PXGE TWO
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGOX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1929.
s
USTION
of H O N OR
X SYXOPMBt -Benutllnl Xm
: It'llinut brliMi'ta her armor ia lota
,,v'oul vutil aha quea to lite marro.it
.; , aa the gueat ot T.eon Moraa, whose
svealth makeia htm attractive in tin
Judaea of .her atxbitioua aunt.
aide a thountain avrino alia merta
.i bronzed xceatrf-ier who aneoka
jittiUblu of tha Una la Patx and
... in ichoae ejrs then lurka amuse
Xienent inatead of attmiratton. Her
t.-interet ia piqued. She aattafiea
SXIier hnnner from hla knapaavk hut
' her prntttude turna to nnjirr when
T calla her 'Mtaa I've" and ktasea
4 her hand in departing. She la lur-'
.'.yther ineenaed when KAolj, ait .o
... tentrto prvapector and tha uounaer
1 man'a jial, teams Iter to --iuve
MR,
Chapter t
MONTE CRISTO
THE lodge sprawled like a huge
brown barnacle, sunning Itself
along the mountainside.
"' Its rough logs, weather-blackened
elilngles, and rustic porches merged
into the brown green o encircling
rock and shrub and fir tree. A
'sketchy uneven road ended abruptly
at the front ateps.
Ten days before It bad stood,
desolate In Us abandonment. ' Then
.'jt had been metamorphosed and
-j-evltalized by a magic wand, wared
;liy Leon Morse. Its exterior was
;tlll In perfect harmony with Its
jvlld and rugged surroundings but
-Its Interior was stamped with the
ynarlc'ot luxury.
After a pause, he thought of Mist
Wllmot. "Shall I Inquire now,
slrt" ' ' ' ' ' . '
"Do so," he commanded.
"A party by the name of Monte
Crlelo." Morse smiled. That was
bis own Idea exactly, ouly he hadn't
given It the literary flavor.
There were ,two " things Leon
Morso wanted now as he had never
wanted anything In his life. The
first was Anne Wllmot. The second-was
a line ot track . between
Kansas City and the great north
west which would shorten the pres
ent schedule by 12 hours. The
former was to be had, doubtless,
but not yet on his own terms.
The latter had presented unfor-
seen difficulties an upstart Irriga
tion company with a tlfle to the
right-of-way which was the key to
his projected line of track a pig
headed young engineer In charge
who refused to be tricked, bulldozed
or Intimidated.
Well, there were several cards
he had yet to play before he would
take the Irrigation' company seri
ouslyDouglas, for one. Douglas
was his attorney and confidential
aid whom ho had sent to Sacra
mento to obtain an understanding
with an underpaid legislature.
Douglas should be here now, he
thought as he casually picked up
0, HENRY LISTING
H rtl r
OiHon short Mory writers fared
Onee Pickett of Washington Is
veiling. , with friends In . Rogue
Rlvex. r !'J
" .MIbh riotty Payne, member" of
Hie IfoKue River tjlKh school fac
ulty In. penllnK the ChrlHtmnx
vucuilon in Heattle, - -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Starts I sis Today
exeeptloni.lly well In the listing of
lem xhort HtnricA fur l!i2!l, l&sucil
'In connection witli the O. Henry
memorial nwurd prUea of the yei'r.
The elcht Oregon wrltcm, t h - J
Htorlf-H und the iniiKnzlneH in whlc'i
they were puMiHheil nre:'
. "Th" Heart of Don Jwin." Mo
fall's. ' Vivien
I Other Woman."
jjslne, M.iry Caroline Davii'-s: "Watch
J Klres," Adventure, and "Fan
'MlanKo," .Short Stories. Krne.it fiay
) rox: "Off :Klnliterre, . Adventure.
(."The Chief of the, I.och MeCree,Hi ..
; Collier's nnd "Death nn Deck," Al- . ROGUE RIVER GIRLS
i lien Kirnarn weijen; .timers.
The South of old, wltVfta chirm
ini gallantry and beautiful wom
en, is colorfully transported to the
screen in "Uncle Tom' Cabin." tile
stupendous i'nlverwil-Pollurd pro
durtinrt. which opened ot the- Is'i
theater today for four days' run.
It is almost possible 4o Inhale Hie
I sweet pcent of the . magnolia and
near the soft voices of the 'crcion-
nreinemm; iiie,nR darkies ut th hour of rtnslt.
Prize Hlory Mago-j 8u, truthfully doe's the nictu re mir
ror the old South.- JTarry Pollanl'i
u e r h direction is reflected in
every foot of this great screen epic".
ENJOY YULE PARTY
i Kveryhody's. and "The Iise Ite-:
ierve," Collier's. Ared (General; - .
Irieorif" A.) White: "Icky of Oluk lUlOnfE- HIVER. .)Ote.X Dec. Hi.
(Special) The Olrl Scouts, had
Ml mi us' i ' 'i " 1 I
J 'r W ' ' !
1 1 m
I Luke" .Miii.ey8, Fred White
"DvnHR'tti." W'eMtern Ktorics, Hnl
I ert Ormnnd t'ltw1, nnd "Dftfwor;,"
ArKwy, , Muroltl H rail ley Sny.
Krt'd White Ih a membpr of thrt
( newH staff of -the OrPKoninn. (Jen
prnl White. Ilayrox and Cusp are
I ex-memheri of the reportorinl staff
of the Oreponinn. Hj.y 1m at prej
lent attached to the puhllclty de
j purtinent of the Portlund chamhor
I of ennimeroe, and has heen a mem
ber of iho taff of the Telesrum
! and the Journal,
The Pofilnnd Press eluh will hoM
open house Xcw Vear'n dr.y, .com
menrlnff at 3 o'clock, for club
members, their wives and friend
and hi particular, honor to th
elht writern mentioned In the O.
Ilenry award. Five of those nam
ed are members of th club. The
reception will continue through
until lute Xvw Year nlj;ht. The
OrCffoninn. - ,
H
a Christmas parly at the Commil
nily Hall Saturday. The afternoon
was spent In ynnips. and Rifts ! npsistinir
r-'
"Main 'Office
MEDFORD, OftEGON
Directly Across
From Fairgrounds
Phone 123S
SOS
SALES OFFICE
204 Franklin St., New York
Packers,' Shippers arid Distributors of
Rogue River Valley Apples and Pears
WISHES EVERYONE ,
A Happy New Year
Service
Organization
Sales 1
were sIvcHf' eUeii'' member from tllth'e r-arty ' were Mrs.' Fiads. Mrs. pends upon one listener for ':ili rr.dio on Saturday afternoons than
tree.- Refreshments of ice cream, Baker, Mrs. I.ance nnd -Mrit.. Iiatrs,i.( 0i t h a 1 1 broadcasts. It is the bo to, a name. However, she broke
cake and randy were mn-ediChaaa. ' . ; -mini.- football fan who wool I this rulend saw her. first gridiron
f.fwhvs de. rath e r stay at home beside the contest recently. , M , ,
Mrs. Skelton In elvhiB firnh.im MiN'amee
The rough log lodge blended Into the background of the. lofty Sierras.
Irv tho great llvlbg room, Jarrls
4. unw.-opped countless packages that
had been brought from town by
'.: backboard. Books, magaxlucs, doi-
- ' of them,, chocolates, French
bon-bons and phonograph records.
' Armfuls ot hot house flowers were
.-. spread before the bntler.
He pressed an electric button and
a pretty French maid responded.
The bundles of flowers be placed
. In her arms. "Delphlne, these are
for Miss W 1 1 mot's rooms," ha ex-.-.
plained.
t "Mon dleu." she breathed, "what
:. am I to do with him? Mad'molselle s
y rooms, they are already how do
- you say like one house on fire"
"You mean hot house no doubt,"
Jarvls corrected.
Jarvls was starting to sort the
mall, when the door at the end of
tha room opened and Morse en--
tared. . ' '
j Jarrfs bowed profoundly and
earned a curt "good morning" from
his master.
v - "Mr. Douglas hasn't come back
I yet?" ha asked as ha glanced down
-: the road through the ehlnti cur
';" talned window.
"No. sir," Jaryla replied.
''. Morse drummed lean, nerroua
; fingers Impatiently against the
'. window pane. It Irked him to
watt He took out his watch. It
X waa twelve o'clock.
; "Has Mrs. Wllmot coma down
.;. yctr be Inquired.
"No, air."
"And Miss Wllmot r he appended
casually.
"No, she has not come down.
' Shall I Inquire, sir?''
"Presently and, oh, by the way
Jarvls, all tbls so tar as I havo
; seen, very good Indeed." With bis
hand he took In, In on sweep, the
( beautiful, spacioua room with Its
-.- multiplicity of windows, great flf"
v place. Ana sklua and ruga that
'' covered tha floor completely, and
J tha grand piano.
1 Tha old man bent his head In
. dignified recognition. "I'm glad
you re pleased, sir. The Frisco
I decorator didn't think It could be
; done In 10 daya but 1 aald to bim,
j begging your pardon sir, "It you
Y 'vork for Mr. Morse you're got to
i re able to turn a holtuw stump Into
j an Aladdin's palace over night It he
j. aaya so.' I says "Did you ever hear
.- tell of a party by the name ot
Monte CrlstoT Well, that's the way
Mr. Morso Is used to having things
J doue for him.'"
Morse smiled sUghlly otherwise
; Ignoring the tribute. "The servants
are all here. I suppose?1
? "Yea, air. I brought them out
myself, day before yesterday."
I TINKHAM TO SUCCEED "
I WARRACK IN SERVICE
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the pile ot letters on the reading
table. He smiled as he noticed the
lettera to Mrs. Emily Wllmot from
New York's most famous and ex
pensive dressmakers, milliners,
caterers, florists and Jewelers. Anne
would come high but he was rich.
He pushed away the letters and
stood drumming his closed knuckles
against the table. His long lean
perfectly groomed body bent slight
ly above It, His hair was prema
turely gray. .
Overwork and dissipation had
sapped the first vigor ot youth but
there was a certain toughness of
fibre about him, a dynamic energy
and power which balanced, In con
siderable measure, the lightness of
build, It was In the set ot his
shoulders, the line ot his long clean-
cut bead,. In hla every movement,
as If his muscles operated on steel
springs.
'Well?" be queried as Jarvls re
appeared.
'Miss Wllmot went out early this
morning, sir alone. She has not
yet returned."
'Early , this morning alone?"
Morse repeated, reflectively.
As be apoke Mrs. Wllmot came
downstairs with her usual aristo
cratic lelsurellncss. She waa the
picture of a plump, white-haired,
grandmotherly old patrician. Her
soft and rather full mouth hardened
aa she took In the significance of
Morse's phrase. "You say Anne
has gone out alone aftsr yon ex
pressly asked her not to?"
Morse nodded. At a slight sign
ot dismissal, Jarvls vanished.
Morso drew up a chair for Mis.
Wllmot and after an exchango of
pleasantries, sat down near her.
"1 want to speak very seriously
with you," ho began. "I want you
to try to impress nnon your niece
that It Is dangerous for her to gu
to tho mountains nlone. The coun
try Is overrun with the Irrigation
company's workmen and our own
a lot ot low class trash."
He broke off abruptly as the dmn
opened and Douglas entered.
The two men faced each othei
tor a moment In silence, then
Morse made a slight Inquiring
movement. The attorney, a stocky
shrewd-eyed man ot considerably
less than hla employer's height,
shook his head. The other frnwitt-)
and sl.tneil to his study nt the end
of the roam. Then .Mot;!! cxcu:rd
himself find a nicment later, the
door of the study rlo.-rd upon them
f Cnavnu'.f, Ciosa 1
. Anne flouts Mens ; mi ttccivel
an ultimatum treni her aunt in
tomortow't installment.
'TALENT 15 MODEL
TAU2NT. Oro.. Hop. 31.-MSpD
In nn ihtrvirv wMth Mr. hnd MM, ;i
.Inhn Webster M thtlr homo in
Tiilent some IntorostlnK fnftH wore
Iparnetl of whiit enn hp done on
small tract when wpll handled. Mr.
Webster ha.s six and one-half acres
located in Talent, known to many
as the old Charley Watler'g homn.
About half of this Is in apples of
different kinds.
Atde from a family garden nnd
hcrry iMitch the remainder i In
pasture .on which Mr.. Webster
keeps four fine milk cow. The
milk Ik bottled nnd sold to lorr.l
people- .and to, the Talent mer
chnirw.". 1 "
- They have 2".0 White Leghorn
nnd White Wyandotte henf. In
Mr. WebmerVs front yard in one of
the largest black walnut tree. In
the western state that has at
tracted attention far and wid
Many travelers have visited this ,
great walnut.
The beautiful old-fashioned farm
house of Mr. -and nnd Mrs. Web
ster la one of tho mast attractive
homes in Talent.
An
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Devoted to the Welfare
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of the
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17th dl.trK-t of the llchthoiie ser
vice, comprising Oreuon and Vnh
Intion Vrr,-.rk will retire January 1.
after mure thnn O years In v
ernment i'rvli-. His micmanr at
lreent Is stllierlntendenl of the
Honolulu district. The latter pov.
will he tnVen over by Krederl.-k
A. K1corili, now aMeintant mii-
4- WAH1U.NUTU.N. Bee, II
$ Representative Korell. Repnblleur. 1 rrlntemlent In Hnwall,
Oregon, announced today mat nr ;
1 had been advised by tha oommerc j A pulley of amilunllv extending
X department of the appointment of toliicn iiroilueilon haa hern
B. B. Tlnkham to auceeed Mob?r; J adopted hy KMln, thmuiih royal
.'Warraclt aa superintendent of th j decree. . .
ROGUE RIVER
KOOl'ft .niVKH, Ore.. Dec. 31.
(Special") MY. and Mrs. Wal
lace Le " Molne nnd ' family of
Hanks. Oregon, are YisltlnR with
Mm. I-e Molne parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. lilakely.
Mr. and Mrs. John Aune nnd
son. Stanley of CottHK? Orove, nre
spending a few days visit ins Mrs.
Anne's parents. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Charles L Moine.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobert t;rtmmett.
daughters. Kvelyn and Mabel and
son, Ijoe nnd their house guest,
Mrs. Howard t'happ of Casper.
Vyo were guests Christmas day
nt (he Und homo on the Caves
highway.
' Mr. Ford of tha Bulck agency
In .Medfonl was a business visitor
in Hogue lllver Friday.
Mrs. Hrashear nnd son. Norman,
had as their guests Christmas day.
Mrs, J Rttxnheth Southern. Mrs.
Martha Strieker and Mr. Arthur
Imtt.
Mrs. R. Fowler of Corvallis N
visiting n few days with Mrs. Jam
Smack, t
Mr. nnd Mi-s. rpave Jones and
two sons of Seattle nre visiting at
the home of Mrs. Kfflc l'.irdseye.
The Jonis are .former residents of
Uorup Htver.
Mrs. Striker of Pit for. Alberta. ,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ksther
Hrashear.
. Sevenil Hogue Utver people at
tended the dance given by th
Orange nt Wlmer. The next dame
will he held January 4.
Clifford Jackson of Klninath
Falls was visiting his parents.
Christmas Day.
Hnymond Stevens was n Mod
ford visitor Friday,
The resignation of Mrs. Muriel
Hawk, teacher of the fifth nnd
sixth grades, has been ncveplod
by tho school hoard. Miss Vclma
Carter of Lebanon will fill tho
position for the remaining five
months of school.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hay and
son. spent the Christmas holiday
at Myrtle Point.
Miss Kvelyn Charlie spent
Christmas with relatives In Mod
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shepherd
attended a meeting of th Talent
Orange Thursday evening.
Tho Rogus Ulver schools wll'.
open leoemher SO for the semes
ter after the holidays.
Mr. and Mm. Hawkins aad chil
dren aro visiting at the homo of
Mrs. Hawkins' parents, Mr. and
Mm. Will Hook. Jim Wk Is,
also vudtlng nt his parents homo.
GROW
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MM SHIP
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EERS of
RogeeValleyFnrits
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Rogue River Traffic Association
Sgobel & Day
American Fruit Growers, Inc. .
C. & E. Fruit Co., Inc.
Simon, Shuttleworth & French
Kimball & Company
Robert Cochran & Co.
Bear Creek Orchards
MEMBERS:
Big 7 Fruit Distributors
Rogue River Company
Palmer Corporation
Snoboy Pacific Distributors
Pinnacle Packing Co.
Knight Packing Co.
J. H.ThornIey&Co
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