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ENJOYED BT GIRL
TROOP OF TALENT
TAM-:XT, Ore., June 18. Fp1-
Tin; UoHcbud troop of tho Girl
hVdUtH held un all-day meeting nt
the forkK of th road on AVaiier
clerk. At this tlmo several of Hie
K I pahhi tl llio tundcrfuut tt-st and
riH'fivt'd nu'i-lt ImkIkcm. The day
was hint In guinea and Instruc
tion. A basket lunch was werved
at noon, while the uhls enjoyed
a weincr roawt for supper. The girls
with atleiitled by their captain,
,M I .outer Newbry.
Mm. Manning and Mrs. Jay Tor-
rill and daughter Itarbara upont
Thur.sday
Khn)ping.
Mr. and Mra.
from Oitlnfpiin
GOLD BULLETS
, by Charles G.BootK
SYOISIS: Ftirto tniiw 1ivhl4tt
hi tho Luiuly wiloon iitut prepnreH
Id kill,Jilm. I'lirio belirvcH that
r4hlcH liileitdH Ut convict lilm or
Ogden'N murder, JMIhm follimN
IVcldcH and Ih waiting' otitfcltlo llio
room. 'J'hrou lug 1'tirlo off guard
by u m so, INH'bhf landn it knork
out lilmv 4ni IuiieH Hi In. Pro
tending to pleaul fir iiHrty 1 ''
i lileN flrvt nt flio tvHtnjc. groaiiM and
i hluuiM to tlw floor. Dillon cruhheM
into the room, wheels In mtrttrlnn
at J N' blew' voice, trie to h h o o t
! bini, but leehle' gun in tlu' quick-J
before dawn tho next morning. I
am not Kure why MacNuir wiiutod
the piMtol I hud bought from Hyde
and which he had overheard Jerry
and Andrew tit I king iibnuL Jer-h.-tpH
the Idea of a iiichkhko ttw
geHted Itself. Ah It hiippeiied, I
went in and caught MucXiilr. We
struggled. Lucy and Mrs. Alofflt
came as I was about done for. Mac
Nalr took hiuiHelf off, pretended to
collide with someone outside, fired
a couplH of shots through his hat.
and returned. And then MacXair
made another mistake, lie said he
cr. Illllon droM dead Dillon, who' was In the Ogden grounds and that
Is Lutlicr MacXair,
to
CHAl'TKH 47.
"A Simple Act of Justice.'
Jerry gave me something
drink and I felt butter.
"Quite n family party," I re
marked neldly. "Can't a man keep
afturnuun In Mcdfurd '' appointment w itnout nnir it , gie
lozen people chasing after him
Riley Xyswarner might have killed you, uncle
spent Wednesday John!" Lucy wailed, pressing me
at the home of Mi
Carvln.
Chin les H. Robert from T-os An-!
geles, t'al., is making his mother,!
Mrs. Kmrnii Itobert, an extended
visit. Mr. Itobert has been work
ing In the oil fields In California
for several years.
Miss Gladys Crosby from On 11
fornia Is visiting her father, Will
Crosby.
Mrs. Malvln Men row, who was
operated on a eouple of weeks ago
for appendicitis, Is so far recover
ed its to be moved tlie first of this
week to the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James 1'ellett, at
Klamath Junction.
Carl Glasgow suffered the loss
of his tractor and ir0 gallons of
gasoline and oilier farm Imple
ments when his machine shop
caught fire. Tho cause of the fire
could not bo determined.
Mrs. I .no Xeatherlnnds from
Winters, Cal., who has been spend
ing the past mouth visiting her
mother, Mrs. Crosby, and other rel
atives', returned to her home the
first of the week.
Iiert Simmons, who has been
r-'ptnding the past three months
with his parents at Pumpkin Cen
ter, returned Wednesday to San
J'ranciscu. where he has obtained
employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Driskell of
Ardiland are residing at the homo
i'f Sirs. Cora Dcnbam during her
als'iu'c. Mi's. lcnham Is (Spend
ing a couple of months In Wash
ington and the east and expects to
return by the southern route, and
. will visit her son. Lloyd Turner,
and family In San Francisco en
route.
(ieorgo Whelpley went to Ash
land Saturday morning to consult
a dentist.
Mrs. Clara Andrews of Medford
spent AWdnesday afternoon at the
bourn of G random Crosby.
I'Yult thinning began In the Tal
Hil district last Week, "Must all of
the orchards now have thinning
crews at work.
and Mrs. Cliff 1 to her again
"limn, J said grimly. l sup
pose, it was you who got Ueacon to
come."
"How did you know It was Mac
Xair, John?" Henry usked hum
bly. "You'd have known It was Mac
Xair, too, if you hadn't hud your
eyes elsewhere."
Henry flushed. I felt sorry for
him und I turned my attention to
Nathan Hyde, who had been eye
ing me with an Ironic grin.
"Still looking for the mine trans
fer, Hyde V" I demanded.
That ruffled his smoothensn a
bit, but he replied suavely enough.
"No, we were looking for you, Pee
bles," and ho chuckled.
c
he heard me call out.
"I cliff not call out. MacXair and
I fought in silence,
"Item four Polyundria followed
inn Jnto the den. Somehow, she
got tangled up between us. I heard
her yowl and I was sure she lashed
out with a paw. After the strug-
I found a tiny drop of blood
ongealing on one of her claws.
She hadn't scratched me, so she
must have drawn the blood of my
opponent.
"There was a scratch on Mac
Xalr's right wrist. He at once pull
ed up his sleeve and showed It to
me obviously to disarm suspicion
"Item five MacXair examined
the cartridges before I did. A few
minutes later, when I called his
attention to the nicks on tho one
that contained the note, he pre
tended that lie had not seen them.
That was nonsense. Jle couldn't
have helped seeing them.
I hold up the little red notebook
"Item six some of my conclu
sions aro written hero. When Mac
Xair and 1 were in my den Katur
day night, I put the notebook down
on my desk and left tho room for
a minute or two. When I returned
Knrly oil wells nt
otiped out by hand.
Jlaku wero
SiBHTj -XSSI
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ORANGE PEKO& -
ICED
Peebles notebook Viclil tho aina.liig solution of Andrew Ogden:
murder.
"See here, Undo To1in!"' Jerry r fori nil the book had been dfs
eut in unceiemonloiiHly. "Vouiiurbed us i had exported. I wanl
wero supposed to be Watson and i od MacXair to know I believed him
you turn out to ho I In hues. A ml
the supposed Holmes Ih tho vil
lain." "Thanks for the comparison
Jerry." I said modestly. "Holmes. I ' Angel
took upon himself the role- of Wat
son as n matter of expediency."
"You mean you knew all along
that MacXair killed Andrew?"
Henry exclaimed.
Well, since the day after It hap
guilty.
"Item seven Sunday moVnlng
MacXair stopped his car at my
house and told mo he was going
I purposely glanc
ed at his speedometer. It regis
tered tf.S-'Ii miles. Last night, after
the car was supposed to have cov
ered a distance of -2ri0 miles, It
registered 7.010 miles an Increase
of only 1X5 miles. MacXair went
pened." I admitted, "llut my cvl- j l" Tonidlty to plant Jerry's flan
, Coo! refreshment for summer
days. Tree Tea gives perfect
iced tea flavor.
ill
dence was Incomplete. 1 didn't be
lieve It would stand up under the
attacks of a battery of criminal
lawyers MacXair Dillon would
summon to his defense. 1 waited
for him to force the Issue. And
ho did tonight. I'll give you the
cvldenco Item for item." I ruffled
the pages of my litllo red note
book.
"Item one," I began.
"Today is Tuesday. , Jerry left
his father at 15 inliiulea past nine
Friday evening. At exactly half
past nine I was railed on tho tele
phone, presumably by Andrew Og
den. The speaker asked me to come
over at once. His voice wan strain
ed and unnatural, but I had no
a son then to believe that it
wasn't. Andrew. On tho way over
1 saw a man In Jerry's white flan
nels flying down tho drive. I
found Andrew dead in the library
with his left hand dosed around
the telephono receiver. Tho Infer
ence at first glance was that Jerry
had killed his father us Andrew
telephoned me, then ran for his
life, llut, while most people hold
the receiver of a telephone to the
left ear. Andrew was deaf b the
left ear ami he. always held It to
his right ear with his right hand.
e( 1 found him holding It In his
left.
"t contend, therefore, that It '
was not Andrew who' telephoned
me. but the man who killed him;
that his murderer was not Jerry,
because Jerry would have known
which hand to place upon the re
ceiver; and that tho murderer tele
phoned me to come over so that I
would see him escaping in Jerry's
dothes and conclude that Jerry
had killed Andrew."
"Item two -after Kurle left the
Ogden house and before he called
Jerry Into the library, Andrew
wrote- a card to MacXair. Mac
Xair returned to his house shortly
after the card was bft there, and!
not several hours later, n he prc
t ended; he left for the Ogden
house nt once; saw a light In the
Ogden library and a sense of dan
ger sent him there Instead of to
the front door; lie overheard An
drew telling Jerry tho story of hi
Torrldtty days, without, however,
disclosing to him 1 u lion's present
idem It y. MucNsir realized If he
would preserve his own life und
liberty he must make tw ay with
Andrew as mnn as Jerry hail gone.
Them was no moon nnd ho easily
stood on the Utile i nlle.Mn bal
cony without helmt seen,
"My evidence of this ts flimsy.
MacXair was having a stucco nun
room built on his hungnlow, I
found traces of plasterer's cement
on his shoes and a deposit of it on
the bal.onv.
Item three my dep. WAS entered
nets.
"Items right nnd nine Lust
night I telephoned au old colleague
of mine in Los Angeles and asked
him to get Information I wanted,
ile called me back this morning.
He told me, first:
"That MacXair was involved In
tho Phabmn oil swlndlo and that
he had to return IIOO.OCO before
the end of this week or face a
criminal court action. He de
manded $ ion, nnd of Andrew.
"Second: That MacXair was dis
charged by tho riinkerton Doteo
tlvo Agency 30 yoars ago for ac
cepting a hribo of $10,000."
(Copyright, 102!!. Wm. Morrow Co.)
The hi hit oT how Preble clinch
imI tho case against MacNiih Is In
tomorrow's chapter.
ELECT LOWE SCHOOL
TALKXT. Ore.. Juno IS. (Spl.)
The annual election of district No.
1! J occurred at tho schoolhouse
Monday afternoon. H. II. Lowe
was elected for tho three-year
term by a majmity 'of seven over
Lnrl Newbry. Mrs. Jay Terrill re
ceived the unanimous vote of the
meeting, being tho only nominee
for dork.
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thai they ncrtl
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price fofine
performance.
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null-knock Car
oline.... today'
r.i motor furl
... m sold for the
price of ordinary
ga$aline.
Ao n -pot so no ;: s
...Made rilht:t
the addition yj'
chemical com
pounds, poirif
ou or othcrwlu.
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There was nothing accidental or spasmodic
about the Violet Ray success. General Pe
troleum insured it in advance by produc
ing, out of its long experience, the finest
fuel that refining science can produce to
day. The public itself did the rest.
'at why was VIOLET RAT antt-tmoett
'csoline accepted everyw here, almost the
.istant it was released through the 3000
independent General Petroleum dealers?
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volatilizes instantly, therefore it is quick
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ed the Hose Festival In Portland day with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
before arriving at Talent. ' Krank Htrahan, who is critienlly 11
Mrs. Clarence Mitthes spent Sun- at the Saered Heart hospital. 1
Women's Hose
51.00 Pair
Silk from top to toe with
pointed heel .
TALENT PEARS SOLD
FOR $75 TO CANNERY
TAI.r.NT, Ore.. June IS. (Spl.)
Se era I pear buyers have already
visited the different orehards in
the Talent dihtrtit. X deal wan
made Sittuidny with eno orrhard
tt for hl rrop at $76 n ton for
cannliiK purposes.
Mr. and Mrs. Kd Jenkins, Mrs.
Walter Kusel and two daughters
from Ashland called at the Trycr
home Monday niornlnv.
Mr. and Mrs. 1,. O. Krlnk enter
tained at Olnncr Sunday Mr. nnd
Mis. K. c. Com nnd family, Mr.
and Mrs. Jo,. Thornton. Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Anderson of Mt'dford
and Mr. and Mis. Uavkley of Phoe
nix. Tho oeeaslon was a social re
union, in all the parly were neigh
bors who formerly lived In HiidKe
port, ore.
Mix. H...u,1 Tlbbet and dauwh
ter arrived Krlday from Oklahoma
and are muklt.K Mrs. l.lMhtn S.ott
an extended visit. The party came
by the northern rouie und ulteud-
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ceipt for every bill you pay,
Come in today and make arrangements
to open H.i Checking Account at this re
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