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J PAGE SIX fEDFORD IfAlL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931. IIedford Mail Tribune "CmviM w Southern Oram mil th Mill THbimt" OtUf ind Suodji Publish) b? MCDFOKU PRINTING CO. 1B-1M9 N. ttr BL JtOBEHT W KUHL, Editor & L KNAI'P. Maer Ad iMfpeodent Newipip Entered u Kcood eiui natter it Oragoo, under Act or llvcb S, l$19. SUBSCKIPT10N BATES Bi Mill In Adtftnftt Otiir, rear tr.oo Dally, mootb T6 Bt Carrier. In Ad.ant Hertford. AHlltnd, JteksoDTlUe, CMtral Point. Pbwnlx. ftlest. Gold Bill ind on lhfcbwi Dallj. month . . TS Daily, out rear T.60 All terms, cub tn adianea. OfriMal paper ol the City or Medfort Official paper of Jacaui Count. HEMHEK OP THE ABflOCIATED PBBSfl Iteeeirln full Leased Win Bertie Ibi Auoclated Prest la eielualtdv antllled to Um um for publication of all newt diiuatebeJ credited to It or otherwtat credited In itala paper and alio to the local oewe puhliihed herein. All rlffbU for publication of tpedal dlnwtebet bereln are also reserted. MRMBKK OK ONITFD PHEflB UEMBFK UP AUDIT BUBBAD OP CIRCTJUTIONB Adtertlnlni Repretentatlfea It C. MOCENSEN 4 COMPANY ' Office to Ne York. Chleaco. Detroit, Saa rtaoeUeo. Loi Angela. Reattle, PiirtUntl. Ye Smudge Pot By Arth r Parry. A whale 1 cavorting In th. water. adjacent to the metropolis, and Port land hunter, .hot at the monster lor two days, without hitting th. skipper 1 of an ooean going liner. , Th. valley' U now getting light whines and 3.76 per oent cheer. TUKY SHOULD KNOW (Press Dispatch) CHICAGO. Oct. 13. (AP) Polks who talk hard times ahould ba ashamed of themselves, In th. opinion of Russell M. Clark and hi. wife, Alslna, who have been married for sixty-five years. War has been declared on colds among tha kids, but it will never amount to muoh until the parsnU are forced to run around In tha in vigorating chilliness, with their knees and shins bare. . . Write. "Puezled Charles" to Cyn thia Grey, In th. Portland Telegram: "I make no headway with my adored one, though I often have told bar mother all the sweet things I think of her." Charlie, you have the right Idea, but are barking up tha wrong tree. Prom a humanitarian standpoint, war In tha Orient would be a alap In tha face for the so-called civilization, but from an economic standpoint it would b. something els. It would ralsasa th. gold reserve of Japan, and eaus. th. sewing machine plant, of America to make bullets, bombs, and blundarbusses. Russia threatens to get Into tha turmoil. This would ba a fiss thing for Russia and tha rast of tha world, as both have been suf fering from Russian orneryness long enough. A Russian army always runs, and running la th. only thing they do with courage. They did that very thing with disgusting regularity all through the Oreat War. Tha ef ficient German, could not oatcb them, so tha ahort-legged Nipponese would have no chance. One mad Chinaman, If ba could get close enough, would rout a regiment of whiskered Blava. Th. League of Na tions, tn stead of endeavoring to pre vent Russia from entering tha Far last conflict, should flnanoe the entry, and ba liberal about It. CULTURAL CRITICISM (lleppner News) Place, of business receiving a new front in th. way of paint are th. Shelly Baldwin furniture store, dene Noble and Snyder saddlery and repair shop and ' Mahrt eleotrlo store. This 1. rather a sedate shade of brown. Some bright window trimming, would add no doubt. I don't like to read books; they muss up my mind. (Henry Ford.) Wherein, literature should crumple up like a lender. Th. Young Squirt Division of care. ful shooters and autotsU are behind with their havoc. "Collegian Refuses $8000 Cat" (Hdlln. BP. CaU-Bulletln.) Leave the cat out and eee what higher edu cation has done for him. Jeff Hlnze made a business trip to central city Friday. He returned with a new top on his car which was destroyed by fire soma time ago. (Alc-lon press.) It's a good trick. Tha dirt farmers have throwing tha dirt again. started FASHIONS Always the afreets, no matter where you go, And always buildings looming straight and sheer; Always square windows rising tier on tier. And always crowds on crowds that move below. Surely those silent blocke, who may not know a How fashions have their days, believe it queer That while they atay tha aame from year to year These humans change with all tha winds that blow. , How ean thoy guess, those many. windowed wall., That they It really Is, not men, who ojhange. That times are yet to be far ages when These humans will dig out their burled halls? And though their speech ba new, their fashions strange, They still will be th. same queer people men. (New York Sun) KLAMATH FALLS Plans being made for dedication of $170,000 from local stockyards, Do WeNeed an N EASTERN contemporary selling on the New York It points out that short selling has sent the stock market as far below intrinsic values, as It maintains that the present sponsible for the unexpected responsible for the delay in We don't doubt the truth of wisdom of passing another prohibitive law to correct the situa tion. Far better, in our opinion, its own house in order, which rectors, without compulsory legislation. WHAT is needed, as we see it, is not a change in fundamen tal laws, but a temporary change in Stock Exchange pro cedure to meet the present emergency. Moreover, we believe the country has too many laws already Prosperity can't be legislated, islated. Both are controlled by man-made laws, but natural laws. Legislation may facilitate physical, but it can't create it. the Stock Exchange can undoubtedly do, all that any law could do, without involving the dangers and complications of more sumptuary legislation. True QPAIN is running true to " cated, we predicted the real clangor to the new republic would not come from the royalists but from the radicals, not from Alfonso m Paris ; but from The break with the church prediction. One of the main It is a basic theory of the Beds, that the church must be de stroyed, before the millennium because the church represents pie," but because it represents AOMMUNISM is as bitterly as it is to absolute monarchy. It is as bitterly opposed to Protestantism as to Catholicism. are being crushed as ruthlessly, as the followers of the old Greek church. V So this break with the church its, is merely the logical next republic; and the establishment tariat. As the Czar was followed unless all signs fail, Alfonso Azana and then The Spanish equivalent of Why Not Be Consistent? C PEAKING of Russia, we know ft man 'in Southern Oregon J who prides himself on being 100 per cent Bolshevik. He maintains that. the capitalistic system has failed; that Russia has as oertainly discovered a new and better form of govern ment as our forefathers did, and all that sort of rot. He often visits this office for a talk he is a great talker. On his last visit he inquired among other things if nnyone could have made-a more complete failure of governing this country than has President Hoover. "Banks and business houses failing, losses in security values of 100 billions, etc, etc.; what a complete flop," and he carried on at a great rate. "But why call that failure 1".. we inquired. "As a thorough going Bolshevik you detest private wealth, yon abhor dividends and coupon clipping, you regard poverty as the sure sign of virtue j you beliove the less a man has the better citizen he is. The curso of this country, you say, is this mad .pursuit of wealth. True, in your own business you try to make all the money you ean, but that isn't your fault it is, so you maintain the fault of the system." M'T'IIEN WHY COMPLAINT capitalist, or what yon complain, for such losses in wealth, such benighted materialists regard as undesirable. "But YOU don't The less filthy you like it. Instead of regarding such a complete failure, you should regard it as a sensational suocess, To be consistent you should wait until prosperity re turns. Then, whoever happens to be in the White House, you would be perfectly justified in lambasting, for bringing all the material blessings to this country that you deplore." t Marvel of marvels, our Bolshevik friend didn't have a "conic back." But he will have the next time he comes-around. He is a great talkor. Sundown STORIES aay TIIR VAM AIH.n BANDAGE By Mary (Irahani llonner Th. water was very blue. Tha lo- Uage around the Island was very dif ferent from that around the place when John and Peggy lived, and the native were div ing and swim mlng and almost living In the water. "Where have yqu brought us?" asked Peggy of tha pilot of their plan.. "We're probab ly on an Island In th. Pacific ooean," aha add ed. "You are I" said the pilot, "and I'm going to leave you here." A native apokt to John. "You wtaij in -cv Anti-Bear Law? wants a law passed against short Stock Exchange. tha bull market sent them above, "bear pool" has not only been re severity of the depression, but is recovery. this statement, but we doubt th if the Stock Exchange would put it can do through iU board of dl any more than health can be leg certain fundamental laws, not recovery to health, financial or And in this particular instance to Form form. When King Alfonso abdi Stalin in Moscow. supports the soundness of this props of communism is atheism can be established. Not only religion, "the opium of the peo tradition and authority. opposed to republican democracy In Russia toduy the Baptists and the expulsion of the Jesu step toward the overthrow of the of the dictatorship of the prole by Kerensky and then Lenin, so will be followed by President the Soviet Dictator. We oould understand why term a 'smug bourgeoise,' might ' lucre you see about the hotter the Hoover administration as might care to diva down Into the water and bring up a pearl oyster," ha said, "I'll tell you Just where to dive some spot, would not be safs but seel I don't believe you'll have to diva at all. Just look at that reef over there." There war. oyster, containing pearl, an right. John found two- one for each, of them. There, tucked In on. comer of each of the shells. was a tiny pearl. "Do they like pearls?" asked Peg gy. "I don't suppose they do, but it always haa seemed funny to me that oysters should have pearls." "You sea there are Units when a bit of sand get. Into tin oyster and It Irritates him." said the native. "So the oyster makea a little pearly bandage until the Irritation la quite oovered and It Is this pearly bandage that become, tha valuaol. pearl." "What a valuable bandage I" eald Peggy. "But the oyaters people eat In your country very seldom use such a tine kind of pearly oandage so it you should find a pearl In an oyster lor your table It wouldn't be a very- good on.." But all Pesvy eould think of say ing was, "What a valuable bandage." Tomorrow "Vst, er HI4U." Today By Arthur Brisbane Thanks, Japan. Gold, Going Out, Cold Feet, High Up, Pullman Berth For Two. Copyright King Feature Synd. Ino Draw in your breath in Ori ental fashion and thank Japan with a deep bow. Her states men do not want us meddling with her affairs, and they de mand that the League of Na tions concel our invitation to help in the row between China and Japan. Be grateful to the Japanese for doing for us what our own government does not do. But do not be sure that we shall keep out, even with Japan's none too compliment ary assistance. .We have men, we have money; Europe likes to use them. Trouble in China and Japan begins as usual. Japan discov ers that it is necessary to take "protective measures" and send in protective forces. Ja pan is worried about the pos-; sibility of danger to a small! Japanese military outpost. Such little things are kindling wood for a great fire. The Federal Reserve Bank report. constant withdrawal, from our gold supply. For Instance, yesterday France took $42,148,000 more of our gold, re questing that a large part be sent In American $20 gold pieces. The French like to collect them. Nearly a thousand million dol lars In gold baa been taken from our supply within four weeks. That should make somebody thoughtful. You 'will learn 'with Interest that France has balanced her budget "without resorting to loan., Increas ing taxes or drawing on tha sinking fund." Our budget balance I. out of gear by more than a billion, England can not balance her budget that requires four billion pound., and knock, down the value of her pound to deoreaee the real amount of her debt. The French are able flnanolers and business people. Their head men will soon be here In tha United States to prove it to us, and we ought to learn something from them. M Senator Walsh of Massachusetts says the duty of buslneM leaders Is to restore prosperity and end the slump, and if business leaders dont do It, tha lawmakers will. It will be Interesting to sea ' Just what the lawmakers do. Unfortu nately, you can't make prosperity by law any mora than you ean make total abstinence by law. Mr. Hyde, secretary of agriculture, talk, plainly on tha radio: "The stock market lies. It doe. not tell the country's real condition." That is true; It tells you now high finance Is shoveling out at any price tha tens and hundreds of millions of ah ares of stock that It printed when fool, were buying them. 4 Mr. Hyde also aay "cold feat In high places" cause trouble, also a fact. Th. heart knoweth bl. own bitterness. Those in high places know what fearful "Junk" they un loaded on the public during the boom. No wonder their feet are cold. They would be froaen If this were not, a. Lord Northcllff. used to say, "a very docile people." The Pullman company, oompelled to cut dividends yesterday for lack of earning., request, permission to make a small extra charge of 90 per oent when two sleep in on. berth. The demand la reasonabla. Hotels charge more for two In a room. When Oeorge M. Pullman sold berths In his first car running from Chicago to Springfield, each berth waa sold to two as a mattsr of course, and each one paid his half. You know the story about tha In dignant passenger who wild to Pull man: "I cant sleep with that long. legged man In tha berth; his kneee are In my back." The long-legged one waa Abraham Lincoln. The Pullman company should get lis extra charge for two In a berth. e Thomas A. Kdlson's end 1. near. Ha has lain In a stupor for two days, and tor several daya has been unable to drink water or other fluid. He baa eaten nothing for ten days. The task of leaving this Ufa In which ha has worked so hard wlU son ba over. And hi. nam. will lira when th. so-called "great" of his day shall ba forgotten. As France go there In tha gold of tha world, by tens, hundreds, thou sand, of million. "La Matin" of Paris say. without a am lie: Gold cornea to Franca because "holder, of capital also to transfer their holding. 10 Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dUe.se, dlagnusu or Irreatm'nt wu be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped self addresrd envelope Is enclosed Letters shontd be brief and written In ink. Owing to the large numbei ol utters received only a few can be answered here. No reply can - be u.d to querlee not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr WlUUm Brady in oarr tha Hall Tribune. THE DEAD FINGER SEASON IS ON. As soon u th. weather becomes chilly, write, a Chicago man, the third and fourth fingers on my left hand go "dead." By that I mean they turn to a clay color and get cold and have no feeling In them, and some times it Is an hour or more before they are normal again. I am 41 years of age and have had this trouble only in the past two years, and always when it get. cold , A Broklyn woman complains in the same man that when the dull, chilly ciammy weatner cornea and the tem perature Is below es her fingers and sometime, the hands up to the wrist, become what .he calls dead. The nails look purple and then black. This condition last, from half an hour to flv. hours. She is 45 year, old and ha. had the trouble for seven years. A Los Angeles man describes similar trouble In the toes of one foot. Dootora call this affection Ray naud', affection. In some Instances It becomes progressively worse and eventually actual grangrene of the ar fected fingers or toes occurs. In some cases th. cause of the trouble Is apparently chronlo arsenic poisoning, usually occupational, some time, from exposure to arsenlo In dye with which some fur garment 1. dyed. As we have told here previously, tha doctor can confirm his suspicion of chronic arsenic poisoning by comparatively simple clinical test. He first ascertains by ordinary chemical test how much arsenlo 1. being elim inated thru the kidneys (there Is normal trace of arsenic In the urine of a healthy person). Then he In ject. Into a vein a smaU dose of sodium hyposulphite (photographer's fixing agent.) If this produces a dls. tlnct Increase In the amount of ar senlo exerted In the urine, It Is reas. onabla to conclude the patient lias ohronlo arsenlo poisoning. The same chemical, either Injected Into the vein or taken Internally in larger doses over a period of a few weeks, Is one of tha best treatmenta for such poisoning, and this treatment haa proved of extraordinary benefit In some oases of Raynaud's disease. Another treatment which Is giving muoh satisfaction In advanced cases of Raynaud's disease la surgical re moval of the ganglia of the sympa thetic nerve near the .pine. This operation Is simple enough and a minor on. ao far as the risk. Is con cerned, but It call, for exact knowl edge of tha nerve anatomy Involved. If the operator overlooks any delicate filaments of the nervo structure he seeks to remove, the patient will not enjoy the full benefits anticipated. For symptomatic relief of the "dead" fingers, heat in one form or another Is most effective. One suf ferer mada for himself a little oven, peaceful country, their wealth Into stability." while converting money of proved Premier Bennett of Canada saya tha worst of the world's troubles are over, "some nation must start a re covery, why not Canada?" Tha recovery ought to be started by this nation, and It will be before long. It would have started some time ago, except that financial Insti tutions had flrat to shed their burden of worthless stocks, while sacrificing good properties, for the soke of the magic word "liquidity. f Talks ID V &g parents How To Criticize (By Alice Judson Peale) Criticising our children may be either a method of education or t particularly cruel form of punish ment. It all depends on how It la done. Undoubtedly children sometimes are able to profit by a criticism made bitterly and In a spirit ol hate, but It Is a learning accom panied by reciprocal feelings. Such learning Is expensive In terms of character development and only seldom can be worth the price. There Is nothing that a child can learn tn a spirit of reaentment that he cannot better learn tn a spirit of love. Surely any criticisms which parent makes to bis child should spring from what the child senses as a desire to help htm to become his best self, rather than from wish to batter htm Into shape. whether he likes It or not. If, when we crttlclee our chil dren, our feelings toward them are right In this fundamental way there will be little danger of our saying the wrong thing. Tet It Is Important that even a child old enough to listen to a gen eral criticism of some phase of hts behavior be helped to understand the validity of what he la being told through Illustrations In terms of Immediate experience. General remark to the adoles cent on the subject of his Irrespon sibility may leave him with only a confused wish that he were dif ferent, unless he Is told also t'nst how he can learn adequately to ls chirge his responsibilities. Dont criticise your child Impul sively Think out what you want , to say and put It into such terms that be can use It constnictlvelv. consisting of a portion of an old glov. with finger tips cut off, tacked to the frame or base board, and an ordinary 29-watt frosted eleotrlo bulb mounted on th. board so that his fingers were kept a few Inohe. from the bulb when his hand was placed In the glove. Over au a place of heavy muslin, tacked to the edge, of the board, oovered his hand and bulb. He plugged his outfit Into the bedside socket and enjoyed tha heat whUe ha slept. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Willow Charcoal. I char willow twigs in a gaa pipe plugged with clay and then polish and whiten my teeth with tha char coal pencils. Thank, to you I no long er waste time or money with tooth brushes or tooth cleansers. I'U send you some of these charooal pencils if )ou wish. (R. J. A.) Answer Willow charcoal Is the fin est charcoal for any medlotnal pur pose. Charcoal helps to whiten and polish teeth. But why bother? Tony the perpetual Pup Is nearly 7 years old now. and his teeth are still white and sound, and Tony and I never give a thought to cleaning our teeth. We both take a nip of lodln one or twice a week. If that makea any dif ference, and Tony gnaw. bone, while I chaw carrots, turnips, radishes, eel ery or lettuce for my calcium, pho phorus. Vitamin and tooth exercise. No fleas on us either. Tony some- times has a bath. Distressing Ignorance. Please put something In th. paper about the clanger a tuberculosis pa- tlent's family Is subjected to. The pa tient Is my mother. She absolutely refuses to take precautions, and coughs terribly In all directions, and will drink and leave th. glass for the children to use after nor . . . B. F. T.) Answer Such a patient should be sent to a hospital or snnltorlum for a course of training In behavior and good treatment. She la . menace to everybody around her. Surely she does not wish to give the disease to those who love her or serve uer or to those whom aha loves. The children, and all other, who have come within her range, should now be carefully ex' amlned, and again six montha or year from now, for signs of early tu berculosis, for It Is not unlikely that they have already contracted the dis ease from the patient. ' Her Id I ty. We adopted our son. Ha 1. now years old and apparently a fine, heal. thy boy. Some friends raise questions of acridity. We are not raising the parents, but our doctor had a We.' serman test given the boy before we adopted him and pronounced him healthy. (Mrs. B. O. L.) Answer Give the boy wholesome bringing up, a good example, a good education, and don't worry about heredity. You did the right thing It Is alwaya best to have your own physician examine the child you pro pose to adopt, and determine defl' nltely that there is no congenital dls. ease such a. syphilis present. (Copyright John F. Dine Co.) F light o Time (Med ford and Jackson County History From the Files of Th. Mull Tribune of 20 and 10 Years Ago.) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 16, 1921 (The Day Waa Sunday) Southern Oregon chamber of com merce to meet. Ralph Hand and Walter Miller to wrestle for middle championship of America. Joe Blackburn and Battling Frlck to meet at Nat. Defense rests In Brumfteld case. Doctors declare defendant Insane. Iowa governor warns nation, "Worst depression in history on horizon." Lyda Southard, "Lady Bluebeard of Idaho," fed dying husband hambur ger steak and hot toddy. State mllltla on coast may called out to halt railroad strike. be "Sowing Page. the Whirlwind." at the Two Juveniles arrested for speeding on Main street. TWENTY VE.4K3 AGO TODAY October 16, 1911 (It Was Tuesday) Athlstlcs defeat New York Giant. and the great Mathewson, 8 to 2, In ll-lnnlngs. when Frank Baker crashes out a home run In the ninth Inning to tie the score. Coombs hurls for tha winners. Postal sub-station opened at Main and' Grape streets, Miss Marlon Mer rill in charge. Peter Bourns.' charged with the murder of Chris Spanos goes on trial at Jacksonville. Paul McDonald, left and of tha high school football team, aim act. a. manager and antstant coach, and is trying to arrange a gams with Hose burg. City council asked to put on a 'plain clothe, man" for polio, work. 100 foot pole on roof of Medford Hotel, erected for th. wireless teleg raphy company, tall, without warn ing. COQUIUJC F.f FttEgerald pur chased Sitka Spruce Co. sit. here. In sponsoring movement In attempt to extract gold and platinum from black sand along Cooa-Curry beachee. KLAMATH FALLS 16 carloads po tato, shipped out of ber. during recent day. BY FREEMAN imOPSlB! droewM. re turn of tfeUon Aldertea, after hi runaway marriag to th maid ol all work, tnluriatu hit ttepfather. Fourth Aldergea. Fourth intuit NeUon ana" hit wifo, Uartha. uHth oaroattto rofor&ncet to Vartha'o social inferiority and to Nelson's taking away with him houtehold money. Sam aherrill. Fourth' ttepdauffhter, welcome the couple and attack Fourth' attitude. Sam Is ready to eympathiM with Nelson' wish to live hi own life, because of her unhaypy situation. Bhs it in love with Freddy Jfun ton, but hat become engaged to Peak Abbott, wealthy owner of the Express, to help the family's flnan cial and social troubles. Ths bur den of the household responsibili ties is Barn's. Alter Fourth lost the family money in bad invest ments her mother trusted Sam, and when she died left Bam the remaining money and the stable where the family now lives. Fourth comes to Bam with hi re bellion against Kelson' marring. Chapter IT SUICIDE? FOURTH choked. "1 can't stand tha thought of It, or the dis grace ot it. My God, Joan, what am I going to do?" ' She shrugged. "You might try making the best of If "Did you talk to them?" "I've talked to them." Sam shrugged again. "Nelson eouldn'i find a Job." "They spent all my money, Fourth s&ld grimly, "and now suppose they expect mo to support them until I find Nelson another Job. That's a good joke!" "Is ltr asked Bam. "You know It Is," he retorted savagely. "They'll never get another cent oat ot me or spend another night under my roof. Where have they gone now to our fish-dealing relative? I wish him Joy." "Martha's father hasn't room tor them." "Really?. Then where are they? Walking the streets?" "No," said Sam calmly, glancing at him. "They haven't gone any where. They're npstalrs Just now. I put them tn Nelson's old room. "Upstairs!" Fourth took a step toward her. "What are they doing there?" "I suppose they're unpacking. Fourth laughed with sharp sav- ageness. "Are they Buffering from the wild Illusion that they are go ing to live In this house?" "Where else can they live?" "I don't know." Fourth had su denly become calm. "I'm positive, however, that they aren't going to spend a night under this root. I'm about to go up and tell them that interesting bit ot news." "No I" Sam got to ber feet and came to her stepfather's side. "No, Fourth. You can't." "I can." Fourth's contradiction waa almost stolid. He turned and was almost at the foot ot the stairs before Sam spoke. Then she said quietly: "Haven't yon forgotten something?" He paused to stare. "What?" Sam drew a sharp little breath "I hate to say It, Fourth, but haven't you forgotten that this house Isn't yours?" His face went white. He came back to her. "Just what do you mean by that, Joan?" "I mean that this house belongs to me, and that I say that Nelson and Martha shall stay here. I mean that I won't have them turned out by anybody." "Oh." Fourth ran his Angers through his white balr. "Yon know what the real Issue Is, don't yon?" he inquired heavily at last. "It's Just a question of whether you'll have Nelson or me." I don't see that I don't see why we shouldn't all be able to live here." He shook his head. "No, Joan, you 11 have to choose." Sam said: "I can't turn them out In the street. Fourth." So?" Fourth leaned back and smiled. "So that's my answer! It Is Interesting to know Just what my stepdaughter thinks of me." Fourth walked over to the big cupboard In the corner. He pulled out a large kit bag. Then he began to toss hts belongings Into It, helter-skelter. Sam said: "I wish you wouldn't be foolish." Fourth did not answer. He nut on his hat and coat, at last, and stood regarding the ktt bag with a stony stare. Then he shook bis head. "What did I pack that thing for?" he Inquired audibly. "From all reports, I won't need my clothes. Not where I'm going." "Nonsense!" "Nonsense Is It?" Fourth drew himself up with dignity. Then be picked up his month organ, and walked across the room. In the open door he turned for t last look. "Good by, Joan." ha eald In a low voice, "I hope you'll ba able to get along." HOI PRODUCTS MEET HELD IN CENTRAL POINT CENTRAL POINT. Ore., Oct. 16 (AP) An Interested crowd of ladles attended th. home product, meeting at tha Grange hall Tuesday, conduct ed by Mabel Mack, county demon stration agent, for the purpose of program lor tne years n auuvu wm wmi at noon, msdc I irom - nome product." and planned ! by Mrs. Will Gregory, who U head of I Ik, km mnnml- .. . waai wwuik on in. sun. Ject of borne products. JEFFERSON Knight brothers tearing down old hotel bulldlrur on Grant Rolfe property on corner of Msln street, frontlna hlxhwav. reoenUj purchased bjr than. LINCOLN "Thanks, Fourth, ril try." "Think of me sometimes, will you?" He swallowed heavily and closed the door behind him. Dinner that night was a strange and not very pleasant meal. Both Nelson and Sam were acutely con scious that Martha was seated be tween them at the table rather than watting upon It Whatever conversation there waa was strained and disconnected, and Martha did not contribute toward H at all, "Where's Fourth?" Nel son asked Sam. "Fourth?" Sam was Indifferent "Oh, he had to go to town for some reason or other." Sonny scowled. "I'll bet I know why he went He went or account of Martha and me. He hates the . sight ot us." Sam shook her head. "Fourth doesn't hate you or Martha either. He may be a little bit upset Just now but he'll get over It Give him time." Nelson said grimly: "I know what I know." Martha had begun to ery silently Into her handkerchief. Nelson frowned at her and said Impatiently: "Quit sniffling, Mar tha. You're always at It these days, and It doesn't help.' Martha told him In muffled tones that she couldn't help It, and con tinued to cry. "You mustn't mind Fourth, Nel son," Sam went on. "You know how he Is, and yon know how quickly he gets over things." . "You tell him that we won't stay In this house longer than we can help," Nelson said. "We'll get out as soon as I can find a Job If I ever can." "What are you going to do? Have you any Ideas?" He shook bis head. "Not an Idea. It's a cinch they won't give -me my old one back, and I don't know where else to go." Sam was thoughtful. "Maybe Peak can find something for you." "Peak? Oh, you mean Peak Ab bott." Nelson nodded and said: "You're engaged to bin-., aren't you, Sam? I'd heard about It but I've been so worried about my own af fairs that I forgot to say anything about It I think It's great He's a swell guy." "Thanks, Nelson." Fourth did not come home and at eleven o'clock Sam decided to wait for him no longer. She told herself that it would be foolish to worry. Fourth, certainly, was not the kind of man to do what he had Intimated was his Intention. To the contrary, he was the sort who would come home Just as soon ' as he could think of some explana tion that would leave his dignity unimpaired. x Sam was thoroughly convinced that she was not worried, but at the same time she was not able to sleep very well. Fourth had not returned the next mocnlng when Sam came down fifteen minutes earlier than was her custom. When Nelson and Martha came downstairs, Sam did not mention Fourth. She tried to be cheerful and chatty; a difficult feat In the face of the obvious gloom that en shrouded her halt-brother and his bride. It was a relief to learn that the pair was going to the city at once. Nelson In search of work and Martha to see her mother. As soon as they had left Sam went to the telephone. She called several places where Fourth might possibly have spent the night, bnt at none of them could she get any news. She gave it op, at last and was staring unhappily out Into the rain when the front door opened slowly and Fourth came In. He was almost a ludicrous sliht. although Sam felt not the slightest, inclination to laugh. He walked with a pronounced limp, and the rain dripped from his sodden hat onto his unshaven face. His over coat was soaking wet and lncred!- bly wrinkled. He left little pools of water behind, to mark hts progress from the front door to the warmth of the open fire. Sam regarded him coldly and totally without sympathy. Instead ot a feeling of relief at his reap pearance, shs was conscious of a growing anger that she bad both ered to worry about him at all. 'Good morning. Fourth," she said crisply. "I'm surprised to see you. Perhaps It Isn't you, however. Per haps It's your ghost. Suicides al ways bave ghosts, don't they?" Fourth groaned and removed his overcoat "I think." he said weak- "I think I'm dying." 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