was preparing to protect
himself with an armed force in
the Sir Depression. She knew that
her father waa to send a large con
tingent of homelanders there and
she knew that they would travel
openly on board the TheBsalonia to
some port in-India, probably to pass
through that country on the way
to the Sire Depression. Such an
enterprise, of course, would pre
clude the carrying of arms. What
would happen. to these homeland
ers would they be waylaid in the
desert by Whipple's freebooters and
massacred?
Whipple seemed to know what
waa going on In her mind. "Your
father's contingent will have, the
cbeice ef joining with me peacefully
or being turned back into the desert
without provisions or means of
transportation," he explained cool
ly. "My men will meet them about
ten miles from Abbe Bergere's
mountain, "Our Lady la White.' I
tell you this to account for my haste
in trying to reach the Depression.
My persuasion probably would be
enough to make the honwlanders
fall in line with me."
Something more than a shadowy
outline of Whipple's vast scheme
began to unfold itself before Karen's
eyes. "Of what use will such toys
as a leopard robe with a jewelled
clasp and girdle be to you?" she
asked.
Whipple laughed. "Very little
now, he admitted. "Ton see. China
Unopposed to exercise control over
Tibet, ia which the Sire Depression
lies. The leopard robe and the gir
dle are symbols of a previous sov
ereignty never relinquished. They
might have been useful, say, if the
League of Nation took cognizance
of the dispute. Bt just now, with
China fighting for her very exist
ence, well probably have a clear
path to possession. My own idea Is
much the same as your father's
to establish a sort of buffer state in
the Depression another Switzer
land. There are four such places ta
Europe and they seem to be getting
on beautifully.''
"Where did jron ret the funds for
this prodigious project?
"Prince- Jura Bai reapplied me
with tit first million. He was to he
the ruler, yon knew. But it seems
that he became suspicious of my
integrity and determined to go It
alone. That is why he undertook
the theft of -the leopard robe end
the clasp and girdle. Brenda helped
him in this an- act of treason to me
M I tut d ttmr im fo ! Mtw.
She managed to escape and heaven
Onlv knows When and wira aVa11
tarn up next. Is everything clear
to you nowT
" Perfectly," Karen answered.
"But just -where do 1 fit into your
plana?'
Whipple stood up and came dose
to ner. "xou are to wear the robs
and girdle in the Prince's place."
he said. "They are rightfully yours
and it waa Vonr father's intmKni
to have it so. Tou knew that the
Sire Valley is the snow leopard's
habitat and that all the clasp and
girdle gems were dug out of the
hflls surrounding it. Personally, I
am concerned with the ema. There
are enough precious stones in the
territory to fill a ship, not to speak
of the vast Hrnmiti nf imAm m-mA
chrysolite. To be utterly frrnk.
yours a n h me giory. mine the
gain!"
Karen became faint "Too are a
rugtuve," she said. "AH Egypt will
be scoured for you and for me.
How do you expect to reach the Sire
Depression from an island in tits
marsh thousands of miles a war
. ,.l . . am
i rum iiseir
Whinnl
"Part of the way in night flights by
piane ana snout lour hundred miles
ever! and across the desert outside
me impression,' he answered. "You
are to go with me."
"As Brenda's successor?"
la a more honorable relation, if
you choose.1
, "I do not choose either."
"Nevertheless, you .will go,"
"You are even a xresber ecoan
drel than Detective Tools sus
pected." "Pluses ojnit the compliments.
But I like TooleOBt-Anned'
Toole, as Captain Boyle calls him.
Although the ene thing I fear in
this whole enterprise is that Tools
. That Autographing Mania!
may recover his phantom arm. Odd I
idea, isn t it"
Karen had been desperately anx
ious to learn what had befallen Ban
nister after her sudden flight from
the hotel in New York, following
her recovery of the parchments.
During her talk with Whipple one
name had been on her lips several
times but she had not dared to utter
it until now.
"You have no fear of Mr. Ban
nister, of course?" she remarked.
trying to give a light touch to the
qawuon. suie looaea squareiy into
Whipple's eyes as she spoke. What
she ssw there made her shudder.
The fires within them seemed to
spread, searing his face until it
took on the aspect of a tortured
fiend's.
"If Bannister knew what was in
store for him," he snarled, "he
never would have undertaken a par
suit of me. Lord help you. girl, if
you care for that man!
What had Bannister done to stir
this fury in Geoffrey Whipple?
Something unforgivable, that much
was certain, Karen felt The man
had digested all her own scornful
-words with a smile, bat the bare
mention of the young geoloeisrs
name had struck a terrible fire.
Bannister and his boots how could
she even guess what happened .to
humiliate "Big Jeff" Whipple in
her own room at the Plaza-Victoria
after she had so hastily abandoned
it?
The ghoul-like face of Whipple's
valet peered out from the engine
room. An instant later a shrill
blast from the beefs whistle split
the air. The man stepped into the
cockpit with drawn daner and took
a place at the girl's side. The chow
snarled but was restrained by a
touch of Karen's hand. Presently
a pontoon raft punted by an evil
lookmg pair of brown men, drew
alongside.
Whipple glanced at his valet and
turned to Karen. "Be good enough
to step aboard." he said, the black
cloud oa his face lifting.
m m 9
When Bannister and Toole and
Bully stepped into a big commercial
lane at the Alexandria airport
Dick winked at the pilot and
said off-handedly. "Maura, India,
please 1"
"Just like that hey?" grinned the
pilot "Well, old man, you're going
to take exactly three bounces before
we hit that berg. Jf the Red Sea
and a couple of deserts interest
you just throw your eyes down
ward once ia a white you'll be see
ing one or the other for quite a
wnue. Tbea well be slip pins over
tigerland for about six hours he
fore we hit Maura. When God made
cutances Es put in some of Eh
best ticks la the Near East"
"Get started, buddy." Dick smlHed
back. I new: from Denver to Mex
ico between meals once."
" see you were on a Gandhi
diet at the time. Hold tight to the
tittle sled, sonny, we're startin'.
DoriT let the mutt go overboard to
chase the birds."
Toole and Bannister had been
right in their conjectures Whipple
had not risen to the hundred thou
sand dollar bait for the safe return
of Karen Sire. It waa obvious ta
them that his haste to reach Alex
andria merely meant that he was in
a hurry to be on his way to the
Sire Depression, whither he already
had dispatched his "army." Still
they had observed Sire's instruc
tions to the letter, only to be re
warded by the efforts of Levantine
crooks to horn in on the ransom
offer with nhoner tins.
Furthermore, Sire had wired
them from Constantinople that he
was oa the war to the Denreaskm
himself, feeling confident that
Whipple was headed thither in a
plane with Karen. They' also had
learned that Brenda Whinole had
chartered a plane in England and
was moving in the same general di
rection. Evidently she had been re
leased from detention.
"We're all licked tfWhWe'.
n goung men reach 'Our Lady ia
White' before us." said Bannister.
"Mules and camels are alow"
i ooie conuorted. "They have about
four hundred miles o make throueh
the- sand. We can knock off that
distance ta leas than four hours."
So they aped cm
"What waa TOUT Idea ra orinaw
inathe bow-wow alone?" Tools
''X
By
Chris Hawthorne
"I wouldn't feel worth a dime
without him in any wild country."
Bannister rejoined. "Wonder if
Karen took her chow with her? I'm
beginning to feel now that Whipple
will try first to wheedle her into a
marriage. That would tie Sire's
hands completely."
"I'm praying that Jeff will treat
her riant." Toole said solemnly.
"If he doesat the law will never
get him 111 tear off his right arm
and beat him to death with it"
"Not while I've got my boots with
me," Bannister replied.
Dawn was lifting its brilliant
curtain upon the green scene below
them when the plane reached
Maura. Their coming had been her
alded by telegraph, thence through
various primitive channels to tribal
chiefs far into the hills.
The airplane they were to use in
their flight to the mountain "Our
Lady in White" had reached Maura
only the day before. Bannister
busied himself examining the motor
and other essential parts of the
machine. Toole also had some
knowledge of engines, dating back
to 1917-18 and service in the U, S.
air corps ground school. He took
readily enough to Dick's hurried
instructions.
"You know," the detective re
marked rendniscentix, "I once tuned
a niann with a im A-nnr mnA
monkey wrench. We found the eld
pu im m merman omcers ougout
and it was a little off from damp
ness.'1 "WeD, yon eenld do the same
thing with this motor," Dick laugh
ed. ''It's as simple as a wheelbar
row. Fool proofing is the order of
the day."
Toole had cut away part of the
bnrlap that covered the f usQage. f
"Queer color," he sniffed, "what
they call lavender, ain't it?"
"Orchid." grinned Bannister.
"Wot?"
"Oh, a kind of purple that got
scared and turned pale."
"Saints alive! They'll be having
noDxa dot plan an a
xot to do Is invent something and
a woman comes along and paints it
er ties a ribbon on tt or squirts per
fume oil over it"
"This marhln mnM Hm
fume do yew know that?" Bannis
ter rejoined, adding: "Cologne
snirits are on fcnnrir1 aj
proof alcohol and this is an alcohol
The natives hong like bees and
gnats around the eirplaae, although
Toole roped off an area to keep
them back. Lone before the plane
was ready to start the entire popu
lation of -Maura, alone wit invad
ing hilkatea, assembled outside the
corral. Native nolim mm atatui
lat intervals to keep the curiens enes
away zront tae deadly whir of the
propeller.
An expected message from Abbe
Bergere reached them just as they
were becoming impatient It con
tained ma air map of the territory
they were about ta traverse. The
message itself was a warning which
would have been meaningless to
them without the aid of a local ia-
teraretcr ka TnmAm iMkt.. in,.
this oat of it:
tells you to svoid sandstorms. They
are mn ta ue desert north of
US. Flv hiffh akm
will be blinded. The sand will get
into your bearings and grind them
out like a lathe."
Biwvm C&e dwmm tkmi ripp'
"TjOlt land In tha Ammmm W.U k.
- w. .WIS vuv
sand Is heaped In piles. These dunes
move like thm killawa f tv.
and may cover yoa up."
severe th aorta "This is a
fihrena v11aw wmm T i. a
" " I ll, U J WUU U
a patch ef sank it will hold you like
a bird in a mesh trap."
Bmutorm tkm mmmmmk t "TV. -.V
, - . . mmm trc -on
are witches of the desert Don
worry snout tm unless you make
a fad of that Bart nf thin Thmv'r
Just native bogies. yTraow."
Smn tAe eJbeW "Wild asses
pa ravin That fcnlHa wwwl a mrttA
dogSj too. They're nasty brutes and
run m paexs.
"Lot of wisdom la what that old
rock has told you," the interpreter,
who was an Englishman, admonish
ed them. "Beat ef leek yeVre
heading for a territory new ta white
men." " -
fTo Be Continued)
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