Southern Oregon News Review. Thursday, Septem ber 5, 1946
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CHAPTER
I
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Hai» K ra n e h ro M. C alif.
Enclose 20 venta for P attern.
P astu re Im proved
By P rop er S y stem
Fertilizer Addition
Produces Good Stand
whole face in a m ost d is a rm in g
way. The dom in a n t feature of the
com plete p ic tu re o f Duke McCale
seemed to be a nerveless quiet, but
often there would come a fine
Ita lia n -lik e gesture, fleet as an a r
row . that bespoke the closely g u a rd
ed energy o f a coiled spring.
He was n e a rly at his own door
step when he noticed it. An antique
lim ousine, broad in the beam and
high in the tonneau, was draw n to
the curb before his door.
M cCale opened the w a itin g -ro o m
d oor and stepped inside The room
was em pty. The faded carpet and
re a l leather chairs stared at him
b la n k ly . The w ine ve lo u r draperies
w ere pulled back to let in w hat
d a y lig h t there was.
T here were
fre sh ye llo w flowers in a squat
w h ite bowl on his se c re ta ry 's desk,
but she w a sn 't there.
He was th in k in g th a t i t looked
v e ry quiet, v e ry nice, not lik e a de
te c tiv e 's w a itin g room at a ll, when
Ann M a rrio t cam e in. She closed
the door of the inner office, g iv in g
h im a w a rn in g look.
Ann M a rrio t was the type of g irl
you m ig h t pass by at a firs t m eet
ing. but when you knew her better.
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s m ile d and e v e ry th in g was q u ite
a ll rig h t.
A pasture im p ro ve m e n t system
Outside, the sidewalks were dam p
" I t is n 't that at a ll.”
She was that has enabled fa rm e rs fo llo w in g ,
L Ô ÏÏ
and slippery. It was late F e b ru a ry
ju s t as candid, "Y o u 're q u ite nice i t to increase th e ir grass production
H s ii
The sky was b lu rre d w ith an ap
looking, re a lly .
It's ju s t that a ll 78 per cent through applications of
proaching sto rm .
M cCale w alked
the detectives I'v e ever seen—th a t nitrogen in the fa ll and 80 per cent
up S tuart street slow ly, stopping to
is—e r— heard about—are ra th e r big through spring treatm ents, was r e c - ,
[ omm ended by I ’ rof. D R Dodd, e x - '
buy an e a rly m o rn in g paper a t the
and b ru ta l-lo o kin g - and tough.”
to u g h ."
corner.
M cCale w anted to answ er that, tension
fu s io n agronom ist of Ohio State
Revive old fiber porch rugs
H e'd ju s t had some m id -m o rn in g
a ll things considered, he was prob- u n ive rsity.
Professor Dodd mens
w ith a co a t o f c a n v a s p a in t L e a v e
coffee w ith a couple o f e rs tw h ile
ably ju s t as tough—th a t he ju s t ured J the results in num erous tests
ru g on flo o r to p n in t i t b u t p u t
p riv a te "e y e s " and th e y 'd to ld h im
on Ohio fa rm s o f nitrogen a p p lica
w asn’ t big. B u t he d id n 't.
p a p e rs
u n d e rn e a th
to
p ro te c t
in g re a t d e ta il of how M iss Ade
She seemed, fo r a m om ent, at a tions in the fa ll o f 1944 and the
la id e B igelow , o f the B igelows, had
floor.
loss to begin. The old eyes searched spring of 1945 and his findings were !
— •—
been tra ip s in g fro m office to office
his anxiously, and w ere w ith d ra w n . 1 based on these tests.
Wear
can
be distributed on
fo r the " r ig h t " detective. Just w hat
The n itrogen fe rtiliz e r was applied
as if the b ra in behind th e m was
lu
rg
e
and
s
m
a ll-s iz e d ru g s b y
she needed a detective fo r. they
on
pastures
in
the
fo
rm
of
a
m
m
o
n
i
confused and helpless. He knew th a t
tu r n in g th e m a ro u n d fr o m tim e
d id n 't know, but it looked prom ising.
there was desperation there, th a t j um n itra te at an average rate of 123
to tu n e .
To M cC ale it looked lik e h o ku m ;
it was d iffic u lt fo r her to play a pounds per acre in the fa ll and 115
— •—
pounds
in
the
spring
besides, he wasn’ t interested. He
p a rt, but th a t she had d eterm ined
Cutting one-fourth-inch notches
d id not, at the m om ent, realize th a t
P rofessor Dodd reported that the '
to play it. He w aited, and the s i
in th e edges o f bacon o r sm o ke d
the firs t pebble had started to ro ll,
lence in the room lengthened. He effect of the plant food on th e .
h a m w ith th e s c is s o rs w ill ke e p
th a t even then he was being g ently
saw th a t she was s till searching
it fr o m c u r lin g w h e n co o k in g .
prodded in to the relentless ava
fo r an in te g rity behind the flash
— • —
lanche o f a big case. He stopped
of his e x te rio r. He saw the lig h t |
Hoes your mixing bowl move
fo r cigarettes at a d ru g store and
go out of h e r eyes and re alized w ith
a w u y fr o m y o u u n d e r th e b e a t
stood a t the counter id ly tu rn in g
ch a g rin th a t she w ould not te ll h im
ing and s t ir r in g yo u do? Set it on
the pages of the newspaper.
w hat was gnaw ing at her m in d , th a t
532
a d a m p c lo th a n d i t w ill re m n in
she had decided to ris k a cq u irin g
B-29s were at home o ver the Jap
T * H E P in w h e e l, a ll- tim e fa v o r it
ite s te a d y . A tea to w e l w o rk s lin e fo r
his aid only in part.
m a in la n d , and the A m e ric a n fleet
th is
* m a k e s th is la rg e lo v e ly s q u a re
r
was tic k lin g Jap sh ip p in g w here it
" M y niece is to be m a rrie d next
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a
m
u
s
t
fo
r
e
v
e
ry
c
ro
c
h
e
te
r.
U
sed
h u rt. There was a com plete b la c k
week, M r. M cC ale.
Perhaps you
I s in g ly o r jo in e d th e y 'r e e x q u is ite .
l.aces can be stiffened by rin s
out planned fo r the com ing w eek
have heard of h e r? ”
T his crochet g lo rifie s a ll room s
No .'10 in g th e m in a s o lu tio n co m p o se d
end. On page ten. M rs. A tkinson
"Y e s. indeed. V eronica B g e lo w
, cotton m akes 12 Inch square, use h eavier
o f one te a sp o o n o f b o ra x and a
Keye, socialite, was o ff to Reno
1 fo r 16 inch. P a tte rn 532 has d ire c tio n s ;
Her p ictures are v e ry lo v e ly ." He'd
q u u r t o f w a te r.
stitches.
again. Business as usual. A M rs.
never seen one!
M u llig a n o f R o xb u ry had given
She
brig h te n e d
considerably.
b irth to h e r tw e lfth child. And, w a it
"She is lo ve ly. M y fa v o rite niece,
a m in u te , under a m is ty photograph
M r. McCale. S h e 'll be ve ry w ealthy,
o f a v e ry debby deb. the caption:
too. M y b ro th e r's child. The wed
" L y d ia P re n tice o f M a rlb o ro u g h
ding, o f course, w ill be a t T rin ity ,
Better cows will result from bet
stre e t and M a g n o lia , one o f the
but the reception is to take place
ter grazing conditions.
b rid e 's attendants a t the w edding
at the fa m ily ’s tow n house. There
next S aturday of V eronica P erkins
are a g reat m any b e a u tifu l and grow th of the grass was m ore pro
B igelow to C u rtin V a lla in c o u rt."
priceless g ifts on d isplay. They w ill nounced in fields where legumes
So th a t’s a ll i t was. A society
have to be guarded n ig h t and d a y.” made up less than 50 per cent of
wedding.
He laughed soundlessly
the stand o f grass. B u t even w ith
as he thought o f Leach and G a r
a high per cent of clo ve r the in
r it y m a k in g a big s to ry o ve r some
crease was 68 per cent. In the va
old blue-blood who was, no doubt,
rious tests studied, 37 fa rm e rs who
lo o kin g fo r a couple of dicks p re
"T h e p o lice ,” ventured McCale. applied an average of 133 pounds of j
sentable enough to m in g le w ith a
"P s h a w !
The p o lic e .”
She be am m onium n itra te on meadows got
crow d o f gilt-edged guests, w h ile
cam e m ore assertive.
“ We don’ t an average increase o f 1,700 pounds
they kept a sharp eye on the wed
want plainclothes men a ll o ver the o f hay per acre.
d ing presents. He d id not have to
house. T h e y’d s tic k out lik e sore
The fa ll a pplications m ade a d if
be m uch o f a sleuth to fig u re th a t
thum bs. I w ant someone qu ie t and
ference of 1.500 pounds o f hay per
one out. He chuckled at the m e n ta l
u n o b tru s iv e —ju s t—ju s t someone— ” acre, and spring ap p lica tio n s in
p ic tu re o f e ith e r of his so-called pals
.The old voice fa lte re d and tra ile d creased yields on an average of 1,790
s tra in in g to look “ to the m a n n e r
off.
pounds o f hay p e r acre.
b o rn ” in such a situation.
M cCale looked a t her a tte n tiv e ly .
W hile the average date of fa ll
“ O f course. I'm q u ie t and unob
a p p lication of Ohio was O ctober 22,
tru s iv e and in clin e d to be helpful.
She dropped her eyes. " I —I th in k and the n itro g e n was placed on the
fields in sp rin g as e a rly as possible.
y o u 're the m an I w a n t.”
As he folded the paper, his eye
" I t doesn't e x a c tly take brains to M r. Dodd said the season of a p p li
caught a w ord o r tw o in the gossip
w atch o ver a table o f w edding pres cations is not as im p o rta n t as is
the fa rm e r's decision to apply the
"Miss Bigelow?” His sharp eyes ents.”
colum n, " A fte r D a rk .” I t re a d : " A t
the L a tin Q u a rte r la s t n ig h t. C u rt took her in at a glance.
" I know that. B ut i f som ething n itrogen one tim e o r another, be
V a lla in c o u rt.
the handsome lad
were stolen, if som ething did hap cause p ro fita b le d ivid e n d is assured
who is to m id d le -a isle i t w ith V e r you became aw are o f her a ttra c - ! pen. you'd have to investigate fro m e ith e r app lica tio n .
onica B igelow next week, w aited in tiveness. H e r features were nice— w o u ld n 't you?”
va in fo r h e r to appear. He ended g ra y eyes ie t fa r a p a rt; a stra ig h t
I F Y O U B A K E A T H O M E - b a k i n g d a y is
M cCale glim psed then, fo r an in
his v ig il by la p p in g up Zom bies w ith but not too sm a ll nose, and a good- stant, the w h irlp o o l o f events to
any day you feel like it, w ith New Fleischmann’s
S hari L yn n , the ‘to rc h y ’ singer sized mouth. She ran to in te llig e n ce come. There was som ething in that
Fast Rising D ry Yeast. Easy-to-use, extra-fast, New
A yrshires
fro m the floor show. We d id n 't know and tweeds and her ash-blonde h a ir re m a rk alone th a t piqued his c u ri
Fleischmann’s Fast Rising stays fresh, fu ll strength
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alw ays im p a rte d the fra g ra n c e of osity.
th e y knew each o th e r.”
fo r weeks on your p a n try shelf. Always ready for
M cCale frow ned a t the la st a llu carnations. M cC ale caught a w h iff
He made up his m ind. " T h a t w ill
instant action. Get New Fleischmann’s Fast Rising
sion.
Too bad these keyhole lads o f i t now, as she handed h im an : be tw e n ty-five d o lla rs a d a y ,” he
D ry Yeast today. The menfolk w ill brag about
engraved c a llin g card.
had to spice e v e ry th in g up so.
said, and added m e a n in g ly, " fo r
your baking more than ever. A t your grocer’s.
I t read: A delaide P erkins Bige- j g u a rd in g the w edding g ifts .”
M cC ale's office and liv in g q u a r
ters com bined w ere on St. Jam es low.
B u t she would not rise to his bait.
street, a b it fa r uptow n fo r th a t
She searened a m om ent in a l; rge
sort o f thing. They were in a block
bla ck bag th a t hung fro m one arm .
of old brow nstone houses, the la st
A h u n d red-dollar b ill cra ckle d as
th a t rem ained in th a t v ic in ity . Here,
she put it on his desk.
"M is s B igelow is w a itin g in your
w h ile they lasted anyw ay, M cCale
" A re ta in e r,” she said.
was able to c lin g to the illu sio n that o ffice .” said Ann.
"O n e m om ent. M iss M a rrio t w ill
“ W hy in th e re ? ” McCale asked,
he was a cut above the average de
give you a re c e ip t.”
tective. He a d m itte d th a t i t was lo w e rin g his voice.
“ N e ve r m ind. I t is n 't a t a ll nec-
Strathglass Lucky Puff, nation
p robably psychological— a com plex
“ W e ll,” she answered, flushing
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. i essary. W ill you com e to tea this
al champion long distance Ayr
w ith h im . H is background, surely,
.¿‘A " * ! ,n2 h Lr ! \ :T heL e 5 afternoon, at fiv e ? "
shire butterfat producer—189,843
was worse than m ost. B o rn in the a fire in the g ra te and the big ch a ir
‘To tea?”
pounds milk, 4 per cent, 7,598
scu m m ie r p a rt of Chicago, he had and—books and th in g s ."
"Y es. Please do.” The tire d old
pounds fat in 5,235 days.
been brought up among thieves and
"A h , I see.
You are duly im
eyes pleaded w ith h im . "T h e fa m
m obsters. A t fourteen, he knew a ll pressed by the ro y a l presence.”
O rig in a tin g in southwestern Scot
ily —you should know them by sight
the answers. To h im se lf, he often
"N o t at a ll,” she ra th e r snapped.
—and there m ig h t be som ething to land the la tte r p a rt of the 18th cen
a d m itte d th a t he had a c rim in a l "S he’ s qu ite nice. D id it occur to
ta lk o v e r—some arrangem ents you tu ry , A yrsh ire s were firs t im p o rte d
tu rn of m ind, but some p e c u lia r you I m ig h t w a n t to im press h e r? ”
in to the U nited States in 1822.
m ig h t w ant to m a ke .”
tw is t had saved h im fro m p u ttin g it
M cC ale sm iled. "B le ss you, m y
A y rs h ire m ilk contains about 4 per
"W h y , yes,” he agreed, sudden
in to practice.
I t m a y have been c h ild ,” he said as he w ent in.
cent b u tte rfa t. A life tim e record of
in
tu
itio
n
quickening
in
his
m
ind.
the m erest g lim m e r o r c ra v in g fo r
There was a fire b u rn in g b ris k ly
She seemed re lie v e d ; turned to 189,843 pounds of m ilk has been
som ething finer than the o bviously in the fireplace, th ro w in g lig h t and
made.
go.
b rie f splash m ade by the racke te e r, shadow on the sim ple decorations
A yrsh ire s are w ell b u ilt w ith
"O
ne
m
om
ent.
M
iss
Bigelow.
on top today, shot fu ll o f holes to —the big c h a ir w ith its accom pany
stocky body. M ature cows average
m o rro w .
B u t a t sixteen he w ent ing side table, w e ll-fille d bookcases Y o u 'll w ant me to assume respon
about 1,050 pounds. A n ational o r
in to the w o rld to find out i f there lin in g the w alls. The lam p on the s ib ility —w hen?"
"O h, rig h t aw ay.” T hat look had ganization was form ed in 1875 to de
was any good in it. Somehow he desk was lit, fo r it was d a rk e r in
come
back in to her fa c i again. “Im vote and preserve the records and
discovered th a t he had a love fo r th is room .
the breed.
m
e
d
ia
te ly ."
books and a re a l a ptitude fo r le a rn
A little old lady, q u ie tly dressed,
" B u t the w edding is—”
ing. He w orked his w ay through a tu rned in the act o f reaching fo r a
" I know.
I ’d feel s a fe r” —she
M idw estern college. He took sum book, to face him .
Foster D. Snell, Inc., well-know n consult
m e r courses here, there, and w h e r
“ Oh,” she said, n e a rly dropping caught herself — " th a t the g ifts
ing chemists, have just completed a test
—
would
be
safe
i
f
you
were
to
take
ever he heard o f som ething th a t it.
with a group o f men and women suffering
charge
today.
They
keep
a
rriv
in
g
m ig h t in te re st h im . And he was in
“ M iss B ig e lo w ? ” H is sharp eyes
from Athlete's Foot. These people were
—m ore and m ore—m ost valuable,
terested in m any things.
took her in at a glance.
told to usefSoretone. At the end o f only a
He woke one m o rn in g know ing
She was sm a ll, alm ost b ird lik e , some of them .”
ten-day test period, their feet were exam
He cut in on her em barrassed
th a t detection w ould be his career. and nervous in a flu tte ry way. She
ined in two ways: 1. Scrapings were taken
Then he took a course in c rim in o l had a fine, d e lic a te ly modeled face, floundering. “ V e ry w ell. “ I ’ ll see
from the feet and examined by the bacteri
ogy a t a fam ous u n iv e rs ity , sat in too delicate, perhaps, to be im pos you a t tea. T h a t's a ll you w ant to
ologist. 2. Each subject was examined by a
a t lectures a t police college, talked ing. Y et there was evidence in her te ll m e?”
physician. We quote from the report:
She looked w retched.
"T h a t's
h im s e lf into a jo b w ith a run-down c a rria g e and in her m anner of d ig
“A fter the use of Soretone according to
detective agency. A fte r th a t, he had n ity and stubborn strength.
M c a ll, " she said.
The door closed q u ie tly a fte r her.
set h im s e lf up as a p riv a te in v e s ti Cale was aware, too, o f a ce rta in
the directions on the label fo r a period
gator. C yn ica l o ver police m ethods uneasiness, a lu rk in g apprehension M cCale stood sta rin g th o u g h tfu lly
of only ten days, 80.6% of the cases
as he found them in p ra ctice , sick behind the too b rig h t eyes th a t he in to the fire. He heard Ann M a r
showed clinical improvem ent of an infec
to death of the strik e -b re a k in g jobs, could not a ttrib u te to su rprise at rio t say good-m orning and the outer
the divo rce w ork, the undercover his sudden entrance nor to her be door shut.
tion which is m ost stubborn to control."
"S h e ’ s a nice old th in g ,” said Ann
b rib e ry , the questionable ethics of ing out of her m ilie u in a d e te ctive ’ s
Improvements were shown in the symp
M a rrio t. “ I hope you w e re n 't c u rt
m any of the men m asquerading as office.
toms o f Athlete's Foot —the itching, burn
and
d
ista
n
t
w
ith
her.
She
seemed
honest investigators, it was the only
" I was interested in yo u r l i
ing, redness, etc. T he report says:
th in g fo r h im to do. O nly a few b ra ry ,” she floundered. " I expect to be in tro u b le .”
The use of azobenzine to control
“ She wants me to guard her
clients had come his way. B ut it ed you—”
“In our opinion Soretone is of very def
red spider m ite on roses and m any
was w o rth it.
“ To look quite d iffe re n t? ” McCale niece's wedding g ifts .”
inite
benefit in the tre atm e n t of this
i
o
ther
plants
and
flowers
in
green
"B u t. . .
M cCale was sm a ll and d a rk and frowned.
"M o re lik e a doctor or
He shrugged. " I took the jo b ." house and other buildings has been
disease, which is commonly known as
sm oothly a rtic u la te d . H is h a ir was college professor, perhaps?”
He flipped the hundred-dollar b ill discovered by C ornell u n ive rsity
shiny and b la c k ; his eyes, inclined
“ Why.
. ."
‘A thlete’s Foot’."
specialists. The substance should be
under
her nose
to be w ith d ra w n one m in u te , would
“ T h a t’ s a ll rig h t. None of us can
So i f Athlete's Foot troubles you, don't tem
"N ic e big re ta in e r. Funny. She brushed on steam pipes like o rd in a ry
quicken w ith a p e cu lia r g lin t the choose his personal appearance. I f
paint. As the pipes heat, the azo
porize w ith this nasty, devilish, stubborn
next. H is m outh was too la rg e fo r I could. I ’d be qu ite a d iffe re n t- seemed sort o f lost to m e.”
benzine
m
elts
and
diffuses
as
a
va-
infection.
Get s o r e t o n e I McKesson »
"
A
n
n
,”
McCale
said,
“
th
a
t
old
the countenance it graced, and, in looking person, I assure yo u .”
1 por w hich goes to w ork on the bugs
Robbins, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut.
repose, a trifle sardonic. B u t when
There was som ething ingenuous lady is frig h te n e d !”
q u ic k ly and e ffe ctive ly. Constant
he sm iled o r laughed, i t l it up his about the way he said it. Then he |
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Pays Well
Hoic McCale Became a
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“80.6% of
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CLINICAL
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