PAGE SIX
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k " hy Julia Cleft.,
Cleft-Ad
ttYNOHSlH. Ifus .BlM Can
ktlpiny from the background, Far
rell ArmUagt pereuadee Barbara
Quer.tin to go to a dance wth
him a tew hourt after he acciden
tally meett her. Farrell hae told
Leila, who had expected him to
propote to her. ihit even though
' - Barbara ia engaged to marry the
cruet and crippled Hark Lodely in
five dope, ehe will marry Farrell
tteteadt Tventy yeare before
Warrelt't fortune had been badiy
inveeted by the law firm of Quen
tin, Lodely and Cane; restoring it
mined the firm ad caused the
death of Bcrlr.-a'e and ilark'e
fathere, although James Cane
prospered. All thie if tn the air
at Mark ehoioe Farrell eome of
hie eketohee, and Barbara drettce
for the dance.
Chapter 11
HELPING MARK
TES," laid Armltage. "This It
good. That Isn't 1 mean, I don't
ears (or It; 1U seitlment teems to
ma false. I'm no critic, of course,
and my thillllne Judgments will
probably get ma thrown out of your
bouse; but. In tha meantime, I'll
bur what I like."
Ha had let tha word (all with
greet negligence. "Bay"! Hit eyet
rtitted on one of Mark's thin banda
and he saw the muscles stiffen (or a
econd. Then be paused to his next
point
"You must forgive my curiosity,
but. why In tha world does one find
you In Kings Mallard when there
are Paris sud London? Or Some?"
The thin band, still a little un
t teady, Indicated the crutch propped
against a walL
"it's not (orbldden to use a crutch
tn Paris or Rome or even In Lon
don," reasoned Armltage pleasantly,
putting aside the three small land
acapea on which bit choice had
fallen.
"An, but hera In Kings Mallard
we bare a bouse to garage the
crutch In," explained the artist. "In
London, we shouldn't even hare
tha traditional garret Traditional
(arrets. In London, come Tory ex
pensive. "Also " bis (air head gleamed In
tha firelight at be made one ot bla
baffled movements "I know pretty
accurately how good I am; which It
to aay that I know how good I might
bars become It there bad been
money enough to take me and my
crutch out of Kings Mallard. Those
landscapes " be touched Arml
tage'i selection "are quite nice;
Quite distinguished. But they don't
Ten begin to reprosont my real
jrork."
"Do yon do any portraits?"
Mark smiled.
"I've tried some portraits."
Armltage, quietly opening his
checkbook, waa remomberlng Leila's
answer to the same query. "For
traits yes. When be (eela cruel
enough." There was, however, no
cruelty (or the moment visible In
the curve ot Mark's pale, rather
pouting lips. He seemed, at the
moat, amused by hit recollections
Armltage made out a check that
waa neither charitably large nor
timidly small.
"What are you going to do with
the landscapes?" asked Mark, ac
ceptlng the oheck without examina
tion. "You may be no critic but
you know enough not to bang them
near your others.
"I'll take your advice on the mat
ter." . "How can I give It whon I havent
een "
"But ot course, I hoped you
would come and see, If you and
Mrs. Lodely would stay with me In
town (or a bit I should be delight
ad. My bouse !s in Brandlsb Place
I'm going back there tomorrow.
Jtfould next Thursday suit you?"
He rose, hit purchase under his
arm. Hit attitude wat now at ltt
moat negligent but he waa Im
mensely alert Mark, so (ar so
.easily handled, might suddonly
from some unaccountable Instinct
sense a purpose behind thla friend
' llness. He held his breath. He
wondered, belatedly, It outspoken
ness would, after til, hare beon bet
ter. "I want to take your girl (rom
you your Barbara. I warn you,
I'm going to try." Something like
that? He gated steadily at the
thin figure upon the cou-h,
"No," aald Mark, sighing. "I'm
afraid next Thursday Isn't possi
ble." "Too badt Well, we must Hi up
ioinetblng else tome other
time" Armltage became amiably
Tagusk "I'm leaving the country for
the winter months but no doubt
we shall meet again." He looked at
bit watch. "I say. Miss Quentln't
been waiting four minutes al
ready I"
!'Su WCS't lnd If r!!u (0H n6r
you've been buying ray pictures."
Mark's lids had fallen again ai,i to
was tearing a dingy thread from
the rug that covered blm. "She has
GIANT
Following closely upon the news
f tha appointment of Timber Pro
ducts company as distributor for the
Olant Powder company supplies in
ackeon, Josephine and Douglas coun
ties, this old wtabliahrd Medford
firm announces a new tut service
that should be ot Interest to all e
ploalve users.
The Timber Product company has
leased new sites adjacent to Med
ford, Roeeburg and Grants Pass (or
tie storage of powder, and other
blasting supplies. Theae new stor
age si tea are located with one mile
of the towns named so It will be poe
sible for the distributor and dealers
to fill orders within twenty minutes,
If desired, from the time the orders
are placed.
A fleet of fast delivery trucks will
Barbara
Jsuaaa Amtkmt -too cn-i maut-
the business ..cad i U'8 family.
As a matter of (act next Thurs
day" He paused (or so long that Arml
tage was on the verge ot some sav
ing commonplace.
"As a matter of (act" Insisted
Mark, suddenly and violently
throwing aside the rug, "I csn coma
up on Thursday, If you're still kind
enough to ask me. God knows
when I shall ever get the chance
ot a holiday from Toxeter, once I'm
there! . . . It's most extraordinarily
decent of you to be willing to put
up with me."
Armltuge took a deep breath. He
drew away from the fire, which
seemed to bo making the room tar
too hot and took another breath,
even deeper. It meant such a lot
this postponement of Thursday's
ceromonyl It meant among other
things, that one need nover, what
ever happened, feel any compuno-
tlon towards Mark Lodely,
"I'll send a car down, then," be
said cheerfully. "You'll prefer to
travel by road; less fatiguing. By
the wy, what do you consider your
real work'?"
"Caricature," answered Mark.
He had drawn himself up to a
sitting position and pitched the rug
to the floor. His pale eyes glittered,
his hair straggled over bis fore
head, hit shoulders twitched. He
looked, Armltage thought as
though he had been burled earth
wards from some distant star and
had fallen crumpled, but defiant
still.
"Caricature," he repeated. "I tup-
pose It'll sicken you, but I'm good
at savaging people. I like ft. It's
meat and drink to ma. There's
something In my psychology"
"Then you must meet McLough-
lln," suggosted Armltage, dodging
discussion ot the artlpiic psyche.
You know his work, of course. I'm
fortunate In possessing two ot his
most slashing efforts at myself;
also, his friendship. . . . We must
arrange something." '
"Till Thursday, then."
Making his way gingerly down
the Ill-lit. cluttered staircase, Arml
tage began to lose his sense of sue
cess. Barbara's smile, the smile
she had given Mark was before his
eyes. It shut blm out completely.
Of what significance was It to
cause the marriage to be postponed,
so long as Mark alone could call
that sweetness to her eyes and
lips? .... He turned the last corner
and saw Barbara below him In the
hall.
She was standing with a hand
ralaed to her breast In a curious
gesture of pride and pleading, her
head a little bent her eyes upon
the open sl ting-room door. It was
evident that Mrs. Lodely was
within, for her hoarse drawl cams
up to Armltage as he hesitated
upon the stairs.
"It's appallln' waste, that's what
It Is and I'd like to box his ears (or
it As for your keepln' It you'll be
out ot your mind If you do, my dear
get All very nice, feelln' the bet
ter part ot three hundred pounds
swlngin' round your neck but you
were sayln' yourself only an hour
ago"
Armltage continued to descend
the stairs and the voice stopped.
Barbara, turning gravely all her
movements seemed slow and grave
lookod up at him as he ap
proached her. She said uothlng but
ho had the lmprosslon that In a
businesslike way, she presented
horselt for his approval,
Armltage possessed an eye "01
women's clothes and he saw al
once that her dress was ot very
beautiful material, very wonder
fully cut It was silk, he thought
cpaque and heavy and what he be
lieved v,as called "watered." At
least there were wide rlpplet at
light and thadow sprayed across
its supploness and yet It was all
white; pearl-white, not trimmed In
any way savo that at nock and hem
there were uneven stitches of sil
ver. Above this gleam of sheer white
ness her pointed child-face and her
grave eyes waited; ber glided balr
leaped into dame as he' h ;ad tilted
up towarda blm. She looked like a
little girl wbo has been told to run
and And a clean (rock and hopes
she Is now tidy enough. This it the.
. . . Thl$ It .'
Then her band fell away (rom
ber breast and Armltage saw an
emerald swinging on the slenderest
possible chain and cunningly sot In
web-fine platinum.
"Oh, no!" be exclaimed.
(Copyright, telle CUft-Adtomt)
But Barbara and Farrtlt deeldt
not to dance afttr all, tomorrow.
be constantly on hand to help fa
cilitate this speedy service. This
policy. Inaugurated by the Timber
Products company for prompt deliv
ery of Olant products Is In keeping
with the long established reputstlnn
cf the firm of giving the maximum
service to Its southern Oregon cus
tomers. COrtVALMB. Cre., Dec. 3,7. (AP)
Salmon poisoning, rsther than a ma
licious dog poisoner, was responsible
tor the denth of 13 raluabls hounds
owned by the 8. W. Purrty kennels at
Gold Beach, It was said today by
Dr. B. T. Hlma. head of the veteri.
nary department. Two of the dead
animals were received here for ex
amination after the Cold Beach man
determined to llnd the raiiKe of the
death of the valuabls animals.
MEDFORD MAIL
Foots Creek Mine District
Leading Entire County
In Production of Gold
(By A. E. Kellogg.)
Not since the general business de
pression In the early '90s have con
ditions been so propitious ss now for
intensive prospecting aad develop
ment of gold-mining properties In
Jackson county for the production
of the yellow metal on an Increasing
scale. Commodity prices are low.
Labor Is abundant. Highly efficient
mine equipment Is to be had at short
notice and at a reasonable cost. How
ever, there la a local drouth of finan
ces for this mine development.
The FooU creek district now leads
in the production of gold In Jackson
county with Its gold-dredge, idrau
Itc placer mines and quartz vein proj
ects underway. The history of gold
mining on the creek dates back to
the early '60s when the pioneer plac
ers on the stream produced many
millions of dollars :n virgin gold. In
recent yesrs many more million i In
gold have been produced by two
dredge companies, the hydraulic
placers, the quartz mines, and the
numerous small placer and quartz
diggings and the district is billed to
produce many millions more before
these .diggings are exhausted. The
creek boasted oi a. mining camp of
more than 3,000 Inhabitants In the
late 'sQs and early '80s, on the slope
TAILSPIN TOMMY
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THE NEBBS On The" Brink By SOL HESS.
VyOUVe TASTED "WPERSOM AS F 3 TVlG ReST V STUCK ONJ TWIS MAKJICURIST- WfeMf
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nniMritatn i tn riTnrn . .
COME RIGHT IN- GLAOTOSEE
VOU- C!RL6-PL.Eva& EXCUSE
ME - MOT TMKTO MR-JlCCS-
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
ot the hill between the famous Blade
Channel placers and the Bertha
quartz property. The old mining
town (Draper), like historic Jackson
ville, was underlaid with gold and
its former site, including several hun
dred acres of deep soli adjoining has
Ince been stripped to bedrock and
the old camp site Is now monument
sd with huge piles of boulders over
grown with timber and brush.
The big gold producer on the
stream at present Is ti e Rogue River
CJold Co, Inc., which hss been op
erating a blg-capaclty electrically
driven gold dredge for a number of
years. They succeeded the Champ
lln Dredge company which operated
two different dredges on the g-ourd
a number of years In -the '10s of this
century. The dredge company owns
about 3,000 acres of rich dredge
ground on the two forks of Foots
creek, and It will take them a num
ber of years to exhaust this diggings.
The Black Channel placer diggings,
a holding of abcut 1.000 acres, on the
lefthand fork of the creek, Is now
owned and operated by L. n. Banks
of Medford, Dr. P. O. awedenburg of
Ashland and A. H. Clementa, mining
engineer of Central Point. Thla prop-1
erty controls most of the hydraulic
placer water on this fork of the creek '
Memory Or No Memory Here's A Girl!
DO-MR- JICCS?
1 - l isseiss sssaa.--..
HOW ARK VOU?
I JU.T THOUGHT
I'D DROP IN AN'
V- HtLLO-
OREGON, TUESDAY,
which (eede several hydraulic pipes
by two high-line ditches. Zxtenslve
steam-shovel dredge equipment has
just Men installed on theae diggings,
which will bsndle a large yardage uf
gravel throughout the year with a
limited amount of water for washing.
This property Is also developed with
prospect tunnel more than a half
mile Is length on the rich bedrock
of an snclent channel Independent
of the old-time digging on the pres
ent stream bed. Thla development
on one of several ancient channels
awaits a large production of gold
when active mining beglna on theae
ancient waterways. The Black Chan
nel placers have produced many mil
lions since the early '90s and the
production Is limited to winter snows
and rains for wster supply.
The wtr on the rlghthsnd fork
of the oreek. devoted to hydraulic
mining, is controlled by the famous
Lance placers, consisting of several
hundred sores of rich diggings on the
head of the stream, owned and op
erated by the Lance brothers, O. W.
and Marlon, ot the Gold Hill district.
The Lance family formerly owned the
1300-acre Champlln tract at the
mouth of the creek and part of the
present dredge company's holdings.
Below the Lance placers there were
quite a number of smaller placer
diggings, old-time producers, now
controlled by the dredge company,
and will be dredged as the dredge
plant ascends the stream bed.
On the rlghthand fork are a num
ber of small quartz properties, equip
ped with small mills and under op
eration the past two years. The High
land, owned by R. E. Cook or Gold
Hill and J. h. Rowo of Sams Valley,
Is mill-equipped and a producer more
DECEMBER 27, 1932.
than SO years ago. It waa la laid
in the Highland cUgglngs 'that plat
inum was found In quartz, which
revolutionized the world's theory on
the origin and occurrence of rlat
lnum. Other producers under de
velopment on the nghthend fort are
the Red Ribbon group and the Cos
ter and Cotton olalm.
On the lefthsnd fork of the stream
are ahjut a score of old-timers, pro
ducing under development the last
two years and several under produc
tion, as well as a number of smell
placer diggings operated during the
winter rains.
Two important quartz, properties
on the left fork which have pro
duced large sums of gold and closed
for more than 30 years, were reopen
ed last year snd now ready for op
eration as soon an ruliing Is pro
vided. One Is the famous "Big Buck"
or "Hick" mine, now owned by Ed
Prefountaln, who auto owns and op
erates the old-time "Chip Carr" plac
ers on the creek, ss well ss the "Red
Ochre" quartz property near the F'.cka
mine, under lease to Younp tiieiz
ot Medford. The other Is th Bertha
quartz property, owned by Kellogg
brothers of Medford, now under lease
to H. C. Oaley of Ashland. The Ber
tha was discovered m the 90s by the
late Alex Orme, ex-sheriff of Jackson
county, and was owned snd under
operation by Ed Schelfflin of Tomb
stone fsme. at the time of his sud
den 4 death on a prospecting trip on
the headwaten of Cow oreek in the
Umpqua countalns.
The Bertha adjoins the Black
Channel placers, and Is situated on
the hill between the two forks of -he
creek. The extension of the Bertha
vein on the north is owned and op
DO yOU MEAN TO TELL ME
TWVT A MAM IN BUSINESS
MUST HAVE A, SECRETARY
AN" STENOGRAPHERS- 0t
ARB THV( ONLY NEEDED
IN CERTAIN KINDS OW
eususcss? )
tV7iaV '" J K'oV I Showing some i L
erated by Sam Chlahoun. an old-time
Mexico miner, and his holdings are
proving as rich as the original Orme
strike. The south extension of the
Bertha vein' Is owned by Dole and
Son, which has very rich prospect.
They also own placer diggings on the
oreek ad;nlnlng their quartz hold
ings. The old "Tom Cook" placers on
the creek just above the Dole hold
ings have been recently sold to the
Black Channel people.
James Earl Ladd
Speaks Wednesday
At Local Church
James Earl Ladd. evangelist and
lecturer, will - spesk at the First
Christian church Wednesday even
ing. The subject ot his lecture will
be "Evolution." Mr. Ladd has made
a very extensive study of this sub
ject. He haa given this lecture In
many schools and colleges. A few
weeks ago he gave It before a large
group of the Los Angeles ministers.
Those who heard It pronounced It
the finest lecture they hsd heard
ou that subject. Mr. Ladd Is a dy
namic speaker and the people of
Medford are fortunate In having the
opportunity of hearing him.
The lecture will begin at 8 o'clock.
No admission will be charged but
a free-will offering will be taken. All
high school students are especially
urged to be present.
FREE Pioneers anu descendants
photographed without charge foi
pioneer h 1 a o r 1 c a 1 collection
8HANOLE STUDIO.
Real Estate or insuranoo Leave It
t Jones Phone 706.
MAGGIE-VVE DECIDED I
THAT I'M COIN" TO GO
NO- ANY
kind or
BUSINESS
NEEDS
Ird RUSINESS-
ASSISTANCE-
,iii I -rui.!WH I J
CLASS IN II
DEMONSTRATED.
At the regular monthly meeting of
tlw Jackson County Primary Teach,
ers' Association held at the court
house Siturday, Mies Eunice Hager,
nrlraary teacher at Bellvlew. pre.
seated a demonstration class In mu
sic from the f-rst and third grades.
The following children from Belle-
view gave the demonstration: ai
AKr tfonneth Thomnaon.
Lois Bell, Josephine Peachey, Cath
erine Peachey, Betty Dunn, Fern
Beers and A-Berta Kusseu.
Unison and two-part singing were
given and one new song taught. Mlsa
Dorothy Baughman read a paper, on
the old carols of the Nativity. '
This Anrlntlon. under the leader
ship of the young professional wom
an ai th- i-niitit.v u-hools is dolno
some excellent work this year. The)
January meeting will be directed by
Mrs. Marcia uricaaou wuu win uiso
as hM aiihlert-. "character education.
baaing the discussion on the recent
report made tty Mrs. nine uanon ox
the Medford schools and her com
mittee. 1
KARMEL KORN and home mad
Caramels, Fudge, Fruit Squares, pop
corn Balls. Holly Theater Bldg.
Desirable nouses always in first
class condition for rent, lease or sale.
Call 10S
By ULKNN UUAfFIN
UAL FOUR ESC
By George McManus
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