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By Arthur Perry
A farmer In the dell, who lu pain
fully cored lut spring, by a candi
date' bull, narrowly escaped getting ,
gored by one of hU own late Satur-,
dy. i
The better dreaaed gala are wear-
tag Abyssinian monkey neckplecea.
these halcyon day. of the pretty gyp,
it la not possible that the Abyseinian
nei nnrut Traill ritt.Ht
coyote, . once convinced in their own minds that a vote one way gives
them better assurance of good times than a vote in another,
The "individual loan" section of I , , ,
th oamer bin. is the silliest bit of ; they are going to vote that way, regardless of how they have
political quackery since Oregonlans Qt d jn th0 past or wnat the ta,le thumpers Or rabble rousers
were promised "electricity without ' '
cost." The very mean Mr. Hoover have to say about the future.
wUl veto the bill, and loud will be : e e
lTnrVllT". IF thiB w correot ther 88 to be more solid inde
poor. The Democratic party, in the , pendent thinking on the part of the average voter this
xectogV 'SET oTbeC "a """paign than there has been for many year, in .the past. What
drone, as that is what the measure I the medicine men and snake dancers say about it, is going to
SSSSS d VTmproTent to ! b P"" generally discounted; what the self-interested party
move from their present misery, to : spoolers proclaim is going to be taken with a generous dash
another state of misery, $800 to each ...
uto tramp would enable those with 01 Bm
fairly good care to make two trans- . Politically speaking, the people as a whole are disillusioned;
.Tg'Tn."" oarn.rWh th th 8 "1 h Ptisaq ballyhoo wagon have
demonstrated his unfitness for any
position even vice-president.
.
The revival of the "free power bill,"
will enable this state to again hit
Itself square between the horns, with
1U own pick-handles.
t
The play was a success, even tho
en of the young ladles did suffer a
lapsus lingerie In the second at.
Boston Transcript.) Button I Button!
etc, etc.
Gloria Oadd was extracted from a
jumble seat late yeaterday, as what
was holding her In. was ruthlessly
imprisoned sor arming xor ou in
another man's gas tank.
,chW:;r",.T.wb?rr
an ready for picking. (Baker Demo- J
erat-Herald.)
Well known fugitive
located.
Kidnaping of everything not nailed
down, continues unabated around
here. However, nobody has ahown a
little originality and stolen a kid
yet. The big idea is to take what
you want, but don't get caught. Sev
eral admit the epldemlo of thievery
is becoming a bit tiresome, but are
prone to hurt anybody's feellnge dur
ing the Depression, by the Infliction
of punishment, as provided by the
statutes.
-
As the result of some careless spin
ning down the highway, two people
pun Into the hospital,
,
Prospectors are returning from the
cool and distant hills. They could
only clean up from SB to IIS per
diem, whloh s no money for a miner.
Besides, they were unable to keep
up with the economic argumeate and
tax-cutting, at the Bill Gore corner.
Some argonauts returned yeaterday
and reported they were able to pan
three skillets of mountain trout a
day.
Romance has bit the Dub Watson
boy. He has atarted to chivalrously
kick little laaslea on the ahlns an
unfailing sign and ayptom.
Science ought to do something
about inventing a chemical to squirt
on drivelling hypocrites, now endeav
oring to fan the fires of religious
bigotry, as something to fight about
In the fall campaign.
a
lt ua be thankful for the tools
But for them the rest of us eculd not
succeed. (Msrk Twain.) Just look
ing at the bright side of an unneces
sary pest.
e
KOTIOB Jim Bate having left our
bed and board, to get a ,!rlr.k. we
will not be responsible for bis taxes
hereafter. Jim Is training lth the
Democrats, and they are welcome to
Mm. (Sgd.) O. O. Party,
e
. A los Angeles Jury awarded a nurse
AOO0, because the barltonlc husband
of Almee Sample Mcpherson broke
her heart In a aeries of red-hot
flirtations, all fully esplalned by loud
mouth lawyers. The trial was out
a standing because of the fainting pro
clivities of the wrong wife and the
wronged Isdy. There was miii plain
and fancy swooning, en alight provo
cation, than ever before In the his
tory of Jurisprudence. Almee got In
the Isat faint. This fact Is significant.
A poor couple never sue each other
for tinkering with each others'
haarta,
7er Oim Petard
ITE thought eol Robert Tallman, night watchman, guarding
the 20,000 petition signatures for the college consolida
tion measure, admits according to Portland police, the melo
dramatic holdup at the point of a gun was a frame-up.
Tallman was to be paid for his part in the hoax, and be
implicates several other men, whose names are not made public.
TTHIS confession should determine the fate of the consolidation
measure once and for all. Any initiative measure so lack
ing in genuine merit, that its SPONSORS must resort to fraud
and crime, to put it over, surely deserves the overwhelming
defeat that now awaits it.
The people of Oregon may
as easy as that. At the outset suspicion was aroused by the
refusal of the 'sponsors of the measure to explain where the
money to finance their bill came from. The last minute hold-up
and rushing of the petitions in an armoured car to Salem, only
intensified this suspicion and the
e .
TPHEN came Chief Sponsor
who opposed the measure
of this attempt to keep it off the
Now the entire shady proceeding is revealed as a put-up
job, perpetrated at the last moment, in a desperate effort to
hoodwink and flim-flam the people,
Unless we are greatly mistaken, the voters of Oregon will
waste neither time nor the midnight oil, in studying the details
of the consolidation measure in
The methods of the slick and shady politicians behind it
will be enough for them. They will smother the measure, as it
deserves to be smothered, in an avalanche of "no's."
No Boob Crop This Year
K S we view the present political situation, what the people
of the country want above
e depression. They don't want chanty, they want work; they
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don't want promises, they want prosperity. They are skeptical
of both parties, they are sick and tired vt the politicians; but
worn oil. Tney are going to do some thinking on their own
account this year, and unless we are greatly mistaken they are
going to be pretty realistic and hard-boiled about it.
DECAUSE of this attitude of the people, we believe a vast
majority of them do not know today, for which party they
will vote in November.
They haven't made up their minds. They are going to do
some watchful waiting, between now and November, and some
careful thinking, and while they may vote the wrong way they
won t do so blindly, their errors, if any, will be of the head,
not 0 the heart.
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AS a result the campaign ory of "let's have a change" is
f not oi t0 b9 M "ure.fire" this year, a, it ha, so often
been in the past. The rank and file do want a ohange, but
they want a ehange for the better, NOT for the worse. They
are going to be chary of merely a protest vote, unless they are
protty certain, it DOESN'T mean flying from the frying pan
into the fire.
If this diagnosis is correct and we believe it is then the
old time ballyhoo artists better keep a sharp eye on their cam
paign tactics. A false step this year may mean thousands of
votes, and it won't take many of them, to actually determine
the election. '
Today's Guest Editorial
The Mill Tribune, thanks to the oonrtety of tht Amiican Legion,
Is printing a lerlee of guest editorials written on Important questions
of the day by prominent oltliens In various walks of life. The Mall
Tribune offeri these editorials as an Interesting feature but toes not
necessarily endorse the sentiments eipressed.
No. IS.
MILITARY TRAINING IN
UNIVERSITIES.
y
THOMAS F. RANK,
President University North Pakota.
As a cltlsen, I believe In a rea
son. bit provision for preparedness
on the part of the government, in
the present state of civilisation of
the world.
In a stat university, where the
provision for this preparation of the
individual Is made by the state, the
simplest possible obligation would
be for the Individual to prepare him
self to defend that state In time
of need, and the nation of which
that stats is a unit.
As to the training Itself, I feeli 1..
That there Is no other training In
the university that does more for
the average freshman In his first
semester and his first year at the
university than his military train
ing. He learns how to stand, how
to walk, how to carry himself, He
learns neatness In dress and In per
sonal appearance. He learns aU of
these not simply from Instruction
but from observation and compari
son, In seeing a company of fellow
students In uniform going through
the same drill and discipline and
noting ths difference between the
well groomed man of good bearing
and the man careless In appear
ance and bearing. Many freshmen
at the end of a semester's training,
would hardly be recognised as the
same men that matriculated aa fresh
men In the fall, and I, that this
training comes In as one of the beet
elements of balance In our univer
sity life. When young men come
hen from the high school wt start
JIEDFOED MSTJJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
be easy marks, but they are not
general publio distrust.
e e
Zorn's statement that thousands
before, would support it, because
ballot at the point of a gun
the Voters pamphlet.
everything else is an end of
them towards Independence of work.
Independence of Judgment, and self
reliance In every way as fast as they
are ready for It. At their age we,
perhaps, push this principle of free
dom and Independence little faster
than many of thee arc ready for
It. One of h fine offsets to this
freedom, which some of them tend
to turn to license snd lack of at
tention to business, I the training
in a department where exactness,
law and authority arc the order of
the day. One la particularly Im
pressed with this thought when we
consider the tendency toward law
lessness of our whole people. This
means that as a people we enjoy
a little larger degree of liberty than
w are capable of. My feeling la
that our military training In the
university is the beet balance tor
this excess of freedom, as a reminder
that we have In the university.
The three commandants of cur
R. O.T. 0. of the past 13 years have
been. In each case, the equsl of the
highest grade of men that we have
cn the regular university staff. Ths
work under the direction of three
commandants, has been correspond
ingly of high order, end hss hsd
a correspondingly wholesome Influ
ence en cur men. The officers as
sociated with these eommsndants
would compare favorably all the time
with the etett In our departments of
Hhe university,
Aa to the n. O.T.O. work being
voluntary, I am opposed to that as
a cltlsen, bscause If this policy of
preparedness on the part of the
government le sound, and I believe it
Is. then It should be csrrlrd out br
men for whom provlalon is made by
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad; if n etamped eelf-ad-dressed
-envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink
Owing to the large number of letters received only a tew can be answered
here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruction Ad
dress Dr. William Brady In care of The Mall Tribune.
THE OLD MEDICAL FALLACIES ARE THE FUNNIEST.'
Our Texas reader writes;
I enjoy your column and get
benefit from it. Your "B. B." Is
great. I subscribe to the paper
solely for ypur
column and
cur rent com
ment. But per
mit me to ssy
that, like every
other human
being, you are
sometimes
wrong. This Is
true as to your
views on alco
hol. A doctor
friend says:
"Dr. Brady la right, and he Is
wrong. Alcohol Is a stimulant
and a depressant according to
quantity."
So far we might debate the ques
tion with a perfectly straight face,
But our Texas friend waxes melo
dramatic. Just when we were listen
ing seriously:
Another doctor says "Alcohol
Is a specific for the venom of a
rattlesnake." No science can
equal facts. Science changes,
facts do not. My father, two
brothers snd I were bitten by
rattlesnakes. The life of each
was saved by alcohol, a great,
but dangerous medicine, like
strychnine and arsenic In the
hands of Ignorant people.
This Is written for a purpose.
If some man, like the writer,
should be bitten many mllea
from a doctor, he may have a
aure remedy at hand to aave his
own life. Please aay what you
would give for anake bites if the
snake serum should not be at
hand, and by doing so I am
aure you will benefit hundreds
of people.
Gladly. ' First, I can assure our
Texss friend that all authorities
of scientific standing advise against
giving slcohol in any form to the
victim of snake bite. Actually the
vlctlma chance to recover Is better
without treatment of any kind than
it Is with slcohol.
I must call attention to a charac
teristic feature of both of the ex
perts or authorltlea whose views
our friend quotes they're anony
mous. For all we know they may
be fake "doctors." It would be
more Impressive If our friend could
name authorities he cites. One likes
to be sure, at least, that the doc
tors are men of standing and not
hypothetical authorities.
If I were confronted with rattle
snake bite and had no anti-venom
(serum) at hand, here Is the treat
ment I should give or wish given:
Immediately make two crlacross in
cisions or skin deep scratches thru
the fang marks, with knife, razor
blade, needle, bit of glass, tin, thorn
or sharp atone. This Is to en
courage bleeding. Suck this wound
for eeveral minutes. About the limb
sbove the bite tie a handkerchief
loosely., then insert a stick and twist
tightly enough to shut off the cir
culation. Let this remain not longer
than five minutes, and then loosen
the publlo for their preparation for
life, and there Is no moTe logic In
having military training voluntary
than there la in having tax paying
voluntary. So far as I know, the
people who are advocating voluntary
military training are using that as
a method of attack on military train
ing.
As a university official, I feel
that our provlalon for excusing men
from military training Is satisfac
tory and sufficient. The adminis
trative committee (which is the ex
ecutive committee of the university
council or faculty) has authority to
excuse men from this training for
sufficient reason.
Tomorrow! Frank
Miles, Editor
Iowa Legionnaire.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The World's Good News,
Why Cancel?
Rockefeller and McCooey,
Ladies, Many Kinds,
Copyright King Peaturea Synd- Inc.
Having signed the agreement
permitting Germany to settle
her war debt by paying of
seven hundred and fourteen
millions dollars, instead -of
eight billion dnllnrs, Europe
now looVs at Uncle Sam, ask
ing "what will you dot" No
one in Europe now acknow
ledges any difference between
money taken by brute force
from a beaten enemy, and an
honorable debt for money bor
rowed by gentlemen "with
their backs to the wall."
This nation will see a differ
ence, whatever its officials may
ay.
This country needs MORE
money not "inflation," but
reflation, as VT. R. Hearst has
pointed out repeatedly. Our
monetary system, today, re
minds you of a small boy's
football. With all the air out
of it, it lacks bounce.
OREGON, MONDXY,
Brady, M. D.
It for half a minute, then tighten
again for another five minutes, and
so on indefinitely. Keep the patient
at rest no walking about or run
ning. Administer whatever real
stimulants you can get. Alcohol
NEVER. Coffee or tea la excellent.
Strychnin, atropln, adrenalin are
excellent If they are available. Aro
matic aplrlts of ammonia from the
first aid kit Is a real ettmulant.
If a package of anti-venom Is In
the emergency kit (as It should be
If you are traveling, fishing, hunt
ing or camping In sn&ke country)
do NOT use the tourniquet or bind
the limb after injection of the anti
dote, for the antidote ahould be car
ried as quickly aa possible through
out the circulation.
The package of anti-venom sells
for S10, or one may rent a package
for a week-end trip for a dollar or
so. It will keep well for five years
or more, and by following the dlrec.
tlons in the p&ckage sny child can
successfully administer the serum.
It is the best trestment for snake
bite. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Ethics My Eye.
A correspondent writes a letter de
scribing the satisfactory treatment
he received from a physician who
evidently has unusual skill in the
treatment of certain conditions. The
conductor geta almost as much Joy
from auch a letter as tho he were
the physician himself. But the cor
respondent rather' dashes cold water
over It by withholding the name of
the physician. Why keep it secret?
Perhapa there are many other read
ers who seek Just "ch a physician
If I only know t.;out him and
his work. The correspondent says
he supposes ethics prevents me from
recommending particular doctors
anyhow. Ethics my eye I
Cyst.
Candid opinion about cyatlc tumor
of right ovary. Four yeara ago It
was size of a lime, now size of large
orange. I am 33 years old. Mrs.
D. S.
Answer Have It operated on now.
At best It can only give you more
snd more trouble. At worst It may
develop msllgnancy (cancer) In later
life If not removed now.
Cat Hairs.
Angora cat, great pet, leaves hairs
everywhere about house. If by
chance we breathe In any of the
dust or fine pieces of these hairs
will it do us any harm? Mrs. B. P.
Answer No. Barely an Individual
happens to be sensitized and suffers
ssthma If he Inhales any cat hair
or dander.
Ice Eating.
Is It harmful to eat Ice crushed
in water? I crave It often. Mrs.
O. 8.
Answer It is h&rmless.
Impacted Wisdom Teeth.
Is It possible for two Impacted
wisdom teeth to be abscessed yet
give no pln or soreness whatever?
B. O. B.
Answer Yes, such 'silent" abscesses
about the roots of teeth sometimes
cause serious systemic trouble.
(Copyright John F. DUle Co.)
Everything Is sagging down, Refla
tion, pumping new money Into the
world of business and Industry will
be like pumping new air Into the
deflated football. .
Senator Borah Is trying to make
the senate see the truth, but the ef
fort Is mixed up with a fight against
beer. Thst confuses the Issue.
The amount of gold we possess
would Justify the addition of billions
to our currency, leaving the dollar as
sound as ever and bustneas much
healthier with the sacred "dollar
basis," lntsct.
The problem Is how to get the new
money Into circulation, ' Into the
hands of those thst would spend It
in stores, and elsewhere.
Pumping It into banks or other
corporations, to be hoarded, or used
to repair mistakes In financial Judg
ment, as the finance board dumps Its
billions, will not solve any. problem.
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Ths government, thinking to hold
up the price of wheat, forgetting old
"supply and demsnd" spent hun
dreds of millions, for gr&ln snd stor
sge, did not hold up the price of
wheat, and did not know what to do
with that grain, "eating Its hesd off",
In storage.
The Bed Cross wss Invited to dis
tribute wheat among the needy, and
has got rid of more than thirty-one
million bushels of It.
Eleven million bushels of the wheat
have been fed to live stock, which
seems amusing. The wheat left the
farm, travelled to Chicago, or some
other wheat center, was handled and
re-handled, stored at great expense,
then taken back to the farms, per
haps the very farms where It was
grown, to be eaten by animals there.
That will amuse farmers and old
supply snd demsnd.
It appears, also, that a consider
able part of the wheat was used up
In "Red Cross expenses,'' for milling
wheat Into flour, transportation, etc.
It Is an amusing story of a capital
istic government trying a little Bol
shevik experiment, not too success
fully. . One little gleam of sunshine, and
It comes from the farm. Prices for
stock are rising. Hogs have gone up
since Msy 3Sth two dollars and twen-
(Continued on Psge Bight)
JULY 11, 1932.
Flight o Time
(Medford and .Jackson Count)
History from ths FUet of The
Mail Tribune of ay and 10 Kesri
go.)
TEN XEARS AGO TODAY
July 11, 1922.
(It was Tuesday.)
Klsn foes plan Injunction to pre
vent calling of recall election for
sheriff. .
Local folks hie to hills aa heat
wave continues.
Tourist travel at height, and city
auto park does land office business.
Secretary Hoover's atd to address
C. of O. forum on tsx Issues.
Half-holldaya on Saturdays for sll
postofflce workers ordered.
"Come cn, get outa there,"
aid harsh voice.
Chapter 1
A GIRL AND A MACHINE GUN
AD Jerry Cal
houn's old road
ster not run out
of gas that dark
night on the
Merrick road,
the most aston
ishing mystery
of 'ths decade
might have re
mained unsolv
ed for years.
Men and women of wealth might
have continued to surround them
selves with armed guards whenever
they ventured Into the streets. The
mysterious disappearances of prom
inent men and women might have
continued; Nancy Wentworth, that
wholly adorable little musical com
edy star, might still be mourned
by Broadway theatregoers, while
Jerry himself but we had better be
gin at the beginning.
Everything had gone wrong at
the Held (hat afternoon. The de
crepit biplane In which Jerry took
venturesome passengers Into the
air at a dollar a minute had, like
the traditional one horse shay,
gone to pieces all at once. The en
gine missed on one entire bank of
cylinders. The control wires lead'
lng to the nippers developed frayed
spots. Ths oil pump ceased to
function.
So, with this and that, It was
well after midnight before Jerry
and his helper succeeded In getting
the plane In fit condition to stagger
Into the air the following morning.
Then, every bone and muscle ach
ing with weariness, the pilot
cranked up his twelve-year-old
roadster, ricocheted out of the field
gate and, cut-out wide open,
hurtled across Long Island toward
New York, twenty miles away.
Midway between two sprawling
hamlets on the Merrick road his
roaring engine popped, gasped and
stopped. The flyer cursed long and
wholeheartedly. No need to look
Into the gas tank. He knew it was
dry. Sheer carelessness, which
must he paid for by a fire mile
walk back to the nearest all-sight
filling station. ,
He had walked a hundred yards
or to when he heard the vibration
of humming motors. He looked
back. Far down the road were the
beady white eyes of two approach
ing cars. Standing still, be held
up his hand, realising that the
c Inures of being picked op at this
time of night were something less
than slim. More than one good
Samaritan had been robbed on
highways In Just such a manner.
He was gradually bathed In the
blue-white Incandescence of head
lights. There was a slither ot tires
as a heavy llmouslna, lis motor
purring rhythmically, coasted to a
stop. The second car swung Into
the center ot ths road and roared
past.
A dome light In the rear com
partment cast Ha warm glow upon
girl, wrapped In flame-colored
evening cloak, who peered at the
figure In ths obscurity of the outer
darkness. For a moment Jerry's
heart thumped. He recognised her
at once It was Nancy Wentworth.
the most beautiful and talented
young star In th .T. islcal comedy
armament, lis had teen her twice.
vg
Autolst, hit by train at Dakota
crossing, lands on smokestack.
Autoiets urged to tske Derby road
to Crater lake, and save time, due to
construction work.
TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY
July 11, 1012.
(It wss Thursdsy.)
Roseburg claims the "Mutt and
Jeff," comic strip characters, were
Inspired by former Douglsa county
chsracters.
A golden stream of money flows In
the campaign war chests of both
parties.
Senator Lorlmer, "the blonde boas
of Illinois," facing cutting from sen
ste, makes speech in own behalf. As
a poor newsboy In Chlcsgo, Lorlmer
attended a Sunday school class
taught by a local resident.
'Eugene W. Chspln of Arlzons, pro
hibition presidential nominee, de
ambler s
by Exutouct L.
and her picture a thousand times,
since that memorable first night
two years ago when she had taken
Broadway by storm.
"I'm Borry to have troubled
you," he bowed, "but I ran out ot
gas back there. I'd be mighty
grateful for a lift to the nearest
filling station."
Miss Wentworth surveyed him
carefully. Reassured by his lean,
tanned face and by the twinkle In
his gray eyes, she unlatched the
door and motioned for him to
enter.
"Stop at the first gas station,
Anthony," she called through the
open partition. The chauffeur nod
ded,, clicked the gears. The car
swam ahead. It came to Jerry's
mind that the girl lived some
where out this way, commuting to
and from the theater In her big
foreign car.
"Ouess I'll run out of gas about
this time every night," he grinned,
glancing at her cameo-llke profile,
with Its firm chin, Its perfect
mouth and Its slightly and saucily
uptllted little nose.
Once again those wide brown
eyes, as clear and level as a boy's,
flickered over him Impersonally, as
though to classify him among the
various kinds of men who essayed
wisecracks on short acquaintance.
His towsled hair was short and
wavy. There was a faint smudge
on his left cheek bone His body,
lounging easily In the thick uphol
stery, was rangy and broad shoul
dered, tapering to the waist like
that of a boxer. His hands, large
and capable-looking, had been
scoured with sand soap and water,
but still bore traces ot hours spent
on balky machinery. No need to
tear this man.
"I'd advise you to keep an extra
can or two ot gas hidden some
where along the road," she retort
ed.
Ths limousine swayed suddenly.
A sedan, parked by the roadside
with all lights extinguished, had
suddenly appeared In the white
beam of the headlights. It turned
squarely across the highway and
remained there, blocking the en
tire width of the concrete. The
chauffeur, throwing his full weight
on the brakes, brought the limou
sine to a screeching stop a scant
half-doien feet away.
The doors ot the darkened sedan
swung open. Five men spilled out
Four carried automatics, the fifth,
something which looked like a
strangely cumbersome rifle.
"A machine gun! " Jerry explained.
He reached for the switch and
snapped off the dome light. Just
as his other hand touched the door
latch, a powerful flashlight was
focussed full upon the chauffeur,
Miss Wentworth and himself.
"Come on. get outa there!" came
a harsh voice.
A hot surge of rag swept over
Jerry like flash of fever. After
two years ot lighting and flying In
the hell-swept skies ot France to
be lined up on a peaceful American
road Ilk? a silly, cowardly sapl
He was reckless and violent by
natura, but knowing the deadly
prowess of a machine gun. ha
stee'.ed himself to quiet. He
stepped out ot the csr and helped
the girl to descend. Whtt t sport
she was! As cool as It shs were
takl.it her first bow of ths eve
ulcg. Her wonderful eyes held no
clares In speech at Omaha, "th
farmer Is never sstlsfled unless he
thinks he Is getting robbed." Mid
dle west farmers angered.
Flrat carload of BartletU sell for
12 f. o. b. Medford.
Fake Coins in Madrid,
vranmn iapi Casual small
change contains so msny lesd coun.
terfelts that cafes, receiving snera
from regulsr custoroerj, try to pass
.h- fv, rnimi back to newsboys and
cigarette girls on the theory that
street venders are the source.
Six-Year-Old Shy As Hero. '
im imaNnisco (API When a
committee of adults called at th
home of 6-year-oia KODen aixits
in ifam mintv. c&l.. to commend
him for saving a S-year-old compan
ion from drowning, they found htm
hiding In a haystack.
Two loads 16-ln. green slabs, M S0,
Med. Fuel Co. Tel. 631.
Throw
AdcwnA - ,
bjnt of laughter now. Tney were)
scornfully unafraid as she tried to
look through the dazzling rays ot
the searchlight Into the blackness
which concealed the armed men.
Hands, silvery white In the cone
ot ' brilliance, seized her and
whisked her into the darkness. A
scream broke off In a whistling
sob, Jerry, forgetful ot machine
guns and automatics, leaped as
swiftly as a striking snake. There
was a spurt ot crimson slightly to
the left, a blaze of white, blue and
yellow In his own brain. He felt
himself pitching headlong Into a
bottomless void.
An Infinitesimal pinpoint ot
white light, far In ths distance,
came nearer and nearer, growing
In circumference like the headlight
ot an approaching express train.
Then, sudddenly, it exploded. Ex
ploded Into an Intolerable agony in
Jerry's head. He heard hlmsell
moaning with the torture ot It and,
hearing, he stopped, ashamed.
The slanting rays of the morning
sun fell In a blinding glare across
the white counterpane of his cot
He closed his eyes quickly,
"How. are you feeling, Calhoun?"
It was an unctuous voice, a pro
fessionally cheerful voice. Jerry
disliked It
"Like hell. Go away."
"You are lucky to feel at all. Ton
had a close shave."
With an effort ot will, Jerry
looked about until he saw a calm
faced Interne standing by his bed.
On the other side was a nurse who
regarded him placidly.
"Where am I?" he demanded,
forgetting the ache in his band
aged head In the sudden flood of
memories of that scene on the Mer
rick road.
"You art In the Hempstead hos
pital," announced the doctor, "Yon
must , have armor-plate Instead ot
bone in your head. A bullet
bounced off your skull that was
marked tor your brain. You'll
have a scar where you part your
hair, but that's all. And by ths
way, there's a man In the hall who
says he's a detective. He wants
to talk to you. I'd rather he wait
Led a few hours, but he Insists that
the matter Is urgent Feel un to
It?"
Jerry did not but he nodded his
head. The nurse opened ths door
and returned, followed by an old
ish, overstout man who regarded
the patient with mild blue eyes.
"I'm Stevens, of the Treasury
department he explained. "Do
you feel able to tell me about ths
ruckus you were In last night?"
The telling ot It took little t!m.
It had been, after all, a matter ot
less than Ave minutes between Jer
ry's stopping of the big llmouslns
and the vivid stab of flame which
had blotted out his consciousness,
"Now." the pilot concluded,
"can't you tell me what happened
after ! passed out?"
"Wish I could." admitted Slov
ens, truthfully. "The chauffeur
got a smack on the head about ths
time you did. When the birdies
bad stopped carolling he was
watching the sun rise. Miss Went
worth has disappeared."
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