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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1929)
yreTTOTyn rxrc TTiTBuyrE, rrrDPOitp, ftKEfldNT, Tuesday, may 21, 1929. (EILID BiyiLiLlEirS ; ? - Charles G. Booth, SVXOPKIS. Momentarily a f 0 from tli show of the unknown us HttlUni In tlie Jmndy Plnoe, 1'ecblca rctH In tlie room Into which he tumbled. . Am tlie terrific ivintl fttorm abate and the durkiutw of the MMHn (Hit BlUrhlly, Preble makes a discover? that leave him anwtpinff. Two hlleiit flffurei) are eatd at table near him appar ently playing; curd In llio ditrk. PeebleM bvlievfu he in becomime mad, HlwutA at the riKurett, beKKHiK them to apeak. They rent til 11 silent.- Peebles crawl to the luble, loudiea ion figure pn the arm, then on tlie face find feels cJil Hewh! ; He faint. ; . ; ';rinHAPTji:n 23. V . . The ecrt lint. It wan morning whon 1 cftmo to. facoe I ahudUerotl, NlRhtmare 01 delirium; nothing more. Yen, huw exactly where reality ended and ill union began. I was lying on the floor In one of the room off the balcony, a pillow under my head. - A bed, a bureau, and a chair were In the room. The door had been umauhed in. Hitting on an empty cane. rifle between hlu knee, wan the oddest-looking, creature I had ever seen. ,l lie was a little wlzencd-up crab apple of a man. 8110 w-white hair thatched his skull and ears and neck, and his face wiu furrowed like a freBh-plowed field. - His arms were long like nn ape's and enor mously strong, J thought, and they terminated in a pair of sinewy hands. He was fingering a lump The gold-iimd rieticrt rat shrilled, flcrenmcl mid cackled. A finger of sunlight slanted across my face,- Intensifying an ucho nt the back of my eVeballs. Htill fn a dazed condition. I lay quiet and waited for memory to refresh it self on the events of the night. First, there had been the wind storm, turning calm duy into furi ous night and spinning me Into the resort; discovery of Dillon in the hall, my ascent of the stair case, and Pillon stulking me In the gallery. The. crack of his pistol, the bite or bullet on woodwork. They were as vidid to me as fire. A door hnd opened, then Here I pau&ad, The sandstorm, my v. excellence with. Dillon, my painful entrance Into the room bo ond, niid, been real. Hut thg rest of it? The two men playing poker In the ;dnrk. " Tholr cold, waxed of quartz, at which ho, peered J through a lens stuck In his eye. j "Good morning, Furl I said, : at length, I His ancient head flashed up and j I put his age at eighty. The small, I fed rimmed eyes, China - blue in color, wore set in a dirty wedge of a face. The glasB In his eye, held monocle fashion, was eight-sided. "He he no!" the old man cackled. "So ye aint cold hawg yet huh ?" , . , , . , 'I don't know that It Isn't your fault I'm not," I observed. "Huh!" ho shrilled, shaking his shaggy head ot me.' "Hain't I bun In the, door an put yer head on a, piller an' glvcd ye a guzzle o' wat er?" : . ; "Very kind of you': I admitted. but I was thinking you tried your hardest to put u bullet an 'inch from my head up ut the Two Brothers." ' - "There's too many c 0 m e a a nosin round these parts now' days!" he screamed. . "That thar mine ain't none o' yer business, nor nob'dy else's!" I managed to get to my knees and, by degrees, to my feet. Drop ping onto the bed, I fixed a stern eye on the crafty face in front of me, " "See here, Furle, you called on Nathan Hyde Friday morning. Where did you find that pistol you sold him?" He began to Interlace his bony fingers. "Hain't 1 said J ain't tell in' nothln'?" ' I leaned nearer, pointing my fin ger at him. "You also called on Andrew Ogden. You took him a specimen of gold quartz. Where did you get H?" . "i ain't tellln'!" he yelped. ' T- "Well, It doesn't matter," I said softly. "You got It from a new vein in the Two Brothers.". He leaped to his feet, speechless and foaming, his walnut shell of a fane as yellow An saffron. Quiver ing, he shook his bony fists In my; face, his eyes 'bloodshot. " 'TIs my gold, this!" he scream-I ed, prancing up nnd down, eye-j piece rattling on its wire. "Hain't I tramped tikull and Hkelnton.GO year a-Iookin' fer it? Hain't I thirsted an starved? Hain't burned nnd sweated and freezed? Hut I found It! An' nobody's ago-. In' to take It away from me!" . , : Quite mad on the subject of gold, he raved' on In this vein. . "Would . A n d r y Ogden have knowed It war thar If I hadn't tor him, I ask yo? Hut I'm squar shootin', I Js. 'Andry hmi I, 'the claim Is yourn hut the f I rutin 'm mine, so I'll split ye fifty-fifty. Y will not.'' he yells at me. ' 'How dare you trespass on my property? I'll have the roof o' the jail over yer crack-brained head!' " I thought It time tn stop him. "Furle! What else did you say to Andrew Ogden?" 1 "I ain't tellln'l" Leaning nearer, I paid gravely, "Andrew Ogden Is dead." "Huh! what? Dead?!" he shrill ed. "Dead!" "Ho was stabbed to death In his library fter you left him Friday night." "Stabbed! Whut! "Whut! An dry Ogden! Who did It?" I looked at him accusingly. "The police will be asking you that question before long." ' 'TIs a lie" he screamed. "I left him alive!" I'Hmn! Well, maybe It is. You can prove It ?" . 'Prove It!" he mumbled. "Prove U! How's nn old geezer like mo to prove anythln?" Then shrewd ly, "How'll they prove It agin me when 1 didn't do It?" v "Maybe they won't If Vou toll everything you know." He opened his mauth, then shut It stubbornly. iy .- , , let the point rest. "Ogflen'fl moii .! Try was here. Did you see him?" "Uh-huh, The girl, too." ., "Do you know why Andrew Og den didn't want the Two Brothers opened?" - ' 'He-he-hp!' he cackled, . "Ye ain't been In; the mine, eh?" ' j "No. Why?" "Nothln. He-he-he! Jes noth ln'!" "You said you were guarding the mine because people were hanging around it," I went on. ''What did those people look like?" "Dunno. .Both w,as tall. One oft 'em ran to meat." "How long have you been In Skull Valley, Furle?" "Cod knows. Forty, fifty, sixty year." ' . "Ever hear of Alex Peterson in tho old days?." . "Ton-to-One Peterson!" he shrill ed. "Ev'rybody -knowed Ten-to-One thirty year ago." -, "You've lived here all alone all this time?" I inquired. He nodded. mournfully. "Uh-huh. Who'd live in this devil's skillet but a old fool of a desert rat like me? When I gets crazy lonely I talks to Bull and Nap." "Hull nnd Nup! I exclaimed. "Who are they?" , Can Furle solve the. mystery of Andrew Ogden's murder? Peebles is rescued from his predicament In tomorrow's chapter. IS L TO L BLACKPOOL. England, May 21 (P) Premier Stanley Baldwin to day addressed the greatest crowd in his long political career at this north country resort, A visible audience of 5,000 heard his election campaign speech with in the wails of the Palace theater, and J.00.00U other persons were massed within range of scores of loud speakers In Blackpool Beach. EVERS BENCHED FOR FUSS WITH QU1GLEY NEW YORK, May 21. UP) Suspension of Johnny . Evers, as sistant manager ot the Boston Hfaves, for three days for1 "um pire baiting," was announced to day by President Heydler of 'the Nationul league.' ' livers had a run-in with Umpire Qulgley over the batting order at Boston Saturday in the first game of a double-header with the CliuntH. , In his old days with the Chicago CubB or with the Hraves of IBM, debates with the arbiters were no novel! y to Evers. A thoroughly tested Summer Oil Spray vor Codling Moth Control earth SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Summer-Mulsion is a specially adapted oil for Codling Moth control. 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"It pays to spray with Sherwin-Williams insecticides." TheSherwn-Wlliams Co. Oakland San Franebco Las AnjtlM " Saattle Spakane Salt Uka City Portland l gmwwmm ASHLAND, Ore., May 21. (Rpl.) "The Rogue," unnualyear book of the Ashland hlich. Hbhool,' has been dlfttrlbuted. This . edition fa one of the best and most attractive In its makeup of all those that have been published. The volume Is bound In green with silt lettering, and contains a fine lot of cuts showing the school, the classes and the vari ous activities. The volume was dedicated to B. C. Forsythe, who ha been principal of the school for several years, and who was set out In the dedication as "one who has faithfully helped us In carry ing out our plans and has followed us during the pant, year with un wavering enthusiasm." ' . - lAirlle Carson was edltor-fn-chief of "The Rogue," tarry Smith was assistant editor, and Robert Oil more was business manager.. MIks Irene Bragg was the faculty ad visor. , ' Marfe Alice Black, the one-day-old Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Black, died on Saturday morning at the family home on Lincoln street. The burial was made at Mountain View cemetery on Sunday morning. The. service was In charge of J. P. Dodge and Hons. - . . - 'Miss Mildred OyRcr arrived home on Sunday evening from near Bend, where she has (heen teaching for the past school year.. , Miss CJyger has contracted with th same dis trict 'for next year. " . , "Webs'ter Wert as, teacher and ath letlc coach In :the Central ; Point schools, was a visitor In Ashland on Sunday. Mr.VWertz expects to leave next Saturday, for I-os An geles to' visit with his purents, Mr. and Mrs. Webster .Wertz, Sr.. who were former residents of Ashland. Later In the season, Mr. Wert" will enter the San Diego' Teachers col lege for nn Intensive course ; In coaching school athletics. Miss Katherlne Vlnccnt, Mrs. A. IL Pracht nnd Mrs. Ltmia I)odiu left Ashland Saturday noon ' for Portland. They planned to stop at Eugene for one day to visit with friends. Mrs. Pracht pluns to visit with her sister in .Portland but Miss Vincent and Mrs. Dodge will go on to Seaside where they will attend the P. K. O. state confer- ence. .... Rev. C. D. Oaffney plans to leave today as a delegate from the Ash land Rotary club to the national convention at Dallas, Tex. Mr. Qaffney will be absent for about three weeks. On tho return trip he plans to spend a week In Salt Luke City, and Reverend Oaffuey will occupy the pulpit of Phillips Congregational church on June feth. This Is the church of w,hich Mr. Gaffney was pastor before coming to Ashland. Secretary W. P. Walter 'of the Y. M. C. A. will talk at the Con gregational : church on Sunday morning, May 26th. '; ' : f Seven Cam pf Ire Girls served a dinner on Suturday evening at the Cnmpflre cabin on Terrace street, honoring Miss Ellen Waters, who has been the Ashland Carnpfird ex ecutive for tho past two years. Misses I r wand a Bateman and Louise Hunsnn prepared the, de licious meal, which Included cream ed chicken with appropriate addi tions of vegetables and salad and a strawberry shortcake for desert. After the meal the time was hap pily spent in girlish chatter and music. The girls presented their guardian with a beautiful Camp fire guardian's pin. Those who joined In tho farewell were Misses Ellen Claloy, Lorraine Sparr,' Emily Taylor, .Irwanda Bateman, Lucile Carson, Louise Hanson, Lydja Smith and the honor guest. Miss.. Ellen Waters. Mrs. llattie Rogers, a student at the Southern Oregon State Normal, was called to Portland on Monday to be -with her little son Lylo, who had to. undergo;a mastoid opera tion. ''. :, : . , - i . -V Mrs. Charles Lamh and son Eu gene .oNDunsmUlr. were reeent vis itors in Ashland at the LIthia Springs apartments, where they were guests of Mrs. Nellie Powers. Dr. C. A. Haines returned to Ash land early In the week after visiting with Mrs. Haines and their two children, who are visiting there with relatives. Dr. Haynes made the trip to Portland nnd back by nlrplnne. ' Oeorgc 'N. Gray, son of Mr. and Mr. Charles A. Gray, left early in the week for Santa Paola, Cal.. where he U employed as manager of a cottage cheese factory. Mrs. Hazel Beeson of Eugene was a guest in Ashland the past week, visiting her husband's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Bee- son and family on B street. Mlsrf Georgia Coffee, bookkeeper 1 for the Ashland Tidings, was a j week end visitor at Weed, Cal. Mrs. George Kramer has return ed from Portland, where she silent j several days attending to business , errands and visiting with friends. Tho Normal-school senior class 1 held a sport dance at the Bellvlew Community club house on riuay evening. T"e guests all attended In sport attire. Splendid music was furnished -by Alford's Imperial orchestra. Miss Lillian Olson de lighted the guests by singing tto ; vocal numbers, "Desert Song" and i "A Love Tale of Alsace-Lorraine."! The Parent - Teachers council! met at the high school on Wednes day afternoon. This Ik the lust meeting of the year. The annual election placed Mrs. Cleorgo A.' Briscoe as president of the coun cil, Mrs. Manly Brower oh vice president and Mrs. H. A., Stearns aa secretary and treasurer. . Members of the 'official board of the Methodist church were hosts on Friday evening to the members of the choir and the husbands and wives. The affair was given as an I appreciation of the splendid work of the choir under the leadership of O. IT. Yeo. The early part of the evening was spent In a Jolly list -of games. Then each choir member was a.sked to take his place In the choir loft and discov ered that a music rack had been,1 placed .under each chair. These were gifts of the jofflclal hound. Refreshments were served late In tho evening and at that time the guosts were entertained with music from a flno radio that had been Installed for the occasion. I George R. Carter was a buslnoss visitor in Ashland Saturday even ing. . Seniors of the Talent high school were honored by the juniors of tho school as guests at. a flno dinner! served at the Plaza enfe In Ash land Friday evening. Covers were ' laid for 29 nt a long table which was attractively sot with' decora-( nuns til iuv-iiu.-i nun , u inn-. 4 vi. i t ho close of the dinner the young I people gathered at tho -upacious home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pratt on North Main street. Several hours were spent In games and dancing. Besides the 27 students ot the two classes, Mr. and Mrs. J, w. McCoy, Mrs. C. E. 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